43 Series · SOC 43-3011

Bill and Account Collectors

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$46,040

per year

Median Hourly

$22.14/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$48,370

average

Employment

165,020

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$33,960$38,290$46,040$54,990$65,830
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.33$18.41$22.14$26.44$31.65
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$33,960

25th Percentile

$38,290

Median

$46,040

75th Percentile

$54,990

90th Percentile

$65,830

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Alaska $58,070 2. California $57,070 3. Connecticut $54,200 4. Massachusetts $53,160 5. Rhode Island $52,580

Lowest Paying States

49. Puerto Rico $24,400 50. Guam $29,620 51. Louisiana $36,460 52. Arkansas $36,510 53. Mississippi $36,610
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska $58,070 +26% above national
2 California $57,070 +24% above national
3 Connecticut $54,200 +18% above national
4 Massachusetts $53,160 +15% above national
5 Rhode Island $52,580 +14% above national
6 Oregon $52,530 +14% above national
7 Vermont $51,070 +11% above national
8 New Jersey $50,660 +10% above national
9 Hawaii $50,380 +9% above national
10 Maryland $50,050 +9% above national
11 Colorado $48,670 +6% above national
12 Wisconsin $48,650 +6% above national
13 Minnesota $48,160 +5% above national
14 New York $47,710 +4% above national
15 Maine $47,660 +4% above national
16 Illinois $47,220 +3% above national
17 Washington $46,940 +2% above national
18 Delaware $46,660 +1% above national
19 Georgia $46,600 +1% above national
20 Nevada $46,530 +1% above national
21 New Mexico $46,270 same as national
22 Arizona $45,950 same as national
23 Montana $45,830 same as national
24 North Carolina $45,770 1% below national
25 Missouri $45,540 1% below national
26 New Hampshire $45,440 1% below national
27 Pennsylvania $45,190 2% below national
28 Kentucky $44,890 2% below national
29 Florida $44,860 3% below national
30 Virginia $44,710 3% below national
31 Utah $44,640 3% below national
32 Ohio $44,400 4% below national
33 Texas $44,200 4% below national
34 Oklahoma $43,800 5% below national
35 Michigan $43,670 5% below national
36 Idaho $43,380 6% below national
37 Tennessee $43,290 6% below national
38 Nebraska $42,640 7% below national
39 South Dakota $42,540 8% below national
40 Indiana $42,390 8% below national
41 Virgin Islands $42,160 8% below national
42 Wyoming $41,600 10% below national
43 South Carolina $41,040 11% below national
44 Kansas $40,800 11% below national
45 Iowa $40,150 13% below national
46 Alabama $40,020 13% below national
47 West Virginia $39,780 14% below national
48 North Dakota $38,500 16% below national
49 Mississippi $36,610 20% below national
50 Arkansas $36,510 21% below national
51 Louisiana $36,460 21% below national
52 Guam $29,620 36% below national
53 Puerto Rico $24,400 47% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $71,160 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $68,290 3. Napa, CA $66,940 4. Alaska nonmetropolitan area $65,830 5. Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $64,290

Lowest Paying Metros

399. Ponce, PR $21,860 400. Aguadilla, PR $22,050 401. Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $22,210 402. Mayaguez, PR $22,880 403. Arecibo, PR $23,490
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $71,160 +55% above national
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $68,290 +48% above national
3 Napa, CA $66,940 +45% above national
4 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $65,830 +43% above national
5 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $64,290 +40% above national
6 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $62,810 +36% above national
7 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $60,690 +32% above national
8 Charlottesville, VA $59,930 +30% above national
9 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $59,520 +29% above national
10 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $59,160 +28% above national
11 New Haven, CT $59,090 +28% above national
12 Modesto, CA $58,870 +28% above national
13 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $58,200 +26% above national
14 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $57,410 +25% above national
15 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $57,200 +24% above national
16 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $56,010 +22% above national
17 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $56,010 +22% above national
18 Rochester, MN $55,900 +21% above national
19 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $55,880 +21% above national
20 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $55,320 +20% above national
21 Anchorage, AK $54,850 +19% above national
22 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $54,750 +19% above national
23 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $54,530 +18% above national
24 Salinas, CA $53,650 +17% above national
25 Urban Honolulu, HI $53,610 +16% above national
26 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $53,580 +16% above national
27 Greensboro-High Point, NC $53,560 +16% above national
28 Visalia, CA $53,550 +16% above national
29 Chico, CA $53,210 +16% above national
30 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $53,030 +15% above national
31 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $52,820 +15% above national
32 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $52,670 +14% above national
33 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $52,520 +14% above national
34 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $52,250 +13% above national
35 Fresno, CA $52,150 +13% above national
36 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $52,060 +13% above national
37 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $51,890 +13% above national
38 Eugene-Springfield, OR $51,320 +11% above national
39 Lexington Park, MD $51,310 +11% above national
40 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $51,030 +11% above national
41 Springfield, MA $50,870 +10% above national
42 Portland-South Portland, ME $50,860 +10% above national
43 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $50,810 +10% above national
44 Raleigh-Cary, NC $50,770 +10% above national
45 Wausau, WI $50,710 +10% above national
46 Reno, NV $50,660 +10% above national
47 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $50,450 +10% above national
48 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $50,340 +9% above national
49 Kingston, NY $50,290 +9% above national
50 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $50,290 +9% above national
51 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $50,190 +9% above national
52 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $50,000 +9% above national
53 Salisbury, MD $49,990 +9% above national
54 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $49,960 +9% above national
55 Ann Arbor, MI $49,950 +8% above national
56 Salem, OR $49,750 +8% above national
57 Stockton-Lodi, CA $49,700 +8% above national
58 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $49,630 +8% above national
59 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $49,580 +8% above national
60 Merced, CA $49,470 +7% above national
61 Worcester, MA $49,390 +7% above national
62 Midland, TX $49,200 +7% above national
63 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $49,180 +7% above national
64 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $49,180 +7% above national
65 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $49,130 +7% above national
66 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $49,060 +7% above national
67 Yuba City, CA $48,980 +6% above national
68 Eau Claire, WI $48,940 +6% above national
69 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $48,900 +6% above national
70 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $48,820 +6% above national
71 Billings, MT $48,720 +6% above national
72 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $48,680 +6% above national
73 Medford, OR $48,530 +5% above national
74 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $48,450 +5% above national
75 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $48,360 +5% above national
76 Helena, MT $48,340 +5% above national
77 Lexington-Fayette, KY $48,340 +5% above national
78 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $48,330 +5% above national
79 Colorado Springs, CO $48,180 +5% above national
80 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $48,160 +5% above national
81 Pittsfield, MA $48,080 +4% above national
82 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $47,930 +4% above national
83 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $47,910 +4% above national
84 Pocatello, ID $47,910 +4% above national
85 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $47,880 +4% above national
86 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $47,880 +4% above national
87 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $47,770 +4% above national
88 Green Bay, WI $47,760 +4% above national
89 Dubuque, IA $47,670 +4% above national
90 Madison, WI $47,670 +4% above national
91 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $47,660 +4% above national
92 Syracuse, NY $47,660 +4% above national
93 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $47,600 +3% above national
94 Huntsville, AL $47,590 +3% above national
95 Williamsport, PA $47,530 +3% above national
96 St. Louis, MO-IL $47,500 +3% above national
97 Missoula, MT $47,490 +3% above national
98 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $47,390 +3% above national
99 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $47,320 +3% above national
100 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $47,320 +3% above national
101 Naples-Marco Island, FL $47,300 +3% above national
102 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $47,300 +3% above national
103 Richmond, VA $47,290 +3% above national
104 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $47,250 +3% above national
105 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $47,250 +3% above national
106 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $47,240 +3% above national
107 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $47,230 +3% above national
108 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $47,210 +3% above national
109 Columbus, OH $47,190 +2% above national
110 Fort Wayne, IN $47,190 +2% above national
111 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $47,130 +2% above national
112 Manchester-Nashua, NH $47,030 +2% above national
113 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $47,020 +2% above national
114 Boulder, CO $47,010 +2% above national
115 Rochester, NY $47,010 +2% above national
116 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,960 +2% above national
117 Saginaw, MI $46,940 +2% above national
118 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $46,850 +2% above national
119 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $46,840 +2% above national
120 Kennewick-Richland, WA $46,830 +2% above national
121 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $46,820 +2% above national
122 Bismarck, ND $46,810 +2% above national
123 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $46,630 +1% above national
124 Appleton, WI $46,530 +1% above national
125 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $46,470 +1% above national
126 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $46,460 +1% above national
127 Albuquerque, NM $46,440 +1% above national
128 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $46,360 +1% above national
129 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $46,270 same as national
130 Kansas City, MO-KS $46,260 same as national
131 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $46,260 same as national
132 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $46,170 same as national
133 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $46,140 same as national
134 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $46,090 same as national
135 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $46,030 same as national
136 Pueblo, CO $46,020 same as national
137 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $46,000 same as national
138 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $45,990 same as national
139 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $45,960 same as national
140 Reading, PA $45,960 same as national
141 Columbia, MO $45,950 same as national
142 Rapid City, SD $45,950 same as national
143 Macon-Bibb County, GA $45,910 same as national
144 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $45,880 same as national
145 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $45,660 1% below national
146 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $45,650 1% below national
147 Port St. Lucie, FL $45,640 1% below national
148 Champaign-Urbana, IL $45,610 1% below national
149 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $45,610 1% below national
150 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $45,500 1% below national
151 York-Hanover, PA $45,470 1% below national
152 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $45,400 1% below national
153 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $45,400 1% below national
154 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $45,370 1% below national
155 Oklahoma City, OK $45,320 2% below national
156 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $45,220 2% below national
157 Winston-Salem, NC $45,180 2% below national
158 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $45,150 2% below national
159 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $45,090 2% below national
160 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $45,090 2% below national
161 Omaha, NE-IA $45,010 2% below national
162 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $44,960 2% below national
163 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $44,950 2% below national
164 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $44,880 3% below national
165 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $44,860 3% below national
166 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $44,830 3% below national
167 Janesville-Beloit, WI $44,780 3% below national
168 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $44,780 3% below national
169 Victoria, TX $44,760 3% below national
170 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $44,730 3% below national
171 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $44,630 3% below national
172 Jacksonville, FL $44,620 3% below national
173 Pittsburgh, PA $44,510 3% below national
174 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $44,500 3% below national
175 Greeley, CO $44,370 4% below national
176 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $44,360 4% below national
177 Bloomington, IN $44,300 4% below national
178 Binghamton, NY $44,080 4% below national
179 Grand Junction, CO $44,080 4% below national
180 Utica-Rome, NY $43,950 5% below national
181 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $43,930 5% below national
182 Savannah, GA $43,930 5% below national
183 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $43,900 5% below national
184 Gainesville, GA $43,880 5% below national
185 Lancaster, PA $43,880 5% below national
186 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $43,860 5% below national
187 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $43,820 5% below national
188 Tallahassee, FL $43,820 5% below national
189 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $43,810 5% below national
190 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $43,800 5% below national
191 Yakima, WA $43,740 5% below national
192 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $43,690 5% below national
193 Coeur d'Alene, ID $43,670 5% below national
194 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $43,540 5% below national
195 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $43,540 5% below national
196 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $43,500 6% below national
197 Spartanburg, SC $43,450 6% below national
198 Wilmington, NC $43,420 6% below national
199 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $43,310 6% below national
200 Boise City, ID $43,290 6% below national
201 Sandusky, OH $43,280 6% below national
202 Winchester, VA-WV $43,260 6% below national
203 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $43,210 6% below national
204 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $43,160 6% below national
205 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $43,160 6% below national
206 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $43,120 6% below national
207 Lynchburg, VA $43,070 6% below national
208 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $43,020 7% below national
209 Youngstown-Warren, OH $42,940 7% below national
210 Flagstaff, AZ $42,890 7% below national
211 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $42,860 7% below national
212 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,750 7% below national
213 Tucson, AZ $42,730 7% below national
214 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $42,680 7% below national
215 Bloomington, IL $42,640 7% below national
216 Springfield, IL $42,640 7% below national
217 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $42,630 7% below national
218 Rockford, IL $42,610 7% below national
219 Owensboro, KY $42,540 8% below national
220 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $42,490 8% below national
221 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $42,480 8% below national
222 Peoria, IL $42,470 8% below national
223 Lima, OH $42,430 8% below national
224 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $42,420 8% below national
225 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $42,340 8% below national
226 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $42,280 8% below national
227 College Station-Bryan, TX $42,170 8% below national
228 Baton Rouge, LA $42,140 8% below national
229 Wichita Falls, TX $42,120 9% below national
230 Erie, PA $42,060 9% below national
231 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $42,020 9% below national
232 Evansville, IN $41,930 9% below national
233 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $41,860 9% below national
234 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $41,850 9% below national
235 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $41,830 9% below national
236 St. Joseph, MO-KS $41,800 9% below national
237 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $41,610 10% below national
238 Casper, WY $41,600 10% below national
239 Morgantown, WV $41,600 10% below national
240 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $41,570 10% below national
241 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $41,540 10% below national
242 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $41,450 10% below national
243 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $41,430 10% below national
244 Mobile, AL $41,390 10% below national
245 Lake Charles, LA $41,380 10% below national
246 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $41,370 10% below national
247 Longview, TX $41,360 10% below national
248 Las Cruces, NM $41,320 10% below national
249 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $41,260 10% below national
250 St. Cloud, MN $41,220 10% below national
251 Asheville, NC $41,200 11% below national
252 Jackson, MS $41,170 11% below national
253 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $41,110 11% below national
254 Lincoln, NE $41,100 11% below national
255 Tuscaloosa, AL $41,020 11% below national
256 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $40,990 11% below national
257 Charleston, WV $40,810 11% below national
258 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $40,790 11% below national
259 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $40,780 11% below national
260 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $40,770 11% below national
261 Jefferson City, MO $40,660 12% below national
262 Glens Falls, NY $40,560 12% below national
263 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $40,470 12% below national
264 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $40,460 12% below national
265 Morristown, TN $40,420 12% below national
266 Birmingham, AL $40,380 12% below national
267 Tulsa, OK $40,240 13% below national
268 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $40,140 13% below national
269 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $40,090 13% below national
270 Abilene, TX $40,030 13% below national
271 Springfield, MO $39,830 13% below national
272 Ogden, UT $39,800 14% below national
273 Dalton, GA $39,760 14% below national
274 Knoxville, TN $39,670 14% below national
275 Topeka, KS $39,530 14% below national
276 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $39,510 14% below national
277 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,500 14% below national
278 Muncie, IN $39,470 14% below national
279 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,450 14% below national
280 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,450 14% below national
281 Dover, DE $39,390 14% below national
282 Cedar Rapids, IA $39,330 15% below national
283 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $39,300 15% below national
284 Amarillo, TX $39,290 15% below national
285 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $39,270 15% below national
286 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $39,200 15% below national
287 Grand Island, NE $39,200 15% below national
288 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,200 15% below national
289 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,200 15% below national
290 Fayetteville, NC $39,180 15% below national
291 Auburn-Opelika, AL $39,100 15% below national
292 Idaho Falls, ID $39,030 15% below national
293 St. George, UT $39,030 15% below national
294 Akron, OH $38,980 15% below national
295 Chattanooga, TN-GA $38,950 15% below national
296 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $38,820 16% below national
297 Chambersburg, PA $38,770 16% below national
298 Cleveland, OH $38,710 16% below national
299 Tyler, TX $38,710 16% below national
300 Florence, SC $38,660 16% below national
301 Corpus Christi, TX $38,630 16% below national
302 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $38,630 16% below national
303 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $38,540 16% below national
304 Odessa, TX $38,480 16% below national
305 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $38,360 17% below national
306 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $38,360 17% below national
307 Columbia, SC $38,340 17% below national
308 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $38,340 17% below national
309 Ocala, FL $38,320 17% below national
310 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,280 17% below national
311 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $38,250 17% below national
312 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $38,170 17% below national
313 Lafayette, LA $38,160 17% below national
314 Traverse City, MI $38,160 17% below national
315 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $38,140 17% below national
316 Sebring, FL $38,020 17% below national
317 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,970 18% below national
318 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $37,860 18% below national
319 Yuma, AZ $37,860 18% below national
320 Killeen-Temple, TX $37,790 18% below national
321 Joplin, MO-KS $37,770 18% below national
322 Jackson, MI $37,760 18% below national
323 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $37,710 18% below national
324 Lubbock, TX $37,690 18% below national
325 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $37,690 18% below national
326 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,640 18% below national
327 Johnstown, PA $37,600 18% below national
328 Gainesville, FL $37,510 19% below national
329 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $37,450 19% below national
330 El Paso, TX $37,440 19% below national
331 Jacksonville, NC $37,280 19% below national
332 Flint, MI $37,260 19% below national
333 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,260 19% below national
334 Montgomery, AL $37,250 19% below national
335 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $37,200 19% below national
336 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,190 19% below national
337 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,080 19% below national
338 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $37,070 19% below national
339 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $37,070 19% below national
340 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $37,030 20% below national
341 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,980 20% below national
342 Fort Smith, AR-OK $36,970 20% below national
343 Bowling Green, KY $36,910 20% below national
344 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $36,810 20% below national
345 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $36,750 20% below national
346 Columbus, GA-AL $36,700 20% below national
347 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $36,670 20% below national
348 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $36,660 20% below national
349 Paducah, KY-IL $36,530 21% below national
350 Canton-Massillon, OH $36,500 21% below national
351 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $36,440 21% below national
352 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,440 21% below national
353 Albany, GA $36,410 21% below national
354 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,390 21% below national
355 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $36,310 21% below national
356 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,220 21% below national
357 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,210 21% below national
358 Greenville, NC $36,180 21% below national
359 Dothan, AL $36,080 22% below national
360 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,010 22% below national
361 Hattiesburg, MS $35,980 22% below national
362 Laredo, TX $35,970 22% below national
363 Toledo, OH $35,640 23% below national
364 Hot Springs, AR $35,580 23% below national
365 Waco, TX $35,570 23% below national
366 Sherman-Denison, TX $35,550 23% below national
367 Jackson, TN $35,490 23% below national
368 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $35,430 23% below national
369 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $35,430 23% below national
370 Altoona, PA $35,360 23% below national
371 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $35,350 23% below national
372 Wichita, KS $35,200 24% below national
373 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $35,160 24% below national
374 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $35,160 24% below national
375 Jonesboro, AR $35,060 24% below national
376 Clarksville, TN-KY $34,860 24% below national
377 Mansfield, OH $34,680 25% below national
378 Monroe, LA $34,570 25% below national
379 Johnson City, TN $34,560 25% below national
380 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $34,520 25% below national
381 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,430 25% below national
382 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $34,380 25% below national
383 Cleveland, TN $34,150 26% below national
384 Gadsden, AL $33,480 27% below national
385 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $33,480 27% below national
386 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $33,180 28% below national
387 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $33,060 28% below national
388 Burlington, NC $32,730 29% below national
389 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $31,920 31% below national
390 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $31,900 31% below national
391 San Angelo, TX $31,720 31% below national
392 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,360 34% below national
393 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,990 35% below national
394 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,850 35% below national
395 Logan, UT-ID $29,330 36% below national
396 Roanoke, VA $29,020 37% below national
397 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $26,300 43% below national
398 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $24,190 47% below national
399 Arecibo, PR $23,490 49% below national
400 Mayaguez, PR $22,880 50% below national
401 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $22,210 52% below national
402 Aguadilla, PR $22,050 52% below national
403 Ponce, PR $21,860 53% below national

Related Occupations

Billing and Posting Clerks

SOC 43-3021

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

SOC 43-3031

Brokerage Clerks

SOC 43-4011

Cargo and Freight Agents

SOC 43-5011

Communications Equipment Operators, All Other

SOC 43-2099

Correspondence Clerks

SOC 43-4021

Couriers and Messengers

SOC 43-5021

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

SOC 43-4031

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.