51 Series · SOC 51-3021

Butchers and Meat Cutters

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

Median Salary

$38,960

per year

Median Hourly

$18.73/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$41,300

average

Employment

140,040

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$28,850$34,460$38,960$47,200$57,130
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$13.87$16.57$18.73$22.69$27.47
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$28,850

25th Percentile

$34,460

Median

$38,960

75th Percentile

$47,200

90th Percentile

$57,130

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Hawaii $50,220 +29% above national
2 Massachusetts $48,280 +24% above national
3 Alaska $48,240 +24% above national
4 Washington $48,120 +24% above national
5 District of Columbia $47,880 +23% above national
6 Oregon $47,290 +21% above national
7 Delaware $47,170 +21% above national
8 New Hampshire $46,940 +20% above national
9 New York $46,490 +19% above national
10 Colorado $45,760 +17% above national
11 Maine $45,460 +17% above national
12 Minnesota $44,410 +14% above national
13 California $44,310 +14% above national
14 Rhode Island $43,800 +12% above national
15 Wyoming $43,540 +12% above national
16 Utah $41,680 +7% above national
17 Wisconsin $41,140 +6% above national
18 Maryland $41,040 +5% above national
19 Vermont $40,970 +5% above national
20 Montana $40,770 +5% above national
21 Connecticut $39,650 +2% above national
22 South Carolina $39,580 +2% above national
23 Florida $39,350 +1% above national
24 North Dakota $39,260 +1% above national
25 Virginia $39,170 +1% above national
26 Arizona $39,160 +1% above national
27 New Jersey $38,870 same as national
28 Illinois $38,530 1% below national
29 Idaho $38,480 1% below national
30 Michigan $38,140 2% below national
31 Tennessee $37,630 3% below national
32 Nevada $37,530 4% below national
33 Pennsylvania $37,490 4% below national
34 Indiana $37,420 4% below national
35 Texas $37,070 5% below national
36 Georgia $37,040 5% below national
37 North Carolina $37,020 5% below national
38 Ohio $36,950 5% below national
39 Nebraska $36,680 6% below national
40 Iowa $36,600 6% below national
41 Missouri $36,490 6% below national
42 New Mexico $36,410 7% below national
43 South Dakota $35,880 8% below national
44 Kansas $35,800 8% below national
45 Arkansas $35,650 8% below national
46 Alabama $34,870 10% below national
47 Oklahoma $33,930 13% below national
48 Louisiana $32,950 15% below national
49 Kentucky $31,360 20% below national
50 Virgin Islands $29,830 23% below national
51 West Virginia $28,930 26% below national
52 Mississippi $28,590 27% below national
53 Guam $27,790 29% below national
54 Puerto Rico $21,750 44% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $57,870 +49% above national
2 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $55,180 +42% above national
3 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $55,170 +42% above national
4 Fairbanks-College, AK $53,480 +37% above national
5 Urban Honolulu, HI $50,220 +29% above national
6 St. Joseph, MO-KS $49,520 +27% above national
7 Barnstable Town, MA $49,420 +27% above national
8 Anchorage, AK $49,170 +26% above national
9 Portland-South Portland, ME $49,100 +26% above national
10 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $48,890 +25% above national
11 Utica-Rome, NY $48,560 +25% above national
12 Colorado Springs, CO $48,430 +24% above national
13 Springfield, MA $48,430 +24% above national
14 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $48,400 +24% above national
15 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $48,320 +24% above national
16 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $48,050 +23% above national
17 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $48,020 +23% above national
18 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $48,010 +23% above national
19 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $47,890 +23% above national
20 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $47,890 +23% above national
21 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $47,820 +23% above national
22 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $47,560 +22% above national
23 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $47,490 +22% above national
24 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $47,320 +21% above national
25 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $47,310 +21% above national
26 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $47,260 +21% above national
27 El Centro, CA $47,240 +21% above national
28 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $47,220 +21% above national
29 Grants Pass, OR $47,200 +21% above national
30 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $47,130 +21% above national
31 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $47,030 +21% above national
32 Eugene-Springfield, OR $46,950 +21% above national
33 Kingston, NY $46,870 +20% above national
34 Bend, OR $46,820 +20% above national
35 Pittsfield, MA $46,800 +20% above national
36 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $46,720 +20% above national
37 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $46,680 +20% above national
38 Medford, OR $46,660 +20% above national
39 Salem, OR $46,590 +20% above national
40 Worcester, MA $46,560 +20% above national
41 Bellingham, WA $46,470 +19% above national
42 Bozeman, MT $46,470 +19% above national
43 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $46,400 +19% above national
44 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $46,390 +19% above national
45 Albany, OR $46,380 +19% above national
46 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $46,370 +19% above national
47 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $46,350 +19% above national
48 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $46,310 +19% above national
49 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $46,310 +19% above national
50 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $46,300 +19% above national
51 Dover, DE $46,280 +19% above national
52 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $46,260 +19% above national
53 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $46,200 +19% above national
54 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $46,190 +19% above national
55 Fond du Lac, WI $46,160 +18% above national
56 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $46,060 +18% above national
57 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $46,030 +18% above national
58 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $46,020 +18% above national
59 Longview-Kelso, WA $45,980 +18% above national
60 Naples-Marco Island, FL $45,910 +18% above national
61 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $45,850 +18% above national
62 Napa, CA $45,760 +17% above national
63 Glens Falls, NY $45,680 +17% above national
64 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $45,620 +17% above national
65 Manchester-Nashua, NH $45,560 +17% above national
66 Boise City, ID $45,500 +17% above national
67 Kankakee, IL $45,450 +17% above national
68 Greeley, CO $45,410 +17% above national
69 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $45,410 +17% above national
70 Coeur d'Alene, ID $45,400 +17% above national
71 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $45,330 +16% above national
72 Billings, MT $45,140 +16% above national
73 Syracuse, NY $45,120 +16% above national
74 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $45,010 +16% above national
75 Boulder, CO $44,960 +15% above national
76 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $44,890 +15% above national
77 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $44,850 +15% above national
78 Madison, WI $44,820 +15% above national
79 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $44,710 +15% above national
80 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $44,690 +15% above national
81 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $44,640 +15% above national
82 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $44,590 +14% above national
83 Bangor, ME $44,580 +14% above national
84 Corpus Christi, TX $44,460 +14% above national
85 Rochester, MN $44,410 +14% above national
86 Sheboygan, WI $44,380 +14% above national
87 Vineland, NJ $44,330 +14% above national
88 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $44,310 +14% above national
89 Vallejo, CA $44,250 +14% above national
90 Fargo, ND-MN $44,240 +14% above national
91 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $44,090 +13% above national
92 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $44,030 +13% above national
93 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $43,790 +12% above national
94 Wausau, WI $43,770 +12% above national
95 Appleton, WI $43,720 +12% above national
96 Stockton-Lodi, CA $43,720 +12% above national
97 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $43,700 +12% above national
98 Chico, CA $43,680 +12% above national
99 Killeen-Temple, TX $43,530 +12% above national
100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $43,510 +12% above national
101 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $43,260 +11% above national
102 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $43,260 +11% above national
103 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $43,240 +11% above national
104 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $43,140 +11% above national
105 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $43,040 +10% above national
106 Kenosha, WI $42,980 +10% above national
107 Duluth, MN-WI $42,850 +10% above national
108 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $42,850 +10% above national
109 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $42,850 +10% above national
110 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $42,840 +10% above national
111 Flagstaff, AZ $42,800 +10% above national
112 Charlottesville, VA $42,760 +10% above national
113 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $42,730 +10% above national
114 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $42,730 +10% above national
115 Yuba City, CA $42,710 +10% above national
116 Idaho Falls, ID $42,680 +10% above national
117 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $42,590 +9% above national
118 Punta Gorda, FL $42,540 +9% above national
119 Salinas, CA $42,540 +9% above national
120 Rochester, NY $42,430 +9% above national
121 New Haven, CT $42,420 +9% above national
122 Modesto, CA $42,390 +9% above national
123 Redding, CA $42,200 +8% above national
124 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $42,140 +8% above national
125 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $42,120 +8% above national
126 Missoula, MT $42,100 +8% above national
127 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $42,080 +8% above national
128 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $42,040 +8% above national
129 Yakima, WA $42,020 +8% above national
130 Santa Fe, NM $41,920 +8% above national
131 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $41,860 +7% above national
132 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $41,860 +7% above national
133 St. Cloud, MN $41,830 +7% above national
134 Midland, TX $41,800 +7% above national
135 Logan, UT-ID $41,790 +7% above national
136 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $41,580 +7% above national
137 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $41,560 +7% above national
138 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $41,530 +7% above national
139 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $41,410 +6% above national
140 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $41,400 +6% above national
141 Janesville-Beloit, WI $41,220 +6% above national
142 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $41,060 +5% above national
143 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $40,910 +5% above national
144 Columbia, SC $40,820 +5% above national
145 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $40,700 +4% above national
146 Tucson, AZ $40,530 +4% above national
147 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $40,440 +4% above national
148 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $40,440 +4% above national
149 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $40,430 +4% above national
150 Pocatello, ID $40,370 +4% above national
151 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $40,310 +3% above national
152 Kennewick-Richland, WA $40,260 +3% above national
153 Port St. Lucie, FL $40,250 +3% above national
154 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $40,110 +3% above national
155 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $40,040 +3% above national
156 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $40,040 +3% above national
157 Jacksonville, FL $39,980 +3% above national
158 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $39,980 +3% above national
159 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $39,960 +3% above national
160 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $39,860 +2% above national
161 Pittsburgh, PA $39,810 +2% above national
162 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,790 +2% above national
163 Eau Claire, WI $39,750 +2% above national
164 St. George, UT $39,690 +2% above national
165 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $39,670 +2% above national
166 Athens-Clarke County, GA $39,640 +2% above national
167 Grand Forks, ND-MN $39,630 +2% above national
168 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $39,600 +2% above national
169 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,580 +2% above national
170 Bismarck, ND $39,520 +1% above national
171 Fort Wayne, IN $39,520 +1% above national
172 Kansas City, MO-KS $39,520 +1% above national
173 Gainesville, FL $39,420 +1% above national
174 Sebring, FL $39,410 +1% above national
175 Ogden, UT $39,390 +1% above national
176 Ann Arbor, MI $39,380 +1% above national
177 Merced, CA $39,370 +1% above national
178 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $39,290 +1% above national
179 Auburn-Opelika, AL $39,200 +1% above national
180 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $39,170 +1% above national
181 Lewiston, ID-WA $39,170 +1% above national
182 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $39,150 same as national
183 Minot, ND $39,120 same as national
184 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $39,060 same as national
185 Reno, NV $39,030 same as national
186 Huntsville, AL $39,020 same as national
187 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $39,010 same as national
188 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $38,980 same as national
189 Homosassa Springs, FL $38,960 same as national
190 Waco, TX $38,960 same as national
191 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $38,950 same as national
192 Ocala, FL $38,930 same as national
193 Richmond, VA $38,930 same as national
194 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $38,860 same as national
195 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $38,860 same as national
196 Jacksonville, NC $38,810 same as national
197 Salisbury, MD $38,800 same as national
198 Visalia, CA $38,790 same as national
199 Omaha, NE-IA $38,780 same as national
200 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $38,700 1% below national
201 Binghamton, NY $38,640 1% below national
202 Manhattan, KS $38,640 1% below national
203 Spartanburg, SC $38,620 1% below national
204 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $38,600 1% below national
205 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $38,590 1% below national
206 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $38,580 1% below national
207 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $38,580 1% below national
208 Helena, MT $38,550 1% below national
209 Clarksville, TN-KY $38,490 1% below national
210 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $38,490 1% below national
211 Erie, PA $38,470 1% below national
212 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $38,440 1% below national
213 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $38,430 1% below national
214 Tallahassee, FL $38,330 2% below national
215 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,330 2% below national
216 Columbus, OH $38,290 2% below national
217 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $38,280 2% below national
218 Great Falls, MT $38,270 2% below national
219 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $38,270 2% below national
220 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $38,240 2% below national
221 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $38,240 2% below national
222 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $38,230 2% below national
223 Grand Junction, CO $38,200 2% below national
224 Kokomo, IN $38,200 2% below national
225 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $38,180 2% below national
226 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $38,160 2% below national
227 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $38,160 2% below national
228 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,150 2% below national
229 Asheville, NC $38,100 2% below national
230 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $38,080 2% below national
231 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $38,070 2% below national
232 Raleigh-Cary, NC $38,030 2% below national
233 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $37,980 3% below national
234 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $37,960 3% below national
235 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $37,950 3% below national
236 Savannah, GA $37,920 3% below national
237 Lynchburg, VA $37,910 3% below national
238 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $37,890 3% below national
239 York-Hanover, PA $37,860 3% below national
240 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,860 3% below national
241 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,860 3% below national
242 Sherman-Denison, TX $37,840 3% below national
243 Albany, GA $37,800 3% below national
244 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $37,750 3% below national
245 Wilmington, NC $37,730 3% below national
246 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $37,710 3% below national
247 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $37,650 3% below national
248 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $37,640 3% below national
249 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $37,630 3% below national
250 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $37,630 3% below national
251 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $37,630 3% below national
252 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $37,630 3% below national
253 Jackson, MI $37,620 3% below national
254 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $37,600 3% below national
255 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $37,580 4% below national
256 Toledo, OH $37,580 4% below national
257 Greensboro-High Point, NC $37,570 4% below national
258 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $37,550 4% below national
259 Elizabethtown, KY $37,550 4% below national
260 Traverse City, MI $37,550 4% below national
261 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $37,520 4% below national
262 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $37,500 4% below national
263 Flint, MI $37,490 4% below national
264 Harrisonburg, VA $37,480 4% below national
265 Green Bay, WI $37,430 4% below national
266 Warner Robins, GA $37,430 4% below national
267 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $37,420 4% below national
268 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,390 4% below national
269 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $37,360 4% below national
270 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $37,360 4% below national
271 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $37,340 4% below national
272 State College, PA $37,310 4% below national
273 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $37,270 4% below national
274 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $37,270 4% below national
275 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,270 4% below national
276 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,230 4% below national
277 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $37,200 5% below national
278 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,200 5% below national
279 Greenville, NC $37,190 5% below national
280 Battle Creek, MI $37,180 5% below national
281 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $37,180 5% below national
282 Chattanooga, TN-GA $37,160 5% below national
283 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $37,160 5% below national
284 Odessa, TX $37,140 5% below national
285 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $37,140 5% below national
286 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,120 5% below national
287 Abilene, TX $37,090 5% below national
288 Roanoke, VA $37,070 5% below national
289 Grand Island, NE $37,060 5% below national
290 Lawrence, KS $37,050 5% below national
291 Rapid City, SD $37,040 5% below national
292 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $37,030 5% below national
293 Cleveland, OH $37,010 5% below national
294 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $36,920 5% below national
295 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $36,910 5% below national
296 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $36,890 5% below national
297 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $36,880 5% below national
298 Fresno, CA $36,830 5% below national
299 Reading, PA $36,810 6% below national
300 Jefferson City, MO $36,710 6% below national
301 Mansfield, OH $36,690 6% below national
302 Sandusky, OH $36,680 6% below national
303 Williamsport, PA $36,640 6% below national
304 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,610 6% below national
305 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $36,600 6% below national
306 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $36,590 6% below national
307 Winston-Salem, NC $36,560 6% below national
308 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $36,560 6% below national
309 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $36,530 6% below national
310 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $36,520 6% below national
311 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,480 6% below national
312 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $36,460 6% below national
313 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,460 6% below national
314 Fayetteville, NC $36,420 7% below national
315 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $36,400 7% below national
316 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $36,380 7% below national
317 Knoxville, TN $36,370 7% below national
318 College Station-Bryan, TX $36,360 7% below national
319 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $36,360 7% below national
320 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $36,340 7% below national
321 Lincoln, NE $36,300 7% below national
322 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $36,300 7% below national
323 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $36,190 7% below national
324 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $36,140 7% below national
325 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,140 7% below national
326 Lubbock, TX $36,130 7% below national
327 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $36,130 7% below national
328 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $36,120 7% below national
329 Charleston, WV $36,100 7% below national
330 Muncie, IN $36,090 7% below national
331 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,090 7% below national
332 Chambersburg, PA $36,080 7% below national
333 Springfield, IL $36,080 7% below national
334 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $36,070 7% below national
335 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,060 7% below national
336 Albuquerque, NM $36,040 7% below national
337 Wichita Falls, TX $36,040 7% below national
338 Columbus, GA-AL $36,030 8% below national
339 Dubuque, IA $36,010 8% below national
340 Niles, MI $36,000 8% below national
341 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $35,990 8% below national
342 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $35,990 8% below national
343 Bloomington, IN $35,980 8% below national
344 Evansville, IN $35,970 8% below national
345 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $35,960 8% below national
346 Birmingham, AL $35,950 8% below national
347 Gainesville, GA $35,900 8% below national
348 St. Louis, MO-IL $35,900 8% below national
349 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $35,880 8% below national
350 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,860 8% below national
351 Jonesboro, AR $35,860 8% below national
352 Joplin, MO-KS $35,850 8% below national
353 Lexington-Fayette, KY $35,840 8% below national
354 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,840 8% below national
355 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $35,790 8% below national
356 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,770 8% below national
357 Bloomington, IL $35,680 8% below national
358 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $35,680 8% below national
359 Florence, SC $35,640 9% below national
360 Youngstown-Warren, OH $35,590 9% below national
361 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,570 9% below national
362 Champaign-Urbana, IL $35,530 9% below national
363 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $35,520 9% below national
364 Columbus, IN $35,500 9% below national
365 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $35,500 9% below national
366 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,500 9% below national
367 Rocky Mount, NC $35,480 9% below national
368 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $35,430 9% below national
369 Amarillo, TX $35,400 9% below national
370 Lake Charles, LA $35,400 9% below national
371 Montgomery, AL $35,390 9% below national
372 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $35,320 9% below national
373 Fort Smith, AR-OK $35,320 9% below national
374 Rockford, IL $35,310 9% below national
375 Ames, IA $35,280 9% below national
376 Monroe, MI $35,210 10% below national
377 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,200 10% below national
378 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $35,170 10% below national
379 Lebanon, PA $35,130 10% below national
380 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,120 10% below national
381 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $35,090 10% below national
382 Oklahoma City, OK $35,060 10% below national
383 Lancaster, PA $35,010 10% below national
384 Burlington, NC $34,990 10% below national
385 Saginaw, MI $34,980 10% below national
386 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $34,960 10% below national
387 Decatur, AL $34,940 10% below national
388 Peoria, IL $34,930 10% below national
389 Hot Springs, AR $34,910 10% below national
390 Springfield, OH $34,870 10% below national
391 Tuscaloosa, AL $34,860 11% below national
392 Johnson City, TN $34,810 11% below national
393 Mobile, AL $34,790 11% below national
394 Tulsa, OK $34,750 11% below national
395 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $34,750 11% below national
396 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,690 11% below national
397 Wichita, KS $34,680 11% below national
398 Altoona, PA $34,630 11% below national
399 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,630 11% below national
400 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $34,620 11% below national
401 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $34,530 11% below national
402 Terre Haute, IN $34,510 11% below national
403 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $34,480 11% below national
404 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,440 12% below national
405 Topeka, KS $34,390 12% below national
406 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $34,240 12% below national
407 Goldsboro, NC $34,200 12% below national
408 Baton Rouge, LA $34,160 12% below national
409 Dothan, AL $34,050 13% below national
410 Canton-Massillon, OH $33,810 13% below national
411 Lima, OH $33,800 13% below national
412 Valdosta, GA $33,780 13% below national
413 Springfield, MO $33,770 13% below national
414 Las Cruces, NM $33,690 14% below national
415 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $33,490 14% below national
416 Macon-Bibb County, GA $33,270 15% below national
417 Cedar Rapids, IA $33,260 15% below national
418 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $33,050 15% below national
419 Owensboro, KY $33,030 15% below national
420 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $33,030 15% below national
421 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $32,940 15% below national
422 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $32,800 16% below national
423 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $32,500 17% below national
424 Alexandria, LA $32,280 17% below national
425 Iowa City, IA $32,280 17% below national
426 Farmington, NM $32,250 17% below national
427 Columbia, MO $31,880 18% below national
428 Jackson, TN $31,880 18% below national
429 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $31,820 18% below national
430 Akron, OH $31,770 18% below national
431 Morristown, TN $31,700 19% below national
432 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $31,640 19% below national
433 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $31,590 19% below national
434 Yuma, AZ $31,220 20% below national
435 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $31,200 20% below national
436 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $31,000 20% below national
437 Monroe, LA $30,910 21% below national
438 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,810 21% below national
439 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $30,680 21% below national
440 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $30,580 22% below national
441 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $30,500 22% below national
442 Texarkana, TX-AR $30,440 22% below national
443 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,380 22% below national
444 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $30,330 22% below national
445 Lafayette, LA $30,250 22% below national
446 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $30,240 22% below national
447 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $30,200 22% below national
448 El Paso, TX $30,170 23% below national
449 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $30,170 23% below national
450 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $30,170 23% below national
451 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $30,100 23% below national
452 Anniston-Oxford, AL $30,070 23% below national
453 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $30,040 23% below national
454 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,960 23% below national
455 Bowling Green, KY $29,900 23% below national
456 Wheeling, WV-OH $29,840 23% below national
457 Laredo, TX $29,760 24% below national
458 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,760 24% below national
459 Tyler, TX $29,740 24% below national
460 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,640 24% below national
461 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,630 24% below national
462 Gadsden, AL $29,530 24% below national
463 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $29,490 24% below national
464 Johnstown, PA $29,440 24% below national
465 Lawton, OK $29,430 24% below national
466 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $29,350 25% below national
467 Dalton, GA $29,160 25% below national
468 Jackson, MS $29,150 25% below national
469 Twin Falls, ID $29,140 25% below national
470 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $29,140 25% below national
471 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,130 25% below national
472 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,950 26% below national
473 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $28,770 26% below national
474 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $28,650 26% below national
475 Hattiesburg, MS $28,640 26% below national
476 Longview, TX $28,470 27% below national
477 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $28,240 28% below national
478 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,230 28% below national
479 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,190 28% below national
480 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,180 28% below national
481 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,180 28% below national
482 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,160 28% below national
483 Bay City, MI $28,140 28% below national
484 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $26,250 33% below national
485 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $26,240 33% below national
486 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $25,950 33% below national
487 Ponce, PR $22,040 43% below national
488 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $21,850 44% below national
489 Mayaguez, PR $21,780 44% below national
490 Guayama, PR $21,590 45% below national
491 Arecibo, PR $20,960 46% below national
492 Aguadilla, PR $20,680 47% below national
493 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $20,470 47% below national

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