35 Series · SOC 35-1011

Chefs and Head Cooks

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

Median Salary

$60,990

per year

Median Hourly

$29.32/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$64,720

average

Employment

182,320

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$36,000$47,710$60,990$76,790$96,030
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$17.31$22.94$29.32$36.92$46.17
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$36,000

25th Percentile

$47,710

Median

$60,990

75th Percentile

$76,790

90th Percentile

$96,030

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Hawaii $81,200 2. Rhode Island $79,160 3. North Dakota $76,630 4. District of Columbia $74,000 5. Massachusetts $71,330

Lowest Paying States

50. Puerto Rico $36,190 51. Louisiana $38,340 52. Guam $39,390 53. Iowa $43,690 54. Kentucky $44,220
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Hawaii $81,200 +33% above national
2 Rhode Island $79,160 +30% above national
3 North Dakota $76,630 +26% above national
4 District of Columbia $74,000 +21% above national
5 Massachusetts $71,330 +17% above national
6 Washington $69,800 +14% above national
7 New Jersey $69,660 +14% above national
8 California $66,780 +9% above national
9 Delaware $65,290 +7% above national
10 Wyoming $64,790 +6% above national
11 New York $64,300 +5% above national
12 Colorado $63,990 +5% above national
13 Vermont $63,270 +4% above national
14 Alabama $62,670 +3% above national
15 Connecticut $62,540 +3% above national
16 Maryland $61,990 +2% above national
17 Arizona $61,950 +2% above national
18 Virgin Islands $61,930 +2% above national
19 Illinois $61,450 +1% above national
20 South Carolina $61,290 same as national
21 West Virginia $60,790 same as national
22 Oregon $60,270 1% below national
23 Wisconsin $60,170 1% below national
24 North Carolina $59,810 2% below national
25 Virginia $59,780 2% below national
26 Pennsylvania $59,630 2% below national
27 Florida $59,580 2% below national
28 Tennessee $59,470 2% below national
29 Minnesota $59,430 3% below national
30 Missouri $59,220 3% below national
31 Nevada $58,590 4% below national
32 Michigan $58,430 4% below national
33 New Hampshire $58,400 4% below national
34 Nebraska $58,390 4% below national
35 Kansas $58,290 4% below national
36 Alaska $57,610 6% below national
37 Indiana $57,140 6% below national
38 Ohio $56,700 7% below national
39 Maine $55,860 8% below national
40 Montana $55,650 9% below national
41 New Mexico $55,170 10% below national
42 Oklahoma $53,310 13% below national
43 Georgia $51,630 15% below national
44 Texas $51,050 16% below national
45 Idaho $50,010 18% below national
46 Arkansas $49,060 20% below national
47 South Dakota $46,510 24% below national
48 Mississippi $44,990 26% below national
49 Utah $44,490 27% below national
50 Kentucky $44,220 27% below national
51 Iowa $43,690 28% below national
52 Guam $39,390 35% below national
53 Louisiana $38,340 37% below national
54 Puerto Rico $36,190 41% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI $87,410 2. Morgantown, WV $87,280 3. Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $85,370 4. Terre Haute, IN $83,880 5. Alexandria, LA $80,290

Lowest Paying Metros

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