21 Series · SOC 21-1021

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

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

Median Salary

$58,570

per year

Median Hourly

$28.16/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$62,920

average

Employment

382,960

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$40,580$47,480$58,570$74,060$94,030
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$19.51$22.83$28.16$35.61$45.21
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$40,580

25th Percentile

$47,480

Median

$58,570

75th Percentile

$74,060

90th Percentile

$94,030

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Connecticut $78,940 2. District of Columbia $78,920 3. New Jersey $78,150 4. Washington $72,290 5. Maryland $70,840

Lowest Paying States

50. Guam $40,880 51. Arkansas $42,960 52. Oklahoma $43,950 53. Mississippi $44,690 54. Puerto Rico $45,500
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Connecticut $78,940 +35% above national
2 District of Columbia $78,920 +35% above national
3 New Jersey $78,150 +33% above national
4 Washington $72,290 +23% above national
5 Maryland $70,840 +21% above national
6 California $69,250 +18% above national
7 Massachusetts $67,880 +16% above national
8 Rhode Island $67,150 +15% above national
9 North Dakota $66,900 +14% above national
10 Hawaii $66,450 +13% above national
11 New York $65,430 +12% above national
12 Vermont $65,370 +12% above national
13 Minnesota $65,010 +11% above national
14 New Hampshire $64,630 +10% above national
15 Colorado $63,560 +9% above national
16 Oregon $62,770 +7% above national
17 Maine $62,620 +7% above national
18 Illinois $62,260 +6% above national
19 Idaho $62,150 +6% above national
20 Nevada $60,430 +3% above national
21 Virginia $60,280 +3% above national
22 Alaska $60,220 +3% above national
23 Michigan $59,030 +1% above national
24 Wisconsin $58,670 same as national
25 Louisiana $57,880 1% below national
26 North Carolina $57,660 2% below national
27 Kentucky $57,390 2% below national
28 Wyoming $56,430 4% below national
29 Tennessee $56,390 4% below national
30 South Dakota $53,140 9% below national
31 Kansas $52,690 10% below national
32 Florida $52,350 11% below national
33 Indiana $51,400 12% below national
34 Pennsylvania $51,030 13% below national
35 Iowa $50,710 13% below national
36 Ohio $50,580 14% below national
37 Arizona $50,140 14% below national
38 Virgin Islands $50,030 15% below national
39 Texas $49,940 15% below national
40 Montana $49,630 15% below national
41 New Mexico $49,530 15% below national
42 Utah $49,070 16% below national
43 West Virginia $48,220 18% below national
44 Georgia $47,770 18% below national
45 South Carolina $47,550 19% below national
46 Nebraska $47,400 19% below national
47 Missouri $47,200 19% below national
48 Alabama $46,890 20% below national
49 Delaware $46,170 21% below national
50 Puerto Rico $45,500 22% below national
51 Mississippi $44,690 24% below national
52 Oklahoma $43,950 25% below national
53 Arkansas $42,960 27% below national
54 Guam $40,880 30% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Trenton-Princeton, NJ $82,410 2. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $80,280 3. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $79,840 4. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $78,950 5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $78,700

Lowest Paying Metros

509. Alexandria, LA $33,700 510. Lafayette, LA $36,940 511. Monroe, LA $37,650 512. East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,680 513. Johnstown, PA $39,970
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $82,410 +41% above national
2 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $80,280 +37% above national
3 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $79,840 +36% above national
4 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $78,950 +35% above national
5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $78,700 +34% above national
6 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $78,700 +34% above national
7 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $78,250 +34% above national
8 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $77,760 +33% above national
9 Lexington Park, MD $77,650 +33% above national
10 Salisbury, MD $77,650 +33% above national
11 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $76,820 +31% above national
12 Longview-Kelso, WA $76,660 +31% above national
13 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $76,600 +31% above national
14 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $76,470 +31% above national
15 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $75,940 +30% above national
16 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $75,780 +29% above national
17 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $75,600 +29% above national
18 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $74,530 +27% above national
19 New Haven, CT $74,470 +27% above national
20 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $74,030 +26% above national
21 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $72,950 +25% above national
22 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $72,750 +24% above national
23 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $72,630 +24% above national
24 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $72,310 +23% above national
25 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $72,310 +23% above national
26 Springfield, IL $71,990 +23% above national
27 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $71,810 +23% above national
28 Grand Forks, ND-MN $71,660 +22% above national
29 Kingston, NY $71,040 +21% above national
30 Greeley, CO $70,880 +21% above national
31 Salinas, CA $70,780 +21% above national
32 Stockton-Lodi, CA $70,690 +21% above national
33 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $70,590 +21% above national
34 Walla Walla, WA $70,490 +20% above national
35 Punta Gorda, FL $70,460 +20% above national
36 Yakima, WA $70,400 +20% above national
37 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $70,050 +20% above national
38 Kennewick-Richland, WA $69,990 +19% above national
39 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $69,800 +19% above national
40 Barnstable Town, MA $69,680 +19% above national
41 Pittsfield, MA $69,680 +19% above national
42 Vineland, NJ $68,990 +18% above national
43 St. Cloud, MN $68,920 +18% above national
44 Bismarck, ND $68,480 +17% above national
45 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $68,450 +17% above national
46 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $68,330 +17% above national
47 Twin Falls, ID $68,020 +16% above national
48 Vallejo, CA $67,900 +16% above national
49 Worcester, MA $67,610 +15% above national
50 Grants Pass, OR $67,170 +15% above national
51 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $66,610 +14% above national
52 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $66,560 +14% above national
53 Urban Honolulu, HI $66,470 +13% above national
54 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $66,300 +13% above national
55 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $66,240 +13% above national
56 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $66,130 +13% above national
57 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $66,090 +13% above national
58 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $65,920 +13% above national
59 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $65,900 +13% above national
60 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $65,870 +12% above national
61 Lewiston, ID-WA $65,740 +12% above national
62 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $65,650 +12% above national
63 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $65,370 +12% above national
64 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $65,260 +11% above national
65 Ithaca, NY $65,260 +11% above national
66 Rochester, NY $65,260 +11% above national
67 Modesto, CA $65,240 +11% above national
68 Portland-South Portland, ME $65,110 +11% above national
69 Fairbanks-College, AK $64,940 +11% above national
70 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $64,600 +10% above national
71 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $64,380 +10% above national
72 Boulder, CO $64,290 +10% above national
73 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $64,270 +10% above national
74 Albany, OR $64,130 +9% above national
75 Medford, OR $64,130 +9% above national
76 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $64,130 +9% above national
77 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $64,130 +9% above national
78 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $63,940 +9% above national
79 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $63,920 +9% above national
80 Casper, WY $63,850 +9% above national
81 Rochester, MN $63,810 +9% above national
82 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $63,650 +9% above national
83 Baton Rouge, LA $63,460 +8% above national
84 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $63,440 +8% above national
85 Chico, CA $63,320 +8% above national
86 Fresno, CA $63,270 +8% above national
87 Boise City, ID $63,230 +8% above national
88 Bowling Green, KY $63,130 +8% above national
89 Anchorage, AK $63,040 +8% above national
90 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,000 +8% above national
91 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $62,940 +7% above national
92 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $62,770 +7% above national
93 Syracuse, NY $62,760 +7% above national
94 Binghamton, NY $62,740 +7% above national
95 Salem, OR $62,730 +7% above national
96 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $62,670 +7% above national
97 Raleigh-Cary, NC $62,540 +7% above national
98 Jacksonville, NC $62,500 +7% above national
99 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $62,500 +7% above national
100 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $62,440 +7% above national
101 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $62,440 +7% above national
102 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $62,400 +7% above national
103 Wilmington, NC $62,350 +6% above national
104 Homosassa Springs, FL $62,310 +6% above national
105 Bellingham, WA $62,290 +6% above national
106 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $62,070 +6% above national
107 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $62,010 +6% above national
108 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $61,980 +6% above national
109 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $61,960 +6% above national
110 Jackson, MI $61,900 +6% above national
111 Yuba City, CA $61,880 +6% above national
112 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $61,860 +6% above national
113 Fargo, ND-MN $61,740 +5% above national
114 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $61,710 +5% above national
115 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $61,570 +5% above national
116 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $61,500 +5% above national
117 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $61,420 +5% above national
118 Madison, WI $61,380 +5% above national
119 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $61,310 +5% above national
120 Coeur d'Alene, ID $61,240 +5% above national
121 Glens Falls, NY $61,190 +4% above national
122 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $61,130 +4% above national
123 Eugene-Springfield, OR $61,120 +4% above national
124 Manchester-Nashua, NH $61,110 +4% above national
125 Colorado Springs, CO $61,100 +4% above national
126 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $61,100 +4% above national
127 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $60,990 +4% above national
128 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $60,990 +4% above national
129 Duluth, MN-WI $60,950 +4% above national
130 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $60,940 +4% above national
131 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $60,700 +4% above national
132 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $60,670 +4% above national
133 Eau Claire, WI $60,630 +4% above national
134 Ann Arbor, MI $60,540 +3% above national
135 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $60,500 +3% above national
136 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $60,430 +3% above national
137 Richmond, VA $60,430 +3% above national
138 Niles, MI $60,390 +3% above national
139 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $60,360 +3% above national
140 Mankato, MN $60,300 +3% above national
141 Minot, ND $60,300 +3% above national
142 Bangor, ME $60,220 +3% above national
143 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $60,190 +3% above national
144 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $60,160 +3% above national
145 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $60,130 +3% above national
146 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $60,100 +3% above national
147 Elizabethtown, KY $60,040 +3% above national
148 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $59,950 +2% above national
149 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,930 +2% above national
150 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $59,900 +2% above national
151 Merced, CA $59,860 +2% above national
152 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $59,820 +2% above national
153 Elmira, NY $59,710 +2% above national
154 Harrisonburg, VA $59,660 +2% above national
155 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $59,460 +2% above national
156 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $59,400 +1% above national
157 Traverse City, MI $59,320 +1% above national
158 Lexington-Fayette, KY $59,240 +1% above national
159 Owensboro, KY $59,240 +1% above national
160 Redding, CA $59,220 +1% above national
161 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $59,020 +1% above national
162 Cleveland, OH $59,000 +1% above national
163 Visalia, CA $59,000 +1% above national
164 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $58,970 +1% above national
165 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $58,890 +1% above national
166 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $58,860 same as national
167 Corvallis, OR $58,820 same as national
168 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $58,800 same as national
169 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $58,790 same as national
170 Utica-Rome, NY $58,750 same as national
171 Paducah, KY-IL $58,700 same as national
172 Flint, MI $58,290 same as national
173 Reno, NV $58,290 same as national
174 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $58,230 1% below national
175 Charlottesville, VA $58,220 1% below national
176 Bend, OR $58,200 1% below national
177 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $58,170 1% below national
178 Winchester, VA-WV $58,150 1% below national
179 Napa, CA $58,100 1% below national
180 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $58,050 1% below national
181 Springfield, OH $58,040 1% below national
182 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $58,030 1% below national
183 Champaign-Urbana, IL $58,020 1% below national
184 Morristown, TN $58,020 1% below national
185 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $58,020 1% below national
186 Clarksville, TN-KY $58,010 1% below national
187 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $57,940 1% below national
188 Cleveland, TN $57,790 1% below national
189 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $57,580 2% below national
190 Asheville, NC $57,550 2% below national
191 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $57,530 2% below national
192 Columbus, OH $57,450 2% below national
193 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $57,390 2% below national
194 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $57,390 2% below national
195 Lawrence, KS $57,300 2% below national
196 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $57,260 2% below national
197 San Angelo, TX $57,090 3% below national
198 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $57,010 3% below national
199 Decatur, IL $56,940 3% below national
200 Odessa, TX $56,680 3% below national
201 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $56,470 4% below national
202 Cheyenne, WY $56,430 4% below national
203 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $56,430 4% below national
204 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $56,350 4% below national
205 Bloomington, IL $56,330 4% below national
206 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $56,330 4% below national
207 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $56,280 4% below national
208 Toledo, OH $56,260 4% below national
209 Johnson City, TN $56,190 4% below national
210 Burlington, NC $56,020 4% below national
211 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $55,970 4% below national
212 Pocatello, ID $55,540 5% below national
213 Grand Junction, CO $55,520 5% below national
214 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $55,430 5% below national
215 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $55,330 6% below national
216 Monroe, MI $55,300 6% below national
217 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $55,140 6% below national
218 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $55,060 6% below national
219 Greensboro-High Point, NC $54,980 6% below national
220 Morgantown, WV $54,960 6% below national
221 Kenosha, WI $54,860 6% below national
222 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $54,850 6% below national
223 Greenville, NC $54,790 6% below national
224 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $54,770 6% below national
225 Lynchburg, VA $54,750 7% below national
226 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $54,600 7% below national
227 Las Cruces, NM $54,550 7% below national
228 Sherman-Denison, TX $54,550 7% below national
229 Wausau, WI $54,540 7% below national
230 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $54,500 7% below national
231 Idaho Falls, ID $54,450 7% below national
232 Winston-Salem, NC $54,430 7% below national
233 Springfield, MA $54,390 7% below national
234 Bay City, MI $54,330 7% below national
235 Montgomery, AL $54,280 7% below national
236 El Centro, CA $54,270 7% below national
237 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $54,110 8% below national
238 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $54,080 8% below national
239 Lebanon, PA $54,060 8% below national
240 Goldsboro, NC $54,050 8% below national
241 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $54,030 8% below national
242 Jackson, TN $53,980 8% below national
243 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $53,980 8% below national
244 Knoxville, TN $53,980 8% below national
245 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $53,980 8% below national
246 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $53,940 8% below national
247 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $53,910 8% below national
248 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $53,900 8% below national
249 Wichita Falls, TX $53,780 8% below national
250 Battle Creek, MI $53,770 8% below national
251 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $53,750 8% below national
252 Corpus Christi, TX $53,670 8% below national
253 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $53,670 8% below national
254 Waco, TX $53,670 8% below national
255 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53,670 8% below national
256 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $53,560 9% below national
257 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $53,480 9% below national
258 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $53,470 9% below national
259 Jacksonville, FL $53,400 9% below national
260 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $53,390 9% below national
261 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $53,390 9% below national
262 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $53,370 9% below national
263 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $53,370 9% below national
264 Midland, MI $53,210 9% below national
265 Appleton, WI $53,200 9% below national
266 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $53,140 9% below national
267 Lancaster, PA $53,110 9% below national
268 Janesville-Beloit, WI $53,070 9% below national
269 Kankakee, IL $53,050 9% below national
270 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $52,820 10% below national
271 Fond du Lac, WI $52,810 10% below national
272 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $52,770 10% below national
273 Manhattan, KS $52,690 10% below national
274 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $52,680 10% below national
275 Columbus, IN $52,520 10% below national
276 Chattanooga, TN-GA $52,480 10% below national
277 Wichita, KS $52,430 10% below national
278 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $52,420 11% below national
279 Rockford, IL $52,420 11% below national
280 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $52,380 11% below national
281 Williamsport, PA $52,360 11% below national
282 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $52,340 11% below national
283 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $52,300 11% below national
284 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $52,300 11% below national
285 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $52,280 11% below national
286 Evansville, IN $52,030 11% below national
287 Fort Wayne, IN $52,030 11% below national
288 Tyler, TX $52,020 11% below national
289 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $52,020 11% below national
290 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $52,010 11% below national
291 Peoria, IL $51,880 11% below national
292 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $51,810 12% below national
293 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $51,730 12% below national
294 Chambersburg, PA $51,700 12% below national
295 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $51,690 12% below national
296 Green Bay, WI $51,670 12% below national
297 Ponce, PR $51,640 12% below national
298 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $51,620 12% below national
299 Midland, TX $51,590 12% below national
300 Roanoke, VA $51,530 12% below national
301 Mayaguez, PR $51,520 12% below national
302 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $51,520 12% below national
303 Arecibo, PR $51,490 12% below national
304 Aguadilla, PR $51,480 12% below national
305 Bloomington, IN $51,400 12% below national
306 Guayama, PR $51,320 12% below national
307 Saginaw, MI $51,210 13% below national
308 Sheboygan, WI $51,150 13% below national
309 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $51,140 13% below national
310 Killeen-Temple, TX $51,090 13% below national
311 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $51,080 13% below national
312 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $51,040 13% below national
313 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $51,000 13% below national
314 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $50,880 13% below national
315 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $50,780 13% below national
316 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $50,780 13% below national
317 Naples-Marco Island, FL $50,720 13% below national
318 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $50,710 13% below national
319 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $50,680 13% below national
320 York-Hanover, PA $50,630 14% below national
321 Terre Haute, IN $50,600 14% below national
322 Pueblo, CO $50,560 14% below national
323 Dover, DE $50,530 14% below national
324 Florence, SC $50,490 14% below national
325 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $50,490 14% below national
326 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $50,480 14% below national
327 Kokomo, IN $50,470 14% below national
328 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $50,470 14% below national
329 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $50,470 14% below national
330 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $50,470 14% below national
331 Rapid City, SD $50,400 14% below national
332 Reading, PA $50,380 14% below national
333 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $50,380 14% below national
334 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $50,360 14% below national
335 Great Falls, MT $50,340 14% below national
336 Ogden, UT $50,310 14% below national
337 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $50,150 14% below national
338 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $50,150 14% below national
339 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $50,150 14% below national
340 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $50,150 14% below national
341 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $50,130 14% below national
342 Gettysburg, PA $50,100 14% below national
343 Fayetteville, NC $50,070 15% below national
344 Yuma, AZ $50,030 15% below national
345 Topeka, KS $49,940 15% below national
346 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $49,910 15% below national
347 Mobile, AL $49,720 15% below national
348 Billings, MT $49,690 15% below national
349 Erie, PA $49,660 15% below national
350 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $49,610 15% below national
351 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $49,580 15% below national
352 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $49,540 15% below national
353 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $49,510 15% below national
354 St. Louis, MO-IL $49,500 15% below national
355 Abilene, TX $49,490 16% below national
356 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $49,380 16% below national
357 Kansas City, MO-KS $49,380 16% below national
358 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $49,360 16% below national
359 Flagstaff, AZ $49,320 16% below national
360 Omaha, NE-IA $49,320 16% below national
361 Pittsburgh, PA $49,320 16% below national
362 Albuquerque, NM $49,260 16% below national
363 Gadsden, AL $49,260 16% below national
364 Dubuque, IA $49,230 16% below national
365 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $49,230 16% below national
366 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,170 16% below national
367 Missoula, MT $49,090 16% below national
368 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $49,070 16% below national
369 Rocky Mount, NC $49,040 16% below national
370 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $48,970 16% below national
371 Canton-Massillon, OH $48,890 17% below national
372 College Station-Bryan, TX $48,790 17% below national
373 El Paso, TX $48,790 17% below national
374 Laredo, TX $48,790 17% below national
375 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $48,790 17% below national
376 Texarkana, TX-AR $48,790 17% below national
377 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $48,730 17% below national
378 Muncie, IN $48,730 17% below national
379 Decatur, AL $48,710 17% below national
380 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $48,690 17% below national
381 Santa Fe, NM $48,670 17% below national
382 Victoria, TX $48,570 17% below national
383 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,570 17% below national
384 Akron, OH $48,520 17% below national
385 Lima, OH $48,340 17% below national
386 Grand Island, NE $48,300 18% below national
387 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $48,270 18% below national
388 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $48,230 18% below national
389 Charleston, WV $48,220 18% below national
390 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $48,190 18% below national
391 Helena, MT $47,990 18% below national
392 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $47,990 18% below national
393 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $47,990 18% below national
394 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $47,890 18% below national
395 Gainesville, FL $47,870 18% below national
396 Port St. Lucie, FL $47,870 18% below national
397 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $47,820 18% below national
398 Ocala, FL $47,800 18% below national
399 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $47,800 18% below national
400 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $47,790 18% below national
401 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $47,730 19% below national
402 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $47,700 19% below national
403 Longview, TX $47,680 19% below national
404 Bozeman, MT $47,610 19% below national
405 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $47,580 19% below national
406 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $47,560 19% below national
407 Huntsville, AL $47,540 19% below national
408 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $47,520 19% below national
409 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $47,430 19% below national
410 Amarillo, TX $47,420 19% below national
411 Spartanburg, SC $47,340 19% below national
412 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $47,330 19% below national
413 Lincoln, NE $47,300 19% below national
414 Beckley, WV $47,230 19% below national
415 Youngstown-Warren, OH $47,060 20% below national
416 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $46,890 20% below national
417 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $46,890 20% below national
418 Wheeling, WV-OH $46,880 20% below national
419 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,880 20% below national
420 Tucson, AZ $46,850 20% below national
421 Birmingham, AL $46,810 20% below national
422 Iowa City, IA $46,780 20% below national
423 Jefferson City, MO $46,750 20% below national
424 Joplin, MO-KS $46,720 20% below national
425 Sandusky, OH $46,720 20% below national
426 Gainesville, GA $46,630 20% below national
427 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,630 20% below national
428 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,630 20% below national
429 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $46,550 21% below national
430 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $46,550 21% below national
431 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,530 21% below national
432 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,520 21% below national
433 Columbia, SC $46,490 21% below national
434 Springfield, MO $46,490 21% below national
435 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,490 21% below national
436 Cedar Rapids, IA $46,480 21% below national
437 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $46,480 21% below national
438 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $46,400 21% below national
439 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,400 21% below national
440 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $46,380 21% below national
441 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $46,330 21% below national
442 Athens-Clarke County, GA $46,240 21% below national
443 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $46,230 21% below national
444 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $46,170 21% below national
445 Macon-Bibb County, GA $46,080 21% below national
446 Tuscaloosa, AL $46,080 21% below national
447 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $46,080 21% below national
448 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,070 21% below national
449 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,070 21% below national
450 Dalton, GA $46,050 21% below national
451 Farmington, NM $46,040 21% below national
452 Tallahassee, FL $45,950 22% below national
453 Albany, GA $45,930 22% below national
454 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $45,930 22% below national
455 Rome, GA $45,930 22% below national
456 Savannah, GA $45,930 22% below national
457 Warner Robins, GA $45,930 22% below national
458 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $45,930 22% below national
459 Columbia, MO $45,910 22% below national
460 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $45,870 22% below national
461 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $45,770 22% below national
462 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $45,770 22% below national
463 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $45,750 22% below national
464 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $45,700 22% below national
465 St. Joseph, MO-KS $45,680 22% below national
466 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $45,620 22% below national
467 Mansfield, OH $45,600 22% below national
468 Hattiesburg, MS $45,590 22% below national
469 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $45,530 22% below national
470 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $45,440 22% below national
471 St. George, UT $45,410 22% below national
472 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $45,280 23% below national
473 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $45,280 23% below national
474 State College, PA $45,200 23% below national
475 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $45,070 23% below national
476 Ames, IA $44,950 23% below national
477 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $44,860 23% below national
478 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $44,850 23% below national
479 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $44,720 24% below national
480 Jackson, MS $44,690 24% below national
481 Anniston-Oxford, AL $44,650 24% below national
482 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $44,650 24% below national
483 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $44,610 24% below national
484 Auburn-Opelika, AL $44,280 24% below national
485 Columbus, GA-AL $44,200 25% below national
486 Logan, UT-ID $43,970 25% below national
487 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $43,960 25% below national
488 Enid, OK $43,950 25% below national
489 Fort Smith, AR-OK $43,950 25% below national
490 Lawton, OK $43,950 25% below national
491 Oklahoma City, OK $43,950 25% below national
492 Tulsa, OK $43,950 25% below national
493 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $43,950 25% below national
494 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $43,950 25% below national
495 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $43,860 25% below national
496 Sumter, SC $43,690 25% below national
497 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $43,640 25% below national
498 Dothan, AL $43,450 26% below national
499 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $42,990 27% below national
500 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $42,650 27% below national
501 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $42,610 27% below national
502 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $42,610 27% below national
503 Valdosta, GA $42,390 28% below national
504 Lubbock, TX $41,970 28% below national
505 Altoona, PA $41,620 29% below national
506 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $41,420 29% below national
507 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $40,330 31% below national
508 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $40,240 31% below national
509 Johnstown, PA $39,970 32% below national
510 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,680 34% below national
511 Monroe, LA $37,650 36% below national
512 Lafayette, LA $36,940 37% below national
513 Alexandria, LA $33,700 42% 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.