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Clergy

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

Median Salary

$60,820

per year

Median Hourly

$29.24/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$67,160

average

Employment

58,080

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$37,140$47,220$60,820$76,340$99,720
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$17.86$22.70$29.24$36.70$47.94
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$37,140

25th Percentile

$47,220

Median

$60,820

75th Percentile

$76,340

90th Percentile

$99,720

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. California $77,850 2. Washington $77,530 3. Virgin Islands $75,600 4. Nevada $70,150 5. Massachusetts $67,830

Lowest Paying States

49. Puerto Rico $25,770 50. Guam $34,440 51. West Virginia $36,600 52. Alabama $50,050 53. Mississippi $50,500
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $77,850 +28% above national
2 Washington $77,530 +27% above national
3 Virgin Islands $75,600 +24% above national
4 Nevada $70,150 +15% above national
5 Massachusetts $67,830 +12% above national
6 Vermont $66,860 +10% above national
7 New Hampshire $66,670 +10% above national
8 Georgia $65,510 +8% above national
9 Minnesota $65,350 +7% above national
10 Connecticut $65,040 +7% above national
11 District of Columbia $64,990 +7% above national
12 Hawaii $64,010 +5% above national
13 Colorado $63,980 +5% above national
14 Wyoming $63,860 +5% above national
15 New Jersey $63,530 +4% above national
16 Oregon $63,370 +4% above national
17 Maine $63,180 +4% above national
18 Wisconsin $62,770 +3% above national
19 Arizona $62,380 +3% above national
20 Rhode Island $62,340 +2% above national
21 Idaho $61,420 +1% above national
22 Delaware $61,250 +1% above national
23 Illinois $60,290 1% below national
24 Missouri $59,980 1% below national
25 Texas $59,550 2% below national
26 North Carolina $59,530 2% below national
27 Florida $59,430 2% below national
28 Iowa $59,270 3% below national
29 Ohio $59,220 3% below national
30 South Carolina $59,170 3% below national
31 New York $58,980 3% below national
32 Montana $58,970 3% below national
33 Kentucky $58,610 4% below national
34 North Dakota $58,140 4% below national
35 Maryland $58,030 5% below national
36 Kansas $57,610 5% below national
37 Indiana $57,580 5% below national
38 New Mexico $57,490 5% below national
39 Louisiana $57,370 6% below national
40 Pennsylvania $56,540 7% below national
41 Oklahoma $56,480 7% below national
42 Virginia $56,170 8% below national
43 South Dakota $55,080 9% below national
44 Alaska $55,040 10% below national
45 Michigan $54,160 11% below national
46 Nebraska $53,550 12% below national
47 Tennessee $51,580 15% below national
48 Arkansas $51,240 16% below national
49 Mississippi $50,500 17% below national
50 Alabama $50,050 18% below national
51 West Virginia $36,600 40% below national
52 Guam $34,440 43% below national
53 Puerto Rico $25,770 58% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $92,860 2. Vallejo, CA $83,550 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $83,210 4. Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $83,110 5. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $80,370

Lowest Paying Metros

271. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $28,170 272. Charleston, WV $36,230 273. Wheeling, WV-OH $36,600 274. Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $38,860 275. West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,170
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $92,860 +53% above national
2 Vallejo, CA $83,550 +37% above national
3 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $83,210 +37% above national
4 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $83,110 +37% above national
5 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $80,370 +32% above national
6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $79,590 +31% above national
7 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $78,790 +30% above national
8 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $78,280 +29% above national
9 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $77,370 +27% above national
10 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $77,100 +27% above national
11 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $76,760 +26% above national
12 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $76,540 +26% above national
13 Salem, OR $75,830 +25% above national
14 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $75,450 +24% above national
15 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $75,410 +24% above national
16 Salinas, CA $75,090 +23% above national
17 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $74,930 +23% above national
18 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $74,760 +23% above national
19 Stockton-Lodi, CA $74,320 +22% above national
20 Billings, MT $73,850 +21% above national
21 Modesto, CA $73,570 +21% above national
22 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $72,770 +20% above national
23 Fresno, CA $72,750 +20% above national
24 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $71,970 +18% above national
25 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $70,810 +16% above national
26 New Haven, CT $70,700 +16% above national
27 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $70,440 +16% above national
28 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $70,150 +15% above national
29 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $69,870 +15% above national
30 Redding, CA $69,860 +15% above national
31 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $69,830 +15% above national
32 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $69,550 +14% above national
33 Worcester, MA $69,340 +14% above national
34 Rochester, MN $68,810 +13% above national
35 Waco, TX $68,340 +12% above national
36 Boulder, CO $68,230 +12% above national
37 Springfield, MA $66,700 +10% above national
38 Madison, WI $66,620 +10% above national
39 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $66,330 +9% above national
40 Visalia, CA $66,030 +9% above national
41 St. Cloud, MN $65,730 +8% above national
42 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $65,720 +8% above national
43 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $64,950 +7% above national
44 Albany, OR $64,930 +7% above national
45 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $64,590 +6% above national
46 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $64,270 +6% above national
47 Urban Honolulu, HI $64,010 +5% above national
48 Boise City, ID $63,640 +5% above national
49 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $63,640 +5% above national
50 Duluth, MN-WI $63,500 +4% above national
51 Tucson, AZ $63,480 +4% above national
52 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $63,440 +4% above national
53 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $63,430 +4% above national
54 Portland-South Portland, ME $63,180 +4% above national
55 Kansas City, MO-KS $63,090 +4% above national
56 Reading, PA $62,920 +3% above national
57 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $62,780 +3% above national
58 Bozeman, MT $62,770 +3% above national
59 Corpus Christi, TX $62,420 +3% above national
60 Killeen-Temple, TX $62,400 +3% above national
61 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $62,380 +3% above national
62 Asheville, NC $62,360 +3% above national
63 St. Louis, MO-IL $62,360 +3% above national
64 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $62,340 +2% above national
65 Columbus, OH $62,110 +2% above national
66 Missoula, MT $62,020 +2% above national
67 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $61,980 +2% above national
68 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $61,520 +1% above national
69 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $61,480 +1% above national
70 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $61,470 +1% above national
71 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $61,440 +1% above national
72 Rockford, IL $61,310 +1% above national
73 Albuquerque, NM $61,270 +1% above national
74 Lexington-Fayette, KY $61,160 +1% above national
75 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $61,150 +1% above national
76 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $61,130 +1% above national
77 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $61,090 same as national
78 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $61,080 same as national
79 Colorado Springs, CO $61,010 same as national
80 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $61,010 same as national
81 Ann Arbor, MI $60,910 same as national
82 Columbus, GA-AL $60,890 same as national
83 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $60,890 same as national
84 Champaign-Urbana, IL $60,860 same as national
85 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $60,850 same as national
86 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $60,820 same as national
87 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $60,820 same as national
88 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $60,770 same as national
89 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $60,770 same as national
90 Green Bay, WI $60,710 same as national
91 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $60,710 same as national
92 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $60,640 same as national
93 Fargo, ND-MN $60,630 same as national
94 Baton Rouge, LA $60,590 same as national
95 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $60,580 same as national
96 Athens-Clarke County, GA $60,570 same as national
97 Peoria, IL $60,500 1% below national
98 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $60,480 1% below national
99 Naples-Marco Island, FL $60,440 1% below national
100 Elmira, NY $60,410 1% below national
101 Jacksonville, FL $60,310 1% below national
102 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $60,250 1% below national
103 Helena, MT $60,250 1% below national
104 Medford, OR $60,240 1% below national
105 Winston-Salem, NC $60,170 1% below national
106 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $60,150 1% below national
107 Bismarck, ND $59,970 1% below national
108 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $59,950 1% below national
109 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $59,920 1% below national
110 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $59,870 2% below national
111 Bend, OR $59,780 2% below national
112 Fayetteville, NC $59,780 2% below national
113 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $59,760 2% below national
114 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $59,720 2% below national
115 Gainesville, FL $59,670 2% below national
116 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $59,610 2% below national
117 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $59,600 2% below national
118 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $59,580 2% below national
119 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $59,560 2% below national
120 Charlottesville, VA $59,550 2% below national
121 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $59,530 2% below national
122 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $59,490 2% below national
123 Lebanon, PA $59,440 2% below national
124 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $59,410 2% below national
125 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $59,400 2% below national
126 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $59,380 2% below national
127 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $59,310 2% below national
128 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $59,100 3% below national
129 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $59,090 3% below national
130 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $59,090 3% below national
131 Great Falls, MT $58,970 3% below national
132 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $58,970 3% below national
133 Rochester, NY $58,910 3% below national
134 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $58,700 3% below national
135 Cleveland, OH $58,620 4% below national
136 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $58,600 4% below national
137 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $58,590 4% below national
138 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $58,540 4% below national
139 Roanoke, VA $58,510 4% below national
140 Raleigh-Cary, NC $58,430 4% below national
141 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $58,430 4% below national
142 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $58,410 4% below national
143 Corvallis, OR $58,400 4% below national
144 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $58,360 4% below national
145 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $58,340 4% below national
146 Oklahoma City, OK $58,330 4% below national
147 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $58,300 4% below national
148 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $58,200 4% below national
149 Youngstown-Warren, OH $58,130 4% below national
150 Columbia, SC $58,110 4% below national
151 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $58,110 4% below national
152 Cedar Rapids, IA $58,060 5% below national
153 Lafayette, LA $58,060 5% below national
154 Fort Wayne, IN $58,040 5% below national
155 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $57,920 5% below national
156 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $57,850 5% below national
157 Grants Pass, OR $57,820 5% below national
158 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $57,820 5% below national
159 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $57,800 5% below national
160 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $57,580 5% below national
161 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $57,520 5% below national
162 Richmond, VA $57,480 5% below national
163 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $57,320 6% below national
164 Wichita, KS $57,320 6% below national
165 Syracuse, NY $57,220 6% below national
166 Anchorage, AK $57,140 6% below national
167 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $56,810 7% below national
168 Jackson, MS $56,780 7% below national
169 Akron, OH $56,750 7% below national
170 El Paso, TX $56,640 7% below national
171 Springfield, IL $56,500 7% below national
172 Canton-Massillon, OH $56,310 7% below national
173 Wilmington, NC $56,280 7% below national
174 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $56,170 8% below national
175 Chattanooga, TN-GA $56,060 8% below national
176 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $56,060 8% below national
177 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $56,050 8% below national
178 Lynchburg, VA $56,000 8% below national
179 York-Hanover, PA $56,000 8% below national
180 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $55,960 8% below national
181 Savannah, GA $55,950 8% below national
182 Flint, MI $55,910 8% below national
183 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $55,880 8% below national
184 Greensboro-High Point, NC $55,820 8% below national
185 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $55,820 8% below national
186 Lancaster, PA $55,730 8% below national
187 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $55,730 8% below national
188 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $55,730 8% below national
189 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $55,730 8% below national
190 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $55,570 9% below national
191 Saginaw, MI $55,510 9% below national
192 Huntsville, AL $55,500 9% below national
193 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $55,500 9% below national
194 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $55,450 9% below national
195 Tulsa, OK $55,450 9% below national
196 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $55,380 9% below national
197 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,290 9% below national
198 Spartanburg, SC $55,280 9% below national
199 Omaha, NE-IA $55,190 9% below national
200 Pittsburgh, PA $54,970 10% below national
201 Eugene-Springfield, OR $54,830 10% below national
202 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $54,740 10% below national
203 Altoona, PA $54,680 10% below national
204 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $54,380 11% below national
205 Springfield, MO $54,100 11% below national
206 Toledo, OH $54,060 11% below national
207 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $53,890 11% below national
208 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $53,810 12% below national
209 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $53,800 12% below national
210 Lincoln, NE $53,780 12% below national
211 Traverse City, MI $53,200 13% below national
212 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $52,820 13% below national
213 Evansville, IN $52,810 13% below national
214 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $52,810 13% below national
215 Chico, CA $52,790 13% below national
216 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $52,480 14% below national
217 Birmingham, AL $52,380 14% below national
218 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $52,250 14% below national
219 Johnson City, TN $52,120 14% below national
220 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $52,080 14% below national
221 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $52,070 14% below national
222 Ocala, FL $51,770 15% below national
223 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $51,380 16% below national
224 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $51,300 16% below national
225 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $51,230 16% below national
226 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $51,060 16% below national
227 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $50,990 16% below national
228 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $50,610 17% below national
229 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $50,530 17% below national
230 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $50,290 17% below national
231 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $50,170 18% below national
232 Glens Falls, NY $50,030 18% below national
233 Knoxville, TN $49,910 18% below national
234 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,840 18% below national
235 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $49,580 18% below national
236 Tyler, TX $49,450 19% below national
237 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,450 19% below national
238 Jackson, MI $49,240 19% below national
239 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,050 19% below national
240 Binghamton, NY $49,030 19% below national
241 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $48,860 20% below national
242 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $48,530 20% below national
243 Tallahassee, FL $48,410 20% below national
244 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $48,380 20% below national
245 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $48,340 21% below national
246 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,210 21% below national
247 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $48,090 21% below national
248 Battle Creek, MI $48,080 21% below national
249 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $48,030 21% below national
250 Macon-Bibb County, GA $47,990 21% below national
251 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $47,900 21% below national
252 Utica-Rome, NY $47,760 21% below national
253 Mobile, AL $47,690 22% below national
254 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $47,590 22% below national
255 Bloomington, IL $47,460 22% below national
256 Abilene, TX $47,230 22% below national
257 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $47,190 22% below national
258 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $47,090 23% below national
259 Johnstown, PA $46,860 23% below national
260 Midland, MI $46,250 24% below national
261 Port St. Lucie, FL $46,010 24% below national
262 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $45,860 25% below national
263 Montgomery, AL $45,750 25% below national
264 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $44,670 27% below national
265 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $43,750 28% below national
266 Kingston, NY $43,480 29% below national
267 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $43,310 29% below national
268 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $42,990 29% below national
269 Erie, PA $41,840 31% below national
270 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $41,460 32% below national
271 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,170 36% below national
272 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $38,860 36% below national
273 Wheeling, WV-OH $36,600 40% below national
274 Charleston, WV $36,230 40% below national
275 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $28,170 54% 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.