51 Series · SOC 51-9124

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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

Median Salary

$47,590

per year

Median Hourly

$22.88/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$51,610

average

Employment

159,500

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$35,480$39,470$47,590$58,740$72,800
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$17.06$18.98$22.88$28.24$35.00
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$35,480

25th Percentile

$39,470

Median

$47,590

75th Percentile

$58,740

90th Percentile

$72,800

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Alaska $63,440 2. New Jersey $59,840 3. Maryland $57,860 4. Maine $56,770 5. Washington $56,630

Lowest Paying States

47. Puerto Rico $22,580 48. Alabama $40,220 49. West Virginia $42,080 50. Michigan $43,310 51. Indiana $44,760
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska $63,440 +33% above national
2 New Jersey $59,840 +26% above national
3 Maryland $57,860 +22% above national
4 Maine $56,770 +19% above national
5 Washington $56,630 +19% above national
6 Minnesota $54,240 +14% above national
7 Hawaii $53,350 +12% above national
8 California $51,710 +9% above national
9 North Dakota $51,380 +8% above national
10 Kentucky $50,700 +7% above national
11 Virginia $50,060 +5% above national
12 Rhode Island $49,850 +5% above national
13 Mississippi $49,750 +5% above national
14 Massachusetts $49,700 +4% above national
15 Connecticut $49,490 +4% above national
16 Colorado $49,040 +3% above national
17 Tennessee $48,780 +3% above national
18 Nevada $48,460 +2% above national
19 Wisconsin $48,100 +1% above national
20 South Dakota $48,030 +1% above national
21 New Hampshire $47,850 +1% above national
22 Oregon $47,840 +1% above national
23 Montana $47,740 same as national
24 Pennsylvania $47,560 same as national
25 Iowa $47,530 same as national
26 Kansas $47,500 same as national
27 Louisiana $47,160 1% below national
28 New York $47,150 1% below national
29 North Carolina $46,970 1% below national
30 South Carolina $46,850 2% below national
31 Florida $46,800 2% below national
32 Nebraska $46,780 2% below national
33 Ohio $46,650 2% below national
34 Texas $46,630 2% below national
35 Vermont $46,510 2% below national
36 Missouri $46,390 3% below national
37 Wyoming $45,920 4% below national
38 Idaho $45,740 4% below national
39 Utah $45,720 4% below national
40 New Mexico $45,660 4% below national
41 Illinois $45,620 4% below national
42 Arizona $45,400 5% below national
43 Georgia $45,340 5% below national
44 Arkansas $45,280 5% below national
45 Delaware $45,230 5% below national
46 Oklahoma $44,870 6% below national
47 Indiana $44,760 6% below national
48 Michigan $43,310 9% below national
49 West Virginia $42,080 12% below national
50 Alabama $40,220 15% below national
51 Puerto Rico $22,580 53% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $79,770 2. Alaska nonmetropolitan area $79,040 3. Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $69,950 4. Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,490 5. Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $62,890

Lowest Paying Metros

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