35 Series · SOC 35-2011

Cooks, Fast Food

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

Median Salary

$30,160

per year

Median Hourly

$14.50/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$31,140

average

Employment

668,230

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$22,370$26,540$30,160$35,710$38,980
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$10.76$12.76$14.50$17.17$18.74
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$22,370

25th Percentile

$26,540

Median

$30,160

75th Percentile

$35,710

90th Percentile

$38,980

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Hawaii $40,300 +34% above national
2 District of Columbia $38,350 +27% above national
3 New Hampshire $37,220 +23% above national
4 Massachusetts $37,100 +23% above national
5 Vermont $37,050 +23% above national
6 Oregon $37,020 +23% above national
7 Washington $36,800 +22% above national
8 California $36,410 +21% above national
9 Alaska $35,820 +19% above national
10 Maine $35,780 +19% above national
11 Rhode Island $35,600 +18% above national
12 Colorado $35,140 +17% above national
13 New York $34,160 +13% above national
14 New Jersey $33,930 +13% above national
15 Connecticut $33,760 +12% above national
16 Nevada $32,690 +8% above national
17 Wyoming $32,190 +7% above national
18 Maryland $31,770 +5% above national
19 Illinois $31,580 +5% above national
20 Arizona $31,090 +3% above national
21 Minnesota $30,810 +2% above national
22 South Dakota $30,640 +2% above national
23 Utah $29,960 1% below national
24 Missouri $29,450 2% below national
25 North Dakota $29,350 3% below national
26 Michigan $29,340 3% below national
27 Nebraska $29,210 3% below national
28 Delaware $28,950 4% below national
29 Florida $28,940 4% below national
30 New Mexico $28,830 4% below national
31 Iowa $28,770 5% below national
32 Virginia $28,660 5% below national
33 Indiana $28,610 5% below national
34 Wisconsin $28,400 6% below national
35 Kansas $28,100 7% below national
36 Tennessee $28,010 7% below national
37 Oklahoma $27,500 9% below national
38 Pennsylvania $27,440 9% below national
39 North Carolina $26,750 11% below national
40 Alabama $26,690 12% below national
41 Ohio $26,520 12% below national
42 Georgia $26,470 12% below national
43 Montana $26,260 13% below national
44 Idaho $26,130 13% below national
45 Arkansas $24,700 18% below national
46 Texas $24,390 19% below national
47 South Carolina $23,930 21% below national
48 Kentucky $23,420 22% below national
49 West Virginia $22,800 24% below national
50 Mississippi $22,250 26% below national
51 Guam $22,100 27% below national
52 Louisiana $21,940 27% below national
53 Puerto Rico $21,300 29% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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