15 Series · SOC 15-1242

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

Median Salary

$104,620

per year

Median Hourly

$50.30/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$107,440

average

Employment

73,180

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$56,820$76,100$104,620$132,850$160,890
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$27.32$36.59$50.30$63.87$77.35
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$56,820

25th Percentile

$76,100

Median

$104,620

75th Percentile

$132,850

90th Percentile

$160,890

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New Jersey $128,970 +23% above national
2 District of Columbia $128,440 +23% above national
3 Maryland $122,110 +17% above national
4 New Hampshire $121,820 +16% above national
5 Colorado $119,940 +15% above national
6 Massachusetts $117,420 +12% above national
7 Washington $114,700 +10% above national
8 Kansas $112,740 +8% above national
9 California $111,090 +6% above national
10 Texas $109,990 +5% above national
11 North Carolina $108,430 +4% above national
12 Pennsylvania $107,800 +3% above national
13 New York $106,940 +2% above national
14 Georgia $106,100 +1% above national
15 Virginia $105,000 same as national
16 Rhode Island $103,810 1% below national
17 Oregon $102,650 2% below national
18 Vermont $102,170 2% below national
19 Connecticut $101,990 3% below national
20 Tennessee $101,640 3% below national
21 Illinois $101,070 3% below national
22 Delaware $100,240 4% below national
23 Wisconsin $98,920 5% below national
24 Florida $97,900 6% below national
25 Utah $97,890 6% below national
26 Michigan $97,880 6% below national
27 Iowa $97,690 7% below national
28 Minnesota $97,230 7% below national
29 Arizona $96,320 8% below national
30 New Mexico $94,850 9% below national
31 Ohio $94,020 10% below national
32 Hawaii $93,400 11% below national
33 Alaska $93,180 11% below national
34 South Carolina $92,670 11% below national
35 Nebraska $92,470 12% below national
36 Alabama $88,560 15% below national
37 Missouri $87,600 16% below national
38 Nevada $86,980 17% below national
39 Louisiana $86,420 17% below national
40 Mississippi $86,420 17% below national
41 South Dakota $85,890 18% below national
42 Kentucky $83,980 20% below national
43 Indiana $83,600 20% below national
44 Montana $80,960 23% below national
45 Arkansas $79,710 24% below national
46 Idaho $78,780 25% below national
47 Maine $76,980 26% below national
48 Oklahoma $76,980 26% below national
49 North Dakota $76,400 27% below national
50 Wyoming $69,980 33% below national
51 West Virginia $65,380 38% below national
52 Puerto Rico $49,210 53% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $148,430 +42% above national
2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $133,310 +27% above national
3 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $128,810 +23% above national
4 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $126,810 +21% above national
5 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $125,220 +20% above national
6 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $125,120 +20% above national
7 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $125,010 +19% above national
8 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $124,550 +19% above national
9 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $124,160 +19% above national
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $123,710 +18% above national
11 Manchester-Nashua, NH $123,700 +18% above national
12 Boulder, CO $123,510 +18% above national
13 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $123,410 +18% above national
14 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $123,110 +18% above national
15 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $122,110 +17% above national
16 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $121,990 +17% above national
17 Vallejo, CA $121,800 +16% above national
18 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $120,610 +15% above national
19 Kennewick-Richland, WA $120,330 +15% above national
20 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $119,990 +15% above national
21 Columbus, GA-AL $118,800 +14% above national
22 Gainesville, GA $118,160 +13% above national
23 Raleigh-Cary, NC $117,570 +12% above national
24 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $117,020 +12% above national
25 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $115,770 +11% above national
26 Colorado Springs, CO $114,990 +10% above national
27 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $114,050 +9% above national
28 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $113,670 +9% above national
29 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $113,290 +8% above national
30 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $111,900 +7% above national
31 Salem, OR $111,630 +7% above national
32 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $111,390 +6% above national
33 Greeley, CO $111,350 +6% above national
34 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $111,320 +6% above national
35 Wilmington, NC $110,360 +5% above national
36 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $109,940 +5% above national
37 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $109,620 +5% above national
38 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $109,610 +5% above national
39 Kansas City, MO-KS $109,010 +4% above national
40 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $108,280 +3% above national
41 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $107,370 +3% above national
42 Eugene-Springfield, OR $107,310 +3% above national
43 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $106,850 +2% above national
44 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $106,820 +2% above national
45 Tulsa, OK $105,980 +1% above national
46 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $105,760 +1% above national
47 Winston-Salem, NC $105,730 +1% above national
48 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $105,630 +1% above national
49 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $105,400 +1% above national
50 Akron, OH $105,250 +1% above national
51 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $105,230 +1% above national
52 Bloomington, IL $104,990 same as national
53 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $104,790 same as national
54 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $104,420 same as national
55 Bellingham, WA $104,390 same as national
56 Springfield, MA $104,380 same as national
57 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $103,810 1% below national
58 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $103,700 1% below national
59 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $103,420 1% below national
60 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $103,200 1% below national
61 Green Bay, WI $103,190 1% below national
62 Ogden, UT $102,620 2% below national
63 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $102,520 2% below national
64 Lexington Park, MD $102,400 2% below national
65 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $102,310 2% below national
66 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $102,110 2% below national
67 Reno, NV $101,800 3% below national
68 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $101,760 3% below national
69 Salinas, CA $101,710 3% below national
70 Birmingham, AL $101,640 3% below national
71 Champaign-Urbana, IL $101,060 3% below national
72 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $100,770 4% below national
73 Columbus, OH $100,550 4% below national
74 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $100,510 4% below national
75 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $100,490 4% below national
76 Huntsville, AL $100,000 4% below national
77 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $100,000 4% below national
78 Worcester, MA $99,960 4% below national
79 Omaha, NE-IA $99,890 5% below national
80 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $99,810 5% below national
81 Jacksonville, FL $98,810 6% below national
82 York-Hanover, PA $98,650 6% below national
83 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $98,620 6% below national
84 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $97,580 7% below national
85 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $97,560 7% below national
86 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $97,360 7% below national
87 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $97,330 7% below national
88 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $96,760 8% below national
89 College Station-Bryan, TX $96,580 8% below national
90 Modesto, CA $96,270 8% below national
91 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $96,100 8% below national
92 Fresno, CA $95,870 8% below national
93 Jackson, MS $95,860 8% below national
94 Madison, WI $95,530 9% below national
95 Waco, TX $95,490 9% below national
96 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $95,430 9% below national
97 St. Louis, MO-IL $95,400 9% below national
98 Macon-Bibb County, GA $95,140 9% below national
99 Iowa City, IA $95,010 9% below national
100 Peoria, IL $94,920 9% below national
101 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $94,920 9% below national
102 Albuquerque, NM $94,850 9% below national
103 Santa Fe, NM $94,640 10% below national
104 Richmond, VA $94,500 10% below national
105 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $94,210 10% below national
106 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $94,150 10% below national
107 New Haven, CT $94,140 10% below national
108 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $93,920 10% below national
109 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $93,450 11% below national
110 Anchorage, AK $93,400 11% below national
111 Urban Honolulu, HI $93,400 11% below national
112 Columbia, MO $93,380 11% below national
113 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $93,380 11% below national
114 Lancaster, PA $93,380 11% below national
115 Barnstable Town, MA $93,340 11% below national
116 Savannah, GA $93,240 11% below national
117 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $93,030 11% below national
118 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $92,860 11% below national
119 Eau Claire, WI $92,750 11% below national
120 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $91,840 12% below national
121 Stockton-Lodi, CA $91,610 12% below national
122 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $91,450 13% below national
123 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $91,060 13% below national
124 Killeen-Temple, TX $90,230 14% below national
125 Asheville, NC $90,030 14% below national
126 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $89,830 14% below national
127 Montgomery, AL $89,760 14% below national
128 Pittsburgh, PA $89,750 14% below national
129 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $89,560 14% below national
130 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $89,410 15% below national
131 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $89,390 15% below national
132 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $89,260 15% below national
133 Knoxville, TN $89,160 15% below national
134 Greensboro-High Point, NC $88,620 15% below national
135 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $88,540 15% below national
136 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $88,250 16% below national
137 Columbia, SC $88,050 16% below national
138 Chattanooga, TN-GA $88,020 16% below national
139 Lincoln, NE $87,920 16% below national
140 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $87,850 16% below national
141 Bloomington, IN $87,700 16% below national
142 Warner Robins, GA $87,680 16% below national
143 Charlottesville, VA $87,270 17% below national
144 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $87,230 17% below national
145 Baton Rouge, LA $87,110 17% below national
146 Portland-South Portland, ME $87,060 17% below national
147 Syracuse, NY $86,900 17% below national
148 Rochester, NY $86,890 17% below national
149 Tucson, AZ $86,480 17% below national
150 Cleveland, OH $86,270 18% below national
151 Lexington-Fayette, KY $85,680 18% below national
152 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $85,630 18% below national
153 Ann Arbor, MI $85,560 18% below national
154 Athens-Clarke County, GA $85,440 18% below national
155 Bozeman, MT $85,270 18% below national
156 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $84,890 19% below national
157 Binghamton, NY $84,820 19% below national
158 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $84,780 19% below national
159 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $84,780 19% below national
160 Mobile, AL $84,650 19% below national
161 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $84,600 19% below national
162 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $84,270 19% below national
163 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $83,940 20% below national
164 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $83,550 20% below national
165 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $83,510 20% below national
166 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $83,190 20% below national
167 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $83,180 20% below national
168 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $83,180 20% below national
169 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $83,070 21% below national
170 Las Cruces, NM $82,810 21% below national
171 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $82,540 21% below national
172 Tallahassee, FL $82,180 21% below national
173 Logan, UT-ID $82,050 22% below national
174 Roanoke, VA $81,760 22% below national
175 Tuscaloosa, AL $81,690 22% below national
176 Boise City, ID $81,390 22% below national
177 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $81,300 22% below national
178 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $81,160 22% below national
179 Decatur, AL $80,770 23% below national
180 Canton-Massillon, OH $80,700 23% below national
181 Fort Wayne, IN $80,060 23% below national
182 Wichita, KS $79,660 24% below national
183 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $79,370 24% below national
184 Topeka, KS $79,330 24% below national
185 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $79,070 24% below national
186 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $78,640 25% below national
187 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $78,460 25% below national
188 Helena, MT $78,280 25% below national
189 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $78,280 25% below national
190 Gainesville, FL $78,070 25% below national
191 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $78,000 25% below national
192 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $77,960 25% below national
193 Billings, MT $77,930 26% below national
194 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $77,890 26% below national
195 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $77,780 26% below national
196 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $77,480 26% below national
197 Reading, PA $77,340 26% below national
198 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $76,880 27% below national
199 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $76,340 27% below national
200 Toledo, OH $76,050 27% below national
201 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $75,880 27% below national
202 Fargo, ND-MN $75,750 28% below national
203 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $75,540 28% below national
204 Springfield, MO $74,640 29% below national
205 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $73,890 29% below national
206 Springfield, IL $72,760 30% below national
207 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $72,200 31% below national
208 Dover, DE $71,970 31% below national
209 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $71,950 31% below national
210 Jefferson City, MO $71,330 32% below national
211 Oklahoma City, OK $70,500 33% below national
212 Lynchburg, VA $70,440 33% below national
213 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $69,300 34% below national
214 Erie, PA $67,880 35% below national
215 Naples-Marco Island, FL $67,810 35% below national
216 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $67,660 35% below national
217 Charleston, WV $63,110 40% below national
218 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $56,720 46% below national
219 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $54,400 48% below national
220 El Paso, TX $53,720 49% below national
221 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $51,830 50% below national
222 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $45,950 56% below national
223 Punta Gorda, FL $43,100 59% 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.