21 Series · SOC 21-1012

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

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

Median Salary

$65,140

per year

Median Hourly

$31.32/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$71,520

average

Employment

342,350

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$43,580$51,690$65,140$83,490$105,870
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$20.95$24.85$31.32$40.14$50.90
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$43,580

25th Percentile

$51,690

Median

$65,140

75th Percentile

$83,490

90th Percentile

$105,870

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. California $94,320 2. Washington $83,930 3. District of Columbia $80,280 4. Alaska $80,020 5. Massachusetts $78,840

Lowest Paying States

50. Guam $38,880 51. Puerto Rico $51,080 52. Oklahoma $51,140 53. South Dakota $52,450 54. Missouri $53,790
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $94,320 +45% above national
2 Washington $83,930 +29% above national
3 District of Columbia $80,280 +23% above national
4 Alaska $80,020 +23% above national
5 Massachusetts $78,840 +21% above national
6 New Jersey $77,940 +20% above national
7 New Mexico $76,490 +17% above national
8 Maryland $74,970 +15% above national
9 Oregon $74,000 +14% above national
10 Delaware $72,450 +11% above national
11 Rhode Island $71,590 +10% above national
12 Connecticut $70,400 +8% above national
13 New York $69,900 +7% above national
14 New Hampshire $68,410 +5% above national
15 Virginia $67,350 +3% above national
16 Louisiana $67,070 +3% above national
17 Hawaii $66,720 +2% above national
18 Nebraska $66,650 +2% above national
19 Texas $65,660 +1% above national
20 Wyoming $65,070 same as national
21 Nevada $64,960 same as national
22 Kentucky $64,390 1% below national
23 Georgia $63,990 2% below national
24 Colorado $63,900 2% below national
25 Wisconsin $63,690 2% below national
26 Michigan $63,240 3% below national
27 Minnesota $63,230 3% below national
28 Utah $62,500 4% below national
29 Ohio $61,960 5% below national
30 Virgin Islands $61,760 5% below national
31 Pennsylvania $61,460 6% below national
32 Illinois $61,210 6% below national
33 Vermont $60,920 6% below national
34 Alabama $60,530 7% below national
35 Idaho $60,340 7% below national
36 North Dakota $60,330 7% below national
37 Arkansas $60,110 8% below national
38 Mississippi $59,630 8% below national
39 Montana $59,480 9% below national
40 Maine $59,160 9% below national
41 Tennessee $59,090 9% below national
42 Kansas $58,430 10% below national
43 Arizona $57,940 11% below national
44 South Carolina $57,400 12% below national
45 North Carolina $57,100 12% below national
46 Indiana $56,470 13% below national
47 Iowa $55,910 14% below national
48 West Virginia $55,420 15% below national
49 Florida $54,080 17% below national
50 Missouri $53,790 17% below national
51 South Dakota $52,450 19% below national
52 Oklahoma $51,140 21% below national
53 Puerto Rico $51,080 22% below national
54 Guam $38,880 40% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. El Centro, CA $134,820 2. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $109,390 3. Grand Island, NE $108,030 4. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $102,130 5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $100,960

Lowest Paying Metros

515. Dubuque, IA $45,940 516. Michigan City-La Porte, IN $46,260 517. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $47,170 518. Tallahassee, FL $47,390 519. Charleston, WV $47,650
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 El Centro, CA $134,820 +107% above national
2 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $109,390 +68% above national
3 Grand Island, NE $108,030 +66% above national
4 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $102,130 +57% above national
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $100,960 +55% above national
6 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $100,020 +54% above national
7 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $99,570 +53% above national
8 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $99,540 +53% above national
9 Fresno, CA $99,190 +52% above national
10 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $98,800 +52% above national
11 Yakima, WA $98,330 +51% above national
12 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $98,280 +51% above national
13 Salinas, CA $97,790 +50% above national
14 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $96,270 +48% above national
15 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $95,770 +47% above national
16 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $95,540 +47% above national
17 Stockton-Lodi, CA $95,030 +46% above national
18 Yuba City, CA $94,740 +45% above national
19 Chico, CA $93,890 +44% above national
20 Modesto, CA $92,850 +43% above national
21 Napa, CA $92,490 +42% above national
22 Kennewick-Richland, WA $91,020 +40% above national
23 Bend, OR $89,470 +37% above national
24 Naples-Marco Island, FL $89,170 +37% above national
25 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $88,470 +36% above national
26 Odessa, TX $87,860 +35% above national
27 Tuscaloosa, AL $87,340 +34% above national
28 Lake Charles, LA $87,220 +34% above national
29 Casper, WY $87,010 +34% above national
30 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $86,670 +33% above national
31 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $86,530 +33% above national
32 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $86,490 +33% above national
33 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $85,980 +32% above national
34 Lincoln, NE $85,660 +32% above national
35 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $85,660 +32% above national
36 Eagle Pass, TX $85,380 +31% above national
37 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $84,660 +30% above national
38 Pittsfield, MA $84,460 +30% above national
39 Visalia, CA $83,760 +29% above national
40 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $83,300 +28% above national
41 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $82,830 +27% above national
42 Barnstable Town, MA $81,980 +26% above national
43 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $81,850 +26% above national
44 Billings, MT $81,620 +25% above national
45 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $81,100 +25% above national
46 Elizabethtown, KY $80,500 +24% above national
47 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $80,490 +24% above national
48 Midland, TX $80,150 +23% above national
49 Anchorage, AK $80,110 +23% above national
50 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $79,850 +23% above national
51 Vallejo, CA $79,830 +23% above national
52 Santa Fe, NM $79,820 +23% above national
53 Farmington, NM $79,620 +22% above national
54 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $79,370 +22% above national
55 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $78,850 +21% above national
56 Medford, OR $78,540 +21% above national
57 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $78,430 +20% above national
58 Springfield, MA $78,290 +20% above national
59 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $78,120 +20% above national
60 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $77,970 +20% above national
61 Albuquerque, NM $77,910 +20% above national
62 New Haven, CT $77,850 +20% above national
63 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $77,830 +19% above national
64 Worcester, MA $77,400 +19% above national
65 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $77,220 +19% above national
66 Longview-Kelso, WA $77,030 +18% above national
67 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $76,940 +18% above national
68 Albany, OR $76,810 +18% above national
69 Bloomington, IN $76,640 +18% above national
70 Dover, DE $76,640 +18% above national
71 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $76,450 +17% above national
72 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $76,230 +17% above national
73 Kingston, NY $76,200 +17% above national
74 Salem, OR $76,200 +17% above national
75 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $76,090 +17% above national
76 Merced, CA $76,060 +17% above national
77 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $76,010 +17% above national
78 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $75,490 +16% above national
79 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $75,440 +16% above national
80 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $75,160 +15% above national
81 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $75,140 +15% above national
82 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $75,110 +15% above national
83 Port St. Lucie, FL $74,730 +15% above national
84 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $74,620 +15% above national
85 Boulder, CO $74,610 +15% above national
86 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $74,530 +14% above national
87 York-Hanover, PA $74,190 +14% above national
88 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $74,090 +14% above national
89 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $74,080 +14% above national
90 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $73,890 +13% above national
91 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $73,670 +13% above national
92 Lexington Park, MD $73,470 +13% above national
93 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $73,420 +13% above national
94 Sandusky, OH $73,400 +13% above national
95 Las Cruces, NM $73,390 +13% above national
96 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $73,340 +13% above national
97 El Paso, TX $72,690 +12% above national
98 Bellingham, WA $72,480 +11% above national
99 Minot, ND $72,450 +11% above national
100 Cheyenne, WY $72,430 +11% above national
101 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $71,560 +10% above national
102 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $71,440 +10% above national
103 Lawton, OK $71,140 +9% above national
104 Killeen-Temple, TX $70,960 +9% above national
105 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $70,740 +9% above national
106 Dalton, GA $70,710 +9% above national
107 Gettysburg, PA $70,560 +8% above national
108 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $70,490 +8% above national
109 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $70,410 +8% above national
110 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $70,330 +8% above national
111 Baton Rouge, LA $70,320 +8% above national
112 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $69,950 +7% above national
113 Harrisonburg, VA $69,820 +7% above national
114 Iowa City, IA $69,640 +7% above national
115 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $69,390 +7% above national
116 Owensboro, KY $69,250 +6% above national
117 Bismarck, ND $69,200 +6% above national
118 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $69,170 +6% above national
119 State College, PA $69,070 +6% above national
120 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $68,970 +6% above national
121 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $68,920 +6% above national
122 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $68,900 +6% above national
123 Clarksville, TN-KY $68,750 +6% above national
124 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $68,650 +5% above national
125 Richmond, VA $68,630 +5% above national
126 Hinesville, GA $68,260 +5% above national
127 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $68,240 +5% above national
128 Canton-Massillon, OH $68,010 +4% above national
129 Lancaster, PA $68,010 +4% above national
130 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $68,000 +4% above national
131 Fort Smith, AR-OK $67,960 +4% above national
132 Lima, OH $67,930 +4% above national
133 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $67,900 +4% above national
134 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $67,880 +4% above national
135 Hot Springs, AR $67,720 +4% above national
136 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $67,720 +4% above national
137 Paducah, KY-IL $67,710 +4% above national
138 Rochester, MN $67,640 +4% above national
139 Decatur, AL $67,550 +4% above national
140 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $67,310 +3% above national
141 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $67,170 +3% above national
142 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $67,090 +3% above national
143 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $67,070 +3% above national
144 Syracuse, NY $67,070 +3% above national
145 Madison, WI $66,950 +3% above national
146 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $66,940 +3% above national
147 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $66,830 +3% above national
148 Urban Honolulu, HI $66,720 +2% above national
149 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $66,710 +2% above national
150 Monroe, MI $66,700 +2% above national
151 Eau Claire, WI $66,650 +2% above national
152 Binghamton, NY $66,600 +2% above national
153 Fairbanks-College, AK $66,570 +2% above national
154 Vineland, NJ $66,550 +2% above national
155 Springfield, OH $66,530 +2% above national
156 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $66,520 +2% above national
157 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $66,460 +2% above national
158 Alexandria, LA $66,400 +2% above national
159 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $66,250 +2% above national
160 Chambersburg, PA $66,110 +1% above national
161 Omaha, NE-IA $65,900 +1% above national
162 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $65,850 +1% above national
163 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $65,800 +1% above national
164 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $65,780 +1% above national
165 Texarkana, TX-AR $65,780 +1% above national
166 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $65,770 +1% above national
167 Cleveland, OH $65,510 +1% above national
168 Salisbury, MD $65,400 same as national
169 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $65,390 same as national
170 Kenosha, WI $65,280 same as national
171 Ogden, UT $65,280 same as national
172 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $65,240 same as national
173 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $65,230 same as national
174 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $65,220 same as national
175 Bay City, MI $65,120 same as national
176 Lubbock, TX $65,110 same as national
177 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $65,090 same as national
178 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $64,830 same as national
179 Birmingham, AL $64,800 1% below national
180 Bowling Green, KY $64,770 1% below national
181 Lexington-Fayette, KY $64,690 1% below national
182 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $64,680 1% below national
183 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $64,580 1% below national
184 Sherman-Denison, TX $64,540 1% below national
185 Manchester-Nashua, NH $64,510 1% below national
186 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $64,310 1% below national
187 Tyler, TX $64,280 1% below national
188 Janesville-Beloit, WI $64,270 1% below national
189 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $64,210 1% below national
190 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $64,090 2% below national
191 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $64,080 2% below national
192 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $64,030 2% below national
193 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $63,970 2% below national
194 Great Falls, MT $63,960 2% below national
195 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $63,900 2% below national
196 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $63,820 2% below national
197 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $63,810 2% below national
198 Amarillo, TX $63,790 2% below national
199 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $63,780 2% below national
200 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $63,750 2% below national
201 Akron, OH $63,720 2% below national
202 Topeka, KS $63,700 2% below national
203 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $63,690 2% below national
204 Cedar Rapids, IA $63,630 2% below national
205 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $63,540 2% below national
206 Traverse City, MI $63,430 3% below national
207 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $63,370 3% below national
208 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $63,360 3% below national
209 Ithaca, NY $63,300 3% below national
210 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $63,280 3% below national
211 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $63,270 3% below national
212 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $63,270 3% below national
213 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $63,250 3% below national
214 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $63,230 3% below national
215 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $63,200 3% below national
216 Waco, TX $63,160 3% below national
217 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $63,130 3% below national
218 Hammond, LA $62,990 3% below national
219 Youngstown-Warren, OH $62,990 3% below national
220 Winchester, VA-WV $62,970 3% below national
221 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $62,920 3% below national
222 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $62,900 3% below national
223 Corpus Christi, TX $62,860 4% below national
224 Longview, TX $62,830 4% below national
225 Flint, MI $62,720 4% below national
226 Green Bay, WI $62,590 4% below national
227 Redding, CA $62,570 4% below national
228 Columbus, OH $62,550 4% below national
229 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $62,540 4% below national
230 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $62,530 4% below national
231 Ann Arbor, MI $62,510 4% below national
232 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $62,490 4% below national
233 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $62,480 4% below national
234 Raleigh-Cary, NC $62,460 4% below national
235 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $62,380 4% below national
236 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $62,310 4% below national
237 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $62,270 4% below national
238 Roanoke, VA $62,230 4% below national
239 Wichita Falls, TX $62,190 5% below national
240 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $62,180 5% below national
241 Gainesville, GA $62,170 5% below national
242 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $62,170 5% below national
243 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $62,120 5% below national
244 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $62,090 5% below national
245 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $62,080 5% below national
246 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $62,080 5% below national
247 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $62,060 5% below national
248 Savannah, GA $62,030 5% below national
249 Rockford, IL $62,010 5% below national
250 Charlottesville, VA $61,990 5% below national
251 Portland-South Portland, ME $61,940 5% below national
252 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $61,940 5% below national
253 Saginaw, MI $61,910 5% below national
254 Twin Falls, ID $61,870 5% below national
255 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $61,800 5% below national
256 Appleton, WI $61,780 5% below national
257 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $61,770 5% below national
258 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $61,670 5% below national
259 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $61,630 5% below national
260 Sheboygan, WI $61,590 5% below national
261 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $61,560 5% below national
262 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $61,560 5% below national
263 Helena, MT $61,540 6% below national
264 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $61,460 6% below national
265 Reading, PA $61,400 6% below national
266 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $61,400 6% below national
267 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $61,350 6% below national
268 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $61,330 6% below national
269 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $61,320 6% below national
270 Utica-Rome, NY $61,320 6% below national
271 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $61,310 6% below national
272 Toledo, OH $61,310 6% below national
273 Boise City, ID $61,300 6% below national
274 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $61,300 6% below national
275 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $61,290 6% below national
276 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $61,180 6% below national
277 Hattiesburg, MS $61,010 6% below national
278 Warner Robins, GA $61,010 6% below national
279 Altoona, PA $61,000 6% below national
280 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $60,990 6% below national
281 Colorado Springs, CO $60,830 7% below national
282 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $60,730 7% below national
283 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $60,710 7% below national
284 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $60,670 7% below national
285 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $60,650 7% below national
286 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $60,640 7% below national
287 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $60,620 7% below national
288 Athens-Clarke County, GA $60,580 7% below national
289 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $60,470 7% below national
290 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $60,440 7% below national
291 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $60,350 7% below national
292 Mankato, MN $60,340 7% below national
293 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $60,320 7% below national
294 Huntsville, AL $60,310 7% below national
295 Jonesboro, AR $60,310 7% below national
296 Logan, UT-ID $60,290 7% below national
297 Pittsburgh, PA $60,280 7% below national
298 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $60,250 8% below national
299 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $60,240 8% below national
300 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $60,200 8% below national
301 Springfield, IL $60,190 8% below national
302 Auburn-Opelika, AL $60,180 8% below national
303 San Angelo, TX $60,180 8% below national
304 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $60,170 8% below national
305 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $60,170 8% below national
306 Lafayette, LA $60,100 8% below national
307 Rochester, NY $60,100 8% below national
308 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $60,080 8% below national
309 Kansas City, MO-KS $60,050 8% below national
310 Wichita, KS $60,040 8% below national
311 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $60,010 8% below national
312 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $59,990 8% below national
313 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $59,970 8% below national
314 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $59,950 8% below national
315 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $59,910 8% below national
316 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $59,910 8% below national
317 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $59,860 8% below national
318 Spartanburg, SC $59,790 8% below national
319 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $59,680 8% below national
320 Dothan, AL $59,660 8% below national
321 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $59,650 8% below national
322 Sebring, FL $59,530 9% below national
323 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $59,450 9% below national
324 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $59,420 9% below national
325 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $59,390 9% below national
326 Monroe, LA $59,300 9% below national
327 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $59,300 9% below national
328 St. Cloud, MN $59,280 9% below national
329 St. George, UT $59,270 9% below national
330 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $59,230 9% below national
331 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $59,160 9% below national
332 Victoria, TX $59,160 9% below national
333 Lebanon, PA $59,130 9% below national
334 Greeley, CO $59,030 9% below national
335 Columbia, SC $58,990 9% below national
336 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $58,980 9% below national
337 Columbus, GA-AL $58,970 9% below national
338 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $58,940 10% below national
339 Chattanooga, TN-GA $58,930 10% below national
340 Idaho Falls, ID $58,920 10% below national
341 Duluth, MN-WI $58,910 10% below national
342 Burlington, NC $58,890 10% below national
343 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $58,860 10% below national
344 Corvallis, OR $58,790 10% below national
345 Montgomery, AL $58,750 10% below national
346 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $58,750 10% below national
347 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $58,720 10% below national
348 Coeur d'Alene, ID $58,650 10% below national
349 Mobile, AL $58,630 10% below national
350 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $58,620 10% below national
351 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $58,600 10% below national
352 Ocala, FL $58,590 10% below national
353 Joplin, MO-KS $58,430 10% below national
354 Wausau, WI $58,400 10% below national
355 Williamsport, PA $58,400 10% below national
356 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $58,400 10% below national
357 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $58,390 10% below national
358 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $58,360 10% below national
359 Peoria, IL $58,330 10% below national
360 Midland, MI $58,310 10% below national
361 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $58,280 11% below national
362 Mansfield, OH $58,270 11% below national
363 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $58,230 11% below national
364 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $58,230 11% below national
365 Beckley, WV $58,150 11% below national
366 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $58,070 11% below national
367 Eugene-Springfield, OR $58,040 11% below national
368 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $57,910 11% below national
369 Wheeling, WV-OH $57,840 11% below national
370 Goldsboro, NC $57,820 11% below national
371 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $57,810 11% below national
372 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $57,750 11% below national
373 Battle Creek, MI $57,700 11% below national
374 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $57,470 12% below national
375 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $57,240 12% below national
376 Jackson, MI $57,220 12% below national
377 Glens Falls, NY $57,170 12% below national
378 Rome, GA $57,170 12% below national
379 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,120 12% below national
380 Fargo, ND-MN $56,940 13% below national
381 St. Louis, MO-IL $56,940 13% below national
382 Wilmington, NC $56,930 13% below national
383 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $56,880 13% below national
384 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $56,880 13% below national
385 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $56,880 13% below national
386 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $56,860 13% below national
387 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $56,730 13% below national
388 Aguadilla, PR $56,610 13% below national
389 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $56,340 14% below national
390 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $56,320 14% below national
391 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $56,220 14% below national
392 Lewiston, ID-WA $56,200 14% below national
393 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $56,150 14% below national
394 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $56,140 14% below national
395 Gadsden, AL $56,120 14% below national
396 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $56,110 14% below national
397 Erie, PA $56,070 14% below national
398 Fond du Lac, WI $56,040 14% below national
399 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $56,030 14% below national
400 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $55,880 14% below national
401 Pueblo, CO $55,810 14% below national
402 Tulsa, OK $55,800 14% below national
403 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $55,800 14% below national
404 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $55,790 14% below national
405 Fayetteville, NC $55,690 15% below national
406 Jackson, MS $55,660 15% below national
407 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $55,660 15% below national
408 Grand Junction, CO $55,590 15% below national
409 Albany, GA $55,540 15% below national
410 Florence, SC $55,470 15% below national
411 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $55,410 15% below national
412 Arecibo, PR $55,400 15% below national
413 Elmira, NY $55,320 15% below national
414 Oklahoma City, OK $55,070 15% below national
415 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $55,000 16% below national
416 Cleveland, TN $54,920 16% below national
417 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $54,810 16% below national
418 Niles, MI $54,670 16% below national
419 Grand Forks, ND-MN $54,640 16% below national
420 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $54,620 16% below national
421 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $54,620 16% below national
422 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $54,600 16% below national
423 Kankakee, IL $54,550 16% below national
424 Rapid City, SD $54,530 16% below national
425 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $54,520 16% below national
426 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $54,380 17% below national
427 Winston-Salem, NC $54,310 17% below national
428 Enid, OK $54,180 17% below national
429 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $54,140 17% below national
430 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $54,100 17% below national
431 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $54,070 17% below national
432 Champaign-Urbana, IL $54,040 17% below national
433 Greenville, NC $54,030 17% below national
434 Fort Wayne, IN $53,960 17% below national
435 Jacksonville, NC $53,900 17% below national
436 Reno, NV $53,900 17% below national
437 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $53,900 17% below national
438 Asheville, NC $53,820 17% below national
439 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $53,770 17% below national
440 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $53,630 18% below national
441 Abilene, TX $53,580 18% below national
442 Kokomo, IN $53,560 18% below national
443 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $53,560 18% below national
444 Sumter, SC $53,550 18% below national
445 Morgantown, WV $53,230 18% below national
446 Knoxville, TN $53,140 18% below national
447 Lynchburg, VA $53,090 18% below national
448 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $53,080 19% below national
449 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $52,980 19% below national
450 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $52,950 19% below national
451 Greensboro-High Point, NC $52,900 19% below national
452 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $52,870 19% below national
453 Muncie, IN $52,600 19% below national
454 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $52,570 19% below national
455 Flagstaff, AZ $52,310 20% below national
456 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $52,300 20% below national
457 Bozeman, MT $52,260 20% below national
458 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $52,220 20% below national
459 Columbia, MO $52,190 20% below national
460 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $52,170 20% below national
461 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $52,140 20% below national
462 Bangor, ME $52,020 20% below national
463 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $51,910 20% below national
464 Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,900 20% below national
465 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $51,840 20% below national
466 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $51,830 20% below national
467 Terre Haute, IN $51,770 21% below national
468 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $51,750 21% below national
469 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $51,700 21% below national
470 Yuma, AZ $51,660 21% below national
471 Rocky Mount, NC $51,630 21% below national
472 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $51,420 21% below national
473 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $51,410 21% below national
474 Bloomington, IL $51,390 21% below national
475 Johnson City, TN $51,390 21% below national
476 Manhattan, KS $51,290 21% below national
477 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $51,140 21% below national
478 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $51,140 21% below national
479 Mayaguez, PR $51,080 22% below national
480 Ponce, PR $51,080 22% below national
481 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $51,080 22% below national
482 Tucson, AZ $51,040 22% below national
483 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $50,940 22% below national
484 Evansville, IN $50,860 22% below national
485 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $50,850 22% below national
486 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $50,740 22% below national
487 Jacksonville, FL $50,720 22% below national
488 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $50,530 22% below national
489 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $50,490 22% below national
490 Lawrence, KS $50,430 23% below national
491 Jackson, TN $50,420 23% below national
492 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $50,290 23% below national
493 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $50,170 23% below national
494 Gainesville, FL $50,080 23% below national
495 St. Joseph, MO-KS $50,050 23% below national
496 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $50,020 23% below national
497 Springfield, MO $50,020 23% below national
498 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $49,940 23% below national
499 Decatur, IL $49,620 24% below national
500 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $49,440 24% below national
501 Laredo, TX $49,380 24% below national
502 Anniston-Oxford, AL $49,360 24% below national
503 Jefferson City, MO $49,220 24% below national
504 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $49,200 24% below national
505 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $49,090 25% below national
506 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $49,060 25% below national
507 Valdosta, GA $48,930 25% below national
508 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $48,840 25% below national
509 Morristown, TN $48,600 25% below national
510 Missoula, MT $48,580 25% below national
511 Ames, IA $48,570 25% below national
512 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $48,420 26% below national
513 Johnstown, PA $48,380 26% below national
514 College Station-Bryan, TX $47,880 26% below national
515 Charleston, WV $47,650 27% below national
516 Tallahassee, FL $47,390 27% below national
517 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $47,170 28% below national
518 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $46,260 29% below national
519 Dubuque, IA $45,940 29% 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.