17 Series · SOC 17-2071

Electrical Engineers

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

Median Salary

$111,910

per year

Median Hourly

$53.80/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$120,980

average

Employment

188,790

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$74,670$87,590$111,910$141,630$175,460
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$35.90$42.11$53.80$68.09$84.36
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$74,670

25th Percentile

$87,590

Median

$111,910

75th Percentile

$141,630

90th Percentile

$175,460

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. New Mexico $143,850 2. California $140,360 3. District of Columbia $138,860 4. New Hampshire $131,790 5. Washington $130,730

Lowest Paying States

49. Guam $60,850 50. Puerto Rico $64,620 51. Kentucky $95,640 52. Arkansas $96,500 53. Kansas $97,680
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New Mexico $143,850 +29% above national
2 California $140,360 +25% above national
3 District of Columbia $138,860 +24% above national
4 New Hampshire $131,790 +18% above national
5 Washington $130,730 +17% above national
6 Idaho $128,960 +15% above national
7 Massachusetts $126,010 +13% above national
8 New Jersey $125,120 +12% above national
9 Maryland $124,450 +11% above national
10 Virginia $122,320 +9% above national
11 Vermont $118,050 +5% above national
12 Alabama $115,870 +4% above national
13 Colorado $112,880 +1% above national
14 New York $112,550 +1% above national
15 Wyoming $111,740 same as national
16 Delaware $111,720 same as national
17 Maine $111,110 1% below national
18 Arizona $110,510 1% below national
19 Tennessee $109,870 2% below national
20 Pennsylvania $109,730 2% below national
21 Oregon $109,660 2% below national
22 Alaska $108,780 3% below national
23 Louisiana $108,620 3% below national
24 North Dakota $108,520 3% below national
25 West Virginia $108,480 3% below national
26 Florida $108,450 3% below national
27 North Carolina $107,760 4% below national
28 Utah $107,520 4% below national
29 Iowa $107,270 4% below national
30 Missouri $106,100 5% below national
31 Texas $105,560 6% below national
32 Minnesota $105,160 6% below national
33 Hawaii $105,060 6% below national
34 Nevada $104,840 6% below national
35 Rhode Island $104,530 7% below national
36 South Carolina $104,210 7% below national
37 Oklahoma $104,200 7% below national
38 Georgia $104,170 7% below national
39 Illinois $104,000 7% below national
40 Nebraska $103,720 7% below national
41 Connecticut $103,480 8% below national
42 Michigan $102,990 8% below national
43 South Dakota $101,930 9% below national
44 Indiana $101,520 9% below national
45 Mississippi $100,840 10% below national
46 Ohio $100,040 11% below national
47 Montana $99,230 11% below national
48 Wisconsin $99,170 11% below national
49 Kansas $97,680 13% below national
50 Arkansas $96,500 14% below national
51 Kentucky $95,640 15% below national
52 Puerto Rico $64,620 42% below national
53 Guam $60,850 46% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $186,920 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $163,840 3. Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $156,670 4. Manchester-Nashua, NH $151,040 5. North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $150,670

Lowest Paying Metros

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