25 Series · SOC 25-2021

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

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

Median Salary

$62,340

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$69,790

average

Employment

1,393,310

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$46,440$50,680$62,340$79,410$102,010
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$46,440

25th Percentile

$50,680

Median

$62,340

75th Percentile

$79,410

90th Percentile

$102,010

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Washington $99,110 2. California $98,190 3. District of Columbia $94,730 4. Rhode Island $86,900 5. Massachusetts $83,260

Lowest Paying States

50. Guam $30,810 51. Oklahoma $47,470 52. Missouri $48,250 53. Mississippi $48,440 54. Puerto Rico $48,690
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Washington $99,110 +59% above national
2 California $98,190 +58% above national
3 District of Columbia $94,730 +52% above national
4 Rhode Island $86,900 +39% above national
5 Massachusetts $83,260 +34% above national
6 New York $82,480 +32% above national
7 Connecticut $78,740 +26% above national
8 New Jersey $77,150 +24% above national
9 Alaska $76,290 +22% above national
10 Oregon $75,800 +22% above national
11 Maryland $74,720 +20% above national
12 Pennsylvania $74,160 +19% above national
13 Delaware $66,390 +6% above national
14 New Mexico $65,510 +5% above national
15 Ohio $65,380 +5% above national
16 New Hampshire $64,430 +3% above national
17 Illinois $64,160 +3% above national
18 Georgia $63,490 +2% above national
19 Minnesota $63,120 +1% above national
20 Nevada $62,420 same as national
21 Michigan $62,350 same as national
22 Maine $62,300 same as national
23 Virginia $62,270 same as national
24 Utah $61,710 1% below national
25 Nebraska $61,700 1% below national
26 Wyoming $61,560 1% below national
27 Colorado $61,550 1% below national
28 Texas $61,380 2% below national
29 Vermont $61,270 2% below national
30 Wisconsin $60,690 3% below national
31 Hawaii $60,420 3% below national
32 Alabama $59,850 4% below national
33 Idaho $59,620 4% below national
34 South Carolina $59,370 5% below national
35 Indiana $58,370 6% below national
36 Kentucky $57,980 7% below national
37 North Dakota $57,820 7% below national
38 Montana $56,200 10% below national
39 Florida $55,550 11% below national
40 West Virginia $55,550 11% below national
41 Iowa $55,540 11% below national
42 Tennessee $52,690 15% below national
43 Louisiana $52,280 16% below national
44 Arizona $50,980 18% below national
45 Kansas $50,820 18% below national
46 Arkansas $50,550 19% below national
47 Virgin Islands $50,530 19% below national
48 North Carolina $49,400 21% below national
49 South Dakota $49,110 21% below national
50 Puerto Rico $48,690 22% below national
51 Mississippi $48,440 22% below national
52 Missouri $48,250 23% below national
53 Oklahoma $47,470 24% below national
54 Guam $30,810 51% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $103,580 2. El Centro, CA $101,960 3. Visalia, CA $101,340 4. Salinas, CA $101,300 5. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $101,170

Lowest Paying Metros

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

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