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

Median Salary

$41,270

per year

Median Hourly

$19.84/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$43,700

average

Employment

78,980

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$29,620$35,120$41,270$50,020$61,080
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$14.24$16.88$19.84$24.05$29.36
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$29,620

25th Percentile

$35,120

Median

$41,270

75th Percentile

$50,020

90th Percentile

$61,080

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $57,560 +39% above national
2 Oregon $49,340 +20% above national
3 Rhode Island $48,440 +17% above national
4 Washington $47,100 +14% above national
5 California $46,920 +14% above national
6 Massachusetts $46,570 +13% above national
7 Illinois $46,320 +12% above national
8 Hawaii $46,250 +12% above national
9 Minnesota $45,310 +10% above national
10 Iowa $44,930 +9% above national
11 Wisconsin $44,650 +8% above national
12 Maryland $44,610 +8% above national
13 New Jersey $44,530 +8% above national
14 Virginia $44,290 +7% above national
15 Alaska $44,030 +7% above national
16 North Carolina $43,450 +5% above national
17 New York $43,060 +4% above national
18 New Hampshire $42,650 +3% above national
19 Michigan $42,640 +3% above national
20 Ohio $42,620 +3% above national
21 Connecticut $42,090 +2% above national
22 Tennessee $41,970 +2% above national
23 North Dakota $41,900 +2% above national
24 Colorado $41,520 +1% above national
25 Arizona $41,390 same as national
26 Pennsylvania $41,230 same as national
27 Maine $40,550 2% below national
28 Idaho $40,340 2% below national
29 Vermont $39,890 3% below national
30 Florida $39,350 5% below national
31 Kansas $39,070 5% below national
32 Oklahoma $38,880 6% below national
33 South Carolina $38,860 6% below national
34 Indiana $38,790 6% below national
35 Nebraska $38,700 6% below national
36 Utah $38,670 6% below national
37 Nevada $37,740 9% below national
38 Georgia $37,520 9% below national
39 Texas $37,400 9% below national
40 Delaware $37,270 10% below national
41 Missouri $37,230 10% below national
42 Arkansas $36,870 11% below national
43 New Mexico $36,860 11% below national
44 South Dakota $36,360 12% below national
45 Montana $36,160 12% below national
46 Alabama $36,030 13% below national
47 West Virginia $35,110 15% below national
48 Wyoming $34,770 16% below national
49 Kentucky $33,530 19% below national
50 Louisiana $30,030 27% below national
51 Puerto Rico $25,360 39% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $59,480 +44% above national
2 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $58,780 +42% above national
3 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $58,300 +41% above national
4 Gainesville, FL $55,650 +35% above national
5 Medford, OR $53,840 +30% above national
6 Springfield, MA $53,520 +30% above national
7 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $51,770 +25% above national
8 Modesto, CA $51,330 +24% above national
9 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $50,920 +23% above national
10 Champaign-Urbana, IL $49,920 +21% above national
11 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $49,420 +20% above national
12 Toledo, OH $49,030 +19% above national
13 Salinas, CA $48,980 +19% above national
14 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $48,840 +18% above national
15 Napa, CA $48,500 +18% above national
16 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $48,460 +17% above national
17 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $48,360 +17% above national
18 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $48,160 +17% above national
19 Stockton-Lodi, CA $48,080 +17% above national
20 Worcester, MA $48,080 +17% above national
21 Cedar Rapids, IA $48,060 +16% above national
22 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $47,990 +16% above national
23 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $47,830 +16% above national
24 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $47,690 +16% above national
25 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $47,570 +15% above national
26 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $47,400 +15% above national
27 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $47,330 +15% above national
28 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $47,140 +14% above national
29 Richmond, VA $47,130 +14% above national
30 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $46,940 +14% above national
31 Battle Creek, MI $46,720 +13% above national
32 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $46,710 +13% above national
33 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $46,700 +13% above national
34 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $46,400 +12% above national
35 Urban Honolulu, HI $46,230 +12% above national
36 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $46,140 +12% above national
37 Janesville-Beloit, WI $46,000 +11% above national
38 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $45,960 +11% above national
39 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $45,940 +11% above national
40 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $45,900 +11% above national
41 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $45,890 +11% above national
42 Peoria, IL $45,840 +11% above national
43 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $45,820 +11% above national
44 Merced, CA $45,770 +11% above national
45 Sheboygan, WI $45,760 +11% above national
46 Ann Arbor, MI $45,750 +11% above national
47 Lancaster, PA $45,750 +11% above national
48 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $45,670 +11% above national
49 Raleigh-Cary, NC $45,660 +11% above national
50 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $45,650 +11% above national
51 Columbus, OH $45,530 +10% above national
52 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $45,380 +10% above national
53 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $45,320 +10% above national
54 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $45,310 +10% above national
55 Madison, WI $45,260 +10% above national
56 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $45,040 +9% above national
57 Lynchburg, VA $45,030 +9% above national
58 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $44,980 +9% above national
59 Coeur d'Alene, ID $44,860 +9% above national
60 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $44,850 +9% above national
61 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $44,840 +9% above national
62 Boulder, CO $44,780 +9% above national
63 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $44,780 +9% above national
64 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $44,780 +9% above national
65 Green Bay, WI $44,530 +8% above national
66 Appleton, WI $44,510 +8% above national
67 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $44,360 +7% above national
68 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $44,330 +7% above national
69 Vallejo, CA $44,320 +7% above national
70 Kenosha, WI $44,260 +7% above national
71 Salem, OR $44,260 +7% above national
72 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $44,260 +7% above national
73 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $44,260 +7% above national
74 Eau Claire, WI $44,220 +7% above national
75 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $44,120 +7% above national
76 St. Cloud, MN $43,920 +6% above national
77 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $43,870 +6% above national
78 Flagstaff, AZ $43,550 +6% above national
79 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $43,520 +5% above national
80 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $43,510 +5% above national
81 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $43,420 +5% above national
82 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $43,260 +5% above national
83 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $43,220 +5% above national
84 Manchester-Nashua, NH $43,210 +5% above national
85 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $43,180 +5% above national
86 Naples-Marco Island, FL $43,180 +5% above national
87 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $43,180 +5% above national
88 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $43,160 +5% above national
89 Duluth, MN-WI $43,150 +5% above national
90 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $43,040 +4% above national
91 Terre Haute, IN $42,980 +4% above national
92 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $42,980 +4% above national
93 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $42,930 +4% above national
94 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $42,890 +4% above national
95 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $42,890 +4% above national
96 Greeley, CO $42,770 +4% above national
97 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $42,640 +3% above national
98 Kansas City, MO-KS $42,620 +3% above national
99 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $42,490 +3% above national
100 Portland-South Portland, ME $42,480 +3% above national
101 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $42,470 +3% above national
102 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $42,370 +3% above national
103 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,370 +3% above national
104 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $42,260 +2% above national
105 Birmingham, AL $42,240 +2% above national
106 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $42,180 +2% above national
107 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $42,150 +2% above national
108 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $42,140 +2% above national
109 New Haven, CT $42,120 +2% above national
110 Tulsa, OK $42,120 +2% above national
111 Boise City, ID $42,110 +2% above national
112 Asheville, NC $42,000 +2% above national
113 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $41,950 +2% above national
114 Wilmington, NC $41,920 +2% above national
115 Cleveland, OH $41,880 +1% above national
116 Wausau, WI $41,850 +1% above national
117 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $41,690 +1% above national
118 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $41,650 +1% above national
119 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $41,640 +1% above national
120 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $41,640 +1% above national
121 York-Hanover, PA $41,640 +1% above national
122 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $41,600 +1% above national
123 Springfield, IL $41,600 +1% above national
124 Akron, OH $41,530 +1% above national
125 Anchorage, AK $41,530 +1% above national
126 Wheeling, WV-OH $41,530 +1% above national
127 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $41,530 +1% above national
128 Chattanooga, TN-GA $41,500 +1% above national
129 Midland, TX $41,480 +1% above national
130 State College, PA $41,480 +1% above national
131 Redding, CA $41,440 same as national
132 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $41,380 same as national
133 Greensboro-High Point, NC $41,280 same as national
134 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $41,200 same as national
135 Yuma, AZ $41,100 same as national
136 Eugene-Springfield, OR $41,020 1% below national
137 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $40,920 1% below national
138 Omaha, NE-IA $40,890 1% below national
139 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $40,680 1% below national
140 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $40,670 1% below national
141 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $40,650 2% below national
142 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $40,650 2% below national
143 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $40,570 2% below national
144 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $40,460 2% below national
145 Clarksville, TN-KY $40,410 2% below national
146 Decatur, IL $40,410 2% below national
147 Bend, OR $40,400 2% below national
148 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $40,400 2% below national
149 Gainesville, GA $40,360 2% below national
150 Knoxville, TN $40,360 2% below national
151 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $40,360 2% below national
152 Cleveland, TN $40,340 2% below national
153 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $40,300 2% below national
154 Visalia, CA $40,300 2% below national
155 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $40,210 3% below national
156 Reading, PA $40,180 3% below national
157 Fayetteville, NC $40,080 3% below national
158 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $40,030 3% below national
159 Spartanburg, SC $39,980 3% below national
160 Columbia, SC $39,950 3% below national
161 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $39,900 3% below national
162 Reno, NV $39,880 3% below national
163 Fresno, CA $39,830 3% below national
164 Flint, MI $39,800 4% below national
165 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,800 4% below national
166 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $39,750 4% below national
167 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $39,750 4% below national
168 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $39,750 4% below national
169 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $39,710 4% below national
170 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $39,680 4% below national
171 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $39,680 4% below national
172 Lincoln, NE $39,640 4% below national
173 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $39,630 4% below national
174 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $39,520 4% below national
175 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $39,450 4% below national
176 Oklahoma City, OK $39,450 4% below national
177 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $39,370 5% below national
178 Tucson, AZ $39,360 5% below national
179 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,330 5% below national
180 St. Louis, MO-IL $39,310 5% below national
181 Fort Wayne, IN $39,300 5% below national
182 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $39,290 5% below national
183 Savannah, GA $39,250 5% below national
184 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $39,220 5% below national
185 Wichita, KS $39,150 5% below national
186 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,140 5% below national
187 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $39,120 5% below national
188 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $39,050 5% below national
189 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $39,000 6% below national
190 Colorado Springs, CO $38,980 6% below national
191 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $38,980 6% below national
192 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $38,960 6% below national
193 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,880 6% below national
194 Syracuse, NY $38,830 6% below national
195 Pittsburgh, PA $38,760 6% below national
196 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $38,750 6% below national
197 Winston-Salem, NC $38,750 6% below national
198 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $38,740 6% below national
199 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $38,730 6% below national
200 Jacksonville, FL $38,680 6% below national
201 Dover, DE $38,660 6% below national
202 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $38,580 7% below national
203 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $38,570 7% below national
204 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $38,530 7% below national
205 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $38,380 7% below national
206 Fort Smith, AR-OK $38,360 7% below national
207 Idaho Falls, ID $38,340 7% below national
208 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $38,310 7% below national
209 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $38,220 7% below national
210 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $38,200 7% below national
211 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $38,200 7% below national
212 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $38,080 8% below national
213 Lexington-Fayette, KY $38,080 8% below national
214 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $37,960 8% below national
215 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $37,960 8% below national
216 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $37,920 8% below national
217 Jackson, TN $37,900 8% below national
218 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $37,890 8% below national
219 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $37,880 8% below national
220 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $37,870 8% below national
221 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,810 8% below national
222 Youngstown-Warren, OH $37,790 8% below national
223 Erie, PA $37,780 8% below national
224 Topeka, KS $37,710 9% below national
225 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $37,700 9% below national
226 Abilene, TX $37,490 9% below national
227 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,470 9% below national
228 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $37,460 9% below national
229 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $37,440 9% below national
230 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,440 9% below national
231 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,430 9% below national
232 Charleston, WV $37,420 9% below national
233 Waco, TX $37,390 9% below national
234 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,380 9% below national
235 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $37,370 9% below national
236 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $37,350 9% below national
237 Rapid City, SD $37,350 9% below national
238 Rochester, NY $37,260 10% below national
239 Carson City, NV $37,250 10% below national
240 Farmington, NM $37,250 10% below national
241 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $37,180 10% below national
242 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $37,050 10% below national
243 Albuquerque, NM $37,040 10% below national
244 Roanoke, VA $37,040 10% below national
245 Bloomington, IL $36,820 11% below national
246 Amarillo, TX $36,800 11% below national
247 Utica-Rome, NY $36,760 11% below national
248 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $36,720 11% below national
249 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,660 11% below national
250 Las Cruces, NM $36,600 11% below national
251 Corpus Christi, TX $36,550 11% below national
252 St. George, UT $36,550 11% below national
253 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $36,540 11% below national
254 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $36,370 12% below national
255 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,340 12% below national
256 Rockford, IL $36,300 12% below national
257 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $36,290 12% below national
258 Port St. Lucie, FL $36,160 12% below national
259 Victoria, TX $36,080 13% below national
260 Evansville, IN $36,070 13% below national
261 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $36,010 13% below national
262 Tallahassee, FL $35,960 13% below national
263 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $35,930 13% below national
264 Johnson City, TN $35,790 13% below national
265 Helena, MT $35,690 14% below national
266 Morristown, TN $35,690 14% below national
267 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,690 14% below national
268 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $35,640 14% below national
269 Bloomington, IN $35,590 14% below national
270 Killeen-Temple, TX $35,580 14% below national
271 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $35,520 14% below national
272 Grand Junction, CO $35,450 14% below national
273 Valdosta, GA $35,370 14% below national
274 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $35,360 14% below national
275 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $35,350 14% below national
276 Tyler, TX $35,320 14% below national
277 Billings, MT $35,160 15% below national
278 Springfield, MO $35,160 15% below national
279 Rome, GA $35,130 15% below national
280 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $35,100 15% below national
281 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $35,080 15% below national
282 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $35,060 15% below national
283 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $35,010 15% below national
284 Ogden, UT $34,890 15% below national
285 El Paso, TX $34,660 16% below national
286 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $34,660 16% below national
287 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,480 16% below national
288 Binghamton, NY $34,250 17% below national
289 Wichita Falls, TX $34,220 17% below national
290 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,200 17% below national
291 Odessa, TX $34,120 17% below national
292 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,030 18% below national
293 Florence, SC $33,960 18% below national
294 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $33,720 18% below national
295 San Angelo, TX $33,680 18% below national
296 College Station-Bryan, TX $33,650 18% below national
297 Lubbock, TX $33,640 18% below national
298 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,530 19% below national
299 Great Falls, MT $33,370 19% below national
300 Eagle Pass, TX $33,350 19% below national
301 Laredo, TX $33,280 19% below national
302 Canton-Massillon, OH $32,940 20% below national
303 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $32,920 20% below national
304 Pueblo, CO $32,600 21% below national
305 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $31,940 23% below national
306 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $31,920 23% below national
307 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $31,870 23% below national
308 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $31,410 24% below national
309 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $31,230 24% below national
310 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $31,220 24% below national
311 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $30,960 25% below national
312 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,670 26% below national
313 Lafayette, LA $30,630 26% below national
314 Baton Rouge, LA $30,350 26% below national
315 Sherman-Denison, TX $30,170 27% below national
316 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $30,140 27% below national
317 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $30,090 27% below national
318 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $30,010 27% below national
319 Lawton, OK $29,960 27% below national
320 Longview, TX $29,060 30% below national
321 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,780 30% below national
322 Lake Charles, LA $28,610 31% below national
323 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,570 31% below national
324 Ocala, FL $28,250 32% below national
325 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,000 32% below national
326 Missoula, MT $27,940 32% below national
327 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $27,850 33% below national
328 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $27,420 34% below national
329 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $27,100 34% below national
330 Macon-Bibb County, GA $26,820 35% below national
331 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $25,380 39% below national

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