35 Series · SOC 35-3041

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

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

Median Salary

$34,460

per year

Median Hourly

$16.57/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$35,030

average

Employment

271,780

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$26,590$29,800$34,460$37,550$44,770
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$12.78$14.33$16.57$18.05$21.53
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$26,590

25th Percentile

$29,800

Median

$34,460

75th Percentile

$37,550

90th Percentile

$44,770

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Colorado $38,180 2. New York $38,010 3. Washington $37,770 4. California $37,690 5. District of Columbia $37,570

Lowest Paying States

49. Puerto Rico $20,570 50. Mississippi $24,580 51. Louisiana $25,550 52. Kansas $26,250 53. Arkansas $26,580
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Colorado $38,180 +11% above national
2 New York $38,010 +10% above national
3 Washington $37,770 +10% above national
4 California $37,690 +9% above national
5 District of Columbia $37,570 +9% above national
6 Hawaii $37,470 +9% above national
7 Massachusetts $36,540 +6% above national
8 New Hampshire $36,110 +5% above national
9 Vermont $36,040 +5% above national
10 Oregon $36,020 +5% above national
11 Connecticut $35,780 +4% above national
12 North Dakota $35,730 +4% above national
13 New Jersey $35,310 +2% above national
14 Minnesota $35,300 +2% above national
15 Maine $35,270 +2% above national
16 Arizona $35,150 +2% above national
17 Maryland $35,020 +2% above national
18 Wisconsin $34,490 same as national
19 Illinois $34,380 same as national
20 Virginia $33,920 2% below national
21 Nevada $33,740 2% below national
22 Rhode Island $33,630 2% below national
23 Florida $32,170 7% below national
24 Wyoming $32,050 7% below national
25 Georgia $31,900 7% below national
26 Michigan $31,720 8% below national
27 Delaware $31,690 8% below national
28 Indiana $31,670 8% below national
29 Montana $31,670 8% below national
30 Alaska $31,490 9% below national
31 Idaho $31,200 9% below national
32 New Mexico $31,100 10% below national
33 Virgin Islands $31,100 10% below national
34 Kentucky $31,080 10% below national
35 Missouri $31,080 10% below national
36 Pennsylvania $31,070 10% below national
37 Nebraska $30,930 10% below national
38 South Dakota $30,920 10% below national
39 North Carolina $30,560 11% below national
40 South Carolina $30,150 13% below national
41 Texas $29,590 14% below national
42 West Virginia $29,480 14% below national
43 Ohio $29,380 15% below national
44 Iowa $29,270 15% below national
45 Tennessee $29,050 16% below national
46 Utah $28,280 18% below national
47 Alabama $27,810 19% below national
48 Oklahoma $27,130 21% below national
49 Arkansas $26,580 23% below national
50 Kansas $26,250 24% below national
51 Louisiana $25,550 26% below national
52 Mississippi $24,580 29% below national
53 Puerto Rico $20,570 40% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI $57,540 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $44,710 3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $44,200 4. Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $42,600 5. Ithaca, NY $40,230

Lowest Paying Metros

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