21 Series · SOC 21-1022

Healthcare Social Workers

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

Median Salary

$68,090

per year

Median Hourly

$32.74/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$72,030

average

Employment

185,940

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$45,030$55,360$68,090$83,410$100,870
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$21.65$26.62$32.74$40.10$48.50
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$45,030

25th Percentile

$55,360

Median

$68,090

75th Percentile

$83,410

90th Percentile

$100,870

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. California $92,970 2. District of Columbia $92,600 3. Oregon $85,150 4. Hawaii $84,640 5. Connecticut $81,900

Lowest Paying States

50. Puerto Rico $33,230 51. Oklahoma $51,830 52. South Dakota $51,960 53. Missouri $53,060 54. Mississippi $56,690
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $92,970 +37% above national
2 District of Columbia $92,600 +36% above national
3 Oregon $85,150 +25% above national
4 Hawaii $84,640 +24% above national
5 Connecticut $81,900 +20% above national
6 New Jersey $81,710 +20% above national
7 Rhode Island $79,460 +17% above national
8 Vermont $78,390 +15% above national
9 New Hampshire $78,000 +15% above national
10 Alaska $77,990 +15% above national
11 Nevada $76,280 +12% above national
12 Washington $75,670 +11% above national
13 Maine $72,520 +7% above national
14 Utah $72,370 +6% above national
15 Minnesota $72,330 +6% above national
16 Massachusetts $72,280 +6% above national
17 Idaho $71,240 +5% above national
18 Texas $69,960 +3% above national
19 Illinois $68,710 +1% above national
20 Maryland $67,970 same as national
21 New York $67,250 1% below national
22 Indiana $67,220 1% below national
23 Florida $67,090 1% below national
24 Arizona $66,540 2% below national
25 Michigan $66,440 2% below national
26 New Mexico $66,090 3% below national
27 South Carolina $65,760 3% below national
28 Wisconsin $65,240 4% below national
29 North Carolina $65,140 4% below national
30 Kentucky $64,840 5% below national
31 Wyoming $64,800 5% below national
32 Ohio $64,750 5% below national
33 Louisiana $64,380 5% below national
34 Kansas $64,280 6% below national
35 Virginia $64,200 6% below national
36 North Dakota $63,660 7% below national
37 Iowa $63,230 7% below national
38 Pennsylvania $63,010 7% below national
39 Colorado $62,740 8% below national
40 Delaware $62,730 8% below national
41 Georgia $62,090 9% below national
42 Arkansas $62,040 9% below national
43 Tennessee $61,910 9% below national
44 West Virginia $60,670 11% below national
45 Nebraska $60,300 11% below national
46 Guam $59,900 12% below national
47 Virgin Islands $59,360 13% below national
48 Montana $58,760 14% below national
49 Alabama $58,000 15% below national
50 Mississippi $56,690 17% below national
51 Missouri $53,060 22% below national
52 South Dakota $51,960 24% below national
53 Oklahoma $51,830 24% below national
54 Puerto Rico $33,230 51% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Napa, CA $141,490 2. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $132,790 3. Vallejo, CA $115,930 4. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $114,480 5. Chico, CA $110,030

Lowest Paying Metros

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