53 Series · SOC 53-3032

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

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

Median Salary

$57,440

per year

Median Hourly

$27.62/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$58,400

average

Employment

2,070,480

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$38,640$47,230$57,440$65,520$78,800
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$18.58$22.71$27.62$31.50$37.89
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$38,640

25th Percentile

$47,230

Median

$57,440

75th Percentile

$65,520

90th Percentile

$78,800

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Alaska $64,890 2. New Jersey $64,720 3. Washington $63,760 4. District of Columbia $63,610 5. Oregon $61,180

Lowest Paying States

50. Puerto Rico $22,770 51. Guam $37,190 52. Virgin Islands $46,460 53. New Mexico $48,360 54. Louisiana $48,770
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska $64,890 +13% above national
2 New Jersey $64,720 +13% above national
3 Washington $63,760 +11% above national
4 District of Columbia $63,610 +11% above national
5 Oregon $61,180 +7% above national
6 Minnesota $61,090 +6% above national
7 Nevada $60,900 +6% above national
8 Massachusetts $60,630 +6% above national
9 New York $60,520 +5% above national
10 Wyoming $60,270 +5% above national
11 Colorado $60,260 +5% above national
12 Indiana $60,090 +5% above national
13 California $59,950 +4% above national
14 Illinois $59,790 +4% above national
15 Rhode Island $59,710 +4% above national
16 Utah $59,580 +4% above national
17 Hawaii $59,320 +3% above national
18 Montana $59,060 +3% above national
19 North Dakota $58,970 +3% above national
20 Connecticut $58,700 +2% above national
21 New Hampshire $58,620 +2% above national
22 Pennsylvania $58,540 +2% above national
23 Delaware $58,510 +2% above national
24 Ohio $58,080 +1% above national
25 Nebraska $57,940 +1% above national
26 Wisconsin $57,380 same as national
27 Maryland $57,180 same as national
28 Kansas $56,940 1% below national
29 South Dakota $56,880 1% below national
30 Georgia $56,570 2% below national
31 Vermont $56,360 2% below national
32 Tennessee $55,610 3% below national
33 Kentucky $55,590 3% below national
34 Michigan $55,140 4% below national
35 Iowa $55,080 4% below national
36 Virginia $54,500 5% below national
37 Arizona $53,690 7% below national
38 Idaho $53,260 7% below national
39 Texas $53,070 8% below national
40 Maine $51,930 10% below national
41 Oklahoma $51,920 10% below national
42 South Carolina $51,810 10% below national
43 Mississippi $50,700 12% below national
44 Missouri $50,540 12% below national
45 Alabama $50,120 13% below national
46 Florida $50,000 13% below national
47 North Carolina $49,580 14% below national
48 Arkansas $49,520 14% below national
49 West Virginia $49,040 15% below national
50 Louisiana $48,770 15% below national
51 New Mexico $48,360 16% below national
52 Virgin Islands $46,460 19% below national
53 Guam $37,190 35% below national
54 Puerto Rico $22,770 60% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Lincoln, NE $92,890 2. Fairbanks-College, AK $73,540 3. Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $73,500 4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $69,290 5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $65,540

Lowest Paying Metros

524. Aguadilla, PR $20,920 525. Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $21,190 526. Guayama, PR $21,330 527. Arecibo, PR $21,610 528. Mayaguez, PR $22,040
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Lincoln, NE $92,890 +62% above national
2 Fairbanks-College, AK $73,540 +28% above national
3 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $73,500 +28% above national
4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $69,290 +21% above national
5 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $65,540 +14% above national
6 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $65,220 +14% above national
7 Muncie, IN $64,980 +13% above national
8 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $64,630 +13% above national
9 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $64,210 +12% above national
10 Anchorage, AK $63,910 +11% above national
11 Kennewick-Richland, WA $63,530 +11% above national
12 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $63,500 +11% above national
13 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $63,170 +10% above national
14 Bend, OR $63,140 +10% above national
15 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $63,060 +10% above national
16 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $62,880 +9% above national
17 Boulder, CO $62,820 +9% above national
18 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $62,650 +9% above national
19 Reno, NV $62,530 +9% above national
20 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $62,520 +9% above national
21 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $62,430 +9% above national
22 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $62,160 +8% above national
23 Warner Robins, GA $62,080 +8% above national
24 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $62,060 +8% above national
25 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $61,990 +8% above national
26 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $61,960 +8% above national
27 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $61,910 +8% above national
28 Rochester, MN $61,890 +8% above national
29 Bozeman, MT $61,870 +8% above national
30 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $61,780 +8% above national
31 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $61,750 +8% above national
32 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $61,720 +7% above national
33 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $61,680 +7% above national
34 Cheyenne, WY $61,650 +7% above national
35 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $61,530 +7% above national
36 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $61,480 +7% above national
37 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $61,320 +7% above national
38 Bellingham, WA $61,140 +6% above national
39 Stockton-Lodi, CA $61,140 +6% above national
40 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $61,010 +6% above national
41 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $60,890 +6% above national
42 Carson City, NV $60,840 +6% above national
43 Longview-Kelso, WA $60,810 +6% above national
44 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $60,790 +6% above national
45 St. Cloud, MN $60,710 +6% above national
46 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $60,680 +6% above national
47 Napa, CA $60,670 +6% above national
48 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $60,630 +6% above national
49 Vineland, NJ $60,620 +6% above national
50 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $60,570 +5% above national
51 Yuba City, CA $60,480 +5% above national
52 Billings, MT $60,440 +5% above national
53 Barnstable Town, MA $60,370 +5% above national
54 Columbus, OH $60,370 +5% above national
55 Vallejo, CA $60,200 +5% above national
56 Fort Smith, AR-OK $60,190 +5% above national
57 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $60,150 +5% above national
58 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $60,070 +5% above national
59 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $60,060 +5% above national
60 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $60,020 +4% above national
61 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $60,000 +4% above national
62 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $59,980 +4% above national
63 Albany, OR $59,950 +4% above national
64 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $59,940 +4% above national
65 Fort Wayne, IN $59,910 +4% above national
66 Salem, OR $59,850 +4% above national
67 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $59,750 +4% above national
68 Rockford, IL $59,710 +4% above national
69 Grand Island, NE $59,690 +4% above national
70 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $59,620 +4% above national
71 Iowa City, IA $59,600 +4% above national
72 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $59,600 +4% above national
73 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $59,560 +4% above national
74 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $59,550 +4% above national
75 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $59,480 +4% above national
76 Mankato, MN $59,440 +3% above national
77 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $59,410 +3% above national
78 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $59,340 +3% above national
79 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $59,330 +3% above national
80 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $59,320 +3% above national
81 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $59,280 +3% above national
82 Bloomington, IL $59,250 +3% above national
83 Walla Walla, WA $59,210 +3% above national
84 New Haven, CT $59,180 +3% above national
85 Jackson, MS $59,160 +3% above national
86 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $59,110 +3% above national
87 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $59,100 +3% above national
88 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $59,050 +3% above national
89 Worcester, MA $59,020 +3% above national
90 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $59,010 +3% above national
91 Kokomo, IN $58,980 +3% above national
92 Bismarck, ND $58,970 +3% above national
93 Duluth, MN-WI $58,960 +3% above national
94 Janesville-Beloit, WI $58,900 +3% above national
95 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $58,890 +3% above national
96 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $58,880 +3% above national
97 Fond du Lac, WI $58,880 +3% above national
98 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $58,880 +3% above national
99 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $58,860 +2% above national
100 Missoula, MT $58,860 +2% above national
101 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $58,850 +2% above national
102 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $58,840 +2% above national
103 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $58,840 +2% above national
104 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $58,820 +2% above national
105 Casper, WY $58,810 +2% above national
106 Dothan, AL $58,810 +2% above national
107 Coeur d'Alene, ID $58,770 +2% above national
108 Kingston, NY $58,770 +2% above national
109 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $58,770 +2% above national
110 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $58,770 +2% above national
111 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $58,610 +2% above national
112 Kansas City, MO-KS $58,590 +2% above national
113 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $58,510 +2% above national
114 Ann Arbor, MI $58,470 +2% above national
115 Eugene-Springfield, OR $58,460 +2% above national
116 Sandusky, OH $58,430 +2% above national
117 York-Hanover, PA $58,430 +2% above national
118 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $58,420 +2% above national
119 Ogden, UT $58,380 +2% above national
120 Greeley, CO $58,340 +2% above national
121 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $58,330 +2% above national
122 Decatur, AL $58,280 +1% above national
123 Kenosha, WI $58,240 +1% above national
124 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $58,230 +1% above national
125 Winchester, VA-WV $58,190 +1% above national
126 Reading, PA $58,130 +1% above national
127 Springfield, OH $58,090 +1% above national
128 Syracuse, NY $58,090 +1% above national
129 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $58,050 +1% above national
130 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $58,040 +1% above national
131 Akron, OH $58,020 +1% above national
132 Medford, OR $58,020 +1% above national
133 Minot, ND $58,010 +1% above national
134 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $57,990 +1% above national
135 Richmond, VA $57,970 +1% above national
136 Omaha, NE-IA $57,930 +1% above national
137 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $57,920 +1% above national
138 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $57,900 +1% above national
139 Green Bay, WI $57,890 +1% above national
140 Toledo, OH $57,890 +1% above national
141 Madison, WI $57,870 +1% above national
142 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $57,850 +1% above national
143 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $57,840 +1% above national
144 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $57,780 +1% above national
145 Evansville, IN $57,770 +1% above national
146 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $57,750 +1% above national
147 Colorado Springs, CO $57,740 +1% above national
148 Midland, TX $57,730 +1% above national
149 Portland-South Portland, ME $57,730 +1% above national
150 Lancaster, PA $57,670 same as national
151 Pittsfield, MA $57,650 same as national
152 Helena, MT $57,640 same as national
153 Decatur, IL $57,620 same as national
154 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $57,600 same as national
155 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $57,600 same as national
156 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $57,580 same as national
157 Yakima, WA $57,560 same as national
158 Urban Honolulu, HI $57,540 same as national
159 Corvallis, OR $57,520 same as national
160 Rochester, NY $57,520 same as national
161 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $57,380 same as national
162 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $57,340 same as national
163 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $57,290 same as national
164 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $57,260 same as national
165 Bloomington, IN $57,220 same as national
166 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $57,220 same as national
167 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $57,220 same as national
168 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $57,220 same as national
169 Springfield, MA $57,190 same as national
170 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $57,180 same as national
171 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $57,170 same as national
172 Columbus, IN $57,160 same as national
173 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $57,150 1% below national
174 Visalia, CA $57,150 1% below national
175 Fargo, ND-MN $57,110 1% below national
176 Appleton, WI $57,100 1% below national
177 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $57,100 1% below national
178 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $57,100 1% below national
179 Cleveland, OH $57,090 1% below national
180 Grand Forks, ND-MN $57,060 1% below national
181 Topeka, KS $57,050 1% below national
182 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $57,050 1% below national
183 Pittsburgh, PA $57,040 1% below national
184 Wausau, WI $56,980 1% below national
185 Cedar Rapids, IA $56,950 1% below national
186 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $56,930 1% below national
187 Logan, UT-ID $56,910 1% below national
188 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $56,840 1% below national
189 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $56,800 1% below national
190 Manchester-Nashua, NH $56,800 1% below national
191 Morristown, TN $56,770 1% below national
192 Lewiston, ID-WA $56,710 1% below national
193 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $56,670 1% below national
194 Traverse City, MI $56,660 1% below national
195 Knoxville, TN $56,630 1% below national
196 Savannah, GA $56,590 1% below national
197 Lexington-Fayette, KY $56,490 2% below national
198 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $56,460 2% below national
199 Gainesville, GA $56,450 2% below national
200 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $56,450 2% below national
201 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $56,440 2% below national
202 Boise City, ID $56,420 2% below national
203 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $56,410 2% below national
204 Rapid City, SD $56,330 2% below national
205 Binghamton, NY $56,250 2% below national
206 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $56,250 2% below national
207 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $56,250 2% below national
208 Tulsa, OK $56,230 2% below national
209 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $56,220 2% below national
210 Glens Falls, NY $56,070 2% below national
211 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $56,050 2% below national
212 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $56,010 2% below national
213 St. Louis, MO-IL $55,960 3% below national
214 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $55,920 3% below national
215 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $55,920 3% below national
216 St. George, UT $55,910 3% below national
217 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $55,900 3% below national
218 Chambersburg, PA $55,860 3% below national
219 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $55,830 3% below national
220 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $55,800 3% below national
221 Albany, GA $55,660 3% below national
222 Grants Pass, OR $55,660 3% below national
223 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $55,660 3% below national
224 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $55,620 3% below national
225 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $55,590 3% below national
226 Sheboygan, WI $55,570 3% below national
227 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $55,550 3% below national
228 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $55,530 3% below national
229 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $55,520 3% below national
230 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $55,500 3% below national
231 Redding, CA $55,490 3% below national
232 Elmira, NY $55,390 4% below national
233 Chico, CA $55,380 4% below national
234 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $55,340 4% below national
235 Jacksonville, FL $55,300 4% below national
236 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $55,290 4% below national
237 State College, PA $55,260 4% below national
238 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $55,240 4% below national
239 Harrisonburg, VA $55,230 4% below national
240 Grand Junction, CO $55,220 4% below national
241 Odessa, TX $55,110 4% below national
242 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $54,990 4% below national
243 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $54,950 4% below national
244 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $54,950 4% below national
245 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $54,940 4% below national
246 Merced, CA $54,930 4% below national
247 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $54,910 4% below national
248 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $54,860 4% below national
249 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $54,810 5% below national
250 Bay City, MI $54,790 5% below national
251 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $54,750 5% below national
252 Lebanon, PA $54,690 5% below national
253 Lexington Park, MD $54,680 5% below national
254 Ithaca, NY $54,610 5% below national
255 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $54,580 5% below national
256 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $54,550 5% below national
257 Hinesville, GA $54,480 5% below national
258 Idaho Falls, ID $54,440 5% below national
259 Dubuque, IA $54,300 5% below national
260 Salinas, CA $54,230 6% below national
261 Lawrence, KS $54,190 6% below national
262 Mansfield, OH $54,080 6% below national
263 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $54,080 6% below national
264 Baton Rouge, LA $54,030 6% below national
265 Roanoke, VA $53,950 6% below national
266 Spartanburg, SC $53,930 6% below national
267 Chattanooga, TN-GA $53,690 7% below national
268 Battle Creek, MI $53,680 7% below national
269 Columbia, MO $53,540 7% below national
270 Ames, IA $53,530 7% below national
271 Killeen-Temple, TX $53,470 7% below national
272 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $53,450 7% below national
273 Lima, OH $53,360 7% below national
274 Monroe, MI $53,320 7% below national
275 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53,320 7% below national
276 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $53,300 7% below national
277 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $53,270 7% below national
278 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $53,250 7% below national
279 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $53,120 8% below national
280 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $53,000 8% below national
281 Great Falls, MT $52,920 8% below national
282 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $52,830 8% below national
283 Springfield, MO $52,750 8% below national
284 Columbia, SC $52,730 8% below national
285 Modesto, CA $52,720 8% below national
286 Dover, DE $52,460 9% below national
287 Springfield, IL $52,450 9% below national
288 Dalton, GA $52,410 9% below national
289 Pueblo, CO $52,320 9% below national
290 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $52,290 9% below national
291 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $52,280 9% below national
292 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $52,250 9% below national
293 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $52,200 9% below national
294 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $52,140 9% below national
295 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $52,100 9% below national
296 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $52,100 9% below national
297 Florence, SC $52,090 9% below national
298 Terre Haute, IN $52,090 9% below national
299 Utica-Rome, NY $52,090 9% below national
300 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $52,060 9% below national
301 St. Joseph, MO-KS $52,030 9% below national
302 Canton-Massillon, OH $52,000 9% below national
303 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $52,000 9% below national
304 Wichita, KS $52,000 9% below national
305 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $52,000 9% below national
306 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $51,930 10% below national
307 Oklahoma City, OK $51,900 10% below national
308 Abilene, TX $51,680 10% below national
309 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $51,650 10% below national
310 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $51,640 10% below national
311 Eau Claire, WI $51,580 10% below national
312 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $51,570 10% below national
313 Williamsport, PA $51,400 11% below national
314 Huntsville, AL $51,380 11% below national
315 El Centro, CA $51,370 11% below national
316 Fresno, CA $51,350 11% below national
317 Sherman-Denison, TX $51,350 11% below national
318 Twin Falls, ID $51,330 11% below national
319 Birmingham, AL $51,310 11% below national
320 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $51,300 11% below national
321 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $51,290 11% below national
322 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $51,260 11% below national
323 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $51,240 11% below national
324 Bowling Green, KY $51,200 11% below national
325 Champaign-Urbana, IL $51,190 11% below national
326 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $51,190 11% below national
327 Charleston, WV $51,100 11% below national
328 Midland, MI $51,070 11% below national
329 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $51,010 11% below national
330 Wheeling, WV-OH $51,010 11% below national
331 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $51,010 11% below national
332 Altoona, PA $50,990 11% below national
333 Greensboro-High Point, NC $50,980 11% below national
334 Raleigh-Cary, NC $50,940 11% below national
335 Jackson, MI $50,900 11% below national
336 Flagstaff, AZ $50,880 11% below national
337 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $50,860 11% below national
338 Bangor, ME $50,840 11% below national
339 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $50,840 11% below national
340 Jackson, TN $50,790 12% below national
341 Youngstown-Warren, OH $50,790 12% below national
342 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $50,740 12% below national
343 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $50,730 12% below national
344 Gettysburg, PA $50,720 12% below national
345 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $50,710 12% below national
346 Niles, MI $50,690 12% below national
347 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $50,690 12% below national
348 Albuquerque, NM $50,650 12% below national
349 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $50,640 12% below national
350 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $50,600 12% below national
351 Lynchburg, VA $50,580 12% below national
352 Tuscaloosa, AL $50,550 12% below national
353 Owensboro, KY $50,530 12% below national
354 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $50,480 12% below national
355 Elizabethtown, KY $50,440 12% below national
356 Valdosta, GA $50,420 12% below national
357 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $50,420 12% below national
358 Salisbury, MD $50,410 12% below national
359 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $50,380 12% below national
360 Saginaw, MI $50,350 12% below national
361 Paducah, KY-IL $50,340 12% below national
362 Texarkana, TX-AR $50,320 12% below national
363 Erie, PA $50,280 12% below national
364 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $50,280 12% below national
365 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $50,260 12% below national
366 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $50,230 13% below national
367 Asheville, NC $50,180 13% below national
368 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $50,070 13% below national
369 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $50,050 13% below national
370 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $49,990 13% below national
371 Cleveland, TN $49,980 13% below national
372 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $49,960 13% below national
373 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $49,920 13% below national
374 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $49,880 13% below national
375 Charlottesville, VA $49,820 13% below national
376 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $49,780 13% below national
377 Ocala, FL $49,770 13% below national
378 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $49,760 13% below national
379 Laredo, TX $49,750 13% below national
380 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $49,750 13% below national
381 Amarillo, TX $49,740 13% below national
382 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $49,730 13% below national
383 Tucson, AZ $49,710 13% below national
384 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $49,700 13% below national
385 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $49,640 14% below national
386 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,640 14% below national
387 Montgomery, AL $49,620 14% below national
388 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $49,620 14% below national
389 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $49,610 14% below national
390 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $49,600 14% below national
391 Flint, MI $49,590 14% below national
392 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $49,570 14% below national
393 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $49,560 14% below national
394 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $49,560 14% below national
395 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $49,540 14% below national
396 Winston-Salem, NC $49,520 14% below national
397 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $49,500 14% below national
398 Mobile, AL $49,440 14% below national
399 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $49,430 14% below national
400 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $49,430 14% below national
401 Clarksville, TN-KY $49,410 14% below national
402 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $49,330 14% below national
403 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $49,320 14% below national
404 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $49,280 14% below national
405 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $49,220 14% below national
406 Lafayette, LA $49,200 14% below national
407 Burlington, NC $49,190 14% below national
408 Rome, GA $49,160 14% below national
409 Columbus, GA-AL $49,150 14% below national
410 Athens-Clarke County, GA $49,140 14% below national
411 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $49,130 14% below national
412 Longview, TX $49,110 15% below national
413 Johnstown, PA $49,080 15% below national
414 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,080 15% below national
415 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $49,050 15% below national
416 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $49,040 15% below national
417 Tyler, TX $49,040 15% below national
418 Waco, TX $49,030 15% below national
419 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $49,020 15% below national
420 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $48,990 15% below national
421 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,990 15% below national
422 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $48,980 15% below national
423 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $48,980 15% below national
424 Pocatello, ID $48,970 15% below national
425 Manhattan, KS $48,950 15% below national
426 Wichita Falls, TX $48,950 15% below national
427 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $48,950 15% below national
428 Corpus Christi, TX $48,910 15% below national
429 Victoria, TX $48,910 15% below national
430 Enid, OK $48,880 15% below national
431 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $48,780 15% below national
432 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,780 15% below national
433 Macon-Bibb County, GA $48,770 15% below national
434 Hammond, LA $48,730 15% below national
435 Naples-Marco Island, FL $48,710 15% below national
436 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $48,640 15% below national
437 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $48,590 15% below national
438 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,540 15% below national
439 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $48,470 16% below national
440 Wilmington, NC $48,430 16% below national
441 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $48,390 16% below national
442 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $48,360 16% below national
443 Santa Fe, NM $48,350 16% below national
444 Lake Charles, LA $48,340 16% below national
445 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,330 16% below national
446 Auburn-Opelika, AL $48,320 16% below national
447 Peoria, IL $48,280 16% below national
448 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $48,270 16% below national
449 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,270 16% below national
450 Lubbock, TX $48,210 16% below national
451 College Station-Bryan, TX $48,200 16% below national
452 El Paso, TX $48,180 16% below national
453 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,120 16% below national
454 Johnson City, TN $48,090 16% below national
455 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $48,060 16% below national
456 Gainesville, FL $48,050 16% below national
457 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $48,050 16% below national
458 Anniston-Oxford, AL $48,040 16% below national
459 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $47,930 17% below national
460 Farmington, NM $47,890 17% below national
461 Joplin, MO-KS $47,830 17% below national
462 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,820 17% below national
463 Hattiesburg, MS $47,800 17% below national
464 Jefferson City, MO $47,800 17% below national
465 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $47,800 17% below national
466 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $47,790 17% below national
467 Gadsden, AL $47,750 17% below national
468 San Angelo, TX $47,730 17% below national
469 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $47,720 17% below national
470 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $47,700 17% below national
471 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $47,670 17% below national
472 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $47,650 17% below national
473 Punta Gorda, FL $47,640 17% below national
474 Port St. Lucie, FL $47,590 17% below national
475 Morgantown, WV $47,570 17% below national
476 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $47,550 17% below national
477 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,550 17% below national
478 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $47,500 17% below national
479 Beckley, WV $47,470 17% below national
480 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $47,460 17% below national
481 Eagle Pass, TX $47,320 18% below national
482 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $47,280 18% below national
483 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $47,240 18% below national
484 Fayetteville, NC $47,220 18% below national
485 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $47,170 18% below national
486 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,130 18% below national
487 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $47,040 18% below national
488 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $47,020 18% below national
489 Jonesboro, AR $46,970 18% below national
490 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $46,950 18% below national
491 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,870 18% below national
492 Lawton, OK $46,810 19% below national
493 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $46,760 19% below national
494 Rocky Mount, NC $46,760 19% below national
495 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $46,440 19% below national
496 Yuma, AZ $46,400 19% below national
497 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $46,330 19% below national
498 Goldsboro, NC $46,320 19% below national
499 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $46,270 19% below national
500 Kankakee, IL $46,260 19% below national
501 Monroe, LA $46,220 20% below national
502 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $46,210 20% below national
503 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $46,160 20% below national
504 Greenville, NC $46,130 20% below national
505 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $46,070 20% below national
506 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $46,060 20% below national
507 Las Cruces, NM $46,060 20% below national
508 Sumter, SC $46,000 20% below national
509 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $45,970 20% below national
510 Alexandria, LA $45,930 20% below national
511 Tallahassee, FL $45,780 20% below national
512 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $45,640 21% below national
513 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $45,390 21% below national
514 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $44,590 22% below national
515 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $44,460 23% below national
516 Homosassa Springs, FL $44,320 23% below national
517 Jacksonville, NC $43,940 24% below national
518 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $43,230 25% below national
519 Sebring, FL $43,150 25% below national
520 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $42,480 26% below national
521 Hot Springs, AR $41,620 28% below national
522 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $23,150 60% below national
523 Ponce, PR $22,110 62% below national
524 Mayaguez, PR $22,040 62% below national
525 Arecibo, PR $21,610 62% below national
526 Guayama, PR $21,330 63% below national
527 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $21,190 63% below national
528 Aguadilla, PR $20,920 64% 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.