47 Series · SOC 47-4051

Highway Maintenance Workers

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

Median Salary

$49,070

per year

Median Hourly

$23.59/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$51,410

average

Employment

151,750

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$35,030$41,540$49,070$59,600$69,210
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.84$19.97$23.59$28.66$33.27
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$35,030

25th Percentile

$41,540

Median

$49,070

75th Percentile

$59,600

90th Percentile

$69,210

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Connecticut $63,770 2. Washington $63,420 3. Oregon $62,990 4. Alaska $61,910 5. Minnesota $60,900

Lowest Paying States

46. Puerto Rico $19,760 47. Mississippi $34,090 48. Alabama $36,050 49. Kentucky $36,900 50. Georgia $37,120
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Connecticut $63,770 +30% above national
2 Washington $63,420 +29% above national
3 Oregon $62,990 +28% above national
4 Alaska $61,910 +26% above national
5 Minnesota $60,900 +24% above national
6 North Dakota $60,830 +24% above national
7 Montana $60,730 +24% above national
8 Massachusetts $59,240 +21% above national
9 California $58,300 +19% above national
10 Illinois $58,130 +18% above national
11 Iowa $56,800 +16% above national
12 Colorado $56,440 +15% above national
13 Vermont $56,420 +15% above national
14 Wisconsin $54,780 +12% above national
15 Maryland $54,300 +11% above national
16 Rhode Island $54,080 +10% above national
17 Utah $52,470 +7% above national
18 New York $52,010 +6% above national
19 New Jersey $50,700 +3% above national
20 Michigan $49,600 +1% above national
21 Idaho $49,440 +1% above national
22 Virginia $49,360 +1% above national
23 New Hampshire $49,200 same as national
24 Wyoming $48,590 1% below national
25 Indiana $48,570 1% below national
26 Ohio $47,990 2% below national
27 Arizona $47,770 3% below national
28 Pennsylvania $47,680 3% below national
29 South Dakota $47,650 3% below national
30 Maine $47,380 3% below national
31 Nebraska $47,080 4% below national
32 Tennessee $47,000 4% below national
33 Nevada $46,300 6% below national
34 Missouri $46,280 6% below national
35 New Mexico $46,250 6% below national
36 West Virginia $45,310 8% below national
37 Kansas $45,170 8% below national
38 North Carolina $43,760 11% below national
39 Texas $42,180 14% below national
40 Delaware $40,380 18% below national
41 Louisiana $40,020 18% below national
42 Florida $39,390 20% below national
43 Oklahoma $38,780 21% below national
44 Arkansas $38,070 22% below national
45 South Carolina $38,000 23% below national
46 Georgia $37,120 24% below national
47 Kentucky $36,900 25% below national
48 Alabama $36,050 27% below national
49 Mississippi $34,090 31% below national
50 Puerto Rico $19,760 60% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $76,980 2. Vallejo, CA $74,970 3. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $74,720 4. Kankakee, IL $71,150 5. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $69,060

Lowest Paying Metros

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