31 Series · SOC 31-9092

Medical Assistants

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

Median Salary

$44,200

per year

Median Hourly

$21.25/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$44,720

average

Employment

793,460

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$35,020$37,610$44,200$48,160$57,830
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.84$18.08$21.25$23.15$27.80
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$35,020

25th Percentile

$37,610

Median

$44,200

75th Percentile

$48,160

90th Percentile

$57,830

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Washington $55,120 +25% above national
2 Alaska $51,860 +17% above national
3 Oregon $49,900 +13% above national
4 District of Columbia $49,740 +13% above national
5 Minnesota $49,380 +12% above national
6 Hawaii $48,820 +10% above national
7 Massachusetts $48,540 +10% above national
8 California $48,050 +9% above national
9 New Hampshire $48,040 +9% above national
10 Wisconsin $47,610 +8% above national
11 Colorado $47,270 +7% above national
12 Maine $46,540 +5% above national
13 Connecticut $46,500 +5% above national
14 New Jersey $46,280 +5% above national
15 Nebraska $46,080 +4% above national
16 New York $46,040 +4% above national
17 Rhode Island $45,820 +4% above national
18 Illinois $45,490 +3% above national
19 Arizona $45,440 +3% above national
20 Montana $45,440 +3% above national
21 Vermont $45,330 +3% above national
22 Maryland $45,060 +2% above national
23 Iowa $43,670 1% below national
24 Nevada $43,450 2% below national
25 Idaho $43,400 2% below national
26 Utah $43,040 3% below national
27 Pennsylvania $42,810 3% below national
28 North Carolina $42,600 4% below national
29 Indiana $42,390 4% below national
30 Virginia $42,310 4% below national
31 Delaware $41,830 5% below national
32 Florida $41,380 6% below national
33 North Dakota $41,040 7% below national
34 Ohio $40,430 9% below national
35 South Dakota $39,350 11% below national
36 Missouri $39,310 11% below national
37 Wyoming $39,240 11% below national
38 Kansas $39,090 12% below national
39 Georgia $39,000 12% below national
40 New Mexico $39,000 12% below national
41 Texas $38,930 12% below national
42 Michigan $38,840 12% below national
43 South Carolina $38,820 12% below national
44 Kentucky $38,750 12% below national
45 Tennessee $38,150 14% below national
46 Oklahoma $37,580 15% below national
47 Arkansas $37,150 16% below national
48 Virgin Islands $36,660 17% below national
49 Louisiana $35,870 19% below national
50 West Virginia $35,860 19% below national
51 Alabama $34,980 21% below national
52 Mississippi $34,800 21% below national
53 Guam $28,970 34% below national
54 Puerto Rico $28,230 36% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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