25 Series · SOC 25-2022

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

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

Median Salary

$62,970

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$70,040

average

Employment

620,370

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$47,050$53,540$62,970$79,380$100,980
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$47,050

25th Percentile

$53,540

Median

$62,970

75th Percentile

$79,380

90th Percentile

$100,980

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Washington $99,150 2. California $96,820 3. Rhode Island $89,530 4. Massachusetts $84,280 5. New York $82,620

Lowest Paying States

49. Guam $38,080 50. Oklahoma $48,210 51. West Virginia $49,670 52. South Dakota $49,720 53. Mississippi $49,720
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Washington $99,150 +57% above national
2 California $96,820 +54% above national
3 Rhode Island $89,530 +42% above national
4 Massachusetts $84,280 +34% above national
5 New York $82,620 +31% above national
6 Connecticut $81,040 +29% above national
7 District of Columbia $78,090 +24% above national
8 Oregon $78,050 +24% above national
9 New Jersey $77,630 +23% above national
10 Pennsylvania $76,740 +22% above national
11 Maryland $76,420 +21% above national
12 Alaska $75,980 +21% above national
13 Utah $75,490 +20% above national
14 New Mexico $73,520 +17% above national
15 Ohio $66,790 +6% above national
16 New Hampshire $64,810 +3% above national
17 Illinois $64,800 +3% above national
18 Hawaii $64,340 +2% above national
19 Georgia $63,880 +1% above national
20 Delaware $63,770 +1% above national
21 Nevada $63,620 +1% above national
22 Nebraska $62,470 1% below national
23 Vermont $62,460 1% below national
24 Wyoming $62,420 1% below national
25 Wisconsin $61,960 2% below national
26 Colorado $61,830 2% below national
27 Texas $61,760 2% below national
28 Minnesota $61,670 2% below national
29 Michigan $61,560 2% below national
30 Montana $61,460 2% below national
31 Maine $61,030 3% below national
32 Virginia $60,930 3% below national
33 Idaho $60,290 4% below national
34 Missouri $60,120 5% below national
35 Alabama $59,900 5% below national
36 South Carolina $59,810 5% below national
37 Indiana $59,100 6% below national
38 Arizona $59,060 6% below national
39 Kentucky $58,850 7% below national
40 Kansas $58,820 7% below national
41 North Dakota $58,800 7% below national
42 Tennessee $58,170 8% below national
43 Iowa $57,750 8% below national
44 Arkansas $56,980 10% below national
45 Louisiana $53,150 16% below national
46 Florida $51,680 18% below national
47 North Carolina $50,340 20% below national
48 Puerto Rico $49,800 21% below national
49 Mississippi $49,720 21% below national
50 South Dakota $49,720 21% below national
51 West Virginia $49,670 21% below national
52 Oklahoma $48,210 23% below national
53 Guam $38,080 40% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $105,610 2. Merced, CA $105,100 3. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $104,990 4. Visalia, CA $103,560 5. Modesto, CA $101,900

Lowest Paying Metros

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

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