53 Series · SOC 53-3099
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other Salary
National pay, percentile range, growth outlook, and state-by-state detail from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey (May 2025).
- $37,180
- Median / year
- $66,500
- Top 10% earn
- +6%
- Growth '23–'33
- 46,880
- US workers
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other earn a median of $37,180 per year.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, the median annual wage is $37,180, based on the most recent survey of employers. Reported pay ranges from $26,540 (10th percentile) to $66,500 (90th percentile) nationally, across roughly 46,880 US workers. Alaska pays the most ($74,710), since pay varies by state and metro area.
The pay verdict
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other earn a median of $37,180, putting them among the lower-paid US occupations and higher than 6% of the 825 occupations with a published BLS median. Within Transportation and Material Moving, it ranks #45 of 50 by median pay. Employment is projected to grow 6% by 2033.
- $37,180
- Median annual wage
- Top 94%
- of 825 US occupations with published wages
- #45 of 50
- in Transportation and Material Moving
- 2.5×
- 90th-to-10th pay spread
Highest-paying state: Alaska at $74,710. Typical entry-level education: No formal educational credential.
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other (SOC 53-3099) pays a national median of $37,180 per year according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey released in May 2025. Full-range compensation stretches from $26,540 at the 10th percentile to $66,500 at the 90th, with a mean of $42,430 indicating a right-skew where top earners pull the average above the midpoint. An estimated 46,880 Americans work in this occupation across 52 reporting states and 223 metro areas.
BLS Employment Projections forecast a +6% change in employment from 2024 to 2034, which the agency classifies as about average relative to the 5% all-occupations baseline. About 11,100 openings are projected per year, combining new positions with replacement needs from retirements and occupation-switchers. Typical entry-level preparation is No formal educational credential and short-term on-the-job training of on-the-job training. The BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) produce a workplace-safety grade of C for this role, with a fatality rate of 17.5 per 100,000 and injury rate of 4.8 per 100.
Geographic variation matters as much as the headline median. Alaska pays the highest state median at $74,710, which is +101% above the national figure. The top metro is Savannah, GA at $74,770 - metro premiums typically reflect higher cost of living, industry concentration, or specialized employer demand. When using this page for negotiation or career planning, pair the national median with the state and metro rows below, remember that BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, and revisit after each May OEWS release since percentiles shift with cost-of-living cycles and industry demand. See our methodology for exactly how these figures are sourced, computed, and verified.
Median Salary
$37,180
per year
Median Hourly
$17.87/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$42,430
average
Employment
46,880
jobs nationwide
How does this pay compare nationally?
Where Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other pay sits nationally
Median annual wage vs. 825 detailed BLS occupations with a published median
$37,180 Bottom 6% higher than 6% of 825 US occupations
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US occupations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025
Does this job pay well and grow?
Each dot is a 53-series occupation, placed by projected 2024–2034 growth and median pay. The highlighted dot is Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other; the upper-right quadrant is the sweet spot (high pay + fast growth).
Among 24 53-series occupations with growth data, Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other sits on the faster-growing side at +6% growth and $37,180 median pay.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS (wages, May 2025) and Employment Projections (2024–2034).
Job Outlook (2024–2034)
Projected Growth
+6%
About average
Annual Openings
11,100
per year (projected)
Typical Education
No formal educational credential
On-the-Job Training
Short-term on-the-job training
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034
Workplace Safety
All safety ratings →Moderate Risk
Safety Grade (BLS 2023)
Fatality Rate
17.5/100K
Injury Rate
4.8/100
Danger Index
28/100
Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) & Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), 2023
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$26,540
25th Percentile
$31,220
Median
$37,180
75th Percentile
$48,980
90th Percentile
$66,500
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $74,710 | +101% above national |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $69,870 | +88% above national |
| 3 | Hawaii | $61,110 | +64% above national |
| 4 | Washington | $59,730 | +61% above national |
| 5 | Oklahoma | $57,550 | +55% above national |
| 6 | Utah | $56,140 | +51% above national |
| 7 | Arizona | $55,680 | +50% above national |
| 8 | New Mexico | $54,270 | +46% above national |
| 9 | South Dakota | $53,790 | +45% above national |
| 10 | Alabama | $52,100 | +40% above national |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | $51,420 | +38% above national |
| 12 | New Jersey | $50,680 | +36% above national |
| 13 | Kansas | $49,880 | +34% above national |
| 14 | Wyoming | $48,530 | +31% above national |
| 15 | Iowa | $48,300 | +30% above national |
| 16 | Mississippi | $46,500 | +25% above national |
| 17 | California | $45,050 | +21% above national |
| 18 | Illinois | $44,810 | +21% above national |
| 19 | Rhode Island | $42,530 | +14% above national |
| 20 | Montana | $41,860 | +13% above national |
| 21 | Idaho | $41,190 | +11% above national |
| 22 | Colorado | $39,190 | +5% above national |
| 23 | New York | $38,950 | +5% above national |
| 24 | Delaware | $38,790 | +4% above national |
| 25 | Louisiana | $37,730 | +1% above national |
| 26 | Connecticut | $37,440 | +1% above national |
| 27 | Florida | $37,330 | same as national |
| 28 | Massachusetts | $36,540 | 2% below national |
| 29 | Virginia | $36,520 | 2% below national |
| 30 | Texas | $36,340 | 2% below national |
| 31 | Georgia | $36,120 | 3% below national |
| 32 | Arkansas | $36,090 | 3% below national |
| 33 | Maryland | $35,440 | 5% below national |
| 34 | Oregon | $34,870 | 6% below national |
| 35 | Minnesota | $34,670 | 7% below national |
| 36 | North Dakota | $34,230 | 8% below national |
| 37 | Michigan | $33,990 | 9% below national |
| 38 | Wisconsin | $33,970 | 9% below national |
| 39 | Maine | $33,690 | 9% below national |
| 40 | Tennessee | $33,550 | 10% below national |
| 41 | Nebraska | $33,280 | 10% below national |
| 42 | Pennsylvania | $32,790 | 12% below national |
| 43 | Missouri | $32,330 | 13% below national |
| 44 | West Virginia | $31,790 | 14% below national |
| 45 | New Hampshire | $31,770 | 15% below national |
| 46 | Ohio | $31,040 | 17% below national |
| 47 | Vermont | $29,290 | 21% below national |
| 48 | North Carolina | $29,000 | 22% below national |
| 49 | South Carolina | $27,840 | 25% below national |
| 50 | Indiana | $26,920 | 28% below national |
| 51 | Nevada | $25,290 | 32% below national |
| 52 | Kentucky | $23,870 | 36% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savannah, GA | $74,770 | +101% above national |
| 2 | Anchorage, AK | $74,710 | +101% above national |
| 3 | Vallejo, CA | $73,280 | +97% above national |
| 4 | Salinas, CA | $71,140 | +91% above national |
| 5 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $64,800 | +74% above national |
| 6 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $64,600 | +74% above national |
| 7 | Chambersburg, PA | $64,150 | +73% above national |
| 8 | Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $63,710 | +71% above national |
| 9 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $62,910 | +69% above national |
| 10 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $62,460 | +68% above national |
| 11 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $62,230 | +67% above national |
| 12 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $62,170 | +67% above national |
| 13 | Jacksonville, NC | $61,360 | +65% above national |
| 14 | East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $61,090 | +64% above national |
| 15 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $59,330 | +60% above national |
| 16 | Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $59,030 | +59% above national |
| 17 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $58,510 | +57% above national |
| 18 | Oklahoma City, OK | $57,550 | +55% above national |
| 19 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $56,880 | +53% above national |
| 20 | Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $56,870 | +53% above national |
| 21 | West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $54,000 | +45% above national |
| 22 | Bozeman, MT | $53,750 | +45% above national |
| 23 | Birmingham, AL | $53,120 | +43% above national |
| 24 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $53,050 | +43% above national |
| 25 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $52,540 | +41% above national |
| 26 | Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | $52,520 | +41% above national |
| 27 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $51,460 | +38% above national |
| 28 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $51,420 | +38% above national |
| 29 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $50,140 | +35% above national |
| 30 | East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area | $48,640 | +31% above national |
| 31 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $48,230 | +30% above national |
| 32 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $47,870 | +29% above national |
| 33 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $47,770 | +28% above national |
| 34 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $47,340 | +27% above national |
| 35 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $47,030 | +26% above national |
| 36 | West Montana nonmetropolitan area | $46,600 | +25% above national |
| 37 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $45,850 | +23% above national |
| 38 | Visalia, CA | $45,290 | +22% above national |
| 39 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $44,300 | +19% above national |
| 40 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $44,180 | +19% above national |
| 41 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $44,050 | +18% above national |
| 42 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $43,730 | +18% above national |
| 43 | Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area | $43,540 | +17% above national |
| 44 | Boulder, CO | $43,390 | +17% above national |
| 45 | Warner Robins, GA | $43,320 | +17% above national |
| 46 | Gainesville, FL | $43,270 | +16% above national |
| 47 | Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $42,680 | +15% above national |
| 48 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $42,600 | +15% above national |
| 49 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $42,530 | +14% above national |
| 50 | Fresno, CA | $42,420 | +14% above national |
| 51 | El Paso, TX | $42,330 | +14% above national |
| 52 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $42,150 | +13% above national |
| 53 | Billings, MT | $41,860 | +13% above national |
| 54 | Greeley, CO | $41,680 | +12% above national |
| 55 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $41,360 | +11% above national |
| 56 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $41,010 | +10% above national |
| 57 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $41,010 | +10% above national |
| 58 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $40,800 | +10% above national |
| 59 | East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $39,980 | +8% above national |
| 60 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $39,760 | +7% above national |
| 61 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $39,720 | +7% above national |
| 62 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $39,680 | +7% above national |
| 63 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $39,610 | +7% above national |
| 64 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $39,610 | +7% above national |
| 65 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $39,520 | +6% above national |
| 66 | New Haven, CT | $39,320 | +6% above national |
| 67 | Lubbock, TX | $39,110 | +5% above national |
| 68 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $39,070 | +5% above national |
| 69 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $39,030 | +5% above national |
| 70 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $38,880 | +5% above national |
| 71 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | $38,160 | +3% above national |
| 72 | Utica-Rome, NY | $38,160 | +3% above national |
| 73 | York-Hanover, PA | $38,100 | +2% above national |
| 74 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $37,730 | +1% above national |
| 75 | Colorado Springs, CO | $37,670 | +1% above national |
| 76 | Ocala, FL | $37,610 | +1% above national |
| 77 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $37,550 | +1% above national |
| 78 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $37,500 | +1% above national |
| 79 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $37,440 | +1% above national |
| 80 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $37,430 | +1% above national |
| 81 | Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $37,340 | same as national |
| 82 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $37,300 | same as national |
| 83 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $37,280 | same as national |
| 84 | North Florida nonmetropolitan area | $36,990 | 1% below national |
| 85 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $36,970 | 1% below national |
| 86 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $36,930 | 1% below national |
| 87 | Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $36,790 | 1% below national |
| 88 | Fargo, ND-MN | $36,780 | 1% below national |
| 89 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $36,570 | 2% below national |
| 90 | Pueblo, CO | $36,540 | 2% below national |
| 91 | Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $36,500 | 2% below national |
| 92 | Lincoln, NE | $36,480 | 2% below national |
| 93 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $36,410 | 2% below national |
| 94 | Helena, MT | $36,410 | 2% below national |
| 95 | Jacksonville, FL | $36,410 | 2% below national |
| 96 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $36,400 | 2% below national |
| 97 | Baton Rouge, LA | $36,390 | 2% below national |
| 98 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $36,350 | 2% below national |
| 99 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $36,340 | 2% below national |
| 100 | Missoula, MT | $36,190 | 3% below national |
| 101 | Grand Junction, CO | $36,180 | 3% below national |
| 102 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $35,980 | 3% below national |
| 103 | Albuquerque, NM | $35,770 | 4% below national |
| 104 | Salem, OR | $35,670 | 4% below national |
| 105 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $35,600 | 4% below national |
| 106 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $35,480 | 5% below national |
| 107 | Richmond, VA | $35,440 | 5% below national |
| 108 | Syracuse, NY | $35,290 | 5% below national |
| 109 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $35,220 | 5% below national |
| 110 | Bend, OR | $35,100 | 6% below national |
| 111 | Rochester, NY | $35,080 | 6% below national |
| 112 | Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $35,040 | 6% below national |
| 113 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $35,020 | 6% below national |
| 114 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $35,000 | 6% below national |
| 115 | Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $34,830 | 6% below national |
| 116 | Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $34,730 | 7% below national |
| 117 | Grand Island, NE | $34,580 | 7% below national |
| 118 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $34,570 | 7% below national |
| 119 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $34,460 | 7% below national |
| 120 | Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $34,390 | 8% below national |
| 121 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $34,390 | 8% below national |
| 122 | Medford, OR | $34,320 | 8% below national |
| 123 | Ann Arbor, MI | $34,280 | 8% below national |
| 124 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $34,270 | 8% below national |
| 125 | Bismarck, ND | $34,230 | 8% below national |
| 126 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | $34,230 | 8% below national |
| 127 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $34,210 | 8% below national |
| 128 | Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $34,170 | 8% below national |
| 129 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $34,050 | 8% below national |
| 130 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $33,990 | 9% below national |
| 131 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $33,980 | 9% below national |
| 132 | Madison, WI | $33,970 | 9% below national |
| 133 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $33,860 | 9% below national |
| 134 | Tallahassee, FL | $33,840 | 9% below national |
| 135 | Appleton, WI | $33,780 | 9% below national |
| 136 | Great Falls, MT | $33,780 | 9% below national |
| 137 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $33,730 | 9% below national |
| 138 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $33,690 | 9% below national |
| 139 | Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | $33,620 | 10% below national |
| 140 | Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $33,580 | 10% below national |
| 141 | Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $33,380 | 10% below national |
| 142 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $33,110 | 11% below national |
| 143 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $32,940 | 11% below national |
| 144 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $32,830 | 12% below national |
| 145 | Cleveland, OH | $32,800 | 12% below national |
| 146 | Lancaster, PA | $32,790 | 12% below national |
| 147 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $32,750 | 12% below national |
| 148 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $32,520 | 13% below national |
| 149 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $32,330 | 13% below national |
| 150 | Pittsburgh, PA | $32,300 | 13% below national |
| 151 | Binghamton, NY | $32,240 | 13% below national |
| 152 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $32,220 | 13% below national |
| 153 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $32,100 | 14% below national |
| 154 | Asheville, NC | $31,780 | 15% below national |
| 155 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $31,760 | 15% below national |
| 156 | Reno, NV | $31,740 | 15% below national |
| 157 | Corpus Christi, TX | $31,540 | 15% below national |
| 158 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $31,500 | 15% below national |
| 159 | Omaha, NE-IA | $31,440 | 15% below national |
| 160 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $31,440 | 15% below national |
| 161 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $31,270 | 16% below national |
| 162 | Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $31,270 | 16% below national |
| 163 | Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area | $31,270 | 16% below national |
| 164 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $31,200 | 16% below national |
| 165 | Dover, DE | $31,200 | 16% below national |
| 166 | Peoria, IL | $31,200 | 16% below national |
| 167 | Bangor, ME | $30,880 | 17% below national |
| 168 | Flint, MI | $30,880 | 17% below national |
| 169 | Columbus, OH | $30,860 | 17% below national |
| 170 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $30,790 | 17% below national |
| 171 | St. Cloud, MN | $30,690 | 17% below national |
| 172 | Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area | $30,630 | 18% below national |
| 173 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $30,540 | 18% below national |
| 174 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $30,470 | 18% below national |
| 175 | Knoxville, TN | $30,410 | 18% below national |
| 176 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $30,360 | 18% below national |
| 177 | Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $30,360 | 18% below national |
| 178 | Springfield, MO | $29,920 | 20% below national |
| 179 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $29,900 | 20% below national |
| 180 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $29,880 | 20% below national |
| 181 | Bay City, MI | $29,790 | 20% below national |
| 182 | Jefferson City, MO | $29,760 | 20% below national |
| 183 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $29,650 | 20% below national |
| 184 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $29,590 | 20% below national |
| 185 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $29,550 | 21% below national |
| 186 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $29,410 | 21% below national |
| 187 | Green Bay, WI | $29,360 | 21% below national |
| 188 | Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $29,260 | 21% below national |
| 189 | Saginaw, MI | $29,230 | 21% below national |
| 190 | North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $29,230 | 21% below national |
| 191 | Akron, OH | $29,220 | 21% below national |
| 192 | Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $29,140 | 22% below national |
| 193 | Wilmington, NC | $29,070 | 22% below national |
| 194 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $29,060 | 22% below national |
| 195 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $29,000 | 22% below national |
| 196 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $28,850 | 22% below national |
| 197 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $28,600 | 23% below national |
| 198 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $28,560 | 23% below national |
| 199 | Albany, GA | $28,550 | 23% below national |
| 200 | Fort Wayne, IN | $28,530 | 23% below national |
| 201 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $28,310 | 24% below national |
| 202 | Toledo, OH | $27,990 | 25% below national |
| 203 | South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $27,950 | 25% below national |
| 204 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $27,900 | 25% below national |
| 205 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $27,530 | 26% below national |
| 206 | Winston-Salem, NC | $27,260 | 27% below national |
| 207 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $27,100 | 27% below national |
| 208 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $26,200 | 30% below national |
| 209 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $25,990 | 30% below national |
| 210 | Lima, OH | $25,850 | 30% below national |
| 211 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $25,770 | 31% below national |
| 212 | Evansville, IN | $25,670 | 31% below national |
| 213 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $25,020 | 33% below national |
| 214 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $24,500 | 34% below national |
| 215 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $24,230 | 35% below national |
| 216 | Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $23,050 | 38% below national |
| 217 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $22,840 | 39% below national |
| 218 | Greenville, NC | $22,620 | 39% below national |
| 219 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $22,340 | 40% below national |
| 220 | Jackson, MS | $21,280 | 43% below national |
| 221 | Grand Forks, ND-MN | $21,180 | 43% below national |
| 222 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $20,820 | 44% below national |
| 223 | Paducah, KY-IL | $20,800 | 44% below national |
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