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

Median Salary

$60,280

per year

Median Hourly

$28.98/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$106,030

average

Employment

41,550

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$34,590$40,420$60,280$97,460$162,430
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.63$19.43$28.98$46.86$78.09
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$34,590

25th Percentile

$40,420

Median

$60,280

75th Percentile

$97,460

90th Percentile

$162,430

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 New York $103,810 +72% above national
2 District of Columbia $103,350 +71% above national
3 California $84,830 +41% above national
4 Georgia $76,440 +27% above national
5 Virginia $63,360 +5% above national
6 Delaware $61,580 +2% above national
7 Connecticut $61,540 +2% above national
8 Nevada $61,160 +1% above national
9 Maryland $60,710 +1% above national
10 New Jersey $60,470 same as national
11 Texas $60,320 same as national
12 Hawaii $60,270 same as national
13 Rhode Island $59,770 1% below national
14 Colorado $59,650 1% below national
15 Tennessee $59,030 2% below national
16 Massachusetts $58,890 2% below national
17 Florida $57,720 4% below national
18 Washington $57,040 5% below national
19 Illinois $56,600 6% below national
20 Louisiana $56,040 7% below national
21 Utah $53,630 11% below national
22 Wisconsin $52,670 13% below national
23 North Carolina $52,430 13% below national
24 Oregon $52,350 13% below national
25 New Mexico $51,240 15% below national
26 Michigan $49,690 18% below national
27 Arizona $49,140 18% below national
28 Alaska $47,310 22% below national
29 Maine $46,670 23% below national
30 Oklahoma $46,160 23% below national
31 Indiana $45,470 25% below national
32 Minnesota $45,190 25% below national
33 Idaho $44,890 26% below national
34 Vermont $44,890 26% below national
35 Alabama $44,730 26% below national
36 South Carolina $44,690 26% below national
37 Missouri $44,270 27% below national
38 Mississippi $44,160 27% below national
39 New Hampshire $43,700 28% below national
40 North Dakota $43,650 28% below national
41 Puerto Rico $39,220 35% below national
42 Nebraska $38,960 35% below national
43 Wyoming $38,500 36% below national
44 Iowa $38,290 36% below national
45 South Dakota $36,610 39% below national
46 Montana $36,510 39% below national
47 Ohio $36,470 39% below national
48 West Virginia $36,440 40% below national
49 Kentucky $36,040 40% below national
50 Kansas $34,330 43% below national
51 Arkansas $34,230 43% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $138,910 +130% above national
2 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $104,270 +73% above national
3 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $102,240 +70% above national
4 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $99,730 +65% above national
5 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $89,620 +49% above national
6 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $80,050 +33% above national
7 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $74,820 +24% above national
8 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $74,290 +23% above national
9 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $67,580 +12% above national
10 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $66,310 +10% above national
11 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $65,620 +9% above national
12 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $64,220 +7% above national
13 Ann Arbor, MI $63,780 +6% above national
14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $63,640 +6% above national
15 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $63,450 +5% above national
16 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $63,360 +5% above national
17 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $62,940 +4% above national
18 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $62,870 +4% above national
19 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $62,780 +4% above national
20 Raleigh-Cary, NC $62,690 +4% above national
21 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $62,610 +4% above national
22 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $62,590 +4% above national
23 Reno, NV $62,560 +4% above national
24 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $62,370 +3% above national
25 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $61,770 +2% above national
26 Manchester-Nashua, NH $61,740 +2% above national
27 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $61,160 +1% above national
28 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $61,140 +1% above national
29 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $61,050 +1% above national
30 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $60,850 +1% above national
31 Tulsa, OK $60,800 +1% above national
32 Rochester, NY $60,770 +1% above national
33 Tucson, AZ $60,610 +1% above national
34 Winston-Salem, NC $60,590 +1% above national
35 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $60,540 same as national
36 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $60,350 same as national
37 Knoxville, TN $60,290 same as national
38 Urban Honolulu, HI $60,270 same as national
39 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $59,950 1% below national
40 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $59,910 1% below national
41 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $59,430 1% below national
42 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $59,160 2% below national
43 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $59,030 2% below national
44 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $58,690 3% below national
45 Salinas, CA $58,610 3% below national
46 Springfield, MA $57,720 4% below national
47 Richmond, VA $57,610 4% below national
48 Madison, WI $57,430 5% below national
49 Syracuse, NY $56,640 6% below national
50 Corpus Christi, TX $55,920 7% below national
51 Charlottesville, VA $55,460 8% below national
52 Albuquerque, NM $54,800 9% below national
53 Asheville, NC $53,810 11% below national
54 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $53,680 11% below national
55 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $53,260 12% below national
56 Roanoke, VA $53,140 12% below national
57 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $52,700 13% below national
58 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $51,320 15% below national
59 Boise City, ID $51,220 15% below national
60 Oklahoma City, OK $50,810 16% below national
61 College Station-Bryan, TX $50,530 16% below national
62 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $50,520 16% below national
63 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $50,360 16% below national
64 Gainesville, FL $50,020 17% below national
65 Kansas City, MO-KS $49,990 17% below national
66 Missoula, MT $49,500 18% below national
67 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $49,380 18% below national
68 Anchorage, AK $49,370 18% below national
69 Erie, PA $49,240 18% below national
70 Lubbock, TX $49,150 18% below national
71 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $49,140 18% below national
72 Waco, TX $49,110 19% below national
73 Columbus, OH $48,680 19% below national
74 Jackson, MS $48,670 19% below national
75 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $48,640 19% below national
76 Colorado Springs, CO $48,610 19% below national
77 Portland-South Portland, ME $48,300 20% below national
78 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $48,260 20% below national
79 Peoria, IL $48,230 20% below national
80 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $48,180 20% below national
81 Savannah, GA $48,040 20% below national
82 Lancaster, PA $47,800 21% below national
83 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $47,730 21% below national
84 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $47,700 21% below national
85 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $47,610 21% below national
86 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $47,440 21% below national
87 Baton Rouge, LA $47,260 22% below national
88 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $47,030 22% below national
89 Eugene-Springfield, OR $46,980 22% below national
90 Youngstown-Warren, OH $46,920 22% below national
91 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $46,910 22% below national
92 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $46,840 22% below national
93 Omaha, NE-IA $46,420 23% below national
94 Cedar Rapids, IA $46,290 23% below national
95 Columbia, SC $46,210 23% below national
96 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $45,800 24% below national
97 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $45,660 24% below national
98 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $45,370 25% below national
99 Bangor, ME $45,340 25% below national
100 Birmingham, AL $45,320 25% below national
101 Greensboro-High Point, NC $45,270 25% below national
102 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $45,220 25% below national
103 Killeen-Temple, TX $44,990 25% below national
104 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $44,970 25% below national
105 Topeka, KS $44,870 26% below national
106 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $44,680 26% below national
107 St. Louis, MO-IL $44,520 26% below national
108 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $44,260 27% below national
109 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $44,050 27% below national
110 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $44,010 27% below national
111 Spartanburg, SC $43,970 27% below national
112 Lexington-Fayette, KY $43,940 27% below national
113 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $43,850 27% below national
114 Chattanooga, TN-GA $43,530 28% below national
115 Fargo, ND-MN $43,170 28% below national
116 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $42,430 30% below national
117 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $42,030 30% below national
118 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,150 32% below national
119 Lincoln, NE $39,470 35% below national
120 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,470 35% below national
121 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $39,120 35% below national
122 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $38,860 36% below national
123 Toledo, OH $38,600 36% below national
124 Springfield, MO $38,540 36% below national
125 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,900 37% below national
126 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $37,630 38% below national
127 Wilmington, NC $37,610 38% below national
128 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $37,520 38% below national
129 Charleston, WV $37,500 38% below national
130 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,400 38% below national
131 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $37,230 38% below national
132 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,070 39% below national
133 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,970 39% below national
134 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $36,820 39% below national
135 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $36,660 39% below national
136 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $36,510 39% below national
137 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,400 40% below national
138 Cleveland, OH $36,360 40% below national
139 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $36,230 40% below national
140 Rapid City, SD $36,220 40% below national
141 Bend, OR $36,210 40% below national
142 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $36,180 40% below national
143 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $36,160 40% below national
144 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $36,150 40% below national
145 Fort Wayne, IN $36,110 40% below national
146 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $36,080 40% below national
147 Akron, OH $35,670 41% below national
148 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,640 41% below national
149 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $35,610 41% below national
150 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $35,550 41% below national
151 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $35,480 41% below national
152 Canton-Massillon, OH $35,070 42% below national
153 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $34,820 42% below national
154 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $34,760 42% below national
155 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,500 43% below national
156 Wichita, KS $34,330 43% below national
157 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $33,860 44% below national
158 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $32,900 45% below national
159 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $31,210 48% below national
160 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $30,880 49% below national
161 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $30,800 49% below national
162 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $29,830 51% below national
163 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $29,760 51% below national
164 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,610 51% below national
165 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $29,490 51% below national
166 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,060 52% below national
167 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $28,660 52% 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.