19 Series · SOC 19-5011

Occupational Health and Safety Specialists

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

Median Salary

$83,910

per year

Median Hourly

$40.34/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$88,660

average

Employment

128,430

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$50,610$64,410$83,910$105,390$130,460
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$24.33$30.96$40.34$50.67$62.72
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$50,610

25th Percentile

$64,410

Median

$83,910

75th Percentile

$105,390

90th Percentile

$130,460

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. District of Columbia $115,710 2. California $99,530 3. Washington $98,300 4. Rhode Island $98,240 5. Illinois $96,570

Lowest Paying States

49. Puerto Rico $44,050 50. Guam $62,980 51. Arkansas $71,570 52. Montana $74,500 53. Alabama $75,440
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $115,710 +38% above national
2 California $99,530 +19% above national
3 Washington $98,300 +17% above national
4 Rhode Island $98,240 +17% above national
5 Illinois $96,570 +15% above national
6 Colorado $96,310 +15% above national
7 Massachusetts $96,250 +15% above national
8 Minnesota $93,640 +12% above national
9 Wyoming $93,010 +11% above national
10 New Hampshire $92,220 +10% above national
11 Alaska $91,670 +9% above national
12 New Jersey $91,360 +9% above national
13 Connecticut $90,790 +8% above national
14 Hawaii $89,620 +7% above national
15 New York $87,580 +4% above national
16 Georgia $87,280 +4% above national
17 Utah $87,000 +4% above national
18 West Virginia $86,940 +4% above national
19 Delaware $85,820 +2% above national
20 Vermont $85,620 +2% above national
21 Nevada $85,530 +2% above national
22 Maine $85,350 +2% above national
23 North Dakota $84,020 same as national
24 Ohio $82,700 1% below national
25 Oregon $82,660 1% below national
26 South Carolina $82,220 2% below national
27 North Carolina $82,160 2% below national
28 Oklahoma $82,030 2% below national
29 Maryland $81,980 2% below national
30 Pennsylvania $81,840 2% below national
31 Virginia $81,690 3% below national
32 Missouri $80,500 4% below national
33 Louisiana $80,440 4% below national
34 Arizona $80,180 4% below national
35 New Mexico $79,820 5% below national
36 Mississippi $79,790 5% below national
37 Iowa $79,560 5% below national
38 Wisconsin $79,560 5% below national
39 South Dakota $79,460 5% below national
40 Nebraska $79,170 6% below national
41 Idaho $78,890 6% below national
42 Indiana $78,760 6% below national
43 Kansas $78,480 6% below national
44 Michigan $78,280 7% below national
45 Florida $77,250 8% below national
46 Tennessee $76,770 9% below national
47 Kentucky $76,400 9% below national
48 Texas $76,280 9% below national
49 Alabama $75,440 10% below national
50 Montana $74,500 11% below national
51 Arkansas $71,570 15% below national
52 Guam $62,980 25% below national
53 Puerto Rico $44,050 48% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $132,230 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $125,600 3. Kennewick-Richland, WA $113,120 4. Bellingham, WA $103,120 5. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $102,150

Lowest Paying Metros

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