33 Series · SOC 33-3051

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

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

Median Salary

$76,290

per year

Median Hourly

$36.68/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$79,320

average

Employment

666,990

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$47,640$58,980$76,290$97,190$115,280
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$22.90$28.36$36.68$46.73$55.42
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$47,640

25th Percentile

$58,980

Median

$76,290

75th Percentile

$97,190

90th Percentile

$115,280

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $115,400 +51% above national
2 Washington $102,640 +35% above national
3 Illinois $101,530 +33% above national
4 Alaska $100,300 +31% above national
5 Colorado $96,100 +26% above national
6 New York $93,050 +22% above national
7 Hawaii $89,390 +17% above national
8 New Jersey $89,030 +17% above national
9 District of Columbia $88,330 +16% above national
10 Oregon $88,140 +16% above national
11 Pennsylvania $86,350 +13% above national
12 Minnesota $83,310 +9% above national
13 Delaware $83,230 +9% above national
14 Connecticut $82,820 +9% above national
15 Arizona $79,370 +4% above national
16 Wisconsin $78,980 +4% above national
17 Nevada $78,670 +3% above national
18 Massachusetts $78,610 +3% above national
19 Maryland $77,440 +2% above national
20 Rhode Island $77,280 +1% above national
21 Utah $77,210 +1% above national
22 Ohio $77,050 +1% above national
23 Texas $76,350 same as national
24 Florida $76,190 same as national
25 North Dakota $75,530 1% below national
26 Michigan $74,420 2% below national
27 Iowa $73,900 3% below national
28 Nebraska $72,160 5% below national
29 Indiana $71,540 6% below national
30 Montana $69,910 8% below national
31 New Hampshire $67,620 11% below national
32 Idaho $66,150 13% below national
33 Maine $65,330 14% below national
34 Wyoming $65,180 15% below national
35 Virginia $65,110 15% below national
36 Vermont $63,690 17% below national
37 New Mexico $63,340 17% below national
38 Missouri $60,720 20% below national
39 South Dakota $60,300 21% below national
40 Kentucky $60,230 21% below national
41 Tennessee $59,410 22% below national
42 North Carolina $58,030 24% below national
43 South Carolina $58,020 24% below national
44 Oklahoma $57,360 25% below national
45 Kansas $56,610 26% below national
46 Georgia $56,350 26% below national
47 West Virginia $54,570 28% below national
48 Alabama $53,850 29% below national
49 Louisiana $50,580 34% below national
50 Arkansas $48,090 37% below national
51 Mississippi $45,610 40% below national
52 Puerto Rico $44,860 41% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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