25 Series · SOC 25-2011

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

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

Median Salary

$37,120

per year

Median Hourly

$17.85/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$41,450

average

Employment

445,080

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$28,300$31,250$37,120$46,550$60,070
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$13.61$15.03$17.85$22.38$28.88
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$28,300

25th Percentile

$31,250

Median

$37,120

75th Percentile

$46,550

90th Percentile

$60,070

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Nebraska $50,270 2. New Jersey $46,570 3. California $45,880 4. New York $45,580 5. District of Columbia $45,090

Lowest Paying States

50. Guam $21,750 51. Mississippi $26,620 52. Alabama $27,630 53. Idaho $28,330 54. Wyoming $29,250
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Nebraska $50,270 +35% above national
2 New Jersey $46,570 +25% above national
3 California $45,880 +24% above national
4 New York $45,580 +23% above national
5 District of Columbia $45,090 +21% above national
6 Massachusetts $45,030 +21% above national
7 Hawaii $44,780 +21% above national
8 Vermont $44,760 +21% above national
9 North Dakota $43,990 +19% above national
10 Colorado $43,890 +18% above national
11 Washington $43,350 +17% above national
12 Kansas $43,200 +16% above national
13 Connecticut $43,160 +16% above national
14 Virgin Islands $42,820 +15% above national
15 Georgia $42,330 +14% above national
16 Oregon $39,360 +6% above national
17 Minnesota $38,650 +4% above national
18 Maryland $38,560 +4% above national
19 Oklahoma $37,970 +2% above national
20 New Mexico $37,900 +2% above national
21 Alaska $37,820 +2% above national
22 New Hampshire $37,500 +1% above national
23 Virginia $37,320 +1% above national
24 Illinois $37,220 same as national
25 Maine $37,070 same as national
26 Michigan $36,720 1% below national
27 Louisiana $36,390 2% below national
28 Rhode Island $36,040 3% below national
29 Tennessee $35,980 3% below national
30 Nevada $35,970 3% below national
31 Montana $35,590 4% below national
32 Indiana $35,320 5% below national
33 Arizona $35,240 5% below national
34 Missouri $35,120 5% below national
35 Wisconsin $34,950 6% below national
36 Florida $34,270 8% below national
37 Pennsylvania $34,250 8% below national
38 Utah $34,210 8% below national
39 Texas $33,860 9% below national
40 South Dakota $33,350 10% below national
41 South Carolina $33,260 10% below national
42 Ohio $32,760 12% below national
43 Delaware $31,380 15% below national
44 North Carolina $30,980 17% below national
45 Puerto Rico $30,170 19% below national
46 Arkansas $30,050 19% below national
47 Kentucky $29,980 19% below national
48 Iowa $29,790 20% below national
49 West Virginia $29,610 20% below national
50 Wyoming $29,250 21% below national
51 Idaho $28,330 24% below national
52 Alabama $27,630 26% below national
53 Mississippi $26,620 28% below national
54 Guam $21,750 41% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $61,180 2. Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $60,480 3. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $59,110 4. Vineland, NJ $58,830 5. South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $58,520

Lowest Paying Metros

512. Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $21,480 513. Hattiesburg, MS $22,440 514. Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $22,870 515. Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $22,990 516. Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $23,140
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $61,180 +65% above national
2 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $60,480 +63% above national
3 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $59,110 +59% above national
4 Vineland, NJ $58,830 +58% above national
5 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $58,520 +58% above national
6 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $55,060 +48% above national
7 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $54,780 +48% above national
8 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $54,410 +47% above national
9 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $49,860 +34% above national
10 Rome, GA $49,660 +34% above national
11 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $49,600 +34% above national
12 Omaha, NE-IA $49,260 +33% above national
13 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $49,190 +33% above national
14 Modesto, CA $48,630 +31% above national
15 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $48,570 +31% above national
16 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $48,340 +30% above national
17 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $48,290 +30% above national
18 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $48,220 +30% above national
19 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $48,220 +30% above national
20 Hinesville, GA $47,790 +29% above national
21 Grand Island, NE $47,710 +29% above national
22 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $47,470 +28% above national
23 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $47,430 +28% above national
24 Alexandria, LA $46,930 +26% above national
25 Santa Fe, NM $46,880 +26% above national
26 Napa, CA $46,850 +26% above national
27 Jonesboro, AR $46,660 +26% above national
28 Minot, ND $46,620 +26% above national
29 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,590 +26% above national
30 Vallejo, CA $46,580 +25% above national
31 Salinas, CA $46,550 +25% above national
32 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $46,480 +25% above national
33 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $46,210 +24% above national
34 Fairbanks-College, AK $46,160 +24% above national
35 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $46,090 +24% above national
36 Lake Charles, LA $46,040 +24% above national
37 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $45,990 +24% above national
38 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $45,990 +24% above national
39 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $45,990 +24% above national
40 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $45,740 +23% above national
41 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $45,670 +23% above national
42 Manhattan, KS $45,660 +23% above national
43 Warner Robins, GA $45,620 +23% above national
44 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $45,380 +22% above national
45 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $45,370 +22% above national
46 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $45,360 +22% above national
47 Boulder, CO $45,350 +22% above national
48 Barnstable Town, MA $45,330 +22% above national
49 Merced, CA $45,320 +22% above national
50 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $45,320 +22% above national
51 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $45,250 +22% above national
52 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $45,210 +22% above national
53 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $45,190 +22% above national
54 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $45,110 +22% above national
55 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $45,080 +21% above national
56 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $44,940 +21% above national
57 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $44,770 +21% above national
58 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $44,740 +21% above national
59 Urban Honolulu, HI $44,710 +20% above national
60 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $44,640 +20% above national
61 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $44,610 +20% above national
62 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $44,580 +20% above national
63 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $44,560 +20% above national
64 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $44,550 +20% above national
65 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $44,520 +20% above national
66 St. Joseph, MO-KS $44,420 +20% above national
67 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $44,310 +19% above national
68 Topeka, KS $44,020 +19% above national
69 Worcester, MA $44,000 +19% above national
70 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $43,860 +18% above national
71 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $43,770 +18% above national
72 Ithaca, NY $43,720 +18% above national
73 Pittsfield, MA $43,720 +18% above national
74 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $43,720 +18% above national
75 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $43,700 +18% above national
76 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $43,690 +18% above national
77 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $43,680 +18% above national
78 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $43,660 +18% above national
79 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $43,630 +18% above national
80 Stockton-Lodi, CA $43,590 +17% above national
81 Grants Pass, OR $43,560 +17% above national
82 Chico, CA $43,480 +17% above national
83 Visalia, CA $43,390 +17% above national
84 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $43,350 +17% above national
85 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $43,310 +17% above national
86 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $43,310 +17% above national
87 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $43,200 +16% above national
88 Springfield, MA $43,160 +16% above national
89 Fresno, CA $43,140 +16% above national
90 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $43,020 +16% above national
91 Longview-Kelso, WA $42,910 +16% above national
92 El Centro, CA $42,730 +15% above national
93 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $42,690 +15% above national
94 Yuba City, CA $42,650 +15% above national
95 Bend, OR $42,620 +15% above national
96 Wichita, KS $42,620 +15% above national
97 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $42,360 +14% above national
98 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $42,250 +14% above national
99 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $42,170 +14% above national
100 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $42,060 +13% above national
101 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $41,590 +12% above national
102 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $41,440 +12% above national
103 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $41,350 +11% above national
104 Gainesville, GA $41,180 +11% above national
105 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $40,980 +10% above national
106 Albany, OR $40,560 +9% above national
107 Decatur, IL $40,540 +9% above national
108 Bismarck, ND $40,360 +9% above national
109 New Haven, CT $40,140 +8% above national
110 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $39,970 +8% above national
111 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $39,890 +7% above national
112 Salem, OR $39,800 +7% above national
113 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $39,630 +7% above national
114 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $39,620 +7% above national
115 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $39,580 +7% above national
116 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $39,470 +6% above national
117 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $39,450 +6% above national
118 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $39,440 +6% above national
119 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $39,190 +6% above national
120 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $39,130 +5% above national
121 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $39,050 +5% above national
122 Oklahoma City, OK $38,980 +5% above national
123 Fargo, ND-MN $38,880 +5% above national
124 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $38,670 +4% above national
125 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $38,620 +4% above national
126 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $38,610 +4% above national
127 Lawton, OK $38,550 +4% above national
128 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $38,540 +4% above national
129 Rochester, MN $38,470 +4% above national
130 Rockford, IL $38,470 +4% above national
131 Dalton, GA $38,430 +4% above national
132 Redding, CA $38,400 +3% above national
133 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $38,260 +3% above national
134 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,200 +3% above national
135 Kennewick-Richland, WA $38,140 +3% above national
136 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $38,130 +3% above national
137 Elmira, NY $38,110 +3% above national
138 Savannah, GA $38,110 +3% above national
139 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $38,080 +3% above national
140 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $38,070 +3% above national
141 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $38,060 +3% above national
142 Baton Rouge, LA $37,950 +2% above national
143 Lexington Park, MD $37,940 +2% above national
144 Medford, OR $37,860 +2% above national
145 Kingston, NY $37,840 +2% above national
146 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $37,830 +2% above national
147 Mankato, MN $37,730 +2% above national
148 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $37,730 +2% above national
149 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $37,730 +2% above national
150 Idaho Falls, ID $37,700 +2% above national
151 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,690 +2% above national
152 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $37,620 +1% above national
153 Rochester, NY $37,590 +1% above national
154 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $37,560 +1% above national
155 Eugene-Springfield, OR $37,550 +1% above national
156 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $37,540 +1% above national
157 Hot Springs, AR $37,530 +1% above national
158 Lincoln, NE $37,510 +1% above national
159 Richmond, VA $37,510 +1% above national
160 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $37,480 +1% above national
161 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $37,460 +1% above national
162 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $37,430 +1% above national
163 St. Cloud, MN $37,370 +1% above national
164 Syracuse, NY $37,350 +1% above national
165 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,300 same as national
166 Albany, GA $37,260 same as national
167 Greeley, CO $37,240 same as national
168 Winchester, VA-WV $37,230 same as national
169 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $37,110 same as national
170 Grand Forks, ND-MN $37,080 same as national
171 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $37,050 same as national
172 Ann Arbor, MI $37,030 same as national
173 Madison, WI $36,970 same as national
174 Salisbury, MD $36,900 1% below national
175 Pueblo, CO $36,890 1% below national
176 Glens Falls, NY $36,850 1% below national
177 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,850 1% below national
178 Traverse City, MI $36,830 1% below national
179 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $36,810 1% below national
180 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $36,800 1% below national
181 Saginaw, MI $36,700 1% below national
182 Roanoke, VA $36,690 1% below national
183 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $36,680 1% below national
184 Portland-South Portland, ME $36,680 1% below national
185 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $36,660 1% below national
186 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $36,660 1% below national
187 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $36,590 1% below national
188 Corvallis, OR $36,540 2% below national
189 Macon-Bibb County, GA $36,530 2% below national
190 Duluth, MN-WI $36,520 2% below national
191 Bozeman, MT $36,510 2% below national
192 Colorado Springs, CO $36,510 2% below national
193 Bellingham, WA $36,490 2% below national
194 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $36,490 2% below national
195 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $36,450 2% below national
196 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $36,420 2% below national
197 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $36,400 2% below national
198 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,400 2% below national
199 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $36,380 2% below national
200 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,380 2% below national
201 Utica-Rome, NY $36,350 2% below national
202 Binghamton, NY $36,340 2% below national
203 Albuquerque, NM $36,320 2% below national
204 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $36,320 2% below national
205 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $36,310 2% below national
206 Grand Junction, CO $36,300 2% below national
207 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $36,280 2% below national
208 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $36,270 2% below national
209 Champaign-Urbana, IL $36,250 2% below national
210 Charlottesville, VA $36,240 2% below national
211 Manchester-Nashua, NH $36,230 2% below national
212 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $36,190 3% below national
213 Athens-Clarke County, GA $36,140 3% below national
214 Yakima, WA $36,070 3% below national
215 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $36,060 3% below national
216 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $36,060 3% below national
217 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $36,010 3% below national
218 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $36,000 3% below national
219 Victoria, TX $35,970 3% below national
220 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,930 3% below national
221 Naples-Marco Island, FL $35,910 3% below national
222 Harrisonburg, VA $35,900 3% below national
223 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $35,890 3% below national
224 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $35,890 3% below national
225 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,860 3% below national
226 Tulsa, OK $35,840 3% below national
227 Flagstaff, AZ $35,830 3% below national
228 Bloomington, IL $35,810 4% below national
229 Monroe, MI $35,810 4% below national
230 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $35,750 4% below national
231 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $35,740 4% below national
232 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $35,710 4% below national
233 Valdosta, GA $35,700 4% below national
234 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $35,670 4% below national
235 Florence, SC $35,660 4% below national
236 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $35,660 4% below national
237 Bangor, ME $35,620 4% below national
238 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $35,620 4% below national
239 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $35,590 4% below national
240 Johnson City, TN $35,580 4% below national
241 Missoula, MT $35,570 4% below national
242 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $35,540 4% below national
243 Kansas City, MO-KS $35,540 4% below national
244 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $35,520 4% below national
245 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $35,480 4% below national
246 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $35,470 4% below national
247 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $35,460 4% below national
248 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $35,460 4% below national
249 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $35,450 4% below national
250 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $35,430 5% below national
251 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $35,430 5% below national
252 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $35,390 5% below national
253 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $35,390 5% below national
254 Niles, MI $35,380 5% below national
255 Battle Creek, MI $35,350 5% below national
256 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $35,350 5% below national
257 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $35,350 5% below national
258 Midland, MI $35,320 5% below national
259 Reno, NV $35,290 5% below national
260 Terre Haute, IN $35,290 5% below national
261 Farmington, NM $35,280 5% below national
262 St. Louis, MO-IL $35,240 5% below national
263 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,210 5% below national
264 Kankakee, IL $35,200 5% below national
265 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $35,170 5% below national
266 Walla Walla, WA $35,150 5% below national
267 Peoria, IL $35,130 5% below national
268 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,120 5% below national
269 Knoxville, TN $35,110 5% below national
270 Jackson, MI $35,070 6% below national
271 Anchorage, AK $34,980 6% below national
272 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $34,980 6% below national
273 Springfield, IL $34,980 6% below national
274 Fort Smith, AR-OK $34,940 6% below national
275 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,940 6% below national
276 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $34,940 6% below national
277 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $34,860 6% below national
278 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $34,850 6% below national
279 Great Falls, MT $34,830 6% below national
280 Bay City, MI $34,820 6% below national
281 Bloomington, IN $34,810 6% below national
282 Kenosha, WI $34,810 6% below national
283 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $34,810 6% below national
284 Janesville-Beloit, WI $34,700 7% below national
285 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $34,660 7% below national
286 Punta Gorda, FL $34,660 7% below national
287 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,650 7% below national
288 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $34,630 7% below national
289 Yuma, AZ $34,630 7% below national
290 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $34,600 7% below national
291 Springfield, MO $34,580 7% below national
292 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $34,570 7% below national
293 Sheboygan, WI $34,560 7% below national
294 Fort Wayne, IN $34,520 7% below national
295 Fond du Lac, WI $34,510 7% below national
296 Appleton, WI $34,480 7% below national
297 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $34,440 7% below national
298 Billings, MT $34,430 7% below national
299 Flint, MI $34,430 7% below national
300 Reading, PA $34,400 7% below national
301 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $34,380 7% below national
302 Eau Claire, WI $34,370 7% below national
303 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $34,370 7% below national
304 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $34,340 7% below national
305 Cleveland, OH $34,320 8% below national
306 Green Bay, WI $34,320 8% below national
307 Lewiston, ID-WA $34,320 8% below national
308 Raleigh-Cary, NC $34,320 8% below national
309 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $34,270 8% below national
310 Ogden, UT $34,220 8% below national
311 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $34,210 8% below national
312 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $34,200 8% below national
313 Lawrence, KS $34,200 8% below national
314 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,190 8% below national
315 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $34,160 8% below national
316 Pittsburgh, PA $34,110 8% below national
317 Sandusky, OH $34,080 8% below national
318 Waco, TX $34,080 8% below national
319 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $34,060 8% below national
320 Evansville, IN $34,060 8% below national
321 Muncie, IN $34,040 8% below national
322 Asheville, NC $34,020 8% below national
323 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $33,980 8% below national
324 St. George, UT $33,920 9% below national
325 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $33,900 9% below national
326 Port St. Lucie, FL $33,870 9% below national
327 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $33,840 9% below national
328 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $33,830 9% below national
329 Killeen-Temple, TX $33,790 9% below national
330 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,710 9% below national
331 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $33,690 9% below national
332 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $33,650 9% below national
333 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $33,600 9% below national
334 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $33,500 10% below national
335 Jefferson City, MO $33,450 10% below national
336 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $33,400 10% below national
337 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $33,300 10% below national
338 Joplin, MO-KS $33,260 10% below national
339 Logan, UT-ID $33,240 10% below national
340 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $33,230 10% below national
341 Tucson, AZ $33,170 11% below national
342 Columbus, IN $33,140 11% below national
343 York-Hanover, PA $33,130 11% below national
344 Gainesville, FL $32,950 11% below national
345 Columbia, SC $32,780 12% below national
346 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $32,670 12% below national
347 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $32,610 12% below national
348 Akron, OH $32,420 13% below national
349 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $32,070 14% below national
350 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $31,880 14% below national
351 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $31,870 14% below national
352 Columbus, OH $31,610 15% below national
353 Laredo, TX $31,560 15% below national
354 Las Cruces, NM $31,390 15% below national
355 State College, PA $31,310 16% below national
356 Abilene, TX $31,300 16% below national
357 Monroe, LA $31,200 16% below national
358 Spartanburg, SC $31,200 16% below national
359 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $31,190 16% below national
360 Lancaster, PA $31,100 16% below national
361 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $30,970 17% below national
362 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $30,960 17% below national
363 Carson City, NV $30,910 17% below national
364 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $30,860 17% below national
365 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $30,840 17% below national
366 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $30,750 17% below national
367 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $30,650 17% below national
368 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $30,610 18% below national
369 Jackson, TN $30,600 18% below national
370 Wausau, WI $30,600 18% below national
371 Jacksonville, FL $30,530 18% below national
372 Ponce, PR $30,510 18% below national
373 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $30,510 18% below national
374 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $30,510 18% below national
375 Columbia, MO $30,440 18% below national
376 Rapid City, SD $30,370 18% below national
377 Chattanooga, TN-GA $30,340 18% below national
378 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $30,330 18% below national
379 El Paso, TX $30,280 18% below national
380 Erie, PA $30,260 18% below national
381 Morgantown, WV $30,260 18% below national
382 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $30,260 18% below national
383 Altoona, PA $30,250 19% below national
384 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $30,240 19% below national
385 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $30,230 19% below national
386 Lexington-Fayette, KY $30,220 19% below national
387 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $30,150 19% below national
388 Aguadilla, PR $30,030 19% below national
389 Arecibo, PR $29,930 19% below national
390 Lafayette, LA $29,930 19% below national
391 Paducah, KY-IL $29,930 19% below national
392 Columbus, GA-AL $29,910 19% below national
393 Mobile, AL $29,910 19% below national
394 College Station-Bryan, TX $29,880 20% below national
395 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $29,860 20% below national
396 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $29,830 20% below national
397 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,810 20% below national
398 Greenville, NC $29,800 20% below national
399 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $29,790 20% below national
400 Sebring, FL $29,790 20% below national
401 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,770 20% below national
402 Lynchburg, VA $29,680 20% below national
403 Iowa City, IA $29,610 20% below national
404 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $29,600 20% below national
405 Wilmington, NC $29,570 20% below national
406 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $29,570 20% below national
407 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $29,560 20% below national
408 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $29,550 20% below national
409 Tyler, TX $29,540 20% below national
410 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,540 20% below national
411 Greensboro-High Point, NC $29,460 21% below national
412 Williamsport, PA $29,460 21% below national
413 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,460 21% below national
414 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $29,410 21% below national
415 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,400 21% below national
416 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,400 21% below national
417 Winston-Salem, NC $29,390 21% below national
418 Cedar Rapids, IA $29,380 21% below national
419 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $29,380 21% below national
420 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,360 21% below national
421 Lebanon, PA $29,340 21% below national
422 Owensboro, KY $29,290 21% below national
423 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $29,270 21% below national
424 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $29,230 21% below national
425 Homosassa Springs, FL $29,220 21% below national
426 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $29,210 21% below national
427 Bowling Green, KY $29,190 21% below national
428 Ames, IA $29,180 21% below national
429 Mayaguez, PR $29,160 21% below national
430 Gettysburg, PA $29,140 21% below national
431 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $29,130 22% below national
432 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $29,120 22% below national
433 Ocala, FL $29,120 22% below national
434 Elizabethtown, KY $29,080 22% below national
435 Fayetteville, NC $29,040 22% below national
436 Chambersburg, PA $29,020 22% below national
437 Lubbock, TX $29,000 22% below national
438 Dubuque, IA $28,950 22% below national
439 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $28,950 22% below national
440 Wheeling, WV-OH $28,940 22% below national
441 Burlington, NC $28,910 22% below national
442 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $28,890 22% below national
443 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,880 22% below national
444 Guayama, PR $28,830 22% below national
445 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $28,810 22% below national
446 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,810 22% below national
447 Amarillo, TX $28,800 22% below national
448 Wichita Falls, TX $28,800 22% below national
449 Springfield, OH $28,790 22% below national
450 Tallahassee, FL $28,790 22% below national
451 Toledo, OH $28,770 22% below national
452 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $28,740 23% below national
453 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,690 23% below national
454 Canton-Massillon, OH $28,680 23% below national
455 Coeur d'Alene, ID $28,670 23% below national
456 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $28,650 23% below national
457 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $28,620 23% below national
458 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $28,600 23% below national
459 Mansfield, OH $28,570 23% below national
460 Sumter, SC $28,570 23% below national
461 Charleston, WV $28,550 23% below national
462 Birmingham, AL $28,530 23% below national
463 Lima, OH $28,510 23% below national
464 Dover, DE $28,450 23% below national
465 Youngstown-Warren, OH $28,450 23% below national
466 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,350 24% below national
467 Casper, WY $28,340 24% below national
468 Boise City, ID $28,320 24% below national
469 Longview, TX $28,290 24% below national
470 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $28,230 24% below national
471 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,210 24% below national
472 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,140 24% below national
473 Clarksville, TN-KY $28,130 24% below national
474 Texarkana, TX-AR $28,120 24% below national
475 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $28,120 24% below national
476 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $28,100 24% below national
477 Rocky Mount, NC $28,080 24% below national
478 Huntsville, AL $27,980 25% below national
479 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,980 25% below national
480 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,980 25% below national
481 Beckley, WV $27,950 25% below national
482 Corpus Christi, TX $27,920 25% below national
483 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $27,850 25% below national
484 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,850 25% below national
485 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $27,810 25% below national
486 San Angelo, TX $27,770 25% below national
487 Hammond, LA $27,740 25% below national
488 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $27,680 25% below national
489 Goldsboro, NC $27,650 26% below national
490 Tuscaloosa, AL $27,580 26% below national
491 Jacksonville, NC $27,540 26% below national
492 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $27,480 26% below national
493 Johnstown, PA $27,460 26% below national
494 Auburn-Opelika, AL $27,360 26% below national
495 Sherman-Denison, TX $27,230 27% below national
496 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $27,210 27% below national
497 Cleveland, TN $27,200 27% below national
498 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $27,170 27% below national
499 Eagle Pass, TX $27,160 27% below national
500 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $27,090 27% below national
501 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $27,040 27% below national
502 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $26,830 28% below national
503 Dothan, AL $26,680 28% below national
504 Montgomery, AL $26,670 28% below national
505 Jackson, MS $26,620 28% below national
506 Anniston-Oxford, AL $26,250 29% below national
507 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $24,990 33% below national
508 Gadsden, AL $24,610 34% below national
509 Enid, OK $23,810 36% below national
510 Twin Falls, ID $23,780 36% below national
511 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $23,490 37% below national
512 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $23,140 38% below national
513 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $22,990 38% below national
514 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $22,870 38% below national
515 Hattiesburg, MS $22,440 40% below national
516 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $21,480 42% below national

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