43 Series · SOC 43-5031

Public Safety Telecommunicators

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

Median Salary

$50,730

per year

Median Hourly

$24.39/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$54,800

average

Employment

101,140

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$35,640$42,140$50,730$62,840$78,110
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$17.13$20.26$24.39$30.21$37.55
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$35,640

25th Percentile

$42,140

Median

$50,730

75th Percentile

$62,840

90th Percentile

$78,110

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $78,210 +54% above national
2 Washington $77,310 +52% above national
3 Oregon $70,690 +39% above national
4 Minnesota $64,920 +28% above national
5 Alaska $63,390 +25% above national
6 Connecticut $63,210 +25% above national
7 Colorado $62,460 +23% above national
8 Illinois $59,860 +18% above national
9 New York $59,440 +17% above national
10 Massachusetts $59,310 +17% above national
11 New Jersey $58,760 +16% above national
12 Ohio $56,770 +12% above national
13 Maryland $56,760 +12% above national
14 District of Columbia $56,710 +12% above national
15 Vermont $55,330 +9% above national
16 Hawaii $54,790 +8% above national
17 Rhode Island $54,540 +8% above national
18 Wisconsin $54,340 +7% above national
19 Arizona $54,270 +7% above national
20 New Hampshire $53,850 +6% above national
21 North Dakota $52,770 +4% above national
22 Maine $52,620 +4% above national
23 Delaware $52,450 +3% above national
24 Iowa $52,380 +3% above national
25 Nevada $51,760 +2% above national
26 Utah $51,760 +2% above national
27 Idaho $51,090 +1% above national
28 Pennsylvania $49,330 3% below national
29 Michigan $49,320 3% below national
30 Florida $48,860 4% below national
31 Nebraska $48,660 4% below national
32 New Mexico $48,560 4% below national
33 Virginia $48,450 4% below national
34 Montana $48,440 5% below national
35 Texas $48,410 5% below national
36 Indiana $48,200 5% below national
37 Wyoming $47,150 7% below national
38 Tennessee $45,730 10% below national
39 South Dakota $45,180 11% below national
40 North Carolina $44,370 13% below national
41 Missouri $43,840 14% below national
42 Kansas $40,680 20% below national
43 Georgia $40,500 20% below national
44 South Carolina $40,140 21% below national
45 Kentucky $40,000 21% below national
46 Louisiana $38,830 23% below national
47 West Virginia $38,650 24% below national
48 Alabama $38,540 24% below national
49 Arkansas $37,140 27% below national
50 Oklahoma $37,000 27% below national
51 Mississippi $33,280 34% below national
52 Puerto Rico $26,460 48% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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