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
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$35,640
25th Percentile
$42,140
Median
$50,730
75th Percentile
$62,840
90th Percentile
$78,110
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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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
Highest Paying Metros
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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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