21 Series · SOC 21-1093

Social and Human Service Assistants

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

Median Salary

$45,120

per year

Median Hourly

$21.69/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$47,090

average

Employment

424,220

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$33,280$37,770$45,120$53,040$63,850
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$16.00$18.16$21.69$25.50$30.70
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$33,280

25th Percentile

$37,770

Median

$45,120

75th Percentile

$53,040

90th Percentile

$63,850

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. District of Columbia $57,210 2. California $51,780 3. Washington $49,940 4. New Jersey $49,000 5. Minnesota $48,860

Lowest Paying States

50. Mississippi $28,900 51. Guam $31,300 52. Puerto Rico $31,540 53. Louisiana $33,520 54. Alabama $34,040
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $57,210 +27% above national
2 California $51,780 +15% above national
3 Washington $49,940 +11% above national
4 New Jersey $49,000 +9% above national
5 Minnesota $48,860 +8% above national
6 Oregon $48,660 +8% above national
7 Rhode Island $47,620 +6% above national
8 Massachusetts $47,280 +5% above national
9 North Dakota $47,010 +4% above national
10 Colorado $46,730 +4% above national
11 Wisconsin $46,420 +3% above national
12 Vermont $46,370 +3% above national
13 Maine $46,320 +3% above national
14 Alaska $46,210 +2% above national
15 New York $46,210 +2% above national
16 Idaho $46,060 +2% above national
17 New Hampshire $45,910 +2% above national
18 Illinois $45,700 +1% above national
19 Maryland $45,280 same as national
20 Connecticut $45,090 same as national
21 New Mexico $44,980 same as national
22 Texas $44,030 2% below national
23 Pennsylvania $43,340 4% below national
24 Virginia $43,190 4% below national
25 Hawaii $43,040 5% below national
26 Wyoming $42,870 5% below national
27 Florida $42,790 5% below national
28 Arizona $41,150 9% below national
29 Indiana $41,130 9% below national
30 Delaware $40,870 9% below national
31 Kansas $40,540 10% below national
32 Utah $40,500 10% below national
33 North Carolina $40,470 10% below national
34 Iowa $40,300 11% below national
35 Nevada $39,240 13% below national
36 Ohio $38,860 14% below national
37 Missouri $38,740 14% below national
38 Tennessee $38,710 14% below national
39 Michigan $38,530 15% below national
40 Nebraska $37,990 16% below national
41 West Virginia $37,860 16% below national
42 South Dakota $37,750 16% below national
43 Oklahoma $37,450 17% below national
44 South Carolina $37,430 17% below national
45 Arkansas $37,340 17% below national
46 Georgia $37,200 18% below national
47 Montana $36,910 18% below national
48 Virgin Islands $36,840 18% below national
49 Kentucky $36,560 19% below national
50 Alabama $34,040 25% below national
51 Louisiana $33,520 26% below national
52 Puerto Rico $31,540 30% below national
53 Guam $31,300 31% below national
54 Mississippi $28,900 36% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $60,230 2. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $59,900 3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $59,230 4. Modesto, CA $57,330 5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $57,220

Lowest Paying Metros

523. Dothan, AL $25,350 524. West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $26,260 525. Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $26,750 526. Aguadilla, PR $27,690 527. Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $27,710
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $60,230 +33% above national
2 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $59,900 +33% above national
3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $59,230 +31% above national
4 Modesto, CA $57,330 +27% above national
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $57,220 +27% above national
6 Eau Claire, WI $56,990 +26% above national
7 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $56,700 +26% above national
8 Napa, CA $55,470 +23% above national
9 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $54,170 +20% above national
10 Stockton-Lodi, CA $53,390 +18% above national
11 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $53,370 +18% above national
12 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $53,370 +18% above national
13 Bellingham, WA $53,290 +18% above national
14 Longview-Kelso, WA $53,010 +17% above national
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $53,010 +17% above national
16 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $52,910 +17% above national
17 Janesville-Beloit, WI $51,790 +15% above national
18 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $51,590 +14% above national
19 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $51,460 +14% above national
20 Yuba City, CA $51,330 +14% above national
21 Fond du Lac, WI $51,270 +14% above national
22 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $51,200 +13% above national
23 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $50,910 +13% above national
24 Salem, OR $50,810 +13% above national
25 Salinas, CA $50,790 +13% above national
26 Boulder, CO $50,780 +13% above national
27 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $50,350 +12% above national
28 Visalia, CA $50,030 +11% above national
29 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $50,020 +11% above national
30 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $49,890 +11% above national
31 Killeen-Temple, TX $49,870 +11% above national
32 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $49,830 +10% above national
33 Vallejo, CA $49,800 +10% above national
34 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $49,460 +10% above national
35 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $49,460 +10% above national
36 Ithaca, NY $49,390 +9% above national
37 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $49,330 +9% above national
38 Wausau, WI $49,080 +9% above national
39 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $49,050 +9% above national
40 Walla Walla, WA $49,000 +9% above national
41 Coeur d'Alene, ID $48,980 +9% above national
42 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $48,890 +8% above national
43 Kennewick-Richland, WA $48,870 +8% above national
44 Rochester, MN $48,860 +8% above national
45 Merced, CA $48,840 +8% above national
46 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $48,740 +8% above national
47 Yakima, WA $48,720 +8% above national
48 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $48,690 +8% above national
49 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $48,610 +8% above national
50 Sheboygan, WI $48,600 +8% above national
51 Springfield, IL $48,560 +8% above national
52 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $48,280 +7% above national
53 Vineland, NJ $48,250 +7% above national
54 Chico, CA $48,190 +7% above national
55 Grants Pass, OR $48,160 +7% above national
56 Wilmington, NC $48,000 +6% above national
57 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $47,990 +6% above national
58 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $47,910 +6% above national
59 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $47,870 +6% above national
60 Lewiston, ID-WA $47,780 +6% above national
61 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $47,700 +6% above national
62 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $47,700 +6% above national
63 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $47,690 +6% above national
64 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $47,670 +6% above national
65 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $47,620 +6% above national
66 Barnstable Town, MA $47,570 +5% above national
67 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $47,560 +5% above national
68 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $47,460 +5% above national
69 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $47,440 +5% above national
70 Medford, OR $47,440 +5% above national
71 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $47,390 +5% above national
72 El Centro, CA $47,380 +5% above national
73 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $47,350 +5% above national
74 Worcester, MA $47,280 +5% above national
75 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $47,260 +5% above national
76 Pittsfield, MA $47,250 +5% above national
77 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $47,150 +4% above national
78 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $47,110 +4% above national
79 Grand Forks, ND-MN $47,100 +4% above national
80 Midland, TX $47,080 +4% above national
81 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $46,940 +4% above national
82 Fresno, CA $46,880 +4% above national
83 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $46,810 +4% above national
84 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,780 +4% above national
85 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $46,760 +4% above national
86 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $46,740 +4% above national
87 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $46,730 +4% above national
88 Eugene-Springfield, OR $46,710 +4% above national
89 Madison, WI $46,690 +3% above national
90 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $46,660 +3% above national
91 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $46,640 +3% above national
92 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $46,620 +3% above national
93 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $46,600 +3% above national
94 Fargo, ND-MN $46,550 +3% above national
95 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $46,540 +3% above national
96 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $46,540 +3% above national
97 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $46,470 +3% above national
98 Kingston, NY $46,470 +3% above national
99 Manchester-Nashua, NH $46,380 +3% above national
100 Albany, OR $46,370 +3% above national
101 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $46,370 +3% above national
102 Bend, OR $46,370 +3% above national
103 Corvallis, OR $46,370 +3% above national
104 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $46,370 +3% above national
105 Portland-South Portland, ME $46,360 +3% above national
106 Twin Falls, ID $46,240 +2% above national
107 Appleton, WI $46,210 +2% above national
108 Odessa, TX $46,120 +2% above national
109 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $46,100 +2% above national
110 Bangor, ME $46,090 +2% above national
111 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $46,070 +2% above national
112 Albuquerque, NM $46,040 +2% above national
113 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $46,020 +2% above national
114 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $45,950 +2% above national
115 Boise City, ID $45,930 +2% above national
116 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $45,900 +2% above national
117 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $45,900 +2% above national
118 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $45,800 +2% above national
119 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $45,800 +2% above national
120 St. Cloud, MN $45,790 +1% above national
121 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $45,760 +1% above national
122 Bismarck, ND $45,750 +1% above national
123 Kankakee, IL $45,700 +1% above national
124 Chambersburg, PA $45,690 +1% above national
125 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $45,620 +1% above national
126 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $45,610 +1% above national
127 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $45,600 +1% above national
128 Mankato, MN $45,540 +1% above national
129 Fairbanks-College, AK $45,530 +1% above national
130 Idaho Falls, ID $45,500 +1% above national
131 Redding, CA $45,480 +1% above national
132 Reading, PA $45,470 +1% above national
133 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $45,440 +1% above national
134 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $45,390 +1% above national
135 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $45,380 +1% above national
136 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $45,330 same as national
137 Victoria, TX $45,330 same as national
138 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $45,310 same as national
139 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $45,300 same as national
140 Syracuse, NY $45,280 same as national
141 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $45,240 same as national
142 Anchorage, AK $45,200 same as national
143 Pocatello, ID $45,160 same as national
144 Elmira, NY $45,140 same as national
145 Carson City, NV $45,130 same as national
146 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $45,080 same as national
147 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $45,040 same as national
148 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $45,030 same as national
149 Pueblo, CO $45,020 same as national
150 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $44,980 same as national
151 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $44,940 same as national
152 New Haven, CT $44,940 same as national
153 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $44,910 same as national
154 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $44,870 1% below national
155 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $44,850 1% below national
156 Amarillo, TX $44,820 1% below national
157 Kansas City, MO-KS $44,820 1% below national
158 Santa Fe, NM $44,810 1% below national
159 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $44,760 1% below national
160 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $44,690 1% below national
161 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $44,640 1% below national
162 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $44,570 1% below national
163 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $44,550 1% below national
164 Farmington, NM $44,510 1% below national
165 Gettysburg, PA $44,460 1% below national
166 Rochester, NY $44,430 2% below national
167 Champaign-Urbana, IL $44,400 2% below national
168 Duluth, MN-WI $44,390 2% below national
169 Decatur, IL $44,250 2% below national
170 Lancaster, PA $44,250 2% below national
171 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $44,210 2% below national
172 Sherman-Denison, TX $44,160 2% below national
173 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $44,140 2% below national
174 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $44,140 2% below national
175 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $44,030 2% below national
176 Columbus, IN $44,020 2% below national
177 Jefferson City, MO $43,980 3% below national
178 Richmond, VA $43,960 3% below national
179 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $43,890 3% below national
180 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $43,830 3% below national
181 Colorado Springs, CO $43,770 3% below national
182 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $43,740 3% below national
183 Reno, NV $43,710 3% below national
184 Rockford, IL $43,700 3% below national
185 Pittsburgh, PA $43,680 3% below national
186 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $43,680 3% below national
187 Glens Falls, NY $43,660 3% below national
188 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $43,550 3% below national
189 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $43,520 4% below national
190 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $43,510 4% below national
191 Punta Gorda, FL $43,440 4% below national
192 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $43,340 4% below national
193 Minot, ND $43,330 4% below national
194 Burlington, NC $43,320 4% below national
195 College Station-Bryan, TX $43,320 4% below national
196 Texarkana, TX-AR $43,300 4% below national
197 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $43,190 4% below national
198 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $43,120 4% below national
199 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $43,060 5% below national
200 Lebanon, PA $43,050 5% below national
201 Naples-Marco Island, FL $42,990 5% below national
202 Grand Junction, CO $42,970 5% below national
203 Springfield, MA $42,930 5% below national
204 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $42,850 5% below national
205 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $42,790 5% below national
206 Casper, WY $42,770 5% below national
207 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $42,750 5% below national
208 Urban Honolulu, HI $42,730 5% below national
209 Longview, TX $42,670 5% below national
210 Abilene, TX $42,620 6% below national
211 Charlottesville, VA $42,610 6% below national
212 Manhattan, KS $42,600 6% below national
213 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $42,600 6% below national
214 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $42,580 6% below national
215 Lawrence, KS $42,570 6% below national
216 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $42,550 6% below national
217 Las Cruces, NM $42,480 6% below national
218 Salisbury, MD $42,470 6% below national
219 St. Louis, MO-IL $42,360 6% below national
220 Asheville, NC $42,320 6% below national
221 Green Bay, WI $42,320 6% below national
222 Williamsport, PA $42,300 6% below national
223 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $42,290 6% below national
224 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $42,160 7% below national
225 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $42,130 7% below national
226 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $42,090 7% below national
227 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $42,010 7% below national
228 Greeley, CO $41,960 7% below national
229 Jacksonville, FL $41,950 7% below national
230 Fort Wayne, IN $41,880 7% below national
231 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $41,850 7% below national
232 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $41,770 7% below national
233 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $41,750 7% below national
234 Utica-Rome, NY $41,660 8% below national
235 Columbus, OH $41,630 8% below national
236 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $41,600 8% below national
237 Gainesville, FL $41,600 8% below national
238 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $41,600 8% below national
239 Goldsboro, NC $41,590 8% below national
240 San Angelo, TX $41,570 8% below national
241 Bozeman, MT $41,500 8% below national
242 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $41,500 8% below national
243 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $41,410 8% below national
244 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $41,410 8% below national
245 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $41,390 8% below national
246 State College, PA $41,370 8% below national
247 Corpus Christi, TX $41,280 9% below national
248 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $41,270 9% below national
249 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $41,200 9% below national
250 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $41,160 9% below national
251 Cheyenne, WY $41,150 9% below national
252 Lexington Park, MD $41,140 9% below national
253 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $41,130 9% below national
254 Waco, TX $41,090 9% below national
255 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,040 9% below national
256 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $41,030 9% below national
257 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $40,990 9% below national
258 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $40,960 9% below national
259 Terre Haute, IN $40,930 9% below national
260 Peoria, IL $40,770 10% below national
261 Midland, MI $40,760 10% below national
262 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $40,750 10% below national
263 Dubuque, IA $40,690 10% below national
264 Tallahassee, FL $40,690 10% below national
265 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $40,630 10% below national
266 Flagstaff, AZ $40,600 10% below national
267 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $40,580 10% below national
268 Battle Creek, MI $40,510 10% below national
269 Traverse City, MI $40,480 10% below national
270 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $40,460 10% below national
271 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $40,440 10% below national
272 Ogden, UT $40,370 11% below national
273 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $40,370 11% below national
274 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $40,360 11% below national
275 Jackson, TN $40,280 11% below national
276 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $40,210 11% below national
277 Binghamton, NY $40,190 11% below national
278 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $40,160 11% below national
279 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $40,100 11% below national
280 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $40,070 11% below national
281 Topeka, KS $40,050 11% below national
282 Muncie, IN $40,020 11% below national
283 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $40,010 11% below national
284 Gainesville, GA $40,000 11% below national
285 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,990 11% below national
286 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $39,980 11% below national
287 Harrisonburg, VA $39,940 11% below national
288 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,870 12% below national
289 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $39,830 12% below national
290 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $39,780 12% below national
291 Winston-Salem, NC $39,760 12% below national
292 Johnstown, PA $39,730 12% below national
293 Iowa City, IA $39,700 12% below national
294 El Paso, TX $39,610 12% below national
295 Kokomo, IN $39,590 12% below national
296 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $39,580 12% below national
297 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $39,470 13% below national
298 Hinesville, GA $39,460 13% below national
299 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $39,440 13% below national
300 Homosassa Springs, FL $39,430 13% below national
301 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $39,410 13% below national
302 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $39,400 13% below national
303 Tulsa, OK $39,400 13% below national
304 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $39,340 13% below national
305 Tyler, TX $39,310 13% below national
306 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,290 13% below national
307 Erie, PA $39,250 13% below national
308 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $39,240 13% below national
309 Wichita, KS $39,190 13% below national
310 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,160 13% below national
311 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $39,130 13% below national
312 Cleveland, OH $39,100 13% below national
313 Alexandria, LA $39,080 13% below national
314 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $39,080 13% below national
315 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $39,080 13% below national
316 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $39,050 13% below national
317 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,010 14% below national
318 Dover, DE $38,980 14% below national
319 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $38,980 14% below national
320 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $38,960 14% below national
321 Raleigh-Cary, NC $38,960 14% below national
322 Omaha, NE-IA $38,950 14% below national
323 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $38,940 14% below national
324 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $38,940 14% below national
325 Rocky Mount, NC $38,930 14% below national
326 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $38,930 14% below national
327 Bloomington, IL $38,920 14% below national
328 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $38,920 14% below national
329 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $38,760 14% below national
330 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $38,750 14% below national
331 Saginaw, MI $38,730 14% below national
332 York-Hanover, PA $38,730 14% below national
333 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,730 14% below national
334 Lima, OH $38,710 14% below national
335 Bloomington, IN $38,680 14% below national
336 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $38,660 14% below national
337 Toledo, OH $38,620 14% below national
338 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,600 14% below national
339 Chattanooga, TN-GA $38,540 15% below national
340 Greensboro-High Point, NC $38,480 15% below national
341 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $38,480 15% below national
342 St. Joseph, MO-KS $38,470 15% below national
343 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,460 15% below national
344 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $38,430 15% below national
345 Altoona, PA $38,410 15% below national
346 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $38,410 15% below national
347 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $38,410 15% below national
348 Yuma, AZ $38,380 15% below national
349 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $38,370 15% below national
350 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,350 15% below national
351 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $38,340 15% below national
352 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $38,340 15% below national
353 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,320 15% below national
354 Lubbock, TX $38,300 15% below national
355 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,300 15% below national
356 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,300 15% below national
357 Charleston, WV $38,290 15% below national
358 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $38,280 15% below national
359 Winchester, VA-WV $38,260 15% below national
360 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,230 15% below national
361 Ann Arbor, MI $38,210 15% below national
362 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $38,170 15% below national
363 Youngstown-Warren, OH $38,150 15% below national
364 Missoula, MT $38,120 16% below national
365 Fort Smith, AR-OK $38,110 16% below national
366 Niles, MI $38,110 16% below national
367 Evansville, IN $38,100 16% below national
368 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,090 16% below national
369 Beckley, WV $38,080 16% below national
370 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $38,080 16% below national
371 Tucson, AZ $38,020 16% below national
372 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $38,020 16% below national
373 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,000 16% below national
374 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $37,990 16% below national
375 Columbia, SC $37,900 16% below national
376 Jacksonville, NC $37,890 16% below national
377 Monroe, MI $37,890 16% below national
378 Ocala, FL $37,880 16% below national
379 Port St. Lucie, FL $37,880 16% below national
380 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $37,880 16% below national
381 Columbia, MO $37,870 16% below national
382 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,860 16% below national
383 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,860 16% below national
384 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $37,840 16% below national
385 Lincoln, NE $37,820 16% below national
386 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $37,810 16% below national
387 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $37,760 16% below national
388 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $37,750 16% below national
389 Cleveland, TN $37,700 16% below national
390 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $37,640 17% below national
391 Elizabethtown, KY $37,640 17% below national
392 Birmingham, AL $37,620 17% below national
393 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,590 17% below national
394 Oklahoma City, OK $37,540 17% below national
395 Cedar Rapids, IA $37,520 17% below national
396 Springfield, MO $37,500 17% below national
397 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $37,500 17% below national
398 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $37,440 17% below national
399 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $37,410 17% below national
400 Grand Island, NE $37,400 17% below national
401 Lynchburg, VA $37,400 17% below national
402 Greenville, NC $37,390 17% below national
403 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $37,370 17% below national
404 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,350 17% below national
405 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $37,340 17% below national
406 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $37,220 18% below national
407 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $37,190 18% below national
408 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $37,180 18% below national
409 Logan, UT-ID $37,050 18% below national
410 Paducah, KY-IL $37,050 18% below national
411 Joplin, MO-KS $37,020 18% below national
412 Ames, IA $37,000 18% below national
413 Clarksville, TN-KY $36,990 18% below national
414 Roanoke, VA $36,940 18% below national
415 Sebring, FL $36,900 18% below national
416 St. George, UT $36,870 18% below national
417 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $36,870 18% below national
418 Akron, OH $36,860 18% below national
419 Kenosha, WI $36,860 18% below national
420 Flint, MI $36,850 18% below national
421 Montgomery, AL $36,830 18% below national
422 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $36,830 18% below national
423 Jackson, MI $36,810 18% below national
424 Hot Springs, AR $36,760 19% below national
425 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $36,740 19% below national
426 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $36,730 19% below national
427 Sandusky, OH $36,700 19% below national
428 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $36,700 19% below national
429 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $36,700 19% below national
430 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,540 19% below national
431 Billings, MT $36,490 19% below national
432 Morgantown, WV $36,450 19% below national
433 Lexington-Fayette, KY $36,440 19% below national
434 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $36,430 19% below national
435 Knoxville, TN $36,420 19% below national
436 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $36,340 19% below national
437 Helena, MT $36,330 19% below national
438 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $36,290 20% below national
439 Canton-Massillon, OH $36,290 20% below national
440 Sumter, SC $36,240 20% below national
441 Jonesboro, AR $36,080 20% below national
442 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $36,050 20% below national
443 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,050 20% below national
444 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $36,030 20% below national
445 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $35,910 20% below national
446 Savannah, GA $35,880 20% below national
447 Great Falls, MT $35,870 21% below national
448 Rapid City, SD $35,870 21% below national
449 Wheeling, WV-OH $35,800 21% below national
450 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $35,700 21% below national
451 Springfield, OH $35,660 21% below national
452 Athens-Clarke County, GA $35,570 21% below national
453 Laredo, TX $35,560 21% below national
454 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $35,550 21% below national
455 Bowling Green, KY $35,420 21% below national
456 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $35,330 22% below national
457 Wichita Falls, TX $35,230 22% below national
458 Bay City, MI $35,140 22% below national
459 Morristown, TN $35,090 22% below national
460 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $35,060 22% below national
461 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,990 22% below national
462 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,990 22% below national
463 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $34,960 23% below national
464 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,960 23% below national
465 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,920 23% below national
466 Johnson City, TN $34,910 23% below national
467 Macon-Bibb County, GA $34,880 23% below national
468 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,840 23% below national
469 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $34,830 23% below national
470 Decatur, AL $34,670 23% below national
471 Mansfield, OH $34,480 24% below national
472 Baton Rouge, LA $34,440 24% below national
473 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,230 24% below national
474 Columbus, GA-AL $34,100 24% below national
475 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,090 24% below national
476 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $34,070 24% below national
477 Rome, GA $34,040 25% below national
478 Dalton, GA $34,000 25% below national
479 Spartanburg, SC $33,690 25% below national
480 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $33,520 26% below national
481 Mobile, AL $33,500 26% below national
482 Tuscaloosa, AL $33,470 26% below national
483 Hattiesburg, MS $33,410 26% below national
484 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $33,330 26% below national
485 Owensboro, KY $33,290 26% below national
486 Lafayette, LA $33,280 26% below national
487 Lawton, OK $33,280 26% below national
488 Florence, SC $33,270 26% below national
489 Huntsville, AL $33,260 26% below national
490 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $33,060 27% below national
491 Auburn-Opelika, AL $32,810 27% below national
492 Eagle Pass, TX $32,730 27% below national
493 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $32,720 27% below national
494 Albany, GA $32,660 28% below national
495 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $32,590 28% below national
496 Guayama, PR $32,390 28% below national
497 Arecibo, PR $32,360 28% below national
498 Valdosta, GA $31,960 29% below national
499 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $31,950 29% below national
500 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $31,880 29% below national
501 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $31,610 30% below national
502 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $31,300 31% below national
503 Anniston-Oxford, AL $31,090 31% below national
504 Warner Robins, GA $30,930 31% below national
505 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $30,890 32% below national
506 Hammond, LA $30,850 32% below national
507 Lake Charles, LA $30,510 32% below national
508 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,370 33% below national
509 Gadsden, AL $30,300 33% below national
510 Jackson, MS $30,110 33% below national
511 Mayaguez, PR $30,050 33% below national
512 Ponce, PR $29,590 34% below national
513 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $29,570 34% below national
514 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $29,550 35% below national
515 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,550 35% below national
516 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,500 35% below national
517 Monroe, LA $29,140 35% below national
518 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,900 36% below national
519 Fayetteville, NC $28,480 37% below national
520 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $28,090 38% below national
521 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $28,000 38% below national
522 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,720 39% below national
523 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $27,710 39% below national
524 Aguadilla, PR $27,690 39% below national
525 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $26,750 41% below national
526 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $26,260 42% below national
527 Dothan, AL $25,350 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.