19 Series · SOC 19-3099
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$100,340
per year
Median Hourly
$48.24/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$106,440
average
Employment
36,970
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$62,570
25th Percentile
$79,210
Median
$100,340
75th Percentile
$127,880
90th Percentile
$160,810
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | $144,320 | +44% above national |
| 2 | Maryland | $129,750 | +29% above national |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $122,320 | +22% above national |
| 4 | Washington | $107,100 | +7% above national |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $104,770 | +4% above national |
| 6 | New York | $102,570 | +2% above national |
| 7 | Connecticut | $102,150 | +2% above national |
| 8 | Hawaii | $102,000 | +2% above national |
| 9 | California | $101,110 | +1% above national |
| 10 | Colorado | $101,000 | +1% above national |
| 11 | Arizona | $97,360 | 3% below national |
| 12 | Oregon | $96,700 | 4% below national |
| 13 | New Jersey | $96,360 | 4% below national |
| 14 | Texas | $96,210 | 4% below national |
| 15 | Minnesota | $95,930 | 4% below national |
| 16 | Ohio | $95,860 | 4% below national |
| 17 | Alabama | $95,640 | 5% below national |
| 18 | Illinois | $94,520 | 6% below national |
| 19 | West Virginia | $94,310 | 6% below national |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | $93,750 | 7% below national |
| 21 | Maine | $89,860 | 10% below national |
| 22 | New Mexico | $89,860 | 10% below national |
| 23 | Georgia | $89,440 | 11% below national |
| 24 | Nevada | $88,750 | 12% below national |
| 25 | North Carolina | $87,810 | 12% below national |
| 26 | Iowa | $87,590 | 13% below national |
| 27 | Mississippi | $86,940 | 13% below national |
| 28 | South Carolina | $86,940 | 13% below national |
| 29 | Florida | $86,670 | 14% below national |
| 30 | Arkansas | $84,640 | 16% below national |
| 31 | Indiana | $84,640 | 16% below national |
| 32 | Utah | $84,640 | 16% below national |
| 33 | Wyoming | $84,640 | 16% below national |
| 34 | Alaska | $84,280 | 16% below national |
| 35 | Wisconsin | $84,020 | 16% below national |
| 36 | Kansas | $82,220 | 18% below national |
| 37 | South Dakota | $82,220 | 18% below national |
| 38 | New Hampshire | $81,950 | 18% below national |
| 39 | Rhode Island | $81,950 | 18% below national |
| 40 | Louisiana | $80,490 | 20% below national |
| 41 | Missouri | $80,040 | 20% below national |
| 42 | Idaho | $79,790 | 20% below national |
| 43 | Oklahoma | $79,790 | 20% below national |
| 44 | Michigan | $78,960 | 21% below national |
| 45 | Montana | $78,770 | 21% below national |
| 46 | Kentucky | $78,020 | 22% below national |
| 47 | Vermont | $74,990 | 25% below national |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | $73,940 | 26% below national |
| 49 | North Dakota | $72,550 | 28% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $178,810 | +78% above national |
| 2 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $137,610 | +37% above national |
| 3 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $127,280 | +27% above national |
| 4 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $125,820 | +25% above national |
| 5 | Charlottesville, VA | $118,830 | +18% above national |
| 6 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $117,960 | +18% above national |
| 7 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $115,340 | +15% above national |
| 8 | Wilmington, NC | $114,490 | +14% above national |
| 9 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $113,730 | +13% above national |
| 10 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $113,590 | +13% above national |
| 11 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $111,440 | +11% above national |
| 12 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $109,380 | +9% above national |
| 13 | Merced, CA | $108,410 | +8% above national |
| 14 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $106,950 | +7% above national |
| 15 | Colorado Springs, CO | $105,980 | +6% above national |
| 16 | Richmond, VA | $105,870 | +6% above national |
| 17 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $105,800 | +5% above national |
| 18 | Morgantown, WV | $105,790 | +5% above national |
| 19 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $105,310 | +5% above national |
| 20 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $105,210 | +5% above national |
| 21 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $104,820 | +4% above national |
| 22 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $104,770 | +4% above national |
| 23 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $104,190 | +4% above national |
| 24 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $103,850 | +3% above national |
| 25 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $102,910 | +3% above national |
| 26 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $102,900 | +3% above national |
| 27 | Fayetteville, NC | $102,840 | +2% above national |
| 28 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $102,500 | +2% above national |
| 29 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $102,340 | +2% above national |
| 30 | Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $102,330 | +2% above national |
| 31 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $102,000 | +2% above national |
| 32 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $101,870 | +2% above national |
| 33 | Boulder, CO | $101,680 | +1% above national |
| 34 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $101,580 | +1% above national |
| 35 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $101,500 | +1% above national |
| 36 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $100,340 | same as national |
| 37 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $98,860 | 1% below national |
| 38 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $98,770 | 2% below national |
| 39 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $98,490 | 2% below national |
| 40 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $97,800 | 3% below national |
| 41 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $96,180 | 4% below national |
| 42 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $96,040 | 4% below national |
| 43 | Tucson, AZ | $95,990 | 4% below national |
| 44 | Wildwood-The Villages, FL | $95,760 | 5% below national |
| 45 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $95,760 | 5% below national |
| 46 | East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $95,700 | 5% below national |
| 47 | Albuquerque, NM | $95,330 | 5% below national |
| 48 | El Paso, TX | $94,310 | 6% below national |
| 49 | Cleveland, OH | $94,200 | 6% below national |
| 50 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $93,310 | 7% below national |
| 51 | Vallejo, CA | $93,310 | 7% below national |
| 52 | Anchorage, AK | $92,870 | 7% below national |
| 53 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $92,790 | 8% below national |
| 54 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $92,750 | 8% below national |
| 55 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $92,750 | 8% below national |
| 56 | Ogden, UT | $92,750 | 8% below national |
| 57 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $92,640 | 8% below national |
| 58 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $92,440 | 8% below national |
| 59 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $92,350 | 8% below national |
| 60 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $91,890 | 8% below national |
| 61 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $91,690 | 9% below national |
| 62 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $91,600 | 9% below national |
| 63 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $90,920 | 9% below national |
| 64 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $90,460 | 10% below national |
| 65 | Alexandria, LA | $90,440 | 10% below national |
| 66 | Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $90,440 | 10% below national |
| 67 | Pittsburgh, PA | $90,000 | 10% below national |
| 68 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $89,860 | 10% below national |
| 69 | Jackson, MS | $89,860 | 10% below national |
| 70 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $89,860 | 10% below national |
| 71 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $89,460 | 11% below national |
| 72 | Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $89,460 | 11% below national |
| 73 | Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $89,460 | 11% below national |
| 74 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $89,040 | 11% below national |
| 75 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $88,780 | 12% below national |
| 76 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $88,320 | 12% below national |
| 77 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $88,070 | 12% below national |
| 78 | New Haven, CT | $88,070 | 12% below national |
| 79 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $88,070 | 12% below national |
| 80 | Iowa City, IA | $87,970 | 12% below national |
| 81 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $87,260 | 13% below national |
| 82 | Manhattan, KS | $87,050 | 13% below national |
| 83 | Fresno, CA | $87,010 | 13% below national |
| 84 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $86,940 | 13% below national |
| 85 | Syracuse, NY | $86,940 | 13% below national |
| 86 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $86,880 | 13% below national |
| 87 | Beckley, WV | $85,790 | 15% below national |
| 88 | Rochester, NY | $85,010 | 15% below national |
| 89 | Columbia, SC | $84,640 | 16% below national |
| 90 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $84,640 | 16% below national |
| 91 | Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area | $84,640 | 16% below national |
| 92 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $84,570 | 16% below national |
| 93 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $84,410 | 16% below national |
| 94 | Columbus, GA-AL | $84,320 | 16% below national |
| 95 | Madison, WI | $84,020 | 16% below national |
| 96 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $83,510 | 17% below national |
| 97 | East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $83,430 | 17% below national |
| 98 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $82,830 | 17% below national |
| 99 | Columbus, OH | $82,800 | 17% below national |
| 100 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $82,510 | 18% below national |
| 101 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $82,220 | 18% below national |
| 102 | Oklahoma City, OK | $82,220 | 18% below national |
| 103 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $82,060 | 18% below national |
| 104 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $81,950 | 18% below national |
| 105 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $81,700 | 19% below national |
| 106 | Topeka, KS | $81,060 | 19% below national |
| 107 | Springfield, MO | $80,250 | 20% below national |
| 108 | Ann Arbor, MI | $80,000 | 20% below national |
| 109 | Boise City, ID | $79,790 | 20% below national |
| 110 | Clarksville, TN-KY | $79,790 | 20% below national |
| 111 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $79,250 | 21% below national |
| 112 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $78,860 | 21% below national |
| 113 | Helena, MT | $78,770 | 21% below national |
| 114 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $78,410 | 22% below national |
| 115 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $77,940 | 22% below national |
| 116 | Abilene, TX | $77,380 | 23% below national |
| 117 | Jacksonville, FL | $77,380 | 23% below national |
| 118 | Baton Rouge, LA | $76,430 | 24% below national |
| 119 | Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $75,600 | 25% below national |
| 120 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $75,300 | 25% below national |
| 121 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $74,960 | 25% below national |
| 122 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $74,960 | 25% below national |
| 123 | Tallahassee, FL | $74,960 | 25% below national |
| 124 | Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $74,960 | 25% below national |
| 125 | Alaska nonmetropolitan area | $74,690 | 26% below national |
| 126 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $73,940 | 26% below national |
| 127 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $73,940 | 26% below national |
| 128 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $72,980 | 27% below national |
| 129 | Reno, NV | $72,950 | 27% below national |
| 130 | Asheville, NC | $72,550 | 28% below national |
| 131 | Fargo, ND-MN | $72,550 | 28% below national |
| 132 | Knoxville, TN | $72,550 | 28% below national |
| 133 | Minot, ND | $72,550 | 28% below national |
| 134 | Wichita, KS | $72,550 | 28% below national |
| 135 | North Florida nonmetropolitan area | $72,250 | 28% below national |
| 136 | Gainesville, FL | $68,600 | 32% below national |
| 137 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $62,710 | 38% below national |
| 138 | Ithaca, NY | $58,870 | 41% below national |
| 139 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $57,900 | 42% below national |
| 140 | Jefferson City, MO | $55,420 | 45% below national |
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