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

$62,570$79,210$100,340$127,880$160,810
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$30.08$38.08$48.24$61.48$77.31
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$62,570

25th Percentile

$79,210

Median

$100,340

75th Percentile

$127,880

90th Percentile

$160,810

Salary by State

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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

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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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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.