25 Series · SOC 25-2052

Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School

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

Median Salary

$63,000

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$70,150

average

Employment

231,570

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$47,590$57,050$63,000$79,320$100,620
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$47,590

25th Percentile

$57,050

Median

$63,000

75th Percentile

$79,320

90th Percentile

$100,620

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. California $90,530 2. Washington $85,340 3. District of Columbia $82,400 4. Connecticut $81,220 5. New York $80,750

Lowest Paying States

48. Mississippi $48,860 49. Oklahoma $49,030 50. West Virginia $49,760 51. Arizona $49,760 52. South Dakota $50,380
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $90,530 +44% above national
2 Washington $85,340 +35% above national
3 District of Columbia $82,400 +31% above national
4 Connecticut $81,220 +29% above national
5 New York $80,750 +28% above national
6 Massachusetts $78,820 +25% above national
7 Oregon $78,320 +24% above national
8 Rhode Island $77,930 +24% above national
9 Alaska $77,220 +23% above national
10 Illinois $76,170 +21% above national
11 New Jersey $75,660 +20% above national
12 Maryland $75,550 +20% above national
13 Michigan $75,520 +20% above national
14 Georgia $67,710 +7% above national
15 New Mexico $66,490 +6% above national
16 Virginia $65,000 +3% above national
17 Pennsylvania $64,520 +2% above national
18 Ohio $64,060 +2% above national
19 Wyoming $63,520 +1% above national
20 Colorado $63,500 +1% above national
21 Nevada $63,340 +1% above national
22 Minnesota $63,320 +1% above national
23 Vermont $63,220 same as national
24 New Hampshire $62,420 1% below national
25 Idaho $62,210 1% below national
26 Nebraska $61,140 3% below national
27 Alabama $61,100 3% below national
28 Tennessee $61,080 3% below national
29 South Carolina $60,530 4% below national
30 Texas $60,270 4% below national
31 Montana $60,200 4% below national
32 Maine $59,860 5% below national
33 Wisconsin $59,860 5% below national
34 Kansas $59,060 6% below national
35 Delaware $58,990 6% below national
36 Utah $58,920 6% below national
37 Indiana $57,910 8% below national
38 North Dakota $57,820 8% below national
39 Kentucky $57,090 9% below national
40 North Carolina $56,330 11% below national
41 Puerto Rico $56,040 11% below national
42 Hawaii $55,760 11% below national
43 Iowa $55,350 12% below national
44 Louisiana $54,410 14% below national
45 Florida $52,700 16% below national
46 Missouri $52,140 17% below national
47 Arkansas $51,590 18% below national
48 South Dakota $50,380 20% below national
49 Arizona $49,760 21% below national
50 West Virginia $49,760 21% below national
51 Oklahoma $49,030 22% below national
52 Mississippi $48,860 22% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $112,850 2. Visalia, CA $102,630 3. El Centro, CA $100,980 4. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $99,170 5. Fresno, CA $98,550

Lowest Paying Metros

458. Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $43,370 459. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $44,770 460. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $45,190 461. North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $45,350 462. Yuma, AZ $45,450
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $112,850 +79% above national
2 Visalia, CA $102,630 +63% above national
3 El Centro, CA $100,980 +60% above national
4 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $99,170 +57% above national
5 Fresno, CA $98,550 +56% above national
6 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $98,050 +56% above national
7 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $97,970 +56% above national
8 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $97,300 +54% above national
9 Stockton-Lodi, CA $96,940 +54% above national
10 Vallejo, CA $96,190 +53% above national
11 Merced, CA $95,060 +51% above national
12 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $93,800 +49% above national
13 Yuba City, CA $92,620 +47% above national
14 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $92,450 +47% above national
15 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $92,070 +46% above national
16 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $91,730 +46% above national
17 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $89,230 +42% above national
18 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $88,110 +40% above national
19 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $85,810 +36% above national
20 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $85,640 +36% above national
21 Bellingham, WA $84,900 +35% above national
22 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $83,270 +32% above national
23 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $82,850 +32% above national
24 Salisbury, MD $82,620 +31% above national
25 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $82,510 +31% above national
26 Kingston, NY $82,050 +30% above national
27 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $81,540 +29% above national
28 Kennewick-Richland, WA $81,260 +29% above national
29 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $81,220 +29% above national
30 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $80,970 +29% above national
31 Reno, NV $80,960 +29% above national
32 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $80,850 +28% above national
33 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $80,790 +28% above national
34 Barnstable Town, MA $80,630 +28% above national
35 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $80,590 +28% above national
36 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $80,470 +28% above national
37 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $80,130 +27% above national
38 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $80,090 +27% above national
39 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $79,980 +27% above national
40 Redding, CA $79,800 +27% above national
41 Yakima, WA $79,450 +26% above national
42 New Haven, CT $79,410 +26% above national
43 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $79,410 +26% above national
44 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $79,320 +26% above national
45 Springfield, MA $79,070 +26% above national
46 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $78,660 +25% above national
47 Worcester, MA $78,510 +25% above national
48 Ann Arbor, MI $78,480 +25% above national
49 Boulder, CO $78,230 +24% above national
50 York-Hanover, PA $78,060 +24% above national
51 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $77,950 +24% above national
52 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $77,910 +24% above national
53 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $77,890 +24% above national
54 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $77,880 +24% above national
55 Longview-Kelso, WA $77,810 +24% above national
56 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $77,700 +23% above national
57 Saginaw, MI $77,390 +23% above national
58 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $77,370 +23% above national
59 Flint, MI $77,250 +23% above national
60 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $77,140 +22% above national
61 Grants Pass, OR $76,940 +22% above national
62 Eugene-Springfield, OR $76,870 +22% above national
63 Lancaster, PA $76,830 +22% above national
64 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $76,750 +22% above national
65 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $76,740 +22% above national
66 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $76,490 +21% above national
67 Modesto, CA $76,450 +21% above national
68 Columbus, OH $76,390 +21% above national
69 Corvallis, OR $76,390 +21% above national
70 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $76,340 +21% above national
71 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $76,130 +21% above national
72 Salem, OR $75,940 +21% above national
73 Santa Fe, NM $75,650 +20% above national
74 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $75,560 +20% above national
75 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $75,340 +20% above national
76 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $74,900 +19% above national
77 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $74,790 +19% above national
78 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $74,650 +18% above national
79 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $74,500 +18% above national
80 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $74,470 +18% above national
81 Lexington Park, MD $74,420 +18% above national
82 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $74,070 +18% above national
83 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $73,960 +17% above national
84 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $73,810 +17% above national
85 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $73,640 +17% above national
86 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $73,410 +17% above national
87 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $72,390 +15% above national
88 Springfield, OH $72,370 +15% above national
89 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $72,290 +15% above national
90 Jackson, MI $72,270 +15% above national
91 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $71,010 +13% above national
92 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $70,510 +12% above national
93 Portland-South Portland, ME $70,310 +12% above national
94 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $70,300 +12% above national
95 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $70,230 +11% above national
96 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $70,220 +11% above national
97 Syracuse, NY $69,580 +10% above national
98 Vineland, NJ $69,510 +10% above national
99 Jacksonville, FL $69,110 +10% above national
100 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $68,440 +9% above national
101 Williamsport, PA $68,090 +8% above national
102 Las Cruces, NM $68,030 +8% above national
103 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $67,950 +8% above national
104 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $67,510 +7% above national
105 Albany, OR $67,300 +7% above national
106 Farmington, NM $67,150 +7% above national
107 Canton-Massillon, OH $67,010 +6% above national
108 Medford, OR $66,890 +6% above national
109 Reading, PA $66,320 +5% above national
110 Albuquerque, NM $66,200 +5% above national
111 Madison, WI $66,040 +5% above national
112 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $65,640 +4% above national
113 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $65,480 +4% above national
114 Niles, MI $65,380 +4% above national
115 St. Cloud, MN $65,370 +4% above national
116 Bend, OR $65,300 +4% above national
117 Springfield, IL $65,220 +4% above national
118 Utica-Rome, NY $65,200 +3% above national
119 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $64,970 +3% above national
120 Cheyenne, WY $64,830 +3% above national
121 Rochester, MN $64,730 +3% above national
122 Chambersburg, PA $64,520 +2% above national
123 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $64,340 +2% above national
124 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $64,280 +2% above national
125 Warner Robins, GA $64,190 +2% above national
126 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $64,110 +2% above national
127 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $64,030 +2% above national
128 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $63,960 +2% above national
129 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $63,810 +1% above national
130 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $63,810 +1% above national
131 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $63,800 +1% above national
132 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $63,760 +1% above national
133 Duluth, MN-WI $63,740 +1% above national
134 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $63,720 +1% above national
135 Binghamton, NY $63,620 +1% above national
136 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $63,540 +1% above national
137 Florence, SC $63,500 +1% above national
138 Pueblo, CO $63,500 +1% above national
139 Monroe, MI $63,410 +1% above national
140 Ithaca, NY $63,390 +1% above national
141 Cleveland, OH $63,290 same as national
142 Decatur, IL $63,220 same as national
143 Altoona, PA $63,060 same as national
144 Eau Claire, WI $63,030 same as national
145 Pittsburgh, PA $62,970 same as national
146 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $62,860 same as national
147 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $62,720 same as national
148 State College, PA $62,700 same as national
149 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $62,690 same as national
150 Twin Falls, ID $62,670 1% below national
151 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $62,670 1% below national
152 Savannah, GA $62,600 1% below national
153 Rochester, NY $62,570 1% below national
154 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $62,560 1% below national
155 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $62,540 1% below national
156 Greeley, CO $62,460 1% below national
157 Chattanooga, TN-GA $62,440 1% below national
158 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $62,440 1% below national
159 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $62,310 1% below national
160 Akron, OH $62,290 1% below national
161 Boise City, ID $62,240 1% below national
162 Mobile, AL $62,240 1% below national
163 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $62,240 1% below national
164 Lexington-Fayette, KY $62,200 1% below national
165 Youngstown-Warren, OH $62,190 1% below national
166 Wichita, KS $62,140 1% below national
167 Kenosha, WI $62,120 1% below national
168 Bloomington, IL $62,100 1% below national
169 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $62,060 1% below national
170 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $62,050 2% below national
171 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $62,030 2% below national
172 Bismarck, ND $61,970 2% below national
173 Grand Junction, CO $61,940 2% below national
174 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $61,830 2% below national
175 El Paso, TX $61,820 2% below national
176 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $61,800 2% below national
177 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $61,740 2% below national
178 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $61,720 2% below national
179 Idaho Falls, ID $61,710 2% below national
180 Grand Island, NE $61,700 2% below national
181 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $61,700 2% below national
182 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $61,600 2% below national
183 Battle Creek, MI $61,550 2% below national
184 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $61,470 2% below national
185 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $61,410 3% below national
186 Omaha, NE-IA $61,380 3% below national
187 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $61,370 3% below national
188 Hinesville, GA $61,360 3% below national
189 Johnstown, PA $61,350 3% below national
190 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $61,330 3% below national
191 Minot, ND $61,290 3% below national
192 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $61,250 3% below national
193 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $61,100 3% below national
194 Gainesville, GA $61,090 3% below national
195 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $61,050 3% below national
196 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $61,040 3% below national
197 Rockford, IL $61,040 3% below national
198 Bozeman, MT $61,030 3% below national
199 Dover, DE $61,030 3% below national
200 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $61,030 3% below national
201 Richmond, VA $61,020 3% below national
202 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $61,020 3% below national
203 Toledo, OH $61,000 3% below national
204 Valdosta, GA $60,980 3% below national
205 Ames, IA $60,960 3% below national
206 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $60,950 3% below national
207 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $60,940 3% below national
208 Columbia, SC $60,890 3% below national
209 Lima, OH $60,890 3% below national
210 Glens Falls, NY $60,860 3% below national
211 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $60,850 3% below national
212 Knoxville, TN $60,830 3% below national
213 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $60,810 3% below national
214 Pittsfield, MA $60,790 4% below national
215 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $60,790 4% below national
216 Kankakee, IL $60,760 4% below national
217 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $60,750 4% below national
218 Billings, MT $60,700 4% below national
219 Traverse City, MI $60,690 4% below national
220 Evansville, IN $60,670 4% below national
221 Lubbock, TX $60,670 4% below national
222 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $60,650 4% below national
223 Midland, TX $60,640 4% below national
224 Elmira, NY $60,620 4% below national
225 St. George, UT $60,620 4% below national
226 Roanoke, VA $60,610 4% below national
227 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $60,610 4% below national
228 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $60,610 4% below national
229 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $60,530 4% below national
230 Charlottesville, VA $60,300 4% below national
231 Huntsville, AL $60,280 4% below national
232 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $60,270 4% below national
233 Columbus, GA-AL $60,180 4% below national
234 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $60,150 5% below national
235 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $60,120 5% below national
236 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $60,080 5% below national
237 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $60,070 5% below national
238 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $60,050 5% below national
239 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $60,050 5% below national
240 Raleigh-Cary, NC $60,010 5% below national
241 Champaign-Urbana, IL $59,980 5% below national
242 Ogden, UT $59,920 5% below national
243 Green Bay, WI $59,870 5% below national
244 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $59,860 5% below national
245 Great Falls, MT $59,840 5% below national
246 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $59,800 5% below national
247 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $59,800 5% below national
248 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $59,770 5% below national
249 Baton Rouge, LA $59,740 5% below national
250 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $59,740 5% below national
251 Tuscaloosa, AL $59,740 5% below national
252 Amarillo, TX $59,730 5% below national
253 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $59,690 5% below national
254 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $59,690 5% below national
255 St. Louis, MO-IL $59,660 5% below national
256 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $59,640 5% below national
257 Sherman-Denison, TX $59,600 5% below national
258 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $59,560 5% below national
259 Victoria, TX $59,490 6% below national
260 Peoria, IL $59,450 6% below national
261 Rapid City, SD $59,450 6% below national
262 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $59,390 6% below national
263 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $59,370 6% below national
264 Dalton, GA $59,370 6% below national
265 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $59,230 6% below national
266 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $59,230 6% below national
267 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $59,180 6% below national
268 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $59,170 6% below national
269 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $59,160 6% below national
270 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $59,140 6% below national
271 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $59,110 6% below national
272 Colorado Springs, CO $59,080 6% below national
273 Macon-Bibb County, GA $59,080 6% below national
274 Manchester-Nashua, NH $59,070 6% below national
275 Lawrence, KS $59,060 6% below national
276 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $59,030 6% below national
277 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $58,900 7% below national
278 Fond du Lac, WI $58,860 7% below national
279 Kansas City, MO-KS $58,850 7% below national
280 Appleton, WI $58,760 7% below national
281 Dubuque, IA $58,760 7% below national
282 Mansfield, OH $58,740 7% below national
283 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $58,740 7% below national
284 Mankato, MN $58,720 7% below national
285 Sheboygan, WI $58,710 7% below national
286 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $58,700 7% below national
287 Abilene, TX $58,660 7% below national
288 Grand Forks, ND-MN $58,650 7% below national
289 Elizabethtown, KY $58,620 7% below national
290 Cedar Rapids, IA $58,610 7% below national
291 Spartanburg, SC $58,610 7% below national
292 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $58,460 7% below national
293 Corpus Christi, TX $58,430 7% below national
294 Athens-Clarke County, GA $58,360 7% below national
295 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $58,360 7% below national
296 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $58,340 7% below national
297 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $58,310 7% below national
298 Killeen-Temple, TX $58,290 7% below national
299 Longview, TX $58,280 7% below national
300 Lynchburg, VA $58,230 8% below national
301 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $58,180 8% below national
302 Iowa City, IA $58,150 8% below national
303 Ponce, PR $58,140 8% below national
304 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $58,090 8% below national
305 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $58,080 8% below national
306 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $58,030 8% below national
307 Topeka, KS $58,010 8% below national
308 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $58,010 8% below national
309 Fort Smith, AR-OK $57,950 8% below national
310 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $57,950 8% below national
311 Aguadilla, PR $57,830 8% below national
312 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,820 8% below national
313 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $57,820 8% below national
314 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $57,800 8% below national
315 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $57,780 8% below national
316 Greensboro-High Point, NC $57,710 8% below national
317 College Station-Bryan, TX $57,680 8% below national
318 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $57,680 8% below national
319 Wheeling, WV-OH $57,680 8% below national
320 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $57,590 9% below national
321 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $57,570 9% below national
322 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,540 9% below national
323 Arecibo, PR $57,460 9% below national
324 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $57,460 9% below national
325 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $57,460 9% below national
326 Manhattan, KS $57,440 9% below national
327 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $57,420 9% below national
328 Missoula, MT $57,320 9% below national
329 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $57,310 9% below national
330 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $57,250 9% below national
331 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,250 9% below national
332 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $57,210 9% below national
333 Oklahoma City, OK $56,980 10% below national
334 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $56,970 10% below national
335 Hot Springs, AR $56,740 10% below national
336 Wichita Falls, TX $56,740 10% below national
337 Burlington, NC $56,700 10% below national
338 Greenville, NC $56,680 10% below national
339 Fort Wayne, IN $56,590 10% below national
340 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $56,410 10% below national
341 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $56,280 11% below national
342 Decatur, AL $56,180 11% below national
343 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $56,060 11% below national
344 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $55,920 11% below national
345 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $55,800 11% below national
346 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $55,580 12% below national
347 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $55,560 12% below national
348 Tyler, TX $55,480 12% below national
349 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $55,450 12% below national
350 Mayaguez, PR $55,330 12% below national
351 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $55,230 12% below national
352 Waco, TX $54,900 13% below national
353 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $54,870 13% below national
354 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $54,620 13% below national
355 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $54,480 14% below national
356 San Angelo, TX $54,400 14% below national
357 Lawton, OK $54,370 14% below national
358 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $53,980 14% below national
359 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $53,980 14% below national
360 Guayama, PR $53,800 15% below national
361 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $53,400 15% below national
362 Lincoln, NE $53,290 15% below national
363 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $53,140 16% below national
364 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $52,700 16% below national
365 Janesville-Beloit, WI $52,640 16% below national
366 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $52,630 16% below national
367 Jonesboro, AR $52,490 17% below national
368 Muncie, IN $52,240 17% below national
369 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $52,180 17% below national
370 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $52,020 17% below national
371 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $51,920 18% below national
372 Monroe, LA $51,820 18% below national
373 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $51,780 18% below national
374 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $51,720 18% below national
375 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $51,710 18% below national
376 Port St. Lucie, FL $51,710 18% below national
377 Johnson City, TN $51,480 18% below national
378 Bowling Green, KY $51,460 18% below national
379 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $51,420 18% below national
380 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $51,380 18% below national
381 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $51,240 19% below national
382 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $51,240 19% below national
383 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $51,100 19% below national
384 Tulsa, OK $51,070 19% below national
385 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $50,960 19% below national
386 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $50,900 19% below national
387 Clarksville, TN-KY $50,810 19% below national
388 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $50,790 19% below national
389 Bangor, ME $50,650 20% below national
390 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $50,590 20% below national
391 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $50,550 20% below national
392 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $50,540 20% below national
393 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $50,490 20% below national
394 Jackson, TN $50,480 20% below national
395 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $50,370 20% below national
396 Fargo, ND-MN $50,360 20% below national
397 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $50,360 20% below national
398 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $50,340 20% below national
399 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $50,340 20% below national
400 Asheville, NC $50,230 20% below national
401 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $50,170 20% below national
402 Winston-Salem, NC $50,140 20% below national
403 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $50,020 21% below national
404 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,990 21% below national
405 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,990 21% below national
406 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,990 21% below national
407 Lafayette, LA $49,970 21% below national
408 Texarkana, TX-AR $49,880 21% below national
409 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $49,880 21% below national
410 Jackson, MS $49,770 21% below national
411 Bloomington, IN $49,680 21% below national
412 Owensboro, KY $49,680 21% below national
413 Joplin, MO-KS $49,610 21% below national
414 Lake Charles, LA $49,550 21% below national
415 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $49,500 21% below national
416 Terre Haute, IN $49,410 22% below national
417 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $49,360 22% below national
418 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $49,170 22% below national
419 Morgantown, WV $49,120 22% below national
420 Paducah, KY-IL $49,080 22% below national
421 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,030 22% below national
422 Springfield, MO $49,020 22% below national
423 Charleston, WV $48,980 22% below national
424 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,900 22% below national
425 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $48,780 23% below national
426 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,730 23% below national
427 Cleveland, TN $48,530 23% below national
428 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $48,490 23% below national
429 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,340 23% below national
430 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,340 23% below national
431 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $48,330 23% below national
432 Enid, OK $48,250 23% below national
433 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $48,220 23% below national
434 Tucson, AZ $48,210 23% below national
435 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,210 23% below national
436 Fayetteville, NC $48,050 24% below national
437 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $47,960 24% below national
438 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $47,890 24% below national
439 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,800 24% below national
440 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $47,740 24% below national
441 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,740 24% below national
442 Jacksonville, NC $47,720 24% below national
443 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $47,680 24% below national
444 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $47,650 24% below national
445 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $47,650 24% below national
446 Columbia, MO $47,340 25% below national
447 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $47,320 25% below national
448 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $47,150 25% below national
449 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $47,150 25% below national
450 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $47,070 25% below national
451 Rocky Mount, NC $47,040 25% below national
452 Wilmington, NC $47,020 25% below national
453 Hattiesburg, MS $46,400 26% below national
454 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,400 26% below national
455 Jefferson City, MO $45,990 27% below national
456 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $45,530 28% below national
457 Logan, UT-ID $45,520 28% below national
458 Yuma, AZ $45,450 28% below national
459 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $45,350 28% below national
460 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $45,190 28% below national
461 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $44,770 29% below national
462 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $43,370 31% below national

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