25 Series · SOC 25-2058

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

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

Median Salary

$69,590

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$74,610

average

Employment

162,780

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$47,930$58,180$69,590$87,140$106,050
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$47,930

25th Percentile

$58,180

Median

$69,590

75th Percentile

$87,140

90th Percentile

$106,050

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. California $101,250 2. Washington $97,820 3. District of Columbia $96,880 4. New York $91,830 5. Rhode Island $89,460

Lowest Paying States

48. Idaho $47,950 49. South Dakota $49,990 50. Mississippi $50,030 51. Oklahoma $50,150 52. Missouri $51,370
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 California $101,250 +45% above national
2 Washington $97,820 +41% above national
3 District of Columbia $96,880 +39% above national
4 New York $91,830 +32% above national
5 Rhode Island $89,460 +29% above national
6 Massachusetts $82,580 +19% above national
7 New Jersey $80,360 +15% above national
8 Maryland $79,370 +14% above national
9 Oregon $78,980 +13% above national
10 Alaska $78,850 +13% above national
11 Connecticut $77,430 +11% above national
12 Illinois $76,960 +11% above national
13 Delaware $75,550 +9% above national
14 Pennsylvania $75,330 +8% above national
15 Ohio $74,420 +7% above national
16 New Mexico $71,960 +3% above national
17 Vermont $71,620 +3% above national
18 Michigan $71,260 +2% above national
19 Minnesota $71,110 +2% above national
20 Georgia $71,050 +2% above national
21 Virginia $64,640 7% below national
22 Colorado $64,530 7% below national
23 Nevada $64,060 8% below national
24 New Hampshire $62,860 10% below national
25 Texas $62,710 10% below national
26 Nebraska $62,610 10% below national
27 Wyoming $62,500 10% below national
28 Arizona $61,890 11% below national
29 South Carolina $61,600 11% below national
30 North Dakota $61,550 12% below national
31 Wisconsin $61,500 12% below national
32 Montana $61,410 12% below national
33 Florida $60,570 13% below national
34 Maine $60,470 13% below national
35 Alabama $60,100 14% below national
36 Utah $60,080 14% below national
37 Indiana $59,990 14% below national
38 Kansas $59,640 14% below national
39 Iowa $58,780 16% below national
40 Hawaii $58,660 16% below national
41 Tennessee $58,580 16% below national
42 Kentucky $58,400 16% below national
43 Louisiana $58,180 16% below national
44 Puerto Rico $55,850 20% below national
45 West Virginia $55,600 20% below national
46 North Carolina $55,000 21% below national
47 Arkansas $53,350 23% below national
48 Missouri $51,370 26% below national
49 Oklahoma $50,150 28% below national
50 Mississippi $50,030 28% below national
51 South Dakota $49,990 28% below national
52 Idaho $47,950 31% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $108,790 2. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $103,800 3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $103,150 4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $102,250 5. Modesto, CA $102,240

Lowest Paying Metros

438. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $41,780 439. Idaho Falls, ID $44,750 440. North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $44,830 441. Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,170 442. Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $46,320
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $108,790 +56% above national
2 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $103,800 +49% above national
3 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $103,150 +48% above national
4 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $102,250 +47% above national
5 Modesto, CA $102,240 +47% above national
6 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $100,640 +45% above national
7 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $99,410 +43% above national
8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $98,890 +42% above national
9 Kingston, NY $98,690 +42% above national
10 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $98,630 +42% above national
11 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $98,550 +42% above national
12 Merced, CA $97,970 +41% above national
13 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $97,580 +40% above national
14 Fresno, CA $97,300 +40% above national
15 Vallejo, CA $97,120 +40% above national
16 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $97,110 +40% above national
17 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $96,510 +39% above national
18 Salinas, CA $96,450 +39% above national
19 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $90,040 +29% above national
20 Bellingham, WA $89,990 +29% above national
21 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $89,980 +29% above national
22 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $88,720 +27% above national
23 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $87,880 +26% above national
24 Longview-Kelso, WA $87,840 +26% above national
25 Worcester, MA $87,470 +26% above national
26 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $86,800 +25% above national
27 Barnstable Town, MA $85,860 +23% above national
28 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $85,570 +23% above national
29 Kennewick-Richland, WA $85,520 +23% above national
30 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $84,890 +22% above national
31 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $84,180 +21% above national
32 Lexington Park, MD $83,880 +21% above national
33 Bend, OR $83,780 +20% above national
34 Chico, CA $83,700 +20% above national
35 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $83,450 +20% above national
36 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $82,760 +19% above national
37 Pittsfield, MA $82,170 +18% above national
38 Yakima, WA $82,130 +18% above national
39 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $82,080 +18% above national
40 Naples-Marco Island, FL $82,070 +18% above national
41 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $81,900 +18% above national
42 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $81,570 +17% above national
43 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $81,270 +17% above national
44 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $80,840 +16% above national
45 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $80,670 +16% above national
46 York-Hanover, PA $80,650 +16% above national
47 Springfield, MA $80,640 +16% above national
48 Vineland, NJ $80,360 +15% above national
49 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $79,990 +15% above national
50 Punta Gorda, FL $79,760 +15% above national
51 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $79,500 +14% above national
52 Boulder, CO $79,410 +14% above national
53 Stockton-Lodi, CA $79,310 +14% above national
54 Yuba City, CA $79,290 +14% above national
55 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $79,250 +14% above national
56 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $79,180 +14% above national
57 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $79,130 +14% above national
58 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $78,900 +13% above national
59 Lebanon, PA $78,390 +13% above national
60 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $78,210 +12% above national
61 Lancaster, PA $78,190 +12% above national
62 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $78,100 +12% above national
63 Chambersburg, PA $78,080 +12% above national
64 State College, PA $77,940 +12% above national
65 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $77,870 +12% above national
66 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $77,590 +11% above national
67 Reading, PA $77,340 +11% above national
68 Eugene-Springfield, OR $77,300 +11% above national
69 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $77,270 +11% above national
70 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $77,250 +11% above national
71 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $77,050 +11% above national
72 New Haven, CT $76,700 +10% above national
73 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $76,690 +10% above national
74 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $76,620 +10% above national
75 Salem, OR $76,510 +10% above national
76 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $76,410 +10% above national
77 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $76,390 +10% above national
78 Reno, NV $76,370 +10% above national
79 Cleveland, OH $76,360 +10% above national
80 Ann Arbor, MI $76,320 +10% above national
81 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $76,300 +10% above national
82 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $76,160 +9% above national
83 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $76,080 +9% above national
84 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $75,990 +9% above national
85 Santa Fe, NM $75,920 +9% above national
86 Jacksonville, FL $75,850 +9% above national
87 Utica-Rome, NY $75,720 +9% above national
88 Erie, PA $75,660 +9% above national
89 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $75,580 +9% above national
90 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $75,410 +8% above national
91 Rockford, IL $75,150 +8% above national
92 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $75,070 +8% above national
93 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $74,890 +8% above national
94 Binghamton, NY $74,700 +7% above national
95 Midland, TX $74,610 +7% above national
96 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $74,600 +7% above national
97 Elmira, NY $74,560 +7% above national
98 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $74,510 +7% above national
99 Akron, OH $74,450 +7% above national
100 Mansfield, OH $74,410 +7% above national
101 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $74,380 +7% above national
102 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $74,340 +7% above national
103 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $74,060 +6% above national
104 Redding, CA $74,040 +6% above national
105 Syracuse, NY $73,970 +6% above national
106 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $73,930 +6% above national
107 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $73,890 +6% above national
108 Springfield, OH $73,780 +6% above national
109 Toledo, OH $73,650 +6% above national
110 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $73,450 +6% above national
111 Harrisonburg, VA $73,430 +6% above national
112 Sandusky, OH $73,280 +5% above national
113 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $73,280 +5% above national
114 Youngstown-Warren, OH $73,160 +5% above national
115 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $73,130 +5% above national
116 Canton-Massillon, OH $72,910 +5% above national
117 Altoona, PA $72,610 +4% above national
118 Saginaw, MI $72,580 +4% above national
119 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $72,180 +4% above national
120 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $71,940 +3% above national
121 Portland-South Portland, ME $71,870 +3% above national
122 Lima, OH $71,810 +3% above national
123 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $71,730 +3% above national
124 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $71,470 +3% above national
125 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $71,050 +2% above national
126 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $70,920 +2% above national
127 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $70,720 +2% above national
128 Ithaca, NY $70,660 +2% above national
129 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $70,330 +1% above national
130 Janesville-Beloit, WI $70,260 +1% above national
131 Warner Robins, GA $70,110 +1% above national
132 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $69,700 same as national
133 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $69,400 same as national
134 Dover, DE $67,960 2% below national
135 Johnstown, PA $67,360 3% below national
136 St. Cloud, MN $66,840 4% below national
137 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $66,640 4% below national
138 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $66,420 5% below national
139 Owensboro, KY $66,420 5% below national
140 Farmington, NM $65,970 5% below national
141 Albuquerque, NM $65,860 5% below national
142 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $65,690 6% below national
143 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $65,640 6% below national
144 Flint, MI $65,460 6% below national
145 Rochester, MN $65,400 6% below national
146 Niles, MI $65,380 6% below national
147 Joplin, MO-KS $65,300 6% below national
148 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $65,290 6% below national
149 Pittsburgh, PA $65,260 6% below national
150 Kenosha, WI $64,940 7% below national
151 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $64,330 8% below national
152 Ogden, UT $64,240 8% below national
153 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $64,240 8% below national
154 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $64,230 8% below national
155 Glens Falls, NY $64,220 8% below national
156 Springfield, IL $64,170 8% below national
157 Las Cruces, NM $64,060 8% below national
158 Pueblo, CO $64,020 8% below national
159 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $63,840 8% below national
160 Evansville, IN $63,760 8% below national
161 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $63,740 8% below national
162 Manchester-Nashua, NH $63,610 9% below national
163 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $63,590 9% below national
164 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $63,540 9% below national
165 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $63,500 9% below national
166 Paducah, KY-IL $63,440 9% below national
167 Columbus, OH $63,380 9% below national
168 Madison, WI $63,350 9% below national
169 Rochester, NY $63,350 9% below national
170 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $63,330 9% below national
171 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $63,310 9% below national
172 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $63,280 9% below national
173 Grand Island, NE $63,190 9% below national
174 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $63,170 9% below national
175 Monroe, MI $63,170 9% below national
176 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $63,130 9% below national
177 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $63,020 9% below national
178 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $62,850 10% below national
179 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $62,800 10% below national
180 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $62,790 10% below national
181 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $62,790 10% below national
182 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $62,790 10% below national
183 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $62,750 10% below national
184 Bloomington, IL $62,680 10% below national
185 Sheboygan, WI $62,600 10% below national
186 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $62,600 10% below national
187 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $62,580 10% below national
188 Billings, MT $62,510 10% below national
189 Bismarck, ND $62,510 10% below national
190 Bowling Green, KY $62,500 10% below national
191 Grand Junction, CO $62,460 10% below national
192 Tucson, AZ $62,440 10% below national
193 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $62,410 10% below national
194 Lexington-Fayette, KY $62,310 10% below national
195 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $62,210 11% below national
196 Traverse City, MI $62,180 11% below national
197 Wichita, KS $62,180 11% below national
198 Omaha, NE-IA $62,170 11% below national
199 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $62,120 11% below national
200 Duluth, MN-WI $62,040 11% below national
201 Rome, GA $62,000 11% below national
202 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $61,960 11% below national
203 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $61,950 11% below national
204 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $61,940 11% below national
205 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $61,920 11% below national
206 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $61,900 11% below national
207 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $61,890 11% below national
208 Laredo, TX $61,870 11% below national
209 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $61,870 11% below national
210 Minot, ND $61,700 11% below national
211 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $61,690 11% below national
212 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $61,670 11% below national
213 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $61,660 11% below national
214 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $61,640 11% below national
215 Amarillo, TX $61,600 11% below national
216 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $61,600 11% below national
217 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $61,590 11% below national
218 Athens-Clarke County, GA $61,570 12% below national
219 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $61,570 12% below national
220 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $61,530 12% below national
221 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $61,500 12% below national
222 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $61,500 12% below national
223 Roanoke, VA $61,470 12% below national
224 Missoula, MT $61,410 12% below national
225 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $61,400 12% below national
226 Chattanooga, TN-GA $61,390 12% below national
227 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $61,370 12% below national
228 El Paso, TX $61,340 12% below national
229 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $61,300 12% below national
230 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $61,250 12% below national
231 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $61,250 12% below national
232 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $61,230 12% below national
233 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $61,220 12% below national
234 Fond du Lac, WI $61,190 12% below national
235 Peoria, IL $61,100 12% below national
236 Greeley, CO $60,980 12% below national
237 Spartanburg, SC $60,980 12% below national
238 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $60,970 12% below national
239 Birmingham, AL $60,930 12% below national
240 Waco, TX $60,930 12% below national
241 Decatur, IL $60,890 13% below national
242 Kankakee, IL $60,730 13% below national
243 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $60,710 13% below national
244 Sherman-Denison, TX $60,700 13% below national
245 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $60,700 13% below national
246 Knoxville, TN $60,690 13% below national
247 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $60,640 13% below national
248 Wausau, WI $60,590 13% below national
249 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $60,580 13% below national
250 Mankato, MN $60,520 13% below national
251 Appleton, WI $60,450 13% below national
252 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $60,380 13% below national
253 Eau Claire, WI $60,320 13% below national
254 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $60,310 13% below national
255 Columbus, GA-AL $60,280 13% below national
256 Kansas City, MO-KS $60,280 13% below national
257 Corpus Christi, TX $60,270 13% below national
258 Huntsville, AL $60,250 13% below national
259 Great Falls, MT $60,240 13% below national
260 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $60,240 13% below national
261 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $60,220 13% below national
262 Cedar Rapids, IA $60,200 13% below national
263 Gainesville, GA $60,200 13% below national
264 Champaign-Urbana, IL $60,180 14% below national
265 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $60,070 14% below national
266 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $60,070 14% below national
267 St. Louis, MO-IL $60,010 14% below national
268 Jackson, TN $59,900 14% below national
269 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $59,900 14% below national
270 Albany, OR $59,890 14% below national
271 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $59,890 14% below national
272 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $59,840 14% below national
273 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $59,840 14% below national
274 Elizabethtown, KY $59,780 14% below national
275 Iowa City, IA $59,770 14% below national
276 College Station-Bryan, TX $59,710 14% below national
277 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $59,700 14% below national
278 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $59,690 14% below national
279 Green Bay, WI $59,660 14% below national
280 Colorado Springs, CO $59,620 14% below national
281 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $59,610 14% below national
282 Columbia, SC $59,590 14% below national
283 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $59,580 14% below national
284 Topeka, KS $59,570 14% below national
285 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $59,550 14% below national
286 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $59,510 14% below national
287 Tuscaloosa, AL $59,470 15% below national
288 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $59,450 15% below national
289 Mobile, AL $59,410 15% below national
290 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $59,340 15% below national
291 Killeen-Temple, TX $59,330 15% below national
292 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $59,290 15% below national
293 Bangor, ME $59,210 15% below national
294 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $59,180 15% below national
295 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $59,160 15% below national
296 Florence, SC $59,140 15% below national
297 Charlottesville, VA $59,080 15% below national
298 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $59,050 15% below national
299 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $59,030 15% below national
300 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $59,030 15% below national
301 Baton Rouge, LA $58,970 15% below national
302 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $58,970 15% below national
303 Fargo, ND-MN $58,920 15% below national
304 Richmond, VA $58,850 15% below national
305 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $58,690 16% below national
306 Urban Honolulu, HI $58,660 16% below national
307 Ames, IA $58,650 16% below national
308 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $58,570 16% below national
309 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $58,550 16% below national
310 Dubuque, IA $58,540 16% below national
311 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $58,540 16% below national
312 Decatur, AL $58,460 16% below national
313 Grand Forks, ND-MN $58,460 16% below national
314 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $58,420 16% below national
315 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $58,340 16% below national
316 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $58,320 16% below national
317 Morgantown, WV $58,270 16% below national
318 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $58,260 16% below national
319 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $58,260 16% below national
320 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $58,220 16% below national
321 Montgomery, AL $58,200 16% below national
322 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $58,150 16% below national
323 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $58,100 17% below national
324 Manhattan, KS $57,930 17% below national
325 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $57,910 17% below national
326 Flagstaff, AZ $57,830 17% below national
327 Abilene, TX $57,790 17% below national
328 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $57,760 17% below national
329 St. George, UT $57,690 17% below national
330 Guayama, PR $57,510 17% below national
331 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $57,410 18% below national
332 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $57,210 18% below national
333 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $57,160 18% below national
334 Aguadilla, PR $56,900 18% below national
335 Tyler, TX $56,860 18% below national
336 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $56,820 18% below national
337 Ponce, PR $56,750 18% below national
338 Cleveland, TN $56,650 19% below national
339 Jonesboro, AR $56,530 19% below national
340 Lincoln, NE $56,310 19% below national
341 Rapid City, SD $56,170 19% below national
342 Arecibo, PR $55,850 20% below national
343 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $55,820 20% below national
344 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $55,800 20% below national
345 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $55,700 20% below national
346 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $55,600 20% below national
347 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $55,300 21% below national
348 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $55,230 21% below national
349 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $55,220 21% below national
350 Mayaguez, PR $55,210 21% below national
351 Boise City, ID $55,130 21% below national
352 Logan, UT-ID $55,010 21% below national
353 Wheeling, WV-OH $55,010 21% below national
354 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $54,950 21% below national
355 Hot Springs, AR $54,920 21% below national
356 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $54,920 21% below national
357 Johnson City, TN $54,820 21% below national
358 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $54,710 21% below national
359 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $54,590 22% below national
360 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $54,250 22% below national
361 Fort Smith, AR-OK $53,410 23% below national
362 Jackson, MS $53,270 23% below national
363 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $53,260 23% below national
364 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $53,170 24% below national
365 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $52,900 24% below national
366 Greensboro-High Point, NC $52,580 24% below national
367 Lake Charles, LA $52,450 25% below national
368 Beckley, WV $52,440 25% below national
369 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $52,340 25% below national
370 Charleston, WV $51,960 25% below national
371 Monroe, LA $51,920 25% below national
372 Lynchburg, VA $51,890 25% below national
373 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $51,860 25% below national
374 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $51,830 26% below national
375 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $51,820 26% below national
376 Longview, TX $51,780 26% below national
377 Jefferson City, MO $51,370 26% below national
378 Asheville, NC $51,280 26% below national
379 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $51,240 26% below national
380 Port St. Lucie, FL $51,130 27% below national
381 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $51,100 27% below national
382 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $51,090 27% below national
383 Raleigh-Cary, NC $51,040 27% below national
384 Clarksville, TN-KY $51,010 27% below national
385 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $50,970 27% below national
386 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $50,670 27% below national
387 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $50,620 27% below national
388 Lubbock, TX $50,350 28% below national
389 Wilmington, NC $50,290 28% below national
390 Columbia, MO $50,260 28% below national
391 Springfield, MO $50,200 28% below national
392 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $50,200 28% below national
393 Oklahoma City, OK $50,150 28% below national
394 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $50,080 28% below national
395 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $50,080 28% below national
396 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,990 28% below national
397 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $49,990 28% below national
398 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $49,970 28% below national
399 Terre Haute, IN $49,960 28% below national
400 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $49,930 28% below national
401 Texarkana, TX-AR $49,900 28% below national
402 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,830 28% below national
403 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,750 29% below national
404 San Angelo, TX $49,730 29% below national
405 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $49,550 29% below national
406 Fort Wayne, IN $49,540 29% below national
407 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $49,540 29% below national
408 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $49,490 29% below national
409 Lawton, OK $49,460 29% below national
410 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $49,330 29% below national
411 Fayetteville, NC $49,310 29% below national
412 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $49,190 29% below national
413 Lafayette, LA $49,180 29% below national
414 Yuma, AZ $49,130 29% below national
415 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $49,100 29% below national
416 Tulsa, OK $49,060 30% below national
417 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $49,020 30% below national
418 Winston-Salem, NC $48,940 30% below national
419 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $48,920 30% below national
420 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,780 30% below national
421 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $48,760 30% below national
422 Muncie, IN $48,720 30% below national
423 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $48,720 30% below national
424 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,720 30% below national
425 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $48,550 30% below national
426 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,490 30% below national
427 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $48,410 30% below national
428 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $48,280 31% below national
429 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,160 31% below national
430 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,120 31% below national
431 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,120 31% below national
432 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $48,010 31% below national
433 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,690 31% below national
434 Tallahassee, FL $47,520 32% below national
435 Rocky Mount, NC $47,500 32% below national
436 Hattiesburg, MS $46,800 33% below national
437 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $46,750 33% below national
438 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $46,320 33% below national
439 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,170 34% below national
440 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $44,830 36% below national
441 Idaho Falls, ID $44,750 36% below national
442 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $41,780 40% below national

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