21 Series · SOC 21-1018

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

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

Median Salary

$59,190

per year

Median Hourly

$28.46/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$65,100

average

Employment

440,380

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$39,090$47,170$59,190$76,230$98,210
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$18.79$22.68$28.46$36.65$47.22
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$39,090

25th Percentile

$47,170

Median

$59,190

75th Percentile

$76,230

90th Percentile

$98,210

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Alaska $79,220 2. New Mexico $70,770 3. Oregon $69,660 4. North Dakota $66,450 5. District of Columbia $66,140

Lowest Paying States

49. Louisiana $40,200 50. Puerto Rico $45,500 51. West Virginia $46,710 52. Mississippi $46,810 53. Virgin Islands $47,020
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Alaska $79,220 +34% above national
2 New Mexico $70,770 +20% above national
3 Oregon $69,660 +18% above national
4 North Dakota $66,450 +12% above national
5 District of Columbia $66,140 +12% above national
6 Utah $65,920 +11% above national
7 Idaho $65,240 +10% above national
8 New Jersey $64,710 +9% above national
9 Nebraska $64,410 +9% above national
10 Washington $64,220 +8% above national
11 Arizona $63,830 +8% above national
12 Connecticut $62,960 +6% above national
13 Wisconsin $62,470 +6% above national
14 New York $62,070 +5% above national
15 Wyoming $61,640 +4% above national
16 California $61,310 +4% above national
17 Maine $60,970 +3% above national
18 Iowa $60,880 +3% above national
19 Texas $60,630 +2% above national
20 Vermont $60,410 +2% above national
21 Illinois $59,570 +1% above national
22 Michigan $59,530 +1% above national
23 Nevada $59,470 same as national
24 Colorado $59,190 same as national
25 Massachusetts $59,030 same as national
26 Minnesota $58,720 1% below national
27 Montana $58,660 1% below national
28 Oklahoma $58,610 1% below national
29 New Hampshire $58,520 1% below national
30 Virginia $58,410 1% below national
31 Pennsylvania $58,320 1% below national
32 Maryland $57,820 2% below national
33 Kansas $57,760 2% below national
34 Ohio $56,990 4% below national
35 Florida $56,830 4% below national
36 Missouri $56,640 4% below national
37 North Carolina $56,470 5% below national
38 Georgia $55,320 7% below national
39 Hawaii $54,390 8% below national
40 South Dakota $53,400 10% below national
41 Kentucky $51,790 13% below national
42 South Carolina $50,720 14% below national
43 Arkansas $49,990 16% below national
44 Rhode Island $49,770 16% below national
45 Delaware $49,680 16% below national
46 Indiana $49,280 17% below national
47 Alabama $48,880 17% below national
48 Tennessee $48,170 19% below national
49 Virgin Islands $47,020 21% below national
50 Mississippi $46,810 21% below national
51 West Virginia $46,710 21% below national
52 Puerto Rico $45,500 23% below national
53 Louisiana $40,200 32% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Bend, OR $82,380 2. Ogden, UT $81,300 3. Alaska nonmetropolitan area $80,470 4. Anchorage, AK $79,830 5. Fairbanks-College, AK $78,750

Lowest Paying Metros

514. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $33,380 515. Hattiesburg, MS $34,560 516. Hammond, LA $36,050 517. South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,400 518. Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $36,640
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Bend, OR $82,380 +39% above national
2 Ogden, UT $81,300 +37% above national
3 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $80,470 +36% above national
4 Anchorage, AK $79,830 +35% above national
5 Fairbanks-College, AK $78,750 +33% above national
6 Boulder, CO $77,720 +31% above national
7 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $76,240 +29% above national
8 Flagstaff, AZ $75,930 +28% above national
9 Santa Fe, NM $75,420 +27% above national
10 Salem, OR $74,810 +26% above national
11 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $74,670 +26% above national
12 Logan, UT-ID $74,400 +26% above national
13 Vallejo, CA $74,210 +25% above national
14 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $74,160 +25% above national
15 Napa, CA $73,960 +25% above national
16 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $73,470 +24% above national
17 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $73,300 +24% above national
18 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $72,950 +23% above national
19 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $72,550 +23% above national
20 Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,400 +22% above national
21 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $72,380 +22% above national
22 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $71,700 +21% above national
23 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $71,530 +21% above national
24 Albuquerque, NM $71,480 +21% above national
25 Bellingham, WA $71,250 +20% above national
26 Carson City, NV $70,740 +20% above national
27 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $70,340 +19% above national
28 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $70,080 +18% above national
29 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $69,510 +17% above national
30 Farmington, NM $68,700 +16% above national
31 Corvallis, OR $68,620 +16% above national
32 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $68,560 +16% above national
33 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $68,550 +16% above national
34 Lewiston, ID-WA $68,290 +15% above national
35 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $68,120 +15% above national
36 Omaha, NE-IA $68,090 +15% above national
37 Bismarck, ND $67,950 +15% above national
38 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $67,840 +15% above national
39 Battle Creek, MI $67,800 +15% above national
40 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $67,800 +15% above national
41 Stockton-Lodi, CA $67,700 +14% above national
42 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $67,680 +14% above national
43 Albany, OR $67,590 +14% above national
44 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $67,540 +14% above national
45 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $67,490 +14% above national
46 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $67,190 +14% above national
47 Amarillo, TX $66,930 +13% above national
48 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $66,540 +12% above national
49 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $66,440 +12% above national
50 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $66,400 +12% above national
51 Monroe, MI $66,370 +12% above national
52 Ames, IA $66,320 +12% above national
53 Gainesville, GA $66,190 +12% above national
54 Boise City, ID $66,130 +12% above national
55 Midland, MI $66,090 +12% above national
56 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $65,990 +11% above national
57 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $65,850 +11% above national
58 El Centro, CA $65,520 +11% above national
59 Laredo, TX $65,500 +11% above national
60 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $65,370 +10% above national
61 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $65,340 +10% above national
62 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $65,290 +10% above national
63 Iowa City, IA $65,210 +10% above national
64 Pocatello, ID $65,070 +10% above national
65 Cedar Rapids, IA $65,050 +10% above national
66 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $65,000 +10% above national
67 Enid, OK $64,970 +10% above national
68 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $64,930 +10% above national
69 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $64,930 +10% above national
70 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $64,910 +10% above national
71 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $64,900 +10% above national
72 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $64,900 +10% above national
73 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $64,770 +9% above national
74 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $64,680 +9% above national
75 Idaho Falls, ID $64,610 +9% above national
76 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $64,600 +9% above national
77 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $64,510 +9% above national
78 Ithaca, NY $64,480 +9% above national
79 Medford, OR $64,460 +9% above national
80 Walla Walla, WA $64,370 +9% above national
81 Twin Falls, ID $64,330 +9% above national
82 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $64,290 +9% above national
83 El Paso, TX $64,170 +8% above national
84 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $64,140 +8% above national
85 New Haven, CT $64,010 +8% above national
86 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $63,990 +8% above national
87 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $63,970 +8% above national
88 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $63,950 +8% above national
89 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $63,850 +8% above national
90 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $63,760 +8% above national
91 Kennewick-Richland, WA $63,740 +8% above national
92 Eugene-Springfield, OR $63,720 +8% above national
93 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $63,660 +8% above national
94 Longview-Kelso, WA $63,430 +7% above national
95 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $63,430 +7% above national
96 Madison, WI $63,400 +7% above national
97 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $63,370 +7% above national
98 Minot, ND $63,340 +7% above national
99 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $63,260 +7% above national
100 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $63,190 +7% above national
101 Champaign-Urbana, IL $63,180 +7% above national
102 Janesville-Beloit, WI $63,170 +7% above national
103 Syracuse, NY $63,170 +7% above national
104 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $63,170 +7% above national
105 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $63,130 +7% above national
106 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,130 +7% above national
107 Las Cruces, NM $63,120 +7% above national
108 Niles, MI $63,110 +7% above national
109 Lexington Park, MD $63,100 +7% above national
110 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,100 +7% above national
111 Visalia, CA $62,840 +6% above national
112 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $62,770 +6% above national
113 Grants Pass, OR $62,730 +6% above national
114 Portland-South Portland, ME $62,710 +6% above national
115 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $62,590 +6% above national
116 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $62,570 +6% above national
117 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $62,550 +6% above national
118 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $62,460 +6% above national
119 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $62,440 +5% above national
120 Chico, CA $62,420 +5% above national
121 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $62,420 +5% above national
122 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $62,410 +5% above national
123 Eau Claire, WI $62,330 +5% above national
124 Modesto, CA $62,300 +5% above national
125 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $62,300 +5% above national
126 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $62,270 +5% above national
127 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $62,250 +5% above national
128 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $62,230 +5% above national
129 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $62,050 +5% above national
130 Tucson, AZ $62,000 +5% above national
131 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $61,960 +5% above national
132 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $61,910 +5% above national
133 Casper, WY $61,880 +5% above national
134 Traverse City, MI $61,880 +5% above national
135 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $61,870 +5% above national
136 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $61,800 +4% above national
137 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $61,720 +4% above national
138 Appleton, WI $61,710 +4% above national
139 Fargo, ND-MN $61,680 +4% above national
140 Yuba City, CA $61,670 +4% above national
141 Naples-Marco Island, FL $61,660 +4% above national
142 Oklahoma City, OK $61,650 +4% above national
143 Texarkana, TX-AR $61,620 +4% above national
144 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $61,620 +4% above national
145 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $61,510 +4% above national
146 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $61,400 +4% above national
147 Wausau, WI $61,370 +4% above national
148 Kingston, NY $61,360 +4% above national
149 Salinas, CA $61,350 +4% above national
150 Mankato, MN $61,320 +4% above national
151 Kenosha, WI $61,260 +3% above national
152 Kankakee, IL $61,240 +3% above national
153 Elmira, NY $61,160 +3% above national
154 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $61,150 +3% above national
155 Cheyenne, WY $61,110 +3% above national
156 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $61,030 +3% above national
157 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $61,000 +3% above national
158 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $60,920 +3% above national
159 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $60,860 +3% above national
160 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $60,860 +3% above national
161 Rome, GA $60,800 +3% above national
162 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $60,780 +3% above national
163 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $60,760 +3% above national
164 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $60,720 +3% above national
165 Joplin, MO-KS $60,710 +3% above national
166 San Angelo, TX $60,700 +3% above national
167 Fresno, CA $60,640 +2% above national
168 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $60,640 +2% above national
169 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $60,610 +2% above national
170 Springfield, IL $60,600 +2% above national
171 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $60,540 +2% above national
172 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $60,530 +2% above national
173 Kansas City, MO-KS $60,510 +2% above national
174 Fond du Lac, WI $60,410 +2% above national
175 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $60,410 +2% above national
176 Reno, NV $60,400 +2% above national
177 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $60,380 +2% above national
178 Bangor, ME $60,360 +2% above national
179 Raleigh-Cary, NC $60,350 +2% above national
180 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $60,330 +2% above national
181 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $60,280 +2% above national
182 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $60,270 +2% above national
183 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $60,250 +2% above national
184 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $60,210 +2% above national
185 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $60,170 +2% above national
186 Green Bay, WI $60,100 +2% above national
187 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $60,040 +1% above national
188 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $60,040 +1% above national
189 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $59,990 +1% above national
190 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $59,990 +1% above national
191 Missoula, MT $59,970 +1% above national
192 Owensboro, KY $59,920 +1% above national
193 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $59,900 +1% above national
194 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $59,880 +1% above national
195 Merced, CA $59,840 +1% above national
196 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $59,820 +1% above national
197 Dalton, GA $59,730 +1% above national
198 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $59,620 +1% above national
199 Barnstable Town, MA $59,600 +1% above national
200 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $59,550 +1% above national
201 Ann Arbor, MI $59,530 +1% above national
202 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $59,520 +1% above national
203 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $59,350 same as national
204 Punta Gorda, FL $59,330 same as national
205 Rochester, NY $59,280 same as national
206 St. George, UT $59,230 same as national
207 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $59,230 same as national
208 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $59,210 same as national
209 Sheboygan, WI $59,200 same as national
210 Pueblo, CO $59,180 same as national
211 Sandusky, OH $59,120 same as national
212 Columbus, OH $59,110 same as national
213 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $59,110 same as national
214 Topeka, KS $59,110 same as national
215 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $59,100 same as national
216 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $59,060 same as national
217 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $58,990 same as national
218 Victoria, TX $58,970 same as national
219 Jonesboro, AR $58,940 same as national
220 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $58,880 1% below national
221 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $58,880 1% below national
222 Bozeman, MT $58,820 1% below national
223 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $58,820 1% below national
224 Pittsburgh, PA $58,760 1% below national
225 Cleveland, OH $58,710 1% below national
226 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $58,690 1% below national
227 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $58,590 1% below national
228 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $58,500 1% below national
229 Lexington-Fayette, KY $58,500 1% below national
230 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $58,490 1% below national
231 Grand Forks, ND-MN $58,460 1% below national
232 Sherman-Denison, TX $58,420 1% below national
233 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $58,330 1% below national
234 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $58,310 1% below national
235 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $58,200 2% below national
236 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $58,110 2% below national
237 Harrisonburg, VA $58,020 2% below national
238 Dubuque, IA $57,980 2% below national
239 Jacksonville, FL $57,870 2% below national
240 Columbia, MO $57,860 2% below national
241 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $57,790 2% below national
242 York-Hanover, PA $57,780 2% below national
243 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $57,780 2% below national
244 Springfield, MA $57,750 2% below national
245 Tulsa, OK $57,750 2% below national
246 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $57,700 3% below national
247 Rochester, MN $57,700 3% below national
248 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $57,660 3% below national
249 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $57,610 3% below national
250 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $57,600 3% below national
251 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $57,570 3% below national
252 Fayetteville, NC $57,420 3% below national
253 Canton-Massillon, OH $57,340 3% below national
254 Asheville, NC $57,320 3% below national
255 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $57,300 3% below national
256 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $57,300 3% below national
257 Waco, TX $57,290 3% below national
258 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $57,260 3% below national
259 Wichita, KS $57,180 3% below national
260 Helena, MT $57,170 3% below national
261 Yakima, WA $57,170 3% below national
262 Warner Robins, GA $57,160 3% below national
263 Cleveland, TN $56,990 4% below national
264 Utica-Rome, NY $56,990 4% below national
265 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $56,990 4% below national
266 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $56,980 4% below national
267 Lebanon, PA $56,870 4% below national
268 Richmond, VA $56,850 4% below national
269 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $56,770 4% below national
270 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $56,690 4% below national
271 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $56,660 4% below national
272 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $56,580 4% below national
273 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $56,580 4% below national
274 Billings, MT $56,550 4% below national
275 Pittsfield, MA $56,550 4% below national
276 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $56,500 5% below national
277 Worcester, MA $56,480 5% below national
278 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $56,450 5% below national
279 Gettysburg, PA $56,430 5% below national
280 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $56,430 5% below national
281 Akron, OH $56,340 5% below national
282 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $56,260 5% below national
283 Columbia, SC $56,150 5% below national
284 Greeley, CO $56,140 5% below national
285 Toledo, OH $55,990 5% below national
286 Albany, GA $55,970 5% below national
287 Bowling Green, KY $55,950 5% below national
288 Great Falls, MT $55,910 6% below national
289 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $55,910 6% below national
290 Springfield, OH $55,900 6% below national
291 Macon-Bibb County, GA $55,870 6% below national
292 Reading, PA $55,840 6% below national
293 Binghamton, NY $55,800 6% below national
294 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $55,800 6% below national
295 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $55,760 6% below national
296 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $55,750 6% below national
297 State College, PA $55,600 6% below national
298 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $55,580 6% below national
299 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $55,560 6% below national
300 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $55,430 6% below national
301 Redding, CA $55,410 6% below national
302 St. Joseph, MO-KS $55,400 6% below national
303 Killeen-Temple, TX $55,340 7% below national
304 Bloomington, IN $55,240 7% below national
305 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $55,180 7% below national
306 Greenville, NC $55,170 7% below national
307 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $55,140 7% below national
308 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $55,130 7% below national
309 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $55,060 7% below national
310 Savannah, GA $55,010 7% below national
311 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $54,990 7% below national
312 Port St. Lucie, FL $54,930 7% below national
313 Dover, DE $54,810 7% below national
314 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $54,800 7% below national
315 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $54,800 7% below national
316 Lancaster, PA $54,760 7% below national
317 Hinesville, GA $54,670 8% below national
318 Lawrence, KS $54,630 8% below national
319 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $54,580 8% below national
320 Wichita Falls, TX $54,550 8% below national
321 Winchester, VA-WV $54,530 8% below national
322 Yuma, AZ $54,320 8% below national
323 Glens Falls, NY $54,270 8% below national
324 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $54,160 8% below national
325 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $54,150 9% below national
326 Rapid City, SD $54,020 9% below national
327 Greensboro-High Point, NC $54,010 9% below national
328 Grand Junction, CO $54,000 9% below national
329 Williamsport, PA $54,000 9% below national
330 Charlottesville, VA $53,960 9% below national
331 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $53,830 9% below national
332 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $53,830 9% below national
333 Winston-Salem, NC $53,800 9% below national
334 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $53,700 9% below national
335 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $53,660 9% below national
336 Goldsboro, NC $53,590 9% below national
337 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $53,540 10% below national
338 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $53,410 10% below national
339 Chambersburg, PA $53,360 10% below national
340 Tallahassee, FL $53,310 10% below national
341 St. Louis, MO-IL $53,300 10% below national
342 Elizabethtown, KY $53,230 10% below national
343 Midland, TX $53,230 10% below national
344 Youngstown-Warren, OH $52,980 10% below national
345 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $52,830 11% below national
346 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $52,820 11% below national
347 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $52,770 11% below national
348 Peoria, IL $52,740 11% below national
349 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $52,630 11% below national
350 Vineland, NJ $52,590 11% below national
351 Lincoln, NE $52,560 11% below national
352 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $52,440 11% below national
353 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $52,430 11% below national
354 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $52,430 11% below national
355 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $52,320 12% below national
356 St. Cloud, MN $52,270 12% below national
357 Saginaw, MI $52,100 12% below national
358 Jefferson City, MO $52,060 12% below national
359 Lima, OH $52,000 12% below national
360 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $52,000 12% below national
361 Tuscaloosa, AL $51,980 12% below national
362 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $51,940 12% below national
363 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $51,880 12% below national
364 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $51,800 12% below national
365 Fort Smith, AR-OK $51,790 13% below national
366 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $51,750 13% below national
367 Kokomo, IN $51,740 13% below national
368 Manchester-Nashua, NH $51,710 13% below national
369 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $51,630 13% below national
370 Huntsville, AL $51,580 13% below national
371 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $51,550 13% below national
372 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $51,530 13% below national
373 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $51,510 13% below national
374 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $51,490 13% below national
375 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $51,240 13% below national
376 Duluth, MN-WI $51,210 13% below national
377 Montgomery, AL $51,170 14% below national
378 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $51,090 14% below national
379 Lynchburg, VA $51,080 14% below national
380 Decatur, AL $51,070 14% below national
381 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $51,070 14% below national
382 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $50,950 14% below national
383 Salisbury, MD $50,890 14% below national
384 Auburn-Opelika, AL $50,880 14% below national
385 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $50,820 14% below national
386 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $50,800 14% below national
387 Roanoke, VA $50,750 14% below national
388 Tyler, TX $50,750 14% below national
389 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $50,690 14% below national
390 Birmingham, AL $50,650 14% below national
391 Burlington, NC $50,590 15% below national
392 Jackson, MS $50,510 15% below national
393 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $50,450 15% below national
394 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $50,430 15% below national
395 Jacksonville, NC $50,340 15% below national
396 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $50,300 15% below national
397 Grand Island, NE $50,280 15% below national
398 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $50,280 15% below national
399 Chattanooga, TN-GA $50,220 15% below national
400 Bloomington, IL $50,170 15% below national
401 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $50,160 15% below national
402 Urban Honolulu, HI $50,090 15% below national
403 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $50,080 15% below national
404 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $50,030 15% below national
405 Colorado Springs, CO $50,020 15% below national
406 Ocala, FL $49,990 16% below national
407 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $49,990 16% below national
408 Gainesville, FL $49,950 16% below national
409 Abilene, TX $49,920 16% below national
410 Mobile, AL $49,900 16% below national
411 Corpus Christi, TX $49,830 16% below national
412 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $49,820 16% below national
413 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $49,780 16% below national
414 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $49,770 16% below national
415 Spartanburg, SC $49,700 16% below national
416 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $49,680 16% below national
417 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $49,670 16% below national
418 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $49,670 16% below national
419 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $49,610 16% below national
420 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $49,570 16% below national
421 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $49,460 16% below national
422 Valdosta, GA $49,430 16% below national
423 Wilmington, NC $49,410 17% below national
424 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $49,330 17% below national
425 Erie, PA $49,160 17% below national
426 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $49,100 17% below national
427 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $49,060 17% below national
428 Odessa, TX $48,980 17% below national
429 Paducah, KY-IL $48,980 17% below national
430 Sumter, SC $48,980 17% below national
431 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $48,960 17% below national
432 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $48,940 17% below national
433 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $48,890 17% below national
434 Florence, SC $48,830 18% below national
435 Columbus, GA-AL $48,770 18% below national
436 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $48,680 18% below national
437 Athens-Clarke County, GA $48,500 18% below national
438 Lawton, OK $48,470 18% below national
439 Fort Wayne, IN $48,380 18% below national
440 Longview, TX $48,310 18% below national
441 Flint, MI $48,180 19% below national
442 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,170 19% below national
443 Dothan, AL $48,140 19% below national
444 Mansfield, OH $48,120 19% below national
445 Charleston, WV $48,110 19% below national
446 Johnstown, PA $48,100 19% below national
447 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $47,990 19% below national
448 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,930 19% below national
449 Anniston-Oxford, AL $47,920 19% below national
450 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $47,910 19% below national
451 Springfield, MO $47,900 19% below national
452 Baton Rouge, LA $47,890 19% below national
453 Altoona, PA $47,880 19% below national
454 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $47,870 19% below national
455 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $47,830 19% below national
456 Rocky Mount, NC $47,790 19% below national
457 College Station-Bryan, TX $47,730 19% below national
458 Evansville, IN $47,620 20% below national
459 Clarksville, TN-KY $47,600 20% below national
460 Lubbock, TX $47,480 20% below national
461 Beckley, WV $47,230 20% below national
462 Hot Springs, AR $47,120 20% below national
463 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $47,120 20% below national
464 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $47,090 20% below national
465 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $46,770 21% below national
466 Rockford, IL $46,640 21% below national
467 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,550 21% below national
468 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $46,420 22% below national
469 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $46,340 22% below national
470 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,340 22% below national
471 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,330 22% below national
472 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $46,260 22% below national
473 Muncie, IN $46,230 22% below national
474 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $46,100 22% below national
475 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $46,090 22% below national
476 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $45,840 23% below national
477 Morgantown, WV $45,790 23% below national
478 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $45,790 23% below national
479 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,760 23% below national
480 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $45,750 23% below national
481 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $45,700 23% below national
482 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $45,690 23% below national
483 Gadsden, AL $45,650 23% below national
484 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $45,570 23% below national
485 Wheeling, WV-OH $45,480 23% below national
486 Jackson, TN $45,400 23% below national
487 Knoxville, TN $45,400 23% below national
488 Decatur, IL $45,370 23% below national
489 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $45,310 23% below national
490 Jackson, MI $44,750 24% below national
491 Columbus, IN $44,420 25% below national
492 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $44,350 25% below national
493 Johnson City, TN $44,250 25% below national
494 Terre Haute, IN $44,060 26% below national
495 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $43,990 26% below national
496 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $43,930 26% below national
497 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $43,660 26% below national
498 Manhattan, KS $43,380 27% below national
499 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $43,170 27% below national
500 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $43,150 27% below national
501 Monroe, LA $43,000 27% below national
502 Lafayette, LA $41,810 29% below national
503 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $41,670 30% below national
504 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $41,630 30% below national
505 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $41,590 30% below national
506 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $41,020 31% below national
507 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $40,480 32% below national
508 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $39,990 32% below national
509 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $39,300 34% below national
510 Lake Charles, LA $39,170 34% below national
511 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,100 36% below national
512 Alexandria, LA $37,130 37% below national
513 Bay City, MI $37,120 37% below national
514 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $36,640 38% below national
515 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,400 39% below national
516 Hammond, LA $36,050 39% below national
517 Hattiesburg, MS $34,560 42% below national
518 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $33,380 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.