25 Series · SOC 25-9045

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary

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

Median Salary

$35,240

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$35,960

average

Employment

1,375,300

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$23,710$29,120$35,240$40,400$48,140
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$23,710

25th Percentile

$29,120

Median

$35,240

75th Percentile

$40,400

90th Percentile

$48,140

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Washington $47,210 2. California $45,460 3. District of Columbia $44,820 4. Maine $43,870 5. Minnesota $38,160

Lowest Paying States

50. Guam $20,540 51. Mississippi $21,790 52. Puerto Rico $22,310 53. Alabama $22,790 54. South Carolina $24,510
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Washington $47,210 +34% above national
2 California $45,460 +29% above national
3 District of Columbia $44,820 +27% above national
4 Maine $43,870 +24% above national
5 Minnesota $38,160 +8% above national
6 Massachusetts $37,920 +8% above national
7 New Hampshire $37,220 +6% above national
8 Connecticut $37,160 +5% above national
9 Vermont $37,120 +5% above national
10 North Dakota $36,810 +4% above national
11 Delaware $36,760 +4% above national
12 Virginia $36,650 +4% above national
13 New York $36,600 +4% above national
14 Oregon $36,540 +4% above national
15 Virgin Islands $36,300 +3% above national
16 Wisconsin $36,050 +2% above national
17 Illinois $35,780 +2% above national
18 Maryland $35,700 +1% above national
19 New Jersey $35,620 +1% above national
20 Hawaii $35,420 +1% above national
21 Ohio $35,380 same as national
22 Arizona $34,550 2% below national
23 Utah $34,410 2% below national
24 Wyoming $34,410 2% below national
25 Montana $33,720 4% below national
26 Rhode Island $31,920 9% below national
27 Colorado $31,390 11% below national
28 Michigan $30,960 12% below national
29 Alaska $30,560 13% below national
30 Pennsylvania $30,550 13% below national
31 Indiana $30,460 14% below national
32 Nevada $30,450 14% below national
33 New Mexico $30,350 14% below national
34 Florida $30,230 14% below national
35 Idaho $29,840 15% below national
36 Arkansas $29,270 17% below national
37 Kentucky $29,220 17% below national
38 Missouri $29,060 18% below national
39 Iowa $28,500 19% below national
40 North Carolina $28,230 20% below national
41 West Virginia $28,220 20% below national
42 Tennessee $28,030 20% below national
43 Kansas $27,960 21% below national
44 Georgia $27,860 21% below national
45 Nebraska $27,840 21% below national
46 Texas $27,630 22% below national
47 Louisiana $27,040 23% below national
48 South Dakota $27,020 23% below national
49 Oklahoma $26,830 24% below national
50 South Carolina $24,510 30% below national
51 Alabama $22,790 35% below national
52 Puerto Rico $22,310 37% below national
53 Mississippi $21,790 38% below national
54 Guam $20,540 42% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $50,870 2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $49,980 3. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $49,610 4. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $48,120 5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $47,630

Lowest Paying Metros

522. Hattiesburg, MS $18,910 523. Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $19,760 524. Guayama, PR $20,840 525. West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,980 526. Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $21,070
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $50,870 +44% above national
2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $49,980 +42% above national
3 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $49,610 +41% above national
4 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $48,120 +37% above national
5 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $47,630 +35% above national
6 Bellingham, WA $47,540 +35% above national
7 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $47,440 +35% above national
8 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $46,920 +33% above national
9 Decatur, IL $46,870 +33% above national
10 Portland-South Portland, ME $46,590 +32% above national
11 Salinas, CA $46,410 +32% above national
12 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $46,380 +32% above national
13 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $46,370 +32% above national
14 Napa, CA $46,280 +31% above national
15 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $46,070 +31% above national
16 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $45,820 +30% above national
17 Modesto, CA $45,790 +30% above national
18 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $45,420 +29% above national
19 Yakima, WA $45,400 +29% above national
20 Vallejo, CA $44,950 +28% above national
21 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $44,930 +27% above national
22 Stockton-Lodi, CA $44,370 +26% above national
23 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $44,330 +26% above national
24 El Centro, CA $44,020 +25% above national
25 Yuba City, CA $43,610 +24% above national
26 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $43,550 +24% above national
27 Visalia, CA $43,530 +24% above national
28 Kennewick-Richland, WA $43,500 +23% above national
29 Longview-Kelso, WA $43,300 +23% above national
30 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $43,010 +22% above national
31 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $42,790 +21% above national
32 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $42,010 +19% above national
33 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $41,300 +17% above national
34 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $41,270 +17% above national
35 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $41,260 +17% above national
36 Bangor, ME $40,770 +16% above national
37 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $40,670 +15% above national
38 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $40,610 +15% above national
39 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $40,380 +15% above national
40 Bismarck, ND $40,130 +14% above national
41 Pittsfield, MA $39,920 +13% above national
42 Walla Walla, WA $39,700 +13% above national
43 Fresno, CA $39,290 +11% above national
44 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $39,070 +11% above national
45 Rochester, MN $38,790 +10% above national
46 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $38,690 +10% above national
47 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $38,630 +10% above national
48 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $38,580 +9% above national
49 Redding, CA $38,540 +9% above national
50 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $38,500 +9% above national
51 Chico, CA $38,350 +9% above national
52 Worcester, MA $38,280 +9% above national
53 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $38,240 +9% above national
54 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $38,060 +8% above national
55 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $37,980 +8% above national
56 Merced, CA $37,930 +8% above national
57 Barnstable Town, MA $37,900 +8% above national
58 New Haven, CT $37,830 +7% above national
59 Eugene-Springfield, OR $37,820 +7% above national
60 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $37,670 +7% above national
61 Flagstaff, AZ $37,610 +7% above national
62 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $37,530 +6% above national
63 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $37,510 +6% above national
64 Grand Junction, CO $37,490 +6% above national
65 Duluth, MN-WI $37,460 +6% above national
66 Springfield, MA $37,450 +6% above national
67 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $37,440 +6% above national
68 St. Cloud, MN $37,380 +6% above national
69 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $37,370 +6% above national
70 Lexington-Fayette, KY $37,330 +6% above national
71 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,250 +6% above national
72 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $37,210 +6% above national
73 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $37,130 +5% above national
74 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $37,110 +5% above national
75 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $37,100 +5% above national
76 Fargo, ND-MN $37,080 +5% above national
77 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $37,070 +5% above national
78 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,030 +5% above national
79 Eau Claire, WI $36,930 +5% above national
80 Bozeman, MT $36,920 +5% above national
81 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $36,880 +5% above national
82 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $36,830 +5% above national
83 Manchester-Nashua, NH $36,830 +5% above national
84 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $36,810 +4% above national
85 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $36,790 +4% above national
86 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,760 +4% above national
87 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $36,730 +4% above national
88 Bend, OR $36,680 +4% above national
89 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $36,670 +4% above national
90 Akron, OH $36,650 +4% above national
91 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $36,620 +4% above national
92 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $36,590 +4% above national
93 Roanoke, VA $36,560 +4% above national
94 Salem, OR $36,560 +4% above national
95 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $36,550 +4% above national
96 Winchester, VA-WV $36,520 +4% above national
97 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $36,470 +3% above national
98 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $36,470 +3% above national
99 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $36,420 +3% above national
100 Minot, ND $36,410 +3% above national
101 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $36,330 +3% above national
102 Madison, WI $36,330 +3% above national
103 Medford, OR $36,260 +3% above national
104 Dover, DE $36,240 +3% above national
105 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $36,230 +3% above national
106 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $36,220 +3% above national
107 Cleveland, OH $36,160 +3% above national
108 Mankato, MN $36,130 +3% above national
109 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $36,080 +2% above national
110 Sheboygan, WI $35,940 +2% above national
111 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $35,940 +2% above national
112 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $35,870 +2% above national
113 Green Bay, WI $35,860 +2% above national
114 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,850 +2% above national
115 Traverse City, MI $35,820 +2% above national
116 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,810 +2% above national
117 Lewiston, ID-WA $35,790 +2% above national
118 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $35,740 +1% above national
119 Syracuse, NY $35,720 +1% above national
120 Springfield, OH $35,710 +1% above national
121 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $35,680 +1% above national
122 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $35,680 +1% above national
123 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,660 +1% above national
124 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $35,640 +1% above national
125 Harrisonburg, VA $35,620 +1% above national
126 Ogden, UT $35,610 +1% above national
127 Appleton, WI $35,600 +1% above national
128 Kenosha, WI $35,560 +1% above national
129 Grand Forks, ND-MN $35,530 +1% above national
130 Wausau, WI $35,530 +1% above national
131 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $35,520 +1% above national
132 Kingston, NY $35,510 +1% above national
133 Toledo, OH $35,510 +1% above national
134 Helena, MT $35,500 +1% above national
135 Grants Pass, OR $35,480 +1% above national
136 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $35,450 +1% above national
137 Salisbury, MD $35,440 +1% above national
138 Columbus, OH $35,410 same as national
139 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $35,410 same as national
140 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,410 same as national
141 Albany, OR $35,320 same as national
142 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $35,320 same as national
143 Urban Honolulu, HI $35,270 same as national
144 Fond du Lac, WI $35,260 same as national
145 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $35,260 same as national
146 Missoula, MT $35,240 same as national
147 Ithaca, NY $35,180 same as national
148 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,140 same as national
149 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $35,060 1% below national
150 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,030 1% below national
151 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $35,020 1% below national
152 Corvallis, OR $35,010 1% below national
153 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $35,000 1% below national
154 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $34,950 1% below national
155 Elmira, NY $34,910 1% below national
156 Canton-Massillon, OH $34,880 1% below national
157 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $34,850 1% below national
158 Sandusky, OH $34,840 1% below national
159 Richmond, VA $34,810 1% below national
160 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $34,770 1% below national
161 Gainesville, FL $34,750 1% below national
162 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $34,750 1% below national
163 Peoria, IL $34,740 1% below national
164 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $34,700 2% below national
165 Janesville-Beloit, WI $34,600 2% below national
166 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $34,570 2% below national
167 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,560 2% below national
168 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $34,520 2% below national
169 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $34,470 2% below national
170 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $34,440 2% below national
171 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $34,410 2% below national
172 Lexington Park, MD $34,390 2% below national
173 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $34,350 3% below national
174 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $34,330 3% below national
175 Glens Falls, NY $34,280 3% below national
176 Lancaster, PA $34,210 3% below national
177 St. George, UT $34,150 3% below national
178 Mansfield, OH $34,000 4% below national
179 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $33,940 4% below national
180 Vineland, NJ $33,830 4% below national
181 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $33,820 4% below national
182 Gettysburg, PA $33,760 4% below national
183 Rochester, NY $33,730 4% below national
184 Utica-Rome, NY $33,720 4% below national
185 Tucson, AZ $33,690 4% below national
186 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,560 5% below national
187 Raleigh-Cary, NC $33,400 5% below national
188 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $33,330 5% below national
189 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $33,320 5% below national
190 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $33,280 6% below national
191 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $33,130 6% below national
192 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $33,110 6% below national
193 Greeley, CO $33,100 6% below national
194 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $32,960 6% below national
195 Springfield, IL $32,870 7% below national
196 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $32,830 7% below national
197 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $32,760 7% below national
198 Naples-Marco Island, FL $32,670 7% below national
199 Port St. Lucie, FL $32,470 8% below national
200 Ann Arbor, MI $32,420 8% below national
201 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $32,420 8% below national
202 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $32,400 8% below national
203 Clarksville, TN-KY $32,310 8% below national
204 Punta Gorda, FL $32,230 9% below national
205 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $32,070 9% below national
206 Binghamton, NY $31,880 10% below national
207 Jacksonville, FL $31,850 10% below national
208 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $31,450 11% below national
209 Kankakee, IL $31,410 11% below national
210 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $31,410 11% below national
211 Reading, PA $31,350 11% below national
212 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $31,350 11% below national
213 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $31,350 11% below national
214 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $31,290 11% below national
215 Farmington, NM $31,260 11% below national
216 Great Falls, MT $31,250 11% below national
217 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $31,220 11% below national
218 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $31,220 11% below national
219 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $31,210 11% below national
220 Omaha, NE-IA $31,210 11% below national
221 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $31,200 11% below national
222 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $31,200 11% below national
223 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $31,190 11% below national
224 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $31,130 12% below national
225 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $31,090 12% below national
226 Bay City, MI $31,070 12% below national
227 Charlottesville, VA $31,010 12% below national
228 Hammond, LA $31,010 12% below national
229 Kansas City, MO-KS $30,910 12% below national
230 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $30,890 12% below national
231 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $30,860 12% below national
232 Pittsburgh, PA $30,860 12% below national
233 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $30,830 13% below national
234 Alexandria, LA $30,780 13% below national
235 Topeka, KS $30,770 13% below national
236 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $30,760 13% below national
237 Pueblo, CO $30,750 13% below national
238 St. Louis, MO-IL $30,740 13% below national
239 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $30,720 13% below national
240 Flint, MI $30,720 13% below national
241 Santa Fe, NM $30,700 13% below national
242 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,650 13% below national
243 Niles, MI $30,640 13% below national
244 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $30,600 13% below national
245 Billings, MT $30,570 13% below national
246 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $30,570 13% below national
247 Reno, NV $30,570 13% below national
248 Battle Creek, MI $30,560 13% below national
249 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $30,560 13% below national
250 Coeur d'Alene, ID $30,540 13% below national
251 Lebanon, PA $30,520 13% below national
252 Monroe, LA $30,520 13% below national
253 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $30,450 14% below national
254 Monroe, MI $30,430 14% below national
255 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $30,380 14% below national
256 Fort Wayne, IN $30,360 14% below national
257 Joplin, MO-KS $30,360 14% below national
258 Idaho Falls, ID $30,350 14% below national
259 State College, PA $30,340 14% below national
260 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $30,270 14% below national
261 Rockford, IL $30,220 14% below national
262 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $30,200 14% below national
263 Youngstown-Warren, OH $30,190 14% below national
264 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $30,180 14% below national
265 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,160 14% below national
266 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $30,150 14% below national
267 Evansville, IN $30,120 15% below national
268 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $30,120 15% below national
269 Boise City, ID $30,070 15% below national
270 Cheyenne, WY $30,060 15% below national
271 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,060 15% below national
272 Midland, MI $30,040 15% below national
273 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $30,030 15% below national
274 Logan, UT-ID $30,000 15% below national
275 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,000 15% below national
276 Boulder, CO $29,990 15% below national
277 Colorado Springs, CO $29,990 15% below national
278 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $29,990 15% below national
279 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $29,990 15% below national
280 Owensboro, KY $29,960 15% below national
281 Bloomington, IL $29,950 15% below national
282 Fairbanks-College, AK $29,920 15% below national
283 Cedar Rapids, IA $29,890 15% below national
284 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $29,870 15% below national
285 Albuquerque, NM $29,860 15% below national
286 Casper, WY $29,860 15% below national
287 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $29,850 15% below national
288 York-Hanover, PA $29,850 15% below national
289 Yuma, AZ $29,850 15% below national
290 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $29,850 15% below national
291 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $29,840 15% below national
292 Lima, OH $29,840 15% below national
293 Manhattan, KS $29,830 15% below national
294 Laredo, TX $29,810 15% below national
295 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $29,800 15% below national
296 Lake Charles, LA $29,780 15% below national
297 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $29,710 16% below national
298 Jefferson City, MO $29,670 16% below national
299 Jackson, MI $29,660 16% below national
300 Tulsa, OK $29,650 16% below national
301 Oklahoma City, OK $29,620 16% below national
302 Champaign-Urbana, IL $29,600 16% below national
303 Tallahassee, FL $29,600 16% below national
304 Victoria, TX $29,580 16% below national
305 Kokomo, IN $29,570 16% below national
306 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $29,560 16% below national
307 Wichita, KS $29,560 16% below national
308 Anchorage, AK $29,540 16% below national
309 Saginaw, MI $29,530 16% below national
310 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,530 16% below national
311 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $29,520 16% below national
312 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $29,490 16% below national
313 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $29,470 16% below national
314 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $29,420 17% below national
315 Bloomington, IN $29,410 17% below national
316 Twin Falls, ID $29,380 17% below national
317 Fort Smith, AR-OK $29,360 17% below national
318 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $29,350 17% below national
319 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $29,280 17% below national
320 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $29,260 17% below national
321 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,240 17% below national
322 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $29,230 17% below national
323 Wilmington, NC $29,190 17% below national
324 Jonesboro, AR $29,170 17% below national
325 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $29,140 17% below national
326 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $29,110 17% below national
327 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $29,060 18% below national
328 Chambersburg, PA $29,050 18% below national
329 Iowa City, IA $29,040 18% below national
330 Chattanooga, TN-GA $29,030 18% below national
331 Hot Springs, AR $28,990 18% below national
332 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $28,990 18% below national
333 Erie, PA $28,970 18% below national
334 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $28,960 18% below national
335 Las Cruces, NM $28,960 18% below national
336 Ames, IA $28,950 18% below national
337 Lynchburg, VA $28,930 18% below national
338 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $28,920 18% below national
339 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $28,910 18% below national
340 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $28,910 18% below national
341 Midland, TX $28,880 18% below national
342 Bowling Green, KY $28,860 18% below national
343 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $28,820 18% below national
344 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $28,770 18% below national
345 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $28,770 18% below national
346 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,770 18% below national
347 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $28,770 18% below national
348 Wheeling, WV-OH $28,760 18% below national
349 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $28,750 18% below national
350 Terre Haute, IN $28,740 18% below national
351 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $28,700 19% below national
352 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,690 19% below national
353 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $28,660 19% below national
354 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $28,650 19% below national
355 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $28,610 19% below national
356 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,600 19% below national
357 Charleston, WV $28,590 19% below national
358 Asheville, NC $28,570 19% below national
359 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,560 19% below national
360 Muncie, IN $28,550 19% below national
361 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $28,540 19% below national
362 Paducah, KY-IL $28,500 19% below national
363 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $28,480 19% below national
364 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $28,470 19% below national
365 Columbus, IN $28,410 19% below national
366 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $28,370 19% below national
367 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $28,370 19% below national
368 Savannah, GA $28,360 20% below national
369 Ocala, FL $28,340 20% below national
370 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $28,320 20% below national
371 Homosassa Springs, FL $28,300 20% below national
372 Columbia, SC $28,280 20% below national
373 Williamsport, PA $28,280 20% below national
374 Baton Rouge, LA $28,270 20% below national
375 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $28,260 20% below national
376 Sebring, FL $28,220 20% below national
377 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $28,210 20% below national
378 Dubuque, IA $28,200 20% below national
379 Altoona, PA $28,180 20% below national
380 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $28,160 20% below national
381 Johnstown, PA $28,120 20% below national
382 Columbia, MO $28,100 20% below national
383 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $28,100 20% below national
384 Eagle Pass, TX $28,080 20% below national
385 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $28,050 20% below national
386 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $28,030 20% below national
387 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $28,030 20% below national
388 Elizabethtown, KY $28,010 21% below national
389 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $27,890 21% below national
390 Jackson, TN $27,880 21% below national
391 Abilene, TX $27,860 21% below national
392 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $27,860 21% below national
393 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $27,840 21% below national
394 Morgantown, WV $27,810 21% below national
395 Rome, GA $27,810 21% below national
396 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $27,790 21% below national
397 Beckley, WV $27,780 21% below national
398 Burlington, NC $27,740 21% below national
399 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $27,720 21% below national
400 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $27,710 21% below national
401 Greenville, NC $27,680 21% below national
402 Lawton, OK $27,620 22% below national
403 Springfield, MO $27,620 22% below national
404 Greensboro-High Point, NC $27,590 22% below national
405 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $27,540 22% below national
406 Fayetteville, NC $27,470 22% below national
407 Hinesville, GA $27,440 22% below national
408 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $27,380 22% below national
409 Gainesville, GA $27,370 22% below national
410 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $27,330 22% below national
411 Jacksonville, NC $27,290 23% below national
412 Winston-Salem, NC $27,210 23% below national
413 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $27,210 23% below national
414 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $27,190 23% below national
415 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $27,160 23% below national
416 Goldsboro, NC $27,080 23% below national
417 Florence, SC $27,050 23% below national
418 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $27,030 23% below national
419 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $26,960 23% below national
420 St. Joseph, MO-KS $26,920 24% below national
421 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $26,850 24% below national
422 Warner Robins, GA $26,830 24% below national
423 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $26,670 24% below national
424 Rocky Mount, NC $26,610 24% below national
425 El Paso, TX $26,550 25% below national
426 Waco, TX $26,490 25% below national
427 Rapid City, SD $26,480 25% below national
428 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $26,470 25% below national
429 Valdosta, GA $26,440 25% below national
430 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $26,430 25% below national
431 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $26,420 25% below national
432 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $26,310 25% below national
433 Athens-Clarke County, GA $26,290 25% below national
434 Dalton, GA $26,220 26% below national
435 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $26,200 26% below national
436 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $25,640 27% below national
437 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $25,590 27% below national
438 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $25,580 27% below national
439 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $25,520 28% below national
440 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $25,280 28% below national
441 Odessa, TX $25,220 28% below national
442 Grand Island, NE $24,960 29% below national
443 Lincoln, NE $24,960 29% below national
444 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $24,960 29% below national
445 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $24,770 30% below national
446 Birmingham, AL $24,630 30% below national
447 Enid, OK $24,570 30% below national
448 Wichita Falls, TX $24,330 31% below national
449 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $24,220 31% below national
450 Johnson City, TN $24,210 31% below national
451 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $24,140 31% below national
452 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $24,070 32% below national
453 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $23,940 32% below national
454 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $23,720 33% below national
455 Amarillo, TX $23,710 33% below national
456 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $23,660 33% below national
457 Sherman-Denison, TX $23,600 33% below national
458 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $23,570 33% below national
459 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $23,540 33% below national
460 Spartanburg, SC $23,490 33% below national
461 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $23,420 34% below national
462 Albany, GA $23,370 34% below national
463 Knoxville, TN $23,350 34% below national
464 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $23,330 34% below national
465 Huntsville, AL $23,250 34% below national
466 Montgomery, AL $23,240 34% below national
467 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $23,200 34% below national
468 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $23,170 34% below national
469 Lubbock, TX $23,120 34% below national
470 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $23,110 34% below national
471 Cleveland, TN $23,060 35% below national
472 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $23,020 35% below national
473 Macon-Bibb County, GA $23,000 35% below national
474 Longview, TX $22,950 35% below national
475 Tyler, TX $22,890 35% below national
476 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,810 35% below national
477 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $22,790 35% below national
478 Texarkana, TX-AR $22,780 35% below national
479 Columbus, GA-AL $22,740 35% below national
480 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $22,740 35% below national
481 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $22,720 36% below national
482 College Station-Bryan, TX $22,590 36% below national
483 Aguadilla, PR $22,570 36% below national
484 Sumter, SC $22,560 36% below national
485 Dothan, AL $22,550 36% below national
486 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,500 36% below national
487 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,490 36% below national
488 Auburn-Opelika, AL $22,440 36% below national
489 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $22,440 36% below national
490 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,410 36% below national
491 Tuscaloosa, AL $22,390 36% below national
492 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $22,350 37% below national
493 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,330 37% below national
494 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $22,320 37% below national
495 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $22,320 37% below national
496 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $22,290 37% below national
497 Mayaguez, PR $22,270 37% below national
498 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $22,260 37% below national
499 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $22,260 37% below national
500 Killeen-Temple, TX $22,230 37% below national
501 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,210 37% below national
502 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $22,190 37% below national
503 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $22,180 37% below national
504 Anniston-Oxford, AL $22,120 37% below national
505 Morristown, TN $22,100 37% below national
506 Mobile, AL $22,080 37% below national
507 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $22,050 37% below national
508 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $21,930 38% below national
509 Corpus Christi, TX $21,880 38% below national
510 Decatur, AL $21,750 38% below national
511 Lafayette, LA $21,740 38% below national
512 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $21,710 38% below national
513 Ponce, PR $21,690 38% below national
514 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $21,650 39% below national
515 Arecibo, PR $21,610 39% below national
516 Lawrence, KS $21,520 39% below national
517 Jackson, MS $21,370 39% below national
518 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $21,350 39% below national
519 Gadsden, AL $21,340 39% below national
520 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $21,240 40% below national
521 San Angelo, TX $21,090 40% below national
522 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $21,070 40% below national
523 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,980 40% below national
524 Guayama, PR $20,840 41% below national
525 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $19,760 44% below national
526 Hattiesburg, MS $18,910 46% below national

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