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

Median Salary

$36,660

per year

Median Hourly

$17.63/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$43,090

average

Employment

49,010

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$26,890$31,250$36,660$45,910$59,930
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$12.93$15.03$17.63$22.07$28.81
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$26,890

25th Percentile

$31,250

Median

$36,660

75th Percentile

$45,910

90th Percentile

$59,930

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Vermont $53,420 +46% above national
2 District of Columbia $52,140 +42% above national
3 Idaho $50,830 +39% above national
4 Wyoming $49,010 +34% above national
5 Washington $48,830 +33% above national
6 Alaska $45,000 +23% above national
7 Hawaii $44,620 +22% above national
8 California $42,210 +15% above national
9 Colorado $41,600 +13% above national
10 Oregon $39,560 +8% above national
11 Massachusetts $39,360 +7% above national
12 Maine $38,900 +6% above national
13 Utah $38,820 +6% above national
14 Nevada $37,580 +3% above national
15 New York $37,510 +2% above national
16 Minnesota $36,510 same as national
17 Virgin Islands $36,370 1% below national
18 Montana $36,350 1% below national
19 Kentucky $36,240 1% below national
20 Rhode Island $35,890 2% below national
21 Maryland $35,610 3% below national
22 New Hampshire $35,610 3% below national
23 Georgia $35,410 3% below national
24 Wisconsin $35,360 4% below national
25 Florida $35,240 4% below national
26 New Jersey $35,140 4% below national
27 Illinois $35,070 4% below national
28 New Mexico $35,060 4% below national
29 Tennessee $34,720 5% below national
30 Connecticut $34,460 6% below national
31 South Dakota $34,330 6% below national
32 North Dakota $34,320 6% below national
33 Virginia $33,790 8% below national
34 Michigan $33,520 9% below national
35 Kansas $33,490 9% below national
36 North Carolina $33,490 9% below national
37 South Carolina $32,570 11% below national
38 Pennsylvania $32,210 12% below national
39 Oklahoma $31,950 13% below national
40 Ohio $31,330 15% below national
41 Arkansas $31,290 15% below national
42 Missouri $31,230 15% below national
43 Nebraska $30,200 18% below national
44 Texas $30,050 18% below national
45 Louisiana $29,970 18% below national
46 Alabama $29,800 19% below national
47 Guam $29,390 20% below national
48 Iowa $29,130 21% below national
49 Delaware $29,050 21% below national
50 Indiana $28,570 22% below national
51 Mississippi $27,310 26% below national
52 West Virginia $25,730 30% below national
53 Puerto Rico $23,790 35% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $57,230 +56% above national
2 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $55,860 +52% above national
3 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $53,420 +46% above national
4 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $53,420 +46% above national
5 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $52,090 +42% above national
6 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $52,060 +42% above national
7 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $50,660 +38% above national
8 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $49,010 +34% above national
9 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $48,580 +33% above national
10 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $47,840 +30% above national
11 Vallejo, CA $47,430 +29% above national
12 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $47,040 +28% above national
13 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $46,630 +27% above national
14 Boulder, CO $46,440 +27% above national
15 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $45,920 +25% above national
16 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $45,870 +25% above national
17 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $44,870 +22% above national
18 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $44,870 +22% above national
19 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $44,800 +22% above national
20 Anchorage, AK $44,790 +22% above national
21 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $44,120 +20% above national
22 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $44,080 +20% above national
23 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $44,050 +20% above national
24 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $43,740 +19% above national
25 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $43,150 +18% above national
26 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $42,420 +16% above national
27 Pittsfield, MA $42,260 +15% above national
28 Bellingham, WA $42,080 +15% above national
29 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $41,830 +14% above national
30 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $41,820 +14% above national
31 Boise City, ID $41,690 +14% above national
32 Salinas, CA $41,510 +13% above national
33 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $41,490 +13% above national
34 Napa, CA $41,340 +13% above national
35 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $41,150 +12% above national
36 Colorado Springs, CO $41,140 +12% above national
37 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $41,090 +12% above national
38 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $40,920 +12% above national
39 Worcester, MA $40,860 +11% above national
40 Fairbanks-College, AK $40,760 +11% above national
41 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $40,690 +11% above national
42 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $40,570 +11% above national
43 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $40,390 +10% above national
44 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $40,360 +10% above national
45 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $40,220 +10% above national
46 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $40,220 +10% above national
47 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $40,060 +9% above national
48 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $39,890 +9% above national
49 Medford, OR $39,810 +9% above national
50 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $39,780 +9% above national
51 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $39,560 +8% above national
52 St. George, UT $39,440 +8% above national
53 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $39,400 +7% above national
54 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $39,360 +7% above national
55 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $39,220 +7% above national
56 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $38,960 +6% above national
57 Barnstable Town, MA $38,830 +6% above national
58 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $38,660 +5% above national
59 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $38,650 +5% above national
60 Fresno, CA $38,580 +5% above national
61 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $38,290 +4% above national
62 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $38,200 +4% above national
63 Ogden, UT $38,150 +4% above national
64 Bend, OR $37,990 +4% above national
65 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $37,890 +3% above national
66 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $37,810 +3% above national
67 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $37,760 +3% above national
68 Bozeman, MT $37,510 +2% above national
69 Portland-South Portland, ME $37,440 +2% above national
70 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,440 +2% above national
71 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $37,380 +2% above national
72 Santa Fe, NM $37,170 +1% above national
73 Greeley, CO $37,120 +1% above national
74 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $37,020 +1% above national
75 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $36,970 +1% above national
76 Urban Honolulu, HI $36,890 +1% above national
77 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $36,790 same as national
78 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $36,580 same as national
79 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $36,470 1% below national
80 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $36,430 1% below national
81 Springfield, MA $36,410 1% below national
82 Jacksonville, FL $36,380 1% below national
83 Helena, MT $36,350 1% below national
84 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $36,220 1% below national
85 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $36,220 1% below national
86 Eugene-Springfield, OR $36,170 1% below national
87 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $36,070 2% below national
88 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $35,890 2% below national
89 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $35,810 2% below national
90 Asheville, NC $35,800 2% below national
91 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $35,790 2% below national
92 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $35,750 2% below national
93 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,650 3% below national
94 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $35,610 3% below national
95 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $35,430 3% below national
96 Richmond, VA $35,420 3% below national
97 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $35,410 3% below national
98 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $35,360 4% below national
99 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $35,230 4% below national
100 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $35,060 4% below national
101 Charlottesville, VA $34,980 5% below national
102 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $34,770 5% below national
103 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $34,720 5% below national
104 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $34,660 5% below national
105 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,560 6% below national
106 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,480 6% below national
107 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $34,450 6% below national
108 Cleveland, OH $34,250 7% below national
109 Naples-Marco Island, FL $34,240 7% below national
110 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $34,230 7% below national
111 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $34,220 7% below national
112 Winston-Salem, NC $34,100 7% below national
113 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,100 7% below national
114 Lexington-Fayette, KY $33,920 7% below national
115 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $33,860 8% below national
116 Rapid City, SD $33,740 8% below national
117 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $33,610 8% below national
118 Tulsa, OK $33,540 9% below national
119 New Haven, CT $33,400 9% below national
120 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $33,380 9% below national
121 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $33,290 9% below national
122 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $32,870 10% below national
123 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $32,820 10% below national
124 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $32,760 11% below national
125 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $32,660 11% below national
126 Madison, WI $32,620 11% below national
127 Lancaster, PA $32,580 11% below national
128 Knoxville, TN $32,540 11% below national
129 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $32,520 11% below national
130 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $32,410 12% below national
131 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $32,400 12% below national
132 Roanoke, VA $32,320 12% below national
133 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $32,290 12% below national
134 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $32,050 13% below national
135 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $31,980 13% below national
136 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $31,920 13% below national
137 Columbus, OH $31,850 13% below national
138 Duluth, MN-WI $31,830 13% below national
139 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $31,830 13% below national
140 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $31,710 14% below national
141 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $31,570 14% below national
142 Gettysburg, PA $31,510 14% below national
143 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $31,470 14% below national
144 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $31,470 14% below national
145 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $31,470 14% below national
146 St. Louis, MO-IL $31,410 14% below national
147 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $31,330 15% below national
148 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $31,290 15% below national
149 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $31,210 15% below national
150 Birmingham, AL $31,200 15% below national
151 Omaha, NE-IA $31,200 15% below national
152 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $31,200 15% below national
153 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $31,150 15% below national
154 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $31,130 15% below national
155 Sandusky, OH $31,130 15% below national
156 Kansas City, MO-KS $30,750 16% below national
157 Greensboro-High Point, NC $30,680 16% below national
158 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $30,600 17% below national
159 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $30,580 17% below national
160 Toledo, OH $30,340 17% below national
161 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $30,320 17% below national
162 Huntsville, AL $30,240 18% below national
163 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $30,240 18% below national
164 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $30,160 18% below national
165 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $30,150 18% below national
166 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $30,110 18% below national
167 Wilmington, NC $29,970 18% below national
168 Baton Rouge, LA $29,940 18% below national
169 Pittsburgh, PA $29,930 18% below national
170 Fort Wayne, IN $29,910 18% below national
171 Springfield, MO $29,680 19% below national
172 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,680 19% below national
173 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $29,680 19% below national
174 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $29,540 19% below national
175 Rockford, IL $29,520 19% below national
176 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $29,490 20% below national
177 Ocala, FL $29,430 20% below national
178 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $29,350 20% below national
179 Savannah, GA $29,290 20% below national
180 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,290 20% below national
181 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $29,180 20% below national
182 Raleigh-Cary, NC $29,090 21% below national
183 Waco, TX $29,050 21% below national
184 Montgomery, AL $29,040 21% below national
185 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $28,850 21% below national
186 Corpus Christi, TX $28,810 21% below national
187 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $28,520 22% below national
188 Green Bay, WI $28,510 22% below national
189 Albuquerque, NM $28,420 22% below national
190 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $28,360 23% below national
191 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,260 23% below national
192 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $28,130 23% below national
193 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $28,080 23% below national
194 Akron, OH $28,040 24% below national
195 Mobile, AL $27,920 24% below national
196 Lafayette, LA $27,880 24% below national
197 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $27,830 24% below national
198 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $27,350 25% below national
199 Chattanooga, TN-GA $27,110 26% below national
200 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $26,850 27% below national
201 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $26,820 27% below national
202 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $26,490 28% below national
203 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $26,410 28% below national
204 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $26,360 28% below national
205 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $26,220 28% below national
206 Columbia, SC $25,910 29% below national
207 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $25,780 30% below national
208 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $25,640 30% below national
209 Oklahoma City, OK $25,330 31% below national
210 Beckley, WV $24,170 34% below national
211 Charleston, WV $23,190 37% below national
212 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $22,730 38% below national
213 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $22,170 40% below national
214 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $21,970 40% below national
215 Wheeling, WV-OH $21,960 40% below national
216 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $21,010 43% below national
217 Lake Charles, LA $18,430 50% 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.