31 Series · SOC 31-9096

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers

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

Median Salary

$37,320

per year

Median Hourly

$17.94/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$38,990

average

Employment

114,190

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$29,160$34,320$37,320$44,550$48,150
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$14.02$16.50$17.94$21.42$23.15
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$29,160

25th Percentile

$34,320

Median

$37,320

75th Percentile

$44,550

90th Percentile

$48,150

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Rhode Island $48,050 +29% above national
2 Massachusetts $45,480 +22% above national
3 California $45,470 +22% above national
4 Maine $44,080 +18% above national
5 Minnesota $43,670 +17% above national
6 Washington $43,590 +17% above national
7 District of Columbia $43,580 +17% above national
8 Maryland $43,520 +17% above national
9 New York $43,150 +16% above national
10 New Jersey $42,910 +15% above national
11 Oregon $42,830 +15% above national
12 Connecticut $39,540 +6% above national
13 Colorado $39,480 +6% above national
14 Arizona $38,240 +2% above national
15 Alaska $37,530 +1% above national
16 Illinois $37,310 same as national
17 Florida $37,200 same as national
18 Montana $37,060 1% below national
19 North Carolina $36,680 2% below national
20 Michigan $36,550 2% below national
21 Virginia $36,500 2% below national
22 Pennsylvania $36,480 2% below national
23 Tennessee $36,440 2% below national
24 Wyoming $36,430 2% below national
25 North Dakota $36,370 3% below national
26 Nevada $36,160 3% below national
27 Vermont $36,120 3% below national
28 Delaware $36,060 3% below national
29 Idaho $35,820 4% below national
30 Utah $35,730 4% below national
31 South Carolina $35,680 4% below national
32 New Mexico $35,600 5% below national
33 Hawaii $35,420 5% below national
34 Indiana $35,270 5% below national
35 New Hampshire $35,230 6% below national
36 Nebraska $35,210 6% below national
37 Missouri $35,040 6% below national
38 Wisconsin $34,990 6% below national
39 Georgia $34,980 6% below national
40 Ohio $34,820 7% below national
41 South Dakota $32,810 12% below national
42 Kansas $32,670 12% below national
43 West Virginia $32,630 13% below national
44 Kentucky $32,590 13% below national
45 Iowa $31,200 16% below national
46 Arkansas $30,550 18% below national
47 Texas $30,430 18% below national
48 Mississippi $29,730 20% below national
49 Oklahoma $29,730 20% below national
50 Alabama $29,660 21% below national
51 Louisiana $29,280 22% below national
52 Puerto Rico $21,730 42% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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

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