35 Series · SOC 35-3031

Waiters and Waitresses

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

Median Salary

$33,760

per year

Median Hourly

$16.23/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$38,360

average

Employment

2,302,690

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$18,500$25,690$33,760$45,350$62,510
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$8.89$12.35$16.23$21.80$30.06
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$18,500

25th Percentile

$25,690

Median

$33,760

75th Percentile

$45,350

90th Percentile

$62,510

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Vermont $60,910 2. Hawaii $48,570 3. Washington $47,490 4. New York $46,460 5. District of Columbia $45,770

Lowest Paying States

50. Louisiana $16,880 51. South Carolina $18,530 52. Oklahoma $19,890 53. Georgia $20,040 54. Mississippi $20,340
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Vermont $60,910 +80% above national
2 Hawaii $48,570 +44% above national
3 Washington $47,490 +41% above national
4 New York $46,460 +38% above national
5 District of Columbia $45,770 +36% above national
6 Maine $44,550 +32% above national
7 Rhode Island $42,600 +26% above national
8 New Hampshire $39,270 +16% above national
9 New Jersey $38,720 +15% above national
10 Virginia $36,990 +10% above national
11 Arizona $36,730 +9% above national
12 Connecticut $36,440 +8% above national
13 Massachusetts $36,390 +8% above national
14 Ohio $36,030 +7% above national
15 Michigan $35,940 +6% above national
16 California $35,290 +5% above national
17 Maryland $35,140 +4% above national
18 Colorado $34,990 +4% above national
19 Nebraska $34,000 +1% above national
20 Oregon $33,930 +1% above national
21 Delaware $33,750 same as national
22 Virgin Islands $32,230 5% below national
23 Kansas $31,560 7% below national
24 Idaho $30,540 10% below national
25 New Mexico $30,440 10% below national
26 West Virginia $30,320 10% below national
27 Pennsylvania $30,300 10% below national
28 Utah $29,860 12% below national
29 Florida $29,580 12% below national
30 North Dakota $29,420 13% below national
31 Illinois $29,120 14% below national
32 South Dakota $29,080 14% below national
33 Wisconsin $29,050 14% below national
34 North Carolina $28,460 16% below national
35 Tennessee $28,410 16% below national
36 Texas $27,930 17% below national
37 Indiana $27,420 19% below national
38 Alaska $27,370 19% below national
39 Missouri $26,950 20% below national
40 Arkansas $26,350 22% below national
41 Iowa $26,140 23% below national
42 Wyoming $25,340 25% below national
43 Nevada $24,960 26% below national
44 Minnesota $24,470 28% below national
45 Montana $22,630 33% below national
46 Kentucky $22,260 34% below national
47 Alabama $21,920 35% below national
48 Puerto Rico $21,290 37% below national
49 Guam $20,480 39% below national
50 Mississippi $20,340 40% below national
51 Georgia $20,040 41% below national
52 Oklahoma $19,890 41% below national
53 South Carolina $18,530 45% below national
54 Louisiana $16,880 50% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Kahului-Wailuku, HI $71,920 2. Burlington-South Burlington, VT $66,350 3. Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $60,840 4. Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $53,460 5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $48,760

Lowest Paying Metros

524. Monroe, LA $15,470 525. Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $15,620 526. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $15,940 527. Baton Rouge, LA $16,190 528. Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $16,210
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $71,920 +113% above national
2 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $66,350 +97% above national
3 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $60,840 +80% above national
4 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $53,460 +58% above national
5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $48,760 +44% above national
6 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $48,480 +44% above national
7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $48,110 +43% above national
8 Syracuse, NY $47,830 +42% above national
9 Binghamton, NY $47,650 +41% above national
10 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $47,560 +41% above national
11 Utica-Rome, NY $47,380 +40% above national
12 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $47,080 +39% above national
13 Kingston, NY $46,860 +39% above national
14 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $46,820 +39% above national
15 Ithaca, NY $46,610 +38% above national
16 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $46,610 +38% above national
17 Kennewick-Richland, WA $46,390 +37% above national
18 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $46,320 +37% above national
19 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $46,280 +37% above national
20 Bellingham, WA $46,100 +37% above national
21 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $46,020 +36% above national
22 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $45,540 +35% above national
23 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $45,530 +35% above national
24 Longview-Kelso, WA $45,340 +34% above national
25 Boulder, CO $45,330 +34% above national
26 Rochester, NY $45,310 +34% above national
27 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $45,030 +33% above national
28 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $45,010 +33% above national
29 Portland-South Portland, ME $45,010 +33% above national
30 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $44,760 +33% above national
31 Walla Walla, WA $44,590 +32% above national
32 Yakima, WA $44,580 +32% above national
33 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $44,240 +31% above national
34 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $43,140 +28% above national
35 Glens Falls, NY $42,190 +25% above national
36 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $40,720 +21% above national
37 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $40,620 +20% above national
38 Urban Honolulu, HI $39,710 +18% above national
39 Elmira, NY $39,190 +16% above national
40 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $38,960 +15% above national
41 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $38,740 +15% above national
42 Bangor, ME $38,630 +14% above national
43 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $38,440 +14% above national
44 Manchester-Nashua, NH $38,120 +13% above national
45 Charlottesville, VA $37,960 +12% above national
46 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,870 +12% above national
47 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,800 +12% above national
48 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $37,650 +12% above national
49 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $37,360 +11% above national
50 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $37,360 +11% above national
51 Columbus, OH $37,230 +10% above national
52 Napa, CA $37,090 +10% above national
53 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,080 +10% above national
54 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $37,040 +10% above national
55 Harrisonburg, VA $36,970 +10% above national
56 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $36,910 +9% above national
57 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $36,910 +9% above national
58 Colorado Springs, CO $36,760 +9% above national
59 New Haven, CT $36,730 +9% above national
60 Santa Fe, NM $36,610 +8% above national
61 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $36,590 +8% above national
62 Richmond, VA $36,510 +8% above national
63 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $36,510 +8% above national
64 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $36,450 +8% above national
65 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,430 +8% above national
66 Vineland, NJ $36,410 +8% above national
67 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $36,400 +8% above national
68 Saginaw, MI $36,400 +8% above national
69 Ann Arbor, MI $36,360 +8% above national
70 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $36,350 +8% above national
71 Charleston, WV $36,310 +8% above national
72 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $36,310 +8% above national
73 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $36,290 +7% above national
74 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $36,290 +7% above national
75 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $36,260 +7% above national
76 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $36,260 +7% above national
77 Toledo, OH $36,230 +7% above national
78 Vallejo, CA $36,180 +7% above national
79 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $36,180 +7% above national
80 Flint, MI $36,150 +7% above national
81 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $36,120 +7% above national
82 Niles, MI $36,060 +7% above national
83 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $36,060 +7% above national
84 Lincoln, NE $36,050 +7% above national
85 Akron, OH $35,990 +7% above national
86 Traverse City, MI $35,950 +6% above national
87 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $35,930 +6% above national
88 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $35,900 +6% above national
89 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $35,890 +6% above national
90 Midland, MI $35,850 +6% above national
91 Barnstable Town, MA $35,820 +6% above national
92 Grand Island, NE $35,790 +6% above national
93 Cleveland, OH $35,710 +6% above national
94 Flagstaff, AZ $35,710 +6% above national
95 Monroe, MI $35,700 +6% above national
96 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $35,680 +6% above national
97 Lynchburg, VA $35,640 +6% above national
98 Jackson, MI $35,500 +5% above national
99 Canton-Massillon, OH $35,490 +5% above national
100 Lima, OH $35,480 +5% above national
101 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $35,450 +5% above national
102 Tucson, AZ $35,420 +5% above national
103 Salinas, CA $35,390 +5% above national
104 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,390 +5% above national
105 Grand Junction, CO $35,370 +5% above national
106 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $35,360 +5% above national
107 Springfield, OH $35,350 +5% above national
108 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $35,270 +4% above national
109 Worcester, MA $35,260 +4% above national
110 Lawrence, KS $35,250 +4% above national
111 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,190 +4% above national
112 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $35,150 +4% above national
113 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $35,140 +4% above national
114 Omaha, NE-IA $35,090 +4% above national
115 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $35,070 +4% above national
116 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $35,060 +4% above national
117 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $35,060 +4% above national
118 Bay City, MI $35,040 +4% above national
119 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $34,980 +4% above national
120 Mansfield, OH $34,980 +4% above national
121 Roanoke, VA $34,940 +3% above national
122 Yuma, AZ $34,910 +3% above national
123 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,900 +3% above national
124 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $34,860 +3% above national
125 Wichita, KS $34,800 +3% above national
126 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $34,770 +3% above national
127 Springfield, MA $34,740 +3% above national
128 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $34,660 +3% above national
129 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,630 +3% above national
130 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,600 +2% above national
131 Pittsfield, MA $34,590 +2% above national
132 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $34,580 +2% above national
133 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $34,540 +2% above national
134 Youngstown-Warren, OH $34,540 +2% above national
135 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,470 +2% above national
136 Lexington Park, MD $34,460 +2% above national
137 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $34,460 +2% above national
138 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $34,410 +2% above national
139 Winchester, VA-WV $34,380 +2% above national
140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $34,350 +2% above national
141 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $34,340 +2% above national
142 Modesto, CA $34,310 +2% above national
143 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $34,150 +1% above national
144 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,150 +1% above national
145 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,140 +1% above national
146 Las Cruces, NM $34,120 +1% above national
147 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,900 same as national
148 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $33,870 same as national
149 Lewiston, ID-WA $33,860 same as national
150 Stockton-Lodi, CA $33,760 same as national
151 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $33,740 same as national
152 Sandusky, OH $33,740 same as national
153 Yuba City, CA $33,690 same as national
154 Visalia, CA $33,650 same as national
155 Redding, CA $33,600 same as national
156 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,580 1% below national
157 Chico, CA $33,560 1% below national
158 Salem, OR $33,470 1% below national
159 Merced, CA $33,420 1% below national
160 Manhattan, KS $33,380 1% below national
161 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $33,350 1% below national
162 El Centro, CA $33,310 1% below national
163 Fresno, CA $33,290 1% below national
164 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $33,280 1% below national
165 Greeley, CO $33,150 2% below national
166 Dover, DE $33,050 2% below national
167 Pueblo, CO $32,880 3% below national
168 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $32,880 3% below national
169 Bend, OR $32,690 3% below national
170 Grants Pass, OR $32,670 3% below national
171 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $32,450 4% below national
172 Battle Creek, MI $31,870 6% below national
173 Boise City, ID $31,610 6% below national
174 Topeka, KS $31,580 6% below national
175 Albuquerque, NM $31,490 7% below national
176 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $31,470 7% below national
177 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $31,300 7% below national
178 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $31,260 7% below national
179 Coeur d'Alene, ID $31,200 8% below national
180 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $31,200 8% below national
181 Salisbury, MD $31,200 8% below national
182 Medford, OR $31,120 8% below national
183 Albany, OR $30,980 8% below national
184 Naples-Marco Island, FL $30,930 8% below national
185 Jacksonville, FL $30,920 8% below national
186 Farmington, NM $30,840 9% below national
187 Pittsburgh, PA $30,830 9% below national
188 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $30,820 9% below national
189 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $30,780 9% below national
190 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,770 9% below national
191 Eugene-Springfield, OR $30,740 9% below national
192 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $30,740 9% below national
193 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $30,610 9% below national
194 Madison, WI $30,520 10% below national
195 Corvallis, OR $30,400 10% below national
196 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $30,350 10% below national
197 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $30,350 10% below national
198 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $30,300 10% below national
199 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,250 10% below national
200 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $30,230 10% below national
201 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $30,180 11% below national
202 Ogden, UT $30,170 11% below national
203 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $30,140 11% below national
204 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $30,130 11% below national
205 Twin Falls, ID $30,110 11% below national
206 Morgantown, WV $30,060 11% below national
207 Minot, ND $30,010 11% below national
208 Bismarck, ND $29,980 11% below national
209 Idaho Falls, ID $29,980 11% below national
210 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $29,980 11% below national
211 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $29,940 11% below national
212 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $29,910 11% below national
213 Asheville, NC $29,820 12% below national
214 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $29,780 12% below national
215 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $29,740 12% below national
216 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $29,730 12% below national
217 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $29,630 12% below national
218 St. George, UT $29,550 12% below national
219 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $29,510 13% below national
220 Pocatello, ID $29,490 13% below national
221 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $29,490 13% below national
222 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $29,460 13% below national
223 Lancaster, PA $29,450 13% below national
224 Raleigh-Cary, NC $29,450 13% below national
225 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL $29,450 13% below national
226 Logan, UT-ID $29,390 13% below national
227 Port St. Lucie, FL $29,390 13% below national
228 State College, PA $29,390 13% below national
229 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $29,370 13% below national
230 Punta Gorda, FL $29,320 13% below national
231 Midland, TX $29,290 13% below national
232 Anchorage, AK $29,280 13% below national
233 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,260 13% below national
234 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $29,250 13% below national
235 Fargo, ND-MN $29,210 13% below national
236 Kansas City, MO-KS $29,210 13% below national
237 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $29,210 13% below national
238 Wheeling, WV-OH $29,170 14% below national
239 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $29,150 14% below national
240 Rapid City, SD $29,140 14% below national
241 Appleton, WI $29,130 14% below national
242 Bloomington, IL $29,120 14% below national
243 Champaign-Urbana, IL $29,120 14% below national
244 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $29,120 14% below national
245 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $29,120 14% below national
246 Decatur, IL $29,120 14% below national
247 Kankakee, IL $29,120 14% below national
248 Peoria, IL $29,120 14% below national
249 Rockford, IL $29,120 14% below national
250 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $29,120 14% below national
251 Springfield, IL $29,120 14% below national
252 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 14% below national
253 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 14% below national
254 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 14% below national
255 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $29,120 14% below national
256 Sheboygan, WI $29,070 14% below national
257 St. Louis, MO-IL $29,030 14% below national
258 Reading, PA $29,020 14% below national
259 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $29,020 14% below national
260 Wausau, WI $29,010 14% below national
261 Gettysburg, PA $29,000 14% below national
262 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $28,990 14% below national
263 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $28,960 14% below national
264 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $28,960 14% below national
265 Greensboro-High Point, NC $28,940 14% below national
266 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $28,900 14% below national
267 York-Hanover, PA $28,900 14% below national
268 Beckley, WV $28,870 14% below national
269 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $28,860 15% below national
270 Kenosha, WI $28,850 15% below national
271 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $28,850 15% below national
272 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $28,840 15% below national
273 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $28,830 15% below national
274 Green Bay, WI $28,820 15% below national
275 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $28,810 15% below national
276 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $28,810 15% below national
277 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $28,790 15% below national
278 Cheyenne, WY $28,750 15% below national
279 Gainesville, FL $28,720 15% below national
280 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $28,710 15% below national
281 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $28,710 15% below national
282 Ames, IA $28,660 15% below national
283 Eau Claire, WI $28,650 15% below national
284 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $28,650 15% below national
285 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $28,650 15% below national
286 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $28,590 15% below national
287 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $28,590 15% below national
288 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $28,560 15% below national
289 Iowa City, IA $28,520 16% below national
290 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $28,510 16% below national
291 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $28,500 16% below national
292 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $28,490 16% below national
293 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $28,440 16% below national
294 Fond du Lac, WI $28,430 16% below national
295 Chambersburg, PA $28,400 16% below national
296 Lebanon, PA $28,400 16% below national
297 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $28,350 16% below national
298 Homosassa Springs, FL $28,320 16% below national
299 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $28,320 16% below national
300 Casper, WY $28,290 16% below national
301 Janesville-Beloit, WI $28,290 16% below national
302 Sherman-Denison, TX $28,220 16% below national
303 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $28,180 17% below national
304 College Station-Bryan, TX $28,170 17% below national
305 Fort Wayne, IN $28,170 17% below national
306 Sebring, FL $28,170 17% below national
307 Ocala, FL $28,130 17% below national
308 Waco, TX $28,120 17% below national
309 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $28,120 17% below national
310 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $28,100 17% below national
311 Knoxville, TN $28,100 17% below national
312 Killeen-Temple, TX $28,090 17% below national
313 Amarillo, TX $28,020 17% below national
314 Corpus Christi, TX $28,020 17% below national
315 Odessa, TX $28,010 17% below national
316 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $27,920 17% below national
317 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $27,910 17% below national
318 Williamsport, PA $27,910 17% below national
319 Abilene, TX $27,840 18% below national
320 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,830 18% below national
321 Tyler, TX $27,710 18% below national
322 Cedar Rapids, IA $27,620 18% below national
323 Morristown, TN $27,610 18% below national
324 Tallahassee, FL $27,610 18% below national
325 Erie, PA $27,560 18% below national
326 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $27,550 18% below national
327 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $27,520 18% below national
328 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $27,510 19% below national
329 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $27,460 19% below national
330 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $27,410 19% below national
331 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $27,410 19% below national
332 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $27,370 19% below national
333 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $27,360 19% below national
334 Dubuque, IA $27,070 20% below national
335 Johnson City, TN $27,050 20% below national
336 Fairbanks-College, AK $27,040 20% below national
337 Johnstown, PA $27,020 20% below national
338 Jacksonville, NC $26,960 20% below national
339 Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $26,920 20% below national
340 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $26,900 20% below national
341 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $26,870 20% below national
342 Jonesboro, AR $26,850 20% below national
343 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $26,830 21% below national
344 Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $26,800 21% below national
345 Laredo, TX $26,740 21% below national
346 Eagle Pass, TX $26,720 21% below national
347 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $26,710 21% below national
348 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $26,640 21% below national
349 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $26,580 21% below national
350 Altoona, PA $26,550 21% below national
351 Evansville, IN $26,480 22% below national
352 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $26,470 22% below national
353 Lubbock, TX $26,460 22% below national
354 Bloomington, IN $26,340 22% below national
355 Chattanooga, TN-GA $26,210 22% below national
356 St. Joseph, MO-KS $26,190 22% below national
357 Carson City, NV $26,100 23% below national
358 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $26,100 23% below national
359 El Paso, TX $26,070 23% below national
360 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $26,050 23% below national
361 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $26,030 23% below national
362 Fayetteville, NC $26,000 23% below national
363 Clarksville, TN-KY $25,970 23% below national
364 Fort Smith, AR-OK $25,960 23% below national
365 Columbia, MO $25,950 23% below national
366 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $25,900 23% below national
367 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $25,820 24% below national
368 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $25,810 24% below national
369 Hot Springs, AR $25,750 24% below national
370 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $25,720 24% below national
371 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $25,680 24% below national
372 Springfield, MO $25,670 24% below national
373 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $25,620 24% below national
374 Jefferson City, MO $25,580 24% below national
375 Joplin, MO-KS $25,580 24% below national
376 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $25,580 24% below national
377 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $25,570 24% below national
378 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $25,470 25% below national
379 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $25,340 25% below national
380 Longview, TX $25,330 25% below national
381 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $25,200 25% below national
382 Rocky Mount, NC $25,090 26% below national
383 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $24,780 27% below national
384 Texarkana, TX-AR $24,690 27% below national
385 Kokomo, IN $24,540 27% below national
386 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $24,440 28% below national
387 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $24,370 28% below national
388 Columbus, IN $24,190 28% below national
389 Reno, NV $24,150 28% below national
390 Terre Haute, IN $23,960 29% below national
391 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $23,940 29% below national
392 San Angelo, TX $23,920 29% below national
393 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $23,850 29% below national
394 Grand Forks, ND-MN $23,810 29% below national
395 Goldsboro, NC $23,690 30% below national
396 Wichita Falls, TX $23,600 30% below national
397 Bozeman, MT $23,590 30% below national
398 Rochester, MN $23,580 30% below national
399 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $23,520 30% below national
400 Burlington, NC $23,420 31% below national
401 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $23,400 31% below national
402 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $23,320 31% below national
403 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $23,310 31% below national
404 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $23,290 31% below national
405 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $23,240 31% below national
406 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $23,190 31% below national
407 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $23,170 31% below national
408 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $23,160 31% below national
409 Huntsville, AL $23,120 32% below national
410 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $23,070 32% below national
411 Elizabethtown, KY $23,020 32% below national
412 St. Cloud, MN $22,990 32% below national
413 Victoria, TX $22,960 32% below national
414 Mankato, MN $22,900 32% below national
415 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $22,900 32% below national
416 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,900 32% below national
417 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,870 32% below national
418 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $22,830 32% below national
419 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,770 33% below national
420 Tuscaloosa, AL $22,740 33% below national
421 Owensboro, KY $22,590 33% below national
422 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $22,580 33% below national
423 Winston-Salem, NC $22,580 33% below national
424 Duluth, MN-WI $22,570 33% below national
425 Cleveland, TN $22,560 33% below national
426 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $22,500 33% below national
427 Billings, MT $22,480 33% below national
428 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $22,470 33% below national
429 Great Falls, MT $22,420 34% below national
430 North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $22,370 34% below national
431 South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $22,360 34% below national
432 Muncie, IN $22,350 34% below national
433 Lexington-Fayette, KY $22,290 34% below national
434 Jackson, TN $22,280 34% below national
435 Anniston-Oxford, AL $22,240 34% below national
436 Greenville, NC $22,240 34% below national
437 Mobile, AL $22,190 34% below national
438 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $22,190 34% below national
439 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $22,110 35% below national
440 Auburn-Opelika, AL $22,090 35% below national
441 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $21,990 35% below national
442 Missoula, MT $21,950 35% below national
443 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $21,950 35% below national
444 Birmingham, AL $21,930 35% below national
445 Helena, MT $21,870 35% below national
446 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $21,840 35% below national
447 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $21,840 35% below national
448 West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $21,840 35% below national
449 Dothan, AL $21,830 35% below national
450 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $21,790 35% below national
451 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $21,780 35% below national
452 Montgomery, AL $21,760 36% below national
453 Rome, GA $21,560 36% below national
454 Wilmington, NC $21,540 36% below national
455 Gadsden, AL $21,460 36% below national
456 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $21,400 37% below national
457 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $21,400 37% below national
458 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $21,340 37% below national
459 Decatur, AL $21,260 37% below national
460 Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $21,160 37% below national
461 Bowling Green, KY $20,950 38% below national
462 Jackson, MS $20,880 38% below national
463 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $20,800 38% below national
464 Savannah, GA $20,750 39% below national
465 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $20,690 39% below national
466 Arecibo, PR $20,670 39% below national
467 Ponce, PR $20,630 39% below national
468 Aguadilla, PR $20,580 39% below national
469 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $20,540 39% below national
470 Paducah, KY-IL $20,510 39% below national
471 Guayama, PR $20,500 39% below national
472 Tulsa, OK $20,330 40% below national
473 Mayaguez, PR $20,320 40% below national
474 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $20,270 40% below national
475 Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $20,250 40% below national
476 Oklahoma City, OK $20,150 40% below national
477 Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $20,010 41% below national
478 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $19,950 41% below national
479 Gainesville, GA $19,650 42% below national
480 Spartanburg, SC $19,460 42% below national
481 Dalton, GA $19,010 44% below national
482 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $18,890 44% below national
483 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $18,830 44% below national
484 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $18,700 45% below national
485 Lawton, OK $18,650 45% below national
486 Hinesville, GA $18,560 45% below national
487 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $18,520 45% below national
488 Hattiesburg, MS $18,480 45% below national
489 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $18,380 46% below national
490 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $18,360 46% below national
491 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $18,310 46% below national
492 Columbia, SC $18,270 46% below national
493 West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $18,210 46% below national
494 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $18,200 46% below national
495 Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $18,100 46% below national
496 Macon-Bibb County, GA $18,080 46% below national
497 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA $17,970 47% below national
498 Warner Robins, GA $17,950 47% below national
499 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $17,900 47% below national
500 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $17,880 47% below national
501 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $17,860 47% below national
502 Athens-Clarke County, GA $17,810 47% below national
503 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $17,800 47% below national
504 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $17,760 47% below national
505 Lake Charles, LA $17,670 48% below national
506 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $17,630 48% below national
507 Valdosta, GA $17,620 48% below national
508 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $17,540 48% below national
509 Columbus, GA-AL $17,490 48% below national
510 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $17,450 48% below national
511 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $17,380 49% below national
512 Albany, GA $17,330 49% below national
513 Florence, SC $17,320 49% below national
514 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $17,300 49% below national
515 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $17,200 49% below national
516 Sumter, SC $17,120 49% below national
517 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $17,030 50% below national
518 Enid, OK $16,830 50% below national
519 Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $16,560 51% below national
520 Alexandria, LA $16,490 51% below national
521 Hammond, LA $16,490 51% below national
522 Lafayette, LA $16,470 51% below national
523 Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $16,240 52% below national
524 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $16,210 52% below national
525 Baton Rouge, LA $16,190 52% below national
526 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $15,940 53% below national
527 Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $15,620 54% below national
528 Monroe, LA $15,470 54% 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.