51 Series · SOC 51-4121

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

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

Median Salary

$51,000

per year

Median Hourly

$24.52/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$55,100

average

Employment

424,040

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$38,130$45,580$51,000$61,610$75,850
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$18.33$21.91$24.52$29.62$36.47
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$38,130

25th Percentile

$45,580

Median

$51,000

75th Percentile

$61,610

90th Percentile

$75,850

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Hawaii $76,970 2. Alaska $75,140 3. Wyoming $66,070 4. Connecticut $64,520 5. Washington $61,730

Lowest Paying States

50. Puerto Rico $29,020 51. Guam $39,950 52. West Virginia $47,000 53. Arkansas $47,100 54. Alabama $47,170
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Hawaii $76,970 +51% above national
2 Alaska $75,140 +47% above national
3 Wyoming $66,070 +30% above national
4 Connecticut $64,520 +27% above national
5 Washington $61,730 +21% above national
6 Massachusetts $61,710 +21% above national
7 North Dakota $60,270 +18% above national
8 Louisiana $59,860 +17% above national
9 New Jersey $59,630 +17% above national
10 Nevada $59,370 +16% above national
11 Minnesota $58,730 +15% above national
12 District of Columbia $58,700 +15% above national
13 Oregon $58,590 +15% above national
14 Maine $58,340 +14% above national
15 California $57,940 +14% above national
16 New Hampshire $57,700 +13% above national
17 Vermont $57,520 +13% above national
18 Virginia $57,350 +12% above national
19 New York $57,230 +12% above national
20 Colorado $57,200 +12% above national
21 Rhode Island $57,000 +12% above national
22 Delaware $56,510 +11% above national
23 Maryland $56,420 +11% above national
24 Utah $56,050 +10% above national
25 Wisconsin $55,630 +9% above national
26 Arizona $53,770 +5% above national
27 New Mexico $52,460 +3% above national
28 Montana $51,280 +1% above national
29 Pennsylvania $50,860 same as national
30 Nebraska $50,550 1% below national
31 Virgin Islands $50,540 1% below national
32 North Carolina $49,860 2% below national
33 Texas $49,830 2% below national
34 Illinois $49,730 2% below national
35 Mississippi $49,490 3% below national
36 Missouri $49,460 3% below national
37 Iowa $49,450 3% below national
38 Florida $49,430 3% below national
39 Ohio $49,410 3% below national
40 Kentucky $49,260 3% below national
41 Idaho $49,190 4% below national
42 South Carolina $49,120 4% below national
43 Kansas $49,040 4% below national
44 Michigan $48,930 4% below national
45 Oklahoma $48,490 5% below national
46 Indiana $48,460 5% below national
47 South Dakota $48,340 5% below national
48 Georgia $48,000 6% below national
49 Tennessee $47,280 7% below national
50 Alabama $47,170 8% below national
51 Arkansas $47,100 8% below national
52 West Virginia $47,000 8% below national
53 Guam $39,950 22% below national
54 Puerto Rico $29,020 43% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Fairbanks-College, AK $83,400 2. Lima, OH $83,100 3. Alaska nonmetropolitan area $78,450 4. Urban Honolulu, HI $77,350 5. Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $77,350

Lowest Paying Metros

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