Metro Area Salaries

Salary data for 528 metro and nonmetro areas (May 2025) Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics across all 50 states; see our methodology.

AL

Anniston-Oxford, AL Auburn-Opelika, AL Birmingham, AL Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Decatur, AL Dothan, AL Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Gadsden, AL Huntsville, AL Mobile, AL Montgomery, AL Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area Tuscaloosa, AL

AK

Alaska nonmetropolitan area Anchorage, AK Fairbanks-College, AK

PA

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Altoona, PA Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Chambersburg, PA Erie, PA Gettysburg, PA Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Johnstown, PA Lancaster, PA Lebanon, PA Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Pittsburgh, PA Reading, PA Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area State College, PA Williamsport, PA York-Hanover, PA

AZ

Arizona nonmetropolitan area Flagstaff, AZ Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Tucson, AZ Yuma, AZ

NV

Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area Carson City, NV Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Reno, NV

CA

Bakersfield-Delano, CA Chico, CA Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area El Centro, CA Fresno, CA Hanford-Corcoran, CA Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Merced, CA Modesto, CA Napa, CA North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Redding, CA Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Salinas, CA San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Stockton-Lodi, CA Vallejo, CA Visalia, CA Yuba City, CA

MO

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area Columbia, MO Jefferson City, MO Joplin, MO-KS Kansas City, MO-KS North Missouri nonmetropolitan area Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area Springfield, MO St. Joseph, MO-KS St. Louis, MO-IL

NH

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area Manchester-Nashua, NH Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area

TN

Chattanooga, TN-GA Clarksville, TN-KY Cleveland, TN East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area Jackson, TN Johnson City, TN Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Knoxville, TN Memphis, TN-MS-AR Morristown, TN Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area

CO

Boulder, CO Colorado Springs, CO Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Grand Junction, CO Greeley, CO Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area Pueblo, CO Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area

CT

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Connecticut nonmetropolitan area Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT New Haven, CT Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Waterbury-Shelton, CT

DE

Dover, DE Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area

MN

Duluth, MN-WI Mankato, MN Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Rochester, MN Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area St. Cloud, MN

AR

East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Fort Smith, AR-OK Hot Springs, AR Jonesboro, AR Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area

SD

East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area Rapid City, SD Sioux Falls, SD-MN West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area

FL

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Gainesville, FL Homosassa Springs, FL Jacksonville, FL Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Naples-Marco Island, FL North Florida nonmetropolitan area North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Ocala, FL Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Port St. Lucie, FL Punta Gorda, FL Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL Sebring, FL South Florida nonmetropolitan area Tallahassee, FL Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Wildwood-The Villages, FL

GA

Albany, GA Athens-Clarke County, GA Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Columbus, GA-AL Dalton, GA East Georgia nonmetropolitan area Gainesville, GA Hinesville, GA Macon-Bibb County, GA Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area North Georgia nonmetropolitan area Rome, GA Savannah, GA South Georgia nonmetropolitan area Valdosta, GA Warner Robins, GA

HI

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area Kahului-Wailuku, HI Urban Honolulu, HI

UT

High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area Logan, UT-ID Ogden, UT Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Salt Lake City-Murray, UT St. George, UT Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area

IA

Ames, IA Cedar Rapids, IA Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Dubuque, IA Iowa City, IA Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

ID

Boise City, ID Coeur d'Alene, ID Idaho Falls, ID Lewiston, ID-WA Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area Pocatello, ID Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area Twin Falls, ID

IL

Bloomington, IL Champaign-Urbana, IL Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Decatur, IL East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area Kankakee, IL Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area Peoria, IL Rockford, IL South Illinois nonmetropolitan area Springfield, IL West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area

IN

Bloomington, IN Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area Columbus, IN Elkhart-Goshen, IN Evansville, IN Fort Wayne, IN Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Kokomo, IN Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Michigan City-La Porte, IN Muncie, IN Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area Terre Haute, IN

KS

Kansas nonmetropolitan area Lawrence, KS Manhattan, KS Topeka, KS Wichita, KS

KY

Bowling Green, KY Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area Elizabethtown, KY Lexington-Fayette, KY Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Owensboro, KY Paducah, KY-IL South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

LA

Alexandria, LA Baton Rouge, LA Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area Hammond, LA Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Lafayette, LA Lake Charles, LA Monroe, LA New Orleans-Metairie, LA Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area

MA

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Barnstable Town, MA Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area Pittsfield, MA Springfield, MA Worcester, MA

MD

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Lexington Park, MD Maryland nonmetropolitan area Salisbury, MD

ME

Bangor, ME Lewiston-Auburn, ME Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area Portland-South Portland, ME Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area

MI

Ann Arbor, MI Battle Creek, MI Bay City, MI Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Flint, MI Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Jackson, MI Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Lansing-East Lansing, MI Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area Midland, MI Monroe, MI Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Niles, MI Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area Saginaw, MI Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area Traverse City, MI Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area

MS

Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Hattiesburg, MS Jackson, MS Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

MT

Billings, MT Bozeman, MT East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area Great Falls, MT Helena, MT Missoula, MT Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area West Montana nonmetropolitan area

NC

Asheville, NC Burlington, NC Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Fayetteville, NC Goldsboro, NC Greensboro-High Point, NC Greenville, NC Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Jacksonville, NC Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Raleigh-Cary, NC Rocky Mount, NC Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area Wilmington, NC Winston-Salem, NC

ND

Bismarck, ND East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area Fargo, ND-MN Grand Forks, ND-MN Minot, ND West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area

NE

Grand Island, NE Lincoln, NE Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area Omaha, NE-IA South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area

NJ

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Trenton-Princeton, NJ Vineland, NJ

NM

Albuquerque, NM Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area Farmington, NM Las Cruces, NM Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area Santa Fe, NM

NY

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Binghamton, NY Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area Central East New York nonmetropolitan area Elmira, NY Glens Falls, NY Ithaca, NY Kingston, NY Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Rochester, NY Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area Syracuse, NY Utica-Rome, NY Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

OH

Akron, OH Canton-Massillon, OH Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area Lima, OH Mansfield, OH North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) Sandusky, OH Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area Springfield, OH Toledo, OH West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area Youngstown-Warren, OH

OK

Enid, OK Lawton, OK Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Oklahoma City, OK Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Tulsa, OK

OR

Albany, OR Bend, OR Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area Corvallis, OR Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area Eugene-Springfield, OR Grants Pass, OR Medford, OR Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Salem, OR

PR

Aguadilla, PR Arecibo, PR Guayama, PR Mayaguez, PR Ponce, PR Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR

RI

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

SC

Charleston-North Charleston, SC Columbia, SC Florence, SC Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area Spartanburg, SC Sumter, SC

TX

Abilene, TX Amarillo, TX Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area College Station-Bryan, TX Corpus Christi, TX Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Eagle Pass, TX Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area El Paso, TX Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Killeen-Temple, TX Laredo, TX Longview, TX Lubbock, TX McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Midland, TX North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area Odessa, TX San Angelo, TX San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Sherman-Denison, TX Texarkana, TX-AR Tyler, TX Victoria, TX Waco, TX Wichita Falls, TX

VA

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Charlottesville, VA Harrisonburg, VA Lynchburg, VA Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area Richmond, VA Roanoke, VA Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Winchester, VA-WV

VT

Burlington-South Burlington, VT Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area

WA

Bellingham, WA Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area Kennewick-Richland, WA Longview-Kelso, WA Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Walla Walla, WA Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA Western Washington nonmetropolitan area Yakima, WA

DC

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

WI

Appleton, WI Eau Claire, WI Fond du Lac, WI Green Bay, WI Janesville-Beloit, WI Kenosha, WI La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Madison, WI Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI Sheboygan, WI South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Wausau, WI Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area

WV

Beckley, WV Charleston, WV Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Morgantown, WV Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Wheeling, WV-OH

WY

Casper, WY Cheyenne, WY Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area

Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.