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Metro directory • 2024 wage release

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Metro pages are where the salary data gets most useful. They show the local market for an occupation, the size of that market, and which metros actually lead once you stop averaging everything together at the national level.

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MetroAverage medianEmploymentOccupations
Abilene, TX$55.1K68,190291
Aguadilla, PR$36.6K43,070193
Akron, OH$61.1K312,950478
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$70.2K436,410581
Albany, GA$55.6K51,880239
Albany, OR$62.3K40,190241
Albuquerque, NM$63.2K384,590499
Alexandria, LA$53.0K50,890223
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$64.0K363,430520
Altoona, PA$55.7K52,430243
Amarillo, TX$56.0K111,050338
Ames, IA$62.8K48,950263
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$73.7K62,490287
Anchorage, AK$72.0K166,840431
Ann Arbor, MI$69.9K210,390452
Anniston-Oxford, AL$51.3K36,270195
Appleton, WI$61.7K118,170349
Arecibo, PR$34.5K30,530156
Asheville, NC$59.7K179,580432
Athens-Clarke County, GA$56.9K82,490303
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$65.5K2,814,960698
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$65.7K160,450395
Auburn-Opelika, AL$55.1K61,670254
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$59.9K219,120440
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$66.1K1,238,280615
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$69.8K323,120479
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$70.4K1,310,090672
Bangor, ME$61.1K66,000313
Barnstable Town, MA$71.6K86,420285
Baton Rouge, LA$58.8K387,420490
Battle Creek, MI$60.7K47,760232
Bay City, MI$56.1K28,070181
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$60.9K150,610361
Beckley, WV$51.3K37,680202
Bellingham, WA$70.7K84,690338
Bend, OR$66.3K101,840380
Billings, MT$61.3K86,710350
Binghamton, NY$64.8K89,670338
Birmingham, AL$60.3K495,390505
Bismarck, ND$64.1K64,280290
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$60.7K65,380285
Bloomington, IL$64.3K72,420277
Bloomington, IN$60.4K62,360269
Boise City, ID$61.6K372,840503
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$77.1K2,668,430704
Boulder, CO$75.8K184,160426
Bowling Green, KY$54.9K72,220274
Bozeman, MT$63.1K63,230286
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$75.7K85,710301
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$75.8K393,830503
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$51.8K150,290324
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$55.7K40,080207
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$68.7K522,000588
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$67.4K110,770398
Burlington, NC$56.8K61,390251
Canton-Massillon, OH$56.4K159,100395
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$59.1K288,820442
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$54.6K37,410213
Carson City, NV$60.7K24,790170
Casper, WY$59.2K33,770202
Cedar Rapids, IA$60.5K133,430396
Chambersburg, PA$60.8K53,200234
Champaign-Urbana, IL$64.3K94,950332
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$64.0K378,130519
Charleston, WV$57.1K98,620341
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$63.7K1,329,450665
Charlottesville, VA$66.8K98,950354
Chattanooga, TN-GA$57.4K261,220462
Cheyenne, WY$62.2K41,760218
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$70.0K4,419,210723
Chico, CA$66.2K70,900302
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$64.1K1,082,390643
Clarksville, TN-KY$56.5K93,110304
Cleveland, OH$63.3K1,020,690636
Cleveland, TN$54.0K38,900203
Coeur d'Alene, ID$59.7K64,780247
College Station-Bryan, TX$60.1K117,860366
Colorado Springs, CO$67.5K310,030483
Columbia, MO$59.5K97,650326
Columbia, SC$59.6K377,420523
Columbus, GA-AL$55.4K108,640341
Columbus, IN$61.2K42,980197
Columbus, OH$65.5K1,062,130612
Corpus Christi, TX$58.1K178,610403
Corvallis, OR$67.3K31,170226
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$61.7K118,090329
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$66.3K3,962,770721
Dalton, GA$56.6K61,070230
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$53.4K77,610268
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$60.9K171,710433
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$64.4K364,340495
Decatur, AL$56.5K53,340244
Decatur, IL$60.9K35,600191
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$55.9K208,960407
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$72.7K1,587,790663
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$64.0K396,290518
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$65.7K1,892,010678
Dothan, AL$50.2K53,720243
Dover, DE$61.5K58,510263
Dubuque, IA$59.5K51,760252
Duluth, MN-WI$63.4K118,340381
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$68.0K313,170469
Eagle Pass, TX$42.0K13,64083
Eau Claire, WI$61.1K79,470309
El Centro, CA$68.9K56,570223
El Paso, TX$54.9K323,960475
Elizabethtown, KY$57.1K46,050217
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$57.9K123,550314
Elmira, NY$61.9K28,790190
Enid, OK$48.8K18,360138
Erie, PA$57.2K112,540345
Eugene-Springfield, OR$65.4K150,870443
Evansville, IN$58.9K127,290367
Fairbanks-College, AK$68.9K30,130213
Fargo, ND-MN$63.6K142,010408
Farmington, NM$56.6K40,540205
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$57.8K250,790422
Fayetteville, NC$59.2K124,070342
Flagstaff, AZ$61.6K57,830251
Flint, MI$60.5K126,300331
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$51.7K48,600220
Florence, SC$54.3K83,170283
Fond du Lac, WI$61.2K37,140203
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$69.5K166,570442
Fort Smith, AR-OK$50.6K90,600297
Fort Wayne, IN$58.7K217,590457
Fresno, CA$67.9K456,450533
Gadsden, AL$46.7K26,920155
Gainesville, FL$56.8K137,280359
Gainesville, GA$57.5K92,720307
Gettysburg, PA$57.2K27,120177
Glens Falls, NY$62.0K45,790257
Goldsboro, NC$53.1K35,440195
Grand Forks, ND-MN$63.3K45,320245
Grand Island, NE$58.1K31,810191
Grand Junction, CO$59.9K60,300286
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$61.9K555,950570
Grants Pass, OR$59.2K25,980168
Great Falls, MT$56.4K31,430204
Greeley, CO$65.9K104,700349
Green Bay, WI$61.2K163,940414
Greensboro-High Point, NC$59.9K351,850508
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$60.2K417,430531
Greenville, NC$59.1K74,330287
Guayama, PR$32.3K7,93066
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$55.5K150,470398
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$60.2K99,400342
Hammond, LA$51.2K40,460187
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$66.1K38,610193
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$62.9K321,970490
Harrisonburg, VA$58.9K58,910267
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$73.2K584,420580
Hattiesburg, MS$48.6K55,620247
Helena, MT$61.6K37,360229
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$56.2K149,400383
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$57.2K77,460279
Hinesville, GA$53.9K15,530120
Homosassa Springs, FL$53.2K29,080161
Hot Springs, AR$48.9K32,620180
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$53.1K76,820275
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$64.8K3,184,170696
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$54.2K132,980382
Huntsville, AL$64.0K247,970405
Idaho Falls, ID$61.3K72,960273
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$64.3K1,081,930638
Iowa City, IA$61.7K82,760307
Ithaca, NY$68.1K40,530238
Jackson, MI$60.4K48,620231
Jackson, MS$54.4K262,110462
Jackson, TN$55.0K77,690293
Jacksonville, FL$61.5K748,090591
Jacksonville, NC$52.6K47,540224
Janesville-Beloit, WI$62.3K62,980264
Jefferson City, MO$55.3K70,060289
Johnson City, TN$53.5K73,910290
Johnstown, PA$53.8K42,420227
Jonesboro, AR$51.8K54,160242
Joplin, MO-KS$56.2K81,250287
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$67.1K66,730253
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$62.7K112,700344
Kankakee, IL$58.0K36,390184
Kansas City, MO-KS$64.6K1,085,630634
Kennewick-Richland, WA$76.5K118,800352
Kenosha, WI$64.0K67,640254
Killeen-Temple, TX$57.1K142,270381
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$56.8K107,680351
Kingston, NY$63.1K52,190257
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$70.0K252,660446
Knoxville, TN$59.4K409,970552
Kokomo, IN$57.9K25,670151
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$62.4K76,190309
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$59.0K92,120308
Lafayette, LA$53.8K161,310337
Lake Charles, LA$53.8K91,470275
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$56.0K50,100230
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$57.0K253,230437
Lancaster, PA$60.2K241,540449
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$64.9K201,640450
Laredo, TX$50.5K98,930252
Las Cruces, NM$58.8K70,800269
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$63.4K1,105,730605
Lawrence, KS$59.7K43,880217
Lawton, OK$51.0K36,120208
Lebanon, PA$58.0K46,940217
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$61.4K42,320240
Lewiston, ID-WA$57.5K22,190153
Lexington Park, MD$75.2K65,860262
Lexington-Fayette, KY$61.0K268,620459
Lima, OH$58.0K43,480221
Lincoln, NE$60.5K173,300437
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$54.3K344,620502
Logan, UT-ID$56.2K58,800258
Longview-Kelso, WA$70.0K35,230206
Longview, TX$55.4K109,910344
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$76.1K6,108,670755
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$60.8K674,640575
Lubbock, TX$55.2K155,370392
Lynchburg, VA$59.6K90,200333
Macon-Bibb County, GA$55.5K88,100298
Madison, WI$68.9K398,230553
Manchester-Nashua, NH$67.5K196,830450
Manhattan, KS$57.6K45,630246
Mankato, MN$64.7K48,500248
Mansfield, OH$55.7K43,290231
Mayaguez, PR$32.9K47,230199
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$52.5K282,860410
Medford, OR$63.0K82,890349
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$59.9K603,990582
Merced, CA$64.9K72,050271
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$62.8K2,734,480700
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$55.3K35,110188
Midland, MI$66.4K30,080176
Midland, TX$67.0K111,190289
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$66.4K808,080608
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$73.0K1,918,270677
Minot, ND$60.7K27,030153
Missoula, MT$59.1K60,450311
Mobile, AL$56.0K159,770387
Modesto, CA$70.6K187,180407
Monroe, LA$52.4K78,640270
Monroe, MI$62.1K35,160196
Montgomery, AL$55.5K155,930378
Morgantown, WV$59.0K59,550261
Morristown, TN$52.2K41,200210
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$72.2K46,860259
Muncie, IN$56.7K37,590207
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$56.8K54,650238
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$52.9K134,360316
Napa, CA$74.6K72,520272
Naples-Marco Island, FL$63.6K158,220350
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$63.6K1,080,830630
New Haven, CT$72.9K267,270456
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$61.9K423,980515
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$80.1K9,286,540771
Niles, MI$60.1K53,390252
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$59.6K322,840473
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$70.9K108,600351
Ocala, FL$53.7K110,540314
Odessa, TX$57.8K71,310244
Ogden, UT$60.4K262,670462
Oklahoma City, OK$59.6K658,550593
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$74.2K120,760348
Omaha, NE-IA$64.0K482,550568
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$59.8K1,381,720621
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$63.5K87,190305
Owensboro, KY$54.9K42,740205
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$71.1K311,100489
Paducah, KY-IL$56.2K43,860198
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$62.0K235,220438
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$56.8K82,440299
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$54.3K31,400170
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$57.2K180,410394
Peoria, IL$63.5K158,230390
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$68.8K2,862,660741
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$65.9K2,305,050660
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$54.4K34,590193
Pittsburgh, PA$62.9K1,095,500660
Pittsfield, MA$69.4K51,190253
Pocatello, ID$55.2K28,190174
Ponce, PR$35.7K57,670226
Port St. Lucie, FL$59.2K160,380370
Portland-South Portland, ME$66.7K273,750502
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$73.4K1,185,520690
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$59.3K64,380266
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$69.7K688,310606
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$58.3K290,320453
Pueblo, CO$60.0K56,160259
Punta Gorda, FL$55.8K49,110216
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$61.7K70,300261
Raleigh-Cary, NC$64.9K708,740568
Rapid City, SD$56.9K65,770305
Reading, PA$62.0K163,120411
Redding, CA$67.8K63,490295
Reno, NV$63.8K266,200516
Richmond, VA$66.8K641,320593
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$72.2K1,678,100679
Roanoke, VA$58.6K144,590398
Rochester, MN$69.5K104,570319
Rochester, NY$66.8K478,760572
Rockford, IL$61.1K133,700342
Rocky Mount, NC$56.0K49,290248
Rome, GA$54.5K37,600203
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$77.2K1,047,540659
Saginaw, MI$59.3K72,550281
Salem, OR$68.3K179,940437
Salinas, CA$72.1K177,290378
Salisbury, MD$61.4K47,710243
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$65.4K797,980628
San Angelo, TX$53.7K44,080227
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$62.1K1,102,080620
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$75.7K1,503,720673
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$89.2K2,381,660702
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$90.4K1,115,600600
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$41.4K676,090523
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$71.1K113,580378
Sandusky, OH$57.0K43,210218
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$75.4K89,580330
Santa Fe, NM$62.3K55,900263
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$76.0K193,590448
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$74.9K196,160425
Savannah, GA$59.3K181,560394
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$59.3K245,100450
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$81.4K2,058,740710
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$57.2K51,450239
Sebring, FL$51.3K22,610144
Sheboygan, WI$62.7K55,010238
Sherman-Denison, TX$54.6K45,980225
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$53.8K152,770348
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$59.3K29,180192
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$58.9K69,460291
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$59.7K166,970405
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$55.0K91,020265
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$59.9K124,070399
Spartanburg, SC$59.5K157,370353
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$68.5K247,920485
Springfield, IL$62.0K94,770320
Springfield, MA$69.7K189,550400
Springfield, MO$55.9K215,310426
Springfield, OH$56.6K41,980207
St. Cloud, MN$64.9K96,200330
St. George, UT$56.7K80,330280
St. Joseph, MO-KS$57.8K46,520224
St. Louis, MO-IL$63.7K1,315,170668
State College, PA$61.6K58,250252
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$58.6K42,490219
Stockton-Lodi, CA$68.4K276,940443
Sumter, SC$54.6K28,980174
Syracuse, NY$67.5K285,570529
Tallahassee, FL$56.1K169,440379
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$60.0K1,415,940656
Terre Haute, IN$56.8K58,960278
Texarkana, TX-AR$52.6K50,980233
Toledo, OH$61.0K284,740472
Topeka, KS$59.6K104,830328
Traverse City, MI$59.6K61,090280
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$75.7K220,060450
Tucson, AZ$61.1K369,340490
Tulsa, OK$58.6K444,770526
Tuscaloosa, AL$57.6K98,860318
Twin Falls, ID$55.3K43,100205
Tyler, TX$55.1K104,820331
Urban Honolulu, HI$70.4K424,860493
Utica-Rome, NY$63.4K108,980362
Valdosta, GA$52.1K48,800240
Vallejo, CA$77.4K133,150378
Victoria, TX$54.2K32,640194
Vineland, NJ$64.8K54,900242
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$64.4K738,100594
Visalia, CA$65.1K162,260358
Waco, TX$58.6K119,560353
Walla Walla, WA$65.6K19,230157
Warner Robins, GA$60.0K66,610258
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$78.4K3,103,200721
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$67.6K153,730397
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$59.8K79,230319
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$61.6K33,670193
Wausau, WI$61.3K64,480266
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$55.0K30,530180
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$67.7K46,590233
Wheeling, WV-OH$56.1K53,280263
Wichita Falls, TX$53.7K50,750244
Wichita, KS$59.1K300,050478
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$59.9K33,780181
Williamsport, PA$57.2K44,300235
Wilmington, NC$59.8K180,150428
Winchester, VA-WV$61.8K59,430245
Winston-Salem, NC$58.8K264,200477
Worcester, MA$72.8K342,980491
Yakima, WA$65.2K91,910299
York-Hanover, PA$61.2K176,710403
Youngstown-Warren, OH$55.5K151,050368
Yuba City, CA$67.0K45,210228
Yuma, AZ$57.7K60,280242

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Current-year metro rankings are reliable. All data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, published annually.

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