Dental Nurses

Median Salary: $67,300

Many dental nurses across the United States share a few key professional attributes. For example, concern for others, independence, and integrity can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 173,900 individuals were employed as dental nurses nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to cultivate these traits and receive solid training, particularly if you're ready to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for dental nurses in the U.S. was $67,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $32.40. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about dental nurses, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the United States.

Dental nurses should be skilled in:

Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Speech Clarity
Multilimb Coordination
Deductive Reasoning

Different individuals go into different careers; dental nurses are typically:

Realistic
Conventional
Investigative

Working as a dental nurse requires knowledge in subjects like:

Customer and Personal Service
Biology
Psychology
Sales and Marketing
Production and Processing

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals employed as dental nurses). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of dental nurses in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anniston	90	$40,800	$19.60	$50,300	$24.20	53.9%
Auburn	100	$47,600	$22.90	$54,400	$26.20	60.7%
Birmingham	830	$43,800	$21.10	$49,200	$23.70	26.1%
Decatur	50	$38,600	$18.50	$42,900	$20.60	-32.2%
Dothan	120	$44,300	$21.30	$48,000	$23.10	52.5%
Florence	120	$30,100	$14.50	$36,100	$17.40	85.1%
Gadsden	50	$40,000	$19.20	$48,700	$23.40	-1.2%
Huntsville	360	$45,700	$22.00	$50,800	$24.40	31.2%
Mobile	180	$40,000	$19.20	$45,700	$22.00	-23%
Montgomery	260	$43,700	$21.00	$50,400	$24.20	20.2%
Tuscaloosa	140	$43,100	$20.70	$48,600	$23.40	14.7%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	320	$98,800	$47.50	$114,100	$54.90	45%
Fairbanks	50	$96,300	$46.30	$105,200	$50.60	3.5%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	80	$73,100	$35.20	$79,200	$38.10	8.2%
Lake Havasu City	NA	$80,100	$38.50	$85,000	$40.90	NA
Phoenix	1,860	$77,200	$37.10	$83,600	$40.20	-20.6%
Prescott	100	$82,100	$39.50	$88,600	$42.60	31.7%
Tucson	490	$74,200	$35.70	$81,200	$39.00	0.9%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	220	$69,800	$33.60	$79,000	$38.00	-15.4%
Fort Smith	100	$58,300	$28.10	$64,200	$30.90	-38.2%
Hot Springs	50	$57,300	$27.60	$76,800	$36.90	4.7%
Jonesboro	70	$58,800	$28.30	$74,300	$35.70	4.4%
Little Rock	400	$57,300	$27.50	$64,700	$31.10	-8.8%
Pine Bluff	60	$73,200	$35.20	$80,400	$38.70	19.4%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	220	$80,000	$38.40	$100,400	$48.30	-37.1%
Chico	130	$96,400	$46.40	$110,400	$53.10	37.5%
Fresno	360	$67,100	$32.20	$75,200	$36.20	-17%
Hanford	70	$76,800	$36.90	$86,400	$41.50	38.8%
Los Angeles (Area)	4,980	$87,000	$41.80	$100,800	$48.50	-25.2%
Madera	40	$80,200	$38.50	$89,600	$43.10	-28.5%
Merced	130	$60,200	$28.90	$83,600	$40.20	61.1%
Modesto	190	$72,700	$34.90	$92,300	$44.40	-8.4%
Napa	80	$99,300	$47.80	$115,300	$55.40	-6.5%
Oakland	2,400	$101,200	$48.60	$118,400	$56.90	81.9%
Oxnard	610	$102,300	$49.20	$113,000	$54.30	56%
Redding	90	$83,000	$39.90	$89,800	$43.20	4.1%
Riverside	1,310	$88,600	$42.60	$98,900	$47.60	-17.5%
Sacramento	1,810	$93,300	$44.80	$107,000	$51.40	60%
Salinas	NA	$92,000	$44.20	$105,100	$50.50	NA
San Diego	1,510	$92,900	$44.70	$103,400	$49.70	-11.1%
San Francisco (Area)	3,610	$106,500	$51.20	$123,300	$59.30	37%
San Francisco (City)	1,210	$111,900	$53.80	$128,300	$61.70	-7.8%
San Jose	720	$87,800	$42.20	$114,800	$55.20	-39.1%
San Luis Obispo	230	$92,500	$44.50	$100,400	$48.20	75.8%
Santa Barbara	NA	$64,500	$31.00	$81,500	$39.20	NA
Santa Cruz	260	$79,800	$38.40	$100,300	$48.20	129.2%
Santa Rosa	360	$119,100	$57.30	$128,600	$61.80	53.9%
Stockton	220	$72,100	$34.60	$90,200	$43.40	-21.9%
Vallejo	210	$91,700	$44.10	$118,000	$56.70	29.8%
Visalia	120	$82,300	$39.60	$88,300	$42.50	-32.6%
Yuba City	90	$97,700	$47.00	$105,600	$50.80	71.2%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	190	$82,700	$39.80	$94,000	$45.20	-6.8%
Colorado Springs	440	$63,600	$30.60	$77,900	$37.40	34.7%
Denver	1,950	$79,300	$38.10	$86,000	$41.30	20.4%
Fort Collins	220	$72,500	$34.90	$78,200	$37.60	29.2%
Grand Junction	80	$73,100	$35.10	$80,400	$38.70	-0.9%
Greeley	110	$74,100	$35.60	$81,300	$39.10	4%
Pueblo	100	$58,400	$28.10	$76,500	$36.80	29.5%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	990	$78,400	$37.70	$85,000	$40.90	92.7%
Hartford	750	$74,500	$35.80	$80,800	$38.80	-0.3%
New Haven	540	$74,500	$35.80	$81,500	$39.20	32.3%
Norwich	260	$76,600	$36.80	$81,900	$39.40	45.5%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	70	$66,800	$32.10	$78,400	$37.70	-13.4%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	2,660	$79,200	$38.10	$91,200	$43.90	-34.9%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	360	$65,400	$31.50	$75,100	$36.10	8%
Cape Coral	310	$76,000	$36.60	$81,700	$39.30	15.9%
Deltona	210	$58,900	$28.30	$64,200	$30.90	-0.2%
Fort Walton Beach	120	$58,400	$28.10	$64,700	$31.10	17%
Gainesville	180	$60,700	$29.20	$66,200	$31.80	13.3%
Jacksonville	840	$56,200	$27.00	$63,100	$30.30	8.3%
Lakeland	NA	$64,800	$31.20	$72,800	$35.00	NA
Miami (Area)	2,720	$61,300	$29.50	$70,600	$33.90	-0.8%
Naples	200	$69,500	$33.40	$78,800	$37.90	33%
Ocala	180	$54,000	$26.00	$60,500	$29.10	42.1%
Orlando	770	$62,300	$30.00	$67,100	$32.20	-41.4%
Palm Bay	310	$54,000	$26.00	$65,800	$31.70	19.5%
Palm Coast	30	$48,200	$23.20	$51,600	$24.80	39.7%
Panama City	90	$57,100	$27.40	$62,600	$30.10	0.2%
Pensacola	160	$51,300	$24.70	$57,500	$27.60	-18.7%
Port St. Lucie	240	$63,000	$30.30	$70,500	$33.90	49.7%
Punta Gorda	90	$71,200	$34.20	$78,700	$37.80	82.7%
Sebastian	130	$59,700	$28.70	$68,900	$33.10	104%
Tallahassee	180	$57,600	$27.70	$64,100	$30.80	-17.9%
Tampa	1,280	$57,100	$27.50	$64,900	$31.20	-14.9%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	120	$45,800	$22.00	$52,700	$25.30	45.3%
Athens	120	$57,800	$27.80	$64,400	$30.90	19.2%
Atlanta	3,280	$72,900	$35.00	$80,600	$38.70	7.7%
Augusta	480	$57,800	$27.80	$63,800	$30.70	75.5%
Brunswick	30	$59,900	$28.80	$69,100	$33.20	-36.5%
Columbus	NA	$56,800	$27.30	$66,300	$31.90	NA
Dalton	50	$57,000	$27.40	$63,800	$30.70	-44.2%
Gainesville	110	$61,700	$29.70	$69,100	$33.20	18%
Macon	240	$44,100	$21.20	$54,300	$26.10	91.8%
Rome	40	$71,600	$34.40	$76,300	$36.70	-23.8%
Savannah	230	$58,400	$28.10	$72,100	$34.70	16.2%
Valdosta	80	$58,700	$28.20	$76,200	$36.70	9.4%
Warner Robins	110	$44,200	$21.30	$51,700	$24.90	41.8%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	580	$65,500	$31.50	$72,400	$34.80	1.8%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	640	$66,200	$31.80	$76,400	$36.70	82.6%
Coeur d'Alene	80	$76,000	$36.50	$82,400	$39.60	16.4%
Idaho Falls	150	$58,400	$28.10	$72,000	$34.60	128.5%
Lewiston	40	$76,500	$36.80	$81,100	$39.00	14.6%
Pocatello	80	$62,300	$30.00	$66,200	$31.80	72.4%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	200	$52,000	$25.00	$64,600	$31.10	78.3%
Champaign	150	$58,400	$28.10	$66,400	$31.90	14.4%
Chicago (Area)	5,010	$68,000	$32.70	$80,400	$38.60	-12.8%
Danville	40	$53,800	$25.90	$64,300	$30.90	-0.8%
Decatur	60	$57,500	$27.60	$63,300	$30.40	-20.6%
Kankakee	40	$68,100	$32.70	$78,200	$37.60	-23.7%
Peoria	290	$43,200	$20.80	$56,800	$27.30	26.4%
Rockford	350	$68,100	$32.70	$77,400	$37.20	84.6%
Springfield	120	$59,200	$28.50	$65,100	$31.30	-13.4%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	50	$61,800	$29.70	$72,700	$35.00	-10.3%
Bloomington	90	$64,600	$31.00	$69,700	$33.50	-13%
Elkhart	170	$65,600	$31.60	$70,700	$34.00	25.7%
Evansville	240	$61,000	$29.30	$65,800	$31.60	6.8%
Fort Wayne	420	$55,300	$26.60	$61,800	$29.70	56.9%
Indianapolis	1,250	$74,600	$35.90	$80,900	$38.90	7.5%
Kokomo	100	$62,900	$30.30	$69,800	$33.60	105%
Lafayette	80	$58,900	$28.30	$71,600	$34.40	-22.9%
Michigan City	60	$60,100	$28.90	$73,200	$35.20	0.8%
Muncie	80	$70,000	$33.70	$78,100	$37.50	23.7%
South Bend	270	$57,500	$27.70	$66,400	$31.90	59.4%
Terre Haute	NA	$72,000	$34.60	$80,900	$38.90	NA

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	70	$71,000	$34.10	$77,400	$37.20	17.1%
Cedar Rapids	140	$64,000	$30.80	$68,600	$33.00	-24%
Davenport	210	$62,900	$30.30	$68,100	$32.70	-14.7%
Des Moines	480	$65,600	$31.50	$71,600	$34.40	12.8%
Dubuque	110	$57,100	$27.50	$63,100	$30.30	64.7%
Iowa City	90	$60,000	$28.80	$65,000	$31.20	-16.7%
Sioux City	90	$61,900	$29.80	$66,200	$31.80	-10.4%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	70	$65,000	$31.30	$71,100	$34.20	14%
Topeka	130	$72,000	$34.60	$78,900	$37.90	-11.7%
Wichita	390	$60,000	$28.80	$69,700	$33.50	-1.1%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	90	$43,600	$21.00	$50,200	$24.10	16.3%
Elizabethtown	40	$56,600	$27.20	$62,800	$30.20	-25.9%
Lexington	250	$56,400	$27.10	$61,600	$29.60	-23.8%
Louisville	670	$60,100	$28.90	$65,200	$31.40	-14.9%
Owensboro	70	$53,900	$25.90	$58,600	$28.20	8%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	50	$47,800	$23.00	$56,100	$27.00	-38.1%
Baton Rouge	430	$52,000	$25.00	$68,400	$32.90	-10.7%
Houma	90	$36,500	$17.60	$47,700	$22.90	-28%
Lafayette	NA	$77,500	$37.30	$85,800	$41.30	NA
Lake Charles	80	$37,000	$17.80	$50,400	$24.30	-29.5%
Monroe	NA	$49,400	$23.80	$57,600	$27.70	NA
New Orleans	560	$59,300	$28.50	$81,800	$39.30	-18%
Shreveport	150	$54,800	$26.40	$67,400	$32.40	-36%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	110	$58,600	$28.20	$64,700	$31.10	38.5%
Lewiston	70	$79,200	$38.10	$93,100	$44.80	15.4%
Portland	390	$69,700	$33.50	$79,800	$38.40	51.2%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	1,210	$76,000	$36.60	$83,100	$40.00	-27.6%
Cumberland	40	$60,400	$29.10	$65,500	$31.50	-19.7%
Hagerstown	120	$67,500	$32.50	$79,700	$38.30	-4.8%
Salisbury	70	$81,300	$39.10	$89,700	$43.10	-4.1%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	410	$85,300	$41.00	$92,400	$44.40	224.8%
Boston (Area)	4,340	$78,600	$37.80	$86,100	$41.40	59.8%
Pittsfield	80	$57,200	$27.50	$62,700	$30.10	78.1%
Springfield	570	$72,900	$35.10	$80,500	$38.70	49.4%
Worcester	740	$77,100	$37.10	$84,100	$40.40	94.4%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	400	$63,000	$30.30	$71,600	$34.40	56.4%
Battle Creek	80	$57,800	$27.80	$64,600	$31.10	9.4%
Bay City	100	$57,500	$27.70	$64,600	$31.10	105%
Detroit (Area)	4,140	$61,900	$29.80	$69,900	$33.60	68.7%
Flint	630	$54,100	$26.00	$63,800	$30.70	251.8%
Grand Rapids	900	$56,700	$27.30	$62,000	$29.80	86.4%
Holland	260	$58,100	$27.90	$63,400	$30.50	92.6%
Jackson	80	$58,800	$28.30	$64,900	$31.20	17%
Kalamazoo	270	$59,000	$28.40	$63,900	$30.70	52.6%
Lansing	500	$60,800	$29.30	$66,500	$32.00	87%
Monroe	80	$59,500	$28.60	$64,100	$30.80	56.4%
Muskegon	NA	$56,000	$26.90	$70,800	$34.00	NA
Niles	100	$59,300	$28.50	$64,400	$31.00	26%
Saginaw	170	$56,300	$27.10	$63,300	$30.50	60.3%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	210	$61,300	$29.50	$66,500	$32.00	28.8%
Minneapolis	2,680	$73,400	$35.30	$79,900	$38.40	16.3%
Rochester	140	$65,200	$31.40	$73,300	$35.30	-0.2%
St. Cloud	170	$71,700	$34.50	$78,800	$37.90	37.7%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	100	$50,300	$24.20	$57,800	$27.80	-26.4%
Hattiesburg	150	$54,400	$26.20	$61,100	$29.40	102.7%
Jackson	360	$57,200	$27.50	$67,100	$32.20	10.9%
Pascagoula	80	$54,900	$26.40	$60,000	$28.90	6.3%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	70	$65,200	$31.40	$70,700	$34.00	-37%
Jefferson City	50	$73,100	$35.20	$86,000	$41.40	-49.7%
Joplin	90	$60,200	$29.00	$64,500	$31.00	-14.4%
Kansas City	1,390	$71,200	$34.20	$76,800	$36.90	5.5%
Springfield	330	$51,400	$24.70	$71,400	$34.30	33.4%
St. Joseph	40	$64,000	$30.80	$70,000	$33.60	-41.2%
St. Louis	1,240	$62,600	$30.10	$68,800	$33.10	-28.2%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	190	$65,600	$31.50	$72,600	$34.90	76.7%
Great Falls	40	$65,900	$31.70	$73,400	$35.30	-24.5%
Missoula	120	$64,200	$30.80	$71,100	$34.20	57.3%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	230	$66,300	$31.90	$73,200	$35.20	7.4%
Omaha	410	$68,100	$32.70	$75,900	$36.50	-31.6%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	910	$79,500	$38.20	$86,600	$41.60	-20.3%
Reno	340	$87,000	$41.80	$93,400	$44.90	27.4%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	200	$76,700	$36.90	$81,500	$39.20	52%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	150	$77,700	$37.40	$83,000	$39.90	-20.7%
Ocean City	80	$77,300	$37.20	$82,100	$39.50	61.2%
Trenton	230	$78,700	$37.80	$86,400	$41.50	-20.1%
Vineland	90	$68,100	$32.80	$77,100	$37.10	7.1%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	480	$76,000	$36.50	$83,200	$40.00	-6.2%
Farmington	NA	$79,600	$38.30	$87,200	$41.90	NA
Las Cruces	110	$68,100	$32.70	$74,600	$35.90	27.1%
Santa Fe	80	$83,600	$40.20	$92,800	$44.60	-3.5%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	590	$60,200	$28.90	$65,600	$31.50	2.5%
Binghamton	220	$51,300	$24.70	$57,400	$27.60	52.5%
Buffalo	1,000	$54,400	$26.20	$60,400	$29.10	40.8%
Elmira	50	$53,300	$25.60	$65,300	$31.40	-3.6%
Glens Falls	70	$62,100	$29.90	$68,000	$32.70	-3.2%
Ithaca	80	$62,700	$30.20	$67,600	$32.50	13.1%
Kingston	110	$60,900	$29.30	$73,600	$35.40	39.4%
New York (Area)	9,310	NA	NA	NA	NA	-7.3%
Poughkeepsie	440	$72,100	$34.70	$81,000	$39.00	35%
Rochester	950	$57,100	$27.40	$62,000	$29.80	45.5%
Syracuse	480	$59,800	$28.80	$64,400	$31.00	16.8%
Utica	190	$62,300	$30.00	$66,600	$32.00	14.1%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	290	$60,900	$29.30	$65,900	$31.70	29.1%
Burlington	NA	$68,400	$32.90	$72,900	$35.10	NA
Charlotte	1,050	$68,100	$32.70	$74,900	$36.00	-5.8%
Durham	390	$65,400	$31.40	$73,900	$35.50	6.1%
Fayetteville	190	$54,100	$26.00	$64,000	$30.80	12.9%
Goldsboro	80	$59,900	$28.80	$73,900	$35.50	41%
Greensboro	510	$54,600	$26.30	$61,100	$29.40	10.1%
Greenville	60	$61,200	$29.40	$67,700	$32.60	-36.2%
Hickory	140	$59,200	$28.40	$65,600	$31.50	-29.5%
Jacksonville	100	$57,100	$27.40	$61,900	$29.80	76.1%
Raleigh	770	$63,800	$30.70	$73,100	$35.10	15.8%
Rocky Mount	70	$60,100	$28.90	$66,500	$32.00	-8.1%
Wilmington	180	$67,700	$32.60	$73,700	$35.50	-1.7%
Winston-Salem	350	$67,700	$32.50	$76,700	$36.90	29.2%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	90	$61,400	$29.50	$66,100	$31.80	9.8%
Fargo	210	$62,100	$29.80	$68,900	$33.10	34.3%
Grand Forks	70	$55,000	$26.50	$61,700	$29.70	4.8%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	360	$64,600	$31.10	$72,800	$35.00	-16.5%
Canton	180	$58,700	$28.20	$63,900	$30.70	-18.9%
Cincinnati	1,360	$65,500	$31.50	$72,700	$34.90	3.1%
Cleveland	1,470	$61,700	$29.70	$67,600	$32.50	10.3%
Columbus	1,190	$73,200	$35.20	$80,600	$38.80	-1.7%
Dayton	570	$62,400	$30.00	$69,200	$33.30	15.6%
Lima	80	$53,500	$25.70	$64,000	$30.80	23%
Mansfield	60	$58,700	$28.20	$63,400	$30.50	-11.2%
Sandusky	50	$61,400	$29.50	$67,300	$32.40	5%
Springfield	60	$65,600	$31.50	$71,700	$34.50	-9.9%
Toledo	560	$57,200	$27.50	$63,800	$30.70	44%
Youngstown	330	$52,600	$25.30	$58,200	$28.00	13%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	50	$67,900	$32.60	$78,000	$37.50	-14.9%
Oklahoma City	670	$52,900	$25.40	$66,200	$31.80	-11%
Tulsa	480	$71,200	$34.20	$82,400	$39.60	-15.3%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	NA	$75,800	$36.50	$80,700	$38.80	NA
Corvallis	110	$79,100	$38.00	$83,700	$40.20	163.3%
Eugene	290	$76,400	$36.70	$81,900	$39.40	52.5%
Medford	170	$76,300	$36.70	$81,400	$39.10	62.4%
Portland	1,590	$79,200	$38.10	$87,200	$41.90	20%
Salem	220	$74,400	$35.80	$79,500	$38.20	13%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	600	$58,800	$28.30	$66,500	$32.00	35.5%
Altoona	50	$55,800	$26.80	$61,700	$29.70	-31.3%
Erie	NA	$55,000	$26.40	$58,800	$28.30	NA
Harrisburg	350	$60,300	$29.00	$65,500	$31.50	-15.9%
Johnstown	70	$49,100	$23.60	$54,300	$26.10	-1.4%
Lancaster	410	$63,100	$30.40	$68,900	$33.10	34.6%
Lebanon	50	$57,900	$27.80	$65,200	$31.40	-16.5%
Philadelphia (Area)	3,590	$72,800	$35.00	$80,000	$38.50	-0.9%
Pittsburgh	1,360	$53,200	$25.60	$65,500	$31.50	-8.7%
Reading	240	$66,700	$32.10	$72,900	$35.10	8.5%
Scranton	280	$45,800	$22.00	$54,200	$26.10	-15.3%
State College	60	$54,400	$26.20	$59,200	$28.50	-30.1%
Williamsport	60	$53,900	$25.90	$59,600	$28.60	-3.8%
York	220	$63,300	$30.40	$72,000	$34.60	-6.8%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	1,140	$71,400	$34.30	$80,800	$38.80	48.1%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	120	$57,100	$27.40	$62,500	$30.00	60.3%
Charleston	470	$56,400	$27.10	$65,400	$31.40	26.7%
Columbia	380	$54,100	$26.00	$61,600	$29.60	-14.5%
Florence	130	$52,700	$25.40	$59,100	$28.40	23%
Greenville	260	$50,400	$24.20	$58,800	$28.30	-34.1%
Myrtle Beach	150	$49,400	$23.70	$60,400	$29.10	-1.1%
Spartanburg	180	$52,700	$25.30	$60,300	$29.00	18.6%
Sumter	40	$57,400	$27.60	$61,500	$29.60	-14.9%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	50	$52,600	$25.30	$60,900	$29.30	-36.4%
Sioux Falls	220	$67,200	$32.30	$74,200	$35.70	22.5%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	320	$59,100	$28.40	$64,900	$31.20	7%
Clarksville	110	$56,800	$27.30	$71,400	$34.30	7.3%
Cleveland	60	$62,400	$30.00	$67,700	$32.60	33.2%
Jackson	NA	$53,900	$25.90	$60,700	$29.20	NA
Johnson City	110	$60,300	$29.00	$69,400	$33.40	6.3%
Kingsport	200	$55,700	$26.80	$61,100	$29.40	30.4%
Knoxville	470	$61,100	$29.40	$73,900	$35.50	7.9%
Memphis	660	$60,600	$29.20	$68,200	$32.80	-18%
Morristown	60	$71,600	$34.40	$80,000	$38.40	-2%
Nashville	790	$61,300	$29.50	$68,300	$32.80	-17.3%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	50	$64,900	$31.20	$70,000	$33.70	-38.8%
Amarillo	NA	$57,900	$27.80	$68,300	$32.80	NA
Austin	890	$72,600	$34.90	$79,400	$38.20	-13.1%
Beaumont	260	$64,100	$30.80	$68,900	$33.10	20.2%
Brownsville	140	$63,600	$30.60	$70,900	$34.10	-12.2%
College Station	80	$70,300	$33.80	$78,000	$37.50	-31.3%
Corpus Christi	190	$61,000	$29.30	$65,600	$31.50	-17.9%
Dallas (Area)	3,310	$71,500	$34.40	$79,000	$38.00	-16.5%
El Paso	230	$51,600	$24.80	$64,300	$30.90	-37%
Houston	2,260	$69,200	$33.30	$77,900	$37.40	-33.9%
Killeen	150	$72,600	$34.90	$79,900	$38.40	-6.2%
Lubbock	NA	$63,600	$30.60	$72,500	$34.90	NA
McAllen	140	$69,500	$33.40	$81,300	$39.10	-52.1%
Midland	50	$69,800	$33.50	$77,300	$37.20	-47.3%
Odessa	40	$61,300	$29.50	$72,200	$34.70	-44.7%
San Antonio	990	$69,500	$33.40	$77,400	$37.20	-10.7%
Sherman	NA	$76,300	$36.70	$82,900	$39.80	NA
Texarkana	80	$57,100	$27.40	$65,400	$31.50	7.4%
Tyler	150	$63,200	$30.40	$69,400	$33.40	22.9%
Victoria	80	$58,100	$27.90	$64,200	$30.90	25.2%
Waco	80	$67,500	$32.50	$73,400	$35.30	-36.5%
Wichita Falls	70	$59,300	$28.50	$69,800	$33.60	-7.1%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	40	$59,600	$28.70	$65,000	$31.30	-40.4%
Ogden	430	$67,100	$32.30	$71,300	$34.30	66%
Provo	400	$67,000	$32.20	$73,000	$35.10	72.8%
Salt Lake City	1,000	$69,100	$33.20	$75,000	$36.10	22.6%
St. George	70	$58,400	$28.10	$65,500	$31.50	2.7%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	220	$64,400	$31.00	$75,000	$36.10	50.9%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	90	$69,600	$33.40	$80,800	$38.80	10.4%
Charlottesville	110	$68,700	$33.00	$77,300	$37.20	-14.6%
Danville	50	$65,300	$31.40	$69,400	$33.40	2.7%
Harrisonburg	60	$72,400	$34.80	$81,500	$39.20	-17.8%
Lynchburg	120	$62,700	$30.20	$70,800	$34.00	-10.7%
Richmond	770	$73,300	$35.20	$82,300	$39.60	-2.3%
Roanoke	290	$57,700	$27.70	$67,100	$32.30	43.2%
Virginia Beach	720	$73,400	$35.30	$81,500	$39.20	-26%
Winchester	60	$65,200	$31.30	$77,200	$37.10	-12.8%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	150	$90,200	$43.40	$98,300	$47.30	48%
Bremerton	280	$97,600	$46.90	$103,700	$49.80	164.1%
Kennewick	180	$92,300	$44.40	$102,400	$49.20	45.8%
Mount Vernon	90	$90,000	$43.30	$101,300	$48.70	60.3%
Olympia	160	$88,700	$42.60	$96,700	$46.50	22.1%
Seattle (Area)	2,510	$92,800	$44.60	$101,400	$48.80	10.4%
Spokane	290	$81,000	$38.90	$87,900	$42.30	7.8%
Wenatchee	80	$94,900	$45.60	$102,200	$49.20	51.9%
Yakima	150	$77,500	$37.30	$86,200	$41.50	42.9%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	150	$50,100	$24.10	$55,100	$26.50	-21%
Huntington	130	$48,400	$23.30	$53,300	$25.60	-9.4%
Morgantown	NA	$50,200	$24.10	$56,500	$27.20	NA
Parkersburg	90	$50,500	$24.30	$58,500	$28.10	-3.4%
Weirton	60	$45,600	$21.90	$52,700	$25.30	11.3%
Wheeling	90	$45,300	$21.80	$49,200	$23.60	0.9%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	240	$62,700	$30.20	$68,000	$32.70	55.3%
Eau Claire	160	$57,500	$27.60	$65,100	$31.30	57.3%
Fond du Lac	90	$63,200	$30.40	$68,500	$32.90	63%
Green Bay	340	$59,800	$28.80	$65,000	$31.30	57.1%
Janesville	NA	$60,400	$29.10	$65,000	$31.30	NA
La Crosse	180	$59,400	$28.50	$65,300	$31.40	92.9%
Madison	700	$66,100	$31.80	$73,400	$35.30	59.6%
Milwaukee	1,440	$60,300	$29.00	$65,300	$31.40	32.8%
Oshkosh	130	$62,700	$30.10	$68,400	$32.90	15%
Racine	160	$60,600	$29.10	$69,100	$33.20	58.5%
Sheboygan	80	$62,300	$29.90	$69,100	$33.20	6.2%
Wausau	150	$59,400	$28.50	$65,900	$31.70	71.4%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	40	$65,500	$31.50	$73,100	$35.10	-16.2%
Cheyenne	50	$65,700	$31.60	$71,600	$34.40	-9.8%