Licensed Vocational and Practical Nurses

Median Salary: $39,800

Many licensed vocational and practical nurses across the U.S. share a few key professional traits. For example, self control, concern for others, and cooperation can be critical for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 728,670 folks were working as licensed vocational and practical nurses nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to hone these characteristics and receive proper training, particularly if you're ready to move up in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for licensed vocational and practical nurses in the U.S. was $39,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $19.10. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about licensed vocational and practical nurses, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the U.S..

Licensed vocational and practical nurses should be skilled in:

  • Oral Comprehension
  • Oral Expression
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Auditory Attention

Different folks go into different careers; licensed vocational and practical nurses are typically:

  • Social
  • Conventional
  • Investigative

Working as a licensed vocational or practical nurse requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • English Language
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Education and Training
  • Mathematics

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks working as licensed vocational and practical nurses). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of licensed vocational and practical 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 410 $32,900 $15.80 $36,900 $17.80 57.3%
Auburn 200 $34,100 $16.40 $39,300 $18.90 -24.4%
Birmingham 3,880 $34,900 $16.80 $39,900 $19.20 40.8%
Decatur 420 $34,800 $16.80 $41,500 $19.90 46%
Dothan 800 $32,900 $15.80 $37,500 $18.00 145.5%
Florence 540 $29,800 $14.30 $35,000 $16.80 93.1%
Gadsden 500 $33,600 $16.20 $38,900 $18.70 154.7%
Huntsville 750 $34,000 $16.40 $38,300 $18.40 -34.2%
Mobile 1,270 $32,300 $15.50 $36,700 $17.70 32%
Montgomery 1,080 $34,700 $16.70 $39,400 $19.00 19.3%
Tuscaloosa 1,150 $30,800 $14.80 $35,800 $17.20 129.3%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anchorage 300 $46,100 $22.20 $52,400 $25.20 -67%
Fairbanks 100 $44,600 $21.40 $52,700 $25.40 -49.5%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 200 $37,100 $17.80 $39,800 $19.10 -36.3%
Lake Havasu City 260 $45,600 $21.90 $50,600 $24.30 -1.1%
Phoenix 6,920 $47,000 $22.60 $55,600 $26.70 -29.6%
Prescott 260 $47,200 $22.70 $51,900 $24.90 -18.9%
Tucson 1,890 $44,800 $21.50 $50,700 $24.40 -6.6%
Yuma 150 $48,100 $23.10 $56,500 $27.20 -55.6%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 1,080 $39,400 $18.90 $43,800 $21.10 -1.6%
Fort Smith 1,190 $31,800 $15.30 $36,600 $17.60 81.2%
Hot Springs 570 $32,900 $15.80 $37,500 $18.10 184.3%
Jonesboro 620 $32,100 $15.50 $36,400 $17.50 135.5%
Little Rock 2,920 $38,000 $18.30 $42,300 $20.30 58.1%
Pine Bluff 410 $29,900 $14.40 $35,600 $17.10 107.1%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 970 $45,400 $21.80 $51,100 $24.60 -34.5%
Chico 740 $45,300 $21.80 $51,800 $24.90 89.8%
El Centro 110 $41,700 $20.00 $50,900 $24.50 -61.1%
Fresno 1,200 $47,200 $22.70 $55,800 $26.90 -33.7%
Hanford 160 $41,800 $20.10 $46,600 $22.40 -26.4%
Los Angeles (Area) 25,340 $49,100 $23.60 $55,900 $26.90 -21.2%
Madera 130 $45,800 $22.00 $50,500 $24.30 -41.1%
Merced 210 $47,900 $23.00 $52,700 $25.30 -37.3%
Modesto 670 $51,100 $24.50 $57,400 $27.60 -22.8%
Napa 260 $49,900 $24.00 $56,200 $27.00 -23.7%
Oakland 4,710 $58,200 $28.00 $64,700 $31.10 -14.7%
Oxnard 1,090 $53,100 $25.50 $62,400 $30.00 -33.2%
Redding NA $48,500 $23.30 $54,400 $26.10 NA
Riverside 6,000 $43,100 $20.70 $49,400 $23.80 -10.2%
Sacramento 2,960 $54,100 $26.00 $60,700 $29.20 -37.8%
Salinas 650 $60,400 $29.00 $71,000 $34.10 -25%
San Diego 5,160 $47,400 $22.80 $52,700 $25.30 -27.6%
San Francisco (Area) 7,880 $58,000 $27.90 $65,000 $31.30 -28.4%
San Francisco (City) 3,170 $57,700 $27.80 $65,400 $31.40 -42.2%
San Jose 2,270 $57,800 $27.80 $65,100 $31.30 -54.2%
San Luis Obispo 310 $49,500 $23.80 $54,200 $26.10 -44.6%
Santa Barbara 610 $50,900 $24.50 $61,100 $29.40 -35.7%
Santa Cruz 250 $53,600 $25.80 $58,800 $28.30 -46.7%
Santa Rosa 540 $56,200 $27.00 $65,300 $31.40 -45.7%
Stockton 1,420 $50,800 $24.40 $57,100 $27.40 21.9%
Vallejo 570 $49,100 $23.60 $57,100 $27.40 -15.7%
Visalia 530 $44,800 $21.50 $50,000 $24.10 -28.3%
Yuba City 180 $46,900 $22.50 $54,200 $26.10 -14.2%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 540 $45,000 $21.60 $51,200 $24.60 -38.4%
Colorado Springs 860 $39,000 $18.70 $44,600 $21.40 -37.5%
Denver 3,060 $46,200 $22.20 $51,300 $24.70 -54.9%
Fort Collins 630 $33,900 $16.30 $41,800 $20.10 -12.4%
Grand Junction 210 $42,200 $20.30 $47,200 $22.70 -40.4%
Greeley 170 $43,800 $21.10 $49,500 $23.80 -61.9%
Pueblo 360 $37,500 $18.00 $42,400 $20.40 15%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 2,200 $52,900 $25.50 $59,100 $28.40 -13.7%
Hartford 2,950 $53,500 $25.70 $59,300 $28.50 -6%
New Haven 2,190 $50,400 $24.20 $56,700 $27.30 19.2%
Norwich 660 $52,300 $25.20 $59,200 $28.50 -11.4%
Delaware
City/Area Employees Median
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Dover 360 $44,000 $21.10 $55,400 $26.60 7.7%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Washington (Area) 9,270 $48,000 $23.10 $54,900 $26.40 -35.7%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 2,450 $39,600 $19.00 $45,500 $21.90 77.5%
Cape Coral 1,200 $41,400 $19.90 $47,000 $22.60 7.1%
Deltona 1,140 $37,200 $17.90 $42,900 $20.70 32.1%
Fort Walton Beach 340 $34,800 $16.70 $38,600 $18.60 -21.3%
Gainesville 570 $40,000 $19.20 $44,600 $21.40 -15.3%
Jacksonville 2,790 $39,200 $18.80 $45,100 $21.70 -14%
Lakeland 1,840 $35,600 $17.10 $40,600 $19.50 69.5%
Miami (Area) 10,190 $41,000 $19.70 $46,100 $22.20 -14.7%
Naples 560 $41,600 $20.00 $47,100 $22.60 -11.8%
Ocala 570 $40,900 $19.70 $48,700 $23.40 9.1%
Orlando 4,630 $37,900 $18.20 $44,000 $21.10 -16%
Palm Bay 1,050 $38,700 $18.60 $44,100 $21.20 -3.8%
Palm Coast 80 $35,500 $17.10 $39,100 $18.80 -7.1%
Panama City 490 $35,900 $17.20 $41,000 $19.70 28.4%
Pensacola 1,020 $36,300 $17.40 $40,700 $19.50 20.5%
Port St. Lucie 940 $39,100 $18.80 $44,100 $21.20 40.2%
Punta Gorda 340 $36,800 $17.70 $40,300 $19.40 60.9%
Sebastian 360 $38,000 $18.30 $41,900 $20.20 40.8%
Tallahassee 1,110 $36,900 $17.70 $42,500 $20.40 23.3%
Tampa 7,690 $41,000 $19.70 $46,700 $22.40 22%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 500 $29,400 $14.10 $36,000 $17.30 46.3%
Athens 390 $37,100 $17.80 $41,800 $20.10 -11.6%
Atlanta 10,140 $38,400 $18.40 $44,500 $21.40 -20.7%
Augusta 2,520 $35,900 $17.20 $41,000 $19.70 121.3%
Brunswick 260 $32,300 $15.50 $36,400 $17.50 15.6%
Columbus 910 $33,400 $16.10 $38,000 $18.30 42.8%
Dalton 370 $34,900 $16.80 $41,000 $19.70 -1.9%
Gainesville 480 $36,900 $17.80 $43,700 $21.00 21.6%
Macon 940 $35,700 $17.20 $40,700 $19.60 76.2%
Rome 520 $36,900 $17.70 $41,700 $20.10 150%
Savannah 930 $38,300 $18.40 $42,900 $20.60 11%
Valdosta 440 $29,900 $14.40 $35,300 $17.00 47.4%
Warner Robins 290 $31,500 $15.20 $41,000 $19.70 -7.7%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 950 $43,900 $21.10 $48,600 $23.40 -60.4%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 1,140 $41,300 $19.90 $46,200 $22.20 -22.7%
Coeur d'Alene 260 $34,200 $16.40 $38,900 $18.70 -14.2%
Idaho Falls 280 $35,000 $16.80 $38,100 $18.30 -0.5%
Lewiston 110 $38,700 $18.60 $42,500 $20.40 -16.5%
Pocatello 140 $32,400 $15.60 $40,400 $19.40 -31.2%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 250 $40,200 $19.30 $45,200 $21.70 -48%
Champaign 220 $39,800 $19.10 $47,700 $22.90 -59.9%
Chicago (Area) 15,010 $42,800 $20.60 $48,900 $23.50 -23.4%
Danville 200 $40,500 $19.50 $48,300 $23.20 30.7%
Decatur 330 $38,100 $18.30 $46,300 $22.30 3.9%
Kankakee 330 $37,300 $17.90 $42,200 $20.30 42.8%
Peoria 1,100 $41,100 $19.80 $47,300 $22.80 15.5%
Rockford 1,030 $42,400 $20.40 $48,600 $23.40 28.6%
Springfield 710 $38,500 $18.50 $45,700 $22.00 20.8%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 440 $38,100 $18.30 $42,600 $20.50 106.7%
Bloomington 690 $34,400 $16.50 $40,400 $19.40 65.6%
Columbus 200 $36,900 $17.70 $41,500 $19.90 -11.9%
Elkhart 410 $37,500 $18.00 $41,300 $19.90 -26.2%
Evansville 1,050 $36,700 $17.60 $40,500 $19.50 12%
Fort Wayne 1,640 $36,500 $17.50 $40,400 $19.40 44.3%
Indianapolis 5,610 $39,600 $19.10 $45,400 $21.80 15.6%
Kokomo 270 $35,000 $16.80 $39,300 $18.90 27.9%
Lafayette 470 $38,400 $18.50 $42,500 $20.40 3.4%
Michigan City 210 $35,900 $17.30 $40,600 $19.50 -13.4%
Muncie 470 $36,500 $17.60 $40,500 $19.50 84.7%
South Bend 850 $37,700 $18.10 $42,000 $20.20 18.6%
Terre Haute 700 $35,400 $17.00 $39,700 $19.10 84.2%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 150 $36,000 $17.30 $39,900 $19.20 -36.1%
Cedar Rapids 510 $37,700 $18.10 $45,000 $21.60 -33%
Davenport 980 $36,400 $17.50 $39,300 $18.90 -3.8%
Des Moines 960 $38,700 $18.60 $42,400 $20.40 -46.7%
Dubuque 290 $38,300 $18.40 $42,300 $20.30 2.7%
Iowa City 220 $40,100 $19.30 $44,600 $21.40 -53.2%
Sioux City 380 $34,500 $16.60 $37,800 $18.20 -6.2%
Waterloo 600 $35,200 $16.90 $39,600 $19.00 25.2%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 130 $36,700 $17.60 $40,000 $19.20 -50.2%
Topeka 1,030 $37,200 $17.90 $41,100 $19.80 68.6%
Wichita 1,430 $37,200 $17.90 $41,100 $19.80 -13.4%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 160 $35,300 $17.00 $39,100 $18.80 -48.5%
Elizabethtown 270 $35,700 $17.20 $39,700 $19.10 11.7%
Lexington 1,180 $38,100 $18.30 $42,700 $20.50 -12.4%
Louisville 3,140 $37,600 $18.10 $41,900 $20.20 -5.3%
Owensboro 310 $35,800 $17.20 $39,200 $18.80 16.5%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 800 $34,800 $16.70 $40,400 $19.40 127.5%
Baton Rouge 3,010 $35,600 $17.10 $39,900 $19.20 48%
Houma 830 $40,900 $19.70 $49,000 $23.50 56.7%
Lafayette 1,530 $36,600 $17.60 $42,700 $20.50 87.4%
Lake Charles 840 $36,900 $17.70 $41,700 $20.10 68.2%
Monroe 950 $33,600 $16.20 $39,300 $18.90 126.4%
New Orleans 4,740 $40,800 $19.60 $46,300 $22.30 66.9%
Shreveport 2,080 $36,900 $17.80 $41,900 $20.20 115.2%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 170 $39,500 $19.00 $42,300 $20.30 -51.8%
Lewiston 220 $38,400 $18.50 $41,500 $19.90 -18.7%
Portland 520 $44,300 $21.30 $50,000 $24.00 -52.7%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 5,680 $50,500 $24.30 $58,000 $27.90 -19.1%
Cumberland 330 $36,400 $17.50 $40,800 $19.60 56.2%
Hagerstown 610 $42,400 $20.40 $47,200 $22.70 13.8%
Salisbury 360 $47,800 $23.00 $55,400 $26.60 20.9%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 520 $51,600 $24.80 $61,600 $29.60 -1.9%
Boston (Area) 11,900 $48,200 $23.20 $54,800 $26.40 -2%
Pittsfield 220 $44,100 $21.20 $49,200 $23.70 14%
Springfield 1,770 $49,900 $24.00 $57,300 $27.60 10.2%
Worcester 1,890 $51,300 $24.70 $57,500 $27.70 14%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 770 $45,600 $21.90 $50,400 $24.20 -27.9%
Battle Creek 300 $41,300 $19.90 $45,800 $22.00 2.5%
Bay City 290 $39,000 $18.80 $44,000 $21.20 48.1%
Detroit (Area) 6,690 $47,800 $23.00 $54,300 $26.10 -33.1%
Flint 690 $40,600 $19.50 $49,100 $23.60 -8.2%
Grand Rapids 2,460 $38,100 $18.30 $43,100 $20.70 21.2%
Holland 410 $39,400 $18.90 $46,300 $22.30 -26.2%
Jackson 360 $42,900 $20.60 $47,100 $22.70 21.7%
Kalamazoo 430 $39,500 $19.00 $44,400 $21.30 -42.8%
Lansing 650 $42,000 $20.20 $46,900 $22.50 -42%
Monroe 230 $43,800 $21.10 $49,400 $23.70 7.3%
Muskegon 390 $41,300 $19.80 $46,300 $22.30 17.1%
Niles 490 $36,600 $17.60 $43,400 $20.90 47.7%
Saginaw 260 $43,200 $20.80 $48,100 $23.10 -42.2%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 1,380 $37,100 $17.90 $41,800 $20.10 99.8%
Minneapolis 8,500 $42,000 $20.20 $46,700 $22.40 -11.9%
Rochester 970 $41,300 $19.80 $45,400 $21.80 68.5%
St. Cloud 1,040 $37,400 $18.00 $41,200 $19.80 94.5%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 480 $33,100 $15.90 $41,000 $19.70 -16%
Hattiesburg 540 $31,900 $15.30 $36,300 $17.40 71.8%
Jackson 2,400 $35,600 $17.10 $40,600 $19.50 75.2%
Pascagoula 330 $31,600 $15.20 $37,600 $18.10 6.7%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 820 $34,800 $16.70 $39,000 $18.80 77.7%
Jefferson City 570 $32,700 $15.70 $37,000 $17.80 25.4%
Joplin 700 $27,900 $13.40 $32,300 $15.50 63.6%
Kansas City 5,000 $37,700 $18.10 $41,900 $20.10 -9.2%
Springfield 1,600 $31,800 $15.30 $36,700 $17.70 52.9%
St. Joseph 500 $35,100 $16.90 $39,600 $19.00 75.8%
St. Louis 7,000 $38,500 $18.50 $43,300 $20.80 -3.5%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Great Falls 290 $37,500 $18.00 $41,600 $20.00 42.6%
Missoula 310 $33,800 $16.20 $38,200 $18.40 0.8%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Lincoln 780 $36,100 $17.40 $42,700 $20.50 -14.2%
Omaha 1,930 $38,300 $18.40 $43,000 $20.70 -23.5%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Carson City 110 $48,700 $23.40 $53,400 $25.70 -29.7%
Las Vegas 1,590 $48,700 $23.40 $53,900 $25.90 -66.9%
Reno 340 $46,400 $22.30 $51,200 $24.60 -69.1%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
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Manchester 600 $43,500 $20.90 $50,600 $24.30 8%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
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Atlantic City 480 $44,000 $21.10 $49,100 $23.60 -37.8%
Ocean City 250 $48,100 $23.10 $52,600 $25.30 16.5%
Trenton 920 $46,700 $22.50 $53,200 $25.60 -23.5%
Vineland 590 $47,200 $22.70 $51,700 $24.90 75.7%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Albuquerque 2,820 $52,000 $25.00 $64,400 $30.90 32.4%
Farmington 190 $45,100 $21.70 $50,000 $24.00 -34.7%
Las Cruces 200 $41,600 $20.00 $46,700 $22.50 -44.7%
Santa Fe 390 $42,700 $20.50 $48,100 $23.10 10.1%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 2,500 $38,600 $18.50 $44,600 $21.50 3%
Binghamton 730 $36,400 $17.50 $41,200 $19.80 18.1%
Buffalo 4,020 $36,100 $17.30 $40,500 $19.50 35%
Elmira 410 $30,200 $14.50 $33,500 $16.10 98.5%
Glens Falls 550 $35,900 $17.30 $39,700 $19.10 89.6%
Ithaca 190 $39,400 $18.90 $42,800 $20.60 -33.3%
Kingston 560 $39,100 $18.80 $46,000 $22.10 69%
New York (Area) 31,150 $49,400 $23.80 $55,700 $26.80 -27.1%
Poughkeepsie 1,470 $41,700 $20.10 $47,000 $22.60 7.5%
Rochester 3,730 $37,700 $18.10 $42,400 $20.40 36.5%
Syracuse 2,670 $34,300 $16.50 $39,500 $19.00 56.4%
Utica 1,880 $34,300 $16.50 $39,000 $18.80 166%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 1,050 $39,700 $19.10 $45,800 $22.00 11.4%
Burlington 190 $43,200 $20.80 $48,100 $23.10 -40.5%
Charlotte 2,530 $40,900 $19.70 $47,000 $22.60 -45.9%
Durham 850 $42,300 $20.40 $47,200 $22.70 -44.6%
Fayetteville 1,150 $40,800 $19.60 $46,000 $22.10 63.7%
Goldsboro 330 $39,100 $18.80 $44,400 $21.30 33.3%
Greensboro 1,200 $39,800 $19.20 $45,600 $21.90 -38.4%
Greenville 400 $37,400 $18.00 $42,300 $20.30 -1%
Hickory 680 $41,100 $19.80 $46,200 $22.20 -15.1%
Jacksonville 130 $32,000 $15.40 $39,400 $18.90 -47.9%
Raleigh 1,890 $39,700 $19.10 $45,700 $22.00 -32.3%
Rocky Mount 210 $41,800 $20.10 $48,000 $23.10 -37%
Wilmington 750 $38,400 $18.50 $42,400 $20.40 -3.2%
Winston-Salem 1,140 $38,300 $18.40 $42,800 $20.60 -0%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 370 $36,900 $17.70 $40,400 $19.40 9.3%
Fargo 1,270 $33,300 $16.00 $37,800 $18.20 89.7%
Grand Forks 570 $34,100 $16.40 $38,300 $18.40 112.3%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 2,300 $39,300 $18.90 $43,300 $20.80 28.1%
Canton 1,720 $37,100 $17.80 $40,500 $19.50 85.5%
Cincinnati 6,420 $42,200 $20.30 $47,600 $22.90 15.7%
Cleveland 8,090 $43,400 $20.90 $47,700 $22.90 44.5%
Columbus 5,380 $41,100 $19.70 $46,700 $22.50 6.3%
Dayton 2,760 $40,600 $19.50 $45,700 $22.00 33.1%
Lima 640 $36,600 $17.60 $40,800 $19.60 125.6%
Mansfield 670 $36,800 $17.70 $39,800 $19.10 127.9%
Sandusky 540 $37,800 $18.20 $45,000 $21.60 184.2%
Springfield 560 $38,000 $18.30 $43,700 $21.00 110.2%
Toledo 2,230 $39,700 $19.10 $44,700 $21.50 36.3%
Youngstown 2,320 $36,000 $17.30 $39,800 $19.20 89.1%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 720 $31,800 $15.30 $36,300 $17.40 215.4%
Oklahoma City 5,140 $32,800 $15.80 $38,200 $18.30 63.3%
Tulsa 3,180 $32,800 $15.80 $37,500 $18.00 34.8%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 70 $42,800 $20.60 $47,500 $22.90 -79%
Corvallis 40 $47,200 $22.70 $50,600 $24.30 -78.3%
Eugene 360 $42,600 $20.50 $48,000 $23.10 -53.9%
Medford 190 $44,400 $21.30 $49,500 $23.80 -56.6%
Portland 1,190 $46,900 $22.50 $51,700 $24.90 -78.5%
Salem 270 $44,800 $21.50 $49,600 $23.90 -67.2%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 2,380 $41,600 $20.00 $47,600 $22.90 29.2%
Altoona 710 $35,200 $16.90 $40,300 $19.40 121.5%
Erie 820 $37,400 $18.00 $43,900 $21.10 17.1%
Harrisburg 1,570 $41,900 $20.20 $47,800 $23.00 -9.2%
Johnstown 320 $35,300 $17.00 $40,300 $19.40 0.3%
Lancaster 2,060 $39,800 $19.10 $45,100 $21.70 62.5%
Lebanon 610 $40,000 $19.20 $45,200 $21.70 131.8%
Philadelphia (Area) 15,730 $48,900 $23.50 $55,700 $26.80 3.3%
Pittsburgh 6,300 $39,500 $19.00 $45,300 $21.80 1.3%
Reading 1,320 $43,800 $21.10 $51,800 $24.90 45.5%
Scranton 2,350 $37,900 $18.20 $43,600 $21.00 66.9%
State College 390 $31,900 $15.30 $37,900 $18.20 4.6%
Williamsport 500 $36,500 $17.50 $40,500 $19.50 78.3%
York 1,080 $40,500 $19.50 $48,700 $23.40 11.9%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 3,090 $47,900 $23.00 $54,200 $26.10 36.8%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 270 $35,600 $17.10 $39,500 $19.00 -16.9%
Charleston 1,210 $39,300 $18.90 $43,500 $20.90 -22.8%
Columbia 1,920 $39,000 $18.80 $45,000 $21.60 2.7%
Florence 1,010 $36,000 $17.30 $41,800 $20.10 126.3%
Greenville 1,170 $38,400 $18.50 $43,400 $20.90 -29.4%
Myrtle Beach 600 $34,600 $16.60 $38,500 $18.50 -3.7%
Spartanburg 650 $37,400 $18.00 $41,600 $20.00 0.6%
Sumter 200 $37,300 $17.90 $40,600 $19.50 6.5%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 320 $35,300 $17.00 $40,000 $19.20 -3.8%
Sioux Falls 680 $33,500 $16.10 $38,200 $18.40 -9.2%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 1,920 $35,800 $17.20 $40,100 $19.30 54.3%
Clarksville 620 $36,300 $17.50 $40,000 $19.20 43.7%
Cleveland 420 $35,200 $16.90 $39,400 $19.00 110.3%
Jackson 770 $32,200 $15.50 $37,300 $18.00 142.8%
Johnson City 1,040 $33,100 $15.90 $37,600 $18.10 145.8%
Kingsport 1,370 $30,400 $14.60 $34,900 $16.80 112.4%
Knoxville 2,530 $33,200 $16.00 $37,500 $18.00 40.2%
Memphis 4,540 $40,700 $19.60 $48,400 $23.30 34.5%
Morristown 500 $33,900 $16.30 $36,900 $17.80 98.5%
Nashville 5,370 $38,500 $18.50 $43,400 $20.90 33.8%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 1,010 $35,400 $17.00 $39,400 $19.00 186.1%
Amarillo 870 $36,600 $17.60 $41,100 $19.80 42.8%
Austin 2,690 $41,800 $20.10 $48,800 $23.50 -37.3%
Beaumont 1,190 $35,100 $16.90 $39,900 $19.20 33.4%
Brownsville 1,020 $41,200 $19.80 $49,000 $23.60 48.4%
College Station 610 $39,400 $19.00 $47,100 $22.70 20.2%
Corpus Christi 1,410 $37,400 $18.00 $41,900 $20.10 42.6%
Dallas (Area) 14,610 $43,300 $20.80 $50,800 $24.40 -10.3%
El Paso 1,230 $40,600 $19.50 $49,900 $24.00 -18.3%
Houston 11,540 $42,700 $20.50 $49,100 $23.60 -19.3%
Killeen 1,340 $38,400 $18.50 $43,400 $20.90 97.9%
Laredo 500 $43,400 $20.90 $50,800 $24.40 3.8%
Longview 1,240 $39,600 $19.10 $46,200 $22.20 135.6%
Lubbock 1,000 $38,200 $18.40 $45,500 $21.90 45%
McAllen 1,590 $47,900 $23.00 $54,700 $26.30 29.7%
Midland 390 $37,000 $17.80 $42,800 $20.60 3.8%
Odessa 280 $37,300 $17.90 $44,100 $21.20 -16.1%
San Angelo 620 $35,300 $17.00 $42,100 $20.20 155.5%
San Antonio 6,370 $38,900 $18.70 $45,100 $21.70 36.5%
Sherman 780 $38,800 $18.70 $46,900 $22.60 240.3%
Texarkana 690 $32,300 $15.50 $37,500 $18.00 130.3%
Tyler 1,230 $40,400 $19.40 $46,000 $22.10 137.9%
Victoria 810 $34,100 $16.40 $38,800 $18.70 204.5%
Waco 800 $40,200 $19.30 $44,900 $21.60 44.3%
Wichita Falls 690 $33,400 $16.00 $37,200 $17.90 116.6%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 100 $32,800 $15.80 $38,800 $18.70 -61.5%
Ogden 330 $40,600 $19.50 $49,000 $23.50 -69.2%
Provo 480 $35,900 $17.30 $42,400 $20.40 -49.8%
Salt Lake City 980 $42,300 $20.30 $50,400 $24.20 -71.1%
St. George 90 $42,200 $20.30 $49,300 $23.70 -65.6%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 500 $43,800 $21.10 $48,600 $23.40 -19.3%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 450 $31,800 $15.30 $37,300 $17.90 27.8%
Charlottesville 770 $37,800 $18.20 $43,200 $20.80 47.9%
Danville 170 $35,600 $17.10 $43,400 $20.90 -24.4%
Harrisonburg 350 $38,900 $18.70 $44,600 $21.50 7.3%
Lynchburg 670 $37,300 $17.90 $41,600 $20.00 19.6%
Richmond 3,950 $40,100 $19.30 $45,300 $21.80 18.9%
Roanoke 1,130 $37,000 $17.80 $41,200 $19.80 32.5%
Virginia Beach 4,280 $35,800 $17.20 $39,700 $19.10 4.4%
Winchester 250 $38,400 $18.50 $44,700 $21.50 -14.6%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 400 $39,400 $19.00 $43,400 $20.90 -6.6%
Bremerton 350 $42,500 $20.50 $47,100 $22.60 -21.9%
Kennewick 260 $40,200 $19.30 $46,200 $22.20 -49.9%
Longview 120 $42,000 $20.20 $46,600 $22.40 -38.9%
Mount Vernon 240 $40,500 $19.50 $47,700 $22.90 -2%
Olympia 310 $43,600 $21.00 $48,800 $23.50 -42.2%
Seattle (Area) 4,990 $45,400 $21.80 $50,400 $24.20 -19%
Spokane 1,350 $44,600 $21.40 $54,200 $26.00 18.3%
Wenatchee 120 $42,100 $20.30 $47,100 $22.60 -47.8%
Yakima 310 $43,700 $21.00 $48,100 $23.10 -30.9%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 770 $32,300 $15.50 $36,800 $17.70 -5.3%
Huntington 1,220 $31,800 $15.30 $37,100 $17.80 98%
Morgantown 560 $32,000 $15.40 $36,000 $17.30 78.1%
Parkersburg 640 $30,600 $14.70 $34,000 $16.40 67.8%
Weirton 480 $35,100 $16.90 $38,900 $18.70 101.8%
Wheeling 760 $30,800 $14.80 $34,700 $16.70 111.7%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 340 $40,000 $19.20 $44,200 $21.30 -47.5%
Eau Claire 330 $37,300 $18.00 $40,900 $19.70 -21.5%
Fond du Lac 260 $38,200 $18.40 $41,800 $20.10 8.7%
Green Bay 640 $37,700 $18.10 $42,900 $20.60 -30.2%
Janesville 290 $38,600 $18.60 $43,500 $20.90 -15.6%
La Crosse 470 $39,100 $18.80 $43,800 $21.10 19%
Madison 1,160 $41,900 $20.20 $46,700 $22.50 -37%
Milwaukee 3,010 $45,300 $21.80 $51,800 $24.90 -34.1%
Oshkosh 240 $38,500 $18.50 $43,600 $20.90 -50.7%
Racine 290 $41,000 $19.70 $46,800 $22.50 -29.7%
Sheboygan 190 $37,000 $17.80 $40,700 $19.60 -42.9%
Wausau 150 $36,000 $17.30 $40,700 $19.50 -59.3%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 60 $44,400 $21.30 $49,200 $23.70 -71%
Cheyenne 190 $40,100 $19.30 $46,700 $22.50 -22.6%