Medical Information Technicians

Median Salary: $31,300

Many medical information technicians across the country share a number of key professional attributes. For example, independence, cooperation, and adaptability/flexibility can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 170,580 people were employed as medical information technicians nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to cultivate these traits and receive excellent training, particularly if you're ready to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for medical information technicians in the U.S. was $31,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $15.00. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about medical information technicians, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the country.

Medical information technicians should be skilled in:

Oral Expression
Speech Recognition
Information Ordering
Deductive Reasoning
Finger Dexterity

Different people go into different careers; medical information technicians are typically:

Conventional
Enterprising

Working as a medical information technician requires knowledge in subjects like:

Clerical
English Language
Customer and Personal Service

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of people employed as medical information technicians). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of medical information technicians 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	70	$28,000	$13.50	$36,900	$17.70	12.9%
Auburn	50	$26,400	$12.70	$32,600	$15.70	-14.6%
Birmingham	810	$27,700	$13.30	$35,900	$17.30	26.1%
Decatur	50	$27,400	$13.20	$32,100	$15.40	-31.3%
Dothan	120	$22,900	$11.00	$26,700	$12.80	50.8%
Florence	80	$25,800	$12.40	$30,900	$14.80	19.4%
Gadsden	50	$22,300	$10.70	$27,000	$13.00	9.5%
Huntsville	270	$28,000	$13.50	$32,800	$15.80	2.1%
Mobile	310	$25,000	$12.00	$33,700	$16.20	35.8%
Montgomery	250	$23,600	$11.40	$32,400	$15.60	15.7%
Tuscaloosa	120	$32,600	$15.70	$43,600	$21.00	0.7%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	340	$38,300	$18.40	$43,300	$20.80	55.7%
Fairbanks	130	$39,700	$19.10	$45,400	$21.80	172.5%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	190	$30,700	$14.80	$33,200	$16.00	158.9%
Lake Havasu City	90	$30,400	$14.60	$38,100	$18.30	41.5%
Phoenix	2,850	$30,800	$14.80	$39,300	$18.90	23.9%
Prescott	120	$27,200	$13.10	$35,900	$17.30	57.9%
Tucson	730	$24,600	$11.80	$30,700	$14.80	53.7%
Yuma	130	$22,700	$10.90	$26,500	$12.70	72%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	220	$26,400	$12.70	$41,000	$19.70	-15.8%
Fort Smith	230	$25,200	$12.10	$35,200	$16.90	47.4%
Hot Springs	70	$28,200	$13.60	$35,700	$17.20	54.5%
Jonesboro	60	$26,100	$12.60	$33,300	$16.00	-2.5%
Little Rock	490	$34,800	$16.70	$42,400	$20.40	14%
Pine Bluff	NA	$30,900	$14.80	$38,900	$18.70	NA

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	250	$28,000	$13.50	$41,200	$19.80	-29.3%
Chico	90	$26,600	$12.80	$32,800	$15.80	0.2%
El Centro	50	$37,200	$17.90	$43,200	$20.80	-28.9%
Fresno	330	$30,500	$14.70	$40,700	$19.60	-22.7%
Hanford	90	$34,300	$16.50	$42,600	$20.50	88.5%
Los Angeles (Area)	5,730	$33,900	$16.30	$46,300	$22.30	-22.1%
Madera	70	$35,600	$17.10	$43,900	$21.10	41.8%
Merced	40	$39,400	$18.90	$50,600	$24.30	-43.4%
Modesto	250	$28,000	$13.40	$33,200	$16.00	22.8%
Napa	50	$39,000	$18.80	$43,800	$21.10	-37.6%
Oakland	1,180	$39,200	$18.80	$50,500	$24.30	-8.9%
Oxnard	350	$31,800	$15.30	$39,200	$18.80	-9%
Redding	140	$29,100	$14.00	$34,800	$16.70	73.5%
Riverside	1,440	$36,600	$17.60	$48,200	$23.20	-7.8%
Sacramento	650	$39,800	$19.20	$51,500	$24.80	-41.4%
Salinas	140	$40,400	$19.40	$47,400	$22.80	-33%
San Diego	1,500	$33,600	$16.10	$43,100	$20.70	-10.4%
San Francisco (Area)	1,920	$42,400	$20.40	$55,000	$26.50	-25.7%
San Francisco (City)	740	$45,600	$21.90	$59,500	$28.60	-42.3%
San Jose	610	$45,300	$21.80	$55,000	$26.40	-47.8%
San Luis Obispo	110	$37,500	$18.00	$42,700	$20.50	-15.8%
Santa Barbara	210	$33,400	$16.10	$41,400	$19.90	-5.2%
Santa Cruz	70	$34,100	$16.40	$44,500	$21.40	-36.6%
Santa Rosa	200	$30,400	$14.60	$38,200	$18.40	-13.5%
Stockton	130	$38,100	$18.30	$50,400	$24.20	-51.4%
Vallejo	210	$39,500	$19.00	$48,100	$23.10	33.8%
Visalia	90	$32,600	$15.70	$42,800	$20.60	-45.6%
Yuba City	NA	$27,700	$13.30	$38,800	$18.60	NA

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	100	$40,000	$19.20	$49,600	$23.80	-48.9%
Colorado Springs	440	$33,000	$15.90	$40,400	$19.40	36.3%
Denver	1,450	$37,600	$18.10	$48,100	$23.10	-8.7%
Fort Collins	160	$39,900	$19.20	$49,300	$23.70	-5.6%
Grand Junction	100	$31,600	$15.20	$40,300	$19.40	18.7%
Greeley	80	$36,400	$17.50	$42,900	$20.60	-18.9%
Pueblo	100	$33,300	$16.00	$41,700	$20.10	35.5%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	410	$33,500	$16.10	$44,300	$21.30	-15.8%
Hartford	660	$33,800	$16.20	$41,100	$19.80	-9.9%
New Haven	300	$35,700	$17.20	$47,000	$22.60	-25.1%
Norwich	130	$34,300	$16.50	$44,600	$21.50	-26.4%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	2,040	$38,900	$18.70	$49,400	$23.80	-40.3%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	420	$29,800	$14.30	$35,100	$16.90	28.7%
Cape Coral	330	$31,800	$15.30	$39,400	$18.90	26.3%
Deltona	240	$28,200	$13.50	$34,200	$16.40	17.6%
Fort Walton Beach	70	$32,300	$15.60	$42,600	$20.50	-25.3%
Gainesville	250	$37,000	$17.80	$45,800	$22.00	58.7%
Jacksonville	740	$30,500	$14.70	$38,600	$18.60	-2.1%
Lakeland	380	$35,000	$16.80	$58,500	$28.10	49.1%
Miami (Area)	3,000	$29,900	$14.40	$40,900	$19.70	3.8%
Naples	100	$33,600	$16.20	$37,600	$18.10	-30.6%
Ocala	140	$27,600	$13.30	$36,100	$17.30	17.7%
Orlando	1,130	$25,800	$12.40	$34,900	$16.80	-12.3%
Palm Bay	470	$30,600	$14.70	$41,000	$19.70	83.1%
Panama City	90	$28,500	$13.70	$35,400	$17.00	-2.3%
Pensacola	320	$29,800	$14.30	$41,000	$19.70	62.6%
Port St. Lucie	130	$30,400	$14.60	$35,200	$16.90	-19.9%
Punta Gorda	90	$28,200	$13.60	$35,300	$17.00	88.8%
Sebastian	90	$25,300	$12.20	$31,300	$15.00	41.5%
Tallahassee	150	$29,200	$14.00	$33,400	$16.00	-29.2%
Tampa	1,780	$27,600	$13.30	$39,300	$18.90	20.7%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	130	$19,700	$9.50	$24,300	$11.70	68.8%
Athens	90	$37,500	$18.00	$43,500	$20.90	-15.5%
Atlanta	2,020	$29,000	$13.90	$35,700	$17.20	-32.5%
Augusta	270	$32,500	$15.60	$41,100	$19.80	1.5%
Brunswick	50	$30,700	$14.70	$37,100	$17.90	-13.4%
Columbus	250	$26,500	$12.70	$36,500	$17.50	69.3%
Dalton	60	$27,600	$13.30	$31,900	$15.30	-33.2%
Gainesville	80	$29,200	$14.00	$34,000	$16.40	-12.8%
Macon	200	$25,600	$12.30	$30,800	$14.80	60%
Rome	120	$28,700	$13.80	$33,400	$16.10	153.7%
Savannah	140	$26,500	$12.70	$30,000	$14.40	-29.8%
Valdosta	60	$21,900	$10.60	$28,200	$13.60	-16.5%
Warner Robins	30	$29,500	$14.20	$40,700	$19.60	-58%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	530	$41,000	$19.70	$52,100	$25.10	-5.9%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	600	$33,500	$16.10	$37,500	$18.00	74.2%
Coeur d'Alene	80	$26,800	$12.90	$36,100	$17.40	10.2%
Idaho Falls	60	$27,600	$13.30	$32,400	$15.60	-0.8%
Pocatello	NA	$29,500	$14.20	$33,100	$15.90	NA

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	70	$30,400	$14.60	$36,900	$17.70	-40.9%
Champaign	120	$31,100	$15.00	$44,800	$21.50	-10.2%
Chicago (Area)	5,250	$32,700	$15.70	$40,700	$19.60	-2.9%
Danville	60	$29,000	$13.90	$41,200	$19.80	67.2%
Decatur	90	$35,000	$16.90	$46,800	$22.50	21.6%
Kankakee	60	$30,300	$14.60	$39,800	$19.20	3%
Peoria	260	$27,400	$13.20	$34,100	$16.40	18.6%
Rockford	200	$25,400	$12.20	$29,300	$14.10	6.2%
Springfield	100	$29,600	$14.20	$32,600	$15.70	-26%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	70	$36,600	$17.60	$44,400	$21.30	45.2%
Bloomington	260	$28,100	$13.50	$33,000	$15.90	164.1%
Columbus	70	$26,800	$12.90	$35,400	$17.00	26.3%
Elkhart	170	$28,500	$13.70	$34,900	$16.80	27%
Evansville	330	$25,100	$12.10	$32,900	$15.80	50.5%
Fort Wayne	280	$29,000	$14.00	$39,600	$19.00	5.3%
Indianapolis	1,120	$30,800	$14.80	$41,100	$19.80	-1.6%
Kokomo	70	$29,600	$14.30	$37,000	$17.80	37.2%
Lafayette	130	$30,300	$14.60	$38,700	$18.60	21.3%
Michigan City	80	$27,000	$13.00	$33,600	$16.20	49.5%
Muncie	80	$27,300	$13.10	$32,300	$15.50	36.4%
South Bend	430	$25,000	$12.00	$31,500	$15.20	158.2%
Terre Haute	100	$27,300	$13.10	$42,500	$20.40	8.1%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	130	$22,200	$10.70	$25,500	$12.20	130.5%
Cedar Rapids	140	$28,300	$13.60	$35,100	$16.90	-19.8%
Davenport	280	$24,400	$11.80	$30,300	$14.60	18.8%
Des Moines	570	$30,200	$14.50	$38,300	$18.40	36.5%
Dubuque	70	$31,900	$15.30	$37,000	$17.80	7.7%
Iowa City	150	$44,600	$21.50	$51,700	$24.90	39.6%
Sioux City	100	$26,400	$12.70	$31,600	$15.20	3.4%
Waterloo	180	$28,200	$13.60	$33,700	$16.20	58.9%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	40	$31,400	$15.10	$38,100	$18.30	-32.8%
Topeka	180	$30,800	$14.80	$39,400	$19.00	27.2%
Wichita	560	$27,000	$13.00	$33,700	$16.20	44%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	40	$30,700	$14.70	$41,700	$20.00	-46.1%
Elizabethtown	90	$33,900	$16.30	$41,000	$19.70	62%
Lexington	460	$34,200	$16.50	$43,400	$20.90	45.6%
Louisville	960	$29,700	$14.30	$36,600	$17.60	23.6%
Owensboro	70	$23,600	$11.40	$29,400	$14.20	15.3%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	110	$28,400	$13.70	$41,300	$19.90	30.7%
Baton Rouge	530	$24,600	$11.80	$33,900	$16.30	11.6%
Houma	90	$26,300	$12.60	$35,800	$17.20	-28.2%
Lafayette	170	$28,000	$13.40	$37,700	$18.10	-8.6%
Lake Charles	80	$23,100	$11.10	$28,500	$13.70	-33.2%
Monroe	110	$28,500	$13.70	$33,300	$16.00	13.9%
New Orleans	590	$30,300	$14.60	$37,700	$18.10	-10.9%
Shreveport	340	$20,500	$9.80	$29,500	$14.20	49.1%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	100	$30,400	$14.60	$37,700	$18.10	19.3%
Lewiston	50	$30,900	$14.90	$37,700	$18.10	-26.7%
Portland	290	$29,000	$14.00	$36,200	$17.40	12.6%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	1,450	$37,000	$17.80	$48,300	$23.20	-11.9%
Cumberland	50	$26,400	$12.70	$31,400	$15.10	-8.3%
Hagerstown	80	$32,700	$15.70	$47,200	$22.70	-34%
Salisbury	90	$34,500	$16.60	$39,200	$18.80	31%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	260	$36,400	$17.50	$47,100	$22.60	107.6%
Boston (Area)	NA	$33,500	$16.10	$43,500	$20.90	NA
Pittsfield	80	$34,200	$16.40	$42,300	$20.30	78.3%
Springfield	390	$35,500	$17.10	$44,400	$21.40	4.5%
Worcester	500	$31,700	$15.30	$41,500	$19.90	26.4%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	480	$35,300	$17.00	$46,600	$22.40	91.9%
Battle Creek	50	$39,500	$19.00	$47,000	$22.60	-20.2%
Detroit (Area)	1,770	$32,500	$15.60	$42,000	$20.20	-24.5%
Flint	210	$38,000	$18.30	$46,200	$22.20	20.9%
Grand Rapids	280	$29,300	$14.10	$36,800	$17.70	-41.9%
Holland	60	$30,500	$14.60	$36,200	$17.40	-57.8%
Jackson	60	$32,600	$15.70	$45,600	$21.90	-15.3%
Kalamazoo	150	$30,200	$14.50	$38,800	$18.60	-16%
Lansing	200	$33,100	$15.90	$40,400	$19.40	-22.7%
Monroe	50	$28,800	$13.90	$31,600	$15.20	-6.9%
Muskegon	90	$24,600	$11.80	$29,700	$14.30	16.1%
Niles	60	$28,800	$13.80	$39,400	$18.90	-26.1%
Saginaw	210	$25,400	$12.20	$30,500	$14.70	100.5%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	220	$35,600	$17.10	$40,200	$19.30	38.7%
Minneapolis	2,320	$37,600	$18.10	$45,600	$21.90	2.8%
Rochester	250	$42,800	$20.60	$48,600	$23.30	86%
St. Cloud	120	$36,400	$17.50	$41,300	$19.90	-0.5%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	170	$28,200	$13.60	$40,200	$19.30	27.8%
Hattiesburg	150	$21,600	$10.40	$25,500	$12.20	103.8%
Jackson	530	$25,000	$12.00	$35,400	$17.00	65.1%
Pascagoula	60	$23,100	$11.10	$27,600	$13.30	-12%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	220	$29,200	$14.00	$39,200	$18.80	100.2%
Jefferson City	50	$32,300	$15.50	$43,800	$21.00	-48.9%
Joplin	160	$24,300	$11.70	$31,500	$15.10	62.6%
Kansas City	1,620	$31,700	$15.30	$39,500	$19.00	25.9%
Springfield	230	$29,400	$14.10	$42,300	$20.40	-4.3%
St. Louis	1,940	$29,500	$14.20	$36,000	$17.30	13.9%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	150	$33,000	$15.90	$39,300	$18.90	38.9%
Great Falls	90	$28,000	$13.50	$33,700	$16.20	100.3%
Missoula	80	$29,800	$14.30	$38,700	$18.60	3.4%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	320	$29,200	$14.00	$35,900	$17.30	49.2%
Omaha	900	$31,800	$15.30	$40,100	$19.30	53%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Carson City	40	$35,100	$16.90	$42,700	$20.50	13.8%
Las Vegas	890	$32,300	$15.50	$43,400	$20.90	-20.4%
Reno	220	$33,000	$15.90	$47,800	$23.00	-16.3%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	210	$27,100	$13.10	$33,000	$15.90	64.5%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	80	$38,600	$18.60	$49,500	$23.80	-56.5%
Ocean City	30	$30,900	$14.80	$40,800	$19.60	-33.4%
Trenton	160	$38,100	$18.30	$47,900	$23.10	-44.1%
Vineland	30	$45,000	$21.60	$54,100	$26.00	-60.6%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	340	$32,800	$15.80	$39,100	$18.80	-31.6%
Farmington	80	$34,800	$16.80	$40,000	$19.20	19.3%
Las Cruces	80	$21,400	$10.30	$26,200	$12.60	-2.6%
Santa Fe	70	$30,600	$14.70	$40,000	$19.20	-13.7%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	500	$29,200	$14.00	$37,800	$18.20	-11.9%
Binghamton	140	$27,900	$13.40	$37,300	$17.90	-3.3%
Buffalo	570	$35,200	$16.90	$44,700	$21.50	-18.8%
Elmira	40	$26,100	$12.50	$29,900	$14.40	-10.4%
Glens Falls	90	$25,900	$12.40	$35,800	$17.20	26.3%
Kingston	70	$25,700	$12.40	$39,800	$19.10	-12.6%
New York (Area)	6,600	$43,000	$20.70	$53,200	$25.60	-41.7%
Poughkeepsie	330	$31,800	$15.30	$45,400	$21.80	3.6%
Rochester	720	$30,600	$14.70	$38,200	$18.40	11.9%
Syracuse	710	$38,800	$18.70	$49,700	$23.90	77.6%
Utica	220	$26,300	$12.70	$34,900	$16.80	33.5%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	340	$27,500	$13.20	$32,500	$15.60	52.4%
Burlington	60	$29,700	$14.30	$35,800	$17.20	-17.2%
Charlotte	800	$30,600	$14.70	$36,300	$17.40	-27.3%
Durham	390	$37,300	$17.90	$48,500	$23.30	7.7%
Fayetteville	220	$32,200	$15.50	$43,500	$20.90	30.7%
Goldsboro	140	$28,900	$13.90	$32,300	$15.50	143.8%
Greensboro	290	$28,500	$13.70	$37,500	$18.00	-35.4%
Greenville	200	$28,300	$13.60	$36,100	$17.40	108.6%
Hickory	250	$27,200	$13.10	$31,700	$15.20	30.9%
Raleigh	520	$29,300	$14.10	$35,800	$17.20	-20.4%
Rocky Mount	90	$23,800	$11.40	$27,800	$13.40	14.8%
Wilmington	190	$29,900	$14.40	$45,100	$21.70	1.8%
Winston-Salem	450	$28,400	$13.70	$34,800	$16.70	68.7%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	90	$30,200	$14.50	$36,200	$17.40	11.6%
Fargo	80	$29,700	$14.30	$37,200	$17.90	-48.6%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	250	$32,600	$15.70	$39,600	$19.00	-41.6%
Canton	350	$26,200	$12.60	$31,900	$15.30	63.2%
Cincinnati	1,120	$30,500	$14.70	$39,400	$19.00	-13.6%
Cleveland	1,320	$33,300	$16.00	$41,800	$20.10	1.1%
Columbus	840	$30,800	$14.80	$36,700	$17.60	-29%
Dayton	620	$29,400	$14.10	$34,700	$16.70	28.4%
Lima	110	$28,800	$13.80	$35,400	$17.00	62.4%
Sandusky	40	$26,000	$12.50	$32,700	$15.70	-11%
Springfield	50	$26,800	$12.90	$33,000	$15.90	-15.5%
Toledo	550	$31,800	$15.30	$38,600	$18.60	43.5%
Youngstown	320	$26,900	$12.90	$31,200	$15.00	12.6%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	100	$32,200	$15.50	$41,900	$20.20	79.2%
Oklahoma City	1,280	$28,200	$13.60	$38,300	$18.40	73.4%
Tulsa	680	$28,100	$13.50	$35,000	$16.80	22.4%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	120	$29,400	$14.10	$37,100	$17.80	51.6%
Corvallis	100	$30,300	$14.60	$36,700	$17.70	133.1%
Eugene	280	$32,400	$15.60	$42,200	$20.30	48.9%
Medford	150	$28,800	$13.90	$38,600	$18.60	52.1%
Portland	1,390	$37,300	$17.90	$46,300	$22.30	6.9%
Salem	340	$29,400	$14.10	$35,800	$17.20	78.3%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	660	$29,000	$13.90	$37,200	$17.90	52.5%
Altoona	80	$33,600	$16.20	$42,200	$20.30	6.6%
Erie	230	$26,500	$12.70	$32,800	$15.80	38.4%
Harrisburg	500	$29,400	$14.10	$37,700	$18.10	24%
Johnstown	70	$26,500	$12.70	$32,400	$15.60	1.2%
Lancaster	280	$27,800	$13.40	$32,400	$15.60	-5.1%
Lebanon	70	$32,600	$15.70	$42,300	$20.30	21.7%
Philadelphia (Area)	2,940	$35,900	$17.30	$46,000	$22.10	-27.9%
Pittsburgh	1,750	$29,600	$14.20	$38,500	$18.50	20.1%
Reading	120	$27,100	$13.10	$31,400	$15.10	-45.6%
Scranton	500	$27,300	$13.10	$33,700	$16.20	50.2%
State College	120	$23,400	$11.30	$26,500	$12.80	35.3%
York	240	$28,800	$13.80	$39,300	$18.90	4.7%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	1,020	$30,600	$14.70	$38,900	$18.70	44%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	110	$23,500	$11.30	$31,500	$15.10	46.2%
Charleston	300	$28,900	$13.90	$38,100	$18.30	-17.8%
Columbia	410	$31,000	$14.90	$39,500	$19.00	-5.1%
Florence	120	$27,100	$13.00	$31,900	$15.30	17.5%
Greenville	380	$26,800	$12.90	$33,500	$16.10	-2.1%
Myrtle Beach	110	$23,900	$11.50	$30,400	$14.60	-21.7%
Spartanburg	140	$27,800	$13.40	$33,800	$16.20	-6.7%
Sumter	70	$23,500	$11.30	$28,000	$13.50	61.1%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	180	$31,100	$14.90	$38,500	$18.50	131.5%
Sioux Falls	370	$28,700	$13.80	$35,500	$17.10	108.3%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	270	$27,800	$13.40	$34,500	$16.60	-8.7%
Clarksville	70	$27,200	$13.10	$31,900	$15.30	-32.9%
Jackson	160	$24,200	$11.60	$30,200	$14.50	112.1%
Johnson City	190	$26,600	$12.80	$38,000	$18.30	86.8%
Kingsport	140	$28,400	$13.60	$42,400	$20.40	-4.3%
Knoxville	360	$29,000	$13.90	$35,800	$17.20	-15.8%
Memphis	840	$27,600	$13.30	$36,100	$17.40	6.7%
Morristown	40	$23,200	$11.20	$27,700	$13.30	-35.3%
Nashville	590	$32,900	$15.80	$42,300	$20.30	-37.4%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	120	$25,300	$12.20	$36,800	$17.70	46.3%
Amarillo	110	$29,000	$14.00	$36,700	$17.70	-20.3%
Austin	820	$28,900	$13.90	$33,000	$15.90	-18.6%
Beaumont	120	$25,400	$12.20	$38,300	$18.40	-42.2%
Brownsville	220	$24,700	$11.90	$29,800	$14.30	37.1%
College Station	100	$24,400	$11.70	$33,700	$16.20	-13.8%
Corpus Christi	360	$24,400	$11.70	$28,800	$13.90	56.5%
Dallas (Area)	3,280	$32,800	$15.80	$43,200	$20.80	-7.4%
El Paso	340	$31,000	$14.90	$40,700	$19.60	-3.7%
Houston	3,090	$31,400	$15.10	$40,300	$19.40	-7.7%
Killeen	260	$37,100	$17.90	$43,000	$20.70	67.3%
Laredo	160	$19,600	$9.40	$23,000	$11.10	37.8%
Longview	100	$27,100	$13.00	$36,700	$17.70	-22.6%
Lubbock	150	$20,100	$9.70	$25,600	$12.30	-5.8%
McAllen	470	$21,500	$10.30	$26,400	$12.70	62.7%
Odessa	50	$28,800	$13.90	$35,100	$16.90	-38.4%
San Angelo	80	$28,100	$13.50	$35,000	$16.80	32.3%
San Antonio	1,620	$28,500	$13.70	$40,000	$19.20	47.9%
Sherman	70	$25,600	$12.30	$32,700	$15.70	31.5%
Texarkana	110	$34,000	$16.30	$39,900	$19.20	53.4%
Tyler	250	$24,900	$12.00	$31,200	$15.00	102.8%
Victoria	70	$22,500	$10.80	$26,000	$12.50	11.9%
Waco	130	$26,800	$12.90	$43,800	$21.10	1.2%
Wichita Falls	90	$28,300	$13.60	$36,000	$17.30	17%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	50	$29,100	$14.00	$36,600	$17.60	-18.8%
Ogden	220	$26,700	$12.80	$36,900	$17.70	-14%
Provo	210	$28,700	$13.80	$35,800	$17.20	-9.3%
Salt Lake City	1,130	$29,500	$14.20	$37,900	$18.20	41.3%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	220	$31,800	$15.30	$40,700	$19.60	47.9%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	60	$29,800	$14.30	$37,700	$18.10	-27.7%
Charlottesville	200	$36,400	$17.50	$45,300	$21.80	65%
Danville	NA	$24,100	$11.60	$26,600	$12.80	NA
Harrisonburg	70	NA	NA	NA	NA	-2.4%
Lynchburg	60	$31,200	$15.00	$41,100	$19.80	-54.9%
Richmond	640	$30,100	$14.50	$38,100	$18.30	-17.9%
Roanoke	180	$32,700	$15.70	$43,300	$20.80	-8.3%
Virginia Beach	1,000	$30,300	$14.60	$39,300	$18.90	3.8%
Winchester	90	$31,900	$15.30	$40,200	$19.30	33%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	130	$36,100	$17.40	$42,700	$20.50	26.7%
Bremerton	200	$34,700	$16.70	$40,400	$19.40	94.4%
Kennewick	110	$30,900	$14.90	$38,400	$18.50	-7.7%
Longview	80	NA	NA	NA	NA	78.1%
Mount Vernon	90	$35,000	$16.80	$41,500	$20.00	57.4%
Olympia	140	$32,100	$15.40	$40,600	$19.50	10.6%
Seattle (Area)	2,390	$35,200	$16.90	$44,000	$21.10	30.9%
Spokane	400	$28,900	$13.90	$33,800	$16.30	49%
Wenatchee	80	$31,800	$15.30	$40,400	$19.40	50.9%
Yakima	260	$31,200	$15.00	$38,200	$18.40	147.6%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	210	$22,400	$10.80	$26,600	$12.80	9.9%
Huntington	420	$25,600	$12.30	$38,100	$18.30	189.7%
Morgantown	120	$25,200	$12.10	$36,400	$17.50	57.5%
Parkersburg	60	$22,900	$11.00	$28,600	$13.70	-32.8%
Weirton	40	$25,500	$12.30	$32,300	$15.50	-27.3%
Wheeling	120	$24,000	$11.60	$34,500	$16.60	45.6%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	130	$26,700	$12.90	$34,400	$16.60	-12.2%
Eau Claire	170	$31,400	$15.10	$40,000	$19.20	66.8%
Fond du Lac	60	$26,400	$12.70	$35,100	$16.90	-1.6%
Green Bay	290	$31,400	$15.10	$40,000	$19.30	35.8%
Janesville	200	$25,100	$12.10	$35,400	$17.00	145.6%
La Crosse	NA	$36,200	$17.40	$42,100	$20.20	NA
Madison	470	$43,800	$21.10	$50,300	$24.20	9%
Milwaukee	1,100	$37,300	$17.90	$45,600	$21.90	3%
Oshkosh	100	$30,000	$14.40	$39,600	$19.10	-8.2%
Racine	60	$32,900	$15.80	$39,700	$19.10	-39.3%
Sheboygan	60	$34,000	$16.40	$38,900	$18.70	-20.6%
Wausau	80	$30,500	$14.70	$37,100	$17.80	-10.2%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	60	$29,400	$14.20	$35,900	$17.30	22%
Cheyenne	60	$31,300	$15.00	$40,000	$19.20	6.4%