School Counselors

Median Salary: $52,600

Many school counselors across the U.S. share a number of key professional characteristics. For example, self control, dependability, and stress tolerance can be critical for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 251,050 folks were working as school counselors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to hone these attributes and receive formal training, particularly if you're looking to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for school counselors in the U.S. was $52,600 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $25.30. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about school counselors, including wages and job density for areas all over the U.S..

School counselors should be skilled in:

Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Recognition
Written Comprehension
Near Vision

Different folks go into different careers; school counselors are typically:

Social
Artistic
Investigative

Working as a school counselor requires knowledge in subjects like:

Therapy and Counseling
English Language
Psychology
Customer and Personal Service
Administration and Management

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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 school counselors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of school counselors 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	60	$48,700	$23.40	$55,200	$26.50	-29.6%
Auburn	200	$52,700	$25.30	$61,400	$29.50	121%
Birmingham	680	$56,400	$27.10	$67,400	$32.40	-28.5%
Decatur	70	$56,300	$27.10	$61,700	$29.70	-34%
Dothan	50	$51,000	$24.50	$57,500	$27.70	-54.1%
Florence	90	$52,500	$25.30	$59,600	$28.70	-11%
Gadsden	60	$53,800	$25.90	$61,400	$29.50	-5.6%
Huntsville	200	$55,900	$26.90	$63,400	$30.50	-50.2%
Mobile	200	$46,200	$22.20	$55,400	$26.60	-38.4%
Montgomery	280	$52,000	$25.00	$62,100	$29.90	-10.5%
Tuscaloosa	120	$41,800	$20.10	$48,300	$23.20	-33.1%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	270	$62,300	$30.00	$80,600	$38.80	-13.9%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	190	$40,800	$19.60	$48,500	$23.30	72.8%
Lake Havasu City	150	$34,700	$16.70	$44,600	$21.40	71.1%
Phoenix	3,370	$46,000	$22.10	$54,500	$26.20	-0.6%
Prescott	140	$37,100	$17.80	$44,000	$21.10	23.9%
Tucson	820	$42,100	$20.20	$50,800	$24.40	18.1%
Yuma	120	$48,700	$23.40	$56,300	$27.10	3.1%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	390	$52,600	$25.30	$61,400	$29.50	2.4%
Fort Smith	180	$54,300	$26.10	$62,000	$29.80	-21.3%
Hot Springs	60	$53,100	$25.50	$61,200	$29.40	-10.8%
Jonesboro	100	$46,200	$22.20	$55,200	$26.60	6.3%
Little Rock	570	$56,300	$27.10	$64,900	$31.20	-10.5%
Pine Bluff	60	$56,300	$27.00	$62,300	$30.00	-5.8%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	590	$53,500	$25.70	$68,000	$32.70	14.9%
Chico	240	$55,200	$26.50	$72,200	$34.70	76.8%
El Centro	160	$59,000	$28.40	$77,600	$37.30	61.4%
Fresno	840	$65,700	$31.60	$84,200	$40.50	35.6%
Hanford	40	$49,400	$23.70	$62,800	$30.20	-39.8%
Los Angeles (Area)	10,370	$57,300	$27.60	$82,800	$39.80	-3.2%
Madera	150	$54,600	$26.20	$93,600	$45.00	108.5%
Merced	190	$53,200	$25.60	$78,500	$37.70	61.9%
Modesto	280	$76,200	$36.60	$89,200	$42.90	-6.8%
Napa	110	$40,200	$19.30	$69,800	$33.60	-5.7%
Oakland	1,840	$54,900	$26.40	$74,200	$35.70	-3.2%
Oxnard	520	$59,900	$28.80	$81,300	$39.10	-8.4%
Redding	160	$49,700	$23.90	$84,300	$40.50	32.7%
Riverside	2,910	$61,700	$29.70	$82,300	$39.60	26.6%
Sacramento	2,300	$53,000	$25.50	$69,600	$33.50	40.4%
Salinas	220	$57,500	$27.60	$76,400	$36.70	-24.8%
San Diego	3,800	$53,400	$25.70	$78,400	$37.70	54.4%
San Francisco (Area)	4,430	$55,800	$26.80	$76,600	$36.80	17%
San Francisco (City)	2,590	$56,600	$27.20	$78,900	$37.90	37.3%
San Jose	1,550	$71,000	$34.10	$84,000	$40.40	-9.2%
San Luis Obispo	230	$57,600	$27.70	$75,000	$36.10	21.3%
Santa Barbara	410	$54,700	$26.30	$79,800	$38.40	25.7%
Santa Cruz	NA	$56,500	$27.10	$70,100	$33.70	NA
Santa Rosa	280	$53,800	$25.80	$77,300	$37.20	-17.7%
Stockton	560	$59,900	$28.80	$74,900	$36.00	39.6%
Vallejo	310	$58,200	$28.00	$75,500	$36.30	34.2%
Visalia	490	$45,200	$21.70	$79,600	$38.30	91.8%
Yuba City	180	$59,100	$28.40	$77,900	$37.50	147%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	320	$45,600	$21.90	$55,100	$26.50	7.8%
Colorado Springs	510	$45,700	$22.00	$55,500	$26.70	7.2%
Denver	1,670	$49,300	$23.70	$64,100	$30.80	-28.8%
Fort Collins	240	$44,200	$21.30	$55,200	$26.60	-4%
Greeley	130	$46,700	$22.50	$57,300	$27.60	-13%
Pueblo	150	$46,000	$22.10	$61,200	$29.40	42%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	NA	$64,800	$31.20	$81,600	$39.20	NA
Hartford	1,110	$49,800	$24.00	$70,500	$33.90	2.5%
New Haven	1,020	$60,700	$29.20	$75,900	$36.50	43%
Norwich	180	$65,600	$31.50	$74,900	$36.00	-31.5%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	240	$45,000	$21.60	$65,500	$31.50	110%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	5,740	$67,100	$32.30	$88,100	$42.40	4.5%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	290	$51,500	$24.70	$64,700	$31.10	-38.2%
Cape Coral	NA	$53,200	$25.60	$70,200	$33.70	NA
Deltona	300	$42,500	$20.40	$56,100	$27.00	-0.6%
Fort Walton Beach	120	NA	NA	NA	NA	-16.5%
Gainesville	150	$49,400	$23.80	$59,500	$28.60	-34.2%
Jacksonville	980	$45,100	$21.70	$65,400	$31.50	-12.1%
Lakeland	270	NA	NA	NA	NA	-26.9%
Miami (Area)	3,950	$46,600	$22.40	$63,200	$30.40	-9.6%
Ocala	130	NA	NA	NA	NA	-30.7%
Orlando	1,110	$63,700	$30.60	$77,100	$37.10	-41.4%
Palm Bay	330	NA	NA	NA	NA	-12.9%
Pensacola	260	$51,500	$24.80	$68,600	$33.00	-10%
Port St. Lucie	210	$65,600	$31.50	$84,200	$40.50	-10.1%
Sebastian	30	$64,900	$31.20	$72,500	$34.90	-60.7%
Tallahassee	280	$48,000	$23.10	$58,300	$28.00	-8.4%
Tampa	1,710	$52,500	$25.20	$67,100	$32.30	-21.4%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	90	$58,000	$27.90	$66,700	$32.10	-23.9%
Athens	290	$43,200	$20.80	$55,200	$26.50	91.3%
Atlanta	3,460	$56,100	$27.00	$70,600	$33.90	-21.4%
Augusta	310	$61,000	$29.30	$74,000	$35.60	-22.2%
Brunswick	70	$58,100	$28.00	$68,100	$32.80	-15.5%
Columbus	200	$58,200	$28.00	$67,600	$32.50	-8.6%
Dalton	80	$60,500	$29.10	$80,400	$38.70	-36.7%
Gainesville	70	$42,900	$20.60	$49,300	$23.70	-45.8%
Hinesville	40	$69,500	$33.40	$76,100	$36.60	11.3%
Macon	170	$51,100	$24.50	$61,900	$29.80	-9.4%
Rome	70	$58,300	$28.00	$65,000	$31.30	0.8%
Savannah	290	$47,400	$22.80	$55,300	$26.60	-0.6%
Valdosta	110	$48,200	$23.20	$64,200	$30.90	11.3%
Warner Robins	80	$60,900	$29.30	$69,900	$33.60	-28.9%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	1,100	$53,800	$25.80	$64,000	$30.80	32.3%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	640	$42,200	$20.30	$58,200	$28.00	27.1%
Coeur d'Alene	70	$49,200	$23.60	$68,300	$32.80	-33%
Idaho Falls	60	$53,600	$25.80	$66,200	$31.80	-37.6%
Lewiston	40	$51,400	$24.70	$58,900	$28.30	-11.8%
Pocatello	120	$48,800	$23.50	$60,300	$29.00	69.5%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	170	$48,900	$23.50	$61,600	$29.60	1.3%
Champaign	210	$48,900	$23.50	$59,100	$28.40	8.7%
Chicago (Area)	6,130	$57,000	$27.40	$80,700	$38.80	-29.7%
Danville	NA	$27,000	$13.00	$32,000	$15.40	NA
Decatur	100	$38,600	$18.50	$56,900	$27.30	-10.6%
Kankakee	40	$55,200	$26.50	$71,200	$34.20	-44.5%
Peoria	200	$50,600	$24.30	$61,700	$29.70	-37.6%
Rockford	310	$45,400	$21.80	$64,500	$31.00	12.2%
Springfield	NA	$51,200	$24.60	$60,800	$29.30	NA

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	70	$41,300	$19.90	$49,900	$24.00	2.2%
Columbus	40	$45,200	$21.70	$58,700	$28.20	-53.3%
Elkhart	120	$45,100	$21.70	$59,500	$28.60	-35%
Evansville	210	$48,000	$23.10	$60,400	$29.10	-35.5%
Fort Wayne	320	$47,600	$22.90	$64,500	$31.00	-17.6%
Indianapolis	1,130	$54,400	$26.20	$70,800	$34.10	-32.5%
Kokomo	40	$52,600	$25.30	$60,700	$29.20	-44.9%
Lafayette	NA	$40,000	$19.30	$51,800	$24.90	NA
Michigan City	70	$43,700	$21.00	$57,100	$27.40	-9.4%
Muncie	160	$35,300	$17.00	$48,200	$23.20	76%
South Bend	230	$45,200	$21.80	$57,700	$27.80	-6.1%
Terre Haute	120	$44,400	$21.40	$64,800	$31.10	-4.9%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	150	$43,400	$20.90	$49,000	$23.60	87.9%
Cedar Rapids	210	$40,800	$19.60	$50,100	$24.10	-21.4%
Davenport	230	$49,200	$23.70	$62,200	$29.90	-35.6%
Des Moines	400	$47,800	$23.00	$60,700	$29.20	-35.7%
Dubuque	70	$40,400	$19.40	$50,700	$24.40	-28.5%
Iowa City	120	$42,400	$20.40	$52,600	$25.30	-26.6%
Sioux City	80	$45,000	$21.60	$55,600	$26.70	-44.6%
Waterloo	80	$45,000	$21.70	$62,100	$29.90	-52.1%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	110	$49,500	$23.80	$59,700	$28.70	23.9%
Topeka	100	$53,300	$25.60	$61,100	$29.40	-51.9%
Wichita	450	$53,800	$25.90	$62,300	$30.00	-21.6%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	100	$47,400	$22.80	$58,000	$27.90	-3.3%
Elizabethtown	90	$66,200	$31.80	$73,500	$35.30	12.1%
Lexington	300	$53,400	$25.70	$64,100	$30.80	-35.9%
Louisville	690	$63,700	$30.60	$78,300	$37.70	-39.7%
Owensboro	70	$56,100	$27.00	$66,500	$32.00	-23.5%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	170	$47,000	$22.60	$52,700	$25.30	40.9%
Baton Rouge	1,880	$52,300	$25.10	$62,900	$30.20	168.3%
Houma	230	$47,300	$22.80	$52,200	$25.10	24.9%
Lafayette	290	$53,600	$25.80	$63,000	$30.30	3.5%
Lake Charles	260	$54,700	$26.30	$60,800	$29.20	52.2%
Monroe	380	$50,300	$24.20	$60,100	$28.90	160.3%
New Orleans	1,500	$50,700	$24.40	$58,200	$28.00	53.1%
Shreveport	460	$54,500	$26.20	$61,400	$29.50	37.8%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	120	$39,700	$19.10	$50,400	$24.20	5%
Lewiston	110	$41,000	$19.70	$51,700	$24.90	19.6%
Portland	370	$48,600	$23.40	$57,700	$27.80	-3%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	2,700	$54,300	$26.10	$76,700	$36.90	11.3%
Cumberland	120	$56,400	$27.10	$78,300	$37.60	62.4%
Hagerstown	170	$51,800	$24.90	$63,700	$30.60	-6.9%
Salisbury	150	$54,700	$26.30	$78,800	$37.90	41.6%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	180	$59,800	$28.70	$69,500	$33.40	-3.5%
Boston (Area)	5,460	$56,900	$27.40	$69,500	$33.40	15.1%
Pittsfield	90	$56,800	$27.30	$66,400	$31.90	30.7%
Springfield	680	$57,500	$27.70	$66,100	$31.80	22.7%
Worcester	700	$48,900	$23.50	$65,400	$31.50	37.7%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	210	$49,900	$24.00	$57,600	$27.70	-42.4%
Battle Creek	60	$55,100	$26.50	$63,000	$30.30	-41.1%
Bay City	100	$53,500	$25.70	$63,000	$30.30	40.4%
Detroit (Area)	2,060	$52,700	$25.30	$64,700	$31.10	-37.3%
Flint	200	$47,900	$23.00	$75,700	$36.40	-21.9%
Grand Rapids	470	$49,100	$23.60	$68,000	$32.70	-32.4%
Holland	110	$60,900	$29.30	$70,700	$34.00	-44%
Jackson	80	$54,000	$26.00	$63,400	$30.50	-24%
Kalamazoo	180	$50,800	$24.40	$62,700	$30.10	-29%
Lansing	270	$45,300	$21.80	$57,100	$27.50	-28.9%
Monroe	50	$56,700	$27.30	$74,300	$35.70	-24.8%
Muskegon	80	$54,100	$26.00	$66,400	$31.90	-31.7%
Niles	80	$47,600	$22.90	$60,100	$28.90	-31.5%
Saginaw	80	$53,500	$25.70	$68,400	$32.90	-45.7%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	250	$44,200	$21.30	$56,500	$27.20	3.7%
Minneapolis	2,260	$47,500	$22.80	$63,000	$30.30	-32%
Rochester	120	$38,500	$18.50	$59,900	$28.80	-41.6%
St. Cloud	110	$52,300	$25.10	$62,200	$29.90	-40.9%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	120	$51,900	$25.00	$59,800	$28.80	-37.6%
Hattiesburg	100	$44,700	$21.50	$54,400	$26.10	-12.5%
Jackson	450	$46,500	$22.30	$57,000	$27.40	-3.9%
Pascagoula	80	$52,200	$25.10	$62,700	$30.10	-22.8%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	300	$39,000	$18.80	$49,300	$23.70	88.8%
Jefferson City	170	$42,200	$20.30	$47,600	$22.90	11.8%
Joplin	150	$42,300	$20.30	$50,700	$24.40	4.8%
Kansas City	1,780	$52,200	$25.10	$65,200	$31.40	-6.5%
Springfield	390	$42,500	$20.50	$52,800	$25.40	8.3%
St. Joseph	180	$35,400	$17.00	$45,800	$22.00	84%
St. Louis	2,800	$47,600	$22.90	$65,400	$31.50	11.8%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	100	$49,000	$23.50	$54,400	$26.20	-34.6%
Great Falls	60	$38,500	$18.50	$60,600	$29.10	-6.8%
Missoula	60	$42,600	$20.50	$57,600	$27.70	-44.1%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	240	$53,500	$25.70	$64,300	$30.90	-24%
Omaha	680	$47,400	$22.80	$55,400	$26.60	-22.3%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	910	$55,200	$26.50	$65,500	$31.50	-44.6%
Reno	300	$55,200	$26.60	$65,000	$31.20	-20.8%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	160	$51,700	$24.90	$62,600	$30.10	-17.5%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	190	$66,900	$32.20	$80,500	$38.70	-30.5%
Ocean City	40	$69,800	$33.60	$80,300	$38.60	-42.5%
Trenton	320	$72,700	$34.90	$88,000	$42.30	-22%
Vineland	120	$65,000	$31.30	$77,000	$37.00	7.6%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	500	$49,100	$23.60	$86,900	$41.80	-31.8%
Farmington	100	$52,100	$25.10	$62,200	$29.90	5.6%
Las Cruces	130	$70,200	$33.80	$83,900	$40.30	1.7%
Santa Fe	120	$41,100	$19.80	$52,200	$25.10	1.1%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	1,100	$52,500	$25.20	$65,400	$31.40	32.2%
Binghamton	240	$54,400	$26.10	$67,500	$32.50	12.1%
Buffalo	1,340	$50,800	$24.40	$64,700	$31.10	30.1%
Elmira	130	$48,100	$23.20	$62,200	$29.90	83.5%
Glens Falls	140	$49,200	$23.60	$65,800	$31.70	43.8%
Ithaca	170	$57,400	$27.60	$68,700	$33.10	78.1%
Kingston	160	$58,500	$28.10	$77,000	$37.00	41.8%
New York (Area)	16,610	$70,600	$33.90	$88,300	$42.50	-6%
Poughkeepsie	670	$65,800	$31.60	$83,100	$40.00	42.4%
Rochester	1,200	$48,000	$23.10	$61,500	$29.60	27.6%
Syracuse	800	$52,200	$25.10	$64,200	$30.90	35.3%
Utica	320	$48,100	$23.10	$62,800	$30.20	32.9%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	290	$41,600	$20.00	$53,200	$25.60	-10.5%
Burlington	70	$42,300	$20.30	$48,500	$23.30	-37.8%
Charlotte	1,160	$45,700	$22.00	$57,000	$27.40	-27.7%
Durham	470	$41,900	$20.20	$54,700	$26.30	-10.8%
Fayetteville	260	$42,600	$20.50	$49,700	$23.90	8.9%
Goldsboro	110	$49,400	$23.80	$57,300	$27.50	28.9%
Greensboro	420	$44,800	$21.50	$51,800	$24.90	-36.7%
Greenville	150	$48,400	$23.30	$57,000	$27.40	7.6%
Hickory	210	$47,500	$22.80	$54,300	$26.10	-24.8%
Raleigh	670	$49,700	$23.90	$59,500	$28.60	-29.9%
Rocky Mount	120	$45,800	$22.00	$53,600	$25.80	3.3%
Wilmington	200	$46,400	$22.30	$54,000	$26.00	-26.2%
Winston-Salem	330	$48,100	$23.10	$54,500	$26.20	-17%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	90	$52,000	$25.00	$61,300	$29.50	-23.1%
Fargo	170	$48,500	$23.30	$62,000	$29.80	-26.6%
Grand Forks	240	$41,000	$19.70	$51,000	$24.50	154.9%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	710	$60,000	$28.90	$77,000	$37.00	15.3%
Canton	320	$57,200	$27.50	$66,200	$31.80	0.4%
Cincinnati	1,800	$60,600	$29.10	$72,800	$35.00	-5.9%
Cleveland	1,940	$63,100	$30.30	$75,200	$36.20	0.4%
Columbus	2,300	$58,200	$28.00	$72,000	$34.60	31.6%
Dayton	920	$58,400	$28.10	$70,900	$34.10	28.3%
Lima	90	$52,500	$25.30	$65,300	$31.40	-5.9%
Mansfield	120	$59,500	$28.60	$67,300	$32.40	16.2%
Sandusky	60	$55,700	$26.80	$65,400	$31.50	-3.6%
Springfield	110	$58,100	$27.90	$66,600	$32.00	23%
Toledo	670	$54,800	$26.40	$67,600	$32.50	19.4%
Youngstown	570	$46,400	$22.30	$62,800	$30.20	35.5%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	120	$49,700	$23.90	$56,700	$27.20	57.5%
Oklahoma City	900	$40,800	$19.60	$51,400	$24.70	-17%
Tulsa	680	$44,300	$21.30	$54,700	$26.30	-16.3%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	60	$48,200	$23.20	$60,000	$28.80	-45.7%
Eugene	190	$50,000	$24.10	$63,500	$30.50	-29.4%
Medford	140	$48,900	$23.50	$60,800	$29.20	-8.5%
Portland	1,660	$48,300	$23.20	$62,900	$30.30	-13.3%
Salem	240	$51,100	$24.60	$60,700	$29.20	-14.8%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	640	$48,100	$23.10	$61,800	$29.70	1.5%
Altoona	90	$44,000	$21.20	$49,900	$24.00	-17.3%
Erie	260	$43,800	$21.10	$56,000	$26.90	8.2%
Harrisburg	480	$53,700	$25.80	$65,800	$31.70	-20.2%
Johnstown	90	$51,200	$24.60	$65,600	$31.50	-18.9%
Lancaster	310	$50,100	$24.10	$65,200	$31.30	-28.7%
Lebanon	80	$47,500	$22.80	$62,200	$29.90	-14.3%
Philadelphia (Area)	6,080	$57,600	$27.70	$73,000	$35.10	6.2%
Pittsburgh	2,630	$50,400	$24.20	$63,000	$30.30	22.8%
Reading	440	$51,100	$24.60	$64,300	$30.90	40.5%
Scranton	430	$45,500	$21.90	$56,700	$27.30	-10.5%
State College	240	$46,600	$22.40	$58,000	$27.90	86.7%
Williamsport	50	$57,800	$27.80	$77,900	$37.50	-45%
York	280	$52,700	$25.30	$64,900	$31.20	-15.5%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	1,140	$59,500	$28.60	$74,200	$35.70	-16.8%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	130	$57,100	$27.50	$64,800	$31.10	15.7%
Charleston	360	$47,400	$22.80	$59,200	$28.40	-33.1%
Columbia	1,000	$44,300	$21.30	$55,700	$26.80	55.9%
Florence	170	$40,200	$19.30	$53,600	$25.80	12.4%
Greenville	490	$54,400	$26.10	$88,900	$42.70	-15.1%
Myrtle Beach	40	$43,400	$20.80	$53,500	$25.70	-80.4%
Spartanburg	210	$52,400	$25.20	$62,400	$30.00	-7%
Sumter	NA	$44,700	$21.50	$57,400	$27.60	NA

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	100	$38,500	$18.50	$54,000	$26.00	-9.5%
Sioux Falls	120	$41,100	$19.80	$53,800	$25.90	-53.7%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	320	$46,200	$22.20	$57,000	$27.40	-25.9%
Clarksville	220	$48,400	$23.30	$63,400	$30.50	45.5%
Cleveland	90	$41,500	$20.00	$51,100	$24.60	27.9%
Jackson	150	$38,000	$18.30	$51,800	$24.90	33.2%
Johnson City	130	$38,600	$18.60	$46,200	$22.20	-10.9%
Kingsport	190	$43,000	$20.70	$51,200	$24.60	-16.7%
Knoxville	450	$41,500	$20.00	$53,200	$25.60	-28.4%
Memphis	990	$49,100	$23.60	$59,700	$28.70	-14.8%
Morristown	110	$40,800	$19.60	$47,200	$22.70	24.3%
Nashville	1,140	$47,300	$22.80	$57,600	$27.70	-17.9%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	140	$47,000	$22.60	$55,600	$26.80	13.1%
Amarillo	230	$53,400	$25.70	$59,900	$28.80	9.8%
Austin	1,980	$50,500	$24.30	$61,200	$29.40	33.8%
Beaumont	220	$55,100	$26.50	$64,700	$31.10	-29.3%
Brownsville	540	$56,900	$27.30	$72,600	$34.90	128.3%
College Station	380	$42,000	$20.20	$51,000	$24.50	116.5%
Corpus Christi	420	$53,200	$25.60	$62,900	$30.20	23.6%
Dallas (Area)	6,110	$61,400	$29.60	$69,600	$33.50	10.4%
El Paso	NA	$55,800	$26.80	$63,400	$30.50	NA
Houston	4,620	$55,800	$26.80	$66,400	$31.90	-6.3%
Killeen	260	$54,200	$26.10	$63,200	$30.40	12.3%
Laredo	310	$58,000	$27.90	$68,100	$32.70	84.2%
Longview	150	$51,300	$24.70	$58,800	$28.30	-15.3%
Lubbock	420	$40,600	$19.50	$52,000	$25.00	75.1%
McAllen	870	$60,200	$28.90	$69,700	$33.50	106.1%
Midland	70	$54,800	$26.40	$61,000	$29.30	-45.7%
Odessa	160	$49,900	$24.00	$58,400	$28.10	34.9%
San Angelo	90	$58,800	$28.30	$66,900	$32.10	5.5%
San Antonio	1,730	$60,200	$28.90	$70,000	$33.70	7.2%
Sherman	100	$56,500	$27.20	$65,300	$31.40	32.2%
Texarkana	80	$52,200	$25.10	$61,800	$29.70	-17.8%
Tyler	170	$46,900	$22.60	$57,300	$27.60	-7.5%
Victoria	90	NA	NA	NA	NA	-1.5%
Waco	230	$48,500	$23.30	$57,900	$27.80	20%
Wichita Falls	160	$52,200	$25.10	$60,400	$29.00	43.7%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	130	$39,900	$19.20	$48,800	$23.50	44.9%
Ogden	490	$39,100	$18.80	$52,400	$25.20	30.9%
Provo	700	$51,100	$24.60	$61,500	$29.60	109.9%
Salt Lake City	690	$49,300	$23.70	$58,200	$28.00	-41.2%
St. George	90	$48,700	$23.40	$59,900	$28.80	-8.1%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	200	$55,200	$26.60	$67,300	$32.40	-5%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	140	$47,200	$22.70	$57,400	$27.60	14.4%
Charlottesville	170	$54,800	$26.40	$73,300	$35.20	-4.9%
Danville	110	$71,000	$34.10	$79,500	$38.20	39.8%
Harrisonburg	150	$50,600	$24.30	$61,900	$29.80	37.6%
Lynchburg	170	$42,200	$20.30	$50,900	$24.50	-10.4%
Richmond	910	$55,900	$26.90	$65,000	$31.20	-21%
Roanoke	170	$54,400	$26.10	$65,800	$31.60	-42.4%
Virginia Beach	1,340	$52,100	$25.00	$66,200	$31.80	-5%
Winchester	90	$48,500	$23.30	$60,800	$29.20	-5.2%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	130	$51,200	$24.60	$63,100	$30.40	-10%
Bremerton	160	$56,500	$27.20	$67,900	$32.60	0%
Kennewick	190	$57,500	$27.60	$69,600	$33.50	5.9%
Longview	70	$51,100	$24.60	$66,000	$31.70	1.9%
Mount Vernon	80	$56,300	$27.10	$66,100	$31.80	-3.7%
Olympia	180	$57,500	$27.60	$69,500	$33.40	-3.9%
Seattle (Area)	2,330	$55,500	$26.70	$68,600	$33.00	-17.4%
Spokane	380	$53,300	$25.60	$65,800	$31.70	-1.8%
Wenatchee	90	$51,600	$24.80	$62,700	$30.10	19.7%
Yakima	210	$54,700	$26.30	$69,000	$33.20	36%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	320	$41,700	$20.00	$57,800	$27.80	13.5%
Huntington	260	$38,000	$18.30	$54,200	$26.10	24.5%
Morgantown	90	$27,800	$13.40	$38,900	$18.70	-17.7%
Parkersburg	100	$44,300	$21.30	$53,700	$25.80	-24.9%
Weirton	70	$44,700	$21.50	$50,100	$24.10	-11.1%
Wheeling	120	$47,700	$22.90	$60,100	$28.90	-4%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	160	$57,800	$27.80	$71,600	$34.40	-27.9%
Eau Claire	90	$52,400	$25.20	$60,400	$29.00	-36.6%
Fond du Lac	90	$48,200	$23.20	$66,800	$32.10	3.1%
Green Bay	230	$47,300	$22.70	$61,600	$29.60	-26.7%
Janesville	90	$56,200	$27.00	$64,000	$30.80	-25.7%
La Crosse	130	$50,400	$24.20	$62,000	$29.80	-5.7%
Madison	430	$52,300	$25.20	$59,900	$28.80	-31.4%
Milwaukee	810	$41,000	$19.70	$55,600	$26.70	-48.4%
Oshkosh	110	$41,400	$19.90	$52,000	$25.00	-35.4%
Racine	90	$54,900	$26.40	$66,400	$31.90	-34.1%
Sheboygan	70	$55,700	$26.80	$63,200	$30.40	-37.9%
Wausau	50	$61,100	$29.40	$72,900	$35.00	-60.6%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	-57.7%
Cheyenne	90	$51,800	$24.90	$65,300	$31.40	14.2%