Social Science Workers

Median Salary: $58,300

Many social science workers across the United States share a few key professional traits. For example, NA can be vital for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 1,308,380 people were employed as social science workers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's essential to hone these characteristics and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're aiming to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for social science workers in the U.S. was $58,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $28.00. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about social science workers, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the United States.

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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 social science workers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of social science workers 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 260 $48,300 $23.20 $61,800 $29.70 -42.8%
Auburn 560 $54,500 $26.20 $73,800 $35.50 17.7%
Birmingham 2,780 $47,000 $22.60 $63,500 $30.50 -43.9%
Decatur 220 $56,100 $27.00 $68,400 $32.90 -57.4%
Dothan 210 $53,800 $25.90 $73,300 $35.30 -64.3%
Florence 130 $46,500 $22.30 $66,100 $31.80 -74.5%
Gadsden 50 $49,300 $23.70 $66,300 $31.90 -85.9%
Huntsville 1,850 $50,900 $24.50 $92,400 $44.40 -10%
Mobile 1,380 $42,000 $20.20 $60,000 $28.90 -20.4%
Montgomery 1,220 $51,300 $24.70 $64,300 $30.90 -25.1%
Tuscaloosa 370 $49,300 $23.70 $67,600 $32.50 -59.5%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Anchorage 2,830 $63,000 $30.30 $84,300 $40.50 70.5%
Fairbanks 1,240 $53,500 $25.70 $69,100 $33.20 251.6%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 1,350 $42,700 $20.50 $60,400 $29.00 136.7%
Lake Havasu City 160 $47,400 $22.80 $63,900 $30.70 -66.5%
Phoenix 11,890 $56,100 $27.00 $74,600 $35.90 -32.7%
Prescott 380 $46,000 $22.10 $60,600 $29.20 -34.2%
Tucson 5,040 $46,000 $22.10 $61,600 $29.60 39.1%
Yuma 310 $55,800 $26.80 $65,800 $31.60 -47.4%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 1,330 $45,500 $21.90 $61,300 $29.50 -32.3%
Fort Smith 370 $52,500 $25.30 $63,800 $30.70 -68.4%
Hot Springs 210 $59,200 $28.50 $78,300 $37.60 -40.2%
Jonesboro 180 $64,700 $31.10 $97,400 $46.80 -62%
Little Rock 3,880 $43,600 $21.00 $58,400 $28.10 17%
Pine Bluff 540 $59,900 $28.80 $81,100 $39.00 54%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 2,270 $74,400 $35.80 $98,400 $47.30 -14.7%
Chico 480 $48,200 $23.20 $64,600 $31.10 -31.1%
El Centro 270 $62,100 $29.80 $76,600 $36.80 -46.7%
Fresno 2,820 $51,000 $24.50 $72,300 $34.80 -13.1%
Hanford 220 $61,900 $29.80 $81,100 $39.00 -43.7%
Los Angeles (Area) 53,140 $63,700 $30.60 $84,800 $40.80 -0.2%
Madera 390 $51,700 $24.90 $79,100 $38.00 3%
Merced 370 $61,800 $29.70 $81,900 $39.40 -37.5%
Modesto 1,090 $54,200 $26.10 $76,400 $36.70 -30.5%
Napa 780 $78,100 $37.60 $103,400 $49.70 26.2%
Oakland 16,510 $73,700 $35.40 $98,000 $47.10 66.5%
Oxnard 4,920 $68,500 $32.90 $89,000 $42.80 67.9%
Redding 850 $52,600 $25.30 $71,500 $34.40 37.8%
Riverside 9,480 $59,200 $28.50 $77,900 $37.50 -20.9%
Sacramento 12,380 $66,800 $32.10 $84,900 $40.80 45.1%
Salinas 1,080 $71,500 $34.40 $101,900 $49.00 -30.4%
San Diego 26,050 $66,700 $32.10 $90,000 $43.30 103.3%
San Francisco (Area) 37,320 $77,300 $37.10 $101,700 $48.90 88.9%
San Francisco (City) 20,810 $80,800 $38.90 $105,400 $50.70 111.4%
San Jose 16,820 $82,900 $39.90 $113,300 $54.50 88.9%
San Luis Obispo 1,090 $69,400 $33.40 $89,100 $42.90 8.9%
Santa Barbara 1,860 $64,500 $31.00 $84,400 $40.60 9%
Santa Cruz 1,460 $57,500 $27.70 $77,200 $37.10 71.8%
Santa Rosa 1,870 $69,300 $33.30 $91,900 $44.20 5.5%
Stockton 960 $59,500 $28.60 $76,700 $36.90 -53.9%
Vallejo 1,160 $66,100 $31.80 $88,600 $42.60 -5.2%
Visalia 1,010 $52,600 $25.30 $79,400 $38.20 -23.7%
Yuba City 290 $63,000 $30.30 $76,700 $36.90 -24.9%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 4,920 $76,400 $36.70 $101,800 $49.00 214.7%
Colorado Springs 1,950 $59,000 $28.40 $85,700 $41.20 -20.9%
Denver 13,840 $65,300 $31.40 $91,800 $44.10 13.4%
Fort Collins 2,950 $52,800 $25.40 $72,600 $34.90 129.2%
Grand Junction 580 $57,600 $27.70 $69,600 $33.50 -7.7%
Greeley 730 $62,000 $29.80 $97,900 $47.10 -7.7%
Pueblo 360 $64,100 $30.80 $83,300 $40.00 -35.9%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 4,220 $65,700 $31.60 $90,400 $43.50 -23%
Hartford 4,460 $64,300 $30.90 $81,300 $39.10 -20.8%
New Haven 3,740 $60,100 $28.90 $83,700 $40.20 -8.2%
Norwich 2,250 $62,200 $29.90 $80,900 $38.90 67.4%
Delaware
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Dover 630 $50,900 $24.50 $64,800 $31.20 6.6%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Washington (Area) 62,490 $83,100 $40.00 $112,000 $53.80 153.4%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 1,280 $48,900 $23.50 $67,200 $32.30 -48.3%
Cape Coral 880 $50,300 $24.20 $68,800 $33.10 -56.2%
Deltona 560 $45,200 $21.70 $57,500 $27.70 -63.7%
Fort Walton Beach 530 $58,500 $28.10 $76,600 $36.80 -31.4%
Gainesville 2,260 $43,000 $20.70 $59,200 $28.50 86.3%
Jacksonville 3,460 $51,300 $24.70 $71,500 $34.40 -40.5%
Lakeland 1,200 $44,000 $21.20 $63,500 $30.50 -38.7%
Miami (Area) 11,800 $55,600 $26.80 $74,600 $35.90 -45.8%
Naples 530 $49,800 $24.00 $67,700 $32.50 -54.1%
Ocala NA $46,000 $22.10 $62,100 $29.90 NA
Orlando 6,530 $49,000 $23.50 $77,100 $37.10 -34.1%
Palm Bay 1,530 $55,200 $26.60 $79,000 $38.00 -21.6%
Panama City 560 $51,500 $24.80 $74,400 $35.80 -19.1%
Pensacola 930 $47,500 $22.80 $68,000 $32.70 -39%
Port St. Lucie 840 $44,800 $21.60 $69,900 $33.60 -30.8%
Punta Gorda 170 $43,400 $20.90 $52,100 $25.10 -54.4%
Sebastian 190 $50,600 $24.30 $69,800 $33.50 -58.2%
Tallahassee 2,510 $47,100 $22.70 $60,000 $28.80 55.5%
Tampa 7,580 $50,900 $24.50 $70,000 $33.70 -33.1%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 240 $53,300 $25.60 $70,600 $34.00 -60.1%
Athens 1,490 $48,900 $23.50 $73,300 $35.30 89.5%
Atlanta 17,050 $59,500 $28.60 $80,000 $38.50 -25.7%
Augusta 1,860 $56,400 $27.10 $69,900 $33.60 -9.2%
Brunswick 250 $47,600 $22.90 $60,700 $29.20 -39.6%
Columbus 430 $51,300 $24.70 $69,100 $33.20 -61.9%
Dalton 130 $49,800 $23.90 $66,600 $32.00 -80.7%
Gainesville 450 $38,800 $18.60 $54,700 $26.30 -37.4%
Hinesville 170 $48,300 $23.20 $60,600 $29.20 -3.1%
Macon 370 $44,100 $21.20 $57,600 $27.70 -60.8%
Rome 160 $50,900 $24.50 $63,800 $30.70 -57.5%
Savannah 680 $56,500 $27.20 $71,300 $34.30 -54.7%
Valdosta 120 $45,500 $21.90 $55,500 $26.70 -77.7%
Warner Robins 200 $65,600 $31.50 $78,900 $37.90 -65.1%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Honolulu 5,080 $60,200 $28.90 $79,400 $38.20 17.8%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 3,110 $49,300 $23.70 $66,700 $32.10 17.6%
Coeur d'Alene 530 $45,800 $22.00 $62,100 $29.80 -2.3%
Idaho Falls 1,170 $45,900 $22.10 $60,600 $29.10 135.9%
Lewiston 320 $44,400 $21.40 $58,300 $28.00 30.2%
Pocatello 380 $45,500 $21.90 $63,900 $30.70 6.9%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 360 $53,300 $25.60 $75,100 $36.10 -58.7%
Champaign 1,300 $55,400 $26.70 $76,500 $36.80 30.4%
Chicago (Area) 37,350 $64,500 $31.00 $91,000 $43.80 -4.7%
Danville 130 $47,200 $22.70 $75,200 $36.10 -53%
Decatur 1,290 $49,500 $23.80 $62,200 $29.90 123.6%
Kankakee 300 $51,900 $25.00 $62,900 $30.20 -28.7%
Peoria 1,510 $64,600 $31.10 $100,800 $48.50 -11.7%
Rockford 710 $51,900 $25.00 $71,700 $34.50 -51%
Springfield 990 $62,000 $29.80 $73,500 $35.30 -6.9%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 60 $43,100 $20.70 $66,500 $32.00 -85%
Bloomington NA $16,200 $7.80 $29,100 $14.00 NA
Columbus 90 $50,000 $24.00 $67,500 $32.50 -79.4%
Elkhart 280 $52,000 $25.00 $67,500 $32.40 -71.9%
Evansville 1,620 $63,500 $30.50 $81,600 $39.20 -3.7%
Fort Wayne 780 $47,000 $22.60 $61,100 $29.40 -61.7%
Indianapolis 10,500 $47,600 $22.90 $63,500 $30.50 20.4%
Kokomo 210 $54,000 $26.00 $68,800 $33.10 -45.3%
Lafayette 1,020 $42,900 $20.60 $61,400 $29.50 23.8%
Michigan City 100 $41,700 $20.00 $51,300 $24.70 -76.9%
Muncie 140 $44,800 $21.50 $60,100 $28.90 -70.1%
South Bend 770 $45,900 $22.10 $61,500 $29.60 -40.3%
Terre Haute 320 $50,200 $24.10 $65,200 $31.40 -52.7%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 1,470 $50,700 $24.40 $67,400 $32.40 249.6%
Cedar Rapids 770 $51,400 $24.70 $72,400 $34.80 -43.6%
Davenport 1,020 $52,400 $25.20 $73,300 $35.30 -44.2%
Des Moines 3,470 $52,700 $25.40 $68,900 $33.10 7.7%
Dubuque 170 $46,500 $22.30 $61,300 $29.50 -67.4%
Iowa City 2,140 $47,800 $23.00 $61,200 $29.40 156.4%
Sioux City 400 $47,600 $22.90 $63,100 $30.40 -44%
Waterloo 440 $41,400 $19.90 $62,500 $30.10 -49.2%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 840 $42,100 $20.20 $57,800 $27.80 75.9%
Topeka 1,310 $49,100 $23.60 $60,600 $29.10 18.9%
Wichita 1,510 $50,300 $24.20 $68,000 $32.70 -49%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 510 $40,700 $19.60 $50,000 $24.10 -9.4%
Elizabethtown 150 $57,600 $27.70 $71,500 $34.40 -66.3%
Lexington 2,390 $44,200 $21.30 $59,000 $28.30 -1.2%
Louisville 2,960 $49,600 $23.80 $67,300 $32.40 -50.2%
Owensboro 250 $47,900 $23.00 $63,200 $30.40 -46.8%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 270 $54,400 $26.20 $69,900 $33.60 -58.1%
Baton Rouge 3,580 $51,400 $24.70 $67,600 $32.50 -2%
Houma 370 $52,700 $25.30 $69,700 $33.50 -60.4%
Lafayette 1,280 $53,800 $25.90 $68,600 $33.00 -12.7%
Lake Charles 650 $61,300 $29.50 $71,900 $34.60 -27.3%
Monroe 220 $48,200 $23.20 $60,000 $28.90 -70.7%
New Orleans 3,780 $58,600 $28.20 $76,500 $36.80 -25.9%
Shreveport 870 $48,200 $23.20 $67,100 $32.30 -49.7%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 570 $45,400 $21.80 $59,100 $28.40 -8.4%
Lewiston 140 $50,100 $24.10 $66,200 $31.80 -71.8%
Portland 1,630 $52,800 $25.40 $74,800 $35.90 -17%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
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Job Density
Baltimore 15,550 $61,000 $29.30 $86,100 $41.40 23.3%
Cumberland 160 $49,600 $23.80 $67,000 $32.20 -58.7%
Hagerstown 320 $48,300 $23.20 $65,900 $31.70 -66.9%
Salisbury 400 $46,800 $22.50 $63,100 $30.30 -25.9%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 1,270 $57,500 $27.60 $87,000 $41.80 33.7%
Boston (Area) 47,630 $65,500 $31.50 $87,600 $42.10 9.2%
Pittsfield 200 $52,500 $25.20 $69,300 $33.30 -42.8%
Springfield 2,350 $60,000 $28.80 $83,400 $40.10 -18.5%
Worcester 3,030 $56,900 $27.40 $78,100 $37.50 -19.8%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor NA $40,700 $19.60 $59,100 $28.40 NA
Battle Creek 430 $66,600 $32.00 $81,400 $39.10 -18.3%
Bay City 200 $54,800 $26.30 $72,100 $34.70 -45.3%
Detroit (Area) 11,290 $57,500 $27.60 $79,800 $38.40 -34.6%
Flint 400 $59,000 $28.40 $73,800 $35.50 -70.4%
Grand Rapids 2,330 $52,000 $25.00 $69,900 $33.60 -36.2%
Holland 750 $38,100 $18.30 $60,200 $29.00 -25.4%
Jackson 350 $67,400 $32.40 $81,000 $38.90 -34.4%
Kalamazoo 1,910 $51,400 $24.70 $68,600 $33.00 42.1%
Lansing 2,260 $60,700 $29.20 $72,300 $34.80 12.3%
Monroe 120 NA NA NA NA -69.5%
Muskegon 220 $50,800 $24.40 $69,200 $33.20 -62.3%
Niles 460 $68,600 $33.00 $83,400 $40.10 -21.9%
Saginaw 220 $51,100 $24.60 $72,200 $34.70 -72.8%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 1,330 $53,300 $25.60 $69,100 $33.20 7.5%
Minneapolis 21,310 $65,000 $31.30 $85,800 $41.20 23%
Rochester 1,510 $59,800 $28.70 $71,700 $34.50 45.2%
St. Cloud 450 $52,300 $25.20 $67,200 $32.30 -53.3%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 1,310 $67,600 $32.50 $91,100 $43.80 28.4%
Hattiesburg 430 $40,300 $19.40 $55,500 $26.70 -23.7%
Jackson 1,510 $46,600 $22.40 $61,900 $29.70 -38.6%
Pascagoula 250 $60,700 $29.20 $77,400 $37.20 -55.5%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 1,570 $39,400 $18.90 $53,100 $25.50 89.5%
Jefferson City 860 $44,700 $21.50 $55,900 $26.90 6.5%
Joplin 220 $41,800 $20.10 $51,700 $24.90 -71.9%
Kansas City 8,410 $56,600 $27.20 $79,700 $38.30 -15%
Springfield 740 $44,300 $21.30 $64,900 $31.20 -60.6%
St. Joseph 320 $51,300 $24.70 $71,400 $34.30 -38.7%
St. Louis 10,930 $55,400 $26.60 $75,000 $36.10 -16.1%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 730 $46,600 $22.40 $68,100 $32.70 -10.2%
Great Falls NA $39,400 $18.90 $57,500 $27.60 NA
Missoula 1,200 $39,400 $18.90 $57,300 $27.50 116.3%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Lincoln 2,080 $46,400 $22.30 $60,700 $29.20 28%
Omaha 3,820 $55,300 $26.60 $74,500 $35.80 -15.6%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Carson City 420 $62,200 $29.90 $72,300 $34.80 46%
Las Vegas 3,560 $63,600 $30.60 $84,200 $40.50 -58.6%
Reno 2,080 $47,200 $22.70 $75,100 $36.10 4.2%
New Hampshire
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Manchester 540 $52,900 $25.40 $68,500 $32.90 -45.6%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Atlantic City 350 $69,200 $33.30 $87,500 $42.10 -74.7%
Ocean City 90 $51,400 $24.70 $71,800 $34.50 -76.1%
Trenton 4,350 $70,600 $34.00 $88,700 $42.70 101%
Vineland NA $62,000 $29.80 $78,900 $38.00 NA
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque 4,890 $57,700 $27.70 $80,200 $38.60 27.9%
Farmington 360 $52,800 $25.40 $70,800 $34.00 -28.6%
Las Cruces 730 $46,400 $22.30 $73,300 $35.30 10.2%
Santa Fe 910 $49,900 $24.00 $66,300 $31.90 42.7%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 9,520 $52,500 $25.20 $74,400 $35.80 118.6%
Binghamton 720 $47,900 $23.00 $71,500 $34.40 -34.8%
Buffalo 6,760 $47,500 $22.80 $64,600 $31.10 26.3%
Elmira 200 $62,100 $29.90 $78,900 $38.00 -47.1%
Glens Falls 230 $52,400 $25.20 $69,900 $33.60 -57.1%
Ithaca 1,430 $42,500 $20.40 $52,900 $25.40 184.8%
Kingston 380 $52,900 $25.40 $74,200 $35.70 -36.7%
New York (Area) 90,460 $67,800 $32.60 $92,200 $44.30 19.1%
Poughkeepsie 2,070 $58,100 $27.90 $73,800 $35.50 -15.8%
Rochester 5,100 $54,400 $26.20 $75,000 $36.10 4%
Syracuse 3,710 $48,100 $23.10 $68,500 $32.90 21%
Utica 760 $61,800 $29.70 $79,400 $38.20 -40.4%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 1,180 $53,500 $25.70 $66,700 $32.10 -30.7%
Burlington 210 $51,900 $25.00 $80,900 $38.90 -63.8%
Charlotte 5,890 $56,000 $26.90 $72,000 $34.60 -29.9%
Durham 11,510 $62,200 $29.90 $91,700 $44.10 317.2%
Fayetteville 690 $56,900 $27.40 $75,600 $36.40 -45.2%
Goldsboro 240 $52,100 $25.10 $64,800 $31.10 -46.5%
Greensboro 2,470 $53,300 $25.60 $73,100 $35.20 -29.3%
Greenville 660 $47,900 $23.00 $63,800 $30.70 -10%
Hickory 640 $47,300 $22.80 $60,600 $29.10 -55.6%
Jacksonville 240 $56,700 $27.30 $74,400 $35.80 -44.2%
Raleigh 8,990 $51,900 $25.00 $70,400 $33.90 79.7%
Rocky Mount 140 $46,100 $22.20 $59,400 $28.60 -76.4%
Wilmington 2,180 $51,500 $24.80 $70,400 $33.80 55.4%
Winston-Salem 1,440 $50,200 $24.10 $66,200 $31.80 -29.9%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 620 $46,700 $22.50 $64,600 $31.00 1.9%
Fargo 1,220 $40,000 $19.20 $57,700 $27.80 1.7%
Grand Forks 550 $48,200 $23.20 $71,800 $34.50 15%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 2,260 $55,800 $26.80 $73,100 $35.20 -30%
Canton 860 $50,600 $24.30 $71,600 $34.40 -48.4%
Cincinnati 9,080 $54,000 $26.00 $74,900 $36.00 -8.9%
Cleveland 8,160 $54,600 $26.20 $73,600 $35.40 -18.7%
Columbus 8,700 $55,900 $26.90 $74,900 $36.00 -4.4%
Dayton 3,450 $66,300 $31.90 $89,100 $42.90 -7.5%
Lima 120 $66,100 $31.80 $82,400 $39.60 -75.5%
Mansfield 90 $64,400 $31.00 $78,900 $37.90 -82.6%
Sandusky 140 $54,400 $26.20 $64,500 $31.00 -58.2%
Springfield 190 $48,700 $23.40 $66,600 $32.00 -59.7%
Toledo 1,790 $56,400 $27.10 $73,200 $35.20 -39.3%
Youngstown 700 $51,800 $24.90 $69,400 $33.40 -68.3%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 200 $51,700 $24.90 $65,200 $31.40 -50%
Oklahoma City 4,810 $49,200 $23.70 $73,000 $35.10 -15%
Tulsa 2,180 $51,800 $24.90 $67,200 $32.30 -48.5%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 790 $48,300 $23.20 $64,000 $30.80 27%
Corvallis NA $45,500 $21.90 $58,100 $27.90 NA
Eugene 1,880 $45,700 $22.00 $63,900 $30.70 32.7%
Medford 770 $49,600 $23.80 $64,900 $31.20 -1.5%
Portland 10,970 $57,200 $27.50 $78,200 $37.60 10.3%
Salem 1,210 $58,800 $28.30 $71,700 $34.50 -17.8%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 2,370 $52,200 $25.10 $72,900 $35.10 -28.2%
Altoona 170 $48,300 $23.20 $63,700 $30.60 -70.3%
Erie 610 $46,900 $22.60 $65,000 $31.30 -51.8%
Harrisburg 2,710 $53,100 $25.60 $70,100 $33.70 -13%
Johnstown 460 $48,300 $23.20 $69,900 $33.60 -18.8%
Lancaster 1,690 $47,800 $23.00 $67,500 $32.50 -25.9%
Lebanon 420 $50,000 $24.00 $64,600 $31.10 -10.5%
Philadelphia (Area) 41,610 $64,000 $30.80 $88,000 $42.30 50.8%
Pittsburgh 9,740 $51,900 $24.90 $75,800 $36.40 -12.8%
Reading 1,070 $43,600 $21.00 $62,800 $30.20 -34.8%
Scranton 1,120 $51,400 $24.70 $71,000 $34.20 -55.6%
State College 670 $52,300 $25.20 $74,600 $35.90 1.2%
Williamsport 300 $46,600 $22.40 $60,600 $29.20 -40.9%
York 850 $51,400 $24.70 $70,700 $34.00 -51%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 4,640 $59,900 $28.80 $79,200 $38.10 -33.2%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 100 $43,100 $20.70 $58,400 $28.10 -83%
Charleston 1,800 $49,500 $23.80 $65,600 $31.50 -36%
Columbia 2,460 $48,600 $23.40 $63,700 $30.60 -26.5%
Florence 560 $50,200 $24.10 $70,900 $34.10 -30.2%
Greenville 2,280 $45,500 $21.90 $60,500 $29.10 -23.4%
Myrtle Beach 380 $36,200 $17.40 $51,000 $24.50 -65.5%
Spartanburg 380 $43,100 $20.70 $64,900 $31.20 -67.8%
Sumter 180 $41,000 $19.70 $54,400 $26.20 -48.5%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 660 $46,600 $22.40 $62,100 $29.80 10%
Sioux Falls 750 $52,400 $25.20 $72,200 $34.70 -44.4%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 840 $45,300 $21.80 $58,800 $28.30 -62.5%
Clarksville 300 $53,400 $25.70 $69,600 $33.50 -61.4%
Cleveland 140 $47,000 $22.60 $62,000 $29.80 -61.6%
Jackson 180 $42,900 $20.60 $54,700 $26.30 -68.3%
Johnson City 430 $43,200 $20.80 $64,200 $30.90 -44.1%
Kingsport 1,010 $52,600 $25.30 $73,200 $35.20 -12.5%
Knoxville 2,620 $54,800 $26.40 $72,700 $35.00 -19.4%
Memphis 3,840 $45,700 $22.00 $68,900 $33.10 -36.7%
Morristown 100 $48,400 $23.30 $74,700 $35.90 -78.1%
Nashville 3,330 $47,700 $22.90 $63,500 $30.50 -53.8%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 250 $48,200 $23.20 $64,100 $30.80 -59.9%
Amarillo 1,030 $53,100 $25.50 $78,500 $37.70 -5.7%
Austin 11,260 $53,000 $25.50 $75,200 $36.20 46.1%
Beaumont 1,700 $54,700 $26.30 $67,700 $32.50 6.3%
Brownsville 500 $45,900 $22.10 $62,100 $29.80 -59.3%
College Station 3,560 $40,600 $19.50 $51,400 $24.70 288.7%
Corpus Christi 2,260 $45,200 $21.70 $69,000 $33.20 27.2%
Dallas (Area) 21,370 $58,600 $28.20 $83,700 $40.20 -29.3%
El Paso 1,550 $45,300 $21.80 $66,500 $32.00 -42.4%
Houston 30,960 $62,600 $30.10 $99,000 $47.60 20.6%
Killeen 760 $48,200 $23.20 $62,100 $29.80 -37.8%
Laredo 260 $43,500 $20.90 $59,100 $28.40 -70.6%
Longview 560 $46,600 $22.40 $64,100 $30.80 -40.8%
Lubbock 710 $44,900 $21.60 $68,800 $33.10 -42.5%
McAllen 1,000 $41,300 $19.90 $62,600 $30.10 -54.5%
Midland 1,320 $59,700 $28.70 $109,600 $52.70 95.7%
Odessa 300 $41,300 $19.90 $66,600 $32.00 -49.6%
San Angelo 270 $46,200 $22.20 $60,600 $29.20 -37.4%
San Antonio 6,400 $57,700 $27.80 $81,500 $39.20 -23.7%
Sherman 90 $55,000 $26.40 $66,000 $31.70 -78.9%
Texarkana 120 $61,500 $29.50 $73,300 $35.30 -77.3%
Tyler 350 $40,200 $19.30 $53,900 $25.90 -62.2%
Victoria 600 $61,900 $29.80 $67,400 $32.40 25.4%
Waco 640 $46,700 $22.50 $69,900 $33.60 -35.4%
Wichita Falls 230 $46,100 $22.10 $62,700 $30.10 -59.5%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 960 $36,900 $17.70 $52,300 $25.10 98%
Ogden 1,100 $50,600 $24.30 $67,700 $32.50 -43.5%
Provo 1,430 $41,900 $20.20 $61,000 $29.30 -17.4%
Salt Lake City 6,610 $50,500 $24.30 $68,600 $33.00 8.2%
St. George 350 $43,200 $20.80 $56,400 $27.10 -27.6%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 1,770 $52,900 $25.40 $67,000 $32.20 58.2%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 1,140 $44,200 $21.30 $63,200 $30.40 79.1%
Charlottesville 2,030 $56,000 $26.90 $86,300 $41.50 117.7%
Danville 180 $70,700 $34.00 $79,600 $38.30 -55.2%
Harrisonburg 280 $48,100 $23.10 $62,000 $29.80 -51.6%
Lynchburg 510 $49,100 $23.60 $59,500 $28.60 -49.2%
Richmond 5,420 $52,800 $25.40 $71,700 $34.50 -9.2%
Roanoke 640 $48,800 $23.40 $67,700 $32.50 -58.4%
Virginia Beach 4,890 $56,400 $27.10 $76,900 $37.00 -33.6%
Winchester 180 $48,300 $23.20 $62,700 $30.10 -64.6%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 750 $53,800 $25.90 $68,300 $32.80 -3%
Bremerton 1,030 $67,000 $32.20 $81,500 $39.20 26.9%
Kennewick 2,920 $73,700 $35.40 $93,400 $44.90 209.2%
Longview 390 $46,400 $22.30 $59,000 $28.40 13.9%
Mount Vernon 710 $47,900 $23.00 $60,200 $29.00 62.1%
Olympia 2,940 $61,300 $29.50 $72,800 $35.00 205.9%
Seattle (Area) 27,390 $63,700 $30.60 $85,600 $41.20 34.2%
Spokane 1,520 $56,300 $27.10 $69,100 $33.20 -25.7%
Wenatchee 660 $45,400 $21.80 $63,200 $30.40 64.6%
Yakima 660 $53,100 $25.50 $65,000 $31.30 -18.7%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 1,680 $39,000 $18.80 $54,400 $26.20 14.8%
Huntington 620 $42,900 $20.60 $62,700 $30.20 -43.8%
Morgantown 1,040 $53,400 $25.70 $71,500 $34.40 83%
Parkersburg 410 $49,800 $23.90 $72,000 $34.60 -40.4%
Weirton NA $51,000 $24.50 $77,900 $37.50 NA
Wheeling 380 $43,700 $21.00 $69,700 $33.50 -41.5%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 630 $54,100 $26.00 $73,700 $35.40 -45.1%
Eau Claire 330 $52,600 $25.30 $62,600 $30.10 -56.7%
Fond du Lac 120 $54,100 $26.00 $76,900 $37.00 -72%
Green Bay 910 $49,800 $23.90 $65,400 $31.40 -44.2%
Janesville 360 $52,900 $25.40 $80,300 $38.60 -42%
La Crosse 540 $53,300 $25.60 $65,800 $31.60 -24%
Madison 8,570 $55,500 $26.70 $76,100 $36.60 160%
Milwaukee 6,910 $53,800 $25.90 $71,200 $34.20 -15.6%
Oshkosh 1,030 $63,100 $30.40 $83,100 $40.00 18.2%
Racine 660 $55,500 $26.70 $73,400 $35.30 -10.8%
Sheboygan 690 $55,400 $26.60 $78,500 $37.70 17.8%
Wausau 260 $47,100 $22.60 $66,200 $31.80 -62.1%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 370 $50,400 $24.20 $64,100 $30.80 -7.1%
Cheyenne 600 $58,800 $28.30 $75,100 $36.10 40.1%