Social Servants

Median Salary: $49,400

Many social servants across the nation share a handful of important professional attributes. For example, NA can be essential for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 73,250 individuals were working as social servants nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to cultivate these traits and receive solid training, particularly if you're intending to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for social servants in the U.S. was $49,400 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $23.80. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about social servants, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the nation.

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals working as social servants). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of social servants 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
Auburn 30 $43,900 $21.10 $48,900 $23.50 26%
Birmingham 160 $41,300 $19.90 $60,800 $29.20 -42.1%
Huntsville NA $31,300 $15.00 $36,100 $17.30 NA
Mobile 70 $35,700 $17.20 $44,200 $21.20 -24.6%
Tuscaloosa 60 $58,300 $28.00 $63,900 $30.70 20.3%
Alaska
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Anchorage 190 $52,400 $25.20 $64,700 $31.10 104.6%
Arizona
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Phoenix 190 $64,800 $31.20 $73,500 $35.30 -80.9%
Tucson 90 $60,200 $28.90 $67,700 $32.60 -57.8%
Arkansas
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Little Rock 250 $46,700 $22.50 $63,900 $30.70 32.6%
California
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Bakersfield 50 $43,700 $21.00 $56,700 $27.30 -64.5%
Los Angeles (Area) 5,180 $58,200 $28.00 $71,900 $34.60 57.4%
Modesto 240 $57,900 $27.80 $63,200 $30.40 175.4%
Oakland 1,020 $68,100 $32.70 $82,300 $39.60 83.1%
Oxnard NA $44,500 $21.40 $51,300 $24.70 NA
Sacramento 1,260 $54,400 $26.20 $64,500 $31.00 164.3%
San Diego 920 $61,200 $29.40 $80,700 $38.80 27.6%
San Francisco (Area) 1,880 $63,300 $30.40 $81,100 $39.00 69.5%
San Francisco (City) 860 $58,500 $28.10 $79,900 $38.40 56.1%
San Jose 160 $50,600 $24.30 $77,000 $37.00 -68.1%
Santa Barbara 80 $33,200 $16.00 $42,400 $20.40 -20.3%
Santa Cruz 80 NA NA NA NA 75.9%
Santa Rosa 30 $47,700 $22.90 $59,000 $28.40 -67.2%
Stockton 150 $36,600 $17.60 $44,000 $21.20 31.2%
Visalia NA $56,800 $27.30 $72,500 $34.90 NA
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Boulder 30 $40,600 $19.50 $47,700 $22.90 -61.1%
Colorado Springs 200 $37,500 $18.00 $56,400 $27.10 43.1%
Denver 670 $41,200 $19.80 $52,500 $25.20 -1.6%
Fort Collins 60 $38,000 $18.20 $50,800 $24.40 -21.9%
Greeley 30 $36,300 $17.50 $43,300 $20.80 -21.4%
Pueblo 60 $43,400 $20.90 $63,900 $30.70 85.7%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Bridgeport 60 $38,100 $18.30 $64,100 $30.80 -75.6%
Hartford 70 $58,100 $27.90 $71,300 $34.30 -76.8%
New Haven 90 $37,800 $18.20 $69,700 $33.50 -40.8%
Norwich 30 $59,800 $28.70 $75,800 $36.40 -59%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Washington (Area) 970 $43,900 $21.10 $67,400 $32.40 -37.8%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Bradenton 80 $42,600 $20.50 $51,800 $24.90 -44.7%
Deltona 80 $42,000 $20.20 $48,600 $23.40 -11.8%
Gainesville 80 $58,300 $28.00 $72,100 $34.70 17.6%
Jacksonville 240 $40,000 $19.20 $51,500 $24.70 -25.1%
Miami (Area) 530 $44,200 $21.20 $57,700 $27.70 -58.5%
Ocala NA $33,700 $16.20 $37,900 $18.20 NA
Orlando 240 $48,600 $23.40 $63,800 $30.70 -57%
Palm Bay 150 $32,300 $15.60 $58,300 $28.00 34.4%
Pensacola 70 $46,400 $22.30 $63,300 $30.40 -13.4%
Port St. Lucie 60 $45,700 $22.00 $55,600 $26.70 -12.1%
Tallahassee 40 $35,500 $17.10 $47,900 $23.00 -58.6%
Tampa 290 $58,300 $28.00 $67,600 $32.50 -53.7%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Atlanta 170 $64,000 $30.70 $72,400 $34.80 -86.8%
Augusta 80 $62,100 $29.80 $73,300 $35.30 -31%
Columbus 50 $63,900 $30.70 $71,500 $34.40 -29.1%
Savannah 50 $62,000 $29.80 $67,800 $32.60 -44%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
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Honolulu 260 $56,500 $27.20 $69,200 $33.20 8.6%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Boise City 110 $52,600 $25.30 $62,100 $29.80 -28.9%
Coeur d'Alene NA $18,600 $8.90 $19,900 $9.60 NA
Lewiston 30 $48,500 $23.30 $56,900 $27.40 153.1%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Champaign 90 $48,200 $23.20 $57,000 $27.40 66.3%
Chicago (Area) 3,850 $47,000 $22.60 $63,000 $30.30 14.6%
Danville 70 $56,400 $27.10 $62,100 $29.80 336.7%
Kankakee 50 $49,200 $23.60 $55,500 $26.70 109.4%
Peoria 120 $51,400 $24.70 $56,800 $27.30 24.2%
Rockford 180 $55,800 $26.80 $73,800 $35.50 123.7%
Springfield 290 $47,600 $22.90 $54,200 $26.10 385.6%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Evansville 50 $49,500 $23.80 $54,400 $26.20 -46.9%
Fort Wayne 40 $56,400 $27.10 $62,100 $29.80 -69%
Indianapolis 280 $40,500 $19.50 $56,600 $27.20 -43%
South Bend NA $31,800 $15.30 $42,800 $20.60 NA
Terre Haute NA $28,400 $13.60 $34,300 $16.50 NA
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Cedar Rapids 40 $30,200 $14.50 $32,300 $15.50 -49.2%
Davenport 80 $51,900 $25.00 $57,800 $27.80 -20.1%
Des Moines 180 $36,400 $17.50 $57,600 $27.70 2.1%
Iowa City 40 $50,400 $24.20 $71,500 $34.40 -10.5%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Topeka 100 $46,400 $22.30 $60,200 $28.90 64.3%
Wichita 140 $44,100 $21.20 $47,300 $22.80 -16.6%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Elizabethtown 30 $58,300 $28.00 $63,900 $30.70 34%
Lexington 60 $58,300 $28.00 $73,300 $35.30 -59.2%
Louisville 90 $58,300 $28.00 $67,600 $32.50 -72.5%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
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Alexandria 70 $58,300 $28.00 $69,900 $33.60 93.4%
Baton Rouge 300 $45,500 $21.90 $56,400 $27.10 46.9%
Lafayette 50 $42,800 $20.60 $56,400 $27.10 -42.6%
Monroe 30 $58,400 $28.10 $67,200 $32.30 -26%
New Orleans 280 $48,800 $23.50 $58,900 $28.30 -2.3%
Shreveport 70 $60,200 $28.90 $69,200 $33.30 -29.9%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
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Lewiston 50 $28,700 $13.80 $31,900 $15.30 92.7%
Portland NA $41,500 $20.00 $52,900 $25.40 NA
Maryland
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Baltimore 390 $56,400 $27.10 $67,300 $32.40 -44.7%
Cumberland 40 $29,200 $14.00 $54,400 $26.20 91.6%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Boston (Area) 630 $43,900 $21.10 $56,600 $27.20 13.9%
Springfield 60 $72,600 $34.90 $80,600 $38.70 -62.9%
Worcester 180 $31,800 $15.30 $46,600 $22.40 34.6%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Ann Arbor 220 $49,200 $23.70 $62,600 $30.10 104.5%
Detroit (Area) 510 $51,700 $24.80 $65,200 $31.30 -43.5%
Flint 50 $29,200 $14.10 $54,500 $26.20 -29.6%
Grand Rapids 180 $44,900 $21.60 $61,000 $29.30 -13.4%
Kalamazoo 30 $42,700 $20.50 $50,700 $24.40 -56.5%
Lansing 50 $43,000 $20.70 $53,400 $25.70 -56.5%
Muskegon 60 $57,000 $27.40 $64,200 $30.90 69.9%
Saginaw NA $60,200 $28.90 $67,300 $32.40 NA
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
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Minneapolis 200 $49,300 $23.70 $65,600 $31.50 -79.7%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Columbia 50 $44,600 $21.40 $62,100 $29.80 5.7%
Jefferson City 130 $31,800 $15.30 $37,000 $17.80 185.4%
Kansas City 290 $47,700 $22.90 $69,800 $33.60 -48%
St. Louis 460 $39,100 $18.80 $55,900 $26.90 -37.6%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Billings 90 $37,500 $18.00 $45,800 $22.00 107.3%
Great Falls 80 $38,000 $18.30 $48,600 $23.40 275.8%
Missoula 90 $36,900 $17.70 $47,700 $22.90 189.7%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Lincoln 140 $43,500 $20.90 $52,100 $25.10 54.9%
Omaha 170 $46,100 $22.20 $56,000 $26.90 -32.3%
Nevada
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Las Vegas NA $41,500 $20.00 $57,900 $27.80 NA
New Hampshire
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Manchester NA $37,700 $18.10 $69,600 $33.50 NA
New Jersey
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Atlantic City 40 $32,800 $15.80 $47,700 $22.90 -53.3%
Trenton 80 $53,500 $25.70 $59,100 $28.40 -30.8%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
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Albuquerque 160 $35,300 $17.00 $60,200 $28.90 -23.4%
Farmington 70 $28,900 $13.90 $34,600 $16.60 149.9%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Albany 570 $51,700 $24.90 $61,600 $29.60 134.2%
Buffalo 1,050 $46,700 $22.50 $56,800 $27.30 251.5%
Elmira 30 $47,400 $22.80 $58,400 $28.10 60.1%
Glens Falls 70 $42,200 $20.30 $47,400 $22.80 150.1%
Ithaca 90 $45,900 $22.10 $49,600 $23.90 206.2%
Kingston 140 NA NA NA NA 317.5%
New York (Area) 9,010 $53,600 $25.80 $67,300 $32.30 43%
Poughkeepsie 510 $55,600 $26.70 $68,400 $32.90 269.7%
Rochester 1,170 $47,900 $23.00 $55,800 $26.80 325.1%
Syracuse 650 $50,900 $24.50 $58,300 $28.00 279.7%
Utica 350 $50,900 $24.50 $63,500 $30.50 387.5%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Asheville 110 $42,100 $20.30 $60,200 $28.90 16.4%
Charlotte 60 $38,300 $18.40 $56,700 $27.30 -86.8%
Durham 120 $58,100 $28.00 $64,000 $30.80 -24.8%
Greenville 50 $34,400 $16.50 $52,300 $25.10 14.4%
Hickory 50 $32,800 $15.80 $36,100 $17.40 -39.8%
Wilmington 40 $39,700 $19.10 $47,100 $22.70 -44.2%
Winston-Salem 90 $39,600 $19.00 $47,200 $22.70 -19.6%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Akron 200 $40,100 $19.30 $55,600 $26.70 9.3%
Canton 180 $47,300 $22.70 $56,400 $27.10 92%
Cincinnati 760 $44,600 $21.50 $56,100 $27.00 36.4%
Cleveland 1,720 $62,500 $30.00 $73,500 $35.30 206.2%
Columbus 1,070 $42,800 $20.60 $52,500 $25.20 110%
Dayton 280 $42,200 $20.30 $57,400 $27.60 35.3%
Lima 40 NA NA NA NA 37.1%
Mansfield 80 $48,000 $23.10 $57,000 $27.40 185.6%
Toledo 440 $42,500 $20.40 $53,500 $25.70 165.1%
Youngstown 210 $52,700 $25.30 $64,900 $31.20 69.9%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Lawton 60 $60,900 $29.30 $69,000 $33.20 168.4%
Oklahoma City 370 $34,700 $16.70 $43,100 $20.70 18.2%
Tulsa 120 $34,200 $16.50 $42,100 $20.30 -51%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Bend 40 $39,900 $19.20 $44,900 $21.60 25.8%
Eugene 120 $40,300 $19.40 $46,500 $22.40 47.1%
Medford 70 $45,200 $21.70 $62,100 $29.80 55.8%
Portland 1,040 $46,100 $22.10 $53,900 $25.90 86.6%
Salem 120 $37,900 $18.20 $44,100 $21.20 50.8%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Lebanon 40 $58,300 $28.00 $67,600 $32.50 53.3%
Philadelphia (Area) 610 $57,400 $27.60 $68,100 $32.80 -41.2%
Pittsburgh 270 $57,400 $27.60 $71,800 $34.50 -57.6%
Scranton 30 $65,800 $31.60 $73,300 $35.30 -76.8%
Rhode Island
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Providence 170 $53,700 $25.80 $67,600 $32.50 -45.1%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
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Charleston 230 $48,900 $23.50 $59,200 $28.40 45.6%
Columbia 160 $47,600 $22.90 $59,300 $28.50 -12.7%
Greenville 110 $40,900 $19.70 $46,700 $22.50 -36%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Clarksville 40 $62,600 $30.10 $68,000 $32.70 -10%
Johnson City 60 $60,200 $28.90 $69,900 $33.60 31%
Knoxville 70 $33,100 $15.90 $43,500 $20.90 -59.4%
Memphis 120 $56,400 $27.10 $69,600 $33.40 -64.2%
Nashville 250 $45,100 $21.70 $65,100 $31.30 -38%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Abilene 40 $32,400 $15.60 $59,000 $28.40 19.1%
Austin 320 $29,000 $13.90 $33,000 $15.90 -25.1%
Beaumont 90 $34,500 $16.60 $39,700 $19.10 5.2%
Brownsville 40 NA NA NA NA -48.7%
Corpus Christi 50 $34,700 $16.70 $37,900 $18.20 -46.7%
Dallas (Area) 790 $39,800 $19.20 $63,700 $30.60 -46%
El Paso 90 $56,400 $27.10 $65,800 $31.60 -39.6%
Houston 540 $59,800 $28.70 $77,200 $37.10 -62.7%
Killeen 120 $67,700 $32.50 $73,300 $35.30 80.6%
Longview NA $26,500 $12.80 $35,800 $17.20 NA
McAllen 50 $31,500 $15.20 $45,800 $22.00 -60.8%
San Antonio 480 $41,900 $20.20 $63,900 $30.70 2.7%
Tyler 50 $22,800 $11.00 $41,100 $19.80 -4.6%
Waco 60 $46,600 $22.40 $62,100 $29.80 7.5%
Utah
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Ogden 90 $38,800 $18.70 $44,400 $21.40 -21.4%
Salt Lake City 280 $37,800 $18.20 $47,700 $22.90 -18.9%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
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Blacksburg NA $32,400 $15.60 $39,300 $18.90 NA
Charlottesville NA $33,300 $16.00 $52,400 $25.20 NA
Lynchburg 40 $42,900 $20.60 $58,700 $28.20 -28.2%
Richmond 190 $59,400 $28.60 $67,500 $32.50 -44.7%
Roanoke 80 $56,400 $27.10 $68,700 $33.00 -7.8%
Virginia Beach 180 $55,200 $26.50 $65,800 $31.60 -57.6%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
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Bellingham 70 $51,700 $24.80 $57,300 $27.50 72.7%
Bremerton 100 $53,700 $25.80 $58,700 $28.20 112.7%
Kennewick 110 $50,200 $24.10 $56,600 $27.20 99.6%
Olympia 120 $52,900 $25.50 $58,200 $28.00 120.5%
Seattle (Area) 1,960 $51,900 $24.90 $60,800 $29.30 152.6%
Spokane 340 $51,700 $24.80 $58,200 $28.00 193.4%
Wenatchee 70 $55,700 $26.80 $62,100 $29.80 230.3%
Yakima 170 $51,500 $24.80 $57,500 $27.60 284.5%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
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Huntington 60 $58,300 $28.00 $65,800 $31.60 -6.4%
Wheeling 50 $35,100 $16.90 $42,800 $20.60 36.7%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
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Madison 90 $62,100 $29.80 $72,700 $34.90 -49.2%
Milwaukee 140 $58,300 $28.00 $69,900 $33.60 -68.8%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Cheyenne 60 $49,000 $23.60 $58,300 $28.00 145.1%