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May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

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May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers

National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Earnings

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 Percentile annual earnings, $
10th25th50th75th90th
National
U.S.
employment: 22,160
mean earnings: $68,090
33,950 45,050 63,090 87,240111,200
State and Metro Area
Alabama (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 190
mean earnings: $63,960
32,190 40,910 56,510 87,840107,910
Birmingham - Hoover, AL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $69,730
38,140 44,600 64,010 95,840111,620
Arizona (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 360
mean earnings: $57,780
30,840 37,780 49,550 66,940100,140
Phoenix - Mesa - Scottsdale, AZ
employment: 310
mean earnings: $59,270
30,890 38,530 49,950 69,290104,660
Tucson, AZ
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $41,310
30,540 33,190 37,940 50,680 56,210
Arkansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 170
mean earnings: $60,250
36,900 44,130 57,060 73,750 91,300
Little Rock - North Little Rock, AR
employment: 110
mean earnings: $61,630
35,580 42,850 59,120 78,810 95,010
California (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,990
mean earnings: $72,930
32,620 46,250 68,750 93,170120,800
Fresno, CA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $50,910
30,370 33,500 47,640 56,160 80,380
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 540
mean earnings: $78,250
44,800 58,630 77,420 95,520115,100
Oakland - Fremont - Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 70
mean earnings: $99,750
48,660 71,060 94,970118,370>145K
Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario, CA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $46,100
30,180 33,100 47,010 55,670 67,740
Sacramento - - Arden - Arcade - - Roseville, CA
employment: 100
mean earnings: $68,710
43,790 53,160 67,010 84,420 98,200
San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA
employment: 70
mean earnings: $64,520
38,140 50,490 64,020 79,650 90,360
San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 560
mean earnings: $87,200
33,060 55,860 83,690115,730140,380
San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara, CA
employment: 60
mean earnings: $64,960
37,650 44,230 62,120 77,230103,100
Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 330
mean earnings: $52,060
28,300 31,480 39,750 73,580 94,210
Colorado (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 260
mean earnings: $72,730
37,410 48,110 69,270 88,200112,930
Denver - Aurora, CO
employment: 240
mean earnings: $72,590
37,140 46,710 67,960 88,970113,730
Connecticut (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 220
mean earnings: $78,080
50,170 60,900 77,180 90,640112,480
Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk, CT
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 40
mean earnings: $79,360
48,480 55,620 71,620 96,420121,070
Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford, CT
employment: 150
mean earnings: $78,610
52,580 65,150 79,110 90,060109,900
Delaware (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 120
mean earnings: $67,270
33,310 42,820 62,170 88,060110,590
Wilmington, DE - MD - NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 110
mean earnings: $69,870
34,410 45,620 67,060 90,570112,390
District of Columbia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 260
mean earnings: $108,760
65,750 90,560111,270130,890142,580
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV Metropolitan Division
employment: 380
mean earnings: $99,730
50,900 73,500102,200125,650140,890
Florida (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,080
mean earnings: $67,000
33,380 47,240 58,980 83,800107,040
Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $50,210
25,560 45,600 50,200 54,790 57,590
Jacksonville, FL
employment: 100
mean earnings: $66,500
39,710 49,230 65,240 80,190 96,660
Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: 250
mean earnings: $78,820
29,940 42,770 69,390107,490140,180
Orlando - Kissimmee, FL
employment: 110
mean earnings: $58,310
37,520 42,530 54,170 75,540 88,560
Pensacola - Ferry Pass - Brent, FL
employment: 30
mean earnings: $77,630
63,360 71,160 79,400 86,820 91,360
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
employment: 110
mean earnings: $82,190
45,970 63,640 81,180 98,290121,120
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $79,270
66,080 75,740 81,810 87,870 91,610
Georgia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 700
mean earnings: $69,340
36,770 45,910 68,230 89,290109,770
Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta, GA
employment: 620
mean earnings: $69,400
36,360 45,810 68,900 89,340108,970
Hawaii (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $57,000
32,920 39,810 54,410 73,550 85,690
Honolulu, HI
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $57,000
32,920 39,810 54,410 73,550 85,690
Idaho (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $45,950
36,010 38,540 43,140 50,610 57,070
Boise City - Nampa, ID
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $44,440
36,460 38,980 43,330 50,110 55,510
Illinois (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,580
mean earnings: $70,910
30,960 47,040 66,950 95,130115,170
Champaign - Urbana, IL
employment: 30
mean earnings: $73,420
40,760 52,070 71,130 95,130110,980
Chicago - Naperville - Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,300
mean earnings: $70,890
30,980 46,530 66,060 94,800119,050
Peoria, IL
employment: 30
mean earnings: $72,230
50,360 60,460 70,960 85,630 99,940
Springfield, IL
employment: 50
mean earnings: $54,620
24,180 28,830 49,560 79,960 98,610
Indiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 540
mean earnings: $53,470
27,390 33,470 47,040 70,910 90,170
Evansville, IN - KY
employment: 30
mean earnings: $66,770
42,890 51,010 64,500 84,600100,670
Fort Wayne, IN
employment: 50
mean earnings: $50,290
29,880 35,470 50,700 56,480 79,870
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division
employment: 50
mean earnings: $52,820
25,850 31,410 48,560 63,130 86,310
Indianapolis - Carmel, IN
employment: 260
mean earnings: $58,920
27,620 34,530 54,170 81,030100,380
Muncie, IN
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $48,680
37,440 40,420 45,400 57,080 66,450
South Bend - Mishawaka, IN - MI
employment: 60
mean earnings: $45,120
26,210 30,720 36,770 49,140 82,230
Iowa (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 420
mean earnings: $55,270
29,800 34,670 49,430 73,990 91,030
Cedar Rapids, IA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $73,070
43,590 55,050 68,200 96,140109,780
Des Moines - West Des Moines, IA
employment: 260
mean earnings: $58,950
32,190 39,720 56,520 77,040 90,780
Kansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 220
mean earnings: $68,800
36,900 46,020 65,880 88,430110,720
Wichita, KS
employment: 60
mean earnings: $70,190
39,350 49,250 68,950 87,820109,760
Louisiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 150
mean earnings: $70,560
38,530 50,270 72,270 89,330105,960
Baton Rouge, LA
employment: 40
mean earnings: $80,350
43,050 71,970 83,150 96,430109,610
New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner, LA
employment: 40
mean earnings: $76,900
38,860 62,620 80,380 94,140110,020
Shreveport - Bossier City, LA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $71,970
37,040 59,000 70,940 93,340106,940
Maine (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 80
mean earnings: $54,160
36,470 41,880 52,270 65,280 75,180
Portland - South Portland - Biddeford, ME
employment: 50
mean earnings: $56,000
37,260 40,920 52,300 68,990 81,300
Maryland (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 510
mean earnings: $58,350
37,040 46,410 54,710 68,360 87,540
Baltimore - Towson, MD
employment: 400
mean earnings: $58,410
39,490 47,310 54,400 67,100 86,380
Bethesda - Gaithersburg - Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
employment: 80
mean earnings: $49,790
30,140 34,830 47,760 62,540 72,070
Massachusetts (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,100
mean earnings: $70,070
37,040 44,970 60,190 91,650114,360
Boston - Cambridge - Quincy, MA NECTA Division
employment: 840
mean earnings: $69,360
36,410 43,780 59,660 91,150115,170
Framingham, MA NECTA Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $68,110
45,550 48,790 54,190 97,420109,360
Springfield, MA - CT
employment: 80
mean earnings: $77,720
47,630 56,340 76,750 97,990113,830
Michigan (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 330
mean earnings: $70,440
33,000 42,000 58,610 87,870123,220
Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
employment: 90
mean earnings: $81,930
32,600 42,720 58,290 93,260>145K
Minnesota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 550
mean earnings: $68,060
40,940 49,180 63,470 85,620106,500
Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI
employment: 450
mean earnings: $70,530
42,790 51,280 66,250 88,660108,980
Mississippi (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 120
mean earnings: $56,830
25,760 33,880 44,210 82,370102,040
Jackson, MS
employment: 50
mean earnings: $77,980
39,780 59,400 82,150 99,650111,120
Missouri (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 580
mean earnings: $73,860
36,120 48,330 69,720100,540117,020
Kansas City, MO - KS
employment: 320
mean earnings: $83,750
39,750 56,210 89,640109,920127,990
St. Louis, MO - IL
employment: 320
mean earnings: $71,410
36,250 47,160 67,310 98,030110,870
Springfield, MO
employment: 30
mean earnings: $63,200
31,830 37,410 63,090 83,620101,260
Montana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $54,440
24,880 28,120 43,640 72,560 91,850
Billings, MT
employment: 30
mean earnings: $70,980
38,120 50,840 72,130 86,870108,120
Nebraska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 250
mean earnings: $61,120
30,550 40,180 59,280 78,960 99,000
Lincoln, NE
employment: 30
mean earnings: $65,910
39,690 46,200 61,950 83,170103,340
Omaha - Council Bluffs, NE - IA
employment: 190
mean earnings: $58,990
29,030 35,940 58,380 76,450 97,280
Nevada (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 30
mean earnings: $58,040
41,680 47,770 55,760 66,050 72,620
New Hampshire (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $68,250
34,890 48,720 64,150 93,360108,960
New Jersey (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 840
mean earnings: $67,320
38,670 47,940 58,790 81,210111,020
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $71,590
39,240 49,950 63,890 87,160113,270
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $74,840
35,070 43,900 67,450 98,210130,160
Newark - Union, NJ - PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 170
mean earnings: $60,550
45,630 49,380 55,710 66,790 84,150
Trenton - Ewing, NJ
employment: 60
mean earnings: $55,600
36,050 43,700 55,070 65,420 71,480
New Mexico (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 80
mean earnings: $65,720
33,860 41,720 58,540 84,920109,810
Albuquerque, NM
employment: 40
mean earnings: $77,700
45,090 55,870 73,530 95,940117,110
Santa Fe, NM
employment: 30
mean earnings: $55,730
31,970 36,820 44,860 70,480 97,530
New York (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,890
mean earnings: $71,930
31,870 45,630 66,570 91,060120,330
Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY
employment: 310
mean earnings: $43,080
28,830 32,680 39,610 48,640 57,380
Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
employment: 50
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Nassau - Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $54,450
28,180 31,610 55,730 76,000 88,910
New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY - NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,620
mean earnings: $78,060
37,220 53,490 72,010 97,300126,810
Rochester, NY
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $50,210
26,480 30,210 34,630 69,640 89,400
Syracuse, NY
employment: 40
mean earnings: n.a.
n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
North Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 650
mean earnings: $71,880
40,550 49,930 65,470 90,070115,500
Asheville, NC
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $50,850
43,310 47,330 51,150 54,980 57,230
Charlotte - Gastonia - Concord, NC - SC
employment: 400
mean earnings: $77,680
42,740 53,430 71,180100,130124,820
Greensboro - High Point, NC
employment: 40
mean earnings: $56,290
38,280 42,040 50,830 63,920 76,620
Raleigh - Cary, NC
employment: 120
mean earnings: $62,560
39,390 48,470 57,170 76,880 91,510
North Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 90
mean earnings: $60,860
33,870 40,590 55,720 78,460102,680
Fargo, ND - MN
employment: 40
mean earnings: $66,320
39,560 48,330 63,560 84,760103,550
Ohio (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,110
mean earnings: $64,890
36,010 44,240 63,090 82,000101,150
Cincinnati - Middletown, OH - KY - IN
employment: 160
mean earnings: $73,220
40,020 52,530 71,870 91,820113,500
Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor, OH
employment: 330
mean earnings: $67,970
38,500 44,940 65,090 86,580108,330
Columbus, OH
employment: 400
mean earnings: $63,950
33,890 43,930 62,140 81,430 96,620
Toledo, OH
employment: 60
mean earnings: $66,630
46,520 58,750 68,030 79,480 87,140
Oklahoma (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 260
mean earnings: $62,680
34,750 43,490 60,460 77,930100,010
Oklahoma City, OK
employment: 120
mean earnings: $71,860
42,180 55,420 70,090 88,570107,870
Tulsa, OK
employment: 130
mean earnings: $56,430
31,990 38,950 53,130 69,560 90,070
Oregon (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $64,170
40,030 46,970 55,630 76,330103,970
Portland - Vancouver - Beaverton, OR - WA
employment: 60
mean earnings: $72,750
43,650 51,470 66,310 94,180109,250
Pennsylvania (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 860
mean earnings: $69,050
34,420 46,400 69,950 88,220106,940
Harrisburg - Carlisle, PA
employment: 80
mean earnings: $67,470
37,930 44,810 74,180 85,040 91,670
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 410
mean earnings: $68,480
32,270 44,110 67,700 90,350109,620
Pittsburgh, PA
employment: 230
mean earnings: $73,510
37,810 53,040 73,520 91,720110,280
Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre, PA
employment: 50
mean earnings: $70,290
41,110 52,770 69,130 86,440102,710
Rhode Island (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 160
mean earnings: $61,590
36,650 43,470 57,550 71,530 91,050
Providence - Fall River - Warwick, RI - MA
employment: 170
mean earnings: $68,790
36,920 44,120 59,220 75,670111,110
South Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 210
mean earnings: $49,280
30,790 35,690 42,300 59,350 83,780
Charleston - North Charleston, SC
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $43,860
30,070 36,000 41,080 45,970 65,290
Columbia, SC
employment: 30
mean earnings: $79,240
46,410 67,110 80,520 93,660111,150
Greenville, SC
employment: 40
mean earnings: $42,630
27,120 30,900 35,480 52,150 67,110
South Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 90
mean earnings: $59,400
33,210 41,010 56,810 74,620 90,700
Sioux Falls, SD
employment: 60
mean earnings: $66,830
40,770 48,860 65,200 81,710 98,450
Tennessee (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 390
mean earnings: $66,230
32,080 40,930 64,470 89,270108,970
Chattanooga, TN - GA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $66,070
39,520 44,940 71,370 81,970 88,140
Knoxville, TN
employment: 70
mean earnings: $62,970
36,940 45,120 62,620 79,800 95,190
Memphis, TN - MS - AR
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 140
mean earnings: $74,320
32,890 41,940 77,080102,320118,300
Nashville - Davidson - - Murfreesboro, TN
employment: 140
mean earnings: $63,510
32,970 39,640 60,050 85,560104,170
Texas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,400
mean earnings: $72,640
38,400 49,950 69,050 92,440114,390
Austin - Round Rock, TX
employment: 190
mean earnings: $62,290
37,900 44,430 56,340 76,960 91,500
Dallas - Plano - Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 500
mean earnings: $82,760
45,380 58,740 82,380106,580127,330
El Paso, TX
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $33,430
21,230 23,910 26,770 32,480 65,580
Fort Worth - Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 110
mean earnings: $65,380
36,450 45,120 64,260 82,710 99,490
Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown, TX
employment: 280
mean earnings: $77,090
39,540 53,160 72,830 98,190119,400
Lubbock, TX
employment: 40
mean earnings: $67,720
38,070 49,490 63,700 88,450106,770
San Antonio, TX
employment: 210
mean earnings: $61,520
35,290 44,280 58,470 77,020 91,980
Utah (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 280
mean earnings: $65,030
32,660 42,160 62,060 84,240107,310
Salt Lake City, UT
employment: 270
mean earnings: $65,010
32,790 42,420 62,260 84,140106,820
Vermont (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 50
mean earnings: $56,720
40,860 48,200 56,400 66,060 72,300
Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 470
mean earnings: $70,160
35,700 48,710 67,350 88,670109,550
Richmond, VA
employment: 240
mean earnings: $72,890
44,980 57,650 74,090 88,380104,020
Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA - NC
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $56,280
30,920 34,900 44,890 63,750120,270
Washington (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 310
mean earnings: $73,000
38,120 50,750 70,860 90,650111,930
Seattle - Bellevue - Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
employment: 180
mean earnings: $76,860
38,680 50,250 76,630 97,160118,980
West Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 80
mean earnings: $61,890
36,890 42,370 62,930 77,830 92,110
Charleston, WV
employment: 40
mean earnings: $72,890
37,620 59,500 75,180 89,750106,780
Wisconsin (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 390
mean earnings: $62,220
35,510 45,230 55,510 78,670 97,790
Madison, WI
employment: 130
mean earnings: $60,430
41,620 48,150 55,080 69,180 85,510
Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis, WI
employment: 170
mean earnings: $66,590
32,650 42,910 65,350 87,100108,270
Wyoming (ACS) (EAG)
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $51,870
36,660 38,620 41,880 75,520 87,050
Puerto Rico (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 170
mean earnings: $40,060
22,350 26,890 36,380 50,070 59,570
San Juan - Caguas - Guaynabo, PR
employment: 140
mean earnings: $39,360
23,480 27,790 36,710 49,790 57,330

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates

The highlighted text indicates the maximum values in each column among the states and metropolitan areas.

The (ACS) links lead to data from the American Community Survey from the Census Bureau.

The (EAG) links lead to U.S. Economy at a Glance data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.