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OES Estimates by Area

Engineers, all other

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

Engineers, All Other: All engineers not listed separately.

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

National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Earnings

Alabama  Alaska  Arizona  Arkansas  California  Colorado  Connecticut  District of Columbia  Florida  Georgia  Hawaii  Idaho  Illinois  Indiana  Iowa  Kansas  Kentucky  Louisiana  Maine  Maryland  Massachusetts  Missouri  Montana  Nebraska  Nevada  New Hampshire  New Jersey  New Mexico  New York  North Carolina  North Dakota  Ohio  Oklahoma  Oregon  Pennsylvania  Rhode Island  South Carolina  Tennessee  Texas  Utah  Vermont  Virginia  Washington  West Virginia  Wisconsin  Wyoming  Puerto Rico 
State maximums: employment earnings: mean 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
Metro maximums: employment earnings: mean 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
Engineers, all other
 Percentile annual earnings, $
10th25th50th75th90th
National
U.S.
employment: 152,940
mean earnings: $77,570		 43,140 58,760 77,150 94,860114,260
State and Metro Area
Alabama (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,280
mean earnings: $84,650		 45,540 67,720 90,430105,960116,010
Anniston - Oxford, AL
employment: 40
mean earnings: $68,260		 27,640 45,380 70,760 88,770107,330
Birmingham - Hoover, AL
employment: 350
mean earnings: $67,100		 39,360 47,650 67,350 84,750 97,950
Decatur, AL
employment: 120
mean earnings: $82,760		 59,130 71,410 84,020 98,340110,850
Florence - Muscle Shoals, AL
employment: 50
mean earnings: $79,500		 53,900 71,390 82,220 95,130107,340
Gadsden, AL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $72,250		 48,930 56,760 77,840 89,570 96,020
Huntsville, AL
employment: 2,060
mean earnings: $92,980		 60,000 81,000 97,850110,440124,880
Montgomery, AL
employment: 100
mean earnings: $70,610		 33,930 43,700 69,580 97,740111,560
Tuscaloosa, AL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $79,520		 45,460 51,340 94,960105,900112,470
Alaska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 800
mean earnings: $68,690		 36,920 41,740 69,680 93,700108,580
Anchorage, AK
employment: 630
mean earnings: $64,860		 36,570 40,450 60,860 90,090106,610
Arizona (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,560
mean earnings: $77,480		 38,700 59,070 77,210 94,820117,290
Phoenix - Mesa - Scottsdale, AZ
employment: 1,260
mean earnings: $71,520		 32,190 50,510 72,670 89,000111,580
Yuma, AZ
employment: 40
mean earnings: $75,580		 40,360 61,390 79,620 93,930108,310
Arkansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,180
mean earnings: $66,750		 34,030 54,260 69,550 83,790 93,130
Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers, AR - MO
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $63,130		 28,520 50,180 66,430 80,140 88,840
Jonesboro, AR
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $39,830		 20,640 24,080 39,350 55,450 66,620
Little Rock - North Little Rock, AR
employment: 230
mean earnings: $78,580		 49,100 64,060 81,730 96,730108,170
California (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 22,820
mean earnings: $86,700		 52,210 66,070 84,660106,440127,250
Bakersfield, CA
employment: 490
mean earnings: $98,450		 57,490 81,090101,920118,560138,350
Chico, CA
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 40
mean earnings: $69,380		 50,590 60,620 69,330 82,440 91,260
El Centro, CA
employment: 40
mean earnings: $82,780		 62,670 72,850 83,210 95,650108,160
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 6,540
mean earnings: $90,800		 60,280 72,800 90,640109,370126,930
Oakland - Fremont - Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,320
mean earnings: $89,860		 60,830 71,940 88,170106,970124,520
Oxnard - Thousand Oaks - Ventura, CA
employment: 170
mean earnings: $96,780		 61,260 76,820 95,220113,520139,000
Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario, CA
employment: 320
mean earnings: $67,660		 36,550 51,590 66,780 83,220 95,130
Sacramento - - Arden - Arcade - - Roseville, CA
employment: 1,380
mean earnings: $82,610		 58,690 66,420 78,930 91,300113,520
San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA
employment: 2,500
mean earnings: $73,880		 45,430 57,240 69,080 87,550111,400
San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 2,230
mean earnings: $84,580		 53,630 63,390 83,810105,820119,700
San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara, CA
employment: 4,000
mean earnings: $89,770		 43,770 62,530 86,680115,100139,260
Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 2,410
mean earnings: $89,250		 53,340 70,190 87,750107,420128,450
Santa Cruz - Watsonville, CA
employment: 160
mean earnings: $91,330		 55,370 65,950 82,780107,720142,060
Santa Rosa - Petaluma, CA
employment: 250
mean earnings: $84,560		 51,920 61,230 77,680 96,770120,410
Stockton, CA
employment: 60
mean earnings: $74,670		 50,740 65,670 78,580 87,310 95,990
Yuba City, CA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $72,480		 52,110 60,490 75,160 84,270 89,960
Colorado (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,300
mean earnings: $77,840		 44,970 59,330 77,290 96,810114,160
Boulder, CO
employment: 250
mean earnings: $74,610		 37,100 51,550 67,330 97,360126,500
Colorado Springs, CO
employment: 190
mean earnings: $79,420		 48,370 60,730 80,450 97,710115,350
Denver - Aurora, CO
employment: 680
mean earnings: $81,460		 50,130 65,770 82,930 99,650113,490
Fort Collins - Loveland, CO
employment: 30
mean earnings: $73,050		 28,550 59,040 68,780 85,420112,010
Connecticut (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,040
mean earnings: $72,600		 41,270 59,120 75,440 88,550101,760
Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk, CT
employment: 270
mean earnings: $71,670		 42,850 57,090 72,930 86,990100,770
Danbury, CT
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $70,710		 48,460 62,540 72,170 82,310 90,150
Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford, CT
employment: 450
mean earnings: $72,760		 34,940 60,450 77,520 89,200100,370
New Haven, CT
employment: 170
mean earnings: $71,100		 43,190 54,980 73,230 87,050101,160
Norwich - New London, CT - RI
employment: 40
mean earnings: $89,290		 63,910 78,100 94,690105,160111,520
District of Columbia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,600
mean earnings: $105,360		 76,140 92,590104,510118,340139,530
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 4,820
mean earnings: $100,990		 62,480 84,280102,080117,560138,650
Florida (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 7,620
mean earnings: $69,260		 37,040 47,390 65,430 86,840106,060
Cape Coral - Fort Myers, FL
employment: 50
mean earnings: $46,580		 28,420 34,790 41,250 53,680 80,500
Deltona - Daytona Beach - Ormond Beach, FL
employment: 140
mean earnings: $50,080		 36,230 39,510 45,010 56,660 76,570
Fort Walton Beach - Crestview - Destin, FL
employment: 370
mean earnings: $76,040		 34,190 60,450 80,000 93,510109,240
Gainesville, FL
employment: 140
mean earnings: $49,510		 33,990 38,890 45,660 57,090 72,170
Jacksonville, FL
employment: 700
mean earnings: $65,260		 45,350 58,830 65,250 71,660 88,250
Lakeland, FL
employment: 230
mean earnings: $55,500		 36,040 40,750 50,350 68,440 86,190
Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 490
mean earnings: $62,270		 28,970 43,020 62,220 81,130 95,270
Orlando - Kissimmee, FL
employment: 530
mean earnings: $71,700		 38,340 48,420 69,290 89,250110,440
Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville, FL
employment: 1,560
mean earnings: $75,980		 38,920 56,630 79,390 95,720109,340
Panama City - Lynn Haven, FL
employment: 150
mean earnings: $73,190		 27,380 50,580 70,380 94,890114,820
Pensacola - Ferry Pass - Brent, FL
employment: 130
mean earnings: $74,590		 47,040 57,880 74,470 89,400108,710
Port St. Lucie - Fort Pierce, FL
employment: 50
mean earnings: $57,000		 37,460 42,150 51,960 70,110 87,900
Sarasota - Bradenton - Venice, FL
employment: 80
mean earnings: $56,230		 38,400 46,160 52,020 63,220 84,610
Tallahassee, FL
employment: 210
mean earnings: $54,170		 37,290 40,710 47,710 64,850 85,530
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $59,780		 33,130 46,550 55,890 71,230 94,510
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: 300
mean earnings: $71,180		 40,050 50,870 75,780 85,680 92,080
Georgia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,340
mean earnings: $67,610		 40,900 51,440 63,590 83,650 99,610
Athens - Clarke County, GA
employment: 50
mean earnings: $53,790		 31,390 40,360 49,090 70,900 86,110
Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta, GA
employment: 1,760
mean earnings: $68,790		 44,650 52,380 64,070 84,890101,840
Augusta - Richmond County, GA - SC
employment: 140
mean earnings: $91,850		 44,630 82,550 97,800108,050114,200
Savannah, GA
employment: 60
mean earnings: $74,370		 31,200 40,820 57,890109,680142,020
Warner Robins, GA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $67,120		 27,870 61,590 68,580 78,440 91,790
Hawaii (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 370
mean earnings: $75,850		 39,680 61,840 78,440 91,870107,470
Honolulu, HI
employment: 360
mean earnings: $75,940		 39,170 62,270 78,430 91,960107,540
Idaho (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,590
mean earnings: n.a.		n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Idaho Falls, ID
employment: 90
mean earnings: $88,120		 55,970 74,960 88,070103,920117,040
Pocatello, ID
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $56,530		 41,870 48,690 55,440 65,800 72,880
Illinois (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 9,850
mean earnings: $66,800		 39,990 50,950 65,730 81,970 94,830
Bloomington - Normal, IL
employment: 100
mean earnings: $60,440		 38,770 44,470 55,930 78,690 87,530
Champaign - Urbana, IL
employment: 100
mean earnings: $70,390		 34,090 42,280 68,470 99,790112,440
Chicago - Naperville - Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 5,940
mean earnings: $69,030		 43,290 53,210 68,340 83,860 97,440
Decatur, IL
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $53,680		 24,270 26,220 53,940 81,320 90,290
Kankakee - Bradley, IL
employment: 60
mean earnings: $68,100		 47,280 53,390 68,970 81,790 88,700
Lake County - Kenosha County, IL - WI Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,470
mean earnings: $65,240		 35,090 48,980 63,430 81,160 93,900
Peoria, IL
employment: 510
mean earnings: $57,030		 37,060 44,270 57,980 69,920 79,090
Rockford, IL
employment: 240
mean earnings: $64,310		 42,930 53,200 65,870 76,350 88,070
Indiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,430
mean earnings: $74,640		 46,910 58,690 73,700 90,240108,230
Anderson, IN
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $66,780		 42,240 52,640 65,680 81,560 95,570
Bloomington, IN
employment: 50
mean earnings: $64,850		 50,620 56,920 64,210 70,740 78,570
Elkhart - Goshen, IN
employment: 30
mean earnings: $58,710		 45,360 49,250 54,910 67,810 83,670
Evansville, IN - KY
employment: 120
mean earnings: $81,360		 51,910 63,330 77,800 92,970113,840
Fort Wayne, IN
employment: 150
mean earnings: $84,460		 51,720 64,340 81,290104,870130,110
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division
employment: 250
mean earnings: $79,930		 50,480 62,040 76,350 93,000115,410
Indianapolis - Carmel, IN
employment: 1,270
mean earnings: $78,110		 50,060 61,360 77,700 93,580111,490
Lafayette, IN
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $55,390		 38,030 45,160 52,140 61,740 80,960
South Bend - Mishawaka, IN - MI
employment: 50
mean earnings: $71,900		 58,870 64,460 72,610 83,460 91,420
Terre Haute, IN
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $35,870		 15,240 16,130 17,620 59,950 81,120
Iowa (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 750
mean earnings: $63,460		 34,850 47,520 62,980 79,090 94,360
Cedar Rapids, IA
employment: 160
mean earnings: $60,980		 35,150 42,440 62,630 78,690 89,610
Davenport - Moline - Rock Island, IA - IL
employment: 400
mean earnings: $70,980		 39,410 53,330 74,090 88,580104,110
Kansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,100
mean earnings: $66,740		 39,190 49,690 63,690 84,360 97,500
Kentucky (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,030
mean earnings: $66,900		 36,830 49,410 69,040 84,120 95,420
Lexington - Fayette, KY
employment: 140
mean earnings: $58,330		 37,720 42,000 52,640 71,580 88,920
Louisiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,220
mean earnings: $58,470		 27,490 38,170 53,380 77,960 99,650
Baton Rouge, LA
employment: 450
mean earnings: $54,120		 25,270 35,970 46,420 69,190 91,570
Houma - Bayou Cane - Thibodaux, LA
employment: 30
mean earnings: $58,950		 31,910 44,310 55,690 72,780 94,770
Lafayette, LA
employment: 400
mean earnings: $42,800		 25,070 28,810 39,930 52,160 63,740
Monroe, LA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $83,970		 40,810 52,250 98,090106,820112,050
New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner, LA
employment: 550
mean earnings: $60,770		 31,240 41,640 57,500 78,030 96,360
Shreveport - Bossier City, LA
employment: 160
mean earnings: $69,180		 18,450 50,110 66,170 92,950110,590
Maine (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 460
mean earnings: $76,510		 61,460 68,860 78,580 87,070 92,730
Maryland (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 5,050
mean earnings: $86,780		 40,680 58,670 90,050112,430132,820
Baltimore - Towson, MD
employment: 2,340
mean earnings: $79,370		 39,220 52,920 80,040105,360120,380
Bethesda - Gaithersburg - Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,580
mean earnings: $100,010		 51,680 76,190102,730124,240141,660
Salisbury, MD
employment: 40
mean earnings: $49,920		 22,030 26,160 55,030 71,070 83,050
Massachusetts (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,980
mean earnings: $81,090		 43,840 58,930 79,820103,350121,410
Boston - Cambridge - Quincy, MA NECTA Division
employment: 3,020
mean earnings: $83,070		 46,920 60,790 81,470105,340123,260
Framingham, MA NECTA Division
employment: 170
mean earnings: $83,090		 47,920 65,920 83,880105,950119,840
Lowell - Billerica - Chelmsford, MA - NH NECTA Division
employment: 180
mean earnings: $69,150		 36,980 41,790 65,120 93,450115,140
Lynn - Peabody - Salem, MA NECTA Division
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $82,440		 60,580 68,140 81,190 95,110114,540
New Bedford, MA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $81,180		 31,640 65,920 85,170103,680118,250
Springfield, MA - CT
employment: 170
mean earnings: $60,740		 25,180 47,630 54,800 78,690 96,770
Missouri (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 990
mean earnings: $64,620		 31,060 50,070 66,150 81,480 92,090
Kansas City, MO - KS
employment: 430
mean earnings: $76,040		 41,670 55,920 78,920 93,390110,660
Montana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 70
mean earnings: $41,640		 23,830 27,420 32,350 55,620 76,070
Nebraska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 390
mean earnings: $64,900		 39,380 50,230 64,180 81,500 93,350
Lincoln, NE
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $58,890		 25,140 29,080 55,530 83,670 98,780
Omaha - Council Bluffs, NE - IA
employment: 220
mean earnings: $65,450		 41,430 50,020 61,560 82,500 95,090
Nevada (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,380
mean earnings: $63,460		 37,350 47,690 56,810 79,710101,900
Carson City, NV
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $75,670		 50,240 58,010 77,460 89,360105,570
Las Vegas - Paradise, NV
employment: 1,040
mean earnings: $63,770		 38,290 47,460 55,410 80,550104,960
Reno - Sparks, NV
employment: 180
mean earnings: $55,650		 20,420 42,460 58,420 71,190 84,610
New Hampshire (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,300
mean earnings: $73,930		 47,090 57,190 69,960 87,880109,220
Manchester, NH
employment: 140
mean earnings: $61,940		 38,330 42,320 60,830 76,940 92,010
Nashua, NH - MA NECTA Division
employment: 530
mean earnings: $78,510		 49,310 58,120 70,460 92,840123,540
Portsmouth, NH - ME
employment: 260
mean earnings: $72,360		 47,610 58,490 74,640 86,110 97,000
New Jersey (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,800
mean earnings: $83,490		 46,200 63,090 86,560105,600120,750
Atlantic City, NJ
employment: 70
mean earnings: $98,930		 41,100 85,710105,840124,620138,760
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 540
mean earnings: $60,490		 39,750 48,490 58,240 71,180 86,550
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 560
mean earnings: $79,960		 29,680 59,530 86,240102,400114,280
Newark - Union, NJ - PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,070
mean earnings: $97,360		 68,010 85,220100,540113,440131,230
Trenton - Ewing, NJ
employment: 90
mean earnings: $92,000		 66,080 78,050 90,110109,990128,870
New Mexico (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,170
mean earnings: $83,920		 38,820 62,240 86,080106,740125,520
Albuquerque, NM
employment: 750
mean earnings: $88,660		 49,940 71,320 90,420109,240127,960
Las Cruces, NM
employment: 150
mean earnings: $71,320		 28,870 42,490 79,010 90,800107,330
New York (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,290
mean earnings: $75,330		 47,620 58,660 72,420 89,660110,030
Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY
employment: 160
mean earnings: $70,440		 43,190 57,790 68,010 83,450108,630
Binghamton, NY
employment: 40
mean earnings: $67,660		 48,350 53,690 66,460 82,440 91,820
Kingston, NY
employment: 30
mean earnings: $70,150		 49,300 56,610 71,560 83,750 90,990
Nassau - Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
employment: 150
mean earnings: $76,370		 36,230 63,120 76,930 90,020109,330
New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY - NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,530
mean earnings: $76,140		 45,730 56,820 71,890 92,890113,850
Rochester, NY
employment: 510
mean earnings: $75,810		 53,060 63,910 75,920 87,900 97,460
Syracuse, NY
employment: 90
mean earnings: $65,390		 38,120 52,530 63,070 80,320 93,500
North Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,600
mean earnings: $78,020		 46,900 56,250 72,970 89,550112,740
Charlotte - Gastonia - Concord, NC - SC
employment: 190
mean earnings: $63,010		 38,570 45,900 58,250 75,890 91,890
Fayetteville, NC
employment: 40
mean earnings: $57,220		 25,850 49,330 59,470 70,940 81,650
Greensboro - High Point, NC
employment: 140
mean earnings: $67,340		 47,530 54,190 66,380 80,760 92,590
Winston - Salem, NC
employment: 70
mean earnings: $66,900		 49,930 56,220 66,930 78,530 88,240
North Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 100
mean earnings: $47,740		 20,210 24,250 31,790 63,130 90,830
Fargo, ND - MN
employment: 40
mean earnings: $37,220		 18,970 20,600 25,530 53,090 76,080
Ohio (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 6,070
mean earnings: $74,790		 42,060 58,180 75,580 90,990107,980
Akron, OH
employment: 270
mean earnings: $72,530		 41,510 59,920 78,780 88,870 95,240
Canton - Massillon, OH
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $76,030		 54,060 64,660 76,560 88,520 98,900
Cincinnati - Middletown, OH - KY - IN
employment: 980
mean earnings: $73,350		 41,110 55,620 72,500 91,390110,760
Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor, OH
employment: 1,430
mean earnings: $79,530		 47,650 62,460 79,120 92,320110,520
Columbus, OH
employment: 650
mean earnings: $62,710		 38,390 49,730 62,660 76,090 89,810
Dayton, OH
employment: 1,600
mean earnings: $79,050		 33,410 63,260 82,050 97,000113,190
Springfield, OH
employment: 30
mean earnings: $65,690		 53,660 59,330 64,940 70,470 85,040
Toledo, OH
employment: 190
mean earnings: $73,860		 45,840 61,760 75,300 87,570 96,070
Youngstown - Warren - Boardman, OH - PA
employment: 130
mean earnings: $69,010		 48,710 54,000 66,700 85,480 99,180
Oklahoma (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 760
mean earnings: $57,010		 31,640 43,800 54,450 70,070 87,370
Oklahoma City, OK
employment: 260
mean earnings: $61,630		 26,390 38,260 62,000 83,860100,200
Tulsa, OK
employment: 420
mean earnings: $56,220		 41,270 46,980 54,180 65,070 74,060
Oregon (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,230
mean earnings: $69,350		 39,940 55,250 69,250 84,640100,440
Bend, OR
employment: 40
mean earnings: $41,980		 26,120 31,170 36,060 47,280 78,220
Corvallis, OR
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 40
mean earnings: $79,060		 60,960 74,340 83,340 91,370 99,050
Eugene - Springfield, OR
employment: 30
mean earnings: $67,440		 50,830 59,310 66,440 73,740 88,320
Portland - Vancouver - Beaverton, OR - WA
employment: 1,000
mean earnings: $72,020		 43,740 58,540 71,160 86,790104,590
Salem, OR
employment: 40
mean earnings: $54,170		 34,290 42,960 52,470 64,880 76,620
Pennsylvania (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,540
mean earnings: $64,820		 28,830 47,340 64,210 81,870 98,220
Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton, PA - NJ
employment: 170
mean earnings: $62,250		 35,400 49,910 59,990 73,360 89,550
Erie, PA
employment: 100
mean earnings: $68,840		 48,710 54,710 66,970 82,790 96,660
Lancaster, PA
employment: 50
mean earnings: $72,580		 41,780 53,290 67,930 85,750127,420
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,200
mean earnings: $68,230		 29,010 51,610 68,600 85,300102,410
Pittsburgh, PA
employment: 1,040
mean earnings: $60,440		 26,470 33,700 59,810 81,980 97,970
Reading, PA
employment: 70
mean earnings: $56,190		 35,570 40,030 46,470 58,430 96,320
Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre, PA
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 140
mean earnings: $58,970		 38,240 49,230 56,710 71,660 85,540
Rhode Island (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 460
mean earnings: $91,310		 53,790 69,190 91,900114,680134,750
Providence - Fall River - Warwick, RI - MA
employment: 510
mean earnings: $89,430		 52,550 67,850 89,520112,830133,350
South Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,030
mean earnings: $59,300		 29,440 36,000 57,720 77,140 97,880
Charleston - North Charleston, SC
employment: 230
mean earnings: $55,770		 27,480 32,950 58,200 75,690 87,260
Columbia, SC
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $50,890		 30,070 33,560 50,990 67,360 74,950
Florence, SC
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $45,540		 30,520 34,010 49,890 55,880 59,290
Greenville, SC
employment: 150
mean earnings: $65,340		 34,530 44,440 62,580 82,980103,960
Tennessee (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,560
mean earnings: $72,900		 43,520 57,440 73,460 88,320103,600
Chattanooga, TN - GA
employment: 410
mean earnings: $81,520		 52,390 70,780 83,040 96,720110,230
Clarksville, TN - KY
employment: 40
mean earnings: $56,000		 36,370 42,600 53,080 69,920 86,200
Johnson City, TN
employment: 30
mean earnings: $64,020		 35,270 49,290 65,720 81,490 91,200
Kingsport - Bristol - Bristol, TN - VA
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 50
mean earnings: $53,420		 34,150 40,970 50,110 58,280 84,370
Knoxville, TN
employment: 520
mean earnings: $73,500		 47,060 54,140 69,280 92,830109,990
Memphis, TN - MS - AR
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 530
mean earnings: $73,000		 52,830 64,590 75,730 85,950 92,290
Morristown, TN
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $97,400		 42,420 70,280 84,910105,670>145K
Nashville - Davidson - - Murfreesboro, TN
employment: 320
mean earnings: $57,260		 35,610 42,690 54,990 71,930 85,030
Texas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 7,110
mean earnings: $84,420		 44,670 64,410 84,840105,740123,030
Amarillo, TX
employment: 60
mean earnings: $99,860		 70,560 85,730101,590114,430133,320
Austin - Round Rock, TX
employment: 350
mean earnings: $75,810		 39,760 46,570 64,920 90,370119,790
Beaumont - Port Arthur, TX
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $92,720		 56,380 73,990 94,580113,950129,890
College Station - Bryan, TX
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $87,850		 60,750 70,400 83,960102,320133,490
Dallas - Plano - Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 1,220
mean earnings: $79,870		 53,680 66,330 80,580 91,500108,800
El Paso, TX
employment: 80
mean earnings: $62,480		 34,220 48,310 61,360 72,200 89,190
Fort Worth - Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 510
mean earnings: $79,300		 43,760 60,980 80,090 98,600115,970
Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown, TX
employment: 3,560
mean earnings: $88,410		 42,090 67,330 91,640111,860129,870
McAllen - Edinburg - Mission, TX
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $79,270		 52,720 65,920 80,520 94,230110,150
San Antonio, TX
employment: 250
mean earnings: $76,380		 36,890 66,050 80,480 90,790105,770
Waco, TX
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $68,890		 38,650 44,590 70,670 87,360104,500
Utah (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 560
mean earnings: $54,640		 25,920 39,690 54,190 69,510 85,590
Ogden - Clearfield, UT
employment: 190
mean earnings: $58,940		 26,020 48,470 55,860 77,260 87,270
Salt Lake City, UT
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $51,330		 25,710 28,840 52,700 60,520 81,690
Vermont (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 130
mean earnings: $69,670		 39,380 46,870 55,250 96,660113,450
Burlington - South Burlington, VT
employment: 70
mean earnings: $85,940		 45,300 56,680 94,610108,790123,090
Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 4,340
mean earnings: $90,020		 48,860 68,050 91,380110,970132,520
Blacksburg - Christiansburg - Radford, VA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $69,510		 29,410 59,490 76,430 84,690 89,650
Charlottesville, VA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $85,020		 66,350 74,640 84,270 94,760109,520
Richmond, VA
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: n.a.
mean earnings: $63,590		 40,990 47,640 59,790 78,590 95,050
Roanoke, VA
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $65,500		 27,950 38,950 55,550 89,330115,550
Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA - NC
employment: 890
mean earnings: $80,300		 38,200 57,750 80,760100,810121,730
Winchester, VA - WV
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $61,390		 29,100 32,170 65,960 85,980103,290
Washington (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 3,000
mean earnings: $78,130		 42,930 63,130 79,570 95,380111,600
Bremerton - Silverdale, WA
employment: 80
mean earnings: $70,870		 24,810 33,500 77,650 95,750113,600
Kennewick - Richland - Pasco, WA
employment: 530
mean earnings: $89,410		 62,450 74,940 88,520104,710115,360
Spokane, WA
employment: 80
mean earnings: $83,010		 48,290 64,390 83,530102,500117,800
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division
employment: 80
mean earnings: $65,260		 33,940 42,290 61,340 85,510104,880
West Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 350
mean earnings: $76,600		 33,780 52,170 79,310 97,710112,670
Charleston, WV
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $66,630		 26,380 39,810 68,630 89,210111,580
Huntington - Ashland, WV - KY - OH
employment: 30
mean earnings: $48,600		 22,120 28,450 34,230 76,300 86,560
Weirton - Steubenville, WV - OH
employment: 60
mean earnings: $75,940		 48,910 60,700 75,780 89,490107,010
Wisconsin (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 2,550
mean earnings: $67,790		 46,840 55,150 67,720 82,210 92,280
Appleton, WI
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $62,860		 41,260 49,050 61,050 72,500 91,890
Eau Claire, WI
employment: 70
mean earnings: $69,160		 47,580 58,580 69,000 82,670 93,010
Fond du Lac, WI
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $66,380		 58,430 61,270 65,980 70,690 81,140
Green Bay, WI
employment: 120
mean earnings: $75,170		 58,120 66,220 76,530 87,710 94,720
Janesville, WI
employment: 60
mean earnings: $76,940		 59,580 65,910 76,980 90,160104,050
Madison, WI
employment: 150
mean earnings: $66,140		 47,540 55,390 64,410 74,940 89,850
Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis, WI
employment: 1,000
mean earnings: $69,740		 48,780 56,870 70,450 84,620 93,270
Racine, WI
employment: 60
mean earnings: $72,680		 50,560 60,190 73,590 86,860 94,990
Sheboygan, WI
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $59,890		 37,160 49,080 58,490 72,510 85,790
Wausau, WI
employment: 60
mean earnings: $71,820		 52,710 63,340 73,040 83,540 91,400
Wyoming (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 160
mean earnings: $53,720		 27,160 35,270 54,610 68,900 81,750
Casper, WY
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $47,260		 24,490 27,460 46,810 59,510 80,850
Puerto Rico (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 1,180
mean earnings: $50,510		 29,770 37,020 47,650 63,960 75,220
Fajardo, PR
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $53,840		 30,640 38,530 54,880 69,340 78,810
Ponce, PR
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 30
mean earnings: $39,980		 28,500 31,380 37,600 51,460 57,060
San Juan - Caguas - Guaynabo, PR
employment: 940
mean earnings: $49,450		 29,510 36,460 45,810 61,640 74,390

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.