Sales engineers

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

Sales Engineers: Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.

Compensation varies significantly by the type of firm and the product sold. Most employers offer a combination of salary and commission payments or a salary plus a bonus. Commissions usually are based on the amount of sales, whereas bonuses may depend on individual performance, on the performance of all workers in the group or district, or on the company’s performance. Earnings from commissions and bonuses may vary greatly from year to year, depending on sales ability, the demand for the company’s products or services, and the overall economy.

Median annual earnings of sales engineers, including commissions, were $70,620 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $53,270 and $91,500 a year. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $41,430, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $117,260 a year. Median annual earnings of those employed by firms in the computer systems design and related services industry were $86,980.

In addition to their earnings, sales engineers who work for manufacturers usually are reimbursed for expenses such as transportation, meals, hotels, and customer entertainment. In addition to typical benefits, sales engineers often get personal use of a company car and frequent-flyer mileage. Some companies offer incentives such as free vacation trips or gifts for outstanding performance. Sales engineers who work in independent firms may have higher but less stable earnings and, often, relatively few benefits.

Sales engineers held about 74,000 jobs in 2004. About 35 percent were employed in wholesale trade and another 27 percent were employed in the manufacturing industries. Smaller numbers of sales engineers worked in information industries, such as software publishers and telecommunications; professional, scientific, and technical services, such as computer systems designs and related services and architectural, engineering, and related services; and other industries. Unlike workers in many other sales occupations, very few sales engineers are self-employed.

(from the Occupational Outlook Handbook: Sales Engineers)

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

National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Earnings

Sales engineers
	Percentile annual earnings, $
	10th	25th	50th	75th	90th
National
U.S. employment: 69,790 mean earnings: $79,370	43,730	56,370	74,200	95,420	121,660
State and Metro Area
Alabama (ACS) (EAG) employment: 500 mean earnings: $69,350	30,550	48,610	65,130	80,210	128,480
Birmingham - Hoover, AL employment: 270 mean earnings: $71,950	32,270	59,190	67,040	81,540	129,050
Huntsville, AL employment: 90 mean earnings: $67,280	29,530	34,130	58,480	83,810	136,360
Mobile, AL employment: n.a. mean earnings: $65,100	48,080	54,840	63,360	71,710	95,210
Alaska (ACS) (EAG) employment: 30 mean earnings: $81,130	44,970	68,870	84,020	100,910	112,510
Arizona (ACS) (EAG) employment: 830 mean earnings: $66,110	33,420	42,710	61,840	78,320	93,610
Phoenix - Mesa - Scottsdale, AZ employment: 750 mean earnings: $65,700	33,950	43,900	62,580	78,700	92,150
Tucson, AZ employment: 40 mean earnings: $68,210	24,650	29,500	40,530	75,600	>145K
Arkansas (ACS) (EAG) employment: 220 mean earnings: $59,970	39,510	48,410	58,720	70,240	86,040
Little Rock - North Little Rock, AR employment: 120 mean earnings: $62,480	41,350	50,210	60,560	72,480	90,350
California (ACS) (EAG) employment: 13,310 mean earnings: $91,090	51,020	66,980	88,090	110,790	136,190
Fresno, CA employment: n.a. mean earnings: $64,580	40,720	47,890	59,680	73,980	101,670
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division employment: 1,920 mean earnings: $79,030	42,350	58,170	79,270	96,460	112,430
Modesto, CA employment: n.a. mean earnings: $126,700	60,530	85,360	107,500	>145K	>145K
Oakland - Fremont - Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division employment: n.a. mean earnings: $99,720	60,630	74,030	98,830	124,600	140,820
Oxnard - Thousand Oaks - Ventura, CA employment: 240 mean earnings: $85,870	43,700	59,630	81,290	113,010	137,350
Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario, CA employment: 610 mean earnings: $81,730	52,380	61,690	75,350	100,770	112,500
Sacramento - - Arden - Arcade - - Roseville, CA employment: 800 mean earnings: $82,280	53,140	64,800	80,490	99,230	114,310
San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA employment: 760 mean earnings: $80,240	49,440	61,140	79,210	97,240	116,130
San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division employment: 1,570 mean earnings: $94,650	56,890	74,160	97,940	113,820	133,010
San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara, CA employment: 3,430 mean earnings: $100,920	65,780	79,330	97,460	118,530	141,550
Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division employment: 1,660 mean earnings: $92,150	45,570	55,460	80,780	110,600	>145K
Santa Barbara - Santa Maria, CA employment: 70 mean earnings: $94,910	59,940	78,360	90,930	107,650	121,010
Santa Cruz - Watsonville, CA employment: 90 mean earnings: $127,190	73,450	90,230	111,340	>145K	>145K
Santa Rosa - Petaluma, CA employment: 110 mean earnings: $88,280	59,050	69,380	92,190	107,660	117,320
Stockton, CA Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: n.a. mean earnings: $87,200	59,850	74,150	84,670	103,200	128,430
Vallejo - Fairfield, CA employment: 30 mean earnings: $87,560	57,660	66,930	83,290	103,880	118,300
Colorado (ACS) (EAG) employment: 910 mean earnings: $76,590	48,850	60,810	71,500	88,090	111,260
Boulder, CO employment: 230 mean earnings: $77,860	50,630	61,900	71,790	90,910	118,320
Colorado Springs, CO employment: n.a. mean earnings: $64,420	39,940	45,250	61,770	79,190	91,550
Denver - Aurora, CO employment: 530 mean earnings: $77,180	51,250	61,430	71,290	87,300	108,930
Fort Collins - Loveland, CO employment: 50 mean earnings: $77,370	52,610	66,980	78,640	88,770	103,360
Connecticut (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,840 mean earnings: $82,740	49,890	60,520	73,790	90,870	133,450
Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk, CT employment: 410 mean earnings: $101,680	52,190	65,750	98,800	128,020	>145K
Danbury, CT employment: 70 mean earnings: $85,050	50,170	57,200	68,810	86,820	>145K
Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford, CT employment: 900 mean earnings: $78,220	52,990	63,230	74,350	86,310	95,620
New Haven, CT employment: 270 mean earnings: $66,940	42,140	50,080	61,380	75,360	94,830
Norwich - New London, CT - RI employment: 80 mean earnings: $92,410	54,290	64,350	78,680	98,570	>145K
Waterbury, CT employment: 30 mean earnings: $66,310	46,660	53,570	68,050	80,940	87,990
Delaware (ACS) (EAG) employment: 40 mean earnings: $75,750	47,960	56,810	73,360	92,410	111,150
Wilmington, DE - MD - NJ Metropolitan Division employment: 40 mean earnings: $77,270	48,830	59,110	75,760	94,020	111,860
Florida (ACS) (EAG) employment: 3,120 mean earnings: $78,400	38,410	50,790	69,230	98,240	134,960
Cape Coral - Fort Myers, FL employment: 50 mean earnings: $81,620	28,770	40,610	66,460	109,860	>145K
Deltona - Daytona Beach - Ormond Beach, FL employment: n.a. mean earnings: $56,350	28,850	33,910	54,910	72,740	90,830
Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division employment: 330 mean earnings: $74,570	30,940	50,710	70,220	91,450	132,150
Jacksonville, FL employment: 200 mean earnings: $74,780	48,340	55,580	73,360	88,150	113,450
Lakeland, FL employment: 70 mean earnings: $77,330	37,450	41,880	61,520	90,490	>145K
Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division employment: 360 mean earnings: $76,650	38,040	48,800	61,940	96,060	134,400
Orlando - Kissimmee, FL employment: 330 mean earnings: $67,640	32,330	37,300	55,100	82,460	131,120
Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville, FL employment: 380 mean earnings: $75,220	46,350	53,300	65,690	91,210	119,090
Sarasota - Bradenton - Venice, FL employment: 130 mean earnings: $57,920	27,440	34,500	50,780	65,730	94,800
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL employment: 730 mean earnings: $96,880	51,780	67,830	89,580	124,070	>145K
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division employment: 240 mean earnings: $86,510	43,840	61,040	78,610	101,820	140,820
Georgia (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,990 mean earnings: $79,820	43,260	54,970	73,600	91,020	115,610
Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta, GA employment: 1,720 mean earnings: $82,230	45,270	57,600	76,170	92,290	117,820
Augusta - Richmond County, GA - SC employment: n.a. mean earnings: $44,900	38,000	39,730	42,630	45,520	63,640
Gainesville, GA Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: n.a. mean earnings: $67,320	44,170	54,510	66,850	80,180	91,160
Savannah, GA employment: 30 mean earnings: $70,720	44,990	60,860	68,730	83,310	101,910
Hawaii (ACS) (EAG) employment: n.a. mean earnings: $69,660	47,490	54,850	66,080	78,750	101,390
Honolulu, HI employment: n.a. mean earnings: $69,660	47,490	54,850	66,080	78,750	101,390
Idaho (ACS) (EAG) employment: 110 mean earnings: $72,420	47,150	51,080	57,940	80,140	112,710
Boise City - Nampa, ID employment: 90 mean earnings: $76,130	47,830	51,280	57,250	84,870	139,590
Illinois (ACS) (EAG) employment: 4,350 mean earnings: $73,120	41,710	52,840	67,730	87,230	109,600
Bloomington - Normal, IL employment: 50 mean earnings: $69,650	37,580	49,520	69,210	88,360	105,870
Chicago - Naperville - Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division employment: 3,290 mean earnings: $74,630	40,950	53,110	68,580	88,930	111,690
Decatur, IL employment: n.a. mean earnings: $74,790	31,930	36,410	80,110	98,950	112,200
Lake County - Kenosha County, IL - WI Metropolitan Division employment: 340 mean earnings: $61,660	46,870	51,120	58,080	70,870	84,840
Peoria, IL employment: 140 mean earnings: $86,350	49,530	59,720	75,740	104,340	137,030
Rockford, IL employment: 150 mean earnings: $65,420	41,200	50,420	65,980	80,260	89,960
Indiana (ACS) (EAG) employment: n.a. mean earnings: $71,420	45,930	55,860	66,730	82,900	103,530
Evansville, IN - KY employment: n.a. mean earnings: $66,570	41,580	50,170	63,890	81,260	95,760
Fort Wayne, IN employment: n.a. mean earnings: $64,030	50,640	58,470	63,840	69,220	76,750
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division employment: n.a. mean earnings: $69,580	54,380	61,980	70,210	81,510	89,220
Indianapolis - Carmel, IN employment: n.a. mean earnings: $84,400	48,400	60,190	76,370	101,450	117,900
Lafayette, IN employment: n.a. mean earnings: $61,960	43,910	48,950	55,950	70,290	95,410
South Bend - Mishawaka, IN - MI employment: n.a. mean earnings: $70,920	42,700	58,030	68,150	83,410	97,700
Terre Haute, IN employment: n.a. mean earnings: $52,100	37,140	39,940	44,610	64,670	82,270
Iowa (ACS) (EAG) employment: 210 mean earnings: $61,160	34,680	42,560	52,570	67,970	90,110
Cedar Rapids, IA employment: n.a. mean earnings: $58,250	40,360	45,590	53,630	75,070	86,500
Davenport - Moline - Rock Island, IA - IL employment: 60 mean earnings: $59,470	22,070	32,300	46,290	82,490	105,030
Des Moines - West Des Moines, IA employment: 50 mean earnings: $68,410	43,110	49,290	55,000	64,980	118,900
Kansas (ACS) (EAG) employment: 670 mean earnings: $63,330	39,060	48,300	57,710	80,410	89,850
Wichita, KS employment: n.a. mean earnings: $65,740	43,880	49,950	57,600	83,230	90,960
Kentucky (ACS) (EAG) employment: 290 mean earnings: $61,750	37,740	48,350	59,360	75,240	88,760
Lexington - Fayette, KY employment: 60 mean earnings: $75,540	53,760	60,610	71,780	86,260	103,350
Louisville - Jefferson County, KY - IN employment: 130 mean earnings: $60,060	35,260	48,600	58,200	73,830	86,560
Louisiana (ACS) (EAG) employment: 230 mean earnings: n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Baton Rouge, LA employment: 90 mean earnings: $82,700	43,970	61,060	91,490	104,560	112,640
Lafayette, LA employment: n.a. mean earnings: $55,570	47,560	49,880	53,750	57,610	69,300
Monroe, LA employment: n.a. mean earnings: $86,000	46,340	51,230	75,730	122,520	>145K
New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner, LA employment: 70 mean earnings: $77,000	40,380	48,650	66,380	89,840	136,480
Maine (ACS) (EAG) employment: 140 mean earnings: $64,390	44,440	51,410	61,530	71,680	94,180
Portland - South Portland - Biddeford, ME employment: 110 mean earnings: $67,400	47,390	52,810	63,340	75,580	102,210
Maryland (ACS) (EAG) employment: 890 mean earnings: $71,850	26,990	43,670	68,980	88,940	118,050
Baltimore - Towson, MD employment: 450 mean earnings: $76,920	40,190	52,500	73,190	90,640	121,060
Bethesda - Gaithersburg - Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division employment: 130 mean earnings: $84,060	40,390	56,930	80,900	108,250	134,610
Hagerstown - Martinsburg, MD - WV employment: n.a. mean earnings: $32,210	23,060	24,100	25,840	27,580	65,320
Massachusetts (ACS) (EAG) employment: 2,900 mean earnings: $86,920	49,960	62,970	81,870	103,560	132,610
Boston - Cambridge - Quincy, MA NECTA Division employment: n.a. mean earnings: $82,030	49,480	63,040	81,780	101,060	118,010
Brockton - Bridgewater - Easton, MA NECTA Division employment: 30 mean earnings: $66,500	40,950	53,400	67,720	80,470	90,060
Framingham, MA NECTA Division employment: 450 mean earnings: n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Lawrence - Methuen - Salem, MA - NH NECTA Division employment: 50 mean earnings: $81,970	57,120	69,830	83,100	97,320	110,620
Lowell - Billerica - Chelmsford, MA - NH NECTA Division employment: 260 mean earnings: $86,450	56,490	67,720	81,730	96,350	115,910
Pittsfield, MA employment: 30 mean earnings: $90,820	50,220	65,920	97,620	112,710	130,760
Springfield, MA - CT employment: 90 mean earnings: $77,910	48,430	56,110	65,390	74,510	>145K
Worcester, MA - CT employment: 140 mean earnings: $84,580	50,030	59,190	75,390	95,520	136,960
Michigan (ACS) (EAG) employment: 4,160 mean earnings: $73,080	46,170	55,320	69,750	86,690	106,100
Ann Arbor, MI employment: 250 mean earnings: $76,020	44,450	51,890	69,560	88,390	134,650
Battle Creek, MI employment: 30 mean earnings: $77,680	47,210	53,030	65,600	83,090	136,290
Detroit - Livonia - Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division employment: 690 mean earnings: $74,860	50,080	58,900	76,030	88,280	101,280
Flint, MI employment: n.a. mean earnings: $63,020	46,300	51,850	60,390	68,770	80,290
Grand Rapids - Wyoming, MI employment: 330 mean earnings: $76,620	45,750	58,570	73,730	89,230	113,920
Holland - Grand Haven, MI employment: 50 mean earnings: $53,510	32,790	39,740	50,900	61,560	77,810
Jackson, MI employment: 30 mean earnings: $71,380	43,930	52,980	67,800	82,590	123,020
Kalamazoo - Portage, MI employment: 60 mean earnings: $85,190	52,990	65,190	79,940	95,920	113,410
Lansing - East Lansing, MI employment: 40 mean earnings: $71,670	41,460	50,170	66,160	87,310	122,370
Niles - Benton Harbor, MI employment: 30 mean earnings: $67,070	47,170	58,330	67,730	79,410	88,260
Saginaw - Saginaw Township North, MI employment: 30 mean earnings: $68,560	47,890	52,600	65,620	82,880	99,930
Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division employment: 1,980 mean earnings: $74,160	46,690	57,260	71,140	88,250	106,620
Minnesota (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,490 mean earnings: $69,750	47,840	56,440	69,580	83,680	92,530
Duluth, MN - WI employment: n.a. mean earnings: $62,950	49,060	53,050	58,900	68,800	82,080
Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI employment: 1,290 mean earnings: $70,740	48,460	57,470	71,260	84,690	93,090
St. Cloud, MN employment: n.a. mean earnings: $64,840	48,400	55,250	64,710	75,620	86,190
Mississippi (ACS) (EAG) employment: 100 mean earnings: $59,310	30,680	45,390	54,230	77,040	88,750
Jackson, MS Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 30 mean earnings: $69,920	37,510	49,960	64,800	85,020	123,360
Missouri (ACS) (EAG) employment: 730 mean earnings: $63,690	35,960	47,060	62,060	79,020	93,820
Kansas City, MO - KS employment: 310 mean earnings: $64,270	37,740	47,880	63,410	78,970	92,110
St. Louis, MO - IL employment: 400 mean earnings: $65,130	37,650	49,700	63,340	79,810	94,670
Springfield, MO employment: 60 mean earnings: $63,510	35,990	40,790	59,670	71,490	114,220
Montana (ACS) (EAG) employment: 90 mean earnings: $72,530	32,270	51,300	66,940	90,640	114,230
Missoula, MT employment: n.a. mean earnings: $96,650	55,900	70,920	87,900	113,040	>145K
Nebraska (ACS) (EAG) employment: 200 mean earnings: $66,550	36,930	47,510	59,210	75,770	93,300
Lincoln, NE employment: 80 mean earnings: $53,820	33,720	43,270	53,380	64,500	76,500
Omaha - Council Bluffs, NE - IA employment: 80 mean earnings: $71,870	39,810	54,860	68,610	84,450	99,570
Nevada (ACS) (EAG) employment: 50 mean earnings: $72,300	40,890	48,320	65,980	97,120	110,830
Las Vegas - Paradise, NV employment: 30 mean earnings: $82,770	40,390	50,660	93,880	107,100	115,040
Reno - Sparks, NV employment: n.a. mean earnings: $61,880	40,970	46,700	61,360	72,870	88,040
New Hampshire (ACS) (EAG) employment: 340 mean earnings: $74,010	47,940	56,740	73,320	88,950	106,840
Manchester, NH employment: 50 mean earnings: $78,190	58,880	69,610	79,290	87,170	92,980
Nashua, NH - MA NECTA Division employment: 120 mean earnings: $71,410	45,050	51,590	69,620	89,610	107,920
Portsmouth, NH - ME employment: 30 mean earnings: $84,620	52,990	67,920	82,710	100,620	116,250
Rochester - Dover, NH - ME employment: 30 mean earnings: $63,340	47,950	51,970	60,300	75,970	85,780
New Jersey (ACS) (EAG) employment: 2,000 mean earnings: $79,680	49,300	60,760	77,110	96,200	114,830
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division employment: 270 mean earnings: $71,770	47,670	60,610	72,450	85,790	93,760
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division employment: 680 mean earnings: $77,540	49,390	59,790	72,370	97,800	112,840
Newark - Union, NJ - PA Metropolitan Division employment: 450 mean earnings: $73,030	47,570	55,740	70,900	87,850	109,790
Trenton - Ewing, NJ employment: 70 mean earnings: $86,920	59,330	67,710	85,730	107,180	125,220
New Mexico (ACS) (EAG) employment: 190 mean earnings: $67,140	38,510	45,990	66,720	85,570	102,020
Albuquerque, NM Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: n.a. mean earnings: $67,100	38,540	46,350	67,220	85,840	101,940
New York (ACS) (EAG) employment: 3,240 mean earnings: $82,530	46,650	59,260	75,850	94,980	126,150
Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY employment: n.a. mean earnings: $73,050	51,040	60,400	72,440	84,820	96,970
Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY employment: 290 mean earnings: $64,230	42,440	50,470	62,300	78,830	89,310
Elmira, NY employment: 30 mean earnings: $72,680	48,600	55,700	69,410	85,430	106,980
Kingston, NY employment: 30 mean earnings: $63,690	47,320	51,640	61,690	75,780	87,540
Nassau - Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division employment: 470 mean earnings: $77,040	47,220	60,150	75,760	93,200	111,020
New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY - NJ Metropolitan Division employment: 1,730 mean earnings: $96,790	51,380	70,230	87,350	111,280	>145K
Poughkeepsie - Newburgh - Middletown, NY employment: 50 mean earnings: $86,870	54,390	65,960	80,840	102,300	124,230
Rochester, NY employment: 280 mean earnings: $70,940	46,440	55,380	66,670	83,370	108,400
Syracuse, NY employment: 230 mean earnings: $82,610	49,690	61,710	75,610	103,480	131,200
North Carolina (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,930 mean earnings: $78,400	42,700	56,330	77,400	96,520	122,030
Asheville, NC employment: 60 mean earnings: $74,560	44,470	58,030	69,970	95,470	112,660
Charlotte - Gastonia - Concord, NC - SC employment: 690 mean earnings: $73,860	43,040	51,530	68,920	89,250	128,400
Durham, NC employment: n.a. mean earnings: $89,310	64,790	75,730	84,930	95,240	126,650
Greensboro - High Point, NC employment: 120 mean earnings: $66,330	40,650	51,320	66,890	80,090	89,710
Hickory - Lenior - Morgantown, NC employment: 50 mean earnings: $99,590	38,070	73,700	113,890	137,230	>145K
Jacksonville, NC employment: n.a. mean earnings: $44,770	25,620	28,540	49,260	56,000	59,790
Raleigh - Cary, NC employment: 420 mean earnings: $92,670	58,720	72,510	98,660	113,000	122,550
Wilmington, NC employment: 30 mean earnings: $76,630	45,590	55,610	82,170	91,000	105,740
Winston - Salem, NC employment: 30 mean earnings: $65,850	45,020	52,330	64,530	81,410	92,920
North Dakota (ACS) (EAG) Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 30 mean earnings: $61,000	38,840	42,450	63,860	79,290	86,500
Fargo, ND - MN Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: n.a. mean earnings: $73,450	52,590	69,530	77,630	84,390	88,440
Ohio (ACS) (EAG) employment: n.a. mean earnings: $68,950	41,930	53,980	67,180	82,520	96,020
Akron, OH employment: n.a. mean earnings: $67,460	49,260	54,690	63,980	76,390	90,450
Canton - Massillon, OH employment: n.a. mean earnings: $68,680	48,290	54,740	64,100	73,600	87,780
Cincinnati - Middletown, OH - KY - IN employment: n.a. mean earnings: $68,650	43,630	55,590	69,190	82,700	91,150
Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor, OH employment: n.a. mean earnings: $71,120	45,310	52,740	67,580	86,410	108,040
Columbus, OH employment: n.a. mean earnings: $67,370	32,340	38,190	67,950	87,060	106,230
Dayton, OH employment: n.a. mean earnings: $71,750	53,000	61,620	70,480	83,200	93,370
Springfield, OH employment: n.a. mean earnings: $64,700	59,020	61,660	66,050	70,440	73,070
Toledo, OH employment: n.a. mean earnings: $64,450	39,230	46,400	63,990	78,970	90,360
Youngstown - Warren - Boardman, OH - PA employment: n.a. mean earnings: $73,670	47,800	54,400	65,330	78,710	106,300
Oklahoma (ACS) (EAG) employment: 490 mean earnings: $57,380	33,250	44,410	55,160	68,340	85,690
Oklahoma City, OK employment: 140 mean earnings: $55,690	33,600	44,930	55,530	66,180	77,910
Tulsa, OK employment: 260 mean earnings: $59,580	32,860	46,600	57,170	70,620	89,600
Oregon (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,370 mean earnings: $79,680	48,450	59,400	73,190	91,340	114,720
Eugene - Springfield, OR employment: 90 mean earnings: $73,230	48,050	59,040	77,620	86,070	91,140
Portland - Vancouver - Beaverton, OR - WA employment: 1,120 mean earnings: $80,560	48,420	58,900	72,980	93,800	116,660
Pennsylvania (ACS) (EAG) employment: 3,430 mean earnings: $66,530	34,650	46,510	61,150	80,470	106,860
Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton, PA - NJ employment: 200 mean earnings: $78,180	46,980	53,970	71,160	91,820	121,150
Erie, PA employment: 70 mean earnings: $88,720	33,870	50,410	72,450	112,990	>145K
Lancaster, PA employment: 130 mean earnings: $67,040	35,020	49,190	60,600	70,040	107,490
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division employment: 1,400 mean earnings: $63,070	38,650	45,470	58,030	76,300	96,570
Pittsburgh, PA employment: 940 mean earnings: $63,590	20,890	43,680	62,470	80,410	92,470
Reading, PA employment: 50 mean earnings: $59,840	31,170	37,440	55,580	75,690	101,720
Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre, PA employment: 90 mean earnings: $52,360	33,200	42,660	51,760	57,690	70,060
York - Hanover, PA Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 180 mean earnings: $62,570	32,220	39,730	59,940	77,840	100,140
Rhode Island (ACS) (EAG) employment: 140 mean earnings: $66,870	41,330	52,670	65,390	78,780	97,610
Providence - Fall River - Warwick, RI - MA employment: 180 mean earnings: $68,330	42,550	55,270	67,150	81,870	97,070
South Carolina (ACS) (EAG) employment: 340 mean earnings: $67,860	48,450	58,960	67,650	79,470	90,030
Charleston - North Charleston, SC employment: 30 mean earnings: $65,640	45,480	52,850	64,880	78,370	89,210
Columbia, SC employment: n.a. mean earnings: $66,570	52,270	59,860	65,630	71,410	85,470
Florence, SC employment: 30 mean earnings: $71,220	52,140	60,890	68,030	81,760	103,350
Greenville, SC employment: 100 mean earnings: $66,380	42,910	56,170	68,990	82,140	90,170
South Dakota (ACS) (EAG) employment: 70 mean earnings: $66,600	46,330	52,900	64,470	76,250	89,060
Sioux Falls, SD employment: 50 mean earnings: $71,990	47,400	57,800	70,720	83,180	92,470
Tennessee (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,160 mean earnings: $75,410	28,680	40,450	71,100	103,810	133,390
Chattanooga, TN - GA employment: 40 mean earnings: $76,800	42,430	56,240	75,920	90,540	112,050
Johnson City, TN employment: 40 mean earnings: $64,170	26,230	32,670	63,580	79,820	108,740
Kingsport - Bristol - Bristol, TN - VA employment: 40 mean earnings: $68,210	42,670	53,270	66,240	81,270	101,580
Knoxville, TN employment: 190 mean earnings: $106,000	65,690	93,840	107,240	128,120	144,910
Memphis, TN - MS - AR employment: 220 mean earnings: $98,880	47,700	63,300	98,060	129,580	>145K
Texas (ACS) (EAG) employment: 6,870 mean earnings: $89,400	44,130	63,070	85,320	111,510	138,260
Amarillo, TX employment: 40 mean earnings: $81,590	46,160	72,600	81,790	91,950	118,270
Austin - Round Rock, TX employment: 870 mean earnings: $88,400	34,810	63,140	96,590	111,880	121,320
Beaumont - Port Arthur, TX employment: 50 mean earnings: $82,120	65,040	74,980	81,340	87,760	99,540
Corpus Christi, TX employment: n.a. mean earnings: $73,030	32,070	36,490	61,630	90,900	129,760
Dallas - Plano - Irving, TX Metropolitan Division employment: 2,510 mean earnings: $86,580	43,060	64,370	85,780	106,420	124,110
El Paso, TX employment: 70 mean earnings: $54,950	34,120	41,450	59,670	66,960	71,340
Fort Worth - Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division employment: 470 mean earnings: $93,560	42,290	56,040	82,560	112,300	>145K
Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown, TX employment: 1,960 mean earnings: $95,270	53,650	68,260	87,720	124,140	141,870
Killeen - Temple - Fort Hood, TX employment: n.a. mean earnings: $92,030	50,050	72,990	85,410	126,140	137,820
Odessa, TX employment: n.a. mean earnings: $64,450	59,150	61,750	66,090	70,430	73,030
San Antonio, TX employment: 340 mean earnings: $83,560	38,670	46,350	69,450	91,070	>145K
Tyler, TX employment: 70 mean earnings: $99,150	66,250	76,460	88,710	121,050	145,500
Utah (ACS) (EAG) employment: 420 mean earnings: $71,080	41,110	50,100	64,930	80,780	93,580
Ogden - Clearfield, UT employment: n.a. mean earnings: $83,720	41,990	52,230	66,950	91,220	>145K
Provo - Orem, UT employment: 50 mean earnings: $56,600	39,740	46,610	53,800	65,380	83,410
Salt Lake City, UT employment: 280 mean earnings: $73,890	41,670	58,410	70,550	83,390	93,140
Vermont (ACS) (EAG) employment: 150 mean earnings: $65,330	40,040	51,670	65,300	80,630	91,450
Burlington - South Burlington, VT employment: 100 mean earnings: $64,200	35,800	49,300	61,060	81,310	97,120
Virginia (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,170 mean earnings: $79,780	44,280	58,090	75,700	98,510	116,830
Blacksburg - Christiansburg - Radford, VA employment: 40 mean earnings: $82,530	54,230	64,630	79,590	98,610	111,410
Richmond, VA employment: 270 mean earnings: $70,970	40,820	46,550	61,610	80,680	114,640
Roanoke, VA employment: 60 mean earnings: $57,780	36,180	42,250	60,910	69,020	73,910
Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA - NC employment: 90 mean earnings: $65,350	41,180	50,750	64,500	81,400	91,520
Washington (ACS) (EAG) Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 1,360 mean earnings: $83,970	50,520	60,560	80,000	94,810	126,430
Seattle - Bellevue - Everett, WA Metropolitan Division employment: 1,100 mean earnings: $87,990	52,290	66,170	82,970	100,340	133,180
Spokane, WA employment: 60 mean earnings: $59,850	47,570	51,030	56,790	67,580	80,840
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division employment: 50 mean earnings: $73,630	45,410	57,350	75,750	89,650	105,500
West Virginia (ACS) (EAG) employment: 60 mean earnings: n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Wisconsin (ACS) (EAG) employment: 1,560 mean earnings: $71,490	46,780	54,090	66,960	83,690	101,590
Appleton, WI employment: 40 mean earnings: $77,510	53,060	61,170	72,120	88,000	104,850
Green Bay, WI employment: 70 mean earnings: $74,470	50,950	62,240	76,900	87,860	96,250
La Crosse, WI - MN employment: 70 mean earnings: $58,170	38,040	42,670	59,820	69,320	80,670
Madison, WI employment: n.a. mean earnings: $63,850	38,160	48,800	56,330	80,690	102,190
Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis, WI employment: 750 mean earnings: $75,990	49,620	58,380	69,990	85,720	105,910
Racine, WI employment: 40 mean earnings: $60,990	39,570	45,900	59,630	75,150	87,860
Wausau, WI employment: n.a. mean earnings: $60,070	46,850	49,590	54,160	66,680	88,090
Wyoming (ACS) (EAG) employment: n.a. mean earnings: $54,780	40,820	46,020	52,590	62,700	74,270
Casper, WY employment: n.a. mean earnings: $50,970	39,920	44,510	49,660	54,930	59,020
Puerto Rico (ACS) (EAG) employment: 120 mean earnings: $48,290	21,300	33,530	42,300	62,770	83,160
San Juan - Caguas - Guaynabo, PR employment: 120 mean earnings: $48,310	21,240	33,470	42,190	63,110	83,370

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.