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OES Estimates by Area
  • Production occupations in the Occupational Outlook Handbook:
  • Production occupations Estimates by Industry

Production occupations

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

Production Occupations: This major group includes all production workers.

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

National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Earnings

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State maximums: employment earnings: mean 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
Metro maximums: employment earnings: mean 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
Production occupations
 Percentile annual earnings, $
10th25th50th75th90th
National
U.S.
employment: 10,249,220
mean earnings: $29,890		 16,240 20,170 26,850 36,250 48,910
State and Metro Area
Alabama (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 217,470
mean earnings: $27,100		 15,370 18,660 23,240 33,020 44,450
Anniston - Oxford, AL
employment: 6,800
mean earnings: $28,370		 16,900 20,710 26,250 34,370 43,120
Auburn - Opelika, AL
employment: 5,370
mean earnings: $26,320		 15,390 18,780 22,430 31,790 44,160
Birmingham - Hoover, AL
employment: 33,730
mean earnings: $29,340		 16,530 20,030 26,090 35,360 45,330
Decatur, AL
employment: 11,370
mean earnings: $29,900		 16,060 19,950 26,990 36,500 48,500
Dothan, AL
employment: 6,710
mean earnings: $23,690		 12,950 15,990 20,750 26,290 36,440
Florence - Muscle Shoals, AL
employment: 6,440
mean earnings: $26,250		 15,020 18,050 24,470 32,430 39,570
Gadsden, AL
employment: 4,570
mean earnings: $27,460		 15,600 18,330 24,400 37,470 42,570
Huntsville, AL
employment: 17,060
mean earnings: $31,920		 15,160 19,610 27,250 43,270 55,800
Mobile, AL
employment: 10,970
mean earnings: $29,240		 14,480 18,010 25,880 37,580 51,040
Montgomery, AL
employment: 13,290
mean earnings: $24,830		 15,220 17,940 22,280 29,520 38,140
Tuscaloosa, AL
employment: 10,550
mean earnings: $29,570		 16,250 20,740 27,220 36,760 45,350
Alaska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 10,710
mean earnings: $38,630		 17,660 21,400 31,430 51,810 71,820
Anchorage, AK
employment: 2,990
mean earnings: $37,200		 18,740 22,730 33,000 47,760 62,710
Fairbanks, AK
employment: 840
mean earnings: $45,590		 21,230 31,340 44,520 58,630 70,810
Arizona (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 128,420
mean earnings: $27,650		 15,450 19,090 24,900 33,630 43,590
Flagstaff, AZ
employment: 1,900
mean earnings: $26,660		 14,160 17,810 23,670 33,450 43,430
Phoenix - Mesa - Scottsdale, AZ
employment: 99,540
mean earnings: $27,560		 15,650 19,360 24,960 33,160 43,020
Prescott, AZ
employment: 2,960
mean earnings: $25,630		 15,640 17,760 22,390 30,260 40,630
Tucson, AZ
employment: 14,780
mean earnings: $28,250		 14,890 17,910 25,210 36,590 44,810
Yuma, AZ
employment: 1,940
mean earnings: $25,130		 13,610 17,060 22,680 28,940 42,600
Arkansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 156,660
mean earnings: $25,620		 15,460 18,560 23,380 30,500 38,980
Fayetteville - Springdale - Rogers, AR - MO
employment: 27,010
mean earnings: $24,400		 15,840 18,250 22,470 28,590 35,100
Fort Smith, AR - OK
employment: 21,080
mean earnings: $25,590		 15,350 17,500 24,360 32,130 35,970
Hot Springs, AR
employment: 2,710
mean earnings: $25,060		 14,650 17,020 21,790 28,860 43,680
Jonesboro, AR
employment: 6,880
mean earnings: $24,600		 15,820 18,620 23,670 28,000 34,940
Little Rock - North Little Rock, AR
employment: 21,810
mean earnings: $26,860		 15,550 18,820 25,460 32,890 40,730
Pine Bluff, AR
employment: 5,850
mean earnings: $27,550		 15,870 19,680 25,050 33,130 42,530
California (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 989,250
mean earnings: $28,860		 15,860 18,000 24,070 35,560 49,110
Bakersfield, CA
employment: 10,960
mean earnings: $33,970		 16,500 19,890 28,840 45,650 58,160
Chico, CA
employment: 3,440
mean earnings: $29,050		 16,600 19,640 25,360 35,070 46,900
El Centro, CA
employment: 2,380
mean earnings: $27,700		 15,780 18,190 21,640 34,210 50,040
Fresno, CA
employment: 19,450
mean earnings: $25,890		 15,740 17,370 21,730 31,160 42,990
Hanford - Corcoran, CA
employment: 2,260
mean earnings: $32,810		 16,450 20,880 32,250 40,810 49,810
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 333,310
mean earnings: $26,600		 15,430 16,950 21,360 32,060 45,970
Madera, CA
employment: 2,390
mean earnings: $28,230		 16,220 18,960 25,490 34,620 43,770
Merced, CA
employment: 7,140
mean earnings: $27,630		 15,940 17,870 22,170 36,050 47,150
Modesto, CA
employment: 14,780
mean earnings: $29,040		 16,400 19,490 26,210 36,970 44,360
Napa, CA
employment: 4,550
mean earnings: $35,230		 18,810 23,270 30,740 43,670 57,830
Oakland - Fremont - Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 63,740
mean earnings: $33,570		 17,640 21,680 30,010 42,060 55,520
Oxnard - Thousand Oaks - Ventura, CA
employment: 22,460
mean earnings: $28,410		 15,980 18,360 23,800 34,690 47,690
Redding, CA
employment: 2,240
mean earnings: $31,210		 16,990 20,890 27,630 36,970 50,020
Riverside - San Bernardino - Ontario, CA
employment: 96,680
mean earnings: $26,380		 15,760 17,720 22,660 31,100 43,020
Sacramento - - Arden - Arcade - - Roseville, CA
employment: 34,130
mean earnings: $30,370		 16,830 20,160 27,390 37,800 48,530
Salinas, CA
employment: 6,030
mean earnings: $30,090		 16,410 19,160 25,450 37,330 50,700
San Diego - Carlsbad - San Marcos, CA
employment: 72,970
mean earnings: $28,930		 16,210 18,880 24,890 35,890 47,480
San Francisco - San Mateo - Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 31,920
mean earnings: $35,150		 17,360 20,900 29,640 43,750 63,150
San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara, CA
employment: 57,120
mean earnings: $36,910		 18,830 23,560 33,230 44,960 59,320
San Luis Obispo - Paso Robles, CA
employment: 4,880
mean earnings: $34,760		 16,850 20,970 28,270 43,440 64,860
Santa Ana - Anaheim - Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division
employment: 121,610
mean earnings: $27,320		 15,750 17,670 22,520 32,990 45,740
Santa Barbara - Santa Maria, CA
employment: 7,450
mean earnings: $31,470		 16,560 20,160 27,740 39,100 52,790
Santa Cruz - Watsonville, CA
employment: 4,380
mean earnings: $31,750		 16,760 20,120 27,370 41,760 54,100
Santa Rosa - Petaluma, CA
employment: 11,140
mean earnings: $31,330		 17,630 21,390 27,600 38,070 51,190
Stockton, CA
employment: 15,690
mean earnings: $30,460		 16,320 19,570 27,650 38,240 49,190
Vallejo - Fairfield, CA
employment: 6,930
mean earnings: $32,160		 16,330 19,460 26,200 41,190 56,350
Visalia - Porterville, CA
employment: 8,520
mean earnings: $26,730		 15,830 17,890 23,280 34,250 42,590
Yuba City, CA
employment: 1,790
mean earnings: $30,320		 17,190 21,220 26,330 35,250 48,730
Colorado (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 104,490
mean earnings: $30,680		 17,350 21,070 27,620 37,860 49,250
Boulder, CO
employment: 9,010
mean earnings: $30,610		 18,080 21,230 27,580 37,040 49,170
Colorado Springs, CO
employment: 12,350
mean earnings: $29,480		 17,080 20,450 26,120 34,780 45,900
Denver - Aurora, CO
employment: 51,470
mean earnings: $31,580		 17,720 21,480 28,690 39,900 50,590
Fort Collins - Loveland, CO
employment: 6,970
mean earnings: n.a.		n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Grand Junction, CO
employment: 2,930
mean earnings: $28,550		 16,050 19,570 25,380 34,640 45,100
Greeley, CO
employment: 7,260
mean earnings: $28,420		 17,470 20,880 26,160 33,570 43,320
Pueblo, CO
employment: 2,840
mean earnings: $29,500		 15,630 18,510 27,330 36,440 46,710
Connecticut (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 116,020
mean earnings: $34,100		 18,950 23,570 31,460 41,710 53,450
Bridgeport - Stamford - Norwalk, CT
employment: 24,230
mean earnings: $34,350		 18,310 23,040 31,660 42,740 54,610
Danbury, CT
employment: 5,890
mean earnings: $34,420		 19,390 23,710 31,750 42,230 54,080
Hartford - West Hartford - East Hartford, CT
employment: 37,660
mean earnings: $34,790		 19,890 25,130 32,950 42,130 52,870
New Haven, CT
employment: 22,630
mean earnings: $33,210		 18,550 23,200 29,830 39,950 52,640
Norwich - New London, CT - RI
employment: 6,510
mean earnings: $37,610		 19,870 25,160 33,520 44,860 61,990
Waterbury, CT
employment: 7,520
mean earnings: $32,010		 18,030 21,090 27,500 38,710 52,880
Delaware (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 28,270
mean earnings: n.a.		n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
Dover, DE
employment: 3,450
mean earnings: $28,230		 15,260 19,120 25,910 34,640 45,090
Wilmington, DE - MD - NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 18,880
mean earnings: $39,640		 19,730 27,330 38,090 50,950 59,510
District of Columbia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 7,800
mean earnings: $40,430		 16,960 24,940 37,610 53,790 68,490
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV Metropolitan Division
employment: 49,200
mean earnings: $34,060		 16,800 21,500 29,710 43,230 57,130
Florida (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 340,650
mean earnings: $26,940		 15,130 18,420 23,750 32,330 43,330
Cape Coral - Fort Myers, FL
employment: 7,140
mean earnings: $27,330		 16,170 19,420 24,110 31,630 42,120
Deltona - Daytona Beach - Ormond Beach, FL
employment: 7,780
mean earnings: $25,050		 15,380 18,070 22,190 28,510 38,520
Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach - Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 29,160
mean earnings: $27,150		 15,220 18,580 23,870 32,870 43,630
Fort Walton Beach - Crestview - Destin, FL
employment: 2,270
mean earnings: $28,810		 15,740 18,700 24,640 33,970 50,130
Gainesville, FL
employment: 3,940
mean earnings: $27,830		 16,300 19,760 25,140 32,950 44,150
Jacksonville, FL
employment: 26,380
mean earnings: $29,250		 16,300 19,820 26,470 35,060 45,840
Lakeland, FL
employment: 13,800
mean earnings: $28,630		 16,630 20,510 26,260 34,510 43,690
Miami - Miami Beach - Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: 44,680
mean earnings: $24,460		 13,810 16,030 21,140 29,280 40,040
Naples - Marco Island, FL
employment: 3,510
mean earnings: $28,810		 15,810 19,490 25,310 35,170 45,370
Ocala, FL
employment: 7,940
mean earnings: $23,730		 14,950 18,140 22,080 27,420 34,100
Orlando - Kissimmee, FL
employment: 36,510
mean earnings: $26,050		 15,480 18,250 23,150 30,570 40,770
Palm Bay - Melbourne - Titusville, FL
employment: 12,140
mean earnings: $29,720		 16,270 19,470 24,720 36,100 52,630
Panama City - Lynn Haven, FL
employment: 2,460
mean earnings: $28,480		 15,620 18,860 25,030 35,370 46,360
Pensacola - Ferry Pass - Brent, FL
employment: 6,820
mean earnings: $28,380		 15,150 17,960 23,920 35,270 49,270
Port St. Lucie - Fort Pierce, FL
employment: 5,140
mean earnings: $28,660		 15,690 19,170 25,620 34,740 44,840
Punta Gorda, FL
employment: 950
mean earnings: $26,330		 15,920 19,270 23,520 28,750 39,840
Sarasota - Bradenton - Venice, FL
employment: 16,960
mean earnings: $27,280		 16,550 19,990 25,170 32,400 40,830
Tallahassee, FL
employment: 4,510
mean earnings: $25,100		 15,030 17,330 21,960 29,300 38,300
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 64,840
mean earnings: $26,710		 15,140 18,750 23,880 31,860 42,210
West Palm Beach - Boca Raton - Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
employment: 19,150
mean earnings: $28,770		 15,350 19,080 25,230 34,800 48,620
Georgia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 338,810
mean earnings: $27,500		 15,810 19,640 25,190 32,850 43,390
Albany, GA
employment: 5,630
mean earnings: $26,840		 15,220 18,540 23,930 32,440 42,880
Athens - Clarke County, GA
employment: 7,760
mean earnings: $26,240		 16,210 19,480 24,890 32,120 37,150
Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Marietta, GA
employment: 141,560
mean earnings: $29,030		 16,120 20,190 26,450 34,760 47,000
Augusta - Richmond County, GA - SC
employment: 22,040
mean earnings: $31,890		 15,710 19,790 27,020 43,510 55,590
Brunswick, GA
employment: 2,490
mean earnings: $27,830		 14,780 17,190 22,280 34,910 51,530
Columbus, GA - AL
employment: 10,780
mean earnings: $26,900		 15,960 19,820 24,400 30,230 42,330
Dalton, GA
employment: 20,690
mean earnings: $26,160		 17,030 22,550 25,770 28,670 34,850
Gainesville, GA
employment: 10,980
mean earnings: $26,740		 17,130 19,910 23,680 32,730 39,760
Hinesville - Fort Stewart, GA
employment: 1,010
mean earnings: $29,610		 15,840 20,350 26,180 37,330 47,490
Macon, GA
employment: 7,310
mean earnings: $30,000		 16,290 21,030 28,050 37,990 44,280
Rome, GA
employment: 5,110
mean earnings: $27,610		 16,790 20,330 25,910 32,300 39,800
Savannah, GA
employment: 7,730
mean earnings: $32,910		 16,750 21,810 32,320 41,650 50,520
Valdosta, GA
employment: 4,250
mean earnings: $25,090		 13,740 17,850 23,000 28,980 40,470
Warner Robins, GA
employment: 4,000
mean earnings: $32,550		 14,070 23,320 32,510 40,270 50,630
Hawaii (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 18,930
mean earnings: $29,130		 14,570 17,870 23,970 35,540 53,140
Honolulu, HI
employment: 13,960
mean earnings: $29,430		 14,290 17,040 23,630 36,610 55,380
Idaho (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 40,760
mean earnings: $26,980		 15,820 19,510 24,880 31,780 41,990
Boise City - Nampa, ID
employment: 18,010
mean earnings: $26,660		 16,460 19,980 24,880 30,170 38,630
Coeur d'Alene, ID
employment: 3,650
mean earnings: $25,090		 15,850 18,760 23,170 29,610 36,270
Idaho Falls, ID
employment: 2,610
mean earnings: $27,910		 14,810 18,440 25,180 34,220 45,330
Lewiston, ID - WA
employment: 1,930
mean earnings: $33,260		 19,500 24,520 30,820 41,300 51,330
Pocatello, ID
employment: 1,880
mean earnings: $28,650		 16,410 19,930 25,410 37,290 44,280
Illinois (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 517,090
mean earnings: $29,760		 15,230 19,440 26,680 36,670 49,320
Bloomington - Normal, IL
employment: 5,260
mean earnings: $31,100		 16,470 21,020 28,990 35,750 51,860
Champaign - Urbana, IL
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 6,470
mean earnings: $28,080		 16,800 21,960 26,750 32,860 41,060
Chicago - Naperville - Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division
employment: 305,920
mean earnings: $29,500		 14,940 18,960 26,070 36,330 49,770
Decatur, IL
employment: 7,270
mean earnings: $31,660		 17,060 21,530 28,400 40,480 51,900
Kankakee - Bradley, IL
employment: 3,420
mean earnings: $32,240		 16,570 20,900 29,350 41,620 52,300
Lake County - Kenosha County, IL - WI Metropolitan Division
employment: 35,630
mean earnings: $30,930		 15,870 20,040 27,560 38,800 50,980
Peoria, IL
employment: 19,490
mean earnings: $36,630		 19,740 26,620 35,250 44,990 54,750
Rockford, IL
employment: 24,980
mean earnings: $30,210		 14,490 19,480 28,550 38,470 48,950
Springfield, IL
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 3,530
mean earnings: $30,070		 15,670 19,800 26,310 35,670 51,220
Indiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 400,680
mean earnings: $31,430		 18,220 22,150 28,660 37,600 50,920
Bloomington, IN
employment: 6,310
mean earnings: $30,410		 17,470 21,180 27,730 39,330 45,200
Columbus, IN
employment: 9,250
mean earnings: $28,650		 18,450 20,640 25,470 34,070 43,760
Elkhart - Goshen, IN
employment: 45,680
mean earnings: $29,210		 17,500 20,750 26,590 34,770 44,620
Evansville, IN - KY
employment: 25,950
mean earnings: $32,260		 17,550 22,130 29,840 39,800 53,010
Fort Wayne, IN
employment: 26,580
mean earnings: $32,250		 19,060 23,350 29,480 39,060 52,130
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division
employment: 22,540
mean earnings: $34,880		 17,500 23,630 32,830 44,960 54,480
Indianapolis - Carmel, IN
employment: 69,430
mean earnings: $32,080		 18,280 22,330 29,620 37,810 52,130
Kokomo, IN
employment: 9,110
mean earnings: $47,130		 23,020 43,070 50,810 55,820 59,790
Lafayette, IN
employment: 11,680
mean earnings: $34,330		 19,600 24,860 31,620 45,340 54,070
Michigan City - La Porte, IN
employment: 6,070
mean earnings: $29,800		 17,450 21,960 27,790 34,690 46,890
Muncie, IN
employment: 4,760
mean earnings: $32,860		 16,720 20,940 28,230 47,350 54,420
South Bend - Mishawaka, IN - MI
employment: 16,740
mean earnings: $28,880		 17,110 21,090 27,810 34,450 42,870
Terre Haute, IN
employment: 9,250
mean earnings: $31,240		 18,550 22,430 29,860 37,290 45,790
Iowa (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 168,160
mean earnings: $29,030		 18,350 21,830 27,410 34,290 42,580
Ames, IA
employment: 2,960
mean earnings: $31,870		 19,660 23,650 31,040 39,070 44,760
Cedar Rapids, IA
employment: 10,190
mean earnings: $34,020		 19,160 24,710 32,950 41,400 51,420
Davenport - Moline - Rock Island, IA - IL
employment: 22,180
mean earnings: $30,160		 17,180 20,890 27,920 36,020 46,150
Des Moines - West Des Moines, IA
employment: 18,050
mean earnings: $30,030		 18,430 22,230 28,200 35,000 44,570
Dubuque, IA
employment: 6,550
mean earnings: $30,350		 19,770 23,700 29,110 35,180 43,390
Iowa City, IA
employment: 4,250
mean earnings: $30,610		 19,460 24,010 28,370 35,600 44,280
Sioux City, IA - NE - SD
employment: 9,580
mean earnings: $27,820		 18,430 21,770 25,860 31,350 40,160
Waterloo - Cedar Falls, IA
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 12,270
mean earnings: $29,720		 18,810 22,370 28,460 34,940 43,020
Kansas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 124,320
mean earnings: $29,400		 16,820 20,820 26,540 35,870 47,090
Lawrence, KS
employment: 3,080
mean earnings: $27,370		 17,940 20,720 25,300 32,270 41,760
Topeka, KS
employment: 6,420
mean earnings: $34,070		 17,000 22,510 34,150 43,770 52,810
Wichita, KS
employment: 30,410
mean earnings: $32,320		 16,770 21,500 30,130 42,100 51,550
Kentucky (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 202,120
mean earnings: $30,040		 16,600 20,910 27,500 36,120 49,160
Bowling Green, KY
employment: 7,480
mean earnings: $30,210		 16,130 20,140 28,080 35,690 51,230
Elizabethtown, KY
employment: 4,990
mean earnings: $29,620		 17,630 22,290 29,310 36,210 42,710
Lexington - Fayette, KY
employment: 26,660
mean earnings: $34,640		 17,970 23,190 31,860 46,600 54,990
Louisville - Jefferson County, KY - IN
employment: 58,800
mean earnings: $33,000		 18,530 23,120 30,410 42,310 52,830
Owensboro, KY
employment: 6,350
mean earnings: $31,520		 17,720 22,350 29,950 39,110 49,720
Louisiana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 128,230
mean earnings: $31,960		 15,010 19,820 29,010 41,380 54,510
Alexandria, LA
employment: 2,520
mean earnings: $26,200		 13,610 17,220 22,590 33,870 43,310
Baton Rouge, LA
employment: 22,820
mean earnings: $37,270		 16,830 23,120 35,220 48,790 59,560
Houma - Bayou Cane - Thibodaux, LA
employment: 8,260
mean earnings: $33,350		 18,120 23,740 32,150 41,480 51,230
Lafayette, LA
employment: 9,840
mean earnings: $27,630		 14,720 17,790 24,960 34,170 44,360
Lake Charles, LA
employment: 6,250
mean earnings: $40,180		 16,980 24,610 40,350 53,930 65,290
Monroe, LA
employment: 6,190
mean earnings: $30,860		 15,870 21,850 28,930 36,920 50,810
New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner, LA
employment: 32,110
mean earnings: $30,560		 14,960 19,630 28,380 37,160 52,260
Shreveport - Bossier City, LA
employment: 12,320
mean earnings: $33,290		 15,370 19,830 29,740 47,530 56,030
Maine (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 43,340
mean earnings: $30,340		 18,030 21,640 27,730 36,610 45,890
Bangor, ME
employment: 2,960
mean earnings: $28,090		 17,120 19,930 25,010 34,380 43,160
Lewiston - Auburn, ME
employment: 4,780
mean earnings: $28,680		 18,040 21,280 27,460 34,160 41,470
Portland - South Portland - Biddeford, ME
employment: 11,300
mean earnings: $29,850		 18,860 22,220 27,520 34,680 43,830
Maryland (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 102,230
mean earnings: $31,680		 16,630 21,240 29,260 39,930 50,750
Baltimore - Towson, MD
employment: 53,980
mean earnings: $31,710		 16,760 21,450 29,210 40,040 50,250
Bethesda - Gaithersburg - Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division
employment: 15,840
mean earnings: $33,290		 16,540 21,480 30,690 42,320 55,290
Cumberland, MD - WV
employment: 2,730
mean earnings: $28,410		 15,330 18,690 25,320 36,330 46,340
Hagerstown - Martinsburg, MD - WV
employment: 8,230
mean earnings: $30,590		 18,910 23,110 29,010 37,400 43,410
Salisbury, MD
employment: 3,240
mean earnings: $25,830		 13,630 16,430 22,590 33,120 43,450
Massachusetts (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 184,080
mean earnings: $33,290		 18,960 23,420 30,770 40,550 51,660
Barnstable Town, MA
employment: 2,440
mean earnings: $33,710		 18,920 22,640 30,310 41,800 54,730
Boston - Cambridge - Quincy, MA NECTA Division
employment: 66,800
mean earnings: $35,270		 19,640 24,690 32,420 42,810 54,740
Brockton - Bridgewater - Easton, MA NECTA Division
employment: 7,200
mean earnings: $32,400		 18,510 22,190 29,870 39,080 51,610
Framingham, MA NECTA Division
employment: 9,160
mean earnings: $34,500		 20,150 25,250 33,080 41,490 50,890
Haverhill - North Andover - Amesbury, MA - NH NECTA Division
employment: 6,300
mean earnings: $32,610		 19,070 23,600 30,400 38,310 49,470
Lawrence - Methuen - Salem, MA - NH NECTA Division
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 5,510
mean earnings: $28,530		 17,770 20,800 25,760 33,240 43,740
Leominster - Fitchburg - Gardner, MA
employment: 4,840
mean earnings: $32,610		 19,120 23,600 30,670 38,960 47,580
Lowell - Billerica - Chelmsford, MA - NH NECTA Division
employment: 8,420
mean earnings: $33,070		 19,210 23,480 30,370 39,340 51,640
Lynn - Peabody - Salem, MA NECTA Division
employment: 7,160
mean earnings: $38,130		 20,260 26,130 36,810 49,120 56,270
New Bedford, MA
employment: 7,050
mean earnings: $27,150		 16,340 19,160 24,050 32,250 43,080
Pittsfield, MA
employment: 2,570
mean earnings: $34,670		 18,870 23,080 33,830 42,510 52,060
Springfield, MA - CT
employment: 25,020
mean earnings: $32,200		 19,070 23,480 30,690 38,290 47,790
Taunton - Norton - Raynham, MA NECTA Division
employment: 3,740
mean earnings: $32,620		 18,960 23,250 30,700 39,230 50,360
Worcester, MA - CT
employment: 18,680
mean earnings: $32,590		 19,370 23,420 30,490 39,770 48,960
Michigan (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 487,950
mean earnings: $35,960		 18,920 23,840 32,530 47,910 56,920
Ann Arbor, MI
employment: 15,040
mean earnings: $40,940		 20,090 26,290 42,630 53,370 58,560
Battle Creek, MI
employment: 10,990
mean earnings: $29,630		 19,340 22,930 27,700 34,190 43,500
Detroit - Livonia - Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division
employment: 68,860
mean earnings: $41,090		 20,040 26,420 41,370 53,610 61,050
Flint, MI
employment: 16,600
mean earnings: $43,450		 20,310 28,470 48,110 55,100 62,040
Grand Rapids - Wyoming, MI
employment: 53,670
mean earnings: $31,980		 19,020 22,740 28,610 38,550 51,130
Holland - Grand Haven, MI
employment: 24,860
mean earnings: $31,650		 19,710 24,200 30,040 36,340 46,910
Jackson, MI
employment: 7,850
mean earnings: $32,560		 18,320 22,180 29,820 40,390 50,620
Kalamazoo - Portage, MI
employment: 15,190
mean earnings: $30,710		 16,830 21,130 28,730 36,330 49,010
Lansing - East Lansing, MI
employment: 15,970
mean earnings: $38,790		 17,410 24,990 36,400 52,120 62,850
Muskegon - Norton Shores, MI
employment: 10,100
mean earnings: $33,460		 19,830 24,630 32,170 40,580 50,840
Niles - Benton Harbor, MI
employment: 9,850
mean earnings: $30,680		 16,830 20,460 27,690 36,500 50,470
Saginaw - Saginaw Township North, MI
employment: 9,840
mean earnings: $44,530		 20,520 31,040 49,090 55,160 60,460
Warren - Troy - Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
employment: 138,080
mean earnings: $38,630		 19,710 24,930 35,630 51,240 59,050
Minnesota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 230,740
mean earnings: $31,850		 19,220 23,090 29,740 38,570 47,980
Duluth, MN - WI
employment: 7,070
mean earnings: $32,580		 17,030 21,490 31,000 41,890 51,780
Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI
employment: 135,740
mean earnings: $33,850		 20,100 24,610 32,020 41,310 51,250
Rochester, MN
employment: 6,590
mean earnings: $30,220		 18,470 22,310 27,850 36,440 45,080
St. Cloud, MN
employment: 11,980
mean earnings: $30,310		 19,540 23,650 28,760 34,700 43,730
Mississippi (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 132,420
mean earnings: $25,650		 14,790 18,300 23,280 30,670 40,260
Gulfport - Biloxi, MS
employment: 5,070
mean earnings: $28,070		 14,970 17,890 24,030 34,570 49,220
Hattiesburg, MS
employment: 3,160
mean earnings: $28,080		 15,280 20,010 26,080 33,060 44,800
Jackson, MS
employment: 18,540
mean earnings: $27,070		 15,090 19,600 25,420 32,790 40,700
Pascagoula, MS
employment: 7,460
mean earnings: $38,660		 23,570 31,630 38,260 44,550 57,480
Missouri (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 231,660
mean earnings: $28,670		 16,070 19,750 25,690 34,820 46,300
Columbia, MO
employment: 5,550
mean earnings: $25,970		 16,150 19,760 24,460 30,620 36,050
Jefferson City, MO
employment: 5,240
mean earnings: $29,760		 17,090 20,460 27,610 35,330 44,230
Joplin, MO
employment: 11,090
mean earnings: $24,340		 15,600 18,040 21,980 28,620 36,100
Kansas City, MO - KS
employment: 64,510
mean earnings: $31,200		 16,990 21,250 28,710 39,450 50,120
St. Joseph, MO - KS
employment: 5,400
mean earnings: $28,660		 15,820 20,350 27,090 35,630 43,680
St. Louis, MO - IL
employment: 98,220
mean earnings: $32,490		 17,220 21,370 29,280 41,530 53,770
Springfield, MO
employment: 13,750
mean earnings: $26,430		 15,850 19,660 24,820 31,460 39,000
Montana (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 17,350
mean earnings: $28,040		 15,340 18,930 25,270 34,080 45,020
Billings, MT
employment: 3,670
mean earnings: $29,860		 14,460 17,530 24,620 37,880 55,620
Great Falls, MT
employment: 950
mean earnings: $27,260		 15,530 18,580 23,770 33,410 46,130
Missoula, MT
employment: 2,280
mean earnings: $30,720		 17,570 20,910 29,430 36,440 47,080
Nebraska (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 81,440
mean earnings: $27,960		 17,870 21,170 26,070 32,780 41,650
Lincoln, NE
employment: 11,740
mean earnings: $30,260		 17,920 21,930 29,290 37,220 44,410
Omaha - Council Bluffs, NE - IA
employment: 27,050
mean earnings: $28,730		 18,090 20,560 25,630 34,160 44,710
Nevada (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 44,930
mean earnings: $29,710		 16,110 19,880 26,030 35,520 48,620
Carson City, NV
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 2,510
mean earnings: $28,870		 16,470 20,280 25,850 34,680 46,220
Las Vegas - Paradise, NV
employment: 26,090
mean earnings: $28,940		 15,590 19,260 25,180 34,950 48,420
Reno - Sparks, NV
employment: 11,120
mean earnings: $30,360		 16,790 20,480 26,220 34,840 46,900
New Hampshire (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 49,230
mean earnings: $30,790		 18,740 22,280 28,720 36,240 45,770
Manchester, NH
employment: 7,050
mean earnings: $31,750		 18,760 22,530 30,010 38,430 47,900
Nashua, NH - MA NECTA Division
employment: 11,330
mean earnings: $32,850		 19,550 24,160 30,650 39,120 50,310
Portsmouth, NH - ME
employment: 3,510
mean earnings: $34,170		 19,060 23,570 31,570 43,260 54,010
Rochester - Dover, NH - ME
employment: 4,350
mean earnings: $29,590		 18,340 20,850 26,490 35,250 45,530
New Jersey (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 223,340
mean earnings: $31,060		 15,540 19,920 27,760 39,450 52,210
Atlantic City, NJ
employment: 3,880
mean earnings: $28,100		 13,720 17,540 25,290 34,880 45,100
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 29,710
mean earnings: $31,640		 16,460 20,620 29,410 40,050 50,920
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 55,530
mean earnings: $31,300		 15,850 20,120 27,460 40,160 52,970
Newark - Union, NJ - PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 58,620
mean earnings: $31,650		 15,310 20,090 28,270 40,590 53,270
Ocean City, NJ
employment: 800
mean earnings: $34,310		 16,700 20,320 27,350 43,880 66,310
Trenton - Ewing, NJ
employment: 6,780
mean earnings: $32,630		 17,770 22,260 30,850 40,590 51,640
Vineland - Millville - Bridgeton, NJ
employment: 5,550
mean earnings: $30,510		 16,380 20,890 28,620 37,920 47,720
New Mexico (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 31,310
mean earnings: $28,470		 14,770 18,420 24,540 35,140 49,090
Albuquerque, NM
employment: 15,070
mean earnings: $28,290		 15,090 18,990 25,060 34,800 46,680
Farmington, NM
employment: 2,560
mean earnings: $36,340		 17,710 23,140 33,170 48,450 59,900
Las Cruces, NM
employment: 2,930
mean earnings: $22,640		 13,390 16,070 19,970 26,120 35,790
Santa Fe, NM
employment: 1,650
mean earnings: $27,660		 15,260 18,840 25,000 34,230 45,030
New York (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 430,760
mean earnings: $30,400		 15,250 19,350 27,030 38,150 51,620
Albany - Schenectady - Troy, NY
employment: 18,820
mean earnings: $31,620		 17,020 21,230 29,330 39,610 50,840
Binghamton, NY
employment: 8,990
mean earnings: $25,940		 15,190 17,920 23,010 31,260 41,320
Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
employment: 47,270
mean earnings: $33,240		 16,680 21,110 30,210 44,180 55,130
Glens Falls, NY
employment: 5,470
mean earnings: $27,140		 17,060 19,870 24,670 32,820 41,130
Ithaca, NY
employment: 2,650
mean earnings: $31,220		 17,780 24,300 31,000 35,260 43,850
Kingston, NY
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: n.a.
mean earnings: $29,100		 15,970 19,660 26,200 36,980 45,110
Nassau - Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division
employment: 63,010
mean earnings: $30,180		 15,440 18,920 26,180 37,690 52,090
New York - White Plains - Wayne, NY - NJ Metropolitan Division
employment: 186,140
mean earnings: $30,110		 14,070 17,790 25,750 38,280 53,660
Poughkeepsie - Newburgh - Middletown, NY
employment: 12,450
mean earnings: $32,180		 15,980 20,690 28,940 40,730 54,460
Rochester, NY
employment: 48,150
mean earnings: $30,180		 16,690 20,690 27,870 37,840 46,920
Syracuse, NY
employment: 23,900
mean earnings: $31,190		 16,200 20,580 28,320 39,480 52,200
Utica - Rome, NY
employment: 11,150
mean earnings: $27,240		 14,990 18,310 25,140 33,130 43,610
North Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 422,090
mean earnings: $27,800		 16,220 19,810 25,270 33,190 43,550
Asheville, NC
employment: 16,830
mean earnings: $27,830		 17,170 20,570 26,270 33,830 41,680
Burlington, NC
employment: 9,830
mean earnings: $24,720		 15,180 18,620 22,710 29,220 35,800
Charlotte - Gastonia - Concord, NC - SC
employment: 64,810
mean earnings: $30,370		 17,150 20,740 26,920 37,170 49,580
Durham, NC
employment: 17,620
mean earnings: $30,620		 16,360 20,080 28,180 36,940 49,030
Fayetteville, NC
employment: 9,620
mean earnings: $29,300		 14,420 17,010 24,670 42,450 52,470
Goldsboro, NC
employment: 4,160
mean earnings: $24,810		 15,450 17,260 23,530 29,450 36,130
Greensboro - High Point, NC
employment: 51,730
mean earnings: $27,820		 16,860 20,690 25,970 33,070 42,310
Greenville, NC
employment: 4,900
mean earnings: $28,450		 15,680 20,110 26,990 34,930 43,190
Hickory - Lenior - Morgantown, NC
employment: 41,740
mean earnings: $26,780		 16,840 20,310 25,250 31,610 39,430
Jacksonville, NC
employment: 1,390
mean earnings: $25,380		 13,470 17,310 21,320 29,440 46,320
Raleigh - Cary, NC
employment: 26,350
mean earnings: $29,310		 17,030 21,040 27,150 34,540 43,770
Rocky Mount, NC
employment: 8,420
mean earnings: $25,460		 15,470 19,220 23,490 30,940 35,990
Wilmington, NC
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 6,890
mean earnings: $29,790		 15,570 19,300 26,310 36,400 51,400
Winston - Salem, NC
employment: 22,820
mean earnings: $29,960		 15,830 19,400 26,410 35,590 52,440
North Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 20,900
mean earnings: $29,340		 16,740 20,320 26,620 36,030 44,880
Bismarck, ND
employment: 2,620
mean earnings: $31,680		 15,610 19,320 31,420 41,140 46,240
Fargo, ND - MN
employment: 6,600
mean earnings: $28,090		 17,150 20,360 26,140 33,600 42,590
Grand Forks, ND - MN
employment: 2,930
mean earnings: $27,340		 17,800 20,740 25,250 31,570 41,080
Ohio (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 581,470
mean earnings: $31,770		 18,160 22,450 29,230 38,490 51,020
Akron, OH
employment: 35,330
mean earnings: $30,640		 17,970 21,700 28,080 37,140 46,110
Canton - Massillon, OH
employment: 21,010
mean earnings: $28,360		 16,090 20,250 26,870 34,390 43,140
Cincinnati - Middletown, OH - KY - IN
employment: 88,430
mean earnings: $31,580		 19,000 22,710 29,150 37,720 48,760
Cleveland - Elyria - Mentor, OH
employment: 101,370
mean earnings: $32,530		 18,170 22,730 29,870 40,080 52,230
Columbus, OH
employment: 62,300
mean earnings: $30,860		 18,260 22,010 29,160 36,320 47,280
Dayton, OH
employment: 47,030
mean earnings: $32,880		 17,580 21,710 29,560 42,490 53,300
Lima, OH
employment: 7,310
mean earnings: $35,600		 19,320 24,870 31,840 47,130 56,470
Mansfield, OH
employment: 9,120
mean earnings: $32,660		 17,410 21,130 29,260 40,800 56,220
Sandusky, OH
employment: 5,360
mean earnings: $36,110		 19,410 26,060 33,780 48,500 56,180
Springfield, OH
employment: 6,220
mean earnings: $33,740		 18,170 22,010 29,360 47,150 54,910
Toledo, OH
employment: 37,590
mean earnings: $33,950		 18,400 23,170 30,290 44,540 55,280
Youngstown - Warren - Boardman, OH - PA
employment: 30,340
mean earnings: $37,000		 17,810 24,590 34,640 49,990 56,800
Oklahoma (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 118,630
mean earnings: $27,810		 15,440 18,770 24,770 33,950 45,720
Lawton, OK
employment: n.a.
mean earnings: $21,290		 12,780 14,960 17,250 22,150 36,100
Oklahoma City, OK
employment: 36,800
mean earnings: $29,400		 15,570 19,270 25,970 36,300 51,000
Tulsa, OK
employment: 35,660
mean earnings: $28,610		 16,240 20,140 26,910 34,620 43,690
Oregon (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 134,940
mean earnings: $30,390		 17,850 21,570 28,170 36,430 44,990
Bend, OR
employment: 4,220
mean earnings: $29,720		 19,210 22,800 27,790 34,440 42,720
Corvallis, OR
employment: 1,380
mean earnings: $32,270		 18,170 23,270 29,960 38,240 49,010
Eugene - Springfield, OR
employment: 14,420
mean earnings: $29,070		 18,600 21,650 26,920 33,950 42,710
Medford, OR
employment: 5,440
mean earnings: $28,030		 17,740 20,610 26,790 33,310 40,690
Portland - Vancouver - Beaverton, OR - WA
employment: 80,170
mean earnings: $31,570		 18,300 21,960 29,280 38,430 47,100
Salem, OR
employment: 10,680
mean earnings: $26,030		 15,770 17,530 23,320 31,940 41,000
Pennsylvania (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 471,650
mean earnings: $30,820		 16,990 21,640 28,890 37,380 46,390
Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton, PA - NJ
employment: 31,560
mean earnings: $31,430		 17,510 22,200 30,220 38,980 45,360
Altoona, PA
employment: 6,450
mean earnings: $27,790		 15,500 18,860 25,870 35,310 42,800
Erie, PA
employment: 16,020
mean earnings: $31,120		 16,150 20,510 29,760 40,100 48,410
Harrisburg - Carlisle, PA
employment: 18,150
mean earnings: $31,290		 17,340 22,190 30,410 37,220 45,890
Johnstown, PA
employment: 3,680
mean earnings: $28,300		 15,390 18,780 26,400 34,620 44,260
Lancaster, PA
employment: 30,760
mean earnings: $29,900		 17,850 22,620 28,640 35,920 43,670
Lebanon, PA
employment: 6,270
mean earnings: $28,150		 18,080 20,430 25,000 34,140 43,710
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
employment: 109,580
mean earnings: $32,870		 17,550 22,390 30,370 40,450 52,390
Pittsburgh, PA
employment: 73,060
mean earnings: $31,070		 16,620 21,410 28,970 37,360 49,100
Reading, PA
employment: 21,300
mean earnings: $32,350		 18,520 23,930 31,830 40,050 45,910
Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre, PA
employment: 24,710
mean earnings: $28,620		 15,920 19,900 26,350 34,400 43,370
Williamsport, PA
employment: 7,400
mean earnings: $27,260		 16,360 20,190 25,310 32,230 40,710
York - Hanover, PA
employment: 26,670
mean earnings: $32,420		 18,200 23,040 30,910 40,880 47,470
Rhode Island (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 39,410
mean earnings: $29,470		 16,350 19,900 26,880 36,240 45,800
Providence - Fall River - Warwick, RI - MA
employment: 51,680
mean earnings: $29,330		 16,530 20,110 26,690 35,750 45,380
South Carolina (ACS) (EAG)
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 208,930
mean earnings: $28,920		 16,450 20,600 26,530 34,770 45,220
Anderson, SC
employment: 10,400
mean earnings: $27,290		 17,650 21,120 25,610 31,700 41,190
Charleston - North Charleston, SC
employment: 18,170
mean earnings: $30,370		 16,640 20,780 27,930 37,400 46,200
Columbia, SC
employment: 25,900
mean earnings: $27,930		 16,020 19,750 25,900 34,220 43,250
Florence, SC
employment: 10,650
mean earnings: $28,160		 15,550 20,320 26,160 33,680 43,960
Greenville, SC
employment: 36,660
mean earnings: $29,300		 17,370 21,240 26,930 35,110 45,450
Myrtle Beach - Conway - North Myrtle Beach, SC
employment: 5,240
mean earnings: $25,740		 16,830 19,530 23,130 29,070 37,780
Spartanburg, SC
employment: 22,330
mean earnings: $31,240		 16,090 22,070 29,820 39,100 49,320
Sumter, SC
employment: 5,430
mean earnings: $27,250		 17,380 20,930 26,350 32,700 38,170
South Dakota (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 29,050
mean earnings: $25,100		 17,020 19,920 23,950 28,170 34,680
Rapid City, SD
employment: 3,080
mean earnings: $23,270		 15,270 17,540 21,230 26,520 34,460
Sioux Falls, SD
employment: 8,990
mean earnings: $26,130		 18,920 21,820 25,090 28,100 34,930
Tennessee (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 323,200
mean earnings: $28,060		 16,470 20,070 25,760 33,740 44,210
Chattanooga, TN - GA
employment: 27,210
mean earnings: $26,640		 16,500 19,880 25,170 31,530 39,470
Clarksville, TN - KY
employment: 12,350
mean earnings: $26,710		 16,940 20,500 25,970 32,020 36,450
Cleveland, TN
employment: 7,180
mean earnings: $25,350		 16,150 19,790 24,820 29,080 35,050
Jackson, TN
employment: 7,280
mean earnings: $26,550		 16,130 21,190 25,780 30,780 37,430
Johnson City, TN
employment: 8,010
mean earnings: $26,910		 17,010 20,110 25,140 32,050 40,930
Kingsport - Bristol - Bristol, TN - VA
employment: 18,000
mean earnings: $29,100		 15,770 20,360 27,570 35,160 45,120
Knoxville, TN
employment: 26,790
mean earnings: $28,870		 17,460 21,310 26,750 34,070 44,450
Memphis, TN - MS - AR
employment: 45,980
mean earnings: $28,860		 16,430 20,020 26,520 34,620 44,740
Morristown, TN
employment: 11,880
mean earnings: $26,770		 16,580 20,130 25,480 32,360 39,290
Nashville - Davidson - - Murfreesboro, TN
employment: 70,550
mean earnings: $31,030		 16,780 20,970 28,120 39,810 51,660
Texas (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 682,170
mean earnings: $28,290		 14,660 18,090 24,390 34,720 49,470
Abilene, TX
employment: 2,850
mean earnings: $24,920		 13,410 16,390 21,220 29,560 43,040
Amarillo, TX
employment: 8,450
mean earnings: $29,470		 15,890 19,570 25,040 35,770 51,340
Austin - Round Rock, TX
employment: 35,310
mean earnings: $28,380		 15,580 19,210 24,880 34,330 44,990
Beaumont - Port Arthur, TX
employment: 15,010
mean earnings: $37,070		 15,960 22,470 34,510 50,990 60,470
Brownsville - Harlingen, TX
employment: 6,670
mean earnings: $20,570		 12,040 13,670 17,570 23,630 33,300
College Station - Bryan, TX
employment: 4,730
mean earnings: $22,340		 14,490 15,930 18,310 26,880 34,850
Corpus Christi, TX
employment: 9,640
mean earnings: $32,070		 14,820 18,390 27,950 45,640 56,290
Dallas - Plano - Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 139,880
mean earnings: $27,420		 15,220 18,630 24,080 33,300 44,840
El Paso, TX
employment: 21,050
mean earnings: $21,350		 12,290 14,110 18,220 24,830 35,770
Fort Worth - Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
employment: 63,630
mean earnings: $29,260		 15,420 18,960 25,480 35,920 51,290
Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown, TX
employment: 164,790
mean earnings: $32,090		 15,170 19,620 27,790 41,430 55,960
Killeen - Temple - Fort Hood, TX
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 7,230
mean earnings: $25,820		 15,760 19,020 24,180 29,910 38,060
Laredo, TX
employment: 1,980
mean earnings: $20,220		 12,010 13,550 17,300 24,030 32,860
Longview, TX
employment: 9,340
mean earnings: $27,680		 14,900 19,050 25,150 33,150 45,400
Lubbock, TX
employment: 5,250
mean earnings: $23,690		 14,640 17,220 21,280 27,440 36,590
McAllen - Edinburg - Mission, TX
employment: 8,950
mean earnings: $21,680		 12,620 14,880 18,900 25,400 34,960
Midland, TX
employment: 2,910
mean earnings: $28,560		 13,880 17,130 24,140 37,170 49,220
Odessa, TX
employment: 3,640
mean earnings: $29,880		 15,190 19,230 26,500 35,750 51,270
San Angelo, TX
employment: 2,560
mean earnings: $22,680		 12,670 15,300 20,520 27,620 35,380
San Antonio, TX
employment: 40,660
mean earnings: $24,500		 14,080 16,930 21,710 28,990 39,450
Sherman - Denison, TX
employment: 4,380
mean earnings: $27,440		 15,510 19,170 24,710 33,620 43,110
Texarkana - Texarkana, TX - AR
employment: 4,790
mean earnings: $35,490		 16,820 23,690 34,400 48,580 55,040
Tyler, TX
employment: 8,320
mean earnings: $27,820		 15,090 18,700 25,130 34,010 48,430
Victoria, TX
employment: 4,390
mean earnings: $37,500		 15,460 19,970 35,930 53,030 63,980
Waco, TX
employment: 10,430
mean earnings: $24,910		 14,920 17,900 22,280 28,370 39,990
Wichita Falls, TX
employment: 5,750
mean earnings: $30,510		 15,810 20,440 30,460 38,470 46,940
Utah (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 89,440
mean earnings: $27,260		 15,750 19,040 24,060 32,780 43,460
Logan, UT - ID
employment: 7,420
mean earnings: $24,080		 14,510 18,400 22,310 28,330 35,170
Ogden - Clearfield, UT
employment: 17,410
mean earnings: $29,000		 16,340 19,810 25,260 35,170 48,170
Provo - Orem, UT
employment: 12,970
mean earnings: $26,150		 15,550 18,650 23,900 31,510 39,920
St. George, UT
employment: 2,860
mean earnings: $25,370		 16,090 18,910 22,950 29,990 37,310
Salt Lake City, UT
employment: 40,480
mean earnings: $27,040		 15,880 19,060 23,980 32,270 42,530
Vermont (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 25,260
mean earnings: $29,430		 18,530 21,740 26,930 34,600 44,070
Burlington - South Burlington, VT
employment: 8,680
mean earnings: $30,130		 19,040 22,250 27,610 35,070 44,070
Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 214,170
mean earnings: $29,610		 16,430 20,330 26,390 35,370 47,500
Blacksburg - Christiansburg - Radford, VA
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 10,720
mean earnings: $28,090		 17,490 20,750 25,960 33,150 42,090
Charlottesville, VA
employment: 2,700
mean earnings: $29,870		 16,900 20,400 26,380 34,340 45,800
Danville, VA
employment: 6,120
mean earnings: $27,090		 18,040 20,380 24,480 31,400 40,710
Harrisonburg, VA
employment: 7,610
mean earnings: $26,990		 16,630 20,180 25,250 32,160 40,190
Lynchburg, VA
employment: 11,770
mean earnings: $29,850		 16,550 21,660 27,300 36,300 45,420
Richmond, VA
employment: 33,770
mean earnings: $31,240		 16,040 20,240 27,380 38,330 52,470
Roanoke, VA
employment: 13,030
mean earnings: $27,660		 17,870 20,400 24,750 32,040 42,440
Virginia Beach - Norfolk - Newport News, VA - NC
employment: 41,350
mean earnings: $31,790		 16,260 20,670 29,190 41,020 51,930
Winchester, VA - WV
employment: 6,040
mean earnings: $28,240		 16,710 20,770 26,800 33,250 40,320
Washington (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 157,990
mean earnings: $34,710		 18,540 22,790 31,020 43,000 56,940
Bellingham, WA
employment: 5,860
mean earnings: $33,620		 18,430 22,120 30,100 41,300 54,950
Bremerton - Silverdale, WA
employment: 3,570
mean earnings: $42,390		 20,950 27,960 43,270 54,100 65,850
Kennewick - Richland - Pasco, WA
employment: 3,390
mean earnings: $35,280		 17,160 20,410 28,490 44,570 64,550
Longview, WA
employment: 4,220
mean earnings: $37,480		 20,290 26,260 35,350 45,020 57,120
Mount Vernon - Anacortes, WA
employment: 3,340
mean earnings: $35,090		 19,340 23,130 30,710 43,550 60,280
Olympia, WA
employment: 2,470
mean earnings: $31,550		 18,100 21,510 29,340 39,210 46,530
Seattle - Bellevue - Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
employment: 72,610
mean earnings: $36,760		 19,140 23,880 32,950 46,360 61,340
Spokane, WA
employment: 13,130
mean earnings: $30,300		 17,800 20,930 27,540 37,280 45,670
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division
employment: 14,190
mean earnings: $34,700		 18,780 23,810 31,830 42,560 55,310
Wenatchee, WA
employment: 1,840
mean earnings: $32,840		 17,940 21,400 29,320 37,930 56,620
Yakima, WA
employment: 7,120
mean earnings: $29,270		 17,790 21,030 27,210 34,380 43,810
West Virginia (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 45,540
mean earnings: $29,490		 15,680 19,780 26,430 35,950 48,130
Charleston, WV
employment: 6,350
mean earnings: $30,940		 15,300 20,220 27,160 37,370 52,340
Huntington - Ashland, WV - KY - OH
employment: 7,410
mean earnings: $30,720		 15,680 20,450 28,750 37,890 49,780
Parkersburg - Marietta - Vienna, WV - OH
employment: 4,830
mean earnings: $30,160		 15,400 20,580 27,860 35,810 50,380
Weirton - Steubenville, WV - OH
employment: 4,970
mean earnings: $31,970		 16,620 21,930 30,420 39,810 50,340
Wheeling, WV - OH
employment: 3,810
mean earnings: $32,160		 15,540 19,510 28,020 43,360 54,820
Wisconsin (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 342,860
mean earnings: $31,270		 18,500 22,600 29,580 37,810 46,180
Appleton, WI
employment: 17,290
mean earnings: $31,180		 19,050 22,810 29,870 37,880 45,210
Eau Claire, WI
employment: 6,540
mean earnings: $29,220		 18,560 21,580 27,820 34,640 42,880
Fond du Lac, WI
employment: 6,440
mean earnings: $33,650		 17,730 24,590 33,000 41,670 48,630
Green Bay, WI
employment: 21,520
mean earnings: $30,960		 18,280 22,060 28,850 37,440 45,670
Janesville, WI
employment: 10,380
mean earnings: $37,140		 18,790 23,990 35,500 49,040 59,650
La Crosse, WI - MN
employment: 6,250
mean earnings: $28,290		 15,810 19,980 27,850 35,080 42,180
Madison, WI
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 23,210
mean earnings: $31,010		 18,950 23,130 29,260 36,080 45,480
Milwaukee - Waukesha - West Allis, WI
employment: 97,740
mean earnings: $31,930		 18,290 22,340 29,660 39,450 49,530
Oshkosh - Neenah, WI
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 14,300
mean earnings: $33,470		 19,160 25,240 33,540 41,170 46,130
Racine, WI
Occupational Outlook Handbookemployment: 11,900
mean earnings: $31,580		 17,170 21,500 30,320 40,030 46,470
Sheboygan, WI
employment: 12,190
mean earnings: $31,610		 19,940 24,770 31,310 37,020 43,720
Wausau, WI
employment: 10,930
mean earnings: $30,740		 19,370 23,500 30,150 36,230 43,430
Wyoming (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 11,900
mean earnings: $33,090		 16,610 21,010 29,670 43,150 55,900
Casper, WY
employment: 2,130
mean earnings: $29,080		 16,560 20,360 26,540 34,530 46,930
Cheyenne, WY
employment: 1,430
mean earnings: $27,880		 16,330 19,450 24,010 33,720 48,910
Guam
employment: 1,690
mean earnings: $21,900		 12,070 13,620 18,740 27,640 36,720
Puerto Rico (ACS) (EAG)
employment: 88,550
mean earnings: $18,740		 11,750 12,910 15,530 21,870 30,350
Aguadilla - Isabela - San Sebastián, PR
employment: 6,650
mean earnings: $15,620		 11,630 12,650 14,430 17,110 21,650
Fajardo, PR
employment: 1,210
mean earnings: $18,240		 11,840 13,090 15,780 20,820 29,210
Guayama, PR
employment: 1,680
mean earnings: $22,860		 12,850 15,140 19,130 27,970 40,310
Mayaguez, PR
employment: 3,670
mean earnings: $14,950		 11,380 12,040 13,130 14,260 22,570
Ponce, PR
employment: 6,740
mean earnings: $17,400		 11,740 12,990 15,840 20,460 24,260
San German - Cabo Rojo, PR
employment: 4,790
mean earnings: $17,400		 11,690 12,840 15,130 18,750 26,490
San Juan - Caguas - Guaynabo, PR
employment: 59,120
mean earnings: $19,570		 11,800 13,000 16,080 23,420 32,470
Yauco, PR
employment: 750
mean earnings: $15,730		 11,480 12,290 13,640 17,490 23,380
Virgin Islands
employment: 2,160
mean earnings: $34,140		 15,540 19,180 31,110 47,150 55,730

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.