SOC 13-1141 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$78,210
U.S. median hourly wage$37.60
U.S. employment112,380

Nationally, compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists earned a median of $78,210 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 112,380 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists: pay and employment by state
State
Delaware$99,560$47.872900.6
Massachusetts$95,890$46.103,3900.9
Colorado$92,560$44.501,9800.7
California$91,410$43.9513,4300.7
District of Columbia$86,710$41.696500.9
Washington$86,630$41.653,3500.9
New Jersey$85,040$40.893,1500.7
New Mexico$83,540$40.163400.4
Oregon$83,320$40.061,3300.7
New York$83,200$40.0011,4701.2
Connecticut$83,100$39.951,1400.7
Virginia$81,190$39.033,5000.9
New Hampshire$80,810$38.853800.6
Rhode Island$80,330$38.623000.6
Maryland$79,700$38.321,6500.6
Michigan$79,480$38.212,4800.6
Illinois$79,300$38.134,4100.7
Alaska$79,160$38.061800.6
Minnesota$78,770$37.87Not publishedNot published
Maine$77,400$37.211800.3
Vermont$76,030$36.551700.6
Ohio$75,780$36.432,9500.5
Montana$75,290$36.201900.4
Arizona$74,930$36.032,2300.7
Texas$74,800$35.96Not publishedNot published
Missouri$74,260$35.701,6700.6
Wisconsin$72,130$34.681,8400.6
Pennsylvania$70,640$33.964,9100.8
North Dakota$70,480$33.881000.2
Tennessee$69,990$33.652,1500.7
Wyoming$69,090$33.21Not publishedNot published
Indiana$68,300$32.841,8200.6
Kansas$67,990$32.696400.4
North Carolina$67,970$32.683,9300.8
Nebraska$67,410$32.414600.4
Iowa$67,160$32.291,0700.7
Georgia$66,690$32.064,7801.0
Florida$65,020$31.266,6100.7
Kentucky$64,690$31.106700.3
South Dakota$64,630$31.076301.4
Oklahoma$64,260$30.891,2000.7
Hawaii$64,090$30.812600.4
Idaho$63,680$30.625000.6
South Carolina$63,450$30.511,1600.5
Louisiana$62,700$30.151,0500.5
Arkansas$61,280$29.464900.4
Alabama$57,710$27.741,0000.5
Utah$52,090$25.04Not publishedNot published
Mississippi$51,670$24.843700.3
West Virginia$48,080$23.125800.8
Puerto Rico$42,110$20.242900.3

Pay by metro area

All 236 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$41,450$72,200$102,950$133,700San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $41,450Jacksonville, NC — $42,820Tallahassee, FL — $45,180Beckley, WV — $45,850Charleston, WV — $47,860Jackson, MS — $49,490Laredo, TX — $51,590Columbus, GA-AL — $52,250McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $53,290Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $53,840Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $55,530Columbia, SC — $56,440Chattanooga, TN-GA — $57,220Dubuque, IA — $57,620Gainesville, GA — $58,240Rome, GA — $58,340Lubbock, TX — $58,410Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $58,430Fort Smith, AR-OK — $58,450Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,460Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,040Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $59,260Pittsburgh, PA — $59,460Montgomery, AL — $59,560Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,590Lincoln, NE — $59,950Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,000Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,110Abilene, TX — $60,570Cedar Rapids, IA — $60,810Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $60,890Ocala, FL — $60,930Asheville, NC — $60,980El Paso, TX — $60,990Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,060Baton Rouge, LA — $61,250Helena, MT — $61,250Albany, GA — $61,780Winston-Salem, NC — $62,190Springfield, MO — $62,440Winchester, VA-WV — $62,460Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $62,520Mobile, AL — $62,570Wichita, KS — $62,590Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $62,610Amarillo, TX — $62,660Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $62,730Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $62,770Evansville, IN — $63,340Waco, TX — $63,460Morgantown, WV — $63,600Boise City, ID — $63,680Columbia, MO — $63,790Urban Honolulu, HI — $64,100North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $64,120Fayetteville, NC — $64,420Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $64,490Lexington-Fayette, KY — $64,670Champaign-Urbana, IL — $64,920Lancaster, PA — $64,920Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $64,960Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $65,050Gainesville, FL — $65,350Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $65,420Oklahoma City, OK — $65,810Lynchburg, VA — $65,990Fort Wayne, IN — $66,520Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $66,560Greensboro-High Point, NC — $66,860Florence, SC — $66,990Tucson, AZ — $66,990Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $67,180Naples-Marco Island, FL — $67,180Reading, PA — $67,180College Station-Bryan, TX — $67,570State College, PA — $67,820Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $67,830Appleton, WI — $67,950Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $67,970Kansas City, MO-KS — $67,990Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $68,260Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $68,660Raleigh-Cary, NC — $68,730Corpus Christi, TX — $68,860Madison, WI — $69,010Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $69,260Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $69,390San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $69,470Midland, MI — $69,610Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $69,800Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $69,850Spartanburg, SC — $69,880Wilmington, NC — $70,250Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,390Chico, CA — $70,400Bloomington, IN — $70,450Charlottesville, VA — $70,610Port St. Lucie, FL — $70,640Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $70,660Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $70,680Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $70,700Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $70,830Saginaw, MI — $70,830Rapid City, SD — $70,890Springfield, MA — $70,920Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $70,940Eau Claire, WI — $71,030Bloomington, IL — $71,110York-Hanover, PA — $71,290Jefferson City, MO — $71,550Killeen-Temple, TX — $71,800Burlington, NC — $71,870Reno, NV — $71,880Springfield, IL — $71,990Jacksonville, FL — $72,300Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $72,410Ogden, UT — $72,450Billings, MT — $73,020Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $73,160Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $73,260Fresno, CA — $73,320Rockford, IL — $73,370Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $73,380Knoxville, TN — $73,540Medford, OR — $73,590Rochester, NY — $73,610Glens Falls, NY — $73,890St. Cloud, MN — $74,000Omaha, NE-IA — $74,010South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $74,140Topeka, KS — $74,170Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $74,210Wausau, WI — $74,210Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $74,220Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $74,360Utica-Rome, NY — $74,370Roanoke, VA — $74,460Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $74,520Green Bay, WI — $74,530Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $74,540Binghamton, NY — $74,600Eugene-Springfield, OR — $74,630Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $74,650Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $74,780Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $74,860Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $75,150San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $75,350Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,620Visalia, CA — $75,760Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $76,000Idaho Falls, ID — $76,510Anchorage, AK — $76,550Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $76,600Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $76,630New Haven, CT — $76,670Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $76,690Flint, MI — $76,720Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $76,720Toledo, OH — $76,810Huntsville, AL — $76,920Akron, OH — $76,950Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $76,960Stockton-Lodi, CA — $76,990New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $77,040St. Louis, MO-IL — $77,080Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $77,200Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $77,210Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $77,620Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $77,860Birmingham, AL — $77,880Syracuse, NY — $77,930Ithaca, NY — $77,960Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $77,990Vallejo, CA — $78,030Cleveland, OH — $78,570Tulsa, OK — $78,800Columbus, OH — $78,870Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,920Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $78,940Corvallis, OR — $79,080Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $79,090Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,270Midland, TX — $79,280Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $79,480Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $79,580Bend, OR — $79,890Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $79,920Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $79,990Fargo, ND-MN — $80,030Kenosha, WI — $80,490Barnstable Town, MA — $80,900Richmond, VA — $80,990Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $81,030Youngstown-Warren, OH — $81,400Modesto, CA — $81,650Albuquerque, NM — $81,670Duluth, MN-WI — $82,290Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $82,430Kingston, NY — $82,630Portland-South Portland, ME — $82,650Greeley, CO — $82,850Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $83,170Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $83,480Manchester-Nashua, NH — $84,000Peoria, IL — $84,020Ann Arbor, MI — $84,280Savannah, GA — $84,840Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $85,050Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $85,420Worcester, MA — $85,660Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $85,910Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $86,340Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $87,570Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $87,910Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $88,010Salem, OR — $88,110Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $89,040New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $89,130Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $89,590San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $90,070Salinas, CA — $90,450Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $91,660Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $91,700Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $92,560Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $92,860Napa, CA — $95,530Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $97,310Bellingham, WA — $97,940Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $99,150San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $102,780Boulder, CO — $103,280Rochester, MN — $108,170San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $133,700

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$133,700$64.287700.7
Rochester, MN$108,170$52.00600.5
Boulder, CO$103,280$49.651200.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$102,780$49.412,4401.0
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$99,150$47.672,6301.0
Bellingham, WA$97,940$47.09700.7
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$97,310$46.784,0700.7
Napa, CA$95,530$45.93300.4
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$92,860$44.64600.4
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$92,560$44.501,4400.9
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$91,700$44.09400.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$91,660$44.072,6200.8
Salinas, CA$90,450$43.48600.3
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$90,070$43.301,0000.6
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$89,590$43.071000.5
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$89,130$42.859,9001.0
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$89,040$42.819600.8
Salem, OR$88,110$42.361600.8
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$88,010$42.313100.8
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$87,910$42.271,5601.4
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$87,570$42.10800.4
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$86,340$41.51700.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$85,910$41.302,2201.1
Worcester, MA$85,660$41.182300.7
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$85,420$41.074300.7
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$85,050$40.89400.6
Savannah, GA$84,840$40.791200.6
Ann Arbor, MI$84,280$40.521100.5
Peoria, IL$84,020$40.391100.6
Manchester-Nashua, NH$84,000$40.391600.8
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$83,480$40.131500.6
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$83,170$39.991,2200.6
Greeley, CO$82,850$39.83500.4
Portland-South Portland, ME$82,650$39.741100.4
Kingston, NY$82,630$39.72300.5
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$82,430$39.631400.6
Duluth, MN-WI$82,290$39.56700.6
Albuquerque, NM$81,670$39.261800.4
Modesto, CA$81,650$39.26700.4
Youngstown-Warren, OH$81,400$39.14400.2
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$81,030$38.964200.6
Richmond, VA$80,990$38.947001.1
Barnstable Town, MA$80,900$38.89500.5
Kenosha, WI$80,490$38.70300.4
Fargo, ND-MN$80,030$38.48600.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$79,990$38.463,5000.8
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$79,920$38.42700.6
Bend, OR$79,890$38.41500.5
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$79,580$38.261500.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$79,480$38.212302.4
Midland, TX$79,280$38.12400.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$79,270$38.11Not publishedNot published
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$79,090$38.03600.5
Corvallis, OR$79,080$38.02401.0
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$78,940$37.951100.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$78,920$37.945300.3
Columbus, OH$78,870$37.927100.6
Tulsa, OK$78,800$37.892800.6
Cleveland, OH$78,570$37.784800.5
Vallejo, CA$78,030$37.511000.7
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$77,990$37.504701.2
Ithaca, NY$77,960$37.48501.1
Syracuse, NY$77,930$37.472100.7
Birmingham, AL$77,880$37.442500.5
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$77,860$37.445200.6
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$77,620$37.321500.7
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$77,210$37.121500.5
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$77,200$37.126300.6
St. Louis, MO-IL$77,080$37.069200.7
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$77,040$37.043300.7
Stockton-Lodi, CA$76,990$37.01800.3
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$76,960$37.001,4101.0
Akron, OH$76,950$36.991900.6
Huntsville, AL$76,920$36.98700.3
Toledo, OH$76,810$36.931100.4
Flint, MI$76,720$36.88400.3
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$76,720$36.881,7500.7
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$76,690$36.874200.7
New Haven, CT$76,670$36.861400.5
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$76,630$36.844100.7
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$76,600$36.832401.8
Anchorage, AK$76,550$36.80900.5
Idaho Falls, ID$76,510$36.79400.5
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$76,000$36.549300.7
Visalia, CA$75,760$36.42600.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$75,620$36.362,4800.9
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$75,350$36.23400.3
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$75,150$36.131400.4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$74,860$35.993,0700.8
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$74,780$35.951200.4
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$74,650$35.891100.5
Eugene-Springfield, OR$74,630$35.88900.6
Binghamton, NY$74,600$35.86700.7
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$74,540$35.841,6901.3
Green Bay, WI$74,530$35.831100.6
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$74,520$35.835302.2
Roanoke, VA$74,460$35.80900.6
Utica-Rome, NY$74,370$35.75800.7
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$74,360$35.75700.4
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$74,220$35.681300.4
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$74,210$35.684800.9
Wausau, WI$74,210$35.68300.5
Topeka, KS$74,170$35.66500.4
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$74,140$35.65700.6
Omaha, NE-IA$74,010$35.582500.5
St. Cloud, MN$74,000$35.58400.4
Glens Falls, NY$73,890$35.52300.6
Rochester, NY$73,610$35.395801.2
Medford, OR$73,590$35.38500.6
Knoxville, TN$73,540$35.362900.7
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$73,380$35.281200.6
Rockford, IL$73,370$35.27700.5
Fresno, CA$73,320$35.252000.4
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$73,260$35.22400.5
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$73,160$35.184600.6
Billings, MT$73,020$35.11300.3
Ogden, UT$72,450$34.83500.2
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$72,410$34.81400.4
Jacksonville, FL$72,300$34.764600.6
Springfield, IL$71,990$34.611101.1
Reno, NV$71,880$34.561300.5
Burlington, NC$71,870$34.56300.5
Killeen-Temple, TX$71,800$34.52400.2
Jefferson City, MO$71,550$34.40300.4
York-Hanover, PA$71,290$34.27700.4
Bloomington, IL$71,110$34.19800.9
Eau Claire, WI$71,030$34.15400.4
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$70,940$34.111,1900.8
Springfield, MA$70,920$34.101400.7
Rapid City, SD$70,890$34.081001.3
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$70,830$34.05700.7
Saginaw, MI$70,830$34.06300.4
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$70,700$33.99700.4
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$70,680$33.988100.7
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$70,660$33.972000.5
Port St. Lucie, FL$70,640$33.96600.3
Charlottesville, VA$70,610$33.951301.1
Bloomington, IN$70,450$33.87300.4
Chico, CA$70,400$33.85400.4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$70,390$33.84Not publishedNot published
Wilmington, NC$70,250$33.77600.3
Spartanburg, SC$69,880$33.60400.2
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$69,850$33.583200.9
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$69,800$33.561,6700.6
Midland, MI$69,610$33.47601.6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$69,470$33.40Not publishedNot published
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$69,390$33.369300.8
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$69,260$33.30400.5
Madison, WI$69,010$33.185101.2
Corpus Christi, TX$68,860$33.11600.3
Raleigh-Cary, NC$68,730$33.046000.8
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$68,660$33.012500.4
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$68,260$32.829802.2
Kansas City, MO-KS$67,990$32.697300.7
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$67,970$32.681400.4
Appleton, WI$67,950$32.67500.4
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$67,830$32.61500.4
State College, PA$67,820$32.61300.5
College Station-Bryan, TX$67,570$32.49400.3
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$67,180$32.30400.3
Naples-Marco Island, FL$67,180$32.30Not publishedNot published
Reading, PA$67,180$32.30700.4
Florence, SC$66,990$32.21400.4
Tucson, AZ$66,990$32.212200.6
Greensboro-High Point, NC$66,860$32.142600.7
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$66,560$32.00300.3
Fort Wayne, IN$66,520$31.98900.4
Lynchburg, VA$65,990$31.73600.7
Oklahoma City, OK$65,810$31.645900.9
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$65,420$31.453801.1
Gainesville, FL$65,350$31.42700.5
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$65,050$31.284301.3
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$64,960$31.231300.5
Champaign-Urbana, IL$64,920$31.21400.4
Lancaster, PA$64,920$31.211200.5
Lexington-Fayette, KY$64,670$31.091200.4
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$64,490$31.002601.5
Fayetteville, NC$64,420$30.97500.4
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$64,120$30.831600.5
Urban Honolulu, HI$64,100$30.822200.5
Columbia, MO$63,790$30.67500.5
Boise City, ID$63,680$30.62Not publishedNot published
Morgantown, WV$63,600$30.58701.1
Waco, TX$63,460$30.51500.4
Evansville, IN$63,340$30.45600.4
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$62,770$30.18400.5
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$62,730$30.161500.6
Amarillo, TX$62,660$30.12400.3
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$62,610$30.10500.3
Wichita, KS$62,590$30.091200.4
Mobile, AL$62,570$30.08600.4
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$62,520$30.068400.6
Winchester, VA-WV$62,460$30.03400.5
Springfield, MO$62,440$30.02700.3
Winston-Salem, NC$62,190$29.901600.6
Albany, GA$61,780$29.70300.5
Baton Rouge, LA$61,250$29.453700.9
Helena, MT$61,250$29.45400.8
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$61,060$29.351100.5
El Paso, TX$60,990$29.322700.8
Asheville, NC$60,980$29.321200.7
Ocala, FL$60,930$29.29300.3
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$60,890$29.27400.4
Cedar Rapids, IA$60,810$29.24Not publishedNot published
Abilene, TX$60,570$29.12300.5
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$60,110$28.901100.6
Macon-Bibb County, GA$60,000$28.85400.5
Lincoln, NE$59,950$28.821000.5
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$59,590$28.65700.6
Montgomery, AL$59,560$28.64800.5
Pittsburgh, PA$59,460$28.591,0801.0
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$59,260$28.492100.9
Canton-Massillon, OH$59,040$28.38800.5
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$58,460$28.11400.3
Fort Smith, AR-OK$58,450$28.10300.3
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$58,430$28.09400.2
Lubbock, TX$58,410$28.08400.2
Rome, GA$58,340$28.05Not publishedNot published
Gainesville, GA$58,240$28.00600.6
Dubuque, IA$57,620$27.70500.8
Chattanooga, TN-GA$57,220$27.512100.8
Columbia, SC$56,440$27.143901.0
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$55,530$26.70600.4
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$53,840$25.882200.6
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$53,290$25.621000.3
Columbus, GA-AL$52,250$25.121401.2
Laredo, TX$51,590$24.80300.3
Jackson, MS$49,490$23.792100.8
Charleston, WV$47,860$23.011301.3
Beckley, WV$45,850$22.05300.8
Tallahassee, FL$45,180$21.724502.4
Jacksonville, NC$42,820$20.59500.9
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$41,450$19.932600.4
Colorado Springs, CONot publishedNot published1400.4
Erie, PANot publishedNot published700.6
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LANot publishedNot published700.7

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.