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SOC 43-5021 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Couriers and Messengers

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

U.S. median annual wage$39,200
U.S. median hourly wage$18.85
U.S. employment68,640

Nationally, couriers and messengers earned a median of $39,200 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 68,640 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”.

Couriers and Messengers: pay and employment by state
State
Nevada$46,520$22.365300.3
Washington$46,500$22.361,1900.3
Vermont$45,600$21.92500.1
District of Columbia$45,210$21.741200.2
Oregon$45,170$21.718500.4
Colorado$45,140$21.706400.2
California$44,970$21.627,2400.4
Minnesota$44,860$21.574400.2
Utah$42,840$20.608500.5
Massachusetts$42,380$20.371,5600.4
Alaska$41,720$20.061600.5
Maine$41,710$20.06400.1
Missouri$41,410$19.911,0600.4
New Jersey$40,870$19.652,1000.5
New Hampshire$40,630$19.531900.3
Tennessee$40,270$19.36Not publishedNot published
Montana$40,080$19.27600.1
Pennsylvania$39,700$19.093,3300.6
Connecticut$39,480$18.986500.4
Georgia$39,400$18.942,1000.4
Texas$39,260$18.874,7100.3
Maryland$39,140$18.827700.3
Illinois$39,100$18.801,3400.2
North Carolina$39,100$18.803,3500.7
Arizona$38,980$18.748200.3
Oklahoma$38,910$18.711,2200.7
Delaware$38,760$18.631700.3
New York$38,740$18.637,3200.8
Hawaii$38,580$18.552700.4
New Mexico$38,570$18.544000.5
Iowa$38,460$18.495800.4
Kansas$38,370$18.455800.4
Ohio$38,320$18.421,7100.3
North Dakota$38,090$18.31400.1
Michigan$37,940$18.241,5000.3
Virginia$37,820$18.182,0100.5
Florida$37,740$18.144,9100.5
Indiana$37,270$17.929900.3
Arkansas$37,070$17.823000.2
Wisconsin$36,910$17.752,5600.9
Rhode Island$36,810$17.701600.3
South Carolina$36,710$17.651,3800.6
Idaho$36,110$17.364100.5
Kentucky$35,880$17.257500.4
Mississippi$35,780$17.205900.5
West Virginia$34,890$16.772400.3
Alabama$34,820$16.747200.3
Nebraska$34,600$16.644700.5
Louisiana$33,490$16.101,0300.5
Wyoming$31,680$15.23700.2
South Dakota$31,650$15.22800.2
Guam$26,400$12.69901.4
Puerto Rico$23,160$11.142,9103.1
Virgin Islands$21,840$10.50301.0

Pay by metro area

All 227 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$21,840$33,120$44,400$55,680Ponce, PR — $21,840Aguadilla, PR — $21,930Arecibo, PR — $22,210Mayaguez, PR — $22,230San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,760Tuscaloosa, AL — $29,280Bowling Green, KY — $30,170Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $30,190Johnstown, PA — $30,700Altoona, PA — $30,770Monroe, LA — $31,200Laredo, TX — $31,530Baton Rouge, LA — $31,910Mobile, AL — $31,970Lake Charles, LA — $32,130Ocala, FL — $32,350Rome, GA — $32,510Columbus, GA-AL — $32,630Johnson City, TN — $32,710Alexandria, LA — $32,770Flint, MI — $32,880Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $32,940College Station-Bryan, TX — $33,260Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $33,700New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,100Punta Gorda, FL — $34,190Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $34,390Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $34,400Athens-Clarke County, GA — $34,510Idaho Falls, ID — $34,550Montgomery, AL — $34,590Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $34,810Charleston, WV — $34,840Springfield, IL — $34,850Reading, PA — $34,920Tallahassee, FL — $34,940Omaha, NE-IA — $35,080Clarksville, TN-KY — $35,090Huntsville, AL — $35,170Lafayette, LA — $35,340Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $35,360Abilene, TX — $35,400Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,490Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $35,490Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $35,620Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $35,730Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,750Sheboygan, WI — $35,750Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,750Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $35,780Roanoke, VA — $35,890Midland, MI — $35,900Lexington-Fayette, KY — $35,910McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,990Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $35,990Wichita, KS — $36,000Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $36,050Waco, TX — $36,100Canton-Massillon, OH — $36,270Chattanooga, TN-GA — $36,310Jackson, MS — $36,360Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,430Binghamton, NY — $36,460Utica-Rome, NY — $36,500La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $36,510Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,540Fayetteville, NC — $36,550Lancaster, PA — $36,550Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,560Jacksonville, FL — $36,610Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,630Appleton, WI — $36,690Florence, SC — $36,710Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $36,740Twin Falls, ID — $36,780Birmingham, AL — $36,820Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,910Green Bay, WI — $36,930Evansville, IN — $36,940Erie, PA — $37,020Syracuse, NY — $37,040Tyler, TX — $37,040Greenville, NC — $37,050Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,070Tucson, AZ — $37,070Janesville-Beloit, WI — $37,080Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $37,080Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,090Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $37,090Winston-Salem, NC — $37,180Champaign-Urbana, IL — $37,300Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $37,310Corpus Christi, TX — $37,310Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,320Wilmington, NC — $37,330Rockford, IL — $37,450Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,470Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,510Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,510Rochester, NY — $37,520Columbia, SC — $37,550Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,560Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,650Savannah, GA — $37,670Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $37,680St. Cloud, MN — $37,790Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,820Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $37,820Naples-Marco Island, FL — $37,840Peoria, IL — $37,850Salinas, CA — $37,920Lubbock, TX — $37,930Corvallis, OR — $37,980Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,100Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $38,180Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,190Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $38,190Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $38,200Boise City, ID — $38,260Richmond, VA — $38,270Amarillo, TX — $38,280Burlington, NC — $38,340Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $38,390Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $38,410Port St. Lucie, FL — $38,420Gainesville, FL — $38,520Saginaw, MI — $38,550El Paso, TX — $38,570Charlottesville, VA — $38,580Longview, TX — $38,580Urban Honolulu, HI — $38,580Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $38,730Reno, NV — $38,730Lincoln, NE — $38,740Cedar Rapids, IA — $38,770Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $38,780Columbus, OH — $38,790Toledo, OH — $38,810Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $38,910Oklahoma City, OK — $38,970Asheville, NC — $38,980Topeka, KS — $38,980Dubuque, IA — $39,020Albuquerque, NM — $39,080Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $39,100Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $39,110North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,110Redding, CA — $39,110Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $39,140Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $39,160Tulsa, OK — $39,160Fort Wayne, IN — $39,230Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $39,270Barnstable Town, MA — $39,290Spartanburg, SC — $39,290York-Hanover, PA — $39,290Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $39,340Cleveland, OH — $39,410Albany, GA — $39,480Pueblo, CO — $39,590Visalia, CA — $39,600Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,630Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,650Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,670Kennewick-Richland, WA — $39,710Traverse City, MI — $39,710Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,720Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $39,860San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,860Springfield, MA — $40,010Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $40,050Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $40,080Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,160Manchester-Nashua, NH — $40,320Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $40,340Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $40,370Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $40,910Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $40,980Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $41,030Kansas City, MO-KS — $41,050Madison, WI — $41,080Ogden, UT — $41,080Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $41,130New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $41,140Springfield, MO — $41,410Worcester, MA — $41,420Winchester, VA-WV — $41,480Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $41,710Anchorage, AK — $41,720Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $41,860Pittsburgh, PA — $42,250Salem, OR — $42,280New Haven, CT — $42,300Colorado Springs, CO — $42,380San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $42,440Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $42,490Knoxville, TN — $42,610St. Louis, MO-IL — $42,680Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $42,800Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $42,840Medford, OR — $43,160Akron, OH — $43,240Eugene-Springfield, OR — $43,740Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,760Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $43,830Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,920Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,040Duluth, MN-WI — $44,200Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $44,220Fresno, CA — $44,370Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,760Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $44,840Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,650Bellingham, WA — $45,920Rochester, MN — $46,000Napa, CA — $46,060Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $46,170Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $46,710Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,850Modesto, CA — $47,020Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,160San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $47,840Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,510San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $55,680

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.

Couriers and Messengers: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$55,680$26.773900.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,510$23.326600.3
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$47,840$23.009400.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$47,160$22.672400.1
Modesto, CA$47,020$22.611100.6
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$46,850$22.524200.4
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$46,710$22.461400.6
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$46,170$22.204400.3
Napa, CA$46,060$22.14500.7
Rochester, MN$46,000$22.12600.5
Bellingham, WA$45,920$22.08600.7
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$45,650$21.955200.4
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$44,840$21.561,0100.3
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$44,760$21.524700.4
Fresno, CA$44,370$21.331700.4
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$44,220$21.264100.3
Duluth, MN-WI$44,200$21.25300.2
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$44,040$21.171,1001.8
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$43,920$21.123901.0
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$43,830$21.071,0700.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$43,760$21.043,0300.5
Eugene-Springfield, OR$43,740$21.03900.6
Akron, OH$43,240$20.791300.4
Medford, OR$43,160$20.75500.5
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$42,840$20.606200.7
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$42,800$20.581,3601.2
St. Louis, MO-IL$42,680$20.525400.4
Knoxville, TN$42,610$20.496201.5
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$42,490$20.43300.2
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$42,440$20.406900.5
Colorado Springs, CO$42,380$20.37700.2
New Haven, CT$42,300$20.341600.6
Salem, OR$42,280$20.33800.4
Pittsburgh, PA$42,250$20.316000.5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$41,860$20.131,4000.3
Anchorage, AK$41,720$20.061200.7
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$41,710$20.052400.4
Winchester, VA-WV$41,480$19.94400.6
Worcester, MA$41,420$19.921900.5
Springfield, MO$41,410$19.911900.9
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$41,140$19.786,6900.7
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$41,130$19.778100.2
Madison, WI$41,080$19.755001.2
Ogden, UT$41,080$19.751300.5
Kansas City, MO-KS$41,050$19.744300.4
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$41,030$19.731900.7
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$40,980$19.701200.3
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$40,910$19.671700.5
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$40,370$19.411,0900.3
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$40,340$19.401,5300.5
Manchester-Nashua, NH$40,320$19.38400.2
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$40,160$19.313400.3
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$40,080$19.27800.3
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$40,050$19.262400.7
Springfield, MA$40,010$19.231500.7
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$39,860$19.162500.6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$39,860$19.163200.3
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$39,720$19.101,3800.5
Kennewick-Richland, WA$39,710$19.09500.4
Traverse City, MI$39,710$19.09300.5
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$39,670$19.076200.3
Raleigh-Cary, NC$39,650$19.063600.5
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39,630$19.051200.6
Visalia, CA$39,600$19.04400.2
Pueblo, CO$39,590$19.04400.6
Albany, GA$39,480$18.98300.5
Cleveland, OH$39,410$18.954100.4
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$39,340$18.91500.7
Barnstable Town, MA$39,290$18.89400.4
Spartanburg, SC$39,290$18.89800.5
York-Hanover, PA$39,290$18.89800.4
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$39,270$18.881900.5
Fort Wayne, IN$39,230$18.86700.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$39,160$18.833900.2
Tulsa, OK$39,160$18.833600.8
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$39,140$18.823300.2
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$39,110$18.801,1000.8
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$39,110$18.80800.2
Redding, CA$39,110$18.80600.8
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$39,100$18.806100.3
Albuquerque, NM$39,080$18.792800.7
Dubuque, IA$39,020$18.76300.6
Asheville, NC$38,980$18.742001.1
Topeka, KS$38,980$18.74500.4
Oklahoma City, OK$38,970$18.746200.9
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$38,910$18.711000.2
Toledo, OH$38,810$18.661000.3
Columbus, OH$38,790$18.652800.3
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$38,780$18.64900.4
Cedar Rapids, IA$38,770$18.64900.6
Lincoln, NE$38,740$18.62900.5
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$38,730$18.625200.5
Reno, NV$38,730$18.62900.3
Charlottesville, VA$38,580$18.55400.3
Longview, TX$38,580$18.55500.4
Urban Honolulu, HI$38,580$18.552100.5
El Paso, TX$38,570$18.551500.4
Saginaw, MI$38,550$18.53600.7
Gainesville, FL$38,520$18.52500.3
Port St. Lucie, FL$38,420$18.47500.3
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$38,410$18.47400.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$38,390$18.461300.4
Burlington, NC$38,340$18.431802.6
Amarillo, TX$38,280$18.40600.5
Richmond, VA$38,270$18.402800.4
Boise City, ID$38,260$18.392100.5
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$38,200$18.37600.3
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$38,190$18.361500.4
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$38,190$18.36900.4
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$38,180$18.36800.4
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,100$18.326800.5
Corvallis, OR$37,980$18.26401.0
Lubbock, TX$37,930$18.241000.6
Salinas, CA$37,920$18.23300.2
Peoria, IL$37,850$18.20600.3
Naples-Marco Island, FL$37,840$18.19700.4
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,820$18.187700.5
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$37,820$18.18Not publishedNot published
St. Cloud, MN$37,790$18.17300.3
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,680$18.122200.5
Savannah, GA$37,670$18.11700.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$37,650$18.101,7700.6
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$37,560$18.06900.7
Columbia, SC$37,550$18.052700.7
Rochester, NY$37,520$18.043800.8
Greensboro-High Point, NC$37,510$18.042800.8
Stockton-Lodi, CA$37,510$18.04700.3
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$37,470$18.01600.5
Rockford, IL$37,450$18.01500.4
Wilmington, NC$37,330$17.951100.5
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$37,320$17.941700.3
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$37,310$17.941900.6
Corpus Christi, TX$37,310$17.941000.5
Champaign-Urbana, IL$37,300$17.93900.8
Winston-Salem, NC$37,180$17.881200.5
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$37,090$17.83800.3
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$37,090$17.832800.4
Janesville-Beloit, WI$37,080$17.83300.4
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$37,080$17.83800.4
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$37,070$17.82700.3
Tucson, AZ$37,070$17.821000.2
Greenville, NC$37,050$17.811001.3
Syracuse, NY$37,040$17.812700.9
Tyler, TX$37,040$17.81600.5
Erie, PA$37,020$17.801000.8
Evansville, IN$36,940$17.76300.2
Green Bay, WI$36,930$17.751000.6
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$36,910$17.741800.5
Birmingham, AL$36,820$17.703300.6
Twin Falls, ID$36,780$17.68501.1
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$36,740$17.666301.2
Florence, SC$36,710$17.65600.7
Appleton, WI$36,690$17.641501.2
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$36,630$17.61700.3
Jacksonville, FL$36,610$17.604500.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$36,560$17.589301.1
Fayetteville, NC$36,550$17.57500.4
Lancaster, PA$36,550$17.571300.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$36,540$17.57600.4
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$36,510$17.56901.1
Utica-Rome, NY$36,500$17.551000.9
Binghamton, NY$36,460$17.53600.7
Macon-Bibb County, GA$36,430$17.52700.7
Jackson, MS$36,360$17.482200.8
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,310$17.461700.6
Canton-Massillon, OH$36,270$17.44300.2
Waco, TX$36,100$17.35600.5
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,050$17.33600.4
Wichita, KS$36,000$17.311300.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$35,990$17.301400.5
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$35,990$17.301200.7
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,910$17.271700.6
Midland, MI$35,900$17.26300.9
Roanoke, VA$35,890$17.25600.4
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$35,780$17.20400.1
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,750$17.19800.4
Sheboygan, WI$35,750$17.19300.6
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35,750$17.19800.5
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$35,730$17.18801.1
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$35,620$17.12400.4
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$35,490$17.061801.5
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$35,490$17.062300.3
Abilene, TX$35,400$17.02500.7
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$35,360$17.00500.3
Lafayette, LA$35,340$16.991000.6
Huntsville, AL$35,170$16.91600.2
Clarksville, TN-KY$35,090$16.87400.4
Omaha, NE-IA$35,080$16.861700.3
Tallahassee, FL$34,940$16.801000.5
Reading, PA$34,920$16.79400.2
Springfield, IL$34,850$16.76800.8
Charleston, WV$34,840$16.751001.0
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$34,810$16.733900.9
Montgomery, AL$34,590$16.63600.3
Idaho Falls, ID$34,550$16.61400.5
Athens-Clarke County, GA$34,510$16.59400.4
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$34,400$16.54400.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$34,390$16.531300.8
Punta Gorda, FL$34,190$16.44300.6
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$34,100$16.393100.7
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$33,700$16.20400.4
College Station-Bryan, TX$33,260$15.99600.5
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$32,940$15.84300.2
Flint, MI$32,880$15.811000.8
Alexandria, LA$32,770$15.76300.6
Johnson City, TN$32,710$15.73700.8
Columbus, GA-AL$32,630$15.69400.4
Rome, GA$32,510$15.63400.8
Ocala, FL$32,350$15.55400.3
Lake Charles, LA$32,130$15.45600.6
Mobile, AL$31,970$15.37600.4
Baton Rouge, LA$31,910$15.342100.5
Laredo, TX$31,530$15.16500.4
Monroe, LA$31,200$15.00400.5
Altoona, PA$30,770$14.80300.6
Johnstown, PA$30,700$14.76300.7
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$30,190$14.52600.7
Bowling Green, KY$30,170$14.51400.5
Tuscaloosa, AL$29,280$14.08500.4
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$23,760$11.422,2903.3
Mayaguez, PR$22,230$10.691202.3
Arecibo, PR$22,210$10.681002.9
Aguadilla, PR$21,930$10.54901.9
Ponce, PR$21,840$10.502103.3
Gettysburg, PANot publishedNot published301.0
Grand Island, NENot publishedNot published400.9
Killeen-Temple, TXNot publishedNot published300.2

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.