SOC 43-9021 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Data Entry Keyers

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

U.S. median annual wage$41,340
U.S. median hourly wage$19.88
U.S. employment127,080

Nationally, data entry keyers earned a median of $41,340 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 127,080 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”.

Data Entry Keyers: pay and employment by state
State
District of Columbia$55,170$26.532000.3
New Mexico$49,810$23.953000.3
North Dakota$48,300$23.221100.2
Maine$48,190$23.171400.2
Hawaii$47,630$22.902100.3
Massachusetts$47,560$22.871,5900.4
Washington$47,480$22.831,3600.4
Utah$47,180$22.682,1401.2
California$47,010$22.6014,5200.8
Wyoming$45,870$22.061400.5
Rhode Island$44,980$21.632700.5
New York$44,860$21.579,4701.0
Minnesota$44,280$21.291,3600.5
Colorado$43,910$21.111,1900.4
Iowa$43,640$20.981,1800.8
New Hampshire$43,440$20.887901.2
Vermont$43,280$20.812900.9
Arizona$43,200$20.773,4201.1
Illinois$42,840$20.605,9101.0
Idaho$42,810$20.585400.6
New Jersey$42,470$20.424,9401.2
Montana$42,340$20.353000.6
Georgia$41,270$19.843,4100.7
Alaska$40,700$19.571600.5
Indiana$40,550$19.502,3700.7
Tennessee$40,490$19.472,3600.7
Ohio$40,220$19.344,5300.8
North Carolina$39,610$19.043,3300.7
Nebraska$39,600$19.041,2601.2
Nevada$39,260$18.888000.5
Maryland$38,970$18.741,8500.7
Virginia$38,900$18.702,8900.7
Florida$38,880$18.697,6500.8
Texas$38,880$18.6917,8501.3
Pennsylvania$38,810$18.665,2700.9
Oklahoma$38,590$18.551,2900.8
Connecticut$38,560$18.541,2900.8
Kansas$38,290$18.411,2100.8
Wisconsin$38,170$18.352,3600.8
Michigan$38,080$18.313,2900.7
South Carolina$38,070$18.301,4900.6
Delaware$37,810$18.184100.8
Louisiana$36,920$17.751,8000.9
Kentucky$36,870$17.722,0201.0
West Virginia$35,900$17.266600.9
Alabama$35,130$16.891,0600.5
Mississippi$34,540$16.615300.5
South Dakota$34,320$16.50300.1
Arkansas$33,860$16.281,0000.8
Virgin Islands$33,280$16.00702.3
Guam$25,730$12.371001.4
Puerto Rico$23,940$11.512,0002.1
MissouriNot publishedNot published2,7200.9
OregonNot publishedNot published1,8400.9

Pay by metro area

All 301 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$22,780$33,357$43,933$54,510Ponce, PR — $22,780Aguadilla, PR — $23,120Mayaguez, PR — $23,420Arecibo, PR — $23,810San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,340Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,980Laredo, TX — $30,360El Paso, TX — $31,200Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,340McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $32,480Texarkana, TX-AR — $32,610Tuscaloosa, AL — $32,990St. Joseph, MO-KS — $33,210Lake Charles, LA — $33,310Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $33,400Paducah, KY-IL — $33,500Hattiesburg, MS — $33,610Muncie, IN — $33,810Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $33,860Wichita Falls, TX — $33,860Beckley, WV — $33,950Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $34,160Auburn-Opelika, AL — $34,240Columbia, MO — $34,270Corpus Christi, TX — $34,390San Angelo, TX — $34,790Logan, UT-ID — $34,850Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $34,860New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,890Montgomery, AL — $34,930Lebanon, PA — $35,090Victoria, TX — $35,160Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,200Mobile, AL — $35,270Odessa, TX — $35,270Tallahassee, FL — $35,280Fayetteville, NC — $35,340Kenosha, WI — $35,430Monroe, LA — $35,580Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $35,580Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $35,600Williamsport, PA — $35,640Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $35,790Lexington-Fayette, KY — $35,830Burlington, NC — $35,860Saginaw, MI — $35,910Lubbock, TX — $35,930Abilene, TX — $35,990Rocky Mount, NC — $36,000Johnson City, TN — $36,110Decatur, AL — $36,160Morgantown, WV — $36,210Columbia, SC — $36,230Columbus, GA-AL — $36,240Bloomington, IL — $36,260Jackson, TN — $36,270Canton-Massillon, OH — $36,300Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $36,410Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,410Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,540Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,550Sherman-Denison, TX — $36,590Lima, OH — $36,600Lynchburg, VA — $36,600Charleston, WV — $36,610Gainesville, FL — $36,650Topeka, KS — $36,760Erie, PA — $36,840Jacksonville, NC — $36,840Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,920Morristown, TN — $36,990Ocala, FL — $36,990Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $37,020Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,060Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,140Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,210Sebring, FL — $37,340Jackson, MS — $37,360Akron, OH — $37,370Reno, NV — $37,440Jacksonville, FL — $37,510Dover, DE — $37,600Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $37,600Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,640Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,640Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,670Springfield, MO — $37,680St. George, UT — $37,700Pueblo, CO — $37,740Johnstown, PA — $37,760San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,780Amarillo, TX — $37,830Jonesboro, AR — $37,830Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,890Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $37,920Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,940Madison, WI — $37,980Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,990Tyler, TX — $38,020Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,030Sandusky, OH — $38,040Homosassa Springs, FL — $38,160Charlottesville, VA — $38,300Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,300Birmingham, AL — $38,320Vineland, NJ — $38,330Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $38,340Albany, GA — $38,370Evansville, IN — $38,370Spartanburg, SC — $38,370Janesville-Beloit, WI — $38,440Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,510Greeley, CO — $38,560Wichita, KS — $38,560College Station-Bryan, TX — $38,610Winston-Salem, NC — $38,640Lancaster, PA — $38,660Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,660Reading, PA — $38,680Pittsburgh, PA — $38,710Green Bay, WI — $38,760Kankakee, IL — $38,790Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $38,880Kansas City, MO-KS — $38,910Utica-Rome, NY — $38,910Binghamton, NY — $38,940Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $38,960Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $38,970Knoxville, TN — $38,990Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $39,000Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,000Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $39,080Dalton, GA — $39,110Winchester, VA-WV — $39,110Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,120St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,130Great Falls, MT — $39,140Waco, TX — $39,220Flint, MI — $39,340Punta Gorda, FL — $39,350Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $39,400Rochester, NY — $39,400Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,450Toledo, OH — $39,460Fort Wayne, IN — $39,480Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,490Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $39,520Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $39,520Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,520Oklahoma City, OK — $39,540Killeen-Temple, TX — $39,550Baton Rouge, LA — $39,630Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $39,650Wilmington, NC — $39,770Ogden, UT — $39,800Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $39,840Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $39,910Billings, MT — $40,000Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $40,140Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $40,160Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $40,210South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $40,210Medford, OR — $40,220Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $40,240Boise City, ID — $40,260Iowa City, IA — $40,260Richmond, VA — $40,270Greenville, NC — $40,290Peoria, IL — $40,330Manchester-Nashua, NH — $40,360Asheville, NC — $40,380Springfield, MA — $40,390Rockford, IL — $40,400Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $40,440Traverse City, MI — $40,450Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $40,470Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $40,550Lafayette, LA — $40,550Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $40,630North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,630Anchorage, AK — $40,700Tulsa, OK — $40,700Ann Arbor, MI — $40,780Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,820Appleton, WI — $40,890Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $40,910Cleveland, OH — $40,990Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,090Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $41,270Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $41,280Longview, TX — $41,310Kingston, NY — $41,370Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $41,390Lincoln, NE — $41,390Gainesville, GA — $41,420Eau Claire, WI — $41,480Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $41,530Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $41,560Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $41,580Altoona, PA — $41,600Colorado Springs, CO — $41,600Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $41,630Chico, CA — $41,730York-Hanover, PA — $41,740Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $41,800Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $41,820Bend, OR — $41,850El Centro, CA — $41,860Huntsville, AL — $41,970Kennewick-Richland, WA — $41,980Idaho Falls, ID — $42,040Tucson, AZ — $42,140Roanoke, VA — $42,300Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $42,350Champaign-Urbana, IL — $42,370Omaha, NE-IA — $42,370Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,580Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $42,760Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $42,840Syracuse, NY — $42,840Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $42,840Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $43,110Mansfield, OH — $43,150Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $43,400Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $43,450Fresno, CA — $43,490Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $43,500Columbus, OH — $43,560Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $43,570Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $43,610Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $43,640San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,770Savannah, GA — $43,880Modesto, CA — $43,940Visalia, CA — $44,060Stockton-Lodi, CA — $44,130Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,160Midland, TX — $44,190Eugene-Springfield, OR — $44,200Springfield, IL — $44,230Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $44,250San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $44,380Redding, CA — $44,410Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,490Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $44,550Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,650Merced, CA — $44,660Coeur d'Alene, ID — $44,710Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $44,760Flagstaff, AZ — $44,760Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $44,910Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $44,980Ames, IA — $45,140Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $45,230Salem, OR — $45,300Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,330New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,350Cheyenne, WY — $45,420Salinas, CA — $45,510Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $45,520Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,620Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $45,630Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $45,760Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,770La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,780Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $45,780Yuma, AZ — $45,890Jackson, MI — $45,970Worcester, MA — $46,040Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,210Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,320Vallejo, CA — $46,400Pittsfield, MA — $46,620Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,650Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $46,940Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,970Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $47,000Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,040Twin Falls, ID — $47,170Bangor, ME — $47,530Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,560Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,630Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,640St. Cloud, MN — $47,730Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,800Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,020Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $48,350Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,410Napa, CA — $48,880Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $49,280Helena, MT — $49,850Boulder, CO — $49,920San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,250New Haven, CT — $51,340Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,660Bloomington, IN — $51,760Bismarck, ND — $53,140Albuquerque, NM — $53,320San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $54,510

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.

Data Entry Keyers: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$54,510$26.217200.6
Albuquerque, NM$53,320$25.642200.5
Bismarck, ND$53,140$25.55300.5
Bloomington, IN$51,760$24.882303.2
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$51,660$24.841401.1
New Haven, CT$51,340$24.681400.5
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$51,250$24.641,4100.6
Boulder, CO$49,920$24.00900.5
Helena, MT$49,850$23.97902.0
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$49,280$23.69600.7
Napa, CA$48,880$23.50600.8
Portland-South Portland, ME$48,410$23.28600.2
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$48,350$23.251600.8
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,020$23.091000.6
Naples-Marco Island, FL$47,800$22.981400.8
St. Cloud, MN$47,730$22.95500.5
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$47,640$22.901,4600.5
Urban Honolulu, HI$47,630$22.901600.4
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$47,560$22.861,5801.9
Bangor, ME$47,530$22.85300.4
Twin Falls, ID$47,170$22.68400.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$47,040$22.615,9000.9
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$47,000$22.607600.4
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$46,970$22.589700.9
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$46,940$22.57600.5
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$46,650$22.431000.4
Pittsfield, MA$46,620$22.41300.6
Vallejo, CA$46,400$22.31600.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$46,320$22.279200.5
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$46,210$22.221,1300.7
Worcester, MA$46,040$22.141500.4
Jackson, MI$45,970$22.10300.6
Yuma, AZ$45,890$22.06701.0
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$45,780$22.01400.5
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$45,780$22.01501.5
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$45,770$22.001900.5
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$45,760$22.00500.4
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$45,630$21.94400.5
Raleigh-Cary, NC$45,620$21.935200.7
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$45,520$21.89600.7
Salinas, CA$45,510$21.881000.5
Cheyenne, WY$45,420$21.84400.8
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$45,350$21.8110,1101.1
Cedar Rapids, IA$45,330$21.791100.8
Salem, OR$45,300$21.781000.5
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$45,230$21.752400.7
Ames, IA$45,140$21.70500.9
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$44,980$21.63500.5
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$44,910$21.596800.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$44,760$21.521700.5
Flagstaff, AZ$44,760$21.52400.6
Coeur d'Alene, ID$44,710$21.49300.5
Merced, CA$44,660$21.47400.5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$44,650$21.474,2700.9
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$44,550$21.42400.5
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$44,490$21.397600.7
Redding, CA$44,410$21.35600.8
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$44,380$21.34600.5
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$44,250$21.281200.7
Springfield, IL$44,230$21.261701.7
Eugene-Springfield, OR$44,200$21.251100.7
Midland, TX$44,190$21.251000.8
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$44,160$21.232,6501.1
Stockton-Lodi, CA$44,130$21.221800.6
Visalia, CA$44,060$21.18800.5
Modesto, CA$43,940$21.121300.7
Savannah, GA$43,880$21.091100.6
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$43,770$21.041,0200.7
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$43,640$20.98600.4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$43,610$20.971,8100.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$43,570$20.955100.7
Columbus, OH$43,560$20.948100.7
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$43,500$20.912300.6
Fresno, CA$43,490$20.912700.6
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$43,450$20.89400.6
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$43,400$20.871801.5
Mansfield, OH$43,150$20.75400.8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$43,110$20.735,6101.4
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$42,840$20.603600.5
Syracuse, NY$42,840$20.602300.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$42,840$20.601,6200.5
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$42,760$20.568800.7
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$42,580$20.474601.1
Champaign-Urbana, IL$42,370$20.37500.5
Omaha, NE-IA$42,370$20.374000.8
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$42,350$20.361600.7
Roanoke, VA$42,300$20.34700.4
Tucson, AZ$42,140$20.263200.8
Idaho Falls, ID$42,040$20.21700.8
Kennewick-Richland, WA$41,980$20.18500.4
Huntsville, AL$41,970$20.18800.3
El Centro, CA$41,860$20.13400.6
Bend, OR$41,850$20.12500.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$41,820$20.101,2901.0
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$41,800$20.10600.5
York-Hanover, PA$41,740$20.071400.8
Chico, CA$41,730$20.06500.6
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$41,630$20.016500.5
Altoona, PA$41,600$20.00300.6
Colorado Springs, CO$41,600$20.00900.3
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$41,580$19.995400.5
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$41,560$19.982100.5
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$41,530$19.97300.4
Eau Claire, WI$41,480$19.94400.5
Gainesville, GA$41,420$19.91600.6
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$41,390$19.901000.8
Lincoln, NE$41,390$19.903301.8
Kingston, NY$41,370$19.89601.0
Longview, TX$41,310$19.861201.0
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$41,280$19.852,3400.8
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$41,270$19.845500.9
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$41,090$19.754100.8
Cleveland, OH$40,990$19.719000.9
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$40,910$19.675002.1
Appleton, WI$40,890$19.66900.7
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$40,820$19.639500.9
Ann Arbor, MI$40,780$19.611300.6
Anchorage, AK$40,700$19.571100.6
Tulsa, OK$40,700$19.573800.8
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$40,630$19.542900.5
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$40,630$19.532400.7
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$40,550$19.508500.8
Lafayette, LA$40,550$19.503001.7
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$40,470$19.462600.8
Traverse City, MI$40,450$19.45500.7
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$40,440$19.441200.7
Rockford, IL$40,400$19.421601.1
Springfield, MA$40,390$19.42800.4
Asheville, NC$40,380$19.411300.7
Manchester-Nashua, NH$40,360$19.401600.8
Peoria, IL$40,330$19.391100.6
Greenville, NC$40,290$19.37300.4
Richmond, VA$40,270$19.364800.7
Boise City, ID$40,260$19.362700.7
Iowa City, IA$40,260$19.36400.5
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$40,240$19.351200.6
Medford, OR$40,220$19.34Not publishedNot published
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$40,210$19.331,1200.6
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$40,210$19.331200.9
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$40,160$19.312,2900.8
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$40,140$19.30300.8
Billings, MT$40,000$19.23400.4
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$39,910$19.192100.8
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$39,840$19.154501.0
Ogden, UT$39,800$19.131400.5
Wilmington, NC$39,770$19.121100.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$39,650$19.066200.8
Baton Rouge, LA$39,630$19.052100.5
Killeen-Temple, TX$39,550$19.02900.6
Oklahoma City, OK$39,540$19.015300.8
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$39,520$19.004,4301.3
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$39,520$19.001300.5
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39,520$19.001300.6
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$39,490$18.992400.8
Fort Wayne, IN$39,480$18.981200.5
Toledo, OH$39,460$18.972200.8
Chattanooga, TN-GA$39,450$18.971200.5
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$39,400$18.94900.6
Rochester, NY$39,400$18.943700.8
Punta Gorda, FL$39,350$18.92400.6
Flint, MI$39,340$18.91700.5
Waco, TX$39,220$18.861801.4
Great Falls, MT$39,140$18.82300.8
St. Louis, MO-IL$39,130$18.819100.7
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$39,120$18.813000.7
Dalton, GA$39,110$18.80400.6
Winchester, VA-WV$39,110$18.81300.5
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$39,080$18.791800.7
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$39,000$18.751900.6
Wheeling, WV-OH$39,000$18.75500.9
Knoxville, TN$38,990$18.753400.8
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$38,970$18.74400.4
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$38,960$18.731500.8
Binghamton, NY$38,940$18.72600.6
Kansas City, MO-KS$38,910$18.719200.8
Utica-Rome, NY$38,910$18.71700.6
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$38,880$18.692100.6
Kankakee, IL$38,790$18.65701.6
Green Bay, WI$38,760$18.631600.9
Pittsburgh, PA$38,710$18.619300.8
Reading, PA$38,680$18.591200.7
Lancaster, PA$38,660$18.591400.5
Youngstown-Warren, OH$38,660$18.591100.7
Winston-Salem, NC$38,640$18.581900.7
College Station-Bryan, TX$38,610$18.561000.7
Greeley, CO$38,560$18.54400.4
Wichita, KS$38,560$18.541900.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,510$18.511,4601.0
Janesville-Beloit, WI$38,440$18.48400.6
Albany, GA$38,370$18.45400.7
Evansville, IN$38,370$18.45900.7
Spartanburg, SC$38,370$18.45800.5
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$38,340$18.438600.6
Vineland, NJ$38,330$18.43500.8
Birmingham, AL$38,320$18.422200.4
Charlottesville, VA$38,300$18.41600.5
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$38,300$18.411200.6
Homosassa Springs, FL$38,160$18.35300.9
Sandusky, OH$38,040$18.29400.9
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$38,030$18.285100.7
Tyler, TX$38,020$18.281301.1
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$37,990$18.26900.4
Madison, WI$37,980$18.264301.0
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$37,940$18.241100.7
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$37,920$18.232000.6
Clarksville, TN-KY$37,890$18.22400.4
Amarillo, TX$37,830$18.19700.6
Jonesboro, AR$37,830$18.19400.6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$37,780$18.161,0901.0
Johnstown, PA$37,760$18.16501.1
Pueblo, CO$37,740$18.14500.8
St. George, UT$37,700$18.13Not publishedNot published
Springfield, MO$37,680$18.121500.7
Greensboro-High Point, NC$37,670$18.112900.8
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$37,640$18.091600.6
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$37,640$18.10500.8
Dover, DE$37,600$18.08801.2
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$37,600$18.08300.8
Jacksonville, FL$37,510$18.036800.9
Reno, NV$37,440$18.001900.7
Akron, OH$37,370$17.973101.0
Jackson, MS$37,360$17.96900.3
Sebring, FL$37,340$17.95301.2
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$37,210$17.892000.8
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,140$17.867900.6
Fort Smith, AR-OK$37,060$17.82500.5
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$37,020$17.80800.8
Morristown, TN$36,990$17.78300.7
Ocala, FL$36,990$17.78600.5
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$36,920$17.753902.4
Erie, PA$36,840$17.71500.4
Jacksonville, NC$36,840$17.71601.1
Topeka, KS$36,760$17.673002.6
Gainesville, FL$36,650$17.62800.5
Charleston, WV$36,610$17.601101.1
Lima, OH$36,600$17.60300.7
Lynchburg, VA$36,600$17.59400.4
Sherman-Denison, TX$36,590$17.59400.8
Macon-Bibb County, GA$36,550$17.57400.4
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$36,540$17.571200.7
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$36,410$17.51400.2
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$36,410$17.511100.8
Canton-Massillon, OH$36,300$17.451400.9
Jackson, TN$36,270$17.44700.8
Bloomington, IL$36,260$17.44800.9
Columbus, GA-AL$36,240$17.432201.9
Columbia, SC$36,230$17.423500.9
Morgantown, WV$36,210$17.41600.9
Decatur, AL$36,160$17.38400.6
Johnson City, TN$36,110$17.36300.4
Rocky Mount, NC$36,000$17.31500.9
Abilene, TX$35,990$17.301001.4
Lubbock, TX$35,930$17.281400.8
Saginaw, MI$35,910$17.27500.7
Burlington, NC$35,860$17.24400.6
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,830$17.234701.6
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$35,790$17.21600.7
Williamsport, PA$35,640$17.14300.7
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$35,600$17.11400.7
Monroe, LA$35,580$17.10500.5
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$35,580$17.10300.9
Kenosha, WI$35,430$17.03400.5
Fayetteville, NC$35,340$16.99900.7
Tallahassee, FL$35,280$16.961200.7
Mobile, AL$35,270$16.96600.4
Odessa, TX$35,270$16.96500.6
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$35,200$16.92500.4
Victoria, TX$35,160$16.91300.9
Lebanon, PA$35,090$16.87300.6
Montgomery, AL$34,930$16.80800.5
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$34,890$16.783200.7
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$34,860$16.76300.4
Logan, UT-ID$34,850$16.75500.8
San Angelo, TX$34,790$16.73400.8
Corpus Christi, TX$34,390$16.531400.7
Columbia, MO$34,270$16.48900.9
Auburn-Opelika, AL$34,240$16.46300.4
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$34,160$16.427101.2
Beckley, WV$33,950$16.32501.2
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$33,860$16.284601.3
Wichita Falls, TX$33,860$16.28500.9
Muncie, IN$33,810$16.26300.7
Hattiesburg, MS$33,610$16.16500.8
Paducah, KY-IL$33,500$16.11500.9
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$33,400$16.061001.0
Lake Charles, LA$33,310$16.02400.4
St. Joseph, MO-KS$33,210$15.97300.6
Tuscaloosa, AL$32,990$15.86600.6
Texarkana, TX-AR$32,610$15.68601.0
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$32,480$15.623701.2
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$32,340$15.551201.1
El Paso, TX$31,200$15.003601.1
Laredo, TX$30,360$14.593603.3
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$28,980$13.941601.0
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$24,340$11.701,4702.1
Arecibo, PR$23,810$11.45601.6
Mayaguez, PR$23,420$11.261402.8
Aguadilla, PR$23,120$11.121002.1
Ponce, PR$22,780$10.951201.8
Joplin, MO-KSNot publishedNot published500.6
Rochester, MNNot publishedNot published1000.9

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.