SOC 19-2041 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

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

U.S. median annual wage$82,220
U.S. median hourly wage$39.53
U.S. employment89,250

Nationally, environmental scientists and specialists, including health earned a median of $82,220 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 89,250 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”.

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health: pay and employment by state
State
District of Columbia$132,620$63.761,2701.8
California$106,510$51.2112,4900.7
Rhode Island$100,730$48.433300.7
Massachusetts$100,640$48.392,9300.8
Washington$98,300$47.264,4701.3
Oregon$97,440$46.851,3700.7
Texas$92,000$44.235,6300.4
Alaska$91,960$44.218602.6
Utah$90,710$43.611,0200.6
Minnesota$88,000$42.312,2600.8
New Mexico$86,630$41.659401.1
Colorado$85,990$41.342,5800.9
Georgia$85,710$41.211,7500.4
North Dakota$84,570$40.662400.6
Maryland$84,190$40.481,7600.6
Nevada$83,050$39.934900.3
Virginia$82,230$39.532,8500.7
New York$82,160$39.503,7000.4
West Virginia$82,100$39.472500.4
Connecticut$82,070$39.466200.4
Illinois$81,590$39.231,5500.3
New Hampshire$80,810$38.854800.7
Arizona$80,600$38.751,9700.6
Montana$80,260$38.595701.1
Hawaii$79,510$38.236701.1
New Jersey$79,210$38.083,1500.7
Iowa$78,780$37.886900.4
Ohio$78,540$37.762,4600.4
Kansas$78,210$37.605900.4
Vermont$77,460$37.244901.6
Tennessee$76,840$36.941,2300.4
Pennsylvania$76,110$36.593,0200.5
Michigan$76,080$36.583,1000.7
Oklahoma$75,910$36.495200.3
South Carolina$74,910$36.024900.2
North Carolina$74,130$35.644,1500.8
Wyoming$74,050$35.604101.5
Wisconsin$72,820$35.019200.3
Alabama$72,490$34.858700.4
Kentucky$71,040$34.161,0000.5
Idaho$70,350$33.826700.8
Louisiana$69,820$33.571,6000.8
Guam$68,640$33.00801.2
South Dakota$68,230$32.802400.5
Maine$66,480$31.965300.8
Indiana$64,700$31.111,2900.4
Delaware$64,690$31.102900.6
Nebraska$64,040$30.795100.5
Missouri$61,050$29.351,3800.5
Florida$60,830$29.245,9500.6
Mississippi$57,780$27.783900.3
Arkansas$57,220$27.512700.2
Virgin Islands$53,830$25.88401.2
Puerto Rico$53,030$25.503900.4

Pay by metro area

All 260 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$50,510$76,710$102,910$129,110San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $50,510Erie, PA — $50,810Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $51,290Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $51,500Hattiesburg, MS — $52,690Tallahassee, FL — $53,910Port St. Lucie, FL — $55,330Gainesville, FL — $55,910Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,010Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $57,620Jackson, MS — $57,990Flint, MI — $58,350South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $58,570Springfield, MO — $58,660Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $58,970Punta Gorda, FL — $59,100Dover, DE — $59,370Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $59,560Jefferson City, MO — $59,760Bangor, ME — $60,110Jacksonville, FL — $60,380Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,850St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,050Fort Wayne, IN — $61,090Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,690Lewiston, ID-WA — $61,880Topeka, KS — $61,880Fayetteville, NC — $61,940Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,680North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $63,220Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $63,750Lincoln, NE — $64,450Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $64,520Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $64,600Naples-Marco Island, FL — $64,640Evansville, IN — $64,700Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $64,840Amarillo, TX — $64,970Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $65,010Bloomington, IN — $65,180Boulder, CO — $65,260Champaign-Urbana, IL — $65,360Pittsburgh, PA — $65,360Wilmington, NC — $65,360Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $65,450Omaha, NE-IA — $65,790Appleton, WI — $66,300Lancaster, PA — $66,310Reading, PA — $66,730Coeur d'Alene, ID — $66,810Cleveland, OH — $66,890Winston-Salem, NC — $67,030Canton-Massillon, OH — $67,220Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,380Altoona, PA — $67,410Monroe, LA — $67,800Lake Charles, LA — $67,920Rapid City, SD — $68,260Jackson, TN — $68,390Montgomery, AL — $68,850Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $68,920Greensboro-High Point, NC — $69,450Green Bay, WI — $69,470Baton Rouge, LA — $69,560Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $69,930Lafayette, LA — $70,070Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $70,820Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $71,040Eau Claire, WI — $71,760Pocatello, ID — $72,160Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $72,340Idaho Falls, ID — $72,360Lubbock, TX — $72,400Birmingham, AL — $72,510Akron, OH — $72,530Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $72,730Asheville, NC — $72,960Traverse City, MI — $73,500Lexington-Fayette, KY — $73,980Casper, WY — $74,060Charleston, WV — $74,090Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $74,240Mobile, AL — $74,260Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $74,300Harrisonburg, VA — $74,450La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $74,990Rochester, NY — $75,160Roanoke, VA — $75,330Portland-South Portland, ME — $75,340Manhattan, KS — $75,360Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $75,400Johnson City, TN — $75,400Knoxville, TN — $75,420Cheyenne, WY — $75,430New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $75,430Boise City, ID — $75,440Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $75,500Jacksonville, NC — $75,890Athens-Clarke County, GA — $76,200Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $76,280Reno, NV — $76,320Tucson, AZ — $76,330McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $76,400Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $76,400Binghamton, NY — $76,460Longview, TX — $76,460York-Hanover, PA — $76,500Madison, WI — $76,520Yakima, WA — $76,560Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $76,700Chattanooga, TN-GA — $76,840Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $76,900Salisbury, MD — $77,000Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $77,130Fargo, ND-MN — $77,240Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $77,280Oklahoma City, OK — $77,400Bay City, MI — $77,440Syracuse, NY — $77,450Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $77,710Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $77,800Charlottesville, VA — $77,850Missoula, MT — $77,940Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $78,010Huntsville, AL — $78,110Utica-Rome, NY — $78,170Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $78,320Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $78,600Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $78,690Corpus Christi, TX — $78,770Iowa City, IA — $78,780Ithaca, NY — $78,790Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $79,010Grand Junction, CO — $79,040Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $79,060Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $79,480Urban Honolulu, HI — $79,510Bozeman, MT — $80,260Richmond, VA — $80,350Visalia, CA — $80,360Midland, TX — $80,450Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,600Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $80,640Kansas City, MO-KS — $80,690Logan, UT-ID — $80,700Tulsa, OK — $80,700Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $80,900Medford, OR — $81,070Toledo, OH — $81,070Wichita, KS — $81,180Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $81,190Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $81,220Flagstaff, AZ — $81,330New Haven, CT — $81,340Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $81,350Raleigh-Cary, NC — $81,400Lexington Park, MD — $81,520Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $81,600Helena, MT — $81,940Duluth, MN-WI — $82,050Ann Arbor, MI — $82,060Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $82,100Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $82,220Columbus, OH — $82,350Mankato, MN — $82,350Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $82,370Kingston, NY — $82,610Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $82,640Albuquerque, NM — $82,760Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $82,840Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $82,900Decatur, AL — $83,120Corvallis, OR — $83,210Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,720Yuma, AZ — $83,780Waco, TX — $84,670Warner Robins, GA — $84,670Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $84,890Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $85,180Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $85,210Columbia, SC — $85,300Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $85,310New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $85,510Ogden, UT — $86,180Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $86,200Manchester-Nashua, NH — $86,380Las Cruces, NM — $86,630Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $86,700Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $86,700Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $86,700Cedar Rapids, IA — $86,800College Station-Bryan, TX — $87,220Bellingham, WA — $87,270Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $87,270Bismarck, ND — $87,350Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $87,820Santa Fe, NM — $87,920El Paso, TX — $87,930Dalton, GA — $88,370Pittsfield, MA — $88,510Killeen-Temple, TX — $88,610Fairbanks-College, AK — $88,640Billings, MT — $89,010Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $89,090Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $89,220Tyler, TX — $89,500Greeley, CO — $89,840Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $90,340Anchorage, AK — $90,960Chico, CA — $91,210Battle Creek, MI — $91,560Jackson, MI — $91,640Columbus, GA-AL — $92,170San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $92,350Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $93,070Bend, OR — $93,560Springfield, IL — $93,590Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $94,030Rochester, MN — $94,580Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $95,170Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $95,200El Centro, CA — $95,630Vallejo, CA — $95,750Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $95,780Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $96,030Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $96,100Barnstable Town, MA — $96,630Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $96,780Fresno, CA — $97,040Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $97,330Colorado Springs, CO — $97,460Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $97,860Eugene-Springfield, OR — $98,050Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $98,050Salem, OR — $98,050Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $100,360Salinas, CA — $101,560Stockton-Lodi, CA — $102,850Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $102,980Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $103,610Worcester, MA — $103,730Modesto, CA — $103,840Springfield, MA — $103,930Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $104,110Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $105,230Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $105,340San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $105,810San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $106,100Redding, CA — $106,510San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $106,510Yuba City, CA — $106,510Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $108,160Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $108,430Napa, CA — $109,710Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $109,710Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $110,260Monroe, MI — $114,160San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $127,210Kennewick-Richland, WA — $129,110

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.

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Kennewick-Richland, WA$129,110$62.073002.3
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$127,210$61.161,3200.6
Monroe, MI$114,160$54.89802.0
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$110,260$53.011700.5
Napa, CA$109,710$52.75400.5
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$109,710$52.751900.9
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$108,430$52.133,5203.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$108,160$52.002,7100.9
Redding, CA$106,510$51.211301.8
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$106,510$51.213400.3
Yuba City, CA$106,510$51.21601.1
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$106,100$51.011,1400.7
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$105,810$50.872101.7
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$105,340$50.642,5200.4
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$105,230$50.591300.6
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$104,110$50.056700.4
Springfield, MA$103,930$49.971200.6
Modesto, CA$103,840$49.92400.2
Worcester, MA$103,730$49.872000.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$103,610$49.81900.9
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$102,980$49.512,4901.2
Stockton-Lodi, CA$102,850$49.451600.6
Salinas, CA$101,560$48.83900.5
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$100,360$48.252,2700.8
Eugene-Springfield, OR$98,050$47.14800.5
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$98,050$47.141,0400.9
Salem, OR$98,050$47.14800.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$97,860$47.051,3700.7
Colorado Springs, CO$97,460$46.861500.5
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$97,330$46.794000.6
Fresno, CA$97,040$46.663800.8
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$96,780$46.531501.6
Barnstable Town, MA$96,630$46.461001.0
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$96,100$46.201200.7
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$96,030$46.171400.8
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$95,780$46.051,2800.8
Vallejo, CA$95,750$46.031100.8
El Centro, CA$95,630$45.98400.6
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$95,200$45.777500.9
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$95,170$45.751,8400.6
Rochester, MN$94,580$45.47500.4
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$94,030$45.21400.5
Springfield, IL$93,590$45.002502.5
Bend, OR$93,560$44.98700.7
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$93,070$44.749600.7
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$92,350$44.403700.3
Columbus, GA-AL$92,170$44.31400.3
Jackson, MI$91,640$44.06601.0
Battle Creek, MI$91,560$44.02400.7
Chico, CA$91,210$43.85600.8
Anchorage, AK$90,960$43.735002.8
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$90,340$43.43600.3
Greeley, CO$89,840$43.19600.5
Tyler, TX$89,500$43.03400.3
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$89,220$42.89701.3
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$89,090$42.831601.3
Billings, MT$89,010$42.79500.6
Fairbanks-College, AK$88,640$42.621303.6
Killeen-Temple, TX$88,610$42.60500.3
Pittsfield, MA$88,510$42.56300.6
Dalton, GA$88,370$42.49400.6
El Paso, TX$87,930$42.28800.2
Santa Fe, NM$87,920$42.271302.2
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$87,820$42.221,1600.4
Bismarck, ND$87,350$42.001201.7
Bellingham, WA$87,270$41.961101.2
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$87,270$41.96600.3
College Station-Bryan, TX$87,220$41.93400.3
Cedar Rapids, IA$86,800$41.73500.4
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$86,700$41.68400.1
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$86,700$41.685003.8
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$86,700$41.681700.7
Las Cruces, NM$86,630$41.65400.5
Manchester-Nashua, NH$86,380$41.531100.6
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$86,200$41.44701.0
Ogden, UT$86,180$41.43900.3
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$85,510$41.113,3500.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$85,310$41.019900.2
Columbia, SC$85,300$41.011000.3
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$85,210$40.971,2700.3
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$85,180$40.955802.7
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$84,890$40.81700.3
Waco, TX$84,670$40.71Not publishedNot published
Warner Robins, GA$84,670$40.71500.7
Yuma, AZ$83,780$40.28400.6
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$83,720$40.251,0300.8
Corvallis, OR$83,210$40.01601.6
Decatur, AL$83,120$39.96400.6
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$82,900$39.85900.5
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$82,840$39.834301.3
Albuquerque, NM$82,760$39.794001.0
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$82,640$39.73300.8
Kingston, NY$82,610$39.72500.9
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$82,370$39.604100.7
Columbus, OH$82,350$39.598700.8
Mankato, MN$82,350$39.59400.7
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$82,220$39.532700.8
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$82,100$39.47400.3
Ann Arbor, MI$82,060$39.452501.2
Duluth, MN-WI$82,050$39.451401.1
Helena, MT$81,940$39.402104.8
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$81,600$39.231800.2
Lexington Park, MD$81,520$39.19300.5
Raleigh-Cary, NC$81,400$39.131,1201.5
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$81,350$39.111400.4
New Haven, CT$81,340$39.10700.2
Flagstaff, AZ$81,330$39.10500.7
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$81,220$39.052400.6
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$81,190$39.031000.2
Wichita, KS$81,180$39.03800.2
Medford, OR$81,070$38.98300.4
Toledo, OH$81,070$38.971900.6
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$80,900$38.89300.7
Logan, UT-ID$80,700$38.80400.6
Tulsa, OK$80,700$38.801500.3
Kansas City, MO-KS$80,690$38.795800.5
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$80,640$38.772200.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$80,600$38.751,4300.6
Midland, TX$80,450$38.68700.6
Visalia, CA$80,360$38.63500.3
Richmond, VA$80,350$38.637801.2
Bozeman, MT$80,260$38.59701.0
Urban Honolulu, HI$79,510$38.235701.3
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$79,480$38.216001.3
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$79,060$38.012800.5
Grand Junction, CO$79,040$38.00400.6
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$79,010$37.99700.2
Ithaca, NY$78,790$37.88501.1
Iowa City, IA$78,780$37.88700.8
Corpus Christi, TX$78,770$37.871100.6
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$78,690$37.83700.3
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$78,600$37.794200.6
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$78,320$37.651300.2
Utica-Rome, NY$78,170$37.58300.3
Huntsville, AL$78,110$37.551000.4
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$78,010$37.519504.0
Missoula, MT$77,940$37.47901.3
Charlottesville, VA$77,850$37.43600.6
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$77,800$37.405300.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$77,710$37.361,5000.5
Syracuse, NY$77,450$37.232800.9
Bay City, MI$77,440$37.23401.3
Oklahoma City, OK$77,400$37.212100.3
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$77,280$37.15401.0
Fargo, ND-MN$77,240$37.14400.3
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$77,130$37.086500.6
Salisbury, MD$77,000$37.02400.8
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$76,900$36.97900.7
Chattanooga, TN-GA$76,840$36.94900.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$76,700$36.872500.5
Yakima, WA$76,560$36.811301.3
Madison, WI$76,520$36.792300.6
York-Hanover, PA$76,500$36.78900.5
Binghamton, NY$76,460$36.76300.3
Longview, TX$76,460$36.76600.5
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$76,400$36.73400.1
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$76,400$36.73500.3
Tucson, AZ$76,330$36.702400.6
Reno, NV$76,320$36.691000.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$76,280$36.681700.2
Athens-Clarke County, GA$76,200$36.63400.4
Jacksonville, NC$75,890$36.48501.0
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$75,500$36.30400.2
Boise City, ID$75,440$36.273300.9
Cheyenne, WY$75,430$36.261603.3
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$75,430$36.263400.8
Knoxville, TN$75,420$36.262500.6
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$75,400$36.251000.3
Johnson City, TN$75,400$36.25500.6
Manhattan, KS$75,360$36.23400.8
Portland-South Portland, ME$75,340$36.221800.6
Roanoke, VA$75,330$36.221400.9
Rochester, NY$75,160$36.132500.5
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$74,990$36.05300.4
Harrisonburg, VA$74,450$35.79600.9
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$74,300$35.728600.5
Mobile, AL$74,260$35.70600.3
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$74,240$35.69500.3
Charleston, WV$74,090$35.62600.6
Casper, WY$74,060$35.60300.9
Lexington-Fayette, KY$73,980$35.57500.2
Traverse City, MI$73,500$35.34400.6
Asheville, NC$72,960$35.081901.0
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$72,730$34.977400.5
Akron, OH$72,530$34.873401.1
Birmingham, AL$72,510$34.861300.2
Lubbock, TX$72,400$34.81500.3
Idaho Falls, ID$72,360$34.79500.6
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$72,340$34.78700.5
Pocatello, ID$72,160$34.69300.9
Eau Claire, WI$71,760$34.50300.4
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$71,040$34.161000.1
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$70,820$34.05400.6
Lafayette, LA$70,070$33.69800.4
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$69,930$33.62400.3
Baton Rouge, LA$69,560$33.447901.9
Green Bay, WI$69,470$33.40800.5
Greensboro-High Point, NC$69,450$33.392000.5
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$68,920$33.141,0800.4
Montgomery, AL$68,850$33.102901.7
Jackson, TN$68,390$32.88600.7
Rapid City, SD$68,260$32.82500.7
Lake Charles, LA$67,920$32.66600.6
Monroe, LA$67,800$32.60500.5
Altoona, PA$67,410$32.41701.3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$67,380$32.393000.3
Canton-Massillon, OH$67,220$32.32300.2
Winston-Salem, NC$67,030$32.231700.6
Cleveland, OH$66,890$32.162500.2
Coeur d'Alene, ID$66,810$32.12500.7
Reading, PA$66,730$32.08500.3
Lancaster, PA$66,310$31.88800.3
Appleton, WI$66,300$31.87400.3
Omaha, NE-IA$65,790$31.631400.3
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$65,450$31.47500.5
Champaign-Urbana, IL$65,360$31.42900.9
Pittsburgh, PA$65,360$31.425400.5
Wilmington, NC$65,360$31.422601.4
Boulder, CO$65,260$31.387704.0
Bloomington, IN$65,180$31.34300.5
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$65,010$31.261000.3
Amarillo, TX$64,970$31.23300.2
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$64,840$31.176500.5
Evansville, IN$64,700$31.11600.4
Naples-Marco Island, FL$64,640$31.08700.4
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$64,600$31.06700.5
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$64,520$31.021000.2
Lincoln, NE$64,450$30.992901.6
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$63,750$30.652200.9
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$63,220$30.392000.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$62,680$30.148800.6
Fayetteville, NC$61,940$29.781000.8
Lewiston, ID-WA$61,880$29.75401.4
Topeka, KS$61,880$29.751501.3
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$61,690$29.66600.2
Fort Wayne, IN$61,090$29.37400.2
St. Louis, MO-IL$61,050$29.355000.4
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$60,850$29.262500.8
Jacksonville, FL$60,380$29.035500.7
Bangor, ME$60,110$28.90500.8
Jefferson City, MO$59,760$28.732803.5
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$59,560$28.64400.5
Dover, DE$59,370$28.541502.2
Punta Gorda, FL$59,100$28.42400.7
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$58,970$28.35Not publishedNot published
Springfield, MO$58,660$28.20800.4
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$58,570$28.16900.7
Flint, MI$58,350$28.05Not publishedNot published
Jackson, MS$57,990$27.881400.5
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$57,620$27.701400.6
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$57,010$27.411300.5
Gainesville, FL$55,910$26.881701.1
Port St. Lucie, FL$55,330$26.601300.8
Tallahassee, FL$53,910$25.926503.5
Hattiesburg, MS$52,690$25.33300.5
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$51,500$24.761801.0
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$51,290$24.66300.5
Erie, PA$50,810$24.43400.3
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$50,510$24.283600.5
Savannah, GANot publishedNot published800.4

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.