SOC 33-1091 · Protective Service Occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

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

U.S. median annual wage$55,940
U.S. median hourly wage$26.90
U.S. employment81,480

Nationally, first-line supervisors of security workers earned a median of $55,940 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 81,480 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”.

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers: pay and employment by state
State
District of Columbia$83,710$40.247101.0
Vermont$78,110$37.56600.2
Alaska$73,500$35.342600.8
New Hampshire$66,780$32.112500.4
Maryland$63,690$30.621,6400.6
Delaware$62,840$30.211800.4
Washington$62,510$30.051,8000.5
New Mexico$62,330$29.975800.7
New Jersey$61,590$29.612,2000.5
Indiana$61,520$29.581,6200.5
Oregon$60,940$29.309800.5
Virginia$60,790$29.232,1200.5
New York$59,890$28.797,0500.7
Arizona$59,650$28.681,5500.5
Illinois$59,540$28.632,3700.4
Hawaii$59,080$28.405900.9
Minnesota$58,540$28.141,2600.4
Missouri$58,200$27.981,0900.4
Kansas$57,960$27.874800.3
Massachusetts$57,890$27.831,8100.5
South Dakota$57,880$27.83800.2
North Dakota$57,720$27.751000.2
North Carolina$57,390$27.592,7300.6
Maine$57,200$27.501700.3
Utah$56,290$27.063800.2
Connecticut$55,990$26.927000.4
Wisconsin$55,270$26.578800.3
Colorado$54,680$26.291,5200.5
Michigan$54,500$26.201,9400.4
Arkansas$54,000$25.969700.7
California$53,960$25.9410,8500.6
Nevada$53,210$25.582,5401.6
Ohio$53,020$25.492,0300.4
Wyoming$51,740$24.88900.3
Oklahoma$51,400$24.711,4800.9
Rhode Island$51,090$24.562500.5
Tennessee$50,830$24.441,8500.6
Louisiana$50,580$24.328900.5
Kentucky$50,260$24.178100.4
Virgin Islands$49,710$23.90702.1
Georgia$49,400$23.752,5400.5
Idaho$49,300$23.702300.3
Pennsylvania$47,510$22.843,1600.5
Alabama$47,440$22.818500.4
Florida$47,140$22.676,5600.7
South Carolina$47,100$22.657700.3
Texas$46,740$22.476,4900.5
Iowa$46,560$22.393900.3
Montana$46,370$22.292100.4
West Virginia$45,850$22.043900.6
Nebraska$45,700$21.973700.4
Mississippi$43,410$20.876700.6
Guam$42,550$20.46901.3
Puerto Rico$22,640$10.891,0901.2

Pay by metro area

All 220 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$21,840$48,007$74,173$100,340Aguadilla, PR — $21,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,490Ponce, PR — $22,540Mayaguez, PR — $23,070Jonesboro, AR — $33,570Albany, GA — $35,190Laredo, TX — $36,000Charleston, WV — $37,350Waco, TX — $38,070Jackson, MS — $38,550McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $38,720Huntsville, AL — $42,460Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $42,650Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $42,810Columbia, SC — $43,140Longview, TX — $43,140Wheeling, WV-OH — $43,250Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $43,390Tallahassee, FL — $43,890Lincoln, NE — $44,060Jacksonville, FL — $44,140Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,210Lake Charles, LA — $44,370San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,540Appleton, WI — $44,570Greeley, CO — $44,690Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,910Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,030Gainesville, FL — $45,090Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $45,260North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,430Lubbock, TX — $45,480Colorado Springs, CO — $45,490Alexandria, LA — $45,520Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,520Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,590Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,660Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $45,700Omaha, NE-IA — $45,700Amarillo, TX — $45,830Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $45,860Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,950Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,000Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,030Flint, MI — $46,130Erie, PA — $46,160Montgomery, AL — $46,300San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,330Lafayette, LA — $46,350Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,490Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $46,850Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,870Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,910Pueblo, CO — $47,020Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,070Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,100South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,130Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $47,240Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,290Pittsburgh, PA — $47,340Birmingham, AL — $47,410Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,600Spartanburg, SC — $47,660Fort Smith, AR-OK — $47,710Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,720El Centro, CA — $47,870Duluth, MN-WI — $47,900Corpus Christi, TX — $47,920Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,010Toledo, OH — $48,080Canton-Massillon, OH — $48,100Modesto, CA — $48,170Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,490Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,590Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,650Bowling Green, KY — $48,690Knoxville, TN — $48,710Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $48,820Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,230Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,550Mobile, AL — $49,550Greensboro-High Point, NC — $49,710Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,730Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $49,890Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $49,900Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,930Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $50,060Dover, DE — $50,180Bangor, ME — $50,260Columbus, GA-AL — $50,630Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $50,740Winston-Salem, NC — $50,800Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,820Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $50,830Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,850Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,910Bloomington, IN — $50,980Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $51,270Akron, OH — $51,380Columbus, OH — $51,470Boise City, ID — $51,610Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $51,800New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $52,000Lawton, OK — $52,020Morgantown, WV — $52,120Santa Fe, NM — $52,860Lancaster, PA — $52,920Macon-Bibb County, GA — $53,130Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $53,160Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $53,560Reading, PA — $53,650Springfield, MO — $53,740Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $54,310Boulder, CO — $54,340Tulsa, OK — $54,480Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $54,670Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $54,800Urban Honolulu, HI — $54,920Ogden, UT — $54,990Gainesville, GA — $55,170Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $55,270Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $55,310Rockford, IL — $55,450Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $55,660Williamsport, PA — $55,850Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $55,950Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $55,960Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $55,980Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $56,200Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $56,380Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $56,570Savannah, GA — $56,570Wichita, KS — $56,720Monroe, LA — $56,730Cleveland, OH — $56,760Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,870Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $56,970York-Hanover, PA — $57,100Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $57,360Yuma, AZ — $57,440Kansas City, MO-KS — $57,800Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,830Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $57,890Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $57,890San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $57,910Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,100Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $58,150St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,330Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $58,490Battle Creek, MI — $58,750Topeka, KS — $58,930Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,990Naples-Marco Island, FL — $58,990Las Cruces, NM — $59,010Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $59,300Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,340Peoria, IL — $59,580Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $59,580Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,600Springfield, MA — $59,630Manchester-Nashua, NH — $59,680Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,700Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,880New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $59,890Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $59,990Killeen-Temple, TX — $60,110Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,200Oklahoma City, OK — $60,200Worcester, MA — $60,430San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,590Reno, NV — $60,610Madison, WI — $60,710Albuquerque, NM — $60,720Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,770Portland-South Portland, ME — $60,840Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $60,860Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,910Utica-Rome, NY — $61,450Tucson, AZ — $61,460Asheville, NC — $61,500Baton Rouge, LA — $61,530Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $61,560Flagstaff, AZ — $61,680Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,710Fresno, CA — $61,790Ann Arbor, MI — $61,910Richmond, VA — $62,510Roanoke, VA — $62,550Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,640Vallejo, CA — $63,190Florence, SC — $63,540Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $63,740Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,000Evansville, IN — $65,000Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $65,060Binghamton, NY — $65,140Rochester, NY — $66,140New Haven, CT — $66,540Fort Wayne, IN — $66,720Fayetteville, NC — $67,830Wilmington, NC — $68,940Salem, OR — $70,790Bellingham, WA — $70,940Syracuse, NY — $71,650Green Bay, WI — $72,300Lynchburg, VA — $73,230Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $73,490Anchorage, AK — $73,500Rochester, MN — $77,200Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $82,010Kennewick-Richland, WA — $82,880Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $85,540Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $89,610Chattanooga, TN-GA — $100,340

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.

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Chattanooga, TN-GA$100,340$48.241800.7
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$89,610$43.08400.4
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$85,540$41.13300.2
Kennewick-Richland, WA$82,880$39.84600.4
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$82,010$39.432300.8
Rochester, MN$77,200$37.12300.3
Anchorage, AK$73,500$35.341000.5
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$73,490$35.332,4000.8
Lynchburg, VA$73,230$35.21400.4
Green Bay, WI$72,300$34.76400.2
Syracuse, NY$71,650$34.451000.3
Bellingham, WA$70,940$34.10400.4
Salem, OR$70,790$34.03800.4
Wilmington, NC$68,940$33.15900.5
Fayetteville, NC$67,830$32.61700.5
Fort Wayne, IN$66,720$32.08900.4
New Haven, CT$66,540$31.99900.3
Rochester, NY$66,140$31.801700.3
Binghamton, NY$65,140$31.32300.3
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$65,060$31.288200.7
Evansville, IN$65,000$31.25500.4
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$64,000$30.771600.3
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$63,740$30.65600.9
Florence, SC$63,540$30.55400.4
Vallejo, CA$63,190$30.38500.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$62,640$30.121,2000.6
Roanoke, VA$62,550$30.07600.4
Richmond, VA$62,510$30.062400.4
Ann Arbor, MI$61,910$29.77300.1
Fresno, CA$61,790$29.711500.3
Raleigh-Cary, NC$61,710$29.674100.5
Flagstaff, AZ$61,680$29.65400.6
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$61,560$29.607700.6
Baton Rouge, LA$61,530$29.582000.5
Asheville, NC$61,500$29.57600.3
Tucson, AZ$61,460$29.551800.5
Utica-Rome, NY$61,450$29.54700.6
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$60,910$29.281900.4
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$60,860$29.26600.3
Portland-South Portland, ME$60,840$29.25600.2
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$60,770$29.229400.7
Albuquerque, NM$60,720$29.192800.7
Madison, WI$60,710$29.19800.2
Reno, NV$60,610$29.141700.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$60,590$29.131,3200.6
Worcester, MA$60,430$29.05900.3
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$60,200$28.941300.4
Oklahoma City, OK$60,200$28.944300.6
Killeen-Temple, TX$60,110$28.90300.2
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$59,990$28.843600.5
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$59,890$28.797,3100.8
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$59,880$28.791400.4
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$59,700$28.701,1500.5
Manchester-Nashua, NH$59,680$28.69900.5
Springfield, MA$59,630$28.67800.4
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$59,600$28.661300.4
Peoria, IL$59,580$28.64300.2
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$59,580$28.64300.2
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$59,340$28.531200.5
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$59,300$28.51500.5
Las Cruces, NM$59,010$28.37400.5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$58,990$28.362,1200.5
Naples-Marco Island, FL$58,990$28.361100.6
Topeka, KS$58,930$28.33500.4
Battle Creek, MI$58,750$28.25300.6
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$58,490$28.121100.5
St. Louis, MO-IL$58,330$28.056200.5
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$58,150$27.96400.4
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$58,100$27.939000.5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$57,910$27.845800.5
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$57,890$27.831,6000.6
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$57,890$27.831600.6
Eugene-Springfield, OR$57,830$27.80500.3
Kansas City, MO-KS$57,800$27.794200.4
Yuma, AZ$57,440$27.61300.4
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$57,360$27.58400.5
York-Hanover, PA$57,100$27.45600.3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$56,970$27.394800.4
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$56,870$27.341300.5
Cleveland, OH$56,760$27.294000.4
Monroe, LA$56,730$27.28500.5
Wichita, KS$56,720$27.271000.3
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$56,570$27.209400.5
Savannah, GA$56,570$27.20800.4
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$56,380$27.10300.2
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$56,200$27.029500.6
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$55,980$26.921600.4
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$55,960$26.90500.4
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$55,950$26.90400.2
Williamsport, PA$55,850$26.85300.6
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$55,660$26.76400.1
Rockford, IL$55,450$26.66400.3
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$55,310$26.59800.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$55,270$26.574300.5
Gainesville, GA$55,170$26.53400.4
Ogden, UT$54,990$26.44300.1
Urban Honolulu, HI$54,920$26.414501.0
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$54,800$26.34900.5
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$54,670$26.292800.3
Tulsa, OK$54,480$26.193700.8
Boulder, CO$54,340$26.13400.2
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$54,310$26.112701.6
Springfield, MO$53,740$25.84400.2
Reading, PA$53,650$25.79500.3
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$53,560$25.753000.4
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$53,160$25.562,2402.0
Macon-Bibb County, GA$53,130$25.54400.4
Lancaster, PA$52,920$25.44600.2
Santa Fe, NM$52,860$25.42400.6
Morgantown, WV$52,120$25.06300.5
Lawton, OK$52,020$25.01601.5
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$52,000$25.003400.8
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$51,800$24.90700.2
Boise City, ID$51,610$24.811300.3
Columbus, OH$51,470$24.745300.5
Akron, OH$51,380$24.701300.4
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$51,270$24.656200.6
Bloomington, IN$50,980$24.51400.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$50,910$24.483100.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$50,850$24.455500.4
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$50,830$24.445800.9
Stockton-Lodi, CA$50,820$24.431200.4
Winston-Salem, NC$50,800$24.421300.5
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$50,740$24.391200.4
Columbus, GA-AL$50,630$24.34600.6
Bangor, ME$50,260$24.17400.5
Dover, DE$50,180$24.13400.5
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$50,060$24.07900.4
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$49,930$24.001300.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$49,900$23.994,2400.7
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$49,890$23.99500.3
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,730$23.912100.4
Greensboro-High Point, NC$49,710$23.902800.8
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$49,550$23.821,2100.9
Mobile, AL$49,550$23.82600.3
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$49,230$23.671,7500.6
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$48,820$23.47600.3
Knoxville, TN$48,710$23.421900.5
Bowling Green, KY$48,690$23.41300.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$48,650$23.391,9600.7
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$48,590$23.361,0700.8
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$48,490$23.311,1300.7
Modesto, CA$48,170$23.16400.2
Canton-Massillon, OH$48,100$23.13500.3
Toledo, OH$48,080$23.121100.4
Coeur d'Alene, ID$48,010$23.08400.6
Corpus Christi, TX$47,920$23.04700.3
Duluth, MN-WI$47,900$23.03500.4
El Centro, CA$47,870$23.01500.7
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$47,720$22.942,9001.0
Fort Smith, AR-OK$47,710$22.94600.6
Spartanburg, SC$47,660$22.91400.2
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$47,600$22.887300.7
Birmingham, AL$47,410$22.792700.5
Pittsburgh, PA$47,340$22.766500.6
Youngstown-Warren, OH$47,290$22.74800.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$47,240$22.712300.4
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,130$22.66700.5
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$47,100$22.651800.4
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$47,070$22.631100.4
Pueblo, CO$47,020$22.60400.7
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$46,910$22.552,1600.5
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$46,870$22.53900.6
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$46,850$22.521701.1
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$46,490$22.351,7100.5
Lafayette, LA$46,350$22.29300.2
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,330$22.271,2300.8
Montgomery, AL$46,300$22.26900.5
Erie, PA$46,160$22.19600.5
Flint, MI$46,130$22.181601.2
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$46,030$22.13600.4
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$46,000$22.122900.8
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$45,950$22.097700.5
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$45,860$22.051200.8
Amarillo, TX$45,830$22.04500.4
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$45,700$21.971200.3
Omaha, NE-IA$45,700$21.972700.5
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$45,660$21.95400.3
Port St. Lucie, FL$45,590$21.92600.3
Alexandria, LA$45,520$21.88300.5
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$45,520$21.89500.3
Colorado Springs, CO$45,490$21.871800.6
Lubbock, TX$45,480$21.87700.4
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$45,430$21.841900.6
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$45,260$21.76400.3
Gainesville, FL$45,090$21.68500.3
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$45,030$21.65300.3
Lexington-Fayette, KY$44,910$21.591700.6
Greeley, CO$44,690$21.49600.5
Appleton, WI$44,570$21.43400.3
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$44,540$21.417100.6
Lake Charles, LA$44,370$21.33400.4
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$44,210$21.26700.4
Jacksonville, FL$44,140$21.225600.7
Lincoln, NE$44,060$21.18400.2
Tallahassee, FL$43,890$21.10600.3
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$43,390$20.86400.4
Wheeling, WV-OH$43,250$20.79300.6
Columbia, SC$43,140$20.742300.6
Longview, TX$43,140$20.74400.3
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$42,810$20.581800.8
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$42,650$20.51600.2
Huntsville, AL$42,460$20.411800.7
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$38,720$18.611700.6
Jackson, MS$38,550$18.531400.5
Waco, TX$38,070$18.30500.4
Charleston, WV$37,350$17.961401.3
Laredo, TX$36,000$17.31300.3
Albany, GA$35,190$16.92500.9
Jonesboro, AR$33,570$16.14601.1
Mayaguez, PR$23,070$11.09300.6
Ponce, PR$22,540$10.84300.5
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,490$10.819301.3
Aguadilla, PR$21,840$10.50400.9
Brownsville-Harlingen, TXNot publishedNot published700.5
El Paso, TXNot publishedNot published2500.7
Monroe, MINot publishedNot published300.8
Niles, MINot publishedNot published801.3
Salinas, CANot publishedNot published1200.7
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PANot publishedNot published1500.6

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.