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SOC 43-6012 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

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

U.S. median annual wage$55,570
U.S. median hourly wage$26.72
U.S. employment156,280

Nationally, legal secretaries and administrative assistants earned a median of $55,570 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 156,280 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”.

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: pay and employment by state
State
District of Columbia$99,280$47.731,9402.8
New York$72,230$34.739,8001.0
Connecticut$66,220$31.841,0900.6
Delaware$66,130$31.799802.0
Minnesota$63,180$30.382,4100.8
New Jersey$63,080$30.334,1601.0
Rhode Island$63,020$30.303900.8
California$62,860$30.2227,4701.5
Massachusetts$62,120$29.874,0201.1
Maryland$61,440$29.541,6700.6
Alaska$61,280$29.466602.0
Oregon$59,610$28.661,5900.8
Colorado$59,490$28.602,0300.7
Washington$58,360$28.063,9501.1
New Mexico$57,800$27.791,4001.6
Michigan$56,870$27.343,5800.8
Nevada$56,470$27.151,4300.9
Wisconsin$55,410$26.641,2100.4
Virginia$55,320$26.602,3800.6
Arizona$55,120$26.502,6000.8
North Dakota$53,540$25.743600.8
Utah$52,860$25.429400.5
South Carolina$52,840$25.412,2801.0
Illinois$52,790$25.388,0301.3
New Hampshire$51,830$24.923000.4
Pennsylvania$51,430$24.736,2301.0
Ohio$51,080$24.564,3600.8
Hawaii$49,460$23.786801.1
Vermont$49,090$23.60Not publishedNot published
Florida$48,510$23.3210,9201.1
Georgia$48,460$23.303,2600.7
Louisiana$48,050$23.102,4601.3
Maine$48,040$23.108601.3
South Dakota$47,790$22.985601.2
Indiana$47,740$22.952,6700.8
West Virginia$46,960$22.581,2001.7
Wyoming$46,960$22.582801.0
Iowa$46,590$22.401,1200.7
Guam$46,430$22.32500.7
Alabama$45,950$22.091,8400.9
Oklahoma$45,950$22.091,2900.8
Texas$45,940$22.0913,3801.0
Nebraska$45,800$22.021,3101.3
Tennessee$45,340$21.802,9800.9
Mississippi$45,140$21.708200.7
North Carolina$43,720$21.023,7800.8
Idaho$41,880$20.144200.5
Arkansas$41,410$19.916100.5
Kentucky$39,300$18.892,8101.4
Missouri$38,560$18.543,3101.1
Kansas$36,620$17.611,6001.1
Puerto Rico$31,000$14.912,5302.7
MontanaNot publishedNot published7301.4

Pay by metro area

All 308 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$21,840$43,650$65,460$87,270Arecibo, PR — $21,840Mayaguez, PR — $21,840Ponce, PR — $26,000Greenville, NC — $34,580Joplin, MO-KS — $35,130San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,560Jacksonville, NC — $36,030Elizabethtown, KY — $36,230Dothan, AL — $36,310Fayetteville, NC — $36,360St. Joseph, MO-KS — $36,500Bowling Green, KY — $36,860Owensboro, KY — $36,870Great Falls, MT — $37,040Monroe, LA — $37,280Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,380Columbia, MO — $37,420Alexandria, LA — $37,670Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,700Grand Island, NE — $37,700Burlington, NC — $37,800Springfield, MO — $37,900Columbus, GA-AL — $37,990Harrisonburg, VA — $38,120Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,150Eagle Pass, TX — $38,320Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $38,360Decatur, AL — $38,440Missoula, MT — $38,560Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,910Paducah, KY-IL — $38,910Cleveland, TN — $39,010Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $39,210Enid, OK — $39,330Manhattan, KS — $39,450Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $39,590Erie, PA — $39,840Auburn-Opelika, AL — $39,880Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,990Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $40,260Gainesville, GA — $40,410Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,260Lexington-Fayette, KY — $41,840Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $41,920Wichita Falls, TX — $41,990Idaho Falls, ID — $42,030Lynchburg, VA — $42,090Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $42,320Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $42,690Valdosta, GA — $42,840Tuscaloosa, AL — $42,880Corpus Christi, TX — $42,890Johnson City, TN — $43,390Boise City, ID — $43,470Winchester, VA-WV — $43,800Bloomington, IN — $44,090Asheville, NC — $44,130Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $44,150Evansville, IN — $44,180Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,360Albany, GA — $44,380Topeka, KS — $44,390Wichita, KS — $44,580Fort Wayne, IN — $44,730Laredo, TX — $44,740Lawrence, KS — $44,770Jefferson City, MO — $44,870San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $44,970Ocala, FL — $44,980Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $44,990McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $45,100Charlottesville, VA — $45,120Odessa, TX — $45,150Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,370Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,380Lake Charles, LA — $45,400Texarkana, TX-AR — $45,410Homosassa Springs, FL — $45,430Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,570Jackson, TN — $45,610Coeur d'Alene, ID — $45,730Saginaw, MI — $45,770Clarksville, TN-KY — $45,830Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $45,830Kokomo, IN — $45,860Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $45,870South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,870Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,890Mobile, AL — $45,910Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $45,920Roanoke, VA — $45,950Winston-Salem, NC — $45,960Florence, SC — $46,120Iowa City, IA — $46,140Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,150Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,190Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $46,240Lancaster, PA — $46,250San Angelo, TX — $46,260Terre Haute, IN — $46,330Springfield, MA — $46,350Abilene, TX — $46,370Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,400Lubbock, TX — $46,450Champaign-Urbana, IL — $46,460Hammond, LA — $46,480Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,510Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,510Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,540Utica-Rome, NY — $46,550Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $46,590Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,590Tyler, TX — $46,650Lebanon, PA — $46,710Ogden, UT — $46,720Rockford, IL — $46,730Niles, MI — $46,760Peoria, IL — $46,940Oklahoma City, OK — $46,990Lafayette, LA — $47,160Pittsburgh, PA — $47,180Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,230Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,300Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $47,310Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,340Tucson, AZ — $47,380Wheeling, WV-OH — $47,410Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,430Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $47,490Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,500Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,510Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $47,530Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,610Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $47,630Wausau, WI — $47,660Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,690Visalia, CA — $47,750Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,790Knoxville, TN — $47,860Longview, TX — $47,860Gainesville, FL — $47,920Waco, TX — $47,930El Paso, TX — $47,970Chambersburg, PA — $47,990Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,000Lincoln, NE — $48,140St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,200Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $48,240Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $48,240Rapid City, SD — $48,250Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $48,290Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,330Huntsville, AL — $48,340Bloomington, IL — $48,370Helena, MT — $48,460Tallahassee, FL — $48,490College Station-Bryan, TX — $48,510Bangor, ME — $48,670Birmingham, AL — $48,730Omaha, NE-IA — $48,760Killeen-Temple, TX — $48,790Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,900Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $48,900Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $48,910State College, PA — $48,930Montgomery, AL — $49,000Billings, MT — $49,020Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,070Akron, OH — $49,080Charleston, WV — $49,130Yakima, WA — $49,160Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,200Binghamton, NY — $49,280Springfield, IL — $49,290Farmington, NM — $49,340Jacksonville, FL — $49,350Traverse City, MI — $49,370Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,390Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $49,490Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,490Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $49,560Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,620Tulsa, OK — $49,660Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,750Green Bay, WI — $49,840Amarillo, TX — $49,850Greeley, CO — $49,920Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,920York-Hanover, PA — $50,010Redding, CA — $50,020Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $50,100Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $50,240Yuma, AZ — $50,240Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $50,260Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $50,290Glens Falls, NY — $50,340Appleton, WI — $50,490Salem, OR — $50,510Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $50,520Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $50,710Flint, MI — $50,850St. Cloud, MN — $50,970Baton Rouge, LA — $51,320Longview-Kelso, WA — $51,370Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,390Las Cruces, NM — $51,420Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,440Vineland, NJ — $51,450Colorado Springs, CO — $51,910Rochester, NY — $52,160Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $52,580Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $52,670Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $52,710Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $52,920Reading, PA — $52,930Medford, OR — $53,260Grand Forks, ND-MN — $53,880Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $54,100Bellingham, WA — $54,130Kennewick-Richland, WA — $54,190Jackson, MS — $54,240Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $54,740Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $54,900Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $54,970Boulder, CO — $55,590Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $55,750Syracuse, NY — $55,780Fresno, CA — $55,820Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $55,940Canton-Massillon, OH — $56,120Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $56,480Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $56,510Fargo, ND-MN — $56,590Dover, DE — $57,130Minot, ND — $57,250Spartanburg, SC — $57,580Portland-South Portland, ME — $57,620Toledo, OH — $58,060North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,290Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $58,490Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $58,500Columbia, SC — $58,520Madison, WI — $58,840Bismarck, ND — $58,870Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $58,990Napa, CA — $59,130Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $59,360Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,370Savannah, GA — $59,440Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $59,470Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,490Fairbanks-College, AK — $59,800Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $59,830San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $59,970Midland, TX — $60,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $60,100Stockton-Lodi, CA — $60,100Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,230Kingston, NY — $60,280Columbus, OH — $60,420Rochester, MN — $60,610Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,730Albuquerque, NM — $60,860New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $61,030Anchorage, AK — $61,280Richmond, VA — $61,600Ann Arbor, MI — $61,660Worcester, MA — $61,730San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $61,780Bend, OR — $61,820Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,880Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,000Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $62,330Duluth, MN-WI — $62,600Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $62,620Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,690Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $62,950Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $63,470Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $64,480Vallejo, CA — $64,850Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,790New Haven, CT — $67,290Santa Fe, NM — $67,600Carson City, NV — $67,670Manchester-Nashua, NH — $69,720Lexington Park, MD — $70,660Reno, NV — $71,130Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $71,670Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $74,360Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $74,790Salinas, CA — $75,150New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $75,920Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $75,950Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $77,220Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $77,780San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $79,410San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $87,270

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.

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$87,270$41.966600.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$79,410$38.182,7401.2
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$77,780$37.40500.5
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$77,220$37.132,9700.9
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$75,950$36.512600.6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$75,920$36.509,5801.0
Salinas, CA$75,150$36.13800.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$74,790$35.964700.8
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$74,360$35.751600.8
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$71,670$34.465901.8
Reno, NV$71,130$34.20700.3
Lexington Park, MD$70,660$33.97300.5
Manchester-Nashua, NH$69,720$33.521200.6
Carson City, NV$67,670$32.54401.2
Santa Fe, NM$67,600$32.501903.0
New Haven, CT$67,290$32.351600.6
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$65,790$31.632,0101.0
Vallejo, CA$64,850$31.18500.3
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$64,480$31.001,8601.0
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$63,470$30.511,1000.9
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$62,950$30.271001.1
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$62,690$30.143,3301.2
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$62,620$30.1114,9302.4
Duluth, MN-WI$62,600$30.10500.4
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$62,330$29.978500.6
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$62,000$29.812,5701.2
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$61,880$29.752201.1
Bend, OR$61,820$29.72300.3
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$61,780$29.703,4202.2
Worcester, MA$61,730$29.682600.7
Ann Arbor, MI$61,660$29.651300.6
Richmond, VA$61,600$29.625600.8
Anchorage, AK$61,280$29.464802.7
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$61,030$29.34Not publishedNot published
Albuquerque, NM$60,860$29.267801.9
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$60,730$29.201,1501.0
Rochester, MN$60,610$29.14300.3
Columbus, OH$60,420$29.056900.6
Kingston, NY$60,280$28.98Not publishedNot published
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$60,230$28.965100.7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$60,100$28.891,7600.6
Stockton-Lodi, CA$60,100$28.891400.5
Midland, TX$60,070$28.88500.4
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$59,970$28.83500.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$59,830$28.774900.6
Fairbanks-College, AK$59,800$28.75501.4
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$59,490$28.606,1201.4
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$59,470$28.591,6101.5
Savannah, GA$59,440$28.581800.9
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$59,370$28.543201.3
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$59,360$28.541400.8
Napa, CA$59,130$28.43300.4
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$58,990$28.361,9200.8
Bismarck, ND$58,870$28.30600.9
Madison, WI$58,840$28.292200.5
Columbia, SC$58,520$28.137301.9
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$58,500$28.121301.6
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$58,490$28.124000.9
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$58,290$28.032800.8
Toledo, OH$58,060$27.912600.9
Portland-South Portland, ME$57,620$27.704601.6
Spartanburg, SC$57,580$27.681100.7
Minot, ND$57,250$27.52401.1
Dover, DE$57,130$27.47500.8
Fargo, ND-MN$56,590$27.211100.7
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$56,510$27.173001.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$56,480$27.163,9301.4
Canton-Massillon, OH$56,120$26.98800.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$55,940$26.891,1900.9
Fresno, CA$55,820$26.844500.9
Syracuse, NY$55,780$26.822300.8
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$55,750$26.801600.7
Boulder, CO$55,590$26.72700.4
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$54,970$26.431,3700.9
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$54,900$26.40Not publishedNot published
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$54,740$26.326300.8
Jackson, MS$54,240$26.082701.0
Kennewick-Richland, WA$54,190$26.061000.8
Bellingham, WA$54,130$26.03500.5
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$54,100$26.011,1300.7
Grand Forks, ND-MN$53,880$25.90501.0
Medford, OR$53,260$25.60500.5
Reading, PA$52,930$25.45600.4
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$52,920$25.443101.2
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$52,710$25.341,2501.1
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$52,670$25.321401.1
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$52,580$25.282700.7
Rochester, NY$52,160$25.084100.8
Colorado Springs, CO$51,910$24.961500.5
Vineland, NJ$51,450$24.74400.7
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$51,440$24.73700.6
Las Cruces, NM$51,420$24.72801.0
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$51,390$24.71Not publishedNot published
Longview-Kelso, WA$51,370$24.70501.2
Baton Rouge, LA$51,320$24.67Not publishedNot published
St. Cloud, MN$50,970$24.50700.6
Flint, MI$50,850$24.45600.4
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$50,710$24.384301.3
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$50,520$24.294001.0
Salem, OR$50,510$24.282601.4
Appleton, WI$50,490$24.28400.3
Glens Falls, NY$50,340$24.20300.6
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$50,290$24.185401.0
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$50,260$24.16901.0
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$50,240$24.16601.1
Yuma, AZ$50,240$24.16600.9
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$50,100$24.092700.7
Redding, CA$50,020$24.05600.8
York-Hanover, PA$50,010$24.041200.7
Greeley, CO$49,920$24.00300.3
Naples-Marco Island, FL$49,920$24.003702.1
Amarillo, TX$49,850$23.961100.9
Green Bay, WI$49,840$23.96400.3
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$49,750$23.921500.4
Tulsa, OK$49,660$23.873000.7
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$49,620$23.864,2101.5
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$49,560$23.834700.6
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$49,490$23.791000.8
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$49,490$23.791,2101.1
Urban Honolulu, HI$49,390$23.746001.3
Traverse City, MI$49,370$23.74Not publishedNot published
Jacksonville, FL$49,350$23.736000.8
Farmington, NM$49,340$23.72501.0
Springfield, IL$49,290$23.701001.0
Binghamton, NY$49,280$23.69700.7
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$49,200$23.65800.7
Yakima, WA$49,160$23.64800.8
Charleston, WV$49,130$23.622602.5
Akron, OH$49,080$23.602100.7
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,070$23.592800.5
Billings, MT$49,020$23.571401.5
Montgomery, AL$49,000$23.561801.1
State College, PA$48,930$23.52400.6
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$48,910$23.512601.0
Eugene-Springfield, OR$48,900$23.511701.0
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$48,900$23.51401.1
Killeen-Temple, TX$48,790$23.461000.7
Omaha, NE-IA$48,760$23.445201.1
Birmingham, AL$48,730$23.435101.0
Bangor, ME$48,670$23.40901.3
College Station-Bryan, TX$48,510$23.32700.6
Tallahassee, FL$48,490$23.312601.4
Helena, MT$48,460$23.301002.2
Bloomington, IL$48,370$23.26600.7
Huntsville, AL$48,340$23.241300.5
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$48,330$23.241000.4
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$48,290$23.221200.7
Rapid City, SD$48,250$23.201101.5
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$48,240$23.192400.6
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$48,240$23.19400.6
St. Louis, MO-IL$48,200$23.171,3801.0
Lincoln, NE$48,140$23.142701.5
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,000$23.08Not publishedNot published
Chambersburg, PA$47,990$23.07400.7
El Paso, TX$47,970$23.062300.7
Waco, TX$47,930$23.04800.6
Gainesville, FL$47,920$23.04600.4
Knoxville, TN$47,860$23.013300.8
Longview, TX$47,860$23.01700.6
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,790$22.981200.5
Visalia, CA$47,750$22.961100.6
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$47,690$22.93300.4
Wausau, WI$47,660$22.91400.6
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$47,630$22.90500.3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$47,610$22.898600.8
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$47,530$22.85400.7
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$47,510$22.842,4301.7
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$47,500$22.843000.8
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$47,490$22.832300.7
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$47,430$22.814001.0
Wheeling, WV-OH$47,410$22.79601.1
Tucson, AZ$47,380$22.783600.9
Raleigh-Cary, NC$47,340$22.767801.1
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$47,310$22.74701.0
Port St. Lucie, FL$47,300$22.74900.5
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$47,230$22.711200.4
Pittsburgh, PA$47,180$22.691,4501.3
Lafayette, LA$47,160$22.67Not publishedNot published
Oklahoma City, OK$46,990$22.595300.8
Peoria, IL$46,940$22.571500.9
Niles, MI$46,760$22.48300.5
Rockford, IL$46,730$22.471501.1
Ogden, UT$46,720$22.461100.4
Lebanon, PA$46,710$22.46400.8
Tyler, TX$46,650$22.431100.9
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$46,590$22.401,2100.9
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$46,590$22.401200.4
Utica-Rome, NY$46,550$22.38700.6
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$46,540$22.38401.1
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$46,510$22.361500.9
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$46,510$22.361801.0
Hammond, LA$46,480$22.35400.9
Champaign-Urbana, IL$46,460$22.34800.8
Lubbock, TX$46,450$22.331100.7
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$46,400$22.311501.1
Abilene, TX$46,370$22.29400.5
Springfield, MA$46,350$22.282201.1
Terre Haute, IN$46,330$22.28901.4
San Angelo, TX$46,260$22.24500.9
Lancaster, PA$46,250$22.24800.3
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$46,240$22.23801.1
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$46,190$22.211000.5
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$46,150$22.194,2101.3
Iowa City, IA$46,140$22.18400.4
Florence, SC$46,120$22.17600.7
Winston-Salem, NC$45,960$22.101600.6
Roanoke, VA$45,950$22.091000.7
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$45,920$22.08501.4
Mobile, AL$45,910$22.071600.9
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$45,890$22.061701.7
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$45,870$22.051200.8
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$45,870$22.05700.5
Kokomo, IN$45,860$22.05401.0
Clarksville, TN-KY$45,830$22.04700.7
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$45,830$22.04501.1
Saginaw, MI$45,770$22.011301.6
Coeur d'Alene, ID$45,730$21.98Not publishedNot published
Jackson, TN$45,610$21.93600.7
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$45,570$21.911,0200.8
Homosassa Springs, FL$45,430$21.84300.9
Texarkana, TX-AR$45,410$21.83300.5
Lake Charles, LA$45,400$21.831601.6
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$45,380$21.824500.7
Cedar Rapids, IA$45,370$21.81700.5
Odessa, TX$45,150$21.71400.5
Charlottesville, VA$45,120$21.69Not publishedNot published
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$45,100$21.682100.7
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$44,990$21.63500.5
Ocala, FL$44,980$21.62900.7
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$44,970$21.626900.6
Jefferson City, MO$44,870$21.57500.7
Lawrence, KS$44,770$21.52400.7
Laredo, TX$44,740$21.51500.5
Fort Wayne, IN$44,730$21.511600.7
Wichita, KS$44,580$21.434601.5
Topeka, KS$44,390$21.341801.6
Albany, GA$44,380$21.34500.9
Macon-Bibb County, GA$44,360$21.331301.3
Evansville, IN$44,180$21.241301.0
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$44,150$21.23500.5
Asheville, NC$44,130$21.22Not publishedNot published
Bloomington, IN$44,090$21.20901.2
Winchester, VA-WV$43,800$21.06300.5
Boise City, ID$43,470$20.902000.5
Johnson City, TN$43,390$20.86400.4
Corpus Christi, TX$42,890$20.621300.7
Tuscaloosa, AL$42,880$20.61600.6
Valdosta, GA$42,840$20.60701.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$42,690$20.524,9201.2
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$42,320$20.351300.8
Lynchburg, VA$42,090$20.24500.5
Idaho Falls, ID$42,030$20.21400.5
Wichita Falls, TX$41,990$20.19400.7
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$41,920$20.168901.3
Lexington-Fayette, KY$41,840$20.114601.6
Youngstown-Warren, OH$41,260$19.841601.0
Gainesville, GA$40,410$19.43600.6
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$40,260$19.351400.8
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$39,990$19.23400.2
Auburn-Opelika, AL$39,880$19.17400.6
Erie, PA$39,840$19.161000.8
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$39,590$19.03601.2
Manhattan, KS$39,450$18.96701.3
Enid, OK$39,330$18.91401.7
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$39,210$18.85400.9
Cleveland, TN$39,010$18.76300.8
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$38,910$18.71801.0
Paducah, KY-IL$38,910$18.71501.1
Missoula, MT$38,560$18.541101.7
Decatur, AL$38,440$18.48500.8
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$38,360$18.44900.7
Eagle Pass, TX$38,320$18.43401.9
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$38,150$18.341600.6
Harrisonburg, VA$38,120$18.33400.6
Columbus, GA-AL$37,990$18.26900.8
Springfield, MO$37,900$18.221600.7
Burlington, NC$37,800$18.18300.5
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$37,700$18.13300.4
Grand Island, NE$37,700$18.13601.5
Alexandria, LA$37,670$18.111001.7
Columbia, MO$37,420$17.991000.9
Greensboro-High Point, NC$37,380$17.97Not publishedNot published
Monroe, LA$37,280$17.92Not publishedNot published
Great Falls, MT$37,040$17.81601.6
Owensboro, KY$36,870$17.73701.5
Bowling Green, KY$36,860$17.721101.3
St. Joseph, MO-KS$36,500$17.55400.7
Fayetteville, NC$36,360$17.48400.3
Dothan, AL$36,310$17.46901.5
Elizabethtown, KY$36,230$17.42701.3
Jacksonville, NC$36,030$17.32601.1
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$35,560$17.092,2303.2
Joplin, MO-KS$35,130$16.89700.8
Greenville, NC$34,580$16.63700.9
Ponce, PR$26,000$12.50300.5
Arecibo, PR$21,840$10.50601.6
Mayaguez, PR$21,840$10.501001.9
Altoona, PANot publishedNot published500.8
Athens-Clarke County, GANot publishedNot published700.8
Beckley, WVNot publishedNot published701.7
Chattanooga, TN-GANot publishedNot published2400.9
Cleveland, OHNot publishedNot published1,2601.2
Dalton, GANot publishedNot published300.5
Florence-Muscle Shoals, ALNot publishedNot published601.1
Kansas City, MO-KSNot publishedNot published1,5101.4
Morgantown, WVNot publishedNot published1101.7
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FLNot publishedNot published400.5
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PANot publishedNot published2501.0

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.