SOC 25-4022 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

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

U.S. median annual wage$68,270
U.S. median hourly wage$32.82
U.S. employment133,790

Nationally, librarians and media collections specialists earned a median of $68,270 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 133,790 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”.

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists: pay and employment by state
State
Washington$100,030$48.092,7500.8
District of Columbia$96,550$46.429601.4
California$89,790$43.1710,1800.6
Maryland$88,570$42.583,2201.2
Nevada$84,540$40.646100.4
Connecticut$79,210$38.082,5501.5
Alaska$78,810$37.893501.1
New York$78,590$37.7911,8701.2
Massachusetts$78,540$37.764,9801.4
New Jersey$78,380$37.694,1001.0
Oregon$78,070$37.531,6900.9
Delaware$77,700$37.353700.8
Minnesota$77,650$37.332,2200.8
Virginia$77,430$37.234,5901.1
Georgia$76,750$36.903,3300.7
Colorado$76,480$36.771,9900.7
Rhode Island$75,860$36.477801.6
Texas$71,860$34.559,1500.7
Hawaii$68,270$32.823000.5
Florida$67,060$32.246,6700.7
Wisconsin$66,870$32.152,4500.8
Kentucky$65,200$31.351,9801.0
Alabama$64,650$31.082,7501.3
Nebraska$64,060$30.801,2001.2
Montana$63,870$30.716401.2
New Hampshire$63,580$30.571,1501.7
Pennsylvania$62,880$30.235,0500.8
North Dakota$62,830$30.215701.3
Illinois$62,700$30.145,3900.9
South Carolina$62,640$30.122,1300.9
New Mexico$62,530$30.065800.7
Vermont$62,360$29.986002.0
Tennessee$62,090$29.852,5400.8
Kansas$61,900$29.761,6201.1
North Carolina$61,420$29.534,0100.8
Louisiana$60,650$29.162,1301.1
Ohio$60,630$29.154,8200.9
Arizona$60,500$29.091,9900.6
Michigan$60,010$28.853,9400.9
Maine$59,540$28.627801.2
Missouri$58,700$28.222,9701.0
Iowa$58,440$28.091,7701.1
Oklahoma$58,180$27.971,8201.1
Mississippi$56,970$27.391,0600.9
Arkansas$56,800$27.311,4901.1
Idaho$54,130$26.036500.8
Utah$53,730$25.831,6300.9
Indiana$53,500$25.721,9200.6
Puerto Rico$51,610$24.811,3101.4
South Dakota$51,210$24.624901.1
Wyoming$46,530$22.374401.6
West Virginia$42,980$20.666100.9

Pay by metro area

All 359 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$39,720$61,997$84,273$106,550Hattiesburg, MS — $39,720Johnstown, PA — $42,400Chambersburg, PA — $42,800Wheeling, WV-OH — $43,560Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $45,130Lima, OH — $46,180Ogden, UT — $46,380Rocky Mount, NC — $46,550Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,550Lebanon, PA — $47,450St. Joseph, MO-KS — $47,670St. George, UT — $47,800York-Hanover, PA — $47,840Wichita Falls, TX — $48,230Homosassa Springs, FL — $48,360Fort Wayne, IN — $48,690Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $49,400Peoria, IL — $49,580Traverse City, MI — $49,680Goldsboro, NC — $49,780Alexandria, LA — $49,860Niles, MI — $50,120Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $50,150Canton-Massillon, OH — $50,220Ponce, PR — $50,260Muncie, IN — $50,280Arecibo, PR — $50,300Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $50,700Charleston, WV — $50,740Mayaguez, PR — $50,770Idaho Falls, ID — $50,810Terre Haute, IN — $50,840Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,870Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,210Akron, OH — $51,260Erie, PA — $51,300San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $51,400Jacksonville, NC — $51,460Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $52,850Jefferson City, MO — $53,370Lake Charles, LA — $53,940Abilene, TX — $54,110Morristown, TN — $55,160Youngstown-Warren, OH — $55,430Joplin, MO-KS — $55,700Saginaw, MI — $56,050Sandusky, OH — $56,070Kankakee, IL — $56,090Jackson, MS — $56,540Texarkana, TX-AR — $56,650Springfield, OH — $56,720Springfield, MO — $56,840Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $56,850Macon-Bibb County, GA — $56,850Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $57,020Greenville, NC — $57,050Flagstaff, AZ — $57,220Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $57,220Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $57,410Jackson, TN — $57,560Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $57,630Yuma, AZ — $57,650South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $57,780Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $57,900Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $57,920Evansville, IN — $57,930Tulsa, OK — $58,040Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $58,210Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $58,310Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,370Lynchburg, VA — $58,390Glens Falls, NY — $58,430Decatur, IL — $58,550Missoula, MT — $58,570Battle Creek, MI — $58,610Pittsfield, MA — $58,710Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $58,730Jackson, MI — $58,780Mansfield, OH — $58,860Asheville, NC — $58,870Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $58,890Lafayette, LA — $58,920Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $59,070Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $59,180Jonesboro, AR — $59,260Fayetteville, NC — $59,440Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,500Sumter, SC — $59,520Flint, MI — $59,640Great Falls, MT — $59,800Rapid City, SD — $59,990Boise City, ID — $60,030Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $60,060Aguadilla, PR — $60,070Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,090Ocala, FL — $60,210Lancaster, PA — $60,240St. Cloud, MN — $60,330Manhattan, KS — $60,370Kokomo, IN — $60,400Baton Rouge, LA — $60,420San Angelo, TX — $60,430Gettysburg, PA — $60,440Winston-Salem, NC — $60,440Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $60,460Longview, TX — $60,480Tucson, AZ — $60,500Midland, MI — $60,530Columbia, MO — $60,570Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $60,570Ames, IA — $60,610Rockford, IL — $60,630Johnson City, TN — $60,650Pittsburgh, PA — $60,760Medford, OR — $60,770Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,800Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,890Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,980Topeka, KS — $60,980Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $61,000Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,070Monroe, LA — $61,090Morgantown, WV — $61,110Burlington, NC — $61,210Columbia, SC — $61,290Oklahoma City, OK — $61,290Gadsden, AL — $61,330Colorado Springs, CO — $61,370Port St. Lucie, FL — $61,460Janesville-Beloit, WI — $61,520Rome, GA — $61,560Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,720Springfield, IL — $61,790Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,900Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,920Toledo, OH — $61,950Cleveland, OH — $61,970Florence, SC — $61,970Hot Springs, AR — $62,060Bangor, ME — $62,090Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,150Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $62,150Bay City, MI — $62,190Lawton, OK — $62,320Cleveland, TN — $62,390Greeley, CO — $62,400Albuquerque, NM — $62,530Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $62,570Cheyenne, WY — $62,570Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,630Appleton, WI — $62,670Montgomery, AL — $62,730Fort Smith, AR-OK — $62,770Fargo, ND-MN — $62,830Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,860Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $62,900Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,900Paducah, KY-IL — $62,900Spartanburg, SC — $62,940Wilmington, NC — $63,030Dothan, AL — $63,040Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,100Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $63,170Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,180Pueblo, CO — $63,240Waco, TX — $63,290Rochester, NY — $63,490Knoxville, TN — $63,500Cedar Rapids, IA — $63,550Tallahassee, FL — $63,620Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $63,750Tuscaloosa, AL — $63,800Utica-Rome, NY — $63,890Eau Claire, WI — $63,920Corpus Christi, TX — $63,940Williamsport, PA — $63,960Grand Junction, CO — $63,980La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,050Monroe, MI — $64,060Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,070Kansas City, MO-KS — $64,180Auburn-Opelika, AL — $64,240Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $64,240New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $64,240St. Louis, MO-IL — $64,350Santa Fe, NM — $64,500Athens-Clarke County, GA — $64,550Portland-South Portland, ME — $64,550Logan, UT-ID — $64,560Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $64,710Lubbock, TX — $64,820Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $64,830Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $64,970Lawrence, KS — $64,990Wichita, KS — $64,990Minot, ND — $65,090Columbus, OH — $65,120Fond du Lac, WI — $65,120Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $65,180Sheboygan, WI — $65,250Bowling Green, KY — $65,280Reading, PA — $65,290Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $65,300Duluth, MN-WI — $65,340Birmingham, AL — $65,450Anniston-Oxford, AL — $65,540Raleigh-Cary, NC — $65,550Amarillo, TX — $65,620Bloomington, IN — $65,720Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $65,820Helena, MT — $65,870Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $66,020Las Cruces, NM — $66,170Bloomington, IL — $66,180Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $66,190Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $66,250Killeen-Temple, TX — $66,400Midland, TX — $66,720Huntsville, AL — $66,750San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $66,870Barnstable Town, MA — $66,940Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $67,040Gainesville, FL — $67,060Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $67,090Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $67,250Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $67,550Billings, MT — $67,760Jacksonville, FL — $67,840Visalia, CA — $67,970Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $68,100Mobile, AL — $68,200Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $68,210Decatur, AL — $68,220Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $68,430Albany, GA — $68,660Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $68,800Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $68,800Champaign-Urbana, IL — $68,910North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $68,980Roanoke, VA — $69,210Kenosha, WI — $69,640Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $69,850Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $69,870Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $70,090Valdosta, GA — $70,840Urban Honolulu, HI — $71,000Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $71,030Omaha, NE-IA — $71,050Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $71,260Springfield, MA — $71,430Columbus, GA-AL — $71,690College Station-Bryan, TX — $71,780Syracuse, NY — $71,850Green Bay, WI — $72,020Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $72,270Owensboro, KY — $72,490Grand Forks, ND-MN — $72,990Bismarck, ND — $73,120El Paso, TX — $73,160Vineland, NJ — $73,540Elmira, NY — $73,850Lexington Park, MD — $74,010Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $74,240Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $74,340Binghamton, NY — $74,720Stockton-Lodi, CA — $74,760Wausau, WI — $74,780Kingston, NY — $74,890Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $74,930Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $74,980Worcester, MA — $75,160Winchester, VA-WV — $75,250Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $75,280Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $75,730Dover, DE — $75,880Warner Robins, GA — $75,910Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $75,960Dalton, GA — $76,000Corvallis, OR — $76,030Salinas, CA — $76,080Clarksville, TN-KY — $76,110Harrisonburg, VA — $76,240Savannah, GA — $76,660Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $76,680Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $76,720Reno, NV — $76,840Elizabethtown, KY — $76,920Redding, CA — $76,970Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $77,030Salem, OR — $77,320Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $77,330Richmond, VA — $77,430Gainesville, GA — $77,460Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $77,520State College, PA — $77,560Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $77,640Iowa City, IA — $77,680Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $77,760Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $77,800Vallejo, CA — $77,860Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $77,930Eugene-Springfield, OR — $77,950Madison, WI — $78,050El Centro, CA — $78,110Bozeman, MT — $78,160Albany, OR — $78,330Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,460Ithaca, NY — $78,460Napa, CA — $78,490Tyler, TX — $78,500Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $78,780Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,290Mankato, MN — $79,420Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $79,450Salisbury, MD — $79,520Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,620Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $79,660Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $79,880Rochester, MN — $80,250Fresno, CA — $80,450Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $80,800Chico, CA — $80,840Modesto, CA — $80,860McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $81,470Boulder, CO — $81,550Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $81,610New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $81,670Lincoln, NE — $81,810Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $81,890Anchorage, AK — $82,110Laredo, TX — $82,130Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $82,130Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $82,280New Haven, CT — $82,420Bend, OR — $82,430Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,090Ann Arbor, MI — $83,200Bellingham, WA — $83,810Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $83,890Odessa, TX — $84,260Charlottesville, VA — $84,430Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $84,540San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $84,810Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $85,730Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $87,490Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $91,090San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $92,140Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $92,610Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $94,380Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $95,480Yakima, WA — $96,250Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $97,510Merced, CA — $98,630Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $100,240San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $101,490Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $101,780San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $103,240Kennewick-Richland, WA — $105,240Naples-Marco Island, FL — $106,550

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.

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Naples-Marco Island, FL$106,550$51.23900.5
Kennewick-Richland, WA$105,240$50.59900.7
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$103,240$49.647000.6
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$101,780$48.931,5900.8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$101,490$48.791,9400.8
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$100,240$48.191101.2
Merced, CA$98,630$47.42500.7
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$97,510$46.883,2700.5
Yakima, WA$96,250$46.27800.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$95,480$45.903,6301.2
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$94,380$45.371300.6
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$92,610$44.531301.0
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$92,140$44.301100.9
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$91,090$43.80400.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$87,490$42.061000.3
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$85,730$41.22400.7
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$84,810$40.788200.5
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$84,540$40.644200.4
Charlottesville, VA$84,430$40.592502.2
Odessa, TX$84,260$40.51300.4
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$83,890$40.335400.5
Bellingham, WA$83,810$40.291001.0
Ann Arbor, MI$83,200$40.003301.5
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$83,090$39.951,5401.1
Bend, OR$82,430$39.63900.8
New Haven, CT$82,420$39.635702.0
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$82,280$39.563901.6
Laredo, TX$82,130$39.491000.9
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$82,130$39.491,0700.9
Anchorage, AK$82,110$39.481700.9
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$81,890$39.371500.7
Lincoln, NE$81,810$39.331600.9
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$81,670$39.2610,6901.1
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$81,610$39.245401.3
Boulder, CO$81,550$39.211700.9
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$81,470$39.173101.0
Modesto, CA$80,860$38.88800.4
Chico, CA$80,840$38.86700.9
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$80,800$38.851,3900.7
Fresno, CA$80,450$38.682200.5
Rochester, MN$80,250$38.581301.0
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$79,880$38.401400.6
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$79,660$38.30400.9
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$79,620$38.281,0000.6
Salisbury, MD$79,520$38.23801.5
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$79,450$38.203,6601.4
Mankato, MN$79,420$38.18400.7
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$79,290$38.121600.5
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$78,780$37.872503.8
Tyler, TX$78,500$37.74600.5
Napa, CA$78,490$37.74400.5
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$78,460$37.721,8100.6
Ithaca, NY$78,460$37.721102.2
Albany, OR$78,330$37.66300.7
Bozeman, MT$78,160$37.58801.1
El Centro, CA$78,110$37.55300.5
Madison, WI$78,050$37.534401.1
Eugene-Springfield, OR$77,950$37.481400.9
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$77,930$37.471400.9
Vallejo, CA$77,860$37.43700.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$77,800$37.419001.5
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$77,760$37.39700.8
Iowa City, IA$77,680$37.351701.8
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$77,640$37.33500.4
State College, PA$77,560$37.291802.6
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$77,520$37.278801.2
Gainesville, GA$77,460$37.24700.6
Richmond, VA$77,430$37.237201.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$77,330$37.182,4300.8
Salem, OR$77,320$37.171400.8
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$77,030$37.03600.8
Redding, CA$76,970$37.00400.5
Elizabethtown, KY$76,920$36.98400.7
Reno, NV$76,840$36.941100.4
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$76,720$36.881300.8
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$76,680$36.873701.4
Savannah, GA$76,660$36.861400.7
Harrisonburg, VA$76,240$36.651101.7
Clarksville, TN-KY$76,110$36.59800.8
Salinas, CA$76,080$36.581500.8
Corvallis, OR$76,030$36.56501.2
Dalton, GA$76,000$36.54300.5
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$75,960$36.522800.7
Warner Robins, GA$75,910$36.49600.8
Dover, DE$75,880$36.48701.0
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$75,730$36.419701.4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$75,280$36.191,8800.6
Winchester, VA-WV$75,250$36.18601.0
Worcester, MA$75,160$36.134901.4
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$74,980$36.054701.4
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$74,930$36.032800.7
Kingston, NY$74,890$36.011001.6
Wausau, WI$74,780$35.95300.5
Stockton-Lodi, CA$74,760$35.941200.4
Binghamton, NY$74,720$35.931101.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$74,340$35.742,5500.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$74,240$35.696100.7
Lexington Park, MD$74,010$35.581902.7
Elmira, NY$73,850$35.51301.0
Vineland, NJ$73,540$35.36400.7
El Paso, TX$73,160$35.173601.1
Bismarck, ND$73,120$35.15701.0
Grand Forks, ND-MN$72,990$35.09701.3
Owensboro, KY$72,490$34.85501.0
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$72,270$34.753100.7
Green Bay, WI$72,020$34.621200.7
Syracuse, NY$71,850$34.554701.6
College Station-Bryan, TX$71,780$34.511401.1
Columbus, GA-AL$71,690$34.471100.9
Springfield, MA$71,430$34.342701.4
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$71,260$34.264400.6
Omaha, NE-IA$71,050$34.164100.8
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$71,030$34.152501.2
Urban Honolulu, HI$71,000$34.142300.5
Valdosta, GA$70,840$34.06400.7
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$70,090$33.701,6600.6
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$69,870$33.596501.4
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$69,850$33.581200.7
Kenosha, WI$69,640$33.48400.6
Roanoke, VA$69,210$33.281701.1
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$68,980$33.161900.6
Champaign-Urbana, IL$68,910$33.131601.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$68,800$33.089100.7
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$68,800$33.081,0200.7
Albany, GA$68,660$33.01500.8
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$68,430$32.902301.0
Decatur, AL$68,220$32.80500.8
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$68,210$32.791400.5
Mobile, AL$68,200$32.791901.1
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$68,100$32.74400.6
Visalia, CA$67,970$32.68700.4
Jacksonville, FL$67,840$32.615300.7
Billings, MT$67,760$32.581001.1
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$67,550$32.471001.2
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$67,250$32.331901.2
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$67,090$32.265000.9
Gainesville, FL$67,060$32.244603.0
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$67,040$32.238000.6
Barnstable Town, MA$66,940$32.191801.9
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$66,870$32.158100.7
Huntsville, AL$66,750$32.094301.6
Midland, TX$66,720$32.08500.4
Killeen-Temple, TX$66,400$31.921300.9
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$66,250$31.853,7400.8
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$66,190$31.821501.3
Bloomington, IL$66,180$31.821301.5
Las Cruces, NM$66,170$31.81600.8
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$66,020$31.74700.7
Helena, MT$65,870$31.67501.1
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$65,820$31.654200.7
Bloomington, IN$65,720$31.601602.2
Amarillo, TX$65,620$31.55900.8
Raleigh-Cary, NC$65,550$31.516600.9
Anniston-Oxford, AL$65,540$31.51501.2
Birmingham, AL$65,450$31.466501.2
Duluth, MN-WI$65,340$31.421200.9
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$65,300$31.391801.4
Reading, PA$65,290$31.391400.8
Bowling Green, KY$65,280$31.381101.3
Sheboygan, WI$65,250$31.37500.9
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$65,180$31.341300.7
Columbus, OH$65,120$31.318500.8
Fond du Lac, WI$65,120$31.31400.9
Minot, ND$65,090$31.29301.0
Lawrence, KS$64,990$31.241102.2
Wichita, KS$64,990$31.252901.0
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$64,970$31.246100.7
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$64,830$31.178300.8
Lubbock, TX$64,820$31.161400.8
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$64,710$31.11800.6
Logan, UT-ID$64,560$31.041101.6
Athens-Clarke County, GA$64,550$31.031201.3
Portland-South Portland, ME$64,550$31.042901.0
Santa Fe, NM$64,500$31.01701.2
St. Louis, MO-IL$64,350$30.941,2200.9
Auburn-Opelika, AL$64,240$30.891101.5
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$64,240$30.899600.7
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$64,240$30.894801.1
Kansas City, MO-KS$64,180$30.861,0400.9
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$64,070$30.808700.8
Monroe, MI$64,060$30.80401.1
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$64,050$30.801001.2
Grand Junction, CO$63,980$30.76600.9
Williamsport, PA$63,960$30.75501.1
Corpus Christi, TX$63,940$30.741400.7
Eau Claire, WI$63,920$30.73700.9
Utica-Rome, NY$63,890$30.721701.4
Tuscaloosa, AL$63,800$30.671601.5
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$63,750$30.65501.0
Tallahassee, FL$63,620$30.593301.8
Cedar Rapids, IA$63,550$30.551401.0
Knoxville, TN$63,500$30.533100.7
Rochester, NY$63,490$30.527601.5
Waco, TX$63,290$30.431301.0
Pueblo, CO$63,240$30.41500.7
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$63,180$30.37801.0
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$63,170$30.37601.2
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$63,100$30.341601.0
Dothan, AL$63,040$30.31701.1
Wilmington, NC$63,030$30.301600.8
Spartanburg, SC$62,940$30.261601.0
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$62,900$30.243001.1
Lexington-Fayette, KY$62,900$30.243801.3
Paducah, KY-IL$62,900$30.24501.0
Manchester-Nashua, NH$62,860$30.222801.4
Fargo, ND-MN$62,830$30.211300.9
Fort Smith, AR-OK$62,770$30.181001.1
Montgomery, AL$62,730$30.162901.7
Appleton, WI$62,670$30.13900.7
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$62,630$30.11900.8
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$62,570$30.081000.6
Cheyenne, WY$62,570$30.08300.7
Albuquerque, NM$62,530$30.062300.6
Greeley, CO$62,400$30.001401.2
Cleveland, TN$62,390$29.99401.0
Lawton, OK$62,320$29.96501.1
Bay City, MI$62,190$29.90300.9
Chattanooga, TN-GA$62,150$29.881100.4
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$62,150$29.881201.2
Bangor, ME$62,090$29.85701.0
Hot Springs, AR$62,060$29.84300.9
Cleveland, OH$61,970$29.791,0501.0
Florence, SC$61,970$29.79901.0
Toledo, OH$61,950$29.782901.0
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$61,920$29.771601.3
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$61,900$29.765001.3
Springfield, IL$61,790$29.71900.9
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$61,720$29.682800.8
Rome, GA$61,560$29.60400.8
Janesville-Beloit, WI$61,520$29.58400.5
Port St. Lucie, FL$61,460$29.55600.4
Colorado Springs, CO$61,370$29.502300.7
Gadsden, AL$61,330$29.49501.6
Columbia, SC$61,290$29.474401.1
Oklahoma City, OK$61,290$29.477301.1
Burlington, NC$61,210$29.43600.9
Morgantown, WV$61,110$29.38600.9
Monroe, LA$61,090$29.37600.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,070$29.361,2100.5
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$61,000$29.332500.8
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,980$29.323901.1
Topeka, KS$60,980$29.321901.6
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$60,890$29.283900.4
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$60,800$29.231200.9
Medford, OR$60,770$29.221001.1
Pittsburgh, PA$60,760$29.211,1801.1
Johnson City, TN$60,650$29.16500.6
Rockford, IL$60,630$29.151000.7
Ames, IA$60,610$29.14901.7
Columbia, MO$60,570$29.121401.3
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$60,570$29.12500.6
Midland, MI$60,530$29.10501.4
Tucson, AZ$60,500$29.093600.9
Longview, TX$60,480$29.08700.6
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$60,460$29.072200.9
Gettysburg, PA$60,440$29.06401.2
Winston-Salem, NC$60,440$29.062200.8
San Angelo, TX$60,430$29.05400.8
Baton Rouge, LA$60,420$29.054801.2
Kokomo, IN$60,400$29.04300.9
Manhattan, KS$60,370$29.02701.4
St. Cloud, MN$60,330$29.00400.4
Lancaster, PA$60,240$28.961800.7
Ocala, FL$60,210$28.951100.9
Greensboro-High Point, NC$60,090$28.892700.7
Aguadilla, PR$60,070$28.88701.4
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$60,060$28.881,5200.8
Boise City, ID$60,030$28.862400.6
Rapid City, SD$59,990$28.84400.6
Great Falls, MT$59,800$28.75401.1
Flint, MI$59,640$28.67900.6
Sumter, SC$59,520$28.62401.1
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$59,500$28.601501.3
Fayetteville, NC$59,440$28.581401.0
Jonesboro, AR$59,260$28.49701.2
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$59,180$28.45400.7
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$59,070$28.401400.9
Lafayette, LA$58,920$28.331500.8
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$58,890$28.311800.8
Asheville, NC$58,870$28.311400.8
Mansfield, OH$58,860$28.30801.7
Jackson, MI$58,780$28.26400.6
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$58,730$28.241900.7
Pittsfield, MA$58,710$28.231302.3
Battle Creek, MI$58,610$28.18601.0
Missoula, MT$58,570$28.16701.0
Decatur, IL$58,550$28.15400.8
Glens Falls, NY$58,430$28.09901.8
Lynchburg, VA$58,390$28.071101.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$58,370$28.06900.6
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$58,310$28.041301.8
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$58,210$27.99401.0
Tulsa, OK$58,040$27.903900.8
Evansville, IN$57,930$27.851100.8
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$57,920$27.851900.7
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$57,900$27.84500.9
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$57,780$27.781501.1
Yuma, AZ$57,650$27.72500.8
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$57,630$27.714200.7
Jackson, TN$57,560$27.67700.8
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$57,410$27.609300.5
Flagstaff, AZ$57,220$27.51701.0
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$57,220$27.51802.1
Greenville, NC$57,050$27.43700.8
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$57,020$27.41300.6
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$56,850$27.332001.1
Macon-Bibb County, GA$56,850$27.33900.9
Springfield, MO$56,840$27.331600.7
Springfield, OH$56,720$27.27401.0
Texarkana, TX-AR$56,650$27.23300.6
Jackson, MS$56,540$27.182400.9
Kankakee, IL$56,090$26.97501.2
Sandusky, OH$56,070$26.96501.0
Saginaw, MI$56,050$26.95901.1
Joplin, MO-KS$55,700$26.78800.9
Youngstown-Warren, OH$55,430$26.651300.8
Morristown, TN$55,160$26.52400.9
Abilene, TX$54,110$26.02500.7
Lake Charles, LA$53,940$25.931401.3
Jefferson City, MO$53,370$25.66801.0
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$52,850$25.41500.5
Jacksonville, NC$51,460$24.74400.7
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$51,400$24.718301.2
Erie, PA$51,300$24.67800.7
Akron, OH$51,260$24.642400.7
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$51,210$24.621300.7
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$50,870$24.46300.8
Terre Haute, IN$50,840$24.44601.0
Idaho Falls, ID$50,810$24.43700.8
Mayaguez, PR$50,770$24.41901.7
Charleston, WV$50,740$24.39600.5
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$50,700$24.37500.7
Arecibo, PR$50,300$24.18902.5
Muncie, IN$50,280$24.17400.9
Ponce, PR$50,260$24.161402.2
Canton-Massillon, OH$50,220$24.151400.9
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$50,150$24.11400.3
Niles, MI$50,120$24.10901.4
Alexandria, LA$49,860$23.97801.4
Goldsboro, NC$49,780$23.94300.8
Traverse City, MI$49,680$23.88901.3
Peoria, IL$49,580$23.841500.9
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$49,400$23.753701.2
Fort Wayne, IN$48,690$23.411600.7
Homosassa Springs, FL$48,360$23.25401.2
Wichita Falls, TX$48,230$23.19501.0
York-Hanover, PA$47,840$23.001300.7
St. George, UT$47,800$22.98800.9
St. Joseph, MO-KS$47,670$22.92500.9
Lebanon, PA$47,450$22.81400.7
Rocky Mount, NC$46,550$22.38400.8
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$46,550$22.38301.0
Ogden, UT$46,380$22.302600.9
Lima, OH$46,180$22.20300.7
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$45,130$21.70801.1
Wheeling, WV-OH$43,560$20.94601.1
Chambersburg, PA$42,800$20.581202.0
Johnstown, PA$42,400$20.39601.2
Hattiesburg, MS$39,720$19.10500.7

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.