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SOC 29-2081 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Opticians, Dispensing

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

U.S. median annual wage$47,260
U.S. median hourly wage$22.72
U.S. employment73,530

Nationally, opticians, dispensing earned a median of $47,260 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 73,530 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”.

Opticians, Dispensing: pay and employment by state
State
Connecticut$75,300$36.206100.4
Hawaii$75,300$36.201100.2
New Jersey$72,460$34.842,0100.5
Massachusetts$67,210$32.311,3600.4
New York$63,880$30.713,5200.4
District of Columbia$61,310$29.48800.1
Florida$58,850$28.305,0800.5
Alaska$58,250$28.01900.3
California$57,990$27.887,8400.4
Vermont$57,350$27.57700.2
Virginia$55,820$26.841,8600.5
New Hampshire$51,980$24.994400.7
Ohio$50,500$24.282,9600.5
North Carolina$50,190$24.132,0200.4
Tennessee$49,840$23.961,5300.5
Washington$49,220$23.662,1000.6
Oregon$49,210$23.661,0000.5
Maryland$48,700$23.411,0600.4
Arizona$48,210$23.181,4000.4
Minnesota$48,020$23.091,4900.5
Georgia$48,010$23.082,2900.5
South Carolina$48,000$23.088900.4
Rhode Island$47,400$22.793500.7
Colorado$47,310$22.741,5200.5
Maine$47,220$22.703500.5
Montana$47,050$22.623300.6
Nevada$46,910$22.559600.6
Delaware$46,220$22.222700.6
Pennsylvania$45,450$21.852,2300.4
North Dakota$45,230$21.742300.5
Wisconsin$44,820$21.551,4300.5
Iowa$44,480$21.399200.6
Kentucky$44,290$21.299500.5
Illinois$43,960$21.143,2500.5
Idaho$43,950$21.135300.6
South Dakota$43,400$20.874300.9
Arkansas$42,880$20.626900.5
Utah$41,780$20.097000.4
Michigan$41,180$19.803,0800.7
Kansas$40,140$19.306300.4
Nebraska$39,830$19.158700.8
Indiana$39,370$18.932,0100.6
Wyoming$39,100$18.801300.5
New Mexico$39,090$18.803400.4
Missouri$38,750$18.631,6000.5
Texas$38,720$18.616,7000.5
West Virginia$38,120$18.333500.5
Oklahoma$37,940$18.247300.4
Alabama$36,880$17.738800.4
Mississippi$36,680$17.635600.5
Louisiana$36,360$17.487200.4
Puerto Rico$28,980$13.931,3801.5

Pay by metro area

All 318 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$27,800$44,810$61,820$78,830Aguadilla, PR — $27,800Arecibo, PR — $28,010Guayama, PR — $28,010Mayaguez, PR — $28,370San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,980Ponce, PR — $29,070Monroe, LA — $33,410Victoria, TX — $34,280Lafayette, LA — $34,300Dothan, AL — $34,420Waco, TX — $34,520McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $34,860Laredo, TX — $34,960Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $35,110Lake Charles, LA — $35,130Corpus Christi, TX — $35,300Tyler, TX — $35,310San Angelo, TX — $35,810Mobile, AL — $35,960Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,100Alexandria, LA — $36,160Jonesboro, AR — $36,260Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,360St. Joseph, MO-KS — $36,390Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,420Montgomery, AL — $36,440Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,500Columbia, MO — $36,600Muncie, IN — $36,600Joplin, MO-KS — $36,680Wichita Falls, TX — $36,710Hattiesburg, MS — $36,770Lubbock, TX — $36,790Morgantown, WV — $36,790Baton Rouge, LA — $36,910Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,910Bowling Green, KY — $37,000Peoria, IL — $37,040Champaign-Urbana, IL — $37,080El Paso, TX — $37,120Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,370Birmingham, AL — $37,410Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $37,410Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,440Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,530Jackson, MS — $37,580Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $37,580Springfield, MO — $37,650Huntsville, AL — $37,700Longview, TX — $37,760Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,780Evansville, IN — $37,790Grand Island, NE — $37,830Wichita, KS — $37,850Johnstown, PA — $37,860Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $37,870Bloomington, IN — $37,890Topeka, KS — $37,890Abilene, TX — $37,920South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,000Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,050Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $38,070Midland, TX — $38,080San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $38,090Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $38,120Charleston, WV — $38,130Terre Haute, IN — $38,260New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,300Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $38,330Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $38,370Kokomo, IN — $38,390College Station-Bryan, TX — $38,510Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $38,510Niles, MI — $38,590Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $38,650Saginaw, MI — $38,660Oklahoma City, OK — $38,670Rapid City, SD — $38,760Janesville-Beloit, WI — $38,900Logan, UT-ID — $39,000Erie, PA — $39,120Tulsa, OK — $39,190Paducah, KY-IL — $39,210Albuquerque, NM — $39,230Flint, MI — $39,230St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,230Columbus, GA-AL — $39,450Ogden, UT — $39,540Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $39,580Albany, GA — $39,670Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,780Springfield, IL — $39,790Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $39,800Fort Wayne, IN — $39,840Texarkana, TX-AR — $39,920Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $39,950Bloomington, IL — $40,150Santa Fe, NM — $40,200Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $40,560Odessa, TX — $40,570Ames, IA — $40,860Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $40,910Kansas City, MO-KS — $40,930Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $41,390Lincoln, NE — $41,450Amarillo, TX — $41,710Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $41,820Idaho Falls, ID — $41,990Traverse City, MI — $42,050Pueblo, CO — $42,060Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $42,070Rockford, IL — $42,070Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $42,070Reading, PA — $42,470Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $42,710St. George, UT — $43,040Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $43,280Omaha, NE-IA — $43,340Jefferson City, MO — $43,440Appleton, WI — $43,620Green Bay, WI — $43,660Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,660Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $43,830Eau Claire, WI — $43,910Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,190Valdosta, GA — $44,220Grand Junction, CO — $44,360Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,530La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $44,620Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,700Boise City, ID — $44,720Macon-Bibb County, GA — $44,810Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $44,860Warner Robins, GA — $44,870Sheboygan, WI — $44,910Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $44,930Fargo, ND-MN — $45,040Elizabethtown, KY — $45,070Ann Arbor, MI — $45,090Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,090Wausau, WI — $45,090St. Cloud, MN — $45,210Colorado Springs, CO — $45,240Grand Forks, ND-MN — $45,280York-Hanover, PA — $45,300Gainesville, GA — $45,310Bangor, ME — $45,360Wilmington, NC — $45,400Kenosha, WI — $45,420Dubuque, IA — $45,560Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $45,590Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,710Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $45,740Bismarck, ND — $45,770Hot Springs, AR — $45,790Medford, OR — $45,930Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $45,930Iowa City, IA — $46,000Lebanon, PA — $46,010Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,020Salisbury, MD — $46,020Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,030Redding, CA — $46,040Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,080Albany, OR — $46,100Columbia, SC — $46,150State College, PA — $46,150Duluth, MN-WI — $46,240Yakima, WA — $46,240Athens-Clarke County, GA — $46,250Billings, MT — $46,260Eugene-Springfield, OR — $46,270Greeley, CO — $46,440Savannah, GA — $46,440Coeur d'Alene, ID — $46,450Pittsburgh, PA — $46,470Madison, WI — $46,480Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,850Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,920Tucson, AZ — $46,930Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $46,970Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,090Great Falls, MT — $47,120Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,140Florence, SC — $47,150Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,310Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $47,360Rochester, MN — $47,460Jackson, TN — $47,480Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,550Salem, OR — $47,550Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,620Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,650Clarksville, TN-KY — $47,660Reno, NV — $47,680Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,900Missoula, MT — $48,050Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $48,120Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,190Mansfield, OH — $48,260Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,320Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $48,390Canton-Massillon, OH — $48,410Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $48,440Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $48,450Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,530Lancaster, PA — $48,620Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $48,780Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $48,840Akron, OH — $48,890Lynchburg, VA — $48,890Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,940Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,960Knoxville, TN — $49,050Asheville, NC — $49,110Portland-South Portland, ME — $49,240Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $49,300Toledo, OH — $49,370Kennewick-Richland, WA — $49,540Yuma, AZ — $49,610Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $49,620Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,750Youngstown-Warren, OH — $49,750Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $50,490Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $50,520Visalia, CA — $50,590Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $50,730Columbus, OH — $50,730Boulder, CO — $50,840Fresno, CA — $50,960Johnson City, TN — $51,010Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $51,030Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $51,060Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $51,620Bozeman, MT — $51,760Morristown, TN — $51,770Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $51,890Cleveland, OH — $52,060Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $52,300Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,390Roanoke, VA — $52,650Bellingham, WA — $53,050Bend, OR — $54,750Jacksonville, NC — $54,900Richmond, VA — $55,020Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $55,070Salinas, CA — $55,140Spartanburg, SC — $55,170San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $55,380Burlington, NC — $55,530Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $55,680Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $55,950Winston-Salem, NC — $55,990Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $56,030Chico, CA — $56,100Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $56,130Jacksonville, FL — $57,000Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,100Charlottesville, VA — $57,140Manchester-Nashua, NH — $57,180Napa, CA — $57,620Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $57,670Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $57,780Fayetteville, NC — $57,780Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $57,870Winchester, VA-WV — $58,190North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,220San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $58,240Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $58,250Stockton-Lodi, CA — $58,250Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,310San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,360Tallahassee, FL — $58,700Modesto, CA — $59,010Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $59,120Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $59,310Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,420Ocala, FL — $59,470Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,520Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,800Anchorage, AK — $59,940Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $60,140Binghamton, NY — $60,290Punta Gorda, FL — $60,360San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,480Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $60,490Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,620Gainesville, FL — $60,680Port St. Lucie, FL — $61,150Glens Falls, NY — $61,850Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $61,880Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,030Rochester, NY — $62,230Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $62,240Utica-Rome, NY — $62,930Naples-Marco Island, FL — $62,940Harrisonburg, VA — $62,980Kingston, NY — $63,390Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $63,710Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,170Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $64,280Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $65,000Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $65,870Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $67,110Worcester, MA — $67,630Syracuse, NY — $68,880Barnstable Town, MA — $69,530Springfield, MA — $71,000New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $71,050Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $71,440Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $72,290New Haven, CT — $72,410Urban Honolulu, HI — $75,300Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $76,170Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $76,820Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $77,460Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $78,600Vallejo, CA — $78,830

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.

Opticians, Dispensing: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Vallejo, CA$78,830$37.90900.6
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$78,600$37.791300.3
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$77,460$37.241200.6
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$76,820$36.93700.4
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$76,170$36.62600.5
Urban Honolulu, HI$75,300$36.20900.2
New Haven, CT$72,410$34.811000.3
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$72,290$34.76700.4
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$71,440$34.352200.4
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$71,050$34.163,4600.4
Springfield, MA$71,000$34.13700.3
Barnstable Town, MA$69,530$33.43600.6
Syracuse, NY$68,880$33.121800.6
Worcester, MA$67,630$32.521600.5
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$67,110$32.261000.4
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$65,870$31.67300.8
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$65,000$31.25600.8
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$64,280$30.901500.5
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$64,170$30.859500.4
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$63,710$30.631800.4
Kingston, NY$63,390$30.47400.7
Harrisonburg, VA$62,980$30.28300.5
Naples-Marco Island, FL$62,940$30.26800.5
Utica-Rome, NY$62,930$30.25500.4
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$62,240$29.925800.5
Rochester, NY$62,230$29.922400.5
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$62,030$29.821400.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$61,880$29.751,2500.4
Glens Falls, NY$61,850$29.73400.8
Port St. Lucie, FL$61,150$29.401100.7
Gainesville, FL$60,680$29.18500.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$60,620$29.142800.5
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$60,490$29.08400.7
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$60,480$29.083900.3
Punta Gorda, FL$60,360$29.02601.0
Binghamton, NY$60,290$28.99300.4
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$60,140$28.92300.7
Anchorage, AK$59,940$28.82600.3
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$59,800$28.752400.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$59,520$28.621,0800.3
Ocala, FL$59,470$28.59900.8
Greensboro-High Point, NC$59,420$28.571200.3
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$59,310$28.52300.3
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$59,120$28.426800.5
Modesto, CA$59,010$28.371200.6
Tallahassee, FL$58,700$28.22600.3
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$58,360$28.069400.4
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$58,310$28.03800.2
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$58,250$28.01600.4
Stockton-Lodi, CA$58,250$28.011200.4
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$58,240$28.004900.3
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$58,220$27.992300.7
Winchester, VA-WV$58,190$27.98400.6
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$57,870$27.821300.6
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$57,780$27.78700.6
Fayetteville, NC$57,780$27.78600.4
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$57,670$27.73300.8
Napa, CA$57,620$27.70400.5
Manchester-Nashua, NH$57,180$27.491800.9
Charlottesville, VA$57,140$27.47600.5
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$57,100$27.451500.6
Jacksonville, FL$57,000$27.403800.5
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$56,130$26.983,0700.5
Chico, CA$56,100$26.97300.4
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$56,030$26.948700.6
Winston-Salem, NC$55,990$26.921300.5
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$55,950$26.90500.5
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$55,680$26.77500.3
Burlington, NC$55,530$26.70400.6
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$55,380$26.63400.4
Spartanburg, SC$55,170$26.53600.3
Salinas, CA$55,140$26.51500.3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$55,070$26.488700.5
Richmond, VA$55,020$26.453100.5
Jacksonville, NC$54,900$26.39300.6
Bend, OR$54,750$26.32800.7
Bellingham, WA$53,050$25.51600.7
Roanoke, VA$52,650$25.31900.6
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$52,390$25.194000.5
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$52,300$25.144400.4
Cleveland, OH$52,060$25.035200.5
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$51,890$24.951,3800.5
Morristown, TN$51,770$24.89501.1
Bozeman, MT$51,760$24.88400.6
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$51,620$24.824900.4
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$51,060$24.55700.8
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$51,030$24.532000.5
Johnson City, TN$51,010$24.53600.7
Fresno, CA$50,960$24.501600.3
Boulder, CO$50,840$24.441200.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$50,730$24.395700.5
Columbus, OH$50,730$24.395900.5
Visalia, CA$50,590$24.32400.2
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$50,520$24.291500.5
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$50,490$24.27501.0
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$49,750$23.927500.5
Youngstown-Warren, OH$49,750$23.921000.6
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$49,620$23.866000.5
Yuma, AZ$49,610$23.85300.5
Kennewick-Richland, WA$49,540$23.821200.9
Toledo, OH$49,370$23.731800.6
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$49,300$23.701,0700.4
Portland-South Portland, ME$49,240$23.671700.6
Asheville, NC$49,110$23.61700.4
Knoxville, TN$49,050$23.581900.5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,960$23.541,1400.5
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$48,940$23.534500.6
Akron, OH$48,890$23.511600.5
Lynchburg, VA$48,890$23.51500.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$48,840$23.489300.5
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$48,780$23.45700.7
Lancaster, PA$48,620$23.371200.5
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$48,530$23.339900.4
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$48,450$23.29501.0
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$48,440$23.29500.7
Canton-Massillon, OH$48,410$23.281100.7
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$48,390$23.261100.8
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$48,320$23.235000.4
Mansfield, OH$48,260$23.20400.8
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$48,190$23.171500.4
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$48,120$23.14500.6
Missoula, MT$48,050$23.10500.8
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$47,900$23.031400.4
Reno, NV$47,680$22.921600.6
Clarksville, TN-KY$47,660$22.91600.6
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$47,650$22.911800.7
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$47,620$22.892200.4
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,550$22.861400.7
Salem, OR$47,550$22.86800.4
Jackson, TN$47,480$22.83600.7
Rochester, MN$47,460$22.82800.6
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$47,360$22.771400.8
Lexington-Fayette, KY$47,310$22.741200.4
Florence, SC$47,150$22.67500.5
Chattanooga, TN-GA$47,140$22.661300.5
Great Falls, MT$47,120$22.65401.2
Raleigh-Cary, NC$47,090$22.644800.6
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$46,970$22.581300.4
Tucson, AZ$46,930$22.561700.4
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$46,920$22.561600.4
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$46,850$22.527000.6
Madison, WI$46,480$22.352100.5
Pittsburgh, PA$46,470$22.344500.4
Coeur d'Alene, ID$46,450$22.33400.6
Greeley, CO$46,440$22.33400.4
Savannah, GA$46,440$22.331000.5
Eugene-Springfield, OR$46,270$22.25800.5
Billings, MT$46,260$22.24901.0
Athens-Clarke County, GA$46,250$22.24700.7
Duluth, MN-WI$46,240$22.23600.5
Yakima, WA$46,240$22.23600.6
Columbia, SC$46,150$22.191300.3
State College, PA$46,150$22.19400.5
Albany, OR$46,100$22.16300.7
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$46,080$22.162400.6
Redding, CA$46,040$22.13400.5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$46,030$22.132,0700.5
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,020$22.121500.5
Salisbury, MD$46,020$22.13400.8
Lebanon, PA$46,010$22.12400.7
Iowa City, IA$46,000$22.12500.5
Medford, OR$45,930$22.08600.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$45,930$22.083100.4
Hot Springs, AR$45,790$22.02300.8
Bismarck, ND$45,770$22.01500.7
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$45,740$21.99500.5
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$45,710$21.981000.3
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$45,590$21.926100.5
Dubuque, IA$45,560$21.91400.7
Kenosha, WI$45,420$21.84400.5
Wilmington, NC$45,400$21.831300.7
Bangor, ME$45,360$21.81400.6
Gainesville, GA$45,310$21.78500.5
York-Hanover, PA$45,300$21.781000.5
Grand Forks, ND-MN$45,280$21.77400.7
Colorado Springs, CO$45,240$21.751900.6
St. Cloud, MN$45,210$21.74500.5
Ann Arbor, MI$45,090$21.68900.4
Cedar Rapids, IA$45,090$21.68900.7
Wausau, WI$45,090$21.68500.7
Elizabethtown, KY$45,070$21.67300.7
Fargo, ND-MN$45,040$21.66800.6
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$44,930$21.60300.4
Sheboygan, WI$44,910$21.59300.5
Warner Robins, GA$44,870$21.57400.6
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$44,860$21.571200.5
Macon-Bibb County, GA$44,810$21.54300.3
Boise City, ID$44,720$21.502300.6
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$44,700$21.491500.7
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$44,620$21.45600.8
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$44,530$21.412,4200.5
Grand Junction, CO$44,360$21.33600.9
Valdosta, GA$44,220$21.26300.6
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$44,190$21.241701.0
Eau Claire, WI$43,910$21.11600.7
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$43,830$21.071,4700.8
Green Bay, WI$43,660$20.99900.5
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$43,660$20.99400.4
Appleton, WI$43,620$20.97700.6
Jefferson City, MO$43,440$20.89400.5
Omaha, NE-IA$43,340$20.843400.7
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$43,280$20.812000.5
St. George, UT$43,040$20.69600.6
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$42,710$20.531300.4
Reading, PA$42,470$20.42600.3
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$42,070$20.23900.5
Rockford, IL$42,070$20.23600.4
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$42,070$20.232600.3
Pueblo, CO$42,060$20.22400.7
Traverse City, MI$42,050$20.22801.2
Idaho Falls, ID$41,990$20.19801.0
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$41,820$20.113700.6
Amarillo, TX$41,710$20.06700.6
Lincoln, NE$41,450$19.931600.9
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$41,390$19.901500.7
Kansas City, MO-KS$40,930$19.684500.4
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$40,910$19.67800.5
Ames, IA$40,860$19.64400.6
Odessa, TX$40,570$19.51500.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$40,560$19.503400.5
Santa Fe, NM$40,200$19.33500.8
Bloomington, IL$40,150$19.30800.9
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$39,950$19.21500.7
Texarkana, TX-AR$39,920$19.19400.6
Fort Wayne, IN$39,840$19.151700.8
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$39,800$19.14400.3
Springfield, IL$39,790$19.13600.6
Wheeling, WV-OH$39,780$19.12400.6
Albany, GA$39,670$19.07400.7
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$39,580$19.035200.5
Ogden, UT$39,540$19.011300.5
Columbus, GA-AL$39,450$18.97700.6
Albuquerque, NM$39,230$18.861700.4
Flint, MI$39,230$18.861301.0
St. Louis, MO-IL$39,230$18.867500.6
Paducah, KY-IL$39,210$18.85300.6
Tulsa, OK$39,190$18.841700.4
Erie, PA$39,120$18.81700.5
Logan, UT-ID$39,000$18.75400.6
Janesville-Beloit, WI$38,900$18.70400.5
Rapid City, SD$38,760$18.63600.8
Oklahoma City, OK$38,670$18.592600.4
Saginaw, MI$38,660$18.59500.7
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$38,650$18.58800.6
Niles, MI$38,590$18.55500.8
College Station-Bryan, TX$38,510$18.52500.4
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$38,510$18.521100.9
Kokomo, IN$38,390$18.46501.3
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$38,370$18.45600.6
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$38,330$18.43500.7
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$38,300$18.411200.3
Terre Haute, IN$38,260$18.40300.5
Charleston, WV$38,130$18.33500.4
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$38,120$18.33300.8
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$38,090$18.316000.5
Midland, TX$38,080$18.31400.3
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$38,070$18.30401.0
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$38,050$18.291,6600.5
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$38,000$18.27800.6
Abilene, TX$37,920$18.23300.5
Bloomington, IN$37,890$18.22500.7
Topeka, KS$37,890$18.22600.5
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$37,870$18.21300.6
Johnstown, PA$37,860$18.20300.7
Wichita, KS$37,850$18.201500.5
Grand Island, NE$37,830$18.19601.6
Evansville, IN$37,790$18.171200.9
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$37,780$18.161201.0
Longview, TX$37,760$18.15600.5
Huntsville, AL$37,700$18.131000.4
Springfield, MO$37,650$18.101500.7
Jackson, MS$37,580$18.071300.5
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$37,580$18.07600.6
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$37,530$18.04700.4
Killeen-Temple, TX$37,440$18.00600.4
Birmingham, AL$37,410$17.992200.4
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$37,410$17.99500.6
Fort Smith, AR-OK$37,370$17.97700.7
El Paso, TX$37,120$17.851000.3
Champaign-Urbana, IL$37,080$17.83400.4
Peoria, IL$37,040$17.811500.9
Bowling Green, KY$37,000$17.79600.8
Baton Rouge, LA$36,910$17.741400.3
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$36,910$17.74500.3
Lubbock, TX$36,790$17.69900.6
Morgantown, WV$36,790$17.69400.6
Hattiesburg, MS$36,770$17.68300.5
Wichita Falls, TX$36,710$17.65400.6
Joplin, MO-KS$36,680$17.63500.6
Columbia, MO$36,600$17.60600.5
Muncie, IN$36,600$17.60401.0
Tuscaloosa, AL$36,500$17.55300.3
Montgomery, AL$36,440$17.52400.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$36,420$17.511000.6
St. Joseph, MO-KS$36,390$17.50400.7
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$36,360$17.48400.5
Jonesboro, AR$36,260$17.43500.8
Alexandria, LA$36,160$17.39400.6
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$36,100$17.36501.2
Mobile, AL$35,960$17.29600.3
San Angelo, TX$35,810$17.21300.7
Tyler, TX$35,310$16.98500.4
Corpus Christi, TX$35,300$16.971500.8
Lake Charles, LA$35,130$16.89400.4
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$35,110$16.88700.4
Laredo, TX$34,960$16.81400.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$34,860$16.761200.4
Waco, TX$34,520$16.60600.5
Dothan, AL$34,420$16.55901.5
Lafayette, LA$34,300$16.49700.4
Victoria, TX$34,280$16.48401.1
Monroe, LA$33,410$16.06500.6
Ponce, PR$29,070$13.97901.4
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$28,980$13.931,0501.5
Mayaguez, PR$28,370$13.64601.1
Arecibo, PR$28,010$13.47601.8
Guayama, PR$28,010$13.46302.6
Aguadilla, PR$27,800$13.36601.2

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.