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SOC 53-7081 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

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

U.S. median annual wage$49,690
U.S. median hourly wage$23.89
U.S. employment147,240

Nationally, refuse and recyclable material collectors earned a median of $49,690 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 147,240 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”.

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors: pay and employment by state
State
Illinois$75,050$36.084,9100.8
Washington$74,620$35.883,7501.1
New York$64,950$31.2311,6301.2
California$64,890$31.2013,9300.8
Oregon$63,210$30.392,5001.3
Minnesota$62,570$30.082,5000.8
Nevada$61,310$29.477700.5
Delaware$61,290$29.476001.2
Colorado$60,310$29.003,7001.3
Wisconsin$59,810$28.761,5500.5
Utah$59,310$28.529600.6
North Dakota$59,000$28.373600.8
Indiana$58,900$28.323,1801.0
Hawaii$56,270$27.057701.2
Rhode Island$55,970$26.914700.9
District of Columbia$55,490$26.685400.8
New Jersey$54,630$26.274,3301.0
Vermont$51,960$24.981600.5
Michigan$51,030$24.534,0200.9
Massachusetts$50,310$24.191,0100.3
Missouri$50,010$24.041,9300.7
Idaho$49,880$23.987300.8
Iowa$49,850$23.971,7801.1
Montana$49,420$23.763700.7
Nebraska$49,390$23.759100.9
Ohio$49,330$23.724,7100.8
Wyoming$48,820$23.472801.0
Pennsylvania$48,240$23.196,2201.0
Florida$47,820$22.9911,6501.2
New Mexico$47,660$22.921,0701.2
Georgia$46,960$22.584,8301.0
Arizona$46,910$22.552,3800.7
New Hampshire$46,580$22.403400.5
Virginia$46,530$22.374,3301.1
Texas$46,330$22.2712,8600.9
Alabama$46,240$22.232,7901.3
Alaska$45,740$21.992500.8
Kansas$45,510$21.889100.6
North Carolina$44,670$21.487,2501.5
Maine$43,360$20.857701.2
Tennessee$43,270$20.802,5500.8
Kentucky$43,100$20.721,5800.8
Oklahoma$43,060$20.702,0301.2
Maryland$41,870$20.133,1201.1
Mississippi$39,170$18.831,9701.7
Louisiana$38,810$18.662,2001.1
Connecticut$38,220$18.378100.5
West Virginia$35,840$17.231,0001.4
Arkansas$35,640$17.131,6001.2
South Carolina$34,880$16.772,0200.9
South Dakota$32,950$15.843400.7
Guam$32,520$15.64400.6
Puerto Rico$21,840$10.501,8001.9

Pay by metro area

All 315 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$21,840$43,703$65,567$87,430Aguadilla, PR — $21,840Guayama, PR — $21,840Mayaguez, PR — $21,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $21,840Ponce, PR — $21,910Arecibo, PR — $21,970Rocky Mount, NC — $26,580Johnson City, TN — $28,880McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $29,140Rapid City, SD — $29,960Hot Springs, AR — $30,460Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $31,390Lubbock, TX — $32,510Florence, SC — $32,540Columbia, SC — $34,800Springfield, OH — $35,080Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $35,190Jonesboro, AR — $35,330Alexandria, LA — $35,500Beckley, WV — $35,710Eagle Pass, TX — $35,710Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,830Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $35,840Altoona, PA — $35,930Anchorage, AK — $36,030Chattanooga, TN-GA — $36,090Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $36,160Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $36,280Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,380Lafayette, LA — $36,470Las Cruces, NM — $36,640Wheeling, WV-OH — $36,650Bowling Green, KY — $36,810El Paso, TX — $36,850Spartanburg, SC — $36,880Texarkana, TX-AR — $36,890Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $36,960Jacksonville, NC — $37,020Hattiesburg, MS — $37,070Columbus, GA-AL — $37,090Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $37,160Monroe, LA — $37,190Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $37,320Lawton, OK — $37,490Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $37,510Charlottesville, VA — $37,540Cleveland, TN — $37,540Montgomery, AL — $37,630Charleston, WV — $37,850Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $37,890Hammond, LA — $37,920Morristown, TN — $38,020Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,200Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $38,250Lake Charles, LA — $38,330Tulsa, OK — $38,330Bangor, ME — $38,570Tucson, AZ — $38,630Reading, PA — $38,760New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $39,040Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $39,070Roanoke, VA — $39,070Dothan, AL — $39,350Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $39,670Victoria, TX — $39,860Jackson, MS — $39,900Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $39,900Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $39,930Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $39,950Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $40,370Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $40,540Champaign-Urbana, IL — $40,650Killeen-Temple, TX — $40,830Burlington, NC — $41,030Fort Smith, AR-OK — $41,420Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $42,120Greensboro-High Point, NC — $43,160Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $43,250Kansas City, MO-KS — $43,400Homosassa Springs, FL — $43,510Topeka, KS — $43,580Amarillo, TX — $43,840Decatur, AL — $44,020Manchester-Nashua, NH — $44,120Baton Rouge, LA — $44,300Tyler, TX — $44,380Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $44,450Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,470Winston-Salem, NC — $44,670Sebring, FL — $44,800Gainesville, FL — $44,880Wilmington, NC — $45,270Toledo, OH — $45,500Asheville, NC — $45,520Lancaster, PA — $45,540Lima, OH — $45,600Ocala, FL — $45,670College Station-Bryan, TX — $45,820Harrisonburg, VA — $45,850Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $45,940Albuquerque, NM — $45,960Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $46,040Visalia, CA — $46,090Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,160Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $46,160Odessa, TX — $46,180Youngstown-Warren, OH — $46,210Punta Gorda, FL — $46,280Winchester, VA-WV — $46,280Redding, CA — $46,290Ann Arbor, MI — $46,310Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,320Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $46,340Erie, PA — $46,380Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,400Port St. Lucie, FL — $46,430Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,530Athens-Clarke County, GA — $46,560Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $46,640Valdosta, GA — $46,640Worcester, MA — $46,740Pueblo, CO — $46,750Anniston-Oxford, AL — $46,770Springfield, MO — $46,790New Haven, CT — $46,900Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $46,910Tallahassee, FL — $46,930Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,040York-Hanover, PA — $47,040Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $47,150Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,170Fayetteville, NC — $47,220Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,230Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $47,320Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,460North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,490Coeur d'Alene, ID — $47,550Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,620Santa Fe, NM — $47,660Lynchburg, VA — $47,670Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $47,690Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,700Elizabethtown, KY — $47,700Utica-Rome, NY — $47,700Ames, IA — $47,810Akron, OH — $47,830Greenville, NC — $47,830Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $47,830Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,840Tuscaloosa, AL — $47,920Birmingham, AL — $47,930Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,960Green Bay, WI — $48,000Billings, MT — $48,010Sherman-Denison, TX — $48,030Naples-Marco Island, FL — $48,100Wichita, KS — $48,120Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,140Jacksonville, FL — $48,150Monroe, MI — $48,160Sumter, SC — $48,160Lincoln, NE — $48,190Flint, MI — $48,270Dalton, GA — $48,420Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,430Mobile, AL — $48,460Paducah, KY-IL — $48,460Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,570Pocatello, ID — $48,580Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $48,650Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $48,760Savannah, GA — $48,770Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $48,850Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,870Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,920Corpus Christi, TX — $48,940State College, PA — $48,940Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,010Macon-Bibb County, GA — $49,020Richmond, VA — $49,150Joplin, MO-KS — $49,250Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $49,440Traverse City, MI — $49,450Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,470Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,560Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,580Gainesville, GA — $49,580Auburn-Opelika, AL — $49,620Clarksville, TN-KY — $49,670Pittsburgh, PA — $49,730Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,770Syracuse, NY — $49,810Canton-Massillon, OH — $49,920Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,940Albany, GA — $50,010La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $50,030San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $50,040Jackson, TN — $50,050Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $50,210Mansfield, OH — $50,210Oklahoma City, OK — $50,540Boise City, ID — $50,740Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $50,770Cedar Rapids, IA — $50,820Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,980Barnstable Town, MA — $50,990Knoxville, TN — $51,030Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $51,070Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $51,080Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $51,080Huntsville, AL — $51,090Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $51,110Ithaca, NY — $51,320Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $51,490Omaha, NE-IA — $51,530Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $51,610Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,960Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $52,060Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $52,340Springfield, MA — $52,450Helena, MT — $52,800Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $53,510Grand Junction, CO — $54,930Idaho Falls, ID — $55,080Cleveland, OH — $55,090Lewiston, ID-WA — $55,130Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $55,620Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $55,810Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $56,020Rochester, NY — $56,080Greeley, CO — $56,160Stockton-Lodi, CA — $56,280Minot, ND — $56,340Midland, TX — $56,660Iowa City, IA — $56,810Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $56,990Terre Haute, IN — $57,010Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $57,490Columbus, OH — $57,510Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $57,560Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $57,650Evansville, IN — $57,750Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $58,320Colorado Springs, CO — $58,530Fort Wayne, IN — $58,650Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $58,680Grand Forks, ND-MN — $58,810Eau Claire, WI — $58,880St. Cloud, MN — $58,980Ogden, UT — $59,060Peoria, IL — $59,070Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,140Chambersburg, PA — $59,380Saginaw, MI — $59,620Bozeman, MT — $59,660Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $59,710Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $59,730Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,760Madison, WI — $59,810Eugene-Springfield, OR — $59,830South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $60,080Modesto, CA — $60,110Walla Walla, WA — $60,330Kenosha, WI — $60,400Springfield, IL — $60,570Bismarck, ND — $60,640St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,750Fargo, ND-MN — $60,840Muncie, IN — $60,940Duluth, MN-WI — $61,020Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $61,140Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,190Chico, CA — $61,250Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,320Yakima, WA — $61,370Mankato, MN — $61,440Janesville-Beloit, WI — $61,680Reno, NV — $61,740Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $61,800Vallejo, CA — $61,930Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $61,940Salem, OR — $62,020Bend, OR — $62,330Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $62,490Rochester, MN — $62,500Medford, OR — $62,730Albany, OR — $63,210Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,640Urban Honolulu, HI — $64,080Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,410San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $64,440Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $65,270New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $65,310Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $65,920Fresno, CA — $65,950Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $65,950Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $66,230Boulder, CO — $66,610Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $66,900Merced, CA — $68,530Salinas, CA — $69,210San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $69,300Napa, CA — $72,450Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $73,110Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $73,770Kennewick-Richland, WA — $74,180Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $75,090Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $75,440Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $76,340Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $77,470San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,570San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $87,430

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.

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$87,430$42.048700.8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$77,570$37.292,0400.9
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$77,470$37.243,3300.7
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$76,340$36.701301.0
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$75,440$36.277504.2
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$75,090$36.102,1001.0
Kennewick-Richland, WA$74,180$35.66900.7
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$73,770$35.47700.8
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$73,110$35.153201.6
Napa, CA$72,450$34.83901.2
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$69,300$33.321,2300.8
Salinas, CA$69,210$33.28900.5
Merced, CA$68,530$32.95700.8
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$66,900$32.162201.1
Boulder, CO$66,610$32.021100.6
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$66,230$31.843301.3
Fresno, CA$65,950$31.713900.8
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$65,950$31.719100.8
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$65,920$31.691,5001.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$65,310$31.4013,3101.4
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$65,270$31.38601.1
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$64,440$30.98Not publishedNot published
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,410$30.971,5500.8
Urban Honolulu, HI$64,080$30.814200.9
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$63,640$30.604100.5
Albany, OR$63,210$30.39701.5
Medford, OR$62,730$30.161301.4
Rochester, MN$62,500$30.05700.6
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$62,490$30.044,2100.7
Bend, OR$62,330$29.971401.3
Salem, OR$62,020$29.821801.0
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$61,940$29.781,2800.7
Vallejo, CA$61,930$29.771100.8
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$61,800$29.71500.8
Reno, NV$61,740$29.682100.8
Janesville-Beloit, WI$61,680$29.65901.3
Mankato, MN$61,440$29.54701.3
Yakima, WA$61,370$29.51800.8
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$61,320$29.485300.6
Chico, CA$61,250$29.45300.4
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$61,190$29.421,9701.2
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$61,140$29.403800.3
Duluth, MN-WI$61,020$29.341201.0
Muncie, IN$60,940$29.30300.8
Fargo, ND-MN$60,840$29.251000.7
St. Louis, MO-IL$60,750$29.219700.7
Bismarck, ND$60,640$29.16600.8
Springfield, IL$60,570$29.12800.8
Kenosha, WI$60,400$29.04500.6
Walla Walla, WA$60,330$29.00501.7
Modesto, CA$60,110$28.902301.2
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$60,080$28.891000.8
Eugene-Springfield, OR$59,830$28.771701.1
Madison, WI$59,810$28.76600.1
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$59,760$28.732501.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$59,730$28.722,6100.9
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$59,710$28.711,0300.9
Bozeman, MT$59,660$28.68700.9
Saginaw, MI$59,620$28.66400.5
Chambersburg, PA$59,380$28.551101.8
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$59,140$28.431400.4
Peoria, IL$59,070$28.40600.4
Ogden, UT$59,060$28.401200.4
St. Cloud, MN$58,980$28.361201.1
Eau Claire, WI$58,880$28.31700.8
Grand Forks, ND-MN$58,810$28.27601.1
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$58,680$28.211400.4
Fort Wayne, IN$58,650$28.201700.7
Colorado Springs, CO$58,530$28.144201.3
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$58,320$28.041900.7
Evansville, IN$57,750$27.771200.9
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$57,650$27.715200.5
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$57,560$27.67300.6
Columbus, OH$57,510$27.659300.8
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$57,490$27.642200.7
Terre Haute, IN$57,010$27.41801.2
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$56,990$27.404401.1
Iowa City, IA$56,810$27.31600.6
Midland, TX$56,660$27.24800.7
Minot, ND$56,340$27.09401.1
Stockton-Lodi, CA$56,280$27.062200.8
Greeley, CO$56,160$27.002502.1
Rochester, NY$56,080$26.962000.4
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$56,020$26.931200.7
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$55,810$26.833301.0
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$55,620$26.741401.8
Lewiston, ID-WA$55,130$26.50401.5
Cleveland, OH$55,090$26.498800.9
Idaho Falls, ID$55,080$26.481301.6
Grand Junction, CO$54,930$26.411201.7
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$53,510$25.735700.8
Helena, MT$52,800$25.38400.9
Springfield, MA$52,450$25.21900.4
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$52,340$25.163200.6
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$52,060$25.03Not publishedNot published
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$51,960$24.98400.4
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$51,610$24.814801.3
Omaha, NE-IA$51,530$24.772800.6
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$51,490$24.75300.8
Ithaca, NY$51,320$24.67501.1
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$51,110$24.57400.7
Huntsville, AL$51,090$24.562100.8
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$51,080$24.565000.7
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$51,080$24.561100.7
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$51,070$24.551,9001.0
Knoxville, TN$51,030$24.533500.8
Barnstable Town, MA$50,990$24.52400.4
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$50,980$24.513400.6
Cedar Rapids, IA$50,820$24.441401.0
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$50,770$24.411401.7
Boise City, ID$50,740$24.392100.5
Oklahoma City, OK$50,540$24.305900.9
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$50,210$24.145400.2
Mansfield, OH$50,210$24.14701.4
Jackson, TN$50,050$24.061001.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$50,040$24.061,0600.9
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$50,030$24.05400.5
Albany, GA$50,010$24.041302.2
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$49,940$24.019500.9
Canton-Massillon, OH$49,920$24.001200.7
Syracuse, NY$49,810$23.951300.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$49,770$23.933,3701.2
Pittsburgh, PA$49,730$23.911,2201.1
Clarksville, TN-KY$49,670$23.88700.7
Auburn-Opelika, AL$49,620$23.861101.6
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$49,580$23.841500.3
Gainesville, GA$49,580$23.841001.0
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$49,560$23.831,4101.1
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$49,470$23.781,8401.4
Traverse City, MI$49,450$23.782603.8
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$49,440$23.772501.2
Joplin, MO-KS$49,250$23.68600.7
Richmond, VA$49,150$23.637301.1
Macon-Bibb County, GA$49,020$23.57700.7
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$49,010$23.563200.8
Corpus Christi, TX$48,940$23.532501.3
State College, PA$48,940$23.53801.2
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$48,920$23.521,4201.0
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$48,870$23.501700.7
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$48,850$23.492201.4
Savannah, GA$48,770$23.452901.5
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$48,760$23.442501.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$48,650$23.392501.5
Pocatello, ID$48,580$23.36501.3
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$48,570$23.356400.8
Mobile, AL$48,460$23.301901.1
Paducah, KY-IL$48,460$23.30400.7
Portland-South Portland, ME$48,430$23.292700.9
Dalton, GA$48,420$23.28400.5
Flint, MI$48,270$23.211701.2
Lincoln, NE$48,190$23.172301.3
Monroe, MI$48,160$23.152004.8
Sumter, SC$48,160$23.16401.2
Jacksonville, FL$48,150$23.157601.0
Lexington-Fayette, KY$48,140$23.142700.9
Wichita, KS$48,120$23.141200.4
Naples-Marco Island, FL$48,100$23.12Not publishedNot published
Sherman-Denison, TX$48,030$23.09701.3
Billings, MT$48,010$23.08500.5
Green Bay, WI$48,000$23.08400.2
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$47,960$23.064,3001.1
Birmingham, AL$47,930$23.045701.1
Tuscaloosa, AL$47,920$23.041501.4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,840$23.002,9501.0
Akron, OH$47,830$23.001100.4
Greenville, NC$47,830$23.00801.0
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$47,830$23.00700.9
Ames, IA$47,810$22.99901.6
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$47,700$22.935101.7
Elizabethtown, KY$47,700$22.93501.0
Utica-Rome, NY$47,700$22.93500.4
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$47,690$22.931401.5
Lynchburg, VA$47,670$22.92900.9
Santa Fe, NM$47,660$22.92601.0
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$47,620$22.901,9301.3
Coeur d'Alene, ID$47,550$22.86600.8
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$47,490$22.833501.0
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$47,460$22.821,7800.7
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$47,320$22.753001.8
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,230$22.712801.3
Fayetteville, NC$47,220$22.701801.4
Raleigh-Cary, NC$47,170$22.688201.1
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$47,150$22.671401.6
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$47,040$22.623801.4
York-Hanover, PA$47,040$22.621500.8
Tallahassee, FL$46,930$22.561400.8
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$46,910$22.55601.1
New Haven, CT$46,900$22.551400.5
Springfield, MO$46,790$22.501300.6
Anniston-Oxford, AL$46,770$22.48501.2
Pueblo, CO$46,750$22.481201.9
Worcester, MA$46,740$22.471600.5
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$46,640$22.42601.0
Valdosta, GA$46,640$22.42601.2
Athens-Clarke County, GA$46,560$22.391301.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,530$22.373,1001.0
Port St. Lucie, FL$46,430$22.321701.0
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$46,400$22.31600.9
Erie, PA$46,380$22.301701.4
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$46,340$22.28700.9
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$46,320$22.272,3100.7
Ann Arbor, MI$46,310$22.26900.4
Redding, CA$46,290$22.26300.5
Punta Gorda, FL$46,280$22.251101.9
Winchester, VA-WV$46,280$22.25500.8
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,210$22.221400.9
Odessa, TX$46,180$22.20600.8
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$46,160$22.192300.7
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$46,160$22.19300.6
Visalia, CA$46,090$22.161701.0
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$46,040$22.141,3701.0
Albuquerque, NM$45,960$22.093500.9
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$45,960$22.103401.3
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$45,940$22.091801.5
Harrisonburg, VA$45,850$22.041302.0
College Station-Bryan, TX$45,820$22.031100.8
Ocala, FL$45,670$21.961100.9
Lima, OH$45,600$21.93501.0
Lancaster, PA$45,540$21.893001.2
Asheville, NC$45,520$21.882201.2
Toledo, OH$45,500$21.881300.4
Wilmington, NC$45,270$21.762601.4
Gainesville, FL$44,880$21.581200.8
Sebring, FL$44,800$21.54401.5
Winston-Salem, NC$44,670$21.484201.5
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$44,470$21.388901.5
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$44,450$21.37900.8
Tyler, TX$44,380$21.342201.9
Baton Rouge, LA$44,300$21.303901.0
Manchester-Nashua, NH$44,120$21.211100.6
Decatur, AL$44,020$21.16801.3
Amarillo, TX$43,840$21.081200.9
Topeka, KS$43,580$20.951000.8
Homosassa Springs, FL$43,510$20.92601.6
Kansas City, MO-KS$43,400$20.865400.5
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$43,250$20.791900.8
Greensboro-High Point, NC$43,160$20.754401.2
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$42,120$20.251601.0
Fort Smith, AR-OK$41,420$19.921301.4
Burlington, NC$41,030$19.731001.5
Killeen-Temple, TX$40,830$19.631300.9
Champaign-Urbana, IL$40,650$19.55400.3
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$40,540$19.491800.7
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$40,370$19.41801.6
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$39,950$19.21500.5
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$39,930$19.20601.5
Jackson, MS$39,900$19.182300.8
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$39,900$19.181701.7
Victoria, TX$39,860$19.16300.9
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$39,670$19.07800.5
Dothan, AL$39,350$18.921202.1
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$39,070$18.79500.4
Roanoke, VA$39,070$18.781901.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$39,040$18.775601.3
Reading, PA$38,760$18.632101.2
Tucson, AZ$38,630$18.571900.5
Bangor, ME$38,570$18.55801.2
Lake Charles, LA$38,330$18.43900.9
Tulsa, OK$38,330$18.435401.2
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$38,250$18.39300.9
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$38,200$18.373200.9
Morristown, TN$38,020$18.281002.1
Hammond, LA$37,920$18.23400.9
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$37,890$18.222600.7
Charleston, WV$37,850$18.201301.2
Montgomery, AL$37,630$18.092801.7
Charlottesville, VA$37,540$18.051101.0
Cleveland, TN$37,540$18.05400.9
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$37,510$18.032200.6
Lawton, OK$37,490$18.02501.2
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$37,320$17.94401.1
Monroe, LA$37,190$17.88800.9
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$37,160$17.87701.7
Columbus, GA-AL$37,090$17.83500.4
Hattiesburg, MS$37,070$17.82901.5
Jacksonville, NC$37,020$17.80501.0
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$36,960$17.772101.4
Texarkana, TX-AR$36,890$17.73300.5
Spartanburg, SC$36,880$17.731000.6
El Paso, TX$36,850$17.723200.9
Bowling Green, KY$36,810$17.70700.8
Wheeling, WV-OH$36,650$17.62701.2
Las Cruces, NM$36,640$17.62400.5
Lafayette, LA$36,470$17.531801.0
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$36,380$17.491300.9
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$36,280$17.44801.4
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$36,160$17.391301.8
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,090$17.35800.3
Anchorage, AK$36,030$17.321100.6
Altoona, PA$35,930$17.28601.0
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$35,840$17.232300.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$35,830$17.232600.4
Beckley, WV$35,710$17.17401.0
Eagle Pass, TX$35,710$17.17402.1
Alexandria, LA$35,500$17.07701.1
Jonesboro, AR$35,330$16.99500.7
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$35,190$16.921801.2
Springfield, OH$35,080$16.87300.7
Columbia, SC$34,800$16.733801.0
Florence, SC$32,540$15.65901.0
Lubbock, TX$32,510$15.63700.4
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$31,390$15.09900.5
Hot Springs, AR$30,460$14.64501.3
Rapid City, SD$29,960$14.40300.5
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$29,140$14.011300.5
Johnson City, TN$28,880$13.89600.8
Rocky Mount, NC$26,580$12.781502.7
Arecibo, PR$21,970$10.561103.1
Ponce, PR$21,910$10.53300.5
Aguadilla, PR$21,840$10.50901.8
Guayama, PR$21,840$10.50504.1
Mayaguez, PR$21,840$10.501502.9
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,840$10.501,3401.9
Cheyenne, WYNot publishedNot published601.2
Columbia, MONot publishedNot published800.7

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