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SOC 51-6031 · Production Occupations

Sewing Machine Operators

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

U.S. median annual wage$36,670
U.S. median hourly wage$17.63
U.S. employment104,880

Nationally, sewing machine operators earned a median of $36,670 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 104,880 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”.

Sewing Machine Operators: pay and employment by state
State
Nevada$45,750$21.999100.6
Alaska$43,850$21.08400.1
Colorado$43,840$21.089700.3
Maine$43,520$20.927001.1
Washington$43,360$20.851,6000.5
Massachusetts$42,910$20.631,5400.4
New Hampshire$41,740$20.071900.3
Vermont$40,850$19.642200.7
Wisconsin$40,370$19.412,3700.8
Arizona$40,210$19.331,4200.4
Oregon$39,780$19.121,2500.6
Hawaii$39,230$18.862800.4
South Dakota$39,000$18.753000.6
Minnesota$38,930$18.721,8900.6
Rhode Island$38,670$18.592700.5
New York$38,480$18.506,1300.6
Indiana$38,440$18.483,4001.1
South Carolina$38,250$18.392,4601.1
California$37,940$18.2413,2400.7
Connecticut$37,780$18.164800.3
Delaware$37,690$18.12600.1
Mississippi$37,600$18.082,2702.0
Michigan$37,490$18.023,2100.7
Idaho$37,160$17.874100.5
Nebraska$37,060$17.823000.3
Montana$36,740$17.661900.4
Wyoming$36,510$17.551100.4
Illinois$36,220$17.414,0600.7
New Jersey$36,130$17.372,7500.6
Iowa$35,870$17.255900.4
Maryland$35,860$17.241,3900.5
Virginia$35,790$17.212,0100.5
Ohio$35,760$17.194,1000.7
North Dakota$35,700$17.161100.3
Pennsylvania$35,640$17.133,3900.6
Arkansas$35,630$17.138600.7
Missouri$35,610$17.122,3200.8
Utah$35,550$17.091,0200.6
Kansas$35,360$17.006500.5
North Carolina$35,160$16.918,2901.7
New Mexico$34,840$16.752200.3
Georgia$34,790$16.723,4200.7
Tennessee$34,220$16.453,3001.0
Oklahoma$33,340$16.035800.3
Florida$33,270$16.006,7900.7
Texas$31,000$14.906,9500.5
Alabama$30,830$14.822,3001.1
Louisiana$29,600$14.236100.3
Kentucky$29,460$14.172,7501.4
West Virginia$29,320$14.101800.3
Puerto Rico$21,840$10.505,4105.8

Pay by metro area

All 236 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

$21,840$31,503$41,167$50,830Mayaguez, PR — $21,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,190El Paso, TX — $22,400Arecibo, PR — $22,550Owensboro, KY — $25,980Elizabethtown, KY — $26,260San Angelo, TX — $27,010Fort Smith, AR-OK — $27,810Waco, TX — $28,230Charleston, WV — $28,430Wilmington, NC — $28,510Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $28,560Lafayette, LA — $28,640Tyler, TX — $29,030Wichita Falls, TX — $29,110Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $29,210Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $29,230Rocky Mount, NC — $29,230Williamsport, PA — $29,260Greenville, NC — $29,280Burlington, NC — $29,570Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $29,590Fayetteville, NC — $29,640San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,760Lubbock, TX — $29,900Winston-Salem, NC — $30,150Johnstown, PA — $30,160Corpus Christi, TX — $30,300Dothan, AL — $30,320Saginaw, MI — $30,360Wichita, KS — $30,590Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $30,620Raleigh-Cary, NC — $30,960Canton-Massillon, OH — $31,000Joplin, MO-KS — $31,040Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $31,140New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $31,170Youngstown-Warren, OH — $31,170Jackson, MS — $31,200Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $31,200Salisbury, MD — $31,200Athens-Clarke County, GA — $31,360Amarillo, TX — $31,510Birmingham, AL — $31,840Anniston-Oxford, AL — $31,890Baton Rouge, LA — $31,950Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $32,120Vineland, NJ — $32,220Bowling Green, KY — $32,230Gainesville, FL — $32,470Greensboro-High Point, NC — $32,470South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $32,470Utica-Rome, NY — $32,480Clarksville, TN-KY — $32,690Decatur, AL — $32,770Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $32,930Peoria, IL — $33,060Montgomery, AL — $33,330Johnson City, TN — $33,420Columbus, GA-AL — $33,440Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $33,530Knoxville, TN — $33,680Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,700Morristown, TN — $33,850Albuquerque, NM — $33,860Idaho Falls, ID — $33,990Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $33,990Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,010Rockford, IL — $34,060Mobile, AL — $34,110Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $34,170Dalton, GA — $34,180Oklahoma City, OK — $34,260St. George, UT — $34,300Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $34,310Logan, UT-ID — $34,360Tulsa, OK — $34,500Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $34,680Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $34,820Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $34,850Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $34,940Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $34,960Jacksonville, FL — $35,010Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $35,120Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,120Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $35,180Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $35,260Richmond, VA — $35,310Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $35,320North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,360Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,360Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $35,380Columbus, OH — $35,420Pittsburgh, PA — $35,440Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,510Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $35,550Lancaster, PA — $35,630Santa Fe, NM — $35,660Ocala, FL — $35,690Fargo, ND-MN — $35,730Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,730Cedar Rapids, IA — $35,740Cleveland, OH — $35,760Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $35,820Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $35,860Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,890Rochester, NY — $35,930Ogden, UT — $36,040Savannah, GA — $36,100Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $36,150Lexington-Fayette, KY — $36,170Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,220Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $36,220Akron, OH — $36,230Eugene-Springfield, OR — $36,230Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $36,240Terre Haute, IN — $36,250Longview, TX — $36,290Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,290Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $36,300Springfield, MO — $36,300Huntsville, AL — $36,340Odessa, TX — $36,380Cleveland, TN — $36,400Lebanon, PA — $36,530Toledo, OH — $36,580Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,630Kansas City, MO-KS — $36,640New Haven, CT — $36,700Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $36,720Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $36,730Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $36,740Roanoke, VA — $36,750Duluth, MN-WI — $36,780Boise City, ID — $36,800Chattanooga, TN-GA — $36,800St. Louis, MO-IL — $36,800Green Bay, WI — $36,820La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $36,820Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,910Erie, PA — $36,990Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,020Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,060Fort Wayne, IN — $37,090Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,130Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $37,180Lincoln, NE — $37,200Asheville, NC — $37,210Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $37,270Ann Arbor, MI — $37,350Jackson, TN — $37,380Omaha, NE-IA — $37,380Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,480Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $37,500Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $37,550Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $37,620New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $37,780Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $37,790Reading, PA — $37,820Syracuse, NY — $37,850Gainesville, GA — $37,890Traverse City, MI — $37,900Modesto, CA — $38,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,110Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $38,130Flint, MI — $38,130Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $38,160Springfield, OH — $38,190Salem, OR — $38,200Colorado Springs, CO — $38,270Fresno, CA — $38,270Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,340Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $38,420Springfield, MA — $38,440Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,480Missoula, MT — $38,490Naples-Marco Island, FL — $38,500Spartanburg, SC — $38,530San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $38,550Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $38,600Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $38,610Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,610Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $38,630Medford, OR — $38,700Greeley, CO — $39,040Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,070Manchester-Nashua, NH — $39,070San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $39,070Wausau, WI — $39,110Dubuque, IA — $39,120Worcester, MA — $39,350Kingston, NY — $39,370Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,420York-Hanover, PA — $39,430Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $39,570Bozeman, MT — $39,610Bellingham, WA — $39,650Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $39,800Fond du Lac, WI — $39,810Madison, WI — $40,040Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $40,130Janesville-Beloit, WI — $40,130Grand Junction, CO — $40,450Merced, CA — $40,630Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $40,910Binghamton, NY — $41,330Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $41,410Tucson, AZ — $41,660Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $41,980Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $42,040Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $42,080Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $42,300Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $42,480Napa, CA — $42,550Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $42,970Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $43,370Stockton-Lodi, CA — $43,500Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $43,650Reno, NV — $43,730Boulder, CO — $43,740Evansville, IN — $43,800Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $44,350Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $44,350Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $44,670Columbia, SC — $44,810San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $44,880Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,160Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $45,210Bangor, ME — $46,060Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,540Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $47,220San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $47,220Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,190Appleton, WI — $48,460Glens Falls, NY — $50,000Bend, OR — $50,830

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.

Sewing Machine Operators: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Bend, OR$50,830$24.44500.5
Glens Falls, NY$50,000$24.04400.9
Appleton, WI$48,460$23.301100.9
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$48,190$23.174600.4
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$47,220$22.70500.5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$47,220$22.702200.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$46,540$22.381,86012.1
Bangor, ME$46,060$22.15700.9
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$45,210$21.745300.3
Portland-South Portland, ME$45,160$21.712400.8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$44,880$21.587400.3
Columbia, SC$44,810$21.543901.0
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$44,670$21.481603.4
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$44,350$21.32400.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$44,350$21.321,0600.5
Evansville, IN$43,800$21.061801.3
Boulder, CO$43,740$21.03700.4
Reno, NV$43,730$21.034101.5
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$43,650$20.991300.5
Stockton-Lodi, CA$43,500$20.911200.4
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$43,370$20.85900.2
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$42,970$20.668500.3
Napa, CA$42,550$20.46300.4
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$42,480$20.42800.7
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$42,300$20.341,1300.6
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$42,080$20.231900.2
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$42,040$20.21400.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$41,980$20.186300.5
Tucson, AZ$41,660$20.031000.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$41,410$19.916600.2
Binghamton, NY$41,330$19.871601.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$40,910$19.671,2000.5
Merced, CA$40,630$19.53300.4
Grand Junction, CO$40,450$19.45400.7
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$40,130$19.294703.7
Janesville-Beloit, WI$40,130$19.29801.1
Madison, WI$40,040$19.25Not publishedNot published
Fond du Lac, WI$39,810$19.14601.3
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$39,800$19.131800.6
Bellingham, WA$39,650$19.06500.6
Bozeman, MT$39,610$19.04600.8
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$39,570$19.027300.4
York-Hanover, PA$39,430$18.961400.8
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39,420$18.95800.4
Kingston, NY$39,370$18.93300.5
Worcester, MA$39,350$18.92400.1
Dubuque, IA$39,120$18.81500.9
Wausau, WI$39,110$18.80300.5
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$39,070$18.794000.9
Manchester-Nashua, NH$39,070$18.79400.2
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$39,070$18.798200.5
Greeley, CO$39,040$18.77400.3
Medford, OR$38,700$18.61600.7
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$38,630$18.572901.1
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$38,610$18.561600.8
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$38,610$18.56700.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$38,600$18.565600.7
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$38,550$18.53800.6
Spartanburg, SC$38,530$18.525603.4
Naples-Marco Island, FL$38,500$18.51600.3
Missoula, MT$38,490$18.51300.5
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$38,480$18.504800.8
Springfield, MA$38,440$18.48600.3
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$38,420$18.471900.7
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$38,340$18.431500.2
Colorado Springs, CO$38,270$18.401200.4
Fresno, CA$38,270$18.40900.2
Salem, OR$38,200$18.371300.7
Springfield, OH$38,190$18.36400.8
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$38,160$18.358201.1
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,130$18.331,1500.6
Flint, MI$38,130$18.33400.3
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$38,110$18.323801.0
Modesto, CA$38,100$18.32300.2
Traverse City, MI$37,900$18.221302.0
Gainesville, GA$37,890$18.22500.4
Syracuse, NY$37,850$18.20800.3
Reading, PA$37,820$18.182401.4
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,790$18.171100.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$37,780$18.166,7000.7
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$37,620$18.09500.3
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$37,550$18.05500.7
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,500$18.038700.8
Urban Honolulu, HI$37,480$18.022100.5
Jackson, TN$37,380$17.97500.6
Omaha, NE-IA$37,380$17.971500.3
Ann Arbor, MI$37,350$17.96700.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$37,270$17.92800.2
Asheville, NC$37,210$17.893201.7
Lincoln, NE$37,200$17.89600.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$37,180$17.882400.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$37,130$17.859,3101.5
Fort Wayne, IN$37,090$17.832201.0
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$37,060$17.822400.9
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$37,020$17.801200.5
Erie, PA$36,990$17.79500.5
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,910$17.747100.6
Green Bay, WI$36,820$17.701100.7
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$36,820$17.70600.7
Boise City, ID$36,800$17.691900.5
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,800$17.691800.7
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,800$17.697800.6
Duluth, MN-WI$36,780$17.681601.3
Roanoke, VA$36,750$17.672201.4
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$36,740$17.66500.2
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$36,730$17.664700.3
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$36,720$17.651,3600.5
New Haven, CT$36,700$17.64600.2
Kansas City, MO-KS$36,640$17.626000.5
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$36,630$17.614301.2
Toledo, OH$36,580$17.591900.7
Lebanon, PA$36,530$17.56300.6
Cleveland, TN$36,400$17.50501.0
Odessa, TX$36,380$17.49400.5
Huntsville, AL$36,340$17.472300.9
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,300$17.45300.4
Springfield, MO$36,300$17.452100.9
Longview, TX$36,290$17.45500.4
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$36,290$17.451800.6
Terre Haute, IN$36,250$17.43400.6
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$36,240$17.421200.4
Akron, OH$36,230$17.421400.4
Eugene-Springfield, OR$36,230$17.423001.9
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$36,220$17.413,4500.8
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$36,220$17.41700.4
Lexington-Fayette, KY$36,170$17.393001.1
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$36,150$17.381700.7
Savannah, GA$36,100$17.361400.7
Ogden, UT$36,040$17.331000.4
Rochester, NY$35,930$17.284000.8
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$35,890$17.263800.3
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$35,860$17.246300.5
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$35,820$17.223400.9
Cleveland, OH$35,760$17.199801.0
Cedar Rapids, IA$35,740$17.18400.3
Fargo, ND-MN$35,730$17.18700.5
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$35,730$17.183000.4
Ocala, FL$35,690$17.16600.5
Santa Fe, NM$35,660$17.14400.7
Lancaster, PA$35,630$17.131900.8
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$35,550$17.095600.7
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,510$17.072501.1
Pittsburgh, PA$35,440$17.044900.4
Columbus, OH$35,420$17.036100.6
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$35,380$17.011000.3
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,360$17.002000.6
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$35,360$17.001,4000.5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$35,320$16.987700.5
Richmond, VA$35,310$16.972100.3
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$35,260$16.952,4200.6
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$35,180$16.911200.7
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$35,120$16.891000.9
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$35,120$16.89800.8
Jacksonville, FL$35,010$16.832900.4
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$34,960$16.81Not publishedNot published
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$34,940$16.801,6401.2
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$34,850$16.763200.9
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$34,820$16.742000.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$34,680$16.678200.7
Tulsa, OK$34,500$16.591200.3
Logan, UT-ID$34,360$16.52701.0
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$34,310$16.49600.7
St. George, UT$34,300$16.49400.5
Oklahoma City, OK$34,260$16.473100.5
Dalton, GA$34,180$16.434406.8
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$34,170$16.43300.3
Mobile, AL$34,110$16.40500.3
Rockford, IL$34,060$16.38700.5
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$34,010$16.35900.5
Idaho Falls, ID$33,990$16.34800.9
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$33,990$16.344300.7
Albuquerque, NM$33,860$16.281000.2
Morristown, TN$33,850$16.28601.3
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,700$16.201100.4
Knoxville, TN$33,680$16.195201.2
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$33,530$16.121,2700.4
Columbus, GA-AL$33,440$16.082402.0
Johnson City, TN$33,420$16.07400.5
Montgomery, AL$33,330$16.03600.4
Peoria, IL$33,060$15.90800.5
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$32,930$15.834400.6
Decatur, AL$32,770$15.76Not publishedNot published
Clarksville, TN-KY$32,690$15.72500.5
Utica-Rome, NY$32,480$15.62900.7
Gainesville, FL$32,470$15.61700.5
Greensboro-High Point, NC$32,470$15.611,4604.0
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$32,470$15.612001.5
Bowling Green, KY$32,230$15.49500.6
Vineland, NJ$32,220$15.49500.8
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$32,120$15.441600.7
Baton Rouge, LA$31,950$15.361300.3
Anniston-Oxford, AL$31,890$15.331403.2
Birmingham, AL$31,840$15.312700.5
Amarillo, TX$31,510$15.15400.3
Athens-Clarke County, GA$31,360$15.08400.4
Jackson, MS$31,200$15.001100.4
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$31,200$15.00401.0
Salisbury, MD$31,200$15.001302.4
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$31,170$14.991400.3
Youngstown-Warren, OH$31,170$14.991300.8
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$31,140$14.97500.6
Joplin, MO-KS$31,040$14.93400.5
Canton-Massillon, OH$31,000$14.911901.2
Raleigh-Cary, NC$30,960$14.893400.5
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$30,620$14.723,6801.3
Wichita, KS$30,590$14.712200.7
Saginaw, MI$30,360$14.60400.5
Dothan, AL$30,320$14.581903.2
Corpus Christi, TX$30,300$14.571000.5
Johnstown, PA$30,160$14.50300.6
Winston-Salem, NC$30,150$14.494501.7
Lubbock, TX$29,900$14.38400.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$29,760$14.313600.3
Fayetteville, NC$29,640$14.251501.1
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$29,590$14.23400.5
Burlington, NC$29,570$14.221802.7
Greenville, NC$29,280$14.08700.8
Williamsport, PA$29,260$14.07300.7
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,230$14.05500.3
Rocky Mount, NC$29,230$14.051001.9
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$29,210$14.04300.2
Wichita Falls, TX$29,110$14.00500.9
Tyler, TX$29,030$13.96600.5
Lafayette, LA$28,640$13.771100.6
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$28,560$13.731303.1
Wilmington, NC$28,510$13.711100.6
Charleston, WV$28,430$13.67300.3
Waco, TX$28,230$13.57700.6
Fort Smith, AR-OK$27,810$13.37700.7
San Angelo, TX$27,010$12.98300.6
Elizabethtown, KY$26,260$12.621002.0
Owensboro, KY$25,980$12.491503.1
Arecibo, PR$22,550$10.841,01029.1
El Paso, TX$22,400$10.777202.1
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,190$10.677401.1
Mayaguez, PR$21,840$10.502,37045.4

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.