Auditors

Median Salary: $60,300

Many auditors across the U.S. share a handful of key professional attributes. For example, dependability, persistence, and stress tolerance can be critical for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 1,106,980 individuals were working as auditors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to hone these traits and receive solid training, particularly if you're intending to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for auditors in the U.S. was $60,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $29.00. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about auditors, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the U.S.

Auditors should be skilled in:

  • Written Comprehension
  • Oral Expression
  • Written Expression
  • Category Flexibility
  • Fluency of Ideas

Different individuals go into different careers; auditors are typically:

  • Conventional
  • Enterprising
  • Investigative

Working as an auditor requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Economics and Accounting
  • English Language
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Administration and Management
  • Clerical

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals working as auditors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of auditors in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anniston 170 $48,400 $23.30 $58,200 $28.00 -57.3%
Auburn 280 $53,600 $25.80 $65,900 $31.70 -30%
Birmingham 4,550 $55,100 $26.50 $71,300 $34.30 8.6%
Decatur 260 $45,200 $21.80 $59,500 $28.60 -41.4%
Dothan 330 $49,800 $24.00 $68,800 $33.10 -33.1%
Florence 270 $45,300 $21.80 $65,200 $31.40 -37.3%
Gadsden 220 $47,700 $22.90 $63,900 $30.70 -26%
Huntsville 1,790 $62,000 $29.80 $84,100 $40.40 2.8%
Mobile 1,110 $48,600 $23.40 $62,900 $30.20 -24.1%
Montgomery 2,080 $55,700 $26.80 $71,400 $34.30 50.6%
Tuscaloosa 440 $48,800 $23.50 $63,600 $30.60 -42.2%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Anchorage 1,180 $60,700 $29.20 $77,900 $37.50 -16%
Fairbanks 240 $59,300 $28.50 $75,100 $36.10 -18.5%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 320 $45,400 $21.80 $57,900 $27.80 -32.8%
Lake Havasu City 230 $59,900 $28.80 $73,700 $35.40 -42.8%
Phoenix 17,960 $52,400 $25.20 $69,000 $33.20 20.2%
Prescott 350 $52,700 $25.40 $75,100 $36.10 -27.4%
Tucson 3,270 $56,300 $27.00 $75,700 $36.40 6.5%
Yuma 240 $53,700 $25.80 $69,500 $33.40 -52.5%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 970 $49,400 $23.80 $65,600 $31.50 -41.5%
Fort Smith 560 $43,200 $20.80 $54,800 $26.30 -43.6%
Hot Springs 90 $39,600 $19.00 $57,600 $27.70 -69.4%
Jonesboro 210 $46,000 $22.10 $64,900 $31.20 -48%
Little Rock 2,430 $49,600 $23.80 $67,000 $32.20 -13.2%
Pine Bluff 130 $50,100 $24.10 $62,500 $30.10 -55.1%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 1,100 $61,800 $29.70 $78,000 $37.50 -51.2%
Chico 290 $54,100 $26.00 $67,100 $32.30 -51.5%
El Centro 250 $49,300 $23.70 $63,800 $30.70 -40.8%
Fresno 1,670 $60,000 $28.80 $73,800 $35.50 -39.2%
Hanford 70 $53,900 $25.90 $76,000 $36.60 -77.9%
Los Angeles (Area) 49,270 $63,800 $30.70 $81,200 $39.10 8.4%
Madera 110 $62,400 $30.00 $74,300 $35.70 -66.1%
Merced 170 $55,200 $26.50 $69,200 $33.30 -65.8%
Modesto 810 $57,700 $27.70 $70,000 $33.60 -39.2%
Napa 360 $70,400 $33.80 $84,600 $40.70 -32.3%
Oakland 8,410 $70,700 $34.00 $89,500 $43.00 0.2%
Oxnard 2,090 $64,800 $31.10 $79,500 $38.20 -15.8%
Redding 370 $56,600 $27.20 $74,800 $35.90 -29.2%
Riverside 5,830 $60,500 $29.10 $73,900 $35.50 -42.6%
Sacramento 6,000 $62,600 $30.10 $77,000 $37.00 -16.8%
Salinas 650 $64,300 $30.90 $82,100 $39.50 -50.7%
San Diego 10,060 $63,400 $30.50 $80,100 $38.50 -7.2%
San Francisco (Area) 22,230 $73,300 $35.30 $93,300 $44.90 33.1%
San Francisco (City) 13,820 $76,000 $36.50 $97,200 $46.70 66%
San Jose 9,710 $77,400 $37.20 $101,100 $48.60 28.9%
San Luis Obispo 550 $61,100 $29.40 $82,100 $39.50 -35.3%
Santa Barbara 940 $65,900 $31.70 $83,100 $39.90 -34.7%
Santa Cruz 550 $62,400 $30.00 $72,600 $34.90 -23.2%
Santa Rosa NA $59,800 $28.80 $82,300 $39.60 NA
Stockton 830 $61,400 $29.50 $77,100 $37.00 -52.8%
Vallejo 640 $60,800 $29.20 $77,700 $37.30 -37.9%
Visalia 490 $61,700 $29.70 $76,900 $37.00 -55.8%
Yuba City 190 $52,500 $25.20 $66,800 $32.10 -42.3%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 1,770 $63,300 $30.50 $84,900 $40.80 33.6%
Colorado Springs 2,540 $58,200 $28.00 $79,900 $38.40 21.7%
Denver 19,490 $62,200 $29.90 $82,900 $39.80 88.7%
Fort Collins 1,140 $58,300 $28.00 $77,500 $37.30 4.9%
Grand Junction 550 $50,800 $24.40 $66,900 $32.20 2.7%
Greeley 720 $52,100 $25.10 $75,600 $36.30 7.5%
Pueblo 350 $54,000 $25.90 $67,500 $32.40 -25.8%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 6,660 $65,800 $31.60 $81,600 $39.20 32.3%
Hartford 5,770 $63,500 $30.50 $79,400 $38.20 21.2%
New Haven 2,160 $60,000 $28.90 $74,000 $35.60 -26.2%
Norwich 640 $56,500 $27.10 $73,000 $35.10 -43.4%
Delaware
City/Area Employees Median
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Dover 570 $49,800 $23.90 $62,100 $29.90 13.8%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Washington (Area) 37,100 $73,300 $35.20 $97,500 $46.90 53%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 2,110 $56,300 $27.10 $74,400 $35.80 0.8%
Cape Coral 1,640 $57,600 $27.70 $73,400 $35.30 -3.7%
Deltona 1,170 $51,500 $24.70 $68,900 $33.10 -11.3%
Fort Walton Beach 550 $58,600 $28.20 $77,900 $37.50 -15.2%
Gainesville 1,100 $49,900 $24.00 $63,600 $30.60 7.6%
Jacksonville 5,500 $53,700 $25.80 $69,500 $33.40 11.7%
Lakeland NA $53,500 $25.70 $71,100 $34.20 NA
Miami (Area) 24,920 $59,300 $28.50 $78,700 $37.90 33.3%
Naples 1,120 $61,100 $29.40 $79,400 $38.20 15.3%
Ocala 640 $53,000 $25.50 $65,800 $31.60 -19.7%
Orlando 9,960 $54,900 $26.40 $72,700 $35.00 18.8%
Palm Bay 1,730 $59,000 $28.40 $77,100 $37.10 4.4%
Palm Coast 110 $49,200 $23.60 $69,900 $33.60 -22.5%
Panama City 390 $50,700 $24.40 $68,700 $33.00 -33.2%
Pensacola 1,270 $51,100 $24.60 $66,000 $31.70 -1.3%
Port St. Lucie 840 $52,700 $25.30 $70,400 $33.80 -17.6%
Punta Gorda 220 $50,800 $24.40 $62,200 $29.90 -31.5%
Sebastian 350 $60,500 $29.10 $81,200 $39.10 -9.6%
Tallahassee 3,180 $47,400 $22.80 $61,800 $29.70 132.7%
Tampa 12,860 $55,300 $26.60 $70,200 $33.80 34.2%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 410 $56,000 $26.90 $79,100 $38.00 -20.4%
Athens 410 $45,500 $21.90 $56,600 $27.20 -38.7%
Atlanta 21,690 $62,800 $30.20 $84,200 $40.50 11.8%
Augusta 1,320 $55,200 $26.50 $73,700 $35.50 -23.6%
Brunswick 160 $62,100 $29.80 $88,500 $42.50 -54.3%
Columbus 710 $54,000 $26.00 $68,700 $33.00 -25.8%
Dalton 250 $58,900 $28.30 $76,900 $37.00 -55.1%
Gainesville 380 $51,600 $24.80 $66,700 $32.10 -36.5%
Hinesville 50 $64,900 $31.20 $77,700 $37.40 -66.2%
Macon 450 $56,400 $27.10 $74,700 $35.90 -44.2%
Rome 130 $58,700 $28.20 $81,500 $39.20 -60.7%
Savannah 950 $51,600 $24.80 $69,700 $33.50 -25.2%
Valdosta 260 $51,300 $24.70 $62,600 $30.10 -43.1%
Warner Robins 170 $67,500 $32.50 $86,100 $41.40 -64.3%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 4,190 $52,100 $25.00 $68,800 $33.10 15%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 1,500 $50,500 $24.30 $61,700 $29.70 -32.7%
Coeur d'Alene 280 $43,000 $20.70 $56,800 $27.30 -40%
Idaho Falls 310 $51,900 $25.00 $63,900 $30.70 -25.7%
Lewiston 150 $53,000 $25.50 $65,100 $31.30 -25.8%
Pocatello 180 $55,900 $26.90 $112,200 $53.90 -39.3%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 660 $56,300 $27.10 $67,400 $32.40 -9.2%
Champaign 480 $51,800 $24.90 $70,200 $33.80 -43.3%
Chicago (Area) 37,750 $62,800 $30.20 $79,800 $38.40 -9.1%
Danville 180 $49,700 $23.90 $62,300 $30.00 -24.1%
Decatur 400 $57,400 $27.60 $75,200 $36.20 -18.1%
Kankakee 170 $49,800 $23.90 $65,600 $31.60 -53.5%
Peoria 920 $59,800 $28.70 $76,200 $36.70 -36.5%
Rockford 830 $53,500 $25.70 $70,800 $34.00 -32.2%
Springfield 1,100 $55,400 $26.70 $69,000 $33.20 23.2%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 150 $52,400 $25.20 $70,800 $34.00 -53.2%
Bloomington 350 $46,200 $22.20 $59,700 $28.70 -44.9%
Columbus 330 $53,100 $25.50 $70,300 $33.80 -6.8%
Elkhart 580 $56,400 $27.10 $73,500 $35.40 -31.5%
Evansville 900 $53,400 $25.70 $67,100 $32.20 -36.5%
Fort Wayne 1,450 $56,700 $27.30 $69,400 $33.40 -15.9%
Indianapolis 8,370 $59,600 $28.70 $79,100 $38.00 13.4%
Kokomo 120 $57,000 $27.40 $78,300 $37.70 -62.4%
Lafayette 380 $56,500 $27.20 $70,900 $34.10 -45.8%
Michigan City 210 $47,800 $23.00 $59,200 $28.50 -41.1%
Muncie 260 $51,300 $24.70 $67,300 $32.40 -34.2%
South Bend 910 $49,300 $23.70 $63,800 $30.70 -17%
Terre Haute 300 $55,700 $26.80 $73,000 $35.10 -47.5%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 290 $53,800 $25.90 $68,000 $32.70 -19.8%
Cedar Rapids 1,180 $52,200 $25.10 $66,800 $32.10 1.6%
Davenport 1,410 $54,900 $26.40 $73,900 $35.50 -9.2%
Des Moines 3,070 $55,100 $26.50 $68,500 $32.90 12.4%
Dubuque 320 $51,900 $25.00 $66,800 $32.10 -26.7%
Iowa City 470 $51,200 $24.60 $63,300 $30.40 -32.7%
Sioux City 430 $52,100 $25.10 $66,200 $31.80 -29%
Waterloo 410 $51,800 $24.90 $63,100 $30.30 -43.4%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 350 $54,100 $26.00 $67,400 $32.40 -13.1%
Topeka 1,290 $48,700 $23.40 $57,900 $27.90 38.9%
Wichita 2,180 $54,600 $26.20 $68,100 $32.70 -13%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 290 $45,700 $22.00 $54,500 $26.20 -37.6%
Elizabethtown 150 $49,200 $23.70 $82,600 $39.70 -60.3%
Lexington 1,680 $49,300 $23.70 $63,300 $30.40 -18.3%
Louisville 4,620 $53,500 $25.70 $68,600 $33.00 -8.3%
Owensboro 250 $50,100 $24.10 $61,300 $29.50 -38.4%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 240 $51,700 $24.80 $72,100 $34.70 -54.9%
Baton Rouge 2,580 $52,300 $25.10 $64,200 $30.90 -16.6%
Houma 470 $43,800 $21.10 $56,100 $27.00 -42%
Lafayette 940 $53,500 $25.70 $63,700 $30.60 -23.9%
Lake Charles 540 $49,000 $23.60 $59,700 $28.70 -28.7%
Monroe 380 $49,500 $23.80 $63,900 $30.70 -40.9%
New Orleans 3,730 $51,900 $25.00 $64,700 $31.10 -13.6%
Shreveport 940 $51,000 $24.50 $64,100 $30.80 -36.3%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 320 $53,900 $25.90 $65,100 $31.30 -39.7%
Lewiston 280 $52,300 $25.20 $67,400 $32.40 -31.6%
Portland 1,490 $52,200 $25.10 $68,200 $32.80 -10.2%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 11,650 $64,900 $31.20 $84,900 $40.80 9.2%
Cumberland 170 $49,300 $23.70 $61,900 $29.80 -46.1%
Hagerstown 420 $49,800 $23.90 $65,200 $31.30 -48.2%
Salisbury 350 $55,400 $26.70 $66,500 $32.00 -23%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 470 $65,400 $31.40 $84,900 $40.80 -41.6%
Boston (Area) 29,250 $62,400 $30.00 $78,100 $37.50 -14.8%
Pittsfield 280 $51,200 $24.60 $67,800 $32.60 -5.2%
Springfield 1,740 $58,000 $27.90 $75,700 $36.40 -28.8%
Worcester 2,270 $64,300 $30.90 $79,000 $38.00 -21.4%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 1,260 $54,400 $26.20 $72,000 $34.60 -22.1%
Battle Creek 250 $56,700 $27.30 $72,400 $34.80 -43%
Bay City 280 $53,100 $25.50 $65,900 $31.70 -8.5%
Detroit (Area) 16,980 $60,200 $29.00 $78,500 $37.70 11.3%
Flint 770 $56,900 $27.30 $75,100 $36.10 -32.5%
Grand Rapids 3,090 $57,400 $27.60 $74,300 $35.70 0.1%
Holland 720 $55,100 $26.50 $66,500 $32.00 -15.3%
Jackson 270 $62,900 $30.20 $78,800 $37.90 -40.3%
Kalamazoo 740 $58,600 $28.20 $70,900 $34.10 -34.9%
Lansing 2,060 $58,700 $28.20 $71,900 $34.60 21.1%
Monroe 290 $54,100 $26.00 $65,700 $31.60 -9.1%
Muskegon 250 $60,400 $29.10 $80,700 $38.80 -49.7%
Niles 330 $55,000 $26.40 $66,500 $32.00 -33.7%
Saginaw 620 $56,800 $27.30 $68,800 $33.10 -10.5%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 650 $53,800 $25.90 $67,900 $32.60 -37.7%
Minneapolis 16,980 $59,600 $28.70 $72,900 $35.10 15.9%
Rochester 680 $53,600 $25.80 $60,500 $29.10 -22.7%
St. Cloud 560 $54,500 $26.20 $66,700 $32.10 -30.2%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 530 $48,200 $23.20 $69,700 $33.50 -38.7%
Hattiesburg 220 $48,700 $23.40 $57,900 $27.90 -53.8%
Jackson 1,700 $48,200 $23.20 $61,300 $29.50 -18.4%
Pascagoula 180 $50,200 $24.10 $72,100 $34.70 -62.3%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 640 $46,700 $22.40 $61,900 $29.80 -8.3%
Jefferson City 930 $44,800 $21.50 $59,000 $28.40 36.1%
Joplin 470 $43,000 $20.70 $56,500 $27.20 -27.6%
Kansas City 10,740 $51,700 $24.90 $68,900 $33.10 28.3%
Springfield 1,570 $43,500 $20.90 $59,900 $28.80 -1.5%
St. Joseph 390 $44,700 $21.50 $57,700 $27.70 -9.5%
St. Louis 13,710 $56,700 $27.20 $74,400 $35.80 24.4%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 560 $42,200 $20.30 $58,100 $28.00 -18.1%
Great Falls 270 $56,800 $27.30 $84,500 $40.60 -11.9%
Missoula 360 $45,500 $21.90 $62,300 $30.00 -23.1%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lincoln 1,370 $49,900 $24.00 $65,100 $31.30 -0.5%
Omaha 4,040 $56,700 $27.30 $74,700 $35.90 5.5%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Carson City 320 $54,700 $26.30 $68,100 $32.70 29.8%
Las Vegas 3,870 $54,300 $26.10 $70,100 $33.70 -46.9%
Reno 1,230 $58,100 $27.90 $72,600 $34.90 -27%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Manchester 790 $58,300 $28.00 $76,100 $36.60 -6%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Atlantic City 590 $56,500 $27.20 $76,600 $36.80 -49.8%
Ocean City 180 $59,100 $28.40 $75,500 $36.30 -46.3%
Trenton 2,420 $71,200 $34.20 $85,900 $41.30 32.4%
Vineland 210 $58,700 $28.20 $75,100 $36.10 -59.5%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque 3,500 $54,500 $26.20 $72,500 $34.90 8.2%
Farmington 130 $64,300 $30.90 $83,300 $40.00 -68.8%
Las Cruces 360 $46,400 $22.30 $57,300 $27.60 -36.2%
Santa Fe 660 $61,600 $29.60 $74,200 $35.70 23.3%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 4,380 $65,300 $31.40 $81,600 $39.20 19%
Binghamton 790 $66,400 $31.90 $88,300 $42.50 -16.3%
Buffalo 4,680 $62,000 $29.80 $78,400 $37.70 3.3%
Elmira 250 $56,300 $27.10 $71,300 $34.30 -22.1%
Glens Falls 290 $55,700 $26.80 $69,000 $33.20 -35.8%
Ithaca 220 $61,500 $29.60 $80,800 $38.80 -48.4%
Kingston 470 $53,100 $25.50 $70,300 $33.80 -6.6%
New York (Area) 102,330 $75,000 $36.10 $97,800 $47.00 32.5%
Poughkeepsie 1,460 $60,700 $29.20 $79,100 $38.00 -29.9%
Rochester 4,270 $61,900 $29.80 $80,600 $38.80 3%
Syracuse 2,480 $61,500 $29.60 $75,000 $36.10 -4.4%
Utica 950 $56,400 $27.10 $73,500 $35.40 -11.6%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 1,070 $50,700 $24.40 $68,900 $33.10 -25.9%
Burlington 290 $53,100 $25.50 $67,100 $32.20 -39.3%
Charlotte 7,560 $60,700 $29.20 $79,000 $38.00 6.5%
Durham 2,640 $62,800 $30.20 $79,100 $38.00 13.2%
Fayetteville 660 $50,800 $24.40 $68,200 $32.80 -38%
Goldsboro 140 $51,900 $25.00 $64,000 $30.80 -63.4%
Greensboro 2,330 $57,200 $27.50 $71,900 $34.60 -21.3%
Greenville 380 $53,800 $25.90 $65,800 $31.60 -39.2%
Hickory 610 $52,200 $25.10 $66,100 $31.80 -50.4%
Jacksonville 130 $52,900 $25.40 $66,600 $32.00 -65.8%
Raleigh 4,560 $58,900 $28.30 $73,600 $35.40 7.8%
Rocky Mount 280 $56,000 $26.90 $65,700 $31.60 -43.5%
Wilmington 840 $56,100 $27.00 $74,000 $35.60 -29.1%
Winston-Salem 1,450 $54,700 $26.30 $70,900 $34.10 -16.9%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 590 $47,700 $22.90 $62,900 $30.30 14.4%
Fargo 790 $50,000 $24.10 $59,300 $28.50 -22.1%
Grand Forks 200 $48,100 $23.10 $60,200 $28.90 -52%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 2,790 $58,400 $28.10 $72,900 $35.00 2.3%
Canton 1,050 $56,400 $27.10 $70,200 $33.80 -25.2%
Cincinnati 8,640 $57,500 $27.70 $75,300 $36.20 2.4%
Cleveland 8,960 $59,700 $28.70 $77,200 $37.10 5.4%
Columbus 8,840 $56,700 $27.30 $72,700 $35.00 14.9%
Dayton 3,080 $57,300 $27.60 $77,200 $37.10 -2.2%
Lima 280 $47,700 $22.90 $61,500 $29.60 -36.1%
Mansfield 210 $55,700 $26.80 $66,600 $32.00 -52.4%
Sandusky 140 $51,600 $24.80 $61,400 $29.50 -51.2%
Springfield 200 $50,400 $24.20 $58,900 $28.30 -51.4%
Toledo 1,910 $58,800 $28.30 $74,300 $35.70 -23.3%
Youngstown 1,180 $51,800 $24.90 $66,700 $32.10 -36.6%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 170 $41,200 $19.80 $51,900 $24.90 -52.1%
Oklahoma City 5,740 $47,800 $23.00 $64,200 $30.90 19.9%
Tulsa 5,610 $50,700 $24.40 $64,500 $31.00 56.4%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 290 $58,500 $28.10 $78,000 $37.50 -44.2%
Corvallis 230 $50,900 $24.50 $61,300 $29.50 -17.1%
Eugene 860 $51,200 $24.60 $67,100 $32.20 -28.3%
Medford 390 $52,100 $25.00 $69,600 $33.50 -41.1%
Portland 8,300 $59,400 $28.50 $73,900 $35.50 -1.4%
Salem 1,100 $52,100 $25.10 $65,100 $31.30 -11.1%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 2,630 $58,000 $27.90 $74,100 $35.60 -5.8%
Altoona 270 $49,700 $23.90 $65,100 $31.30 -43.6%
Erie 1,030 $49,000 $23.60 $65,800 $31.60 -3.8%
Harrisburg 2,990 $56,700 $27.30 $74,600 $35.90 13.7%
Johnstown 280 $43,200 $20.80 $64,100 $30.80 -40.8%
Lancaster 1,670 $54,600 $26.30 $68,700 $33.00 -13.1%
Lebanon 220 $57,000 $27.40 $71,900 $34.60 -45.2%
Philadelphia (Area) 27,700 $66,300 $31.90 $88,500 $42.60 20.4%
Pittsburgh 10,830 $57,900 $27.90 $77,200 $37.10 14.6%
Reading 1,010 $59,000 $28.40 $73,100 $35.20 -27%
Scranton 1,820 $50,500 $24.30 $63,200 $30.40 -14.9%
State College 340 $54,100 $26.00 $70,200 $33.80 -38.8%
Williamsport 300 $54,300 $26.10 $69,000 $33.20 -29.1%
York 1,180 $56,400 $27.10 $74,300 $35.70 -20%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 5,020 $63,400 $30.50 $77,300 $37.20 -24.3%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 200 $56,100 $27.00 $67,500 $32.40 -59%
Charleston 2,380 $54,400 $26.20 $68,700 $33.00 -0.1%
Columbia 2,730 $54,600 $26.30 $70,200 $33.70 -3.6%
Florence 810 $44,600 $21.50 $63,600 $30.60 19.2%
Greenville 2,470 $55,200 $26.60 $73,400 $35.30 -2%
Myrtle Beach 930 $46,800 $22.50 $58,400 $28.10 -0.7%
Spartanburg 830 $50,400 $24.20 $68,000 $32.70 -16.5%
Sumter 170 $54,300 $26.10 $66,600 $32.00 -42.6%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 560 $49,300 $23.70 $59,000 $28.30 10.3%
Sioux Falls 1,620 $52,500 $25.20 $64,600 $31.10 42.2%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 1,570 $49,600 $23.90 $64,400 $31.00 -16.9%
Clarksville 270 $48,500 $23.30 $60,200 $28.90 -58.7%
Cleveland 130 $46,800 $22.50 $56,600 $27.20 -58.4%
Jackson 280 $45,400 $21.80 $58,100 $27.90 -41.4%
Johnson City 250 $43,500 $20.90 $54,800 $26.40 -61%
Kingsport 510 $42,600 $20.50 $53,300 $25.60 -48.4%
Knoxville 1,810 $50,300 $24.20 $67,600 $32.50 -33.9%
Memphis 3,350 $55,600 $26.70 $70,800 $34.00 -34.6%
Morristown 130 $47,200 $22.70 $68,100 $32.70 -65.3%
Nashville 6,140 $54,800 $26.30 $66,800 $32.10 0.7%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 620 $47,800 $23.00 $62,800 $30.20 14.7%
Amarillo 910 $52,700 $25.30 $71,600 $34.40 -0.8%
Austin 9,640 $58,300 $28.00 $81,400 $39.20 47.9%
Beaumont 830 $51,500 $24.80 $70,000 $33.70 -38.8%
Brownsville 500 $45,000 $21.70 $59,500 $28.60 -52%
College Station 780 $45,000 $21.60 $57,100 $27.50 1.2%
Corpus Christi 910 $48,700 $23.40 $67,600 $32.50 -39.9%
Dallas (Area) 29,310 $61,600 $29.60 $80,400 $38.60 9.6%
El Paso 1,380 $50,800 $24.40 $65,700 $31.60 -39.5%
Houston 22,960 $62,200 $29.90 $81,900 $39.40 5.7%
Killeen 530 $53,000 $25.50 $73,300 $35.20 -48.7%
Laredo 390 $43,800 $21.10 $54,400 $26.10 -47.2%
Longview 580 $54,400 $26.20 $77,100 $37.10 -27.8%
Lubbock 820 $47,000 $22.60 $60,200 $28.90 -22.2%
McAllen 1,090 $44,600 $21.50 $58,300 $28.00 -41.8%
Midland 720 $59,300 $28.50 $79,000 $38.00 26%
Odessa 360 $54,000 $26.00 $66,400 $31.90 -30.6%
San Angelo 310 $48,700 $23.40 $61,900 $29.80 -17.3%
San Antonio 5,650 $53,100 $25.60 $71,600 $34.40 -20.3%
Sherman 170 $45,600 $21.90 $57,000 $27.40 -50.3%
Texarkana 250 $56,000 $26.90 $73,200 $35.20 -45%
Tyler 570 $58,600 $28.20 $78,900 $37.90 -27.4%
Victoria 230 $52,700 $25.30 $61,400 $29.50 -41.9%
Waco 680 $45,000 $21.70 $59,800 $28.70 -19.3%
Wichita Falls 400 $51,500 $24.70 $71,900 $34.60 -17.4%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 370 $48,300 $23.20 $65,100 $31.30 -10.8%
Ogden 1,200 $58,200 $28.00 $73,400 $35.30 -27.2%
Provo 1,370 $47,900 $23.00 $64,000 $30.80 -6.5%
Salt Lake City 5,850 $57,100 $27.50 $73,700 $35.50 13.2%
St. George 290 $44,400 $21.40 $61,800 $29.70 -29.5%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 1,130 $60,200 $28.90 $78,500 $37.70 19.3%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 440 $49,700 $23.90 $65,600 $31.50 -18.8%
Charlottesville 810 $56,100 $27.00 $69,500 $33.40 2.9%
Danville 180 $48,400 $23.30 $59,200 $28.50 -46%
Harrisonburg 300 $53,100 $25.50 $64,900 $31.20 -38.9%
Lynchburg 530 $52,400 $25.20 $74,800 $36.00 -37.7%
Richmond 7,220 $59,500 $28.60 $77,800 $37.40 43%
Roanoke 1,110 $51,600 $24.80 $68,100 $32.80 -14.3%
Virginia Beach 5,410 $55,400 $26.70 $72,800 $35.00 -13.2%
Winchester 290 $59,900 $28.80 $79,800 $38.40 -35.4%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 530 $57,800 $27.80 $70,500 $33.90 -19.2%
Bremerton 410 $62,300 $30.00 $79,000 $38.00 -39.4%
Kennewick 580 $62,000 $29.80 $75,600 $36.30 -27.1%
Longview 140 $53,600 $25.80 $65,900 $31.70 -51.5%
Mount Vernon 200 $57,000 $27.40 $68,500 $33.00 -46.4%
Olympia 1,060 $55,300 $26.60 $67,900 $32.70 30.7%
Seattle (Area) 14,690 $61,200 $29.40 $75,300 $36.20 -14.7%
Spokane 1,670 $58,300 $28.00 $71,400 $34.30 -3.4%
Wenatchee 200 $56,700 $27.20 $68,400 $32.90 -39.7%
Yakima 400 $56,500 $27.20 $70,500 $33.90 -41.4%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 1,290 $44,100 $21.20 $60,200 $28.90 4.5%
Huntington 570 $48,200 $23.20 $64,600 $31.10 -39.1%
Morgantown 400 $54,500 $26.20 $80,500 $38.70 -17.2%
Parkersburg 490 $68,300 $32.80 $82,400 $39.60 -15.7%
Weirton 150 $54,100 $26.00 $67,100 $32.30 -58.2%
Wheeling 340 $49,900 $24.00 $69,200 $33.30 -36.9%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 750 $52,700 $25.40 $64,500 $31.00 -23.6%
Eau Claire 430 $50,100 $24.10 $63,100 $30.30 -32.5%
Fond du Lac 230 $52,600 $25.30 $63,400 $30.50 -35.8%
Green Bay 1,250 $50,600 $24.30 $62,100 $29.90 -9.6%
Janesville 270 $54,200 $26.10 $72,000 $34.60 -49.3%
La Crosse 540 $51,600 $24.80 $63,600 $30.60 -9.5%
Madison 2,700 $57,600 $27.70 $69,400 $33.40 -3.1%
Milwaukee 7,410 $58,500 $28.10 $73,200 $35.20 7%
Oshkosh 540 $55,300 $26.60 $67,200 $32.30 -25.9%
Racine 390 $60,800 $29.20 $77,900 $37.50 -38.1%
Sheboygan 310 $57,200 $27.50 $72,800 $35.00 -36.1%
Wausau 540 $55,200 $26.50 $64,600 $31.10 -4.9%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 230 $62,600 $30.10 $85,800 $41.30 -31.7%
Cheyenne 560 $47,400 $22.80 $57,500 $27.60 53.8%