Computer Systems and Network Administrators

Median Salary: $67,700

Many computer systems and network administrators across the U.S. share a few important professional characteristics. For example, adaptability/flexibility, analytical thinking, and integrity can be essential for success in the industry, especially when blended with career training. Around 338,890 people were employed as computer systems and network administrators nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to utilize these attributes and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're planning to move up in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for computer systems and network administrators in the U.S. was $67,700 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $32.60. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about computer systems and network administrators, including wages and job density for areas all over the U.S..

Computer systems and network administrators should be skilled in:

  • Near Vision
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Selective Attention
  • Visualization
  • Perceptual Speed

Different people go into different careers; computer systems and network administrators are typically:

  • Investigative
  • Realistic
  • Enterprising

Working as a computer systems or network administrator requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Telecommunications
  • Education and Training
  • Law and Government
  • Design
  • Production and Processing

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of people employed as computer systems and network administrators). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of computer systems and network administrators 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 40 $60,100 $28.90 $70,900 $34.10 -66.1%
Auburn 140 $69,500 $33.40 $78,500 $37.70 18%
Birmingham 1,340 $66,500 $32.00 $83,100 $40.00 4.4%
Decatur 60 $59,800 $28.70 $67,500 $32.50 -53.5%
Dothan 70 $64,200 $30.90 $77,600 $37.30 -57.2%
Florence 50 $59,400 $28.60 $71,900 $34.60 -59.2%
Huntsville 740 $61,700 $29.70 $75,900 $36.50 38.7%
Mobile 300 $50,700 $24.40 $66,000 $31.70 -32.5%
Montgomery 390 $61,000 $29.30 $73,200 $35.20 -8.9%
Tuscaloosa 110 $54,100 $26.00 $66,400 $31.90 -53.8%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
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Anchorage 610 $61,700 $29.70 $73,500 $35.40 41.8%
Fairbanks 70 $73,400 $35.30 $108,500 $52.20 -25.2%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Flagstaff 70 $58,200 $28.00 $73,700 $35.40 -53%
Lake Havasu City 60 $52,700 $25.30 $68,000 $32.70 -50.1%
Phoenix 4,560 $65,700 $31.60 $83,200 $40.00 -0.3%
Prescott 80 $61,800 $29.70 $72,400 $34.80 -48.7%
Tucson 610 $54,000 $26.00 $66,000 $31.70 -34.8%
Yuma 70 $63,200 $30.40 $77,200 $37.10 -54%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 670 $65,100 $31.30 $87,000 $41.80 31.4%
Fort Smith 230 $51,300 $24.60 $69,500 $33.40 -23.2%
Hot Springs 40 $42,300 $20.30 $50,900 $24.50 -52.5%
Jonesboro 70 $47,200 $22.70 $55,600 $26.70 -43.9%
Little Rock 950 $59,000 $28.40 $67,400 $32.40 10.8%
Pine Bluff 40 $46,100 $22.20 $59,400 $28.60 -59.2%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 310 $69,800 $33.50 $86,400 $41.60 -54.8%
Chico 70 $54,900 $26.40 $71,600 $34.40 -58.7%
El Centro 30 $72,600 $34.90 $93,100 $44.80 -73.7%
Fresno 340 $68,600 $33.00 $85,000 $40.90 -58.9%
Los Angeles (Area) 12,060 $71,800 $34.50 $90,100 $43.30 -11.8%
Madera 40 $62,700 $30.20 $84,300 $40.50 -58.7%
Merced 60 $64,500 $31.00 $76,500 $36.80 -59.5%
Modesto 140 $70,500 $33.90 $83,400 $40.10 -66.5%
Napa 80 $69,100 $33.20 $89,200 $42.90 -49.5%
Oakland 3,670 $80,600 $38.80 $97,500 $46.90 42.8%
Oxnard 660 $64,700 $31.10 $82,800 $39.80 -12.9%
Redding 60 $59,900 $28.80 $67,100 $32.30 -61.7%
Riverside 1,740 $69,700 $33.50 $84,500 $40.60 -43.9%
Sacramento 1,870 $73,400 $35.30 $89,200 $42.90 -15.5%
Salinas 160 $74,300 $35.70 $93,600 $45.00 -61%
San Diego 3,100 $71,000 $34.20 $87,300 $42.00 -6.4%
San Francisco (Area) 8,270 $86,300 $41.50 $106,600 $51.30 61.6%
San Francisco (City) 4,600 $92,000 $44.20 $115,800 $55.70 80.4%
San Jose 4,640 $97,100 $46.70 $120,900 $58.10 101%
San Luis Obispo 140 $70,500 $33.90 $85,600 $41.10 -44.8%
Santa Barbara 390 $63,800 $30.70 $80,800 $38.80 -11.6%
Santa Cruz 140 $66,500 $32.00 $87,900 $42.20 -37%
Santa Rosa 370 $69,700 $33.50 $83,800 $40.30 -19.2%
Stockton 240 $64,500 $31.00 $83,500 $40.10 -56.2%
Vallejo 190 $89,500 $43.00 $102,500 $49.30 -38.6%
Visalia 110 $59,000 $28.40 $76,000 $36.60 -67.9%
Yuba City 40 $63,300 $30.40 $73,700 $35.40 -58.3%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 820 $78,100 $37.60 $95,600 $46.00 101.6%
Colorado Springs 1,360 $71,000 $34.20 $88,300 $42.50 113.3%
Denver 6,130 $77,200 $37.10 $93,100 $44.70 93.8%
Fort Collins 290 $69,500 $33.40 $82,500 $39.70 -11.8%
Grand Junction 70 $59,400 $28.60 $75,600 $36.30 -57.7%
Greeley 110 $64,900 $31.20 $84,000 $40.40 -48.2%
Pueblo 70 $64,300 $30.90 $72,800 $35.00 -49%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Bridgeport 1,190 $78,500 $37.70 $94,600 $45.50 -22.7%
Hartford 1,340 $67,600 $32.50 $81,900 $39.40 -7.8%
New Haven 680 $66,500 $32.00 $79,800 $38.40 -36.6%
Norwich 180 $67,300 $32.40 $82,400 $39.60 -47.4%
Delaware
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Dover 150 $50,500 $24.30 $58,500 $28.10 -4.7%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Washington (Area) 20,550 $78,300 $37.60 $101,300 $48.70 149.5%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 380 $60,700 $29.20 $76,200 $36.70 -40%
Cape Coral 260 $68,300 $32.80 $86,200 $41.50 -49.5%
Deltona 190 $58,600 $28.20 $70,100 $33.70 -53.1%
Fort Walton Beach 170 $66,100 $31.80 $83,700 $40.20 -16%
Gainesville 140 $52,300 $25.20 $72,900 $35.00 -56.5%
Jacksonville 1,070 $63,400 $30.50 $73,300 $35.20 -28.9%
Lakeland 210 $64,000 $30.80 $78,400 $37.70 -58.1%
Miami (Area) 4,690 $70,000 $33.70 $90,000 $43.30 -18.7%
Naples 100 $65,700 $31.60 $91,900 $44.20 -64.8%
Ocala 110 $65,200 $31.30 $77,000 $37.00 -56.2%
Orlando 2,140 $70,200 $33.80 $91,800 $44.10 -16.7%
Palm Bay 390 $66,400 $31.90 $79,600 $38.30 -23.8%
Panama City 80 $48,900 $23.50 $65,600 $31.50 -54.7%
Pensacola 240 $56,200 $27.00 $70,700 $34.00 -39.1%
Port St. Lucie 150 $64,100 $30.80 $74,500 $35.80 -52.9%
Sebastian 30 $42,500 $20.40 $67,000 $32.20 -73.3%
Tallahassee 680 $61,900 $29.80 $74,700 $35.90 61.4%
Tampa 2,320 $65,000 $31.20 $82,400 $39.60 -21%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 80 $52,300 $25.20 $65,300 $31.40 -51.8%
Athens 80 $44,800 $21.60 $52,300 $25.20 -63%
Atlanta 7,340 $71,800 $34.50 $89,500 $43.00 23.6%
Augusta 340 $60,300 $29.00 $70,700 $34.00 -34.8%
Brunswick 40 $53,600 $25.80 $66,400 $31.90 -63.3%
Columbus 310 $69,000 $33.20 $82,900 $39.90 5.9%
Dalton 70 $66,200 $31.80 $85,700 $41.20 -59.3%
Gainesville 80 $71,100 $34.20 $78,500 $37.80 -55.2%
Macon 240 $62,100 $29.90 $79,000 $38.00 -4.7%
Rome 50 $52,700 $25.40 $64,700 $31.10 -53.9%
Savannah 160 $56,300 $27.10 $67,800 $32.60 -57.8%
Valdosta 60 $46,300 $22.30 $58,600 $28.20 -55.4%
Warner Robins 120 $70,200 $33.80 $87,000 $41.80 -18.6%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 740 $62,900 $30.20 $75,800 $36.50 -34%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 660 $47,400 $22.80 $67,300 $32.30 -3.2%
Coeur d'Alene NA $75,900 $36.50 $82,000 $39.40 NA
Idaho Falls 30 $44,300 $21.30 $54,700 $26.30 -73.1%
Pocatello 50 $43,500 $20.90 $55,200 $26.50 -42.6%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 270 $66,100 $31.80 $82,800 $39.80 21.6%
Champaign 190 $60,200 $28.90 $71,800 $34.50 -26.9%
Chicago (Area) 14,000 $66,600 $32.00 $84,100 $40.50 4%
Decatur 40 $59,600 $28.70 $74,000 $35.60 -76.2%
Kankakee 40 NA NA NA NA -66%
Peoria 240 $53,000 $25.50 $70,700 $34.00 -44.8%
Rockford 220 $56,600 $27.20 $70,700 $34.00 -40.5%
Springfield 140 $60,000 $28.90 $74,800 $36.00 -49.3%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 50 $58,200 $28.00 $80,100 $38.50 -51.7%
Bloomington 160 $54,700 $26.30 $66,200 $31.90 -19.2%
Columbus 90 $62,900 $30.30 $77,500 $37.20 -14.6%
Elkhart 120 $57,500 $27.70 $69,700 $33.50 -55.1%
Evansville 270 $50,600 $24.30 $66,700 $32.10 -37%
Fort Wayne 580 $53,400 $25.70 $67,100 $32.30 9.9%
Indianapolis 2,750 $63,000 $30.30 $77,700 $37.30 21.7%
Kokomo 110 $56,200 $27.00 $68,400 $32.90 13.1%
Lafayette 270 $56,300 $27.10 $65,000 $31.20 25.1%
Michigan City 60 $52,800 $25.40 $65,900 $31.70 -44.9%
Muncie 130 $52,200 $25.10 $61,600 $29.60 10.9%
South Bend 250 $53,700 $25.80 $66,700 $32.10 -25.1%
Terre Haute 120 $54,000 $26.00 $62,500 $30.10 -29%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 140 $60,300 $29.00 $77,000 $37.00 25.8%
Cedar Rapids 340 $60,600 $29.20 $74,600 $35.90 -5.4%
Davenport 280 $58,100 $27.90 $66,700 $32.10 -41.9%
Des Moines 1,700 $68,100 $32.70 $83,700 $40.20 103%
Dubuque 80 $59,800 $28.70 $67,500 $32.40 -41.4%
Iowa City 290 $58,500 $28.10 $70,100 $33.70 35.7%
Sioux City 120 $56,700 $27.30 $68,300 $32.80 -36.2%
Waterloo 120 $52,500 $25.20 $63,400 $30.50 -46.7%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 220 $44,700 $21.50 $57,000 $27.40 79.8%
Topeka 330 $56,600 $27.20 $68,200 $32.80 14.9%
Wichita 570 $52,000 $25.00 $64,200 $30.90 -25.6%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 60 $49,800 $24.00 $60,400 $29.10 -58.9%
Elizabethtown 100 $42,300 $20.30 $59,900 $28.80 -12.4%
Lexington 470 $50,400 $24.20 $62,700 $30.10 -24.7%
Louisville 1,000 $56,800 $27.30 $73,600 $35.40 -35%
Owensboro 50 $47,100 $22.70 $54,700 $26.30 -58.6%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 50 $50,700 $24.40 $67,600 $32.50 -72%
Baton Rouge 320 $53,600 $25.80 $62,800 $30.20 -66.2%
Houma 60 $53,200 $25.60 $66,400 $31.90 -76.5%
Lafayette 110 $51,100 $24.60 $63,600 $30.60 -71%
Lake Charles 50 $54,400 $26.20 $64,500 $31.00 -80.2%
Monroe 80 $44,500 $21.40 $54,000 $26.00 -59.8%
New Orleans 450 $55,500 $26.70 $66,200 $31.80 -66.2%
Shreveport 180 $54,300 $26.10 $63,800 $30.70 -59.3%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Bangor 110 $58,200 $28.00 $71,300 $34.30 -29.2%
Lewiston 140 $57,800 $27.80 $68,500 $32.90 10%
Portland 440 $63,400 $30.50 $77,700 $37.30 -13.7%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 4,610 $78,200 $37.60 $97,900 $47.10 41.1%
Cumberland 60 $53,200 $25.60 $65,500 $31.50 -44.1%
Hagerstown 80 $63,600 $30.60 $78,900 $37.90 -66.7%
Salisbury 120 $61,400 $29.50 $67,200 $32.30 -13.9%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 100 $67,000 $32.20 $83,000 $39.90 -58.3%
Boston (Area) 9,140 $71,200 $34.30 $87,300 $42.00 4.2%
Pittsfield 70 $53,600 $25.80 $66,500 $32.00 -25.7%
Springfield 580 $59,900 $28.80 $72,000 $34.60 -21.9%
Worcester 960 $71,700 $34.50 $86,500 $41.60 -2.8%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 760 $72,600 $34.90 $99,100 $47.60 53.7%
Battle Creek 80 $61,300 $29.50 $71,100 $34.20 -42%
Bay City NA $66,100 $31.80 $77,800 $37.40 NA
Detroit (Area) 4,290 $68,700 $33.10 $84,300 $40.50 -10.2%
Flint 180 $58,600 $28.20 $67,700 $32.60 -47.4%
Grand Rapids 760 $59,000 $28.30 $72,000 $34.60 -19.7%
Holland 150 $63,300 $30.40 $78,600 $37.80 -43.9%
Jackson 130 $59,200 $28.40 $72,300 $34.70 -3.4%
Kalamazoo 140 $51,100 $24.60 $66,400 $31.90 -61%
Lansing 670 $52,000 $25.00 $63,700 $30.60 28.9%
Monroe 50 $50,500 $24.30 $71,600 $34.40 -50.4%
Muskegon 70 $55,800 $26.80 $68,700 $33.00 -55.8%
Niles 80 $63,400 $30.50 $78,800 $37.90 -44.9%
Saginaw 120 $59,600 $28.70 $67,800 $32.60 -42.8%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 260 $58,900 $28.30 $71,100 $34.20 -18.2%
Minneapolis 8,250 $71,700 $34.50 $87,400 $42.00 83.8%
Rochester 130 $62,800 $30.20 $73,700 $35.40 -50.2%
St. Cloud 200 $56,400 $27.10 $71,300 $34.30 -18.8%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 150 $55,100 $26.50 $66,600 $32.00 -42.5%
Hattiesburg 40 $48,000 $23.10 $58,900 $28.30 -70.4%
Jackson 670 $47,500 $22.80 $60,100 $28.90 4.7%
Pascagoula 30 $53,900 $25.90 $64,500 $31.00 -76.7%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 270 $54,800 $26.30 $63,500 $30.50 23.7%
Jefferson City 180 $50,600 $24.30 $60,200 $28.90 -14%
Joplin 70 $50,100 $24.10 $64,000 $30.80 -64%
Kansas City 4,620 $65,800 $31.60 $83,900 $40.30 80.2%
Springfield 440 $53,600 $25.80 $68,400 $32.90 -8.6%
St. Joseph 70 $55,100 $26.50 $75,700 $36.40 -50.1%
St. Louis 4,960 $67,800 $32.60 $84,600 $40.70 46.8%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 140 $47,600 $22.90 $63,300 $30.40 -31.5%
Great Falls 60 $44,700 $21.50 $54,000 $25.90 -33.1%
Missoula 130 $50,700 $24.40 $62,500 $30.00 -9.9%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lincoln 270 $60,900 $29.30 $77,800 $37.40 -36.9%
Omaha 1,280 $62,800 $30.20 $77,900 $37.50 9.2%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Las Vegas 890 $59,100 $28.40 $72,100 $34.60 -59.9%
Reno 240 $66,800 $32.10 $82,800 $39.80 -54.2%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
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Manchester 240 $67,500 $32.40 $79,500 $38.20 -8.2%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Atlantic City 140 $71,100 $34.20 $81,700 $39.30 -61.7%
Trenton 920 $79,400 $38.20 $94,700 $45.50 63.9%
Vineland 50 $66,100 $31.80 $78,700 $37.90 -69.1%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Albuquerque 700 $60,500 $29.10 $78,700 $37.80 -29%
Las Cruces 80 $70,100 $33.70 $86,500 $41.60 -54.9%
Santa Fe 190 $56,000 $26.90 $67,800 $32.60 14%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Albany 1,040 $59,500 $28.60 $72,200 $34.70 -7.6%
Binghamton 120 $52,100 $25.10 $68,800 $33.10 -58.6%
Buffalo 950 $63,100 $30.40 $80,800 $38.90 -31.7%
Elmira 40 $46,800 $22.50 $57,200 $27.50 -58.5%
Glens Falls 60 $57,000 $27.40 $70,700 $34.00 -53.2%
Ithaca 120 $60,400 $29.00 $66,300 $31.90 -7.8%
Kingston 70 $68,800 $33.10 $92,600 $44.50 -53.9%
New York (Area) 21,080 $79,100 $38.00 $98,900 $47.60 -5.4%
Poughkeepsie 310 $60,500 $29.10 $71,900 $34.60 -51.6%
Rochester 1,190 $60,400 $29.00 $74,000 $35.60 -6.1%
Syracuse 660 $59,500 $28.60 $71,900 $34.60 -16.8%
Utica 220 $56,300 $27.10 $69,100 $33.20 -32.6%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 180 $55,400 $26.70 $67,400 $32.40 -58.1%
Burlington 70 $64,500 $31.00 $74,600 $35.90 -55.7%
Charlotte 2,310 $69,700 $33.50 $87,400 $42.00 6.1%
Durham 910 $76,400 $36.70 $93,400 $44.90 27.4%
Fayetteville 160 $62,100 $29.80 $74,500 $35.80 -51.7%
Goldsboro 50 $51,700 $24.90 $67,900 $32.70 -53.8%
Greensboro 710 $66,600 $32.00 $84,000 $40.40 -21.6%
Greenville 90 $66,800 $32.10 $84,900 $40.80 -51.7%
Hickory 180 $59,800 $28.70 $74,900 $36.00 -52.1%
Jacksonville 30 $68,500 $32.90 $80,200 $38.50 -70%
Raleigh 1,630 $65,300 $31.40 $83,000 $39.90 25.8%
Rocky Mount 80 $68,000 $32.70 $79,000 $38.00 -49.8%
Wilmington 140 $57,800 $27.80 $66,600 $32.00 -61.7%
Winston-Salem 370 $68,600 $33.00 $87,000 $41.90 -30.2%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 100 $44,700 $21.50 $52,500 $25.20 -36.5%
Fargo 190 $51,800 $24.90 $62,800 $30.20 -38.3%
Grand Forks 90 $46,800 $22.50 $52,900 $25.40 -30.6%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 1,090 $59,600 $28.60 $75,600 $36.30 30.8%
Canton 280 $55,200 $26.50 $67,600 $32.50 -35.2%
Cincinnati 3,470 $63,900 $30.70 $78,100 $37.50 34.5%
Cleveland 3,050 $59,700 $28.70 $74,200 $35.70 17.2%
Columbus 4,020 $63,500 $30.50 $77,800 $37.40 70.7%
Dayton 1,310 $57,700 $27.70 $69,100 $33.20 35.9%
Lima 80 $62,100 $29.90 $72,000 $34.60 -38.7%
Mansfield 70 $48,900 $23.50 $59,600 $28.70 -47.6%
Springfield 50 $59,000 $28.40 $76,300 $36.70 -63.8%
Toledo 770 $58,200 $28.00 $69,700 $33.50 1.5%
Youngstown 340 $52,200 $25.10 $64,000 $30.80 -40.9%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 130 $39,200 $18.90 $51,500 $24.70 18.4%
Oklahoma City 1,180 $48,200 $23.20 $63,000 $30.30 -19.5%
Tulsa 650 $58,500 $28.10 $71,000 $34.10 -40.7%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 80 $60,800 $29.20 $72,500 $34.90 -47.5%
Corvallis 90 $57,900 $27.80 $68,500 $32.90 7.1%
Eugene 370 $61,300 $29.50 $72,300 $34.80 0.8%
Medford 100 $55,800 $26.80 $72,200 $34.70 -50.1%
Portland 2,960 $70,400 $33.80 $85,300 $41.00 15%
Salem 200 $58,300 $28.00 $76,300 $36.70 -48.1%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 800 $61,200 $29.40 $75,500 $36.30 -6.6%
Altoona 100 $58,900 $28.30 $72,500 $34.90 -29.5%
Erie 240 $57,900 $27.80 $74,000 $35.60 -25.8%
Harrisburg 840 $67,700 $32.50 $83,900 $40.40 4.6%
Johnstown 90 $54,200 $26.10 $72,300 $34.80 -36.4%
Lancaster 480 $58,700 $28.20 $72,500 $34.90 -18.9%
Lebanon 40 $60,800 $29.20 $70,300 $33.80 -65.2%
Philadelphia (Area) 7,900 $69,800 $33.50 $87,200 $41.90 -3.8%
Pittsburgh 3,300 $64,400 $31.00 $86,500 $41.60 14%
Reading 330 $59,000 $28.40 $73,400 $35.30 -21.4%
Scranton 490 $52,900 $25.40 $65,600 $31.50 -25.4%
State College 150 $51,200 $24.60 $62,500 $30.10 -11.8%
Williamsport 120 $49,400 $23.80 $59,000 $28.40 -10.5%
York 250 $57,800 $27.80 $76,000 $36.60 -44.9%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 1,200 $73,500 $35.40 $85,900 $41.30 -27.4%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 60 $62,100 $29.90 $71,200 $34.20 -57.5%
Charleston 580 $63,900 $30.70 $80,200 $38.50 -21%
Columbia 740 $61,800 $29.70 $79,500 $38.20 -15.3%
Florence 90 $57,500 $27.60 $80,300 $38.60 -57.9%
Greenville 670 $56,000 $26.90 $68,600 $33.00 -12.7%
Myrtle Beach 100 $49,400 $23.70 $62,900 $30.20 -65.5%
Spartanburg 200 $63,100 $30.40 $81,500 $39.20 -34.4%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 160 $47,500 $22.80 $58,600 $28.20 4%
Sioux Falls 600 $53,600 $25.80 $63,300 $30.50 71.3%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 350 $51,700 $24.80 $63,600 $30.60 -38.8%
Clarksville 100 $50,700 $24.40 $63,600 $30.60 -48.2%
Jackson 130 $52,900 $25.40 $67,200 $32.30 -14.2%
Johnson City 70 $47,100 $22.60 $70,200 $33.70 -64.2%
Kingsport 150 $52,200 $25.10 $66,600 $32.00 -51.7%
Knoxville 1,110 $57,800 $27.80 $74,200 $35.70 31.5%
Memphis 1,010 $66,900 $32.20 $84,500 $40.60 -35.6%
Nashville 2,640 $63,600 $30.60 $84,000 $40.40 41.4%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 80 $46,400 $22.30 $57,000 $27.40 -50.2%
Amarillo 270 $61,300 $29.50 $79,900 $38.40 -3.5%
Austin 3,070 $61,800 $29.70 $76,400 $36.70 53.7%
Beaumont 220 $55,700 $26.80 $75,100 $36.10 -47%
Brownsville 110 $48,400 $23.20 $59,300 $28.50 -64.6%
College Station 310 $52,700 $25.30 $64,700 $31.10 29.9%
Corpus Christi 230 $48,200 $23.20 $59,200 $28.50 -49.8%
Dallas (Area) 11,900 $68,100 $32.70 $82,900 $39.90 47.6%
El Paso 490 $54,300 $26.10 $66,700 $32.10 -30.5%
Houston 6,760 $68,100 $32.70 $84,000 $40.40 1.6%
Killeen 340 $64,600 $31.10 $80,800 $38.90 9.7%
Laredo 100 $47,000 $22.60 $52,900 $25.40 -55.9%
Longview 110 $48,200 $23.20 $63,400 $30.50 -53.4%
Lubbock 250 $52,000 $25.00 $65,400 $31.50 -22.5%
McAllen 180 $45,800 $22.00 $57,200 $27.50 -68.4%
Midland 160 $60,400 $29.00 $78,400 $37.70 -9.6%
San Angelo 100 $53,000 $25.50 $62,500 $30.00 -13.1%
San Antonio 2,520 $54,000 $26.00 $71,800 $34.50 16.1%
Sherman 60 $57,100 $27.40 $68,000 $32.70 -40.7%
Texarkana 60 $62,300 $30.00 $77,800 $37.40 -54.2%
Tyler 160 $48,400 $23.30 $62,000 $29.80 -35.1%
Victoria 40 $59,800 $28.70 $88,800 $42.70 -67.8%
Waco 190 $50,800 $24.40 $61,800 $29.70 -25%
Wichita Falls 60 $46,600 $22.40 $56,500 $27.20 -61.4%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 100 $52,500 $25.20 $64,300 $30.90 -23.2%
Ogden 290 $62,200 $29.90 $77,100 $37.10 -42.8%
Provo 440 $61,400 $29.50 $76,100 $36.60 -1.9%
Salt Lake City 1,750 $62,100 $29.90 $78,600 $37.80 10.4%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 460 $61,500 $29.60 $77,800 $37.40 57.8%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 120 $58,400 $28.10 $79,600 $38.30 -29.4%
Charlottesville 330 $68,600 $33.00 $82,000 $39.40 38.3%
Danville 30 $47,100 $22.60 $60,400 $29.00 -66.5%
Harrisonburg 80 $58,600 $28.20 $64,900 $31.20 -49.9%
Lynchburg 140 $54,900 $26.40 $70,400 $33.80 -45.6%
Richmond 1,950 $65,100 $31.30 $80,900 $38.90 26.2%
Roanoke 260 $59,200 $28.40 $72,000 $34.60 -34.5%
Virginia Beach 2,140 $63,900 $30.70 $78,300 $37.60 12.1%
Winchester 70 $68,500 $32.90 $80,100 $38.50 -50%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 120 $60,600 $29.10 $70,300 $33.80 -38.7%
Bremerton 160 $67,000 $32.20 $78,800 $37.90 -25.5%
Kennewick 100 $65,700 $31.60 $77,100 $37.10 -57.1%
Longview 60 $60,300 $29.00 $71,000 $34.10 -32.3%
Mount Vernon 80 $67,500 $32.50 $80,400 $38.70 -33.4%
Olympia 1,450 $66,300 $31.90 $71,400 $34.30 484.3%
Seattle (Area) 7,980 $73,200 $35.20 $85,900 $41.30 35.7%
Spokane 500 $61,900 $29.80 $73,200 $35.20 -4.7%
Wenatchee 70 $58,300 $28.00 $68,300 $32.80 -34.6%
Yakima 160 $63,400 $30.50 $72,600 $34.90 -22.4%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 180 $53,000 $25.50 $69,000 $33.20 -52.7%
Huntington 100 $49,500 $23.80 $61,000 $29.30 -65.6%
Morgantown 130 $55,800 $26.80 $69,400 $33.40 -13.8%
Parkersburg 70 $50,500 $24.30 $65,100 $31.30 -60.6%
Weirton 90 $62,800 $30.20 $76,500 $36.80 -22.4%
Wheeling 90 $47,600 $22.90 $68,400 $32.90 -46.3%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 200 $54,100 $26.00 $65,600 $31.50 -34.1%
Eau Claire 320 $35,500 $17.10 $50,200 $24.10 61.7%
Fond du Lac 70 $52,300 $25.10 $64,000 $30.80 -35%
Green Bay 330 $55,100 $26.50 $64,200 $30.90 -22.6%
Janesville 100 $57,100 $27.40 $68,500 $32.90 -40.7%
La Crosse 160 $53,000 $25.50 $67,000 $32.20 -11%
Madison 830 $57,700 $27.70 $71,900 $34.60 -2.6%
Milwaukee 2,000 $63,200 $30.40 $78,900 $37.90 -5.6%
Oshkosh 230 $59,300 $28.50 $75,900 $36.50 3.2%
Racine 130 $66,700 $32.10 $81,900 $39.40 -33.5%
Sheboygan 130 $62,600 $30.10 $78,600 $37.80 -12.1%
Wausau 130 $57,000 $27.40 $65,900 $31.70 -26.2%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 40 $46,300 $22.30 $57,500 $27.70 -58.8%
Cheyenne 40 $59,700 $28.70 $67,900 $32.60 -61.5%