Construction Electricians

Median Salary: $47,200

Many construction electricians across the United States share a few key professional attributes. For example, leadership, integrity, and initiative can be essential for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 579,150 individuals were employed as construction electricians nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to develop these traits and receive solid training, particularly if you're looking to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for construction electricians in the U.S. was $47,200 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $22.70. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about construction electricians, including wages and job density for areas all over the United States.

Construction electricians should be skilled in:

  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Visualization
  • Written Comprehension
  • Speech Recognition
  • Depth Perception

Different individuals go into different careers; construction electricians are typically:

  • Realistic
  • Conventional
  • Investigative

Working as a construction electrician requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Administration and Management
  • English Language
  • Physics
  • Telecommunications
  • Computers and Electronics

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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 employed as construction electricians). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of construction electricians 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 140 $41,100 $19.80 $46,200 $22.20 -29.6%
Auburn 240 $38,000 $18.30 $45,700 $22.00 14.1%
Birmingham 2,540 $42,900 $20.60 $48,500 $23.30 15.9%
Decatur 330 $40,800 $19.60 $46,700 $22.50 42.6%
Dothan NA $29,300 $14.10 $32,700 $15.70 NA
Florence 340 $39,200 $18.90 $45,400 $21.80 51.5%
Gadsden 150 $42,500 $20.40 $55,400 $26.60 -4%
Huntsville 770 $36,000 $17.30 $44,700 $21.50 -15.1%
Mobile 1,280 $36,900 $17.70 $47,500 $22.80 66.5%
Montgomery 560 $35,300 $17.00 $41,700 $20.00 -23.2%
Tuscaloosa 580 $40,900 $19.70 $47,800 $23.00 45.9%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anchorage 1,160 $71,500 $34.40 $79,200 $38.10 57.4%
Fairbanks 280 $65,600 $31.50 $76,500 $36.80 78.7%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 180 $40,100 $19.30 $49,300 $23.70 -28.8%
Lake Havasu City 180 $42,100 $20.20 $51,000 $24.50 -10.9%
Phoenix 8,330 $43,100 $20.70 $54,600 $26.20 6.5%
Prescott 220 $38,300 $18.40 $47,000 $22.60 -13.8%
Tucson 1,900 $35,900 $17.30 $45,900 $22.10 18.2%
Yuma 300 $39,200 $18.80 $53,900 $25.90 14.6%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 830 $40,400 $19.40 $46,500 $22.40 -4.9%
Fort Smith 430 $42,800 $20.60 $47,900 $23.00 -17.9%
Hot Springs 300 $34,500 $16.60 $39,400 $18.90 91.1%
Jonesboro 100 $39,300 $18.90 $44,200 $21.30 -49.9%
Little Rock 1,370 $39,900 $19.20 $47,100 $22.70 -6.6%
Pine Bluff 230 $42,800 $20.60 $48,600 $23.40 45.3%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 1,850 $58,700 $28.20 $68,200 $32.80 57.5%
Chico 170 $50,100 $24.10 $65,700 $31.60 -44.3%
El Centro 140 $46,100 $22.20 $58,200 $28.00 -39.5%
Fresno 1,290 $46,700 $22.40 $64,200 $30.90 -9.9%
Hanford 80 $46,400 $22.30 $53,800 $25.90 -50.7%
Los Angeles (Area) 16,660 $49,600 $23.80 $66,900 $32.20 -23.2%
Madera 70 $52,800 $25.40 $60,800 $29.30 -58.8%
Merced 160 $49,700 $23.90 $64,300 $30.90 -41.2%
Modesto 710 $45,100 $21.70 $58,200 $28.00 1.7%
Napa 300 $55,300 $26.60 $69,200 $33.30 7.3%
Oakland 3,990 $75,200 $36.10 $93,900 $45.20 -9.1%
Oxnard 610 $44,800 $21.60 $59,800 $28.80 -53.2%
Redding 160 $56,600 $27.20 $84,100 $40.40 -40%
Riverside 4,030 $47,000 $22.60 $62,800 $30.20 -24.1%
Sacramento 3,540 $44,400 $21.40 $57,700 $27.70 -6.4%
Salinas 350 $57,000 $27.40 $77,600 $37.30 -49.7%
San Diego 6,130 $49,200 $23.60 $63,000 $30.30 8.2%
San Francisco (Area) 7,270 $78,100 $37.60 $98,800 $47.50 -16.9%
San Francisco (City) 3,280 $81,100 $39.00 $103,700 $49.80 -24.8%
San Jose 3,740 $69,400 $33.40 $86,000 $41.30 -5.1%
San Luis Obispo 320 $58,100 $27.90 $72,000 $34.60 -28.4%
Santa Barbara 790 $55,400 $26.70 $64,400 $30.90 4.9%
Santa Cruz 110 $72,900 $35.00 $85,600 $41.10 -71.2%
Santa Rosa 740 $61,000 $29.30 $69,300 $33.30 -6%
Stockton 830 $49,500 $23.80 $57,700 $27.70 -9.8%
Vallejo 610 $72,900 $35.10 $90,200 $43.40 13.5%
Visalia 360 $34,300 $16.50 $48,800 $23.50 -38%
Yuba City 100 $49,000 $23.60 $59,000 $28.40 -40.7%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 350 $47,900 $23.00 $58,200 $28.00 -49.4%
Colorado Springs 1,290 $45,200 $21.70 $52,000 $25.00 18.5%
Denver 7,720 $45,900 $22.10 $57,200 $27.50 42.9%
Fort Collins 660 $42,400 $20.40 $51,000 $24.50 15.5%
Grand Junction 500 $47,500 $22.90 $58,000 $27.90 79.5%
Greeley 510 NA NA NA NA 47%
Pueblo 390 $44,500 $21.40 $59,400 $28.60 55%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 1,570 $53,100 $25.50 $64,500 $31.00 2.2%
Hartford 2,310 $51,800 $24.90 $62,200 $29.90 -7.3%
New Haven 1,270 $54,000 $25.90 $64,800 $31.20 2.8%
Norwich 570 $49,100 $23.60 $63,100 $30.30 -3.6%
Delaware
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Dover 360 $39,300 $18.90 $48,900 $23.50 38.8%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Washington (Area) 13,290 $52,000 $25.00 $67,400 $32.40 -4.3%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 1,060 $36,200 $17.40 $40,500 $19.50 -3.4%
Cape Coral 1,020 $38,000 $18.30 $46,300 $22.20 14.2%
Deltona 680 $35,600 $17.10 $40,500 $19.50 -0.4%
Fort Walton Beach 360 $32,500 $15.60 $38,600 $18.50 7.2%
Gainesville 460 $35,600 $17.10 $48,600 $23.40 -14.5%
Jacksonville 2,510 $42,700 $20.50 $50,500 $24.30 -2.8%
Lakeland 1,050 $34,600 $16.60 $42,000 $20.20 22.1%
Miami (Area) 9,470 $39,300 $18.90 $49,600 $23.80 0.7%
Naples 640 $38,400 $18.50 $46,200 $22.20 26.1%
Ocala 340 $37,000 $17.80 $45,100 $21.70 -18.9%
Orlando 4,850 $36,700 $17.60 $42,200 $20.30 10.5%
Palm Bay 1,170 $43,100 $20.70 $58,200 $28.00 35.4%
Palm Coast 40 $34,900 $16.80 $41,600 $20.00 -42.8%
Panama City 280 $36,900 $17.80 $44,200 $21.20 -8.8%
Pensacola 730 $33,700 $16.20 $40,300 $19.40 8.7%
Port St. Lucie 860 $37,900 $18.20 $43,800 $21.10 61.5%
Punta Gorda 130 $35,100 $16.90 $41,700 $20.10 -24.4%
Sebastian 260 $36,400 $17.50 $43,200 $20.80 27.2%
Tallahassee 490 $32,900 $15.80 $39,100 $18.80 -32.1%
Tampa 3,860 $38,100 $18.30 $43,900 $21.10 -23%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 250 $35,700 $17.20 $40,500 $19.50 -8.8%
Athens 200 $40,400 $19.40 $46,500 $22.30 -43.1%
Atlanta 8,800 $40,500 $19.50 $54,700 $26.30 -13.3%
Augusta 710 $40,900 $19.60 $51,100 $24.60 -21.3%
Brunswick 80 $37,100 $17.80 $45,000 $21.60 -53.3%
Columbus 450 $33,200 $16.00 $41,300 $19.90 -10%
Dalton 120 $38,500 $18.50 $43,000 $20.70 -60.3%
Gainesville 350 $44,800 $21.50 $52,300 $25.10 12.4%
Macon 380 $36,700 $17.70 $43,000 $20.70 -10.8%
Rome 190 $40,300 $19.40 $50,900 $24.50 11.6%
Savannah 970 $41,400 $19.90 $54,600 $26.20 45.6%
Valdosta 260 $33,800 $16.30 $40,900 $19.70 10.5%
Warner Robins 170 $36,100 $17.40 $45,400 $21.80 -32.6%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 2,040 $66,100 $31.80 $77,700 $37.30 6.7%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 1,180 $47,300 $22.70 $54,400 $26.20 0.8%
Coeur d'Alene 290 $45,000 $21.60 $55,000 $26.40 19.1%
Idaho Falls 330 $40,600 $19.50 $55,300 $26.60 48.2%
Lewiston 220 $47,900 $23.00 $55,000 $26.40 104.3%
Pocatello 180 $44,000 $21.20 $55,500 $26.70 13.7%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 350 $66,800 $32.10 $75,500 $36.30 -6.9%
Champaign 540 $70,000 $33.60 $78,000 $37.50 21.2%
Chicago (Area) 20,040 $69,300 $33.30 $79,800 $38.40 4.3%
Danville 160 $52,600 $25.30 $62,500 $30.00 27.6%
Decatur 440 $51,900 $25.00 $61,500 $29.60 73.4%
Kankakee 130 $47,800 $23.00 $53,200 $25.60 -30.9%
Peoria 940 $64,000 $30.80 $71,600 $34.40 24.9%
Rockford 460 $42,200 $20.30 $71,800 $34.50 -27.4%
Springfield 450 $67,900 $32.70 $75,200 $36.20 -4.4%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 100 $39,800 $19.20 $54,400 $26.20 -39.5%
Bloomington 160 $44,500 $21.40 $50,100 $24.10 -52.7%
Columbus 170 $42,600 $20.50 $48,500 $23.30 -8.6%
Elkhart 420 $42,700 $20.50 $50,000 $24.00 -5.8%
Evansville 1,150 $46,300 $22.30 $62,700 $30.10 54.5%
Fort Wayne 980 $53,400 $25.70 $67,100 $32.30 8.6%
Indianapolis 3,950 $54,000 $26.00 $65,600 $31.50 2.4%
Kokomo 250 NA NA NA NA 46.3%
Lafayette 520 $55,400 $26.60 $61,200 $29.40 41.3%
Michigan City 170 $60,700 $29.20 $76,000 $36.60 -12%
Muncie 160 $43,500 $20.90 $53,500 $25.70 -21.9%
South Bend 480 $52,200 $25.10 $61,900 $29.80 -16.3%
Terre Haute 230 $58,100 $27.90 $71,600 $34.40 -22.5%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 170 $38,300 $18.40 $46,700 $22.40 -6.4%
Cedar Rapids 850 $46,800 $22.50 $57,900 $27.90 40.7%
Davenport 1,190 $51,600 $24.80 $63,600 $30.60 46.8%
Des Moines 1,150 $46,300 $22.20 $58,500 $28.10 -19.1%
Dubuque 150 $39,400 $19.00 $48,900 $23.50 -34.3%
Iowa City 250 $53,800 $25.90 $61,500 $29.60 -31.9%
Sioux City 250 $49,700 $23.90 $59,800 $28.80 -20.6%
Waterloo 340 $43,400 $20.90 $52,800 $25.40 -10.2%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 190 $41,500 $20.00 $49,500 $23.80 -10.6%
Topeka 450 $40,400 $19.40 $56,000 $26.90 -8.2%
Wichita 1,620 $45,800 $22.00 $56,100 $27.00 23.3%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 380 $32,500 $15.60 $40,600 $19.50 52.3%
Elizabethtown 130 $42,300 $20.40 $54,300 $26.10 -34.3%
Lexington 1,250 $37,200 $17.90 $45,200 $21.70 16.6%
Louisville 3,090 $36,500 $17.50 $47,400 $22.80 17.2%
Owensboro 310 $44,700 $21.50 $50,900 $24.50 46.2%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 130 $46,000 $22.10 $52,700 $25.30 -52.7%
Baton Rouge 2,420 $41,400 $19.90 $49,000 $23.60 49.5%
Houma 500 $40,900 $19.70 $51,100 $24.60 20.2%
Lafayette 700 $36,900 $17.80 $43,500 $20.90 8.5%
Lake Charles 590 $41,900 $20.20 $49,000 $23.60 47.1%
Monroe 370 $35,500 $17.10 $45,100 $21.70 10%
New Orleans 3,400 $44,100 $21.20 $57,600 $27.70 50.5%
Shreveport 860 $42,100 $20.30 $49,500 $23.80 12%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 240 $42,500 $20.50 $51,300 $24.60 -12.9%
Lewiston 180 $49,400 $23.80 $58,100 $27.90 -15.3%
Portland 500 $42,100 $20.20 $51,400 $24.70 -42.5%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 8,020 $46,600 $22.40 $60,500 $29.10 43.6%
Cumberland 280 $45,400 $21.80 $60,200 $28.90 68.3%
Hagerstown 500 $45,700 $22.00 $52,300 $25.20 17.1%
Salisbury 360 $37,000 $17.80 $45,700 $22.00 51.6%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 400 $65,600 $31.60 $76,400 $36.80 -4.5%
Boston (Area) 9,290 $53,600 $25.80 $65,100 $31.30 -8.4%
Pittsfield NA $52,400 $25.20 $58,600 $28.20 NA
Springfield 920 $52,200 $25.10 $61,800 $29.70 -27.8%
Worcester 1,160 $55,600 $26.70 $64,700 $31.10 -15.8%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 770 $73,000 $35.10 $83,300 $40.00 -8.3%
Battle Creek 210 $53,400 $25.70 $62,000 $29.80 -8.6%
Bay City 150 $61,800 $29.70 $70,300 $33.80 -3.8%
Detroit (Area) 7,740 $61,700 $29.70 $74,500 $35.80 -1.7%
Grand Rapids 1,720 $42,600 $20.50 $52,400 $25.20 6.4%
Holland 500 $42,600 $20.50 $50,400 $24.20 12.6%
Jackson 140 $57,500 $27.60 $74,000 $35.60 -39.8%
Kalamazoo 400 $45,400 $21.80 $58,300 $28.00 -32.7%
Lansing 950 $68,000 $32.70 $77,300 $37.20 6.5%
Monroe 220 $67,600 $32.50 $77,500 $37.30 33.3%
Muskegon 300 $51,200 $24.60 $60,900 $29.30 14.1%
Niles 150 $55,400 $26.60 $70,400 $33.90 -42.5%
Saginaw 470 NA NA NA NA 29%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 880 $61,200 $29.40 $66,300 $31.90 60.1%
Minneapolis 5,870 $64,400 $30.90 $74,000 $35.60 -23.4%
Rochester 470 $57,100 $27.50 $65,200 $31.40 1.8%
St. Cloud 430 $52,500 $25.30 $60,300 $29.00 2.2%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 540 $42,400 $20.40 $50,300 $24.20 19.5%
Hattiesburg 200 $33,600 $16.10 $40,200 $19.30 -20.1%
Jackson 1,400 $38,900 $18.70 $53,400 $25.70 28.3%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 340 $37,400 $18.00 $43,000 $20.70 -8.1%
Jefferson City 430 $56,200 $27.00 $62,900 $30.30 19.9%
Joplin 210 $36,700 $17.60 $46,000 $22.10 -38.3%
Kansas City 4,760 $60,400 $29.00 $72,600 $34.90 8.6%
Springfield 1,120 $36,300 $17.50 $42,200 $20.30 34.4%
St. Joseph 280 $58,300 $28.00 $64,500 $31.00 21%
St. Louis 5,920 $66,700 $32.10 $74,800 $36.00 2.6%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings NA $41,800 $20.10 $59,500 $28.60 NA
Great Falls 130 $51,000 $24.50 $56,800 $27.30 -19.5%
Missoula 270 $54,600 $26.30 $59,900 $28.80 9.3%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lincoln 840 $37,000 $17.80 $46,000 $22.10 16.5%
Omaha 2,980 $51,800 $24.90 $62,500 $30.10 48.8%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Carson City 160 $61,700 $29.70 $74,700 $35.90 28.4%
Las Vegas 5,570 $63,300 $30.40 $81,600 $39.20 46.3%
Reno 810 $54,000 $25.90 $63,500 $30.50 -8.3%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Manchester 530 $48,500 $23.30 $54,600 $26.20 20.3%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Atlantic City 780 $46,400 $22.30 $64,700 $31.10 27.2%
Ocean City 140 $50,800 $24.40 $57,800 $27.80 -17%
Trenton 650 $58,400 $28.10 $93,100 $44.80 -31.8%
Vineland 320 $50,900 $24.50 $90,000 $43.30 21%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque 1,760 $43,600 $20.90 $53,700 $25.80 3.8%
Farmington 380 $46,400 $22.30 $53,000 $25.50 70.4%
Las Cruces 240 $40,600 $19.50 $48,300 $23.20 -18.4%
Santa Fe 170 $38,200 $18.40 $42,700 $20.50 -38.4%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 2,050 $50,000 $24.00 $62,700 $30.10 6.4%
Binghamton 410 $54,800 $26.40 $61,800 $29.70 -16.1%
Buffalo 1,970 $44,500 $21.40 $56,900 $27.30 -16.7%
Elmira 120 $65,900 $31.70 $76,000 $36.50 -24.4%
Glens Falls 180 $50,200 $24.20 $61,800 $29.70 -22.2%
Ithaca 140 $49,000 $23.60 $60,100 $28.90 -38.6%
Kingston 140 $52,600 $25.30 $77,100 $37.10 -48.7%
New York (Area) 35,280 $64,200 $30.90 $92,300 $44.40 -11.9%
Poughkeepsie 760 $53,000 $25.50 $79,900 $38.40 -30%
Rochester 1,690 $49,400 $23.80 $59,700 $28.70 -22.2%
Syracuse 830 $55,200 $26.50 $65,300 $31.40 -38.9%
Utica 250 $44,700 $21.50 $52,200 $25.10 -55.7%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 720 $36,800 $17.70 $42,200 $20.30 -4.9%
Burlington 230 $39,800 $19.20 $49,200 $23.70 -10.9%
Charlotte 3,300 $38,200 $18.40 $43,900 $21.10 -11.1%
Durham 910 $38,500 $18.50 $42,800 $20.60 -25.7%
Fayetteville 730 $31,800 $15.30 $36,600 $17.60 30.5%
Goldsboro 90 $41,200 $19.80 $47,400 $22.80 -54.4%
Greensboro 1,250 $35,700 $17.10 $41,900 $20.10 -19.5%
Greenville 240 $36,100 $17.40 $41,200 $19.80 -25.7%
Hickory 310 $33,200 $15.90 $38,200 $18.30 -51.9%
Jacksonville 80 $39,000 $18.80 $57,800 $27.80 -60.5%
Raleigh 2,740 $36,600 $17.60 $42,200 $20.30 23.9%
Rocky Mount 190 $35,700 $17.20 $39,800 $19.10 -27.2%
Wilmington 540 $35,900 $17.30 $40,400 $19.40 -12.5%
Winston-Salem 860 $38,000 $18.30 $42,800 $20.60 -5.2%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 310 $41,700 $20.10 $53,600 $25.80 16.3%
Fargo 610 $43,600 $21.00 $50,600 $24.30 15.1%
Grand Forks 190 $45,000 $21.60 $49,900 $24.00 -9.1%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 1,670 $54,400 $26.10 $67,900 $32.70 16.8%
Canton 800 $48,900 $23.50 $56,600 $27.20 8.6%
Cincinnati 4,430 $48,200 $23.20 $58,000 $27.90 0.5%
Cleveland 4,310 $53,200 $25.60 $70,700 $34.00 -3.1%
Columbus 4,030 $42,800 $20.60 $55,700 $26.80 0.1%
Dayton 1,520 $43,400 $20.90 $55,300 $26.60 -7.6%
Lima 230 $51,200 $24.60 $69,400 $33.40 -0.4%
Mansfield 190 $49,700 $23.90 $65,100 $31.30 -20.2%
Sandusky 200 $58,700 $28.20 $73,900 $35.50 31.8%
Springfield 80 $36,500 $17.60 $43,400 $20.90 -61.6%
Toledo 1,000 $51,100 $24.60 $68,800 $33.10 -23.2%
Youngstown 1,080 $52,300 $25.10 $66,400 $31.90 11.3%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 140 $53,400 $25.70 $59,800 $28.70 -20.6%
Oklahoma City 2,910 $33,700 $16.20 $45,500 $21.90 16.2%
Tulsa 2,220 $41,600 $20.00 $50,400 $24.20 18.3%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 220 $57,400 $27.60 $67,800 $32.60 -20.5%
Corvallis 70 $58,300 $28.00 $72,000 $34.60 -52.8%
Eugene 610 $59,400 $28.50 $67,200 $32.30 -3.3%
Medford 420 $57,700 $27.80 $63,600 $30.60 21.9%
Portland 4,560 $68,100 $32.70 $77,100 $37.10 3.6%
Salem 670 $59,300 $28.50 $68,500 $32.90 3.1%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 1,330 $56,500 $27.20 $78,900 $37.90 -9.2%
Altoona 100 $45,800 $22.00 $55,000 $26.40 -60.4%
Erie 450 $49,900 $24.00 $60,600 $29.20 -18.7%
Harrisburg 1,080 $48,300 $23.20 $56,300 $27.10 -21.4%
Johnstown 200 $37,700 $18.10 $51,900 $25.00 -21.1%
Lancaster 1,020 $38,800 $18.70 $45,000 $21.60 0.9%
Lebanon 230 $36,000 $17.30 $40,000 $19.20 8.5%
Philadelphia (Area) 10,740 $60,800 $29.20 $84,100 $40.40 -8.2%
Pittsburgh 5,180 $53,500 $25.70 $66,100 $31.80 4.9%
Reading 800 $48,600 $23.40 $62,300 $30.00 10.7%
Scranton 880 $48,500 $23.30 $64,100 $30.80 -21.4%
State College 120 $43,200 $20.80 $48,800 $23.50 -59%
Williamsport 210 $31,800 $15.30 $38,100 $18.30 -6.1%
York 910 $43,000 $20.70 $49,000 $23.60 18.5%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 2,360 $52,500 $25.30 $60,800 $29.20 -32.9%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 300 $30,100 $14.50 $39,500 $19.00 17.7%
Charleston 1,480 $38,200 $18.40 $46,100 $22.20 19%
Columbia 1,190 $36,700 $17.70 $43,900 $21.10 -19.4%
Florence 280 $34,000 $16.40 $41,600 $20.00 -20.8%
Greenville 1,640 $35,700 $17.20 $41,000 $19.70 24.3%
Myrtle Beach 400 $33,900 $16.30 $38,400 $18.50 -19%
Spartanburg 300 $36,600 $17.60 $41,300 $19.80 -41.4%
Sumter 90 $35,900 $17.30 $43,500 $20.90 -42.9%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 310 $40,100 $19.30 $50,200 $24.10 17.7%
Sioux Falls 610 $39,800 $19.10 $47,400 $22.80 2.2%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 1,140 $44,100 $21.20 $55,400 $26.60 15.4%
Clarksville 370 $37,200 $17.90 $47,400 $22.80 6%
Cleveland 150 $65,900 $31.70 $73,900 $35.60 -5.1%
Jackson 300 $40,100 $19.30 $45,800 $22.00 17.9%
Johnson City 250 $32,200 $15.50 $45,800 $22.00 -25.1%
Kingsport 600 $41,300 $19.90 $48,800 $23.40 17.1%
Knoxville 2,040 $38,600 $18.50 $45,900 $22.10 41.8%
Memphis 2,480 $41,300 $19.90 $49,300 $23.70 -7.5%
Morristown 110 $34,900 $16.80 $46,400 $22.30 -45.3%
Nashville 2,840 $37,000 $17.80 $45,100 $21.70 -10.9%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 390 $41,000 $19.70 $47,000 $22.60 37.8%
Amarillo 420 $41,200 $19.80 $50,500 $24.30 -12.2%
Austin 2,790 $39,100 $18.80 $47,700 $22.90 -18.2%
Beaumont 1,300 $49,300 $23.70 $54,600 $26.20 83.4%
Brownsville 410 $25,100 $12.10 $29,700 $14.30 -24.5%
College Station 670 $31,700 $15.20 $38,100 $18.30 65.8%
Corpus Christi 1,500 $38,300 $18.40 $47,300 $22.70 90.8%
Dallas (Area) 10,040 $40,200 $19.30 $48,700 $23.40 -17.2%
El Paso 960 $36,900 $17.80 $44,700 $21.50 -19.7%
Houston 14,810 $42,100 $20.20 $51,900 $24.90 30.3%
Killeen 500 $38,800 $18.60 $46,800 $22.50 -7.2%
Laredo 220 $27,300 $13.10 $36,100 $17.30 -42.1%
Longview 510 $41,500 $20.00 $47,500 $22.90 22.8%
Lubbock 350 $36,000 $17.30 $42,300 $20.30 -37%
McAllen 460 $31,200 $15.00 $35,100 $16.90 -52.7%
Midland 270 $34,400 $16.60 $42,600 $20.50 -9.8%
Odessa 550 $41,700 $20.00 $47,000 $22.60 105.6%
San Angelo 140 $36,400 $17.50 $44,100 $21.20 -29.9%
San Antonio 3,490 $38,000 $18.30 $46,900 $22.50 -5.9%
Sherman 190 $36,600 $17.60 $44,100 $21.20 5.5%
Texarkana 250 $41,300 $19.90 $47,100 $22.70 4%
Tyler 200 $37,100 $17.90 $43,400 $20.90 -50.5%
Victoria 400 $41,800 $20.10 $61,000 $29.30 87%
Waco 410 $41,500 $20.00 $47,500 $22.90 -7.4%
Wichita Falls 90 $49,400 $23.80 $57,900 $27.80 -64.7%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 220 $34,100 $16.40 $40,300 $19.40 1.4%
Ogden 1,120 $40,800 $19.60 $51,800 $24.90 29.7%
Provo 1,200 $46,000 $22.10 $56,000 $26.90 56.7%
Salt Lake City 3,390 $40,500 $19.50 $49,600 $23.90 25.4%
St. George 220 $44,100 $21.20 $50,200 $24.10 1.1%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 350 $41,000 $19.70 $48,200 $23.20 -28.7%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 250 $40,300 $19.40 $48,400 $23.30 -12.9%
Charlottesville 480 $39,400 $18.90 $45,900 $22.10 15.7%
Danville 250 $35,800 $17.20 $46,700 $22.40 42.3%
Harrisonburg 240 $40,500 $19.50 $50,000 $24.00 -7.9%
Lynchburg 410 $35,500 $17.10 $44,700 $21.50 -7.2%
Richmond 3,460 $45,300 $21.80 $53,700 $25.80 30.9%
Roanoke 820 $31,500 $15.10 $38,400 $18.50 20.5%
Virginia Beach 4,770 $42,300 $20.40 $48,400 $23.30 46.5%
Winchester 130 $41,300 $19.90 $52,000 $25.00 -45.7%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 580 $46,200 $22.20 $54,500 $26.20 70.2%
Bremerton 950 $58,100 $27.90 $63,800 $30.70 164.5%
Kennewick 600 $59,500 $28.60 $74,500 $35.80 44.1%
Longview 170 $57,900 $27.80 $64,700 $31.10 15%
Mount Vernon NA $54,500 $26.20 $71,900 $34.60 NA
Olympia 340 $51,000 $24.50 $67,500 $32.50 -18.9%
Seattle (Area) 8,640 $64,000 $30.80 $77,500 $37.30 47.5%
Spokane 810 $47,600 $22.90 $55,600 $26.70 -10.1%
Wenatchee 170 $37,700 $18.10 $54,500 $26.20 -5.4%
Yakima 260 $60,600 $29.10 $72,800 $35.00 -26.5%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 1,150 $52,200 $25.10 $67,900 $32.60 77.6%
Huntington 1,000 $52,300 $25.10 $61,500 $29.60 104%
Morgantown 210 $47,300 $22.80 $56,300 $27.10 -17.9%
Parkersburg 380 $51,000 $24.50 $71,100 $34.20 23.5%
Weirton 240 $47,600 $22.90 $59,400 $28.60 25.6%
Wheeling 500 $54,200 $26.10 $68,100 $32.70 74.6%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 1,410 $49,200 $23.60 $56,900 $27.30 175.8%
Eau Claire 230 $39,300 $18.90 $57,800 $27.80 -30.9%
Fond du Lac 120 $51,300 $24.60 $61,300 $29.50 -39.3%
Green Bay 600 $50,800 $24.40 $60,000 $28.90 -17.1%
Janesville 370 $65,300 $31.40 $74,400 $35.80 35%
La Crosse 220 $58,100 $28.00 $66,300 $31.90 -31.2%
Madison 1,430 $47,800 $23.00 $63,900 $30.70 -2.3%
Milwaukee 3,240 $58,100 $27.90 $66,800 $32.10 -10.6%
Oshkosh 420 $47,000 $22.60 $52,200 $25.10 10.5%
Racine 330 $57,300 $27.50 $67,400 $32.40 1.7%
Sheboygan 340 $47,800 $23.00 $55,300 $26.60 31.4%
Wausau 260 $45,700 $22.00 $56,500 $27.20 -12.8%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper NA $42,700 $20.50 $57,900 $27.80 NA
Cheyenne 300 $47,000 $22.60 $54,000 $26.00 59.2%