Equipment Operating Engineers

Median Salary: $39,800

Many equipment operating engineers across the nation share a few key professional traits. For example, integrity, initiative, and achievement/effort can be critical for success in the industry, especially when blended with career training. Around 368,200 individuals were employed as equipment operating engineers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to cultivate these characteristics and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're ready to move up in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for equipment operating engineers in the U.S. was $39,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $19.10. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about equipment operating engineers, including wages and job density for areas all over the nation.

Equipment operating engineers should be skilled in:

Depth Perception
Oral Expression
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Speech Recognition
Problem Sensitivity

Different individuals go into different careers; equipment operating engineers are typically:

Realistic
Conventional
Investigative

Working as an equipment operating engineer requires knowledge in subjects like:

Building and Construction
Mechanical
Public Safety and Security
English Language
Customer and Personal Service

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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 equipment operating engineers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of equipment operating engineers 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	150	$32,300	$15.50	$40,300	$19.40	17.1%
Auburn	240	$29,100	$14.00	$35,000	$16.80	79%
Birmingham	2,130	$34,200	$16.40	$41,800	$20.10	52.7%
Decatur	220	$36,600	$17.60	$40,800	$19.60	52.8%
Dothan	100	$30,800	$14.80	$39,800	$19.10	-39.6%
Florence	190	$30,500	$14.70	$34,700	$16.70	36.8%
Gadsden	170	$25,200	$12.10	$29,500	$14.20	71.4%
Huntsville	550	$34,600	$16.60	$40,900	$19.70	-5.7%
Mobile	680	$31,400	$15.10	$37,200	$17.90	39.3%
Montgomery	490	$27,600	$13.30	$31,700	$15.20	5.9%
Tuscaloosa	510	$31,700	$15.20	$37,300	$17.90	102.7%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	1,000	$61,200	$29.40	$72,900	$35.10	115.1%
Fairbanks	290	$65,100	$31.30	$72,600	$34.90	192.9%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	130	$45,800	$22.00	$56,600	$27.20	-18.6%
Lake Havasu City	200	$40,300	$19.40	$46,400	$22.30	53.2%
Phoenix	5,820	$46,000	$22.10	$52,300	$25.20	17.1%
Prescott	550	$44,200	$21.30	$48,800	$23.50	238%
Tucson	1,450	$40,500	$19.50	$46,500	$22.40	41.7%
Yuma	190	$42,700	$20.50	$50,200	$24.20	14.2%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	630	$29,400	$14.20	$33,300	$16.00	13.8%
Fort Smith	560	$32,300	$15.50	$38,900	$18.70	68.1%
Hot Springs	110	$27,000	$13.00	$31,800	$15.30	11.5%
Jonesboro	160	$29,400	$14.10	$32,300	$15.50	22.2%
Little Rock	1,150	$29,100	$14.00	$34,900	$16.80	23%
Pine Bluff	120	$31,300	$15.10	$37,000	$17.80	23.1%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	930	$46,500	$22.40	$56,300	$27.00	24.6%
Chico	160	$54,200	$26.10	$70,100	$33.70	-20%
El Centro	160	$48,100	$23.10	$58,700	$28.20	14.4%
Fresno	690	$60,600	$29.10	$75,100	$36.10	-24.4%
Los Angeles (Area)	6,200	$70,200	$33.70	$81,200	$39.00	-53.8%
Madera	70	$44,800	$21.50	$52,400	$25.20	-38.3%
Merced	120	$46,300	$22.30	$53,100	$25.50	-29.4%
Modesto	300	$50,900	$24.50	$63,300	$30.50	-31.7%
Napa	180	$59,400	$28.60	$69,400	$33.40	1.4%
Oakland	1,980	$71,400	$34.30	$81,100	$39.00	-29%
Oxnard	890	$61,600	$29.60	$80,100	$38.50	7.8%
Redding	270	$52,900	$25.40	$68,400	$32.90	57.1%
Riverside	3,820	$61,200	$29.40	$77,800	$37.40	13.3%
Sacramento	1,430	$61,600	$29.60	$72,300	$34.70	-40.3%
Salinas	230	$58,200	$28.00	$70,100	$33.70	-48.3%
San Diego	2,200	$60,700	$29.20	$77,100	$37.00	-39%
San Francisco (Area)	2,860	$71,400	$34.30	$81,000	$39.00	-48.7%
San Francisco (City)	880	$71,400	$34.30	$80,900	$38.90	-68.3%
San Jose	630	$65,300	$31.40	$73,500	$35.30	-74.9%
San Luis Obispo	260	$63,700	$30.60	$83,900	$40.30	-6.8%
Santa Barbara	420	$63,300	$30.40	$78,000	$37.50	-12.3%
Santa Cruz	70	$60,500	$29.10	$68,000	$32.70	-71.1%
Santa Rosa	630	$70,500	$33.90	$79,800	$38.40	25.6%
Stockton	420	$68,700	$33.00	$79,200	$38.10	-28.6%
Vallejo	310	$66,200	$31.80	$74,900	$36.00	-8.7%
Visalia	170	$47,100	$22.70	$54,200	$26.00	-53.6%
Yuba City	120	$69,500	$33.40	$80,800	$38.80	9%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	180	$41,400	$19.90	$50,400	$24.20	-60%
Colorado Springs	610	$40,400	$19.40	$46,600	$22.40	-12.3%
Denver	3,140	$43,100	$20.70	$49,900	$24.00	-8.7%
Fort Collins	410	$42,000	$20.20	$48,900	$23.50	12.1%
Grand Junction	360	$43,900	$21.10	$51,600	$24.80	100.7%
Greeley	580	$39,500	$19.00	$49,000	$23.50	159.9%
Pueblo	190	$42,100	$20.30	$51,000	$24.50	22.9%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	750	$58,300	$28.00	$67,900	$32.60	-42%
Hartford	1,190	$55,800	$26.80	$64,500	$31.00	-24.7%
New Haven	560	$52,700	$25.30	$62,600	$30.10	-43.9%
Norwich	230	$48,700	$23.40	$56,900	$27.40	-40.4%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	210	$35,200	$16.90	$42,900	$20.60	27.1%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	5,570	$43,600	$21.00	$51,700	$24.90	-30.7%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	760	$31,600	$15.20	$37,300	$17.90	9.2%
Cape Coral	680	$35,100	$16.90	$40,300	$19.40	19.6%
Deltona	530	$33,400	$16.10	$40,700	$19.60	21.3%
Fort Walton Beach	150	$32,500	$15.60	$44,100	$21.20	-31.8%
Gainesville	200	$30,200	$14.50	$46,000	$22.10	-41.7%
Jacksonville	1,190	$32,200	$15.50	$38,000	$18.30	-27.6%
Lakeland	750	$33,300	$16.00	$41,800	$20.10	37.2%
Miami (Area)	3,730	$39,400	$19.00	$47,700	$22.90	-38.1%
Naples	390	$38,500	$18.50	$45,300	$21.80	22.2%
Ocala	410	$31,200	$15.00	$37,500	$18.00	54.9%
Orlando	1,860	$35,300	$17.00	$43,200	$20.80	-33.4%
Palm Bay	430	$33,600	$16.20	$37,900	$18.20	-21.1%
Palm Coast	30	$33,300	$16.00	$47,100	$22.60	-33.1%
Panama City	250	$29,200	$14.10	$37,000	$17.80	28.5%
Pensacola	330	$29,000	$14.00	$34,900	$16.80	-22.6%
Port St. Lucie	500	$34,300	$16.50	$39,300	$18.90	47.6%
Punta Gorda	170	$33,500	$16.10	$45,900	$22.10	57%
Sebastian	120	$30,300	$14.60	$36,800	$17.70	-5%
Tallahassee	280	$31,300	$15.00	$35,600	$17.10	-39.1%
Tampa	2,830	$31,100	$15.00	$36,200	$17.40	-11.4%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	310	$32,600	$15.70	$40,300	$19.40	81.2%
Athens	160	$30,800	$14.80	$36,500	$17.50	-28.3%
Atlanta	5,900	$32,800	$15.80	$39,300	$18.90	-8.6%
Augusta	410	$33,400	$16.10	$41,900	$20.10	-29.5%
Brunswick	180	$27,900	$13.40	$34,900	$16.80	55.5%
Columbus	380	$30,300	$14.60	$35,700	$17.20	18.8%
Dalton	150	$29,400	$14.20	$33,200	$15.90	-18.7%
Gainesville	310	$32,800	$15.70	$37,600	$18.10	53.9%
Hinesville	50	$44,800	$21.50	$53,500	$25.70	3%
Macon	400	$28,200	$13.60	$33,900	$16.30	47.5%
Rome	140	$36,800	$17.70	$46,900	$22.50	30.6%
Savannah	400	$30,300	$14.60	$35,200	$16.90	-5.4%
Valdosta	180	$27,800	$13.30	$32,500	$15.60	17.8%
Warner Robins	120	$31,100	$14.90	$36,500	$17.50	-26.2%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	910	$75,200	$36.10	$84,300	$40.50	-24.7%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	530	$36,400	$17.50	$40,900	$19.70	-28.7%
Coeur d'Alene	310	$38,600	$18.50	$44,400	$21.30	101.7%
Idaho Falls	170	$38,300	$18.40	$45,800	$22.00	18.8%
Lewiston	80	$44,900	$21.60	$52,000	$25.00	12.6%
Pocatello	80	$41,700	$20.10	$48,600	$23.40	-25.5%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	NA	$33,500	$16.10	$55,500	$26.70	NA
Champaign	190	$55,100	$26.50	$62,400	$30.00	-30.7%
Chicago (Area)	8,220	$69,200	$33.30	$86,400	$41.60	-0.9%
Danville	NA	$32,000	$15.40	$58,900	$28.30	NA
Decatur	50	$79,600	$38.30	$98,500	$47.30	-70.4%
Kankakee	80	$90,300	$43.40	$98,000	$47.10	-35.5%
Peoria	380	$59,500	$28.60	$65,700	$31.60	-21.8%
Rockford	210	$65,800	$31.60	$76,700	$36.90	-48%
Springfield	260	$52,300	$25.10	$62,600	$30.10	-11.1%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	50	$37,200	$17.90	$49,200	$23.70	-54.2%
Bloomington	450	$42,400	$20.40	$57,700	$27.80	111.6%
Columbus	70	$45,900	$22.10	$62,600	$30.10	-40.6%
Elkhart	400	$54,300	$26.10	$67,400	$32.40	41.9%
Evansville	520	$51,400	$24.70	$58,200	$28.00	9.8%
Fort Wayne	700	$40,500	$19.50	$61,900	$29.80	22.4%
Indianapolis	3,240	$51,700	$24.90	$59,900	$28.80	32.2%
Kokomo	70	$35,700	$17.20	$39,100	$18.80	-34.5%
Lafayette	330	$37,500	$18.00	$45,800	$22.00	41.7%
Michigan City	170	$69,900	$33.60	$77,600	$37.30	38.9%
Muncie	70	$40,500	$19.50	$62,600	$30.10	-48.8%
South Bend	250	$45,000	$21.70	$68,100	$32.70	-31%
Terre Haute	170	$49,000	$23.60	$57,100	$27.40	-10.4%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	100	$35,000	$16.80	$44,600	$21.50	-17.5%
Cedar Rapids	340	$41,600	$20.00	$46,900	$22.50	-10.6%
Davenport	430	$54,500	$26.20	$60,300	$29.00	-16.9%
Des Moines	1,130	$47,400	$22.80	$54,600	$26.30	24.7%
Dubuque	160	$44,200	$21.30	$49,500	$23.80	11.9%
Iowa City	120	$29,800	$14.30	$38,700	$18.60	-47.9%
Sioux City	180	$38,900	$18.70	$47,400	$22.80	-10.5%
Waterloo	450	$43,700	$21.00	$49,300	$23.70	86.5%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	200	$37,900	$18.20	$45,900	$22.10	50.5%
Topeka	500	$34,800	$16.70	$43,600	$21.00	62.7%
Wichita	990	$30,600	$14.70	$35,400	$17.00	19.2%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	240	$38,000	$18.30	$45,600	$21.90	50.5%
Elizabethtown	80	$31,100	$14.90	$41,100	$19.80	-33.8%
Lexington	850	$40,600	$19.50	$51,900	$25.00	24.3%
Louisville	1,600	$38,700	$18.60	$47,600	$22.90	-4.6%
Owensboro	210	$38,500	$18.50	$50,400	$24.20	55.7%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	330	$33,100	$15.90	$41,300	$19.90	86.4%
Baton Rouge	2,170	$34,800	$16.70	$44,000	$21.20	110.6%
Houma	670	$38,400	$18.50	$43,000	$20.70	151.8%
Lafayette	650	$30,700	$14.80	$37,500	$18.00	56.7%
Lake Charles	480	$33,800	$16.20	$44,000	$21.20	90.7%
Monroe	250	$42,300	$20.30	$51,800	$24.90	16.7%
New Orleans	2,000	$36,800	$17.70	$45,500	$21.90	39.4%
Shreveport	450	$31,600	$15.20	$41,500	$20.00	-8.1%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	360	$36,100	$17.40	$41,000	$19.70	108%
Lewiston	110	$34,100	$16.40	$39,400	$18.90	-18.6%
Portland	670	$34,300	$16.50	$39,800	$19.10	20.8%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	3,400	$41,300	$19.90	$47,400	$22.80	-4.3%
Cumberland	110	$36,800	$17.70	$43,700	$21.00	-1.7%
Hagerstown	480	$38,000	$18.30	$45,800	$22.00	77.2%
Salisbury	120	$30,500	$14.70	$37,100	$17.80	-22%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	130	$44,200	$21.30	$50,100	$24.10	-51.9%
Boston (Area)	3,200	$51,000	$24.50	$60,800	$29.20	-45.2%
Pittsfield	40	$54,300	$26.10	$59,300	$28.50	-62%
Springfield	360	$52,000	$25.00	$67,700	$32.50	-55%
Worcester	520	$52,100	$25.10	$66,200	$31.80	-26.5%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	170	$47,600	$22.90	$53,500	$25.70	-68.4%
Battle Creek	200	$46,800	$22.50	$50,800	$24.40	34.1%
Bay City	50	$49,600	$23.90	$56,700	$27.30	-46.9%
Detroit (Area)	2,750	$50,900	$24.50	$59,200	$28.50	-43.2%
Flint	160	$56,900	$27.40	$65,700	$31.60	-58.7%
Grand Rapids	720	$35,900	$17.30	$40,600	$19.50	-30.4%
Holland	NA	$39,600	$19.00	$63,200	$30.40	NA
Jackson	NA	$46,900	$22.60	$51,200	$24.60	NA
Kalamazoo	180	$37,500	$18.00	$43,100	$20.70	-52.7%
Lansing	400	$39,000	$18.80	$49,000	$23.60	-29.3%
Monroe	170	$48,000	$23.10	$60,800	$29.20	58.1%
Muskegon	30	$39,300	$18.90	$44,100	$21.20	-80.9%
Niles	140	$36,200	$17.40	$51,600	$24.80	-16.2%
Saginaw	160	$41,300	$19.90	$45,300	$21.80	-30.4%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	860	$48,800	$23.50	$54,200	$26.10	147.3%
Minneapolis	4,000	$60,100	$28.90	$69,600	$33.50	-17.9%
Rochester	300	$47,200	$22.70	$54,800	$26.40	2.3%
St. Cloud	380	$40,700	$19.60	$51,700	$24.90	41.1%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	340	$30,300	$14.60	$35,600	$17.10	19.6%
Hattiesburg	220	$28,900	$13.90	$34,400	$16.50	39.2%
Jackson	930	$30,400	$14.60	$33,900	$16.30	34.5%
Pascagoula	310	$34,500	$16.60	$39,800	$19.10	95.5%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	360	$61,900	$29.80	$71,100	$34.20	53.6%
Jefferson City	160	$35,300	$17.00	$53,800	$25.90	-30.8%
Joplin	170	$43,300	$20.80	$59,200	$28.50	-20.4%
Kansas City	3,110	$52,900	$25.40	$62,800	$30.20	11.8%
Springfield	420	$41,000	$19.70	$49,400	$23.80	-21.5%
St. Joseph	280	$47,800	$23.00	$56,000	$26.90	94.7%
St. Louis	2,650	$56,100	$27.00	$62,300	$29.90	-27.7%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	460	$42,500	$20.40	$47,500	$22.80	104%
Great Falls	160	$39,000	$18.80	$45,400	$21.80	59.4%
Missoula	300	$36,400	$17.50	$43,300	$20.80	91.3%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	480	$33,400	$16.10	$37,800	$18.20	5.1%
Omaha	1,230	$35,600	$17.10	$42,200	$20.30	-3.7%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Carson City	NA	$32,200	$15.50	$36,900	$17.70	NA
Las Vegas	1,800	$59,600	$28.70	$78,400	$37.70	-25.7%
Reno	790	$52,900	$25.40	$62,800	$30.20	41.4%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	100	$38,200	$18.40	$43,100	$20.70	-64.9%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	230	$80,700	$38.80	$87,900	$42.20	-42.6%
Ocean City	60	$45,400	$21.80	$55,700	$26.80	-44.9%
Trenton	230	$55,600	$26.70	$71,400	$34.40	-61.7%
Vineland	180	$57,300	$27.50	$73,900	$35.50	4.2%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	1,280	$33,800	$16.20	$39,100	$18.80	18.9%
Farmington	730	$44,800	$21.50	$55,700	$26.80	411.1%
Las Cruces	310	$30,000	$14.40	$38,400	$18.50	66.7%
Santa Fe	130	$34,300	$16.50	$40,400	$19.40	-24.8%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	1,120	$43,100	$20.70	$58,300	$28.00	-8.4%
Binghamton	250	$45,100	$21.70	$66,300	$31.90	-18.8%
Buffalo	1,160	$48,300	$23.20	$59,400	$28.60	-22.7%
Elmira	90	$46,600	$22.40	$52,600	$25.30	-14.5%
Glens Falls	210	$37,100	$17.90	$46,200	$22.20	41.5%
Ithaca	80	$44,500	$21.40	$53,400	$25.70	-41.9%
Kingston	240	$43,500	$20.90	$50,600	$24.30	41.6%
New York (Area)	10,350	$63,900	$30.70	$85,500	$41.10	-46.3%
Poughkeepsie	820	$50,100	$24.10	$63,000	$30.30	18.8%
Rochester	870	$45,400	$21.90	$55,700	$26.80	-36.9%
Syracuse	490	$46,800	$22.50	$57,000	$27.40	-43%
Utica	280	$40,900	$19.70	$58,200	$28.00	-22.2%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	560	$31,300	$15.10	$36,600	$17.60	17.7%
Burlington	120	$29,500	$14.20	$34,600	$16.70	-24.3%
Charlotte	1,790	$31,800	$15.30	$38,500	$18.50	-24.4%
Durham	360	$32,100	$15.40	$38,600	$18.60	-54.2%
Fayetteville	290	$30,500	$14.70	$38,600	$18.60	-19.5%
Goldsboro	120	$30,700	$14.70	$36,200	$17.40	-0.4%
Greensboro	590	$34,600	$16.60	$40,800	$19.60	-39.6%
Greenville	210	$31,500	$15.20	$36,500	$17.50	0.1%
Hickory	400	$33,400	$16.00	$37,300	$17.90	-2.2%
Jacksonville	130	$30,500	$14.70	$37,100	$17.80	7.5%
Raleigh	1,210	$32,600	$15.70	$38,400	$18.50	-13.7%
Wilmington	400	$31,700	$15.30	$37,100	$17.80	1.6%
Winston-Salem	630	$29,800	$14.30	$33,300	$16.00	9.5%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	170	$38,600	$18.60	$44,600	$21.40	-3.3%
Fargo	500	$38,600	$18.60	$43,000	$20.70	46.4%
Grand Forks	230	$40,300	$19.40	$47,100	$22.70	67.2%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	510	$56,400	$27.10	$63,700	$30.60	-44%
Canton	420	$49,800	$24.00	$58,500	$28.10	-10.9%
Cincinnati	2,150	$45,700	$22.00	$57,200	$27.50	-23.4%
Cleveland	1,820	$57,200	$27.50	$65,100	$31.30	-35.7%
Columbus	1,340	$42,000	$20.20	$50,800	$24.40	-47.6%
Dayton	600	$48,500	$23.30	$56,900	$27.40	-43.3%
Lima	90	$41,400	$19.90	$55,500	$26.70	-36.8%
Mansfield	160	$53,300	$25.60	$62,000	$29.80	8.3%
Sandusky	90	$46,800	$22.50	$54,900	$26.40	-8.3%
Springfield	100	$38,600	$18.60	$45,900	$22.10	-24.8%
Toledo	570	$57,400	$27.60	$63,200	$30.40	-31.4%
Youngstown	430	$37,900	$18.20	$54,200	$26.10	-30.5%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	230	$28,800	$13.80	$32,400	$15.60	96.8%
Oklahoma City	1,000	$32,800	$15.80	$38,600	$18.50	-36.9%
Tulsa	840	$32,800	$15.80	$37,700	$18.10	-29.2%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	230	$40,300	$19.40	$45,600	$21.90	31.3%
Corvallis	30	$39,600	$19.00	$51,100	$24.60	-66.2%
Eugene	280	$45,200	$21.70	$54,200	$26.10	-29.1%
Medford	250	$40,400	$19.40	$46,200	$22.20	15.8%
Portland	2,010	$53,500	$25.70	$62,700	$30.20	-28.4%
Salem	410	$47,700	$23.00	$62,700	$30.20	-0.9%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	910	$38,800	$18.60	$50,200	$24.10	-1.7%
Altoona	160	$31,500	$15.10	$36,200	$17.40	-1.9%
Erie	320	$34,600	$16.70	$45,300	$21.80	-10.2%
Harrisburg	670	$37,200	$17.90	$43,700	$21.00	-23.2%
Johnstown	250	$35,900	$17.30	$46,900	$22.50	56.8%
Lancaster	710	$37,500	$18.00	$43,900	$21.10	11.4%
Lebanon	150	$35,800	$17.20	$44,200	$21.30	15.3%
Philadelphia (Area)	4,820	$47,800	$23.00	$64,400	$31.00	-32.9%
Pittsburgh	5,000	$42,700	$20.50	$53,800	$25.90	59.3%
Reading	360	$37,100	$17.80	$43,900	$21.10	-21.2%
Scranton	950	$37,100	$17.90	$44,300	$21.30	33.6%
State College	530	$35,200	$16.90	$41,800	$20.10	181.1%
Williamsport	200	$33,100	$15.90	$41,700	$20.00	38.8%
York	800	$39,300	$18.90	$45,400	$21.80	62.6%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	910	$54,700	$26.30	$65,800	$31.60	-30.1%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	90	$36,700	$17.60	$49,400	$23.80	-47.4%
Charleston	690	$34,000	$16.30	$39,200	$18.90	-12.2%
Columbia	800	$32,000	$15.40	$37,400	$18.00	-15.4%
Florence	190	$30,300	$14.60	$35,500	$17.10	-17.4%
Greenville	400	$32,500	$15.60	$38,800	$18.70	-52.5%
Myrtle Beach	440	$32,300	$15.50	$37,900	$18.20	41.8%
Spartanburg	210	$30,200	$14.50	$36,000	$17.30	-35.2%
Sumter	150	$28,600	$13.80	$33,100	$15.90	53.8%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	360	$36,500	$17.60	$41,900	$20.10	115%
Sioux Falls	390	$38,900	$18.70	$43,500	$20.90	3.4%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	380	$31,700	$15.20	$37,900	$18.20	-39.9%
Clarksville	390	$34,900	$16.80	$41,700	$20.00	75.7%
Cleveland	100	$30,100	$14.50	$36,700	$17.70	4%
Jackson	160	$31,900	$15.30	$36,300	$17.40	0%
Johnson City	50	$33,300	$16.00	$37,100	$17.80	-78.2%
Kingsport	350	$30,000	$14.40	$34,200	$16.40	6.9%
Knoxville	740	$34,000	$16.30	$40,400	$19.40	-18.7%
Memphis	830	$32,700	$15.70	$40,100	$19.30	-51.1%
Morristown	90	$31,200	$15.00	$39,200	$18.80	-26%
Nashville	1,510	$34,900	$16.80	$39,600	$19.00	-25.5%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	340	$25,000	$12.00	$31,200	$15.00	90.8%
Amarillo	270	$32,800	$15.80	$40,600	$19.50	-13.1%
Austin	2,110	$31,200	$15.00	$37,800	$18.20	-2.8%
Beaumont	690	$37,400	$18.00	$46,400	$22.30	52.6%
Brownsville	310	$22,800	$11.00	$26,300	$12.60	-10.8%
College Station	380	$28,500	$13.70	$35,300	$17.00	48.3%
Corpus Christi	620	$31,400	$15.10	$39,400	$19.00	24.3%
Dallas (Area)	6,550	$33,500	$16.10	$39,900	$19.20	-8.4%
El Paso	500	$26,800	$12.90	$32,800	$15.80	-34%
Houston	12,080	$32,600	$15.70	$42,000	$20.20	67.2%
Killeen	420	$28,900	$13.90	$36,400	$17.50	23.5%
Laredo	350	$29,600	$14.30	$45,100	$21.70	43.9%
Longview	620	$33,300	$16.00	$37,800	$18.20	134.5%
Lubbock	240	$28,200	$13.50	$31,900	$15.40	-32.6%
McAllen	630	$25,800	$12.40	$29,800	$14.30	2.3%
Midland	390	$33,400	$16.10	$44,600	$21.50	104.2%
Odessa	440	$32,500	$15.60	$40,400	$19.40	157.1%
San Angelo	150	$27,500	$13.20	$32,700	$15.70	24.1%
San Antonio	2,680	$29,100	$14.00	$33,000	$15.90	13.4%
Sherman	NA	$34,300	$16.50	$41,300	$19.90	NA
Texarkana	270	$29,500	$14.20	$35,300	$17.00	78.1%
Tyler	220	$31,300	$15.00	$37,100	$17.80	-14.4%
Victoria	290	$29,400	$14.10	$35,100	$16.90	117.1%
Waco	260	$29,100	$14.00	$36,900	$17.80	-8.3%
Wichita Falls	230	$32,400	$15.60	$37,500	$18.00	44.5%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	80	$34,100	$16.40	$37,500	$18.00	-38.7%
Ogden	460	$39,900	$19.20	$48,300	$23.20	-16.9%
Provo	1,240	$39,500	$19.00	$44,600	$21.40	154.3%
Salt Lake City	1,670	$37,600	$18.10	$43,400	$20.90	-2.7%
St. George	250	$36,700	$17.70	$40,600	$19.50	81.2%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	310	$36,800	$17.70	$41,100	$19.80	-2.1%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	210	$31,200	$15.00	$35,700	$17.20	19.1%
Charlottesville	440	$36,000	$17.30	$40,400	$19.40	68.7%
Danville	40	$30,400	$14.60	$34,800	$16.70	-66.9%
Harrisonburg	110	$30,600	$14.70	$33,500	$16.10	-32.2%
Lynchburg	270	$28,400	$13.70	$31,800	$15.30	-6%
Richmond	1,910	$33,000	$15.90	$39,300	$18.90	13.7%
Roanoke	360	$32,900	$15.80	$38,700	$18.60	-15.8%
Virginia Beach	1,980	$35,000	$16.80	$40,800	$19.60	-4.7%
Winchester	190	$34,100	$16.40	$39,500	$19.00	30.9%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	250	$63,800	$30.70	$81,100	$39.00	13.9%
Bremerton	330	$56,300	$27.10	$65,700	$31.60	47%
Kennewick	230	$46,000	$22.10	$55,200	$26.50	-13.2%
Longview	110	$56,700	$27.30	$69,100	$33.20	10.7%
Mount Vernon	70	$53,000	$25.50	$69,200	$33.30	-45.5%
Olympia	390	$39,600	$19.10	$62,900	$30.20	43.6%
Seattle (Area)	4,610	$59,900	$28.80	$69,900	$33.60	20.8%
Spokane	540	$46,900	$22.60	$60,100	$28.90	-6%
Wenatchee	170	$42,400	$20.40	$50,400	$24.20	47.8%
Yakima	190	$42,700	$20.50	$46,700	$22.50	-14.6%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	2,410	$47,700	$22.90	$54,900	$26.40	484.1%
Huntington	490	$46,700	$22.50	$60,100	$28.90	58.2%
Morgantown	440	$33,400	$16.00	$42,000	$20.20	172.9%
Parkersburg	470	$32,000	$15.40	$48,100	$23.10	141.3%
Weirton	170	$33,400	$16.00	$50,800	$24.40	44%
Wheeling	410	$31,100	$14.90	$53,400	$25.70	128.2%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	280	$41,700	$20.00	$55,000	$26.50	-14.8%
Eau Claire	210	$51,000	$24.50	$60,700	$29.20	-1.3%
Fond du Lac	230	$51,800	$24.90	$63,400	$30.50	89%
Green Bay	480	$47,500	$22.80	$59,800	$28.70	4.5%
Janesville	180	$46,900	$22.60	$56,000	$26.90	2.2%
La Crosse	90	$43,200	$20.80	$50,400	$24.20	-56.3%
Madison	530	$53,900	$25.90	$60,200	$28.90	-42.9%
Milwaukee	1,700	$59,800	$28.80	$66,100	$31.80	-26%
Oshkosh	280	$43,600	$21.00	$56,800	$27.30	16.3%
Racine	410	$45,200	$21.70	$56,400	$27.10	95%
Sheboygan	180	$53,000	$25.50	$62,000	$29.80	7.1%
Wausau	100	$41,400	$19.90	$59,300	$28.50	-49.9%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	150	$37,700	$18.10	$41,100	$19.80	29.2%
Cheyenne	170	$37,400	$18.00	$46,300	$22.30	43.9%