Food Preparers and Server Supervisors

Median Salary: $29,500

Many food preparers and server supervisors across the U.S. share a number of important professional attributes. For example, leadership, stress tolerance, and integrity can be essential for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 791,750 people were employed as food preparers and server supervisors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to utilize these traits and receive good 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 food preparers and server supervisors in the U.S. was $29,500 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $14.20. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about food preparers and server supervisors, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the U.S..

Food preparers and server supervisors should be skilled in:

Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Recognition
Inductive Reasoning
Category Flexibility

Different people go into different careers; food preparers and server supervisors are typically:

Conventional
Realistic
Social

Working as a food preparer and server supervisor requires knowledge in subjects like:

Customer and Personal Service
Administration and Management

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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 food preparers and server supervisors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of food preparers and server supervisors 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	550	$27,000	$13.00	$30,800	$14.80	95%
Auburn	370	$29,100	$14.00	$35,100	$16.90	30.4%
Birmingham	3,330	$27,700	$13.30	$33,900	$16.30	11.2%
Decatur	420	$23,500	$11.30	$28,900	$13.90	35.4%
Dothan	520	$24,000	$11.50	$33,200	$16.00	47.1%
Florence	480	$24,000	$11.50	$32,200	$15.50	57.5%
Gadsden	320	$26,700	$12.80	$35,400	$17.00	50.9%
Huntsville	1,430	$26,500	$12.80	$36,300	$17.50	15%
Mobile	1,220	$25,300	$12.20	$34,400	$16.50	16.2%
Montgomery	1,120	$29,500	$14.20	$35,400	$17.00	13.4%
Tuscaloosa	690	$26,000	$12.50	$31,200	$15.00	27.3%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	610	$34,000	$16.30	$43,400	$20.90	-39.5%
Fairbanks	140	$30,100	$14.50	$39,700	$19.10	-35.8%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	550	$28,600	$13.80	$40,600	$19.50	58.2%
Lake Havasu City	360	$26,200	$12.60	$31,500	$15.10	26.4%
Phoenix	9,200	$33,800	$16.30	$44,100	$21.20	-13.9%
Prescott	440	$25,100	$12.10	$31,700	$15.30	24.9%
Tucson	2,560	$30,600	$14.70	$36,400	$17.50	16.8%
Yuma	250	$27,900	$13.40	$36,100	$17.40	-29.9%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	1,410	$25,100	$12.00	$30,900	$14.90	18.8%
Fort Smith	820	$24,000	$11.50	$29,500	$14.20	15%
Hot Springs	430	$26,100	$12.50	$33,900	$16.30	96.4%
Jonesboro	360	$24,400	$11.70	$32,000	$15.40	27.2%
Little Rock	2,380	$25,000	$12.00	$30,700	$14.80	18.5%
Pine Bluff	260	$25,700	$12.40	$33,000	$15.90	22.9%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	1,330	$25,300	$12.10	$32,900	$15.80	-17.1%
Chico	440	$25,000	$12.00	$32,200	$15.50	4.3%
El Centro	330	$23,900	$11.50	$30,700	$14.80	6.1%
Fresno	1,960	$26,700	$12.90	$33,500	$16.10	-0.1%
Hanford	240	$24,200	$11.60	$31,400	$15.10	4.8%
Los Angeles (Area)	30,860	$27,700	$13.30	$36,600	$17.60	-3.3%
Madera	200	$28,900	$13.90	$39,000	$18.80	-13%
Merced	420	$25,000	$12.00	$34,300	$16.50	17.4%
Modesto	1,030	$26,300	$12.60	$33,000	$15.90	8.3%
Napa	330	$36,200	$17.40	$44,800	$21.50	-12.4%
Oakland	5,120	$28,500	$13.70	$37,200	$17.90	-14.7%
Oxnard	1,700	$28,900	$13.90	$35,100	$16.90	-4%
Redding	380	$24,400	$11.70	$33,400	$16.10	2%
Riverside	8,800	$26,400	$12.70	$34,300	$16.50	21.2%
Sacramento	5,050	$26,900	$12.90	$36,400	$17.50	-2.2%
Salinas	880	$30,600	$14.70	$37,300	$17.90	-6.5%
San Diego	9,080	$28,900	$13.90	$38,200	$18.40	17.2%
San Francisco (Area)	10,850	$31,100	$15.00	$39,900	$19.20	-9.2%
San Francisco (City)	5,730	$33,700	$16.20	$42,500	$20.40	-3.7%
San Jose	3,730	$29,700	$14.30	$39,000	$18.70	-30.7%
San Luis Obispo	690	$27,000	$13.00	$33,000	$15.90	14%
Santa Barbara	1,210	$29,200	$14.00	$36,800	$17.70	16.9%
Santa Cruz	620	$30,800	$14.80	$39,800	$19.10	21.6%
Santa Rosa	1,240	$29,600	$14.20	$38,000	$18.30	15.4%
Stockton	1,080	$25,500	$12.30	$33,800	$16.30	-14.5%
Vallejo	860	$28,700	$13.80	$36,200	$17.40	16.8%
Visalia	780	$22,900	$11.00	$27,600	$13.30	-1.8%
Yuba City	270	$23,300	$11.20	$26,600	$12.80	18.1%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	840	$36,900	$17.80	$47,700	$23.00	-10.7%
Colorado Springs	1,550	$28,500	$13.70	$35,900	$17.30	4%
Denver	7,630	$31,900	$15.40	$40,700	$19.60	3.4%
Fort Collins	800	$30,800	$14.80	$37,600	$18.10	2.4%
Grand Junction	430	$30,200	$14.50	$38,600	$18.60	12%
Greeley	600	$29,100	$14.00	$35,400	$17.00	26.6%
Pueblo	340	$31,700	$15.30	$40,400	$19.40	0.6%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	NA	$34,200	$16.50	$43,400	$20.90	NA
Hartford	2,430	$33,100	$15.90	$42,100	$20.20	-28.7%
New Haven	1,740	$30,100	$14.50	$38,300	$18.40	-17.7%
Norwich	990	$39,100	$18.80	$51,400	$24.70	22.1%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	460	$32,000	$15.40	$39,900	$19.20	28.7%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	15,520	$36,600	$17.60	$46,700	$22.40	-11.6%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	1,460	$31,900	$15.30	$39,800	$19.20	-2.3%
Cape Coral	1,710	$30,600	$14.70	$37,400	$18.00	39.8%
Deltona	1,250	$30,700	$14.80	$37,000	$17.80	33.4%
Fort Walton Beach	630	$29,100	$14.00	$37,700	$18.10	34.9%
Gainesville	720	$32,900	$15.80	$40,400	$19.40	-1.5%
Jacksonville	3,050	$31,400	$15.10	$39,100	$18.80	-13.4%
Lakeland	940	$29,000	$13.90	$35,600	$17.10	-20.5%
Miami (Area)	11,980	$35,200	$17.00	$43,300	$20.80	-8.2%
Naples	910	$36,200	$17.40	$49,100	$23.60	31.7%
Ocala	460	$27,400	$13.20	$35,100	$16.90	-19.4%
Orlando	5,920	$32,400	$15.60	$42,400	$20.40	-1.3%
Palm Bay	1,050	$32,600	$15.70	$38,500	$18.50	-11%
Palm Coast	130	$24,900	$12.00	$34,700	$16.70	30.5%
Panama City	490	$28,000	$13.50	$36,000	$17.30	17.5%
Pensacola	870	$29,500	$14.20	$34,700	$16.70	-5.5%
Port St. Lucie	740	$33,200	$16.00	$41,800	$20.10	1.4%
Punta Gorda	290	$30,500	$14.70	$37,900	$18.20	25.4%
Sebastian	240	$33,000	$15.90	$39,700	$19.10	-14%
Tallahassee	970	$27,300	$13.10	$35,300	$17.00	-0.3%
Tampa	5,710	$30,300	$14.60	$37,600	$18.10	-16.7%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	400	$23,400	$11.30	$34,900	$16.80	7.2%
Athens	530	$25,300	$12.20	$31,500	$15.20	11.5%
Atlanta	14,050	$32,200	$15.50	$40,500	$19.50	1.2%
Augusta	1,450	$28,900	$13.90	$35,500	$17.10	16.9%
Brunswick	410	$27,600	$13.30	$35,500	$17.10	66.5%
Columbus	1,120	$23,400	$11.20	$33,600	$16.10	63.2%
Dalton	330	$30,100	$14.50	$42,000	$20.20	-18%
Gainesville	340	$29,000	$13.90	$36,700	$17.70	-20%
Hinesville	90	$31,300	$15.10	$36,100	$17.40	-12.3%
Macon	520	$26,000	$12.50	$31,500	$15.10	-10.7%
Rome	270	$25,000	$12.00	$30,200	$14.50	18.7%
Savannah	1,370	$30,200	$14.50	$38,800	$18.70	50.9%
Valdosta	480	$27,600	$13.30	$36,600	$17.60	49.5%
Warner Robins	300	$29,500	$14.20	$36,800	$17.70	-12.6%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	3,260	$32,400	$15.60	$44,800	$21.60	24.8%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	750	$27,700	$13.30	$36,400	$17.50	-53%
Coeur d'Alene	470	$21,800	$10.50	$27,500	$13.20	42.5%
Idaho Falls	230	$24,500	$11.80	$28,500	$13.70	-23.7%
Lewiston	150	$27,900	$13.40	$39,300	$18.90	0.6%
Pocatello	240	$22,600	$10.90	$27,900	$13.40	8.3%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	580	$31,400	$15.10	$37,600	$18.10	10.4%
Champaign	720	$29,900	$14.40	$37,600	$18.10	18.8%
Chicago (Area)	21,200	$30,400	$14.60	$38,300	$18.40	-7%
Danville	190	$29,200	$14.10	$34,600	$16.60	14.3%
Decatur	290	$30,300	$14.60	$37,900	$18.20	-17.8%
Kankakee	260	$29,100	$14.00	$38,900	$18.70	3.2%
Peoria	970	$28,100	$13.50	$34,800	$16.70	-5.7%
Rockford	990	$28,500	$13.70	$34,400	$16.50	13.9%
Springfield	480	$27,900	$13.40	$33,000	$15.90	-24.7%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	400	$27,800	$13.40	$36,700	$17.70	72.2%
Bloomington	620	$25,700	$12.40	$34,800	$16.70	36.2%
Columbus	230	$31,200	$15.00	$39,600	$19.10	-9.9%
Elkhart	540	$30,300	$14.60	$37,200	$17.90	-10.2%
Evansville	1,020	$30,100	$14.50	$35,500	$17.10	0.5%
Fort Wayne	1,270	$29,600	$14.20	$36,100	$17.40	2.8%
Indianapolis	6,080	$32,000	$15.40	$40,000	$19.20	15.3%
Kokomo	380	$22,700	$10.90	$30,700	$14.80	65.3%
Lafayette	620	$30,900	$14.90	$36,100	$17.40	24.9%
Michigan City	310	$30,100	$14.50	$34,500	$16.60	17.3%
Muncie	410	$26,300	$12.60	$33,300	$16.00	45.8%
South Bend	810	$32,800	$15.80	$43,500	$20.90	3.3%
Terre Haute	520	$27,200	$13.10	$38,100	$18.30	27.7%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	290	$26,000	$12.50	$34,200	$16.40	13.5%
Cedar Rapids	800	$26,400	$12.70	$32,700	$15.70	-3.8%
Davenport	1,080	$27,100	$13.10	$35,500	$17.10	-2.2%
Des Moines	2,000	$28,400	$13.70	$36,100	$17.40	2.7%
Dubuque	310	$25,400	$12.20	$32,400	$15.60	0.6%
Iowa City	550	$28,000	$13.50	$39,900	$19.20	9.7%
Sioux City	390	$28,300	$13.60	$33,200	$16.00	-10.3%
Waterloo	540	$23,400	$11.30	$30,700	$14.80	2.7%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	590	$24,900	$12.00	$32,100	$15.40	106.8%
Topeka	590	$25,000	$12.00	$31,300	$15.10	-12%
Wichita	2,360	$24,700	$11.90	$32,600	$15.70	31.8%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	470	$25,100	$12.10	$30,300	$14.60	39.1%
Elizabethtown	390	$26,600	$12.80	$34,400	$16.50	48.4%
Lexington	1,770	$27,100	$13.00	$35,000	$16.90	20.8%
Louisville	4,230	$27,500	$13.20	$35,700	$17.20	17.7%
Owensboro	300	$27,400	$13.20	$39,500	$19.00	3.2%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	430	$21,700	$10.40	$28,300	$13.60	12.4%
Baton Rouge	2,580	$27,100	$13.00	$32,600	$15.70	16.7%
Houma	600	$26,100	$12.50	$32,200	$15.50	4.9%
Lafayette	1,040	$28,200	$13.50	$33,000	$15.90	17.5%
Lake Charles	680	$27,100	$13.00	$32,600	$15.70	24.4%
Monroe	530	$27,500	$13.20	$32,300	$15.50	15.9%
New Orleans	3,600	$30,400	$14.60	$36,200	$17.40	16.7%
Shreveport	1,250	$26,800	$12.90	$33,000	$15.90	19.1%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	420	$29,200	$14.10	$36,500	$17.50	12.4%
Lewiston	430	$24,700	$11.90	$32,200	$15.50	47.4%
Portland	1,180	$29,500	$14.20	$36,800	$17.70	-0.5%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	7,220	$34,400	$16.50	$44,200	$21.20	-5.3%
Cumberland	270	$23,600	$11.40	$31,900	$15.40	15.8%
Hagerstown	680	$27,700	$13.30	$36,600	$17.60	16.2%
Salisbury	410	$27,300	$13.10	$37,400	$18.00	27.6%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	850	$34,100	$16.40	$41,700	$20.00	47.7%
Boston (Area)	13,390	$34,200	$16.40	$44,500	$21.40	2.1%
Pittsfield	200	$33,000	$15.90	$40,000	$19.20	-4.1%
Springfield	1,710	$31,400	$15.10	$39,000	$18.80	-2%
Worcester	1,630	$32,800	$15.70	$40,500	$19.50	-1.4%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	940	$34,000	$16.30	$40,700	$19.60	-18.5%
Battle Creek	310	$28,800	$13.80	$36,000	$17.30	-3.2%
Bay City	200	$25,200	$12.10	$30,500	$14.70	-6.8%
Detroit (Area)	10,240	$30,400	$14.60	$39,200	$18.90	-4.8%
Flint	940	$31,800	$15.30	$37,100	$17.80	15.5%
Grand Rapids	1,610	$26,100	$12.60	$34,900	$16.80	-27.3%
Holland	430	$24,300	$11.70	$30,500	$14.60	-29%
Jackson	330	$30,200	$14.50	$40,300	$19.40	0.9%
Kalamazoo	720	$28,500	$13.70	$42,200	$20.30	-11%
Lansing	1,080	$26,800	$12.90	$35,800	$17.20	-11.1%
Monroe	290	$24,700	$11.90	$35,100	$16.90	28.3%
Muskegon	310	$32,900	$15.80	$42,700	$20.50	-14.3%
Niles	460	$32,500	$15.60	$39,400	$19.00	28.6%
Saginaw	510	$27,600	$13.30	$32,200	$15.50	3.7%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	1,000	$23,300	$11.20	$30,400	$14.60	33.6%
Minneapolis	10,060	$28,000	$13.50	$36,100	$17.40	-4%
Rochester	580	$25,000	$12.00	$32,300	$15.50	-7%
St. Cloud	640	$27,900	$13.40	$35,000	$16.80	10.4%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	980	$26,300	$12.60	$31,900	$15.40	59.3%
Hattiesburg	520	$25,200	$12.10	$31,900	$15.30	51.6%
Jackson	1,760	$27,900	$13.40	$34,100	$16.40	18.1%
Pascagoula	410	$26,100	$12.60	$32,400	$15.60	21%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	550	$31,800	$15.30	$37,700	$18.10	8.6%
Jefferson City	350	$27,900	$13.40	$34,000	$16.30	-29.1%
Joplin	480	$28,500	$13.70	$34,200	$16.50	3.2%
Kansas City	6,360	$30,700	$14.80	$38,600	$18.60	6.3%
Springfield	1,210	$32,400	$15.60	$38,200	$18.40	6%
St. Joseph	270	$30,300	$14.60	$37,400	$18.00	-12.2%
St. Louis	7,010	$31,100	$15.00	$38,100	$18.30	-11.2%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	400	$27,500	$13.20	$34,500	$16.60	-18.8%
Great Falls	190	$27,100	$13.00	$33,600	$16.20	-13.4%
Missoula	300	$28,300	$13.60	$35,500	$17.10	-10.1%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	1,040	$30,500	$14.70	$38,000	$18.30	6.1%
Omaha	2,400	$31,200	$15.00	$40,800	$19.60	-12.2%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Carson City	140	$34,500	$16.60	$41,800	$20.10	-18%
Las Vegas	7,070	$34,300	$16.50	$43,000	$20.70	35.9%
Reno	1,320	$34,300	$16.50	$41,300	$19.90	9.4%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	440	$31,800	$15.30	$39,600	$19.10	-26.2%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	1,340	$35,100	$16.90	$43,000	$20.70	58.9%
Ocean City	430	$32,700	$15.70	$45,300	$21.80	82.6%
Trenton	900	$38,600	$18.60	$46,300	$22.30	-31.3%
Vineland	280	$33,500	$16.10	$47,000	$22.60	-22%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	2,700	$25,800	$12.40	$33,500	$16.10	16.7%
Farmington	320	$28,300	$13.60	$37,700	$18.10	5.6%
Las Cruces	450	$23,700	$11.40	$32,300	$15.50	13.9%
Santa Fe	460	$29,500	$14.20	$35,400	$17.00	18.3%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	2,390	$29,200	$14.00	$36,500	$17.60	-9.1%
Binghamton	600	$26,200	$12.60	$32,500	$15.60	-10.1%
Buffalo	3,590	$24,600	$11.80	$31,300	$15.00	10.8%
Elmira	220	$27,000	$13.00	$32,600	$15.70	-3.4%
Glens Falls	330	$27,600	$13.30	$35,100	$16.90	4.6%
Ithaca	380	$29,900	$14.40	$36,200	$17.40	25.3%
Kingston	400	$29,800	$14.30	$42,700	$20.50	10.3%
New York (Area)	39,990	$34,800	$16.70	$46,100	$22.20	-18.3%
Poughkeepsie	1,570	$29,800	$14.30	$38,900	$18.70	5.7%
Rochester	2,740	$29,700	$14.30	$36,400	$17.50	-7.5%
Syracuse	1,870	$26,000	$12.50	$35,300	$17.00	0.8%
Utica	750	$28,100	$13.50	$32,300	$15.50	-2.5%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	1,120	$31,000	$14.90	$37,900	$18.20	9.4%
Burlington	510	$33,300	$16.00	$40,600	$19.50	48.2%
Charlotte	5,360	$31,900	$15.40	$39,300	$18.90	5.5%
Durham	1,760	$29,900	$14.40	$38,400	$18.50	5.2%
Fayetteville	990	$27,800	$13.40	$36,200	$17.40	29.9%
Goldsboro	440	$28,600	$13.80	$32,600	$15.70	66.4%
Greensboro	2,400	$30,400	$14.60	$38,000	$18.30	13.6%
Greenville	750	$27,800	$13.40	$35,000	$16.80	69.4%
Hickory	1,020	$27,100	$13.00	$33,400	$16.10	16.5%
Jacksonville	470	$27,800	$13.40	$34,500	$16.60	81.1%
Raleigh	3,030	$30,700	$14.80	$38,400	$18.50	0.1%
Rocky Mount	440	$26,400	$12.70	$32,000	$15.40	22.6%
Wilmington	1,190	$28,800	$13.80	$35,900	$17.30	41%
Winston-Salem	1,770	$28,600	$13.70	$37,300	$17.90	42.3%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	390	$27,600	$13.30	$32,800	$15.80	6.5%
Fargo	850	$28,500	$13.70	$36,400	$17.50	16.2%
Grand Forks	440	$24,800	$11.90	$31,500	$15.20	49.4%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	1,820	$29,200	$14.00	$35,900	$17.30	-6.8%
Canton	1,040	$28,100	$13.50	$37,300	$17.90	3%
Cincinnati	5,400	$30,700	$14.80	$40,200	$19.30	-10.5%
Cleveland	5,220	$28,900	$13.90	$36,400	$17.50	-14.1%
Columbus	4,780	$32,400	$15.60	$40,000	$19.20	-13.1%
Dayton	2,170	$30,200	$14.50	$37,200	$17.90	-3.8%
Lima	320	$28,700	$13.80	$36,200	$17.40	4.2%
Mansfield	330	$29,300	$14.10	$38,300	$18.40	2.3%
Sandusky	250	$24,400	$11.70	$30,600	$14.70	20.2%
Springfield	340	$29,200	$14.00	$35,700	$17.10	15.4%
Toledo	1,730	$28,600	$13.80	$36,400	$17.50	-3.1%
Youngstown	1,510	$26,600	$12.80	$33,000	$15.90	13.7%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	420	$23,400	$11.30	$30,100	$14.50	68.2%
Oklahoma City	3,790	$24,600	$11.80	$33,000	$15.90	10.7%
Tulsa	2,390	$28,800	$13.80	$35,600	$17.10	-6.8%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	410	$31,300	$15.10	$37,100	$17.80	8.3%
Corvallis	170	$33,900	$16.30	$40,900	$19.70	-11.6%
Eugene	900	$27,200	$13.10	$32,600	$15.70	4.2%
Medford	550	$32,100	$15.40	$37,900	$18.20	16.5%
Portland	5,720	$32,300	$15.50	$39,400	$19.00	-4.9%
Salem	800	$31,200	$15.00	$39,200	$18.90	-9.3%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	1,820	$31,000	$14.90	$40,000	$19.20	-8.9%
Altoona	290	$27,300	$13.10	$31,500	$15.10	-17.2%
Erie	930	$25,200	$12.10	$35,200	$16.90	21.1%
Harrisburg	1,750	$31,100	$15.00	$37,700	$18.10	-7.3%
Johnstown	330	$25,800	$12.40	$37,400	$18.00	-3.2%
Lancaster	1,300	$30,000	$14.40	$36,900	$17.70	-6%
Lebanon	250	$28,600	$13.80	$33,100	$15.90	-12.3%
Philadelphia (Area)	12,540	$34,700	$16.70	$43,600	$20.90	-14.1%
Pittsburgh	6,010	$34,900	$16.80	$43,900	$21.10	-11.1%
Reading	790	$32,300	$15.50	$39,700	$19.10	-20.2%
Scranton	1,330	$26,200	$12.60	$38,000	$18.30	-12.8%
State College	490	$30,600	$14.70	$37,400	$18.00	20.9%
Williamsport	360	$27,800	$13.40	$39,300	$18.90	18.7%
York	1,000	$28,500	$13.70	$37,300	$17.90	-5.3%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	3,840	$34,100	$16.40	$45,100	$21.70	18%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	450	$28,200	$13.60	$33,300	$16.00	28.1%
Charleston	2,090	$30,600	$14.70	$37,700	$18.10	22.7%
Columbia	1,960	$28,600	$13.70	$33,400	$16.00	-3.2%
Florence	510	$23,800	$11.40	$32,600	$15.70	4.7%
Greenville	2,170	$27,000	$13.00	$33,400	$16.10	20.1%
Myrtle Beach	1,210	$34,300	$16.50	$41,400	$19.90	80.8%
Spartanburg	680	$31,600	$15.20	$46,700	$22.50	-4.4%
Sumter	210	$26,200	$12.60	$30,400	$14.60	1%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	340	$29,000	$13.90	$31,900	$15.30	-7.4%
Sioux Falls	590	$28,700	$13.80	$31,600	$15.20	-27.6%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	1,620	$27,200	$13.10	$32,800	$15.80	19.7%
Clarksville	650	$22,600	$10.90	$30,400	$14.60	37.1%
Cleveland	300	$21,000	$10.10	$31,500	$15.20	36.8%
Jackson	320	$29,400	$14.10	$39,800	$19.10	-8.4%
Johnson City	610	$22,000	$10.60	$28,400	$13.70	31.7%
Kingsport	910	$28,200	$13.60	$35,000	$16.80	29.1%
Knoxville	2,290	$21,800	$10.50	$27,800	$13.40	16.8%
Memphis	3,460	$27,400	$13.20	$32,800	$15.80	-5.7%
Morristown	270	$20,300	$9.70	$24,600	$11.90	-0%
Nashville	3,840	$25,900	$12.50	$34,600	$16.60	-11.9%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	520	$27,200	$13.10	$32,700	$15.70	36.7%
Amarillo	880	$26,800	$12.90	$31,900	$15.40	33.4%
Austin	5,610	$29,600	$14.20	$39,000	$18.70	20.4%
Beaumont	1,090	$28,300	$13.60	$36,800	$17.70	12.6%
Brownsville	880	$25,000	$12.00	$31,700	$15.20	17.8%
College Station	790	$27,600	$13.30	$33,700	$16.20	42.4%
Corpus Christi	1,500	$23,900	$11.50	$30,400	$14.60	39%
Dallas (Area)	19,320	$28,200	$13.50	$35,800	$17.20	13.8%
El Paso	1,950	$27,400	$13.20	$34,100	$16.40	19.8%
Houston	16,020	$27,500	$13.20	$35,700	$17.20	3.1%
Killeen	900	$25,600	$12.30	$32,800	$15.80	23.2%
Laredo	550	$28,100	$13.50	$35,600	$17.10	4.6%
Longview	650	$23,400	$11.30	$28,300	$13.60	13.1%
Lubbock	1,830	$29,000	$13.90	$44,400	$21.40	143.2%
McAllen	1,590	$25,800	$12.40	$31,700	$15.20	19.1%
Midland	560	$25,500	$12.30	$34,700	$16.70	37.7%
Odessa	520	$26,400	$12.70	$36,400	$17.50	43.2%
San Angelo	280	$28,000	$13.40	$34,000	$16.40	5.7%
San Antonio	6,960	$28,100	$13.50	$37,200	$17.90	37.2%
Sherman	330	$27,700	$13.30	$34,700	$16.70	32.7%
Texarkana	490	$27,000	$13.00	$35,800	$17.20	51%
Tyler	770	$25,300	$12.10	$30,800	$14.80	36.3%
Victoria	300	$27,000	$13.00	$36,600	$17.60	3.1%
Waco	770	$23,300	$11.20	$34,100	$16.40	28.4%
Wichita Falls	460	$24,100	$11.60	$30,900	$14.80	33.3%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	280	$24,700	$11.90	$33,000	$15.90	-3.8%
Ogden	1,120	$28,700	$13.80	$32,700	$15.70	-4.9%
Provo	1,000	$25,600	$12.30	$31,400	$15.10	-5%
Salt Lake City	3,490	$32,200	$15.50	$37,700	$18.10	-5.6%
St. George	330	$34,800	$16.70	$38,000	$18.30	12.6%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	570	$34,600	$16.60	$41,400	$19.90	-15%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	560	$28,100	$13.50	$35,200	$16.90	44.6%
Charlottesville	730	$32,400	$15.60	$39,300	$18.90	28.6%
Danville	280	$28,200	$13.60	$36,400	$17.50	16.3%
Harrisonburg	340	$32,700	$15.70	$40,100	$19.30	-3.7%
Lynchburg	570	$29,800	$14.30	$36,900	$17.80	-6%
Richmond	3,820	$30,800	$14.80	$37,600	$18.10	5.6%
Roanoke	990	$29,400	$14.10	$34,500	$16.60	6.3%
Virginia Beach	5,920	$28,100	$13.50	$35,500	$17.10	32.8%
Winchester	310	$29,900	$14.40	$43,400	$20.90	-1.9%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	540	$35,500	$17.10	$40,900	$19.60	16.5%
Bremerton	510	$35,100	$16.90	$44,600	$21.40	4.2%
Kennewick	510	$31,900	$15.30	$37,200	$17.90	-10.7%
Longview	270	$32,200	$15.50	$43,600	$21.00	30.4%
Mount Vernon	330	$36,100	$17.40	$42,500	$20.40	23.5%
Olympia	440	$37,100	$17.80	$41,700	$20.00	-24.3%
Seattle (Area)	8,850	$38,100	$18.30	$45,600	$21.90	-14%
Spokane	1,190	$31,100	$15.00	$36,300	$17.40	-4%
Wenatchee	280	$33,000	$15.90	$43,200	$20.80	18%
Yakima	470	$36,900	$17.80	$52,400	$25.20	-3.8%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	770	$26,600	$12.80	$37,300	$18.00	-12.6%
Huntington	940	$24,600	$11.80	$31,600	$15.20	41.5%
Morgantown	480	$21,300	$10.30	$30,100	$14.50	39.2%
Parkersburg	460	$22,500	$10.80	$28,100	$13.50	9.8%
Weirton	240	$22,700	$10.90	$29,800	$14.40	-8.7%
Wheeling	470	$28,300	$13.60	$40,800	$19.60	21.2%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	590	$25,600	$12.30	$34,800	$16.80	-14.9%
Eau Claire	480	$27,700	$13.30	$34,200	$16.40	4.3%
Fond du Lac	230	$25,600	$12.30	$36,900	$17.70	-13.1%
Green Bay	780	$32,400	$15.60	$39,200	$18.80	-21.5%
Janesville	370	$29,500	$14.20	$35,400	$17.00	-2.9%
La Crosse	470	$27,900	$13.40	$34,600	$16.60	9%
Madison	1,520	$32,000	$15.40	$39,000	$18.80	-23.7%
Milwaukee	3,880	$30,900	$14.80	$36,800	$17.70	-21.7%
Oshkosh	360	$31,000	$14.90	$36,500	$17.60	-31%
Racine	310	$31,000	$14.90	$37,600	$18.10	-30.4%
Sheboygan	190	$28,900	$13.90	$36,200	$17.40	-45.9%
Wausau	340	$29,400	$14.10	$40,500	$19.50	-16.2%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	270	$25,300	$12.10	$30,200	$14.50	11.4%
Cheyenne	360	$25,600	$12.30	$31,700	$15.20	36.9%