Healthcare Laboratory Technicians

Median Salary: $36,000

Many healthcare laboratory technicians across the U.S. share a few key professional traits. For example, concern for others, stress tolerance, and cooperation can be critical for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 152,420 individuals were working as healthcare laboratory technicians nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to build on these characteristics and receive formal training, particularly if you're planning to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for healthcare laboratory technicians in the U.S. was $36,000 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $17.30. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about healthcare laboratory technicians, including wages and job density for areas all over the U.S..

Healthcare laboratory technicians should be skilled in:

Arm-Hand Steadiness
Perceptual Speed
Written Expression
Category Flexibility
Number Facility

Different individuals go into different careers; healthcare laboratory technicians are typically:

Investigative
Conventional
Social

Working as a healthcare laboratory technician requires knowledge in subjects like:

Customer and Personal Service
Clerical
Medicine and Dentistry

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals working as healthcare laboratory technicians). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of healthcare laboratory technicians 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	60	$29,500	$14.20	$35,800	$17.20	15.5%
Birmingham	850	$33,200	$16.00	$40,500	$19.50	47.8%
Decatur	70	$32,800	$15.80	$36,500	$17.60	12.1%
Dothan	70	$31,300	$15.00	$39,100	$18.80	1.4%
Florence	80	$31,800	$15.30	$38,100	$18.30	40.4%
Gadsden	80	$29,000	$13.90	$33,400	$16.10	85.6%
Huntsville	160	$29,700	$14.30	$34,300	$16.50	-34.3%
Mobile	240	$28,200	$13.60	$32,800	$15.80	20.7%
Montgomery	140	$27,800	$13.40	$35,900	$17.30	-24.2%
Tuscaloosa	110	$28,800	$13.80	$34,200	$16.40	2.9%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	360	$38,100	$18.30	$51,900	$25.00	88.5%
Fairbanks	40	$33,300	$16.00	$44,600	$21.40	-9.2%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	50	$43,100	$20.70	$51,000	$24.50	-20%
Lake Havasu City	70	$35,700	$17.20	$53,400	$25.70	22.4%
Phoenix	1,470	$40,400	$19.40	$49,200	$23.70	-28.5%
Tucson	720	$27,200	$13.10	$32,300	$15.50	70.4%
Yuma	50	$28,600	$13.80	$34,900	$16.80	-26.5%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	180	$27,500	$13.20	$33,100	$15.90	-21.8%
Fort Smith	120	$32,500	$15.60	$39,500	$19.00	-11%
Hot Springs	60	$29,600	$14.20	$33,500	$16.10	50.5%
Jonesboro	50	$32,400	$15.60	$38,200	$18.40	-14%
Little Rock	340	$33,900	$16.30	$41,900	$20.20	-11.1%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	240	$32,900	$15.80	$37,900	$18.20	-22.4%
Chico	60	$28,900	$13.90	$35,100	$16.90	-29.8%
El Centro	40	$27,400	$13.20	$32,100	$15.40	-29.4%
Fresno	250	$34,400	$16.60	$41,000	$19.70	-33%
Los Angeles (Area)	6,710	$37,800	$18.20	$47,300	$22.70	6.4%
Madera	NA	$32,500	$15.60	$36,600	$17.60	NA
Merced	40	$29,600	$14.20	$33,100	$15.90	-39%
Napa	80	$40,300	$19.40	$49,300	$23.70	13.8%
Oakland	870	$48,200	$23.20	$58,400	$28.10	-24.8%
Oxnard	170	$37,900	$18.20	$44,800	$21.50	-50.6%
Redding	80	$34,200	$16.40	$40,200	$19.30	7.6%
Riverside	710	$36,100	$17.40	$41,900	$20.20	-49.3%
Sacramento	970	$41,500	$20.00	$51,700	$24.90	-2.3%
Salinas	90	$53,200	$25.60	$63,000	$30.30	-53.1%
San Diego	1,540	$40,500	$19.50	$47,400	$22.80	2.8%
San Francisco (Area)	1,930	$45,400	$21.90	$56,500	$27.20	-16.1%
San Francisco (City)	1,060	$42,700	$20.50	$54,600	$26.20	-7.5%
San Jose	1,230	$49,000	$23.60	$55,200	$26.50	18.5%
San Luis Obispo	100	$38,900	$18.70	$63,600	$30.60	-11.4%
Santa Barbara	100	$37,300	$17.90	$42,400	$20.40	-49.7%
Santa Cruz	100	$38,600	$18.50	$44,800	$21.50	4.6%
Santa Rosa	210	$40,200	$19.30	$47,800	$23.00	1.2%
Stockton	160	$38,000	$18.30	$44,700	$21.50	-36.1%
Vallejo	110	$42,800	$20.60	$52,600	$25.30	-22.3%
Visalia	30	$35,100	$16.90	$45,400	$21.80	-78.3%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	150	$29,700	$14.30	$33,000	$15.90	-47%
Denver	1,080	$36,200	$17.40	$45,100	$21.70	-24.3%
Fort Collins	200	$31,800	$15.30	$38,100	$18.30	30.9%
Grand Junction	50	$40,300	$19.40	$48,200	$23.20	-26.5%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	500	$43,100	$20.70	$53,400	$25.70	-9.4%
Hartford	360	$37,400	$18.00	$47,100	$22.70	-45.2%
New Haven	860	$41,900	$20.20	$53,500	$25.70	63.6%
Norwich	90	$51,200	$24.60	$66,700	$32.10	-41.9%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	2,360	$43,500	$20.90	$55,200	$26.50	-20.1%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	NA	$33,300	$16.00	$41,000	$19.70	NA
Cape Coral	NA	$35,400	$17.00	$40,200	$19.30	NA
Deltona	180	$32,800	$15.80	$46,600	$22.40	1%
Fort Walton Beach	30	$33,300	$16.00	$37,100	$17.80	-61.1%
Gainesville	50	$40,500	$19.50	$51,500	$24.80	-66.4%
Jacksonville	360	$37,200	$17.90	$52,400	$25.20	-46.5%
Lakeland	110	$28,300	$13.60	$33,300	$16.00	-50.5%
Miami (Area)	2,230	$33,200	$16.00	$44,500	$21.40	-15.4%
Naples	60	$46,500	$22.30	$50,300	$24.20	-58.6%
Ocala	80	$31,700	$15.20	$45,100	$21.70	-30.2%
Orlando	1,190	$39,200	$18.90	$45,700	$22.00	2.9%
Palm Bay	150	$39,800	$19.10	$46,900	$22.60	-34.9%
Pensacola	100	$33,000	$15.90	$39,300	$18.90	-43.9%
Port St. Lucie	NA	$42,500	$20.40	$52,200	$25.10	NA
Tallahassee	110	$35,000	$16.80	$40,300	$19.40	-43.6%
Tampa	1,570	$30,700	$14.70	$39,600	$19.00	18.8%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	90	$31,900	$15.30	$35,900	$17.30	33%
Athens	300	$27,000	$13.00	$31,700	$15.30	227.3%
Atlanta	3,530	$31,600	$15.20	$37,800	$18.20	32%
Augusta	360	$32,700	$15.70	$45,800	$22.00	51.3%
Brunswick	50	$29,200	$14.10	$36,300	$17.40	4.3%
Columbus	170	$26,800	$12.90	$37,200	$17.90	29.6%
Dalton	50	$30,300	$14.60	$37,200	$17.90	-29.7%
Gainesville	300	$30,700	$14.80	$36,700	$17.70	256.7%
Macon	140	$31,800	$15.30	$38,000	$18.30	22.5%
Rome	60	$31,700	$15.20	$43,800	$21.10	32%
Savannah	290	$26,400	$12.70	$31,100	$15.00	62.8%
Valdosta	110	$22,700	$10.90	$28,700	$13.80	81.7%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	540	$42,000	$20.20	$48,600	$23.40	7.9%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	180	$31,100	$14.90	$47,400	$22.80	-42.2%
Idaho Falls	30	$29,600	$14.30	$36,700	$17.60	-43.5%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	40	$36,600	$17.60	$43,900	$21.10	-62.7%
Champaign	350	$64,500	$31.00	$74,700	$35.90	199.7%
Chicago (Area)	4,240	$41,600	$20.00	$50,100	$24.10	-1.3%
Peoria	170	$37,900	$18.20	$45,300	$21.80	-12.2%
Rockford	460	$35,500	$17.10	$45,600	$21.90	171.6%
Springfield	180	$37,100	$17.80	$46,000	$22.10	47.8%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	50	$31,900	$15.30	$38,000	$18.30	21.9%
Bloomington	230	$31,700	$15.20	$43,000	$20.70	158.7%
Elkhart	100	$39,000	$18.80	$45,700	$22.00	-12.7%
Evansville	200	$30,500	$14.70	$38,800	$18.70	-0.1%
Fort Wayne	300	$34,200	$16.40	$39,700	$19.10	26.6%
Indianapolis	1,630	$37,900	$18.20	$51,200	$24.60	60.4%
Kokomo	40	$28,600	$13.70	$32,600	$15.70	-8.4%
Muncie	70	$27,400	$13.20	$34,700	$16.70	28.7%
South Bend	170	$36,400	$17.50	$40,900	$19.70	12.7%
Terre Haute	170	$36,700	$17.60	$45,800	$22.00	110.3%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	40	$37,500	$18.00	$40,900	$19.70	-26.5%
Cedar Rapids	70	$36,200	$17.40	$42,400	$20.40	-58.4%
Davenport	530	$31,800	$15.30	$39,600	$19.00	148.8%
Des Moines	250	$40,100	$19.30	$46,300	$22.30	-33.7%
Sioux City	40	$30,200	$14.50	$36,300	$17.50	-51.7%
Waterloo	130	$32,300	$15.50	$38,600	$18.60	31.2%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Topeka	230	$28,100	$13.50	$32,900	$15.80	80.4%
Wichita	230	$27,700	$13.30	$35,500	$17.10	-32.6%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	40	$27,000	$13.00	$36,300	$17.50	-37.7%
Lexington	320	$31,900	$15.40	$39,000	$18.70	12.4%
Louisville	420	$32,500	$15.60	$40,500	$19.50	-39.5%
Owensboro	70	$33,700	$16.20	$40,100	$19.30	21.4%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	70	$29,400	$14.20	$36,300	$17.40	-11.1%
Baton Rouge	540	$29,500	$14.20	$39,200	$18.80	27.2%
Houma	60	$34,500	$16.60	$42,600	$20.50	-46%
Lafayette	240	$35,100	$16.90	$41,600	$20.00	43.4%
Lake Charles	100	$24,200	$11.70	$28,400	$13.70	-1.2%
Monroe	140	$32,600	$15.70	$44,800	$21.50	56.4%
New Orleans	820	$30,900	$14.80	$39,100	$18.80	37.5%
Shreveport	400	$27,800	$13.40	$33,500	$16.10	98.2%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	210	$39,400	$19.00	$50,900	$24.50	196.5%
Portland	170	$35,500	$17.10	$46,200	$22.20	-26.5%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	1,580	$45,000	$21.60	$55,400	$26.70	7.3%
Hagerstown	80	$42,100	$20.30	$47,500	$22.80	-30.2%
Salisbury	50	$47,400	$22.80	$59,900	$28.80	-21.5%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	100	$51,200	$24.60	$58,200	$28.00	-5.4%
Boston (Area)	NA	$38,000	$18.30	$47,100	$22.60	NA
Pittsfield	100	$37,900	$18.20	$54,300	$26.10	143.2%
Worcester	440	$37,700	$18.10	$49,200	$23.70	10.7%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bay City	NA	$37,600	$18.10	$42,400	$20.40	NA
Detroit (Area)	2,570	$32,500	$15.60	$38,800	$18.60	24.8%
Flint	160	$33,100	$15.90	$39,000	$18.80	1.4%
Grand Rapids	330	$30,200	$14.50	$35,900	$17.30	-23.1%
Holland	40	$30,800	$14.80	$35,300	$17.00	-61.8%
Kalamazoo	170	$31,600	$15.20	$40,900	$19.70	9.7%
Lansing	320	$31,000	$14.90	$36,600	$17.60	35.7%
Monroe	40	$31,800	$15.30	$40,200	$19.40	-4.2%
Muskegon	80	$33,700	$16.20	$38,000	$18.30	12.5%
Niles	NA	$32,200	$15.50	$44,100	$21.20	NA
Saginaw	130	$30,800	$14.80	$38,800	$18.60	41.8%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	220	$39,500	$19.00	$45,200	$21.70	52%
Minneapolis	1,820	$42,900	$20.60	$49,200	$23.70	-10.1%
St. Cloud	80	$39,700	$19.10	$45,400	$21.80	-29.6%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	190	$27,800	$13.40	$33,300	$16.00	62.4%
Hattiesburg	160	$28,300	$13.60	$34,600	$16.60	148.4%
Jackson	370	$31,300	$15.00	$36,400	$17.50	30.2%
Pascagoula	100	$28,600	$13.80	$34,900	$16.80	55.6%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	280	$27,500	$13.20	$35,400	$17.00	190.9%
Joplin	120	$24,500	$11.80	$33,900	$16.30	35.5%
Kansas City	1,560	$31,700	$15.20	$38,500	$18.50	35%
Springfield	370	$25,100	$12.10	$28,800	$13.80	69.2%
St. Joseph	110	$28,800	$13.80	$32,600	$15.70	79.6%
St. Louis	1,600	$32,700	$15.70	$43,200	$20.80	5.5%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	70	NA	NA	NA	NA	-26.2%
Great Falls	40	$29,400	$14.10	$35,700	$17.20	-5.5%
Missoula	40	$35,500	$17.10	$47,700	$22.90	-34.8%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	160	$29,100	$14.00	$32,700	$15.70	-16%
Omaha	590	$32,400	$15.60	$40,200	$19.30	11.9%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	540	$30,800	$14.80	$39,900	$19.20	-46.5%
Reno	160	$36,000	$17.30	$40,800	$19.60	-32%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	80	$48,300	$23.20	$56,700	$27.30	-51.1%
Trenton	120	$47,900	$23.10	$54,600	$26.20	-51%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	430	$37,100	$17.90	$48,100	$23.10	-3.2%
Las Cruces	40	$29,600	$14.20	$32,600	$15.70	-44.5%
Santa Fe	190	$36,300	$17.50	$49,400	$23.80	151.8%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	360	$36,600	$17.60	$44,600	$21.50	-29.3%
Binghamton	90	$35,300	$17.00	$46,400	$22.30	-31.4%
Buffalo	500	$37,500	$18.10	$44,200	$21.20	-19%
Ithaca	50	$30,700	$14.80	$37,000	$17.80	-9.7%
New York (Area)	6,980	NA	NA	NA	NA	-30.2%
Poughkeepsie	230	$44,300	$21.30	$57,100	$27.50	-19.5%
Rochester	800	$33,400	$16.10	$40,100	$19.30	39.7%
Syracuse	440	$41,400	$19.90	$47,100	$22.70	22.7%
Utica	70	$42,500	$20.40	$50,700	$24.40	-53.1%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	230	$36,900	$17.70	$43,000	$20.70	18.1%
Burlington	300	$37,000	$17.80	$43,300	$20.80	343%
Charlotte	570	$33,900	$16.30	$41,800	$20.10	-42%
Durham	520	$39,000	$18.80	$44,600	$21.40	61.4%
Fayetteville	190	$35,000	$16.80	$43,200	$20.80	32.3%
Greensboro	470	$33,500	$16.10	$40,800	$19.60	15.6%
Greenville	90	$34,600	$16.60	$44,200	$21.20	6.3%
Hickory	150	$32,900	$15.80	$37,800	$18.20	-13.1%
Jacksonville	40	$39,400	$18.90	$43,700	$21.00	-18.7%
Raleigh	280	$35,800	$17.20	$45,900	$22.10	-52.2%
Rocky Mount	60	$36,700	$17.60	$44,800	$21.60	-19.3%
Wilmington	150	$34,600	$16.70	$41,500	$19.90	-9.7%
Winston-Salem	560	$40,800	$19.60	$49,100	$23.60	135.6%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	90	$33,300	$16.00	$38,800	$18.60	21.9%
Fargo	270	$28,400	$13.70	$34,300	$16.50	94.1%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	300	$41,100	$19.80	$48,100	$23.10	-19.4%
Canton	120	$37,400	$18.00	$41,900	$20.10	-36.6%
Cincinnati	800	$32,300	$15.50	$42,300	$20.40	-30.9%
Cleveland	910	$38,300	$18.40	$44,700	$21.50	-22.4%
Columbus	980	$37,700	$18.10	$44,300	$21.30	-7.4%
Dayton	380	$40,600	$19.50	$47,200	$22.70	-13.6%
Toledo	330	$43,000	$20.70	$54,200	$26.10	-4%
Youngstown	130	$33,600	$16.20	$40,500	$19.50	-49.7%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	50	$41,300	$19.90	$49,700	$23.90	2.6%
Oklahoma City	540	$29,900	$14.40	$40,000	$19.20	-18.1%
Tulsa	600	$27,400	$13.20	$33,100	$15.90	21.9%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Eugene	NA	$39,000	$18.80	$46,000	$22.10	NA
Portland	800	$37,300	$17.90	$46,100	$22.20	-30.8%
Salem	50	$44,700	$21.50	$55,800	$26.80	-71.5%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	520	$41,300	$19.90	$50,600	$24.30	33.8%
Altoona	NA	$39,300	$18.90	$50,300	$24.20	NA
Erie	210	$26,700	$12.80	$33,200	$16.00	40.7%
Harrisburg	360	$31,600	$15.20	$39,600	$19.00	-1%
Johnstown	200	$29,500	$14.20	$37,000	$17.80	198.3%
Lancaster	NA	$40,700	$19.60	$49,900	$24.00	NA
Lebanon	NA	$37,500	$18.00	$40,100	$19.30	NA
Philadelphia (Area)	4,940	$40,800	$19.60	$51,200	$24.60	11.7%
Pittsburgh	2,010	$32,600	$15.70	$41,200	$19.80	54.5%
Reading	240	$41,500	$19.90	$58,000	$27.90	23.5%
Scranton	430	$35,700	$17.20	$41,000	$19.70	46.5%
Williamsport	60	$30,700	$14.70	$36,900	$17.70	4.8%
York	210	$35,600	$17.10	$43,200	$20.80	2.9%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	620	$47,400	$22.80	$59,100	$28.40	-2.3%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	260	$33,100	$15.90	$40,200	$19.30	-21.6%
Columbia	550	$34,300	$16.50	$45,300	$21.80	39.8%
Florence	190	$33,100	$15.90	$41,700	$20.00	104.1%
Greenville	410	$32,700	$15.70	$38,100	$18.30	18.1%
Myrtle Beach	80	$35,300	$17.00	$43,600	$21.00	-37%
Spartanburg	100	$38,400	$18.50	$48,000	$23.10	-24.5%
Sumter	40	$34,400	$16.50	$38,300	$18.40	9.6%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Sioux Falls	210	$30,900	$14.80	$36,300	$17.40	36.8%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	450	$34,700	$16.70	$47,700	$22.90	71.5%
Clarksville	70	$37,500	$18.00	$43,200	$20.80	-28.2%
Jackson	310	$23,500	$11.30	$27,800	$13.40	366.3%
Johnson City	240	$36,800	$17.70	$43,800	$21.10	169.9%
Kingsport	220	$29,900	$14.40	$38,700	$18.60	62.7%
Knoxville	990	$30,400	$14.60	$39,000	$18.80	162.1%
Memphis	1,290	$31,400	$15.10	$41,400	$19.90	82.8%
Morristown	80	$35,800	$17.20	$45,500	$21.90	61.6%
Nashville	1,190	$34,400	$16.50	$41,900	$20.10	42.2%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	140	$24,200	$11.60	$35,000	$16.80	82.9%
Amarillo	170	$31,200	$15.00	$37,900	$18.20	33.3%
Austin	490	$34,000	$16.30	$40,000	$19.30	-45%
Beaumont	90	$32,100	$15.40	$36,300	$17.50	-53.2%
Brownsville	130	$28,000	$13.50	$34,000	$16.30	-12.1%
College Station	210	$27,400	$13.20	$32,000	$15.40	92.4%
Corpus Christi	260	$30,200	$14.50	$35,200	$16.90	27.5%
Dallas (Area)	3,300	$32,400	$15.60	$39,500	$19.00	-12.3%
El Paso	440	$30,500	$14.60	$38,300	$18.40	38.9%
Houston	3,390	$33,200	$16.00	$44,200	$21.20	13.3%
Killeen	260	$35,200	$16.90	$41,500	$19.90	85.8%
Laredo	40	$27,000	$13.00	$29,900	$14.40	-63.9%
Lubbock	240	$30,300	$14.60	$37,200	$17.90	64.2%
McAllen	270	$28,900	$13.90	$34,500	$16.60	6.4%
Midland	60	$29,200	$14.10	$36,100	$17.30	-25%
Odessa	40	$38,300	$18.40	$44,500	$21.40	-43.8%
San Angelo	NA	$32,100	$15.40	$40,700	$19.50	NA
San Antonio	1,080	$34,300	$16.50	$43,400	$20.90	11.1%
Sherman	NA	$32,000	$15.40	$38,500	$18.50	NA
Texarkana	180	$28,300	$13.60	$48,500	$23.30	191.8%
Tyler	190	$32,100	$15.40	$37,200	$17.90	71.4%
Victoria	90	$29,900	$14.40	$34,000	$16.30	57.4%
Waco	200	$29,700	$14.30	$36,100	$17.40	73%
Wichita Falls	110	$30,500	$14.70	$36,400	$17.50	69.8%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	60	$26,600	$12.80	$29,400	$14.10	10.4%
Ogden	210	$28,900	$13.90	$35,900	$17.20	-9.3%
Salt Lake City	1,200	$28,600	$13.80	$34,700	$16.70	68.1%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	70	$41,800	$20.10	$48,700	$23.40	-46.5%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	50	$34,000	$16.30	$42,600	$20.50	-26.6%
Danville	NA	$33,500	$16.10	$37,900	$18.20	NA
Harrisonburg	50	$24,400	$11.70	$30,700	$14.80	-33.2%
Lynchburg	120	$33,000	$15.90	$40,500	$19.50	2.2%
Richmond	800	$36,000	$17.30	$44,000	$21.20	14.4%
Roanoke	170	$29,200	$14.10	$37,900	$18.20	-5.7%
Virginia Beach	730	$37,100	$17.80	$43,200	$20.80	-14.4%
Winchester	60	$40,400	$19.40	$49,000	$23.50	1.8%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	30	$37,700	$18.10	$44,900	$21.60	-65.4%
Bremerton	80	$38,000	$18.30	$42,800	$20.60	-16.5%
Kennewick	80	$37,600	$18.10	$44,700	$21.50	-25.1%
Mount Vernon	80	$31,400	$15.10	$36,700	$17.60	55.6%
Olympia	120	$37,000	$17.80	$43,000	$20.70	8%
Seattle (Area)	1,540	$38,300	$18.40	$44,900	$21.60	-22.3%
Spokane	310	$34,600	$16.60	$41,900	$20.10	29.6%
Wenatchee	60	$38,900	$18.70	$46,800	$22.50	37.7%
Yakima	50	$34,900	$16.80	$43,400	$20.90	-46.5%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	220	$32,800	$15.80	$39,700	$19.10	26.7%
Huntington	100	$37,400	$18.00	$45,700	$22.00	-25.2%
Morgantown	240	$36,300	$17.50	$44,600	$21.40	258.9%
Parkersburg	80	$34,100	$16.40	$39,700	$19.10	0.1%
Weirton	40	$34,500	$16.60	$40,900	$19.70	-14.7%
Wheeling	100	$34,400	$16.60	$39,600	$19.00	31.5%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	50	$35,600	$17.10	$40,900	$19.60	-62%
Eau Claire	100	$39,900	$19.20	$46,800	$22.50	10.7%
Green Bay	100	$37,600	$18.10	$46,100	$22.20	-46.3%
Janesville	60	$43,800	$21.00	$53,800	$25.80	-20.1%
La Crosse	NA	$42,200	$20.30	$48,700	$23.40	NA
Madison	530	$42,700	$20.50	$49,100	$23.60	39%
Milwaukee	870	$38,300	$18.40	$43,900	$21.10	-8.6%
Oshkosh	50	$39,900	$19.20	$47,700	$22.90	-52.1%
Wausau	40	$44,700	$21.50	$51,100	$24.60	-49.3%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	50	$25,100	$12.10	$33,100	$15.90	0.1%
Cheyenne	30	$32,000	$15.40	$37,200	$17.90	-35.4%