High School Instructors

Median Salary: $52,200

Many high school instructors across the United States share a number of important professional attributes. For example, concern for others, persistence, and social orientation can be critical for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 1,091,710 folks were working as high school instructors nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to hone these traits 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 high school instructors in the U.S. was $52,200 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $25.10. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about high school instructors, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the United States.

High school instructors should be skilled in:

Written Expression
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Category Flexibility
Fluency of Ideas

Different folks go into different careers; high school instructors are typically:

Social
Artistic
Conventional

Working as a high school instructor requires knowledge in subjects like:

Education and Training
English Language
Sociology and Anthropology
Customer and Personal Service
Mathematics

Related Occupations

« Return to Career Information

Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks working as high school instructors). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of high school instructors 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	NA	$47,500	$22.80	$54,200	$26.00	NA
Auburn	380	$51,600	$24.80	$62,500	$30.00	-3%
Birmingham	3,250	$49,600	$23.80	$56,700	$27.20	-21.4%
Decatur	530	$46,800	$22.50	$53,300	$25.60	22.7%
Dothan	590	$46,400	$22.30	$52,300	$25.10	20.4%
Florence	690	$46,200	$22.20	$53,300	$25.60	64.4%
Gadsden	410	$47,500	$22.90	$52,000	$25.00	39.5%
Huntsville	650	$43,500	$20.90	$47,300	$22.70	-61.9%
Mobile	710	$51,100	$24.60	$56,900	$27.40	-51.2%
Montgomery	1,210	$42,900	$20.60	$49,600	$23.80	-11.3%
Tuscaloosa	540	$53,600	$25.80	$60,600	$29.10	-28.4%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	390	$42,300	$20.40	$48,400	$23.30	-17.3%
Lake Havasu City	250	$39,100	$18.80	$45,200	$21.70	-35.2%
Phoenix	27,200	$42,800	$20.60	$51,800	$24.90	84.6%
Prescott	440	$38,000	$18.30	$44,400	$21.30	-9.2%
Tucson	3,730	$37,400	$18.00	$47,300	$22.80	23.2%
Yuma	630	$40,500	$19.50	$48,900	$23.50	29.3%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	1,590	$50,200	$24.10	$58,500	$28.10	-3.3%
Fort Smith	1,200	$44,000	$21.20	$52,300	$25.10	21.8%
Hot Springs	290	$46,300	$22.30	$52,900	$25.40	-4.2%
Jonesboro	400	$43,500	$20.90	$50,000	$24.10	2.3%
Little Rock	2,440	$48,600	$23.40	$58,300	$28.10	-11.6%
Pine Bluff	310	$42,500	$20.40	$48,200	$23.20	6.6%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	2,310	$62,200	$29.90	$78,500	$37.80	4%
Chico	NA	$62,000	$29.80	$76,100	$36.60	NA
El Centro	NA	$65,500	$31.50	$79,300	$38.10	NA
Fresno	3,580	$56,600	$27.20	$70,800	$34.10	32.3%
Hanford	NA	$48,000	$23.10	$51,400	$24.70	NA
Los Angeles (Area)	44,610	$69,500	$33.40	$83,900	$40.40	-8.8%
Merced	900	$61,200	$29.40	$76,500	$36.80	81.3%
Modesto	1,730	$73,200	$35.20	$83,100	$39.90	32.2%
Napa	390	$76,300	$36.70	$81,300	$39.10	-24%
Oakland	8,780	$64,700	$31.10	$78,900	$37.90	6%
Oxnard	3,270	$59,200	$28.50	$73,000	$35.10	33.8%
Redding	NA	$60,500	$29.10	$74,200	$35.70	NA
Riverside	11,630	$61,900	$29.80	$77,900	$37.50	16.2%
Sacramento	9,400	$56,600	$27.20	$71,900	$34.60	32%
Salinas	1,170	$58,400	$28.10	$74,800	$36.00	-9.6%
San Diego	10,740	$66,000	$31.70	$83,800	$40.30	0.5%
San Francisco (Area)	14,130	$63,800	$30.70	$78,200	$37.60	-14.4%
San Francisco (City)	5,350	$62,900	$30.20	$77,600	$37.30	-34.9%
San Jose	5,510	$72,200	$34.70	$85,700	$41.20	-25.9%
San Luis Obispo	970	$60,000	$28.80	$71,200	$34.30	16.8%
Santa Barbara	1,730	$61,000	$29.30	$80,600	$38.80	21.3%
Santa Cruz	1,020	$56,900	$27.30	$72,500	$34.90	43.8%
Santa Rosa	940	$56,600	$27.20	$72,200	$34.70	-36.4%
Stockton	2,550	$57,300	$27.50	$70,100	$33.70	46.2%
Vallejo	2,310	$66,200	$31.80	$76,900	$37.00	126.7%
Visalia	2,260	$62,200	$29.90	$78,100	$37.60	105.1%
Yuba City	600	$71,800	$34.50	$88,600	$42.60	87.1%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Colorado Springs	2,280	$44,300	$21.30	$53,200	$25.60	10.5%
Denver	7,790	$51,200	$24.60	$63,300	$30.40	-23.5%
Greeley	620	$42,000	$20.20	$52,200	$25.10	-5.4%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	5,050	$66,800	$32.10	$81,200	$39.00	21.8%
Hartford	4,150	$68,500	$33.00	$81,200	$39.00	-11.7%
New Haven	3,910	$63,000	$30.30	$79,500	$38.20	69.5%
Norwich	980	$65,800	$31.60	$76,300	$36.70	-12.4%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	21,370	$65,300	$31.40	$82,900	$39.90	1.8%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	1,330	NA	NA	NA	NA	-35.8%
Cape Coral	NA	$45,500	$21.90	$56,300	$27.00	NA
Jacksonville	2,770	$44,300	$21.30	$56,400	$27.10	-42.9%
Lakeland	1,350	NA	NA	NA	NA	-17%
Miami (Area)	8,160	NA	NA	NA	NA	-32.3%
Orlando	5,240	$51,300	$24.70	$63,300	$30.40	-36.7%
Port St. Lucie	820	NA	NA	NA	NA	-18.7%
Tallahassee	890	$53,500	$25.70	$59,600	$28.70	-33.6%
Tampa	6,060	$53,400	$25.70	$65,200	$31.30	-36%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Athens	NA	$54,900	$26.40	$67,600	$32.50	NA
Atlanta	20,910	$55,000	$26.40	$64,400	$31.00	9.3%
Augusta	1,780	$47,500	$22.90	$60,400	$29.00	4.5%
Columbus	NA	$51,500	$24.80	$62,100	$29.90	NA
Dalton	390	$53,300	$25.60	$63,300	$30.40	-30%
Gainesville	630	$57,200	$27.50	$67,700	$32.50	7%
Macon	580	$47,700	$23.00	$59,900	$28.80	-27.5%
Savannah	480	$47,900	$23.00	$56,400	$27.10	-61.6%
Valdosta	NA	$51,600	$24.80	$63,900	$30.70	NA

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	6,360	$46,300	$22.30	$57,200	$27.50	76.8%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	2,310	$53,400	$25.70	$59,700	$28.70	4.8%
Idaho Falls	NA	$48,900	$23.50	$53,400	$25.70	NA
Lewiston	240	$48,700	$23.40	$54,100	$26.00	16.6%
Pocatello	NA	$48,500	$23.30	$51,800	$24.90	NA

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	620	$54,200	$26.00	$71,600	$34.40	-13.9%
Champaign	1,030	$46,000	$22.10	$60,200	$29.00	23.1%
Chicago (Area)	43,150	$61,900	$29.80	$80,700	$38.80	5.6%
Decatur	310	$43,200	$20.80	$57,700	$27.70	-35.7%
Kankakee	810	$43,600	$21.00	$60,900	$29.30	131.6%
Peoria	1,450	$49,000	$23.50	$58,500	$28.10	2%
Rockford	1,410	$54,900	$26.40	$70,000	$33.70	17.4%
Springfield	460	$46,700	$22.40	$58,800	$28.30	-48.2%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	420	$45,800	$22.00	$58,300	$28.00	32.5%
Bloomington	410	$44,900	$21.60	$56,400	$27.10	-33.7%
Elkhart	770	$38,900	$18.70	$53,800	$25.90	-7.4%
Evansville	1,230	$46,400	$22.30	$60,100	$28.90	-12.7%
Fort Wayne	1,430	$50,500	$24.30	$61,500	$29.60	-15.7%
Indianapolis	5,350	$44,700	$21.50	$61,400	$29.50	-26.5%
Kokomo	290	$45,300	$21.80	$55,100	$26.50	-7.5%
Lafayette	470	$52,800	$25.40	$62,200	$29.90	-31%
Michigan City	370	$44,700	$21.50	$59,100	$28.40	2.5%
Muncie	270	$46,900	$22.60	$56,700	$27.30	-29%
South Bend	1,090	$47,000	$22.60	$57,600	$27.70	1.1%
Terre Haute	730	$49,000	$23.50	$59,100	$28.40	28.4%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	1,150	$38,900	$18.70	$48,800	$23.50	0.9%
Davenport	1,650	$43,700	$21.00	$56,000	$26.90	8.2%
Des Moines	3,780	$45,600	$21.90	$58,600	$28.20	40.7%
Dubuque	660	$41,700	$20.10	$51,700	$24.90	55.4%
Iowa City	290	$40,200	$19.40	$49,900	$24.00	-58.9%
Sioux City	580	$39,200	$18.80	$45,800	$22.00	-3.7%
Waterloo	410	$39,200	$18.80	$50,500	$24.30	-42.5%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	240	$42,100	$20.20	$49,800	$23.90	-39.5%
Topeka	1,250	$43,700	$21.00	$56,500	$27.20	36.2%
Wichita	2,720	$47,900	$23.00	$56,900	$27.40	10.2%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	350	$47,800	$23.00	$56,100	$27.00	-24.5%
Elizabethtown	320	$51,000	$24.50	$57,700	$27.80	-11.8%
Lexington	1,130	$48,800	$23.50	$57,500	$27.60	-44.2%
Louisville	4,020	$51,300	$24.70	$62,200	$29.90	-19%
Owensboro	330	$50,700	$24.40	$60,600	$29.10	-15.7%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	2,260	$48,200	$23.20	$55,700	$26.80	-25.9%
Houma	700	$41,900	$20.10	$48,300	$23.20	-11.1%
Monroe	600	$44,600	$21.40	$50,000	$24.00	-3.8%
New Orleans	3,230	$48,000	$23.10	$54,800	$26.30	-24%
Shreveport	1,090	$48,000	$23.10	$55,400	$26.60	-24.7%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	370	$44,700	$21.50	$53,900	$25.90	-28.9%
Lewiston	450	$42,200	$20.30	$52,200	$25.10	10.7%
Portland	1,460	$49,100	$23.60	$58,300	$28.00	-11%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	12,190	$58,800	$28.30	$74,000	$35.60	15.8%
Hagerstown	1,300	$51,500	$24.80	$70,300	$33.80	61.1%
Salisbury	570	$60,500	$29.10	$71,700	$34.50	27.4%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	1,160	$62,100	$29.90	$69,500	$33.40	46.4%
Boston (Area)	NA	$59,400	$28.60	$70,200	$33.80	NA
Pittsfield	320	NA	NA	NA	NA	12.6%
Springfield	3,180	$57,300	$27.50	$66,000	$31.80	32%
Worcester	3,010	$56,900	$27.40	$67,100	$32.20	23.9%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	860	$53,500	$25.70	$77,800	$37.40	-46%
Battle Creek	270	$45,400	$21.80	$55,300	$26.60	-39%
Bay City	300	$50,100	$24.10	$58,700	$28.20	-1%
Detroit (Area)	9,280	$52,600	$25.30	$64,600	$31.10	-37.1%
Flint	1,140	$51,200	$24.60	$67,500	$32.50	2.2%
Grand Rapids	1,860	$47,900	$23.00	$63,000	$30.30	-39%
Holland	690	$58,500	$28.10	$68,500	$32.90	-17.9%
Jackson	540	$45,100	$21.70	$60,900	$29.30	20.2%
Kalamazoo	960	$44,800	$21.50	$60,200	$28.90	-14.7%
Lansing	570	$50,300	$24.20	$65,300	$31.40	-66.1%
Monroe	290	$59,100	$28.40	$70,200	$33.70	-9.2%
Muskegon	410	$49,800	$24.00	$63,800	$30.70	-17.8%
Niles	410	$50,000	$24.00	$58,700	$28.20	-16.4%
Saginaw	380	$53,000	$25.50	$63,100	$30.30	-43.6%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	950	$48,700	$23.40	$58,500	$28.10	-8.2%
Minneapolis	12,050	$48,700	$23.40	$62,600	$30.10	-16.6%
Rochester	840	$44,400	$21.30	$56,700	$27.30	-2.5%
St. Cloud	720	$51,700	$24.90	$61,300	$29.50	-10%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	1,050	$45,400	$21.80	$55,200	$26.50	23.8%
Hattiesburg	650	$40,200	$19.30	$48,200	$23.20	37.4%
Jackson	2,300	$41,400	$19.90	$49,800	$23.90	12.1%
Pascagoula	440	$42,100	$20.30	$48,500	$23.30	-6.2%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	740	$37,400	$18.00	$44,400	$21.30	6.2%
Jefferson City	740	$38,600	$18.60	$48,100	$23.10	10.1%
Joplin	550	$39,200	$18.80	$46,800	$22.50	-13.5%
Kansas City	7,730	$43,100	$20.70	$52,100	$25.00	-6.4%
Springfield	890	$38,500	$18.50	$50,400	$24.20	-43.1%
St. Joseph	490	$37,100	$17.80	$43,300	$20.80	14.1%
St. Louis	9,930	$46,700	$22.50	$62,200	$29.90	-8.7%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	750	$41,900	$20.10	$46,100	$22.20	11.2%
Great Falls	400	$39,100	$18.80	$60,300	$29.00	31.8%
Missoula	320	$44,800	$21.50	$58,400	$28.10	-31.9%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	1,170	$45,600	$21.90	$55,700	$26.80	-13.8%
Omaha	2,840	$42,300	$20.30	$50,400	$24.20	-24.9%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	700	$52,600	$25.30	$60,700	$29.20	-16.3%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	1,140	$54,900	$26.40	$73,200	$35.20	-1.9%
Ocean City	530	$60,600	$29.10	$73,300	$35.30	62.6%
Trenton	1,550	$64,000	$30.80	$79,700	$38.30	-14.2%
Vineland	620	$56,900	$27.40	$72,200	$34.70	24.3%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	1,970	$56,400	$27.10	$73,000	$35.10	-38.3%
Farmington	410	$47,700	$23.00	$52,600	$25.30	-4.2%
Las Cruces	770	$62,500	$30.10	$75,300	$36.20	40.4%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	4,380	$56,100	$27.00	$70,200	$33.70	20.5%
Binghamton	940	$53,000	$25.50	$67,600	$32.50	1.2%
Buffalo	3,750	$51,800	$24.90	$66,900	$32.20	-16.1%
Elmira	610	$55,500	$26.70	$69,400	$33.40	96.9%
Glens Falls	790	$55,600	$26.70	$69,100	$33.20	80.1%
Ithaca	NA	$58,200	$28.00	$77,500	$37.20	NA
Kingston	610	$68,000	$32.70	$86,100	$41.40	22%
New York (Area)	73,560	$68,400	$32.90	$87,400	$42.00	17.6%
Poughkeepsie	2,810	$65,300	$31.40	$80,400	$38.70	36.5%
Rochester	5,070	$51,000	$24.50	$63,800	$30.70	24%
Syracuse	2,260	$56,700	$27.30	$65,200	$31.40	-11.8%
Utica	1,000	$53,900	$25.90	$70,700	$34.00	-5.4%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	1,280	$44,700	$21.50	$52,600	$25.30	-9.7%
Burlington	NA	$40,100	$19.30	$49,700	$23.90	NA
Charlotte	4,940	$44,500	$21.40	$52,100	$25.10	-29.5%
Durham	1,690	$46,700	$22.40	$56,600	$27.20	-26.8%
Fayetteville	NA	$38,900	$18.70	$47,900	$23.00	NA
Greensboro	1,420	$45,300	$21.80	$52,700	$25.30	-51.3%
Greenville	480	$42,600	$20.50	$48,600	$23.40	-22%
Hickory	600	$41,400	$19.90	$47,300	$22.70	-50.5%
Raleigh	2,470	$44,600	$21.50	$54,300	$26.10	-40.7%
Rocky Mount	420	$44,600	$21.40	$52,100	$25.00	-13.7%
Wilmington	730	$42,600	$20.50	$49,800	$24.00	-37.9%
Winston-Salem	2,040	$42,600	$20.50	$50,300	$24.20	19.2%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	410	$45,200	$21.70	$53,700	$25.80	-19.4%
Fargo	630	$45,700	$22.00	$57,200	$27.50	-37.7%
Grand Forks	360	$41,900	$20.10	$49,600	$23.90	-11.7%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	3,130	$59,700	$28.70	$72,900	$35.10	16.5%
Canton	2,230	$53,200	$25.60	$62,200	$29.90	61%
Cincinnati	9,310	$54,400	$26.20	$67,400	$32.40	11.9%
Cleveland	9,760	$61,900	$29.80	$76,900	$37.00	16.4%
Columbus	7,070	$55,600	$26.70	$69,000	$33.20	-6.9%
Dayton	3,970	$54,300	$26.10	$64,500	$31.00	27.8%
Lima	450	$50,800	$24.40	$59,300	$28.50	6.7%
Mansfield	720	$50,600	$24.30	$60,100	$28.90	62.8%
Sandusky	330	$55,500	$26.70	$63,300	$30.50	16%
Springfield	640	$53,800	$25.90	$64,400	$31.00	59.6%
Toledo	2,620	$49,900	$24.00	$62,900	$30.30	6.8%
Youngstown	2,900	$52,000	$25.00	$62,600	$30.10	57.7%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	330	$42,700	$20.50	$49,200	$23.70	-3.1%
Oklahoma City	3,880	$40,900	$19.60	$51,100	$24.60	-17.7%
Tulsa	2,760	$43,600	$20.90	$51,300	$24.70	-22.1%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	600	$40,900	$19.70	$56,400	$27.10	16%
Corvallis	260	$51,300	$24.60	$60,200	$28.90	-6.2%
Eugene	650	$52,200	$25.10	$62,700	$30.20	-45.4%
Medford	630	$52,800	$25.40	$63,800	$30.70	-2.3%
Portland	7,360	$51,600	$24.80	$63,700	$30.60	-11.4%
Salem	2,070	$51,300	$24.70	$59,800	$28.80	68.9%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	3,340	$51,600	$24.80	$66,800	$32.10	21.2%
Altoona	540	$47,800	$23.00	$59,000	$28.40	13%
Erie	1,220	$54,500	$26.20	$64,600	$31.10	15.3%
Harrisburg	1,990	$52,800	$25.40	$65,400	$31.40	-23.4%
Johnstown	450	$52,200	$25.10	$63,600	$30.60	-5.9%
Lancaster	1,590	$54,900	$26.40	$68,100	$32.80	-16.1%
Lebanon	390	$50,900	$24.50	$63,100	$30.30	-0.2%
Philadelphia (Area)	21,760	$58,300	$28.00	$72,900	$35.00	-1.7%
Pittsburgh	8,280	$52,800	$25.40	$66,500	$32.00	-11.1%
Reading	2,070	$56,000	$26.90	$70,300	$33.80	52%
Scranton	2,770	$53,600	$25.80	$70,400	$33.80	31.4%
State College	320	$53,000	$25.50	$63,200	$30.40	-43.1%
Williamsport	420	$55,700	$26.80	$67,200	$32.30	-0.5%
York	1,210	$56,700	$27.30	$71,700	$34.50	-16.7%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	6,270	$63,100	$30.30	$73,800	$35.50	23.7%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	320	$46,900	$22.50	$56,100	$27.00	-32.6%
Charleston	1,800	$47,100	$22.60	$58,400	$28.10	-23.1%
Columbia	3,230	$48,700	$23.40	$59,600	$28.70	15.5%
Florence	640	$46,500	$22.40	$56,600	$27.20	-4.4%
Greenville	NA	$43,800	$21.10	$52,800	$25.40	NA
Spartanburg	750	$49,800	$24.00	$59,800	$28.80	-23%
Sumter	220	$44,800	$21.50	$53,500	$25.70	-22.3%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	390	$42,200	$20.30	$53,400	$25.70	-21.9%
Sioux Falls	730	$36,700	$17.70	$45,400	$21.80	-34.5%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	1,410	$46,800	$22.50	$56,100	$27.00	-24.5%
Clarksville	690	$54,500	$26.20	$64,700	$31.10	6.2%
Cleveland	310	$45,900	$22.00	$52,700	$25.30	4.7%
Johnson City	460	$43,800	$21.10	$50,700	$24.40	-28.1%
Kingsport	790	$45,400	$21.80	$51,300	$24.70	-18.6%
Knoxville	1,750	$45,900	$22.00	$55,000	$26.40	-35.3%
Memphis	4,490	$47,400	$22.80	$56,800	$27.30	-11.3%
Morristown	250	$42,800	$20.60	$49,300	$23.70	-33.5%
Nashville	3,830	$44,000	$21.20	$52,800	$25.40	-36.3%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	560	$42,600	$20.50	$50,300	$24.20	5.3%
Amarillo	870	$47,300	$22.80	$54,500	$26.20	-3.9%
Austin	6,920	$50,300	$24.20	$58,000	$27.90	7.7%
Beaumont	1,530	$47,900	$23.00	$56,100	$27.00	14.5%
Brownsville	1,510	$51,400	$24.70	$59,500	$28.60	47.1%
College Station	820	$44,700	$21.50	$53,900	$25.90	7.8%
Corpus Christi	1,490	$46,900	$22.60	$55,200	$26.50	0.4%
Dallas (Area)	25,720	$52,700	$25.30	$61,300	$29.50	5.5%
El Paso	3,770	$51,100	$24.60	$58,900	$28.30	67.7%
Houston	22,360	$53,200	$25.60	$61,700	$29.70	4.4%
Killeen	1,470	$48,400	$23.30	$56,600	$27.20	45.5%
Longview	850	$45,100	$21.70	$51,100	$24.60	8.2%
Lubbock	800	$43,300	$20.80	$51,800	$24.90	-22.4%
McAllen	4,070	$54,300	$26.10	$63,900	$30.70	121.4%
Midland	430	$45,400	$21.80	$50,300	$24.20	-23.4%
San Angelo	690	$52,500	$25.20	$59,300	$28.50	89.8%
San Antonio	8,170	$54,300	$26.10	$62,600	$30.10	16.9%
Sherman	600	$48,700	$23.40	$57,300	$27.60	76.5%
Texarkana	590	$44,400	$21.40	$51,300	$24.70	31.6%
Tyler	850	$45,900	$22.10	$53,100	$25.50	9.3%
Waco	1,030	$43,900	$21.10	$50,900	$24.50	24%
Wichita Falls	700	$44,700	$21.50	$51,700	$24.90	46.8%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	140	$48,000	$23.10	$56,800	$27.30	-64.4%
Ogden	650	$47,200	$22.70	$55,000	$26.50	-59.9%
Provo	1,050	$46,700	$22.40	$57,100	$27.50	-27.1%
Salt Lake City	4,180	$42,100	$20.20	$54,100	$26.00	-17.9%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	780	$54,100	$26.00	$67,900	$32.60	-15.8%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	380	$48,300	$23.20	$59,300	$28.50	-28.5%
Charlottesville	760	$57,800	$27.80	$74,900	$36.00	-2.4%
Danville	530	$70,200	$33.80	$78,900	$38.00	62%
Lynchburg	880	$41,100	$19.80	$49,800	$24.00	4.8%
Richmond	3,980	$54,300	$26.10	$63,400	$30.50	-20.1%
Roanoke	1,040	$52,500	$25.20	$62,000	$29.80	-18.5%
Virginia Beach	5,480	$51,900	$25.00	$65,700	$31.60	-10.7%
Winchester	NA	$46,800	$22.50	$54,300	$26.10	NA

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	460	$54,100	$26.00	$68,200	$32.80	-28.7%
Bremerton	520	$58,700	$28.20	$68,500	$32.90	-23.4%
Kennewick	570	$61,100	$29.40	$70,000	$33.70	-27.6%
Longview	230	$59,100	$28.40	$68,300	$32.80	-18.2%
Mount Vernon	230	$55,200	$26.60	$65,300	$31.40	-36%
Olympia	500	$58,400	$28.10	$66,400	$31.90	-37.4%
Seattle (Area)	7,000	$58,300	$28.00	$69,200	$33.30	-40.1%
Spokane	960	$58,400	$28.10	$67,100	$32.30	-43.6%
Wenatchee	250	$58,400	$28.10	$65,700	$31.60	-24.6%
Yakima	560	$54,900	$26.40	$65,600	$31.50	-17.5%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	1,100	$43,900	$21.10	$49,700	$23.90	-9.9%
Huntington	900	$46,200	$22.20	$53,400	$25.70	-2.3%
Parkersburg	590	$47,400	$22.80	$54,700	$26.30	2.6%
Weirton	70	$56,900	$27.40	$68,900	$33.10	-80.4%
Wheeling	630	$46,700	$22.50	$54,400	$26.10	17.4%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	1,520	$55,300	$26.60	$61,900	$29.70	58%
Eau Claire	660	$48,400	$23.30	$58,600	$28.20	4.8%
Green Bay	600	$53,100	$25.50	$67,000	$32.20	-56.4%
Janesville	430	$46,800	$22.50	$57,200	$27.50	-17.1%
La Crosse	730	$46,900	$22.60	$57,200	$27.50	24%
Madison	1,780	$50,500	$24.30	$60,900	$29.30	-35.3%
Milwaukee	3,330	$54,300	$26.10	$68,300	$32.80	-51.2%
Oshkosh	360	$46,700	$22.40	$56,900	$27.40	-50.4%
Racine	1,160	$48,400	$23.30	$59,700	$28.70	88.2%
Sheboygan	400	$49,100	$23.60	$60,100	$28.90	-17.8%
Wausau	380	$39,900	$19.20	$50,900	$24.50	-31.8%