Licensed Physical Therapist Assistants

Median Salary: $48,300

Many licensed physical therapist assistants across the nation share a handful of important professional characteristics. For example, attention to detail, dependability, and self control can be vital for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 63,750 people were employed as licensed physical therapist assistants nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's essential to develop these attributes and receive proper 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 licensed physical therapist assistants in the U.S. was $48,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $23.20. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about licensed physical therapist assistants, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the nation.

Licensed physical therapist assistants should be skilled in:

Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Problem Sensitivity
Category Flexibility
Information Ordering

Different people go into different careers; licensed physical therapist assistants are typically:

Social
Realistic
Investigative

Working as a licensed physical therapist assistant requires knowledge in subjects like:

Medicine and Dentistry
Education and Training
Psychology
English Language
Biology

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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 licensed physical therapist assistants). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of licensed physical therapist assistants 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	70	$42,800	$20.60	$47,300	$22.70	229.1%
Birmingham	340	$47,400	$22.80	$57,200	$27.50	41.4%
Decatur	50	$46,800	$22.50	$52,800	$25.40	108%
Dothan	50	$48,300	$23.20	$58,300	$28.10	90.8%
Gadsden	80	$54,200	$26.00	$60,400	$29.00	394.1%
Huntsville	110	$43,000	$20.70	$49,800	$24.00	10.2%
Mobile	70	$45,000	$21.60	$49,200	$23.60	-12.3%
Montgomery	100	$45,100	$21.70	$53,900	$25.90	20.1%
Tuscaloosa	90	$40,300	$19.40	$54,500	$26.20	106.4%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	500	$47,000	$22.60	$55,200	$26.50	-42.2%
Prescott	NA	$54,500	$26.20	$60,300	$29.00	NA
Tucson	130	$46,500	$22.40	$52,500	$25.20	-25.8%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	60	$43,100	$20.70	$49,000	$23.60	-39.3%
Fort Smith	80	$50,600	$24.30	$63,000	$30.30	37.5%
Jonesboro	30	$42,800	$20.60	$49,300	$23.70	37.1%
Little Rock	110	$46,700	$22.40	$57,700	$27.80	-34.8%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	100	$57,100	$27.50	$66,800	$32.10	-36.3%
Los Angeles (Area)	1,450	$57,300	$27.50	$65,300	$31.40	-33.2%
Modesto	50	$57,500	$27.70	$63,400	$30.50	-37.7%
Oakland	270	$55,000	$26.50	$65,000	$31.30	-44.7%
Oxnard	160	$74,000	$35.60	$96,100	$46.20	10%
Riverside	560	$55,700	$26.80	$64,300	$30.90	-5.1%
Sacramento	230	$55,700	$26.80	$64,400	$31.00	-45.1%
Salinas	30	$52,800	$25.40	$62,200	$29.90	-59.8%
San Diego	410	$59,900	$28.80	$65,200	$31.40	-34%
San Francisco (Area)	420	$57,400	$27.60	$65,800	$31.60	-57.2%
San Francisco (City)	150	$59,800	$28.70	$66,600	$32.00	-69.5%
San Jose	250	$52,600	$25.30	$63,500	$30.50	-43.2%
Santa Cruz	NA	$61,400	$29.50	$67,600	$32.50	NA
Santa Rosa	60	$62,400	$30.00	$67,900	$32.60	-33.4%
Stockton	50	$50,600	$24.30	$67,400	$32.40	-55.7%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	30	$45,300	$21.80	$50,200	$24.20	-57.4%
Colorado Springs	80	$38,600	$18.60	$46,800	$22.50	-35.9%
Denver	210	$43,100	$20.70	$49,300	$23.70	-63.9%
Pueblo	50	$37,900	$18.20	$41,300	$19.90	73.4%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	70	$63,800	$30.70	$74,900	$36.00	-68.2%
Hartford	170	$59,100	$28.40	$67,300	$32.40	-37.1%
New Haven	120	$47,800	$23.00	$57,000	$27.40	8.6%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	880	$45,300	$21.80	$58,200	$28.00	-19.5%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	90	$49,600	$23.80	$58,900	$28.30	-28.3%
Cape Coral	110	$56,300	$27.10	$63,400	$30.50	8.8%
Deltona	70	$50,400	$24.20	$54,300	$26.10	-12.9%
Gainesville	60	$46,200	$22.20	$53,500	$25.70	1.4%
Jacksonville	210	$60,500	$29.10	$71,700	$34.50	-26%
Lakeland	50	$48,100	$23.10	$53,300	$25.60	-42.4%
Miami (Area)	1,060	$49,700	$23.90	$59,200	$28.50	-2%
Naples	70	$57,900	$27.80	$64,900	$31.20	26.6%
Ocala	120	$41,900	$20.20	$56,300	$27.10	171.1%
Orlando	260	$58,800	$28.30	$67,800	$32.60	-46.1%
Palm Bay	100	$54,600	$26.30	$62,100	$29.90	7.6%
Panama City	50	$49,300	$23.70	$61,900	$29.80	61.5%
Pensacola	80	$48,600	$23.30	$53,600	$25.80	5.7%
Port St. Lucie	80	$62,100	$29.90	$69,000	$33.20	28.9%
Sebastian	40	$61,000	$29.30	$66,800	$32.10	90.6%
Tallahassee	30	$54,400	$26.20	$63,300	$30.40	-59%
Tampa	730	$58,100	$27.90	$63,800	$30.70	33%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	50	$45,800	$22.00	$50,900	$24.50	83.8%
Athens	60	$30,100	$14.50	$32,800	$15.80	50%
Atlanta	550	$52,800	$25.40	$60,200	$28.90	-51.2%
Augusta	70	$50,400	$24.20	$59,200	$28.50	-30.1%
Brunswick	70	$49,900	$24.00	$54,200	$26.00	249%
Gainesville	40	$52,400	$25.20	$57,500	$27.60	24%
Macon	60	$54,500	$26.20	$59,300	$28.50	37.5%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	200	$31,700	$15.20	$41,900	$20.20	-2.7%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	60	$56,200	$27.00	$66,800	$32.10	-56.1%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	80	$42,800	$20.60	$51,400	$24.70	84.8%
Champaign	40	$60,900	$29.30	$71,200	$34.20	-16.6%
Chicago (Area)	2,290	$50,300	$24.20	$59,000	$28.40	46.9%
Peoria	90	$48,900	$23.50	$60,900	$29.30	2.9%
Rockford	120	$49,700	$23.90	$58,600	$28.20	75.8%
Springfield	100	$42,100	$20.30	$50,200	$24.20	100.4%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	NA	$56,000	$26.90	$67,300	$32.40	NA
Evansville	190	$46,600	$22.40	$51,400	$24.70	136.9%
Fort Wayne	110	$45,100	$21.70	$58,000	$27.90	9%
Indianapolis	480	$55,500	$26.70	$62,200	$29.90	13.1%
Lafayette	30	$48,200	$23.20	$52,600	$25.30	-22.5%
South Bend	40	$41,200	$19.80	$49,300	$23.70	-35.7%
Terre Haute	40	$51,900	$24.90	$57,700	$27.80	15%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	70	$40,500	$19.50	$49,500	$23.80	10.2%
Davenport	40	$47,800	$23.00	$53,900	$25.90	-58.2%
Des Moines	120	$39,300	$18.90	$48,400	$23.30	-21.9%
Iowa City	60	$42,600	$20.50	$55,000	$26.50	52.3%
Waterloo	70	$33,700	$16.20	$40,000	$19.20	58.4%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Topeka	150	$41,800	$20.10	$55,300	$26.60	180.5%
Wichita	210	$51,200	$24.60	$59,700	$28.70	43.9%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	120	$54,200	$26.10	$69,400	$33.40	344.3%
Elizabethtown	40	$43,400	$20.90	$51,800	$24.90	86.1%
Lexington	260	$40,900	$19.60	$51,600	$24.80	117.4%
Louisville	360	$54,300	$26.10	$62,800	$30.20	25.4%
Owensboro	50	$44,600	$21.50	$48,700	$23.40	110.2%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	150	$37,500	$18.00	$63,400	$30.50	-14.3%
Lafayette	100	$24,700	$11.90	$33,700	$16.20	36.7%
Lake Charles	60	$50,600	$24.30	$65,400	$31.50	37.1%
Monroe	40	$24,100	$11.60	$47,200	$22.70	-3.9%
New Orleans	230	$43,300	$20.80	$60,900	$29.30	-6.4%
Shreveport	120	$43,900	$21.10	$50,000	$24.00	38.5%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	40	$41,300	$19.90	$53,800	$25.90	-56.8%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	670	$49,800	$23.90	$60,200	$29.00	9.6%
Cumberland	30	$41,100	$19.80	$45,800	$22.00	76.4%
Salisbury	30	$43,500	$20.90	$53,300	$25.60	20.1%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	80	$51,400	$24.70	$60,200	$28.90	76.6%
Boston (Area)	1,560	$50,600	$24.30	$57,700	$27.80	75.4%
Springfield	220	$48,900	$23.50	$54,800	$26.30	58.4%
Worcester	280	$51,300	$24.60	$56,400	$27.10	173.4%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	90	$37,900	$18.20	$46,100	$22.10	-5.9%
Battle Creek	50	$53,800	$25.90	$59,100	$28.40	108.6%
Bay City	50	$46,600	$22.40	$50,800	$24.40	189.8%
Detroit (Area)	1,330	$41,500	$20.00	$48,600	$23.40	39.5%
Flint	140	$42,600	$20.50	$47,600	$22.90	106.8%
Grand Rapids	260	$40,700	$19.60	$46,600	$22.40	45.5%
Holland	30	$32,400	$15.60	$41,100	$19.80	-38.1%
Kalamazoo	40	$47,200	$22.70	$53,700	$25.80	-32.6%
Lansing	90	$41,300	$19.90	$45,700	$22.00	-11.7%
Muskegon	50	$40,300	$19.40	$45,500	$21.90	74.6%
Saginaw	80	$40,400	$19.40	$45,700	$22.00	102.9%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	90	$42,900	$20.60	$47,900	$23.10	43.9%
Minneapolis	360	$45,400	$21.80	$49,800	$24.00	-57.2%
St. Cloud	60	$43,300	$20.80	$48,700	$23.40	29.1%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	40	$31,200	$15.00	$47,300	$22.70	-17.8%
Hattiesburg	40	$36,100	$17.30	$55,400	$26.60	51.2%
Jackson	150	$37,600	$18.10	$43,900	$21.10	27%
Pascagoula	40	$44,100	$21.20	$54,100	$26.00	53.1%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Joplin	50	$41,400	$19.90	$54,400	$26.20	44.5%
Kansas City	510	$48,400	$23.30	$55,400	$26.60	6.6%
Springfield	80	$46,100	$22.20	$51,200	$24.60	-8.6%
St. Joseph	40	$45,300	$21.80	$50,700	$24.40	39.5%
St. Louis	890	$44,200	$21.20	$51,600	$24.80	40.2%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	40	$43,400	$20.80	$50,700	$24.40	-48.6%
Omaha	150	$40,800	$19.60	$48,600	$23.30	-30.7%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	300	$56,800	$27.30	$62,900	$30.30	-28.1%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	70	$44,800	$21.50	$53,000	$25.50	39.1%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	40	$50,100	$24.10	$56,600	$27.20	-43.4%
Trenton	60	$53,300	$25.60	$63,000	$30.30	-44.5%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	140	$38,200	$18.40	$50,900	$24.50	-26.6%
Farmington	40	$46,500	$22.40	$51,000	$24.50	51.4%
Las Cruces	30	$39,000	$18.80	$58,600	$28.20	7.6%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	210	$40,400	$19.40	$45,200	$21.80	0.8%
Binghamton	70	$37,500	$18.00	$43,100	$20.70	32.8%
Buffalo	300	$37,200	$17.90	$43,400	$20.90	13.5%
Glens Falls	50	$38,700	$18.60	$41,400	$19.90	95.3%
Kingston	40	$46,400	$22.30	$51,800	$24.90	36.3%
New York (Area)	2,880	$51,600	$24.80	$59,600	$28.70	-22.1%
Poughkeepsie	190	$47,700	$22.90	$52,500	$25.20	55.3%
Rochester	220	$35,400	$17.00	$44,400	$21.40	-6.8%
Syracuse	180	$38,000	$18.30	$44,600	$21.40	21.7%
Utica	70	$36,200	$17.40	$40,400	$19.40	18.9%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	140	$48,800	$23.40	$57,800	$27.80	63.5%
Charlotte	330	$56,100	$27.00	$61,800	$29.70	-19.9%
Durham	100	$58,300	$28.00	$64,100	$30.80	-27%
Fayetteville	140	$54,300	$26.10	$61,400	$29.50	131.4%
Goldsboro	40	$46,900	$22.60	$53,500	$25.70	100.6%
Greensboro	180	$53,200	$25.60	$60,500	$29.10	6.1%
Greenville	50	$52,900	$25.40	$59,500	$28.60	36.1%
Hickory	70	$46,500	$22.40	$52,400	$25.20	-0.4%
Raleigh	210	$47,300	$22.80	$58,100	$27.90	-14.1%
Rocky Mount	100	$51,900	$24.90	$60,600	$29.10	232.6%
Wilmington	90	$52,600	$25.30	$59,900	$28.80	27.7%
Winston-Salem	90	$54,800	$26.40	$59,900	$28.80	-14.8%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	240	$54,100	$26.00	$61,100	$29.40	55.1%
Canton	310	$49,700	$23.90	$57,100	$27.50	278.7%
Cincinnati	650	$52,300	$25.20	$63,900	$30.70	33.8%
Cleveland	1,100	$52,900	$25.40	$59,400	$28.50	125.4%
Columbus	590	$48,800	$23.50	$54,100	$26.00	32.8%
Dayton	230	$53,000	$25.50	$63,300	$30.40	27.3%
Lima	40	$45,400	$21.80	$50,600	$24.30	57.2%
Mansfield	60	$50,100	$24.10	$60,000	$28.90	123.6%
Springfield	40	$54,700	$26.30	$65,300	$31.40	67.4%
Toledo	360	$50,900	$24.50	$58,300	$28.10	150.8%
Youngstown	380	$45,800	$22.00	$51,800	$24.90	254.1%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	30	$51,800	$24.90	$59,400	$28.60	72.5%
Oklahoma City	500	$47,600	$22.90	$58,300	$28.00	79.9%
Tulsa	390	$33,800	$16.30	$42,900	$20.60	87.9%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	30	$49,900	$24.00	$60,800	$29.30	1.6%
Eugene	40	$48,800	$23.50	$54,800	$26.40	-46.7%
Portland	350	$49,400	$23.80	$55,400	$26.70	-28.1%
Salem	40	$46,600	$22.40	$50,900	$24.50	-42%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	270	$41,500	$20.00	$47,800	$23.00	65%
Erie	100	$36,500	$17.50	$40,500	$19.50	55.7%
Harrisburg	140	$40,700	$19.60	$48,700	$23.40	-5.1%
Johnstown	NA	$39,800	$19.10	$44,800	$21.60	NA
Lancaster	110	$42,900	$20.60	$50,100	$24.10	-3.5%
Philadelphia (Area)	1,340	$50,500	$24.30	$59,100	$28.40	-10.9%
Pittsburgh	750	$42,200	$20.30	$51,100	$24.60	38.5%
Reading	230	$47,900	$23.00	$53,400	$25.70	186.5%
Scranton	180	$40,700	$19.60	$48,900	$23.50	48%
York	150	$39,300	$18.90	$46,000	$22.10	72.1%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	630	$52,100	$25.00	$58,100	$27.90	225.8%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	130	$46,900	$22.60	$55,600	$26.70	-2.5%
Columbia	150	$54,100	$26.00	$62,300	$30.00	-10.7%
Florence	50	$55,000	$26.40	$63,000	$30.30	33.8%
Greenville	70	$49,700	$23.90	$56,300	$27.00	-51.6%
Myrtle Beach	40	$46,900	$22.50	$52,800	$25.40	-27.5%
Spartanburg	40	$45,900	$22.10	$63,500	$30.50	-33.4%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Sioux Falls	90	$32,700	$15.70	$36,500	$17.50	29.7%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	360	$49,900	$24.00	$62,400	$30.00	229.7%
Clarksville	40	$45,400	$21.80	$50,400	$24.20	9.4%
Johnson City	60	$40,400	$19.40	$49,900	$24.00	58.4%
Kingsport	150	$52,900	$25.40	$61,900	$29.80	165.8%
Knoxville	240	$47,600	$22.90	$54,800	$26.30	49.6%
Memphis	280	$52,800	$25.40	$63,700	$30.60	-5.9%
Nashville	460	$48,700	$23.40	$58,000	$27.90	29.7%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Amarillo	90	$46,900	$22.60	$54,700	$26.30	66.8%
Austin	190	$45,100	$21.70	$51,900	$24.90	-50.6%
Beaumont	40	$59,800	$28.80	$74,500	$35.80	-54.1%
Corpus Christi	80	$86,000	$41.30	$97,200	$46.70	-9.6%
Dallas (Area)	890	$54,600	$26.30	$68,100	$32.70	-41.2%
El Paso	150	$57,700	$27.70	$73,300	$35.20	13.1%
Houston	780	$57,200	$27.50	$73,400	$35.30	-37.5%
Killeen	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	-30.1%
Laredo	80	$63,300	$30.40	$89,700	$43.10	93.2%
Lubbock	60	$47,700	$22.90	$61,300	$29.50	-4.1%
McAllen	150	$73,500	$35.40	$118,700	$57.10	40.2%
San Antonio	430	$62,600	$30.10	$75,500	$36.30	5.9%
Sherman	40	$67,500	$32.40	$93,400	$44.90	83.4%
Texarkana	NA	$53,300	$25.60	$68,700	$33.00	NA
Tyler	NA	$58,700	$28.20	$74,500	$35.80	NA
Victoria	50	$59,500	$28.60	$63,600	$30.60	112.7%
Wichita Falls	30	$57,000	$27.40	$67,000	$32.20	9.8%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Provo	60	$36,300	$17.50	$39,600	$19.00	-28.5%
Salt Lake City	NA	$19,900	$9.60	$39,800	$19.10	NA

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	40	$42,000	$20.20	$51,800	$24.90	18.4%
Charlottesville	NA	$45,500	$21.90	$57,600	$27.70	NA
Lynchburg	160	$62,900	$30.20	$76,400	$36.70	231.8%
Richmond	180	$48,400	$23.30	$60,900	$29.30	-37.7%
Roanoke	110	$48,800	$23.50	$56,300	$27.10	53.5%
Virginia Beach	240	$53,100	$25.50	$64,300	$30.90	-34.4%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	NA	$41,600	$20.00	$51,900	$24.90	NA
Kennewick	NA	$43,900	$21.10	$50,600	$24.30	NA
Mount Vernon	30	$51,400	$24.70	$61,200	$29.40	59.4%
Seattle (Area)	560	$48,600	$23.40	$55,500	$26.70	0%
Spokane	110	$50,000	$24.00	$54,600	$26.20	7.4%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	110	$36,800	$17.70	$42,300	$20.30	54.1%
Huntington	150	$44,800	$21.50	$51,900	$25.00	183.4%
Morgantown	80	$45,300	$21.80	$52,500	$25.30	178.1%
Weirton	50	$45,400	$21.80	$51,400	$24.70	147.1%
Wheeling	30	$41,900	$20.20	$48,000	$23.10	3.3%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	50	$49,800	$23.90	$55,500	$26.70	-11.5%
Eau Claire	30	$44,400	$21.40	$48,100	$23.10	-18.6%
Green Bay	100	$44,100	$21.20	$49,200	$23.70	20.3%
Janesville	30	$46,200	$22.20	$50,400	$24.20	3.9%
La Crosse	50	$43,000	$20.70	$48,300	$23.20	42.4%
Madison	110	$43,900	$21.10	$48,900	$23.50	-29.3%
Milwaukee	450	$45,400	$21.80	$51,000	$24.50	12.5%
Oshkosh	40	$49,500	$23.80	$53,500	$25.70	-3.5%
Racine	80	$44,600	$21.40	$49,300	$23.70	118.9%