Licensed Vocational and Practical Nurses

Median Salary: $39,800

Many licensed vocational and practical nurses across the U.S. share a few key professional traits. For example, self control, concern for others, and cooperation can be critical for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 728,670 folks were working as licensed vocational and practical nurses nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to hone these characteristics and receive proper training, particularly if you're ready to move up in the field.

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

Licensed vocational and practical nurses should be skilled in:

Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Deductive Reasoning
Multilimb Coordination
Auditory Attention

Different folks go into different careers; licensed vocational and practical nurses are typically:

Social
Conventional
Investigative

Working as a licensed vocational or practical nurse requires knowledge in subjects like:

Medicine and Dentistry
English Language
Therapy and Counseling
Education and Training
Mathematics

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks working as licensed vocational and practical nurses). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of licensed vocational and practical nurses 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	410	$32,900	$15.80	$36,900	$17.80	57.3%
Auburn	200	$34,100	$16.40	$39,300	$18.90	-24.4%
Birmingham	3,880	$34,900	$16.80	$39,900	$19.20	40.8%
Decatur	420	$34,800	$16.80	$41,500	$19.90	46%
Dothan	800	$32,900	$15.80	$37,500	$18.00	145.5%
Florence	540	$29,800	$14.30	$35,000	$16.80	93.1%
Gadsden	500	$33,600	$16.20	$38,900	$18.70	154.7%
Huntsville	750	$34,000	$16.40	$38,300	$18.40	-34.2%
Mobile	1,270	$32,300	$15.50	$36,700	$17.70	32%
Montgomery	1,080	$34,700	$16.70	$39,400	$19.00	19.3%
Tuscaloosa	1,150	$30,800	$14.80	$35,800	$17.20	129.3%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	300	$46,100	$22.20	$52,400	$25.20	-67%
Fairbanks	100	$44,600	$21.40	$52,700	$25.40	-49.5%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	200	$37,100	$17.80	$39,800	$19.10	-36.3%
Lake Havasu City	260	$45,600	$21.90	$50,600	$24.30	-1.1%
Phoenix	6,920	$47,000	$22.60	$55,600	$26.70	-29.6%
Prescott	260	$47,200	$22.70	$51,900	$24.90	-18.9%
Tucson	1,890	$44,800	$21.50	$50,700	$24.40	-6.6%
Yuma	150	$48,100	$23.10	$56,500	$27.20	-55.6%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	1,080	$39,400	$18.90	$43,800	$21.10	-1.6%
Fort Smith	1,190	$31,800	$15.30	$36,600	$17.60	81.2%
Hot Springs	570	$32,900	$15.80	$37,500	$18.10	184.3%
Jonesboro	620	$32,100	$15.50	$36,400	$17.50	135.5%
Little Rock	2,920	$38,000	$18.30	$42,300	$20.30	58.1%
Pine Bluff	410	$29,900	$14.40	$35,600	$17.10	107.1%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	970	$45,400	$21.80	$51,100	$24.60	-34.5%
Chico	740	$45,300	$21.80	$51,800	$24.90	89.8%
El Centro	110	$41,700	$20.00	$50,900	$24.50	-61.1%
Fresno	1,200	$47,200	$22.70	$55,800	$26.90	-33.7%
Hanford	160	$41,800	$20.10	$46,600	$22.40	-26.4%
Los Angeles (Area)	25,340	$49,100	$23.60	$55,900	$26.90	-21.2%
Madera	130	$45,800	$22.00	$50,500	$24.30	-41.1%
Merced	210	$47,900	$23.00	$52,700	$25.30	-37.3%
Modesto	670	$51,100	$24.50	$57,400	$27.60	-22.8%
Napa	260	$49,900	$24.00	$56,200	$27.00	-23.7%
Oakland	4,710	$58,200	$28.00	$64,700	$31.10	-14.7%
Oxnard	1,090	$53,100	$25.50	$62,400	$30.00	-33.2%
Redding	NA	$48,500	$23.30	$54,400	$26.10	NA
Riverside	6,000	$43,100	$20.70	$49,400	$23.80	-10.2%
Sacramento	2,960	$54,100	$26.00	$60,700	$29.20	-37.8%
Salinas	650	$60,400	$29.00	$71,000	$34.10	-25%
San Diego	5,160	$47,400	$22.80	$52,700	$25.30	-27.6%
San Francisco (Area)	7,880	$58,000	$27.90	$65,000	$31.30	-28.4%
San Francisco (City)	3,170	$57,700	$27.80	$65,400	$31.40	-42.2%
San Jose	2,270	$57,800	$27.80	$65,100	$31.30	-54.2%
San Luis Obispo	310	$49,500	$23.80	$54,200	$26.10	-44.6%
Santa Barbara	610	$50,900	$24.50	$61,100	$29.40	-35.7%
Santa Cruz	250	$53,600	$25.80	$58,800	$28.30	-46.7%
Santa Rosa	540	$56,200	$27.00	$65,300	$31.40	-45.7%
Stockton	1,420	$50,800	$24.40	$57,100	$27.40	21.9%
Vallejo	570	$49,100	$23.60	$57,100	$27.40	-15.7%
Visalia	530	$44,800	$21.50	$50,000	$24.10	-28.3%
Yuba City	180	$46,900	$22.50	$54,200	$26.10	-14.2%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	540	$45,000	$21.60	$51,200	$24.60	-38.4%
Colorado Springs	860	$39,000	$18.70	$44,600	$21.40	-37.5%
Denver	3,060	$46,200	$22.20	$51,300	$24.70	-54.9%
Fort Collins	630	$33,900	$16.30	$41,800	$20.10	-12.4%
Grand Junction	210	$42,200	$20.30	$47,200	$22.70	-40.4%
Greeley	170	$43,800	$21.10	$49,500	$23.80	-61.9%
Pueblo	360	$37,500	$18.00	$42,400	$20.40	15%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	2,200	$52,900	$25.50	$59,100	$28.40	-13.7%
Hartford	2,950	$53,500	$25.70	$59,300	$28.50	-6%
New Haven	2,190	$50,400	$24.20	$56,700	$27.30	19.2%
Norwich	660	$52,300	$25.20	$59,200	$28.50	-11.4%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	360	$44,000	$21.10	$55,400	$26.60	7.7%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	9,270	$48,000	$23.10	$54,900	$26.40	-35.7%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	2,450	$39,600	$19.00	$45,500	$21.90	77.5%
Cape Coral	1,200	$41,400	$19.90	$47,000	$22.60	7.1%
Deltona	1,140	$37,200	$17.90	$42,900	$20.70	32.1%
Fort Walton Beach	340	$34,800	$16.70	$38,600	$18.60	-21.3%
Gainesville	570	$40,000	$19.20	$44,600	$21.40	-15.3%
Jacksonville	2,790	$39,200	$18.80	$45,100	$21.70	-14%
Lakeland	1,840	$35,600	$17.10	$40,600	$19.50	69.5%
Miami (Area)	10,190	$41,000	$19.70	$46,100	$22.20	-14.7%
Naples	560	$41,600	$20.00	$47,100	$22.60	-11.8%
Ocala	570	$40,900	$19.70	$48,700	$23.40	9.1%
Orlando	4,630	$37,900	$18.20	$44,000	$21.10	-16%
Palm Bay	1,050	$38,700	$18.60	$44,100	$21.20	-3.8%
Palm Coast	80	$35,500	$17.10	$39,100	$18.80	-7.1%
Panama City	490	$35,900	$17.20	$41,000	$19.70	28.4%
Pensacola	1,020	$36,300	$17.40	$40,700	$19.50	20.5%
Port St. Lucie	940	$39,100	$18.80	$44,100	$21.20	40.2%
Punta Gorda	340	$36,800	$17.70	$40,300	$19.40	60.9%
Sebastian	360	$38,000	$18.30	$41,900	$20.20	40.8%
Tallahassee	1,110	$36,900	$17.70	$42,500	$20.40	23.3%
Tampa	7,690	$41,000	$19.70	$46,700	$22.40	22%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	500	$29,400	$14.10	$36,000	$17.30	46.3%
Athens	390	$37,100	$17.80	$41,800	$20.10	-11.6%
Atlanta	10,140	$38,400	$18.40	$44,500	$21.40	-20.7%
Augusta	2,520	$35,900	$17.20	$41,000	$19.70	121.3%
Brunswick	260	$32,300	$15.50	$36,400	$17.50	15.6%
Columbus	910	$33,400	$16.10	$38,000	$18.30	42.8%
Dalton	370	$34,900	$16.80	$41,000	$19.70	-1.9%
Gainesville	480	$36,900	$17.80	$43,700	$21.00	21.6%
Macon	940	$35,700	$17.20	$40,700	$19.60	76.2%
Rome	520	$36,900	$17.70	$41,700	$20.10	150%
Savannah	930	$38,300	$18.40	$42,900	$20.60	11%
Valdosta	440	$29,900	$14.40	$35,300	$17.00	47.4%
Warner Robins	290	$31,500	$15.20	$41,000	$19.70	-7.7%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	950	$43,900	$21.10	$48,600	$23.40	-60.4%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	1,140	$41,300	$19.90	$46,200	$22.20	-22.7%
Coeur d'Alene	260	$34,200	$16.40	$38,900	$18.70	-14.2%
Idaho Falls	280	$35,000	$16.80	$38,100	$18.30	-0.5%
Lewiston	110	$38,700	$18.60	$42,500	$20.40	-16.5%
Pocatello	140	$32,400	$15.60	$40,400	$19.40	-31.2%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	250	$40,200	$19.30	$45,200	$21.70	-48%
Champaign	220	$39,800	$19.10	$47,700	$22.90	-59.9%
Chicago (Area)	15,010	$42,800	$20.60	$48,900	$23.50	-23.4%
Danville	200	$40,500	$19.50	$48,300	$23.20	30.7%
Decatur	330	$38,100	$18.30	$46,300	$22.30	3.9%
Kankakee	330	$37,300	$17.90	$42,200	$20.30	42.8%
Peoria	1,100	$41,100	$19.80	$47,300	$22.80	15.5%
Rockford	1,030	$42,400	$20.40	$48,600	$23.40	28.6%
Springfield	710	$38,500	$18.50	$45,700	$22.00	20.8%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	440	$38,100	$18.30	$42,600	$20.50	106.7%
Bloomington	690	$34,400	$16.50	$40,400	$19.40	65.6%
Columbus	200	$36,900	$17.70	$41,500	$19.90	-11.9%
Elkhart	410	$37,500	$18.00	$41,300	$19.90	-26.2%
Evansville	1,050	$36,700	$17.60	$40,500	$19.50	12%
Fort Wayne	1,640	$36,500	$17.50	$40,400	$19.40	44.3%
Indianapolis	5,610	$39,600	$19.10	$45,400	$21.80	15.6%
Kokomo	270	$35,000	$16.80	$39,300	$18.90	27.9%
Lafayette	470	$38,400	$18.50	$42,500	$20.40	3.4%
Michigan City	210	$35,900	$17.30	$40,600	$19.50	-13.4%
Muncie	470	$36,500	$17.60	$40,500	$19.50	84.7%
South Bend	850	$37,700	$18.10	$42,000	$20.20	18.6%
Terre Haute	700	$35,400	$17.00	$39,700	$19.10	84.2%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	150	$36,000	$17.30	$39,900	$19.20	-36.1%
Cedar Rapids	510	$37,700	$18.10	$45,000	$21.60	-33%
Davenport	980	$36,400	$17.50	$39,300	$18.90	-3.8%
Des Moines	960	$38,700	$18.60	$42,400	$20.40	-46.7%
Dubuque	290	$38,300	$18.40	$42,300	$20.30	2.7%
Iowa City	220	$40,100	$19.30	$44,600	$21.40	-53.2%
Sioux City	380	$34,500	$16.60	$37,800	$18.20	-6.2%
Waterloo	600	$35,200	$16.90	$39,600	$19.00	25.2%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	130	$36,700	$17.60	$40,000	$19.20	-50.2%
Topeka	1,030	$37,200	$17.90	$41,100	$19.80	68.6%
Wichita	1,430	$37,200	$17.90	$41,100	$19.80	-13.4%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	160	$35,300	$17.00	$39,100	$18.80	-48.5%
Elizabethtown	270	$35,700	$17.20	$39,700	$19.10	11.7%
Lexington	1,180	$38,100	$18.30	$42,700	$20.50	-12.4%
Louisville	3,140	$37,600	$18.10	$41,900	$20.20	-5.3%
Owensboro	310	$35,800	$17.20	$39,200	$18.80	16.5%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	800	$34,800	$16.70	$40,400	$19.40	127.5%
Baton Rouge	3,010	$35,600	$17.10	$39,900	$19.20	48%
Houma	830	$40,900	$19.70	$49,000	$23.50	56.7%
Lafayette	1,530	$36,600	$17.60	$42,700	$20.50	87.4%
Lake Charles	840	$36,900	$17.70	$41,700	$20.10	68.2%
Monroe	950	$33,600	$16.20	$39,300	$18.90	126.4%
New Orleans	4,740	$40,800	$19.60	$46,300	$22.30	66.9%
Shreveport	2,080	$36,900	$17.80	$41,900	$20.20	115.2%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	170	$39,500	$19.00	$42,300	$20.30	-51.8%
Lewiston	220	$38,400	$18.50	$41,500	$19.90	-18.7%
Portland	520	$44,300	$21.30	$50,000	$24.00	-52.7%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	5,680	$50,500	$24.30	$58,000	$27.90	-19.1%
Cumberland	330	$36,400	$17.50	$40,800	$19.60	56.2%
Hagerstown	610	$42,400	$20.40	$47,200	$22.70	13.8%
Salisbury	360	$47,800	$23.00	$55,400	$26.60	20.9%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	520	$51,600	$24.80	$61,600	$29.60	-1.9%
Boston (Area)	11,900	$48,200	$23.20	$54,800	$26.40	-2%
Pittsfield	220	$44,100	$21.20	$49,200	$23.70	14%
Springfield	1,770	$49,900	$24.00	$57,300	$27.60	10.2%
Worcester	1,890	$51,300	$24.70	$57,500	$27.70	14%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	770	$45,600	$21.90	$50,400	$24.20	-27.9%
Battle Creek	300	$41,300	$19.90	$45,800	$22.00	2.5%
Bay City	290	$39,000	$18.80	$44,000	$21.20	48.1%
Detroit (Area)	6,690	$47,800	$23.00	$54,300	$26.10	-33.1%
Flint	690	$40,600	$19.50	$49,100	$23.60	-8.2%
Grand Rapids	2,460	$38,100	$18.30	$43,100	$20.70	21.2%
Holland	410	$39,400	$18.90	$46,300	$22.30	-26.2%
Jackson	360	$42,900	$20.60	$47,100	$22.70	21.7%
Kalamazoo	430	$39,500	$19.00	$44,400	$21.30	-42.8%
Lansing	650	$42,000	$20.20	$46,900	$22.50	-42%
Monroe	230	$43,800	$21.10	$49,400	$23.70	7.3%
Muskegon	390	$41,300	$19.80	$46,300	$22.30	17.1%
Niles	490	$36,600	$17.60	$43,400	$20.90	47.7%
Saginaw	260	$43,200	$20.80	$48,100	$23.10	-42.2%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	1,380	$37,100	$17.90	$41,800	$20.10	99.8%
Minneapolis	8,500	$42,000	$20.20	$46,700	$22.40	-11.9%
Rochester	970	$41,300	$19.80	$45,400	$21.80	68.5%
St. Cloud	1,040	$37,400	$18.00	$41,200	$19.80	94.5%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	480	$33,100	$15.90	$41,000	$19.70	-16%
Hattiesburg	540	$31,900	$15.30	$36,300	$17.40	71.8%
Jackson	2,400	$35,600	$17.10	$40,600	$19.50	75.2%
Pascagoula	330	$31,600	$15.20	$37,600	$18.10	6.7%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	820	$34,800	$16.70	$39,000	$18.80	77.7%
Jefferson City	570	$32,700	$15.70	$37,000	$17.80	25.4%
Joplin	700	$27,900	$13.40	$32,300	$15.50	63.6%
Kansas City	5,000	$37,700	$18.10	$41,900	$20.10	-9.2%
Springfield	1,600	$31,800	$15.30	$36,700	$17.70	52.9%
St. Joseph	500	$35,100	$16.90	$39,600	$19.00	75.8%
St. Louis	7,000	$38,500	$18.50	$43,300	$20.80	-3.5%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Great Falls	290	$37,500	$18.00	$41,600	$20.00	42.6%
Missoula	310	$33,800	$16.20	$38,200	$18.40	0.8%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	780	$36,100	$17.40	$42,700	$20.50	-14.2%
Omaha	1,930	$38,300	$18.40	$43,000	$20.70	-23.5%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Carson City	110	$48,700	$23.40	$53,400	$25.70	-29.7%
Las Vegas	1,590	$48,700	$23.40	$53,900	$25.90	-66.9%
Reno	340	$46,400	$22.30	$51,200	$24.60	-69.1%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	600	$43,500	$20.90	$50,600	$24.30	8%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	480	$44,000	$21.10	$49,100	$23.60	-37.8%
Ocean City	250	$48,100	$23.10	$52,600	$25.30	16.5%
Trenton	920	$46,700	$22.50	$53,200	$25.60	-23.5%
Vineland	590	$47,200	$22.70	$51,700	$24.90	75.7%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	2,820	$52,000	$25.00	$64,400	$30.90	32.4%
Farmington	190	$45,100	$21.70	$50,000	$24.00	-34.7%
Las Cruces	200	$41,600	$20.00	$46,700	$22.50	-44.7%
Santa Fe	390	$42,700	$20.50	$48,100	$23.10	10.1%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	2,500	$38,600	$18.50	$44,600	$21.50	3%
Binghamton	730	$36,400	$17.50	$41,200	$19.80	18.1%
Buffalo	4,020	$36,100	$17.30	$40,500	$19.50	35%
Elmira	410	$30,200	$14.50	$33,500	$16.10	98.5%
Glens Falls	550	$35,900	$17.30	$39,700	$19.10	89.6%
Ithaca	190	$39,400	$18.90	$42,800	$20.60	-33.3%
Kingston	560	$39,100	$18.80	$46,000	$22.10	69%
New York (Area)	31,150	$49,400	$23.80	$55,700	$26.80	-27.1%
Poughkeepsie	1,470	$41,700	$20.10	$47,000	$22.60	7.5%
Rochester	3,730	$37,700	$18.10	$42,400	$20.40	36.5%
Syracuse	2,670	$34,300	$16.50	$39,500	$19.00	56.4%
Utica	1,880	$34,300	$16.50	$39,000	$18.80	166%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	1,050	$39,700	$19.10	$45,800	$22.00	11.4%
Burlington	190	$43,200	$20.80	$48,100	$23.10	-40.5%
Charlotte	2,530	$40,900	$19.70	$47,000	$22.60	-45.9%
Durham	850	$42,300	$20.40	$47,200	$22.70	-44.6%
Fayetteville	1,150	$40,800	$19.60	$46,000	$22.10	63.7%
Goldsboro	330	$39,100	$18.80	$44,400	$21.30	33.3%
Greensboro	1,200	$39,800	$19.20	$45,600	$21.90	-38.4%
Greenville	400	$37,400	$18.00	$42,300	$20.30	-1%
Hickory	680	$41,100	$19.80	$46,200	$22.20	-15.1%
Jacksonville	130	$32,000	$15.40	$39,400	$18.90	-47.9%
Raleigh	1,890	$39,700	$19.10	$45,700	$22.00	-32.3%
Rocky Mount	210	$41,800	$20.10	$48,000	$23.10	-37%
Wilmington	750	$38,400	$18.50	$42,400	$20.40	-3.2%
Winston-Salem	1,140	$38,300	$18.40	$42,800	$20.60	-0%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	370	$36,900	$17.70	$40,400	$19.40	9.3%
Fargo	1,270	$33,300	$16.00	$37,800	$18.20	89.7%
Grand Forks	570	$34,100	$16.40	$38,300	$18.40	112.3%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	2,300	$39,300	$18.90	$43,300	$20.80	28.1%
Canton	1,720	$37,100	$17.80	$40,500	$19.50	85.5%
Cincinnati	6,420	$42,200	$20.30	$47,600	$22.90	15.7%
Cleveland	8,090	$43,400	$20.90	$47,700	$22.90	44.5%
Columbus	5,380	$41,100	$19.70	$46,700	$22.50	6.3%
Dayton	2,760	$40,600	$19.50	$45,700	$22.00	33.1%
Lima	640	$36,600	$17.60	$40,800	$19.60	125.6%
Mansfield	670	$36,800	$17.70	$39,800	$19.10	127.9%
Sandusky	540	$37,800	$18.20	$45,000	$21.60	184.2%
Springfield	560	$38,000	$18.30	$43,700	$21.00	110.2%
Toledo	2,230	$39,700	$19.10	$44,700	$21.50	36.3%
Youngstown	2,320	$36,000	$17.30	$39,800	$19.20	89.1%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	720	$31,800	$15.30	$36,300	$17.40	215.4%
Oklahoma City	5,140	$32,800	$15.80	$38,200	$18.30	63.3%
Tulsa	3,180	$32,800	$15.80	$37,500	$18.00	34.8%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	70	$42,800	$20.60	$47,500	$22.90	-79%
Corvallis	40	$47,200	$22.70	$50,600	$24.30	-78.3%
Eugene	360	$42,600	$20.50	$48,000	$23.10	-53.9%
Medford	190	$44,400	$21.30	$49,500	$23.80	-56.6%
Portland	1,190	$46,900	$22.50	$51,700	$24.90	-78.5%
Salem	270	$44,800	$21.50	$49,600	$23.90	-67.2%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	2,380	$41,600	$20.00	$47,600	$22.90	29.2%
Altoona	710	$35,200	$16.90	$40,300	$19.40	121.5%
Erie	820	$37,400	$18.00	$43,900	$21.10	17.1%
Harrisburg	1,570	$41,900	$20.20	$47,800	$23.00	-9.2%
Johnstown	320	$35,300	$17.00	$40,300	$19.40	0.3%
Lancaster	2,060	$39,800	$19.10	$45,100	$21.70	62.5%
Lebanon	610	$40,000	$19.20	$45,200	$21.70	131.8%
Philadelphia (Area)	15,730	$48,900	$23.50	$55,700	$26.80	3.3%
Pittsburgh	6,300	$39,500	$19.00	$45,300	$21.80	1.3%
Reading	1,320	$43,800	$21.10	$51,800	$24.90	45.5%
Scranton	2,350	$37,900	$18.20	$43,600	$21.00	66.9%
State College	390	$31,900	$15.30	$37,900	$18.20	4.6%
Williamsport	500	$36,500	$17.50	$40,500	$19.50	78.3%
York	1,080	$40,500	$19.50	$48,700	$23.40	11.9%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	3,090	$47,900	$23.00	$54,200	$26.10	36.8%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	270	$35,600	$17.10	$39,500	$19.00	-16.9%
Charleston	1,210	$39,300	$18.90	$43,500	$20.90	-22.8%
Columbia	1,920	$39,000	$18.80	$45,000	$21.60	2.7%
Florence	1,010	$36,000	$17.30	$41,800	$20.10	126.3%
Greenville	1,170	$38,400	$18.50	$43,400	$20.90	-29.4%
Myrtle Beach	600	$34,600	$16.60	$38,500	$18.50	-3.7%
Spartanburg	650	$37,400	$18.00	$41,600	$20.00	0.6%
Sumter	200	$37,300	$17.90	$40,600	$19.50	6.5%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	320	$35,300	$17.00	$40,000	$19.20	-3.8%
Sioux Falls	680	$33,500	$16.10	$38,200	$18.40	-9.2%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	1,920	$35,800	$17.20	$40,100	$19.30	54.3%
Clarksville	620	$36,300	$17.50	$40,000	$19.20	43.7%
Cleveland	420	$35,200	$16.90	$39,400	$19.00	110.3%
Jackson	770	$32,200	$15.50	$37,300	$18.00	142.8%
Johnson City	1,040	$33,100	$15.90	$37,600	$18.10	145.8%
Kingsport	1,370	$30,400	$14.60	$34,900	$16.80	112.4%
Knoxville	2,530	$33,200	$16.00	$37,500	$18.00	40.2%
Memphis	4,540	$40,700	$19.60	$48,400	$23.30	34.5%
Morristown	500	$33,900	$16.30	$36,900	$17.80	98.5%
Nashville	5,370	$38,500	$18.50	$43,400	$20.90	33.8%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	1,010	$35,400	$17.00	$39,400	$19.00	186.1%
Amarillo	870	$36,600	$17.60	$41,100	$19.80	42.8%
Austin	2,690	$41,800	$20.10	$48,800	$23.50	-37.3%
Beaumont	1,190	$35,100	$16.90	$39,900	$19.20	33.4%
Brownsville	1,020	$41,200	$19.80	$49,000	$23.60	48.4%
College Station	610	$39,400	$19.00	$47,100	$22.70	20.2%
Corpus Christi	1,410	$37,400	$18.00	$41,900	$20.10	42.6%
Dallas (Area)	14,610	$43,300	$20.80	$50,800	$24.40	-10.3%
El Paso	1,230	$40,600	$19.50	$49,900	$24.00	-18.3%
Houston	11,540	$42,700	$20.50	$49,100	$23.60	-19.3%
Killeen	1,340	$38,400	$18.50	$43,400	$20.90	97.9%
Laredo	500	$43,400	$20.90	$50,800	$24.40	3.8%
Longview	1,240	$39,600	$19.10	$46,200	$22.20	135.6%
Lubbock	1,000	$38,200	$18.40	$45,500	$21.90	45%
McAllen	1,590	$47,900	$23.00	$54,700	$26.30	29.7%
Midland	390	$37,000	$17.80	$42,800	$20.60	3.8%
Odessa	280	$37,300	$17.90	$44,100	$21.20	-16.1%
San Angelo	620	$35,300	$17.00	$42,100	$20.20	155.5%
San Antonio	6,370	$38,900	$18.70	$45,100	$21.70	36.5%
Sherman	780	$38,800	$18.70	$46,900	$22.60	240.3%
Texarkana	690	$32,300	$15.50	$37,500	$18.00	130.3%
Tyler	1,230	$40,400	$19.40	$46,000	$22.10	137.9%
Victoria	810	$34,100	$16.40	$38,800	$18.70	204.5%
Waco	800	$40,200	$19.30	$44,900	$21.60	44.3%
Wichita Falls	690	$33,400	$16.00	$37,200	$17.90	116.6%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	100	$32,800	$15.80	$38,800	$18.70	-61.5%
Ogden	330	$40,600	$19.50	$49,000	$23.50	-69.2%
Provo	480	$35,900	$17.30	$42,400	$20.40	-49.8%
Salt Lake City	980	$42,300	$20.30	$50,400	$24.20	-71.1%
St. George	90	$42,200	$20.30	$49,300	$23.70	-65.6%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	500	$43,800	$21.10	$48,600	$23.40	-19.3%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	450	$31,800	$15.30	$37,300	$17.90	27.8%
Charlottesville	770	$37,800	$18.20	$43,200	$20.80	47.9%
Danville	170	$35,600	$17.10	$43,400	$20.90	-24.4%
Harrisonburg	350	$38,900	$18.70	$44,600	$21.50	7.3%
Lynchburg	670	$37,300	$17.90	$41,600	$20.00	19.6%
Richmond	3,950	$40,100	$19.30	$45,300	$21.80	18.9%
Roanoke	1,130	$37,000	$17.80	$41,200	$19.80	32.5%
Virginia Beach	4,280	$35,800	$17.20	$39,700	$19.10	4.4%
Winchester	250	$38,400	$18.50	$44,700	$21.50	-14.6%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	400	$39,400	$19.00	$43,400	$20.90	-6.6%
Bremerton	350	$42,500	$20.50	$47,100	$22.60	-21.9%
Kennewick	260	$40,200	$19.30	$46,200	$22.20	-49.9%
Longview	120	$42,000	$20.20	$46,600	$22.40	-38.9%
Mount Vernon	240	$40,500	$19.50	$47,700	$22.90	-2%
Olympia	310	$43,600	$21.00	$48,800	$23.50	-42.2%
Seattle (Area)	4,990	$45,400	$21.80	$50,400	$24.20	-19%
Spokane	1,350	$44,600	$21.40	$54,200	$26.00	18.3%
Wenatchee	120	$42,100	$20.30	$47,100	$22.60	-47.8%
Yakima	310	$43,700	$21.00	$48,100	$23.10	-30.9%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	770	$32,300	$15.50	$36,800	$17.70	-5.3%
Huntington	1,220	$31,800	$15.30	$37,100	$17.80	98%
Morgantown	560	$32,000	$15.40	$36,000	$17.30	78.1%
Parkersburg	640	$30,600	$14.70	$34,000	$16.40	67.8%
Weirton	480	$35,100	$16.90	$38,900	$18.70	101.8%
Wheeling	760	$30,800	$14.80	$34,700	$16.70	111.7%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	340	$40,000	$19.20	$44,200	$21.30	-47.5%
Eau Claire	330	$37,300	$18.00	$40,900	$19.70	-21.5%
Fond du Lac	260	$38,200	$18.40	$41,800	$20.10	8.7%
Green Bay	640	$37,700	$18.10	$42,900	$20.60	-30.2%
Janesville	290	$38,600	$18.60	$43,500	$20.90	-15.6%
La Crosse	470	$39,100	$18.80	$43,800	$21.10	19%
Madison	1,160	$41,900	$20.20	$46,700	$22.50	-37%
Milwaukee	3,010	$45,300	$21.80	$51,800	$24.90	-34.1%
Oshkosh	240	$38,500	$18.50	$43,600	$20.90	-50.7%
Racine	290	$41,000	$19.70	$46,800	$22.50	-29.7%
Sheboygan	190	$37,000	$17.80	$40,700	$19.60	-42.9%
Wausau	150	$36,000	$17.30	$40,700	$19.50	-59.3%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	60	$44,400	$21.30	$49,200	$23.70	-71%
Cheyenne	190	$40,100	$19.30	$46,700	$22.50	-22.6%