Nursery School Teachers

Median Salary: $24,500

Many nursery school teachers across the nation share a handful of important professional attributes. For example, integrity, cooperation, and social orientation can be vital for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 389,660 people were working as nursery school teachers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's essential to utilize these traits and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're aiming to move up in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for nursery school teachers in the U.S. was $24,500 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $11.80. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about nursery school teachers, including wages and job density for areas all over the nation.

Nursery school teachers should be skilled in:

  • Problem Sensitivity
  • Oral Comprehension
  • Originality
  • Written Comprehension
  • Inductive Reasoning

Different people go into different careers; nursery school teachers are typically:

  • Social
  • Artistic
  • Enterprising

Working as a nursery school teacher requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Psychology
  • Education and Training
  • English Language
  • Public Safety and Security

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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 working as nursery school teachers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of nursery school teachers 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
Auburn 150 $23,700 $11.40 $26,200 $12.60 7.2%
Birmingham 490 $21,700 $10.40 $25,300 $12.20 -67%
Dothan 40 $24,600 $11.80 $32,100 $15.50 -78.9%
Florence 50 $24,800 $11.90 $29,900 $14.40 -64.1%
Huntsville NA $28,000 $13.50 $30,600 $14.70 NA
Mobile NA $30,000 $14.40 $33,700 $16.20 NA
Montgomery 230 $21,400 $10.30 $23,700 $11.40 -53.4%
Tuscaloosa 120 $24,500 $11.80 $27,900 $13.40 -55.9%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anchorage 300 $24,600 $11.80 $29,100 $14.00 -39.5%
Fairbanks 60 $24,500 $11.80 $35,900 $17.30 -47.6%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 150 $22,800 $11.00 $32,400 $15.60 -10.9%
Lake Havasu City 150 $21,500 $10.30 $23,500 $11.30 8.8%
Phoenix 5,000 $21,500 $10.30 $27,300 $13.10 -4.9%
Prescott 180 $18,200 $8.70 $19,700 $9.50 3.5%
Tucson 1,580 $24,000 $11.50 $31,000 $14.90 46.3%
Yuma 180 $23,900 $11.50 $27,900 $13.40 0.7%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 600 $27,200 $13.10 $33,000 $15.90 2.5%
Fort Smith 240 $23,200 $11.20 $34,500 $16.60 -32.3%
Hot Springs 130 $18,400 $8.90 $22,100 $10.60 23.1%
Jonesboro 160 $22,000 $10.60 $33,000 $15.90 15.4%
Little Rock 1,360 $18,000 $8.60 $23,300 $11.20 37.6%
Pine Bluff 90 $27,900 $13.40 $36,700 $17.70 -16.6%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 800 $23,100 $11.10 $31,200 $15.00 0.9%
Chico 430 $20,200 $9.70 $23,700 $11.40 108.8%
El Centro 160 $26,200 $12.60 $35,300 $17.00 8.2%
Fresno 960 $21,600 $10.40 $27,400 $13.20 -0.9%
Hanford 110 $24,100 $11.60 $29,200 $14.10 -2.2%
Los Angeles (Area) 17,350 $28,300 $13.60 $34,900 $16.80 2.1%
Madera 170 $27,200 $13.10 $32,200 $15.50 49.1%
Merced 140 $26,800 $12.90 $35,000 $16.90 -19.8%
Modesto 440 $25,100 $12.10 $34,900 $16.80 -4.8%
Napa 170 $30,300 $14.60 $34,500 $16.60 -10.2%
Oakland 4,610 $30,300 $14.60 $35,900 $17.30 56.2%
Oxnard 1,160 $26,000 $12.50 $31,800 $15.30 32.9%
Redding 100 $26,900 $12.90 $32,300 $15.50 -46.7%
Riverside 3,940 $25,100 $12.10 $30,900 $14.90 10.4%
Sacramento 2,720 $24,900 $12.00 $29,000 $14.00 7.2%
Salinas 500 $34,800 $16.70 $50,300 $24.20 7.2%
San Diego 3,320 $28,000 $13.50 $33,200 $16.00 -13%
San Francisco (Area) 8,030 $33,200 $16.00 $39,700 $19.10 36.4%
San Francisco (City) 3,420 $36,100 $17.30 $43,500 $20.90 16.6%
San Jose 4,060 $34,100 $16.40 $41,000 $19.70 53.2%
San Luis Obispo 400 $25,100 $12.10 $29,300 $14.10 34.1%
Santa Barbara 360 $30,500 $14.70 $36,000 $17.30 -30%
Santa Cruz 420 $28,000 $13.50 $32,200 $15.50 66.8%
Santa Rosa 500 $29,500 $14.20 $33,200 $16.00 -5.1%
Stockton 1,000 $29,000 $14.00 $37,000 $17.80 60.1%
Vallejo 340 $25,800 $12.40 $29,700 $14.30 -6.2%
Visalia 400 $26,200 $12.60 $31,400 $15.10 1.4%
Yuba City 270 $31,300 $15.00 $35,800 $17.20 139%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 1,050 $32,900 $15.80 $53,500 $25.70 125.4%
Colorado Springs 570 $28,900 $13.90 $39,800 $19.10 -22.9%
Denver 2,560 $24,700 $11.90 $31,600 $15.20 -29.7%
Fort Collins 400 $27,400 $13.20 $32,400 $15.60 3.1%
Grand Junction 130 $19,000 $9.20 $28,700 $13.80 -31.8%
Greeley 300 $24,800 $11.90 $30,400 $14.60 26.1%
Pueblo 100 $20,000 $9.60 $35,900 $17.20 -37.7%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 2,220 $27,800 $13.40 $34,000 $16.40 59.1%
Hartford 2,610 $25,400 $12.20 $30,200 $14.50 55.5%
New Haven 1,290 $27,400 $13.20 $33,700 $16.20 33.3%
Norwich 290 $28,500 $13.70 $35,300 $17.00 -27.7%
Delaware
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Dover 260 $20,300 $9.80 $24,000 $11.60 48.3%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Washington (Area) 10,650 $27,100 $13.00 $32,700 $15.70 22%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 580 $23,700 $11.40 $32,700 $15.70 -21.1%
Cape Coral 410 $23,400 $11.30 $27,100 $13.00 -31.4%
Deltona 240 $22,700 $10.90 $26,200 $12.60 -47.1%
Fort Walton Beach 330 $20,300 $9.80 $22,500 $10.80 42.9%
Gainesville 450 $19,000 $9.10 $24,000 $11.50 25.3%
Jacksonville 1,830 $21,500 $10.40 $25,200 $12.10 5.6%
Lakeland 400 $21,100 $10.20 $25,400 $12.20 -31.3%
Miami (Area) 6,710 $24,200 $11.60 $29,900 $14.40 8%
Naples 330 $23,100 $11.10 $27,900 $13.40 -3%
Ocala 300 $19,200 $9.20 $22,400 $10.80 5.6%
Orlando 2,460 $22,900 $11.00 $29,300 $14.10 -16.7%
Palm Bay 470 $21,500 $10.40 $25,300 $12.20 -18.6%
Panama City 250 $18,400 $8.90 $23,400 $11.30 20.4%
Pensacola 420 $20,000 $9.60 $25,000 $12.00 -7.6%
Port St. Lucie 330 $20,600 $9.90 $25,000 $12.00 -9.3%
Sebastian 150 $20,800 $10.00 $24,600 $11.80 7%
Tallahassee 260 $25,700 $12.30 $37,800 $18.20 -45.9%
Tampa 2,490 $21,600 $10.40 $26,100 $12.60 -26.3%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 450 $18,800 $9.00 $26,800 $12.90 149.3%
Athens 270 $17,900 $8.60 $20,100 $9.70 13.6%
Atlanta 8,740 $20,000 $9.60 $27,100 $13.00 27.9%
Augusta 820 $21,600 $10.40 $43,200 $20.80 34.6%
Brunswick 240 $18,700 $9.00 $30,100 $14.50 99.5%
Columbus 580 $16,800 $8.10 $19,300 $9.30 71.2%
Dalton 130 $21,700 $10.40 $29,800 $14.30 -32.5%
Gainesville NA $18,500 $8.90 $19,800 $9.50 NA
Hinesville NA $19,500 $9.40 $26,100 $12.60 NA
Macon 330 $21,200 $10.20 $25,300 $12.20 14.9%
Savannah 560 $17,500 $8.40 $23,100 $11.10 25.5%
Valdosta 160 $16,700 $8.00 $27,900 $13.40 2.7%
Warner Robins 210 $17,200 $8.30 $40,200 $19.30 27.4%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 1,500 $29,500 $14.20 $35,900 $17.30 16.7%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 240 $18,200 $8.70 $21,200 $10.20 -69%
Coeur d'Alene 80 $17,800 $8.50 $19,400 $9.30 -49.4%
Idaho Falls 150 $17,500 $8.40 $19,100 $9.20 4.6%
Lewiston NA $18,200 $8.80 $21,200 $10.20 NA
Pocatello NA $16,800 $8.10 $18,700 $9.00 NA
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 320 $20,200 $9.70 $25,400 $12.20 23.8%
Champaign 310 $23,600 $11.30 $32,800 $15.80 2.8%
Chicago (Area) 10,750 $25,800 $12.40 $30,600 $14.70 -2%
Danville NA $20,000 $9.60 $23,800 $11.40 NA
Decatur 200 $22,900 $11.00 $28,600 $13.80 15.1%
Kankakee 160 $33,500 $16.10 $39,100 $18.80 31.6%
Peoria 650 $22,800 $11.00 $30,200 $14.50 27.7%
Rockford 280 $20,300 $9.80 $25,400 $12.20 -35.1%
Springfield 220 $21,900 $10.50 $24,100 $11.60 -30.1%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 50 $25,400 $12.20 $29,200 $14.00 -59.4%
Bloomington 160 $20,400 $9.80 $26,000 $12.50 -29.7%
Columbus NA $22,800 $11.00 $28,800 $13.80 NA
Elkhart 120 $21,000 $10.10 $25,300 $12.20 -59.2%
Evansville 250 $20,800 $10.00 $26,000 $12.50 -49.1%
Fort Wayne 650 $22,800 $11.00 $25,800 $12.40 7.9%
Indianapolis 1,520 $22,900 $11.00 $27,800 $13.40 -41.5%
Kokomo 60 $20,300 $9.80 $34,100 $16.40 -46.6%
Lafayette 120 $24,400 $11.70 $29,500 $14.20 -51.8%
Michigan City 100 $22,000 $10.60 $28,400 $13.60 -24.2%
Muncie 130 $18,600 $8.90 $23,800 $11.40 -3%
South Bend 330 $25,100 $12.10 $30,600 $14.70 -13.5%
Terre Haute 110 $22,000 $10.60 $26,700 $12.80 -45.6%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 120 $19,100 $9.20 $21,500 $10.30 -1.5%
Cedar Rapids NA $20,500 $9.90 $25,900 $12.50 NA
Davenport 360 $21,300 $10.20 $26,400 $12.70 -33.6%
Des Moines 1,170 $22,400 $10.80 $34,300 $16.50 22.2%
Dubuque 140 $18,500 $8.90 $27,300 $13.10 -7.7%
Iowa City NA $23,400 $11.20 $26,000 $12.50 NA
Sioux City 120 $19,600 $9.40 $24,800 $11.90 -45.1%
Waterloo 140 $25,300 $12.20 $32,900 $15.80 -45.7%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 160 $35,300 $17.00 $43,700 $21.00 16.2%
Topeka 190 $26,200 $12.60 $43,200 $20.80 -42.3%
Wichita 290 $27,800 $13.40 $41,600 $20.00 -66.9%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 100 $20,500 $9.90 $34,000 $16.40 -41.2%
Elizabethtown 110 $20,400 $9.80 $32,200 $15.50 -15%
Lexington 730 $21,800 $10.50 $27,800 $13.40 1.2%
Louisville 1,700 $19,400 $9.30 $30,400 $14.60 -4.1%
Owensboro 40 $43,600 $21.00 $51,100 $24.60 -70.2%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 180 $21,000 $10.10 $24,200 $11.60 -6%
Baton Rouge 1,190 $17,300 $8.30 $20,800 $10.00 9.4%
Lafayette 520 $17,700 $8.50 $21,600 $10.40 19.9%
Lake Charles 230 $16,300 $7.80 $21,500 $10.30 -14.5%
Monroe 130 $17,600 $8.50 $19,400 $9.30 -42.1%
New Orleans 640 $25,600 $12.30 $33,200 $16.00 -57.8%
Shreveport 290 $15,900 $7.70 $19,200 $9.30 -44%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 90 $25,800 $12.40 $32,800 $15.80 -49.4%
Lewiston 140 $26,600 $12.80 $31,300 $15.00 -3.7%
Portland 560 $24,300 $11.70 $29,200 $14.10 -3.4%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 3,370 $25,400 $12.20 $34,000 $16.30 -10.3%
Cumberland 80 $31,700 $15.30 $42,900 $20.60 -26.7%
Hagerstown 240 $28,800 $13.90 $37,000 $17.80 -16%
Salisbury 200 $26,400 $12.70 $31,400 $15.10 22.4%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 380 $28,700 $13.80 $42,800 $20.60 32.8%
Boston (Area) 11,120 $28,300 $13.60 $33,700 $16.20 63.6%
Pittsfield 180 $23,400 $11.20 $26,200 $12.60 72.6%
Springfield 1,120 $24,400 $11.70 $29,700 $14.30 30.3%
Worcester 1,140 $26,300 $12.60 $32,300 $15.60 31.4%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 210 $26,800 $12.90 $32,400 $15.60 -63.8%
Battle Creek 170 $23,800 $11.40 $29,500 $14.20 7.2%
Bay City 40 NA NA NA NA -64.3%
Detroit (Area) 2,930 $32,900 $15.80 $42,600 $20.50 -44.8%
Flint 430 $20,100 $9.70 $27,900 $13.40 8.3%
Grand Rapids 530 $38,700 $18.60 $46,700 $22.50 -51%
Holland 290 $19,300 $9.30 $29,000 $14.00 -4.8%
Jackson 180 $31,500 $15.10 $36,900 $17.80 14.9%
Kalamazoo 190 $18,900 $9.10 $30,300 $14.60 -53.7%
Lansing 250 $32,200 $15.50 $37,400 $18.00 -58.6%
Monroe NA $24,600 $11.80 $36,400 $17.50 NA
Muskegon 80 $29,600 $14.20 $41,800 $20.10 -55.8%
Niles 50 $34,200 $16.50 $53,700 $25.80 -69%
Saginaw 180 $24,300 $11.70 $31,700 $15.20 -25.8%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 450 $29,100 $14.00 $40,100 $19.30 21.7%
Minneapolis 4,880 $28,300 $13.60 $33,200 $16.00 -5.5%
Rochester 210 $28,700 $13.80 $33,400 $16.00 -32.9%
St. Cloud 280 $19,800 $9.50 $24,700 $11.90 -3.2%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 150 $22,100 $10.60 $27,200 $13.10 -50%
Hattiesburg 150 $18,800 $9.00 $25,100 $12.10 -9.7%
Jackson 650 $19,700 $9.50 $30,200 $14.50 -11.7%
Pascagoula 120 $22,600 $10.90 $25,800 $12.40 -27.1%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 440 $19,100 $9.20 $25,100 $12.10 76.5%
Jefferson City 290 $18,900 $9.10 $28,800 $13.90 19%
Joplin 170 $22,300 $10.70 $26,700 $12.90 -25.8%
Kansas City 2,600 $22,600 $10.80 $31,000 $14.90 -11.9%
Springfield 410 $18,200 $8.80 $23,200 $11.20 -25.8%
St. Joseph 240 $23,500 $11.30 $29,300 $14.10 57.6%
St. Louis 4,760 $21,600 $10.40 $25,800 $12.40 22.7%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 70 $25,200 $12.10 $29,900 $14.40 -72.7%
Great Falls 80 $20,900 $10.10 $25,400 $12.20 -28.9%
Missoula 90 $21,200 $10.20 $28,200 $13.60 -43.6%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lincoln 290 $19,700 $9.50 $23,100 $11.10 -40.8%
Omaha 1,600 $20,700 $9.90 $26,800 $12.90 18.8%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Carson City 40 $19,500 $9.40 $26,900 $12.90 -55%
Las Vegas 2,150 $21,600 $10.40 $26,300 $12.60 -16%
Reno 470 $22,800 $11.00 $26,400 $12.70 -20.1%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Manchester 510 $26,200 $12.60 $29,500 $14.20 71%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Atlantic City 250 $27,200 $13.10 $35,600 $17.10 -40.3%
Ocean City 30 $47,200 $22.70 $56,200 $27.00 -72.2%
Trenton 910 $27,200 $13.10 $37,500 $18.00 41.7%
Vineland 180 $44,800 $21.50 $52,500 $25.20 2.6%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque 1,000 $19,500 $9.40 $29,100 $14.00 -11.9%
Farmington NA $18,900 $9.10 $20,200 $9.70 NA
Las Cruces 140 $31,000 $14.90 $38,000 $18.30 -28%
Santa Fe 180 $28,200 $13.60 $37,500 $18.10 -4.1%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 1,170 $24,700 $11.90 $29,500 $14.20 -9.5%
Binghamton 460 $24,700 $11.90 $30,600 $14.70 38.6%
Buffalo 1,620 $22,600 $10.90 $31,800 $15.30 1.7%
Elmira 110 $21,500 $10.40 $37,600 $18.10 -3.4%
Glens Falls 160 $21,600 $10.40 $24,800 $11.90 2.4%
Ithaca 110 $26,100 $12.50 $31,200 $15.00 -26.6%
Kingston 210 $23,900 $11.50 $28,700 $13.80 17.6%
New York (Area) 28,650 $32,900 $15.80 $41,500 $20.00 15.7%
Poughkeepsie 930 $25,500 $12.30 $33,300 $16.00 26.8%
Rochester 1,950 $22,200 $10.70 $30,800 $14.80 33.8%
Syracuse 950 $21,400 $10.30 $26,000 $12.50 4%
Utica 370 $27,600 $13.30 $44,400 $21.30 -2.2%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 550 $20,400 $9.80 $27,500 $13.20 9.5%
Burlington 290 $19,000 $9.10 $21,200 $10.20 69.3%
Charlotte 4,290 $20,800 $10.00 $25,300 $12.20 71.8%
Durham 1,370 $23,400 $11.30 $29,000 $13.90 66.1%
Fayetteville 690 $18,600 $8.90 $21,000 $10.10 82.8%
Goldsboro 170 $18,300 $8.80 $23,400 $11.30 31.6%
Greensboro 1,130 $20,300 $9.70 $28,100 $13.50 8%
Greenville 590 $19,900 $9.50 $23,300 $11.20 171.5%
Hickory 340 $21,100 $10.20 $25,800 $12.40 -20.6%
Jacksonville 310 $17,800 $8.50 $19,800 $9.50 140.8%
Raleigh 3,500 $22,600 $10.90 $26,100 $12.50 135.3%
Rocky Mount 170 $20,300 $9.80 $23,300 $11.20 -1.8%
Wilmington 740 $18,700 $9.00 $20,700 $10.00 78%
Winston-Salem 530 $21,400 $10.30 $25,200 $12.10 -12.7%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fargo 370 $24,800 $11.90 $29,700 $14.30 1.9%
Grand Forks 80 $28,300 $13.60 $32,600 $15.70 -47.2%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 1,050 $20,700 $10.00 $24,500 $11.80 9.1%
Canton 350 $22,100 $10.60 $25,500 $12.20 -28.7%
Cincinnati 3,880 $22,700 $10.90 $27,900 $13.40 30.8%
Cleveland 4,670 $20,000 $9.60 $23,700 $11.40 56%
Columbus 3,720 $20,700 $9.90 $23,900 $11.50 37.3%
Dayton 1,290 $20,600 $9.90 $25,200 $12.10 16.4%
Lima 90 $19,300 $9.30 $22,900 $11.00 -41.6%
Mansfield 80 $18,800 $9.00 $29,500 $14.20 -49.9%
Sandusky 50 $22,100 $10.60 $25,400 $12.20 -52.9%
Springfield 130 $19,100 $9.20 $23,600 $11.30 -8.5%
Toledo 1,070 $19,600 $9.40 $24,300 $11.70 22.6%
Youngstown 530 $18,100 $8.70 $21,400 $10.30 -19.6%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton NA $22,500 $10.80 $35,700 $17.20 NA
Oklahoma City 1,650 $24,000 $11.60 $36,600 $17.60 -1.7%
Tulsa 1,170 $20,600 $9.90 $25,600 $12.30 -7.1%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 230 $23,000 $11.00 $25,300 $12.20 25.9%
Corvallis 100 $24,100 $11.60 $27,500 $13.20 -2%
Eugene 640 $23,400 $11.30 $28,900 $13.90 51.4%
Medford 270 $21,700 $10.40 $24,800 $11.90 14.8%
Portland 3,370 $23,300 $11.20 $29,400 $14.20 13.8%
Salem 650 $22,900 $11.00 $32,300 $15.50 47.9%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 1,070 $20,500 $9.90 $24,600 $11.80 8.3%
Altoona 90 $21,000 $10.10 $27,100 $13.00 -45.1%
Erie 540 $22,200 $10.70 $29,700 $14.30 42.7%
Harrisburg 540 $21,600 $10.40 $27,800 $13.40 -42.1%
Johnstown 90 $31,400 $15.10 $48,400 $23.30 -47.7%
Lancaster 500 $24,900 $12.00 $32,500 $15.60 -25.8%
Lebanon 120 $18,800 $9.10 $23,600 $11.40 -14.3%
Philadelphia (Area) 7,870 $24,500 $11.80 $30,000 $14.40 20%
Pittsburgh 1,750 $22,000 $10.60 $27,400 $13.20 -47.3%
Reading 380 $24,100 $11.60 $34,700 $16.70 -22.4%
Scranton 500 $25,000 $12.00 $29,000 $13.90 -34.1%
State College 190 $21,700 $10.50 $25,200 $12.10 -4%
Williamsport 90 $26,900 $13.00 $45,000 $21.60 -39.9%
York 470 $23,600 $11.30 $28,900 $13.90 -9%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 2,670 $24,400 $11.70 $29,000 $14.00 55.8%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson NA $23,500 $11.30 $39,500 $19.00 NA
Charleston 550 $20,700 $9.90 $25,100 $12.10 -34.6%
Columbia NA $18,000 $8.70 $27,300 $13.10 NA
Florence 70 $22,100 $10.60 $32,500 $15.60 -71.6%
Greenville 600 $21,000 $10.10 $22,900 $11.00 -32.9%
Myrtle Beach NA $18,800 $9.00 $28,800 $13.90 NA
Spartanburg 120 $35,700 $17.20 $44,900 $21.60 -65.6%
Sumter NA $33,200 $15.90 $37,300 $17.90 NA
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 110 $28,200 $13.60 $31,700 $15.20 -37.2%
Sioux Falls 330 $24,800 $11.90 $29,500 $14.20 -18.4%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 1,110 $20,200 $9.70 $33,400 $16.10 66.7%
Clarksville 280 $16,400 $7.90 $24,400 $11.70 19.7%
Cleveland NA $25,000 $12.00 $43,500 $20.90 NA
Jackson NA $21,100 $10.10 $37,100 $17.80 NA
Johnson City 100 $34,100 $16.40 $40,900 $19.60 -57.8%
Kingsport 350 $16,800 $8.10 $23,000 $11.10 1.7%
Knoxville 1,190 $18,200 $8.80 $22,400 $10.80 23.4%
Memphis 1,660 $18,800 $9.00 $24,700 $11.90 -8%
Morristown 170 $27,400 $13.20 $30,900 $14.80 30.4%
Nashville 2,250 $21,200 $10.20 $30,200 $14.50 4.9%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene NA $19,300 $9.30 $35,000 $16.80 NA
Amarillo NA $20,700 $10.00 $23,900 $11.50 NA
Austin 2,700 $21,400 $10.30 $27,000 $13.00 17.5%
Beaumont 440 $16,000 $7.70 $35,200 $16.90 -8.7%
Brownsville 510 $44,900 $21.60 $54,800 $26.40 39.2%
College Station 210 $20,700 $9.90 $35,100 $16.90 -23.5%
Corpus Christi 420 $18,500 $8.90 $32,800 $15.80 -21.3%
Dallas (Area) 8,030 $21,100 $10.10 $30,600 $14.70 -3.5%
El Paso 1,240 $18,300 $8.80 $32,200 $15.50 53.9%
Houston 9,000 $18,800 $9.00 $26,800 $12.90 17.7%
Killeen 600 $31,700 $15.20 $45,900 $22.10 66.3%
Laredo 310 $26,200 $12.60 $47,500 $22.90 19.5%
Longview 270 $23,500 $11.30 $40,900 $19.70 -3.3%
Lubbock 380 $17,600 $8.50 $25,200 $12.10 1.8%
McAllen 700 $42,400 $20.40 $64,300 $30.90 6.3%
Midland 180 $19,000 $9.10 $35,600 $17.10 -11.9%
Odessa 200 $22,700 $10.90 $37,000 $17.80 11.9%
San Angelo NA $15,800 $7.60 $18,000 $8.70 NA
San Antonio 2,860 $20,400 $9.80 $28,700 $13.80 14.5%
Sherman 70 $38,300 $18.40 $46,100 $22.20 -46.5%
Texarkana 150 $21,800 $10.50 $30,500 $14.70 -8.4%
Tyler 240 $17,400 $8.40 $20,700 $9.90 -11.6%
Victoria 50 $19,800 $9.50 $35,900 $17.30 -61.9%
Waco 210 $22,600 $10.90 $38,100 $18.30 -29.8%
Wichita Falls 110 $30,600 $14.70 $38,100 $18.30 -33.3%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 60 $19,700 $9.50 $26,800 $12.90 -56.4%
Ogden 300 $26,700 $12.90 $32,900 $15.80 -48.6%
Provo 290 $19,400 $9.30 $25,100 $12.10 -44.7%
Salt Lake City 640 $20,200 $9.70 $24,800 $11.90 -64.9%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 260 $25,900 $12.50 $31,200 $15.00 -22.4%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg NA $23,000 $11.00 $33,200 $15.90 NA
Charlottesville 370 $18,900 $9.10 $24,700 $11.90 32.1%
Danville 60 $27,700 $13.30 $36,800 $17.70 -45.9%
Harrisonburg 160 $19,000 $9.20 $24,900 $12.00 -7.8%
Lynchburg 270 $19,200 $9.30 $39,500 $19.00 -8.2%
Richmond 2,030 $21,200 $10.20 $25,000 $12.00 14.3%
Roanoke 630 $22,400 $10.80 $28,800 $13.90 37.1%
Virginia Beach 2,390 $18,400 $8.80 $24,000 $11.50 8.7%
Winchester 130 $30,800 $14.80 $42,600 $20.50 -17.6%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 130 $24,600 $11.80 $29,800 $14.30 -43.2%
Bremerton 80 $31,100 $14.90 $36,000 $17.30 -67.7%
Kennewick 160 $24,000 $11.50 $28,900 $13.90 -41.9%
Longview 100 $21,400 $10.30 $32,900 $15.80 -0.3%
Mount Vernon 80 $23,700 $11.40 $26,300 $12.70 -34.9%
Olympia 250 $25,100 $12.10 $33,000 $15.90 -12.5%
Seattle (Area) 4,100 $25,800 $12.40 $30,900 $14.90 -5.8%
Spokane 290 $24,400 $11.70 $32,700 $15.70 -52.9%
Wenatchee 80 $26,900 $12.90 $32,100 $15.50 -28.9%
Yakima 320 $24,000 $11.50 $30,000 $14.40 31.2%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 190 $20,700 $10.00 $29,700 $14.30 -55.9%
Huntington 190 $23,200 $11.10 $30,600 $14.70 -41.2%
Morgantown 250 $25,400 $12.20 $35,700 $17.20 50.4%
Parkersburg 150 $17,600 $8.50 $24,400 $11.80 -28.6%
Weirton 110 $28,300 $13.60 $44,500 $21.40 -16.5%
Wheeling 200 $22,700 $10.90 $25,400 $12.20 2.9%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 390 $25,200 $12.10 $34,800 $16.70 12.3%
Eau Claire 320 $17,900 $8.60 $19,700 $9.50 40.4%
Fond du Lac 180 $18,600 $8.90 $22,200 $10.70 43.6%
Green Bay 760 $21,500 $10.40 $26,300 $12.60 55.1%
Janesville 280 $21,300 $10.20 $24,700 $11.90 51.4%
La Crosse 200 $24,500 $11.80 $29,200 $14.10 -4%
Madison 1,160 $22,700 $10.90 $25,800 $12.40 17.8%
Milwaukee 3,980 $21,100 $10.20 $25,000 $12.00 63.2%
Oshkosh 290 $19,000 $9.20 $22,500 $10.80 12.6%
Racine 330 $22,100 $10.60 $25,400 $12.20 50.6%
Sheboygan 170 $22,400 $10.80 $28,700 $13.80 -4.2%
Wausau 240 $18,400 $8.80 $20,700 $9.90 20%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 60 $25,000 $12.00 $36,400 $17.50 -49.9%
Cheyenne 130 $21,400 $10.30 $25,700 $12.40 1.6%