Nursing Aides and Orderlies

Median Salary: $24,000

Many nursing aides and orderlies across the United States share a number of key professional characteristics. For example, cooperation, self control, and stress tolerance can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 1,438,010 folks were employed as nursing aides and orderlies nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to develop these attributes and receive formal training, particularly if you're aiming to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for nursing aides and orderlies in the U.S. was $24,000 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $11.60. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about nursing aides and orderlies, including wages and job density for areas all over the United States.

Nursing aides and orderlies should be skilled in:

  • Oral Comprehension
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Far Vision
  • Perceptual Speed

Different folks go into different careers; nursing aides and orderlies are typically:

  • Social
  • Realistic
  • Conventional

Working as a nursing aide or orderly requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • English Language
  • Psychology
  • Medicine and Dentistry

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks employed as nursing aides and orderlies). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of nursing aides and orderlies 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 570 $19,500 $9.40 $22,900 $11.00 11.8%
Auburn 490 $18,900 $9.10 $21,300 $10.20 -5.5%
Birmingham 5,510 $22,000 $10.60 $24,800 $11.90 1.2%
Decatur 390 $19,100 $9.20 $21,200 $10.20 -30.9%
Dothan 650 $18,900 $9.10 $21,700 $10.40 1.1%
Florence 660 $18,900 $9.10 $22,500 $10.80 19.7%
Gadsden 740 $19,100 $9.20 $24,000 $11.50 91.4%
Huntsville 1,500 $19,700 $9.50 $22,500 $10.80 -33.6%
Mobile 1,770 $20,200 $9.70 $23,200 $11.10 -6.8%
Montgomery 1,430 $19,800 $9.50 $22,700 $10.90 -20.2%
Tuscaloosa 1,210 $18,800 $9.00 $22,900 $11.00 21.7%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anchorage 1,140 $31,300 $15.10 $35,300 $17.00 -37.5%
Fairbanks 130 $32,600 $15.70 $36,900 $17.70 -66.5%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 250 $19,500 $9.40 $22,300 $10.70 -59.9%
Lake Havasu City 540 $22,800 $11.00 $25,900 $12.50 5.6%
Phoenix 11,390 $25,000 $12.00 $29,800 $14.30 -41.3%
Prescott 670 $25,500 $12.30 $29,800 $14.30 5.6%
Tucson 4,150 $24,600 $11.90 $28,100 $13.50 4.1%
Yuma 380 $24,200 $11.60 $27,700 $13.30 -40.5%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 1,770 $21,000 $10.10 $23,600 $11.30 -17.8%
Fort Smith 1,740 $18,700 $9.00 $20,700 $9.90 34.7%
Hot Springs 590 $20,600 $9.90 $23,200 $11.10 50%
Jonesboro 710 $20,300 $9.80 $23,000 $11.10 36.8%
Little Rock 5,240 $21,700 $10.50 $24,000 $11.60 43.9%
Pine Bluff 630 $20,100 $9.70 $22,600 $10.90 61.3%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 1,720 $23,500 $11.30 $28,500 $13.70 -41.2%
Chico 1,180 $22,500 $10.80 $25,500 $12.20 54.5%
El Centro 120 $23,400 $11.20 $26,000 $12.50 -79%
Fresno 2,310 $24,600 $11.80 $28,300 $13.60 -35%
Hanford 260 $22,600 $10.80 $26,200 $12.60 -39.6%
Los Angeles (Area) 40,360 $25,000 $12.00 $29,200 $14.00 -36.7%
Madera 420 $25,900 $12.40 $30,100 $14.50 -0.5%
Merced 480 $23,800 $11.40 $25,800 $12.40 -26.1%
Modesto 1,650 $26,100 $12.60 $30,000 $14.40 -4.3%
Napa NA $30,900 $14.90 $33,600 $16.20 NA
Oakland 8,870 $30,100 $14.50 $37,800 $18.20 -18.7%
Oxnard 1,390 $27,700 $13.30 $31,500 $15.20 -56.9%
Redding 650 $27,300 $13.10 $30,800 $14.80 -3.3%
Riverside 9,220 $24,200 $11.60 $28,300 $13.60 -30.1%
Sacramento 6,370 $28,400 $13.70 $33,100 $15.90 -32.1%
Salinas 890 $31,300 $15.00 $37,800 $18.20 -47.7%
San Diego 8,790 $24,000 $11.50 $28,200 $13.60 -37.6%
San Francisco (Area) 15,040 $31,500 $15.20 $42,400 $20.40 -30.8%
San Francisco (City) 6,170 $33,000 $15.80 $47,100 $22.60 -42.9%
San Jose 5,160 $30,200 $14.50 $37,500 $18.00 -47.2%
San Luis Obispo 830 $25,500 $12.20 $30,100 $14.50 -24%
Santa Barbara 1,190 $30,800 $14.80 $35,200 $16.90 -36.6%
Santa Cruz 610 $27,300 $13.10 $32,100 $15.40 -34.9%
Santa Rosa 990 $30,500 $14.70 $34,400 $16.50 -48.9%
Stockton 1,960 $25,600 $12.30 $30,200 $14.50 -14.5%
Vallejo 990 $25,500 $12.30 $30,600 $14.70 -26.3%
Visalia 1,170 $21,900 $10.50 $24,600 $11.80 -19.6%
Yuba City 440 $25,500 $12.30 $30,400 $14.60 4.8%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 1,170 $28,900 $13.90 $33,300 $16.00 -32.2%
Colorado Springs 1,850 $26,400 $12.70 $29,700 $14.30 -31.8%
Denver 9,850 $29,000 $13.90 $33,000 $15.80 -26.5%
Fort Collins 1,040 $23,400 $11.30 $27,200 $13.10 -26.5%
Grand Junction 790 $23,700 $11.40 $26,900 $12.90 13.8%
Greeley 860 $24,800 $11.90 $29,600 $14.20 -0.5%
Pueblo 790 $23,400 $11.30 $26,800 $12.90 27.3%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 7,070 $30,200 $14.50 $33,800 $16.30 68.9%
Hartford 8,290 $29,400 $14.20 $32,700 $15.70 34.1%
New Haven 5,940 $29,000 $14.00 $34,100 $16.40 60.2%
Norwich 1,650 $29,200 $14.00 $32,700 $15.70 11.5%
Delaware
City/Area Employees Median
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Dover 870 $27,000 $13.00 $31,400 $15.10 34%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Washington (Area) 18,630 $27,000 $13.00 $32,100 $15.50 -28.6%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 4,620 $24,800 $11.90 $28,600 $13.80 69.8%
Cape Coral 2,810 $24,700 $11.90 $28,100 $13.50 27%
Deltona 2,630 $23,200 $11.20 $26,200 $12.60 54%
Fort Walton Beach 540 $22,400 $10.80 $25,600 $12.30 -36.2%
Gainesville 1,750 $22,700 $10.90 $25,000 $12.00 31.3%
Jacksonville 6,160 $24,000 $11.60 $27,700 $13.30 -3.8%
Lakeland 3,040 $22,300 $10.70 $25,400 $12.20 41.6%
Miami (Area) 23,530 $22,500 $10.80 $25,600 $12.30 -0.6%
Naples 1,260 $26,800 $12.90 $30,500 $14.70 -0.2%
Ocala 1,540 $22,900 $11.00 $26,300 $12.70 48.2%
Orlando 9,570 $24,000 $11.50 $26,700 $12.80 -12.1%
Palm Bay 2,490 $23,100 $11.10 $25,700 $12.40 16%
Palm Coast NA $23,200 $11.20 $25,400 $12.20 NA
Panama City 650 $21,400 $10.30 $24,200 $11.60 -14.1%
Pensacola 1,720 $23,100 $11.10 $25,300 $12.10 2.6%
Port St. Lucie 1,850 $24,000 $11.50 $26,800 $12.90 39.2%
Punta Gorda 730 $23,000 $11.10 $25,200 $12.10 73.3%
Sebastian 730 $23,000 $11.10 $25,700 $12.40 44.4%
Tallahassee 1,290 $21,000 $10.10 $24,000 $11.50 -27.1%
Tampa 14,420 $23,500 $11.30 $26,800 $12.90 15.8%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 730 $17,700 $8.50 $19,300 $9.30 8.5%
Athens 480 $19,400 $9.30 $22,600 $10.90 -44.4%
Atlanta 15,390 $22,200 $10.70 $26,900 $12.90 -39%
Augusta 3,200 $19,600 $9.40 $23,800 $11.50 42.3%
Brunswick 240 $22,500 $10.80 $26,300 $12.60 -47.3%
Columbus 1,620 $18,800 $9.00 $22,300 $10.70 29.6%
Dalton NA $18,800 $9.10 $21,900 $10.50 NA
Gainesville 520 $22,700 $10.90 $26,000 $12.50 -32.9%
Macon 1,350 $18,100 $8.70 $21,400 $10.30 28.4%
Rome 830 $20,900 $10.00 $24,700 $11.90 101.7%
Savannah 1,660 $21,400 $10.30 $23,900 $11.50 0.2%
Valdosta 460 $18,800 $9.00 $23,400 $11.30 -21.3%
Warner Robins 370 $18,600 $8.90 $23,300 $11.20 -40%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 3,540 $29,000 $13.90 $33,300 $16.00 -25.2%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 3,030 $23,300 $11.20 $26,200 $12.60 4.1%
Coeur d'Alene 270 $25,000 $12.00 $29,500 $14.20 -55.1%
Idaho Falls 310 $20,400 $9.80 $22,900 $11.00 -43.2%
Lewiston 860 $20,100 $9.60 $24,200 $11.70 217.6%
Pocatello 460 $19,400 $9.40 $23,800 $11.40 17.6%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 560 $23,200 $11.20 $29,000 $13.90 -41.3%
Champaign 1,140 $23,200 $11.20 $26,500 $12.80 3.6%
Chicago (Area) 37,160 $24,000 $11.60 $28,500 $13.70 -11.2%
Danville 370 $25,500 $12.20 $32,800 $15.80 19.6%
Decatur 730 $23,400 $11.20 $28,100 $13.50 14.8%
Kankakee 1,150 $22,900 $11.00 $25,900 $12.50 150.2%
Peoria 2,820 $24,800 $11.90 $28,200 $13.60 50.6%
Rockford 1,640 $24,100 $11.60 $28,500 $13.70 3.9%
Springfield 1,130 $23,300 $11.20 $26,300 $12.70 -2.8%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 800 $24,200 $11.60 $26,100 $12.50 91.4%
Bloomington 880 $22,200 $10.70 $25,400 $12.20 6.8%
Columbus 420 $22,900 $11.00 $25,700 $12.30 -6.7%
Elkhart 820 $22,900 $11.00 $25,400 $12.20 -25.4%
Evansville 2,530 $24,000 $11.50 $27,800 $13.40 36.7%
Fort Wayne 2,950 $23,000 $11.00 $26,300 $12.60 31.9%
Indianapolis 8,600 $24,700 $11.90 $29,000 $14.00 -10.2%
Kokomo 440 $23,400 $11.30 $26,400 $12.70 6.6%
Lafayette 930 $24,400 $11.70 $27,900 $13.40 2.3%
Michigan City 470 $22,200 $10.70 $26,400 $12.70 -0.8%
Muncie 760 $22,500 $10.80 $25,800 $12.40 51%
South Bend 1,580 $23,600 $11.30 $26,500 $12.80 11.2%
Terre Haute 860 $21,600 $10.40 $24,900 $12.00 15.7%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 430 $25,400 $12.20 $29,500 $14.20 -8.2%
Cedar Rapids 1,470 $24,000 $11.60 $27,900 $13.40 -2.5%
Davenport 1,870 $23,000 $11.00 $25,500 $12.20 -7.2%
Des Moines 3,710 $24,900 $12.00 $28,800 $13.90 4.7%
Dubuque 810 $23,000 $11.10 $25,900 $12.50 44.7%
Iowa City 880 $26,200 $12.60 $30,600 $14.70 -3.6%
Sioux City 680 $23,700 $11.40 $26,800 $12.90 -14.7%
Waterloo 1,220 $23,300 $11.20 $25,900 $12.50 27.9%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 380 $23,600 $11.40 $26,600 $12.80 -26.9%
Topeka 2,220 $24,500 $11.80 $28,700 $13.80 83.8%
Wichita 3,120 $22,200 $10.70 $25,000 $12.00 -4.2%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 580 $22,700 $10.90 $25,100 $12.10 -5.8%
Elizabethtown 510 $21,300 $10.30 $24,300 $11.70 6.8%
Lexington 2,470 $24,300 $11.70 $27,800 $13.40 -7.3%
Louisville 7,170 $23,900 $11.50 $27,400 $13.20 9.7%
Owensboro 880 $20,200 $9.70 $23,300 $11.20 68.8%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 1,450 $18,500 $8.90 $21,700 $10.40 107.9%
Baton Rouge 3,440 $18,500 $8.90 $21,600 $10.40 -14.3%
Houma 950 $22,300 $10.70 $29,600 $14.20 -9.2%
Lafayette 1,420 $18,800 $9.00 $22,600 $10.90 -11.9%
Lake Charles 1,010 $20,100 $9.70 $22,900 $11.00 2.1%
Monroe 1,280 $18,500 $8.90 $21,900 $10.50 54.8%
New Orleans 4,970 $22,500 $10.80 $26,000 $12.50 -11.3%
Shreveport 2,910 $18,200 $8.70 $20,500 $9.80 52.4%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 970 $23,600 $11.30 $25,900 $12.50 43.1%
Lewiston 850 $23,600 $11.40 $26,400 $12.70 60.9%
Portland 2,910 $26,200 $12.60 $30,000 $14.40 34.8%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 17,910 $27,400 $13.20 $33,800 $16.20 29.2%
Cumberland 680 $24,700 $11.90 $28,500 $13.70 62.8%
Hagerstown 1,240 $26,100 $12.60 $31,200 $15.00 17.2%
Salisbury 700 $25,800 $12.40 $32,600 $15.70 19.2%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 1,720 $29,100 $14.00 $33,500 $16.10 65.2%
Boston (Area) 30,500 $28,100 $13.50 $32,000 $15.40 12.6%
Springfield 4,700 $26,700 $12.80 $31,500 $15.10 48.4%
Worcester 4,530 $28,100 $13.50 $32,100 $15.40 37.9%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 2,130 $28,700 $13.80 $32,100 $15.40 1.9%
Battle Creek 880 $26,600 $12.80 $31,800 $15.30 51.4%
Bay City 770 $24,300 $11.70 $28,600 $13.80 96%
Detroit (Area) 19,000 $26,700 $12.80 $30,300 $14.60 -0%
Flint 1,990 $24,400 $11.70 $28,300 $13.60 35.2%
Grand Rapids 4,910 $24,800 $11.90 $28,600 $13.80 22.3%
Holland 1,410 $26,200 $12.60 $29,000 $13.90 27.7%
Jackson 840 $27,000 $13.00 $30,300 $14.60 43.5%
Kalamazoo 1,990 $23,600 $11.40 $27,600 $13.30 34.7%
Lansing 1,370 $26,700 $12.80 $30,300 $14.60 -38%
Monroe 600 $25,800 $12.40 $29,400 $14.10 44%
Muskegon 1,170 $26,100 $12.60 $29,500 $14.20 79.4%
Niles 990 $25,800 $12.40 $29,200 $14.00 52.4%
Saginaw 1,350 $24,100 $11.60 $27,800 $13.40 51.2%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 2,530 $25,000 $12.00 $29,300 $14.10 85.5%
Minneapolis 14,370 $28,500 $13.70 $32,700 $15.70 -24.5%
Rochester 1,660 $29,300 $14.10 $33,700 $16.20 45.3%
St. Cloud 1,260 $24,900 $12.00 $29,000 $13.90 19.6%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 830 $24,800 $11.90 $32,500 $15.60 -26.2%
Hattiesburg 890 $18,900 $9.10 $21,400 $10.30 43.5%
Jackson 4,370 $19,300 $9.30 $21,600 $10.40 61.3%
Pascagoula 520 $19,800 $9.50 $22,700 $10.90 -14.4%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 900 $22,000 $10.60 $25,000 $12.00 -1.8%
Jefferson City 930 $18,600 $9.00 $21,500 $10.30 4.3%
Joplin 910 $18,700 $9.00 $22,100 $10.60 7.4%
Kansas City 11,330 $23,900 $11.50 $28,000 $13.50 4.2%
Springfield 3,540 $20,200 $9.70 $23,500 $11.30 71.2%
St. Joseph 1,020 $21,100 $10.20 $24,200 $11.60 80.7%
St. Louis 17,510 $22,700 $10.90 $25,900 $12.40 22.2%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 1,190 $23,300 $11.20 $26,500 $12.70 33.6%
Great Falls 560 $22,800 $10.90 $25,800 $12.40 41.4%
Missoula 340 $22,600 $10.80 $24,900 $12.00 -45.1%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
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Job Density
Lincoln 1,780 $24,400 $11.70 $27,200 $13.10 -0.1%
Omaha 4,750 $24,800 $11.90 $28,400 $13.60 -4.5%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Carson City 260 $29,300 $14.10 $32,100 $15.50 -18.3%
Las Vegas 3,230 $32,400 $15.60 $38,500 $18.50 -65.8%
Reno 1,120 $27,900 $13.40 $31,600 $15.20 -48.8%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
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Manchester 1,500 $27,600 $13.30 $31,600 $15.20 37.2%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Atlantic City 2,030 $26,000 $12.50 $31,400 $15.10 32.3%
Ocean City 840 $26,500 $12.70 $29,700 $14.30 96.6%
Trenton 2,520 $25,700 $12.30 $30,600 $14.70 6.1%
Vineland 1,560 $25,900 $12.50 $29,600 $14.20 137.1%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque 3,550 $24,500 $11.80 $28,400 $13.70 -15.6%
Farmington 500 $22,800 $10.90 $25,300 $12.20 -9.8%
Las Cruces 680 $19,400 $9.30 $21,000 $10.10 -6.7%
Santa Fe 350 $22,400 $10.80 $29,400 $14.10 -50.1%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 4,820 $25,700 $12.30 $31,500 $15.20 0.8%
Binghamton 1,740 $23,400 $11.20 $26,500 $12.80 42.6%
Buffalo 6,590 $26,200 $12.60 $29,500 $14.20 12.1%
Elmira 610 $24,900 $12.00 $32,700 $15.70 49.2%
Glens Falls 620 $24,400 $11.70 $27,000 $13.00 6.6%
Ithaca 350 $25,400 $12.20 $29,200 $14.00 -36.8%
Kingston 560 $25,400 $12.20 $29,200 $14.00 -14.4%
New York (Area) 97,250 $30,500 $14.70 $34,500 $16.60 8.9%
Poughkeepsie 2,490 $29,200 $14.00 $32,400 $15.60 -7.9%
Rochester 5,790 $25,000 $12.00 $28,500 $13.70 7.5%
Syracuse 3,460 $24,000 $11.60 $27,900 $13.40 2.8%
Utica 3,110 $23,400 $11.20 $26,300 $12.60 122.4%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 1,120 $24,300 $11.70 $27,900 $13.40 -40.1%
Burlington 380 $22,700 $10.90 $25,800 $12.40 -39.4%
Charlotte 4,960 $22,900 $11.00 $26,300 $12.60 -46.2%
Durham 2,440 $25,400 $12.20 $29,000 $13.90 -19.7%
Fayetteville 750 $26,400 $12.70 $30,200 $14.50 -45.8%
Greensboro 1,970 $23,200 $11.20 $26,400 $12.70 -48.8%
Greenville 850 NA NA NA NA 6.2%
Hickory 1,370 $21,400 $10.30 $24,700 $11.90 -13.5%
Raleigh 2,300 $24,900 $12.00 $28,400 $13.70 -58.2%
Wilmington 830 $22,700 $10.90 $25,600 $12.30 -46.3%
Winston-Salem 1,830 $23,300 $11.20 $26,800 $12.90 -18.9%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 1,160 $24,200 $11.60 $26,600 $12.80 72.7%
Fargo 1,490 $24,100 $11.60 $26,500 $12.70 13%
Grand Forks 930 $23,800 $11.40 $26,200 $12.60 75.2%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 4,000 $23,200 $11.10 $25,700 $12.30 12.9%
Canton 2,810 $22,400 $10.80 $25,100 $12.10 53.5%
Cincinnati 13,040 $24,800 $11.90 $28,300 $13.60 19.1%
Cleveland 14,940 $23,700 $11.40 $27,600 $13.30 35.3%
Columbus 8,520 $24,100 $11.60 $28,400 $13.60 -14.8%
Dayton 5,920 $23,700 $11.40 $27,100 $13.00 44.7%
Lima 1,120 $20,700 $10.00 $24,900 $12.00 99.5%
Mansfield 720 $20,900 $10.00 $24,100 $11.60 25.1%
Sandusky 720 $26,000 $12.50 $31,900 $15.30 91%
Springfield 1,150 $23,400 $11.20 $27,000 $13.00 118%
Toledo 4,410 $24,100 $11.60 $28,300 $13.60 36.4%
Youngstown 3,780 $22,800 $11.00 $26,200 $12.60 56.2%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 400 $19,400 $9.30 $21,300 $10.30 -11.5%
Oklahoma City 6,180 $20,500 $9.90 $23,300 $11.20 -0.6%
Tulsa 4,570 $21,100 $10.10 $24,300 $11.70 -1.9%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 290 $27,700 $13.30 $30,100 $14.50 -57.7%
Corvallis 280 $23,600 $11.40 $25,800 $12.40 -22%
Eugene 1,300 $25,400 $12.20 $29,700 $14.30 -16.8%
Medford 790 $25,400 $12.20 $29,700 $14.30 -7.3%
Portland 6,970 $27,500 $13.20 $32,700 $15.70 -36.3%
Salem 1,410 $25,800 $12.40 $30,100 $14.50 -12.2%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 5,200 $25,700 $12.40 $30,000 $14.40 43%
Altoona 1,080 $25,200 $12.10 $28,800 $13.80 71.6%
Erie 1,760 $22,900 $11.00 $28,200 $13.50 26.5%
Harrisburg 2,890 $27,600 $13.30 $31,600 $15.20 -15.5%
Johnstown 1,400 $25,200 $12.10 $30,100 $14.50 125.2%
Lancaster 3,640 $26,600 $12.80 $30,300 $14.60 45.7%
Lebanon 1,120 $25,500 $12.20 $29,600 $14.20 116%
Philadelphia (Area) 34,010 $26,800 $12.90 $30,800 $14.80 18.4%
Pittsburgh 16,290 $26,000 $12.50 $29,800 $14.30 32.8%
Reading 2,270 $26,800 $12.90 $30,100 $14.50 26.4%
Scranton 4,430 $25,400 $12.20 $29,800 $14.30 59.5%
State College 590 $25,100 $12.10 $28,800 $13.80 -19.6%
Williamsport 760 $23,700 $11.40 $26,300 $12.70 36.6%
York 1,890 $27,000 $13.00 $31,700 $15.20 -0.9%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 11,080 $27,100 $13.10 $31,200 $15.00 47%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 730 $19,900 $9.60 $23,000 $11.00 14.4%
Charleston 2,090 $22,600 $10.90 $25,400 $12.20 -32.6%
Columbia 4,500 $20,200 $9.70 $24,200 $11.60 22.3%
Florence 1,880 $18,700 $9.00 $21,000 $10.10 113.4%
Greenville 2,730 $22,000 $10.60 $25,000 $12.00 -16.7%
Myrtle Beach 570 $20,700 $9.90 $23,600 $11.40 -53.1%
Spartanburg 1,450 $22,400 $10.70 $25,000 $12.00 12.6%
Sumter 380 $19,300 $9.30 $21,600 $10.40 1%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 650 $23,500 $11.30 $27,500 $13.20 -1%
Sioux Falls 1,970 $23,800 $11.40 $26,900 $12.90 33.4%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 2,370 $22,000 $10.60 $25,100 $12.10 -3.5%
Clarksville 870 $22,500 $10.80 $25,400 $12.20 2%
Cleveland 550 $22,800 $10.90 $24,700 $11.90 40.3%
Jackson 940 $21,000 $10.10 $24,800 $11.90 51%
Johnson City 1,780 $21,500 $10.30 $24,600 $11.80 112.7%
Kingsport 1,380 $20,300 $9.80 $23,400 $11.20 8.3%
Knoxville 3,440 $22,000 $10.60 $24,600 $11.80 -3.6%
Memphis 5,540 $22,500 $10.80 $26,000 $12.50 -17%
Morristown 560 $21,200 $10.20 $25,000 $12.00 12.6%
Nashville 6,020 $23,300 $11.20 $26,000 $12.50 -24%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 1,300 $19,000 $9.10 $22,300 $10.70 86.4%
Amarillo 1,570 $20,100 $9.70 $23,600 $11.30 31.2%
Austin 4,690 $22,700 $10.90 $25,400 $12.20 -44.7%
Beaumont 1,480 $19,300 $9.30 $22,000 $10.60 -15.8%
Brownsville 1,770 $16,800 $8.10 $20,400 $9.80 30.4%
College Station 370 $22,100 $10.60 $24,500 $11.80 -63.4%
Corpus Christi 1,510 $20,100 $9.70 $23,300 $11.20 -22.8%
Dallas (Area) 24,980 $22,300 $10.70 $25,700 $12.40 -22.5%
El Paso 2,300 $17,500 $8.40 $22,800 $11.00 -22.4%
Houston 19,780 $21,900 $10.50 $26,100 $12.60 -29.9%
Killeen 1,430 $21,900 $10.60 $26,900 $12.90 7.4%
Laredo 540 $19,400 $9.30 $22,000 $10.60 -43.2%
Longview 1,360 $20,900 $10.00 $25,300 $12.20 31.3%
Lubbock 1,920 $19,800 $9.50 $22,600 $10.90 40.8%
McAllen 4,170 $18,000 $8.70 $21,400 $10.30 71.9%
Midland 430 $20,000 $9.60 $23,400 $11.30 -41.8%
Odessa 320 $20,800 $10.00 $24,000 $11.60 -52.2%
San Angelo 660 $20,400 $9.80 $23,400 $11.30 37.1%
San Antonio 8,340 $22,300 $10.70 $26,600 $12.80 -9.5%
Sherman 690 $20,500 $9.90 $23,200 $11.20 53.7%
Texarkana 750 $20,600 $9.90 $23,600 $11.30 26.8%
Tyler 1,710 $21,000 $10.10 $23,300 $11.20 67.1%
Victoria 830 $18,500 $8.90 $20,100 $9.70 58.6%
Waco 1,370 $20,100 $9.70 $24,100 $11.60 25.1%
Wichita Falls 810 $22,500 $10.80 $24,400 $11.70 28.6%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 550 $22,100 $10.70 $25,000 $12.00 3.2%
Ogden 1,250 $22,100 $10.60 $24,900 $12.00 -41.8%
Provo 1,570 $21,400 $10.30 $24,300 $11.70 -17.5%
Salt Lake City 4,510 $22,800 $11.00 $25,600 $12.30 -32.9%
St. George 610 $22,100 $10.60 $25,700 $12.30 15%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 860 $26,200 $12.60 $30,200 $14.50 -29.6%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 550 $22,200 $10.70 $25,800 $12.40 -20.9%
Charlottesville 1,240 $24,200 $11.60 $28,400 $13.70 20.8%
Danville 300 $23,100 $11.10 $30,500 $14.70 -29.9%
Harrisonburg 900 $24,200 $11.60 $26,600 $12.80 39.8%
Lynchburg 1,080 $20,900 $10.10 $24,800 $11.90 -2%
Richmond 6,350 $24,100 $11.60 $27,800 $13.40 -3.2%
Roanoke 2,350 $22,800 $11.00 $26,600 $12.80 39.6%
Virginia Beach 6,610 $22,200 $10.70 $24,800 $11.90 -18.3%
Winchester 560 $24,300 $11.70 $28,600 $13.70 -1.8%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 760 $22,900 $11.00 $25,400 $12.20 -9.9%
Bremerton 900 $30,500 $14.70 $35,100 $16.90 1.1%
Kennewick 640 $23,800 $11.50 $28,900 $13.90 -38.2%
Longview 400 $24,900 $12.00 $28,000 $13.50 6.1%
Mount Vernon 460 $27,100 $13.00 $31,400 $15.10 -3.6%
Olympia 440 $23,800 $11.40 $27,300 $13.10 -58.7%
Seattle (Area) 10,550 $27,700 $13.30 $32,900 $15.80 -37.2%
Spokane 2,080 $24,000 $11.60 $28,300 $13.60 -7.3%
Wenatchee 340 $25,000 $12.00 $28,500 $13.70 -22.2%
Yakima 1,050 $22,900 $11.00 $25,300 $12.10 18.2%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 1,230 $20,200 $9.70 $23,300 $11.20 -23.9%
Huntington 1,520 $20,500 $9.90 $23,800 $11.40 25.4%
Morgantown 1,030 $20,800 $10.00 $24,100 $11.60 65.3%
Parkersburg 950 $19,400 $9.30 $22,100 $10.60 25.5%
Weirton 850 $19,000 $9.20 $23,200 $11.20 80.5%
Wheeling 1,180 $20,200 $9.70 $23,300 $11.20 66.3%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 1,280 $26,500 $12.80 $29,700 $14.30 1%
Eau Claire 1,410 $25,000 $12.00 $29,100 $14.00 69.3%
Fond du Lac 700 $24,700 $11.90 $28,500 $13.70 47.6%
Green Bay 1,640 $25,200 $12.10 $28,500 $13.70 -9%
Janesville 910 $24,300 $11.70 $29,200 $14.00 32.9%
La Crosse 1,200 $25,900 $12.50 $29,400 $14.20 54.4%
Madison 3,690 $27,300 $13.10 $31,800 $15.30 1.8%
Milwaukee 9,380 $25,300 $12.20 $29,600 $14.20 4.3%
Oshkosh 1,040 $25,900 $12.50 $29,300 $14.10 9.4%
Racine 1,350 $27,700 $13.30 $32,000 $15.40 65.9%
Sheboygan 660 $24,900 $12.00 $28,800 $13.80 3.4%
Wausau 830 $24,800 $11.90 $26,900 $12.90 11.9%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 530 $26,200 $12.60 $30,000 $14.40 20%
Cheyenne 580 $29,200 $14.00 $33,400 $16.10 21.9%