Personal Care Technicians

Median Salary: $20,800

Many personal care technicians across the U.S. share a few important professional traits. For example, NA can be essential for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 3,461,910 folks were employed as personal care technicians nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to utilize these characteristics and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're intending to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for personal care technicians in the U.S. was $20,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $10.00. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about personal care technicians, including wages and job density for areas all over the U.S..

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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 personal care technicians). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of personal care technicians 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 1,170 $16,100 $7.70 $19,600 $9.40 -4.7%
Auburn 1,020 $16,300 $7.80 $22,600 $10.90 -19%
Birmingham 10,110 $18,000 $8.70 $23,600 $11.40 -22.8%
Decatur 1,070 $17,500 $8.40 $21,600 $10.40 -21.9%
Dothan 1,350 $18,000 $8.60 $24,500 $11.80 -12.7%
Florence 1,000 $17,000 $8.20 $19,700 $9.50 -25%
Gadsden 730 $17,200 $8.30 $21,100 $10.10 -21.3%
Huntsville 3,440 $18,800 $9.00 $23,900 $11.50 -36.9%
Mobile 3,570 $18,200 $8.70 $23,100 $11.10 -22%
Montgomery 3,410 $19,800 $9.50 $29,600 $14.20 -21%
Tuscaloosa 1,720 $18,600 $8.90 $25,200 $12.10 -27.7%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anchorage 5,250 $25,100 $12.10 $30,900 $14.90 19.6%
Fairbanks 850 $29,600 $14.20 $34,800 $16.70 -9.5%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 1,920 $20,900 $10.00 $28,500 $13.70 27.2%
Lake Havasu City 810 $20,600 $9.90 $24,100 $11.60 -34.3%
Phoenix 51,740 $22,200 $10.70 $30,800 $14.80 10.7%
Prescott 1,340 $19,700 $9.50 $24,900 $12.00 -11.8%
Tucson 9,140 $22,700 $10.90 $31,000 $14.90 -4.8%
Yuma 640 $18,300 $8.80 $23,500 $11.30 -59.2%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 4,320 $18,500 $8.90 $23,900 $11.50 -16.9%
Fort Smith 2,490 $17,400 $8.40 $20,200 $9.70 -20.2%
Hot Springs 1,070 $17,900 $8.60 $22,200 $10.70 12.9%
Jonesboro 1,060 $17,200 $8.30 $20,000 $9.60 -14.9%
Little Rock 7,740 $17,900 $8.60 $22,800 $11.00 -11.6%
Pine Bluff 610 $15,500 $7.50 $18,000 $8.70 -35%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 4,570 $20,500 $9.80 $24,900 $12.00 -35%
Chico 2,410 $19,300 $9.30 $25,100 $12.10 30.4%
El Centro 960 $21,700 $10.50 $29,300 $14.10 -28.7%
Fresno 5,910 $20,300 $9.80 $29,500 $14.20 -31%
Hanford 830 $20,100 $9.70 $26,200 $12.60 -18.3%
Los Angeles (Area) 126,720 $21,800 $10.50 $28,400 $13.60 -12.9%
Madera 1,230 $24,100 $11.60 $29,400 $14.10 22.3%
Merced 990 $20,500 $9.90 $25,900 $12.50 -37.2%
Modesto 2,850 $19,900 $9.60 $25,400 $12.20 -31.3%
Napa 1,440 $24,400 $11.70 $31,400 $15.10 -12.4%
Oakland 23,940 $24,600 $11.80 $33,200 $16.00 -8.8%
Oxnard 6,790 $22,800 $11.00 $29,600 $14.20 -12.4%
Redding 1,640 $20,000 $9.60 $24,100 $11.60 0.7%
Riverside 33,580 $20,700 $9.90 $26,400 $12.70 5.8%
Sacramento 21,850 $22,200 $10.70 $27,600 $13.30 -3.2%
Salinas 3,210 $22,100 $10.60 $28,600 $13.80 -22%
San Diego 35,870 $22,000 $10.60 $28,400 $13.70 5.8%
San Francisco (Area) 51,190 $26,800 $12.90 $36,500 $17.60 -2.1%
San Francisco (City) 27,250 $29,100 $14.00 $39,800 $19.10 4.6%
San Jose 17,670 $24,200 $11.60 $30,600 $14.70 -25%
San Luis Obispo 2,460 $20,700 $9.90 $28,900 $13.90 -6.9%
Santa Barbara 4,060 $22,700 $10.90 $30,000 $14.40 -10.2%
Santa Cruz 2,600 $22,900 $11.00 $31,300 $15.00 15.8%
Santa Rosa 4,810 $24,500 $11.80 $33,700 $16.20 2.5%
Stockton 4,430 $19,800 $9.50 $24,600 $11.90 -19.9%
Vallejo 2,650 $20,800 $10.00 $27,900 $13.40 -17.9%
Visalia 1,780 $20,100 $9.70 $25,100 $12.00 -49.2%
Yuba City 990 $20,900 $10.00 $24,000 $11.50 -2.4%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 3,690 $24,700 $11.90 $33,400 $16.00 -10.7%
Colorado Springs 5,910 $21,700 $10.40 $28,100 $13.50 -9.5%
Denver 33,540 $22,700 $10.90 $31,100 $15.00 3.8%
Fort Collins 2,920 $22,500 $10.80 $32,700 $15.70 -14.5%
Grand Junction 1,500 $20,200 $9.70 $26,600 $12.80 -9.9%
Greeley 1,330 $20,500 $9.80 $27,700 $13.30 -36.1%
Pueblo 1,640 $19,000 $9.10 $25,100 $12.10 10.2%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 13,630 $23,500 $11.30 $33,300 $16.00 3.4%
Hartford 13,760 $21,900 $10.50 $30,200 $14.50 -7.7%
New Haven 10,270 $23,500 $11.30 $29,600 $14.20 28.7%
Norwich 10,300 $19,700 $9.50 $28,300 $13.60 189.9%
Delaware
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Dover 1,620 $22,300 $10.70 $29,700 $14.30 3.4%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Washington (Area) 65,550 $24,000 $11.50 $33,500 $16.10 -12.8%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 7,300 $20,700 $10.00 $26,400 $12.70 11.5%
Cape Coral 5,760 $21,500 $10.30 $28,000 $13.50 8%
Deltona 4,810 $20,400 $9.80 $25,800 $12.40 17%
Fort Walton Beach 2,320 $19,800 $9.50 $23,700 $11.40 14.3%
Gainesville 3,170 $20,900 $10.00 $27,000 $13.00 -1.1%
Jacksonville 15,900 $19,600 $9.40 $24,300 $11.70 3.2%
Lakeland 3,670 $19,100 $9.20 $24,000 $11.50 -28.9%
Miami (Area) 63,970 $21,000 $10.10 $28,800 $13.80 9.3%
Naples 3,900 $21,200 $10.20 $29,100 $14.00 28.6%
Ocala 2,610 $19,500 $9.40 $24,400 $11.70 4.4%
Orlando 32,040 $19,400 $9.30 $26,400 $12.70 22.2%
Palm Bay 4,360 $20,800 $10.00 $27,000 $13.00 -15.7%
Palm Coast 550 $20,600 $9.90 $34,600 $16.60 27.9%
Panama City 1,660 $19,500 $9.40 $25,700 $12.40 -9.2%
Pensacola 3,210 $20,000 $9.60 $27,100 $13.00 -20.3%
Port St. Lucie 3,160 $20,800 $10.00 $26,700 $12.90 -1.2%
Punta Gorda 830 $19,900 $9.60 $26,900 $12.90 -18.4%
Sebastian 1,260 $20,900 $10.00 $27,500 $13.20 3%
Tallahassee 4,120 $20,400 $9.80 $25,800 $12.40 -3.7%
Tampa 27,350 $20,000 $9.60 $26,200 $12.60 -8.8%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 1,060 $16,600 $8.00 $19,700 $9.50 -34.3%
Athens 1,650 $19,000 $9.10 $24,100 $11.60 -20.9%
Atlanta 49,740 $20,900 $10.10 $30,900 $14.90 -18.1%
Augusta 4,150 $18,000 $8.60 $24,800 $11.90 -23.2%
Brunswick 1,020 $18,400 $8.90 $27,500 $13.20 -6.4%
Columbus 2,280 $17,400 $8.30 $22,200 $10.70 -24.4%
Dalton 340 $18,200 $8.70 $23,100 $11.10 -80.8%
Gainesville 1,110 $18,300 $8.80 $22,200 $10.70 -41.1%
Hinesville 350 $15,800 $7.60 $18,500 $8.90 -21.9%
Macon 1,970 $17,200 $8.30 $20,500 $9.90 -22.2%
Rome 660 $18,600 $9.00 $24,300 $11.70 -33.7%
Savannah 3,590 $18,900 $9.10 $25,700 $12.30 -9.8%
Valdosta 1,350 $15,900 $7.60 $18,600 $8.90 -4.4%
Warner Robins 950 $16,400 $7.90 $19,500 $9.40 -36.4%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 13,650 $21,900 $10.50 $31,000 $14.90 19.6%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 6,040 $18,800 $9.10 $22,700 $10.90 -13.6%
Coeur d'Alene 1,560 $19,200 $9.20 $22,600 $10.90 7.8%
Idaho Falls 1,120 $18,200 $8.70 $21,200 $10.20 -15.1%
Lewiston 550 $19,500 $9.40 $24,600 $11.80 -16.3%
Pocatello 760 $18,400 $8.90 $23,500 $11.30 -20.2%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 2,220 $19,800 $9.50 $24,700 $11.90 -2.4%
Champaign 2,100 $18,900 $9.10 $24,600 $11.80 -20.5%
Chicago (Area) 116,800 $20,900 $10.10 $29,800 $14.30 9.6%
Danville 410 $18,800 $9.10 $20,800 $10.00 -44.9%
Decatur 1,030 $19,100 $9.20 $24,200 $11.60 -32.2%
Kankakee 500 $20,900 $10.10 $29,800 $14.30 -55.4%
Peoria 3,340 $18,900 $9.10 $23,800 $11.40 -26%
Rockford 2,780 $19,300 $9.30 $23,500 $11.30 -27%
Springfield 3,170 $20,200 $9.70 $26,200 $12.60 13.1%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 840 $19,100 $9.20 $23,400 $11.20 -16.4%
Bloomington 1,180 $20,100 $9.60 $24,000 $11.60 -40.2%
Columbus 570 $18,500 $8.90 $23,600 $11.30 -48.2%
Elkhart 1,280 $21,900 $10.50 $26,400 $12.70 -51.6%
Evansville 3,680 $18,700 $9.00 $24,600 $11.90 -17.4%
Fort Wayne 3,950 $19,300 $9.30 $25,000 $12.00 -26.8%
Indianapolis 18,980 $22,300 $10.70 $29,800 $14.30 -17.7%
Kokomo 680 $19,000 $9.10 $22,900 $11.00 -32.1%
Lafayette 1,920 $18,000 $8.70 $21,100 $10.20 -12.1%
Michigan City 1,210 $18,300 $8.80 $23,700 $11.40 6.2%
Muncie 1,690 $18,900 $9.10 $23,000 $11.00 39.2%
South Bend 2,760 $19,300 $9.30 $24,900 $12.00 -19%
Terre Haute 1,670 $18,800 $9.00 $23,000 $11.10 -7%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Cedar Rapids 2,910 $19,100 $9.20 $23,400 $11.30 -19.6%
Davenport 3,530 $19,000 $9.10 $24,000 $11.60 -27.1%
Des Moines 7,650 $21,400 $10.30 $28,300 $13.60 -10.3%
Dubuque 1,400 $17,900 $8.60 $23,700 $11.40 3.6%
Iowa City 2,900 $19,800 $9.50 $26,600 $12.80 31.2%
Sioux City 1,730 $19,100 $9.20 $24,400 $11.70 -9.4%
Waterloo 1,980 $18,700 $9.00 $25,200 $12.10 -13.6%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 1,890 $18,300 $8.80 $21,100 $10.20 50.1%
Topeka 3,440 $19,600 $9.40 $24,900 $12.00 18.4%
Wichita 8,980 $19,300 $9.30 $23,200 $11.10 14.6%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 1,400 $17,700 $8.50 $22,800 $11.00 -5.4%
Elizabethtown 1,010 $17,000 $8.20 $19,800 $9.50 -13.1%
Lexington 5,640 $19,600 $9.40 $25,100 $12.10 -12.1%
Louisville 13,760 $19,400 $9.30 $25,100 $12.10 -12.6%
Owensboro 1,060 $19,800 $9.50 $24,200 $11.60 -15.7%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 2,510 $17,800 $8.60 $22,200 $10.70 49.8%
Baton Rouge 9,840 $18,300 $8.80 $23,300 $11.20 1.7%
Houma 1,420 $17,600 $8.50 $20,900 $10.10 -43.2%
Lafayette 2,730 $16,900 $8.10 $20,100 $9.70 -29.6%
Lake Charles 3,270 $16,800 $8.10 $21,800 $10.50 37.5%
Monroe 2,590 $16,500 $7.90 $18,900 $9.10 29.8%
New Orleans 11,430 $20,700 $10.00 $27,200 $13.10 -15.3%
Shreveport 5,390 $19,000 $9.10 $27,500 $13.20 17.2%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 2,020 $21,100 $10.10 $28,100 $13.50 23.3%
Lewiston 990 $21,900 $10.50 $25,700 $12.30 -22.8%
Portland 5,970 $20,500 $9.90 $25,400 $12.20 15.1%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 30,540 $22,800 $11.00 $32,200 $15.50 -8.5%
Cumberland 1,310 $23,200 $11.20 $34,900 $16.80 30.4%
Hagerstown 2,570 $20,200 $9.70 $27,500 $13.20 0.8%
Salisbury 1,940 $19,300 $9.30 $25,900 $12.40 36.5%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 2,950 $24,700 $11.90 $31,000 $14.90 17.3%
Boston (Area) 62,360 $23,500 $11.30 $30,600 $14.70 -15.7%
Pittsfield 1,730 $24,600 $11.80 $31,000 $14.90 89.2%
Springfield 9,220 $22,300 $10.70 $28,000 $13.50 20.9%
Worcester 7,540 $23,800 $11.50 $30,700 $14.80 -4.5%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 5,000 $22,000 $10.60 $27,900 $13.40 -0.8%
Battle Creek 1,310 $18,700 $9.00 $24,400 $11.70 -6.2%
Bay City 890 $19,700 $9.50 $24,200 $11.60 -5.4%
Detroit (Area) 51,770 NA NA NA NA 12.3%
Flint 3,480 $19,200 $9.20 $23,100 $11.10 -1.9%
Grand Rapids 7,140 $20,200 $9.70 $27,100 $13.00 -26.1%
Holland 2,140 $22,000 $10.60 $29,400 $14.20 -19.5%
Jackson 1,530 $19,400 $9.30 $25,800 $12.40 8.6%
Kalamazoo 4,160 $18,400 $8.90 $21,800 $10.50 17.1%
Lansing 4,230 $19,100 $9.20 $24,400 $11.70 -20.5%
Monroe 940 $19,400 $9.30 $25,000 $12.00 -5.9%
Muskegon 1,110 $20,800 $10.00 $27,600 $13.30 -29.7%
Niles 1,930 $19,200 $9.20 $23,500 $11.30 23.3%
Saginaw 2,000 $19,900 $9.60 $27,800 $13.40 -7.1%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 4,220 $21,000 $10.10 $25,500 $12.30 28.8%
Minneapolis 64,270 $23,400 $11.20 $28,200 $13.50 40.2%
Rochester 2,880 $22,700 $10.90 $28,300 $13.60 4.9%
St. Cloud 2,810 $24,500 $11.80 $29,300 $14.10 11%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 4,760 $22,300 $10.70 $31,200 $15.00 76.4%
Hattiesburg 1,160 $17,300 $8.30 $20,900 $10.00 -22.4%
Jackson 4,060 $18,400 $8.80 $23,000 $11.00 -37.7%
Pascagoula 800 $16,700 $8.00 $19,300 $9.30 -45.5%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 2,320 $19,300 $9.30 $24,700 $11.90 5.7%
Jefferson City 1,660 $19,200 $9.20 $25,700 $12.40 -22.6%
Joplin 2,050 $17,200 $8.30 $19,000 $9.20 1%
Kansas City 24,780 $19,900 $9.60 $25,500 $12.30 -5.4%
Springfield 4,610 $17,800 $8.60 $21,100 $10.10 -7.3%
St. Joseph 1,090 $18,500 $8.90 $23,300 $11.20 -20.1%
St. Louis 33,700 $19,900 $9.60 $25,400 $12.20 -2.3%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 1,760 $17,900 $8.60 $21,900 $10.50 -17.8%
Great Falls 1,510 $18,200 $8.80 $22,300 $10.70 57.9%
Missoula 1,510 $19,600 $9.40 $23,500 $11.30 2.6%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lincoln 3,830 $18,500 $8.90 $23,700 $11.40 -10.7%
Omaha 10,220 $19,800 $9.50 $26,800 $12.90 -14.7%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Carson City 750 $18,700 $9.00 $23,200 $11.20 -1.1%
Las Vegas 51,900 $19,400 $9.30 $30,300 $14.60 128.1%
Reno 9,010 $19,300 $9.30 $25,100 $12.10 70.7%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Manchester 2,760 $21,500 $10.30 $27,000 $13.00 4.7%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Atlantic City 14,040 $18,800 $9.00 $31,700 $15.20 280.7%
Ocean City 2,000 $24,200 $11.60 $37,200 $17.90 95.2%
Trenton 5,780 $25,100 $12.10 $33,500 $16.10 1%
Vineland 1,890 $23,400 $11.30 $32,800 $15.80 19.1%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque 12,500 $18,800 $9.00 $24,200 $11.60 23.6%
Farmington 1,710 $19,600 $9.40 $24,600 $11.90 26.9%
Las Cruces 2,800 $18,500 $8.90 $20,900 $10.00 60.2%
Santa Fe 2,050 $18,800 $9.00 $26,700 $12.90 22.1%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 12,330 $22,200 $10.70 $26,900 $13.00 7%
Binghamton 2,690 $20,400 $9.80 $24,500 $11.80 -8.3%
Buffalo 14,420 $20,300 $9.70 $26,500 $12.70 1.8%
Elmira 790 $18,900 $9.10 $24,100 $11.60 -19.7%
Glens Falls 1,580 $21,100 $10.10 $25,800 $12.40 13.6%
Ithaca 1,100 $22,800 $11.00 $28,500 $13.70 -17.4%
Kingston 2,490 $23,200 $11.20 $27,100 $13.00 58%
New York (Area) 308,690 NA NA NA NA 25.7%
Poughkeepsie 7,750 $23,500 $11.30 $30,700 $14.70 18.9%
Rochester 12,560 $19,700 $9.50 $26,200 $12.60 -3.2%
Syracuse 7,490 $20,800 $10.00 $26,000 $12.50 -7.6%
Utica 4,130 $20,600 $9.90 $23,900 $11.50 22.7%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 3,960 $20,700 $10.00 $25,500 $12.20 -12%
Burlington 1,340 $18,100 $8.70 $22,400 $10.80 -11.8%
Charlotte 18,320 $21,600 $10.40 $30,800 $14.80 -17.5%
Durham 3,840 $21,400 $10.30 $32,100 $15.40 -47.4%
Fayetteville 2,470 $18,100 $8.70 $22,500 $10.80 -26.1%
Goldsboro 800 $18,300 $8.80 $22,800 $11.00 -31.1%
Greensboro 6,630 $18,300 $8.80 $22,000 $10.60 -28.3%
Greenville 2,260 $17,800 $8.60 $22,400 $10.80 16.6%
Hickory 2,610 $18,300 $8.80 $22,300 $10.70 -31.7%
Jacksonville 940 $18,300 $8.80 $24,500 $11.80 -18%
Raleigh 13,240 $20,400 $9.80 $29,300 $14.10 0.1%
Rocky Mount 1,430 $17,600 $8.40 $20,500 $9.90 -8.2%
Wilmington 3,450 $18,300 $8.80 $23,100 $11.10 -6.9%
Winston-Salem 4,310 $19,200 $9.30 $24,500 $11.80 -20.7%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 2,720 $18,900 $9.10 $22,700 $10.90 68.7%
Fargo 3,490 $18,000 $8.70 $22,300 $10.70 9.6%
Grand Forks 1,840 $19,400 $9.30 $24,300 $11.70 44.5%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 9,580 $19,800 $9.50 $26,300 $12.60 12.3%
Canton 3,680 $19,900 $9.50 $24,900 $12.00 -16.4%
Cincinnati 24,610 $20,500 $9.80 $27,700 $13.30 -6.6%
Cleveland 24,830 $21,700 $10.40 $28,900 $13.90 -6.6%
Columbus 18,590 $21,300 $10.20 $26,900 $13.00 -22.7%
Dayton 6,910 $20,200 $9.70 $25,700 $12.40 -29.9%
Lima 840 $19,000 $9.10 $25,400 $12.20 -37.6%
Mansfield 1,150 $19,900 $9.60 $27,400 $13.20 -17.9%
Sandusky 1,450 $17,600 $8.50 $19,000 $9.10 60.9%
Springfield 1,130 $20,600 $9.90 $26,200 $12.60 -11.4%
Toledo 6,340 $20,500 $9.90 $26,300 $12.70 -18.6%
Youngstown 4,690 $19,000 $9.20 $25,100 $12.10 -19.4%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 1,050 $19,100 $9.20 $23,200 $11.10 -3%
Oklahoma City 13,050 $17,700 $8.50 $20,400 $9.80 -12.8%
Tulsa 7,310 $19,100 $9.20 $25,200 $12.10 -34.8%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 1,760 $23,300 $11.20 $32,400 $15.60 6.9%
Corvallis 1,290 $21,700 $10.50 $27,000 $13.00 49.6%
Eugene 5,020 $20,900 $10.10 $26,300 $12.70 33.6%
Medford 2,170 $20,400 $9.80 $23,600 $11.40 5.3%
Portland 26,020 $22,000 $10.60 $29,100 $14.00 -1.2%
Salem 5,010 $21,400 $10.30 $26,100 $12.50 29.1%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 8,750 $20,500 $9.90 $25,700 $12.40 0.1%
Altoona 1,850 $18,400 $8.90 $20,800 $10.00 21.8%
Erie 3,610 $19,400 $9.30 $23,900 $11.50 8%
Harrisburg 8,080 $20,900 $10.00 $28,500 $13.70 -1.9%
Johnstown 1,700 $18,200 $8.80 $21,700 $10.40 13.5%
Lancaster 5,150 $20,700 $10.00 $26,100 $12.50 -14.5%
Lebanon 950 $19,000 $9.10 $23,600 $11.40 -23.6%
Philadelphia (Area) 74,250 $22,900 $11.00 $31,200 $15.00 -0.9%
Pittsburgh 29,540 $20,100 $9.70 $24,800 $11.90 0%
Reading 4,320 $20,000 $9.60 $26,000 $12.50 -0.1%
Scranton 6,290 $20,400 $9.80 $24,700 $11.90 -6%
State College 2,030 $18,700 $9.00 $28,700 $13.80 15.4%
Williamsport 1,230 $19,200 $9.30 $23,500 $11.30 -8.2%
York 4,320 $21,200 $10.20 $26,900 $12.90 -6.2%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 16,810 $22,700 $10.90 $29,500 $14.20 -17.4%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 920 $18,500 $8.90 $24,500 $11.80 -40.1%
Charleston 7,620 $19,900 $9.60 $25,600 $12.30 2.3%
Columbia 6,920 $19,000 $9.20 $26,300 $12.60 -21.9%
Florence 1,490 $18,800 $9.10 $23,900 $11.50 -29.6%
Greenville 6,340 $19,000 $9.10 $24,700 $11.90 -19.6%
Myrtle Beach 3,920 $18,600 $8.90 $23,500 $11.30 33.5%
Spartanburg 2,440 $18,600 $8.90 $22,600 $10.90 -21%
Sumter 660 $16,200 $7.80 $19,900 $9.60 -26.6%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 1,960 $19,800 $9.50 $23,700 $11.40 23.4%
Sioux Falls 4,090 $21,500 $10.30 $25,100 $12.10 14.9%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 2,800 $19,500 $9.40 $25,400 $12.20 -52.6%
Clarksville 1,820 $17,500 $8.40 $21,800 $10.50 -11.7%
Cleveland 650 $16,900 $8.10 $20,700 $10.00 -31.4%
Jackson 1,020 $17,700 $8.50 $20,400 $9.80 -32.1%
Johnson City 2,950 $19,300 $9.30 $28,100 $13.50 46.2%
Kingsport 2,130 $18,800 $9.10 $22,000 $10.60 -30.6%
Knoxville 8,340 $17,800 $8.50 $22,500 $10.80 -2.9%
Memphis 16,600 $18,900 $9.10 $25,100 $12.10 3.4%
Morristown 390 $19,000 $9.10 $27,100 $13.00 -67.4%
Nashville 15,070 $19,100 $9.20 $24,700 $11.90 -21%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 1,430 $17,200 $8.30 $21,300 $10.20 -15%
Amarillo 2,440 $16,600 $8.00 $22,200 $10.70 -15.2%
Austin 17,000 $20,300 $9.80 $27,300 $13.10 -16.6%
Beaumont 3,800 $16,100 $7.70 $18,900 $9.10 -10.4%
Brownsville 9,720 $15,800 $7.60 $17,600 $8.50 198.4%
College Station 1,980 $17,200 $8.30 $21,200 $10.20 -18.1%
Corpus Christi 5,020 $17,000 $8.20 $19,700 $9.50 6.6%
Dallas (Area) 62,560 $20,100 $9.60 $31,300 $15.00 -13.4%
El Paso 7,340 $15,600 $7.50 $17,300 $8.30 2.9%
Houston 59,060 $18,400 $8.80 $27,400 $13.20 -13.1%
Killeen 3,270 $16,000 $7.70 $20,300 $9.80 1.7%
Laredo 5,720 $15,700 $7.60 $17,700 $8.50 148.3%
Longview 1,960 $17,600 $8.50 $20,000 $9.60 -21.5%
Lubbock 3,810 $15,900 $7.60 $19,000 $9.10 16.1%
McAllen 18,320 $15,800 $7.60 $17,400 $8.40 214%
Midland 1,960 $16,800 $8.10 $22,300 $10.70 9.7%
Odessa 1,900 $16,300 $7.80 $19,200 $9.20 18.8%
San Angelo 1,680 $15,900 $7.60 $17,900 $8.60 45.8%
San Antonio 24,920 $17,100 $8.20 $20,900 $10.00 12.3%
Sherman 1,190 $16,800 $8.10 $23,600 $11.30 9.3%
Texarkana 1,200 $15,900 $7.60 $19,000 $9.10 -15.5%
Tyler 2,200 $17,500 $8.40 $23,700 $11.40 -10.4%
Victoria 1,150 $16,500 $7.90 $19,000 $9.10 -9%
Waco 2,100 $18,100 $8.70 $23,600 $11.40 -20.3%
Wichita Falls 1,580 $16,700 $8.00 $22,900 $11.00 4.5%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 1,010 $18,900 $9.10 $28,400 $13.60 -21.1%
Ogden 4,740 $19,100 $9.20 $25,700 $12.30 -8.3%
Provo 3,770 $21,100 $10.10 $29,100 $14.00 -17.7%
Salt Lake City 12,300 $20,000 $9.60 $28,300 $13.60 -23.9%
St. George 930 $18,700 $9.00 $25,600 $12.30 -27.1%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 3,490 $22,200 $10.70 $27,700 $13.30 18.2%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 1,520 $20,100 $9.70 $26,100 $12.60 -9.4%
Charlottesville 2,930 $23,100 $11.10 $30,300 $14.50 18.6%
Danville 680 $17,700 $8.50 $20,800 $10.00 -34.6%
Harrisonburg 870 $21,300 $10.30 $28,400 $13.70 -44.1%
Lynchburg 1,670 $18,500 $8.90 $25,100 $12.00 -37%
Richmond 13,880 $19,000 $9.20 $25,400 $12.20 -12.1%
Roanoke 3,160 $18,500 $8.90 $25,100 $12.00 -22.1%
Virginia Beach 20,120 $18,700 $9.00 $24,900 $12.00 3.3%
Winchester 1,270 $19,200 $9.20 $27,000 $13.00 -7.8%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 2,830 $22,300 $10.70 $29,400 $14.10 39.2%
Bremerton 2,150 $22,800 $11.00 $32,100 $15.40 0.4%
Kennewick 1,960 $22,000 $10.60 $33,000 $15.90 -21.6%
Longview 860 $23,100 $11.10 $29,000 $13.90 -5%
Mount Vernon 1,130 $22,800 $10.90 $32,600 $15.70 -2.4%
Olympia 2,690 $22,800 $11.00 $30,700 $14.80 5.7%
Seattle (Area) 52,340 $23,500 $11.30 $30,600 $14.70 14%
Spokane 8,390 $22,000 $10.60 $26,200 $12.60 55.3%
Wenatchee 740 $22,900 $11.00 $31,500 $15.10 -30.1%
Yakima 2,610 $22,400 $10.80 $26,500 $12.70 21.8%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 3,200 $17,600 $8.40 $19,700 $9.50 -17.3%
Huntington 2,660 $17,200 $8.30 $19,900 $9.60 -8.8%
Morgantown 2,200 $19,000 $9.10 $22,000 $10.60 46.6%
Parkersburg 1,450 $16,400 $7.90 $19,700 $9.50 -20.6%
Weirton 1,440 $16,600 $8.00 $22,100 $10.60 27.9%
Wheeling 2,360 $16,600 $8.00 $19,200 $9.20 38.4%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 2,990 $19,200 $9.20 $25,000 $12.00 -2.1%
Eau Claire 1,960 $20,100 $9.70 $25,500 $12.20 -2.6%
Fond du Lac 980 $19,700 $9.50 $24,700 $11.90 -13.7%
Green Bay 4,900 $20,400 $9.80 $25,100 $12.10 13%
Janesville 1,930 $18,700 $9.00 $23,700 $11.40 17.3%
La Crosse 1,700 $20,700 $10.00 $24,400 $11.70 -9.5%
Madison 8,100 $22,700 $10.90 $27,500 $13.20 -7.2%
Milwaukee 28,560 $21,400 $10.30 $28,300 $13.60 31.9%
Oshkosh 1,680 $20,500 $9.90 $26,000 $12.50 -27%
Racine 1,570 $19,800 $9.50 $24,200 $11.60 -20%
Sheboygan 1,150 $19,700 $9.50 $25,000 $12.00 -25.1%
Wausau 950 $20,500 $9.90 $25,700 $12.40 -46.9%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 810 $24,300 $11.70 $30,500 $14.70 -23.1%
Cheyenne 1,290 $19,600 $9.40 $23,400 $11.30 13.4%