Photojournalists

Median Salary: $29,800

Many photojournalists across the nation share a handful of important professional traits. For example, self control, integrity, and adaptability/flexibility can be vital for success in the industry, especially when blended with career training. Around 57,760 folks were working as photojournalists nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's essential to utilize these characteristics and receive proper training, particularly if you're ready to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for photojournalists in the U.S. was $29,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $14.30. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about photojournalists, including wages and job density for areas all over the nation.

Photojournalists should be skilled in:

  • Originality
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Information Ordering
  • Flexibility of Closure

Different folks go into different careers; photojournalists are typically:

  • Artistic
  • Realistic
  • Enterprising

Working as a photojournalist requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Sales and Marketing
  • English Language

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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 photojournalists). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of photojournalists in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Anniston 80 $22,600 $10.90 $28,200 $13.60 281.9%
Birmingham 170 $26,700 $12.80 $30,000 $14.40 -21.5%
Florence 30 $23,600 $11.30 $27,800 $13.40 46.2%
Gadsden 40 $23,800 $11.50 $28,800 $13.80 176.2%
Huntsville 100 $23,400 $11.20 $36,100 $17.40 8.1%
Mobile 60 $18,200 $8.80 $26,300 $12.70 -15.6%
Montgomery 120 $22,600 $10.90 $35,000 $16.80 70.4%
Alaska
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Anchorage NA $35,300 $17.00 $40,400 $19.40 NA
Arizona
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Phoenix 750 $42,400 $20.40 $54,000 $26.00 -3.8%
Prescott 40 $17,800 $8.60 $24,900 $12.00 44.8%
Tucson 120 $33,500 $16.10 $48,800 $23.50 -27.1%
Arkansas
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Fayetteville 90 $25,600 $12.30 $35,400 $17.00 5.7%
Little Rock 130 $25,200 $12.10 $36,500 $17.60 -9%
California
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Bakersfield 80 $26,300 $12.60 $34,400 $16.50 -35.3%
Chico 40 $19,900 $9.60 $29,000 $14.00 28.3%
Fresno 120 $31,000 $14.90 $42,000 $20.20 -18.6%
Los Angeles (Area) 2,050 $41,300 $19.90 $58,300 $28.00 -10.9%
Modesto 100 $25,400 $12.20 $31,300 $15.00 49.5%
Oakland 210 $29,400 $14.20 $44,400 $21.40 -52.7%
Oxnard 90 $28,700 $13.80 $40,100 $19.30 -30.8%
Riverside 410 $28,300 $13.60 $43,600 $21.00 -23.1%
Sacramento 320 $26,500 $12.80 $37,400 $18.00 -14.9%
Salinas 40 $53,500 $25.70 $76,700 $36.90 -48.9%
San Diego 440 $29,400 $14.10 $40,200 $19.30 -23.1%
San Francisco (Area) 590 $34,900 $16.80 $51,300 $24.70 -32.4%
San Francisco (City) 380 $40,300 $19.40 $58,100 $28.00 -12%
San Jose NA $25,100 $12.10 $46,300 $22.30 NA
Santa Barbara 60 $24,000 $11.60 $29,900 $14.40 -26.9%
Santa Cruz 40 $43,400 $20.90 $57,000 $27.40 3.6%
Santa Rosa 60 $25,200 $12.10 $46,000 $22.10 -17.9%
Stockton 30 $28,900 $13.90 $32,700 $15.70 -66.1%
Vallejo 60 $25,600 $12.30 $32,500 $15.60 5%
Visalia 50 $35,700 $17.10 $48,900 $23.50 -17.2%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
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Boulder 90 $39,100 $18.80 $46,400 $22.30 24.7%
Colorado Springs 150 $27,100 $13.00 $45,900 $22.10 41.4%
Denver 620 $32,900 $15.80 $57,600 $27.70 14.5%
Fort Collins 50 $40,000 $19.20 $60,200 $29.00 -5%
Connecticut
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Bridgeport NA NA NA NA NA NA
Hartford 230 $33,000 $15.90 $52,600 $25.30 -8.8%
New Haven 70 $52,700 $25.40 $67,400 $32.40 -45.2%
Norwich 60 NA NA NA NA 2.7%
Delaware
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Dover 40 $20,900 $10.00 $29,700 $14.30 59.5%
District of Columbia
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Washington (Area) 920 $32,900 $15.80 $49,100 $23.60 -10.6%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Bradenton 80 $19,400 $9.30 $34,700 $16.70 -24.9%
Deltona 60 $25,800 $12.40 $34,700 $16.70 -8.4%
Gainesville 50 $20,500 $9.90 $25,200 $12.10 0.7%
Jacksonville 240 $26,500 $12.80 $41,100 $19.80 -8.4%
Lakeland 40 $27,600 $13.30 $33,300 $16.00 -55.4%
Miami (Area) 1,300 $31,100 $15.00 $47,100 $22.60 33%
Naples 50 $34,900 $16.80 $41,100 $19.80 -8.8%
Orlando 720 $18,500 $8.90 $23,900 $11.50 65.6%
Palm Bay 70 $33,800 $16.30 $39,800 $19.10 -16.5%
Pensacola 80 $36,000 $17.30 $46,700 $22.50 24%
Tallahassee 80 $25,100 $12.10 $44,800 $21.50 18.1%
Tampa 390 $34,800 $16.70 $43,600 $21.00 -23.1%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
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Atlanta 1,270 $25,500 $12.30 $36,200 $17.40 25.1%
Augusta 70 $24,200 $11.70 $32,500 $15.60 -24.9%
Columbus 50 $32,100 $15.40 $38,500 $18.50 -7.5%
Savannah 60 $27,300 $13.10 $37,900 $18.20 -8.8%
Hawaii
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Honolulu 410 $19,900 $9.60 $28,100 $13.50 113.8%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
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Boise City 130 $25,300 $12.20 $29,800 $14.30 9.3%
Coeur d'Alene 40 $30,500 $14.70 $53,600 $25.80 75.3%
Idaho Falls 60 $17,500 $8.40 $19,100 $9.20 187.8%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Champaign 40 $31,200 $15.00 $48,700 $23.40 -10.2%
Chicago (Area) 1,970 $30,200 $14.50 $47,200 $22.70 -4.3%
Peoria 50 $34,500 $16.60 $37,800 $18.20 -33.9%
Rockford NA $36,700 $17.60 $39,200 $18.90 NA
Springfield 40 $50,600 $24.30 $64,500 $31.00 -12.7%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Bloomington 40 $26,900 $12.90 $33,500 $16.10 14.9%
Elkhart 40 $23,800 $11.40 $39,200 $18.80 -2.9%
Evansville 130 $23,500 $11.30 $37,000 $17.80 68.8%
Fort Wayne 120 $24,100 $11.60 $30,200 $14.50 34.8%
Indianapolis 960 $28,500 $13.70 $37,400 $18.00 150.2%
Muncie NA $22,700 $10.90 $24,600 $11.80 NA
South Bend 130 $22,600 $10.90 $28,200 $13.60 131.4%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Ames 40 $21,500 $10.30 $26,800 $12.90 98.4%
Cedar Rapids NA $20,400 $9.80 $32,600 $15.70 NA
Davenport 180 $26,000 $12.50 $32,800 $15.80 118.3%
Des Moines 330 $28,600 $13.80 $31,700 $15.20 133.9%
Iowa City NA $28,600 $13.70 $33,100 $15.90 NA
Sioux City 30 $25,800 $12.40 $30,600 $14.70 -3.6%
Waterloo 40 $33,700 $16.20 $39,000 $18.70 -3.4%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
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Topeka 70 $20,400 $9.80 $43,600 $21.00 37.6%
Wichita 170 $31,400 $15.10 $50,900 $24.50 26.5%
Kentucky
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Bowling Green 50 $25,400 $12.20 $29,300 $14.10 117.4%
Lexington 140 $34,100 $16.40 $47,000 $22.60 30.8%
Louisville 280 $25,300 $12.20 $36,300 $17.40 7.9%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
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Alexandria NA $28,400 $13.70 $33,500 $16.10 NA
Baton Rouge 160 $26,000 $12.50 $30,400 $14.60 -3.8%
Lafayette 40 $28,200 $13.50 $32,800 $15.80 -44.8%
New Orleans 270 $25,600 $12.30 $30,600 $14.70 18.6%
Shreveport 50 $28,200 $13.60 $36,600 $17.60 -29%
Maine
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Bangor 30 $37,600 $18.10 $45,500 $21.90 17.6%
Portland 90 $29,000 $14.00 $36,100 $17.40 7.5%
Maryland
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Baltimore 800 $27,000 $13.00 $42,600 $20.50 43%
Hagerstown 60 $17,400 $8.40 $20,000 $9.60 52.5%
Salisbury 60 $20,800 $10.00 $24,500 $11.80 155%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Boston (Area) 1,230 $30,500 $14.70 $39,300 $18.90 50.9%
Springfield 140 $24,900 $12.00 $29,400 $14.10 10.9%
Worcester 70 $33,300 $16.00 $38,900 $18.70 -34.4%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Ann Arbor 70 $58,200 $28.00 $71,000 $34.10 -12.7%
Detroit (Area) 950 $39,500 $19.00 $58,600 $28.20 16.3%
Flint NA $27,100 $13.00 $31,000 $14.90 NA
Grand Rapids 190 $36,900 $17.70 $49,800 $24.00 16.3%
Kalamazoo 50 $28,300 $13.60 $36,300 $17.50 -20.6%
Lansing 80 $32,300 $15.50 $43,600 $21.00 -14.3%
Muskegon 40 NA NA NA NA 44.3%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
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Duluth 60 $33,600 $16.20 $45,600 $21.90 2.3%
Minneapolis 1,200 $42,200 $20.30 $61,600 $29.60 56.6%
Rochester 60 $28,200 $13.60 $55,000 $26.40 25.8%
St. Cloud 30 $38,900 $18.70 $46,600 $22.40 -20.1%
Mississippi
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Gulfport 40 $29,500 $14.20 $36,400 $17.50 -13.3%
Jackson 110 $29,400 $14.20 $37,800 $18.20 4.3%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
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Columbia 50 NA NA NA NA 47.5%
Jefferson City 30 $24,200 $11.60 $29,400 $14.10 -5.2%
Kansas City 780 $26,600 $12.80 $43,700 $21.00 79.4%
Springfield 90 $19,200 $9.20 $23,200 $11.10 13.6%
St. Joseph 40 NA NA NA NA 62%
St. Louis 840 $21,000 $10.10 $40,100 $19.30 45.2%
Montana
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Missoula NA $40,000 $19.30 $49,100 $23.60 NA
Nebraska
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Lincoln 60 $20,400 $9.80 $32,400 $15.60 -15.8%
Omaha 200 $31,200 $15.00 $38,600 $18.50 -0.5%
Nevada
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Las Vegas 730 $37,700 $18.10 $50,600 $24.30 92.5%
Reno 80 $34,600 $16.60 $41,400 $19.90 -13.3%
New Hampshire
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Manchester 50 NA NA NA NA 5%
New Jersey
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Atlantic City 50 $37,200 $17.90 $46,700 $22.50 -12%
Trenton 60 $31,200 $15.00 $46,000 $22.10 -36.9%
New Mexico
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Albuquerque 190 $20,800 $10.00 $33,800 $16.30 13.1%
Santa Fe NA $20,700 $10.00 $28,600 $13.80 NA
New York
City/Area Employees Median
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Albany 160 $37,000 $17.80 $50,400 $24.20 -18.3%
Binghamton 40 NA NA NA NA -18.8%
Buffalo 180 $29,400 $14.10 $39,300 $18.90 -24%
Glens Falls 30 $25,000 $12.00 $35,800 $17.20 46.2%
New York (Area) 3,370 $39,400 $19.00 $54,600 $26.30 -17%
Poughkeepsie 50 NA NA NA NA -56.8%
Rochester 240 $29,900 $14.40 $43,700 $21.00 8.8%
Syracuse 150 $26,200 $12.60 $38,100 $18.30 14%
Utica 30 $33,200 $15.90 $47,200 $22.70 -45.9%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Asheville 90 $26,000 $12.50 $29,800 $14.30 16.1%
Burlington 90 $19,200 $9.20 $28,400 $13.70 241.4%
Charlotte 330 $30,400 $14.60 $44,200 $21.20 -10.6%
Durham 180 $31,400 $15.10 $44,000 $21.10 49.5%
Fayetteville 60 $27,800 $13.40 $38,700 $18.60 0.2%
Goldsboro 50 $18,600 $8.90 $21,000 $10.10 161.5%
Greensboro 230 $31,900 $15.30 $45,200 $21.70 48.4%
Greenville 40 $18,200 $8.70 $22,400 $10.80 12%
Hickory 50 $24,400 $11.70 $27,200 $13.10 -14.3%
Jacksonville NA $28,100 $13.50 $31,600 $15.20 NA
Raleigh 300 $26,300 $12.60 $46,600 $22.40 35.3%
Wilmington 90 $21,600 $10.40 $28,100 $13.50 52%
Winston-Salem 90 $37,800 $18.20 $49,200 $23.70 -3.8%
North Dakota
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Fargo 110 $29,200 $14.10 $37,600 $18.10 101.4%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Akron 150 $19,300 $9.30 $30,000 $14.40 2.7%
Canton 110 $22,000 $10.60 $26,700 $12.90 46.2%
Cincinnati 620 $20,900 $10.10 $30,700 $14.70 42.1%
Cleveland 450 $28,900 $13.90 $41,200 $19.80 2%
Columbus 390 $27,500 $13.20 $35,400 $17.00 -3.2%
Dayton 200 $23,600 $11.40 $43,400 $20.90 18.8%
Toledo 110 $21,600 $10.40 $29,300 $14.10 -15.4%
Youngstown 150 $23,700 $11.40 $29,700 $14.30 52.7%
Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City NA $30,000 $14.40 $33,700 $16.20 NA
Tulsa 110 $33,000 $15.90 $44,100 $21.20 -38.9%
Oregon
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Eugene 40 $32,900 $15.80 $46,300 $22.30 -33.5%
Portland 340 $45,700 $22.00 $57,400 $27.60 -23.1%
Salem 70 $29,900 $14.40 $38,000 $18.30 10.2%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Allentown 160 $28,600 $13.70 $32,800 $15.80 6.3%
Altoona 60 $31,900 $15.30 $37,800 $18.20 122.9%
Erie 50 $26,800 $12.90 $36,400 $17.50 -7.7%
Harrisburg 140 $31,500 $15.10 $39,100 $18.80 4.8%
Johnstown 40 $27,500 $13.20 $35,400 $17.00 66.7%
Lancaster 170 $34,500 $16.60 $41,900 $20.20 68.6%
Philadelphia (Area) 1,000 $37,700 $18.10 $46,600 $22.40 -28.3%
Pittsburgh 460 $26,900 $12.90 $38,000 $18.30 -6.8%
Reading 80 $33,900 $16.30 $43,500 $20.90 5.4%
Scranton 120 $37,800 $18.20 $46,900 $22.60 9.3%
State College 30 $35,000 $16.80 $48,300 $23.20 9.7%
York 90 $26,600 $12.80 $34,300 $16.50 16.5%
Rhode Island
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Providence 310 $36,300 $17.50 $49,900 $24.00 30.5%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
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Anderson NA $35,000 $16.80 $45,900 $22.10 NA
Charleston 60 $33,700 $16.20 $48,300 $23.20 -52.3%
Columbia 120 $29,800 $14.30 $37,000 $17.80 -17.2%
Greenville 120 $23,200 $11.10 $32,200 $15.50 -7.2%
Myrtle Beach 70 $18,000 $8.60 $27,900 $13.40 41.2%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Rapid City 90 $23,300 $11.20 $28,600 $13.80 234.4%
Sioux Falls 60 $28,000 $13.50 $33,500 $16.10 1.1%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
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Chattanooga 100 $24,600 $11.80 $28,600 $13.80 -2%
Cleveland 100 $23,100 $11.10 $27,600 $13.30 558.1%
Johnson City 40 $27,100 $13.00 $33,200 $16.00 31.2%
Kingsport NA $20,600 $9.90 $26,500 $12.70 NA
Knoxville 170 $29,300 $14.10 $38,300 $18.40 20.4%
Memphis 130 $23,200 $11.10 $29,700 $14.30 -50.2%
Nashville 310 $27,000 $13.00 $33,500 $16.10 -3.6%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Abilene 50 $20,300 $9.80 $28,100 $13.50 69.2%
Amarillo 60 $25,600 $12.30 $30,400 $14.60 30.8%
Austin 490 $32,700 $15.70 $39,100 $18.80 43%
Beaumont 60 NA NA NA NA -11.5%
Corpus Christi 70 $19,200 $9.20 $27,900 $13.40 -11.5%
Dallas (Area) 1,320 $33,900 $16.30 $51,100 $24.60 12.7%
El Paso 100 $24,700 $11.90 $33,100 $15.90 -19.5%
Houston 1,400 NA NA NA NA 23.5%
Killeen 50 $23,500 $11.30 $29,800 $14.30 0.5%
Longview 40 $16,000 $7.70 $18,600 $8.90 0.7%
Lubbock 80 $23,300 $11.20 $37,300 $17.90 46.8%
McAllen 90 $24,600 $11.80 $29,700 $14.30 -5.4%
San Antonio 330 $19,100 $9.20 $27,400 $13.20 -9.5%
Tyler 50 $26,400 $12.70 $32,600 $15.70 10.2%
Waco 30 NA NA NA NA -24.9%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ogden 40 $29,400 $14.10 $32,800 $15.80 -50%
Provo 80 $25,600 $12.30 $33,100 $15.90 2.3%
Salt Lake City 420 $32,500 $15.60 $38,900 $18.70 55%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 50 $38,900 $18.70 $45,000 $21.70 -6.8%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 30 $31,500 $15.20 $37,400 $18.00 24%
Richmond 240 $30,200 $14.50 $48,300 $23.20 -7.9%
Roanoke NA $28,300 $13.60 $51,800 $24.90 NA
Virginia Beach 380 $20,700 $9.90 $35,000 $16.80 15.8%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham NA $41,700 $20.00 $60,100 $28.90 NA
Bremerton 40 $28,900 $13.90 $32,500 $15.60 0.9%
Seattle (Area) 1,010 $30,800 $14.80 $51,900 $24.90 5%
Spokane 120 $34,000 $16.40 $44,800 $21.50 31.7%
Yakima NA $37,800 $18.20 $51,600 $24.80 NA
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 60 $25,700 $12.40 $37,400 $18.00 -13.6%
Huntington 80 $22,400 $10.80 $33,500 $16.10 55.9%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 60 $28,400 $13.70 $48,000 $23.10 25.1%
Eau Claire 50 $22,200 $10.70 $29,200 $14.10 55.7%
Green Bay 120 $32,300 $15.50 $53,300 $25.60 64%
La Crosse 40 $29,200 $14.10 $40,200 $19.40 37.6%
Madison 200 $32,000 $15.40 $57,000 $27.40 38.5%
Milwaukee 390 $28,100 $13.50 $49,400 $23.80 7%
Oshkosh 30 $43,400 $20.90 $57,500 $27.60 -14.7%
Wausau 50 $28,200 $13.60 $30,200 $14.50 53.2%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 50 $22,400 $10.80 $37,100 $17.80 160.9%