Plumbers and Pipefitters

Median Salary: $46,300

Many plumbers and pipefitters across the United States share a number of key professional traits. For example, integrity, leadership, and achievement/effort can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 400,970 people were employed as plumbers and pipefitters nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to develop these characteristics and receive top-notch training, particularly if you're planning to advance in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for plumbers and pipefitters in the U.S. was $46,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $22.30. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about plumbers and pipefitters, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the United States.

Plumbers and pipefitters should be skilled in:

Oral Expression
Visualization
Extent Flexibility
Inductive Reasoning
Selective Attention

Different people go into different careers; plumbers and pipefitters are typically:

Realistic
Conventional
Investigative

Working as a plumber or pipefitter requires knowledge in subjects like:

Design
English Language
Engineering and Technology
Sales and Marketing
Geography

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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 employed as plumbers and pipefitters). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of plumbers and pipefitters 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	70	$37,900	$18.20	$44,500	$21.40	-48.6%
Auburn	90	$31,800	$15.30	$37,000	$17.80	-39.9%
Birmingham	1,390	$34,400	$16.60	$44,600	$21.50	-8.2%
Decatur	250	$39,800	$19.10	$48,400	$23.30	58.3%
Florence	200	NA	NA	NA	NA	27.3%
Gadsden	70	$29,700	$14.30	$32,800	$15.80	-34.2%
Huntsville	500	$40,000	$19.20	$47,400	$22.80	-20%
Mobile	970	$35,300	$17.00	$42,600	$20.50	83.6%
Montgomery	410	$35,600	$17.10	$44,900	$21.60	-17.5%
Tuscaloosa	240	$40,500	$19.50	$46,500	$22.40	-12.6%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	530	$65,400	$31.50	$78,500	$37.70	3.9%
Fairbanks	250	$61,600	$29.60	$72,400	$34.80	127.3%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	100	$33,400	$16.00	$40,900	$19.70	-41.3%
Lake Havasu City	130	$45,800	$22.00	$49,400	$23.70	-11.2%
Phoenix	5,330	$41,100	$19.70	$50,100	$24.10	-1.5%
Prescott	240	$37,100	$17.90	$47,600	$22.90	34.8%
Tucson	1,060	$38,200	$18.40	$45,100	$21.70	-4.9%
Yuma	NA	$29,700	$14.30	$36,400	$17.50	NA

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	450	$37,000	$17.80	$43,900	$21.10	-24.6%
Fort Smith	320	$33,600	$16.20	$40,900	$19.70	-10.5%
Hot Springs	NA	$24,100	$11.60	$36,400	$17.50	NA
Jonesboro	80	$35,300	$17.00	$40,500	$19.50	-42.4%
Little Rock	880	$40,900	$19.70	$47,600	$22.90	-13.3%
Pine Bluff	140	$45,500	$21.90	$49,700	$23.90	30.2%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	650	$43,800	$21.00	$56,500	$27.10	-20.9%
Chico	120	$50,400	$24.20	$57,100	$27.50	-43.4%
El Centro	80	$47,500	$22.80	$54,900	$26.40	-51.1%
Fresno	830	$47,400	$22.80	$63,400	$30.50	-16.3%
Hanford	80	$54,400	$26.10	$66,700	$32.10	-35.7%
Los Angeles (Area)	11,820	$49,600	$23.90	$63,800	$30.70	-20.2%
Madera	70	$47,200	$22.70	$54,400	$26.20	-39%
Merced	110	$46,100	$22.20	$63,500	$30.50	-40%
Modesto	540	$60,300	$29.00	$77,500	$37.30	12%
Napa	130	$54,400	$26.20	$74,800	$36.00	-34.3%
Oakland	3,070	$66,000	$31.70	$88,000	$42.30	1.1%
Oxnard	1,060	$44,600	$21.40	$54,800	$26.30	18.2%
Redding	110	$39,400	$19.00	$46,400	$22.30	-40.2%
Riverside	3,430	$41,200	$19.80	$51,800	$24.90	-6.7%
Sacramento	2,800	$50,400	$24.20	$69,400	$33.30	7.1%
Salinas	290	$47,900	$23.00	$58,500	$28.10	-39.1%
San Diego	4,200	$49,900	$24.00	$59,900	$28.80	6.9%
San Francisco (Area)	5,760	$62,700	$30.10	$89,500	$43.10	-4.9%
San Francisco (City)	2,690	$59,400	$28.50	$91,100	$43.80	-10.9%
San Jose	2,250	$71,000	$34.10	$90,400	$43.50	-17.4%
San Luis Obispo	240	$54,200	$26.10	$78,200	$37.60	-21.4%
Santa Barbara	610	$51,600	$24.80	$60,800	$29.20	16.5%
Santa Cruz	310	$55,700	$26.80	$69,400	$33.40	18.2%
Santa Rosa	570	$59,500	$28.60	$79,300	$38.10	4.2%
Stockton	470	$45,600	$21.90	$56,500	$27.20	-27.1%
Vallejo	370	$54,000	$26.00	$71,100	$34.20	-2.1%
Visalia	310	$27,900	$13.40	$51,300	$24.70	-22.8%
Yuba City	200	$76,200	$36.60	$82,900	$39.80	74.3%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	450	$46,100	$22.20	$56,500	$27.20	-6.1%
Colorado Springs	1,030	$46,400	$22.30	$55,500	$26.70	36.7%
Denver	3,820	$46,900	$22.50	$57,200	$27.50	2.2%
Fort Collins	830	$42,800	$20.60	$48,000	$23.10	111.2%
Grand Junction	410	$38,400	$18.50	$49,000	$23.60	111.5%
Greeley	530	$43,500	$20.90	$53,400	$25.70	119.1%
Pueblo	110	$47,200	$22.70	$52,000	$25.00	-34.7%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	1,350	$57,500	$27.70	$68,200	$32.80	-9.4%
Hartford	1,300	$56,300	$27.10	$68,400	$32.90	-24.5%
New Haven	1,020	$61,000	$29.30	$68,200	$32.80	-10.2%
Norwich	660	$47,500	$22.90	$58,700	$28.20	60.8%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	NA	$47,000	$22.60	$62,200	$29.90	NA

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	9,540	$48,100	$23.10	$60,400	$29.10	17.3%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	1,230	$39,100	$18.80	$45,600	$21.90	61.9%
Cape Coral	1,410	$38,000	$18.30	$46,000	$22.10	128.1%
Deltona	670	$29,900	$14.40	$37,800	$18.20	41.7%
Fort Walton Beach	150	$36,500	$17.60	$41,700	$20.00	-34.7%
Gainesville	270	$33,300	$16.00	$43,700	$21.00	-27.3%
Jacksonville	2,890	$35,500	$17.10	$42,400	$20.40	61.8%
Lakeland	370	$36,800	$17.70	$45,800	$22.00	-37.9%
Miami (Area)	6,200	$38,200	$18.40	$48,500	$23.30	-4.1%
Naples	700	$43,900	$21.10	$50,300	$24.20	100.1%
Ocala	390	$35,200	$16.90	$42,300	$20.40	33.5%
Orlando	3,050	$34,100	$16.40	$41,400	$19.90	0.5%
Palm Bay	740	$35,600	$17.10	$43,000	$20.70	24.3%
Palm Coast	NA	$34,700	$16.70	$41,200	$19.80	NA
Panama City	240	$32,100	$15.40	$38,500	$18.50	14.1%
Pensacola	560	$36,700	$17.60	$42,200	$20.30	20.6%
Port St. Lucie	500	$31,700	$15.20	$42,300	$20.30	35.8%
Punta Gorda	150	$41,200	$19.80	$49,500	$23.80	24.9%
Sebastian	NA	$28,500	$13.70	$33,800	$16.30	NA
Tallahassee	300	$37,500	$18.00	$44,700	$21.50	-38.9%
Tampa	1,840	$36,200	$17.40	$42,800	$20.60	-47.1%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	80	$33,300	$16.00	$43,600	$20.90	-57.8%
Athens	120	$35,000	$16.90	$39,600	$19.00	-48.6%
Atlanta	5,400	$41,300	$19.90	$48,600	$23.40	-23.2%
Augusta	730	$35,700	$17.20	$47,900	$23.00	16.4%
Brunswick	110	$30,400	$14.60	$40,700	$19.60	-8.8%
Columbus	320	$32,700	$15.70	$39,100	$18.80	-9.2%
Dalton	70	$32,100	$15.50	$45,700	$22.00	-63.5%
Gainesville	270	$39,000	$18.80	$44,800	$21.50	26.1%
Hinesville	40	$30,500	$14.70	$33,700	$16.20	-16.7%
Macon	170	$39,000	$18.70	$43,900	$21.10	-41.9%
Rome	NA	$50,000	$24.00	$56,800	$27.30	NA
Savannah	570	$38,100	$18.30	$46,100	$22.20	22.6%
Valdosta	150	$34,900	$16.80	$43,900	$21.10	-8.6%
Warner Robins	130	$42,900	$20.60	$47,200	$22.70	-26.5%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	1,850	$57,900	$27.80	$69,900	$33.60	39.7%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	800	$40,100	$19.30	$53,400	$25.70	-1.8%
Coeur d'Alene	NA	$37,900	$18.20	$45,600	$21.90	NA
Idaho Falls	150	$37,800	$18.20	$45,600	$21.90	-0.3%
Lewiston	NA	$39,000	$18.70	$48,200	$23.20	NA
Pocatello	100	$37,400	$18.00	$43,200	$20.80	-9%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	220	$39,700	$19.10	$62,500	$30.10	-17.5%
Champaign	450	$76,600	$36.80	$85,200	$40.90	45.9%
Chicago (Area)	14,480	$70,000	$33.60	$86,200	$41.40	19%
Decatur	560	$38,400	$18.40	$55,400	$26.70	217.9%
Kankakee	NA	$77,300	$37.10	$89,800	$43.20	NA
Peoria	750	$69,200	$33.20	$79,300	$38.10	43.1%
Rockford	410	$76,300	$36.70	$84,400	$40.60	-7.6%
Springfield	210	$74,200	$35.70	$81,900	$39.40	-33.9%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	160	$39,700	$19.10	$50,500	$24.30	32.9%
Bloomington	330	$56,400	$27.10	$67,200	$32.30	43.3%
Columbus	80	$33,300	$16.00	$59,500	$28.60	-38.7%
Elkhart	470	$47,600	$22.90	$61,900	$29.80	54.3%
Evansville	960	$56,800	$27.30	$68,200	$32.80	86.4%
Fort Wayne	1,020	$52,500	$25.20	$63,300	$30.50	63.7%
Indianapolis	3,870	$45,600	$21.90	$61,200	$29.40	45%
Kokomo	190	$73,400	$35.30	$79,800	$38.40	65.5%
Lafayette	140	$43,700	$21.00	$50,900	$24.50	-44.3%
Michigan City	260	$60,200	$28.90	$76,500	$36.80	100.2%
Muncie	60	$42,300	$20.30	$50,700	$24.40	-56.8%
South Bend	420	$57,100	$27.40	$66,000	$31.70	6%
Terre Haute	260	$58,000	$27.90	$62,800	$30.20	25.9%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	120	$45,500	$21.90	$51,300	$24.70	-8.4%
Cedar Rapids	560	$41,400	$19.90	$52,000	$25.00	32.7%
Davenport	530	$48,700	$23.40	$61,000	$29.40	-5.7%
Des Moines	960	$44,600	$21.50	$56,700	$27.30	-2.9%
Iowa City	180	$54,500	$26.20	$70,600	$34.00	-31.4%
Sioux City	370	$49,700	$23.90	$60,200	$29.00	69.4%
Waterloo	330	$40,100	$19.30	$53,200	$25.60	23.2%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	90	$44,200	$21.30	$52,400	$25.20	-35.2%
Topeka	340	$50,600	$24.30	$59,800	$28.80	0.1%
Wichita	800	$42,400	$20.40	$51,200	$24.60	-12%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	80	NA	NA	NA	NA	-52.9%
Elizabethtown	130	$31,800	$15.30	$51,600	$24.80	-0.4%
Lexington	860	$39,700	$19.10	$51,500	$24.80	15.8%
Louisville	2,810	$44,900	$21.60	$60,000	$28.80	54.4%
Owensboro	190	$41,900	$20.10	$51,800	$24.90	33.7%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	300	$40,000	$19.30	$47,100	$22.70	55.4%
Baton Rouge	3,040	$50,900	$24.50	$59,400	$28.60	171.7%
Houma	910	$38,100	$18.30	$44,000	$21.20	212.7%
Lafayette	720	$38,800	$18.60	$44,900	$21.60	60.6%
Lake Charles	730	$45,700	$22.00	$51,300	$24.70	166.5%
Monroe	NA	$49,600	$23.80	$58,400	$28.10	NA
New Orleans	2,690	$40,800	$19.60	$47,100	$22.60	71.8%
Shreveport	880	$42,400	$20.40	$52,700	$25.30	64.4%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	190	$40,500	$19.50	$47,300	$22.70	2.4%
Lewiston	180	$40,100	$19.30	$45,800	$22.00	21.7%
Portland	690	$45,900	$22.10	$52,500	$25.20	14.6%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	5,150	$49,600	$23.80	$61,200	$29.40	33.2%
Cumberland	70	$35,900	$17.30	$43,400	$20.90	-42.4%
Hagerstown	290	$36,500	$17.60	$43,800	$21.10	-0.2%
Salisbury	100	$35,600	$17.10	$39,600	$19.00	-41.4%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	300	$58,300	$28.00	$63,900	$30.70	4.3%
Boston (Area)	8,280	$53,200	$25.60	$67,500	$32.50	-1%
Pittsfield	NA	$47,000	$22.60	$60,200	$28.90	NA
Springfield	710	$51,500	$24.70	$66,700	$32.00	-19.2%
Worcester	640	$63,000	$30.30	$68,400	$32.90	-39%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	380	$65,700	$31.60	$75,400	$36.30	-35.3%
Bay City	50	$36,900	$17.70	$63,600	$30.60	-50.2%
Detroit (Area)	4,150	$65,300	$31.40	$74,500	$35.80	-23%
Flint	420	$64,300	$30.90	$76,800	$36.90	2.5%
Grand Rapids	990	$46,100	$22.10	$58,700	$28.20	-11.3%
Holland	NA	$42,200	$20.30	$59,300	$28.50	NA
Jackson	110	$64,600	$31.10	$72,100	$34.70	-31.6%
Kalamazoo	590	$70,500	$33.90	$80,000	$38.50	42.7%
Lansing	480	$57,700	$27.70	$71,400	$34.30	-21.7%
Monroe	210	$60,400	$29.00	$72,400	$34.80	85.4%
Muskegon	NA	$39,200	$18.90	$45,100	$21.70	NA
Niles	NA	$42,800	$20.60	$52,100	$25.00	NA
Saginaw	190	$63,300	$30.40	$71,500	$34.40	-24.6%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	360	$53,100	$25.50	$67,200	$32.30	-6.4%
Minneapolis	4,050	$72,500	$34.80	$83,200	$40.00	-23.7%
Rochester	290	$63,000	$30.30	$74,300	$35.70	-9.5%
St. Cloud	400	$39,100	$18.80	$57,400	$27.60	36.9%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	500	$33,100	$15.90	$40,500	$19.50	61.3%
Hattiesburg	200	$29,500	$14.20	$34,800	$16.80	12.9%
Jackson	1,130	$31,200	$15.00	$40,700	$19.60	49.3%
Pascagoula	1,170	$39,300	$18.90	$45,300	$21.80	584.4%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	280	$36,400	$17.50	$47,500	$22.80	8.3%
Jefferson City	390	$48,500	$23.30	$63,700	$30.60	55.3%
Joplin	200	$34,900	$16.80	$49,800	$23.90	-16%
Kansas City	2,630	$52,000	$25.00	$75,700	$36.40	-13.2%
Springfield	560	$42,000	$20.20	$60,900	$29.30	-2.2%
St. Joseph	150	NA	NA	NA	NA	-5.3%
St. Louis	5,080	$65,200	$31.30	$74,200	$35.70	27.3%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	390	$46,900	$22.50	$53,700	$25.80	57%
Great Falls	140	$47,200	$22.70	$56,000	$26.90	28.6%
Missoula	220	$55,100	$26.50	$63,500	$30.50	31.3%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	360	$36,400	$17.50	$54,600	$26.30	-26.8%
Omaha	2,500	$58,400	$28.10	$67,700	$32.60	80%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Carson City	NA	$60,500	$29.10	$79,600	$38.30	NA
Las Vegas	4,620	$59,800	$28.70	$77,800	$37.40	75.3%
Reno	550	$59,300	$28.50	$86,600	$41.60	-9.7%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	500	$52,300	$25.20	$60,800	$29.20	64.7%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	300	$54,500	$26.20	$59,300	$28.50	-30.3%
Ocean City	160	$48,300	$23.20	$67,000	$32.20	35.9%
Trenton	480	$62,700	$30.10	$89,100	$42.80	-27.1%
Vineland	NA	$81,200	$39.10	$95,000	$45.70	NA

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	1,800	$45,900	$22.10	$57,000	$27.40	53.7%
Farmington	330	$42,600	$20.50	$49,800	$23.90	109.8%
Las Cruces	160	$37,200	$17.90	$48,700	$23.40	-19.5%
Santa Fe	160	$37,600	$18.10	$47,400	$22.80	-17%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	1,330	$55,500	$26.70	$66,900	$32.20	-0.2%
Binghamton	240	$50,600	$24.30	$63,500	$30.50	-29.7%
Buffalo	1,560	$47,700	$23.00	$62,300	$29.90	-4.9%
Glens Falls	180	$49,000	$23.60	$58,500	$28.10	9%
Ithaca	190	$68,800	$33.10	$76,700	$36.90	22.5%
Kingston	190	$41,400	$19.90	$49,100	$23.60	5.6%
New York (Area)	22,460	$58,400	$28.10	$81,200	$39.10	-12%
Poughkeepsie	590	$54,900	$26.40	$74,800	$36.00	-21.6%
Rochester	1,480	$48,100	$23.10	$59,500	$28.60	-1.7%
Syracuse	940	$46,800	$22.50	$58,700	$28.20	0.6%
Utica	210	$38,800	$18.70	$47,900	$23.00	-45.6%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	390	$38,100	$18.30	$46,200	$22.20	-24.8%
Burlington	NA	$31,200	$15.00	$34,600	$16.60	NA
Charlotte	2,500	$35,800	$17.20	$41,200	$19.80	-2.8%
Durham	520	$39,900	$19.20	$46,000	$22.10	-38.2%
Goldsboro	100	$35,200	$16.90	$40,800	$19.60	-28.7%
Greensboro	760	$37,100	$17.80	$41,600	$20.00	-28.9%
Greenville	30	$42,000	$20.20	$46,400	$22.30	-85.7%
Hickory	120	$32,100	$15.50	$38,600	$18.60	-72.9%
Jacksonville	NA	$32,000	$15.40	$36,700	$17.60	NA
Raleigh	1,310	$39,700	$19.10	$47,500	$22.80	-14.2%
Rocky Mount	210	$27,700	$13.30	$32,200	$15.50	17.1%
Wilmington	540	$36,500	$17.50	$41,600	$20.00	27%
Winston-Salem	270	$39,500	$19.00	$57,300	$27.50	-56.9%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	130	$38,700	$18.60	$48,300	$23.20	-33%
Fargo	430	$44,900	$21.60	$54,900	$26.40	17.2%
Grand Forks	110	$44,300	$21.30	$51,500	$24.80	-24.2%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	560	$41,900	$20.20	$52,700	$25.40	-43.1%
Canton	610	$39,900	$19.20	$57,500	$27.70	19.5%
Cincinnati	3,210	$49,700	$23.90	$59,500	$28.60	5.2%
Cleveland	1,930	$62,500	$30.10	$73,900	$35.50	-37.2%
Columbus	2,160	$41,400	$19.90	$55,400	$26.60	-22.5%
Dayton	1,130	$42,800	$20.60	$54,400	$26.10	-0.7%
Lima	190	$45,000	$21.70	$61,400	$29.50	20.8%
Mansfield	160	$61,900	$29.70	$68,100	$32.80	-2.6%
Sandusky	100	$62,000	$29.80	$73,200	$35.20	-8.5%
Springfield	100	$51,700	$24.90	$67,700	$32.60	-30%
Toledo	890	$65,800	$31.70	$75,000	$36.10	-1.8%
Youngstown	750	$48,500	$23.30	$56,700	$27.30	10.8%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	150	$35,100	$16.90	$40,600	$19.50	19.2%
Oklahoma City	2,110	$38,000	$18.30	$49,600	$23.80	22%
Tulsa	1,600	$35,500	$17.10	$51,000	$24.50	23.2%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	310	$57,400	$27.60	$66,900	$32.20	60.5%
Corvallis	60	$52,000	$25.00	$64,400	$31.00	-38.7%
Eugene	260	$58,000	$27.90	$79,400	$38.20	-40.1%
Medford	240	$54,700	$26.30	$67,600	$32.50	1.1%
Portland	2,990	$60,800	$29.20	$74,900	$36.00	-1.9%
Salem	450	$39,800	$19.10	$49,900	$24.00	0.2%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	640	$68,000	$32.70	$80,500	$38.70	-36.5%
Altoona	110	$41,100	$19.80	$57,500	$27.60	-39.1%
Erie	250	$47,300	$22.70	$58,400	$28.10	-35.2%
Harrisburg	820	$45,100	$21.70	$55,900	$26.90	-13.9%
Johnstown	NA	$24,800	$11.90	$39,500	$19.00	NA
Lancaster	610	$44,700	$21.50	$50,000	$24.00	-12%
Lebanon	70	$47,300	$22.80	$56,500	$27.20	-48.3%
Philadelphia (Area)	7,230	$57,400	$27.60	$78,500	$37.70	1%
Pittsburgh	3,670	$59,100	$28.40	$67,500	$32.50	7.2%
Reading	470	$44,300	$21.30	$70,000	$33.70	-5.8%
Scranton	280	$38,300	$18.40	$50,300	$24.20	-64.5%
State College	140	$43,200	$20.80	$54,300	$26.10	-32.1%
Williamsport	130	$33,600	$16.20	$40,800	$19.60	-15.5%
York	430	$44,100	$21.20	$50,000	$24.00	-18.7%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	NA	$48,900	$23.50	$65,400	$31.50	NA

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	130	$36,100	$17.40	$39,400	$19.00	-26.9%
Charleston	970	$35,400	$17.00	$40,000	$19.20	12.3%
Columbia	1,060	$37,000	$17.80	$40,900	$19.70	3.3%
Florence	230	$33,800	$16.30	$45,400	$21.80	-5%
Greenville	840	$33,300	$16.00	$39,700	$19.10	-7.5%
Myrtle Beach	320	$32,600	$15.70	$37,600	$18.10	-4.9%
Spartanburg	430	$38,800	$18.60	$45,900	$22.10	18.9%
Sumter	100	$28,100	$13.50	$34,000	$16.40	-6.4%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	270	$36,300	$17.50	$42,500	$20.40	46.6%
Sioux Falls	450	$33,400	$16.00	$43,700	$21.00	10.3%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	510	$43,200	$20.80	$48,400	$23.30	-25.8%
Clarksville	190	$36,800	$17.70	$45,000	$21.60	-20.7%
Jackson	240	$31,800	$15.30	$42,000	$20.20	40.1%
Johnson City	210	$27,700	$13.30	$36,000	$17.30	-11.1%
Kingsport	210	$30,400	$14.60	$34,600	$16.70	-41.3%
Knoxville	780	$32,900	$15.80	$41,600	$20.00	-21.4%
Memphis	1,790	$38,200	$18.40	$48,300	$23.20	-3.7%
Morristown	70	$28,200	$13.60	$35,200	$16.90	-50.2%
Nashville	1,740	$39,800	$19.10	$45,900	$22.10	-21.4%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	80	$40,700	$19.60	$45,900	$22.10	-58.7%
Amarillo	360	$39,400	$18.90	$47,900	$23.00	7.2%
Austin	2,140	$43,300	$20.80	$48,600	$23.40	-9.5%
Beaumont	1,190	$45,400	$21.80	$53,800	$25.80	141.6%
Brownsville	190	$25,600	$12.30	$32,600	$15.70	-49.9%
College Station	300	$36,400	$17.50	$44,600	$21.50	6.5%
Corpus Christi	860	$39,100	$18.80	$46,400	$22.30	58%
Dallas (Area)	6,570	$45,500	$21.90	$53,800	$25.90	-27.5%
El Paso	460	$30,700	$14.80	$37,800	$18.20	-44.4%
Houston	9,980	$45,400	$21.90	$54,900	$26.40	26.9%
Killeen	350	$35,300	$17.00	$42,700	$20.50	-5.8%
Laredo	160	$34,000	$16.30	$47,900	$23.00	-38.2%
Longview	180	$49,900	$24.00	$60,400	$29.10	-39.3%
Lubbock	450	$33,700	$16.20	$42,000	$20.20	18.8%
McAllen	280	$28,200	$13.60	$32,300	$15.50	-58.2%
Midland	280	$30,400	$14.60	$37,100	$17.80	37%
Odessa	380	$41,900	$20.10	$51,300	$24.60	104%
San Angelo	210	$37,400	$18.00	$42,800	$20.60	56.5%
San Antonio	2,400	$39,600	$19.00	$47,200	$22.70	-6.5%
Sherman	200	$33,700	$16.20	$43,800	$21.10	56.4%
Texarkana	80	$36,600	$17.60	$41,600	$20.00	-51.9%
Tyler	200	$38,300	$18.40	$45,000	$21.60	-31.5%
Victoria	180	$40,100	$19.30	$48,700	$23.40	26.2%
Waco	330	$36,700	$17.60	$46,800	$22.50	8.4%
Wichita Falls	270	$47,800	$23.00	$64,100	$30.80	55.3%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	250	$36,500	$17.50	$44,500	$21.40	67.9%
Ogden	920	$42,500	$20.40	$56,000	$26.90	53.5%
Provo	1,020	$52,800	$25.40	$59,100	$28.40	92.7%
Salt Lake City	2,660	$41,600	$20.00	$54,100	$26.00	42.3%
St. George	160	$44,000	$21.20	$49,700	$23.90	5%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	450	$46,600	$22.40	$52,400	$25.20	31.7%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	150	$34,800	$16.70	$40,500	$19.50	-23.9%
Charlottesville	310	$41,800	$20.10	$48,600	$23.40	8.2%
Danville	200	$40,100	$19.30	$47,000	$22.60	68.6%
Harrisonburg	380	$33,400	$16.10	$41,300	$19.90	110.8%
Lynchburg	400	$30,400	$14.60	$37,100	$17.90	29.4%
Richmond	2,280	$41,100	$19.80	$47,700	$22.90	24.7%
Roanoke	500	$37,300	$17.90	$41,900	$20.10	5.7%
Virginia Beach	4,650	$41,700	$20.00	$47,000	$22.60	106.1%
Winchester	170	$43,500	$20.90	$52,700	$25.30	5.3%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	520	$51,600	$24.80	$65,400	$31.50	120.5%
Bremerton	760	$53,800	$25.90	$62,500	$30.00	206.4%
Kennewick	680	$59,900	$28.80	$71,900	$34.60	134.7%
Longview	NA	$46,600	$22.40	$62,100	$29.90	NA
Mount Vernon	230	$54,500	$26.20	$65,800	$31.60	72.5%
Olympia	300	$42,800	$20.60	$55,400	$26.70	1%
Seattle (Area)	5,720	$60,800	$29.30	$78,500	$37.80	22.8%
Spokane	500	$51,100	$24.60	$63,900	$30.70	-19.6%
Wenatchee	150	$43,900	$21.10	$53,500	$25.70	22.8%
Yakima	200	$45,900	$22.10	$62,300	$30.00	-19.2%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	570	$56,000	$26.90	$63,800	$30.70	27.2%
Huntington	390	$40,100	$19.30	$52,600	$25.30	14.2%
Parkersburg	500	$47,500	$22.80	$67,100	$32.30	136.5%
Weirton	NA	$41,900	$20.10	$54,900	$26.40	NA
Wheeling	90	$35,000	$16.80	$47,400	$22.80	-56.3%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	740	$61,100	$29.40	$69,800	$33.50	109.8%
Eau Claire	150	$59,800	$28.70	$66,900	$32.20	-35.2%
Fond du Lac	380	$67,700	$32.50	$82,100	$39.50	188.6%
Green Bay	340	$46,000	$22.10	$60,400	$29.00	-31.7%
Janesville	140	$63,700	$30.60	$75,000	$36.10	-25.3%
La Crosse	NA	$55,900	$26.90	$62,700	$30.20	NA
Madison	960	$73,800	$35.50	$81,400	$39.10	-4.9%
Milwaukee	2,280	$66,800	$32.10	$76,600	$36.80	-9.1%
Oshkosh	230	$62,900	$30.20	$84,300	$40.50	-13.8%
Racine	170	$72,500	$34.80	$87,600	$42.10	-26.5%
Sheboygan	200	$62,100	$29.80	$74,200	$35.70	11%
Wausau	140	$62,800	$30.20	$80,000	$38.50	-30.7%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	220	$43,200	$20.80	$51,400	$24.70	78%
Cheyenne	200	$31,600	$15.20	$40,100	$19.30	52%