Protection Servants

Median Salary: $36,200

Many protection servants across the country share a handful of key professional characteristics. For example, NA can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 3,172,420 folks were working as protection servants nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to utilize these attributes and receive good training, particularly if you're intending to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for protection servants in the U.S. was $36,200 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $17.40. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about protection servants, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the country.

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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 protection servants). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of protection servants 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 1,080 $37,700 $18.10 $43,100 $20.70 -3.4%
Auburn 1,000 $33,900 $16.30 $44,900 $21.60 -13.2%
Birmingham 12,460 $30,000 $14.40 $47,100 $22.60 3.8%
Decatur 1,100 $31,200 $15.00 $43,500 $20.90 -12.3%
Dothan 1,160 $30,600 $14.70 $38,200 $18.40 -18.6%
Florence 930 $28,800 $13.90 $37,400 $18.00 -24.2%
Gadsden 670 $30,600 $14.70 $37,700 $18.10 -20.9%
Huntsville 3,920 $33,400 $16.00 $47,700 $22.90 -21.4%
Mobile 4,300 $28,100 $13.50 $36,900 $17.80 2.3%
Montgomery 5,680 $31,200 $15.00 $42,100 $20.20 43.5%
Tuscaloosa 1,590 $38,800 $18.70 $47,800 $23.00 -27.4%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anchorage 4,120 $39,200 $18.90 $56,400 $27.10 2.4%
Fairbanks 930 $39,100 $18.80 $54,700 $26.30 8.3%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 1,530 $36,300 $17.50 $51,400 $24.70 10.6%
Lake Havasu City 1,850 $32,400 $15.60 $47,400 $22.80 64%
Phoenix 49,050 $36,500 $17.50 $56,900 $27.40 14.6%
Prescott 2,480 $39,200 $18.80 $53,000 $25.50 77.3%
Tucson 10,950 $39,800 $19.10 $54,600 $26.30 24.6%
Yuma 2,880 $42,400 $20.40 $56,400 $27.10 101.9%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 2,790 $33,500 $16.10 $42,500 $20.50 -41.4%
Fort Smith 1,970 $26,500 $12.70 $37,000 $17.80 -31%
Hot Springs 680 $30,200 $14.50 $41,800 $20.10 -21.4%
Jonesboro 880 $24,800 $11.90 $34,600 $16.60 -22.8%
Little Rock 7,230 $31,200 $15.00 $44,000 $21.10 -10%
Pine Bluff 2,360 $33,000 $15.90 $38,100 $18.30 175.7%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 9,310 $62,800 $30.20 $80,500 $38.70 44.3%
Chico 1,300 $43,100 $20.70 $58,800 $28.30 -23.3%
El Centro 3,900 $62,100 $29.80 $80,000 $38.50 217%
Fresno 9,250 $43,700 $21.00 $69,500 $33.40 17.7%
Hanford 5,110 $76,600 $36.80 $87,000 $41.80 446.5%
Los Angeles (Area) 135,720 $34,200 $16.50 $73,600 $35.40 -6.5%
Madera 1,900 $67,700 $32.50 $84,700 $40.70 105.5%
Merced 1,710 $48,800 $23.50 $62,600 $30.10 18.3%
Modesto 2,870 $38,000 $18.30 $55,600 $26.70 -24.4%
Napa 740 $49,500 $23.80 $68,300 $32.90 -51.1%
Oakland 18,280 $41,800 $20.10 $82,400 $39.60 -24%
Oxnard 5,570 $40,100 $19.30 $73,800 $35.50 -21.6%
Redding 1,520 $43,000 $20.70 $63,700 $30.60 1.5%
Riverside 33,710 $44,100 $21.20 $73,000 $35.10 15.9%
Sacramento 22,610 $48,200 $23.20 $69,800 $33.60 9.3%
Salinas 5,190 $62,700 $30.10 $82,800 $39.80 37.5%
San Diego 30,800 $43,300 $20.80 $66,900 $32.20 -0.9%
San Francisco (Area) 42,340 $42,200 $20.30 $75,700 $36.40 -11.6%
San Francisco (City) 24,060 $42,600 $20.50 $69,000 $33.20 0.8%
San Jose 17,980 $47,800 $23.00 $87,700 $42.20 -16.7%
San Luis Obispo 3,390 $68,500 $32.90 $84,200 $40.50 39.8%
Santa Barbara 3,400 $56,700 $27.30 $73,600 $35.40 -18%
Santa Cruz 1,660 $48,000 $23.10 $76,100 $36.60 -19.5%
Santa Rosa 3,630 $54,700 $26.30 $83,700 $40.20 -15.5%
Stockton 4,560 $59,800 $28.80 $78,300 $37.60 -9.9%
Vallejo 3,980 $71,600 $34.40 $87,400 $42.00 34.4%
Visalia 2,190 $40,600 $19.50 $62,300 $29.90 -31.6%
Yuba City 920 $46,600 $22.40 $63,800 $30.70 -1.1%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 2,120 $42,300 $20.40 $62,300 $29.90 -44%
Colorado Springs 5,830 $37,000 $17.80 $54,200 $26.10 -2.6%
Denver 26,070 $40,200 $19.30 $63,100 $30.30 -11.9%
Fort Collins 2,540 $37,700 $18.10 $58,900 $28.30 -18.8%
Grand Junction 1,030 $42,900 $20.60 $58,200 $28.00 -32.4%
Greeley 1,580 $42,900 $20.60 $60,900 $29.30 -17.3%
Pueblo 1,730 $42,400 $20.40 $56,900 $27.40 26.5%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 10,400 $46,200 $22.20 $63,600 $30.60 -23.7%
Hartford 11,690 $43,300 $20.80 $64,600 $31.10 -14.4%
New Haven 7,000 $48,000 $23.10 $61,200 $29.50 -20.6%
Norwich 4,200 $41,900 $20.20 $53,600 $25.80 28.9%
Delaware
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Dover 2,070 $39,800 $19.10 $48,600 $23.40 43.4%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Washington (Area) 76,350 $44,100 $21.20 $61,300 $29.50 -1.9%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 5,330 $36,900 $17.80 $52,000 $25.00 -11.2%
Cape Coral 4,480 $40,300 $19.40 $56,000 $26.90 -8.3%
Deltona 4,320 $31,900 $15.30 $40,700 $19.60 14.6%
Fort Walton Beach 1,940 $34,300 $16.50 $42,400 $20.40 4.3%
Gainesville 2,940 $35,600 $17.10 $43,900 $21.10 0.2%
Jacksonville 14,350 $32,500 $15.60 $50,100 $24.10 1.6%
Lakeland 4,630 $34,900 $16.80 $44,800 $21.50 -2.1%
Miami (Area) 78,470 $32,800 $15.80 $56,000 $26.90 44.5%
Naples 2,790 $41,900 $20.20 $57,600 $27.70 0.2%
Ocala 3,070 $32,700 $15.70 $38,600 $18.60 34.1%
Orlando 24,470 $31,200 $15.00 $44,100 $21.20 1.9%
Palm Bay 5,010 $34,800 $16.70 $44,200 $21.20 5.8%
Palm Coast 410 $33,300 $16.00 $40,200 $19.30 4.4%
Panama City 1,730 $30,900 $14.90 $38,000 $18.30 3.4%
Pensacola 4,510 $34,500 $16.60 $41,900 $20.20 22.3%
Port St. Lucie 3,330 $40,300 $19.40 $54,700 $26.30 13.8%
Punta Gorda 1,210 NA NA NA NA 30.5%
Sebastian 1,180 $37,200 $17.90 $49,200 $23.70 5.5%
Tallahassee 4,740 $36,000 $17.30 $47,100 $22.60 21.1%
Tampa 25,650 $35,200 $16.90 $53,300 $25.60 -6.6%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 2,250 $28,200 $13.60 $36,400 $17.50 52.1%
Athens 1,650 $36,400 $17.50 $46,800 $22.50 -13.4%
Atlanta 49,280 $32,200 $15.50 $45,000 $21.60 -11.4%
Augusta 6,130 $30,800 $14.80 $42,600 $20.50 23.7%
Brunswick 1,380 $36,800 $17.70 $59,100 $28.40 38.9%
Columbus 3,270 $31,400 $15.10 $40,500 $19.50 18.3%
Dalton 790 $30,900 $14.90 $36,900 $17.80 -51.6%
Gainesville 1,540 $34,200 $16.50 $42,900 $20.60 -10.6%
Hinesville 500 $35,100 $16.90 $43,800 $21.10 21.3%
Macon 2,850 $29,600 $14.30 $37,400 $18.00 22.8%
Rome 860 $30,900 $14.80 $39,000 $18.80 -5.2%
Savannah 4,590 $30,900 $14.90 $41,000 $19.70 25.9%
Valdosta 1,420 $29,500 $14.20 $35,700 $17.10 9.9%
Warner Robins 910 $32,300 $15.50 $40,200 $19.30 -33.4%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 15,590 $32,500 $15.70 $50,900 $24.50 49.1%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 5,410 $32,600 $15.70 $50,100 $24.10 -15.7%
Coeur d'Alene 830 $39,500 $19.00 $52,800 $25.40 -37.1%
Idaho Falls 680 $36,900 $17.80 $48,400 $23.30 -43.8%
Lewiston 480 $40,500 $19.50 $56,500 $27.20 -19.5%
Pocatello 570 $41,200 $19.80 $55,000 $26.50 -34.4%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 1,720 $23,000 $11.10 $31,300 $15.00 -17.7%
Champaign 1,950 $42,000 $20.20 $57,700 $27.70 -19.5%
Chicago (Area) 110,230 $39,000 $18.70 $61,100 $29.40 -6.3%
Danville 730 $42,400 $20.40 $56,300 $27.10 6.5%
Decatur 1,240 NA NA NA NA -11.2%
Kankakee 1,370 $25,700 $12.40 $53,800 $25.90 34.5%
Peoria 2,800 $43,400 $20.90 $62,400 $30.00 -32.3%
Rockford 1,940 $34,300 $16.50 $54,300 $26.10 -44.2%
Springfield 1,890 $47,200 $22.70 $64,500 $31.00 -26.5%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 1,600 $34,100 $16.40 $40,600 $19.50 73.1%
Bloomington 1,390 $25,000 $12.00 $42,300 $20.30 -23.5%
Columbus 410 $42,400 $20.40 $48,800 $23.50 -59%
Elkhart 1,150 $33,500 $16.10 $43,900 $21.10 -52.4%
Evansville 2,650 $36,500 $17.50 $47,200 $22.70 -35.1%
Fort Wayne 3,690 $29,600 $14.20 $46,400 $22.30 -25.3%
Indianapolis 19,790 $34,000 $16.30 $51,400 $24.70 -6.4%
Kokomo 560 $36,500 $17.50 $44,000 $21.10 -39.3%
Lafayette 1,090 $42,500 $20.50 $53,900 $25.90 -45.6%
Michigan City 1,940 $33,900 $16.30 $40,500 $19.50 85.8%
Muncie 880 $31,700 $15.30 $44,500 $21.40 -21%
South Bend 2,390 $32,500 $15.60 $46,600 $22.40 -23.4%
Terre Haute 2,450 $33,000 $15.90 $44,500 $21.40 49.3%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 420 $40,100 $19.30 $49,700 $23.90 -58.9%
Cedar Rapids 1,810 $31,400 $15.10 $50,700 $24.40 -45.5%
Davenport 3,580 $35,400 $17.00 $54,700 $26.30 -19.4%
Des Moines 5,570 $28,400 $13.70 $49,700 $23.90 -28.8%
Dubuque 660 $33,400 $16.10 $44,900 $21.60 -47.1%
Iowa City 1,170 $36,900 $17.80 $51,900 $25.00 -42%
Sioux City 1,080 $39,700 $19.10 $55,500 $26.70 -38.3%
Waterloo 830 $40,500 $19.50 $48,300 $23.20 -60.3%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawrence 870 $43,500 $20.90 $56,600 $27.20 -24.6%
Topeka 2,980 $29,700 $14.30 $38,200 $18.40 12%
Wichita 5,550 $33,500 $16.10 $45,500 $21.90 -22.6%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 630 $36,400 $17.50 $45,800 $22.00 -53.5%
Elizabethtown 740 $32,700 $15.70 $42,600 $20.50 -29.8%
Lexington 5,880 $25,100 $12.10 $35,900 $17.30 0.1%
Louisville 11,200 $31,400 $15.10 $45,100 $21.70 -22.3%
Owensboro 890 $20,500 $9.80 $28,700 $13.80 -22.6%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 2,120 $38,500 $18.50 $47,600 $22.90 37.8%
Baton Rouge 10,900 $29,800 $14.30 $41,000 $19.70 23%
Houma 1,610 $30,500 $14.70 $38,100 $18.30 -30%
Lafayette 2,210 $29,300 $14.10 $41,700 $20.00 -37.7%
Lake Charles 2,610 $31,900 $15.30 $54,300 $26.10 19.5%
Monroe 1,790 $28,200 $13.50 $35,800 $17.20 -1.8%
New Orleans 15,920 $31,500 $15.20 $43,700 $21.00 28.7%
Shreveport 5,560 $33,800 $16.30 $47,500 $22.90 32%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bangor 980 $33,000 $15.90 $43,200 $20.80 -35.1%
Lewiston 740 $31,900 $15.30 $42,700 $20.50 -36.7%
Portland 3,950 $32,400 $15.60 $43,200 $20.80 -16.9%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 38,210 $43,400 $20.90 $56,100 $27.00 25%
Cumberland 1,760 $41,800 $20.10 $49,600 $23.80 91.2%
Hagerstown 3,040 $41,400 $19.90 $50,200 $24.10 30.2%
Salisbury 1,480 $42,900 $20.60 $51,200 $24.60 13.8%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Barnstable Town 2,230 $46,300 $22.30 $59,300 $28.50 -3.4%
Boston (Area) 59,750 $44,800 $21.50 $58,200 $28.00 -18.3%
Pittsfield 740 $33,700 $16.20 $44,400 $21.40 -11.9%
Springfield 7,790 $44,900 $21.60 $54,800 $26.40 11.5%
Worcester 6,470 $47,700 $23.00 $64,100 $30.80 -2.8%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 2,580 $50,800 $24.40 $59,500 $28.60 -44.1%
Battle Creek 950 $32,500 $15.60 $49,900 $24.00 -25.8%
Bay City 460 $46,100 $22.10 $55,500 $26.70 -47.1%
Detroit (Area) 36,920 $37,400 $18.00 $54,000 $25.90 -9.3%
Flint 3,280 $28,800 $13.80 $48,300 $23.20 1%
Grand Rapids 5,650 $46,800 $22.50 $58,100 $28.00 -36.2%
Holland 870 $36,600 $17.60 $52,600 $25.30 -64.2%
Jackson 2,100 $51,600 $24.80 $56,400 $27.10 62.2%
Kalamazoo 2,120 $34,700 $16.70 $50,400 $24.20 -35%
Lansing 3,040 $41,900 $20.10 $57,300 $27.60 -37.6%
Monroe 500 $40,000 $19.20 $50,100 $24.10 -45.5%
Muskegon 1,540 $45,500 $21.90 $54,200 $26.10 6.6%
Niles 1,420 $29,500 $14.20 $43,700 $21.00 -1.1%
Saginaw 930 $48,400 $23.30 $56,100 $27.00 -52.7%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 2,770 $38,800 $18.60 $50,900 $24.50 -7.9%
Minneapolis 30,620 $36,100 $17.40 $55,500 $26.70 -27.1%
Rochester 1,210 $40,900 $19.60 $56,700 $27.30 -51.8%
St. Cloud 970 $41,200 $19.80 $56,800 $27.30 -58.1%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 3,800 $29,100 $14.00 $38,000 $18.30 53.6%
Hattiesburg 1,210 $27,200 $13.10 $34,800 $16.70 -12.1%
Jackson 7,400 $24,200 $11.70 $33,100 $15.90 24%
Pascagoula 1,280 $28,400 $13.70 $34,300 $16.50 -5.2%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 980 $28,900 $13.90 $45,100 $21.70 -51.4%
Jefferson City 2,620 $29,700 $14.30 $37,600 $18.10 33.7%
Joplin 1,020 $28,400 $13.70 $37,200 $17.90 -45.2%
Kansas City 21,130 $35,100 $16.90 $51,200 $24.60 -11.9%
Springfield 2,510 $29,000 $13.90 $44,400 $21.30 -44.8%
St. Joseph 1,270 $28,800 $13.80 $36,100 $17.40 1.5%
St. Louis 25,850 $34,800 $16.80 $51,500 $24.80 -18.2%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 1,250 $30,400 $14.60 $46,100 $22.20 -36.2%
Great Falls 730 $30,900 $14.90 $47,800 $23.00 -16.7%
Missoula 940 $39,900 $19.20 $51,000 $24.50 -30.4%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Annual Salary
Top 25%
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Job Density
Lincoln 2,530 $36,200 $17.40 $49,100 $23.60 -35.7%
Omaha 8,450 $33,200 $15.90 $50,900 $24.50 -23.1%
Nevada
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Carson City 1,060 NA NA NA NA 52%
Las Vegas 29,000 $31,300 $15.00 $52,500 $25.30 39.1%
Reno 4,520 $39,400 $18.90 $57,200 $27.50 -6.6%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
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Manchester 1,950 $30,900 $14.90 $47,900 $23.00 -19.2%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Atlantic City 5,410 $32,900 $15.80 $64,600 $31.10 60.1%
Ocean City 1,270 $50,300 $24.20 $77,000 $37.00 35.5%
Trenton 6,260 $61,400 $29.50 $77,300 $37.20 19.3%
Vineland 3,410 $62,000 $29.80 $71,400 $34.30 134.5%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque 9,800 $32,300 $15.50 $42,200 $20.30 5.7%
Farmington 1,440 $33,500 $16.10 $45,700 $22.00 17%
Las Cruces 2,760 $36,500 $17.50 $48,200 $23.20 72.3%
Santa Fe 2,160 $40,000 $19.30 $47,800 $23.00 39.8%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 11,750 $49,300 $23.70 $58,900 $28.30 11.3%
Binghamton 1,700 $42,300 $20.40 $56,400 $27.10 -36.7%
Buffalo 11,110 $46,400 $22.30 $58,900 $28.30 -14.4%
Elmira 1,460 $49,400 $23.80 $56,900 $27.30 61.3%
Glens Falls 1,670 $46,300 $22.20 $55,600 $26.70 31%
Ithaca 570 $50,100 $24.10 $64,000 $30.80 -53.5%
Kingston 2,330 $48,900 $23.50 $57,600 $27.70 60.9%
New York (Area) 258,670 $42,500 $20.50 $75,300 $36.20 11.9%
Poughkeepsie 7,820 $46,200 $22.20 $57,500 $27.60 30.9%
Rochester 10,100 $43,900 $21.10 $58,400 $28.10 -15%
Syracuse 5,850 $38,500 $18.50 $54,600 $26.20 -21.3%
Utica 3,450 $50,300 $24.20 $56,400 $27.10 11.8%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 3,750 $32,000 $15.40 $40,700 $19.50 -9%
Burlington 860 $35,000 $16.80 $44,100 $21.20 -38.1%
Charlotte 21,270 $32,700 $15.70 $46,200 $22.20 4.6%
Durham 4,030 $33,300 $16.00 $42,600 $20.50 -39.8%
Fayetteville 4,130 $35,400 $17.00 $42,600 $20.50 34.9%
Goldsboro 1,090 $33,000 $15.90 $38,200 $18.40 2.5%
Greensboro 6,820 $32,000 $15.40 $44,100 $21.20 -19.6%
Greenville 1,700 $35,000 $16.80 $45,200 $21.70 -4%
Hickory 3,590 $29,100 $14.00 $36,000 $17.30 2.7%
Jacksonville 990 $36,600 $17.60 $46,500 $22.30 -6%
Raleigh 11,660 $30,600 $14.70 $43,100 $20.70 -3.8%
Rocky Mount 1,160 $31,900 $15.40 $40,600 $19.50 -18.5%
Wilmington 3,480 $33,100 $15.90 $41,700 $20.10 2.6%
Winston-Salem 3,850 $30,500 $14.60 $41,700 $20.00 -22.7%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 1,280 $30,700 $14.80 $42,300 $20.30 -13.7%
Fargo 1,500 $31,700 $15.30 $51,000 $24.50 -48.7%
Grand Forks 890 $38,200 $18.40 $50,700 $24.40 -23.4%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 6,240 $36,800 $17.70 $54,300 $26.10 -20.1%
Canton 3,030 $27,800 $13.40 $43,400 $20.90 -24.9%
Cincinnati 19,490 $34,200 $16.40 $54,000 $26.00 -19.3%
Cleveland 29,140 $34,800 $16.80 $56,800 $27.30 19.6%
Columbus 20,640 $41,000 $19.70 $57,300 $27.50 -6.4%
Dayton 7,450 $36,200 $17.40 $55,100 $26.50 -17.5%
Lima 1,170 $40,300 $19.40 $46,400 $22.30 -5.6%
Mansfield 1,720 $40,500 $19.50 $46,100 $22.20 34.8%
Sandusky 870 $20,200 $9.70 $43,900 $21.10 5.4%
Springfield 770 $30,600 $14.70 $48,400 $23.30 -34%
Toledo 5,750 $33,500 $16.10 $45,900 $22.10 -19.4%
Youngstown 5,340 $39,200 $18.80 $49,100 $23.60 0.1%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 1,500 $26,700 $12.80 $37,500 $18.00 50.9%
Oklahoma City 12,950 $32,700 $15.70 $48,500 $23.30 -5.6%
Tulsa 9,130 $28,300 $13.60 $40,600 $19.50 -11.2%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 980 $51,100 $24.60 $65,100 $31.30 -34.8%
Corvallis 370 $50,400 $24.20 $64,700 $31.10 -52.9%
Eugene 2,270 $35,400 $17.00 $55,600 $26.70 -34.2%
Medford 1,210 $37,100 $17.90 $61,600 $29.60 -36.1%
Portland 16,420 $42,600 $20.50 $63,300 $30.40 -31.9%
Salem 3,080 $44,500 $21.40 $56,400 $27.10 -13.5%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 5,110 $37,600 $18.10 $52,800 $25.40 -36.2%
Altoona 940 $22,500 $10.80 $39,100 $18.80 -32.6%
Erie 2,600 $38,000 $18.30 $57,000 $27.40 -15.2%
Harrisburg 5,960 $35,500 $17.10 $55,100 $26.50 -21%
Johnstown 1,190 $37,300 $17.90 $50,900 $24.50 -13.4%
Lancaster 2,710 $35,400 $17.00 $59,900 $28.80 -50.9%
Lebanon 620 $34,800 $16.70 $50,800 $24.40 -45.4%
Philadelphia (Area) 65,390 $41,700 $20.00 $58,800 $28.30 -5.3%
Pittsburgh 21,880 $29,800 $14.30 $55,800 $26.80 -19.2%
Reading 2,810 $36,200 $17.40 $56,600 $27.20 -29%
Scranton 5,070 $31,700 $15.20 $47,900 $23.00 -17.4%
State College 1,110 $40,500 $19.50 $55,200 $26.50 -31.1%
Williamsport 1,070 $34,600 $16.60 $52,500 $25.20 -12.8%
York 2,200 $36,600 $17.60 $48,200 $23.20 -47.8%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 14,940 $44,800 $21.60 $54,700 $26.30 -11.2%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 1,000 $33,800 $16.30 $39,700 $19.10 -28.3%
Charleston 7,230 $30,800 $14.80 $40,000 $19.20 6%
Columbia 9,850 $30,100 $14.50 $38,400 $18.50 21.3%
Florence 1,540 $26,900 $12.90 $33,600 $16.20 -21%
Greenville 5,040 $27,600 $13.30 $36,400 $17.50 -30.3%
Myrtle Beach 3,130 $27,100 $13.00 $34,700 $16.70 16.2%
Spartanburg 2,130 $30,500 $14.70 $37,500 $18.00 -24.8%
Sumter 1,220 $26,900 $12.90 $32,900 $15.80 47.6%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 1,100 $35,800 $17.20 $45,800 $22.00 -23.9%
Sioux Falls 1,750 $34,300 $16.50 $48,500 $23.30 -46.3%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 5,160 $31,200 $15.00 $38,900 $18.70 -4.6%
Clarksville 1,700 $31,000 $14.90 $38,700 $18.60 -9.9%
Cleveland 640 $35,200 $16.90 $47,900 $23.00 -26%
Jackson 1,280 $32,400 $15.60 $39,300 $18.90 -6.9%
Johnson City 1,480 $30,300 $14.50 $37,400 $18.00 -20.1%
Kingsport 2,070 $32,400 $15.60 $40,700 $19.60 -26.4%
Knoxville 6,090 $26,700 $12.80 $37,300 $18.00 -22.7%
Memphis 20,410 $30,000 $14.40 $44,100 $21.20 38.8%
Morristown 650 $31,000 $14.90 $38,800 $18.70 -39.9%
Nashville 15,820 $30,200 $14.50 $47,600 $22.90 -9.5%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 1,950 $33,500 $16.10 $37,500 $18.10 26.5%
Amarillo 3,110 $36,000 $17.30 $47,200 $22.70 17.9%
Austin 15,640 $38,700 $18.60 $55,100 $26.50 -16.3%
Beaumont 4,970 $36,500 $17.50 $49,600 $23.80 28%
Brownsville 4,250 $37,300 $18.00 $50,600 $24.30 42.4%
College Station 2,270 $37,400 $18.00 $51,900 $25.00 2.5%
Corpus Christi 4,090 $32,700 $15.70 $47,000 $22.60 -5.2%
Dallas (Area) 59,560 $36,300 $17.50 $54,000 $26.00 -18%
El Paso 9,400 $38,500 $18.50 $53,500 $25.70 43.8%
Houston 56,410 $33,400 $16.00 $49,600 $23.80 -9.4%
Killeen 4,920 $33,000 $15.90 $37,300 $17.90 67.2%
Laredo 4,010 $43,200 $20.80 $56,900 $27.30 89.8%
Longview 2,250 $31,700 $15.20 $47,600 $22.90 -1.8%
Lubbock 2,430 $35,900 $17.30 $52,000 $25.00 -19%
McAllen 6,180 $35,200 $16.90 $46,800 $22.50 15.6%
Midland 1,090 $38,800 $18.70 $52,700 $25.30 -33.4%
Odessa 810 $38,900 $18.70 $52,200 $25.10 -44.8%
San Angelo 940 $44,700 $21.50 $57,700 $27.70 -11%
San Antonio 21,380 $34,300 $16.50 $50,500 $24.30 5.2%
Sherman 810 $40,100 $19.30 $49,100 $23.60 -18.6%
Texarkana 1,420 $35,300 $17.00 $48,000 $23.10 8.8%
Tyler 1,690 $33,000 $15.90 $46,900 $22.50 -24.9%
Victoria 990 $33,000 $15.80 $42,500 $20.50 -14.1%
Waco 1,850 $35,200 $16.90 $49,400 $23.70 -23.4%
Wichita Falls 1,970 $34,200 $16.40 $43,600 $21.00 42.1%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 520 $33,300 $16.00 $44,100 $21.20 -55.3%
Ogden 3,500 $27,900 $13.40 $41,900 $20.10 -26.1%
Provo 2,690 $32,200 $15.50 $43,600 $21.00 -36%
Salt Lake City 10,830 $34,900 $16.80 $47,800 $23.00 -26.8%
St. George 960 $35,200 $16.90 $45,400 $21.80 -17.8%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 1,780 $33,800 $16.20 $47,000 $22.60 -34.2%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 1,070 $34,700 $16.70 $43,200 $20.80 -30.9%
Charlottesville 1,920 $33,600 $16.10 $44,300 $21.30 -15.1%
Danville 840 $34,900 $16.80 $40,300 $19.40 -12.1%
Harrisonburg 1,070 $33,200 $15.90 $41,400 $19.90 -24.8%
Lynchburg 2,200 $32,600 $15.70 $43,300 $20.80 -9.4%
Richmond 16,940 $36,700 $17.60 $49,800 $24.00 17%
Roanoke 3,870 $32,800 $15.80 $44,400 $21.30 4.1%
Virginia Beach 20,350 $35,700 $17.20 $46,400 $22.30 14%
Winchester 840 $37,400 $18.00 $50,500 $24.30 -33.4%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 1,660 $48,800 $23.40 $68,800 $33.10 -10.7%
Bremerton 1,890 $50,500 $24.30 $72,000 $34.60 -3.7%
Kennewick 2,040 $53,900 $25.90 $67,100 $32.20 -11.1%
Longview 510 $47,900 $23.00 $64,700 $31.10 -39.2%
Mount Vernon 640 $49,700 $23.90 $68,500 $32.90 -39.7%
Olympia 1,770 $54,700 $26.30 $72,400 $34.80 -24.1%
Seattle (Area) 32,220 $51,100 $24.60 $70,200 $33.80 -8.8%
Spokane 4,190 $43,800 $21.00 $65,100 $31.30 -15.3%
Wenatchee 790 $41,300 $19.90 $57,300 $27.60 -17.8%
Yakima 1,730 $40,500 $19.50 $59,700 $28.70 -11.9%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 3,620 $23,000 $11.10 $35,700 $17.20 1.9%
Huntington 2,150 $24,100 $11.60 $36,600 $17.60 -19.4%
Morgantown 890 $38,000 $18.30 $47,000 $22.60 -35.3%
Parkersburg 880 $30,600 $14.70 $40,300 $19.40 -47.5%
Weirton 750 $23,300 $11.20 $41,700 $20.10 -27.2%
Wheeling 1,510 $28,700 $13.80 $41,800 $20.10 -3.3%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 1,810 $27,300 $13.10 $50,400 $24.20 -35.3%
Eau Claire 1,390 $37,300 $18.00 $48,700 $23.40 -24.8%
Fond du Lac 760 $47,000 $22.60 $58,700 $28.20 -27%
Green Bay 2,880 $30,200 $14.50 $45,500 $21.90 -27.6%
Janesville 1,110 $36,900 $17.70 $53,800 $25.90 -26.2%
La Crosse 1,190 $25,300 $12.20 $43,800 $21.10 -30.4%
Madison 5,470 $42,000 $20.20 $57,600 $27.70 -31.7%
Milwaukee 15,150 $36,400 $17.50 $57,200 $27.50 -23.6%
Oshkosh 1,710 $42,400 $20.40 $54,000 $25.90 -18.7%
Racine 1,930 $40,600 $19.50 $57,700 $27.70 7.5%
Sheboygan 2,330 $32,900 $15.80 $44,000 $21.10 65%
Wausau 1,190 $26,000 $12.50 $49,500 $23.80 -26.9%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 800 $34,100 $16.40 $53,700 $25.80 -17.9%
Cheyenne 960 $40,400 $19.40 $52,500 $25.20 -7.6%