Social and Human Service Aides

Median Salary: $27,900

Many social and human service aides across the United States share a handful of key professional characteristics. For example, cooperation, integrity, and attention to detail can be essential for success in the industry, especially when mixed with career training. Around 344,050 individuals were working as social and human service aides nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to develop these attributes and receive proper training, particularly if you're ready to progress in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for social and human service aides in the U.S. was $27,900 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $13.40. Of course, income can vary with training and by locale. Below, you'll find more data about social and human service aides, including wages and job density for areas all over the United States.

Social and human service aides should be skilled in:

Speech Clarity
Written Expression
Oral Expression
Fluency of Ideas
Inductive Reasoning

Different individuals go into different careers; social and human service aides are typically:

Conventional
Social
Enterprising

Working as a social and human service aide requires knowledge in subjects like:

Therapy and Counseling
Psychology
Administration and Management
English Language
Sociology and Anthropology

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of individuals working as social and human service aides). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of social and human service aides 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	60	$18,500	$8.90	$29,400	$14.10	-48%
Auburn	100	$20,500	$9.90	$24,600	$11.80	-21.5%
Birmingham	400	$22,800	$10.90	$28,100	$13.50	-69.3%
Decatur	60	$27,600	$13.30	$31,000	$14.90	-54.3%
Dothan	60	$23,300	$11.20	$27,600	$13.30	-61%
Florence	NA	$18,500	$8.90	$22,000	$10.60	NA
Gadsden	100	$17,500	$8.40	$19,800	$9.50	10%
Huntsville	110	$22,800	$11.00	$25,900	$12.40	-79.5%
Mobile	170	$23,000	$11.10	$26,400	$12.70	-63.7%
Montgomery	NA	$28,900	$13.90	$35,800	$17.20	NA

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	950	$31,000	$14.90	$39,800	$19.10	118.3%
Fairbanks	NA	$44,200	$21.20	$52,400	$25.20	NA

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	110	$29,100	$14.00	$32,200	$15.50	-24.8%
Lake Havasu City	60	$27,100	$13.00	$32,100	$15.40	-54.3%
Phoenix	3,610	$25,900	$12.50	$32,900	$15.80	-22.3%
Prescott	240	$31,100	$14.90	$36,400	$17.50	61.5%
Tucson	940	$27,000	$13.00	$35,400	$17.00	-0.9%
Yuma	80	$30,000	$14.40	$36,000	$17.30	-47.7%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	680	$23,700	$11.40	$25,600	$12.30	32.5%
Fort Smith	140	$21,100	$10.20	$30,700	$14.70	-53.9%
Hot Springs	110	$26,900	$12.90	$35,800	$17.20	15.3%
Jonesboro	190	$20,500	$9.90	$26,100	$12.50	53.6%
Little Rock	2,080	$22,100	$10.60	$27,300	$13.10	138.8%
Pine Bluff	80	$24,700	$11.90	$28,600	$13.80	-8.6%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	NA	$35,100	$16.90	$40,100	$19.30	NA
Chico	300	$27,900	$13.40	$38,300	$18.40	61.6%
Fresno	960	$31,500	$15.10	$35,900	$17.30	13%
Hanford	40	$28,800	$13.80	$41,000	$19.70	-59.2%
Los Angeles (Area)	10,540	$35,900	$17.20	$43,700	$21.00	-34.8%
Merced	190	$25,500	$12.30	$37,100	$17.80	20.7%
Modesto	770	$40,700	$19.60	$49,000	$23.50	87.7%
Napa	110	$34,400	$16.60	$38,500	$18.50	-29.9%
Oakland	3,570	$36,500	$17.60	$50,000	$24.00	36.7%
Oxnard	540	$36,600	$17.60	$43,100	$20.70	-30%
Redding	160	$32,800	$15.80	$37,800	$18.20	-3.4%
Riverside	2,300	$29,200	$14.00	$34,500	$16.60	-27.1%
Sacramento	2,910	$37,600	$18.10	$50,900	$24.50	29.6%
Salinas	240	$32,300	$15.60	$40,900	$19.70	-42%
San Diego	2,020	$29,800	$14.30	$35,600	$17.10	-40.1%
San Francisco (Area)	5,460	$35,600	$17.10	$47,900	$23.00	4.9%
San Francisco (City)	1,890	$34,600	$16.60	$45,900	$22.00	-26.9%
San Jose	1,130	$35,200	$16.90	$44,000	$21.10	-51.8%
San Luis Obispo	140	$26,400	$12.70	$38,200	$18.40	-48.1%
Santa Barbara	350	$30,700	$14.80	$36,500	$17.60	-23.1%
Santa Cruz	210	$28,300	$13.60	$32,800	$15.80	-4.2%
Santa Rosa	430	$32,100	$15.40	$40,300	$19.40	-6.8%
Stockton	490	$43,900	$21.10	$54,600	$26.20	-10.9%
Vallejo	320	$46,100	$22.20	$54,200	$26.10	0.9%
Visalia	410	$30,100	$14.50	$35,900	$17.20	17.7%
Yuba City	110	$32,200	$15.50	$44,400	$21.30	5.8%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	330	$30,600	$14.70	$34,200	$16.50	-19.3%
Colorado Springs	450	$28,000	$13.50	$35,800	$17.20	-30.5%
Denver	1,590	$30,100	$14.50	$37,100	$17.80	-50.5%
Fort Collins	70	$30,300	$14.60	$35,000	$16.80	-78.3%
Grand Junction	120	$21,500	$10.30	$30,500	$14.70	-25.1%
Greeley	310	$19,800	$9.50	$28,800	$13.80	51.3%
Pueblo	NA	$24,900	$12.00	$29,400	$14.10	NA

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	2,110	$41,200	$19.80	$49,500	$23.80	45.5%
Hartford	2,410	$38,400	$18.50	$51,500	$24.70	63.1%
New Haven	1,520	$35,200	$16.90	$48,300	$23.20	79.3%
Norwich	490	$38,500	$18.50	$49,900	$24.00	38.7%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	170	$28,600	$13.80	$33,900	$16.30	9.8%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	5,850	$32,500	$15.60	$42,500	$20.40	-18.1%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	390	$29,400	$14.20	$36,300	$17.40	-40%
Cape Coral	250	$30,600	$14.70	$36,400	$17.50	-53.1%
Deltona	250	$26,600	$12.80	$30,700	$14.70	-39.4%
Fort Walton Beach	50	$28,500	$13.70	$34,000	$16.40	-73%
Gainesville	210	$26,500	$12.70	$31,800	$15.30	-33.7%
Jacksonville	850	$27,400	$13.20	$32,300	$15.50	-44.4%
Lakeland	250	$28,400	$13.70	$32,600	$15.70	-51.4%
Miami (Area)	3,080	$29,900	$14.40	$36,700	$17.70	-51.3%
Naples	110	$29,600	$14.20	$36,100	$17.40	-64.5%
Ocala	60	$30,600	$14.70	$36,000	$17.30	-74.9%
Orlando	590	$30,300	$14.50	$36,400	$17.50	-77.3%
Palm Bay	310	$29,700	$14.30	$33,100	$15.90	-39.6%
Panama City	100	$27,300	$13.10	$32,500	$15.60	-44.1%
Pensacola	530	$22,700	$10.90	$25,900	$12.50	31.8%
Port St. Lucie	150	$28,900	$13.90	$32,900	$15.80	-52.4%
Punta Gorda	70	$29,600	$14.20	$35,600	$17.10	-32.9%
Tallahassee	440	$21,300	$10.20	$26,300	$12.70	3.1%
Tampa	1,880	$26,800	$12.90	$32,100	$15.40	-37%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Athens	140	$22,200	$10.70	$29,300	$14.10	-34.6%
Atlanta	4,650	$28,100	$13.50	$34,700	$16.70	-22.9%
Augusta	740	$22,500	$10.80	$29,300	$14.10	37%
Brunswick	100	$24,700	$11.90	$30,200	$14.50	-3.1%
Columbus	280	$25,800	$12.40	$34,400	$16.60	-8%
Dalton	100	$20,500	$9.80	$29,000	$13.90	-42%
Gainesville	110	$28,200	$13.50	$32,000	$15.40	-41.3%
Hinesville	50	$30,600	$14.70	$37,700	$18.10	11.8%
Macon	310	$21,200	$10.20	$27,100	$13.00	24.3%
Rome	70	$26,700	$12.90	$34,800	$16.70	-27%
Savannah	270	$21,900	$10.50	$26,600	$12.80	-30.5%
Valdosta	120	$20,000	$9.60	$25,000	$12.00	-16.9%
Warner Robins	100	$23,700	$11.40	$29,000	$13.90	-30.5%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	2,270	$34,000	$16.30	$40,400	$19.40	100.3%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	1,310	$23,100	$11.10	$29,100	$14.00	88.1%
Idaho Falls	NA	$35,500	$17.10	$42,400	$20.40	NA
Lewiston	40	$30,400	$14.60	$35,300	$17.00	-42.5%
Pocatello	110	$27,200	$13.10	$35,100	$16.90	16.3%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	100	$26,700	$12.80	$32,300	$15.50	-57%
Champaign	160	$27,300	$13.10	$32,100	$15.50	-40%
Chicago (Area)	8,950	$27,800	$13.40	$37,100	$17.80	-43.4%
Danville	40	$29,300	$14.10	$37,500	$18.10	-47.8%
Decatur	100	$19,700	$9.50	$22,700	$10.90	-34.2%
Kankakee	100	$32,600	$15.70	$36,900	$17.70	-12.8%
Peoria	290	$26,000	$12.50	$36,400	$17.50	-36.1%
Rockford	670	$25,400	$12.20	$32,000	$15.40	76%
Springfield	230	$28,600	$13.80	$33,300	$16.00	-18.6%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	NA	$28,500	$13.70	$32,800	$15.80	NA
Columbus	60	$23,500	$11.30	$27,100	$13.10	-48.2%
Elkhart	140	$27,000	$13.00	$30,900	$14.80	-46.7%
Evansville	390	$29,400	$14.10	$34,000	$16.30	-11.1%
Fort Wayne	610	$25,200	$12.10	$29,500	$14.20	14.2%
Indianapolis	1,580	$29,300	$14.10	$35,400	$17.00	-31.3%
Kokomo	NA	$16,600	$8.00	$25,000	$12.00	NA
Lafayette	30	$29,500	$14.20	$35,700	$17.20	-84.4%
Muncie	80	$27,300	$13.10	$33,800	$16.30	-35.6%
South Bend	300	$23,600	$11.40	$27,600	$13.30	-11.9%
Terre Haute	140	$23,500	$11.30	$36,900	$17.80	-23.7%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	NA	$19,200	$9.20	$21,000	$10.10	NA
Cedar Rapids	NA	$27,600	$13.30	$36,300	$17.50	NA
Davenport	340	$24,900	$12.00	$33,000	$15.90	-28.5%
Des Moines	430	$26,300	$12.60	$31,900	$15.30	-49.4%
Dubuque	100	$20,800	$10.00	$26,600	$12.80	-22.7%
Iowa City	170	$22,000	$10.60	$29,200	$14.00	-23.7%
Sioux City	50	$26,300	$12.60	$31,500	$15.10	-72%
Waterloo	210	$19,800	$9.50	$23,900	$11.50	-8.7%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	120	$27,000	$13.00	$30,800	$14.80	-3.7%
Topeka	320	$29,700	$14.30	$35,800	$17.20	11.8%
Wichita	750	$24,900	$12.00	$30,100	$14.50	-3.2%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	230	$24,600	$11.80	$29,400	$14.10	53.5%
Elizabethtown	70	$23,300	$11.20	$45,000	$21.70	-37.6%
Lexington	370	$25,600	$12.30	$30,500	$14.60	-42.2%
Louisville	1,080	$26,600	$12.80	$30,400	$14.60	-30.9%
Owensboro	180	$25,000	$12.00	$31,100	$15.00	46.1%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	250	$30,600	$14.70	$40,500	$19.50	50.8%
Baton Rouge	1,380	$25,500	$12.30	$35,300	$17.00	43.4%
Houma	780	$24,800	$11.90	$28,800	$13.80	214.7%
Lafayette	380	$27,800	$13.30	$34,800	$16.70	-1.9%
Lake Charles	220	$25,600	$12.30	$32,900	$15.80	-6.6%
Monroe	220	$30,600	$14.70	$37,300	$17.90	8.9%
New Orleans	820	$29,300	$14.10	$40,500	$19.50	-39%
Shreveport	480	$30,900	$14.90	$39,400	$19.00	3.9%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	440	$25,000	$12.00	$30,000	$14.40	169.3%
Lewiston	320	$25,200	$12.10	$31,700	$15.30	151.5%
Portland	860	$23,900	$11.50	$31,200	$15.00	66.1%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	3,870	$31,300	$15.10	$40,900	$19.70	16.7%
Cumberland	160	$24,500	$11.80	$30,100	$14.50	58.5%
Hagerstown	330	$19,400	$9.30	$28,400	$13.70	30.2%
Salisbury	140	$30,200	$14.50	$35,100	$16.90	-1%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	530	$47,000	$22.60	$55,900	$26.90	113.1%
Boston (Area)	9,800	$28,300	$13.60	$39,200	$18.80	39.9%
Pittsfield	210	$24,800	$11.90	$33,700	$16.20	130.8%
Springfield	1,420	$30,700	$14.80	$42,900	$20.60	87.8%
Worcester	2,200	$26,600	$12.80	$34,500	$16.60	194.3%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	440	$35,700	$17.20	$43,800	$21.00	-11.4%
Battle Creek	190	$34,500	$16.60	$40,800	$19.60	37.8%
Bay City	90	$29,900	$14.40	$32,700	$15.70	-5.5%
Detroit (Area)	5,960	$27,400	$13.20	$35,300	$17.00	33.6%
Flint	480	$26,900	$13.00	$34,500	$16.60	37.5%
Grand Rapids	630	$29,400	$14.10	$37,200	$17.90	-34.2%
Holland	NA	$37,000	$17.80	$42,700	$20.50	NA
Jackson	130	$28,500	$13.70	$36,700	$17.70	-7.1%
Kalamazoo	300	$23,500	$11.30	$34,600	$16.70	-16.4%
Lansing	970	$26,300	$12.60	$34,600	$16.60	83.4%
Monroe	60	$25,800	$12.40	$31,200	$15.00	-36.3%
Muskegon	NA	$23,100	$11.10	$29,100	$14.00	NA
Niles	110	$34,500	$16.60	$38,400	$18.50	-30.2%
Saginaw	210	$29,600	$14.30	$33,500	$16.10	-3%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	2,250	$27,300	$13.10	$36,300	$17.40	591.8%
Minneapolis	9,200	$28,900	$13.90	$33,300	$16.00	102%
Rochester	240	$30,300	$14.60	$36,900	$17.70	-10.7%
St. Cloud	510	$23,800	$11.40	$26,300	$12.60	103.5%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	60	$36,600	$17.60	$44,500	$21.40	-78.4%
Hattiesburg	260	$28,300	$13.60	$31,500	$15.10	74.6%
Jackson	450	$21,900	$10.50	$27,000	$13.00	-29.9%
Pascagoula	60	$21,100	$10.10	$23,500	$11.30	-62.1%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	140	$24,700	$11.90	$31,900	$15.30	-34.4%
Jefferson City	170	$31,800	$15.30	$35,700	$17.20	-18.5%
Joplin	40	$30,300	$14.60	$36,400	$17.50	-81.7%
Kansas City	1,180	$27,400	$13.20	$34,000	$16.30	-54.6%
Springfield	120	$26,500	$12.70	$31,600	$15.20	-76.3%
St. Joseph	30	$24,200	$11.60	$29,800	$14.30	-74.6%
St. Louis	1,520	$23,900	$11.50	$33,500	$16.10	-55.6%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	480	$25,600	$12.30	$30,000	$14.40	126.4%
Great Falls	140	$25,200	$12.10	$32,200	$15.50	44.4%
Missoula	200	$19,700	$9.50	$24,000	$11.50	39.2%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	1,280	$22,100	$10.60	$25,700	$12.30	201.2%
Omaha	2,420	$27,800	$13.30	$34,800	$16.70	103.1%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Carson City	30	$35,300	$17.00	$39,200	$18.90	-54.2%
Las Vegas	840	$28,200	$13.60	$34,300	$16.50	-63%
Reno	250	$31,000	$14.90	$36,700	$17.70	-52.1%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	310	$29,600	$14.20	$36,000	$17.30	19.3%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	520	$32,100	$15.40	$39,900	$19.20	41.4%
Ocean City	120	$22,200	$10.70	$29,700	$14.30	18.3%
Trenton	940	$34,700	$16.70	$42,300	$20.30	64.8%
Vineland	400	NA	NA	NA	NA	156.4%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	600	$25,600	$12.30	$33,400	$16.10	-40.8%
Farmington	80	$23,100	$11.10	$31,200	$15.00	-37.5%
Las Cruces	100	$27,600	$13.30	$32,600	$15.70	-40.1%
Santa Fe	180	$28,100	$13.50	$35,300	$17.00	9.3%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	1,840	$30,200	$14.50	$39,600	$19.10	60.8%
Binghamton	430	$27,200	$13.10	$36,800	$17.70	48.4%
Buffalo	1,790	$27,500	$13.20	$33,400	$16.10	27.5%
Elmira	220	$32,600	$15.70	$42,900	$20.60	127%
Glens Falls	230	$26,500	$12.70	$32,700	$15.70	64%
Ithaca	440	$32,800	$15.80	$41,100	$19.80	234.4%
Kingston	270	$38,900	$18.70	$44,200	$21.30	72.1%
New York (Area)	23,550	$30,500	$14.70	$38,900	$18.70	-6.6%
Poughkeepsie	1,160	$32,800	$15.80	$40,100	$19.30	79.8%
Rochester	1,730	$26,200	$12.60	$37,600	$18.10	34.3%
Syracuse	1,020	$27,600	$13.30	$33,100	$15.90	26.5%
Utica	610	$31,900	$15.30	$43,900	$21.10	81.4%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	670	$31,700	$15.20	$37,700	$18.10	48.9%
Burlington	110	$27,100	$13.00	$30,800	$14.80	-27.4%
Charlotte	2,170	$25,200	$12.10	$30,000	$14.40	-1.8%
Durham	910	$31,500	$15.10	$37,800	$18.20	25.2%
Fayetteville	540	$27,600	$13.30	$36,500	$17.50	62.1%
Goldsboro	260	$26,100	$12.60	$30,000	$14.40	120.7%
Greensboro	790	$25,300	$12.20	$29,300	$14.10	-14.5%
Greenville	750	$28,400	$13.70	$32,300	$15.50	292.1%
Hickory	510	$25,300	$12.20	$31,600	$15.20	35.6%
Jacksonville	160	$26,200	$12.60	$32,600	$15.70	39%
Raleigh	2,170	$25,300	$12.20	$30,500	$14.70	65.3%
Rocky Mount	150	$29,100	$14.00	$32,000	$15.40	-5.7%
Wilmington	320	$23,500	$11.30	$27,800	$13.40	-12.2%
Winston-Salem	750	$26,900	$12.90	$31,700	$15.30	39.3%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	270	$24,400	$11.70	$29,700	$14.30	70%
Fargo	1,140	$23,400	$11.30	$27,900	$13.40	259.9%
Grand Forks	320	$23,600	$11.40	$28,700	$13.80	154.1%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	700	$24,000	$11.50	$32,000	$15.40	-17.9%
Canton	350	$27,600	$13.30	$34,600	$16.60	-20.5%
Cincinnati	1,940	$27,500	$13.20	$33,100	$15.90	-25.9%
Cleveland	1,830	$23,600	$11.30	$30,000	$14.40	-30.6%
Columbus	2,130	$27,800	$13.40	$35,400	$17.00	-10.8%
Dayton	770	$27,100	$13.00	$32,000	$15.40	-21.2%
Lima	90	$33,200	$16.00	$40,600	$19.50	-32.2%
Mansfield	70	$25,300	$12.20	$29,900	$14.40	-48.5%
Sandusky	80	$22,700	$10.90	$31,800	$15.30	-12.6%
Springfield	200	$27,800	$13.40	$32,200	$15.50	60.1%
Toledo	1,050	$30,300	$14.60	$37,600	$18.10	35.8%
Youngstown	710	$25,300	$12.20	$30,200	$14.50	23%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	60	$30,800	$14.80	$40,000	$19.20	-45.6%
Oklahoma City	840	$28,500	$13.70	$37,600	$18.10	-43.8%
Tulsa	620	$25,900	$12.40	$30,200	$14.50	-44.1%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	170	$28,000	$13.50	$35,300	$17.00	3.6%
Corvallis	290	$22,600	$10.90	$25,300	$12.20	240.2%
Eugene	560	$25,600	$12.30	$34,900	$16.80	51%
Medford	260	$26,300	$12.60	$32,600	$15.70	28.8%
Portland	3,060	$25,000	$12.00	$31,900	$15.30	17.1%
Salem	650	$31,600	$15.20	$39,000	$18.70	68.4%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	940	$25,500	$12.30	$31,400	$15.10	8.1%
Altoona	270	$20,100	$9.70	$25,200	$12.10	79.1%
Erie	530	$28,000	$13.40	$31,800	$15.30	59.7%
Harrisburg	790	$27,100	$13.00	$34,100	$16.40	-3.6%
Johnstown	390	$23,100	$11.10	$27,000	$13.00	163.3%
Lancaster	640	$27,100	$13.00	$30,600	$14.70	7%
Lebanon	140	$30,700	$14.80	$36,700	$17.70	12%
Philadelphia (Area)	7,830	$27,200	$13.10	$33,400	$16.10	2.7%
Pittsburgh	3,260	$25,500	$12.30	$31,300	$15.10	11.1%
Reading	460	$26,200	$12.60	$30,400	$14.60	7.4%
Scranton	990	$22,300	$10.70	$30,600	$14.70	48.3%
State College	190	$30,300	$14.60	$34,300	$16.50	9%
Williamsport	170	$26,700	$12.80	$30,000	$14.40	29.2%
York	380	$28,100	$13.50	$31,400	$15.10	-16.3%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	4,070	$25,400	$12.20	$37,800	$18.20	137.1%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	220	$26,100	$12.50	$30,800	$14.80	43.4%
Charleston	640	$20,600	$9.90	$26,600	$12.80	-13.6%
Columbia	1,050	$28,400	$13.70	$35,700	$17.20	19%
Florence	290	$20,200	$9.70	$25,400	$12.20	35.6%
Greenville	350	$27,800	$13.40	$32,400	$15.60	-55.7%
Myrtle Beach	130	$33,000	$15.90	$39,700	$19.10	-54%
Spartanburg	170	$26,200	$12.60	$31,700	$15.30	-44.7%
Sumter	70	$24,300	$11.70	$34,400	$16.50	-22.1%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	150	$22,900	$11.00	$27,700	$13.30	-1.9%
Sioux Falls	230	$22,600	$10.90	$24,900	$12.00	-33.7%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	270	$28,200	$13.60	$33,800	$16.30	-53.8%
Clarksville	100	$21,100	$10.20	$30,400	$14.60	-51.8%
Jackson	50	NA	NA	NA	NA	-68.2%
Johnson City	70	$24,400	$11.70	$30,800	$14.80	-65.4%
Kingsport	170	$20,700	$10.00	$29,300	$14.10	-45.2%
Knoxville	440	$22,300	$10.70	$25,500	$12.30	-47.9%
Memphis	610	$25,100	$12.10	$28,800	$13.80	-61.9%
Morristown	60	$24,800	$11.90	$30,000	$14.40	-53.1%
Nashville	740	$26,700	$12.90	$36,000	$17.30	-61.2%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	90	$33,600	$16.20	$38,800	$18.60	-47.3%
Amarillo	230	$23,800	$11.50	$31,500	$15.10	-19.9%
Austin	1,550	$33,800	$16.20	$43,500	$20.90	-23.7%
Beaumont	330	$26,500	$12.80	$32,900	$15.80	-21%
Brownsville	510	$27,500	$13.20	$34,400	$16.50	58.7%
College Station	80	$29,200	$14.00	$34,400	$16.50	-66.1%
Corpus Christi	330	$26,800	$12.90	$33,600	$16.10	-28.9%
Dallas (Area)	2,750	$29,600	$14.20	$35,600	$17.10	-60.6%
El Paso	740	$29,600	$14.20	$35,100	$16.90	4.7%
Houston	2,790	$30,200	$14.50	$36,500	$17.50	-58.6%
Killeen	340	$34,200	$16.40	$39,400	$18.90	5.7%
Laredo	170	$30,200	$14.50	$36,000	$17.30	-23.6%
Longview	230	$25,700	$12.40	$33,900	$16.30	-9.4%
Lubbock	260	$24,100	$11.60	$31,000	$14.90	-20%
McAllen	620	$31,000	$14.90	$36,100	$17.40	6.6%
Midland	130	$26,500	$12.80	$32,800	$15.70	-29.6%
San Angelo	70	$29,100	$14.00	$34,800	$16.80	-41.6%
San Antonio	1,220	$28,600	$13.70	$34,900	$16.80	-44.7%
Tyler	180	$34,500	$16.60	$37,800	$18.20	-25.8%
Victoria	100	$30,800	$14.80	$36,600	$17.60	-24.1%
Waco	220	$24,500	$11.80	$29,200	$14.10	-15.8%
Wichita Falls	100	$28,900	$13.90	$34,900	$16.80	-35.5%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	190	$26,700	$12.90	$32,700	$15.70	52.8%
Ogden	1,080	$23,100	$11.10	$28,800	$13.90	110.2%
Provo	1,710	$21,900	$10.50	$24,100	$11.60	275.2%
Salt Lake City	2,270	$25,500	$12.30	$32,200	$15.50	41.3%
St. George	440	$22,200	$10.70	$26,800	$12.90	248.5%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	370	$31,400	$15.10	$38,600	$18.60	25.3%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	110	$28,800	$13.80	$32,600	$15.70	-35.4%
Charlottesville	180	$27,900	$13.40	$31,700	$15.20	-26.8%
Danville	70	$25,300	$12.20	$32,500	$15.60	-36.2%
Harrisonburg	50	$27,800	$13.40	$31,500	$15.20	-68.9%
Lynchburg	240	$24,300	$11.70	$29,500	$14.20	-9.6%
Richmond	1,490	$26,300	$12.70	$31,600	$15.20	-4.9%
Roanoke	380	$22,300	$10.70	$25,700	$12.40	-6.6%
Virginia Beach	1,100	$27,100	$13.00	$31,400	$15.10	-43.1%
Winchester	50	$27,900	$13.40	$31,900	$15.30	-62.5%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	180	$23,500	$11.30	$27,800	$13.40	-9%
Bremerton	240	$25,000	$12.00	$30,100	$14.50	11.2%
Kennewick	210	$27,600	$13.30	$33,300	$16.00	-14.4%
Longview	130	$26,900	$13.00	$31,900	$15.30	45.2%
Mount Vernon	130	$25,600	$12.30	$30,800	$14.80	13.7%
Olympia	310	$29,400	$14.10	$38,000	$18.30	21.1%
Seattle (Area)	3,800	$32,100	$15.40	$38,700	$18.60	9.8%
Spokane	1,100	$25,200	$12.10	$31,800	$15.30	105.1%
Wenatchee	110	$24,400	$11.70	$31,200	$15.00	5.1%
Yakima	470	$25,100	$12.10	$30,500	$14.70	118.8%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	530	$18,000	$8.70	$20,000	$9.60	38.9%
Huntington	620	$18,400	$8.80	$20,000	$9.60	115.4%
Morgantown	250	$18,300	$8.80	$20,900	$10.00	68.3%
Parkersburg	280	$19,200	$9.30	$29,400	$14.10	55.5%
Weirton	NA	$19,200	$9.20	$21,800	$10.50	NA
Wheeling	330	$18,400	$8.90	$23,100	$11.10	94.6%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	150	$33,700	$16.20	$41,500	$19.90	-49.5%
Eau Claire	110	$33,700	$16.20	$37,900	$18.20	-43.4%
Fond du Lac	110	NA	NA	NA	NA	0%
Green Bay	370	$27,600	$13.30	$33,500	$16.10	-15.3%
Janesville	190	$29,800	$14.30	$35,000	$16.80	17.6%
La Crosse	320	$28,400	$13.70	$32,800	$15.80	72.7%
Madison	980	$31,400	$15.10	$40,400	$19.40	13.2%
Milwaukee	1,560	$28,400	$13.60	$36,300	$17.40	-27.3%
Oshkosh	170	$25,500	$12.20	$31,700	$15.20	-24.6%
Racine	190	$31,200	$15.00	$40,700	$19.60	-2.6%
Wausau	NA	$35,900	$17.30	$40,600	$19.50	NA

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	170	$18,500	$8.90	$23,100	$11.10	58.4%
Cheyenne	60	$30,800	$14.80	$39,200	$18.90	-44.1%