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
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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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
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Dover 170 $28,600 $13.80 $33,900 $16.30 9.8%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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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%
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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
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Top 25%
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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
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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
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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%