Surgical Dental Assistants

Median Salary: $33,200

Many surgical dental assistants across the U.S. share a few key professional characteristics. For example, cooperation, social orientation, and concern for others can be essential for success in the industry, especially when combined with career training. Around 294,020 people were employed as surgical dental assistants nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's critical to build on these attributes and receive proper training, particularly if you're aiming to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for surgical dental assistants in the U.S. was $33,200 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $16.00. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about surgical dental assistants, including wages and job density for metropolitan areas all over the U.S..

Surgical dental assistants should be skilled in:

Arm-Hand Steadiness
Written Comprehension
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Deductive Reasoning

Different people go into different careers; surgical dental assistants are typically:

Realistic
Social
Investigative

Working as a surgical dental assistant requires knowledge in subjects like:

Medicine and Dentistry
Customer and Personal Service
English Language
Clerical
Chemistry

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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 surgical dental assistants). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of surgical dental assistants 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	100	$33,500	$16.10	$37,300	$18.00	-4.9%
Auburn	80	$30,700	$14.80	$33,900	$16.30	-24.1%
Birmingham	730	$32,500	$15.60	$35,800	$17.20	-34.1%
Decatur	150	$31,500	$15.10	$39,000	$18.80	28.3%
Dothan	110	$26,900	$12.90	$31,300	$15.10	-14.8%
Florence	90	$20,600	$9.90	$27,500	$13.20	-23.1%
Gadsden	80	$33,900	$16.30	$37,700	$18.10	5.2%
Huntsville	280	$30,100	$14.50	$34,100	$16.40	-39.9%
Mobile	320	$23,200	$11.20	$28,400	$13.60	-19%
Montgomery	170	$26,400	$12.70	$31,900	$15.30	-54.5%
Tuscaloosa	160	$26,600	$12.80	$29,500	$14.20	-19.3%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	550	$45,000	$21.60	$50,600	$24.30	46.6%
Fairbanks	170	$37,900	$18.20	$45,200	$21.70	112.8%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	140	$29,700	$14.30	$33,400	$16.00	13.1%
Lake Havasu City	150	$28,500	$13.70	$31,900	$15.30	40.3%
Phoenix	4,550	$36,200	$17.40	$40,700	$19.60	14.8%
Prescott	180	$33,000	$15.80	$38,000	$18.30	41.6%
Tucson	830	$34,700	$16.70	$40,100	$19.30	1.8%
Yuma	90	$29,500	$14.20	$33,400	$16.10	-28.5%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	500	$29,300	$14.10	$32,700	$15.70	13.6%
Fort Smith	290	$27,200	$13.10	$29,700	$14.30	9.6%
Hot Springs	100	$28,200	$13.50	$32,100	$15.40	27.7%
Jonesboro	130	$32,400	$15.60	$35,900	$17.30	21.5%
Little Rock	630	$29,500	$14.20	$32,800	$15.80	-14.9%
Pine Bluff	70	$27,100	$13.00	$31,000	$14.90	-12%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	710	$26,200	$12.60	$34,500	$16.60	19.5%
Chico	350	$30,600	$14.70	$34,900	$16.80	121.9%
El Centro	150	$35,800	$17.20	$42,000	$20.20	27.4%
Fresno	1,050	$34,800	$16.70	$40,100	$19.30	44.7%
Hanford	170	$38,800	$18.70	$43,400	$20.90	97.4%
Los Angeles (Area)	16,170	$30,700	$14.70	$38,600	$18.50	40.7%
Madera	120	$33,400	$16.10	$50,400	$24.20	39.3%
Merced	150	$32,300	$15.60	$36,900	$17.80	15.3%
Modesto	580	$29,000	$13.90	$32,200	$15.50	65.1%
Napa	190	$42,500	$20.40	$47,200	$22.70	35%
Oakland	2,720	$44,500	$21.40	$51,700	$24.80	22.1%
Oxnard	1,000	$34,200	$16.40	$40,100	$19.30	52.2%
Redding	270	$29,700	$14.30	$33,700	$16.20	94.6%
Riverside	4,190	$29,600	$14.30	$35,900	$17.30	55.4%
Sacramento	2,740	$37,900	$18.20	$45,500	$21.90	43%
Salinas	520	$37,800	$18.20	$45,800	$22.00	48.8%
San Diego	3,920	$35,700	$17.20	$41,900	$20.10	36.2%
San Francisco (Area)	5,510	$42,200	$20.30	$52,900	$25.50	24.1%
San Francisco (City)	2,790	$39,800	$19.20	$54,200	$26.10	26.1%
San Jose	3,170	$35,400	$17.00	$49,900	$24.00	58.5%
San Luis Obispo	300	$34,700	$16.70	$41,400	$19.90	35.4%
Santa Barbara	700	$33,600	$16.20	$39,100	$18.80	81.1%
Santa Cruz	350	$32,800	$15.80	$41,800	$20.10	83%
Santa Rosa	770	$47,800	$23.00	$52,300	$25.10	94.4%
Stockton	760	$34,600	$16.70	$41,900	$20.10	62.7%
Vallejo	550	$38,000	$18.30	$43,800	$21.00	99.3%
Visalia	420	$35,300	$17.00	$39,800	$19.10	42.4%
Yuba City	180	$36,700	$17.70	$44,200	$21.20	108.1%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	450	$35,600	$17.10	$44,200	$21.30	28.1%
Colorado Springs	1,000	$31,700	$15.30	$38,100	$18.30	79.9%
Denver	2,820	$39,200	$18.90	$45,200	$21.70	2.8%
Fort Collins	380	$34,900	$16.80	$40,200	$19.30	32%
Grand Junction	190	$29,600	$14.20	$33,300	$16.00	32.3%
Greeley	140	$32,600	$15.70	$40,600	$19.50	-20%
Pueblo	160	$33,800	$16.30	$39,600	$19.10	28.9%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	970	$39,300	$18.90	$44,600	$21.50	-6.9%
Hartford	1,390	$41,200	$19.80	$46,000	$22.10	10.2%
New Haven	650	$44,600	$21.40	$50,300	$24.20	-4.2%
Norwich	310	$38,100	$18.30	$41,900	$20.20	3%

Delaware
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Dover	140	$33,100	$15.90	$39,500	$19.00	1.7%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	5,700	$35,700	$17.20	$44,600	$21.50	-8.5%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bradenton	740	$34,500	$16.60	$38,200	$18.40	33.8%
Cape Coral	430	$40,000	$19.20	$46,700	$22.50	-4.7%
Deltona	350	$29,900	$14.40	$33,200	$16.00	-0.8%
Fort Walton Beach	160	$31,600	$15.20	$34,500	$16.60	-4.8%
Gainesville	310	$32,900	$15.80	$42,800	$20.60	12.8%
Jacksonville	1,310	$32,900	$15.80	$38,900	$18.70	-0.1%
Lakeland	390	$29,600	$14.20	$34,000	$16.30	-11.2%
Miami (Area)	4,620	$34,200	$16.50	$39,700	$19.10	-4.4%
Naples	200	$36,600	$17.60	$40,700	$19.60	-23%
Ocala	170	$35,100	$16.90	$38,700	$18.60	-19.4%
Orlando	1,790	$32,000	$15.40	$40,000	$19.30	-19.4%
Palm Bay	600	$30,400	$14.60	$36,300	$17.40	37%
Palm Coast	50	$26,400	$12.70	$30,500	$14.70	41.7%
Panama City	130	$29,800	$14.30	$34,000	$16.30	-19.2%
Pensacola	310	$30,500	$14.70	$36,400	$17.50	-9.4%
Port St. Lucie	200	$35,900	$17.30	$39,600	$19.00	-24.7%
Punta Gorda	90	$38,900	$18.70	$45,200	$21.70	7.9%
Sebastian	140	$35,200	$16.90	$39,700	$19.10	34.1%
Tallahassee	210	$30,400	$14.60	$37,900	$18.20	-42.9%
Tampa	2,290	$36,100	$17.40	$40,500	$19.50	-10.2%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	90	$26,500	$12.70	$30,800	$14.80	-31.5%
Athens	200	$28,500	$13.70	$35,200	$16.90	14.8%
Atlanta	4,740	$36,200	$17.40	$40,800	$19.60	-8%
Augusta	460	$32,300	$15.50	$37,000	$17.80	-0.2%
Brunswick	80	$28,600	$13.80	$33,700	$16.20	-13.8%
Columbus	320	$30,300	$14.60	$33,100	$15.90	24.5%
Dalton	50	$33,100	$15.90	$39,000	$18.80	-69.6%
Gainesville	160	$30,600	$14.70	$35,400	$17.00	-0.5%
Hinesville	70	$30,800	$14.80	$37,700	$18.10	74.8%
Macon	110	$29,700	$14.30	$36,400	$17.50	-47.6%
Rome	80	$34,100	$16.40	$38,300	$18.40	-1.6%
Savannah	370	$24,800	$11.90	$34,800	$16.70	10%
Valdosta	110	$30,900	$14.80	$35,500	$17.10	-11.9%
Warner Robins	110	$29,400	$14.10	$34,900	$16.80	-17.2%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	1,270	$30,200	$14.50	$36,400	$17.50	31.1%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	830	$31,300	$15.00	$36,000	$17.30	39.1%
Coeur d'Alene	200	$26,100	$12.50	$31,300	$15.10	63.4%
Idaho Falls	190	$26,600	$12.80	$30,600	$14.70	72.8%
Lewiston	50	$31,100	$14.90	$36,700	$17.60	-9.2%
Pocatello	130	$33,200	$16.00	$37,200	$17.90	66.5%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	110	$36,200	$17.40	$39,900	$19.20	-40.8%
Champaign	90	$32,400	$15.60	$38,100	$18.30	-58.6%
Chicago (Area)	9,740	$33,200	$16.00	$38,300	$18.40	15.5%
Danville	50	$29,600	$14.20	$33,000	$15.90	-28%
Decatur	130	$27,000	$13.00	$32,800	$15.80	-1.1%
Kankakee	100	$28,000	$13.50	$34,000	$16.40	5.6%
Peoria	200	$31,400	$15.10	$37,100	$17.80	-48.3%
Rockford	340	$30,700	$14.80	$36,000	$17.30	5.5%
Springfield	130	$34,300	$16.50	$38,000	$18.30	-46.6%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	150	$36,400	$17.50	$41,500	$20.00	75.3%
Bloomington	140	$33,600	$16.10	$39,500	$19.00	-15.2%
Columbus	90	$31,200	$15.00	$35,300	$17.00	1.6%
Elkhart	130	$38,100	$18.30	$41,600	$20.00	-41%
Evansville	320	$32,600	$15.70	$39,800	$19.10	-15.9%
Fort Wayne	410	$34,200	$16.40	$39,600	$19.00	-9.6%
Indianapolis	1,760	$36,900	$17.70	$41,900	$20.20	-9.9%
Kokomo	90	$33,300	$16.00	$47,100	$22.60	5.6%
Lafayette	170	$29,900	$14.40	$32,900	$15.80	-6.9%
Michigan City	50	$29,500	$14.20	$34,300	$16.50	-49.2%
Muncie	90	$29,200	$14.00	$34,200	$16.40	-8.4%
South Bend	360	$34,900	$16.80	$41,400	$19.90	23.2%
Terre Haute	130	$28,500	$13.70	$35,600	$17.10	-12.5%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ames	60	$34,100	$16.40	$41,000	$19.70	-31.7%
Cedar Rapids	230	$34,100	$16.40	$39,300	$18.90	-24.8%
Davenport	360	$30,100	$14.50	$36,700	$17.70	-11.5%
Des Moines	500	$37,400	$18.00	$41,900	$20.10	-31.6%
Dubuque	160	$32,800	$15.80	$37,700	$18.10	35.2%
Iowa City	230	$32,700	$15.70	$38,300	$18.40	20.6%
Sioux City	180	$30,800	$14.80	$35,600	$17.10	13.7%
Waterloo	250	$33,400	$16.10	$43,900	$21.10	27.2%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	120	$33,900	$16.30	$39,000	$18.70	13.9%
Topeka	240	$30,600	$14.70	$36,800	$17.70	-3.1%
Wichita	690	$30,400	$14.60	$36,000	$17.30	3.3%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	160	$32,400	$15.60	$36,700	$17.70	27.8%
Elizabethtown	80	$35,700	$17.20	$38,200	$18.40	-15.7%
Lexington	500	$33,600	$16.10	$40,600	$19.50	-8.7%
Louisville	1,390	$34,400	$16.50	$40,400	$19.40	4.2%
Owensboro	90	$29,000	$13.90	$32,100	$15.50	-18.8%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	120	$26,600	$12.80	$30,600	$14.70	-17.8%
Baton Rouge	670	$25,900	$12.40	$30,300	$14.60	-18.5%
Houma	200	$23,500	$11.30	$28,100	$13.50	-6%
Lafayette	300	$28,200	$13.60	$32,000	$15.40	-7.5%
Lake Charles	170	$25,300	$12.10	$32,000	$15.40	-14.1%
Monroe	230	$24,900	$12.00	$28,900	$13.90	34%
New Orleans	1,150	$30,100	$14.50	$34,200	$16.40	0.6%
Shreveport	330	$31,800	$15.30	$40,500	$19.50	-14.8%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	110	$35,400	$17.00	$39,100	$18.80	-18.5%
Lewiston	90	$37,800	$18.20	$44,300	$21.30	-13.4%
Portland	350	$36,000	$17.30	$42,500	$20.40	-20.2%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	2,220	$36,900	$17.70	$41,500	$19.90	-21.5%
Cumberland	50	$31,200	$15.00	$35,100	$16.90	-45.5%
Hagerstown	180	$33,300	$16.00	$37,400	$18.00	-17.6%
Salisbury	110	$28,700	$13.80	$37,100	$17.80	-6.5%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	270	$42,400	$20.40	$48,600	$23.40	25.9%
Boston (Area)	5,140	$41,900	$20.10	$48,700	$23.40	4.1%
Pittsfield	90	$35,300	$17.00	$38,600	$18.50	11.2%
Springfield	580	$38,700	$18.60	$45,100	$21.70	-10.1%
Worcester	650	$37,700	$18.10	$43,100	$20.70	15%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	460	$37,500	$18.10	$45,300	$21.80	6.6%
Battle Creek	80	$30,200	$14.50	$36,300	$17.50	-29%
Bay City	70	$30,500	$14.70	$33,600	$16.20	-10.8%
Detroit (Area)	4,490	$32,500	$15.60	$37,800	$18.20	10.1%
Flint	400	$32,000	$15.40	$36,100	$17.40	33.6%
Grand Rapids	920	$36,600	$17.60	$40,400	$19.40	11.9%
Holland	170	$36,000	$17.30	$39,300	$18.90	-23.7%
Jackson	120	$31,900	$15.30	$38,300	$18.40	1.6%
Kalamazoo	270	$33,700	$16.20	$42,200	$20.30	-10%
Lansing	320	$35,000	$16.80	$38,900	$18.70	-29.7%
Monroe	60	$31,900	$15.30	$37,000	$17.80	-30%
Muskegon	200	$31,200	$15.00	$36,200	$17.40	48.3%
Niles	80	$36,100	$17.40	$39,900	$19.20	-41.7%
Saginaw	230	$32,800	$15.80	$37,400	$18.00	26.4%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	230	$37,700	$18.10	$43,200	$20.80	-19.1%
Minneapolis	3,400	$42,900	$20.60	$48,700	$23.40	-12.5%
Rochester	220	$39,100	$18.80	$45,700	$22.00	-6%
St. Cloud	230	$41,300	$19.90	$46,300	$22.30	8.7%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	200	$24,800	$11.90	$29,300	$14.10	-11.2%
Hattiesburg	150	$27,100	$13.00	$30,400	$14.60	17.5%
Jackson	410	$30,400	$14.60	$34,900	$16.80	-26.2%
Pascagoula	90	$28,100	$13.50	$30,500	$14.70	-26.4%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Columbia	220	$32,500	$15.60	$38,200	$18.40	17.2%
Jefferson City	110	$32,700	$15.70	$37,400	$18.00	-39.9%
Joplin	150	$29,300	$14.10	$32,300	$15.50	-15.1%
Kansas City	2,010	$35,100	$16.90	$41,900	$20.10	-9.4%
Springfield	490	$32,800	$15.80	$39,100	$18.80	16.4%
St. Joseph	140	$30,400	$14.60	$38,700	$18.60	20.4%
St. Louis	2,700	$34,200	$16.50	$42,300	$20.40	-7.6%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	170	$29,600	$14.20	$33,100	$15.90	-7.3%
Great Falls	120	$29,600	$14.20	$37,400	$18.00	42.1%
Missoula	150	$28,900	$13.90	$35,700	$17.20	17.6%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	240	$29,800	$14.30	$32,800	$15.80	-33.3%
Omaha	910	$30,000	$14.40	$35,300	$17.00	-10.4%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Carson City	70	$36,700	$17.70	$43,100	$20.70	9%
Las Vegas	1,750	$29,200	$14.00	$36,600	$17.60	-9.6%
Reno	540	$37,600	$18.10	$43,000	$20.70	19.8%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	200	$46,100	$22.20	$50,200	$24.10	-12%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	170	$33,000	$15.90	$42,600	$20.50	-45%
Ocean City	80	$35,200	$16.90	$38,600	$18.50	-8.5%
Trenton	410	$36,200	$17.40	$45,300	$21.80	-16%
Vineland	140	$37,500	$18.00	$45,000	$21.60	7.2%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	950	$31,500	$15.10	$36,100	$17.40	10.4%
Farmington	200	$29,700	$14.30	$33,900	$16.30	77.5%
Las Cruces	150	$28,800	$13.90	$32,700	$15.70	4%
Santa Fe	140	$36,900	$17.70	$43,500	$20.90	1.4%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	670	$34,000	$16.30	$39,400	$18.90	-31.4%
Binghamton	180	$32,400	$15.60	$41,100	$19.80	-26.4%
Buffalo	1,070	$30,200	$14.50	$35,200	$16.90	-10.8%
Elmira	60	$36,100	$17.40	$42,100	$20.30	-25.6%
Glens Falls	120	$34,500	$16.60	$38,400	$18.50	0.4%
Ithaca	90	$35,500	$17.10	$40,000	$19.20	-20.9%
Kingston	140	$30,700	$14.80	$36,300	$17.40	5.2%
New York (Area)	17,640	$35,600	$17.10	$42,100	$20.30	7.6%
Poughkeepsie	560	$35,300	$17.00	$39,400	$18.90	2.1%
Rochester	950	$32,700	$15.70	$36,300	$17.50	-13.4%
Syracuse	610	$29,400	$14.10	$34,200	$16.40	-11.3%
Utica	200	$31,400	$15.10	$35,500	$17.10	-29%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	430	$35,100	$16.90	$39,500	$19.00	13.2%
Burlington	120	$35,600	$17.10	$37,800	$18.20	-5.1%
Charlotte	1,650	$35,400	$17.00	$43,400	$20.90	-12.7%
Durham	540	$34,900	$16.80	$40,900	$19.70	-13.2%
Fayetteville	420	$31,200	$15.00	$36,200	$17.40	48%
Goldsboro	100	$39,800	$19.10	$46,700	$22.40	-3%
Greensboro	570	$35,500	$17.10	$39,200	$18.80	-27.7%
Greenville	220	$34,800	$16.80	$39,200	$18.90	32.6%
Hickory	320	$33,500	$16.10	$38,200	$18.40	-2%
Jacksonville	150	$33,800	$16.20	$38,000	$18.30	59%
Raleigh	1,180	$39,200	$18.80	$45,700	$22.00	5%
Rocky Mount	130	$30,400	$14.60	$36,500	$17.60	-1.3%
Wilmington	330	$34,600	$16.60	$39,800	$19.20	6.3%
Winston-Salem	500	$34,100	$16.40	$40,100	$19.30	8.5%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	110	$32,500	$15.60	$37,900	$18.20	-16.8%
Fargo	200	$35,100	$16.90	$37,900	$18.20	-26.1%
Grand Forks	100	$33,000	$15.90	$37,800	$18.20	-11.6%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	600	$30,500	$14.70	$35,600	$17.10	-17.2%
Canton	540	$27,500	$13.20	$36,700	$17.70	45.2%
Cincinnati	2,060	$31,900	$15.30	$38,000	$18.30	-8.2%
Cleveland	1,900	$30,900	$14.80	$36,800	$17.70	-15.7%
Columbus	1,700	$35,400	$17.00	$44,000	$21.20	-17%
Dayton	760	$34,800	$16.70	$45,300	$21.80	-9.4%
Lima	60	$30,300	$14.60	$34,100	$16.40	-48.6%
Mansfield	140	$33,400	$16.10	$37,900	$18.20	19.3%
Sandusky	50	$30,500	$14.60	$33,800	$16.30	-30.2%
Springfield	100	$32,800	$15.80	$36,900	$17.80	-10.2%
Toledo	580	$30,000	$14.40	$36,200	$17.40	-13%
Youngstown	500	$27,700	$13.30	$31,400	$15.10	0.4%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	180	$32,300	$15.50	$37,600	$18.10	100.8%
Oklahoma City	1,410	$30,000	$14.40	$34,500	$16.60	11.2%
Tulsa	1,100	$29,100	$14.00	$34,100	$16.40	16%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	220	$37,500	$18.00	$40,300	$19.40	60.2%
Corvallis	70	$39,100	$18.80	$41,700	$20.00	-4.9%
Eugene	340	$40,200	$19.40	$43,800	$21.00	7.2%
Medford	290	$36,300	$17.50	$40,300	$19.40	63%
Portland	3,130	$38,800	$18.70	$43,100	$20.70	39.9%
Salem	510	$36,800	$17.70	$40,400	$19.40	54.8%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	680	$32,400	$15.60	$40,800	$19.60	-9%
Altoona	90	$27,500	$13.20	$30,600	$14.70	-29.6%
Erie	220	$30,300	$14.60	$46,200	$22.20	-22.7%
Harrisburg	700	$30,900	$14.90	$35,300	$17.00	-0.5%
Johnstown	130	$22,900	$11.00	$26,300	$12.70	5.5%
Lancaster	430	$34,200	$16.50	$39,400	$18.90	-16%
Lebanon	70	$31,000	$14.90	$35,900	$17.30	-32.4%
Philadelphia (Area)	5,370	$36,300	$17.40	$43,000	$20.70	-7.7%
Pittsburgh	2,360	$29,400	$14.20	$34,800	$16.70	-6%
Reading	310	$30,900	$14.90	$35,700	$17.10	-14.9%
Scranton	610	$28,600	$13.80	$34,700	$16.70	7.8%
State College	120	$28,800	$13.90	$33,600	$16.20	-19.1%
Williamsport	90	$29,400	$14.20	$35,600	$17.10	-24.5%
York	350	$28,000	$13.50	$33,900	$16.30	-10.9%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	1,420	$37,900	$18.20	$45,100	$21.70	-15.5%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	160	$31,600	$15.20	$35,800	$17.20	22.1%
Charleston	570	$33,900	$16.30	$39,200	$18.80	-10.5%
Columbia	850	$32,000	$15.40	$35,900	$17.20	12.8%
Florence	150	$31,500	$15.10	$38,300	$18.40	-17.6%
Greenville	610	$28,800	$13.80	$34,400	$16.60	-8.3%
Myrtle Beach	220	$31,800	$15.30	$38,800	$18.70	-12.5%
Spartanburg	190	$32,100	$15.50	$36,300	$17.40	-26.4%
Sumter	90	$29,600	$14.20	$35,000	$16.80	22%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	180	$26,300	$12.70	$31,800	$15.30	34%
Sioux Falls	220	$31,900	$15.30	$37,400	$18.00	-25.8%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	520	$29,600	$14.20	$34,300	$16.50	4.6%
Clarksville	310	$29,900	$14.40	$36,400	$17.50	75.1%
Cleveland	50	$28,800	$13.90	$33,500	$16.10	-42.7%
Jackson	120	$29,600	$14.20	$35,700	$17.20	-4%
Johnson City	140	$30,400	$14.60	$36,400	$17.50	-20.8%
Kingsport	280	$27,300	$13.10	$31,400	$15.10	7.6%
Knoxville	770	$35,600	$17.10	$40,900	$19.70	6.1%
Memphis	1,020	$30,100	$14.50	$38,500	$18.50	-25%
Morristown	80	$30,200	$14.50	$35,500	$17.10	-21.3%
Nashville	1,650	$33,800	$16.20	$38,700	$18.60	2%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	100	$27,200	$13.10	$32,500	$15.60	-26.9%
Amarillo	240	$32,300	$15.50	$36,700	$17.70	-0.8%
Austin	1,390	$35,000	$16.80	$39,200	$18.80	-19.4%
Beaumont	230	$24,800	$11.90	$33,000	$15.90	-37.1%
Brownsville	200	$28,600	$13.70	$32,400	$15.60	-27.8%
College Station	170	$27,400	$13.20	$36,800	$17.70	-18.2%
Corpus Christi	400	$28,500	$13.70	$34,600	$16.60	-1%
Dallas (Area)	5,100	$34,100	$16.40	$38,300	$18.40	-19.9%
El Paso	510	$25,400	$12.20	$29,900	$14.40	-16.4%
Houston	5,660	$31,400	$15.10	$37,600	$18.10	-2%
Killeen	250	$31,600	$15.20	$35,700	$17.20	-9.2%
Laredo	120	$24,400	$11.70	$30,200	$14.50	-40.1%
Longview	180	$27,400	$13.20	$31,600	$15.20	-16.7%
Lubbock	360	$30,600	$14.70	$34,200	$16.40	30.6%
McAllen	400	$23,400	$11.30	$26,400	$12.70	-20%
Midland	90	$26,500	$12.70	$29,300	$14.10	-37.6%
Odessa	100	$30,700	$14.80	$36,300	$17.40	-26.8%
San Angelo	90	$27,000	$13.00	$33,200	$16.00	-11%
San Antonio	1,730	$29,700	$14.30	$32,800	$15.80	-8%
Sherman	70	$31,100	$15.00	$35,000	$16.80	-21.4%
Texarkana	100	$30,300	$14.60	$32,900	$15.80	-16.8%
Tyler	240	$32,600	$15.70	$37,100	$17.90	15.9%
Victoria	70	$30,800	$14.80	$33,700	$16.20	-32.8%
Waco	190	$32,000	$15.40	$35,900	$17.30	-17.1%
Wichita Falls	110	$30,500	$14.70	$35,600	$17.10	-15.2%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	250	$19,900	$9.60	$27,900	$13.40	133.9%
Ogden	740	$27,700	$13.30	$31,400	$15.10	68.6%
Provo	870	$29,700	$14.30	$35,400	$17.00	123.1%
Salt Lake City	1,770	$29,200	$14.10	$32,500	$15.60	28.8%
St. George	230	$28,200	$13.60	$31,200	$15.00	112.3%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	140	$35,400	$17.00	$41,600	$20.00	-42.3%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	90	$33,500	$16.10	$39,800	$19.10	-35.9%
Charlottesville	230	$34,100	$16.40	$37,700	$18.10	9.6%
Danville	80	$25,600	$12.30	$31,600	$15.20	-14.1%
Harrisonburg	150	$26,700	$12.80	$29,700	$14.30	13.3%
Lynchburg	180	$31,000	$14.90	$36,300	$17.50	-21.9%
Richmond	1,140	$35,200	$16.90	$41,100	$19.80	-14.8%
Roanoke	210	$33,700	$16.20	$38,100	$18.30	-39.2%
Virginia Beach	1,690	$32,700	$15.70	$37,400	$18.00	2.2%
Winchester	90	$31,500	$15.10	$38,900	$18.70	-27.2%

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	250	$39,700	$19.10	$44,000	$21.20	41.8%
Bremerton	300	$37,500	$18.10	$40,500	$19.50	63.6%
Kennewick	260	$39,900	$19.20	$47,400	$22.80	24.5%
Longview	120	$32,800	$15.80	$37,200	$17.90	56.6%
Mount Vernon	180	$39,500	$19.00	$46,700	$22.50	79%
Olympia	370	$39,600	$19.10	$44,800	$21.50	73%
Seattle (Area)	5,660	$38,300	$18.40	$44,500	$21.40	63.9%
Spokane	780	$32,200	$15.50	$36,700	$17.70	70.9%
Wenatchee	110	$32,700	$15.70	$36,500	$17.50	18.2%
Yakima	290	$35,100	$16.90	$39,600	$19.10	59.9%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	320	$25,800	$12.40	$29,300	$14.10	-3.3%
Huntington	230	$24,300	$11.70	$28,900	$13.90	-7.1%
Morgantown	130	$24,100	$11.60	$29,300	$14.10	5.2%
Parkersburg	170	$25,900	$12.50	$29,000	$14.00	10.3%
Weirton	90	$23,900	$11.50	$27,700	$13.30	-10.4%
Wheeling	120	$23,700	$11.40	$28,700	$13.80	-13.6%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	310	$32,600	$15.70	$38,800	$18.60	20.8%
Eau Claire	200	$31,900	$15.30	$37,500	$18.00	15.1%
Fond du Lac	120	$34,000	$16.40	$37,400	$18.00	29%
Green Bay	310	$34,400	$16.50	$38,900	$18.70	-14.7%
Janesville	200	$38,500	$18.50	$45,100	$21.70	43.6%
La Crosse	180	$32,200	$15.50	$35,500	$17.10	12.7%
Madison	480	$36,900	$17.80	$45,500	$21.90	-35.7%
Milwaukee	1,900	$33,900	$16.30	$38,500	$18.50	3.3%
Oshkosh	180	$31,900	$15.30	$35,600	$17.10	-5.7%
Racine	150	$37,100	$17.80	$45,000	$21.60	-8.8%
Sheboygan	130	$32,700	$15.70	$38,600	$18.50	-3.1%
Wausau	170	$30,300	$14.60	$33,900	$16.30	10.6%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	90	$34,400	$16.60	$39,100	$18.80	-2.1%
Cheyenne	100	$30,600	$14.70	$36,400	$17.50	3.6%