Welders, Cutters, and Solderers

Median Salary: $34,800

Many welders, cutters, and solderers across the United States share a handful of key professional characteristics. For example, adaptability/flexibility, integrity, and cooperation can be critical for success in the industry, especially when blended with career training. Around 357,740 people were working as welders, cutters, and solderers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's crucial to cultivate these attributes and receive formal training, particularly if you're intending to move up in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for welders, cutters, and solderers in the U.S. was $34,800 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $16.70. Of course, income can vary with training and by place. Below, you'll find more data about welders, cutters, and solderers, including wages and job density for areas all over the United States.

Welders, cutters, and solderers should be skilled in:

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Near Vision
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Visualization
  • Information Ordering

Different people go into different careers; welders, cutters, and solderers are typically:

  • Realistic
  • Conventional

Working as a welder, cutter, or solderer requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Mechanical

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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 working as welders, cutters, and solderers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of welders, cutters, and solderers 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 530 $42,800 $20.60 $48,600 $23.40 320.2%
Auburn 100 $28,900 $13.90 $31,500 $15.20 -25.1%
Birmingham 1,750 $33,800 $16.20 $39,300 $18.90 29.5%
Decatur 380 $32,100 $15.40 $44,000 $21.10 171.7%
Dothan 370 $26,300 $12.70 $30,500 $14.70 128.7%
Florence 150 $26,000 $12.50 $30,300 $14.60 11.9%
Gadsden 90 $25,600 $12.30 $31,000 $14.90 -4.2%
Huntsville 430 $32,000 $15.40 $36,800 $17.70 -24.4%
Mobile 1,150 $34,200 $16.40 $40,900 $19.70 142%
Montgomery 520 $31,500 $15.10 $37,200 $17.90 16.1%
Tuscaloosa 280 $37,300 $18.00 $47,900 $23.00 14.6%
Alaska
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Anchorage 230 $58,100 $27.90 $72,300 $34.70 -49.5%
Fairbanks 110 $55,600 $26.80 $64,900 $31.20 17.2%
Arizona
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Flagstaff 50 $32,900 $15.80 $37,200 $17.90 -68.3%
Lake Havasu City 70 $40,400 $19.40 $50,700 $24.40 -44.2%
Phoenix 3,200 $33,000 $15.90 $42,400 $20.40 -33.7%
Prescott 60 $33,600 $16.10 $43,100 $20.70 -62.7%
Tucson 540 $38,100 $18.30 $46,100 $22.20 -45.2%
Yuma 80 $34,600 $16.60 $39,600 $19.10 -48.4%
Arkansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 440 $29,200 $14.00 $35,700 $17.20 -18.7%
Fort Smith 610 $33,900 $16.30 $38,100 $18.30 88.5%
Hot Springs 60 $30,700 $14.80 $36,600 $17.60 -42.4%
Jonesboro 330 $31,100 $14.90 $33,500 $16.10 158.6%
Little Rock 750 $30,600 $14.70 $39,800 $19.10 -17.1%
Pine Bluff 140 $30,600 $14.70 $40,900 $19.70 41.2%
California
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 1,030 $53,700 $25.80 $63,000 $30.30 42.2%
Chico 120 $30,800 $14.80 $36,200 $17.40 -38.5%
El Centro 70 $29,400 $14.10 $36,700 $17.70 -51.7%
Fresno 630 $31,400 $15.10 $37,000 $17.80 -28.5%
Hanford 60 $28,800 $13.90 $34,600 $16.60 -39.7%
Los Angeles (Area) 8,890 $32,300 $15.50 $41,700 $20.10 -36.9%
Madera 140 $33,700 $16.20 $39,600 $19.00 31.4%
Merced 90 $31,800 $15.30 $46,500 $22.40 -47.3%
Modesto 500 $37,600 $18.10 $43,800 $21.10 15.6%
Napa 180 $36,600 $17.60 $41,000 $19.70 7.2%
Oakland 1,990 $39,900 $19.20 $53,200 $25.60 -26.6%
Oxnard 650 $34,500 $16.60 $42,600 $20.50 -18.5%
Redding 80 $30,500 $14.70 $40,000 $19.20 -51.4%
Riverside 2,670 $30,800 $14.80 $37,400 $18.00 -18.7%
Sacramento 950 $33,800 $16.20 $41,700 $20.10 -59.1%
Salinas 100 $44,200 $21.30 $54,700 $26.30 -75.9%
San Diego 2,250 $41,800 $20.10 $50,400 $24.20 -35.9%
San Francisco (Area) 2,440 $44,300 $21.30 $56,500 $27.20 -54.9%
San Francisco (City) 450 $48,700 $23.40 $59,800 $28.80 -83.2%
San Jose 1,070 $41,400 $19.90 $49,000 $23.50 -56%
San Luis Obispo 240 $37,900 $18.20 $48,000 $23.10 -11.7%
Santa Barbara 180 $35,900 $17.20 $55,500 $26.70 -61.5%
Santa Cruz 50 $43,000 $20.70 $56,200 $27.00 -78.3%
Santa Rosa 360 $41,700 $20.00 $53,500 $25.70 -25.9%
Stockton 680 $36,400 $17.50 $42,000 $20.20 18.4%
Vallejo 220 $38,700 $18.60 $48,200 $23.20 -33.7%
Visalia 280 $28,900 $13.90 $34,200 $16.40 -23.5%
Yuba City 50 $34,800 $16.80 $49,000 $23.50 -50.8%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 100 $38,500 $18.50 $47,700 $22.90 -76.7%
Colorado Springs 300 $35,000 $16.80 $44,800 $21.50 -55.3%
Denver 1,270 $35,700 $17.20 $43,400 $20.90 -61.9%
Fort Collins 220 $34,700 $16.70 $41,000 $19.70 -38%
Grand Junction 280 $38,100 $18.30 $48,100 $23.10 63.1%
Greeley 460 $35,800 $17.20 $41,800 $20.10 111.8%
Pueblo 220 $36,500 $17.60 $41,400 $19.90 43.2%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 430 $42,400 $20.40 $48,300 $23.20 -67.2%
Hartford 1,020 $38,900 $18.70 $48,400 $23.30 -33.7%
New Haven 430 $34,000 $16.40 $44,000 $21.20 -53.5%
Norwich 230 $41,500 $19.90 $47,300 $22.70 -36.7%
Delaware
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Dover 70 $38,700 $18.60 $42,400 $20.40 -58.5%
District of Columbia
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Washington (Area) 2,000 $40,600 $19.50 $52,000 $25.00 -74.1%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bradenton 500 $30,000 $14.40 $35,700 $17.20 -26.3%
Cape Coral 230 $30,600 $14.70 $40,200 $19.30 -58.1%
Deltona 170 $32,400 $15.60 $38,000 $18.30 -60.9%
Fort Walton Beach 150 $31,500 $15.20 $39,900 $19.20 -28%
Gainesville 230 $28,800 $13.90 $34,800 $16.70 -29.2%
Jacksonville 1,260 $34,000 $16.30 $38,900 $18.70 -20.9%
Lakeland 700 $36,900 $17.70 $45,100 $21.70 30.7%
Miami (Area) 2,620 $38,000 $18.30 $46,900 $22.60 -57%
Naples 100 $30,700 $14.80 $37,700 $18.10 -66.6%
Ocala 260 $34,300 $16.50 $38,600 $18.60 0.7%
Orlando 1,520 $35,500 $17.10 $42,900 $20.60 -44%
Palm Bay 250 $36,000 $17.30 $48,100 $23.10 -53.3%
Panama City 210 $34,000 $16.40 $40,400 $19.40 10.2%
Pensacola 200 $36,100 $17.30 $42,900 $20.60 -50.9%
Port St. Lucie 160 $35,900 $17.30 $40,700 $19.60 -50.1%
Sebastian 40 $34,400 $16.50 $38,000 $18.30 -66.2%
Tallahassee 150 $27,700 $13.30 $32,200 $15.50 -65.6%
Tampa 1,700 $32,500 $15.60 $38,800 $18.70 -45%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 170 $34,700 $16.70 $47,200 $22.70 2.5%
Athens 200 $31,300 $15.10 $35,300 $17.00 -8.5%
Atlanta 4,320 $32,500 $15.60 $38,000 $18.30 -31.2%
Augusta 510 $34,400 $16.60 $44,200 $21.30 -8.5%
Brunswick 110 $34,900 $16.80 $41,900 $20.10 -5.8%
Columbus 350 $34,500 $16.60 $40,400 $19.40 13.7%
Dalton NA $24,000 $11.50 $29,700 $14.30 NA
Gainesville 630 $32,000 $15.40 $36,700 $17.60 225.1%
Macon 160 $27,200 $13.10 $37,300 $17.90 -39.4%
Rome 160 $26,000 $12.50 $30,800 $14.80 56.6%
Savannah 230 $33,100 $15.90 $37,600 $18.10 -44%
Valdosta 160 $30,000 $14.40 $36,100 $17.40 9.3%
Hawaii
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Honolulu 480 $52,400 $25.20 $66,000 $31.80 -59.6%
Idaho
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 1,280 $29,500 $14.20 $35,800 $17.20 77.1%
Coeur d'Alene 180 $28,800 $13.80 $33,300 $16.00 17.8%
Idaho Falls 150 $29,500 $14.20 $34,100 $16.40 6.9%
Lewiston 150 $41,000 $19.70 $50,900 $24.50 115.7%
Pocatello 190 $36,400 $17.50 $43,100 $20.70 98%
Illinois
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 70 $32,500 $15.60 $39,600 $19.10 -69.3%
Champaign 200 $32,400 $15.60 $38,200 $18.40 -26%
Chicago (Area) 9,090 $37,600 $18.10 $53,200 $25.60 7%
Danville 110 $35,300 $17.00 $39,200 $18.90 39.7%
Decatur 130 $36,900 $17.70 $44,500 $21.40 -15%
Kankakee 100 $26,400 $12.70 $42,100 $20.20 -16.4%
Peoria 1,420 $34,300 $16.50 $44,500 $21.40 204.9%
Rockford 570 $36,300 $17.40 $41,900 $20.20 44.2%
Springfield 60 $36,100 $17.30 $57,000 $27.40 -79.7%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 60 $31,200 $15.00 $36,800 $17.70 -43.4%
Bloomington 30 $23,900 $11.50 $40,000 $19.20 -83.2%
Elkhart 1,090 $31,000 $14.90 $38,500 $18.50 300.9%
Evansville 620 $31,900 $15.30 $38,200 $18.40 34%
Fort Wayne 790 $31,000 $14.90 $37,000 $17.80 42.3%
Indianapolis 1,380 $35,900 $17.20 $41,800 $20.10 -42%
Kokomo 90 $37,900 $18.20 $57,100 $27.40 -10.2%
Michigan City 120 $28,900 $13.90 $37,900 $18.20 2.3%
Muncie 80 $26,800 $12.90 $34,600 $16.70 -33.2%
South Bend 400 $30,400 $14.60 $36,600 $17.60 14.7%
Terre Haute 250 $32,600 $15.70 $37,300 $17.90 36.9%
Iowa
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ames 80 $31,800 $15.30 $36,700 $17.70 -33.6%
Cedar Rapids 370 $33,300 $16.00 $37,700 $18.10 -2%
Davenport 830 $36,600 $17.60 $48,900 $23.50 65.9%
Des Moines 620 $36,400 $17.50 $42,400 $20.40 -29.8%
Dubuque 190 $34,100 $16.40 $39,200 $18.90 39%
Iowa City 60 $32,500 $15.60 $37,500 $18.00 -72.7%
Sioux City 340 $30,500 $14.70 $35,500 $17.10 72.8%
Waterloo 590 $33,300 $16.00 $39,100 $18.80 148%
Kansas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Topeka 160 $31,900 $15.30 $36,100 $17.40 -46.7%
Wichita 1,260 $35,400 $17.00 $44,500 $21.40 55%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bowling Green 70 $29,300 $14.10 $35,300 $17.00 -55.5%
Elizabethtown 160 $38,100 $18.30 $42,800 $20.60 33.3%
Lexington 650 $34,500 $16.60 $40,200 $19.40 -1.3%
Louisville 2,830 $35,300 $17.00 $43,800 $21.00 73.8%
Owensboro 390 $39,100 $18.80 $46,600 $22.40 198.7%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 50 $37,300 $17.90 $44,400 $21.40 -71.5%
Baton Rouge 2,500 $40,900 $19.70 $52,900 $25.40 149.8%
Houma 2,660 $39,400 $19.00 $45,100 $21.70 929.1%
Lafayette 1,080 $37,800 $18.20 $45,500 $21.90 169%
Lake Charles 740 $46,600 $22.40 $53,900 $25.90 202.5%
Monroe 280 $33,000 $15.90 $42,200 $20.30 33.9%
New Orleans 3,840 $38,300 $18.40 $47,100 $22.70 175.2%
Shreveport 590 $35,900 $17.20 $41,500 $20.00 23.4%
Maine
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Bangor 130 $37,200 $17.90 $41,800 $20.10 -25.2%
Lewiston 130 $34,100 $16.40 $38,400 $18.50 -3.1%
Portland 180 $37,800 $18.20 $44,500 $21.40 -66%
Maryland
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Baltimore 1,520 $35,600 $17.10 $46,200 $22.20 -55.8%
Cumberland 50 $35,400 $17.00 $44,900 $21.60 -49.6%
Hagerstown 110 $30,700 $14.80 $36,400 $17.50 -58.8%
Massachusetts
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Barnstable Town 30 $40,800 $19.60 $57,600 $27.70 -88.3%
Boston (Area) NA $43,300 $20.80 $50,800 $24.40 NA
Springfield 270 $37,200 $17.90 $44,800 $21.60 -65.8%
Worcester NA $35,900 $17.30 $48,300 $23.20 NA
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ann Arbor 140 $39,600 $19.00 $59,500 $28.60 -73%
Battle Creek NA $29,400 $14.10 $35,000 $16.80 NA
Bay City 80 $54,700 $26.30 $61,600 $29.60 -17.5%
Detroit (Area) 3,530 $39,800 $19.10 $50,200 $24.10 -27.3%
Flint 110 $37,200 $17.90 $54,500 $26.20 -70.3%
Grand Rapids 550 $35,400 $17.00 $41,900 $20.10 -44.8%
Holland 440 $34,100 $16.40 $39,100 $18.80 59.5%
Jackson 150 $32,800 $15.80 $42,600 $20.50 4.3%
Kalamazoo 270 $31,200 $15.00 $36,300 $17.40 -26.2%
Lansing 550 $33,400 $16.10 $39,800 $19.20 0.6%
Monroe 150 $36,600 $17.60 $42,300 $20.30 45%
Muskegon 250 $36,600 $17.60 $39,800 $19.10 51.4%
Niles 190 $36,500 $17.60 $41,100 $19.70 16.4%
Saginaw 160 $32,300 $15.50 $44,500 $21.40 -27.4%
Minnesota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 330 $41,800 $20.10 $49,500 $23.80 -3.4%
Minneapolis 4,370 $41,300 $19.90 $47,900 $23.00 -7.8%
Rochester 470 $38,600 $18.60 $42,200 $20.30 64%
St. Cloud 440 $36,700 $17.70 $41,300 $19.90 70.2%
Mississippi
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Gulfport 420 $35,800 $17.20 $40,700 $19.60 52.2%
Hattiesburg 60 $33,300 $16.00 $37,400 $18.00 -60.4%
Jackson 260 $32,600 $15.70 $36,800 $17.70 -61.9%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 80 $35,600 $17.10 $43,700 $21.00 -64.1%
Jefferson City 100 $34,300 $16.50 $40,300 $19.40 -53.8%
Joplin 370 $23,100 $11.10 $29,400 $14.10 78.5%
Kansas City 2,580 $33,800 $16.30 $42,400 $20.40 -4.6%
Springfield 1,180 $34,600 $16.60 $41,800 $20.10 130.6%
St. Joseph 340 $40,800 $19.60 $44,800 $21.60 140.9%
St. Louis 2,460 $34,500 $16.60 $40,300 $19.40 -31%
Montana
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Billings 170 $34,900 $16.80 $40,000 $19.20 -21.2%
Great Falls 80 $28,400 $13.70 $39,000 $18.80 -17%
Missoula 70 $35,500 $17.10 $41,400 $19.90 -53%
Nebraska
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Lincoln 650 $36,700 $17.60 $39,600 $19.00 46.3%
Omaha 1,210 $32,600 $15.70 $37,600 $18.10 -1.9%
Nevada
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Carson City 40 $35,400 $17.00 $40,500 $19.50 -44.4%
Las Vegas 1,020 $39,900 $19.20 $51,200 $24.60 -56.8%
Reno 490 $33,300 $16.00 $41,900 $20.10 -9.4%
New Hampshire
City/Area Employees Median
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Manchester 50 $39,500 $19.00 $44,800 $21.50 -80.7%
New Jersey
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Trenton 190 $37,100 $17.90 $40,900 $19.70 -67.7%
Vineland 40 $33,200 $15.90 $38,100 $18.30 -72.6%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Albuquerque 510 $31,500 $15.20 $39,700 $19.10 -51.2%
Farmington 490 $50,100 $24.10 $69,900 $33.60 254.5%
Las Cruces 190 $28,400 $13.60 $35,400 $17.00 4.7%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Job Density
Albany 390 $40,300 $19.40 $47,600 $22.90 -67.4%
Binghamton 210 $25,200 $12.10 $30,600 $14.70 -30.3%
Buffalo 1,400 $35,800 $17.20 $42,500 $20.40 -4.3%
Elmira 110 $34,100 $16.40 $39,300 $18.90 7.3%
Glens Falls 60 $38,500 $18.50 $43,900 $21.10 -60.9%
Kingston NA $31,300 $15.10 $38,000 $18.30 NA
New York (Area) 5,820 $36,500 $17.60 $46,100 $22.20 -67%
Poughkeepsie 230 $36,000 $17.30 $46,100 $22.20 -65.7%
Rochester 660 $33,100 $15.90 $41,100 $19.80 -50.8%
Syracuse 620 $36,400 $17.50 $40,100 $19.30 -25.9%
Utica 180 $34,900 $16.80 $40,300 $19.40 -47.2%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 260 $32,600 $15.70 $39,000 $18.80 -43.5%
Burlington 50 $31,100 $15.00 $35,600 $17.10 -66.6%
Charlotte 1,580 $35,300 $17.00 $41,000 $19.70 -30.9%
Durham 160 $32,800 $15.70 $39,800 $19.10 -79%
Fayetteville 60 $39,500 $19.00 $49,100 $23.60 -83.3%
Goldsboro 110 $31,100 $14.90 $33,600 $16.10 -8.3%
Greensboro 860 $37,000 $17.80 $41,500 $20.00 -10.3%
Greenville 190 $34,700 $16.70 $38,700 $18.60 -3.5%
Hickory 280 $28,600 $13.70 $33,500 $16.10 -30.2%
Jacksonville 60 $34,500 $16.60 $47,400 $22.80 -46.4%
Raleigh 920 $33,800 $16.30 $39,600 $19.00 -32.8%
Rocky Mount 150 $31,800 $15.30 $39,300 $18.90 -8.6%
Wilmington 150 $35,500 $17.10 $40,100 $19.30 -60.3%
Winston-Salem 490 $36,300 $17.40 $45,500 $21.90 -12%
North Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bismarck 50 $29,900 $14.40 $32,500 $15.60 -71.8%
Fargo 880 $35,500 $17.10 $39,500 $19.00 167.2%
Grand Forks 120 $30,800 $14.80 $36,800 $17.70 -6%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 950 $36,900 $17.70 $44,700 $21.50 7.9%
Canton 810 $33,000 $15.90 $39,700 $19.10 79.2%
Cincinnati 2,310 $36,600 $17.60 $41,700 $20.10 -15.1%
Cleveland 2,400 $32,900 $15.80 $39,300 $18.90 -12.7%
Columbus 1,340 $32,600 $15.70 $37,900 $18.20 -46.3%
Dayton 880 $34,600 $16.70 $38,900 $18.70 -13.7%
Lima 330 $50,300 $24.20 $55,000 $26.50 136.1%
Mansfield 190 $29,700 $14.30 $37,400 $18.00 30.2%
Sandusky 50 $34,200 $16.40 $38,000 $18.30 -42%
Springfield 180 $29,500 $14.20 $32,200 $15.50 36.6%
Toledo 450 $31,100 $15.00 $38,000 $18.30 -43.5%
Youngstown 960 $30,700 $14.80 $36,800 $17.70 58.9%
Oklahoma
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lawton 60 $29,700 $14.30 $34,600 $16.60 -48.9%
Oklahoma City 3,000 $31,900 $15.30 $39,600 $19.10 94.2%
Tulsa 4,900 $35,100 $16.90 $40,700 $19.60 323%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 70 $33,300 $16.00 $37,300 $17.90 -56.1%
Eugene 470 $32,500 $15.60 $37,000 $17.80 21.1%
Medford 190 $32,400 $15.60 $38,700 $18.60 -11.4%
Portland 3,500 $38,500 $18.50 $45,700 $22.00 28.7%
Salem 350 $30,100 $14.50 $36,500 $17.60 -13.2%
Pennsylvania
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 880 $35,400 $17.00 $40,100 $19.30 -2.1%
Altoona 90 $35,900 $17.20 $39,400 $19.00 -42.8%
Erie 690 $26,000 $12.50 $35,900 $17.20 99%
Harrisburg 310 $38,500 $18.50 $44,000 $21.20 -63.7%
Johnstown 240 $29,800 $14.30 $36,500 $17.60 54.4%
Lancaster 1,010 $37,200 $17.90 $43,800 $21.10 61.7%
Lebanon 160 $33,000 $15.90 $38,600 $18.60 26.3%
Philadelphia (Area) 3,620 $40,200 $19.30 $47,800 $23.00 -54.2%
Pittsburgh 3,070 $33,200 $16.00 $38,800 $18.60 0.4%
Reading 540 $35,400 $17.00 $39,200 $18.90 21.7%
Scranton 550 $32,500 $15.60 $36,700 $17.60 -20.9%
State College 70 $30,400 $14.60 $36,100 $17.30 -59.7%
Williamsport 210 $30,800 $14.80 $37,300 $17.90 49.2%
York 1,080 $39,300 $18.90 $44,600 $21.50 127.1%
Rhode Island
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 1,460 $39,000 $18.70 $48,700 $23.40 -20.5%
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anderson 190 $30,300 $14.60 $32,700 $15.70 17.9%
Charleston 600 $34,500 $16.60 $39,700 $19.10 -22.1%
Columbia 1,040 $32,300 $15.50 $37,100 $17.80 13%
Florence 370 $30,900 $14.90 $39,100 $18.80 68.8%
Greenville 900 $37,700 $18.10 $54,200 $26.10 10.7%
Myrtle Beach 80 $35,500 $17.10 $40,300 $19.40 -74.9%
Spartanburg 610 $35,100 $16.90 $42,100 $20.20 89.4%
Sumter 130 $27,700 $13.30 $30,600 $14.70 39.9%
South Dakota
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 140 $31,100 $14.90 $39,800 $19.20 -12.1%
Sioux Falls 400 $31,500 $15.20 $36,100 $17.30 8.1%
Tennessee
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 1,180 $38,400 $18.50 $43,100 $20.70 93%
Clarksville 390 $35,300 $17.00 $38,000 $18.30 83.6%
Cleveland 80 $28,300 $13.60 $33,200 $16.00 -16.3%
Jackson 210 $32,000 $15.40 $38,800 $18.70 34.5%
Johnson City 220 $27,700 $13.30 $35,800 $17.20 6.8%
Kingsport 450 $29,200 $14.00 $33,000 $15.90 41.3%
Knoxville 800 $32,500 $15.60 $38,900 $18.70 -10.2%
Memphis 860 $36,100 $17.40 $44,500 $21.40 -48.2%
Morristown NA $36,500 $17.60 $39,100 $18.80 NA
Nashville 2,140 $31,300 $15.10 $36,700 $17.70 8.7%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 300 $31,700 $15.20 $37,900 $18.20 71.5%
Amarillo 300 $28,300 $13.60 $36,000 $17.30 -0.7%
Austin 1,270 $32,400 $15.60 $37,900 $18.20 -39.8%
Beaumont 2,190 $43,500 $20.90 $52,600 $25.30 400.1%
Brownsville 740 $24,400 $11.70 $29,300 $14.10 119.8%
College Station 260 $34,000 $16.30 $39,800 $19.10 2.2%
Corpus Christi 2,000 $35,900 $17.30 $42,500 $20.40 310.3%
Dallas (Area) 8,550 $31,200 $15.00 $39,000 $18.80 24.4%
El Paso 440 $26,200 $12.60 $31,100 $15.00 -39.7%
Houston 18,220 $36,500 $17.60 $45,700 $22.00 159.6%
Killeen 430 $40,100 $19.30 $46,000 $22.10 30.1%
Laredo 60 $25,100 $12.10 $28,900 $13.90 -73.2%
Longview 1,220 $32,300 $15.50 $39,300 $18.90 370.6%
Lubbock 310 $29,400 $14.20 $33,100 $15.90 -8.6%
McAllen 530 $23,600 $11.40 $29,200 $14.00 -11.5%
Midland 600 $35,800 $17.20 $46,000 $22.10 224.8%
Odessa 1,010 $36,400 $17.50 $46,500 $22.40 513.9%
San Angelo 160 $27,500 $13.20 $31,900 $15.30 37.9%
San Antonio 1,890 $28,600 $13.70 $33,600 $16.20 -17.4%
Sherman 250 $33,600 $16.20 $36,900 $17.70 124.5%
Texarkana 260 $44,300 $21.30 $62,500 $30.10 74.6%
Tyler 660 $37,400 $18.00 $42,800 $20.60 158.9%
Victoria 240 $37,100 $17.80 $45,100 $21.70 80.9%
Waco 390 $29,300 $14.10 $37,400 $18.00 43.3%
Wichita Falls 320 $32,200 $15.50 $39,600 $19.00 105.4%
Utah
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Logan 140 $32,600 $15.70 $37,500 $18.00 2.7%
Ogden 940 $34,600 $16.60 $44,800 $21.50 76.8%
Provo 560 $33,600 $16.10 $43,300 $20.80 19.1%
Salt Lake City 1,650 $32,900 $15.80 $42,200 $20.30 -1.4%
St. George 200 $35,500 $17.10 $39,900 $19.20 54.7%
Vermont
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Burlington 140 $38,800 $18.70 $45,800 $22.00 -54.2%
Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 140 $37,900 $18.20 $43,400 $20.90 -21.1%
Charlottesville 50 $43,900 $21.10 $48,400 $23.30 -79.5%
Danville 60 $33,500 $16.10 $39,900 $19.20 -43.6%
Harrisonburg 180 $35,900 $17.20 $39,400 $18.90 13.9%
Lynchburg 380 $37,000 $17.80 $44,000 $21.20 39.3%
Richmond 870 $36,500 $17.60 $42,400 $20.40 -46.6%
Roanoke 500 $33,500 $16.10 $39,000 $18.80 18.2%
Virginia Beach 2,530 $44,800 $21.60 $51,000 $24.50 25.6%
Winchester 100 $37,200 $17.90 $42,500 $20.50 -27%
Washington
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bellingham 470 $38,900 $18.70 $45,100 $21.70 124.2%
Bremerton 640 $53,300 $25.60 $62,500 $30.00 190.7%
Kennewick 120 $36,100 $17.40 $44,400 $21.40 -52.6%
Longview 70 $42,200 $20.30 $50,200 $24.10 -27.3%
Mount Vernon 160 $42,900 $20.60 $51,700 $24.90 31.7%
Olympia 50 $37,800 $18.20 $45,700 $22.00 -79.5%
Seattle (Area) 2,970 $43,300 $20.80 $50,600 $24.30 -23.2%
Spokane 430 $34,400 $16.50 $41,900 $20.20 -23.4%
Wenatchee 50 $30,700 $14.70 $36,700 $17.60 -56%
Yakima 190 $37,200 $17.90 $43,800 $21.00 -15.4%
West Virginia
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 530 $37,900 $18.20 $54,300 $26.10 31.3%
Huntington 570 $35,800 $17.20 $40,300 $19.40 90.1%
Morgantown 110 $31,100 $15.00 $39,000 $18.70 -26.7%
Parkersburg 200 $35,500 $17.10 $49,900 $24.00 5.8%
Weirton 100 NA NA NA NA -13.6%
Wheeling 170 $38,000 $18.30 $54,200 $26.10 -2.1%
Wisconsin
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 450 $36,500 $17.50 $40,700 $19.60 43.9%
Eau Claire 480 $39,000 $18.70 $43,000 $20.70 133.3%
Fond du Lac 180 $39,800 $19.10 $49,400 $23.70 52.6%
Green Bay 620 $35,700 $17.20 $43,600 $21.00 38%
Janesville 380 $37,100 $17.80 $40,600 $19.50 125.9%
La Crosse 140 $36,300 $17.50 $39,000 $18.80 -26.1%
Madison 900 $37,000 $17.80 $41,300 $19.90 -0.5%
Milwaukee 3,330 $36,000 $17.30 $41,100 $19.80 49%
Oshkosh 1,100 $46,400 $22.30 $52,900 $25.50 362.9%
Racine 290 $32,600 $15.70 $40,200 $19.30 43.7%
Sheboygan 120 $31,700 $15.20 $37,800 $18.20 -26.1%
Wausau 460 $36,400 $17.50 $39,200 $18.80 150.3%
Wyoming
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Casper 620 $39,500 $19.00 $46,800 $22.50 467.7%
Cheyenne NA $37,200 $17.90 $45,700 $22.00 NA