Wages by metropolitan area

The 393 metropolitan statistical areas in the May 2025 OEWS release, each with a profile of what its occupations pay. The US median across all occupations is $50,980 a year; 91 of the 393 metros sit above it.43 areas cross a state line and are listed under every state they touch. Each profile carries the area's all-occupations percentiles against its state and the nation, its 20 highest-paying, 20 largest and 10 most concentrated occupations, and every occupation group.

All 393 metropolitan areas

Sorted by name; the column buttons re-sort. The state column holds the primary state first, then the others the area spans.

Abilene, TXTX$21.32$44,340$54,36075,070
Aguadilla, PRPR$12.73$26,480$36,61048,810
Akron, OHOH$23.48$48,840$63,430319,560
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NYNY$28.10$58,460$71,830449,410
Albany, GAGA$20.97$43,620$54,25058,390
Albany, OROR$23.90$49,700$61,74047,260
Albuquerque, NMNM$23.11$48,060$64,480404,700
Alexandria, LALA$19.52$40,600$51,63060,000
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJPA, NJ$23.55$48,990$64,090377,180
Altoona, PAPA$21.28$44,270$54,24058,650
Amarillo, TXTX$21.43$44,580$56,400123,930
Ames, IAIA$24.14$50,220$61,91055,890
Amherst Town-Northampton, MAMA$27.42$57,030$70,73065,670
Anchorage, AKAK$28.94$60,200$75,180177,050
Ann Arbor, MIMI$26.63$55,380$73,520219,730
Anniston-Oxford, ALAL$20.52$42,680$50,95043,570
Appleton, WIWI$24.00$49,910$62,240124,230
Arecibo, PRPR$12.56$26,120$34,63034,720
Asheville, NCNC$22.53$46,870$60,490180,620
Athens-Clarke County, GAGA$19.82$41,220$53,67095,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAGA$24.60$51,170$71,9002,889,670
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJNJ$22.85$47,520$63,400168,700
Auburn-Opelika, ALAL$18.78$39,070$52,16072,710
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SCGA, SC$22.11$45,990$60,020231,930
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXTX$27.38$56,950$74,5801,293,690
Bakersfield-Delano, CACA$22.82$47,470$64,650338,230
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMD$28.40$59,070$76,3701,356,680
Bangor, MEME$23.06$47,960$60,86072,270
Barnstable Town, MAMA$27.10$56,360$69,93094,110
Baton Rouge, LALA$23.42$48,710$61,230409,690
Battle Creek, MIMI$23.41$48,690$60,40054,600
Bay City, MIMI$21.93$45,620$57,19033,810
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TXTX$23.38$48,630$61,370163,220
Beckley, WVWV$20.12$41,850$52,30043,080
Bellingham, WAWA$27.80$57,820$71,31091,390
Bend, OROR$26.24$54,570$69,260108,240
Billings, MTMT$23.59$49,060$61,90093,800
Binghamton, NYNY$23.78$49,460$65,46097,030
Birmingham, ALAL$22.97$47,770$60,770520,290
Bismarck, NDND$25.27$52,560$64,63071,270
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VAVA$23.14$48,120$61,09074,070
Bloomington, ILIL$25.55$53,140$70,01088,110
Bloomington, ININ$22.91$47,660$60,98073,240
Boise City, IDID$23.60$49,100$64,530391,790
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHMA, NH$32.03$66,620$89,6202,703,890
Boulder, COCO$33.45$69,580$91,760192,390
Bowling Green, KYKY$21.65$45,040$54,72082,160
Bozeman, MTMT$26.36$54,830$65,67072,210
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WAWA$30.38$63,200$77,02093,740
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CTCT$29.55$61,470$84,700404,180
Brownsville-Harlingen, TXTX$17.54$36,490$47,110157,450
Brunswick-St. Simons, GAGA$20.16$41,940$55,01046,860
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NYNY$24.42$50,790$66,480534,550
Burlington-South Burlington, VTVT$28.86$60,020$74,360120,150
Burlington, NCNC$21.16$44,010$54,24067,830
Canton-Massillon, OHOH$22.02$45,810$56,990163,080
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FLFL$22.49$46,780$60,050304,790
Cape Girardeau, MO-ILMO, IL$21.38$44,470$56,64044,680
Carson City, NVNV$27.25$56,680$68,90031,940
Casper, WYWY$23.50$48,880$60,18040,020
Cedar Rapids, IAIA$23.73$49,360$60,700139,260
Chambersburg, PAPA$22.86$47,540$57,15060,280
Champaign-Urbana, ILIL$24.38$50,700$68,290105,500
Charleston-North Charleston, SCSC$23.63$49,150$64,260394,170
Charleston, WVWV$22.03$45,830$58,170103,450
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCNC, SC$24.03$49,990$68,9001,358,370
Charlottesville, VAVA$26.53$55,180$74,000114,780
Chattanooga, TN-GATN, GA$22.45$46,700$58,680268,750
Cheyenne, WYWY$24.78$51,540$63,08048,470
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INIL, IN$26.31$54,720$73,3804,513,280
Chico, CACA$23.10$48,050$65,42078,220
Cincinnati, OH-KY-INOH, KY, IN$24.12$50,170$67,3701,101,030
Clarksville, TN-KYTN, KY$21.57$44,860$53,330103,220
Cleveland, OHOH$24.11$50,140$66,3101,031,130
Cleveland, TNTN$19.34$40,230$50,67043,010
Coeur d'Alene, IDID$22.96$47,750$60,06072,280
College Station-Bryan, TXTX$21.38$44,470$57,060134,040
Colorado Springs, COCO$25.34$52,710$70,780316,060
Columbia, MOMO$22.72$47,260$61,380107,680
Columbia, SCSC$22.32$46,430$59,030394,200
Columbus, GA-ALGA, AL$20.93$43,540$55,130116,380
Columbus, ININ$23.30$48,470$61,80049,820
Columbus, OHOH$24.69$51,340$67,2701,105,580
Corpus Christi, TXTX$21.81$45,350$57,670192,580
Corvallis, OROR$27.73$57,680$74,00038,550
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FLFL$22.84$47,510$63,090125,050
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXTX$24.73$51,440$70,6304,049,800
Dalton, GAGA$20.29$42,210$53,82065,300
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, ALAL$18.52$38,520$50,20087,120
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-ILIA, IL$23.34$48,550$61,900180,450
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OHOH$24.03$49,980$65,730372,660
Decatur, ALAL$22.25$46,280$57,83061,240
Decatur, ILIL$24.66$51,290$63,57045,550
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FLFL$21.61$44,940$57,390219,740
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COCO$29.96$62,320$81,6901,609,350
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IAIA$24.91$51,820$65,970404,130
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIMI$25.04$52,080$69,2101,904,530
Dothan, ALAL$18.35$38,170$50,85060,720
Dover, DEDE$22.45$46,690$59,45068,080
Dubuque, IAIA$23.44$48,750$60,37058,470
Duluth, MN-WIMN, WI$24.04$50,000$61,560124,710
Durham-Chapel Hill, NCNC$29.19$60,720$79,700344,020
Eagle Pass, TXTX$17.10$35,560$46,81018,820
Eau Claire, WIWI$23.12$48,100$60,76086,060
El Centro, CACA$21.70$45,140$61,63065,430
El Paso, TXTX$18.99$39,510$51,870339,120
Elizabethtown, KYKY$22.51$46,810$56,11051,540
Elkhart-Goshen, ININ$23.11$48,070$58,180127,730
Elmira, NYNY$23.01$47,850$61,43033,600
Enid, OKOK$19.47$40,500$51,75023,320
Erie, PAPA$21.38$44,460$55,110120,480
Eugene-Springfield, OROR$23.88$49,680$64,310157,710
Evansville, ININ$22.38$46,540$58,140135,250
Fairbanks-College, AKAK$29.71$61,810$73,46036,430
Fargo, ND-MNND, MN$24.54$51,050$64,380148,660
Farmington, NMNM$22.03$45,820$56,83047,670
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, ARAR$22.41$46,610$61,240275,180
Fayetteville, NCNC$21.93$45,620$58,170131,430
Flagstaff, AZAZ$22.84$47,500$61,23066,610
Flint, MIMI$22.06$45,880$57,810135,040
Florence-Muscle Shoals, ALAL$19.10$39,740$50,40056,100
Florence, SCSC$20.93$43,520$55,86089,060
Fond du Lac, WIWI$24.20$50,340$62,42043,900
Fort Collins-Loveland, COCO$26.59$55,310$70,620169,430
Fort Smith, AR-OKAR, OK$19.02$39,560$50,30095,560
Fort Wayne, ININ$22.93$47,700$59,610225,520
Fresno, CACA$22.55$46,910$63,820476,890
Gadsden, ALAL$17.63$36,660$47,40033,220
Gainesville, FLFL$22.61$47,020$59,690152,670
Gainesville, GAGA$22.07$45,900$59,000103,870
Gettysburg, PAPA$22.41$46,610$56,63031,940
Glens Falls, NYNY$23.60$49,090$62,24050,130
Goldsboro, NCNC$19.51$40,570$50,66040,320
Grand Forks, ND-MNND, MN$23.92$49,760$61,98052,000
Grand Island, NENE$23.75$49,410$56,87039,520
Grand Junction, COCO$23.32$48,510$62,57067,170
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MIMI$22.87$47,570$60,660598,260
Grants Pass, OROR$24.39$50,730$59,71030,540
Great Falls, MTMT$22.36$46,510$59,17036,510
Greeley, COCO$26.48$55,070$66,780119,540
Green Bay, WIWI$24.01$49,940$62,790174,550
Greensboro-High Point, NCNC$22.39$46,570$59,180365,410
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SCSC$22.39$46,580$59,260434,900
Greenville, NCNC$22.39$46,560$60,77080,770
Guayama, PRPR$12.15$25,260$34,09012,450
Gulfport-Biloxi, MSMS$20.90$43,470$53,290158,310
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WVMD, WV$22.81$47,440$60,180107,170
Hammond, LALA$18.50$38,480$49,16047,820
Hanford-Corcoran, CACA$23.30$48,470$64,23048,820
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PAPA$23.85$49,610$63,660335,010
Harrisonburg, VAVA$22.17$46,110$56,89065,460
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CTCT$28.82$59,940$76,720599,770
Hattiesburg, MSMS$18.15$37,750$49,48062,230
Helena, MTMT$26.46$55,040$65,27044,420
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NCNC$21.74$45,220$54,360154,090
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SCSC$21.08$43,850$54,86081,920
Hinesville, GAGA$22.44$46,670$54,16020,330
Homosassa Springs, FLFL$19.89$41,360$53,64035,580
Hot Springs, ARAR$17.57$36,540$48,19038,600
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LALA$21.93$45,610$55,87083,440
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXTX$23.76$49,410$67,6103,289,720
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OHWV, KY, OH$21.44$44,600$56,110140,740
Huntsville, ALAL$24.88$51,740$71,090266,650
Idaho Falls, IDID$22.50$46,800$61,16081,840
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, ININ$23.72$49,340$65,1801,105,170
Iowa City, IAIA$24.07$50,060$65,42093,760
Ithaca, NYNY$27.95$58,130$76,98047,980
Jackson, MIMI$22.96$47,760$61,27055,930
Jackson, MSMS$20.60$42,850$53,990270,730
Jackson, TNTN$21.53$44,790$53,29084,530
Jacksonville, FLFL$23.48$48,830$65,700765,930
Jacksonville, NCNC$19.34$40,230$51,17052,570
Janesville-Beloit, WIWI$23.26$48,390$61,11069,870
Jefferson City, MOMO$23.09$48,030$58,75080,220
Johnson City, TNTN$20.90$43,480$54,75081,690
Johnstown, PAPA$21.21$44,110$53,46047,810
Jonesboro, ARAR$20.31$42,240$52,61060,620
Joplin, MO-KSMO, KS$21.63$44,980$53,37087,190
Kahului-Wailuku, HIHI$27.71$57,640$68,72073,750
Kalamazoo-Portage, MIMI$23.32$48,510$62,850121,790
Kankakee, ILIL$22.03$45,830$57,76042,340
Kansas City, MO-KSMO, KS$24.44$50,820$66,5501,096,110
Kennewick-Richland, WAWA$27.54$57,290$73,460129,490
Kenosha, WIWI$23.22$48,310$60,49075,450
Killeen-Temple, TXTX$22.43$46,660$62,390150,580
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VATN, VA$21.75$45,240$56,140119,560
Kingston, NYNY$24.05$50,020$63,44059,140
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYNY$24.51$50,990$67,700268,970
Knoxville, TNTN$22.63$47,080$59,890424,600
Kokomo, ININ$23.55$48,980$59,48035,500
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MNWI, MN$23.20$48,260$62,77084,380
Lafayette-West Lafayette, ININ$23.45$48,780$60,210102,200
Lafayette, LALA$20.09$41,780$52,120179,570
Lake Charles, LALA$21.97$45,700$56,630101,690
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZAZ$21.26$44,230$54,86056,490
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FLFL$22.18$46,140$57,070265,280
Lancaster, PAPA$23.18$48,210$59,620252,230
Lansing-East Lansing, MIMI$25.39$52,800$65,450217,180
Laredo, TXTX$17.91$37,250$48,200109,370
Las Cruces, NMNM$20.23$42,070$54,88080,000
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NVNV$22.44$46,670$60,8001,136,960
Lawrence, KSKS$22.78$47,390$60,95051,750
Lawton, OKOK$20.24$42,090$52,19042,810
Lebanon, PAPA$22.35$46,500$57,26053,710
Lewiston-Auburn, MEME$23.82$49,540$62,64047,660
Lewiston, ID-WAID, WA$23.22$48,300$59,12028,680
Lexington Park, MDMD$30.76$63,990$82,58070,650
Lexington-Fayette, KYKY$23.38$48,620$62,210286,910
Lima, OHOH$22.68$47,170$59,08049,950
Lincoln, NENE$23.94$49,800$62,980182,620
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, ARAR$22.02$45,790$58,000358,210
Logan, UT-IDUT, ID$22.29$46,360$58,88066,800
Longview-Kelso, WAWA$27.61$57,420$68,09041,070
Longview, TXTX$21.71$45,150$55,480118,060
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CACA$26.85$55,850$77,2706,271,560
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-INKY, IN$23.25$48,370$62,310685,190
Lubbock, TXTX$20.26$42,130$53,850166,780
Lynchburg, VAVA$22.21$46,190$57,88097,190
Macon-Bibb County, GAGA$21.71$45,160$56,40095,030
Madison, WIWI$27.92$58,080$70,990408,070
Manchester-Nashua, NHNH$27.18$56,530$72,800199,560
Manhattan, KSKS$22.07$45,900$56,68053,500
Mankato, MNMN$23.81$49,530$62,43056,180
Mansfield, OHOH$21.49$44,700$54,46048,770
Mayaguez, PRPR$12.15$25,270$35,14052,110
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TXTX$17.23$35,830$46,850296,700
Medford, OROR$23.99$49,900$63,85089,060
Memphis, TN-MS-ARTN, MS, AR$22.54$46,890$60,240611,670
Merced, CACA$22.70$47,220$61,52079,510
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLFL$23.39$48,640$67,1902,819,940
Michigan City-La Porte, ININ$21.89$45,540$54,41040,840
Midland, MIMI$23.72$49,340$70,07037,300
Midland, TXTX$26.19$54,480$71,290122,180
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WIWI$24.60$51,160$67,440820,780
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMN, WI$28.52$59,320$74,5801,951,650
Minot, NDND$23.53$48,940$60,60033,260
Missoula, MTMT$23.00$47,830$59,90067,070
Mobile, ALAL$22.59$47,000$58,170172,550
Modesto, CACA$24.33$50,610$67,230195,230
Monroe, LALA$18.34$38,150$48,85087,500
Monroe, MIMI$22.23$46,240$58,04040,740
Montgomery, ALAL$21.61$44,950$55,740165,550
Morgantown, WVWV$22.76$47,350$61,31067,370
Morristown, TNTN$21.29$44,280$51,48047,290
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WAWA$28.65$59,590$71,79052,600
Muncie, ININ$21.21$44,110$54,23044,740
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MIMI$22.15$46,060$56,40062,340
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SCSC$18.23$37,930$49,710146,260
Napa, CACA$26.54$55,210$72,11077,860
Naples-Marco Island, FLFL$22.98$47,800$64,040173,880
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TNTN$24.23$50,390$66,3901,099,300
New Haven, CTCT$28.88$60,060$75,620281,410
New Orleans-Metairie, LALA$22.73$47,290$61,050445,550
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNY, NJ$29.53$61,430$86,3109,492,000
Niles, MIMI$22.11$45,980$58,17059,970
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FLFL$22.81$47,440$62,500339,940
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CTCT$27.58$57,370$71,810126,450
Ocala, FLFL$21.15$43,990$55,290120,980
Odessa, TXTX$23.36$48,590$60,38080,910
Ogden, UTUT$23.51$48,900$62,490271,370
Oklahoma City, OKOK$22.71$47,230$60,330677,680
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WAWA$29.79$61,960$75,470130,300
Omaha, NE-IANE, IA$23.88$49,660$64,900498,100
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLFL$22.42$46,630$61,8901,411,730
Oshkosh-Neenah, WIWI$25.99$54,060$64,79093,750
Owensboro, KYKY$21.62$44,960$54,15049,450
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CACA$25.24$52,510$71,810323,890
Paducah, KY-ILKY, IL$22.05$45,860$58,06050,270
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FLFL$23.57$49,030$67,210245,170
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FLFL$21.65$45,030$57,61090,610
Parkersburg-Vienna, WVWV$20.19$42,000$54,63036,280
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FLFL$22.23$46,240$58,620190,480
Peoria, ILIL$23.84$49,590$68,130166,020
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDPA, NJ, DE, MD$26.11$54,310$71,7302,897,830
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZAZ$24.70$51,380$69,6302,375,760
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NCNC$20.64$42,920$55,14042,900
Pittsburgh, PAPA$23.87$49,650$65,2301,114,490
Pittsfield, MAMA$24.93$51,860$69,09056,810
Pocatello, IDID$21.71$45,160$55,17038,290
Ponce, PRPR$12.95$26,940$35,31063,500
Port St. Lucie, FLFL$22.35$46,490$59,230170,820
Portland-South Portland, MEME$27.39$56,960$70,020288,480
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAOR, WA$29.18$60,690$78,4301,208,410
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZAZ$22.27$46,330$58,70072,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MARI, MA$25.81$53,680$69,290714,120
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UTUT$23.08$48,010$64,230304,660
Pueblo, COCO$23.53$48,940$62,48061,780
Punta Gorda, FLFL$21.88$45,500$57,30057,530
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WIWI$23.50$48,870$60,06076,280
Raleigh-Cary, NCNC$24.99$51,990$70,740743,120
Rapid City, SDSD$22.25$46,270$57,85073,820
Reading, PAPA$23.77$49,440$60,950174,670
Redding, CACA$23.52$48,920$65,32071,550
Reno, NVNV$23.87$49,660$64,520275,680
Richmond, VAVA$24.74$51,460$68,400660,350
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CACA$23.27$48,400$65,1601,716,760
Roanoke, VAVA$22.67$47,140$60,590153,980
Rochester, MNMN$29.15$60,620$80,590122,980
Rochester, NYNY$24.62$51,210$67,420494,280
Rockford, ILIL$22.65$47,120$61,020137,650
Rocky Mount, NCNC$21.13$43,960$53,36054,630
Rome, GAGA$20.51$42,670$54,91044,900
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CACA$28.73$59,750$77,1501,080,590
Saginaw, MIMI$22.21$46,200$59,45080,000
Salem, OROR$26.59$55,310$67,920188,620
Salinas, CACA$22.78$47,380$65,160186,430
Salisbury, MDMD$23.42$48,710$63,77053,770
Salt Lake City-Murray, UTUT$26.56$55,240$71,660826,210
San Angelo, TXTX$20.93$43,530$54,18049,770
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TXTX$22.60$47,010$61,1401,126,880
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CACA$28.21$58,690$79,0601,538,060
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CACA$35.70$74,260$100,2202,373,920
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CACA$40.41$84,050$119,2301,134,970
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PRPR$14.15$29,440$39,970690,810
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CACA$24.41$50,770$70,150122,020
Sandusky, OHOH$21.62$44,970$54,76050,100
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CACA$26.31$54,730$73,14098,500
Santa Fe, NMNM$23.42$48,710$62,76061,770
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CACA$24.85$51,690$71,660200,760
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CACA$27.33$56,850$73,640205,260
Savannah, GAGA$22.71$47,240$58,750198,360
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PAPA$22.28$46,330$56,800255,620
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAWA$34.91$72,610$91,7902,086,210
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FLFL$21.87$45,480$58,75057,620
Sebring, FLFL$19.42$40,400$52,88028,110
Sheboygan, WIWI$24.95$51,890$64,04060,630
Sherman-Denison, TXTX$21.45$44,610$55,96052,690
Shreveport-Bossier City, LALA$21.55$44,820$54,580162,750
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZAZ$22.62$47,050$62,77033,970
Sioux City, IA-NE-SDIA, NE, SD$22.61$47,030$56,24075,010
Sioux Falls, SD-MNSD, MN$23.06$47,970$60,390178,590
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LALA$21.01$43,710$56,22098,240
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MIIN, MI$22.38$46,540$58,230131,670
Spartanburg, SCSC$22.91$47,650$57,570165,150
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WAWA$26.28$54,660$68,570255,820
Springfield, ILIL$25.32$52,670$69,800100,810
Springfield, MAMA$24.97$51,930$67,710201,240
Springfield, MOMO$22.01$45,780$56,420223,030
Springfield, OHOH$21.86$45,470$55,43045,860
St. Cloud, MNMN$24.44$50,840$63,750103,920
St. George, UTUT$21.70$45,140$55,92090,500
St. Joseph, MO-KSMO, KS$22.76$47,350$57,16054,390
St. Louis, MO-ILMO, IL$24.03$49,990$66,3301,341,320
State College, PAPA$23.66$49,220$62,19068,840
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VAVA$23.10$48,040$57,31051,640
Stockton-Lodi, CACA$23.55$48,990$64,950289,660
Sumter, SCSC$20.62$42,890$53,37034,560
Syracuse, NYNY$25.48$52,990$67,470300,130
Tallahassee, FLFL$22.37$46,520$59,560186,160
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLFL$23.53$48,940$66,4901,447,120
Terre Haute, ININ$21.57$44,870$53,39065,120
Texarkana, TX-ARTX, AR$20.77$43,200$52,04057,580
Toledo, OHOH$23.18$48,220$61,210291,530
Topeka, KSKS$23.82$49,540$61,600115,750
Traverse City, MIMI$22.82$47,470$58,85068,440
Trenton-Princeton, NJNJ$30.52$63,490$82,560240,190
Tucson, AZAZ$22.96$47,760$63,200389,630
Tulsa, OKOK$22.44$46,670$59,070458,730
Tuscaloosa, ALAL$21.74$45,220$54,150108,460
Twin Falls, IDID$21.83$45,400$53,58050,300
Tyler, TXTX$20.51$42,650$54,200115,220
Urban Honolulu, HIHI$27.51$57,220$71,940446,380
Utica-Rome, NYNY$23.55$48,970$61,760118,390
Valdosta, GAGA$18.80$39,110$49,85053,890
Vallejo, CACA$28.18$58,620$74,900144,130
Victoria, TXTX$20.70$43,050$54,12038,120
Vineland, NJNJ$23.17$48,190$61,11062,300
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NCVA, NC$23.76$49,430$64,130763,060
Visalia, CACA$21.70$45,130$58,390171,140
Waco, TXTX$22.13$46,020$58,190129,860
Walla Walla, WAWA$25.53$53,100$66,06025,920
Warner Robins, GAGA$23.37$48,600$60,27076,050
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVDC, VA, MD, WV$34.16$71,060$91,9303,136,190
Waterbury-Shelton, CTCT$24.73$51,440$69,080160,710
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IAIA$22.80$47,430$56,54084,260
Watertown-Fort Drum, NYNY$22.89$47,600$59,11039,330
Wausau, WIWI$23.46$48,790$60,12069,530
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OHWV, OH$22.04$45,840$55,16036,220
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WAWA$23.70$49,290$64,24051,220
Wheeling, WV-OHWV, OH$21.28$44,250$54,91058,130
Wichita Falls, TXTX$20.77$43,210$52,74055,550
Wichita, KSKS$22.90$47,630$58,830308,570
Wildwood-The Villages, FLFL$22.04$45,830$58,95041,300
Williamsport, PAPA$22.14$46,050$56,39049,510
Wilmington, NCNC$22.02$45,800$58,480191,280
Winchester, VA-WVVA, WV$22.63$47,070$60,41067,740
Winston-Salem, NCNC$22.30$46,380$59,130271,980
Worcester, MAMA$27.80$57,830$73,600349,880
Yakima, WAWA$22.99$47,810$61,24097,010
York-Hanover, PAPA$23.16$48,170$61,080183,590
Youngstown-Warren, OHOH$21.06$43,800$54,140160,160
Yuba City, CACA$24.03$49,970$66,29051,090
Yuma, AZAZ$21.23$44,170$55,39068,880

20 highest-paying metropolitan areas

20 largest metropolitan areas by employment

Metropolitan areas by state

Each area with its all-occupations median annual wage and employment. Puerto Rico's metros are in the OEWS release and have profiles; the territory itself has no state page (ADR-0001). Nonmetropolitan areas are listed on each state's profile.

Alabama (13)

Alaska (2)

Arizona (7)

Arkansas (7)

California (25)

Colorado (7)

Connecticut (5)

Delaware (2)

District of Columbia (1)

Florida (22)

Georgia (15)

Hawaii (2)

Idaho (7)

Illinois (12)

Indiana (15)

Iowa (9)

Kansas (7)

Kentucky (9)

Louisiana (10)

Maine (3)

Maryland (6)

Massachusetts (7)

Michigan (16)

Minnesota (9)

Mississippi (4)

Missouri (8)

Montana (5)

Nebraska (4)

Nevada (3)

New Hampshire (2)

New Jersey (6)

New Mexico (4)

New York (13)

North Carolina (16)

North Dakota (4)

Ohio (15)

Oklahoma (5)

Oregon (8)

Pennsylvania (16)

Puerto Rico (6)

Rhode Island (1)

South Carolina (10)

South Dakota (3)

Tennessee (10)

Texas (26)

Utah (5)

Vermont (1)

Virginia (11)

Washington (13)

West Virginia (10)

Wisconsin (15)

Wyoming (2)

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS metropolitan area estimates.

  • Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
  • Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
  • Metropolitan statistical areas follow the OMB definitions BLS used for the release; a multi-state area's figures cover the whole area and are shown once under its primary state.