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      AK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alaska $61,160290
      Alaska $57,610780
      Anchorage, AK $52,420400
      Fairbanks, AK $44,15090
      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntsville, AL $70,960130
      Daphne, AL $69,690110
      Tuscaloosa, AL $69,56090
      Auburn, AL $66,55070
      Mobile, AL $66,440130
      Birmingham, AL $62,800260
      Alabama $62,6701,280
      Montgomery, AL $60,140120
      Northeast Alabama $55,470110
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      East Arkansas $81,72040
      Jonesboro, AR $52,97040
      Fayetteville, AR $51,970260
      South Arkansas $49,73070
      Arkansas $49,060950
      West Arkansas $47,22050
      Hot Springs, AR $47,11050
      Little Rock, AR $46,920260
      North Arkansas $42,15090
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Phoenix, AZ $64,9202,230
      Arizona $61,9503,260
      Prescott Valley, AZ $60,640120
      Flagstaff, AZ $59,740110
      Tucson, AZ $59,380470
      Yuma, AZ $49,19060
      Lake Havasu City, AZ $47,80050
      Sierra Vista, AZ $41,23040
      Arizona $36,110130
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Denver, CO $70,0901,980
      Northwest Colorado $64,990590
      Colorado $63,9904,180
      Southwest Colorado $61,190230
      Boulder, CO $60,720360
      Fort Collins, CO $60,100220
      Colorado Springs, CO $60,080440
      Eastern and Southern Colorado $59,92060
      Greeley, CO $57,580130
      Pueblo, CO $56,64080
      Grand Junction, CO $56,15080
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bridgeport, CT $64,2001,070
      Connecticut $62,5403,600
      New Haven, CT $62,440610
      Waterbury, CT $61,650270
      Norwich, CT $61,300340
      Hartford, CT $60,1601,100
      Connecticut $59,250160
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $68,2604,480
      DE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Delaware $65,290490
      Sussex Delaware $65,290160
      Dover, DE $52,94080
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Naples, FL $74,990600
      South Florida $69,570280
      Wildwood, FL $65,290110
      Cape Coral, FL $62,040490
      Tampa, FL $61,6001,460
      Orlando, FL $61,2702,280
      Crestview, FL $60,400310
      Florida $59,58017,170
      North Port, FL $59,3301,000
      Jacksonville, FL $57,990930
      Tallahassee, FL $57,740200
      Miami, FL $57,5206,690
      Punta Gorda, FL $55,000130
      Deltona, FL $54,820400
      Sebring, FL $54,27030
      Sebastian, FL $54,080180
      Palm Bay, FL $53,630310
      Port St. Lucie, FL $49,940360
      Pensacola, FL $49,780230
      Lakeland, FL $49,420200
      Ocala, FL $48,910140
      Panama City, FL $47,470190
      Homosassa Springs, FL $46,44070
      Gainesville, FL $46,370160
      North Florida $44,250130
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Atlanta, GA $57,8602,770
      Augusta, GA-SC $54,460170
      Savannah, GA $51,670270
      Georgia $51,6304,390
      Brunswick, GA $49,870130
      Macon, GA $48,05080
      North Georgia $47,930130
      Middle Georgia $47,91090
      South Georgia $47,910130
      Columbus, GA-AL $47,860130
      Rome, GA $47,75030
      Athens, GA $47,64090
      Valdosta, GA $46,60040
      Albany, GA $46,02040
      Warner Robins, GA $45,77050
      Gainesville, GA $45,74080
      East Georgia $40,680120
      Dalton, GA $35,99040
      GU
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Guam $39,390190
      HI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Kahului, HI $87,410160
      Hawaii / Kauai $85,370210
      Hawaii $81,200830
      Urban Honolulu, HI $77,380450
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Des Moines, IA $49,780380
      Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $46,32060
      Southeast Iowa $45,040110
      Iowa City, IA $43,980120
      Ames, IA $43,87080
      Iowa $43,6901,500
      Northwest Iowa $43,690140
      Cedar Rapids, IA $43,580160
      Davenport, IA-IL $42,720190
      Dubuque, IA $42,70050
      Southwest Iowa $37,91060
      Waterloo, IA $36,76070
      Northeast Iowa $36,040100
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boise City, ID $51,710210
      Coeur d'Alene, ID $50,25050
      Idaho $50,010420
      Southeast-Central Idaho $48,78050
      Idaho Falls, ID $48,67040
      Northwestern Idaho $41,080
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Chicago, IL-IN $63,5704,470
      Illinois $61,4505,540
      Rockford, IL $59,21060
      Bloomington, IL $55,43070
      Peoria, IL $53,880110
      Champaign, IL $51,96080
      Northwest Illinois $49,990100
      South Illinois $47,84080
      Springfield, IL $45,740100
      East Central Illinois $45,16060
      Kankakee, IL $44,97030
      West Central Illinois $39,070160
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Terre Haute, IN $83,88050
      Indianapolis, IN $59,030370
      Evansville, IN $57,44040
      Northern Indiana $57,30070
      Indiana $57,1401,140
      Southern Indiana $57,11060
      South Bend, IN-MI $56,790100
      Fort Wayne, IN $51,20080
      Bloomington, IN $50,99070
      Lafayette, IN $40,30060
      Muncie, IN $37,92040
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Kansas $58,290980
      Topeka, KS $56,94070
      Wichita, KS $51,510190
      Lawrence, KS $48,30070
      Manhattan, KS $47,99060
      Kansas $47,060180
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lexington, KY $53,490260
      East Kentucky $50,52080
      Central Kentucky $49,21080
      Paducah, KY-IL $44,72040
      Kentucky $44,2201,860
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $44,220780
      Bowling Green, KY $43,17060
      South Central Kentucky $41,180100
      Elizabethtown, KY $33,09040
      Owensboro, KY $33,03030
      West Kentucky $31,59070
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alexandria, LA $80,29050
      Central Louisiana $53,42090
      New Orleans, LA $39,850700
      Baton Rouge, LA $38,340270
      Louisiana $38,3401,860
      Slidell, LA $37,040120
      Shreveport, LA $36,090140
      Hammond, LA $35,39040
      Monroe, LA $34,62040
      Lake Charles, LA $33,76050
      Lafayette, LA $32,930180
      Northeast Louisiana $31,67030
      Houma, LA $26,79090
      Southwest Louisiana $25,70050
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boston, MA-NH $74,6404,020
      Massachusetts $73,620110
      Barnstable Town, MA $72,570260
      Massachusetts $71,3305,330
      Worcester, MA $69,210440
      Amherst Town, MA $69,120150
      Springfield, MA $65,790280
      Pittsfield, MA $60,390130
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lexington Park, MD $64,40070
      Maryland $61,9903,310
      Baltimore, MD $61,4301,670
      Maryland $59,990250
      Salisbury, MD $57,26040
      Hagerstown, MD-WV $55,16090
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lewiston, ME $57,84070
      Portland, ME $56,200770
      Maine $55,8601,290
      Bangor, ME $53,250120
      Northeast Maine $51,510110
      Southwest Maine $50,060230
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Grand Rapids, MI $60,460580
      Kalamazoo, MI $60,320140
      Ann Arbor, MI $60,190280
      Lansing, MI $60,100210
      Jackson, MI $59,27050
      Niles, MI $59,14090
      Southern Michigan $58,560160
      Michigan $58,4305,310
      Northern Michigan $58,430200
      Flint, MI $58,090110
      Detroit, MI $57,6902,490
      Traverse City, MI $57,060130
      Midland, MI $56,82040
      Saginaw, MI $56,450100
      Muskegon, MI $55,64050
      Monroe, MI $55,48060
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $54,520120
      Mid Michigan $53,490200
      Battle Creek, MI $52,120100
      Bay City, MI $49,10040
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $61,7801,210
      Minnesota $59,4301,630
      Rochester, MN $59,39080
      Southeast Minnesota $59,38060
      Northwest Minnesota $50,73080
      Duluth, MN-WI $50,51090
      Mankato, MN $49,31030
      St. Cloud, MN $45,18040
      Southwest Minnesota $44,36030
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southwest Missouri $67,28060
      Kansas City, MO-KS $61,220850
      St. Louis, MO-IL $60,130830
      Missouri $59,2201,590
      Central Missouri $51,22080
      Springfield, MO $50,920100
      Columbia, MO $50,40070
      Jefferson City, MO $48,00030
      Southeast Missouri $37,37070
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Gulfport, MS $50,060260
      Lower East Mississippi $47,920
      Mississippi $44,990950
      Upper East Mississippi $43,720170
      Jackson, MS $39,930160
      Hattiesburg, MS $36,38040
      Lower West Mississippi $35,13060
      West Delta Mississippi $30,48070
      MT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bozeman, MT $60,560120
      Helena, MT $57,51040
      Billings, MT $56,85060
      Southwest Montana $56,46060
      Montana $55,650500
      West Montana $55,650100
      Missoula, MT $48,44080
      East-Central Montana $46,07040
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Durham, NC $64,590220
      Pinehurst, NC $63,50070
      Asheville, NC $62,040230
      Raleigh, NC $61,890470
      Fayetteville, NC $61,31050
      Charlotte, NC-SC $60,7401,300
      Eastern North Carolina $59,960390
      North Carolina $59,8104,100
      Wilmington, NC $59,390180
      Greenville, NC $59,25040
      Central North Carolina $58,990160
      Winston, NC $58,540160
      Rocky Mount, NC $57,92040
      Hickory, NC $57,880120
      Western North Carolina $57,830310
      Burlington, NC $57,67050
      Greensboro, NC $55,570260
      Jacksonville, NC $55,42050
      ND
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      North Dakota $76,63090
      Fargo, ND-MN $59,43040
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Omaha, NE-IA $63,990360
      Nebraska $58,390600
      South Nebraska $57,86070
      Lincoln, NE $54,930120
      Northeast Nebraska $44,67050
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Manchester, NH $59,020420
      New Hampshire $58,4001,260
      Central New Hampshire $58,240130
      Northern New Hampshire $58,240230
      Southwestern New Hampshire $54,46090
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Vineland, NJ $72,74060
      Trenton, NJ $71,790300
      New Jersey $69,6606,060
      Atlantic City, NJ $69,630540
      NM
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northern New Mexico $66,08060
      Santa Fe, NM $61,37070
      Las Cruces, NM $61,03040
      Eastern New Mexico $55,69060
      New Mexico $55,170400
      Albuquerque, NM $51,990210
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Balance of Nevada $60,000120
      Las Vegas, NV $58,5903,990
      Nevada $58,5904,560
      Reno, NV $57,350420
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New York, NY-NJ $66,55015,560
      Buffalo, NY $65,930740
      Kingston, NY $64,320200
      New York $64,30015,420
      Capital/Northern New York $63,700150
      Albany, NY $63,010440
      Kiryas Joel, NY $62,980430
      Glens Falls, NY $62,75080
      Southwest New York $62,740230
      Binghamton, NY $61,790100
      Syracuse, NY $61,020340
      Watertown, NY $60,88060
      Rochester, NY $60,740660
      Utica, NY $60,630190
      Elmira, NY $60,57050
      Ithaca, NY $57,36080
      Central East New York $56,310400
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Canton, OH $60,310100
      Columbus, OH $59,820670
      Sandusky, OH $59,48060
      Cleveland, OH $57,1901,010
      Ohio $56,7004,040
      Toledo, OH $56,360220
      West Northwestern Ohio $55,90090
      Dayton, OH $55,850210
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $55,6601,140
      North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $54,030130
      Mansfield, OH $53,76040
      Akron, OH $53,240200
      Southern Ohio $50,740100
      Youngstown, OH $48,280170
      Eastern Ohio $45,29060
      Lima, OH $45,27030
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southeast Oklahoma $60,320140
      Oklahoma City, OK $57,390490
      Oklahoma $53,3101,210
      Tulsa, OK $52,660380
      Northwest Oklahoma $46,32040
      Northeast Oklahoma $36,130110
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, OR-WA $61,1902,320
      Oregon $60,2703,640
      Medford, OR $60,060150
      Grants Pass, OR $58,51050
      Bend, OR $58,500250
      Albany, OR $57,87040
      Salem, OR $57,380240
      Eugene, OR $57,190270
      Coast Oregon $57,040220
      Central Oregon $52,36070
      Corvallis, OR $51,91080
      Other
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      District of Columbia $74,0001,940
      PR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      San Juan, PR $38,150420
      Aguadilla, PR $35,57040
      Ponce, PR $29,89070
      Puerto Rico $27,04040
      Mayaguez, PR $26,62050
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Rhode Island $79,160700
      Providence, RI-MA $78,3901,020
      SD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Sioux Falls, SD-MN $47,42090
      Rapid City, SD $46,66060
      South Dakota $46,510290
      East South Dakota $44,87080
      West South Dakota $44,50060
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Nashville, TN $63,8101,110
      North Central Tennessee $62,520110
      Cleveland, TN $62,18030
      Morristown, TN $61,29030
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $60,220430
      Tennessee $59,4702,720
      West Tennessee $58,17060
      East Tennessee $57,630150
      Knoxville, TN $55,650440
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $52,990190
      Jackson, TN $51,40040
      Clarksville, TN-KY $49,14070
      South Central Tennessee $48,91090
      Johnson City, TN $48,13070
      Kingsport, TN-VA $48,130100
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Austin, TX $55,9001,770
      Dallas, TX $55,7904,660
      Midland, TX $54,220110
      Houston, TX $54,1604,290
      Hill Country Region of Texas $51,330140
      Texas $51,05016,550
      Coastal Plains Region of Texas $50,690110
      Amarillo, TX $49,990100
      Corpus Christi, TX $49,990210
      San Antonio, TX $49,3701,880
      Odessa, TX $49,29060
      Victoria, TX $47,41040
      Sherman, TX $47,22040
      Abilene, TX $47,18070
      San Angelo, TX $46,34060
      Beaumont, TX $45,980180
      Waco, TX $45,820100
      Border Region of Texas $44,49040
      McAllen, TX $43,150250
      Eastern Region of Texas $41,08090
      Laredo, TX $40,860130
      Texarkana, TX-AR $39,36080
      Tyler, TX $37,530110
      College Station, TX $37,450230
      North Region of Texas $37,210240
      Lubbock, TX $37,160160
      Brownsville, TX $36,130200
      Wichita Falls, TX $35,96050
      Longview, TX $35,20090
      El Paso, TX $34,910410
      Northwestern Region of Texas $32,850150
      Killeen, TX $31,630220
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Wasatch Front Fringe Utah $66,520130
      High Desert Utah $56,57090
      Utah $44,4901,880
      Ogden, UT $43,680230
      Salt Lake City, UT $42,740980
      St. George, UT $42,530110
      Provo, UT $41,980290
      Logan, UT-ID $40,39050
      VI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Virgin Islands $61,930280
      VT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northern Vermont $65,060180
      Southern Vermont $63,610170
      Vermont $63,270530
      Burlington, VT $61,740180
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Seattle, WA $74,9702,680
      Washington $69,8003,840
      Mount Vernon, WA $69,61030
      Walla Walla, WA $68,12040
      Wenatchee, WA $66,39050
      Olympia, WA $65,790100
      Longview, WA $63,08040
      Western Washington $62,68090
      Kennewick, WA $62,230100
      Spokane, WA $61,650240
      Yakima, WA $61,42060
      Bremerton, WA $61,26090
      Eastern Washington $60,70070
      Bellingham, WA $55,380110
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Sheboygan, WI $63,74040
      Milwaukee, WI $62,980640
      Oshkosh, WI $61,31050
      Madison, WI $61,190360
      Janesville, WI $60,74040
      Wisconsin $60,1702,130
      La Crosse, WI-MN $59,86050
      Racine, WI $59,37050
      Appleton, WI $59,06060
      Wausau, WI $58,97040
      Kenosha, WI $58,52050
      Eau Claire, WI $57,88050
      Green Bay, WI $57,580150
      Western Wisconsin $57,05070
      South Central Wisconsin $56,390210
      Northeastern Wisconsin $49,660150
      Northwestern Wisconsin $37,00040
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Morgantown, WV $87,28060
      Beckley, WV $64,97030
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $52,01070
      Wheeling, WV-OH $48,86030
      WY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Western Wyoming $78,930160
      Wyoming $64,790330
      Cheyenne, WY $60,90040
      Eastern Wyoming $60,04090