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      AK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alaska $147,190120
      Anchorage, AK $106,28050
      Alaska $105,40040
      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Mobile, AL $111,630250
      Huntsville, AL $107,460360
      Anniston, AL $106,42090
      Montgomery, AL $101,350290
      Northwest Alabama $101,06050
      Southwest Alabama $100,70090
      Southeast Alabama $99,410120
      Alabama $99,2903,540
      Daphne, AL $95,83070
      Tuscaloosa, AL $86,940
      Birmingham, AL $85,880850
      Gadsden, AL $85,16040
      Northeast Alabama $84,71070
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Fayetteville, AR $111,900290
      Jonesboro, AR $103,10080
      Little Rock, AR $84,640490
      Arkansas $79,0201,750
      South Arkansas $76,670240
      Fort Smith, AR-OK $74,04070
      East Arkansas $69,52060
      West Arkansas $63,120210
      North Arkansas $61,520190
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Sierra Vista, AZ $106,47030
      Phoenix, AZ $105,0603,720
      Yuma, AZ $102,64050
      Arizona $102,0805,550
      Tucson, AZ $101,5001,060
      Arizona $98,13070
      Prescott Valley, AZ $86,500160
      Flagstaff, AZ $86,320390
      CA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Napa, CA $163,38030
      Merced, CA $140,16050
      San Francisco, CA $137,4901,790
      Santa Cruz, CA $136,820110
      Vallejo, CA $131,53080
      Visalia, CA $130,75060
      Riverside, CA $129,330750
      San Jose, CA $129,0001,940
      Sacramento, CA $128,810580
      Santa Rosa, CA $125,710120
      California $123,84016,030
      Chico, CA $123,580170
      Bakersfield, CA $123,410180
      Santa Maria, CA $122,060140
      Fresno, CA $121,430340
      North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California $121,07040
      North Coast Region of California $121,040140
      Los Angeles, CA $120,9707,030
      San Diego, CA $120,7601,130
      Modesto, CA $119,600120
      Oxnard, CA $117,790240
      Redding, CA $102,42070
      Stockton, CA $99,990190
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boulder, CO $131,350380
      Greeley, CO $128,75060
      Denver, CO $107,330820
      Northwest Colorado $105,30060
      Colorado $104,6501,880
      Fort Collins, CO $103,260250
      Colorado Springs, CO $96,970120
      Southwest Colorado $92,72050
      Pueblo, CO $85,42040
      Eastern and Southern Colorado $83,33070
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Hartford, CT $125,330540
      New Haven, CT $110,8101,180
      Connecticut $109,7002,340
      Bridgeport, CT $101,600320
      Norwich, CT $101,420130
      Waterbury, CT $99,46090
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $126,6204,100
      DE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Delaware $135,610330
      Dover, DE $113,47070
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Naples, FL $102,48080
      Miami, FL $98,2602,950
      Panama City, FL $97,56060
      Cape Coral, FL $96,910190
      Jacksonville, FL $96,130600
      Palm Bay, FL $94,990130
      Florida $87,47010,630
      Tampa, FL $85,5001,370
      North Port, FL $85,300190
      Orlando, FL $84,9201,400
      Deltona, FL $84,630380
      Lakeland, FL $81,470260
      Pensacola, FL $79,640320
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Augusta, GA-SC $170,460190
      Atlanta, GA $126,1501,510
      East Georgia $116,840120
      Savannah, GA $109,660170
      Georgia $105,9502,810
      Valdosta, GA $105,66060
      Warner Robins, GA $99,33040
      Columbus, GA-AL $97,57070
      Albany, GA $92,00040
      South Georgia $87,00080
      Middle Georgia $86,700120
      Athens, GA $82,230110
      North Georgia $79,18050
      Rome, GA $76,03040
      GU
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Guam $79,08040
      HI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Hawaii $95,160640
      Urban Honolulu, HI $81,770470
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Iowa City, IA $109,960410
      Cedar Rapids, IA $104,350190
      Waterloo, IA $89,890250
      Iowa $86,4702,620
      Des Moines, IA $86,050390
      Davenport, IA-IL $80,850240
      Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $78,77080
      Northwest Iowa $77,590190
      Southeast Iowa $75,540310
      Southwest Iowa $67,37040
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southeast-Central Idaho $113,10040
      Northwestern Idaho $105,850130
      Coeur d'Alene, ID $99,72050
      Idaho $98,270900
      Boise City, ID $97,430430
      Idaho Falls, ID $62,26050
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Peoria, IL $105,420
      Bloomington, IL $103,350300
      South Illinois $102,230270
      Chicago, IL-IN $99,2606,340
      Illinois $95,5209,650
      Springfield, IL $83,990140
      Northwest Illinois $83,55050
      Rockford, IL $79,710
      West Central Illinois $78,620230
      East Central Illinois $78,540180
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lafayette, IN $141,700240
      Indiana $98,6602,910
      Central Indiana $98,520270
      Indianapolis, IN $96,480650
      South Bend, IN-MI $83,140330
      Evansville, IN $81,500170
      Northern Indiana $81,440160
      Southern Indiana $80,820140
      Terre Haute, IN $80,450150
      Fort Wayne, IN $80,140210
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lawrence, KS $140,710420
      Topeka, KS $115,54060
      Manhattan, KS $108,890190
      Wichita, KS $107,780310
      Kansas $105,8701,740
      Kansas $81,450470
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bowling Green, KY $131,25050
      Central Kentucky $109,870170
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $105,930270
      Kentucky $105,6601,080
      Lexington, KY $105,660240
      East Kentucky $98,15060
      South Central Kentucky $94,860120
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Baton Rouge, LA $108,6701,390
      Shreveport, LA $103,240230
      Louisiana $101,6603,510
      Northeast Louisiana $101,660150
      New Orleans, LA $98,3201,310
      Houma, LA $82,70080
      Lafayette, LA $82,64080
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boston, MA-NH $128,1106,890
      Massachusetts $122,9709,460
      Amherst Town, MA $105,670610
      Worcester, MA $105,530760
      Barnstable Town, MA $104,55050
      Springfield, MA $103,010550
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Salisbury, MD $141,910110
      Maryland $125,730
      Lexington Park, MD $108,24070
      Baltimore, MD $106,750
      Maryland $104,830130
      Hagerstown, MD-WV $95,03070
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bangor, ME $102,550140
      Maine $84,850850
      Portland, ME $84,850370
      Southwest Maine $80,970140
      Northeast Maine $80,890100
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lansing, MI $177,670450
      Ann Arbor, MI $138,900790
      Kalamazoo, MI $130,780260
      Flint, MI $106,780120
      Michigan $104,9204,920
      Mid Michigan $101,240330
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $100,250180
      Detroit, MI $98,8001,340
      Northern Michigan $98,31050
      Grand Rapids, MI $85,050550
      Southern Michigan $75,230200
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $104,7601,390
      St. Cloud, MN $101,850100
      Minnesota $101,7002,190
      Mankato, MN $101,550
      Southeast Minnesota $101,450220
      Northwest Minnesota $99,84080
      Duluth, MN-WI $99,420130
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbia, MO $108,020340
      St. Louis, MO-IL $106,0601,840
      Kansas City, MO-KS $105,600750
      North Missouri $105,150150
      Missouri $105,0503,380
      Springfield, MO $99,720320
      Central Missouri $98,160230
      Jefferson City, MO $96,780100
      Joplin, MO-KS $81,00080
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Jackson, MS $105,870580
      Lower West Mississippi $103,80050
      West Delta Mississippi $96,09070
      Mississippi $85,6701,920
      Upper East Mississippi $85,670870
      Gulfport, MS $78,020100
      Lower East Mississippi $77,280120
      MT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Missoula, MT $102,150110
      Montana $102,150320
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Greenville, NC $107,310270
      Raleigh, NC $105,950
      Fayetteville, NC $104,990120
      Wilmington, NC $102,350200
      Greensboro, NC $101,220370
      North Carolina $99,9106,860
      Charlotte, NC-SC $94,750930
      Winston, NC $94,420390
      Asheville, NC $90,660120
      Central North Carolina $82,170510
      Western North Carolina $81,540550
      Rocky Mount, NC $81,48040
      Hickory, NC $80,880140
      Eastern North Carolina $79,590280
      ND
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Grand Forks, ND-MN $109,790180
      Fargo, ND-MN $107,280210
      North Dakota $99,690570
      East North Dakota $97,66080
      Bismarck, ND $96,55080
      West North Dakota $85,69030
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lincoln, NE $102,750540
      Nebraska $86,4401,500
      Omaha, NE-IA $85,870650
      Northeast Nebraska $82,740120
      Northwest Nebraska $77,53040
      South Nebraska $75,190170
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southwestern New Hampshire $111,46060
      New Hampshire $107,600870
      Central New Hampshire $100,63060
      Manchester, NH $97,190330
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Atlantic City, NJ $135,98080
      New Jersey $130,5203,150
      NM
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Albuquerque, NM $106,150380
      Santa Fe, NM $105,69090
      New Mexico $105,3501,140
      Northern New Mexico $95,100120
      Eastern New Mexico $81,660210
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Reno, NV $99,920360
      Las Vegas, NV $96,390850
      Nevada $88,8801,310
      Balance of Nevada $62,57040
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Binghamton, NY $180,76050
      New York, NY-NJ $136,8806,820
      New York $136,1707,340
      Ithaca, NY $134,250300
      Rochester, NY $132,150460
      Kiryas Joel, NY $132,000190
      Buffalo, NY $131,910380
      Albany, NY $131,730420
      Central East New York $127,650100
      Syracuse, NY $126,680
      Capital/Northern New York $122,900100
      Southwest New York $113,110140
      Utica, NY $106,750100
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Toledo, OH $99,010380
      Southern Ohio $98,550360
      Columbus, OH $98,5001,420
      Cleveland, OH $84,0801,260
      Canton, OH $83,750210
      Ohio $82,6407,170
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $82,4401,120
      Akron, OH $81,120430
      Dayton, OH $79,940750
      Eastern Ohio $79,810130
      Youngstown, OH $78,62080
      Lima, OH $78,24070
      North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $75,850340
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northwest Oklahoma $135,590270
      Oklahoma City, OK $107,400700
      Oklahoma $106,6501,550
      Tulsa, OK $104,230230
      Northeast Oklahoma $79,420120
      Southwest Oklahoma $78,35050
      Southeast Oklahoma $77,820140
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Salem, OR $124,190160
      Eugene, OR $111,990
      Oregon $109,4802,050
      Portland, OR-WA $109,480960
      Bend, OR $104,16040
      Central Oregon $103,47050
      Medford, OR $102,21040
      Coast Oregon $87,72050
      Eastern Oregon $78,36060
      Other
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      District of Columbia $106,5301,750
      PA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Reading, PA $109,950160
      Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD $108,2004,470
      Northeastern Pennsylvania $106,38070
      Harrisburg, PA $104,240230
      Pennsylvania $100,3208,100
      Allentown, PA-NJ $99,040350
      Pittsburgh, PA $97,8601,600
      Erie, PA $96,150120
      Central Pennsylvania $95,810140
      Scranton, PA $95,660290
      Southwestern Pennsylvania $94,240100
      Lancaster, PA $92,910210
      Johnstown, PA $88,84090
      Northwestern Pennsylvania $84,64080
      York, PA $83,68060
      PR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Mayaguez, PR $111,430100
      San Juan, PR $77,860670
      Arecibo, PR $66,06040
      Aguadilla, PR $60,030
      Ponce, PR $41,48080
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Providence, RI-MA $107,4801,290
      Rhode Island $107,0701,080
      SC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbia, SC $98,160520
      Charleston, SC $97,000570
      Myrtle Beach, SC $91,630100
      Northwestern South Carolina $88,480160
      Southern South Carolina $86,830150
      South Carolina $83,7103,480
      Greenville, SC $83,3601,130
      Spartanburg, SC $83,070260
      SD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      East South Dakota $123,540140
      South Dakota $107,110230
      West South Dakota $98,28030
      Sioux Falls, SD-MN $97,64030
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      North Central Tennessee $126,81090
      West Tennessee $115,08050
      Johnson City, TN $111,810180
      Tennessee $104,2302,670
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $102,160120
      Kingsport, TN-VA $101,34050
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $101,110370
      Nashville, TN $100,460920
      South Central Tennessee $98,37070
      Knoxville, TN $85,720550
      Morristown, TN $85,320
      Jackson, TN $74,22060
      East Tennessee $72,38050
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Austin, TX $128,1703,080
      Houston, TX $102,9202,830
      College Station, TX $102,1601,150
      Texas $102,15017,490
      San Antonio, TX $101,6701,190
      Brownsville, TX $101,620110
      Dallas, TX $100,1804,390
      McAllen, TX $96,830240
      Coastal Plains Region of Texas $96,620160
      Corpus Christi, TX $96,270220
      Texarkana, TX-AR $95,79070
      North Region of Texas $95,270280
      Tyler, TX $94,150170
      Abilene, TX $93,860170
      El Paso, TX $93,100370
      Northwestern Region of Texas $92,030110
      Hill Country Region of Texas $86,820260
      Eastern Region of Texas $85,400110
      Lubbock, TX $82,150550
      Laredo, TX $80,530140
      Killeen, TX $80,300150
      Beaumont, TX $80,110140
      Amarillo, TX $79,550260
      Longview, TX $78,970130
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Salt Lake City, UT $110,160790
      Provo, UT $105,220590
      Utah $100,1102,450
      Ogden, UT $84,720130
      St. George, UT $79,700130
      High Desert Utah $79,690180
      VA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Harrisonburg, VA $134,270170
      Richmond, VA $122,910500
      Virginia $108,750
      Southside Virginia $102,31060
      Virginia Beach, VA-NC $101,960650
      Roanoke, VA $101,93070
      Lynchburg, VA $95,360100
      West Virginia $85,2601,390
      Southern West Virginia $81,180110
      Winchester, VA-WV $79,40080
      Northern West Virginia $78,200160
      VT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Burlington, VT $105,680280
      Vermont $98,750750
      Northern Vermont $86,970320
      Southern Vermont $82,330150
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Yakima, WA $166,31080
      Eastern Washington $135,430230
      Spokane, WA $127,260210
      Bellingham, WA $119,24080
      Seattle, WA $110,3101,070
      Washington $110,3102,060
      Walla Walla, WA $105,39060
      Western Washington $103,95070
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Milwaukee, WI $137,560340
      Wisconsin $137,4001,000
      Appleton, WI $135,69050
      Madison, WI $133,280
      South Central Wisconsin $132,47050
      Green Bay, WI $124,96080
      Eau Claire, WI $124,91040
      Kenosha, WI $124,780
      La Crosse, WI-MN $120,27040
      Western Wisconsin $120,11040
      Northeastern Wisconsin $110,80060
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Morgantown, WV $102,600550
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $84,760190
      Charleston, WV $76,390130
      Beckley, WV $75,38040
      Wheeling, WV-OH $70,44090
      WY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eastern Wyoming $132,79080
      Wyoming $113,160140