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Speech Therapists

Median Salary: $66,900 |

Crucial members of booming economies nationally, speech therapists took home a median annual pay of $66,900 in 2010. When you break that yearly income down, it works out to $32.20 an hour. Incomes vary based on place, experience, and education, which is why it is positively fundamental to seek out excellent training.

As the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, there were an estimated 112,530 employed as speech therapists nationally in 2010. A successful speech therapist will sometimes be described as social, investigative, and artistic. If you are intending to move forward in this field, it's crucial to have the right mix of characteristics and great training.

Persons intending to move forward in this occupation should be skilled in:

Problem Sensitivity
Speech Clarity
Fluency of Ideas
Finger Dexterity
Mathematical Reasoning

Speech therapists typically have characteristics in common, including:

Social Orientation
Adaptability/Flexibility
Initiative

Key subjects for speech therapists include:

English Language
Therapy and Counseling
Education and Training
Clerical
Computers and Electronics

A speech therapist might employ developing objectives and strategies, organizing, planning, and prioritizing work, or evaluating information to determine compliance with standards on a typical day at work, which makes top-notch training certainly fundamental for success. Keep reading for more information on speech therapists, including incomes and job density for metro areas all over the United States.

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Alabama
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Birmingham	260	$57,000	$27.40	$73,100	$35.10	-37.7%
Dothan	40	$66,000	$31.70	$86,700	$41.70	-12.7%
Gadsden	40	$72,400	$34.80	$85,200	$41.00	42%
Huntsville	60	$78,300	$37.60	$86,800	$41.80	-67%
Mobile	100	$56,000	$26.90	$64,500	$31.00	-31.1%
Montgomery	50	$75,700	$36.40	$90,300	$43.40	-64.9%
Tuscaloosa	40	$52,500	$25.30	$65,800	$31.60	-43.6%

Alaska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	130	$83,300	$40.00	$102,000	$49.10	-10.4%

Arizona
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Flagstaff	60	$59,300	$28.50	$74,400	$35.70	17.7%
Phoenix	1,740	$58,600	$28.20	$79,200	$38.10	16.8%
Prescott	NA	$61,000	$29.30	$66,500	$32.00	NA
Tucson	280	$59,500	$28.60	$86,900	$41.80	-8.8%
Yuma	30	$70,000	$33.70	$84,000	$40.40	-36.9%

Arkansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fayetteville	250	$58,200	$28.00	$71,200	$34.20	43.8%
Fort Smith	130	$57,100	$27.50	$75,100	$36.10	27.8%
Jonesboro	80	$62,600	$30.10	$97,600	$46.90	102.6%
Little Rock	540	$58,100	$27.90	$73,100	$35.10	86.6%

California
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bakersfield	170	$74,400	$35.80	$87,800	$42.20	-25.4%
Chico	110	$78,700	$37.80	$95,600	$46.00	81.4%
El Centro	30	$57,200	$27.50	$85,300	$41.00	-26.3%
Fresno	210	$83,500	$40.20	$99,500	$47.80	-24.2%
Los Angeles (Area)	3,090	$81,900	$39.40	$97,100	$46.70	-32.8%
Madera	30	$81,700	$39.30	$91,500	$44.00	0.1%
Merced	NA	$64,800	$31.20	$90,000	$43.30	NA
Modesto	80	$90,300	$43.40	$100,600	$48.40	-43.4%
Oakland	610	$82,900	$39.90	$100,500	$48.30	-27.6%
Oxnard	260	$83,800	$40.30	$96,400	$46.40	2.3%
Riverside	670	$82,300	$39.60	$92,100	$44.30	-33.6%
Sacramento	520	$71,700	$34.50	$90,400	$43.50	-28.1%
Salinas	110	$90,000	$43.30	$100,600	$48.30	-17.6%
San Diego	1,220	$89,200	$42.90	$101,300	$48.70	11.6%
San Francisco (Area)	1,090	$81,900	$39.40	$99,000	$47.60	-35.1%
San Francisco (City)	480	$80,800	$38.80	$97,900	$47.10	-42.8%
San Jose	590	$79,600	$38.30	$91,200	$43.80	-22.6%
San Luis Obispo	NA	$76,800	$36.90	$85,500	$41.10	NA
Santa Barbara	150	$87,700	$42.20	$95,300	$45.80	0.7%
Santa Cruz	40	$81,300	$39.10	$98,100	$47.20	-40.9%
Santa Rosa	50	$80,000	$38.50	$95,100	$45.70	-69.2%
Stockton	80	$75,400	$36.30	$98,500	$47.40	-57.2%
Visalia	90	$86,400	$41.50	$102,200	$49.10	-24.1%

Colorado
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boulder	270	$79,900	$38.40	$91,800	$44.20	97.2%
Colorado Springs	360	$80,500	$38.70	$103,000	$49.50	70.5%
Denver	1,270	$79,500	$38.20	$100,000	$48.10	21.6%
Fort Collins	160	$69,000	$33.20	$83,100	$39.90	43.8%
Grand Junction	30	$70,400	$33.80	$78,000	$37.50	-31.9%
Greeley	100	$74,000	$35.60	$95,800	$46.00	52.2%
Pueblo	130	$84,800	$40.80	$104,200	$50.10	161.2%

Connecticut
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bridgeport	370	$79,300	$38.10	$90,700	$43.60	-17.9%
Hartford	540	$74,200	$35.70	$91,200	$43.90	11%
New Haven	360	$80,800	$38.90	$91,100	$43.80	19.4%
Norwich	110	$80,300	$38.60	$94,500	$45.40	-4.4%

District of Columbia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	2,110	$82,900	$39.90	$99,100	$47.60	-16.2%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cape Coral	190	$88,200	$42.40	$98,200	$47.20	12.7%
Deltona	130	$56,100	$27.00	$71,800	$34.50	1.7%
Gainesville	150	$57,000	$27.40	$74,900	$36.00	42.9%
Jacksonville	470	$78,500	$37.80	$90,600	$43.60	-7.5%
Lakeland	90	$50,800	$24.40	$59,100	$28.40	-47.7%
Miami (Area)	1,540	$72,000	$34.60	$85,900	$41.30	-18.9%
Naples	110	$78,400	$37.70	$86,900	$41.80	13%
Ocala	50	$61,000	$29.30	$76,100	$36.60	-33.1%
Orlando	640	$64,300	$30.90	$76,500	$36.80	-24.5%
Palm Bay	260	$70,700	$34.00	$84,300	$40.50	56.9%
Pensacola	130	$70,400	$33.80	$86,900	$41.80	-5.4%
Port St. Lucie	100	$75,500	$36.30	$87,800	$42.20	-2.5%
Punta Gorda	30	$83,200	$40.00	$91,200	$43.80	-12.2%
Sebastian	50	$75,300	$36.20	$91,300	$43.90	17.4%
Tallahassee	70	$70,100	$33.70	$84,100	$40.50	-53%
Tampa	1,020	$69,400	$33.40	$86,700	$41.70	5.2%

Georgia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	60	$55,000	$26.40	$62,800	$30.20	5.2%
Athens	50	$59,000	$28.40	$72,000	$34.60	-25.8%
Atlanta	1,090	$66,500	$32.00	$79,100	$38.00	-44.1%
Augusta	130	$60,800	$29.20	$75,000	$36.10	-25.5%
Brunswick	50	$73,600	$35.40	$86,600	$41.70	49.6%
Columbus	100	$59,800	$28.80	$82,400	$39.60	6.6%
Dalton	40	$56,400	$27.10	$60,300	$29.00	-26.6%
Gainesville	70	$62,200	$29.90	$79,800	$38.40	20.6%
Macon	90	$60,400	$29.00	$76,200	$36.60	11.5%
Savannah	90	$64,500	$31.00	$83,600	$40.20	-31.6%
Valdosta	80	$62,900	$30.20	$74,800	$36.00	91.9%
Warner Robins	90	$50,900	$24.50	$64,200	$30.90	87%

Hawaii
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	270	$56,300	$27.10	$65,200	$31.30	-27.9%

Idaho
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	170	$56,200	$27.00	$67,300	$32.40	-26.9%
Idaho Falls	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	34.8%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bloomington	80	$57,400	$27.60	$72,100	$34.70	4.9%
Champaign	90	$66,800	$32.10	$81,900	$39.40	0.7%
Chicago (Area)	5,300	$68,700	$33.00	$86,300	$41.50	43.6%
Danville	30	$54,100	$26.00	$76,500	$36.80	27.5%
Kankakee	50	$57,900	$27.80	$70,400	$33.80	35.9%
Peoria	190	$51,700	$24.80	$67,800	$32.60	28.1%
Rockford	200	$68,900	$33.10	$84,700	$40.70	65.4%
Springfield	120	$52,100	$25.00	$60,900	$29.30	33.3%

Indiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	30	$62,000	$29.80	$70,100	$33.70	-6.8%
Bloomington	50	$56,900	$27.40	$66,800	$32.10	-28.8%
Elkhart	50	$59,800	$28.70	$76,900	$37.00	-47.5%
Evansville	140	$62,100	$29.80	$71,700	$34.50	-4.7%
Fort Wayne	160	$69,800	$33.50	$83,200	$40.00	-6.2%
Indianapolis	620	$71,100	$34.20	$88,000	$42.30	-17.4%
Kokomo	40	$55,800	$26.80	$64,100	$30.80	32.8%
Lafayette	30	$64,500	$31.00	$97,800	$47.00	-53.4%
Muncie	50	$53,700	$25.80	$62,400	$30.00	39.9%
South Bend	90	$60,000	$28.80	$66,800	$32.10	-19.2%
Terre Haute	50	$64,200	$30.90	$82,200	$39.50	-7.3%

Iowa
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cedar Rapids	140	$66,100	$31.80	$72,600	$34.90	18.5%
Davenport	180	$70,700	$34.00	$86,600	$41.60	16.6%
Des Moines	270	$57,000	$27.40	$66,900	$32.20	-5.4%
Iowa City	60	$62,400	$30.00	$73,000	$35.10	-12.5%
Sioux City	30	$64,600	$31.10	$70,400	$33.90	-51.6%
Waterloo	170	$56,100	$27.00	$65,800	$31.60	121.6%

Kansas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawrence	50	$52,200	$25.10	$61,900	$29.70	23.8%
Manhattan	40	$59,300	$28.50	$79,200	$38.10	-26.7%
Topeka	130	$55,900	$26.90	$67,900	$32.60	34.8%
Wichita	250	$65,400	$31.40	$82,400	$39.60	2.5%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bowling Green	100	NA	NA	NA	NA	109.4%
Elizabethtown	50	$63,100	$30.30	$76,400	$36.70	29.2%
Lexington	170	$56,200	$27.00	$66,700	$32.00	-18.8%
Louisville	570	$65,700	$31.60	$83,200	$40.00	11.5%
Owensboro	50	$60,300	$29.00	$67,500	$32.40	16.5%

Louisiana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Alexandria	90	$71,100	$34.20	$102,100	$49.10	63.1%
Baton Rouge	330	$54,200	$26.10	$63,100	$30.30	3.8%
Houma	50	$51,300	$24.70	$56,200	$27.00	-35.1%
Lafayette	40	$66,700	$32.10	$77,300	$37.20	-72%
Monroe	90	$55,200	$26.50	$71,400	$34.30	41.2%
New Orleans	310	$57,300	$27.60	$70,000	$33.70	-30.4%
Shreveport	60	$66,300	$31.90	$75,700	$36.40	-60.8%

Maine
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bangor	60	$54,800	$26.30	$63,500	$30.50	10.2%
Lewiston	50	$54,100	$26.00	$64,800	$31.20	10.7%
Portland	270	$58,700	$28.20	$72,200	$34.70	59.7%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	1,460	$83,100	$40.00	$101,300	$48.70	33.6%
Hagerstown	70	$70,000	$33.70	$84,600	$40.70	-9.2%
Salisbury	50	$69,400	$33.40	$82,400	$39.60	17.3%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Barnstable Town	110	$71,500	$34.40	$82,100	$39.50	27.5%
Boston (Area)	2,360	$69,600	$33.50	$85,000	$40.90	10.4%
Pittsfield	50	$64,200	$30.90	$74,700	$35.90	61.1%
Springfield	370	$67,800	$32.60	$83,400	$40.10	46.4%
Worcester	330	$69,400	$33.30	$83,900	$40.30	39.2%

Michigan
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	140	$73,300	$35.30	$84,400	$40.60	-18.5%
Battle Creek	60	$73,600	$35.40	$85,500	$41.10	40.2%
Bay City	40	$69,700	$33.50	$80,100	$38.50	42.1%
Detroit (Area)	900	$72,800	$35.00	$86,200	$41.40	-39.4%
Flint	90	$62,300	$29.90	$78,400	$37.70	-21.7%
Grand Rapids	190	$66,200	$31.80	$85,000	$40.90	-38.5%
Holland	60	$61,600	$29.60	$77,100	$37.10	-24.3%
Jackson	NA	$77,300	$37.20	$99,600	$47.90	NA
Kalamazoo	80	$62,400	$30.00	$74,300	$35.70	-29%
Lansing	90	$66,900	$32.20	$76,800	$36.90	-47.9%
Monroe	60	$64,500	$31.00	$72,600	$34.90	78.9%
Muskegon	60	$69,000	$33.20	$76,600	$36.80	22.9%
Saginaw	60	$70,200	$33.70	$83,700	$40.20	-12.7%

Minnesota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Duluth	100	$56,300	$27.10	$65,500	$31.50	-8.5%
Mankato	60	$48,400	$23.30	$61,200	$29.40	18.5%
Minneapolis	1,380	$65,800	$31.60	$74,800	$35.90	-7.3%
Rochester	110	$61,500	$29.60	$69,000	$33.20	20%
St. Cloud	90	$59,300	$28.50	$72,500	$34.90	15.3%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Gulfport	120	$68,400	$32.90	$92,800	$44.60	30.6%
Hattiesburg	60	$56,000	$26.90	$70,000	$33.70	13.4%
Jackson	310	$57,500	$27.70	$72,200	$34.70	45.2%
Pascagoula	60	$51,400	$24.70	$63,900	$30.70	12.8%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cape Girardeau	70	$45,900	$22.10	$64,600	$31.10	68.7%
Columbia	90	$56,100	$27.00	$68,700	$33.00	30.7%
Jefferson City	NA	$42,900	$20.60	$46,700	$22.40	NA
Joplin	90	$45,000	$21.70	$60,300	$29.00	40%
Kansas City	960	$57,400	$27.60	$72,500	$34.80	14.1%
Springfield	180	$78,400	$37.70	$85,800	$41.30	14.7%
St. Joseph	50	$55,100	$26.50	$71,100	$34.20	1%
St. Louis	1,360	$66,100	$31.80	$83,400	$40.10	22.5%

Montana
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Billings	30	$56,100	$27.00	$60,400	$29.10	-54.6%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lincoln	130	$76,900	$37.00	$92,800	$44.60	-7.1%
Omaha	470	$51,600	$24.80	$68,100	$32.70	19.9%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Reno	160	$58,900	$28.30	$72,800	$35.00	-5.5%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	60	$66,300	$31.90	$79,800	$38.40	-28.5%

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlantic City	80	$71,100	$34.20	$83,000	$39.90	-33.8%
Ocean City	50	$78,200	$37.60	$85,400	$41.00	40%
Trenton	200	$77,400	$37.20	$95,300	$45.80	3.1%
Vineland	40	$72,700	$35.00	$80,600	$38.70	-26.7%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albuquerque	530	$62,000	$29.80	$75,400	$36.30	61.1%
Farmington	70	$59,700	$28.70	$72,800	$35.00	55.9%
Las Cruces	110	$74,300	$35.70	$86,000	$41.40	88.5%
Santa Fe	40	$81,800	$39.30	$91,600	$44.10	-26.2%

New York
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Albany	380	$62,000	$29.80	$72,700	$35.00	2.1%
Binghamton	100	$69,200	$33.30	$79,100	$38.00	5.3%
Buffalo	840	$63,400	$30.50	$76,700	$36.90	81.1%
Glens Falls	60	$66,800	$32.10	$78,700	$37.90	34.7%
Ithaca	40	$63,100	$30.30	$74,200	$35.70	-17.6%
Kingston	90	$66,800	$32.10	$87,200	$41.90	64.6%
New York (Area)	8,000	$80,000	$38.50	$105,300	$50.60	11.5%
Poughkeepsie	310	$71,300	$34.30	$89,300	$43.00	45.6%
Rochester	540	$63,200	$30.40	$76,200	$36.70	27.2%
Syracuse	290	$59,700	$28.70	$68,900	$33.10	8.8%
Utica	140	$67,700	$32.60	$82,900	$39.90	24.7%

North Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	110	$66,200	$31.80	$83,200	$40.00	-23.3%
Charlotte	690	$67,700	$32.60	$82,400	$39.60	-3.2%
Durham	340	$59,600	$28.70	$70,400	$33.80	44.6%
Fayetteville	230	$63,600	$30.60	$75,100	$36.10	110.7%
Greensboro	210	$73,100	$35.20	$109,100	$52.40	-29.2%
Greenville	140	$68,900	$33.10	$85,000	$40.90	124.3%
Hickory	100	$51,800	$24.90	$59,500	$28.60	-14.2%
Raleigh	550	$60,500	$29.10	$69,400	$33.40	26%
Rocky Mount	70	$70,400	$33.80	$83,400	$40.10	42.9%
Wilmington	220	$51,900	$25.00	$65,800	$31.60	88.2%
Winston-Salem	170	$61,800	$29.70	$79,600	$38.30	-0.9%

North Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bismarck	90	$49,300	$23.70	$57,100	$27.50	62.6%
Fargo	120	$59,600	$28.70	$70,200	$33.80	15.3%
Grand Forks	60	$50,700	$24.40	$57,600	$27.70	47.6%

Ohio
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Akron	350	$74,600	$35.90	$88,700	$42.60	30.2%
Canton	160	$76,900	$37.00	$100,600	$48.40	16.5%
Cincinnati	960	$66,000	$31.70	$83,600	$40.20	13%
Cleveland	1,070	$76,600	$36.80	$92,600	$44.50	25.1%
Columbus	820	$74,000	$35.60	$91,800	$44.10	4.3%
Dayton	270	$68,400	$32.90	$81,500	$39.20	-15%
Mansfield	70	$68,300	$32.80	$79,600	$38.20	54.9%
Sandusky	60	$67,100	$32.30	$83,600	$40.20	109.3%
Springfield	40	$96,300	$46.30	$107,000	$51.40	3.1%
Toledo	360	$71,400	$34.30	$84,200	$40.50	44.7%
Youngstown	210	$70,500	$33.90	$88,100	$42.40	9.2%

Oklahoma
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Lawton	60	$53,800	$25.80	$61,000	$29.40	64.1%
Oklahoma City	570	$55,800	$26.80	$79,400	$38.20	17.5%
Tulsa	360	$54,500	$26.20	$83,400	$40.10	-0.8%

Oregon
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	50	$62,800	$30.20	$67,200	$32.30	-0.5%
Eugene	100	$63,900	$30.70	$72,400	$34.80	-16%
Medford	50	$68,100	$32.70	$75,000	$36.10	-20.6%
Portland	890	$70,100	$33.70	$82,400	$39.60	5.1%
Salem	90	$59,600	$28.60	$82,300	$39.60	-29.5%

Pennsylvania
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	390	$84,200	$40.50	$116,100	$55.80	34.9%
Erie	60	$73,700	$35.50	$86,400	$41.60	-49.8%
Harrisburg	290	$68,000	$32.70	$92,800	$44.60	7.7%
Johnstown	60	$69,600	$33.50	$90,300	$43.40	19%
Lancaster	180	$69,300	$33.30	$82,400	$39.60	-7.9%
Philadelphia (Area)	1,820	$73,600	$35.40	$88,900	$42.80	-21.4%
Pittsburgh	880	$68,100	$32.80	$82,400	$39.60	-9.5%
Reading	180	$66,300	$31.90	$86,000	$41.30	27.6%
Scranton	190	$70,100	$33.70	$86,400	$41.60	-13.2%
York	80	$73,600	$35.40	$89,800	$43.20	-43.8%

Rhode Island
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	640	$68,100	$32.70	$79,200	$38.10	25.1%

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anderson	80	$54,400	$26.20	$69,400	$33.40	57.7%
Charleston	170	$67,500	$32.50	$79,400	$38.20	-30.2%
Columbia	310	$59,100	$28.40	$74,700	$35.90	4.5%
Florence	90	$64,900	$31.20	$88,900	$42.80	34.5%
Greenville	180	$50,900	$24.50	$59,800	$28.80	-30.7%
Myrtle Beach	50	$59,000	$28.30	$68,100	$32.70	-47.1%
Spartanburg	80	$57,200	$27.50	$71,900	$34.60	-19.9%

South Dakota
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	60	$55,300	$26.60	$62,100	$29.80	25.5%
Sioux Falls	100	$48,400	$23.30	$62,200	$29.90	-12.7%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chattanooga	240	$59,600	$28.60	$72,800	$35.00	24.2%
Clarksville	100	$61,900	$29.80	$69,100	$33.20	43.6%
Cleveland	40	$62,800	$30.20	$96,500	$46.40	16.9%
Jackson	40	$56,900	$27.30	$65,100	$31.30	-18.4%
Johnson City	80	$61,200	$29.40	$75,400	$36.20	18.6%
Kingsport	120	$61,500	$29.60	$77,800	$37.40	17.5%
Knoxville	370	$54,900	$26.40	$66,000	$31.70	29.2%
Memphis	440	$61,800	$29.70	$79,800	$38.40	-15.1%
Nashville	510	$50,600	$24.30	$61,000	$29.30	-18.3%

Texas
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Abilene	80	$47,900	$23.00	$63,100	$30.30	38.8%
Amarillo	120	$51,700	$24.80	$58,600	$28.20	30.7%
Austin	740	$57,100	$27.50	$70,100	$33.70	9.5%
Beaumont	130	$56,700	$27.30	$70,100	$33.70	-7.5%
Brownsville	130	$63,200	$30.40	$75,600	$36.40	20.5%
College Station	60	$57,400	$27.60	$77,600	$37.30	-24.6%
Corpus Christi	150	$57,700	$27.80	$72,500	$34.80	-1.5%
Dallas (Area)	2,970	$61,600	$29.60	$74,300	$35.70	18.6%
El Paso	480	$72,500	$34.80	$92,100	$44.30	102.3%
Houston	2,060	$65,100	$31.30	$82,300	$39.60	-7%
Killeen	130	$56,500	$27.20	$72,100	$34.70	22.7%
Laredo	100	$75,100	$36.10	$92,200	$44.30	38.9%
Longview	80	$60,800	$29.30	$69,500	$33.40	4%
Lubbock	150	$55,500	$26.70	$72,100	$34.60	37.9%
McAllen	360	$63,300	$30.50	$78,300	$37.60	84.4%
Odessa	80	$58,700	$28.20	$72,800	$35.00	54%
San Angelo	50	$57,100	$27.50	$71,200	$34.20	27.8%
San Antonio	870	$63,100	$30.30	$73,400	$35.30	18.1%
Sherman	90	$76,600	$36.80	$119,200	$57.30	139.9%
Texarkana	40	$57,900	$27.80	$68,500	$32.90	-5.9%
Tyler	140	$64,000	$30.80	$99,500	$47.90	80.2%
Victoria	40	$58,900	$28.30	$67,300	$32.40	-11.9%
Waco	100	$49,300	$23.70	$57,900	$27.80	11.4%
Wichita Falls	50	$51,200	$24.60	$60,700	$29.20	-3.8%

Utah
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Logan	40	$57,000	$27.40	$73,600	$35.40	-10.3%
Ogden	250	$57,400	$27.60	$78,800	$37.90	51.3%
Provo	140	$67,600	$32.50	$82,000	$39.40	-8.8%
Salt Lake City	320	$56,200	$27.00	$75,000	$36.10	-39.7%

Vermont
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Burlington	90	$64,500	$31.00	$75,000	$36.10	-1.8%

Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Blacksburg	40	$71,600	$34.40	$88,000	$42.30	-19.9%
Charlottesville	100	$71,300	$34.30	$85,300	$41.00	21.7%
Danville	NA	$67,400	$32.40	$75,900	$36.50	NA
Harrisonburg	30	$51,200	$24.60	$66,600	$32.00	-39.9%
Lynchburg	150	$63,000	$30.30	$73,700	$35.40	75.9%
Richmond	420	$68,600	$33.00	$82,300	$39.60	-18.1%
Roanoke	130	$69,400	$33.40	$82,600	$39.70	2.7%
Virginia Beach	560	$69,300	$33.30	$87,600	$42.10	-12.2%
Winchester	NA	$65,300	$31.40	$86,200	$41.40	NA

Washington
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bellingham	40	$66,300	$31.90	$84,800	$40.80	-34%
Bremerton	80	$64,500	$31.00	$72,300	$34.80	7%
Kennewick	60	$68,800	$33.10	$79,300	$38.10	-29.6%
Mount Vernon	40	$64,800	$31.10	$74,000	$35.60	19.3%
Olympia	100	$73,500	$35.40	$84,900	$40.80	15.1%
Seattle (Area)	1,290	$71,600	$34.40	$83,700	$40.20	-8.8%
Spokane	280	$65,400	$31.50	$74,600	$35.90	59.3%
Wenatchee	30	$66,800	$32.10	$74,100	$35.60	-12%
Yakima	60	$66,300	$31.90	$73,400	$35.30	-8.8%

West Virginia
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	290	$48,800	$23.50	$55,300	$26.60	133.2%
Huntington	120	$55,600	$26.70	$63,200	$30.40	28.6%
Morgantown	90	$56,500	$27.20	$128,700	$61.90	85.8%
Parkersburg	80	$51,900	$24.90	$60,600	$29.10	39.2%
Wheeling	60	$54,200	$26.10	$60,700	$29.20	11.6%

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	80	$63,900	$30.70	$79,400	$38.20	-20.1%
Eau Claire	80	$64,100	$30.80	$76,600	$36.80	21.4%
Green Bay	220	$67,200	$32.30	$82,800	$39.80	53.9%
Janesville	80	$50,800	$24.40	$58,900	$28.30	46.8%
La Crosse	50	$66,800	$32.10	$73,500	$35.30	-22.7%
Madison	300	$53,200	$25.60	$63,400	$30.50	5.2%
Milwaukee	600	$61,000	$29.30	$69,700	$33.50	-13.3%
Oshkosh	50	$63,300	$30.40	$74,800	$36.00	-34.1%
Racine	80	$58,500	$28.10	$65,700	$31.60	32.5%
Wausau	30	$68,500	$32.90	$74,800	$35.90	-40.1%

Wyoming
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Casper	50	$41,100	$19.80	$58,800	$28.30	65.6%
Cheyenne	80	$62,700	$30.10	$73,400	$35.30	133%

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