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Medical Sonographers

Medical sonographers use special imaging equipment to examine a patient's body.

Medical Sonographers Median Salary: $64,400

Taking home a median annual pay of $64,400 nationally in 2010, medical sonographers are a vital part of flourishing economies across the United States. That yearly income works out to an hourly rate of $31.00. If you are hoping to be taking home top dollar in your field, getting the excellent training is definitely essential. Incomes can change considerably by location, education, and experience.

An estimated 53,010 individuals worked as medical sonographers in 2010, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The most successful medical sonographers typically tend to be social, realistic, and conventional. Even if you've got all of the right characteristics, top-notch training is vital if you want to move forward in this field.

Some medical sonographers find that it's helpful to develop skills such as:

  • Written Expression
  • Problem Sensitivity
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Deductive Reasoning

Successful medical sonographers frequently exhibit characteristics like:

  • Initiative
  • Persistence
  • Innovation

Key subjects for medical sonographers include:

  • Physics
  • English Language
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Education and Training
  • Psychology

Typically called on to perform assisting and caring for others, getting information, and organizing, planning, and prioritizing work, medical sonographers need special training to succeed in their field. Below, you can see everything else you need to know about medical sonographers working in areas all over the United States, including data on incomes and job density.

Considering a career in sonography? Check out sonography schools.

Alabama
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anniston 40 $49,300 $23.70 $59,000 $28.40 89.4%
Birmingham 310 $54,800 $26.40 $63,200 $30.40 58%
Decatur 30 $49,900 $24.00 $56,900 $27.40 58.8%
Dothan 50 $59,900 $28.80 $66,500 $32.00 113.2%
Florence 40 $41,600 $20.00 $47,000 $22.60 76.5%
Huntsville 150 $46,300 $22.20 $57,600 $27.70 74.1%
Mobile 110 $53,600 $25.80 $63,100 $30.40 58.8%
Montgomery 40 $49,400 $23.80 $58,900 $28.30 -34.1%
Tuscaloosa 50 $54,400 $26.10 $69,100 $33.20 46.3%

Alaska
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Anchorage NA $74,600 $35.90 $85,400 $41.10 NA

Arizona
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Phoenix 590 $76,200 $36.60 $84,300 $40.50 -16.3%
Tucson 160 $65,300 $31.40 $75,600 $36.30 13.7%

Arkansas
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Fayetteville 40 $67,900 $32.60 $75,700 $36.40 -45.8%
Fort Smith 50 $52,500 $25.20 $59,500 $28.60 -0.7%
Little Rock 150 $55,800 $26.80 $64,900 $31.20 6.2%

California
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bakersfield 90 $73,300 $35.30 $86,600 $41.60 -12.7%
Fresno 150 $75,200 $36.20 $84,400 $40.60 14.4%
Los Angeles (Area) 2,280 $71,800 $34.50 $87,200 $41.90 5.3%
Modesto 120 $77,900 $37.50 $89,300 $42.90 89.7%
Oakland 280 $85,100 $40.90 $100,800 $48.40 -30.2%
Oxnard 30 $73,400 $35.30 $85,100 $40.90 -71.5%
Redding 40 $69,200 $33.30 $86,100 $41.40 63.5%
Riverside 370 $70,500 $33.90 $79,700 $38.30 -23.3%
Sacramento 290 $82,600 $39.70 $91,600 $44.00 -13.9%
Salinas 40 $101,900 $49.00 $111,400 $53.50 -42.2%
San Diego 420 $84,700 $40.70 $93,500 $45.00 -17.7%
San Francisco (Area) 610 $86,800 $41.80 $105,400 $50.70 -22.5%
San Francisco (City) 340 $88,900 $42.80 $109,600 $52.70 -14.6%
San Jose 210 $103,400 $49.70 $115,300 $55.40 -41%
Santa Cruz 40 $90,200 $43.40 $101,200 $48.60 19.9%
Santa Rosa 80 $89,500 $43.00 $101,400 $48.80 7%
Stockton 100 $76,500 $36.80 $85,200 $41.00 21.6%
Visalia NA $77,400 $37.20 $90,800 $43.70 NA

Colorado
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boulder 60 $81,900 $39.40 $90,900 $43.70 -9.8%
Colorado Springs 100 $75,700 $36.40 $87,500 $42.10 -0.5%
Denver 560 $75,800 $36.50 $96,200 $46.20 12.7%
Fort Collins 60 $73,200 $35.20 $84,400 $40.60 6.2%

Connecticut
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bridgeport 140 $72,000 $34.60 $84,000 $40.40 5.3%
Hartford 200 $71,000 $34.10 $88,400 $42.50 -11.3%
New Haven 310 $75,500 $36.30 $93,300 $44.90 178.4%
Norwich 50 NA NA NA NA -2.2%

Delaware
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Dover NA $68,900 $33.10 $77,400 $37.20 NA

District of Columbia
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Washington (Area) 860 $70,300 $33.80 $82,000 $39.40 -27.6%

Florida
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Cape Coral 170 $65,900 $31.70 $72,700 $34.90 107.9%
Deltona 90 $55,300 $26.60 $60,600 $29.10 43.4%
Gainesville 80 $51,500 $24.80 $58,600 $28.20 56.6%
Jacksonville 300 $58,600 $28.20 $68,200 $32.80 27.1%
Lakeland 110 $54,700 $26.30 $62,000 $29.80 41.2%
Miami (Area) 1,980 $58,900 $28.30 $67,500 $32.40 122.1%
Naples 80 $66,300 $31.90 $72,900 $35.00 65%
Ocala 40 $47,200 $22.70 $57,600 $27.70 18.7%
Orlando 400 $55,000 $26.40 $62,300 $29.90 -0.5%
Palm Bay 130 $59,100 $28.40 $67,600 $32.50 67.4%
Pensacola 150 $49,300 $23.70 $57,200 $27.50 144.8%
Port St. Lucie 60 $55,800 $26.80 $60,600 $29.10 20.1%
Punta Gorda 30 $58,600 $28.20 $64,800 $31.20 94.5%
Tallahassee 80 $54,700 $26.30 $63,700 $30.60 16.3%
Tampa 660 $57,700 $27.70 $66,400 $31.90 44.6%

Georgia
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Atlanta 450 $61,000 $29.30 $69,400 $33.40 -50.6%
Augusta 90 $54,300 $26.10 $60,600 $29.10 11.8%
Columbus 50 $59,100 $28.40 $66,500 $32.00 9.8%
Gainesville 40 $68,500 $32.90 $76,200 $36.60 46%
Savannah 60 $57,300 $27.50 $69,000 $33.20 -5.5%

Hawaii
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Honolulu 140 $77,600 $37.30 $85,700 $41.20 -20.6%

Idaho
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boise City 90 $62,800 $30.20 $71,700 $34.50 -17%

Illinois
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bloomington 30 $61,500 $29.60 $68,900 $33.10 -2.9%
Champaign 50 $67,900 $32.70 $76,100 $36.60 20.6%
Chicago (Area) 1,450 $74,700 $35.90 $85,700 $41.20 -16.8%
Danville NA $68,300 $32.80 $80,400 $38.70 NA
Peoria 160 $60,300 $29.00 $71,800 $34.50 127.1%
Rockford 80 $72,900 $35.00 $90,800 $43.70 35.3%
Springfield 60 $65,600 $31.50 $75,100 $36.10 36.9%

Indiana
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Elkhart 40 $61,100 $29.40 $68,300 $32.80 -10.6%
Evansville 60 $54,100 $26.00 $59,100 $28.40 -9.1%
Fort Wayne 90 $63,700 $30.60 $72,100 $34.70 7.7%
Indianapolis 260 $65,000 $31.20 $73,200 $35.20 -26.4%
South Bend 40 $63,800 $30.70 $69,600 $33.40 -14.9%

Iowa
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Cedar Rapids 40 $58,200 $28.00 $66,500 $32.00 -33.3%
Davenport 130 $53,700 $25.80 $63,100 $30.30 78.7%
Des Moines 210 $58,100 $27.90 $67,000 $32.20 58.3%
Dubuque NA $56,800 $27.30 $64,400 $31.00 NA
Iowa City 40 $59,500 $28.60 $66,800 $32.10 14.1%

Kansas
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Topeka 70 $58,100 $27.90 $67,300 $32.30 50.6%
Wichita 200 $64,900 $31.20 $75,700 $36.40 68.3%

Kentucky
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lexington 60 $61,300 $29.50 $69,100 $33.20 -36%
Louisville 200 $57,600 $27.70 $67,600 $32.50 -18.5%

Louisiana
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Alexandria 40 $52,600 $25.30 $59,400 $28.60 73.4%
Baton Rouge 160 $55,500 $26.70 $61,900 $29.80 7.7%
Houma 40 $58,900 $28.30 $67,600 $32.50 1.7%
Lafayette 30 $56,800 $27.30 $64,700 $31.10 -46.3%
Lake Charles 30 $42,500 $20.40 $50,700 $24.40 -7.4%
Monroe 40 $53,200 $25.60 $58,800 $28.30 34.5%
New Orleans 220 $58,600 $28.20 $67,100 $32.30 4.6%
Shreveport 70 $56,000 $26.90 $69,000 $33.20 -7%

Maine
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Portland 80 $68,100 $32.80 $76,500 $36.80 3.4%

Maryland
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Baltimore 720 $72,700 $35.00 $87,500 $42.10 38.6%
Salisbury 40 $52,500 $25.30 $79,500 $38.20 85.6%

Massachusetts
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Boston (Area) 930 $79,700 $38.30 $90,500 $43.50 -7.4%
Springfield 80 $70,100 $33.70 $78,800 $37.90 -35%
Worcester 150 $91,600 $44.00 $107,000 $51.40 55.2%

Michigan
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Detroit (Area) 770 $58,300 $28.00 $66,300 $31.90 10.1%
Flint 100 $55,800 $26.80 $61,400 $29.50 80.3%
Grand Rapids 160 $58,200 $28.00 $64,600 $31.10 10.3%
Holland 40 $54,700 $26.30 $58,800 $28.30 -10.8%
Kalamazoo 50 $56,300 $27.00 $64,100 $30.80 -6.7%
Lansing 60 $56,600 $27.20 $64,800 $31.10 -22.8%

Minnesota
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Duluth 70 $65,200 $31.30 $73,800 $35.50 34.5%
Minneapolis 790 $70,000 $33.60 $79,600 $38.30 12.9%
Rochester 190 $70,800 $34.00 $82,800 $39.80 354.9%
St. Cloud 40 $73,200 $35.20 $81,800 $39.30 -0.2%

Mississippi
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Hattiesburg 50 $49,100 $23.60 $57,700 $27.80 137.6%
Jackson 130 $53,900 $25.90 $64,000 $30.80 30.7%

Missouri
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Columbia 60 $59,300 $28.50 $66,100 $31.80 62.6%
Kansas City 300 $66,400 $31.90 $73,900 $35.50 -24.2%
Springfield 90 $63,700 $30.60 $70,000 $33.60 18.7%
St. Louis 470 $62,300 $30.00 $70,600 $34.00 -10.3%

Montana
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Billings 30 $62,400 $30.00 $71,300 $34.30 -2.2%

Nebraska
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Lincoln 80 $56,400 $27.10 $66,300 $31.90 20.6%
Omaha 230 NA NA NA NA 24%

Nevada
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Las Vegas 130 $70,000 $33.70 $75,800 $36.40 -60.7%
Reno 80 $74,200 $35.70 $84,700 $40.70 -4.8%

New Hampshire
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Manchester 50 $75,200 $36.20 $85,300 $41.00 32.9%

New Jersey
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Atlantic City 60 $68,400 $32.90 $74,800 $35.90 -1%
Trenton 160 $71,200 $34.20 $81,500 $39.20 81.1%
Vineland 60 $73,700 $35.40 $85,100 $40.90 125.2%

New Mexico
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albuquerque NA $66,900 $32.20 $71,900 $34.50 NA

New York
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Albany 150 $67,300 $32.40 $76,600 $36.80 -13.2%
Binghamton 60 $66,700 $32.00 $74,500 $35.80 32.9%
Buffalo 260 $58,500 $28.10 $67,400 $32.40 19.7%
Glens Falls 40 $68,900 $33.10 $74,300 $35.70 67.4%
New York (Area) 3,610 $66,700 $32.10 $75,600 $36.40 6.7%
Poughkeepsie 250 $70,000 $33.70 $81,200 $39.00 151.6%
Rochester 260 $64,000 $30.70 $71,900 $34.60 31.4%
Syracuse 140 $65,600 $31.50 $74,300 $35.70 11.5%
Utica 130 $65,300 $31.40 $74,200 $35.70 157.1%

North Carolina
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Asheville 150 $61,200 $29.40 $68,200 $32.80 114.4%
Charlotte 270 $60,200 $28.90 $70,300 $33.80 -19.7%
Durham 110 $61,900 $29.80 $69,600 $33.50 -3.4%
Fayetteville 50 $67,900 $32.60 $72,200 $34.70 -5.8%
Greensboro 140 $63,100 $30.40 $71,200 $34.30 -1%
Hickory 80 $57,400 $27.60 $64,700 $31.10 41%
Raleigh 160 $61,300 $29.50 $68,300 $32.80 -22.5%
Rocky Mount 30 $64,200 $30.80 $73,200 $35.20 48.4%
Wilmington 50 $58,000 $27.90 $67,100 $32.30 -12.7%
Winston-Salem 190 $62,700 $30.20 $70,900 $34.10 125.2%

Ohio
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Akron 200 $56,800 $27.30 $64,500 $31.00 53.2%
Canton 90 $56,800 $27.30 $63,600 $30.60 42.7%
Cincinnati 220 $60,600 $29.10 $67,500 $32.50 -45.1%
Cleveland 700 $56,300 $27.10 $62,700 $30.20 73.9%
Columbus 300 $64,800 $31.20 $83,100 $40.00 -17.7%
Dayton 220 $63,000 $30.30 $69,900 $33.60 49.6%
Lima 40 $54,500 $26.20 $64,500 $31.00 85.4%
Toledo NA $56,900 $27.40 $63,600 $30.60 NA
Youngstown 100 $59,800 $28.70 $67,600 $32.50 16.5%

Oklahoma
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Oklahoma City 240 $60,600 $29.10 $70,500 $33.90 4.8%
Tulsa 170 $51,800 $24.90 $64,300 $30.90 -2.2%

Oregon
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bend 50 $77,900 $37.40 $83,900 $40.40 91.6%
Portland 310 $83,000 $39.90 $91,700 $44.10 -21.8%
Salem NA $77,400 $37.20 $87,800 $42.20 NA

Pennsylvania
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Allentown 140 $63,300 $30.40 $71,200 $34.20 3.6%
Erie 50 $46,400 $22.30 $60,200 $28.90 3.4%
Harrisburg 100 $57,100 $27.40 $65,500 $31.50 -24.5%
Lancaster 50 $60,700 $29.20 $67,800 $32.60 -51.1%
Philadelphia (Area) 1,140 $67,400 $32.40 $76,900 $37.00 4.6%
Pittsburgh 520 $50,800 $24.40 $58,600 $28.20 13.4%
Reading 40 $60,900 $29.30 $71,800 $34.50 -46.5%
Scranton 80 $62,500 $30.10 $70,300 $33.80 -25.2%
York 50 $61,000 $29.30 $68,900 $33.20 -25.9%

Rhode Island
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Providence 320 NA NA NA NA 42.2%

South Carolina
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 150 $59,600 $28.60 $68,300 $32.80 29%
Columbia 140 $53,000 $25.50 $62,100 $29.90 -1.7%
Florence 40 $54,900 $26.40 $66,300 $31.90 18.9%
Greenville 110 $58,700 $28.20 $67,200 $32.30 -8.6%
Spartanburg 50 $62,700 $30.10 $70,700 $34.00 12.7%

South Dakota
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Rapid City 70 $52,900 $25.50 $63,600 $30.60 180.8%
Sioux Falls 150 $49,600 $23.80 $58,300 $28.00 173.6%

Tennessee
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Chattanooga 130 $55,400 $26.60 $64,000 $30.80 44.4%
Jackson 60 $57,900 $27.80 $64,100 $30.80 140.3%
Johnson City NA $47,000 $22.60 $61,200 $29.40 NA
Kingsport 40 $53,800 $25.90 $62,800 $30.20 -22.1%
Knoxville 230 $53,500 $25.70 $61,700 $29.70 74.1%
Memphis 330 $52,900 $25.40 $61,600 $29.60 35.5%
Nashville 220 $64,400 $31.00 $75,000 $36.10 -25.2%

Texas
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Abilene 30 $83,500 $40.10 $91,100 $43.80 26.6%
Amarillo NA $57,600 $27.70 $65,600 $31.50 NA
Austin 310 $61,700 $29.70 $69,800 $33.60 -3.6%
Beaumont 50 $54,600 $26.20 $64,700 $31.10 -27.6%
Brownsville 40 $62,700 $30.10 $73,700 $35.40 -27.8%
College Station 30 $61,300 $29.50 $76,300 $36.70 -11%
Corpus Christi 130 $60,100 $28.90 $70,300 $33.80 80.1%
Dallas (Area) 840 $66,800 $32.10 $74,600 $35.90 -29%
El Paso 120 $57,600 $27.70 $68,200 $32.80 4.6%
Houston 880 $62,600 $30.10 $71,200 $34.20 -15.6%
Killeen 40 $63,400 $30.50 $69,900 $33.60 -21.6%
Lubbock 70 $60,200 $28.90 $73,300 $35.30 31.4%
McAllen 60 $61,600 $29.60 $70,000 $33.60 -29.3%
San Antonio 250 $59,400 $28.60 $68,000 $32.70 -28.5%
Tyler 70 $58,400 $28.10 $67,100 $32.30 83.5%
Victoria 40 $50,800 $24.40 $67,200 $32.30 89.7%

Utah
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Ogden 60 $64,600 $31.10 $75,500 $36.30 -29.7%
Provo 50 $70,800 $34.00 $82,800 $39.80 -33.3%
Salt Lake City 230 $66,300 $31.90 $76,700 $36.90 -8.9%

Virginia
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Blacksburg 40 $58,000 $27.90 $68,700 $33.00 59.7%
Richmond 250 $66,300 $31.90 $75,400 $36.30 1%
Roanoke 80 $64,200 $30.90 $72,100 $34.60 36.5%
Virginia Beach 200 $63,400 $30.50 $70,600 $34.00 -34.3%

Washington
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Bremerton 50 $77,600 $37.30 $87,700 $42.20 41.7%
Kennewick 40 $71,300 $34.30 $78,300 $37.70 -0.7%
Mount Vernon 40 $75,200 $36.10 $84,600 $40.70 107%
Olympia 50 $70,800 $34.00 $80,700 $38.80 30.5%
Seattle (Area) 590 $80,400 $38.70 $89,500 $43.00 -11.8%
Spokane 180 $76,100 $36.60 $85,800 $41.30 119.7%
Yakima 40 $73,800 $35.50 $87,000 $41.80 18.7%

West Virginia
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Charleston 50 $49,800 $23.90 $56,700 $27.30 -21.3%
Huntington 40 $66,200 $31.80 $77,900 $37.50 -6.5%
Morgantown 30 $52,300 $25.20 $57,300 $27.60 40.8%

Wisconsin
City/AreaEmployeesMedian
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
Annual Salary
Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Appleton 50 $73,800 $35.50 $82,100 $39.50 1.9%
Eau Claire 30 $67,300 $32.30 $74,200 $35.70 11%
Green Bay 60 $69,200 $33.30 $78,500 $37.70 -14.6%
Madison 80 $78,900 $37.90 $89,400 $43.00 -41.7%
Milwaukee 370 $79,900 $38.40 $88,800 $42.70 13.7%
Oshkosh 40 $73,500 $35.30 $83,900 $40.30 10.3%
Sheboygan 30 $73,200 $35.20 $83,900 $40.30 37.9%
Wausau 40 $64,000 $30.80 $79,300 $38.10 52%