Salaries by metro area
393 metropolitan areas with published wage data, grouped by the state that anchors them. Pay for the same job varies far more between metros than most national averages suggest. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Alabama (12)
Alaska (2)
Arizona (7)
Arkansas (5)
California (25)
- Bakersfield-Delano
- Chico
- El Centro
- Fresno
- Hanford-Corcoran
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
- Merced
- Modesto
- Napa
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
- Redding
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
- Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
- Salinas
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma
- Stockton-Lodi
- Vallejo
- Visalia
- Yuba City
Colorado (7)
Connecticut (5)
Delaware (1)
District of Columbia (1)
Florida (22)
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers
- Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
- Gainesville
- Homosassa Springs
- Jacksonville
- Lakeland-Winter Haven
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
- Naples-Marco Island
- North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota
- Ocala
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
- Panama City-Panama City Beach
- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
- Port St. Lucie
- Punta Gorda
- Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor
- Sebring
- Tallahassee
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
- Wildwood-The Villages
Georgia (14)
Hawaii (2)
Idaho (6)
Illinois (8)
Indiana (12)
Iowa (8)
Kansas (4)
Kentucky (6)
Louisiana (10)
Maine (3)
Maryland (4)
Massachusetts (6)
Michigan (15)
Minnesota (5)
Mississippi (3)
Missouri (8)
Montana (5)
Nebraska (3)
Nevada (3)
New Hampshire (1)
New Jersey (3)
New Mexico (4)
New York (13)
North Carolina (15)
North Dakota (4)
Ohio (12)
Oklahoma (4)
Oregon (8)
Pennsylvania (16)
Puerto Rico (6)
Rhode Island (1)
South Carolina (8)
South Dakota (2)
Tennessee (10)
Texas (26)
- Abilene
- Amarillo
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
- Beaumont-Port Arthur
- Brownsville-Harlingen
- College Station-Bryan
- Corpus Christi
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
- Eagle Pass
- El Paso
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
- Killeen-Temple
- Laredo
- Longview
- Lubbock
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
- Midland
- Odessa
- San Angelo
- San Antonio-New Braunfels
- Sherman-Denison
- Texarkana
- Tyler
- Victoria
- Waco
- Wichita Falls