Average Salary and Job Outcomes With a General Business Administration and Management Degree

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.

What Can You Do With This Degree?

What Can You Do With This Degree?

Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers. Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations, overseeing multiple departments or locations. Plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, and other office support services. Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

U.S. Summary
Job & Salary Averages
  • Salary Value (U.S.): $88,581
    "Salary Value"  is a salary score which represents the average of salary medians for all jobs attainable with this degree, per metro area and/or per state.
  • Average of Job Growth Averages (U.S.): 8.95%
    The "average of job growth averages"  is an average of national job growth rates for all jobs attainable with this degree.
  • Avg. Years of Work Experience Needed: 4-6 years
Education Costs
  • Avg. Undergrad. Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Undergrad. In-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Graduate Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Graduate In-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Combined Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Combined In-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A

All information is based on data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics.


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Average Salary Medians

What Are Salary Medians?

Salary median is the average salary amount earned by workers, calculated per industry or per metro area. Average salary median is an average of median salaries for jobs that are attainable with this degree. Metro area average salary median is the average of salary medians for jobs within a metro area. State average salary median is the average of all metro area average salary medians within that state.

For more information about salary medians and average salary medians, please read this blog post, "Average Salary Median" vs. "Salary Median".

Click on any state in the table below to see which metro areas earn the highest median salaries. If you see "N/A" next to a state, it means that no data is available about that state for this degree.


Overall Salary Value: $88,581

The state with the highest salary value for this degree is New Jersey ($106,818) in the Trenton, NJ metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Salary Values for Alaska

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Alaska ($89,531).

Fairbanks, AK $88,343
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $89,531
$88,996
Alabama

Metro Area Salary Values for Alabama

Huntsville, AL metro area has the highest salary value in Alabama ($103,049).

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $81,385
Mobile, AL $90,079
Montgomery, AL $86,713
Tuscaloosa, AL $88,847
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $79,644
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $77,879
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $83,848
Auburn-Opelika, AL $84,394
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $87,334
Decatur, AL $92,658
Dothan, AL $79,605
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $82,440
Gadsden, AL $76,883
Huntsville, AL $103,049
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $77,090
$85,248
Arkansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Arkansas

Pine Bluff, AR metro area has the highest salary value in Arkansas ($78,601).

Fort Smith, AR-OK $68,208
Hot Springs, AR $66,844
Jonesboro, AR $74,165
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $77,598
Pine Bluff, AR $78,601
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $68,499
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $72,577
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $70,115
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $75,059
$72,471
Arizona

Metro Area Salary Values for Arizona

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest salary value in Arizona ($99,342).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $77,464
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $99,342
Prescott, AZ $77,666
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $89,280
Tucson, AZ $87,393
Yuma, AZ $81,191
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $82,344
$84,939
California

Metro Area Salary Values for California

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area has the highest salary value in California ($141,787).

Chico, CA $87,311
El Centro, CA $85,919
Fresno, CA $86,229
Merced, CA $98,209
Modesto, CA $96,946
Napa, CA $112,338
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $106,530
Redding, CA $90,238
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $97,248
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $101,949
Salinas, CA $98,261
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $99,677
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $94,823
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $104,943
Santa Rosa, CA $104,725
Stockton-Lodi, CA $97,535
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $107,040
Visalia-Porterville, CA $89,135
Yuba City, CA $93,094
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $82,309
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $87,279
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $84,007
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $86,109
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $106,402
Madera, CA $94,522
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $105,383
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $127,131
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $141,787
$99,314
Colorado

Metro Area Salary Values for Colorado

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest salary value in Colorado ($113,837).

Colorado Springs, CO $105,132
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $76,106
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $83,458
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $93,148
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $113,837
Fort Collins, CO $103,131
Grand Junction, CO $85,145
Greeley, CO $96,261
Pueblo, CO $91,489
$95,499
Connecticut

Metro Area Salary Values for Connecticut

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest salary value in Connecticut ($107,688).

Danbury, CT $103,976
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $107,688
New Haven, CT $102,345
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $106,614
Waterbury, CT $94,165
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $96,591
$102,311
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Salary Values for Florida

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area has the highest salary value in Florida ($94,065).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $81,268
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $79,961
Gainesville, FL $75,893
Jacksonville, FL $88,716
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $93,015
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $78,595
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $85,042
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $89,706
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $93,460
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $79,982
Port St. Lucie, FL $76,617
Punta Gorda, FL $77,468
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $78,930
Tallahassee, FL $80,068
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $94,065
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $69,209
Homosassa Springs, FL $66,135
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $82,918
Ocala, FL $77,684
Panama City, FL $72,970
Sebring, FL $59,865
The Villages, FL $81,538
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $74,066
$80,990
Georgia

Metro Area Salary Values for Georgia

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area has the highest salary value in Georgia ($95,472).

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $88,704
Columbus, GA-AL $83,520
Rome, GA $80,834
Valdosta, GA $75,550
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $73,783
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $73,884
Athens-Clarke County, GA $74,242
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $95,472
Brunswick, GA $85,462
Dalton, GA $77,883
Gainesville, GA $79,105
Hinesville, GA $79,043
Macon, GA $73,227
Savannah, GA $84,322
Warner Robins, GA $81,656
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $74,088
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $71,764
$79,570
Hawaii

Metro Area Salary Values for Hawaii

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest salary value in Hawaii ($91,764).

Urban Honolulu, HI $91,764
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $79,552
$85,004
Iowa

Metro Area Salary Values for Iowa

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area has the highest salary value in Iowa ($95,688).

Cedar Rapids, IA $95,688
Dubuque, IA $86,962
Iowa City, IA $85,498
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $89,371
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $83,424
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $75,966
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $78,728
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $76,091
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $80,996
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $89,764
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $88,315
$84,624
Idaho

Metro Area Salary Values for Idaho

Idaho Falls, ID metro area has the highest salary value in Idaho ($74,354).

Coeur d'Alene, ID $69,127
Idaho Falls, ID $74,354
Lewiston, ID-WA $65,907
Pocatello, ID $58,027
Twin Falls, ID $66,752
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $68,235
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $66,017
$67,236
Illinois

Metro Area Salary Values for Illinois

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Illinois ($97,706).

Carbondale-Marion, IL $79,601
Decatur, IL $84,129
Peoria, IL $97,402
Rockford, IL $86,232
Springfield, IL $89,994
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $85,287
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $76,206
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $76,793
Champaign-Urbana, IL $81,444
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $97,706
Danville, IL $83,891
Kankakee, IL $83,440
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $74,945
$84,670
Indiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Indiana

Columbus, IN metro area has the highest salary value in Indiana ($108,655).

Columbus, IN $108,655
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $83,569
Evansville, IN-KY $82,384
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $89,291
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $88,483
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $81,330
Muncie, IN $79,209
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $83,792
Terre Haute, IN $79,102
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $80,661
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $79,620
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $79,329
Fort Wayne, IN $79,194
Kokomo, IN $79,204
$83,858
Kansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Kansas

Wichita, KS metro area has the highest salary value in Kansas ($86,907).

Manhattan, KS $83,210
Topeka, KS $83,388
Wichita, KS $86,907
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $78,489
$82,928
Kentucky

Metro Area Salary Values for Kentucky

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest salary value in Kentucky ($87,366).

Lexington-Fayette, KY $85,526
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $87,366
Owensboro, KY $78,576
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $78,023
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $75,327
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $74,519
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $66,015
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $76,595
$77,959
Louisiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Louisiana

New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area has the highest salary value in Louisiana ($99,917).

Houma-Thibodaux, LA $86,222
Lafayette, LA $88,517
Lake Charles, LA $94,405
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $99,917
Baton Rouge, LA $83,821
Hammond, LA $73,758
Monroe, LA $69,430
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $84,030
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $77,998
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $83,928
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $81,615
$85,025
Massachusetts

Metro Area Salary Values for Massachusetts

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest salary value in Massachusetts ($116,858).

Leominster-Gardner, MA $102,077
New Bedford, MA $97,285
Pittsfield, MA $94,236
Springfield, MA-CT $94,689
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $89,836
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $116,858
Worcester, MA-CT $93,356
$98,067
Maryland

Metro Area Salary Values for Maryland

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest salary value in Maryland ($117,383).

California-Lexington Park, MD $117,383
Cumberland, MD-WV $73,029
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $86,471
Salisbury, MD-DE $93,634
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $85,458
$91,119
Maine

Metro Area Salary Values for Maine

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest salary value in Maine ($93,918).

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $83,260
Portland-South Portland, ME $93,918
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $78,821
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $80,384
$84,293
Michigan

Metro Area Salary Values for Michigan

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest salary value in Michigan ($102,308).

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $94,801
Jackson, MI $94,427
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $96,369
Monroe, MI $93,889
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $90,533
Saginaw, MI $92,370
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $82,569
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $79,326
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $87,887
Battle Creek, MI $91,081
Bay City, MI $90,979
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $102,308
Flint, MI $86,731
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $92,034
Midland, MI $87,963
Muskegon, MI $83,573
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $72,556
$89,576
Minnesota

Metro Area Salary Values for Minnesota

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Minnesota ($105,962).

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $89,325
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $105,962
Rochester, MN $89,292
St. Cloud, MN $86,132
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $80,612
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $84,716
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $82,058
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $85,530
$88,076
Missouri

Metro Area Salary Values for Missouri

Kansas City, MO-KS metro area has the highest salary value in Missouri ($97,970).

Columbia, MO $82,633
Jefferson City, MO $83,022
Joplin, MO $79,222
Kansas City, MO-KS $97,970
St. Joseph, MO-KS $86,468
St. Louis, MO-IL $97,768
Springfield, MO $80,363
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $75,285
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $73,940
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $70,732
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $75,440
$82,385
Mississippi

Metro Area Salary Values for Mississippi

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest salary value in Mississippi ($77,543).

Jackson, MS $77,543
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $73,964
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $69,787
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $76,136
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $73,325
Hattiesburg, MS $70,193
$73,666
Montana

Metro Area Salary Values for Montana

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Montana ($83,992).

Missoula, MT $80,937
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $83,992
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $83,402
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $78,737
Great Falls, MT $77,605
$81,036
North Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for North Carolina

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area has the highest salary value in North Carolina ($108,631).

Greensboro-High Point, NC $96,109
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $86,863
Jacksonville, NC $81,439
Winston-Salem, NC $96,603
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $82,621
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $81,121
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $85,755
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $83,135
Burlington, NC $85,091
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $98,962
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $108,631
Fayetteville, NC $88,993
Goldsboro, NC $83,144
Greenville, NC $92,411
New Bern, NC $92,061
Raleigh, NC $100,767
Rocky Mount, NC $83,727
Wilmington, NC $87,459
$90,126
North Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for North Dakota

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest salary value in North Dakota ($91,753).

Fargo, ND-MN $91,753
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $87,054
Grand Forks, ND-MN $89,906
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $77,044
$86,658
Nebraska

Metro Area Salary Values for Nebraska

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest salary value in Nebraska ($90,833).

Lincoln, NE $89,574
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $90,833
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $76,358
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $79,417
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $76,748
$82,804
New Hampshire

Metro Area Salary Values for New Hampshire

Portsmouth, NH-ME metro area has the highest salary value in New Hampshire ($109,248).

Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $73,204
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $95,602
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $99,010
Manchester, NH $105,684
Portsmouth, NH-ME $109,248
$98,099
New Jersey

Metro Area Salary Values for New Jersey

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest salary value in New Jersey ($120,801).

Ocean City, NJ $94,008
Trenton, NJ $120,801
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $100,330
$106,818
New Mexico

Metro Area Salary Values for New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in New Mexico ($84,225).

Farmington, NM $79,770
Las Cruces, NM $76,544
Santa Fe, NM $75,405
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $78,924
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $84,225
$79,123
Nevada

Metro Area Salary Values for Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metro area has the highest salary value in Nevada ($92,711).

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $92,711
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $84,559
Reno, NV $88,893
$88,258
New York

Metro Area Salary Values for New York

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro area has the highest salary value in New York ($128,836).

Binghamton, NY $93,412
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $100,876
Elmira, NY $90,868
Glens Falls, NY $92,056
Ithaca, NY $104,344
Kingston, NY $83,288
Rochester, NY $100,554
Syracuse, NY $98,420
Utica-Rome, NY $85,742
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $83,553
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $87,139
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $90,218
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $90,924
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $128,836
$95,698
Ohio

Metro Area Salary Values for Ohio

Dayton, OH metro area has the highest salary value in Ohio ($97,408).

Canton-Massillon, OH $86,261
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $96,359
Columbus, OH $97,041
Dayton, OH $97,408
Lima, OH $83,833
Springfield, OH $81,219
Toledo, OH $91,979
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $80,625
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $86,038
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $86,168
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $86,162
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $86,016
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $92,492
Mansfield, OH $73,709
$87,772
Oklahoma

Metro Area Salary Values for Oklahoma

Tulsa, OK metro area has the highest salary value in Oklahoma ($89,000).

Lawton, OK $79,527
Oklahoma City, OK $88,643
Tulsa, OK $89,000
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $77,087
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $80,417
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $80,185
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $75,382
$81,584
Oregon

Metro Area Salary Values for Oregon

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest salary value in Oregon ($95,508).

Salem, OR $90,040
Bend-Redmond, OR $77,880
Corvallis, OR $83,743
Eugene, OR $77,277
Grants Pass, OR $67,135
Medford, OR $77,932
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $95,508
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $80,043
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $77,283
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $75,666
$80,731
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Salary Values for Pennsylvania

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area has the highest salary value in Pennsylvania ($109,523).

Altoona, PA $88,506
East Stroudsburg, PA $95,993
Johnstown, PA $83,940
Lancaster, PA $93,018
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $89,169
Williamsport, PA $86,774
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $84,434
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $87,288
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $83,815
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $90,370
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $92,894
Erie, PA $77,850
Gettysburg, PA $84,247
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $92,197
Lebanon, PA $84,941
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $109,523
Pittsburgh, PA $95,510
Reading, PA $96,753
State College, PA $86,635
York-Hanover, PA $95,510
$90,164
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Salary Values for Puerto Rico

Guayama, PR metro area has the highest salary value in Puerto Rico ($68,512).

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $54,858
Arecibo, PR $55,083
Mayaguez, PR $45,263
Ponce, PR $57,951
San German, PR $38,369
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $66,586
Guayama, PR $68,512
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $60,763
$57,098
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for South Carolina

Florence, SC metro area has the highest salary value in South Carolina ($97,301).

Columbia, SC $92,197
Florence, SC $97,301
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $89,322
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $84,244
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $84,701
Spartanburg, SC $89,482
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $80,488
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $80,413
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $81,209
Sumter, SC $81,951
$86,279
South Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest salary value in South Dakota ($93,846).

Sioux Falls, SD $93,846
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $86,045
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $71,913
$85,126
Tennessee

Metro Area Salary Values for Tennessee

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area has the highest salary value in Tennessee ($87,782).

Clarksville, TN-KY $78,614
Jackson, TN $77,217
Johnson City, TN $80,661
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $85,275
Knoxville, TN $81,870
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $85,969
Morristown, TN $74,208
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $87,782
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $68,597
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $71,870
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $64,426
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $73,064
Cleveland, TN $76,299
$77,620
Texas

Metro Area Salary Values for Texas

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro area has the highest salary value in Texas ($101,271).

Corpus Christi, TX $89,809
Killeen-Temple, TX $91,513
Lubbock, TX $85,296
Texarkana, TX-AR $81,421
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $90,044
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $82,316
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $81,273
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $79,380
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $85,092
Amarillo, TX $81,329
Austin-Round Rock, TX $96,218
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $93,602
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $77,406
College Station-Bryan, TX $84,328
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $99,803
El Paso, TX $83,721
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $101,271
Laredo, TX $72,910
Longview, TX $87,701
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $70,907
Midland, TX $99,149
Odessa, TX $96,828
San Angelo, TX $78,120
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $92,039
Sherman-Denison, TX $80,767
Tyler, TX $78,762
Victoria, TX $87,389
Waco, TX $83,540
Wichita Falls, TX $81,595
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $84,307
$86,260
Utah

Metro Area Salary Values for Utah

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest salary value in Utah ($85,411).

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $81,844
Provo-Orem, UT $82,597
St. George, UT $66,848
Salt Lake City, UT $85,411
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $78,899
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $65,262
$77,531
Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for Virginia

Charlottesville, VA metro area has the highest salary value in Virginia ($102,762).

Charlottesville, VA $102,762
Harrisonburg, VA $97,893
Lynchburg, VA $93,901
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $77,938
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $84,305
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $91,129
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $88,527
Richmond, VA $97,835
Roanoke, VA $85,719
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $86,023
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $98,803
Winchester, VA-WV $98,353
$91,990
Vermont

Metro Area Salary Values for Vermont

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Vermont ($82,023).

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $79,111
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $82,023
$80,625
Wisconsin

Metro Area Salary Values for Wisconsin

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest salary value in Wisconsin ($100,751).

Fond du Lac, WI $97,148
Green Bay, WI $91,865
Janesville-Beloit, WI $98,516
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $90,697
Madison, WI $100,250
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $93,308
Wausau, WI $92,180
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $83,557
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $85,335
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $89,034
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $85,012
Eau Claire, WI $83,665
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $100,751
Racine, WI $95,058
Sheboygan, WI $92,686
$92,035
West Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for West Virginia

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest salary value in West Virginia ($86,772).

Charleston, WV $78,595
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $78,585
Morgantown, WV $86,550
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $86,523
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $86,772
Wheeling, WV-OH $81,655
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $71,958
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $75,589
$80,498
Wyoming

Metro Area Salary Values for Wyoming

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Wyoming ($90,616).

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $87,535
Cheyenne, WY $86,250
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $90,616
$88,151

Master's

Average Salary Median: $107,039

The state with the highest average salary median for a master's degree is Massachusetts ($133,733) in the Leominster-Gardner, MA metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alaska (Master's)

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($121,537) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $114,087
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $121,537
$117,812
Alabama

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alabama (Master's)

Dothan, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($174,480) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $131,720
Mobile, AL $110,070
Montgomery, AL $155,403
Tuscaloosa, AL $95,037
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $121,137
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $78,897
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $100,150
Auburn-Opelika, AL $84,020
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $91,210
Decatur, AL $67,230
Dothan, AL $174,480
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL N/A
Gadsden, AL N/A
Huntsville, AL $100,480
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area N/A
$109,153
Arkansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arkansas (Master's)

East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($110,990) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $78,803
Hot Springs, AR $98,997
Jonesboro, AR $78,243
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $103,993
Pine Bluff, AR $86,223
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $71,823
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $110,990
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $67,460
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $71,180
$85,301
Arizona

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arizona (Master's)

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($156,983) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $90,100
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $156,983
Prescott, AZ $79,937
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $118,997
Tucson, AZ $108,660
Yuma, AZ $102,230
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $85,923
$106,119
California

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for California (Master's)

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($165,527) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA $126,487
El Centro, CA $129,353
Fresno, CA $115,280
Merced, CA $147,287
Modesto, CA $142,837
Napa, CA $156,573
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $165,527
Redding, CA $98,513
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $153,510
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $121,543
Salinas, CA $121,310
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $111,210
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $141,113
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $136,027
Santa Rosa, CA $130,143
Stockton-Lodi, CA $149,100
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $124,770
Visalia-Porterville, CA $145,947
Yuba City, CA $157,687
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $105,593
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $122,947
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $114,863
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $73,410
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $97,620
Madera, CA $74,310
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $85,870
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $106,380
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $111,120
$123,798
Colorado

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Colorado (Master's)

Colorado Springs, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($150,280) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $150,280
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $93,103
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $106,140
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $119,063
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $97,550
Fort Collins, CO $107,930
Grand Junction, CO $67,860
Greeley, CO $90,670
Pueblo, CO $53,960
$98,506
Connecticut

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Connecticut (Master's)

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($115,010) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $111,313
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $115,010
New Haven, CT $104,587
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $103,917
Waterbury, CT $101,843
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $98,280
$105,825
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Florida (Master's)

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($164,260) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $112,713
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $127,017
Gainesville, FL $71,553
Jacksonville, FL $155,923
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $148,687
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $100,830
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $133,897
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $154,480
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $112,000
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $121,733
Port St. Lucie, FL $102,200
Punta Gorda, FL $152,193
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $111,053
Tallahassee, FL $116,427
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $164,260
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $94,797
Homosassa Springs, FL $60,780
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $61,620
Ocala, FL $52,720
Panama City, FL $89,060
Sebring, FL $38,490
The Villages, FL N/A
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $89,070
$107,796
Georgia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Georgia (Master's)

Rome, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($123,563) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $109,520
Columbus, GA-AL $119,917
Rome, GA $123,563
Valdosta, GA $76,303
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $92,730
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $72,200
Athens-Clarke County, GA $81,760
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $87,660
Brunswick, GA N/A
Dalton, GA $74,350
Gainesville, GA $79,620
Hinesville, GA N/A
Macon, GA $60,350
Savannah, GA $83,200
Warner Robins, GA $83,200
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $78,940
$87,380
Hawaii

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Hawaii (Master's)

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($79,200) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $79,200
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $68,290
$73,745
Iowa

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Iowa (Master's)

Dubuque, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($160,380) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $139,063
Dubuque, IA $160,380
Iowa City, IA $136,263
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $152,037
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $138,080
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $82,753
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $123,100
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $113,620
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $111,653
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $85,190
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $82,860
$120,455
Idaho

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Idaho (Master's)

Lewiston, ID-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($69,147) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $59,420
Idaho Falls, ID $66,020
Lewiston, ID-WA $69,147
Pocatello, ID $44,453
Twin Falls, ID $49,283
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $38,143
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $39,407
$52,268
Illinois

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Illinois (Master's)

Peoria, IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($169,373) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $167,790
Decatur, IL $161,430
Peoria, IL $169,373
Rockford, IL $143,837
Springfield, IL $154,173
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $160,043
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $137,483
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $96,687
Champaign-Urbana, IL $95,110
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $91,910
Danville, IL $70,730
Kankakee, IL $63,120
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $59,550
$120,864
Indiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Indiana (Master's)

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($151,603) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN $142,700
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $125,657
Evansville, IN-KY $106,670
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $145,447
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $113,527
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $86,807
Muncie, IN $118,133
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $151,603
Terre Haute, IN $96,130
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $99,087
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $115,743
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $100,497
Fort Wayne, IN $60,360
Kokomo, IN $67,900
$109,304
Kansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kansas (Master's)

Manhattan, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($138,503) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $138,503
Topeka, KS $100,750
Wichita, KS $115,353
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $91,980
$111,647
Kentucky

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kentucky (Master's)

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($143,723) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lexington-Fayette, KY $143,723
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $129,307
Owensboro, KY $103,913
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $101,730
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $109,753
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $89,747
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $96,500
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $79,290
$106,745
Louisiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Louisiana (Master's)

Lafayette, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($166,450) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Houma-Thibodaux, LA $131,513
Lafayette, LA $166,450
Lake Charles, LA $137,920
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $161,477
Baton Rouge, LA $72,530
Hammond, LA N/A
Monroe, LA $62,550
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $84,400
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $68,280
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
$110,640
Massachusetts

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Massachusetts (Master's)

Leominster-Gardner, MA metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($166,710) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Leominster-Gardner, MA $166,710
New Bedford, MA $143,270
Pittsfield, MA $150,853
Springfield, MA-CT $141,750
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $137,520
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $102,300
Worcester, MA-CT $93,730
$133,733
Maryland

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maryland (Master's)

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($142,297) for a master's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $142,297
Cumberland, MD-WV $88,603
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $124,533
Salisbury, MD-DE $109,717
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $102,453
$113,521
Maine

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maine (Master's)

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($133,887) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $100,987
Portland-South Portland, ME $133,887
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $107,480
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $92,287
$108,660
Michigan

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Michigan (Master's)

Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($167,037) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $156,110
Jackson, MI $98,563
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $152,957
Monroe, MI $89,390
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $155,893
Saginaw, MI $141,670
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $147,503
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $113,560
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $167,037
Battle Creek, MI $76,800
Bay City, MI $79,950
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $87,890
Flint, MI $79,560
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $67,570
Midland, MI $107,460
Muskegon, MI $84,120
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $81,970
$111,059
Minnesota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Minnesota (Master's)

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($159,150) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $131,450
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $159,150
Rochester, MN $138,963
St. Cloud, MN $130,640
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $107,610
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $142,410
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $123,413
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $122,877
$132,064
Missouri

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Missouri (Master's)

Columbia, MO metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($153,697) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO $153,697
Jefferson City, MO $131,757
Joplin, MO $98,467
Kansas City, MO-KS $151,103
St. Joseph, MO-KS $115,627
St. Louis, MO-IL $146,147
Springfield, MO $114,597
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $78,813
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $56,427
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $77,247
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $79,170
$109,368
Mississippi

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Mississippi (Master's)

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($102,253) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Jackson, MS $102,253
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $98,897
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $77,963
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $100,863
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $86,180
Hattiesburg, MS $52,750
$86,484
Montana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Montana (Master's)

Missoula, MT metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($116,750) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Missoula, MT $116,750
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $113,550
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $100,010
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $78,167
Great Falls, MT N/A
$102,119
North Carolina

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for North Carolina (Master's)

Winston-Salem, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($164,110) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Greensboro-High Point, NC $150,620
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $122,497
Jacksonville, NC $119,650
Winston-Salem, NC $164,110
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $122,307
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $110,087
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $135,010
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $122,850
Burlington, NC $83,160
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $97,770
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $91,570
Fayetteville, NC $78,510
Goldsboro, NC $63,760
Greenville, NC $78,640
New Bern, NC $88,440
Raleigh, NC $86,700
Rocky Mount, NC $83,670
Wilmington, NC $87,550
$104,828
North Dakota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for North Dakota (Master's)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($116,437) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $116,437
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $102,717
Grand Forks, ND-MN $89,100
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area N/A
$102,751
Nebraska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nebraska (Master's)

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($163,060) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE $152,187
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $163,060
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $114,733
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $93,070
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
$130,763
New Hampshire

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Hampshire (Master's)

West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($121,967) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $101,307
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $118,863
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $121,967
Manchester, NH $85,660
Portsmouth, NH-ME $91,000
$103,759
New Jersey

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Jersey (Master's)

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest average salary median in New Jersey ($127,353) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $106,620
Trenton, NJ $127,353
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $107,783
$113,919
New Mexico

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Mexico (Master's)

Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($86,757) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $84,377
Las Cruces, NM $76,273
Santa Fe, NM $76,140
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $86,757
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $78,987
$80,507
Nevada

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nevada (Master's)

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($153,003) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $153,003
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $100,477
Reno, NV $80,700
$111,393
New York

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New York (Master's)

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY metro area has the highest average salary median in New York ($146,793) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Binghamton, NY $90,947
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $146,793
Elmira, NY $112,890
Glens Falls, NY $97,433
Ithaca, NY $96,097
Kingston, NY $93,910
Rochester, NY $107,397
Syracuse, NY $100,927
Utica-Rome, NY $88,683
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $92,493
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $90,337
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $92,920
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $93,233
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $104,960
$100,644
Ohio

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Ohio (Master's)

Dayton, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($153,850) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH $126,977
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $139,090
Columbus, OH $133,137
Dayton, OH $153,850
Lima, OH $134,030
Springfield, OH $107,743
Toledo, OH $147,190
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $104,283
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $135,883
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $139,413
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $128,143
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $107,347
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $88,480
Mansfield, OH $79,220
$123,199
Oklahoma

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oklahoma (Master's)

Tulsa, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($141,543) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK $126,170
Oklahoma City, OK $111,883
Tulsa, OK $141,543
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $95,160
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $88,777
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $94,770
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $86,810
$106,445
Oregon

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oregon (Master's)

Salem, OR metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($134,107) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Salem, OR $134,107
Bend-Redmond, OR N/A
Corvallis, OR $74,360
Eugene, OR $75,130
Grants Pass, OR N/A
Medford, OR $76,180
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $92,050
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $71,110
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $85,480
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $78,390
$85,851
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Pennsylvania (Master's)

Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($199,020) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA $141,360
East Stroudsburg, PA $154,510
Johnstown, PA $146,270
Lancaster, PA $145,493
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $151,610
Williamsport, PA $197,150
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $199,020
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $131,010
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $110,813
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $72,310
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $99,550
Erie, PA $81,980
Gettysburg, PA $89,780
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $71,730
Lebanon, PA $67,750
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $90,220
Pittsburgh, PA $78,550
Reading, PA $83,790
State College, PA $74,000
York-Hanover, PA $90,110
$113,850
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Puerto Rico (Master's)

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($88,210) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $54,860
Arecibo, PR $63,630
Mayaguez, PR $61,800
Ponce, PR $67,513
San German, PR $51,370
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $88,210
Guayama, PR N/A
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area N/A
$64,564
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for South Carolina (Master's)

Spartanburg, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($144,070) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $142,357
Florence, SC $140,847
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $139,537
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $121,357
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $126,097
Spartanburg, SC $144,070
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $105,290
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $108,077
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $71,287
Sumter, SC $83,760
$118,268
South Dakota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for South Dakota (Master's)

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($95,433) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $95,433
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $87,257
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $74,870
$85,853
Tennessee

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Tennessee (Master's)

Knoxville, TN metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($135,940) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $126,463
Jackson, TN $86,037
Johnson City, TN $120,573
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $108,070
Knoxville, TN $135,940
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $134,393
Morristown, TN $132,740
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $133,260
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $44,387
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $94,450
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $65,737
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $82,323
Cleveland, TN $68,800
$102,552
Texas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Texas (Master's)

Corpus Christi, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($149,253) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Corpus Christi, TX $149,253
Killeen-Temple, TX $144,997
Lubbock, TX $138,643
Texarkana, TX-AR $125,450
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $110,487
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $117,337
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $118,307
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $96,230
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $116,947
Amarillo, TX $65,920
Austin-Round Rock, TX $87,720
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $105,700
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $42,740
College Station-Bryan, TX $79,380
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $93,520
El Paso, TX $76,810
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $94,120
Laredo, TX N/A
Longview, TX $93,950
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $72,570
Midland, TX $99,700
Odessa, TX $101,690
San Angelo, TX $76,810
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $82,420
Sherman-Denison, TX $72,830
Tyler, TX $54,780
Victoria, TX N/A
Waco, TX $76,720
Wichita Falls, TX $70,040
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
$95,003
Utah

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Utah (Master's)

Provo-Orem, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($136,840) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $107,767
Provo-Orem, UT $136,840
St. George, UT $95,700
Salt Lake City, UT $126,950
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $93,510
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $66,343
$104,518
Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Virginia (Master's)

Charlottesville, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($159,900) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA $159,900
Harrisonburg, VA $151,860
Lynchburg, VA $132,647
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $78,693
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $124,247
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $121,740
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $119,397
Richmond, VA $81,630
Roanoke, VA $80,410
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $75,830
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $92,510
Winchester, VA-WV $92,090
$109,246
Vermont

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Vermont (Master's)

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($148,860) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $148,860
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $103,523
$126,192
Wisconsin

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wisconsin (Master's)

Madison, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($152,600) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Fond du Lac, WI $143,390
Green Bay, WI $127,600
Janesville-Beloit, WI $125,807
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $131,647
Madison, WI $152,600
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $133,787
Wausau, WI $117,123
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $108,417
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $120,730
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $106,237
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $94,280
Eau Claire, WI $67,380
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $87,200
Racine, WI $81,960
Sheboygan, WI $74,570
$111,515
West Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for West Virginia (Master's)

Morgantown, WV metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($137,207) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV $111,167
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $107,093
Morgantown, WV $137,207
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $134,440
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $130,520
Wheeling, WV-OH $129,907
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $124,710
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $112,443
$123,436
Wyoming

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wyoming (Master's)

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($102,560) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $102,560
Cheyenne, WY $72,540
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $96,090
$90,397

Bachelor's

Average Salary Median: $84,069

The state with the highest average salary median for a bachelor's degree is New Jersey ($104,893) in the Trenton, NJ metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alaska (Bachelor's)

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($87,256) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $85,452
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $87,256
$86,354
Alabama

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alabama (Bachelor's)

Huntsville, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($102,367) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $76,213
Mobile, AL $87,021
Montgomery, AL $80,758
Tuscaloosa, AL $87,364
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $75,410
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $78,863
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $81,714
Auburn-Opelika, AL $82,904
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $85,925
Decatur, AL $93,990
Dothan, AL $75,698
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $83,763
Gadsden, AL $77,771
Huntsville, AL $102,367
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $76,909
$83,111
Arkansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arkansas (Bachelor's)

Pine Bluff, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($79,472) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $66,794
Hot Springs, AR $62,449
Jonesboro, AR $73,860
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $75,278
Pine Bluff, AR $79,472
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $68,869
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $70,397
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $71,647
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $76,314
$71,675
Arizona

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arizona (Bachelor's)

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($95,178) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $77,309
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $95,178
Prescott, AZ $79,247
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $85,051
Tucson, AZ $85,108
Yuma, AZ $80,193
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $83,089
$83,596
California

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for California (Bachelor's)

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($139,519) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA $83,547
El Centro, CA $79,529
Fresno, CA $83,609
Merced, CA $94,806
Modesto, CA $92,613
Napa, CA $108,161
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $101,009
Redding, CA $89,907
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $92,595
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $99,252
Salinas, CA $96,390
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $100,057
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $90,240
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $102,042
Santa Rosa, CA $101,950
Stockton-Lodi, CA $90,382
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $104,383
Visalia-Porterville, CA $83,735
Yuba City, CA $84,434
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $81,032
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $84,793
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $81,207
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $85,384
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $104,798
Madera, CA $95,045
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $104,383
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $126,981
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $139,519
$95,778
Colorado

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Colorado (Bachelor's)

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($113,832) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $102,194
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $74,064
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $80,562
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $89,767
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $113,832
Fort Collins, CO $102,183
Grand Junction, CO $85,318
Greeley, CO $95,227
Pueblo, CO $93,448
$92,955
Connecticut

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Connecticut (Bachelor's)

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($106,559) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $101,914
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $106,559
New Haven, CT $101,844
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $106,434
Waterbury, CT $93,183
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $97,811
$101,291
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Florida (Bachelor's)

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($90,938) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $79,671
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $76,100
Gainesville, FL $75,737
Jacksonville, FL $83,056
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $87,761
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $76,194
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $80,172
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $83,652
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $90,938
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $76,670
Port St. Lucie, FL $74,354
Punta Gorda, FL $67,644
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $74,278
Tallahassee, FL $76,822
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $88,434
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $66,774
Homosassa Springs, FL $66,394
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $83,282
Ocala, FL $78,430
Panama City, FL $73,040
Sebring, FL $60,882
The Villages, FL $81,187
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $73,129
$77,157
Georgia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Georgia (Bachelor's)

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($94,295) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $87,250
Columbus, GA-AL $80,235
Rome, GA $78,851
Valdosta, GA $75,625
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $71,758
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $75,155
Athens-Clarke County, GA $73,436
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $94,295
Brunswick, GA $85,057
Dalton, GA $77,890
Gainesville, GA $78,825
Hinesville, GA $78,065
Macon, GA $73,187
Savannah, GA $84,266
Warner Robins, GA $81,059
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $74,723
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $72,399
$78,946
Hawaii

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Hawaii (Bachelor's)

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($91,845) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $91,845
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $80,720
$86,282
Iowa

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Iowa (Bachelor's)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($90,812) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $90,812
Dubuque, IA $80,212
Iowa City, IA $80,908
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $83,952
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $78,984
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $75,435
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $75,155
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $73,314
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $78,385
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $89,846
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $87,321
$81,302
Idaho

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Idaho (Bachelor's)

Idaho Falls, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($72,759) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $69,489
Idaho Falls, ID $72,759
Lewiston, ID-WA $65,454
Pocatello, ID $59,646
Twin Falls, ID $68,954
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $70,727
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $68,210
$67,891
Illinois

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Illinois (Bachelor's)

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($96,215) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $72,477
Decatur, IL $79,590
Peoria, IL $89,846
Rockford, IL $80,641
Springfield, IL $83,471
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $78,918
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $72,073
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $74,975
Champaign-Urbana, IL $80,478
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $96,215
Danville, IL $83,997
Kankakee, IL $85,039
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $76,618
$81,103
Indiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Indiana (Bachelor's)

Columbus, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($108,017) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN $108,017
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $80,506
Evansville, IN-KY $81,574
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $85,174
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $86,903
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $82,670
Muncie, IN $76,544
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $77,545
Terre Haute, IN $79,573
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $79,757
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $77,468
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $79,189
Fort Wayne, IN $79,576
Kokomo, IN $79,899
$82,457
Kansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kansas (Bachelor's)

Wichita, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($83,988) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $76,356
Topeka, KS $82,799
Wichita, KS $83,988
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $78,475
$80,405
Kentucky

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kentucky (Bachelor's)

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($83,094) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lexington-Fayette, KY $79,792
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $83,094
Owensboro, KY $76,610
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $76,704
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $72,472
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $73,404
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $63,089
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $76,135
$75,163
Louisiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Louisiana (Bachelor's)

New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($96,131) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Houma-Thibodaux, LA $80,925
Lafayette, LA $81,807
Lake Charles, LA $92,234
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $96,131
Baton Rouge, LA $84,981
Hammond, LA $72,793
Monroe, LA $68,715
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $84,584
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $80,365
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $85,367
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $83,530
$82,857
Massachusetts

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Massachusetts (Bachelor's)

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($117,319) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Leominster-Gardner, MA $96,347
New Bedford, MA $92,733
Pittsfield, MA $89,176
Springfield, MA-CT $90,482
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $85,720
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $117,319
Worcester, MA-CT $92,104
$94,840
Maryland

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maryland (Bachelor's)

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($113,388) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $113,388
Cumberland, MD-WV $69,367
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $82,603
Salisbury, MD-DE $92,327
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $84,568
$88,451
Maine

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maine (Bachelor's)

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($90,621) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $81,798
Portland-South Portland, ME $90,621
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $78,753
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $80,282
$82,863
Michigan

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Michigan (Bachelor's)

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($102,370) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $89,564
Jackson, MI $93,728
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $91,497
Monroe, MI $95,063
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $85,419
Saginaw, MI $87,964
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $77,077
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $76,356
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $81,271
Battle Creek, MI $90,844
Bay City, MI $92,541
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $102,370
Flint, MI $86,527
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $90,930
Midland, MI $88,351
Muskegon, MI $84,836
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $72,312
$87,450
Minnesota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Minnesota (Bachelor's)

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($100,361) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $86,081
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $100,361
Rochester, MN $84,727
St. Cloud, MN $82,142
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $78,063
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $81,263
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $78,225
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $81,753
$84,077
Missouri

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Missouri (Bachelor's)

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($93,980) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO $72,167
Jefferson City, MO $79,137
Joplin, MO $77,776
Kansas City, MO-KS $92,924
St. Joseph, MO-KS $84,043
St. Louis, MO-IL $93,980
Springfield, MO $76,943
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $75,620
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $75,688
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $70,360
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $77,193
$79,621
Mississippi

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Mississippi (Bachelor's)

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($75,463) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Jackson, MS $75,463
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $73,108
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $69,135
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $74,828
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $71,760
Hattiesburg, MS $71,739
$72,672
Montana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Montana (Bachelor's)

West Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($83,524) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Missoula, MT $76,948
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $80,558
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $83,524
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $79,410
Great Falls, MT $77,466
$79,581
North Carolina

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for North Carolina (Bachelor's)

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($107,659) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Greensboro-High Point, NC $90,808
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $83,183
Jacksonville, NC $76,243
Winston-Salem, NC $90,091
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $79,846
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $79,502
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $81,723
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $79,173
Burlington, NC $84,527
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $97,583
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $107,659
Fayetteville, NC $88,883
Goldsboro, NC $84,156
Greenville, NC $92,224
New Bern, NC $92,527
Raleigh, NC $100,916
Rocky Mount, NC $83,424
Wilmington, NC $87,111
$87,754
North Dakota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for North Dakota (Bachelor's)

Grand Forks, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($90,299) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $89,571
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $85,802
Grand Forks, ND-MN $90,299
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $76,703
$85,594
Nebraska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nebraska (Bachelor's)

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($84,506) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE $83,334
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $84,506
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $72,841
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $78,774
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $77,284
$79,348
New Hampshire

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Hampshire (Bachelor's)

Portsmouth, NH-ME metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($107,793) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $69,089
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $93,766
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $94,817
Manchester, NH $106,635
Portsmouth, NH-ME $107,793
$94,420
New Jersey

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Jersey (Bachelor's)

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest average salary median in New Jersey ($120,231) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $94,173
Trenton, NJ $120,231
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $100,276
$104,893
New Mexico

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Mexico (Bachelor's)

Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($85,046) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $78,753
Las Cruces, NM $76,447
Santa Fe, NM $74,844
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $77,054
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $85,046
$78,429
Nevada

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nevada (Bachelor's)

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($87,334) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $84,511
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $82,790
Reno, NV $87,334
$84,878
New York

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New York (Bachelor's)

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro area has the highest average salary median in New York ($128,450) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Binghamton, NY $93,587
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $97,787
Elmira, NY $89,748
Glens Falls, NY $92,150
Ithaca, NY $105,540
Kingston, NY $81,081
Rochester, NY $99,351
Syracuse, NY $97,926
Utica-Rome, NY $84,504
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $81,583
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $86,813
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $91,310
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $91,719
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $128,450
$94,396
Ohio

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Ohio (Bachelor's)

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($93,553) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH $83,135
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $91,890
Columbus, OH $93,553
Dayton, OH $92,094
Lima, OH $81,217
Springfield, OH $78,832
Toledo, OH $87,386
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $79,194
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $81,333
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $81,373
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $82,685
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $83,537
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $91,976
Mansfield, OH $73,559
$84,412
Oklahoma

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oklahoma (Bachelor's)

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($86,153) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK $73,751
Oklahoma City, OK $86,153
Tulsa, OK $84,779
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $75,264
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $79,631
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $79,834
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $75,420
$79,262
Oregon

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oregon (Bachelor's)

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($94,631) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Salem, OR $83,923
Bend-Redmond, OR $77,354
Corvallis, OR $82,085
Eugene, OR $76,984
Grants Pass, OR $66,223
Medford, OR $77,423
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $94,631
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $80,819
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $77,858
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $76,188
$79,349
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Pennsylvania (Bachelor's)

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($109,466) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA $83,337
East Stroudsburg, PA $90,825
Johnstown, PA $77,442
Lancaster, PA $87,618
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $83,132
Williamsport, PA $79,032
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $78,028
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $83,370
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $79,886
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $89,964
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $92,978
Erie, PA $77,353
Gettysburg, PA $83,048
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $91,809
Lebanon, PA $83,948
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $109,466
Pittsburgh, PA $94,661
Reading, PA $96,181
State College, PA $86,710
York-Hanover, PA $94,662
$87,173
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Puerto Rico (Bachelor's)

Guayama, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($73,027) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $56,693
Arecibo, PR $56,893
Mayaguez, PR $42,000
Ponce, PR $58,693
San German, PR $37,545
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $65,416
Guayama, PR $73,027
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $65,379
$56,956
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for South Carolina (Bachelor's)

Florence, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($94,854) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $87,332
Florence, SC $94,854
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $85,409
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $79,763
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $81,122
Spartanburg, SC $83,901
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $78,770
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $78,830
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $83,198
Sumter, SC $82,093
$83,527
South Dakota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for South Dakota (Bachelor's)

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($93,417) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $93,417
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $86,049
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $71,444
$83,637
Tennessee

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Tennessee (Bachelor's)

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($83,892) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $74,571
Jackson, TN $77,287
Johnson City, TN $77,352
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $83,892
Knoxville, TN $77,180
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $81,611
Morristown, TN $71,502
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $83,637
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $71,242
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $70,885
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $64,393
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $73,153
Cleveland, TN $77,038
$75,673
Texas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Texas (Bachelor's)

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($101,011) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Corpus Christi, TX $85,293
Killeen-Temple, TX $87,382
Lubbock, TX $80,106
Texarkana, TX-AR $77,460
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $88,920
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $80,577
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $79,449
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $78,103
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $82,856
Amarillo, TX $81,471
Austin-Round Rock, TX $95,243
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $94,279
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $80,301
College Station-Bryan, TX $81,911
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $99,730
El Paso, TX $84,009
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $101,011
Laredo, TX $71,892
Longview, TX $87,392
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $69,935
Midland, TX $97,543
Odessa, TX $97,148
San Angelo, TX $79,405
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $92,860
Sherman-Denison, TX $81,943
Tyler, TX $79,924
Victoria, TX $89,217
Waco, TX $84,312
Wichita Falls, TX $82,623
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $85,278
$85,252
Utah

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Utah (Bachelor's)

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($81,565) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $80,526
Provo-Orem, UT $77,728
St. George, UT $65,644
Salt Lake City, UT $81,565
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $79,215
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $65,897
$75,096
Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Virginia (Bachelor's)

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($99,326) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA $96,544
Harrisonburg, VA $93,794
Lynchburg, VA $90,264
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $78,709
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $82,111
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $87,508
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $86,201
Richmond, VA $96,886
Roanoke, VA $84,702
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $86,057
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $99,326
Winchester, VA-WV $98,485
$90,049
Vermont

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Vermont (Bachelor's)

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($80,642) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $76,309
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $80,642
$78,476
Wisconsin

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wisconsin (Bachelor's)

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($99,886) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fond du Lac, WI $91,318
Green Bay, WI $87,449
Janesville-Beloit, WI $95,613
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $86,900
Madison, WI $94,357
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $89,042
Wausau, WI $89,799
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $81,278
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $81,391
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $87,575
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $84,272
Eau Claire, WI $84,023
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $99,886
Racine, WI $94,563
Sheboygan, WI $91,714
$89,279
West Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for West Virginia (Bachelor's)

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($83,376) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV $73,986
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $75,688
Morgantown, WV $80,416
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $80,322
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $83,376
Wheeling, WV-OH $77,936
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $67,359
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $73,464
$76,568
Wyoming

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wyoming (Bachelor's)

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($92,530) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $88,012
Cheyenne, WY $87,985
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $92,530
$89,509

No Degree

Average Salary Median: $79,911

The state with the highest average salary median for jobs which don't require a degree is New Jersey ($103,392) in the Trenton, NJ metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alaska (No Degree)

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($87,145) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fairbanks, AK $86,958
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $87,145
$87,052
Alabama

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alabama (No Degree)

Huntsville, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($105,667) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $75,383
Mobile, AL $84,140
Montgomery, AL $80,060
Tuscaloosa, AL $84,260
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $72,918
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $70,002
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $80,432
Auburn-Opelika, AL $82,384
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $86,577
Decatur, AL $82,080
Dothan, AL $77,043
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $71,784
Gadsden, AL $69,298
Huntsville, AL $105,667
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $73,094
$79,675
Arkansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arkansas (No Degree)

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($72,657) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $66,768
Hot Springs, AR $60,092
Jonesboro, AR $68,515
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $72,657
Pine Bluff, AR $65,764
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $63,798
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $67,705
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $66,083
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $63,020
$66,045
Arizona

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arizona (No Degree)

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($89,022) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $65,742
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $89,022
Prescott, AZ $66,320
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $85,508
Tucson, AZ $79,917
Yuma, AZ $74,740
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $71,250
$76,071
California

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for California (No Degree)

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($146,793) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Chico, CA $77,252
El Centro, CA $82,175
Fresno, CA $81,510
Merced, CA $84,042
Modesto, CA $90,927
Napa, CA $103,517
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $98,325
Redding, CA $82,672
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $89,368
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $97,078
Salinas, CA $93,860
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $86,230
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $91,035
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $97,443
Santa Rosa, CA $101,612
Stockton-Lodi, CA $93,830
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $103,722
Visalia-Porterville, CA $82,048
Yuba City, CA $84,347
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $72,900
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $76,508
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $77,785
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $86,333
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $104,107
Madera, CA $88,642
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $102,825
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $127,323
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $146,793
$93,007
Colorado

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Colorado (No Degree)

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($113,678) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Colorado Springs, CO $95,997
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $71,242
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $78,193
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $88,913
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $113,678
Fort Collins, CO $98,287
Grand Junction, CO $83,277
Greeley, CO $95,175
Pueblo, CO $82,752
$89,724
Connecticut

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Connecticut (No Degree)

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($104,823) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Danbury, CT $101,598
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $104,823
New Haven, CT $97,550
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $99,165
Waterbury, CT $88,770
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $84,328
$96,039
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Florida (No Degree)

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($89,997) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $71,430
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $71,138
Gainesville, FL $73,123
Jacksonville, FL $82,115
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $86,772
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $76,025
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $79,298
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $81,167
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $89,997
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $70,652
Port St. Lucie, FL $69,325
Punta Gorda, FL $65,252
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $72,706
Tallahassee, FL $71,077
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $84,042
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $60,904
Homosassa Springs, FL $63,570
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $77,733
Ocala, FL $72,557
Panama City, FL $70,177
Sebring, FL $58,824
The Villages, FL $78,380
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $73,268
$73,893
Georgia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Georgia (No Degree)

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($94,798) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $79,740
Columbus, GA-AL $75,853
Rome, GA $66,384
Valdosta, GA $70,827
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $66,683
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $63,566
Athens-Clarke County, GA $71,850
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $94,798
Brunswick, GA $85,215
Dalton, GA $74,277
Gainesville, GA $75,028
Hinesville, GA $79,178
Macon, GA $69,716
Savannah, GA $78,820
Warner Robins, GA $83,685
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $70,458
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $66,177
$74,839
Hawaii

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Hawaii (No Degree)

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($89,300) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Urban Honolulu, HI $89,300
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $80,658
$84,979
Iowa

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Iowa (No Degree)

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($90,855) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cedar Rapids, IA $88,010
Dubuque, IA $78,775
Iowa City, IA $78,575
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $81,842
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $75,142
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $69,567
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $71,090
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $66,312
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $73,978
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $85,967
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $90,855
$78,192
Idaho

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Idaho (No Degree)

Idaho Falls, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($79,897) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $70,327
Idaho Falls, ID $79,897
Lewiston, ID-WA $64,290
Pocatello, ID $58,694
Twin Falls, ID $62,643
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $66,675
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $64,917
$66,777
Illinois

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Illinois (No Degree)

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($98,663) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $67,844
Decatur, IL $77,058
Peoria, IL $95,792
Rockford, IL $80,425
Springfield, IL $85,665
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $72,770
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $63,858
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $71,760
Champaign-Urbana, IL $78,468
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $98,663
Danville, IL $82,402
Kankakee, IL $75,233
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $68,233
$78,321
Indiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Indiana (No Degree)

Columbus, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($96,234) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbus, IN $96,234
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $79,798
Evansville, IN-KY $74,918
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $83,978
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $83,015
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $75,770
Muncie, IN $72,378
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $76,473
Terre Haute, IN $69,770
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $78,517
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $75,375
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $72,695
Fort Wayne, IN $81,870
Kokomo, IN $75,342
$78,295
Kansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kansas (No Degree)

Wichita, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($83,507) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Manhattan, KS $72,730
Topeka, KS $73,314
Wichita, KS $83,507
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $72,060
$75,403
Kentucky

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kentucky (No Degree)

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($82,230) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lexington-Fayette, KY $79,163
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $82,230
Owensboro, KY $72,675
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $68,745
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $69,235
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $69,627
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $61,895
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $76,154
$72,466
Louisiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Louisiana (No Degree)

Houma-Thibodaux, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($84,353) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Houma-Thibodaux, LA $84,353
Lafayette, LA $74,952
Lake Charles, LA $79,047
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $83,208
Baton Rouge, LA $75,118
Hammond, LA $72,923
Monroe, LA $70,540
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $75,320
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $66,800
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $68,813
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $67,690
$74,433
Massachusetts

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Massachusetts (No Degree)

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($110,198) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Leominster-Gardner, MA $87,324
New Bedford, MA $88,182
Pittsfield, MA $80,860
Springfield, MA-CT $87,778
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $79,164
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $110,198
Worcester, MA-CT $92,077
$89,369
Maryland

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maryland (No Degree)

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($115,348) for jobs which don't require a degree.

California-Lexington Park, MD $115,348
Cumberland, MD-WV $72,840
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $81,325
Salisbury, MD-DE $85,778
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $77,478
$86,554
Maine

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maine (No Degree)

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($89,132) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $77,672
Portland-South Portland, ME $89,132
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $70,877
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $73,237
$77,729
Michigan

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Michigan (No Degree)

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($99,072) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $89,925
Jackson, MI $90,323
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $85,612
Monroe, MI $86,218
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $78,862
Saginaw, MI $82,347
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $69,878
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $72,932
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $77,153
Battle Creek, MI $88,830
Bay City, MI $80,556
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $99,072
Flint, MI $82,807
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $91,123
Midland, MI $76,470
Muskegon, MI $73,875
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $67,787
$81,986
Minnesota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Minnesota (No Degree)

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($102,213) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $77,513
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $102,213
Rochester, MN $82,533
St. Cloud, MN $79,208
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $75,392
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $74,498
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $76,690
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $80,473
$81,065
Missouri

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Missouri (No Degree)

Kansas City, MO-KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($92,623) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbia, MO $73,058
Jefferson City, MO $75,392
Joplin, MO $70,323
Kansas City, MO-KS $92,623
St. Joseph, MO-KS $77,022
St. Louis, MO-IL $91,770
Springfield, MO $73,387
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $70,512
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $69,398
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $66,967
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $63,994
$74,950
Mississippi

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Mississippi (No Degree)

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($70,518) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Jackson, MS $70,518
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $63,708
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $66,083
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $67,665
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $69,220
Hattiesburg, MS $63,910
$66,851
Montana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Montana (No Degree)

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($79,225) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Missoula, MT $73,764
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $79,225
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $72,438
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $70,312
Great Falls, MT $74,342
$74,016
North Carolina

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for North Carolina (No Degree)

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($105,708) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Greensboro-High Point, NC $92,373
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $82,033
Jacksonville, NC $76,036
Winston-Salem, NC $89,673
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $75,332
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $72,857
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $79,105
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $70,096
Burlington, NC $82,322
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $102,183
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $105,708
Fayetteville, NC $87,522
Goldsboro, NC $77,168
Greenville, NC $87,956
New Bern, NC $83,380
Raleigh, NC $98,193
Rocky Mount, NC $83,112
Wilmington, NC $83,497
$84,919
North Dakota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for North Dakota (No Degree)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($83,164) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fargo, ND-MN $83,164
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $81,057
Grand Forks, ND-MN $81,382
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $75,002
$80,151
Nebraska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nebraska (No Degree)

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($83,935) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lincoln, NE $80,033
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $83,935
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $70,558
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $73,713
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $69,234
$75,495
New Hampshire

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Hampshire (No Degree)

Portsmouth, NH-ME metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($109,388) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $67,964
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $87,505
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $93,038
Manchester, NH $96,418
Portsmouth, NH-ME $109,388
$90,863
New Jersey

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Jersey (No Degree)

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest average salary median in New Jersey ($119,125) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ocean City, NJ $92,608
Trenton, NJ $119,125
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $98,442
$103,392
New Mexico

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New Mexico (No Degree)

Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($77,974) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Farmington, NM $76,578
Las Cruces, NM $71,506
Santa Fe, NM $73,342
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $77,974
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $76,825
$75,245
Nevada

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nevada (No Degree)

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($84,507) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $81,924
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $81,337
Reno, NV $84,507
$82,589
New York

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for New York (No Degree)

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro area has the highest average salary median in New York ($127,988) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Binghamton, NY $86,563
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $92,800
Elmira, NY $82,625
Glens Falls, NY $83,334
Ithaca, NY $100,004
Kingston, NY $80,326
Rochester, NY $96,017
Syracuse, NY $93,252
Utica-Rome, NY $85,878
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $80,836
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $81,177
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $82,325
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $84,645
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $127,988
$89,841
Ohio

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Ohio (No Degree)

Dayton, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($92,163) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Canton-Massillon, OH $77,222
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $90,167
Columbus, OH $90,730
Dayton, OH $92,163
Lima, OH $74,680
Springfield, OH $75,648
Toledo, OH $83,243
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $71,945
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $78,923
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $78,272
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $77,878
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $77,865
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $89,892
Mansfield, OH $69,795
$80,602
Oklahoma

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oklahoma (No Degree)

Tulsa, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($81,967) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lawton, OK $75,892
Oklahoma City, OK $81,702
Tulsa, OK $81,967
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $72,360
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $76,562
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $67,156
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $67,840
$74,783
Oregon

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oregon (No Degree)

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($95,328) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Salem, OR $87,677
Bend-Redmond, OR $76,943
Corvallis, OR $84,274
Eugene, OR $74,883
Grants Pass, OR $68,352
Medford, OR $77,317
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $95,328
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $73,228
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $71,382
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $70,575
$77,996
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Pennsylvania (No Degree)

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($108,983) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Altoona, PA $81,768
East Stroudsburg, PA $83,684
Johnstown, PA $74,784
Lancaster, PA $87,958
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $82,210
Williamsport, PA $79,380
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $73,668
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $81,083
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $79,442
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $88,115
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $86,715
Erie, PA $76,568
Gettysburg, PA $83,092
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $93,157
Lebanon, PA $86,067
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $108,983
Pittsburgh, PA $94,925
Reading, PA $93,698
State College, PA $83,968
York-Hanover, PA $94,808
$85,704
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Puerto Rico (No Degree)

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($57,268) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $43,120
Arecibo, PR $39,692
Mayaguez, PR $41,060
Ponce, PR $46,548
San German, PR $34,186
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $57,268
Guayama, PR $48,456
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $40,136
$43,808
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for South Carolina (No Degree)

Columbia, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($84,765) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbia, SC $84,765
Florence, SC $79,817
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $83,550
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $78,250
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $76,013
Spartanburg, SC $82,575
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $73,203
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $69,952
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $72,407
Sumter, SC $76,614
$77,715
South Dakota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for South Dakota (No Degree)

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($89,713) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Sioux Falls, SD $89,713
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $81,610
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $70,730
$80,684
Tennessee

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Tennessee (No Degree)

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($82,682) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Clarksville, TN-KY $70,610
Jackson, TN $71,530
Johnson City, TN $69,628
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $77,542
Knoxville, TN $74,723
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $80,733
Morristown, TN $63,482
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $82,682
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $65,375
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $64,462
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $62,445
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $65,207
Cleveland, TN $70,543
$70,689
Texas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Texas (No Degree)

Midland, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($99,603) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Corpus Christi, TX $80,172
Killeen-Temple, TX $81,770
Lubbock, TX $74,665
Texarkana, TX-AR $73,020
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $79,337
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $75,653
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $68,452
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $71,423
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $77,388
Amarillo, TX $78,482
Austin-Round Rock, TX $92,872
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $82,648
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $68,538
College Station-Bryan, TX $78,668
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $98,572
El Paso, TX $78,592
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $98,650
Laredo, TX $73,192
Longview, TX $82,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $73,197
Midland, TX $99,603
Odessa, TX $87,575
San Angelo, TX $69,110
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $89,415
Sherman-Denison, TX $71,112
Tyler, TX $75,097
Victoria, TX $76,784
Waco, TX $77,345
Wichita Falls, TX $72,390
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $73,697
$79,345
Utah

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Utah (No Degree)

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($78,842) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $72,295
Provo-Orem, UT $74,572
St. George, UT $63,327
Salt Lake City, UT $78,842
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $68,650
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $60,565
$69,708
Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Virginia (No Degree)

Richmond, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($97,983) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Charlottesville, VA $95,828
Harrisonburg, VA $81,660
Lynchburg, VA $86,775
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $68,700
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $69,280
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $89,992
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $77,850
Richmond, VA $97,983
Roanoke, VA $83,817
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $82,095
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $94,838
Winchester, VA-WV $91,270
$85,007
Vermont

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Vermont (No Degree)

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($80,252) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $70,460
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $80,252
$75,356
Wisconsin

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wisconsin (No Degree)

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($98,833) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fond du Lac, WI $93,503
Green Bay, WI $87,515
Janesville-Beloit, WI $91,385
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $82,290
Madison, WI $95,165
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $87,595
Wausau, WI $85,280
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $74,210
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $80,932
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $83,295
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $81,982
Eau Claire, WI $77,695
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $98,833
Racine, WI $92,348
Sheboygan, WI $94,118
$87,076
West Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for West Virginia (No Degree)

Morgantown, WV metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($82,787) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Charleston, WV $72,736
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $73,218
Morgantown, WV $82,787
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $79,612
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $72,362
Wheeling, WV-OH $71,898
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $60,292
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $67,912
$72,602
Wyoming

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wyoming (No Degree)

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($82,240) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $76,524
Cheyenne, WY $81,158
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $82,240
$79,974

Associate's

Average Salary Median: $94,112

The state with the highest average salary median for an associate's degree is New Jersey ($119,923) in the Trenton, NJ metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alaska (Associate's)

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($93,580) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $93,580
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $93,543
$93,562
Alabama

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alabama (Associate's)

Huntsville, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($118,920) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $80,987
Mobile, AL $104,080
Montgomery, AL $92,557
Tuscaloosa, AL $99,687
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $88,297
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $84,753
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $89,773
Auburn-Opelika, AL $99,790
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $99,763
Decatur, AL $107,670
Dothan, AL $85,660
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $89,610
Gadsden, AL $84,490
Huntsville, AL $118,920
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $84,963
$94,067
Arkansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arkansas (Associate's)

South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($100,230) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $73,220
Hot Springs, AR $64,060
Jonesboro, AR $84,030
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $82,873
Pine Bluff, AR $87,440
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $71,737
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $78,377
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $73,620
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $100,230
$79,510
Arizona

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arizona (Associate's)

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($106,130) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $85,403
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $106,130
Prescott, AZ $84,920
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $92,200
Tucson, AZ $97,850
Yuma, AZ $88,720
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $94,250
$92,782
California

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for California (Associate's)

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($163,923) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA $96,270
El Centro, CA $99,090
Fresno, CA $91,073
Merced, CA $106,960
Modesto, CA $103,543
Napa, CA $123,333
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $115,467
Redding, CA $99,637
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $102,017
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $111,207
Salinas, CA $110,617
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $111,747
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $97,350
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $115,940
Santa Rosa, CA $111,437
Stockton-Lodi, CA $103,403
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $119,857
Visalia-Porterville, CA $95,097
Yuba City, CA $96,060
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $87,633
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $86,970
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $89,870
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $95,933
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $119,590
Madera, CA $107,397
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $120,170
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $150,577
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $163,923
$108,292
Colorado

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Colorado (Associate's)

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($136,233) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $117,063
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $80,130
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $89,510
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $100,800
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $136,233
Fort Collins, CO $119,750
Grand Junction, CO $97,660
Greeley, CO $109,257
Pueblo, CO $105,143
$106,172
Connecticut

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Connecticut (Associate's)

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($126,060) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $119,953
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $126,060
New Haven, CT $116,633
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $125,820
Waterbury, CT $103,237
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $106,957
$116,443
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Florida (Associate's)

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($105,383) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $82,810
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $85,307
Gainesville, FL $87,173
Jacksonville, FL $96,040
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $100,617
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $79,903
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $91,503
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $93,947
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $105,383
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $86,690
Port St. Lucie, FL $85,987
Punta Gorda, FL $74,520
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $83,530
Tallahassee, FL $93,063
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $98,343
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $77,760
Homosassa Springs, FL $73,410
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $96,990
Ocala, FL $89,790
Panama City, FL $72,570
Sebring, FL $66,540
The Villages, FL $92,060
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $77,390
$86,579
Georgia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Georgia (Associate's)

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($109,630) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $98,813
Columbus, GA-AL $93,107
Rome, GA $84,077
Valdosta, GA $83,590
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $82,190
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $82,167
Athens-Clarke County, GA $82,910
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $109,630
Brunswick, GA $89,440
Dalton, GA $86,217
Gainesville, GA $89,517
Hinesville, GA $86,950
Macon, GA $83,727
Savannah, GA $99,527
Warner Robins, GA $81,070
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $79,407
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $81,217
$87,856
Hawaii

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Hawaii (Associate's)

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($103,520) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $103,520
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $89,380
$96,450
Iowa

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Iowa (Associate's)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($103,423) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $103,423
Dubuque, IA $88,427
Iowa City, IA $88,360
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $96,187
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $86,767
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $81,447
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $80,600
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $79,417
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $88,737
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $98,120
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $101,170
$90,241
Idaho

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Idaho (Associate's)

Idaho Falls, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($87,770) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $73,180
Idaho Falls, ID $87,770
Lewiston, ID-WA $68,710
Pocatello, ID $62,950
Twin Falls, ID $75,557
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $79,023
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $75,090
$74,611
Illinois

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Illinois (Associate's)

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($112,847) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $77,800
Decatur, IL $86,073
Peoria, IL $99,167
Rockford, IL $92,417
Springfield, IL $93,170
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $90,767
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $79,553
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $82,107
Champaign-Urbana, IL $91,850
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $112,847
Danville, IL $90,407
Kankakee, IL $93,833
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $81,237
$90,094
Indiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Indiana (Associate's)

Columbus, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($122,257) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN $122,257
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $89,237
Evansville, IN-KY $93,290
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $96,200
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $99,397
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $88,923
Muncie, IN $81,107
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $86,840
Terre Haute, IN $84,917
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $88,890
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $82,707
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $86,267
Fort Wayne, IN $88,663
Kokomo, IN $89,650
$91,310
Kansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kansas (Associate's)