Average Salary and Job Outcomes With a Juvenile Corrections Degree

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

A program that prepares individuals to specialize in the provision of correction services to underage minor populations. Includes instruction in corrections, juvenile delinquency, juvenile development and psychology, juvenile law and justice administration, social services, record-keeping procedures, and communication skills.

What Can You Do With This Degree?

What Can You Do With This Degree?

Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

U.S. Summary
Job & Salary Averages
  • Salary Value (U.S.): $47,074
    "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.): 10.3%
    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: no prior years
Education Costs
  • Avg. Undergrad. Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $13,492/yr
  • Avg. Undergrad. In-State Cost (U.S.):  $9,169/yr
  • Avg. Graduate Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $13,770/yr
  • Avg. Graduate In-State Cost (U.S.):  $9,734/yr
  • Avg. Combined Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $13,562/yr
  • Avg. Combined In-State Cost (U.S.):  $9,310/yr

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: $47,074

The state with the highest salary value for this degree is New Jersey ($62,727) in the Trenton, NJ metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Salary Values for Alaska

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest salary value in Alaska ($63,015).

Fairbanks, AK $63,015
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $57,300
$60,158
Alabama

Metro Area Salary Values for Alabama

Montgomery, AL metro area has the highest salary value in Alabama ($45,060).

Auburn-Opelika, AL $38,390
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $41,560
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $40,710
Decatur, AL $35,260
Dothan, AL $36,665
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $34,265
Huntsville, AL $41,315
Mobile, AL $41,330
Montgomery, AL $45,060
Tuscaloosa, AL $41,940
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $42,430
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,905
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $33,565
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $39,990
$39,260
Arkansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Arkansas

Hot Springs, AR metro area has the highest salary value in Arkansas ($47,300).

Fort Smith, AR-OK $37,183
Jonesboro, AR $39,690
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $41,003
Pine Bluff, AR $38,707
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,287
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $39,700
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,373
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,423
Hot Springs, AR $47,300
$39,113
Arizona

Metro Area Salary Values for Arizona

Tucson, AZ metro area has the highest salary value in Arizona ($48,110).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $38,125
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $42,450
Prescott, AZ $43,130
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $42,955
Tucson, AZ $48,110
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $40,370
$42,983
California

Metro Area Salary Values for California

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area has the highest salary value in California ($85,627).

Chico, CA $43,060
El Centro, CA $58,870
Fresno, CA $61,205
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $63,460
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $81,140
Madera, CA $48,570
Merced, CA $54,790
Modesto, CA $46,500
Napa, CA $49,570
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $59,120
Redding, CA $47,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $64,007
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $65,195
Salinas, CA $49,200
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $66,455
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $85,627
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $60,925
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $55,070
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $56,920
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $58,390
Santa Rosa, CA $40,970
Stockton-Lodi, CA $62,845
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $41,140
Visalia-Porterville, CA $58,330
Yuba City, CA $44,190
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $66,780
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $68,160
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $62,355
$61,557
Colorado

Metro Area Salary Values for Colorado

Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Colorado ($54,897).

Colorado Springs, CO $46,440
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $53,577
Fort Collins, CO $51,550
Grand Junction, CO $44,915
Greeley, CO $50,650
Pueblo, CO $47,697
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $39,470
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $47,987
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $54,897
$49,024
Connecticut

Metro Area Salary Values for Connecticut

Waterbury, CT metro area has the highest salary value in Connecticut ($63,955).

Danbury, CT $63,905
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $59,675
New Haven, CT $58,600
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $53,990
Waterbury, CT $63,955
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $63,675
$60,633
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Salary Values for Florida

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area has the highest salary value in Florida ($57,313).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $43,860
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $36,300
Gainesville, FL $38,305
Jacksonville, FL $41,575
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $36,470
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $57,313
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $39,830
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $46,690
Ocala, FL $36,100
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $48,723
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $40,820
Panama City, FL $41,040
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $37,875
Port St. Lucie, FL $37,310
Punta Gorda, FL $38,095
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $41,220
Tallahassee, FL $51,293
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $41,320
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $38,030
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $35,395
$42,379
Georgia

Metro Area Salary Values for Georgia

Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area has the highest salary value in Georgia ($40,130).

Athens-Clarke County, GA $40,130
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $38,765
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $38,150
Brunswick, GA $36,170
Columbus, GA-AL $35,840
Gainesville, GA $40,110
Macon, GA $37,185
Rome, GA $40,120
Savannah, GA $37,490
Valdosta, GA $37,405
Warner Robins, GA $36,525
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $36,365
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,070
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,720
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,800
Dalton, GA $33,950
$37,014
Hawaii

Metro Area Salary Values for Hawaii

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Hawaii ($55,237).

Urban Honolulu, HI $49,497
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $55,237
$52,367
Iowa

Metro Area Salary Values for Iowa

Iowa City, IA metro area has the highest salary value in Iowa ($55,280).

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $50,205
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $54,110
Dubuque, IA $31,080
Iowa City, IA $55,280
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $39,670
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $45,000
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $44,815
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $43,350
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $39,065
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $48,725
$45,918
Idaho

Metro Area Salary Values for Idaho

Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Idaho ($47,457).

Coeur d'Alene, ID $41,770
Idaho Falls, ID $41,357
Lewiston, ID-WA $45,295
Pocatello, ID $45,655
Twin Falls, ID $41,600
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $45,560
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $47,457
$44,221
Illinois

Metro Area Salary Values for Illinois

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Illinois ($59,695).

Carbondale-Marion, IL $53,360
Champaign-Urbana, IL $56,390
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $59,695
Danville, IL $56,860
Decatur, IL $37,500
Kankakee, IL $51,500
Peoria, IL $45,890
Rockford, IL $52,100
Springfield, IL $58,290
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $55,575
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $52,855
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $56,860
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $58,385
$53,831
Indiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Indiana

Fort Wayne, IN metro area has the highest salary value in Indiana ($43,190).

Columbus, IN $37,670
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $40,520
Evansville, IN-KY $40,520
Fort Wayne, IN $43,190
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $37,865
Kokomo, IN $36,310
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $40,510
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $41,280
Muncie, IN $41,320
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $41,320
Terre Haute, IN $42,173
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $36,885
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $39,617
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,220
$39,779
Kansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Kansas

Manhattan, KS metro area has the highest salary value in Kansas ($44,630).

Manhattan, KS $44,630
Topeka, KS $44,110
Wichita, KS $41,135
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $40,240
$42,229
Kentucky

Metro Area Salary Values for Kentucky

Owensboro, KY metro area has the highest salary value in Kentucky ($44,515).

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $39,927
Lexington-Fayette, KY $43,683
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $40,443
Owensboro, KY $44,515
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $39,800
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $41,840
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $40,827
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $39,693
$41,203
Louisiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Louisiana

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area has the highest salary value in Louisiana ($45,135).

Lafayette, LA $38,870
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $43,360
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $45,135
Baton Rouge, LA $31,170
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $35,400
Lake Charles, LA $34,900
Monroe, LA $33,840
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $36,830
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $24,810
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $27,690
$36,875
Massachusetts

Metro Area Salary Values for Massachusetts

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest salary value in Massachusetts ($63,120).

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $63,120
Leominster-Gardner, MA $60,180
New Bedford, MA $51,770
Pittsfield, MA $39,130
Springfield, MA-CT $49,277
Worcester, MA-CT $60,480
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $45,220
$54,768
Maryland

Metro Area Salary Values for Maryland

Maryland nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Maryland ($51,865).

California-Lexington Park, MD $51,740
Cumberland, MD-WV $34,270
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $50,690
Salisbury, MD-DE $46,670
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $51,865
$48,058
Maine

Metro Area Salary Values for Maine

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest salary value in Maine ($55,525).

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $49,125
Portland-South Portland, ME $55,525
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $44,457
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $47,820
$48,613
Michigan

Metro Area Salary Values for Michigan

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest salary value in Michigan ($55,815).

Battle Creek, MI $51,850
Bay City, MI $43,090
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $55,815
Flint, MI $51,880
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $53,303
Jackson, MI $47,760
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $49,750
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $45,570
Midland, MI $41,830
Monroe, MI $49,280
Muskegon, MI $54,420
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $52,880
Saginaw, MI $54,550
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $53,925
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $44,385
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,170
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,255
$51,046
Minnesota

Metro Area Salary Values for Minnesota

Rochester, MN metro area has the highest salary value in Minnesota ($57,735).

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $53,960
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $55,495
Rochester, MN $57,735
St. Cloud, MN $57,200
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $50,145
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $50,405
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $48,775
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $53,750
$53,126
Missouri

Metro Area Salary Values for Missouri

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest salary value in Missouri ($52,340).

Columbia, MO $35,090
Jefferson City, MO $33,140
Joplin, MO $36,720
Kansas City, MO-KS $39,465
St. Joseph, MO-KS $33,695
St. Louis, MO-IL $52,340
Springfield, MO $38,670
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $41,933
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $33,265
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $33,365
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $35,255
$38,561
Mississippi

Metro Area Salary Values for Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS metro area has the highest salary value in Mississippi ($40,665).

Hattiesburg, MS $40,665
Jackson, MS $39,250
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $32,787
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $34,787
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $34,673
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $33,187
$35,611
Montana

Metro Area Salary Values for Montana

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Montana ($41,110).

Great Falls, MT $36,685
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $41,110
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $39,547
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,953
Missoula, MT $35,070
$38,469
North Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for North Carolina

Raleigh, NC metro area has the highest salary value in North Carolina ($54,553).

Burlington, NC $47,220
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $50,717
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $50,750
Fayetteville, NC $41,815
Goldsboro, NC $43,990
Greensboro-High Point, NC $49,037
Greenville, NC $52,745
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $46,677
Jacksonville, NC $50,880
New Bern, NC $41,130
Raleigh, NC $54,553
Rocky Mount, NC $39,295
Wilmington, NC $43,100
Winston-Salem, NC $41,265
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,867
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $40,075
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,710
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,003
$47,128
North Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND-MN metro area has the highest salary value in North Dakota ($51,503).

Fargo, ND-MN $51,030
Grand Forks, ND-MN $51,503
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $50,197
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $47,423
$49,948
Nebraska

Metro Area Salary Values for Nebraska

South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Nebraska ($45,303).

Lincoln, NE $39,860
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $42,210
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $38,510
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $38,980
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $45,303
$41,517
New Hampshire

Metro Area Salary Values for New Hampshire

West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in New Hampshire ($52,265).

Manchester, NH $48,460
Portsmouth, NH-ME $49,850
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $47,355
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $49,840
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $52,265
$49,580
New Jersey

Metro Area Salary Values for New Jersey

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest salary value in New Jersey ($69,120).

Ocean City, NJ $53,950
Trenton, NJ $69,120
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $64,317
$62,727
New Mexico

Metro Area Salary Values for New Mexico

Las Cruces, NM metro area has the highest salary value in New Mexico ($50,005).

Farmington, NM $47,185
Las Cruces, NM $50,005
Santa Fe, NM $49,553
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $41,193
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $40,927
$45,338
Nevada

Metro Area Salary Values for Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metro area has the highest salary value in Nevada ($57,820).

Nevada nonmetropolitan area $52,740
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $57,820
Reno, NV $44,910
$53,206
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 ($67,877).

Binghamton, NY $46,000
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $56,067
Elmira, NY $61,850
Glens Falls, NY $59,565
Ithaca, NY $59,160
Kingston, NY $59,980
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $67,877
Rochester, NY $60,073
Syracuse, NY $60,653
Utica-Rome, NY $59,547
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $60,350
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $61,290
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $55,625
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $59,250
$59,820
Ohio

Metro Area Salary Values for Ohio

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest salary value in Ohio ($49,860).

Canton-Massillon, OH $41,860
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $47,065
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $48,780
Columbus, OH $49,860
Dayton, OH $49,613
Lima, OH $45,840
Mansfield, OH $42,840
Springfield, OH $39,170
Toledo, OH $49,657
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $41,320
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $40,135
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $42,780
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $43,575
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $45,775
$45,901
Oklahoma

Metro Area Salary Values for Oklahoma

Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Oklahoma ($38,660).

Lawton, OK $34,470
Oklahoma City, OK $38,180
Tulsa, OK $36,080
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $35,655
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,660
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $37,800
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $35,945
$36,532
Oregon

Metro Area Salary Values for Oregon

Corvallis, OR metro area has the highest salary value in Oregon ($60,720).

Bend-Redmond, OR $49,585
Corvallis, OR $60,720
Eugene, OR $54,325
Grants Pass, OR $44,200
Medford, OR $51,400
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $54,245
Salem, OR $56,603
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $53,180
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $52,697
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $56,760
$53,611
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Salary Values for Pennsylvania

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area has the highest salary value in Pennsylvania ($58,413).

Altoona, PA $37,420
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $44,370
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $48,820
East Stroudsburg, PA $38,510
Erie, PA $45,085
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $55,020
Johnstown, PA $43,400
Lancaster, PA $44,370
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $58,413
Pittsburgh, PA $56,623
Reading, PA $36,190
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $49,300
State College, PA $45,355
Williamsport, PA $45,930
York-Hanover, PA $42,450
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $49,240
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $47,040
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $46,870
$48,070
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Salary Values for Puerto Rico

Guayama, PR metro area has the highest salary value in Puerto Rico ($29,730).

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $25,830
Arecibo, PR $24,905
Guayama, PR $29,730
Mayaguez, PR $24,855
Ponce, PR $25,770
San German, PR $25,355
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $24,120
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $25,740
$25,438
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for South Carolina

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC metro area has the highest salary value in South Carolina ($41,830).

Columbia, SC $39,075
Florence, SC $35,125
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $37,235
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $41,830
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $40,905
Spartanburg, SC $33,920
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,010
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,090
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $40,005
Sumter, SC $34,820
$38,183
South Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest salary value in South Dakota ($41,830).

Sioux Falls, SD $41,830
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $40,653
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,700
$40,394
Tennessee

Metro Area Salary Values for Tennessee

Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area has the highest salary value in Tennessee ($45,950).

Clarksville, TN-KY $40,740
Cleveland, TN $42,370
Jackson, TN $43,200
Johnson City, TN $37,225
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $39,030
Knoxville, TN $40,635
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $45,950
Morristown, TN $42,570
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $40,025
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $41,365
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,840
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $39,840
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $40,745
$40,843
Texas

Metro Area Salary Values for Texas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area has the highest salary value in Texas ($53,443).

Amarillo, TX $46,730
Austin-Round Rock, TX $49,650
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $51,490
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $36,900
College Station-Bryan, TX $46,790
Corpus Christi, TX $43,775
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $53,443
El Paso, TX $51,410
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $52,770
Killeen-Temple, TX $45,530
Laredo, TX $47,400
Longview, TX $38,350
Lubbock, TX $47,635
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $50,920
Midland, TX $47,460
San Angelo, TX $49,260
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $53,147
Sherman-Denison, TX $53,060
Texarkana, TX-AR $43,815
Tyler, TX $52,690
Victoria, TX $46,260
Waco, TX $46,220
Wichita Falls, TX $43,880
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $45,050
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $37,807
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $46,800
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $47,553
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $44,390
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $45,530
$46,793
Utah

Metro Area Salary Values for Utah

Central Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Utah ($49,045).

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $37,170
Provo-Orem, UT $39,420
St. George, UT $35,160
Salt Lake City, UT $47,265
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $43,530
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $49,045
$43,492
Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for Virginia

Winchester, VA-WV metro area has the highest salary value in Virginia ($48,315).

Charlottesville, VA $44,320
Harrisonburg, VA $47,270
Lynchburg, VA $40,310
Richmond, VA $46,790
Roanoke, VA $41,505
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $44,675
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $42,750
Winchester, VA-WV $48,315
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,085
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $40,605
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $41,910
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $44,955
$43,410
Vermont

Metro Area Salary Values for Vermont

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Vermont ($52,090).

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $50,927
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $52,090
$51,392
Wisconsin

Metro Area Salary Values for Wisconsin

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area has the highest salary value in Wisconsin ($50,350).

Fond du Lac, WI $45,380
Green Bay, WI $44,390
Janesville-Beloit, WI $39,850
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $39,850
Madison, WI $47,805
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $47,125
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $50,350
Racine, WI $33,890
Sheboygan, WI $39,260
Wausau, WI $36,680
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,045
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $45,215
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $48,280
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $45,250
$44,451
West Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for West Virginia

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest salary value in West Virginia ($48,085).

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $41,220
Morgantown, WV $44,650
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $42,155
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $48,085
Wheeling, WV-OH $43,407
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $40,047
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $39,257
Charleston, WV $42,820
$42,336
Wyoming

Metro Area Salary Values for Wyoming

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest salary value in Wyoming ($49,805).

Cheyenne, WY $49,805
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $48,295
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $45,503
$47,530

Bachelor's

Average Salary Median: $45,975

The state with the highest average salary median for a bachelor's degree is Connecticut ($65,785) in the Connecticut nonmetropolitan area 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 ($59,640) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $59,270
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $59,640
$59,455
Alabama

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

Montgomery, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($49,740) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Auburn-Opelika, AL $38,390
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $41,560
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $42,670
Decatur, AL $45,430
Dothan, AL $39,880
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $39,980
Huntsville, AL $38,560
Mobile, AL $41,330
Montgomery, AL $49,740
Tuscaloosa, AL $38,460
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $46,130
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $43,820
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $40,620
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $41,410
$41,999
Arkansas

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($38,500) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $38,480
Jonesboro, AR $38,480
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $38,500
Pine Bluff, AR $37,770
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,770
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,480
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,490
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,380
Hot Springs, AR N/A
$38,169
Arizona

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

Arizona nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($41,040) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $37,890
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $42,450
Prescott, AZ $43,130
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $43,130
Tucson, AZ $39,990
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $41,040
$41,272
California

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

Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($63,460) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA $43,060
El Centro, CA $58,870
Fresno, CA $46,300
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $63,460
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $54,830
Madera, CA $48,570
Merced, CA $42,400
Modesto, CA $46,500
Napa, CA $49,570
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $59,120
Redding, CA $47,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $49,080
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $49,280
Salinas, CA $49,200
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $56,640
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $53,320
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $57,030
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $55,070
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $56,920
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $48,890
Santa Rosa, CA $40,970
Stockton-Lodi, CA $39,580
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $41,140
Visalia-Porterville, CA $58,330
Yuba City, CA $44,190
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $49,620
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $48,480
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $46,300
$50,133
Colorado

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

Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($59,370) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $46,610
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $51,260
Fort Collins, CO $50,290
Grand Junction, CO $47,620
Greeley, CO $54,230
Pueblo, CO $41,960
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $40,280
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $47,860
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,370
$48,831
Connecticut

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

Connecticut nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($71,670) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $67,050
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $69,840
New Haven, CT $61,730
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $55,150
Waterbury, CT $69,270
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $71,670
$65,785
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($50,740) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $43,860
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $38,430
Gainesville, FL $39,870
Jacksonville, FL $38,060
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $38,770
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $50,740
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $39,830
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $39,370
Ocala, FL $36,100
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $39,260
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $37,910
Panama City, FL $41,040
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $40,370
Port St. Lucie, FL $39,220
Punta Gorda, FL $38,620
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $41,220
Tallahassee, FL $40,860
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $38,000
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $40,830
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $36,620
$39,949
Georgia

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

Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($44,130) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $44,130
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $40,590
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $40,110
Brunswick, GA $39,320
Columbus, GA-AL $39,330
Gainesville, GA $40,110
Macon, GA $41,220
Rome, GA $40,120
Savannah, GA $40,120
Valdosta, GA $39,320
Warner Robins, GA $40,110
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $40,110
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $37,860
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $36,750
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $39,330
Dalton, GA N/A
$39,902
Hawaii

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

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($57,890) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $55,660
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $57,890
$56,775
Iowa

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

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($56,400) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $45,310
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $56,400
Dubuque, IA $31,080
Iowa City, IA $55,200
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $37,880
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $45,000
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $46,940
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $38,020
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $32,360
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $47,360
$43,555
Idaho

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

Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($59,390) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $51,130
Idaho Falls, ID $46,480
Lewiston, ID-WA $51,140
Pocatello, ID $41,260
Twin Falls, ID $44,780
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $45,990
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $59,390
$48,596
Illinois

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

South Illinois nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($59,720) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $53,360
Champaign-Urbana, IL $56,390
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $54,040
Danville, IL $56,860
Decatur, IL $37,500
Kankakee, IL $51,500
Peoria, IL $40,160
Rockford, IL $49,940
Springfield, IL $58,290
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $56,030
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $50,590
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $56,680
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $59,720
$52,389
Indiana

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

Terre Haute, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($41,330) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN $37,670
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $40,520
Evansville, IN-KY $40,520
Fort Wayne, IN $42,110
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $42,110
Kokomo, IN $36,310
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $40,510
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $41,280
Muncie, IN $41,320
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $41,320
Terre Haute, IN $41,330
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $41,320
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $38,930
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $40,510
$40,411
Kansas

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

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($45,550) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $44,630
Topeka, KS $45,550
Wichita, KS $43,550
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $41,750
$43,870
Kentucky

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

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($43,260) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $40,740
Lexington-Fayette, KY $43,260
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $40,700
Owensboro, KY $40,740
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $39,970
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $38,700
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $40,280
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $39,420
$40,476
Louisiana

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

New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($50,650) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lafayette, LA $38,620
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $50,650
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $48,000
Baton Rouge, LA N/A
Houma-Thibodaux, LA N/A
Lake Charles, LA N/A
Monroe, LA N/A
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
$45,757
Massachusetts

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

Leominster-Gardner, MA metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($58,530) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $50,990
Leominster-Gardner, MA $58,530
New Bedford, MA $51,770
Pittsfield, MA $39,130
Springfield, MA-CT $40,510
Worcester, MA-CT $47,500
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $45,220
$47,664
Maryland

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

Maryland nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($59,180) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $51,740
Cumberland, MD-WV $34,270
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $51,530
Salisbury, MD-DE $43,490
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $59,180
$48,042
Maine

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

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($60,590) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $58,660
Portland-South Portland, ME $60,590
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $53,220
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $55,390
$56,965
Michigan

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

Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($55,060) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI $51,850
Bay City, MI $43,090
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $53,130
Flint, MI $51,880
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $46,510
Jackson, MI $47,760
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $49,940
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $51,460
Midland, MI $41,830
Monroe, MI $49,280
Muskegon, MI $54,420
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $52,880
Saginaw, MI $54,550
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $52,050
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $52,120
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,060
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $54,960
$50,751
Minnesota

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

Rochester, MN metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($60,690) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $53,960
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $56,350
Rochester, MN $60,690
St. Cloud, MN $57,200
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $53,520
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $47,950
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $49,040
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $55,300
$54,251
Missouri

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

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($42,210) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO $35,090
Jefferson City, MO $35,580
Joplin, MO $36,720
Kansas City, MO-KS $39,360
St. Joseph, MO-KS $36,980
St. Louis, MO-IL $42,210
Springfield, MO $34,270
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $35,120
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,180
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,720
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $37,090
$36,847
Mississippi

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

Hattiesburg, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($37,640) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $37,640
Jackson, MS $31,300
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $31,300
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $33,450
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $35,230
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $31,290
$33,368
Montana

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

West Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($41,790) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT $41,220
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $38,220
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $41,790
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $39,630
Missoula, MT N/A
$40,215
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 ($52,410) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC $47,220
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $48,040
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $52,410
Fayetteville, NC $46,820
Goldsboro, NC $43,990
Greensboro-High Point, NC $48,740
Greenville, NC $47,000
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $47,230
Jacksonville, NC $50,880
New Bern, NC $41,130
Raleigh, NC $51,560
Rocky Mount, NC $41,010
Wilmington, NC $48,800
Winston-Salem, NC $44,970
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,610
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,390
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $46,350
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,720
$46,548
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 ($59,020) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $50,840
Grand Forks, ND-MN $59,020
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $57,300
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $52,090
$54,813
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 ($40,590) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE $39,860
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $40,590
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $39,510
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $39,860
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $38,200
$39,604
New Hampshire

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

Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($55,340) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $48,310
Portsmouth, NH-ME $48,320
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $55,340
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $50,380
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $52,450
$50,960
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 ($75,910) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $59,820
Trenton, NJ $75,910
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $58,360
$64,697
New Mexico

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

Santa Fe, NM metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($53,540) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $44,500
Las Cruces, NM $42,400
Santa Fe, NM $53,540
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $43,460
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $42,360
$45,252
Nevada

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

Nevada nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($51,270) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Nevada nonmetropolitan area $51,270
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV N/A
Reno, NV N/A
$51,270
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 ($61,520) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Binghamton, NY $46,000
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $50,790
Elmira, NY $51,830
Glens Falls, NY $57,060
Ithaca, NY $59,160
Kingston, NY $59,980
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $61,520
Rochester, NY $54,610
Syracuse, NY $57,410
Utica-Rome, NY $50,200
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $60,350
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $54,180
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $46,920
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $52,840
$54,489
Ohio

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

Cleveland-Elyria, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($49,680) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH $39,400
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $45,680
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $49,680
Columbus, OH $46,750
Dayton, OH $49,160
Lima, OH $41,320
Mansfield, OH $42,840
Springfield, OH $39,170
Toledo, OH $44,640
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $41,320
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,500
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $40,010
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $40,630
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $42,230
$43,024
Oklahoma

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

Tulsa, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($39,660) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK $39,080
Oklahoma City, OK $39,130
Tulsa, OK $39,660
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $37,500
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,660
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,600
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $37,710
$38,620
Oregon

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

Corvallis, OR metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($61,280) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR $48,200
Corvallis, OR $61,280
Eugene, OR $57,850
Grants Pass, OR $53,180
Medford, OR $55,890
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $50,720
Salem, OR $53,180
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $53,180
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $53,170
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $53,190
$53,984
Pennsylvania

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

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($50,010) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA $37,420
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $44,370
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $48,820
East Stroudsburg, PA $38,510
Erie, PA $38,560
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $50,010
Johnstown, PA $36,690
Lancaster, PA $41,050
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $47,900
Pittsburgh, PA $41,060
Reading, PA $36,190
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $39,430
State College, PA $36,320
Williamsport, PA $45,930
York-Hanover, PA $42,450
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $37,840
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $37,640
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $33,210
$40,744
Puerto Rico

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

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($32,700) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $32,700
Arecibo, PR $30,820
Guayama, PR $29,730
Mayaguez, PR $28,500
Ponce, PR $30,980
San German, PR $31,100
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $29,890
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $32,050
$30,721
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($47,610) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $42,950
Florence, SC $38,610
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $37,070
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $47,610
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $45,300
Spartanburg, SC $33,920
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,340
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,500
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,730
Sumter, SC N/A
$40,892
South Dakota

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

East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($41,700) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $41,350
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $41,700
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $40,880
$41,310
Tennessee

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

Jackson, TN metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($52,250) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $40,740
Cleveland, TN $42,370
Jackson, TN $52,250
Johnson City, TN $43,150
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $41,340
Knoxville, TN $44,710
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $43,870
Morristown, TN $42,570
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $42,160
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $47,930
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $42,050
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $49,460
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $45,710
$44,485
Texas

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

Laredo, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($54,810) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Amarillo, TX $50,900
Austin-Round Rock, TX $52,500
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $51,490
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $36,340
College Station-Bryan, TX $48,080
Corpus Christi, TX $50,910
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $53,450
El Paso, TX $51,410
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $52,130
Killeen-Temple, TX $50,900
Laredo, TX $54,810
Longview, TX $46,700
Lubbock, TX $50,900
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $50,920
Midland, TX $47,460
San Angelo, TX $49,260
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $52,650
Sherman-Denison, TX $53,060
Texarkana, TX-AR $47,480
Tyler, TX $52,690
Victoria, TX $46,260
Waco, TX $47,370
Wichita Falls, TX $47,600
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $47,530
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $54,210
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53,440
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $46,250
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $47,460
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $50,900
$49,830
Utah

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

Central Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($50,970) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $37,170
Provo-Orem, UT $39,420
St. George, UT $35,160
Salt Lake City, UT $50,100
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $37,830
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $50,970
$41,775
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 ($51,090) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA $50,610
Harrisonburg, VA $47,270
Lynchburg, VA $41,720
Richmond, VA $48,530
Roanoke, VA $39,360
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $48,850
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $51,090
Winchester, VA-WV $49,910
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,210
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $42,510
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $45,160
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $45,910
$45,678
Vermont

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

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($54,520) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $54,520
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $50,500
$52,510
Wisconsin

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

Madison, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($53,400) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fond du Lac, WI $45,380
Green Bay, WI $44,350
Janesville-Beloit, WI $39,850
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $39,850
Madison, WI $53,400
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $47,470
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $50,350
Racine, WI $33,890
Sheboygan, WI $39,260
Wausau, WI $36,680
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $45,650
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $40,170
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $52,140
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,620
$43,933
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 ($46,740) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $37,330
Morgantown, WV $45,650
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $41,770
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $46,740
Wheeling, WV-OH $38,330
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $34,270
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $35,890
Charleston, WV N/A
$39,997
Wyoming

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

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($49,730) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY $48,100
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $49,730
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $45,790
$47,873

Master's

Average Salary Median: $50,647

The state with the highest average salary median for a master's degree is California ($98,423) in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area.

Alaska

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

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($66,760) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $66,760
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $54,960
$60,860
Alabama N/A
Arkansas

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($48,800) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $42,890
Jonesboro, AR $40,900
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $48,800
Pine Bluff, AR $43,240
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $43,740
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $42,730
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $43,490
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $42,100
Hot Springs, AR $47,300
$43,910
Arizona

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

Tucson, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($59,870) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ N/A
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ N/A
Prescott, AZ N/A
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ N/A
Tucson, AZ $59,870
Arizona nonmetropolitan area N/A
$59,870
California

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

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($119,710) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA N/A
El Centro, CA N/A
Fresno, CA N/A
Hanford-Corcoran, CA N/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $119,710
Madera, CA N/A
Merced, CA N/A
Modesto, CA N/A
Napa, CA N/A
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA N/A
Redding, CA N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $57,650
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA N/A
Salinas, CA N/A
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $117,910
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA N/A
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA N/A
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA N/A
Santa Rosa, CA N/A
Stockton-Lodi, CA N/A
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA N/A
Visalia-Porterville, CA N/A
Yuba City, CA N/A
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
$98,423
Colorado

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

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($53,310) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $46,270
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $53,310
Fort Collins, CO $52,810
Grand Junction, CO $42,210
Greeley, CO $47,070
Pueblo, CO $48,500
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $38,660
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $42,950
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $47,960
$46,638
Connecticut N/A
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

Tallahassee, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($77,680) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL N/A
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL N/A
Gainesville, FL N/A
Jacksonville, FL N/A
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL N/A
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $63,030
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL N/A
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL N/A
Ocala, FL N/A
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $69,140
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL N/A
Panama City, FL N/A
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL N/A
Port St. Lucie, FL N/A
Punta Gorda, FL N/A
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL N/A
Tallahassee, FL $77,680
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL N/A
South Florida nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Florida nonmetropolitan area N/A
$69,950
Georgia N/A
Hawaii

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

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($50,070) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $50,070
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $49,920
$49,995
Iowa N/A
Idaho

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

Pocatello, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($50,050) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,410
Idaho Falls, ID $32,190
Lewiston, ID-WA $39,450
Pocatello, ID $50,050
Twin Falls, ID $38,420
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $48,980
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $43,150
$40,664
Illinois N/A
Indiana

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

Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($44,810) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN N/A
Elkhart-Goshen, IN N/A
Evansville, IN-KY N/A
Fort Wayne, IN N/A
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN N/A
Kokomo, IN N/A
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN N/A
Michigan City-La Porte, IN N/A
Muncie, IN N/A
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI N/A
Terre Haute, IN $43,220
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $44,810
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
$44,015
Kansas N/A
Kentucky

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

Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($51,010) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $49,200
Lexington-Fayette, KY $49,220
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $48,530
Owensboro, KY $48,290
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $48,490
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $49,470
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $51,010
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $47,550
$48,970
Louisiana N/A
Massachusetts

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

Worcester, MA-CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($70,870) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH N/A
Leominster-Gardner, MA N/A
New Bedford, MA N/A
Pittsfield, MA N/A
Springfield, MA-CT $54,510
Worcester, MA-CT $70,870
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area N/A
$62,690
Maryland N/A
Maine

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

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($50,460) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $39,590
Portland-South Portland, ME $50,460
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $40,390
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $46,310
$44,188
Michigan

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

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($54,700) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI N/A
Bay City, MI N/A
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI N/A
Flint, MI N/A
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $54,700
Jackson, MI N/A
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI N/A
Lansing-East Lansing, MI N/A
Midland, MI N/A
Monroe, MI N/A
Muskegon, MI N/A
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI N/A
Saginaw, MI N/A
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area N/A
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area N/A
$54,700
Minnesota N/A
Missouri

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

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($74,520) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO N/A
Jefferson City, MO N/A
Joplin, MO N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS N/A
St. Joseph, MO-KS N/A
St. Louis, MO-IL $74,520
Springfield, MO N/A
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $60,710
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
$67,615
Mississippi

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

Hattiesburg, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($43,690) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $43,690
Jackson, MS $43,380
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $42,160
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $40,880
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $40,170
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $39,560
$41,640
Montana

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

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($44,000) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT $32,150
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $44,000
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,700
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,510
Missoula, MT $35,070
$36,486
North Carolina

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

Raleigh, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($73,100) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC N/A
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $63,470
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC N/A
Fayetteville, NC N/A
Goldsboro, NC N/A
Greensboro-High Point, NC $57,360
Greenville, NC $58,490
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $51,940
Jacksonville, NC N/A
New Bern, NC N/A
Raleigh, NC $73,100
Rocky Mount, NC N/A
Wilmington, NC N/A
Winston-Salem, NC N/A
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $59,220
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $60,520
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $63,080
$60,898
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 ($51,220) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $51,220
Grand Forks, ND-MN $50,380
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $47,740
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $46,330
$48,918
Nebraska

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

South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($57,870) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE N/A
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA N/A
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $57,870
$57,870
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 ($52,080) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $48,610
Portsmouth, NH-ME $51,380
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $39,370
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $49,540
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $52,080
$48,196
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 ($62,330) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $48,080
Trenton, NJ $62,330
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $59,470
$56,627
New Mexico

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

Las Cruces, NM metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($57,610) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $49,870
Las Cruces, NM $57,610
Santa Fe, NM $51,020
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $42,800
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $43,610
$48,982
Nevada

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

Nevada nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($54,210) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Nevada nonmetropolitan area $54,210
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $53,680
Reno, NV $44,910
$50,933
New York

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

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro area has the highest average salary median in New York ($68,400) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Binghamton, NY N/A
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $49,310
Elmira, NY N/A
Glens Falls, NY N/A
Ithaca, NY N/A
Kingston, NY N/A
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $68,400
Rochester, NY $57,870
Syracuse, NY $66,110
Utica-Rome, NY $61,860
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY N/A
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $63,140
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area N/A
$61,115
Ohio

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

Dayton, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($56,300) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH N/A
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN N/A
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $49,350
Columbus, OH $53,700
Dayton, OH $56,300
Lima, OH N/A
Mansfield, OH N/A
Springfield, OH N/A
Toledo, OH $56,020
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA N/A
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) N/A
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
$53,843
Oklahoma N/A
Oregon

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

Corvallis, OR metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($60,160) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR $50,970
Corvallis, OR $60,160
Eugene, OR $50,800
Grants Pass, OR $35,220
Medford, OR $46,910
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $57,770
Salem, OR $50,090
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $43,700
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $45,180
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $46,990
$48,779
Pennsylvania

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

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($76,190) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA N/A
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA N/A
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA N/A
East Stroudsburg, PA N/A
Erie, PA N/A
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA N/A
Johnstown, PA N/A
Lancaster, PA N/A
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $76,190
Pittsburgh, PA $67,820
Reading, PA N/A
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA N/A
State College, PA N/A
Williamsport, PA N/A
York-Hanover, PA N/A
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
$72,005
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 ($20,250) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR N/A
Arecibo, PR N/A
Guayama, PR N/A
Mayaguez, PR N/A
Ponce, PR N/A
San German, PR N/A
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $20,250
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area N/A
$20,250
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina N/A
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 ($42,830) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $42,830
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $42,390
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,020
$41,080
Tennessee N/A
Texas

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

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($61,800) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Amarillo, TX N/A
Austin-Round Rock, TX N/A
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX N/A
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX N/A
College Station-Bryan, TX N/A
Corpus Christi, TX N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $56,870
El Paso, TX N/A
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $61,800
Killeen-Temple, TX N/A
Laredo, TX N/A
Longview, TX N/A
Lubbock, TX N/A
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX N/A
Midland, TX N/A
San Angelo, TX N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $61,340
Sherman-Denison, TX N/A
Texarkana, TX-AR N/A
Tyler, TX N/A
Victoria, TX N/A
Waco, TX N/A
Wichita Falls, TX N/A
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $18,950
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53,850
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
$50,562
Utah N/A
Virginia

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

Richmond, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($51,250) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA N/A
Harrisonburg, VA N/A
Lynchburg, VA N/A
Richmond, VA $51,250
Roanoke, VA N/A
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA N/A
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $32,480
Winchester, VA-WV N/A
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
$41,865
Vermont

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

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($53,680) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $50,770
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $53,680
$52,225
Wisconsin N/A
West Virginia

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

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($49,430) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $44,520
Morgantown, WV $43,650
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $42,540
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $49,430
Wheeling, WV-OH $47,630
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $42,490
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $44,260
Charleston, WV $42,820
$44,668
Wyoming

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

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($51,510) for a master's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY $51,510
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $46,860
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $47,550
$48,640

Associate's

Average Salary Median: $44,599

The state with the highest average salary median for an associate's degree is California ($77,654) in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area metro area.

Alaska N/A
Alabama

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

Tuscaloosa, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($45,420) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Auburn-Opelika, AL N/A
Birmingham-Hoover, AL N/A
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $38,750
Decatur, AL $25,090
Dothan, AL $33,450
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $28,550
Huntsville, AL $44,070
Mobile, AL N/A
Montgomery, AL $40,380
Tuscaloosa, AL $45,420
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,730
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $33,990
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $26,510
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,570
$35,774
Arkansas

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

East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($37,890) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $30,180
Jonesboro, AR N/A
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $35,710
Pine Bluff, AR $35,110
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $33,350
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,890
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $33,140
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $32,790
Hot Springs, AR N/A
$34,024
Arizona

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

Tucson, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($44,470) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $38,360
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ N/A
Prescott, AZ N/A
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $42,780
Tucson, AZ $44,470
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $39,700
$41,328
California

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

Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($87,840) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA N/A
El Centro, CA N/A
Fresno, CA $76,110
Hanford-Corcoran, CA N/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $68,880
Madera, CA N/A
Merced, CA $67,180
Modesto, CA N/A
Napa, CA N/A
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA N/A
Redding, CA N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $85,290
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $81,110
Salinas, CA N/A
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $76,270
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $85,650
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $64,820
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA N/A
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $67,890
Santa Rosa, CA N/A
Stockton-Lodi, CA $86,110
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA N/A
Visalia-Porterville, CA N/A
Yuba City, CA N/A
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $83,940
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $87,840
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $78,410
$77,654
Colorado

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

Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($57,360) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO N/A
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $56,160
Fort Collins, CO N/A
Grand Junction, CO N/A
Greeley, CO N/A
Pueblo, CO $52,630
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $53,150
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $57,360
$54,825
Connecticut

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

Danbury, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($60,760) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $60,760
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $49,510
New Haven, CT $55,470
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $52,830
Waterbury, CT $58,640
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $55,680
$55,482
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($58,170) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL N/A
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $34,170
Gainesville, FL $36,740
Jacksonville, FL $45,090
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $34,170
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $58,170
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL N/A
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $54,010
Ocala, FL N/A
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $37,770
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $43,730
Panama City, FL N/A
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $35,380
Port St. Lucie, FL $35,400
Punta Gorda, FL $37,570
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL N/A
Tallahassee, FL $35,340
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $44,640
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $35,230
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $34,170
$40,105
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 ($36,940) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $36,130
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $36,940
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $36,190
Brunswick, GA $33,020
Columbus, GA-AL $32,350
Gainesville, GA N/A
Macon, GA $33,150
Rome, GA N/A
Savannah, GA $34,860
Valdosta, GA $35,490
Warner Robins, GA $32,940
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $32,620
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $32,280
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $32,690
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $32,270
Dalton, GA $33,950
$33,920
Hawaii

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

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($57,900) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $42,760
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $57,900
$50,330
Iowa

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

Iowa City, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($55,360) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $55,100
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $51,820
Dubuque, IA N/A
Iowa City, IA $55,360
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $41,460
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA N/A
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $42,690
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $48,680
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $45,770
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $50,090
$48,871
Idaho

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

Idaho Falls, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($45,400) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID N/A
Idaho Falls, ID $45,400
Lewiston, ID-WA N/A
Pocatello, ID N/A
Twin Falls, ID N/A
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $41,710
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $39,830
$42,313
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 ($65,350) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL N/A
Champaign-Urbana, IL N/A
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $65,350
Danville, IL N/A
Decatur, IL N/A
Kankakee, IL N/A
Peoria, IL $51,620
Rockford, IL $54,260
Springfield, IL N/A
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $55,120
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $55,120
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,040
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,050
$56,509
Indiana

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

Fort Wayne, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($44,270) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN N/A
Elkhart-Goshen, IN N/A
Evansville, IN-KY N/A
Fort Wayne, IN $44,270
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $33,620
Kokomo, IN N/A
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN N/A
Michigan City-La Porte, IN N/A
Muncie, IN N/A
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI N/A
Terre Haute, IN $41,970
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $32,450
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $35,110
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $33,930
$36,892
Kansas

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

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($42,670) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS N/A
Topeka, KS $42,670
Wichita, KS $38,720
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $38,730
$40,040
Kentucky

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

Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($38,570) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $29,840
Lexington-Fayette, KY $38,570
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $32,100
Owensboro, KY N/A
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $30,940
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $37,350
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $31,190
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $32,110
$33,157
Louisiana

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

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($42,270) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lafayette, LA $39,120
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $36,070
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $42,270
Baton Rouge, LA $31,170
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $35,400
Lake Charles, LA $34,900
Monroe, LA $33,840
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $36,830
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $24,810
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $27,690
$34,210
Massachusetts

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

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($75,250) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $75,250
Leominster-Gardner, MA $61,830
New Bedford, MA N/A
Pittsfield, MA N/A
Springfield, MA-CT $52,810
Worcester, MA-CT $63,070
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area N/A
$63,240
Maryland

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

Maryland nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($44,550) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD N/A
Cumberland, MD-WV N/A
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $49,850
Salisbury, MD-DE $49,850
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $44,550
$48,083
Maine

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

Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($41,760) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME N/A
Portland-South Portland, ME N/A
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $39,760
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $41,760
$40,760
Michigan

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

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($58,700) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI N/A
Bay City, MI N/A
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $58,500
Flint, MI N/A
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $58,700
Jackson, MI N/A
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $49,560
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $39,680
Midland, MI N/A
Monroe, MI N/A
Muskegon, MI N/A
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI N/A
Saginaw, MI N/A
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,800
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $36,650
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,280
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,550
$51,215
Minnesota

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

Rochester, MN metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($54,780) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN N/A
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $54,640
Rochester, MN $54,780
St. Cloud, MN N/A
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $46,770
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $52,860
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $48,510
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $52,200
$51,627
Missouri

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

Springfield, MO metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($43,070) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO N/A
Jefferson City, MO $30,700
Joplin, MO N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS $39,570
St. Joseph, MO-KS $30,410
St. Louis, MO-IL $40,290
Springfield, MO $43,070
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,970
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,350
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,010
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $33,420
$34,199
Mississippi

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

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($43,070) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS N/A
Jackson, MS $43,070
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $24,900
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $30,030
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,620
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,710
$31,066
Montana

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

East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($40,720) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT N/A
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area N/A
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $39,150
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $40,720
Missoula, MT N/A
$39,935
North Carolina

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

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($49,090) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC N/A
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $40,640
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $49,090
Fayetteville, NC $36,810
Goldsboro, NC N/A
Greensboro-High Point, NC $41,010
Greenville, NC N/A
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $40,860
Jacksonville, NC N/A
New Bern, NC N/A
Raleigh, NC $39,000
Rocky Mount, NC $37,580
Wilmington, NC $37,400
Winston-Salem, NC $37,560
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,770
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $37,760
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,260
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,210
$39,458
North Dakota

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

West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($45,550) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN N/A
Grand Forks, ND-MN $45,110
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $45,550
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $43,850
$44,837
Nebraska

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

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($43,830) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE N/A
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $43,830
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,510
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $38,100
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $39,840
$39,820
New Hampshire

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

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($49,600) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH N/A
Portsmouth, NH-ME N/A
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $49,600
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area N/A
$49,600
New Jersey

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

Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ metro area has the highest average salary median in New Jersey ($75,120) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ N/A
Trenton, NJ N/A
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $75,120
$75,120
New Mexico

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

Santa Fe, NM metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($44,100) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM N/A
Las Cruces, NM N/A
Santa Fe, NM $44,100
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $37,320
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $36,810
$39,410
Nevada

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

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($61,960) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Nevada nonmetropolitan area N/A
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $61,960
Reno, NV N/A
$61,960
New York

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

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro area has the highest average salary median in New York ($73,710) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Binghamton, NY N/A
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $68,100
Elmira, NY $71,870
Glens Falls, NY $62,070
Ithaca, NY N/A
Kingston, NY N/A
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $73,710
Rochester, NY $67,740
Syracuse, NY $58,440
Utica-Rome, NY $66,580
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY N/A
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $66,550
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $64,330
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $65,660
$66,505
Ohio

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

Lima, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($50,360) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH $44,320
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $48,450
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $47,310
Columbus, OH $49,130
Dayton, OH $43,380
Lima, OH $50,360
Mansfield, OH N/A
Springfield, OH N/A
Toledo, OH $48,310
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA N/A
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $40,770
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $45,550
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $46,520
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $49,320
$46,675
Oklahoma

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

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($37,230) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK $29,860
Oklahoma City, OK $37,230
Tulsa, OK $32,500
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,810
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $37,000
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,180
$34,097
Oregon

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

Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($70,100) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR N/A
Corvallis, OR N/A
Eugene, OR N/A
Grants Pass, OR N/A
Medford, OR N/A
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA N/A
Salem, OR $66,540
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $62,660
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $59,740
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $70,100
$64,760
Pennsylvania

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

Pittsburgh, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($60,990) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA N/A
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA N/A
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA N/A
East Stroudsburg, PA N/A
Erie, PA $51,610
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $60,030
Johnstown, PA $50,110
Lancaster, PA $47,690
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $51,150
Pittsburgh, PA $60,990
Reading, PA N/A
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $59,170
State College, PA $54,390
Williamsport, PA N/A
York-Hanover, PA N/A
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $60,640
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $56,440
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $60,530
$55,705
Puerto Rico

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

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($22,220) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,960
Arecibo, PR $18,990
Guayama, PR N/A
Mayaguez, PR $21,210
Ponce, PR $20,560
San German, PR $19,610
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $22,220
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $19,430
$20,140
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($38,280) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $35,200
Florence, SC $31,640
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $37,400
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $36,050
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $36,510
Spartanburg, SC N/A
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,680
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,680
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,280
Sumter, SC $34,820
$35,473
South Dakota

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

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($41,310) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $41,310
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $37,870
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $37,200
$38,793
Tennessee

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

Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($48,030) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY N/A
Cleveland, TN N/A
Jackson, TN $34,150
Johnson City, TN $31,300
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $36,720
Knoxville, TN $36,560
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $48,030
Morristown, TN N/A
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $37,890
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $34,800
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $35,630
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $30,220
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $35,780
$36,108
Texas

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

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($50,010) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Amarillo, TX $42,560
Austin-Round Rock, TX $46,800
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX N/A
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $37,460
College Station-Bryan, TX $45,500
Corpus Christi, TX $36,640
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $50,010
El Paso, TX N/A
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $44,380
Killeen-Temple, TX $40,160
Laredo, TX $39,990
Longview, TX $30,000
Lubbock, TX $44,370
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX N/A
Midland, TX N/A
San Angelo, TX N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $45,450
Sherman-Denison, TX N/A
Texarkana, TX-AR $40,150
Tyler, TX N/A
Victoria, TX N/A
Waco, TX $45,070
Wichita Falls, TX $40,160
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $42,570
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $40,260
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $40,160
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $42,560
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $41,320
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $40,160
$41,701
Utah

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

Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($49,230) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT N/A
Provo-Orem, UT N/A
St. George, UT N/A
Salt Lake City, UT $44,430
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $49,230
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $47,120
$46,927
Virginia

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

Winchester, VA-WV metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($46,720) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA $38,030
Harrisonburg, VA N/A
Lynchburg, VA $38,900
Richmond, VA $40,590
Roanoke, VA $43,650
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $40,500
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $44,680
Winchester, VA-WV $46,720
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,960
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,700
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $38,660
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $44,000
$41,217
Vermont

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

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($47,490) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $47,490
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area N/A
$47,490
Wisconsin

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

Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($50,260) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fond du Lac, WI N/A
Green Bay, WI $44,430
Janesville-Beloit, WI N/A
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN N/A
Madison, WI $42,210
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $46,780
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI N/A
Racine, WI N/A
Sheboygan, WI N/A
Wausau, WI N/A
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,440
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $50,260
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $44,420
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $43,880
$45,489
West Virginia

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

Wheeling, WV-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($44,260) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $41,810
Morgantown, WV N/A
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV N/A
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH N/A
Wheeling, WV-OH $44,260
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $43,380
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $37,620
Charleston, WV N/A
$41,768
Wyoming

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

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($43,170) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY N/A
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $43,170
$43,170

3 Jobs Attainable With This Degree

The jobs below are commonly attainable with this degree. Most job roles require a bachelor's degree.  For a bachelor's degree, the average salary median is $45,975.  For a master's degree, the average salary median is $50,647.  For an associate's degree, the average salary median is $44,599. 

  Child, Family, and School Social Workers

Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.

Salary Ratio: 0.87    

The Salary Ratio is a comparison of the average salary median compared to the average cost of obtaining this degree (average of undergraduate and graduate costs). It takes a job's average salary median and then compares it to the combined average cost of undergraduate degrees (1-4 years) and graduate degrees (6 years for a masters, 8 years for a doctorate) needed to qualify for that job.

A ratio that's close to 1, or greater, indicates that the average salary median which can be earned is substantial compared to the average cost of obtaining the degree. A Salary Ratio of 0, "N/A", or "INF" implies that school data is not available to provide a proper evaluation. Explore other factors such as the years of work experience usually required, the degree level normally required, and the types of attainable jobs to determine the feasibility of pursuing this degree.

Common Job Titles    
  • Adolescent Counselor
  • Adoption Agent
  • Adoption Coordinator
  • Adoption Counselor
  • Adoption Social Worker
  • Adoption Specialist
  • Adoption Worker
  • Case Manager
  • Case Worker
  • Casework Supervisor
  • Caseworker
  • Certified Child
  • Youth
  • and Family Social Worker (C-CYFSW)
  • Certified Children
  • Youth
  • and Family Social Worker (C-CYFSW)
  • Child Abuse Worker
  • Child Advocate
  • Child and Family Services Worker
  • Child Care Counselor
  • Child Development Consultant
  • Child Protection Specialist
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker (CPS Social Worker)
  • Child Protective Services Specialist
  • Child Welfare Caseworker
  • Child Welfare Consultant
  • Child Welfare Counselor
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Specialist
  • Child Welfare Worker
  • Children's Counselor
  • Community Organization Worker
  • Delinquency Prevention Social Worker
  • Early Intervention Specialist
  • Early Interventionist
  • Family Advocate
  • Family Caseworker
  • Family Intervention Specialist
  • Family Manager
  • Family Preservation Caseworker
  • Family Preservation Worker
  • Family Protection Specialist
  • Family Resource Coordinator
  • Family Service Caseworker
  • Family Service Worker
  • Family Services Specialist
  • Family Support Specialist
  • Family Support Worker
  • Field Representative
  • Field Service Representative
  • Foster Care Social Worker
  • Foster Care Worker
  • Group Worker
  • Juvenile Counselor
  • Juvenile Officer
  • Juvenile Specialist
  • Licensed Social Worker
  • Parent Educator
  • Program Support Specialist
  • Protective Services Social Worker
  • Public Housing Community Relations and Services Advisor
  • School Social Worker
  • School Therapist
  • Social Worker
  • Youth Advocate
  • Youth Development Specialist
  • Youth Services Specialist
  • Youth Specialist
  • US Salary Median: $47,225
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 12.4%
  • Prior Experience: 2-4 years
  • Degree Level Required: Bachelor's

  Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary Ratio: 0.6    

The Salary Ratio is a comparison of the average salary median compared to the average cost of obtaining this degree (average of undergraduate and graduate costs). It takes a job's average salary median and then compares it to the combined average cost of undergraduate degrees (1-4 years) and graduate degrees (6 years for a masters, 8 years for a doctorate) needed to qualify for that job.

A ratio that's close to 1, or greater, indicates that the average salary median which can be earned is substantial compared to the average cost of obtaining the degree. A Salary Ratio of 0, "N/A", or "INF" implies that school data is not available to provide a proper evaluation. Explore other factors such as the years of work experience usually required, the degree level normally required, and the types of attainable jobs to determine the feasibility of pursuing this degree.

Common Job Titles    
  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • College Faculty Member
  • College Professor
  • Criminal Justice Adjunct Instructor
  • Criminal Justice Assistant Professor
  • Criminal Justice Associate Instructor
  • Criminal Justice Faculty Member
  • Criminal Justice Instructor
  • Criminal Justice Professor
  • Criminology Professor
  • Criminology Teacher
  • Digital Forensics Instructor
  • Instructor
  • Justice Professor
  • Penology Professor
  • Penology Teacher
  • Professor
  • University Faculty Member
  • US Salary Median: $56,594
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 10.1%
  • Prior Experience: 2-4 years
  • Degree Level Required: Master's

  Correctional Officers and Jailers

Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

Salary Ratio: 1.68    

The Salary Ratio is a comparison of the average salary median compared to the average cost of obtaining this degree (average of undergraduate and graduate costs). It takes a job's average salary median and then compares it to the combined average cost of undergraduate degrees (1-4 years) and graduate degrees (6 years for a masters, 8 years for a doctorate) needed to qualify for that job.

A ratio that's close to 1, or greater, indicates that the average salary median which can be earned is substantial compared to the average cost of obtaining the degree. A Salary Ratio of 0, "N/A", or "INF" implies that school data is not available to provide a proper evaluation. Explore other factors such as the years of work experience usually required, the degree level normally required, and the types of attainable jobs to determine the feasibility of pursuing this degree.

Common Job Titles    
  • Booking Officer
  • Certified Detention Deputy
  • Civilian Jail Officer
  • Community Corrections Officer
  • Community Services Officer
  • Convict Guard
  • Correctional Captain
  • Correctional Guard
  • Correctional Lieutenant
  • Correctional Monitor
  • Correctional Officer
  • Correctional Sergeant
  • Corrections Corporal
  • Corrections Lieutenant
  • Corrections Officer (CO)
  • Corrections Sergeant
  • Corrections Specialist
  • Cottage Master
  • Cottage Parent
  • Custodial Officer
  • Deputy Jailer
  • Detention Deputy
  • Detention Officer
  • Gate Guard
  • Gate Watchman
  • Guard
  • Immigration Guard
  • Immigration Services Officer
  • Jail Guard
  • Jail Officer
  • Jailer
  • Jailkeeper
  • Jailor
  • Juvenile Corrections Officer
  • Juvenile Detention Officer
  • Matron
  • Patrol Conductor
  • Penal Officer
  • Police Detention Attendant
  • Police Matron
  • Prison Guard
  • Prison Officer
  • Protective Services Officer
  • Reformatory Attendant
  • Security Officer
  • Station Jailer
  • Turnkey
  • Youth Corrections Officer
  • US Salary Median: $47,005
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.4%
  • Prior Experience: no prior years
  • Degree Level Required: Associate's


Average Education Costs

Bachelor's

The average cost for an undergraduate degree is $9,168 per year (or $13,492 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $36,672 to earn a bachelor's (or $53,968 if you're out-of-state).

Master's

The average cost for a graduate degree is $9,733 per year (or $13,770 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $19,466 to earn a master's (or $27,540 if you're out-of-state). This doesn't include the cost to first earn a bachelor's degree ($36,672 if you're in-state, $53,968 if you're out-of-state).

Associate's

The average cost for an undergraduate degree is $9,168 per year (or $13,492 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $18,336 to earn an associate's (or $26,984 if you're out-of-state).


Most Affordable Schools for an Undergraduate Juvenile Corrections Degrees

Oakland University

2200 North Squirrel Road - Rochester Hills, MI

Out-of-state cost: $24,735/year
In-state cost: $14,520/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

William Woods University

One University Avenue - Fulton, MO

Out-of-state cost: $25,930/year
In-state cost: $25,930/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

Prairie View A & M University

FM 1098 Road & University Drive - Prairie View, TX

Out-of-state cost: $26,398/year
In-state cost: $11,099/year
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate


Most Affordable Schools for a Graduate Juvenile Corrections Degrees

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

1871 Old Main Drive - Shippensburg, PA

Out-of-state cost: $16,830/year
In-state cost: $11,970/year
Degrees: Master's


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