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Average Salary and Job Outcomes With a Make-Up Artist & Specialist Degree

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

A program that prepares individuals to professionally apply cosmetic makeup preparations and perform complete and specialized appearance makeovers including hairdressing, wig work, masking, temporary prosthesis applications, cosmetic applications, and related costuming for leisure or for professional stage, camera, clinical, or security purposes. Includes instruction in period and contemporary hairstyling and costuming; wig work and hairpiece application; synthetic hair and masks; cosmetic preparations and treatments; makeup artistry; attachment, removal, and camouflaging of prostheses; health and safety; client consultation and care; pre- and post-production operations; set and crew conduct and relations; script, instruction, and prescription interpretation; labor relations; and business practices.

What Can You Do With This Degree?

What Can You Do With This Degree?

Provide beauty services, such as cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May shampoo hair, apply makeup, dress wigs, remove hair, and provide nail and skincare services. Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.

U.S. Summary
Job & Salary Averages
  • Salary Value (U.S.): $24,731
    "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.): 21.7%
    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: 1 year
Education Costs
  • Avg. Undergrad. Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $9,069/yr
  • Avg. Undergrad. In-State Cost (U.S.):  $7,593/yr
  • Avg. Graduate Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Graduate In-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Combined Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $9,069/yr
  • Avg. Combined In-State Cost (U.S.):  $7,593/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: $24,731

The state with the highest salary value for this degree is Massachusetts ($35,294) in the Worcester, MA-CT metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Salary Values for Alaska

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Alaska ($30,700).

Fairbanks, AK $30,545
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $30,700
$30,597
Alabama

Metro Area Salary Values for Alabama

Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Alabama ($25,460).

Auburn-Opelika, AL $24,595
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $22,345
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $23,140
Decatur, AL $24,285
Dothan, AL $24,775
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $19,345
Huntsville, AL $21,560
Mobile, AL $21,995
Montgomery, AL $20,240
Tuscaloosa, AL $21,430
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $19,675
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $25,460
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $23,440
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $21,090
Gadsden, AL $19,360
$22,280
Arkansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Arkansas

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest salary value in Arkansas ($24,045).

Fort Smith, AR-OK $22,910
Hot Springs, AR $21,790
Jonesboro, AR $21,115
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $24,045
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $23,515
Pine Bluff, AR $21,210
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $22,080
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $21,180
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $23,520
$22,481
Arizona

Metro Area Salary Values for Arizona

Arizona nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Arizona ($32,475).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $28,880
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $27,620
Prescott, AZ $27,055
Tucson, AZ $27,530
Yuma, AZ $27,930
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $32,475
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $28,250
$28,556
California

Metro Area Salary Values for California

Chico, CA metro area has the highest salary value in California ($34,760).

Chico, CA $34,760
El Centro, CA $27,080
Fresno, CA $29,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $29,920
Modesto, CA $29,450
Napa, CA $29,440
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $29,060
Redding, CA $30,730
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $29,110
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $29,550
Salinas, CA $31,520
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $29,370
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $32,070
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $32,150
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $31,610
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $29,940
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $30,810
Santa Rosa, CA $30,290
Stockton-Lodi, CA $31,010
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $31,260
Visalia-Porterville, CA $29,920
Yuba City, CA $27,070
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $29,320
$30,215
Colorado

Metro Area Salary Values for Colorado

Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Colorado ($35,220).

Colorado Springs, CO $30,520
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $31,050
Fort Collins, CO $26,210
Grand Junction, CO $25,370
Greeley, CO $28,550
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $35,220
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $31,550
$29,781
Connecticut

Metro Area Salary Values for Connecticut

Connecticut nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Connecticut ($32,540).

Danbury, CT $28,920
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $30,325
New Haven, CT $28,755
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $27,030
Waterbury, CT $31,555
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $32,540
$29,610
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Salary Values for Florida

Punta Gorda, FL metro area has the highest salary value in Florida ($30,730).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $22,785
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $22,630
Gainesville, FL $22,305
Homosassa Springs, FL $25,890
Jacksonville, FL $24,240
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $22,460
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $25,965
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $29,130
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $28,330
Ocala, FL $22,360
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $26,335
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $28,765
Panama City, FL $22,655
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $25,665
Port St. Lucie, FL $23,510
Punta Gorda, FL $30,730
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $26,985
Tallahassee, FL $24,100
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $26,495
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $27,700
Sebring, FL $23,850
The Villages, FL $24,470
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $24,540
$25,370
Georgia

Metro Area Salary Values for Georgia

Columbus, GA-AL metro area has the highest salary value in Georgia ($29,255).

Athens-Clarke County, GA $20,620
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $24,885
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $21,030
Brunswick, GA $24,270
Columbus, GA-AL $29,255
Dalton, GA $21,665
Gainesville, GA $22,440
Macon, GA $23,310
Rome, GA $19,525
Savannah, GA $21,930
Valdosta, GA $20,645
Warner Robins, GA $20,715
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $23,095
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $23,650
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $20,255
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $21,555
Hinesville, GA $20,690
$22,375
Hawaii

Metro Area Salary Values for Hawaii

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest salary value in Hawaii ($32,145).

Urban Honolulu, HI $32,145
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $31,655
$31,900
Iowa

Metro Area Salary Values for Iowa

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro area has the highest salary value in Iowa ($29,100).

Cedar Rapids, IA $25,710
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $23,940
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $27,400
Dubuque, IA $26,680
Iowa City, IA $27,145
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $24,510
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $29,100
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $25,540
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $26,065
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $28,250
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $22,360
$26,064
Idaho

Metro Area Salary Values for Idaho

Twin Falls, ID metro area has the highest salary value in Idaho ($27,995).

Coeur d'Alene, ID $25,525
Idaho Falls, ID $23,745
Lewiston, ID-WA $25,550
Pocatello, ID $22,155
Twin Falls, ID $27,995
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $25,135
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $23,145
$24,750
Illinois

Metro Area Salary Values for Illinois

Springfield, IL metro area has the highest salary value in Illinois ($38,780).

Champaign-Urbana, IL $20,760
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $27,960
Decatur, IL $28,810
Peoria, IL $27,310
Rockford, IL $26,650
Springfield, IL $38,780
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $20,580
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $36,790
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $24,810
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $24,460
$27,691
Indiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Indiana

Evansville, IN-KY metro area has the highest salary value in Indiana ($29,155).

Elkhart-Goshen, IN $23,465
Evansville, IN-KY $29,155
Fort Wayne, IN $24,315
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $25,400
Kokomo, IN $24,640
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $24,370
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $24,360
Muncie, IN $22,490
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $23,210
Terre Haute, IN $23,835
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $22,495
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $25,280
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $19,745
Columbus, IN $22,830
$24,013
Kansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Kansas

Wichita, KS metro area has the highest salary value in Kansas ($22,040).

Manhattan, KS $21,260
Topeka, KS $21,515
Wichita, KS $22,040
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $20,795
$21,403
Kentucky

Metro Area Salary Values for Kentucky

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY metro area has the highest salary value in Kentucky ($28,020).

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $28,020
Lexington-Fayette, KY $24,620
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $25,470
Owensboro, KY $23,735
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $21,865
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $22,040
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $22,690
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $21,145
$23,698
Louisiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Louisiana

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area has the highest salary value in Louisiana ($24,240).

Houma-Thibodaux, LA $19,780
Lafayette, LA $20,780
Monroe, LA $19,850
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $20,565
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $24,240
Baton Rouge, LA $22,950
Hammond, LA $21,570
Lake Charles, LA $19,670
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,420
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,400
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,580
$21,001
Massachusetts

Metro Area Salary Values for Massachusetts

Worcester, MA-CT metro area has the highest salary value in Massachusetts ($40,335).

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $36,550
Leominster-Gardner, MA $31,740
New Bedford, MA $33,595
Pittsfield, MA $35,625
Springfield, MA-CT $32,580
Worcester, MA-CT $40,335
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $36,635
$35,294
Maryland

Metro Area Salary Values for Maryland

Salisbury, MD-DE metro area has the highest salary value in Maryland ($28,090).

California-Lexington Park, MD $26,000
Cumberland, MD-WV $25,090
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $27,785
Salisbury, MD-DE $28,090
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $27,965
$26,986
Maine

Metro Area Salary Values for Maine

Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Maine ($34,460).

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $27,230
Portland-South Portland, ME $28,575
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $30,115
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $34,460
$30,095
Michigan

Metro Area Salary Values for Michigan

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area has the highest salary value in Michigan ($29,325).

Battle Creek, MI $26,710
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $26,245
Flint, MI $24,075
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $28,070
Jackson, MI $28,630
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $29,325
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $25,565
Monroe, MI $24,620
Muskegon, MI $26,525
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $28,930
Saginaw, MI $29,300
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $26,520
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $23,075
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $28,475
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $26,280
Bay City, MI $28,270
Midland, MI $24,630
$26,800
Minnesota

Metro Area Salary Values for Minnesota

Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Minnesota ($30,675).

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $30,610
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $29,335
Rochester, MN $27,620
St. Cloud, MN $28,535
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $26,545
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $30,675
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $27,775
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $27,940
$28,675
Missouri

Metro Area Salary Values for Missouri

Columbia, MO metro area has the highest salary value in Missouri ($28,235).

Columbia, MO $28,235
Jefferson City, MO $21,715
Joplin, MO $21,315
Kansas City, MO-KS $24,850
St. Joseph, MO-KS $24,370
St. Louis, MO-IL $26,315
Springfield, MO $24,570
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $23,520
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $26,880
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $22,070
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $23,465
$24,300
Mississippi

Metro Area Salary Values for Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS metro area has the highest salary value in Mississippi ($24,495).

Hattiesburg, MS $24,495
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $23,225
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $19,565
Jackson, MS $20,640
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $19,570
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,640
$21,713
Montana

Metro Area Salary Values for Montana

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Montana ($25,335).

Great Falls, MT $24,370
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $25,335
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $25,285
Missoula, MT $24,500
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $25,320
$24,975
North Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for North Carolina

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area has the highest salary value in North Carolina ($27,720).

Burlington, NC $24,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $26,465
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $27,720
Fayetteville, NC $21,300
Goldsboro, NC $20,535
Greensboro-High Point, NC $23,835
Greenville, NC $23,030
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $23,770
Jacksonville, NC $24,765
Raleigh, NC $24,665
Wilmington, NC $20,880
Winston-Salem, NC $24,215
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $24,265
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,825
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,100
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $21,215
New Bern, NC $22,720
Rocky Mount, NC $21,970
$23,437
North Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for North Dakota

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest salary value in North Dakota ($29,125).

Fargo, ND-MN $29,125
Grand Forks, ND-MN $22,270
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $26,550
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $24,975
$25,730
Nebraska

Metro Area Salary Values for Nebraska

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest salary value in Nebraska ($27,025).

Lincoln, NE $24,290
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $27,025
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $24,350
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $25,530
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $22,650
$24,769
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 ($27,075).

Manchester, NH $25,295
Portsmouth, NH-ME $26,600
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $21,980
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $22,770
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $27,075
$24,744
New Jersey

Metro Area Salary Values for New Jersey

Ocean City, NJ metro area has the highest salary value in New Jersey ($30,295).

Ocean City, NJ $30,295
Trenton, NJ $28,285
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $27,465
$28,682
New Mexico

Metro Area Salary Values for New Mexico

Santa Fe, NM metro area has the highest salary value in New Mexico ($27,155).

Farmington, NM $24,055
Las Cruces, NM $24,395
Santa Fe, NM $27,155
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $22,475
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $21,905
$23,997
Nevada

Metro Area Salary Values for Nevada

Reno, NV metro area has the highest salary value in Nevada ($24,620).

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $21,255
Reno, NV $24,620
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $21,840
$22,572
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 ($31,550).

Binghamton, NY $28,550
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $30,120
Elmira, NY $25,800
Ithaca, NY $29,860
Kingston, NY $27,800
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $31,550
Rochester, NY $26,470
Syracuse, NY $29,320
Utica-Rome, NY $28,290
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $29,640
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $26,100
$28,500
Ohio

Metro Area Salary Values for Ohio

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest salary value in Ohio ($26,105).

Canton-Massillon, OH $22,355
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $23,550
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $24,425
Columbus, OH $26,105
Dayton, OH $25,755
Lima, OH $21,915
Springfield, OH $22,630
Toledo, OH $22,010
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $21,690
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $22,765
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $23,260
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $22,315
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $20,700
Mansfield, OH $22,930
$23,033
Oklahoma

Metro Area Salary Values for Oklahoma

Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Oklahoma ($25,915).

Lawton, OK $20,580
Oklahoma City, OK $25,565
Tulsa, OK $23,635
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $21,455
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $22,535
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $25,915
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $22,705
$23,199
Oregon

Metro Area Salary Values for Oregon

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest salary value in Oregon ($31,250).

Bend-Redmond, OR $29,005
Corvallis, OR $29,585
Eugene, OR $29,380
Grants Pass, OR $27,115
Medford, OR $27,120
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $31,250
Salem, OR $27,875
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $27,085
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $27,640
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $27,445
$28,350
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Salary Values for Pennsylvania

Lebanon, PA metro area has the highest salary value in Pennsylvania ($31,895).

Altoona, PA $20,345
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $26,630
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $20,460
East Stroudsburg, PA $22,590
Erie, PA $21,870
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $24,435
Johnstown, PA $21,355
Lancaster, PA $28,485
Lebanon, PA $31,895
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $28,140
Pittsburgh, PA $22,790
Reading, PA $25,640
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $22,855
State College, PA $23,460
Williamsport, PA $26,575
York-Hanover, PA $22,800
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $25,420
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $22,400
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $22,485
Gettysburg, PA $25,070
$24,265
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Salary Values for Puerto Rico

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest salary value in Puerto Rico ($22,870).

Ponce, PR $18,690
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $22,870
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,800
Arecibo, PR $18,830
Guayama, PR $19,030
Mayaguez, PR $21,340
San German, PR $18,810
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,770
$19,870
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 ($26,300).

Columbia, SC $25,285
Florence, SC $22,380
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $23,345
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $26,300
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $24,165
Spartanburg, SC $22,660
Sumter, SC $20,185
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,715
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $20,550
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $20,290
$22,919
South Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for South Dakota

East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in South Dakota ($30,160).

Sioux Falls, SD $27,580
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $30,160
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $26,910
$28,217
Tennessee

Metro Area Salary Values for Tennessee

Jackson, TN metro area has the highest salary value in Tennessee ($28,305).

Clarksville, TN-KY $20,375
Jackson, TN $28,305
Johnson City, TN $21,005
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $25,320
Knoxville, TN $27,170
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $24,170
Morristown, TN $21,475
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $25,395
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $21,690
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $21,945
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $26,590
Cleveland, TN $21,500
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $21,900
$23,762
Texas

Metro Area Salary Values for Texas

Austin-Round Rock, TX metro area has the highest salary value in Texas ($29,775).

Amarillo, TX $21,790
Austin-Round Rock, TX $29,775
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $21,235
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $20,470
College Station-Bryan, TX $24,410
Corpus Christi, TX $23,460
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $23,190
El Paso, TX $20,080
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $22,595
Killeen-Temple, TX $21,175
Laredo, TX $19,780
Longview, TX $23,355
Lubbock, TX $23,415
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $21,425
Midland, TX $25,025
Odessa, TX $22,185
San Angelo, TX $19,445
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $24,090
Texarkana, TX-AR $23,285
Tyler, TX $22,030
Victoria, TX $20,505
Waco, TX $22,075
Wichita Falls, TX $20,115
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $21,340
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $21,820
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $21,155
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $20,890
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $20,445
Sherman-Denison, TX $21,060
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,900
$22,157
Utah

Metro Area Salary Values for Utah

Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Utah ($30,985).

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $21,925
Provo-Orem, UT $23,470
St. George, UT $23,375
Salt Lake City, UT $27,715
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $30,985
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $24,570
$25,410
Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for Virginia

Staunton-Waynesboro, VA metro area has the highest salary value in Virginia ($30,310).

Charlottesville, VA $29,865
Harrisonburg, VA $26,915
Lynchburg, VA $26,995
Richmond, VA $27,685
Roanoke, VA $26,185
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $30,310
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $23,620
Winchester, VA-WV $23,305
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $23,660
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $25,670
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $26,085
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $22,375
$26,056
Vermont

Metro Area Salary Values for Vermont

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Vermont ($31,210).

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $31,210
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $27,835
$29,523
Wisconsin

Metro Area Salary Values for Wisconsin

Racine, WI metro area has the highest salary value in Wisconsin ($32,870).

Eau Claire, WI $29,435
Fond du Lac, WI $26,100
Green Bay, WI $26,185
Janesville-Beloit, WI $23,875
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $25,215
Madison, WI $28,830
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $27,860
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $31,405
Racine, WI $32,870
Sheboygan, WI $26,125
Wausau, WI $23,855
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $27,130
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $27,795
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $24,820
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $26,510
$27,201
West Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for West Virginia

Wheeling, WV-OH metro area has the highest salary value in West Virginia ($25,420).

Charleston, WV $21,935
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $22,660
Morgantown, WV $23,845
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $23,030
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $24,410
Wheeling, WV-OH $25,420
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $23,840
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $23,750
$23,611
Wyoming

Metro Area Salary Values for Wyoming

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest salary value in Wyoming ($34,620).

Cheyenne, WY $34,620
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $30,915
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $24,400
$29,978

Bachelor's

Average Salary Median: $24,731

The state with the highest average salary median for a bachelor's degree is Massachusetts ($32,411) in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area.

Alaska

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

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($32,590) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $32,590
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $30,700
$31,645
Alabama

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

Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($23,900) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Auburn-Opelika, AL $23,220
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $23,300
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $22,620
Decatur, AL $23,710
Dothan, AL $21,900
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $19,560
Huntsville, AL $23,040
Mobile, AL $20,600
Montgomery, AL $21,620
Tuscaloosa, AL $22,770
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $19,570
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $23,900
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $23,170
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $19,970
Gadsden, AL $19,360
$21,887
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 ($24,680) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $22,090
Hot Springs, AR $22,550
Jonesboro, AR $21,170
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $24,680
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $22,410
Pine Bluff, AR $21,210
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $22,080
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $21,180
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $23,520
$22,321
Arizona

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

Arizona nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($28,730) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $27,650
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $28,260
Prescott, AZ $28,620
Tucson, AZ $28,560
Yuma, AZ $25,670
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $28,730
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $28,250
$27,963
California N/A
Colorado N/A
Connecticut

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

Connecticut nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($32,540) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $30,960
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $28,940
New Haven, CT $31,470
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $27,560
Waterbury, CT $28,300
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $32,540
$29,962
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($29,680) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $24,300
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $24,670
Gainesville, FL $22,770
Homosassa Springs, FL $23,550
Jacksonville, FL $24,930
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $23,630
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $26,270
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $26,630
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $29,680
Ocala, FL $23,790
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $24,910
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $27,330
Panama City, FL $24,190
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $24,400
Port St. Lucie, FL $24,260
Punta Gorda, FL $28,150
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $26,750
Tallahassee, FL $23,770
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $25,490
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $24,440
Sebring, FL $23,850
The Villages, FL $24,470
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $24,540
$25,077
Georgia

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

Gainesville, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($24,370) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $21,610
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $24,230
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $22,940
Brunswick, GA $23,840
Columbus, GA-AL $20,630
Dalton, GA $20,600
Gainesville, GA $24,370
Macon, GA $23,530
Rome, GA $20,380
Savannah, GA $23,390
Valdosta, GA $20,960
Warner Robins, GA $19,790
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $23,710
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $22,000
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $21,180
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $22,050
Hinesville, GA $20,690
$22,112
Hawaii

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

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($31,100) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $30,010
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $31,100
$30,555
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 ($25,840) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $25,360
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $24,130
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $25,840
Dubuque, IA $24,710
Iowa City, IA $24,050
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $24,570
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $21,840
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $22,020
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $24,230
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $24,360
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $23,210
$24,029
Idaho

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

Lewiston, ID-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($27,100) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $25,990
Idaho Falls, ID $20,750
Lewiston, ID-WA $27,100
Pocatello, ID $21,940
Twin Falls, ID $23,220
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $25,000
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $24,630
$24,090
Illinois N/A
Indiana

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

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($25,320) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Elkhart-Goshen, IN $23,220
Evansville, IN-KY $23,800
Fort Wayne, IN $24,000
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $25,320
Kokomo, IN $24,840
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $23,120
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $23,150
Muncie, IN $25,100
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $24,460
Terre Haute, IN $21,540
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $22,170
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $24,370
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $20,400
Columbus, IN $22,830
$23,451
Kansas

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

Wichita, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($24,000) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $21,050
Topeka, KS $23,540
Wichita, KS $24,000
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $22,180
$22,693
Kentucky

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

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($25,370) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $24,140
Lexington-Fayette, KY $24,920
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $25,370
Owensboro, KY $22,890
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $23,430
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $21,900
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $24,700
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $23,030
$23,798
Louisiana

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

Baton Rouge, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($22,950) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Houma-Thibodaux, LA $20,110
Lafayette, LA $20,390
Monroe, LA $19,950
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $21,910
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $21,100
Baton Rouge, LA $22,950
Hammond, LA $21,570
Lake Charles, LA $19,670
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,420
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,400
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,580
$20,823
Massachusetts

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

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($34,640) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $34,640
Leominster-Gardner, MA $31,320
New Bedford, MA $31,650
Pittsfield, MA $32,830
Springfield, MA-CT $30,560
Worcester, MA-CT $32,590
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $33,290
$32,411
Maryland

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

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($27,960) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $25,730
Cumberland, MD-WV $25,910
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $27,960
Salisbury, MD-DE $26,540
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $27,210
$26,670
Maine

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

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($30,360) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $28,950
Portland-South Portland, ME $30,360
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $30,160
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $29,620
$29,773
Michigan

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

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($28,480) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI $26,440
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $26,030
Flint, MI $24,250
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $26,060
Jackson, MI $26,690
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $28,480
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $24,700
Monroe, MI $24,770
Muskegon, MI $24,750
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $25,340
Saginaw, MI $26,120
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $25,920
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $23,700
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $27,680
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $26,190
Bay City, MI $28,270
Midland, MI $24,630
$25,884
Minnesota

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

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($29,800) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $29,040
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $29,800
Rochester, MN $29,120
St. Cloud, MN $27,720
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $25,980
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $28,730
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $27,140
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $27,940
$28,184
Missouri

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

North Missouri nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($25,910) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO $25,570
Jefferson City, MO $22,740
Joplin, MO $21,610
Kansas City, MO-KS $24,530
St. Joseph, MO-KS $24,200
St. Louis, MO-IL $25,060
Springfield, MO $22,660
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $22,850
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $25,910
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $23,500
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $23,210
$23,804
Mississippi

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

Hattiesburg, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($22,970) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $22,970
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,890
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,030
Jackson, MS $20,640
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $19,570
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $20,640
$20,790
Montana

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

West Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($26,970) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT $24,230
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $26,280
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $26,970
Missoula, MT $24,500
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $25,320
$25,460
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 ($26,990) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC $20,730
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $25,010
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $26,990
Fayetteville, NC $23,060
Goldsboro, NC $21,670
Greensboro-High Point, NC $23,590
Greenville, NC $23,280
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $24,060
Jacksonville, NC $22,470
Raleigh, NC $24,100
Wilmington, NC $22,860
Winston-Salem, NC $23,920
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,950
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $25,220
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $22,520
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $23,510
New Bern, NC $22,720
Rocky Mount, NC $21,970
$23,368
North Dakota

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

West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($28,440) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $26,050
Grand Forks, ND-MN $24,630
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $28,440
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $28,060
$26,795
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 ($25,680) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE $23,850
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $25,680
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $23,940
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $23,830
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $24,500
$24,360
New Hampshire

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

Portsmouth, NH-ME metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($30,240) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $27,390
Portsmouth, NH-ME $30,240
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $24,230
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $25,380
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $29,430
$27,334
New Jersey

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

Ocean City, NJ metro area has the highest average salary median in New Jersey ($29,860) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $29,860
Trenton, NJ $29,430
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $25,680
$28,323
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 ($29,850) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $24,330
Las Cruces, NM $23,360
Santa Fe, NM $29,850
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $25,140
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $23,070
$25,150
Nevada

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

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($24,530) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $23,310
Reno, NV $24,530
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $23,250
$23,697
New York N/A
Ohio

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

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($25,240) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH $22,530
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $24,390
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $24,170
Columbus, OH $25,240
Dayton, OH $24,550
Lima, OH $21,390
Springfield, OH $23,880
Toledo, OH $23,660
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $23,040
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $22,710
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $22,890
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $23,000
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $21,530
Mansfield, OH $22,930
$23,279
Oklahoma

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

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($24,320) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK $21,130
Oklahoma City, OK $24,320
Tulsa, OK $23,620
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $23,070
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $21,720
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $22,140
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $21,920
$22,560
Oregon

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

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($32,900) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR $29,610
Corvallis, OR $29,880
Eugene, OR $30,020
Grants Pass, OR $26,640
Medford, OR $29,180
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $32,900
Salem, OR $30,560
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $28,950
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $29,060
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $29,530
$29,633
Pennsylvania

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

Lebanon, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($28,960) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA $20,890
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $23,690
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $21,150
East Stroudsburg, PA $23,270
Erie, PA $23,240
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $26,680
Johnstown, PA $23,180
Lancaster, PA $25,950
Lebanon, PA $28,960
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $27,430
Pittsburgh, PA $24,450
Reading, PA $25,560
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $24,250
State College, PA $23,910
Williamsport, PA $23,670
York-Hanover, PA $24,650
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $24,140
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $23,880
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $24,210
Gettysburg, PA $25,070
$24,412
Puerto Rico

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

Mayaguez, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($21,340) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ponce, PR $18,870
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $19,140
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,800
Arecibo, PR $18,830
Guayama, PR $19,030
Mayaguez, PR $21,340
San German, PR $18,810
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,770
$19,199
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 ($26,400) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $25,480
Florence, SC $22,480
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $24,920
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $26,400
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $23,470
Spartanburg, SC $23,240
Sumter, SC $20,760
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $25,060
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $21,980
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $20,290
$23,408
South Dakota

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

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($26,180) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $26,180
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $25,850
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $24,540
$25,523
Tennessee

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

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($25,060) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $20,960
Jackson, TN $24,070
Johnson City, TN $21,160
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $22,880
Knoxville, TN $23,160
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $23,270
Morristown, TN $20,650
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $25,060
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $21,080
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $22,900
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $23,510
Cleveland, TN $21,500
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $21,900
$22,469
Texas

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

Austin-Round Rock, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($28,580) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Amarillo, TX $22,820
Austin-Round Rock, TX $28,580
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $22,410
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $20,910
College Station-Bryan, TX $22,910
Corpus Christi, TX $22,390
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $25,600
El Paso, TX $20,940
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $23,880
Killeen-Temple, TX $22,420
Laredo, TX $20,380
Longview, TX $22,700
Lubbock, TX $23,270
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $21,910
Midland, TX $25,600
Odessa, TX $24,640
San Angelo, TX $20,260
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $23,960
Texarkana, TX-AR $22,920
Tyler, TX $23,980
Victoria, TX $21,240
Waco, TX $23,800
Wichita Falls, TX $20,640
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $21,910
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $20,650
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $21,910
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,020
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $20,610
Sherman-Denison, TX $21,060
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $22,900
$22,641
Utah

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

Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($32,080) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $21,530
Provo-Orem, UT $24,240
St. George, UT $26,110
Salt Lake City, UT $27,070
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $32,080
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $24,570
$25,933
Virginia

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

Charlottesville, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($30,660) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA $30,660
Harrisonburg, VA $25,120
Lynchburg, VA $21,540
Richmond, VA $25,490
Roanoke, VA $24,380
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $27,220
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $24,440
Winchester, VA-WV $24,830
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $25,540
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $26,860
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $24,350
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $24,740
$25,431
Vermont

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

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($32,240) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $32,240
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $30,730
$31,485
Wisconsin

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

Racine, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($30,140) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Eau Claire, WI $26,270
Fond du Lac, WI $24,080
Green Bay, WI $25,120
Janesville-Beloit, WI $23,820
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $25,370
Madison, WI $29,420
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $27,350
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $27,460
Racine, WI $30,140
Sheboygan, WI $24,280
Wausau, WI $26,500
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $24,920
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $25,730
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $25,910
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $27,950
$26,288
West Virginia

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

Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($25,460) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV $23,140
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $24,570
Morgantown, WV $23,410
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $24,930
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $24,870
Wheeling, WV-OH $24,960
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $24,910
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $25,460
$24,531
Wyoming

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

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($30,640) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY $25,250
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $30,640
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $24,710
$26,867

2 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 $24,731. 

  Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

Provide beauty services, such as cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May shampoo hair, apply makeup, dress wigs, remove hair, and provide nail and skincare services.

Salary Ratio: 0    

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    
  • Beautician
  • Beauty Advisor
  • Beauty Operator
  • Beauty Specialist
  • Beauty Therapist
  • Colorist
  • Cosmetic Consultant
  • Cosmetician
  • Cosmetologist
  • Electrologist
  • Electrolysis Needle Operator
  • Electrolysis Operator
  • Electrolysist
  • Funeral Home Makeup Artist
  • Hair and Makeup Designer
  • Hair Colorist
  • Hair Cutter
  • Hair Designer
  • Hair Dresser
  • Hair Specialist
  • Hair Stylist
  • Haircutter
  • Hairdresser
  • Hairpiece Stylist
  • Hairstylist
  • Hypertrichologist
  • Image Consultant
  • Men's Custom Hair Piece Consultant
  • Mortuary Beautician
  • Salon Customer Experience Specialist
  • Salon Designer
  • Salon Stylist
  • Stylist
  • Trichologist
  • Wax Specialist
  • Wedding Makeup Artist
  • Wig Dresser
  • Wig Stylist
  • US Salary Median: $26,753
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 21.7%
  • Prior Experience: 1-2 years
  • Degree Level Required: N/A

  Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance

Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.

Salary Ratio: 0.74    

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    
  • Beauty Therapist
  • Body Make-Up Artist
  • Commercial Makeup Artist
  • Hair and Makeup Designer
  • Makeup Artist
  • Makeup Technician
  • Makeup Worker
  • Prosthetic Makeup Designer
  • Special Effects Designer
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist
  • Special Makeup Effects Artist
  • US Salary Median: $31,293
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 21.7%
  • Prior Experience: 1 year
  • Degree Level Required: Bachelor's


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