Average Salary and Job Outcomes With a Protective Services Operations Degree

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

A program focusing on the principles and techniques of providing physical security protection to clients in various environments and situations. Includes instruction in security intelligence and information resources, operations planning and surveying, operations security, weapons and explosives, defense and offense techniques, security and surveillance systems, communications systems, perimeter and access control, weapons of mass destruction, contingency planning, crowd control, cover and evacuation, combat and vehicle techniques, and applicable legal and administrative responsibilities.

What Can You Do With This Degree?

What Can You Do With This Degree?

Plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations. Gather, analyze, compile, and report information regarding individuals or organizations to clients, or detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment.

U.S. Summary
Job & Salary Averages
  • Salary Value (U.S.): $62,584
    "Salary Value"  is a salary score which represents the average of salary medians for all jobs attainable with this degree, per metro area and/or per state.
  • Average of Job Growth Averages (U.S.): 8.83%
    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: 2-4 years
Education Costs
  • Avg. Undergrad. Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $12,542/yr
  • Avg. Undergrad. In-State Cost (U.S.):  $10,211/yr
  • Avg. Graduate Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $13,318/yr
  • Avg. Graduate In-State Cost (U.S.):  $11,099/yr
  • Avg. Combined Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $12,930/yr
  • Avg. Combined In-State Cost (U.S.):  $10,655/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: $62,584

The state with the highest salary value for this degree is California ($108,697) in the Redding, CA metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Salary Values for Alaska

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest salary value in Alaska ($92,300).

Fairbanks, AK $92,300
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $81,975
$87,138
Alabama

Metro Area Salary Values for Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL metro area has the highest salary value in Alabama ($65,187).

Montgomery, AL $64,415
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $59,227
Decatur, AL $50,793
Huntsville, AL $62,143
Mobile, AL $56,393
Tuscaloosa, AL $65,187
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $42,057
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $42,507
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $45,333
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $43,380
Auburn-Opelika, AL $49,620
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $53,950
Dothan, AL $41,510
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $40,060
Gadsden, AL $41,380
$51,506
Arkansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Arkansas

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest salary value in Arkansas ($50,730).

Fort Smith, AR-OK $40,318
Hot Springs, AR $47,394
Jonesboro, AR $45,814
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $50,730
Pine Bluff, AR $44,472
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,320
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,354
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $38,494
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $37,788
$42,187
Arizona

Metro Area Salary Values for Arizona

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest salary value in Arizona ($89,748).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $67,453
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $89,748
Prescott, AZ $68,038
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $71,803
Tucson, AZ $68,023
Yuma, AZ $66,338
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $59,007
$70,467
California

Metro Area Salary Values for California

Redding, CA metro area has the highest salary value in California ($134,713).

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $96,028
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $97,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $128,958
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $123,890
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $119,430
Chico, CA $93,027
El Centro, CA $97,293
Fresno, CA $105,605
Modesto, CA $93,973
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $116,240
Redding, CA $134,713
Salinas, CA $93,827
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $114,647
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $121,187
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $131,077
Santa Rosa, CA $132,447
Stockton-Lodi, CA $107,450
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $134,537
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $87,690
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $104,993
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $107,627
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $74,130
Merced, CA $115,660
Napa, CA $105,590
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $108,360
Visalia-Porterville, CA $58,810
Yuba City, CA $80,420
$108,697
Colorado

Metro Area Salary Values for Colorado

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest salary value in Colorado ($90,644).

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $90,644
Colorado Springs, CO $76,443
Fort Collins, CO $77,546
Grand Junction, CO $69,878
Greeley, CO $75,770
Pueblo, CO $67,415
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $47,183
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,590
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $73,058
$71,534
Connecticut

Metro Area Salary Values for Connecticut

Connecticut nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Connecticut ($86,817).

Danbury, CT $81,287
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $81,578
New Haven, CT $74,563
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $81,490
Waterbury, CT $82,360
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $86,817
$81,021
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 ($75,140).

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $69,380
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $59,635
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $65,740
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $75,140
Tallahassee, FL $61,814
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $51,007
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $50,433
Gainesville, FL $53,120
Jacksonville, FL $62,890
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $55,705
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $73,837
Ocala, FL $62,537
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $57,773
Panama City, FL $48,615
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $51,560
Port St. Lucie, FL $49,998
Punta Gorda, FL $59,467
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $58,407
Sebring, FL $49,983
The Villages, FL $49,877
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $62,633
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $48,280
$58,805
Georgia

Metro Area Salary Values for Georgia

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area has the highest salary value in Georgia ($57,760).

Athens-Clarke County, GA $47,390
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $57,760
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $45,463
Brunswick, GA $57,190
Columbus, GA-AL $45,387
Dalton, GA $50,380
Gainesville, GA $53,610
Hinesville, GA $48,983
Macon, GA $45,400
Rome, GA $45,067
Savannah, GA $51,907
Valdosta, GA $45,070
Warner Robins, GA $45,507
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $37,393
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $42,570
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $40,147
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $40,403
$46,825
Hawaii

Metro Area Salary Values for Hawaii

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Hawaii ($78,570).

Urban Honolulu, HI $70,650
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $78,570
$75,176
Iowa

Metro Area Salary Values for Iowa

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has the highest salary value in Iowa ($71,475).

Cedar Rapids, IA $69,210
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $63,850
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $71,475
Dubuque, IA $69,138
Iowa City, IA $68,150
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $62,390
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $63,975
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $57,568
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $58,760
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $56,368
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $57,663
$63,504
Idaho

Metro Area Salary Values for Idaho

Coeur d'Alene, ID metro area has the highest salary value in Idaho ($61,703).

Coeur d'Alene, ID $61,703
Idaho Falls, ID $59,243
Lewiston, ID-WA $59,513
Pocatello, ID $60,490
Twin Falls, ID $58,203
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $52,715
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $52,762
$57,804
Illinois

Metro Area Salary Values for Illinois

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Illinois ($94,613).

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $94,613
Springfield, IL $81,554
Carbondale-Marion, IL $65,843
Champaign-Urbana, IL $86,143
Decatur, IL $81,880
Peoria, IL $60,957
Rockford, IL $82,933
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $63,330
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $64,257
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $63,570
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $54,873
Danville, IL $62,380
Kankakee, IL $73,260
$73,222
Indiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Indiana

Fort Wayne, IN metro area has the highest salary value in Indiana ($69,450).

Terre Haute, IN $45,800
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $50,588
Evansville, IN-KY $61,677
Fort Wayne, IN $69,450
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $65,498
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $64,690
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $64,677
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $52,127
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $53,120
Columbus, IN $52,320
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $58,740
Kokomo, IN $50,060
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $47,490
Muncie, IN $49,310
$56,790
Kansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Kansas

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest salary value in Kansas ($55,948).

Manhattan, KS $53,553
Topeka, KS $55,948
Wichita, KS $51,723
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $43,923
$51,286
Kentucky

Metro Area Salary Values for Kentucky

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest salary value in Kentucky ($61,852).

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $57,034
Lexington-Fayette, KY $58,492
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $61,852
Owensboro, KY $52,655
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $50,428
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $50,534
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $54,894
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $48,766
$54,375
Louisiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Louisiana

Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Louisiana ($72,580).

Baton Rouge, LA $59,158
Hammond, LA $49,220
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $55,063
Lafayette, LA $55,828
Lake Charles, LA $57,880
Monroe, LA $64,440
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $63,094
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $57,585
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $47,033
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $72,580
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $52,395
$56,947
Massachusetts

Metro Area Salary Values for Massachusetts

New Bedford, MA metro area has the highest salary value in Massachusetts ($87,660).

Springfield, MA-CT $71,750
Worcester, MA-CT $71,268
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $86,120
Leominster-Gardner, MA $73,820
New Bedford, MA $87,660
Pittsfield, MA $68,050
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $74,450
$75,568
Maryland

Metro Area Salary Values for Maryland

Salisbury, MD-DE metro area has the highest salary value in Maryland ($70,330).

California-Lexington Park, MD $69,390
Cumberland, MD-WV $61,793
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $64,823
Salisbury, MD-DE $70,330
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $63,467
$65,961
Maine

Metro Area Salary Values for Maine

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest salary value in Maine ($68,083).

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $55,750
Portland-South Portland, ME $68,083
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $54,282
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $58,318
$59,254
Michigan

Metro Area Salary Values for Michigan

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest salary value in Michigan ($71,800).

Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $58,645
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $65,690
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $71,800
Flint, MI $68,183
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $61,235
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $66,965
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $62,860
Saginaw, MI $56,563
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55,257
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $54,680
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $57,563
Battle Creek, MI $63,370
Bay City, MI $64,740
Jackson, MI $61,170
Midland, MI $64,390
Monroe, MI $59,800
Muskegon, MI $61,140
$62,115
Minnesota

Metro Area Salary Values for Minnesota

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Minnesota ($91,853).

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $91,853
Rochester, MN $78,267
St. Cloud, MN $78,520
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $65,840
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $71,243
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $64,087
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $70,407
Mankato-North Mankato, MN $73,120
$74,213
Missouri

Metro Area Salary Values for Missouri

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest salary value in Missouri ($74,604).

St. Louis, MO-IL $74,604
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $52,894
Joplin, MO $42,520
Kansas City, MO-KS $63,163
St. Joseph, MO-KS $60,583
Springfield, MO $57,195
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,797
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $46,827
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $47,320
Columbia, MO $49,440
Jefferson City, MO $42,970
$54,798
Mississippi

Metro Area Salary Values for Mississippi

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest salary value in Mississippi ($43,193).

Hattiesburg, MS $42,183
Jackson, MS $43,193
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $41,388
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $38,155
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $38,353
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $37,695
$40,161
Montana

Metro Area Salary Values for Montana

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Montana ($61,868).

Great Falls, MT $60,166
Missoula, MT $59,974
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $61,868
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $56,083
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $53,483
$58,190
North Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for North Carolina

Raleigh, NC metro area has the highest salary value in North Carolina ($63,258).

Raleigh, NC $63,258
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $50,596
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $61,143
Greensboro-High Point, NC $58,365
Greenville, NC $57,423
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $49,050
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $49,485
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,705
Burlington, NC $56,940
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $59,783
Fayetteville, NC $53,843
Goldsboro, NC $45,360
Jacksonville, NC $51,020
New Bern, NC $57,020
Rocky Mount, NC $52,010
Wilmington, NC $52,437
Winston-Salem, NC $49,410
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $47,880
$53,798
North Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for North Dakota

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest salary value in North Dakota ($70,658).

Fargo, ND-MN $70,658
Grand Forks, ND-MN $67,403
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $66,273
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $57,640
$65,835
Nebraska

Metro Area Salary Values for Nebraska

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest salary value in Nebraska ($79,010).

South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $58,850
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $79,010
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $49,200
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $55,837
Lincoln, NE $68,810
$61,677
New Hampshire

Metro Area Salary Values for New Hampshire

Manchester, NH metro area has the highest salary value in New Hampshire ($78,160).

Manchester, NH $78,160
Portsmouth, NH-ME $74,680
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $60,438
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $72,986
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $67,236
$70,700
New Jersey

Metro Area Salary Values for New Jersey

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest salary value in New Jersey ($94,607).

Ocean City, NJ $78,262
Trenton, NJ $94,607
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $80,365
$84,411
New Mexico

Metro Area Salary Values for New Mexico

Santa Fe, NM metro area has the highest salary value in New Mexico ($67,183).

Farmington, NM $62,323
Las Cruces, NM $64,085
Santa Fe, NM $67,183
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $52,530
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $56,595
$60,543
Nevada

Metro Area Salary Values for Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metro area has the highest salary value in Nevada ($88,143).

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $88,143
Reno, NV $83,973
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $69,106
$78,353
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 ($89,290).

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $89,290
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $68,636
Rochester, NY $73,696
Syracuse, NY $74,850
Utica-Rome, NY $68,280
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $69,435
Binghamton, NY $82,063
Glens Falls, NY $60,223
Ithaca, NY $80,640
Kingston, NY $70,193
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $73,317
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $69,057
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $72,883
Elmira, NY $77,580
$74,046
Ohio

Metro Area Salary Values for Ohio

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest salary value in Ohio ($77,783).

Cleveland-Elyria, OH $68,685
Columbus, OH $77,783
Dayton, OH $72,705
Toledo, OH $64,884
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $75,797
Lima, OH $58,773
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $53,453
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $61,633
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $59,403
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $59,913
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $62,560
Canton-Massillon, OH $52,760
Mansfield, OH $59,900
Springfield, OH $60,240
$65,301
Oklahoma

Metro Area Salary Values for Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest salary value in Oklahoma ($69,037).

Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $48,210
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $44,398
Oklahoma City, OK $69,037
Tulsa, OK $60,343
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $48,100
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $45,563
Lawton, OK $40,280
$51,196
Oregon

Metro Area Salary Values for Oregon

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest salary value in Oregon ($83,080).

Bend-Redmond, OR $79,408
Corvallis, OR $71,753
Eugene, OR $77,168
Grants Pass, OR $55,120
Medford, OR $75,313
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $83,080
Salem, OR $76,518
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $66,210
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $61,853
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $74,345
$72,634
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Salary Values for Pennsylvania

Gettysburg, PA metro area has the highest salary value in Pennsylvania ($100,497).

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $82,505
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $80,785
Pittsburgh, PA $72,320
East Stroudsburg, PA $75,190
Erie, PA $82,600
Gettysburg, PA $100,497
Lancaster, PA $76,480
Lebanon, PA $81,090
Reading, PA $81,683
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $65,170
State College, PA $85,800
York-Hanover, PA $78,113
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $56,587
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $62,960
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $67,093
Altoona, PA $58,240
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $51,570
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $57,290
Johnstown, PA $51,000
Williamsport, PA $51,850
$72,979
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Salary Values for Puerto Rico

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest salary value in Puerto Rico ($36,315).

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $36,315
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $19,507
Arecibo, PR $20,600
Ponce, PR $26,148
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $21,207
Guayama, PR $20,900
San German, PR $19,900
$25,566
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 ($55,957).

Columbia, SC $50,620
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $53,318
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $55,957
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $50,253
Spartanburg, SC $50,263
Sumter, SC $44,607
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,143
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $43,073
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $40,257
Florence, SC $39,390
$47,352
South Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest salary value in South Dakota ($53,145).

Sioux Falls, SD $53,145
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $49,520
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $47,892
$49,974
Tennessee

Metro Area Salary Values for Tennessee

Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area has the highest salary value in Tennessee ($60,130).

Clarksville, TN-KY $50,530
Cleveland, TN $43,280
Jackson, TN $51,350
Johnson City, TN $43,037
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $45,547
Knoxville, TN $48,807
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $60,130
Morristown, TN $45,787
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $58,138
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $43,183
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $43,413
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $46,353
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $41,187
$48,305
Texas

Metro Area Salary Values for Texas

El Paso, TX metro area has the highest salary value in Texas ($93,323).

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $78,422
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $73,552
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $73,188
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $43,745
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53,540
Amarillo, TX $76,100
Austin-Round Rock, TX $82,020
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $77,810
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $54,457
College Station-Bryan, TX $70,377
Corpus Christi, TX $71,420
El Paso, TX $93,323
Killeen-Temple, TX $61,500
Laredo, TX $78,340
Longview, TX $59,690
Lubbock, TX $72,820
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $60,993
Midland, TX $76,030
Odessa, TX $67,393
Sherman-Denison, TX $60,430
Texarkana, TX-AR $55,907
Tyler, TX $75,603
Waco, TX $68,373
Wichita Falls, TX $58,013
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $54,580
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $54,823
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $57,863
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $52,107
San Angelo, TX $57,320
Victoria, TX $54,250
$66,395
Utah

Metro Area Salary Values for Utah

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest salary value in Utah ($69,253).

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $61,853
Provo-Orem, UT $61,590
Salt Lake City, UT $69,253
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $64,140
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $56,750
St. George, UT $55,440
$61,861
Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for Virginia

Lynchburg, VA metro area has the highest salary value in Virginia ($62,533).

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $60,662
Richmond, VA $61,225
Charlottesville, VA $59,433
Harrisonburg, VA $53,810
Lynchburg, VA $62,533
Roanoke, VA $58,848
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $57,187
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $54,140
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $51,373
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $55,513
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $49,255
Winchester, VA-WV $54,880
$56,809
Vermont

Metro Area Salary Values for Vermont

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Vermont ($65,005).

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $63,563
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $65,005
$64,284
Wisconsin

Metro Area Salary Values for Wisconsin

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest salary value in Wisconsin ($95,268).

Eau Claire, WI $76,560
Fond du Lac, WI $78,480
Green Bay, WI $86,560
Janesville-Beloit, WI $82,117
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $73,940
Madison, WI $85,923
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $95,268
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $83,380
Racine, WI $86,888
Sheboygan, WI $83,547
Wausau, WI $78,007
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $66,058
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $70,403
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $71,783
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $61,760
$78,641
West Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for West Virginia

Morgantown, WV metro area has the highest salary value in West Virginia ($55,370).

Charleston, WV $50,466
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $51,455
Morgantown, WV $55,370
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $50,276
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $51,948
Wheeling, WV-OH $52,866
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $44,610
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,192
$50,609
Wyoming

Metro Area Salary Values for Wyoming

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest salary value in Wyoming ($63,497).

Cheyenne, WY $63,497
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $60,717
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $61,578
$61,843

Bachelor's

Average Salary Median: $59,654

The state with the highest average salary median for a bachelor's degree is California ($92,913) in the Redding, CA metro area.

Alaska

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

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($89,570) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $89,570
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $76,920
$83,245
Alabama

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

Montgomery, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($64,195) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Montgomery, AL $64,195
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $49,760
Decatur, AL $43,470
Huntsville, AL $53,380
Mobile, AL $43,920
Tuscaloosa, AL $54,420
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $36,600
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $36,110
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $37,420
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $34,970
Auburn-Opelika, AL $49,620
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $53,950
Dothan, AL $41,510
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $40,060
Gadsden, AL $41,380
$45,384
Arkansas

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

Hot Springs, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($43,725) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $33,100
Hot Springs, AR $43,725
Jonesboro, AR $42,210
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $42,425
Pine Bluff, AR $38,785
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $33,120
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $33,530
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $34,090
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $34,410
$37,266
Arizona

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

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($88,920) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $65,985
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $88,920
Prescott, AZ $65,440
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $73,965
Tucson, AZ $75,090
Yuma, AZ $66,600
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $63,925
$71,418
California

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

Redding, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($119,840) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $84,313
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $77,177
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $116,003
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $100,760
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $97,050
Chico, CA $76,750
El Centro, CA $67,330
Fresno, CA $90,880
Modesto, CA $75,450
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $92,575
Redding, CA $119,840
Salinas, CA $78,280
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $95,390
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $103,390
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $108,710
Santa Rosa, CA $119,210
Stockton-Lodi, CA $94,560
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $119,680
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $75,730
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $86,800
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $85,810
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $74,130
Merced, CA $115,660
Napa, CA $105,590
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $108,360
Visalia-Porterville, CA $58,810
Yuba City, CA $80,420
$92,913
Colorado

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

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($95,835) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $95,835
Colorado Springs, CO $74,670
Fort Collins, CO $62,780
Grand Junction, CO $67,580
Greeley, CO $76,020
Pueblo, CO $68,320
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $44,690
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,170
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $67,100
$68,463
Connecticut

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

Connecticut nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($75,560) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $73,380
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $70,755
New Haven, CT $59,165
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $73,800
Waterbury, CT $74,460
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $75,560
$71,187
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 ($68,415) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $68,415
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $53,663
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $59,467
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $66,425
Tallahassee, FL $49,800
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $44,610
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $45,970
Gainesville, FL $47,270
Jacksonville, FL $55,810
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $46,035
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $64,400
Ocala, FL $52,950
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $49,370
Panama City, FL $42,300
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $45,420
Port St. Lucie, FL $55,690
Punta Gorda, FL $53,320
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $47,760
Sebring, FL $43,470
The Villages, FL $48,190
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $53,120
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $41,200
$51,575
Georgia

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

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($50,040) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $43,380
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $50,040
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $43,880
Brunswick, GA $46,560
Columbus, GA-AL $42,040
Dalton, GA $44,540
Gainesville, GA $45,630
Hinesville, GA $41,730
Macon, GA $37,560
Rome, GA $39,520
Savannah, GA $46,450
Valdosta, GA $37,810
Warner Robins, GA $38,920
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $31,505
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $38,480
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $33,720
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,280
$41,003
Hawaii

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

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($80,940) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $80,940
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $78,430
$79,685
Iowa

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

Iowa City, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($58,415) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $56,700
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $55,345
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $56,715
Dubuque, IA $57,715
Iowa City, IA $58,415
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $51,130
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $53,460
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $52,430
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $53,800
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $51,975
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $51,440
$54,466
Idaho

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

Idaho Falls, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($64,153) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $62,500
Idaho Falls, ID $64,153
Lewiston, ID-WA $58,820
Pocatello, ID $56,753
Twin Falls, ID $55,417
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $54,427
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $52,163
$57,748
Illinois

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

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($85,410) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $85,410
Springfield, IL $71,847
Carbondale-Marion, IL $57,640
Champaign-Urbana, IL $75,630
Decatur, IL $72,400
Peoria, IL $49,180
Rockford, IL $74,270
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,090
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $52,550
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $56,880
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $47,040
Danville, IL $62,380
Kankakee, IL $73,260
$64,275
Indiana

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

Fort Wayne, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($59,870) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Terre Haute, IN $47,090
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $48,490
Evansville, IN-KY $57,500
Fort Wayne, IN $59,870
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $51,470
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $58,090
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $58,430
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,040
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,440
Columbus, IN $52,320
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $58,740
Kokomo, IN $50,060
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $47,490
Muncie, IN $49,310
$52,667
Kansas

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

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($47,035) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $44,460
Topeka, KS $47,035
Wichita, KS $43,705
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $39,630
$43,708
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 ($71,160) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $61,895
Lexington-Fayette, KY $68,150
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $71,160
Owensboro, KY $59,630
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $56,735
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $56,675
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $59,395
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $52,370
$60,751
Louisiana

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

Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($83,560) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Baton Rouge, LA $65,515
Hammond, LA $57,790
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $65,010
Lafayette, LA $64,300
Lake Charles, LA $61,730
Monroe, LA $76,330
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $64,777
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $63,095
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $54,540
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $83,560
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $58,265
$64,992
Massachusetts

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

New Bedford, MA metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($79,560) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Springfield, MA-CT $67,180
Worcester, MA-CT $63,165
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $75,840
Leominster-Gardner, MA $65,330
New Bedford, MA $79,560
Pittsfield, MA $58,990
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $65,610
$67,954
Maryland

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

Salisbury, MD-DE metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($61,360) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $56,740
Cumberland, MD-WV $54,670
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $54,760
Salisbury, MD-DE $61,360
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $55,050
$56,516
Maine

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

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($69,707) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $60,600
Portland-South Portland, ME $69,707
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $56,120
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $59,787
$61,553
Michigan

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

Bay City, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($64,740) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $53,135
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $57,875
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $62,880
Flint, MI $62,000
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $48,370
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $53,435
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $55,300
Saginaw, MI $53,180
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $50,190
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $52,110
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $54,180
Battle Creek, MI $63,370
Bay City, MI $64,740
Jackson, MI $61,170
Midland, MI $64,390
Monroe, MI $59,800
Muskegon, MI $61,140
$57,486
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 ($82,940) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $82,940
Rochester, MN $68,260
St. Cloud, MN $69,570
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $59,630
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $64,190
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $55,790
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $63,450
Mankato-North Mankato, MN $73,120
$67,119
Missouri

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

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($68,360) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

St. Louis, MO-IL $68,360
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $48,905
Joplin, MO $38,920
Kansas City, MO-KS $52,920
St. Joseph, MO-KS $50,280
Springfield, MO $53,630
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $39,450
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $38,970
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $41,070
Columbia, MO $49,440
Jefferson City, MO $42,970
$47,720
Mississippi

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

Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($38,420) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $36,830
Jackson, MS $37,790
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $38,420
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $31,500
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $31,900
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $30,760
$34,533
Montana

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

Great Falls, MT metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($66,537) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT $66,537
Missoula, MT $66,487
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $64,437
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $59,883
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $58,200
$63,109
North Carolina

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

Raleigh, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($56,145) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Raleigh, NC $56,145
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $49,645
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $51,920
Greensboro-High Point, NC $49,490
Greenville, NC $50,870
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $41,850
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,960
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,080
Burlington, NC $47,310
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $50,340
Fayetteville, NC $50,810
Goldsboro, NC $39,330
Jacksonville, NC $47,210
New Bern, NC $47,800
Rocky Mount, NC $45,380
Wilmington, NC $45,940
Winston-Salem, NC $42,820
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,140
$46,502
North Dakota

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

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($70,650) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $70,650
Grand Forks, ND-MN $68,813
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $67,173
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $61,437
$67,018
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 ($70,720) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $52,970
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $70,720
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $46,940
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $49,950
Lincoln, NE $68,810
$57,878
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 ($90,165) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $88,445
Portsmouth, NH-ME $90,165
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $65,635
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $78,965
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $76,490
$79,940
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 ($93,317) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $76,390
Trenton, NJ $93,317
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $82,643
$84,117
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 ($57,650) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $54,610
Las Cruces, NM $52,480
Santa Fe, NM $57,650
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $50,460
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $52,360
$53,512
Nevada

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

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($97,840) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $94,840
Reno, NV $97,840
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $73,950
$88,877
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 ($81,423) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $81,423
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $63,265
Rochester, NY $67,445
Syracuse, NY N/A
Utica-Rome, NY $62,000
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $64,190
Binghamton, NY $73,750
Glens Falls, NY $50,390
Ithaca, NY $66,960
Kingston, NY $61,640
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $67,540
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $60,890
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $66,550
Elmira, NY $77,580
$66,433
Ohio

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

Dayton, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($71,610) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cleveland-Elyria, OH $70,703
Columbus, OH $71,153
Dayton, OH $71,610
Toledo, OH $55,440
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $71,270
Lima, OH $52,310
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $44,080
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $53,940
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $54,620
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $53,200
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $53,050
Canton-Massillon, OH $52,760
Mansfield, OH $59,900
Springfield, OH $60,240
$58,877
Oklahoma

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

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($57,930) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $45,190
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $43,565
Oklahoma City, OK $57,930
Tulsa, OK $53,410
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $39,260
Lawton, OK $40,280
$46,606
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 ($82,370) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR $78,960
Corvallis, OR $77,550
Eugene, OR $76,070
Grants Pass, OR $65,070
Medford, OR $74,460
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $82,370
Salem, OR $73,570
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $63,630
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $59,160
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $72,100
$72,294
Pennsylvania

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

Gettysburg, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($89,680) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $70,290
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $75,950
Pittsburgh, PA $65,990
East Stroudsburg, PA $71,060
Erie, PA $77,370
Gettysburg, PA $89,680
Lancaster, PA $64,800
Lebanon, PA $75,190
Reading, PA $74,900
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $57,100
State College, PA $79,710
York-Hanover, PA $67,480
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $51,850
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $58,280
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $62,640
Altoona, PA $58,240
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $51,570
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $57,290
Johnstown, PA $51,000
Williamsport, PA $51,850
$65,612
Puerto Rico

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

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($36,823) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $36,823
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,990
Arecibo, PR $18,760
Ponce, PR $25,485
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $20,040
Guayama, PR $20,900
San German, PR $19,900
$22,985
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($52,635) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $43,440
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $52,635
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $49,210
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $44,460
Spartanburg, SC $42,750
Sumter, SC $39,110
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,980
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,970
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,940
Florence, SC $39,390
$42,489
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 ($53,145) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $53,145
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $43,390
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $40,600
$45,712
Tennessee

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

Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($55,330) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $46,450
Cleveland, TN $36,400
Jackson, TN $46,390
Johnson City, TN $40,770
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $38,910
Knoxville, TN $40,820
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $55,330
Morristown, TN $39,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $53,325
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $39,080
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $40,540
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,510
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $35,410
$42,387
Texas

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

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($84,020) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $84,020
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $72,457
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $73,463
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $46,710
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,060
Amarillo, TX $71,520
Austin-Round Rock, TX $74,530
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $69,780
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $48,940
College Station-Bryan, TX $64,860
Corpus Christi, TX $59,820
El Paso, TX $65,870
Killeen-Temple, TX $57,920
Laredo, TX $65,380
Longview, TX $56,380
Lubbock, TX $61,910
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $52,610
Midland, TX $64,570
Odessa, TX $60,310
Sherman-Denison, TX $58,190
Texarkana, TX-AR $48,850
Tyler, TX $64,910
Waco, TX $59,975
Wichita Falls, TX $60,920
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,160
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $50,250
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $48,360
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $47,370
San Angelo, TX $57,320
Victoria, TX $54,250
$59,989
Utah

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

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($62,830) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $53,040
Provo-Orem, UT $54,010
Salt Lake City, UT $62,830
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $56,600
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $49,830
St. George, UT $55,440
$55,292
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 ($67,470) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $67,470
Richmond, VA $55,310
Charlottesville, VA $50,790
Harrisonburg, VA $47,030
Lynchburg, VA $45,530
Roanoke, VA $53,500
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $46,950
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $42,670
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,310
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,620
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $42,355
Winchester, VA-WV $54,880
$50,118
Vermont

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

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($63,283) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $59,780
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $63,283
$61,532
Wisconsin

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

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($97,490) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Eau Claire, WI $77,350
Fond du Lac, WI $85,995
Green Bay, WI $88,900
Janesville-Beloit, WI $88,415
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $77,725
Madison, WI $88,610
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $97,490
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $88,430
Racine, WI $89,700
Sheboygan, WI $88,745
Wausau, WI $84,155
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $70,505
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $75,865
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $75,915
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $66,575
$82,958
West Virginia

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

Morgantown, WV metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($61,813) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV $54,117
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $53,030
Morgantown, WV $61,813
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $54,247
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $55,297
Wheeling, WV-OH $56,150
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,813
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $50,253
$53,965
Wyoming

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

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($69,490) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY $69,490
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $67,645
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $61,877
$66,337

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
Hot Springs, AR $47,300
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
$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
Yuma, AZ N/A
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.

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $57,650
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA N/A
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $117,910
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA N/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $119,710
Chico, CA N/A
El Centro, CA N/A
Fresno, CA N/A
Modesto, CA N/A
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA N/A
Redding, CA N/A
Salinas, CA N/A
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA N/A
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, 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
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
Hanford-Corcoran, CA N/A
Merced, CA N/A
Napa, CA N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA N/A
Visalia-Porterville, CA N/A
Yuba City, CA 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.

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $53,310
Colorado Springs, CO $46,270
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.

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL N/A
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $69,140
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL N/A
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $63,030
Tallahassee, FL $77,680
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
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL N/A
Ocala, FL N/A
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
Sebring, FL N/A
The Villages, 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.

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

Springfield, MA-CT $54,510
Worcester, MA-CT $70,870
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH N/A
Leominster-Gardner, MA N/A
New Bedford, MA N/A
Pittsfield, MA N/A
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.

Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area N/A
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $54,700
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI N/A
Flint, MI N/A
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI N/A
Lansing-East Lansing, 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
Battle Creek, MI N/A
Bay City, MI N/A
Jackson, MI N/A
Midland, MI N/A
Monroe, MI N/A
Muskegon, MI 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.

St. Louis, MO-IL $74,520
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $60,710
Joplin, MO N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS N/A
St. Joseph, MO-KS N/A
Springfield, MO N/A
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Columbia, MO N/A
Jefferson City, MO 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
Missoula, MT $35,070
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $44,000
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,700
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,510
$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.

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

South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $57,870
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA N/A
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
Lincoln, NE N/A
$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.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $53,680
Reno, NV $44,910
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $54,210
$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.

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

Cleveland-Elyria, OH $49,350
Columbus, OH $53,700
Dayton, OH $56,300
Toledo, OH $56,020
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN N/A
Lima, OH N/A
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
Canton-Massillon, OH N/A
Mansfield, OH N/A
Springfield, OH 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.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA N/A
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $76,190
Pittsburgh, PA $67,820
East Stroudsburg, PA N/A
Erie, PA N/A
Gettysburg, PA N/A
Lancaster, PA N/A
Lebanon, PA N/A
Reading, PA N/A
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA N/A
State College, 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
Altoona, PA N/A
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA N/A
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA N/A
Johnstown, PA N/A
Williamsport, PA 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.

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $20,250
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR N/A
Arecibo, PR N/A
Ponce, PR N/A
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area N/A
Guayama, PR N/A
San German, PR 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.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $56,870
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $61,800
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $61,340
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $18,950
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $53,850
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
El Paso, TX N/A
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
Odessa, TX N/A
Sherman-Denison, TX N/A
Texarkana, TX-AR N/A
Tyler, TX N/A
Waco, TX N/A
Wichita Falls, TX N/A
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
San Angelo, TX N/A
Victoria, TX 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.

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $32,480
Richmond, VA $51,250
Charlottesville, VA N/A
Harrisonburg, VA N/A
Lynchburg, VA N/A
Roanoke, VA N/A
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 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
Winchester, VA-WV 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.

Charleston, WV $42,820
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
$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: $82,101

The state with the highest average salary median for an associate's degree is California ($153,224) in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area.

Alaska

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

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($123,300) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $123,300
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $119,100
$121,200
Alabama

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

Tuscaloosa, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($86,720) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Montgomery, AL $82,320
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $78,160
Decatur, AL $65,440
Huntsville, AL $79,670
Mobile, AL $81,340
Tuscaloosa, AL $86,720
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $52,970
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $55,300
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $61,160
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $60,200
Auburn-Opelika, AL N/A
Birmingham-Hoover, AL N/A
Dothan, AL N/A
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL N/A
Gadsden, AL N/A
$70,328
Arkansas

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($71,990) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $57,930
Hot Springs, AR $56,520
Jonesboro, AR $61,570
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $71,990
Pine Bluff, AR $59,430
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $43,740
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $44,670
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $46,430
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $42,110
$53,821
Arizona

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

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($107,360) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $81,200
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $107,360
Prescott, AZ $82,780
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $83,550
Tucson, AZ N/A
Yuma, AZ $76,800
Arizona nonmetropolitan area N/A
$86,338
California

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

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($184,680) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $160,930
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $152,700
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $182,630
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $184,680
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $167,320
Chico, CA $125,580
El Centro, CA $157,220
Fresno, CA $148,230
Modesto, CA $139,580
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $163,050
Redding, CA $164,460
Salinas, CA $124,920
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $153,160
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $156,780
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $175,810
Santa Rosa, CA $158,920
Stockton-Lodi, CA $133,230
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $164,250
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $111,610
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $141,380
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $151,260
Hanford-Corcoran, CA N/A
Merced, CA N/A
Napa, CA N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA N/A
Visalia-Porterville, CA N/A
Yuba City, CA N/A
$153,224
Colorado

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

Fort Collins, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($124,550) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $119,690
Colorado Springs, CO $110,160
Fort Collins, CO $124,550
Grand Junction, CO $102,140
Greeley, CO $103,970
Pueblo, CO $84,520
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $60,690
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $77,070
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $110,070
$99,207
Connecticut

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

Connecticut nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($109,330) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $97,100
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $106,670
New Haven, CT $103,280
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $96,870
Waterbury, CT $98,160
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $109,330
$101,902
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 ($106,630) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $81,310
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $69,760
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $88,810
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $106,630
Tallahassee, FL $82,050
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $63,800
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $59,360
Gainesville, FL $64,820
Jacksonville, FL $81,700
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $79,520
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $92,710
Ocala, FL $81,710
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $74,580
Panama City, FL $62,960
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $63,840
Port St. Lucie, FL $40,130
Punta Gorda, FL $71,760
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $79,700
Sebring, FL $63,010
The Villages, FL $53,250
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $81,660
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $62,440
$72,978
Georgia

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

Brunswick, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($78,450) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $55,410
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $73,200
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $47,940
Brunswick, GA $78,450
Columbus, GA-AL $52,080
Dalton, GA $62,060
Gainesville, GA $69,570
Hinesville, GA $63,490
Macon, GA $61,080
Rome, GA $56,160
Savannah, GA $62,820
Valdosta, GA $59,590
Warner Robins, GA $58,680
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $48,630
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $50,750
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $53,000
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $50,650
$59,033
Hawaii

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

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($107,500) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI N/A
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $107,500
$107,500
Iowa

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

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($99,570) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $98,720
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $83,380
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $99,570
Dubuque, IA $96,650
Iowa City, IA $92,160
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $87,110
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $84,320
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $68,880
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $68,320
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $64,500
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $72,720
$83,303
Idaho

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

Coeur d'Alene, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($87,130) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $87,130
Idaho Falls, ID $79,820
Lewiston, ID-WA $80,060
Pocatello, ID $84,740
Twin Falls, ID $87,020
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $54,690
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $68,880
$77,477
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 ($122,810) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $122,810
Springfield, IL $118,360
Carbondale-Marion, IL $82,250
Champaign-Urbana, IL $107,170
Decatur, IL $100,840
Peoria, IL $84,510
Rockford, IL $100,260
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $75,810
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $87,670
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $76,950
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $70,540
Danville, IL N/A
Kankakee, IL N/A
$93,379
Indiana

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

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($91,290) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Terre Haute, IN N/A
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $60,560
Evansville, IN-KY $70,030
Fort Wayne, IN $88,610
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $91,290
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $77,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $77,170
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $58,300
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $60,480
Columbus, IN N/A
Elkhart-Goshen, IN N/A
Kokomo, IN N/A
Michigan City-La Porte, IN N/A
Muncie, IN N/A
$73,041
Kansas

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

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($80,450) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $78,840
Topeka, KS $80,450
Wichita, KS $72,440
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $55,890
$71,905
Kentucky

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

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($69,460) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $69,460
Lexington-Fayette, KY $58,760
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $66,510
Owensboro, KY N/A
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $50,740
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $52,980
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $60,390
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $54,000
$58,977
Louisiana

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

New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($70,660) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Baton Rouge, LA $62,240
Hammond, LA N/A
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $50,820
Lafayette, LA $56,510
Lake Charles, LA $63,660
Monroe, LA $52,550
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $70,660
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $60,180
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $45,660
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $61,600
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $58,140
$58,202
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 ($106,680) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Springfield, MA-CT $98,130
Worcester, MA-CT $94,770
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $106,680
Leominster-Gardner, MA $90,800
New Bedford, MA $103,860
Pittsfield, MA $86,170
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $92,130
$96,077
Maryland

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

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($94,690) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $94,690
Cumberland, MD-WV $76,040
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $84,950
Salisbury, MD-DE $88,270
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $80,300
$84,850
Maine

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

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($86,590) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME N/A
Portland-South Portland, ME $86,590
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $70,360
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $72,200
$76,383
Michigan

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

Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($95,700) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $74,830
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $89,150
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $89,640
Flint, MI $80,550
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $87,220
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $95,700
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $77,980
Saginaw, MI $63,330
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $65,390
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $59,820
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $64,330
Battle Creek, MI N/A
Bay City, MI N/A
Jackson, MI N/A
Midland, MI N/A
Monroe, MI N/A
Muskegon, MI N/A
$77,085
Minnesota

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

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($109,680) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $109,680
Rochester, MN $98,280
St. Cloud, MN $96,420
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $78,260
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $85,350
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $80,680
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $84,320
Mankato-North Mankato, MN N/A
$90,427
Missouri

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

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($96,300) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

St. Louis, MO-IL $96,300
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $67,010
Joplin, MO $49,720
Kansas City, MO-KS $83,650
St. Joseph, MO-KS $81,190
Springfield, MO $76,430
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $61,490
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $62,540
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $59,820
Columbia, MO N/A
Jefferson City, MO N/A
$70,906
Mississippi

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

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($53,810) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $51,380
Jackson, MS $53,810
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $46,550
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $48,740
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $49,440
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $49,700
$49,937
Montana

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

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($75,700) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT N/A
Missoula, MT N/A
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $75,700
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $66,420
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $62,280
$68,133
North Carolina

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

Raleigh, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($79,750) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Raleigh, NC $79,750
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $55,490
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $77,260
Greensboro-High Point, NC $77,120
Greenville, NC $69,460
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $60,560
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $57,500
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $53,580
Burlington, NC $76,200
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $78,670
Fayetteville, NC $68,730
Goldsboro, NC $57,420
Jacksonville, NC $58,640
New Bern, NC $75,460
Rocky Mount, NC $65,270
Wilmington, NC $65,430
Winston-Salem, NC $62,590
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $61,360
$66,694
North Dakota

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

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($95,450) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $95,450
Grand Forks, ND-MN $87,240
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $87,240
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area N/A
$89,977
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 ($95,590) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $71,590
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $95,590
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $53,720
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $67,610
Lincoln, NE N/A
$72,128
New Hampshire

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

Manchester, NH metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($103,240) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $103,240
Portsmouth, NH-ME $85,500
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $75,300
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $93,980
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $77,050
$87,014
New Jersey

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

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest average salary median in New Jersey ($138,270) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $122,450
Trenton, NJ $138,270
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $112,560
$124,427
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 ($102,410) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $90,200
Las Cruces, NM $93,770
Santa Fe, NM $102,410
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $66,400
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $78,050
$86,166
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 ($115,910) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $115,910
Reno, NV $109,170
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $83,470
$102,850
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 ($131,240) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $131,240
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $98,120
Rochester, NY $100,420
Syracuse, NY $83,590
Utica-Rome, NY $87,260
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $86,220
Binghamton, NY $98,690
Glens Falls, NY $79,890
Ithaca, NY $108,000
Kingston, NY $87,300
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $84,870
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $85,390
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $85,550
Elmira, NY N/A
$93,580
Ohio

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

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($110,780) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cleveland-Elyria, OH $87,070
Columbus, OH $110,780
Dayton, OH $91,300
Toledo, OH $92,500
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $84,850
Lima, OH $71,700
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $72,200
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $77,020
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $68,970
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $73,340
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $81,580
Canton-Massillon, OH N/A
Mansfield, OH N/A
Springfield, OH N/A
$82,846
Oklahoma

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

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($91,250) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $58,600
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $52,060
Oklahoma City, OK $91,250
Tulsa, OK $74,210
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $48,100
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $58,170
Lawton, OK N/A
$63,732
Oregon

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

Salem, OR metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($111,000) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR $108,740
Corvallis, OR N/A
Eugene, OR $105,730
Grants Pass, OR N/A
Medford, OR $105,420
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $109,810
Salem, OR $111,000
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $93,880
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $83,910
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $106,190
$103,085
Pennsylvania

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

Gettysburg, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($122,130) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $115,000
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $104,460
Pittsburgh, PA $96,250
East Stroudsburg, PA $83,450
Erie, PA $93,060
Gettysburg, PA $122,130
Lancaster, PA $98,540
Lebanon, PA $92,890
Reading, PA $95,250
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $82,300
State College, PA $97,980
York-Hanover, PA $99,380
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $66,060
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $72,320
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $76,000
Altoona, PA N/A
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA N/A
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA N/A
Johnstown, PA N/A
Williamsport, PA N/A
$93,005
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 ($46,060) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $46,060
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $20,540
Arecibo, PR $24,280
Ponce, PR $27,250
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $23,540
Guayama, PR N/A
San German, PR N/A
$28,334
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($69,450) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $64,980
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $63,750
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $69,450
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $61,840
Spartanburg, SC $65,290
Sumter, SC $55,600
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,470
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $51,280
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $48,890
Florence, SC N/A
$58,506
South Dakota

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

West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($76,250) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD N/A
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $71,030
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $76,250
$73,640
Tennessee

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

Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($74,990) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $58,690
Cleveland, TN $57,040
Jackson, TN $61,270
Johnson City, TN $47,570
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $58,820
Knoxville, TN $64,780
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $74,990
Morristown, TN $59,160
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $74,200
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $51,390
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $49,160
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $62,040
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $52,740
$59,373
Texas

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

El Paso, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($148,230) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $94,640
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $95,720
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $96,510
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $62,610
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $62,190
Amarillo, TX $85,260
Austin-Round Rock, TX $97,000
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $93,870
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $65,490
College Station-Bryan, TX $81,410
Corpus Christi, TX $94,620
El Paso, TX $148,230
Killeen-Temple, TX $68,660
Laredo, TX $104,260
Longview, TX $66,310
Lubbock, TX $94,640
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $77,760
Midland, TX $98,950
Odessa, TX $81,560
Sherman-Denison, TX $64,910
Texarkana, TX-AR $70,020
Tyler, TX $96,990
Waco, TX $91,510
Wichita Falls, TX $52,200
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $65,420
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $63,970
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $76,870
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $61,580
San Angelo, TX N/A
Victoria, TX N/A
$82,613
Utah

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

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($82,100) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $79,480
Provo-Orem, UT $76,750
Salt Lake City, UT $82,100
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $79,220
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $70,590
St. George, UT N/A
$77,628
Virginia

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

Lynchburg, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($96,540) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $81,240
Richmond, VA $83,030
Charlottesville, VA $76,720
Harrisonburg, VA $67,370
Lynchburg, VA $96,540
Roanoke, VA $79,880
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $77,660
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $77,080
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $61,500
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $69,300
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $66,090
Winchester, VA-WV N/A
$76,037
Vermont

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

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($94,200) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $94,200
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $90,120
$92,160
Wisconsin

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

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($109,570) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Eau Claire, WI $90,690
Fond du Lac, WI $77,450
Green Bay, WI $94,940
Janesville-Beloit, WI N/A
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $82,400
Madison, WI $101,360
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $109,570
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI N/A
Racine, WI $97,530
Sheboygan, WI N/A
Wausau, WI N/A
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $66,900
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $78,050
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $65,500
$86,439
West Virginia

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

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($60,400) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV N/A
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $60,400
Morgantown, WV N/A
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV N/A
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH N/A
Wheeling, WV-OH N/A
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $53,880
$57,140
Wyoming

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

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($80,500) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY N/A
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $80,500
$80,500

No Degree

Average Salary Median: $57,936

The state with the highest average salary median for jobs which don't require a degree is California ($98,099) in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alaska (No Degree)

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($89,570) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fairbanks, AK $89,570
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $76,920
$83,245
Alabama

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alabama (No Degree)

Tuscaloosa, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($54,420) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Montgomery, AL $46,950
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $49,760
Decatur, AL $43,470
Huntsville, AL $53,380
Mobile, AL $43,920
Tuscaloosa, AL $54,420
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $36,600
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $36,110
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $37,420
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $34,970
Auburn-Opelika, AL $49,620
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $53,950
Dothan, AL $41,510
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $40,060
Gadsden, AL $41,380
$44,235
Arkansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arkansas (No Degree)

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($48,010) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $34,570
Hot Springs, AR $45,700
Jonesboro, AR $42,180
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $48,010
Pine Bluff, AR $42,120
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $32,880
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $32,310
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $34,370
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $35,910
$38,672
Arizona

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arizona (No Degree)

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($73,790) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $56,640
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $73,790
Prescott, AZ $58,490
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $55,730
Tucson, AZ $62,040
Yuma, AZ $55,350
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $49,170
$58,744
California

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for California (No Degree)

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($132,490) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $104,650
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $101,270
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $125,200
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $132,490
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $116,020
Chico, CA $76,750
El Centro, CA $67,330
Fresno, CA $92,430
Modesto, CA $85,410
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $116,760
Redding, CA $119,840
Salinas, CA $78,280
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $95,390
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $103,390
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $108,710
Santa Rosa, CA $119,210
Stockton-Lodi, CA $94,560
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $119,680
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $75,730
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $86,800
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $85,810
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $74,130
Merced, CA $115,660
Napa, CA $105,590
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $108,360
Visalia-Porterville, CA $58,810
Yuba City, CA $80,420
$98,099
Colorado

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Colorado (No Degree)

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($88,550) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $88,550
Colorado Springs, CO $74,670
Fort Collins, CO $84,810
Grand Junction, CO $67,580
Greeley, CO $76,020
Pueblo, CO $68,320
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $44,690
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $59,170
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $67,100
$70,101
Connecticut

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Connecticut (No Degree)

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($78,130) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Danbury, CT $73,380
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $78,130
New Haven, CT $76,640
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $73,800
Waterbury, CT $74,460
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $75,560
$75,328
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Florida (No Degree)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($73,190) for jobs which don't require a degree.

North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $59,380
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $57,920
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $61,490
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $73,190
Tallahassee, FL $49,740
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $44,610
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $45,970
Gainesville, FL $47,270
Jacksonville, FL $58,240
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $51,230
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $64,400
Ocala, FL $52,950
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $49,370
Panama City, FL $46,900
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $45,420
Port St. Lucie, FL $48,480
Punta Gorda, FL $53,320
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $47,760
Sebring, FL $43,470
The Villages, FL $48,190
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $53,120
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $41,200
$51,983
Georgia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Georgia (No Degree)

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($50,040) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $43,380
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $50,040
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $46,150
Brunswick, GA $46,560
Columbus, GA-AL $42,040
Dalton, GA $44,540
Gainesville, GA $45,630
Hinesville, GA $41,730
Macon, GA $37,560
Rome, GA $39,520
Savannah, GA $46,450
Valdosta, GA $37,810
Warner Robins, GA $38,920
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $37,930
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $38,480
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $33,720
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,280
$41,514
Hawaii

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Hawaii (No Degree)

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($80,940) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Urban Honolulu, HI $80,940
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $78,430
$79,685
Iowa

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Iowa (No Degree)

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($72,900) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cedar Rapids, IA $64,720
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $61,330
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $72,900
Dubuque, IA $64,470
Iowa City, IA $63,610
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $60,190
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $64,660
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $56,530
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $59,120
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $57,020
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $55,050
$61,782
Idaho

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Idaho (No Degree)

Coeur d'Alene, ID metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($63,180) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $63,180
Idaho Falls, ID $50,990
Lewiston, ID-WA $61,110
Pocatello, ID $57,890
Twin Falls, ID $57,530
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $49,340
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $48,050
$55,441
Illinois

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Illinois (No Degree)

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($84,820) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $84,820
Springfield, IL $73,870
Carbondale-Marion, IL $57,640
Champaign-Urbana, IL $75,630
Decatur, IL $72,400
Peoria, IL $49,180
Rockford, IL $74,270
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $57,090
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $52,550
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $56,880
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $47,040
Danville, IL $62,380
Kankakee, IL $73,260
$64,385
Indiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Indiana (No Degree)

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($67,760) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Terre Haute, IN $47,090
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $48,490
Evansville, IN-KY $57,500
Fort Wayne, IN $59,870
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $67,760
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $58,090
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $58,430
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,040
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $49,440
Columbus, IN $52,320
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $58,740
Kokomo, IN $50,060
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $47,490
Muncie, IN $49,310
$53,831
Kansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kansas (No Degree)

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($49,270) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Manhattan, KS $46,450
Topeka, KS $49,270
Wichita, KS $47,040
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $40,540
$45,825
Kentucky

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kentucky (No Degree)

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($51,900) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $42,720
Lexington-Fayette, KY $48,180
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $51,900
Owensboro, KY $43,070
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $39,440
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $36,870
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $44,280
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $37,540
$43,000
Louisiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Louisiana (No Degree)

New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($50,480) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Baton Rouge, LA $43,360
Hammond, LA $32,080
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $39,410
Lafayette, LA $38,200
Lake Charles, LA $40,550
Monroe, LA N/A
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $50,480
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $43,970
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $33,390
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $34,910
$39,594
Massachusetts

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Massachusetts (No Degree)

New Bedford, MA metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($79,560) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Springfield, MA-CT $67,180
Worcester, MA-CT $64,370
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $75,840
Leominster-Gardner, MA $65,330
New Bedford, MA $79,560
Pittsfield, MA $58,990
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $65,610
$68,126
Maryland

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maryland (No Degree)

Salisbury, MD-DE metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($61,360) for jobs which don't require a degree.

California-Lexington Park, MD $56,740
Cumberland, MD-WV $54,670
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $54,760
Salisbury, MD-DE $61,360
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $55,050
$56,516
Maine

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maine (No Degree)

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($62,330) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $57,360
Portland-South Portland, ME $62,330
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $46,580
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $52,040
$54,578
Michigan

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Michigan (No Degree)

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($68,850) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $53,480
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $68,850
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $62,880
Flint, MI $62,000
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $60,980
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $65,290
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $55,300
Saginaw, MI $53,180
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $50,190
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $52,110
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $54,180
Battle Creek, MI $63,370
Bay City, MI $64,740
Jackson, MI $61,170
Midland, MI $64,390
Monroe, MI $59,800
Muskegon, MI $61,140
$59,591
Minnesota

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Minnesota (No Degree)

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($82,940) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $82,940
Rochester, MN $68,260
St. Cloud, MN $69,570
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $59,630
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $64,190
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $55,790
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $63,450
Mankato-North Mankato, MN $73,120
$67,119
Missouri

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Missouri (No Degree)

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($65,480) for jobs which don't require a degree.

St. Louis, MO-IL $65,480
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $38,940
Joplin, MO $38,920
Kansas City, MO-KS $52,920
St. Joseph, MO-KS $50,280
Springfield, MO $45,090
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $39,450
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $38,970
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $41,070
Columbia, MO $49,440
Jefferson City, MO $42,970
$45,775
Mississippi

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Mississippi (No Degree)

Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($38,420) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Hattiesburg, MS $36,830
Jackson, MS $37,790
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $38,420
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $31,500
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $31,900
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $30,760
$34,533
Montana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Montana (No Degree)

Great Falls, MT metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($69,070) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Great Falls, MT $69,070
Missoula, MT $65,340
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $58,200
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $52,730
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $50,510
$59,170
North Carolina

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

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($51,920) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Raleigh, NC $51,150
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,980
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $51,920
Greensboro-High Point, NC $49,490
Greenville, NC $50,870
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $41,850
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,960
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,080
Burlington, NC $47,310
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $50,340
Fayetteville, NC $45,020
Goldsboro, NC $39,330
Jacksonville, NC $47,210
New Bern, NC $47,800
Rocky Mount, NC $45,380
Wilmington, NC $45,940
Winston-Salem, NC $42,820
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $41,140
$45,311
North Dakota

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

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($65,330) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fargo, ND-MN $65,330
Grand Forks, ND-MN $60,360
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $61,140
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $57,560
$61,098
Nebraska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nebraska (No Degree)

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($70,720) for jobs which don't require a degree.

South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $52,970
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $70,720
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $46,940
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $49,950
Lincoln, NE $68,810
$57,878
New Hampshire

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

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($63,480) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Manchester, NH $62,060
Portsmouth, NH-ME $56,190
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $56,250
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $63,480
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $54,070
$58,410
New Jersey

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

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest average salary median in New Jersey ($87,090) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ocean City, NJ $69,870
Trenton, NJ $87,090
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $62,230
$73,063
New Mexico

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

Santa Fe, NM metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($57,650) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Farmington, NM $54,610
Las Cruces, NM $52,480
Santa Fe, NM $57,650
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $50,460
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $52,360
$53,512
Nevada

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nevada (No Degree)

Nevada nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($59,950) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV N/A
Reno, NV N/A
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $59,950
$59,950
New York

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

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro area has the highest average salary median in New York ($91,830) for jobs which don't require a degree.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $91,830
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $69,220
Rochester, NY $75,300
Syracuse, NY N/A
Utica-Rome, NY $62,000
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $64,190
Binghamton, NY $73,750
Glens Falls, NY $50,390
Ithaca, NY $66,960
Kingston, NY $61,640
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $67,540
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $60,890
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $66,550
Elmira, NY $77,580
$68,295
Ohio

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Ohio (No Degree)

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($88,760) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cleveland-Elyria, OH $63,580
Columbus, OH $88,760
Dayton, OH $71,610
Toledo, OH $65,020
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $71,270
Lima, OH $52,310
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $44,080
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $53,940
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $54,620
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $53,200
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $53,050
Canton-Massillon, OH $52,760
Mansfield, OH $59,900
Springfield, OH $60,240
$60,310
Oklahoma

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oklahoma (No Degree)

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($57,930) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $43,860
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,400
Oklahoma City, OK $57,930
Tulsa, OK $53,410
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $39,260
Lawton, OK $40,280
$45,523
Oregon

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oregon (No Degree)

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($82,370) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Bend-Redmond, OR $78,960
Corvallis, OR $77,550
Eugene, OR $76,070
Grants Pass, OR $65,070
Medford, OR $74,460
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $82,370
Salem, OR $74,360
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $63,630
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $59,160
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $72,100
$72,373
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Pennsylvania (No Degree)

Gettysburg, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($89,680) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $74,440
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $76,210
Pittsburgh, PA $65,550
East Stroudsburg, PA $71,060
Erie, PA $77,370
Gettysburg, PA $89,680
Lancaster, PA $77,780
Lebanon, PA $75,190
Reading, PA $74,900
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $64,180
State College, PA $79,710
York-Hanover, PA $67,480
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $51,850
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $58,280
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $62,640
Altoona, PA $58,240
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $51,570
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $57,290
Johnstown, PA $51,000
Williamsport, PA $51,850
$66,814
Puerto Rico

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

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($41,110) for jobs which don't require a degree.

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $41,110
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,990
Arecibo, PR $18,760
Ponce, PR $26,370
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $20,040
Guayama, PR $20,900
San German, PR $19,900
$23,724
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($49,210) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbia, SC $43,440
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $44,250
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $49,210
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $44,460
Spartanburg, SC $42,750
Sumter, SC $39,110
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,980
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,970
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,940
Florence, SC $39,390
$41,650
South Dakota

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

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($63,460) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Sioux Falls, SD $63,460
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $47,400
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $43,990
$51,617
Tennessee

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Tennessee (No Degree)

Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($54,870) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Clarksville, TN-KY $46,450
Cleveland, TN $36,400
Jackson, TN $46,390
Johnson City, TN $40,770
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $38,910
Knoxville, TN $40,820
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $54,870
Morristown, TN $39,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $51,700
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $39,080
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $40,540
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $38,510
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $35,410
$42,227
Texas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Texas (No Degree)

Austin-Round Rock, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($74,530) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $72,560
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $66,420
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $60,890
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $46,710
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,060
Amarillo, TX $71,520
Austin-Round Rock, TX $74,530
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $69,780
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $48,940
College Station-Bryan, TX $64,860
Corpus Christi, TX $59,820
El Paso, TX $65,870
Killeen-Temple, TX $57,920
Laredo, TX $65,380
Longview, TX $56,380
Lubbock, TX $61,910
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $52,610
Midland, TX $64,570
Odessa, TX $60,310
Sherman-Denison, TX $58,190
Texarkana, TX-AR $48,850
Tyler, TX $64,910
Waco, TX $62,030
Wichita Falls, TX $60,920
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $49,160
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $50,250
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $48,360
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $47,370
San Angelo, TX $57,320
Victoria, TX $54,250
$59,055
Utah

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Utah (No Degree)

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($62,830) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $53,040
Provo-Orem, UT $54,010
Salt Lake City, UT $62,830
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $56,600
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $49,830
St. George, UT $55,440
$55,292
Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Virginia (No Degree)

Richmond, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($55,310) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $54,650
Richmond, VA $55,310
Charlottesville, VA $50,790
Harrisonburg, VA $47,030
Lynchburg, VA $45,530
Roanoke, VA $48,510
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $46,950
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $42,670
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,310
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $48,620
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $46,220
Winchester, VA-WV $54,880
$48,956
Vermont

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Vermont (No Degree)

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($57,070) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $57,070
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $56,380
$56,725
Wisconsin

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wisconsin (No Degree)

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($76,520) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Eau Claire, WI $60,850
Fond du Lac, WI $64,480
Green Bay, WI $73,500
Janesville-Beloit, WI $69,520
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $57,910
Madison, WI $65,110
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $76,520
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $73,280
Racine, WI $70,620
Sheboygan, WI $73,150
Wausau, WI $65,710
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $56,320
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $59,480
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $57,250
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $48,390
$64,806
West Virginia

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

Wheeling, WV-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($48,250) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Charleston, WV $47,160
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $44,720
Morgantown, WV $47,760
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $46,100
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $44,420
Wheeling, WV-OH $48,250
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $40,120
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $40,250
$44,848
Wyoming

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wyoming (No Degree)

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($55,790) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cheyenne, WY N/A
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $55,790
$55,790

6 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 $59,654.  For a master's degree, the average salary median is $50,647.  For an associate's degree, the average salary median is $82,101.  The average salary median for job roles not requiring a degree is $57,936. 

  Emergency Management Directors

Plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.

Salary Ratio: 1.73    

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    
  • Civil Defense Director
  • Civil Preparedness Officer
  • Disaster Response Director
  • Emergency Management Coordinator
  • Emergency Management System Director (EMS Director)
  • Emergency Planner
  • Emergency Planning and Response Manager
  • Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
  • Emergency Services Director
  • Emergency Services Program Coordinator
  • Public Safety Director
  • Relocation Director
  • US Salary Median: $79,486
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 9.3%
  • Prior Experience: 4-6 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: 0.63    

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

  First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.

Salary Ratio: 3.07    

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    
  • Chief Deputy
  • Deputy Chief Sheriff
  • Detective Chief
  • Detective Supervisor
  • Harbor Master
  • Harbor Patrol Chief
  • Harbor Police Launch Commander
  • Homicide Squad Commanding Officer (Homicide Squad CO)
  • Identification and Communications Supervisor
  • Identification and Records Commander
  • Internal Affairs Commander
  • Investigation Division Commanding Officer
  • Motorized Squad Commanding Officer
  • Patrol Captain
  • Patrol Commander
  • Police Captain
  • Police Chief Deputy
  • Police Commanding Officer
  • Police Deputy Chief
  • Police Shift Commander
  • Police Superintendent
  • Police Supervisor
  • Port Warden
  • Post Commander
  • Precinct Captain
  • Precinct Commanding Officer
  • Precinct Police Captain
  • Safety Supervisor
  • Shift Supervisor
  • Suspect Artist Supervisor
  • Traffic Division Commanding Officer
  • Traffic Supervisor
  • Uniform Force Captain
  • Vehicle Maintenance Unit Commanding Officer
  • US Salary Median: $84,277
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.4%
  • Prior Experience: no prior years
  • Degree Level Required: Associate's

  Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.

Salary Ratio: 8.77    

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    
  • Accident Prevention Squad Police Officer
  • Alcohol Law Enforcement Agent (ALE Agent)
  • Animal Cop
  • Border Guard
  • Border Patrol Agent
  • Border Patrol Officer
  • Campus Police Officer
  • Canine Deputy (K-9 Deputy)
  • Chief Deputy Sheriff
  • City Constable
  • City Marshal
  • Civil Division Deputy Sheriff
  • Civil Process Server
  • Community Service Patrol Officer
  • Complaint Evaluation Officer
  • Constable
  • Cop
  • County Sheriff
  • Crime Prevention Police Officer
  • Customs Patrol Officer
  • Deputy
  • Deputy Certified Sheriff
  • Deputy K-9
  • Deputy Sheriff
  • Deputy Sheriff (Generalist)-Bailiff
  • Deputy Sheriff Generalist
  • Deputy Sheriff Lieutenant
  • Deputy Sheriff-Custody
  • Deputy Sheriff-K9 Handler
  • Desk Officer
  • Drug Abuse Resistance Education Officer (DARE Officer)
  • Drug Enforcement Agent
  • Grand Jury Deputy Sheriff
  • Highway Patrol Officer
  • Highway Patrol Pilot
  • Immigration Guard
  • K-9 Handler
  • K-9 Police Officer
  • K9 Handler
  • Law Enforcement Officer
  • Lieutenant
  • Marshal
  • Master Deputy Sheriff-Court Security
  • Military Police Officer
  • Motorcycle Police
  • Mounted Police
  • Officer
  • Park Police
  • Patrol Deputy Sheriff
  • Patrol Driver
  • Patrol Officer
  • Patrol Park Officer
  • Patrol Sergeant
  • Sheriff's Office
  • Peace Officer
  • Police Booking Officer
  • Police Inspector
  • Police Officer
  • Police Park Officer
  • Police Patrol Officer
  • Police Worker
  • Policeman
  • Policewoman
  • Protective Officer
  • Protective Service Specialist
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Safety Instruction Police Officer
  • Safety Patrol Officer
  • Sheriff
  • Sheriff Department Corporal-Road Deputy
  • Sheriff Deputy
  • Sheriff Officer
  • Sheriff's Detective
  • Sheriff's Officer
  • Sheriff's Sergeant
  • Sheriffs Detective
  • Sheriffs Officer
  • Special Deputy
  • Special Deputy Sheriff
  • State Highway Police Officer
  • State Patrol Officer
  • State Trooper
  • SWAT Team Member (Special Weapons and Tactics Team Member)
  • Town Marshal
  • Trooper
  • Under Sheriff
  • Uniform Patrol Police Officer
  • US Salary Median: $58,627
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.4%
  • Prior Experience: N/A
  • Degree Level Required: None

  Customs and Border Protection Officers

Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations.

Salary Ratio: 1.1    

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    
  • Agriculture Specialist
  • Air Import Specialist
  • Border Patrol Agent
  • Canine Enforcement Officer (K-9 Enforcement Officer)
  • Customs Import Specialist
  • Customs Inspector
  • Customs Officer
  • Customs Opener
  • Customs Packer
  • Customs Specialist
  • Customs Verifier
  • Deportation Officer
  • Drug Enforcement Agent
  • Drug Inspector
  • Duty Officer
  • Immigration Services Officer
  • Import Specialist
  • Inspector
  • Ocean Import Specialist
  • Patrol Inspector
  • Special Agent
  • US Customs and Border Officer
  • US Customs and Border Protection Officer (US CBPO)
  • US Salary Median: $58,627
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.4%
  • Prior Experience: no prior years
  • Degree Level Required: Bachelor's

  Private Detectives and Investigators

Gather, analyze, compile, and report information regarding individuals or organizations to clients, or detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment.

Salary Ratio: 0.91    

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    
  • Alarm Investigator
  • Asset Protection Detective
  • Background Investigator
  • Bonding Agent
  • Cash Shortage Investigator
  • Certified Legal Investigator
  • Contract Investigator
  • Detective
  • Detective Investigator
  • District Agent
  • Field Investigator
  • Fraud Investigator
  • House Detective
  • House Officer
  • Intelligence Agent
  • Investigator
  • Licensed Private Investigator
  • Loss Prevention Agent
  • Loss Prevention Analyst
  • Loss Prevention Associate
  • Loss Prevention Detective
  • Loss Prevention Investigator
  • Loss Prevention Officer
  • Private Detective
  • Private Eye
  • Private Investigator
  • Protection Specialist
  • Security Analyst
  • Security Consultant
  • Shopping Investigator
  • Skip Locator
  • Skip Tracer
  • Special Investigator
  • Store Detective
  • Surveillance Investigator
  • Undercover Agent
  • Undercover Operator
  • US Salary Median: $51,162
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.4%
  • Prior Experience: 4-6 years
  • Degree Level Required: Bachelor's



Average Education Costs

Bachelor's

The average cost for an undergraduate degree is $10,210 per year (or $12,542 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $40,840 to earn a bachelor's (or $50,168 if you're out-of-state).

Master's

The average cost for a graduate degree is $11,098 per year (or $13,317 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $22,196 to earn a master's (or $26,634 if you're out-of-state). This doesn't include the cost to first earn a bachelor's degree ($40,840 if you're in-state, $50,168 if you're out-of-state).

Associate's

The average cost for an undergraduate degree is $10,210 per year (or $12,542 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $20,420 to earn an associate's (or $25,084 if you're out-of-state).


Most Affordable Schools for an Undergraduate Protective Services Operations Degrees

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide

1 Aerospace Blvd. - Daytona Beach, FL

Out-of-state cost: $10,296/year
In-state cost: $10,296/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

University of Akron Main Campus

302 Buchtel Common - Akron, OH

Out-of-state cost: $17,765/year
In-state cost: $11,861/year
Degrees: Bachelor's


Most Affordable Schools for a Graduate Protective Services Operations Degrees

Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

1011 South Dr 201 Sutton Hall - Indiana, PA

Out-of-state cost: $18,207/year
In-state cost: $12,618/year
Degrees: Master's


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