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Average Salary and Job Outcomes With a Railroad and Railway Transportation Degree

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

What Do You Learn With This Degree?

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the operation of railroads and other aspects of the railway industry, including railroad and railyard service. Includes instruction in railway culture, operating skills, General Code of Operation rules, conductor service, signal systems, switching, transportation of hazardous materials, safety, and railway telecommunications systems.

What Can You Do With This Degree?

What Can You Do With This Degree?

Interpret train orders, electronic or manual signals, and railroad rules and regulations. Drive switching or other locomotive or dinkey engines within railroad yard, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location. Coordinate activities of switch-engine crew within railroad yard, industrial plant, or similar location. Conductors coordinate activities of train crew on passenger or freight trains. Yardmasters review train schedules and switching orders and coordinate activities of workers engaged in railroad traffic operations, such as the makeup or breakup of trains and yard switching.

U.S. Summary
Job & Salary Averages
  • Salary Value (U.S.): $32,771
    "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.): 8.8%
    The "average of job growth averages"  is an average of national job growth rates for all jobs attainable with this degree.
  • Avg. Years of Work Experience Needed: no prior years
Education Costs
  • Avg. Undergrad. Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $7,085/yr
  • Avg. Undergrad. In-State Cost (U.S.):  $2,252/yr
  • Avg. Graduate Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Graduate In-State Cost (U.S.):  N/A
  • Avg. Combined Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $7,085/yr
  • Avg. Combined In-State Cost (U.S.):  $2,252/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: $32,771

The state with the highest salary value for this degree is Alaska ($47,265) in the Fairbanks, AK metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Salary Values for Alaska

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest salary value in Alaska ($47,340).

Fairbanks, AK $47,340
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $47,190
$47,265
Alabama

Metro Area Salary Values for Alabama

Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area has the highest salary value in Alabama ($32,150).

Auburn-Opelika, AL $27,960
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $32,150
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $29,050
Decatur, AL $29,590
Dothan, AL $31,670
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $28,630
Gadsden, AL $29,890
Huntsville, AL $28,760
Mobile, AL $30,200
Montgomery, AL $28,070
Tuscaloosa, AL $30,170
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,970
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,820
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $29,660
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $31,180
$29,718
Arkansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Arkansas

Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area has the highest salary value in Arkansas ($33,200).

Fort Smith, AR-OK $33,200
Hot Springs, AR $26,480
Jonesboro, AR $31,220
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $30,450
Pine Bluff, AR $27,260
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,690
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,320
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,170
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $29,170
$29,662
Arizona

Metro Area Salary Values for Arizona

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest salary value in Arizona ($33,250).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $30,020
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $33,250
Prescott, AZ $30,430
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $30,830
Tucson, AZ $32,550
Yuma, AZ $30,850
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $31,880
$31,401
California

Metro Area Salary Values for California

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area has the highest salary value in California ($40,830).

Chico, CA $31,300
El Centro, CA $34,240
Fresno, CA $32,610
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $34,160
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $33,230
Madera, CA $31,860
Merced, CA $31,520
Modesto, CA $35,430
Napa, CA $38,520
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $32,370
Redding, CA $35,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $35,040
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $34,800
Salinas, CA $33,100
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $33,310
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $40,830
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $39,980
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $33,250
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $36,560
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $33,270
Santa Rosa, CA $37,310
Stockton-Lodi, CA $35,560
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $35,190
Visalia-Porterville, CA $32,220
Yuba City, CA $34,440
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,510
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $33,590
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $39,880
$34,765
Colorado

Metro Area Salary Values for Colorado

Greeley, CO metro area has the highest salary value in Colorado ($42,780).

Colorado Springs, CO $31,060
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $37,720
Fort Collins, CO $33,880
Grand Junction, CO $35,710
Greeley, CO $42,780
Pueblo, CO $34,320
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $36,340
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $32,480
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $40,800
$36,121
Connecticut

Metro Area Salary Values for Connecticut

Danbury, CT metro area has the highest salary value in Connecticut ($36,500).

Danbury, CT $36,500
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,020
New Haven, CT $32,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $33,800
Waterbury, CT $34,780
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$34,185
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Salary Values for Florida

South Florida nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Florida ($34,200).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $30,010
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $28,960
Gainesville, FL $31,140
Homosassa Springs, FL $26,000
Jacksonville, FL $32,660
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $33,320
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $30,780
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $31,470
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $30,290
Ocala, FL $29,620
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $31,030
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $30,040
Panama City, FL $30,970
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $29,580
Port St. Lucie, FL $30,850
Punta Gorda, FL $27,910
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $30,490
Sebring, FL $24,840
Tallahassee, FL $29,830
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $30,080
The Villages, FL $30,460
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $34,200
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $29,460
$30,173
Georgia

Metro Area Salary Values for Georgia

Hinesville, GA metro area has the highest salary value in Georgia ($35,920).

Athens-Clarke County, GA $30,440
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $32,630
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $29,350
Brunswick, GA $29,310
Columbus, GA-AL $28,900
Dalton, GA $33,150
Gainesville, GA $29,980
Hinesville, GA $35,920
Macon, GA $30,140
Rome, GA $29,870
Savannah, GA $33,610
Valdosta, GA $30,960
Warner Robins, GA $34,860
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,460
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $26,920
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $28,800
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,560
$30,815
Hawaii

Metro Area Salary Values for Hawaii

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest salary value in Hawaii ($40,440).

Urban Honolulu, HI $40,440
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $33,940
$37,190
Iowa

Metro Area Salary Values for Iowa

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has the highest salary value in Iowa ($38,390).

Cedar Rapids, IA $35,660
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,300
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $38,390
Dubuque, IA $36,830
Iowa City, IA $36,870
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $35,570
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $36,860
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,670
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,620
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,480
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,090
$36,485
Idaho

Metro Area Salary Values for Idaho

Lewiston, ID-WA metro area has the highest salary value in Idaho ($36,410).

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,380
Idaho Falls, ID $32,060
Lewiston, ID-WA $36,410
Pocatello, ID $30,580
Twin Falls, ID $32,450
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,450
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $33,510
$33,263
Illinois

Metro Area Salary Values for Illinois

Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Illinois ($38,240).

Carbondale-Marion, IL $32,470
Champaign-Urbana, IL $32,190
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $35,380
Danville, IL $37,760
Decatur, IL $38,110
Kankakee, IL $32,110
Peoria, IL $34,320
Rockford, IL $31,400
Springfield, IL $30,530
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $38,240
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $33,360
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $33,050
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $34,310
$34,095
Indiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Indiana

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area has the highest salary value in Indiana ($36,430).

Columbus, IN $35,470
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $35,170
Evansville, IN-KY $31,410
Fort Wayne, IN $31,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $33,540
Kokomo, IN $31,190
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $36,430
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $33,390
Muncie, IN $32,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $31,710
Terre Haute, IN $30,420
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $35,510
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $32,700
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,510
$33,289
Kansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Kansas

Kansas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Kansas ($34,310).

Manhattan, KS $28,590
Topeka, KS $33,860
Wichita, KS $31,390
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $34,310
$32,038
Kentucky

Metro Area Salary Values for Kentucky

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest salary value in Kentucky ($33,640).

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $30,070
Lexington-Fayette, KY $32,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $33,640
Owensboro, KY $33,110
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $32,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,830
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $33,110
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,440
$31,640
Louisiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Louisiana

Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Louisiana ($33,290).

Baton Rouge, LA $32,880
Hammond, LA $32,570
Lafayette, LA $30,480
Lake Charles, LA $31,120
Monroe, LA $26,630
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $32,680
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $29,810
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $33,290
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,930
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $31,950
$31,134
Massachusetts

Metro Area Salary Values for Massachusetts

Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Massachusetts ($37,750).

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $36,530
Leominster-Gardner, MA $34,090
New Bedford, MA $31,790
Pittsfield, MA $33,310
Springfield, MA-CT $35,850
Worcester, MA-CT $35,590
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $37,750
$34,987
Maryland

Metro Area Salary Values for Maryland

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest salary value in Maryland ($34,610).

California-Lexington Park, MD $34,610
Cumberland, MD-WV $30,950
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $31,850
Salisbury, MD-DE $31,410
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$32,086
Maine

Metro Area Salary Values for Maine

Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area has the highest salary value in Maine ($36,470).

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $36,470
Portland-South Portland, ME $35,980
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $31,710
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $32,830
$34,248
Michigan

Metro Area Salary Values for Michigan

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest salary value in Michigan ($35,320).

Battle Creek, MI $31,790
Bay City, MI $30,190
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $35,320
Flint, MI $32,040
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $31,710
Jackson, MI $34,580
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $34,090
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $33,940
Midland, MI $30,250
Monroe, MI $32,240
Muskegon, MI $31,460
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $32,940
Saginaw, MI $32,190
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,630
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,090
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,280
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,700
$32,614
Minnesota

Metro Area Salary Values for Minnesota

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Minnesota ($38,700).

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $33,940
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $38,700
Rochester, MN $36,450
St. Cloud, MN $36,830
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,080
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,980
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,000
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,650
$36,454
Missouri

Metro Area Salary Values for Missouri

Joplin, MO metro area has the highest salary value in Missouri ($35,610).

Columbia, MO $29,310
Jefferson City, MO $32,700
Joplin, MO $35,610
Kansas City, MO-KS $33,930
St. Joseph, MO-KS $31,820
St. Louis, MO-IL $34,860
Springfield, MO $32,430
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,720
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,820
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,210
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $28,040
$31,768
Mississippi

Metro Area Salary Values for Mississippi

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest salary value in Mississippi ($32,780).

Hattiesburg, MS $27,690
Jackson, MS $32,780
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,510
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $30,220
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $32,360
$30,110
Montana

Metro Area Salary Values for Montana

East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Montana ($37,790).

Great Falls, MT $31,910
Missoula, MT $31,690
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $35,640
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,490
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,790
$34,104
North Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for North Carolina

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area has the highest salary value in North Carolina ($32,650).

Burlington, NC $29,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $31,440
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $30,570
Fayetteville, NC $29,770
Goldsboro, NC $29,030
Greensboro-High Point, NC $30,940
Greenville, NC $28,950
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $32,650
Jacksonville, NC $26,000
New Bern, NC $30,580
Raleigh, NC $30,700
Rocky Mount, NC $29,230
Wilmington, NC $30,980
Winston-Salem, NC $30,230
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,820
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,920
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $30,910
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $31,140
$30,131
North Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for North Dakota

West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in North Dakota ($49,940).

Fargo, ND-MN $36,930
Grand Forks, ND-MN $39,200
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $49,940
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $39,750
$41,455
Nebraska

Metro Area Salary Values for Nebraska

Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Nebraska ($37,160).

Lincoln, NE $36,770
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $35,590
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $34,240
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,160
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $35,000
$35,752
New Hampshire

Metro Area Salary Values for New Hampshire

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in New Hampshire ($35,510).

Manchester, NH $32,090
Portsmouth, NH-ME $33,150
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,390
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $35,510
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,660
$33,160
New Jersey

Metro Area Salary Values for New Jersey

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest salary value in New Jersey ($35,850).

Ocean City, NJ $30,690
Trenton, NJ $35,850
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $29,360
$31,967
New Mexico

Metro Area Salary Values for New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in New Mexico ($35,760).

Farmington, NM $34,970
Las Cruces, NM $26,960
Santa Fe, NM $31,000
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $35,760
$31,558
Nevada

Metro Area Salary Values for Nevada

Reno, NV metro area has the highest salary value in Nevada ($36,650).

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $31,780
Reno, NV $36,650
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $36,380
$34,937
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 ($36,950).

Binghamton, NY $33,930
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $32,430
Elmira, NY $31,260
Glens Falls, NY $33,780
Ithaca, NY $32,090
Kingston, NY $32,940
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $36,950
Rochester, NY $32,650
Syracuse, NY $34,760
Utica-Rome, NY $34,550
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $34,880
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $34,660
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $33,590
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $33,950
$33,744
Ohio

Metro Area Salary Values for Ohio

West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Ohio ($35,250).

Canton-Massillon, OH $30,220
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $33,040
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $32,280
Columbus, OH $33,300
Dayton, OH $30,130
Lima, OH $32,150
Mansfield, OH $34,380
Springfield, OH $31,900
Toledo, OH $33,070
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $30,630
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,250
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $33,850
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,380
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,220
$32,629
Oklahoma

Metro Area Salary Values for Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest salary value in Oklahoma ($35,450).

Lawton, OK $28,220
Oklahoma City, OK $35,450
Tulsa, OK $31,670
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $30,880
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,440
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,960
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,100
$32,674
Oregon

Metro Area Salary Values for Oregon

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest salary value in Oregon ($37,470).

Bend-Redmond, OR $35,550
Corvallis, OR $32,600
Eugene, OR $34,640
Grants Pass, OR $28,710
Medford, OR $35,030
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $37,470
Salem, OR $34,490
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,370
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,120
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,630
$34,661
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Salary Values for Pennsylvania

Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA metro area has the highest salary value in Pennsylvania ($37,240).

Altoona, PA $31,670
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $31,720
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $37,240
East Stroudsburg, PA $36,540
Erie, PA $30,600
Gettysburg, PA $34,680
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $34,510
Johnstown, PA $31,300
Lancaster, PA $34,640
Lebanon, PA $31,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $34,120
Pittsburgh, PA $34,470
Reading, PA $33,810
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $32,330
State College, PA $30,300
Williamsport, PA $32,170
York-Hanover, PA $35,430
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $31,620
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,580
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,170
$33,455
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Salary Values for Puerto Rico

Guayama, PR metro area has the highest salary value in Puerto Rico ($21,080).

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,890
Arecibo, PR $18,840
Guayama, PR $21,080
Mayaguez, PR $19,030
Ponce, PR $18,900
San German, PR $18,660
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $19,550
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,790
$19,218
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for South Carolina

Spartanburg, SC metro area has the highest salary value in South Carolina ($32,540).

Columbia, SC $29,640
Florence, SC $29,260
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $31,750
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $29,200
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $29,140
Spartanburg, SC $32,540
Sumter, SC $30,080
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,880
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $32,030
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,390
$30,291
South Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest salary value in South Dakota ($33,020).

Sioux Falls, SD $33,020
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $32,760
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $29,810
$31,863
Tennessee

Metro Area Salary Values for Tennessee

South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Tennessee ($33,250).

Clarksville, TN-KY $32,220
Cleveland, TN $27,920
Jackson, TN $32,060
Johnson City, TN $28,370
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $29,780
Knoxville, TN $30,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $32,710
Morristown, TN $31,590
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $32,440
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $32,960
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $33,250
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $28,770
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $30,080
$30,975
Texas

Metro Area Salary Values for Texas

Midland, TX metro area has the highest salary value in Texas ($46,890).

Amarillo, TX $33,430
Austin-Round Rock, TX $33,420
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $33,670
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $25,010
College Station-Bryan, TX $29,480
Corpus Christi, TX $36,200
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $36,380
El Paso, TX $29,190
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $41,707
Killeen-Temple, TX $31,460
Laredo, TX $31,070
Longview, TX $32,680
Lubbock, TX $28,970
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $26,030
Midland, TX $46,890
Odessa, TX $42,920
San Angelo, TX $31,220
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $33,250
Sherman-Denison, TX $29,730
Texarkana, TX-AR $32,880
Tyler, TX $33,050
Victoria, TX $34,790
Waco, TX $32,660
Wichita Falls, TX $29,550
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,800
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,230
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,810
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $31,380
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $30,650
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $32,890
$33,367
Utah

Metro Area Salary Values for Utah

Central Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Utah ($38,040).

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $34,790
Provo-Orem, UT $30,390
St. George, UT $32,630
Salt Lake City, UT $36,940
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,040
$34,558
Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for Virginia

Harrisonburg, VA metro area has the highest salary value in Virginia ($34,310).

Charlottesville, VA $31,300
Harrisonburg, VA $34,310
Lynchburg, VA $30,180
Richmond, VA $31,420
Roanoke, VA $32,090
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $33,170
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $33,110
Winchester, VA-WV $33,950
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,640
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,510
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,440
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,730
$31,904
Vermont

Metro Area Salary Values for Vermont

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Vermont ($36,180).

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $35,910
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $36,180
$36,045
Wisconsin

Metro Area Salary Values for Wisconsin

Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Wisconsin ($39,530).

Eau Claire, WI $33,990
Fond du Lac, WI $35,820
Green Bay, WI $35,660
Janesville-Beloit, WI $36,800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $37,680
Madison, WI $36,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $33,900
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $39,050
Racine, WI $35,420
Sheboygan, WI $35,870
Wausau, WI $37,520
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $32,080
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,540
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,230
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,530
$35,979
West Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for West Virginia

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest salary value in West Virginia ($34,450).

Charleston, WV $32,580
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $32,510
Morgantown, WV $27,430
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $30,430
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $34,450
Wheeling, WV-OH $30,660
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,570
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,270
$31,238
Wyoming

Metro Area Salary Values for Wyoming

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Wyoming ($42,750).

Cheyenne, WY $38,710
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,750
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,360
$41,273

Bachelor's

Average Salary Median: $32,855

The state with the highest average salary median for a bachelor's degree is Alaska ($47,265) in the Fairbanks, AK metro area.

Alaska

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

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($47,340) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $47,340
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $47,190
$47,265
Alabama

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

Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($32,150) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Auburn-Opelika, AL $27,960
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $32,150
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $29,050
Decatur, AL $29,590
Dothan, AL $31,670
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $28,630
Gadsden, AL $29,890
Huntsville, AL $28,760
Mobile, AL $30,200
Montgomery, AL $28,070
Tuscaloosa, AL $30,170
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,970
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,820
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $29,660
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $31,180
$29,718
Arkansas

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

Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($33,200) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $33,200
Hot Springs, AR $26,480
Jonesboro, AR $31,220
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $30,450
Pine Bluff, AR $27,260
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,690
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,320
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,170
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $29,170
$29,662
Arizona

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

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($33,250) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $30,020
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $33,250
Prescott, AZ $30,430
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $30,830
Tucson, AZ $32,550
Yuma, AZ $30,850
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $31,880
$31,401
California

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

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($40,830) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA $31,300
El Centro, CA $34,240
Fresno, CA $32,610
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $34,160
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $33,230
Madera, CA $31,860
Merced, CA $31,520
Modesto, CA $35,430
Napa, CA $38,520
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $32,370
Redding, CA $35,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $35,040
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $34,800
Salinas, CA $33,100
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $33,310
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $40,830
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $39,980
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $33,250
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $36,560
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $33,270
Santa Rosa, CA $37,310
Stockton-Lodi, CA $35,560
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $35,190
Visalia-Porterville, CA $32,220
Yuba City, CA $34,440
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,510
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $33,590
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $39,880
$34,765
Colorado

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

Greeley, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($42,780) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $31,060
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $37,720
Fort Collins, CO $33,880
Grand Junction, CO $35,710
Greeley, CO $42,780
Pueblo, CO $34,320
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $36,340
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $32,480
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $40,800
$36,121
Connecticut

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

Danbury, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($36,500) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $36,500
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,020
New Haven, CT $32,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $33,800
Waterbury, CT $34,780
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$34,185
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

South Florida nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($34,200) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $30,010
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $28,960
Gainesville, FL $31,140
Homosassa Springs, FL $26,000
Jacksonville, FL $32,660
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $33,320
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $30,780
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $31,470
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $30,290
Ocala, FL $29,620
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $31,030
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $30,040
Panama City, FL $30,970
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $29,580
Port St. Lucie, FL $30,850
Punta Gorda, FL $27,910
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $30,490
Sebring, FL $24,840
Tallahassee, FL $29,830
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $30,080
The Villages, FL $30,460
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $34,200
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $29,460
$30,173
Georgia

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

Hinesville, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($35,920) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $30,440
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $32,630
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $29,350
Brunswick, GA $29,310
Columbus, GA-AL $28,900
Dalton, GA $33,150
Gainesville, GA $29,980
Hinesville, GA $35,920
Macon, GA $30,140
Rome, GA $29,870
Savannah, GA $33,610
Valdosta, GA $30,960
Warner Robins, GA $34,860
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,460
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $26,920
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $28,800
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,560
$30,815
Hawaii

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

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($40,440) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $40,440
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $33,940
$37,190
Iowa

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

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($38,390) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $35,660
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,300
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $38,390
Dubuque, IA $36,830
Iowa City, IA $36,870
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $35,570
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $36,860
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,670
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,620
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,480
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,090
$36,485
Idaho

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

Lewiston, ID-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($36,410) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,380
Idaho Falls, ID $32,060
Lewiston, ID-WA $36,410
Pocatello, ID $30,580
Twin Falls, ID $32,450
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,450
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $33,510
$33,263
Illinois

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

Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($38,240) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $32,470
Champaign-Urbana, IL $32,190
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $35,380
Danville, IL $37,760
Decatur, IL $38,110
Kankakee, IL $32,110
Peoria, IL $34,320
Rockford, IL $31,400
Springfield, IL $30,530
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $38,240
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $33,360
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $33,050
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $34,310
$34,095
Indiana

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

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($36,430) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN $35,470
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $35,170
Evansville, IN-KY $31,410
Fort Wayne, IN $31,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $33,540
Kokomo, IN $31,190
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $36,430
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $33,390
Muncie, IN $32,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $31,710
Terre Haute, IN $30,420
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $35,510
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $32,700
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,510
$33,289
Kansas

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

Kansas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($34,310) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $28,590
Topeka, KS $33,860
Wichita, KS $31,390
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $34,310
$32,038
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 ($33,640) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $30,070
Lexington-Fayette, KY $32,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $33,640
Owensboro, KY $33,110
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $32,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,830
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $33,110
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,440
$31,640
Louisiana

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

Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($33,290) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Baton Rouge, LA $32,880
Hammond, LA $32,570
Lafayette, LA $30,480
Lake Charles, LA $31,120
Monroe, LA $26,630
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $32,680
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $29,810
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $33,290
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,930
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $31,950
$31,134
Massachusetts

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

Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($37,750) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $36,530
Leominster-Gardner, MA $34,090
New Bedford, MA $31,790
Pittsfield, MA $33,310
Springfield, MA-CT $35,850
Worcester, MA-CT $35,590
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $37,750
$34,987
Maryland

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

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($34,610) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $34,610
Cumberland, MD-WV $30,950
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $31,850
Salisbury, MD-DE $31,410
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$32,086
Maine

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

Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($36,470) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $36,470
Portland-South Portland, ME $35,980
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $31,710
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $32,830
$34,248
Michigan

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

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($35,320) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI $31,790
Bay City, MI $30,190
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $35,320
Flint, MI $32,040
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $31,710
Jackson, MI $34,580
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $34,090
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $33,940
Midland, MI $30,250
Monroe, MI $32,240
Muskegon, MI $31,460
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $32,940
Saginaw, MI $32,190
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,630
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,090
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,280
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,700
$32,614
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 ($38,700) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $33,940
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $38,700
Rochester, MN $36,450
St. Cloud, MN $36,830
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,080
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,980
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,000
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,650
$36,454
Missouri

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

Joplin, MO metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($35,610) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO $29,310
Jefferson City, MO $32,700
Joplin, MO $35,610
Kansas City, MO-KS $33,930
St. Joseph, MO-KS $31,820
St. Louis, MO-IL $34,860
Springfield, MO $32,430
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,720
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,820
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,210
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $28,040
$31,768
Mississippi

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

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($32,780) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $27,690
Jackson, MS $32,780
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,510
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $30,220
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $32,360
$30,110
Montana

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

East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($37,790) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT $31,910
Missoula, MT $31,690
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $35,640
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,490
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,790
$34,104
North Carolina

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

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($32,650) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC $29,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $31,440
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $30,570
Fayetteville, NC $29,770
Goldsboro, NC $29,030
Greensboro-High Point, NC $30,940
Greenville, NC $28,950
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $32,650
Jacksonville, NC $26,000
New Bern, NC $30,580
Raleigh, NC $30,700
Rocky Mount, NC $29,230
Wilmington, NC $30,980
Winston-Salem, NC $30,230
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,820
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,920
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $30,910
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $31,140
$30,131
North Dakota

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

West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($49,940) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $36,930
Grand Forks, ND-MN $39,200
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $49,940
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $39,750
$41,455
Nebraska

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

Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($37,160) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE $36,770
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $35,590
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $34,240
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,160
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $35,000
$35,752
New Hampshire

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

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($35,510) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $32,090
Portsmouth, NH-ME $33,150
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,390
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $35,510
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,660
$33,160
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 ($35,850) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $30,690
Trenton, NJ $35,850
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $29,360
$31,967
New Mexico

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

Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($35,760) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $34,970
Las Cruces, NM $26,960
Santa Fe, NM $31,000
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $35,760
$31,558
Nevada

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

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($36,650) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $31,780
Reno, NV $36,650
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $36,380
$34,937
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 ($36,950) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Binghamton, NY $33,930
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $32,430
Elmira, NY $31,260
Glens Falls, NY $33,780
Ithaca, NY $32,090
Kingston, NY $32,940
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $36,950
Rochester, NY $32,650
Syracuse, NY $34,760
Utica-Rome, NY $34,550
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $34,880
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $34,660
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $33,590
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $33,950
$33,744
Ohio

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

West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($35,250) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH $30,220
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $33,040
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $32,280
Columbus, OH $33,300
Dayton, OH $30,130
Lima, OH $32,150
Mansfield, OH $34,380
Springfield, OH $31,900
Toledo, OH $33,070
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $30,630
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,250
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $33,850
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,380
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,220
$32,629
Oklahoma

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

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($35,450) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK $28,220
Oklahoma City, OK $35,450
Tulsa, OK $31,670
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $30,880
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,440
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,960
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,100
$32,674
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 ($37,470) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR $35,550
Corvallis, OR $32,600
Eugene, OR $34,640
Grants Pass, OR $28,710
Medford, OR $35,030
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $37,470
Salem, OR $34,490
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,370
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,120
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,630
$34,661
Pennsylvania

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

Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($37,240) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA $31,670
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $31,720
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $37,240
East Stroudsburg, PA $36,540
Erie, PA $30,600
Gettysburg, PA $34,680
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $34,510
Johnstown, PA $31,300
Lancaster, PA $34,640
Lebanon, PA $31,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $34,120
Pittsburgh, PA $34,470
Reading, PA $33,810
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $32,330
State College, PA $30,300
Williamsport, PA $32,170
York-Hanover, PA $35,430
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $31,620
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,580
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,170
$33,455
Puerto Rico

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

Guayama, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($21,080) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,890
Arecibo, PR $18,840
Guayama, PR $21,080
Mayaguez, PR $19,030
Ponce, PR $18,900
San German, PR $18,660
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $19,550
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,790
$19,218
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

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

Columbia, SC $29,640
Florence, SC $29,260
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $31,750
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $29,200
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $29,140
Spartanburg, SC $32,540
Sumter, SC $30,080
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,880
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $32,030
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,390
$30,291
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 ($33,020) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $33,020
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $32,760
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $29,810
$31,863
Tennessee

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

South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($33,250) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $32,220
Cleveland, TN $27,920
Jackson, TN $32,060
Johnson City, TN $28,370
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $29,780
Knoxville, TN $30,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $32,710
Morristown, TN $31,590
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $32,440
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $32,960
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $33,250
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $28,770
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $30,080
$30,975
Texas

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

Midland, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($46,890) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Amarillo, TX $33,430
Austin-Round Rock, TX $33,420
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $33,670
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $25,010
College Station-Bryan, TX $29,480
Corpus Christi, TX $36,200
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $36,380
El Paso, TX $29,190
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $34,550
Killeen-Temple, TX $31,460
Laredo, TX $31,070
Longview, TX $32,680
Lubbock, TX $28,970
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $26,030
Midland, TX $46,890
Odessa, TX $42,920
San Angelo, TX $31,220
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $33,250
Sherman-Denison, TX $29,730
Texarkana, TX-AR $32,880
Tyler, TX $33,050
Victoria, TX $34,790
Waco, TX $32,660
Wichita Falls, TX $29,550
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,800
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $31,210
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $28,810
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $31,380
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $30,650
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $32,890
$32,774
Utah

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

Central Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($38,040) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $34,790
Provo-Orem, UT $30,390
St. George, UT $32,630
Salt Lake City, UT $36,940
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,040
$34,558
Virginia

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

Harrisonburg, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($34,310) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA $31,300
Harrisonburg, VA $34,310
Lynchburg, VA $30,180
Richmond, VA $31,420
Roanoke, VA $32,090
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $33,170
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $33,110
Winchester, VA-WV $33,950
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,640
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,510
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,440
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,730
$31,904
Vermont

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

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($36,180) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $35,910
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $36,180
$36,045
Wisconsin

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

Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($39,530) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Eau Claire, WI $33,990
Fond du Lac, WI $35,820
Green Bay, WI $35,660
Janesville-Beloit, WI $36,800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $37,680
Madison, WI $36,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $33,900
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $39,050
Racine, WI $35,420
Sheboygan, WI $35,870
Wausau, WI $37,520
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $32,080
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,540
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,230
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,530
$35,979
West Virginia

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

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($34,450) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV $32,580
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $32,510
Morgantown, WV $27,430
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $30,430
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $34,450
Wheeling, WV-OH $30,660
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,570
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,270
$31,238
Wyoming

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

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($42,750) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY $38,710
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,750
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,360
$41,273

No Degree

Average Salary Median: $32,700

The state with the highest average salary median for jobs which don't require a degree is Alaska ($47,265) in the Fairbanks, AK metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alaska (No Degree)

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($47,340) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fairbanks, AK $47,340
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $47,190
$47,265
Alabama

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alabama (No Degree)

Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($32,150) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Auburn-Opelika, AL $27,960
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $32,150
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $29,050
Decatur, AL $29,590
Dothan, AL $31,670
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $28,630
Gadsden, AL $29,890
Huntsville, AL $28,760
Mobile, AL $30,200
Montgomery, AL $28,070
Tuscaloosa, AL $30,170
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,970
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,820
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $29,660
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $31,180
$29,718
Arkansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arkansas (No Degree)

Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($33,200) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $33,200
Hot Springs, AR $26,480
Jonesboro, AR $31,220
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $30,450
Pine Bluff, AR $27,260
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,690
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,320
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,170
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $29,170
$29,662
Arizona

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arizona (No Degree)

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($33,250) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $30,020
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $33,250
Prescott, AZ $30,430
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $30,830
Tucson, AZ $32,550
Yuma, AZ $30,850
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $31,880
$31,401
California

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for California (No Degree)

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($40,830) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Chico, CA $31,300
El Centro, CA $34,240
Fresno, CA $32,610
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $34,160
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $33,230
Madera, CA $31,860
Merced, CA $31,520
Modesto, CA $35,430
Napa, CA $38,520
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $32,370
Redding, CA $35,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $35,040
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $34,800
Salinas, CA $33,100
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $33,310
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $40,830
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $39,980
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $33,250
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $36,560
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $33,270
Santa Rosa, CA $37,310
Stockton-Lodi, CA $35,560
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $35,190
Visalia-Porterville, CA $32,220
Yuba City, CA $34,440
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,510
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $33,590
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $39,880
$34,765
Colorado

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Colorado (No Degree)

Greeley, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($42,780) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Colorado Springs, CO $31,060
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $37,720
Fort Collins, CO $33,880
Grand Junction, CO $35,710
Greeley, CO $42,780
Pueblo, CO $34,320
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $36,340
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $32,480
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $40,800
$36,121
Connecticut

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Connecticut (No Degree)

Danbury, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($36,500) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Danbury, CT $36,500
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,020
New Haven, CT $32,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $33,800
Waterbury, CT $34,780
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$34,185
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Florida (No Degree)

South Florida nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($34,200) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $30,010
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $28,960
Gainesville, FL $31,140
Homosassa Springs, FL $26,000
Jacksonville, FL $32,660
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $33,320
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $30,780
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $31,470
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $30,290
Ocala, FL $29,620
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $31,030
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $30,040
Panama City, FL $30,970
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $29,580
Port St. Lucie, FL $30,850
Punta Gorda, FL $27,910
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $30,490
Sebring, FL $24,840
Tallahassee, FL $29,830
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $30,080
The Villages, FL $30,460
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $34,200
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $29,460
$30,173
Georgia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Georgia (No Degree)

Hinesville, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($35,920) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $30,440
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $32,630
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $29,350
Brunswick, GA $29,310
Columbus, GA-AL $28,900
Dalton, GA $33,150
Gainesville, GA $29,980
Hinesville, GA $35,920
Macon, GA $30,140
Rome, GA $29,870
Savannah, GA $33,610
Valdosta, GA $30,960
Warner Robins, GA $34,860
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,460
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $26,920
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $28,800
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,560
$30,815
Hawaii

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Hawaii (No Degree)

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($40,440) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Urban Honolulu, HI $40,440
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $33,940
$37,190
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 ($38,390) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cedar Rapids, IA $35,660
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,300
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $38,390
Dubuque, IA $36,830
Iowa City, IA $36,870
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $35,570
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $36,860
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,670
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,620
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,480
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,090
$36,485
Idaho

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Idaho (No Degree)

Lewiston, ID-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($36,410) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,380
Idaho Falls, ID $32,060
Lewiston, ID-WA $36,410
Pocatello, ID $30,580
Twin Falls, ID $32,450
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,450
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $33,510
$33,263
Illinois N/A
Indiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Indiana (No Degree)

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($36,430) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbus, IN $35,470
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $35,170
Evansville, IN-KY $31,410
Fort Wayne, IN $31,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $33,540
Kokomo, IN $31,190
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $36,430
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $33,390
Muncie, IN $32,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $31,710
Terre Haute, IN $30,420
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $35,510
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $32,700
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,510
$33,289
Kansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kansas (No Degree)

Kansas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($34,310) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Manhattan, KS $28,590
Topeka, KS $33,860
Wichita, KS $31,390
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $34,310
$32,038
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 ($33,640) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $30,070
Lexington-Fayette, KY $32,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $33,640
Owensboro, KY $33,110
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $32,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,830
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $33,110
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,440
$31,640
Louisiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Louisiana (No Degree)

Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($33,290) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Baton Rouge, LA $32,880
Hammond, LA $32,570
Lafayette, LA $30,480
Lake Charles, LA $31,120
Monroe, LA $26,630
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $32,680
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $29,810
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $33,290
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,930
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $31,950
$31,134
Massachusetts

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Massachusetts (No Degree)

Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($37,750) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $36,530
Leominster-Gardner, MA $34,090
New Bedford, MA $31,790
Pittsfield, MA $33,310
Springfield, MA-CT $35,850
Worcester, MA-CT $35,590
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $37,750
$34,987
Maryland

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maryland (No Degree)

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($34,610) for jobs which don't require a degree.

California-Lexington Park, MD $34,610
Cumberland, MD-WV $30,950
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $31,850
Salisbury, MD-DE $31,410
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$32,086
Maine

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maine (No Degree)

Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($36,470) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $36,470
Portland-South Portland, ME $35,980
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $31,710
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $32,830
$34,248
Michigan

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Michigan (No Degree)

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($35,320) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Battle Creek, MI $31,790
Bay City, MI $30,190
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $35,320
Flint, MI $32,040
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $31,710
Jackson, MI $34,580
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $34,090
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $33,940
Midland, MI $30,250
Monroe, MI $32,240
Muskegon, MI $31,460
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $32,940
Saginaw, MI $32,190
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,630
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,090
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,280
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,700
$32,614
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 ($38,700) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $33,940
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $38,700
Rochester, MN $36,450
St. Cloud, MN $36,830
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,080
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,980
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,000
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,650
$36,454
Missouri

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Missouri (No Degree)

Joplin, MO metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($35,610) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbia, MO $29,310
Jefferson City, MO $32,700
Joplin, MO $35,610
Kansas City, MO-KS $33,930
St. Joseph, MO-KS $31,820
St. Louis, MO-IL $34,860
Springfield, MO $32,430
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,720
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,820
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $29,210
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $28,040
$31,768
Mississippi

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Mississippi (No Degree)

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($32,780) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Hattiesburg, MS $27,690
Jackson, MS $32,780
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,510
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $30,220
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $32,360
$30,110
Montana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Montana (No Degree)

East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($37,790) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Great Falls, MT $31,910
Missoula, MT $31,690
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $35,640
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,490
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,790
$34,104
North Carolina

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

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($32,650) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Burlington, NC $29,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $31,440
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $30,570
Fayetteville, NC $29,770
Goldsboro, NC $29,030
Greensboro-High Point, NC $30,940
Greenville, NC $28,950
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $32,650
Jacksonville, NC $26,000
New Bern, NC $30,580
Raleigh, NC $30,700
Rocky Mount, NC $29,230
Wilmington, NC $30,980
Winston-Salem, NC $30,230
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,820
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,920
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $30,910
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $31,140
$30,131
North Dakota

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

West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($49,940) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fargo, ND-MN $36,930
Grand Forks, ND-MN $39,200
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $49,940
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $39,750
$41,455
Nebraska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nebraska (No Degree)

Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($37,160) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lincoln, NE $36,770
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $35,590
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $34,240
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,160
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $35,000
$35,752
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 ($35,510) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Manchester, NH $32,090
Portsmouth, NH-ME $33,150
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,390
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $35,510
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,660
$33,160
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 ($35,850) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ocean City, NJ $30,690
Trenton, NJ $35,850
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $29,360
$31,967
New Mexico

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

Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($35,760) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Farmington, NM $34,970
Las Cruces, NM $26,960
Santa Fe, NM $31,000
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $35,760
$31,558
Nevada

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nevada (No Degree)

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($36,650) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $31,780
Reno, NV $36,650
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $36,380
$34,937
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 ($36,950) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Binghamton, NY $33,930
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $32,430
Elmira, NY $31,260
Glens Falls, NY $33,780
Ithaca, NY $32,090
Kingston, NY $32,940
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $36,950
Rochester, NY $32,650
Syracuse, NY $34,760
Utica-Rome, NY $34,550
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $34,880
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $34,660
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $33,590
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $33,950
$33,744
Ohio

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Ohio (No Degree)

West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($35,250) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Canton-Massillon, OH $30,220
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $33,040
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $32,280
Columbus, OH $33,300
Dayton, OH $30,130
Lima, OH $32,150
Mansfield, OH $34,380
Springfield, OH $31,900
Toledo, OH $33,070
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $30,630
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,250
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $33,850
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,380
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,220
$32,629
Oklahoma

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oklahoma (No Degree)

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($35,450) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lawton, OK $28,220
Oklahoma City, OK $35,450
Tulsa, OK $31,670
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $30,880
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,440
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,960
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,100
$32,674
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 ($37,470) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Bend-Redmond, OR $35,550
Corvallis, OR $32,600
Eugene, OR $34,640
Grants Pass, OR $28,710
Medford, OR $35,030
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $37,470
Salem, OR $34,490
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,370
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,120
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,630
$34,661
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Pennsylvania (No Degree)

Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($37,240) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Altoona, PA $31,670
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $31,720
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $37,240
East Stroudsburg, PA $36,540
Erie, PA $30,600
Gettysburg, PA $34,680
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $34,510
Johnstown, PA $31,300
Lancaster, PA $34,640
Lebanon, PA $31,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $34,120
Pittsburgh, PA $34,470
Reading, PA $33,810
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $32,330
State College, PA $30,300
Williamsport, PA $32,170
York-Hanover, PA $35,430
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $31,620
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,580
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,170
$33,455
Puerto Rico

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

Guayama, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($21,080) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,890
Arecibo, PR $18,840
Guayama, PR $21,080
Mayaguez, PR $19,030
Ponce, PR $18,900
San German, PR $18,660
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $19,550
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,790
$19,218
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Spartanburg, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($32,540) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbia, SC $29,640
Florence, SC $29,260
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $31,750
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $29,200
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $29,140
Spartanburg, SC $32,540
Sumter, SC $30,080
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,880
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $32,030
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,390
$30,291
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 ($33,020) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Sioux Falls, SD $33,020
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $32,760
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $29,810
$31,863
Tennessee

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Tennessee (No Degree)

South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($33,250) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Clarksville, TN-KY $32,220
Cleveland, TN $27,920
Jackson, TN $32,060
Johnson City, TN $28,370
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $29,780
Knoxville, TN $30,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $32,710
Morristown, TN $31,590
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $32,440
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $32,960
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $33,250
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $28,770
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $30,080
$30,975
Texas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Texas (No Degree)

North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($46,270) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Amarillo, TX N/A
Austin-Round Rock, TX N/A
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX N/A
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX N/A
College Station-Bryan, TX N/A
Corpus Christi, TX N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX N/A
El Paso, TX N/A
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, 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
San Angelo, TX N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX N/A
Sherman-Denison, TX N/A
Texarkana, TX-AR N/A
Tyler, TX N/A
Victoria, TX N/A
Waco, TX N/A
Wichita Falls, TX N/A
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $46,270
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
$46,270
Utah

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Utah (No Degree)

Central Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($38,040) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $34,790
Provo-Orem, UT $30,390
St. George, UT $32,630
Salt Lake City, UT $36,940
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,040
$34,558
Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Virginia (No Degree)

Harrisonburg, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($34,310) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Charlottesville, VA $31,300
Harrisonburg, VA $34,310
Lynchburg, VA $30,180
Richmond, VA $31,420
Roanoke, VA $32,090
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $33,170
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $33,110
Winchester, VA-WV $33,950
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,640
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,510
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,440
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,730
$31,904
Vermont

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Vermont (No Degree)

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($36,180) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $35,910
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $36,180
$36,045
Wisconsin

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wisconsin (No Degree)

Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($39,530) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Eau Claire, WI $33,990
Fond du Lac, WI $35,820
Green Bay, WI $35,660
Janesville-Beloit, WI $36,800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $37,680
Madison, WI $36,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $33,900
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $39,050
Racine, WI $35,420
Sheboygan, WI $35,870
Wausau, WI $37,520
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $32,080
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,540
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,230
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,530
$35,979
West Virginia

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

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($34,450) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Charleston, WV $32,580
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $32,510
Morgantown, WV $27,430
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $30,430
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $34,450
Wheeling, WV-OH $30,660
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,570
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,270
$31,238
Wyoming

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wyoming (No Degree)

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($42,750) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cheyenne, WY $38,710
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,750
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,360
$41,273

Associate's

Average Salary Median: $32,757

The state with the highest average salary median for an associate's degree is Texas ($56,020) in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro area.

Alaska

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

Fairbanks, AK metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($47,340) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $47,340
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $47,190
$47,265
Alabama

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

Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($32,150) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Auburn-Opelika, AL $27,960
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $32,150
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $29,050
Decatur, AL $29,590
Dothan, AL $31,670
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $28,630
Gadsden, AL $29,890
Huntsville, AL $28,760
Mobile, AL $30,200
Montgomery, AL $28,070
Tuscaloosa, AL $30,170
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,970
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,820
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $29,660
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $31,180
$29,718
Arkansas

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

Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($33,200) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $33,200
Hot Springs, AR $26,480
Jonesboro, AR $31,220
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $30,450
Pine Bluff, AR $27,260
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $28,690
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,320
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,170
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $29,170
$29,662
Arizona

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

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($33,250) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $30,020
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $33,250
Prescott, AZ $30,430
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $30,830
Tucson, AZ $32,550
Yuma, AZ $30,850
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $31,880
$31,401
California

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

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($40,830) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA $31,300
El Centro, CA $34,240
Fresno, CA $32,610
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $34,160
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $33,230
Madera, CA $31,860
Merced, CA $31,520
Modesto, CA $35,430
Napa, CA $38,520
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $32,370
Redding, CA $35,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $35,040
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $34,800
Salinas, CA $33,100
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $33,310
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $40,830
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $39,980
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $33,250
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $36,560
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $33,270
Santa Rosa, CA $37,310
Stockton-Lodi, CA $35,560
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $35,190
Visalia-Porterville, CA $32,220
Yuba City, CA $34,440
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $34,510
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $33,590
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $39,880
$34,765
Colorado

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

Greeley, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($42,780) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $31,060
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $37,720
Fort Collins, CO $33,880
Grand Junction, CO $35,710
Greeley, CO $42,780
Pueblo, CO $34,320
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $36,340
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $32,480
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $40,800
$36,121
Connecticut

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

Danbury, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($36,500) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $36,500
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $36,020
New Haven, CT $32,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $33,800
Waterbury, CT $34,780
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$34,185
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

South Florida nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($34,200) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $30,010
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $28,960
Gainesville, FL $31,140
Homosassa Springs, FL $26,000
Jacksonville, FL $32,660
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $33,320
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $30,780
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $31,470
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $30,290
Ocala, FL $29,620
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $31,030
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $30,040
Panama City, FL $30,970
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $29,580
Port St. Lucie, FL $30,850
Punta Gorda, FL $27,910
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $30,490
Sebring, FL $24,840
Tallahassee, FL $29,830
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $30,080
The Villages, FL $30,460
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $34,200
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $29,460
$30,173
Georgia

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

Hinesville, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($35,920) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $30,440
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $32,630
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $29,350
Brunswick, GA $29,310
Columbus, GA-AL $28,900
Dalton, GA $33,150
Gainesville, GA $29,980
Hinesville, GA $35,920
Macon, GA $30,140
Rome, GA $29,870
Savannah, GA $33,610
Valdosta, GA $30,960
Warner Robins, GA $34,860
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,460
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $26,920
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $28,800
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $29,560
$30,815
Hawaii

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

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($40,440) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $40,440
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $33,940
$37,190
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 ($38,390) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $35,660
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,300
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $38,390
Dubuque, IA $36,830
Iowa City, IA $36,870
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $35,570
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $36,860
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,670
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,620
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,480
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $37,090
$36,485
Idaho

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

Lewiston, ID-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($36,410) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,380
Idaho Falls, ID $32,060
Lewiston, ID-WA $36,410
Pocatello, ID $30,580
Twin Falls, ID $32,450
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,450
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $33,510
$33,263
Illinois

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

Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($38,240) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $32,470
Champaign-Urbana, IL $32,190
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $35,380
Danville, IL $37,760
Decatur, IL $38,110
Kankakee, IL $32,110
Peoria, IL $34,320
Rockford, IL $31,400
Springfield, IL $30,530
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $38,240
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $33,360
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $33,050
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $34,310
$34,095
Indiana

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

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($36,430) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN $35,470
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $35,170
Evansville, IN-KY $31,410
Fort Wayne, IN $31,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $33,540
Kokomo, IN $31,190
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $36,430
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $33,390
Muncie, IN $32,890
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $31,710
Terre Haute, IN $30,420
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $35,510
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $32,700
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,510
$33,289
Kansas

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

Kansas nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($34,310) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $28,590
Topeka, KS $33,860
Wichita, KS $31,390
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $34,310
$32,038
Kentucky

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

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($33,640) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $30,070
Lexington-Fayette, KY $32,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $33,640
Owensboro, KY $33,110
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $32,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $28,830
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $33,110
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,440
$31,640
Louisiana

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

Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($33,290) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Baton Rouge, LA $32,880
Hammond, LA $32,570
Lafayette, LA $30,480
Lake Charles, LA $31,120
Monroe, LA $26,630
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $32,680
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $29,810
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $33,290
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $29,930
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $31,950
$31,134
Massachusetts

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

Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($37,750) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $36,530
Leominster-Gardner, MA $34,090
New Bedford, MA $31,790
Pittsfield, MA $33,310
Springfield, MA-CT $35,850
Worcester, MA-CT $35,590
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $37,750
$34,987
Maryland

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

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($34,610) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

California-Lexington Park, MD $34,610
Cumberland, MD-WV $30,950
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $31,850
Salisbury, MD-DE $31,410
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $31,610
$32,086
Maine

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

Lewiston-Auburn, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($36,470) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $36,470
Portland-South Portland, ME $35,980
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $31,710
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $32,830
$34,248
Michigan

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

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($35,320) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI $31,790
Bay City, MI $30,190
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $35,320
Flint, MI $32,040
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $31,710
Jackson, MI $34,580
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $34,090
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $33,940
Midland, MI $30,250
Monroe, MI $32,240
Muskegon, MI $31,460
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $32,940
Saginaw, MI $32,190
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,630
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $30,090
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,280
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,700
$32,614
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 ($38,700) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $33,940
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $38,700
Rochester, MN $36,450
St. Cloud, MN $36,830
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,080
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,980
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $36,000
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,650
$36,454
Missouri N/A
Mississippi

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

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($32,780) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $27,690
Jackson, MS $32,780
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $28,510
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $30,220
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $32,360
$30,110
Montana

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

East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($37,790) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT $31,910
Missoula, MT $31,690
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $35,640
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,490
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $37,790
$34,104
North Carolina

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

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($32,650) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC $29,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $31,440
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $30,570
Fayetteville, NC $29,770
Goldsboro, NC $29,030
Greensboro-High Point, NC $30,940
Greenville, NC $28,950
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $32,650
Jacksonville, NC $26,000
New Bern, NC $30,580
Raleigh, NC $30,700
Rocky Mount, NC $29,230
Wilmington, NC $30,980
Winston-Salem, NC $30,230
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,820
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,920
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $30,910
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $31,140
$30,131
North Dakota

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

West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($49,940) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $36,930
Grand Forks, ND-MN $39,200
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $49,940
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $39,750
$41,455
Nebraska

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

Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($37,160) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE $36,770
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $35,590
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $34,240
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $37,160
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $35,000
$35,752
New Hampshire

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

Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($35,510) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $32,090
Portsmouth, NH-ME $33,150
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,390
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $35,510
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,660
$33,160
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 ($35,850) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $30,690
Trenton, NJ $35,850
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $29,360
$31,967
New Mexico

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

Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($35,760) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Farmington, NM $34,970
Las Cruces, NM $26,960
Santa Fe, NM $31,000
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $29,100
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $35,760
$31,558
Nevada

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

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($36,650) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $31,780
Reno, NV $36,650
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $36,380
$34,937
New York N/A
Ohio

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

West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($35,250) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH $30,220
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $33,040
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $32,280
Columbus, OH $33,300
Dayton, OH $30,130
Lima, OH $32,150
Mansfield, OH $34,380
Springfield, OH $31,900
Toledo, OH $33,070
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $30,630
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $35,250
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $33,850
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,380
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,220
$32,629
Oklahoma

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

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($35,450) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK $28,220
Oklahoma City, OK $35,450
Tulsa, OK $31,670
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $30,880
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,440
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,960
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $34,100
$32,674
Oregon

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

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($37,470) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR $35,550
Corvallis, OR $32,600
Eugene, OR $34,640
Grants Pass, OR $28,710
Medford, OR $35,030
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $37,470
Salem, OR $34,490
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,370
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,120
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,630
$34,661
Pennsylvania

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

Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($37,240) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA $31,670
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $31,720
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $37,240
East Stroudsburg, PA $36,540
Erie, PA $30,600
Gettysburg, PA $34,680
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $34,510
Johnstown, PA $31,300
Lancaster, PA $34,640
Lebanon, PA $31,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $34,120
Pittsburgh, PA $34,470
Reading, PA $33,810
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $32,330
State College, PA $30,300
Williamsport, PA $32,170
York-Hanover, PA $35,430
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $31,620
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,580
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $35,170
$33,455
Puerto Rico

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

Guayama, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($21,080) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,890
Arecibo, PR $18,840
Guayama, PR $21,080
Mayaguez, PR $19,030
Ponce, PR $18,900
San German, PR $18,660
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $19,550
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,790
$19,218
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Spartanburg, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($32,540) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $29,640
Florence, SC $29,260
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $31,750
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $29,200
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $29,140
Spartanburg, SC $32,540
Sumter, SC $30,080
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,880
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $32,030
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $29,390
$30,291
South Dakota

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

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($33,020) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $33,020
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $32,760
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $29,810
$31,863
Tennessee

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

South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($33,250) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY $32,220
Cleveland, TN $27,920
Jackson, TN $32,060
Johnson City, TN $28,370
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $29,780
Knoxville, TN $30,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $32,710
Morristown, TN $31,590
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $32,440
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $32,960
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $33,250
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $28,770
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $30,080
$30,975
Texas

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

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($56,020) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Amarillo, TX N/A
Austin-Round Rock, TX N/A
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX N/A
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX N/A
College Station-Bryan, TX N/A
Corpus Christi, TX N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX N/A
El Paso, TX N/A
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $56,020
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
San Angelo, TX N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX N/A
Sherman-Denison, TX N/A
Texarkana, TX-AR N/A
Tyler, TX N/A
Victoria, TX N/A
Waco, TX N/A
Wichita Falls, TX N/A
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area N/A
$56,020
Utah

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

Central Utah nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($38,040) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $34,790
Provo-Orem, UT $30,390
St. George, UT $32,630
Salt Lake City, UT $36,940
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,040
$34,558
Virginia

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

Harrisonburg, VA metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($34,310) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA $31,300
Harrisonburg, VA $34,310
Lynchburg, VA $30,180
Richmond, VA $31,420
Roanoke, VA $32,090
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $33,170
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $33,110
Winchester, VA-WV $33,950
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,640
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,510
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $29,440
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,730
$31,904
Vermont

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

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($36,180) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $35,910
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $36,180
$36,045
Wisconsin

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

Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($39,530) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Eau Claire, WI $33,990
Fond du Lac, WI $35,820
Green Bay, WI $35,660
Janesville-Beloit, WI $36,800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $37,680
Madison, WI $36,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $33,900
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $39,050
Racine, WI $35,420
Sheboygan, WI $35,870
Wausau, WI $37,520
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $32,080
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,540
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,230
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $39,530
$35,979
West Virginia

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

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($34,450) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV $32,580
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $32,510
Morgantown, WV $27,430
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $30,430
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $34,450
Wheeling, WV-OH $30,660
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $30,570
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,270
$31,238
Wyoming

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

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($42,750) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY $38,710
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,750
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,360
$41,273

6 Jobs Attainable With This Degree

The jobs below are commonly attainable with this degree. Most job roles don't require a degree.  For a bachelor's degree, the average salary median is $32,855.  The average salary median for job roles not requiring a degree is $32,700.  For an associate's degree, the average salary median is $32,757. 

  First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.

Salary Ratio: 1.44    

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    
  • Building Materials Supervisor
  • Bus Driver Supervisor
  • Buses Dispatcher Supervisor
  • Cab Supervisor
  • Cabs Dispatcher Supervisor
  • Car Supervisor
  • Cargo Supervisor
  • Certified Solid Waste Facility Operator
  • Chief Compressor Station Engineer
  • Chief Gauger
  • Chief Station Engineer
  • Circus Train Supervisor
  • Coal Yard Supervisor
  • Concrete Products Dispatcher
  • Crane Crew Supervisor
  • Delivery Supervisor
  • Dirt Contractor
  • Distribution Supervisor
  • Distribution Warehouse Manager
  • Dock Operations Supervisor
  • Dock Supervisor
  • Dockmaster
  • Driver Manager
  • Driver Supervisor
  • Field Pipelines Supervisor
  • Fleet Manager
  • Garbage Collection Supervisor
  • Gas Pumping Station Supervisor
  • Gas Station Manager
  • Gas Station Operator
  • Gas Station Supervisor
  • Grading Supervisor
  • Hauling Contractor
  • Head Well Puller
  • Header
  • House Mover
  • Load-Out Supervisor
  • Loading Rack Supervisor
  • Lumber Yard Supervisor
  • Material Crew Supervisor
  • Material Handling Supervisor
  • Milk Route Supervisor
  • Motor Vehicle Operator Road Supervisor
  • Move Coordinator
  • Newspaper Distributor Supervisor
  • Oil Dispatcher
  • On Car Supervisor
  • Parking Lot Supervisor
  • Pilot Supervisor
  • Port Steward
  • Pumping Supervisor
  • Reactor Fueling Supervisor
  • Refuse Collector Supervisor
  • Retail Route Supervisor
  • Rig Manager
  • Rig Superintendent
  • Road Supervisor
  • Road Supervisor of Engines
  • Roadmaster
  • Route Delivery Manager
  • Route Delivery Supervisor
  • Route Manager
  • Route Sales Delivery Drivers Supervisor
  • Sanitary Landfill Supervisor
  • Service Manager
  • Service Station Manager
  • Service Station Operator
  • Service Supervisor
  • Shipping Coordinator
  • Shipping Manager
  • Shipping Receiving Manager
  • Snow Removing Supervisor
  • Stevedoring Superintendent
  • Storage Garage Manager
  • Street Supervisor
  • Surface Supervisor
  • Taxi Driver Supervisor
  • Track Supervisor
  • Traffic Warehouse Supervisor
  • Trainmaster
  • Transportation Coordinator
  • Transportation Supervisor
  • Truck Dispatcher Supervisor
  • Truck Driver Supervisor
  • Truck Supervisor
  • Warehouse Foreman
  • Warehouse Supervisor
  • Yard Conductor
  • Yard Manager
  • Yard Supervisor
  • US Salary Median: $33,485
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.8%
  • Prior Experience: 2-4 years
  • Degree Level Required: Bachelor's

  Locomotive Engineers

Drive electric, diesel-electric, steam, or gas-turbine-electric locomotives to transport passengers or freight. Interpret train orders, electronic or manual signals, and railroad rules and regulations.

Salary Ratio: 0    

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

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

Common Job Titles    
  • Diesel Engine Operator
  • Diesel Engineer
  • Diesel Locomotive Engineer
  • Engine Pilot
  • Engineer
  • Engineman
  • Freight Engineer
  • Fuel Pilot Engineer
  • Locomotive Engineer
  • Locomotive Operator
  • Lokie Driver
  • Lokie Engineer
  • Motor Driver
  • Motor Operator
  • Motor Runner
  • Motorman
  • Narrow Gauge Engineer
  • Narrow Gauge Operator
  • Operator Engineer
  • Passenger Locomotive Engineer
  • Pilot Fuel Engineer
  • Rail Car Operator
  • Rail Detector Car Operator
  • Rail Signaling Specialist
  • Railroad Engineer
  • Railroad Operating Engineer
  • Railway Engineer
  • Relay Motorman
  • Systems Engineer
  • Through Freight Engineer
  • Train Engineer
  • Train Operator
  • Trainman
  • Trainmaster
  • Transportation Specialist
  • Trip Motor Operator
  • US Salary Median: $35,135
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.8%
  • Prior Experience: 1-2 years
  • Degree Level Required: N/A

  Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers

Drive switching or other locomotive or dinkey engines within railroad yard, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location.

Salary Ratio: 0    

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

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

Common Job Titles    
  • Car Barn Laborer
  • Car Mover
  • Carman
  • Coal Tram Driver
  • Coal Trammer
  • Diesel Dinkey Engineer
  • Diesel Dinkey Operator
  • Dinkey Driver
  • Dinkey Engine Operator
  • Dinkey Engineer
  • Dinkey Locomotive Engineer
  • Dinkey Locomotive Operator
  • Dinkey Motor Operator
  • Dinkey Operator
  • Dinkey Skinner
  • Dump Motor Operator
  • Dump Motorman
  • Duty Engineer
  • Engine Hostler
  • Engineer
  • Haulage Engine Operator
  • Hostler
  • Ingot Buggy Operator
  • Ingot Car Operator
  • Larriman
  • Larry Car Operator
  • Mine Motor Engineer
  • Mine Motor Operator
  • Rail Equipment Operator
  • Rail Switcher
  • Rail Switchman
  • Rail Yard Engineer
  • Railcar Switcher
  • Railcar Switchman
  • Railroad Engineer
  • Shunt Operator
  • Slag Motor Operator
  • Switch Engineer
  • Switcher
  • Switcher Operator
  • Switchman
  • Train Operator
  • Work Car Operator
  • Yard Engineer
  • Yard Hostler
  • Yard Motor Operator
  • Yard Switcher
  • US Salary Median: $34,870
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.8%
  • Prior Experience: no prior years
  • Degree Level Required: N/A

  Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers

Operate or monitor railroad track switches or locomotive instruments. May couple or uncouple rolling stock to make up or break up trains. Watch for and relay traffic signals. May inspect couplings, air hoses, journal boxes, and hand brakes. May watch for dragging equipment or obstacles on rights-of-way.

Salary Ratio: 11.52    

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    
  • Air Brake Operator
  • Air Hose Coupler
  • Area Brakeman
  • Brake Holder
  • Brake Rider
  • Brakeman
  • Car Coupler
  • Car Hopper
  • Car Rider
  • Car Runner
  • Car Shifter
  • Car Shunter
  • Carman
  • Conductor
  • Coupler
  • Diesel Locomotive Fireman
  • Diesel Locomotive Firer
  • Dinkey Brakeman
  • Dinkey Engine Fireman
  • Dinkey Engine Firer
  • Donkey Engine Fireman
  • Donkey Engine Firer
  • Dukey Rider
  • Electric Locomotive Fireman
  • Electric Locomotive Firer
  • Engineer Assistant
  • Enginehouse Brakeman
  • Fireman
  • Firer
  • Flagger
  • Flagman
  • Freight Brake Operator
  • Freight Brakeman
  • Freight Conductor
  • Gang Rider
  • Locomotive Fireman
  • Locomotive Firer
  • Locomotive Switch Operator
  • Motor Brakeman
  • Narrow Gauge Brakeman
  • Nipper
  • Passenger Brakeman
  • Passenger Train Braker
  • Patcher
  • Railcar Brake Operator
  • Railcar Switchman
  • Railroad Brake Operator
  • Railroad Brakeman
  • Railroad Carman
  • Railroad Fireman
  • Railroad Firer
  • Railroad Signal Operator
  • Railroad Switch Operator
  • Railroad Switchman
  • Railroad Yard Worker
  • Railway Switch Operator
  • Railway Switchman
  • Rider
  • Road Freight Brake Coupler
  • Rope Rider
  • Roundhouse Fireman
  • Roundhouse Firer
  • Set Rider
  • Shop Fireman
  • Shop Firer
  • Signal Person
  • Skates Operator
  • Skatesman
  • Snapper
  • Steam Locomotive Fireman
  • Steam Locomotive Firer
  • Swamper
  • Switch Coupler
  • Switch Operator
  • Switch Tender
  • Switching Operator
  • Switchman
  • Terminal Carman
  • Trailer
  • Train Brake Operator
  • Train Brakeman
  • Train Braker
  • Train Crew Member
  • Trainman
  • Trip Rider
  • Tub Rider
  • Yard Brakeman
  • Yard Coupler
  • Yard Person
  • Yard Switch Operator
  • US Salary Median: $34,833
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.8%
  • Prior Experience: N/A
  • Degree Level Required: None

  Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters

Coordinate activities of switch-engine crew within railroad yard, industrial plant, or similar location. Conductors coordinate activities of train crew on passenger or freight trains. Yardmasters review train schedules and switching orders and coordinate activities of workers engaged in railroad traffic operations, such as the makeup or breakup of trains and yard switching.

Salary Ratio: 2.88    

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    
  • Car Chaser
  • Car Dispatcher
  • Car Distributor
  • Car Spotter
  • Centralized Traffic Control Operator (CTC Operator)
  • Conductor
  • Dispatch Manager
  • Engine Supervisor
  • Freight Conductor
  • Freight Trainperson
  • Motor Boss
  • Outbound Operator
  • Outbound Supervisor
  • Passenger Car Conductor
  • Passenger Conductor
  • Pullman Conductor
  • Railroad Conductor
  • Railroad Dispatcher
  • Road Conductor
  • Road Freight Conductor
  • Road Supervisor
  • Roadmaster
  • Sleeping Car Conductor
  • Switch Operators Supervisor
  • Switchman Supervisor
  • Test Conductor
  • Ticket Collector
  • Traffic Control Operator
  • Train Conductor
  • Train Dispatcher
  • Train Master
  • Trainman
  • Trains Dispatcher Supervisor
  • Transportation Supervisor
  • Yard Conductor
  • Yard Manager
  • Yard Pilot
  • Yard Spotter
  • Yard Supervisor
  • Yardmaster
  • US Salary Median: $35,285
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.8%
  • Prior Experience: no prior years
  • Degree Level Required: Associate's

  Subway and Streetcar Operators

Operate subway or elevated suburban trains with no separate locomotive, or electric-powered streetcar, to transport passengers. May handle fares.

Salary Ratio: 0    

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

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

Common Job Titles    
  • Combined Rail Operator
  • Electric Motorman
  • Elevated Motorman
  • Light Rail Operator
  • Light Rail Train Operator
  • Light Rail Transit Operator
  • Light Rail Vehicle Operator (LRV Operator)
  • Monorail Operator
  • Motor Operator
  • Rail Operator
  • Rail Transit Operator
  • Rapid Transit Operator (RTO)
  • Service Vehicle Operator
  • Shuttle Route Vehicle Operator
  • Streetcar Motorman
  • Streetcar Operator
  • Subway Conductor
  • Subway Train Driver
  • Subway Train Operator
  • Track Car Operator
  • Trackmobile Operator
  • Train Operator
  • Tram Operator
  • Trammer
  • Transfer Car Operator
  • Transit Operator
  • Trolley Car Operator
  • Trolley Operator
  • Vehicle Operator
  • US Salary Median: $35,054
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 8.8%
  • Prior Experience: no prior years
  • Degree Level Required: N/A



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