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Average Salary and Job Outcomes With a Recording Arts Technology & Technician 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 production of sound recordings as finished products or as components of film/video, broadcast, live, or mixed media productions. Includes instruction in sound equipment operation and maintenance; music, dialogue, and sound effects recording; sound track editing; dubbing and mixing; sound engineering; tape, disk, and CD production; digital recording and transmission; amplification and modulation; and working with producers, editors, directors, artists, and production managers.

What Can You Do With This Degree?

What Can You Do With This Degree?

Play prerecorded music for live audiences at venues or events such as clubs, parties, or wedding receptions. Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events. Assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events, and other productions.

U.S. Summary
Job & Salary Averages
  • Salary Value (U.S.): $41,600
    "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.): 13.1%
    The "average of job growth averages"  is an average of national job growth rates for all jobs attainable with this degree.
  • Avg. Years of Work Experience Needed: 1-2 years
Education Costs
  • Avg. Undergrad. Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $14,818/yr
  • Avg. Undergrad. In-State Cost (U.S.):  $10,241/yr
  • Avg. Graduate Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $21,134/yr
  • Avg. Graduate In-State Cost (U.S.):  $17,923/yr
  • Avg. Combined Out-of-State Cost (U.S.):  $16,059/yr
  • Avg. Combined In-State Cost (U.S.):  $11,751/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: $41,600

The state with the highest salary value for this degree is Connecticut ($55,448) in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Salary Values for Alaska

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Alaska ($49,410).

Fairbanks, AK $46,200
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $49,410
$47,805
Alabama

Metro Area Salary Values for Alabama

Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area has the highest salary value in Alabama ($44,280).

Auburn-Opelika, AL $44,280
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $41,580
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $32,180
Decatur, AL $38,370
Dothan, AL $33,770
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $35,110
Gadsden, AL $26,240
Huntsville, AL $41,593
Mobile, AL $35,697
Montgomery, AL $40,520
Tuscaloosa, AL $39,450
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,870
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $29,967
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,710
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,090
$35,700
Arkansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Arkansas

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest salary value in Arkansas ($40,363).

Fort Smith, AR-OK $31,990
Jonesboro, AR $35,170
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $40,363
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,130
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,250
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $31,603
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,830
$33,290
Arizona

Metro Area Salary Values for Arizona

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area has the highest salary value in Arizona ($51,980).

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $32,100
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $47,040
Prescott, AZ $37,170
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $51,980
Tucson, AZ $44,180
Yuma, AZ $43,190
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $36,650
$42,187
California

Metro Area Salary Values for California

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area has the highest salary value in California ($67,030).

Chico, CA $40,770
El Centro, CA $42,680
Fresno, CA $46,195
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $46,180
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $67,030
Madera, CA $53,690
Merced, CA $50,150
Modesto, CA $44,530
Napa, CA $54,190
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $47,670
Redding, CA $39,620
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $54,185
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $53,855
Salinas, CA $49,850
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $55,357
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $66,527
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $66,565
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $54,370
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $52,235
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $50,945
Santa Rosa, CA $58,405
Stockton-Lodi, CA $48,620
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $54,680
Visalia-Porterville, CA $37,995
Yuba City, CA $52,090
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $41,510
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $42,990
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $47,020
$52,351
Colorado

Metro Area Salary Values for Colorado

Colorado Springs, CO metro area has the highest salary value in Colorado ($49,457).

Colorado Springs, CO $49,457
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $48,093
Fort Collins, CO $44,150
Grand Junction, CO $39,650
Greeley, CO $45,780
Pueblo, CO $41,230
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $30,630
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $39,430
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $44,560
$44,468
Connecticut

Metro Area Salary Values for Connecticut

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest salary value in Connecticut ($60,693).

Danbury, CT $58,600
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $60,693
New Haven, CT $56,937
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $53,570
Waterbury, CT $53,040
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $47,420
$55,448
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Salary Values for Florida

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area has the highest salary value in Florida ($52,210).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $52,210
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $34,030
Gainesville, FL $41,930
Homosassa Springs, FL $37,330
Jacksonville, FL $40,180
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $40,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $48,740
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $45,835
Ocala, FL $40,790
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $50,533
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $35,535
Panama City, FL $39,170
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $41,910
Port St. Lucie, FL $38,310
Punta Gorda, FL $35,970
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $33,160
Sebring, FL $31,630
Tallahassee, FL $39,250
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $47,467
The Villages, FL $30,880
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $42,790
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $36,820
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $35,590
$41,286
Georgia

Metro Area Salary Values for Georgia

Hinesville, GA metro area has the highest salary value in Georgia ($68,770).

Athens-Clarke County, GA $44,260
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $51,520
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $54,140
Columbus, GA-AL $45,435
Dalton, GA $43,310
Gainesville, GA $47,870
Hinesville, GA $68,770
Macon, GA $40,160
Rome, GA $37,770
Savannah, GA $39,080
Valdosta, GA $36,850
Warner Robins, GA $56,590
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,650
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $33,590
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,090
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $36,790
$44,747
Hawaii

Metro Area Salary Values for Hawaii

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest salary value in Hawaii ($52,570).

Urban Honolulu, HI $52,570
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $48,027
$49,844
Iowa

Metro Area Salary Values for Iowa

Iowa City, IA metro area has the highest salary value in Iowa ($49,090).

Cedar Rapids, IA $38,980
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $39,560
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $46,197
Dubuque, IA $43,980
Iowa City, IA $49,090
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $33,340
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $37,200
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $33,180
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $31,220
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $31,990
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,960
$38,591
Idaho

Metro Area Salary Values for Idaho

Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Idaho ($36,430).

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,370
Idaho Falls, ID $29,150
Lewiston, ID-WA $33,270
Pocatello, ID $33,070
Twin Falls, ID $33,440
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,460
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $36,430
$33,313
Illinois

Metro Area Salary Values for Illinois

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Illinois ($52,440).

Carbondale-Marion, IL $38,330
Champaign-Urbana, IL $45,530
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $52,440
Danville, IL $29,910
Decatur, IL $38,300
Peoria, IL $41,080
Rockford, IL $46,165
Springfield, IL $51,605
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $37,190
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $32,380
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $31,140
$41,680
Indiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Indiana

Columbus, IN metro area has the highest salary value in Indiana ($50,000).

Columbus, IN $50,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $43,470
Evansville, IN-KY $36,290
Fort Wayne, IN $42,410
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $42,190
Kokomo, IN $33,900
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $45,587
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $27,450
Muncie, IN $43,150
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $43,507
Terre Haute, IN $42,440
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,950
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $31,480
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,920
$40,099
Kansas

Metro Area Salary Values for Kansas

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest salary value in Kansas ($47,230).

Manhattan, KS $42,910
Topeka, KS $47,230
Wichita, KS $37,700
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $27,640
$38,870
Kentucky

Metro Area Salary Values for Kentucky

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY metro area has the highest salary value in Kentucky ($48,790).

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $48,790
Lexington-Fayette, KY $41,043
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $41,253
Owensboro, KY $37,080
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $35,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $31,680
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $36,563
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,760
$38,002
Louisiana

Metro Area Salary Values for Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA metro area has the highest salary value in Louisiana ($45,850).

Baton Rouge, LA $45,850
Hammond, LA $36,100
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $30,270
Lafayette, LA $39,320
Lake Charles, LA $37,900
Monroe, LA $39,420
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $38,735
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $35,760
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $27,170
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $36,930
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $42,580
$37,545
Massachusetts

Metro Area Salary Values for Massachusetts

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest salary value in Massachusetts ($63,940).

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $63,940
Leominster-Gardner, MA $48,410
New Bedford, MA $43,510
Pittsfield, MA $38,610
Springfield, MA-CT $48,215
Worcester, MA-CT $53,215
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $56,600
$51,053
Maryland

Metro Area Salary Values for Maryland

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest salary value in Maryland ($69,250).

California-Lexington Park, MD $69,250
Cumberland, MD-WV $36,740
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $39,190
Salisbury, MD-DE $43,170
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $38,020
$45,274
Maine

Metro Area Salary Values for Maine

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest salary value in Maine ($48,140).

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $39,230
Portland-South Portland, ME $48,140
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $35,110
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $44,023
$41,892
Michigan

Metro Area Salary Values for Michigan

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest salary value in Michigan ($54,090).

Battle Creek, MI $42,610
Bay City, MI $26,870
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $54,090
Flint, MI $42,147
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $44,467
Jackson, MI $30,580
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $39,230
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $49,567
Midland, MI $37,640
Monroe, MI $37,230
Muskegon, MI $40,870
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $34,420
Saginaw, MI $45,750
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $39,523
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $31,440
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,810
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $39,763
$40,489
Minnesota

Metro Area Salary Values for Minnesota

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area has the highest salary value in Minnesota ($56,120).

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $43,180
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $56,120
Rochester, MN $44,030
St. Cloud, MN $43,860
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $32,260
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $38,930
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,240
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $41,410
$41,032
Missouri

Metro Area Salary Values for Missouri

Jefferson City, MO metro area has the highest salary value in Missouri ($48,860).

Columbia, MO $42,000
Jefferson City, MO $48,860
Joplin, MO $31,880
Kansas City, MO-KS $48,110
St. Joseph, MO-KS $36,940
St. Louis, MO-IL $43,513
Springfield, MO $40,000
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,100
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $32,780
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $34,450
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $33,090
$39,189
Mississippi

Metro Area Salary Values for Mississippi

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest salary value in Mississippi ($38,920).

Hattiesburg, MS $37,490
Jackson, MS $38,920
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $34,650
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $36,010
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $33,940
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,000
$35,002
Montana

Metro Area Salary Values for Montana

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Montana ($43,447).

Great Falls, MT $30,800
Missoula, MT $34,470
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $43,447
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $31,110
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $20,710
$33,138
North Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for North Carolina

Fayetteville, NC metro area has the highest salary value in North Carolina ($64,310).

Burlington, NC $42,690
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $50,010
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $56,900
Fayetteville, NC $64,310
Goldsboro, NC $42,620
Greensboro-High Point, NC $45,537
Greenville, NC $42,100
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $38,940
Jacksonville, NC $40,600
New Bern, NC $33,520
Raleigh, NC $50,667
Wilmington, NC $33,450
Winston-Salem, NC $42,083
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,110
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,040
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $33,410
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,180
$43,725
North Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for North Dakota

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest salary value in North Dakota ($43,680).

Fargo, ND-MN $43,680
Grand Forks, ND-MN $43,127
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,130
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $31,920
$39,649
Nebraska

Metro Area Salary Values for Nebraska

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest salary value in Nebraska ($43,057).

Lincoln, NE $42,170
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $43,057
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $31,320
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $34,130
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $31,640
$37,063
New Hampshire

Metro Area Salary Values for New Hampshire

Portsmouth, NH-ME metro area has the highest salary value in New Hampshire ($54,700).

Manchester, NH $49,470
Portsmouth, NH-ME $54,700
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,350
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $43,380
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $45,550
$46,090
New Jersey

Metro Area Salary Values for New Jersey

Trenton, NJ metro area has the highest salary value in New Jersey ($69,300).

Ocean City, NJ $50,020
Trenton, NJ $69,300
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $40,050
$53,123
New Mexico

Metro Area Salary Values for New Mexico

Santa Fe, NM metro area has the highest salary value in New Mexico ($49,310).

Farmington, NM $34,110
Las Cruces, NM $35,920
Santa Fe, NM $49,310
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $41,060
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $38,540
$39,788
Nevada

Metro Area Salary Values for Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metro area has the highest salary value in Nevada ($48,100).

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $48,100
Reno, NV $42,790
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $38,150
$42,958
New York

Metro Area Salary Values for New York

Ithaca, NY metro area has the highest salary value in New York ($66,360).

Binghamton, NY $39,160
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $48,330
Elmira, NY $39,500
Ithaca, NY $66,360
Kingston, NY $45,960
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $65,860
Rochester, NY $43,905
Syracuse, NY $46,575
Utica-Rome, NY $44,130
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $37,970
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $41,170
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $40,780
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $44,640
$46,893
Ohio

Metro Area Salary Values for Ohio

Springfield, OH metro area has the highest salary value in Ohio ($56,060).

Canton-Massillon, OH $44,130
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $44,350
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $48,653
Columbus, OH $51,045
Dayton, OH $44,600
Lima, OH $33,510
Mansfield, OH $38,880
Springfield, OH $56,060
Toledo, OH $45,620
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $34,960
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $31,780
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $19,600
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $28,760
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,900
$42,061
Oklahoma

Metro Area Salary Values for Oklahoma

Tulsa, OK metro area has the highest salary value in Oklahoma ($42,007).

Lawton, OK $34,350
Oklahoma City, OK $39,960
Tulsa, OK $42,007
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $35,620
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $31,520
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,280
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $36,400
$37,461
Oregon

Metro Area Salary Values for Oregon

Corvallis, OR metro area has the highest salary value in Oregon ($62,490).

Bend-Redmond, OR $40,720
Corvallis, OR $62,490
Eugene, OR $45,970
Grants Pass, OR $37,090
Medford, OR $44,680
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $47,320
Salem, OR $40,810
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,020
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,460
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $45,420
$44,110
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Salary Values for Pennsylvania

Lebanon, PA metro area has the highest salary value in Pennsylvania ($53,050).

Altoona, PA $32,120
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $43,210
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $39,730
East Stroudsburg, PA $43,740
Erie, PA $44,540
Gettysburg, PA $50,450
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $47,025
Johnstown, PA $37,320
Lancaster, PA $52,245
Lebanon, PA $53,050
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $51,315
Pittsburgh, PA $44,907
Reading, PA $43,435
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $44,345
State College, PA $39,650
Williamsport, PA $40,010
York-Hanover, PA $46,150
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $34,190
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $32,470
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $30,255
$43,164
Puerto Rico

Metro Area Salary Values for Puerto Rico

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest salary value in Puerto Rico ($31,453).

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,830
Arecibo, PR $23,780
Mayaguez, PR $19,650
Ponce, PR $19,220
San German, PR $23,070
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $31,453
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,810
$22,739
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

Metro Area Salary Values for South Carolina

Columbia, SC metro area has the highest salary value in South Carolina ($43,390).

Columbia, SC $43,390
Florence, SC $39,110
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $40,203
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $39,567
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $40,660
Spartanburg, SC $42,060
Sumter, SC $42,640
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,300
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,360
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,070
$40,204
South Dakota

Metro Area Salary Values for South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest salary value in South Dakota ($41,870).

Sioux Falls, SD $41,870
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,870
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,670
$37,137
Tennessee

Metro Area Salary Values for Tennessee

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area has the highest salary value in Tennessee ($47,040).

Clarksville, TN-KY $38,840
Cleveland, TN $33,490
Jackson, TN $38,490
Johnson City, TN $38,680
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $41,860
Knoxville, TN $43,620
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $41,130
Morristown, TN $32,990
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $47,040
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $32,120
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $31,740
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,720
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,815
$38,949
Texas

Metro Area Salary Values for Texas

Austin-Round Rock, TX metro area has the highest salary value in Texas ($53,540).

Amarillo, TX $41,510
Austin-Round Rock, TX $53,540
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $43,460
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $38,370
College Station-Bryan, TX $43,875
Corpus Christi, TX $45,230
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $44,627
El Paso, TX $27,365
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $46,290
Killeen-Temple, TX $39,350
Laredo, TX $41,105
Longview, TX $48,100
Lubbock, TX $42,555
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $40,200
Midland, TX $44,840
Odessa, TX $44,380
San Angelo, TX $34,490
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $44,720
Sherman-Denison, TX $37,900
Texarkana, TX-AR $37,270
Tyler, TX $35,420
Victoria, TX $38,940
Waco, TX $45,320
Wichita Falls, TX $33,610
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $34,740
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $34,250
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $32,060
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,920
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,090
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $42,315
$40,873
Utah

Metro Area Salary Values for Utah

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest salary value in Utah ($45,143).

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $36,600
Provo-Orem, UT $37,517
St. George, UT $30,803
Salt Lake City, UT $45,143
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,080
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $32,260
$36,951
Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for Virginia

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro area has the highest salary value in Virginia ($54,090).

Charlottesville, VA $52,380
Harrisonburg, VA $42,950
Lynchburg, VA $43,980
Richmond, VA $49,075
Roanoke, VA $44,680
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $47,850
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $54,090
Winchester, VA-WV $40,320
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $41,070
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $35,400
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $50,480
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $43,170
$46,219
Vermont

Metro Area Salary Values for Vermont

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest salary value in Vermont ($41,537).

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $41,537
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $39,690
$40,613
Wisconsin

Metro Area Salary Values for Wisconsin

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area has the highest salary value in Wisconsin ($53,930).

Eau Claire, WI $38,550
Fond du Lac, WI $38,550
Green Bay, WI $42,870
Janesville-Beloit, WI $35,520
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $42,060
Madison, WI $47,930
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $42,970
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $53,930
Racine, WI $42,330
Sheboygan, WI $46,220
Wausau, WI $36,050
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $38,240
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,250
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,300
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,430
$42,478
West Virginia

Metro Area Salary Values for West Virginia

Morgantown, WV metro area has the highest salary value in West Virginia ($41,850).

Charleston, WV $38,010
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $40,730
Morgantown, WV $41,850
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $33,630
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $39,350
Wheeling, WV-OH $39,250
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,340
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $34,530
$37,336
Wyoming

Metro Area Salary Values for Wyoming

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest salary value in Wyoming ($46,600).

Cheyenne, WY $46,600
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,150
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $35,220
$41,323

No Degree

Average Salary Median: $41,560

The state with the highest average salary median for jobs which don't require a degree is Connecticut ($55,805) in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area.

Alaska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alaska (No Degree)

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($49,410) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fairbanks, AK $46,200
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $49,410
$47,805
Alabama

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Alabama (No Degree)

Huntsville, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($46,710) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Auburn-Opelika, AL $44,280
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $41,580
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $32,180
Decatur, AL $38,370
Dothan, AL $33,770
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $35,110
Gadsden, AL $26,240
Huntsville, AL $46,710
Mobile, AL $37,040
Montgomery, AL $40,520
Tuscaloosa, AL $39,450
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,870
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $33,890
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,710
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,090
$36,387
Arkansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arkansas (No Degree)

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($44,260) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $31,990
Jonesboro, AR $35,170
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $44,260
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,130
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,250
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $31,980
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,830
$33,516
Arizona

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Arizona (No Degree)

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($51,980) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $32,100
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $47,040
Prescott, AZ $37,170
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $51,980
Tucson, AZ $43,330
Yuma, AZ $40,700
Arizona nonmetropolitan area $36,650
$41,281
California

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for California (No Degree)

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($74,360) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Chico, CA $40,770
El Centro, CA $42,680
Fresno, CA $47,370
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $46,180
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $68,160
Madera, CA $53,690
Merced, CA $50,150
Modesto, CA $44,530
Napa, CA $54,190
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $47,670
Redding, CA $39,620
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $49,000
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $56,200
Salinas, CA $49,850
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $56,660
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $73,130
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $74,360
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA $54,370
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $61,050
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $56,100
Santa Rosa, CA $62,510
Stockton-Lodi, CA $48,620
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA $54,680
Visalia-Porterville, CA $44,350
Yuba City, CA $52,090
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $41,510
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $42,990
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $47,020
$52,125
Colorado

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Colorado (No Degree)

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($54,190) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Colorado Springs, CO $51,990
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $54,190
Fort Collins, CO $44,150
Grand Junction, CO $39,650
Greeley, CO $45,780
Pueblo, CO $41,230
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $30,630
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $39,430
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $44,560
$43,512
Connecticut

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Connecticut (No Degree)

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($62,440) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Danbury, CT $58,600
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $62,440
New Haven, CT $56,270
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $57,060
Waterbury, CT $53,040
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $47,420
$55,805
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Florida (No Degree)

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($52,210) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $52,210
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $37,940
Gainesville, FL $45,440
Homosassa Springs, FL $37,330
Jacksonville, FL $42,960
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $40,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $49,830
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $46,330
Ocala, FL $40,790
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $47,390
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $39,540
Panama City, FL $39,170
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $42,560
Port St. Lucie, FL $38,310
Punta Gorda, FL $35,970
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL $33,160
Sebring, FL $31,630
Tallahassee, FL $43,930
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $43,010
The Villages, FL $30,880
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $43,070
North Florida nonmetropolitan area $36,820
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL N/A
$40,831
Georgia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Georgia (No Degree)

Hinesville, GA metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($68,770) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Athens-Clarke County, GA $44,260
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $51,520
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $52,200
Columbus, GA-AL $41,050
Dalton, GA $43,310
Gainesville, GA $47,870
Hinesville, GA $68,770
Macon, GA $40,160
Rome, GA $37,770
Savannah, GA $39,080
Valdosta, GA $36,850
Warner Robins, GA $56,590
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,650
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $33,590
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $34,090
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $36,790
$43,722
Hawaii

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Hawaii (No Degree)

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($52,570) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Urban Honolulu, HI $52,570
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $47,620
$50,095
Iowa

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Iowa (No Degree)

Iowa City, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($49,090) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cedar Rapids, IA $38,980
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $39,560
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $44,650
Dubuque, IA $43,980
Iowa City, IA $49,090
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $33,340
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $37,200
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $33,180
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $31,220
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $31,990
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,960
$38,105
Idaho

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Idaho (No Degree)

Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($36,430) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,370
Idaho Falls, ID $29,150
Lewiston, ID-WA $33,270
Pocatello, ID $33,070
Twin Falls, ID $33,440
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,460
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $36,430
$33,313
Illinois

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Illinois (No Degree)

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($52,440) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Carbondale-Marion, IL $38,330
Champaign-Urbana, IL $45,530
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI $52,440
Danville, IL $29,910
Decatur, IL $38,300
Peoria, IL $41,080
Rockford, IL $43,520
Springfield, IL $46,660
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $37,190
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $32,380
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $31,140
$39,680
Indiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Indiana (No Degree)

Columbus, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($50,000) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbus, IN $50,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $43,470
Evansville, IN-KY $36,290
Fort Wayne, IN $41,500
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $43,980
Kokomo, IN $33,900
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $47,050
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $27,450
Muncie, IN $43,150
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $44,820
Terre Haute, IN $42,440
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,950
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $31,480
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,920
$39,886
Kansas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kansas (No Degree)

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($47,230) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Manhattan, KS $42,910
Topeka, KS $47,230
Wichita, KS $37,700
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $27,640
$38,870
Kentucky

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Kentucky (No Degree)

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($48,790) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $48,790
Lexington-Fayette, KY $44,330
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $43,610
Owensboro, KY $37,080
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $35,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $31,680
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $41,780
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,760
$39,056
Louisiana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Louisiana (No Degree)

Baton Rouge, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($45,850) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Baton Rouge, LA $45,850
Hammond, LA $36,100
Houma-Thibodaux, LA $30,270
Lafayette, LA $37,490
Lake Charles, LA $37,900
Monroe, LA $39,420
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $35,360
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA $35,760
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $27,170
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $36,930
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $42,580
$36,803
Massachusetts

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Massachusetts (No Degree)

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($63,940) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH $63,940
Leominster-Gardner, MA $48,410
New Bedford, MA $43,510
Pittsfield, MA $38,610
Springfield, MA-CT $49,640
Worcester, MA-CT $48,580
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $49,540
$48,890
Maryland

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maryland (No Degree)

California-Lexington Park, MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Maryland ($69,250) for jobs which don't require a degree.

California-Lexington Park, MD $69,250
Cumberland, MD-WV $36,740
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $39,190
Salisbury, MD-DE $43,170
Maryland nonmetropolitan area $38,020
$45,274
Maine

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Maine (No Degree)

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($48,140) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $39,230
Portland-South Portland, ME $48,140
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $35,110
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $42,350
$41,208
Michigan

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Michigan (No Degree)

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($54,990) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Battle Creek, MI $42,610
Bay City, MI $26,870
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $54,990
Flint, MI $40,920
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $43,920
Jackson, MI $30,580
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $39,230
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $50,890
Midland, MI $37,640
Monroe, MI $37,230
Muskegon, MI $40,870
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $34,420
Saginaw, MI $45,750
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,020
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $31,440
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,810
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,660
$39,344
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 ($56,120) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN $43,180
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $56,120
Rochester, MN $44,030
St. Cloud, MN $43,860
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,870
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $38,930
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,240
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $41,410
$42,580
Missouri

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Missouri (No Degree)

Jefferson City, MO metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($48,860) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbia, MO $42,000
Jefferson City, MO $48,860
Joplin, MO $31,880
Kansas City, MO-KS $48,110
St. Joseph, MO-KS $36,940
St. Louis, MO-IL $45,530
Springfield, MO $35,940
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $36,100
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $32,780
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $34,450
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $34,800
$38,854
Mississippi

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Mississippi (No Degree)

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($38,920) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Hattiesburg, MS $37,490
Jackson, MS $38,920
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $34,650
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $36,010
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $33,940
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,000
$35,002
Montana

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Montana (No Degree)

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($42,690) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Great Falls, MT $30,800
Missoula, MT $34,470
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $42,690
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $31,110
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $20,710
$31,956
North Carolina

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

Fayetteville, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($64,310) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Burlington, NC $42,690
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $51,710
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $57,700
Fayetteville, NC $64,310
Goldsboro, NC $42,620
Greensboro-High Point, NC $47,550
Greenville, NC $42,100
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $38,940
Jacksonville, NC $40,600
New Bern, NC $33,520
Raleigh, NC $55,860
Wilmington, NC $39,460
Winston-Salem, NC $45,410
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,110
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,040
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $33,410
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,180
$44,365
North Dakota

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

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($43,680) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Fargo, ND-MN $43,680
Grand Forks, ND-MN $43,090
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,130
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $31,920
$39,205
Nebraska

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nebraska (No Degree)

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($46,440) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lincoln, NE $42,170
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $46,440
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $31,320
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $34,130
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $31,640
$37,140
New Hampshire

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

Portsmouth, NH-ME metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($54,700) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Manchester, NH $49,470
Portsmouth, NH-ME $54,700
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,350
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $43,380
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $45,550
$46,090
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 ($69,300) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ocean City, NJ $50,020
Trenton, NJ $69,300
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $40,050
$53,123
New Mexico

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

Santa Fe, NM metro area has the highest average salary median in New Mexico ($49,310) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Farmington, NM $34,110
Las Cruces, NM $35,920
Santa Fe, NM $49,310
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $41,060
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $38,540
$39,788
Nevada

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Nevada (No Degree)

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($48,100) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV $48,100
Reno, NV $44,670
Nevada nonmetropolitan area $38,150
$43,640
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 ($73,510) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Binghamton, NY $39,160
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $47,140
Elmira, NY $39,500
Ithaca, NY $66,360
Kingston, NY $45,960
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $73,510
Rochester, NY $48,230
Syracuse, NY $50,110
Utica-Rome, NY $44,130
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $37,970
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $42,130
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $44,480
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $44,640
$47,948
Ohio

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Ohio (No Degree)

Springfield, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($56,060) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Canton-Massillon, OH $44,130
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $47,400
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $48,970
Columbus, OH $51,320
Dayton, OH $45,760
Lima, OH $33,510
Mansfield, OH $38,880
Springfield, OH $56,060
Toledo, OH $45,620
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $34,960
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $31,780
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $19,600
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $28,760
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $39,900
$40,475
Oklahoma

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oklahoma (No Degree)

Oklahoma City, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($39,960) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Lawton, OK $34,350
Oklahoma City, OK $39,960
Tulsa, OK $39,580
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $35,620
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $31,520
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,280
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $36,400
$35,816
Oregon

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Oregon (No Degree)

Corvallis, OR metro area has the highest average salary median in Oregon ($62,490) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Bend-Redmond, OR $40,720
Corvallis, OR $62,490
Eugene, OR $45,970
Grants Pass, OR $37,090
Medford, OR $44,680
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $54,690
Salem, OR $44,340
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,020
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,460
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $45,420
$44,888
Pennsylvania

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Pennsylvania (No Degree)

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($54,090) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Altoona, PA $32,120
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA $43,210
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA $39,730
East Stroudsburg, PA $43,740
Erie, PA $44,540
Gettysburg, PA $50,450
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $49,490
Johnstown, PA $37,320
Lancaster, PA $44,490
Lebanon, PA $53,050
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $54,090
Pittsburgh, PA $48,190
Reading, PA $41,430
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $37,490
State College, PA $39,650
Williamsport, PA $40,010
York-Hanover, PA $46,150
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $34,190
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $32,470
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $32,150
$42,198
Puerto Rico

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

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($33,150) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,830
Arecibo, PR $23,780
Mayaguez, PR $19,650
Ponce, PR $19,220
San German, PR $23,070
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $33,150
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,810
$22,359
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($44,810) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Columbia, SC $43,390
Florence, SC $39,110
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $44,810
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $40,700
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $40,660
Spartanburg, SC $42,060
Sumter, SC $42,640
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,300
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,360
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,070
$40,810
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 ($41,870) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Sioux Falls, SD $41,870
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,870
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,670
$37,137
Tennessee

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Tennessee (No Degree)

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($50,180) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Clarksville, TN-KY $38,840
Cleveland, TN $33,490
Jackson, TN $38,490
Johnson City, TN $38,680
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA $41,860
Knoxville, TN $43,350
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $42,930
Morristown, TN $32,990
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $50,180
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $32,120
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $31,740
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $36,720
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $33,150
$38,042
Texas

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Texas (No Degree)

Austin-Round Rock, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($53,540) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Amarillo, TX $41,510
Austin-Round Rock, TX $53,540
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $43,460
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $38,370
College Station-Bryan, TX $47,110
Corpus Christi, TX $45,230
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $49,920
El Paso, TX $34,910
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $48,770
Killeen-Temple, TX $39,350
Laredo, TX $43,530
Longview, TX $48,100
Lubbock, TX $44,890
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $41,150
Midland, TX $44,840
Odessa, TX $44,380
San Angelo, TX $34,490
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $48,650
Sherman-Denison, TX $37,900
Texarkana, TX-AR $37,270
Tyler, TX $35,420
Victoria, TX $38,940
Waco, TX $45,320
Wichita Falls, TX $33,610
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $34,740
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $34,250
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $32,060
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $39,920
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $36,090
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $43,910
$41,388
Utah

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Utah (No Degree)

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($45,090) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $36,600
Provo-Orem, UT $34,710
St. George, UT $32,590
Salt Lake City, UT $45,090
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,080
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $32,260
$36,555
Virginia

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Virginia (No Degree)

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($56,510) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Charlottesville, VA $52,380
Harrisonburg, VA $42,950
Lynchburg, VA $43,980
Richmond, VA $51,070
Roanoke, VA $46,940
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA $47,850
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $56,510
Winchester, VA-WV $40,320
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $41,070
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $35,400
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $50,480
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $43,170
$46,010
Vermont

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Vermont (No Degree)

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($44,370) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $43,420
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $44,370
$43,895
Wisconsin

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wisconsin (No Degree)

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($53,930) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Eau Claire, WI $38,550
Fond du Lac, WI $38,550
Green Bay, WI $42,870
Janesville-Beloit, WI $35,520
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $42,060
Madison, WI $51,400
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $43,270
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $53,930
Racine, WI $42,330
Sheboygan, WI $46,220
Wausau, WI $36,050
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $38,240
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,250
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,300
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,430
$42,531
West Virginia

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

Morgantown, WV metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($41,850) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Charleston, WV $38,010
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $40,730
Morgantown, WV $41,850
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $33,630
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $39,350
Wheeling, WV-OH $39,250
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,340
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $34,530
$37,336
Wyoming

Metro Area Average Salary Medians for Wyoming (No Degree)

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($46,600) for jobs which don't require a degree.

Cheyenne, WY $46,600
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,150
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $35,220
$41,323

Bachelor's

Average Salary Median: $43,168

The state with the highest average salary median for a bachelor's degree is Washington ($57,000) in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area.

Alaska N/A
Alabama

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

Mobile, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($33,010) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Auburn-Opelika, AL N/A
Birmingham-Hoover, AL N/A
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL N/A
Decatur, AL N/A
Dothan, AL N/A
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL N/A
Gadsden, AL N/A
Huntsville, AL $31,360
Mobile, AL $33,010
Montgomery, AL N/A
Tuscaloosa, AL N/A
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $22,120
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area N/A
$28,830
Arkansas

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($32,570) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK N/A
Jonesboro, AR N/A
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $32,570
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area N/A
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area N/A
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,850
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area N/A
$31,710
Arizona

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

Yuma, AZ metro area has the highest average salary median in Arizona ($45,680) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ N/A
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ N/A
Prescott, AZ N/A
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ N/A
Tucson, AZ $45,030
Yuma, AZ $45,680
Arizona nonmetropolitan area N/A
$45,355
California

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

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area has the highest average salary median in California ($65,900) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA N/A
El Centro, CA N/A
Fresno, CA $45,020
Hanford-Corcoran, CA N/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $65,900
Madera, CA N/A
Merced, CA N/A
Modesto, CA N/A
Napa, CA N/A
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $47,670
Redding, CA N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $59,370
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA $51,510
Salinas, CA N/A
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $48,840
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $62,220
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $58,770
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $43,420
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $45,790
Santa Rosa, CA $54,300
Stockton-Lodi, CA N/A
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA N/A
Visalia-Porterville, CA $31,640
Yuba City, CA N/A
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
$51,204
Colorado

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

Colorado Springs, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($42,860) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $42,860
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $42,270
Fort Collins, CO N/A
Grand Junction, CO N/A
Greeley, CO N/A
Pueblo, CO N/A
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area N/A
$42,565
Connecticut

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

New Haven, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($58,270) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT N/A
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $57,200
New Haven, CT $58,270
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $46,590
Waterbury, CT N/A
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area N/A
$54,020
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($47,650) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL N/A
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $30,120
Gainesville, FL $38,420
Homosassa Springs, FL N/A
Jacksonville, FL $37,400
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL N/A
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $47,650
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL $45,340
Ocala, FL N/A
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $44,150
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $31,530
Panama City, FL N/A
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $41,260
Port St. Lucie, FL N/A
Punta Gorda, FL N/A
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL N/A
Sebring, FL N/A
Tallahassee, FL $34,570
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $37,760
The Villages, FL N/A
South Florida nonmetropolitan area $42,510
North Florida nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL $35,590
$38,858
Georgia

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro area has the highest average salary median in Georgia ($56,080) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Athens-Clarke County, GA N/A
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA N/A
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $56,080
Columbus, GA-AL $49,820
Dalton, GA N/A
Gainesville, GA N/A
Hinesville, GA N/A
Macon, GA N/A
Rome, GA N/A
Savannah, GA N/A
Valdosta, GA N/A
Warner Robins, GA N/A
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area N/A
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area N/A
$52,950
Hawaii

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

Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($48,840) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI N/A
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $48,840
$48,840
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 ($49,290) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA N/A
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL N/A
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $49,290
Dubuque, IA N/A
Iowa City, IA N/A
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD N/A
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA N/A
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area N/A
$49,290
Idaho N/A
Illinois

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

Springfield, IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Illinois ($56,550) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Carbondale-Marion, IL N/A
Champaign-Urbana, IL N/A
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI N/A
Danville, IL N/A
Decatur, IL N/A
Peoria, IL N/A
Rockford, IL $48,810
Springfield, IL $56,550
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area N/A
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area N/A
$52,680
Indiana

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

Fort Wayne, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($44,230) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN N/A
Elkhart-Goshen, IN N/A
Evansville, IN-KY N/A
Fort Wayne, IN $44,230
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $38,610
Kokomo, IN N/A
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $42,660
Michigan City-La Porte, IN N/A
Muncie, IN N/A
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $40,880
Terre Haute, IN N/A
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
$41,595
Kansas N/A
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 ($36,540) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY N/A
Lexington-Fayette, KY $34,470
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $36,540
Owensboro, KY N/A
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $26,130
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area N/A
$32,380
Louisiana

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

New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area has the highest average salary median in Louisiana ($42,110) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Baton Rouge, LA N/A
Hammond, LA N/A
Houma-Thibodaux, LA N/A
Lafayette, LA $41,150
Lake Charles, LA N/A
Monroe, LA N/A
New Orleans-Metairie, LA $42,110
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA N/A
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area N/A
$41,630
Massachusetts

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

Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Massachusetts ($63,660) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH N/A
Leominster-Gardner, MA N/A
New Bedford, MA N/A
Pittsfield, MA N/A
Springfield, MA-CT $46,790
Worcester, MA-CT $57,850
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $63,660
$56,100
Maryland N/A
Maine

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

Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($47,370) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME N/A
Portland-South Portland, ME N/A
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $47,370
$47,370
Michigan

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

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($52,290) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI N/A
Bay City, MI N/A
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $52,290
Flint, MI $44,600
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $45,560
Jackson, MI N/A
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI N/A
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $46,920
Midland, MI N/A
Monroe, MI N/A
Muskegon, MI N/A
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI N/A
Saginaw, MI N/A
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $50,530
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area N/A
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $41,970
$46,978
Minnesota

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

Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Minnesota ($28,650) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Mankato-North Mankato, MN N/A
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI N/A
Rochester, MN N/A
St. Cloud, MN N/A
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $28,650
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area N/A
$28,650
Missouri

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

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($46,040) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO N/A
Jefferson City, MO N/A
Joplin, MO N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS N/A
St. Joseph, MO-KS N/A
St. Louis, MO-IL $46,040
Springfield, MO $44,060
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area $31,380
$40,493
Mississippi N/A
Montana

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

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($44,960) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT N/A
Missoula, MT N/A
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $44,960
West Montana nonmetropolitan area N/A
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area N/A
$44,960
North Carolina

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

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($55,300) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC N/A
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $46,610
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $55,300
Fayetteville, NC N/A
Goldsboro, NC N/A
Greensboro-High Point, NC $41,510
Greenville, NC N/A
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC N/A
Jacksonville, NC N/A
New Bern, NC N/A
Raleigh, NC $40,280
Wilmington, NC $21,430
Winston-Salem, NC $35,430
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
$40,093
North Dakota

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

Grand Forks, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($43,200) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN N/A
Grand Forks, ND-MN $43,200
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area N/A
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area N/A
$43,200
Nebraska

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

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($36,290) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE N/A
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $36,290
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area N/A
$36,290
New Hampshire N/A
New Jersey N/A
New Mexico N/A
Nevada

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

Reno, NV metro area has the highest average salary median in Nevada ($40,910) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV N/A
Reno, NV $40,910
Nevada nonmetropolitan area N/A
$40,910
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 ($58,210) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Binghamton, NY N/A
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY $49,520
Elmira, NY N/A
Ithaca, NY N/A
Kingston, NY N/A
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA $58,210
Rochester, NY $39,580
Syracuse, NY $43,040
Utica-Rome, NY N/A
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY N/A
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $40,210
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $37,080
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area N/A
$44,607
Ohio

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

Columbus, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($50,770) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH N/A
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $41,300
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $49,320
Columbus, OH $50,770
Dayton, OH $43,440
Lima, OH N/A
Mansfield, OH N/A
Springfield, OH N/A
Toledo, OH N/A
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA N/A
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) N/A
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
$46,208
Oklahoma

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

Tulsa, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($44,770) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK N/A
Oklahoma City, OK N/A
Tulsa, OK $44,770
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
$44,770
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 ($45,060) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR N/A
Corvallis, OR N/A
Eugene, OR N/A
Grants Pass, OR N/A
Medford, OR N/A
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $45,060
Salem, OR $37,280
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area N/A
$41,170
Pennsylvania

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

Lancaster, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($60,000) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA N/A
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA N/A
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA N/A
East Stroudsburg, PA N/A
Erie, PA N/A
Gettysburg, PA N/A
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $44,560
Johnstown, PA N/A
Lancaster, PA $60,000
Lebanon, PA N/A
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $48,540
Pittsburgh, PA $46,960
Reading, PA $45,440
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA $51,200
State College, PA N/A
Williamsport, PA N/A
York-Hanover, PA N/A
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $28,360
$46,437
Puerto Rico

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

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($28,060) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR N/A
Arecibo, PR N/A
Mayaguez, PR N/A
Ponce, PR N/A
San German, PR N/A
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $28,060
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area N/A
$28,060
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($37,300) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC N/A
Florence, SC N/A
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $30,990
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $37,300
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC N/A
Spartanburg, SC N/A
Sumter, SC N/A
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area N/A
$34,145
South Dakota N/A
Tennessee

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

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area has the highest average salary median in Tennessee ($43,900) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Clarksville, TN-KY N/A
Cleveland, TN N/A
Jackson, TN N/A
Johnson City, TN N/A
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA N/A
Knoxville, TN $43,890
Memphis, TN-MS-AR $39,330
Morristown, TN N/A
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $43,900
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area N/A
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $40,480
$41,900
Texas

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

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro area has the highest average salary median in Texas ($42,670) for a bachelor'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 $40,640
Corpus Christi, TX N/A
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $37,710
El Paso, TX $19,820
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $42,670
Killeen-Temple, TX N/A
Laredo, TX $38,680
Longview, TX N/A
Lubbock, TX $40,220
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $39,250
Midland, TX N/A
Odessa, TX N/A
San Angelo, TX N/A
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $40,790
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 $40,720
$37,833
Utah

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

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($45,250) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT N/A
Provo-Orem, UT $43,130
St. George, UT $27,230
Salt Lake City, UT $45,250
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area N/A
$38,537
Virginia

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

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metro area has the highest average salary median in Virginia ($51,670) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Charlottesville, VA N/A
Harrisonburg, VA N/A
Lynchburg, VA N/A
Richmond, VA $47,080
Roanoke, VA $42,420
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA N/A
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $51,670
Winchester, VA-WV N/A
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area N/A
$47,057
Vermont

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

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($37,770) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $37,770
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $30,330
$34,050
Wisconsin

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

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($42,370) for a bachelor's degree in this area of study.

Eau Claire, WI N/A
Fond du Lac, WI N/A
Green Bay, WI N/A
Janesville-Beloit, WI N/A
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN N/A
Madison, WI $40,990
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $42,370
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI N/A
Racine, WI N/A
Sheboygan, WI N/A
Wausau, WI N/A
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area N/A
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area N/A
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area N/A
$41,680
West Virginia N/A
Wyoming N/A

Associate's

Average Salary Median: $40,072

The state with the highest average salary median for an associate's degree is California ($62,400) in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro area.

Alaska

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

Alaska nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Alaska ($49,410) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fairbanks, AK $46,200
Alaska nonmetropolitan area $49,410
$47,805
Alabama

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

Huntsville, AL metro area has the highest average salary median in Alabama ($46,710) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Auburn-Opelika, AL $44,280
Birmingham-Hoover, AL $41,580
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $32,180
Decatur, AL $38,370
Dothan, AL $33,770
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $35,110
Gadsden, AL $26,240
Huntsville, AL $46,710
Mobile, AL $37,040
Montgomery, AL $40,520
Tuscaloosa, AL $39,450
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $27,870
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $33,890
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $30,710
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $38,090
$36,387
Arkansas

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

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro area has the highest average salary median in Arkansas ($44,260) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fort Smith, AR-OK $31,990
Jonesboro, AR $35,170
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $44,260
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,130
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,250
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $31,980
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $30,830
$33,516
Arizona N/A
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 ($64,230) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Chico, CA N/A
El Centro, CA N/A
Fresno, CA N/A
Hanford-Corcoran, CA N/A
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA N/A
Madera, CA N/A
Merced, CA N/A
Modesto, CA N/A
Napa, CA N/A
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA N/A
Redding, CA N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA N/A
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA N/A
Salinas, CA N/A
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA $60,570
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA $64,230
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA N/A
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA N/A
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA N/A
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA N/A
Santa Rosa, CA N/A
Stockton-Lodi, CA N/A
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA N/A
Visalia-Porterville, CA N/A
Yuba City, CA N/A
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area N/A
$62,400
Colorado

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

Colorado Springs, CO metro area has the highest average salary median in Colorado ($53,520) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Colorado Springs, CO $53,520
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $47,820
Fort Collins, CO N/A
Grand Junction, CO N/A
Greeley, CO N/A
Pueblo, CO N/A
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area N/A
$50,670
Connecticut

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

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area has the highest average salary median in Connecticut ($62,440) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Danbury, CT $58,600
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $62,440
New Haven, CT $56,270
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI $57,060
Waterbury, CT $53,040
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $47,420
$55,805
Washington, D.C. N/A
Delaware N/A
Florida

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

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area has the highest average salary median in Florida ($61,630) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL N/A
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL N/A
Gainesville, FL N/A
Homosassa Springs, FL N/A
Jacksonville, FL N/A
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL N/A
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL N/A
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL N/A
Ocala, FL N/A
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $60,060
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL N/A
Panama City, FL N/A
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL N/A
Port St. Lucie, FL N/A
Punta Gorda, FL N/A
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL N/A
Sebring, FL N/A
Tallahassee, FL N/A
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $61,630
The Villages, FL N/A
South Florida nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Florida nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL N/A
$60,845
Georgia N/A
Hawaii

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

Urban Honolulu, HI metro area has the highest average salary median in Hawaii ($52,570) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Urban Honolulu, HI $52,570
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $47,620
$50,095
Iowa

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

Iowa City, IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Iowa ($49,090) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cedar Rapids, IA $38,980
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $39,560
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $44,650
Dubuque, IA $43,980
Iowa City, IA $49,090
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $33,340
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $37,200
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $33,180
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $31,220
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $31,990
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $35,960
$38,105
Idaho

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

Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Idaho ($36,430) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Coeur d'Alene, ID $32,370
Idaho Falls, ID $29,150
Lewiston, ID-WA $33,270
Pocatello, ID $33,070
Twin Falls, ID $33,440
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area $35,460
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area $36,430
$33,313
Illinois N/A
Indiana

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

Columbus, IN metro area has the highest average salary median in Indiana ($50,000) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbus, IN $50,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN $43,470
Evansville, IN-KY $36,290
Fort Wayne, IN $41,500
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN $43,980
Kokomo, IN $33,900
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $47,050
Michigan City-La Porte, IN $27,450
Muncie, IN $43,150
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $44,820
Terre Haute, IN $42,440
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $37,950
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $31,480
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $34,920
$39,886
Kansas

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

Topeka, KS metro area has the highest average salary median in Kansas ($47,230) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manhattan, KS $42,910
Topeka, KS $47,230
Wichita, KS $37,700
Kansas nonmetropolitan area $27,640
$38,870
Kentucky

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

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY metro area has the highest average salary median in Kentucky ($48,790) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY $48,790
Lexington-Fayette, KY $44,330
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $43,610
Owensboro, KY $37,080
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $35,420
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $31,680
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $41,780
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $29,760
$39,056
Louisiana N/A
Massachusetts N/A
Maryland N/A
Maine

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

Portland-South Portland, ME metro area has the highest average salary median in Maine ($48,140) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lewiston-Auburn, ME $39,230
Portland-South Portland, ME $48,140
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $35,110
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $42,350
$41,208
Michigan

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

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has the highest average salary median in Michigan ($54,990) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Battle Creek, MI $42,610
Bay City, MI $26,870
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $54,990
Flint, MI $40,920
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $43,920
Jackson, MI $30,580
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $39,230
Lansing-East Lansing, MI $50,890
Midland, MI $37,640
Monroe, MI $37,230
Muskegon, MI $40,870
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI $34,420
Saginaw, MI $45,750
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,020
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $31,440
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,810
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $38,660
$39,344
Minnesota N/A
Missouri

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

St. Louis, MO-IL metro area has the highest average salary median in Missouri ($38,970) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, MO N/A
Jefferson City, MO N/A
Joplin, MO N/A
Kansas City, MO-KS N/A
St. Joseph, MO-KS N/A
St. Louis, MO-IL $38,970
Springfield, MO N/A
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area N/A
$38,970
Mississippi

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

Jackson, MS metro area has the highest average salary median in Mississippi ($38,920) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Hattiesburg, MS $37,490
Jackson, MS $38,920
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $34,650
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $36,010
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $33,940
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $29,000
$35,002
Montana

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

Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Montana ($42,690) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Great Falls, MT $30,800
Missoula, MT $34,470
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $42,690
West Montana nonmetropolitan area $31,110
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $20,710
$31,956
North Carolina

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

Fayetteville, NC metro area has the highest average salary median in North Carolina ($64,310) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Burlington, NC $42,690
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $51,710
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $57,700
Fayetteville, NC $64,310
Goldsboro, NC $42,620
Greensboro-High Point, NC $47,550
Greenville, NC $42,100
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $38,940
Jacksonville, NC $40,600
New Bern, NC $33,520
Raleigh, NC $55,860
Wilmington, NC $39,460
Winston-Salem, NC $45,410
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,110
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $45,040
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $33,410
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,180
$44,365
North Dakota

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

Fargo, ND-MN metro area has the highest average salary median in North Dakota ($43,680) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Fargo, ND-MN $43,680
Grand Forks, ND-MN $43,090
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $38,130
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $31,920
$39,205
Nebraska

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

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA metro area has the highest average salary median in Nebraska ($46,440) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lincoln, NE $42,170
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $46,440
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $31,320
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $34,130
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $31,640
$37,140
New Hampshire

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

Portsmouth, NH-ME metro area has the highest average salary median in New Hampshire ($54,700) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Manchester, NH $49,470
Portsmouth, NH-ME $54,700
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $37,350
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $43,380
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $45,550
$46,090
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 ($69,300) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ocean City, NJ $50,020
Trenton, NJ $69,300
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ $40,050
$53,123
New Mexico N/A
Nevada N/A
New York N/A
Ohio

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

Cleveland-Elyria, OH metro area has the highest average salary median in Ohio ($47,670) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Canton-Massillon, OH N/A
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN N/A
Cleveland-Elyria, OH $47,670
Columbus, OH N/A
Dayton, OH N/A
Lima, OH N/A
Mansfield, OH N/A
Springfield, OH N/A
Toledo, OH N/A
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA N/A
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) N/A
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area N/A
$47,670
Oklahoma

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

Tulsa, OK metro area has the highest average salary median in Oklahoma ($41,670) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Lawton, OK N/A
Oklahoma City, OK N/A
Tulsa, OK $41,670
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area N/A
$41,670
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 ($42,210) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Bend-Redmond, OR N/A
Corvallis, OR N/A
Eugene, OR N/A
Grants Pass, OR N/A
Medford, OR N/A
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $42,210
Salem, OR N/A
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area N/A
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area N/A
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area N/A
$42,210
Pennsylvania

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

Pittsburgh, PA metro area has the highest average salary median in Pennsylvania ($39,570) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Altoona, PA N/A
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA N/A
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA N/A
East Stroudsburg, PA N/A
Erie, PA N/A
Gettysburg, PA N/A
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA N/A
Johnstown, PA N/A
Lancaster, PA N/A
Lebanon, PA N/A
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD N/A
Pittsburgh, PA $39,570
Reading, PA N/A
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA N/A
State College, PA N/A
Williamsport, PA N/A
York-Hanover, PA N/A
Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
Northern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area N/A
$39,570
Puerto Rico

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

San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro area has the highest average salary median in Puerto Rico ($33,150) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Aguadilla-Isabela, PR $18,830
Arecibo, PR $23,780
Mayaguez, PR $19,650
Ponce, PR $19,220
San German, PR $23,070
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR $33,150
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $18,810
$22,359
Rhode Island N/A
South Carolina

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

Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC metro area has the highest average salary median in South Carolina ($44,810) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Columbia, SC $43,390
Florence, SC $39,110
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC $44,810
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC $40,700
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC $40,660
Spartanburg, SC $42,060
Sumter, SC $42,640
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $38,300
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $34,360
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $42,070
$40,810
South Dakota

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

Sioux Falls, SD metro area has the highest average salary median in South Dakota ($41,870) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Sioux Falls, SD $41,870
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,870
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $34,670
$37,137
Tennessee N/A
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 ($47,430) 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 $46,250
El Paso, TX N/A
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $47,430
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
$46,840
Utah

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

Salt Lake City, UT metro area has the highest average salary median in Utah ($45,090) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Ogden-Clearfield, UT $36,600
Provo-Orem, UT $34,710
St. George, UT $32,590
Salt Lake City, UT $45,090
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area $38,080
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area $32,260
$36,555
Virginia N/A
Vermont

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

Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area metro area has the highest average salary median in Vermont ($44,370) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $43,420
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $44,370
$43,895
Wisconsin

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

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area has the highest average salary median in Wisconsin ($53,930) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Eau Claire, WI $38,550
Fond du Lac, WI $38,550
Green Bay, WI $42,870
Janesville-Beloit, WI $35,520
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $42,060
Madison, WI $51,400
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $43,270
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $53,930
Racine, WI $42,330
Sheboygan, WI $46,220
Wausau, WI $36,050
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $38,240
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,250
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $41,300
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $46,430
$42,531
West Virginia

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

Morgantown, WV metro area has the highest average salary median in West Virginia ($41,850) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Charleston, WV $38,010
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $40,730
Morgantown, WV $41,850
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $33,630
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $39,350
Wheeling, WV-OH $39,250
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,340
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $34,530
$37,336
Wyoming

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

Cheyenne, WY metro area has the highest average salary median in Wyoming ($46,600) for an associate's degree in this area of study.

Cheyenne, WY $46,600
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $42,150
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $35,220
$41,323

3 Jobs Attainable With This Degree

The jobs below are commonly attainable with this degree. Most job roles don't require a degree.  The average salary median for job roles not requiring a degree is $41,560.  For a bachelor's degree, the average salary median is $43,168.  For an associate's degree, the average salary median is $40,072. 

  Disc Jockeys, Except Radio

Play prerecorded music for live audiences at venues or events such as clubs, parties, or wedding receptions. May use techniques such as mixing, cutting, or sampling to manipulate recordings. May also perform as emcee (master of ceremonies).

Salary Ratio: 4.86    

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    
  • Announcer
  • Club Disc Jockey (Club DJ)
  • Deejay (DJ)
  • Disc Jockey (DJ)
  • Emcee
  • Event Disc Jockey (Event DJ)
  • Event Entertainer
  • Event Host
  • Event Master of Ceremonies (Event MC)
  • Master of Ceremonies (MC)
  • Mobile Disc Jockey (Mobile DJ)
  • Wedding Disc Jockey (Wedding DJ)
  • US Salary Median: $42,339
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 13.1%
  • Prior Experience: N/A
  • Degree Level Required: None

  Audio and Video Technicians

Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events.

Salary Ratio: 0.63    

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

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

Common Job Titles    
  • Audio Technician
  • Audio Video Technician
  • Audio Visual Communications Systems Technician
  • Audio Visual Specialist (AV Specialist)
  • Audio Visual Technician (AV Technician)
  • AV Production Specialist (Audio Visual Production Specialist)
  • Communications Equipment Operating Technician
  • Event AV Operator (Event Audio Visual Operator)
  • Event Crew Technician
  • Event Technician
  • Media Technician
  • Music
  • Sound
  • and Light Technician
  • Operations Technician
  • Projector Operator
  • Sight Effects Specialist
  • Sound Controller
  • Stage Technician
  • Stagehand
  • Theater Technician
  • Video Control Operator
  • Video Equipment Technician
  • Video Operator
  • Video Production Assistant
  • Video Production Specialist
  • Video Projection Technician
  • Video Technician
  • US Salary Median: $42,388
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 13.1%
  • Prior Experience: 1-2 years
  • Degree Level Required: Bachelor's

  Sound Engineering Technicians

Assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events, and other productions.

Salary Ratio: 1.22    

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    
  • Acoustical Engineer
  • Audio Engineer
  • Audio Operator
  • Audio Recording Engineer
  • Audio Video Engineer
  • Disc Recordist
  • Dub Room Engineer
  • Film Recordist
  • Film Sound Coordinator
  • Film Sound Engineer
  • Mastering Engineer
  • Mechanic Sound Technician
  • Mechanical Sound Technician
  • Mixer
  • Mixing Engineer
  • Music Engineer
  • Musical Engineer
  • Play Back Operator
  • Public Address Servicer
  • Public Address System Installer
  • Public Address Systems Mechanic
  • Public Address Technician
  • Recording Engineer
  • Recordist
  • Rerecording Mixer
  • Sound Cutter
  • Sound Designer
  • Sound Editor
  • Sound Effects Person
  • Sound Effects Technician
  • Sound Engineer
  • Sound Engineering Technician
  • Sound Equipment Mechanic
  • Sound Mixer
  • Sound Printer
  • Sound Recording Technician
  • Sound Recordist
  • Sound Technician
  • Sound Truck Operator
  • Studio Engineer
  • Tape Transferrer
  • Theater Technician
  • US Salary Median: $45,194
  • Job Growth (U.S.): 13.1%
  • Prior Experience: 1-2 years
  • Degree Level Required: Associate's


Average Education Costs

Bachelor's

The average cost for an undergraduate degree is $10,240 per year (or $14,817 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $40,960 to earn a bachelor's (or $59,268 if you're out-of-state).

Associate's

The average cost for an undergraduate degree is $10,240 per year (or $14,817 if you're out-of-state), which means you're estimated to spend $20,480 to earn an associate's (or $29,634 if you're out-of-state).

Most Affordable Schools for an Undergraduate Recording Arts Technology & Technician Degrees

Living Arts College

3000 Wakefield Crossing Drive - Raleigh, NC

Out-of-state cost: $16,600/year
In-state cost: $16,600/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Minnesota State University Moorhead

1104 Seventh Avenue South - Moorhead, MN

Out-of-state cost: $16,612/year
In-state cost: $8,980/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Utah Valley University

800 W University Parkway - Orem, UT

Out-of-state cost: $16,806/year
In-state cost: $5,906/year
Degrees: Associate's, Bachelor's

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Minnesota State University-Mankato

South Rd And Ellis Ave - Mankato, MN

Out-of-state cost: $16,984/year
In-state cost: $8,566/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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SUNY at Fredonia

280 Central Ave - Fredonia, NY

Out-of-state cost: $18,402/year
In-state cost: $8,492/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Husson University

1 College Circle - Bangor, ME

Out-of-state cost: $19,160/year
In-state cost: $19,160/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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The Art Institute of Austin

1204 Chestnut St. - Bastrop, TX

Out-of-state cost: $19,354/year
In-state cost: $19,354/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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AI Miami International University of Art and Design

1501 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 100 - Miami, FL

Out-of-state cost: $19,354/year
In-state cost: $19,354/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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The Art Institute of Atlanta

6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., N.E., 100 Embassy Row - Atlanta, GA

Out-of-state cost: $19,354/year
In-state cost: $19,354/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Miami International University of Art & Design-Art Institute Dallas

8080 Park Lane, Suite 100 - Dallas, TX

Out-of-state cost: $19,354/year
In-state cost: $19,354/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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The Art Institute of Houston

4140 Southwest Freeway - Houston, TX

Out-of-state cost: $19,354/year
In-state cost: $19,354/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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York College of Pennsylvania

441 Country Club Rd - York, PA

Out-of-state cost: $21,700/year
In-state cost: $21,700/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Texas State University

601 University Dr - San Marcos, TX

Out-of-state cost: $22,307/year
In-state cost: $10,855/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Kuyper College

3333 East Beltline Ave NE - Grand Rapids, MI

Out-of-state cost: $23,970/year
In-state cost: $23,970/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Academy of Art University

79 New Montgomery - San Francisco, CA

Out-of-state cost: $24,664/year
In-state cost: $24,664/year
Degrees: Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's

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SAE Expression College

6601 Shellmond St - Emeryville, CA

Out-of-state cost: $25,672/year
In-state cost: $25,672/year
Degrees: Associate's, Bachelor's

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Full Sail University

3300 University Blvd - Winter Park, FL

Out-of-state cost: $25,820/year
In-state cost: $25,820/year
Degrees: Associate's, Bachelor's

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North Central University

910 Elliot Ave - Minneapolis, MN

Out-of-state cost: $26,280/year
In-state cost: $26,280/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Ball State University

2000 University Ave - Muncie, IN

Out-of-state cost: $27,132/year
In-state cost: $10,144/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Portland State University

724 SW Harrison - Portland, OR

Out-of-state cost: $27,177/year
In-state cost: $9,548/year
Degrees: Bachelor's

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Most Affordable Schools for a Graduate Recording Arts Technology & Technician Degrees

Middle Tennessee State University

1301 East Main Street - Murfreesboro, TN

Out-of-state cost: $26,172/year
In-state cost: $10,350/year
Degrees: Master's

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