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Pay Comparisons

Some areas pay more than others for the same occupation.

Here's an example: Management, business and financial workers in York PA make 110% of the national average; and in Johnstown PA they make 83%. In other words, York pays 33% more than Johnstown for this occupation (110/84-1).

The BLS released occupational pay comparisons on July 24, 2009 for 9 occupations in 77 metro areas. We consolidated their data and color-coded it as follows: Green is 110% or more of the national average, Grey is 100% to 109%, Red is 90% to 99% and Black is less than 90%.

Occupations have been abbreviated as follows:

All   All   Offc   Office and administrative support
Mgmt   Management, business and financial   Cons   Construction and extraction
Prof   Professional and related   Inst   Installation, maintenance and repair
Serv   Service   Prod   Production
Sale   Sales and related   Tran   Transportation and material moving

 Find your occupation and metro area in the table below, and look for locations that pay more.

Metropolitan Area All Mgmt Prof Serv Sale Offc Cons Inst Prod Tran
United States 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 96 103 100 96 93 97 85 102 91 102
Huntsville-Decatur, AL 96 95 96 94 99 95 89 92 99 101
Mobile, AL 92 94 91 90 93 93 93 88 96 98
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 99 102 101 99 108 99 91 102 96 100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 109 110 110 112 111 107 111 110 99 102
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Truckee, CA-NV 109 106 114 112 108 106 113 110 121 109
Salinas, CA 113 113 120 123 129 108 126 124 93 104
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 109 106 107 118 103 105 109 109 106 101
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 119 111 119 126 122 120 123 117 108 109
Visalia-Porterville, CA 100 89 103 104 102 96 87 96 103 107
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO 104 100 103 106 104 104 98 116 104 104
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 102 93 96 99 103 104 103 108 103 113
Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT 111 105 108 120 109 113 113 107 112 109
Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV 109 105 110 106 108 112 101 114 105 108
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 98 105 96 101 97 100 91 96 92 97
Ocala, FL 89 77 84 93 91 90 76 101 94 101
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 91 89 87 90 96 90 94 96 99 108
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 92 86 86 96 93 88 93 99 107 112
Tallahassee, FL 89 83 82 95 91 89 91 84 92 94
Tampa-St  Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 93 93 90 94 100 96 100 91 91 97
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 100 102 102 96 96 105 88 101 103 101
Honolulu, HI 105 105 101 116 109 96 118 112 109 96
Iowa City, IA 97 98 93 101 96 99 104 100 99 94
Bloomington-Normal, IL 101 100 102 106 102 95 103 94 116 99
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI 108 104 107 107 107 110 131 110 103 105
Rockford, IL 98 89 97 101 97 96 110 96 100 103
Bloomington, IN 90 91 91 86 83 92 77 81 99 104
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 96 96 92 94 91 93 110 87 98 102
Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN 95 81 97 93 84 97 92 96 109 100
Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN 94 89 91 97 102 97 93 91 102 91
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 97 93 102 95 97 97 94 95 104 101
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH 111 105 108 114 109 115 120 113 106 110
Springfield, MA 110 100 110 109 111 108 109 99 110 114
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI 104 95 103 100 99 103 100 99 116 108
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 99 90 95 105 106 99 108 94 101 98
Minneapolis-St  Paul-St  Cloud, MN-WI 108 108 103 116 107 104 114 102 111 107
Kansas City, MO-KS 99 92 98 98 102 98 98 98 102 97
Springfield, MO 89 84 85 88 93 87 79 86 94 98
St  Louis, MO-IL 104 100 100 98 98 101 116 112 108 110
Great Falls, MT 88 86 77 96 87 80 114 98 93 97
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 99 105 94 97 100 99 91 99 103 98
Greensboro-High Point, NC 95 100 94 92 99 98 88 87 99 103
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 94 95 84 89 94 93 97 93 101 101
Lincoln, NE 88 83 83 91 85 88 85 89 88 99
Reno-Sparks, NV 99 96 98 99 106 100 88 102 98 101
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY 99 89 92 107 93 95 113 101 108 98
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 114 115 115 114 113 116 132 113 107 108
Rochester, NY 99 91 98 109 98 99 95 88 103 98
Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN 99 95 102 101 94 99 91 100 100 103
Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH 99 100 97 100 94 100 103 105 102 102
Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH 99 96 96 102 100 98 99 99 101 100
Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH 96 100 92 95 95 91 94 93 105 102
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 93 99 90 93 87 94 90 89 94 110
Oklahoma City, OK 92 87 90 91 95 89 114 96 85 86
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 105 98 100 112 109 107 114 116 103 102
Johnstown, PA 86 83 84 91 85 87 91 88 85 83
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 105 104 107 104 97 106 104 110 99 104
Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA 95 88 94 95 92 97 93 95 97 95
Reading, PA 101 106 92 99 107 100 102 99 102 99
York-Hanover, PA 95 110 98 96 90 93 98 92 96 98
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 108 102 111 113 102 106 110 111 110 108
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 92 92 95 87 96 95 78 86 102 99
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 93 105 88 94 88 97 78 85 106 93
Knoxville, TN 91 105 99 82 98 90 78 82 86 96
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 94 93 92 86 102 97 95 99 94 94
Amarillo, TX 89 98 83 91 91 89 86 91 94 92
Austin-Round Rock, TX 93 92 92 91 95 94 82 103 91 92
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 77 90 87 80 70 76 66 90 75 72
Corpus Christi, TX 89 85 88 85 89 86 99 101 92 87
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 97 99 99 92 105 100 90 97 91 102
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 98 103 101 85 102 99 91 96 100 94
San Antonio, TX 91 95 93 89 86 90 100 99 93 91
Richmond, VA 97 97 96 97 94 101 88 99 105 99
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 92 85 91 95 95 91 85 93 89 92
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 102 102 95 111 103 96 107 100 100 105
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA 110 103 106 117 113 105 110 106 116 110
Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI 99 97 95 97 106 101 105 98 105 104