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 |
|
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