Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$60,140

National average

Salary Range

$32,540 – $129,110

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
District of Columbia$97,680$58,120$171,500
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$92,370$42,720$203,760
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$91,680$44,330$176,470
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$84,160$44,680$169,730
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$82,720$45,370$159,940
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$82,490$40,710$168,860
New York$80,980$40,820$168,190
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$78,770$38,870$169,520
California$77,490$37,950$165,090
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$76,960$41,430$149,990
Lexington Park, MD$75,060$35,060$145,480
Boulder, CO$73,230$42,730$130,590
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$71,780$36,830$130,900
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$71,040$36,830$136,130
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$70,980$37,950$133,760
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$70,340$35,510$85,850
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$67,110$37,200$125,100
Washington$67,020$38,640$137,390
New Jersey$66,990$35,810$135,450
Massachusetts$66,690$37,590$131,840
Maryland$66,290$36,270$125,610
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$66,290$35,320$117,840
Connecticut$65,620$36,290$132,510
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$65,220$36,580$131,960
Glens Falls, NY$65,160$35,210$139,890
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$65,100$38,290$131,840
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$64,990$37,740$122,620
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$63,890$35,890$126,100
Napa, CA$63,700$37,400$124,800
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$63,630$36,280$130,360
New Haven, CT$62,990$32,900$115,280
Colorado$62,990$37,010$120,240
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$62,940$38,000$114,990
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$62,720$38,510$144,620
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$62,470$33,950$116,430
Oregon$62,370$36,440$130,590
Salinas, CA$62,270$39,260$111,360
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$62,230$36,250$103,690
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$62,210$37,410$97,800
Rhode Island$62,080$36,490$110,820
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$61,780$36,040$106,770
Colorado Springs, CO$61,310$35,600$116,580
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$61,230$37,410$136,300
Corvallis, OR$61,220$36,190$144,510
Virginia$60,820$31,500$118,360
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$60,760$36,460$107,440
Ithaca, NY$60,660$34,620$95,170
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$60,550$33,630$114,280
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$60,550$39,350$109,990
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$60,400$35,820$102,370
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$60,290$36,160$128,330
Barnstable Town, MA$60,280$37,960$118,230
Rochester, MN$60,270$34,780$105,690
Rochester, NY$60,270$34,840$110,220
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$60,150$29,120$93,050
Salem, OR$59,960$33,090$114,900
Madison, WI$59,950$32,330$98,810
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$59,900$31,640$118,220
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$59,630$35,440$108,710
Bloomington, IN$59,510$31,210$102,660
Minnesota$59,160$34,280$102,950
Urban Honolulu, HI$59,070$32,480N/A
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$58,940$33,480$101,440
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$58,930$28,130$113,730
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$58,920$29,150$128,100
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$58,790$31,340$103,720
Springfield, MA$58,640$36,170$107,430
Kennewick-Richland, WA$58,640$36,660$114,990
Naples-Marco Island, FL$58,630$33,290$126,520
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$58,550$34,880$120,720
Pittsfield, MA$58,540$37,130$108,220
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$58,540$34,940$128,160
Cheyenne, WY$58,410$31,200$107,120
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$58,390$31,410$106,280
Hawaii$58,180$33,220$189,460
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$58,130$32,140$112,110
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$58,030$32,550$108,350
Manchester-Nashua, NH$57,750$35,310$101,780
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$57,700$34,420$104,850
Raleigh-Cary, NC$57,660$29,990$109,470
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$57,620$30,930$107,380
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$57,610$34,970$120,500
Syracuse, NY$57,570$35,030$129,760
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$57,300$35,990$91,810
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$57,280$36,760$118,700
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$57,180$36,250$92,880
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$57,180$29,780$112,740
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$57,120$34,570$126,430
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$56,960$36,600$107,100
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$56,860$36,940$99,640
Illinois$56,810$30,840$112,680
Worcester, MA$56,770$36,420$111,850
Charlottesville, VA$56,710$30,920$101,330
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$56,610$28,620$101,410
Champaign-Urbana, IL$56,550$30,160$102,280
Vallejo, CA$56,420$37,500$123,280
New Hampshire$56,340$34,800$103,750
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$56,150$30,940$108,210
Richmond, VA$56,140$31,610$102,940
Vermont$56,050$36,450$95,510
Eugene-Springfield, OR$55,990$34,620$117,760
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$55,960$31,820$98,030
Huntsville, AL$55,570$28,250$105,500
Nevada$55,240$30,210$111,610
Dalton, GA$55,110$29,130$108,220
Bend, OR$55,080$34,870$102,860
Modesto, CA$54,930$36,310$109,820
Portland-South Portland, ME$54,890$34,010$189,290
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$54,830$31,340$96,570
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$54,830$29,840$108,130
Albany, OR$54,710$31,350$101,700
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$54,580$30,640$103,850
Iowa City, IA$54,310$28,140$94,440
Bellingham, WA$54,070$36,880$99,740
Kingston, NY$54,070$35,520$105,380
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$54,070$36,500$97,580
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$54,040$36,420$121,410
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$54,020$36,100$108,300
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$53,960$31,340$103,010
Ames, IA$53,640$29,420$83,580
Delaware$53,600$30,840$104,420
Ann Arbor, MI$53,580$32,900$104,350
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$53,480$33,730$138,160
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$53,300$32,440$103,570
St. Louis, MO-IL$53,290$30,990$101,490
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$53,180$30,350$110,570
Fairbanks-College, AK$53,140$37,550$92,110
Florida$53,060$31,720$104,670
Georgia$53,040$28,410$120,620
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$53,030$31,000$99,990
Pennsylvania$52,910$30,180$105,670
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$52,890$34,850$99,560
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$52,880$29,780$102,680
Kenosha, WI$52,700$32,940$96,420
Redding, CA$52,690$35,900$106,660
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$52,630$28,950$107,080
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$52,580$32,900$90,920
Medford, OR$52,460$34,230$98,590
Pueblo, CO$52,270$34,960$96,170
Santa Fe, NM$52,240$36,270$93,400
Kansas City, MO-KS$52,210$30,330$99,350
Auburn-Opelika, AL$52,170$22,090$112,560
State College, PA$52,160$30,750$87,100
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$52,000$34,540$102,740
Albuquerque, NM$52,000$31,010$103,460
Omaha, NE-IA$51,990$32,030$92,770
Bozeman, MT$51,970$28,620$104,140
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$51,940$29,030$104,570
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$51,860$28,030$94,180
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$51,860$34,290$103,240
Green Bay, WI$51,830$31,340$93,690
Jacksonville, FL$51,720$30,250$99,480
Warner Robins, GA$51,690$27,710$92,850
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$51,630$33,590$112,850
Fresno, CA$51,610$34,670$104,930
Cedar Rapids, IA$51,570$28,870$99,020
Gainesville, FL$51,510$29,920$103,310
Morgantown, WV$51,470$28,940$100,970
Wisconsin$51,460$30,670$91,480
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$51,450$36,490$87,490
Bloomington, IL$51,420$29,990$115,840
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$51,410$35,710$117,350
Tallahassee, FL$51,330$31,790$98,530
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$51,290$30,160$109,120
Fayetteville, NC$51,260$28,450$121,800
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$51,240$30,300$106,270
Columbus, OH$50,980$29,870$100,950
Arizona$50,960$33,970$100,580
Binghamton, NY$50,880$32,110$105,400
New Mexico$50,820$31,200$102,340
Utah$50,780$28,950$105,060
Reno, NV$50,770$32,250$103,520
Savannah, GA$50,760$28,410$106,800
Lincoln, NE$50,750$31,440$86,660
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$50,690$36,880$94,330
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$50,660$33,860$105,270
Niles, MI$50,610$29,080$104,380
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$50,590$33,280$120,530
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$50,590$36,080$100,350
Alaska$50,550$35,380$93,860
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$50,460$31,530$101,570
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$50,450$28,630$93,710
Bismarck, ND$50,420$29,480$85,800
York-Hanover, PA$50,290$30,510$94,320
North Carolina$50,240$29,280$102,120
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$50,240$34,040$98,110
Pittsburgh, PA$50,230$30,470$100,390
Carson City, NV$50,220$32,030$85,550
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$50,190$29,810$108,480
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$50,150$31,060$102,870
Topeka, KS$50,130$28,500$85,970
Michigan$50,080$29,770$102,460
Missouri$50,080$29,910$98,000
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$50,020$29,290$80,210
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$49,990$31,550$83,900
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$49,990$35,880$96,960
Lancaster, PA$49,940$31,630$95,550
Visalia, CA$49,920$34,870$102,310
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$49,910$37,680$93,990
Dover, DE$49,890$29,450$98,430
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$49,850$23,350$124,230
Greeley, CO$49,750$33,800$102,250
Texas$49,700$27,680$99,800
Tulsa, OK$49,680$27,510$97,610
Baton Rouge, LA$49,670$27,870$117,700
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$49,670$31,200$93,340
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$49,660$30,880$120,030
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$49,650$29,290$105,050
Tuscaloosa, AL$49,580$29,120$101,870
Reading, PA$49,550$32,850$103,560
Chico, CA$49,540$35,000$99,720
Maine$49,440$31,630$117,500
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$49,440$31,850$96,140
El Centro, CA$49,420$34,150$119,350
Duluth, MN-WI$49,410$31,200$83,620
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$49,400$28,140$97,690
Tucson, AZ$49,390$33,640$97,320
Columbia, MO$49,380$29,270$80,730
Nebraska$49,370$30,350$85,140
Midland, TX$49,330$27,040$102,460
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$49,260$30,040$104,870
Walla Walla, WA$49,210$35,790$91,940
Port St. Lucie, FL$49,090$29,580$101,450
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,010$29,840$101,010
Hinesville, GA$49,000$27,390$107,240
Longview-Kelso, WA$48,960$36,920$83,390
Helena, MT$48,890$27,350$91,370
Oklahoma City, OK$48,880$28,140$99,330
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$48,770$30,340$84,220
Lexington-Fayette, KY$48,730$29,330$94,930
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$48,720$32,450$91,190
Greensboro-High Point, NC$48,700$28,990$92,730
Dubuque, IA$48,690$27,680$82,310
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$48,590$28,920$96,270
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,530$31,150$97,300
Punta Gorda, FL$48,510$31,080$91,920
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$48,500$31,180$97,220
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$48,490$35,820$91,190
Monroe, MI$48,490$31,040$94,160
Gettysburg, PA$48,460$28,470$109,120
Merced, CA$48,450$35,240$94,390
Iowa$48,410$26,870$88,770
Waco, TX$48,360$27,120$95,810
Battle Creek, MI$48,310$29,820$94,690
Asheville, NC$48,300$29,780$87,330
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$48,260$29,300$98,730
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$48,250$26,720$96,230
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$48,240$28,430$103,260
Manhattan, KS$48,220$22,310$91,270
Tennessee$48,190$28,670$96,830
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$48,150$28,730$98,920
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$48,140$27,610$98,650
Wyoming$48,130$30,300$96,780
Grand Forks, ND-MN$48,100$34,050$83,870
Anchorage, AK$48,060$35,320$94,410
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$48,050$31,760$80,630
Erie, PA$48,050$29,160$92,000
Stockton-Lodi, CA$48,000$35,060$101,730
Grants Pass, OR$47,990$35,780$95,980
Montgomery, AL$47,990$28,450$93,260
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$47,990$28,910$81,380
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$47,950$30,000$86,380
Fond du Lac, WI$47,930$30,700$81,290
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$47,900$30,540$98,170
Mankato, MN$47,900$30,560$82,990
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,880$30,440$82,700
Yuba City, CA$47,840$34,320$103,660
Indiana$47,830$29,430$97,260
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$47,820$24,340$89,290
Logan, UT-ID$47,800$23,080$99,070
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$47,800$31,140$90,920
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,740$30,160$95,220
Oklahoma$47,720$26,510$95,950
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$47,700$23,250$107,240
South Carolina$47,690$27,150$97,690
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$47,640$28,850$94,880
Janesville-Beloit, WI$47,630$29,610$81,980
Lawrence, KS$47,590$29,660$83,210
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$47,580$30,220$80,080
St. Cloud, MN$47,560$31,340$87,850
Macon-Bibb County, GA$47,560$27,170$87,150
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$47,520$32,030$105,010
Cleveland, OH$47,510$29,270$92,980
Lynchburg, VA$47,490$28,200$86,510
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$47,430$30,090$97,000
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$47,430$30,380$82,120
Jefferson City, MO$47,400$27,960$76,940
Spartanburg, SC$47,330$29,160$97,050
Yakima, WA$47,330$36,280$89,450
Ohio$47,300$28,740$94,610
Appleton, WI$47,280$29,250$81,760
Boise City, ID$47,250$28,500$93,600
Sheboygan, WI$47,130$29,240$81,010
Columbia, SC$47,060$27,620$94,040
Albany, GA$47,050$25,900$104,850
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$46,960$28,950$97,920
Elmira, NY$46,960$31,410$104,350
Muncie, IN$46,950$30,190$85,290
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$46,940$30,800$72,880
Wausau, WI$46,930$32,360$80,040
Gadsden, AL$46,920$20,370$64,010
Birmingham, AL$46,880$28,500$90,910
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$46,880$35,500$86,470
Lake Charles, LA$46,860$27,950$67,220
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$46,850$24,860$105,220
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,810$29,870$95,740
Knoxville, TN$46,800$28,240$86,390
Flint, MI$46,790$29,820$110,950
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$46,790$29,340$88,460
Alabama$46,780$27,410$93,770
Midland, MI$46,780$25,950$96,570
Wilmington, NC$46,760$28,100$89,460
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$46,710$28,250$87,310
Yuma, AZ$46,700$31,200$89,200
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$46,660$24,130$85,760
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,660$27,820$83,230
Louisiana$46,620$24,890$101,470
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$46,620$28,160$91,140
Kansas$46,590$22,770$85,550
Williamsport, PA$46,590$22,980$86,870
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$46,550$28,870$102,000
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$46,540$28,860$86,510
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$46,470$28,170$94,900
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$46,470$22,580$96,450
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$46,450$32,090$89,460
Toledo, OH$46,390$28,380$87,720
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,380$28,750$81,680
North Dakota$46,350$29,580$85,790
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$46,300$29,820$78,600
Salisbury, MD$46,280$31,490$83,660
Montana$46,220$23,200$89,760
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$46,200$28,680$91,340
Akron, OH$46,140$29,020$84,880
Grand Junction, CO$46,140$31,500$85,050
College Station-Bryan, TX$46,080$25,790$91,990
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,070$18,020$79,660
Fort Wayne, IN$46,060$28,780$88,160
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$46,060$29,760$95,730
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$45,990$29,330$81,950
Fargo, ND-MN$45,950$30,750$92,020
Las Cruces, NM$45,950$29,630$94,310
Winston-Salem, NC$45,920$29,230$81,830
Lebanon, PA$45,900$28,580$85,370
Bangor, ME$45,790$31,110$83,450
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$45,790$30,930$92,330
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$45,760$17,810$81,350
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$45,730$31,230$87,940
Jackson, MS$45,670$28,500$79,320
Casper, WY$45,650$31,340$95,030
Burlington, NC$45,640$28,050$86,690
Chattanooga, TN-GA$45,570$28,250$84,430
Missoula, MT$45,520$24,870$89,990
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,510$28,820$79,780
Peoria, IL$45,470$29,150$91,210
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$45,460$28,770$75,940
Columbus, GA-AL$45,450$27,030$97,090
St. George, UT$45,430$27,030$87,720
Homosassa Springs, FL$45,390$30,290$79,000
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$45,350$28,800$76,590
Elizabethtown, KY$45,270$27,080$94,310
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$45,220$30,000$86,390
Jackson, MI$45,180$26,300$83,020
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$45,180$28,640$78,480
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$45,160$29,680$87,580
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$45,140$28,200$86,000
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,080$27,450$78,230
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,080$28,880$80,140
Sumter, SC$45,000$26,790$86,960
Traverse City, MI$44,990$29,280$79,590
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$44,970$29,600$84,830
Goldsboro, NC$44,910$27,320$80,280
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$44,900$29,280$92,690
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,770$28,600$86,810
Altoona, PA$44,760$23,210$88,460
Chambersburg, PA$44,730$29,670$83,200
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,720$29,250$81,430
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$44,710$30,610$77,780
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$44,710$27,290$80,340
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,650$24,620$81,880
Eau Claire, WI$44,620$28,420$79,800
Idaho$44,570$27,350$88,810
Athens-Clarke County, GA$44,520$27,960$79,750
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,520$24,850$79,600
Ocala, FL$44,500$27,200$81,980
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$44,500$28,230$77,380
Monroe, LA$44,500$24,560$93,020
Flagstaff, AZ$44,410$30,730$87,990
Ogden, UT$44,360$23,680$94,380
Corpus Christi, TX$44,330$25,200$83,870
Rome, GA$44,310$25,920$81,780
Columbus, IN$44,310$28,710$82,440
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,310$21,990$73,600
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,290$22,090$77,740
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$44,280$21,420$83,580
Pocatello, ID$44,240$27,450$74,990
Kentucky$44,170$25,950$83,500
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$44,130$25,400$77,120
Springfield, OH$44,090$28,620$79,620
Farmington, NM$44,060$28,780$97,530
Vineland, NJ$44,010$31,620$86,450
Canton-Massillon, OH$44,010$25,080$79,890
Terre Haute, IN$43,950$29,370$77,850
Mobile, AL$43,920$28,660$93,090
Odessa, TX$43,910$27,820$84,060
Springfield, IL$43,890$29,120$98,360
St. Joseph, MO-KS$43,880$28,130$76,920
Youngstown-Warren, OH$43,860$25,900$88,640
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$43,860$26,050$79,260
Springfield, MO$43,680$26,720$79,360
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$43,680$30,340$77,510
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$43,460$26,930$102,730
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$43,450$23,300$76,050
Gainesville, GA$43,440$22,760$141,810
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$43,430$27,840$82,240
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$43,360$24,610$86,510
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,350$26,130$81,030
South Dakota$43,250$29,220$69,540
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,250$23,680$81,690
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,250$27,450$77,420
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$43,210$27,510$104,360
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,190$25,070$89,180
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,090$27,750$91,890
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$43,050$27,140$89,540
Florence, SC$42,960$27,970$76,630
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$42,830$28,930$79,490
Jacksonville, NC$42,750$23,240$89,860
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$42,590$26,080$86,050
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$42,590$27,460$124,810
Decatur, IL$42,520$29,120$91,070
Amarillo, TX$42,510$26,130$81,180
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$42,490$29,120$91,710
Billings, MT$42,420$21,720$82,550
El Paso, TX$42,330$22,700$89,310
Great Falls, MT$42,330$21,420$77,380
Wichita, KS$42,320$16,730$97,350
Hot Springs, AR$42,290$26,880$45,340
Idaho Falls, ID$42,280$28,150$94,370
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$42,230$26,660$80,570
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$42,200$31,220$77,860
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$42,180$27,730$72,040
Lewiston, ID-WA$42,170$33,860$75,310
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$42,170$28,030$90,360
Johnstown, PA$42,140$29,610$82,590
Evansville, IN$42,120$26,940$89,000
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,110$27,760$77,360
Arkansas$42,090$28,230$88,180
Coeur d'Alene, ID$42,040$26,350$76,490
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$42,020$22,020$79,620
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$41,920$21,930$83,340
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$41,790$21,850$80,050
Kankakee, IL$41,730$30,320$81,610
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,670$27,950$75,920
Saginaw, MI$41,660$27,290$83,150
Grand Island, NE$41,650$30,070$73,070
Rockford, IL$41,620$29,120$85,370
Mississippi$41,600$23,220$82,260
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$41,600$25,070$81,460
Anniston-Oxford, AL$41,590$28,180$85,580
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$41,590$22,270$88,880
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$41,540$22,480$75,550
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$41,540$27,790$75,870
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$41,300$24,740$77,990
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$41,250$29,120$97,410
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$41,230$23,380$79,620
Jackson, TN$41,060$27,560$69,300
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$41,040$22,600$77,630
Wichita Falls, TX$41,020$22,580$82,220
West Virginia$40,990$27,770$85,390
Wheeling, WV-OH$40,970$28,730$83,110
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$40,960$23,990$73,990
Rocky Mount, NC$40,870$24,520$81,660
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$40,870$27,700$79,760
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$40,800$23,480$77,420
San Angelo, TX$40,750$24,950$84,640
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$40,750$21,630$77,130
Clarksville, TN-KY$40,730$25,340$87,990
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$40,570$28,470$65,790
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$40,550$21,940$73,170
Paducah, KY-IL$40,540$28,080$80,900
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$40,540$23,990$73,860
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$40,470$26,420$83,530
Lubbock, TX$40,450$22,610$82,560
Joplin, MO-KS$40,430$26,450$80,460
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$40,400$27,700$74,720
Roanoke, VA$40,380$25,070$79,150
Kokomo, IN$40,360$28,850$68,990
Abilene, TX$40,290$24,710$77,450
Lafayette, LA$40,170$25,870$82,620
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$40,160$25,950$80,830
Dothan, AL$40,020$27,160$72,550
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$40,010$25,290$77,950
Lawton, OK$40,000$23,790$81,660
Utica-Rome, NY$39,950$31,960$92,770
Owensboro, KY$39,820$28,760$75,200
Bowling Green, KY$39,820$22,250$74,630
Longview, TX$39,790$24,700$75,450
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$39,720$18,300$75,010
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$39,540$18,460$73,110
Harrisonburg, VA$39,520$24,960$80,080
Rapid City, SD$39,470$29,300$68,620
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$39,470$21,740$78,730
Lima, OH$39,430$26,550$73,040
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,410$29,120$87,810
Johnson City, TN$39,400$27,540$80,360
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$39,400$21,470$84,650
Charleston, WV$39,330$29,440$81,380
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$39,200$22,580$70,990
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,190$27,080$68,390
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,170$26,680$80,440
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,150$25,930$75,940
Decatur, AL$39,100$26,960$79,990
Victoria, TX$39,040$23,300$75,350
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$39,000$32,210$77,600
Killeen-Temple, TX$38,930$20,920$83,430
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$38,930$22,050$75,340
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$38,930$23,280$79,380
Jonesboro, AR$38,860$28,210$72,580
Sherman-Denison, TX$38,840$22,980$76,090
Alexandria, LA$38,700$26,220$81,930
Minot, ND$38,650$23,790$73,590
Twin Falls, ID$38,580$28,610$78,430
Hattiesburg, MS$38,500$22,250$84,310
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,490$23,170$73,620
Cleveland, TN$38,480$27,870$74,960
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,480$29,120$83,890
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,460$27,280$82,440
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,320$23,000$74,300
Hammond, LA$38,290$25,730$66,550
Tyler, TX$38,260$23,530$74,870
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$38,160$23,410$72,260
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$38,120$27,060$73,880
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$38,100$25,950$82,570
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$38,090$28,050$66,520
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,080$24,390$77,010
Morristown, TN$38,040$27,240$66,220
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,020$23,120$82,520
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,950$22,500$78,600
Laredo, TX$37,860$21,690$81,150
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,650$27,280$85,520
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$37,610$25,940$79,660
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,610$22,880$81,020
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,580$24,550$66,350
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$37,560$32,440$71,120
Bay City, MI$37,520$28,910$75,950
Enid, OK$37,510$22,160$77,490
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,470$26,790$68,240
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,410$18,290$85,050
Texarkana, TX-AR$37,300$26,130$72,700
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,230$23,390$87,060
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,140$27,280$70,850
Guam$37,130$22,070$73,940
Sebring, FL$37,060$28,180$79,010
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,020$21,190$74,980
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,990$16,650$79,990
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,940$22,330$64,890
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,900$23,320$68,320
Sandusky, OH$36,780$27,420$72,980
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$36,730$24,860$64,330
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,560$26,330$61,530
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$36,350$21,370$69,990
Fort Smith, AR-OK$36,280$28,120$64,790
Virgin Islands$36,130$26,400$73,830
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$35,980$24,740$78,430
Beckley, WV$35,980$27,910$64,640
Winchester, VA-WV$35,890$24,960$86,270
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,830$21,850$64,290
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,380$25,390$65,710
Valdosta, GA$35,000$22,190$74,350
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$34,860$23,480$60,320
Mansfield, OH$34,690$26,820$68,070
Puerto Rico$34,680$20,940$68,410
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,620$21,600$77,280
Arecibo, PR$34,240$21,690$62,230
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$34,000$22,890$78,250
Eagle Pass, TX$33,070$27,310$79,440
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$32,660$29,320$74,000
Aguadilla, PR$30,180$19,760$62,340
Mayaguez, PR$27,760$19,760$60,980
Ponce, PR$24,410$19,760$75,960
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$22,280$19,840$51,990

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