Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$46,290

National average

Salary Range

$31,600 – $64,150

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary by City

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

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