Every year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports wage totals for hundreds of occupations in every metropolitan and non-metropolitan area in the U.S. as of May of the previous year. Local differences matter: For carpenters, the pay in one part of California is nearly quadruple that in South Carolina.
Los Angeles-Long Beach (CA)
$25.42
Hanford-Corcoran (CA)
$42.74
Seattle Area (WA)
$25.57
Salt Lake City (UT)
$17.16
Kansas City Area (MO-KS)
$25.07
St. Louis Area (MO-IL)
$25.49
Minneapolis-St. Paul (MIN-WI)
$25.54
Chicago Area (IL)
$28.75
Detroit Area (MI)
$25.67
Nashville Area (TN)
$17.16
Waco (TX)
$14.07
Dallas Area (TX)
$14.55
San Antonio (TX)
$16.84
Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX)
$22.42
Pascagoula (MS)
$21.20
Atlanta Area (GA)
$21.86
Augusta Area (GA)
$24.21
Punta Gorda (FL)
$22.08
Miami Area (FL)
$19.01
Pee Dee (SC)
$11.03
Virginia Beach Area (VA-NC)
$18.84
Philadelphia (PA)
$25.03
New York Area (NY-NJ)
$31.17
Boston Area (MA)
$28.22
- Hanford-Corcoran (CA): $42.74
- New York Area (NY-NJ): $31.17
- Chicago Area (IL): $28.75
- Boston Area (MA): $28.22
- Detroit Area (MI): $25.67
- Seattle Area (WA): $25.57
- Minneapolis-St. Paul (MIN-WI): $25.54
- St. Louis Area (MO-IL): $25.49
- Los Angeles-Long Beach (CA): $25.42
- Kansas City Area (MO-KS): $25.07
- Philadelphia (PA): $25.03
- Augusta Area (GA): $24.21
- Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX): $22.42
- Punta Gorda (FL): $22.08
- Atlanta Area (GA): $21.86
- Pascagoula (MS): $21.20
- Miami Area (FL): $19.01
- Virginia Beach Area (VA-NC): $18.84
- Nashville Area (TN): $17.16
- Salt Lake City (UT): $17.16
- San Antonio (TX): $16.84
- Dallas Area (TX): $14.55
- Waco (TX): $14.07
- Pee Dee (SC): $11.03
