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US labor markets
How pay shifts by location, relative to the US average — across all job families and levels. Interim estimate; refined as the geo model is backfilled.
States (51)
Alabama-6%Alaska+11%Arizona≈ US avgArkansas-6%California+11%Colorado+4%Connecticut+11%Delaware+4%District of Columbia+11%Florida-3%Georgia≈ US avgHawaii+4%Idaho-6%Illinois+4%Indiana≈ US avgIowa-3%Kansas-3%Kentucky-3%Louisiana-3%Maine-3%Maryland+4%Massachusetts+11%Michigan≈ US avgMinnesota+4%Mississippi-6%Missouri-3%Montana-3%Nebraska-6%Nevada+4%New Hampshire+4%New Jersey+11%New Mexico-6%New York+11%North Carolina-3%North Dakota+4%Ohio≈ US avgOklahoma-6%Oregon+4%Pennsylvania≈ US avgRhode Island+4%South Carolina-3%South Dakota-6%Tennessee-6%Texas+4%Utah-3%Vermont≈ US avgVirginia+4%Washington+11%West Virginia-6%Wisconsin≈ US avgWyoming-3%
Metro areas (185)
Abilene,TX-6%Akron,OH≈ US avgAlbany,GA-6%Allentown,PA+4%Altoona,PA-6%Amarillo,TX-6%Anchorage,AK+11%Ann Arbor,MI+4%Appleton,WI≈ US avgAsheville,NC-6%Atlanta,GA≈ US avgAtlantic City,NJ+11%Augusta,GA-6%Austin,TX+4%Bakersfield,CA+11%Baltimore,MD+4%Baton Rouge,LA-3%Battle Creek,MI+4%Bergen,NJ+11%Billings,MT≈ US avgBinghamton,NY≈ US avgBirmingham,AL-3%Bismarck,ND+4%Bloomington,IN-6%Boise,ID-6%Boston,MA+11%Boulder,CO+11%Bremerton,WA+11%Bridgeport,CT+11%Brownsville,TX-6%Buffalo,NY≈ US avgBurlington,VT+4%Canton,OH-3%Casper,WY-3%Cedar Rapids,IA-3%Champaign,IL≈ US avgCharleston,SC-3%Charleston,WV-6%Charlotte,NC≈ US avgChattanooga,TN-6%Chicago,IL+4%Chico,CA+4%Cincinnati,OH≈ US avgClarksville,TN-6%Cleveland,OH≈ US avgColorado Springs,CO+4%Columbia,SC-6%Columbus,GA-6%Columbus,OH≈ US avgDallas,TX+4%Davenport,IA-3%Dayton,OH≈ US avgDenver,CO+4%Des Moines,IA≈ US avgDetroit,MI+4%Dothan,AL-6%Duluth,MN≈ US avgEl Paso,TX-6%Elkhart,IN-3%Erie,PA-6%Eugene,OR+4%Evansville,IN-3%Fargo,ND≈ US avgFayetteville,AR-6%Fayetteville,NC-6%Fort Lauderdale,FL≈ US avgFort Smith,AR-6%Fort Wayne,IN-6%Fort Worth,TX≈ US avgFresno,CA+4%Gary,IN+4%Grand Rapids,MI≈ US avgGreen Bay,WI-3%Greensboro,NC-3%Greenville,SC-6%Harrisburg,PA≈ US avgHartford,CT+11%Honolulu,HI+4%Houston,TX+4%Huntington,WV-6%Huntsville,AL-3%Indianapolis,IN≈ US avgJackson,MS-6%Jacksonville,FL-3%Kansas City,MO≈ US avgKingsport,TN-6%Knoxville,TN-6%La Crosse,WI-3%Lafayette,LA-6%Lancaster,PA≈ US avgLansing,MI≈ US avgLas Vegas,NV+4%Lexington,KY-6%Lincoln,NE-6%Little Rock,AR-6%Los Angeles,CA+11%Louisville,KY-3%Lynchburg,VA-6%Macon,GA-6%Madison,WI≈ US avgMemphis,TN-3%Miami,FL≈ US avgMiddlesex,NJ+11%Milwaukee,WI+4%Minneapolis-St. Paul,MN+11%Mobile,AL-6%Modesto,CA+11%Monroe,LA-6%Montgomery,AL-6%Nashua,NH+11%Nashville,TN-3%Nassau,NY+11%New Bedford,MA+11%New Haven,CT+11%New Orleans,LA≈ US avgNew York,NY+11%Newark,NJ+11%Norfolk,VA-3%Oakland,CA+11%Ogden,UT-3%Oklahoma City,OK-6%Omaha,NE-3%Orange County,CA+11%Orlando,FL-3%Pensacola,FL-6%Peoria,IL≈ US avgPhiladelphia,PA+11%Phoenix,AZ+4%Pittsburgh,PA≈ US avgPortland,ME+4%Portland,OR+4%Providence,RI+11%Provo,UT-6%Racine,WI≈ US avgRaleigh-Durham,NC≈ US avgRapid City,SD-6%Reading,PA+4%Reno,NV+4%Richland,WA+11%Richmond,VA≈ US avgRiverside,CA+11%Roanoke,VA-6%Rochester,NY≈ US avgRockford,IL≈ US avgSacramento,CA+11%Saginaw,MI-3%Salem,OR+4%Salt Lake City,UT≈ US avgSan Antonio,TX-3%San Diego,CA+11%San Francisco,CA+11%San Jose,CA+11%Santa Barbara,CA+11%Santa Cruz,CA+11%Santa Fe,NM-3%Santa Rosa,CA+11%Sarasota,FL-3%Savannah,GA-3%Scranton,PA-3%Seattle,WA+11%South Bend,IN-3%Spokane,WA+4%Springfield,MA+4%Springfield,MO-6%St. Cloud,MN+4%St. Louis,MO≈ US avgStamford,CT+11%Stockton,CA+11%Syracuse,NY+4%Tacoma,WA+11%Tampa,FL-3%Toledo,OH≈ US avgTrenton,NJ+11%Tucson,AZ-3%Tulsa,OK-3%Tuscaloosa,AL-3%Ventura,CA+11%Virginia Beach,VA-3%Waco,TX-6%Washington,DC+11%Wichita,KS-3%Wilmington,DE+4%Worcester,MA+11%Yakima,WA+4%York,PA≈ US avg