What does this information tell me?
This chart shows you a range of how much most workers in this occupation earn per hour, in the location that you selected.
You can select from three views of this data:
- The Graph shows you wages at the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles. Note that the lowest (10th %ile) wage shown is not necessarily a "starting wage." Instead it means that 10 percent of all workers in this career earn less that this amount, and 90 percent earn more. However, you can assume that you might earn close to the 10th or 25th %ile wages when you start out in most careers.
- Select "Chart" to see a visual comparison between national wages and wages in the location you selected.
- Select "Table" to see more wage data the national and local level.
Please note that wage data are not available at the city or ZIP code level. If you selected a city or ZIP code, you will see wage data for the regional area.
Also note that in this update, 21 detailed occupations found within the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) were replaced with 10 new aggregations of those occupations; read more about these OES changes.
You can learn more about wages for this and other occupations by clicking “See more wages” above.
What is the source of this information?
The wage information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics Program, 2017 data. For more detailed state wage data, please find the link to your state's wage data program in the Other Resources box.