Editors in Alabama
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 0.3 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.43).
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $63,330
- AK, Alaska, median $63,630
- AZ, Arizona, median $63,090
- AR, Arkansas, median $50,180
- CA, California, median $98,030
- CO, Colorado, median $77,870
- CT, Connecticut, median $85,950
- DE, Delaware, median $75,020
- DC, District of Columbia, median $83,920
- FL, Florida, median $73,950
- GA, Georgia, median $76,650
- HI, Hawaii, median $55,070
- ID, Idaho, not published
- IL, Illinois, median $76,060
- IN, Indiana, median $56,440
- IA, Iowa, median $57,200
- KS, Kansas, median $61,920
- KY, Kentucky, median $59,430
- LA, Louisiana, median $58,860
- ME, Maine, median $50,180
- MD, Maryland, median $75,550
- MA, Massachusetts, median $83,170
- MI, Michigan, median $63,090
- MN, Minnesota, median $62,650
- MS, Mississippi, median $54,380
- MO, Missouri, median $61,620
- MT, Montana, median $61,750
- NE, Nebraska, median $46,320
- NV, Nevada, median $72,510
- NH, New Hampshire, median $66,510
- NJ, New Jersey, median $81,680
- NM, New Mexico, median $64,250
- NY, New York, median $101,480
- NC, North Carolina, median $73,740
- ND, North Dakota, median $60,520
- OH, Ohio, median $72,160
- OK, Oklahoma, median $50,780
- OR, Oregon, median $71,540
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $63,460
- RI, Rhode Island, median $77,960
- SC, South Carolina, median $62,000
- SD, South Dakota, median $56,730
- TN, Tennessee, median $59,550
- TX, Texas, median $45,950
- UT, Utah, median $65,040
- VT, Vermont, median $66,860
- VA, Virginia, median $80,590
- WA, Washington, median $77,850
- WV, West Virginia, median $56,630
- WI, Wisconsin, median $64,270
- WY, Wyoming, median $46,710
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $39,640
Top metro and nonmetro areas
Across Alabama
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