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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations — wages and employment

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations earned a median annual wage of $83,090 in the United States in May 2024, with 9,592,690 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $83,090SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations earned a median annual wage of $83,090 in the United States in May 2024, with 9,592,690 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $43,940 or less, the best-paid tenth $169,250 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $80,820 to $83,090, +2.8 %. The best-paying state is California at $119,990; the lowest Puerto Rico at $36,590. Among metropolitan areas, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA pays the highest median, $159,730. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

ReferenceEmploymentMedianMean10th25th75th90thMedian hourlySource
May 20249,592,690$83,090$105,220$43,940$61,680$118,400$169,250$39.95evidence →
May 20239,284,210$80,820$102,060$41,350$59,700$111,240$167,320$38.86evidence →

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
California$119,990952,100
Oregon$108,070110,570
Hawaii$104,00035,670
Washington$103,660187,400
Alaska$102,66020,790
District of Columbia$101,75028,990
New Jersey$100,350272,230
New York$99,890600,040
Massachusetts$97,790257,560
Connecticut$97,450117,230
Maryland$95,620174,110
Minnesota$95,380187,480
Nevada$92,98077,800
Rhode Island$90,69034,790
Colorado$90,530158,890
New Hampshire$88,16046,160
Delaware$87,84032,900
Arizona$87,750195,030
Vermont$84,66021,630
New Mexico$84,38049,890
Illinois$82,960376,760
Maine$82,86043,930
Michigan$81,880293,330
Virginia$81,700228,840
Wisconsin$81,620182,980
Georgia$81,520297,010
Wyoming$81,21014,950
Pennsylvania$80,250422,910
Florida$80,020649,950
Montana$79,85031,790
Idaho$79,78048,840
Texas$79,510777,490
Utah$79,44085,210
Nebraska$79,42066,790
North Carolina$79,210320,790
Ohio$79,130403,860
Indiana$78,330205,210
South Carolina$77,920147,700
North Dakota$77,75029,700
Missouri$76,400200,200
Kentucky$76,380141,320
Oklahoma$76,160105,840
Tennessee$75,830216,160
Kansas$75,12095,000
Iowa$74,43090,020
Virgin Islands$71,6401,470
Louisiana$69,940142,260
South Dakota$69,51035,420
West Virginia$69,34062,950
Arkansas$67,93087,860
Mississippi$64,96084,500
Alabama$64,590142,390
Guam$52,0002,080
Puerto Rico$36,59055,360

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

Metro areaMedian annualEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$159,73055,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$137,270119,500
Vallejo, CA$134,62010,600
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$130,96010,550
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$130,71063,690
Napa, CA$127,8404,190
Modesto, CA$127,70013,370
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$127,1205,430
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$125,52086,720
Salinas, CA$120,4508,330
Bend, OR$115,3106,550
Chico, CA$113,7806,060
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$112,38010,410
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$112,17067,730
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$110,570108,020
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$110,3506,130
Corvallis, OR$110,3302,790
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$110,01093,380
Stockton-Lodi, CA$107,92014,960
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$107,60016,540

Occupations in this group

71 detailed occupations, largest first.

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