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Regional 90th-Percentile Wage

Scale56-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Compare the upper end of pay across BLS regional labor markets using the all-occupation 90th-percentile annual wage on one fixed national scale.

Sources

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May 2025 estimates

Data: Employer-side 90th-percentile annual wage for all covered occupations in BLS metropolitan and nonmetropolitan reporting areas.
What it tells us: Shows the upper boundary of the regional wage distribution for covered wage-and-salary workers; it does not estimate a specific occupation, job offer, hiring probability, or cost-adjusted take-home pay.

2024 county geography

Data: Full-resolution current county and county-equivalent polygons used for unique strict containment of the stored place representative point.
What it tells us: Identifies the current containing county without a nearest-county, state, or legacy-topology fallback.

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