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Orderlies

National median $38,290 / yr · 52,440 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

National median
$38,290
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
ND
Score 72 · North Dakota
Top-paying metro
San Francisco
$69,870 median
Top WageBench Score
79
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Top 10 destinations
Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.
Rank Area Annual Median Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC WageBench Score
#1San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$69,870$65,6786.0%79
#2San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$65,790$61,8436.0%77
#3Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$46,560$46,5600.0%74
#4Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$62,380$58,6376.0%74
#5North Dakota$38,240$37,4752.0%8972
#6Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$44,920$42,9444.4%72
#7Washington$48,690$48,6900.0%10772
#8Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$43,570$42,2323.1%71
#9Colorado$43,570$41,6534.4%10371
#10New Mexico$37,650$35,8054.9%9270

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$32,240
P25
$35,570
MEDIAN
$38,290
P75
$44,560
P90
$50,600
Hourly mean
$20
Hourly median
$18
Annual mean
$40,660
Total US jobs
52,440

Every state & metro, ranked

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 189 scored areas total.

189 areas · page 1 of 8
Area StateMedian Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC HPSA WageBench Score
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CACA$69,870$65,6786.0%2479
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CACA$65,790$61,8436.0%2477
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAWA$46,560$46,5600.0%2174
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CACA$62,380$58,6376.0%2474
North DakotaND$38,240$37,4752.0%892372
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COCO$44,920$42,9444.4%2272
WashingtonWA$48,690$48,6900.0%1072172
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDPA$43,570$42,2323.1%2171
ColoradoCO$43,570$41,6534.4%1032271
New MexicoNM$37,650$35,8054.9%922470
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WIWI$42,840$40,5695.3%2170
WyomingWY$37,410$37,4100.0%932370
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, ININ$40,420$39,1873.0%2370
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXTX$39,210$39,2100.0%2370
IndianaIN$38,540$37,3653.0%932370
DelawareDE$43,800$41,5225.2%1002170
WisconsinWI$41,380$39,1875.3%942170
OhioOH$37,030$35,9193.0%932370
North CarolinaNC$38,680$37,0364.3%942470
Columbus, OHOH$37,360$36,2393.0%2369
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TNTN$38,370$38,3700.0%2369
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLFL$35,770$35,7700.0%2469
PennsylvaniaPA$40,140$38,9083.1%982169
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMD$37,760$35,8725.0%2469
MissouriMO$35,620$34,0174.5%912469
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Not published by BLS (4) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah.
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National percentile wages, 51-state ranking by WageBench Score, top-25 metros, and methodology footer — formatted for HR / compensation review.

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