Browse U.S. counties, cities and ZIP codes by what workers earn at each education level. Pick counties, cities or ZIP codes, a measure, and optionally a state or a name. Each place also has its own page: counties, cities and towns and ZIP codes.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B20004 (median earnings by sex by educational attainment, both sexes), B01003 (total population), and, for the occupation-group and industry measures, B24011 and B24031 (median earnings of civilian workers 16 and over with earnings, shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the estimate). Earnings are the Census Bureau's published medians in 2024 dollars for people 25 and over with earnings, so they include part-time and part-year workers and run lower than the full-time figures on the States page; the premium is MajorPays' calculation from them. MajorPays shows Census survey measures only for places and counties with at least 10,000 residents (5,000 for ZIP areas); county measures from BLS, BEA, HUD and HRSA cover counties of any size and shows earnings, income, rent and home-value medians only when their margin of error is at most 20% of the estimate; shares such as rent burden, commutes and broadband are shown only when their margin of error is at most 7 percentage points, and median age only when its margin is at most 20%. Also from the same Census files: Tables B15003 (educational attainment), B19013 (median household income), B25064 (median gross rent), B25077 (median home value) and B23006 (employment status by educational attainment, used for unemployment rates among civilians 25-64 with at least 1,000 in the labor force and a rate above zero). Rent as a share of bachelor's pay is MajorPays' calculation (12 months of median rent divided by median bachelor's earnings). Cities and towns are Census places, which include some unincorporated communities. ZIP codes are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs), approximations of ZIP areas, shown with the county holding most of their land; only ZIP areas with at least 5,000 residents are listed, and a search by ZIP number finds one directly. Survey estimates carry sampling error, so small differences between places are not meaningful. Four more measures from the same Census files: renters paying 30% or more of income on rent (Table B25070), workers with commutes of 45 minutes or more (Table B08303), median age (Table B01002) and households with a broadband subscription (Table B28002). MajorPays calculated the shares from the published counts; they are survey estimates with sampling error. The Census Bureau has not approved or endorsed this presentation. Health care shortage scores by county are from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Professional Shortage Area designations for primary care, dental and mental health (designated area-based shortage areas only; the highest score in the county; designations can cover part of a county and change over time). HRSA has not approved or endorsed this presentation. The largest industries in a county's card are the three sectors with the most private-sector jobs (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023; employment in cells Census withholds is not shown, and Census adds noise to protect businesses). Three more measures: county unemployment from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (2024 annual averages); jobs and average pay per job by county from the U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (private-sector, non-farm employers; employment is for the pay period that includes March 12; Census adds noise to protect confidentiality; jobs are counted where they are located, so job centers show high values); and average income per tax return by ZIP code from the Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Individual Income Tax Returns ZIP Code Data, tax year 2022 (ZIP codes with fewer than 100 returns are not published; many people do not file). These are U.S. Government statistical products; MajorPays selected and reorganized them, and none of these agencies has approved or endorsed this presentation. County income, poverty and rent: personal income per person from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (table CAINC1, 2024); poverty rates (all ages and children under 18) from the U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (2023; model-based estimates with margins of error); and two-bedroom fair market rent from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (fiscal year 2025; HUD's estimate of the 40th-percentile gross rent for standard units, set for housing-market areas, not an average of actual rents). These are U.S. Government statistical products; MajorPays selected and reorganized them, and none of these agencies has approved or endorsed this presentation.