Figure 2. Ratio of 90th- to 10th-wage percentiles, by metropolitan statistical area, 2013
Area 90–10 ratio Employment

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

7.14 930,070

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

6.76 2,367,240

Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD

6.29 561,830

New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ

6.28 5,242,070

Huntsville, AL

6.16 210,110

San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA

6.15 1,045,700

Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA

6.03 1,003,860

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

6.00 420,170

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

5.76 276,580

Boulder, CO

5.68 163,010

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA

5.63 1,748,940

Nassau-Suffolk, NY

5.62 1,235,610

Newark-Union, NJ-PA

5.58 957,630

Framingham, MA

5.57 161,000

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA

5.50 3,974,890

Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA

5.49 1,452,430

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

5.47 2,757,640

Edison-New Brunswick, NJ

5.43 981,480

Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ

5.35 325,530

Baltimore-Towson, MD

5.33 1,280,700

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH

5.32 117,190

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA

5.30 1,290,610

Trenton-Ewing, NJ

5.29 215,960

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA

5.25 2,308,040

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA

5.21 1,449,770

Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX

5.21 2,149,600

Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO

5.19 1,280,960

Ann Arbor, MI

5.18 202,700

Midland, TX

5.11 82,750

Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA

5.10 837,960

Raleigh-Cary, NC

5.08 533,810

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

5.08 559,460

Nashua, NH-MA

5.07 131,800

Philadelphia, PA

5.07 1,840,120

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

5.05 854,930

Vallejo-Fairfield, CA

5.04 122,030

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

5.03 1,791,390

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

5.02 292,930

Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA

5.01 172,640

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC

5.00 877,070

Corvallis, OR

5.00 33,080

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL

4.99 3,700,620

Portsmouth, NH-ME

4.99 56,470

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

4.95 85,420

Camden, NJ

4.95 501,330

Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI

4.94 700,000

Champaign-Urbana, IL

4.91 96,350

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI

4.91 1,112,130

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

4.91 379,540

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

4.84 132,980

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY

4.82 244,500

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA

4.82 98,520

Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA

4.80 541,730

Rochester, MN

4.80 103,960

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

4.79 191,320

Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

4.78 176,850

Richmond, VA

4.78 606,070

Colorado Springs, CO

4.78 245,910

Peoria, IL

4.76 180,700

Worcester, MA-CT

4.75 245,320

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

4.74 136,810

Danbury, CT

4.72 68,940

Bakersfield-Delano, CA

4.72 288,490

Napa, CA

4.71 65,690

New Haven, CT

4.71 272,530

Columbus, OH

4.70 940,940

Columbus, IN

4.70 47,050

Kansas City, MO-KS

4.69 986,500

Norwich-New London, CT-RI

4.69 127,400

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ

4.68 1,781,210

St. Louis, MO-IL

4.67 1,291,420

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI

4.66 814,120

Charlottesville, VA

4.65 98,400

Dayton, OH

4.64 368,960

Honolulu, HI

4.64 441,250

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

4.62 427,180

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

4.62 1,027,440

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

4.62 102,340

Springfield, IL

4.62 103,640

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

4.62 1,201,500

Bloomington-Normal, IL

4.61 87,020

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

4.60 911,620

Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN

4.59 995,170

Manchester, NH

4.58 101,090

Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA

4.58 42,580

Salt Lake City, UT

4.57 644,980

Syracuse, NY

4.57 301,060

Rochester-Dover, NH-ME

4.57 53,730

Anchorage, AK

4.57 175,540

Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH

4.56 61,100

Madison, WI

4.56 342,930

Madera-Chowchilla, CA

4.56 38,920

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ

4.56 58,350

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC

4.56 724,560

Salinas, CA

4.54 155,210

Ames, IA

4.54 41,460

Indianapolis-Carmel, IN

4.53 912,810

Warner Robins, GA

4.52 56,700

College Station-Bryan, TX

4.52 95,910

Kokomo, IN

4.51 40,260

Iowa City, IA

4.51 88,520

Peabody, MA

4.51 101,600

Hanford-Corcoran, CA

4.50 37,510

Pittsfield, MA

4.50 33,420

Modesto, CA

4.49 157,800

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA

4.48 89,820

Albuquerque, NM

4.48 368,830

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL

4.48 1,023,360

Ithaca, NY

4.46 49,070

Gainesville, FL

4.46 120,230

Pittsburgh, PA

4.46 1,130,750

Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH

4.46 1,010,190

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

4.46 74,730

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

4.45 330,500

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO

4.45 208,010

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

4.44 490,870

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC

4.44 295,210

El Centro, CA

4.43 51,990

Gary, IN

4.43 267,430

Binghamton, NY

4.43 103,490

Rochester, NY

4.43 493,990

Cedar Rapids, IA

4.43 138,580

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL

4.42 732,460

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

4.42 887,670

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL

4.42 525,170

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

4.39 532,880

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

4.37 307,350

Waterbury, CT

4.37 63,440

Chico, CA

4.37 68,410

Springfield, MA-CT

4.37 289,710

State College, PA

4.36 65,710

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

4.36 155,790

Winston-Salem, NC

4.36 205,340

Las Cruces, NM

4.36 68,080

Barnstable Town, MA

4.35 97,080

Stockton, CA

4.35 202,710

Oklahoma City, OK

4.34 597,370

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA

4.34 524,950

New Bedford, MA

4.34 64,030

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

4.33 202,750

Knoxville, TN

4.32 323,770

Lansing-East Lansing, MI

4.32 198,330

Bremerton-Silverdale, WA

4.32 77,850

Savannah, GA

4.32 152,050

Tucson, AZ

4.32 351,610

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

4.31 336,560

Provo-Orem, UT

4.30 187,680

Yuba City, CA

4.30 37,190

Carson City, NV

4.30 25,770

Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI

4.29 82,160

Reno-Sparks, NV

4.29 191,930

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

4.29 457,580

Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH

4.29 79,610

Akron, OH

4.28 317,190

Morgantown, WV

4.28 63,050

Las Vegas-Paradise, NV

4.27 839,650

Baton Rouge, LA

4.27 366,610

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

4.27 1,151,890

Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN

4.27 791,190

Fresno, CA

4.26 321,810

Wichita, KS

4.26 284,210

Boise City-Nampa, ID

4.26 269,680

Pascagoula, MS

4.26 53,620

Brunswick, GA

4.25 38,860

Monroe, MI

4.25 38,410

Redding, CA

4.25 56,890

Wilmington, NC

4.25 139,070

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

4.24 101,170

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

4.24 334,770

Montgomery, AL

4.24 159,110

Jacksonville, FL

4.23 586,900

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC

4.23 302,970

Fayetteville, NC

4.22 125,760

Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA

4.22 46,860

Winchester, VA-WV

4.22 53,370

Tulsa, OK

4.22 421,760

Chattanooga, TN-GA

4.22 227,330

Elmira, NY

4.21 35,790

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

4.21 129,140

Columbia, MO

4.21 88,930

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

4.21 590,140

Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME

4.20 197,620

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

4.20 63,270

Ogden-Clearfield, UT

4.20 202,960

Decatur, AL

4.19 53,000

Fairbanks, AK

4.19 35,710

Greensboro-High Point, NC

4.19 344,640

Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN

4.18 609,210

Flint, MI

4.17 132,000

Columbia, SC

4.17 346,140

Victoria, TX

4.17 51,080

Tallahassee, FL

4.17 156,530

Bay City, MI

4.17 33,490

Battle Creek, MI

4.17 53,370

Burlington-South Burlington, VT

4.16 116,840

Merced, CA

4.16 60,970

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

4.16 397,380

Corpus Christi, TX

4.15 184,760

Kingston, NY

4.15 56,490

Greenville, NC

4.15 75,570

Odessa, TX

4.14 70,850

Lexington-Fayette, KY

4.14 250,070

Jackson, MS

4.14 248,430

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

4.14 96,890

Macon, GA

4.14 93,970

Tuscaloosa, AL

4.14 91,640

Manhattan, KS

4.13 50,010

Niles-Benton Harbor, MI

4.13 56,890

Dover, DE

4.13 60,330

Ocean City, NJ

4.13 37,460

Salisbury, MD

4.13 50,780

Columbus, GA-AL

4.12 111,860

Jackson, MI

4.12 55,980

Tyler, TX

4.11 93,020

St. Cloud, MN

4.11 96,930

Duluth, MN-WI

4.11 123,540

Cheyenne, WY

4.10 44,370

Farmington, NM

4.10 50,530

Tacoma, WA

4.10 261,560

Yuma, AZ

4.09 58,880

York-Hanover, PA

4.09 173,250

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH

4.09 67,000

Mobile, AL

4.09 167,890

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

4.08 1,042,150

Appleton, WI

4.08 115,480

Waco, TX

4.08 102,810

Reading, PA

4.08 165,800

Roanoke, VA

4.07 149,740

Utica-Rome, NY

4.07 121,790

Amarillo, TX

4.07 110,660

Eau Claire, WI

4.06 78,840

Lafayette, IN

4.06 86,960

Toledo, OH

4.06 297,490

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

4.06 180,170

Cumberland, MD-WV

4.05 36,630

Elizabethtown, KY

4.05 46,760

Rockford, IL

4.05 143,210

Albany, GA

4.05 58,240

Lincoln, NE

4.04 166,120

Athens-Clarke County, GA

4.04 77,820

Bloomington, IN

4.04 72,550

Billings, MT

4.04 82,610

Rome, GA

4.03 34,730

Lawrence, KS

4.03 45,310

Muncie, IN

4.03 44,540

Laredo, TX

4.03 92,270

Johnstown, PA

4.03 55,560

Auburn-Opelika, AL

4.03 51,010

Holland-Grand Haven, MI

4.03 105,430

Olympia, WA

4.02 95,850

Charleston, WV

4.02 144,200

Mankato-North Mankato, MN

4.02 48,220

Grand Junction, CO

4.02 57,930

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX

4.01 130,110

Topeka, KS

4.01 108,500

El Paso, TX

4.01 281,570

Sherman-Denison, TX

4.01 41,320

Flagstaff, AZ

4.00 56,200

Janesville, WI

4.00 60,980

Williamsport, PA

4.00 53,550

Greeley, CO

3.99 86,640

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

3.99 124,570

Racine, WI

3.99 74,250

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

3.99 107,810

Decatur, IL

3.99 49,080

Evansville, IN-KY

3.98 169,830

Wausau, WI

3.98 65,330

Fond du Lac, WI

3.97 45,010

Fort Wayne, IN

3.97 202,440

Spartanburg, SC

3.97 121,550

Prescott, AZ

3.97 54,030

Green Bay, WI

3.96 164,630

Sheboygan, WI

3.96 55,490

Gainesville, GA

3.95 73,980

Pueblo, CO

3.95 55,440

Lafayette, LA

3.94 154,340

Naples-Marco Island, FL

3.94 118,850

Erie, PA

3.94 125,060

Missoula, MT

3.93 55,620

Bowling Green, KY

3.93 59,180

Kankakee-Bradley, IL

3.93 40,980

Visalia-Porterville, CA

3.92 133,100

Bangor, ME

3.92 63,290

Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA

3.92 16,590

Terre Haute, IN

3.91 66,520

Florence, SC

3.91 80,930

Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV

3.91 40,030

San Angelo, TX

3.91 45,590

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI

3.91 91,970

Salem, OR

3.90 142,940

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

3.90 172,230

Glens Falls, NY

3.90 52,520

Springfield, MO

3.90 189,080

Canton-Massillon, OH

3.90 165,610

Lake Charles, LA

3.90 88,440

Eugene-Springfield, OR

3.89 139,050

Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

3.89 100,370

Lancaster, PA

3.89 221,960

Casper, WY

3.88 42,080

Bellingham, WA

3.87 76,650

Pocatello, ID

3.87 33,670

Lynchburg, VA

3.87 98,060

Bend, OR

3.87 62,540

Longview, WA

3.86 33,810

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

3.86 153,140

Lubbock, TX

3.86 129,310

Grand Forks, ND-MN

3.86 50,400

Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI

3.86 57,300

Fargo, ND-MN

3.86 128,990

Lima, OH

3.85 48,890

Longview, TX

3.85 98,900

Danville, IL

3.85 26,960

Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA

3.84 250,300

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

3.84 246,570

Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

3.83 43,140

Clarksville, TN-KY

3.83 82,080

Abilene, TX

3.83 62,610

Lawton, OK

3.82 40,990

Johnson City, TN

3.82 76,790

La Crosse, WI-MN

3.81 73,490

Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

3.81 114,400

Springfield, OH

3.81 46,890

Michigan City-La Porte, IN

3.81 40,560

Port St. Lucie, FL

3.80 124,990

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

3.80 44,070

Rocky Mount, NC

3.79 54,900

Alexandria, LA

3.79 60,470

Spokane, WA

3.78 200,200

Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA

3.78 218,770

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

3.78 211,080

Valdosta, GA

3.77 49,620

Medford, OR

3.77 76,410

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA

3.77 39,110

Coeur d'Alene, ID

3.76 53,450

Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL

3.76 70,530

Lebanon, PA

3.76 50,150

Bismarck, ND

3.76 68,060

St. Joseph, MO-KS

3.75 52,170

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

3.75 233,640

Cleveland, TN

3.72 38,950

Asheville, NC

3.71 171,890

Idaho Falls, ID

3.71 50,150

Burlington, NC

3.71 55,910

Jacksonville, NC

3.71 44,250

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

3.71 89,450

Pine Bluff, AR

3.70 33,170

Altoona, PA

3.69 57,730

Dubuque, IA

3.67 56,990

Santa Fe, NM

3.67 59,140

Sumter, SC

3.67 33,690

Anderson, IN

3.66 37,820

Sandusky, OH

3.66 35,490

Sioux Falls, SD

3.66 141,470

Jefferson City, MO

3.66 72,060

Punta Gorda, FL

3.66 40,900

Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL

3.65 42,060

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

3.65 51,990

Dothan, AL

3.65 55,180

Mansfield, OH

3.64 48,890

Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL

3.64 46,100

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

3.63 196,400

Logan, UT-ID

3.63 49,880

Great Falls, MT

3.62 34,490

Wheeling, WV-OH

3.62 62,850

Lewiston-Auburn, ME

3.61 46,730

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

3.61 131,270

Wichita Falls, TX

3.60 56,010

Hot Springs, AR

3.59 34,530

Dalton, GA

3.59 61,920

Hattiesburg, MS

3.58 56,500

Owensboro, KY

3.58 49,410

Harrisonburg, VA

3.57 58,680

Ocala, FL

3.56 90,860

Jackson, TN

3.56 57,830

Lewiston, ID-WA

3.56 24,050

Joplin, MO

3.56 77,900

Gadsden, AL

3.54 34,490

Elkhart-Goshen, IN

3.54 114,420

Rapid City, SD

3.54 60,640

Monroe, LA

3.54 74,190

Anderson, SC

3.53 60,100

Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR

3.53 52,980

Yakima, WA

3.52 80,460

Fort Smith, AR-OK

3.52 112,020

Goldsboro, NC

3.51 39,060

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

3.51 152,950

Anniston-Oxford, AL

3.51 43,150

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

3.51 71,070

St. George, UT

3.49 49,730

Danville, VA

3.46 37,000

Jonesboro, AR

3.42 50,350

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

3.41 143,700

Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC

3.39 112,720

Palm Coast, FL

3.34 18,950

Morristown, TN

3.28 43,970