Home / Farm and Home Management Educators / Best Cities Best Cities for Farm and Home Management Educatorss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where farm and home management educatorss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 California State 1.48 $98,770 $89,223 28% 2 Oregon State 1.29 $80,030 $77,699 24% 3 Virginia State 1.23 $76,710 $74,116 25% 4 Indiana State 1.21 $65,740 $72,641 19% 5 Maryland State 1.21 $79,780 $73,059 25% 6 Arizona State 1.20 $73,210 $72,557 25% 7 Michigan State 1.17 $65,030 $70,455 21% 8 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 1.17 $79,780 $70,727 30% 9 Mississippi State 1.16 $59,480 $70,142 18% 10 Kentucky State 1.15 $61,190 $69,141 19% 11 North Dakota State 1.14 $63,480 $68,553 18% 12 New Mexico State 1.13 $62,730 $68,185 20% 13 North Carolina State 1.13 $64,280 $68,093 24% 14 Alabama State 1.11 $58,330 $66,969 20% 15 South Dakota State 1.11 $60,440 $66,564 19% 16 Nebraska State 1.10 $60,670 $66,306 21% 17 Wisconsin State 1.10 $60,920 $66,002 21% 18 Maine State 1.09 $65,780 $65,912 24% 19 Colorado State 1.04 $66,230 $62,837 33% 20 Delaware State 1.04 $63,300 $62,673 26% 21 Massachusetts State 1.02 $66,920 $61,677 40% 22 Vermont State 1.02 $62,830 $61,298 27% 23 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 1.02 $63,300 $61,159 30% 24 West Virginia State 1.00 $50,930 $60,487 20% 25 Kansas State 0.98 $52,870 $58,744 23% 26 Washington State 0.98 $63,440 $59,124 36% 27 Arkansas State 0.96 $49,640 $57,520 21% 28 Iowa State 0.90 $48,200 $54,036 24% 29 Wyoming State 0.90 $50,510 $54,312 23% 30 New Jersey State 0.88 $57,810 $53,134 37% 31 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro 0.84 $49,750 $50,508 41% 32 Florida State 0.80 $49,090 $48,365 42% 33 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 0.80 $44,380 $48,239 35% 34 Pennsylvania State 0.79 $45,970 $47,392 34% 35 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 0.77 $49,990 $46,074 49% 36 Hawaii State 0.73 $48,340 $43,945 59% 37 New York State 0.72 $48,860 $43,431 45% 38 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 0.69 $40,480 $41,818 48% 39 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.67 $39,200 $40,329 49% 40 Georgia State 0.60 $33,510 $35,878 51% 41 Texas State 0.58 $33,260 $34,791 50%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).