Home / Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products / Best Cities Best Cities for Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Productss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where graders and sorters, agricultural productss 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 Nebraska State 1.39 $45,560 $49,792 28% 2 North Dakota State 1.38 $45,590 $49,233 26% 3 Minnesota State 1.36 $47,540 $48,510 32% 4 Iowa State 1.33 $42,450 $47,590 27% 5 Colorado State 1.29 $48,740 $46,243 45% 6 Maine State 1.28 $45,810 $45,902 34% 7 South Dakota State 1.23 $39,900 $43,943 29% 8 Illinois State 1.20 $41,670 $42,782 38% 9 Kansas State 1.19 $38,170 $42,411 33% 10 Michigan State 1.19 $39,180 $42,449 34% 11 Ohio State 1.19 $38,500 $42,588 33% 12 Utah State 1.19 $42,710 $42,625 42% 13 Kentucky State 1.18 $37,300 $42,147 31% 14 Arkansas State 1.15 $35,310 $40,915 30% 15 Alabama State 1.14 $35,390 $40,631 32% 16 Missouri State 1.13 $35,800 $40,406 35% 17 Tennessee State 1.13 $36,880 $40,306 41% 18 Louisiana State 1.12 $36,090 $40,055 35% 19 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 1.12 $38,890 $40,010 49% 20 Pennsylvania State 1.11 $38,430 $39,619 40% 21 Oklahoma State 1.10 $34,700 $39,209 33% 22 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro 1.09 $41,350 $39,083 49% 23 Massachusetts State 1.08 $41,770 $38,498 65% 24 Maryland State 1.07 $41,740 $38,223 48% 25 Georgia State 1.06 $35,450 $37,955 48% 26 Texas State 1.06 $36,090 $37,751 46% 27 South Carolina State 1.05 $34,510 $37,511 44% 28 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 1.05 $36,450 $37,655 53% 29 North Carolina State 1.03 $34,720 $36,780 45% 30 Wisconsin State 1.01 $33,250 $36,024 39% 31 Mississippi State 0.99 $30,140 $35,542 36% 32 New Jersey State 0.97 $37,880 $34,816 57% 33 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 0.97 $31,880 $34,652 49% 34 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 0.97 $39,170 $34,725 61% 35 Oregon State 0.94 $34,660 $33,650 55% 36 Virginia State 0.94 $34,860 $33,681 54% 37 New Mexico State 0.93 $30,480 $33,130 41% 38 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.93 $38,680 $33,202 70% 39 California State 0.92 $36,330 $32,818 75% 40 Washington State 0.91 $34,950 $32,572 65% 41 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 0.90 $34,670 $32,161 62% 42 Arizona State 0.88 $31,700 $31,417 57% 43 Idaho State 0.80 $27,680 $28,684 52% 44 Florida State 0.76 $27,470 $27,064 75% 45 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 0.70 $27,170 $25,041 90%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).