Highest-paying Cities for All Occupations

The top 100 highest paying cities for all occupations (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of all occupations in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $88,890, Los Alamos County, New Mexico is the highest paying city for all occupations. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $76,740). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of all occupations in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for All Occupations

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$88,890	$28,620	16,050
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,740	$37,260	1,122,990
3	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$65,880	$28,660	47,070
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$65,520	$36,320	2,392,790
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$63,300	$30,860	3,027,490
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$61,830	$36,210	2,037,380
7	Boulder, Colorado	$61,360	$32,680	191,840
8	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,090	$33,780	2,703,870
9	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$58,360	$29,180	236,680
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$57,390	$31,360	9,185,300
11	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$57,290	$26,070	1,116,390
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$56,300	$30,270	393,430
13	St Marys County, Maryland	$54,660	$19,080	43,080
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$54,300	$22,410	2,519,220
15	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$54,180	$27,570	327,690
16	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$54,110	$31,570	1,551,060
17	Olympia, Washington	$54,100	$33,280	120,860
18	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$54,060	$32,830	90,640
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$53,630	$24,620	1,839,740
20	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$53,240	$29,450	101,700
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$52,980	$29,490	556,860
22	Ithaca, New York	$52,310	$30,930	47,280
23	Fairbanks, Alaska	$51,880	$29,270	34,410
24	Framingham, Massachusetts	$51,780	$24,470	172,890
25	Anchorage, Alaska	$51,040	$29,610	166,890
26	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$50,960	$29,730	1,884,270
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,860	$31,860	1,180,900
28	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,630	$28,770	1,295,030
29	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$50,560	$31,530	1,028,590
30	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$50,550	$25,590	1,647,350
31	New Haven, Connecticut	$50,270	$29,540	287,010
32	Rochester, Minnesota	$50,250	$28,990	117,500
33	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$50,130	$33,020	137,820
34	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$49,940	$29,930	428,460
35	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$49,930	$29,170	90,460
36	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$49,810	$30,470	117,480
37	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,710	$31,390	1,489,500
38	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$49,660	$27,950	423,380
39	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$49,380	$24,050	155,600
40	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$49,360	$28,660	119,780
41	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$49,310	$28,690	110,080
42	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$49,200	$32,670	49,290
43	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$49,150	$27,040	211,200
44	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$48,840	$34,140	203,300
45	Worcester, Massachusetts	$48,800	$31,050	282,810
46	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$48,770	$29,800	169,440
47	Longview, Washington	$48,650	$32,210	40,440
48	Corvallis, Oregon	$48,630	$29,030	36,910
49	Madison, Wisconsin	$48,560	$27,980	386,980
50	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$48,480	$32,000	100,180
51	Danbury, Connecticut	$48,470	$28,890	74,730
52	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,470	$31,510	6,100,410
53	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$48,420	$27,320	2,770,020
54	Manchester, New Hampshire	$48,380	$28,540	106,580
55	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$48,340	$28,980	4,416,280
56	Napa, California	$48,260	$34,160	74,080
57	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$48,190	$29,060	560,530
58	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$48,170	$27,150	371,110
59	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$48,100	$31,770	121,800
60	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$48,050	$25,300	60,900
61	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$48,030	$32,520	61,310
62	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$48,000	$27,990	1,866,500
63	Syracuse, New York	$47,990	$29,340	287,320
64	Carson City, Nevada	$47,940	$26,710	29,720
65	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$47,930	$30,500	203,500
66	Midland, Texas	$47,900	$25,980	104,880
67	Charlottesville, Virginia	$47,900	$26,050	109,590
68	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$47,880	$27,130	202,550
69	Greeley, Colorado	$47,760	$29,560	107,510
70	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$47,740	$23,390	71,160
71	Springfield, Massachusetts	$47,690	$30,790	318,670
72	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$47,690	$28,520	73,140
73	Bellingham, Washington	$47,680	$31,530	88,170
74	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$47,630	$26,270	1,176,860
75	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$47,610	$23,580	1,138,240
76	Huntsville, Alabama	$47,490	$23,020	239,090
77	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$47,350	$31,560	96,860
78	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$47,280	$29,320	302,690
79	Salt Lake City, Utah	$47,260	$28,090	780,740
80	Springfield, Illinois	$47,060	$27,250	101,700
81	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$47,050	$28,910	33,420
82	Rochester, New York	$47,010	$29,000	484,980
83	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,000	$29,480	67,480
84	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$46,980	$24,420	34,990
85	Richmond, Virginia	$46,970	$25,700	629,790
86	Bismarck, North Dakota	$46,940	$28,180	71,200
87	Decatur, Illinois	$46,870	$27,060	45,550
88	Iowa City, Iowa	$46,850	$24,820	90,540
89	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$46,810	$30,620	38,030
90	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$46,800	$25,860	44,990
91	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$46,800	$26,410	801,220
92	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$46,800	$25,890	987,600
93	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$46,720	$29,000	515,900
94	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$46,700	$29,370	123,290
95	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$46,700	$24,160	2,727,620
96	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$46,640	$30,900	313,120
97	Columbus, Ohio	$46,630	$26,690	1,060,610
98	Salem, Oregon	$46,610	$29,740	174,880
99	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$46,590	$24,320	672,280
100	State College, Pennsylvania	$46,580	$24,120	64,540

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for all occupations.