Highest-paying Cities for Food Processing Workers, All Other

The top 100 highest paying cities for food processing workers, all other (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 food processing workers, all other in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $59,490, Danville, Illinois is the highest paying city for food processing workers, all other. It is followed by Decatur, Illinois (average annual salary $52,970). 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 food processing workers, all other in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food Processing Workers, All Other

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Danville, Illinois	$59,490	$29,750	30
2	Decatur, Illinois	$52,970	$29,420	130
3	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$51,700	$30,870	100
4	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$48,940	$35,310	40
5	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$46,630	$34,720	300
6	Merced, California	$46,600	$34,980	170
7	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$45,420	$28,900	40
8	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$44,050	$36,690	320
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$43,680	$36,140	60
10	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$43,510	$25,360	200
11	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$42,310	$26,740	50
12	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$42,250	$29,230	150
13	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$41,580	$31,780	210
14	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$41,080	$31,560	170
15	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$40,870	$34,020	60
16	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$40,810	$37,440	30
17	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$40,700	$27,260	100
18	Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$40,490	$40,490	130
19	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$40,280	$37,480	170
20	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$39,880	$31,470	110
21	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$39,650	$37,020	880
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$39,620	$32,100	40
23	Waco, Texas	$39,460	$25,480	50
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,360	$32,500	230
25	Appleton, Wisconsin	$39,000	$29,130	30
26	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$38,750	$30,000	150
27	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,730	$30,610	50
28	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$38,690	$31,140	70
29	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$38,670	$29,160	150
30	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,640	$33,280	290
31	Jackson, Mississippi	$38,550	$27,260	50
32	Madison, Wisconsin	$38,480	$30,570	70
33	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$38,410	$36,920	370
34	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$38,370	$29,210	90
35	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$38,370	$27,680	200
36	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$38,300	$29,830	60
37	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$38,130	$31,040	30
38	Wichita, Kansas	$38,060	$35,290	130
39	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$38,050	$35,360	60
40	St Cloud, Minnesota	$38,040	$30,670	50
41	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,010	$31,740	350
42	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,990	$32,000	1,010
43	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$37,810	$30,930	40
44	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,750	$33,660	300
45	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$37,730	$32,110	380
46	Yakima, Washington	$37,700	$30,170	30
47	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$37,550	$28,680	270
48	Medford, Oregon	$37,480	$31,680	30
49	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,440	$30,240	40
50	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$37,400	$32,170	70
51	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$37,370	$28,700	810
52	Sioux City, South Dakota	$37,350	$30,780	170
53	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$37,300	$30,250	180
54	Topeka, Kansas	$37,230	$29,110	30
55	Kansas City, Missouri	$37,090	$30,560	160
56	Cleveland, Tennessee	$37,050	$26,670	40
57	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,990	$29,420	50
58	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$36,990	$31,620	40
59	Lincoln, Nebraska	$36,880	$28,750	50
60	Richmond, Virginia	$36,780	$27,870	80
61	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$36,750	$29,960	90
62	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,730	$32,120	750
63	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,670	$29,020	640
64	Salt Lake City, Utah	$36,660	$35,230	70
65	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$36,590	$29,650	40
66	Rochester, New York	$36,590	$29,000	40
67	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$36,590	$23,210	120
68	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$36,520	$31,260	150
69	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$36,400	$27,260	120
70	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$36,370	$28,540	90
71	Reading, Pennsylvania	$36,370	$30,820	80
72	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$36,360	$23,840	50
73	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$36,360	$29,420	50
74	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$36,340	$31,200	240
75	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$36,320	$33,280	130
76	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,210	$28,950	320
77	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$35,860	$30,060	60
78	Rochester, Minnesota	$35,810	$24,570	120
79	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$35,650	$16,770	30
80	Gainesville, Georgia	$35,640	$24,310	150
81	Salem, Oregon	$35,630	$30,210	70
82	Amarillo, Texas	$35,620	$16,160	40
83	Worcester, Massachusetts	$35,510	$30,440	40
84	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$35,490	$26,670	150
85	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$35,360	$29,540	40
86	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$35,360	$29,160	40
87	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$35,360	$34,620	110
88	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$35,340	$29,670	170
89	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$35,320	$30,670	570
90	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$35,280	$28,410	60
91	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$35,280	$29,560	80
92	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$35,280	$32,160	40
93	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$35,280	$22,650	760
94	St Louis, Missouri	$35,280	$27,580	120
95	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$35,280	$27,930	40
96	Visalia-Porterville, California	$35,280	$34,160	430
97	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$35,280	$27,260	50
98	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$35,280	$28,820	80
99	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$35,280	$28,690	190
100	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$35,280	$31,320	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for food processing workers, all other.