Highest-paying Cities for Medical Equipment Preparers

The top 100 highest paying cities for medical equipment preparers (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 medical equipment preparers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $77,920, Vallejo-Fairfield, California is the highest paying city for medical equipment preparers. It is followed by Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California (average annual salary $77,720). 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 medical equipment preparers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Medical Equipment Preparers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$77,920	$42,380	100
2	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$77,720	$44,470	110
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$77,630	$43,850	1,510
4	Salinas, California	$68,920	$34,170	60
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$66,700	$40,100	610
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$66,430	$46,620	530
7	Stockton, California	$65,370	$39,820	120
8	Redding, California	$63,890	$39,520	40
9	Napa, California	$63,490	$43,740	30
10	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$61,780	$37,600	510
11	Modesto, California	$60,340	$46,800	110
12	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$58,720	$38,740	40
13	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$58,720	$39,440	410
14	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$58,010	$39,200	70
15	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$57,530	$35,780	40
16	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$56,830	$35,120	60
17	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$54,290	$37,580	50
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$52,880	$37,390	2,660
19	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$52,270	$47,720	200
20	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,050	$38,020	40
21	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$50,900	$37,540	100
22	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,650	$39,070	1,300
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,360	$35,250	750
24	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$50,010	$31,410	760
25	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$49,960	$37,500	140
26	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$49,830	$38,060	50
27	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$49,540	$37,010	5,260
28	Salem, Oregon	$49,220	$34,210	80
29	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,970	$36,170	830
30	Rochester, Minnesota	$48,940	$36,550	110
31	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$48,700	$35,970	70
32	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,510	$37,320	30
33	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$48,330	$32,320	40
34	Anchorage, Alaska	$48,260	$39,990	120
35	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$48,200	$33,870	1,140
36	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$48,190	$37,120	40
37	Medford, Oregon	$48,180	$33,650	70
38	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,130	$30,420	160
39	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$47,770	$23,890	420
40	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$47,480	$34,270	80
41	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$47,420	$38,090	70
42	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$47,410	$37,830	170
43	Framingham, Massachusetts	$47,120	$31,540	60
44	Madison, Wisconsin	$46,990	$37,810	170
45	Fresno, California	$46,540	$32,990	250
46	Boulder, Colorado	$46,350	$34,100	60
47	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$46,240	$38,160	90
48	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$46,210	$33,610	50
49	St Cloud, Minnesota	$45,940	$36,560	60
50	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$45,800	$35,620	290
51	Worcester, Massachusetts	$45,640	$35,890	160
52	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$45,580	$32,510	570
53	Bellingham, Washington	$45,420	$36,300	50
54	Chico, California	$45,360	$39,120	90
55	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$45,190	$32,590	720
56	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$45,080	$25,400	870
57	Visalia-Porterville, California	$44,830	$37,310	70
58	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$44,660	$36,830	1,330
59	Duluth, Wisconsin	$44,570	$35,150	70
60	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,350	$34,070	920
61	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$44,190	$30,280	600
62	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$44,150	$36,130	1,490
63	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$44,040	$36,260	250
64	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$43,770	$35,990	40
65	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$43,740	$33,490	30
66	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$43,730	$33,280	790
67	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$43,640	$34,480	90
68	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$43,500	$33,990	30
69	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$43,190	$35,070	980
70	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$43,050	$32,780	40
71	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$42,750	$32,490	40
72	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$42,750	$26,920	1,500
73	Columbus, Ohio	$42,730	$36,320	500
74	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$42,510	$34,470	720
75	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$42,440	$31,990	260
76	Danbury, Connecticut	$42,340	$32,920	30
77	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$42,300	$30,380	580
78	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$42,130	$35,290	1,170
79	New Haven, Connecticut	$42,030	$32,450	90
80	Tacoma, Washington	$41,950	$29,830	210
81	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$41,790	$35,470	250
82	Casper, Wyoming	$41,720	$32,090	30
83	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$41,600	$26,420	120
84	Utica-Rome, New York	$41,560	$31,340	60
85	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$41,390	$33,560	810
86	Missoula, Montana	$41,200	$27,590	30
87	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$41,160	$36,730	270
88	Iowa City, Iowa	$41,140	$32,750	150
89	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$41,100	$36,210	70
90	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$41,090	$31,030	30
91	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$41,090	$37,390	50
92	Springfield, Massachusetts	$41,070	$35,660	150
93	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$41,070	$32,350	90
94	Spokane, Washington	$41,040	$35,980	270
95	Wilmington, New Jersey	$41,020	$20,120	150
96	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$40,980	$34,690	360
97	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,940	$21,710	50
98	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$40,830	$34,150	330
99	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$40,750	$33,520	440
100	St George, Utah	$40,700	$32,820	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for medical equipment preparers.