The top 16 highest paying cities for wood model makers (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 wood model makers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $78,310, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan is the highest paying city for wood model makers. It is followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (average annual salary $67,480). 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 wood model makers in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan | $78,310 |
50 | |
| 2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California | $67,480 |
n/a | |
| 3 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia | $67,070 |
n/a | |
| 4 | Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi | $52,740 |
n/a | |
| 5 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia | $51,820 |
n/a | |
| 6 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $49,480 |
30 | |
| 7 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $47,600 |
n/a | |
| 8 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina | $39,530 |
30 | |
| 9 | Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee | $37,600 |
n/a | |
| 10 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania | $36,020 |
40 | |
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| 11 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California | $31,090 |
30 | |
| 12 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois | $28,920 |
n/a | |
| 13 | Rockford, Illinois | $28,890 |
40 | |
| 14 | Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont | $28,740 |
60 | |
| 15 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois | $28,670 |
n/a | |
| 16 | Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina | $20,530 |
n/a | |