Highest-paying Cities for Motorboat Operators

The top 50 highest paying cities for motorboat operators (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 motorboat operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $69,290, Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska is the highest paying city for motorboat operators. It is followed by Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina (average annual salary $63,790). 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 motorboat operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 50 Highest-paying cities/areas for Motorboat Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$69,290	$56,050	30
2	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$63,790	$19,920	710
3	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$62,100	$39,880	n/a
4	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$58,250	$50,440	60
5	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$54,980	$26,030	70
6	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$54,750	$36,120	40
7	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$53,270	$47,810	50
8	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$53,240	$32,520	40
9	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$51,880	$22,410	210
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$51,290	$38,810	40
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$50,850	$41,550	n/a
12	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$50,710	$36,290	160
13	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$50,680	$36,710	220
14	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$49,130	$23,800	50
15	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$48,690	$42,280	120
16	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$47,970	$23,430	50
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$46,720	$34,970	40
18	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$45,410	$26,020	130
19	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,300	$36,960	150
20	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$44,520	$35,330	40
21	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$44,500	$31,240	190
22	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$41,550	$28,490	80
23	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$40,340	$31,800	180
24	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$39,610	$18,970	60
25	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,950	$26,140	50
26	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$38,430	$27,760	50
27	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$37,620	$19,140	50
28	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$36,270	$29,640	40
29	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$36,250	$28,350	40
30	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$34,680	$29,640	100
31	Savannah, Georgia	$33,940	$18,220	60
32	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$32,530	$20,600	60
33	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$29,910	$25,820	100
34	Corpus Christi, Texas	$29,860	$25,440	40
35	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$29,640	$29,640	160
36	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$29,070	$21,400	70
37	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$28,420	$27,500	n/a
38	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$28,330	$22,020	30
39	Peabody, Massachusetts	$28,110	$20,860	50
40	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$28,070	$21,160	n/a
41	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$27,100	$18,490	40
42	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$25,980	$20,890	n/a
43	Honolulu, Hawaii	$25,920	$18,040	n/a
44	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$25,680	$18,540	40
45	Jacksonville, Florida	$25,360	$21,510	80
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$24,480	$20,690	n/a
47	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$22,250	$17,960	50
48	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$21,570	$17,270	30
49	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$21,240	$21,230	30
50	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$19,410	$17,610	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for motorboat operators.