Highest-paying Cities for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

The top 100 highest paying cities for pump operators, except wellhead pumpers (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 pump operators, except wellhead pumpers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $99,700, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for pump operators, except wellhead pumpers. It is followed by Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming (average annual salary $84,450). 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 pump operators, except wellhead pumpers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$99,700	$38,680	270
2	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$84,450	$84,440	n/a
3	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$82,490	$23,090	100
4	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$79,340	$37,900	40
5	St Louis, Missouri	$76,730	$48,810	210
6	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$75,870	$60,320	230
7	Amarillo, Texas	$73,770	$36,220	40
8	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$73,010	$37,730	100
9	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$72,240	$38,430	50
10	Kansas City, Missouri	$70,540	$51,730	n/a
11	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$69,730	$51,180	40
12	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$67,710	$44,940	1,250
13	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$66,830	$34,500	90
14	Corpus Christi, Texas	$66,620	$33,670	70
15	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$65,670	$23,610	160
16	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$65,200	$36,810	n/a
17	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$65,150	$40,860	n/a
18	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$65,070	$58,200	60
19	Midland, Texas	$64,870	$48,840	470
20	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$64,200	$42,660	50
21	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$63,640	$17,510	n/a
22	Anchorage, Alaska	$62,660	$23,140	60
23	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$62,550	$49,600	90
24	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$61,990	$27,390	n/a
25	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$61,900	$35,260	40
26	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$60,450	$27,650	80
27	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$60,370	$38,320	40
28	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$59,770	$39,450	n/a
29	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$58,780	$36,920	60
30	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$57,210	$34,600	n/a
31	Lubbock, Texas	$56,840	$27,220	n/a
32	Evansville, Kentucky	$56,220	$43,830	40
33	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$56,080	$45,670	590
34	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$55,210	$38,580	40
35	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$55,030	$32,380	590
36	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$54,950	$30,900	n/a
37	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$54,870	$40,680	40
38	Jacksonville, Florida	$54,640	$39,420	n/a
39	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$54,330	$46,500	n/a
40	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$54,030	$33,610	320
41	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$53,970	$33,050	100
42	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$53,940	$41,360	40
43	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$53,810	$43,370	110
44	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$53,800	$35,730	80
45	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$53,440	$35,950	110
46	Bismarck, North Dakota	$53,240	$34,970	n/a
47	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$53,200	$25,550	170
48	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$53,080	$39,600	60
49	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$53,060	$37,670	290
50	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$53,020	$53,000	30
51	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$52,920	$36,660	50
52	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$52,840	$49,680	170
53	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$52,660	$34,010	n/a
54	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$52,530	$41,450	60
55	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$51,850	$29,420	30
56	Lafayette, Louisiana	$51,700	$40,290	750
57	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$51,600	$51,420	80
58	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$51,250	$32,870	220
59	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$51,240	$31,500	n/a
60	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$50,580	$31,960	30
61	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$50,150	$33,450	n/a
62	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$49,600	$19,520	70
63	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$49,590	$41,630	70
64	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$49,520	$38,320	330
65	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$49,260	$36,220	50
66	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$49,220	$24,230	100
67	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$48,890	$35,340	30
68	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$48,750	$37,380	220
69	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$48,450	$38,390	260
70	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$48,450	$33,090	160
71	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$48,010	$29,580	30
72	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$47,990	$36,690	130
73	Odessa, Texas	$47,930	$35,710	140
74	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$47,860	$31,990	40
75	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$47,660	$32,790	80
76	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$47,520	$35,990	90
77	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,410	$41,950	n/a
78	Longview, Texas	$47,010	$35,890	60
79	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$46,290	$35,970	70
80	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$46,280	$35,260	n/a
81	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$45,950	$31,680	130
82	Memphis, Tennessee	$45,870	$30,690	30
83	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,760	$41,250	30
84	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$45,700	$27,950	70
85	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$45,190	$32,620	260
86	St Cloud, Minnesota	$45,090	$38,550	30
87	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$45,040	$17,330	390
88	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$44,540	$40,130	n/a
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,530	$27,560	60
90	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$44,520	$29,840	70
91	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$44,160	$37,600	40
92	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$43,180	$17,240	n/a
93	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$42,970	$20,650	70
94	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$42,910	$34,370	n/a
95	Laredo, Texas	$42,570	$26,310	100
96	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$42,280	$33,930	180
97	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$42,220	$28,670	60
98	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$41,990	$29,190	100
99	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$41,900	$33,630	140
100	Gary, Indiana	$41,890	$31,550	40

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