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Highest-paying Cities for Taxi Drivers

The top 52 highest paying cities for taxi drivers (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 taxi drivers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $34,840, Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the highest paying city for taxi drivers. It is followed by Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts (average annual salary $34,390). 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 taxi drivers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 52 Highest-paying cities/areas for Taxi Drivers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$34,840	$26,930	50
2	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$34,390	$33,560	490
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$34,370	$29,580	850
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$33,980	$29,410	120
5	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$33,500	$24,960	140
6	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$32,380	$25,530	60
7	Asheville, North Carolina	$31,820	$25,390	40
8	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$31,630	$22,720	50
9	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$31,600	$23,930	120
10	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$31,240	$31,240	30

11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$31,190	$31,180	n/a
12	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$30,820	$30,810	490
13	Madison, Wisconsin	$30,160	$22,020	170
14	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$30,030	$24,440	310
15	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$30,020	$24,340	40
16	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$29,640	$27,510	70
17	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$29,590	$29,050	40
18	Syracuse, New York	$29,550	$27,720	40
19	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$29,380	$29,260	60
20	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$29,280	$22,300	30
21	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$29,210	$27,460	50
22	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$29,120	$29,120	30
23	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$28,640	$22,090	40
24	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$28,590	$26,000	30
25	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$28,540	$27,880	320
26	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$28,440	$20,940	130
27	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$28,420	$22,530	3,250
28	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$28,350	$17,700	30
29	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$28,260	$22,640	50
30	Utica-Rome, New York	$27,930	$26,000	30
31	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$27,700	$19,210	260
32	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$27,490	$24,550	200
33	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$27,060	$20,960	60
34	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$26,940	$20,980	50
35	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$26,300	$21,660	40
36	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$26,040	$21,120	30
37	Glens Falls, New York	$26,000	$26,000	40
38	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$25,560	$17,490	100
39	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$25,150	$17,150	60
40	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$25,000	$21,840	50
41	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$24,980	$16,430	150
42	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$24,470	$21,720	30
43	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$24,140	$17,700	50
44	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$23,930	$20,770	50
45	Wausau, Wisconsin	$23,510	$19,150	30
46	St Louis, Missouri	$23,190	$23,190	50
47	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$23,150	$19,070	30
48	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$23,020	$18,610	40
49	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$22,680	$15,290	70
50	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$19,760	$19,760	40
51	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$19,150	$18,600	40
52	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$18,160	$18,100	40