Highest-paying Cities for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

The top 100 highest paying cities for tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners (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 tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $89,500, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners. It is followed by Baltimore-Towson, Maryland (average annual salary $66,350). 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 tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$89,500	$50,560	110
2	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$66,350	$34,180	30
3	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$66,080	$54,920	80
4	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$65,460	$31,880	100
5	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$63,940	$36,680	30
6	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$61,140	$44,160	90
7	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$60,620	$30,010	40
8	Springfield, Massachusetts	$60,320	$34,960	50
9	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$59,580	$47,160	40
10	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$58,670	$49,960	100
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$57,630	$38,770	150
12	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$55,760	$35,910	70
13	Albany, Oregon	$55,470	$41,890	40
14	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$54,090	$41,890	80
15	Bellingham, Washington	$54,080	$37,230	n/a
16	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$52,080	$33,950	30
17	Longview, Washington	$51,510	$38,600	70
18	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$50,310	$28,970	50
19	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,930	$35,060	30
20	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$49,920	$35,980	80
21	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$49,680	$41,750	n/a
22	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$49,370	$43,520	40
23	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$48,890	$41,000	50
24	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$48,730	$25,270	40
25	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$48,340	$23,760	40
26	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$47,940	$26,270	40
27	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$47,750	$37,280	30
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$47,750	$33,590	170
29	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$47,700	$28,830	40
30	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$47,660	$42,450	40
31	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,320	$37,250	n/a
32	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$46,960	$35,400	40
33	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$46,900	$34,450	30
34	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$46,900	$30,770	80
35	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$46,620	$37,220	40
36	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$46,300	$34,960	30
37	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$46,240	$33,360	60
38	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,000	$41,270	90
39	Akron, Ohio	$45,740	$33,310	80
40	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,400	$34,600	80
41	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$45,280	$29,850	60
42	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$45,260	$40,640	n/a
43	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$44,800	$32,510	n/a
44	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$44,710	$31,200	50
45	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,570	$39,520	40
46	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$44,190	$40,730	30
47	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$43,650	$33,280	n/a
48	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$43,390	$31,030	n/a
49	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$43,320	$28,790	70
50	Salt Lake City, Utah	$43,220	$22,570	90
51	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$43,140	$25,210	40
52	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$42,970	$25,700	40
53	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$42,210	$28,490	60
54	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$41,360	$26,460	130
55	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$41,230	$25,690	130
56	Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$40,790	$32,850	40
57	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$40,760	$29,470	40
58	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$40,730	$31,640	40
59	North Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$40,550	$33,000	50
60	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$40,440	$23,750	60
61	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$40,130	$25,110	40
62	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$40,110	$32,510	50
63	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,950	$35,580	60
64	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,870	$29,990	40
65	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$39,400	$33,140	30
66	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,230	$31,570	40
67	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$39,150	$21,670	40
68	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$39,120	$29,800	40
69	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$39,100	$31,180	50
70	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$38,800	$28,020	40
71	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$38,780	$28,490	270
72	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$38,640	$33,400	160
73	Tacoma, Washington	$38,610	$26,810	40
74	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,460	$38,460	150
75	St Louis, Missouri	$38,370	$29,420	30
76	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,360	$37,380	30
77	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$38,200	$22,180	30
78	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$37,880	$27,250	n/a
79	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,740	$31,140	30
80	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,700	$22,310	50
81	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,550	$33,260	70
82	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$37,500	$25,140	60
83	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$37,340	$27,630	30
84	Wichita, Kansas	$37,320	$27,300	70
85	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,320	$35,960	300
86	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$37,220	$28,780	40
87	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$37,190	$24,880	40
88	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$37,090	$31,280	30
89	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$37,050	$29,170	50
90	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$36,940	$32,590	80
91	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$36,750	$29,010	50
92	Peoria, Illinois	$36,660	$30,400	n/a
93	Columbus, Ohio	$36,370	$32,260	n/a
94	Rochester, New York	$36,230	$23,250	50
95	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$36,220	$22,890	60
96	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$36,010	$26,550	n/a
97	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$35,840	$31,080	40
98	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$35,820	$27,040	70
99	Salem, Oregon	$35,750	$24,260	40
100	Toledo, Ohio	$35,620	$27,130	50

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