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Highest Paying Cities for Statisticians

The top 100 highest paying cities for statisticians (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 statisticians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $139,430, Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey is the highest paying city for statisticians. It is followed by Newark-Union, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $122,610). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [1]. For more salary information of statisticians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Statisticians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$139,430	$73,500	120
2	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$122,610	$73,010	360
3	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$112,900	$66,750	280
4	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$111,100	$55,830	160
5	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$110,910	$67,780	830
6	Wilmington, New Jersey	$108,030	$79,700	130
7	New Haven, Connecticut	$107,910	$52,080	180
8	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$105,500	$44,520	60
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$104,290	$63,730	260
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$103,370	$67,790	610
11	Framingham, Massachusetts	$103,360	$58,370	220
12	Provo-Orem, Utah	$103,200	$48,960	40
13	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$102,490	$62,550	370
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$101,360	$63,110	4,660
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$99,530	$55,170	830
16	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$98,750	$63,310	650
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$98,550	$61,070	3,770
18	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$97,890	$64,390	1,360
19	Anchorage, Alaska	$97,130	$70,150	40
20	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$96,250	$60,340	70
21	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$94,300	$61,340	420
22	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$92,820	$69,110	200
23	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$91,470	$52,690	570
24	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$90,650	$58,960	760
25	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$90,150	$52,830	40
26	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$90,090	$57,770	790
27	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$88,910	$54,120	280
28	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$88,690	$51,860	190
29	Columbus, Ohio	$86,490	$53,620	210
30	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$85,870	$49,850	220
31	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$84,840	$49,810	850
32	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$84,620	$61,910	100
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$84,130	$24,120	780
34	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$82,860	$50,610	110
35	Madison, Wisconsin	$82,840	$59,240	210
36	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$81,530	$54,690	80
37	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$80,960	$63,110	40
38	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$80,650	$37,680	90
39	Kansas City, Missouri	$80,040	$49,430	330
40	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$79,900	$51,630	90
41	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$79,700	$41,260	60
42	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$79,180	$50,760	2,380
43	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$78,770	$51,120	220
44	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$78,300	$51,010	1,560
45	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$78,120	$53,160	200
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$77,850	$49,640	2,090
47	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$77,750	$54,460	50
48	Dayton, Ohio	$77,680	$54,530	50
49	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$77,540	$35,320	30
50	Salt Lake City, Utah	$76,980	$51,120	170
51	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$76,830	$51,660	550
52	Memphis, Tennessee	$76,830	$49,600	60
53	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$76,470	$51,670	990
54	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$76,440	$50,590	60
55	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$76,430	$41,920	310
56	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$76,240	$52,790	30
57	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$76,110	$53,030	300
58	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$76,060	$62,190	60
59	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$75,980	$48,910	1,130
60	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$75,870	$43,620	450
61	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$75,160	$49,220	n/a
62	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$75,130	$46,240	460
63	Worcester, Massachusetts	$75,010	$52,770	140
64	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$74,890	$39,410	190
65	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$74,850	$46,130	520
66	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$74,190	$43,770	670
67	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$73,970	$54,770	130
68	Manhattan, Kansas	$73,890	$47,110	n/a
69	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$73,400	$59,780	1,090
70	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$73,390	$51,200	830
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$72,870	$42,460	810
72	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$72,770	$39,310	30
73	St Louis, Missouri	$72,190	$47,430	460
74	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$71,720	$46,990	300
75	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$71,400	$49,100	30
76	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$71,220	$45,650	70
77	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$71,180	$45,590	70
78	Springfield, Massachusetts	$71,150	$48,270	70
79	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$70,270	$34,380	70
80	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$69,870	$43,300	80
81	Tucson, Arizona	$68,820	$39,890	110
82	Salem, Oregon	$68,080	$48,930	180
83	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$68,040	$42,840	80
84	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$67,890	$41,820	180
85	Toledo, Ohio	$67,020	$47,880	40
86	Gainesville, Florida	$66,890	$51,400	60
87	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$66,420	$41,890	310
88	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$66,280	$35,720	160
89	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$65,080	$45,640	110
90	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$63,300	$48,980	120
91	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$63,050	$42,740	280
92	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$61,280	$44,910	260
93	Wilmington, North Carolina	$59,830	$30,470	60
94	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$59,680	$40,580	40
95	Honolulu, Hawaii	$59,130	$44,240	90
96	Spokane, Washington	$58,970	$41,780	70
97	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$58,500	$46,930	30
98	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$57,760	$30,090	40
99	Bismarck, North Dakota	$57,580	$45,950	50
100	Richmond, Virginia	$57,270	$40,660	120