The top 11 highest paying cities for animal breeders (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 animal breeders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $75,460, Columbus, Ohio is the highest paying city for animal breeders. It is followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (average annual salary $45,590). 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 animal breeders in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Columbus, Ohio | $75,460 |
70 | |
| 2 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | $45,590 |
50 | |
| 3 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California | $45,260 |
n/a | |
| 4 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin | $44,490 |
60 | |
| 5 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $40,680 |
100 | |
| 6 | Madison, Wisconsin | $36,630 |
40 | |
| 7 | Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky | $33,010 |
60 | |
| 8 | Modesto, California | $31,240 |
30 | |
| 9 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa | $31,220 |
70 | |
| 10 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan | $29,180 |
n/a | |
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| 11 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa | $25,790 |
40 | |