Highest-paying Cities for Animal Control Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for animal control workers (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 control workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $104,000, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is the highest paying city for animal control workers. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $69,420). 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 control workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Animal Control Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$104,000	$37,420	120
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$69,420	$36,620	90
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$67,540	$48,790	30
4	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$61,500	$49,480	30
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$61,390	$43,100	420
6	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$60,720	$46,780	70
7	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$60,570	$33,700	50
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$59,320	$48,340	60
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$59,250	$39,070	60
10	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$59,240	$48,360	40
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,100	$47,260	100
12	New Haven, Connecticut	$57,920	$29,540	30
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$56,850	$30,710	170
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$56,100	$42,700	370
15	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$55,930	$48,360	70
16	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$55,790	$34,420	40
17	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$54,590	$25,480	110
18	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$54,310	$33,010	40
19	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$53,790	$36,160	50
20	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$53,510	$39,200	120
21	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$52,700	$32,680	330
22	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,320	$36,580	330
23	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$51,230	$38,150	50
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$51,220	$34,450	380
25	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,070	$37,720	100
26	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$50,940	$36,870	140
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$49,810	$38,280	30
28	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$49,350	$26,760	40
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$48,860	$33,220	110
30	Springfield, Massachusetts	$48,260	$34,030	50
31	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$48,100	$26,550	110
32	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$47,970	$37,520	70
33	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$47,770	$37,130	30
34	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$47,680	$31,200	50
35	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$47,610	$24,340	30
36	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$47,480	$36,570	90
37	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$47,020	$36,210	40
38	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$46,970	$35,910	100
39	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$46,880	$36,070	70
40	Rochester, New York	$46,500	$32,210	60
41	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$46,370	$30,260	110
42	Syracuse, New York	$45,820	$29,540	70
43	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$45,680	$34,170	30
44	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$45,540	$24,450	30
45	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$45,340	$38,270	60
46	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$44,950	$30,660	150
47	Salt Lake City, Utah	$43,580	$35,770	60
48	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$43,440	$31,420	n/a
49	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$43,400	$33,890	110
50	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$43,260	$33,050	190
51	Boulder, Colorado	$42,960	$28,220	n/a
52	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$42,620	$32,220	40
53	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$41,720	$18,270	30
54	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$41,620	$31,370	30
55	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$41,170	$32,810	40
56	Kansas City, Missouri	$41,130	$28,800	110
57	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$41,090	$29,840	50
58	Worcester, Massachusetts	$41,030	$30,840	50
59	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$40,920	$30,970	30
60	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$40,850	$29,280	80
61	Wichita, Kansas	$40,740	$28,130	40
62	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$40,710	$35,180	170
63	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$40,620	$21,880	40
64	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$40,500	$28,770	80
65	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$40,100	$28,150	100
66	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$40,030	$31,430	30
67	Toledo, Ohio	$40,000	$23,550	30
68	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$39,900	$33,020	n/a
69	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$39,800	$32,610	100
70	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$39,770	$35,660	50
71	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$39,400	$35,050	350
72	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$39,180	$25,680	40
73	Tucson, Arizona	$39,160	$30,910	30
74	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$39,010	$31,850	90
75	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$38,990	$29,260	50
76	Richmond, Virginia	$38,960	$35,900	70
77	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$38,800	$32,300	70
78	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,770	$31,200	80
79	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$38,410	$26,560	270
80	Knoxville, Tennessee	$38,250	$22,520	40
81	Columbus, Ohio	$38,200	$22,240	40
82	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$37,880	$36,330	80
83	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$37,850	$29,970	210
84	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$37,830	$29,420	90
85	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$37,720	$23,920	60
86	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$37,720	$23,960	100
87	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$37,650	$20,090	30
88	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$37,440	$28,750	40
89	Utica-Rome, New York	$37,400	$33,030	40
90	Memphis, Tennessee	$37,330	$29,810	80
91	Jacksonville, Florida	$37,250	$34,590	40
92	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$37,050	$26,090	60
93	Tallahassee, Florida	$36,900	$27,950	30
94	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$36,880	$29,120	30
95	El Paso, Texas	$36,810	$32,750	50
96	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$36,770	$27,600	50
97	Binghamton, New York	$36,690	$26,060	30
98	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,670	$26,520	40
99	St Louis, Missouri	$36,610	$27,900	110
100	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,560	$20,240	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for animal control workers.