Highest-paying Cities for Animal Trainers

The top 100 highest paying cities for animal trainers (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 trainers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $87,060, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida is the highest paying city for animal trainers. It is followed by Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (average annual salary $77,110). 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 trainers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$87,060	$20,220	180
2	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$77,110	$40,180	40
3	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$72,650	$29,490	150
4	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$63,340	$26,890	40
5	Macon, Georgia	$50,890	$31,070	30
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$49,810	$35,760	180
7	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$49,660	$22,310	80
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$48,410	$37,410	320
9	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$46,180	$22,210	40
10	New Haven, Connecticut	$45,680	$30,220	70
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$45,300	$28,250	180
12	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$44,990	$28,770	130
13	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$43,970	$31,520	30
14	Spokane, Washington	$43,900	$32,600	30
15	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$43,810	$24,810	30
16	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$43,610	$31,520	1,400
17	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$43,380	$22,910	200
18	Roanoke, Virginia	$42,920	$21,970	30
19	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$42,880	$34,260	60
20	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$42,730	$20,750	190
21	Charlottesville, Virginia	$42,440	$18,190	n/a
22	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$42,390	$29,990	120
23	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$42,380	$20,890	200
24	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$42,170	$36,270	80
25	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$42,070	$25,260	320
26	Ocala, Florida	$41,340	$27,490	110
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$41,070	$31,530	130
28	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$40,740	$31,020	40
29	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$40,620	$26,670	50
30	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$40,620	$16,890	n/a
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$40,310	$31,730	290
32	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$40,150	$26,460	40
33	Danbury, Connecticut	$39,890	$27,860	30
34	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,700	$33,710	n/a
35	Provo-Orem, Utah	$39,650	$27,380	n/a
36	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$39,050	$29,120	550
37	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,610	$26,330	250
38	Hot Springs, Arkansas	$38,550	$23,630	70
39	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$38,350	$19,510	560
40	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$38,060	$22,130	50
41	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,710	$33,800	410
42	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,650	$27,090	230
43	Dover, Delaware	$37,490	$24,170	30
44	Modesto, California	$37,460	$30,460	30
45	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$37,440	$23,050	190
46	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$36,980	$23,000	80
47	Springfield, Massachusetts	$36,910	$30,240	60
48	Richmond, Virginia	$36,870	$24,760	40
49	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$36,630	$24,730	30
50	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$36,570	$30,510	250
51	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$36,550	$28,640	40
52	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$36,420	$31,070	n/a
53	Columbia, South Carolina	$36,400	$26,330	80
54	Kansas City, Missouri	$36,380	$29,470	150
55	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,310	$25,610	90
56	Port St Lucie, Florida	$36,230	$23,290	30
57	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$36,070	$26,290	160
58	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,060	$29,420	40
59	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,030	$30,110	160
60	Tucson, Arizona	$36,010	$31,650	50
61	Memphis, Tennessee	$35,870	$24,770	70
62	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$35,780	$31,480	690
63	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$35,720	$28,700	470
64	Rochester, New York	$35,700	$27,460	50
65	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$35,610	$32,490	120
66	Worcester, Massachusetts	$35,530	$30,580	30
67	Yuba City, California	$35,530	$22,290	30
68	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$35,470	$27,950	160
69	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$35,430	$28,050	40
70	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$35,340	$21,950	n/a
71	Reading, Pennsylvania	$35,330	$28,120	40
72	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$35,140	$27,520	70
73	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$35,130	$31,040	50
74	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$35,090	$26,580	60
75	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$35,080	$31,460	140
76	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$34,920	$20,800	290
77	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$34,670	$27,560	50
78	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$34,610	$28,120	120
79	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$34,390	$26,760	50
80	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$34,320	$29,120	100
81	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$34,230	$19,220	70
82	Wilmington, New Jersey	$34,220	$23,270	50
83	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$34,210	$28,840	630
84	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$33,960	$17,900	30
85	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$33,880	$27,770	60
86	Salinas, California	$33,830	$22,580	n/a
87	Columbus, Ohio	$33,770	$27,310	110
88	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$33,760	$25,100	80
89	Salt Lake City, Utah	$33,560	$26,380	70
90	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$33,470	$21,500	210
91	Madison, Wisconsin	$33,460	$20,800	100
92	Wheeling, West Virginia	$33,420	$25,250	50
93	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$33,260	$20,650	150
94	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$33,110	$29,480	50
95	Wichita, Kansas	$33,010	$26,870	40
96	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$32,610	$29,380	350
97	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$32,480	$26,040	30
98	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$32,270	$21,520	100
99	Lafayette, Louisiana	$32,170	$23,000	n/a
100	Camden, New Jersey	$32,100	$19,790	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for animal trainers.