Highest-paying Cities for Audio-Visual and Multimedia Collections Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists (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 audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $79,060, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut is the highest paying city for audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists. It is followed by Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida (average annual salary $76,010). 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 audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Audio-Visual and Multimedia Collections Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$79,060	$54,630	100
2	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$76,010	$34,060	50
3	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$71,870	$44,320	70
4	Duluth, Wisconsin	$68,820	$42,060	30
5	Topeka, Kansas	$68,290	$53,250	30
6	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$68,070	$39,080	60
7	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$67,870	$27,180	660
8	Danbury, Connecticut	$66,980	$41,750	30
9	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$66,630	$39,870	50
10	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$66,410	$35,450	200
11	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$65,020	$33,520	40
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,370	$40,860	140
13	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$63,300	$52,100	100
14	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$63,080	$47,610	150
15	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$61,920	$42,950	30
16	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$61,370	$33,320	420
17	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$61,120	$29,400	40
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$60,800	$32,570	310
19	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$60,790	$38,750	300
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$60,640	$30,520	50
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$60,100	$37,080	180
22	Madison, Wisconsin	$59,680	$36,530	60
23	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$59,500	$33,990	70
24	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$59,460	$47,570	30
25	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$59,310	$35,790	30
26	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$58,920	$32,700	160
27	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$58,550	$35,790	40
28	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$58,490	$28,350	60
29	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$58,060	$36,370	90
30	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$57,550	$28,580	60
31	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$57,540	$26,630	180
32	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$57,510	$29,120	150
33	Springfield, Missouri	$57,510	$50,830	n/a
34	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$57,510	$33,660	280
35	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$57,270	$40,060	50
36	Kansas City, Missouri	$56,650	$37,540	n/a
37	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$56,400	$35,160	130
38	St Louis, Missouri	$55,890	$31,290	80
39	Springfield, Massachusetts	$55,350	$34,700	40
40	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$54,810	$44,200	100
41	Laredo, Texas	$54,310	$40,390	40
42	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$53,430	$22,380	90
43	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$53,190	$40,810	70
44	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$53,080	$30,320	90
45	Columbus, Georgia	$52,990	$28,070	40
46	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$52,630	$23,430	70
47	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$51,930	$40,160	40
48	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$51,030	$36,460	40
49	St Cloud, Minnesota	$50,930	$42,580	30
50	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$50,710	$32,470	100
51	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$50,270	$32,880	40
52	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$50,130	$22,450	60
53	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$50,070	$33,940	30
54	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$49,500	$35,360	30
55	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$49,120	$34,830	40
56	Visalia-Porterville, California	$48,600	$28,480	n/a
57	Dayton, Ohio	$48,590	$31,280	40
58	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$48,520	$28,300	250
59	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$48,440	$33,020	60
60	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$48,070	$33,460	30
61	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$47,780	$27,060	30
62	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$47,080	$31,790	180
63	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$46,770	$27,700	170
64	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$46,730	$34,530	110
65	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$46,560	$28,490	60
66	Columbus, Ohio	$46,560	$27,830	100
67	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,200	$29,370	90
68	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$46,000	$26,670	30
69	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$45,860	$34,100	30
70	Utica-Rome, New York	$45,550	$31,740	40
71	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,500	$32,110	30
72	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$45,440	$28,030	70
73	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$45,380	$25,060	40
74	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$45,070	$32,350	460
75	Tucson, Arizona	$44,810	$28,360	60
76	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,650	$28,550	420
77	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$44,540	$21,370	30
78	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$44,390	$35,160	40
79	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$44,210	$26,720	40
80	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$44,200	$25,590	110
81	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$43,530	$30,720	40
82	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$43,190	$30,680	410
83	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$43,160	$33,290	220
84	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$42,950	$25,020	30
85	Wilmington, New Jersey	$42,710	$26,170	30
86	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$42,480	$17,380	40
87	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$42,230	$32,830	n/a
88	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$41,190	$16,910	40
89	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$41,190	$29,280	50
90	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$41,020	$17,670	70
91	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$40,980	$23,630	30
92	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$40,440	$26,010	40
93	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$40,240	$32,860	50
94	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$39,960	$28,210	60
95	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$39,680	$20,000	160
96	El Paso, Texas	$39,600	$20,970	60
97	Provo-Orem, Utah	$39,200	$21,940	80
98	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$38,720	$18,800	80
99	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$38,230	$27,980	70
100	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$38,180	$33,010	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists.