Highest-paying Cities for Baggage Porters and Bellhops

The top 100 highest paying cities for baggage porters and bellhops (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 baggage porters and bellhops in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $41,290, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for baggage porters and bellhops. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $39,690). 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 baggage porters and bellhops in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Baggage Porters and Bellhops

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$41,290	$35,550	590
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$39,690	$29,610	3,210
3	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$38,880	$29,130	1,170
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,600	$32,160	430
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$37,040	$28,710	410
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$36,840	$32,160	90
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$36,240	$34,900	240
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$36,090	$31,200	1,520
9	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$35,840	$29,620	110
10	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$35,610	$30,720	220
11	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,200	$32,840	60
12	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$34,660	$18,900	4,040
13	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$34,420	$23,100	480
14	Napa, California	$34,190	$30,240	90
15	Salinas, California	$33,820	$30,940	110
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$33,620	$29,480	780
17	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$33,560	$27,240	230
18	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$33,050	$30,700	490
19	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$33,020	$28,260	220
20	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$32,680	$29,970	220
21	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$32,640	$19,300	170
22	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$32,480	$28,130	190
23	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$32,190	$23,280	300
24	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$32,160	$28,910	30
25	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama	$32,090	$23,880	30
26	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$31,530	$31,000	110
27	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$31,280	$28,870	50
28	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$31,100	$25,730	60
29	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$31,100	$25,760	810
30	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$30,950	$26,720	40
31	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$30,900	$28,220	500
32	Rochester, New York	$30,840	$27,460	50
33	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$30,830	$27,470	60
34	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$30,790	$27,460	90
35	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$30,770	$25,480	60
36	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$30,670	$26,660	240
37	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$30,130	$26,570	130
38	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$30,020	$27,010	200
39	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$30,020	$27,670	30
40	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$29,940	$20,010	40
41	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$29,710	$22,640	200
42	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$29,700	$21,500	100
43	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$29,680	$21,440	350
44	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$29,640	$18,370	140
45	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$29,390	$20,930	90
46	Salt Lake City, Utah	$29,380	$18,330	50
47	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$29,360	$17,390	260
48	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$29,290	$23,270	140
49	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$29,120	$22,030	1,570
50	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$29,080	$17,110	430
51	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$29,060	$20,800	70
52	Fresno, California	$28,990	$23,600	n/a
53	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$28,880	$27,040	190
54	Kingston, New York	$28,850	$24,840	60
55	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$28,820	$18,640	270
56	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$28,760	$19,520	40
57	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$28,730	$17,670	400
58	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$28,670	$21,120	40
59	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$28,620	$27,250	40
60	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$28,320	$20,730	1,800
61	Tucson, Arizona	$28,310	$26,620	90
62	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$28,250	$21,580	60
63	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$27,970	$22,180	860
64	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$27,890	$21,940	30
65	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$27,750	$22,410	40
66	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$27,540	$16,560	n/a
67	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$27,460	$27,460	40
68	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$27,430	$22,400	60
69	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$27,410	$16,610	180
70	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$27,260	$23,740	n/a
71	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$27,250	$19,470	n/a
72	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$26,990	$22,930	140
73	Kansas City, Missouri	$26,890	$23,190	70
74	Port St Lucie, Florida	$26,870	$18,530	40
75	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$26,860	$20,210	30
76	Brunswick, Georgia	$26,830	$16,770	30
77	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$26,780	$25,200	60
78	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$26,750	$23,270	450
79	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$26,710	$20,800	40
80	St Louis, Missouri	$26,650	$23,190	140
81	Syracuse, New York	$26,560	$24,820	40
82	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$26,550	$20,510	100
83	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$26,390	$18,360	560
84	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$26,280	$18,820	60
85	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$26,190	$20,620	30
86	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$26,030	$21,800	2,100
87	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$26,000	$20,870	140
88	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$25,990	$23,590	60
89	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$25,880	$20,580	n/a
90	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$25,850	$19,140	50
91	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$25,810	$21,200	70
92	Charlottesville, Virginia	$25,710	$17,250	40
93	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$25,510	$20,840	1,520
94	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$25,390	$19,270	60
95	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$25,270	$17,420	470
96	Flagstaff, Arizona	$25,260	$24,980	40
97	Springfield, Massachusetts	$25,240	$23,510	40
98	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$25,230	$17,080	40
99	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$25,030	$23,620	40
100	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$25,000	$23,940	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for baggage porters and bellhops.