Highest-paying Cities for Barbers

The top 70 highest paying cities for barbers (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 barbers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $50,330, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for barbers. It is followed by Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan (average annual salary $48,850). 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 barbers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 70 Highest-paying cities/areas for Barbers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$50,330	$28,970	470
2	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$48,850	$48,850	480
3	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$47,420	$23,310	120
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$46,310	$32,600	n/a
5	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$44,910	$33,560	50
6	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$44,360	$21,820	380
7	St Louis, Missouri	$44,290	$26,720	170
8	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$43,410	$32,210	n/a
9	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$42,050	$25,560	40
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$41,600	$21,180	520
11	Kansas City, Missouri	$41,490	$28,410	n/a
12	Lubbock, Texas	$41,280	$20,040	90
13	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$40,750	$39,680	30
14	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$38,320	$19,500	140
15	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$37,850	$24,110	330
16	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$37,450	$18,410	n/a
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$37,360	$33,760	660
18	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$37,270	$26,120	n/a
19	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$36,960	$33,790	1,740
20	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$35,500	$27,800	n/a
21	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$35,380	$17,060	370
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$35,190	$26,980	n/a
23	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$34,020	$26,740	60
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,010	$33,890	420
25	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$33,900	$33,900	100
26	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$33,830	$31,170	210
27	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$33,770	$27,010	560
28	Columbus, Georgia	$32,980	$28,810	50
29	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$32,950	$16,600	n/a
30	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$32,680	$23,800	40
31	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$32,290	$22,500	730
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$32,260	$32,230	450
33	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$31,200	$22,650	400
34	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$30,750	$26,440	550
35	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$30,320	$29,690	60
36	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$30,270	$29,660	200
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$29,630	$29,560	240
38	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$29,520	$24,700	200
39	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$29,320	$21,510	30
40	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$29,180	$25,600	n/a
41	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$29,090	$23,170	n/a
42	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$29,040	$22,250	240
43	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$29,010	$22,060	100
44	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$28,810	$24,760	40
45	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$28,530	$17,460	310
46	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$28,480	$24,970	n/a
47	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$28,480	$28,360	40
48	Memphis, Tennessee	$28,160	$16,850	40
49	Wichita Falls, Texas	$27,740	$21,130	40
50	Salt Lake City, Utah	$27,160	$23,220	140
51	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$27,110	$19,590	970
52	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$27,080	$27,060	n/a
53	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$27,050	$18,240	30
54	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$26,900	$24,300	n/a
55	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$26,690	$17,540	410
56	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$26,340	$23,920	n/a
57	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$26,020	$23,520	n/a
58	Savannah, Georgia	$24,980	$20,880	n/a
59	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$24,560	$17,770	1,350
60	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$23,330	$20,180	n/a
61	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$23,180	$20,970	410
62	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$22,900	$16,480	n/a
63	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$22,510	$17,750	1,020
64	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$22,500	$20,220	n/a
65	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$22,250	$16,830	n/a
66	Camden, New Jersey	$21,860	$19,760	n/a
67	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$19,580	$17,470	710
68	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$19,520	$16,370	n/a
69	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$19,480	$16,590	n/a
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$18,300	$16,520	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for barbers.