Highest-paying Cities for Bill and Account Collectors

The top 100 highest paying cities for bill and account collectors (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 bill and account collectors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,750, Newark-Union, Pennsylvania is the highest paying city for bill and account collectors. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $58,720). 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 bill and account collectors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Bill and Account Collectors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$60,750	$29,110	1,410
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$58,720	$43,570	900
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,320	$42,660	2,090
4	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$56,240	$36,490	200
5	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$55,320	$30,930	150
6	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$54,210	$43,030	100
7	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$53,240	$28,590	60
8	Worcester, Massachusetts	$51,930	$36,880	170
9	Napa, California	$51,520	$38,330	40
10	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$51,080	$36,670	130
11	Midland, Michigan	$51,040	$34,320	30
12	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$51,030	$36,960	50
13	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$50,420	$37,440	40
14	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$49,990	$37,910	870
15	Anchorage, Alaska	$49,900	$35,130	280
16	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$49,780	$36,260	100
17	New Haven, Connecticut	$49,660	$37,840	140
18	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$49,550	$33,050	120
19	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$49,440	$36,240	140
20	Merced, California	$49,210	$35,840	50
21	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$49,210	$33,170	30
22	Bloomington, Indiana	$48,920	$35,040	50
23	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$48,770	$38,780	280
24	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$48,630	$35,570	950
25	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,590	$35,110	1,390
26	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$48,430	$35,290	30
27	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,340	$37,290	30
28	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$48,330	$35,210	80
29	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$48,320	$37,420	7,900
30	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$48,150	$26,340	50
31	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$48,140	$37,110	70
32	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,020	$30,990	380
33	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,000	$34,540	40
34	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$47,980	$33,630	8,750
35	Chico, California	$47,970	$36,020	70
36	Springfield, Massachusetts	$47,860	$38,540	210
37	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$47,850	$34,780	60
38	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,590	$38,230	30
39	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$47,570	$37,730	40
40	Salinas, California	$47,440	$36,750	100
41	Manchester, New Hampshire	$47,330	$31,200	150
42	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$47,330	$35,790	740
43	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,320	$37,890	2,420
44	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$47,300	$31,200	50
45	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$47,260	$36,090	2,200
46	Rochester, Minnesota	$47,220	$34,370	60
47	Billings, Montana	$47,130	$31,640	80
48	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$47,080	$30,230	1,150
49	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$47,020	$27,800	1,780
50	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,000	$30,020	30
51	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$46,900	$31,920	30
52	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$46,850	$19,720	40
53	Rochester, New York	$46,700	$35,300	900
54	Yakima, Washington	$46,680	$33,750	50
55	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$46,640	$37,280	30
56	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$46,630	$35,180	1,640
57	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$46,590	$35,670	160
58	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$46,580	$35,320	250
59	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$46,550	$30,360	50
60	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$46,450	$37,680	360
61	Racine, Wisconsin	$46,450	$34,070	50
62	Yuba City, California	$46,280	$35,360	30
63	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,230	$37,290	70
64	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$46,230	$35,190	90
65	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$46,140	$31,640	110
66	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$46,130	$33,530	30
67	Peabody, Massachusetts	$46,080	$32,910	210
68	Iowa City, Iowa	$45,980	$30,980	30
69	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$45,960	$36,040	180
70	Reading, Pennsylvania	$45,900	$35,090	150
71	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$45,830	$37,840	2,070
72	Olympia, Washington	$45,700	$35,890	120
73	Danbury, Connecticut	$45,430	$29,620	40
74	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$45,410	$35,690	1,650
75	Framingham, Massachusetts	$45,350	$32,000	230
76	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$45,320	$29,820	120
77	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$45,220	$32,580	1,650
78	Syracuse, New York	$45,180	$31,470	330
79	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$44,940	$35,100	4,020
80	Boulder, Colorado	$44,850	$35,380	190
81	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$44,830	$33,890	660
82	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$44,830	$34,790	280
83	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$44,800	$33,940	40
84	Fresno, California	$44,750	$33,960	320
85	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$44,730	$37,420	110
86	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$44,680	$27,540	60
87	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$44,630	$24,160	30
88	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$44,540	$28,380	1,310
89	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$44,230	$31,640	40
90	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$44,170	$36,800	3,150
91	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$43,910	$39,640	30
92	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$43,840	$36,450	40
93	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$43,710	$28,060	n/a
94	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$43,690	$31,110	90
95	Farmington, New Mexico	$43,420	$22,020	40
96	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$43,420	$31,970	90
97	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$43,400	$33,010	6,320
98	Fargo, North Dakota	$43,350	$31,550	110
99	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$43,330	$31,830	60
100	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$43,300	$34,420	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for bill and account collectors.