Highest-paying Cities for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders (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 cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $62,250, Richmond, Virginia is the highest paying city for cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders. It is followed by Sioux City, South Dakota (average annual salary $57,770). 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 cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Richmond, Virginia	$62,250	$24,070	60
2	Sioux City, South Dakota	$57,770	$36,930	40
3	Merced, California	$54,550	$24,390	40
4	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$54,500	$26,280	270
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$53,700	$24,880	40
6	Albany, Oregon	$53,520	$29,600	50
7	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$52,150	$30,750	90
8	Reading, Pennsylvania	$51,570	$30,890	50
9	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$51,540	$36,430	70
10	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$50,530	$26,020	50
11	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$50,230	$35,380	80
12	Provo-Orem, Utah	$50,150	$29,330	50
13	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$49,830	$35,280	50
14	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$49,340	$34,270	30
15	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$49,070	$39,790	40
16	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$48,710	$37,870	120
17	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$48,410	$27,290	40
18	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$48,070	$27,090	30
19	Modesto, California	$47,750	$31,000	100
20	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$46,730	$46,520	40
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$45,940	$29,550	30
22	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$45,850	$29,570	40
23	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$45,010	$33,460	90
24	Logan, Utah	$44,740	$35,380	60
25	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$44,730	$24,390	40
26	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$44,330	$27,690	30
27	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$43,490	$35,830	30
28	Napa, California	$43,360	$37,250	50
29	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$42,940	$35,960	180
30	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$42,740	$24,880	30
31	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$42,340	$36,090	80
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$42,190	$34,350	80
33	Appleton, Wisconsin	$41,880	$22,710	n/a
34	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$41,760	$23,560	60
35	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$41,760	$31,310	30
36	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$41,590	$26,740	60
37	Worcester, Massachusetts	$41,390	$32,220	40
38	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$41,090	$36,090	150
39	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$40,740	$32,210	n/a
40	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$40,300	$28,720	320
41	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$39,940	$29,630	30
42	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$39,740	$29,700	60
43	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$39,680	$29,620	160
44	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$39,640	$32,550	70
45	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$39,640	$29,350	30
46	Knoxville, Tennessee	$39,630	$28,820	30
47	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$39,540	$28,690	40
48	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$39,520	$37,590	40
49	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$39,340	$21,110	70
50	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$39,250	$29,040	40
51	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$39,050	$27,080	50
52	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$38,960	$33,160	40
53	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$38,840	$24,920	590
54	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$38,800	$25,250	30
55	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$38,800	$30,870	60
56	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,780	$29,800	440
57	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$38,560	$23,420	40
58	Columbus, Ohio	$38,290	$26,900	40
59	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$38,280	$29,240	40
60	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$38,200	$32,040	80
61	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$38,130	$24,850	170
62	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$38,080	$28,030	100
63	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$38,020	$28,710	80
64	St Louis, Missouri	$37,700	$26,220	150
65	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$37,580	$33,500	40
66	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$37,520	$24,640	160
67	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,440	$29,620	180
68	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$37,400	$24,900	50
69	Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana	$37,330	$35,920	50
70	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,250	$33,800	150
71	Rochester, New York	$37,160	$30,830	30
72	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$37,140	$28,470	40
73	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$37,020	$30,410	120
74	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$36,990	$31,290	30
75	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,890	$34,940	40
76	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$36,850	$27,130	280
77	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$36,840	$23,390	40
78	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$36,800	$28,040	80
79	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$36,670	$29,820	80
80	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,660	$30,760	150
81	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$36,570	$31,790	50
82	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,560	$30,670	150
83	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$36,550	$23,860	40
84	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$36,450	$32,530	40
85	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$36,360	$19,110	70
86	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$36,340	$32,240	60
87	Erie, Pennsylvania	$36,270	$24,770	40
88	Fresno, California	$36,210	$29,180	150
89	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$36,150	$29,670	70
90	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$35,990	$30,540	520
91	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$35,880	$22,730	40
92	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,770	$27,710	40
93	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$35,710	$28,170	70
94	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$35,620	$29,810	140
95	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$35,610	$27,590	50
96	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,580	$27,550	60
97	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$35,550	$26,800	50
98	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$35,530	$24,960	n/a
99	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$35,460	$29,480	40
100	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$35,360	$24,800	40

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