Highest-paying Cities for Clergy

The top 100 highest paying cities for clergy (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 clergy in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $87,950, Alexandria, Louisiana is the highest paying city for clergy. It is followed by Vallejo-Fairfield, California (average annual salary $78,420). 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 clergy in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Clergy

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Alexandria, Louisiana	$87,950	$35,380	40
2	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$78,420	$43,180	40
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,850	$50,500	260
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$76,450	$48,870	540
5	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$75,600	$50,740	n/a
6	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$75,250	$38,170	540
7	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$75,120	$47,250	50
8	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$72,260	$50,830	50
9	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$71,110	$37,560	60
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$70,930	$38,410	850
11	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$69,190	$45,410	n/a
12	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$68,450	$32,490	330
13	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$67,900	$48,750	190
14	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$66,680	$29,120	30
15	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$66,580	$31,100	40
16	Boulder, Colorado	$66,200	$58,180	40
17	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$65,600	$42,210	30
18	Billings, Montana	$65,060	$45,520	110
19	Napa, California	$65,030	$54,890	30
20	Salinas, California	$64,890	$37,100	70
21	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$64,820	$42,310	70
22	Anchorage, Alaska	$64,790	$30,950	60
23	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$64,740	$37,550	60
24	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,710	$39,730	550
25	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$64,620	$46,800	2,160
26	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$64,200	$44,530	100
27	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$63,900	$33,230	900
28	St Cloud, Minnesota	$63,860	$50,080	40
29	Spokane, Washington	$63,700	$46,870	80
30	Salem, Oregon	$63,490	$37,580	410
31	Framingham, Massachusetts	$63,300	$41,380	50
32	Stockton, California	$63,170	$40,050	80
33	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$62,700	$30,470	220
34	Medford, Oregon	$62,410	$34,990	160
35	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$62,350	$29,880	5,190
36	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,630	$38,210	300
37	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$61,630	$36,690	50
38	Springfield, Massachusetts	$61,580	$37,490	100
39	Walla Walla, Washington	$61,450	$48,720	30
40	Modesto, California	$61,140	$32,880	90
41	Worcester, Massachusetts	$61,100	$35,920	80
42	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$60,960	$48,100	30
43	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$60,860	$48,540	270
44	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$60,820	$48,660	80
45	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$60,790	$30,370	40
46	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$60,730	$35,090	290
47	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$60,600	$42,480	40
48	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$60,600	$42,170	40
49	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$60,530	$45,780	370
50	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$60,520	$33,270	410
51	Camden, New Jersey	$60,470	$29,480	120
52	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$60,420	$30,340	110
53	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$60,330	$38,070	70
54	Pueblo, Colorado	$60,260	$46,720	30
55	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$60,060	$29,120	30
56	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$59,970	$46,670	100
57	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$59,950	$35,300	50
58	Corvallis, Oregon	$59,810	$29,230	100
59	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,770	$34,990	1,020
60	Fresno, California	$59,740	$37,160	180
61	New Haven, Connecticut	$59,720	$38,090	150
62	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$59,720	$30,790	130
63	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$59,650	$40,370	160
64	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$59,640	$29,120	510
65	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$59,500	$32,260	50
66	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$59,390	$37,110	30
67	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$59,320	$41,980	90
68	Rochester, Minnesota	$59,170	$30,810	50
69	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$59,110	$34,410	1,180
70	Visalia-Porterville, California	$58,990	$38,670	70
71	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$58,980	$37,670	200
72	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$58,780	$31,200	50
73	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$58,780	$30,180	1,120
74	Kansas City, Missouri	$58,740	$47,750	290
75	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$58,710	$41,410	600
76	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$58,640	$49,270	90
77	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$58,560	$36,780	30
78	Charlottesville, Virginia	$58,490	$30,500	50
79	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$58,450	$50,390	40
80	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$58,450	$31,690	50
81	Glens Falls, New York	$58,380	$31,000	40
82	Lynchburg, Virginia	$58,260	$38,210	30
83	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$58,260	$38,530	90
84	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$58,230	$37,680	270
85	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$58,200	$32,810	80
86	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$57,810	$49,240	70
87	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$57,740	$32,220	490
88	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$57,550	$39,240	290
89	Tucson, Arizona	$57,420	$33,640	90
90	Rochester, New York	$57,340	$31,210	620
91	Columbus, Ohio	$57,210	$39,810	270
92	Chico, California	$57,090	$29,180	40
93	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$56,920	$30,660	40
94	Elmira, New York	$56,810	$34,530	30
95	Rockford, Illinois	$56,750	$30,570	50
96	Peabody, Massachusetts	$56,710	$36,180	30
97	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$56,650	$27,680	120
98	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$56,510	$31,020	40
99	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$56,390	$31,060	40
100	Grand Junction, Colorado	$56,210	$43,890	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for clergy.