Highest-paying Cities for Community Health Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for community health workers (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 community health workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $82,620, Napa, California is the highest paying city for community health workers. It is followed by San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California (average annual salary $75,960). 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 community health workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Community Health Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Napa, California	$82,620	$43,000	60
2	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$75,960	$34,130	60
3	Savannah, Georgia	$72,930	$26,020	n/a
4	Bend, Oregon	$72,040	$39,690	120
5	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$67,040	$38,150	50
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$67,020	$45,980	520
7	Bismarck, North Dakota	$66,560	$39,520	100
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$64,160	$44,290	1,590
9	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$63,960	$38,040	350
10	Carson City, Nevada	$63,000	$38,260	40
11	Wausau, Wisconsin	$62,760	$38,780	40
12	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$62,200	$42,230	640
13	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$60,660	$43,010	50
14	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$60,580	$37,980	30
15	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$60,270	$46,190	1,180
16	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$60,210	$38,650	900
17	New Haven, Connecticut	$59,640	$38,570	180
18	St George, Utah	$59,280	$34,000	40
19	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$59,220	$35,990	400
20	Richmond, Virginia	$58,890	$36,590	340
21	Topeka, Kansas	$58,360	$52,740	100
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$57,970	$35,610	1,130
23	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$57,320	$37,440	160
24	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$55,160	$32,860	50
25	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$54,890	$28,980	n/a
26	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$54,680	$35,110	160
27	Manchester, New Hampshire	$53,660	$38,150	70
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$53,320	$37,520	1,350
29	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$52,550	$43,020	350
30	Fargo, North Dakota	$52,340	$36,050	40
31	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$51,970	$39,520	50
32	Salt Lake City, Utah	$51,830	$36,380	590
33	Anchorage, Alaska	$51,700	$34,320	200
34	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$51,600	$42,100	90
35	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$51,570	$44,970	30
36	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$51,380	$40,680	390
37	El Centro, California	$51,360	$35,770	60
38	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$50,910	$37,780	5,700
39	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$50,870	$35,220	160
40	Visalia-Porterville, California	$50,870	$35,260	120
41	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$50,700	$32,180	40
42	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$50,480	$40,450	80
43	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$50,170	$31,720	50
44	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$50,110	$38,610	310
45	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$50,090	$29,830	n/a
46	Flint, Michigan	$50,080	$35,410	50
47	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$49,900	$36,240	40
48	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$49,830	$35,020	80
49	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$49,630	$36,630	60
50	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$49,490	$38,690	80
51	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$49,430	$35,650	80
52	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$49,420	$35,690	100
53	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$49,350	$40,080	60
54	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$49,300	$37,840	1,180
55	Johnson City, Tennessee	$49,270	$20,080	50
56	Lincoln, Nebraska	$49,260	$31,240	70
57	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,240	$36,740	1,270
58	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$49,100	$32,150	50
59	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$49,080	$38,340	80
60	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,790	$38,940	1,530
61	Bloomington, Indiana	$48,690	$28,800	40
62	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$48,690	$38,550	40
63	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,550	$34,390	600
64	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$48,500	$42,710	50
65	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$48,300	$39,560	220
66	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$48,290	$29,030	30
67	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$48,180	$34,570	40
68	Medford, Oregon	$48,180	$34,480	30
69	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$48,170	$35,720	40
70	Sioux City, South Dakota	$48,160	$31,200	50
71	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$48,140	$37,070	40
72	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$48,110	$34,470	80
73	Springfield, Illinois	$48,070	$38,480	60
74	Modesto, California	$48,040	$36,980	60
75	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$48,040	$32,920	30
76	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$48,040	$27,920	40
77	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$48,000	$34,690	50
78	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$47,930	$21,670	300
79	Lima, Ohio	$47,910	$30,530	30
80	Dayton, Ohio	$47,890	$35,460	150
81	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$47,840	$32,440	250
82	Missoula, Montana	$47,760	$30,930	40
83	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$47,650	$34,850	30
84	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$47,590	$31,160	180
85	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$47,470	$32,460	30
86	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$47,330	$36,770	220
87	Roanoke, Virginia	$47,310	$30,440	40
88	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$47,300	$30,410	90
89	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$47,280	$26,380	70
90	Bangor, Maine	$47,260	$32,850	30
91	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$47,230	$36,460	100
92	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$47,230	$33,430	60
93	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$47,220	$31,220	80
94	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$47,190	$37,430	3,670
95	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$47,190	$27,080	40
96	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$47,060	$38,160	110
97	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$47,040	$31,250	60
98	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$47,040	$37,370	70
99	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$47,000	$36,910	30
100	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$46,940	$35,480	370

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for community health workers.