Highest-paying Cities for Computer Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for computer operators (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 computer operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $78,900, El Centro, California is the highest paying city for computer operators. It is followed by South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia (average annual salary $70,700). 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 computer operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Computer Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	El Centro, California	$78,900	$24,190	40
2	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$70,700	$26,300	120
3	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$65,720	$28,220	140
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$60,440	$36,220	430
5	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$59,790	$29,520	200
6	Anchorage, Alaska	$59,790	$45,150	80
7	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$58,880	$49,940	n/a
8	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$58,820	$38,200	130
9	Wilmington, New Jersey	$56,570	$36,300	240
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$56,440	$37,350	100
11	Fairbanks, Alaska	$56,400	$35,380	40
12	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$56,390	$34,020	140
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$56,090	$35,600	530
14	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$55,770	$17,910	50
15	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$55,340	$30,610	80
16	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$54,820	$34,580	100
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,820	$39,890	790
18	Lincoln, Nebraska	$54,620	$28,020	130
19	Richmond, Virginia	$53,890	$31,720	140
20	Tacoma, Washington	$53,870	$40,380	50
21	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$53,410	$38,030	250
22	Spokane, Washington	$53,200	$34,950	40
23	Napa, California	$53,190	$38,680	n/a
24	Springfield, Massachusetts	$53,120	$25,130	90
25	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$52,990	$32,320	1,120
26	Redding, California	$52,920	$33,390	40
27	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$52,890	$36,290	440
28	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$52,690	$39,880	50
29	Madison, Wisconsin	$52,500	$29,220	140
30	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$52,450	$38,630	40
31	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$52,140	$42,540	70
32	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$52,130	$34,090	250
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,090	$39,650	900
34	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$51,990	$29,590	680
35	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$51,890	$42,740	30
36	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$51,810	$42,220	140
37	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$51,740	$34,510	300
38	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$51,700	$34,230	80
39	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$51,680	$27,090	30
40	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$51,470	$34,880	850
41	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$51,450	$35,290	30
42	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$51,390	$33,240	n/a
43	Rockford, Illinois	$51,300	$38,600	30
44	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$51,210	$32,310	300
45	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$51,150	$43,580	30
46	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$51,150	$29,130	50
47	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$51,080	$32,410	1,020
48	Nashua, New Hampshire	$50,780	$41,210	60
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$50,750	$32,280	290
50	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$50,710	$31,870	280
51	Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$50,700	$39,440	40
52	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$50,690	$29,170	310
53	Modesto, California	$50,570	$37,700	40
54	New Haven, Connecticut	$50,540	$27,730	40
55	Boulder, Colorado	$50,450	$35,570	30
56	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$50,440	$29,790	30
57	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$50,410	$29,920	40
58	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$50,360	$31,190	40
59	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$50,210	$34,070	730
60	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$50,110	$35,920	330
61	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$50,000	$34,720	30
62	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$49,900	$33,220	230
63	Kansas City, Missouri	$49,880	$35,130	380
64	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$49,760	$32,770	1,120
65	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$49,750	$31,910	50
66	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$49,730	$30,410	180
67	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$49,520	$30,870	40
68	Salt Lake City, Utah	$49,360	$29,340	90
69	St Marys County, Maryland	$49,350	$41,370	n/a
70	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$49,320	$23,620	n/a
71	Framingham, Massachusetts	$49,190	$32,680	50
72	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$49,160	$35,540	80
73	Wichita, Kansas	$49,090	$25,090	90
74	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,030	$34,690	350
75	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$48,750	$25,130	60
76	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$48,720	$28,050	180
77	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$48,590	$29,930	280
78	Flagstaff, Arizona	$48,560	$32,470	40
79	Worcester, Massachusetts	$48,380	$39,280	120
80	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$48,380	$31,000	80
81	Joplin, Missouri	$48,270	$29,670	40
82	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,070	$30,840	40
83	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$47,920	$36,510	30
84	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$47,890	$24,340	500
85	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$47,880	$26,500	1,010
86	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$47,820	$26,200	3,560
87	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$47,800	$33,510	210
88	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$47,770	$26,920	520
89	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$47,720	$34,680	140
90	Topeka, Kansas	$47,660	$35,230	50
91	Charlottesville, Virginia	$47,590	$34,190	40
92	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$47,400	$38,390	50
93	Lynchburg, Virginia	$47,390	$30,500	40
94	Memphis, Tennessee	$47,190	$22,430	220
95	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$46,890	$34,910	50
96	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$46,860	$37,220	80
97	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$46,840	$28,460	220
98	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$46,770	$32,000	130
99	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$46,770	$34,770	50
100	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$46,760	$31,480	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for computer operators.