Highest-paying Cities for Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

The top 100 highest paying cities for cooling and freezing 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 cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $70,890, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is the highest paying city for cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders. It is followed by Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (average annual salary $69,300). 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 cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$70,890	$54,640	50
2	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$69,300	$59,700	30
3	Visalia-Porterville, California	$59,380	$35,890	80
4	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$59,360	$30,070	30
5	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$58,560	$37,370	60
6	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$57,530	$37,760	40
7	Merced, California	$56,430	$25,840	60
8	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$55,990	$36,960	40
9	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$54,350	$42,690	40
10	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$53,470	$31,290	60
11	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$50,330	$46,680	120
12	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$50,140	$36,960	30
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,410	$27,070	30
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$49,310	$28,340	40
15	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$48,620	$31,010	60
16	Kansas City, Missouri	$48,550	$47,480	100
17	Rochester, Minnesota	$47,640	$38,200	40
18	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,590	$42,640	n/a
19	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$47,390	$22,110	50
20	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$47,110	$29,880	50
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$46,910	$36,910	30
22	Salinas, California	$46,660	$29,350	n/a
23	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$46,640	$32,900	n/a
24	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$45,250	$30,260	210
25	Modesto, California	$44,740	$36,930	30
26	Salt Lake City, Utah	$44,440	$40,270	50
27	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$43,980	$34,430	n/a
28	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$43,950	$25,600	40
29	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$43,040	$19,380	30
30	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$42,660	$22,580	130
31	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$42,570	$28,720	30
32	Sioux City, South Dakota	$42,510	$37,810	80
33	Rochester, New York	$41,480	$22,260	50
34	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$41,190	$25,220	130
35	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$40,950	$35,720	140
36	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$40,950	$19,170	90
37	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,790	$35,940	50
38	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$40,770	$36,250	80
39	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$40,390	$29,610	50
40	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$40,350	$36,720	30
41	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$40,280	$25,560	40
42	Gainesville, Georgia	$39,000	$37,900	90
43	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$38,370	$30,280	90
44	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$38,270	$32,240	30
45	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$38,240	$26,520	50
46	St Cloud, Minnesota	$38,200	$30,100	60
47	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,940	$37,650	100
48	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$37,630	$30,010	30
49	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$37,620	$36,440	160
50	St Louis, Missouri	$37,570	$23,350	250
51	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$37,400	$37,260	150
52	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$37,270	$29,010	30
53	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$37,240	$25,470	110
54	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,230	$36,280	60
55	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$37,160	$24,090	40
56	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$36,920	$26,880	50
57	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,790	$27,520	50
58	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$36,660	$32,160	n/a
59	Jackson, Mississippi	$36,620	$18,530	50
60	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$36,530	$21,770	40
61	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$36,430	$35,600	160
62	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$36,130	$20,870	50
63	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$35,990	$28,910	40
64	Syracuse, New York	$35,910	$27,460	40
65	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$35,910	$24,900	70
66	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$35,760	$26,380	40
67	Memphis, Tennessee	$35,310	$17,560	80
68	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$35,250	$26,260	30
69	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,150	$30,100	40
70	Erie, Pennsylvania	$34,440	$25,690	40
71	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$34,330	$25,610	n/a
72	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$34,100	$25,160	40
73	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$33,980	$18,040	30
74	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$33,600	$27,230	110
75	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$33,410	$19,380	80
76	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$32,300	$25,830	30
77	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$32,300	$26,360	40
78	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$32,240	$22,920	40
79	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$31,940	$24,170	40
80	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$31,170	$27,080	50
81	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$31,020	$24,560	30
82	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$30,850	$23,710	50
83	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$30,580	$19,170	50
84	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$30,200	$28,980	130
85	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$30,150	$26,730	30
86	Fresno, California	$29,960	$25,060	50
87	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$29,950	$22,190	60
88	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$29,910	$23,590	70
89	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$29,910	$18,270	40
90	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$29,880	$23,320	n/a
91	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$28,950	$24,160	40
92	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$28,870	$21,570	70
93	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$28,870	$19,000	80
94	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$28,740	$24,790	60
95	Reading, Pennsylvania	$27,800	$18,190	30
96	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$27,440	$18,510	130
97	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$26,970	$21,830	60
98	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$26,930	$21,690	30
99	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$26,830	$21,210	220
100	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$26,250	$18,940	40

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