Highest-paying Cities for Desktop Publishers

The top 100 highest paying cities for desktop publishers (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 desktop publishers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $87,690, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for desktop publishers. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $82,800). 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 desktop publishers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Desktop Publishers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$87,690	$38,030	30
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$82,800	$45,480	860
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$76,860	$48,050	90
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$74,560	$45,920	220
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$64,690	$42,210	60
6	Springfield, Massachusetts	$62,070	$50,400	40
7	Boulder, Colorado	$60,020	$47,870	n/a
8	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$59,570	$42,830	40
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,180	$41,600	280
10	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$58,840	$33,350	30
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$58,710	$36,350	150
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$58,610	$31,910	210
13	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$58,010	$41,430	150
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$57,600	$42,100	230
15	Framingham, Massachusetts	$57,490	$51,410	70
16	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$56,940	$37,380	40
17	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$55,830	$23,350	n/a
18	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$55,540	$22,850	40
19	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$55,500	$18,370	40
20	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$55,400	$29,740	30
21	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$54,660	$54,660	60
22	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$54,460	$54,460	40
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$54,230	$38,480	60
24	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$53,780	$27,080	n/a
25	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$53,350	$28,640	270
26	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$53,180	$33,100	580
27	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$53,140	$34,380	60
28	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$52,920	$33,160	130
29	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$52,840	$34,560	40
30	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$52,650	$44,150	40
31	Salem, Oregon	$52,520	$31,950	60
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$52,170	$26,000	230
33	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$51,600	$27,550	50
34	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$51,520	$32,540	30
35	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$51,460	$23,440	110
36	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$51,240	$29,200	250
37	Salinas, California	$51,210	$38,260	n/a
38	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$50,920	$34,320	30
39	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$50,640	$31,270	60
40	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$49,870	$32,800	540
41	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$49,830	$32,480	510
42	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$49,780	$31,860	40
43	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$49,760	$24,840	40
44	Camden, New Jersey	$49,740	$32,340	30
45	Tucson, Arizona	$48,960	$44,330	n/a
46	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,700	$38,620	230
47	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$48,450	$36,300	200
48	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$47,460	$30,690	40
49	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,330	$31,600	50
50	Dayton, Ohio	$46,830	$29,790	40
51	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,630	$36,950	60
52	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$46,620	$21,230	30
53	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$46,560	$21,530	130
54	Salt Lake City, Utah	$46,460	$18,040	40
55	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$46,260	$23,140	30
56	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$46,020	$23,690	n/a
57	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$45,930	$26,000	50
58	Fargo, North Dakota	$45,710	$27,970	n/a
59	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$45,450	$33,640	120
60	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$45,260	$28,450	50
61	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$45,150	$27,010	40
62	Madison, Wisconsin	$44,720	$30,750	40
63	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$44,710	$24,500	60
64	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$44,320	$34,180	30
65	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$43,730	$29,280	50
66	Richmond, Virginia	$43,710	$27,310	70
67	St Louis, Missouri	$43,490	$38,150	40
68	Rockford, Illinois	$43,200	$31,240	n/a
69	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$42,840	$23,690	n/a
70	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$42,440	$28,930	80
71	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$42,430	$27,670	390
72	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$42,390	$23,200	n/a
73	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$42,360	$26,860	40
74	Columbus, Ohio	$42,340	$34,380	30
75	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$42,260	$19,270	180
76	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$42,190	$16,660	n/a
77	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,060	$22,880	40
78	St Cloud, Minnesota	$41,570	$33,030	40
79	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$41,230	$22,480	n/a
80	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$41,140	$20,110	n/a
81	Worcester, Massachusetts	$40,740	$29,350	40
82	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$39,380	$30,180	40
83	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$38,920	$30,370	70
84	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$38,890	$33,500	n/a
85	Topeka, Kansas	$38,850	$25,390	40
86	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$38,530	$32,410	60
87	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$38,470	$25,680	40
88	Rochester, New York	$38,340	$33,880	40
89	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$38,260	$27,600	100
90	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,220	$20,350	80
91	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$38,150	$26,340	n/a
92	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$38,110	$26,700	40
93	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,070	$32,020	70
94	Savannah, Georgia	$38,060	$18,540	30
95	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$37,970	$31,800	30
96	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$37,960	$27,220	30
97	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$37,790	$32,400	120
98	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$37,760	$28,790	40
99	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$37,580	$24,460	90
100	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$37,510	$24,810	210

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for desktop publishers.