Highest-paying Cities for Dietetic Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for dietetic technicians (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 dietetic technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $56,380, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for dietetic technicians. It is followed by Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington (average annual salary $54,950). 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 dietetic technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Dietetic Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$56,380	$39,150	220
2	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$54,950	$35,940	60
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$52,320	$33,580	210
4	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$50,660	$32,530	100
5	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$48,790	$41,530	110
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,120	$37,460	410
7	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$47,060	$35,280	50
8	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$45,660	$35,050	30
9	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$45,470	$29,160	50
10	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$45,000	$23,570	120
11	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$44,860	$34,810	50
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$42,900	$29,730	40
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$42,870	$38,480	100
14	Rochester, New York	$42,800	$34,840	30
15	Utica-Rome, New York	$42,450	$29,780	40
16	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$42,240	$32,030	380
17	Tacoma, Washington	$41,710	$23,530	50
18	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$40,970	$23,760	60
19	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$40,950	$32,740	n/a
20	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$40,750	$32,670	180
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$40,750	$32,970	280
22	Fresno, California	$40,370	$30,520	100
23	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$39,940	$30,730	130
24	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$39,880	$27,170	990
25	Honolulu, Hawaii	$39,550	$25,220	50
26	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$39,510	$31,280	80
27	Stockton, California	$39,290	$30,720	70
28	Salinas, California	$39,060	$30,860	40
29	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$39,060	$30,330	100
30	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,860	$32,030	70
31	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$38,720	$23,430	240
32	Yuba City, California	$38,600	$31,990	30
33	Syracuse, New York	$38,590	$29,030	50
34	Visalia-Porterville, California	$38,480	$31,130	50
35	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,480	$34,330	90
36	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$38,220	$31,660	1,320
37	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$38,180	$35,650	180
38	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,140	$29,730	80
39	Anchorage, Alaska	$37,960	$29,770	30
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,480	$32,570	370
41	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,370	$28,020	120
42	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$37,140	$29,190	50
43	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$37,110	$32,770	n/a
44	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$37,030	$31,820	50
45	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$36,940	$31,660	50
46	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,770	$30,980	510
47	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$36,640	$31,460	360
48	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$36,590	$20,970	50
49	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,540	$26,250	830
50	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$36,320	$29,320	430
51	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,280	$30,970	300
52	Columbus, Ohio	$36,280	$24,380	180
53	Chico, California	$36,190	$30,800	30
54	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$36,160	$24,070	320
55	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$36,130	$28,000	70
56	New Haven, Connecticut	$36,090	$28,250	50
57	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$35,860	$28,010	80
58	Richmond, Virginia	$35,630	$27,370	50
59	Akron, Ohio	$35,560	$27,300	100
60	Springfield, Massachusetts	$35,430	$30,310	30
61	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$35,400	$30,550	60
62	Merced, California	$35,180	$25,950	30
63	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$35,020	$29,230	140
64	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$34,970	$25,780	390
65	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$34,930	$15,390	40
66	Jackson, Michigan	$34,900	$27,930	60
67	Tucson, Arizona	$34,860	$28,840	100
68	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$34,830	$30,990	40
69	Gary, Indiana	$34,820	$24,830	30
70	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$34,500	$29,990	40
71	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$34,040	$26,520	290
72	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$33,870	$26,650	n/a
73	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$33,850	$27,230	40
74	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$33,850	$23,390	60
75	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$33,710	$28,140	80
76	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$33,700	$22,110	220
77	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$33,670	$28,810	50
78	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$33,530	$32,730	80
79	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$33,370	$24,250	210
80	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$33,270	$25,380	190
81	Dayton, Ohio	$33,020	$29,550	90
82	Salt Lake City, Utah	$32,880	$28,010	150
83	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$32,800	$29,260	40
84	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$32,780	$24,990	160
85	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$32,680	$26,330	120
86	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$32,610	$25,830	130
87	Flint, Michigan	$32,600	$25,790	40
88	East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$32,240	$25,440	n/a
89	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$32,120	$31,290	700
90	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$32,110	$30,870	30
91	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$32,040	$25,600	220
92	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$32,030	$28,520	30
93	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$32,020	$29,940	60
94	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$31,900	$17,330	40
95	Salisbury, Maryland	$31,820	$22,550	70
96	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$31,670	$24,150	160
97	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$31,650	$18,970	40
98	Madison, Wisconsin	$31,600	$27,160	30
99	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$31,580	$24,380	30
100	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$31,470	$21,170	1,000

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for dietetic technicians.