Highest-paying Cities for Dietitians and Nutritionists

The top 100 highest paying cities for dietitians and nutritionists (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 dietitians and nutritionists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $102,680, Vallejo-Fairfield, California is the highest paying city for dietitians and nutritionists. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $102,660). 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 dietitians and nutritionists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Dietitians and Nutritionists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$102,680	$65,850	80
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$102,660	$64,460	1,040
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$97,760	$78,220	850
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$91,960	$51,450	90
5	Modesto, California	$89,540	$66,310	80
6	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$86,310	$30,030	640
7	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$86,220	$49,640	60
8	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$85,710	$52,490	50
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$84,880	$59,980	1,510
10	Rochester, Minnesota	$84,600	$60,320	140
11	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$84,600	$55,290	40
12	Stockton, California	$84,430	$47,460	100
13	Salinas, California	$84,110	$63,440	50
14	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$83,970	$55,000	90
15	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$83,930	$49,030	480
16	Redding, California	$83,370	$61,020	30
17	Napa, California	$82,140	$64,290	40
18	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$81,930	$62,910	50
19	Visalia-Porterville, California	$81,500	$59,620	60
20	Chico, California	$80,640	$67,890	50
21	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$80,500	$52,000	1,040
22	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$80,450	$55,850	660
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$80,270	$54,190	620
24	Danbury, Connecticut	$79,990	$49,130	30
25	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$79,890	$46,160	130
26	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$79,810	$52,470	140
27	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$79,700	$60,020	50
28	Fresno, California	$79,470	$45,810	220
29	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$79,350	$60,430	5,670
30	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$79,260	$37,820	30
31	Beckley, West Virginia	$79,190	$48,480	50
32	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$78,940	$52,070	160
33	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$78,900	$51,890	160
34	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$78,390	$54,030	910
35	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,920	$51,990	180
36	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$77,920	$63,660	550
37	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$77,230	$52,380	60
38	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$76,920	$47,210	40
39	El Centro, California	$76,820	$54,000	30
40	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$76,800	$55,040	60
41	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$76,750	$56,440	350
42	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$75,900	$37,810	550
43	Medford, Oregon	$75,770	$59,950	60
44	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$75,340	$52,800	90
45	Salem, Oregon	$75,270	$61,060	100
46	Utica-Rome, New York	$75,140	$50,480	70
47	Battle Creek, Michigan	$75,030	$49,310	40
48	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,950	$57,430	100
49	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$74,890	$48,870	80
50	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$74,680	$48,940	50
51	Bellingham, Washington	$74,670	$57,180	40
52	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$74,340	$45,230	40
53	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$74,110	$35,120	60
54	Anchorage, Alaska	$73,890	$65,030	70
55	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$73,740	$50,440	50
56	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$73,570	$51,500	250
57	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$73,340	$59,740	30
58	Olympia, Washington	$73,200	$59,920	40
59	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$73,020	$45,120	2,290
60	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$72,900	$54,770	40
61	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$72,700	$30,600	4,160
62	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$72,280	$49,740	420
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$72,260	$50,960	2,380
64	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$71,850	$45,080	40
65	Ocean City, New Jersey	$71,600	$50,530	40
66	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$71,380	$48,190	60
67	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$71,330	$45,600	40
68	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$70,980	$51,340	1,570
69	Tacoma, Washington	$70,960	$53,840	160
70	Charleston, West Virginia	$70,160	$47,920	90
71	Manchester, New Hampshire	$69,990	$48,850	70
72	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$69,910	$50,320	300
73	Fairbanks, Alaska	$69,680	$45,600	60
74	Boulder, Colorado	$69,550	$47,820	60
75	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$69,420	$55,170	870
76	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$69,370	$52,700	640
77	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$69,320	$53,610	540
78	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$68,940	$50,560	60
79	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$68,910	$48,530	80
80	Springfield, Massachusetts	$68,860	$36,820	200
81	Framingham, Massachusetts	$68,610	$42,900	50
82	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$68,600	$54,770	n/a
83	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$68,360	$45,350	530
84	Wichita, Kansas	$68,290	$39,770	70
85	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$68,260	$49,360	160
86	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$68,260	$54,280	40
87	Flint, Michigan	$68,120	$50,690	50
88	Grand Junction, Colorado	$67,910	$42,610	30
89	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$67,910	$33,960	50
90	Bend, Oregon	$67,900	$53,370	30
91	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$67,860	$52,900	40
92	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$67,810	$44,370	30
93	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$67,590	$50,270	270
94	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$67,540	$50,540	90
95	Wheeling, West Virginia	$67,430	$23,590	50
96	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$67,390	$33,860	90
97	Jacksonville, Florida	$67,370	$49,780	370
98	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$67,180	$38,590	310
99	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$67,160	$49,290	40
100	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$67,090	$35,530	120

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for dietitians and nutritionists.