Highest-paying Cities for Other Drafters

The top 100 highest paying cities for other drafters (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 other drafters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $83,050, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is the highest paying city for other drafters. It is followed by Olympia, Washington (average annual salary $82,330). 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 other drafters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Drafters

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$83,050	$46,770	50
2	Olympia, Washington	$82,330	$41,880	n/a
3	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$80,180	$42,890	70
4	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$76,800	$50,420	230
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,270	$50,940	110
6	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$75,610	$43,600	50
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,100	$50,680	310
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$73,730	$45,400	300
9	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$73,700	$42,770	120
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$71,560	$47,590	960
11	Charlottesville, Virginia	$69,950	$48,080	n/a
12	Fresno, California	$68,520	$41,510	40
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$67,030	$46,530	180
14	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$66,570	$37,080	40
15	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$66,160	$44,780	40
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$66,100	$35,840	340
17	Madison, Wisconsin	$66,080	$37,840	30
18	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$64,730	$31,240	560
19	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$63,870	$49,420	190
20	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$63,510	$41,670	n/a
21	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$63,060	$44,260	130
22	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$63,020	$53,000	40
23	Columbus, Ohio	$62,920	$39,460	80
24	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$62,770	$40,420	420
25	Syracuse, New York	$62,740	$40,890	40
26	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$62,200	$58,220	40
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$62,100	$45,890	520
28	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$61,920	$45,250	50
29	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$61,710	$39,800	40
30	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$61,560	$38,780	60
31	Modesto, California	$61,500	$40,720	30
32	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$61,480	$41,660	40
33	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$61,390	$41,550	30
34	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$61,300	$47,010	180
35	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$61,170	$36,770	270
36	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$61,100	$39,030	90
37	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$60,780	$41,600	50
38	Boulder, Colorado	$60,570	$43,000	30
39	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,370	$33,240	50
40	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$60,360	$37,380	30
41	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$60,320	$38,600	210
42	Tucson, Arizona	$60,120	$35,120	70
43	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$59,950	$38,900	90
44	Rochester, New York	$59,780	$41,600	70
45	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$59,750	$39,150	440
46	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$59,710	$35,320	40
47	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$59,570	$38,190	40
48	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$59,530	$42,610	500
49	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$59,430	$47,730	120
50	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$59,340	$36,480	30
51	New Haven, Connecticut	$59,230	$35,620	40
52	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$59,050	$35,160	300
53	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$59,000	$46,020	40
54	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$58,880	$39,170	30
55	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$58,780	$32,700	40
56	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$58,480	$38,440	50
57	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$58,260	$34,590	30
58	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$58,230	$30,480	140
59	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$58,030	$38,020	290
60	St Cloud, Minnesota	$57,900	$50,850	50
61	Kansas City, Missouri	$57,760	$38,270	40
62	Toledo, Ohio	$57,620	$42,970	50
63	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$57,610	$35,300	80
64	Waco, Texas	$57,500	$26,180	30
65	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$57,480	$39,990	590
66	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$57,260	$41,640	40
67	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$57,230	$32,930	40
68	Anchorage, Alaska	$57,230	$41,800	30
69	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$57,160	$37,860	70
70	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$56,840	$40,420	620
71	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$56,820	$30,580	40
72	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$56,750	$42,360	30
73	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$56,280	$47,930	40
74	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$56,180	$34,540	n/a
75	Salem, Oregon	$56,150	$39,790	60
76	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$56,120	$41,450	190
77	Dubuque, Iowa	$56,070	$31,270	40
78	St Louis, Missouri	$56,060	$38,950	80
79	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$56,030	$40,000	160
80	Tacoma, Washington	$55,930	$37,250	30
81	Stockton, California	$55,700	$36,140	30
82	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$55,460	$44,010	120
83	Springfield, Massachusetts	$55,260	$40,460	50
84	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$54,650	$36,790	80
85	Bellingham, Washington	$54,630	$34,860	30
86	Camden, New Jersey	$54,520	$39,450	50
87	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$54,450	$36,310	30
88	Appleton, Wisconsin	$54,410	$39,340	40
89	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$54,410	$39,650	150
90	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$53,620	$41,150	110
91	Jacksonville, Florida	$53,570	$35,120	110
92	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$53,400	$41,670	40
93	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$53,330	$33,330	40
94	Manchester, New Hampshire	$53,240	$32,110	30
95	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$53,210	$31,620	240
96	Dayton, Ohio	$53,210	$38,600	30
97	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$52,920	$40,000	30
98	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$52,700	$35,010	n/a
99	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$52,580	$36,650	450
100	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$52,520	$35,460	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other drafters.