Highest-paying Cities for Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

The top 100 highest paying cities for electrical and electronic equipment assemblers (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 electrical and electronic equipment assemblers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $68,520, West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky is the highest paying city for electrical and electronic equipment assemblers. It is followed by Gary, Indiana (average annual salary $54,750). 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 electrical and electronic equipment assemblers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$68,520	$28,660	90
2	Gary, Indiana	$54,750	$35,810	40
3	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$53,450	$37,810	40
4	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$49,880	$21,530	40
5	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$47,990	$26,630	160
6	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$45,720	$36,480	240
7	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$44,880	$31,090	30
8	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$44,190	$27,510	400
9	Elmira, New York	$43,640	$33,850	150
10	Gainesville, Georgia	$42,560	$30,120	70
11	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$42,120	$31,870	850
12	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$42,050	$32,890	100
13	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$41,700	$32,870	60
14	Peabody, Massachusetts	$41,550	$28,650	350
15	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$41,270	$28,880	80
16	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$41,090	$24,130	520
17	Savannah, Georgia	$40,930	$25,320	30
18	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$40,780	$27,190	50
19	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$40,560	$18,400	40
20	Kingston, New York	$39,900	$23,490	40
21	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$39,810	$27,880	560
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,710	$27,320	1,500
23	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$38,470	$20,760	80
24	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$38,260	$22,220	1,860
25	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$38,230	$27,500	100
26	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$38,180	$25,070	160
27	Rochester, Minnesota	$38,140	$29,060	70
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$38,050	$27,550	950
29	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$37,910	$25,370	120
30	Tacoma, Washington	$37,870	$25,910	110
31	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$37,800	$32,640	390
32	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$37,780	$22,460	650
33	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$37,760	$23,010	560
34	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$37,730	$28,030	170
35	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$37,630	$24,210	230
36	Decatur, Alabama	$37,540	$24,180	60
37	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$37,450	$23,990	270
38	Toledo, Ohio	$37,410	$24,250	820
39	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,380	$25,550	2,480
40	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$37,360	$20,840	400
41	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$37,180	$26,750	n/a
42	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$37,170	$23,360	60
43	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,080	$25,330	530
44	Boulder, Colorado	$37,040	$23,650	1,110
45	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$36,950	$27,810	90
46	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$36,940	$31,970	30
47	Jefferson City, Missouri	$36,910	$32,210	210
48	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$36,880	$25,850	440
49	Florence, South Carolina	$36,800	$26,780	140
50	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$36,780	$27,900	100
51	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$36,760	$24,420	4,040
52	Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire	$36,760	$22,210	190
53	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$36,700	$26,370	910
54	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$36,680	$26,780	3,290
55	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$36,660	$26,800	3,230
56	Lafayette, Louisiana	$36,610	$26,520	40
57	Nashua, New Hampshire	$36,540	$25,720	680
58	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,440	$25,340	5,550
59	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$36,340	$26,200	100
60	Joplin, Missouri	$36,260	$24,310	290
61	Salt Lake City, Utah	$36,230	$24,190	1,300
62	Lynchburg, Virginia	$36,220	$22,290	90
63	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$36,100	$21,400	n/a
64	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$36,080	$26,210	770
65	Framingham, Massachusetts	$36,060	$24,660	490
66	Columbus, Indiana	$36,040	$20,740	40
67	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$36,040	$22,800	2,870
68	St Louis, Missouri	$36,000	$23,710	2,090
69	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$35,930	$28,020	80
70	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$35,910	$18,490	160
71	Bend, Oregon	$35,800	$26,520	70
72	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$35,740	$28,920	170
73	Springfield, Ohio	$35,730	$21,790	250
74	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$35,710	$23,720	8,740
75	Bellingham, Washington	$35,700	$22,680	40
76	Roanoke, Virginia	$35,700	$24,950	410
77	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,690	$27,110	40
78	Danbury, Connecticut	$35,690	$26,360	360
79	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$35,610	$27,660	180
80	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$35,600	$26,410	340
81	Ithaca, New York	$35,570	$23,050	110
82	Springfield, Massachusetts	$35,540	$25,650	210
83	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$35,460	$23,270	500
84	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$35,350	$23,770	160
85	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$35,320	$30,610	n/a
86	Carson City, Nevada	$35,290	$26,720	70
87	Madison, Wisconsin	$35,280	$25,570	820
88	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$35,210	$23,170	1,730
89	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$35,130	$28,240	170
90	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$35,120	$26,040	610
91	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$35,070	$21,920	260
92	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$35,050	$25,060	970
93	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$35,030	$25,740	1,090
94	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$34,950	$26,550	310
95	Eastern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$34,890	$27,580	90
96	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$34,650	$26,490	270
97	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$34,590	$22,730	620
98	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$34,550	$25,740	180
99	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$34,420	$25,250	130
100	Waco, Texas	$34,390	$21,830	360

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