Highest-paying Cities for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

The top 100 highest paying cities for engine and other machine 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 engine and other machine assemblers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $78,360, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for engine and other machine assemblers. It is followed by Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio (average annual salary $70,700). 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 engine and other machine assemblers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$78,360	$46,730	90
2	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$70,700	$40,050	1,120
3	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$65,940	$36,680	40
4	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$64,770	$38,260	930
5	Toledo, Ohio	$64,310	$38,340	1,530
6	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$64,200	$38,000	6,680
7	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$62,500	$35,530	820
8	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$61,730	$50,240	220
9	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$61,100	$33,130	330
10	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$60,420	$37,100	90
11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$60,200	$44,730	70
12	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$59,380	$46,640	960
13	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$59,170	$49,650	130
14	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$58,570	$31,800	n/a
15	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$57,700	$41,000	1,190
16	Spokane, Washington	$57,050	$40,240	70
17	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$56,740	$47,600	530
18	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$56,680	$42,060	90
19	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$56,570	$38,330	90
20	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$56,420	$33,280	570
21	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$55,350	$35,480	660
22	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$54,910	$36,340	130
23	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$54,260	$34,630	960
24	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$54,200	$41,530	170
25	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$53,850	$31,540	140
26	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$53,130	$34,340	590
27	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$52,980	$38,190	840
28	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$52,970	$26,310	30
29	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$51,990	$34,030	150
30	Akron, Ohio	$51,920	$33,240	330
31	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$51,780	$36,460	n/a
32	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$51,710	$46,380	490
33	Racine, Wisconsin	$50,790	$33,510	190
34	New Haven, Connecticut	$50,650	$30,660	40
35	Columbus, Ohio	$50,340	$35,020	390
36	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$49,950	$27,500	40
37	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$49,690	$32,460	70
38	Odessa, Texas	$49,670	$33,940	80
39	Madison, Wisconsin	$49,290	$44,670	200
40	Nashua, New Hampshire	$49,170	$34,390	n/a
41	Huntsville, Alabama	$49,070	$34,340	610
42	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$48,700	$29,220	90
43	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$48,330	$32,630	n/a
44	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,290	$36,020	620
45	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,060	$44,390	250
46	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$48,020	$28,200	30
47	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$47,980	$38,960	160
48	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$47,970	$41,120	200
49	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$47,900	$38,640	30
50	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$47,540	$23,120	110
51	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,440	$36,670	40
52	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$47,250	$34,600	100
53	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$47,180	$28,310	40
54	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$47,150	$36,590	900
55	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$47,030	$37,050	60
56	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,010	$37,790	130
57	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$46,800	$26,550	30
58	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$46,550	$34,490	50
59	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$46,470	$36,730	540
60	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$46,240	$36,470	40
61	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$46,040	$27,060	n/a
62	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$45,880	$38,440	190
63	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$45,700	$29,680	40
64	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$45,390	$38,520	440
65	Dayton, Ohio	$45,240	$38,440	340
66	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$45,090	$31,450	850
67	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$44,800	$31,200	200
68	Mobile, Alabama	$44,250	$35,190	70
69	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$44,170	$37,800	220
70	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,060	$41,410	100
71	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$44,060	$25,680	40
72	Corpus Christi, Texas	$43,940	$26,950	80
73	Holland-Grand Haven, Michigan	$43,330	$27,850	90
74	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$42,910	$30,800	70
75	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$42,660	$25,640	n/a
76	Richmond, Virginia	$42,620	$29,400	50
77	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,360	$32,750	90
78	Columbia, South Carolina	$42,220	$33,420	70
79	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$41,900	$37,550	80
80	Medford, Oregon	$41,490	$31,500	30
81	Springfield, Ohio	$41,240	$32,270	240
82	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$40,960	$32,450	n/a
83	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$40,920	$31,400	450
84	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$40,910	$33,490	460
85	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$40,590	$39,910	290
86	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$40,510	$31,370	280
87	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$40,310	$31,640	200
88	Memphis, Tennessee	$40,230	$29,680	770
89	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$40,140	$34,890	200
90	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$40,000	$32,590	50
91	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$39,620	$28,650	200
92	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$39,590	$27,290	80
93	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$39,590	$28,370	40
94	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$39,540	$32,810	n/a
95	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$39,060	$25,490	n/a
96	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$38,990	$28,580	n/a
97	Tucson, Arizona	$38,980	$18,570	40
98	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$38,960	$28,860	450
99	Jacksonville, Florida	$38,830	$31,250	140
100	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$38,740	$30,670	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for engine and other machine assemblers.