Highest-paying Cities for Etchers and Engravers

The top 100 highest paying cities for etchers and engravers (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 etchers and engravers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $69,380, Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin is the highest paying city for etchers and engravers. It is followed by Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio (average annual salary $62,870). 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 etchers and engravers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Etchers and Engravers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$69,380	$24,270	170
2	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$62,870	$22,360	n/a
3	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$57,300	$37,070	60
4	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$55,760	$36,650	n/a
5	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$53,880	$48,300	50
6	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$53,380	$27,590	80
7	Richmond, Virginia	$53,110	$25,780	50
8	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$53,090	$43,220	70
9	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$52,190	$35,360	50
10	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$46,970	$34,870	150
11	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$46,620	$35,360	40
12	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$46,310	$36,980	40
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,710	$38,100	80
14	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$45,380	$30,550	120
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,250	$38,020	90
16	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$43,570	$27,340	40
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$42,950	$36,430	60
18	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$42,850	$31,390	40
19	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,840	$23,000	40
20	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,840	$31,600	80
21	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$42,490	$31,750	n/a
22	Rockford, Illinois	$42,100	$19,790	n/a
23	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$41,650	$34,380	30
24	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$41,630	$34,060	110
25	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$41,600	$20,800	50
26	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$41,470	$36,400	n/a
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$40,790	$25,570	160
28	Springfield, Massachusetts	$40,630	$29,640	40
29	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$40,450	$24,670	50
30	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$40,260	$34,320	80
31	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$40,160	$32,240	60
32	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$40,120	$28,620	100
33	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$40,110	$40,110	260
34	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$39,730	$33,860	n/a
35	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$39,650	$29,340	80
36	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,580	$28,490	260
37	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$39,490	$35,360	40
38	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,420	$27,110	80
39	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$39,250	$25,170	n/a
40	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$38,790	$32,100	30
41	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$38,570	$31,250	60
42	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$38,430	$31,930	70
43	Wausau, Wisconsin	$38,010	$38,010	30
44	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$37,990	$19,260	40
45	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,990	$28,650	40
46	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,860	$21,530	40
47	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$37,840	$26,280	90
48	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$37,810	$31,200	320
49	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$37,750	$30,140	60
50	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,630	$32,940	180
51	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,460	$28,480	30
52	St Cloud, Minnesota	$37,380	$32,920	50
53	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,160	$30,480	280
54	St Louis, Missouri	$37,120	$27,040	50
55	Salt Lake City, Utah	$36,960	$34,070	60
56	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,890	$30,150	400
57	Jackson, Mississippi	$36,850	$32,720	50
58	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$36,730	$32,950	80
59	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$35,850	$32,450	140
60	Provo-Orem, Utah	$35,770	$25,370	40
61	Rochester, New York	$35,680	$26,760	30
62	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$35,620	$21,390	80
63	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$35,430	$30,510	50
64	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$35,350	$30,810	40
65	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$35,150	$19,610	30
66	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,110	$31,710	30
67	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$35,110	$19,760	30
68	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$35,080	$35,070	40
69	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$34,900	$31,200	70
70	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$34,410	$21,950	n/a
71	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$34,250	$25,480	n/a
72	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$34,250	$21,300	400
73	Springfield, Missouri	$33,880	$26,160	n/a
74	Dayton, Ohio	$33,590	$22,490	30
75	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$33,550	$24,440	n/a
76	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$33,510	$27,260	40
77	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$33,270	$23,730	50
78	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$33,260	$26,680	n/a
79	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$33,100	$25,290	40
80	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$33,030	$19,540	30
81	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$32,860	$25,140	140
82	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$32,190	$19,600	30
83	Corpus Christi, Texas	$32,130	$24,390	n/a
84	Toledo, Ohio	$31,790	$24,640	210
85	Akron, Ohio	$31,670	$23,140	n/a
86	Salem, Oregon	$31,340	$26,350	n/a
87	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$31,090	$21,850	n/a
88	Appleton, Wisconsin	$30,940	$22,250	70
89	Camden, New Jersey	$30,650	$21,960	n/a
90	Columbus, Ohio	$29,920	$21,080	40
91	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$29,870	$21,480	30
92	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$29,700	$24,090	120
93	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$29,700	$21,930	30
94	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$29,490	$24,340	80
95	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$29,460	$26,610	n/a
96	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$29,400	$24,310	140
97	Syracuse, New York	$29,390	$22,090	n/a
98	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$29,280	$23,000	40
99	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$28,900	$21,920	n/a
100	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$28,870	$21,540	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for etchers and engravers.