Highest-paying Cities for Fence Erectors

The top 100 highest paying cities for fence erectors (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 fence erectors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,870, Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio is the highest paying city for fence erectors. It is followed by Utica-Rome, New York (average annual salary $68,410). 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 fence erectors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Fence Erectors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$71,870	$25,080	n/a
2	Utica-Rome, New York	$68,410	$27,350	n/a
3	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$67,130	$30,820	170
4	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$59,530	$29,750	40
5	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$57,260	$31,960	100
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$55,290	$28,760	710
7	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$54,170	$33,340	50
8	Port St Lucie, Florida	$52,160	$35,050	80
9	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$50,700	$36,880	50
10	Columbus, Ohio	$50,320	$37,700	200
11	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$49,810	$20,720	670
12	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$48,610	$41,380	90
13	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$48,220	$31,930	210
14	Sioux City, South Dakota	$48,160	$35,320	40
15	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$47,780	$32,200	70
16	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$47,770	$28,500	260
17	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$47,760	$36,150	40
18	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$47,370	$40,230	230
19	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$47,260	$46,410	70
20	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,130	$39,710	600
21	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,800	$37,670	270
22	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$46,720	$35,050	300
23	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$46,550	$39,430	60
24	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$46,550	$29,430	30
25	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$46,240	$30,120	80
26	Rochester, New York	$46,240	$29,520	80
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$46,210	$36,590	40
28	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$45,860	$36,360	70
29	Dayton, Ohio	$45,850	$29,790	50
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$45,690	$35,850	370
31	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$45,340	$38,180	110
32	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$45,340	$38,180	150
33	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$45,230	$37,560	180
34	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$44,980	$32,850	1,110
35	Casper, Wyoming	$44,980	$30,720	40
36	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$44,910	$35,420	30
37	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$44,900	$31,240	90
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,480	$39,140	290
39	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,320	$36,820	160
40	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$44,310	$34,210	340
41	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$44,220	$29,520	160
42	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$44,220	$34,000	n/a
43	Stockton, California	$44,090	$34,150	120
44	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$44,090	$30,630	n/a
45	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$43,820	$36,080	100
46	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$43,480	$17,080	n/a
47	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$43,110	$29,440	30
48	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$42,980	$32,010	100
49	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$42,920	$30,270	170
50	Modesto, California	$42,920	$22,530	n/a
51	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$42,440	$34,660	1,250
52	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$42,190	$35,160	580
53	Fargo, North Dakota	$42,140	$41,540	70
54	Gary, Indiana	$42,060	$26,080	n/a
55	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$41,840	$29,400	430
56	Richmond, Virginia	$41,600	$29,850	60
57	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$41,080	$35,110	340
58	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$40,770	$31,960	170
59	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$40,450	$32,780	n/a
60	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$40,380	$28,260	80
61	Akron, Ohio	$40,260	$24,700	90
62	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$40,170	$28,770	n/a
63	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$40,150	$29,570	30
64	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$40,010	$38,490	360
65	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$39,830	$31,780	50
66	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$39,780	$27,270	n/a
67	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$39,740	$27,420	70
68	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$39,540	$30,690	380
69	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$39,540	$30,960	120
70	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$39,340	$29,840	280
71	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$38,980	$31,760	110
72	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$38,960	$34,460	590
73	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$38,880	$38,520	n/a
74	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,800	$35,040	620
75	Visalia-Porterville, California	$38,630	$31,920	80
76	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$38,500	$30,800	40
77	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$38,450	$30,250	50
78	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$38,370	$30,320	240
79	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,300	$29,840	190
80	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$38,240	$29,300	380
81	New Haven, Connecticut	$38,200	$28,710	n/a
82	Yakima, Washington	$38,150	$30,440	40
83	Jacksonville, Florida	$38,150	$31,130	250
84	Dover, Delaware	$38,060	$32,080	40
85	Billings, Montana	$38,030	$36,690	50
86	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,020	$31,390	180
87	Salisbury, Maryland	$37,960	$34,380	70
88	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$37,940	$29,540	110
89	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$37,930	$29,740	140
90	Janesville, Wisconsin	$37,700	$29,380	30
91	Knoxville, Tennessee	$37,700	$29,920	50
92	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$37,700	$29,650	60
93	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona	$37,540	$30,670	50
94	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$37,500	$24,130	40
95	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$37,470	$31,880	80
96	Kansas City, Missouri	$37,440	$29,840	380
97	Salinas, California	$37,400	$29,210	40
98	St Louis, Missouri	$37,240	$30,370	400
99	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$37,130	$23,130	n/a
100	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$36,980	$28,320	410

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