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Highest-paying Cities for Food Science Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for food science technicians (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 food science technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $73,120, Columbus, Ohio is the highest paying city for food science technicians. It is followed by Jacksonville, Florida (average annual salary $71,310). 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 food science technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food Science Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Columbus, Ohio	$73,120	$45,880	50
2	Jacksonville, Florida	$71,310	$34,840	90
3	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$66,690	$39,820	80
4	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$65,780	$43,180	30
5	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$65,410	$37,060	360
6	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$62,720	$36,880	380
7	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$62,210	$48,880	70
8	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$61,830	$34,420	70
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,770	$42,990	120
10	Syracuse, New York	$60,570	$39,740	40

11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$59,550	$40,400	330
12	St Louis, Missouri	$58,710	$46,730	370
13	Rochester, New York	$58,350	$40,000	70
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$57,200	$42,010	80
15	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$57,170	$36,680	50
16	El Paso, Texas	$55,470	$36,500	50
17	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$55,420	$36,970	620
18	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$54,000	$38,480	700
19	Kansas City, Missouri	$53,600	$42,710	50
20	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$53,550	$44,920	60
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$52,300	$46,330	170
22	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$50,540	$37,590	80
23	Modesto, California	$49,920	$37,650	180
24	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$49,860	$39,340	40
25	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$49,770	$39,650	150
26	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$49,700	$32,740	40
27	Yakima, Washington	$49,640	$38,260	40
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,590	$37,800	140
29	Madison, Wisconsin	$49,250	$27,690	110
30	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$49,230	$31,190	30
31	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$49,090	$36,280	50
32	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$48,980	$41,710	40
33	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,810	$37,680	770
34	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$48,800	$38,630	30
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,650	$40,720	90
36	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$48,640	$33,610	40
37	Visalia-Porterville, California	$48,440	$35,560	210
38	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$48,340	$34,380	70
39	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$48,150	$39,160	70
40	Reading, Pennsylvania	$48,090	$37,930	30
41	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$48,020	$38,460	70
42	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$47,940	$39,050	40
43	Chico, California	$47,900	$34,060	30
44	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$47,860	$30,660	60
45	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,840	$37,740	30
46	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$47,730	$38,490	70
47	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$47,720	$37,070	40
48	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$47,590	$40,360	50
49	Spokane, Washington	$47,480	$37,390	30
50	Salt Lake City, Utah	$47,350	$30,380	50
51	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$47,320	$36,380	60
52	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,200	$38,720	150
53	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$47,190	$37,380	270
54	Stockton, California	$47,170	$37,020	140
55	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,050	$37,380	350
56	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$47,040	$36,520	110
57	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$46,990	$36,910	70
58	Merced, California	$46,970	$36,220	110
59	Napa, California	$46,920	$39,950	110
60	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$46,680	$36,870	40
61	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,440	$38,750	70
62	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,400	$39,220	70
63	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$46,400	$42,530	30
64	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$46,340	$24,570	40
65	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,340	$38,510	30
66	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,340	$37,620	30
67	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$46,300	$28,200	60
68	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$46,200	$35,740	40
69	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$45,980	$37,120	60
70	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$45,880	$36,530	60
71	Appleton, Wisconsin	$45,460	$37,300	50
72	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$45,380	$37,110	130
73	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$45,220	$35,640	30
74	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$45,210	$35,760	60
75	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$44,970	$36,550	250
76	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$44,630	$38,300	60
77	Fresno, California	$43,760	$34,800	190
78	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$43,620	$34,210	40
79	Sioux City, South Dakota	$43,400	$37,550	70
80	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$43,400	$33,320	80
81	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$42,990	$36,870	210
82	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$42,910	$35,820	50
83	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$42,580	$37,180	40
84	Owensboro, Kentucky	$41,970	$39,300	30
85	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$41,560	$36,610	30
86	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$41,150	$39,090	70
87	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$39,830	$37,140	40
88	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$39,730	$33,500	60
89	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$39,310	$27,040	80
90	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$39,220	$38,750	n/a
91	Salinas, California	$39,210	$35,470	50
92	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$39,140	$36,190	50
93	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$39,140	$35,450	140
94	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$39,130	$36,930	30
95	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,060	$36,430	50
96	Gainesville, Georgia	$38,950	$37,640	90
97	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$38,760	$32,190	70
98	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$38,560	$37,340	90
99	Lubbock, Texas	$38,540	$25,780	30
100	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$38,380	$34,910	40