Highest-paying Cities for Food Scientists and Technologists

The top 100 highest paying cities for food scientists and technologists (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 scientists and technologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $110,480, Dayton, Ohio is the highest paying city for food scientists and technologists. It is followed by Kansas City, Missouri (average annual salary $108,660). 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 scientists and technologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Food Scientists and Technologists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Dayton, Ohio	$110,480	$56,010	50
2	Kansas City, Missouri	$108,660	$44,940	100
3	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$104,300	$64,340	360
4	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$101,490	$50,790	30
5	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$101,390	$69,390	50
6	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$101,280	$63,170	100
7	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$100,650	$62,060	50
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$99,770	$74,620	630
9	Columbus, Ohio	$98,130	$49,320	90
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$97,440	$67,080	1,430
11	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$96,970	$53,830	40
12	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$96,930	$65,430	40
13	Reading, Pennsylvania	$96,680	$58,420	40
14	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$96,010	$58,350	60
15	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$95,800	$50,020	80
16	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$95,560	$60,310	250
17	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$95,530	$63,690	110
18	St Louis, Missouri	$93,900	$49,910	140
19	Wichita, Kansas	$93,000	$40,680	60
20	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$92,970	$61,930	500
21	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$92,880	$64,140	80
22	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$91,740	$60,550	30
23	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$91,460	$40,290	190
24	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$90,730	$57,000	160
25	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$90,620	$57,160	60
26	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$89,400	$52,520	80
27	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$89,310	$54,270	40
28	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$89,170	$62,270	40
29	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$87,840	$40,850	50
30	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$87,400	$59,030	70
31	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$86,390	$62,630	50
32	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$86,310	$61,990	110
33	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$84,980	$54,650	80
34	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$84,850	$30,920	170
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$84,830	$64,490	170
36	Madison, Wisconsin	$84,630	$63,330	110
37	Topeka, Kansas	$84,590	$37,150	30
38	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$83,840	$49,240	630
39	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$83,490	$81,670	40
40	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$83,390	$61,290	590
41	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$83,310	$47,380	120
42	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$82,680	$60,020	60
43	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$82,490	$31,410	160
44	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$81,940	$49,400	40
45	Visalia-Porterville, California	$81,400	$49,600	90
46	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$80,860	$51,760	30
47	Modesto, California	$80,710	$60,590	110
48	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$80,580	$55,510	50
49	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$80,580	$50,590	110
50	Salem, Oregon	$80,150	$62,430	40
51	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$79,890	$59,260	60
52	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$79,770	$50,200	130
53	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$79,720	$61,440	200
54	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$79,580	$64,730	50
55	Greeley, Colorado	$79,430	$60,820	30
56	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$78,990	$62,040	60
57	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$78,890	$48,370	180
58	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$78,800	$54,930	80
59	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$78,500	$37,840	30
60	Stockton, California	$78,440	$48,950	60
61	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$78,340	$62,040	40
62	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$78,180	$59,770	60
63	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$78,090	$60,500	90
64	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$77,930	$47,480	160
65	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$77,800	$44,620	50
66	Merced, California	$77,390	$44,710	50
67	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$77,360	$43,000	n/a
68	Evansville, Kentucky	$77,350	$44,200	50
69	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$77,310	$60,740	n/a
70	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$77,260	$43,480	30
71	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$77,060	$42,450	50
72	Salinas, California	$77,020	$40,460	30
73	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$76,940	$39,460	50
74	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$76,100	$53,370	40
75	Owensboro, Kentucky	$75,210	$60,530	50
76	Fresno, California	$75,170	$45,020	100
77	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$74,490	$49,260	40
78	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$74,480	$55,000	200
79	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$74,430	$45,160	40
80	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$74,020	$49,870	40
81	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$73,710	$31,560	n/a
82	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$73,700	$35,970	30
83	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$73,130	$39,570	340
84	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$72,820	$67,060	50
85	Appleton, Wisconsin	$72,520	$58,870	60
86	Akron, Ohio	$72,050	$47,000	n/a
87	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$71,850	$36,400	430
88	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$71,370	$46,490	40
89	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$71,270	$39,540	50
90	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$70,750	$38,430	60
91	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$70,730	$45,000	320
92	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$70,660	$40,180	40
93	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$70,580	$62,620	70
94	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$70,400	$46,710	80
95	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$70,320	$58,500	90
96	Rochester, New York	$69,730	$38,300	60
97	Rochester, Minnesota	$69,730	$49,330	30
98	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$69,580	$43,000	30
99	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$68,390	$59,900	50
100	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$68,030	$38,250	290

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for food scientists and technologists.