Highest-paying Cities for Furniture Finishers

The top 100 highest paying cities for furniture finishers (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 furniture finishers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $57,370, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for furniture finishers. It is followed by Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts (average annual salary $53,280). 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 furniture finishers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Furniture Finishers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$57,370	$41,030	60
2	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$53,280	$33,920	80
3	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$51,940	$38,150	140
4	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$50,140	$36,640	70
5	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$48,340	$35,620	630
6	New Haven, Connecticut	$48,310	$31,030	n/a
7	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,160	$32,500	70
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$48,000	$40,190	140
9	Springfield, Massachusetts	$48,000	$32,270	40
10	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$47,960	$26,950	50
11	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$47,100	$29,030	30
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,900	$33,070	60
13	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$46,380	$30,760	380
14	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$45,500	$34,540	30
15	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$45,420	$31,830	40
16	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$45,260	$27,340	170
17	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$45,220	$36,520	50
18	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$45,200	$33,890	n/a
19	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$45,110	$35,280	40
20	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$44,970	$35,630	30
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,720	$33,850	660
22	Huntsville, Alabama	$44,200	$40,010	n/a
23	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$43,930	$36,330	110
24	Salt Lake City, Utah	$43,920	$37,150	70
25	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$43,840	$37,090	100
26	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$43,740	$34,520	70
27	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$43,550	$24,840	170
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$43,360	$27,560	240
29	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$42,840	$35,960	70
30	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$42,640	$34,250	160
31	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$42,550	$26,270	70
32	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$42,520	$33,370	150
33	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$42,410	$32,080	110
34	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$42,070	$31,930	270
35	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$41,890	$25,540	40
36	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$41,670	$32,310	50
37	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$41,480	$25,450	40
38	Jacksonville, Florida	$41,440	$34,910	60
39	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$40,450	$30,420	360
40	Bend, Oregon	$40,260	$30,830	30
41	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$40,000	$28,090	360
42	Richmond, Virginia	$39,870	$23,230	40
43	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$39,660	$26,840	60
44	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$39,590	$32,520	110
45	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$39,510	$28,620	230
46	Greeley, Colorado	$39,500	$32,340	50
47	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$39,250	$22,210	40
48	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$39,130	$27,820	n/a
49	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$39,060	$27,820	40
50	Rochester, New York	$39,050	$32,030	40
51	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$39,050	$28,710	110
52	St Cloud, Minnesota	$38,980	$29,920	30
53	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,920	$35,890	200
54	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$38,810	$29,020	60
55	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$38,630	$27,790	140
56	Tacoma, Washington	$38,570	$28,400	50
57	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,400	$30,060	90
58	Salem, Oregon	$38,390	$37,230	30
59	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,370	$26,650	120
60	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$38,270	$23,090	n/a
61	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$37,880	$33,940	50
62	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,700	$26,630	n/a
63	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$37,690	$27,900	160
64	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$37,690	$24,720	30
65	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$37,670	$27,530	630
66	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$37,640	$22,660	110
67	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$37,630	$29,260	40
68	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$37,460	$26,800	50
69	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$37,440	$24,950	30
70	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$37,400	$27,350	50
71	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$37,280	$24,910	100
72	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$37,270	$28,890	80
73	Stockton, California	$37,150	$29,720	40
74	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$37,120	$33,850	60
75	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$37,110	$30,720	490
76	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$37,030	$22,610	30
77	Provo-Orem, Utah	$36,990	$29,700	40
78	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$36,800	$30,470	90
79	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$36,690	$25,110	70
80	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$36,600	$28,840	340
81	St Louis, Missouri	$36,590	$27,620	40
82	Syracuse, New York	$36,580	$29,940	90
83	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$36,570	$29,090	50
84	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$36,570	$28,660	40
85	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$36,530	$32,030	40
86	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$36,470	$28,690	250
87	Tucson, Arizona	$36,460	$28,830	50
88	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$36,400	$27,560	80
89	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$36,360	$24,620	40
90	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$36,300	$23,210	120
91	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$36,270	$29,460	40
92	Lynchburg, Virginia	$36,260	$27,760	30
93	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$36,210	$23,360	70
94	Fargo, North Dakota	$36,190	$23,880	30
95	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$36,130	$32,470	n/a
96	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$35,980	$31,520	n/a
97	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$35,940	$25,750	40
98	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$35,890	$29,250	50
99	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$35,670	$28,670	180
100	Camden, New Jersey	$35,610	$29,780	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for furniture finishers.