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Highest-paying Cities for Geographers

The top 23 highest paying cities for geographers (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 geographers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,330, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for geographers. It is followed by Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado (average annual salary $94,290). 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 geographers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 23 Highest-paying cities/areas for Geographers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$107,330	$65,840	270
2	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$94,290	$57,750	70
3	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$92,180	$58,580	n/a
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$91,670	$58,720	n/a
5	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$89,810	$61,940	30
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$88,220	$77,750	210
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$84,940	$63,740	30
8	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$84,810	$54,700	50
9	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$82,500	$53,910	80
10	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$79,470	$51,260	30

11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$78,050	$58,620	40
12	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$75,290	$64,270	80
13	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$73,380	$42,760	n/a
14	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$68,710	$50,060	80
15	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$67,010	$54,010	50
16	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$63,810	$50,370	50
17	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$62,980	$49,480	120
18	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$61,150	$61,150	30
19	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$60,830	$43,560	n/a
20	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$58,880	$45,850	40
21	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$51,280	$43,080	n/a
22	Salt Lake City, Utah	$46,350	$28,980	50
23	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$40,260	$33,050	n/a