Highest-paying Cities for Hoist and Winch Operators

The top 38 highest paying cities for hoist and winch operators (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 hoist and winch operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $128,980, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for hoist and winch operators. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois (average annual salary $114,200). 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 hoist and winch operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 38 Highest-paying cities/areas for Hoist and Winch Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$128,980	$40,370	310
2	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$114,200	$102,390	220
3	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$113,430	$91,580	270
4	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$98,020	$49,300	90
5	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$97,860	$81,820	120
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$87,770	$44,050	90
7	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$80,790	$80,790	40
8	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$78,470	$49,110	60
9	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$71,640	$42,690	n/a
10	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$66,970	$25,220	60
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$64,550	$34,780	n/a
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$64,180	$48,190	100
13	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$60,890	$29,010	30
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$56,390	$32,920	40
15	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$47,590	$38,870	60
16	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$45,710	$35,110	40
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,450	$32,810	30
18	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$43,720	$38,990	30
19	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$43,710	$26,390	40
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$43,370	$33,250	30
21	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$42,190	$27,930	30
22	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$40,420	$34,130	90
23	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$39,660	$30,110	30
24	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$39,210	$33,170	80
25	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,160	$33,890	n/a
26	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$36,330	$29,270	n/a
27	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$36,220	$32,080	n/a
28	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$35,970	$28,530	80
29	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$35,650	$25,030	50
30	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,200	$25,490	40
31	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$34,730	$25,720	n/a
32	Farmington, New Mexico	$33,310	$22,790	n/a
33	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$33,160	$33,160	40
34	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$33,070	$23,840	n/a
35	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$33,010	$21,770	30
36	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$32,050	$25,730	n/a
37	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$30,510	$27,230	n/a
38	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$28,290	$21,320	60

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