The top 17 highest paying cities for hydrologic 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 hydrologic technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $133,780, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is the highest paying city for hydrologic technicians. It is followed by Baton Rouge, Louisiana (average annual salary $130,050). 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 hydrologic technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $133,780 |
210 | |
| 2 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | $130,050 |
110 | |
| 3 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California | $80,270 |
40 | |
| 4 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona | $75,030 |
30 | |
| 5 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington | $68,790 |
40 | |
| 6 | Boise City-Nampa, Idaho | $64,270 |
30 | |
| 7 | Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California | $61,940 |
60 | |
| 8 | Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida | $59,830 |
40 | |
| 9 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia | $59,680 |
40 | |
| 10 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida | $55,600 |
40 | |
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| 11 | San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | $51,880 |
50 | |
| 12 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | $50,410 |
70 | |
| 13 | Baltimore-Towson, Maryland | $50,130 |
50 | |
| 14 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado | $49,320 |
40 | |
| 15 | Columbus, Ohio | $46,470 |
30 | |
| 16 | Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana | $44,720 |
60 | |
| 17 | Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina | $40,790 |
40 | |