Highest-paying Cities for Industrial Machinery Mechanics

The top 100 highest paying cities for industrial machinery mechanics (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 industrial machinery mechanics in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $93,630, Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana is the highest paying city for industrial machinery mechanics. It is followed by Fairbanks, Alaska (average annual salary $88,310). 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 industrial machinery mechanics in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$93,630	$43,760	310
2	Fairbanks, Alaska	$88,310	$53,640	90
3	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$86,720	$69,490	440
4	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$85,550	$46,390	500
5	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$84,600	$48,570	670
6	Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$83,830	$30,750	40
7	Anchorage, Alaska	$83,320	$38,020	160
8	Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$82,900	$40,480	270
9	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$82,700	$47,940	570
10	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$81,000	$48,800	640
11	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$81,000	$57,240	430
12	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$80,380	$45,850	540
13	Longview, Washington	$80,300	$50,380	540
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,550	$47,700	1,110
15	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$79,540	$59,370	330
16	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$79,050	$48,580	2,390
17	Kokomo, Indiana	$78,800	$48,250	260
18	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$78,350	$49,360	300
19	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$76,710	$47,530	9,540
20	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$76,320	$37,180	80
21	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$76,250	$53,230	220
22	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$75,900	$49,650	220
23	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$75,730	$61,630	130
24	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$73,590	$37,820	310
25	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$73,230	$43,720	60
26	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$73,230	$40,240	480
27	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$72,780	$50,270	3,360
28	Albany, Oregon	$72,580	$46,980	260
29	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$71,730	$39,670	120
30	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$71,730	$48,220	550
31	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$71,650	$46,050	380
32	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$71,510	$43,060	1,390
33	Pine Bluff, Arkansas	$70,960	$34,950	220
34	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$70,820	$39,960	210
35	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$70,380	$51,680	610
36	Danbury, Connecticut	$70,240	$47,260	130
37	Manhattan, Kansas	$70,150	$46,120	90
38	Decatur, Illinois	$68,350	$46,740	110
39	Framingham, Massachusetts	$68,290	$41,170	230
40	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$68,000	$40,530	170
41	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$67,080	$44,930	540
42	New Haven, Connecticut	$67,060	$45,240	570
43	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$67,030	$50,100	350
44	Modesto, California	$66,990	$46,300	890
45	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$66,950	$44,660	120
46	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$66,790	$48,720	480
47	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$66,660	$46,950	250
48	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$66,580	$46,200	50
49	Pueblo, Colorado	$66,350	$51,440	370
50	Bellingham, Washington	$66,230	$44,070	370
51	Enid, Oklahoma	$66,200	$36,430	80
52	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$66,160	$36,650	230
53	Napa, California	$66,080	$44,960	200
54	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$65,820	$48,010	3,380
55	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$65,730	$47,410	850
56	Billings, Montana	$65,690	$41,660	180
57	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$65,570	$33,440	440
58	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$65,540	$47,360	540
59	Waterbury, Connecticut	$65,440	$44,030	70
60	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$65,380	$46,340	90
61	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$65,340	$49,680	960
62	Duluth, Wisconsin	$65,280	$58,460	670
63	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$65,240	$47,860	230
64	Olympia, Washington	$65,150	$48,380	190
65	Terre Haute, Indiana	$65,110	$46,830	420
66	Chico, California	$65,110	$45,020	230
67	Peoria, Illinois	$65,080	$45,140	520
68	Owensboro, Kentucky	$65,080	$46,870	560
69	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$65,070	$47,520	120
70	Hammond nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$64,810	$33,810	30
71	Syracuse, New York	$64,670	$42,690	800
72	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$64,630	$48,150	580
73	Great Falls, Montana	$64,480	$46,500	110
74	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$64,420	$40,360	700
75	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$64,350	$46,460	360
76	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$64,330	$49,320	3,520
77	Ithaca, New York	$64,210	$47,500	110
78	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$64,100	$36,920	1,010
79	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$64,050	$45,920	2,320
80	Boulder, Colorado	$64,030	$46,260	250
81	North Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$64,010	$37,660	90
82	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,840	$39,340	12,110
83	Lima, Ohio	$63,790	$49,300	180
84	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$63,760	$46,000	370
85	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$63,760	$47,020	800
86	Wichita, Kansas	$63,740	$46,880	1,800
87	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$63,730	$44,590	1,070
88	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$63,590	$46,610	160
89	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$63,510	$40,180	380
90	Stockton, California	$63,510	$45,080	750
91	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$63,500	$41,640	130
92	Battle Creek, Michigan	$63,460	$47,020	460
93	Flagstaff, Arizona	$63,420	$40,740	40
94	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$63,400	$41,580	1,210
95	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$63,360	$37,290	140
96	Wheeling, West Virginia	$63,320	$43,670	230
97	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$63,240	$38,100	190
98	Lewiston, Washington	$63,220	$49,760	90
99	Richmond, Virginia	$63,200	$40,290	2,390
100	West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$63,140	$39,630	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for industrial machinery mechanics.