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Highest-paying Cities for All Other Lighting Technicians and Media and Communication Equipment Workers

The top 73 highest paying cities for all other lighting technicians and media and communication equipment workers (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 all other lighting technicians and media and communication equipment workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $109,360, Baltimore-Towson, Maryland is the highest paying city for all other lighting technicians and media and communication equipment workers. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia (average annual salary $109,360). 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 all other lighting technicians and media and communication equipment workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 73 Highest-paying cities/areas for All Other Lighting Technicians and Media and Communication Equipment Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$109,360	$40,470	390
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$109,360	$53,380	740
3	Salinas, California	$102,960	$49,910	60
4	St Louis, Missouri	$98,610	$50,760	50
5	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$94,400	$67,190	220
6	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$94,010	$19,860	190
7	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$93,880	$51,600	n/a
8	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$92,070	$21,500	200
9	New Haven, Connecticut	$90,430	$58,730	30
10	Columbus, Ohio	$89,200	$25,410	70

11	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$88,060	$60,730	60
12	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$85,780	$45,920	70
13	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$85,290	$34,170	n/a
14	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$84,810	$48,480	190
15	Richmond, Virginia	$84,680	$32,400	50
16	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$83,920	$39,860	200
17	Kansas City, Missouri	$81,910	$34,670	70
18	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$80,400	$50,870	80
19	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$79,850	$54,030	120
20	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$79,120	$29,030	300
21	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$78,060	$54,230	80
22	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$77,450	$43,950	30
23	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$76,560	$48,270	40
24	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$75,830	$62,670	60
25	Dayton, Ohio	$75,200	$23,440	30
26	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$75,190	$42,090	140
27	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$74,050	$42,710	70
28	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$73,720	$32,130	7,310
29	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$73,460	$35,030	30
30	Tucson, Arizona	$73,310	$34,950	70
31	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$72,670	$45,120	60
32	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$71,860	$24,260	150
33	Salt Lake City, Utah	$70,430	$17,570	40
34	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$70,290	$38,150	250
35	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$70,120	$46,520	60
36	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$69,610	$37,160	70
37	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$68,750	$27,160	160
38	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$68,210	$33,100	n/a
39	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$66,800	$36,970	90
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$65,680	$31,780	120
41	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$65,040	$31,470	160
42	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$62,710	$41,680	50
43	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$61,720	$41,000	210
44	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$60,680	$41,940	110
45	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$60,030	$43,910	40
46	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$59,050	$20,060	170
47	Stockton, California	$58,470	$34,550	n/a
48	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$58,180	$35,020	n/a
49	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$57,760	$31,970	500
50	Memphis, Tennessee	$56,150	$26,680	50
51	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$55,730	$38,930	n/a
52	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$54,560	$33,460	450
53	Knoxville, Tennessee	$52,880	$30,840	50
54	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$52,390	$41,000	330
55	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$52,150	$29,300	360
56	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,040	$24,350	190
57	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$47,790	$25,540	n/a
58	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$46,800	$31,160	n/a
59	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,960	$28,310	40
60	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$44,940	$18,580	90
61	Fresno, California	$43,410	$28,200	80
62	Rapid City, South Dakota	$41,740	$32,980	30
63	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$41,510	$21,520	70
64	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$39,420	$25,830	50
65	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$38,880	$27,730	40
66	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$38,160	$32,460	120
67	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$34,230	$23,380	60
68	Jacksonville, Florida	$31,150	$21,030	30
69	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$30,880	$23,030	80
70	Boulder, Colorado	$30,690	$26,360	90
71	Provo-Orem, Utah	$29,230	$21,100	40
72	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$23,880	$21,080	n/a
73	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$22,140	$19,930	230