Highest-paying Cities for Lodging Managers

The top 100 highest paying cities for lodging managers (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 lodging managers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $117,490, Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland is the highest paying city for lodging managers. It is followed by Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii (average annual salary $114,700). 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 lodging managers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Lodging Managers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$117,490	$69,220	70
2	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$114,700	$89,050	60
3	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$103,790	$87,260	40
4	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$101,050	$52,220	220
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$99,030	$74,520	30
6	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$97,610	$50,340	710
7	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$95,840	$57,940	2,190
8	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$90,000	$76,960	60
9	Asheville, North Carolina	$89,960	$57,820	30
10	Peoria, Illinois	$88,000	$28,340	60
11	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$84,830	$39,450	50
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$84,220	$53,760	330
13	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$83,630	$47,650	580
14	Midland, Texas	$83,500	$47,580	30
15	Framingham, Massachusetts	$82,540	$35,280	40
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$80,140	$70,210	40
17	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$79,070	$56,640	30
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$78,860	$46,610	240
19	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$78,500	$55,190	60
20	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$78,030	$60,620	320
21	Ocean City, New Jersey	$78,020	$27,040	110
22	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$78,000	$50,220	70
23	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,940	$46,600	40
24	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$77,850	$42,510	220
25	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$77,640	$40,560	450
26	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$77,230	$51,710	110
27	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,960	$45,520	250
28	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$76,680	$40,000	80
29	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$76,660	$45,750	140
30	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$76,580	$37,770	560
31	Salt Lake City, Utah	$76,430	$35,420	140
32	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$76,270	$55,530	470
33	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$76,220	$29,990	40
34	Fairbanks, Alaska	$76,160	$36,650	30
35	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$75,990	$43,360	590
36	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$75,660	$54,120	600
37	Boulder, Colorado	$74,830	$39,530	30
38	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,570	$43,210	730
39	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$74,540	$48,300	80
40	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$73,640	$34,590	410
41	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$73,030	$44,250	140
42	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$72,860	$49,890	40
43	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$72,710	$48,250	40
44	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$72,640	$39,480	230
45	Iowa City, Iowa	$72,130	$41,790	50
46	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$71,860	$29,830	310
47	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$71,600	$44,240	50
48	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$71,450	$54,080	110
49	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$70,740	$40,280	140
50	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$70,610	$38,650	520
51	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$70,520	$46,680	60
52	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,390	$43,810	380
53	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$70,110	$44,890	330
54	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$70,020	$29,170	40
55	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$69,930	$32,280	50
56	Wichita, Kansas	$69,850	$37,640	40
57	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$69,800	$55,280	440
58	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$69,360	$55,510	140
59	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$69,340	$45,600	90
60	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$68,750	$50,640	390
61	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$68,720	$43,470	30
62	Wilmington, New Jersey	$68,610	$47,540	60
63	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$68,430	$44,900	40
64	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$68,360	$50,200	40
65	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$68,290	$51,700	80
66	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$68,210	$36,900	120
67	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$68,170	$39,590	90
68	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$68,170	$39,100	40
69	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$67,970	$43,110	120
70	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$67,910	$46,750	60
71	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$67,250	$35,720	510
72	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$67,250	$48,720	300
73	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$66,640	$53,390	120
74	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$66,070	$38,640	130
75	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$65,920	$47,170	350
76	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$65,720	$43,730	40
77	Duluth, Wisconsin	$65,390	$41,600	60
78	Columbia, South Carolina	$65,230	$39,480	70
79	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$64,970	$38,910	110
80	Madison, Wisconsin	$64,950	$44,180	110
81	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$64,560	$46,660	90
82	Manchester, New Hampshire	$64,390	$35,970	30
83	Kingston, New York	$63,770	$40,090	60
84	Richmond, Virginia	$63,750	$55,020	50
85	Napa, California	$63,690	$36,730	80
86	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$63,670	$37,780	40
87	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$63,580	$27,060	30
88	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$63,580	$29,720	180
89	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$63,540	$43,170	40
90	Prescott, Arizona	$63,390	$42,010	60
91	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$63,300	$34,270	110
92	Savannah, Georgia	$63,000	$34,270	120
93	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$62,930	$41,810	160
94	Mobile, Alabama	$62,930	$39,350	30
95	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$62,840	$44,320	70
96	Charlottesville, Virginia	$62,800	$48,690	40
97	Camden, New Jersey	$62,690	$55,170	50
98	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$62,670	$47,640	150
99	Spokane, Washington	$62,600	$37,360	60
100	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$62,530	$38,240	350

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for lodging managers.