Highest-paying Cities for Maintenance Workers, Machinery

The top 100 highest paying cities for maintenance workers, machinery (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 maintenance workers, machinery in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $100,760, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming is the highest paying city for maintenance workers, machinery. It is followed by Portsmouth, New Hampshire (average annual salary $94,620). 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 maintenance workers, machinery in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$100,760	$76,040	140
2	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$94,620	$38,860	60
3	Pascagoula, Mississippi	$88,900	$39,800	50
4	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$82,310	$43,630	50
5	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$81,730	$52,540	150
6	Farmington, New Mexico	$80,770	$40,270	40
7	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$75,940	$46,750	120
8	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$75,220	$47,200	30
9	Columbus, Indiana	$75,070	$41,840	90
10	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$73,550	$41,200	40
11	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$73,010	$31,790	450
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$72,200	$50,830	120
13	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	$71,390	$44,000	50
14	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$71,080	$31,580	40
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,390	$36,390	420
16	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$70,090	$47,310	200
17	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$68,160	$40,750	40
18	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$68,050	$57,160	40
19	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$67,130	$35,600	510
20	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$65,780	$65,780	50
21	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$65,680	$56,980	50
22	Columbia, South Carolina	$65,610	$35,040	290
23	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$65,600	$38,990	170
24	Sioux City, South Dakota	$64,930	$46,910	80
25	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$64,510	$34,930	140
26	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$64,430	$40,680	40
27	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$64,290	$43,790	50
28	Savannah, Georgia	$64,250	$47,390	80
29	Modesto, California	$63,950	$33,570	90
30	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$63,950	$53,140	60
31	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$63,850	$41,720	80
32	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$63,810	$54,570	50
33	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$63,690	$43,680	50
34	Lewiston, Washington	$63,450	$38,480	30
35	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$63,410	$45,370	160
36	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$63,360	$31,890	140
37	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$63,340	$36,490	80
38	Wheeling, West Virginia	$63,290	$39,040	60
39	Salt Lake City, Utah	$63,230	$39,570	970
40	Racine, Wisconsin	$63,230	$36,600	30
41	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$63,130	$36,770	1,090
42	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$63,040	$61,450	390
43	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$62,900	$44,710	700
44	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$62,710	$33,400	100
45	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$62,570	$32,740	50
46	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$62,180	$45,660	160
47	Richmond, Virginia	$62,130	$39,640	230
48	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$62,090	$44,810	90
49	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$62,060	$37,490	170
50	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$62,040	$38,790	370
51	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$62,020	$38,560	50
52	Winchester, West Virginia	$62,000	$47,620	80
53	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$61,980	$44,040	50
54	New Haven, Connecticut	$61,920	$39,100	150
55	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$61,870	$49,600	190
56	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$61,870	$41,120	50
57	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$61,860	$33,090	190
58	Tacoma, Washington	$61,780	$36,590	130
59	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$61,600	$37,160	210
60	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$61,530	$40,780	320
61	Brunswick, Georgia	$61,510	$29,110	30
62	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$61,510	$38,910	360
63	Albany, Oregon	$61,460	$35,640	30
64	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$61,430	$33,230	170
65	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$61,210	$45,050	30
66	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$61,050	$38,360	310
67	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$60,860	$34,900	50
68	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$60,810	$35,360	300
69	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$60,750	$47,150	850
70	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$60,650	$54,180	120
71	Columbus, Ohio	$60,430	$38,660	380
72	Morristown, Tennessee	$60,400	$38,430	250
73	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$60,400	$37,990	120
74	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$60,390	$30,100	100
75	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$60,320	$41,870	160
76	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$60,170	$40,040	160
77	Jackson, Tennessee	$60,140	$39,630	240
78	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$59,970	$30,040	40
79	Roanoke, Virginia	$59,950	$38,630	70
80	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$59,950	$35,930	120
81	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$59,890	$42,990	30
82	Anchorage, Alaska	$59,790	$46,910	50
83	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$59,650	$38,330	320
84	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$59,650	$33,770	160
85	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$59,470	$33,160	90
86	Tucson, Arizona	$59,400	$37,360	70
87	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$59,380	$31,730	70
88	Reading, Pennsylvania	$59,360	$50,300	30
89	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$59,360	$38,810	610
90	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$59,340	$37,840	1,100
91	El Centro, California	$59,300	$37,190	60
92	Joplin, Missouri	$59,260	$38,420	30
93	Rochester, Minnesota	$59,240	$48,790	50
94	Dubuque, Iowa	$59,070	$43,000	30
95	Rome, Georgia	$59,060	$42,640	n/a
96	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$59,040	$36,990	90
97	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$59,020	$28,440	330
98	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$59,020	$38,990	50
99	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$59,000	$36,470	160
100	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$58,980	$36,340	360

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