Highest-paying Cities for Mechanical Engineers

The top 100 highest paying cities for mechanical engineers (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 mechanical engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $133,090, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for mechanical engineers. It is followed by Los Alamos County, New Mexico (average annual salary $132,610). 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 mechanical engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Mechanical Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$133,090	$80,360	5,130
2	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$132,610	$86,730	30
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$131,700	$83,630	3,730
4	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$129,950	$72,720	40
5	Tyler, Texas	$122,260	$76,800	220
6	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$121,010	$77,540	360
7	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$120,880	$50,950	30
8	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$120,390	$77,500	1,410
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$119,160	$72,240	1,040
10	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$117,830	$65,760	410
11	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$116,480	$70,170	200
12	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$112,860	$67,880	160
13	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$110,320	$84,550	40
14	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$109,870	$79,480	410
15	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$109,710	$57,850	60
16	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$109,090	$68,940	110
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$108,990	$77,270	4,430
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$108,330	$77,360	200
19	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$108,080	$71,300	560
20	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$107,890	$69,160	1,030
21	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$107,310	$67,710	2,000
22	Midland, Texas	$106,690	$69,820	200
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$106,120	$75,780	5,250
24	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$105,890	$68,930	810
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$105,850	$65,340	4,390
26	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$105,770	$70,480	300
27	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$105,290	$65,130	5,470
28	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$105,290	$70,470	690
29	Framingham, Massachusetts	$105,100	$70,490	1,110
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$104,900	$65,000	1,060
31	Corvallis, Oregon	$104,900	$80,370	120
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$104,620	$70,450	8,470
33	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$104,620	$61,980	970
34	Peoria, Illinois	$104,570	$65,600	940
35	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$104,540	$67,230	100
36	Decatur, Alabama	$104,520	$67,100	300
37	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$104,440	$71,130	6,840
38	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$104,350	$65,890	130
39	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$104,320	$56,640	60
40	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$103,950	$48,500	430
41	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$103,800	$66,840	2,340
42	Nashua, New Hampshire	$103,540	$66,860	730
43	Bellingham, Washington	$103,150	$70,270	130
44	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$103,120	$64,990	120
45	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$103,080	$69,850	8,530
46	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$103,070	$80,460	1,240
47	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$102,970	$75,580	220
48	Johnstown, Pennsylvania	$102,670	$55,390	130
49	Stockton, California	$102,590	$62,950	210
50	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$102,270	$68,220	6,570
51	Longview, Washington	$102,190	$68,100	90
52	Redding, California	$102,170	$62,310	30
53	Huntsville, Alabama	$102,080	$68,620	1,990
54	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$102,070	$75,780	630
55	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$101,880	$67,740	3,110
56	Boulder, Colorado	$101,830	$74,640	880
57	Knoxville, Tennessee	$101,700	$62,300	500
58	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$101,310	$66,460	240
59	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$101,260	$67,700	300
60	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$101,120	$74,790	2,850
61	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$101,050	$63,480	1,510
62	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$101,010	$81,850	120
63	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$100,880	$65,150	1,200
64	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$100,850	$64,560	7,030
65	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$100,650	$50,470	30
66	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$100,630	$77,220	850
67	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$100,630	$70,750	1,390
68	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$100,580	$70,820	140
69	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$100,490	$76,520	640
70	Fairbanks, Alaska	$100,420	$63,480	30
71	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$100,170	$60,080	1,760
72	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$100,120	$78,730	330
73	Columbus, Indiana	$100,060	$79,210	660
74	Tucson, Arizona	$99,890	$77,700	1,280
75	Manchester, New Hampshire	$99,880	$63,230	370
76	Victoria, Texas	$99,830	$70,270	30
77	Salinas, California	$99,810	$67,380	50
78	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$99,690	$63,770	20,560
79	Dubuque, Iowa	$99,580	$79,160	610
80	Syracuse, New York	$99,500	$63,760	660
81	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$99,460	$65,280	130
82	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$99,160	$61,790	360
83	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$99,130	$62,450	3,220
84	St Joseph, Missouri	$99,090	$54,250	40
85	Mobile, Alabama	$99,050	$68,930	460
86	Walla Walla, Washington	$99,040	$63,710	80
87	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$99,040	$76,330	280
88	Corpus Christi, Texas	$99,000	$62,160	260
89	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$98,990	$74,110	480
90	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$98,940	$62,920	4,660
91	Wilmington, New Jersey	$98,900	$67,120	590
92	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$98,840	$63,710	850
93	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$98,570	$62,450	1,840
94	Rapid City, South Dakota	$98,280	$59,000	160
95	Decatur, Illinois	$98,270	$59,090	50
96	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$98,180	$64,620	1,100
97	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$97,970	$68,270	320
98	Anchorage, Alaska	$97,930	$60,830	160
99	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$97,710	$65,530	760
100	Monroe, Michigan	$97,510	$62,340	210

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for mechanical engineers.