Highest-paying Cities for Medical Appliance Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for medical appliance technicians (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 medical appliance technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $65,940, Flagstaff, Arizona is the highest paying city for medical appliance technicians. It is followed by Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts (average annual salary $65,410). 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 medical appliance technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Medical Appliance Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Flagstaff, Arizona	$65,940	$50,200	50
2	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$65,410	$44,980	300
3	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$59,760	$33,590	30
4	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$57,840	$37,360	80
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$57,480	$24,450	140
6	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$56,300	$23,880	130
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$55,640	$38,340	140
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$55,000	$36,090	200
9	Worcester, Massachusetts	$53,590	$28,120	40
10	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$52,240	$35,620	40
11	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$49,200	$30,500	60
12	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$49,080	$35,700	90
13	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$49,040	$34,200	150
14	Manchester, New Hampshire	$48,740	$38,720	30
15	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$48,520	$34,730	420
16	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$48,500	$38,240	30
17	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,220	$36,780	210
18	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$47,940	$30,500	30
19	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$47,840	$35,620	120
20	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$47,690	$28,690	100
21	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$47,640	$35,190	230
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$47,560	$33,320	1,660
23	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$47,530	$36,390	100
24	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$47,520	$37,230	310
25	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$47,130	$19,180	80
26	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$47,120	$32,970	80
27	New Haven, Connecticut	$46,910	$36,910	60
28	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,780	$31,850	160
29	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$46,410	$28,890	100
30	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$46,130	$40,760	n/a
31	Memphis, Tennessee	$45,930	$34,970	240
32	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$45,910	$31,200	50
33	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$45,760	$33,990	310
34	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$45,430	$35,270	60
35	Toledo, Ohio	$45,410	$32,090	30
36	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$45,400	$36,460	n/a
37	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$45,280	$29,610	90
38	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$45,240	$40,330	n/a
39	Dayton, Ohio	$45,160	$38,720	70
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,260	$23,680	310
41	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$44,150	$32,300	70
42	Springfield, Massachusetts	$43,730	$34,220	60
43	Fresno, California	$43,480	$27,540	50
44	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,410	$37,850	370
45	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$42,870	$31,610	100
46	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$42,700	$33,700	400
47	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$42,290	$33,850	80
48	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$41,840	$36,510	160
49	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$41,790	$32,450	n/a
50	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$41,750	$32,700	30
51	Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$41,740	$23,450	40
52	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$41,620	$27,100	130
53	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$41,350	$21,400	30
54	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$41,240	$32,290	90
55	Tyler, Texas	$41,100	$20,990	n/a
56	Tucson, Arizona	$41,080	$32,390	40
57	Anchorage, Alaska	$40,970	$32,980	60
58	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$40,970	$34,090	150
59	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$40,880	$32,470	140
60	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$40,850	$27,540	50
61	Kansas City, Missouri	$40,680	$34,730	300
62	Columbus, Ohio	$40,560	$31,980	70
63	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$40,520	$21,900	300
64	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$40,490	$37,520	190
65	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$40,340	$27,390	n/a
66	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$39,960	$25,070	n/a
67	Richmond, Virginia	$39,940	$28,330	80
68	Wilmington, New Jersey	$39,830	$24,470	40
69	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$39,790	$27,760	30
70	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$39,700	$34,840	80
71	Springfield, Missouri	$39,620	$31,330	50
72	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$39,340	$26,700	60
73	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$39,180	$37,080	170
74	Salt Lake City, Utah	$39,180	$36,680	140
75	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,970	$35,960	140
76	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$38,960	$26,000	n/a
77	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$38,940	$33,710	340
78	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$38,850	$24,080	30
79	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$38,520	$35,440	60
80	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$38,480	$30,350	60
81	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$38,460	$25,190	n/a
82	Peoria, Illinois	$38,410	$27,620	30
83	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$38,380	$30,330	230
84	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$38,200	$28,030	40
85	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$38,030	$31,540	40
86	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$37,910	$27,110	40
87	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$37,750	$33,860	50
88	Columbia, Missouri	$37,700	$29,830	50
89	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,610	$35,080	200
90	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,590	$24,480	40
91	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$37,590	$18,500	790
92	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$37,560	$36,200	50
93	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$37,540	$22,220	60
94	Madison, Wisconsin	$37,500	$29,680	70
95	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$37,400	$27,460	80
96	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$37,160	$29,390	240
97	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,100	$32,660	70
98	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$37,090	$23,080	n/a
99	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$37,090	$31,330	370
100	Akron, Ohio	$37,070	$30,040	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for medical appliance technicians.