Highest-paying Cities for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators

The top 100 highest paying cities for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators (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 miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $52,500, Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the highest paying city for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators. It is followed by Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana (average annual salary $51,630). 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 miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$52,500	$25,370	5,440
2	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$51,630	$32,670	6,480
3	Jackson, Mississippi	$51,130	$26,490	4,710
4	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$51,080	$31,480	19,710
5	Flint, Michigan	$50,430	$34,320	6,040
6	Owensboro, Kentucky	$50,420	$28,740	1,010
7	Flagstaff, Arizona	$50,390	$34,910	750
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,380	$36,350	16,620
9	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$49,150	$31,780	4,700
10	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$47,310	$35,460	1,410
11	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$46,140	$34,640	11,340
12	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$46,060	$31,030	1,090
13	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$46,030	$35,710	500
14	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$46,020	$31,730	21,420
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,710	$37,240	6,910
16	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$45,550	$33,440	2,790
17	Rockford, Illinois	$44,980	$29,540	5,070
18	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$44,930	$31,970	21,110
19	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$44,750	$27,550	4,250
20	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$44,730	$33,290	500
21	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$44,710	$30,490	1,150
22	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$44,420	$33,670	6,190
23	Lincoln, Nebraska	$44,410	$27,270	1,680
24	Anchorage, Alaska	$44,410	$31,000	80
25	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$44,350	$29,670	2,670
26	Kansas City, Missouri	$44,110	$29,920	13,530
27	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$44,100	$36,070	9,150
28	Peoria, Illinois	$44,090	$30,280	3,100
29	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$44,080	$32,060	2,230
30	Bismarck, North Dakota	$43,970	$31,480	370
31	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$43,950	$28,870	2,350
32	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$43,930	$31,230	5,250
33	Bloomington, Illinois	$43,750	$26,190	3,820
34	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$43,620	$31,300	480
35	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$43,580	$28,640	3,710
36	Elizabethtown, Kentucky	$43,390	$30,980	1,750
37	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$43,030	$33,660	40
38	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$42,970	$30,590	170
39	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$42,770	$30,460	920
40	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$42,480	$34,810	570
41	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$42,310	$27,910	200
42	Cleveland, Tennessee	$42,120	$28,040	1,010
43	Corvallis, Oregon	$42,040	$33,100	90
44	Bellingham, Washington	$41,590	$32,700	760
45	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$41,370	$27,470	270
46	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$41,140	$29,650	560
47	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$40,950	$32,000	1,070
48	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$40,860	$29,820	6,100
49	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$40,790	$34,210	1,090
50	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$40,650	$31,010	1,370
51	New Bern, North Carolina	$40,630	$33,560	940
52	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$40,620	$31,450	11,590
53	Olympia, Washington	$40,490	$32,580	490
54	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$40,440	$30,810	590
55	Kokomo, Indiana	$40,400	$28,790	190
56	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$40,370	$30,650	8,370
57	Jackson, Tennessee	$40,320	$29,490	1,250
58	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$40,280	$32,000	2,870
59	St Cloud, Minnesota	$40,270	$29,860	1,480
60	Toledo, Ohio	$40,260	$31,020	10,580
61	Dubuque, Iowa	$40,100	$30,790	950
62	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$40,050	$28,390	150
63	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$39,970	$32,630	690
64	Fargo, North Dakota	$39,950	$34,460	2,080
65	Mansfield, Ohio	$39,930	$23,220	1,550
66	Columbus, Ohio	$39,930	$28,690	14,350
67	Midland, Texas	$39,910	$30,020	480
68	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$39,910	$30,160	2,610
69	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$39,910	$30,880	1,190
70	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,840	$29,180	2,900
71	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$39,830	$29,710	4,820
72	Greeley, Colorado	$39,770	$27,800	670
73	Madison, Wisconsin	$39,740	$31,450	4,160
74	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$39,700	$36,230	7,860
75	Merced, California	$39,690	$31,030	270
76	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$39,670	$28,170	2,430
77	Sumter, South Carolina	$39,610	$32,820	1,190
78	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$39,580	$28,720	1,070
79	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$39,480	$32,830	220
80	Rochester, Minnesota	$39,470	$30,820	880
81	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$39,450	$32,000	28,060
82	Bowling Green, Kentucky	$39,450	$30,760	3,510
83	Johnson City, Tennessee	$39,430	$27,050	970
84	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$39,420	$32,510	810
85	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$39,400	$24,960	270
86	Spokane, Washington	$39,390	$31,680	1,300
87	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,360	$31,620	370
88	Boulder, Colorado	$39,260	$31,130	1,060
89	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$39,150	$30,000	4,540
90	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,100	$29,800	9,930
91	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$39,090	$28,960	1,020
92	Bangor, Maine	$39,030	$31,540	210
93	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$39,030	$29,660	2,560
94	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$38,980	$32,130	7,560
95	Bend, Oregon	$38,970	$32,430	520
96	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,950	$32,330	15,220
97	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$38,940	$30,370	380
98	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$38,910	$30,840	1,370
99	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$38,910	$27,960	1,010
100	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,910	$31,620	58,830

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.