Highest-paying Cities for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for miscellaneous construction and related workers (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 construction and related workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $87,510, Salinas, California is the highest paying city for miscellaneous construction and related workers. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois (average annual salary $86,750). 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 construction and related workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Salinas, California	$87,510	$63,110	30
2	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$86,750	$35,300	1,020
3	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$79,270	$39,610	100
4	Fresno, California	$76,810	$38,710	40
5	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$74,020	$25,280	n/a
6	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$72,860	$31,180	90
7	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$72,360	$36,290	50
8	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$71,870	$39,620	30
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,000	$48,470	220
10	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$69,550	$41,670	n/a
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$68,840	$38,510	60
12	Salem, Oregon	$66,810	$42,900	70
13	Modesto, California	$66,780	$38,630	50
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$61,990	$39,520	280
15	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$61,600	$35,440	n/a
16	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$61,490	$38,680	200
17	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$61,040	$38,830	540
18	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$61,030	$38,060	90
19	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$60,790	$34,680	90
20	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$59,870	$33,230	300
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,860	$47,150	260
22	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$59,560	$40,890	100
23	Camden, New Jersey	$59,100	$34,940	70
24	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$59,060	$42,450	n/a
25	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$59,040	$34,720	150
26	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$58,400	$31,410	50
27	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$58,240	$34,250	220
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$57,730	$38,490	660
29	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$56,890	$29,800	30
30	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$56,000	$32,020	460
31	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$54,600	$28,970	160
32	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$54,050	$37,700	190
33	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$53,800	$41,600	80
34	Stockton, California	$52,520	$34,010	40
35	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$52,000	$47,390	70
36	Charlottesville, Virginia	$51,530	$39,690	120
37	Fargo, North Dakota	$51,320	$35,600	80
38	Nashua, New Hampshire	$51,300	$32,720	n/a
39	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$50,950	$36,720	90
40	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$50,400	$30,560	280
41	Worcester, Massachusetts	$50,370	$47,600	50
42	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$49,790	$31,200	80
43	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$49,350	$31,720	280
44	Kansas City, Missouri	$49,280	$36,090	230
45	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$49,120	$36,030	800
46	Rochester, Minnesota	$49,060	$31,420	n/a
47	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$48,990	$37,440	140
48	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$48,930	$34,100	50
49	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$48,740	$31,740	110
50	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$48,540	$37,090	40
51	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$48,470	$36,250	360
52	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$48,250	$36,620	n/a
53	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$48,140	$37,830	790
54	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$48,070	$25,790	n/a
55	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$48,040	$38,760	590
56	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$48,010	$31,830	2,680
57	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$47,890	$29,820	50
58	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$47,800	$41,790	n/a
59	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$47,680	$34,420	220
60	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$47,540	$34,650	370
61	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$47,410	$31,410	50
62	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$47,240	$40,140	380
63	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$47,180	$36,730	70
64	Toledo, Ohio	$47,040	$31,530	80
65	Huntsville, Alabama	$46,960	$42,100	50
66	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$46,640	$33,080	30
67	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$46,590	$28,680	30
68	New Haven, Connecticut	$46,550	$37,670	50
69	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$46,430	$30,350	200
70	Columbus, Ohio	$46,280	$31,670	250
71	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$46,270	$30,070	40
72	Monroe, Louisiana	$46,230	$29,440	90
73	Greeley, Colorado	$46,010	$37,330	100
74	Bismarck, North Dakota	$45,890	$33,050	n/a
75	Anchorage, Alaska	$45,830	$35,590	80
76	Boulder, Colorado	$45,820	$39,140	40
77	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$45,740	$39,330	30
78	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$45,240	$32,940	560
79	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$45,180	$31,130	30
80	Wichita, Kansas	$45,160	$32,560	130
81	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$45,150	$39,270	30
82	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$44,890	$34,560	740
83	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$44,820	$29,850	640
84	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$44,800	$30,230	60
85	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$44,680	$32,070	80
86	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$44,450	$33,100	160
87	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$44,420	$31,840	690
88	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,410	$23,970	100
89	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$44,370	$35,140	100
90	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$44,360	$28,430	1,300
91	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$44,210	$31,080	110
92	Dover, Delaware	$44,210	$36,970	40
93	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$44,190	$35,060	120
94	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$44,140	$26,310	n/a
95	Alexandria, Louisiana	$43,990	$24,770	50
96	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$43,970	$29,790	90
97	Jacksonville, Florida	$43,930	$31,500	210
98	St Louis, Missouri	$43,890	$36,090	140
99	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$43,870	$28,890	n/a
100	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama	$43,870	$33,880	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for miscellaneous construction and related workers.