The top 15 highest paying cities for nuclear power reactor operators (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 nuclear power reactor operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $124,330, Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois is the highest paying city for nuclear power reactor operators. It is followed by Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $114,830). 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 nuclear power reactor operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois | $124,330 |
180 | |
| 2 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania | $114,830 |
260 | |
| 3 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina | $107,170 |
210 | |
| 4 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $106,390 |
210 | |
| 5 | Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin | $104,330 |
110 | |
| 6 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | $103,190 |
150 | |
| 7 | Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina | $99,880 |
n/a | |
| 8 | Monroe, Michigan | $98,620 |
60 | |
| 9 | Knoxville, Tennessee | $97,860 |
n/a | |
| 10 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts | $96,870 |
30 | |
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| 11 | Columbia, South Carolina | $91,590 |
60 | |
| 12 | Richmond, Virginia | $88,680 |
120 | |
| 13 | Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey | $88,240 |
n/a | |
| 14 | Idaho Falls, Idaho | $84,020 |
360 | |
| 15 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana | $79,710 |
510 | |