Highest-paying Cities for Orderlies

The top 100 highest paying cities for orderlies (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 orderlies in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $51,150, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is the highest paying city for orderlies. It is followed by Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California (average annual salary $49,480). 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 orderlies in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Orderlies

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$51,150	$35,830	170
2	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$49,480	$29,500	250
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$46,790	$30,770	50
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$44,080	$26,080	450
5	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$43,890	$31,190	40
6	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$39,880	$33,270	330
7	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$39,790	$31,870	170
8	Duluth, Wisconsin	$39,620	$32,720	70
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$39,120	$29,880	320
10	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,080	$27,510	n/a
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,680	$27,840	1,400
12	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$38,090	$30,040	40
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$37,490	$26,870	540
14	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$36,550	$26,010	810
15	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$36,510	$25,250	80
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$36,390	$26,850	1,840
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,300	$27,420	1,830
18	Modesto, California	$36,210	$28,790	90
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$36,200	$27,680	410
20	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$35,840	$25,630	490
21	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$35,730	$25,910	200
22	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$35,690	$25,920	160
23	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$35,630	$25,760	70
24	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$35,290	$25,220	40
25	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$35,100	$26,040	1,360
26	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$34,850	$30,960	40
27	Madison, Wisconsin	$34,790	$17,340	60
28	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$34,720	$23,920	4,310
29	Clarksville, Tennessee	$34,400	$20,890	80
30	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$34,330	$21,090	3,290
31	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$34,190	$24,780	250
32	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$33,770	$17,530	n/a
33	Spokane, Washington	$33,460	$26,370	30
34	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$33,430	$18,680	n/a
35	Stockton, California	$32,750	$26,610	60
36	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$32,730	$22,890	40
37	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$32,600	$25,730	190
38	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$32,280	$25,750	270
39	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$32,270	$25,340	70
40	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$32,140	$23,320	120
41	Fresno, California	$31,900	$26,650	80
42	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$31,860	$25,360	1,260
43	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$31,850	$28,080	130
44	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$31,730	$21,530	340
45	Anchorage, Alaska	$31,420	$22,890	110
46	Rochester, New York	$31,030	$23,590	220
47	New Haven, Connecticut	$31,000	$22,190	210
48	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$30,990	$23,960	210
49	Tacoma, Washington	$30,930	$25,460	90
50	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$30,840	$23,570	190
51	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$30,710	$24,650	270
52	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$30,670	$24,780	100
53	Worcester, Massachusetts	$30,250	$24,590	150
54	Charlottesville, Virginia	$30,240	$26,600	100
55	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$30,090	$22,490	40
56	Springfield, Massachusetts	$29,990	$25,160	80
57	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$29,840	$22,000	50
58	Gary, Indiana	$29,820	$21,990	150
59	Peoria, Illinois	$29,800	$20,640	80
60	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$29,730	$24,450	40
61	Visalia-Porterville, California	$29,610	$26,490	50
62	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$29,550	$21,900	1,230
63	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$29,510	$22,780	1,500
64	Rockford, Illinois	$29,420	$23,720	80
65	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$29,340	$22,500	780
66	Kingston, New York	$29,320	$26,310	40
67	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$29,310	$24,070	240
68	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$29,300	$25,340	280
69	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$29,280	$22,180	220
70	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$29,180	$23,160	80
71	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$29,170	$21,600	2,140
72	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$29,110	$21,140	30
73	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$28,980	$21,820	940
74	Toledo, Ohio	$28,910	$22,380	160
75	Camden, New Jersey	$28,910	$21,570	280
76	Flint, Michigan	$28,900	$21,390	80
77	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$28,880	$21,800	2,270
78	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$28,750	$22,200	40
79	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$28,750	$20,580	830
80	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$28,740	$23,230	50
81	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$28,690	$23,240	110
82	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$28,580	$21,910	540
83	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$28,520	$21,910	50
84	Dover, Delaware	$28,380	$24,530	50
85	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$28,320	$20,080	60
86	Grand Junction, Colorado	$28,310	$21,360	40
87	Redding, California	$28,280	$21,760	n/a
88	Salem, Oregon	$28,260	$24,620	n/a
89	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$28,230	$20,120	450
90	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$28,190	$21,830	260
91	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$28,190	$22,150	470
92	Ocean City, New Jersey	$28,190	$22,950	80
93	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$28,080	$22,020	30
94	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$27,920	$22,950	650
95	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$27,910	$22,150	60
96	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$27,850	$21,790	290
97	Framingham, Massachusetts	$27,840	$18,680	70
98	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$27,790	$20,950	510
99	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$27,630	$21,350	190
100	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$27,600	$21,080	70

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for orderlies.