Highest-paying Cities for Packers and Packagers

The top 100 highest paying cities for packers and packagers (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 packers and packagers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $46,370, Bloomington, Indiana is the highest paying city for packers and packagers. It is followed by St Joseph, Missouri (average annual salary $42,040). 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 packers and packagers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Packers and Packagers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bloomington, Indiana	$46,370	$23,450	330
2	St Joseph, Missouri	$42,040	$24,970	390
3	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$41,330	$28,690	280
4	Rome, Georgia	$40,930	$22,870	140
5	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$40,320	$30,150	510
6	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$39,520	$28,170	8,210
7	Joplin, Missouri	$39,280	$27,240	550
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$38,770	$34,370	3,750
9	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$38,750	$30,840	210
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$38,180	$33,490	7,830
11	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,980	$27,560	200
12	Anchorage, Alaska	$37,780	$28,450	560
13	Olympia, Washington	$37,760	$32,900	330
14	Logan, Utah	$37,490	$22,530	430
15	Fairbanks, Alaska	$37,470	$28,140	160
16	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,460	$23,430	980
17	Lewiston, Washington	$37,440	$24,010	60
18	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$37,440	$20,100	170
19	Albany, Oregon	$37,370	$28,000	160
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$37,330	$33,560	4,460
21	Sioux City, South Dakota	$37,250	$29,070	520
22	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,230	$19,690	920
23	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$37,210	$30,630	4,600
24	Carson City, Nevada	$37,200	$21,760	130
25	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$37,180	$22,610	390
26	Bellingham, Washington	$37,120	$32,140	270
27	Tucson, Arizona	$36,990	$28,290	650
28	Syracuse, New York	$36,540	$28,120	570
29	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,450	$30,510	12,240
30	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,410	$27,450	27,200
31	Topeka, Kansas	$36,350	$26,660	340
32	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$36,280	$29,860	550
33	Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$36,220	$20,990	300
34	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$36,170	$29,950	3,000
35	Bay City, Michigan	$36,170	$23,660	170
36	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$36,120	$25,100	160
37	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$36,100	$23,490	1,710
38	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$36,070	$29,860	1,800
39	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$36,000	$26,610	2,070
40	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$35,960	$26,780	130
41	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$35,960	$30,200	200
42	Columbus, Ohio	$35,960	$28,670	4,910
43	Reading, Pennsylvania	$35,910	$29,210	1,550
44	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$35,900	$28,090	2,890
45	Owensboro, Kentucky	$35,880	$27,050	100
46	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$35,860	$25,960	3,290
47	Kokomo, Indiana	$35,860	$18,910	30
48	Ithaca, New York	$35,840	$28,810	30
49	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$35,650	$28,230	220
50	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$35,650	$28,710	64,520
51	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$35,640	$31,140	880
52	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,640	$32,790	1,020
53	Ames, Iowa	$35,560	$29,140	130
54	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$35,520	$21,240	460
55	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$35,450	$29,250	1,940
56	Mansfield, Ohio	$35,410	$23,210	250
57	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$35,370	$30,680	1,410
58	Missoula, Montana	$35,360	$20,740	220
59	Iowa City, Iowa	$35,250	$28,560	220
60	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$35,240	$27,140	230
61	Appleton, Wisconsin	$35,170	$20,630	790
62	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$35,160	$21,360	610
63	Wausau, Wisconsin	$35,130	$16,040	220
64	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$35,110	$28,840	510
65	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$35,090	$21,670	120
66	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$35,090	$25,220	7,830
67	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$35,070	$26,210	3,880
68	Decatur, Illinois	$35,060	$28,890	90
69	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$35,010	$29,000	31,420
70	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$34,970	$20,400	1,010
71	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$34,970	$28,500	150
72	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$34,970	$30,010	760
73	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$34,970	$29,480	2,990
74	Prescott, Arizona	$34,970	$28,530	140
75	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$34,970	$26,880	330
76	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$34,950	$25,720	570
77	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$34,860	$30,810	3,330
78	Toledo, Ohio	$34,810	$27,320	980
79	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$34,750	$26,470	5,440
80	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$34,600	$30,400	330
81	Provo-Orem, Utah	$34,560	$26,350	1,540
82	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$34,560	$26,670	4,900
83	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$34,550	$24,110	3,580
84	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$34,520	$31,880	220
85	Boulder, Colorado	$34,490	$29,630	330
86	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$34,430	$30,920	3,640
87	Napa, California	$34,330	$30,780	280
88	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$34,320	$21,360	990
89	Stockton, California	$34,320	$31,120	3,240
90	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$34,310	$31,200	550
91	Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$34,260	$21,330	1,960
92	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$34,200	$29,000	5,700
93	Spokane, Washington	$34,170	$30,550	750
94	Madison, Wisconsin	$34,150	$21,040	1,590
95	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$34,090	$20,320	250
96	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,020	$30,670	29,560
97	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$33,980	$27,150	1,220
98	Kansas City, Missouri	$33,970	$24,910	4,100
99	Springfield, Missouri	$33,960	$23,190	760
100	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$33,940	$30,100	270

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