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Highest-paying Cities for Passenger Vehicle Drivers, Except Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

The top 100 highest paying cities for passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity (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 passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $46,250, Bellingham, Washington is the highest paying city for passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $45,940). 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 passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Passenger Vehicle Drivers, Except Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

Rank City/Area Average Salary i # of
Empl. i
1 Bellingham, Washington
$46,250
300
2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
$45,940
7,530
3 Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
$45,910
320
4 Fairbanks, Alaska
$45,580
210
5 Anchorage, Alaska
$45,440
800
6 Homosassa Springs, Florida
$45,000
60
7 Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
$44,990
540
8 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
$44,940
220
9 Danbury, Connecticut
$44,690
600
10 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
$44,550
220
11 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
$44,200
1,040
12 Iowa City, Iowa
$44,180
380
13 Napa, California
$44,120
250
14 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
$44,070
500
15 Boulder, Colorado
$44,000
530
16 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
$43,970
1,080
17 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
$43,850
560
18 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
$43,850
380
19 Stockton, California
$43,650
420
20 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
$43,600
640
21 Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
$43,470
460
22 Syracuse, New York
$43,220
2,200
23 Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
$43,150
520
24 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
$42,850
200
25 Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
$42,690
200
26 Grand Forks, North Dakota
$42,620
250
27 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
$42,230
870
28 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
$42,160
860
29 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
$41,860
1,940
30 West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
$41,660
470
31 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
$41,450
14,470
32 Yakima, Washington
$41,430
570
33 Carbondale-Marion, Illinois
$41,390
180
34 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
$40,860
42,780
35 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
$40,670
340
36 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
$40,630
490
37 Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana
$40,580
150
38 Vallejo-Fairfield, California
$40,380
770
39 Redding, California
$40,270
180
40 Spokane, Washington
$40,060
1,020
41 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
$40,030
3,930
42 Olympia, Washington
$39,950
780
43 Bend, Oregon
$39,510
200
44 Merced, California
$39,500
600
45 Provo-Orem, Utah
$39,480
840
46 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
$39,400
5,080
47 Salinas, California
$39,370
380
48 St Cloud, Minnesota
$39,360
700
49 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
$39,220
1,550
50 Kingston, New York
$39,120
470
51 Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
$39,050
620
52 West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
$39,020
1,210
53 Springfield, Illinois
$38,920
510
54 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
$38,910
2,040
55 Walla Walla, Washington
$38,870
110
56 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
$38,740
5,250
57 Worcester, Massachusetts
$38,730
1,750
58 Watertown-Fort Drum, New York
$38,500
270
59 Longview, Washington
$38,400
200
60 Midland, Michigan
$38,370
n/a
61 Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
$38,360
2,700
62 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
$38,250
2,290
63 Green Bay, Wisconsin
$38,230
670
64 Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
$38,170
10,360
65 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
$38,070
400
66 East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
$38,030
610
67 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
$37,980
370
68 Utica-Rome, New York
$37,930
1,140
69 Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
$37,920
450
70 Salisbury, Maryland
$37,890
910
71 Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
$37,830
560
72 Bangor, Maine
$37,680
150
73 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
$37,660
200
74 Wausau, Wisconsin
$37,610
270
75 Yuba City, California
$37,550
100
76 California-Lexington Park, Maryland
$37,530
260
77 Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
$37,510
580
78 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
$37,340
2,840
79 Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
$37,290
1,100
80 Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
$37,290
920
81 Rochester, New York
$37,290
4,270
82 Waterbury, Connecticut
$37,210
390
83 Ann Arbor, Michigan
$37,190
750
84 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
$37,190
17,210
85 Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
$37,180
680
86 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
$37,160
820
87 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
$37,150
3,500
88 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
$37,100
280
89 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
$37,080
3,380
90 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
$37,060
1,520
91 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
$36,940
440
92 Decatur, Illinois
$36,880
190
93 Columbus, Ohio
$36,840
2,950
94 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
$36,820
200
95 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
$36,820
810
96 Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
$36,790
110
97 Greeley, Colorado
$36,760
260
98 Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
$36,740
160
99 Jackson, Michigan
$36,720
150
100 Ithaca, New York
$36,660
260