The top 10 highest paying cities for wood patternmakers (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 wood patternmakers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $59,760, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for wood patternmakers. It is followed by Salt Lake City, Utah (average annual salary $54,330). 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 wood patternmakers in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $59,760 |
n/a | |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, Utah | $54,330 |
30 | |
| 3 | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan | $49,730 |
60 | |
| 4 | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan | $49,120 |
70 | |
| 5 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California | $49,100 |
n/a | |
| 6 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan | $44,840 |
70 | |
| 7 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina | $38,720 |
30 | |
| 8 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin | $37,600 |
n/a | |
| 9 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $28,610 |
n/a | |
| 10 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania | $28,610 |
n/a | |
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