Highest-paying Cities for Pile-Driver Operators

The top 56 highest paying cities for pile-driver 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 pile-driver operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $109,010, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois is the highest paying city for pile-driver operators. It is followed by Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $107,800). 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 pile-driver operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 56 Highest-paying cities/areas for Pile-Driver Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$109,010	$90,810	30
2	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$107,800	$87,850	40
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$107,580	$85,250	120
4	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$100,470	$53,520	60
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$100,120	$67,650	240
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$99,710	$48,970	220
7	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$96,330	$76,140	270
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$95,680	$45,440	70
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$94,070	$55,000	70
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$93,950	$84,010	90
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$91,800	$70,280	150
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$91,760	$51,640	n/a
13	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$91,390	$50,740	50
14	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$91,080	$49,080	120
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$90,690	$60,570	40
16	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$85,980	$63,600	50
17	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$84,810	$67,390	50
18	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$79,960	$78,050	30
19	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$72,800	$46,940	30
20	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$72,390	$37,870	n/a
21	Anchorage, Alaska	$69,280	$42,940	30
22	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$67,420	$60,780	n/a
23	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$65,960	$29,020	50
24	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$63,440	$45,540	50
25	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$62,610	$49,140	80
26	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$61,860	$38,630	100
27	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$61,820	$48,910	30
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$61,260	$56,920	40
29	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$61,140	$48,460	210
30	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$60,830	$37,580	50
31	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$58,250	$48,380	40
32	Corpus Christi, Texas	$58,190	$42,010	50
33	Charleston, West Virginia	$57,090	$32,970	40
34	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$56,520	$41,520	70
35	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$56,170	$26,460	n/a
36	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$54,380	$37,650	n/a
37	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$54,100	$46,820	60
38	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$53,450	$39,190	40
39	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$51,480	$35,520	40
40	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$51,320	$37,260	70
41	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$50,850	$37,310	140
42	Jacksonville, Florida	$48,290	$32,550	60
43	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$48,050	$32,680	70
44	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$47,670	$38,150	40
45	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$47,110	$40,550	n/a
46	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$46,310	$35,900	50
47	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$46,060	$39,200	n/a
48	Pascagoula, Mississippi	$42,280	$32,730	30
49	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$39,510	$32,440	180
50	Mobile, Alabama	$37,800	$31,540	40
51	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$35,970	$28,410	60
52	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$35,800	$24,950	80
53	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$34,360	$26,900	n/a
54	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$34,200	$27,810	140
55	Salisbury, Maryland	$33,790	$27,320	30
56	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$28,380	$28,380	n/a

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