Highest-paying Cities for Other Production Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other production workers (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 other production workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $67,210, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming is the highest paying city for other production workers. It is followed by Urban Honolulu, Hawaii (average annual salary $65,760). 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 other production workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Production Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,210	$39,360	50
2	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$65,760	$27,610	70
3	Decatur, Illinois	$63,380	$48,500	1,600
4	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$62,420	$46,240	50
5	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$61,660	$37,980	140
6	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$59,030	$43,350	30
7	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$58,860	$26,470	40
8	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$57,630	$30,830	90
9	Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$55,940	$34,220	40
10	Peabody, Massachusetts	$55,190	$43,840	110
11	Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$52,990	$16,440	100
12	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$52,740	$27,730	30
13	Corpus Christi, Texas	$51,390	$27,000	100
14	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$50,650	$35,310	30
15	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$50,270	$32,690	720
16	Merced, California	$49,980	$31,980	180
17	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$49,650	$28,640	80
18	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$49,530	$35,000	30
19	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$49,350	$33,060	450
20	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$49,060	$28,340	90
21	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$49,000	$46,760	60
22	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$48,720	$40,820	n/a
23	Midland, Texas	$48,670	$29,870	50
24	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$48,370	$37,700	60
25	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$47,360	$19,380	90
26	Columbia, Missouri	$47,070	$28,020	180
27	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$47,040	$40,260	50
28	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$46,810	$19,100	380
29	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$46,580	$29,770	70
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$46,480	$36,060	1,530
31	Peoria, Illinois	$46,470	$28,700	200
32	State College, Pennsylvania	$46,450	$30,570	30
33	Danbury, Connecticut	$46,400	$29,680	50
34	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$46,300	$31,330	70
35	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$46,230	$22,820	30
36	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$46,060	$30,720	380
37	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,040	$34,290	720
38	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$45,930	$22,050	170
39	St Joseph, Missouri	$44,970	$26,720	60
40	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$44,900	$29,530	660
41	Modesto, California	$44,400	$31,180	450
42	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$44,230	$34,440	140
43	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$44,140	$30,360	280
44	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,970	$37,770	3,620
45	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$43,940	$31,710	80
46	Napa, California	$43,850	$34,870	160
47	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$43,710	$20,370	520
48	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$43,370	$29,700	200
49	Warner Robins, Georgia	$43,170	$27,350	410
50	Lafayette, Louisiana	$43,060	$22,730	1,960
51	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$43,050	$29,640	40
52	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$43,040	$37,660	2,570
53	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$42,610	$33,110	80
54	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$42,550	$29,190	170
55	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$42,420	$23,270	1,650
56	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$42,310	$33,390	40
57	Bismarck, North Dakota	$42,260	$29,290	50
58	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$42,100	$22,720	30
59	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$41,860	$28,630	230
60	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$41,780	$30,620	710
61	Springfield, Massachusetts	$41,700	$33,820	230
62	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$41,300	$23,520	120
63	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$41,290	$37,360	100
64	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$41,130	$31,200	140
65	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$41,130	$21,970	240
66	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$41,100	$20,800	50
67	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$40,990	$34,610	230
68	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$40,830	$33,910	570
69	Redding, California	$40,820	$31,760	50
70	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$40,780	$29,340	220
71	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$40,640	$28,780	120
72	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$40,620	$27,350	30
73	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$40,560	$35,250	520
74	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$40,450	$24,440	1,890
75	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$40,410	$24,960	150
76	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$40,350	$30,370	430
77	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$40,270	$33,560	50
78	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$40,270	$34,330	160
79	Guayama, Puerto Rico	$40,250	$19,920	340
80	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$40,230	$29,620	430
81	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,200	$34,430	80
82	Logan, Utah	$40,160	$29,030	130
83	Worcester, Massachusetts	$40,050	$32,780	330
84	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$40,040	$28,410	60
85	Sioux City, South Dakota	$39,930	$29,590	160
86	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$39,910	$26,930	200
87	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$39,790	$32,330	110
88	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$39,740	$28,620	280
89	Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia	$39,710	$29,650	50
90	Spokane, Washington	$39,710	$30,210	80
91	Lynchburg, Virginia	$39,710	$22,880	750
92	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$39,690	$23,250	30
93	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$39,620	$27,340	110
94	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$39,610	$25,030	60
95	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$39,600	$27,090	130
96	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$39,590	$21,160	430
97	New Bern, North Carolina	$39,520	$27,730	30
98	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$39,490	$30,210	150
99	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$39,450	$29,110	120
100	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$39,430	$34,880	90

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other production workers.