Highest-paying Cities for Public Address System and Other Announcers

The top 87 highest paying cities for public address system and other announcers (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 public address system and other announcers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $58,190, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida is the highest paying city for public address system and other announcers. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois (average annual salary $54,880). 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 public address system and other announcers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 87 Highest-paying cities/areas for Public Address System and Other Announcers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$58,190	$25,640	80
2	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$54,880	$19,610	160
3	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$54,650	$25,290	40
4	Madison, Wisconsin	$53,450	$23,080	30
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,930	$21,630	70
6	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,500	$22,730	40
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$44,830	$24,960	70
8	Rochester, New York	$44,390	$20,660	40
9	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$43,140	$19,400	n/a
10	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$43,130	$20,920	110
11	Columbus, Ohio	$42,760	$18,420	130
12	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$42,270	$19,380	60
13	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$42,190	$17,360	90
14	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$41,910	$33,190	40
15	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$41,400	$18,470	290
16	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$40,900	$20,500	n/a
17	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$40,790	$26,530	90
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,160	$21,870	50
19	Fargo, North Dakota	$37,150	$19,340	40
20	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$36,850	$17,810	40
21	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$36,760	$27,360	110
22	Jacksonville, Florida	$36,310	$27,250	n/a
23	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,230	$23,400	240
24	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$35,870	$23,630	390
25	St Louis, Missouri	$35,430	$17,380	90
26	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$35,410	$22,890	420
27	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$35,240	$22,880	80
28	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$34,600	$21,250	410
29	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$34,070	$22,890	210
30	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$33,980	$21,890	50
31	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$33,510	$23,140	50
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$33,330	$22,330	590
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$32,740	$20,540	100
34	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$31,520	$18,080	90
35	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$31,160	$17,650	60
36	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$31,010	$19,320	50
37	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$30,200	$22,620	100
38	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$30,190	$21,450	n/a
39	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$29,800	$17,450	60
40	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$29,420	$26,060	90
41	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$28,820	$22,960	130
42	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$28,560	$18,010	110
43	Syracuse, New York	$28,530	$21,320	50
44	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$28,510	$18,980	30
45	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$27,570	$18,520	30
46	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$27,570	$17,660	70
47	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$27,130	$21,850	130
48	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$26,750	$22,590	70
49	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$26,550	$21,260	90
50	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$25,250	$19,240	50
51	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$25,250	$18,100	500
52	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$25,200	$18,630	60
53	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$25,090	$22,170	260
54	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$25,050	$21,950	100
55	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$24,290	$22,350	40
56	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$24,240	$20,830	n/a
57	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$23,880	$18,170	30
58	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$23,850	$17,670	210
59	Salem, Oregon	$23,620	$21,380	30
60	Anchorage, Alaska	$23,500	$21,210	40
61	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$23,350	$20,640	30
62	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$23,140	$20,490	n/a
63	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$22,680	$16,770	n/a
64	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$22,430	$19,620	70
65	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$22,420	$16,670	40
66	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$21,980	$17,960	260
67	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$21,310	$16,290	50
68	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$20,790	$16,410	40
69	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$20,440	$17,100	n/a
70	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$20,080	$16,430	350
71	Lincoln, Nebraska	$19,900	$19,080	30
72	Peoria, Illinois	$19,890	$18,110	n/a
73	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$19,760	$16,060	160
74	Memphis, Tennessee	$19,740	$16,460	40
75	Flint, Michigan	$19,630	$19,260	n/a
76	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$19,450	$17,440	30
77	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$19,430	$16,260	130
78	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$19,350	$16,400	n/a
79	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$19,280	$17,140	50
80	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$19,210	$16,270	90
81	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$19,140	$17,680	80
82	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$18,870	$16,270	n/a
83	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$18,690	$17,390	100
84	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$18,600	$16,250	60
85	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$18,210	$15,990	60
86	Knoxville, Tennessee	$18,090	$16,280	n/a
87	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$17,900	$15,840	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for public address system and other announcers.