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Highest Paying Cities for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

The top 100 highest paying cities for pump operators, except wellhead pumpers (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 pump operators, except wellhead pumpers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $72,240, Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana is the highest paying city for pump operators, except wellhead pumpers. It is followed by North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia (average annual salary $69,830). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of pump operators, except wellhead pumpers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$72,240	$38,430	50
2	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$69,830	$37,390	n/a
3	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$69,730	$51,180	40
4	Amarillo, Texas	$67,830	$24,950	40
5	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$67,380	$42,930	50
6	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$66,830	$34,500	90
7	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$65,670	$23,610	160
8	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$65,150	$40,860	n/a
9	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$64,940	$18,160	100
10	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$64,450	$43,830	70
11	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$63,640	$17,510	n/a
12	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$63,430	$27,700	220
13	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$61,990	$27,390	n/a
14	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$60,450	$27,650	80
15	Lubbock, Texas	$56,840	$27,220	n/a
16	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$56,400	$39,600	60
17	Evansville, Kentucky	$56,220	$43,830	40
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, USA	$55,380	$32,520	260
19	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$55,030	$32,380	590
20	Jacksonville, Florida	$54,640	$39,420	n/a
21	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$54,330	$46,500	n/a
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$54,030	$33,610	320
23	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$53,800	$35,730	80
24	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$53,080	$39,600	60
25	New York-Jersey City-White Plains, USA	$52,950	$40,520	n/a
26	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$52,920	$36,660	50
27	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$51,800	$31,790	70
28	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$51,710	$41,650	110
29	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$51,250	$32,870	220
30	Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$51,240	$31,500	n/a
31	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$50,920	$40,920	310
32	Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$50,150	$33,450	n/a
33	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$50,040	$30,910	40
34	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,720	$32,920	230
35	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$49,680	$33,260	110
36	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$49,520	$38,320	330
37	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$49,220	$24,230	100
38	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$48,610	$40,130	60
39	Lafayette, Louisiana	$47,700	$30,180	1,610
40	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$46,550	$31,860	190
41	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$46,280	$35,260	n/a
42	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$46,240	$24,950	30
43	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$45,920	$26,720	n/a
44	Memphis, Tennessee	$45,870	$30,690	30
45	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$45,820	$27,200	90
46	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$45,700	$27,950	70
47	Longview, Texas	$45,350	$30,740	50
48	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$45,260	$30,690	320
49	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$45,210	$17,220	390
50	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$45,190	$32,620	260
51	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$44,540	$40,130	n/a
52	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,530	$27,560	60
53	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$44,520	$29,840	70
54	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$43,380	$31,730	30
55	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$43,250	$32,160	410
56	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$42,970	$20,650	70
57	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$42,910	$34,370	n/a
58	Laredo, Texas	$42,570	$26,310	100
59	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$42,480	$25,690	n/a
60	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$42,280	$33,930	180
61	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$42,180	$27,620	70
62	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$41,970	$27,870	110
63	Gary, Indiana	$41,890	$31,550	40
64	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$41,800	$32,990	n/a
65	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$41,770	$30,380	330
66	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$41,770	$32,260	350
67	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$40,980	$29,210	40
68	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$40,610	$26,770	30
69	Odessa, Texas	$39,450	$22,280	110
70	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$39,310	$33,740	n/a
71	Greeley, Colorado	$39,310	$32,650	120
72	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$39,300	$27,240	1,390
73	Wilmington, New Jersey	$38,990	$31,640	60
74	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$38,790	$26,400	n/a
75	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$38,610	$26,870	300
76	Corpus Christi, Texas	$38,530	$27,930	170
77	Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,220	$22,360	40
78	Wichita Falls, Texas	$38,000	$25,760	60
79	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$37,590	$32,730	n/a
80	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$37,540	$22,220	30
81	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$37,450	$27,280	550
82	Tyler, Texas	$36,970	$24,990	n/a
83	El Paso, Texas	$36,790	$27,290	40
84	Grand Junction, Colorado	$36,680	$32,040	n/a
85	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$36,640	$29,570	70
86	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$35,540	$24,130	140
87	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$33,140	$21,030	50
88	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$33,040	$25,710	n/a
89	St Louis, Missouri	$32,510	$22,570	50
90	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$32,120	$27,030	170
91	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$32,030	$27,040	40
92	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$31,130	$26,220	130
93	Midland, Texas	$30,710	$27,140	100
94	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$29,820	$23,800	90
95	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$29,720	$23,620	50
96	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$29,700	$18,970	60
97	Weirton-Steubenville, USA	$29,130	$21,820	40
98	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$29,000	$17,250	n/a
99	Knoxville, Tennessee	$28,920	$22,450	n/a
100	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$28,490	$25,100	30