Highest-paying Cities for Other Religious Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other religious 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 religious workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $75,400, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for other religious workers. It is followed by Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey (average annual salary $74,050). 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 religious workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$75,400	$36,890	70
2	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$74,050	$32,250	90
3	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$62,400	$41,600	40
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$61,170	$33,370	230
5	Syracuse, New York	$61,000	$24,970	30
6	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$60,670	$28,100	80
7	Richmond, Virginia	$59,400	$34,420	120
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$58,600	$33,600	60
9	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$53,040	$19,810	80
10	Memphis, Tennessee	$51,820	$19,320	40
11	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$51,700	$32,880	30
12	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$50,960	$30,110	150
13	Knoxville, Tennessee	$50,720	$18,950	30
14	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$50,640	$27,550	n/a
15	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,960	$32,900	n/a
16	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$48,410	$29,760	40
17	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$48,050	$32,070	60
18	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$48,020	$29,560	150
19	Jacksonville, Florida	$47,890	$29,810	40
20	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$47,540	$26,000	150
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$47,250	$22,790	590
22	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,010	$36,360	200
23	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$46,940	$29,300	160
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,920	$36,120	590
25	St Louis, Missouri	$46,740	$22,880	60
26	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$46,580	$42,320	40
27	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$46,390	$27,710	30
28	Peoria, Illinois	$45,750	$22,880	40
29	Columbus, Ohio	$44,890	$27,690	n/a
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,810	$30,950	330
31	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$44,770	$30,790	140
32	Fresno, California	$44,670	$29,550	30
33	Salem, Oregon	$44,160	$28,740	120
34	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$43,100	$30,320	80
35	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$43,060	$26,530	60
36	Billings, Montana	$42,610	$30,150	40
37	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$42,400	$18,050	40
38	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$42,350	$24,610	380
39	Bend, Oregon	$40,040	$27,150	30
40	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$38,960	$19,720	160
41	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$38,960	$20,960	190
42	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,710	$28,890	2,050
43	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$38,550	$21,250	170
44	Kansas City, Missouri	$38,500	$22,580	30
45	Missoula, Montana	$38,500	$36,480	30
46	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$38,470	$28,950	80
47	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$38,350	$20,590	70
48	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$37,860	$26,120	180
49	Asheville, North Carolina	$37,830	$18,660	n/a
50	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,760	$22,120	120
51	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$37,700	$20,680	50
52	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$37,420	$24,110	360
53	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$37,330	$26,280	260
54	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$37,110	$28,170	260
55	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$36,910	$26,000	120
56	Anchorage, Alaska	$36,790	$33,090	n/a
57	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$36,660	$31,200	190
58	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$36,520	$36,520	40
59	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$36,130	$22,840	70
60	Gainesville, Florida	$35,580	$19,440	50
61	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$35,390	$18,410	100
62	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$35,290	$23,870	40
63	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$35,260	$19,550	40
64	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$35,170	$17,290	60
65	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$35,000	$25,450	30
66	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$34,490	$17,070	90
67	Springfield, Massachusetts	$34,470	$21,020	n/a
68	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$34,270	$20,150	30
69	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$34,260	$27,860	30
70	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$33,560	$21,270	190
71	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$33,000	$20,570	30
72	Rochester, New York	$32,450	$27,460	30
73	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$31,670	$22,890	340
74	Medford, Oregon	$31,020	$26,520	40
75	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$30,900	$28,230	230
76	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$30,700	$21,550	170
77	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$30,580	$26,000	30
78	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$30,550	$25,960	60
79	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$30,520	$26,880	250
80	Camden, New Jersey	$30,510	$21,120	n/a
81	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$29,990	$25,420	60
82	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$29,400	$18,710	30
83	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$29,000	$26,520	40
84	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$28,500	$21,060	50
85	New Haven, Connecticut	$28,460	$18,210	40
86	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$28,140	$25,040	n/a
87	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$27,750	$18,460	30
88	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$26,950	$17,520	490
89	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$26,880	$18,630	90
90	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$26,800	$22,340	40
91	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$26,620	$26,620	30
92	Tyler, Texas	$26,560	$20,060	30
93	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$26,550	$18,600	70
94	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$25,990	$21,410	n/a
95	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$25,800	$16,870	110
96	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$25,110	$24,670	n/a
97	Utica-Rome, New York	$24,560	$24,550	40
98	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$24,150	$23,360	30
99	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$23,810	$17,130	50
100	Tacoma, Washington	$23,560	$20,080	50

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