Highest-paying Cities for Residential Advisors

The top 100 highest paying cities for residential advisors (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 residential advisors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $51,210, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for residential advisors. It is followed by Ithaca, New York (average annual salary $50,160). 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 residential advisors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Residential Advisors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$51,210	$38,290	380
2	Ithaca, New York	$50,160	$34,420	110
3	Napa, California	$49,990	$35,690	40
4	El Centro, California	$49,930	$24,410	30
5	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$48,140	$38,360	80
6	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,750	$36,590	30
7	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,620	$35,190	50
8	Waco, Texas	$47,490	$22,920	70
9	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$46,710	$36,660	90
10	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$45,650	$35,890	200
11	Cumberland, West Virginia	$45,430	$29,450	150
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,410	$37,020	980
13	Salinas, California	$45,160	$33,410	50
14	Fargo, North Dakota	$44,800	$29,400	120
15	Boulder, Colorado	$44,710	$31,510	30
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$44,300	$34,840	80
17	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$43,810	$33,500	1,990
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$43,750	$34,850	930
19	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$43,680	$26,530	40
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$43,680	$30,190	560
21	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$43,310	$31,820	3,700
22	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$43,290	$29,220	50
23	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$43,270	$25,880	310
24	Albany, Oregon	$43,200	$24,430	40
25	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$43,170	$33,610	430
26	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$43,160	$28,670	80
27	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,950	$34,180	250
28	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$42,820	$32,510	60
29	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$42,710	$23,960	130
30	Burlington, North Carolina	$42,630	$21,240	40
31	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$42,590	$33,950	30
32	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$42,250	$33,200	1,130
33	Lubbock, Texas	$42,140	$20,260	120
34	Stockton, California	$42,110	$31,050	50
35	Danbury, Connecticut	$42,040	$34,670	110
36	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$42,020	$33,670	100
37	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$42,010	$27,060	60
38	Bellingham, Washington	$41,820	$32,980	40
39	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$41,720	$25,820	80
40	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$41,650	$27,210	40
41	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$41,580	$27,820	160
42	Longview, Texas	$41,470	$22,150	80
43	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$41,450	$31,650	320
44	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$41,270	$31,430	100
45	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$41,230	$34,450	4,040
46	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$41,170	$27,250	110
47	Lincoln, Nebraska	$41,140	$26,800	80
48	Rochester, Minnesota	$41,110	$29,150	170
49	Springfield, Missouri	$41,100	$26,130	140
50	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$40,980	$35,660	160
51	Corvallis, Oregon	$40,970	$36,640	30
52	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$40,830	$35,000	190
53	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$40,450	$34,750	130
54	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$40,420	$31,420	60
55	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$40,390	$34,680	100
56	Elmira, New York	$40,340	$32,940	40
57	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,310	$33,690	40
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$40,170	$33,080	2,620
59	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$40,150	$27,610	160
60	Bend, Oregon	$40,100	$32,600	30
61	Garrett County, Maryland	$40,030	$32,820	30
62	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$40,020	$30,960	50
63	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$40,010	$28,360	540
64	Duluth, Wisconsin	$39,960	$33,060	290
65	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$39,940	$24,940	30
66	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$39,830	$29,300	50
67	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,710	$31,040	60
68	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,580	$30,910	40
69	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$39,520	$31,680	40
70	St Cloud, Minnesota	$39,500	$27,920	160
71	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$39,480	$25,760	140
72	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$39,450	$29,990	90
73	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$39,420	$26,890	30
74	Charlottesville, Virginia	$39,410	$25,100	70
75	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$39,310	$34,580	100
76	Madison, Wisconsin	$39,280	$26,800	50
77	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$39,270	$36,560	160
78	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$39,110	$24,770	50
79	Bismarck, North Dakota	$39,110	$30,480	80
80	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$39,020	$30,390	60
81	Syracuse, New York	$38,960	$28,870	190
82	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,960	$34,310	220
83	Modesto, California	$38,930	$31,390	60
84	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$38,850	$30,050	330
85	Manchester, New Hampshire	$38,600	$30,660	60
86	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$38,560	$30,450	70
87	Redding, California	$38,520	$36,160	30
88	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$38,480	$23,500	40
89	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$38,440	$27,230	640
90	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$38,360	$30,890	430
91	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$38,350	$27,460	30
92	Winchester, West Virginia	$38,320	$29,230	40
93	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$38,160	$31,860	30
94	Kingston, New York	$38,120	$29,950	90
95	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia	$38,120	$33,300	60
96	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$38,100	$28,570	240
97	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$38,050	$33,790	180
98	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$38,010	$32,510	100
99	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$37,970	$30,530	330
100	Terre Haute, Indiana	$37,950	$27,430	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for residential advisors.