Highest-paying Cities for Semiconductor Processors

The top 54 highest paying cities for semiconductor processors (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 semiconductor processors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,060, Columbus, Ohio is the highest paying city for semiconductor processors. It is followed by Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California (average annual salary $65,200). 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 semiconductor processors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 54 Highest-paying cities/areas for Semiconductor Processors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Columbus, Ohio	$71,060	$50,110	170
2	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$65,200	$47,230	60
3	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,080	$46,490	700
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$54,370	$38,230	270
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$50,080	$39,830	1,930
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,820	$29,900	390
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,690	$38,800	5,430
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$46,210	$36,590	470
9	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$44,210	$26,560	240
10	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$44,160	$33,590	40
11	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$43,910	$32,920	110
12	Tucson, Arizona	$43,670	$29,240	n/a
13	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$43,510	$39,640	370
14	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$43,490	$32,590	150
15	Worcester, Massachusetts	$41,910	$31,540	270
16	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$41,480	$27,360	1,440
17	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$41,430	$29,490	100
18	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$41,160	$36,630	2,490
19	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$40,910	$31,840	160
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$40,710	$25,590	370
21	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$40,200	$32,100	380
22	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$40,130	$34,150	60
23	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$39,530	$24,880	120
24	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$39,280	$27,650	110
25	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$39,070	$32,730	710
26	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$39,070	$32,310	460
27	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$39,050	$32,280	30
28	Nashua, New Hampshire	$38,820	$32,830	n/a
29	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,810	$27,300	330
30	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$38,370	$30,070	70
31	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$38,340	$34,980	230
32	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$38,090	$27,520	160
33	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$37,830	$31,230	110
34	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$37,400	$28,880	330
35	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$37,360	$36,440	120
36	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$36,910	$29,740	1,530
37	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$36,880	$27,620	1,910
38	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$36,460	$36,360	170
39	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$36,360	$27,080	500
40	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$36,250	$28,810	70
41	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$35,580	$28,020	1,410
42	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$35,530	$32,440	40
43	Framingham, Massachusetts	$35,350	$26,300	40
44	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$35,330	$27,150	n/a
45	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$34,980	$29,680	110
46	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$34,190	$23,180	160
47	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$33,700	$20,440	n/a
48	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$33,250	$23,530	700
49	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$32,590	$24,570	n/a
50	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$32,310	$22,700	2,110
51	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$31,820	$22,730	280
52	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$30,060	$24,050	360
53	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$28,930	$22,000	150
54	Salt Lake City, Utah	$26,750	$21,470	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for semiconductor processors.