Highest-paying Cities for Sewing Machine Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for sewing machine operators (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 sewing machine operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $52,530, Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado is the highest paying city for sewing machine operators. It is followed by Danbury, Connecticut (average annual salary $46,840). 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 sewing machine operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Sewing Machine Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$52,530	$31,680	60
2	Danbury, Connecticut	$46,840	$31,330	40
3	Glens Falls, New York	$46,230	$29,330	40
4	Appleton, Wisconsin	$43,460	$28,210	110
5	New Haven, Connecticut	$42,230	$30,740	120
6	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$41,330	$17,390	50
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$41,260	$31,850	150
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$40,800	$36,310	210
9	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$39,470	$29,730	70
10	Boulder, Colorado	$39,390	$34,780	130
11	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$39,170	$23,380	50
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$39,140	$31,780	910
13	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$38,720	$31,420	40
14	Binghamton, New York	$38,670	$29,250	90
15	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$38,410	$28,030	2,470
16	Waterbury, Connecticut	$38,280	$33,120	n/a
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,160	$33,080	1,130
18	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$37,860	$30,740	90
19	Flint, Michigan	$37,840	$25,790	80
20	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$37,790	$26,860	170
21	Rochester, Minnesota	$37,770	$28,820	30
22	Janesville, Wisconsin	$37,670	$23,710	70
23	Madison, Wisconsin	$37,660	$28,780	300
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,620	$28,530	560
25	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$37,560	$29,820	200
26	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$37,550	$27,500	1,020
27	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$37,500	$28,340	120
28	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$37,490	$30,860	80
29	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$37,490	$31,260	70
30	Bend, Oregon	$37,410	$29,290	80
31	Stockton, California	$37,360	$30,430	80
32	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$37,290	$26,890	210
33	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$37,110	$33,070	90
34	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,080	$31,260	1,410
35	Olympia, Washington	$37,080	$26,300	60
36	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$36,990	$30,700	40
37	Springfield, Massachusetts	$36,930	$30,380	180
38	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$36,760	$30,560	70
39	Jackson, Michigan	$36,680	$24,330	30
40	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$36,660	$31,970	350
41	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$36,470	$27,680	370
42	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$36,430	$24,100	3,070
43	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$36,350	$26,770	450
44	Worcester, Massachusetts	$36,330	$30,500	110
45	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$36,310	$30,950	110
46	Fargo, North Dakota	$36,260	$28,350	100
47	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$36,250	$31,540	1,410
48	Grand Junction, Colorado	$36,200	$30,270	60
49	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$36,190	$27,560	60
50	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$36,190	$29,600	40
51	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$36,190	$31,810	600
52	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$36,190	$31,680	110
53	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$36,160	$24,820	210
54	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$36,060	$22,660	30
55	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$36,020	$25,130	940
56	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$35,990	$30,490	970
57	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$35,950	$31,310	100
58	Bellingham, Washington	$35,900	$30,860	50
59	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$35,810	$25,070	630
60	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$35,810	$26,900	60
61	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$35,800	$22,270	810
62	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$35,760	$31,970	50
63	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,730	$30,170	250
64	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$35,720	$29,490	780
65	Reading, Pennsylvania	$35,690	$28,060	330
66	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$35,670	$26,000	40
67	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$35,640	$24,180	50
68	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$35,620	$27,360	50
69	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$35,620	$29,140	100
70	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$35,580	$26,040	230
71	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$35,500	$28,050	70
72	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$35,420	$29,010	160
73	Erie, Pennsylvania	$35,400	$25,150	90
74	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$35,380	$30,470	6,830
75	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$35,380	$31,110	220
76	Evansville, Kentucky	$35,360	$28,080	200
77	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,360	$29,690	60
78	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$35,340	$27,360	410
79	Kingston, New York	$35,280	$27,460	50
80	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$35,280	$30,940	90
81	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$35,280	$28,010	30
82	Racine, Wisconsin	$35,180	$27,180	80
83	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$35,150	$27,760	800
84	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$35,120	$27,520	40
85	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$34,970	$26,570	270
86	Modesto, California	$34,950	$30,200	50
87	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$34,920	$29,440	60
88	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$34,870	$30,370	40
89	Missoula, Montana	$34,840	$27,980	50
90	Anchorage, Alaska	$34,800	$26,840	n/a
91	Dayton, Ohio	$34,740	$25,630	560
92	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$34,570	$26,180	170
93	Fairbanks, Alaska	$34,570	$27,020	n/a
94	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$34,560	$30,670	70
95	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$34,530	$23,490	180
96	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$34,500	$29,800	160
97	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$34,490	$30,250	770
98	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$34,400	$30,450	860
99	St Cloud, Minnesota	$34,370	$30,700	150
100	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$34,320	$26,720	140

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for sewing machine operators.