The top 15 highest paying cities for shoe machine operators and tenders (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 shoe machine operators and tenders in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $36,920, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is the highest paying city for shoe machine operators and tenders. It is followed by Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington (average annual salary $35,490). 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 shoe machine operators and tenders in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California | $36,920 |
110 | |
| 2 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington | $35,490 |
90 | |
| 3 | Lewiston-Auburn, Maine | $34,970 |
110 | |
| 4 | St Louis, Missouri | $34,660 |
100 | |
| 5 | Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota | $33,920 |
n/a | |
| 6 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine | $32,600 |
280 | |
| 7 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois | $32,100 |
70 | |
| 8 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois | $32,100 |
70 | |
| 9 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida | $31,280 |
60 | |
| 10 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $30,560 |
60 | |
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| 11 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia | $28,750 |
40 | |
| 12 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts | $28,080 |
160 | |
| 13 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California | $26,300 |
60 | |
| 14 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida | $20,010 |
30 | |
| 15 | El Paso, Texas | $18,700 |
230 | |