Highest-paying Cities for Statistical Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for statistical assistants (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 statistical assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $86,970, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut is the highest paying city for statistical assistants. It is followed by Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa (average annual salary $77,270). 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 statistical assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Statistical Assistants

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$86,970	$75,290	70
2	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$77,270	$44,670	60
3	Richmond, Virginia	$67,680	$34,080	40
4	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$65,490	$42,660	50
5	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$63,290	$49,350	580
6	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$62,680	$48,720	30
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$62,550	$41,790	100
8	Columbus, Ohio	$62,250	$48,210	30
9	Salt Lake City, Utah	$61,030	$37,790	40
10	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$61,030	$48,380	30
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$60,540	$46,630	310
12	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$60,540	$37,390	50
13	Worcester, Massachusetts	$60,310	$39,440	40
14	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$60,300	$40,040	40
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$60,000	$38,340	130
16	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$59,610	$38,150	50
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,580	$40,740	540
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$59,240	$47,090	100
19	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$59,220	$52,610	100
20	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$59,150	$44,280	40
21	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$58,930	$37,080	30
22	St Louis, Missouri	$58,860	$43,250	70
23	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$58,380	$51,480	40
24	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$58,340	$52,840	250
25	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$58,230	$40,740	40
26	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$57,820	$43,290	30
27	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$57,290	$40,750	100
28	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$56,740	$28,930	40
29	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$56,710	$46,340	230
30	Erie, Pennsylvania	$56,280	$36,450	30
31	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$56,250	$43,240	50
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$56,120	$40,400	160
33	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$55,970	$34,840	80
34	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$55,710	$38,030	90
35	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$55,530	$44,110	50
36	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$55,310	$42,410	210
37	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$54,840	$35,040	40
38	Springfield, Illinois	$54,260	$42,890	n/a
39	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$54,090	$40,310	120
40	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$53,710	$31,390	30
41	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$53,430	$44,540	70
42	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$53,080	$43,910	n/a
43	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$52,790	$40,450	40
44	Rochester, New York	$52,220	$37,320	70
45	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$52,050	$36,610	50
46	Kansas City, Missouri	$51,950	$40,610	40
47	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$51,680	$40,110	110
48	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,400	$41,630	30
49	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$51,320	$40,510	470
50	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$51,300	$31,860	n/a
51	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$51,260	$33,630	310
52	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$51,230	$35,620	130
53	Syracuse, New York	$51,090	$33,760	70
54	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$51,010	$38,540	50
55	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$50,970	$35,850	70
56	Akron, Ohio	$50,710	$24,180	30
57	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$50,460	$36,780	30
58	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$50,210	$28,670	120
59	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,140	$40,300	40
60	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$50,070	$34,340	30
61	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$49,910	$33,650	40
62	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$49,670	$33,860	160
63	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$49,420	$40,110	430
64	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$49,060	$36,510	160
65	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,570	$37,790	60
66	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$48,470	$34,900	80
67	Knoxville, Tennessee	$48,360	$40,890	1,080
68	Camden, New Jersey	$48,270	$41,160	30
69	Springfield, Massachusetts	$48,150	$41,030	n/a
70	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$47,960	$37,510	30
71	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$47,790	$34,610	40
72	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$47,680	$38,370	60
73	Tucson, Arizona	$47,490	$23,830	30
74	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$47,450	$37,290	30
75	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$47,130	$37,370	50
76	Iowa City, Iowa	$47,120	$37,660	50
77	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$47,020	$37,330	50
78	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$46,820	$34,220	60
79	Boulder, Colorado	$46,810	$29,550	70
80	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$46,810	$30,290	30
81	Lincoln, Nebraska	$46,640	$28,070	80
82	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$46,030	$34,850	50
83	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$45,830	$31,070	30
84	Memphis, Tennessee	$45,540	$28,660	150
85	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$45,500	$32,510	330
86	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$45,410	$33,360	730
87	Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$45,380	$34,310	50
88	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$45,150	$31,420	30
89	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$45,090	$31,500	230
90	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$45,050	$19,200	50
91	Charleston, West Virginia	$44,410	$29,230	30
92	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$44,370	$19,100	n/a
93	Tacoma, Washington	$43,470	$31,680	40
94	Provo-Orem, Utah	$41,910	$32,240	n/a
95	Columbia, Missouri	$41,800	$33,720	60
96	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$41,170	$34,930	30
97	Morgantown, West Virginia	$40,890	$30,310	30
98	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,850	$34,050	40
99	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$40,660	$40,660	30
100	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$39,830	$30,160	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for statistical assistants.