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Highest-paying Cities for Surgical Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for surgical 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 surgical assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $107,300, Rochester, Minnesota is the highest paying city for surgical assistants. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia (average annual salary $102,870). 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 surgical assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Rochester, Minnesota	$107,300	$66,500	100
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$102,870	$49,550	260
3	Amarillo, Texas	$99,420	$59,380	40
4	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$97,240	$76,550	80
5	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$96,560	$32,920	n/a
6	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$95,490	$34,980	100
7	Dayton, Ohio	$90,170	$37,760	40
8	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$88,040	$51,550	60
9	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$83,580	$64,600	100
10	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$82,270	$36,800	250

11	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$81,840	$51,740	300
12	Richmond, Virginia	$81,040	$42,130	100
13	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$80,510	$47,100	850
14	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$80,150	$38,530	120
15	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$79,640	$74,200	30
16	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$78,250	$32,180	50
17	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$77,640	$29,590	n/a
18	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$76,120	$38,290	70
19	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$67,450	$46,360	60
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$66,090	$38,620	530
21	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$65,570	$30,650	80
22	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$64,890	$48,160	140
23	Spokane, Washington	$64,350	$38,730	40
24	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$64,280	$35,740	30
25	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$64,160	$46,540	30
26	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$64,030	$49,910	730
27	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$63,400	$47,550	n/a
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$63,330	$37,040	280
29	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$62,840	$40,030	90
30	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$62,660	$50,710	460
31	Duluth, Wisconsin	$62,590	$30,620	30
32	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$62,340	$50,990	180
33	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$61,840	$36,590	180
34	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$61,250	$32,680	60
35	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$61,050	$48,810	440
36	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$60,720	$40,860	220
37	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$60,210	$36,200	1,150
38	Bend, Oregon	$60,030	$49,240	80
39	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$59,920	$32,680	50
40	Owensboro, Kentucky	$59,850	$34,650	30
41	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$59,740	$35,360	70
42	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$59,380	$36,930	60
43	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$58,520	$38,180	30
44	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$58,160	$47,390	60
45	Springfield, Illinois	$57,920	$36,930	30
46	Medford, Oregon	$57,860	$47,690	70
47	El Paso, Texas	$57,590	$42,170	40
48	Tyler, Texas	$56,480	$27,760	40
49	Columbus, Ohio	$55,700	$38,050	50
50	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$55,220	$38,480	110
51	Memphis, Tennessee	$54,690	$39,810	200
52	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$51,990	$48,010	30
53	Jackson, Mississippi	$51,990	$51,990	40
54	Anchorage, Alaska	$51,710	$38,240	50
55	Johnson City, Tennessee	$51,260	$35,870	50
56	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$50,960	$36,900	70
57	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$50,340	$37,330	90
58	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$50,170	$38,200	40
59	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$49,070	$39,480	40
60	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$48,670	$38,280	130
61	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$48,070	$29,850	100
62	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$48,030	$43,890	110
63	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$47,970	$31,620	370
64	Knoxville, Tennessee	$47,820	$37,490	260
65	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$47,800	$38,610	30
66	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$47,750	$37,620	30
67	Salt Lake City, Utah	$47,390	$37,490	n/a
68	Toledo, Ohio	$47,320	$36,920	80
69	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$46,980	$36,770	50
70	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$46,700	$37,840	90
71	Corpus Christi, Texas	$46,690	$46,690	n/a
72	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$45,860	$31,280	40
73	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$45,860	$37,730	90
74	Kansas City, Missouri	$44,830	$36,400	60
75	Savannah, Georgia	$44,610	$33,960	50
76	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$41,920	$41,920	n/a
77	St Louis, Missouri	$40,230	$31,220	80
78	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$39,920	$39,300	160
79	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$39,820	$27,650	n/a
80	Clarksville, Tennessee	$38,120	$29,470	30
81	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$38,030	$31,520	50
82	Huntsville, Alabama	$37,960	$30,250	100
83	Charleston, West Virginia	$37,500	$29,430	40
84	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$37,290	$21,840	60
85	Peoria, Illinois	$37,070	$29,520	30
86	Rockford, Illinois	$36,930	$29,440	40
87	Warner Robins, Georgia	$36,870	$24,340	30
88	Dalton, Georgia	$36,680	$27,830	30
89	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$36,540	$27,610	30
90	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$36,400	$36,400	n/a
91	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$36,300	$28,380	30
92	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$35,790	$35,790	40
93	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$35,700	$28,650	110
94	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$35,210	$25,380	110
95	Jacksonville, Florida	$35,110	$29,460	80
96	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$35,090	$26,550	n/a
97	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$34,960	$29,850	190
98	Mobile, Alabama	$32,890	$23,590	30
99	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$32,720	$24,940	190
100	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$32,650	$30,160	100