Highest-paying Cities for Surgical Technologists

The top 100 highest paying cities for surgical technologists (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 technologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,920, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for surgical technologists. It is followed by Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California (average annual salary $83,180). 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 technologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$84,920	$58,870	1,590
2	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$83,180	$50,580	610
3	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$82,030	$59,700	120
4	Redding, California	$81,770	$48,230	70
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$80,690	$55,560	120
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$79,540	$59,200	680
7	Napa, California	$79,150	$51,650	40
8	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$78,340	$60,310	60
9	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$77,440	$60,650	50
10	Danbury, Connecticut	$77,060	$63,440	80
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$76,840	$46,940	250
12	Modesto, California	$76,590	$47,930	190
13	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$76,180	$45,780	520
14	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$76,040	$49,130	800
15	Anchorage, Alaska	$75,980	$41,170	190
16	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$75,770	$47,880	50
17	New Haven, Connecticut	$75,520	$46,590	290
18	Fairbanks, Alaska	$75,300	$49,660	40
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$73,810	$48,430	390
20	Waterbury, Connecticut	$72,170	$43,090	70
21	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$70,490	$52,480	40
22	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$70,480	$60,520	90
23	Stockton, California	$70,460	$48,760	150
24	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$67,840	$64,530	40
25	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$67,640	$45,060	780
26	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$67,310	$45,370	50
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$67,060	$48,810	40
28	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$66,560	$45,990	1,330
29	Rochester, Minnesota	$66,420	$40,390	240
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$66,320	$42,840	3,630
31	Bend, Oregon	$65,910	$47,000	50
32	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$65,860	$50,710	700
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$65,800	$62,200	1,150
34	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$65,640	$49,240	50
35	Fresno, California	$65,490	$46,130	290
36	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$65,470	$53,710	100
37	Great Falls, Montana	$65,390	$47,230	50
38	St Cloud, Minnesota	$65,080	$49,800	80
39	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$64,900	$53,850	30
40	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$64,770	$48,230	70
41	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$64,670	$51,200	1,120
42	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$64,650	$39,890	50
43	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$64,580	$51,100	40
44	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$64,500	$49,640	5,850
45	Spokane, Washington	$64,420	$50,250	320
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,290	$45,460	1,640
47	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$64,060	$49,040	190
48	Manchester, New Hampshire	$64,030	$50,920	90
49	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$64,000	$48,460	140
50	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$63,950	$50,870	190
51	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$63,880	$41,850	750
52	Salinas, California	$63,770	$49,030	120
53	Grand Junction, Colorado	$63,580	$41,090	70
54	Springfield, Massachusetts	$63,570	$39,180	270
55	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$63,350	$48,900	250
56	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$63,350	$50,990	900
57	Boulder, Colorado	$63,350	$38,490	130
58	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$63,300	$48,580	90
59	Salem, Oregon	$63,140	$44,690	140
60	Topeka, Kansas	$63,020	$37,350	120
61	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$62,990	$29,380	250
62	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$62,950	$48,080	240
63	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$62,860	$49,340	50
64	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$62,640	$48,770	220
65	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$62,630	$40,990	1,750
66	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$62,440	$50,360	850
67	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$62,360	$44,690	240
68	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$62,350	$46,200	70
69	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$62,330	$48,350	110
70	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$62,220	$45,720	80
71	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$62,190	$39,920	1,040
72	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$61,990	$60,680	40
73	Corvallis, Oregon	$61,840	$43,250	30
74	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$61,810	$49,760	160
75	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$61,800	$59,690	40
76	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$61,740	$39,920	130
77	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$61,690	$48,730	400
78	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$61,600	$51,750	70
79	Madison, Wisconsin	$61,380	$51,260	330
80	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$61,300	$45,130	50
81	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$61,190	$47,120	130
82	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$61,040	$45,490	130
83	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$61,010	$49,800	100
84	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$60,860	$37,480	2,390
85	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$60,720	$45,840	1,990
86	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$60,580	$47,850	70
87	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$60,570	$46,820	70
88	Odessa, Texas	$60,560	$48,830	40
89	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,530	$47,160	40
90	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$60,370	$44,240	100
91	Medford, Oregon	$60,330	$43,080	120
92	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$60,320	$48,820	240
93	Worcester, Massachusetts	$60,100	$38,160	160
94	Janesville, Wisconsin	$60,050	$48,080	60
95	Duluth, Wisconsin	$60,040	$51,230	140
96	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$59,970	$38,720	70
97	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$59,910	$42,210	140
98	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$59,900	$46,870	50
99	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$59,750	$45,740	130
100	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$59,690	$40,060	400

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for surgical technologists.