Highest-paying Cities for Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

The top 100 highest paying cities for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents (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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $113,730, Stockton, California is the highest paying city for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents. It is followed by Vallejo-Fairfield, California (average annual salary $103,980). 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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Stockton, California	$113,730	$71,430	50
2	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$103,980	$54,950	30
3	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$103,340	$67,020	50
4	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$102,920	$53,750	610
5	New Haven, Connecticut	$101,630	$47,320	70
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$100,710	$62,190	400
7	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$100,630	$50,000	460
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$97,240	$57,660	80
9	Anchorage, Alaska	$93,580	$50,210	60
10	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$92,810	$56,820	800
11	Waterbury, Connecticut	$91,940	$61,480	50
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$91,580	$62,190	1,330
13	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$90,730	$50,910	110
14	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$89,840	$47,650	30
15	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$89,500	$48,880	50
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$89,460	$63,500	30
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$89,170	$65,290	250
18	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$89,170	$71,970	30
19	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$88,690	$48,380	410
20	Manchester, New Hampshire	$87,920	$43,970	30
21	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$87,710	$47,280	60
22	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$87,480	$59,980	300
23	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$86,830	$61,190	270
24	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$85,620	$56,960	200
25	St Louis, Missouri	$85,400	$45,550	120
26	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$84,320	$64,610	40
27	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$83,750	$51,060	420
28	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$83,740	$56,970	50
29	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$83,530	$59,760	530
30	Rochester, New York	$83,240	$44,720	50
31	Syracuse, New York	$81,660	$50,400	40
32	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$81,410	$51,730	80
33	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$81,230	$49,490	30
34	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$80,330	$50,000	200
35	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$80,170	$63,720	210
36	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$80,160	$51,000	80
37	Worcester, Massachusetts	$79,940	$47,980	130
38	Dayton, Ohio	$79,730	$47,720	30
39	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$79,480	$48,630	430
40	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$79,350	$57,100	260
41	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$79,150	$46,110	1,240
42	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$77,850	$48,780	2,770
43	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$77,440	$49,680	640
44	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$77,170	$46,080	60
45	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$76,970	$51,810	270
46	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$76,850	$51,080	1,720
47	Binghamton, New York	$75,820	$38,300	30
48	Wichita, Kansas	$75,380	$33,110	40
49	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$75,320	$43,210	140
50	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$74,370	$47,060	530
51	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$74,190	$44,070	320
52	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$74,060	$48,920	1,920
53	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$73,610	$34,600	30
54	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$73,540	$50,150	n/a
55	Tucson, Arizona	$72,790	$45,340	40
56	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$71,960	$50,910	40
57	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$71,560	$57,380	390
58	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$71,370	$40,520	30
59	Jonesboro, Arkansas	$71,070	$60,140	40
60	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$71,050	$50,920	500
61	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$70,950	$47,860	140
62	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$70,430	$46,430	110
63	Camden, New Jersey	$69,850	$30,160	170
64	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$69,800	$50,700	370
65	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$69,410	$46,520	70
66	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$69,170	$38,540	30
67	Nashua, New Hampshire	$68,530	$42,070	40
68	Montgomery, Alabama	$68,030	$38,780	380
69	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$67,970	$36,900	80
70	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$67,580	$49,610	890
71	Spokane, Washington	$67,560	$58,240	40
72	Tacoma, Washington	$67,170	$48,720	90
73	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$66,970	$41,600	30
74	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$66,900	$44,720	50
75	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$66,870	$45,510	160
76	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$66,600	$40,460	40
77	Salt Lake City, Utah	$66,210	$48,650	100
78	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$66,040	$31,000	260
79	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$66,010	$44,970	140
80	St Cloud, Minnesota	$65,940	$51,750	50
81	Columbus, Ohio	$65,780	$46,080	170
82	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$65,500	$47,550	370
83	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$65,420	$51,160	50
84	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$65,100	$45,070	1,300
85	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$64,500	$48,380	40
86	Columbia, South Carolina	$64,470	$38,820	50
87	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$64,430	$39,140	60
88	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$64,430	$38,080	30
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,940	$44,820	990
90	Duluth, Wisconsin	$63,630	$48,400	110
91	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$63,610	$36,870	80
92	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$63,540	$31,400	90
93	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$63,210	$50,560	1,200
94	Flint, Michigan	$62,920	$45,180	40
95	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$62,900	$46,900	460
96	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$62,820	$38,220	90
97	Springfield, Massachusetts	$62,560	$52,660	110
98	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$62,360	$48,950	30
99	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$62,350	$42,680	200
100	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$62,290	$37,510	30

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