Highest-paying Cities for Other Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers

The top 100 highest paying cities for other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (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 other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $55,000, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers. It is followed by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $53,330). 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 other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Other Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$55,000	$40,020	90
2	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$53,330	$48,090	n/a
3	Clarksville, Tennessee	$52,680	$22,120	n/a
4	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$49,940	$27,510	100
5	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$49,710	$38,690	110
6	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$47,880	$29,430	120
7	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$46,090	$27,840	60
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,360	$32,080	500
9	Honolulu, Hawaii	$44,480	$23,790	100
10	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$44,100	$44,100	30
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$43,930	$31,730	90
12	Columbia, South Carolina	$43,830	$30,760	60
13	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$43,760	$22,370	50
14	Cleveland, Tennessee	$43,110	$17,550	40
15	Columbus, Ohio	$40,950	$25,470	n/a
16	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$40,920	$31,850	110
17	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$40,870	$21,980	40
18	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$39,640	$31,110	30
19	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$39,080	$29,630	240
20	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$38,950	$29,650	50
21	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$38,490	$24,410	n/a
22	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$38,140	$28,730	60
23	Dalton, Georgia	$37,980	$23,790	110
24	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$37,650	$29,120	80
25	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$37,460	$31,300	60
26	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$37,230	$22,940	70
27	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$37,220	$31,880	100
28	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$37,150	$23,320	70
29	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	$37,000	$33,430	n/a
30	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$36,670	$25,270	40
31	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$36,570	$28,070	50
32	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$36,250	$23,600	70
33	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$35,950	$34,490	n/a
34	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$35,600	$32,090	n/a
35	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$35,260	$28,370	80
36	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,090	$24,050	40
37	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,020	$29,020	100
38	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$35,010	$29,540	100
39	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$34,890	$28,460	60
40	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$34,850	$22,390	40
41	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$34,380	$26,910	60
42	Camden, New Jersey	$34,030	$21,060	60
43	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$33,910	$28,750	80
44	Salt Lake City, Utah	$33,800	$30,330	70
45	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$33,750	$25,390	n/a
46	Salisbury, Maryland	$33,580	$28,540	30
47	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$33,570	$21,480	50
48	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$33,510	$28,760	150
49	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$33,280	$23,150	50
50	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$33,150	$20,970	100
51	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$33,070	$19,800	150
52	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$33,070	$29,120	170
53	Madison, Wisconsin	$32,940	$18,820	80
54	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$32,860	$27,650	n/a
55	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$32,590	$25,100	50
56	Tacoma, Washington	$32,550	$23,230	40
57	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$32,450	$29,380	180
58	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$32,330	$30,870	1,990
59	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$32,280	$28,580	110
60	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$32,030	$18,240	60
61	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$32,000	$29,930	120
62	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$31,740	$25,430	270
63	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$31,710	$26,000	90
64	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$31,680	$25,350	300
65	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$31,630	$22,080	60
66	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$31,600	$23,860	60
67	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$31,510	$26,840	150
68	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$31,340	$28,440	40
69	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$31,210	$24,450	100
70	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$31,100	$24,680	60
71	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$30,880	$21,330	30
72	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$30,670	$26,520	50
73	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$30,650	$30,080	50
74	Toledo, Ohio	$30,610	$27,060	n/a
75	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$30,560	$26,570	90
76	Nashua, New Hampshire	$30,280	$21,940	80
77	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$30,210	$21,420	n/a
78	St Louis, Missouri	$30,010	$23,190	50
79	New Haven, Connecticut	$30,010	$24,670	60
80	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$29,930	$29,920	30
81	Asheville, North Carolina	$29,920	$22,630	40
82	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$29,900	$29,900	40
83	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$29,890	$26,690	150
84	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$29,410	$24,330	240
85	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$29,390	$22,000	90
86	Waco, Texas	$29,210	$22,360	30
87	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$29,130	$23,970	60
88	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$29,100	$17,410	80
89	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$28,970	$20,430	80
90	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$28,930	$21,950	120
91	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$28,870	$24,900	n/a
92	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$28,800	$23,150	30
93	Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire	$28,790	$20,720	60
94	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$28,710	$16,840	40
95	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$28,560	$24,460	330
96	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$28,560	$22,480	40
97	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$28,520	$25,460	n/a
98	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$28,490	$21,630	290
99	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$28,280	$24,640	30
100	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$28,200	$24,360	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers.