Highest-paying Cities for Tool and Die Makers

The top 100 highest paying cities for tool and die makers (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 tool and die makers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,430, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for tool and die makers. It is followed by Manchester, New Hampshire (average annual salary $81,790). 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 tool and die makers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Tool and Die Makers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$84,430	$51,370	870
2	Manchester, New Hampshire	$81,790	$49,990	70
3	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$80,660	$51,210	70
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$77,960	$45,700	60
5	Bloomington, Illinois	$77,800	$34,050	60
6	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,630	$50,450	270
7	Savannah, Georgia	$76,940	$50,340	70
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$76,670	$44,030	230
9	Flint, Michigan	$76,200	$67,690	390
10	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$75,430	$47,000	150
11	Kokomo, Indiana	$75,150	$67,480	300
12	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$74,870	$46,600	110
13	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$74,840	$41,040	80
14	Tacoma, Washington	$74,010	$43,160	80
15	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$73,030	$47,780	220
16	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$72,760	$49,760	50
17	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$72,450	$38,510	360
18	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$72,310	$49,900	40
19	Sandusky, Ohio	$71,250	$42,640	120
20	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$70,920	$47,570	150
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$70,700	$48,830	560
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$69,390	$37,510	30
23	Waterbury, Connecticut	$69,000	$44,270	360
24	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$68,960	$35,640	1,000
25	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$68,910	$47,570	30
26	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$68,690	$47,800	250
27	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$68,630	$36,800	40
28	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$68,630	$45,400	30
29	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$68,100	$49,260	990
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$68,080	$46,810	1,010
31	New Bern, North Carolina	$68,040	$44,920	30
32	Reading, Pennsylvania	$67,750	$47,980	150
33	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$67,480	$48,020	30
34	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$67,240	$48,990	230
35	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$66,810	$58,630	50
36	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$66,560	$48,150	310
37	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$66,020	$50,120	100
38	Danbury, Connecticut	$65,920	$38,460	50
39	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$65,770	$47,480	30
40	Corpus Christi, Texas	$65,740	$21,180	50
41	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$65,710	$45,440	4,890
42	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$65,680	$45,570	30
43	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$65,630	$44,100	50
44	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$64,970	$33,880	1,140
45	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$64,480	$45,820	80
46	Springfield, Massachusetts	$64,450	$47,650	240
47	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$64,320	$44,100	500
48	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$64,220	$44,420	600
49	Kansas City, Missouri	$64,150	$35,690	540
50	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$63,950	$50,500	120
51	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$63,930	$40,810	320
52	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$63,610	$47,270	70
53	Lincoln, Nebraska	$63,560	$45,130	90
54	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$63,500	$50,270	40
55	Wichita, Kansas	$63,470	$46,240	410
56	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$63,390	$43,420	30
57	Syracuse, New York	$63,310	$36,800	140
58	Worcester, Massachusetts	$63,300	$49,730	200
59	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$63,080	$38,170	1,700
60	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$62,930	$46,330	100
61	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$62,920	$39,690	410
62	Stockton, California	$62,900	$37,000	30
63	Toledo, Ohio	$62,840	$40,480	520
64	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$62,830	$44,830	190
65	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$62,570	$41,890	70
66	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$62,560	$33,810	140
67	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$62,550	$39,540	270
68	Peoria, Illinois	$62,410	$34,180	130
69	Columbia, South Carolina	$62,400	$45,420	40
70	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$62,280	$44,380	150
71	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$62,240	$53,840	30
72	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$62,220	$40,560	50
73	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,160	$40,480	910
74	Anniston-Oxford, Alabama	$62,150	$35,800	30
75	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$62,090	$40,460	150
76	Huntsville, Alabama	$62,070	$44,700	170
77	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$62,040	$39,940	1,800
78	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$61,960	$40,850	1,530
79	Wilmington, North Carolina	$61,790	$52,310	50
80	Racine, Wisconsin	$61,750	$40,650	100
81	Binghamton, New York	$61,600	$41,650	60
82	Carson City, Nevada	$61,590	$45,810	30
83	Lima, Ohio	$61,530	$45,760	60
84	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$61,410	$37,770	220
85	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$61,240	$36,820	60
86	Appleton, Wisconsin	$61,220	$41,600	100
87	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$61,190	$42,520	50
88	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$61,170	$50,520	90
89	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$61,130	$36,450	240
90	Bloomington, Indiana	$61,110	$37,810	60
91	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$61,110	$41,940	310
92	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$61,000	$42,630	40
93	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$61,000	$36,770	3,340
94	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$60,970	$44,340	200
95	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$60,930	$37,730	750
96	Jackson, Michigan	$60,860	$38,680	200
97	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$60,840	$39,820	290
98	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$60,800	$47,740	120
99	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$60,790	$44,130	70
100	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,780	$49,120	70

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for tool and die makers.