Highest-paying Cities for Web Developers

The top 100 highest paying cities for web developers (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 web developers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $111,840, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is the highest paying city for web developers. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $106,790). 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 web developers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Web Developers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$111,840	$65,160	3,870
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$106,790	$54,000	5,400
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$93,830	$54,470	5,070
4	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$93,550	$52,840	40
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$93,400	$54,930	2,730
6	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$93,280	$54,430	4,690
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$89,320	$53,860	4,530
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$89,200	$56,010	3,700
9	St Marys County, Maryland	$86,450	$52,400	50
10	Framingham, Massachusetts	$86,150	$41,210	220
11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$84,950	$51,010	410
12	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$84,830	$49,650	3,650
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$84,330	$50,530	3,010
14	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$84,260	$39,870	250
15	Columbia, South Carolina	$84,010	$46,280	360
16	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$83,940	$50,140	780
17	Olympia, Washington	$83,630	$40,610	60
18	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$82,560	$33,100	140
19	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$80,860	$48,390	2,410
20	Richmond, Virginia	$80,530	$39,100	660
21	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$80,100	$43,920	1,540
22	Springfield, Illinois	$79,960	$41,500	40
23	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$79,840	$45,410	2,230
24	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$78,190	$41,180	1,410
25	Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire	$78,010	$45,970	30
26	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$77,840	$43,010	360
27	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$77,760	$38,280	450
28	Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$77,450	$50,700	40
29	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$77,160	$45,400	970
30	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$76,030	$43,030	12,530
31	Ithaca, New York	$75,730	$53,230	40
32	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$75,570	$41,910	4,120
33	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$75,520	$43,720	180
34	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$75,090	$40,650	190
35	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$75,000	$49,120	1,520
36	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$74,750	$46,270	2,360
37	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$74,320	$39,980	1,670
38	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$74,280	$50,990	130
39	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$74,110	$52,090	60
40	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$73,830	$41,120	1,000
41	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$73,810	$44,690	2,930
42	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$73,720	$48,090	150
43	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$73,460	$45,500	30
44	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$73,410	$40,850	7,140
45	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$73,080	$29,750	40
46	Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona	$72,740	$54,560	30
47	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$72,640	$37,980	1,220
48	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$72,560	$47,460	1,690
49	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$72,380	$28,730	50
50	Salt Lake City, Utah	$72,210	$41,830	950
51	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$71,720	$40,240	4,550
52	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$71,590	$43,180	110
53	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$71,330	$40,820	1,290
54	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$71,310	$43,870	40
55	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$71,260	$36,950	50
56	New Haven, Connecticut	$71,220	$42,180	240
57	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$70,930	$43,790	490
58	Huntsville, Alabama	$70,660	$43,450	170
59	Yakima, Washington	$70,540	$30,180	30
60	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$70,370	$39,220	70
61	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$70,330	$41,040	1,390
62	Modesto, California	$70,130	$43,490	90
63	Bloomington, Illinois	$70,070	$42,000	80
64	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$69,760	$46,960	30
65	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$69,720	$41,240	3,080
66	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$69,640	$35,740	220
67	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$69,580	$40,860	140
68	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$69,570	$30,850	60
69	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$69,330	$30,580	1,830
70	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$69,030	$30,910	620
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$69,020	$37,640	7,110
72	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$69,000	$34,090	30
73	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$68,820	$29,870	30
74	Toledo, Ohio	$68,680	$34,670	120
75	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$68,450	$54,090	40
76	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$68,300	$38,520	40
77	Savannah, Georgia	$68,280	$35,280	30
78	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$68,180	$37,540	70
79	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$68,050	$38,860	5,660
80	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$68,040	$31,840	620
81	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$67,950	$36,380	90
82	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$67,890	$37,540	1,770
83	Jacksonville, Florida	$67,840	$33,410	730
84	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$67,820	$48,410	250
85	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$67,800	$34,810	30
86	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$67,760	$43,860	300
87	Reading, Pennsylvania	$67,730	$35,380	80
88	Columbus, Ohio	$67,670	$41,880	1,000
89	Wilmington, New Jersey	$67,550	$43,310	250
90	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$67,540	$40,840	1,220
91	Akron, Ohio	$67,430	$36,830	160
92	Dover, Delaware	$67,430	$31,760	50
93	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$67,240	$43,380	260
94	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$67,180	$32,820	6,540
95	Kansas City, Missouri	$66,980	$44,950	1,910
96	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$66,910	$42,410	460
97	Provo-Orem, Utah	$66,840	$32,960	610
98	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$66,820	$36,230	690
99	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$66,600	$45,280	470
100	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$66,490	$30,510	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for web developers.