Highest-paying Cities for Word Processors and Typists

The top 100 highest paying cities for word processors and typists (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 word processors and typists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $66,770, Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut is the highest paying city for word processors and typists. It is followed by New Haven, Connecticut (average annual salary $63,540). 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 word processors and typists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Word Processors and Typists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$66,770	$39,270	30
2	New Haven, Connecticut	$63,540	$32,360	50
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$59,650	$45,680	660
4	Madison, Wisconsin	$59,570	$35,570	130
5	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$58,240	$32,660	260
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$57,560	$39,320	160
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$55,690	$40,400	530
8	Anchorage, Alaska	$52,690	$40,520	40
9	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$52,360	$34,600	280
10	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$52,000	$37,780	50
11	Ocean City, New Jersey	$51,310	$36,000	170
12	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$51,210	$38,390	50
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$50,380	$39,690	6,760
14	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$49,500	$44,950	70
15	Dayton, Ohio	$49,400	$38,040	90
16	Lincoln, Nebraska	$49,310	$34,540	40
17	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$49,230	$35,900	40
18	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$49,210	$37,480	30
19	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$49,170	$37,110	9,190
20	Merced, California	$48,690	$36,210	40
21	Salinas, California	$48,480	$35,800	60
22	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,440	$37,520	200
23	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$48,360	$34,320	60
24	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$48,310	$33,630	930
25	Worcester, Massachusetts	$48,290	$31,130	110
26	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$47,630	$26,480	50
27	Peabody, Massachusetts	$47,560	$40,530	70
28	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$47,220	$35,130	260
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$47,150	$35,490	9,620
30	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$46,930	$37,720	40
31	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$46,790	$36,890	470
32	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$46,660	$28,660	120
33	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$46,550	$36,090	70
34	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,510	$38,920	80
35	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$46,480	$29,330	70
36	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$46,430	$37,690	80
37	Visalia-Porterville, California	$46,390	$30,250	100
38	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,320	$30,370	40
39	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$46,300	$39,120	210
40	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$46,240	$32,360	110
41	Springfield, Massachusetts	$46,170	$38,340	90
42	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$45,730	$29,410	230
43	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$45,600	$27,270	n/a
44	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$45,320	$35,260	140
45	Ithaca, New York	$45,170	$30,640	80
46	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$44,990	$37,690	60
47	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$44,990	$38,540	80
48	Boulder, Colorado	$44,980	$32,140	60
49	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,910	$33,290	350
50	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$44,810	$35,700	50
51	Jackson, Michigan	$44,790	$26,250	30
52	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$44,530	$31,950	660
53	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$44,080	$32,910	80
54	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$43,720	$37,370	30
55	Lafayette, Indiana	$43,650	$39,700	30
56	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$43,500	$27,830	4,510
57	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$43,490	$34,860	1,320
58	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$43,460	$35,220	120
59	Akron, Ohio	$43,390	$28,520	80
60	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$43,370	$23,600	40
61	Iowa City, Iowa	$43,350	$34,560	60
62	Columbus, Ohio	$43,260	$31,200	90
63	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$43,260	$34,820	90
64	Spokane, Washington	$43,160	$33,350	30
65	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$43,020	$33,030	440
66	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$42,940	$34,230	1,000
67	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$42,630	$27,400	210
68	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$42,560	$26,640	330
69	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$42,120	$34,620	40
70	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$42,110	$25,950	30
71	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$42,040	$30,170	n/a
72	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$41,780	$29,330	70
73	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$41,680	$27,990	40
74	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$41,610	$34,220	810
75	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$41,520	$33,900	60
76	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$41,510	$30,910	40
77	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$41,360	$30,990	180
78	Wilmington, New Jersey	$41,290	$23,100	110
79	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$41,180	$31,870	970
80	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$41,130	$33,920	300
81	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$41,110	$23,690	50
82	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$40,920	$32,390	310
83	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$40,870	$34,040	630
84	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$40,840	$33,630	50
85	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$40,820	$33,050	80
86	Reading, Pennsylvania	$40,810	$34,220	110
87	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$40,810	$32,610	220
88	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$40,810	$35,340	280
89	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,810	$32,600	160
90	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,810	$32,240	150
91	Tucson, Arizona	$40,810	$24,230	30
92	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$40,720	$31,540	30
93	Tacoma, Washington	$40,570	$27,990	60
94	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$40,570	$29,780	40
95	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$40,530	$33,360	140
96	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$40,360	$32,420	40
97	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$40,310	$33,350	110
98	Camden, New Jersey	$40,250	$28,410	500
99	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$40,160	$32,990	390
100	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$40,160	$34,220	750

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for word processors and typists.