Highest Paying Cities in the US

The 100 US cities with the highest average advertised pay, out of 408 cities with enough postings that list a salary. San Mateo, CA, Mountain View, CA, San Francisco, CA top the list, led by Silicon Valley technology employers. Pick a city to see its open jobs, or compare by state.

#	City	Average pay	Jobs listing pay	Open jobs
1	San Mateo, CA	$176k – $193k	720	950
2	Mountain View, CA	$163k – $199k	1,524	2,237
3	San Francisco, CA	$158k – $204k	11,906	19,955
4	Redwood City, CA	$153k – $174k	554	1,024
5	Menlo Park, CA	$152k – $185k	384	1,059
6	Sunnyvale, CA	$152k – $208k	1,045	2,336
7	South San Francisco, CA	$148k – $190k	672	1,124
8	Foster City, CA	$142k – $198k	452	758
9	Palo Alto, CA	$140k – $183k	1,465	2,393
10	Costa Mesa, CA	$139k – $143k	1,400	1,853
11	Santa Clara, CA	$136k – $192k	929	2,300
12	Cambridge, MA	$131k – $178k	594	1,322
13	Fort Meade, MD	$126k – $168k	251	479
14	San Jose, CA	$126k – $172k	3,184	6,182
15	New York City, NY	$124k – $154k	22,381	42,065
16	Waltham, MA	$123k – $148k	585	909
17	El Segundo, CA	$118k – $156k	1,016	1,734
18	Milpitas, CA	$117k – $172k	473	862
19	Berkeley, CA	$114k – $145k	400	739
20	Bellevue, WA	$113k – $149k	1,130	3,323
21	Pleasanton, CA	$113k – $138k	301	630
22	McLean, VA	$110k – $154k	919	1,933
23	Herndon, VA	$109k – $149k	360	1,272
24	Seattle, WA	$109k – $134k	3,963	11,023
25	Boston, MA	$106k – $137k	5,800	10,193
26	Long Beach, CA	$105k – $119k	1,273	2,068
27	Irvine, CA	$104k – $134k	1,508	3,282
28	Hawthorne, CA	$103k – $132k	853	1,046
29	Reston, VA	$103k – $152k	701	1,618
30	Washington, DC	$102k – $129k	4,756	12,085
31	Chantilly, VA	$102k – $158k	706	1,835
32	Gaithersburg, MD	$102k – $142k	297	672
33	Livermore, CA	$101k – $136k	369	719
34	Broomfield, CO	$100k – $121k	269	566
35	Somerville, MA	$100k – $119k	427	674
36	Los Angeles, CA	$100k – $127k	6,165	12,386
37	Redmond, WA	$98k – $140k	964	3,433
38	Beverly Hills, CA	$98k – $113k	383	890
39	Austin, TX	$97k – $124k	3,405	14,227
40	Oakland, CA	$97k – $120k	780	1,788
41	Chicago, IL	$97k – $122k	7,296	16,092
42	Fremont, CA	$96k – $140k	925	1,914
43	Santa Monica, CA	$94k – $119k	470	988
44	Richland, WA	$93k – $106k	238	563
45	Boulder, CO	$93k – $117k	489	983
46	Denver, CO	$93k – $114k	3,814	9,351
47	Arlington, TX	$92k – $126k	1,534	5,541
48	Torrance, CA	$92k – $113k	673	1,429
49	Jersey City, NJ	$92k – $116k	436	1,439
50	Bethesda, MD	$91k – $129k	569	1,535
51	Manhattan, NY	$91k – $108k	334	735
52	Deerfield, IL	$90k – $111k	137	685
53	Rockville, MD	$89k – $114k	463	1,233
54	Tacoma, WA	$89k – $120k	811	1,523
55	Laredo, TX	$89k – $99k	140	832
56	Modesto, CA	$89k – $110k	272	746
57	Ann Arbor, MI	$89k – $109k	347	1,190
58	Walnut Creek, CA	$89k – $111k	366	729
59	Dearborn, MI	$88k – $158k	379	739
60	Atlanta, GA	$88k – $111k	2,346	11,899
61	San Diego, CA	$88k – $112k	3,482	7,106
62	Newark, NJ	$87k – $115k	1,109	2,614
63	Culver City, CA	$87k – $101k	258	629
64	Stamford, CT	$86k – $107k	245	895
65	Irving, TX	$86k – $123k	595	2,654
66	Warren, MI	$85k – $113k	199	1,118
67	Olympia, WA	$85k – $109k	254	597
68	Ashburn, VA	$85k – $126k	291	877
69	Waco, TX	$85k – $95k	134	906
70	Sterling, VA	$84k – $140k	405	1,091
71	San Luis Obispo, CA	$84k – $103k	272	645
72	Puyallup, WA	$84k – $120k	298	558
73	Lowell, MA	$84k – $106k	175	562
74	Huntsville, AL	$84k – $130k	800	3,891
75	Providence, RI	$84k – $99k	271	885
76	Hillsboro, OR	$84k – $121k	329	1,034
77	Everett, WA	$84k – $105k	344	1,061
78	Falls Church, VA	$83k – $106k	240	757
79	Sacramento, CA	$83k – $105k	1,391	3,249
80	Dallas, TX	$83k – $104k	2,522	13,639
81	Minneapolis, MN	$83k – $107k	1,742	4,058
82	Novi, MI	$83k – $115k	200	663
83	White Plains, NY	$83k – $102k	334	655
84	Worcester, MA	$83k – $112k	805	1,646
85	Hayward, CA	$83k – $103k	248	663
86	El Paso, TX	$82k – $100k	340	2,331
87	Sarasota, FL	$82k – $119k	266	1,596
88	Alexandria, VA	$82k – $109k	648	2,054
89	Hartford, CT	$82k – $110k	383	1,076
90	Burbank, CA	$82k – $100k	434	782
91	Alpharetta, GA	$82k – $114k	368	1,569
92	Richardson, TX	$81k – $115k	156	937
93	Visalia, CA	$81k – $110k	307	559
94	Lehi, UT	$80k – $101k	154	611
95	Pittsburgh, PA	$80k – $96k	956	4,459
96	Spring, TX	$80k – $127k	250	918
97	Quincy, MA	$80k – $89k	277	738
98	Charlotte, NC	$80k – $102k	2,072	7,719
99	Hanover, MD	$80k – $105k	268	854
100	Santa Barbara, CA	$80k – $100k	284	724

Averages cover advertised annual pay in US dollars between $15k and $1M from jobs hiring now, not every worker in the city, so they can differ from government wage statistics. Browse jobs by salary range or by location.