Animal Control Workers · SOC 33-9011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Animal Control Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for animal control workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 70 metro areas

Animal Control Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$78,750	80	0.0
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$77,540	120	0.0
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$74,260	30	0.0
4	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$70,410	40	0.1
5	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$67,860	60	0.1
6	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$64,050	70	0.1
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$63,140	170	0.1
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$62,810	430	0.1
9	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$61,950	70	0.0
10	New Haven, CT	$61,860	40	0.1
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$60,560	70	0.1
12	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$59,870	160	0.1
13	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$58,430	90	0.0
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$57,510	160	0.1
15	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$56,640	50	0.0
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$55,790	400	0.0
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$55,570	40	0.0
18	Worcester, MA	$55,410	40	0.1
19	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$54,810	90	0.1
20	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$54,770	100	0.1
21	Rochester, NY	$54,370	80	0.2
22	Pittsburgh, PA	$52,000	Not published	Not published
23	Portland-South Portland, ME	$50,110	40	0.1
24	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$49,890	60	0.0
25	Cleveland, OH	$49,710	80	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Animal Control Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.