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Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Archivistss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for archivists. 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 42 metro areas

Archivists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$119,190	80	0.2
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$97,550	110	0.1
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$84,590	670	0.2
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$78,530	310	0.1
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$78,490	60	0.1
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$78,220	230	0.1
7	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$77,990	100	0.7
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$77,450	760	0.1
9	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$76,990	40	0.1
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$76,440	230	0.2
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$74,540	50	0.2
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$74,320	180	0.1
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$70,630	490	0.1
14	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$70,450	40	0.1
15	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$66,830	80	0.0
16	Rochester, NY	$66,050	40	0.1
17	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$65,700	60	0.0
18	Richmond, VA	$65,240	60	0.1
19	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$64,430	50	0.2
20	St. Louis, MO-IL	$63,630	80	0.1
21	Montgomery, AL	$63,130	60	0.4
22	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$63,110	100	0.0
23	Madison, WI	$63,040	120	0.3
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$62,050	70	0.0
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$62,030	50	0.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Archivists 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.