Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants · SOC 53-6031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendantss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for automotive and watercraft service attendants. 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 305 metro areas

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Urban Honolulu, HI	$50,360	170	0.4
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$45,760	1,100	0.5
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$45,020	460	0.4
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$44,140	150	0.7
5	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$44,120	70	0.5
6	Bellingham, WA	$43,430	90	1.0
7	New Haven, CT	$43,330	70	0.2
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$43,300	1,220	0.6
9	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$42,800	40	0.1
10	Salinas, CA	$42,090	120	0.6
11	Fairbanks-College, AK	$41,830	40	1.0
12	Missoula, MT	$41,600	60	0.9
13	Anchorage, AK	$41,590	190	1.1
14	Bozeman, MT	$41,300	50	0.8
15	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$40,510	80	0.9
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$40,510	1,130	0.7
17	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$40,410	90	1.7
18	Modesto, CA	$40,260	160	0.8
19	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$40,240	50	0.5
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$40,210	120	0.3
21	Lawton, OK	$39,710	30	0.7
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$39,670	110	0.6
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$39,610	680	0.6
24	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$39,540	80	0.7
25	Boulder, CO	$39,370	200	1.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 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.