Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers · SOC 49-3022

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Automotive Glass Installers and Repairerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for automotive glass installers and repairers. 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 61 metro areas

Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$65,190	60	0.1
2	Fayetteville, NC	$62,500	60	0.4
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$62,490	340	0.2
4	Columbus, OH	$61,900	480	0.4
5	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$60,530	40	0.3
6	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$60,160	150	0.1
7	Bellingham, WA	$60,030	30	0.3
8	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$59,810	190	0.1
9	Yakima, WA	$58,850	40	0.4
10	Wilmington, NC	$57,520	50	0.3
11	Boulder, CO	$57,320	40	0.2
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$56,360	260	0.1
13	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$55,360	90	0.1
14	Ocala, FL	$53,040	40	0.4
15	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$52,230	Not published	Not published
16	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$51,990	120	0.1
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$50,140	270	0.1
18	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$49,910	530	0.2
19	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,660	280	0.1
20	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$49,660	60	0.2
21	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$49,410	80	0.1
22	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$49,340	90	0.1
23	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$49,100	250	0.2
24	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$49,070	320	0.2
25	Jackson, MS	$48,760	50	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers 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.