Baggage Porters and Bellhops · SOC 39-6011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Baggage Porters and Bellhopss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for baggage porters and bellhops. 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 78 metro areas

Baggage Porters and Bellhops: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,900	500	0.2
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,610	3,500	0.4
3	Kingston, NY	$47,230	80	1.4
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$46,140	80	0.1
5	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$43,240	290	4.0
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$43,090	1,100	0.4
7	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$42,920	70	0.1
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$42,780	200	0.1
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$40,660	180	0.1
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$40,520	1,000	0.2
11	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$40,390	1,420	0.3
12	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$40,210	30	0.2
13	Urban Honolulu, HI	$39,660	780	1.7
14	Napa, CA	$39,260	100	1.3
15	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$39,160	180	0.1
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$38,700	1,050	0.3
17	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$38,480	70	0.2
18	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$38,390	40	0.3
19	Portland-South Portland, ME	$38,280	40	0.1
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,150	450	0.3
21	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$38,090	40	0.2
22	Salinas, CA	$38,000	50	0.3
23	Colorado Springs, CO	$37,910	Not published	Not published
24	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$37,260	2,040	1.8
25	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$37,060	30	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Baggage Porters and Bellhops 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.