Bailiffs · SOC 33-3011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Bailiffss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for bailiffs. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 71 metro areas

Bailiffs: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$164,040	220	0.1
2	Warner Robins, GA	$164,040	40	0.6
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,570	110	0.1
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$83,360	2,730	0.3
5	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$82,590	60	0.0
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$79,570	550	0.2
7	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$79,040	80	0.0
8	Syracuse, NY	$75,920	90	0.3
9	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$74,030	190	0.4
10	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$73,660	160	0.3
11	Binghamton, NY	$72,500	30	0.4
12	Rochester, NY	$72,450	120	0.2
13	Glens Falls, NY	$71,670	30	0.6
14	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$71,460	80	0.0
15	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$71,230	160	0.1
16	Topeka, KS	$69,390	40	0.4
17	Wichita, KS	$69,390	80	0.3
18	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$66,980	30	0.0
19	Kansas City, MO-KS	$64,460	170	0.2
20	Portland-South Portland, ME	$62,800	40	0.1
21	Richmond, VA	$61,470	30	0.0
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$61,240	260	0.1
23	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$60,950	80	0.1
24	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$60,660	140	0.5
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$59,470	170	0.1

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