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Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Bakerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for bakers. 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 371 metro areas

Bakers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Chambersburg, PA	$48,640	200	3.3
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$48,180	3,560	1.7
3	Urban Honolulu, HI	$47,150	1,090	2.5
4	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$47,020	190	2.6
5	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$46,960	180	1.4
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$46,600	4,820	2.0
7	Napa, CA	$46,360	170	2.1
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$45,480	1,240	1.1
9	Bellingham, WA	$45,210	240	2.6
10	Vallejo, CA	$44,970	300	2.1
11	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$44,650	560	2.7
12	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$44,220	110	2.2
13	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$43,850	140	1.4
14	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$43,760	490	1.7
15	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$43,630	400	2.0
16	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$43,440	2,520	2.1
17	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$43,090	240	2.0
18	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$43,080	2,200	1.4
19	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$42,920	310	3.2
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$42,910	1,520	1.4
21	Merced, CA	$42,900	110	1.4
22	Albany, OR	$42,810	60	1.4
23	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$42,770	490	1.9
24	Tuscaloosa, AL	$42,580	120	1.1
25	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$42,490	2,600	1.6

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