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Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Barberss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for barbers. 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 38 metro areas

Barbers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Colorado Springs, CO	$71,970	70	0.2
2	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$64,310	180	0.1
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$63,410	Not published	Not published
4	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$61,080	290	0.2
5	St. Louis, MO-IL	$57,960	260	0.2
6	Jacksonville, FL	$57,860	110	0.1
7	Springfield, MO	$56,580	100	0.5
8	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$55,890	60	0.2
9	Tallahassee, FL	$54,750	40	0.2
10	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,700	Not published	Not published
11	Fargo, ND-MN	$48,810	50	0.3
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$48,780	Not published	Not published
13	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$47,380	Not published	Not published
14	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$43,650	170	0.1
15	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$43,020	130	0.3
16	Kansas City, MO-KS	$42,210	120	0.1
17	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$39,000	190	0.1
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$38,630	Not published	Not published
19	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$38,580	70	0.1
20	Jackson, MS	$38,480	Not published	Not published
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,680	470	0.1
22	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$37,530	340	0.1
23	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$36,300	340	0.1
24	Tyler, TX	$36,060	30	0.3
25	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$35,890	30	0.4

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