Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys · SOC 27-3011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeyss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (12 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 88 metro areas

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$124,810	1,090	0.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$88,030	260	0.1
3	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$83,680	120	0.1
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$79,310	180	0.1
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$75,710	290	0.1
6	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$71,350	120	0.1
7	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$70,110	340	0.1
8	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$69,310	280	0.1
9	Bloomington, IN	$67,450	360	5.0
10	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$66,140	320	0.3
11	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$65,890	120	0.1
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$64,990	40	0.1
13	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$63,710	180	0.1
14	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$63,090	170	0.1
15	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$61,770	80	0.2
16	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$60,430	130	0.2
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$57,600	90	0.1
18	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$56,360	170	0.1
19	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$55,390	120	0.2
20	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$55,290	40	0.1
21	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$55,110	90	0.1
22	Rochester, NY	$54,690	110	0.2
23	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$52,500	50	0.1
24	St. Louis, MO-IL	$52,460	160	0.1
25	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$51,480	60	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 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.