Cutters and Trimmers, Hand · SOC 51-9031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Cutters and Trimmers, Hands

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for cutters and trimmers, hand. 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 22 of 22 metro areas

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$49,200	590	3.8
2	Winston-Salem, NC	$45,520	50	0.2
3	St. Louis, MO-IL	$45,250	40	0.0
4	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$44,140	70	0.1
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$42,580	40	0.0
6	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$41,890	110	0.0
7	Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$41,740	70	0.5
8	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$40,970	130	0.1
9	Kansas City, MO-KS	$39,300	100	0.1
10	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$39,160	440	0.0
11	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$38,420	40	0.0
12	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$38,010	60	0.0
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,500	530	0.1
14	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$37,020	200	0.5
15	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$36,840	380	0.1
16	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$35,140	50	0.0
17	Tulsa, OK	$34,890	40	0.1
18	Cleveland, OH	$34,360	40	0.0
19	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$34,000	100	0.0
20	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$30,010	30	0.0
21	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$25,900	130	0.0
22	Dalton, GA	$22,930	80	1.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Cutters and Trimmers, Hand 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.