Dietetic Technicians · SOC 29-2051

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Dietetic Technicianss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for dietetic technicians. 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 115 metro areas

Dietetic Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$60,070	30	0.0
2	Redding, CA	$59,760	60	0.8
3	Columbus, OH	$50,920	160	0.1
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$50,690	360	0.3
5	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$50,630	90	0.4
6	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$50,570	180	0.5
7	Syracuse, NY	$50,120	30	0.1
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$49,800	1,430	0.2
9	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$49,420	190	0.7
10	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$48,780	30	0.1
11	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$48,230	140	0.1
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$48,210	150	0.1
13	Modesto, CA	$48,130	100	0.5
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$48,040	220	0.1
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$47,740	240	0.1
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$47,640	630	0.4
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$45,930	510	0.2
18	New Haven, CT	$45,720	80	0.3
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$45,450	2,550	0.4
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$45,240	390	0.4
21	Tucson, AZ	$45,060	100	0.3
22	Rochester, NY	$44,100	40	0.1
23	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$44,080	110	0.1
24	Urban Honolulu, HI	$43,570	100	0.2
25	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$43,560	450	0.1

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