Dishwashers · SOC 35-9021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Dishwasherss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for dishwashers. 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 390 metro areas

Dishwashers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$45,930	800	10.9
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$43,960	3,940	3.5
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$42,750	7,910	3.8
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$42,100	9,530	4.0
5	Napa, CA	$39,930	590	7.5
6	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$38,910	340	3.6
7	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$38,810	1,160	5.7
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$38,710	4,530	2.8
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,530	7,790	5.1
10	Vallejo, CA	$37,910	530	3.7
11	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$37,750	10,540	3.9
12	Boulder, CO	$37,750	540	2.8
13	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$37,710	190	3.6
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$37,580	27,520	4.4
15	Bellingham, WA	$37,430	310	3.4
16	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$37,400	360	2.8
17	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$37,380	510	5.2
18	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$37,350	300	4.6
19	Salinas, CA	$37,350	970	5.2
20	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$37,290	1,150	5.7
21	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$37,250	3,580	3.0
22	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$37,170	410	3.4
23	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$37,110	890	5.3
24	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$37,070	340	2.6
25	Barnstable Town, MA	$37,030	700	7.4

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