Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers · SOC 49-2092

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for electric motor, power tool, and related repairers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 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 58 metro areas

Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$114,670	660	0.1
2	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$81,810	100	0.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$79,330	80	0.0
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$73,210	280	0.0
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$67,380	50	0.1
6	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$66,700	50	0.1
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$66,040	300	0.0
8	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$65,820	90	0.1
9	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$65,150	80	0.1
10	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$63,970	80	0.1
11	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$63,910	140	0.1
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$63,750	320	0.2
13	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$63,690	Not published	Not published
14	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$63,270	170	0.1
15	El Paso, TX	$62,480	50	0.1
16	Bismarck, ND	$61,880	50	0.7
17	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$61,610	350	0.1
18	Columbus, OH	$61,190	70	0.1
19	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$61,000	890	0.3
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$59,790	90	0.1
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$59,720	30	0.0
22	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$59,580	80	0.1
23	Pittsburgh, PA	$58,940	Not published	Not published
24	Richmond, VA	$58,770	70	0.1
25	Toledo, OH	$58,620	40	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 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.