Engineers, All Other · SOC 17-2199

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Engineers, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for engineers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 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 248 metro areas

Engineers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$169,650	4,970	4.4
2	Lexington Park, MD	$166,230	1,020	14.4
3	Albuquerque, NM	$163,630	1,110	2.7
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$159,800	4,850	2.0
5	Huntsville, AL	$155,630	3,110	11.7
6	Charlottesville, VA	$153,340	50	0.5
7	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$151,760	230	1.4
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$151,340	9,230	2.9
9	Anchorage, AK	$145,500	90	0.5
10	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$142,920	280	2.2
11	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$142,130	440	4.7
12	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$142,080	1,650	4.4
13	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$141,150	150	1.6
14	Greenville, NC	$140,970	40	0.5
15	Bellingham, WA	$140,220	Not published	Not published
16	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$139,980	670	2.0
17	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$138,590	1,250	1.6
18	Boulder, CO	$137,530	580	3.0
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$137,430	2,260	1.1
20	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$136,990	200	1.2
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$136,650	460	2.3
22	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$135,930	220	1.0
23	Warner Robins, GA	$135,820	320	4.2
24	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$135,300	5,780	0.6
25	Boise City, ID	$135,020	310	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Engineers, All Other 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.