Fence Erectors · SOC 47-4031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Fence Erectorss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for fence erectors. 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 55 metro areas

Fence Erectors: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Anchorage, AK	$64,600	40	0.2
2	New Haven, CT	$60,310	60	0.2
3	Modesto, CA	$59,600	40	0.2
4	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$59,530	570	0.2
5	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$58,750	150	0.5
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$58,640	270	0.1
7	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$58,610	70	0.2
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$58,250	210	0.2
9	Port St. Lucie, FL	$57,600	40	0.3
10	Billings, MT	$57,380	170	1.8
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$56,310	100	0.3
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$55,440	730	0.4
13	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$55,060	420	0.2
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$54,820	Not published	Not published
15	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$54,250	60	0.4
16	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$52,510	70	0.4
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$51,600	1,290	0.1
18	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$51,580	80	0.5
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$50,290	710	0.1
20	Portland-South Portland, ME	$49,750	50	0.2
21	Fargo, ND-MN	$49,410	90	0.6
22	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$49,350	60	0.4
23	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$49,220	Not published	Not published
24	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$49,210	Not published	Not published
25	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$49,160	90	0.4

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