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Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Glazierss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for glaziers. 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 161 metro areas

Glaziers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$107,610	780	0.3
2	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$91,870	70	0.5
3	Springfield, MA	$83,420	90	0.4
4	Madison, WI	$82,480	110	0.3
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$82,420	350	0.3
6	Urban Honolulu, HI	$80,940	210	0.5
7	Worcester, MA	$78,820	90	0.3
8	Salem, OR	$78,420	160	0.9
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$75,610	900	0.4
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$74,550	1,080	0.5
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$73,860	390	0.3
12	Vineland, NJ	$73,260	90	1.4
13	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$71,970	200	0.2
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$70,430	280	0.5
15	Pittsfield, MA	$70,200	30	0.5
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$69,480	3,030	0.3
17	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$68,620	310	0.2
18	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$66,860	30	0.3
19	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$66,520	70	0.4
20	Vallejo, CA	$65,520	40	0.3
21	Salinas, CA	$65,380	100	0.5
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$65,150	840	0.5
23	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$64,720	40	0.2
24	Bellingham, WA	$64,640	50	0.5
25	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$64,290	140	0.3

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