Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other · SOC 29-9099

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other. 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 127 metro areas

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, 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	$121,850	260	0.2
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$107,650	1,030	0.3
3	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$105,370	60	0.1
4	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$104,330	100	0.5
5	San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$103,380	50	0.1
6	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$103,220	120	0.2
7	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$101,870	1,340	0.1
8	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$100,670	310	0.1
9	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$97,510	40	0.1
10	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$96,080	80	0.1
11	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$94,910	70	0.1
12	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$91,130	40	0.2
13	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$90,040	40	0.4
14	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$89,800	70	0.2
15	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$89,220	280	0.2
16	St. Louis, MO-IL	$86,110	290	0.2
17	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$85,470	240	0.2
18	Missoula, MT	$83,230	40	0.5
19	Madison, WI	$82,820	90	0.2
20	Jackson, TN	$82,800	70	0.8
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$82,430	150	0.1
22	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$82,250	90	0.1
23	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$82,210	40	0.3
24	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$81,580	260	0.3
25	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$81,270	310	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, 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.