Lighting Technicians · SOC 27-4015

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Lighting Technicianss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for lighting technicians. 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 29 metro areas

Lighting Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$126,110	70	0.0
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$105,010	2,040	0.3
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$87,510	720	0.1
4	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$79,380	240	0.2
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$74,000	320	0.1
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$72,790	130	0.0
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$70,970	70	0.1
8	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$70,150	200	0.1
9	Oklahoma City, OK	$67,110	40	0.1
10	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$67,080	50	0.1
11	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$65,590	Not published	Not published
12	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$64,330	60	0.1
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$63,090	150	0.0
14	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$62,790	160	0.1
15	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$61,250	380	0.3
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$61,040	130	0.1
17	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$60,950	60	0.1
18	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$60,250	60	0.0
19	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$60,110	Not published	Not published
20	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$58,610	170	0.1
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$58,510	90	0.1
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$58,280	140	0.1
23	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$56,880	40	0.0
24	Columbus, OH	$55,740	40	0.0
25	Richmond, VA	$55,220	30	0.1

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