Loan Officers · SOC 13-2072

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Loan Officerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for loan officers. 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 383 metro areas

Loan Officers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Enid, OK	$104,990	40	1.8
2	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$103,850	560	1.4
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$103,400	3,420	1.3
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$103,000	3,330	1.4
5	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$102,200	3,910	2.0
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$101,570	10,350	1.1
7	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$101,190	650	1.6
8	Lawrence, KS	$100,480	80	1.5
9	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$100,130	1,970	1.2
10	Wichita, KS	$99,170	700	2.3
11	New Haven, CT	$98,930	230	0.8
12	Iowa City, IA	$98,630	120	1.3
13	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$98,450	160	0.9
14	Rochester, MN	$98,110	170	1.4
15	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$97,800	5,000	1.6
16	Lincoln, NE	$97,770	420	2.3
17	Corvallis, OR	$97,340	70	1.8
18	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$96,990	100	2.2
19	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$96,540	90	1.4
20	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$96,500	70	0.6
21	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$96,100	2,840	2.4
22	Barnstable Town, MA	$96,080	110	1.2
23	Salinas, CA	$95,640	140	0.7
24	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$95,530	130	0.8
25	Topeka, KS	$95,330	200	1.8

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