Media and Communication Workers, All Other · SOC 27-3099

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Media and Communication Workers, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for media and communication workers, all other. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 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 46 metro areas

Media and Communication Workers, All Other: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$103,050	7,490	1.2
2	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$89,620	Not published	Not published
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$89,050	1,130	0.5
4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$85,950	170	0.2
5	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$85,180	270	0.2
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$80,770	1,010	0.1
7	Tucson, AZ	$79,640	Not published	Not published
8	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$79,350	40	0.0
9	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$78,730	870	0.3
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$78,680	130	0.1
11	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$78,270	200	0.1
12	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$75,740	490	0.2
13	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$74,630	150	0.1
14	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$74,250	150	0.1
15	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$72,980	180	0.1
16	Kansas City, MO-KS	$70,900	30	0.0
17	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$70,000	80	0.2
18	Pittsburgh, PA	$69,420	110	0.1
19	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$67,220	50	0.1
20	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$64,270	90	0.1
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$63,190	190	0.0
22	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$62,060	170	0.1
23	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$61,240	100	0.0
24	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$60,710	30	0.1
25	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$60,360	130	0.1

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