Office Machine Operators, Except Computer · SOC 43-9071

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Office Machine Operators, Except Computers

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for office machine operators, except computer. 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 95 metro areas

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$53,810	210	0.1
2	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$53,320	40	0.1
3	Salem, OR	$50,670	30	0.2
4	Anchorage, AK	$50,230	40	0.2
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$48,310	850	0.1
6	Springfield, IL	$48,290	70	0.7
7	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$48,060	100	0.1
8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$47,840	Not published	Not published
9	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,470	Not published	Not published
10	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,440	130	0.1
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$47,320	130	0.1
12	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$47,270	420	0.2
13	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$47,130	130	0.1
14	Green Bay, WI	$47,130	40	0.2
15	Colorado Springs, CO	$46,900	40	0.1
16	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$46,880	40	0.1
17	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$46,740	30	0.0
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$46,530	230	0.1
19	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$46,450	Not published	Not published
20	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,750	3,630	0.4
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$45,590	80	0.0
22	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$45,560	90	0.1
23	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$45,220	70	0.1
24	Knoxville, TN	$45,110	50	0.1
25	Worcester, MA	$45,060	30	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 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.