Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other · SOC 49-9069

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Others

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for precision instrument and equipment repairers, 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 53 metro areas

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other: 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	$120,900	Not published	Not published
2	Baton Rouge, LA	$104,470	Not published	Not published
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$102,720	100	0.1
4	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$101,770	90	0.0
5	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$100,460	90	0.1
6	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$100,030	40	0.1
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$99,310	170	0.1
8	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$88,860	140	0.1
9	Kansas City, MO-KS	$85,520	Not published	Not published
10	Knoxville, TN	$85,100	90	0.2
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$82,200	50	0.0
12	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$81,220	40	0.1
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$79,520	260	0.0
14	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$79,440	60	0.1
15	Topeka, KS	$77,360	30	0.3
16	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$76,320	Not published	Not published
17	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$75,120	70	0.1
18	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$75,030	40	0.3
19	Richmond, VA	$74,300	Not published	Not published
20	Warner Robins, GA	$73,690	40	0.5
21	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$73,640	200	0.1
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$71,600	210	0.2
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$71,350	70	0.1
24	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$70,830	Not published	Not published
25	Columbus, OH	$68,870	80	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, 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.