Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents · SOC 13-2081

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agentss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents. 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 141 metro areas

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents: 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	$110,780	420	0.2
2	Vallejo, CA	$110,780	30	0.2
3	Worcester, MA	$109,420	50	0.1
4	Springfield, MA	$107,690	50	0.2
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$105,480	130	0.3
6	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$102,190	580	0.2
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$99,300	250	0.2
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$98,590	30	0.2
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$97,680	1,520	0.2
10	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$97,680	50	0.2
11	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$96,320	510	0.1
12	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$95,740	110	0.2
13	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$95,490	60	0.2
14	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$95,060	170	0.1
15	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$94,890	50	0.2
16	Anchorage, AK	$94,630	60	0.3
17	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$93,840	50	0.1
18	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$93,590	790	0.2
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$92,540	500	0.8
20	Cleveland, OH	$92,520	110	0.1
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$91,940	360	0.2
22	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$86,340	2,910	0.3
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$86,300	300	0.1
24	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$86,120	80	0.5
25	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$86,060	70	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 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.