Traffic Technicians · SOC 53-6041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Traffic Technicianss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for traffic technicians. 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 45 metro areas

Traffic Technicians: 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	$92,710	190	0.1
2	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$85,100	230	0.2
3	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$84,650	70	0.3
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$81,910	750	0.1
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$78,640	400	0.1
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$78,180	30	0.0
7	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$77,540	Not published	Not published
8	Columbus, OH	$75,420	Not published	Not published
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$70,100	300	0.1
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$67,450	50	0.0
11	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$67,010	130	0.3
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$66,040	30	0.0
13	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$65,190	170	0.1
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$63,230	90	0.1
15	Boise City, ID	$62,710	40	0.1
16	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$62,300	210	0.1
17	Toledo, OH	$60,780	40	0.1
18	Oklahoma City, OK	$60,750	40	0.1
19	Birmingham, AL	$60,730	30	0.1
20	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$58,820	100	0.1
21	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$57,130	170	0.0
22	Columbia, SC	$57,080	30	0.1
23	St. Louis, MO-IL	$56,720	50	0.0
24	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$56,470	150	0.1
25	Springfield, MO	$55,500	50	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Traffic Technicians 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.