Tree Trimmers and Pruners · SOC 37-3013
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Tree Trimmers and Prunerss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for tree trimmers and pruners. 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 144 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $77,460 | Not published | Not published |
| 2 | New Haven, CT | $76,450 | 40 | 0.2 |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $75,980 | 990 | 0.4 |
| 4 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $75,570 | 1,160 | 1.0 |
| 5 | Syracuse, NY | $75,140 | 130 | 0.4 |
| 6 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $74,580 | Not published | Not published |
| 7 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $73,570 | 190 | 0.9 |
| 8 | Salem, OR | $71,190 | 100 | 0.5 |
| 9 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $70,550 | Not published | Not published |
| 10 | Bend, OR | $70,250 | 40 | 0.4 |
| 11 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $68,290 | 50 | 0.3 |
| 12 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $68,110 | 310 | 0.2 |
| 13 | Kingston, NY | $66,160 | 100 | 1.8 |
| 14 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $65,130 | Not published | Not published |
| 15 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $64,260 | 630 | 0.1 |
| 16 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $63,630 | 650 | 0.6 |
| 17 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $63,530 | 70 | 0.6 |
| 18 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $63,500 | 800 | 0.5 |
| 19 | Rockford, IL | $63,480 | 40 | 0.3 |
| 20 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $63,410 | 710 | 0.5 |
| 21 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $62,950 | 520 | 0.4 |
| 22 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $62,940 | 1,580 | 0.5 |
| 23 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $62,780 | 1,060 | 0.4 |
| 24 | Reno, NV | $62,710 | Not published | Not published |
| 25 | Green Bay, WI | $62,590 | 30 | 0.2 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Tree Trimmers and Pruners 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.