Upholsterers · SOC 51-6093

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Upholstererss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for upholsterers. 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 66 metro areas

Upholsterers: 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	$65,140	120	0.1
2	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$63,360	50	0.1
3	Madison, WI	$60,800	40	0.1
4	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$59,700	2,220	14.4
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$59,270	50	0.1
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$57,610	170	0.1
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$57,560	50	0.0
8	Reno, NV	$53,750	40	0.1
9	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$51,060	70	0.2
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$50,590	90	0.1
11	Kansas City, MO-KS	$49,110	130	0.1
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$49,050	200	0.2
13	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$49,040	750	2.0
14	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$49,000	110	0.1
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$48,730	170	0.1
16	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$48,700	40	0.0
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,380	100	0.0
18	Knoxville, TN	$47,960	80	0.2
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$47,640	40	0.0
20	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$47,630	240	0.1
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,630	940	0.2
22	Richmond, VA	$47,560	60	0.1
23	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$46,890	620	0.1
24	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$46,850	180	0.2
25	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$46,580	130	0.0

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