Web Developers · SOC 15-1254

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Web Developerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for web developers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (15 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 163 metro areas

Web Developers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$166,670	1,130	1.0
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$152,450	1,420	0.6
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$134,350	3,840	1.2
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$130,440	3,470	1.7
5	Richmond, VA	$117,090	Not published	Not published
6	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$111,560	290	2.2
7	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$108,550	870	0.5
8	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$108,520	1,450	0.5
9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$107,590	790	0.6
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$107,290	2,310	0.4
11	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$106,890	800	0.4
12	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$106,730	110	0.4
13	St. Louis, MO-IL	$106,360	490	0.4
14	Vallejo, CA	$106,190	40	0.3
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$104,820	4,200	0.4
16	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$103,970	520	1.7
17	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$103,530	Not published	Not published
18	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$103,440	400	0.5
19	Winchester, VA-WV	$102,380	30	0.5
20	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$101,980	510	0.4
21	Charlottesville, VA	$101,210	130	1.1
22	Winston-Salem, NC	$100,240	Not published	Not published
23	Evansville, IN	$99,720	70	0.5
24	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$98,560	190	0.2
25	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$98,300	520	0.3

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