Word Processors and Typists · SOC 43-9022

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Word Processors and Typistss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for word processors and typists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 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 82 metro areas

Word Processors and Typists: 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	$79,430	840	0.4
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$64,280	100	0.1
3	Worcester, MA	$59,110	90	0.3
4	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$58,450	40	0.0
5	Ann Arbor, MI	$58,180	30	0.1
6	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$58,150	130	0.1
7	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$57,820	50	0.3
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$57,670	6,830	1.1
9	Salinas, CA	$57,590	80	0.4
10	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$57,320	410	0.3
11	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$55,660	110	0.1
12	Vallejo, CA	$55,140	40	0.3
13	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$54,430	30	0.1
14	Kansas City, MO-KS	$54,160	30	0.0
15	Visalia, CA	$53,790	120	0.7
16	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$53,740	190	0.1
17	Madison, WI	$53,710	50	0.1
18	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$52,370	270	0.1
19	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$52,290	8,370	0.9
20	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$52,000	250	1.5
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$51,750	50	0.1
22	Clarksville, TN-KY	$51,670	50	0.5
23	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$51,550	190	0.1
24	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$50,470	40	0.0
25	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$49,950	220	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Word Processors and Typists 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.