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Highest salary cities in United States

McLean, United States has the highest median gross salary of the 30 cities compared: 10,418 EUR/month (2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables, 2020-12-31).

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United States cities ranked by the city-level median gross monthly salary, with each observation period and source retained.

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30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-07

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1McLean, United States10,418 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
2Lexington, United States10,116 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
3Brambleton, United States9,555 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
4Union Hill-Novelty Hill, United States9,254 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
5City of Sammamish, United States8,957 EUR/month2026-09-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
6Potomac, United States8,756 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
7Winchester, United States8,398 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
8Bethesda, United States8,133 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
9Sunnyvale, United States7,943 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
10Santa Clara, United States7,708 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
11Bellevue, United States7,704 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
12Mill Creek East, United States7,526 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
13Belmont, United States7,464 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
14Fremont, United States7,300 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
15Marblehead, United States7,241 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
16Dix Hills, United States7,178 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
17Needham, United States7,165 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
18North Potomac, United States7,103 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
19Tysons, United States7,102 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
20Arlington, United States7,071 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
21Cottage Lake, United States7,043 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
22South Riding, United States7,004 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
23Arlington, United States6,969 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
24Ladera Ranch, United States6,915 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
25Merrick, United States6,844 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
26Granite Bay, United States6,723 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
27Milton, United States6,702 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
28Reading, United States6,701 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31
29San Francisco, United States6,696 EUR/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
30Massapequa, United States6,593 EUR/month2026-10-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2020-12-31

What the numbers say

  • McLean, United States leads at 10,418 EUR/month.
  • Massapequa, United States sits at the other end with 6,593 EUR/month.
  • The middle of this ranking is 7,241 EUR/month, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 3,825 EUR/month.

Quick answer

What does Highest salary cities in United States show?

McLean, United States has the highest median gross salary of the 30 cities compared: 10,418 EUR/month (2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables, 2020-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published median gross salary observation measured in EUR/month, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2020 and 2024. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2020-12-31 to 2024-12-31
Last checked
2026-10-07
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Highest salary cities in United States [ImmigrationDB compilation; version db0d264ca4a00101ef4665ac4467bf91]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-states-highest-salary-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Highest salary cities in United States},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {db0d264ca4a00101ef4665ac4467bf91},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-states-highest-salary-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tablesU.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-10-07
  2. 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tablesU.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-10-07
  3. 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tablesU.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-10-07
  4. Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year Table B20002 — total median earnings; B20017 total checkedCensus Reporter / U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-09-26
  5. 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tablesU.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-10-07
  6. ACS 2024 1-year table-based Summary File, table B20002 (Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months (in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars) by Sex for the Population 16 Years and Over with Earnings), place recordsUS Census Bureau · Checked 2026-09-19
  7. 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tablesU.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-10-07
  8. 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tablesU.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-10-07