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Best cities for appliance repair technicians

Rank every metro by what matters to you: pay, buying power, rent and job market

Best cities for appliance repair technicians, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Virginia Beach, VA ranks first for appliance repair technicians: $81,000 median pay worth $82,703 after local prices. We ranked the 125 metros with enough published appliance repair technician data on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    Virginia BeachVIRGINIA · VA · $81,000 median · $82,703 buying power · rent 22% of pay · 320 jobs
    92
  2. 2
    RacineWISCONSIN · WI · $81,740 median · $85,180 buying power · rent 15% of pay · 60 jobs
    86
  3. 3
    San AntonioTEXAS · TX · $62,400 median · $65,881 buying power · rent 23% of pay · 160 jobs
    84
  4. 4
    HartfordCONNECTICUT · CT · $74,360 median · $72,373 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 140 jobs
    84
  5. 5
    AnchorageALASKA · AK · $75,650 median · $71,761 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 60 jobs
    81
  6. 6
    MinneapolisMINNESOTA · MN · $61,390 median · $58,566 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 310 jobs
    78
  7. 7
    Louisville/Jefferson CountyKENTUCKY · KY · $57,660 median · $61,951 buying power · rent 22% of pay · 120 jobs
    76
  8. 8
    New OrleansLOUISIANA · LA · $60,940 median · $65,812 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 70 jobs
    75
  9. 9
    ProvoUTAH · UT · $58,200 median · $59,247 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 60 jobs
    75
  10. 10
    HuntsvilleALABAMA · AL · $55,140 median · $59,244 buying power · rent 26% of pay · 50 jobs
    73
  11. 11
    TrentonNEW JERSEY · NJ · $86,940 median · $84,261 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 40 jobs
    72
  12. 12
    RoanokeVIRGINIA · VA · $57,430 median · $61,345 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 30 jobs
    72
  13. 13
    JacksonvilleFLORIDA · FL · $58,640 median · $58,944 buying power · rent 29% of pay · 210 jobs
    71
  14. 14
    OgdenUTAH · UT · $58,240 median · $58,037 buying power · rent 26% of pay · 50 jobs
    71
  15. 15
    RochesterNEW YORK · NY · $55,670 median · $57,371 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 70 jobs
    70

Default weights: buying power 4, pay 3, rent 3, job market 2, unemployment 2. Change them below to re-rank.

Top 5 by each factor Government data

Highest pay

  1. Trenton, NJ: $86,940
  2. Barnstable Town, MA: $85,260
  3. Racine, WI: $81,740
  4. Virginia Beach, VA: $81,000
  5. Anchorage, AK: $75,650

Most buying power

  1. Barnstable Town, MA: $86,690
  2. Racine, WI: $85,180
  3. Trenton, NJ: $84,261
  4. Virginia Beach, VA: $82,703
  5. Hartford, CT: $72,373

Lowest rent burden

  1. Racine, WI: 15% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. Anchorage, AK: 18% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Toledo, OH: 18% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Dayton, OH: 21% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY: 22% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. New York, NY: 2,560 employed
  2. Chicago, IL: 1,430 employed
  3. Los Angeles, CA: 960 employed
  4. Miami, FL: 880 employed
  5. Dallas, TX: 870 employed

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What matters to you? Our calculation

Pick a quick start or set your own weights. Each metro gets a percentile for every factor (compared with all metros for this trade), weighted by your sliders. Nothing is estimated: a metro needs at least 4 of the 5 figures published to be ranked, and results show when one is missing.

Pay and jobs: BLS OEWS May 2025. Buying power: BEA 2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. How we calculate

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