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Best cities for fence installers

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

Best cities for fence installers, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Billings, MT ranks first for fence installers: $57,380 median pay worth $61,352 after local prices. We ranked all 51 metros with published fence installer pay on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    BillingsMONTANA · MT · $57,380 median · $61,352 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 170 jobs
    89
  2. 2
    AnchorageALASKA · AK · $64,600 median · $61,279 buying power · rent 21% of pay · 40 jobs
    80
  3. 3
    Sioux FallsSOUTH DAKOTA · SD · $51,580 median · $56,912 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 80 jobs
    80
  4. 4
    FargoNORTH DAKOTA · ND · $49,410 median · $54,374 buying power · rent 22% of pay · 90 jobs
    79
  5. 5
    PhiladelphiaPENNSYLVANIA · PA · $59,530 median · $58,047 buying power · rent 31% of pay · 570 jobs
    78
  6. 6
    DavenportIOWA · IA · $52,510 median · $58,948 buying power · rent 19% of pay · 70 jobs
    75
  7. 7
    AllentownPENNSYLVANIA · PA · $58,610 median · $58,629 buying power · rent 31% of pay · 70 jobs
    72
  8. 8
    New HavenCONNECTICUT · CT · $60,310 median · $57,680 buying power · rent 35% of pay · 60 jobs
    71
  9. 9
    StocktonCALIFORNIA · CA · $58,750 median · $55,905 buying power · rent 33% of pay · 150 jobs
    65
  10. 10
    CincinnatiOHIO · OH · $48,530 median · $50,886 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 180 jobs
    64
  11. 11
    ModestoCALIFORNIA · CA · $59,600 median · $57,248 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 40 jobs
    64
  12. 12
    JacksonTENNESSEE · TN · $45,800 median · $53,553 buying power · rent 25% of pay · 50 jobs
    61
  13. 13
    Port St. LucieFLORIDA · FL · $57,600 median · $57,469 buying power · rent 36% of pay · 40 jobs
    60
  14. 14
    Little RockARKANSAS · AR · $45,070 median · $50,434 buying power · rent 26% of pay · 90 jobs
    60
  15. 15
    RiversideCALIFORNIA · CA · $55,060 median · $51,728 buying power · rent 37% of pay · 420 jobs
    59

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. Anchorage, AK: $64,600
  2. New Haven, CT: $60,310
  3. Modesto, CA: $59,600
  4. Philadelphia, PA: $59,530
  5. Stockton, CA: $58,750

Most buying power

  1. Billings, MT: $61,352
  2. Anchorage, AK: $61,279
  3. Davenport, IA: $58,948
  4. Allentown, PA: $58,629
  5. Philadelphia, PA: $58,047

Lowest rent burden

  1. Davenport, IA: 19% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. Anchorage, AK: 21% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Fargo, ND: 22% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Billings, MT: 24% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Charleston, WV: 24% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. New York, NY: 1,290 employed
  2. Seattle, WA: 730 employed
  3. Los Angeles, CA: 710 employed
  4. Philadelphia, PA: 570 employed
  5. Providence, RI: 450 employed

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What matters to you? Our calculation

Each metro gets a percentile for every factor (compared with all metros for this trade), weighted by your sliders. Nothing is estimated: metros missing a figure are scored on the factors they have.

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

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