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Best cities for plasterers

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

Best cities for plasterers, balanced Our calculation

With balanced priorities, Minneapolis, MN ranks first for plasterers: $108,160 median pay worth $103,184 after local prices. We ranked the 58 metros with enough published plasterer data on pay, buying power, rent burden, job market size and unemployment.

  1. 1
    MinneapolisMINNESOTA · MN · $108,160 median · $103,184 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 100 jobs
    89
  2. 2
    St. LouisMISSOURI · MO · $80,240 median · $84,385 buying power · rent 16% of pay · 270 jobs
    88
  3. 3
    HonoluluHAWAII · HI · $105,870 median · $95,412 buying power · rent 22% of pay · 100 jobs
    86
  4. 4
    New YorkNEW YORK · NY · $120,180 median · $106,767 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 840 jobs
    85
  5. 5
    Kansas CityMISSOURI · MO · $78,870 median · $85,225 buying power · rent 21% of pay · 140 jobs
    84
  6. 6
    ChicagoILLINOIS · IL · $96,240 median · $92,900 buying power · rent 21% of pay · 190 jobs
    80
  7. 7
    DetroitMICHIGAN · MI · $77,290 median · $77,060 buying power · rent 18% of pay · 70 jobs
    72
  8. 8
    PhiladelphiaPENNSYLVANIA · PA · $78,200 median · $76,253 buying power · rent 24% of pay · 80 jobs
    72
  9. 9
    PittsburghPENNSYLVANIA · PA · $66,330 median · $70,064 buying power · rent 20% of pay · 50 jobs
    71
  10. 10
    ClevelandOHIO · OH · $64,500 median · $68,673 buying power · rent 19% of pay · 40 jobs
    71
  11. 11
    Grand RapidsMICHIGAN · MI · $74,570 median · $78,046 buying power · rent 21% of pay · 30 jobs
    70
  12. 12
    LoganUTAH · UT · $57,360 median · $59,795 buying power · rent 20% of pay · 50 jobs
    66
  13. 13
    PortlandOREGON · OR · $70,500 median · $66,875 buying power · rent 28% of pay · 120 jobs
    64
  14. 14
    San FranciscoCALIFORNIA · CA · $71,310 median · $61,680 buying power · rent 43% of pay · 580 jobs
    63
  15. 15
    San JoseCALIFORNIA · CA · $72,700 median · $65,838 buying power · rent 46% of pay · 420 jobs
    63

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. New York, NY: $120,180
  2. Minneapolis, MN: $108,160
  3. Honolulu, HI: $105,870
  4. Chicago, IL: $96,240
  5. St. Louis, MO: $80,240

Most buying power

  1. New York, NY: $106,767
  2. Minneapolis, MN: $103,184
  3. Honolulu, HI: $95,412
  4. Chicago, IL: $92,900
  5. Kansas City, MO: $85,225

Lowest rent burden

  1. Minneapolis, MN: 16% of pay for a 1-bed
  2. St. Louis, MO: 16% of pay for a 1-bed
  3. Detroit, MI: 18% of pay for a 1-bed
  4. Cleveland, OH: 19% of pay for a 1-bed
  5. Logan, UT: 20% of pay for a 1-bed

Most jobs

  1. Los Angeles, CA: 1,690 employed
  2. Phoenix, AZ: 1,310 employed
  3. Riverside, CA: 1,290 employed
  4. New York, NY: 840 employed
  5. Las Vegas, NV: 780 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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