Home / Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders / Best Cities Best Cities for Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenderss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenderss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Maine State 1.49 $64,610 $64,739 24% 2 Wisconsin State 1.35 $54,290 $58,819 24% 3 Pittsburgh, PA Metro 1.27 $51,070 $55,211 28% 4 Iowa State 1.21 $46,970 $52,657 24% 5 North Dakota State 1.20 $48,240 $52,095 24% 6 Ohio State 1.16 $45,470 $50,299 28% 7 Nebraska State 1.15 $45,690 $49,934 27% 8 Pennsylvania State 1.14 $48,000 $49,485 32% 9 South Dakota State 1.13 $44,770 $49,306 26% 10 Indiana State 1.11 $43,820 $48,420 29% 11 Michigan State 1.11 $44,400 $48,104 30% 12 Columbus, OH Metro 1.11 $45,100 $48,235 34% 13 Oregon State 1.10 $49,130 $47,699 39% 14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro 1.09 $43,350 $47,533 34% 15 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro 1.08 $46,980 $47,216 38% 16 Oklahoma State 1.06 $40,950 $46,271 28% 17 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 1.06 $47,570 $45,961 40% 18 Missouri State 1.05 $40,510 $45,722 31% 19 Illinois State 1.03 $43,740 $44,908 36% 20 New Hampshire State 1.03 $47,510 $44,821 40% 21 Tennessee State 1.03 $41,110 $44,929 37% 22 Virginia State 1.01 $45,330 $43,797 42% 23 Arkansas State 1.00 $37,490 $43,441 28% 24 Minnesota State 1.00 $42,600 $43,469 36% 25 Kansas State 0.98 $38,340 $42,600 32% 26 South Carolina State 0.98 $39,240 $42,652 38% 27 Washington State 0.98 $45,600 $42,498 50% 28 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.98 $41,270 $42,459 46% 29 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 0.98 $39,150 $42,554 40% 30 Georgia State 0.95 $38,430 $41,146 44% 31 New York State 0.95 $46,290 $41,147 48% 32 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro 0.95 $39,420 $41,148 46% 33 California State 0.94 $45,150 $40,786 60% 34 Alabama State 0.93 $35,090 $40,287 33% 35 Kentucky State 0.93 $35,850 $40,508 32% 36 Mississippi State 0.93 $34,280 $40,425 31% 37 North Carolina State 0.93 $38,340 $40,614 41% 38 New Jersey State 0.92 $43,600 $40,074 49% 39 Utah State 0.92 $39,970 $39,890 45% 40 Massachusetts State 0.91 $43,210 $39,825 63% 41 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro 0.91 $47,360 $39,401 80% 42 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro 0.90 $44,310 $39,040 69% 43 New Mexico State 0.89 $35,600 $38,696 35% 44 Texas State 0.89 $37,040 $38,745 45% 45 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.89 $45,060 $38,678 60% 46 Arizona State 0.86 $37,900 $37,562 47% 47 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro 0.85 $35,740 $36,921 54% 48 Connecticut State 0.84 $39,140 $36,375 48% 49 Nevada State 0.84 $36,490 $36,417 48% 50 Florida State 0.83 $36,830 $36,286 56% 51 Idaho State 0.80 $33,660 $34,881 43% 52 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 0.70 $33,010 $30,424 74%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).