Home / Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers / Best Cities Best Cities for Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairerss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where electric motor, power tool, and related repairerss 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 Wisconsin State 1.46 $75,550 $81,853 17% 2 Illinois State 1.45 $79,320 $81,437 20% 3 Louisiana State 1.19 $60,420 $67,059 21% 4 North Dakota State 1.18 $61,160 $66,048 19% 5 Columbus, OH Metro 1.16 $61,190 $65,444 25% 6 South Carolina State 1.15 $59,460 $64,630 25% 7 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 1.15 $59,580 $64,761 26% 8 Kansas State 1.14 $57,600 $64,000 22% 9 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 1.13 $61,610 $63,385 31% 10 Pittsburgh, PA Metro 1.13 $58,940 $63,719 24% 11 Nebraska State 1.12 $57,760 $63,126 22% 12 Texas State 1.12 $60,290 $63,065 28% 13 Kansas City, MO-KS Metro 1.10 $57,560 $62,026 27% 14 Maine State 1.09 $61,090 $61,212 25% 15 Virginia State 1.09 $63,690 $61,536 30% 16 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 1.09 $63,270 $61,130 30% 17 West Virginia State 1.08 $51,280 $60,903 20% 18 Arkansas State 1.07 $51,670 $59,873 20% 19 Minnesota State 1.07 $58,690 $59,888 26% 20 Nevada State 1.07 $60,230 $60,110 29% 21 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro 1.07 $59,720 $60,020 30% 22 California State 1.06 $66,040 $59,657 41% 23 Connecticut State 1.06 $63,970 $59,452 29% 24 New Hampshire State 1.06 $63,030 $59,462 30% 25 Utah State 1.06 $59,980 $59,860 30% 26 New York State 1.05 $66,710 $59,298 33% 27 Colorado State 1.04 $61,570 $58,416 36% 28 Massachusetts State 1.03 $62,710 $57,797 43% 29 Mississippi State 1.03 $49,060 $57,854 22% 30 Ohio State 1.03 $52,350 $57,909 24% 31 Pennsylvania State 1.03 $56,210 $57,948 28% 32 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 1.01 $66,040 $56,687 41% 33 New Jersey State 0.99 $60,750 $55,836 36% 34 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 0.99 $59,790 $55,464 36% 35 Kentucky State 0.98 $48,900 $55,254 24% 36 South Dakota State 0.98 $50,150 $55,231 23% 37 Missouri State 0.95 $47,120 $53,183 26% 38 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro 0.95 $48,480 $53,158 30% 39 Iowa State 0.94 $47,180 $52,892 24% 40 Washington State 0.94 $56,870 $53,001 40% 41 Michigan State 0.93 $48,440 $52,481 28% 42 Arizona State 0.91 $51,600 $51,140 35% 43 Indiana State 0.91 $46,520 $51,403 27% 44 Maryland State 0.89 $54,670 $50,064 37% 45 Idaho State 0.88 $47,840 $49,575 30% 46 North Carolina State 0.87 $46,320 $49,068 34% 47 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro 0.87 $46,690 $48,737 39% 48 Oregon State 0.85 $49,260 $47,825 39% 49 Georgia State 0.83 $43,610 $46,692 39% 50 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro 0.83 $46,200 $46,904 45% 51 Florida State 0.81 $46,200 $45,517 45% 52 Alabama State 0.78 $38,430 $44,122 30% 53 Delaware State 0.78 $44,290 $43,851 37% 54 Oklahoma State 0.78 $38,880 $43,932 30% 55 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 0.77 $46,750 $43,088 52% 56 Tennessee State 0.70 $36,240 $39,607 42%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).