Dishwashers salary
The median pay for dishwashers in the United States is $34,810 a year. About 477,450 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $26,200
- 25th percentile
- $29,690
- Median percentile
- $34,810
- 75th percentile
- $37,440
- 90th percentile
- $42,860
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Washington $40,080
- District of Columbia $38,670
- California $37,870
- Colorado $37,840
- Hawaii $37,740
- Massachusetts $37,190
- Illinois $36,180
- Oregon $36,040
- Vermont $36,010
- New Jersey $35,900
- Delaware $35,780
- Maine $35,620
- Connecticut $35,550
- New York $35,450
- Arizona $35,130
- New Hampshire $34,960
- Nevada $34,920
- Minnesota $34,060
- Maryland $34,030
- Rhode Island $33,960
- Alaska $33,890
- Virginia $33,130
- Missouri $32,150
- Utah $31,830
- Michigan $31,300
- Florida $31,240
- Tennessee $30,530
- New Mexico $30,520
- North Carolina $30,340
- Montana $30,130
- North Dakota $29,980
- Pennsylvania $29,950
- Idaho $29,920
- Nebraska $29,740
- Georgia $29,730
- Texas $29,610
- Wyoming $29,600
- Ohio $29,520
- Indiana $29,480
- Iowa $29,300
- South Carolina $29,160
- Wisconsin $29,070
- Kentucky $29,060
- Alabama $28,930
- South Dakota $28,190
- Kansas $28,060
- Arkansas $27,540
- Oklahoma $27,390
- West Virginia $26,460
- Louisiana $26,440
- Mississippi $26,300
By metro area
- Kahului, HI $45,930
- San Jose, CA $43,960
- Seattle, WA $42,750
- San Francisco, CA $42,100
- Napa, CA $39,930
- Bremerton, WA $38,910
- Santa Rosa, CA $38,810
- Denver, CO $38,710
- San Diego, CA $38,530
- Vallejo, CA $37,910
- Boston, MA $37,750
- Boulder, CO $37,750
- Mount Vernon, WA $37,710
- Los Angeles, CA $37,580
- Bellingham, WA $37,430
- Kennewick, WA $37,400
- Santa Cruz, CA $37,380
- Amherst Town, MA $37,350
- Salinas, CA $37,350
- Santa Maria, CA $37,290
- Portland, OR $37,250
- Burlington, VT $37,170
- Atlantic City, NJ $37,110
- Olympia, WA $37,070
- Barnstable Town, MA $37,030
- Washington, DC $37,010
- Sacramento, CA $36,930
- Longview, WA $36,880
- Bridgeport, CT $36,850
- Chicago, IL $36,850
- Modesto, CA $36,810
- San Luis Obispo, CA $36,760
- Riverside, CA $36,710
- Oxnard, CA $36,670
- Worcester, MA $36,660
- Bozeman, MT $36,470
- Portland, ME $36,440
- Kiryas Joel, NY $36,410
- Bend, OR $36,400
- Urban Honolulu, HI $36,400
- Wenatchee, WA $36,390
- Spokane, WA $36,330
- Yuba City, CA $36,220
- Walla Walla, WA $36,110
- Stockton, CA $35,980
- Yakima, WA $35,950
- Pittsfield, MA $35,840
- Fort Collins, CO $35,800
- Phoenix, AZ $35,780
- Bakersfield, CA $35,720
- New York, NY $35,670
- Las Vegas, NV $35,630
- Hanford, CA $35,560
- Springfield, MA $35,560
- Flagstaff, AZ $35,530
- Kingston, NY $35,510
- New Haven, CT $35,470
- Grants Pass, OR $35,410
- Austin, TX $35,360
- Trenton, NJ $35,360
- Hartford, CT $35,350
- Medford, OR $35,340
- Manchester, NH $35,290
- Greeley, CO $35,240
- Merced, CA $35,210
- Ithaca, NY $35,170
- Chico, CA $35,150
- Fresno, CA $35,110
- Buffalo, NY $35,080
- Salem, OR $35,070
- Colorado Springs, CO $35,030
- El Centro, CA $34,990
- Naples, FL $34,980
- Corvallis, OR $34,950
- Minneapolis, MN $34,940
- Lewiston, ME $34,920
- Redding, CA $34,900
- Norwich, CT $34,820
- Kansas City, MO $34,800
- Visalia, CA $34,750
- Providence, RI $34,640
- Prescott Valley, AZ $34,600
- Albany, NY $34,580
- Syracuse, NY $34,530
- Utica, NY $34,530
- Bangor, ME $34,490
- Salt Lake City, UT $34,480
- Waterbury, CT $34,470
- Ann Arbor, MI $34,440
- Nashville, TN $34,380
- Detroit, MI $34,350
- Pueblo, CO $34,350
- Lewiston, ID $34,020
- Glens Falls, NY $34,010
- Albany, OR $33,960
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $33,890
- Rochester, NY $33,880
- Eugene, OR $33,850
- Omaha, NE $33,810
- Durham, NC $33,800
- Santa Fe, NM $33,750
- Grand Junction, CO $33,730
- Columbus, OH $33,690
- Binghamton, NY $33,530
- Tucson, AZ $33,490
- Boise City, ID $33,470
- Vineland, NJ $33,400
- Champaign, IL $33,330
- Watertown, NY $33,330
- Baltimore, MD $33,280
- Philadelphia, PA $33,270
- Carson City, NV $33,220
- Reno, NV $33,190
- Lansing, MI $33,130
- Charlottesville, VA $33,090
- Hilton Head Island, SC $33,040
- Fairbanks, AK $32,900
- Rochester, MN $32,790
- Madison, WI $32,750
- Lake Havasu City, AZ $32,670