This is different from Census Bureau estimates because this is actual reported data to the IRS.
I only counted MSAs with 300,000+ filed returns. Otherwise, Naples FL was notable at $183k but doesnt have 300,000+ returns.
Anyhow,
Average Reported Income Per IRS Tax Return, 2020
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara $190,372
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk $167,802
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley $154,404
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue $117,955
Boston-Cambridge-Newton $115,236
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown $106,333
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria $102,776
New York-Newark-Jersey City $96,519
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton $95,466
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood $91,372
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach $88,798
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington $88,400
Raleigh-Cary $87,448
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington $86,830
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura $86,180
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad $85,745
Madison $85,306
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin $85,023
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson $84,748
Cape Coral-Ft Myers $84,714
Albany-Schenectady-Troy $84,455
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro $84,241
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim $83,522
Durham-Chapel Hill $83,399
Dallas-Ft Worth-Arlington $83,163
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown $81,481
Nashville-Murfreesboro-Frankin $81,270
Charleston-North Charleston $80,932
Salt Lake City $80,850
Omaha-Council Bluffs $80,059
Boise $78,890
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia $78,300
Anchorage $78,150
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom $77,520
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land $77,252
Worcester $76,712
Richmond $76,624
Des Moines-West Des Moines $76,436
St Louis $76,364
Kansas City $76,319
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta $76,309
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler $75,883
Milwaukee-Waukesha $75,856
Cincinnati $75,558
New Haven-Milford $75,260
Jacksonville $74,965
Honolulu $74,187
Grand Rapids-Kentwood $73,882
Pittsburgh $73,585
Birmingham-Hoover $73,274
Colorado Springs $72,398
Columbus $72,351
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson $71,720
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn $71,558
Knoxville $71,549
Providence-Warwick $71,196
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater $71,019
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton $70,563
Wichita $69,833
Harrisburg-Carlisle $69,645
Cleveland-Elyria $69,060
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise $68,487
San Antonio-New Braunfels $67,388
Louisville $66,851
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News $66,308
Syracuse $65,869
Akron $65,677
Oklahoma City $65,859
Springfield(MA) $65,260
Rochester $65,020
Tulsa $64,497
Buffalo-Cheektowaga $64,075
Greenville-Anderson $64,058
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway $64,025
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford $63,045
Baton Rouge $63,030
Tucson $62,998
Stockton $62,899
Memphis $62,604
Dayton-Kettering $62,155
Albuquerque $61,812
New Orleans $61,755
Winston-Salem $61,016
Columbia(SC) $60,683
Toledo $60,750
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond $60,068
Greensboro-High Point $59,766
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario $58,103
Fresno $55,584
Bakersfield $54,285
Lakeland-Winter Haven $51,605
El Paso $45,197
McAllen-Edinburgh-Mission $39,067
Source:
https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-t...unty-data-2020