Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$71,350 |
$27,650 | 140 |
2 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$70,260 |
$31,430 | 790 |
3 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$70,240 |
$48,450 | 80 |
4 |
Decatur, Alabama
|
$69,110 |
$40,520 | 70 |
5 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$69,020 |
$23,940 | 90 |
6 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$68,440 |
$42,740 | 80 |
7 |
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$66,530 |
$35,590 | n/a |
8 |
Dothan, Alabama
|
$66,080 |
$29,290 | 30 |
9 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$65,620 |
$33,080 | 160 |
10 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$65,360 |
$34,390 | 670 |
11 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$64,980 |
$48,730 | 70 |
12 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$64,850 |
$34,860 | 500 |
13 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$64,110 |
$30,150 | 70 |
14 |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
|
$62,490 |
$37,400 | 40 |
15 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$62,070 |
$28,130 | 70 |
16 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$60,540 |
$41,810 | 290 |
17 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia
|
$60,440 |
$28,680 | 70 |
18 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$59,830 |
$36,220 | 70 |
19 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$59,410 |
$35,020 | 300 |
20 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$59,300 |
$34,740 | 50 |
21 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$59,280 |
$36,990 | 150 |
22 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$59,190 |
$38,010 | 250 |
23 |
Charleston, West Virginia
|
$58,690 |
$27,250 | 170 |
24 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$58,440 |
$27,470 | 2,720 |
25 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$58,360 |
$27,560 | 130 |
26 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$57,710 |
$33,240 | 170 |
27 |
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$57,170 |
$26,990 | 60 |
28 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$56,060 |
$23,990 | 150 |
29 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$55,930 |
$38,290 | 330 |
30 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$55,540 |
$36,530 | 1,060 |
31 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$55,300 |
$22,590 | 50 |
32 |
Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$54,170 |
$38,750 | 30 |
33 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$54,090 |
$34,250 | 60 |
34 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$53,960 |
$32,170 | 570 |
35 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$53,940 |
$33,290 | 140 |
36 |
Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$53,820 |
$31,240 | 50 |
37 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$53,700 |
$35,500 | 1,610 |
38 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$53,620 |
$32,670 | 50 |
39 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$53,620 |
$36,120 | 80 |
40 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$53,370 |
$32,860 | 110 |
41 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$53,240 |
$26,420 | 310 |
42 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$52,770 |
$34,870 | 300 |
43 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$52,490 |
$29,170 | 4,580 |
44 |
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$52,350 |
$34,650 | 40 |
45 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$52,350 |
$40,600 | 80 |
46 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$52,340 |
$28,440 | 110 |
47 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$51,850 |
$33,150 | 40 |
48 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$51,770 |
$26,920 | 50 |
49 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$51,740 |
$28,970 | 80 |
50 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$51,650 |
$33,230 | 140 |
51 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$51,390 |
$23,780 | 50 |
52 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$51,260 |
$34,030 | 130 |
53 |
Owensboro, Kentucky
|
$51,110 |
$37,900 | 30 |
54 |
Savannah, Georgia
|
$51,080 |
$28,990 | 60 |
55 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$50,810 |
$34,040 | 160 |
56 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$50,780 |
$27,870 | 700 |
57 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$50,780 |
$34,390 | 430 |
58 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$50,520 |
$28,940 | 1,280 |
59 |
Longview, Texas
|
$50,410 |
$39,850 | 50 |
60 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$50,360 |
$29,070 | 400 |
61 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$50,310 |
$32,350 | 650 |
62 |
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$50,250 |
$28,820 | 100 |
63 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$50,220 |
$19,120 | 140 |
64 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$50,130 |
$28,660 | 850 |
65 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$49,960 |
$34,350 | 190 |
66 |
Port St Lucie, Florida
|
$49,930 |
$27,840 | 30 |
67 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$49,800 |
$32,570 | 350 |
68 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$49,740 |
$33,880 | 1,290 |
69 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$49,730 |
$28,760 | 1,240 |
70 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$49,670 |
$31,350 | 760 |
71 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$49,340 |
$29,570 | 120 |
72 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$49,230 |
$29,850 | 100 |
73 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$49,170 |
$33,780 | 80 |
74 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$49,140 |
$34,420 | 60 |
75 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$49,050 |
$27,400 | 160 |
76 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$48,920 |
$28,800 | 50 |
77 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$48,510 |
$31,940 | 280 |
78 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$48,510 |
$33,260 | 140 |
79 |
East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$48,500 |
$29,880 | 30 |
80 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$48,500 |
$32,180 | 210 |
81 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$48,500 |
$27,400 | 740 |
82 |
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$48,400 |
$28,670 | 110 |
83 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$48,290 |
$32,270 | 160 |
84 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$48,270 |
$27,260 | 130 |
85 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$48,270 |
$29,520 | 2,730 |
86 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$48,210 |
$29,850 | 220 |
87 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$48,190 |
$32,920 | 30 |
88 |
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
$47,990 |
$38,090 | 80 |
89 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$47,910 |
$34,670 | 100 |
90 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$47,840 |
$36,840 | 240 |
91 |
Lynchburg, Virginia
|
$47,780 |
$34,990 | 80 |
92 |
Rochester, New York
|
$47,470 |
$30,820 | 150 |
93 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$47,350 |
$30,570 | 130 |
94 |
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$46,950 |
$40,240 | 30 |
95 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$46,920 |
$33,830 | 180 |
96 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$46,810 |
$29,290 | 130 |
97 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$46,800 |
$34,730 | 70 |
98 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$46,650 |
$28,630 | 430 |
99 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$46,630 |
$33,570 | 70 |
100 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$46,550 |
$30,370 | 1,770 |
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