Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$138,220 |
$81,050 | 2,260 |
2 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$136,670 |
$88,820 | 50 |
3 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$135,970 |
$73,170 | 4,030 |
4 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$134,460 |
$67,970 | n/a |
5 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$133,330 |
$77,290 | 4,050 |
6 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$130,900 |
$76,110 | 410 |
7 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$129,680 |
$74,970 | 560 |
8 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$127,280 |
$69,650 | 170 |
9 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$126,470 |
$70,700 | 1,700 |
10 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$123,260 |
$81,220 | 90 |
11 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$122,880 |
$80,700 | 710 |
12 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$121,810 |
$84,200 | 2,160 |
13 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$121,360 |
$66,600 | 810 |
14 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$119,830 |
$68,410 | 2,830 |
15 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$119,370 |
$82,300 | 520 |
16 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$119,290 |
$70,140 | 3,080 |
17 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$118,230 |
$73,840 | 2,190 |
18 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$118,100 |
$69,640 | 80 |
19 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$117,940 |
$62,300 | 950 |
20 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$117,820 |
$86,830 | 40 |
21 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$117,710 |
$83,460 | 60 |
22 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$117,550 |
$51,390 | 1,530 |
23 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$117,510 |
$69,480 | 4,860 |
24 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$117,170 |
$64,080 | 120 |
25 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$116,770 |
$69,650 | 10,580 |
26 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$116,680 |
$70,940 | 280 |
27 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$116,380 |
$74,780 | 4,690 |
28 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$116,200 |
$69,980 | 9,040 |
29 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$116,180 |
$75,720 | 360 |
30 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$116,110 |
$69,270 | 4,010 |
31 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$115,380 |
$78,200 | 990 |
32 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$114,960 |
$85,240 | 390 |
33 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$114,550 |
$55,600 | 40 |
34 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$114,350 |
$67,390 | 1,690 |
35 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$114,350 |
$54,180 | 11,300 |
36 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$114,060 |
$86,920 | 60 |
37 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$113,580 |
$59,300 | 4,630 |
38 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$113,380 |
$73,020 | 3,000 |
39 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$113,370 |
$67,660 | 370 |
40 |
Dalton, Georgia
|
$113,000 |
$84,510 | 40 |
41 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$112,490 |
$71,820 | 4,670 |
42 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$112,450 |
$63,310 | 5,150 |
43 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$112,390 |
$49,220 | 3,050 |
44 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$111,910 |
$74,870 | 70 |
45 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$111,890 |
$71,610 | 5,280 |
46 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$111,770 |
$61,450 | 4,440 |
47 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$111,630 |
$68,650 | 3,620 |
48 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$111,600 |
$80,980 | 300 |
49 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$111,160 |
$76,770 | 710 |
50 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$109,730 |
$85,780 | 120 |
51 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$109,560 |
$61,520 | 1,760 |
52 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$109,270 |
$81,110 | 40 |
53 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$109,110 |
$51,410 | 2,730 |
54 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$109,010 |
$69,580 | 4,150 |
55 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$108,540 |
$70,000 | 900 |
56 |
Fresno, California
|
$108,490 |
$58,920 | 160 |
57 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$108,320 |
$69,440 | 4,230 |
58 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$108,150 |
$63,370 | 1,810 |
59 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$107,600 |
$64,290 | 90 |
60 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$106,820 |
$65,050 | 220 |
61 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$106,620 |
$56,370 | 1,250 |
62 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$106,100 |
$56,370 | 2,190 |
63 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$106,070 |
$68,470 | 820 |
64 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$105,850 |
$66,960 | 130 |
65 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$105,830 |
$73,550 | 430 |
66 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$105,660 |
$70,550 | 610 |
67 |
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
|
$105,440 |
$55,760 | 110 |
68 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$105,420 |
$63,980 | 190 |
69 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$104,970 |
$63,990 | 1,770 |
70 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$104,270 |
$82,530 | 50 |
71 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$103,370 |
$58,460 | 600 |
72 |
Topeka, Kansas
|
$103,040 |
$62,030 | 60 |
73 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$102,470 |
$74,970 | 40 |
74 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$101,940 |
$55,020 | 240 |
75 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$101,510 |
$60,540 | 330 |
76 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$101,410 |
$55,550 | 680 |
77 |
Yuma, Arizona
|
$100,940 |
$67,790 | n/a |
78 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$100,580 |
$64,980 | 1,500 |
79 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$100,040 |
$61,330 | 4,180 |
80 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$99,940 |
$78,120 | 120 |
81 |
Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$99,540 |
$63,390 | 100 |
82 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$99,340 |
$60,680 | 680 |
83 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$99,300 |
$62,920 | 190 |
84 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$99,090 |
$57,080 | 1,000 |
85 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$98,790 |
$56,590 | 330 |
86 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$98,430 |
$66,860 | 1,010 |
87 |
Stockton, California
|
$98,430 |
$83,930 | 60 |
88 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$98,010 |
$55,320 | 350 |
89 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$97,900 |
$57,780 | 50 |
90 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$97,640 |
$67,660 | 1,880 |
91 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$97,430 |
$61,590 | 90 |
92 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$97,400 |
$69,320 | 360 |
93 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$96,990 |
$59,550 | 170 |
94 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$96,910 |
$67,030 | 50 |
95 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$96,650 |
$77,340 | 50 |
96 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$96,630 |
$68,770 | 1,040 |
97 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$96,530 |
$63,530 | 130 |
98 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$96,170 |
$73,870 | 80 |
99 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$96,110 |
$55,050 | 180 |
100 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$96,070 |
$67,520 | 310 |
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