Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$85,720 |
$29,780 | 180 |
2 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$83,510 |
$31,200 | 310 |
3 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$70,940 |
$37,760 | 50 |
4 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$62,250 |
$30,410 | 60 |
5 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$53,170 |
$24,130 | 230 |
6 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$53,060 |
$27,300 | 40 |
7 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$52,670 |
$23,780 | 310 |
8 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$51,060 |
$32,250 | 250 |
9 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$49,450 |
$36,910 | n/a |
10 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$49,180 |
$28,570 | 90 |
11 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$47,740 |
$38,820 | 50 |
12 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$46,320 |
$34,210 | 260 |
13 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$45,430 |
$30,460 | 100 |
14 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$44,840 |
$28,960 | n/a |
15 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$44,360 |
$29,870 | 170 |
16 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$43,550 |
$26,820 | 730 |
17 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$42,520 |
$29,050 | 270 |
18 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$41,210 |
$22,240 | n/a |
19 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$41,170 |
$22,320 | n/a |
20 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$40,400 |
$18,230 | 70 |
21 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$40,250 |
$27,540 | n/a |
22 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$40,100 |
$19,460 | 90 |
23 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$39,770 |
$20,140 | 90 |
24 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$39,460 |
$24,150 | 150 |
25 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$38,790 |
$25,510 | 60 |
26 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$38,620 |
$20,350 | 40 |
27 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$38,030 |
$18,100 | 40 |
28 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$37,860 |
$31,060 | n/a |
29 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$37,550 |
$32,380 | 280 |
30 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$37,330 |
$22,990 | 510 |
31 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$36,920 |
$23,380 | 30 |
32 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$36,890 |
$32,250 | n/a |
33 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$36,660 |
$28,930 | n/a |
34 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$36,380 |
$17,010 | n/a |
35 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$35,980 |
$31,060 | 280 |
36 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$35,620 |
$20,670 | 220 |
37 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$35,380 |
$17,710 | 120 |
38 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$34,890 |
$31,620 | n/a |
39 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$34,390 |
$26,260 | 140 |
40 |
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$34,180 |
$28,220 | 40 |
41 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$33,820 |
$22,340 | n/a |
42 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$33,810 |
$26,100 | 310 |
43 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$33,780 |
$24,690 | 40 |
44 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$33,680 |
$22,110 | n/a |
45 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$33,530 |
$16,540 | 40 |
46 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$33,380 |
$22,590 | 210 |
47 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$33,260 |
$25,500 | 40 |
48 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$32,930 |
$23,940 | 180 |
49 |
Lafayette, Indiana
|
$32,270 |
$21,310 | 30 |
50 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$32,100 |
$23,160 | 80 |
51 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$31,560 |
$21,660 | 160 |
52 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$31,540 |
$20,990 | 70 |
53 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$31,370 |
$24,000 | 50 |
54 |
Rochester, New York
|
$31,020 |
$22,360 | n/a |
55 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$30,230 |
$24,500 | n/a |
56 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$30,210 |
$21,380 | 80 |
57 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$29,780 |
$24,910 | 130 |
58 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$29,670 |
$25,640 | n/a |
59 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$29,100 |
$17,430 | 70 |
60 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$29,020 |
$25,340 | n/a |
61 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$24,390 |
$20,670 | 60 |
62 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$23,620 |
$20,820 | n/a |
63 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$23,490 |
$20,090 | 150 |
64 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$23,370 |
$17,790 | n/a |
65 |
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida
|
$21,560 |
$16,880 | n/a |
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