Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$183,120 |
$64,560 | 930 |
2 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$170,940 |
$72,110 | 3,750 |
3 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$170,580 |
$84,320 | 3,030 |
4 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$165,230 |
$52,660 | 890 |
5 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$165,200 |
$58,430 | 980 |
6 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$160,990 |
$54,510 | 2,080 |
7 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$157,600 |
$45,370 | 930 |
8 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$143,950 |
$72,980 | 3,290 |
9 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$143,910 |
$72,990 | 3,300 |
10 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$143,050 |
$49,670 | 1,220 |
11 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$142,950 |
$36,310 | 370 |
12 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$142,510 |
$60,220 | 3,260 |
13 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$142,060 |
$60,950 | 4,350 |
14 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$139,080 |
$42,500 | 1,580 |
15 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$130,310 |
$76,480 | 80 |
16 |
Rochester, New York
|
$122,940 |
$57,540 | 1,620 |
17 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$121,850 |
$53,220 | 2,390 |
18 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$118,650 |
$51,570 | 670 |
19 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$117,840 |
$47,810 | 4,810 |
20 |
College Station-Bryan, Texas
|
$117,430 |
$51,350 | 230 |
21 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$117,220 |
$55,030 | 860 |
22 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$116,800 |
$54,820 | 3,510 |
23 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$116,400 |
$48,890 | 7,110 |
24 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$115,880 |
$49,590 | 6,670 |
25 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$115,250 |
$60,140 | 300 |
26 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$113,780 |
$54,150 | 3,840 |
27 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$111,530 |
$59,540 | 250 |
28 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$111,380 |
$47,830 | 360 |
29 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$109,600 |
$50,250 | 350 |
30 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$109,510 |
$50,160 | 2,660 |
31 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$109,290 |
$61,370 | 110 |
32 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$108,020 |
$48,960 | 11,460 |
33 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$105,480 |
$40,570 | 170 |
34 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$105,270 |
$50,870 | 16,880 |
35 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$105,120 |
$59,980 | 560 |
36 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$104,160 |
$46,210 | 190 |
37 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$103,470 |
$44,690 | 1,700 |
38 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$101,870 |
$53,750 | 840 |
39 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$100,730 |
$39,070 | 330 |
40 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$98,910 |
$48,290 | 310 |
41 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$97,050 |
$44,840 | 3,310 |
42 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$97,000 |
$57,000 | 940 |
43 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$96,830 |
$25,560 | 2,190 |
44 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$95,680 |
$48,920 | 600 |
45 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$94,400 |
$42,440 | 2,500 |
46 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$93,540 |
$29,880 | 160 |
47 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$93,420 |
$54,660 | 890 |
48 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$93,180 |
$45,250 | 4,510 |
49 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$92,070 |
$58,910 | 730 |
50 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$91,850 |
$40,860 | n/a |
51 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$91,280 |
$39,640 | 1,380 |
52 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$91,100 |
$55,690 | 1,350 |
53 |
Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$90,090 |
$60,730 | 70 |
54 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$89,900 |
$59,330 | 30 |
55 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$88,880 |
$39,760 | 1,520 |
56 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$88,700 |
$49,090 | 350 |
57 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$88,560 |
$40,400 | 250 |
58 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$87,520 |
$39,470 | 2,800 |
59 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$87,480 |
$64,780 | 220 |
60 |
Tallahassee, Florida
|
$86,920 |
$46,520 | 440 |
61 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$86,750 |
$53,310 | 400 |
62 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$86,040 |
$40,760 | 640 |
63 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$85,890 |
$38,180 | 630 |
64 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$84,820 |
$48,540 | 440 |
65 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$84,630 |
$47,460 | 180 |
66 |
Salinas, California
|
$83,780 |
$54,190 | n/a |
67 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$83,720 |
$54,210 | 370 |
68 |
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$83,470 |
$47,210 | 80 |
69 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$83,420 |
$56,680 | 140 |
70 |
Savannah, Georgia
|
$81,640 |
$31,160 | 130 |
71 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$81,630 |
$50,910 | 190 |
72 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$81,600 |
$48,620 | 200 |
73 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$81,380 |
$53,690 | 120 |
74 |
Stockton, California
|
$81,060 |
$37,300 | 270 |
75 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$80,990 |
$42,310 | 270 |
76 |
Bangor, Maine
|
$80,760 |
$44,060 | 80 |
77 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$80,730 |
$46,710 | 370 |
78 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$79,900 |
$31,030 | 2,490 |
79 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$79,580 |
$46,430 | 210 |
80 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$79,460 |
$50,600 | 700 |
81 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$79,460 |
$48,720 | 190 |
82 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$79,330 |
$32,930 | 830 |
83 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$79,290 |
$45,740 | 280 |
84 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$79,100 |
$60,910 | 1,590 |
85 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$78,660 |
$47,550 | 2,290 |
86 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$78,610 |
$36,240 | 170 |
87 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$78,290 |
$47,580 | n/a |
88 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$78,090 |
$33,600 | 340 |
89 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$77,950 |
$39,800 | 1,290 |
90 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$77,750 |
$23,250 | 40 |
91 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$77,600 |
$31,720 | 180 |
92 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$77,570 |
$26,980 | 600 |
93 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$77,400 |
$30,680 | 1,040 |
94 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$75,140 |
$37,460 | 360 |
95 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$74,880 |
$62,770 | 50 |
96 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$73,910 |
$42,070 | 1,190 |
97 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$73,220 |
$44,110 | 40 |
98 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$72,770 |
$33,690 | 740 |
99 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$71,610 |
$37,230 | 2,810 |
100 |
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$70,860 |
$33,540 | 130 |
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