Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$135,480 |
$88,650 | 40 |
2 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$120,360 |
$72,700 | 480 |
3 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$118,470 |
$75,180 | 4,230 |
4 |
Midland, Texas
|
$117,960 |
$84,070 | 150 |
5 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$117,720 |
$70,660 | 550 |
6 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$116,990 |
$89,820 | 60 |
7 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$112,040 |
$71,010 | 30 |
8 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$111,700 |
$70,900 | 1,190 |
9 |
Lubbock, Texas
|
$111,200 |
$63,640 | 70 |
10 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$110,960 |
$69,120 | 270 |
11 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$109,850 |
$75,770 | 90 |
12 |
Farmington, New Mexico
|
$106,240 |
$66,500 | 40 |
13 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$106,090 |
$70,090 | 6,120 |
14 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$105,710 |
$69,630 | 6,310 |
15 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$104,100 |
$66,250 | 2,950 |
16 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$103,090 |
$66,930 | 140 |
17 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$102,750 |
$47,210 | 240 |
18 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$102,350 |
$66,740 | 5,270 |
19 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$102,160 |
$79,310 | 230 |
20 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$101,820 |
$67,950 | 250 |
21 |
Decatur, Alabama
|
$101,750 |
$66,270 | 230 |
22 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$100,410 |
$66,500 | 3,530 |
23 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$99,810 |
$66,380 | 4,550 |
24 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$99,790 |
$66,420 | 1,010 |
25 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$99,510 |
$66,980 | 720 |
26 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$99,250 |
$57,410 | 470 |
27 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$99,250 |
$69,700 | 790 |
28 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$99,180 |
$64,640 | 1,290 |
29 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$98,910 |
$65,890 | 120 |
30 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$98,880 |
$53,440 | 170 |
31 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$98,810 |
$68,190 | 90 |
32 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$98,700 |
$65,360 | 1,250 |
33 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$98,540 |
$64,890 | 6,360 |
34 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$97,670 |
$59,360 | 4,600 |
35 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$97,330 |
$68,940 | 280 |
36 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$97,290 |
$66,210 | 6,470 |
37 |
Corvallis, Oregon
|
$97,280 |
$65,700 | n/a |
38 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$97,140 |
$56,880 | 1,260 |
39 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$96,990 |
$62,900 | 80 |
40 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$96,920 |
$81,090 | 40 |
41 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$96,800 |
$64,100 | 1,590 |
42 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$96,680 |
$66,230 | 770 |
43 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$96,660 |
$70,040 | 40 |
44 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$96,210 |
$66,530 | 130 |
45 |
Longview, Washington
|
$96,030 |
$55,130 | 70 |
46 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$95,960 |
$60,590 | 40 |
47 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$95,900 |
$66,000 | 670 |
48 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$95,750 |
$66,630 | 380 |
49 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$95,510 |
$60,790 | 9,160 |
50 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$95,420 |
$57,940 | 5,980 |
51 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$95,110 |
$62,480 | 310 |
52 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$95,040 |
$62,010 | 2,920 |
53 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$94,950 |
$68,290 | 180 |
54 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$94,830 |
$67,050 | 820 |
55 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$94,770 |
$60,650 | 1,670 |
56 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$94,470 |
$65,460 | 620 |
57 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$94,380 |
$64,560 | 80 |
58 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$94,230 |
$60,470 | 110 |
59 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$94,040 |
$54,570 | 390 |
60 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$93,790 |
$64,020 | 1,410 |
61 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$93,770 |
$66,680 | 70 |
62 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$93,630 |
$57,990 | 1,500 |
63 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$93,440 |
$59,290 | 60 |
64 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$92,530 |
$54,540 | 100 |
65 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$92,370 |
$19,380 | 1,920 |
66 |
Sherman-Denison, Texas
|
$92,230 |
$67,770 | 60 |
67 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$92,190 |
$55,180 | 110 |
68 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$92,180 |
$63,430 | 4,150 |
69 |
Pueblo, Colorado
|
$92,000 |
$63,770 | 50 |
70 |
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$91,800 |
$64,600 | 230 |
71 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$91,720 |
$45,140 | 90 |
72 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$91,710 |
$61,720 | 610 |
73 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$91,680 |
$60,840 | 140 |
74 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$91,530 |
$60,880 | 930 |
75 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$91,520 |
$60,940 | 16,030 |
76 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$91,320 |
$53,170 | 190 |
77 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$91,290 |
$71,620 | 1,060 |
78 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$91,090 |
$61,180 | 470 |
79 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$91,030 |
$57,980 | 70 |
80 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$91,030 |
$61,740 | 560 |
81 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$91,000 |
$66,970 | 410 |
82 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$90,950 |
$52,160 | 2,820 |
83 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$90,610 |
$64,200 | 30 |
84 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$90,530 |
$64,660 | 600 |
85 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$90,480 |
$56,460 | 750 |
86 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$90,240 |
$64,620 | 80 |
87 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$89,920 |
$64,810 | 1,310 |
88 |
Waco, Texas
|
$89,750 |
$61,710 | 130 |
89 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$89,500 |
$63,700 | 5,180 |
90 |
Fresno, California
|
$89,390 |
$53,140 | 130 |
91 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$89,330 |
$66,310 | 240 |
92 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$89,320 |
$59,090 | 4,150 |
93 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$89,150 |
$52,800 | 290 |
94 |
Billings, Montana
|
$89,110 |
$64,200 | 80 |
95 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$89,110 |
$52,760 | 620 |
96 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$89,100 |
$51,070 | 320 |
97 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$89,100 |
$67,640 | 40 |
98 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$89,060 |
$59,820 | 1,070 |
99 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$88,680 |
$54,560 | 270 |
100 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$88,640 |
$60,860 | 1,180 |
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