Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$163,940 |
$49,370 | 220 |
2 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$148,810 |
$56,520 | 390 |
3 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$143,430 |
$67,370 | 620 |
4 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$140,000 |
$71,060 | 200 |
5 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$139,700 |
$66,880 | 640 |
6 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$133,920 |
$54,680 | 250 |
7 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$129,850 |
$79,890 | 60 |
8 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$128,480 |
$57,780 | 60 |
9 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$123,830 |
$69,930 | 270 |
10 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$122,980 |
$55,290 | 910 |
11 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$122,960 |
$55,610 | 840 |
12 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$121,580 |
$62,930 | n/a |
13 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$119,400 |
$30,340 | 1,650 |
14 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$116,870 |
$48,600 | 410 |
15 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$110,590 |
$58,270 | 160 |
16 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$109,450 |
$43,600 | 2,340 |
17 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$103,540 |
$44,000 | 40 |
18 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$102,760 |
$33,330 | 180 |
19 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$101,350 |
$54,770 | 30 |
20 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$100,510 |
$41,610 | 130 |
21 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$100,170 |
$59,070 | 290 |
22 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$98,380 |
$24,450 | 120 |
23 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$98,330 |
$36,250 | n/a |
24 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$98,300 |
$39,980 | 430 |
25 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$97,880 |
$55,170 | 1,160 |
26 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$97,880 |
$55,170 | 1,160 |
27 |
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$93,980 |
$76,080 | 50 |
28 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$92,490 |
$35,990 | 150 |
29 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$92,490 |
$35,990 | 150 |
30 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$92,210 |
$66,550 | 280 |
31 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$91,740 |
$56,070 | 120 |
32 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$88,860 |
$64,360 | n/a |
33 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$83,690 |
$29,890 | 180 |
34 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$78,080 |
$46,050 | 130 |
35 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$76,940 |
$25,280 | 180 |
36 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$74,540 |
$34,090 | 90 |
37 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$73,150 |
$17,890 | 200 |
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