Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$152,500 |
$91,110 | 3,780 |
2 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$140,930 |
$59,120 | 1,470 |
3 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$140,880 |
$78,580 | 5,800 |
4 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$139,570 |
$77,710 | 9,860 |
5 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$139,470 |
$77,580 | 3,730 |
6 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$138,130 |
$110,620 | 530 |
7 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$137,150 |
$81,830 | 110 |
8 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$134,550 |
$82,230 | 850 |
9 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$134,450 |
$92,990 | 280 |
10 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$132,820 |
$81,420 | 460 |
11 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$130,680 |
$95,210 | 35,750 |
12 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$130,680 |
$96,780 | 32,380 |
13 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$130,320 |
$71,700 | 340 |
14 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$128,840 |
$87,460 | 3,100 |
15 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$128,260 |
$82,610 | 6,940 |
16 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$128,120 |
$78,890 | 1,470 |
17 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$127,230 |
$88,120 | 4,370 |
18 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$126,300 |
$74,590 | 13,830 |
19 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$125,600 |
$81,040 | 5,050 |
20 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$125,190 |
$70,870 | 640 |
21 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$125,020 |
$83,170 | 110 |
22 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$124,680 |
$60,460 | 530 |
23 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$124,360 |
$75,310 | 26,520 |
24 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$123,950 |
$71,570 | 3,630 |
25 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$123,410 |
$70,970 | 7,740 |
26 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$123,350 |
$81,730 | 4,970 |
27 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$123,220 |
$75,720 | 5,710 |
28 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$123,050 |
$69,820 | 4,200 |
29 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$122,830 |
$74,150 | 530 |
30 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$122,170 |
$55,600 | 140 |
31 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$121,670 |
$72,820 | 360 |
32 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$121,180 |
$83,480 | 170 |
33 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$120,790 |
$60,840 | 60 |
34 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$120,290 |
$87,560 | 1,640 |
35 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$120,220 |
$68,150 | 13,200 |
36 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$120,180 |
$71,220 | 4,390 |
37 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$120,000 |
$81,790 | 1,830 |
38 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$119,750 |
$64,950 | 180 |
39 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$119,320 |
$68,190 | 10,870 |
40 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$119,260 |
$73,750 | 3,940 |
41 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$118,990 |
$70,510 | 370 |
42 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$118,920 |
$69,210 | 6,160 |
43 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$118,720 |
$66,450 | 140 |
44 |
Midland, Texas
|
$118,710 |
$71,610 | 40 |
45 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$118,510 |
$82,200 | 70 |
46 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$118,420 |
$75,670 | 4,810 |
47 |
Salinas, California
|
$118,380 |
$73,770 | 260 |
48 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$117,630 |
$71,940 | 9,010 |
49 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$117,420 |
$71,980 | 320 |
50 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$117,400 |
$91,900 | 190 |
51 |
Idaho Falls, Idaho
|
$117,260 |
$55,580 | 170 |
52 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$116,810 |
$72,540 | 340 |
53 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$116,810 |
$70,040 | 6,020 |
54 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$116,520 |
$67,110 | 1,220 |
55 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia
|
$116,410 |
$19,270 | 60 |
56 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$116,250 |
$82,120 | 1,170 |
57 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$115,440 |
$66,840 | 1,930 |
58 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$115,440 |
$69,160 | 6,640 |
59 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$115,100 |
$86,840 | 500 |
60 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$113,720 |
$66,310 | 370 |
61 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$113,620 |
$77,120 | 50 |
62 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$113,400 |
$52,460 | 110 |
63 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$113,250 |
$72,460 | 900 |
64 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$113,170 |
$58,850 | 360 |
65 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$113,110 |
$73,340 | 320 |
66 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$113,100 |
$65,000 | 1,780 |
67 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$113,050 |
$62,710 | 260 |
68 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$112,750 |
$73,980 | 420 |
69 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$112,450 |
$67,830 | 730 |
70 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$111,960 |
$70,020 | 2,080 |
71 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$111,310 |
$65,120 | 8,510 |
72 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$110,970 |
$71,860 | 690 |
73 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$110,610 |
$60,640 | 660 |
74 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
|
$110,050 |
$59,910 | 40 |
75 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$110,040 |
$58,430 | 390 |
76 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$109,920 |
$53,090 | 2,530 |
77 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$109,830 |
$58,660 | 1,080 |
78 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$109,780 |
$70,150 | 320 |
79 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$109,770 |
$77,090 | 390 |
80 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$109,590 |
$67,650 | 150 |
81 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$109,350 |
$72,890 | 450 |
82 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$109,150 |
$58,770 | 2,320 |
83 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$108,990 |
$69,800 | 5,560 |
84 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$108,930 |
$31,740 | 160 |
85 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$108,910 |
$59,450 | 230 |
86 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$108,910 |
$70,910 | 580 |
87 |
Stockton, California
|
$108,850 |
$48,930 | 290 |
88 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$108,800 |
$66,220 | 160 |
89 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$108,630 |
$59,990 | 60 |
90 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$108,290 |
$63,680 | 230 |
91 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$108,270 |
$65,440 | 2,220 |
92 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$108,240 |
$65,990 | 90 |
93 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$108,200 |
$72,910 | 90 |
94 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$107,920 |
$67,190 | 880 |
95 |
Greenville, North Carolina
|
$107,880 |
$69,430 | 100 |
96 |
Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$107,710 |
$81,300 | 560 |
97 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$107,690 |
$66,200 | 100 |
98 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$107,670 |
$62,700 | 940 |
99 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$107,370 |
$66,080 | 140 |
100 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$107,070 |
$82,490 | 250 |
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