Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$89,380 |
$40,650 | 50 |
2 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$85,830 |
$35,460 | 330 |
3 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$83,430 |
$50,620 | 110 |
4 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$77,160 |
$36,670 | 190 |
5 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$71,830 |
$46,490 | 160 |
6 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$69,620 |
$62,230 | 80 |
7 |
Farmington, New Mexico
|
$69,490 |
$41,460 | 90 |
8 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$69,360 |
$45,870 | 640 |
9 |
Tyler, Texas
|
$67,640 |
$38,620 | 40 |
10 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$66,570 |
$48,340 | 250 |
11 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$66,420 |
$52,360 | 330 |
12 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$63,220 |
$34,450 | 170 |
13 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$62,470 |
$37,400 | 800 |
14 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$60,290 |
$34,670 | 640 |
15 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$58,950 |
$33,230 | 160 |
16 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$58,740 |
$30,220 | 130 |
17 |
Longview, Texas
|
$58,220 |
$29,990 | 80 |
18 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$57,620 |
$35,480 | 70 |
19 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$57,000 |
$32,130 | 290 |
20 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$56,980 |
$32,170 | 280 |
21 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$56,760 |
$36,000 | 540 |
22 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$56,130 |
$35,240 | 550 |
23 |
Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$55,820 |
$33,970 | 110 |
24 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$55,800 |
$42,030 | 160 |
25 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$55,640 |
$34,460 | 230 |
26 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$55,610 |
$32,820 | 270 |
27 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$55,550 |
$29,200 | 290 |
28 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$55,310 |
$49,980 | 40 |
29 |
East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$55,170 |
$40,730 | 60 |
30 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$54,710 |
$38,390 | 110 |
31 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$53,790 |
$41,070 | 200 |
32 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$53,750 |
$30,710 | 540 |
33 |
Midland, Texas
|
$53,180 |
$29,460 | 310 |
34 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$52,510 |
$35,590 | 130 |
35 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$52,030 |
$39,760 | 260 |
36 |
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$51,480 |
$30,140 | 280 |
37 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$51,420 |
$33,770 | 30 |
38 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$51,180 |
$30,570 | 2,790 |
39 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$50,750 |
$29,800 | 710 |
40 |
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$50,080 |
$27,830 | n/a |
41 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$49,830 |
$30,910 | 420 |
42 |
Victoria, Texas
|
$48,980 |
$29,580 | 40 |
43 |
Abilene, Texas
|
$48,930 |
$38,250 | 60 |
44 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$48,910 |
$40,950 | 60 |
45 |
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$47,020 |
$35,490 | 80 |
46 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
|
$46,470 |
$29,480 | 90 |
47 |
Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$46,240 |
$34,320 | 50 |
48 |
Fort Smith, Oklahoma
|
$46,100 |
$38,710 | n/a |
49 |
Wichita Falls, Texas
|
$45,790 |
$33,510 | 50 |
50 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$45,300 |
$28,390 | 240 |
51 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$44,630 |
$27,500 | 50 |
52 |
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$43,470 |
$33,920 | 60 |
53 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$42,410 |
$32,210 | 50 |
54 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$41,890 |
$33,860 | 170 |
55 |
College Station-Bryan, Texas
|
$41,650 |
$32,250 | 120 |
56 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$41,500 |
$28,600 | 280 |
57 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$41,120 |
$32,990 | 40 |
58 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$41,070 |
$32,430 | 310 |
59 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$40,110 |
$27,510 | 390 |
60 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$38,540 |
$26,930 | 460 |
61 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$37,720 |
$32,660 | 110 |
62 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$37,270 |
$29,340 | 390 |
63 |
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$35,710 |
$27,210 | 100 |
64 |
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$35,660 |
$26,890 | 160 |
65 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$32,150 |
$26,890 | 70 |
66 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$31,830 |
$23,430 | n/a |
67 |
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
$30,280 |
$21,610 | 30 |
68 |
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$23,290 |
$20,350 | 50 |
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