Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$139,430 |
$73,500 | 120 |
2 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$122,610 |
$73,010 | 360 |
3 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$112,900 |
$66,750 | 280 |
4 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$111,100 |
$55,830 | 160 |
5 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$110,910 |
$67,780 | 830 |
6 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$108,030 |
$79,700 | 130 |
7 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$107,910 |
$52,080 | 180 |
8 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$105,500 |
$44,520 | 60 |
9 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$104,290 |
$63,730 | 260 |
10 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$103,370 |
$67,790 | 610 |
11 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$103,360 |
$58,370 | 220 |
12 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$103,200 |
$48,960 | 40 |
13 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$102,490 |
$62,550 | 370 |
14 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$101,360 |
$63,110 | 4,660 |
15 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$99,530 |
$55,170 | 830 |
16 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$98,750 |
$63,310 | 650 |
17 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$98,550 |
$61,070 | 3,770 |
18 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$97,890 |
$64,390 | 1,360 |
19 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$97,130 |
$70,150 | 40 |
20 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$96,250 |
$60,340 | 70 |
21 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$94,300 |
$61,340 | 420 |
22 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$92,820 |
$69,110 | 200 |
23 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$91,470 |
$52,690 | 570 |
24 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$90,650 |
$58,960 | 760 |
25 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$90,150 |
$52,830 | 40 |
26 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$90,090 |
$57,770 | 790 |
27 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$88,910 |
$54,120 | 280 |
28 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$88,690 |
$51,860 | 190 |
29 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$86,490 |
$53,620 | 210 |
30 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$85,870 |
$49,850 | 220 |
31 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$84,840 |
$49,810 | 850 |
32 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$84,620 |
$61,910 | 100 |
33 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$84,130 |
$24,120 | 780 |
34 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$82,860 |
$50,610 | 110 |
35 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$82,840 |
$59,240 | 210 |
36 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$81,530 |
$54,690 | 80 |
37 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$80,960 |
$63,110 | 40 |
38 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$80,650 |
$37,680 | 90 |
39 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$80,040 |
$49,430 | 330 |
40 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$79,900 |
$51,630 | 90 |
41 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$79,700 |
$41,260 | 60 |
42 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$79,180 |
$50,760 | 2,380 |
43 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$78,770 |
$51,120 | 220 |
44 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$78,300 |
$51,010 | 1,560 |
45 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$78,120 |
$53,160 | 200 |
46 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$77,850 |
$49,640 | 2,090 |
47 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$77,750 |
$54,460 | 50 |
48 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$77,680 |
$54,530 | 50 |
49 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$77,540 |
$35,320 | 30 |
50 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$76,980 |
$51,120 | 170 |
51 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$76,830 |
$51,660 | 550 |
52 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$76,830 |
$49,600 | 60 |
53 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$76,470 |
$51,670 | 990 |
54 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$76,440 |
$50,590 | 60 |
55 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$76,430 |
$41,920 | 310 |
56 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$76,240 |
$52,790 | 30 |
57 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$76,110 |
$53,030 | 300 |
58 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$76,060 |
$62,190 | 60 |
59 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$75,980 |
$48,910 | 1,130 |
60 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$75,870 |
$43,620 | 450 |
61 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$75,160 |
$49,220 | n/a |
62 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$75,130 |
$46,240 | 460 |
63 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$75,010 |
$52,770 | 140 |
64 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$74,890 |
$39,410 | 190 |
65 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$74,850 |
$46,130 | 520 |
66 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$74,190 |
$43,770 | 670 |
67 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$73,970 |
$54,770 | 130 |
68 |
Manhattan, Kansas
|
$73,890 |
$47,110 | n/a |
69 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$73,400 |
$59,780 | 1,090 |
70 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$73,390 |
$51,200 | 830 |
71 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$72,870 |
$42,460 | 810 |
72 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$72,770 |
$39,310 | 30 |
73 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$72,190 |
$47,430 | 460 |
74 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$71,720 |
$46,990 | 300 |
75 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$71,400 |
$49,100 | 30 |
76 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$71,220 |
$45,650 | 70 |
77 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$71,180 |
$45,590 | 70 |
78 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$71,150 |
$48,270 | 70 |
79 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$70,270 |
$34,380 | 70 |
80 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$69,870 |
$43,300 | 80 |
81 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$68,820 |
$39,890 | 110 |
82 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$68,080 |
$48,930 | 180 |
83 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$68,040 |
$42,840 | 80 |
84 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$67,890 |
$41,820 | 180 |
85 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$67,020 |
$47,880 | 40 |
86 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$66,890 |
$51,400 | 60 |
87 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$66,420 |
$41,890 | 310 |
88 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$66,280 |
$35,720 | 160 |
89 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$65,080 |
$45,640 | 110 |
90 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$63,300 |
$48,980 | 120 |
91 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$63,050 |
$42,740 | 280 |
92 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$61,280 |
$44,910 | 260 |
93 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$59,830 |
$30,470 | 60 |
94 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$59,680 |
$40,580 | 40 |
95 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$59,130 |
$44,240 | 90 |
96 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$58,970 |
$41,780 | 70 |
97 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$58,500 |
$46,930 | 30 |
98 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$57,760 |
$30,090 | 40 |
99 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$57,580 |
$45,950 | 50 |
100 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$57,270 |
$40,660 | 120 |
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