Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$110,460 |
$37,880 | 200 |
2 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$91,400 |
$45,060 | 60 |
3 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$80,250 |
$61,480 | 90 |
4 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$72,320 |
$51,110 | 270 |
5 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$67,840 |
$35,150 | 90 |
6 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$65,000 |
$33,390 | 350 |
7 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$62,760 |
$34,050 | 110 |
8 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$59,610 |
$34,690 | 130 |
9 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$58,940 |
$50,830 | 90 |
10 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$58,520 |
$43,730 | 80 |
11 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$56,230 |
$24,380 | 150 |
12 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$54,720 |
$20,820 | n/a |
13 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$53,780 |
$21,840 | 190 |
14 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$53,660 |
$30,150 | 490 |
15 |
Stockton, California
|
$51,560 |
$27,390 | 80 |
16 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$50,380 |
$35,500 | n/a |
17 |
Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$49,990 |
$25,240 | 40 |
18 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$49,590 |
$33,570 | n/a |
19 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$48,520 |
$37,610 | 30 |
20 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$48,110 |
$27,090 | 690 |
21 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$48,080 |
$26,210 | 260 |
22 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$48,030 |
$26,240 | 260 |
23 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$47,620 |
$35,550 | n/a |
24 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$45,450 |
$36,500 | n/a |
25 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$44,510 |
$23,690 | 50 |
26 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$44,140 |
$30,600 | 50 |
27 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$43,170 |
$34,400 | n/a |
28 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$42,210 |
$23,420 | 120 |
29 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$41,860 |
$20,040 | n/a |
30 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$41,630 |
$23,320 | 100 |
31 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$41,570 |
$31,880 | 100 |
32 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$41,480 |
$31,610 | 60 |
33 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$41,410 |
$32,950 | 60 |
34 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$41,300 |
$18,720 | 670 |
35 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$40,760 |
$22,300 | 1,750 |
36 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$40,400 |
$32,680 | 60 |
37 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$40,280 |
$32,700 | 240 |
38 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$40,110 |
$27,240 | 30 |
39 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$39,990 |
$22,890 | n/a |
40 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$39,170 |
$20,880 | 920 |
41 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$38,500 |
$32,750 | 70 |
42 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$38,330 |
$28,610 | 610 |
43 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$38,280 |
$32,180 | 100 |
44 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$37,640 |
$28,940 | 50 |
45 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$37,610 |
$28,760 | 80 |
46 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$37,360 |
$22,350 | n/a |
47 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$37,170 |
$29,200 | n/a |
48 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$36,800 |
$28,890 | n/a |
49 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$36,430 |
$22,930 | n/a |
50 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$36,360 |
$29,270 | n/a |
51 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$36,350 |
$17,560 | 140 |
52 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$35,750 |
$27,920 | 170 |
53 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$35,510 |
$26,270 | 110 |
54 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$35,330 |
$27,060 | 60 |
55 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$34,870 |
$25,620 | 150 |
56 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$34,590 |
$17,500 | n/a |
57 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$33,070 |
$21,740 | 890 |
58 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$32,230 |
$21,200 | 140 |
59 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$32,080 |
$25,790 | 40 |
60 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$31,350 |
$25,450 | n/a |
61 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$30,530 |
$19,130 | n/a |
62 |
Waco, Texas
|
$30,000 |
$24,690 | 30 |
63 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$29,390 |
$25,010 | n/a |
64 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$29,220 |
$25,330 | 90 |
65 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$28,730 |
$25,450 | n/a |
66 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$24,320 |
$17,530 | n/a |
67 |
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
|
$19,620 |
$16,360 | 30 |
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