Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$96,480 |
$35,020 | 420 |
2 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$84,440 |
$29,510 | 540 |
3 |
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
|
$81,520 |
$36,450 | 220 |
4 |
Chico, California
|
$80,380 |
$32,450 | n/a |
5 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$79,160 |
$43,570 | 140 |
6 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$77,430 |
$56,200 | 50 |
7 |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
|
$76,880 |
$34,880 | 60 |
8 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$76,680 |
$63,990 | 70 |
9 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$76,460 |
$45,390 | 110 |
10 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$73,610 |
$34,660 | 1,860 |
11 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$71,960 |
$47,060 | 40 |
12 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$71,900 |
$33,780 | 1,030 |
13 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$70,890 |
$54,610 | 110 |
14 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$68,850 |
$31,770 | 50 |
15 |
Terre Haute, Indiana
|
$68,800 |
$22,170 | 110 |
16 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$68,460 |
$27,470 | 140 |
17 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$68,030 |
$33,790 | 90 |
18 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$67,330 |
$49,520 | 190 |
19 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$66,710 |
$36,310 | 2,800 |
20 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$66,560 |
$38,250 | 200 |
21 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$66,560 |
$35,470 | 1,020 |
22 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$66,450 |
$34,370 | 460 |
23 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$66,380 |
$37,320 | 50 |
24 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$65,930 |
$36,170 | 40 |
25 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$65,390 |
$37,300 | 780 |
26 |
Salinas, California
|
$64,950 |
$20,820 | 140 |
27 |
Lafayette, Indiana
|
$64,730 |
$27,380 | 70 |
28 |
Stockton, California
|
$64,730 |
$35,600 | 150 |
29 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$64,710 |
$46,540 | 130 |
30 |
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|
$64,490 |
$41,820 | 70 |
31 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$64,390 |
$32,490 | 2,740 |
32 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$63,740 |
$26,330 | 50 |
33 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$63,400 |
$28,440 | 250 |
34 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$63,300 |
$36,790 | 4,220 |
35 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$62,030 |
$38,040 | 1,060 |
36 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$61,900 |
$34,400 | 1,050 |
37 |
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
$61,890 |
$18,420 | 50 |
38 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$61,790 |
$34,230 | 70 |
39 |
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$61,210 |
$40,570 | 280 |
40 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$61,120 |
$43,560 | 410 |
41 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$61,120 |
$37,030 | 250 |
42 |
Cumberland, West Virginia
|
$60,900 |
$29,160 | 40 |
43 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$60,890 |
$41,560 | 40 |
44 |
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
|
$60,760 |
$41,200 | 160 |
45 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$60,760 |
$33,030 | 220 |
46 |
Roanoke, Virginia
|
$60,610 |
$27,060 | 90 |
47 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$60,390 |
$31,900 | n/a |
48 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$60,390 |
$35,060 | 80 |
49 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$59,980 |
$35,120 | 120 |
50 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$59,770 |
$35,960 | 150 |
51 |
Prescott, Arizona
|
$59,630 |
$40,020 | 110 |
52 |
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$59,590 |
$52,980 | 110 |
53 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
|
$59,490 |
$44,020 | 50 |
54 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$59,290 |
$36,110 | 440 |
55 |
Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$59,050 |
$40,660 | 60 |
56 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$59,010 |
$34,650 | 1,810 |
57 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$58,980 |
$33,500 | 290 |
58 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$58,550 |
$51,400 | 260 |
59 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$58,500 |
$38,450 | 690 |
60 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$58,420 |
$29,950 | 390 |
61 |
Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$58,300 |
$43,640 | 180 |
62 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$58,280 |
$29,520 | 910 |
63 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$58,240 |
$33,990 | 60 |
64 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$58,210 |
$29,630 | 480 |
65 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$58,160 |
$35,090 | 190 |
66 |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina
|
$58,140 |
$38,330 | 290 |
67 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$57,670 |
$41,220 | 1,650 |
68 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$57,230 |
$27,760 | 60 |
69 |
Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$57,230 |
$40,180 | 100 |
70 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$57,160 |
$19,640 | 50 |
71 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$57,140 |
$39,610 | 80 |
72 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$57,000 |
$36,670 | 2,330 |
73 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$56,920 |
$37,280 | 2,790 |
74 |
Holland-Grand Haven, Michigan
|
$56,900 |
$26,740 | 130 |
75 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$56,690 |
$33,860 | 70 |
76 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$56,650 |
$35,480 | 290 |
77 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$56,630 |
$40,950 | 110 |
78 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$56,610 |
$42,160 | 460 |
79 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$56,260 |
$36,580 | 60 |
80 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$56,140 |
$29,620 | 430 |
81 |
Danville, Virginia
|
$55,920 |
$27,520 | 50 |
82 |
Charleston, West Virginia
|
$55,870 |
$41,350 | 140 |
83 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$55,770 |
$35,570 | 2,710 |
84 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$55,760 |
$41,550 | 180 |
85 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$55,750 |
$34,950 | 300 |
86 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$55,520 |
$20,370 | 3,530 |
87 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$55,420 |
$33,390 | 670 |
88 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$55,390 |
$27,620 | 520 |
89 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$55,360 |
$29,090 | 1,710 |
90 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$55,260 |
$33,260 | 120 |
91 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$55,140 |
$35,170 | 130 |
92 |
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$55,080 |
$25,550 | 80 |
93 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$54,980 |
$38,820 | 630 |
94 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$54,840 |
$30,940 | 420 |
95 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$54,750 |
$39,490 | 140 |
96 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$54,690 |
$38,870 | 120 |
97 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$54,580 |
$38,590 | 40 |
98 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$54,520 |
$28,150 | 1,120 |
99 |
Central South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$54,480 |
$31,310 | 40 |
100 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$54,370 |
$28,730 | 80 |
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