Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$149,330 |
$49,500 | 40 |
2 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$142,180 |
$97,530 | 5,680 |
3 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$121,550 |
$77,990 | 30 |
4 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$120,090 |
$98,140 | n/a |
5 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$115,190 |
$70,360 | 260 |
6 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$113,580 |
$71,930 | 2,380 |
7 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$110,860 |
$58,660 | 280 |
8 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$106,250 |
$86,130 | n/a |
9 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$104,950 |
$62,260 | 40 |
10 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$104,290 |
$65,220 | 350 |
|
11 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$100,350 |
$66,810 | 90 |
12 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$98,020 |
$64,730 | 140 |
13 |
Chico, California
|
$95,260 |
$64,480 | n/a |
14 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$90,060 |
$64,490 | 190 |
15 |
Fresno, California
|
$89,780 |
$64,730 | 50 |
16 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$89,250 |
$61,460 | 40 |
17 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$88,430 |
$69,820 | 100 |
18 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$87,640 |
$59,080 | 60 |
19 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$86,120 |
$58,720 | 100 |
20 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$85,670 |
$39,680 | n/a |
21 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$85,400 |
$47,270 | 740 |
22 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$85,360 |
$58,840 | 100 |
23 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$85,320 |
$51,320 | 30 |
24 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$85,160 |
$59,330 | 40 |
25 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$84,950 |
$57,350 | 120 |
26 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$84,820 |
$67,260 | 80 |
27 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$84,650 |
$36,490 | 250 |
28 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$84,100 |
$59,080 | 220 |
29 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$83,710 |
$57,840 | 100 |
30 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$83,350 |
$44,670 | 50 |
31 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$82,780 |
$38,190 | n/a |
32 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$82,160 |
$70,060 | 30 |
33 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$81,200 |
$29,230 | 330 |
34 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$80,250 |
$55,790 | 60 |
35 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$80,130 |
$37,140 | 110 |
36 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$79,620 |
$44,490 | 2,850 |
37 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$79,460 |
$51,250 | 120 |
38 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$79,290 |
$55,320 | 140 |
39 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$78,960 |
$48,170 | 660 |
40 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$78,690 |
$58,890 | 80 |
41 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$77,330 |
$56,110 | 230 |
42 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$76,920 |
$44,190 | 40 |
43 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$75,380 |
$61,560 | 30 |
44 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$75,300 |
$40,070 | 1,040 |
45 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$74,690 |
$52,930 | 160 |
46 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$74,070 |
$42,820 | 2,710 |
47 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$73,130 |
$35,430 | 690 |
48 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$73,090 |
$63,700 | 190 |
49 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$72,900 |
$51,570 | 40 |
50 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$72,540 |
$57,790 | 60 |
51 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$71,750 |
$45,820 | n/a |
52 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$71,470 |
$49,980 | n/a |
53 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$71,160 |
$34,260 | 30 |
54 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$70,820 |
$54,330 | 320 |
55 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$70,740 |
$45,170 | 230 |
56 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$70,420 |
$51,090 | 50 |
57 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$70,420 |
$55,880 | 70 |
58 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$70,420 |
$52,700 | 80 |
59 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$70,220 |
$42,910 | 640 |
60 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$69,470 |
$46,570 | 100 |
61 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$69,060 |
$41,430 | 50 |
62 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$68,790 |
$52,890 | 40 |
63 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$68,620 |
$47,630 | 60 |
64 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$68,380 |
$55,750 | 420 |
65 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$68,070 |
$44,070 | 90 |
66 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$67,320 |
$33,230 | 390 |
67 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$66,980 |
$45,760 | 100 |
68 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$66,200 |
$52,620 | 30 |
69 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$65,790 |
$53,440 | 40 |
70 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$65,590 |
$29,950 | 330 |
71 |
Greenville, North Carolina
|
$65,310 |
$48,310 | 70 |
72 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$65,270 |
$54,850 | 50 |
73 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$64,590 |
$37,020 | 120 |
74 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$64,420 |
$54,740 | 80 |
75 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$64,010 |
$23,080 | 90 |
76 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$63,790 |
$35,200 | 840 |
77 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$63,490 |
$51,900 | 80 |
78 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$63,330 |
$35,230 | 110 |
79 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$63,310 |
$50,670 | 50 |
80 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$62,790 |
$41,800 | 140 |
81 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$62,680 |
$43,890 | 580 |
82 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$62,480 |
$45,910 | 70 |
83 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$62,270 |
$53,960 | 30 |
84 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$62,270 |
$55,870 | 50 |
85 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$62,260 |
$45,580 | 70 |
86 |
Bloomington, Indiana
|
$61,960 |
$34,230 | 30 |
87 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$61,860 |
$40,540 | 140 |
88 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$61,730 |
$30,840 | 30 |
89 |
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
$61,720 |
$54,160 | n/a |
90 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$60,660 |
$44,290 | 50 |
91 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$60,620 |
$32,340 | 720 |
92 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$59,960 |
$22,010 | 170 |
93 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$59,880 |
$19,270 | 80 |
94 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$59,770 |
$36,650 | 140 |
95 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$59,090 |
$42,180 | 80 |
96 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$58,420 |
$37,130 | 180 |
97 |
Prescott, Arizona
|
$58,030 |
$47,520 | 40 |
98 |
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$57,950 |
$52,050 | n/a |
99 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$55,890 |
$34,640 | 190 |
100 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$54,860 |
$32,200 | 140 |
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