| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$83,700 |
$37,560 | 700 |
| 2 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$70,980 |
$23,870 | n/a |
| 3 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$68,120 |
$43,240 | n/a |
| 4 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$66,040 |
$40,730 | 90 |
| 5 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$65,880 |
$48,740 | n/a |
| 6 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$65,400 |
$45,160 | 40 |
| 7 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$63,590 |
$36,500 | 90 |
| 8 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$62,180 |
$34,860 | 80 |
| 9 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$59,790 |
$36,120 | 90 |
| 10 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$58,850 |
$34,800 | 170 |
|
|
| 11 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$58,070 |
$31,430 | 170 |
| 12 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$57,850 |
$35,370 | 40 |
| 13 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$56,710 |
$41,970 | 40 |
| 14 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$56,630 |
$25,790 | 30 |
| 15 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$56,460 |
$34,430 | 280 |
| 16 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$56,380 |
$39,340 | 330 |
| 17 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$55,750 |
$37,670 | 60 |
| 18 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$54,980 |
$34,460 | 170 |
| 19 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$54,900 |
$34,650 | 350 |
| 20 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$54,490 |
$34,290 | 30 |
| 21 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$54,290 |
$40,920 | 30 |
| 22 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$54,200 |
$36,230 | 190 |
| 23 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$53,810 |
$40,730 | n/a |
| 24 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$53,420 |
$40,000 | 90 |
| 25 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$52,780 |
$28,540 | 30 |
| 26 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$52,340 |
$37,260 | 210 |
| 27 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$52,270 |
$34,810 | 50 |
| 28 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$52,180 |
$33,670 | 120 |
| 29 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$52,170 |
$29,610 | 50 |
| 30 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$51,720 |
$35,180 | 220 |
| 31 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$51,520 |
$33,370 | 130 |
| 32 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$51,060 |
$35,230 | 130 |
| 33 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$51,050 |
$28,640 | 50 |
| 34 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$50,020 |
$31,350 | 330 |
| 35 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$49,790 |
$36,790 | 70 |
| 36 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$49,760 |
$32,160 | 50 |
| 37 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$49,650 |
$39,590 | 90 |
| 38 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$49,620 |
$34,250 | 430 |
| 39 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$49,580 |
$33,920 | 40 |
| 40 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$49,520 |
$33,260 | 130 |
| 41 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$49,450 |
$36,560 | 110 |
| 42 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$49,270 |
$32,570 | 30 |
| 43 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$49,240 |
$35,710 | 290 |
| 44 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$49,230 |
$34,000 | 390 |
| 45 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$49,090 |
$34,120 | 50 |
| 46 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$48,120 |
$34,960 | 140 |
| 47 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$48,110 |
$28,730 | 30 |
| 48 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$48,040 |
$33,440 | 180 |
| 49 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$47,640 |
$35,240 | 40 |
| 50 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$47,210 |
$29,700 | 30 |
| 51 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$47,150 |
$33,490 | 50 |
| 52 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$46,880 |
$33,580 | 30 |
| 53 |
Springfield, Missouri
|
$46,750 |
$35,750 | n/a |
| 54 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$46,700 |
$31,750 | 570 |
| 55 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$46,580 |
$37,160 | 30 |
| 56 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$45,920 |
$33,350 | 40 |
| 57 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$45,460 |
$30,920 | 50 |
| 58 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$45,460 |
$32,900 | 80 |
| 59 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$45,340 |
$34,280 | 400 |
| 60 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$45,030 |
$33,880 | 110 |
| 61 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$45,010 |
$33,410 | 130 |
| 62 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$44,940 |
$34,410 | 60 |
| 63 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$44,890 |
$33,670 | 30 |
| 64 |
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
|
$44,610 |
$26,470 | 70 |
| 65 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$43,990 |
$34,700 | 160 |
| 66 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$43,970 |
$33,560 | 40 |
| 67 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$43,890 |
$31,150 | 140 |
| 68 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$43,610 |
$28,870 | n/a |
| 69 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$43,560 |
$33,190 | 40 |
| 70 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$43,540 |
$29,820 | n/a |
| 71 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$42,430 |
$32,610 | 80 |
| 72 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$42,240 |
$29,200 | n/a |
| 73 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$42,000 |
$33,790 | 40 |
| 74 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$41,810 |
$29,730 | 100 |
| 75 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$41,500 |
$30,130 | 30 |
| 76 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$41,330 |
$33,750 | 30 |
| 77 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$41,110 |
$33,190 | n/a |
| 78 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$40,780 |
$20,970 | 60 |
| 79 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$40,570 |
$30,400 | 110 |
| 80 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$39,410 |
$27,480 | 60 |
| 81 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$39,020 |
$31,720 | n/a |
| 82 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$38,770 |
$33,460 | 70 |
| 83 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$38,420 |
$28,350 | 40 |
| 84 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$38,060 |
$32,480 | 660 |
| 85 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$36,410 |
$26,530 | 50 |
| 86 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$36,360 |
$26,710 | 110 |
| 87 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$34,860 |
$21,170 | 50 |
| 88 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$32,300 |
$22,190 | n/a |
|