Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$72,930 |
$20,860 | 320 |
2 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$64,900 |
$27,240 | 3,700 |
3 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$56,730 |
$41,100 | 270 |
4 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$56,200 |
$46,110 | 50 |
5 |
Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas
|
$55,560 |
$27,670 | 60 |
6 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$54,690 |
$33,710 | 40 |
7 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$53,250 |
$29,430 | n/a |
8 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$49,300 |
$24,840 | 90 |
9 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$48,540 |
$29,860 | 740 |
10 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$47,730 |
$33,380 | 320 |
|
11 |
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$47,310 |
$43,820 | 100 |
12 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$47,210 |
$28,600 | 40 |
13 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$46,990 |
$28,410 | n/a |
14 |
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$46,620 |
$44,810 | 110 |
15 |
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$46,050 |
$44,810 | 90 |
16 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$46,030 |
$31,570 | 50 |
17 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$46,000 |
$17,090 | 50 |
18 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$45,540 |
$30,060 | 100 |
19 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$45,470 |
$26,490 | 210 |
20 |
Columbus, Georgia
|
$44,380 |
$21,860 | n/a |
21 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$43,470 |
$30,570 | 70 |
22 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$42,790 |
$27,750 | 130 |
23 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$42,690 |
$25,280 | 40 |
24 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$42,670 |
$25,460 | 50 |
25 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$41,340 |
$29,260 | 270 |
26 |
Savannah, Georgia
|
$41,210 |
$20,660 | n/a |
27 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$41,130 |
$29,310 | n/a |
28 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$40,550 |
$20,310 | 50 |
29 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$40,370 |
$25,200 | 310 |
30 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$40,100 |
$29,020 | 120 |
31 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$39,700 |
$34,130 | n/a |
32 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$39,410 |
$29,490 | n/a |
33 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$39,030 |
$31,510 | 1,030 |
34 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$38,800 |
$26,690 | 60 |
35 |
South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida
|
$38,360 |
$25,850 | 150 |
36 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$38,260 |
$28,170 | 1,350 |
37 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$38,080 |
$33,370 | n/a |
38 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$37,640 |
$21,770 | 140 |
39 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$37,550 |
$31,950 | 30 |
40 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$37,230 |
$24,880 | 510 |
41 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$37,180 |
$27,570 | 50 |
42 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$37,180 |
$29,490 | n/a |
43 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$36,380 |
$27,080 | n/a |
44 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$36,270 |
$25,550 | 90 |
45 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$36,260 |
$27,520 | n/a |
46 |
Stockton, California
|
$36,130 |
$28,270 | 40 |
47 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$36,080 |
$27,100 | 50 |
48 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$35,940 |
$21,480 | 70 |
49 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$35,910 |
$27,840 | 60 |
50 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$35,900 |
$23,040 | 140 |
51 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$35,900 |
$27,830 | 270 |
52 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$35,430 |
$22,640 | 50 |
53 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$35,010 |
$19,450 | 690 |
54 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$34,960 |
$27,250 | 120 |
55 |
Fresno, California
|
$34,590 |
$28,220 | 30 |
56 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama
|
$34,440 |
$22,710 | n/a |
57 |
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$34,420 |
$27,130 | n/a |
58 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$33,950 |
$26,730 | 160 |
59 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$33,940 |
$25,130 | 800 |
60 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$33,690 |
$23,490 | 70 |
61 |
Owensboro, Kentucky
|
$33,690 |
$28,000 | 30 |
62 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$33,640 |
$23,830 | 40 |
63 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$33,290 |
$27,120 | 40 |
64 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$33,160 |
$27,310 | 130 |
65 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$32,790 |
$25,150 | 340 |
66 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$32,730 |
$26,010 | 850 |
67 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$32,640 |
$23,370 | n/a |
68 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$32,590 |
$26,890 | 70 |
69 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$32,580 |
$26,720 | n/a |
70 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$32,080 |
$26,640 | 70 |
71 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$31,980 |
$22,010 | 120 |
72 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$31,620 |
$24,800 | n/a |
73 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$31,470 |
$25,560 | 30 |
74 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$30,910 |
$27,850 | n/a |
75 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$30,720 |
$23,000 | 640 |
76 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$30,510 |
$16,580 | 30 |
77 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$30,440 |
$25,220 | 330 |
78 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$30,430 |
$25,860 | 60 |
79 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$30,410 |
$18,180 | n/a |
80 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$30,230 |
$22,940 | n/a |
81 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$30,220 |
$25,990 | 80 |
82 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$30,200 |
$26,400 | 120 |
83 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$30,140 |
$23,180 | 40 |
84 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$30,100 |
$25,930 | 80 |
85 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$30,060 |
$24,600 | 50 |
86 |
Abilene, Texas
|
$30,040 |
$23,820 | n/a |
87 |
Prescott, Arizona
|
$30,020 |
$23,870 | 40 |
88 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$29,880 |
$22,890 | 170 |
89 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$29,800 |
$21,670 | 270 |
90 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$29,430 |
$25,900 | n/a |
91 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$29,400 |
$23,750 | 50 |
92 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$29,340 |
$21,780 | 80 |
93 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$29,330 |
$23,380 | 460 |
94 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$29,330 |
$25,150 | 110 |
95 |
Port St Lucie, Florida
|
$29,300 |
$23,040 | 90 |
96 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$29,140 |
$22,300 | 310 |
97 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$29,050 |
$19,860 | 40 |
98 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$28,830 |
$23,540 | 300 |
99 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$28,760 |
$22,530 | 60 |
100 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$28,230 |
$19,360 | 1,000 |
|