Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$49,250 |
$22,190 | 90 |
2 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$44,630 |
$30,520 | 50 |
3 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$41,600 |
$36,490 | 1,050 |
4 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$41,260 |
$36,810 | 410 |
5 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$39,120 |
$30,820 | 50 |
6 |
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$39,120 |
$23,190 | 130 |
7 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$38,300 |
$26,820 | 60 |
8 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$38,080 |
$36,400 | 110 |
9 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$37,340 |
$28,930 | 100 |
10 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$37,290 |
$32,910 | 130 |
|
11 |
Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$36,770 |
$32,500 | n/a |
12 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$36,760 |
$32,930 | 1,630 |
13 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$36,710 |
$22,970 | 120 |
14 |
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$36,590 |
$29,170 | 80 |
15 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$36,590 |
$30,710 | 110 |
16 |
Salinas, California
|
$36,540 |
$31,960 | 100 |
17 |
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$36,400 |
$23,280 | 110 |
18 |
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$36,400 |
$23,280 | 80 |
19 |
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$36,400 |
$25,220 | 100 |
20 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$36,310 |
$31,580 | 260 |
21 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$36,270 |
$27,730 | 190 |
22 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$36,250 |
$31,290 | 30 |
23 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$35,940 |
$31,600 | 3,050 |
24 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$35,920 |
$31,200 | 90 |
25 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$35,900 |
$31,560 | 660 |
26 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$35,880 |
$31,480 | 880 |
27 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$35,650 |
$31,850 | 50 |
28 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$35,600 |
$29,950 | 70 |
29 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$35,500 |
$31,070 | 1,610 |
30 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$35,470 |
$29,800 | 140 |
31 |
Modesto, California
|
$35,460 |
$31,390 | 180 |
32 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
|
$35,430 |
$27,540 | 240 |
33 |
Springfield, Missouri
|
$35,420 |
$23,510 | 130 |
34 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$35,410 |
$23,920 | 40 |
35 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$35,410 |
$25,980 | 50 |
36 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$35,360 |
$28,350 | 110 |
37 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$35,360 |
$22,880 | 40 |
38 |
Yuba City, California
|
$35,250 |
$31,090 | 50 |
39 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$35,240 |
$21,830 | 50 |
40 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$35,210 |
$31,730 | 80 |
41 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$35,190 |
$27,690 | 200 |
42 |
Midland, Texas
|
$35,180 |
$23,010 | 60 |
43 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$35,170 |
$31,620 | 40 |
44 |
Stockton, California
|
$35,160 |
$31,350 | 180 |
45 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$35,110 |
$31,060 | 1,070 |
46 |
Victoria, Texas
|
$35,070 |
$25,990 | 40 |
47 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$35,040 |
$31,010 | 70 |
48 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$35,020 |
$34,510 | 70 |
49 |
El Centro, California
|
$34,970 |
$30,000 | 60 |
50 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$34,900 |
$27,090 | 100 |
51 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$34,870 |
$30,620 | 160 |
52 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$34,860 |
$29,450 | 130 |
53 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$34,860 |
$28,130 | 1,700 |
54 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$34,780 |
$30,400 | 90 |
55 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$34,750 |
$23,860 | 60 |
56 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$34,540 |
$30,550 | 180 |
57 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$34,540 |
$30,380 | 190 |
58 |
Merced, California
|
$34,520 |
$30,480 | 40 |
59 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$34,510 |
$29,740 | 60 |
60 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$34,510 |
$29,100 | 180 |
61 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$34,510 |
$29,010 | 110 |
62 |
Fresno, California
|
$34,470 |
$30,790 | 230 |
63 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$34,400 |
$23,360 | 80 |
64 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$34,390 |
$28,730 | 160 |
65 |
Chico, California
|
$34,380 |
$30,380 | 70 |
66 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$34,310 |
$31,170 | 120 |
67 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina
|
$34,280 |
$23,930 | 40 |
68 |
Redding, California
|
$34,260 |
$30,310 | 70 |
69 |
Glens Falls, New York
|
$34,250 |
$28,640 | 50 |
70 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$34,210 |
$28,620 | 70 |
71 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$34,190 |
$30,730 | 110 |
72 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$34,160 |
$30,740 | 170 |
73 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$34,160 |
$30,110 | 40 |
74 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$34,120 |
$29,830 | 1,110 |
75 |
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
|
$34,110 |
$20,620 | 40 |
76 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$34,070 |
$28,200 | 120 |
77 |
Longview, Washington
|
$34,020 |
$30,140 | 50 |
78 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$33,980 |
$30,140 | 160 |
79 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$33,980 |
$31,850 | 60 |
80 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$33,970 |
$29,160 | 120 |
81 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$33,970 |
$22,170 | 240 |
82 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$33,910 |
$26,110 | 470 |
83 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$33,900 |
$30,800 | 120 |
84 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$33,890 |
$25,910 | 270 |
85 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$33,870 |
$28,460 | 130 |
86 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$33,840 |
$25,260 | 130 |
87 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$33,750 |
$21,710 | 190 |
88 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$33,750 |
$29,640 | 150 |
89 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$33,740 |
$30,140 | 290 |
90 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$33,730 |
$30,470 | 180 |
91 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$33,710 |
$29,640 | 160 |
92 |
Rochester, New York
|
$33,620 |
$28,290 | 320 |
93 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$33,410 |
$23,060 | 50 |
94 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$33,360 |
$26,530 | 540 |
95 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$33,330 |
$29,560 | 130 |
96 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$33,230 |
$28,990 | 120 |
97 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$33,210 |
$26,450 | 70 |
98 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$33,130 |
$26,480 | 280 |
99 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$33,110 |
$23,090 | 30 |
100 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$32,910 |
$25,780 | 530 |
|