Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$71,480 |
$24,720 | n/a |
2 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$61,620 |
$35,580 | 260 |
3 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$54,680 |
$30,680 | 330 |
4 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$53,260 |
$41,180 | 410 |
5 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$49,980 |
$39,520 | 170 |
6 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$49,830 |
$43,780 | 190 |
7 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$49,580 |
$32,790 | 360 |
8 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$49,070 |
$33,460 | 160 |
9 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$49,030 |
$24,840 | 360 |
10 |
Fresno, California
|
$48,570 |
$31,010 | 60 |
|
11 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$48,310 |
$30,370 | n/a |
12 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$47,970 |
$38,140 | 50 |
13 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
|
$47,900 |
$38,700 | n/a |
14 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$47,750 |
$31,680 | 50 |
15 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$47,680 |
$30,070 | 110 |
16 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$47,240 |
$36,700 | 90 |
17 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$47,170 |
$38,190 | 220 |
18 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$47,040 |
$40,200 | 160 |
19 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$46,910 |
$46,360 | 40 |
20 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$46,840 |
$31,100 | 30 |
21 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$46,800 |
$36,400 | 60 |
22 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$46,740 |
$34,310 | 410 |
23 |
Springfield, Missouri
|
$46,700 |
$37,280 | 30 |
24 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$46,650 |
$39,450 | 50 |
25 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$46,650 |
$31,030 | 130 |
26 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$46,640 |
$26,430 | 90 |
27 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$46,470 |
$29,630 | 150 |
28 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$46,380 |
$24,960 | 190 |
29 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$46,360 |
$34,990 | 80 |
30 |
College Station-Bryan, Texas
|
$46,330 |
$34,260 | n/a |
31 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$46,290 |
$30,420 | 60 |
32 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$46,240 |
$24,750 | 360 |
33 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$46,180 |
$35,930 | 270 |
34 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$45,740 |
$28,720 | 60 |
35 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$45,690 |
$35,200 | 130 |
36 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$45,650 |
$29,620 | 220 |
37 |
Billings, Montana
|
$45,640 |
$37,770 | 30 |
38 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$45,480 |
$36,830 | 90 |
39 |
Rochester, New York
|
$45,070 |
$34,870 | 70 |
40 |
North Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$45,070 |
$33,670 | n/a |
41 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$45,050 |
$30,870 | 50 |
42 |
Ocala, Florida
|
$45,040 |
$35,710 | n/a |
43 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$44,730 |
$35,920 | 180 |
44 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$44,250 |
$35,280 | 160 |
45 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$44,060 |
$36,120 | 300 |
46 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$44,020 |
$33,000 | 80 |
47 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$43,570 |
$38,300 | 100 |
48 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$43,400 |
$29,160 | 240 |
49 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$42,970 |
$31,010 | 170 |
50 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$42,820 |
$27,990 | n/a |
51 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$42,700 |
$30,930 | 290 |
52 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$42,420 |
$37,210 | 50 |
53 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$42,130 |
$22,720 | 290 |
54 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$41,580 |
$25,550 | n/a |
55 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$41,330 |
$31,550 | n/a |
56 |
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$40,460 |
$32,940 | n/a |
57 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$40,440 |
$21,190 | n/a |
58 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$40,130 |
$33,020 | n/a |
59 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$39,970 |
$31,050 | 90 |
60 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$39,790 |
$31,690 | 40 |
61 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$39,750 |
$25,750 | 220 |
62 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$39,580 |
$33,540 | n/a |
63 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$39,420 |
$30,020 | n/a |
64 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida
|
$39,110 |
$29,050 | n/a |
65 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$39,100 |
$29,830 | 100 |
66 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$38,990 |
$38,020 | 40 |
67 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$38,950 |
$38,040 | 50 |
68 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$38,940 |
$28,270 | 140 |
69 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$38,810 |
$23,580 | n/a |
70 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$38,630 |
$35,370 | 70 |
71 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$38,520 |
$31,150 | 80 |
72 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$38,460 |
$27,290 | 60 |
73 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
|
$38,440 |
$27,290 | 60 |
74 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$38,400 |
$33,580 | n/a |
75 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$38,350 |
$29,590 | 40 |
76 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$38,290 |
$28,520 | 40 |
77 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$38,280 |
$28,660 | 40 |
78 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$38,270 |
$30,820 | 200 |
79 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$38,200 |
$33,480 | 110 |
80 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$38,130 |
$31,700 | 80 |
81 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$38,010 |
$25,600 | 60 |
82 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$37,930 |
$27,420 | 100 |
83 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$37,790 |
$22,950 | n/a |
84 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$37,600 |
$29,100 | 80 |
85 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$37,530 |
$36,970 | 40 |
86 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$37,290 |
$31,200 | 40 |
87 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$37,230 |
$28,120 | 50 |
88 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$37,210 |
$32,420 | n/a |
89 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$37,130 |
$30,250 | 40 |
90 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$37,050 |
$26,130 | 100 |
91 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$36,960 |
$32,620 | n/a |
92 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$36,820 |
$29,850 | 50 |
93 |
Alexandria, Louisiana
|
$36,740 |
$21,430 | 50 |
94 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$36,720 |
$25,320 | 170 |
95 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$36,710 |
$28,860 | 90 |
96 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$36,710 |
$27,670 | 600 |
97 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$36,630 |
$24,240 | 450 |
98 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$36,540 |
$30,350 | 40 |
99 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$36,250 |
$23,990 | 80 |
100 |
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$36,000 |
$22,880 | 70 |
|