Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$77,020 |
$60,250 | 40 |
2 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$75,990 |
$56,990 | 2,830 |
3 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$74,530 |
$37,460 | 160 |
4 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$73,910 |
$33,690 | 50 |
5 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$73,880 |
$40,910 | 140 |
6 |
Glens Falls, New York
|
$73,720 |
$49,990 | 40 |
7 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$72,540 |
$47,570 | 70 |
8 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$72,370 |
$57,820 | 120 |
9 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$72,280 |
$51,920 | 150 |
10 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$72,180 |
$55,960 | 240 |
|
11 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$71,500 |
$57,330 | 460 |
12 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$70,940 |
$49,560 | 40 |
13 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$67,430 |
$50,300 | 2,230 |
14 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$65,420 |
$54,260 | 100 |
15 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$62,240 |
$55,460 | 50 |
16 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$61,900 |
$40,310 | 80 |
17 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$61,540 |
$43,470 | 30 |
18 |
Topeka, Kansas
|
$61,360 |
$48,110 | 40 |
19 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$61,270 |
$27,990 | 30 |
20 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$61,220 |
$46,580 | 90 |
21 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$61,130 |
$40,040 | 30 |
22 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$60,780 |
$31,200 | 90 |
23 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$60,350 |
$35,600 | 220 |
24 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$59,020 |
$48,480 | 30 |
25 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$58,490 |
$50,750 | 150 |
26 |
Rochester, New York
|
$58,130 |
$33,470 | 120 |
27 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$57,640 |
$45,210 | 30 |
28 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$57,100 |
$45,970 | 140 |
29 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$57,100 |
$48,110 | 150 |
30 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$57,100 |
$48,110 | 80 |
31 |
Kingston, New York
|
$56,770 |
$48,660 | 30 |
32 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$56,740 |
$42,030 | 80 |
33 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$56,530 |
$36,350 | 40 |
34 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$56,120 |
$31,200 | 60 |
35 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$55,050 |
$21,690 | 70 |
36 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$55,020 |
$49,910 | 50 |
37 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$53,830 |
$26,600 | n/a |
38 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$53,110 |
$35,360 | 60 |
39 |
Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$52,970 |
$26,660 | 70 |
40 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$52,720 |
$36,420 | 60 |
41 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$52,430 |
$39,430 | 70 |
42 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$51,930 |
$34,790 | 40 |
43 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$51,030 |
$37,130 | 90 |
44 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$50,990 |
$37,040 | 70 |
45 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$50,270 |
$38,520 | 60 |
46 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
|
$49,790 |
$39,470 | 50 |
47 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$49,130 |
$41,050 | 50 |
48 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$48,680 |
$37,050 | 270 |
49 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$48,670 |
$38,370 | 50 |
50 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$48,540 |
$36,050 | 210 |
51 |
South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida
|
$48,420 |
$34,360 | 40 |
52 |
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$48,410 |
$19,330 | 40 |
53 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$48,310 |
$36,680 | 60 |
54 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$48,220 |
$46,810 | 130 |
55 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$48,100 |
$34,900 | 60 |
56 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$48,020 |
$26,350 | 80 |
57 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$47,610 |
$36,100 | 120 |
58 |
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$47,460 |
$33,980 | 50 |
59 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$47,310 |
$28,550 | 110 |
60 |
Macon, Georgia
|
$47,220 |
$38,670 | 190 |
61 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$47,150 |
$35,890 | 170 |
62 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$47,050 |
$26,280 | 260 |
63 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$47,040 |
$29,400 | 40 |
64 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$47,000 |
$27,890 | 90 |
65 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$46,960 |
$31,980 | 290 |
66 |
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$46,860 |
$33,980 | 50 |
67 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$46,610 |
$22,050 | 330 |
68 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$46,590 |
$31,690 | 30 |
69 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$46,560 |
$32,870 | 50 |
70 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$46,280 |
$28,620 | 410 |
71 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$45,780 |
$35,160 | 90 |
72 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$45,710 |
$25,930 | 30 |
73 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$45,590 |
$42,930 | 200 |
74 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$45,580 |
$29,120 | 240 |
75 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$45,350 |
$36,950 | 40 |
76 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$44,940 |
$31,740 | 30 |
77 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$44,690 |
$39,350 | 60 |
78 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$44,410 |
$33,980 | 190 |
79 |
Tallahassee, Florida
|
$44,320 |
$40,710 | 70 |
80 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$44,240 |
$34,050 | 30 |
81 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$44,200 |
$25,460 | 150 |
82 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$43,640 |
$29,180 | 300 |
83 |
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$43,450 |
$26,970 | 40 |
84 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$43,370 |
$43,370 | 60 |
85 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$42,990 |
$33,450 | 50 |
86 |
Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$42,450 |
$26,600 | 50 |
87 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$41,750 |
$30,000 | 30 |
88 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$41,580 |
$29,710 | 30 |
89 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$41,470 |
$40,090 | 110 |
90 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$41,270 |
$32,930 | 30 |
91 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$40,890 |
$26,480 | 90 |
92 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$40,790 |
$38,240 | 60 |
93 |
Springfield, Missouri
|
$40,500 |
$27,330 | 50 |
94 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$39,710 |
$22,260 | 360 |
95 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$39,580 |
$17,530 | 30 |
96 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$39,490 |
$31,550 | 90 |
97 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$39,170 |
$20,960 | 40 |
98 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$39,160 |
$36,750 | 90 |
99 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$39,110 |
$35,830 | 40 |
100 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$39,060 |
$31,370 | 60 |
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