Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$98,890 |
$54,030 | 1,070 |
2 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$98,530 |
$52,960 | 50 |
3 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$97,000 |
$75,100 | 50 |
4 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$94,760 |
$65,470 | 40 |
5 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$93,590 |
$58,550 | 120 |
6 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$92,750 |
$53,770 | 410 |
7 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$92,620 |
$64,720 | 260 |
8 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$89,350 |
$29,330 | 740 |
9 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$89,310 |
$52,000 | 570 |
10 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$86,660 |
$34,730 | 1,280 |
|
11 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$85,610 |
$58,840 | 80 |
12 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$85,100 |
$53,230 | 40 |
13 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$85,030 |
$60,020 | 220 |
14 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$84,500 |
$56,040 | 2,900 |
15 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$84,110 |
$67,590 | 220 |
16 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$83,860 |
$51,140 | 40 |
17 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$82,870 |
$50,580 | 1,080 |
18 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$81,580 |
$47,030 | 80 |
19 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$80,640 |
$47,930 | 100 |
20 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$79,730 |
$57,880 | 880 |
21 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$78,770 |
$41,020 | 190 |
22 |
Janesville, Wisconsin
|
$78,210 |
$59,380 | 40 |
23 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$77,480 |
$44,620 | 40 |
24 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$77,370 |
$37,460 | 80 |
25 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$76,680 |
$44,980 | 60 |
26 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$76,510 |
$48,650 | 40 |
27 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$76,390 |
$43,520 | 70 |
28 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$76,070 |
$46,440 | 30 |
29 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$75,300 |
$45,260 | 880 |
30 |
Racine, Wisconsin
|
$74,830 |
$54,000 | 40 |
31 |
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$74,650 |
$55,680 | 40 |
32 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$74,480 |
$44,550 | 4,710 |
33 |
Salinas, California
|
$74,020 |
$43,790 | 70 |
34 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$73,420 |
$41,050 | 30 |
35 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$73,410 |
$48,390 | 200 |
36 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$72,760 |
$57,220 | 30 |
37 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$72,470 |
$44,090 | 810 |
38 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$72,410 |
$55,400 | n/a |
39 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$72,220 |
$38,230 | 40 |
40 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$71,030 |
$44,790 | 120 |
41 |
Stockton, California
|
$70,860 |
$45,300 | 240 |
42 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$70,620 |
$42,960 | 80 |
43 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$70,370 |
$36,410 | 40 |
44 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$70,240 |
$39,430 | 40 |
45 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$69,200 |
$42,400 | 30 |
46 |
Altoona, Pennsylvania
|
$68,700 |
$37,340 | 40 |
47 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$68,460 |
$50,760 | 710 |
48 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$68,430 |
$42,770 | 380 |
49 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$68,020 |
$52,490 | 80 |
50 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$67,940 |
$52,130 | 40 |
51 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$67,920 |
$46,830 | 250 |
52 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$67,720 |
$47,040 | 70 |
53 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$67,370 |
$43,570 | 60 |
54 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$67,170 |
$55,080 | 140 |
55 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$67,090 |
$38,160 | 30 |
56 |
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$67,000 |
$33,970 | 90 |
57 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$66,930 |
$41,230 | 80 |
58 |
Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri
|
$66,930 |
$45,710 | 50 |
59 |
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$66,850 |
$47,070 | 80 |
60 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania
|
$66,370 |
$41,080 | 50 |
61 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$66,300 |
$44,060 | 1,160 |
62 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$66,070 |
$49,400 | 40 |
63 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$65,980 |
$49,310 | 600 |
64 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$65,970 |
$35,720 | 130 |
65 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$65,960 |
$29,380 | 2,670 |
66 |
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$65,740 |
$47,310 | 80 |
67 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$65,720 |
$41,590 | 90 |
68 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$65,690 |
$47,530 | 40 |
69 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$65,230 |
$42,450 | 40 |
70 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$65,220 |
$35,660 | 60 |
71 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$65,120 |
$48,820 | 50 |
72 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$64,860 |
$47,610 | 90 |
73 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$64,830 |
$58,310 | 270 |
74 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$64,790 |
$36,030 | 590 |
75 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$64,740 |
$43,380 | 40 |
76 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$64,610 |
$36,490 | 50 |
77 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$64,590 |
$36,610 | 350 |
78 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$64,570 |
$48,680 | 420 |
79 |
Napa, California
|
$64,530 |
$52,500 | n/a |
80 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$64,420 |
$49,180 | 80 |
81 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$64,410 |
$44,840 | 110 |
82 |
Bloomington, Indiana
|
$64,140 |
$48,550 | 60 |
83 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$63,980 |
$55,620 | 30 |
84 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$63,970 |
$37,170 | 120 |
85 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$63,930 |
$38,530 | 230 |
86 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$63,930 |
$38,050 | 360 |
87 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$63,910 |
$43,410 | 260 |
88 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$63,910 |
$39,290 | 130 |
89 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$63,890 |
$49,690 | 380 |
90 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$63,860 |
$47,220 | 40 |
91 |
Topeka, Kansas
|
$63,840 |
$36,630 | 60 |
92 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$63,570 |
$47,060 | 120 |
93 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$63,490 |
$46,030 | 90 |
94 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$63,430 |
$54,750 | 40 |
95 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$63,360 |
$45,920 | 90 |
96 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$63,340 |
$46,790 | 110 |
97 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$63,260 |
$51,370 | 540 |
98 |
Lima, Ohio
|
$63,250 |
$48,390 | 60 |
99 |
Muncie, Indiana
|
$63,240 |
$45,330 | 40 |
100 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$63,230 |
$40,260 | 310 |
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