| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$86,450 |
$45,930 | 30 |
| 2 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$82,640 |
$58,720 | 120 |
| 3 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$80,940 |
$61,590 | 50 |
| 4 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$80,850 |
$54,790 | 200 |
| 5 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$80,620 |
$35,840 | 60 |
| 6 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$76,840 |
$54,830 | 90 |
| 7 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$75,750 |
$60,180 | 120 |
| 8 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$74,780 |
$57,910 | 100 |
| 9 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$74,740 |
$48,100 | 50 |
| 10 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$74,170 |
$44,410 | 80 |
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| 11 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$74,130 |
$48,060 | 90 |
| 12 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$72,940 |
$46,330 | 90 |
| 13 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$72,390 |
$44,990 | 80 |
| 14 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$71,650 |
$56,750 | 60 |
| 15 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$70,220 |
$43,010 | 80 |
| 16 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$69,140 |
$45,960 | 190 |
| 17 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$68,470 |
$38,340 | 140 |
| 18 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$67,380 |
$50,810 | 400 |
| 19 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$66,060 |
$44,000 | 790 |
| 20 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$66,000 |
$46,370 | 50 |
| 21 |
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$65,690 |
$41,020 | 50 |
| 22 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$65,430 |
$44,330 | 180 |
| 23 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$65,340 |
$46,850 | 130 |
| 24 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$65,050 |
$45,930 | 220 |
| 25 |
Midland, Texas
|
$63,750 |
$50,920 | 70 |
| 26 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$63,630 |
$39,620 | 120 |
| 27 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$62,610 |
$33,870 | 120 |
| 28 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$62,470 |
$43,230 | 140 |
| 29 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$62,470 |
$39,370 | 40 |
| 30 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$62,050 |
$38,010 | 40 |
| 31 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$61,730 |
$48,280 | 60 |
| 32 |
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$61,710 |
$44,980 | 60 |
| 33 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$61,420 |
$37,630 | 40 |
| 34 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$61,080 |
$32,170 | 80 |
| 35 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$60,870 |
$36,770 | 70 |
| 36 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$60,220 |
$37,510 | 40 |
| 37 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$60,110 |
$37,650 | 30 |
| 38 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$59,700 |
$39,100 | 140 |
| 39 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$59,350 |
$35,860 | 60 |
| 40 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$59,300 |
$39,420 | 220 |
| 41 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$59,260 |
$39,320 | 170 |
| 42 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$59,080 |
$48,400 | 70 |
| 43 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$59,010 |
$46,110 | 50 |
| 44 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$59,000 |
$38,820 | 550 |
| 45 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$58,840 |
$37,450 | 40 |
| 46 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$58,760 |
$36,790 | 30 |
| 47 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$58,730 |
$47,570 | 100 |
| 48 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$58,650 |
$41,360 | 40 |
| 49 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$58,050 |
$47,180 | 200 |
| 50 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$57,690 |
$41,180 | 40 |
| 51 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$56,880 |
$37,400 | 30 |
| 52 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$56,600 |
$44,410 | 70 |
| 53 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$54,800 |
$26,850 | 40 |
| 54 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$53,610 |
$44,400 | 100 |
| 55 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$50,840 |
$37,290 | 40 |
| 56 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$50,250 |
$36,930 | 70 |
| 57 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
|
$50,190 |
$40,470 | 40 |
| 58 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$49,970 |
$43,100 | 70 |
| 59 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$49,800 |
$38,060 | 60 |
| 60 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$49,320 |
$37,840 | 40 |
| 61 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$48,880 |
$36,500 | 50 |
| 62 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$48,340 |
$42,890 | 330 |
| 63 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$48,150 |
$38,390 | 50 |
| 64 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$47,690 |
$29,360 | 30 |
| 65 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$47,540 |
$46,740 | 30 |
| 66 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$47,490 |
$34,780 | 50 |
| 67 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$47,150 |
$28,560 | 50 |
| 68 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$44,610 |
$31,110 | n/a |
| 69 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$39,020 |
$30,990 | 90 |
| 70 |
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
|
$38,320 |
$29,100 | 180 |
| 71 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$35,470 |
$30,570 | 40 |
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