Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$109,750 |
$48,820 | 40 |
2 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$107,160 |
$45,710 | 60 |
3 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$105,720 |
$45,660 | 220 |
4 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$101,360 |
$47,440 | 50 |
5 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$97,880 |
$49,860 | 660 |
6 |
Medford, Oregon
|
$97,080 |
$64,160 | 70 |
7 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$96,930 |
$50,390 | 70 |
8 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$92,850 |
$50,700 | 70 |
9 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$91,830 |
$63,060 | n/a |
10 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$90,360 |
$69,980 | 40 |
|
11 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$87,040 |
$47,160 | 380 |
12 |
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire
|
$86,890 |
$34,160 | 50 |
13 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$86,640 |
$48,700 | 40 |
14 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$86,460 |
$39,540 | 40 |
15 |
Modesto, California
|
$86,010 |
$47,920 | 70 |
16 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$85,790 |
$39,360 | 170 |
17 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$84,890 |
$42,440 | 220 |
18 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$84,880 |
$36,680 | 210 |
19 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$84,810 |
$58,970 | 480 |
20 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$84,680 |
$30,320 | 40 |
21 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$84,380 |
$45,860 | 110 |
22 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$84,340 |
$44,790 | 940 |
23 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$84,110 |
$35,960 | 80 |
24 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$83,920 |
$51,130 | 310 |
25 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$83,710 |
$39,320 | 380 |
26 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$83,510 |
$38,790 | 60 |
27 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$83,380 |
$59,340 | 250 |
28 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$83,200 |
$46,650 | 130 |
29 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$82,950 |
$36,720 | 440 |
30 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$82,750 |
$52,110 | n/a |
31 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$82,170 |
$43,370 | 720 |
32 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$82,060 |
$40,440 | 960 |
33 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$81,820 |
$48,490 | 160 |
34 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$81,180 |
$47,490 | 100 |
35 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$81,110 |
$47,760 | 40 |
36 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$80,950 |
$37,070 | 50 |
37 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$80,820 |
$37,900 | 60 |
38 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$80,540 |
$40,740 | 220 |
39 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$80,440 |
$49,780 | 2,940 |
40 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$80,200 |
$64,940 | 50 |
41 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$79,230 |
$64,020 | 50 |
42 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$78,630 |
$61,050 | 60 |
43 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$77,650 |
$50,340 | 110 |
44 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$77,500 |
$34,970 | n/a |
45 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$77,470 |
$37,620 | 70 |
46 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$77,400 |
$37,230 | 570 |
47 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$77,280 |
$35,230 | 60 |
48 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$77,270 |
$35,530 | 170 |
49 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$77,260 |
$40,030 | 300 |
50 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$77,120 |
$35,280 | 90 |
51 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$76,960 |
$34,560 | 60 |
52 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$76,920 |
$48,000 | 40 |
53 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$76,800 |
$44,440 | 80 |
54 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$76,760 |
$37,460 | 110 |
55 |
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$76,600 |
$36,900 | 30 |
56 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$76,600 |
$36,900 | 50 |
57 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$76,540 |
$36,050 | 70 |
58 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$76,300 |
$40,380 | 60 |
59 |
Fresno, California
|
$76,140 |
$46,080 | 110 |
60 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$75,940 |
$39,270 | 40 |
61 |
Salinas, California
|
$75,620 |
$60,250 | 50 |
62 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$75,500 |
$36,640 | 90 |
63 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$75,250 |
$30,730 | 30 |
64 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$75,160 |
$37,970 | 1,500 |
65 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$74,880 |
$43,910 | 90 |
66 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$74,730 |
$33,470 | n/a |
67 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$74,660 |
$30,090 | 30 |
68 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$74,660 |
$35,130 | 140 |
69 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$74,640 |
$59,280 | 30 |
70 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$74,160 |
$36,380 | 130 |
71 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$74,030 |
$55,620 | 80 |
72 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$74,010 |
$59,000 | 210 |
73 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$73,720 |
$54,750 | 200 |
74 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$73,570 |
$32,480 | 180 |
75 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$73,220 |
$42,500 | 140 |
76 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$72,190 |
$57,740 | 40 |
77 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona
|
$71,740 |
$29,980 | 40 |
78 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$71,570 |
$62,860 | 280 |
79 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$71,210 |
$39,690 | 80 |
80 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$71,130 |
$43,490 | 30 |
81 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$71,110 |
$33,000 | 30 |
82 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$70,980 |
$37,800 | 580 |
83 |
Stockton, California
|
$70,870 |
$42,620 | 30 |
84 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$70,510 |
$36,440 | 60 |
85 |
North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$69,790 |
$36,780 | 30 |
86 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$69,540 |
$33,550 | 660 |
87 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$69,450 |
$49,470 | 670 |
88 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$69,430 |
$45,410 | 30 |
89 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$69,260 |
$36,310 | 30 |
90 |
Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$68,540 |
$40,070 | n/a |
91 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$68,470 |
$37,440 | 220 |
92 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$68,410 |
$39,930 | 1,290 |
93 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$68,410 |
$36,360 | 440 |
94 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$68,210 |
$37,850 | n/a |
95 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$68,190 |
$36,660 | 130 |
96 |
Ocala, Florida
|
$67,950 |
$28,680 | 50 |
97 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$67,420 |
$33,310 | 180 |
98 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$67,330 |
$35,410 | 100 |
99 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$67,230 |
$34,320 | 80 |
100 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$66,880 |
$31,050 | 30 |
|