| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$48,520 |
$22,950 | n/a |
| 2 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$47,620 |
$42,470 | n/a |
| 3 |
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$42,500 |
$22,870 | n/a |
| 4 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$42,270 |
$28,060 | 40 |
| 5 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$39,540 |
$24,490 | 60 |
| 6 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$37,930 |
$34,100 | n/a |
| 7 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$36,880 |
$33,050 | n/a |
| 8 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$36,450 |
$28,260 | n/a |
| 9 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$35,870 |
$28,230 | 130 |
| 10 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$35,260 |
$20,990 | 1,980 |
|
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| 11 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$35,110 |
$22,690 | n/a |
| 12 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$35,080 |
$22,100 | 180 |
| 13 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$35,040 |
$28,190 | 620 |
| 14 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$34,960 |
$25,490 | n/a |
| 15 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$34,950 |
$28,520 | 40 |
| 16 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$33,560 |
$23,710 | 40 |
| 17 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$33,520 |
$27,210 | 10,230 |
| 18 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$33,280 |
$28,120 | 70 |
| 19 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$33,140 |
$26,920 | 2,170 |
| 20 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
|
$32,410 |
$18,080 | n/a |
| 21 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$32,050 |
$26,100 | 40 |
| 22 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$31,990 |
$27,070 | 1,620 |
| 23 |
Napa, California
|
$31,960 |
$26,030 | 40 |
| 24 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$31,670 |
$24,820 | 140 |
| 25 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$31,520 |
$27,360 | 470 |
| 26 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$30,930 |
$25,930 | 170 |
| 27 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$30,860 |
$19,970 | n/a |
| 28 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$30,770 |
$27,380 | 130 |
| 29 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$30,390 |
$27,080 | 500 |
| 30 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$29,700 |
$26,640 | n/a |
| 31 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$29,680 |
$21,210 | 60 |
| 32 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$29,560 |
$27,100 | n/a |
| 33 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$29,530 |
$23,470 | 2,840 |
| 34 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$29,520 |
$26,040 | 1,820 |
| 35 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$29,480 |
$22,150 | 120 |
| 36 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$29,340 |
$25,930 | 90 |
| 37 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$29,330 |
$24,960 | 30 |
| 38 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$29,170 |
$20,810 | n/a |
| 39 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$29,060 |
$25,100 | 70 |
| 40 |
Fresno, California
|
$29,020 |
$24,220 | n/a |
| 41 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$28,880 |
$21,450 | n/a |
| 42 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$28,870 |
$26,530 | 410 |
| 43 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$28,650 |
$18,750 | n/a |
| 44 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$28,620 |
$25,890 | 30 |
| 45 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$28,560 |
$24,980 | 70 |
| 46 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$28,500 |
$25,290 | 50 |
| 47 |
Valdosta, Georgia
|
$28,390 |
$21,390 | 40 |
| 48 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$28,320 |
$17,480 | 200 |
| 49 |
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$28,230 |
$25,160 | 970 |
| 50 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$28,200 |
$24,760 | n/a |
| 51 |
Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia
|
$28,200 |
$22,420 | 40 |
| 52 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$28,120 |
$28,090 | 1,690 |
| 53 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$28,120 |
$28,090 | 110 |
| 54 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$28,110 |
$28,090 | 100 |
| 55 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$28,110 |
$28,090 | 120 |
| 56 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$28,100 |
$28,080 | 230 |
| 57 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$28,100 |
$28,080 | 240 |
| 58 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$27,760 |
$21,500 | 120 |
| 59 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$27,690 |
$19,290 | 160 |
| 60 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$27,560 |
$22,900 | 950 |
| 61 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$27,540 |
$21,070 | 530 |
| 62 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$27,420 |
$20,430 | 760 |
| 63 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$27,280 |
$22,970 | 1,420 |
| 64 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$27,240 |
$22,910 | 120 |
| 65 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$27,210 |
$25,160 | 50 |
| 66 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$27,070 |
$18,330 | n/a |
| 67 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$27,000 |
$17,880 | n/a |
| 68 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$26,940 |
$18,090 | n/a |
| 69 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$26,910 |
$23,210 | 110 |
| 70 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$26,830 |
$18,180 | n/a |
| 71 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$26,710 |
$24,970 | n/a |
| 72 |
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$26,690 |
$20,840 | n/a |
| 73 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$26,590 |
$21,550 | 120 |
| 74 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$26,430 |
$17,550 | 2,260 |
| 75 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$26,320 |
$18,520 | n/a |
| 76 |
Rochester, New York
|
$26,310 |
$24,910 | 30 |
| 77 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$26,150 |
$24,970 | 120 |
| 78 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona
|
$26,100 |
$25,210 | 30 |
| 79 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$26,080 |
$25,140 | 580 |
| 80 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$25,910 |
$19,500 | n/a |
| 81 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$25,780 |
$25,140 | 310 |
| 82 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$25,750 |
$24,760 | 100 |
| 83 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$25,730 |
$17,950 | 50 |
| 84 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$25,710 |
$19,700 | 360 |
| 85 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$25,500 |
$22,890 | n/a |
| 86 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
|
$25,370 |
$18,140 | 50 |
| 87 |
Prescott, Arizona
|
$25,330 |
$25,050 | n/a |
| 88 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$25,260 |
$21,870 | n/a |
| 89 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$25,210 |
$21,000 | n/a |
| 90 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$25,090 |
$20,930 | 530 |
| 91 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$25,000 |
$23,320 | n/a |
| 92 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$24,980 |
$24,960 | n/a |
| 93 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$24,770 |
$18,190 | 30 |
| 94 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$24,760 |
$18,370 | 150 |
| 95 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$24,760 |
$19,150 | 1,010 |
| 96 |
Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$24,750 |
$21,940 | 120 |
| 97 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$24,720 |
$23,260 | 190 |
| 98 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$24,590 |
$22,860 | 100 |
| 99 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$24,420 |
$18,090 | 140 |
| 100 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$24,410 |
$22,890 | 230 |
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