| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$89,140 |
$30,030 | 1,020 |
| 2 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$81,950 |
$27,010 | 600 |
| 3 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$80,490 |
$40,190 | 70 |
| 4 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
|
$76,760 |
$66,620 | 70 |
| 5 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$73,480 |
$46,940 | 30 |
| 6 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$73,420 |
$31,300 | 450 |
| 7 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$72,990 |
$36,490 | 60 |
| 8 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$71,440 |
$47,160 | 30 |
| 9 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$69,390 |
$34,210 | 690 |
| 10 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$66,780 |
$39,920 | 180 |
|
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| 11 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$65,650 |
$37,250 | 40 |
| 12 |
Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
|
$65,400 |
$31,290 | 1,290 |
| 13 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$65,360 |
$24,890 | 50 |
| 14 |
Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire
|
$65,040 |
$43,310 | 60 |
| 15 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$64,580 |
$33,540 | 1,420 |
| 16 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$64,370 |
$41,130 | 60 |
| 17 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$64,100 |
$38,300 | 490 |
| 18 |
Merced, California
|
$63,940 |
$36,860 | 120 |
| 19 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$63,940 |
$38,500 | 2,010 |
| 20 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$63,680 |
$23,860 | 50 |
| 21 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$63,070 |
$41,030 | 1,150 |
| 22 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$62,730 |
$39,060 | 40 |
| 23 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$62,450 |
$48,140 | 50 |
| 24 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$62,270 |
$47,320 | 40 |
| 25 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$62,090 |
$29,880 | 340 |
| 26 |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina
|
$61,980 |
$24,510 | 60 |
| 27 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$61,960 |
$43,600 | 30 |
| 28 |
San Angelo, Texas
|
$61,710 |
$37,320 | 120 |
| 29 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$61,600 |
$36,540 | 420 |
| 30 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$61,580 |
$35,970 | 40 |
| 31 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$61,500 |
$36,760 | 60 |
| 32 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$61,360 |
$45,180 | 240 |
| 33 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$61,250 |
$25,260 | 1,110 |
| 34 |
Stockton, California
|
$61,210 |
$31,770 | 890 |
| 35 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$61,050 |
$39,230 | 30 |
| 36 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$60,960 |
$48,840 | 100 |
| 37 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$60,870 |
$42,060 | 60 |
| 38 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$60,320 |
$30,700 | 120 |
| 39 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$59,600 |
$49,760 | 50 |
| 40 |
Corvallis, Oregon
|
$59,550 |
$46,890 | 430 |
| 41 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$59,290 |
$37,420 | 1,390 |
| 42 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$59,070 |
$40,970 | 110 |
| 43 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$58,970 |
$30,660 | 200 |
| 44 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$58,770 |
$36,310 | 470 |
| 45 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$58,540 |
$37,910 | 40 |
| 46 |
Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$58,320 |
$36,650 | 40 |
| 47 |
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$58,140 |
$35,720 | 70 |
| 48 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$58,090 |
$45,270 | 50 |
| 49 |
Napa, California
|
$58,060 |
$33,210 | 180 |
| 50 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$57,960 |
$47,680 | 580 |
| 51 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$57,900 |
$52,080 | 30 |
| 52 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$57,640 |
$30,140 | 50 |
| 53 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$57,570 |
$32,420 | 870 |
| 54 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$57,300 |
$28,220 | 50 |
| 55 |
Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas
|
$57,080 |
$18,750 | 60 |
| 56 |
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$57,020 |
$51,300 | n/a |
| 57 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$56,440 |
$33,190 | 50 |
| 58 |
Tallahassee, Florida
|
$56,430 |
$33,500 | 710 |
| 59 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$56,410 |
$28,870 | 990 |
| 60 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$55,960 |
$47,250 | 50 |
| 61 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$55,560 |
$35,270 | 40 |
| 62 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$55,520 |
$22,450 | 80 |
| 63 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$55,380 |
$25,890 | 40 |
| 64 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$55,220 |
$32,570 | 210 |
| 65 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$55,170 |
$42,000 | 40 |
| 66 |
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$55,160 |
$40,230 | 80 |
| 67 |
Chico, California
|
$55,000 |
$33,950 | 200 |
| 68 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$54,970 |
$31,510 | 40 |
| 69 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$54,950 |
$32,140 | 40 |
| 70 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$54,920 |
$37,300 | 30 |
| 71 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$54,670 |
$38,040 | 300 |
| 72 |
Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$54,230 |
$40,200 | 60 |
| 73 |
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$54,090 |
$34,740 | n/a |
| 74 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$53,990 |
$28,330 | 70 |
| 75 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$53,790 |
$27,220 | 260 |
| 76 |
Kingston, New York
|
$53,650 |
$48,210 | n/a |
| 77 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$53,520 |
$31,790 | 13,080 |
| 78 |
Burlington, North Carolina
|
$53,510 |
$35,450 | 60 |
| 79 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$53,500 |
$22,180 | 550 |
| 80 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$53,480 |
$31,920 | 360 |
| 81 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$53,270 |
$28,610 | 70 |
| 82 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$52,860 |
$24,460 | 300 |
| 83 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$52,820 |
$32,190 | 930 |
| 84 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$52,710 |
$36,590 | 1,230 |
| 85 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$52,420 |
$31,100 | 40 |
| 86 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$51,880 |
$36,380 | 60 |
| 87 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$51,870 |
$31,100 | 40 |
| 88 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$51,740 |
$30,300 | 760 |
| 89 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$51,710 |
$41,880 | n/a |
| 90 |
Greenville, North Carolina
|
$51,650 |
$40,410 | 400 |
| 91 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan
|
$51,470 |
$29,030 | 60 |
| 92 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$51,290 |
$40,690 | 30 |
| 93 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$51,250 |
$32,020 | 210 |
| 94 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$51,130 |
$38,190 | 460 |
| 95 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$51,050 |
$31,770 | 650 |
| 96 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$51,020 |
$26,620 | 760 |
| 97 |
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$51,010 |
$21,390 | 460 |
| 98 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$51,000 |
$31,200 | 270 |
| 99 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$50,970 |
$35,460 | 130 |
| 100 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$50,940 |
$29,790 | 40 |
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