Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$112,260 |
$50,850 | 510 |
2 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$84,170 |
$21,350 | 300 |
3 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$83,580 |
$23,890 | 760 |
4 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$77,150 |
$38,010 | 100 |
5 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$72,820 |
$39,020 | 130 |
6 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$71,810 |
$49,630 | 40 |
7 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$67,580 |
$27,940 | 80 |
8 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$66,370 |
$42,310 | 60 |
9 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$64,650 |
$27,800 | 60 |
10 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$62,390 |
$34,310 | 30 |
|
11 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$61,780 |
$42,340 | n/a |
12 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$61,370 |
$32,210 | 120 |
13 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$61,030 |
$47,920 | 40 |
14 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$60,610 |
$43,670 | 40 |
15 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$59,980 |
$38,220 | 60 |
16 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$59,950 |
$37,620 | 50 |
17 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$59,670 |
$40,760 | 190 |
18 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$59,610 |
$39,830 | 150 |
19 |
Monroe, Louisiana
|
$59,180 |
$36,950 | 50 |
20 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$59,020 |
$48,090 | 200 |
21 |
Modesto, California
|
$58,200 |
$30,830 | n/a |
22 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$57,810 |
$38,230 | 40 |
23 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$57,780 |
$46,370 | 30 |
24 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$57,660 |
$36,180 | 60 |
25 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$57,460 |
$35,850 | 60 |
26 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$56,910 |
$37,110 | 40 |
27 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$56,410 |
$41,950 | 40 |
28 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$55,330 |
$38,970 | 30 |
29 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$55,290 |
$31,770 | 40 |
30 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$55,280 |
$38,640 | 30 |
31 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$53,890 |
$32,230 | 50 |
32 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$53,830 |
$32,950 | 80 |
33 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$53,250 |
$39,290 | 90 |
34 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$52,830 |
$36,760 | 310 |
35 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$52,650 |
$38,430 | 40 |
36 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$52,650 |
$37,980 | n/a |
37 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$52,510 |
$34,890 | 100 |
38 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$52,500 |
$16,740 | n/a |
39 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$52,400 |
$29,100 | 30 |
40 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$52,190 |
$30,920 | n/a |
41 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$52,000 |
$40,700 | 30 |
42 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$51,710 |
$32,520 | 50 |
43 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$51,630 |
$34,340 | 40 |
44 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$51,430 |
$33,400 | 80 |
45 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$51,120 |
$37,110 | 40 |
46 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$51,080 |
$31,000 | 360 |
47 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$50,830 |
$36,030 | 100 |
48 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$50,790 |
$30,220 | 80 |
49 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$50,790 |
$37,980 | 140 |
50 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$50,370 |
$29,300 | 350 |
51 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$50,310 |
$36,310 | 30 |
52 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$49,940 |
$41,020 | 90 |
53 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$49,560 |
$29,510 | 100 |
54 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$49,550 |
$34,020 | 60 |
55 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$49,510 |
$32,790 | 550 |
56 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$49,350 |
$31,580 | 60 |
57 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$49,240 |
$38,730 | 110 |
58 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$49,160 |
$37,210 | 140 |
59 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$49,020 |
$39,630 | 140 |
60 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$49,010 |
$37,300 | 130 |
61 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$48,910 |
$34,970 | 210 |
62 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$48,890 |
$31,370 | n/a |
63 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$48,780 |
$38,580 | 160 |
64 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$48,670 |
$35,710 | 80 |
65 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$48,630 |
$23,540 | 60 |
66 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$48,580 |
$38,140 | 30 |
67 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$48,560 |
$36,350 | 90 |
68 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$48,530 |
$37,420 | 300 |
69 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$48,420 |
$34,650 | n/a |
70 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$48,310 |
$46,420 | 240 |
71 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$48,290 |
$40,860 | n/a |
72 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$48,260 |
$34,060 | 190 |
73 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$48,100 |
$32,450 | 90 |
74 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$48,070 |
$38,100 | 50 |
75 |
Midland, Texas
|
$47,670 |
$30,560 | 40 |
76 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$47,610 |
$33,910 | 40 |
77 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$47,590 |
$28,960 | 30 |
78 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$47,580 |
$35,200 | n/a |
79 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$47,510 |
$33,950 | 50 |
80 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$47,420 |
$41,240 | 40 |
81 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$47,320 |
$33,280 | 30 |
82 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$47,310 |
$42,160 | n/a |
83 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$47,300 |
$34,450 | 240 |
84 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$47,230 |
$29,820 | 60 |
85 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$47,180 |
$39,900 | n/a |
86 |
Grand Island, Nebraska
|
$47,160 |
$23,170 | n/a |
87 |
Billings, Montana
|
$47,120 |
$37,120 | 40 |
88 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$47,010 |
$39,670 | 210 |
89 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$47,000 |
$32,790 | 360 |
90 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$47,000 |
$34,970 | 40 |
91 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$46,900 |
$34,570 | 60 |
92 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$46,820 |
$33,220 | 530 |
93 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$46,790 |
$38,940 | 50 |
94 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$46,700 |
$45,390 | 180 |
95 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$46,460 |
$40,440 | 80 |
96 |
Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia
|
$46,320 |
$33,490 | 80 |
97 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$46,250 |
$35,340 | 30 |
98 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas
|
$46,160 |
$37,600 | 100 |
99 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$46,000 |
$37,970 | 120 |
100 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$45,930 |
$29,280 | 200 |
|