| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Redding, California
|
$131,830 |
$42,240 | 30 |
| 2 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$99,890 |
$66,870 | 210 |
| 3 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$99,380 |
$50,020 | 40 |
| 4 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$96,340 |
$47,840 | 70 |
| 5 |
Terre Haute, Indiana
|
$93,500 |
$36,370 | 30 |
| 6 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$93,200 |
$54,910 | 70 |
| 7 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$91,520 |
$62,710 | 240 |
| 8 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$89,990 |
$50,760 | 70 |
| 9 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$89,980 |
$47,460 | 530 |
| 10 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$88,870 |
$61,840 | n/a |
|
|
| 11 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$88,050 |
$65,930 | 120 |
| 12 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$88,020 |
$57,710 | 60 |
| 13 |
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$87,010 |
$76,950 | 40 |
| 14 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$85,470 |
$63,090 | 120 |
| 15 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$85,090 |
$61,880 | 30 |
| 16 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$84,990 |
$52,690 | 90 |
| 17 |
Decatur, Alabama
|
$84,580 |
$45,070 | 60 |
| 18 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$84,300 |
$64,880 | 650 |
| 19 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$83,940 |
$47,910 | 200 |
| 20 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$83,530 |
$31,620 | 60 |
| 21 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$82,640 |
$45,800 | 120 |
| 22 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$81,630 |
$66,180 | 80 |
| 23 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$81,300 |
$44,260 | 180 |
| 24 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$81,260 |
$48,510 | 40 |
| 25 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$81,110 |
$40,970 | 30 |
| 26 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$81,000 |
$65,890 | 80 |
| 27 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$80,600 |
$60,570 | 80 |
| 28 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$80,270 |
$63,520 | 40 |
| 29 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$80,090 |
$57,740 | 50 |
| 30 |
Modesto, California
|
$79,910 |
$38,510 | 60 |
| 31 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$79,800 |
$56,540 | 550 |
| 32 |
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$79,750 |
$57,310 | 70 |
| 33 |
Fresno, California
|
$79,080 |
$45,850 | 140 |
| 34 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$79,060 |
$49,960 | 40 |
| 35 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$79,040 |
$62,770 | 310 |
| 36 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$78,510 |
$48,410 | 240 |
| 37 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$78,500 |
$50,930 | 50 |
| 38 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$78,390 |
$38,170 | 240 |
| 39 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$77,710 |
$41,530 | 200 |
| 40 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$77,620 |
$60,990 | 40 |
| 41 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$77,590 |
$63,590 | 150 |
| 42 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$77,550 |
$60,010 | 40 |
| 43 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$77,440 |
$58,950 | 40 |
| 44 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$77,310 |
$38,540 | 90 |
| 45 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$77,260 |
$63,250 | 90 |
| 46 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$77,010 |
$77,010 | 40 |
| 47 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$76,900 |
$58,140 | 300 |
| 48 |
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$76,610 |
$38,170 | 220 |
| 49 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$76,400 |
$57,710 | 60 |
| 50 |
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$75,730 |
$46,200 | 80 |
| 51 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$75,410 |
$56,490 | 30 |
| 52 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$75,390 |
$37,300 | 370 |
| 53 |
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$75,360 |
$70,700 | 170 |
| 54 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$75,190 |
$48,820 | 40 |
| 55 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$75,160 |
$61,970 | 50 |
| 56 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$75,160 |
$49,590 | 650 |
| 57 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$75,090 |
$49,010 | 30 |
| 58 |
Lewiston, Washington
|
$75,060 |
$59,520 | 60 |
| 59 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$75,030 |
$48,770 | 30 |
| 60 |
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$74,920 |
$56,190 | 50 |
| 61 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$74,590 |
$62,360 | 60 |
| 62 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$74,370 |
$59,200 | 40 |
| 63 |
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$74,150 |
$49,760 | 50 |
| 64 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$73,840 |
$47,420 | 290 |
| 65 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$73,750 |
$63,150 | 50 |
| 66 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$73,670 |
$61,090 | 40 |
| 67 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$73,530 |
$58,700 | 450 |
| 68 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$73,510 |
$53,250 | 270 |
| 69 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$73,510 |
$57,520 | 270 |
| 70 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$73,510 |
$44,970 | 130 |
| 71 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$73,470 |
$41,970 | 170 |
| 72 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$73,410 |
$66,140 | 160 |
| 73 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$73,160 |
$41,960 | 160 |
| 74 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$73,010 |
$54,210 | 40 |
| 75 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$72,870 |
$58,890 | 50 |
| 76 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$72,840 |
$39,420 | 60 |
| 77 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$72,780 |
$47,680 | 470 |
| 78 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$72,740 |
$61,510 | 40 |
| 79 |
Savannah, Georgia
|
$72,590 |
$47,990 | 80 |
| 80 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$72,560 |
$44,610 | 750 |
| 81 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$72,490 |
$52,460 | 50 |
| 82 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$72,430 |
$37,030 | 560 |
| 83 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$72,330 |
$41,360 | 70 |
| 84 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$71,760 |
$54,300 | 50 |
| 85 |
Tyler, Texas
|
$71,710 |
$54,650 | 40 |
| 86 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$71,450 |
$46,800 | 90 |
| 87 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$71,410 |
$47,600 | 1,640 |
| 88 |
Florence, South Carolina
|
$71,150 |
$55,500 | 30 |
| 89 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$71,130 |
$52,880 | 70 |
| 90 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$71,070 |
$57,980 | 30 |
| 91 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$70,990 |
$65,020 | 110 |
| 92 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$70,960 |
$52,450 | 60 |
| 93 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$70,820 |
$62,170 | 30 |
| 94 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$70,770 |
$41,820 | 30 |
| 95 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$70,440 |
$39,070 | 2,350 |
| 96 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$70,420 |
$47,690 | 520 |
| 97 |
Monroe, Louisiana
|
$70,350 |
$53,390 | 40 |
| 98 |
Charleston, West Virginia
|
$70,350 |
$62,360 | 40 |
| 99 |
New Bern, North Carolina
|
$70,160 |
$62,670 | 110 |
| 100 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia
|
$69,990 |
$63,300 | 170 |
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