| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$128,720 |
$107,950 | 70 |
| 2 |
Macon, Georgia
|
$126,780 |
$78,240 | 30 |
| 3 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$123,140 |
$101,990 | 60 |
| 4 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$117,680 |
$91,750 | 60 |
| 5 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$114,380 |
$86,710 | 40 |
| 6 |
Modesto, California
|
$112,750 |
$85,820 | 50 |
| 7 |
Savannah, Georgia
|
$112,050 |
$63,650 | 40 |
| 8 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$111,650 |
$87,690 | 100 |
| 9 |
El Centro, California
|
$111,230 |
$78,630 | 60 |
| 10 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$111,040 |
$63,020 | 180 |
|
|
| 11 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$109,810 |
$99,230 | 40 |
| 12 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$109,280 |
$59,700 | 90 |
| 13 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$109,210 |
$95,600 | 200 |
| 14 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$108,610 |
$65,020 | 120 |
| 15 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$108,420 |
$86,210 | 250 |
| 16 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$108,220 |
$48,020 | 180 |
| 17 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$108,030 |
$74,040 | 260 |
| 18 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$106,490 |
$85,180 | 50 |
| 19 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$105,960 |
$97,940 | 40 |
| 20 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$105,760 |
$62,020 | 50 |
| 21 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$105,400 |
$85,560 | 40 |
| 22 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$105,320 |
$63,020 | 110 |
| 23 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$105,210 |
$84,670 | 60 |
| 24 |
Rochester, New York
|
$104,860 |
$75,990 | 100 |
| 25 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$104,850 |
$80,450 | 310 |
| 26 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$104,560 |
$57,050 | 370 |
| 27 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$104,240 |
$100,050 | 180 |
| 28 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$103,700 |
$76,940 | 30 |
| 29 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$103,670 |
$63,360 | 140 |
| 30 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$103,670 |
$77,670 | 30 |
| 31 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$103,650 |
$73,570 | 40 |
| 32 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$103,580 |
$88,590 | 30 |
| 33 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$103,270 |
$77,670 | 40 |
| 34 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$102,290 |
$42,320 | 60 |
| 35 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$102,280 |
$80,890 | 640 |
| 36 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$102,130 |
$63,030 | 30 |
| 37 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$101,600 |
$60,270 | 50 |
| 38 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$101,000 |
$69,920 | 30 |
| 39 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$100,960 |
$46,020 | 40 |
| 40 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$100,830 |
$54,640 | 50 |
| 41 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$99,980 |
$51,990 | 50 |
| 42 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$99,960 |
$66,260 | 500 |
| 43 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$99,790 |
$77,670 | 30 |
| 44 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$99,520 |
$72,830 | 900 |
| 45 |
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$99,440 |
$52,650 | 120 |
| 46 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$99,340 |
$81,810 | 60 |
| 47 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$99,340 |
$71,260 | 50 |
| 48 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$99,170 |
$79,610 | 60 |
| 49 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$99,040 |
$77,500 | 110 |
| 50 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$98,930 |
$47,850 | 160 |
| 51 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$98,900 |
$77,060 | 50 |
| 52 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$98,730 |
$78,470 | 40 |
| 53 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$98,610 |
$63,090 | 290 |
| 54 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$98,430 |
$47,830 | 500 |
| 55 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$97,800 |
$40,560 | 100 |
| 56 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$97,640 |
$58,640 | 80 |
| 57 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$97,480 |
$64,920 | 40 |
| 58 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$97,360 |
$74,100 | 260 |
| 59 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$97,280 |
$85,780 | n/a |
| 60 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$96,970 |
$81,600 | 70 |
| 61 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$96,590 |
$80,120 | 60 |
| 62 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$96,560 |
$49,120 | 170 |
| 63 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$96,410 |
$64,640 | 60 |
| 64 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$96,170 |
$84,140 | 50 |
| 65 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$96,060 |
$60,820 | 1,100 |
| 66 |
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$95,950 |
$41,280 | 50 |
| 67 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$95,950 |
$78,230 | 40 |
| 68 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$95,630 |
$67,180 | 120 |
| 69 |
Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$95,120 |
$84,610 | 30 |
| 70 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$95,040 |
$81,320 | 40 |
| 71 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$95,010 |
$63,920 | 40 |
| 72 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$94,980 |
$63,580 | 240 |
| 73 |
Springfield, Missouri
|
$94,720 |
$58,710 | 30 |
| 74 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$94,670 |
$55,420 | 40 |
| 75 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$94,390 |
$65,080 | 70 |
| 76 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$94,220 |
$59,880 | 30 |
| 77 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$94,160 |
$70,950 | 100 |
| 78 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$94,010 |
$47,900 | 100 |
| 79 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$93,720 |
$64,540 | 110 |
| 80 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$93,510 |
$77,130 | 40 |
| 81 |
South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida
|
$93,490 |
$83,710 | 60 |
| 82 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$93,480 |
$60,460 | 130 |
| 83 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$93,270 |
$82,200 | 120 |
| 84 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$93,130 |
$84,540 | 110 |
| 85 |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina
|
$92,950 |
$61,660 | 70 |
| 86 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$92,920 |
$82,170 | 120 |
| 87 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$92,890 |
$59,490 | 450 |
| 88 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$92,240 |
$67,800 | 70 |
| 89 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$92,220 |
$70,700 | n/a |
| 90 |
Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$91,670 |
$59,630 | 30 |
| 91 |
Decatur, Alabama
|
$91,490 |
$58,290 | 90 |
| 92 |
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$91,410 |
$79,400 | 30 |
| 93 |
Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$91,380 |
$75,100 | 30 |
| 94 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$91,370 |
$66,060 | 60 |
| 95 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$91,340 |
$63,020 | 40 |
| 96 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$90,820 |
$85,970 | 30 |
| 97 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$90,710 |
$47,180 | 70 |
| 98 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$90,510 |
$66,770 | 170 |
| 99 |
Waco, Texas
|
$89,690 |
$57,750 | 50 |
| 100 |
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$89,460 |
$75,880 | 30 |
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