| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Lima, Ohio
|
$62,430 |
$27,780 | 50 |
| 2 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$62,400 |
$36,860 | 30 |
| 3 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$55,130 |
$30,670 | 560 |
| 4 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$53,080 |
$32,660 | 60 |
| 5 |
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$51,720 |
$30,770 | 200 |
| 6 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$51,240 |
$36,960 | 680 |
| 7 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
$50,820 |
$41,700 | n/a |
| 8 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$50,730 |
$34,730 | 350 |
| 9 |
Fort Smith, Oklahoma
|
$50,570 |
$38,020 | 430 |
| 10 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$49,130 |
$36,240 | 300 |
|
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| 11 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$48,860 |
$30,530 | 160 |
| 12 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$48,190 |
$37,220 | 6,290 |
| 13 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
|
$47,680 |
$32,490 | 620 |
| 14 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$47,460 |
$34,960 | 1,440 |
| 15 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$47,300 |
$30,140 | 50 |
| 16 |
Sumter, South Carolina
|
$47,300 |
$24,180 | 30 |
| 17 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$46,720 |
$37,890 | 5,330 |
| 18 |
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$46,450 |
$36,930 | 230 |
| 19 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$46,440 |
$30,510 | 70 |
| 20 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$46,430 |
$28,960 | 80 |
| 21 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$46,380 |
$35,450 | 9,190 |
| 22 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$46,170 |
$34,870 | 330 |
| 23 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$46,120 |
$29,480 | 160 |
| 24 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$45,990 |
$34,830 | 90 |
| 25 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$45,810 |
$34,850 | 930 |
| 26 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$45,650 |
$32,430 | 130 |
| 27 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$45,570 |
$35,560 | 13,660 |
| 28 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$45,190 |
$33,090 | 1,230 |
| 29 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$45,010 |
$28,620 | 90 |
| 30 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$44,890 |
$33,380 | 190 |
| 31 |
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$44,360 |
$29,470 | 340 |
| 32 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$44,360 |
$30,640 | 840 |
| 33 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$44,360 |
$32,800 | 370 |
| 34 |
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$44,340 |
$29,720 | 60 |
| 35 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$44,280 |
$30,860 | 1,660 |
| 36 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$44,220 |
$35,600 | 1,020 |
| 37 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$44,130 |
$29,560 | 70 |
| 38 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$44,000 |
$33,480 | 280 |
| 39 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$43,960 |
$31,970 | 450 |
| 40 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$43,950 |
$30,690 | 650 |
| 41 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$43,680 |
$30,670 | 30 |
| 42 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$43,650 |
$36,770 | 50 |
| 43 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$43,640 |
$33,800 | 1,040 |
| 44 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$43,460 |
$31,650 | 70 |
| 45 |
Ames, Iowa
|
$43,390 |
$29,930 | 40 |
| 46 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$43,360 |
$36,840 | 390 |
| 47 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$42,860 |
$32,510 | 290 |
| 48 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$42,830 |
$31,730 | 290 |
| 49 |
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$42,670 |
$30,320 | 130 |
| 50 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$42,580 |
$31,060 | 210 |
| 51 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$42,360 |
$31,870 | 270 |
| 52 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$41,960 |
$29,860 | 120 |
| 53 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$41,760 |
$32,270 | 650 |
| 54 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$41,330 |
$29,350 | 100 |
| 55 |
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$41,250 |
$28,960 | 870 |
| 56 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$41,220 |
$31,390 | 4,170 |
| 57 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$41,040 |
$32,840 | 1,150 |
| 58 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$40,940 |
$35,020 | 2,600 |
| 59 |
Kingston, New York
|
$40,770 |
$29,450 | 120 |
| 60 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$40,720 |
$31,550 | 4,620 |
| 61 |
Goldsboro, North Carolina
|
$40,690 |
$27,780 | 150 |
| 62 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$40,640 |
$31,830 | 190 |
| 63 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$40,580 |
$21,450 | 30 |
| 64 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$40,560 |
$35,270 | 180 |
| 65 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$40,460 |
$25,670 | 430 |
| 66 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$40,400 |
$28,370 | 260 |
| 67 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$40,220 |
$30,530 | 4,650 |
| 68 |
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$40,220 |
$35,140 | 1,310 |
| 69 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
|
$40,220 |
$31,810 | 50 |
| 70 |
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$40,150 |
$31,790 | 330 |
| 71 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$40,110 |
$31,490 | 1,260 |
| 72 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$40,030 |
$23,050 | 40 |
| 73 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$39,990 |
$32,880 | 120 |
| 74 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$39,990 |
$29,060 | 1,110 |
| 75 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$39,980 |
$30,210 | 3,290 |
| 76 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$39,940 |
$31,920 | 4,030 |
| 77 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$39,940 |
$29,040 | 1,260 |
| 78 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$39,930 |
$32,930 | 5,350 |
| 79 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$39,910 |
$26,550 | n/a |
| 80 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$39,860 |
$27,450 | 870 |
| 81 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$39,810 |
$29,400 | 2,160 |
| 82 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$39,780 |
$31,510 | 330 |
| 83 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$39,750 |
$29,590 | 140 |
| 84 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$39,740 |
$34,070 | 80 |
| 85 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$39,670 |
$30,330 | 220 |
| 86 |
Redding, California
|
$39,660 |
$30,920 | 50 |
| 87 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$39,660 |
$22,950 | 410 |
| 88 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$39,650 |
$31,150 | 1,660 |
| 89 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$39,630 |
$30,390 | 540 |
| 90 |
Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$39,560 |
$24,400 | 300 |
| 91 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$39,520 |
$33,070 | 3,480 |
| 92 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$39,520 |
$32,320 | 70 |
| 93 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$39,490 |
$31,030 | 140 |
| 94 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$39,440 |
$30,910 | 9,420 |
| 95 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$39,370 |
$25,190 | 560 |
| 96 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$39,350 |
$28,810 | 80 |
| 97 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$39,310 |
$27,970 | 630 |
| 98 |
Salinas, California
|
$39,300 |
$30,700 | 80 |
| 99 |
Stockton, California
|
$39,270 |
$33,070 | 120 |
| 100 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$39,230 |
$30,910 | 240 |
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