Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Midland, Texas
|
$109,800 |
$62,020 | 50 |
2 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$109,400 |
$63,400 | 50 |
3 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$108,230 |
$69,190 | 120 |
4 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$98,260 |
$47,550 | 610 |
5 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$95,130 |
$62,480 | 190 |
6 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$82,050 |
$49,230 | 270 |
7 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$81,080 |
$56,290 | 90 |
8 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$80,400 |
$35,100 | 80 |
9 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$79,600 |
$50,900 | 100 |
10 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$78,880 |
$59,640 | 310 |
|
11 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$78,020 |
$40,270 | n/a |
12 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$77,670 |
$71,420 | 110 |
13 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$77,120 |
$65,790 | 30 |
14 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$77,080 |
$42,300 | n/a |
15 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$77,060 |
$50,600 | 110 |
16 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$75,760 |
$54,170 | 140 |
17 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$75,280 |
$23,870 | 30 |
18 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$75,200 |
$40,020 | n/a |
19 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$74,720 |
$41,520 | 50 |
20 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$73,610 |
$44,770 | 130 |
21 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$72,450 |
$58,500 | 130 |
22 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$72,100 |
$57,200 | 30 |
23 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$71,990 |
$43,760 | 170 |
24 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$71,140 |
$51,390 | 180 |
25 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$70,730 |
$51,520 | 360 |
26 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$70,710 |
$49,820 | 30 |
27 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$70,040 |
$53,060 | 40 |
28 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$67,990 |
$33,170 | 30 |
29 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$67,870 |
$41,120 | 70 |
30 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$67,600 |
$44,060 | 50 |
31 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$67,280 |
$44,400 | 50 |
32 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$67,050 |
$44,210 | 50 |
33 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$66,380 |
$47,040 | 240 |
34 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$65,770 |
$38,570 | 60 |
35 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$65,760 |
$46,980 | 80 |
36 |
East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$65,450 |
$42,620 | n/a |
37 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$65,160 |
$53,300 | 40 |
38 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$65,130 |
$37,950 | 110 |
39 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$63,890 |
$56,470 | 70 |
40 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$63,870 |
$45,990 | n/a |
41 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$63,790 |
$47,240 | 40 |
42 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$63,650 |
$41,750 | 50 |
43 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$63,620 |
$50,330 | 300 |
44 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$63,470 |
$39,380 | 530 |
45 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$63,320 |
$41,000 | 630 |
46 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$63,200 |
$43,850 | 300 |
47 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$63,170 |
$36,240 | 40 |
48 |
Rochester, New York
|
$62,920 |
$49,210 | 200 |
49 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$62,770 |
$48,190 | 60 |
50 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida
|
$62,660 |
$28,240 | 30 |
51 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$62,570 |
$49,600 | 40 |
52 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$62,190 |
$36,570 | 60 |
53 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$62,090 |
$40,020 | 30 |
54 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$62,010 |
$47,840 | 230 |
55 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$61,270 |
$45,010 | 30 |
56 |
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$61,030 |
$39,000 | n/a |
57 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$60,940 |
$40,440 | 230 |
58 |
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$60,730 |
$47,520 | n/a |
59 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$60,710 |
$45,160 | 30 |
60 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$60,560 |
$39,100 | 70 |
61 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$60,470 |
$41,590 | 400 |
62 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$60,430 |
$46,860 | 30 |
63 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$60,050 |
$38,360 | 80 |
64 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$59,870 |
$52,420 | n/a |
65 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$59,610 |
$49,640 | 40 |
66 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$59,580 |
$48,990 | 120 |
67 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$59,520 |
$37,570 | 80 |
68 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$59,490 |
$47,490 | 50 |
69 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$59,480 |
$48,190 | 140 |
70 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$59,330 |
$30,650 | 240 |
71 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$59,250 |
$30,590 | n/a |
72 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$59,030 |
$43,360 | 130 |
73 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$58,640 |
$48,500 | 160 |
74 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$58,550 |
$45,100 | 50 |
75 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$58,200 |
$38,430 | 430 |
76 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$58,190 |
$38,070 | 40 |
77 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$58,070 |
$29,730 | 120 |
78 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$58,050 |
$36,730 | 50 |
79 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$57,850 |
$45,050 | 450 |
80 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$57,270 |
$50,170 | n/a |
81 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$57,220 |
$47,330 | 120 |
82 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$56,960 |
$41,880 | 160 |
83 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$56,860 |
$48,800 | 190 |
84 |
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
$56,800 |
$30,470 | 40 |
85 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$56,700 |
$39,520 | 40 |
86 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$56,680 |
$41,600 | 60 |
87 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$56,570 |
$45,300 | 340 |
88 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$56,480 |
$44,760 | 40 |
89 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$56,320 |
$41,540 | 50 |
90 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$55,950 |
$35,660 | 320 |
91 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$55,940 |
$40,000 | 180 |
92 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$55,920 |
$36,050 | 70 |
93 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$55,620 |
$48,750 | 180 |
94 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$55,590 |
$47,560 | 90 |
95 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$55,510 |
$47,520 | 180 |
96 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$55,280 |
$47,330 | 80 |
97 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$55,180 |
$35,340 | 120 |
98 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$54,990 |
$42,510 | 80 |
99 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$54,890 |
$41,470 | 40 |
100 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$54,800 |
$36,840 | 350 |
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