Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$167,070 |
$95,450 | 210 |
2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$160,510 |
$88,750 | 4,990 |
3 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$155,460 |
$96,520 | 2,770 |
4 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$154,630 |
$62,350 | 50 |
5 |
State College, Pennsylvania
|
$146,870 |
$62,610 | 40 |
6 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$141,920 |
$82,400 | 40 |
7 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$139,890 |
$50,400 | 370 |
8 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$138,860 |
$119,020 | 190 |
9 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$138,860 |
$94,810 | 660 |
10 |
Idaho Falls, Idaho
|
$136,760 |
$105,330 | 90 |
|
11 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$135,800 |
$78,000 | 5,510 |
12 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$135,200 |
$76,690 | 1,750 |
13 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$134,840 |
$82,250 | 3,330 |
14 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$134,050 |
$82,690 | 3,200 |
15 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$132,230 |
$82,430 | 1,640 |
16 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$130,710 |
$81,870 | 930 |
17 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$130,290 |
$78,960 | 530 |
18 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$130,250 |
$81,540 | 480 |
19 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$130,070 |
$85,150 | 1,670 |
20 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$129,510 |
$78,740 | 240 |
21 |
Stockton, California
|
$129,300 |
$77,900 | 30 |
22 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$128,490 |
$81,660 | 960 |
23 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$128,330 |
$78,500 | 40 |
24 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$128,300 |
$78,150 | 3,240 |
25 |
Sherman-Denison, Texas
|
$127,650 |
$79,820 | 120 |
26 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$127,560 |
$80,980 | 4,410 |
27 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$127,200 |
$76,140 | 5,190 |
28 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$127,020 |
$80,390 | 1,040 |
29 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$126,300 |
$79,810 | 4,390 |
30 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$126,270 |
$84,460 | 200 |
31 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$125,090 |
$80,510 | 4,920 |
32 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$124,380 |
$80,720 | 2,090 |
33 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$123,460 |
$84,540 | 3,860 |
34 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$122,910 |
$78,860 | 660 |
35 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$122,880 |
$84,380 | 410 |
36 |
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$122,820 |
$79,390 | 30 |
37 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$122,800 |
$70,990 | 1,320 |
38 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$122,370 |
$64,190 | 150 |
39 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$121,920 |
$73,960 | 40 |
40 |
Salinas, California
|
$121,660 |
$41,990 | 80 |
41 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$121,620 |
$97,820 | 160 |
42 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$120,570 |
$83,820 | 1,290 |
43 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$120,410 |
$80,940 | 80 |
44 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama
|
$120,270 |
$68,650 | n/a |
45 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$119,810 |
$81,880 | 80 |
46 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$119,230 |
$74,950 | 1,090 |
47 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$118,310 |
$75,400 | 550 |
48 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$118,010 |
$79,020 | 2,700 |
49 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona
|
$117,960 |
$67,100 | 90 |
50 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$117,470 |
$78,640 | 1,140 |
51 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$116,910 |
$82,890 | 1,000 |
52 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$116,260 |
$71,840 | 240 |
53 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$116,110 |
$62,980 | 710 |
54 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$115,640 |
$55,950 | n/a |
55 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$114,210 |
$75,060 | 200 |
56 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$113,730 |
$80,370 | 40 |
57 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$113,370 |
$65,830 | 80 |
58 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$113,010 |
$78,830 | 710 |
59 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$112,790 |
$74,890 | 80 |
60 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$110,800 |
$79,020 | 340 |
61 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$110,760 |
$70,140 | 5,490 |
62 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$110,510 |
$86,460 | 130 |
63 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$110,350 |
$61,000 | 110 |
64 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$110,180 |
$81,800 | 630 |
65 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$109,980 |
$72,020 | 380 |
66 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$109,450 |
$46,380 | 60 |
67 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$109,240 |
$74,920 | 1,530 |
68 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$108,590 |
$80,060 | 70 |
69 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$108,520 |
$61,600 | 1,100 |
70 |
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida
|
$108,470 |
$75,690 | 240 |
71 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$108,350 |
$64,330 | 1,420 |
72 |
Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$108,160 |
$81,930 | 70 |
73 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$108,100 |
$62,480 | 50 |
74 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$107,700 |
$79,960 | 1,030 |
75 |
Clarksville, Tennessee
|
$107,660 |
$85,030 | 70 |
76 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$107,650 |
$74,210 | 2,340 |
77 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$107,560 |
$66,480 | 400 |
78 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$107,040 |
$75,270 | 310 |
79 |
Fresno, California
|
$106,570 |
$61,430 | 80 |
80 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$106,470 |
$87,220 | 30 |
81 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$106,360 |
$70,030 | 1,680 |
82 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$106,210 |
$64,470 | 430 |
83 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$106,120 |
$67,280 | 940 |
84 |
Longview, Texas
|
$105,490 |
$64,460 | 30 |
85 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$105,410 |
$32,820 | 50 |
86 |
Columbus, Indiana
|
$105,360 |
$44,520 | 150 |
87 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$105,190 |
$74,100 | 160 |
88 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$105,090 |
$68,500 | 40 |
89 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$105,000 |
$67,640 | 40 |
90 |
Tyler, Texas
|
$104,950 |
$69,750 | 100 |
91 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$104,720 |
$61,260 | 1,540 |
92 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$104,670 |
$69,110 | 530 |
93 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$104,500 |
$68,330 | 330 |
94 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$104,460 |
$68,410 | 870 |
95 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$104,260 |
$65,160 | 40 |
96 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$104,260 |
$64,000 | 30 |
97 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$104,250 |
$84,520 | 140 |
98 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$104,190 |
$79,480 | 750 |
99 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$103,890 |
$82,590 | 40 |
100 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$103,790 |
$66,480 | 110 |
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