| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$117,770 |
$57,540 | 130 |
| 2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$106,150 |
$71,080 | 3,620 |
| 3 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$103,420 |
$60,630 | 11,710 |
| 4 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$101,820 |
$64,150 | 420 |
| 5 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$100,940 |
$61,250 | 11,580 |
| 6 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$100,770 |
$66,800 | 9,100 |
| 7 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$99,990 |
$63,200 | 740 |
| 8 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$98,810 |
$56,410 | 10,490 |
| 9 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$98,070 |
$58,240 | 1,060 |
| 10 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$98,040 |
$59,810 | 6,800 |
|
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| 11 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$97,570 |
$64,660 | 2,230 |
| 12 |
Longview, Washington
|
$97,310 |
$64,350 | 300 |
| 13 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$95,360 |
$58,800 | 26,820 |
| 14 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$95,300 |
$60,500 | 190 |
| 15 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$94,960 |
$63,700 | 460 |
| 16 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$94,550 |
$60,240 | 2,220 |
| 17 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$93,660 |
$48,510 | 550 |
| 18 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$93,600 |
$60,710 | 1,010 |
| 19 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$93,250 |
$56,780 | 4,230 |
| 20 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$92,820 |
$52,860 | 5,120 |
| 21 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$92,600 |
$57,260 | 420 |
| 22 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$92,500 |
$63,950 | 420 |
| 23 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$92,380 |
$61,030 | 1,270 |
| 24 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$92,120 |
$62,050 | 800 |
| 25 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$91,380 |
$62,630 | 7,020 |
| 26 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$90,050 |
$51,070 | 540 |
| 27 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$89,860 |
$57,270 | 4,590 |
| 28 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$89,440 |
$58,550 | 1,000 |
| 29 |
Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$89,010 |
$53,450 | 130 |
| 30 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$88,820 |
$54,330 | 250 |
| 31 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$88,610 |
$51,010 | 11,200 |
| 32 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$87,670 |
$60,140 | 370 |
| 33 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$87,560 |
$55,440 | 430 |
| 34 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$86,070 |
$59,320 | 6,610 |
| 35 |
Napa, California
|
$85,900 |
$62,090 | 330 |
| 36 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$85,860 |
$58,800 | 18,990 |
| 37 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$85,760 |
$61,050 | 5,150 |
| 38 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$85,530 |
$59,280 | 1,130 |
| 39 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$84,790 |
$51,410 | 280 |
| 40 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$84,600 |
$60,090 | 550 |
| 41 |
Beckley, West Virginia
|
$84,520 |
$46,400 | 360 |
| 42 |
Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois
|
$84,000 |
$52,000 | 100 |
| 43 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$83,990 |
$61,170 | 380 |
| 44 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$83,680 |
$54,100 | 1,100 |
| 45 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$83,650 |
$58,480 | 2,180 |
| 46 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$83,640 |
$53,470 | 630 |
| 47 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$83,520 |
$48,730 | 520 |
| 48 |
Corvallis, Oregon
|
$83,470 |
$52,470 | 80 |
| 49 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$83,240 |
$51,760 | 250 |
| 50 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$83,240 |
$48,040 | 480 |
| 51 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$83,200 |
$50,540 | 5,650 |
| 52 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$83,140 |
$54,290 | 270 |
| 53 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$83,050 |
$53,560 | 580 |
| 54 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$82,930 |
$51,950 | 4,810 |
| 55 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$82,790 |
$59,030 | 740 |
| 56 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$82,650 |
$47,840 | 1,210 |
| 57 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$82,630 |
$50,930 | 960 |
| 58 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$82,460 |
$51,890 | 560 |
| 59 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$82,410 |
$51,880 | 170 |
| 60 |
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$82,310 |
$49,770 | 660 |
| 61 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$82,240 |
$46,610 | 110 |
| 62 |
Terre Haute, Indiana
|
$82,170 |
$50,890 | 310 |
| 63 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$82,080 |
$52,420 | 560 |
| 64 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$82,000 |
$55,950 | 280 |
| 65 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$81,940 |
$54,660 | 980 |
| 66 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$81,900 |
$44,720 | 1,730 |
| 67 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$81,840 |
$55,780 | 90 |
| 68 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$81,680 |
$50,320 | 2,590 |
| 69 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$81,550 |
$52,770 | 2,160 |
| 70 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$81,450 |
$50,740 | 250 |
| 71 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$81,260 |
$56,810 | 10,030 |
| 72 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$81,250 |
$55,510 | 880 |
| 73 |
Modesto, California
|
$81,070 |
$58,940 | 720 |
| 74 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$80,970 |
$48,680 | 6,350 |
| 75 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$80,970 |
$57,260 | 1,590 |
| 76 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$80,870 |
$51,600 | 2,110 |
| 77 |
Stockton, California
|
$80,710 |
$56,800 | 1,110 |
| 78 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$80,700 |
$60,310 | 140 |
| 79 |
Danville, Illinois
|
$80,610 |
$48,940 | 40 |
| 80 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$80,600 |
$57,510 | 470 |
| 81 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$80,450 |
$58,730 | 690 |
| 82 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$80,450 |
$58,860 | 660 |
| 83 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$80,270 |
$62,650 | 430 |
| 84 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$80,230 |
$50,160 | 400 |
| 85 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$80,120 |
$49,790 | 310 |
| 86 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$80,010 |
$59,650 | 1,060 |
| 87 |
Salinas, California
|
$80,000 |
$53,040 | 440 |
| 88 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$79,930 |
$55,970 | 400 |
| 89 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$79,750 |
$49,890 | 1,810 |
| 90 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$79,470 |
$62,440 | 300 |
| 91 |
Carbondale-Marion, Illinois
|
$79,390 |
$47,510 | 130 |
| 92 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$79,190 |
$55,000 | 490 |
| 93 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$79,050 |
$57,750 | 350 |
| 94 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$78,990 |
$50,600 | 600 |
| 95 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$78,930 |
$50,670 | 460 |
| 96 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$78,840 |
$50,350 | 7,650 |
| 97 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$78,810 |
$55,480 | 410 |
| 98 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$78,660 |
$51,170 | 1,160 |
| 99 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$78,520 |
$50,190 | 1,370 |
| 100 |
Yuba City, California
|
$78,510 |
$51,700 | 200 |
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