| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$63,380 |
$41,600 | 170 |
| 2 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$61,990 |
$42,740 | 30 |
| 3 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$61,670 |
$34,650 | 100 |
| 4 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$58,960 |
$32,240 | 100 |
| 5 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$58,880 |
$36,380 | 50 |
| 6 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$58,760 |
$37,450 | 830 |
| 7 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$58,150 |
$42,440 | 310 |
| 8 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$58,010 |
$39,140 | 30 |
| 9 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$57,940 |
$33,900 | 60 |
| 10 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$57,920 |
$33,660 | 40 |
|
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| 11 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$56,760 |
$40,640 | 1,050 |
| 12 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$55,500 |
$35,880 | 30 |
| 13 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$55,020 |
$36,020 | 40 |
| 14 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$54,490 |
$37,500 | 120 |
| 15 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$54,220 |
$31,240 | 110 |
| 16 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$53,540 |
$32,910 | 540 |
| 17 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$53,130 |
$38,420 | 40 |
| 18 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$52,870 |
$26,990 | 210 |
| 19 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$52,800 |
$31,200 | 170 |
| 20 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$52,430 |
$20,290 | 250 |
| 21 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$52,250 |
$33,200 | 220 |
| 22 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$52,190 |
$33,470 | 130 |
| 23 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$52,000 |
$34,730 | 90 |
| 24 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$51,920 |
$30,510 | 30 |
| 25 |
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$51,830 |
$31,120 | 50 |
| 26 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$51,470 |
$34,840 | 200 |
| 27 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$51,310 |
$34,340 | 90 |
| 28 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$51,210 |
$36,550 | 3,380 |
| 29 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$51,140 |
$26,690 | 40 |
| 30 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$51,140 |
$33,980 | 1,170 |
| 31 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$51,030 |
$37,800 | 170 |
| 32 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$50,960 |
$34,670 | 490 |
| 33 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$50,920 |
$38,300 | 1,440 |
| 34 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$50,850 |
$33,870 | 80 |
| 35 |
Manhattan, Kansas
|
$50,740 |
$25,590 | 40 |
| 36 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$50,650 |
$36,520 | 50 |
| 37 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$50,600 |
$36,100 | 150 |
| 38 |
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$50,540 |
$29,430 | 30 |
| 39 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$50,500 |
$37,730 | 130 |
| 40 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$50,440 |
$33,900 | 250 |
| 41 |
Morristown, Tennessee
|
$50,180 |
$23,910 | 30 |
| 42 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$50,000 |
$35,990 | 30 |
| 43 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$49,980 |
$30,180 | 220 |
| 44 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$49,980 |
$30,860 | 330 |
| 45 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
|
$49,950 |
$29,230 | 70 |
| 46 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$49,590 |
$29,450 | 50 |
| 47 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$49,580 |
$31,810 | 1,780 |
| 48 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$49,460 |
$36,640 | 30 |
| 49 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$49,230 |
$29,220 | 40 |
| 50 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$49,040 |
$33,950 | 1,800 |
| 51 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$49,030 |
$32,130 | 70 |
| 52 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina
|
$48,780 |
$30,420 | 120 |
| 53 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$48,690 |
$32,980 | 50 |
| 54 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$48,650 |
$31,200 | 140 |
| 55 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$48,640 |
$37,280 | 40 |
| 56 |
Port St Lucie, Florida
|
$48,590 |
$31,520 | 150 |
| 57 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$48,580 |
$29,120 | 890 |
| 58 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$48,520 |
$19,830 | 30 |
| 59 |
Jefferson City, Missouri
|
$48,510 |
$29,950 | 40 |
| 60 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$48,500 |
$36,480 | 60 |
| 61 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$48,380 |
$30,810 | 60 |
| 62 |
Tallahassee, Florida
|
$48,310 |
$29,280 | 80 |
| 63 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$48,300 |
$36,610 | 70 |
| 64 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$48,250 |
$29,750 | 1,030 |
| 65 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$48,220 |
$37,990 | 100 |
| 66 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$48,110 |
$29,100 | 1,710 |
| 67 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$47,980 |
$33,020 | 40 |
| 68 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$47,840 |
$37,470 | 560 |
| 69 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$47,760 |
$25,610 | 50 |
| 70 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$47,740 |
$32,610 | 70 |
| 71 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$47,720 |
$32,440 | 160 |
| 72 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$47,700 |
$30,640 | 30 |
| 73 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$47,680 |
$28,660 | 150 |
| 74 |
Coeur dAlene, Idaho
|
$47,670 |
$30,210 | 60 |
| 75 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$47,620 |
$33,880 | 1,090 |
| 76 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$47,530 |
$31,500 | 90 |
| 77 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$47,420 |
$29,270 | 210 |
| 78 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$47,390 |
$31,090 | 870 |
| 79 |
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$47,320 |
$32,760 | 40 |
| 80 |
Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
$47,270 |
$27,680 | 30 |
| 81 |
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$47,170 |
$28,410 | 40 |
| 82 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$47,170 |
$35,750 | 100 |
| 83 |
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$47,170 |
$24,350 | 30 |
| 84 |
Waco, Texas
|
$46,980 |
$28,630 | 40 |
| 85 |
Bloomington, Illinois
|
$46,980 |
$27,240 | 50 |
| 86 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$46,970 |
$36,760 | 40 |
| 87 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$46,960 |
$36,960 | 40 |
| 88 |
Burlington, North Carolina
|
$46,810 |
$23,090 | 50 |
| 89 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$46,790 |
$31,030 | 290 |
| 90 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$46,730 |
$34,230 | 80 |
| 91 |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
|
$46,660 |
$28,480 | 30 |
| 92 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$46,560 |
$31,350 | 1,370 |
| 93 |
Ocala, Florida
|
$46,490 |
$27,120 | 60 |
| 94 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$46,440 |
$33,800 | 70 |
| 95 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$46,440 |
$36,910 | 40 |
| 96 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$46,390 |
$30,020 | 710 |
| 97 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$46,330 |
$33,010 | 110 |
| 98 |
Napa, California
|
$46,320 |
$36,330 | 50 |
| 99 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$46,210 |
$37,300 | 40 |
| 100 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
|
$46,160 |
$26,420 | 190 |
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