Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$70,720 |
$33,390 | 40 |
2 |
Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$69,880 |
$35,200 | 100 |
3 |
Rome, Georgia
|
$69,580 |
$46,280 | 40 |
4 |
Pueblo, Colorado
|
$66,790 |
$35,600 | 50 |
5 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$65,410 |
$42,300 | 30 |
6 |
Sumter, South Carolina
|
$65,070 |
$22,790 | 70 |
7 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$65,070 |
$32,440 | 100 |
8 |
Lafayette, Indiana
|
$64,360 |
$38,750 | 70 |
9 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$62,780 |
$31,560 | 50 |
10 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$62,570 |
$35,910 | 220 |
|
11 |
Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$62,410 |
$35,810 | 110 |
12 |
Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$61,080 |
$39,710 | 40 |
13 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$60,920 |
$38,810 | 60 |
14 |
Napa, California
|
$60,690 |
$25,470 | 70 |
15 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$60,500 |
$34,510 | 280 |
16 |
Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$59,730 |
$39,770 | 100 |
17 |
Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$59,610 |
$43,130 | 50 |
18 |
Owensboro, Kentucky
|
$59,470 |
$40,470 | 90 |
19 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$58,950 |
$36,780 | 490 |
20 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$58,660 |
$28,760 | 50 |
21 |
Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire
|
$58,650 |
$33,190 | 30 |
22 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$58,310 |
$28,130 | 470 |
23 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$58,240 |
$35,430 | 110 |
24 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$58,180 |
$36,140 | 160 |
25 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
$57,970 |
$26,690 | 140 |
26 |
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
|
$57,220 |
$36,660 | 80 |
27 |
Stockton, California
|
$57,140 |
$42,350 | 770 |
28 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$56,610 |
$35,720 | 60 |
29 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$56,490 |
$35,690 | 610 |
30 |
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
$56,210 |
$22,840 | 70 |
31 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$56,160 |
$33,190 | 340 |
32 |
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire
|
$55,930 |
$36,780 | 70 |
33 |
Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$55,910 |
$33,370 | 260 |
34 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$55,700 |
$29,670 | 1,380 |
35 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$55,560 |
$34,250 | 1,600 |
36 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$55,550 |
$28,060 | 70 |
37 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$55,440 |
$33,330 | 130 |
38 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$55,400 |
$37,340 | 50 |
39 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$55,380 |
$30,620 | 300 |
40 |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan
|
$55,330 |
$33,040 | 60 |
41 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$55,290 |
$29,770 | 680 |
42 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$55,230 |
$29,230 | 70 |
43 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$55,230 |
$42,060 | 130 |
44 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$55,170 |
$31,790 | 50 |
45 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$55,110 |
$36,690 | 80 |
46 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$54,980 |
$40,600 | 120 |
47 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$54,890 |
$34,130 | 2,100 |
48 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$54,850 |
$35,440 | 360 |
49 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$54,760 |
$34,600 | 250 |
50 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$54,660 |
$34,810 | 110 |
51 |
Salinas, California
|
$54,510 |
$36,090 | 130 |
52 |
Morristown, Tennessee
|
$54,340 |
$30,310 | 90 |
53 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$54,220 |
$37,310 | 120 |
54 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$54,080 |
$32,650 | 3,520 |
55 |
Modesto, California
|
$54,060 |
$31,030 | 300 |
56 |
Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
|
$54,020 |
$22,020 | 60 |
57 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$53,920 |
$32,320 | 330 |
58 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$53,850 |
$34,210 | 110 |
59 |
Chico, California
|
$53,760 |
$27,230 | 60 |
60 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$53,700 |
$32,880 | 150 |
61 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$53,690 |
$33,730 | 500 |
62 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$53,620 |
$31,810 | 670 |
63 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$53,590 |
$32,040 | 480 |
64 |
Topeka, Kansas
|
$53,520 |
$27,900 | 140 |
65 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$53,440 |
$30,320 | 320 |
66 |
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$53,370 |
$29,380 | 70 |
67 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$53,330 |
$33,310 | 120 |
68 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$53,320 |
$31,770 | 890 |
69 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$53,310 |
$33,780 | 240 |
70 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$53,190 |
$35,900 | 440 |
71 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$53,130 |
$32,210 | 200 |
72 |
Valdosta, Georgia
|
$53,040 |
$33,860 | 110 |
73 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$52,830 |
$28,530 | 90 |
74 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$52,780 |
$36,880 | 110 |
75 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$52,600 |
$31,010 | 10,910 |
76 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$52,600 |
$33,150 | 60 |
77 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$52,590 |
$35,960 | 80 |
78 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$52,560 |
$36,190 | 140 |
79 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$52,500 |
$27,080 | 350 |
80 |
St George, Utah
|
$52,500 |
$27,730 | 120 |
81 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$52,450 |
$38,570 | 800 |
82 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$52,310 |
$23,180 | 200 |
83 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$52,250 |
$28,150 | 2,430 |
84 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$52,180 |
$32,670 | 300 |
85 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$52,150 |
$29,210 | 1,220 |
86 |
Muncie, Indiana
|
$52,130 |
$26,870 | 40 |
87 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$52,040 |
$31,160 | 260 |
88 |
Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia
|
$51,990 |
$32,620 | 80 |
89 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$51,980 |
$32,930 | 4,680 |
90 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$51,920 |
$31,410 | 430 |
91 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$51,900 |
$31,620 | 1,300 |
92 |
Midland, Texas
|
$51,880 |
$30,350 | 120 |
93 |
Tyler, Texas
|
$51,840 |
$30,290 | 110 |
94 |
Jonesboro, Arkansas
|
$51,820 |
$37,590 | 60 |
95 |
El Centro, California
|
$51,790 |
$27,920 | 60 |
96 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$51,730 |
$28,220 | 490 |
97 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$51,590 |
$29,190 | 90 |
98 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$51,580 |
$38,140 | 130 |
99 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$51,580 |
$30,480 | 140 |
100 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$51,550 |
$31,700 | 50 |
|