| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$61,000 |
$31,040 | 2,000 |
| 2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$60,030 |
$41,600 | 890 |
| 3 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$60,010 |
$38,300 | 2,780 |
| 4 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$59,570 |
$36,470 | 1,620 |
| 5 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$59,090 |
$38,810 | 10,110 |
| 6 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$59,070 |
$40,410 | 1,950 |
| 7 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$58,840 |
$24,340 | 60 |
| 8 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$58,150 |
$35,530 | 470 |
| 9 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$57,650 |
$36,700 | 50 |
| 10 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$57,120 |
$39,890 | 40 |
|
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| 11 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$56,450 |
$37,750 | 240 |
| 12 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$56,310 |
$33,140 | 80 |
| 13 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$55,780 |
$35,320 | 210 |
| 14 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$55,550 |
$40,700 | 60 |
| 15 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$55,290 |
$38,970 | 480 |
| 16 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$55,000 |
$38,740 | 120 |
| 17 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$54,250 |
$37,560 | 240 |
| 18 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$54,210 |
$38,490 | 40 |
| 19 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$52,960 |
$34,380 | 590 |
| 20 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$52,940 |
$38,860 | 130 |
| 21 |
Bloomington, Indiana
|
$52,840 |
$35,680 | 150 |
| 22 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$52,760 |
$40,160 | 130 |
| 23 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$52,690 |
$35,210 | 210 |
| 24 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$52,570 |
$29,990 | 8,160 |
| 25 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$52,270 |
$38,310 | 130 |
| 26 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$52,250 |
$36,260 | 90 |
| 27 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$52,130 |
$35,670 | 150 |
| 28 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$51,840 |
$34,370 | 1,060 |
| 29 |
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$51,810 |
$39,370 | 80 |
| 30 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$51,780 |
$39,970 | 50 |
| 31 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$51,730 |
$25,540 | 100 |
| 32 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$51,580 |
$28,180 | 220 |
| 33 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$51,360 |
$36,020 | 560 |
| 34 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$51,260 |
$38,970 | 120 |
| 35 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$51,140 |
$35,970 | 30 |
| 36 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$51,060 |
$37,310 | 60 |
| 37 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$50,890 |
$36,160 | 90 |
| 38 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$50,590 |
$35,960 | 1,640 |
| 39 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$50,500 |
$37,080 | 4,850 |
| 40 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$50,390 |
$36,640 | 1,240 |
| 41 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$50,330 |
$29,010 | 110 |
| 42 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania
|
$50,240 |
$30,890 | 30 |
| 43 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$50,160 |
$39,450 | 120 |
| 44 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$50,130 |
$38,390 | 100 |
| 45 |
Central Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$50,000 |
$26,770 | 40 |
| 46 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$49,830 |
$36,780 | 110 |
| 47 |
Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$49,810 |
$29,710 | 50 |
| 48 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$49,720 |
$42,720 | 70 |
| 49 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$49,680 |
$36,590 | 410 |
| 50 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$49,570 |
$35,280 | 90 |
| 51 |
Danville, Illinois
|
$49,570 |
$30,620 | 40 |
| 52 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$49,540 |
$36,200 | 80 |
| 53 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$49,420 |
$37,440 | 50 |
| 54 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$49,380 |
$36,080 | 5,150 |
| 55 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$49,380 |
$32,090 | 140 |
| 56 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$49,340 |
$36,860 | 400 |
| 57 |
East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$49,340 |
$31,090 | 90 |
| 58 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$49,340 |
$35,780 | 60 |
| 59 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$49,260 |
$31,000 | 350 |
| 60 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$49,240 |
$34,860 | 290 |
| 61 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$49,060 |
$31,260 | 150 |
| 62 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$49,030 |
$33,070 | 170 |
| 63 |
Punta Gorda, Florida
|
$49,010 |
$32,870 | 90 |
| 64 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$48,940 |
$35,960 | 90 |
| 65 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$48,930 |
$32,770 | 110 |
| 66 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$48,840 |
$34,320 | 220 |
| 67 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$48,840 |
$35,530 | 1,090 |
| 68 |
Napa, California
|
$48,820 |
$36,300 | 130 |
| 69 |
Chico, California
|
$48,690 |
$37,220 | 60 |
| 70 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$48,680 |
$28,650 | 140 |
| 71 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$48,610 |
$33,140 | 310 |
| 72 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$48,600 |
$37,820 | 60 |
| 73 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$48,520 |
$35,640 | 120 |
| 74 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$48,520 |
$37,430 | 1,570 |
| 75 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$48,490 |
$30,090 | 1,140 |
| 76 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$48,480 |
$35,880 | 1,030 |
| 77 |
Sumter, South Carolina
|
$48,470 |
$28,930 | 110 |
| 78 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$48,260 |
$30,050 | 60 |
| 79 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$48,160 |
$34,640 | 110 |
| 80 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$48,140 |
$35,070 | 90 |
| 81 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$48,120 |
$34,150 | 290 |
| 82 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$48,080 |
$34,140 | 2,950 |
| 83 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$48,080 |
$31,970 | 80 |
| 84 |
Salinas, California
|
$48,040 |
$35,170 | 200 |
| 85 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$47,960 |
$39,610 | 80 |
| 86 |
Yuba City, California
|
$47,910 |
$37,520 | 50 |
| 87 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$47,900 |
$36,500 | 4,070 |
| 88 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$47,890 |
$32,880 | 180 |
| 89 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$47,880 |
$36,070 | 270 |
| 90 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$47,840 |
$35,220 | 1,330 |
| 91 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$47,780 |
$34,470 | 1,490 |
| 92 |
Bangor, Maine
|
$47,710 |
$38,630 | 80 |
| 93 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$47,700 |
$26,210 | 480 |
| 94 |
Stockton, California
|
$47,660 |
$35,640 | 190 |
| 95 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$47,610 |
$37,450 | 250 |
| 96 |
Fresno, California
|
$47,540 |
$35,720 | 310 |
| 97 |
Redding, California
|
$47,510 |
$31,590 | 50 |
| 98 |
El Centro, California
|
$47,510 |
$35,300 | 60 |
| 99 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$47,230 |
$35,660 | 170 |
| 100 |
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$47,220 |
$25,240 | 40 |
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