Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$118,570 |
$61,160 | 760 |
2 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$111,610 |
$53,890 | 16,710 |
3 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$111,450 |
$62,570 | 510 |
4 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$107,740 |
$67,150 | 22,570 |
5 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$105,010 |
$63,590 | 1,460 |
6 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$104,550 |
$56,190 | 40 |
7 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$104,460 |
$50,310 | 6,670 |
8 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$103,670 |
$51,580 | 40 |
9 |
Racine, Wisconsin
|
$103,650 |
$64,980 | 160 |
10 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$103,050 |
$54,410 | 2,870 |
|
11 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$102,410 |
$50,790 | 310 |
12 |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
|
$101,990 |
$62,000 | 210 |
13 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$101,670 |
$56,380 | 300 |
14 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$101,570 |
$64,510 | 320 |
15 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$101,480 |
$62,650 | 140 |
16 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$100,510 |
$60,730 | 80 |
17 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$99,950 |
$58,190 | 370 |
18 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$99,910 |
$64,300 | 140 |
19 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$99,650 |
$50,670 | 100 |
20 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$99,420 |
$59,740 | 100 |
21 |
Columbus, Indiana
|
$99,020 |
$47,400 | 30 |
22 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$98,850 |
$63,090 | 680 |
23 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$98,560 |
$64,180 | 310 |
24 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$98,430 |
$60,950 | 840 |
25 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$98,340 |
$61,070 | 2,830 |
26 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$98,310 |
$56,970 | 90 |
27 |
Janesville, Wisconsin
|
$97,710 |
$48,620 | 190 |
28 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$97,400 |
$54,550 | 2,090 |
29 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$97,130 |
$48,800 | 400 |
30 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$96,820 |
$58,280 | 2,840 |
31 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$96,720 |
$61,880 | 210 |
32 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$95,890 |
$49,760 | 260 |
33 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$95,870 |
$61,750 | 300 |
34 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$95,160 |
$55,940 | 420 |
35 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$94,330 |
$51,120 | 100 |
36 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$94,330 |
$63,690 | 1,140 |
37 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$94,240 |
$55,330 | 100 |
38 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$93,240 |
$53,840 | 3,300 |
39 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
|
$93,060 |
$53,910 | 90 |
40 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$92,830 |
$54,870 | 110 |
41 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$92,720 |
$60,630 | 580 |
42 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$92,630 |
$51,410 | 1,520 |
43 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$92,140 |
$51,290 | 130 |
44 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$91,970 |
$58,700 | 4,460 |
45 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$91,490 |
$59,330 | 2,080 |
46 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$91,110 |
$54,430 | 1,370 |
47 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$91,010 |
$56,400 | 4,930 |
48 |
Springfield, Ohio
|
$90,840 |
$42,050 | 50 |
49 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$90,640 |
$44,980 | 490 |
50 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$90,530 |
$53,000 | 210 |
51 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$90,510 |
$55,340 | 30 |
52 |
Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$90,440 |
$40,590 | 120 |
53 |
Glens Falls, New York
|
$90,100 |
$53,370 | 60 |
54 |
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$90,100 |
$65,280 | 70 |
55 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$90,080 |
$51,390 | 160 |
56 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$89,820 |
$62,390 | 60 |
57 |
Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana
|
$89,750 |
$47,560 | 40 |
58 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$89,690 |
$60,810 | 40 |
59 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$89,320 |
$58,340 | 680 |
60 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$89,290 |
$52,880 | 1,520 |
61 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$89,070 |
$49,650 | 80 |
62 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$88,740 |
$52,180 | 2,570 |
63 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$88,650 |
$49,730 | 1,260 |
64 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$88,140 |
$59,660 | 110 |
65 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$87,400 |
$46,730 | 1,360 |
66 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$87,190 |
$57,850 | 250 |
67 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$87,060 |
$50,760 | 220 |
68 |
Elmira, New York
|
$86,950 |
$50,950 | 40 |
69 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$86,940 |
$59,550 | 970 |
70 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$86,900 |
$51,180 | 840 |
71 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$86,850 |
$46,170 | 1,420 |
72 |
Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire
|
$86,700 |
$49,370 | 110 |
73 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$86,560 |
$48,930 | 610 |
74 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$86,230 |
$45,500 | 1,060 |
75 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$86,010 |
$48,990 | 660 |
76 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$85,990 |
$47,530 | 4,300 |
77 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$85,920 |
$54,370 | 70 |
78 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$85,650 |
$56,790 | 350 |
79 |
Bloomington, Indiana
|
$85,400 |
$33,800 | 30 |
80 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$85,380 |
$48,640 | 2,110 |
81 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$85,150 |
$45,990 | 1,600 |
82 |
Rochester, New York
|
$85,130 |
$58,780 | 740 |
83 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$85,080 |
$45,050 | 180 |
84 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$85,010 |
$50,390 | 110 |
85 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$84,940 |
$54,960 | 500 |
86 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$84,490 |
$51,650 | 210 |
87 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$84,410 |
$51,790 | 450 |
88 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$84,250 |
$55,290 | 450 |
89 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$84,140 |
$41,710 | 40 |
90 |
Kingston, New York
|
$84,020 |
$59,210 | 40 |
91 |
Central South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$83,970 |
$50,010 | 30 |
92 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$83,920 |
$49,500 | 120 |
93 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$83,600 |
$46,090 | 270 |
94 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$83,580 |
$42,760 | 4,520 |
95 |
St George, Utah
|
$83,560 |
$45,630 | 60 |
96 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$83,560 |
$46,380 | 320 |
97 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$83,440 |
$44,410 | 1,800 |
98 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$83,290 |
$53,560 | 180 |
99 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$83,230 |
$53,460 | 90 |
100 |
The Villages, Florida
|
$83,130 |
$32,710 | 60 |
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