| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$78,530 |
$52,020 | 7,240 |
| 2 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$76,930 |
$49,100 | 20,180 |
| 3 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$76,390 |
$48,510 | 86,810 |
| 4 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$74,140 |
$48,060 | 29,420 |
| 5 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$72,700 |
$50,950 | 17,990 |
| 6 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$71,230 |
$47,490 | 2,450 |
| 7 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$68,590 |
$43,410 | 380 |
| 8 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$68,520 |
$45,100 | 560 |
| 9 |
Napa, California
|
$68,040 |
$46,860 | 600 |
| 10 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$67,930 |
$45,880 | 26,680 |
|
|
| 11 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$67,880 |
$46,710 | 9,330 |
| 12 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$67,740 |
$47,480 | 15,930 |
| 13 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$67,600 |
$45,770 | 14,930 |
| 14 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$67,560 |
$46,390 | 9,950 |
| 15 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$67,330 |
$46,450 | 1,830 |
| 16 |
Longview, Washington
|
$67,240 |
$44,150 | 330 |
| 17 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$66,600 |
$48,090 | 1,690 |
| 18 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$66,340 |
$45,340 | 59,680 |
| 19 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$65,960 |
$48,200 | 790 |
| 20 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$65,610 |
$46,370 | 1,190 |
| 21 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$65,260 |
$41,930 | 1,840 |
| 22 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$65,130 |
$44,060 | 4,610 |
| 23 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$65,120 |
$46,090 | 840 |
| 24 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$65,020 |
$45,640 | 6,480 |
| 25 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$65,020 |
$46,650 | 5,390 |
| 26 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$64,960 |
$45,380 | 1,110 |
| 27 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$64,640 |
$40,950 | 6,730 |
| 28 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$64,580 |
$46,240 | 4,110 |
| 29 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$64,530 |
$41,600 | 9,210 |
| 30 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$64,500 |
$42,380 | 17,210 |
| 31 |
Stockton, California
|
$64,240 |
$44,060 | 2,570 |
| 32 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$64,160 |
$40,450 | 35,390 |
| 33 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$64,010 |
$42,340 | 780 |
| 34 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$63,940 |
$40,700 | 20,880 |
| 35 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$63,910 |
$41,140 | 3,570 |
| 36 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$63,830 |
$42,750 | 9,090 |
| 37 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$63,810 |
$46,460 | 990 |
| 38 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$63,660 |
$40,330 | 6,890 |
| 39 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$63,620 |
$46,410 | 470 |
| 40 |
Rochester, New York
|
$63,570 |
$41,540 | 4,000 |
| 41 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$63,550 |
$40,330 | 9,440 |
| 42 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$63,540 |
$44,850 | 17,690 |
| 43 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$63,530 |
$40,970 | 580 |
| 44 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$63,490 |
$40,290 | 17,590 |
| 45 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$63,480 |
$39,940 | 13,180 |
| 46 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$63,430 |
$42,520 | 32,600 |
| 47 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$63,430 |
$42,590 | 1,350 |
| 48 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$63,410 |
$40,260 | 24,280 |
| 49 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$63,380 |
$42,450 | 3,330 |
| 50 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$63,320 |
$45,120 | 820 |
| 51 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$63,300 |
$44,970 | 800 |
| 52 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$63,260 |
$41,190 | 15,000 |
| 53 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$63,230 |
$43,700 | 480 |
| 54 |
Salinas, California
|
$63,230 |
$44,470 | 1,220 |
| 55 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$63,230 |
$41,990 | 2,400 |
| 56 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$63,210 |
$39,310 | 3,180 |
| 57 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$63,150 |
$40,960 | 1,240 |
| 58 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$63,150 |
$44,200 | 13,110 |
| 59 |
Elmira, New York
|
$63,070 |
$39,520 | 270 |
| 60 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$63,010 |
$40,060 | 71,380 |
| 61 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$62,970 |
$38,800 | 14,640 |
| 62 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$62,960 |
$44,600 | 1,610 |
| 63 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$62,920 |
$42,440 | 1,320 |
| 64 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$62,900 |
$43,980 | 2,830 |
| 65 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$62,820 |
$38,270 | 600 |
| 66 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$62,820 |
$40,020 | 1,000 |
| 67 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$62,780 |
$40,440 | 970 |
| 68 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$62,750 |
$45,320 | 780 |
| 69 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$62,600 |
$40,250 | 2,640 |
| 70 |
Corvallis, Oregon
|
$62,580 |
$38,910 | 320 |
| 71 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$62,550 |
$41,380 | 3,760 |
| 72 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$62,540 |
$40,800 | 770 |
| 73 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$62,520 |
$39,640 | 1,270 |
| 74 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$62,440 |
$42,030 | 1,390 |
| 75 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$62,400 |
$36,520 | 310 |
| 76 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$62,350 |
$42,050 | 4,910 |
| 77 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$62,340 |
$38,470 | 19,570 |
| 78 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$62,340 |
$38,170 | 1,660 |
| 79 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$62,340 |
$39,030 | 10,460 |
| 80 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$62,300 |
$45,160 | 420 |
| 81 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$62,290 |
$40,040 | 920 |
| 82 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$62,290 |
$41,380 | 950 |
| 83 |
Yuba City, California
|
$62,260 |
$40,400 | 400 |
| 84 |
Midland, Texas
|
$62,220 |
$38,700 | 1,030 |
| 85 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$62,170 |
$41,390 | 930 |
| 86 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$62,160 |
$39,320 | 11,780 |
| 87 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$62,130 |
$38,760 | 11,310 |
| 88 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$62,030 |
$39,750 | 3,800 |
| 89 |
Modesto, California
|
$62,020 |
$43,850 | 1,490 |
| 90 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$62,000 |
$39,790 | 2,490 |
| 91 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$61,960 |
$43,670 | 1,410 |
| 92 |
Columbus, Indiana
|
$61,860 |
$44,480 | 640 |
| 93 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$61,800 |
$44,060 | 2,250 |
| 94 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$61,780 |
$42,670 | 340 |
| 95 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$61,780 |
$40,820 | 10,280 |
| 96 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$61,740 |
$37,080 | 850 |
| 97 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$61,690 |
$41,000 | 820 |
| 98 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$61,690 |
$45,890 | 210 |
| 99 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$61,660 |
$39,010 | 1,680 |
| 100 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$61,640 |
$40,450 | 840 |
|