Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$57,000 |
$34,820 | 90 |
2 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$54,960 |
$32,850 | 150 |
3 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$54,050 |
$34,860 | 130 |
4 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$54,040 |
$27,850 | 220 |
5 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$53,770 |
$25,450 | 4,340 |
6 |
Sussex County, Delaware
|
$52,310 |
$32,390 | 100 |
7 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$51,970 |
$33,820 | 300 |
8 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$50,470 |
$27,060 | 240 |
9 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$50,060 |
$26,000 | 170 |
10 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$48,350 |
$28,190 | 200 |
|
11 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$47,860 |
$34,190 | 110 |
12 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$47,700 |
$29,320 | 120 |
13 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$47,650 |
$23,260 | 2,140 |
14 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$47,250 |
$26,610 | 90 |
15 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$47,140 |
$32,850 | 160 |
16 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$47,100 |
$25,480 | 90 |
17 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$46,960 |
$33,310 | 160 |
18 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$46,910 |
$26,100 | 19,630 |
19 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$46,680 |
$34,940 | 80 |
20 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$46,400 |
$29,330 | 960 |
21 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$46,380 |
$23,730 | 290 |
22 |
Redding, California
|
$46,270 |
$31,100 | 260 |
23 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$46,020 |
$32,330 | 2,910 |
24 |
Yuba City, California
|
$46,000 |
$32,970 | 60 |
25 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$45,900 |
$28,120 | 970 |
26 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$45,870 |
$22,980 | 1,900 |
27 |
Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$45,620 |
$24,730 | 60 |
28 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$45,570 |
$27,370 | 2,870 |
29 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$45,560 |
$25,590 | 4,650 |
30 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$45,540 |
$31,180 | 4,370 |
31 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$45,450 |
$27,240 | 4,210 |
32 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$45,400 |
$32,380 | 2,830 |
33 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$45,270 |
$25,810 | 1,990 |
34 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$45,270 |
$29,820 | 2,500 |
35 |
Jefferson City, Missouri
|
$45,180 |
$23,390 | 110 |
36 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$44,970 |
$34,180 | 120 |
37 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$44,940 |
$33,230 | 100 |
38 |
Goldsboro, North Carolina
|
$44,860 |
$28,970 | 60 |
39 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$44,860 |
$26,030 | 110 |
40 |
Kingston, New York
|
$44,850 |
$33,380 | 210 |
41 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$44,780 |
$33,660 | 210 |
42 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$44,770 |
$25,510 | 3,370 |
43 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$44,760 |
$30,060 | 50 |
44 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$44,600 |
$27,230 | 170 |
45 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$44,600 |
$27,150 | 120 |
46 |
Bloomington, Illinois
|
$44,570 |
$23,760 | 70 |
47 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$44,530 |
$31,590 | 140 |
48 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$44,390 |
$25,000 | 40 |
49 |
Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$44,310 |
$24,010 | 140 |
50 |
Napa, California
|
$44,310 |
$31,730 | 150 |
51 |
Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
$44,250 |
$30,640 | 100 |
52 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$44,190 |
$29,080 | 120 |
53 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$44,110 |
$33,710 | 130 |
54 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$44,060 |
$26,810 | 950 |
55 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$43,990 |
$24,780 | 2,420 |
56 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$43,950 |
$30,650 | 70 |
57 |
Johnson City, Tennessee
|
$43,860 |
$25,040 | 260 |
58 |
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$43,860 |
$28,760 | 110 |
59 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$43,750 |
$22,880 | 340 |
60 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina
|
$43,730 |
$29,920 | 180 |
61 |
East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$43,580 |
$27,050 | 70 |
62 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$43,500 |
$29,730 | 440 |
63 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$43,460 |
$26,080 | 110 |
64 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
|
$43,300 |
$23,340 | 510 |
65 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$43,230 |
$26,970 | 100 |
66 |
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$43,210 |
$26,260 | 90 |
67 |
Burlington, North Carolina
|
$43,160 |
$26,290 | 100 |
68 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$43,130 |
$30,870 | 100 |
69 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$43,050 |
$32,300 | 260 |
70 |
Decatur, Alabama
|
$42,900 |
$18,300 | 70 |
71 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia
|
$42,840 |
$30,810 | 30 |
72 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$42,810 |
$21,700 | 2,570 |
73 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$42,710 |
$27,500 | 80 |
74 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$42,700 |
$23,790 | 130 |
75 |
Salinas, California
|
$42,640 |
$27,440 | 260 |
76 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
|
$42,610 |
$24,700 | 150 |
77 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$42,600 |
$22,630 | 90 |
78 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$42,560 |
$23,600 | 1,570 |
79 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$42,530 |
$28,340 | 2,750 |
80 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$42,500 |
$27,540 | 170 |
81 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$42,420 |
$31,330 | 550 |
82 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$42,360 |
$31,460 | 110 |
83 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$42,310 |
$25,720 | 12,510 |
84 |
Cape Girardeau-Jackson, Missouri
|
$42,270 |
$25,060 | 60 |
85 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$42,220 |
$32,860 | 50 |
86 |
New Bern, North Carolina
|
$42,070 |
$27,830 | 50 |
87 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$42,070 |
$24,580 | 890 |
88 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$41,890 |
$27,250 | 40 |
89 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$41,770 |
$31,100 | 90 |
90 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$41,760 |
$28,400 | 270 |
91 |
San Angelo, Texas
|
$41,720 |
$23,540 | 80 |
92 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$41,690 |
$20,390 | 50 |
93 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$41,680 |
$22,860 | 350 |
94 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$41,630 |
$32,360 | 100 |
95 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$41,510 |
$25,280 | 110 |
96 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$41,500 |
$27,250 | 200 |
97 |
South Western Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$41,410 |
$27,500 | 40 |
98 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$41,380 |
$27,120 | 590 |
99 |
Rochester, New York
|
$41,320 |
$29,630 | 970 |
100 |
Grand Island, Nebraska
|
$41,230 |
$32,050 | 40 |
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