Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$126,890 |
$95,950 | 60 |
2 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$102,000 |
$46,090 | 370 |
3 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$92,060 |
$47,920 | 170 |
4 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$91,460 |
$52,680 | 1,590 |
5 |
Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$91,000 |
$28,590 | 120 |
6 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$89,100 |
$36,160 | 190 |
7 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$86,100 |
$52,720 | 60 |
8 |
Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$85,280 |
$45,790 | 100 |
9 |
Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$85,070 |
$38,200 | 50 |
10 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$85,020 |
$42,710 | 760 |
11 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$84,880 |
$44,970 | 2,430 |
12 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$83,930 |
$50,470 | 260 |
13 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$83,530 |
$48,720 | 440 |
14 |
Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$82,730 |
$43,160 | 210 |
15 |
Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$81,090 |
$37,240 | 200 |
16 |
Midland, Texas
|
$79,530 |
$37,830 | 350 |
17 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$79,310 |
$42,760 | 250 |
18 |
Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$78,740 |
$36,110 | 190 |
19 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$78,090 |
$40,470 | 900 |
20 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$76,840 |
$44,700 | 350 |
21 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$76,650 |
$43,480 | 410 |
22 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$76,580 |
$40,850 | 140 |
23 |
Longview, Washington
|
$76,000 |
$42,090 | 260 |
24 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$75,560 |
$36,880 | 170 |
25 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$75,400 |
$45,210 | 1,060 |
26 |
Pueblo, Colorado
|
$74,820 |
$48,340 | 180 |
27 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$74,730 |
$40,950 | 6,960 |
28 |
California-Lexington Park, USA
|
$73,370 |
$31,080 | 30 |
29 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$73,260 |
$40,650 | 7,980 |
30 |
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
$73,090 |
$50,020 | 530 |
31 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$72,820 |
$37,740 | 810 |
32 |
Napa, California
|
$72,800 |
$43,790 | 450 |
33 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$72,520 |
$41,790 | 4,160 |
34 |
Merced, California
|
$72,470 |
$33,590 | 480 |
35 |
Dutchess County-Putnam County, USA
|
$72,460 |
$42,170 | 340 |
36 |
Charleston, West Virginia
|
$72,390 |
$34,660 | 290 |
37 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$72,370 |
$37,070 | 350 |
38 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$72,160 |
$40,290 | 2,910 |
39 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$71,980 |
$40,200 | 1,600 |
40 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$71,530 |
$44,880 | 860 |
41 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$71,400 |
$46,600 | 480 |
42 |
New Bern, USA
|
$70,980 |
$30,480 | 180 |
43 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$70,680 |
$45,020 | 530 |
44 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$70,680 |
$38,140 | 1,630 |
45 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$70,460 |
$43,520 | 230 |
46 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$70,400 |
$38,930 | 5,150 |
47 |
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
$70,200 |
$35,690 | 170 |
48 |
Hammond nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$70,010 |
$40,160 | 50 |
49 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$69,970 |
$38,570 | 5,720 |
50 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$69,970 |
$43,140 | 3,840 |
51 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$69,880 |
$43,820 | 3,130 |
52 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$69,720 |
$39,380 | 3,850 |
53 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$69,320 |
$44,030 | 460 |
54 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$69,220 |
$36,750 | 21,270 |
55 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$68,870 |
$37,210 | 1,510 |
56 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$68,860 |
$37,200 | 220 |
57 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$68,840 |
$39,750 | 770 |
58 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$68,480 |
$44,260 | 720 |
59 |
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$68,230 |
$43,170 | 310 |
60 |
Kingston, New York
|
$68,200 |
$36,530 | 150 |
61 |
Elmira, New York
|
$68,110 |
$38,090 | 230 |
62 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$68,000 |
$39,960 | 2,230 |
63 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$67,630 |
$41,020 | 920 |
64 |
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, USA
|
$67,600 |
$33,260 | 12,930 |
65 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$67,280 |
$38,190 | 13,100 |
66 |
Lima, Ohio
|
$66,840 |
$38,560 | 310 |
67 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia
|
$66,780 |
$37,590 | 120 |
68 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$66,780 |
$41,580 | 550 |
69 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$66,740 |
$38,520 | 12,690 |
70 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$66,740 |
$37,970 | 600 |
71 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$66,600 |
$36,890 | 1,350 |
72 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$66,510 |
$35,250 | 160 |
73 |
Farmington, New Mexico
|
$66,380 |
$30,560 | 160 |
74 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$66,380 |
$41,930 | 9,340 |
75 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$66,350 |
$42,620 | 510 |
76 |
West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$66,320 |
$37,930 | 50 |
77 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$66,300 |
$29,320 | 830 |
78 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$66,290 |
$33,960 | 1,040 |
79 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$66,210 |
$44,680 | 380 |
80 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$66,170 |
$35,340 | 2,960 |
81 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$66,160 |
$41,560 | 3,950 |
82 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$66,100 |
$41,070 | 1,090 |
83 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, USA
|
$66,040 |
$39,160 | 80 |
84 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$66,000 |
$43,070 | 450 |
85 |
San Rafael, USA
|
$65,960 |
$30,870 | 240 |
86 |
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$65,960 |
$34,930 | 150 |
87 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$65,930 |
$37,990 | 660 |
88 |
Weirton-Steubenville, USA
|
$65,920 |
$36,030 | 310 |
89 |
Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$65,900 |
$39,510 | 150 |
90 |
Bloomington, USA
|
$65,800 |
$35,750 | 180 |
91 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
|
$65,770 |
$33,930 | 1,470 |
92 |
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$65,730 |
$32,040 | 400 |
93 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$65,620 |
$34,370 | 830 |
94 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$65,620 |
$39,700 | 8,010 |
95 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$65,600 |
$37,460 | 220 |
96 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$65,380 |
$38,270 | 560 |
97 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$65,340 |
$40,730 | 300 |
98 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$65,170 |
$37,400 | 1,370 |
99 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$65,170 |
$44,510 | 560 |
100 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$65,150 |
$40,040 | 480 |
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