Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$109,250 |
$54,170 | 60 |
2 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$91,350 |
$60,050 | 30 |
3 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$85,180 |
$65,700 | 40 |
4 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$81,850 |
$49,440 | 490 |
5 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$81,240 |
$55,190 | 230 |
6 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$80,520 |
$58,930 | 150 |
7 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$78,580 |
$44,890 | 30 |
8 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$77,860 |
$47,920 | 130 |
9 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$77,130 |
$63,460 | 80 |
10 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$75,550 |
$42,680 | 60 |
|
11 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$74,710 |
$57,260 | 50 |
12 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$74,690 |
$37,720 | 60 |
13 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$74,440 |
$55,590 | 30 |
14 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$74,030 |
$46,260 | 50 |
15 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$73,340 |
$60,830 | 70 |
16 |
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$71,140 |
$55,430 | 40 |
17 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$70,970 |
$53,240 | 130 |
18 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$70,910 |
$39,250 | 40 |
19 |
Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$70,660 |
$54,900 | 70 |
20 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$69,410 |
$43,070 | 60 |
21 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$68,760 |
$37,870 | 130 |
22 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$68,730 |
$53,210 | 60 |
23 |
Port St Lucie, Florida
|
$68,540 |
$32,490 | 100 |
24 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$68,410 |
$54,430 | 50 |
25 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$68,350 |
$55,450 | 40 |
26 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$68,350 |
$32,170 | 160 |
27 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$68,350 |
$41,930 | 240 |
28 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$68,350 |
$45,590 | 60 |
29 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$68,210 |
$47,270 | 60 |
30 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$68,020 |
$55,270 | 50 |
31 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$67,680 |
$47,140 | 940 |
32 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$67,600 |
$38,790 | 40 |
33 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$67,490 |
$41,600 | 40 |
34 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$67,450 |
$23,750 | 50 |
35 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$67,120 |
$43,690 | 540 |
36 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$67,080 |
$43,570 | 320 |
37 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$66,810 |
$36,100 | 390 |
38 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$66,520 |
$47,600 | 2,310 |
39 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$66,330 |
$48,650 | 90 |
40 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$66,210 |
$37,040 | 50 |
41 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$66,000 |
$55,360 | 70 |
42 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$65,830 |
$49,050 | 240 |
43 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$65,760 |
$38,060 | 60 |
44 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$65,740 |
$41,160 | 80 |
45 |
Fresno, California
|
$65,680 |
$40,530 | 50 |
46 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$65,640 |
$46,540 | 50 |
47 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$65,100 |
$39,250 | 40 |
48 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$64,590 |
$51,300 | 310 |
49 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$64,520 |
$35,430 | 50 |
50 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$64,510 |
$50,960 | 30 |
51 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$64,470 |
$38,700 | 40 |
52 |
Stockton, California
|
$64,460 |
$31,430 | 40 |
53 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$64,420 |
$49,730 | 30 |
54 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$63,860 |
$39,130 | 30 |
55 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$63,510 |
$41,110 | 400 |
56 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$63,460 |
$31,230 | 100 |
57 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$63,380 |
$44,030 | 180 |
58 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$63,310 |
$29,330 | 30 |
59 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$63,290 |
$41,210 | n/a |
60 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$63,250 |
$35,870 | 120 |
61 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$63,110 |
$43,460 | 30 |
62 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$63,110 |
$44,620 | 80 |
63 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$62,990 |
$48,650 | 30 |
64 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$62,630 |
$52,250 | 170 |
65 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$62,590 |
$45,610 | 40 |
66 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$62,510 |
$39,480 | 200 |
67 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$62,500 |
$47,680 | 70 |
68 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$62,500 |
$31,090 | 100 |
69 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
|
$62,380 |
$38,440 | 50 |
70 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$62,370 |
$41,120 | 30 |
71 |
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
$62,170 |
$33,680 | 30 |
72 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$61,990 |
$46,210 | 80 |
73 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$61,880 |
$52,000 | 430 |
74 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$61,840 |
$37,420 | 470 |
75 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$61,750 |
$24,750 | 70 |
76 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$61,730 |
$37,150 | 30 |
77 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$61,700 |
$33,850 | 30 |
78 |
Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$61,650 |
$36,140 | 40 |
79 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$61,620 |
$43,840 | 40 |
80 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$61,610 |
$33,580 | 50 |
81 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$61,520 |
$38,280 | 50 |
82 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$61,490 |
$45,410 | 30 |
83 |
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$61,370 |
$40,070 | 60 |
84 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
|
$61,250 |
$48,410 | 60 |
85 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$61,180 |
$44,740 | 40 |
86 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$61,100 |
$42,200 | 190 |
87 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$60,980 |
$22,120 | 50 |
88 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$60,810 |
$33,950 | 30 |
89 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$60,780 |
$34,610 | 120 |
90 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$60,640 |
$40,410 | 160 |
91 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$60,600 |
$33,180 | 40 |
92 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$60,560 |
$42,540 | 60 |
93 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$60,490 |
$44,810 | 40 |
94 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$60,310 |
$50,970 | 120 |
95 |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina
|
$60,300 |
$51,810 | 30 |
96 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$60,290 |
$23,760 | 30 |
97 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$60,200 |
$37,140 | 60 |
98 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$60,070 |
$36,490 | 40 |
99 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$59,970 |
$37,870 | 50 |
100 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$59,890 |
$39,840 | 660 |
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