| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$105,970 |
$50,010 | 340 |
| 2 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$85,210 |
$35,580 | 50 |
| 3 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$77,820 |
$38,210 | 100 |
| 4 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$77,430 |
$44,740 | 190 |
| 5 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$75,870 |
$39,630 | 310 |
| 6 |
Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$75,530 |
$43,530 | 220 |
| 7 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$74,590 |
$38,400 | 170 |
| 8 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$74,200 |
$50,580 | 320 |
| 9 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$74,040 |
$37,790 | 210 |
| 10 |
Farmington, New Mexico
|
$73,370 |
$37,420 | 170 |
|
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| 11 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$73,050 |
$40,080 | 730 |
| 12 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$72,820 |
$53,130 | 50 |
| 13 |
Midland, Texas
|
$70,230 |
$38,990 | 440 |
| 14 |
Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$69,690 |
$29,220 | 80 |
| 15 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$69,230 |
$38,070 | 1,130 |
| 16 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$68,880 |
$50,590 | 70 |
| 17 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$68,360 |
$30,530 | 7,800 |
| 18 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$68,180 |
$52,850 | 60 |
| 19 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$67,810 |
$40,570 | 140 |
| 20 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$67,630 |
$32,520 | 2,490 |
| 21 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$67,490 |
$36,970 | 12,150 |
| 22 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$67,330 |
$42,060 | 1,410 |
| 23 |
Yuba City, California
|
$67,090 |
$38,560 | 50 |
| 24 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$66,920 |
$35,590 | 410 |
| 25 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$66,880 |
$41,660 | 150 |
| 26 |
Owensboro, Kentucky
|
$66,570 |
$35,980 | 130 |
| 27 |
Longview, Texas
|
$66,180 |
$43,670 | 310 |
| 28 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$65,880 |
$45,320 | 80 |
| 29 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$65,730 |
$33,860 | 3,040 |
| 30 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$65,390 |
$44,580 | 170 |
| 31 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$65,130 |
$45,490 | 120 |
| 32 |
Sumter, South Carolina
|
$64,990 |
$33,330 | 70 |
| 33 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$64,980 |
$36,660 | 2,630 |
| 34 |
Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$64,970 |
$38,440 | 90 |
| 35 |
Eastern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$64,850 |
$49,200 | 70 |
| 36 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$64,630 |
$36,400 | 90 |
| 37 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$64,620 |
$34,270 | 180 |
| 38 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$64,540 |
$36,110 | 260 |
| 39 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$64,500 |
$38,070 | 5,400 |
| 40 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$64,410 |
$43,320 | 160 |
| 41 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$64,370 |
$42,580 | 120 |
| 42 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$64,150 |
$38,830 | 580 |
| 43 |
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
|
$63,970 |
$36,930 | 80 |
| 44 |
Wichita Falls, Texas
|
$63,810 |
$30,820 | 90 |
| 45 |
St George, Utah
|
$63,680 |
$44,710 | 40 |
| 46 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$63,660 |
$43,740 | 100 |
| 47 |
Elmira, New York
|
$63,570 |
$47,450 | 40 |
| 48 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$63,560 |
$45,290 | 270 |
| 49 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$63,480 |
$40,400 | 220 |
| 50 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$63,330 |
$37,210 | 520 |
| 51 |
Billings, Montana
|
$63,270 |
$43,290 | 180 |
| 52 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$63,240 |
$40,720 | 350 |
| 53 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$63,190 |
$35,150 | 3,180 |
| 54 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$63,160 |
$33,600 | 3,290 |
| 55 |
North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$63,020 |
$40,860 | 110 |
| 56 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$62,940 |
$37,340 | 70 |
| 57 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$62,830 |
$40,440 | 650 |
| 58 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$62,790 |
$43,390 | 410 |
| 59 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$62,640 |
$37,310 | 130 |
| 60 |
Glens Falls, New York
|
$62,570 |
$27,470 | 50 |
| 61 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$62,490 |
$36,500 | 170 |
| 62 |
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
$62,460 |
$41,790 | 170 |
| 63 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$62,460 |
$34,650 | 3,940 |
| 64 |
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
|
$62,420 |
$34,760 | 110 |
| 65 |
Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$62,420 |
$39,310 | 50 |
| 66 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$62,370 |
$33,770 | 100 |
| 67 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$62,300 |
$42,160 | 620 |
| 68 |
Kingston, New York
|
$62,010 |
$39,010 | 70 |
| 69 |
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$61,830 |
$28,830 | 270 |
| 70 |
Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$61,730 |
$38,890 | 160 |
| 71 |
Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$61,710 |
$43,330 | 60 |
| 72 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$61,650 |
$49,580 | 40 |
| 73 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$61,380 |
$35,790 | 1,780 |
| 74 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$61,170 |
$37,580 | 550 |
| 75 |
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina
|
$61,090 |
$36,570 | 150 |
| 76 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$61,060 |
$38,910 | 300 |
| 77 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$61,040 |
$44,460 | 50 |
| 78 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$60,980 |
$42,890 | 30 |
| 79 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$60,960 |
$37,260 | 70 |
| 80 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$60,930 |
$31,930 | 6,100 |
| 81 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$60,920 |
$27,080 | 540 |
| 82 |
West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$60,910 |
$37,320 | 50 |
| 83 |
Redding, California
|
$60,880 |
$31,780 | 70 |
| 84 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$60,860 |
$31,140 | 4,410 |
| 85 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$60,860 |
$36,020 | 1,380 |
| 86 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$60,840 |
$42,140 | 750 |
| 87 |
Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$60,840 |
$40,060 | 70 |
| 88 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$60,810 |
$37,950 | 1,060 |
| 89 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$60,790 |
$34,850 | 190 |
| 90 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$60,790 |
$39,330 | 370 |
| 91 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$60,780 |
$42,170 | 200 |
| 92 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$60,770 |
$44,950 | 100 |
| 93 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$60,730 |
$39,620 | 280 |
| 94 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$60,720 |
$39,140 | 60 |
| 95 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$60,710 |
$40,470 | 160 |
| 96 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$60,700 |
$50,990 | 90 |
| 97 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$60,650 |
$25,330 | 140 |
| 98 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$60,600 |
$31,520 | 1,820 |
| 99 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$60,560 |
$34,790 | 300 |
| 100 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$60,550 |
$39,120 | 3,490 |
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