Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$83,870 |
$40,270 | 110 |
2 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$79,930 |
$48,340 | 670 |
3 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$75,010 |
$46,120 | 260 |
4 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$74,510 |
$29,320 | 90 |
5 |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia
|
$72,580 |
$29,010 | 50 |
6 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$72,410 |
$49,170 | 80 |
7 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$72,130 |
$45,230 | 230 |
8 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$71,120 |
$36,270 | 370 |
9 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$69,520 |
$42,880 | 550 |
10 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$69,140 |
$40,620 | 920 |
|
11 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$68,680 |
$34,330 | 450 |
12 |
Victoria, Texas
|
$68,550 |
$37,830 | 120 |
13 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$68,180 |
$35,570 | 160 |
14 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$68,060 |
$41,680 | 280 |
15 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$66,820 |
$37,650 | 290 |
16 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$65,800 |
$36,390 | 100 |
17 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$65,520 |
$36,290 | 370 |
18 |
Midland, Texas
|
$65,400 |
$36,290 | 440 |
19 |
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$64,660 |
$37,820 | 260 |
20 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$64,650 |
$43,300 | 780 |
21 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$64,600 |
$38,140 | 220 |
22 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$64,580 |
$40,080 | 380 |
23 |
Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$64,360 |
$20,240 | 150 |
24 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
$64,070 |
$34,990 | 310 |
25 |
Billings, Montana
|
$63,970 |
$32,750 | 370 |
26 |
Carbondale-Marion, Illinois
|
$63,710 |
$36,800 | 120 |
27 |
Columbus, Indiana
|
$63,610 |
$34,900 | 100 |
28 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$63,600 |
$37,460 | 240 |
29 |
Owensboro, Kentucky
|
$63,380 |
$38,920 | 180 |
30 |
Napa, California
|
$63,330 |
$40,850 | 120 |
31 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$63,310 |
$28,830 | 160 |
32 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$63,180 |
$34,360 | 170 |
33 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$63,120 |
$28,030 | 50 |
34 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$62,980 |
$36,840 | 1,710 |
35 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$62,960 |
$37,820 | 330 |
36 |
Tyler, Texas
|
$62,930 |
$32,290 | 350 |
37 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$62,850 |
$40,960 | 1,220 |
38 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$62,490 |
$37,500 | 160 |
39 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$62,470 |
$44,220 | 80 |
40 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$62,440 |
$32,850 | 6,880 |
41 |
Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$62,240 |
$36,290 | 80 |
42 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$62,230 |
$42,220 | 160 |
43 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$62,230 |
$36,730 | 3,080 |
44 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$61,890 |
$37,770 | 6,730 |
45 |
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$61,820 |
$36,090 | 340 |
46 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$61,810 |
$38,290 | 5,200 |
47 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$61,770 |
$44,510 | 340 |
48 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$61,750 |
$41,420 | 2,160 |
49 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$61,430 |
$34,400 | 26,370 |
50 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$60,980 |
$43,180 | 90 |
51 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$60,960 |
$31,160 | 190 |
52 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$60,940 |
$37,170 | 1,940 |
53 |
Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$60,930 |
$34,420 | 30 |
54 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$60,720 |
$41,070 | 70 |
55 |
Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$60,640 |
$36,360 | 150 |
56 |
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$60,460 |
$33,430 | 360 |
57 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$60,390 |
$39,190 | 140 |
58 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$60,330 |
$38,070 | 270 |
59 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$60,280 |
$37,580 | 400 |
60 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$60,260 |
$34,870 | 9,190 |
61 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$60,250 |
$31,120 | 310 |
62 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$60,240 |
$30,780 | 480 |
63 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$60,170 |
$36,130 | 290 |
64 |
Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$60,160 |
$34,750 | 390 |
65 |
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$60,160 |
$35,460 | 80 |
66 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$60,110 |
$30,980 | 5,140 |
67 |
Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$60,110 |
$38,560 | 180 |
68 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia
|
$60,090 |
$34,030 | 210 |
69 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$60,060 |
$36,600 | 470 |
70 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$60,050 |
$32,480 | 420 |
71 |
Salinas, California
|
$59,980 |
$30,350 | 320 |
72 |
Farmington, New Mexico
|
$59,970 |
$29,310 | 130 |
73 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$59,880 |
$44,950 | 340 |
74 |
Waco, Texas
|
$59,800 |
$40,360 | 220 |
75 |
North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$59,750 |
$32,660 | 140 |
76 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$59,710 |
$35,710 | 1,600 |
77 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$59,710 |
$36,530 | 3,890 |
78 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$59,700 |
$36,890 | 150 |
79 |
Modesto, California
|
$59,590 |
$35,720 | 500 |
80 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$59,520 |
$36,630 | 270 |
81 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$59,520 |
$35,750 | 1,180 |
82 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$59,510 |
$36,620 | 280 |
83 |
Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$59,490 |
$30,900 | 120 |
84 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$59,380 |
$28,760 | 120 |
85 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$59,360 |
$34,020 | 210 |
86 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$59,310 |
$35,600 | 3,710 |
87 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$59,300 |
$34,820 | 90 |
88 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$59,300 |
$36,680 | 230 |
89 |
Morristown, Tennessee
|
$59,240 |
$39,210 | 170 |
90 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$59,140 |
$31,530 | 230 |
91 |
Stockton, California
|
$59,100 |
$31,960 | 1,710 |
92 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$59,030 |
$35,970 | 290 |
93 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$59,030 |
$34,090 | 5,680 |
94 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$59,000 |
$33,060 | 3,130 |
95 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$58,960 |
$34,290 | 4,680 |
96 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$58,920 |
$38,360 | 270 |
97 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$58,900 |
$38,270 | 180 |
98 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$58,890 |
$44,040 | 200 |
99 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$58,690 |
$37,450 | 60 |
100 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$58,620 |
$35,410 | 1,390 |
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