| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$65,300 |
$27,800 | 60 |
| 2 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$53,140 |
$33,910 | 380 |
| 3 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$44,180 |
$30,140 | 170 |
| 4 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$44,140 |
$32,700 | n/a |
| 5 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$43,420 |
$27,770 | 150 |
| 6 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$43,160 |
$26,530 | n/a |
| 7 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$37,890 |
$28,190 | 40 |
| 8 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$37,840 |
$29,120 | 210 |
| 9 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$37,820 |
$31,730 | 290 |
| 10 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$37,190 |
$36,300 | 90 |
|
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| 11 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$37,180 |
$29,120 | 490 |
| 12 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$36,750 |
$24,680 | n/a |
| 13 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$36,110 |
$29,760 | 950 |
| 14 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$35,780 |
$28,300 | 300 |
| 15 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$35,770 |
$31,260 | 150 |
| 16 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$35,700 |
$26,000 | 270 |
| 17 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$34,510 |
$29,120 | 100 |
| 18 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$34,430 |
$29,650 | 190 |
| 19 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$33,690 |
$27,940 | 60 |
| 20 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$33,390 |
$27,110 | n/a |
| 21 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$33,360 |
$23,190 | 80 |
| 22 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$32,850 |
$28,120 | 100 |
| 23 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$32,020 |
$26,410 | 50 |
| 24 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$31,460 |
$22,890 | 60 |
| 25 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$31,340 |
$23,920 | 70 |
| 26 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$31,100 |
$26,350 | 130 |
| 27 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$31,040 |
$31,010 | 70 |
| 28 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$30,970 |
$22,570 | 150 |
| 29 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$30,570 |
$24,120 | 110 |
| 30 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$30,330 |
$25,920 | 90 |
| 31 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$30,260 |
$24,160 | 180 |
| 32 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
$30,260 |
$24,600 | 50 |
| 33 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$30,230 |
$29,120 | 70 |
| 34 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$29,910 |
$29,910 | n/a |
| 35 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$29,600 |
$19,150 | 240 |
| 36 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$29,510 |
$23,920 | 80 |
| 37 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$29,450 |
$29,420 | 170 |
| 38 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$29,420 |
$22,790 | 60 |
| 39 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$29,320 |
$19,330 | 80 |
| 40 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$29,320 |
$22,540 | 100 |
| 41 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$29,260 |
$20,420 | n/a |
| 42 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$29,120 |
$19,810 | 1,190 |
| 43 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$28,950 |
$23,800 | 60 |
| 44 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$28,890 |
$23,240 | 50 |
| 45 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$28,830 |
$24,960 | 360 |
| 46 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$28,680 |
$23,920 | 60 |
| 47 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$28,680 |
$22,890 | 170 |
| 48 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$28,570 |
$27,060 | 40 |
| 49 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$28,490 |
$22,030 | 180 |
| 50 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$28,460 |
$22,940 | 50 |
| 51 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$28,240 |
$17,090 | 80 |
| 52 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$28,210 |
$23,920 | 220 |
| 53 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$28,140 |
$19,540 | 150 |
| 54 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$27,910 |
$26,620 | 170 |
| 55 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$27,770 |
$19,180 | 80 |
| 56 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$27,620 |
$19,020 | 630 |
| 57 |
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$27,410 |
$20,060 | 40 |
| 58 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$27,100 |
$23,390 | 140 |
| 59 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$27,040 |
$20,800 | 410 |
| 60 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$26,890 |
$21,940 | 70 |
| 61 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$26,780 |
$23,080 | 330 |
| 62 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$26,770 |
$22,290 | 50 |
| 63 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$26,730 |
$25,270 | 370 |
| 64 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$26,540 |
$20,820 | 690 |
| 65 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
|
$26,190 |
$20,220 | 60 |
| 66 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$26,090 |
$18,370 | n/a |
| 67 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$26,030 |
$22,770 | 110 |
| 68 |
Fort Smith, Oklahoma
|
$25,470 |
$23,410 | 120 |
| 69 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$25,460 |
$21,890 | 60 |
| 70 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$25,280 |
$22,260 | 60 |
| 71 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$25,230 |
$18,090 | 110 |
| 72 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$25,110 |
$20,710 | 80 |
| 73 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$25,050 |
$15,980 | n/a |
| 74 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$24,960 |
$19,170 | 50 |
| 75 |
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$24,880 |
$22,480 | 110 |
| 76 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$24,720 |
$23,680 | 60 |
| 77 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$24,630 |
$20,850 | 240 |
| 78 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$24,440 |
$21,560 | 280 |
| 79 |
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$24,360 |
$19,070 | 450 |
| 80 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$24,300 |
$18,240 | 240 |
| 81 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$24,290 |
$18,950 | 40 |
| 82 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$24,270 |
$21,080 | 30 |
| 83 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$24,150 |
$21,680 | 160 |
| 84 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$24,050 |
$21,470 | 120 |
| 85 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$23,830 |
$17,460 | 90 |
| 86 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$23,820 |
$16,550 | 60 |
| 87 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$23,770 |
$18,250 | n/a |
| 88 |
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$23,760 |
$17,360 | 110 |
| 89 |
Fresno, California
|
$23,710 |
$21,150 | n/a |
| 90 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$23,400 |
$22,050 | 120 |
| 91 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$23,330 |
$20,090 | 60 |
| 92 |
Farmington, New Mexico
|
$23,240 |
$20,340 | 80 |
| 93 |
Billings, Montana
|
$23,190 |
$20,900 | 130 |
| 94 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$22,990 |
$20,660 | 80 |
| 95 |
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$22,980 |
$20,520 | 100 |
| 96 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$22,870 |
$18,800 | 290 |
| 97 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$22,820 |
$17,820 | 130 |
| 98 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$22,670 |
$19,390 | 60 |
| 99 |
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$22,650 |
$17,480 | 120 |
| 100 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$22,490 |
$19,050 | 100 |
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