| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$59,310 |
$45,240 | 310 |
| 2 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$56,070 |
$28,530 | 320 |
| 3 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$53,140 |
$27,040 | 3,250 |
| 4 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$47,010 |
$21,770 | n/a |
| 5 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$45,580 |
$21,130 | 60 |
| 6 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$44,660 |
$40,030 | n/a |
| 7 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$44,020 |
$19,040 | 80 |
| 8 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$43,250 |
$21,840 | n/a |
| 9 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$42,070 |
$27,680 | 450 |
| 10 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$39,050 |
$23,820 | n/a |
|
|
| 11 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$38,320 |
$23,760 | n/a |
| 12 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$35,910 |
$31,470 | 960 |
| 13 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$34,820 |
$29,590 | 160 |
| 14 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$34,330 |
$32,840 | 2,660 |
| 15 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
|
$34,180 |
$21,460 | 30 |
| 16 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$33,050 |
$30,690 | 170 |
| 17 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$32,650 |
$25,660 | 30 |
| 18 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$32,500 |
$27,940 | 290 |
| 19 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$31,780 |
$26,620 | 70 |
| 20 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$31,430 |
$30,140 | 90 |
| 21 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$31,040 |
$29,120 | 1,240 |
| 22 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$30,980 |
$21,380 | 80 |
| 23 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$30,920 |
$19,380 | 200 |
| 24 |
Fresno, California
|
$30,730 |
$22,580 | 330 |
| 25 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$30,650 |
$29,120 | 200 |
| 26 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$30,560 |
$19,080 | 570 |
| 27 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$30,550 |
$29,120 | 1,650 |
| 28 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$30,530 |
$17,410 | 300 |
| 29 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$30,510 |
$29,120 | 90 |
| 30 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$30,460 |
$30,020 | 3,170 |
| 31 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$30,290 |
$18,910 | 1,370 |
| 32 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$29,980 |
$19,400 | 300 |
| 33 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$29,950 |
$18,030 | 90 |
| 34 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$29,630 |
$17,900 | 400 |
| 35 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$29,490 |
$29,120 | 2,540 |
| 36 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$29,140 |
$20,330 | n/a |
| 37 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$29,120 |
$29,120 | 130 |
| 38 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$29,090 |
$21,640 | 120 |
| 39 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$28,720 |
$18,710 | 130 |
| 40 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
$28,540 |
$23,920 | 40 |
| 41 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$28,370 |
$26,640 | 260 |
| 42 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$28,240 |
$22,890 | 3,010 |
| 43 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$28,130 |
$26,520 | 140 |
| 44 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$27,860 |
$20,610 | 160 |
| 45 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$26,760 |
$22,760 | 1,480 |
| 46 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$26,750 |
$25,270 | 820 |
| 47 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$26,600 |
$20,530 | 100 |
| 48 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$26,560 |
$24,990 | n/a |
| 49 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$26,510 |
$18,330 | 640 |
| 50 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$26,200 |
$24,220 | 80 |
| 51 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$25,870 |
$19,490 | 80 |
| 52 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$25,860 |
$21,540 | 4,720 |
| 53 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$25,680 |
$24,220 | 230 |
| 54 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$25,630 |
$25,630 | 120 |
| 55 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$24,980 |
$24,150 | 180 |
| 56 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$24,980 |
$24,960 | 760 |
| 57 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$24,960 |
$23,190 | 560 |
| 58 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$24,960 |
$21,940 | 1,020 |
| 59 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$24,100 |
$18,610 | 820 |
| 60 |
Redding, California
|
$24,100 |
$22,550 | 60 |
| 61 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$24,060 |
$16,580 | 60 |
| 62 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$23,920 |
$23,920 | 160 |
| 63 |
Stockton, California
|
$23,900 |
$22,410 | 160 |
| 64 |
Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$23,850 |
$22,890 | 160 |
| 65 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$23,730 |
$22,370 | 250 |
| 66 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$23,640 |
$21,690 | 730 |
| 67 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$23,440 |
$17,410 | 130 |
| 68 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$23,190 |
$23,190 | 350 |
| 69 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$23,170 |
$17,430 | 620 |
| 70 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$23,100 |
$20,550 | 1,460 |
| 71 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$23,020 |
$21,490 | 80 |
| 72 |
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$22,830 |
$16,670 | 110 |
| 73 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$22,680 |
$19,630 | 70 |
| 74 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$22,330 |
$22,320 | 620 |
| 75 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$22,330 |
$20,260 | 50 |
| 76 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$22,280 |
$20,920 | 40 |
| 77 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$22,270 |
$21,070 | n/a |
| 78 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$21,990 |
$19,390 | 560 |
| 79 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$21,910 |
$17,140 | 1,750 |
| 80 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$21,870 |
$18,690 | 13,300 |
| 81 |
Yuma, Arizona
|
$21,850 |
$21,840 | 40 |
| 82 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$21,620 |
$20,260 | 300 |
| 83 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$21,580 |
$18,570 | 50 |
| 84 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$21,510 |
$18,520 | 1,510 |
| 85 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$21,350 |
$17,060 | 50 |
| 86 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$21,160 |
$21,160 | 170 |
| 87 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$20,910 |
$18,760 | 1,120 |
| 88 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$20,850 |
$20,180 | 80 |
| 89 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$20,580 |
$19,750 | 70 |
| 90 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$20,570 |
$20,450 | 1,470 |
| 91 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$20,370 |
$16,780 | 220 |
| 92 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$20,200 |
$19,080 | 120 |
| 93 |
East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$20,170 |
$16,480 | 110 |
| 94 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$19,980 |
$19,830 | 80 |
| 95 |
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$19,960 |
$17,070 | 210 |
| 96 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$19,920 |
$18,790 | 1,840 |
| 97 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$19,840 |
$19,340 | 200 |
| 98 |
Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$19,750 |
$16,310 | 50 |
| 99 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$19,700 |
$18,970 | 500 |
| 100 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$19,550 |
$16,240 | 330 |
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