| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$156,450 |
$106,220 | n/a |
| 2 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$152,150 |
$66,790 | 40 |
| 3 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$147,260 |
$98,880 | 6,440 |
| 4 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$129,540 |
$79,620 | 70 |
| 5 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$119,910 |
$65,210 | 890 |
| 6 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$119,500 |
$72,910 | 2,510 |
| 7 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$117,500 |
$60,900 | 280 |
| 8 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$114,480 |
$80,830 | 40 |
| 9 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$113,900 |
$54,880 | 830 |
| 10 |
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
$113,240 |
$81,990 | 50 |
|
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| 11 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$110,490 |
$67,230 | 270 |
| 12 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$108,040 |
$59,320 | 390 |
| 13 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$106,270 |
$74,570 | 190 |
| 14 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$106,170 |
$68,690 | 30 |
| 15 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$105,910 |
$65,210 | 210 |
| 16 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$105,540 |
$105,540 | 50 |
| 17 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$104,630 |
$39,940 | 40 |
| 18 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$102,490 |
$52,720 | 30 |
| 19 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$101,900 |
$72,820 | 100 |
| 20 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$101,660 |
$61,070 | 390 |
| 21 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$100,390 |
$100,320 | 30 |
| 22 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$99,990 |
$72,130 | 30 |
| 23 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$98,970 |
$65,020 | 440 |
| 24 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$98,510 |
$69,120 | 290 |
| 25 |
Rochester, New York
|
$97,880 |
$60,200 | 40 |
| 26 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$97,780 |
$56,950 | 160 |
| 27 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$97,510 |
$68,410 | 40 |
| 28 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$96,370 |
$71,200 | 80 |
| 29 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$96,120 |
$67,430 | 70 |
| 30 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$95,960 |
$59,360 | 30 |
| 31 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$95,260 |
$29,710 | 580 |
| 32 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$95,220 |
$84,640 | 60 |
| 33 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$94,930 |
$77,440 | n/a |
| 34 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$93,890 |
$74,460 | 80 |
| 35 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$93,370 |
$73,940 | 100 |
| 36 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$91,160 |
$68,630 | 150 |
| 37 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$91,100 |
$59,910 | 40 |
| 38 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$88,940 |
$45,900 | 520 |
| 39 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$88,690 |
$55,440 | 190 |
| 40 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$88,380 |
$71,430 | 70 |
| 41 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$88,140 |
$57,720 | 70 |
| 42 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$87,650 |
$59,840 | 120 |
| 43 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$86,650 |
$72,280 | 40 |
| 44 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$86,380 |
$62,130 | 70 |
| 45 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$86,070 |
$33,350 | 40 |
| 46 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$85,540 |
$59,920 | 630 |
| 47 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$85,080 |
$67,480 | 60 |
| 48 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$83,110 |
$66,750 | 100 |
| 49 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$82,740 |
$54,790 | 130 |
| 50 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$82,700 |
$68,410 | 260 |
| 51 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$82,590 |
$59,680 | 90 |
| 52 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$81,990 |
$42,840 | 80 |
| 53 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$81,770 |
$67,100 | 180 |
| 54 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$81,660 |
$66,210 | 70 |
| 55 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$81,600 |
$59,980 | 280 |
| 56 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$81,290 |
$57,100 | 250 |
| 57 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$81,080 |
$64,470 | 50 |
| 58 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$80,450 |
$58,660 | 210 |
| 59 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$80,330 |
$70,180 | 110 |
| 60 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$79,100 |
$38,020 | n/a |
| 61 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$79,060 |
$42,980 | 30 |
| 62 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$79,000 |
$48,410 | 530 |
| 63 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$78,930 |
$62,090 | n/a |
| 64 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$78,510 |
$77,150 | n/a |
| 65 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$78,070 |
$57,580 | 240 |
| 66 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$77,900 |
$58,410 | 50 |
| 67 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$77,900 |
$68,740 | 80 |
| 68 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$77,790 |
$46,490 | 60 |
| 69 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$77,570 |
$34,690 | 70 |
| 70 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$77,380 |
$42,700 | 30 |
| 71 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$76,960 |
$46,010 | 190 |
| 72 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$75,040 |
$47,390 | 200 |
| 73 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$75,030 |
$22,710 | 80 |
| 74 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$75,030 |
$53,680 | 50 |
| 75 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$75,030 |
$64,830 | 80 |
| 76 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$73,740 |
$59,770 | 90 |
| 77 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$73,490 |
$69,450 | 40 |
| 78 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$73,240 |
$48,560 | 280 |
| 79 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$72,820 |
$42,540 | 60 |
| 80 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$72,820 |
$49,560 | 100 |
| 81 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$72,820 |
$45,750 | 60 |
| 82 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$72,820 |
$48,140 | 90 |
| 83 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$72,820 |
$58,360 | 100 |
| 84 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$72,510 |
$70,180 | 50 |
| 85 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$71,890 |
$42,850 | 100 |
| 86 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$71,680 |
$41,400 | 50 |
| 87 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$71,050 |
$55,060 | 50 |
| 88 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$70,620 |
$46,690 | 50 |
| 89 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$70,620 |
$66,210 | 30 |
| 90 |
Roanoke, Virginia
|
$70,620 |
$66,210 | 40 |
| 91 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$70,620 |
$66,210 | 40 |
| 92 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$70,620 |
$66,210 | 60 |
| 93 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$67,480 |
$67,480 | 30 |
| 94 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$66,390 |
$60,100 | 50 |
| 95 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$62,880 |
$45,490 | 130 |
| 96 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$62,180 |
$40,790 | 110 |
| 97 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$61,880 |
$40,020 | 100 |
| 98 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$61,120 |
$61,120 | 60 |
| 99 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$60,140 |
$60,140 | 40 |
| 100 |
College Station-Bryan, Texas
|
$58,650 |
$43,870 | 80 |
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