Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$110,010 |
$31,200 | 1,760 |
2 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$107,070 |
$50,970 | 40 |
3 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$101,900 |
$50,120 | 790 |
4 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$99,500 |
$57,760 | 90 |
5 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$97,880 |
$53,510 | 30 |
6 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$95,880 |
$82,320 | n/a |
7 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$94,700 |
$55,870 | 80 |
8 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$94,200 |
$56,740 | 90 |
9 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$90,850 |
$46,550 | 70 |
10 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$90,190 |
$60,440 | 40 |
|
11 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$89,220 |
$28,080 | 60 |
12 |
Merced, California
|
$89,040 |
$48,080 | 60 |
13 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$89,010 |
$55,220 | 40 |
14 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$88,250 |
$57,050 | n/a |
15 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$86,210 |
$18,360 | 40 |
16 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$86,010 |
$65,950 | 90 |
17 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$85,550 |
$38,020 | 30 |
18 |
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
|
$85,220 |
$31,240 | 60 |
19 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$84,770 |
$45,920 | 30 |
20 |
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$84,580 |
$35,820 | 40 |
21 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan
|
$83,680 |
$54,460 | 60 |
22 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$83,640 |
$31,150 | 30 |
23 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$83,420 |
$45,720 | 210 |
24 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$83,010 |
$38,410 | 40 |
25 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$82,910 |
$39,750 | 520 |
26 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$82,420 |
$62,080 | 40 |
27 |
Springfield, Missouri
|
$82,360 |
$36,730 | 50 |
28 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$82,320 |
$33,860 | 160 |
29 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$82,150 |
$43,790 | 40 |
30 |
Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$80,580 |
$24,190 | 50 |
31 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$79,710 |
$51,220 | 40 |
32 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$79,680 |
$33,220 | 600 |
33 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$79,330 |
$55,630 | 270 |
34 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$78,820 |
$29,680 | 100 |
35 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$78,460 |
$41,920 | 590 |
36 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$78,390 |
$48,600 | 50 |
37 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$78,360 |
$40,370 | 40 |
38 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$78,340 |
$63,310 | 30 |
39 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$77,740 |
$39,480 | 140 |
40 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$77,560 |
$44,050 | 30 |
41 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$77,370 |
$51,580 | 530 |
42 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$76,920 |
$29,580 | 40 |
43 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$75,000 |
$29,550 | 50 |
44 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$74,880 |
$48,700 | 50 |
45 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$74,780 |
$32,550 | 30 |
46 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$74,310 |
$31,420 | 130 |
47 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$74,200 |
$44,390 | 520 |
48 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$73,740 |
$34,750 | 250 |
49 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$73,680 |
$45,170 | 70 |
50 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$73,460 |
$53,050 | 60 |
51 |
State College, Pennsylvania
|
$73,370 |
$51,540 | 40 |
52 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$72,850 |
$24,170 | 640 |
53 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$71,900 |
$32,740 | 40 |
54 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$71,810 |
$35,520 | 50 |
55 |
Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$71,590 |
$23,240 | n/a |
56 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$71,460 |
$38,110 | 350 |
57 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$71,060 |
$40,020 | 1,300 |
58 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$71,060 |
$50,850 | 140 |
59 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$71,030 |
$33,780 | 420 |
60 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$70,760 |
$43,550 | 120 |
61 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$70,190 |
$45,980 | 470 |
62 |
Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire
|
$69,930 |
$45,120 | 60 |
63 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$69,700 |
$33,310 | 40 |
64 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$69,340 |
$36,400 | 30 |
65 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$69,180 |
$57,050 | 40 |
66 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$69,110 |
$33,640 | 350 |
67 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$67,700 |
$37,220 | 380 |
68 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$67,690 |
$36,550 | 70 |
69 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$67,440 |
$34,530 | 200 |
70 |
Fresno, California
|
$67,140 |
$40,970 | 70 |
71 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$66,890 |
$28,690 | 1,260 |
72 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$66,770 |
$39,300 | 70 |
73 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$66,680 |
$37,690 | 160 |
74 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$66,550 |
$47,260 | 1,600 |
75 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$66,460 |
$34,060 | 370 |
76 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$66,290 |
$39,870 | 70 |
77 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$66,210 |
$37,180 | 140 |
78 |
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
$65,670 |
$19,290 | 60 |
79 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$65,510 |
$34,420 | 80 |
80 |
Tallahassee, Florida
|
$65,480 |
$30,460 | 40 |
81 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$65,260 |
$32,400 | 80 |
82 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$65,250 |
$37,910 | 1,650 |
83 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$65,230 |
$37,760 | 140 |
84 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$65,120 |
$43,830 | 130 |
85 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$64,990 |
$50,950 | 90 |
86 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$64,790 |
$37,370 | 50 |
87 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$64,710 |
$32,270 | 40 |
88 |
Hammond, Louisiana
|
$64,660 |
$45,760 | 140 |
89 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$64,600 |
$36,170 | 230 |
90 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$64,520 |
$30,950 | 1,850 |
91 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$64,320 |
$50,230 | 230 |
92 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$63,840 |
$37,640 | 50 |
93 |
Modesto, California
|
$63,560 |
$50,580 | 90 |
94 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$63,270 |
$31,600 | 160 |
95 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$63,070 |
$36,760 | 80 |
96 |
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$63,010 |
$41,660 | 40 |
97 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$62,960 |
$50,510 | 50 |
98 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$62,800 |
$51,460 | 450 |
99 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$62,670 |
$50,170 | 50 |
100 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$62,380 |
$37,320 | 190 |
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