| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Salinas, California
|
$101,220 |
$34,840 | 30 |
| 2 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$94,140 |
$30,550 | 40 |
| 3 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania
|
$92,950 |
$34,870 | 100 |
| 4 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$91,240 |
$42,580 | 2,190 |
| 5 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$88,010 |
$28,120 | 30 |
| 6 |
Merced, California
|
$87,870 |
$34,390 | 90 |
| 7 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$87,390 |
$68,290 | 150 |
| 8 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$86,920 |
$30,330 | 110 |
| 9 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$85,420 |
$40,300 | 260 |
| 10 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$84,210 |
$33,190 | 40 |
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| 11 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$82,730 |
$38,210 | 190 |
| 12 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$80,700 |
$34,900 | n/a |
| 13 |
Rochester, New York
|
$80,630 |
$45,400 | 70 |
| 14 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$78,660 |
$33,240 | 550 |
| 15 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$78,390 |
$47,470 | 70 |
| 16 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$78,210 |
$53,120 | 120 |
| 17 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$78,150 |
$42,710 | 50 |
| 18 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$75,990 |
$37,270 | 420 |
| 19 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$75,520 |
$35,870 | 80 |
| 20 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$75,440 |
$35,190 | 50 |
| 21 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$75,420 |
$43,260 | 50 |
| 22 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$74,860 |
$35,620 | 100 |
| 23 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$73,610 |
$41,650 | 160 |
| 24 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$73,000 |
$34,530 | 40 |
| 25 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$72,010 |
$41,090 | 270 |
| 26 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$71,930 |
$32,060 | n/a |
| 27 |
Monroe, Louisiana
|
$71,780 |
$41,760 | 150 |
| 28 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$71,580 |
$47,450 | 70 |
| 29 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$71,470 |
$36,200 | 40 |
| 30 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$71,430 |
$23,420 | n/a |
| 31 |
The Villages, Florida
|
$71,410 |
$24,980 | 30 |
| 32 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$70,780 |
$49,880 | 40 |
| 33 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$70,660 |
$38,840 | 60 |
| 34 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$70,260 |
$32,000 | 100 |
| 35 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$70,140 |
$33,880 | 580 |
| 36 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$69,280 |
$38,500 | 260 |
| 37 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$69,250 |
$38,970 | 1,120 |
| 38 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$68,650 |
$30,450 | 360 |
| 39 |
Bangor, Maine
|
$68,580 |
$54,220 | 100 |
| 40 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$67,970 |
$35,490 | 60 |
| 41 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$67,870 |
$42,280 | 830 |
| 42 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$67,840 |
$31,550 | 50 |
| 43 |
Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$67,450 |
$50,870 | 40 |
| 44 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$67,030 |
$30,210 | n/a |
| 45 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$66,880 |
$30,850 | 1,240 |
| 46 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$66,840 |
$34,800 | 150 |
| 47 |
Alexandria, Louisiana
|
$66,760 |
$27,440 | 80 |
| 48 |
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$66,320 |
$36,440 | 90 |
| 49 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$65,660 |
$37,450 | 460 |
| 50 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$65,280 |
$33,930 | 970 |
| 51 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$65,120 |
$32,520 | 50 |
| 52 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$64,520 |
$30,590 | 90 |
| 53 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$64,200 |
$43,030 | 70 |
| 54 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$63,970 |
$38,070 | 850 |
| 55 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$63,580 |
$42,990 | 90 |
| 56 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan
|
$63,400 |
$43,060 | 120 |
| 57 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$63,390 |
$41,510 | 30 |
| 58 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$63,260 |
$38,610 | n/a |
| 59 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$63,250 |
$37,840 | 1,300 |
| 60 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$62,870 |
$38,540 | 40 |
| 61 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$62,740 |
$54,180 | n/a |
| 62 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$62,620 |
$34,160 | 480 |
| 63 |
Redding, California
|
$62,520 |
$30,220 | 50 |
| 64 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$62,440 |
$30,130 | 260 |
| 65 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$62,330 |
$38,720 | n/a |
| 66 |
Medford, Oregon
|
$62,050 |
$37,590 | 100 |
| 67 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$61,820 |
$35,980 | 80 |
| 68 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$61,710 |
$39,110 | 210 |
| 69 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$61,710 |
$28,870 | 1,180 |
| 70 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$61,230 |
$35,310 | 60 |
| 71 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$61,090 |
$34,790 | 1,060 |
| 72 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$60,780 |
$44,080 | 120 |
| 73 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$60,720 |
$31,950 | 40 |
| 74 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$60,570 |
$35,970 | 130 |
| 75 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$60,380 |
$34,830 | 70 |
| 76 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$60,100 |
$40,580 | 40 |
| 77 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$59,840 |
$31,920 | 500 |
| 78 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$59,590 |
$30,300 | 90 |
| 79 |
Ocala, Florida
|
$59,410 |
$31,070 | n/a |
| 80 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$59,340 |
$33,950 | 1,490 |
| 81 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$59,230 |
$36,740 | 90 |
| 82 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$59,220 |
$34,890 | 300 |
| 83 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$59,200 |
$42,950 | 80 |
| 84 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas
|
$59,100 |
$35,330 | n/a |
| 85 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$59,040 |
$31,100 | 870 |
| 86 |
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$59,000 |
$24,600 | 70 |
| 87 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$58,360 |
$40,360 | 1,290 |
| 88 |
Stockton, California
|
$58,300 |
$36,470 | 90 |
| 89 |
Napa, California
|
$58,150 |
$44,670 | 50 |
| 90 |
Longview, Washington
|
$58,140 |
$36,470 | n/a |
| 91 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$57,830 |
$31,210 | 60 |
| 92 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$57,820 |
$27,810 | 40 |
| 93 |
El Centro, California
|
$57,630 |
$32,920 | 40 |
| 94 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$57,490 |
$32,300 | 80 |
| 95 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$57,090 |
$40,120 | 40 |
| 96 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$57,060 |
$34,960 | 30 |
| 97 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$57,020 |
$32,830 | 70 |
| 98 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$56,720 |
$40,370 | 130 |
| 99 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$56,520 |
$43,400 | 30 |
| 100 |
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
$55,910 |
$35,700 | 60 |
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