| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$57,730 |
$37,430 | 60 |
| 2 |
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
$54,910 |
$19,690 | 60 |
| 3 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$54,130 |
$48,450 | n/a |
| 4 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$49,840 |
$30,470 | 440 |
| 5 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$49,590 |
$44,940 | 150 |
| 6 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$48,730 |
$31,070 | 80 |
| 7 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$48,410 |
$36,060 | 50 |
| 8 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$48,130 |
$32,880 | 330 |
| 9 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$47,310 |
$39,700 | 70 |
| 10 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$47,040 |
$36,220 | 4,480 |
|
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| 11 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$47,020 |
$36,590 | 220 |
| 12 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$46,690 |
$37,430 | 70 |
| 13 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$46,580 |
$33,470 | 1,070 |
| 14 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$46,540 |
$30,680 | 540 |
| 15 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$46,530 |
$41,090 | 560 |
| 16 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$46,230 |
$41,360 | n/a |
| 17 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$46,130 |
$35,020 | 50 |
| 18 |
Napa, California
|
$45,260 |
$40,810 | n/a |
| 19 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$45,250 |
$38,290 | 180 |
| 20 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$45,110 |
$35,670 | 90 |
| 21 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$44,930 |
$29,710 | 30 |
| 22 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$44,910 |
$30,560 | 370 |
| 23 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$44,030 |
$31,840 | 60 |
| 24 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$44,030 |
$29,310 | 290 |
| 25 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$43,720 |
$31,240 | 1,830 |
| 26 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$43,670 |
$38,110 | 180 |
| 27 |
Grand Island, Nebraska
|
$43,440 |
$19,490 | 40 |
| 28 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$42,700 |
$32,420 | 990 |
| 29 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$42,670 |
$27,560 | 80 |
| 30 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$42,570 |
$31,690 | 2,700 |
| 31 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$42,330 |
$28,830 | 70 |
| 32 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$42,290 |
$31,240 | 150 |
| 33 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$42,080 |
$31,200 | 40 |
| 34 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$41,380 |
$36,640 | 100 |
| 35 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$41,320 |
$34,920 | 1,130 |
| 36 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$41,050 |
$35,360 | 120 |
| 37 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$40,640 |
$27,510 | 50 |
| 38 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$40,620 |
$36,540 | 80 |
| 39 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$40,620 |
$26,540 | 440 |
| 40 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$40,260 |
$36,400 | 340 |
| 41 |
Midland, Texas
|
$39,950 |
$30,660 | 150 |
| 42 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$39,940 |
$32,240 | 360 |
| 43 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$39,880 |
$24,960 | 670 |
| 44 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$39,800 |
$30,410 | 460 |
| 45 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$39,780 |
$19,010 | 90 |
| 46 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$39,750 |
$27,840 | 60 |
| 47 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$39,740 |
$32,920 | 170 |
| 48 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$39,700 |
$33,130 | 160 |
| 49 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$39,680 |
$31,060 | 90 |
| 50 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$39,610 |
$30,280 | 610 |
| 51 |
Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
|
$39,540 |
$31,980 | 130 |
| 52 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$39,520 |
$32,410 | 40 |
| 53 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$39,500 |
$29,210 | 780 |
| 54 |
Fresno, California
|
$39,440 |
$33,470 | 100 |
| 55 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$39,390 |
$34,690 | 40 |
| 56 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$39,320 |
$29,900 | n/a |
| 57 |
Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$39,240 |
$30,220 | n/a |
| 58 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$39,010 |
$30,490 | 50 |
| 59 |
Modesto, California
|
$39,000 |
$32,080 | 30 |
| 60 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$38,880 |
$30,680 | 30 |
| 61 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$38,880 |
$27,720 | 70 |
| 62 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$38,840 |
$34,890 | 390 |
| 63 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$38,780 |
$28,120 | 70 |
| 64 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$38,760 |
$31,240 | 100 |
| 65 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$38,720 |
$31,290 | 260 |
| 66 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$38,680 |
$26,830 | 120 |
| 67 |
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$38,660 |
$29,940 | 40 |
| 68 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$38,530 |
$30,870 | 2,650 |
| 69 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$38,390 |
$27,290 | 50 |
| 70 |
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$38,380 |
$36,400 | 110 |
| 71 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$38,310 |
$34,720 | 250 |
| 72 |
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$38,270 |
$29,130 | 100 |
| 73 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$38,270 |
$37,520 | 230 |
| 74 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$38,240 |
$28,480 | 180 |
| 75 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$38,220 |
$31,060 | 1,000 |
| 76 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$38,210 |
$29,620 | 520 |
| 77 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$38,140 |
$30,520 | 160 |
| 78 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$38,060 |
$31,060 | 80 |
| 79 |
Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$38,050 |
$23,550 | 80 |
| 80 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$37,910 |
$25,940 | 50 |
| 81 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$37,910 |
$27,410 | 90 |
| 82 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$37,850 |
$24,760 | 50 |
| 83 |
Bowling Green, Kentucky
|
$37,850 |
$28,110 | 40 |
| 84 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$37,780 |
$28,200 | 40 |
| 85 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$37,770 |
$28,350 | 350 |
| 86 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$37,760 |
$17,530 | 540 |
| 87 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$37,740 |
$29,960 | 240 |
| 88 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$37,700 |
$31,950 | 30 |
| 89 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$37,690 |
$29,360 | 120 |
| 90 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$37,680 |
$21,840 | 50 |
| 91 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$37,630 |
$30,840 | 350 |
| 92 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$37,590 |
$29,570 | 30 |
| 93 |
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
|
$37,570 |
$26,670 | 30 |
| 94 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$37,510 |
$27,420 | 80 |
| 95 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$37,490 |
$27,960 | 40 |
| 96 |
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$37,470 |
$29,240 | 110 |
| 97 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$37,460 |
$30,730 | 310 |
| 98 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$37,450 |
$26,610 | 750 |
| 99 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$37,440 |
$37,440 | 110 |
| 100 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$37,410 |
$32,810 | 100 |
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