Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$61,420 |
$29,860 | 630 |
2 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$61,230 |
$30,890 | 210 |
3 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$60,680 |
$38,250 | 30 |
4 |
Longview, Washington
|
$55,300 |
$35,010 | 50 |
5 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$52,720 |
$27,020 | 230 |
6 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$52,550 |
$28,540 | 40 |
7 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$50,110 |
$31,010 | 50 |
8 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$49,250 |
$27,940 | 50 |
9 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$48,600 |
$29,420 | 40 |
10 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$48,470 |
$31,670 | 90 |
|
11 |
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$48,090 |
$26,230 | 50 |
12 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$47,490 |
$29,790 | 140 |
13 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$47,160 |
$24,580 | 450 |
14 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$46,820 |
$28,820 | 30 |
15 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$46,480 |
$22,880 | 150 |
16 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$45,880 |
$36,660 | 450 |
17 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$45,550 |
$31,290 | 40 |
18 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$45,370 |
$30,730 | 650 |
19 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$44,970 |
$29,830 | 100 |
20 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$44,350 |
$34,450 | 850 |
21 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$43,860 |
$33,640 | 110 |
22 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$43,250 |
$30,030 | 60 |
23 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$43,210 |
$31,050 | 100 |
24 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$43,180 |
$34,330 | 1,050 |
25 |
Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$42,850 |
$16,620 | 40 |
26 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$42,820 |
$29,640 | 120 |
27 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$42,170 |
$29,420 | 3,610 |
28 |
Napa, California
|
$42,160 |
$31,450 | 30 |
29 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$42,050 |
$35,760 | 80 |
30 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$42,020 |
$24,690 | 310 |
31 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$41,910 |
$28,490 | 140 |
32 |
Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$41,870 |
$26,160 | 40 |
33 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$41,600 |
$26,920 | 100 |
34 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$41,260 |
$31,680 | 290 |
35 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$40,800 |
$19,620 | 30 |
36 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$40,790 |
$19,010 | 60 |
37 |
Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$40,770 |
$23,460 | 40 |
38 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$40,610 |
$21,470 | n/a |
39 |
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$40,590 |
$19,010 | 80 |
40 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$40,560 |
$29,480 | 150 |
41 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$40,500 |
$30,570 | 80 |
42 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$40,370 |
$28,790 | 90 |
43 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$40,360 |
$25,470 | 60 |
44 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$39,970 |
$28,410 | 890 |
45 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$39,870 |
$29,200 | 200 |
46 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$39,810 |
$32,200 | 80 |
47 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$39,550 |
$25,510 | 130 |
48 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$39,470 |
$31,170 | 600 |
49 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$39,350 |
$28,380 | 150 |
50 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$39,290 |
$31,600 | 50 |
51 |
Salinas, California
|
$39,260 |
$31,160 | 90 |
52 |
Modesto, California
|
$39,190 |
$31,730 | 130 |
53 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$39,190 |
$30,160 | 90 |
54 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$39,150 |
$30,000 | 30 |
55 |
Chico, California
|
$39,010 |
$30,860 | 50 |
56 |
Yuba City, California
|
$38,960 |
$33,340 | 30 |
57 |
Glens Falls, New York
|
$38,950 |
$30,350 | 40 |
58 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$38,930 |
$24,870 | 30 |
59 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$38,860 |
$28,120 | 230 |
60 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$38,790 |
$20,300 | 30 |
61 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$38,710 |
$31,530 | 30 |
62 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$38,620 |
$26,390 | 70 |
63 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$38,550 |
$23,080 | 50 |
64 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$38,460 |
$28,080 | 70 |
65 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$38,460 |
$29,320 | 240 |
66 |
Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$38,320 |
$32,520 | n/a |
67 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$38,280 |
$30,600 | 50 |
68 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$38,090 |
$24,970 | 210 |
69 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$38,020 |
$32,740 | 90 |
70 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$38,000 |
$30,710 | 120 |
71 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$37,980 |
$29,660 | 1,020 |
72 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$37,970 |
$30,700 | 70 |
73 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$37,930 |
$28,520 | 380 |
74 |
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$37,890 |
$21,780 | 30 |
75 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$37,890 |
$26,210 | 80 |
76 |
Stockton, California
|
$37,860 |
$30,460 | 150 |
77 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$37,820 |
$17,890 | 70 |
78 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$37,790 |
$31,560 | 650 |
79 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$37,740 |
$31,440 | 430 |
80 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$37,720 |
$33,650 | 550 |
81 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$37,690 |
$29,950 | 2,810 |
82 |
Midland, Texas
|
$37,680 |
$28,350 | 270 |
83 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$37,500 |
$28,310 | 120 |
84 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$37,490 |
$28,500 | 70 |
85 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$37,450 |
$21,090 | 50 |
86 |
Macon, Georgia
|
$37,450 |
$25,970 | 110 |
87 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$37,300 |
$28,760 | 80 |
88 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$37,300 |
$25,320 | 410 |
89 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$37,250 |
$30,690 | 1,130 |
90 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$37,230 |
$25,130 | 70 |
91 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$37,190 |
$19,670 | 80 |
92 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina
|
$37,160 |
$22,180 | 60 |
93 |
Charleston, West Virginia
|
$37,100 |
$19,490 | 110 |
94 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, New York
|
$37,090 |
$24,060 | 30 |
95 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$37,050 |
$29,630 | 40 |
96 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$37,010 |
$31,680 | 60 |
97 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$37,000 |
$30,820 | 100 |
98 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$36,990 |
$29,570 | 230 |
99 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
|
$36,980 |
$20,120 | 100 |
100 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona
|
$36,950 |
$31,120 | 40 |
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