Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$55,380 |
$33,510 | n/a |
2 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$50,960 |
$44,750 | 200 |
3 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$48,030 |
$39,430 | 130 |
4 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$46,550 |
$36,880 | 410 |
5 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$45,030 |
$33,800 | 120 |
6 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$44,580 |
$33,330 | 130 |
7 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$43,780 |
$31,380 | n/a |
8 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$43,070 |
$31,700 | 140 |
9 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$42,080 |
$35,260 | 190 |
10 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$38,890 |
$36,270 | 110 |
|
11 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$37,870 |
$37,060 | 60 |
12 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$37,840 |
$35,760 | 90 |
13 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$37,690 |
$34,310 | 30 |
14 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$37,370 |
$33,160 | 30 |
15 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$37,290 |
$23,700 | 90 |
16 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$37,050 |
$31,200 | 70 |
17 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$36,990 |
$27,310 | 220 |
18 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$36,840 |
$30,470 | 70 |
19 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$36,650 |
$31,150 | 210 |
20 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$36,440 |
$29,960 | 80 |
21 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$36,360 |
$29,320 | 40 |
22 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$36,100 |
$31,760 | n/a |
23 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$35,810 |
$23,990 | 140 |
24 |
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
$35,150 |
$24,680 | 30 |
25 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$35,060 |
$24,480 | 40 |
26 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$34,520 |
$24,300 | 80 |
27 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
|
$34,250 |
$21,910 | 180 |
28 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$34,230 |
$17,870 | 90 |
29 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$34,000 |
$26,140 | n/a |
30 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$33,890 |
$26,760 | 90 |
31 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$33,590 |
$27,340 | 160 |
32 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$33,320 |
$22,430 | 180 |
33 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$33,290 |
$29,580 | 50 |
34 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$32,820 |
$27,020 | 70 |
35 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$32,770 |
$25,690 | n/a |
36 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$32,620 |
$23,090 | 190 |
37 |
Bangor, Maine
|
$32,470 |
$22,190 | 30 |
38 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$32,470 |
$23,140 | 380 |
39 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$32,210 |
$27,430 | n/a |
40 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$32,200 |
$21,310 | n/a |
41 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$32,150 |
$21,960 | 30 |
42 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$31,760 |
$25,410 | n/a |
43 |
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$31,360 |
$21,690 | 40 |
44 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$31,270 |
$26,160 | 40 |
45 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$30,950 |
$24,280 | 80 |
46 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$30,950 |
$25,970 | n/a |
47 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$30,830 |
$23,090 | 130 |
48 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$30,820 |
$25,550 | 50 |
49 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$30,720 |
$17,820 | n/a |
50 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$30,590 |
$20,260 | n/a |
51 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$30,530 |
$24,900 | 80 |
52 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$30,210 |
$22,590 | 30 |
53 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$30,180 |
$26,250 | 30 |
54 |
Macon, Georgia
|
$30,120 |
$24,130 | 40 |
55 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$30,100 |
$22,050 | 70 |
56 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$29,910 |
$24,460 | n/a |
57 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$29,850 |
$25,830 | n/a |
58 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$29,750 |
$25,410 | 100 |
59 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$29,430 |
$24,860 | 70 |
60 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$29,410 |
$23,250 | 310 |
61 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$29,360 |
$24,360 | 150 |
62 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$29,080 |
$21,270 | 250 |
63 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$29,050 |
$25,130 | 60 |
64 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$29,020 |
$22,720 | 40 |
65 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$28,960 |
$21,290 | 140 |
66 |
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$28,550 |
$17,980 | n/a |
67 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$28,180 |
$22,840 | 110 |
68 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$28,160 |
$24,730 | 40 |
69 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$28,150 |
$25,260 | 100 |
70 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$27,960 |
$22,740 | n/a |
71 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$27,840 |
$25,070 | n/a |
72 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$27,580 |
$19,200 | 30 |
73 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$27,450 |
$22,860 | 40 |
74 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$27,370 |
$20,880 | 360 |
75 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida
|
$27,170 |
$18,910 | 60 |
76 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$27,080 |
$16,590 | 90 |
77 |
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$27,040 |
$18,220 | 40 |
78 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$26,980 |
$17,250 | 50 |
79 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$26,590 |
$20,480 | 80 |
80 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$26,500 |
$23,250 | 30 |
81 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$26,460 |
$25,270 | 310 |
82 |
Monroe, Louisiana
|
$26,170 |
$17,790 | 40 |
83 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$26,120 |
$21,050 | 60 |
84 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$25,760 |
$17,310 | 60 |
85 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$25,540 |
$19,780 | 160 |
86 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$25,460 |
$16,630 | 90 |
87 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$25,450 |
$17,180 | 160 |
88 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$25,440 |
$21,420 | 30 |
89 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$25,380 |
$20,910 | 30 |
90 |
Rochester, New York
|
$25,380 |
$20,710 | 90 |
91 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$25,300 |
$19,790 | 160 |
92 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$25,150 |
$21,410 | 80 |
93 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$25,080 |
$20,210 | n/a |
94 |
Lynchburg, Virginia
|
$24,990 |
$20,830 | 40 |
95 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$24,920 |
$17,060 | n/a |
96 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$24,880 |
$21,180 | n/a |
97 |
Ocala, Florida
|
$24,200 |
$18,860 | n/a |
98 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$24,100 |
$18,580 | 40 |
99 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$23,860 |
$17,470 | 50 |
100 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$23,550 |
$20,650 | 30 |
|