| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$62,070 |
$44,370 | 2,570 |
| 2 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$59,070 |
$37,750 | 4,570 |
| 3 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$58,740 |
$34,130 | 90 |
| 4 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$58,670 |
$38,440 | 90 |
| 5 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$58,610 |
$47,390 | 1,560 |
| 6 |
Idaho Falls, Idaho
|
$56,660 |
$32,550 | 70 |
| 7 |
Napa, California
|
$56,610 |
$33,600 | 110 |
| 8 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$55,700 |
$41,410 | 110 |
| 9 |
Central Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$55,440 |
$28,710 | 40 |
| 10 |
Salinas, California
|
$54,700 |
$38,920 | 360 |
|
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| 11 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$54,270 |
$38,200 | 300 |
| 12 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$54,160 |
$34,130 | 40 |
| 13 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$53,850 |
$37,710 | 140 |
| 14 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$53,370 |
$30,280 | 30 |
| 15 |
Brunswick, Georgia
|
$53,210 |
$29,850 | 40 |
| 16 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$53,160 |
$42,920 | 40 |
| 17 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$52,580 |
$32,450 | 5,320 |
| 18 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$52,500 |
$35,510 | 610 |
| 19 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$52,190 |
$33,220 | 90 |
| 20 |
North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$51,940 |
$27,490 | 30 |
| 21 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$51,770 |
$37,500 | 3,330 |
| 22 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$51,770 |
$37,500 | 70 |
| 23 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$51,700 |
$37,600 | 60 |
| 24 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$51,600 |
$34,130 | 70 |
| 25 |
Yuba City, California
|
$51,370 |
$39,160 | 100 |
| 26 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$51,370 |
$38,140 | 1,050 |
| 27 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$51,320 |
$39,640 | 160 |
| 28 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$51,290 |
$38,790 | 80 |
| 29 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$50,980 |
$31,110 | 1,200 |
| 30 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$50,960 |
$37,070 | 40 |
| 31 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$50,860 |
$40,250 | 80 |
| 32 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$50,690 |
$36,920 | 40 |
| 33 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$50,690 |
$36,490 | 290 |
| 34 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$50,580 |
$37,650 | 3,050 |
| 35 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$50,440 |
$37,440 | 860 |
| 36 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$49,980 |
$33,220 | 40 |
| 37 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$49,920 |
$38,210 | 100 |
| 38 |
Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
|
$49,900 |
$38,710 | 80 |
| 39 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$49,820 |
$36,250 | 2,200 |
| 40 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$49,770 |
$33,760 | 490 |
| 41 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$49,730 |
$37,070 | 1,110 |
| 42 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$49,690 |
$39,650 | 150 |
| 43 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$49,660 |
$37,110 | 6,650 |
| 44 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$49,650 |
$37,590 | 290 |
| 45 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$49,610 |
$33,250 | 910 |
| 46 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$49,560 |
$36,610 | 2,340 |
| 47 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$49,460 |
$36,270 | 1,260 |
| 48 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$49,380 |
$37,440 | 430 |
| 49 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$49,280 |
$39,000 | 90 |
| 50 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$49,210 |
$37,900 | 1,040 |
| 51 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$49,210 |
$33,380 | 120 |
| 52 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$49,210 |
$33,220 | 110 |
| 53 |
Beckley, West Virginia
|
$49,210 |
$31,920 | 40 |
| 54 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$48,970 |
$32,520 | 280 |
| 55 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$48,930 |
$31,200 | 290 |
| 56 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$48,730 |
$34,110 | 710 |
| 57 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$48,690 |
$32,070 | 3,050 |
| 58 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$48,630 |
$39,400 | 40 |
| 59 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$48,610 |
$36,520 | 70 |
| 60 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$48,460 |
$34,660 | 1,210 |
| 61 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$48,420 |
$33,220 | 40 |
| 62 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona
|
$48,360 |
$33,220 | 110 |
| 63 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$48,340 |
$26,860 | 120 |
| 64 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$48,310 |
$29,510 | 2,240 |
| 65 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, New York
|
$48,300 |
$37,110 | 80 |
| 66 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$48,300 |
$34,130 | 50 |
| 67 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$48,240 |
$31,040 | 90 |
| 68 |
Stockton, California
|
$48,210 |
$36,670 | 330 |
| 69 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$48,190 |
$36,100 | 150 |
| 70 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$48,190 |
$36,870 | 8,390 |
| 71 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$48,130 |
$36,280 | 80 |
| 72 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$48,110 |
$35,910 | 130 |
| 73 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$48,050 |
$33,550 | 230 |
| 74 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$48,030 |
$20,630 | 40 |
| 75 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$48,020 |
$35,670 | 70 |
| 76 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$47,970 |
$37,180 | 740 |
| 77 |
Modesto, California
|
$47,870 |
$33,220 | 240 |
| 78 |
Ames, Iowa
|
$47,840 |
$40,370 | 50 |
| 79 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$47,800 |
$27,290 | 350 |
| 80 |
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$47,720 |
$33,220 | 140 |
| 81 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$47,720 |
$36,510 | 60 |
| 82 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$47,720 |
$36,920 | 80 |
| 83 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$47,690 |
$33,540 | 280 |
| 84 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$47,650 |
$42,200 | 130 |
| 85 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$47,640 |
$33,680 | 660 |
| 86 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$47,630 |
$28,270 | 140 |
| 87 |
Chico, California
|
$47,530 |
$34,130 | 110 |
| 88 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$47,440 |
$31,160 | 250 |
| 89 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$47,430 |
$33,220 | 340 |
| 90 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$47,380 |
$32,550 | 90 |
| 91 |
El Centro, California
|
$47,240 |
$32,800 | 120 |
| 92 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$47,220 |
$37,750 | 360 |
| 93 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$47,210 |
$35,260 | 1,530 |
| 94 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$47,150 |
$31,210 | 110 |
| 95 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$47,090 |
$36,400 | 150 |
| 96 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$47,070 |
$36,770 | 1,110 |
| 97 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$47,070 |
$23,910 | 80 |
| 98 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$47,070 |
$33,480 | 2,040 |
| 99 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$47,050 |
$28,800 | 1,020 |
| 100 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$47,040 |
$35,480 | 540 |
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