Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$101,390 |
$70,880 | 180 |
2 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$98,540 |
$53,460 | 240 |
3 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$74,950 |
$54,380 | 200 |
4 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$74,360 |
$52,710 | 600 |
5 |
New Bern, North Carolina
|
$72,740 |
$35,170 | 70 |
6 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$66,810 |
$38,480 | 40 |
7 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$66,670 |
$22,690 | 40 |
8 |
Lewiston, Washington
|
$66,470 |
$36,770 | 30 |
9 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$65,810 |
$49,390 | 70 |
10 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$65,620 |
$44,180 | 1,290 |
|
11 |
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
|
$63,380 |
$54,680 | 170 |
12 |
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$63,090 |
$34,320 | 50 |
13 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$60,320 |
$33,430 | 100 |
14 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$60,280 |
$33,790 | 550 |
15 |
Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$59,830 |
$21,380 | 70 |
16 |
Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$59,550 |
$48,830 | n/a |
17 |
Alexandria, Louisiana
|
$59,320 |
$26,630 | 250 |
18 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$59,260 |
$48,450 | 100 |
19 |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia
|
$58,660 |
$47,200 | 90 |
20 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$58,330 |
$34,050 | 220 |
21 |
East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$58,250 |
$47,220 | 40 |
22 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$58,200 |
$29,150 | 230 |
23 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$58,000 |
$21,210 | 60 |
24 |
Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$57,500 |
$27,290 | 80 |
25 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$57,450 |
$37,110 | 80 |
26 |
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$56,240 |
$26,870 | 40 |
27 |
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$55,810 |
$31,200 | 210 |
28 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, New York
|
$54,700 |
$35,990 | 40 |
29 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$54,600 |
$42,430 | 480 |
30 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$54,430 |
$34,940 | 50 |
31 |
Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
|
$54,310 |
$44,410 | 160 |
32 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$54,250 |
$27,640 | 70 |
33 |
Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$54,080 |
$32,580 | 50 |
34 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$53,960 |
$45,610 | 100 |
35 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$53,550 |
$28,640 | 290 |
36 |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
|
$53,230 |
$26,550 | 100 |
37 |
Kingston, New York
|
$52,980 |
$37,700 | 30 |
38 |
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|
$52,940 |
$27,940 | 40 |
39 |
Pocatello, Idaho
|
$52,800 |
$21,460 | 30 |
40 |
Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois
|
$52,730 |
$28,600 | 60 |
41 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$52,450 |
$38,010 | 110 |
42 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$52,180 |
$35,150 | 60 |
43 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$51,930 |
$31,900 | 110 |
44 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$51,660 |
$38,920 | 40 |
45 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$51,550 |
$32,450 | 100 |
46 |
Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$51,510 |
$30,760 | 30 |
47 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$51,470 |
$42,640 | 100 |
48 |
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$51,430 |
$25,100 | 40 |
49 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$51,260 |
$28,060 | 940 |
50 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$51,120 |
$24,410 | 1,460 |
51 |
Jackson, Tennessee
|
$50,770 |
$35,360 | 140 |
52 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$50,730 |
$35,460 | 210 |
53 |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
|
$50,690 |
$30,160 | 40 |
54 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$50,680 |
$25,140 | 6,190 |
55 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$50,450 |
$32,990 | 2,390 |
56 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$50,420 |
$35,380 | 80 |
57 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$50,310 |
$28,600 | 130 |
58 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$50,270 |
$31,680 | 200 |
59 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$50,210 |
$32,610 | 210 |
60 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$50,210 |
$24,620 | 70 |
61 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$50,000 |
$36,210 | 2,590 |
62 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$49,990 |
$31,400 | 70 |
63 |
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$49,900 |
$34,180 | 90 |
64 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$49,900 |
$36,680 | 1,840 |
65 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$49,880 |
$33,560 | 90 |
66 |
Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$49,880 |
$40,340 | 40 |
67 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$49,870 |
$36,030 | 40 |
68 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
|
$49,860 |
$27,450 | 180 |
69 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$49,850 |
$34,970 | 1,290 |
70 |
Mansfield, Ohio
|
$49,820 |
$36,180 | 80 |
71 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$49,610 |
$35,280 | 6,760 |
72 |
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$49,610 |
$25,420 | 340 |
73 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$49,510 |
$30,260 | 40 |
74 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$49,440 |
$34,090 | 260 |
75 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$49,430 |
$28,100 | 60 |
76 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$49,380 |
$28,770 | 170 |
77 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$49,360 |
$30,270 | 1,140 |
78 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$49,360 |
$28,720 | 120 |
79 |
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$49,330 |
$30,350 | 40 |
80 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$49,310 |
$28,820 | 950 |
81 |
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$49,180 |
$35,270 | 40 |
82 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$49,180 |
$27,460 | 130 |
83 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$49,180 |
$32,390 | 900 |
84 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$49,140 |
$28,080 | 1,640 |
85 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$49,050 |
$35,140 | 4,170 |
86 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$48,970 |
$32,790 | 40 |
87 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$48,880 |
$32,650 | 230 |
88 |
Carson City, Nevada
|
$48,800 |
$28,200 | 90 |
89 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$48,750 |
$31,200 | 170 |
90 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$48,730 |
$38,320 | 2,540 |
91 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$48,630 |
$29,360 | 40 |
92 |
Gadsden, Alabama
|
$48,630 |
$43,880 | 50 |
93 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
$48,560 |
$29,240 | 70 |
94 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$48,530 |
$34,560 | 80 |
95 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$48,520 |
$30,430 | 50 |
96 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$48,480 |
$35,430 | 30 |
97 |
Jefferson City, Missouri
|
$48,460 |
$29,400 | 60 |
98 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$48,450 |
$31,890 | 300 |
99 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$48,410 |
$32,720 | 50 |
100 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$48,390 |
$34,390 | 60 |
|