| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$40,820 |
$30,420 | 1,120 |
| 2 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$40,780 |
$32,410 | 470 |
| 3 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$40,120 |
$36,120 | 30,680 |
| 4 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$39,810 |
$36,340 | 17,540 |
| 5 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$38,630 |
$31,040 | 650 |
| 6 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
$38,270 |
$27,050 | 2,260 |
| 7 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$38,250 |
$33,310 | 25,290 |
| 8 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$38,200 |
$30,950 | 1,670 |
| 9 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$37,690 |
$30,810 | 1,500 |
| 10 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$37,680 |
$31,410 | 1,260 |
|
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| 11 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$37,680 |
$29,780 | 1,700 |
| 12 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$37,660 |
$27,730 | 870 |
| 13 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$37,520 |
$30,180 | 185,620 |
| 14 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$37,520 |
$27,480 | 2,780 |
| 15 |
Salinas, California
|
$37,250 |
$31,160 | 2,180 |
| 16 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$37,140 |
$30,990 | 1,380 |
| 17 |
Napa, California
|
$37,030 |
$33,450 | 990 |
| 18 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$37,020 |
$31,790 | 41,400 |
| 19 |
Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$36,940 |
$25,320 | 1,940 |
| 20 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$36,870 |
$31,790 | 850 |
| 21 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$36,810 |
$31,680 | 1,220 |
| 22 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$36,500 |
$30,230 | 1,750 |
| 23 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$36,370 |
$28,960 | 7,930 |
| 24 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$36,280 |
$27,620 | 1,260 |
| 25 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$36,280 |
$21,550 | 750 |
| 26 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$36,270 |
$30,780 | 3,250 |
| 27 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$36,260 |
$30,210 | 660 |
| 28 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$36,210 |
$22,150 | 1,990 |
| 29 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$36,200 |
$31,130 | 1,300 |
| 30 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$36,200 |
$29,570 | 1,920 |
| 31 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$36,190 |
$27,500 | 1,710 |
| 32 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$36,160 |
$28,110 | 750 |
| 33 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$36,140 |
$31,200 | 1,480 |
| 34 |
Stockton, California
|
$36,070 |
$30,560 | 3,850 |
| 35 |
Merced, California
|
$36,060 |
$29,840 | 1,060 |
| 36 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$36,020 |
$28,240 | 1,790 |
| 37 |
Longview, Washington
|
$36,020 |
$30,850 | 520 |
| 38 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$35,990 |
$28,930 | 1,750 |
| 39 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$35,970 |
$29,210 | 27,640 |
| 40 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$35,940 |
$26,790 | 530 |
| 41 |
Billings, Montana
|
$35,930 |
$26,010 | 1,470 |
| 42 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$35,890 |
$30,400 | 14,160 |
| 43 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$35,820 |
$31,090 | 3,880 |
| 44 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$35,810 |
$22,710 | 5,120 |
| 45 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$35,770 |
$30,880 | 1,270 |
| 46 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$35,750 |
$29,800 | 18,190 |
| 47 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$35,700 |
$26,650 | 2,750 |
| 48 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$35,700 |
$24,530 | 31,580 |
| 49 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$35,640 |
$23,140 | 1,590 |
| 50 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$35,620 |
$33,530 | 2,900 |
| 51 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$35,610 |
$30,260 | 19,900 |
| 52 |
El Centro, California
|
$35,610 |
$30,120 | 980 |
| 53 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$35,600 |
$30,570 | 4,240 |
| 54 |
Modesto, California
|
$35,570 |
$30,800 | 2,230 |
| 55 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$35,500 |
$26,420 | 2,410 |
| 56 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$35,500 |
$25,130 | 1,300 |
| 57 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$35,460 |
$29,880 | 440 |
| 58 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$35,380 |
$31,100 | 23,460 |
| 59 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$35,370 |
$30,490 | 3,200 |
| 60 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$35,370 |
$31,270 | 90,630 |
| 61 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$35,350 |
$30,640 | 560 |
| 62 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$35,330 |
$30,080 | 570 |
| 63 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$35,310 |
$31,280 | 14,510 |
| 64 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$35,310 |
$28,660 | 2,920 |
| 65 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$35,260 |
$30,320 | 590 |
| 66 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$35,220 |
$30,690 | 530 |
| 67 |
Yuba City, California
|
$35,170 |
$30,810 | 710 |
| 68 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$35,170 |
$30,410 | 1,400 |
| 69 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$35,160 |
$30,950 | 950 |
| 70 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$35,150 |
$27,940 | 8,380 |
| 71 |
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$35,130 |
$23,280 | 3,180 |
| 72 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$35,100 |
$29,220 | 1,250 |
| 73 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$35,090 |
$29,100 | 52,120 |
| 74 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$35,040 |
$27,030 | 1,350 |
| 75 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$35,030 |
$28,830 | 69,570 |
| 76 |
Chico, California
|
$35,030 |
$29,880 | 920 |
| 77 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$34,990 |
$30,140 | 3,800 |
| 78 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$34,980 |
$31,260 | 1,420 |
| 79 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$34,920 |
$30,160 | 1,530 |
| 80 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$34,920 |
$27,220 | 890 |
| 81 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$34,920 |
$29,900 | 3,920 |
| 82 |
Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$34,910 |
$25,610 | 210 |
| 83 |
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$34,890 |
$24,940 | 470 |
| 84 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$34,890 |
$28,610 | 520 |
| 85 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$34,870 |
$28,880 | 7,820 |
| 86 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$34,850 |
$29,750 | 3,230 |
| 87 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$34,840 |
$24,440 | 1,520 |
| 88 |
Danville, Illinois
|
$34,820 |
$25,980 | 440 |
| 89 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$34,790 |
$27,400 | 1,850 |
| 90 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$34,770 |
$30,430 | 1,830 |
| 91 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$34,760 |
$27,560 | 390 |
| 92 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$34,690 |
$28,660 | 1,030 |
| 93 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$34,680 |
$23,310 | 1,250 |
| 94 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$34,600 |
$27,310 | 550 |
| 95 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$34,500 |
$27,160 | 3,030 |
| 96 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$34,480 |
$26,150 | 41,370 |
| 97 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$34,470 |
$27,330 | 1,490 |
| 98 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$34,460 |
$22,920 | 1,730 |
| 99 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$34,430 |
$23,040 | 2,530 |
| 100 |
North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$34,420 |
$22,890 | 90 |
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