Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$49,400 |
$34,730 | 1,110 |
2 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$48,510 |
$29,500 | 110 |
3 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$48,470 |
$26,380 | 1,530 |
4 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$48,100 |
$30,810 | 210 |
5 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$48,060 |
$28,570 | 180 |
6 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$48,020 |
$31,850 | 780 |
7 |
Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$47,740 |
$26,570 | 90 |
8 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$47,730 |
$28,670 | 4,280 |
9 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$47,510 |
$31,820 | 1,270 |
10 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$47,400 |
$31,490 | 290 |
|
11 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$46,990 |
$26,710 | 37,240 |
12 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$46,950 |
$30,920 | 400 |
13 |
Billings, Montana
|
$46,690 |
$29,720 | 910 |
14 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$46,430 |
$33,760 | 540 |
15 |
Lewiston, Washington
|
$46,420 |
$26,330 | 220 |
16 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$46,370 |
$27,610 | 590 |
17 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$46,330 |
$31,360 | 480 |
18 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$46,290 |
$27,100 | 940 |
19 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$46,120 |
$29,930 | 2,140 |
20 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$46,080 |
$37,620 | 16,530 |
21 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$46,030 |
$27,930 | 650 |
22 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$46,020 |
$33,240 | 1,010 |
23 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$46,010 |
$28,630 | 5,740 |
24 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$46,000 |
$30,520 | 18,240 |
25 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$45,910 |
$32,660 | 270 |
26 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$45,850 |
$23,680 | 330 |
27 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$45,620 |
$30,670 | 13,300 |
28 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$45,500 |
$38,360 | 6,160 |
29 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$45,450 |
$23,420 | 720 |
30 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$45,430 |
$35,610 | 15,040 |
31 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$45,250 |
$30,170 | 190 |
32 |
Coeur dAlene, Idaho
|
$45,230 |
$27,630 | 490 |
33 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$45,140 |
$28,430 | 2,870 |
34 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$45,140 |
$31,770 | 690 |
35 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$45,120 |
$30,430 | 10,150 |
36 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$45,070 |
$27,660 | 380 |
37 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$45,070 |
$36,350 | 10,180 |
38 |
Stockton, California
|
$45,050 |
$32,840 | 3,100 |
39 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$45,050 |
$24,960 | 9,210 |
40 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$45,010 |
$34,680 | 1,490 |
41 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$45,000 |
$33,190 | 56,230 |
42 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$44,980 |
$24,960 | 440 |
43 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$44,900 |
$31,410 | 640 |
44 |
Southwest Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$44,870 |
$23,230 | 70 |
45 |
Longview, Washington
|
$44,730 |
$31,940 | 310 |
46 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$44,720 |
$29,170 | 480 |
47 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$44,630 |
$31,820 | 13,820 |
48 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$44,550 |
$25,310 | 1,500 |
49 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$44,550 |
$30,470 | 2,630 |
50 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$44,520 |
$33,320 | 16,190 |
51 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$44,490 |
$25,890 | 9,190 |
52 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$44,410 |
$32,440 | 1,120 |
53 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$44,400 |
$31,700 | 15,650 |
54 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$44,370 |
$29,640 | 330 |
55 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$44,340 |
$32,070 | 13,020 |
56 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$44,290 |
$27,840 | 19,880 |
57 |
College Station-Bryan, Texas
|
$44,260 |
$26,380 | 710 |
58 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$44,180 |
$33,030 | 1,080 |
59 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$44,160 |
$30,330 | 720 |
60 |
Cumberland, West Virginia
|
$44,140 |
$26,000 | 310 |
61 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$44,120 |
$25,880 | 190 |
62 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$44,060 |
$25,220 | 720 |
63 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$44,060 |
$28,730 | 760 |
64 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$44,050 |
$23,290 | 600 |
65 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$44,040 |
$30,710 | 2,260 |
66 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$44,030 |
$24,250 | 1,670 |
67 |
Carbondale-Marion, Illinois
|
$43,890 |
$24,960 | 410 |
68 |
Gainesville, Georgia
|
$43,840 |
$21,980 | 940 |
69 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$43,840 |
$24,070 | 410 |
70 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$43,820 |
$29,500 | 570 |
71 |
Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois
|
$43,800 |
$24,960 | 390 |
72 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$43,770 |
$26,620 | 6,180 |
73 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$43,710 |
$25,480 | 430 |
74 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$43,680 |
$27,160 | 410 |
75 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$43,680 |
$33,160 | 960 |
76 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
$43,680 |
$27,020 | 320 |
77 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$43,560 |
$28,250 | 660 |
78 |
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$43,550 |
$23,400 | 310 |
79 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$43,490 |
$25,780 | 340 |
80 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$43,490 |
$25,160 | 3,200 |
81 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$43,470 |
$26,050 | 930 |
82 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$43,460 |
$32,100 | 760 |
83 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$43,420 |
$32,790 | 350 |
84 |
Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$43,390 |
$29,300 | 310 |
85 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$43,300 |
$29,180 | 440 |
86 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$43,300 |
$34,050 | 8,720 |
87 |
Waco, Texas
|
$43,240 |
$22,720 | 740 |
88 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$43,200 |
$21,240 | 490 |
89 |
Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$43,150 |
$24,380 | 130 |
90 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$43,120 |
$26,370 | 18,490 |
91 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$42,960 |
$26,140 | 900 |
92 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$42,920 |
$29,610 | 670 |
93 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$42,890 |
$23,710 | 620 |
94 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$42,810 |
$25,500 | 870 |
95 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$42,770 |
$28,140 | 1,580 |
96 |
East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$42,770 |
$28,470 | 370 |
97 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$42,760 |
$29,890 | 2,110 |
98 |
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$42,710 |
$23,770 | 460 |
99 |
El Centro, California
|
$42,630 |
$30,870 | 400 |
100 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$42,590 |
$28,670 | 500 |
|