| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$74,720 |
$29,090 | 210 |
| 2 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$48,060 |
$33,770 | 40 |
| 3 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$45,880 |
$36,340 | 170 |
| 4 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$41,600 |
$33,430 | 30 |
| 5 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$40,180 |
$32,640 | 560 |
| 6 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$40,060 |
$27,560 | 70 |
| 7 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$39,720 |
$36,710 | 60 |
| 8 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$37,710 |
$33,290 | 40 |
| 9 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$37,040 |
$31,570 | 70 |
| 10 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$36,950 |
$29,270 | 40 |
|
|
| 11 |
Salinas, California
|
$36,700 |
$32,510 | 60 |
| 12 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$36,450 |
$32,120 | 70 |
| 13 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$36,210 |
$31,790 | 200 |
| 14 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$35,860 |
$26,040 | 150 |
| 15 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$35,480 |
$32,120 | 190 |
| 16 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$35,210 |
$21,500 | 1,080 |
| 17 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$34,810 |
$30,870 | 270 |
| 18 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$34,030 |
$27,540 | 80 |
| 19 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$33,830 |
$22,880 | 190 |
| 20 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$33,560 |
$28,110 | 90 |
| 21 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$33,380 |
$24,620 | 80 |
| 22 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$33,190 |
$24,340 | 50 |
| 23 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$32,960 |
$27,040 | 820 |
| 24 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$32,930 |
$29,780 | 260 |
| 25 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$32,690 |
$25,450 | 80 |
| 26 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$32,390 |
$32,000 | 50 |
| 27 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$32,320 |
$24,910 | 90 |
| 28 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$32,270 |
$26,880 | 40 |
| 29 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$32,190 |
$21,840 | 50 |
| 30 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$32,160 |
$29,640 | 50 |
| 31 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$32,130 |
$29,560 | 660 |
| 32 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$31,780 |
$18,800 | 40 |
| 33 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$31,660 |
$26,040 | 50 |
| 34 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$31,380 |
$31,360 | 30 |
| 35 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$31,230 |
$25,800 | 30 |
| 36 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$31,190 |
$20,410 | 200 |
| 37 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$30,740 |
$18,470 | 1,130 |
| 38 |
Port St Lucie, Florida
|
$30,680 |
$20,040 | 40 |
| 39 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$30,560 |
$26,620 | 30 |
| 40 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$30,360 |
$17,110 | 120 |
| 41 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$30,360 |
$24,840 | 40 |
| 42 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$30,270 |
$23,590 | 140 |
| 43 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$30,180 |
$29,680 | 210 |
| 44 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$30,110 |
$27,460 | 30 |
| 45 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$30,040 |
$26,930 | 170 |
| 46 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$30,020 |
$22,360 | 30 |
| 47 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$30,000 |
$25,390 | 90 |
| 48 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$29,950 |
$22,620 | 430 |
| 49 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$29,910 |
$27,010 | 60 |
| 50 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$29,860 |
$28,560 | 50 |
| 51 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$29,610 |
$24,060 | 180 |
| 52 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$29,600 |
$20,320 | 30 |
| 53 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida
|
$29,470 |
$22,080 | 40 |
| 54 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$29,450 |
$18,390 | 60 |
| 55 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$29,430 |
$21,230 | 60 |
| 56 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$29,410 |
$24,650 | 40 |
| 57 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$29,370 |
$25,260 | 40 |
| 58 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$29,200 |
$28,810 | 50 |
| 59 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$29,090 |
$19,020 | n/a |
| 60 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$28,960 |
$21,840 | 110 |
| 61 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$28,790 |
$19,100 | 260 |
| 62 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$28,660 |
$22,880 | 40 |
| 63 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$28,520 |
$25,710 | n/a |
| 64 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$28,250 |
$24,500 | 30 |
| 65 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$28,060 |
$23,100 | 40 |
| 66 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$27,880 |
$24,010 | 100 |
| 67 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$27,850 |
$22,880 | 60 |
| 68 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$27,840 |
$17,200 | 40 |
| 69 |
Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$27,630 |
$19,610 | 50 |
| 70 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$27,460 |
$25,310 | 430 |
| 71 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$27,390 |
$25,070 | 200 |
| 72 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$27,300 |
$21,660 | 60 |
| 73 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$27,190 |
$24,240 | n/a |
| 74 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$27,110 |
$22,290 | 40 |
| 75 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$26,990 |
$17,900 | 70 |
| 76 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$26,970 |
$17,190 | 140 |
| 77 |
Napa, California
|
$26,860 |
$21,330 | 40 |
| 78 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$26,560 |
$25,340 | 60 |
| 79 |
Rochester, New York
|
$26,250 |
$24,910 | 40 |
| 80 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$26,190 |
$20,290 | 110 |
| 81 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$26,150 |
$23,210 | 360 |
| 82 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$26,110 |
$22,900 | 210 |
| 83 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$26,000 |
$21,600 | 60 |
| 84 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$25,860 |
$17,380 | 30 |
| 85 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$25,800 |
$25,100 | 30 |
| 86 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$25,710 |
$25,130 | 110 |
| 87 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$25,580 |
$23,230 | 30 |
| 88 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$25,530 |
$18,880 | 180 |
| 89 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina
|
$25,190 |
$19,900 | 60 |
| 90 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$25,130 |
$22,510 | 40 |
| 91 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$25,110 |
$22,480 | 40 |
| 92 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$25,070 |
$24,770 | 30 |
| 93 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$24,920 |
$23,910 | 660 |
| 94 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$24,920 |
$20,970 | 30 |
| 95 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$24,810 |
$20,820 | n/a |
| 96 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
|
$24,670 |
$21,000 | 30 |
| 97 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$24,560 |
$17,450 | n/a |
| 98 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$24,210 |
$19,610 | 30 |
| 99 |
South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida
|
$24,190 |
$21,460 | 50 |
| 100 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$24,100 |
$19,080 | 60 |
|