Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$119,410 |
$74,940 | 1,210 |
2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$105,280 |
$66,370 | 2,420 |
3 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$103,670 |
$77,020 | 50 |
4 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$102,390 |
$64,780 | 3,100 |
5 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$101,920 |
$70,690 | 1,030 |
6 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$100,240 |
$60,560 | 210 |
7 |
Pueblo, Colorado
|
$99,280 |
$59,490 | 100 |
8 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$99,000 |
$70,370 | 320 |
9 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$98,840 |
$64,740 | 2,930 |
10 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama
|
$98,160 |
$68,020 | 40 |
|
11 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$97,370 |
$62,620 | 3,160 |
12 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$97,320 |
$62,190 | 880 |
13 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$96,980 |
$60,770 | 5,790 |
14 |
Columbus, Indiana
|
$96,780 |
$72,560 | 70 |
15 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$95,520 |
$63,600 | 110 |
16 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$95,120 |
$54,980 | 4,020 |
17 |
Modesto, California
|
$94,710 |
$52,020 | 180 |
18 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$94,690 |
$59,110 | 6,670 |
19 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$94,490 |
$59,060 | 400 |
20 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$92,830 |
$56,470 | 1,320 |
21 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$90,830 |
$50,450 | 740 |
22 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$90,760 |
$50,920 | 60 |
23 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$89,730 |
$62,420 | 390 |
24 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$89,170 |
$58,590 | 410 |
25 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$88,840 |
$61,260 | 220 |
26 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona
|
$88,460 |
$58,580 | 120 |
27 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$88,130 |
$48,620 | 180 |
28 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$87,720 |
$51,740 | 290 |
29 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$87,710 |
$59,040 | n/a |
30 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$87,710 |
$59,490 | 580 |
31 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$86,990 |
$58,420 | 3,120 |
32 |
Hammond, Louisiana
|
$86,930 |
$56,530 | n/a |
33 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$86,840 |
$59,330 | 8,060 |
34 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$86,620 |
$47,900 | 1,250 |
35 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$86,380 |
$69,950 | 160 |
36 |
Sussex County, Delaware
|
$86,250 |
$57,010 | 40 |
37 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$86,110 |
$56,570 | 150 |
38 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$86,070 |
$49,470 | 70 |
39 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$86,070 |
$55,490 | 30 |
40 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$86,070 |
$54,720 | 330 |
41 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$85,510 |
$52,370 | 170 |
42 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$85,480 |
$64,350 | 40 |
43 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$85,010 |
$49,610 | 60 |
44 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$84,640 |
$54,720 | 1,540 |
45 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$84,400 |
$56,530 | 1,560 |
46 |
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California
|
$84,370 |
$52,290 | 100 |
47 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$84,270 |
$53,580 | 1,470 |
48 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$84,220 |
$35,480 | 290 |
49 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$83,780 |
$52,230 | 510 |
50 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$83,520 |
$61,740 | 340 |
51 |
Napa, California
|
$83,410 |
$67,890 | 150 |
52 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$83,410 |
$46,300 | 50 |
53 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$83,350 |
$54,980 | 190 |
54 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$83,280 |
$48,240 | 2,150 |
55 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$83,160 |
$63,270 | 110 |
56 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$83,100 |
$42,320 | 80 |
57 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$83,100 |
$52,090 | 2,990 |
58 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$82,750 |
$57,710 | 370 |
59 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$82,570 |
$50,310 | 4,710 |
60 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
$82,520 |
$60,580 | 260 |
61 |
Dubuque, Iowa
|
$82,510 |
$35,210 | 140 |
62 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$82,450 |
$54,510 | 1,980 |
63 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$82,430 |
$50,630 | 450 |
64 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$82,270 |
$57,850 | 4,980 |
65 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$82,120 |
$52,750 | 50 |
66 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$82,060 |
$57,230 | 3,240 |
67 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$82,010 |
$53,420 | 410 |
68 |
New Bern, North Carolina
|
$81,990 |
$54,720 | 550 |
69 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$81,870 |
$49,380 | 130 |
70 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$81,800 |
$48,810 | 110 |
71 |
Lima, Ohio
|
$81,780 |
$54,220 | 50 |
72 |
Sumter, South Carolina
|
$81,660 |
$49,930 | 60 |
73 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$81,540 |
$50,900 | 50 |
74 |
Salinas, California
|
$81,370 |
$54,100 | 100 |
75 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$81,350 |
$52,750 | 70 |
76 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$81,180 |
$56,280 | 120 |
77 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$81,150 |
$63,070 | 80 |
78 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$81,140 |
$52,380 | 880 |
79 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$80,930 |
$47,640 | 4,310 |
80 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$80,910 |
$55,520 | 970 |
81 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$80,900 |
$55,280 | 190 |
82 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$80,790 |
$60,460 | n/a |
83 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$80,700 |
$58,360 | 330 |
84 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$80,610 |
$49,480 | 60 |
85 |
Ames, Iowa
|
$80,610 |
$52,690 | 100 |
86 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$80,500 |
$49,880 | 460 |
87 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$80,430 |
$55,800 | 30 |
88 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$80,380 |
$64,780 | 80 |
89 |
Decatur, Alabama
|
$80,320 |
$51,250 | 120 |
90 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$80,190 |
$47,170 | 50 |
91 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$80,120 |
$51,280 | 5,080 |
92 |
Yuba City, California
|
$80,040 |
$62,370 | 40 |
93 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$80,020 |
$42,980 | 90 |
94 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$80,000 |
$47,340 | 640 |
95 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$80,000 |
$50,460 | 8,930 |
96 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$80,000 |
$57,620 | 380 |
97 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$79,970 |
$47,800 | 110 |
98 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$79,870 |
$55,160 | 40 |
99 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$79,730 |
$60,200 | 50 |
100 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$79,720 |
$57,210 | 100 |
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