Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$51,590 |
$30,680 | 4,550 |
2 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$47,280 |
$37,900 | 2,190 |
3 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$44,410 |
$33,200 | 1,780 |
4 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$43,040 |
$36,650 | 10,970 |
5 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$42,570 |
$37,050 | 4,460 |
6 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$40,290 |
$25,930 | 8,060 |
7 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$39,290 |
$33,900 | 810 |
8 |
Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois
|
$38,020 |
$24,960 | 300 |
9 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$37,900 |
$27,570 | 15,310 |
10 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$37,460 |
$30,190 | 36,430 |
|
11 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$36,880 |
$34,790 | 6,480 |
12 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$36,820 |
$32,100 | 10,100 |
13 |
Napa, California
|
$36,640 |
$33,800 | 970 |
14 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$36,540 |
$31,090 | 27,240 |
15 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$36,490 |
$33,820 | 1,500 |
16 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$36,330 |
$31,830 | 620 |
17 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$36,190 |
$31,380 | 5,030 |
18 |
Modesto, California
|
$36,000 |
$30,780 | 970 |
19 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$35,930 |
$29,910 | 3,260 |
20 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$35,820 |
$31,150 | 8,820 |
21 |
Salinas, California
|
$35,810 |
$31,530 | 1,860 |
22 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$35,710 |
$31,360 | 1,000 |
23 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$35,690 |
$27,040 | 340 |
24 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$35,500 |
$29,220 | 490 |
25 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$35,450 |
$30,660 | 1,420 |
26 |
Stockton, California
|
$35,400 |
$30,570 | 1,220 |
27 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$35,360 |
$30,460 | 230 |
28 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$35,220 |
$18,740 | 34,920 |
29 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$35,140 |
$29,080 | 6,160 |
30 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$34,970 |
$31,580 | 570 |
31 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$34,950 |
$30,950 | 1,730 |
32 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$34,910 |
$30,590 | 5,940 |
33 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$34,680 |
$30,010 | 350 |
34 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$34,600 |
$24,390 | 10,460 |
35 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$34,560 |
$29,860 | 340 |
36 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$34,540 |
$28,540 | 13,740 |
37 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$34,470 |
$31,430 | 560 |
38 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$34,440 |
$30,570 | 8,530 |
39 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$34,350 |
$31,090 | 360 |
40 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$34,310 |
$30,070 | 1,190 |
41 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$34,310 |
$27,410 | 18,310 |
42 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$34,150 |
$30,500 | 7,830 |
43 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$34,120 |
$30,690 | 1,360 |
44 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$33,950 |
$29,620 | 1,370 |
45 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$33,890 |
$30,700 | 910 |
46 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$33,880 |
$31,180 | 650 |
47 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$33,870 |
$30,110 | 270 |
48 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$33,810 |
$31,320 | 360 |
49 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$33,780 |
$30,500 | 1,310 |
50 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$33,740 |
$30,690 | 670 |
51 |
Yuba City, California
|
$33,730 |
$30,230 | 230 |
52 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$33,660 |
$24,920 | 7,140 |
53 |
Fresno, California
|
$33,640 |
$29,540 | 1,600 |
54 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$33,630 |
$27,870 | 1,320 |
55 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$33,560 |
$30,890 | 770 |
56 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$33,550 |
$30,820 | 1,430 |
57 |
Merced, California
|
$33,430 |
$29,630 | 290 |
58 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$33,410 |
$30,720 | 1,050 |
59 |
Longview, Washington
|
$33,380 |
$30,940 | 210 |
60 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$33,350 |
$28,060 | 1,910 |
61 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$33,260 |
$30,860 | 550 |
62 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$33,250 |
$29,700 | 1,270 |
63 |
El Centro, California
|
$33,230 |
$29,560 | 250 |
64 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$33,150 |
$28,970 | 590 |
65 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$33,130 |
$28,940 | 920 |
66 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$33,110 |
$29,750 | 960 |
67 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$33,080 |
$28,860 | 1,140 |
68 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$33,070 |
$31,010 | 110 |
69 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$33,030 |
$29,280 | 1,370 |
70 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$32,980 |
$30,380 | 1,310 |
71 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$32,890 |
$30,720 | 520 |
72 |
Redding, California
|
$32,860 |
$29,200 | 520 |
73 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$32,790 |
$31,110 | 510 |
74 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$32,770 |
$27,440 | 220 |
75 |
Kingston, New York
|
$32,720 |
$28,210 | 460 |
76 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$32,660 |
$26,570 | 2,860 |
77 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$32,650 |
$27,270 | 530 |
78 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$32,570 |
$29,590 | 540 |
79 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$32,410 |
$27,040 | 720 |
80 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$32,390 |
$27,040 | 1,970 |
81 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$32,200 |
$29,200 | 2,840 |
82 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$32,180 |
$27,130 | 500 |
83 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$32,150 |
$29,440 | 220 |
84 |
Carson City, Nevada
|
$32,090 |
$27,370 | 170 |
85 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$32,080 |
$27,180 | 880 |
86 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$31,950 |
$28,710 | 11,570 |
87 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$31,880 |
$30,140 | 170 |
88 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$31,820 |
$28,000 | 1,280 |
89 |
Coeur dAlene, Idaho
|
$31,760 |
$24,170 | 710 |
90 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$31,570 |
$28,150 | 220 |
91 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$31,490 |
$29,060 | 1,410 |
92 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$31,440 |
$28,680 | 170 |
93 |
Grants Pass, Oregon
|
$31,330 |
$28,700 | 230 |
94 |
Medford, Oregon
|
$31,290 |
$28,600 | 760 |
95 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$31,210 |
$29,680 | 890 |
96 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$31,200 |
$27,840 | 470 |
97 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$31,200 |
$27,090 | 200 |
98 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$31,130 |
$28,970 | 1,360 |
99 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$31,090 |
$29,020 | 240 |
100 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$30,990 |
$28,270 | 1,290 |
|