| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$65,340 |
$25,160 | 270 |
| 2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$59,570 |
$39,060 | 7,470 |
| 3 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$59,360 |
$37,200 | 1,270 |
| 4 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$57,200 |
$37,720 | 16,080 |
| 5 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$54,920 |
$34,570 | 1,340 |
| 6 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$54,670 |
$29,950 | 6,860 |
| 7 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$53,230 |
$33,610 | 1,370 |
| 8 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$52,770 |
$34,970 | 1,050 |
| 9 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$52,460 |
$34,250 | 2,090 |
| 10 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$52,460 |
$37,180 | 1,330 |
|
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| 11 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$51,870 |
$38,000 | 16,690 |
| 12 |
Napa, California
|
$51,790 |
$37,000 | 830 |
| 13 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$51,420 |
$35,380 | 20,210 |
| 14 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$51,080 |
$35,340 | 470 |
| 15 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$51,080 |
$36,000 | 1,130 |
| 16 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$51,050 |
$35,920 | 530 |
| 17 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$50,410 |
$34,330 | 121,850 |
| 18 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$50,210 |
$31,580 | 990 |
| 19 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$50,050 |
$33,250 | 1,850 |
| 20 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$50,020 |
$35,360 | 16,070 |
| 21 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$49,800 |
$31,660 | 46,290 |
| 22 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$49,720 |
$27,890 | 2,060 |
| 23 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$49,680 |
$35,780 | 1,840 |
| 24 |
Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois
|
$49,630 |
$30,500 | 610 |
| 25 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$49,630 |
$29,120 | 810 |
| 26 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$49,560 |
$31,070 | 4,190 |
| 27 |
Modesto, California
|
$49,480 |
$34,170 | 1,650 |
| 28 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$49,450 |
$28,290 | 690 |
| 29 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia
|
$49,330 |
$28,610 | 640 |
| 30 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$49,220 |
$31,110 | 940 |
| 31 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$49,100 |
$33,920 | 22,650 |
| 32 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$49,070 |
$34,230 | 920 |
| 33 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$48,990 |
$34,920 | 1,070 |
| 34 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$48,990 |
$34,960 | 2,990 |
| 35 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$48,920 |
$32,910 | 650 |
| 36 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$48,900 |
$34,390 | 320 |
| 37 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$48,890 |
$35,360 | 5,210 |
| 38 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$48,890 |
$35,500 | 760 |
| 39 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$48,880 |
$34,120 | 1,130 |
| 40 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$48,870 |
$35,410 | 860 |
| 41 |
Stockton, California
|
$48,840 |
$34,090 | 2,540 |
| 42 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$48,830 |
$30,000 | 710 |
| 43 |
Merced, California
|
$48,680 |
$33,520 | 790 |
| 44 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$48,580 |
$31,520 | 810 |
| 45 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$48,470 |
$32,490 | 1,680 |
| 46 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$48,450 |
$35,030 | 11,520 |
| 47 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$48,420 |
$33,980 | 820 |
| 48 |
Carson City, Nevada
|
$48,380 |
$27,870 | 300 |
| 49 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$48,360 |
$31,200 | 1,630 |
| 50 |
Longview, Washington
|
$48,340 |
$33,790 | 380 |
| 51 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$48,310 |
$32,860 | 1,760 |
| 52 |
State College, Pennsylvania
|
$48,260 |
$31,250 | 1,170 |
| 53 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$48,210 |
$31,620 | 490 |
| 54 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$48,210 |
$28,730 | 370 |
| 55 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$48,200 |
$31,420 | 1,240 |
| 56 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$48,150 |
$29,290 | 400 |
| 57 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$48,100 |
$28,770 | 3,690 |
| 58 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$48,060 |
$32,790 | 2,740 |
| 59 |
Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$47,940 |
$34,710 | 210 |
| 60 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$47,930 |
$35,350 | 9,750 |
| 61 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$47,910 |
$30,460 | 4,010 |
| 62 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$47,850 |
$33,100 | 2,240 |
| 63 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$47,800 |
$32,010 | 950 |
| 64 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$47,800 |
$34,020 | 2,210 |
| 65 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$47,790 |
$32,290 | 360 |
| 66 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$47,780 |
$32,630 | 13,900 |
| 67 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$47,770 |
$31,910 | 3,960 |
| 68 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$47,750 |
$30,240 | 2,160 |
| 69 |
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$47,710 |
$29,470 | 1,410 |
| 70 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$47,700 |
$29,450 | 610 |
| 71 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$47,690 |
$30,580 | 1,870 |
| 72 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$47,610 |
$30,460 | 3,190 |
| 73 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$47,530 |
$33,210 | 800 |
| 74 |
Chico, California
|
$47,530 |
$32,890 | 730 |
| 75 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$47,520 |
$32,800 | 680 |
| 76 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$47,510 |
$32,240 | 580 |
| 77 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$47,490 |
$32,790 | 2,190 |
| 78 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$47,490 |
$30,080 | 1,290 |
| 79 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$47,490 |
$30,330 | 690 |
| 80 |
Salinas, California
|
$47,470 |
$34,170 | 1,610 |
| 81 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$47,390 |
$30,100 | 2,350 |
| 82 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$47,380 |
$34,880 | 45,080 |
| 83 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$47,340 |
$32,120 | 900 |
| 84 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$47,320 |
$32,060 | 5,470 |
| 85 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$47,310 |
$31,980 | 800 |
| 86 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$47,290 |
$29,660 | 2,300 |
| 87 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$47,170 |
$31,810 | 1,400 |
| 88 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$47,160 |
$35,880 | 890 |
| 89 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$47,150 |
$29,600 | 14,710 |
| 90 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$47,100 |
$29,420 | 650 |
| 91 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$47,090 |
$35,340 | 7,480 |
| 92 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$47,080 |
$29,260 | 2,090 |
| 93 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$47,080 |
$33,760 | 12,260 |
| 94 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$47,060 |
$29,580 | 1,860 |
| 95 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$47,050 |
$29,810 | 10,940 |
| 96 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$47,010 |
$30,080 | 1,100 |
| 97 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$46,970 |
$29,040 | 1,340 |
| 98 |
Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$46,900 |
$28,900 | 1,310 |
| 99 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$46,860 |
$29,930 | 1,790 |
| 100 |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
|
$46,850 |
$29,900 | 910 |
|