Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$180,120 |
$70,260 | 60 |
2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$122,440 |
$76,200 | 7,320 |
3 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$120,590 |
$74,320 | 1,150 |
4 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$117,710 |
$64,500 | 670 |
5 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$115,530 |
$67,380 | 240 |
6 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$110,360 |
$67,130 | 71,400 |
7 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$110,330 |
$63,150 | 80 |
8 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$109,070 |
$64,760 | 57,200 |
9 |
Midland, Michigan
|
$109,030 |
$59,990 | 160 |
10 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$108,950 |
$64,980 | 630 |
|
11 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$107,790 |
$69,370 | 8,200 |
12 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$107,570 |
$59,260 | 14,980 |
13 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$107,360 |
$67,560 | 19,260 |
14 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$107,280 |
$62,830 | 21,660 |
15 |
Hammond, Louisiana
|
$106,880 |
$31,180 | 30 |
16 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$106,310 |
$60,200 | 70 |
17 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$105,540 |
$70,350 | 24,580 |
18 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$105,450 |
$62,350 | 8,670 |
19 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$105,230 |
$54,370 | 160 |
20 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$105,090 |
$54,490 | 4,000 |
21 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$105,060 |
$65,540 | 1,900 |
22 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$103,370 |
$67,380 | 210 |
23 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$103,330 |
$64,070 | 41,360 |
24 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$102,700 |
$62,070 | 2,140 |
25 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$102,660 |
$66,460 | 610 |
26 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$102,550 |
$61,200 | 1,210 |
27 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$102,440 |
$57,620 | 1,140 |
28 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$102,060 |
$58,300 | 16,350 |
29 |
Longview, Washington
|
$101,990 |
$62,980 | 130 |
30 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$101,980 |
$63,610 | 560 |
31 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$101,810 |
$55,230 | 80 |
32 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$101,780 |
$60,870 | 21,460 |
33 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$101,730 |
$65,450 | 4,170 |
34 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$101,540 |
$58,550 | 4,760 |
35 |
Dalton, Georgia
|
$101,510 |
$60,200 | 160 |
36 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$101,490 |
$59,570 | 4,040 |
37 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$101,480 |
$64,160 | 1,660 |
38 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$101,460 |
$59,600 | 10,850 |
39 |
Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$101,200 |
$60,640 | 50 |
40 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$101,110 |
$63,590 | 53,980 |
41 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$101,010 |
$59,400 | 970 |
42 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$100,940 |
$65,500 | 230 |
43 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$100,630 |
$70,200 | 170 |
44 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$100,440 |
$59,950 | 150 |
45 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$100,370 |
$64,230 | 6,200 |
46 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$100,290 |
$57,510 | 190 |
47 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$99,990 |
$55,000 | 2,610 |
48 |
Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$99,880 |
$51,410 | 30 |
49 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$99,570 |
$59,920 | 190 |
50 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$99,280 |
$61,210 | 18,120 |
51 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$99,170 |
$51,710 | 50 |
52 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$99,110 |
$60,480 | 410 |
53 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$99,040 |
$63,250 | 7,840 |
54 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$98,990 |
$60,540 | 5,970 |
55 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$98,910 |
$64,180 | 1,210 |
56 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$98,850 |
$51,910 | 410 |
57 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$98,810 |
$60,540 | 100 |
58 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$98,810 |
$62,830 | 16,210 |
59 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$98,580 |
$62,560 | 940 |
60 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$98,580 |
$52,070 | 60 |
61 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$98,120 |
$44,770 | 280 |
62 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$97,730 |
$63,580 | 1,340 |
63 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$97,620 |
$57,870 | 120 |
64 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$97,530 |
$58,910 | 290 |
65 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$97,090 |
$57,610 | 100 |
66 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$97,030 |
$62,420 | 3,550 |
67 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$96,840 |
$61,310 | 1,750 |
68 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$96,740 |
$70,800 | 60 |
69 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$96,560 |
$61,900 | 1,360 |
70 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$96,240 |
$56,320 | 6,580 |
71 |
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire
|
$96,050 |
$53,980 | 200 |
72 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$96,030 |
$30,570 | 120 |
73 |
Cumberland, West Virginia
|
$95,950 |
$60,740 | 50 |
74 |
Grants Pass, Oregon
|
$95,870 |
$54,230 | 50 |
75 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$95,700 |
$48,200 | 80 |
76 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$95,690 |
$59,990 | 220 |
77 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$95,480 |
$50,840 | 210 |
78 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$95,330 |
$60,990 | 7,760 |
79 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$95,330 |
$42,580 | 870 |
80 |
Sumter, South Carolina
|
$95,220 |
$62,000 | 110 |
81 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$95,160 |
$55,180 | 6,180 |
82 |
Bloomington, Illinois
|
$95,130 |
$62,920 | 660 |
83 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$95,080 |
$63,060 | 60 |
84 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$95,010 |
$61,820 | 180 |
85 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$94,660 |
$61,480 | 3,380 |
86 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$94,620 |
$60,780 | 630 |
87 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$94,570 |
$58,470 | 920 |
88 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$94,480 |
$61,330 | 270 |
89 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia
|
$94,370 |
$55,680 | 150 |
90 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$94,370 |
$54,500 | 370 |
91 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$94,250 |
$54,190 | 80 |
92 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$94,140 |
$59,980 | 7,750 |
93 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$93,840 |
$50,080 | 31,930 |
94 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$93,800 |
$58,140 | 150 |
95 |
Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois
|
$93,770 |
$57,880 | 210 |
96 |
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
$93,580 |
$57,760 | 80 |
97 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$93,550 |
$59,550 | 5,370 |
98 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$93,510 |
$48,100 | 3,230 |
99 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$93,450 |
$64,820 | 700 |
100 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$93,390 |
$52,120 | 730 |
|