Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$214,640 |
$117,960 | 11,380 |
2 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$192,670 |
$102,310 | 23,480 |
3 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$169,090 |
$78,120 | 140 |
4 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$167,050 |
$106,360 | 1,110 |
5 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$164,960 |
$94,760 | 23,420 |
6 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$164,550 |
$101,840 | 1,600 |
7 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$160,650 |
$85,810 | 8,200 |
8 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$160,200 |
$84,130 | 520 |
9 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$159,880 |
$104,000 | 8,260 |
10 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$159,140 |
$99,230 | 1,550 |
|
11 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$157,560 |
$77,940 | 930 |
12 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$156,060 |
$94,030 | 8,820 |
13 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$154,640 |
$98,820 | 510 |
14 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$153,680 |
$88,310 | 7,350 |
15 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$151,480 |
$76,770 | 32,760 |
16 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$151,470 |
$106,810 | 41,530 |
17 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$150,480 |
$80,270 | 9,540 |
18 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$142,070 |
$82,180 | 4,150 |
19 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania
|
$140,970 |
$81,390 | 100 |
20 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$140,870 |
$87,590 | 80 |
21 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$139,140 |
$80,420 | 190 |
22 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$138,840 |
$80,560 | 270 |
23 |
Midland, Texas
|
$138,300 |
$78,730 | 390 |
24 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$138,130 |
$110,620 | 530 |
25 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$138,100 |
$73,960 | 430 |
26 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$137,850 |
$75,640 | 1,260 |
27 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$137,340 |
$83,580 | 150 |
28 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$137,050 |
$92,870 | 11,920 |
29 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$136,790 |
$75,250 | 610 |
30 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$136,340 |
$71,320 | 140 |
31 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$135,820 |
$68,460 | 350 |
32 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$135,300 |
$98,420 | 170 |
33 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$134,980 |
$75,690 | 4,000 |
34 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$134,850 |
$77,660 | 720 |
35 |
Salinas, California
|
$134,740 |
$73,740 | 370 |
36 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$134,500 |
$80,970 | 14,480 |
37 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$134,430 |
$99,380 | 33,940 |
38 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$134,280 |
$83,270 | 1,150 |
39 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$134,010 |
$88,200 | 80 |
40 |
Modesto, California
|
$134,000 |
$69,060 | 400 |
41 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia
|
$133,810 |
$76,780 | 90 |
42 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$133,760 |
$84,030 | 750 |
43 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$133,730 |
$77,880 | 4,720 |
44 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$133,680 |
$71,710 | 490 |
45 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$132,850 |
$79,530 | 9,990 |
46 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$132,410 |
$83,890 | 350 |
47 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$132,340 |
$77,430 | 90 |
48 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$131,940 |
$88,560 | 4,680 |
49 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$131,920 |
$73,350 | 1,840 |
50 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$131,680 |
$83,050 | 6,130 |
51 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$131,660 |
$76,730 | 4,530 |
52 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$131,120 |
$74,440 | 4,880 |
53 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$130,760 |
$85,050 | 220 |
54 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$130,680 |
$66,440 | 80 |
55 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$130,630 |
$84,930 | 920 |
56 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$130,620 |
$64,660 | 650 |
57 |
Napa, California
|
$130,020 |
$73,850 | 220 |
58 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$129,850 |
$64,490 | 430 |
59 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$129,590 |
$72,040 | 100 |
60 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$129,510 |
$72,260 | 60 |
61 |
Stockton, California
|
$129,280 |
$67,550 | 550 |
62 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$129,080 |
$59,960 | 340 |
63 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$128,960 |
$81,520 | 570 |
64 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$128,880 |
$82,390 | 1,580 |
65 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$128,840 |
$87,460 | 3,100 |
66 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$128,670 |
$78,270 | 360 |
67 |
Midland, Michigan
|
$128,650 |
$58,670 | 90 |
68 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$128,500 |
$78,280 | 3,980 |
69 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$128,370 |
$48,700 | 50 |
70 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$128,130 |
$78,420 | 3,510 |
71 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$128,110 |
$72,720 | 18,080 |
72 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$128,050 |
$70,650 | 740 |
73 |
Pueblo, Colorado
|
$128,030 |
$83,620 | 140 |
74 |
Waco, Texas
|
$128,020 |
$73,640 | 270 |
75 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$127,820 |
$67,040 | 2,460 |
76 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$127,650 |
$60,170 | 40 |
77 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$127,570 |
$55,640 | 300 |
78 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$127,450 |
$80,230 | 450 |
79 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$127,400 |
$81,000 | 130 |
80 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$127,360 |
$80,750 | 1,640 |
81 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$127,150 |
$77,310 | 260 |
82 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$127,020 |
$70,330 | 2,040 |
83 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$126,940 |
$76,050 | 490 |
84 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$126,800 |
$67,340 | 500 |
85 |
El Centro, California
|
$126,590 |
$99,530 | 390 |
86 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$126,330 |
$82,820 | 60 |
87 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$126,300 |
$74,590 | 13,830 |
88 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$126,250 |
$77,440 | 1,870 |
89 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$125,860 |
$77,460 | 650 |
90 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$125,840 |
$72,260 | 350 |
91 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$125,750 |
$64,250 | 7,370 |
92 |
Yuba City, California
|
$125,580 |
$73,030 | 110 |
93 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$125,480 |
$86,440 | 1,790 |
94 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$124,920 |
$63,170 | 80 |
95 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$124,790 |
$74,970 | 1,110 |
96 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$124,660 |
$69,070 | 210 |
97 |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
|
$124,610 |
$72,610 | 50 |
98 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$124,590 |
$63,940 | 4,810 |
99 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$124,500 |
$66,990 | 8,530 |
100 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$124,430 |
$62,430 | 3,420 |
|