Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$58,120 |
$33,420 | 60 |
2 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$44,580 |
$23,530 | 50 |
3 |
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$40,980 |
$24,370 | 40 |
4 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$40,590 |
$18,770 | n/a |
5 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$40,170 |
$32,720 | 60 |
6 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$38,740 |
$33,540 | n/a |
7 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$38,170 |
$32,550 | 50 |
8 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$37,780 |
$28,520 | 30 |
9 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$36,610 |
$29,720 | n/a |
10 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$35,690 |
$28,060 | 320 |
|
11 |
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$34,840 |
$29,640 | 220 |
12 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$34,410 |
$28,300 | 70 |
13 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$33,130 |
$23,410 | n/a |
14 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$32,490 |
$21,170 | n/a |
15 |
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$32,370 |
$26,220 | n/a |
16 |
Sussex County, Delaware
|
$31,770 |
$21,320 | n/a |
17 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$29,830 |
$24,230 | n/a |
18 |
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$29,300 |
$19,400 | n/a |
19 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$28,880 |
$21,940 | 70 |
20 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$28,870 |
$22,630 | 230 |
21 |
North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida
|
$28,730 |
$22,480 | 150 |
22 |
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$28,520 |
$19,310 | n/a |
23 |
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$26,410 |
$18,130 | n/a |
24 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$26,410 |
$18,100 | 90 |
25 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$26,200 |
$17,960 | n/a |
26 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$25,810 |
$21,150 | n/a |
27 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$24,050 |
$20,850 | n/a |
28 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$23,470 |
$18,010 | n/a |
29 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$23,200 |
$20,780 | n/a |
30 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$22,010 |
$17,430 | 80 |
31 |
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$21,850 |
$16,980 | n/a |
32 |
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$21,240 |
$16,480 | n/a |
|