Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$64,820 |
$41,360 | n/a |
2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$61,920 |
$46,950 | 70 |
3 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$61,050 |
$38,490 | 620 |
4 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$61,020 |
$46,270 | 220 |
5 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$60,760 |
$44,500 | 50 |
6 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$60,220 |
$34,670 | 160 |
7 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$58,870 |
$39,980 | 70 |
8 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$57,740 |
$47,520 | 340 |
9 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$57,260 |
$37,290 | 490 |
10 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$55,580 |
$45,960 | 30 |
|
11 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$54,650 |
$37,700 | 100 |
12 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$54,360 |
$33,960 | n/a |
13 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$54,270 |
$30,070 | 30 |
14 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$54,200 |
$43,680 | 40 |
15 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$53,690 |
$34,400 | 150 |
16 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$53,180 |
$39,800 | 540 |
17 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$53,060 |
$35,110 | 110 |
18 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$52,800 |
$51,910 | 2,010 |
19 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$52,010 |
$34,100 | n/a |
20 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$51,360 |
$40,870 | 300 |
21 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$51,330 |
$39,070 | 60 |
22 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$51,040 |
$34,020 | n/a |
23 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$50,910 |
$42,570 | 380 |
24 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$50,830 |
$35,880 | 40 |
25 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$50,780 |
$32,380 | 40 |
26 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$50,660 |
$40,100 | 220 |
27 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$50,600 |
$32,070 | 580 |
28 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$50,390 |
$36,720 | 90 |
29 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$49,980 |
$36,400 | 350 |
30 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$49,920 |
$35,240 | 70 |
31 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$49,910 |
$38,210 | 60 |
32 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$49,730 |
$37,160 | 50 |
33 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$49,690 |
$28,670 | n/a |
34 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$49,680 |
$35,470 | 570 |
35 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$49,430 |
$34,540 | 40 |
36 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$49,360 |
$33,940 | 220 |
37 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$49,190 |
$35,850 | 190 |
38 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$49,160 |
$35,900 | 300 |
39 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$49,130 |
$20,800 | 490 |
40 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$49,100 |
$35,220 | 70 |
41 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$48,680 |
$37,440 | 90 |
42 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$48,600 |
$36,230 | 40 |
43 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$48,590 |
$35,460 | 180 |
44 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$48,490 |
$35,770 | 100 |
45 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$48,460 |
$36,760 | 840 |
46 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$48,410 |
$34,420 | n/a |
47 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$48,240 |
$36,410 | 120 |
48 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$48,110 |
$31,880 | 50 |
49 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$48,100 |
$37,830 | 290 |
50 |
Glens Falls, New York
|
$47,870 |
$33,500 | 80 |
51 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$47,830 |
$32,400 | 240 |
52 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$47,780 |
$34,780 | 40 |
53 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$47,670 |
$38,940 | 50 |
54 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$47,660 |
$34,660 | 40 |
55 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$47,610 |
$34,060 | 100 |
56 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$47,510 |
$31,840 | 140 |
57 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$47,370 |
$35,110 | 250 |
58 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$47,340 |
$32,720 | 230 |
59 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$47,330 |
$31,480 | 60 |
60 |
Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia
|
$47,240 |
$37,260 | 30 |
61 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$47,200 |
$33,180 | 30 |
62 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$47,200 |
$30,000 | 40 |
63 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$47,190 |
$31,930 | 50 |
64 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$47,150 |
$34,670 | 70 |
65 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$46,950 |
$35,510 | 80 |
66 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona
|
$46,940 |
$27,940 | 40 |
67 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$46,880 |
$39,180 | 90 |
68 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$46,810 |
$38,120 | 150 |
69 |
Rochester, New York
|
$46,780 |
$28,930 | n/a |
70 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$46,740 |
$35,220 | 890 |
71 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$46,710 |
$33,950 | 50 |
72 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$46,640 |
$29,210 | 40 |
73 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$46,470 |
$41,240 | 50 |
74 |
St George, Utah
|
$46,260 |
$37,360 | n/a |
75 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$46,100 |
$34,640 | 940 |
76 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$45,900 |
$35,320 | 100 |
77 |
Jefferson City, Missouri
|
$45,900 |
$37,190 | 50 |
78 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$45,810 |
$37,820 | 290 |
79 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$45,630 |
$33,410 | 50 |
80 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$45,470 |
$31,610 | 70 |
81 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$45,440 |
$30,670 | n/a |
82 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$45,370 |
$34,350 | n/a |
83 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$45,270 |
$31,240 | 30 |
84 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$45,240 |
$21,640 | 110 |
85 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$44,840 |
$34,490 | 150 |
86 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$44,790 |
$25,610 | n/a |
87 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$44,770 |
$31,400 | 250 |
88 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$44,710 |
$35,760 | 60 |
89 |
Fresno, California
|
$44,690 |
$36,920 | 60 |
90 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$44,650 |
$30,730 | 100 |
91 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$44,530 |
$35,820 | 30 |
92 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$44,450 |
$31,260 | 260 |
93 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$44,410 |
$27,490 | 40 |
94 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$44,240 |
$32,480 | 140 |
95 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$44,150 |
$29,950 | 90 |
96 |
Billings, Montana
|
$44,130 |
$31,670 | 40 |
97 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$43,950 |
$33,700 | n/a |
98 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$43,890 |
$33,050 | 370 |
99 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$43,860 |
$31,690 | n/a |
100 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$43,800 |
$28,220 | 230 |
|