Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$97,920 |
$43,940 | 30 |
2 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$80,590 |
$35,030 | 190 |
3 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$78,440 |
$40,570 | 610 |
4 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$77,490 |
$36,340 | 30 |
5 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$77,460 |
$39,620 | 50 |
6 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$76,870 |
$40,140 | 80 |
7 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$76,630 |
$60,020 | 70 |
8 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$76,500 |
$39,410 | 70 |
9 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$75,790 |
$45,390 | 80 |
10 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$75,610 |
$51,640 | 90 |
|
11 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$75,530 |
$42,240 | 280 |
12 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$74,210 |
$37,200 | 70 |
13 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$74,200 |
$46,180 | 250 |
14 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$73,820 |
$46,290 | 30 |
15 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$73,400 |
$44,980 | 590 |
16 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$73,280 |
$46,660 | 790 |
17 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$71,920 |
$47,450 | 290 |
18 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$71,430 |
$41,440 | 40 |
19 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$71,390 |
$43,850 | 50 |
20 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$70,740 |
$38,580 | 70 |
21 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas
|
$70,230 |
$30,250 | 70 |
22 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$70,200 |
$49,960 | 60 |
23 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$69,690 |
$40,370 | 80 |
24 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$69,610 |
$54,080 | 30 |
25 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$69,420 |
$44,210 | 90 |
26 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$68,090 |
$45,270 | 120 |
27 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$67,480 |
$45,240 | 30 |
28 |
Modesto, California
|
$66,410 |
$40,580 | 50 |
29 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$66,340 |
$39,190 | 530 |
30 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$66,220 |
$47,280 | 1,030 |
31 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$65,850 |
$40,540 | 320 |
32 |
Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$65,690 |
$41,200 | 30 |
33 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$65,650 |
$33,660 | 730 |
34 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$65,400 |
$44,090 | 270 |
35 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$64,750 |
$45,340 | 50 |
36 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$64,220 |
$31,400 | 50 |
37 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$63,780 |
$31,210 | 410 |
38 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$63,740 |
$39,070 | 120 |
39 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$63,720 |
$38,250 | 590 |
40 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$63,590 |
$41,380 | 290 |
41 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$63,580 |
$42,640 | 120 |
42 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$63,530 |
$56,420 | 60 |
43 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$63,440 |
$39,300 | 50 |
44 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$63,180 |
$36,910 | 30 |
45 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$63,110 |
$46,990 | 2,800 |
46 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$63,040 |
$38,170 | 970 |
47 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$62,780 |
$45,490 | 560 |
48 |
Clarksville, Tennessee
|
$62,770 |
$39,650 | n/a |
49 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$62,760 |
$40,250 | 950 |
50 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$62,720 |
$36,930 | 50 |
51 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$62,420 |
$43,600 | 160 |
52 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$62,030 |
$39,490 | 200 |
53 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$61,970 |
$39,610 | 110 |
54 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$61,900 |
$47,360 | 230 |
55 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$61,760 |
$43,540 | 240 |
56 |
Waco, Texas
|
$61,500 |
$29,720 | 60 |
57 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$61,390 |
$41,780 | 660 |
58 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$61,350 |
$38,360 | 240 |
59 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$61,310 |
$40,370 | 80 |
60 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$61,170 |
$37,180 | 300 |
61 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$61,160 |
$46,860 | 120 |
62 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$60,980 |
$36,450 | 250 |
63 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$60,790 |
$41,630 | 230 |
64 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$60,730 |
$39,280 | 1,130 |
65 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$60,710 |
$33,280 | 50 |
66 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$60,630 |
$39,500 | 2,240 |
67 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$60,530 |
$46,660 | 120 |
68 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$60,490 |
$40,590 | 840 |
69 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$60,490 |
$40,510 | 160 |
70 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$60,430 |
$40,130 | 630 |
71 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$60,360 |
$37,180 | 40 |
72 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$60,330 |
$36,070 | 40 |
73 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$60,320 |
$39,980 | 390 |
74 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$60,270 |
$37,470 | 40 |
75 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$60,120 |
$45,970 | 140 |
76 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$60,060 |
$39,180 | 140 |
77 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$60,030 |
$38,660 | 30 |
78 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$60,030 |
$41,800 | 200 |
79 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$59,950 |
$30,050 | 40 |
80 |
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$59,800 |
$41,440 | 40 |
81 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$59,720 |
$36,320 | 760 |
82 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$59,640 |
$44,670 | n/a |
83 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$59,640 |
$37,490 | 120 |
84 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$59,610 |
$38,160 | 440 |
85 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$59,400 |
$30,490 | 60 |
86 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$59,370 |
$39,030 | 90 |
87 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$59,300 |
$31,440 | 280 |
88 |
Janesville, Wisconsin
|
$59,220 |
$36,870 | 50 |
89 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$59,020 |
$37,830 | 90 |
90 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$58,950 |
$33,800 | 300 |
91 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$58,670 |
$29,540 | 30 |
92 |
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$58,600 |
$46,840 | 30 |
93 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$58,480 |
$37,000 | 70 |
94 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$58,370 |
$32,500 | 30 |
95 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$58,270 |
$36,300 | 80 |
96 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$58,140 |
$40,500 | 200 |
97 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$58,140 |
$43,530 | n/a |
98 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$58,090 |
$39,540 | 120 |
99 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$58,040 |
$36,380 | 1,140 |
100 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$58,000 |
$37,940 | 30 |
|