| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$61,690 |
$37,780 | 100 |
| 2 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$57,720 |
$47,940 | 80 |
| 3 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$57,700 |
$36,830 | 50 |
| 4 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$57,360 |
$40,520 | 270 |
| 5 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$55,970 |
$31,530 | 50 |
| 6 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$55,960 |
$46,220 | 60 |
| 7 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$51,500 |
$43,540 | 190 |
| 8 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$50,350 |
$31,610 | 80 |
| 9 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$50,290 |
$36,770 | 60 |
| 10 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan
|
$49,870 |
$36,810 | 150 |
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| 11 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$49,750 |
$33,870 | 120 |
| 12 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$49,710 |
$37,150 | 270 |
| 13 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$49,010 |
$40,510 | 690 |
| 14 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$48,960 |
$40,570 | 60 |
| 15 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$48,950 |
$34,920 | 140 |
| 16 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$48,940 |
$38,300 | 70 |
| 17 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$48,410 |
$37,660 | 30 |
| 18 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$48,390 |
$34,400 | 30 |
| 19 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$48,390 |
$39,660 | 290 |
| 20 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$48,170 |
$34,850 | 30 |
| 21 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$47,880 |
$37,910 | 140 |
| 22 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$47,790 |
$35,740 | 60 |
| 23 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$47,740 |
$42,790 | n/a |
| 24 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$47,530 |
$44,250 | 340 |
| 25 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$47,510 |
$41,150 | 110 |
| 26 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$47,460 |
$40,600 | 2,910 |
| 27 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$47,420 |
$35,740 | 510 |
| 28 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$47,190 |
$38,930 | 60 |
| 29 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$47,010 |
$36,160 | 40 |
| 30 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$46,720 |
$40,260 | 170 |
| 31 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$46,610 |
$36,520 | 40 |
| 32 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$46,500 |
$36,940 | 290 |
| 33 |
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$46,480 |
$31,580 | 240 |
| 34 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$46,470 |
$36,400 | 30 |
| 35 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$46,420 |
$38,630 | 230 |
| 36 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$46,340 |
$37,280 | 60 |
| 37 |
Modesto, California
|
$46,340 |
$38,400 | 40 |
| 38 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$46,290 |
$36,880 | 70 |
| 39 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$46,210 |
$37,800 | 390 |
| 40 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$46,080 |
$36,230 | 80 |
| 41 |
Fresno, California
|
$45,960 |
$38,160 | 50 |
| 42 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$45,960 |
$38,910 | 110 |
| 43 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$45,960 |
$40,260 | 200 |
| 44 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$45,930 |
$36,660 | 60 |
| 45 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$45,890 |
$39,080 | 270 |
| 46 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$45,810 |
$35,190 | 30 |
| 47 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$45,760 |
$36,830 | 280 |
| 48 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
$45,730 |
$37,340 | 90 |
| 49 |
Ames, Iowa
|
$45,710 |
$29,820 | 30 |
| 50 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$45,690 |
$36,180 | 60 |
| 51 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$45,600 |
$40,820 | 110 |
| 52 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$45,530 |
$31,650 | 70 |
| 53 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$45,470 |
$36,730 | 450 |
| 54 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$45,410 |
$35,640 | 30 |
| 55 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$45,350 |
$36,510 | 70 |
| 56 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$45,320 |
$38,970 | 530 |
| 57 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$45,280 |
$40,130 | 50 |
| 58 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$45,230 |
$36,930 | 410 |
| 59 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$45,190 |
$35,870 | 50 |
| 60 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$45,180 |
$39,150 | 40 |
| 61 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$45,050 |
$36,720 | 670 |
| 62 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$45,030 |
$37,370 | 720 |
| 63 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$44,910 |
$32,270 | 180 |
| 64 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$44,810 |
$40,870 | 110 |
| 65 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$44,680 |
$32,230 | 40 |
| 66 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$44,650 |
$35,760 | 80 |
| 67 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$44,630 |
$35,060 | 50 |
| 68 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$44,530 |
$30,610 | 30 |
| 69 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$44,520 |
$34,350 | 40 |
| 70 |
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$44,470 |
$28,560 | 60 |
| 71 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$44,440 |
$37,290 | 220 |
| 72 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$44,290 |
$35,070 | 40 |
| 73 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$44,190 |
$38,170 | 40 |
| 74 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$44,100 |
$32,040 | 1,000 |
| 75 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$44,040 |
$39,500 | 50 |
| 76 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$43,840 |
$35,980 | 170 |
| 77 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$43,770 |
$28,610 | 40 |
| 78 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$43,730 |
$37,370 | 240 |
| 79 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$43,680 |
$38,380 | 90 |
| 80 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$43,470 |
$38,440 | 50 |
| 81 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$43,380 |
$33,140 | 250 |
| 82 |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
|
$43,370 |
$33,050 | 30 |
| 83 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$43,290 |
$35,700 | 30 |
| 84 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$43,240 |
$32,650 | 1,330 |
| 85 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$42,930 |
$36,400 | 200 |
| 86 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$42,910 |
$37,340 | 120 |
| 87 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$42,790 |
$37,230 | 50 |
| 88 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$42,790 |
$31,270 | 30 |
| 89 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$42,780 |
$36,890 | 30 |
| 90 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$42,770 |
$34,670 | 70 |
| 91 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$42,730 |
$31,880 | 100 |
| 92 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$42,670 |
$33,110 | 30 |
| 93 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$42,620 |
$28,210 | 230 |
| 94 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$42,470 |
$38,830 | 60 |
| 95 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$42,450 |
$37,170 | 860 |
| 96 |
Rochester, New York
|
$42,220 |
$37,960 | 280 |
| 97 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$42,210 |
$36,780 | 50 |
| 98 |
Midland, Texas
|
$42,180 |
$34,630 | 50 |
| 99 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$42,130 |
$38,130 | 160 |
| 100 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$42,080 |
$29,030 | 70 |
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