| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$69,210 |
$64,890 | 30 |
| 2 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida
|
$65,690 |
$29,390 | 320 |
| 3 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$59,120 |
$37,250 | 30 |
| 4 |
Pocatello, Idaho
|
$54,010 |
$22,660 | 40 |
| 5 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$48,620 |
$33,060 | 1,900 |
| 6 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$48,620 |
$38,070 | 1,680 |
| 7 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$48,320 |
$33,840 | 40 |
| 8 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$48,010 |
$38,860 | 1,040 |
| 9 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$47,740 |
$30,000 | 730 |
| 10 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$47,690 |
$29,610 | 40 |
|
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| 11 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$47,690 |
$34,900 | 1,840 |
| 12 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$47,510 |
$34,100 | 1,300 |
| 13 |
Longview, Washington
|
$46,930 |
$34,270 | 40 |
| 14 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$46,760 |
$26,210 | 40 |
| 15 |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan
|
$46,030 |
$31,080 | 40 |
| 16 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$45,920 |
$32,740 | 110 |
| 17 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$45,850 |
$29,120 | 50 |
| 18 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$45,680 |
$34,490 | 130 |
| 19 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$45,550 |
$37,790 | 2,230 |
| 20 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$45,460 |
$31,460 | 130 |
| 21 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$45,290 |
$30,160 | 120 |
| 22 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$45,140 |
$31,250 | 2,330 |
| 23 |
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$45,130 |
$23,600 | 30 |
| 24 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$45,090 |
$31,620 | 70 |
| 25 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$45,070 |
$29,730 | 450 |
| 26 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$44,930 |
$31,570 | 630 |
| 27 |
Napa, California
|
$44,880 |
$35,350 | 60 |
| 28 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$44,850 |
$28,920 | 40 |
| 29 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$44,640 |
$34,800 | 1,630 |
| 30 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$44,570 |
$26,870 | 80 |
| 31 |
Midland, Michigan
|
$44,490 |
$27,250 | 30 |
| 32 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$44,440 |
$30,940 | 180 |
| 33 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$44,430 |
$27,040 | 220 |
| 34 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$44,420 |
$37,370 | 700 |
| 35 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$44,350 |
$32,170 | n/a |
| 36 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$44,330 |
$35,880 | 160 |
| 37 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$44,310 |
$36,090 | 50 |
| 38 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$44,070 |
$35,750 | 230 |
| 39 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$44,060 |
$33,280 | 70 |
| 40 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$44,060 |
$34,040 | 280 |
| 41 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$43,450 |
$33,590 | 880 |
| 42 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$43,450 |
$33,050 | 90 |
| 43 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$43,310 |
$35,030 | 40 |
| 44 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$43,290 |
$32,080 | 70 |
| 45 |
Columbus, Indiana
|
$43,150 |
$29,560 | 30 |
| 46 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$42,640 |
$35,070 | 60 |
| 47 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$42,640 |
$33,580 | 60 |
| 48 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$42,630 |
$28,820 | 100 |
| 49 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$42,450 |
$28,840 | 50 |
| 50 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$42,220 |
$31,580 | 50 |
| 51 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
$42,190 |
$26,530 | 50 |
| 52 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$42,100 |
$33,880 | 50 |
| 53 |
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$42,080 |
$23,010 | 40 |
| 54 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$42,050 |
$24,900 | 50 |
| 55 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$41,990 |
$25,480 | 90 |
| 56 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$41,900 |
$24,750 | 290 |
| 57 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$41,810 |
$34,840 | 50 |
| 58 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$41,800 |
$32,180 | 30 |
| 59 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$41,780 |
$27,250 | 50 |
| 60 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$41,740 |
$29,500 | 130 |
| 61 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$41,670 |
$31,290 | 50 |
| 62 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
$41,640 |
$30,780 | 30 |
| 63 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$41,600 |
$34,350 | 60 |
| 64 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$41,480 |
$29,000 | 60 |
| 65 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$41,390 |
$31,480 | n/a |
| 66 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$41,380 |
$33,300 | 40 |
| 67 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$41,380 |
$29,650 | 30 |
| 68 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$41,320 |
$26,510 | 130 |
| 69 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$41,240 |
$31,770 | 830 |
| 70 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$41,210 |
$31,930 | 40 |
| 71 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$41,190 |
$25,980 | 250 |
| 72 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$41,140 |
$31,500 | 80 |
| 73 |
North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida
|
$41,010 |
$25,980 | 80 |
| 74 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$40,970 |
$28,480 | 100 |
| 75 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$40,930 |
$31,160 | 70 |
| 76 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$40,860 |
$29,310 | 70 |
| 77 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$40,860 |
$31,920 | 140 |
| 78 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$40,860 |
$29,120 | 30 |
| 79 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$40,760 |
$25,560 | 100 |
| 80 |
Chico, California
|
$40,620 |
$30,220 | 70 |
| 81 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$40,580 |
$28,030 | 40 |
| 82 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$40,560 |
$33,400 | 380 |
| 83 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$40,540 |
$29,940 | 370 |
| 84 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$40,520 |
$31,810 | 40 |
| 85 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$40,480 |
$32,160 | 30 |
| 86 |
Elmira, New York
|
$40,480 |
$21,940 | 40 |
| 87 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$40,470 |
$26,510 | 90 |
| 88 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania
|
$40,380 |
$31,740 | 40 |
| 89 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$40,360 |
$28,030 | 1,560 |
| 90 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan
|
$40,280 |
$28,960 | 80 |
| 91 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$40,280 |
$24,830 | n/a |
| 92 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$40,250 |
$31,840 | 50 |
| 93 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$40,220 |
$34,750 | 1,490 |
| 94 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$40,190 |
$28,990 | 830 |
| 95 |
Bangor, Maine
|
$40,110 |
$30,430 | 30 |
| 96 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$40,090 |
$31,980 | 140 |
| 97 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$40,060 |
$31,740 | 160 |
| 98 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$40,040 |
$26,210 | 640 |
| 99 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$40,040 |
$30,270 | 30 |
| 100 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$39,890 |
$28,640 | 810 |
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