| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$97,490 |
$61,770 | 60 |
| 2 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$78,860 |
$45,330 | 450 |
| 3 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$65,850 |
$44,190 | 140 |
| 4 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$61,840 |
$48,770 | 50 |
| 5 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$60,680 |
$42,330 | 280 |
| 6 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$59,890 |
$49,350 | 430 |
| 7 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$59,130 |
$40,210 | 120 |
| 8 |
Salinas, California
|
$56,110 |
$40,630 | n/a |
| 9 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$55,540 |
$38,840 | 340 |
| 10 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$54,490 |
$38,320 | 430 |
|
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| 11 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$54,160 |
$31,090 | 30 |
| 12 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$53,910 |
$30,860 | 240 |
| 13 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$53,390 |
$36,120 | 50 |
| 14 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$52,930 |
$38,610 | 100 |
| 15 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$51,730 |
$35,030 | 70 |
| 16 |
Lubbock, Texas
|
$51,200 |
$21,110 | 30 |
| 17 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$50,620 |
$33,090 | 30 |
| 18 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$50,520 |
$39,270 | 130 |
| 19 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$49,920 |
$34,870 | 390 |
| 20 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$49,600 |
$34,980 | 40 |
| 21 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$49,590 |
$34,210 | 200 |
| 22 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$49,350 |
$35,680 | 370 |
| 23 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$49,220 |
$31,430 | 30 |
| 24 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$48,860 |
$27,630 | 30 |
| 25 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$48,840 |
$27,550 | 410 |
| 26 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$48,620 |
$36,780 | 380 |
| 27 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$48,350 |
$44,780 | 50 |
| 28 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$47,980 |
$38,010 | 50 |
| 29 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$47,520 |
$34,780 | 90 |
| 30 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$46,090 |
$31,850 | 430 |
| 31 |
Fresno, California
|
$45,830 |
$37,400 | 30 |
| 32 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$45,600 |
$25,750 | 60 |
| 33 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$42,420 |
$29,930 | 40 |
| 34 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$41,610 |
$29,760 | 180 |
| 35 |
Rochester, New York
|
$41,240 |
$28,890 | 40 |
| 36 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$40,710 |
$26,910 | 50 |
| 37 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$40,620 |
$30,650 | 50 |
| 38 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$40,550 |
$31,200 | 980 |
| 39 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$40,440 |
$22,800 | 80 |
| 40 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$40,240 |
$32,140 | 80 |
| 41 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$40,220 |
$30,030 | 40 |
| 42 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$39,600 |
$24,310 | n/a |
| 43 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$39,560 |
$17,920 | 40 |
| 44 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$39,420 |
$37,270 | 400 |
| 45 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$39,390 |
$32,030 | n/a |
| 46 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$39,340 |
$28,780 | n/a |
| 47 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$38,720 |
$35,880 | 40 |
| 48 |
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$38,720 |
$33,670 | n/a |
| 49 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$38,360 |
$29,070 | 70 |
| 50 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$38,360 |
$24,820 | 150 |
| 51 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$38,330 |
$29,670 | 50 |
| 52 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$38,250 |
$32,820 | 30 |
| 53 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$38,010 |
$38,010 | 40 |
| 54 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$37,400 |
$33,350 | 100 |
| 55 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$37,310 |
$26,790 | 150 |
| 56 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$37,230 |
$29,420 | 520 |
| 57 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$36,450 |
$23,920 | 60 |
| 58 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$36,110 |
$31,610 | 40 |
| 59 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$35,920 |
$22,010 | 40 |
| 60 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$35,810 |
$30,460 | 30 |
| 61 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$35,260 |
$31,030 | 30 |
| 62 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$34,990 |
$19,630 | 90 |
| 63 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$34,030 |
$30,030 | 470 |
| 64 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$34,020 |
$25,370 | 30 |
| 65 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$33,980 |
$33,980 | 60 |
| 66 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$33,950 |
$24,160 | 80 |
| 67 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$33,280 |
$27,240 | 90 |
| 68 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$33,180 |
$27,070 | 40 |
| 69 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$33,010 |
$26,420 | n/a |
| 70 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$32,640 |
$26,200 | 60 |
| 71 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$32,590 |
$19,560 | n/a |
| 72 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$32,360 |
$25,960 | 30 |
| 73 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$32,170 |
$27,430 | 80 |
| 74 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$31,970 |
$20,020 | n/a |
| 75 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$31,720 |
$30,870 | 40 |
| 76 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$31,690 |
$22,740 | 30 |
| 77 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$31,260 |
$25,000 | 60 |
| 78 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$31,160 |
$25,680 | 30 |
| 79 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$31,100 |
$31,100 | 150 |
| 80 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$30,240 |
$21,230 | n/a |
| 81 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$29,050 |
$22,360 | 140 |
| 82 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$28,960 |
$24,290 | 150 |
| 83 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$28,360 |
$24,450 | 50 |
| 84 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$28,170 |
$19,340 | 40 |
| 85 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$27,770 |
$19,540 | 70 |
| 86 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$27,160 |
$21,240 | 40 |
| 87 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$25,140 |
$21,290 | 40 |
| 88 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$24,990 |
$21,000 | 40 |
| 89 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$24,820 |
$21,450 | 30 |
| 90 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$24,800 |
$19,440 | 30 |
| 91 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$24,510 |
$20,840 | 40 |
| 92 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$24,130 |
$20,560 | 100 |
| 93 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$23,770 |
$20,250 | n/a |
| 94 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$23,540 |
$21,050 | 30 |
| 95 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$23,510 |
$20,380 | 50 |
| 96 |
Charleston, West Virginia
|
$20,580 |
$17,270 | 30 |
| 97 |
Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia
|
$20,090 |
$18,730 | n/a |
| 98 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$19,740 |
$17,110 | 80 |
| 99 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$18,870 |
$18,860 | 80 |
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