Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$50,580 |
$27,420 | 50 |
2 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$40,150 |
$19,110 | 90 |
3 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$38,960 |
$36,550 | 430 |
4 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$38,680 |
$32,130 | 1,990 |
5 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$37,180 |
$35,740 | 2,830 |
6 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$35,250 |
$31,370 | 30 |
7 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$35,240 |
$30,570 | 2,390 |
8 |
Salinas, California
|
$35,160 |
$31,090 | 50 |
9 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$35,110 |
$24,960 | 1,320 |
10 |
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
|
$35,050 |
$20,610 | 30 |
|
11 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$34,820 |
$27,310 | 40 |
12 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$34,780 |
$29,640 | 2,630 |
13 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$34,300 |
$31,240 | 340 |
14 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$34,220 |
$30,530 | 9,330 |
15 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$34,130 |
$30,680 | 170 |
16 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$33,990 |
$21,840 | 40 |
17 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$33,730 |
$30,140 | 40 |
18 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$33,650 |
$23,120 | 180 |
19 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$33,480 |
$29,160 | 13,490 |
20 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$33,470 |
$25,170 | 390 |
21 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$33,470 |
$26,750 | 150 |
22 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$33,470 |
$23,840 | 50 |
23 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$33,450 |
$27,370 | 840 |
24 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$33,340 |
$24,380 | 80 |
25 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$33,340 |
$29,810 | 130 |
26 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$33,300 |
$28,350 | 3,330 |
27 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$33,230 |
$31,030 | 540 |
28 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$33,210 |
$27,070 | 90 |
29 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$33,180 |
$29,830 | 510 |
30 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$32,920 |
$30,140 | 200 |
31 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$32,790 |
$30,990 | 40 |
32 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$32,630 |
$29,640 | 80 |
33 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$32,520 |
$30,020 | 60 |
34 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$32,440 |
$28,340 | 100 |
35 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$32,370 |
$26,200 | 360 |
36 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$32,260 |
$29,330 | 40 |
37 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$32,190 |
$26,120 | 150 |
38 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$32,090 |
$27,050 | 60 |
39 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$31,850 |
$30,140 | 60 |
40 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$31,850 |
$30,580 | 60 |
41 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$31,850 |
$24,960 | 50 |
42 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$31,850 |
$30,250 | 50 |
43 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$31,820 |
$27,650 | 50 |
44 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$31,740 |
$21,120 | 50 |
45 |
Fresno, California
|
$31,650 |
$29,720 | 80 |
46 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$31,650 |
$31,000 | 250 |
47 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$31,560 |
$29,020 | 150 |
48 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$31,410 |
$26,100 | 910 |
49 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$31,240 |
$30,140 | 80 |
50 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$31,220 |
$28,170 | 170 |
51 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$31,200 |
$20,800 | 110 |
52 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$31,160 |
$30,430 | 60 |
53 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$31,140 |
$30,100 | 60 |
54 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$31,130 |
$21,040 | 870 |
55 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$31,070 |
$28,970 | 50 |
56 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$30,990 |
$29,640 | 410 |
57 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$30,980 |
$23,920 | 160 |
58 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$30,950 |
$23,330 | 220 |
59 |
Rochester, New York
|
$30,920 |
$27,910 | 240 |
60 |
Midland, Texas
|
$30,900 |
$21,700 | 80 |
61 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$30,870 |
$29,120 | 30 |
62 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$30,710 |
$27,290 | 230 |
63 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$30,610 |
$20,940 | 130 |
64 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$30,600 |
$28,330 | 40 |
65 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$30,590 |
$29,420 | 60 |
66 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$30,580 |
$28,860 | 50 |
67 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$30,510 |
$21,510 | 50 |
68 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$30,430 |
$27,610 | 130 |
69 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$30,400 |
$21,450 | 130 |
70 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$30,380 |
$28,800 | 50 |
71 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$30,370 |
$29,060 | 40 |
72 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$30,340 |
$21,230 | 490 |
73 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$30,330 |
$21,490 | 40 |
74 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$30,170 |
$23,480 | 640 |
75 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$30,160 |
$23,000 | 3,900 |
76 |
Coeur dAlene, Idaho
|
$30,160 |
$27,830 | 60 |
77 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$30,140 |
$27,780 | 350 |
78 |
Prescott, Arizona
|
$30,090 |
$28,350 | 40 |
79 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$30,000 |
$28,150 | 50 |
80 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$30,000 |
$17,820 | 90 |
81 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$30,000 |
$28,480 | 40 |
82 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$30,000 |
$29,460 | 30 |
83 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$29,970 |
$18,500 | 270 |
84 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$29,960 |
$22,500 | 60 |
85 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$29,900 |
$28,230 | 30 |
86 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$29,840 |
$23,330 | 90 |
87 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$29,820 |
$29,390 | 80 |
88 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$29,810 |
$16,620 | 90 |
89 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$29,760 |
$20,910 | 30 |
90 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$29,750 |
$22,780 | 140 |
91 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$29,740 |
$22,830 | 190 |
92 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$29,670 |
$19,420 | 70 |
93 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$29,670 |
$27,460 | 320 |
94 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$29,650 |
$21,830 | 2,600 |
95 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$29,520 |
$27,040 | 230 |
96 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$29,520 |
$22,840 | 830 |
97 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$29,460 |
$26,690 | 2,340 |
98 |
St George, Utah
|
$29,450 |
$22,150 | 50 |
99 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$29,430 |
$20,130 | 280 |
100 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$29,430 |
$23,650 | 210 |
|