Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$180,440 |
$105,730 | n/a |
2 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$164,160 |
$95,070 | 1,960 |
3 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$161,370 |
$88,420 | 16,590 |
4 |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania
|
$153,240 |
$88,590 | 30 |
5 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$152,980 |
$82,440 | 430 |
6 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$147,810 |
$86,690 | 730 |
7 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$147,330 |
$47,180 | 30 |
8 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$145,570 |
$106,080 | 40,940 |
9 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$143,900 |
$89,040 | 5,560 |
10 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$140,980 |
$81,920 | 21,680 |
|
11 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$139,390 |
$77,110 | 50 |
12 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$138,760 |
$104,970 | 220 |
13 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$136,420 |
$74,720 | 25,260 |
14 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$136,240 |
$91,040 | 1,200 |
15 |
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia
|
$134,830 |
$104,680 | 100 |
16 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$133,990 |
$86,260 | 300 |
17 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$133,530 |
$75,030 | 10,210 |
18 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$133,260 |
$59,670 | 310 |
19 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$133,090 |
$72,080 | 6,760 |
20 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$132,830 |
$81,390 | 7,010 |
21 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$132,370 |
$90,710 | 270 |
22 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$132,350 |
$88,030 | 310 |
23 |
Rome, Georgia
|
$131,200 |
$43,000 | 120 |
24 |
Salinas, California
|
$131,160 |
$66,480 | 350 |
25 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$130,780 |
$80,020 | 170 |
26 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$130,230 |
$79,150 | 8,350 |
27 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$130,000 |
$88,400 | 520 |
28 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$129,560 |
$75,370 | 3,100 |
29 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$129,400 |
$74,500 | 50 |
30 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$128,670 |
$68,810 | 810 |
31 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$128,390 |
$78,120 | 7,430 |
32 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$128,060 |
$74,660 | 60 |
33 |
Chico, California
|
$128,020 |
$68,340 | 140 |
34 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$127,340 |
$80,620 | 110 |
35 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$127,210 |
$71,490 | 210 |
36 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$127,200 |
$72,560 | 6,820 |
37 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$126,970 |
$75,710 | 1,650 |
38 |
Longview, Texas
|
$126,770 |
$61,080 | 160 |
39 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$126,460 |
$71,490 | 4,230 |
40 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$125,880 |
$66,700 | 340 |
41 |
Waco, Texas
|
$125,760 |
$71,180 | 210 |
42 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$125,440 |
$69,030 | 1,010 |
43 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$125,370 |
$81,940 | 2,130 |
44 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$125,120 |
$74,020 | 870 |
45 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$123,840 |
$68,540 | 680 |
46 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$123,070 |
$68,170 | 7,110 |
47 |
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
$123,010 |
$61,640 | 160 |
48 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$122,790 |
$77,210 | 180 |
49 |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia
|
$122,180 |
$61,120 | 70 |
50 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$122,110 |
$73,010 | 2,190 |
51 |
Longview, Washington
|
$122,000 |
$80,700 | 60 |
52 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$121,800 |
$81,940 | 120 |
53 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$121,720 |
$75,610 | 280 |
54 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$121,210 |
$69,620 | 5,900 |
55 |
Auburn-Opelika, Alabama
|
$120,320 |
$63,430 | 60 |
56 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$120,060 |
$40,320 | 200 |
57 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$119,980 |
$62,550 | 190 |
58 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$119,790 |
$70,020 | 2,090 |
59 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$119,420 |
$56,380 | 90 |
60 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$119,410 |
$75,350 | 1,770 |
61 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$119,370 |
$52,420 | 580 |
62 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$119,180 |
$85,640 | 1,960 |
63 |
Altoona, Pennsylvania
|
$119,120 |
$51,330 | 60 |
64 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$118,640 |
$73,510 | 2,380 |
65 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$118,610 |
$61,660 | 50 |
66 |
Fresno, California
|
$118,580 |
$60,410 | 740 |
67 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$118,310 |
$71,290 | 670 |
68 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$118,270 |
$51,850 | 2,620 |
69 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$118,190 |
$56,900 | 240 |
70 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$118,020 |
$69,240 | 300 |
71 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$117,770 |
$62,910 | 290 |
72 |
Columbia, Missouri
|
$117,640 |
$43,790 | 60 |
73 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$117,520 |
$65,260 | 40 |
74 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$117,520 |
$76,370 | 360 |
75 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$117,170 |
$74,810 | 2,900 |
76 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$117,040 |
$58,930 | 110 |
77 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$116,930 |
$94,790 | 320 |
78 |
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$116,860 |
$62,520 | 190 |
79 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$116,840 |
$65,520 | 60 |
80 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$116,590 |
$68,140 | 280 |
81 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$116,340 |
$68,360 | 100 |
82 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$116,250 |
$81,050 | 900 |
83 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$116,160 |
$74,480 | 260 |
84 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$116,080 |
$62,590 | 3,490 |
85 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$115,820 |
$74,620 | 70 |
86 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$115,590 |
$68,050 | 940 |
87 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$115,250 |
$63,630 | 730 |
88 |
Gainesville, Georgia
|
$115,080 |
$61,950 | 160 |
89 |
State College, Pennsylvania
|
$114,980 |
$78,110 | 90 |
90 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$114,840 |
$64,330 | 360 |
91 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$114,690 |
$76,210 | 580 |
92 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$114,630 |
$66,630 | 3,030 |
93 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$114,600 |
$51,790 | 620 |
94 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$114,280 |
$57,870 | 110 |
95 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$114,260 |
$62,530 | 580 |
96 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$114,190 |
$56,960 | 18,140 |
97 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$114,120 |
$71,190 | 410 |
98 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$114,050 |
$64,570 | 6,120 |
99 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$113,690 |
$72,380 | 150 |
100 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$113,480 |
$49,900 | n/a |
|