| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
New Bern, North Carolina
|
$239,020 |
$102,260 | 90 |
| 2 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$238,950 |
$97,880 | 480 |
| 3 |
Sebring, Florida
|
$238,780 |
$100,030 | 40 |
| 4 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$238,620 |
$58,720 | 70 |
| 5 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$238,260 |
$62,220 | 150 |
| 6 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$238,080 |
$65,240 | 460 |
| 7 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$237,800 |
$64,890 | 120 |
| 8 |
Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland
|
$237,600 |
$162,760 | 80 |
| 9 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$237,350 |
$193,830 | 70 |
| 10 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$237,240 |
$151,780 | 90 |
|
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| 11 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$237,000 |
$217,400 | 40 |
| 12 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$236,200 |
$63,170 | 240 |
| 13 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$234,960 |
$60,610 | 90 |
| 14 |
Bowling Green, Kentucky
|
$234,880 |
$177,540 | 50 |
| 15 |
Chico, California
|
$234,750 |
$100,990 | 90 |
| 16 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$234,640 |
$58,400 | 120 |
| 17 |
Longview, Texas
|
$234,610 |
$95,770 | 140 |
| 18 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$234,590 |
$130,070 | 50 |
| 19 |
Yuma, Arizona
|
$234,460 |
$66,600 | 100 |
| 20 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
|
$234,370 |
$53,980 | 390 |
| 21 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$234,220 |
$97,590 | 130 |
| 22 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$234,090 |
$37,530 | 160 |
| 23 |
Lubbock, Texas
|
$233,980 |
$63,140 | 230 |
| 24 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$233,850 |
$112,240 | 150 |
| 25 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$233,640 |
$148,680 | 280 |
| 26 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$233,230 |
$66,850 | 3,860 |
| 27 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$232,980 |
$85,720 | 1,590 |
| 28 |
Salinas, California
|
$232,770 |
$63,090 | 240 |
| 29 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$232,310 |
$59,320 | 360 |
| 30 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$232,110 |
$74,610 | 410 |
| 31 |
Longview, Washington
|
$231,840 |
$108,800 | 30 |
| 32 |
Burlington, North Carolina
|
$231,410 |
$33,180 | 90 |
| 33 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$231,320 |
$148,310 | 370 |
| 34 |
Joplin, Missouri
|
$231,070 |
$34,120 | 90 |
| 35 |
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$230,840 |
$140,000 | 120 |
| 36 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$230,800 |
$17,520 | 380 |
| 37 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$230,670 |
$136,280 | 270 |
| 38 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$230,320 |
$66,190 | 160 |
| 39 |
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$229,990 |
$162,710 | 110 |
| 40 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$229,990 |
$78,640 | 70 |
| 41 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$229,970 |
$59,820 | 490 |
| 42 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$229,840 |
$115,010 | 660 |
| 43 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$229,660 |
$68,230 | 430 |
| 44 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$229,540 |
$82,760 | 1,690 |
| 45 |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
|
$229,450 |
$177,740 | 70 |
| 46 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$229,360 |
$103,000 | 50 |
| 47 |
Clarksville, Tennessee
|
$228,700 |
$153,160 | 80 |
| 48 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$228,060 |
$100,970 | 140 |
| 49 |
Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$228,030 |
$138,360 | 90 |
| 50 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$227,990 |
$154,860 | 2,000 |
| 51 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$227,930 |
$64,410 | 1,350 |
| 52 |
Columbus, Indiana
|
$227,910 |
$120,590 | 60 |
| 53 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$227,610 |
$53,690 | 160 |
| 54 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$227,570 |
$119,310 | 140 |
| 55 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$227,500 |
$52,220 | 210 |
| 56 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$227,320 |
$111,960 | 40 |
| 57 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$226,450 |
$63,270 | 250 |
| 58 |
Alexandria, Louisiana
|
$226,440 |
$87,280 | 190 |
| 59 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$226,120 |
$137,490 | 390 |
| 60 |
Bloomington, Indiana
|
$225,740 |
$87,800 | 120 |
| 61 |
Auburn-Opelika, Alabama
|
$225,670 |
$55,000 | 70 |
| 62 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$225,580 |
$66,070 | 17,790 |
| 63 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$225,230 |
$60,630 | 160 |
| 64 |
Midland, Texas
|
$225,210 |
$81,200 | 70 |
| 65 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$224,920 |
$64,590 | 120 |
| 66 |
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$224,630 |
$30,240 | 140 |
| 67 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$224,530 |
$87,370 | 40 |
| 68 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$224,260 |
$135,590 | 190 |
| 69 |
Sherman-Denison, Texas
|
$223,860 |
$56,630 | 90 |
| 70 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$223,580 |
$174,990 | 50 |
| 71 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$223,410 |
$68,050 | 8,930 |
| 72 |
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$223,350 |
$61,820 | 220 |
| 73 |
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$223,350 |
$25,470 | 100 |
| 74 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$223,160 |
$88,110 | 70 |
| 75 |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan
|
$223,080 |
$65,240 | 150 |
| 76 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$222,860 |
$78,480 | 2,950 |
| 77 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$222,330 |
$81,490 | 180 |
| 78 |
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$222,220 |
$171,910 | 80 |
| 79 |
Ponce, Puerto Rico
|
$222,020 |
$133,910 | 30 |
| 80 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$222,010 |
$136,270 | 110 |
| 81 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$221,990 |
$63,950 | 80 |
| 82 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$221,680 |
$57,930 | 340 |
| 83 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$221,580 |
$48,790 | 8,730 |
| 84 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$221,370 |
$92,840 | 1,040 |
| 85 |
Valdosta, Georgia
|
$221,060 |
$75,570 | 60 |
| 86 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$221,000 |
$67,980 | 380 |
| 87 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$220,860 |
$55,740 | 90 |
| 88 |
Fresno, California
|
$220,180 |
$70,730 | 530 |
| 89 |
Port St Lucie, Florida
|
$219,750 |
$56,640 | 320 |
| 90 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$219,540 |
$62,550 | 160 |
| 91 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$219,110 |
$36,830 | 60 |
| 92 |
Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
|
$218,300 |
$75,580 | 50 |
| 93 |
Lewiston, Washington
|
$218,200 |
$164,800 | 50 |
| 94 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$218,100 |
$152,080 | 130 |
| 95 |
Tallahassee, Florida
|
$218,030 |
$125,200 | 350 |
| 96 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$217,800 |
$107,990 | 130 |
| 97 |
Monroe, Louisiana
|
$217,780 |
$88,130 | 150 |
| 98 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$217,320 |
$61,400 | 50 |
| 99 |
Dothan, Alabama
|
$216,630 |
$16,680 | 130 |
| 100 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$215,680 |
$58,670 | 240 |
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