Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$95,890 |
$47,470 | 1,000 |
2 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$91,160 |
$44,540 | 60 |
3 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$90,250 |
$61,420 | 150 |
4 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$89,810 |
$64,410 | 120 |
5 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$86,230 |
$57,430 | n/a |
6 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$82,310 |
$46,540 | 470 |
7 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$80,220 |
$58,590 | 560 |
8 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$79,460 |
$47,600 | 210 |
9 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$78,050 |
$60,740 | 250 |
10 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$73,950 |
$47,970 | 240 |
|
11 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$71,120 |
$50,250 | 120 |
12 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$69,570 |
$51,330 | 50 |
13 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$67,820 |
$49,450 | 180 |
14 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$66,770 |
$38,210 | 70 |
15 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$65,570 |
$40,980 | 160 |
16 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$65,470 |
$33,260 | 190 |
17 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$64,110 |
$50,530 | 50 |
18 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$63,950 |
$46,510 | 500 |
19 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$63,770 |
$41,150 | 250 |
20 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$63,650 |
$43,810 | 150 |
21 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$62,560 |
$39,060 | 30 |
22 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$61,960 |
$43,620 | 90 |
23 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$61,910 |
$44,610 | n/a |
24 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$61,340 |
$32,860 | n/a |
25 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$61,240 |
$41,370 | n/a |
26 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$60,420 |
$39,040 | 890 |
27 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$60,110 |
$38,220 | 150 |
28 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$59,900 |
$41,660 | 50 |
29 |
Rochester, New York
|
$59,750 |
$53,680 | n/a |
30 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$59,380 |
$30,150 | 50 |
31 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$59,320 |
$37,950 | 50 |
32 |
Yuba City, California
|
$58,610 |
$39,280 | 50 |
33 |
Salinas, California
|
$58,260 |
$49,640 | 40 |
34 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$57,770 |
$52,500 | 50 |
35 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$57,610 |
$47,780 | 30 |
36 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$57,530 |
$37,440 | 2,420 |
37 |
Redding, California
|
$57,320 |
$43,520 | 80 |
38 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$57,220 |
$41,710 | 650 |
39 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$56,880 |
$39,910 | 160 |
40 |
Fresno, California
|
$56,580 |
$38,110 | 220 |
41 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$56,560 |
$36,990 | 90 |
42 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$55,970 |
$44,200 | 30 |
43 |
Medford, Oregon
|
$55,730 |
$42,730 | n/a |
44 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$55,350 |
$38,320 | 120 |
45 |
Napa, California
|
$55,090 |
$33,710 | 110 |
46 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$55,020 |
$38,340 | 160 |
47 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$54,200 |
$31,620 | 70 |
48 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$53,480 |
$40,970 | 170 |
49 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$52,190 |
$29,120 | 770 |
50 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$52,090 |
$36,300 | 700 |
51 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$51,760 |
$36,790 | n/a |
52 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$51,420 |
$31,110 | 30 |
53 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$51,360 |
$35,680 | 100 |
54 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$50,790 |
$37,950 | 1,300 |
55 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$50,660 |
$41,140 | 30 |
56 |
Modesto, California
|
$50,580 |
$35,050 | 110 |
57 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$50,240 |
$38,920 | 350 |
58 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$49,850 |
$37,390 | 270 |
59 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$49,230 |
$32,120 | 60 |
60 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$48,760 |
$40,100 | 40 |
61 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$48,670 |
$38,570 | 100 |
62 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$48,620 |
$46,910 | 30 |
63 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$48,610 |
$36,990 | 30 |
64 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$48,530 |
$33,400 | 2,010 |
65 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$48,420 |
$39,430 | 110 |
66 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$48,350 |
$37,990 | n/a |
67 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$47,740 |
$36,810 | 260 |
68 |
Stockton, California
|
$47,360 |
$31,830 | 290 |
69 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$47,360 |
$36,150 | 40 |
70 |
Mansfield, Ohio
|
$47,290 |
$35,110 | 30 |
71 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$47,230 |
$29,930 | 830 |
72 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$47,030 |
$38,480 | 810 |
73 |
Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$47,010 |
$35,040 | 40 |
74 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$46,740 |
$38,240 | 30 |
75 |
Chico, California
|
$46,640 |
$41,000 | 50 |
76 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$46,390 |
$36,150 | 290 |
77 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$46,210 |
$36,010 | 40 |
78 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona
|
$46,140 |
$31,400 | 80 |
79 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$46,050 |
$38,730 | 210 |
80 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$45,440 |
$26,900 | 510 |
81 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$45,400 |
$35,010 | 40 |
82 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$45,330 |
$32,670 | 50 |
83 |
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$45,260 |
$27,740 | 40 |
84 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$45,200 |
$30,740 | 470 |
85 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$45,160 |
$33,400 | n/a |
86 |
Ocala, Florida
|
$45,130 |
$35,920 | 80 |
87 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$45,100 |
$26,600 | 190 |
88 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$44,780 |
$37,100 | 220 |
89 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$44,740 |
$41,390 | 60 |
90 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$43,930 |
$27,930 | 230 |
91 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$43,920 |
$28,000 | 1,580 |
92 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$43,820 |
$34,400 | 280 |
93 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$43,670 |
$28,380 | 220 |
94 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$43,530 |
$28,910 | 550 |
95 |
Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$43,530 |
$34,170 | n/a |
96 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$43,450 |
$29,130 | 60 |
97 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$43,240 |
$25,830 | 1,540 |
98 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$43,220 |
$36,470 | 60 |
99 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$42,800 |
$31,860 | 480 |
100 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$42,770 |
$26,830 | 50 |
|