Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$95,760 |
$30,080 | 50 |
2 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$56,740 |
$31,260 | 170 |
3 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$48,090 |
$33,490 | 1,040 |
4 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
|
$47,440 |
$36,460 | 100 |
5 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$46,850 |
$27,150 | 740 |
6 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$46,540 |
$29,710 | 80 |
7 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$46,360 |
$34,110 | 40 |
8 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$46,300 |
$27,090 | 60 |
9 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$46,160 |
$26,870 | 770 |
10 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$45,890 |
$34,910 | 120 |
|
11 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$45,580 |
$37,070 | 90 |
12 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$45,470 |
$22,940 | 30 |
13 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$45,320 |
$28,030 | 80 |
14 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$45,240 |
$29,030 | 300 |
15 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$45,170 |
$33,070 | 220 |
16 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$45,040 |
$34,480 | 90 |
17 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$44,120 |
$33,360 | 50 |
18 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$44,110 |
$31,030 | 290 |
19 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$43,680 |
$27,040 | 560 |
20 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$43,600 |
$28,400 | 50 |
21 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$43,490 |
$34,230 | 90 |
22 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$43,200 |
$18,540 | 410 |
23 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$42,740 |
$30,440 | 50 |
24 |
Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$42,530 |
$32,020 | 120 |
25 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$42,180 |
$32,050 | 240 |
26 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$42,030 |
$25,130 | 50 |
27 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$41,230 |
$28,210 | 40 |
28 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$40,960 |
$31,420 | 340 |
29 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$40,910 |
$18,880 | 50 |
30 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$40,730 |
$30,430 | 120 |
31 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$40,660 |
$31,980 | 60 |
32 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$40,560 |
$31,630 | 670 |
33 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$40,310 |
$30,450 | 170 |
34 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$39,870 |
$34,190 | 490 |
35 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$39,790 |
$20,220 | 70 |
36 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$39,690 |
$33,600 | 80 |
37 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$39,590 |
$31,000 | 170 |
38 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$39,540 |
$34,940 | 30 |
39 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$39,470 |
$25,160 | 150 |
40 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$39,310 |
$28,850 | 530 |
41 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$39,270 |
$26,090 | 480 |
42 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$39,170 |
$29,390 | 160 |
43 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$39,140 |
$37,960 | 70 |
44 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$39,140 |
$24,940 | 340 |
45 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$39,130 |
$26,440 | 30 |
46 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$39,020 |
$33,240 | 50 |
47 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$39,010 |
$29,820 | 130 |
48 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$38,950 |
$32,780 | 50 |
49 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$38,940 |
$21,490 | 140 |
50 |
Dalton, Georgia
|
$38,920 |
$21,240 | 120 |
51 |
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$38,860 |
$24,170 | 60 |
52 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$38,760 |
$22,660 | 40 |
53 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$38,720 |
$25,910 | 190 |
54 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$38,690 |
$36,350 | 90 |
55 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$38,680 |
$30,300 | 90 |
56 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$38,650 |
$30,010 | 50 |
57 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$38,620 |
$30,450 | 430 |
58 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$38,580 |
$26,440 | 40 |
59 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$38,480 |
$30,010 | 160 |
60 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$38,460 |
$26,990 | 190 |
61 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$38,450 |
$29,230 | 500 |
62 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$38,430 |
$28,660 | 60 |
63 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$38,290 |
$27,060 | 40 |
64 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$38,230 |
$29,080 | 330 |
65 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$38,190 |
$29,410 | 1,910 |
66 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$38,170 |
$29,510 | 60 |
67 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$37,860 |
$27,830 | 200 |
68 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$37,850 |
$24,470 | 130 |
69 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$37,850 |
$30,600 | 120 |
70 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$37,850 |
$26,120 | 40 |
71 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$37,810 |
$28,690 | 210 |
72 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$37,700 |
$29,510 | 130 |
73 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$37,670 |
$28,120 | 470 |
74 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$37,640 |
$29,960 | 50 |
75 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$37,620 |
$29,610 | 50 |
76 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$37,510 |
$32,900 | 250 |
77 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$37,510 |
$26,640 | 390 |
78 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$37,440 |
$24,520 | 850 |
79 |
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
|
$37,350 |
$26,140 | 40 |
80 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$37,310 |
$28,440 | 370 |
81 |
Stockton, California
|
$37,270 |
$29,120 | 40 |
82 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$37,230 |
$22,430 | 30 |
83 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$37,120 |
$23,520 | 280 |
84 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$37,110 |
$26,540 | 30 |
85 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$37,110 |
$19,480 | 90 |
86 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$37,090 |
$25,080 | 110 |
87 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$37,070 |
$27,940 | 70 |
88 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$37,060 |
$27,460 | 80 |
89 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$37,030 |
$29,190 | 690 |
90 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$37,010 |
$28,920 | 250 |
91 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$37,010 |
$30,180 | 150 |
92 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$36,990 |
$29,690 | 40 |
93 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$36,990 |
$29,690 | 50 |
94 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$36,990 |
$30,170 | 530 |
95 |
Jonesboro, Arkansas
|
$36,960 |
$32,280 | 160 |
96 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$36,950 |
$29,090 | 380 |
97 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$36,940 |
$29,040 | 230 |
98 |
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$36,900 |
$24,730 | 30 |
99 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$36,890 |
$27,010 | 260 |
100 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$36,870 |
$28,770 | 50 |
|