| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$61,160 |
$37,710 | 60 |
| 2 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$57,200 |
$51,460 | 70 |
| 3 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$56,200 |
$39,290 | 220 |
| 4 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$55,970 |
$43,800 | 140 |
| 5 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$55,200 |
$41,440 | 50 |
| 6 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$55,160 |
$30,410 | 100 |
| 7 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$54,620 |
$33,960 | 290 |
| 8 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$54,400 |
$36,530 | 30 |
| 9 |
Stockton, California
|
$54,390 |
$36,100 | 200 |
| 10 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$53,360 |
$42,450 | 330 |
|
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| 11 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$53,230 |
$28,220 | 30 |
| 12 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$53,140 |
$36,730 | 790 |
| 13 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$53,070 |
$43,050 | 840 |
| 14 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$52,570 |
$35,380 | 1,000 |
| 15 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$52,110 |
$34,570 | 50 |
| 16 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$52,000 |
$31,840 | 50 |
| 17 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$51,990 |
$39,810 | 40 |
| 18 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$51,750 |
$45,160 | 50 |
| 19 |
El Centro, California
|
$51,720 |
$27,380 | 40 |
| 20 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$51,440 |
$38,070 | 160 |
| 21 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$51,210 |
$30,260 | 440 |
| 22 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$50,950 |
$39,520 | 80 |
| 23 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$50,950 |
$34,970 | 100 |
| 24 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$50,900 |
$38,010 | 120 |
| 25 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$50,720 |
$38,550 | 470 |
| 26 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$50,440 |
$37,550 | 200 |
| 27 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$50,380 |
$39,890 | 40 |
| 28 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$50,330 |
$36,480 | 40 |
| 29 |
Redding, California
|
$50,290 |
$37,730 | 40 |
| 30 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$50,220 |
$35,660 | 4,680 |
| 31 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$50,180 |
$35,250 | 320 |
| 32 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$50,080 |
$39,450 | 170 |
| 33 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$50,030 |
$36,340 | 350 |
| 34 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$50,030 |
$36,730 | 120 |
| 35 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$49,880 |
$38,790 | 370 |
| 36 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona
|
$49,860 |
$36,600 | 30 |
| 37 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$49,790 |
$36,080 | 60 |
| 38 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$49,780 |
$36,470 | 370 |
| 39 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$49,680 |
$34,030 | 110 |
| 40 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$49,620 |
$34,400 | 400 |
| 41 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$49,500 |
$37,380 | 280 |
| 42 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$49,500 |
$36,090 | 160 |
| 43 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$49,460 |
$31,450 | 90 |
| 44 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$49,450 |
$38,550 | 40 |
| 45 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$49,290 |
$38,690 | 40 |
| 46 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$49,250 |
$38,760 | 40 |
| 47 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$49,220 |
$34,800 | 180 |
| 48 |
Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas
|
$49,210 |
$35,790 | 80 |
| 49 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$49,210 |
$38,450 | 110 |
| 50 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$49,210 |
$39,730 | 70 |
| 51 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$49,210 |
$40,250 | 110 |
| 52 |
Albany, Georgia
|
$49,210 |
$36,110 | 50 |
| 53 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$49,210 |
$37,300 | 30 |
| 54 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$49,150 |
$34,460 | 40 |
| 55 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$49,140 |
$41,470 | 30 |
| 56 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$49,100 |
$31,610 | 90 |
| 57 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$49,030 |
$37,640 | 50 |
| 58 |
Carson City, Nevada
|
$49,000 |
$41,410 | 30 |
| 59 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$48,940 |
$35,730 | 120 |
| 60 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$48,880 |
$33,830 | 110 |
| 61 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$48,750 |
$39,730 | 360 |
| 62 |
Billings, Montana
|
$48,710 |
$32,420 | 40 |
| 63 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$48,710 |
$39,730 | 60 |
| 64 |
State College, Pennsylvania
|
$48,680 |
$36,730 | 40 |
| 65 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$48,530 |
$35,610 | 30 |
| 66 |
Salinas, California
|
$48,470 |
$30,480 | 70 |
| 67 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$48,470 |
$37,190 | 50 |
| 68 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$48,330 |
$39,000 | 60 |
| 69 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$48,270 |
$35,480 | 2,510 |
| 70 |
Clarksville, Tennessee
|
$48,120 |
$32,020 | 70 |
| 71 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$48,120 |
$31,000 | 70 |
| 72 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$48,050 |
$34,810 | 1,300 |
| 73 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$48,030 |
$35,860 | 240 |
| 74 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$48,000 |
$33,990 | 130 |
| 75 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$47,960 |
$30,840 | 310 |
| 76 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$47,960 |
$37,540 | 30 |
| 77 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$47,920 |
$34,230 | 40 |
| 78 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$47,900 |
$30,840 | 40 |
| 79 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$47,900 |
$36,590 | 160 |
| 80 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$47,840 |
$37,220 | 730 |
| 81 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$47,840 |
$37,450 | 80 |
| 82 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$47,720 |
$33,050 | 70 |
| 83 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$47,720 |
$35,650 | 60 |
| 84 |
Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia
|
$47,720 |
$38,000 | 40 |
| 85 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$47,720 |
$32,950 | 70 |
| 86 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$47,660 |
$38,600 | 290 |
| 87 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$47,650 |
$37,440 | 120 |
| 88 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$47,640 |
$33,980 | 610 |
| 89 |
New Bern, North Carolina
|
$47,580 |
$40,570 | 30 |
| 90 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$47,500 |
$39,730 | 120 |
| 91 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$47,490 |
$32,960 | 60 |
| 92 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$47,460 |
$36,630 | 60 |
| 93 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$47,400 |
$35,540 | 260 |
| 94 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$47,280 |
$33,200 | 420 |
| 95 |
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$47,140 |
$33,780 | 60 |
| 96 |
Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
|
$47,130 |
$40,960 | 70 |
| 97 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$47,110 |
$37,680 | 120 |
| 98 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$47,090 |
$31,490 | 30 |
| 99 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$46,970 |
$34,330 | 130 |
| 100 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$46,950 |
$32,720 | 70 |
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