Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$78,900 |
$38,370 | 560 |
2 |
Idaho Falls, Idaho
|
$78,320 |
$31,250 | 230 |
3 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$67,460 |
$37,550 | 220 |
4 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$66,640 |
$44,360 | 14,190 |
5 |
Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$66,270 |
$43,680 | 70 |
6 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$65,220 |
$37,200 | 140 |
7 |
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
|
$65,010 |
$36,340 | 180 |
8 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$64,700 |
$37,140 | 370 |
9 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$64,660 |
$31,090 | 40 |
10 |
East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$64,540 |
$37,630 | 30 |
|
11 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$64,440 |
$31,220 | 580 |
12 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$64,420 |
$40,710 | 390 |
13 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$64,050 |
$33,610 | 300 |
14 |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
|
$64,020 |
$35,200 | 40 |
15 |
Midland, Texas
|
$63,920 |
$37,850 | 240 |
16 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$63,070 |
$45,040 | 6,580 |
17 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$62,570 |
$45,750 | 3,970 |
18 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$62,480 |
$34,360 | 420 |
19 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$62,190 |
$35,240 | 110 |
20 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$62,120 |
$37,600 | 50 |
21 |
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$62,030 |
$32,200 | 70 |
22 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$62,000 |
$37,500 | 90 |
23 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$62,000 |
$35,020 | 50 |
24 |
Midland, Michigan
|
$61,990 |
$36,020 | 80 |
25 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$61,820 |
$37,470 | 50 |
26 |
Charleston, West Virginia
|
$61,520 |
$31,220 | 70 |
27 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$61,430 |
$37,680 | 620 |
28 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$61,180 |
$38,940 | 500 |
29 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$61,000 |
$37,920 | 90 |
30 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$60,980 |
$41,170 | 200 |
31 |
Longview, Washington
|
$60,970 |
$36,090 | 210 |
32 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$60,940 |
$40,570 | 1,020 |
33 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$60,890 |
$31,070 | 50 |
34 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$60,890 |
$35,200 | 90 |
35 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$60,820 |
$37,750 | 550 |
36 |
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$60,200 |
$39,110 | 50 |
37 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$59,970 |
$34,460 | 80 |
38 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$59,930 |
$40,610 | 140 |
39 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$59,900 |
$36,570 | 440 |
40 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$59,870 |
$38,260 | 5,110 |
41 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$59,840 |
$36,140 | 400 |
42 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$59,340 |
$31,720 | 180 |
43 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$59,240 |
$39,480 | 1,400 |
44 |
Owensboro, Kentucky
|
$59,190 |
$39,500 | 130 |
45 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$59,160 |
$37,410 | 190 |
46 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$59,080 |
$38,250 | 90 |
47 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$59,060 |
$35,200 | 170 |
48 |
Terre Haute, Indiana
|
$58,650 |
$35,210 | 150 |
49 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$58,620 |
$36,570 | 300 |
50 |
West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$58,480 |
$35,820 | 30 |
51 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$58,480 |
$36,450 | 2,700 |
52 |
Great Falls, Montana
|
$58,360 |
$34,700 | 30 |
53 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$58,340 |
$38,060 | 640 |
54 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$58,290 |
$38,690 | 37,800 |
55 |
Lewiston, Washington
|
$58,180 |
$37,970 | 50 |
56 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$57,970 |
$36,340 | 840 |
57 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$57,970 |
$31,070 | 50 |
58 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$57,950 |
$38,110 | 170 |
59 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$57,930 |
$41,070 | 970 |
60 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$57,890 |
$43,340 | 430 |
61 |
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$57,700 |
$34,150 | 320 |
62 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$57,680 |
$38,740 | 180 |
63 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
|
$57,560 |
$37,950 | 690 |
64 |
Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia
|
$57,430 |
$34,430 | 130 |
65 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$57,360 |
$32,770 | 210 |
66 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$57,270 |
$39,570 | 4,970 |
67 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$57,260 |
$40,290 | 4,760 |
68 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$57,120 |
$37,790 | 700 |
69 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$57,020 |
$37,980 | 710 |
70 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$57,010 |
$40,250 | 150 |
71 |
Bloomington, Illinois
|
$56,990 |
$37,140 | 130 |
72 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$56,940 |
$29,240 | 510 |
73 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$56,830 |
$38,360 | 360 |
74 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$56,670 |
$36,510 | 520 |
75 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$56,520 |
$49,380 | 70 |
76 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$56,470 |
$40,090 | 500 |
77 |
Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana
|
$56,350 |
$36,200 | 50 |
78 |
Southeast Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$56,320 |
$28,880 | 100 |
79 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$56,310 |
$34,840 | 350 |
80 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$56,310 |
$40,030 | 240 |
81 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$56,260 |
$42,200 | 160 |
82 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$56,040 |
$38,840 | 230 |
83 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$55,930 |
$38,190 | 90 |
84 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$55,650 |
$36,380 | 2,630 |
85 |
Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas
|
$55,560 |
$37,950 | 160 |
86 |
Dubuque, Iowa
|
$55,560 |
$38,840 | 160 |
87 |
Napa, California
|
$55,410 |
$41,720 | 170 |
88 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$55,410 |
$39,240 | 2,700 |
89 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$55,400 |
$37,770 | 480 |
90 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$55,370 |
$35,010 | 1,010 |
91 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$55,360 |
$34,510 | 30 |
92 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$55,310 |
$36,330 | 1,310 |
93 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$55,310 |
$35,630 | 420 |
94 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$55,210 |
$35,810 | 160 |
95 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$55,200 |
$36,800 | 7,180 |
96 |
Homosassa Springs, Florida
|
$55,110 |
$27,390 | 40 |
97 |
Redding, California
|
$55,010 |
$36,350 | 100 |
98 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$54,940 |
$34,110 | 130 |
99 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$54,880 |
$37,230 | 810 |
100 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$54,870 |
$37,390 | 210 |
|