Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$96,660 |
$40,080 | 150 |
2 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$93,970 |
$60,450 | 30 |
3 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$93,100 |
$36,600 | 60 |
4 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$91,780 |
$72,630 | 40 |
5 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$89,940 |
$35,380 | 230 |
6 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$83,010 |
$33,740 | 170 |
7 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$82,280 |
$70,040 | 140 |
8 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$81,700 |
$40,360 | n/a |
9 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$80,760 |
$34,710 | n/a |
10 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$79,460 |
$75,500 | 60 |
|
11 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$77,500 |
$51,940 | 40 |
12 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$77,270 |
$53,290 | 370 |
13 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$77,160 |
$40,860 | 120 |
14 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$77,160 |
$47,320 | 180 |
15 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$76,970 |
$44,250 | 130 |
16 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$75,660 |
$51,420 | 190 |
17 |
Jefferson City, Missouri
|
$74,690 |
$40,120 | 30 |
18 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$74,500 |
$34,850 | 80 |
19 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$74,030 |
$52,580 | 110 |
20 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$71,810 |
$50,670 | 50 |
21 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$71,700 |
$43,100 | 300 |
22 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$71,310 |
$54,500 | 220 |
23 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$71,070 |
$45,030 | 720 |
24 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$71,050 |
$53,900 | n/a |
25 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$70,270 |
$40,140 | 50 |
26 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$69,980 |
$50,820 | 150 |
27 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$68,960 |
$41,470 | 380 |
28 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$68,730 |
$34,750 | n/a |
29 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$68,500 |
$34,950 | 90 |
30 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$67,450 |
$45,210 | n/a |
31 |
Longview, Washington
|
$67,420 |
$52,920 | 40 |
32 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$66,240 |
$40,930 | n/a |
33 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$66,180 |
$35,700 | 630 |
34 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$65,800 |
$23,480 | n/a |
35 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$65,270 |
$41,160 | 60 |
36 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$64,890 |
$64,890 | 40 |
37 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$64,300 |
$37,710 | 60 |
38 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$64,050 |
$41,870 | n/a |
39 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$63,960 |
$37,590 | 40 |
40 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$63,870 |
$37,250 | n/a |
41 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$63,460 |
$36,550 | 140 |
42 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$63,320 |
$37,200 | 50 |
43 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$63,280 |
$63,260 | 70 |
44 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$63,110 |
$43,850 | 370 |
45 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$63,070 |
$45,520 | 50 |
46 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$62,910 |
$37,220 | 80 |
47 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$62,780 |
$50,280 | 40 |
48 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$62,600 |
$37,720 | 260 |
49 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$62,480 |
$37,020 | 60 |
50 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$62,340 |
$35,330 | 70 |
51 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$62,330 |
$29,460 | n/a |
52 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$61,900 |
$39,220 | 420 |
53 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$61,890 |
$45,800 | 80 |
54 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$61,790 |
$34,270 | 40 |
55 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$61,560 |
$30,790 | n/a |
56 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$61,480 |
$39,650 | 500 |
57 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$61,140 |
$37,170 | 40 |
58 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$60,760 |
$33,120 | 90 |
59 |
Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$60,710 |
$36,300 | 30 |
60 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$60,700 |
$47,270 | 70 |
61 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$60,610 |
$49,450 | 30 |
62 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$60,550 |
$39,530 | 90 |
63 |
Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$60,530 |
$22,830 | 80 |
64 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$60,490 |
$45,760 | 310 |
65 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$60,400 |
$36,160 | 80 |
66 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$60,010 |
$51,240 | n/a |
67 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$59,990 |
$40,620 | 110 |
68 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$59,890 |
$36,840 | 60 |
69 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$59,760 |
$46,380 | 40 |
70 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$59,470 |
$47,470 | 30 |
71 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$59,430 |
$46,340 | 320 |
72 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$59,310 |
$30,440 | n/a |
73 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$59,090 |
$38,260 | 50 |
74 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$59,090 |
$40,700 | 40 |
75 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$58,990 |
$47,290 | 80 |
76 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$58,990 |
$38,060 | n/a |
77 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$57,950 |
$52,120 | n/a |
78 |
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$57,930 |
$44,980 | 50 |
79 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$57,750 |
$43,200 | n/a |
80 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$57,530 |
$49,000 | 400 |
81 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$57,010 |
$37,790 | 130 |
82 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$56,990 |
$34,710 | 30 |
83 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$56,730 |
$36,140 | 40 |
84 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$56,710 |
$48,320 | 260 |
85 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$56,570 |
$35,860 | n/a |
86 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$56,160 |
$51,310 | 30 |
87 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$56,150 |
$35,200 | n/a |
88 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$55,960 |
$28,640 | 70 |
89 |
Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia
|
$55,120 |
$37,040 | 60 |
90 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$53,940 |
$43,810 | 130 |
91 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$53,620 |
$44,090 | n/a |
92 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$53,440 |
$38,810 | 60 |
93 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$53,060 |
$45,570 | 30 |
94 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$52,940 |
$35,920 | 70 |
95 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$52,810 |
$23,040 | n/a |
96 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$52,460 |
$32,810 | 150 |
97 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$52,340 |
$35,200 | 40 |
98 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$52,150 |
$36,050 | n/a |
99 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$51,660 |
$33,620 | 40 |
100 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$51,640 |
$29,950 | n/a |
|