| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$111,390 |
$51,640 | 60 |
| 2 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$98,970 |
$79,200 | 710 |
| 3 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$98,460 |
$75,680 | n/a |
| 4 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$94,490 |
$74,830 | 80 |
| 5 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$94,350 |
$84,260 | 440 |
| 6 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$93,930 |
$62,380 | 130 |
| 7 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$92,580 |
$80,960 | 50 |
| 8 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$90,150 |
$69,460 | 620 |
| 9 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$89,940 |
$64,550 | 330 |
| 10 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$89,220 |
$78,320 | 370 |
|
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| 11 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$88,250 |
$56,670 | 210 |
| 12 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$84,540 |
$61,040 | n/a |
| 13 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$83,630 |
$83,630 | 40 |
| 14 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$83,310 |
$42,890 | n/a |
| 15 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$81,820 |
$59,640 | 40 |
| 16 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$79,810 |
$22,040 | 30 |
| 17 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$79,790 |
$44,990 | 290 |
| 18 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$75,740 |
$49,920 | n/a |
| 19 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$73,790 |
$47,730 | 250 |
| 20 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$73,790 |
$63,830 | 30 |
| 21 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$71,540 |
$34,050 | 100 |
| 22 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$69,980 |
$38,130 | 30 |
| 23 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$69,470 |
$62,430 | 40 |
| 24 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$68,850 |
$40,210 | 1,170 |
| 25 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$68,770 |
$36,660 | 80 |
| 26 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$68,040 |
$50,130 | 60 |
| 27 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$67,390 |
$34,950 | 460 |
| 28 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$66,870 |
$33,200 | 330 |
| 29 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$63,960 |
$26,180 | n/a |
| 30 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$63,430 |
$38,840 | 30 |
| 31 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$62,490 |
$37,250 | 300 |
| 32 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$62,000 |
$29,570 | 610 |
| 33 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$61,240 |
$37,500 | 40 |
| 34 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$61,220 |
$37,020 | 150 |
| 35 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$60,620 |
$19,920 | 30 |
| 36 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$60,110 |
$52,100 | n/a |
| 37 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$59,400 |
$42,720 | 300 |
| 38 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$59,180 |
$46,990 | 80 |
| 39 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$58,480 |
$48,770 | 410 |
| 40 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$58,220 |
$32,950 | 220 |
| 41 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$58,220 |
$38,730 | 890 |
| 42 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$58,210 |
$39,560 | n/a |
| 43 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$57,700 |
$36,730 | 80 |
| 44 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$57,620 |
$37,440 | 90 |
| 45 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$57,350 |
$30,470 | 70 |
| 46 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$56,840 |
$50,950 | 200 |
| 47 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$56,600 |
$34,660 | 470 |
| 48 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$56,600 |
$27,500 | 770 |
| 49 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$56,180 |
$41,600 | 340 |
| 50 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$55,920 |
$29,430 | 50 |
| 51 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$55,880 |
$43,010 | 70 |
| 52 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$55,550 |
$47,140 | 50 |
| 53 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$54,190 |
$44,900 | 130 |
| 54 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$53,460 |
$35,390 | 60 |
| 55 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$53,220 |
$32,740 | n/a |
| 56 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$52,890 |
$33,130 | 170 |
| 57 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$52,800 |
$47,020 | n/a |
| 58 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$51,950 |
$45,910 | 130 |
| 59 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$51,810 |
$32,560 | 110 |
| 60 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$51,580 |
$39,600 | 40 |
| 61 |
El Paso, Texas
|
$51,320 |
$31,790 | 60 |
| 62 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$50,430 |
$39,460 | 380 |
| 63 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$50,030 |
$45,840 | 80 |
| 64 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$49,900 |
$39,080 | 70 |
| 65 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$49,740 |
$38,490 | 1,750 |
| 66 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$49,680 |
$38,960 | 80 |
| 67 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$49,620 |
$34,900 | 60 |
| 68 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$48,970 |
$31,010 | 40 |
| 69 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$48,850 |
$37,790 | 60 |
| 70 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$48,730 |
$39,210 | 1,030 |
| 71 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$48,650 |
$36,700 | 40 |
| 72 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$48,440 |
$45,880 | 410 |
| 73 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$48,410 |
$40,530 | 180 |
| 74 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$48,140 |
$33,620 | 80 |
| 75 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$47,730 |
$43,150 | 110 |
| 76 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$47,600 |
$39,520 | 130 |
| 77 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$47,480 |
$33,530 | 80 |
| 78 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$47,040 |
$36,820 | 40 |
| 79 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$47,020 |
$35,440 | 230 |
| 80 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$46,930 |
$35,360 | 40 |
| 81 |
Jackson, Mississippi
|
$46,880 |
$37,500 | 30 |
| 82 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$46,850 |
$35,580 | 50 |
| 83 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$46,840 |
$38,490 | 40 |
| 84 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$46,670 |
$39,990 | 40 |
| 85 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$46,170 |
$32,090 | 130 |
| 86 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$45,120 |
$34,200 | 140 |
| 87 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$44,910 |
$39,370 | 70 |
| 88 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$44,860 |
$33,030 | 230 |
| 89 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$44,400 |
$31,890 | n/a |
| 90 |
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$44,340 |
$33,230 | 220 |
| 91 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$44,020 |
$37,710 | 280 |
| 92 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$43,920 |
$33,650 | 310 |
| 93 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$43,680 |
$37,620 | 60 |
| 94 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$42,880 |
$32,080 | 140 |
| 95 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$41,310 |
$30,440 | 200 |
| 96 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$40,570 |
$38,760 | 80 |
| 97 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$40,310 |
$32,890 | 330 |
| 98 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$39,950 |
$25,790 | 60 |
| 99 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$39,200 |
$32,150 | 60 |
| 100 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$38,820 |
$30,680 | 30 |
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