| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$94,600 |
$40,980 | 3,010 |
| 2 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$74,030 |
$43,030 | 400 |
| 3 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$66,330 |
$47,210 | 1,500 |
| 4 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$64,280 |
$34,510 | 6,660 |
| 5 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$63,650 |
$36,800 | 4,870 |
| 6 |
Longview, Texas
|
$62,500 |
$24,180 | 60 |
| 7 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$58,100 |
$34,510 | 380 |
| 8 |
Napa, California
|
$58,050 |
$35,760 | 350 |
| 9 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$57,590 |
$31,720 | 50 |
| 10 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$55,750 |
$22,890 | 40 |
|
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| 11 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$53,910 |
$37,090 | 30 |
| 12 |
Carson City, Nevada
|
$53,490 |
$23,340 | 30 |
| 13 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$53,280 |
$29,740 | 80 |
| 14 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$53,240 |
$34,510 | 180 |
| 15 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$53,160 |
$23,930 | 1,880 |
| 16 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$52,760 |
$34,430 | 3,470 |
| 17 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$52,390 |
$33,850 | 13,240 |
| 18 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$52,130 |
$34,410 | 350 |
| 19 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$52,010 |
$35,080 | 200 |
| 20 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$51,820 |
$34,510 | 460 |
| 21 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$51,570 |
$31,540 | 130 |
| 22 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$51,450 |
$27,550 | 940 |
| 23 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$51,430 |
$33,220 | 30 |
| 24 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$51,340 |
$26,860 | 330 |
| 25 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$51,020 |
$26,530 | 50 |
| 26 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$50,330 |
$31,130 | 170 |
| 27 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$50,060 |
$32,100 | 160 |
| 28 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$49,980 |
$33,280 | 4,360 |
| 29 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$49,960 |
$33,090 | 40 |
| 30 |
Modesto, California
|
$49,600 |
$31,620 | 300 |
| 31 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$49,310 |
$32,720 | 90 |
| 32 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$49,240 |
$19,280 | 460 |
| 33 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$49,140 |
$30,180 | 940 |
| 34 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$48,770 |
$24,960 | 2,360 |
| 35 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$48,680 |
$30,190 | 480 |
| 36 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$48,610 |
$26,120 | 2,340 |
| 37 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$48,450 |
$31,750 | 30 |
| 38 |
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$48,340 |
$23,980 | 50 |
| 39 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$48,080 |
$19,200 | 120 |
| 40 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$47,970 |
$18,980 | 140 |
| 41 |
Stockton, California
|
$47,950 |
$32,570 | 410 |
| 42 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$47,560 |
$31,770 | 220 |
| 43 |
Salinas, California
|
$47,420 |
$34,090 | 240 |
| 44 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$47,320 |
$32,590 | 1,970 |
| 45 |
El Centro, California
|
$47,310 |
$33,690 | 70 |
| 46 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$47,090 |
$23,590 | 120 |
| 47 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$47,030 |
$26,630 | 400 |
| 48 |
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire
|
$46,940 |
$27,010 | 30 |
| 49 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$46,910 |
$27,040 | 30 |
| 50 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$46,900 |
$32,490 | 720 |
| 51 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$46,840 |
$25,940 | 340 |
| 52 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$46,800 |
$32,590 | 2,990 |
| 53 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$46,770 |
$31,820 | 200 |
| 54 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$46,490 |
$22,890 | 680 |
| 55 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$46,400 |
$28,910 | 150 |
| 56 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$46,340 |
$23,000 | 30 |
| 57 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$46,090 |
$26,500 | 530 |
| 58 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$46,050 |
$19,690 | 340 |
| 59 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$45,640 |
$31,050 | 320 |
| 60 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$45,370 |
$27,820 | 40 |
| 61 |
Yuba City, California
|
$45,270 |
$31,160 | 70 |
| 62 |
Merced, California
|
$45,200 |
$31,110 | 100 |
| 63 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$44,990 |
$28,020 | 360 |
| 64 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$44,770 |
$22,680 | 70 |
| 65 |
East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$44,570 |
$31,550 | 60 |
| 66 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$44,400 |
$21,530 | 100 |
| 67 |
Racine, Wisconsin
|
$44,150 |
$27,780 | 40 |
| 68 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$43,840 |
$29,020 | 390 |
| 69 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$43,670 |
$27,400 | 710 |
| 70 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$43,570 |
$21,230 | 2,630 |
| 71 |
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$43,530 |
$22,830 | 30 |
| 72 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$43,280 |
$27,080 | 120 |
| 73 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$43,200 |
$29,630 | 240 |
| 74 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$43,130 |
$31,570 | 70 |
| 75 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$43,100 |
$30,190 | 50 |
| 76 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$43,000 |
$31,030 | 580 |
| 77 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$42,860 |
$22,890 | 70 |
| 78 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$42,710 |
$29,840 | 70 |
| 79 |
Redding, California
|
$42,530 |
$30,400 | 100 |
| 80 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$42,370 |
$23,010 | 1,740 |
| 81 |
Billings, Montana
|
$42,370 |
$27,550 | 30 |
| 82 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$42,340 |
$18,740 | 340 |
| 83 |
Lynchburg, Virginia
|
$42,310 |
$27,380 | 60 |
| 84 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$42,220 |
$30,430 | 380 |
| 85 |
Columbus, Georgia
|
$42,010 |
$22,330 | 80 |
| 86 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$41,970 |
$26,260 | 50 |
| 87 |
Chico, California
|
$41,920 |
$30,820 | 130 |
| 88 |
Fresno, California
|
$41,840 |
$30,450 | 750 |
| 89 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$41,820 |
$30,140 | 220 |
| 90 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$41,690 |
$24,790 | 140 |
| 91 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$41,600 |
$31,200 | 40 |
| 92 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$41,460 |
$28,840 | 210 |
| 93 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$41,460 |
$25,550 | 160 |
| 94 |
Gainesville, Florida
|
$41,340 |
$24,250 | 50 |
| 95 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$41,320 |
$25,840 | 1,550 |
| 96 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$41,200 |
$29,000 | 40 |
| 97 |
Lafayette, Louisiana
|
$40,990 |
$19,850 | 110 |
| 98 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$40,610 |
$26,430 | 50 |
| 99 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$40,280 |
$21,780 | 1,470 |
| 100 |
Gainesville, Georgia
|
$40,260 |
$21,170 | 60 |
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