| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$78,540 |
$26,850 | 100 |
| 2 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$76,460 |
$46,610 | 40 |
| 3 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$75,530 |
$26,020 | 50 |
| 4 |
Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$74,170 |
$40,650 | 70 |
| 5 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$67,510 |
$21,710 | 30 |
| 6 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$65,730 |
$22,390 | 50 |
| 7 |
Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$65,300 |
$32,340 | 90 |
| 8 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
|
$61,920 |
$29,640 | 210 |
| 9 |
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$60,300 |
$25,370 | 60 |
| 10 |
Sussex County, Delaware
|
$59,540 |
$19,690 | 30 |
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| 11 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$59,480 |
$33,650 | 290 |
| 12 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$58,850 |
$29,090 | 260 |
| 13 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$58,640 |
$36,780 | 2,660 |
| 14 |
Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$58,580 |
$28,460 | 30 |
| 15 |
Dalton, Georgia
|
$57,400 |
$18,330 | 50 |
| 16 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
|
$57,320 |
$29,510 | 50 |
| 17 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$56,980 |
$30,840 | 7,130 |
| 18 |
Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
|
$56,800 |
$41,480 | 40 |
| 19 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$56,630 |
$31,400 | 31,800 |
| 20 |
El Centro, California
|
$56,480 |
$32,050 | 30 |
| 21 |
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$56,430 |
$41,070 | 30 |
| 22 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$55,900 |
$24,600 | 3,150 |
| 23 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$55,840 |
$29,280 | 790 |
| 24 |
Sherman-Denison, Texas
|
$55,780 |
$19,210 | 50 |
| 25 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$54,910 |
$30,450 | 3,280 |
| 26 |
Lima, Ohio
|
$54,410 |
$30,520 | 90 |
| 27 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$53,850 |
$25,390 | 2,580 |
| 28 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$53,480 |
$35,770 | 6,830 |
| 29 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$52,520 |
$29,900 | 680 |
| 30 |
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$52,260 |
$32,690 | 190 |
| 31 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$52,250 |
$33,960 | 120 |
| 32 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$52,000 |
$35,980 | 270 |
| 33 |
Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$51,970 |
$27,810 | 30 |
| 34 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$51,530 |
$24,690 | 80 |
| 35 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$51,440 |
$24,290 | 110 |
| 36 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$51,430 |
$28,190 | 610 |
| 37 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$51,160 |
$30,830 | 300 |
| 38 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$50,910 |
$27,800 | 740 |
| 39 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$50,900 |
$30,140 | 1,870 |
| 40 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$50,780 |
$21,790 | 18,450 |
| 41 |
North Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$50,740 |
$16,310 | 50 |
| 42 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$50,690 |
$32,640 | 210 |
| 43 |
Bangor, Maine
|
$50,580 |
$29,110 | 200 |
| 44 |
Napa, California
|
$50,330 |
$32,380 | 120 |
| 45 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$50,160 |
$41,810 | 80 |
| 46 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$50,090 |
$29,410 | 120 |
| 47 |
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$50,060 |
$22,740 | 60 |
| 48 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$50,050 |
$28,210 | 40 |
| 49 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$49,970 |
$28,980 | 70 |
| 50 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$49,740 |
$31,310 | 250 |
| 51 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$49,650 |
$29,200 | 1,040 |
| 52 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$49,510 |
$29,160 | 30 |
| 53 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$49,470 |
$24,700 | 1,470 |
| 54 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$49,410 |
$27,140 | 250 |
| 55 |
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$49,360 |
$29,140 | 180 |
| 56 |
Pee Dee South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$49,320 |
$36,280 | 70 |
| 57 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$49,200 |
$33,240 | 380 |
| 58 |
Macon, Georgia
|
$49,190 |
$23,380 | 150 |
| 59 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$49,180 |
$29,640 | 760 |
| 60 |
Corvallis, Oregon
|
$49,130 |
$38,220 | 200 |
| 61 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$49,110 |
$28,560 | 150 |
| 62 |
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
$48,900 |
$33,110 | 60 |
| 63 |
Rome, Georgia
|
$48,830 |
$28,740 | 70 |
| 64 |
Gainesville, Georgia
|
$48,680 |
$24,960 | 150 |
| 65 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$48,510 |
$29,570 | 1,020 |
| 66 |
Salinas, California
|
$48,500 |
$33,210 | 300 |
| 67 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$48,470 |
$23,270 | 5,290 |
| 68 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$48,440 |
$27,100 | 3,890 |
| 69 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$48,430 |
$36,210 | 420 |
| 70 |
Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$48,340 |
$41,040 | 40 |
| 71 |
Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire
|
$48,230 |
$33,240 | 50 |
| 72 |
Elmira, New York
|
$48,230 |
$27,770 | 40 |
| 73 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$48,130 |
$27,030 | 2,530 |
| 74 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$48,080 |
$26,100 | 330 |
| 75 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$48,080 |
$36,470 | 30 |
| 76 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$48,010 |
$25,500 | 360 |
| 77 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$47,920 |
$31,200 | 180 |
| 78 |
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$47,910 |
$28,550 | 50 |
| 79 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$47,860 |
$29,430 | 110 |
| 80 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$47,840 |
$20,480 | 40 |
| 81 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$47,840 |
$22,900 | 5,360 |
| 82 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$47,820 |
$23,780 | 50 |
| 83 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$47,760 |
$29,180 | 500 |
| 84 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$47,730 |
$29,590 | 100 |
| 85 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$47,730 |
$31,780 | 200 |
| 86 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$47,700 |
$23,260 | 480 |
| 87 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$47,610 |
$29,120 | 120 |
| 88 |
Modesto, California
|
$47,550 |
$31,120 | 250 |
| 89 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$47,550 |
$29,370 | 1,240 |
| 90 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$47,540 |
$29,280 | 70 |
| 91 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$47,480 |
$15,920 | 40 |
| 92 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$47,440 |
$32,520 | 100 |
| 93 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$47,430 |
$30,300 | 290 |
| 94 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$47,270 |
$27,910 | 7,980 |
| 95 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$47,160 |
$31,190 | 13,860 |
| 96 |
Kingston, New York
|
$47,150 |
$29,850 | 180 |
| 97 |
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire
|
$47,090 |
$29,720 | 230 |
| 98 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$47,060 |
$28,670 | 180 |
| 99 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$47,040 |
$29,380 | 5,350 |
| 100 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$46,930 |
$30,910 | 50 |
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