Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$38,180 |
$31,990 | 40 |
2 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$36,870 |
$27,840 | 40 |
3 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$36,570 |
$29,620 | 340 |
4 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$36,170 |
$26,390 | 50 |
5 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$34,720 |
$34,720 | n/a |
6 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$33,450 |
$27,230 | n/a |
7 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$31,720 |
$23,930 | n/a |
8 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$31,290 |
$29,630 | 180 |
9 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$31,060 |
$20,940 | n/a |
10 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$30,980 |
$26,890 | 80 |
|
11 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$30,950 |
$29,120 | 90 |
12 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$30,590 |
$23,180 | 50 |
13 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$30,430 |
$21,600 | 50 |
14 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$29,840 |
$27,390 | n/a |
15 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$29,810 |
$22,070 | 60 |
16 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$29,790 |
$26,750 | n/a |
17 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$29,700 |
$25,520 | 40 |
18 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$29,640 |
$29,120 | 50 |
19 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$29,550 |
$29,530 | 440 |
20 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$29,250 |
$28,890 | 40 |
21 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$29,100 |
$25,810 | 110 |
22 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$28,980 |
$25,070 | 120 |
23 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$28,550 |
$21,600 | n/a |
24 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$28,520 |
$17,790 | 30 |
25 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$28,390 |
$23,210 | 30 |
26 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$28,340 |
$20,000 | 50 |
27 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$28,210 |
$25,480 | n/a |
28 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$28,120 |
$24,840 | n/a |
29 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$28,040 |
$22,630 | 30 |
30 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$27,690 |
$22,280 | n/a |
31 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$27,660 |
$18,350 | 40 |
32 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$27,240 |
$16,490 | 50 |
33 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$27,070 |
$22,000 | 1,410 |
34 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$26,860 |
$21,540 | 40 |
35 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$26,800 |
$20,310 | 50 |
36 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$26,310 |
$18,550 | 30 |
37 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$26,140 |
$18,710 | n/a |
38 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$25,980 |
$23,790 | 40 |
39 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$25,960 |
$21,550 | n/a |
40 |
Terre Haute, Indiana
|
$25,810 |
$21,430 | 50 |
41 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$25,390 |
$22,270 | 90 |
42 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$24,710 |
$17,470 | 510 |
43 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$24,540 |
$20,990 | 70 |
44 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$24,420 |
$20,630 | n/a |
45 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$24,250 |
$24,250 | 110 |
46 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$24,050 |
$22,940 | 30 |
47 |
Rochester, New York
|
$23,870 |
$19,350 | 70 |
48 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$23,690 |
$20,600 | n/a |
49 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
|
$23,530 |
$18,650 | 50 |
50 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$23,510 |
$21,140 | 30 |
51 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$23,490 |
$22,770 | 30 |
52 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$23,400 |
$17,990 | 90 |
53 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$23,330 |
$18,080 | 30 |
54 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$23,110 |
$20,750 | n/a |
55 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$22,970 |
$20,290 | 120 |
56 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$22,860 |
$17,110 | n/a |
57 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$22,320 |
$16,860 | n/a |
58 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$22,150 |
$17,270 | 40 |
59 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$22,090 |
$18,800 | 150 |
60 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$21,830 |
$18,210 | 30 |
61 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$21,820 |
$18,520 | 520 |
62 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$21,040 |
$16,410 | 50 |
63 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$20,980 |
$20,740 | 160 |
64 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$20,880 |
$16,730 | 60 |
65 |
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
|
$20,760 |
$17,060 | 50 |
66 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$20,350 |
$16,390 | 210 |
67 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$20,190 |
$20,180 | 60 |
68 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$19,800 |
$18,470 | n/a |
69 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$18,560 |
$16,110 | n/a |
70 |
Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$17,490 |
$15,790 | 30 |
|