Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$46,570 |
$28,460 | 530 |
2 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$45,630 |
$22,880 | 80 |
3 |
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$44,170 |
$22,920 | 160 |
4 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$43,970 |
$26,680 | 70 |
5 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$43,330 |
$31,240 | 110 |
6 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$40,950 |
$31,350 | 150 |
7 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$40,620 |
$31,330 | 230 |
8 |
Yuma, Arizona
|
$40,570 |
$28,600 | 110 |
9 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$40,520 |
$35,530 | 960 |
10 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$40,280 |
$33,810 | 260 |
|
11 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$39,680 |
$35,390 | 6,900 |
12 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas
|
$39,530 |
$21,300 | 240 |
13 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona
|
$39,480 |
$28,710 | 70 |
14 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$39,120 |
$28,090 | 1,100 |
15 |
Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
$39,070 |
$23,460 | 140 |
16 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$38,980 |
$30,680 | 50 |
17 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$38,730 |
$27,040 | 140 |
18 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$38,680 |
$29,610 | 150 |
19 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$38,370 |
$31,200 | 17,150 |
20 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$38,050 |
$25,730 | 720 |
21 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$38,000 |
$27,040 | 1,100 |
22 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$37,980 |
$27,040 | 680 |
23 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$37,970 |
$30,160 | 280 |
24 |
Napa, California
|
$37,740 |
$32,830 | 130 |
25 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$37,740 |
$30,300 | 1,690 |
26 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$37,690 |
$31,200 | 900 |
27 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$37,640 |
$25,180 | 340 |
28 |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
|
$37,620 |
$19,120 | 80 |
29 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$37,460 |
$33,280 | 5,660 |
30 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$37,440 |
$29,000 | 500 |
31 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$37,440 |
$34,010 | 2,830 |
32 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$37,440 |
$29,310 | 380 |
33 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$37,330 |
$26,100 | 40 |
34 |
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
|
$37,300 |
$24,880 | 130 |
35 |
Midland, Michigan
|
$37,240 |
$29,590 | 50 |
36 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$37,200 |
$30,460 | 330 |
37 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$37,120 |
$27,610 | 3,720 |
38 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$37,100 |
$29,490 | 1,490 |
39 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$36,980 |
$31,140 | 80 |
40 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$36,900 |
$30,960 | 5,910 |
41 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$36,880 |
$27,040 | 90 |
42 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$36,850 |
$28,350 | 150 |
43 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$36,750 |
$27,040 | 70 |
44 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$36,570 |
$31,040 | 40 |
45 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$36,550 |
$32,020 | 210 |
46 |
Chico, California
|
$36,520 |
$29,730 | 60 |
47 |
Stockton, California
|
$36,490 |
$30,390 | 240 |
48 |
Salinas, California
|
$36,270 |
$32,870 | 270 |
49 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$36,160 |
$27,040 | 420 |
50 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$35,980 |
$26,550 | 2,290 |
51 |
Longview, Washington
|
$35,970 |
$31,620 | 50 |
52 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$35,950 |
$30,570 | 230 |
53 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$35,930 |
$30,780 | 1,310 |
54 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$35,690 |
$31,490 | 230 |
55 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$35,630 |
$28,230 | 260 |
56 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$35,560 |
$30,030 | 150 |
57 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$35,560 |
$22,930 | 130 |
58 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$35,510 |
$29,880 | 140 |
59 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$35,460 |
$27,810 | 3,960 |
60 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$35,450 |
$30,140 | n/a |
61 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$35,450 |
$23,180 | 70 |
62 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$35,410 |
$26,050 | 160 |
63 |
Modesto, California
|
$35,360 |
$31,660 | 230 |
64 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$35,320 |
$30,480 | 110 |
65 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$35,290 |
$31,030 | 250 |
66 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$35,280 |
$20,800 | 410 |
67 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$35,240 |
$31,390 | 1,760 |
68 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$35,210 |
$27,040 | 80 |
69 |
Madera-Chowchilla, California
|
$35,190 |
$29,310 | 50 |
70 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$35,150 |
$29,840 | 140 |
71 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$35,080 |
$30,790 | 190 |
72 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$35,070 |
$23,210 | 130 |
73 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$35,040 |
$29,860 | 80 |
74 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$34,970 |
$23,690 | 280 |
75 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$34,960 |
$25,480 | 890 |
76 |
College Station-Bryan, Texas
|
$34,800 |
$22,020 | 110 |
77 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$34,790 |
$28,180 | 1,000 |
78 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$34,760 |
$30,140 | 140 |
79 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$34,700 |
$30,990 | 130 |
80 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$34,680 |
$27,540 | 1,870 |
81 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$34,680 |
$27,460 | 70 |
82 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$34,630 |
$22,180 | 850 |
83 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$34,620 |
$33,180 | 120 |
84 |
Merced, California
|
$34,550 |
$29,730 | 110 |
85 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona
|
$34,530 |
$27,610 | 110 |
86 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$34,470 |
$30,110 | 1,370 |
87 |
Grants Pass, Oregon
|
$34,450 |
$30,200 | 60 |
88 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$34,440 |
$30,100 | 150 |
89 |
Kingston, New York
|
$34,390 |
$30,010 | 120 |
90 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$34,390 |
$15,080 | 40 |
91 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$34,390 |
$29,730 | 150 |
92 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$34,390 |
$26,890 | 100 |
93 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$34,390 |
$23,960 | 1,270 |
94 |
Redding, California
|
$34,310 |
$29,660 | 70 |
95 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$34,240 |
$29,660 | 100 |
96 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$34,230 |
$22,610 | 340 |
97 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$34,220 |
$31,040 | 160 |
98 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$34,210 |
$29,040 | 390 |
99 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$34,100 |
$30,140 | 140 |
100 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$34,070 |
$24,630 | 140 |
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