Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$97,060 |
$54,610 | 2,000 |
2 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$96,310 |
$60,350 | 2,900 |
3 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$95,950 |
$44,600 | 550 |
4 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$95,420 |
$63,160 | 12,410 |
5 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$94,310 |
$60,910 | 190 |
6 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$93,100 |
$61,610 | 100 |
7 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$92,680 |
$60,130 | 750 |
8 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$92,620 |
$59,970 | 90 |
9 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$92,300 |
$59,670 | 500 |
10 |
Yuba City, California
|
$90,060 |
$47,070 | 100 |
|
11 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$90,000 |
$62,880 | 80 |
12 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$88,610 |
$57,320 | 1,720 |
13 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$87,550 |
$53,290 | 290 |
14 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$86,970 |
$55,620 | 700 |
15 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$86,630 |
$49,160 | 440 |
16 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$86,000 |
$58,100 | 850 |
17 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
$85,470 |
$51,020 | 70 |
18 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$85,190 |
$53,640 | 6,580 |
19 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$85,000 |
$58,600 | 250 |
20 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$84,850 |
$53,350 | 90 |
21 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$84,430 |
$62,310 | 1,070 |
22 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$84,400 |
$51,250 | 60 |
23 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$84,060 |
$52,730 | 100 |
24 |
Johnson City, Tennessee
|
$83,970 |
$47,990 | 50 |
25 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$83,700 |
$47,250 | 370 |
26 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$83,060 |
$49,700 | 100 |
27 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$82,410 |
$53,890 | 80 |
28 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina
|
$82,240 |
$49,390 | 90 |
29 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$82,120 |
$63,850 | 950 |
30 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$82,000 |
$52,110 | 1,190 |
31 |
Janesville, Wisconsin
|
$81,580 |
$55,710 | 90 |
32 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$81,550 |
$52,470 | 550 |
33 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$81,460 |
$52,100 | 370 |
34 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$81,400 |
$47,040 | 60 |
35 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$80,820 |
$30,610 | 460 |
36 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$80,570 |
$55,730 | 4,440 |
37 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$80,500 |
$54,510 | 790 |
38 |
Medford, Oregon
|
$80,280 |
$46,900 | 170 |
39 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$80,150 |
$50,370 | 150 |
40 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$79,960 |
$60,470 | 70 |
41 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$79,750 |
$49,060 | 170 |
42 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$79,740 |
$57,990 | 200 |
43 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$79,620 |
$46,530 | 150 |
44 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$79,590 |
$55,120 | 4,730 |
45 |
Hanford-Corcoran, California
|
$79,490 |
$52,770 | 50 |
46 |
Carson City, Nevada
|
$79,390 |
$50,440 | 40 |
47 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$79,380 |
$62,070 | 100 |
48 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$79,210 |
$61,570 | 50 |
49 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$79,150 |
$47,890 | 50 |
50 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$79,120 |
$50,090 | 40 |
51 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$79,080 |
$62,020 | 50 |
52 |
Monroe, Michigan
|
$78,900 |
$49,970 | 40 |
53 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$78,870 |
$48,340 | 40 |
54 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$78,790 |
$55,280 | 40 |
55 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$78,770 |
$51,400 | 340 |
56 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$78,560 |
$50,440 | 480 |
57 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$78,530 |
$58,200 | 80 |
58 |
Elmira, New York
|
$78,480 |
$50,070 | 40 |
59 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$78,390 |
$48,770 | 510 |
60 |
Midland, Michigan
|
$78,370 |
$47,460 | 70 |
61 |
Napa, California
|
$78,370 |
$49,060 | 130 |
62 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$78,360 |
$48,920 | 450 |
63 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$78,320 |
$51,160 | 230 |
64 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$78,160 |
$55,170 | 320 |
65 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$78,130 |
$50,460 | 580 |
66 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$78,090 |
$42,850 | 340 |
67 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia
|
$78,080 |
$49,250 | 50 |
68 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$78,030 |
$47,490 | 620 |
69 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$77,880 |
$53,510 | 3,240 |
70 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$77,880 |
$53,610 | 800 |
71 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$77,870 |
$51,620 | 170 |
72 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$77,770 |
$40,910 | 170 |
73 |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan
|
$77,770 |
$48,510 | 80 |
74 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan
|
$77,770 |
$53,000 | 110 |
75 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$77,770 |
$38,910 | 320 |
76 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$77,770 |
$49,970 | 1,800 |
77 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$77,760 |
$54,350 | 820 |
78 |
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$77,750 |
$59,210 | 30 |
79 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$77,700 |
$49,680 | 150 |
80 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$77,640 |
$56,690 | 160 |
81 |
Kingston, New York
|
$77,580 |
$55,620 | 90 |
82 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$77,530 |
$52,440 | 50 |
83 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$77,510 |
$51,500 | 90 |
84 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$77,460 |
$58,040 | 420 |
85 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$77,310 |
$39,050 | 190 |
86 |
Rochester, New York
|
$77,260 |
$57,700 | 600 |
87 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$77,260 |
$62,180 | 60 |
88 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$77,240 |
$49,110 | 150 |
89 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$77,230 |
$38,270 | 550 |
90 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$77,230 |
$47,640 | 1,090 |
91 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$77,220 |
$51,330 | 3,950 |
92 |
Punta Gorda, Florida
|
$77,180 |
$40,390 | 70 |
93 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$77,150 |
$53,850 | 80 |
94 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$77,110 |
$46,550 | 290 |
95 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$77,110 |
$43,750 | 230 |
96 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$77,100 |
$50,330 | 1,020 |
97 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$77,060 |
$52,990 | 180 |
98 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$77,020 |
$49,840 | 230 |
99 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$76,880 |
$52,060 | 100 |
100 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$76,830 |
$50,780 | 170 |
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