| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$57,490 |
$22,250 | 2,060 |
| 2 |
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
|
$53,130 |
$26,010 | 520 |
| 3 |
Flint, Michigan
|
$52,130 |
$20,540 | 3,420 |
| 4 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$49,340 |
$24,120 | 9,430 |
| 5 |
Monroe, Louisiana
|
$44,980 |
$32,840 | 500 |
| 6 |
Steubenville-Weirton, West Virginia
|
$44,790 |
$26,990 | 170 |
| 7 |
Sandusky, Ohio
|
$44,400 |
$26,970 | 520 |
| 8 |
Kokomo, Indiana
|
$43,650 |
$30,690 | 180 |
| 9 |
Decatur, Illinois
|
$43,520 |
$32,600 | 360 |
| 10 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$43,480 |
$25,160 | 4,990 |
|
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| 11 |
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan
|
$43,410 |
$25,020 | 21,470 |
| 12 |
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
$43,190 |
$16,310 | 40 |
| 13 |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
|
$42,650 |
$27,340 | 3,020 |
| 14 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$42,630 |
$21,420 | 90 |
| 15 |
El Centro, California
|
$42,480 |
$19,410 | 140 |
| 16 |
St Joseph, Missouri
|
$42,450 |
$32,120 | 300 |
| 17 |
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$41,300 |
$23,070 | 1,040 |
| 18 |
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$41,100 |
$23,150 | 480 |
| 19 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$40,670 |
$21,190 | 16,750 |
| 20 |
Warner Robins, Georgia
|
$40,540 |
$23,690 | 1,810 |
| 21 |
Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$40,520 |
$26,990 | 100 |
| 22 |
Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
$40,480 |
$25,070 | 100 |
| 23 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$40,420 |
$18,560 | 4,860 |
| 24 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$39,450 |
$26,820 | 5,670 |
| 25 |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
|
$39,320 |
$25,480 | 8,150 |
| 26 |
Pueblo, Colorado
|
$38,730 |
$25,630 | 70 |
| 27 |
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$38,720 |
$21,620 | 8,400 |
| 28 |
Lafayette, Indiana
|
$38,470 |
$22,580 | 5,210 |
| 29 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$38,340 |
$22,750 | 16,010 |
| 30 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$38,080 |
$19,740 | 6,540 |
| 31 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$37,890 |
$25,260 | 12,800 |
| 32 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$37,720 |
$23,490 | 6,410 |
| 33 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$37,540 |
$21,570 | 1,660 |
| 34 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$37,530 |
$31,200 | 340 |
| 35 |
Lima, Ohio
|
$37,510 |
$24,050 | 470 |
| 36 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$37,460 |
$19,550 | 5,080 |
| 37 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$37,430 |
$21,020 | 3,650 |
| 38 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$37,030 |
$22,450 | 760 |
| 39 |
Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$36,960 |
$26,140 | 750 |
| 40 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$36,760 |
$21,640 | 44,100 |
| 41 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$36,760 |
$20,260 | 380 |
| 42 |
Palm Coast, Florida
|
$36,710 |
$32,280 | 130 |
| 43 |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
$36,680 |
$32,320 | 1,140 |
| 44 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$36,580 |
$22,860 | 510 |
| 45 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$36,500 |
$21,260 | 5,820 |
| 46 |
Harrisonburg, Virginia
|
$36,450 |
$24,440 | 170 |
| 47 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$36,120 |
$26,590 | 370 |
| 48 |
Bowling Green, Kentucky
|
$36,100 |
$23,250 | 2,330 |
| 49 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$36,060 |
$27,340 | 560 |
| 50 |
Sumter, South Carolina
|
$36,050 |
$20,730 | 1,460 |
| 51 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$36,040 |
$19,060 | 70 |
| 52 |
Farmington, New Mexico
|
$36,020 |
$23,400 | 50 |
| 53 |
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$35,970 |
$23,140 | 40 |
| 54 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$35,870 |
$28,440 | 50 |
| 55 |
Danville, Illinois
|
$35,830 |
$21,170 | 90 |
| 56 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$35,770 |
$25,080 | 1,450 |
| 57 |
Clarksville, Tennessee
|
$35,660 |
$24,880 | 2,800 |
| 58 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$35,640 |
$18,740 | 170 |
| 59 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$35,610 |
$25,070 | 9,930 |
| 60 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$35,480 |
$24,920 | 160 |
| 61 |
Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
|
$35,480 |
$23,650 | 440 |
| 62 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$35,470 |
$22,810 | 210 |
| 63 |
East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$35,450 |
$25,950 | 310 |
| 64 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$35,360 |
$25,950 | 1,260 |
| 65 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$35,270 |
$26,780 | 40 |
| 66 |
Greenville, North Carolina
|
$35,260 |
$21,440 | 370 |
| 67 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$35,230 |
$21,930 | 30 |
| 68 |
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts
|
$35,160 |
$23,340 | 230 |
| 69 |
Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$35,080 |
$26,160 | 130 |
| 70 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$35,020 |
$20,880 | 390 |
| 71 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$34,910 |
$25,380 | 270 |
| 72 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$34,850 |
$20,440 | 8,540 |
| 73 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$34,830 |
$26,630 | 1,040 |
| 74 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$34,820 |
$22,830 | 110 |
| 75 |
Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$34,730 |
$25,670 | 1,370 |
| 76 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$34,560 |
$23,140 | 790 |
| 77 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$34,530 |
$23,640 | 50 |
| 78 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$34,490 |
$25,500 | 7,680 |
| 79 |
Lawrence, Kansas
|
$34,480 |
$22,830 | 580 |
| 80 |
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
$34,440 |
$20,540 | 2,020 |
| 81 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$34,380 |
$25,320 | 8,780 |
| 82 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$34,290 |
$22,190 | 1,940 |
| 83 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$34,250 |
$24,070 | 1,250 |
| 84 |
Napa, California
|
$34,240 |
$22,460 | 90 |
| 85 |
Tyler, Texas
|
$34,120 |
$25,540 | 180 |
| 86 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$34,080 |
$23,770 | 180 |
| 87 |
Southeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$34,060 |
$25,920 | 750 |
| 88 |
Battle Creek, Michigan
|
$34,010 |
$24,490 | 3,620 |
| 89 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$33,960 |
$19,690 | 7,100 |
| 90 |
Macon, Georgia
|
$33,920 |
$22,880 | 350 |
| 91 |
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$33,830 |
$18,170 | 4,650 |
| 92 |
Anniston-Oxford, Alabama
|
$33,800 |
$19,350 | 1,490 |
| 93 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$33,720 |
$22,670 | 7,150 |
| 94 |
Decatur, Alabama
|
$33,680 |
$25,160 | 1,290 |
| 95 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$33,680 |
$22,850 | 5,790 |
| 96 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$33,580 |
$23,220 | 490 |
| 97 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$33,540 |
$21,570 | 520 |
| 98 |
Anderson, South Carolina
|
$33,530 |
$21,520 | 1,370 |
| 99 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$33,440 |
$20,460 | 4,690 |
| 100 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$33,390 |
$21,450 | 3,320 |
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