| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$82,820 |
$33,770 | 1,290 |
| 2 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$82,040 |
$45,680 | 300 |
| 3 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$78,950 |
$46,430 | 80 |
| 4 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$76,390 |
$47,180 | 30 |
| 5 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$75,550 |
$68,300 | 50 |
| 6 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$73,630 |
$35,360 | 80 |
| 7 |
Manhattan, Kansas
|
$73,460 |
$46,980 | n/a |
| 8 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$69,990 |
$35,140 | 60 |
| 9 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$65,150 |
$36,690 | 230 |
| 10 |
Napa, California
|
$64,170 |
$46,810 | 30 |
|
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| 11 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$64,130 |
$47,820 | 100 |
| 12 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$63,670 |
$40,350 | 800 |
| 13 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$63,500 |
$47,420 | 50 |
| 14 |
Salinas, California
|
$63,290 |
$39,610 | 140 |
| 15 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$63,070 |
$38,580 | 50 |
| 16 |
Kingston, New York
|
$62,400 |
$37,760 | 50 |
| 17 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$62,400 |
$39,370 | 50 |
| 18 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$62,010 |
$36,480 | 120 |
| 19 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$62,010 |
$43,620 | 460 |
| 20 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$61,990 |
$38,140 | 270 |
| 21 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$61,980 |
$37,670 | 30 |
| 22 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$61,790 |
$43,620 | 1,030 |
| 23 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$61,370 |
$43,320 | 3,200 |
| 24 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$61,240 |
$39,560 | 50 |
| 25 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$61,210 |
$33,000 | 470 |
| 26 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$61,050 |
$36,710 | 400 |
| 27 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$60,700 |
$39,420 | 140 |
| 28 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$60,400 |
$36,810 | 790 |
| 29 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$60,230 |
$36,780 | 40 |
| 30 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$60,050 |
$39,290 | 220 |
| 31 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$59,870 |
$49,180 | 40 |
| 32 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$59,870 |
$40,940 | 50 |
| 33 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$59,650 |
$36,100 | 2,460 |
| 34 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$59,560 |
$38,330 | 210 |
| 35 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$59,340 |
$30,870 | 30 |
| 36 |
Stockton, California
|
$59,270 |
$38,320 | 190 |
| 37 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$59,200 |
$39,150 | 720 |
| 38 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$59,150 |
$36,870 | 430 |
| 39 |
Modesto, California
|
$58,740 |
$36,030 | 110 |
| 40 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$58,660 |
$47,000 | 50 |
| 41 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$58,270 |
$45,940 | 270 |
| 42 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$57,940 |
$36,550 | 850 |
| 43 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$57,560 |
$27,870 | 380 |
| 44 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$56,670 |
$36,390 | 40 |
| 45 |
Carson City, Nevada
|
$56,450 |
$36,910 | 40 |
| 46 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$56,380 |
$36,540 | 560 |
| 47 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$55,870 |
$31,450 | 40 |
| 48 |
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York
|
$55,510 |
$48,030 | n/a |
| 49 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$55,470 |
$35,040 | 380 |
| 50 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$55,460 |
$38,420 | 100 |
| 51 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$55,290 |
$29,370 | n/a |
| 52 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$54,750 |
$38,330 | 930 |
| 53 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$54,620 |
$39,210 | 60 |
| 54 |
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$54,430 |
$29,220 | 40 |
| 55 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$54,350 |
$41,260 | 30 |
| 56 |
Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$54,120 |
$39,010 | 40 |
| 57 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$53,460 |
$35,050 | 50 |
| 58 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$53,460 |
$39,680 | 220 |
| 59 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$53,310 |
$38,160 | 110 |
| 60 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$52,980 |
$33,610 | 120 |
| 61 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$52,820 |
$38,490 | 40 |
| 62 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$52,130 |
$39,330 | 100 |
| 63 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$52,020 |
$36,300 | 200 |
| 64 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$51,970 |
$33,470 | 320 |
| 65 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$51,800 |
$26,000 | 700 |
| 66 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$51,790 |
$40,630 | 150 |
| 67 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$51,750 |
$37,810 | 40 |
| 68 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$51,520 |
$39,450 | 50 |
| 69 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$51,070 |
$39,280 | 630 |
| 70 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$50,850 |
$37,150 | 420 |
| 71 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$50,740 |
$35,700 | 120 |
| 72 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$50,730 |
$26,000 | 80 |
| 73 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$50,570 |
$36,970 | 990 |
| 74 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$50,520 |
$27,430 | 70 |
| 75 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$50,340 |
$35,320 | 210 |
| 76 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$50,320 |
$36,650 | 260 |
| 77 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$50,210 |
$33,380 | 40 |
| 78 |
Rochester, New York
|
$50,210 |
$36,790 | 210 |
| 79 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$50,200 |
$31,270 | 30 |
| 80 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$50,050 |
$44,710 | 30 |
| 81 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$50,030 |
$35,160 | 120 |
| 82 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$49,970 |
$42,840 | 580 |
| 83 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$49,660 |
$34,520 | 50 |
| 84 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$49,650 |
$34,210 | 70 |
| 85 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$49,540 |
$39,200 | 310 |
| 86 |
Logan, Utah
|
$49,090 |
$36,050 | 50 |
| 87 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$48,960 |
$41,820 | 30 |
| 88 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$48,910 |
$36,900 | 70 |
| 89 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$48,840 |
$39,470 | 80 |
| 90 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$48,630 |
$38,830 | 80 |
| 91 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$48,620 |
$37,790 | 60 |
| 92 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$48,560 |
$32,530 | 130 |
| 93 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$48,560 |
$37,910 | 860 |
| 94 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$48,310 |
$33,230 | 90 |
| 95 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$48,300 |
$38,240 | 30 |
| 96 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$48,300 |
$38,170 | 40 |
| 97 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$48,270 |
$36,500 | 30 |
| 98 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$48,230 |
$37,630 | 390 |
| 99 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$48,050 |
$33,230 | 710 |
| 100 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$48,000 |
$35,580 | 110 |
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