Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$58,810 |
$38,530 | 680 |
2 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$41,530 |
$23,580 | n/a |
3 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$39,850 |
$36,400 | 30 |
4 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$39,490 |
$34,580 | 120 |
5 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$39,200 |
$31,740 | 30 |
6 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$39,150 |
$33,200 | 580 |
7 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$39,000 |
$28,690 | 100 |
8 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$38,600 |
$32,350 | 530 |
9 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$38,370 |
$33,630 | 300 |
10 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$38,100 |
$34,480 | 40 |
|
11 |
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$37,810 |
$28,530 | 100 |
12 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$37,550 |
$30,010 | 130 |
13 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$37,500 |
$28,160 | 280 |
14 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$37,100 |
$23,460 | n/a |
15 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$36,450 |
$29,610 | 130 |
16 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$36,370 |
$26,220 | 170 |
17 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$35,590 |
$30,430 | 110 |
18 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$34,710 |
$24,180 | 30 |
19 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$33,350 |
$26,200 | n/a |
20 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$31,720 |
$21,760 | 90 |
21 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$31,300 |
$25,650 | 50 |
22 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$30,890 |
$23,450 | 50 |
23 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$30,220 |
$29,980 | 40 |
24 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$30,040 |
$21,440 | 240 |
25 |
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$30,020 |
$24,040 | 50 |
26 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$30,020 |
$23,650 | 50 |
27 |
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$28,910 |
$27,170 | 60 |
28 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$28,820 |
$22,150 | 40 |
29 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$28,720 |
$22,500 | 100 |
30 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$28,720 |
$22,500 | 100 |
31 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas
|
$28,680 |
$25,260 | 100 |
32 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$28,450 |
$22,690 | 130 |
33 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$27,740 |
$21,520 | n/a |
34 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$26,520 |
$21,060 | n/a |
35 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$26,380 |
$21,280 | 110 |
36 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$26,270 |
$21,080 | 120 |
37 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$24,470 |
$20,690 | 170 |
38 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$24,250 |
$20,430 | 80 |
39 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$24,010 |
$20,420 | n/a |
40 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina
|
$22,310 |
$17,280 | 40 |
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