| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$154,200 |
$73,610 | 1,480 |
| 2 |
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana
|
$146,160 |
$53,440 | 130 |
| 3 |
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
|
$140,440 |
$97,560 | 40 |
| 4 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$140,270 |
$94,760 | 270 |
| 5 |
Midland, Michigan
|
$137,210 |
$74,010 | 100 |
| 6 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$133,060 |
$63,150 | 50 |
| 7 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$131,550 |
$64,940 | 230 |
| 8 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$130,710 |
$84,860 | 80 |
| 9 |
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$129,380 |
$78,000 | 50 |
| 10 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$129,210 |
$82,420 | 7,100 |
|
|
| 11 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$127,030 |
$85,620 | 60 |
| 12 |
Auburn-Opelika, Alabama
|
$126,310 |
$53,370 | 30 |
| 13 |
Longview, Washington
|
$124,050 |
$75,250 | 30 |
| 14 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$123,820 |
$74,900 | 1,820 |
| 15 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$123,130 |
$86,470 | 120 |
| 16 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$122,460 |
$77,020 | 320 |
| 17 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$121,110 |
$76,220 | 950 |
| 18 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$120,760 |
$61,830 | 1,330 |
| 19 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$120,440 |
$72,810 | 1,500 |
| 20 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$118,220 |
$59,990 | 600 |
| 21 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$118,080 |
$82,130 | 130 |
| 22 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$117,650 |
$68,290 | 3,940 |
| 23 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$117,500 |
$75,830 | 2,380 |
| 24 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$116,960 |
$53,800 | 200 |
| 25 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$115,850 |
$75,270 | 1,280 |
| 26 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$115,810 |
$73,790 | 50 |
| 27 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$115,770 |
$72,220 | 1,380 |
| 28 |
Napa, California
|
$115,740 |
$63,250 | 130 |
| 29 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$114,970 |
$63,980 | 40 |
| 30 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$114,590 |
$77,740 | 30 |
| 31 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$114,120 |
$74,020 | 2,570 |
| 32 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$114,060 |
$71,230 | 220 |
| 33 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
|
$112,550 |
$79,720 | 70 |
| 34 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$111,750 |
$72,560 | 30 |
| 35 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$111,620 |
$66,380 | 2,850 |
| 36 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$111,130 |
$62,940 | 310 |
| 37 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$110,890 |
$69,200 | 1,480 |
| 38 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana
|
$110,840 |
$52,640 | 50 |
| 39 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$110,720 |
$82,700 | 90 |
| 40 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$110,720 |
$65,690 | 190 |
| 41 |
Danville, Illinois
|
$109,910 |
$53,520 | 40 |
| 42 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$109,570 |
$71,900 | 70 |
| 43 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$109,450 |
$60,550 | 210 |
| 44 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$109,010 |
$60,200 | 50 |
| 45 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$108,720 |
$79,550 | 160 |
| 46 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$108,670 |
$75,670 | 30 |
| 47 |
Bay City, Michigan
|
$108,630 |
$51,950 | 40 |
| 48 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$108,420 |
$52,820 | 60 |
| 49 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama
|
$107,820 |
$50,360 | 40 |
| 50 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$107,780 |
$67,040 | 570 |
| 51 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$107,630 |
$76,330 | 600 |
| 52 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$107,600 |
$70,490 | 2,140 |
| 53 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$107,390 |
$67,670 | 330 |
| 54 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$107,080 |
$62,470 | 300 |
| 55 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$107,030 |
$72,950 | 140 |
| 56 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$106,860 |
$65,810 | 320 |
| 57 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$106,380 |
$73,310 | 50 |
| 58 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$106,310 |
$89,140 | 110 |
| 59 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$105,370 |
$60,850 | 140 |
| 60 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$105,240 |
$55,710 | 100 |
| 61 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$104,780 |
$63,120 | 90 |
| 62 |
Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
$104,610 |
$70,470 | 1,030 |
| 63 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$104,580 |
$68,170 | 4,370 |
| 64 |
State College, Pennsylvania
|
$103,960 |
$65,590 | 40 |
| 65 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$103,900 |
$61,720 | 410 |
| 66 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$103,790 |
$61,770 | 290 |
| 67 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$103,750 |
$51,590 | 250 |
| 68 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$103,580 |
$65,420 | 400 |
| 69 |
Jackson, Michigan
|
$103,540 |
$61,960 | 50 |
| 70 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$103,510 |
$61,680 | 80 |
| 71 |
California-Lexington Park, Maryland
|
$103,480 |
$60,460 | 40 |
| 72 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$103,440 |
$57,570 | 3,130 |
| 73 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$103,280 |
$73,800 | 300 |
| 74 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$103,170 |
$59,030 | 30 |
| 75 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$103,090 |
$58,900 | 90 |
| 76 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$103,050 |
$64,270 | 310 |
| 77 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$102,990 |
$72,700 | 530 |
| 78 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$102,980 |
$60,000 | 5,080 |
| 79 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$102,970 |
$77,090 | 60 |
| 80 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$102,950 |
$78,850 | 50 |
| 81 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$102,820 |
$66,830 | 280 |
| 82 |
Bloomington, Indiana
|
$102,690 |
$49,260 | 40 |
| 83 |
Midland, Texas
|
$102,680 |
$68,920 | 180 |
| 84 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$102,650 |
$63,290 | 480 |
| 85 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$102,540 |
$58,910 | 110 |
| 86 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$102,520 |
$75,220 | 170 |
| 87 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$102,520 |
$62,070 | 1,630 |
| 88 |
Gainesville, Georgia
|
$102,440 |
$61,720 | 100 |
| 89 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$102,430 |
$56,790 | 50 |
| 90 |
Lynchburg, Virginia
|
$102,320 |
$48,810 | 50 |
| 91 |
Greenville, North Carolina
|
$102,120 |
$52,860 | 60 |
| 92 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$101,870 |
$54,660 | 100 |
| 93 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$101,860 |
$65,310 | 1,460 |
| 94 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$101,760 |
$70,040 | 410 |
| 95 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$101,720 |
$52,410 | 3,180 |
| 96 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$101,710 |
$59,540 | 7,410 |
| 97 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$101,290 |
$60,460 | 10,920 |
| 98 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$101,230 |
$62,480 | 770 |
| 99 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$101,160 |
$62,610 | 50 |
| 100 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$101,080 |
$61,720 | 1,300 |
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