Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
$80,590 |
$35,630 | 170 |
2 |
South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida
|
$76,430 |
$31,090 | 100 |
3 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$74,870 |
$23,250 | 320 |
4 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$63,190 |
$42,050 | 140 |
5 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$62,270 |
$31,220 | 4,000 |
6 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$61,390 |
$34,230 | 120 |
7 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$61,050 |
$49,090 | 140 |
8 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$59,530 |
$37,710 | 100 |
9 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$58,710 |
$31,160 | 100 |
10 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$58,410 |
$33,090 | 70 |
|
11 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$57,340 |
$29,580 | 80 |
12 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$57,270 |
$28,080 | 30 |
13 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$54,990 |
$36,480 | 60 |
14 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$54,040 |
$22,780 | 150 |
15 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$53,480 |
$36,730 | 170 |
16 |
Prescott, Arizona
|
$52,520 |
$28,870 | 70 |
17 |
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$52,450 |
$27,810 | 150 |
18 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$52,220 |
$34,250 | 430 |
19 |
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$52,010 |
$27,210 | 70 |
20 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$52,010 |
$31,300 | 130 |
21 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$50,760 |
$29,120 | 270 |
22 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$50,480 |
$30,170 | 110 |
23 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$50,460 |
$26,550 | 430 |
24 |
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$50,020 |
$26,380 | 80 |
25 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$50,000 |
$28,420 | 210 |
26 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$49,890 |
$39,050 | 670 |
27 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$49,860 |
$37,700 | 40 |
28 |
Roanoke, Virginia
|
$49,810 |
$29,450 | 60 |
29 |
Winchester, West Virginia
|
$49,760 |
$30,240 | 30 |
30 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$49,740 |
$39,610 | 40 |
31 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$49,210 |
$30,790 | 90 |
32 |
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$49,200 |
$21,770 | 30 |
33 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$48,910 |
$39,450 | 90 |
34 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$48,760 |
$28,010 | 50 |
35 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$48,410 |
$38,100 | 1,210 |
36 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$48,410 |
$20,250 | 230 |
37 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida
|
$48,110 |
$31,710 | 30 |
38 |
Utica-Rome, New York
|
$48,060 |
$30,290 | 150 |
39 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$48,050 |
$27,770 | 210 |
40 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$47,810 |
$25,580 | 890 |
41 |
Springfield, Ohio
|
$47,770 |
$20,980 | 60 |
42 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$47,760 |
$37,420 | 300 |
43 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$47,600 |
$30,910 | 160 |
44 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$47,480 |
$30,790 | 60 |
45 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$47,460 |
$29,930 | 400 |
46 |
Dover-Durham, New Hampshire
|
$47,430 |
$24,440 | 50 |
47 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$46,710 |
$36,760 | 200 |
48 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$46,480 |
$24,960 | 120 |
49 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$46,400 |
$23,280 | 40 |
50 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$46,290 |
$36,290 | 1,630 |
51 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$46,170 |
$20,930 | 1,400 |
52 |
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$46,130 |
$28,500 | 100 |
53 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$46,100 |
$29,640 | 320 |
54 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$46,000 |
$33,030 | 40 |
55 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$45,940 |
$29,600 | 1,070 |
56 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$45,810 |
$28,100 | 140 |
57 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$45,790 |
$30,010 | 80 |
58 |
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$45,770 |
$24,960 | 50 |
59 |
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$45,760 |
$30,070 | 60 |
60 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$45,440 |
$30,090 | 40 |
61 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$45,420 |
$35,440 | 2,750 |
62 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$45,410 |
$30,320 | 40 |
63 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$45,390 |
$24,040 | 640 |
64 |
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$44,880 |
$29,760 | 140 |
65 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$44,480 |
$22,760 | 110 |
66 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$44,390 |
$18,380 | 120 |
67 |
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$44,330 |
$27,200 | 40 |
68 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$44,250 |
$29,600 | 100 |
69 |
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, Puerto Rico
|
$44,080 |
$17,680 | 70 |
70 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$43,910 |
$27,750 | 50 |
71 |
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi
|
$43,830 |
$23,900 | 110 |
72 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$43,820 |
$30,590 | 410 |
73 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$43,540 |
$22,990 | 100 |
74 |
St Cloud, Minnesota
|
$43,500 |
$27,920 | 50 |
75 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$43,310 |
$27,580 | 50 |
76 |
Billings, Montana
|
$43,250 |
$28,740 | 60 |
77 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$43,230 |
$23,830 | 160 |
78 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$43,080 |
$31,350 | 540 |
79 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$43,000 |
$20,950 | 110 |
80 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$42,940 |
$27,870 | 100 |
81 |
Lima, Ohio
|
$42,800 |
$24,490 | 50 |
82 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$42,670 |
$26,770 | 290 |
83 |
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan
|
$42,260 |
$22,930 | 30 |
84 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$42,240 |
$24,480 | 40 |
85 |
Mansfield, Ohio
|
$42,060 |
$19,340 | 60 |
86 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$41,980 |
$22,880 | 350 |
87 |
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$41,960 |
$29,770 | 50 |
88 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$41,800 |
$27,510 | 1,940 |
89 |
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$41,650 |
$27,250 | 130 |
90 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$41,600 |
$28,380 | 60 |
91 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$41,560 |
$36,760 | 40 |
92 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$41,480 |
$30,800 | 60 |
93 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$41,480 |
$27,550 | 1,500 |
94 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$41,350 |
$28,370 | 40 |
95 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$41,130 |
$23,570 | 250 |
96 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$40,510 |
$20,590 | 180 |
97 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$40,290 |
$22,710 | 240 |
98 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$40,270 |
$28,230 | 120 |
99 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$40,100 |
$27,260 | 470 |
100 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$40,000 |
$23,530 | 50 |
|