Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$223,270 |
$100,070 | 3,790 |
2 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$203,650 |
$37,410 | 40 |
3 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$130,130 |
$37,700 | 40 |
4 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$119,340 |
$61,560 | 100 |
5 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$118,360 |
$62,370 | 310 |
6 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$116,530 |
$66,600 | 6,120 |
7 |
Tyler, Texas
|
$112,950 |
$27,370 | 30 |
8 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$107,740 |
$52,000 | 6,450 |
9 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$106,500 |
$38,380 | 140 |
10 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$106,170 |
$53,180 | 8,840 |
|
11 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$105,440 |
$49,640 | 100 |
12 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$103,000 |
$64,240 | 570 |
13 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$102,340 |
$47,860 | n/a |
14 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$100,990 |
$59,300 | 2,190 |
15 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$100,210 |
$100,210 | 60 |
16 |
Bloomington, Illinois
|
$97,310 |
$49,810 | 50 |
17 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$96,870 |
$52,940 | 310 |
18 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$95,990 |
$44,870 | 1,130 |
19 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$95,490 |
$50,630 | 1,360 |
20 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$95,090 |
$53,060 | 890 |
21 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$94,970 |
$49,070 | 1,090 |
22 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$91,280 |
$46,640 | 2,230 |
23 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$91,110 |
$33,430 | 60 |
24 |
Stockton, California
|
$90,320 |
$40,740 | 90 |
25 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$89,640 |
$39,490 | 120 |
26 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$89,380 |
$38,920 | 120 |
27 |
Dalton, Georgia
|
$89,290 |
$40,000 | 30 |
28 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$88,820 |
$36,820 | 3,300 |
29 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
|
$88,250 |
$45,860 | 70 |
30 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$87,980 |
$48,180 | 1,630 |
31 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$85,990 |
$52,090 | 150 |
32 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$85,300 |
$49,800 | 60 |
33 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$85,200 |
$47,490 | 2,290 |
34 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$84,760 |
$46,860 | 220 |
35 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$84,520 |
$55,420 | 50 |
36 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$84,440 |
$43,580 | 90 |
37 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$83,770 |
$46,060 | 60 |
38 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$83,520 |
$33,510 | 420 |
39 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$83,360 |
$35,560 | 1,040 |
40 |
Columbus, Georgia
|
$83,340 |
$65,360 | 50 |
41 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$83,280 |
$42,300 | 150 |
42 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$82,870 |
$45,260 | 110 |
43 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$82,650 |
$36,510 | 280 |
44 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$82,360 |
$56,250 | 50 |
45 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$81,780 |
$37,930 | 50 |
46 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$81,520 |
$47,350 | 510 |
47 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$81,410 |
$32,250 | 40 |
48 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$81,380 |
$50,640 | 1,190 |
49 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$81,250 |
$43,150 | 670 |
50 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$80,990 |
$51,570 | 90 |
51 |
Savannah, Georgia
|
$80,840 |
$43,010 | 40 |
52 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$80,770 |
$45,810 | 80 |
53 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$80,320 |
$58,670 | 40 |
54 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$79,980 |
$46,570 | 480 |
55 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$79,770 |
$42,300 | 90 |
56 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$79,710 |
$51,720 | 540 |
57 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$79,660 |
$41,810 | 310 |
58 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$79,600 |
$37,570 | 240 |
59 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$79,590 |
$49,670 | 700 |
60 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$79,500 |
$45,970 | 30 |
61 |
Rochester, New York
|
$79,340 |
$41,610 | 240 |
62 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$79,250 |
$34,760 | 60 |
63 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$79,140 |
$40,130 | 40 |
64 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$78,930 |
$41,210 | 60 |
65 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$78,730 |
$49,340 | 70 |
66 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$78,700 |
$48,900 | 240 |
67 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$78,540 |
$33,800 | 40 |
68 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$78,490 |
$35,860 | 40 |
69 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$77,800 |
$50,870 | 80 |
70 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$77,780 |
$45,710 | 870 |
71 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$77,640 |
$35,920 | 90 |
72 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$77,630 |
$54,670 | 190 |
73 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$77,630 |
$37,410 | 420 |
74 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$77,450 |
$34,570 | 630 |
75 |
Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$77,060 |
$47,980 | 30 |
76 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$76,930 |
$43,000 | 90 |
77 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$76,750 |
$41,000 | 200 |
78 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$76,610 |
$41,220 | 1,060 |
79 |
Salinas, California
|
$76,540 |
$42,360 | 40 |
80 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$76,500 |
$46,290 | 6,310 |
81 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$76,420 |
$46,570 | 60 |
82 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$76,390 |
$40,370 | 470 |
83 |
Fresno, California
|
$76,320 |
$37,010 | 140 |
84 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$76,240 |
$42,000 | 140 |
85 |
Port St Lucie, Florida
|
$76,030 |
$48,340 | 40 |
86 |
Modesto, California
|
$75,160 |
$33,280 | 50 |
87 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$74,960 |
$33,190 | 60 |
88 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$74,960 |
$48,360 | 580 |
89 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$74,240 |
$37,620 | 550 |
90 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$73,640 |
$31,910 | 110 |
91 |
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$73,470 |
$43,810 | 40 |
92 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$73,160 |
$44,170 | 30 |
93 |
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$72,570 |
$27,920 | 30 |
94 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$72,380 |
$33,660 | 280 |
95 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$72,240 |
$33,960 | 70 |
96 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$71,990 |
$59,860 | 130 |
97 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
$71,450 |
$34,770 | 30 |
98 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$70,680 |
$38,010 | 340 |
99 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$70,130 |
$33,190 | 90 |
100 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$69,260 |
$41,770 | 30 |
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