| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$127,210 |
$106,740 | 30 |
| 2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$104,550 |
$54,990 | 70 |
| 3 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$98,570 |
$66,520 | 50 |
| 4 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$97,370 |
$49,030 | 40 |
| 5 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$96,290 |
$49,490 | 130 |
| 6 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$96,170 |
$44,360 | 60 |
| 7 |
Salinas, California
|
$89,960 |
$61,270 | n/a |
| 8 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$85,800 |
$63,750 | 410 |
| 9 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$85,110 |
$64,070 | 360 |
| 10 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$81,050 |
$55,260 | 420 |
|
|
| 11 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$77,170 |
$50,240 | 100 |
| 12 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$74,740 |
$66,650 | 30 |
| 13 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$73,990 |
$70,250 | 350 |
| 14 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$71,160 |
$61,620 | 460 |
| 15 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$71,090 |
$43,950 | 30 |
| 16 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$69,630 |
$48,290 | 130 |
| 17 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$69,130 |
$51,500 | 100 |
| 18 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$69,080 |
$55,950 | 320 |
| 19 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$68,320 |
$44,050 | 40 |
| 20 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$67,680 |
$52,970 | 360 |
| 21 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$67,440 |
$46,460 | 230 |
| 22 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$66,820 |
$54,370 | 40 |
| 23 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$65,990 |
$41,510 | 250 |
| 24 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$65,710 |
$55,330 | n/a |
| 25 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$65,520 |
$47,990 | 450 |
| 26 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$62,150 |
$54,650 | 40 |
| 27 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$61,960 |
$51,950 | 90 |
| 28 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$61,620 |
$53,320 | 80 |
| 29 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$61,490 |
$47,680 | 220 |
| 30 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$61,270 |
$52,140 | 60 |
| 31 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$60,800 |
$48,000 | 170 |
| 32 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$60,360 |
$47,230 | 30 |
| 33 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$60,360 |
$23,630 | 70 |
| 34 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$59,820 |
$48,420 | 40 |
| 35 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$59,200 |
$53,820 | 40 |
| 36 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$59,110 |
$46,540 | 60 |
| 37 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$58,700 |
$26,620 | 80 |
| 38 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$58,470 |
$36,750 | 60 |
| 39 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$58,460 |
$52,510 | n/a |
| 40 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$58,120 |
$39,760 | 480 |
| 41 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$58,020 |
$40,080 | 130 |
| 42 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$57,190 |
$32,860 | 30 |
| 43 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$57,170 |
$25,620 | 140 |
| 44 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$56,670 |
$40,410 | 40 |
| 45 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$56,620 |
$54,140 | 80 |
| 46 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$56,470 |
$51,060 | n/a |
| 47 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$56,080 |
$33,840 | 150 |
| 48 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$56,000 |
$44,180 | 60 |
| 49 |
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$55,920 |
$40,220 | 40 |
| 50 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$54,850 |
$33,790 | 40 |
| 51 |
Springfield, Missouri
|
$53,270 |
$39,610 | 40 |
| 52 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$52,710 |
$33,340 | n/a |
| 53 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$51,270 |
$37,470 | 70 |
| 54 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$51,120 |
$41,910 | 30 |
| 55 |
Reno-Sparks, Nevada
|
$51,090 |
$43,110 | 130 |
| 56 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$51,050 |
$35,740 | 50 |
| 57 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$50,440 |
$42,660 | 70 |
| 58 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$49,960 |
$26,860 | n/a |
| 59 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$49,310 |
$36,590 | 40 |
| 60 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$49,300 |
$34,210 | n/a |
| 61 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$48,990 |
$34,270 | 70 |
| 62 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$48,810 |
$45,970 | 210 |
| 63 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$48,790 |
$39,350 | 100 |
| 64 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$48,420 |
$40,320 | 70 |
| 65 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$47,760 |
$37,280 | 40 |
| 66 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$47,710 |
$37,380 | 60 |
| 67 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$47,610 |
$37,260 | 50 |
| 68 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$47,520 |
$30,470 | 30 |
| 69 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$47,520 |
$37,830 | 30 |
| 70 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$46,830 |
$32,110 | 140 |
| 71 |
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$45,890 |
$32,700 | 40 |
| 72 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$45,730 |
$36,630 | 100 |
| 73 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
|
$45,420 |
$27,430 | 190 |
| 74 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$45,180 |
$31,180 | 40 |
| 75 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$45,030 |
$40,140 | 200 |
| 76 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$44,730 |
$42,910 | 40 |
| 77 |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida
|
$44,660 |
$33,920 | 50 |
| 78 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$44,410 |
$26,530 | 40 |
| 79 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$43,300 |
$34,000 | 50 |
| 80 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$42,490 |
$23,310 | 30 |
| 81 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$42,320 |
$27,330 | n/a |
| 82 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$42,150 |
$23,860 | n/a |
| 83 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$41,010 |
$28,360 | 50 |
| 84 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$40,660 |
$31,030 | 110 |
| 85 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$40,470 |
$32,410 | n/a |
| 86 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$40,010 |
$27,200 | n/a |
| 87 |
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
|
$39,920 |
$19,220 | 50 |
| 88 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$37,790 |
$32,820 | n/a |
| 89 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$37,270 |
$26,510 | n/a |
| 90 |
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$37,220 |
$26,980 | 30 |
| 91 |
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
$36,930 |
$36,930 | n/a |
| 92 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$36,790 |
$27,680 | 50 |
| 93 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$28,450 |
$25,610 | n/a |
| 94 |
Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$27,240 |
$20,590 | 30 |
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