| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$51,310 |
$28,080 | 60 |
| 2 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$50,760 |
$33,750 | 90 |
| 3 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$49,270 |
$31,170 | 120 |
| 4 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$48,240 |
$34,270 | 160 |
| 5 |
Kingston, New York
|
$45,590 |
$31,350 | 130 |
| 6 |
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire
|
$45,570 |
$32,570 | 150 |
| 7 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$45,060 |
$31,350 | 210 |
| 8 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$43,630 |
$27,760 | 390 |
| 9 |
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$43,260 |
$29,310 | 60 |
| 10 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$42,860 |
$30,940 | 320 |
|
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| 11 |
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$42,810 |
$23,950 | 70 |
| 12 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$42,740 |
$29,960 | 70 |
| 13 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$42,640 |
$27,230 | 230 |
| 14 |
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$42,510 |
$24,310 | 80 |
| 15 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$42,070 |
$22,840 | 80 |
| 16 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$41,890 |
$33,770 | n/a |
| 17 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$41,820 |
$27,160 | 120 |
| 18 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$41,790 |
$32,020 | 770 |
| 19 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$41,300 |
$27,650 | 80 |
| 20 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$41,300 |
$29,820 | 200 |
| 21 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$41,240 |
$25,350 | 80 |
| 22 |
Peabody, Massachusetts
|
$40,940 |
$32,690 | 210 |
| 23 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$40,270 |
$25,220 | 200 |
| 24 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$40,210 |
$31,330 | 280 |
| 25 |
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$40,150 |
$31,450 | 70 |
| 26 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$39,970 |
$29,460 | 1,740 |
| 27 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$39,930 |
$22,040 | 420 |
| 28 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$39,830 |
$21,890 | 280 |
| 29 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$39,590 |
$28,500 | 820 |
| 30 |
Racine, Wisconsin
|
$39,540 |
$25,870 | 100 |
| 31 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$39,540 |
$31,490 | 320 |
| 32 |
Rochester, New York
|
$39,450 |
$25,630 | 130 |
| 33 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$39,420 |
$29,800 | 260 |
| 34 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$39,300 |
$31,500 | 230 |
| 35 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$39,090 |
$32,600 | 150 |
| 36 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$39,020 |
$27,320 | 50 |
| 37 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$38,880 |
$23,910 | 90 |
| 38 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$38,770 |
$32,360 | 50 |
| 39 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$38,740 |
$32,460 | n/a |
| 40 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$38,560 |
$26,440 | 180 |
| 41 |
Asheville, North Carolina
|
$38,420 |
$27,210 | 70 |
| 42 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$38,320 |
$26,860 | 350 |
| 43 |
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$38,300 |
$32,040 | 240 |
| 44 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$38,220 |
$24,000 | 290 |
| 45 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$38,130 |
$28,310 | 350 |
| 46 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$38,130 |
$28,310 | 350 |
| 47 |
Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$38,110 |
$29,800 | 30 |
| 48 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$37,950 |
$18,350 | 150 |
| 49 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$37,910 |
$27,950 | 170 |
| 50 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$37,820 |
$29,990 | 110 |
| 51 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$37,720 |
$28,580 | 30 |
| 52 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$37,670 |
$29,110 | 220 |
| 53 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$37,570 |
$26,070 | 30 |
| 54 |
State College, Pennsylvania
|
$37,540 |
$25,170 | 150 |
| 55 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$37,480 |
$32,230 | 70 |
| 56 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$37,420 |
$27,880 | 60 |
| 57 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$37,290 |
$24,680 | 140 |
| 58 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$37,180 |
$25,040 | 710 |
| 59 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$37,080 |
$28,140 | 60 |
| 60 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$37,070 |
$21,680 | n/a |
| 61 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$37,050 |
$21,540 | 170 |
| 62 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$37,020 |
$23,650 | 1,880 |
| 63 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$36,990 |
$25,720 | 180 |
| 64 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$36,940 |
$32,000 | 50 |
| 65 |
Roanoke, Virginia
|
$36,930 |
$27,000 | n/a |
| 66 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
$36,700 |
$29,580 | 40 |
| 67 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$36,660 |
$32,110 | 30 |
| 68 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$36,580 |
$26,930 | 270 |
| 69 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$36,580 |
$27,340 | 70 |
| 70 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$36,560 |
$26,780 | 90 |
| 71 |
Longview, Texas
|
$36,530 |
$26,610 | 150 |
| 72 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$36,470 |
$26,390 | 30 |
| 73 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$36,410 |
$21,640 | 70 |
| 74 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin
|
$36,300 |
$26,680 | 50 |
| 75 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$36,210 |
$26,750 | 340 |
| 76 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$36,100 |
$24,470 | 40 |
| 77 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$36,050 |
$24,060 | 120 |
| 78 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$36,040 |
$21,590 | 190 |
| 79 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$35,960 |
$26,470 | 590 |
| 80 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida
|
$35,860 |
$19,850 | 30 |
| 81 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$35,840 |
$26,680 | 210 |
| 82 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$35,800 |
$25,730 | 30 |
| 83 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$35,790 |
$22,870 | 1,360 |
| 84 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$35,780 |
$19,780 | 100 |
| 85 |
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire
|
$35,730 |
$26,950 | 40 |
| 86 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$35,720 |
$24,430 | 350 |
| 87 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$35,580 |
$26,190 | 90 |
| 88 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$35,560 |
$26,440 | 150 |
| 89 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$35,440 |
$25,790 | 50 |
| 90 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$35,420 |
$23,810 | 90 |
| 91 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$35,350 |
$19,720 | 170 |
| 92 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$35,100 |
$25,390 | 220 |
| 93 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$35,070 |
$24,540 | 80 |
| 94 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$35,060 |
$25,460 | 1,010 |
| 95 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$35,000 |
$27,330 | 170 |
| 96 |
Spokane, Washington
|
$34,950 |
$26,220 | 50 |
| 97 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$34,920 |
$23,540 | 410 |
| 98 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$34,900 |
$25,820 | 210 |
| 99 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$34,810 |
$23,630 | 440 |
| 100 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$34,750 |
$24,750 | 160 |
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