| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$86,380 |
$41,800 | 50 |
| 2 |
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$83,010 |
$43,540 | 50 |
| 3 |
Sebring, Florida
|
$82,270 |
$36,670 | 50 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$78,730 |
$58,410 | 120 |
| 5 |
Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$75,840 |
$57,800 | 40 |
| 6 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
|
$74,560 |
$28,950 | 60 |
| 7 |
Albany, Georgia
|
$74,050 |
$27,670 | 30 |
| 8 |
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$73,990 |
$43,650 | 40 |
| 9 |
Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$73,990 |
$43,650 | 100 |
| 10 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$72,540 |
$35,590 | 70 |
|
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| 11 |
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$71,980 |
$37,110 | 40 |
| 12 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$71,740 |
$40,640 | 130 |
| 13 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$71,680 |
$34,090 | n/a |
| 14 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$71,090 |
$32,130 | 70 |
| 15 |
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$70,770 |
$32,150 | 40 |
| 16 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$70,290 |
$35,590 | 70 |
| 17 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$69,570 |
$49,330 | 260 |
| 18 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$69,530 |
$43,550 | 30 |
| 19 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$69,260 |
$39,920 | 30 |
| 20 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$68,420 |
$22,200 | 60 |
| 21 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$68,250 |
$25,050 | 100 |
| 22 |
Longview, Washington
|
$67,550 |
$47,330 | 30 |
| 23 |
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$65,930 |
$43,220 | 40 |
| 24 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$65,920 |
$41,420 | 310 |
| 25 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$65,670 |
$36,110 | 40 |
| 26 |
Redding, California
|
$65,200 |
$45,440 | 40 |
| 27 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$64,700 |
$41,000 | 40 |
| 28 |
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$64,530 |
$46,100 | 170 |
| 29 |
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$64,500 |
$41,480 | 30 |
| 30 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$64,290 |
$48,620 | 80 |
| 31 |
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$64,140 |
$49,400 | 130 |
| 32 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
$64,090 |
$44,150 | 60 |
| 33 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$64,030 |
$44,010 | 200 |
| 34 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$64,010 |
$41,040 | 70 |
| 35 |
Yuma, Arizona
|
$63,590 |
$28,930 | 350 |
| 36 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$63,490 |
$38,020 | 50 |
| 37 |
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$63,240 |
$39,830 | 60 |
| 38 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$62,950 |
$47,420 | 60 |
| 39 |
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$62,870 |
$37,860 | 40 |
| 40 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$62,850 |
$35,410 | 270 |
| 41 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$62,790 |
$51,520 | 40 |
| 42 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$62,760 |
$51,390 | 30 |
| 43 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$62,710 |
$29,650 | 80 |
| 44 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$62,600 |
$41,320 | 150 |
| 45 |
Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$62,440 |
$46,930 | 60 |
| 46 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$62,400 |
$44,410 | 100 |
| 47 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$62,390 |
$43,550 | 40 |
| 48 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$62,370 |
$38,720 | 50 |
| 49 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$62,230 |
$30,990 | 80 |
| 50 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$62,110 |
$35,860 | 30 |
| 51 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$61,900 |
$37,110 | 270 |
| 52 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$61,640 |
$44,250 | 280 |
| 53 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$61,580 |
$37,610 | 50 |
| 54 |
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$61,580 |
$34,060 | 30 |
| 55 |
Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$61,510 |
$31,480 | 70 |
| 56 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$61,420 |
$31,200 | 70 |
| 57 |
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$61,400 |
$30,840 | 90 |
| 58 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$61,360 |
$43,600 | 40 |
| 59 |
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$61,300 |
$36,450 | 60 |
| 60 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$61,290 |
$43,630 | 40 |
| 61 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
$61,120 |
$44,470 | 40 |
| 62 |
Napa, California
|
$60,950 |
$45,180 | 330 |
| 63 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$60,830 |
$39,510 | 30 |
| 64 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$60,760 |
$37,840 | 180 |
| 65 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$60,530 |
$40,980 | 460 |
| 66 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$60,210 |
$37,190 | 170 |
| 67 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$60,200 |
$38,050 | 40 |
| 68 |
Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina
|
$60,180 |
$38,430 | 80 |
| 69 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$60,090 |
$35,040 | 70 |
| 70 |
Naples-Marco Island, Florida
|
$59,990 |
$38,180 | 30 |
| 71 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$59,990 |
$23,910 | 30 |
| 72 |
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$59,990 |
$33,010 | 60 |
| 73 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$59,990 |
$49,920 | 60 |
| 74 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$59,950 |
$49,990 | 40 |
| 75 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$59,890 |
$38,350 | 30 |
| 76 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$59,710 |
$35,910 | 30 |
| 77 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$59,520 |
$36,640 | 60 |
| 78 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$59,430 |
$41,980 | 30 |
| 79 |
East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$59,320 |
$35,570 | 80 |
| 80 |
Nassau-Suffolk, New York
|
$59,170 |
$36,030 | 50 |
| 81 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$59,130 |
$41,550 | 170 |
| 82 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$59,130 |
$44,280 | 140 |
| 83 |
Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$59,010 |
$21,280 | 90 |
| 84 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$58,940 |
$37,520 | 190 |
| 85 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$58,910 |
$38,580 | 100 |
| 86 |
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$58,910 |
$46,710 | 70 |
| 87 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$58,910 |
$39,330 | 80 |
| 88 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$58,850 |
$38,270 | 290 |
| 89 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$58,810 |
$44,970 | 140 |
| 90 |
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida
|
$58,750 |
$32,700 | 40 |
| 91 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$58,660 |
$39,990 | 620 |
| 92 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$58,480 |
$46,140 | 40 |
| 93 |
Salisbury, Maryland
|
$58,360 |
$44,800 | 40 |
| 94 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$58,260 |
$43,840 | 50 |
| 95 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$58,240 |
$28,770 | 30 |
| 96 |
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$58,240 |
$44,320 | 170 |
| 97 |
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
|
$58,010 |
$23,630 | 30 |
| 98 |
Billings, Montana
|
$57,980 |
$52,000 | 30 |
| 99 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$57,880 |
$34,780 | 60 |
| 100 |
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$57,860 |
$47,830 | 30 |
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