| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$74,110 |
$38,320 | n/a |
| 2 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$60,100 |
$33,000 | 1,210 |
| 3 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$58,360 |
$37,550 | 50 |
| 4 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$55,890 |
$45,100 | 60 |
| 5 |
Longview, Washington
|
$55,750 |
$39,830 | 60 |
| 6 |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina
|
$54,720 |
$39,100 | 60 |
| 7 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$54,420 |
$25,060 | 420 |
| 8 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$53,670 |
$34,660 | 110 |
| 9 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$53,520 |
$42,880 | 40 |
| 10 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$53,190 |
$40,780 | 1,810 |
|
|
| 11 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$52,690 |
$35,120 | 100 |
| 12 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
|
$52,350 |
$36,420 | 110 |
| 13 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$52,330 |
$26,610 | 30 |
| 14 |
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$52,190 |
$23,260 | 30 |
| 15 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$51,210 |
$31,590 | 410 |
| 16 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$51,190 |
$30,500 | 450 |
| 17 |
Carbondale-Marion, Illinois
|
$51,190 |
$33,370 | 40 |
| 18 |
Huntsville, Alabama
|
$51,000 |
$31,500 | 30 |
| 19 |
Albany, Oregon
|
$50,670 |
$29,270 | 30 |
| 20 |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
|
$50,240 |
$22,900 | n/a |
| 21 |
Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut
|
$50,190 |
$41,930 | n/a |
| 22 |
Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi
|
$49,550 |
$32,860 | 60 |
| 23 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$49,390 |
$35,010 | 110 |
| 24 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$49,230 |
$31,300 | 130 |
| 25 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$49,210 |
$36,110 | 80 |
| 26 |
Lawton, Oklahoma
|
$49,210 |
$41,600 | 80 |
| 27 |
Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$48,840 |
$33,950 | 40 |
| 28 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
|
$48,610 |
$28,020 | 160 |
| 29 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$48,510 |
$37,640 | 120 |
| 30 |
Olympia, Washington
|
$48,350 |
$39,750 | 150 |
| 31 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$48,250 |
$34,820 | 1,640 |
| 32 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$48,130 |
$30,930 | 30 |
| 33 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$48,100 |
$35,090 | 840 |
| 34 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$48,050 |
$39,100 | 50 |
| 35 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$48,030 |
$37,510 | 1,320 |
| 36 |
Iowa City, Iowa
|
$47,860 |
$32,960 | 80 |
| 37 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$47,840 |
$29,160 | 3,360 |
| 38 |
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$47,720 |
$24,060 | 70 |
| 39 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$47,640 |
$34,600 | 80 |
| 40 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$47,560 |
$36,650 | 630 |
| 41 |
Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$47,560 |
$38,220 | 50 |
| 42 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$47,410 |
$37,580 | 40 |
| 43 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$47,390 |
$30,160 | 60 |
| 44 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$47,340 |
$32,140 | 110 |
| 45 |
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$47,320 |
$36,400 | 90 |
| 46 |
Dalton, Georgia
|
$47,170 |
$23,000 | 40 |
| 47 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$47,160 |
$34,720 | 1,380 |
| 48 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$47,140 |
$35,770 | 200 |
| 49 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$47,010 |
$35,100 | 5,670 |
| 50 |
Watertown-Fort Drum, New York
|
$46,970 |
$41,600 | 60 |
| 51 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$46,950 |
$38,270 | 130 |
| 52 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$46,920 |
$28,930 | 60 |
| 53 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$46,910 |
$31,860 | 50 |
| 54 |
Ocean City, New Jersey
|
$46,830 |
$35,150 | 80 |
| 55 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$46,640 |
$34,330 | 1,900 |
| 56 |
Lewiston, Washington
|
$46,530 |
$35,420 | 30 |
| 57 |
Walla Walla, Washington
|
$46,470 |
$37,320 | 50 |
| 58 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$46,390 |
$29,300 | 140 |
| 59 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$46,340 |
$32,140 | 260 |
| 60 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$46,240 |
$33,330 | 1,950 |
| 61 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$46,240 |
$34,840 | 1,800 |
| 62 |
Grants Pass, Oregon
|
$46,220 |
$39,100 | 30 |
| 63 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$46,220 |
$31,160 | 260 |
| 64 |
Columbus, Georgia
|
$46,220 |
$28,580 | 170 |
| 65 |
Johnson City, Tennessee
|
$46,220 |
$29,870 | 70 |
| 66 |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
|
$46,220 |
$31,340 | 50 |
| 67 |
Yuba City, California
|
$46,130 |
$35,480 | 50 |
| 68 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$46,130 |
$35,790 | 820 |
| 69 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$46,110 |
$38,520 | 80 |
| 70 |
Yuma, Arizona
|
$46,060 |
$35,980 | 40 |
| 71 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$45,990 |
$31,360 | 310 |
| 72 |
Medford, Oregon
|
$45,910 |
$36,450 | 150 |
| 73 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$45,760 |
$34,530 | 1,310 |
| 74 |
Columbia, South Carolina
|
$45,740 |
$32,140 | 190 |
| 75 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
|
$45,610 |
$30,940 | 320 |
| 76 |
Montgomery, Alabama
|
$45,610 |
$24,320 | 50 |
| 77 |
North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona
|
$45,610 |
$33,220 | 310 |
| 78 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$45,550 |
$33,700 | 60 |
| 79 |
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey
|
$45,460 |
$28,210 | 160 |
| 80 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$45,400 |
$28,300 | 410 |
| 81 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$45,210 |
$36,140 | 130 |
| 82 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
|
$45,190 |
$35,180 | 60 |
| 83 |
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$45,030 |
$33,930 | 150 |
| 84 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$45,010 |
$30,270 | 250 |
| 85 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$44,870 |
$32,760 | 140 |
| 86 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$44,760 |
$33,920 | 1,030 |
| 87 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$44,740 |
$29,280 | 1,000 |
| 88 |
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
|
$44,730 |
$23,870 | 280 |
| 89 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$44,720 |
$34,530 | 220 |
| 90 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$44,720 |
$36,490 | 80 |
| 91 |
Jacksonville, North Carolina
|
$44,720 |
$30,690 | 80 |
| 92 |
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts
|
$44,680 |
$27,400 | 80 |
| 93 |
Modesto, California
|
$44,670 |
$33,610 | 250 |
| 94 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$44,560 |
$34,340 | 90 |
| 95 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$44,550 |
$34,830 | 60 |
| 96 |
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina
|
$44,530 |
$35,480 | 50 |
| 97 |
Longview, Texas
|
$44,520 |
$28,280 | 90 |
| 98 |
Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin
|
$44,500 |
$29,080 | 200 |
| 99 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$44,320 |
$26,690 | 670 |
| 100 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$44,280 |
$35,070 | 70 |
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