| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
|
$84,900 |
$43,520 | 80 |
| 2 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$76,850 |
$35,350 | 70 |
| 3 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$76,670 |
$29,310 | 190 |
| 4 |
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
$76,210 |
$60,900 | 40 |
| 5 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$74,210 |
$59,160 | 60 |
| 6 |
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$71,760 |
$33,550 | 30 |
| 7 |
Rockford, Illinois
|
$69,740 |
$47,700 | n/a |
| 8 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$69,360 |
$50,420 | 50 |
| 9 |
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$69,360 |
$29,770 | 140 |
| 10 |
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$68,810 |
$25,660 | 50 |
|
|
| 11 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$68,210 |
$51,950 | 40 |
| 12 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$67,600 |
$43,120 | 90 |
| 13 |
Modesto, California
|
$67,420 |
$43,560 | 40 |
| 14 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$66,950 |
$37,700 | 630 |
| 15 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$66,880 |
$44,060 | 1,320 |
| 16 |
Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii
|
$66,690 |
$37,510 | 90 |
| 17 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$65,310 |
$43,180 | n/a |
| 18 |
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$64,780 |
$42,450 | 80 |
| 19 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$64,650 |
$45,860 | 80 |
| 20 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$64,640 |
$32,080 | 30 |
| 21 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$64,630 |
$36,520 | 140 |
| 22 |
Salinas, California
|
$64,620 |
$40,710 | 90 |
| 23 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$64,610 |
$47,700 | 70 |
| 24 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$64,600 |
$38,210 | 60 |
| 25 |
Wilmington, North Carolina
|
$64,380 |
$31,280 | 30 |
| 26 |
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
|
$64,010 |
$43,530 | 40 |
| 27 |
Visalia-Porterville, California
|
$63,990 |
$37,280 | 50 |
| 28 |
Napa, California
|
$63,680 |
$40,480 | 40 |
| 29 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$63,440 |
$33,830 | 100 |
| 30 |
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$63,200 |
$41,110 | 40 |
| 31 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$63,030 |
$46,260 | 50 |
| 32 |
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$62,210 |
$41,450 | 90 |
| 33 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$62,170 |
$44,950 | 40 |
| 34 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$61,980 |
$35,920 | 50 |
| 35 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$61,860 |
$40,860 | 80 |
| 36 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$61,830 |
$24,550 | 60 |
| 37 |
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
|
$61,720 |
$37,530 | 80 |
| 38 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia
|
$61,700 |
$24,880 | 50 |
| 39 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$61,400 |
$38,240 | 2,710 |
| 40 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$61,350 |
$44,550 | 150 |
| 41 |
Lynchburg, Virginia
|
$61,320 |
$33,340 | 60 |
| 42 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$61,190 |
$44,700 | 60 |
| 43 |
Waterbury, Connecticut
|
$61,090 |
$46,560 | 40 |
| 44 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$61,060 |
$35,720 | 370 |
| 45 |
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas
|
$60,990 |
$50,030 | 40 |
| 46 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$60,720 |
$36,670 | 70 |
| 47 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$60,220 |
$35,100 | 290 |
| 48 |
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
|
$60,150 |
$48,680 | 30 |
| 49 |
Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah
|
$60,060 |
$46,520 | 30 |
| 50 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida
|
$59,460 |
$32,720 | 80 |
| 51 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$59,050 |
$35,860 | 700 |
| 52 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$58,730 |
$39,640 | 1,070 |
| 53 |
Amarillo, Texas
|
$58,310 |
$35,510 | 30 |
| 54 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$58,190 |
$32,400 | 60 |
| 55 |
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
$58,040 |
$42,620 | 30 |
| 56 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$58,030 |
$41,630 | n/a |
| 57 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
|
$57,550 |
$32,170 | 80 |
| 58 |
Fort Smith, Oklahoma
|
$57,350 |
$41,480 | 30 |
| 59 |
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$57,350 |
$29,500 | 50 |
| 60 |
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$57,110 |
$32,410 | 50 |
| 61 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$57,100 |
$35,420 | 70 |
| 62 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$57,090 |
$34,750 | 8,850 |
| 63 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$57,060 |
$29,560 | 90 |
| 64 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$57,040 |
$36,420 | 50 |
| 65 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
$57,010 |
$32,790 | 120 |
| 66 |
Columbia, Missouri
|
$56,940 |
$43,250 | 30 |
| 67 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$56,890 |
$41,760 | 80 |
| 68 |
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$56,890 |
$39,480 | 30 |
| 69 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$56,890 |
$38,340 | 70 |
| 70 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$56,710 |
$38,320 | 40 |
| 71 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$56,680 |
$30,780 | 170 |
| 72 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$56,670 |
$40,540 | 50 |
| 73 |
Lubbock, Texas
|
$56,660 |
$37,920 | 60 |
| 74 |
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$56,650 |
$33,830 | 100 |
| 75 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$56,610 |
$28,100 | 30 |
| 76 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$56,580 |
$25,650 | 40 |
| 77 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$56,570 |
$31,130 | 70 |
| 78 |
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$56,440 |
$25,630 | 30 |
| 79 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$56,430 |
$43,930 | 80 |
| 80 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$56,400 |
$34,980 | 210 |
| 81 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$56,290 |
$27,360 | 70 |
| 82 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$56,270 |
$30,750 | 360 |
| 83 |
Missoula, Montana
|
$56,220 |
$43,530 | 30 |
| 84 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$56,210 |
$29,340 | 50 |
| 85 |
Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
|
$56,160 |
$34,420 | 110 |
| 86 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$56,100 |
$34,370 | 770 |
| 87 |
Wichita, Kansas
|
$56,090 |
$31,180 | 80 |
| 88 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$56,070 |
$29,270 | 240 |
| 89 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$56,020 |
$33,760 | 50 |
| 90 |
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
|
$55,880 |
$46,120 | 40 |
| 91 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$55,870 |
$30,990 | 60 |
| 92 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$55,830 |
$34,990 | 280 |
| 93 |
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho
|
$55,660 |
$37,390 | 40 |
| 94 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$55,540 |
$37,930 | 30 |
| 95 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$55,480 |
$34,310 | 80 |
| 96 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$55,400 |
$36,350 | 80 |
| 97 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$55,370 |
$32,200 | 50 |
| 98 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$55,310 |
$36,490 | 40 |
| 99 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$55,250 |
$34,050 | 3,870 |
| 100 |
Wheeling, West Virginia
|
$55,140 |
$35,300 | 40 |
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