| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$50,070 |
$20,180 | 130 |
| 2 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$49,720 |
$31,750 | 30 |
| 3 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$49,040 |
$35,360 | 50 |
| 4 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$48,630 |
$32,830 | 40 |
| 5 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$47,270 |
$38,780 | 130 |
| 6 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$46,640 |
$40,060 | 50 |
| 7 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$46,590 |
$37,910 | 50 |
| 8 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$46,590 |
$36,890 | 80 |
| 9 |
Salem, Oregon
|
$46,440 |
$45,010 | 30 |
| 10 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$46,400 |
$36,800 | 500 |
|
|
| 11 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$45,540 |
$30,690 | 40 |
| 12 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$45,180 |
$36,330 | 240 |
| 13 |
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$45,040 |
$27,960 | 50 |
| 14 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$45,020 |
$37,080 | 280 |
| 15 |
Danbury, Connecticut
|
$44,870 |
$28,680 | 50 |
| 16 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$43,890 |
$31,890 | 750 |
| 17 |
Dover, Delaware
|
$43,700 |
$22,760 | 40 |
| 18 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$43,330 |
$26,440 | 60 |
| 19 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$43,300 |
$31,760 | 370 |
| 20 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$43,090 |
$33,130 | 120 |
| 21 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$42,460 |
$30,290 | 40 |
| 22 |
Valdosta, Georgia
|
$42,280 |
$26,920 | n/a |
| 23 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$42,190 |
$29,630 | 30 |
| 24 |
New Haven, Connecticut
|
$42,190 |
$34,210 | 40 |
| 25 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
|
$41,950 |
$28,610 | 140 |
| 26 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$41,810 |
$35,500 | 60 |
| 27 |
Binghamton, New York
|
$41,670 |
$27,460 | 40 |
| 28 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$41,460 |
$30,100 | 1,050 |
| 29 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$41,340 |
$29,590 | 3,890 |
| 30 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$41,330 |
$26,500 | 90 |
| 31 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$41,190 |
$25,850 | 40 |
| 32 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$41,130 |
$23,390 | 50 |
| 33 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$40,890 |
$30,890 | 30 |
| 34 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$40,750 |
$33,800 | 210 |
| 35 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$40,470 |
$28,580 | 160 |
| 36 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$40,300 |
$25,060 | 50 |
| 37 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$40,190 |
$28,910 | 70 |
| 38 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$40,180 |
$29,720 | 40 |
| 39 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$40,180 |
$30,670 | 40 |
| 40 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
|
$40,170 |
$31,030 | 260 |
| 41 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$40,060 |
$27,030 | 810 |
| 42 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$39,990 |
$29,160 | 120 |
| 43 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$39,900 |
$33,020 | 70 |
| 44 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$39,740 |
$18,660 | 30 |
| 45 |
Rochester, New York
|
$39,710 |
$28,880 | 160 |
| 46 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$39,370 |
$28,190 | 180 |
| 47 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$39,240 |
$29,720 | 150 |
| 48 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
$39,170 |
$33,090 | 50 |
| 49 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan
|
$39,140 |
$18,600 | 40 |
| 50 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$39,110 |
$30,260 | 110 |
| 51 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$39,090 |
$29,900 | 50 |
| 52 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$38,900 |
$27,870 | 950 |
| 53 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$38,860 |
$29,220 | 40 |
| 54 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$38,790 |
$29,470 | 60 |
| 55 |
Charlottesville, Virginia
|
$38,700 |
$33,330 | 50 |
| 56 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$38,330 |
$29,720 | 150 |
| 57 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$38,260 |
$28,120 | 60 |
| 58 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$38,210 |
$23,380 | 190 |
| 59 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$38,160 |
$24,410 | 330 |
| 60 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$38,140 |
$36,770 | 450 |
| 61 |
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$38,050 |
$29,820 | 40 |
| 62 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$38,040 |
$29,530 | 130 |
| 63 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$37,960 |
$30,160 | 100 |
| 64 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$37,930 |
$32,140 | 220 |
| 65 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$37,920 |
$29,310 | 80 |
| 66 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
|
$37,900 |
$23,730 | 130 |
| 67 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$37,850 |
$30,020 | 860 |
| 68 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$37,760 |
$26,050 | 880 |
| 69 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$37,700 |
$24,160 | 30 |
| 70 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$37,700 |
$28,130 | 40 |
| 71 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$37,630 |
$23,370 | 30 |
| 72 |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
|
$37,610 |
$30,910 | 50 |
| 73 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$37,560 |
$26,000 | 40 |
| 74 |
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
|
$37,450 |
$25,850 | 40 |
| 75 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$37,450 |
$26,350 | 70 |
| 76 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$37,440 |
$27,720 | 50 |
| 77 |
Springfield, Illinois
|
$37,320 |
$28,080 | 50 |
| 78 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$37,280 |
$30,660 | 120 |
| 79 |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|
$37,250 |
$29,320 | 30 |
| 80 |
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
|
$37,220 |
$27,300 | n/a |
| 81 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$37,190 |
$27,890 | 40 |
| 82 |
Longview, Texas
|
$37,190 |
$26,960 | 30 |
| 83 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$36,930 |
$31,140 | 30 |
| 84 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
$36,880 |
$30,000 | 60 |
| 85 |
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$36,820 |
$26,590 | 60 |
| 86 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$36,800 |
$25,350 | 40 |
| 87 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$36,790 |
$26,510 | 830 |
| 88 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$36,750 |
$25,100 | 50 |
| 89 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
$36,670 |
$29,300 | 30 |
| 90 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$36,660 |
$28,650 | 90 |
| 91 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$36,660 |
$27,040 | 150 |
| 92 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$36,590 |
$28,970 | 40 |
| 93 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$36,570 |
$29,430 | 50 |
| 94 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$36,550 |
$31,150 | 30 |
| 95 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$36,510 |
$27,820 | 1,210 |
| 96 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri
|
$36,480 |
$23,050 | 30 |
| 97 |
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland
|
$36,440 |
$18,620 | 300 |
| 98 |
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
|
$36,380 |
$29,370 | n/a |
| 99 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
|
$36,380 |
$32,460 | 190 |
| 100 |
Stockton, California
|
$36,360 |
$29,610 | 30 |
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