| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan
|
$69,570 |
$35,500 | 150 |
| 2 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$62,520 |
$31,420 | 70 |
| 3 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$60,390 |
$30,180 | 110 |
| 4 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$58,430 |
$43,590 | 130 |
| 5 |
Canton-Massillon, Ohio
|
$55,680 |
$51,470 | 50 |
| 6 |
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$54,130 |
$36,150 | 40 |
| 7 |
Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
|
$54,100 |
$33,060 | 60 |
| 8 |
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$52,300 |
$45,530 | 50 |
| 9 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$52,210 |
$45,480 | 30 |
| 10 |
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama
|
$50,140 |
$30,200 | 40 |
|
|
| 11 |
Peoria, Illinois
|
$49,820 |
$26,340 | 80 |
| 12 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$49,460 |
$36,670 | 40 |
| 13 |
Reading, Pennsylvania
|
$49,350 |
$37,730 | 150 |
| 14 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$48,880 |
$34,250 | 180 |
| 15 |
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$48,670 |
$33,400 | 80 |
| 16 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$48,480 |
$33,370 | 190 |
| 17 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$48,340 |
$36,360 | 40 |
| 18 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$48,060 |
$36,840 | 100 |
| 19 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$47,940 |
$36,590 | 210 |
| 20 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$47,940 |
$37,920 | 230 |
| 21 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$47,840 |
$35,350 | 270 |
| 22 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$47,800 |
$31,890 | 40 |
| 23 |
Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia
|
$47,620 |
$40,230 | 60 |
| 24 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$47,440 |
$33,160 | 50 |
| 25 |
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$47,160 |
$36,880 | 70 |
| 26 |
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York
|
$46,960 |
$19,260 | 60 |
| 27 |
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$45,850 |
$45,850 | 180 |
| 28 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$45,310 |
$30,660 | 60 |
| 29 |
Fresno, California
|
$44,880 |
$31,270 | n/a |
| 30 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
|
$44,690 |
$34,500 | 60 |
| 31 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$42,980 |
$36,920 | 100 |
| 32 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
|
$42,800 |
$26,940 | n/a |
| 33 |
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
|
$42,620 |
$33,310 | 30 |
| 34 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$41,710 |
$30,370 | n/a |
| 35 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$41,430 |
$32,980 | 60 |
| 36 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$40,920 |
$27,250 | 60 |
| 37 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$40,880 |
$28,080 | 100 |
| 38 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$40,880 |
$38,210 | 40 |
| 39 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$40,810 |
$23,820 | 70 |
| 40 |
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri
|
$40,720 |
$24,980 | 80 |
| 41 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$40,610 |
$23,820 | 50 |
| 42 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania
|
$40,160 |
$35,990 | 50 |
| 43 |
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
$39,580 |
$25,100 | 50 |
| 44 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$39,480 |
$35,450 | 60 |
| 45 |
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$39,380 |
$33,230 | 70 |
| 46 |
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$39,300 |
$37,900 | 190 |
| 47 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$38,210 |
$36,780 | 50 |
| 48 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$37,930 |
$33,180 | 40 |
| 49 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
|
$37,770 |
$33,830 | 40 |
| 50 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$37,710 |
$29,760 | 230 |
| 51 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$37,660 |
$32,760 | 190 |
| 52 |
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania
|
$37,550 |
$30,640 | 110 |
| 53 |
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan
|
$37,340 |
$33,540 | 40 |
| 54 |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan
|
$37,270 |
$30,180 | 40 |
| 55 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$37,220 |
$31,840 | 120 |
| 56 |
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
|
$37,160 |
$26,340 | 270 |
| 57 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$37,010 |
$26,650 | 40 |
| 58 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$36,960 |
$28,400 | 60 |
| 59 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$36,620 |
$19,460 | 130 |
| 60 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$36,160 |
$34,140 | 100 |
| 61 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$36,110 |
$28,320 | 50 |
| 62 |
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$36,010 |
$28,870 | 50 |
| 63 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$35,840 |
$23,650 | 90 |
| 64 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$35,640 |
$25,210 | 40 |
| 65 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$35,560 |
$30,530 | 50 |
| 66 |
Evansville, Kentucky
|
$35,520 |
$27,930 | 150 |
| 67 |
Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$35,210 |
$25,890 | n/a |
| 68 |
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$35,040 |
$31,190 | 50 |
| 69 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$34,990 |
$21,720 | 140 |
| 70 |
Nashua, New Hampshire
|
$34,890 |
$21,340 | 30 |
| 71 |
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
|
$34,620 |
$26,580 | 40 |
| 72 |
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$34,590 |
$34,590 | 50 |
| 73 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
|
$34,510 |
$27,140 | 50 |
| 74 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan
|
$34,450 |
$26,470 | n/a |
| 75 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$34,410 |
$22,410 | 40 |
| 76 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$33,920 |
$27,290 | 30 |
| 77 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$33,600 |
$22,870 | n/a |
| 78 |
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee
|
$33,480 |
$16,430 | n/a |
| 79 |
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas
|
$33,080 |
$21,700 | 30 |
| 80 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$32,310 |
$26,160 | 30 |
| 81 |
Toledo, Ohio
|
$31,900 |
$23,410 | 150 |
| 82 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$31,560 |
$21,100 | n/a |
| 83 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$30,850 |
$25,280 | n/a |
| 84 |
Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana
|
$30,710 |
$26,290 | 70 |
| 85 |
Dubuque, Iowa
|
$30,240 |
$22,510 | 90 |
| 86 |
York-Hanover, Pennsylvania
|
$29,980 |
$26,010 | 50 |
| 87 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
|
$29,810 |
$19,950 | 150 |
| 88 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
|
$29,500 |
$26,100 | 40 |
| 89 |
Jackson, Tennessee
|
$29,160 |
$21,620 | 100 |
| 90 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$29,080 |
$25,590 | 60 |
| 91 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$28,440 |
$22,510 | 160 |
| 92 |
Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas
|
$28,150 |
$17,780 | 40 |
| 93 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$27,600 |
$20,320 | 40 |
| 94 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
|
$26,930 |
$21,100 | 40 |
| 95 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$26,170 |
$21,620 | 80 |
| 96 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$25,900 |
$17,610 | 280 |
| 97 |
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
|
$25,820 |
$20,920 | 90 |
| 98 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$25,790 |
$20,590 | 50 |
| 99 |
Provo-Orem, Utah
|
$24,930 |
$17,730 | n/a |
| 100 |
Longview, Texas
|
$23,030 |
$17,070 | 40 |
|