| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$99,790 |
$99,740 | 50 |
| 2 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$92,720 |
$55,240 | 250 |
| 3 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$90,680 |
$56,460 | 290 |
| 4 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina
|
$88,650 |
$49,760 | 30 |
| 5 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|
$80,280 |
$38,340 | 40 |
| 6 |
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana
|
$79,620 |
$70,740 | 60 |
| 7 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$79,230 |
$62,050 | 120 |
| 8 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
|
$78,880 |
$40,490 | 30 |
| 9 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
|
$78,240 |
$49,280 | 210 |
| 10 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California
|
$74,410 |
$41,580 | 240 |
|
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| 11 |
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$74,110 |
$66,060 | 40 |
| 12 |
Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
|
$73,600 |
$58,880 | n/a |
| 13 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$73,490 |
$41,770 | 30 |
| 14 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$73,410 |
$37,160 | 300 |
| 15 |
Camden, New Jersey
|
$73,230 |
$57,140 | 300 |
| 16 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$71,200 |
$40,130 | 70 |
| 17 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|
$70,820 |
$56,380 | 50 |
| 18 |
Bakersfield-Delano, California
|
$70,630 |
$60,310 | 50 |
| 19 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$70,290 |
$54,850 | n/a |
| 20 |
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$69,550 |
$62,850 | n/a |
| 21 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
|
$68,890 |
$44,160 | 70 |
| 22 |
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
$67,680 |
$53,750 | 70 |
| 23 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$67,350 |
$47,320 | 1,050 |
| 24 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|
$67,290 |
$61,190 | 40 |
| 25 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio
|
$67,200 |
$39,310 | 110 |
| 26 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
|
$67,150 |
$41,800 | n/a |
| 27 |
Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$66,490 |
$42,990 | 30 |
| 28 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$66,190 |
$58,200 | 130 |
| 29 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$66,000 |
$63,410 | 90 |
| 30 |
Tacoma, Washington
|
$65,880 |
$55,080 | 30 |
| 31 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$65,820 |
$46,880 | 30 |
| 32 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$65,500 |
$38,450 | 90 |
| 33 |
Abilene, Texas
|
$65,030 |
$30,520 | 30 |
| 34 |
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana
|
$64,500 |
$39,290 | 40 |
| 35 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$64,010 |
$31,870 | 120 |
| 36 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
$63,840 |
$56,080 | 60 |
| 37 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$63,400 |
$42,240 | 80 |
| 38 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$63,130 |
$38,650 | 360 |
| 39 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
$63,090 |
$50,270 | 70 |
| 40 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia
|
$62,890 |
$52,490 | 90 |
| 41 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$62,340 |
$39,490 | 380 |
| 42 |
Duluth, Wisconsin
|
$62,330 |
$27,680 | 30 |
| 43 |
Newark-Union, Pennsylvania
|
$62,170 |
$46,010 | 90 |
| 44 |
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia
|
$62,150 |
$38,790 | 30 |
| 45 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$62,080 |
$58,440 | 170 |
| 46 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
|
$61,840 |
$50,060 | 70 |
| 47 |
Topeka, Kansas
|
$61,730 |
$37,860 | 30 |
| 48 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$61,620 |
$42,090 | 130 |
| 49 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$61,590 |
$47,420 | 60 |
| 50 |
Wilmington, New Jersey
|
$61,540 |
$43,590 | 60 |
| 51 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$61,300 |
$38,150 | 30 |
| 52 |
Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
|
$61,250 |
$38,720 | 50 |
| 53 |
Jacksonville, Florida
|
$61,240 |
$49,130 | 50 |
| 54 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut
|
$61,130 |
$46,600 | 50 |
| 55 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$60,990 |
$45,690 | 40 |
| 56 |
Akron, Ohio
|
$60,960 |
$37,960 | 30 |
| 57 |
College Station-Bryan, Texas
|
$60,830 |
$31,620 | 40 |
| 58 |
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
|
$60,660 |
$46,340 | 120 |
| 59 |
Columbus, Ohio
|
$60,460 |
$40,530 | 70 |
| 60 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
|
$60,450 |
$23,090 | 90 |
| 61 |
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
|
$59,900 |
$42,060 | 100 |
| 62 |
South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan
|
$59,720 |
$40,630 | 40 |
| 63 |
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
|
$59,610 |
$46,430 | 40 |
| 64 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
|
$59,330 |
$39,150 | n/a |
| 65 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$59,190 |
$52,390 | 180 |
| 66 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$59,140 |
$43,390 | 100 |
| 67 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$58,620 |
$43,150 | 30 |
| 68 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$58,550 |
$44,050 | 30 |
| 69 |
Gary, Indiana
|
$58,510 |
$40,840 | 30 |
| 70 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$58,430 |
$51,650 | 50 |
| 71 |
Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina
|
$58,390 |
$39,800 | 40 |
| 72 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$58,350 |
$38,150 | 40 |
| 73 |
Bend, Oregon
|
$57,980 |
$45,310 | 70 |
| 74 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa
|
$57,970 |
$45,670 | 40 |
| 75 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$57,900 |
$37,690 | 120 |
| 76 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
|
$57,830 |
$49,360 | 60 |
| 77 |
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
|
$57,800 |
$36,110 | 40 |
| 78 |
Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
|
$57,770 |
$32,030 | 70 |
| 79 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$57,640 |
$29,110 | 530 |
| 80 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$57,360 |
$43,940 | 50 |
| 81 |
Dayton, Ohio
|
$57,220 |
$39,340 | 70 |
| 82 |
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
$56,870 |
$35,230 | 40 |
| 83 |
Richmond, Virginia
|
$56,290 |
$39,200 | 40 |
| 84 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$56,260 |
$42,670 | 40 |
| 85 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$55,510 |
$43,250 | 30 |
| 86 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
|
$54,900 |
$28,950 | 110 |
| 87 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$54,630 |
$44,400 | 190 |
| 88 |
Mobile, Alabama
|
$54,460 |
$36,900 | 50 |
| 89 |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida
|
$54,180 |
$21,640 | 40 |
| 90 |
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
|
$54,040 |
$33,110 | 30 |
| 91 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$53,730 |
$34,290 | 50 |
| 92 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee
|
$53,320 |
$38,390 | 140 |
| 93 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$53,110 |
$37,250 | 70 |
| 94 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
|
$52,890 |
$34,430 | 40 |
| 95 |
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana
|
$52,590 |
$32,300 | 50 |
| 96 |
Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$52,280 |
$33,890 | 40 |
| 97 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$52,100 |
$38,340 | n/a |
| 98 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$52,060 |
$52,000 | 70 |
| 99 |
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
|
$52,040 |
$35,810 | 30 |
| 100 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$52,010 |
$50,070 | 660 |
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