| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$120,000 |
$103,070 | 150 |
| 2 |
New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York
|
$104,250 |
$81,370 | 40 |
| 3 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
|
$90,090 |
$47,030 | 150 |
| 4 |
St Louis, Missouri
|
$70,940 |
$54,680 | n/a |
| 5 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois
|
$67,850 |
$53,720 | 160 |
| 6 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
|
$61,030 |
$48,370 | n/a |
| 7 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$60,590 |
$44,360 | 140 |
| 8 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$58,800 |
$33,200 | 40 |
| 9 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California
|
$55,210 |
$32,060 | 300 |
| 10 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
$54,140 |
$35,000 | 40 |
|
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| 11 |
Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
|
$49,760 |
$33,820 | 210 |
| 12 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
|
$47,980 |
$35,130 | 120 |
| 13 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
|
$47,230 |
$37,350 | 330 |
| 14 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California
|
$47,100 |
$26,380 | 530 |
| 15 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$46,920 |
$30,210 | 100 |
| 16 |
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan
|
$46,520 |
$39,020 | n/a |
| 17 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
|
$45,090 |
$30,840 | 100 |
| 18 |
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California
|
$44,380 |
$32,900 | n/a |
| 19 |
Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
|
$43,500 |
$31,440 | 170 |
| 20 |
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California
|
$41,020 |
$27,160 | 80 |
| 21 |
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida
|
$39,400 |
$31,440 | 100 |
| 22 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
|
$38,150 |
$32,550 | 270 |
| 23 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$38,150 |
$37,350 | 50 |
| 24 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
|
$37,930 |
$26,820 | n/a |
| 25 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
|
$37,840 |
$31,930 | 40 |
| 26 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida
|
$37,420 |
$32,030 | 150 |
| 27 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
|
$32,450 |
$26,160 | 60 |
| 28 |
Memphis, Tennessee
|
$31,760 |
$23,030 | n/a |
| 29 |
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington
|
$31,690 |
$23,270 | n/a |
| 30 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$31,690 |
$23,270 | 180 |
| 31 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$30,480 |
$25,080 | 60 |
| 32 |
Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas
|
$29,720 |
$24,720 | n/a |
| 33 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
|
$26,320 |
$17,580 | 80 |
| 34 |
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
|
$18,260 |
$16,100 | n/a |
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