US Median Salary by City — Top 200

Median annual salary, hourly wage, cost of living index, and unemployment rate · Updated April 2026 · Source: Salario

Rank	City	State	Median salary	Hourly	COL Index	Unemployment
1	Sunnyvale	CA	$125,000	$60.10	200	2.5%
2	San Jose	CA	$117,000	$56.25	195	3.0%
3	Newton	MA	$115,110	$55.34	162.5	3.3%
4	Redmond	WA	$115,000	$55.29	160	2.2%
5	San Francisco	CA	$112,500	$54.09	180	3.2%
6	Bellevue	WA	$110,000	$52.88	160	2.5%
7	Irvine	CA	$105,000	$50.48	175	2.5%
8	Naperville	IL	$105,000	$50.48	118	2.2%
9	Cambridge	MA	$105,000	$50.48	170	2.5%
10	Princeton	NJ	$105,000	$50.48	155	2.0%
11	Arlington	VA	$105,000	$50.48	150	2.0%
12	Kirkland	WA	$100,000	$48.08	150	2.5%
13	Johns Creek	GA	$98,034	$47.13	112.8	2.9%
14	Fremont	CA	$98,000	$47.12	170	3.0%
15	Frisco	TX	$98,000	$47.12	115	2.0%
16	Stamford	CT	$95,000	$45.67	145	3.0%
17	Carmel	IN	$95,000	$45.67	110	2.0%
18	Dublin	OH	$95,000	$45.67	108	2.0%
19	Sugar Land	TX	$95,000	$45.67	110	2.0%
20	Seattle	WA	$95,000	$45.67	152	3.0%
21	Columbia	MD	$92,000	$44.23	128	2.5%
22	Alexandria	VA	$92,000	$44.23	140	2.5%
23	Washington	DC	$90,500	$43.51	148	3.8%
24	Cary	NC	$90,000	$43.27	110	2.2%
25	White Plains	NY	$90,000	$43.27	155	3.0%
26	Plano	TX	$90,000	$43.27	110	2.2%
27	San Mateo	CA	$89,583	$43.07	188.2	4.9%
28	Norwalk	CT	$88,000	$42.31	140	3.2%
29	Fishers	IN	$88,000	$42.31	105	2.2%
30	Rockville	MD	$88,000	$42.31	132	2.5%
31	Allen	TX	$88,000	$42.31	108	2.0%
32	Lakewood	NJ	$85,063	$40.90	128.8	4.3%
33	Sandy Springs	GA	$85,000	$40.87	112	2.5%
34	Boston	MA	$85,000	$40.87	152	3.5%
35	Edison	NJ	$85,000	$40.87	125	2.5%
36	New York	NY	$85,000	$40.87	187	4.2%
37	Franklin	TN	$85,000	$40.87	115	2.0%
38	Carlsbad	CA	$83,637	$40.21	165.3	4.2%
39	Lake Forest	CA	$83,552	$40.17	160.2	4.5%
40	Draper	UT	$83,446	$40.12	108.5	3.2%
41	Scottsdale	AZ	$82,500	$39.66	120	2.5%
42	Boulder	CO	$82,500	$39.66	138	2.5%
43	Santa Clarita	CA	$82,000	$39.42	148	3.2%
44	Evanston	IL	$82,000	$39.42	120	2.5%
45	Overland Park	KS	$82,000	$39.42	102	2.5%
46	Jersey City	NJ	$82,000	$39.42	135	3.0%
47	Hillsboro	OR	$82,000	$39.42	125	2.8%
48	McKinney	TX	$82,000	$39.42	105	2.2%
49	Lehi	UT	$82,000	$39.42	108	2.0%
50	Clifton	NJ	$80,834	$38.86	126.9	4.5%
51	Oakland	CA	$80,200	$38.56	165	3.8%
52	Roswell	GA	$80,000	$38.46	108	2.5%
53	New Rochelle	NY	$80,000	$38.46	150	3.2%
54	Gloucester Township	NJ	$79,997	$38.46	116.7	4.3%
55	Brick Township	NJ	$79,862	$38.40	119	3.5%
56	Cherry Hill	NJ	$79,769	$38.35	119.1	4.5%
57	Huntington Beach	CA	$78,748	$37.86	168.5	4.1%
58	Gilbert	AZ	$78,500	$37.74	110	2.6%
59	San Diego	CA	$78,500	$37.74	160	3.8%
60	Denver	CO	$78,500	$37.74	118	3.0%
61	South Jordan	UT	$78,414	$37.70	105.2	2.1%
62	Bowie	MD	$78,360	$37.67	112.8	4.1%
63	Jurupa Valley	CA	$78,173	$37.58	146.8	5.3%
64	Torrance	CA	$78,000	$37.50	155	3.0%
65	Pasadena	CA	$78,000	$37.50	160	3.0%
66	Schaumburg	IL	$78,000	$37.50	108	2.5%
67	Frederick	MD	$78,000	$37.50	115	2.8%
68	Nashua	NH	$78,000	$37.50	115	2.2%
69	Woodbridge	NJ	$78,000	$37.50	118	2.8%
70	Round Rock	TX	$78,000	$37.50	105	2.2%
71	Vineland	NJ	$77,942	$37.47	121.1	3.8%
72	Waldorf	MD	$77,902	$37.45	120.7	4.2%
73	Glen Burnie	MD	$77,456	$37.24	108.8	2.8%
74	Union City	NJ	$77,370	$37.20	117.2	4.8%
75	East Orange	NJ	$77,355	$37.19	129.1	4.6%
76	Brookline	MA	$77,341	$37.18	134	3.6%
77	Haverhill	MA	$77,194	$37.11	139.4	3.0%
78	Malden	MA	$76,920	$36.98	126.3	3.5%
79	Wayne	NJ	$76,904	$36.97	128.1	3.8%
80	Rialto	CA	$76,610	$36.83	152.8	4.3%
81	Belleville	NJ	$76,600	$36.83	114.8	4.4%
82	Bloomfield	NJ	$76,549	$36.80	115.5	4.1%
83	Chandler	AZ	$76,200	$36.63	108	2.8%
84	Fullerton	CA	$76,193	$36.63	152.5	4.2%
85	Olathe	KS	$76,000	$36.54	100	2.5%
86	Passaic	NJ	$75,843	$36.46	128.3	4.6%
87	Northampton	MA	$75,812	$36.45	132.1	3.1%
88	Plainfield	NJ	$75,796	$36.44	125.6	4.4%
89	Simi Valley	CA	$75,731	$36.41	155.6	4.5%
90	East Brunswick	NJ	$75,611	$36.35	113.9	4.2%
91	North Brunswick	NJ	$75,511	$36.30	119.3	4.7%
92	Attleboro	MA	$75,345	$36.22	127.3	3.6%
93	Lexington	MA	$75,229	$36.17	132.9	3.3%
94	Los Angeles	CA	$75,200	$36.15	166	4.8%
95	Linden	NJ	$75,170	$36.14	115.9	3.9%
96	Pearland	TX	$75,132	$36.12	98.5	3.8%
97	League City	TX	$75,105	$36.11	98.2	3.4%
98	Essex	MD	$75,074	$36.09	104.4	2.8%
99	Mount Pleasant	SC	$75,044	$36.08	112.5	4.0%
100	Annapolis	MD	$75,000	$36.06	125	2.8%
101	Rochester	MN	$75,000	$36.06	100	2.2%
102	Bloomington	MN	$75,000	$36.06	105	2.5%
103	Austin	TX	$75,000	$36.06	110	2.5%
104	West Hartford	CT	$74,969	$36.04	112.5	3.4%
105	Catonsville	MD	$74,910	$36.01	112.2	3.6%
106	Kailua	HI	$74,907	$36.01	195.5	3.4%
107	Vestavia Hills	AL	$74,901	$36.01	102.5	3.3%
108	Andover	MA	$74,896	$36.01	121	3.9%
109	Peachtree City	GA	$74,893	$36.01	105.2	3.4%
110	Burbank	CA	$74,742	$35.93	156.1	5.4%
111	Dartmouth	MA	$74,720	$35.92	137.4	2.8%
112	Beverly	MA	$74,657	$35.89	123.3	4.1%
113	Hamden	CT	$74,450	$35.79	110.4	4.3%
114	Union Township	NJ	$74,361	$35.75	123.5	3.5%
115	Towson	MD	$74,185	$35.67	116.3	3.1%
116	Bridgewater	NJ	$74,152	$35.65	122.7	4.9%
117	Woodlawn	MD	$74,134	$35.64	106.1	3.2%
118	Milford	MA	$74,110	$35.63	120.8	3.4%
119	Piscataway	NJ	$74,103	$35.63	126.3	3.8%
120	Shrewsbury	MA	$74,050	$35.60	136.9	3.9%
121	Mission Viejo	CA	$74,028	$35.59	145.3	4.9%
122	Redwood City	CA	$73,914	$35.54	159.7	4.9%
123	Merced	CA	$73,913	$35.54	159.5	4.9%
124	Rocklin	CA	$73,877	$35.52	140.3	5.3%
125	Egg Harbor Township	NJ	$73,725	$35.44	124	3.5%
126	Waltham	MA	$73,690	$35.43	137	3.4%
127	Weymouth	MA	$73,675	$35.42	137.5	2.9%
128	New Brunswick	NJ	$73,671	$35.42	126.1	4.3%
129	Howell	NJ	$73,666	$35.42	118.2	4.4%
130	Everett	MA	$73,652	$35.41	128.1	3.4%
131	Vista	CA	$73,533	$35.35	162.3	4.4%
132	Pico Rivera	CA	$73,519	$35.35	152.3	5.5%
133	Long Branch	NJ	$73,435	$35.31	125.9	4.6%
134	Revere	MA	$73,431	$35.30	127.9	3.2%
135	Shoreline	WA	$73,332	$35.26	117.8	3.6%
136	Lake Elsinore	CA	$73,202	$35.19	150	5.1%
137	Irvington	NJ	$73,085	$35.14	130.1	3.6%
138	Westfield	NJ	$73,007	$35.10	114.1	4.7%
139	Montebello	CA	$73,006	$35.10	157.9	5.1%
140	Perry Hall	MD	$73,003	$35.10	118.9	3.7%
141	Millville	NJ	$73,003	$35.10	117	4.6%
142	Woodland	CA	$72,921	$35.06	154.6	4.7%
143	East Hartford	CT	$72,891	$35.04	110.7	3.8%
144	Hoboken	NJ	$72,830	$35.01	119.9	3.5%
145	Anchorage	AK	$72,800	$35.00	127	4.5%
146	Watertown	MA	$72,767	$34.98	124	3.7%
147	Vacaville	CA	$72,689	$34.95	149.5	4.7%
148	Severna Park	MD	$72,689	$34.95	104.2	3.1%
149	Dracut	MA	$72,672	$34.94	126.4	3.7%
150	Norwood	MA	$72,668	$34.94	126.3	4.1%
151	La Habra	CA	$72,666	$34.94	154.8	4.5%
152	National City	CA	$72,577	$34.89	154.5	4.8%
153	Bentonville	AR	$72,500	$34.86	98	2.2%
154	Chicago	IL	$72,500	$34.86	107	4.2%
155	Peabody	MA	$72,474	$34.84	140.5	3.2%
156	Medford	MA	$72,402	$34.81	128.4	4.1%
157	Marlboro	NJ	$72,353	$34.79	113.1	4.7%
158	Neptune	NJ	$72,321	$34.77	115.7	3.6%
159	Thousand Oaks	CA	$72,316	$34.77	156.7	4.9%
160	Huntington Park	CA	$72,311	$34.76	154.9	4.6%
161	Meriden	CT	$72,064	$34.65	110.5	3.3%
162	Chula Vista	CA	$72,000	$34.62	140	3.5%
163	Elk Grove	CA	$72,000	$34.62	115	3.2%
164	Roseville	CA	$72,000	$34.62	115	3.0%
165	Arvada	CO	$72,000	$34.62	110	2.8%
166	Atlanta	GA	$72,000	$34.62	107	3.2%
167	Honolulu	HI	$72,000	$34.62	186	3.0%
168	Ann Arbor	MI	$72,000	$34.62	108	2.5%
169	Minneapolis	MN	$72,000	$34.62	102	2.8%
170	Raleigh	NC	$72,000	$34.62	102	2.8%
171	Yonkers	NY	$72,000	$34.62	140	3.8%
172	Portland	OR	$72,000	$34.62	130	3.5%
173	Irving	TX	$72,000	$34.62	100	2.8%
174	Midland	TX	$72,000	$34.62	100	3.5%
175	Sandy	UT	$72,000	$34.62	105	2.2%
176	Manassas	VA	$72,000	$34.62	115	2.5%
177	Renton	WA	$72,000	$34.62	115	3.0%
178	Olney	MD	$72,000	$34.62	116.6	3.8%
179	Chelmsford	MA	$71,999	$34.61	127.9	3.0%
180	Porterville	CA	$71,982	$34.61	145.9	4.7%
181	Eastvale	CA	$71,917	$34.58	151	4.3%
182	Lacey	WA	$71,880	$34.56	113.3	3.9%
183	Chicopee	MA	$71,795	$34.52	125.8	3.9%
184	Upland	CA	$71,771	$34.51	149.7	4.4%
185	Alameda	CA	$71,685	$34.46	152.3	5.0%
186	Temecula	CA	$71,677	$34.46	125.6	4.2%
187	Monterey Park	CA	$71,637	$34.44	159.4	5.2%
188	Carson	CA	$71,555	$34.40	140.8	5.5%
189	Taunton	MA	$71,547	$34.40	138.5	3.3%
190	Camden	NJ	$71,415	$34.33	129.1	4.3%
191	Yorba Linda	CA	$71,403	$34.33	146.1	5.4%
192	Mountain View	CA	$71,352	$34.30	141.7	4.9%
193	Berkeley Township	NJ	$71,334	$34.30	111.3	4.4%
194	Yuba City	CA	$71,321	$34.29	159.2	4.5%
195	Rahway	NJ	$71,305	$34.28	121.7	4.3%
196	Laguna Niguel	CA	$71,222	$34.24	148	4.4%
197	Hoover	AL	$71,200	$34.23	96	2.6%
198	Randallstown	MD	$71,149	$34.21	110.3	3.4%
199	Bethesda	MD	$71,145	$34.20	116.7	3.5%
200	Ramapo	NY	$71,075	$34.17	146.3	4.5%

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