9. Chicago: Well known as the “Chi- town” and “Windy city”, Chicago is considered to be the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city takes the ninth position as it pays an average annual salary of $94,899 among 198 jobs and a median annual salary of $95,000 to the IT professionals. High – range salaries are bagged by professionals like Cisco certified internetwork expert/voice practice lead ($175,000), Senior sales engineer ($172,500), CIO ($152,500) and Cisco unified communications practice lead ($145,000)

10. Dallas: Located in the state of Texas, Dallas takes the tenth position as it pays an average annual salary of $94,799 among 87 jobs and a median annual salary of $92,500. Professionals that get the high-range salaries here are Software architect ($175,000), Director of operations ($147,500), Sales engineer/network ($147,500), Cisco certified internetwork expert ($135,000)  and Voice pre-/post-sales engineer, $135,000.