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    The Cities Where People Earn the Biggest and Smallest Paychecks

    By Jacquelyn Smith | Forbes – Mon, Dec 3, 2012 11:54 AM EST

    Metropolitan Area Overall Median Pay Starting Median Pay Mid-Career Median Pay
    San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $93,100 $68,600 $128,000
    San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $73,500 $57,200 $108,000
    Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $68,700 $53,300 $95,500
    Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $67,300 $52,600 $101,000
    Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX $66,700 $53,200 $94,600
    Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $66,300 $51,300 $90,100
    Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $65,800 $50,900 $94,400
    New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA $64,900 $51,000 $98,400
    Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $64,900 $50,000 $93,800
    Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH $64,700 $50,500 $96,800
    San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA $64,600 $50,100 $93,400
    Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA $63,800 $49,000 $87,400
    Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $63,700 $49,600 $95,000
    Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $62,200 $49,100 $87,300
    Raleigh-Cary, NC $62,000 $46,700 $87,200
    Baltimore-Towson, MD $61,700 $49,500 $87,200
    Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO $61,700 $48,800 $86,100
    Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI $61,500 $46,300 $82,500
    Bakersfield, CA $60,900 $50,200 $83,900
    Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $60,700 $46,800 $78,400
    Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $60,400 $47,900 $84,400
    Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $60,300 $47,300 $86,200
    Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $60,000 $47,200 $81,300
    Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI $59,900 $48,000 $87,300
    Colorado Springs, CO $59,700 $46,300 $79,600
    Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA $59,500 $46,400 $83,300
    Salt Lake City, UT $59,300 $48,500 $82,800
    Austin-Round Rock, TX $59,200 $45,800 $86,400
    Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC $59,100 $46,400 $81,200
    New Haven-Milford, CT $58,500 $45,700 $79,300
    Las Vegas-Paradise, NV $57,800 $46,500 $76,800
    Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $57,800 $45,500 $77,300
    Modesto, CA $57,600 $47,700 $73,000
    Dayton, OH $57,600 $46,000 $76,300
    Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $57,400 $44,500 $77,300
    Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA $57,300 $44,800 $82,100
    Worcester, MA $57,200 $45,700 $78,500
    Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC $57,100 $42,900 $78,100
    Albuquerque, NM $57,000 $44,900 $73,700
    Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN $56,400 $45,600 $79,800
    Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL $56,100 $44,700 $79,500
    Tucson, AZ $56,000 $43,500 $75,400
    Kansas City, MO-KS $55,900 $45,200 $76,600
    Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $55,900 $44,500 $76,800
    Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA $55,900 $44,500 $76,200
    Richmond, VA $55,800 $43,600 $76,400
    Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY $55,500 $44,200 $72,900
    Stockton, CA $55,300 $44,400 $74,500
    Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH $55,200 $44,600 $74,300
    Honolulu, HI $55,100 $44,000 $77,500
    Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI $54,800 $44,400 $75,700
    Indianapolis-Carmel, IN $54,700 $44,500 $75,500
    San Antonio, TX $54,700 $43,900 $74,300
    Pittsburgh, PA $54,600 $43,600 $74,700
    Jacksonville, FL $54,600 $42,800 $73,800
    St. Louis, MO-IL $54,500 $44,000 $76,800
    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $54,500 $43,800 $74,100
    Columbus, OH $54,400 $44,200 $75,800
    Madison, WI $54,100 $44,600 $74,300
    Rochester, NY $54,000 $42,400 $74,600
    Wichita, KS $53,700 $44,100 $70,100
    Memphis, TN-MS-AR $53,700 $43,700 $71,700
    Ogden-Clearfield, UT $53,600 $46,300 $74,000
    Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $53,400 $41,900 $75,900
    Tulsa, OK $53,300 $43,400 $69,000
    Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $53,300 $43,200 $74,000
    Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $53,100 $43,300 $72,100
    Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA $53,100 $42,900 $73,400
    Syracuse, NY $53,000 $42,800 $70,000
    Boise City-Nampa, ID $52,700 $43,600 $72,100
    Orlando-Kissimmee, FL $52,700 $41,700 $72,900
    Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $52,600 $40,800 $66,800
    Greensboro-High Point, NC $52,400 $40,900 $69,400
    Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $52,000 $42,500 $70,500
    Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $52,000 $41,900 $72,700
    Baton Rouge, LA $51,900 $43,500 $71,200
    New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA $51,700 $42,600 $70,700
    Fresno, CA $51,700 $41,800 $73,300
    Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC $51,500 $41,600 $70,600
    Knoxville, TN $51,400 $41,100 $70,400
    Provo-Orem, UT $51,200 $42,300 $77,900
    Akron, OH $51,200 $40,800 $68,500
    Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $51,000 $41,000 $70,100
    Birmingham-Hoover, AL $50,800 $41,500 $73,400
    Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC $50,700 $41,400 $69,700
    Springfield, MA $50,400 $40,800 $65,900
    Jackson, MS $50,200 $41,400 $64,600
    Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL $50,100 $39,000 $64,400
    Toledo, OH $49,800 $40,300 $67,300
    Oklahoma City, OK $49,700 $41,500 $68,200
    Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI $49,500 $40,600 $68,200
    Lancaster, PA $49,000 $41,400 $66,800
    Columbia, SC $48,500 $39,100 $68,300
    Chattanooga, TN-GA $48,400 $39,900 $65,400
    Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $47,700 $40,900 $63,100
    Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $47,400 $38,400 $63,000
    El Paso, TX $46,900 $39,600 $60,100
    Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $46,500 $40,000 $60,100
    McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $45,600 $39,000 $62,100
    Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA $45,400 $36,800 $60,400

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