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Old 04-26-2012, 06:22 PM
 
Location: San Leandro
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Not from here? See how your pay compares with other transplants from your home state - Data Center - The Sacramento Bee


Interesting Data. Seems transplants from most states earn more than natives on a whole. 'cept transplants from Maine it seems.

CA workers who are natives 5, 144, 035- avg earnings 55k

Ca workers born in IL 177,175-Avg earnings 79k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau -- 2008-2010 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample.

Notes: Map shows Californians between ages 18 and 64 who work at least 30 hours a week and 40 weeks a year. Census earnings figures are "top-coded" at roughly $470,000, which affects the top 0.35% of earners and slightly depresses the overall averages.
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Old 04-26-2012, 06:40 PM
 
Location: Folsom
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I'm a California native and I make way more than both of those stats you posted.
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Old 04-26-2012, 06:50 PM
 
Location: San Leandro
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If only your fellow natives could follow your example..
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Old 04-26-2012, 11:49 PM
 
Location: South Korea
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$72,000 for Floridians? I have some damn catching up to do.
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Old 04-27-2012, 08:17 AM
 
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Makes sense. Transplants move most of the time for higher pay and a better opportunity.
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Old 04-27-2012, 08:36 AM
 
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It's all relative, I'm a native of PA and I see it's around $85K and change on average, not bad but not great for the Bay Area, maybe San Diego it's liveable. I surely would not move to the Bay Area for $85K. Thing is, I make more than that in South Florida and there is no income tax.
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Old 04-27-2012, 02:10 PM
 
Location: surrounded by reality
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Very cool map, thanks for sharing. Curiousy, Wisconsin has the highest average among the Midwestern states. My wife will really be proud.
Now if someone had a world map with average salary by country, that would be interesting!
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Old 04-27-2012, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Mokelumne Hill, CA & El Pescadero, BCS MX.
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Makes sense. Transplants move most of the time for higher pay and a better opportunity.
#1 answer!
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Old 04-27-2012, 07:23 PM
 
Location: San Leandro
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$72,000 for Floridians? I have some damn catching up to do.

No one is expecting you to keep up with 60 year old baby boomers with pensions. You got time
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Old 04-27-2012, 09:57 PM
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IRS data tend to be far more reliable than silly census stats....who the hell is forced to report income to census???

Smart, highly profitable employers tend to pay most for workers with greatest skills/productivity, no matter where born/raised or any other social, nonmeritocratic criteria

Workers, no matter where born/raised, are also free to acquire useful skills anywhere and to migrate to wherever are greatest economic opportunities

Suspect vast majority of wealthiest in PaloAlto region are self-made, born/raised outside SV....and from middle-income suburbia somewhere in US...not a lot of Chinese/Mexicans/blks/girls amongst top ranks in SV....lots of white dudes and a few Indians....but NBA/NFL millionaire worker bees also have own demographics/gender exclusions, quite different from billionaire team owners who are almost exclusively elderly white males...it is what it is, whether SV or BevHills or Manhattan or Dall/Hou....or tech vs finance vs oil&gas vs entmt industry....capitalism and natural selection perhaps
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