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Highest Medium Pay; Pay Growth (05/06 to 09); Unemployment
1 San Jose, CA $90,700; 4.59%; 11.90%
2 San Francisco, CA $74,800; 6.65%; 10.60%
3 Bridgeport, CT $70,100; 12.17%; 8.00%
4 Washington, DC $69,000; 8.18%; 6.20%
5 Oxnard, CA $66,400; 7.57%; 11.10%
6 New York, NY $66,400; 7.84%; 9.10%
7 Houston, TX $66,000; 14.07%; 8.50%
8 Seattle, WA $65,600; 5.71%; 9.00%
9 Los Angeles, CA $65,300; 8.57%; 11.90%
10 Boston, MA $65,200; 2.92%; 7.90%
Seems like Bridgeport and Houston are the places to be for already high incomes with high levels of income growth and decent unemployment rates that aren't sky high like California's.
Highest Medium Pay; Pay Growth (05/06 to 09); Unemployment
1 San Jose, CA $90,700; 4.59%; 11.90%
2 San Francisco, CA $74,800; 6.65%; 10.60%
3 Bridgeport, CT $70,100; 12.17%; 8.00%
4 Washington, DC $69,000; 8.18%; 6.20%
5 Oxnard, CA $66,400; 7.57%; 11.10%
6 New York, NY $66,400; 7.84%; 9.10%
7 Houston, TX $66,000; 14.07%; 8.50%
8 Seattle, WA $65,600; 5.71%; 9.00%
9 Los Angeles, CA $65,300; 8.57%; 11.90%
10 Boston, MA $65,200; 2.92%; 7.90%
Seems like Bridgeport and Houston are the places to be for already high incomes with high levels of income growth and decent unemployment rates that aren't sky high like California's.
Arent sky high? Are you kidding? 8% unemployment is in fact sky high and not decent in the least-actually its horrible.
Furthermore,
Houston has lost 95,000 jobs or 3.6% loss in ONE YEAR.
Job losses pile up across Houston area: 95,100 positions gone in the past year; experts divided about rebound hopes | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com (http://www.allbusiness.com/labor-employment/human-resources-personnel-management/12992489-1.html - broken link)
Highest Median Pay, 2009
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $90,700
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $74,800
3 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT $70,100
4 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $69,000
5 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $66,400
6 New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA $66,400 7 Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX $66,000
8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $65,600
9 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $65,300
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH $65,200
Arent sky high? Are you kidding? 8% unemployment is in fact sky high and not decent in the least-actually its horrible.
Furthermore,
Houston has lost 95,000 jobs or 3.6% loss in ONE YEAR.
Job losses pile up across Houston area: 95,100 positions gone in the past year; experts divided about rebound hopes | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com (http://www.allbusiness.com/labor-employment/human-resources-personnel-management/12992489-1.html - broken link)
Let's not kid ourselves. We all suck.
They are not sky high relative to the current economy, which is what I meant. Bridgeport and Houston's unemployment rates are below the national average, whereas the 4 CA cities on the top 10 highest median pay list (San Jose, San Francisco, LA, and Oxnard) are all above the national average (10.0% as of Nov 2009 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics).
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