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Actually, Los Angeles has been an underperformer economically for some time now. I'm guessing that the reason is the high percentage of labor class people and illegal immigrants there. But it could be more complex than that.
That's a pretty big part of it. It's probably more complex than that too, but it's got to be a huge reason.
That being said, most people in my age group make more than that a year - and a lot much more than that. So it's not like it's hard to find professional, good-paying jobs here in Los Angeles, there is just a huge amount of people in the lower/working/service classes.
The problem with Los Angeles is that it is so low on this list, but if you did another list of "most expensive rental costs for young adults" it would probably be in the top 5.
I'm pretty shocked Baltimore is as high as it is to be honest. Wow.
Some of the suburbs of Baltimore are pretty affluent. Howard County is currently the highest income county in Maryland. In fact, the 3rd highest income county in the United States.
Most east coast urban areas are a patchwork of high income and low income areas, sometimes pretty close to one another.
Raleigh has a bunch of college and universities in the area and churns out more educated young professionals.
Not to mention it has a pretty sizable biotech/high tech scene as well.
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