Median income for young adults in the 50 largest MSAs (places, ranking, Boston)

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by tmac9wr

Not to mention it has a pretty sizable biotech/high tech scene as well.

Yes, which is a direct outgrowth of the collection of colleges and universities in the area.

[Northernest Southernest C]

Originally Posted by Duderino

Exactly. For example, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is HQ'd in Baltimore.

Yes there are federal jobs in the area but what I means is the majority of the labor force in the Baltimore Metro do not work at SSA, Fed Reserve, Ft. Meade, Proving Grounds, etc nor commute to DC.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by Northernest Southernest C

Yes there are federal jobs in the area but what I means is the majority of the labor force do not work at SSA, Fed Reserve, Ft. Meade, Proving Grounds, etc.

Outside of DC and small cities with large military installations, I don't think there's any city where the majority of the labor force is employed by the federal government. However, a sizable cluster of white-collar federal jobs can skew median incomes upward and that's clearly the case for Baltimore, which is otherwise a post-industrial blue-collar port city.

[Northernest Southernest C]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Outside of DC and small cities with large military installations, I don't think there's any city where the majority of the labor force is employed by the federal government. However, a sizable cluster of white-collar federal jobs can skew median incomes upward and that's clearly the case for Baltimore, which is otherwise a post-industrial blue-collar port city.

I agree I think any cluster of high paying jobs can skew median incomes upward including federal and non-federal.

[tmac9wr]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Yes, which is a direct outgrowth of the collection of colleges and universities in the area.

For sure, which is pretty consistent throughout the country when it comes to the biotech/high tech & university connection.

[Bluefox]

I'd like to see it for people 22-34 or even 25-34. 18-22 yr olds are normally still in college or making little money so that has to bring down the overall median income across the board.

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by Northernest Southernest C

Yes there are federal jobs in the area but what I means is the majority of the labor force in the Baltimore Metro do not work at SSA, Fed Reserve, Ft. Meade, Proving Grounds, etc nor commute to DC.

Then, I'm curious what all those people living in huge million dollar+ houses in much of Howard County do for a living.

[BPP1999]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

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.

Right but the wealthiest Baltimore suburbs are also DC exurbs and I imagine that's what's driven the income in those counties up.

[Davy-040]

I expected the list would look something like this...


$50,000 - San Francisco Bay Area

$46,000-$49,000 - Seattle, Washington D.C., Boston

$43,000-$46,000 - Minneapolis, Chicago, New York City, Hartford

$40,000-$43,000 - Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Philadelphia, Providence



$37,000-$40,000 - Portland, Sacramento, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami

$34,000-$37,000 - Riverside, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Nashville, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Orlando, Tampa

$31,000-$34,000 - San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Memphis, St.Louis, Detroit, Louisville, Birmingham, New Orleans, Jacksonville

[Northernest Southernest C]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

Then, I'm curious what all those people living in huge million dollar+ houses in much of Howard County do for a living.

You should research it