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Article: Comparing metropolitan area pay by occupation.(Labor Month In Review)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Average pay in the San Francisco metropolitan area in 2006 was 19 percent above the national average, and was the highest among the metropolitan areas studied by the National Compensation Survey (NCS). In contrast, pay was lowest in the Brownsville, Texas, metropolitan area, with a pay relative of 78, meaning that Brownsville workers earned an average of 78 cents for every dollar earned by workers nationwide.
Using data from the NCS, pay ...