California Cities do very well in Salary Survey (Los Angeles, San Diego: sales, foreclosure)
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Chief Executives Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Los Angeles, $194,050
2. San Jose, $192,030
3. Seattle, $189,970
4. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $189,900
5. New York City, $189,340
6. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $185,580
7. San Francisco-Oakland, $183,230
8. Minneapolis-St. Paul, $181,890
9. Stockton, Calif., $180,460
10. San Diego, $179,790
Computer and Information System Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. San Jose, $147,320
2. New York City, $139,510
3. San Francisco-Oakland, $137,440
4. Seattle, $132,280
5. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., $131,690
6. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $131,340
7. Washington, $128,300
8. Philadelphia, $126,220
9. Boston, $125,140
10. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $125,120
Computer Software Engineers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. San Jose, $105,400
2. San Francisco-Oakland, $100,050
3. Baltimore, $96,110
4. Boston, $96,010
5. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $95,080
6. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., $93,560
7. Los Angeles, $92,770
8. New York City, $92,520
9. Austin, $92,340
10. Washington, $91,700
Computer Software Engineers(Systems Software)
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Stockton, Calif., $131,270
2. San Jose, $111,070
3. Bakersfield, Calif., $104,700
4. San Francisco-Oakland, $101,490
5. New York City, $101,320
6. Washington, $100,810
7. Baltimore, $99,800
8. Boston, $97,170
9. Albuquerque, $95,480
10. Jacksonville, $95,010
Construction Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Albany, $124,650
2. New York City, $124,630
3. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $118,950
4. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $118,710
5. Toledo, Ohio, $115,410
6. Buffalo, $113,770
7. Syracuse, N.Y., $113,070
8. Seattle, $111,750
9. San Francisco-Oakland, $110,160
10. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., $107,670
Dentists
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Charlotte, $195,540
2. Hartford, $185,860
3. Ogden, Utah, $181,620
4. Colorado Springs, $181,000
5. Madison, Wis., $180,380
6. St. Louis, $180,160
7. Raleigh, $178,650
8. Cincinnati, $178,250
9. Harrisburg, Pa., $176,840
10. Omaha, $176,830
Education Administrators(Colleges and Universities)
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Austin, $132,840
2. Albuquerque, $119,580
3. Columbus, $115,230
4. Hartford, $115,040
5. Cincinnati, $114,010
6. Youngstown, Ohio, $109,470
7. Rochester, N.Y., $108,960
8. Stockton, Calif., $108,380
9. Philadelphia, $108,170
10. Little Rock, Ark., $107,220
Education Administrators(Elementary and Secondary Schools)
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $109,740
2. San Diego, $107,360
3. Hartford, $106,560
4. New Haven, Conn., $104,300
5. Stockton, Calif., $102,520
6. New York City, $102,310
7. San Francisco-Oakland, $101,710
8. Los Angeles, $101,480
9. Chicago, $101,440
10. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., $100,140
Electrical Engineers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Stockton, Calif., $113,620
2. San Jose, $103,850
3. Austin, $93,120
4. Houston, $93,010
5. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $92,910
6. San Francisco-Oakland, $91,010
7. Milwaukee, $90,430
8. Washington, $90,220
9. Dallas-Fort Worth, $89,470
10. New Orleans, $88,520
Electrical Engineers(Except Computer Engineers)
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. San Jose, $104,720
2. Providence, $98,330
3. San Diego, $97,760
4. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $96,420
5. Tucson, $95,960
6. Albuquerque, $94,330
7. Dayton, $93,320
8. Washington, $93,270
9. New York City, $92,740
Engineering Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. San Jose, $152,880
2. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., $146,500
3. Baton Rouge, La., $137,490
4. Austin, $135,280
5. Boston, $133,850
6. Las Vegas, $131,870
7. San Francisco-Oakland, $131,700
8. New York City, $131,480
9. Seattle, $128,310
10. Dallas-Fort Worth, $127,270
10. Boston, $92,060
Family and General Practitioners(Health Care)
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Syracuse, N.Y., $198,350
2. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., $195,810
3. Wichita, Kans., $194,580
4. Milwaukee, $193,840
5. Greensboro, $187,590
6. Tulsa, $187,030
7. Jackson, Miss., $186,820
8. San Jose, $185,250
9. Columbus, $185,150
10. Kansas City, $184,840
Financial Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. New York City, $141,900
2. San Jose, $135,190
3. San Francisco-Oakland, $130,370
4. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $128,140
5. Minneapolis-St. Paul, $118,530
6. Houston, $117,100
7. Charlotte, $116,890
8. Chicago, $116,770
9. Los Angeles, $115,620
10. Philadelphia, $114,410
10. Washington, $114,410
General and Operations Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $148,190
2. New York City, $141,040
3. Seattle, $137,540
4. San Jose, $135,490
5. Washington, $125,310
6. San Francisco-Oakland, $123,750
7. Los Angeles, $120,430
8. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $120,100
9. Philadelphia, $119,030
10. Raleigh, $118,230
Industrial Production Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Austin, $113,460
2. San Jose, $110,400
3. San Francisco-Oakland, $110,310
4. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $109,380
5. Houston, $107,520
6. Seattle, $104,430
7. New York City, $102,570
8. Lakeland, Fla., $101,760
9. Palm Bay-Melbourne, Fla., $101,300
10. Washington, $101,120
Lawyers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. San Jose, $170,120
2. San Francisco-Oakland, $142,970
3. Los Angeles, $140,950
4. New York City, $140,000
5. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $139,900
6. Atlanta, $138,300
7. Washington, $136,960
8. Modesto, Calif., $136,750
9. Bakersfield, Calif., $136,250
10. Chattanooga, Tenn., $135,280
Marketing Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. San Jose, $152,390
2. New York City, $142,640
3. San Francisco-Oakland, $139,380
4. Richmond, $130,070
5. Seattle, $127,390
6. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $125,500
7. Los Angeles, $124,110
8. Austin, $124,020
9. Dallas-Fort Worth, $123,170
10. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, Calif., $123,130
Medical and Health Services Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Seattle, $114,760
2. San Jose, $110,950
3. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., $109,220
4. New Haven, Conn., $107,970
5. Daytona Beach, Fla., $106,230
6. New York City, $105,670
7. Orlando, $103,120
8. San Francisco-Oakland, $103,000
9. Boston, $102,340
10. Sacramento, $102,110
Pharmacists
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Bakersfield, Calif., $121,020
2. Modesto, Calif., $117,160
3. San Jose, $117,020
4. San Francisco-Oakland, $114,640
5. San Diego, $113,670
6. Sacramento, $113,260
7. Fresno, Calif., $113,080
8. McAllen-Edinburg, Texas, $112,430
9. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., $110,650
10. Stockton, Calif., $110,570
Physicians and Surgeons
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Daytona Beach, Fla., $214,990
2. McAllen-Edinburg, Texas, $209,660
3. Austin, $207,410
4. Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., $206,770
5. Columbus, $204,330
6. Wichita, Kans., $203,610
7. Madison, Wis., $200,590
8. Chattanooga, Tenn., $200,280
9. Salt Lake City, $199,780
10. Indianapolis, $199,340
Purchasing Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Austin, $126,630
2. New York City, $116,210
3. San Jose, $111,290
4. Washington, $108,840
5. Minneapolis-St. Paul, $105,250
6. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $104,910
7. Tampa-St. Petersburg, $104,810
8. Palm Bay-Melbourne, Fla., $104,670
9. Richmond, $104,010
10. Jacksonville, $103,390
Sales Managers
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. New York City, $140,030
2. San Jose, $139,770
3. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., $133,780
4. Seattle, $132,430
5. Palm Bay-Melbourne, Fla., $132,320
6. Lakeland, Fla., $131,920
7. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., $129,780
8. Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., $126,650
9. San Francisco-Oakland, $126,250
10. Boston, $123,760
Securities and Financial Services Sales Agents
Top 10 metros (for average annual pay)
1. Bridgeport-Stamford, Conn., $156,920
2. Hartford, $125,620
3. San Francisco-Oakland, $119,840
4. Memphis, $114,880
5. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., $114,750
6. New York City, $113,710
7. Springfield, Mass., $108,260
8. Houston, $103,190
9. Chattanooga, Tenn., $103,080
10. Boston, $101,010
Yeah, so. Now check out the cost of living statistics. Home values especially.
Actually home prices are at their lowest in years. As a result home sales are through the roof everywhere in CA. Obviously the foreclosure mess is an issue but nowadays home prices are not.
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Actually home prices are at their lowest in years. As a result home sales are through the roof everywhere in CA. Obviously the foreclosure mess is an issue but nowadays home prices are not.
"Lowest home prices in years" doesn't mean crap when they've been horribly unaffordable for years. So instead of a house costing 10x my annual income, now its only 6x. Geez, I'll take two. Let me know when prices are actually in line with incomes. And not CEO and surgeon incomes either.
"Lowest home prices in years" doesn't mean crap when they've been horribly unaffordable for years. So instead of a house costing 10x my annual income, now its only 6x. Geez, I'll take two. Let me know when prices are actually in line with incomes. And not CEO and surgeon incomes either.
Whether they are in line with incomes or not, the fact is, home sales have skyrocketed in every region of CA due to prices falling drastically.
It's interesting that the list of jobs consists of mostly very lucrative positions and many are places where it is still quite unaffordable to live (and please don't mention the housing crash again. Yes, we know). What about a list of the Top 10 cities with best Income/Cost of Living ratio? Now that would be something to read....
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