The Capital Boasts Highest Salaries While Most City Incomes Fall

If you want to make some money head to the nation’s capital, that’s because according to the annual report of city incomes, the DC area holds the highest average household income in the country. Residents have a medium household income of just more than $85,000.

Not only that, but it’s only one of two cities in the top 52 largest areas (cities with population over 1 million) that saw a flat or improved income level in 2009.

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