May 27, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Pay comparisons between metropolitan areas in 2010

Occupational pay relatives, selected metropolitan areas, 2010
Metropolitan area	Pay relative
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA	120
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA	114
Salinas, CA	113
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA	112
United States	100
Ocala, FL	87
Lincoln, NE	87
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	80

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