Paychecks are higher in the Washington, D.C., area than anywhere else in the East. The typical worker in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metropolitan division earned $60,090 in 2009, the latest year for which official figures are available. That was $1,760 above the runner-up, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.
On Numbers used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data to break down the pay levels for 772 occupations in 77 Eastern metropolitan areas and divisions. (A division is a subset of a major metro area.)
Recommended Stories
Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.