City Government Employee Wage & Salary
Cost per Capita Within Metropolitan Areas
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Metropolitan Area |
Sector |
Core City(ies) |
Core City(ies) |
Other Cities |
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Atlanta |
All |
Atlanta |
$867 |
$451 |
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Austin |
All |
Austin |
$343 |
$260 |
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Boston |
MA |
Boston |
$1,706 |
$1,345 |
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Boston |
NH |
Manchester |
$1,026 |
$790 |
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Buffalo |
All |
Buffalo |
$1,682 |
$659 |
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Charlotte |
All |
Charlotte |
$409 |
$365 |
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Chicago |
IL |
Chicago |
$785 |
$371 |
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Chicago |
IN |
Gary, East Chicago |
$901 |
$300 |
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Cincinnati |
OH |
Cincinnati |
$571 |
$489 |
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Cincinnati |
KY |
Covington, Newport |
$488 |
$176 |
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Cleveland |
All |
Cleveland, Akron |
$635 |
$436 |
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Columbus |
All |
Columbus |
$495 |
$493 |
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Dallas-Fort Worth |
All |
Dallas, Fort Worth |
$466 |
$329 |
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Detroit |
All |
Detroit |
$1,766 |
$372 |
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Grand Rapids |
All |
Grand Rapids |
$429 |
$430 |
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Greensboro |
All |
Greensboro, Winston-Salem |
$432 |
$272 |
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Hartford |
All |
Hartford |
$2,296 |
$273 |
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Houston |
All |
Houston |
$372 |
$299 |
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Kansas City |
MO |
Kansas City |
$671 |
$301 |
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Las Vegas |
All |
Las Vegas |
$284 |
$515 |
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Los Angeles |
All |
Los Angeles |
$722 |
$336 |
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Louisville |
KY |
Louisville |
$684 |
$143 |
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Memphis |
TN |
Memphis |
$1,153 |
$302 |
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Miami |
All |
Miami |
$482 |
$476 |
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Milwaukee |
All |
Milwaukee |
$573 |
$329 |
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Minneapolis-St. Paul |
All |
Minneapolis, St. Paul |
$548 |
$349 |
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New York |
CT |
Bridgeport, New Haven |
$1,612 |
$1,395 |
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New York |
NJ |
Newark, Jersey City |
$697 |
$639 |
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New York |
NY |
Yonkers |
$1,823 |
$186 |
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Norfolk |
All |
Norfolk |
$1,450 |
$1,569 |
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San Francisco |
All |
Oakland |
$621 |
$419 |
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Oklahoma City |
All |
Oklahoma City |
$405 |
$300 |
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Orlando |
All |
Orlando |
$672 |
$360 |
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Philadelphia |
NJ |
Camden |
$761 |
$946 |
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Philadelphia |
DE |
Wilmington |
$717 |
$238 |
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Pittsburgh |
All |
Pittsburgh |
$685 |
$152 |
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Portland |
OR |
Portland |
$465 |
$339 |
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Providence |
RI |
Providence |
$1,103 |
$965 |
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Raleigh-Durham |
All |
Raleigh, Durham |
$432 |
$342 |
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Rochester |
All |
Rochester |
$1,884 |
$195 |
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Sacramento |
All |
Sacramento |
$430 |
$379 |
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Salt Lake City |
All |
Salt Lake City |
$683 |
$209 |
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San Antonio |
All |
San Antonio |
$463 |
$403 |
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San Diego |
All |
San Diego |
$428 |
$256 |
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Seattle |
All |
Seattle, Tacoma |
$967 |
$407 |
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Tampa-St. Petersburg |
All |
Tampa, St. Petersburg |
$573 |
$405 |
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Washington |
VA |
Alexandria |
$1,413 |
$1,002 |
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Average Ratio |
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2.32 |
1.00 |
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Cases Where Higher |
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43 |
4 |
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Cases Where Data is Available. Core Cities that are also counties are excluded. |
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Intrastate comparisons only: Interstate comparisons not used due to differing municipal responsibilities by state. |
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Source: Calculated from 2000 US Census Bureau governments data base. |
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