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This Map Shows the Average Income in Every State—and What It’s Really Worth
January 7, 2019/
Geography can transform a paycheck. That is: How much your wages are actually worth depends largely on where you live.
On some level, everyone understands that—even if you don’t have a firm grasp on precisely how far a $50,000 salary would go in California, compared with, say, Ohio. MONEY set out to find the answer, meshing average income data with a cost of living measurement for each state.
