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How Much Money Makes You Middle Class? In Silicon Valley, It's A Lot

  • NPR, Friday, March 20, 2015 10:01 AM

Family income data from the 2013 American Community Survey, counting only families, shows big disparities in the 30 major U.S. cities  in mean income. At the jump is a graph charting low, high and mean income in the 30 most populous cities. In San Jose (which includes the heart of Silicon Valley), where 13% of families have annual incomes of $250,000 or more, the mean income is about $103,000 per year. At the other end, Detroit, the mean is $30,000. 

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