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US City With Highest Salaries

Residents of metropolitan Washington DC enjoy the highest average household income in the country. That rate is currently a little north of 85,000 dollars. In addition, it is the only city in the top 52 largest metropolitan areas surveyed that had a consistent or modest increase in income for 2009.  The only other city that […]

$75,000 Is the “Perfect Salary for Happiness”

A recent study reported by the Wall Street Journal looking at the relationship between salary and happiness has concluded that  75,000 dollars a year is the point at which people remain most happy. Above this number there is no measurable increase in one’s personal satisfaction. It doesn’t mean that you will be less happy if […]

Clemson graduates find jobs at twice the national average

< Clemson University students are finding something new to brag about lately.  They are finding jobs at almost twice the national average for college grads according to a recent survey of graduating students. Many of the respondents that have not accepted jobs were planning on attending graduate school.  For those entering the workforce, the starting […]