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How the annual earnings of a typical Charlotte-area worker stack up to other metros

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte area fits toward the back of the pack in a new measure of earning power for local employees.

The typical worker in the Charlotte metro area earned $35,653 last year, according to the one-year version of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey, which was released this fall.

That puts Charlotte in 36th place for median worker earnings among the nation’s 53 major metropolitan areas.

View this slideshow, compiled by a CBJ-affiliated publication, for a complete rundown of all metros with populations greater than 1 million.

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