Some States Buck National Trend of Stagnant Incomes

Stateline: In one state, a high-school dropout can land a six-figure job.  In another area of the country, only college graduates can compete for that kind of salary.

Income growth has been stagnant (without adjusting for inflation) in many states since the recession, but a Stateline analysis of Census Bureau data released today shows a wide variation between some states, from booms in the District of Columbia and the oil-producing states of North Dakota and Wyoming to shrinking paychecks in Nevada, Georgia and Arizona.

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