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12 Metro Areas Where Paychecks Go the Furthest
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In a recent report, SmartAsset evaluated the living wage — the earnings required for life's basic necessities — in the biggest U.S. metropolitan areas. It then compared each metro's living wage with the area's median income to identify where the largest percentage of the typical worker's paycheck goes just to survive.
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