Metropolitan areas with highest annual pay, 2000

			
			
Area								Pay	

San Jose, California						$76,076 	
San Francisco, California					$59,314 	
New York, New York						$56,377 	
New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Waterbury-Danbury, Connecticut	$50,585 	
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, New Jersey			$48,977	
U.S metro. average						$36,986