U.S. metro areas with the highest salaries and personnel costs per unit:
Highest Salaries/Personnel
Costs Per Unit .............................................Costs
San Francisco-Oakland .................................$1,487
Los Angeles-Long Beach ...............................$1,437
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington....................$1,387
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA........................$1,364
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA..............$1,355
Baltimore-Towson, MD...................................$1,322
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH.................$1,311
Wash., D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria....................$1,303
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL......................$1,294
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA..............$1,293
Source: 2011 NAA Survey of Income & Expense.
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