Chaptet 7: THE BYPASSED EAST

      Once again, this chapter never mentioned west coast. It mainly focus on Atlantic Provinces, Northern England and Adirondack region of New york. Therefore, I will talk about average income of Oakland.

      In 2008 the median income for a household in the city was $48,596 and the median income for a family was $55,949. Males had a median income of $46,383 versus $44,690 for females. The per capita income for the city was $30,094.
       
        Let me compare with San Francisco, which will take you only about 20 minutes drinving. San Francisco ranks third of American cities in median household income with a 2007 value of $65,519. Median family income is $81,136, and San Francisco ranks 8th of major cities worldwide in the number of billionaires known to be living within city limits.

      We can easily conclude that Oakland income level is much lower than San Francisco's. Oakland is relatively poor.

       Lastly, I will present a chart show the average salary you will earn in different career in Oakland.
  

 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California#Demographics
             http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Location=Oakland-CA/Salary
             http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#Demographics