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Money Magazine Ranks Sammamish #23 as 'Top-earning Town' in US
Money Magazine began releasing several lists Aug. 12 online for their upcoming "Best Places to Live" Sept. 2013.
A collaborative partnership between cable TV-giants CNN and Money Magazine lauds Sammamish this week as a "Top Earning Town" as part of the magazine's annual "Best Places to Live" Sept. 2013. issue.
Money credits not only the community's financial resources, but also its and natural beauty, parks and setting on Lake Sammamish in a brief mention of the community in the 23st place ranking of 25 towns across the US.
According to the ranking — which is based solely on median income, Sammamish residents currently earn a median income of $145,457. That's about $2,000 less annually than median earners make in Washington, DC suburb Olney, MD and $1,000 more than than the median income in another District of Columbia-suburb, Vienna, Virginia. Scarsdale, NY was ranked No. 1.
Nearby Mercer Island is ranked 21st.
The full summary about Sammamish, which includes demographic data, can be found online.
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