High Point: We're No. 28!
High Point ranks 28th nationally is Salary.com's salary value index.
I guess that means we're living high on the hog in the Furniture Capital of the World.
Or at least we can stretch our paychecks a little further than most other Americans.
Greensboro came in at No. 78, ahead of Winston-Salem at 109, Charlotte at 126 and Raleigh-Durham at 145.
Unfortunately, our would-be furniture market rival, Las Vegas, has us beaten as No. 10. Maybe that doesn't figure in gambling losses -- although I suppose residents of Sin City probably stay out of the casinos except to work. Plus, Elvis is still on the payroll.
My thanks to John Hood for making note of this ranking in his Carolina Journal column today.