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Seattle
MSA: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.
Population: 3,610,105
Median Salary: $62,600
Unemployment rate: 5.5 percent
Population with bachelor’s degree: 37.5 percent
Cost of living index: 118
Avg. Yearly Job Growth (2014-2016): 2.46 percent
Companies with 500+ employees: 1 for every 1547 people
Companies with <500 employees: 1 for every 45.71 people
