A home buying affordability study ranks the D.C. metro area No. 1 among the highest-paying areas where IT professionals can afford to buy a home, but that IT professionals are not the highest-paid workers in the region.
The report by real estate data firm Yardi Matrix was designed to see which occupations in which cities would combine to make the shortest time to save for a home purchase, based on local median incomes and local median home prices. It also reports on which professions in each metro area have the highest median pay.
The highest median pay by profession in the D.C. area, according to the report:
* Lawyers and judges: $185,000
* Air transportation workers: $183,000
* Marketing and sales managers: $172,000
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