10. Missouri
Annual median wage: $88,760
Cost of living: 90.8
Employment: 610
With its statistics, it is easy to say that Missouri has managed to strike a great balance between its median wage and cost of living rates. Even when the salary they pay their chemical engineers, and their wages would most definitely be worth more in this state where everything is generally affordable, as shown in their low cost of living index. They scored pretty well in the employment rates, too.
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