financial and economy : The cost of living in Burlington was 111.7 percent
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of the national average in the second quarter, led by the cost of housing, which stood at 124.7 percent of the national average, according to research released Friday. Burlington ranked 35th among 293 U.S. urban areas surveyed in the report by Accra in Arlington, Va. The survey for the April-to-June period also includes two cities in Canada. New York's Manhattan topped the list at 217.2 percent, with San Francisco second at 180.7 percent. At the bottom was Fort Smith, Ark., at 84.3 percent. In Plattsburgh, N.Y., just across the lake from Burlington, the cost of living was 97.3 percent of the national average, with housing costs at 86.8 percent. While Burlington's cost of living is above average, wages in Vermont tend to fall below the national norm. The U.S. Department of Labor reported that the 2001 average annual pay in Burlington was $34,341, 9.4 percent below the national average of $37,897.
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