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San Mateo, CA, has largest county 4th quarter over-the-year wage gain at 11.1%

06/02/2026

From fourth quarter 2024 to fourth quarter 2025, San Mateo, CA, had the largest county percentage increase in average weekly wages at 11.1 percent. Buncombe, NC, had the largest county over-the-year percentage increase in employment in December 2025 at 3.7 percent.
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