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Percent change in employment in the 342 largest counties, March 2014 to March 2015

September 22, 2015

From March 2014 to March 2015, employment increased in 323 of the 342 largest U.S. counties (counties with 75,000 or more jobs in 2014). Utah County, Utah, had the largest percentage increase, with a gain of 6.7 percent over the year, compared with national job growth of 2.1 percent. Adams County, Colorado; Montgomery County, Texas; and Denton County, Texas, each had employment gains of 5.8 percent over the year.

Percent change in employment in the 342 largest counties, March 2014–March 2015


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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 

 

Employment declined in 17 of the largest counties from March 2014 to March 2015. Atlantic County, New Jersey, had the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment (-4.3 percent). New London, Connecticut, had the second-largest percentage decrease in employment, followed by Cumberland County, North Carolina; Broome County, New York; and Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.

Average weekly wages for the nation increased to $1,048 in the first quarter of 2015, a 2.1-gain from a year earlier. Among the 342 largest counties, 297 had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages. Olmsted, Minnesota, had the largest percentage wage increase among the largest U.S. counties (11.7 percent).

These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. To learn more, see "County Employment and Wages: First Quarter 2015" (HTML) (PDF). Data for the most recent quarter are preliminary and subject to revision.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Percent change in employment in the 342 largest counties, March 2014 to March 2015 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/percent-change-in-employment-in-the-342-largest-counties-march-2014-to-march-2015.htm (visited October 31, 2024).

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