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Percent changes in average hourly earnings for largest metro areas, June 2014 to June 2015
August 07, 2015
Average hourly earnings in June 2015 were higher than a year earlier in 33 of the 51 largest metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more. Average hourly earnings decreased in 17 areas and were unchanged in one.
In June 2015, Columbus, Ohio, had the largest over-the-year percentage gain in average hourly earnings (6.2 percent), from $21.94 to $23.30. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California, had a gain of 6.0 percent, from $32.34 to $34.29.
Percent changes in average hourly earnings for largest metropolitan areas, June 2014 to June 2015
-2.4%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Percent changes in average hourly earnings for largest metropolitan areas, June 2014 to June 2015
Metro area
Percent change
June 2014 average hourly earnings
June 2015 average hourly earnings
Columbus, OH
6.2%
$21.94
$23.30
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
6.0
32.34
34.29
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
5.9
21.28
22.54
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
5.9
21.79
23.08
Rochester, NY
4.9
21.60
22.66
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
4.7
24.72
25.87
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
4.5
31.29
32.71
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
3.9
20.94
21.76
Raleigh, NC
3.9
23.75
24.67
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
3.7
24.73
25.65
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
3.6
38.91
40.33
Salt Lake City, UT
3.6
25.01
25.91
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
2.7
26.60
27.32
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
2.5
26.64
27.30
Jacksonville, FL
2.3
23.11
23.65
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
2.2
24.78
25.33
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
2.2
24.19
24.72
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
2.1
32.63
33.31
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
2.0
26.75
27.29
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
1.8
29.34
29.88
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
1.3
28.51
28.89
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
1.3
22.56
22.86
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
1.2
26.80
27.13
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
1.2
26.60
26.91
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
1.0
25.54
25.80
Kansas City, MO-KS
0.9
24.34
24.57
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
0.8
22.93
23.11
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
0.8
23.66
23.84
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
0.7
22.78
22.93
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
0.6
28.13
28.30
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
0.5
22.53
22.65
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
0.4
26.05
26.16
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
0.2
22.78
22.82
Richmond, VA
0.0
24.13
24.13
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
-0.2
23.76
23.72
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-0.2
25.67
25.61
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
-0.5
32.57
32.41
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
-0.6
26.60
26.44
Austin-Round Rock, TX
-0.6
26.27
26.11
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
-0.7
25.05
24.87
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-0.9
26.81
26.56
Pittsburgh, PA
-1.0
24.14
23.91
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-1.3
24.67
24.35
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
-1.4
23.50
23.18
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
-1.4
20.97
20.68
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
-1.5
21.77
21.44
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
-1.9
24.83
24.37
St. Louis, MO-IL
-2.0
25.64
25.12
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
-2.4
21.54
21.03
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
-3.2
23.46
22.71
Oklahoma City, OK
-3.3
22.28
21.54
Oklahoma City had the largest percentage decrease in average hourly earnings (-3.3 percent), from $22.28 in June 2014 to $21.54 in June 2015. Nashville-Davidson—Murfreesboro—Franklin, Tennessee, experienced a 3.2-percent decrease, from $23.46 to $22.71.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. For more information on employment and earnings by metropolitan area, see Table D6: Average hours and earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (PDF) (XLS).
United States Department of Labor
