Average weekly wages among largest counties, third quarter 2014 to third quarter 2015
March 11, 2016
The U.S. average weekly wage increased 2.6 percent from the third quarter of 2014 to the third quarter of 2015, growing to $974. Among counties with 75,000 or more jobs in 2014, Rockland, New York, had the largest percentage increase in average weekly wages (24.9 percent) over the year. The largest contribution to the county's increase was a gain of $3,170, or 220.4 percent, in average weekly wages in manufacturing.
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Percentage change in average weekly wages in 342 largest counties, third quarter 2014 to third quarter 2015 County Percent change Average weekly wage in third quarter 2015 (p) Rank by percent change Rockland County, NY
24.9% $1,168 1 Lake County, IL
11.7 $1,298 2 Onondaga County, NY
6.5 $913 3 Washington County, OR
6.4 $1,288 4 Marin County, CA
6.1 $1,185 5 Santa Cruz County, CA
6.1 $888 5 Genesee County, MI
5.6 $816 7 Davidson County, TN
5.5 $1,030 8 Placer County, CA
5.4 $989 9 Williamson County, TN
5.2 $1,101 10 Volusia County, FL
5.0 $697 11 Bristol County, MA
5.0 $882 11 Manatee County, FL
4.8 $740 13 DuPage County, IL
4.8 $1,121 13 Stearns County, MN
4.8 $825 13 Camden County, NJ
4.8 $943 13 Clackamas County, OR
4.8 $926 13 Thurston County, WA
4.8 $919 13 Sonoma County, CA
4.7 $935 19 Okaloosa County, FL
4.7 $816 19 Scott County, IA
4.7 $799 19 Yellowstone County, MT
4.7 $845 19 Douglas County, NE
4.7 $928 19 Dane County, WI
4.6 $938 24 Jefferson County, CO
4.5 $992 25 Pasco County, FL
4.5 $676 25 Kane County, IL
4.5 $867 25 Hamilton County, TN
4.5 $865 25 Fayette County, KY
4.4 $879 29 Stanislaus County, CA
4.3 $840 30 Somerset County, NJ
4.3 $1,447 30 Richmond County, NY
4.3 $877 30 Shelby County, AL
4.2 $914 33 San Diego County, CA
4.2 $1,071 33 Catawba County, NC
4.2 $746 33 Mecklenburg County, NC
4.2 $1,119 33 San Luis Obispo County, CA
4.1 $814 37 Orange County, FL
4.1 $854 37 Jackson County, OR
4.1 $764 37 Chester County, PA
4.1 $1,208 37 Charleston County, SC
4.1 $873 37 Salt Lake County, UT
4.1 $933 37 Richmond City, VA
4.1 $1,089 37 San Joaquin County, CA
4.0 $834 44 Plymouth County, MA
4.0 $909 44 Buncombe County, NC
4.0 $760 44 Santa Barbara County, CA
3.9 $934 47 Miami-Dade County, FL
3.9 $924 47 Jefferson County, KY
3.9 $933 47 Greene County, MO
3.9 $753 47 Orange County, NY
3.9 $807 47 Travis County, TX
3.9 $1,122 47 Butte County, CA
3.8 $731 53 Larimer County, CO
3.8 $892 53 Peoria County, IL
3.8 $910 53 Lancaster County, NE
3.8 $797 53 Mahoning County, OH
3.8 $707 53 Brown County, WI
3.8 $856 53 Waukesha County, WI
3.8 $953 53 Los Angeles County, CA
3.7 $1,074 60 Lake County, FL
3.7 $680 60 Boone County, MO
3.7 $795 60 Marion County, OR
3.7 $788 60 Tulare County, CA
3.6 $685 64 Tippecanoe County, IN
3.6 $831 64 Vanderburgh County, IN
3.6 $786 64 Kent County, MI
3.6 $875 64 Washington County, MN
3.6 $810 64 Nassau County, NY
3.6 $1,063 64 Horry County, SC
3.6 $598 64 Pierce County, WA
3.6 $898 64 Escambia County, FL
3.5 $760 72 Anoka County, MN
3.5 $968 72 Franklin County, OH
3.5 $982 72 Butler County, PA
3.5 $920 72 Galveston County, TX
3.5 $853 72 San Mateo County, CA
3.4 $1,894 77 Champaign County, IL
3.4 $877 77 Cook County, IL
3.4 $1,108 77 Olmsted County, MN
3.4 $1,113 77 Warren County, OH
3.4 $854 77 Fresno County, CA
3.3 $772 82 Monterey County, CA
3.3 $825 82 Broward County, FL
3.3 $898 82 Hall County, GA
3.3 $825 82 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
3.3 $914 82 Barnstable County, MA
3.3 $808 82 Queens County, NY
3.3 $930 82 Minnehaha County, SD
3.3 $850 82 Outagamie County, WI
3.3 $835 82 Contra Costa County, CA
3.2 $1,168 91 Santa Clara County, CA
3.2 $2,090 91 New Haven County, CT
3.2 $1,021 91 Sarasota County, FL
3.2 $777 91 Seminole County, FL
3.2 $803 91 Wyandotte County, KS
3.2 $942 91 Worcester County, MA
3.2 $969 91 Summit County, OH
3.2 $876 91 Lancaster County, PA
3.2 $815 91 Northampton County, PA
3.2 $849 91 York County, PA
3.2 $849 91 Weber County, UT
3.2 $744 91 Snohomish County, WA
3.2 $1,050 91 Yolo County, CA
3.1 $1,006 104 Boulder County, CO
3.1 $1,158 104 Lee County, FL
3.1 $766 104 DeKalb County, GA
3.1 $977 104 Honolulu County, HI
3.1 $932 104 Madison County, IL
3.1 $794 104 Cumberland County, ME
3.1 $857 104 Suffolk County, MA
3.1 $1,559 104 Wayne County, MI
3.1 $1,059 104 Albany County, NY
3.1 $1,038 104 Newport News City, VA
3.1 $957 104 Benton County, WA
3.1 $965 104 Winnebago County, WI
3.1 $888 104 Riverside County, CA
3.0 $781 117 San Bernardino County, CA
3.0 $815 117 Adams County, CO
3.0 $952 117 Bibb County, GA
3.0 $760 117 Johnson County, IA
3.0 $920 117 Oakland County, MI
3.0 $1,061 117 Clay County, MO
3.0 $856 117 Burlington County, NJ
3.0 $994 117 Montgomery County, OH
3.0 $837 117 Philadelphia County, PA
3.0 $1,160 117 Denton County, TX
3.0 $885 117 Clark County, WA
3.0 $915 117 McHenry County, IL
2.9 $808 129 Anne Arundel County, MD
2.9 $1,048 129 Hampden County, MA
2.9 $884 129 Bergen County, NJ
2.9 $1,135 129 Durham County, NC
2.9 $1,231 129 Lane County, OR
2.9 $775 129 Multnomah County, OR
2.9 $1,006 129 Norfolk City, VA
2.9 $1,002 129 Yakima County, WA
2.9 $679 129 Osceola County, FL
2.8 $671 138 Dakota County, MN
2.8 $944 138 New Hanover County, NC
2.8 $769 138 Erie County, PA
2.8 $775 138 Spartanburg County, SC
2.8 $814 138 Brazoria County, TX
2.8 $992 138 Utah County, UT
2.8 $767 138 Chesapeake City, VA
2.8 $766 138 Milwaukee County, WI
2.8 $925 138 Allen County, IN
2.7 $796 147 Montgomery County, MD
2.7 $1,277 147 Washtenaw County, MI
2.7 $1,052 147 Cumberland County, NC
2.7 $767 147 Jefferson County, TX
2.7 $1,003 147 Davis County, UT
2.7 $785 147 Whatcom County, WA
2.7 $801 147 Hamilton County, IN
2.6 $913 154 Boone County, KY
2.6 $826 154 Harford County, MD
2.6 $923 154 Middlesex County, MA
2.6 $1,419 154 Jackson County, MO
2.6 $989 154 Passaic County, NJ
2.6 $944 154 Allegheny County, PA
2.6 $1,051 154 Luzerne County, PA
2.6 $779 154 Providence County, RI
2.6 $961 154 Bell County, TX
2.6 $823 154 El Paso County, TX
2.6 $698 154 Brevard County, FL
2.5 $873 165 Chatham County, GA
2.5 $821 165 Clayton County, GA
2.5 $912 165 Norfolk County, MA
2.5 $1,112 165 Washoe County, NV
2.5 $877 165 Atlantic County, NJ
2.5 $814 165 Monroe County, NY
2.5 $929 165 New York County, NY
2.5 $1,829 165 Wake County, NC
2.5 $983 165 Collin County, TX
2.5 $1,126 165 Tarrant County, TX
2.5 $967 165 Henrico County, VA
2.5 $945 165 Virginia Beach City, VA
2.5 $767 165 Benton County, AR
2.4 $949 178 Solano County, CA
2.4 $981 178 Leon County, FL
2.4 $795 178 Richmond County, GA
2.4 $819 178 Will County, IL
2.4 $858 178 Polk County, IA
2.4 $981 178 Kalamazoo County, MI
2.4 $898 178 Saginaw County, MI
2.4 $777 178 Clark County, NV
2.4 $843 178 Morris County, NJ
2.4 $1,380 178 Bronx County, NY
2.4 $938 178 Erie County, NY
2.4 $856 178 Dauphin County, PA
2.4 $962 178 Greenville County, SC
2.4 $859 178 Kitsap County, WA
2.4 $921 178 Washington County, AR
2.3 $786 193 Alameda County, CA
2.3 $1,289 193 Washington, DC
2.3 $1,667 193 Pinellas County, FL
2.3 $846 193 Fulton County, GA
2.3 $1,266 193 St. Clair County, IL
2.3 $787 193 St. Joseph County, IN
2.3 $795 193 Baltimore City, MD
2.3 $1,152 193 Richland County, SC
2.3 $833 193 Knox County, TN
2.3 $834 193 Spokane County, WA
2.3 $842 193 Palm Beach County, FL
2.2 $924 204 Cobb County, GA
2.2 $1,006 204 Gwinnett County, GA
2.2 $962 204 Hinds County, MS
2.2 $832 204 Rockingham County, NH
2.2 $938 204 Broome County, NY
2.2 $753 204 Hamilton County, OH
2.2 $1,055 204 Bexar County, TX
2.2 $874 204 Cameron County, TX
2.2 $615 204 McLennan County, TX
2.2 $792 204 Alexandria City, VA
2.2 $1,372 204 Pulaski County, AR
2.1 $869 215 Orange County, CA
2.1 $1,077 215 Shawnee County, KS
2.1 $783 215 Prince George's County, MD
2.1 $1,058 215 Gloucester County, NJ
2.1 $835 215 Middlesex County, NJ
2.1 $1,142 215 Kings County, NY
2.1 $835 215 Suffolk County, NY
2.1 $1,053 215 Westmoreland County, PA
2.1 $785 215 Lexington County, SC
2.1 $741 215 Rutherford County, TN
2.1 $843 215 Lubbock County, TX
2.1 $779 215 Prince William County, VA
2.1 $860 215 Denver County, CO
2.0 $1,194 228 Alachua County, FL
2.0 $805 228 Duval County, FL
2.0 $909 228 Hillsborough County, FL
2.0 $914 228 Marion County, FL
2.0 $658 228 Ottawa County, MI
2.0 $818 228 Hennepin County, MN
2.0 $1,198 228 Essex County, NJ
2.0 $1,177 228 Saratoga County, NY
2.0 $864 228 Cumberland County, PA
2.0 $883 228 Delaware County, PA
2.0 $1,010 228 Montgomery County, PA
2.0 $1,158 228 Loudoun County, VA
2.0 $1,126 228 El Paso County, CO
1.9 $876 241 Hartford County, CT
1.9 $1,142 241 Muscogee County, GA
1.9 $761 241 Jefferson Parish, LA
1.9 $876 241 Baltimore County, MD
1.9 $980 241 Lackawanna County, PA
1.9 $749 241 Winnebago County, IL
1.8 $811 247 St. Tammany Parish, LA
1.8 $833 247 Ingham County, MI
1.8 $898 247 Butler County, OH
1.8 $850 247 Bucks County, PA
1.8 $909 247 Chittenden County, VT
1.8 $928 247 Mobile County, AL
1.7 $835 253 Marion County, IN
1.7 $966 253 Ramsey County, MN
1.7 $1,073 253 Monmouth County, NJ
1.7 $932 253 Ocean County, NJ
1.7 $766 253 Williamson County, TX
1.7 $937 253 Anchorage Borough, AK
1.6 $1,084 259 Sacramento County, CA
1.6 $1,068 259 Ventura County, CA
1.6 $961 259 New London County, CT
1.6 $943 259 St. Louis County, MN
1.6 $836 259 St. Louis City, MO
1.6 $1,045 259 Madison County, AL
1.5 $1,053 265 Polk County, FL
1.5 $740 265 Linn County, IA
1.5 $929 265 Hillsborough County, NH
1.5 $1,031 265 Guilford County, NC
1.5 $857 265 Lake County, OH
1.5 $795 265 Berks County, PA
1.5 $866 265 Shelby County, TN
1.5 $979 265 Arlington County, VA
1.5 $1,587 265 Maricopa County, AZ
1.4 $929 274 San Francisco County, CA
1.4 $1,712 274 Lorain County, OH
1.4 $775 274 Lehigh County, PA
1.4 $938 274 Dallas County, TX
1.4 $1,157 274 Arapahoe County, CO
1.3 $1,117 279 Johnson County, KS
1.3 $968 279 Mercer County, NJ
1.3 $1,234 279 Bernalillo County, NM
1.3 $842 279 Westchester County, NY
1.3 $1,222 279 Cass County, ND
1.3 $910 279 Kanawha County, WV
1.3 $839 279 Collier County, FL
1.2 $815 286 Elkhart County, IN
1.2 $790 286 Harrison County, MS
1.2 $701 286 St. Charles County, MO
1.2 $774 286 Lucas County, OH
1.2 $839 286 Tulsa County, OK
1.2 $904 286 Nueces County, TX
1.2 $861 286 Fairfax County, VA
1.2 $1,462 286 Ada County, ID
1.1 $841 294 Sangamon County, IL
1.1 $1,001 294 Macomb County, MI
1.1 $950 294 Cuyahoga County, OH
1.1 $985 294 Cleveland County, OK
1.1 $719 294 Chesterfield County, VA
1.1 $833 294 Montgomery County, AL
1.0 $819 300 Hudson County, NJ
1.0 $1,280 300 Delaware County, OH
1.0 $929 300 Hidalgo County, TX
1.0 $624 300 King County, WA
1.0 $1,463 300 Black Hawk County, IA
0.9 $808 305 Calcasieu Parish, LA
0.9 $881 305 Frederick County, MD
0.9 $911 305 St. Louis County, MO
0.9 $1,004 305 Washington County, PA
0.9 $948 305 Webb County, TX
0.9 $658 305 Jefferson County, AL
0.8 $962 311 Sedgwick County, KS
0.8 $831 311 Essex County, MA
0.8 $1,009 311 Caddo Parish, LA
0.6 $799 314 York County, SC
0.5 $763 315 Fairfield County, CT
0.4 $1,406 316 McLean County, IL
0.3 $895 317 Potter County, TX
0.2 $804 318 Harris County, TX
0.1 $1,240 319 Pima County, AZ
0.0 $816 320 Montgomery County, TX
0.0 $957 320 Orleans Parish, LA
-0.2 $922 322 Oneida County, NY
-0.3 $740 323 Forsyth County, NC
-0.3 $886 323 Fort Bend County, TX
-0.3 $949 323 Tuscaloosa County, AL
-0.4 $811 326 Brazos County, TX
-0.4 $734 326 Kern County, CA
-0.5 $828 328 Lake County, IN
-0.6 $841 329 Dutchess County, NY
-0.6 $926 329 Smith County, TX
-0.6 $810 329 New Castle County, DE
-0.7 $1,066 332 Douglas County, CO
-1.0 $1,033 333 Howard County, MD
-1.3 $1,181 334 Weld County, CO
-1.4 $861 335 Oklahoma County, OK
-1.4 $934 335 Gregg County, TX
-1.5 $846 337 Stark County, OH
-2.1 $740 338 Lafayette Parish, LA
-3.2 $919 339 Ector County, TX
-4.9 $1,037 340 Midland County, TX
-6.7 $1,177 342 Union County, NJ
(1) $1,188 (1)
Midland, Texas, experienced the largest percentage decrease in average weekly wages among the largest counties, with a loss of 6.7 percent over the year. The largest contribution to the county's decrease was a loss of $163, or 8.1 percent, in average weekly wages in natural resources and mining. Other counties with an over-the-year decrease in average weekly wages greater than 2.0 percent were Ector County, Texas; Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; and Stark County, Ohio.
These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. To learn more, see "County Employment and Wages: Third Quarter 2015" (HTML ) (PDF ). Average weekly wage data for the most recent quarter are preliminary and subject to revision.
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