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Average weekly wages among largest counties, third quarter 2015 to third quarter 2016
March 09, 2017
The U.S. average weekly wage increased 5.4 percent from the third quarter of 2015 to the third quarter of 2016, growing to $1,027. Among counties with 75,000 or more jobs in 2015, Clark, Nevada, had the largest percentage increase in average weekly wages (12.2 percent) over the year. The largest contribution to the county's increase was a gain of $151, or 24.0 percent, in average weekly wages in leisure and hospitality.
Rockland, New York, experienced the largest percentage decrease in average weekly wages among the largest counties, with a loss of 14.9 percent over the year. The largest contribution to the county's decrease was a loss of $2,912, or 63.6 percent, in average weekly wages in manufacturing. Other counties with an over-the-year decrease in average weekly wages were Lafayette, Louisiana; Benton, Arkansas; Lake, Illinois; and Midland, Texas.
These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. To learn more, see "County Employment and Wages: Third Quarter 2016" (HTML) (PDF). Average weekly wage data for the most recent quarter are preliminary and subject to revision.
United States Department of Labor
