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Employment up 4.0 percent in Kings, New York, from June 2023 to June 2024
December 09, 2024
From June 2023 to June 2024, employment increased in 259 of the 369 largest U.S. counties. National employment increased to 155.7 million, a 0.8-percent increase over the year. Kings, New York, had the largest over-the-year increase in employment, with a gain of 4.0 percent. Within Kings, the largest employment increase occurred in education and health services, which rose by 37,473 (+10.3 percent).
Percent change in employment and average weekly wages in 369 largest U.S. counties
County
Percent change in employment, June 2023 to June 2024
Employment, June 2024
Percent change in average weekly wages, second quarter 2023 to second quarter 2024
Average weekly wages, second quarter 2024
United States
0.8
155,710,200
4.4
1,390
Baldwin, AL
1.4
87,200
5.8
956
Jefferson, AL
1.4
369,600
2.9
1,302
Madison, AL
1.9
231,500
3.9
1,455
Mobile, AL
0.8
174,500
3.7
1,136
Montgomery, AL
1.3
133,000
3.7
1,135
Shelby, AL
-0.6
85,100
2.1
1,208
Tuscaloosa, AL
1.2
97,800
3.1
1,099
Anchorage, AK
0.9
150,300
4.5
1,395
Maricopa, AZ
1.0
2,222,300
4.6
1,381
Pima, AZ
-1.0
373,900
4.6
1,187
Benton, AR
1.7
144,900
3.6
1,307
Pulaski, AR
0.9
262,400
-
1,186
Washington, AR
2.0
120,900
3.4
1,084
Alameda, CA
-0.4
791,000
4.6
1,830
Butte, CA
0.0
78,400
4.5
1,078
Contra Costa, CA
0.3
376,700
2.0
1,574
Fresno, CA
0.6
432,500
2.4
1,075
Kern, CA
-0.4
347,600
3.1
1,128
Los Angeles, CA
0.5
4,499,600
4.1
1,534
Marin, CA
0.4
112,300
3.0
1,745
Merced, CA
0.2
86,000
3.4
1,037
Monterey, CA
0.3
215,800
2.1
1,133
Napa, CA
1.6
83,800
3.2
1,314
Orange, CA
0.5
1,654,000
4.2
1,506
Placer, CA
1.2
187,700
3.1
1,362
Riverside, CA
1.4
836,100
4.3
1,142
Sacramento, CA
2.0
726,600
4.5
1,493
San Bernardino, CA
0.2
837,800
5.3
1,202
San Diego, CA
0.1
1,536,400
0.1
1,526
San Francisco, CA
-2.4
704,400
5.6
3,117
San Joaquin, CA
-1.0
288,200
6.2
1,195
San Luis Obispo, CA
0.8
122,600
6.4
1,161
San Mateo, CA
-0.3
423,800
6.3
3,562
Santa Barbara, CA
-0.8
222,400
4.7
1,298
Santa Clara, CA
-0.2
1,116,200
10.0
3,632
Santa Cruz, CA
1.8
108,500
2.2
1,255
Solano, CA
0.8
144,100
6.2
1,364
Sonoma, CA
-0.1
209,400
2.7
1,326
Stanislaus, CA
0.0
199,500
6.1
1,207
Tulare, CA
-1.1
179,900
4.7
1,001
Ventura, CA
0.5
339,100
3.2
1,309
Yolo, CA
0.2
111,300
3.9
1,408
Adams, CO
-
-
-
-
Arapahoe, CO
-
-
-
-
Boulder, CO
-
-
-
-
Denver, CO
-
-
-
-
Douglas, CO
-
-
-
-
El Paso, CO
-
-
-
-
Jefferson, CO
-
-
-
-
Larimer, CO
-
-
-
-
Weld, CO
-
-
-
-
Capitol, CT
0.7
522,400
5.0
1,514
Greater Bridgeport, CT
0.2
115,400
3.3
1,387
Naugatuck Valley, CT
-0.5
161,700
3.2
1,323
South Central, CT
1.7
283,900
2.5
1,374
Southeastern, CT
1.5
128,400
3.4
1,316
Western, CT
2.0
292,200
3.1
2,145
New Castle, DE
0.8
302,800
4.9
1,453
Sussex, DE
2.0
99,100
4.2
1,015
Washington, DC
0.1
763,900
4.2
2,283
Alachua, FL
0.7
137,600
4.7
1,214
Bay, FL
1.6
83,000
3.6
1,008
Brevard, FL
0.3
240,900
4.0
1,272
Broward, FL
0.6
854,700
0.7
1,297
Collier, FL
3.1
164,400
5.6
1,272
Duval, FL
0.4
558,100
5.1
1,324
Escambia, FL
-0.3
145,200
4.5
1,102
Hillsborough, FL
1.2
784,000
4.2
1,378
Lake, FL
2.1
113,200
6.2
1,009
Lee, FL
2.0
291,900
2.7
1,154
Leon, FL
1.8
160,900
5.8
1,161
Manatee, FL
2.5
141,300
5.6
1,171
Marion, FL
1.6
118,400
5.5
1,001
Martin, FL
2.0
76,400
4.1
1,099
Miami-Dade, FL
1.5
1,236,400
3.2
1,400
Okaloosa, FL
-0.3
88,700
3.3
1,159
Orange, FL
0.8
934,400
4.0
1,255
Osceola, FL
2.7
113,100
3.3
984
Palm Beach, FL
0.8
656,900
-1.1
1,399
Pasco, FL
1.4
139,500
5.7
1,059
Pinellas, FL
-0.8
448,600
4.1
1,234
Polk, FL
1.2
254,000
4.8
1,050
St. Johns, FL
3.5
96,900
4.2
1,136
St. Lucie, FL
0.7
85,900
3.0
1,014
Sarasota, FL
2.1
187,500
5.3
1,223
Seminole, FL
0.0
212,300
4.5
1,227
Volusia, FL
0.7
184,800
3.8
1,020
Bibb, GA
-1.0
78,600
1.7
1,011
Chatham, GA
1.7
172,000
5.4
1,158
Clayton, GA
-1.4
129,500
1.4
1,404
Cobb, GA
1.2
387,700
2.6
1,428
DeKalb, GA
1.1
310,600
4.2
1,424
Forsyth, GA
3.0
89,500
3.9
1,210
Fulton, GA
1.5
951,100
4.9
1,811
Gwinnett, GA
0.9
385,500
3.5
1,230
Hall, GA
1.7
102,200
4.2
1,161
Muscogee, GA
0.5
89,400
3.2
1,003
Richmond, GA
0.6
103,800
3.6
1,095
Honolulu, HI
1.4
453,100
5.6
1,316
Ada, ID
1.6
289,100
5.7
1,270
Canyon, ID
2.8
88,900
4.8
978
Champaign, IL
-0.4
94,900
5.5
1,173
Cook, IL
-0.4
2,589,100
3.0
1,570
DuPage, IL
-0.9
630,400
2.5
1,455
Kane, IL
0.9
218,900
4.2
1,161
Lake, IL
-0.4
338,100
2.3
1,562
McHenry, IL
-0.1
99,200
1.8
1,020
McLean, IL
1.2
89,200
2.3
1,202
Madison, IL
-0.9
105,600
2.8
1,037
Peoria, IL
0.0
105,200
3.5
1,303
St. Clair, IL
-1.3
89,900
3.7
1,066
Sangamon, IL
-
135,400
-
1,294
Will, IL
-0.7
265,800
4.6
1,148
Winnebago, IL
0.3
127,800
2.3
1,112
Allen, IN
0.0
198,500
4.9
1,093
Elkhart, IN
-3.0
128,500
6.8
1,169
Hamilton, IN
1.9
166,400
33.4
1,654
Hendricks, IN
1.3
81,100
3.7
978
Lake, IN
0.0
191,700
3.7
1,131
Marion, IN
1.1
626,100
5.0
1,383
St. Joseph, IN
-0.4
122,100
4.1
1,109
Tippecanoe, IN
-0.1
90,500
5.9
1,156
Vanderburgh, IN
-1.2
106,900
4.2
1,056
Johnson, IA
0.3
83,700
2.8
1,198
Linn, IA
-1.4
127,600
4.1
1,247
Polk, IA
0.7
322,000
2.5
1,298
Scott, IA
0.7
91,700
4.9
1,128
Johnson, KS
0.1
373,100
3.9
1,370
Sedgwick, KS
1.2
265,600
3.8
1,117
Shawnee, KS
0.0
98,800
5.0
1,122
Wyandotte, KS
2.5
94,600
1.9
1,221
Boone, KY
-1.1
102,900
4.3
1,133
Fayette, KY
0.6
198,400
2.7
1,204
Jefferson, KY
0.8
487,100
4.8
1,343
Caddo, LA
-0.4
107,700
2.4
1,060
Calcasieu, LA
0.5
88,400
5.4
1,144
East Baton Rouge, LA
2.9
266,100
5.7
1,239
Jefferson, LA
-0.5
184,400
3.4
1,195
Lafayette, LA
0.4
136,000
3.4
1,076
Orleans, LA
0.0
184,000
3.2
1,232
St. Tammany, LA
1.3
96,400
5.0
1,092
Cumberland, ME
0.5
194,800
3.7
1,317
York, ME
1.0
83,700
4.0
1,132
Anne Arundel, MD
2.2
287,900
5.6
1,473
Baltimore, MD
-0.1
375,700
2.4
1,300
Frederick, MD
1.7
109,600
4.8
1,307
Harford, MD
0.2
95,400
2.0
1,295
Howard, MD
-1.0
172,700
3.0
1,604
Montgomery, MD
0.1
461,700
3.3
1,737
Prince George's, MD
1.5
326,400
3.7
1,385
Baltimore City, MD
-
347,200
3.9
1,480
Barnstable, MA
-0.6
106,400
3.2
1,191
Bristol, MA
-0.2
233,300
3.5
1,201
Essex, MA
1.0
331,500
-2.1
1,416
Hampden, MA
-0.7
203,900
3.9
1,162
Middlesex, MA
-0.5
937,500
5.9
2,104
Norfolk, MA
0.3
352,300
4.0
1,554
Plymouth, MA
0.0
200,100
4.8
1,310
Suffolk, MA
0.6
717,300
6.7
2,329
Worcester, MA
0.3
356,900
4.7
1,340
Genesee, MI
0.6
136,100
4.1
1,037
Ingham, MI
0.6
154,500
1.5
1,273
Kalamazoo, MI
0.0
122,100
4.5
1,196
Kent, MI
-0.1
422,100
3.4
1,152
Macomb, MI
-1.3
343,500
2.7
1,311
Oakland, MI
-0.2
734,900
3.2
1,449
Ottawa, MI
0.4
134,500
3.8
1,115
Saginaw, MI
-0.2
80,500
2.2
1,065
Washtenaw, MI
0.7
219,800
-
1,394
Wayne, MI
0.2
730,700
5.3
1,425
Anoka, MN
0.5
135,400
2.8
1,200
Dakota, MN
0.2
193,900
3.1
1,310
Hennepin, MN
-0.1
926,200
2.3
1,620
Olmsted, MN
1.6
105,800
8.2
1,564
Ramsey, MN
0.5
326,700
3.9
1,441
St. Louis, MN
0.2
96,800
5.0
1,104
Stearns, MN
1.6
88,800
4.3
1,168
Washington, MN
0.5
97,700
5.1
1,147
Harrison, MS
-1.2
89,000
3.2
890
Hinds, MS
-0.9
108,200
5.6
1,133
Boone, MO
0.3
97,600
5.9
1,100
Clay, MO
0.5
113,600
2.4
1,191
Greene, MO
2.1
178,800
2.1
1,064
Jackson, MO
1.1
379,700
1.8
1,305
St. Charles, MO
1.4
165,000
3.8
1,115
St. Louis, MO
0.4
602,000
1.8
1,392
St. Louis City, MO
-0.2
220,300
4.9
1,436
Yellowstone, MT
0.8
89,000
3.0
1,176
Douglas, NE
0.3
342,900
1.2
1,228
Lancaster, NE
0.5
175,600
4.2
1,104
Sarpy, NE
1.1
81,400
1.2
1,078
Clark, NV
1.4
1,112,700
4.1
1,205
Washoe, NV
-0.6
240,400
4.8
1,274
Hillsborough, NH
-0.4
203,500
3.4
1,475
Merrimack, NH
0.2
78,300
6.0
1,315
Rockingham, NH
1.5
161,100
3.8
1,338
Atlantic, NJ
-0.6
133,800
2.0
1,096
Bergen, NJ
1.0
446,700
3.3
1,513
Burlington, NJ
0.8
215,300
2.8
1,326
Camden, NJ
1.5
211,400
4.0
1,276
Essex, NJ
0.9
352,900
4.9
1,595
Gloucester, NJ
1.3
126,000
3.2
1,092
Hudson, NJ
0.3
275,700
2.9
1,689
Mercer, NJ
1.2
269,100
3.5
1,572
Middlesex, NJ
0.0
435,700
3.2
1,498
Monmouth, NJ
1.5
286,300
2.3
1,323
Morris, NJ
-0.1
304,800
2.3
1,802
Ocean, NJ
2.1
200,400
2.6
1,081
Passaic, NJ
0.2
174,600
3.2
1,207
Somerset, NJ
-1.0
193,800
3.9
1,878
Union, NJ
0.6
232,700
3.5
1,578
Bernalillo, NM
1.0
347,500
4.6
1,178
Dona Ana, NM
0.6
78,700
3.2
967
Albany, NY
0.6
233,000
5.3
1,527
Bronx, NY
1.7
331,100
3.1
1,346
Broome, NY
1.1
83,700
3.8
1,151
Dutchess, NY
-
113,500
-
1,387
Erie, NY
0.9
471,200
2.7
1,253
Kings, NY
4.0
915,900
2.4
1,131
Monroe, NY
0.4
386,100
4.1
1,250
Nassau, NY
0.9
638,700
3.6
1,475
New York, NY
0.5
2,459,900
4.6
2,721
Oneida, NY
0.5
102,600
2.5
1,160
Onondaga, NY
1.0
247,900
3.8
1,295
Orange, NY
-0.1
157,400
2.9
1,207
Queens, NY
2.9
767,900
1.8
1,268
Richmond, NY
-
136,000
-
1,322
Rockland, NY
1.9
139,700
1.5
1,234
Saratoga, NY
2.1
95,400
0.4
1,267
Suffolk, NY
0.4
695,400
4.3
1,453
Westchester, NY
0.8
435,300
5.3
1,754
Buncombe, NC
0.7
138,800
3.8
1,075
Cabarrus, NC
1.0
86,900
9.4
1,059
Catawba, NC
-1.1
88,600
1.3
1,032
Cumberland, NC
-0.6
122,200
4.8
1,040
Durham, NC
0.6
236,600
-
1,805
Forsyth, NC
-1.0
189,800
3.7
1,194
Gaston, NC
-0.1
77,400
5.1
1,016
Guilford, NC
0.2
285,300
3.9
1,131
Iredell, NC
1.6
80,800
-2.0
1,249
Mecklenburg, NC
1.2
790,000
5.4
1,561
New Hanover, NC
1.3
130,600
5.1
1,141
Orange, NC
2.6
80,500
3.8
1,412
Pitt, NC
1.5
81,200
6.3
1,137
Wake, NC
0.8
653,400
4.0
1,415
Cass, ND
1.2
129,200
2.6
1,232
Butler, OH
1.8
162,400
5.8
1,213
Cuyahoga, OH
-0.1
711,200
3.4
1,352
Delaware, OH
1.6
99,300
5.3
1,326
Franklin, OH
1.2
781,400
5.5
1,369
Greene, OH
2.5
80,300
3.7
1,329
Hamilton, OH
-0.2
519,000
4.9
1,395
Lake, OH
-0.1
100,100
3.9
1,089
Lorain, OH
0.2
100,300
5.9
1,052
Lucas, OH
-1.1
195,900
6.1
1,154
Mahoning, OH
-0.1
93,700
3.6
945
Montgomery, OH
0.5
251,200
3.5
1,144
Stark, OH
2.0
159,800
4.4
1,003
Summit, OH
-0.7
261,900
3.6
1,137
Warren, OH
-0.9
103,100
7.1
1,258
Cleveland, OK
-0.1
90,400
3.5
973
Oklahoma, OK
1.4
495,000
4.7
1,222
Tulsa, OK
0.3
367,700
4.7
1,177
Clackamas, OR
-0.7
176,200
3.6
1,324
Deschutes, OR
1.2
96,200
6.9
1,264
Jackson, OR
-0.8
91,500
3.9
1,088
Lane, OR
-0.2
159,200
4.4
1,109
Marion, OR
0.5
173,500
4.6
1,184
Multnomah, OR
-1.2
501,700
-
1,517
Washington, OR
-0.5
311,800
3.9
1,658
Allegheny, PA
1.2
679,100
3.6
1,443
Berks, PA
0.2
173,500
5.1
1,186
Bucks, PA
1.4
280,100
2.5
1,217
Butler, PA
0.5
89,100
4.2
1,212
Chester, PA
0.5
254,600
3.3
1,670
Cumberland, PA
1.0
138,100
4.0
1,209
Dauphin, PA
1.1
192,600
3.1
1,244
Delaware, PA
0.2
220,200
4.5
1,357
Erie, PA
0.9
121,700
3.9
991
Lackawanna, PA
1.1
98,300
2.8
1,008
Lancaster, PA
0.4
254,300
3.8
1,121
Lehigh, PA
1.2
202,100
4.3
1,325
Luzerne, PA
1.5
146,000
4.1
1,052
Montgomery, PA
0.4
511,000
3.6
1,591
Northampton, PA
-0.7
121,100
5.1
1,122
Philadelphia, PA
1.8
714,600
3.2
1,525
Washington, PA
0.8
89,100
5.0
1,279
Westmoreland, PA
-1.2
130,600
2.8
1,055
York, PA
-0.2
182,600
5.4
1,157
Kent, RI
-1.5
76,400
4.6
1,169
Providence, RI
1.2
290,000
2.2
1,257
Charleston, SC
2.2
280,600
3.9
1,243
Greenville, SC
1.5
297,800
4.7
1,176
Horry, SC
2.1
149,300
4.6
884
Lexington, SC
2.5
131,600
4.9
1,072
Richland, SC
1.7
226,000
4.1
1,154
Spartanburg, SC
1.8
155,900
5.7
1,139
York, SC
-0.6
104,000
5.1
1,144
Minnehaha, SD
1.6
140,700
3.8
1,190
Davidson, TN
2.0
559,300
4.3
1,488
Hamilton, TN
1.8
222,000
1.8
1,230
Knox, TN
1.4
258,400
3.0
1,192
Rutherford, TN
2.3
149,700
6.1
1,194
Shelby, TN
-0.5
481,000
2.4
1,335
Williamson, TN
1.6
151,000
3.4
1,603
Bell, TX
0.7
129,900
4.9
1,129
Bexar, TX
1.1
928,700
4.6
1,211
Brazoria, TX
1.6
122,000
2.9
1,300
Brazos, TX
1.5
120,000
4.6
1,034
Cameron, TX
0.1
157,100
5.7
847
Collin, TX
1.2
542,200
6.4
1,618
Dallas, TX
0.3
1,820,900
5.2
1,644
Denton, TX
0.9
311,600
4.1
1,218
Ector, TX
1.3
79,100
1.3
1,393
El Paso, TX
0.8
331,200
4.1
948
Fort Bend, TX
1.6
251,600
5.0
1,151
Galveston, TX
0.5
124,100
7.1
1,198
Gregg, TX
-0.8
74,600
2.1
1,101
Harris, TX
0.9
2,444,900
4.4
1,574
Hays, TX
3.0
93,400
3.9
1,048
Hidalgo, TX
1.1
290,800
3.4
820
Jefferson, TX
2.9
124,800
5.5
1,292
Lubbock, TX
1.2
150,400
4.1
1,024
McLennan, TX
0.1
121,700
3.9
1,120
Midland, TX
1.3
117,900
5.1
1,722
Montgomery, TX
2.1
229,700
3.7
1,298
Nueces, TX
0.3
162,600
6.1
1,128
Potter, TX
0.7
77,300
1.4
1,105
Smith, TX
-0.4
113,000
3.9
1,065
Tarrant, TX
0.8
1,008,800
3.6
1,340
Travis, TX
0.1
906,600
4.2
1,777
Webb, TX
0.6
107,000
4.4
885
Williamson, TX
2.4
233,400
6.8
1,419
Davis, UT
0.4
145,800
4.2
1,085
Salt Lake, UT
0.7
796,600
6.3
1,448
Utah, UT
1.0
294,700
3.3
1,163
Washington, UT
2.8
85,200
4.3
929
Weber, UT
0.2
122,100
6.1
1,112
Chittenden, VT
-0.5
103,600
4.5
1,391
Arlington, VA
0.9
178,500
-
2,243
Chesterfield, VA
-
147,200
-
1,171
Fairfax, VA
0.5
644,700
5.6
2,143
Henrico, VA
1.0
188,700
4.2
1,262
Loudoun, VA
2.8
199,900
5.4
1,578
Prince William, VA
2.3
146,400
4.4
1,197
Alexandria City, VA
-0.6
82,300
3.1
1,694
Chesapeake City, VA
-0.3
105,300
4.2
1,094
Newport News City, VA
0.9
102,900
2.7
1,236
Norfolk City, VA
0.7
144,100
6.5
1,332
Richmond City, VA
1.6
166,300
5.6
1,502
Virginia Beach City, VA
0.7
182,100
5.1
1,066
Benton, WA
1.6
102,200
3.1
1,315
Clark, WA
1.2
185,000
3.7
1,324
King, WA
0.1
1,471,800
10.4
2,507
Kitsap, WA
0.5
95,000
4.0
1,308
Pierce, WA
1.1
338,100
4.4
1,318
Snohomish, WA
2.1
303,700
5.0
1,461
Spokane, WA
1.0
247,400
4.2
1,204
Thurston, WA
1.0
130,300
5.3
1,356
Whatcom, WA
0.2
95,300
3.7
1,209
Yakima, WA
1.3
124,200
2.6
960
Kanawha, WV
-0.4
97,900
5.9
1,185
Brown, WI
0.5
160,000
4.9
1,167
Dane, WI
1.2
363,800
5.2
1,392
Milwaukee, WI
0.0
471,000
4.2
1,248
Outagamie, WI
0.2
110,500
2.2
1,108
Racine, WI
0.7
77,700
3.9
1,133
Waukesha, WI
0.0
253,200
1.8
1,280
Winnebago, WI
-1.3
94,100
4.3
1,170
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Among the 369 largest counties, 348 had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages. In the second quarter of 2024, average weekly wages for the nation increased to $1,390, a 4.4-percent increase over the year.
Hamilton, Indiana, had the largest second quarter over-the-year wage gain at 33.4 percent. Within Hamilton, an average weekly wage gain of $2,161 (+139.6 percent) in professional and business services made the largest contribution to the county's increase.
Nine of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year increases in employment. In June 2024, Miami-Dade, FL, had the largest over-the-year employment percentage gain, at 1.5 percent. All of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages, with King, Washington, experiencing the largest percentage gain, at 10.4 percent.
United States Department of Labor
