Employment up in 264 of 369 largest counties, September 2023 to September 2024
March 03, 2025
From September 2023 to September 2024, employment increased in 264 of the 369 largest U.S. counties. Kings, New York, had the largest over-the-year increase in employment, with a gain of 4.9 percent.
Employment percent change in the 369 largest counties, September 2023–24
Employment and wages in the 369 largest counties, third quarter 2024 County Employment percent change, September 2023-2024 Employment, September 2024 Average weekly wage (dollars) Average weekly wage percent change, third quarter 2023-24 Baldwin, AL
2.0 84,900 980 3.0 Jefferson, AL
0.0 363,800 1,333 4.1 Madison, AL
1.1 230,000 1,468 4.3 Mobile, AL
0.8 174,300 1,166 4.5 Montgomery, AL
0.3 130,500 1,168 7.3 Shelby, AL
-0.7 84,300 1,228 3.0 Tuscaloosa, AL
0.4 99,000 1,119 2.7 Anchorage, AK
1.4 150,300 1,433 4.8 Maricopa, AZ
-0.3 2,256,800 1,367 5.1 Pima, AZ
-1.3 381,200 1,170 5.5 Benton, AR
2.4 145,400 1,516 15.5 Pulaski, AR
1.7 263,200 1,188 3.8 Washington, AR
2.2 122,500 1,102 2.2 Alameda, CA
-0.7 788,100 1,831 3.3 Butte, CA
-0.1 80,000 1,111 6.1 Contra Costa, CA
-0.3 372,700 1,610 3.5 Fresno, CA
1.6 434,600 1,113 4.4 Kern, CA
1.0 362,600 1,122 3.3 Los Angeles, CA
0.9 4,513,100 1,529 3.2 Marin, CA
0.1 110,400 1,674 4.8 Merced, CA
-0.3 89,400 1,058 3.7 Monterey, CA
0.2 216,900 1,168 3.3 Napa, CA
1.6 83,000 1,325 1.4 Orange, CA
0.3 1,653,100 1,503 4.2 Placer, CA
0.7 186,300 1,392 4.0 Riverside, CA
1.1 834,900 1,125 4.4 Sacramento, CA
2.0 729,300 1,515 4.2 San Bernardino, CA
0.2 839,300 1,165 4.2 San Diego, CA
-0.3 1,531,100 1,529 3.7 San Francisco, CA
-1.9 708,600 3,076 2.8 San Joaquin, CA
0.8 290,300 1,213 5.8 San Luis Obispo, CA
-0.3 121,000 1,158 5.1 San Mateo, CA
-0.2 409,900 3,557 14.6 Santa Barbara, CA
0.1 220,200 1,311 3.7 Santa Clara, CA
-0.2 1,117,100 3,492 12.2 Santa Cruz, CA
0.9 107,800 1,278 3.4 Solano, CA
-0.3 143,900 1,349 4.7 Sonoma, CA
-1.0 207,600 1,347 2.4 Stanislaus, CA
0.5 203,200 1,218 5.0 Tulare, CA
-0.4 179,500 1,025 5.7 Ventura, CA
0.1 333,300 1,307 4.2 Yolo, CA
-0.1 112,600 1,483 4.6 Adams, CO
1.0 251,600 1,383 3.9 Arapahoe, CO
0.2 339,200 1,581 3.4 Boulder, CO
-0.2 193,100 1,812 4.0 Denver, CO
-0.4 567,000 1,843 4.7 Douglas, CO
1.7 146,900 1,537 4.6 El Paso, CO
0.3 310,200 1,265 4.4 Jefferson, CO
0.0 246,900 1,452 3.2 Larimer, CO
1.0 175,400 1,294 5.6 Weld, CO
2.4 120,200 1,254 -1.3 Capitol, CT
0.4 524,300 1,497 5.5 Greater Bridgeport, CT
0.2 115,800 1,374 3.7 Naugatuck Valley, CT
1.1 162,300 1,287 2.2 South Central, CT
1.2 282,700 1,456 4.5 Southeastern, CT
1.7 128,600 1,287 3.6 Western, CT
2.0 287,900 2,020 4.8 New Castle, DE
1.2 303,500 1,467 3.7 Sussex, DE
3.1 96,300 1,031 4.0 Washington, DC
-0.1 760,200 2,290 6.3 Alachua, FL
1.3 140,400 1,176 0.7 Bay, FL
0.9 82,400 1,019 4.3 Brevard, FL
0.5 242,500 1,273 4.2 Broward, FL
0.8 863,800 1,307 3.3 Collier, FL
2.7 167,800 1,236 3.6 Duval, FL
0.9 564,100 1,312 4.2 Escambia, FL
-0.8 145,800 1,137 9.1 Hillsborough, FL
1.2 790,300 1,370 4.0 Lake, FL
1.6 117,400 1,004 3.3 Lee, FL
1.0 296,300 1,142 3.6 Leon, FL
2.5 164,300 1,161 4.4 Manatee, FL
2.4 143,600 1,128 3.2 Marion, FL
1.9 119,600 980 3.8 Martin, FL
2.4 76,600 1,119 4.5 Miami-Dade, FL
1.7 1,255,400 1,388 3.7 Okaloosa, FL
0.1 89,900 1,169 3.2 Orange, FL
1.1 951,300 1,252 4.6 Osceola, FL
3.0 116,300 978 3.7 Palm Beach, FL
1.2 660,600 1,393 4.7 Pasco, FL
1.2 145,400 1,049 4.7 Pinellas, FL
-0.5 447,500 1,228 5.4 Polk, FL
0.7 260,800 1,036 3.3 St. Johns, FL
2.8 98,900 1,087 3.9 St. Lucie, FL
2.1 91,500 1,009 4.5 Sarasota, FL
2.1 189,200 1,199 3.5 Seminole, FL
0.9 212,500 1,200 3.3 Volusia, FL
0.4 189,000 1,003 3.1 Bibb, GA
-1.8 77,700 1,056 4.8 Chatham, GA
1.1 170,200 1,166 5.1 Clayton, GA
-2.1 129,000 1,389 6.7 Cobb, GA
0.5 383,500 1,404 4.0 DeKalb, GA
0.3 309,300 1,401 6.2 Forsyth, GA
2.2 88,900 1,221 4.7 Fulton, GA
1.6 947,300 1,807 4.2 Gwinnett, GA
0.9 385,400 1,247 4.5 Hall, GA
0.4 102,400 1,211 5.6 Muscogee, GA
-0.8 89,100 1,029 4.4 Richmond, GA
0.6 103,600 1,115 1.4 Honolulu, HI
1.2 452,900 1,348 5.7 Ada, ID
2.3 290,300 1,310 6.6 Canyon, ID
3.1 89,700 987 2.9 Champaign, IL
0.3 95,400 1,271 6.4 Cook, IL
0.1 2,579,300 1,547 4.0 DuPage, IL
-0.3 623,700 1,450 3.0 Kane, IL
0.8 217,200 1,176 3.3 Lake, IL
-0.1 332,500 1,566 4.3 McHenry, IL
0.4 98,600 1,035 2.6 McLean, IL
-1.1 88,500 1,206 2.5 Madison, IL
0.6 106,000 1,084 4.6 Peoria, IL
0.3 104,900 1,306 2.4 St. Clair, IL
-1.6 89,500 1,083 1.8 Sangamon, IL
[ND] 135,400 1,335 [ND] Will, IL
0.2 265,400 1,133 3.8 Winnebago, IL
0.3 127,300 1,118 3.9 Allen, IN
-0.1 198,400 1,141 5.0 Elkhart, IN
-2.7 127,300 1,138 5.2 Hamilton, IN
0.8 163,800 1,277 3.7 Hendricks, IN
1.3 81,500 1,017 4.2 Lake, IN
0.5 192,900 1,147 3.7 Marion, IN
1.2 627,700 1,382 5.1 St. Joseph, IN
0.1 122,300 1,133 2.9 Tippecanoe, IN
-0.1 93,300 1,134 4.3 Vanderburgh, IN
-0.6 107,100 1,079 5.8 Johnson, IA
1.0 84,500 1,260 3.3 Linn, IA
-1.1 125,600 1,266 4.3 Polk, IA
-0.1 314,300 1,356 4.3 Scott, IA
-0.4 90,500 1,139 3.3 Johnson, KS
1.0 370,400 1,380 5.8 Sedgwick, KS
1.2 265,700 1,119 3.0 Shawnee, KS
0.5 99,000 1,123 5.8 Wyandotte, KS
0.4 94,400 1,261 4.0 Boone, KY
-1.1 102,500 1,098 3.6 Fayette, KY
1.0 206,600 1,221 3.4 Jefferson, KY
0.5 484,700 1,315 3.5 Caddo, LA
0.6 107,700 1,120 3.5 Calcasieu, LA
1.1 88,900 1,161 3.3 East Baton Rouge, LA
1.8 270,200 1,257 5.1 Jefferson, LA
0.3 183,200 1,199 2.6 Lafayette, LA
1.1 136,400 1,105 4.0 Orleans, LA
0.3 184,300 1,292 6.0 St. Tammany, LA
1.3 96,300 1,126 2.8 Cumberland, ME
0.9 192,500 1,282 2.2 York, ME
1.1 81,600 1,177 5.5 Anne Arundel, MD
2.6 287,500 1,511 5.7 Baltimore, MD
0.2 371,900 1,312 2.7 Frederick, MD
1.5 108,800 1,285 4.6 Harford, MD
0.0 95,400 1,292 2.8 Howard, MD
-0.8 170,100 1,624 3.1 Montgomery, MD
1.0 460,400 1,688 2.0 Prince George's, MD
2.8 328,600 1,424 3.5 Baltimore City, MD
0.9 347,800 1,552 3.7 Barnstable, MA
0.2 100,700 1,186 3.9 Bristol, MA
-0.7 228,200 1,211 3.9 Essex, MA
0.0 324,900 1,410 6.4 Hampden, MA
-0.4 203,700 1,171 3.4 Middlesex, MA
-0.6 920,400 2,066 6.2 Norfolk, MA
-0.3 344,600 1,511 4.4 Plymouth, MA
-0.1 195,500 1,291 4.4 Suffolk, MA
-0.6 713,700 2,290 6.5 Worcester, MA
-0.6 351,300 1,334 4.5 Genesee, MI
0.5 134,200 1,049 3.8 Ingham, MI
0.8 156,500 1,289 4.2 Kalamazoo, MI
0.0 120,900 1,220 3.2 Kent, MI
-0.2 414,900 1,183 3.7 Macomb, MI
-0.8 338,400 1,307 -0.1 Oakland, MI
0.0 726,500 1,415 1.8 Ottawa, MI
[ND] 132,600 1,119 4.0 Saginaw, MI
-0.9 79,900 1,104 2.9 Washtenaw, MI
0.0 218,400 1,412 4.4 Wayne, MI
0.5 728,200 1,405 3.0 Anoka, MN
0.5 133,500 1,289 5.2 Dakota, MN
0.0 189,900 1,364 5.0 Hennepin, MN
0.3 917,400 1,674 4.5 Olmsted, MN
1.1 103,800 1,452 4.8 Ramsey, MN
0.7 326,800 1,432 5.0 St. Louis, MN
0.7 96,100 1,193 3.9 Stearns, MN
1.1 87,700 1,183 5.1 Washington, MN
0.8 95,800 1,135 3.4 Harrison, MS
0.6 89,600 919 3.8 Hinds, MS
0.6 109,100 1,114 4.4 Boone, MO
0.5 99,200 1,170 5.6 Clay, MO
0.3 113,000 1,156 3.9 Greene, MO
1.8 179,900 1,096 4.1 Jackson, MO
1.3 377,700 1,354 4.5 St. Charles, MO
0.8 163,400 1,103 4.3 St. Louis, MO
0.2 595,900 1,374 3.2 St. Louis City, MO
-0.3 221,900 1,498 4.2 Yellowstone, MT
0.7 87,800 1,153 4.7 Douglas, NE
0.3 339,800 1,280 3.5 Lancaster, NE
0.8 176,300 1,124 4.4 Sarpy, NE
0.1 81,900 1,114 2.7 Clark, NV
0.9 1,118,700 1,209 4.3 Washoe, NV
-0.7 241,300 1,326 5.3 Hillsborough, NH
-0.7 201,700 1,466 4.6 Merrimack, NH
-0.1 77,000 1,268 4.5 Rockingham, NH
0.8 158,000 1,330 2.1 Atlantic, NJ
0.4 128,100 1,095 2.2 Bergen, NJ
0.5 439,500 1,435 1.1 Burlington, NJ
0.3 212,400 1,285 3.7 Camden, NJ
1.0 208,200 1,283 3.9 Essex, NJ
0.5 351,400 1,649 6.0 Gloucester, NJ
-0.3 125,600 1,091 3.1 Hudson, NJ
0.1 273,300 1,687 3.0 Mercer, NJ
0.5 264,500 1,654 3.5 Middlesex, NJ
0.1 430,700 1,493 2.6 Monmouth, NJ
1.0 275,900 1,267 3.2 Morris, NJ
-0.1 299,000 1,779 0.9 Ocean, NJ
2.2 193,500 1,064 3.1 Passaic, NJ
0.9 173,200 1,169 2.0 Somerset, NJ
-0.6 191,500 1,860 2.9 Union, NJ
0.5 229,000 1,469 2.9 Bernalillo, NM
1.0 347,700 1,218 5.6 Dona Ana, NM
1.5 79,700 951 4.3 Albany, NY
1.3 231,900 1,575 4.1 Bronx, NY
2.5 330,700 1,395 2.7 Broome, NY
0.7 82,500 1,175 5.4 Dutchess, NY
[ND] 112,000 1,326 5.2 Erie, NY
0.2 465,200 1,253 4.0 Kings, NY
4.9 918,000 1,153 1.5 Monroe, NY
0.0 380,200 1,278 4.4 Nassau, NY
1.2 628,300 1,417 4.0 New York, NY
0.8 2,444,600 2,687 4.8 Oneida, NY
0.0 101,700 1,147 4.6 Onondaga, NY
0.6 245,200 1,292 5.2 Orange, NY
0.0 154,700 1,165 3.6 Queens, NY
3.1 773,700 1,315 2.7 Richmond, NY
[ND] 135,300 1,329 3.7 Rockland, NY
2.3 136,700 1,197 1.8 Saratoga, NY
2.5 92,900 1,240 1.9 Suffolk, NY
0.4 679,200 1,529 9.5 Westchester, NY
0.6 427,300 1,649 4.7 Buncombe, NC
0.5 138,000 1,118 4.8 Cabarrus, NC
2.2 87,700 1,063 3.3 Catawba, NC
-0.5 89,400 1,057 4.5 Cumberland, NC
-0.3 122,800 1,085 5.0 Durham, NC
0.7 237,000 1,839 [ND] Forsyth, NC
0.5 192,700 1,245 4.7 Gaston, NC
2.6 79,800 1,034 4.4 Guilford, NC
0.1 285,700 1,161 4.8 Iredell, NC
0.7 80,900 1,168 4.1 Mecklenburg, NC
1.0 784,800 1,569 3.6 New Hanover, NC
0.9 130,200 1,167 4.2 Orange, NC
3.4 77,800 1,505 6.7 Pitt, NC
-0.3 80,900 1,139 8.0 Wake, NC
1.5 650,800 1,407 4.0 Cass, ND
1.6 130,100 1,289 4.2 Butler, OH
1.9 163,400 1,188 4.9 Cuyahoga, OH
-0.1 702,600 1,414 4.5 Delaware, OH
1.4 98,800 1,314 3.3 Franklin, OH
1.6 780,100 1,356 4.0 Greene, OH
1.8 80,300 1,418 4.7 Hamilton, OH
0.3 517,900 1,460 5.5 Lake, OH
-0.1 98,400 1,087 3.2 Lorain, OH
0.3 98,000 1,037 4.7 Lucas, OH
-1.0 194,600 1,143 4.2 Mahoning, OH
-0.1 94,200 982 3.7 Montgomery, OH
0.2 249,400 1,150 3.2 Stark, OH
1.2 158,700 1,038 3.1 Summit, OH
-0.4 260,400 1,166 2.7 Warren, OH
0.1 100,800 1,394 9.7 Cleveland, OK
0.6 92,200 968 2.3 Oklahoma, OK
1.1 496,700 1,221 4.5 Tulsa, OK
1.1 370,200 1,181 4.6 Clackamas, OR
0.0 175,300 1,300 3.3 Deschutes, OR
0.9 95,200 1,245 5.4 Jackson, OR
-0.5 92,600 1,116 4.6 Lane, OR
-0.6 157,600 1,127 5.0 Marion, OR
2.2 176,800 1,194 4.6 Multnomah, OR
-0.7 500,100 1,521 4.1 Washington, OR
0.0 311,100 1,723 0.1 Allegheny, PA
0.7 670,900 1,444 3.4 Berks, PA
0.9 174,200 1,207 2.6 Bucks, PA
1.6 275,700 1,196 2.7 Butler, PA
1.8 89,100 1,256 6.3 Chester, PA
0.0 251,100 1,553 1.2 Cumberland, PA
1.2 137,900 1,245 4.1 Dauphin, PA
2.1 192,200 1,284 4.6 Delaware, PA
0.0 218,400 1,340 3.6 Erie, PA
0.4 120,000 1,016 3.9 Lackawanna, PA
0.7 98,600 1,030 4.4 Lancaster, PA
0.6 252,700 1,128 3.5 Lehigh, PA
0.0 202,400 1,316 4.8 Luzerne, PA
0.0 146,200 1,063 3.7 Montgomery, PA
0.7 506,100 1,555 3.7 Northampton, PA
-0.2 121,200 1,142 5.0 Philadelphia, PA
1.3 718,100 1,560 3.1 Washington, PA
1.7 88,700 1,303 5.8 Westmoreland, PA
-0.7 129,800 1,058 3.1 York, PA
-0.2 182,900 1,196 3.5 Kent, RI
0.5 76,300 1,163 3.1 Providence, RI
0.6 289,900 1,280 2.7 Charleston, SC
1.6 279,100 1,279 6.1 Greenville, SC
1.5 298,000 1,185 3.8 Horry, SC
0.5 145,200 926 5.8 Lexington, SC
2.8 133,300 1,046 4.9 Richland, SC
2.2 229,800 1,181 4.6 Spartanburg, SC
2.1 157,200 1,089 4.3 York, SC
0.9 105,200 1,142 4.8 Minnehaha, SD
2.3 139,300 1,232 4.1 Davidson, TN
1.1 557,900 1,520 5.6 Hamilton, TN
1.0 222,300 1,217 3.0 Knox, TN
2.2 263,500 1,210 4.5 Rutherford, TN
1.3 149,100 1,233 4.6 Shelby, TN
-1.1 480,800 1,364 3.1 Williamson, TN
1.5 149,400 1,539 2.7 Bell, TX
-0.2 128,200 1,217 5.0 Bexar, TX
0.9 932,600 1,244 3.4 Brazoria, TX
1.8 123,200 1,264 2.8 Brazos, TX
1.5 124,000 1,022 3.7 Cameron, TX
0.1 156,700 849 5.7 Collin, TX
1.7 547,900 1,628 4.9 Dallas, TX
0.4 1,818,500 1,617 4.1 Denton, TX
0.5 311,300 1,227 3.8 Ector, TX
1.2 79,500 1,413 3.1 El Paso, TX
0.9 334,500 959 3.5 Fort Bend, TX
2.2 251,300 1,158 3.3 Galveston, TX
-0.1 121,400 1,161 4.0 Gregg, TX
-0.3 74,300 1,110 2.4 Harris, TX
0.6 2,436,500 1,608 5.4 Hays, TX
2.2 95,900 1,040 3.1 Hidalgo, TX
1.2 290,600 819 3.1 Jefferson, TX
2.2 125,500 1,306 4.8 Lubbock, TX
0.5 151,300 1,044 1.8 McLennan, TX
0.2 123,200 1,146 4.5 Midland, TX
1.2 118,800 1,913 11.4 Montgomery, TX
1.9 229,500 1,291 3.4 Nueces, TX
1.2 163,700 1,134 5.2 Potter, TX
0.1 77,800 1,142 3.0 Smith, TX
0.5 113,400 1,093 2.9 Tarrant, TX
1.0 1,013,500 1,354 5.6 Travis, TX
0.9 904,400 1,782 4.6 Webb, TX
0.5 107,500 887 4.8 Williamson, TX
2.2 232,000 1,453 4.0 Davis, UT
0.4 145,700 1,133 4.0 Salt Lake, UT
1.1 799,300 1,424 3.8 Utah, UT
0.6 297,200 1,172 4.3 Washington, UT
2.9 88,200 931 4.7 Weber, UT
0.4 121,900 1,124 6.5 Chittenden, VT
-0.1 103,700 1,343 4.9 Arlington, VA
[ND] 180,000 2,235 [ND] Chesterfield, VA
[ND] 144,800 1,176 [ND] Fairfax, VA
1.1 638,900 2,021 4.3 Henrico, VA
[ND] 188,000 1,297 4.3 Loudoun, VA
3.7 199,200 1,548 3.9 Prince William, VA
2.4 143,900 1,232 4.6 Alexandria City, VA
-0.2 80,900 1,715 5.3 Chesapeake City, VA
0.4 104,000 1,105 4.0 Newport News City, VA
0.0 101,800 1,300 2.7 Norfolk City, VA
1.5 146,600 1,405 5.7 Richmond City, VA
1.4 166,100 1,566 4.8 Virginia Beach City, VA
-0.6 178,300 1,108 5.0 Benton, WA
3.1 102,600 1,342 3.7 Clark, WA
1.6 184,600 1,375 4.7 King, WA
0.7 1,467,200 2,450 6.4 Kitsap, WA
1.3 94,400 1,402 4.7 Pierce, WA
1.8 338,700 1,344 4.5 Snohomish, WA
2.5 303,000 1,491 2.7 Spokane, WA
1.1 246,500 1,242 4.3 Thurston, WA
1.9 131,300 1,378 3.6 Whatcom, WA
1.1 94,400 1,233 5.8 Yakima, WA
-1.0 123,800 995 3.9 Kanawha, WV
-0.6 97,100 1,145 4.9 Brown, WI
1.5 159,200 1,162 3.2 Dane, WI
0.5 359,300 1,382 3.9 Milwaukee, WI
-0.2 470,300 1,258 3.5 Outagamie, WI
0.3 108,600 1,185 5.1 Racine, WI
-0.4 75,900 1,104 3.7 Waukesha, WI
0.5 247,900 1,272 4.5 Winnebago, WI
-0.5 93,100 1,196 4.9
Elkhart, Indiana, had the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment (−2.7 percent). Within Elkhart, the largest employment decrease occurred in manufacturing, which fell by 2,668 (−4.2 percent).
Among the 369 largest counties, 363 had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages. In the third quarter of 2024, average weekly wages for the nation increased to $1,394, a 4.5-percent increase over the year. Benton, Arkansas, had the largest third quarter over-the-year wage gain at 15.5 percent. Weld, Colorado, had the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in average weekly wages (−1.3 percent).
Eight of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year percentage increases in employment. In September 2024, Miami-Dade, Florida, had the largest over-the-year employment percentage gain (+1.7 percent).
These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program and are preliminary. The 369 largest U.S. counties had annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2023. To learn more, see “County Employment and Wages – Third Quarter 2024 .” You can also find more employment data for the nation, states, counties, and metropolitan areas through our data viewer tool .
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