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Economic Summaries are specialized products that combine data graphically from subjects such as unemployment, inflation, and wages into a single document for selected metropolitan areas. To view a specific area in this region, use the dropdown list below or click here.
From September 2023 to December 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Pennsylvania were 278,168, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Maryland had 184,000 job openings in May 2024, compared to 176,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Workers in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.87 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48.
Workers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $34.84 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48.
Workers in the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.93 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48.