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Economic Summaries:
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.
News Releases:
Minimum Wage Workers in Kentucky – 2016
Of the nearly 1.1 million workers paid hourly rates in Kentucky in 2016, 23,000 earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, while 28,000 earned less.
Minimum Wage Workers in North Carolina – 2016
Of the 2.5 million workers paid hourly rates in North Carolina in 2016, approximately 38,000 earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
Occupational Employment and Wages in Louisville/Jefferson County – May 2016
Workers in the Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $21.28 in May 2016, about 11 percent below the nationwide average of $23.86.
Occupational Employment and Wages in Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall – May 2016
Workers in the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall Metropolitan Division had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.17 in May 2016, about 7 percent below the nationwide average of $23.86.
Occupational Employment and Wages in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell – May 2016
Workers in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.38 in May 2016, about 2 percent above the nationwide average of $23.86.
