Employment rose in 1 of the 3 largest counties in Arizona from March 2024 to March 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that Pinal County had an over-the-year increase in employment of 2.2 percent. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in covered employment among the largest counties in Arizona, March 2025

County	Percent change, March 2025
Pinal	2.2
Maricopa	0.0
Pima	-0.3

Among the three largest counties in Arizona, employment was highest in Maricopa (2,298,000) in March 2025. Together, the three largest counties accounted for 84.9 percent of total covered employment within the state. Nationwide, the 372 largest counties comprise 73.4 percent of total covered employment in the United States. (Large counties and county equivalents are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 2024.)

All three large Arizona counties reported average weekly wage gains over the year. (See chart 2.) Pinal had the largest gain (+5.0 percent). Over-the-year wage gains among Arizona’s other two large counties were 3.6 percent in Maricopa and 2.8 percent in Pima.

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Chart 2. Over-the-year percent change in covered average weekly wages among the largest counties in Arizona, first quarter 2025

County	Percent change, first quarter 2025
Pinal	5.0
Maricopa	3.6
Pima	2.8

Weekly wages in all three largest counties in Arizona were below the national average of $1,589. Average weekly wages ranged from $1,510 in Maricopa to $1,164 in Pinal.

Employment and wage levels (but not over-the-year changes) are also available for the 12 small counties in Arizona, defined as having employment below 75,000 in 2024. (See table 2.) Wage levels in 11 of the 12 smaller counties were below the national average. Greenlee reported the highest average weekly wage ($2,111). Navajo reported the lowest average weekly wage ($949) in the state.

Among all 15 Arizona counties, 3 reported average weekly wages of less than $1,000, 4 registered wages from $1,000 to $1,099, 4 had wages from $1,100 to $1,199, and 4 had average weekly wages of $1,200 or higher. (See map 1 and table 2.)

QCEW data for states have been included in this release in table 3.

Nationwide coverage of the largest counties is published in the County Employment and Wages news release. Additional information about quarterly employment and wages data is available in the news release Technical Note and from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages website.

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The County Employment and Wages release for the second quarter 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.