Employment and Wages by County in Pennsylvania, First Quarter 2008

Map of Average Weekly Wages in Pennsylvania

County Employment Average weekly wage
March 2008 Percent change,
March 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change
First quarter 2008 Rank by wage level Percent change,
first quarter 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change

Nationwide

 134,761,094 0.4   $905   2.4  

Statewide

 5,608,812 0.5   869   2.4  

Adams

34,612 -0.4 47 633 40 2.8 32

Allegheny

677,163 0.4 28 952 5 0.5 59

Armstrong

18,261 0.7 20 686 25 5.5 10

Beaver

56,073 0.6 22 718 20 5.3 11

Bedford

15,462 2.7 3 545 62 2.3 42

Berks

167,914 0.1 37 770 13 2.4 40

Blair

58,870 -0.4 47 621 45 4.5 16

Bradford

21,133 -2.4 61 684 26 5.7 5

Bucks

261,966 0.1 37 849 9 2.4 40

Butler

78,771 0.8 16 750 17 5.2 12

Cambria

58,518 1.1 12 603 48 3.4 26

Cameron

2,507 -2.4 61 579 56 -3.7 65

Carbon

16,845 1.2 9 550 61 1.7 49

Centre

65,373 2.3 5 723 19 4.0 19

Chester

241,674 2.3 5 1,118 2 0.3 60

Clarion

14,494 -0.4 47 566 60 2.7 36

Clearfield

30,563 -2.4 61 592 52 4.0 19

Clinton

12,825 -3.4 65 597 50 5.7 5

Columbia

25,033 0.2 33 623 43 2.8 32

Crawford

30,980 0.5 24 621 45 3.8 24

Cumberland

125,100 0.4 28 794 11 2.3 42

Dauphin

180,003 0.2 33 842 10 1.4 51

Delaware

209,100 0.5 24 959 4 3.9 21

Elk

15,447 -0.3 44 639 36 1.3 53

Erie

125,389 -0.9 53 683 27 2.2 44

Fayette

41,913 2.8 2 575 58 5.7 5

Forest

2,252 0.9 14 628 41 -0.8 64

Franklin

58,179 2.0 7 659 29 2.2 44

Fulton

5,244 1.2 9 694 24 -5.6 66

Greene

12,719 1.1 12 852 8 7.2 3

Huntingdon

13,211 0.8 16 601 49 5.1 14

Indiana

32,758 0.8 16 706 22 0.7 56

Jefferson

16,202 0.0 40 593 51 5.7 5

Juniata

6,310 -4.5 67 533 64 4.3 17

Lackawanna

100,391 -0.8 52 645 35 2.1 46

Lancaster

227,294 0.9 14 729 18 2.8 32

Lawrence

30,078 -2.3 60 656 30 4.8 15

Lebanon

47,561 0.4 28 637 37 3.2 30

Lehigh

176,350 0.1 37 872 7 0.7 56

Luzerne

140,185 0.2 33 674 28 -0.7 62

Lycoming

51,884 0.7 20 637 37 2.1 46

Mc Kean

17,316 0.2 33 654 33 3.3 29

Mercer

48,489 0.5 24 636 39 1.4 51

Mifflin

15,534 -0.4 47 589 53 2.8 32

Monroe

58,647 2.9 1 707 21 3.4 26

Montgomery

486,272 0.8 16 1,189 1 1.2 54

Montour

14,323 2.6 4 909 6 7.4 2

Northampton

99,244 1.2 9 772 12 3.9 21

Northumberland

29,781 0.3 31 622 44 0.6 58

Perry

8,041 0.3 31 505 65 4.3 17

Philadelphia

630,752 -0.1 42 1,064 3 2.5 39

Pike

10,477 -2.1 58 544 63 -0.7 62

Potter

5,417 -1.9 56 655 32 -13.6 67

Schuylkill

51,924 -0.1 42 617 47 2.7 36

Snyder

15,887 -4.0 66 574 59 3.4 26

Somerset

25,684 -1.9 56 583 55 5.8 4

Sullivan

1,547 -0.3 44 488 66 5.6 9

Susquehanna

8,919 0.6 22 479 67 0.0 61

Tioga

12,467 0.0 40 579 56 1.6 50

Union

16,408 -0.3 44 656 30 1.1 55

Venango

20,277 -0.6 51 625 42 2.6 38

Warren

14,867 -3.0 64 651 34 5.2 12

Washington

78,098 1.3 8 762 14 3.8 24

Wayne

14,851 -1.8 55 584 54 3.9 21

Westmoreland

133,605 -0.9 53 757 16 14.9 1

Wyoming

9,334 -2.1 58 700 23 2.0 48

York

176,346 0.5 24 759 15 3.1 31

 

Last Modified Date: November 3, 2008