Employment and Wages by County in Pennsylvania, Third Quarter 2008

Map of Average Weekly Wages in Pennsylvania

County Employment Average weekly wage
September 2008 Percent change,
September 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change
Third quarter 2008 Rank by wage level Percent change,
third quarter 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change

Nationwide

 135,173,818 -0.8   $841   2.8  

Statewide

 5,679,033 0.0   822   2.5  

Adams

35,242 -2.4 57 624 40 2.3 36

Allegheny

686,802 -0.1 27 886 5 2.5 32

Armstrong

18,565 1.5 10 642 32 5.2 3

Beaver

56,886 -0.1 27 673 27 2.7 27

Bedford

16,311 1.9 5 606 47 2.7 27

Berks

168,285 -0.4 35 770 12 0.9 51

Blair

59,590 -1.3 48 625 39 0.6 54

Bradford

21,642 -0.9 43 683 23 5.1 4

Bucks

260,763 -2.0 54 819 10 4.1 10

Butler

81,050 1.1 13 747 13 -7.5 66

Cambria

58,845 -0.2 32 624 40 4.2 9

Cameron

2,385 -7.7 67 550 63 -7.9 67

Carbon

16,848 -0.1 27 568 61 3.1 20

Centre

67,546 2.9 2 730 17 1.5 49

Chester

244,193 1.0 15 1,024 1 0.9 51

Clarion

14,945 -0.5 36 576 59 0.9 51

Clearfield

30,939 -2.3 56 606 47 5.0 5

Clinton

13,326 0.1 23 571 60 2.5 32

Columbia

26,205 2.1 4 616 43 0.3 56

Crawford

31,789 -0.6 40 603 51 3.4 16

Cumberland

125,775 -0.9 43 774 11 1.7 44

Dauphin

183,065 0.5 19 820 9 2.0 40

Delaware

210,697 -0.1 27 878 6 4.0 12

Elk

15,229 -2.7 60 608 46 -0.3 59

Erie

128,527 -0.2 32 680 24 3.5 14

Fayette

42,812 1.9 5 591 53 2.6 29

Forest

2,317 0.1 23 615 44 0.5 55

Franklin

58,696 0.9 17 674 25 2.1 37

Fulton

5,075 -2.9 62 665 28 -3.6 64

Greene

12,821 1.4 11 827 8 7.3 1

Huntingdon

13,505 -1.1 47 593 52 1.7 44

Indiana

33,423 1.7 7 705 19 -0.1 58

Jefferson

16,210 -2.4 57 587 56 4.6 6

Juniata

6,380 -2.9 62 566 62 3.1 20

Lackawanna

101,226 -1.0 46 651 31 3.5 14

Lancaster

229,354 -0.5 36 720 18 2.6 29

Lawrence

30,881 -2.5 59 657 30 3.3 17

Lebanon

48,012 -0.7 42 637 33 1.3 50

Lehigh

178,933 -0.1 27 829 7 -0.8 60

Luzerne

143,583 0.2 20 663 29 1.7 44

Lycoming

52,189 1.3 12 635 34 1.9 41

Mc Kean

17,414 -0.6 40 626 38 2.1 37

Mercer

48,952 -0.2 32 632 36 2.8 26

Mifflin

15,544 -1.7 53 621 42 2.6 29

Monroe

58,998 -0.5 36 674 25 2.1 37

Montgomery

487,650 0.2 20 1,012 3 1.7 44

Montour

14,739 3.8 1 939 4 5.6 2

Northampton

98,962 -1.5 51 743 14 3.3 17

Northumberland

30,971 -2.0 54 612 45 1.8 42

Perry

8,104 1.0 15 527 65 2.5 32

Philadelphia

634,816 0.6 18 1,021 2 4.6 6

Pike

11,033 -2.8 61 538 64 3.9 13

Potter

5,517 0.2 20 634 35 -6.2 65

Schuylkill

52,413 -1.3 48 630 37 3.3 17

Snyder

16,166 -3.0 64 589 54 -1.5 63

Somerset

25,974 -0.9 43 589 54 4.4 8

Sullivan

1,612 -4.8 66 490 66 2.9 25

Susquehanna

8,829 -1.3 48 489 67 0.2 57

Tioga

13,130 1.6 9 580 57 -1.2 62

Union

16,294 -0.5 36 692 21 3.0 23

Venango

20,734 1.1 13 605 49 3.1 20

Warren

15,486 1.7 7 605 49 -0.8 60

Washington

81,302 2.2 3 739 16 2.4 35

Wayne

15,648 -1.5 51 578 58 3.0 23

Westmoreland

137,574 0.1 23 684 22 4.1 10

Wyoming

9,529 -3.9 65 700 20 1.7 44

York

178,653 0.0 26 741 15 1.8 42

 

Last Modified Date: April 14, 2009