FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: FOR RELEASE: Cheryl Abbot, Regional Economist April 16, 2009 (972) 850-4800 http://www.bls.gov/ro6/ COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN TEXAS: THIRD QUARTER 2008 Employment Growth Widespread Throughout State Twenty of the 24 largest counties in Texas reported increases in their employment levels from September 2007 to September 2008. (Large counties are defined as those with employment of 75,000 or more as measured by 2007 annual average employment.) Potter County led the State and ranked 2nd in the country with a job gain of 3.1 percent, closely followed by Montgomery's 3.0 percent increase which ranked 3rd in the nation. Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that employment fell in only three of the large Texas counties: Cameron, Webb, and Jefferson. (Data for McLennan County did not meet disclosure requirements.) In comparison, national employment decreased 0.8 percent during this 12-month period as 207 of the 334 large counties nationwide registered declines. Elkhart County, Ind., recorded the largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment in the country, down 10.8 percent, while Yakima, Wash., experienced the fastest growth, up 3.2 percent. Among the 24 largest counties in Texas, employment in September 2008 was highest in Harris County (2,047,200) with Dallas County a distant second (1,489,100). Three other counties, Tarrant, Bexar, and Travis, had employment levels exceeding 500,000. Together, the 24 largest Texas counties accounted for 78.6 percent of total employment within the State. Nationwide, the 334 largest counties made up 71.2 percent of total U.S. employment. At $1,050 per week, Harris County also had the highest average weekly wage among the 24 largest counties in the State, followed by Dallas at $1,025. The fastest rate of increase in average weekly wages among Texas' large counties was in Montgomery where wages rose 5.5 percent from the third quarter of 2007 to the third quarter of 2008. (See table 1.) Nationally, the average weekly wage increased 2.8 percent over the year to $841 in the third quarter of 2008. Employment and wage levels (but not over-the-year changes) are also available for the 230 counties in Texas with employment below 75,000. Among the smaller counties, more than 90 percent (212) had average weekly wages below the national average. (See table 2.) Large County Wage Changes Twelve of Texas' 24 large counties recorded wage growth above the 2.8-percent national increase from the third quarter of 2007 to the third quarter of 2008. (See table 1.) Montgomery County’s 5.5-percent wage gain was the highest in the State and placed 18th in the national ranking. Wages rose at a 4.2-percent pace in both Lubbock and Smith County, placing them 46th in the national ranking. These counties were closely followed by Cameron and McLennan where wages increased 4.1 percent (52nd). The slowest wage increase in the State's largest counties was shared by Brazoria and El Paso with a 0.8-percent gain (281st). No large county in Texas recorded an over-the-year decline. Nationwide, Rutherford County, Tenn., ranked first in average weekly wage growth with an increase of 17.3 percent from the third quarter of 2007. Yolo, Calif., was second with growth of 9.7 percent, followed by the counties of Madison, Ill. (9.2 percent), Suffolk, N.Y. (8.6 percent), and Calcasieu, La. (7.8 percent). Twenty-one large counties in the United State experienced over-the-year declines in average weekly wages. Clayton, Ga., had the largest decrease (-14.6 percent), followed by the counties of Santa Clara, Calif. and Duval, Fla. (-3.4 percent each), Gwinnett, Ga. (-3.1 percent), and Rock Island, Ill. (-2.6 percent). Large County Average Weekly Wages Average weekly wage levels in 4 of the 24 large Texas counties ranked in the top 20 percent of the 334 largest counties in the United States in the third quarter of 2008. These four highest-paid counties had wages well above the U.S. average of $841 per week: Harris ($1,050, 24th), Dallas ($1,025, 32nd), Collin ($997, 40th), and Travis ($924, 62nd). Two additional Texas counties, Fort Bend and Tarrant, reported wages slightly above the national average and ranked in the top one-third nationwide. Wages in the State's 18 remaining large counties were below that of the nation, although 4 of these (Brazoria, Galveston, Jefferson, and Williamson) were within 5 percent of the national average. In sharp contrast, four of the seven lowest-paying large counties in the United States were located in Texas -- all along the border with Mexico. These four counties included Cameron ($538, 333rd), Hidalgo ($549, 332nd), Webb ($559, 331st), and El Paso ($601, 328th). Nationally, average weekly wages were higher than average in 108 of the largest 334 counties. New York, N.Y., held the top position among the highest-paid large counties with an average weekly wage of $1,552. Santa Clara, Calif., was second with an average weekly wage of $1,530, followed by Washington, D.C. ($1,391), San Mateo, Calif. ($1,374), and San Francisco, Calif. ($1,350). Of the large counties in the United States, 226, or about two-thirds, had an average weekly wage below that of the nation. The lowest wage in the third quarter of 2008 was reported in Horry, S.C. ($537). Joining the Texas counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Webb among the bottom five was Yakima, Wash. ($580). Wages in these five lowest-ranked counties were less than 40 percent of the average weekly wage reported for the highest-ranked county, New York. Average Weekly Wages in Smaller Counties in Texas Eighteen of the 230 smaller counties in Texas – those with employment below 75,000 – reported average weekly wages at or above the national average of $841. Five of these counties had wage levels that exceeded $1,000 per week: Carson ($1,340), King ($1,300), Sutton ($1,233), Roberts ($1,107), and Crane ($1,013). Kent County reported the lowest weekly wage among the smaller counties averaging $406 in the third quarter of 2008. (See table 2.) When all 254 counties in Texas were considered, all but 24 had wages below the national average of $841. Fifty-nine reported average weekly wages under $550, 100 registered wages from $550 to $649, 47 had wages from $650 to $749, 24 had wages from $750 to $840, and 24 had wages of $841 or more per week. (See chart 1.) The 24 counties with above-average wages were concentrated around the metropolitan areas of Austin, Amarillo, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Midland. The lower-paid counties, those with wages under $550, were generally located along the Texas-Mexico border as well as the agricultural areas of the Texas Panhandle. Additional Statistics and Other Information QCEW data for states has been included in this release in table 3. For additional information about quarterly employment and wages data, please read the Technical Note or visit the QCEW Web site at www.bls.gov/cew/. An annual bulletin, Employment and Wages, features comprehensive information by detailed industry on establishments, employment, and wages for the nation and all states. The 2007 edition of this bulletin contains selected data produced by Business Employment Dynamics (BED) on job gains and losses, as well as selected data from the second quarter 2008 version of the news release. Tables and additional content from the 2007 Employment and Wages Annual Bulletin are now available online at www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultn07.htm. These tables present final 2007 annual averages. The tables are also included on the CD which accompanies the hardcopy version of the Annual Bulletin. Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 2007 is available online as a chartbook or for sale from the United States Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250, telephone (866) 512-1800, outside Washington, D.C. Within Washington, D.C., the telephone number is (202) 512-1800. The fax number is (202) 512-2104. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339. For personal assistance or further information on the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Program, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Dallas Information Office at 972-850-4800 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. Technical Note Average weekly wage data by county are compiled under the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, also known as the ES-202 program. The data are derived from summaries of employment and total pay of workers covered by state and federal unemployment insurance (UI) legislation and provided by State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). The 9.1 million employer reports cover 136.6 million full- and part-time workers. The average weekly wage values are calculated by dividing quarterly total wages by the average of the three monthly employment levels of those covered by UI programs. The result is then divided by 13, the number of weeks in a quarter. It is to be noted, therefore, that over-the-year wage changes for geographic areas may reflect shifts in the composition of employment by industry, occupation, and such other factors as hours of work. Thus, wages may vary among counties, metropolitan areas, or states for reasons other than changes in the average wage level. Data for all states, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), counties, and the nation are available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/cew/; however, data in QCEW press releases have been revised and may not match the data contained on the Bureau’s Web site. QCEW data are not designed as a time series. QCEW data are simply the sums of individual establishment records reflecting the number of establishments that exist in a county or industry at a point in time. Establishments can move in or out of a county or industry for a number of reasons—some reflecting economic events, others reflecting administrative changes. The preliminary QCEW data presented in this release may differ from data released by the individual states as well as from the data presented on the BLS Web site. These potential differences result from the states’ continuing receipt, review and editing of UI data over time. On the other hand, differences between data in this release and the data found on the BLS Web site are the result of adjustments made to improve over-the-year comparisons. Specifically, these adjustments account for administrative (noneconomic) changes such as a correction to a previously reported location or industry classification. Adjusting for these administrative changes allows users to more accurately assess changes of an economic nature (such as a firm moving from one county to another or changing its primary economic activity) over a 12-month period. Currently, adjusted data are available only from BLS press releases.
Area | Employment | Average Weekly Wage (3) | |||||
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September 2008 (thousands) |
Percent change, September 2007-08 (4) |
National ranking by percent change (5) |
Average weekly wage |
National ranking by level (5) |
Percent change, third quarter 2007-08 (4) |
National ranking by percent change (5) |
|
United States (6) |
135,173.8 | -0.8 | -- | $841 | -- | 2.8 | -- |
Texas |
10,438.3 | 1.4 | -- | 850 | 15 | 2.9 | 24 |
Bell, Texas |
103.0 | 1.9 | 17 | 663 | 305 | 2.5 | 176 |
Bexar, Texas |
729.1 | 1.2 | 30 | 734 | 230 | 2.1 | 211 |
Brazoria, Texas |
86.0 | 0.1 | 101 | 800 | 146 | 0.8 | 281 |
Brazos, Texas |
85.2 | 1.0 | 39 | 646 | 318 | 3.2 | 110 |
Cameron, Texas |
122.4 | -0.1 | 121 | 538 | 333 | 4.1 | 52 |
Collin, Texas |
294.8 | 2.0 | 15 | 997 | 40 | 1.1 | 266 |
Dallas, Texas |
1,489.1 | 0.5 | 69 | 1,025 | 32 | 2.4 | 183 |
Denton, Texas |
168.8 | 1.4 | 24 | 738 | 222 | 3.1 | 123 |
El Paso, Texas |
271.4 | 1.2 | 30 | 601 | 328 | 0.8 | 281 |
Fort Bend, Texas |
128.9 | 2.5 | 6 | 865 | 85 | 2.1 | 211 |
Galveston, Texas |
95.7 | 0.4 | 76 | 803 | 143 | 3.5 | 82 |
Harris, Texas |
2,047.2 | 1.3 | 29 | 1,050 | 24 | 3.0 | 139 |
Hidalgo, Texas |
214.8 | 1.2 | 30 | 549 | 332 | 3.8 | 66 |
Jefferson, Texas |
123.3 | -1.3 | 212 | 820 | 126 | 3.8 | 66 |
Lubbock, Texas |
124.7 | 1.9 | 17 | 641 | 319 | 4.2 | 46 |
McLennan, Texas |
103.2 | (7) | - | 685 | 287 | 4.1 | 52 |
Montgomery, Texas |
125.8 | 3.0 | 3 | 785 | 163 | 5.5 | 18 |
Nueces, Texas |
155.0 | 2.5 | 6 | 728 | 239 | 2.5 | 176 |
Potter, Texas |
77.2 | 3.1 | 2 | 729 | 237 | (7) | - |
Smith, Texas |
94.4 | 2.4 | 8 | 743 | 214 | 4.2 | 46 |
Tarrant, Texas |
769.5 | 0.8 | 50 | 843 | 106 | 1.0 | 270 |
Travis, Texas |
581.5 | 1.6 | 21 | 924 | 62 | 1.3 | 260 |
Webb, Texas |
88.5 | -0.4 | 145 | 559 | 331 | 2.0 | 221 |
Williamson, Texas |
120.8 | 1.6 | 21 | 800 | 146 | 3.1 | 123 |
Footnotes: |
Area |
Employment September 2008 |
Average Weekly Wage (3) |
Area |
Employment September 2008 |
Average Weekly Wage (3) |
|
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United States (4) |
135,173,818 | $841 | Jones County | 4,267 | $574 | |
Texas -- Statewide |
10,438,312 | 850 | Karnes County | 3,776 | 557 | |
Anderson County |
18,004 | 692 | Kaufman County | 26,078 | 617 | |
Andrews County |
5,530 | 861 | Kendall County | 10,559 | 736 | |
Angelina County |
36,744 | 636 | Kenedy County | 524 | 827 | |
Aransas County |
5,976 | 542 | Kent County | 295 | 406 | |
Archer County |
2,213 | 609 | Kerr County | 17,774 | 646 | |
Armstrong County |
362 | 658 | Kimble County | 1,540 | 470 | |
Atascosa County |
9,561 | 617 | King County | 172 | 1,300 | |
Austin County |
12,317 | 805 | Kinney County | 765 | 589 | |
Bailey County |
2,689 | 567 | Kleberg County | 13,158 | 572 | |
Bandera County |
2,991 | 483 | Knox County | 1,284 | 648 | |
Bastrop County |
14,000 | 619 | La Salle County | 1,732 | 771 | |
Baylor County |
1,281 | 495 | Lamar County | 20,210 | 628 | |
Bee County |
8,203 | 583 | Lamb County | 4,726 | 544 | |
Bell County |
103,022 | 663 | Lampasas County | 4,863 | 542 | |
Bexar County |
729,112 | 734 | Lavaca County | 6,091 | 534 | |
Blanco County |
2,646 | 646 | Lee County | 5,547 | 668 | |
Borden County |
125 | 534 | Leon County | 5,535 | 783 | |
Bosque County |
3,722 | 577 | Liberty County | 17,520 | 650 | |
Bowie County |
43,607 | 668 | Limestone County | 8,496 | 564 | |
Brazoria County |
85,970 | 800 | Lipscomb County | 1,422 | 766 | |
Brazos County |
85,171 | 646 | Live Oak County | 2,897 | 625 | |
Brewster County |
4,659 | 529 | Llano County | 4,547 | 583 | |
Briscoe County |
341 | 440 | Loving County | 91 | 669 | |
Brooks County |
2,691 | 605 | Lubbock County | 124,663 | 641 | |
Brown County |
15,617 | 594 | Lynn County | 1,363 | 503 | |
Burleson County |
3,851 | 666 | Madison County | 3,828 | 525 | |
Burnet County |
12,614 | 691 | Marion County | 1,965 | 537 | |
Caldwell County |
7,055 | 541 | Martin County | 1,257 | 678 | |
Calhoun County |
9,552 | 974 | Mason County | 1,119 | 467 | |
Callahan County |
2,353 | 648 | Matagorda County | 11,117 | 719 | |
Cameron County |
122,350 | 538 | Maverick County | 15,723 | 500 | |
Camp County |
4,318 | 559 | McCulloch County | 3,106 | 560 | |
Carson County |
4,849 | 1,340 | McLennan County | 103,211 | 685 | |
Cass County |
7,803 | 582 | McMullen County | 207 | 710 | |
Castro County |
2,491 | 534 | Medina County | 8,280 | 516 | |
Chambers County |
10,306 | 852 | Menard County | 533 | 434 | |
Cherokee County |
14,638 | 556 | Midland County | 69,884 | 979 | |
Childress County |
2,438 | 529 | Milam County | 6,687 | 708 | |
Clay County |
1,998 | 563 | Mills County | 1,411 | 487 | |
Cochran County |
788 | 571 | Mitchell County | 2,277 | 595 | |
Coke County |
832 | 482 | Montague County | 5,337 | 610 | |
Coleman County |
2,354 | 509 | Montgomery County | 125,763 | 785 | |
Collin County |
294,818 | 997 | Moore County | 10,115 | 644 | |
Collingsworth County |
869 | 499 | Morris County | 4,778 | 882 | |
Colorado County |
6,824 | 616 | Motley County | 383 | 443 | |
Comal County |
38,951 | 634 | Nacogdoches County | 23,394 | 575 | |
Comanche County |
3,842 | 513 | Navarro County | 16,335 | 570 | |
Concho County |
892 | 520 | Newton County | 1,886 | 514 | |
Cooke County |
16,394 | 736 | Nolan County | 6,402 | 605 | |
Coryell County |
15,832 | 622 | Nueces County | 154,957 | 728 | |
Cottle County |
495 | 565 | Ochiltree County | 4,741 | 786 | |
Crane County |
1,503 | 1,013 | Oldham County | 701 | 529 | |
Crockett County |
1,512 | 566 | Orange County | 22,880 | 753 | |
Crosby County |
1,448 | 509 | Palo Pinto County | 8,581 | 671 | |
Culberson County |
1,166 | 571 | Panola County | 8,869 | 752 | |
Dallam County |
3,757 | 630 | Parker County | 26,615 | 664 | |
Dallas County |
1,489,124 | 1,025 | Parmer County | 5,069 | 565 | |
Dawson County |
4,366 | 570 | Pecos County | 4,517 | 617 | |
De Witt County |
6,522 | 592 | Polk County | 10,096 | 591 | |
Deaf Smith County |
7,035 | 581 | Potter County | 77,177 | 729 | |
Delta County |
1,245 | 468 | Presidio County | 2,034 | 573 | |
Denton County |
168,802 | 738 | Rains County | 1,720 | 492 | |
Dickens County |
561 | 595 | Randall County | 28,461 | 593 | |
Dimmit County |
2,919 | 605 | Reagan County | 2,132 | 891 | |
Donley County |
984 | 469 | Real County | 704 | 417 | |
Duval County |
3,207 | 676 | Red River County | 2,905 | 504 | |
Eastland County |
6,978 | 598 | Reeves County | 3,908 | 582 | |
Ector County |
63,219 | 841 | Refugio County | 2,200 | 637 | |
Edwards County |
453 | 561 | Roberts County | 352 | 1,107 | |
El Paso County |
271,364 | 601 | Robertson County | 3,881 | 628 | |
Ellis County |
39,354 | 665 | Rockwall County | 20,335 | 644 | |
Erath County |
15,243 | 516 | Runnels County | 2,970 | 561 | |
Falls County |
3,331 | 542 | Rusk County | 14,598 | 780 | |
Fannin County |
6,884 | 622 | Sabine County | 2,205 | 827 | |
Fayette County |
8,883 | 652 | San Augustine County | 1,615 | 531 | |
Fisher County |
885 | 569 | San Jacinto County | 2,126 | 540 | |
Floyd County |
1,923 | 511 | San Patricio County | 17,970 | 718 | |
Foard County |
353 | 408 | San Saba County | 1,749 | 493 | |
Fort Bend County |
128,948 | 865 | Schleicher County | 834 | 618 | |
Franklin County |
3,021 | 622 | Scurry County | 6,399 | 793 | |
Freestone County |
6,104 | 705 | Shackelford County | 1,115 | 668 | |
Frio County |
4,264 | 544 | Shelby County | 8,306 | 545 | |
Gaines County |
5,068 | 673 | Sherman County | 768 | 555 | |
Galveston County |
95,734 | 803 | Smith County | 94,388 | 743 | |
Garza County |
1,688 | 614 | Somervell County | 5,067 | 979 | |
Gillespie County |
8,991 | 562 | Starr County | 13,345 | 470 | |
Glasscock County |
349 | 531 | Stephens County | 3,424 | 601 | |
Goliad County |
1,449 | 567 | Sterling County | 568 | 677 | |
Gonzales County |
6,370 | 576 | Stonewall County | 594 | 555 | |
Gray County |
9,031 | 789 | Sutton County | 2,921 | 1,233 | |
Grayson County |
43,086 | 670 | Swisher County | 2,112 | 526 | |
Gregg County |
74,727 | 733 | Tarrant County | 769,472 | 843 | |
Grimes County |
6,971 | 790 | Taylor County | 59,136 | 626 | |
Guadalupe County |
29,939 | 675 | Terrell County | 258 | 600 | |
Hale County |
14,345 | 550 | Terry County | 3,996 | 639 | |
Hall County |
927 | 435 | Throckmorton County | 475 | 567 | |
Hamilton County |
2,690 | 568 | Titus County | 17,098 | 604 | |
Hansford County |
1,861 | 663 | Tom Green County | 45,037 | 612 | |
Hardeman County |
1,403 | 541 | Travis County | 581,521 | 924 | |
Hardin County |
12,142 | 617 | Trinity County | 2,374 | 451 | |
Harris County |
2,047,191 | 1,050 | Tyler County | 4,115 | 550 | |
Harrison County |
23,549 | 719 | Upshur County | 6,592 | 566 | |
Hartley County |
1,505 | 549 | Upton County | 1,485 | 790 | |
Haskell County |
2,094 | 612 | Uvalde County | 9,230 | 518 | |
Hays County |
48,351 | 594 | Val Verde County | 17,366 | 580 | |
Hemphill County |
2,581 | 877 | Van Zandt County | 10,513 | 552 | |
Henderson County |
16,164 | 553 | Victoria County | 39,330 | 700 | |
Hidalgo County |
214,834 | 549 | Walker County | 23,341 | 609 | |
Hill County |
9,449 | 538 | Waller County | 13,298 | 764 | |
Hockley County |
8,976 | 703 | Ward County | 3,955 | 858 | |
Hood County |
13,228 | 623 | Washington County | 14,454 | 627 | |
Hopkins County |
12,060 | 587 | Webb County | 88,450 | 559 | |
Houston County |
6,250 | 682 | Wharton County | 15,395 | 594 | |
Howard County |
12,711 | 667 | Wheeler County | 2,571 | 698 | |
Hudspeth County |
1,054 | 713 | Wichita County | 55,526 | 662 | |
Hunt County |
28,777 | 734 | Wilbarger County | 6,850 | 587 | |
Hutchinson County |
9,305 | 967 | Willacy County | 3,510 | 630 | |
Irion County |
561 | 799 | Williamson County | 120,848 | 800 | |
Jack County |
3,041 | 817 | Wilson County | 6,501 | 500 | |
Jackson County |
5,252 | 623 | Winkler County | 2,593 | 934 | |
Jasper County |
10,686 | 610 | Wise County | 20,728 | 805 | |
Jeff Davis County |
938 | 551 | Wood County | 9,625 | 560 | |
Jefferson County |
123,291 | 820 | Yoakum County | 3,604 | 900 | |
Jim Hogg County |
1,949 | 526 | Young County | 7,160 | 675 | |
Jim Wells County |
18,238 | 752 | Zapata County | 3,718 | 712 | |
Johnson County |
40,976 | 672 | Zavala County | 2,610 | 452 | |
Footnotes: |
State | Employment | Average weekly wage (3) | ||||
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September 2008 (thousands) |
Percent change, September 2007-08 |
Average weekly wage |
National ranking by level |
Percent change, third quarter 2007-08 |
National ranking by percent change |
|
United States (4) |
135,173.8 | -0.8 | $841 | - | 2.8 | - |
Alabama |
1,936.4 | -1.2 | 730 | 32 | 3.3 | 17 |
Alaska |
332.1 | 1.4 | 872 | 13 | 3.7 | 13 |
Arizona |
2,570.1 | -3.0 | 798 | 20 | 2.0 | 45 |
Arkansas |
1,185.0 | -0.1 | 649 | 47 | 3.0 | 22 |
California |
15,527.1 | -1.4 | 959 | 6 | 2.9 | 24 |
Colorado |
2,322.7 | 0.4 | 877 | 11 | 3.8 | 12 |
Connecticut |
1,692.5 | -0.3 | 1,032 | 2 | 1.0 | 50 |
Delaware |
420.6 | -1.1 | 879 | 10 | 2.1 | 42 |
District of Columbia |
688.2 | 1.4 | 1,391 | 1 | 1.0 | 50 |
Florida |
7,546.4 | -4.1 | 756 | 27 | 2.2 | 40 |
Georgia |
4,018.6 | -1.6 | 794 | 21 | 1.5 | 47 |
Hawaii |
613.0 | -2.1 | 774 | 24 | 1.8 | 46 |
Idaho |
665.7 | -1.4 | 643 | 48 | 1.3 | 49 |
Illinois |
5,872.8 | -0.7 | 891 | 9 | 2.9 | 24 |
Indiana |
2,897.6 | -1.4 | 718 | 35 | 2.3 | 37 |
Iowa |
1,499.0 | 0.2 | 696 | 40 | 4.2 | 8 |
Kansas |
1,368.9 | 0.0 | 711 | 38 | 4.6 | 6 |
Kentucky |
1,795.3 | -1.0 | 692 | 42 | 2.4 | 36 |
Louisiana |
1,877.4 | -0.2 | 756 | 27 | 5.6 | 4 |
Maine |
610.8 | -0.6 | 683 | 43 | 3.5 | 14 |
Maryland |
2,543.4 | -0.8 | 920 | 7 | 3.1 | 19 |
Massachusetts |
3,265.7 | 0.0 | 1,025 | 4 | 2.3 | 37 |
Michigan |
4,093.9 | -3.0 | 820 | 18 | 1.5 | 47 |
Minnesota |
2,699.6 | -0.5 | 862 | 14 | 4.7 | 5 |
Mississippi |
1,128.3 | -1.3 | 631 | 49 | 4.0 | 11 |
Missouri |
2,736.1 | -0.4 | 739 | 31 | 2.8 | 29 |
Montana |
446.4 | 0.1 | 628 | 50 | 3.1 | 19 |
Nebraska |
925.7 | 0.2 | 694 | 41 | 4.2 | 8 |
Nevada |
1,253.0 | -2.7 | 809 | 19 | 2.1 | 42 |
New Hampshire |
634.6 | -0.5 | 822 | 16 | 2.8 | 29 |
New Jersey |
3,952.9 | -0.7 | 990 | 5 | 2.5 | 33 |
New Mexico |
835.2 | 0.7 | 712 | 37 | 3.5 | 14 |
New York |
8,633.8 | 0.5 | 1,030 | 3 | 2.2 | 40 |
North Carolina |
4,064.2 | -1.0 | 741 | 30 | 3.1 | 19 |
North Dakota |
357.0 | 2.8 | 665 | 45 | 6.9 | 1 |
Ohio |
5,251.1 | -1.5 | 766 | 25 | 2.8 | 29 |
Oklahoma |
1,562.8 | 1.2 | 698 | 39 | 4.5 | 7 |
Oregon |
1,734.1 | -1.0 | 766 | 25 | 2.1 | 42 |
Pennsylvania |
5,679.0 | 0.0 | 822 | 16 | 2.5 | 33 |
Rhode Island |
476.0 | -2.0 | 778 | 23 | 2.5 | 33 |
South Carolina |
1,874.6 | -1.5 | 683 | 43 | 2.9 | 24 |
South Dakota |
401.3 | 1.0 | 623 | 51 | 4.2 | 8 |
Tennessee |
2,730.4 | -1.5 | 745 | 29 | 2.8 | 29 |
Texas |
10,438.3 | 1.4 | 850 | 15 | 2.9 | 24 |
Utah |
1,229.3 | -0.1 | 717 | 36 | 2.9 | 24 |
Vermont |
304.2 | -0.5 | 722 | 34 | 3.3 | 17 |
Virginia |
3,676.1 | -0.3 | 877 | 11 | 2.3 | 37 |
Washington |
3,007.5 | 1.0 | 903 | 8 | 3.0 | 22 |
West Virginia |
716.4 | 0.6 | 661 | 46 | 5.9 | 3 |
Wisconsin |
2,788.7 | -0.6 | 730 | 32 | 3.4 | 16 |
Wyoming |
294.0 | 3.3 | 781 | 22 | 6.4 | 2 |
Puerto Rico |
992.8 | -1.6 | 477 | (5) | 5.5 | (5) |
Virgin Islands |
44.9 | -0.9 | 709 | (5) | 4.3 | (5) |
Footnotes: |
![Average weekly wages by county in Texas, third quarter 2008](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090507072552im_/http://stats.bls.gov/ro6/fax/qcew_tx_map.gif)
Last Modified Date: April 17, 2009