Could 22, 2024
The US county with the biggest year-over-year improve in common weekly wage was Snohomish County in Washington state, in keeping with the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Snohomish County’s common weekly wage rose 18.6% 12 months over 12 months to $1,664 within the fourth quarter of 2023. The BLS famous the rise was fueled by the “skilled and enterprise providers” trade, the place the common weekly wage rose 101.3% 12 months over 12 months.
Snohomish lies inside the Seattle metro space.
Total, the highest 10 counties with the fastest-growing weekly wages among the many 360 largest US counties have been:
- Snohomish County, Washinton, up 18.6% to $1,664
- San Mateo County, California, up 17.2% to $3,469
- Butler County, Pennsylvania, up 12.0% to $1,346
- Santa Clara County, California, up 11.3% to $3,699
- Arlington County, Virginia, up 9.2% to $2,379
- St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, up 7.8% to $1,203
- San Francisco, California, up 7.6% to $3,202
- Wyandotte County, Kansas, up 7.6% to $1,310
- Durham County, North Carolina, up 7.4% to $1,823
- King County, Washington, up 7.2% to $2,356
The biggest year-over-year decreases in common weekly wage among the many 360 largest counties within the US have been in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, down 7.2% to $1,383, and Essex County, Massachusetts, down 6.2% to $1,457.
The common weekly wage for the US as a complete rose 3.6% to $1,435.
