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County Employment and Wages in Texas – Third Quarter 2014
Employment rose in 25 of the 26 largest counties in Texas from September 2013 to September 2014, the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. (Large counties are defined as those with employment
of 75,000 or more as measured by 2013 annual average employment.) Regional Commissioner Stanley W.
Suchman noted that the rates of job growth in three Texas counties ranked in the top 10 nationwide.
Midland County’s 7.4-percent job gain ranked second in the nation and Fort Bend and Montgomery
Counties’ gains, each at 5.1 percent, ranked ninth. (See table 1.)
Employment nationwide advanced 2.0 percent from September 2013 to September 2014 as 306 of the 339
largest U.S. counties registered increases. Weld, Colo., recorded the fastest employment gain in the country,
up 8.8 percent, while Atlantic, N.J., registered the largest decline, down 4.0 percent.
Among the largest counties in Texas, employment was highest in Harris County (2,269,500) in September
2014, followed by Dallas County (1,558,500). Three other counties, Tarrant, Bexar, and Travis, had
employment levels exceeding 600,000. Together, the 26 largest Texas counties accounted for 80.1 percent of
total employment within the state. Nationwide, the 339 largest counties made up 71.8 percent of total U.S.
employment.
From the third quarter of 2013 to the third quarter of 2014, average weekly wages nationwide increased 2.9
percent to $949. Among large counties in Texas, Brazoria registered the largest increase in average weekly
wages with a gain of 7.1 percent, while Williamson recorded the only decrease, down 0.8 percent. (See table
1.) In the third quarter of 2014, Midland had the highest average weekly wage among the state’s largest
counties at $1,256 and Cameron had the lowest at $603.
Employment and wage levels (but not over-the-year changes) are also available for the 228 counties in
Texas with employment levels below 75,000 in 2013. Among these smaller counties, 195 had average
weekly wages below the national average in September 2014. (See table 2.)
Large county wage changes
Nineteen of Texas’s 26 large counties recorded wage growth above the 2.9-percent national increase from
the third quarter of 2013 to the third quarter of 2014. Wage growth in Brazoria (7.1 percent, 4th) and
Midland (6.8 percent, 6th) placed in the top 10 nationwide. (See table 1.) Three other Texas counties
registered wage growth ranking in the top 25 nationally: Montgomery and Nueces (5.5 percent each, 13th);
and Jefferson (4.5 percent, 23rd).
Among the 339 largest U.S. counties, 328 had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages. Olmsted,
Minn., had the largest increase with a gain of 11.1 percent, followed by San Francisco, Calif. (8.6 percent)
and Santa Clara, Calif. (7.4 percent). Wage decreases were recorded in 10 large counties nationwide, with
the largest over-the-year loss in Collier, Fla., down 3.9 percent.
Large county average weekly wages
Average weekly wages in 5 of the 26 large Texas counties were at least 10 percent above the national
average of $949 per week in the third quarter of 2014. Midland County led at $1,256 per week and ranked
16th among the 339 large counties nationwide. Midland was followed by Harris ($1,238, 19th), Dallas
($1,141, 33rd), Collin ($1,097, 43rd), and Travis ($1,074, 47th). Four additional Texas counties reported
average weekly wages above the national average: Jefferson ($969, 84th), Brazoria ($966, 87th), Fort Bend
($956, 93rd), and Montgomery ($954, 97th).
Texas had four of the lowest-paying large counties in the United States, all located along the border with
Mexico: Cameron ($603, 338th), Hidalgo ($616, 337th), Webb ($653, 334th), and El Paso ($682, 328th). Other
Texas counties that ranked in the bottom quintile were Brazos ($734, 316th), Lubbock ($764, 287th), and
McLennan ($775, 276th).
Nationally, weekly wages were higher than the U.S. average in 99 of the largest counties in the country.
Santa Clara, Calif., held the top position among the highest-paid large counties with an average weekly
wage of $2,012. San Mateo, Calif., was second at $1,824, followed by New York, N.Y. ($1,733), San
Francisco, Calif. ($1,685), and Washington, D.C. ($1,631).
Of the largest counties in the United States, 237, or more than two-thirds, reported average weekly wages
below the national average in the third quarter of 2014. The lowest wage was reported in Horry, S.C., at
$580 per week, followed by the Texas counties of Cameron and Hidalgo. Wages in these three lowestranked counties were less than one-third of the average weekly wage in the highest-ranked county, Santa
Clara, Calif.
Average weekly wages in smaller Texas counties
Thirty-three of the 228 smaller Texas counties – those with employment below 75,000 – reported average
weekly wages above the national average of $949. Three of these smaller counties had wages that were also
the highest in the state: Irion ($1,514), Sutton ($1,379), and Carson ($1,370). Delta County registered the
lowest weekly wage, averaging $375 in the third quarter of 2014. (See table 2.)
When all 254 counties in Texas were considered, all but 42 had wages below the national average. Fiftyfour reported average weekly wages under $650, 76 registered wages from $650 to $749, 52 had wages
from $750 to $849, 30 had wages from $850 to $949, and 42 had wages of $950 or more per week. (See
chart 1.) The counties with the highest average weekly wages were located around the large metropolitan
areas of Dallas, Houston, and Austin, as well as the smaller areas of Midland, Odessa, and Amarillo. Lowerpaying counties were concentrated in the agricultural areas of central Texas and the Texas Panhandle, as
well as along the Texas-Mexico border.
Additional Statistics and Other Information
QCEW data for states have been included in this release in table 3. For additional information about
quarterly employment and wages data, please read the Technical Note or visit www.bls.gov/cew.
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Employment and Wages Annual Averages Online features comprehensive information by detailed industry
on establishments, employment, and wages for the nation and all states. The 2013 edition of this publication
contains selected data produced by Business Employment Dynamics (BED) on job gains and losses, as well
as selected data from the first quarter 2014 version of the national news release. Tables and additional
content from Employment and Wages Annual Averages 2013 are now available online at www.bls.gov/cew/
cewbultn13.htm. The 2014 edition of Employment and Wages Annual Averages Online will be available in
September 2015.
The County Employment and Wages release for fourth quarter 2014 is scheduled to be released on
Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
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 9.4 million employer reports cover 137.7 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 (see Technical Note below) 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-theyear 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.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice
phone: 202-691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339.
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Table 1. Covered employment and wages in the United States and the 26 largest counties in Texas, third
quarter 2014
Average Weekly Wage (1)
Employment
Area
September
2014
(thousands)
Percent
change,
September
2013-14 (2)
National
ranking by
percent
change (3)
Average
weekly
wage
National
ranking by
level (3)
Percent
change,
third quarter
2013-14 (2)
National
ranking by
percent
change (3)
United States (4)...........................................
137,724.1
2.0
--
$949
--
2.9
--
Texas .......................................................
Bell, Texas ............................................
Bexar, Texas .........................................
Brazoria, Texas.....................................
Brazos, Texas .......................................
Cameron, Texas ...................................
Collin, Texas .........................................
Dallas, Texas ........................................
Denton, Texas ......................................
El Paso, Texas......................................
Fort Bend, Texas ..................................
Galveston, Texas ..................................
Gregg, Texas ........................................
Harris, Texas.........................................
Hidalgo, Texas ......................................
Jefferson, Texas ...................................
Lubbock, Texas ....................................
McLennan, Texas .................................
Midland, Texas .....................................
Montgomery, Texas ..............................
Nueces, Texas ......................................
Potter, Texas.........................................
Smith, Texas .........................................
Tarrant, Texas .......................................
Travis, Texas ........................................
Webb, Texas.........................................
Williamson, Texas.................................
11,433.6
111.2
796.4
99.4
96.2
133.5
346.4
1,558.5
205.8
283.4
164.4
101.0
79.0
2,269.5
237.9
124.0
131.5
105.0
93.1
159.5
164.1
77.3
96.9
825.6
658.1
95.0
144.5
3.1
-0.1
2.6
2.6
1.1
1.0
3.2
3.5
4.5
0.4
5.1
2.8
3.0
3.6
2.6
4.6
2.2
0.7
7.4
5.1
3.4
0.5
1.7
1.9
3.9
2.4
2.4
-315
102
102
212
228
65
54
17
282
9
86
77
51
102
16
128
263
2
9
57
276
162
147
36
113
113
988
798
854
966
734
603
1,097
1,141
871
682
956
824
864
1,238
616
969
764
775
1,256
954
860
802
818
944
1,074
653
923
11
254
186
87
316
338
43
33
171
328
93
222
179
19
337
84
287
276
16
97
180
246
231
107
47
334
126
3.8
3.5
3.3
7.1
3.2
3.1
2.0
2.5
3.6
2.4
0.7
2.1
2.5
4.0
3.5
4.5
3.7
4.2
6.8
5.5
5.5
3.4
3.9
3.9
3.7
3.3
-0.8
6
66
81
4
91
103
231
165
61
183
310
223
165
40
66
23
55
31
6
13
13
74
44
44
55
81
337
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Percent changes were computed from quarterly employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic county reclassifications.
(3) Ranking does not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Note: Data are preliminary. Covered employment and wages includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
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Table 2. Covered employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas 3rd quarter 2014
Average
Weekly
Wage (1)
Employment
September
2014
Area
United States (2)......................................................................................
137,724,117
$949
Texas ...................................................................................................
Anderson .........................................................................................
Andrews ..........................................................................................
Angelina ..........................................................................................
Aransas ...........................................................................................
Archer ..............................................................................................
Armstrong........................................................................................
Atascosa..........................................................................................
Austin ..............................................................................................
Bailey...............................................................................................
Bandera...........................................................................................
Bastrop ............................................................................................
Baylor ..............................................................................................
Bee ..................................................................................................
Bell ..................................................................................................
Bexar ...............................................................................................
Blanco .............................................................................................
Borden .............................................................................................
Bosque ............................................................................................
Bowie...............................................................................................
Brazoria ...........................................................................................
Brazos .............................................................................................
Brewster ..........................................................................................
Briscoe ............................................................................................
Brooks .............................................................................................
Brown ..............................................................................................
Burleson ..........................................................................................
Burnet ..............................................................................................
Caldwell...........................................................................................
Calhoun ...........................................................................................
Callahan ..........................................................................................
Cameron..........................................................................................
Camp ...............................................................................................
Carson .............................................................................................
Cass ................................................................................................
Castro ..............................................................................................
Chambers........................................................................................
Cherokee.........................................................................................
Childress .........................................................................................
Clay .................................................................................................
Cochran...........................................................................................
Coke ................................................................................................
Coleman ..........................................................................................
Collin ...............................................................................................
Collingsworth...................................................................................
Colorado..........................................................................................
Comal ..............................................................................................
Comanche .......................................................................................
Concho ............................................................................................
Cooke ..............................................................................................
Coryell .............................................................................................
Cottle ...............................................................................................
Crane...............................................................................................
Crockett ...........................................................................................
11,433,567
18,262
7,818
36,677
6,483
1,884
387
13,743
10,061
2,578
3,110
15,595
1,229
9,493
111,212
796,421
2,846
245
3,792
39,865
99,370
96,202
3,726
318
2,712
15,196
4,292
13,453
8,133
11,596
2,154
133,512
4,044
4,445
7,224
2,612
11,834
14,728
2,350
1,768
768
644
2,062
346,439
838
7,122
45,645
3,625
825
16,587
14,833
515
1,684
1,834
988
785
1,166
740
682
731
594
884
865
682
678
668
607
734
798
854
790
494
646
714
966
734
770
541
786
664
807
737
685
1,120
695
603
673
1,370
652
661
996
636
624
786
725
593
562
1,097
707
715
729
587
681
901
619
745
1,246
805
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Covered employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas 3rd quarter 2014 Continued
Average
Weekly
Wage (1)
Employment
September
2014
Area
Crosby .............................................................................................
Culberson ........................................................................................
Dallam .............................................................................................
Dallas ..............................................................................................
Dawson ...........................................................................................
De Witt.............................................................................................
Deaf Smith.......................................................................................
Delta ................................................................................................
Denton .............................................................................................
Dickens............................................................................................
Dimmit .............................................................................................
Donley .............................................................................................
Duval ...............................................................................................
Eastland ..........................................................................................
Ector ................................................................................................
Edwards ..........................................................................................
El Paso ............................................................................................
Ellis ..................................................................................................
Erath ................................................................................................
Falls .................................................................................................
Fannin .............................................................................................
Fayette ............................................................................................
Fisher ..............................................................................................
Floyd................................................................................................
Foard ...............................................................................................
Fort Bend.........................................................................................
Franklin............................................................................................
Freestone ........................................................................................
Frio ..................................................................................................
Gaines .............................................................................................
Galveston ........................................................................................
Garza...............................................................................................
Gillespie...........................................................................................
Glasscock........................................................................................
Goliad ..............................................................................................
Gonzales .........................................................................................
Gray.................................................................................................
Grayson...........................................................................................
Gregg ..............................................................................................
Grimes .............................................................................................
Guadalupe.......................................................................................
Hale .................................................................................................
Hall ..................................................................................................
Hamilton ..........................................................................................
Hansford..........................................................................................
Hardeman........................................................................................
Hardin ..............................................................................................
Harris ...............................................................................................
Harrison...........................................................................................
Hartley .............................................................................................
Haskell.............................................................................................
Hays ................................................................................................
Hemphill ..........................................................................................
Henderson.......................................................................................
1,488
1,196
4,340
1,558,479
4,376
7,934
7,470
1,424
205,795
446
7,069
919
3,735
7,605
78,399
360
283,435
44,932
15,409
3,042
6,829
9,461
849
1,749
345
164,366
3,129
5,956
7,574
6,278
100,960
1,944
9,824
469
1,390
7,210
9,362
43,668
79,042
8,386
33,149
11,999
858
2,543
2,285
1,145
12,789
2,269,524
24,898
2,221
1,738
58,244
2,540
16,544
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
7
651
612
774
1,141
744
794
717
375
871
664
1,040
528
898
873
1,096
643
682
779
613
654
715
752
677
622
440
956
659
869
1,042
856
824
782
645
687
757
767
893
750
864
897
760
638
641
619
953
592
747
1,238
922
678
620
699
1,004
656
Table 2. Covered employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas 3rd quarter 2014 Continued
Average
Weekly
Wage (1)
Employment
September
2014
Area
Hidalgo ............................................................................................
Hill ...................................................................................................
Hockley............................................................................................
Hood ................................................................................................
Hopkins ...........................................................................................
Houston ...........................................................................................
Howard ............................................................................................
Hudspeth .........................................................................................
Hunt .................................................................................................
Hutchinson ......................................................................................
Irion .................................................................................................
Jack .................................................................................................
Jackson ...........................................................................................
Jasper..............................................................................................
Jeff Davis.........................................................................................
Jefferson..........................................................................................
Jim Hogg .........................................................................................
Jim Wells .........................................................................................
Johnson...........................................................................................
Jones ...............................................................................................
Karnes .............................................................................................
Kaufman ..........................................................................................
Kendall ............................................................................................
Kenedy ............................................................................................
Kent .................................................................................................
Kerr..................................................................................................
Kimble .............................................................................................
King .................................................................................................
Kinney .............................................................................................
Kleberg ............................................................................................
Knox ................................................................................................
La Salle ...........................................................................................
Lamar ..............................................................................................
Lamb ...............................................................................................
Lampasas........................................................................................
Lavaca.............................................................................................
Lee ..................................................................................................
Leon ................................................................................................
Liberty..............................................................................................
Limestone........................................................................................
Lipscomb .........................................................................................
Live Oak ..........................................................................................
Llano................................................................................................
Loving ..............................................................................................
Lubbock...........................................................................................
Lynn.................................................................................................
Madison...........................................................................................
Marion .............................................................................................
Martin ..............................................................................................
Mason..............................................................................................
Matagorda .......................................................................................
Maverick ..........................................................................................
McCulloch........................................................................................
McLennan........................................................................................
237,854
9,603
10,577
16,899
13,038
6,352
13,042
1,111
27,486
9,817
772
3,683
6,013
10,831
970
124,015
2,039
20,392
45,264
3,867
5,750
27,780
12,817
781
277
17,381
1,356
111
824
13,220
1,178
3,756
19,413
4,356
4,509
5,626
7,052
5,810
17,045
8,410
1,255
4,728
4,334
55
131,511
1,300
5,012
1,978
1,713
1,062
10,365
16,883
3,211
104,966
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
8
616
727
1,008
860
688
818
840
1,037
814
1,113
1,514
1,072
782
725
576
969
1,032
944
810
750
952
711
817
1,148
637
725
608
1,142
822
705
1,119
1,086
738
656
607
682
889
936
783
705
775
813
640
680
764
680
649
563
913
555
900
622
788
775
Table 2. Covered employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas 3rd quarter 2014 Continued
Average
Weekly
Wage (1)
Employment
September
2014
Area
McMullen .........................................................................................
Medina.............................................................................................
Menard ............................................................................................
Midland ............................................................................................
Milam ...............................................................................................
Mills .................................................................................................
Mitchell ............................................................................................
Montague ........................................................................................
Montgomery ....................................................................................
Moore ..............................................................................................
Morris ..............................................................................................
Motley ..............................................................................................
Nacogdoches ..................................................................................
Navarro............................................................................................
Newton ............................................................................................
Nolan ...............................................................................................
Nueces ............................................................................................
Ochiltree ..........................................................................................
Oldham ............................................................................................
Orange ............................................................................................
Palo Pinto ........................................................................................
Panola .............................................................................................
Parker ..............................................................................................
Parmer.............................................................................................
Pecos ..............................................................................................
Polk .................................................................................................
Potter ...............................................................................................
Presidio ...........................................................................................
Rains ...............................................................................................
Randall ............................................................................................
Reagan............................................................................................
Real .................................................................................................
Red River ........................................................................................
Reeves ............................................................................................
Refugio ............................................................................................
Roberts ............................................................................................
Robertson........................................................................................
Rockwall ..........................................................................................
Runnels ...........................................................................................
Rusk ................................................................................................
Sabine .............................................................................................
San Augustine .................................................................................
San Jacinto......................................................................................
San Patricio .....................................................................................
San Saba.........................................................................................
Schleicher........................................................................................
Scurry ..............................................................................................
Shackelford .....................................................................................
Shelby .............................................................................................
Sherman..........................................................................................
Smith ...............................................................................................
Somervell ........................................................................................
Starr.................................................................................................
Stephens .........................................................................................
762
9,527
420
93,138
5,710
1,323
2,404
5,608
159,540
10,599
4,597
289
22,008
16,768
1,591
6,148
164,069
5,519
1,027
22,519
8,637
10,510
33,032
5,531
6,010
10,734
77,346
2,305
1,822
28,921
2,299
698
2,410
4,362
2,704
205
3,902
24,592
2,940
15,044
2,234
1,527
2,065
19,661
1,540
1,027
8,503
1,694
8,496
1,035
96,863
4,200
14,824
3,390
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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1,012
658
493
1,256
848
593
775
795
954
785
911
460
659
653
549
750
860
966
796
896
774
898
848
712
877
670
802
709
553
717
1,043
464
594
797
801
629
759
738
680
849
635
668
629
825
556
800
1,096
1,193
699
691
818
1,012
547
753
Table 2. Covered employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas 3rd quarter 2014 Continued
Average
Weekly
Wage (1)
Employment
September
2014
Area
Sterling ............................................................................................
Stonewall.........................................................................................
Sutton ..............................................................................................
Swisher............................................................................................
Tarrant .............................................................................................
Taylor ...............................................................................................
Terrell...............................................................................................
Terry ................................................................................................
Throckmorton ..................................................................................
Titus.................................................................................................
Tom Green.......................................................................................
Travis...............................................................................................
Trinity...............................................................................................
Tyler.................................................................................................
Upshur .............................................................................................
Upton ...............................................................................................
Uvalde .............................................................................................
Val Verde .........................................................................................
Van Zandt ........................................................................................
Victoria.............................................................................................
Walker .............................................................................................
Waller ..............................................................................................
Ward ................................................................................................
Washington......................................................................................
Webb ...............................................................................................
Wharton ...........................................................................................
Wheeler ...........................................................................................
Wichita.............................................................................................
Wilbarger .........................................................................................
Willacy .............................................................................................
Williamson .......................................................................................
Wilson..............................................................................................
Winkler ............................................................................................
Wise ................................................................................................
Wood ...............................................................................................
Yoakum............................................................................................
Young ..............................................................................................
Zapata .............................................................................................
Zavala..............................................................................................
700
556
2,520
1,952
825,621
59,954
410
3,875
501
15,415
46,974
658,080
2,384
3,986
6,825
1,898
9,776
16,744
9,941
41,750
24,012
16,066
4,948
15,287
94,976
15,653
2,777
52,832
6,057
3,991
144,513
7,499
2,777
22,353
9,347
4,485
7,179
4,880
2,457
774
704
1,379
596
944
745
944
761
720
658
750
1,074
608
631
686
1,149
611
697
619
855
709
858
1,087
717
653
718
712
706
713
669
923
647
1,059
942
657
1,088
741
1,012
510
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Note: Covered employment and wages includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal
Employees (UCFE) programs. Data are preliminary.
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Table 3. Covered employment and wages by state, third quarter 2014
Average weekly wage (1)
Employment
State
September
2014
(thousands)
Percent
change,
September
2013-14
Average
weekly wage
Percent
change, third
quarter
2013-14
National
ranking by
level
National
ranking by
percent
change
United States (2)...............................................
137,724.1
2.0
$949
--
2.9
--
Alabama .......................................................
Alaska...........................................................
Arizona .........................................................
Arkansas ......................................................
California ......................................................
Colorado.......................................................
Connecticut ..................................................
Delaware ......................................................
District of Columbia ......................................
Florida ..........................................................
Georgia.........................................................
Hawaii...........................................................
Idaho ............................................................
Illinois ...........................................................
Indiana..........................................................
Iowa ..............................................................
Kansas .........................................................
Kentucky.......................................................
Louisiana ......................................................
Maine............................................................
Maryland.......................................................
Massachusetts .............................................
Michigan .......................................................
Minnesota.....................................................
Mississippi ....................................................
Missouri ........................................................
Montana .......................................................
Nebraska ......................................................
Nevada .........................................................
New Hampshire............................................
New Jersey...................................................
New Mexico..................................................
New York ......................................................
North Carolina ..............................................
North Dakota ................................................
Ohio ..............................................................
Oklahoma .....................................................
Oregon .........................................................
Pennsylvania ................................................
Rhode Island ................................................
South Carolina..............................................
South Dakota................................................
Tennessee ....................................................
Texas ............................................................
Utah ..............................................................
Vermont ........................................................
Virginia..........................................................
Washington...................................................
West Virginia ................................................
Wisconsin .....................................................
Wyoming ......................................................
Puerto Rico...................................................
1,871.2
344.7
2,539.6
1,170.9
16,013.4
2,443.0
1,663.2
426.1
732.9
7,748.4
4,059.0
625.1
658.4
5,807.4
2,924.7
1,528.8
1,363.1
1,827.8
1,928.3
604.5
2,574.5
3,386.7
4,141.0
2,757.9
1,105.0
2,686.4
449.5
950.0
1,215.8
633.5
3,880.4
804.0
8,902.1
4,085.5
455.9
5,219.1
1,592.3
1,752.8
5,676.2
471.8
1,902.7
415.8
2,775.5
11,433.6
1,304.7
306.5
3,667.9
3,112.8
709.3
2,783.1
291.3
896.7
1.3
-0.1
1.8
1.3
3.1
3.7
0.8
1.9
0.8
3.3
3.4
0.9
2.1
1.2
1.4
1.1
1.2
1.8
1.7
0.3
1.1
1.8
1.7
1.1
0.5
1.0
0.7
1.1
4.0
1.4
0.8
1.1
2.0
1.9
4.3
1.4
1.0
2.4
1.0
1.4
2.4
1.7
2.4
3.1
3.1
1.2
0.6
3.2
-0.2
1.1
1.7
-1.5
815
1,019
876
737
1,095
982
1,124
961
1,631
826
891
870
721
982
799
800
794
781
852
754
1,042
1,164
896
965
697
828
732
779
840
927
1,087
786
1,145
839
977
863
826
887
937
895
768
733
837
988
803
805
989
1,087
778
808
877
505
34
9
24
47
5
12
4
16
1
32
21
25
50
12
39
38
40
42
27
46
8
2
19
15
51
31
49
43
28
18
6
41
3
29
14
26
32
22
17
20
45
48
30
11
37
36
10
6
44
35
23
2.5
3.0
2.0
1.8
3.7
3.0
1.4
2.2
4.5
2.1
2.8
3.9
2.6
2.5
1.9
3.6
2.3
2.5
3.1
2.6
3.1
3.0
2.4
2.9
1.3
2.7
3.7
1.8
0.5
3.6
1.7
2.6
3.2
2.8
6.1
3.1
3.6
3.6
2.6
1.8
2.4
3.7
2.1
3.8
1.5
2.3
2.0
3.9
3.5
1.9
4.4
0.8
30
19
40
44
7
19
49
37
2
38
23
4
26
30
42
10
35
30
16
26
16
19
33
22
50
25
7
44
51
10
47
26
15
23
1
16
10
10
26
44
33
7
38
6
48
35
40
4
14
42
3
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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(3)
(3)
Table 3. Covered employment and wages by state, third quarter 2014 - Continued
Average weekly wage (1)
Employment
State
Virgin Islands ................................................
September
2014
(thousands)
Percent
change,
September
2013-14
37.5
-1.0
Average
weekly wage
720
Percent
change, third
quarter
2013-14
National
ranking by
level
(3)
National
ranking by
percent
change
2.0
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(3) Data not included in the national ranking.
Note: Data are preliminary. Covered employment and wages includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
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(3)
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