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County Employment and Wages in Texas – Third Quarter 2013
Employment rose in 25 of the 26 largest counties in Texas from September 2012 to September 2013, 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 2012 annual average employment.) Regional Commissioner Stanley W.
Suchman noted that rates of job growth in three Texas counties ranked in the top 10 nationwide. Fort Bend
County’s 6.0-percent job gain led the nation and the Texas counties of Brazos (5.7 percent, 3rd) and Denton
(4.9 percent, 8th) also shared in the top 10 ranking. (See table 1.)
Employment nationwide advanced 1.7 percent from September 2012 as 286 of the 334 largest U.S. counties
registered increases. As noted, Fort Bend, Texas, recorded the fastest rate of employment growth in the
country, up 6.0 percent, while Peoria, Ill., registered the largest decline, down 3.7 percent.
Among the largest counties in Texas, employment was highest in Harris County (2,192,300) in September
2013, followed by Dallas County (1,509,000). 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 334 largest counties made up 71.4 percent of total U.S.
employment.
From the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013, average weekly wages nationwide increased 1.9
percent to $922. Among large counties in Texas, Gregg County registered the largest increase in average
weekly wages with a gain of 4.1 percent, while Brazos recorded the largest decrease, down 1.0 percent. (See
table 1.) In the third quarter of 2013, Harris had the highest average weekly wage among the state’s largest
counties at $1,187 and Cameron had the lowest at $587.
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 2012. Among these smaller counties, 89 percent (202) had
average weekly wages below the national average in September 2013. (See table 2.)
Large county wage changes
Fourteen of Texas’s 26 large counties recorded wage growth above the 1.9-percent national increase from
the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013. Gregg County’s 4.1-percent wage increase was the
highest in the state and placed 15th in the national ranking. (See table 1.) Four additional Texas counties
registered wage growth ranking in the top 50 nationally: Fort Bend (3.6 percent, 29th); Midland (3.5
percent, 31st); and Brazoria and Montgomery (3.4 percent each, tied 37th). In contrast, average weekly
wages fell in Brazos and Webb Counties, decreasing 1.0 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively.
Among the 334 largest U.S. counties, 291 had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages. San Mateo,
Calif., had the largest increase with a gain of 9.9 percent. Dane, Wis., was second with wage growth of 9.3
percent, followed by Collier, Fla. (8.0 percent). Wage decreases were recorded in 40 large counties
nationwide; Pinellas, Fla., experienced the largest over-the-year wage loss at 4.3 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 $922 per week in the third quarter of 2013. Harris County led at $1,187 per week and ranked
20th among the 334 large counties nationwide. Harris was followed by Midland ($1,148, 25th), Dallas
($1,115, 33rd), Collin ($1,070, 43rd), and Travis ($1,028, 53rd). Two additional Texas counties reported
average weekly wages above the national average: Fort Bend ($969, 75th), and Williamson ($928, 96th).
Texas had 4 of the 11 lowest-paying large counties in the United States, all located along the border with
Mexico. These included Cameron ($587, 333rd), Hidalgo ($595, 332nd), Webb ($636, 330th) and El Paso
($666, 324th). Other Texas counties with low national rankings included Brazos ($711, 314th), Lubbock
($736, 296th), and McLennan ($748, 284th).
Nationally, weekly wages were higher than the U.S. average in 101 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 $1,868. San Mateo, Calif., was second at $1,698, followed by New York, N.Y. ($1,667),
Washington, D.C. ($1,560), and San Francisco, Calif. ($1,549).
Of the largest counties in the United States, 232, or more than two-thirds, reported average weekly wages
below the national average in the third quarter of 2013. The lowest wage was reported in Horry, S.C., at
$564 per week. Pasco, Fla. ($635), joined the Texas counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Webb among the
bottom five. Wages in these five lowest-ranked counties were about one-third or less of the average weekly
wage in the highest-ranked county, Santa Clara, Calif.
Average weekly wages in smaller Texas counties
Twenty-six of the 228 smaller Texas counties – those with employment below 75,000 – reported average
weekly wages above the national average of $922. Two of these smaller counties had wages that not only
exceeded $1,000 per week, but were also the highest in the state: Carson ($1,336), and Shackelford
($1,229). Delta County registered the lowest weekly wage, averaging $373 in the third quarter of 2013. (See
table 2.)
When all 254 counties in Texas were considered, all but 33 had wages below the national average. Thirtyeight reported average weekly wages under $600, 78 registered wages from $600 to $699, 58 had wages
from $700 to $799, 40 had wages from $800 to $899, and 40 had wages of $900 or more per week. (See
chart 1.) The counties with the highest wages were generally concentrated around the metropolitan areas of
Austin, Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Midland, and Odessa. Lower paying counties were generally
located in the agricultural areas of central Texas and the Texas Panhandle, as well as along the TexasMexico 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 2012 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 2013 version of the national news release. Tables and additional
content from Employment and Wages Annual Averages 2012 are now available online at www.bls.gov/cew/
cewbultn12.htm. The 2013 edition of Employment and Wages Annual Averages Online will be available in
September 2014.
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.
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 9.3 million employer reports cover 135.0 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.
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Table 1. Covered (1) employment and wages in the United States and the 26 largest counties in Texas, third
quarter 2013 (2)
Average Weekly Wage (3)
Employment
Area
September
2013
(thousands)
Percent
change,
September
2012-13 (4)
National
ranking by
percent
change (5)
Average
weekly
wage
National
ranking by
level (5)
Percent
change,
third quarter
2012-13 (4)
National
ranking by
percent
change (5)
United States (6)...........................................
134,957.5
1.7
--
$922
--
1.9
--
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.................................
11,091.9
111.1
773.3
96.2
94.9
131.9
330.3
1,509.0
195.5
282.4
157.8
98.5
77.1
2,192.3
231.7
116.9
129.1
103.3
85.3
151.4
159.7
77.3
95.2
812.6
637.8
92.8
139.9
2.8
1.4
2.6
3.2
5.7
1.8
4.8
3.2
4.9
1.5
6.0
2.8
0.9
2.9
2.6
-2.0
2.3
1.2
4.5
4.8
1.8
1.3
2.5
3.0
4.1
1.9
4.3
-174
77
48
3
140
11
48
8
162
1
62
225
60
77
331
97
194
14
11
140
187
85
57
20
130
16
952
770
827
908
711
587
1,070
1,115
837
666
969
805
846
1,187
595
921
736
748
1,148
903
817
778
784
912
1,028
636
928
12
256
197
116
314
333
43
33
187
324
75
220
174
20
332
103
296
284
25
122
199
251
248
110
53
330
96
2.5
2.5
1.2
3.4
-1.0
2.3
0.8
2.8
1.6
2.0
3.6
0.2
4.1
2.9
2.1
0.9
2.6
1.4
3.5
3.4
2.4
1.8
1.6
0.6
2.4
-0.2
1.5
15
77
208
37
318
92
236
59
172
127
29
275
15
51
108
224
70
192
31
37
87
146
172
248
87
301
181
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) Percent changes were computed from quarterly employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic county reclassifications.
(5) Ranking does not include the county of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(6) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
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Table 2. Covered (1) employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas third quarter 2013
(2)
Area
Employment September 2013
Average Weekly Wage (3)
(4)......................................................................................
134,957,493
$922
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 ...........................................................................................
Crosby .............................................................................................
11,091,882
18,290
7,438
36,149
6,487
2,067
408
13,145
9,982
2,557
3,040
15,135
1,158
10,308
111,073
773,319
2,743
222
3,678
40,768
96,157
94,855
3,765
314
2,682
15,062
4,404
12,663
8,077
10,919
2,013
131,885
4,176
4,341
7,269
2,549
13,037
14,882
2,383
1,435
727
684
2,036
330,301
801
6,971
43,384
3,684
847
16,310
14,440
430
1,777
1,705
1,439
952
754
1,094
709
658
684
524
814
846
634
588
651
602
771
770
827
784
527
622
689
908
711
745
524
759
630
828
703
671
1,099
697
587
648
1,336
702
614
1,070
618
588
604
686
548
529
1,070
671
691
693
553
651
859
615
635
1,185
695
614
United States
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 (1) employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas third quarter 2013
(2)
- Continued
Area
Employment September 2013
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.......................................................................................
Hidalgo ............................................................................................
Hill ...................................................................................................
Hockley............................................................................................
1,163
4,219
1,509,027
4,331
7,329
7,381
1,468
195,456
437
5,965
1,076
3,713
7,711
72,124
359
282,372
43,254
15,265
3,140
6,773
9,054
883
1,738
322
157,799
3,115
5,790
6,049
5,945
98,499
1,953
9,550
482
1,427
6,874
9,238
43,448
77,052
8,166
31,577
12,101
829
2,476
2,148
1,099
12,508
2,192,332
24,796
2,158
1,669
55,549
2,340
16,002
231,715
9,605
10,504
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Average Weekly Wage (3)
583
729
1,115
863
714
688
373
837
592
893
805
859
823
1,055
626
666
721
598
610
696
719
668
613
535
969
631
804
849
825
805
747
623
574
747
690
842
755
846
837
740
621
601
619
862
613
742
1,187
934
661
592
664
956
614
595
675
912
Table 2. Covered (1) employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas third quarter 2013
(2)
- Continued
Area
Employment September 2013
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........................................................................................
McMullen .........................................................................................
Medina.............................................................................................
Menard ............................................................................................
Midland ............................................................................................
Milam ...............................................................................................
15,892
12,295
6,135
12,765
1,118
28,119
8,762
780
3,173
5,564
10,418
954
116,915
2,055
19,857
43,190
3,851
4,765
27,467
12,174
667
282
16,961
1,399
110
793
13,655
1,214
3,362
18,924
4,268
4,480
5,770
6,544
5,340
16,791
8,514
1,226
4,455
4,348
75
129,064
1,324
4,663
2,005
1,653
1,090
10,066
16,683
3,309
103,271
570
8,793
435
85,325
5,472
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Average Weekly Wage (3)
810
688
811
817
1,024
810
982
1,020
994
753
690
561
921
736
905
745
695
769
703
772
1,033
621
693
597
1,161
786
651
793
1,029
734
651
581
651
846
860
757
673
761
743
620
1,065
736
656
632
555
818
549
806
588
740
748
913
636
464
1,148
833
Table 2. Covered (1) employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas third quarter 2013
(2)
- Continued
Area
Employment September 2013
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 .........................................................................................
Sterling ............................................................................................
Stonewall.........................................................................................
Sutton ..............................................................................................
Swisher............................................................................................
Tarrant .............................................................................................
Taylor ...............................................................................................
Terrell...............................................................................................
1,368
2,322
5,751
151,433
10,627
4,839
309
22,063
17,006
1,600
5,880
159,687
5,191
910
22,490
8,525
10,536
30,568
5,479
5,753
10,634
77,329
2,451
1,744
28,565
1,997
660
2,472
4,144
2,603
214
3,738
23,567
2,886
14,279
2,137
1,549
2,102
18,781
1,499
1,017
8,375
1,594
8,197
1,065
95,213
3,999
14,655
3,279
667
530
2,556
1,901
812,634
59,002
391
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Average Weekly Wage (3)
564
764
745
903
738
895
494
634
650
579
719
817
899
802
898
728
861
796
722
792
657
778
755
535
704
953
447
562
741
750
668
784
697
631
794
634
620
591
829
522
784
962
1,229
639
689
784
1,002
531
717
802
705
1,176
585
912
714
820
Table 2. Covered (1) employment and wages in the United States and all counties in Texas third quarter 2013
(2)
- Continued
Area
Employment September 2013
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..............................................................................................
Average Weekly Wage (3)
3,754
453
15,173
46,134
637,814
2,340
3,847
6,861
1,698
9,774
16,643
9,952
40,781
23,725
16,039
4,559
15,186
92,756
15,465
2,926
52,510
6,478
3,827
139,873
7,093
2,825
21,823
9,202
4,221
6,847
4,857
2,457
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
10
729
571
637
711
1,028
575
611
673
984
595
655
607
823
670
817
1,014
685
636
682
707
698
673
665
928
636
1,083
894
632
994
735
981
503
Table 3. Covered (1) employment and wages by state, third quarter 2013 (2)
Average weekly wage (3)
Employment
State
September
2013
(thousands)
Percent
change,
September
2012-13
Average
weekly
wage
Percent
change,
third quarter
2012-13
National
ranking by
level
National
ranking by
percent
change
United States (4)...............................................
134,957.5
1.7
$922
--
1.9
--
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...................................................
1,847.6
345.0
2,490.9
1,156.5
15,526.4
2,355.7
1,650.3
416.8
726.2
7,501.8
3,928.2
617.7
644.7
5,731.7
2,883.6
1,512.0
1,347.6
1,794.5
1,893.4
601.5
2,546.4
3,318.3
4,069.7
2,724.2
1,099.1
2,661.0
446.7
937.5
1,169.4
624.5
3,851.9
793.7
8,724.8
4,006.4
436.7
5,147.5
1,572.6
1,709.8
5,622.4
465.2
1,859.3
408.9
2,712.8
11,091.9
1,265.5
302.5
3,650.1
3,017.9
710.3
2,752.7
286.1
910.9
0.8
0.4
2.2
0.1
2.7
3.1
0.7
2.1
1.5
2.6
2.3
1.7
2.3
0.7
1.2
1.5
1.8
1.0
1.4
0.7
0.6
1.2
2.1
1.7
0.8
1.3
1.2
1.3
2.5
0.6
1.2
0.5
1.3
1.7
3.4
1.4
1.4
2.4
0.3
1.3
2.3
0.9
1.5
2.8
2.9
0.0
0.6
2.4
-0.7
1.1
0.2
-2.5
794
990
859
723
1,057
952
1,109
941
1,560
808
867
839
703
959
784
772
776
760
827
735
1,011
1,131
875
938
688
805
705
766
836
895
1,068
766
1,108
817
921
837
797
856
913
878
751
706
819
952
791
788
971
1,044
751
793
840
501
34
9
22
47
6
12
3
14
1
31
21
25
50
11
38
40
39
43
28
46
8
2
20
15
51
32
49
41
27
18
5
41
4
30
16
26
33
23
17
19
44
48
29
12
36
37
10
7
44
35
24
1.3
3.0
1.5
2.1
2.1
1.7
1.9
2.1
3.0
1.1
1.5
1.6
2.3
1.5
1.6
2.1
2.0
1.1
2.9
1.8
0.4
2.6
1.5
2.6
2.5
1.4
2.3
3.4
2.0
2.4
1.3
0.7
1.7
1.4
5.5
1.2
2.4
2.6
1.6
2.6
1.9
3.4
0.6
2.5
3.1
3.4
1.1
2.1
3.7
3.0
1.4
-0.6
43
7
36
21
21
31
28
21
7
46
36
33
19
36
33
21
26
46
10
30
51
11
36
11
15
40
19
3
26
17
43
49
31
40
1
45
17
11
33
11
28
3
50
15
6
3
46
21
2
7
40
Note: See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Covered (1) employment and wages by state, third quarter 2013 (2) - Continued
Average weekly wage (3)
Employment
State
Virgin Islands ................................................
September
2013
(thousands)
Percent
change,
September
2012-13
37.9
-1.9
Average
weekly
wage
706
Percent
change,
third quarter
2012-13
National
ranking by
level
(5)
National
ranking by
percent
change
-0.6
(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(5) Data not included in the national ranking.
12
(5)
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