Battle Creek, Michigan, has largest percentage gain in weekly earnings for year ended July 2016
September 08, 2016
Battle Creek, Michigan, had the largest percentage gain in average weekly earnings among metropolitan areas from July 2015 to July 2016. Average weekly earnings for employees on private nonfarm payrolls in Battle Creek rose from $748.35 in July 2015 to $913.68 in July 2016, a gain of 22.1 percent. This compared with an over-the-year increase of less than 0.5 percent for the state of Michigan, from $820.46 to $824.22. Lebanon, Pennsylvania (20.9 percent), also experienced an over-the-year increase in average weekly earnings of greater than 20 percent, from $624.65 in July 2015 to $755.49 in July 2016.
Size of bubble indicates change in average weekly earnings; blue means increase; red means decrease; gray means no change.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Percent change in metropolitan area average weekly earnings, July 2015–July 2016
Metropolitan area
Percent change(p)
July 2015
July 2016(p)
Battle Creek, MI
22.1%
$748.35
$913.68
Lebanon, PA
20.9
$624.65
$755.49
Janesville-Beloit, WI
18.0
$664.30
$783.66
College Station-Bryan, TX
17.3
$880.22
$1,032.53
Winchester, VA
16.9
$711.39
$831.73
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
16.7
$502.67
$586.79
Dothan, AL
16.4
$638.25
$742.97
Laredo, TX
16.0
$583.62
$677.05
Gainesville, GA
15.7
$837.14
$968.79
Great Falls, MT
15.3
$704.67
$812.18
Albany, OR
15.1
$746.59
$859.03
Wilmington, NC
14.9
$606.40
$696.97
Pine Bluff, AR
14.8
$543.12
$623.38
Salem, OR
14.4
$646.77
$740.20
Lynchburg, VA
14.4
$647.40
$740.72
Lawrence, KS
14.3
$491.55
$561.95
Visalia-Porterville, CA
14.3
$566.08
$647.11
Kokomo, IN
14.2
$534.57
$610.25
Jackson, MS
13.7
$726.41
$825.70
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
13.4
$751.18
$851.73
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH
13.4
$731.85
$829.78
Montgomery, AL
13.3
$634.03
$718.24
Danville, IL
13.2
$546.81
$619.15
Monroe, LA
12.8
$636.80
$718.50
Lima, OH
12.7
$787.84
$887.80
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
12.6
$717.12
$807.80
El Centro, CA
12.5
$439.26
$494.26
Fort Smith, AR
12.4
$565.11
$635.08
Waco, TX
12.1
$670.95
$751.89
Florence, SC
12.0
$602.99
$675.32
Grand Forks, ND
11.9
$698.80
$782.13
Dover, DE
11.6
$666.81
$744.07
Albany, GA
11.6
$558.90
$623.60
Muncie, IN
11.4
$604.92
$673.66
Barnstable Town, MA
11.2
$688.01
$765.12
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
10.8
$754.80
$836.27
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
10.8
$717.81
$795.19
Savannah, GA
10.6
$678.78
$750.96
Hot Springs, AR
10.6
$521.48
$576.63
Warner Robins, GA
10.5
$728.22
$804.40
Odessa, TX
10.4
$872.71
$963.16
Appleton, WI
10.3
$771.38
$850.86
Springfield, IL
10.2
$750.71
$827.48
Panama City, FL
10.1
$727.04
$800.81
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
10.1
$812.39
$894.74
Bellingham, WA
10.1
$778.90
$857.56
Kingston, NY
9.9
$768.20
$844.38
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
9.8
$668.19
$733.70
Amarillo, TX
9.8
$682.72
$749.29
Midland, TX
9.6
$966.31
$1,058.62
Walla Walla, WA
9.5
$761.93
$834.01
Lewiston, ID
9.3
$695.30
$760.12
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
9.1
$786.46
$858.04
Mobile, AL
8.9
$758.52
$825.70
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
8.8
$569.52
$619.55
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
8.7
$672.54
$731.10
Springfield, MO
8.6
$651.46
$707.70
Columbus, GA
8.4
$653.14
$708.07
Elmira, NY
8.4
$659.30
$714.56
Lake Charles, LA
8.4
$824.12
$893.00
San Angelo, TX
8.3
$621.28
$672.71
Pittsfield, MA
8.2
$696.45
$753.74
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
8.0
$821.42
$887.34
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
8.0
$763.53
$824.76
Goldsboro, NC
8.0
$632.93
$683.32
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
7.9
$725.07
$782.64
Worcester, MA
7.9
$783.55
$845.24
Iowa City, IA
7.7
$676.19
$728.41
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
7.6
$724.94
$779.98
The Villages, FL
7.6
$677.04
$728.27
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
7.4
$873.55
$938.45
Eugene, OR
7.3
$737.41
$791.49
Ann Arbor, MI
7.3
$842.46
$903.83
Oklahoma City, OK
7.2
$719.28
$770.82
Prescott, AZ
7.1
$622.10
$666.47
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD
7.1
$621.05
$665.33
Columbus, OH
7.1
$783.53
$839.05
Reading, PA
7.1
$837.55
$896.73
Jackson, MI
7.0
$626.58
$670.59
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
7.0
$626.34
$670.11
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
7.0
$990.76
$1,059.84
Cincinnati, OH
7.0
$831.11
$889.01
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
7.0
$800.73
$856.44
Coeur d'Alene, ID
6.9
$678.73
$725.23
Winston-Salem, NC
6.7
$753.83
$804.67
Racine, WI
6.7
$773.56
$825.60
Waterbury, CT
6.7
$766.57
$818.06
Jacksonville, FL
6.7
$813.02
$867.61
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
6.6
$746.24
$795.79
Eau Claire, WI
6.6
$712.40
$759.70
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR
6.6
$891.35
$950.40
Springfield, MA
6.5
$760.52
$810.19
Cumberland, MD
6.5
$669.33
$712.64
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
6.4
$665.70
$708.50
Chattanooga, TN
6.4
$756.50
$805.02
Napa, CA
6.4
$921.05
$979.87
Albuquerque, NM
6.3
$692.11
$736.00
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
6.3
$761.94
$810.22
Altoona, PA
6.3
$560.11
$595.25
Madera, CA
6.1
$866.76
$920.05
Valdosta, GA
6.1
$590.90
$627.17
Glens Falls, NY
6.1
$680.09
$721.63
St. George, UT
6.1
$625.30
$663.26
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE
6.0
$797.81
$845.84
Morgantown, WV
6.0
$765.16
$810.99
Morristown, TN
6.0
$698.33
$740.02
Kennewick-Richland, WA
5.8
$960.40
$1,016.38
Binghamton, NY
5.7
$788.74
$833.90
Saginaw, MI
5.7
$761.67
$805.23
Gadsden, AL
5.5
$599.87
$633.00
California-Lexington Park, MD
5.5
$1,016.08
$1,072.05
Rochester, NY
5.5
$737.10
$777.54
Portsmouth, NH
5.3
$900.05
$948.09
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
5.3
$914.48
$962.92
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
5.3
$716.85
$754.79
Carson City, NV
5.3
$685.91
$722.11
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
5.2
$836.31
$880.12
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
5.2
$799.46
$841.13
El Paso, TX
5.2
$604.21
$635.45
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
5.2
$864.80
$909.43
Yakima, WA
5.1
$756.66
$795.54
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
5.1
$906.73
$953.21
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
5.1
$745.13
$783.16
Wheeling, WV
5.0
$676.90
$710.96
Santa Rosa, CA
5.0
$903.04
$948.38
Alexandria, LA
5.0
$616.95
$647.70
Chico, CA
4.9
$816.96
$857.38
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
4.9
$866.59
$909.38
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
4.9
$842.40
$883.88
Clarksville, TN
4.8
$606.21
$635.40
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.8
$1,171.25
$1,226.96
Asheville, NC
4.7
$700.29
$733.39
Huntsville, AL
4.7
$969.61
$1,015.27
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
4.7
$744.66
$779.68
Greensboro-High Point, NC
4.7
$751.60
$786.60
Salinas, CA
4.7
$767.93
$803.67
Cape Girardeau, MO
4.6
$642.22
$672.00
Rapid City, SD
4.5
$683.44
$714.40
Salisbury, MD-DE
4.5
$655.68
$685.13
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC
4.5
$883.67
$923.24
Austin-Round Rock, TX
4.4
$921.23
$962.17
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
4.4
$571.37
$596.74
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
4.4
$702.24
$733.04
Jonesboro, AR
4.4
$770.57
$804.30
Greeley, CO
4.3
$813.28
$848.53
Urban Honolulu, HI
4.3
$845.21
$881.66
Jackson, TN
4.3
$588.23
$613.39
Green Bay, WI
4.2
$758.78
$790.58
New Bern, NC
4.1
$672.11
$699.66
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
4.0
$793.26
$825.25
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
4.0
$662.50
$688.96
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
4.0
$961.50
$999.89
Lancaster, PA
4.0
$776.74
$807.65
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
3.9
$833.00
$865.87
Dayton, OH
3.9
$709.65
$737.38
Kankakee, IL
3.9
$813.49
$844.82
Idaho Falls, ID
3.6
$983.36
$1,019.08
Fort Collins, CO
3.6
$819.38
$848.89
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA
3.6
$1,114.92
$1,154.93
Fresno, CA
3.6
$687.06
$711.62
Joplin, MO
3.6
$627.20
$649.60
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
3.4
$674.85
$697.64
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
3.3
$597.55
$617.32
Midland, MI
3.3
$813.63
$840.45
Logan, UT
3.3
$689.72
$712.32
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
3.3
$700.16
$722.99
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
3.3
$876.75
$905.29
Akron, OH
3.2
$823.54
$850.15
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
3.2
$725.76
$748.95
Lincoln, NE
3.2
$773.42
$797.94
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
3.1
$909.30
$937.66
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.1
$936.28
$965.31
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
3.0
$756.01
$778.98
Yuba City, CA
3.0
$682.15
$702.74
Bismarck, ND
3.0
$868.96
$894.91
Hattiesburg, MS
3.0
$696.13
$716.76
Richmond, VA
3.0
$846.34
$871.39
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2.9
$948.16
$975.74
Bloomington, IL
2.9
$761.26
$783.26
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA
2.9
$938.45
$965.47
Wausau, WI
2.8
$723.94
$744.49
Greenville, NC
2.8
$723.82
$743.90
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
2.7
$1,186.43
$1,219.04
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
2.7
$1,109.86
$1,140.34
Danbury, CT
2.7
$922.67
$947.41
Providence-Warwick, RI
2.6
$823.43
$845.21
York-Hanover, PA
2.6
$801.29
$822.46
Stockton-Lodi, CA
2.6
$766.95
$786.99
Fond du Lac, WI
2.5
$808.64
$829.09
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
2.5
$703.23
$720.51
Madison, WI
2.4
$924.80
$947.37
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL
2.4
$939.81
$962.12
Knoxville, TN
2.4
$841.80
$861.72
Utica-Rome, NY
2.3
$703.74
$719.92
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
2.3
$688.19
$703.84
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
2.3
$694.78
$710.50
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT
2.3
$752.43
$769.39
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
2.2
$839.34
$857.60
Tulsa, OK
2.2
$858.13
$876.65
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
2.1
$817.38
$834.61
Missoula, MT
2.1
$640.89
$654.30
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
2.0
$767.65
$783.37
New Haven, CT
2.0
$910.09
$928.46
Port St. Lucie, FL
2.0
$706.35
$720.29
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
2.0
$739.36
$753.91
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
1.9
$726.75
$740.81
Memphis, TN
1.8
$752.60
$766.48
Bowling Green, KY
1.8
$807.24
$821.76
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
1.8
$733.41
$746.51
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
1.8
$899.80
$915.64
Grants Pass, OR
1.7
$625.59
$636.41
Macon, GA
1.7
$724.66
$736.71
Wenatchee, WA
1.7
$699.65
$711.26
Dover-Durham, NH
1.6
$820.80
$834.16
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC
1.6
$1,144.07
$1,161.92
Raleigh, NC
1.5
$867.15
$880.44
Terre Haute, IN
1.5
$711.00
$721.39
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
1.4
$779.57
$790.74
Flagstaff, AZ
1.4
$568.03
$575.99
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
1.4
$763.98
$774.48
Evansville, IN
1.4
$765.95
$776.46
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
1.4
$741.34
$751.51
Manhattan, KS
1.4
$677.32
$686.47
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
1.3
$649.10
$657.79
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN
1.3
$768.84
$778.61
Cedar Rapids, IA
1.2
$825.67
$835.89
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
1.2
$508.80
$515.02
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
1.1
$685.94
$693.80
Bakersfield, CA
1.1
$867.08
$876.94
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY
1.1
$1,019.50
$1,030.50
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
1.1
$746.60
$754.63
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
1.0
$789.96
$798.08
Syracuse, NY
1.0
$820.42
$828.32
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.0
$896.38
$905.01
Beckley, WV
1.0
$626.04
$632.02
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
0.9
$953.36
$961.87
Merced, CA
0.9
$620.17
$625.55
Modesto, CA
0.8
$767.20
$773.56
St. Joseph, MO
0.8
$746.25
$752.39
Salt Lake City, UT
0.7
$935.64
$941.85
Sioux Falls, SD
0.6
$752.30
$756.80
Columbus, IN
0.5
$1,065.40
$1,071.25
Muskegon, MI
0.5
$629.52
$632.74
Lafayette, LA
0.5
$840.95
$844.91
East Stroudsburg, PA
0.4
$746.09
$749.42
St. Cloud, MN
0.4
$801.80
$805.24
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
0.4
$793.92
$797.00
Canton-Massillon, OH
0.4
$735.54
$738.38
Corvallis, OR
0.4
$862.80
$865.98
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN
0.3
$647.96
$650.10
Columbia, SC
0.3
$778.15
$780.71
Johnson City, TN
0.3
$598.80
$600.50
Grand Junction, CO
0.2
$759.47
$761.28
Bend-Redmond, OR
0.0
$803.53
$803.93
Portland-South Portland, ME
0.0
$807.56
$807.84
Tuscaloosa, AL
-0.2
$750.37
$749.00
Bloomington, IN
-0.2
$679.25
$677.98
New Bedford, MA
-0.2
$817.02
$815.26
Topeka, KS
-0.3
$698.94
$696.96
Kansas City, MO
-0.3
$842.00
$839.42
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
-0.3
$823.02
$820.24
Decatur, AL
-0.4
$699.20
$696.26
Medford, OR
-0.5
$728.04
$724.55
Tucson, AZ
-0.5
$765.95
$762.14
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-0.5
$925.71
$920.62
Dalton, GA
-0.6
$684.68
$680.86
Casper, WY
-0.6
$875.90
$870.58
Toledo, OH
-0.6
$790.94
$786.04
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-0.6
$773.81
$768.87
Duluth, MN
-0.7
$840.27
$834.50
Columbia, MO
-0.7
$659.43
$654.89
Abilene, TX
-0.7
$597.40
$593.12
State College, PA
-0.7
$689.54
$684.54
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
-0.8
$811.37
$805.00
Athens-Clarke County, GA
-0.9
$720.46
$714.19
Victoria, TX
-0.9
$645.90
$640.10
Corpus Christi, TX
-1.0
$754.64
$747.07
Auburn-Opelika, AL
-1.0
$632.23
$625.70
Colorado Springs, CO
-1.0
$823.52
$814.92
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
-1.1
$616.27
$609.28
Longview, TX
-1.2
$794.00
$784.48
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
-1.3
$962.32
$949.43
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
-1.4
$749.76
$739.53
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
-1.4
$619.05
$610.51
St. Louis, MO
-1.5
$872.09
$859.32
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
-1.6
$805.90
$793.36
Rochester, MN
-1.6
$1,172.85
$1,154.27
Lexington-Fayette, KY
-1.7
$809.64
$796.02
Gainesville, FL
-1.8
$783.90
$770.10
Jefferson City, MO
-1.8
$716.15
$703.50
Ocean City, NJ
-1.8
$588.58
$578.18
Sioux City, IA
-1.8
$706.79
$694.20
Brunswick, GA
-1.8
$591.54
$580.92
Carbondale-Marion, IL
-1.8
$694.22
$681.41
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
-1.8
$997.00
$978.57
Baton Rouge, LA
-1.9
$877.95
$861.59
Ocala, FL
-1.9
$653.91
$641.17
Huntington-Ashland, WV
-2.1
$753.14
$737.45
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
-2.2
$680.74
$666.00
Peoria, IL
-2.2
$718.93
$702.90
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-2.3
$852.23
$833.00
Cheyenne, WY
-2.3
$693.58
$677.69
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI
-2.3
$824.21
$805.24
Sheboygan, WI
-2.3
$796.07
$777.57
Pittsburgh, PA
-2.3
$812.24
$793.28
Fargo, ND
-2.5
$844.80
$823.88
Tyler, TX
-2.5
$875.63
$853.67
Charleston, WV
-2.5
$813.14
$792.58
Bangor, ME
-2.6
$716.21
$697.94
Lawton, OK
-2.7
$584.82
$569.13
Charlottesville, VA
-2.7
$718.83
$699.31
Champaign-Urbana, IL
-2.8
$725.08
$704.99
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
-2.8
$521.30
$506.81
Cleveland, TN
-2.8
$683.41
$664.33
Wichita, KS
-2.9
$747.50
$725.56
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
-3.1
$904.79
$876.86
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
-3.1
$809.29
$784.26
Provo-Orem, UT
-3.2
$836.08
$809.70
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
-3.2
$781.20
$756.14
Monroe, MI
-3.3
$662.40
$640.52
Sebring, FL
-3.3
$644.30
$622.94
Trenton, NJ
-3.5
$1,125.74
$1,086.80
Rocky Mount, NC
-3.5
$705.79
$680.99
Fayetteville, NC
-3.6
$638.62
$615.56
Harrisonburg, VA
-3.7
$752.22
$724.42
Tallahassee, FL
-3.8
$698.68
$672.36
Sumter, SC
-3.8
$695.29
$668.88
Reno, NV
-3.8
$827.31
$795.54
Hinesville, GA
-3.9
$771.78
$742.01
Owensboro, KY
-4.0
$803.65
$771.68
Jacksonville, NC
-4.0
$570.83
$547.91
Decatur, IL
-4.1
$801.96
$769.28
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
-4.1
$642.25
$615.96
Las Cruces, NM
-4.1
$650.42
$623.71
Santa Fe, NM
-4.2
$788.99
$755.71
Rockford, IL
-4.3
$798.98
$765.00
Spartanburg, SC
-4.3
$747.40
$715.12
Billings, MT
-4.4
$780.10
$746.13
Burlington, NC
-4.6
$816.30
$779.02
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
-4.6
$784.16
$747.83
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-4.7
$716.95
$683.26
Ames, IA
-4.9
$752.36
$715.84
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
-4.9
$683.96
$650.52
Wichita Falls, TX
-4.9
$675.54
$642.25
Williamsport, PA
-5.1
$689.00
$653.70
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-5.2
$916.75
$869.50
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
-5.2
$1,436.21
$1,361.86
Johnstown, PA
-5.4
$647.86
$612.77
Anchorage, AK
-5.4
$988.32
$934.65
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
-5.5
$789.50
$746.03
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
-5.7
$855.79
$807.03
Fort Wayne, IN
-5.8
$826.02
$778.32
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
-5.9
$881.51
$829.58
Killeen-Temple, TX
-5.9
$665.84
$626.32
Augusta-Richmond County, GA
-6.0
$864.49
$812.75
Boise City, ID
-6.0
$788.45
$740.86
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
-6.1
$670.48
$629.86
Erie, PA
-6.6
$674.68
$630.14
Lubbock, TX
-6.9
$717.15
$667.34
Pueblo, CO
-7.0
$651.51
$605.93
Springfield, OH
-7.2
$629.62
$584.30
Pocatello, ID
-7.3
$736.91
$683.14
Manchester, NH
-7.3
$911.40
$844.79
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
-7.3
$657.00
$608.89
Rome, GA
-7.4
$875.96
$811.37
Leominster-Gardner, MA
-7.6
$856.57
$791.65
Gettysburg, PA
-7.7
$720.44
$665.06
Boulder, CO
-8.0
$1,044.35
$960.96
Yuma, AZ
-8.0
$706.44
$649.87
Grand Island, NE
-8.3
$674.58
$618.80
Redding, CA
-8.3
$717.09
$657.46
Dubuque, IA
-8.5
$829.94
$759.56
Fairbanks, AK
-8.5
$1,083.57
$991.16
Roanoke, VA
-8.6
$804.56
$735.70
Texarkana, TX
-9.2
$661.90
$600.90
Punta Gorda, FL
-9.4
$621.05
$562.85
Sherman-Denison, TX
-9.5
$794.79
$719.66
Ithaca, NY
-9.6
$787.53
$712.32
Mansfield, OH
-10.0
$779.63
$701.62
Longview, WA
-10.3
$840.87
$754.21
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
-11.1
$659.32
$585.82
Hammond, LA
-11.2
$583.79
$518.50
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-11.6
$779.42
$689.23
Flint, MI
-12.4
$925.08
$810.73
Homosassa Springs, FL
-13.1
$737.92
$640.97
Bay City, MI
-13.9
$777.81
$669.31
Farmington, NM
-23.3
$838.74
$643.62
The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in average weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls occurred in Farmington, New Mexico (−23.3 percent), from $838.74 in July 2015 to $643.62 in July 2016. Other areas with decreases in average weekly earnings of greater than 12 percent were Bay City, Michigan (−13.9 percent); Homosassa Springs, Florida (−13.1 percent); and Flint, Michigan (−12.4 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — July 2016” (HTML ) (PDF ).
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