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Employment up in 349 of the 355 largest U.S. counties from March 2021 to March 2022
August 29, 2022
Employment increased in 349 of the 355 largest U.S. counties from March 2021 to March 2022. Clark County, Nevada, had the largest over-the-year percentage increase, at 12.5 percent, followed by Orange County, Florida (+12.0 percent), and San Francisco County, California (+10.1 percent). In March 2022, national employment rose to 147.6 million, a 5.0-percent increase from March 2021.
Percent change in employment and average weekly wages in 355 largest U.S. counties, March 2021 to March 2022
County
Percent change in employment
Employment, March 2022
Percent change in average weekly wages
Average weekly wages, March 2022
United States
5.0%
147,648,400
6.7%
$1,374
Baldwin, AL
4.2
78,000
9.1
841
Jefferson, AL
1.9
349,100
8.2
1,300
Madison, AL
2.7
212,800
5.9
1,327
Mobile, AL
-
172,300
6.5
1,018
Montgomery, AL
0.2
125,700
6.7
1,014
Shelby, AL
2.0
84,200
7.3
1,242
Tuscaloosa, AL
1.7
91,900
9.4
1,039
Anchorage, AK
2.4
139,500
5.0
1,251
Maricopa, AZ
4.6
2,158,100
7.3
1,308
Pima, AZ
3.7
378,700
5.2
1,061
Benton, AR
5.0
131,000
16.4
1,913
Pulaski, AR
3.8
248,700
7.1
1,134
Washington, AR
4.5
114,600
11.3
1,016
Alameda, CA
6.9
787,300
3.7
1,828
Butte, CA
4.9
79,200
2.7
944
Contra Costa, CA
5.6
366,200
0.6
1,629
Fresno, CA
7.2
402,900
5.0
982
Kern, CA
7.1
322,900
3.1
1,029
Los Angeles, CA
7.2
4,455,000
3.4
1,487
Marin, CA
5.2
107,700
3.0
1,777
Merced, CA
7.6
80,500
2.2
920
Monterey, CA
8.7
180,100
1.6
1,047
Orange, CA
7.2
1,614,300
3.8
1,510
Placer, CA
7.0
181,900
3.8
1,302
Riverside, CA
8.7
810,500
4.3
1,034
Sacramento, CA
5.8
693,900
5.9
1,409
San Bernardino, CA
6.5
829,900
5.3
1,053
San Diego, CA
7.9
1,495,900
3.4
1,484
San Francisco, CA
10.1
732,400
-9.1
3,393
San Joaquin, CA
7.7
277,100
3.3
1,032
San Luis Obispo, CA
5.5
118,600
3.4
1,062
San Mateo, CA
7.0
417,900
-9.0
3,300
Santa Barbara, CA
7.1
214,600
3.9
1,195
Santa Clara, CA
6.1
1,103,500
-3.8
3,334
Santa Cruz, CA
7.1
100,200
2.1
1,185
Solano, CA
6.1
138,300
2.0
1,249
Sonoma, CA
6.8
205,400
-0.8
1,285
Stanislaus, CA
5.9
194,500
4.2
1,089
Tulare, CA
7.4
165,600
5.4
899
Ventura, CA
5.8
328,200
2.3
1,292
Yolo, CA
5.2
107,400
5.5
1,294
Adams, CO
-
233,500
9.0
1,246
Arapahoe, CO
2.7
331,200
8.5
1,674
Boulder, CO
5.5
190,700
10.2
1,718
Denver, CO
8.5
542,700
6.7
1,887
Douglas, CO
4.2
136,000
11.7
1,607
El Paso, CO
4.9
293,100
6.3
1,153
Jefferson, CO
3.2
237,600
9.1
1,398
Larimer, CO
5.5
167,600
7.0
1,225
Weld, CO
3.9
109,100
11.9
1,212
Fairfield, CT
4.2
399,600
10.5
2,451
Hartford, CT
2.6
491,300
8.7
1,652
New Haven, CT
4.4
364,100
6.2
1,279
New London, CT
5.3
113,000
8.0
1,424
New Castle, DE
3.5
289,600
7.5
1,557
Sussex, DE
5.8
82,900
10.9
948
Washington, DC
5.8
749,000
2.6
2,221
Alachua, FL
1.8
134,700
7.2
1,052
Bay, FL
1.7
76,700
7.4
926
Brevard, FL
2.6
228,600
7.8
1,127
Broward, FL
4.6
824,200
11.4
1,287
Collier, FL
5.6
161,000
10.0
1,171
Duval, FL
3.8
541,500
9.2
1,300
Escambia, FL
2.4
140,600
9.2
1,035
Hillsborough, FL
5.3
737,100
8.4
1,322
Lake, FL
3.8
108,200
12.0
886
Lee, FL
5.2
288,700
12.2
1,056
Leon, FL
3.3
153,700
6.7
1,003
Manatee, FL
3.5
133,500
12.6
1,009
Marion, FL
3.8
111,500
7.6
848
Miami-Dade, FL
6.3
1,173,100
13.6
1,402
Okaloosa, FL
1.9
88,900
9.0
1,062
Orange, FL
12.0
876,900
6.8
1,181
Osceola, FL
9.7
104,800
12.0
875
Palm Beach, FL
4.9
631,500
11.7
1,412
Pasco, FL
3.2
132,000
11.1
908
Pinellas, FL
3.8
446,300
9.7
1,130
Polk, FL
3.6
252,000
9.6
969
St. Johns, FL
5.7
88,200
10.1
1,081
St. Lucie, FL
2.9
85,000
7.1
902
Sarasota, FL
5.5
179,600
10.3
1,105
Seminole, FL
3.3
205,200
3.0
1,131
Volusia, FL
3.0
180,700
10.8
952
Bibb, GA
0.5
79,500
2.2
970
Chatham, GA
4.2
163,800
9.4
1,046
Clayton, GA
8.4
118,800
3.2
1,187
Cobb, GA
3.5
371,700
6.6
1,433
DeKalb, GA
4.2
300,400
10.2
1,388
Forsyth, GA
3.8
79,300
7.9
1,119
Fulton, GA
5.8
909,900
8.3
2,068
Gwinnett, GA
4.6
367,800
7.5
1,207
Hall, GA
1.5
92,100
10.4
1,084
Muscogee, GA
-0.4
90,900
3.1
1,055
Richmond, GA
1.1
102,700
5.3
1,002
Honolulu, HI
6.5
433,700
3.6
1,186
Ada, ID
4.1
268,500
6.9
1,142
Canyon, ID
5.8
83,000
9.7
828
Champaign, IL
3.5
92,700
2.0
1,082
Cook, IL
4.6
2,475,000
5.8
1,725
DuPage, IL
3.2
597,100
8.7
1,529
Kane, IL
-
206,200
6.0
1,091
Lake, IL
2.8
318,600
8.8
2,072
McHenry, IL
2.9
93,400
4.6
959
McLean, IL
6.0
83,000
2.7
1,351
Madison, IL
2.9
100,800
8.3
1,004
Peoria, IL
3.1
101,100
25.8
1,616
St. Clair, IL
1.4
86,700
12.0
1,005
Sangamon, IL
1.8
125,700
4.4
1,189
Will, IL
4.7
249,700
-0.1
1,031
Winnebago, IL
5.0
121,800
9.8
1,056
Allen, IN
3.8
191,500
13.4
1,107
Elkhart, IN
5.4
142,300
16.6
1,312
Hamilton, IN
6.5
152,500
8.1
1,298
Hendricks, IN
5.5
80,100
14.5
934
Lake, IN
3.9
182,500
9.3
1,069
Marion, IN
3.9
598,600
8.1
1,435
St. Joseph, IN
1.6
116,200
10.2
1,041
Tippecanoe, IN
5.4
88,900
8.8
1,030
Vanderburgh, IN
2.4
105,900
6.7
999
Johnson, IA
3.1
81,500
5.4
1,138
Linn, IA
2.6
125,500
9.5
1,219
Polk, IA
4.6
299,600
5.0
1,329
Scott, IA
3.8
87,200
8.1
1,012
Johnson, KS
2.9
351,000
10.1
1,370
Sedgwick, KS
4.0
250,900
8.9
1,056
Shawnee, KS
1.3
95,900
8.1
1,043
Wyandotte, KS
4.4
88,200
6.1
1,136
Boone, KY
5.1
104,600
7.9
1,002
Fayette, KY
5.4
194,100
9.5
1,116
Jefferson, KY
2.8
465,800
6.4
1,293
Caddo, LA
1.1
105,400
9.1
981
Calcasieu, LA
2.7
85,300
6.8
1,113
East Baton Rouge, LA
3.5
260,500
8.0
1,139
Jefferson, LA
-0.8
178,300
8.7
1,100
Lafayette, LA
3.3
129,000
6.8
969
Orleans, LA
6.4
179,500
4.3
1,237
St. Tammany, LA
1.5
89,800
7.4
1,041
Cumberland, ME
1.8
179,200
7.4
1,293
Anne Arundel, MD
2.5
266,100
3.9
1,381
Baltimore, MD
3.0
362,700
1.0
1,271
Frederick, MD
4.2
101,700
7.0
1,181
Harford, MD
3.3
91,800
3.4
1,158
Howard, MD
2.9
163,600
1.8
1,565
Montgomery, MD
2.7
450,600
-5.9
1,834
Prince George's, MD
4.0
304,900
3.4
1,263
Baltimore City, MD
3.5
336,700
5.9
1,482
Barnstable, MA
5.0
84,700
8.7
1,129
Bristol, MA
4.9
221,700
9.3
1,171
Essex, MA
4.6
312,300
2.5
1,382
Hampden, MA
4.2
204,100
7.3
1,091
Middlesex, MA
4.1
908,500
3.0
2,152
Norfolk, MA
4.3
334,700
4.8
1,540
Plymouth, MA
4.4
186,000
7.4
1,212
Suffolk, MA
6.2
686,300
7.7
2,753
Worcester, MA
5.7
346,900
5.1
1,294
Genesee, MI
2.4
126,700
3.7
973
Ingham, MI
3.1
145,700
8.6
1,236
Kalamazoo, MI
3.0
118,200
6.8
1,196
Kent, MI
5.8
400,500
7.1
1,130
Macomb, MI
4.9
325,900
6.8
1,268
Oakland, MI
3.2
705,900
4.5
1,391
Ottawa, MI
3.2
126,500
4.6
1,018
Saginaw, MI
3.6
78,400
8.4
1,028
Washtenaw, MI
4.7
211,300
2.0
1,300
Wayne, MI
4.1
707,300
7.5
1,390
Anoka, MN
2.3
124,400
5.1
1,124
Dakota, MN
2.1
180,000
8.8
1,318
Hennepin, MN
2.7
884,200
6.9
1,788
Olmsted, MN
1.3
98,200
2.6
1,346
Ramsey, MN
1.6
312,400
5.6
1,456
St. Louis, MN
1.7
91,000
7.5
1,040
Stearns, MN
1.4
81,900
8.9
1,130
Washington, MN
2.3
87,900
3.6
1,063
Harrison, MS
3.5
85,600
9.2
865
Hinds, MS
0.5
112,200
7.6
1,023
Boone, MO
2.6
96,000
1.9
1,019
Clay, MO
1.4
105,400
10.1
1,072
Greene, MO
3.2
172,200
7.2
978
Jackson, MO
1.6
362,200
2.7
1,244
St. Charles, MO
1.7
154,600
7.9
1,099
St. Louis, MO
1.8
580,200
7.5
1,400
St. Louis City, MO
2.9
219,200
5.6
1,455
Yellowstone, MT
2.7
83,500
6.0
1,045
Douglas, NE
0.7
329,500
10.7
1,263
Lancaster, NE
1.4
167,700
6.5
1,011
Clark, NV
12.5
1,024,200
7.4
1,127
Washoe, NV
4.9
228,100
7.9
1,181
Hillsborough, NH
2.6
199,700
8.5
1,424
Rockingham, NH
3.9
147,300
7.7
1,330
Atlantic, NJ
8.8
120,100
7.5
1,075
Bergen, NJ
6.2
425,400
4.7
1,500
Burlington, NJ
4.9
202,600
5.8
1,334
Camden, NJ
6.2
200,800
3.5
1,211
Essex, NJ
7.0
330,900
2.3
1,657
Gloucester, NJ
8.5
120,600
4.6
998
Hudson, NJ
8.5
269,300
6.0
2,041
Mercer, NJ
5.5
260,900
4.8
1,881
Middlesex, NJ
6.2
429,900
5.1
1,527
Monmouth, NJ
6.4
258,900
5.1
1,287
Morris, NJ
5.7
291,500
0.9
2,146
Ocean, NJ
6.0
170,000
5.0
996
Passaic, NJ
8.8
164,700
-
1,165
Somerset, NJ
4.9
187,900
1.1
2,301
Union, NJ
5.4
225,700
2.6
1,644
Bernalillo, NM
5.3
332,000
6.6
1,080
Albany, NY
2.2
221,300
8.7
1,429
Bronx, NY
3.1
313,800
4.3
1,186
Broome, NY
1.9
79,000
9.1
1,052
Dutchess, NY
3.1
106,900
9.3
1,248
Erie, NY
4.2
445,900
7.6
1,173
Kings, NY
7.2
810,000
3.7
1,055
Monroe, NY
3.2
367,700
5.8
1,165
Nassau, NY
5.0
609,300
4.4
1,403
New York, NY
8.8
2,315,800
2.5
4,064
Oneida, NY
1.0
97,900
10.4
1,028
Onondaga, NY
2.8
233,300
10.3
1,211
Orange, NY
6.0
146,400
7.3
1,094
Queens, NY
6.4
683,500
4.7
1,199
Richmond, NY
6.1
130,700
4.4
1,131
Rockland, NY
5.5
126,100
5.4
1,213
Saratoga, NY
4.5
85,700
7.0
1,235
Suffolk, NY
3.6
635,200
5.2
1,335
Westchester, NY
4.4
406,400
7.0
1,843
Buncombe, NC
6.3
134,200
8.3
970
Cabarrus, NC
4.4
81,400
9.7
960
Catawba, NC
4.1
88,600
10.8
1,005
Cumberland, NC
2.4
120,900
7.4
931
Durham, NC
3.8
226,600
5.3
1,713
Forsyth, NC
2.8
189,400
10.2
1,246
Guilford, NC
2.3
282,200
9.8
1,129
Iredell, NC
4.0
80,200
6.9
1,179
Mecklenburg, NC
5.9
742,100
5.0
1,738
New Hanover, NC
4.5
121,900
2.6
1,068
Pitt, NC
3.0
78,000
6.3
991
Wake, NC
6.1
602,200
7.0
1,418
Cass, ND
2.5
120,200
6.2
1,146
Butler, OH
2.5
152,400
8.2
1,139
Cuyahoga, OH
2.8
693,000
8.1
1,368
Delaware, OH
4.4
89,600
4.9
1,378
Franklin, OH
3.7
751,300
6.1
1,330
Greene, OH
1.0
75,300
4.2
1,207
Hamilton, OH
3.0
502,100
6.9
1,465
Lake, OH
2.2
91,000
5.4
997
Lorain, OH
2.9
94,000
6.1
944
Lucas, OH
1.1
194,200
8.6
1,133
Mahoning, OH
2.5
92,300
7.9
884
Montgomery, OH
2.1
244,400
6.4
1,074
Stark, OH
0.8
151,900
5.6
941
Summit, OH
0.9
250,600
9.4
1,178
Warren, OH
2.6
95,800
4.9
1,217
Cleveland, OK
2.1
87,100
6.7
882
Oklahoma, OK
4.2
464,100
8.4
1,162
Tulsa, OK
2.3
352,600
5.7
1,108
Clackamas, OR
4.9
169,200
8.0
1,246
Deschutes, OR
3.1
86,600
9.8
1,121
Jackson, OR
0.8
88,100
8.3
1,022
Lane, OR
3.3
153,300
6.9
1,017
Marion, OR
4.0
160,100
8.1
1,089
Multnomah, OR
4.8
496,900
6.1
1,435
Washington, OR
4.2
299,500
6.2
1,690
Allegheny, PA
2.6
650,400
5.2
1,436
Berks, PA
2.8
166,800
6.7
1,117
Bucks, PA
4.4
260,600
8.2
1,192
Butler, PA
2.2
83,700
6.5
1,132
Chester, PA
3.4
243,800
4.1
1,717
Cumberland, PA
2.5
134,000
5.5
1,123
Dauphin, PA
2.9
178,600
5.7
1,249
Delaware, PA
3.9
216,200
7.3
1,414
Erie, PA
2.9
115,300
5.7
916
Lackawanna, PA
4.1
94,000
4.4
928
Lancaster, PA
4.0
243,600
7.7
1,049
Lehigh, PA
4.2
194,000
7.7
1,213
Luzerne, PA
5.3
140,900
3.8
966
Montgomery, PA
3.2
496,900
5.5
1,777
Northampton, PA
4.1
117,600
6.6
1,067
Philadelphia, PA
6.5
676,100
7.0
1,507
Washington, PA
3.8
83,400
1.7
1,495
Westmoreland, PA
2.9
127,400
7.1
992
York, PA
4.1
178,000
8.1
1,083
Providence, RI
3.9
278,000
6.4
1,287
Charleston, SC
5.1
258,100
10.4
1,192
Greenville, SC
3.1
281,700
7.4
1,082
Horry, SC
6.6
131,800
9.7
789
Lexington, SC
3.5
125,400
5.7
929
Richland, SC
1.9
218,500
6.3
1,090
Spartanburg, SC
1.6
148,500
8.3
1,004
York, SC
2.3
101,300
10.4
1,118
Minnehaha, SD
3.8
129,400
9.9
1,143
Davidson, TN
7.8
520,900
8.4
1,496
Hamilton, TN
3.2
206,100
9.0
1,164
Knox, TN
2.9
242,200
4.6
1,100
Rutherford, TN
4.2
138,500
6.8
1,032
Shelby, TN
2.6
488,500
6.6
1,259
Williamson, TN
6.3
145,300
9.7
1,727
Bell, TX
3.1
124,100
5.8
1,015
Bexar, TX
5.3
885,300
6.7
1,192
Brazoria, TX
5.7
116,700
11.8
1,282
Brazos, TX
6.7
116,800
6.2
942
Cameron, TX
3.8
148,900
7.6
736
Collin, TX
7.5
492,500
6.8
1,636
Dallas, TX
6.1
1,767,500
8.5
1,690
Denton, TX
5.7
287,600
6.9
1,148
El Paso, TX
3.3
311,400
6.5
864
Fort Bend, TX
8.1
225,800
7.5
1,097
Galveston, TX
5.0
118,100
4.8
1,061
Harris, TX
5.0
2,305,200
10.3
1,681
Hays, TX
-
82,800
10.7
912
Hidalgo, TX
5.4
277,300
6.5
737
Jefferson, TX
3.2
114,900
7.7
1,224
Lubbock, TX
3.9
145,600
7.4
930
McLennan, TX
3.7
119,200
7.4
990
Midland, TX
8.1
103,100
5.7
1,719
Montgomery, TX
6.1
207,300
10.3
1,383
Nueces, TX
2.0
154,800
6.4
1,018
Potter, TX
1.4
76,600
8.9
1,013
Smith, TX
3.6
106,800
9.1
1,003
Tarrant, TX
4.9
950,800
8.3
1,286
Travis, TX
9.3
853,600
7.2
1,707
Webb, TX
4.5
101,400
7.6
795
Williamson, TX
7.0
202,400
3.4
1,571
Davis, UT
2.7
135,800
7.7
1,003
Salt Lake, UT
4.4
755,600
9.6
1,348
Utah, UT
5.8
283,400
3.4
1,106
Washington, UT
5.4
79,200
9.5
807
Weber, UT
3.0
115,500
8.6
975
Chittenden, VT
5.1
100,100
7.6
1,279
Arlington, VA
1.1
171,900
4.9
2,207
Chesterfield, VA
3.8
137,500
8.6
1,070
Fairfax, VA
1.8
608,100
4.5
2,055
Henrico, VA
1.2
185,300
8.0
1,317
Loudoun, VA
4.0
174,200
5.3
1,493
Prince William, VA
3.3
131,200
5.3
1,069
Alexandria City, VA
3.1
84,100
3.7
1,637
Chesapeake City, VA
1.0
102,400
5.8
999
Newport News City, VA
0.3
101,200
10.0
1,184
Norfolk City, VA
2.4
136,600
6.9
1,262
Richmond City, VA
2.6
151,000
9.5
1,596
Virginia Beach City, VA
1.4
169,500
7.8
983
Benton, WA
5.1
91,600
1.1
1,184
Clark, WA
7.4
173,500
4.3
1,266
King, WA
7.1
1,433,700
2.0
2,195
Kitsap, WA
4.5
91,000
3.8
1,161
Pierce, WA
5.1
321,700
6.6
1,185
Snohomish, WA
3.8
282,400
7.5
1,410
Spokane, WA
5.4
234,600
4.6
1,108
Thurston, WA
6.3
122,700
4.8
1,211
Whatcom, WA
6.8
91,000
6.7
1,102
Yakima, WA
4.2
112,100
5.2
863
Kanawha, WV
0.6
91,600
5.5
1,041
Brown, WI
2.2
153,000
8.2
1,126
Dane, WI
2.5
337,500
6.8
1,346
Milwaukee, WI
2.4
461,400
10.4
1,292
Outagamie, WI
1.9
104,000
9.2
1,099
Waukesha, WI
2.0
237,300
7.0
1,306
Winnebago, WI
1.0
90,900
5.6
1,130
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Average weekly wages increased in 348 of the 355 largest U.S. counties from March 2021 to March 2022, with the largest percentage increases occurring in Peoria County, Illinois (+25.8 percent), Elkhart County, Indiana (+16.6 percent), and Benton County, Arkansas (+16.4 percent). In the first quarter of 2022, average weekly wages for the nation increased to $1,374, a 6.7-percent increase over the year.
All of the 10 largest U.S. counties had over-the-year percentage increases in both employment and average weekly wages in March 2022. New York County, New York, had the largest percentage gain in employment, at 8.8 percent, while Miami-Dade County, Florida, had the largest percentage gain in average weekly wages, at 13.6 percent.
Percent change in employment and average weekly wages in 10 largest U.S. counties, March 2021 to March 2022
County
Percent change in employment
Employment, March 2022
Percent change in average weekly wages
Average weekly wages, March 2022
United States
5.0%
147,648,400
6.7%
$1,374
Maricopa, AZ
4.6
2,158,100
7.3
1,308
Los Angeles, CA
7.2
4,455,000
3.4
1,487
Orange, CA
7.2
1,614,300
3.8
1,510
San Diego, CA
7.9
1,495,900
3.4
1,484
Miami-Dade, FL
6.3
1,173,100
13.6
1,402
Cook, IL
4.6
2,475,000
5.8
1,725
New York, NY
8.8
2,315,800
2.5
4,064
Dallas, TX
6.1
1,767,500
8.5
1,690
Harris, TX
5.0
2,305,200
10.3
1,681
King, WA
7.1
1,433,700
2.0
2,195
In March 2022, 9 of the 10 largest U.S. counties had average weekly wages above the national level of $1,374, with Maricopa County, Arizona ($1,308) being the exception. Cook County, Illinois had an over-the-year increase below the national rate in both employment (+4.6 percent) and average weekly wages (+5.8 percent).
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