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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES First Quarter 2013 [26 September 2013]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

 

From March 2012 to March 2013, employment increased in 282 of the 334 largest U.S. counties, the

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Fort Bend, Texas, posted the largest increase, with a

gain of 7.0 percent over the year, compared with national job growth of 1.6 percent. Within Fort Bend,

the largest employment increase occurred in leisure and hospitality, which gained 2,204 jobs over the

year (12.5 percent). Sangamon, Ill., had the largest over-the-year decrease in employment among the

largest counties in the U.S. with a loss of 2.4 percent. County employment and wage data are compiled

under the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, which produces detailed

information on county employment and wages within 6 months after the end of each quarter.

 

The U.S. average weekly wage increased over the year by 0.6 percent to $989 in the first quarter of

2013. San Mateo, Calif., had the largest over-the-year increase in average weekly wages with a gain of

14.8 percent. Within San Mateo, an average weekly wage gain of $2,996 or 104.1 percent in information

had the largest contribution to the increase in average weekly wages. Williamson, Texas, experienced the

largest decrease in average weekly wages with a loss of 13.4 percent over the year.

 

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

 

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