Reply #43: Over the year, 1st quarter 2011 wages up 18.9% in Peoria, Ill.; national wages up 5.2%

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Over the year, 1st quarter 2011 wages up 18.9% in Peoria, Ill.; national wages up 5.2%

From March 2010 to March 2011, employment increased in 256 of the 322
largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. Elkhart, Ind., posted the largest percentage increase, with a
gain of 6.2 percent over the year, compared with national job growth
of 1.3 percent. Within Elkhart, the largest employment increase
occurred in manufacturing, which gained 5,125 jobs over the year
(12.4 percent). Sacramento, Calif., experienced the largest over-the-
year percentage decrease in employment among the largest counties in
the U.S. with a loss of 1.6 percent.

The U.S. average weekly wage increased over the year by 5.2 percent
to $935 in the first quarter of 2011. Among the large counties in the
U.S., Peoria, Ill., had the largest over-the-year increase in average
weekly wages in the first quarter of 2011 with a gain of 18.9
percent. Within Peoria, professional and business services had the
largest impact on the county’s over-the-year increase in average
weekly wages. Williamson, Texas, experienced the largest decline in
average weekly wages with a loss of 3.8 percent over the year. County
employment and wage data are compiled under the Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.

Table A. Large counties ranked by March 2011 employment, March 2010-11 employment increase, and March 2010-11 percent increase in employment

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