The professional and business services sector, up 2.7 percent, was the leading contributor to
average growth nationally.
Not exact matches
Fueled by a surge of renters across all age ranges, rental prices
nationally have grown at roughly twice the pace of
average hourly wage
growth, which was a paltry 2.1 percent over the past year.
The region boasts 18 Fortune 500 companies and has
averaged 1.1 % employment
growth annually, compared with 0.2 % annualized
growth nationally, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That said, B.C.'s strong economic
growth over the past three years, combined with a) the announced small business tax relief, b) the new training and youth employment programs (also announced today), and c) a lower - than -
average percentage of our working population who actually make minimum wage (about 5 %, compared to 7.1 %
nationally), leaves us in a position to cautiously view the announced increases as «reasonable.»
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced the
growth of agricultural sales in New York outpaced the national
average, with cash receipts up 36 percent across the state and only 32 percent
nationally.
Job
growth in the upstate region has dipped far below the national
average, with a rate of 2.7 percent in
growth from December 2010 to December 2016, compared to 11 percent
nationally during that time.
The overall result: since the recession hit at the end of 2007, revenue
growth nationally has
averaged only about 1.5 percent above inflation annually — far from enough to make up for declining state support and rising student enrollment.
Nationally, with similar
average total income
growth of 2.3 per cent,
average federal and provincial income taxes grew more slowly, by 4.7 per cent.
Dental assisting is one of the fastest growing occupations in the U.S., and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of dental assistant positions is set to grow 25 percent
nationally between 2012 and 2022, much higher than the overall
average for job
growth.
According to the same set of data, the
growth for this position from 2014 - 2024 is anticipated to be 23 %, which is «much faster than
average» when compared to all other occupations
nationally.