Not exact matches
Those measures were the unemployment rate,
average weekly wage, job
growth rate, GDP per capita, and GDP
growth rate.
While Las Vegas» 2016 GDP
growth rate of 3.9 % was the seventh - highest among the 40 largest metro areas, the region's Q3 2017
average weekly wage of $ 898 was the fifth - lowest.
While Riverside's Q3 2017
average weekly wage of $ 848 was the lowest among the 40 largest metro areas, its non-farm payroll job
growth rate of 3.9 % between February 2017 and February 2018 was the highest.
San Jose held the top position among the 40 largest metro areas in three of our five metrics: Its Q3 2017
average weekly wage of $ 2,297, 2016 GDP
growth rate of 5.9 %, and 2016 GDP per capita of $ 126,820 were all best among the nation's big cities.
Atlanta's Q3 2017
average weekly wage of $ 1,067 was right in line with the
average among the 40 largest metro areas of $ 1,095, and the region's 2016 GDP
growth rate of 3.7 % was the eighth - highest.
Those measures included unemployment rate,
average weekly wage, job
growth rate, GDP per capita, and GDP
growth rate.
Houston was one of just two of the 40 largest metro areas to experience a decrease in economic activity in 2016, with a GDP
growth rate of -3.0 %, but its Q3 2017
average weekly wage of $ 1,187 was the seventh - best.
San Francisco's Q3 2017
average weekly wage of $ 1,654, its February 2018 unemployment rate of 2.9 %, its 2016 GDP
growth rate of 5.4 %, and its 2016 GDP per capita of $ 100,132 were all the second - best among the 40 largest metro areas.
Despite that high GDP and
growth, the state's November 2015
average weekly wage of $ 756 was well below the national
average of $ 871.
The November 2015
average weekly wage of $ 1,073 was the second highest in the country, and was 5.6 % higher than the
weekly wage in November 2014, the third highest
wage growth rate.
Iowa's November 2015 unemployment rate of 3.4 % was the sixth lowest among the states and DC, and its
average weekly wage grew 4.7 % between November 2014 and November 2015, the sixth - highest
growth rate in the country.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania's
average weekly wage grew by 3.2 % over that year, higher than the 2.0 %
growth nationwide.
Average weekly wages for airport operations workers, a category that includes baggage handlers and other support staff, fell by 14 percent from 1991 to 2011 — a
growth rate that was lower even than the low -
wage retail and food service industries, according to a 2013 study.
Average weekly earnings data for May showed a sharp increase in ordinary - time earnings
growth, although the quality of this series as an indicator of
wage growth over the short term is poor.
Other official labour cost data based on
wage - bill measures, such as
average weekly ordinary time earnings and
average earnings from the national accounts, paint a similar picture, identifying firm
wage outcomes but giving little indication of an acceleration of aggregate wages
growth.
Coming to
wage growth, the
average annual
weekly earnings of employees in nominal terms (not adjusted for inflation) increased by 2.2 percent with bonuses and 2.1 percent excluding bonuses.