Sentences with phrase «slightly higher average»

A person in this industry can thrive in one of the more populated cities in the state while enjoying a slightly higher average salary than expected when compared across the national average, but the cost of living will more than outweigh the financial benefits.

Las Vegas has a slightly higher average monthly rent at $ 970, which is still lower than the average rent in many major cities in other states.

This record (Holgate 2007) shows that the average decadal rate of SL change has oscillated from -1 mm / year to +5 mm / year over the 20th C, with the first half of the 20th C showing a slightly higher average rate of +2.0 mm / year than the second half at +1.4 mm / year (IOW no observed acceleration in the rate of SL rise).

The two scientists reckoned that even slightly higher average temperatures would mean more energy and therefore higher wind speeds at sea as well.

The only exception is in 2030, where countries acutely vulnerable to climate change will have slightly higher average emissions than those in the severe category (2030: severe = 48.83 mtCO2e, acute = 103.13 mtCO2e).

Las Vegas has a slightly higher average monthly rent at $ 970, which is still lower than the average rent in many major cities in other states.

Overall, men had a slightly higher average FIDE rating than women.

Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly in general elections, typically recording around one per cent of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average in the seats they contest); in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent of the vote (1.81 per cent in the seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.

Ozil also has a slightly higher average of successful take - ons per game (1.3 to 1), as well as a higher rate of passes per game (56 to 50).

Though buyouts have a slightly higher average annual distribution than venture capital, more buyout capital is invested in each year such that the absolute buyout distributions have not surpassed called capital in the time frames measured above.

Not exact matches

In James» 15th season, at age 33, he has scored slightly better than his career average, averaged a new high in assists per game, and posted the third - best True Shooting Percentage of his career.

Optimism is high (71 percent) and the average paycheck is up (0.2 percent), so they're paying existing employees a bit more, though hiring is slightly down (0.2 percent).

The globally weighted average - high Bitcoin prices were slightly lower, sitting at $ 7,998.

And sign - on bonuses were up slightly, with the average signing bonus $ 157 higher than the previous year.

The valuation on the S&P 500 is still reasonable enough — a P / E of 16.6, based on trailing earnings, which is only slightly higher than average.

The Dow Jones industrial average continued slightly higher and renewed investor optimism that the blue - chips index could go above and beyond the 20,000 threshold.

According to the December jobs report, average hourly earnings grew by 2.9 %, a new post-crisis high and slightly beating the Bloomberg economists» consensus expectation of 2.8 %.

This growth, while far slower than last year's 5.2 percent gain, is slightly higher than the 10 - year average holiday sales gain of 2.6 percent, the group said.

That was slightly higher than the average forecast by analysts of 2.83 billion euros.

You might be surprised to see that the average price of the top 25 neighbourhoods is slightly higher than the city average itself.

[3] The United States, with a combined top marginal tax rate of 38.9 percent (consisting of the federal tax rate of 35 percent plus the average tax rate among the states), has the third highest corporate income tax rate in the world, slightly behind Puerto Rico.

On average, it is only slightly higher since the passage of Dodd - Frank in 2010, falling by about 4 % per year since 2009.

Preferred personal auto's underlying loss ratio improved 3.6 percentage points to 70.1 percent, driven by improved frequency and higher average earned premium slightly offset by higher severity.

Although slightly below the average, this is much higher than returns in the last two election cycles when a new president had to be selected: In 2008, the market plunged nearly 40 percent; in 2000, it ended down 9 percent.

Even though the cost of living is slightly higher in Massachusetts, the state has a higher median income and a higher average savings APY of 1.16 %, so savings will grow at a higher rate in Massachusetts, making the $ 1 million last longer.

Located in northern Maryland, Harford County has property tax rates slightly higher than the state average but below the national average.

That rate is slightly higher than the state and national averages.

«While the average forward returns following the «triple play» of 52 - week highs are indeed higher than the average forward returns for all periods, they're only slightly higher,» said the report from Bespoke Investment Group.

The typical credit score of a homebuyer is 728 - slightly higher than the national average.

The average annual rate of growth — 0.8 % — is only slightly higher than the rate projected for the U.S.

This year, in contrast, grades of the top - ranked Kellogg / UST program enjoyed the highest pay — on average, slightly more than $ 392,000, or roughly four times the average at the bottom of the scale.

Average credit lines for new accounts were equal to 2007 levels for all consumer segments except for those with the very highest credit scores, which decreased slightly.

This could be due to slightly more affordable mortgages, as well as other draws for millennials such as a strong labor market — unemployment is below the national average at 3.7 percent — and relatively high incomes for people in that age group, according to a Zillow analysis.

Although the unemployment rate is slightly higher in Detroit than the national average, the city has seen a recent boom in tech jobs, with the tech market growing 40 percent between 2011 and 2016, according to a CBRE study.

That means they expect rates to be slightly higher in 2017, on average, than in 2016.

That was slightly higher than the national average for the same 12 - month period.

The average effective property tax in the county is 1.02 %, slightly higher than the statewide average but lower than the national average.

The 3rd largest county by area in the contiguous United States, Nye County has property tax rates slightly higher than the state average.

This is slightly higher than investing when stocks are richly priced and with no concern for the level of interest rates, but it is still significantly less than the long - term average seven year - return.

That's the second - lowest average property tax payment in the U.S.. However, since West Virginia's average home values are also relatively low, the state's property tax rates rank slightly higher.

Each year, Americans work roughly 1,790 hours, which is just slightly higher than the OECD average.

Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 41 points higher and the S&P 500 was off slightly.

Growth in non-farm GDP per hour worked — a broad measure of labour productivity — has averaged 1.8 per cent per annum since the start of the recovery, a higher rate than in the corresponding phase of the previous cycle, but slightly lower than in the 1970s cycle.

This spread is slightly higher than it was at the time of the previous Statement, though still below its average since the mid 1990s (Graph 65).

The revised data including the financial intermediation service charge suggest a slightly higher debt - servicing ratio over recent years than that indicated by the RBA's earlier estimates, with the revised ratio averaging 1/4 — 1/2 of a percentage point higher over recent quarters.

Current P / Es, though higher than the recent past, are only slightly higher than their mid-teens long - term average.

The Toronto - based miner reported headline earnings of $ 170 - million, or $ 0.15 a share, slightly higher year - on - year and beating average Wall Street analyst forecasts calling for profit of $ 0.14 a share.

Kona is slightly acidic and can have a stimulating effect on humans because of its higher than average caffeine content.

The crop looks outstanding so far, said Mumm Napa's winemaker, and yields were slightly higher than average.

Xhaka's is too high, seven is a high score, 5 is average by his standards and six is slightly above, 6 is not doing anything wrong but not really doing anything of note by the same token.