Ranking of US Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2012 Q4
Updated on January 20, 2025.
According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, for 2012 Q4, among all US counties, San Mateo County, CA had the highest average weekly wage ($3.24K), followed by New York County, NY ($2.11K), and Santa Clara County, CA ($1.91K).
On the other hand, Echols County, GA had the lowest average weekly wage ($391), followed by Arthur County, NE ($391), and Keweenaw County, MI ($392).
The chart below shows the top 10 US counties with high average weekly wage, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 US counties.
You can see links at the bottom of the page for the ranking of counties for each state.
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Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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Ranking of US Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2012 Q4
Rank | County | Average Weekly Wage($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Mateo County, CA | 3,240 |
| 2 | New York County, NY | 2,107 |
| 3 | Santa Clara County, CA | 1,906 |
| 4 | North Slope Borough, AK | 1,820 |
| 5 | Suffolk County, MA | 1,724 |
| 6 | Fairfield County, CT | 1,705 |
| 7 | San Francisco County, CA | 1,691 |
| 8 | Arlington County, VA | 1,624 |
| 9 | Williams County, ND | 1,594 |
| 10 | Butte County, ID | 1,592 |
| 11 | Douglas County, CO | 1,591 |
| 12 | Fairfax County, VA | 1,589 |
| 13 | Eureka County, NV | 1,585 |
| 14 | McKenzie County, ND | 1,559 |
| 15 | Northwest Arctic Borough, AK | 1,558 |
| 16 | Surry County, VA | 1,531 |
| 17 | Los Alamos County, NM | 1,501 |
| 18 | Carson County, TX | 1,491 |
| 19 | Morris County, NJ | 1,477 |
| 20 | Alexandria city, VA | 1,461 |
| 21 | Slope County, ND | 1,441 |
| 22 | Middlesex County, MA | 1,435 |
| 23 | Somerset County, NJ | 1,431 |
| 24 | Dunn County, ND | 1,391 |
| 25 | Goochland County, VA | 1,366 |
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Ranking of Counties By Average Weekly Wage for each US State in 2012 Q4
Use the following links to see the ranking of counties by average weekly wage in 2012 Q4 for each of the following US states.