Ranking of US Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2019 Q3
Updated on January 20, 2025.
According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, for 2019 Q3, among all US counties, Santa Clara County, CA had the highest average weekly wage ($2.44K), followed by San Mateo County, CA ($2.36K), and San Francisco County, CA ($2.28K).
On the other hand, Elk County, KS had the lowest average weekly wage ($413), followed by Worth County, MO ($460), and Ripley County, MO ($472).
The chart below shows the top 10 US counties with high average weekly wage, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 500 US counties.
You can see links at the bottom of the page for the ranking of counties for each state.
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Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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Ranking of US Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2019 Q3
Rank | County | Average Weekly Wage($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara County, CA | 2,443 |
| 2 | San Mateo County, CA | 2,361 |
| 3 | San Francisco County, CA | 2,275 |
| 4 | New York County, NY | 2,055 |
| 5 | North Slope Borough, AK | 1,919 |
| 6 | Eureka County, NV | 1,839 |
| 7 | Goochland County, VA | 1,823 |
| 8 | Butte County, ID | 1,822 |
| 9 | King County, WA | 1,814 |
| 10 | Suffolk County, MA | 1,778 |
| 11 | Los Alamos County, NM | 1,772 |
| 12 | Arlington County, VA | 1,759 |
| 13 | Burke County, GA | 1,755 |
| 14 | Carson County, TX | 1,711 |
| 15 | Fairfax County, VA | 1,655 |
| 16 | Broomfield County, CO | 1,650 |
| 17 | Middlesex County, MA | 1,626 |
| 18 | Cameron Parish, LA | 1,590 |
| 19 | McKenzie County, ND | 1,569 |
| 20 | Loving County, TX | 1,561 |
| 21 | Boulder County, CO | 1,549 |
| 21 | Williams County, ND | 1,549 |
| 22 | Oliver County, ND | 1,532 |
| 23 | Morris County, NJ | 1,531 |
| 24 | Somerset County, NJ | 1,516 |
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Ranking of Counties By Average Weekly Wage for each US State in 2019 Q3
Use the following links to see the ranking of counties by average weekly wage in 2019 Q3 for each of the following US states.