Recently released data show that manufacturing job creation in 2014 across counties in the US varied from a high of 4,200 manufacturing jobs in Wayne County, MI (Detroit) to a loss of 4,800 jobs in Los Angeles County, CA. Out of more than 2700 counties with...
Recently released data show that wages grew 3.1% in 2014 in the US, the fastest growth in the past seven years – since 2007 at the peak of the pre-recession boom (4.5%). Across mid-sized metros in the US, wage growth varied from a high of 4.6%...
Recently released data show that wages grew 3.1% in 2014 in the US, the fastest growth in the past seven years – since 2007 at the peak of the pre-recession boom (4.5%). Across small metros in the US, wage growth varied from a high of 9.8%...
Recently released data show that wages grew 3.1% in 2014 in the US, the fastest growth in the past seven years – since 2007 at the peak of the pre-recession boom (4.5%). Across large metros in the US, wage growth varied from a high of 6.8%...
Recently released data show that job growth across large counties in the US varied from a high of 5.7% in Kings County, NY (Brooklyn) to a low of -1.2% in Fairfax County, VA (DC). Large counties (1 million or more population) with the fastest employment growth...
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More education means better employment opportunities, but the positive benefits range dramatically across US metros. The lowest unemployment rates for bachelors-educated workers are in Oklahoma City (1.9%), Louisville (2.0%) and Kansas City (2.5%). The highest unemployment rates are found in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Riverside. ...
In 85% of large US metros, the unemployment rate of women exceeds the unemployment rate of men. But, data from the US Census shows that 8 of 52 large metros had a lower unemployment rate for women than men in 2013. This unemployment disparity was...
Among large metros with 1 million or more population, Boston, San Jose, DC, and San Francisco have more than 50% of millennials (25-34 year of age) with a Bachelor’s degree or higher. Boston had the highest percentage, with 55% of millennials having finished a 4-year...
Final revised numbers for 2014 (Jan. ’14 – Jan. ’15) show that 212 (66%) of 322 metros grew their manufacturing employment base. The fastest growing manufacturing metros stretch across multiple states – California, Illinois, Michigan, Alabama, Texas, Kentucky, and New Jersey. On a net job creation...
