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Three California counties top list of highest average weekly wage in Q3, followed by New York

March 08, 2018

Santa Clara County in California’s Silicon Valley posted the highest average weekly wage among all large US counties in the third quarter at $2,320, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was followed by San Mateo County and San Francisco — all located in the San Francisco Bay Area. New York ranked fourth.

The 10 US counties with the highest average weekly wage in the third quarter:

  1. Santa Clara, Calif.: $2,320
  2. San Mateo, Calif.: $2,123
  3. San Francisco, Calif.: $1,954
  4. New York, NY: $1,889
  5. Washington, DC: $1,759
  6. Suffolk, Mass.: $1,691
  7. Arlington, Va.: $1,642
  8. King, Wash.: $1,626
  9. Fairfax, Va.: $1,540
  10. Middlesex, Mass.: $1,498