Average annual wage and real wage growth in every MSA with at least 1,000,000 population (2015)

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Originally Posted by Craziaskowboi

Average annual wage (2015)

$113,155 - San Jose
$85,788 - San Francisco/Oakland
$73,602 - Washington DC
$73,314 - New York
$72,460 - Boston
$67,613 - Seattle
$66,608 - Houston
$64,143 - Hartford
$63,133 - Denver
$62,090 - Los Angeles

$61,801 - Chicago
$60,923 - San Diego
$60,650 - Philadelphia
$59,999 - Baltimore
$58,964 - Minneapolis/St. Paul
$58,959 - Dallas/Fort Worth
$58,388 - Sacramento
$58,043 - Atlanta
$57,012 - Portland
$57,010 - Austin

$56,876 - Charlotte
$56,753 - Detroit
$54,068 - Raleigh
$53,791 - St. Louis
$53,784 - Miami
$53,707 - Kansas City
$53,169 - Pittsburgh
$52,553 - Cincinnati
$52,492 - Milwaukee
$52,430 - Richmond

$52,235 - Nashville
$52,125 - Cleveland
$52,069 - Phoenix
$51,837 - Columbus
$51,467 - Jacksonville
$51,437 - Salt Lake City
$51,167 - Honolulu
$51,078 - New Orleans
$50,643 - Tampa
$50,325 - Birmingham

$50,283 - Providence
$50,086 - Indianapolis
$49,759 - Memphis
$48,726 - Oklahoma City
$47,956 - Virginia Beach/Norfolk
$47,867 - San Antonio
$47,801 - Louisville
$47,663 - Las Vegas
$47,432 - Orlando
$46,956 - Grand Rapids

$46,952 - Rochester
$46,243 - Riverside/San Bernardino
$45,813 - Tucson
$45,484 - Buffalo


Annual real wage growth (2009-2015)

+4.1% - San Jose
+2.6% - San Francisco/Oakland
+1.8% - Seattle
+1.6% - Charlotte
+1.5% - Boston
+1.5% - Portland
+1.4% - Houston
+1.4% - Raleigh
+1.3% - Pittsburgh
+1.2% - Austin

+1.2% - Grand Rapids
+1.2% - Hartford
+1.2% - Minneapolis/St. Paul
+1.2% - Oklahoma City
+1.2% - San Diego
+1.1% - Atlanta
+1.1% - Los Angeles
+1.1% - Providence
+1.0% - Detroit
+1.0% - Nashville

+1.0% - Phoenix
+1.0% - Sacramento
+1.0% - Salt Lake City
+0.9% - Chicago
+0.9% - Cleveland
+0.9% - Dallas/Fort Worth
+0.9% - San Antonio
+0.8% - Birmingham
+0.8% - Buffalo
+0.8% - Cincinnati

+0.8% - Columbus
+0.8% - Jacksonville
+0.8% - New York
+0.8% - Orlando
+0.7% - Baltimore
+0.7% - Denver
+0.7% - Louisville
+0.7% - Miami
+0.7% - Milwaukee
+0.7% - Philadelphia

+0.6% - Honolulu
+0.6% - Rochester
+0.6% - Tampa
+0.6% - Tucson
+0.5% - Indianapolis
+0.4% - Kansas City
+0.4% - Memphis
+0.4% - Richmond
+0.4% - Riverside/San Bernardino
+0.4% - St. Louis

+0.4% - Washington DC
+0.3% - Virginia Beach/Norfolk
-0.1% - New Orleans
-0.2% - Las Vegas


Annual real wage growth (2014-2015)

+5.5% - San Jose
+3.9% - Riverside/San Bernardino
+3.8% - Nashville
+3.8% - San Francisco/Oakland
+3.5% - Rochester
+3.3% - Los Angeles
+3.1% - Boston
+3.0% - Austin
+3.0% - Minneapolis/St. Paul
+3.0% - Portland

+3.0% - Sacramento
+2.9% - Honolulu
+2.9% - Milwaukee
+2.8% - Charlotte
+2.8% - Chicago
+2.8% - Detroit
+2.8% - Raleigh
+2.6% - Buffalo
+2.6% - Louisville
+2.6% - Richmond

+2.5% - Birmingham
+2.5% - Grand Rapids
+2.5% - Kansas City
+2.5% - Orlando
+2.5% - Salt Lake City
+2.4% - Miami
+2.4% - San Diego
+2.3% - Atlanta
+2.3% - Denver
+2.3% - Tampa

+2.3% - Washington DC
+2.2% - Baltimore
+2.2% - Providence
+2.1% - Jacksonville
+2.1% - Pittsburgh
+2.1% - St. Louis
+2.0% - Indianapolis
+1.9% - Philadelphia
+1.9% - San Antonio
+1.7% - Cincinnati

+1.7% - Dallas/Fort Worth
+1.7% - New York
+1.7% - Virginia Beach/Norfolk
+1.6% - Columbus
+1.6% - Las Vegas
+1.6% - Seattle
+1.4% - Hartford
+1.3% - Cleveland
+1.2% - New Orleans
+1.2% - Phoenix

+1.2% - Tucson
+1.0% - Memphis
+0.9% - Houston
+0.9% - Oklahoma City

(Data courtesy of the Wall Street Journal.)


Discuss.

Would have preferred to see MEDIAN wage information .

[OuttaTheLouBurbs]

Good to see that Detroit's and Pittsburgh's wage growth is up there with the big growth hubs