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Metro Areas by Average Annual Compensation Per Job(2022):
$189,671--San Jose
$146,469--San Francisco
$121,749--Bridgeport
$118,874--Seattle
$114,439--Washington DC
$114,196--New York
$97,852---Denver
$96,752---Austin
$96,187---San Diego
$96,052---Los Angeles
$94,477---Chicago
$92,956---Baltimore
$92,781---Hartford
$92,262---Sacramento
$92,141---Portland
$91,040---Philadelphia
$90,383---Minneapolis
$90,285---Houston
$89,870---Atlanta
$89,300---Dallas
$87,467---Charlotte
$86,234---Raleigh
$86,218---Miami
$85,141---Detroit
$83,902---Honolulu
$83,704---Salt Lake City
$83,088---Pittsburgh
$82,762---Nashville
$82,353---Phoenix
$82,158---Richmond
$81,138---Columbus
$80,997---Cleveland
$80,812---Cincinnati
$80,547---St Louis
$80,425---Kansas City
$80,355---Jacksonville
$80,192---Milwaukee
$80,142---Tampa
$79,003---Indianapolis
$78,657---Providence
$77,607---Buffalo
$77,251---Virginia Beach
$76,444---Rochester
$76,256---New Orleans
$75,206---Orlando
$74,995---Las Vegas
$74,151---San Antonio
$72,910---Riverside
$72,007---Grand Rapids
$71,426---Oklahoma City
$71,233---Tucson
$70,649---Tulsa
$70,346---Fresno
Top 25 Counties by Per Capita Personal Income, 2022:
$404,054--Teton, WY
$225,996--Summit, UT
$217,482--Pitkin, CO
$186,848--New York, NY
$175,070--San Mateo, CA
$171,177--Marin, CA
$165,640--Blaine, ID
$157,546--Bristol Bay, AK
$155,819--San Francisco, CA
$145,089--Midland, TX
$144,399--Santa Clara, CA
$141,373--Loving, TX
$138,635--San Miguel, CO
$135,571--Cavalier, ND
$131,160--Collier, FL
$125,186--Fairfield, CT
$124,029--Westchester, NY
$122,894--Glasscock, TX
$121,722--Union, SD
$120,674--Denali, AK
$119,937--Williamson, TN
$119,550--Towner, ND
$119,278--Routt, CO
$119,138--Monroe, FL
$118,594--McMullen, TX
I always screw up when I copy and paste--here it is.
Metro Areas by Average Annual Compensation Per Job(2022):
$189,671--San Jose
$146,469--San Francisco
$121,749--Bridgeport
$118,874--Seattle
$114,439--Washington DC
$114,196--New York
$113,737--Boston
$97,852---Denver
$96,752---Austin
$96,187---San Diego
$96,052---Los Angeles
$94,477---Chicago
$92,956---Baltimore
$92,781---Hartford
$92,262---Sacramento
$92,141---Portland
$91,040---Philadelphia
$90,383---Minneapolis
$90,285---Houston
$89,870---Atlanta
$89,300---Dallas
$87,467---Charlotte
$86,234---Raleigh
$86,218---Miami
$85,141---Detroit
$83,902---Honolulu
$83,704---Salt Lake City
$83,088---Pittsburgh
$82,762---Nashville
$82,353---Phoenix
$82,158---Richmond
$81,138---Columbus
$80,997---Cleveland
$80,812---Cincinnati
$80,547---St Louis
$80,425---Kansas City
$80,355---Jacksonville
$80,192---Milwaukee
$80,142---Tampa
$79,003---Indianapolis
$78,657---Providence
$77,607---Buffalo
$77,251---Virginia Beach
$76,444---Rochester
$76,256---New Orleans
$75,206---Orlando
$74,995---Las Vegas
$74,151---San Antonio
$72,910---Riverside
$72,007---Grand Rapids
$71,426---Oklahoma City
$71,233---Tucson
$70,649---Tulsa
$70,346---Fresno
I'm confused. I see BEA's release for per capita personal income by county and metro area, but not "compensation" and not per job. Where is this?
Personal income, defined by BEA, includes benefits: Income that people get from wages and salaries, Social Security and other government benefits, dividends and interest, business ownership, and other sources. These statistics can offer clues to Americans' financial health and future consumer spending.
Follow these steps:
1. Click on Related Materials
2. Click on Interactive Tables
3. Scroll to middle of list and select Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area
4. Click on Compensation of Employees by Industry
5. Click on CAINC6N-Compensation of employees by NAICS industry
6. Select "Metropolitan Statistical Area"
7. Select "All Areas" in the top drop down menu
8. Select "Average Compensation Per Job(Dollars) in bottom drop down menu
9. DO NOT SELECT ANYTHING in UNIT OF MEASURE
10. Click on Next Step
11. Select 2022
12. Click on Next Step
13. An alphabetical list will appear
14. CLICK ON 2022 and the list will rearrange itself in order from highest to lowest.
Top 25 Counties by Per Capita Personal Income, 2022:
$404,054--Teton, WY
$225,996--Summit, UT
$217,482--Pitkin, CO
$186,848--New York, NY
$175,070--San Mateo, CA
$171,177--Marin, CA
$165,640--Blaine, ID
$157,546--Bristol Bay, AK
$155,819--San Francisco, CA
$145,089--Midland, TX
$144,399--Santa Clara, CA
$141,373--Loving, TX
$138,635--San Miguel, CO
$135,571--Cavalier, ND
$131,160--Collier, FL
$125,186--Fairfield, CT
$124,029--Westchester, NY
$122,894--Glasscock, TX
$121,722--Union, SD
$120,674--Denali, AK
$119,937--Williamson, TN
$119,550--Towner, ND
$119,278--Routt, CO
$119,138--Monroe, FL
$118,594--McMullen, TX
bea.gov
some notes on this:
The Top 3 are home to Jackson Hole, Park City, and Aspen--EDIT: Park City is actually within commuting distance of Salt Lake City
San Mateo has surpassed Marin as the nation's wealthiest suburban county per per capita income
To understand the data I looked up "compensation" on BEA. This includes employer compensation to pension and insurance funds as well as employer payments to government social insurance. Drilling down, the first category includes "contributions consisting of employer payments (including payments-in-kind) to private pension and profit-sharing plans, publicly administered government employee retirement plans, private group health and life insurance plans, privately administered workers' compensation plans, and supplemental unemployment benefit plans, formerly called other labor income." I take that to include 401(k) plans, ESOPs, and stock option grants, though they don't clarify those things, and also have a glitch in the glossary system.
In any case, people shouldn't feel too bad about their own incomes relative to the list. For a typical white collar employee, actual wages are dramatically smaller.
This has to be mean compensation, not median. There is no way that half of all workers in the Seattle MSA are earning $118k or more. Even in Bellevue/Redmond/Kirkland that would surprise me.
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