Employment, wages increase in Providence County in June

THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS said that employment increased in 305 of the 339 largest U.S. counties from June 2013 to June 2014, including in Providence, which saw a 1.7 percent increase. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS said that employment increased in 305 of the 339 largest U.S. counties from June 2013 to June 2014, including in Providence, which saw a 1.7 percent increase. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

PROVIDENCE – Employment increased in 305 of the 339 largest U.S. counties from June 2013 to June 2014, including in Providence County, which saw a 1.7 percent increase.

However, that was below the national employment increase of 2 percent, according to recently released data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Providence County employed 279,200 people in June at 17,400 establishments, and its 1.7 percent growth rate ranked it No. 167 in terms of employment growth among the 339 largest counties, the BLS said.
Around New England, none of the counties surveyed matched or surpassed the 2 percent national job growth.
Rockingham County, N.H., had the highest employment growth among New England counties at 1.9 percent, ranking it No. 141, while Essex County in Massachusetts experienced 1.8 percent growth, with 320,000 people working in June, ranking it No. 152 on the list.
A total of 222,300 people worked at 16,300 establishments in Bristol County, Mass., an increase of 1.1 percent over the prior year, ranking it No. 235 on the list.
Chittenden County, Vt., experienced job growth of 1.4 percent, ranking it No. 194.
New London, Conn., was the only New England county to register a decline, 0.4 percent, ranking it No. 324 on the list.
Average weekly wages for Providence County were $928 in June, an increase of 2.2 percent compared with the prior year period, ranking the area No. 123 in wages among the 339 largest counties. Among the largest counties, 312 had over-the-year increases in average weekly wages, according to the BLS. Midland, Texas, had the largest wage increase among the largest U.S. counties at 9 percent. The average weekly wage was $940 nationally.

The top New England counties in terms of wage gains were Hillsborough, N.H., with a 7.4 percent gain to $1,059 (No. 3); Rockingham, N.H. (No. 22), with a 4 percent rise to $944; and Suffolk, Mass. (No. 29), with a 3.7 percent rise to $1,463.

According to the report, 138 million Americans worked at 9.4 million workplace establishments in the second quarter of 2014.

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