Workers in Queens fattened up their wallets more than any other employees in the largest counties around the state, including Nasau and Suffolk Island, according to new federal data.
Average weekly wages in Queens jumped 12.7 percent to $886, in the second quarter of 2007, compared with a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increase was the highest in the state and the second highest in the country among large counties, meaning those with at least 75,000 jobs.
In Nassau wages rose 5.9 percent in the same period to an aveage $953 and 4.1 percent in Suffolk to an average $891. Manhattan had 6.4 percent wage increase to an average $1,540 weekly.
Queens and Saratoga had the highest employment growth rate among the 18 large counties in the state - 2.3 percent. That compares with a mere 0.8 percent in both Nassau and Suffolk. Manhattan’s job growth rate was 1.9.
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--Carrie Mason-Draffen