Utilities vs. Local Government
Average Earnings Per Job Structure and Growth by County
Massachusetts, 2001-2022
Average Earnings Per Job by County
Percent of Overall County Average, 2022
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County Average
Location
Quotients
Percent of State
Counterpart
Percent of National
Counterpart
Average Earnings Per Job by County
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Utilities vs. Local Government
Massachusetts Average Earnings Per Job Distribution by County:
Percent of Overall County Average, 2022
More
than
1200%
1200%
to
1000%
1000%
to
800%
800%
to
600%
600%
to
400%
400%
to
200%
200%
or
Below
Suppressed
or
Undefined
Total
Utilities
2
1
0
1
0
8
0
2
14
Local Government
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
2
14
 
   
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Utilities vs. Local Government
Average Earnings Per Job Structure by County:
Massachusetts, 2022
 
Utilities
 
Local Government
 
 
 
140,674
237.9
29.6
66.4
 
92,937
157.2
95.3
109.5
 
S
S
S
S
 
76,354
130.4
78.3
90.0
 
2,176,989
3,183.7
457.4
1,028.0
 
93,855
137.3
96.2
110.6
 
148,200
246.7
31.1
70.0
 
91,123
151.7
93.4
107.4
 
153,359
214.4
32.2
72.4
 
96,379
134.8
98.8
113.6
 
138,591
273.3
29.1
65.4
 
67,622
133.3
69.3
79.7
 
204,887
331.6
43.1
96.7
 
84,816
137.3
87.0
99.9
 
131,119
223.0
27.6
61.9
 
74,720
127.1
76.6
88.0
 
665,007
648.1
139.7
314.0
 
101,295
98.7
103.9
119.4
 
S
S
S
S
 
S
S
S
S
 
915,426
1,140.4
192.4
432.3
 
98,751
123.0
101.3
116.4
 
1,603,937
2,336.8
337.0
757.4
 
96,887
141.2
99.3
114.2
 
274,504
212.0
57.7
129.6
 
126,867
98.0
130.1
149.5
 
194,875
280.2
40.9
92.0
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
475,914
534.9
100.0
224.7
 
97,526
109.6
100.0
114.9
 
483,947
543.1
101.7
228.5
 
S
S
S
S
 
S
S
S
S
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
211,772
295.8
100.0
 
84,870
118.6
100.0
 
227,935
308.6
107.6
 
89,089
120.6
105.0
 
144,008
266.8
68.0
 
64,178
118.9
75.6
Source: Calculations by the Massachusetts Regional Economic Analysis Project (MA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1700N_510300_520320_SA
 
   
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Utilities vs. Local Government
Average Earnings Per Job Structure by Region:
Massachusetts, 2022
 
Utilities
 
Local Government
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
 
 
 
140,674
237.9
29.6
66.4
 
92,937
157.2
95.3
109.5
 
S
S
S
S
 
101,571
104.1
104.1
119.7
 
S
S
S
S
 
76,354
130.4
78.3
90.0
 
753,857
1,100.2
158.4
356.0
 
92,979
135.7
95.3
109.6
 
193,534
322.5
40.7
91.4
 
80,580
134.3
82.6
94.9
 
194,096
283.9
40.8
91.7
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
475,914
534.9
100.0
224.7
 
97,526
109.6
100.0
114.9
 
483,947
543.1
101.7
228.5
 
S
S
S
S
 
S
S
S
S
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
211,772
295.8
100.0
 
84,870
118.6
100.0
 
227,935
308.6
107.6
 
89,089
120.6
105.0
 
144,008
266.8
68.0
 
64,178
118.9
75.6
Source: Calculations by the Massachusetts Regional Economic Analysis Project (MA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1700N_510300_520320_SB
 
   
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth by County
Growth Rates, 2022
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Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth by County
View Distribution Totals as:Actual Percent
   
 
Utilities vs. Local Government
Massachusetts Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth Distribution by County:
Growth Rates, 2022
More
than
25%
25%
to
20%
20%
to
15%
15%
to
10%
10%
to
5%
5%
to
0%
0%
or
Below
Suppressed
or
Undefined
Total
Utilities
0
0
0
0
1
2
9
2
14
Local Government
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
3
14
 
   
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Utilities vs. Local Government
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth by County:
Massachusetts, 2022
 
Utilities
 
Local Government
 
 
 
0.8
8.6
3.7
 
-6.6
-1.3
0.2
 
N
N
N
 
-5.5
-0.3
1.3
 
-1.9
5.9
1.0
 
-6.8
-1.5
0.0
 
5.2
13.0
8.1
 
N
N
N
 
-5.5
2.2
-2.6
 
-6.4
-1.2
0.4
 
-6.3
1.4
-3.4
 
-7.8
-2.5
-1.0
 
-4.7
3.1
-1.8
 
-5.8
-0.6
1.0
 
-7.6
0.1
-4.7
 
-7.7
-2.5
-0.9
 
-3.4
4.4
-0.5
 
-6.8
-1.6
0.0
 
N
N
N
 
N
N
N
 
-5.8
1.9
-2.9
 
-8.1
-2.8
-1.3
 
4.0
11.7
6.8
 
-6.2
-0.9
0.6
 
-1.0
6.7
1.9
 
-6.6
-1.4
0.2
 
-10.4
-2.6
-7.5
 
N
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-2.9
4.9
0.0
 
-6.8
-1.5
0.0
 
-2.9
4.9
0.0
 
N
N
N
 
N
N
N
 
N
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-7.8
0.0
 
-5.3
0.0
 
-8.1
-0.3
 
-5.3
-0.1
 
-6.4
1.4
 
-4.7
0.5
Source: Calculations by the Massachusetts Regional Economic Analysis Project (MA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1700N_510300_520320_GA
 
   
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Utilities vs. Local Government
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth by Region:
Massachusetts, 2022
 
Utilities
 
Local Government
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
 
 
 
0.8
8.6
3.7
 
-6.6
-1.3
0.2
 
N
N
N
 
-6.9
-1.6
-0.1
 
N
N
N
 
-5.5
-0.3
1.3
 
-8.7
-1.0
-5.8
 
-6.3
-1.0
0.5
 
-5.1
2.6
-2.2
 
-6.4
-1.2
0.4
 
-10.2
-2.4
-7.3
 
N
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-2.9
4.9
0.0
 
-6.8
-1.5
0.0
 
-2.9
4.9
0.0
 
N
N
N
 
N
N
N
 
N
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-7.8
0.0
 
-5.3
0.0
 
-8.1
-0.3
 
-5.3
-0.1
 
-6.4
1.4
 
-4.7
0.5
Source: Calculations by the Massachusetts Regional Economic Analysis Project (MA-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1700N_510300_520320_GB
 
   
Additional Notes on Interpreting
Average Earnings Per Job for Massachusetts
Average Earnings Per Job
Average Earnings Per Job are computed by dividing BEA industry earnings estimate by BEA total full- and part-time jobs estimates. No convenient or adequate means exist at the county or regional level for converting the job estimates to a full-time equivalent measure. So, interpret the average earnings per job estimates with caution in consideration of the following issues:
  • Average earnings per job within industries involving more part-time work is lower than industries involving more full-time work, although there could be little difference in the underlying wage of full-time workers. Such differences could also prevail between counties and regions. An increase in the proportion of part-time jobs over time may erode average earnings per job estimates, although full-time earnings per worker may have remained unchanged.
  • As with per capita income, average earnings per job may be subject to extreme short-run variation, especially in smaller counties. Unusual conditions such as droughts, hurricanes and bumper crops give rise to wide variations in average earnings per job. Also, major construction projects relating to building dams, nuclear power plants, and private plant construction projects have caused extreme fluctuations in many smaller counties. Such changes typify both small and large agriculture-dependent counties owing to the extreme annual variations in farm incomes.
  • Since average earnings per job are just a simple average, it does not account for variations in the distribution of earnings among high- vs. low-wage jobs.
  • The earnings by major industry estimates compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are by place-of-work are the sum of wage and salary dibursements (payrolls), supplements to wages and salaries, and proprietors' income. The earnings by industry data are in expressed in thousands of current dollars ($1,000s). Unlike wage and salary disbursement, it should be noted that proprietors' income may be reported as negative for those years in which the net income of sole proprietors and partnerships are in the red for a particular sector. This is not an especially unusual occurrence in some relatively small economies where farm proprietorships are dominant. However, this may yield some somewhat unconventional results, such as an industry recording a negative share of total earnings or a location quotient that is negative.
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