El Dorado County Wages Drop in a Year

G. Scott Thomas, The Business Journals, March 23, 2012

El Dorado County wages actually dropped by 0.58 percent, from $41,513 to $41,273 in 2010.

Wage growth in the four-county Sacramento region was fairly slow in a single year.

The highest growth was in Placer County, which saw the average wages per job grow 2.42 percent, from $45,864 to $46,975 in 2010. El Dorado County wages actually dropped by 0.58 percent, from $41,513 to $41,273 in 2010.

On Numbers analyzed wage data cross the country from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis    between 2009 and 2010, the latest one-year period for which official figures are available.

Sacramento County saw growth of only 1.69 percent in the year period. The average wage was $51,967 in 2009 and $52,847 in 2010.

Yolo County wages grew only 0.73 percent, from $46,757 in 2009 to $47,098 in 2010.

On the positive side, wage growth was significantly better in Santa Clara County, which ...

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