Boone County first quarter wage growth mediocre among largest Missouri counties
Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Boone County was middle-of-the-pack among the state’s biggest counties in wage gains over the first quarter of the year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week.
Wages reported to the bureau increased by close to 3% in Boone County in the first quarter, which covers the period of January to March. St. Louis City, St. Charles County and Jackson County had larger gains.
Greene County placed a distant seventh among the seven largest counties.
Boone County’s average weekly wage for the period was $1,186 — the highest in Mid-Missouri. Cole and Callaway counties ranked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Ste. Genevieve reported the highest average salary in the state.
Wage levels in all of Missouri’s 108 smallest counties were below the national average.
Boone County had the largest year-over-year employment increase among the state’s seven biggest counties. Employment statewide was up 0.1% in the first quarter compared to last year.