# Counties in Massachusetts by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 14 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Suffolk County | 2,658 |
| 2 | Middlesex County | 2,278 |
| 3 | Norfolk County | 1,674 |
| 4 | Nantucket County | 1,595 |
| 5 | Essex County | 1,501 |
| 6 | Dukes County | 1,455 |
| 7 | Worcester County | 1,424 |
| 8 | Plymouth County | 1,399 |
| 9 | Berkshire County | 1,298 |
| 10 | Barnstable County | 1,292 |
| 11 | Bristol County | 1,286 |
| 12 | Hampden County | 1,244 |
| 13 | Hampshire County | 1,208 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 1,089 |