US counties by wages and salaries paid

New York County had the highest wages and salaries paid of 3080 counties in 2013, at $248.44 billion. Loving County had the lowest, at $910,000. The median was $308.36 million and the figure for the United States was $7.1 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest248,437New York County

Lowest0.9Loving County

Median308.43080 counties

United States7,104,786History

Map of counties, 2013

USD million, 2013. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2013

USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2013 USD million	Change on 2012
1	New York County	248,437	+1.9%
2	Los Angeles County	244,385.8	+1.6%
3	Cook County	156,435.1	+1.5%
4	Harris County	150,097.5	+4.5%
5	Santa Clara County	98,674.8	+6.8%
6	Dallas County	95,708.4	+3.4%
7	Maricopa County	89,147	+3.4%
8	Orange County	86,994.5	+2.3%
9	King County	85,825.4	+4.8%
10	San Diego County	83,409.7	+3.3%
11	Middlesex County	64,495.6	+2.8%
12	District of Columbia	62,192.4	+1.7%
13	Hennepin County	56,833.7	+2.4%
14	San Francisco County	56,366.2	+7.3%
15	Fulton County	55,044.3	+3.3%
16	Miami-Dade County	54,584.7	+3.7%
17	Suffolk County	51,720.8	+2.8%
18	Alameda County	46,651.1	+2.9%
19	Tarrant County	42,126.8	+3.7%
20	Philadelphia County	40,173.1	+2.1%
21	Oakland County	39,922.7	+2.7%
22	Clark County	39,915.3	+3.6%
23	Allegheny County	39,817.6	+2.4%
24	Cuyahoga County	39,371.1	+2.1%
25	Wayne County	39,353.5	+1.2%
26	San Mateo County	39,261.6	+4.1%
27	Bexar County	38,484.7	+3.3%
28	Mecklenburg County	37,930	+4.7%
29	Franklin County	37,777.3	+3.6%
30	DuPage County	37,745.8	+3.9%
31	Broward County	37,119.9	+3.8%
32	Travis County	36,714.8	+5.4%
33	Suffolk County	35,517.9	+2%
34	Sacramento County	35,216.9	+2.5%
35	Nassau County	34,810.2	+1.8%
36	Orange County	34,427.9	+4.3%
37	St. Louis County	33,840.9	+1.6%
38	Montgomery County	33,219.7	-0.7%
39	Hillsborough County	32,803.2	+4.3%
40	Marion County	31,781.3	+2%
41	Montgomery County	31,748.3	+1%
42	Salt Lake County	30,568.4	+3.9%
43	Queens County	29,921.4	+3.3%
44	San Bernardino County	29,773.9	+2.8%
45	Hamilton County	29,433	+1.6%
46	Denver County	28,993.4	+4.3%
47	Westchester County	28,547.7	+0.8%
48	Palm Beach County	28,504.9	+4.5%
49	Bergen County	28,272.8	+1%
50	Kings County	26,476.8	+4.1%
51	Wake County	26,293.6	+4.6%
52	Riverside County	25,976.8	+5.2%
53	Shelby County	25,615.6	+0.3%
54	Milwaukee County	25,244.4	+1.5%
55	Duval County	25,113.9	+1.8%
56	Middlesex County	25,008.4	+2%
57	Honolulu County	24,620.7	+2.3%
58	Multnomah County	24,572.4	+4.1%
59	Lake County	24,057.1	+3.3%
60	Davidson County	23,226	+0.4%
61	Oklahoma County	23,162.3	+3.4%
62	Morris County	22,613.9	+5.7%
63	Contra Costa County	22,380.4	+3.9%
64	Essex County	22,267.3	+1.5%
65	Jefferson County	21,864.3	+2.3%
66	Erie County	20,778.9	+1.9%
67	Collin County	20,684.4	+4.6%
68	Baltimore city	20,645.2	+0.5%
69	Norfolk County	20,240.3	+3.4%
70	Baltimore County	20,034.9	-0.2%
71	Jackson County	19,542.3	+0.9%
72	Pinellas County	19,175.3	+1.2%
73	Ramsey County	19,131.3	+4.2%
74	Arapahoe County	18,642.7	+4.3%
75	Cobb County	18,603.7	+5.4%
76	Anne Arundel County	18,495.8	+5%
77	Jefferson County	18,239	+0.6%
78	Monroe County	18,228.7	+1.7%
79	Johnson County	17,955.6	+3.9%
80	Hudson County	17,691.3	+1.9%
81	Prince George's County	17,554.8	+0.2%
82	Tulsa County	17,340.7	+1.4%
83	Ventura County	17,176.6	+1.6%
84	New Castle County	17,147	+2.2%
85	Gwinnett County	17,053.7	+2.5%
86	Essex County	16,982.2	+2.7%
87	Worcester County	16,898	+4.3%
88	Douglas County	16,669	+2.8%
89	Chester County	16,615.8	+3.1%
90	Pima County	16,446.5	+1.9%
91	Washington County	16,248.6	+3.9%
92	Kent County	16,163.4	+4.7%
93	Macomb County	16,083.5	+4.6%
94	Dane County	15,881.2	+6%
95	DeKalb County	15,361.7	-0.2%
96	Somerset County	15,360.2	+6.7%
97	Pierce County	15,242.2	+2.7%
98	Snohomish County	15,224.6	+4.1%
99	Union County	15,141.1	+3.9%
100	Arlington County	15,101.6	-0.3%
101	Providence County	14,838.2	+3.8%
102	Bernalillo County	14,783.8	+0.8%
103	Mercer County	14,677.9	+3%
104	Kern County	14,583.2	+3.3%
105	Fresno County	14,512.6	+4%
106	Bronx County	14,410.1	+4.3%
107	Polk County	14,309	+3.7%
108	El Paso County	13,959.2	+1.5%
109	East Baton Rouge Parish	13,422.9	+4.4%
110	St. Louis city	13,347.2	+1.9%
111	Monmouth County	13,302.4	+2.7%
112	Guilford County	12,863.7	+2.9%
113	Durham County	12,815.3	+3.5%
114	Bucks County	12,794	+1.6%
115	Summit County	12,546	+1%
116	Pulaski County	12,461.3	+0.5%
117	Waukesha County	12,386	+2.4%
118	Delaware County	12,375.3	+2.5%
119	El Paso County	12,192.6	+0.8%
120	Albany County	12,077.5	+4.4%
121	Sedgwick County	11,837	+1.6%
122	Greenville County	11,642.2	+2.7%
123	Montgomery County	11,632.7	+0.7%
124	Onondaga County	11,555.6	+0.6%
125	Jefferson County	11,529	+2.2%
126	Burlington County	11,259.5	+0.6%
127	Charleston County	11,164	+2.7%
128	Hillsborough County	11,119.2	+2%
129	Howard County	10,697.2	+1.2%
130	Madison County	10,574.4	+2%
131	Camden County	10,303.1	+2.5%
132	Will County	10,271	+5.7%
133	Boulder County	10,259.7	+4.3%
134	Richland County	10,238.1	+2.3%
135	Knox County	10,204.9	+1.8%
136	Bristol County	10,011.9	+2.8%
137	Orleans Parish	9,987.7	+1.7%
138	Henrico County	9,910.8	+2.4%
139	Washtenaw County	9,869.8	+3%
140	Anchorage Municipality	9,805.8	+1.8%
141	Norfolk city	9,789.8	-0.6%
142	Kane County	9,701.3	+4.1%
143	Lancaster County	9,652.7	+2%
144	Santa Barbara County	9,613	+1.6%
145	Jefferson Parish	9,559.3	+0.5%
146	Lucas County	9,551.3	+0.7%
147	Ada County	9,535.3	+6.2%
148	Loudoun County	9,534.8	+5.6%
149	San Joaquin County	9,470.9	+3.1%
150	Hampden County	9,464.6	+2.6%
151	Spokane County	9,429	+3%
152	Brevard County	9,404.9	+0.7%
153	Lee County	9,345.4	+5.5%
154	Denton County	9,321.1	+6.8%
155	Dauphin County	9,275.2	+3.2%
156	Lake County	9,272.9	-1.3%
157	Dakota County	9,217.9	+3.7%
158	Lehigh County	9,167.3	+2.8%
159	Sonoma County	9,144.2	+4.9%
160	Plymouth County	8,924	+4.5%
161	Adams County	8,914.8	+6.7%
162	Passaic County	8,903.6	-0%
163	Fort Bend County	8,872.6	+9.5%
164	Hamilton County	8,807.7	+1.3%
165	Richmond city	8,720.7	+0.7%
166	Washoe County	8,703.4	+3.5%
167	Forsyth County	8,696.5	-0.2%
168	Cumberland County	8,582.2	+2.7%
169	Cumberland County	8,409.4	-1.5%
170	Virginia Beach city	8,395	-1.5%
171	Fayette County	8,370.2	+3.1%
172	Polk County	8,327.8	+4.2%
173	Monterey County	8,209.7	+3.2%
174	Utah County	8,128.6	+6.5%
175	Montgomery County	8,030.6	+8.6%
176	Allen County	7,834.2	+0.7%
177	Hidalgo County	7,796.5	+3.3%
178	York County	7,795.6	+1.6%
179	Berks County	7,678.1	+0.9%
180	Mobile County	7,669	+0.6%
181	Seminole County	7,571.1	+3.7%
182	Nueces County	7,536.6	+3.5%
183	Williamson County	7,442.9	+2.8%
184	Stanislaus County	7,426.1	+3%
185	Placer County	7,335.8	+5.1%
186	Lafayette Parish	7,278.5	+3.4%
187	Bell County	7,277.3	-1.5%
188	Rockingham County	7,274.3	+3.3%
189	Solano County	7,264.8	+5%
190	Alexandria city	7,166.7	+0.6%
191	Marin County	7,092.6	+3.8%
192	Lancaster County	7,090.4	+2.8%
193	Brown County	7,061.8	+2.5%
194	Clackamas County	6,992.9	+3.7%
195	Ocean County	6,778.8	+4.6%
196	Ingham County	6,759.3	+0.3%
197	Butler County	6,656.5	+2.4%
198	Chatham County	6,640.3	+3.5%
199	Sarasota County	6,586.7	+6%
200	Stark County	6,542.8	+2.8%
201	Clark County	6,496.2	+3.9%
202	Larimer County	6,485.8	+4.5%
203	Greene County	6,479.8	+2.7%
204	Hamilton County	6,423	+10.7%
205	Williamson County	6,422.8	+10.2%
206	Rockland County	6,421	+1%
207	Cumberland County	6,296.9	+3.4%
208	Douglas County	6,242.1	-2%
209	Linn County	6,199.8	+2.4%
210	Jefferson County	6,175.1	-3.1%
211	Leon County	6,170.5	+1%
212	Atlantic County	6,037.2	-0.4%
213	Montgomery County	6,035	+0.7%
214	Escambia County	6,028.3	+2.2%
215	Volusia County	6,011.9	+2%
216	Orange County	6,008.3	+0.9%
217	Collier County	5,977.3	+7.5%
218	Chesterfield County	5,948.7	+3.7%
219	St. Charles County	5,864.8	+5.5%
220	Hinds County	5,864.4	+1.1%
221	Winnebago County	5,790.5	+1%
222	Benton County	5,780.7	+9.2%
223	Lane County	5,777.5	+3.2%
224	Genesee County	5,756.6	+2%
225	Anoka County	5,695.6	+4.8%
226	Dutchess County	5,694.1	+0.5%
227	Luzerne County	5,679.2	+1.6%
228	Midland County	5,622.6	+8.1%
229	Clayton County	5,597.8	+3.9%
230	Spartanburg County	5,594.6	+4.6%
231	Marion County	5,592.5	+4.8%
232	Westmoreland County	5,586.4	-0.2%
233	Tulare County	5,457.7	+4.3%
234	Alachua County	5,455.5	+2.9%
235	Kalamazoo County	5,438.5	+4.5%
236	Newport News city	5,433.8	+3.8%
237	Richmond County	5,266.9	+1.6%
238	Peoria County	5,241.1	-2.9%
239	Minnehaha County	5,214.2	+2.7%
240	Lubbock County	5,206.5	+4.2%
241	Caddo Parish	5,184.5	-2.4%
242	Yolo County	5,167.2	+3.3%
243	Erie County	5,163.6	+0.6%
244	St. Joseph County	5,115.9	+0.4%
245	Frederick County	5,109.7	+1.3%
246	Olmsted County	5,104.1	+3.5%
247	Chittenden County	5,062	+3%
248	Cass County	5,052.5	+5.1%
249	Elkhart County	5,031.9	+6.5%
250	Richmond County	5,001.1	+5%

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Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.

Counted where the jobs are, not where the workers live, so places with many commuters coming in can pay more in wages than their residents receive in personal income (the District of Columbia does). Excludes employer contributions to pensions, insurance and social security, and the income of the self-employed.

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