Montgomery County workers continue to enjoy the Philadelphia metro area’s top average wage, and it’s rising at a healthy clip.

Montgomery County’s workforce grew 1 percent over the past year, and those 484,800 workers saw their average weekly wage rise to $1,449, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ first quarter numbers.

Within the metro area, Montgomery County leads all others, though its growth rate over the last year was slowest of the Pennsylvania suburbs.

Its 5.7 percent rise trails Delaware County’s 7.9 percent, Bucks’ 6.7 percent, Chester’s 6.2 percent and Philly’s 5.8 percent. In New Jersey, Camden County grew at 5.4 percent while Gloucester increased 4.8 percent.

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All of Philly and its suburban counties earn more than the national average weekly wage, $1,111, except Bucks, Camden and Gloucester counties.

National growth in employment was 1.6 percent, with wages up 6.6 percent on average. The Montgomery County workforce is driven by 27,700 employers.

See more employment figures, which are based on federal employee and unemployment insurance stats, on the BLS website here, and check out previous MONTCO Today coverage of the topic here.

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