Real wage growth and unemployment rates, by division and occupation, 2018
| Division | Occupation | Unemployment rate | Wage growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| East South Central | Management occupations | 1.4% | 10.4% |
| West North Central | Community and social service occupations | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| West South Central | Legal occupations | 1.9% | 23.3% |
| East South Central | Business and financial operations occupations | 1.5% | 8.7% |
| Mountain | Management occupations | 1.7% | 8.1% |
| West North Central | Protective service occupations | 1.5% | 6.8% |
| Mountain | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 1.7% | 6.0% |
| South Atlantic | Legal occupations | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| West North Central | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 0.9% | 3.3% |
| West North Central | Management occupations | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| West North Central | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 2.4% | 21.9% |
| New England | Education, training and library occupations | 2.6% | 13.7% |
| East South Central | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 2.5% | 10.5% |
| South Atlantic | Management occupations | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| West South Central | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.4% | 0.8% |
| East North Central | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.1% | 0.3% |
| New England | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.0% | -0.1% |
| East North Central | Legal occupations | 1.3% | -0.3% |
| Pacific | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 1.3% | -1.5% |
| West North Central | Architecture and engineering occupations | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| East South Central | Community and social service occupations | 1.3% | -7.3% |
| Middle Atlantic | Life, physical and social science occupations | 1.4% | -13.3% |
| East South Central | Life, physical and social science occupations | 0.4% | -13.6% |
| Middle Atlantic | Architecture and engineering occupations | 1.9% | 4.0% |
| East North Central | Management occupations | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Pacific | Legal occupations | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| East South Central | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| South Atlantic | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| Middle Atlantic | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| New England | Protective service occupations | 1.6% | 1.0% |
| New England | Management occupations | 1.8% | -0.1% |
| West North Central | Healthcare support occupations | 1.8% | -0.3% |
| East North Central | Business and financial operations occupations | 1.7% | -0.5% |
| East South Central | Legal occupations | 1.5% | -0.6% |
| West North Central | Legal occupations | 1.7% | -1.7% |
| South Atlantic | Architecture and engineering occupations | 1.6% | -2.0% |
| East South Central | Protective service occupations | 2.0% | -2.3% |
| Middle Atlantic | Legal occupations | 1.7% | -2.4% |
| West South Central | Architecture and engineering occupations | 2.0% | -3.2% |
| Pacific | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.7% | -3.8% |
| South Atlantic | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 1.9% | -4.0% |
| New England | Life, physical and social science occupations | 1.7% | -4.7% |
| New England | Architecture and engineering occupations | 1.7% | -6.5% |
| Mountain | Life, physical and social science occupations | 1.6% | -6.7% |
| Mountain | Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations | 1.7% | -7.2% |
| Pacific | Community and social service occupations | 1.5% | -18.9% |
| West North Central | Life, physical and social science occupations | 2.4% | 6.3% |
| South Atlantic | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 2.6% | 5.3% |
| East South Central | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 2.2% | 5.1% |
| West South Central | Community and social service occupations | 2.2% | 4.5% |
| New England | Community and social service occupations | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| West South Central | Management occupations | 2.1% | 4.2% |
| New England | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 6.8% | 48.6% |
| Middle Atlantic | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 10.7% | 22.9% |
| South Atlantic | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 6.2% | 22.8% |
| East North Central | Life, physical and social science occupations | 3.4% | 16.5% |
| Pacific | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 3.9% | 12.0% |
| Middle Atlantic | Personal care and service occupations | 6.0% | 11.8% |
| New England | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 3.3% | 10.4% |
| East South Central | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 7.8% | 9.2% |
| Middle Atlantic | Sales and related occupations | 4.8% | 8.7% |
| Middle Atlantic | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 2.8% | 7.9% |
| East North Central | Office and administrative support occupations | 3.8% | 7.5% |
| Mountain | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 5.3% | 7.0% |
| Middle Atlantic | Community and social service occupations | 3.0% | 6.9% |
| East North Central | Protective service occupations | 2.9% | 6.8% |
| New England | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 5.0% | 6.7% |
| Middle Atlantic | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6.7% | 6.7% |
| West South Central | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 3.0% | 6.5% |
| East North Central | Personal care and service occupations | 4.5% | 5.5% |
| East North Central | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 6.9% | 5.5% |
| West North Central | Sales and related occupations | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Middle Atlantic | Production occupations | 3.9% | 4.9% |
| Pacific | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| South Atlantic | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 4.8% | 4.7% |
| Pacific | Business and financial operations occupations | 3.0% | 4.7% |
| East South Central | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 7.0% | 4.5% |
| East South Central | Sales and related occupations | 4.0% | 4.5% |
| South Atlantic | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 3.2% | 4.4% |
| West North Central | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| West South Central | Sales and related occupations | 4.0% | 4.4% |
| East North Central | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 2.8% | 4.2% |
| Pacific | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 13.8% | 4.1% |
| East North Central | Community and social service occupations | 2.3% | 3.2% |
| South Atlantic | Business and financial operations occupations | 2.3% | 3.1% |
| New England | Legal occupations | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| Middle Atlantic | Office and administrative support occupations | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| Mountain | Legal occupations | 3.3% | 3.4% |
| West North Central | Construction and extraction occupations | 8.6% | 3.3% |
| New England | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5.7% | 3.2% |
| East North Central | Healthcare support occupations | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Pacific | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5.6% | 3.1% |
| East North Central | Architecture and engineering occupations | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Mountain | Education, training and library occupations | 2.5% | 2.4% |
| West North Central | Business and financial operations occupations | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| West North Central | Education, training and library occupations | 2.6% | 2.2% |
| West North Central | Office and administrative support occupations | 2.6% | 2.0% |
| Middle Atlantic | Education, training and library occupations | 2.6% | 1.2% |
| West North Central | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| South Atlantic | Life, physical and social science occupations | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| Pacific | Architecture and engineering occupations | 2.1% | -0.4% |
| West South Central | Education, training and library occupations | 2.6% | -0.5% |
| New England | Healthcare support occupations | 2.3% | -0.8% |
| Middle Atlantic | Management occupations | 2.2% | -1.3% |
| Pacific | Management occupations | 2.0% | -1.4% |
| Pacific | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 2.5% | -2.3% |
| East South Central | Architecture and engineering occupations | 2.1% | -3.2% |
| Mountain | Business and financial operations occupations | 2.4% | -3.7% |
| West South Central | Protective service occupations | 2.5% | -5.8% |
| Pacific | Life, physical and social science occupations | 2.3% | -7.2% |
| Middle Atlantic | Transportation and material moving occupations | 6.1% | 2.9% |
| Middle Atlantic | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 4.8% | 2.6% |
| Pacific | Construction and extraction occupations | 6.6% | 2.6% |
| East North Central | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| East North Central | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 4.7% | 2.5% |
| East South Central | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 3.9% | 2.4% |
| South Atlantic | Office and administrative support occupations | 4.2% | 2.1% |
| East South Central | Personal care and service occupations | 4.5% | 2.1% |
| West North Central | Personal care and service occupations | 3.3% | 2.0% |
| Pacific | Transportation and material moving occupations | 4.9% | 2.0% |
| Mountain | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 2.7% | 1.9% |
| West North Central | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 5.6% | 1.8% |
| West South Central | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 2.6% | 1.8% |
| Mountain | Office and administrative support occupations | 3.7% | 1.7% |
| South Atlantic | Production occupations | 4.9% | 1.4% |
| Pacific | Office and administrative support occupations | 4.6% | 1.4% |
| Middle Atlantic | Business and financial operations occupations | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| South Atlantic | Personal care and service occupations | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| East South Central | Office and administrative support occupations | 2.9% | 1.2% |
| South Atlantic | Transportation and material moving occupations | 5.2% | 1.1% |
| Mountain | Transportation and material moving occupations | 5.9% | 1.1% |
| Middle Atlantic | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 7.6% | 1.1% |
| West South Central | Construction and extraction occupations | 6.0% | 1.0% |
| West South Central | Transportation and material moving occupations | 5.1% | 0.9% |
| Pacific | Sales and related occupations | 4.4% | 0.7% |
| New England | Production occupations | 3.6% | 0.7% |
| West North Central | Production occupations | 3.7% | 0.6% |
| East South Central | Transportation and material moving occupations | 5.2% | 0.5% |
| Mountain | Protective service occupations | 6.1% | 0.4% |
| South Atlantic | Healthcare support occupations | 4.8% | 0.4% |
| South Atlantic | Sales and related occupations | 4.4% | 0.3% |
| Mountain | Sales and related occupations | 3.7% | 0.3% |
| Mountain | Production occupations | 4.0% | 0.3% |
| New England | Business and financial operations occupations | 2.9% | 0.1% |
| East South Central | Production occupations | 4.7% | 0.1% |
| West North Central | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 4.6% | -0.2% |
| East North Central | Sales and related occupations | 4.4% | -0.2% |
| West South Central | Production occupations | 4.5% | -0.3% |
| West South Central | Healthcare support occupations | 4.3% | -0.4% |
| East North Central | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6.3% | -0.5% |
| South Atlantic | Construction and extraction occupations | 5.3% | -0.5% |
| West South Central | Personal care and service occupations | 4.1% | -0.6% |
| Mountain | Healthcare support occupations | 2.9% | -0.7% |
| West South Central | Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occupations | 5.1% | -0.9% |
| West North Central | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5.5% | -0.9% |
| East North Central | Production occupations | 3.8% | -0.9% |
| East South Central | Construction and extraction occupations | 5.5% | -1.1% |
| South Atlantic | Education, training and library occupations | 2.7% | -1.2% |
| East North Central | Transportation and material moving occupations | 5.7% | -1.3% |
| Mountain | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5.7% | -1.3% |
| Pacific | Education, training and library occupations | 4.2% | -1.4% |
| Middle Atlantic | Construction and extraction occupations | 8.5% | -1.4% |
| South Atlantic | Protective service occupations | 2.9% | -1.5% |
| New England | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 3.9% | -1.6% |
| Pacific | Production occupations | 5.0% | -1.6% |
| New England | Office and administrative support occupations | 3.5% | -1.7% |
| South Atlantic | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6.4% | -1.7% |
| Middle Atlantic | Protective service occupations | 3.3% | -2.1% |
| Mountain | Installation, maintenance and repair occupations | 3.0% | -2.1% |
| West South Central | Business and financial operations occupations | 2.7% | -2.2% |
| West North Central | Transportation and material moving occupations | 4.2% | -2.2% |
| New England | Sales and related occupations | 4.0% | -2.4% |
| New England | Transportation and material moving occupations | 5.6% | -2.6% |
| South Atlantic | Community and social service occupations | 2.6% | -2.7% |
| West South Central | Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6.8% | -2.8% |
| West South Central | Office and administrative support occupations | 3.6% | -2.9% |
| East South Central | Healthcare support occupations | 4.2% | -2.9% |
| East North Central | Education, training and library occupations | 3.0% | -3.2% |
| East North Central | Construction and extraction occupations | 8.6% | -3.3% |
| Mountain | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 7.3% | -3.4% |
| Mountain | Architecture and engineering occupations | 2.9% | -3.6% |
| East South Central | Education, training and library occupations | 2.6% | -3.7% |
| Pacific | Personal care and service occupations | 4.9% | -3.7% |
| East North Central | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 6.5% | -4.2% |
| Mountain | Construction and extraction occupations | 5.0% | -4.2% |
| Mountain | Community and social service occupations | 3.2% | -4.2% |
| New England | Computer and mathematical science occupations | 3.4% | -4.2% |
| West South Central | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 3.1% | -4.5% |
| New England | Personal care and service occupations | 4.7% | -4.5% |
| East South Central | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 9.1% | -4.8% |
| Middle Atlantic | Arts, design, entertainment, sports & media occs | 4.0% | -5.1% |
| Mountain | Personal care and service occupations | 3.7% | -6.3% |
| Middle Atlantic | Healthcare support occupations | 3.8% | -7.6% |
| Pacific | Protective service occupations | 3.0% | -7.8% |
| Pacific | Healthcare support occupations | 4.1% | -8.0% |
| New England | Construction and extraction occupations | 7.1% | -10.0% |
| West South Central | Farming, fishing and forestry occupations | 6.5% | -13.6% |
| West South Central | Life, physical and social science occupations | 4.0% | -15.2% |
Note: Observations are occupation/division cells. Year-over-year real wage growth is growth between the average of the 12 months from July 2016-June 2017 and the average of the 12 months from July 2017-June 2018. The unemployment rate is the average of the 12 months from July 2017-June 2018.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey microdata