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Old Posted Feb 23, 2022, 6:39 PM
galleyfox galleyfox is offline
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Originally Posted by left of center View Post
Looks like we are lagging our peers (and the US average) when it comes to employment growth. The only reason that could be good news is if the county has much lower unemployment rates than the US average, and the low increase is due to us nearing full employment, which I am pretty sure isn't the case. The wage growth looks to be solidly above average however, which is great.

I think we’ll have to wait for Marothisu to take a look. Comparing 2020 to 2021 will look strange without the 2019 baseline.

They posted some city proper data a few days ago which suggests strong employment, as well as strong MSA employment.

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City proper resident employed population Dec 2021 vs. Dec 2019 via BLS:

Chicago: +0.44%

San Jose: -1.4%
DC: -1.79%
Detroit: -2.29%
St. Louis: -2.38%
San Diego: -2.7%
MPLS: -2.81%
Boston: -2.82%
SF: -3.56%
Miami: -4%
LA: -4.88%
Philadelphia: -7.44%
NYC: -8.2%
https://twitter.com/marothisu/status...639413251?s=21
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