Middlesex County vs. Connecticut
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Average Earnings Per Job Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Middlesex County vs. Connecticut
Middlesex County:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $68,016
2022 Percent of State = 84.86%
Connecticut:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $80,153
The United States economy has generated an impressive number of jobs since the 1970s. The contrast between the nation's vigorous employment growth and the modest performance of other major industrial countries is striking. Despite this rosy track record, the real (inflation adjusted) wages and salaries of many workers have stagnated or slipped in recent years. This development has provoked concerns about the quality of new jobs. Structural shifts in the composition of employment--from high-wage goods-producing to low-wage services-related sectors--is the culprit most often cited for the deteriorating quality of jobs.
Regions vary greatly in the make-up of their labor force, in their industry composition of employment, and their economic experience. Reviewing and examining recent developments in average earnings per job in Middlesex County with comparisons to Connecticut and the nation is an important first step in understanding the economic forces at play in Middlesex County.
Discussion: Average Annual Earnings Per Job are computed by dividing BEA total industry earnings estimates by the BEA total full- and part-time jobs estimates. No convenient or adequate means exist at the county or regional level for converting the job estimates to a full-time equivalent measure. So, interpret the average earnings per job estimates with caution in consideration of the following issues:
Average earnings per job within industries involving more part-time work is lower than industries involving more full-time work, although there could be little difference in the underlying wage of full-time workers. Such differences could also prevail between counties and regions. An increase in the proportion of part-time jobs over time may erode average earnings per job estimates, although full-time earnings per worker may have remained unchanged.
As with per capita income, average earnings per job may be subject to extreme short-run variation, especially in smaller counties. Major construction projects relating to building dams, nuclear power plants, and private plant construction projects have caused extreme fluctuations in many smaller counties. Such changes typify both small and large agriculture-dependent counties owing to the extreme annual variations in farm incomes. Also, Since average earnings per job are just a simple average, it does not account for variations in the distribution of earnings among high- vs. low-wage jobs.
Middlesex County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Middlesex County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Middlesex County's annual average earnings per job over 1970-2022 in current and constant (2017) dollars. Constant dollar measurements remove the effects of inflation. They allow for comparison of changes in the real purchasing power of Middlesex County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Middlesex County's average earnings per job increased 750.72%, from $7,995 in 1970 to $68,016 in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 44.91%, from $40,449 in 1970 to $58,613 in 2022.
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Middlesex County's and Connecticut's annual real average earnings per job for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate real average earnings per job patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Middlesex County's real average earnings per job rose from $40,239 in 1969 to $58,613 in 2022, for a net gain of $18,374, or 45.66%. In comparison, Connecticut's real average earnings per job advanced from $41,916 in 1969 to $69,072 in 2022, for a net gain of $27,156, or 64.79%.
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Middlesex County's real average earnings per job growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Connecticut, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real average earnings per job in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the real average earnings per jobs in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real average earnings per job growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Middlesex County's overall real average earnings per job growth was 45.66% over 1969-2022 trailed Connecticut's increase of 64.79%, and fell below the United States' increase of 62.26%.
Average Earnings Per Job as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Average Earnings Per Job as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Figure 4 displays the trends for average earnings per job relative to the national average by tracing Middlesex County and Connecticut average earnings per job as a percent of the national average over 1969-2022.
In 1969, Middlesex County's average earnings per job amounted to 105.84% of the national average; in 2022, it approximated 95.01%. Similarly, in 1969, Connecticut's average earnings per job totaled 110.25% of the national average; in 2022, it consisted of 111.97%.
Middlesex County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Middlesex County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 displays the short-run pattern of Middlesex County's real average earnings per job growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Middlesex County's real average earnings per job grew at an annual rate of 0.75% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 1999 (6.46%) and posted its lowest growth in 1974 (-6.25%). In 2022, Middlesex County's real average earnings per job declined by -4.46%
Middlesex County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Middlesex County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some counties have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again illustrates the annual percent change in Middlesex County's real average earnings per job since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Middlesex County's annual real average earnings per job growth rate averaged -0.37%. It averaged 2.00% during the 1980s, 2.12% in the 1990s, 0.46% during the 2000s, 0.30% during the 2010s, -1.80% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Real Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Middlesex County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Connecticut and the nation. As the chart reveals, Middlesex County's average annual real average earnings per job growth trailed Connecticut's average throughout the 1970s (-0.37% vs. 0.35%), fell below Connecticut's average in the 1980s (2.00% vs. 2.05%), trailed Connecticut's average throughout the 1990s (2.12% vs. 2.41%), amounted to less than Connecticut's average during the 2000s (0.46% vs. 1.56%), outperformed Connecticut's average during the 2010s (0.30% vs. -0.70%), and amounted to less than Connecticut's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (-1.80% vs. -1.69%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real average earnings per job growth trends, Middlesex County posted below the nation over the 1970s (-0.37% vs. 0.89%), topped the nation throughout the 1980s (2.00% vs. 0.71%), exceeded the nation during the 1990s (2.12% vs. 1.68%), recorded underneath the nation throughout the 2000s (0.46% vs. 0.72%), fell below the nation during the 2010s (0.30% vs. 1.01%), and posted below the nation over 2020-2022 (-1.80% vs. -0.24%).
   
 
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
0.75
-0.37
2.00
2.12
0.46
0.30
-1.80
-4.46
 
0.97
0.35
2.05
2.41
1.56
-0.70
-1.69
-4.95
 
0.93
0.89
0.71
1.68
0.72
1.01
-0.24
-4.51
 
   

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Middlesex County:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
7,598
0.189
40,239
100.0
N
96.00
105.84
1970
 
7,995
0.198
40,449
100.5
0.52
95.79
105.25
1971
 
8,413
0.206
40,828
101.5
0.94
95.63
103.82
1972
 
8,795
0.213
41,275
102.6
1.10
93.76
101.20
1973
 
9,375
0.225
41,748
103.8
1.15
94.30
100.41
1974
 
9,703
0.248
39,138
97.3
-6.25
92.13
97.74
1975
 
10,447
0.269
38,893
96.7
-0.63
92.58
97.52
1976
 
11,106
0.283
39,197
97.4
0.78
91.96
96.16
1977
 
11,509
0.302
38,141
94.8
-2.70
88.71
92.73
1978
 
12,444
0.323
38,554
95.8
1.08
88.99
92.47
1979
 
13,588
0.351
38,665
96.1
0.29
89.26
93.27
1980
 
14,708
0.389
37,782
93.9
-2.28
88.59
93.94
1981
 
15,698
0.424
37,010
92.0
-2.04
87.34
91.98
1982
 
16,611
0.448
37,102
92.2
0.25
86.55
92.34
1983
 
17,926
0.467
38,406
95.4
3.51
87.44
94.75
1984
 
19,530
0.484
40,319
100.2
4.98
88.51
96.77
1985
 
20,678
0.501
41,250
102.5
2.31
88.72
97.86
1986
 
22,179
0.512
43,301
107.6
4.97
90.29
100.46
1987
 
24,195
0.528
45,822
113.9
5.82
90.78
104.62
1988
 
25,786
0.549
46,998
116.8
2.57
89.94
105.65
1989
 
26,877
0.573
46,938
116.6
-0.13
88.61
105.57
1990
 
28,094
0.598
47,000
116.8
0.13
88.63
105.62
1991
 
29,897
0.618
48,398
120.3
2.97
89.33
108.57
1992
 
31,158
0.634
49,129
122.1
1.51
87.53
106.06
1993
 
31,962
0.650
49,173
122.2
0.09
87.31
106.18
1994
 
33,554
0.664
50,566
125.7
2.83
87.92
108.56
1995
 
33,768
0.678
49,840
123.9
-1.44
86.33
106.85
1996
 
34,923
0.692
50,465
125.4
1.26
86.72
106.44
1997
 
36,862
0.704
52,356
130.1
3.75
85.57
107.73
1998
 
38,494
0.710
54,242
134.8
3.60
84.40
106.90
1999
 
41,578
0.720
57,747
143.5
6.46
86.04
110.14
2000
 
43,603
0.738
59,065
146.8
2.28
84.05
109.27
2001
 
46,757
0.753
62,092
154.3
5.12
84.96
112.73
2002
 
48,317
0.763
63,332
157.4
2.00
86.92
113.94
2003
 
48,810
0.779
62,662
155.7
-1.06
86.65
111.81
2004
 
50,718
0.798
63,535
157.9
1.39
87.73
111.58
2005
 
50,562
0.821
61,566
153.0
-3.10
85.01
108.39
2006
 
53,601
0.844
63,478
157.8
3.11
86.92
110.65
2007
 
53,046
0.866
61,250
152.2
-3.51
83.25
107.42
2008
 
53,307
0.892
59,781
148.6
-2.40
79.95
105.98
2009
 
53,538
0.889
60,209
149.6
0.71
76.97
106.99
2010
 
54,291
0.905
59,981
149.1
-0.38
75.21
104.02
2011
 
53,671
0.928
57,832
143.7
-3.58
74.61
100.07
2012
 
54,528
0.945
57,681
143.3
-0.26
77.73
99.03
2013
 
55,485
0.958
57,929
144.0
0.43
80.50
99.37
2014
 
57,214
0.971
58,910
146.4
1.69
81.51
100.39
2015
 
58,329
0.973
59,948
149.0
1.76
82.18
100.56
2016
 
58,918
0.983
59,947
149.0
0.00
82.00
100.75
2017
 
60,190
1.000
60,190
149.6
0.41
82.66
99.77
2018
 
61,513
1.020
60,279
149.8
0.15
83.43
99.05
2019
 
64,116
1.035
61,941
153.9
2.76
85.09
99.53
2020
 
65,498
1.046
62,597
155.6
1.06
84.15
97.21
2021
 
66,874
1.090
61,352
152.5
-1.99
84.43
94.96
2022
 
68,016
1.160
58,613
145.7
-4.46
84.86
95.01
Source: Calculations by the Connecticut Regional Economic Analysis Project (CT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Connecticut:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
7,915
0.189
41,916
100.0
N
110.25
1970
 
8,347
0.198
42,227
100.7
0.74
109.88
1971
 
8,797
0.206
42,695
101.9
1.11
108.57
1972
 
9,380
0.213
44,023
105.0
3.11
107.93
1973
 
9,941
0.225
44,270
105.6
0.56
106.47
1974
 
10,532
0.248
42,480
101.3
-4.04
106.09
1975
 
11,284
0.269
42,009
100.2
-1.11
105.33
1976
 
12,076
0.283
42,623
101.7
1.46
104.57
1977
 
12,974
0.302
42,995
102.6
0.87
104.53
1978
 
13,984
0.323
43,325
103.4
0.77
103.91
1979
 
15,223
0.351
43,316
103.3
-0.02
104.49
1980
 
16,603
0.389
42,649
101.7
-1.54
106.04
1981
 
17,973
0.424
42,375
101.1
-0.64
105.31
1982
 
19,191
0.448
42,866
102.3
1.16
106.68
1983
 
20,502
0.467
43,923
104.8
2.47
108.36
1984
 
22,065
0.484
45,552
108.7
3.71
109.34
1985
 
23,307
0.501
46,496
110.9
2.07
110.31
1986
 
24,565
0.512
47,960
114.4
3.15
111.27
1987
 
26,651
0.528
50,474
120.4
5.24
115.24
1988
 
28,670
0.549
52,255
124.7
3.53
117.46
1989
 
30,331
0.573
52,969
126.4
1.37
119.13
1990
 
31,697
0.598
53,027
126.5
0.11
119.17
1991
 
33,470
0.618
54,181
129.3
2.18
121.55
1992
 
35,596
0.634
56,128
133.9
3.59
121.17
1993
 
36,610
0.650
56,323
134.4
0.35
121.62
1994
 
38,162
0.664
57,511
137.2
2.11
123.47
1995
 
39,113
0.678
57,728
137.7
0.38
123.76
1996
 
40,270
0.692
58,191
138.8
0.80
122.74
1997
 
43,080
0.704
61,187
146.0
5.15
125.90
1998
 
45,607
0.710
64,265
153.3
5.03
126.65
1999
 
48,325
0.720
67,117
160.1
4.44
128.01
2000
 
51,875
0.738
70,271
167.6
4.70
130.00
2001
 
55,033
0.753
73,083
174.4
4.00
132.68
2002
 
55,585
0.763
72,859
173.8
-0.31
131.08
2003
 
56,331
0.779
72,317
172.5
-0.74
129.04
2004
 
57,808
0.798
72,417
172.8
0.14
127.17
2005
 
59,476
0.821
72,420
172.8
0.00
127.50
2006
 
61,667
0.844
73,031
174.2
0.84
127.30
2007
 
63,722
0.866
73,576
175.5
0.75
129.04
2008
 
66,672
0.892
74,769
178.4
1.62
132.55
2009
 
69,558
0.889
78,224
186.6
4.62
139.00
2010
 
72,188
0.905
79,753
190.3
1.95
138.32
2011
 
71,939
0.928
77,517
184.9
-2.80
134.13
2012
 
70,153
0.945
74,209
177.0
-4.27
127.41
2013
 
68,928
0.958
71,964
171.7
-3.03
123.45
2014
 
70,197
0.971
72,278
172.4
0.44
123.17
2015
 
70,979
0.973
72,949
174.0
0.93
122.37
2016
 
71,848
0.983
73,102
174.4
0.21
122.86
2017
 
72,816
1.000
72,816
173.7
-0.39
120.70
2018
 
73,728
1.020
72,249
172.4
-0.78
118.72
2019
 
75,351
1.035
72,794
173.7
0.76
116.97
2020
 
77,835
1.046
74,387
177.5
2.19
115.52
2021
 
79,211
1.090
72,670
173.4
-2.31
112.48
2022
 
80,153
1.160
69,072
164.8
-4.95
111.97
Source: Calculations by the Connecticut Regional Economic Analysis Project (CT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
7,179
0.189
38,018
100.0
N
1970
 
7,596
0.198
38,430
101.1
1.08
1971
 
8,103
0.206
39,326
103.4
2.33
1972
 
8,691
0.213
40,786
107.3
3.71
1973
 
9,336
0.225
41,579
109.4
1.94
1974
 
9,928
0.248
40,044
105.3
-3.69
1975
 
10,713
0.269
39,883
104.9
-0.40
1976
 
11,549
0.283
40,761
107.2
2.20
1977
 
12,412
0.302
41,131
108.2
0.91
1978
 
13,457
0.323
41,694
109.7
1.37
1979
 
14,568
0.351
41,454
109.0
-0.58
1980
 
15,657
0.389
40,220
105.8
-2.98
1981
 
17,066
0.424
40,237
105.8
0.04
1982
 
17,989
0.448
40,181
105.7
-0.14
1983
 
18,920
0.467
40,535
106.6
0.88
1984
 
20,181
0.484
41,663
109.6
2.78
1985
 
21,130
0.501
42,152
110.9
1.17
1986
 
22,078
0.512
43,104
113.4
2.26
1987
 
23,126
0.528
43,799
115.2
1.61
1988
 
24,408
0.549
44,487
117.0
1.57
1989
 
25,460
0.573
44,462
117.0
-0.05
1990
 
26,599
0.598
44,498
117.0
0.08
1991
 
27,537
0.618
44,577
117.3
0.18
1992
 
29,378
0.634
46,323
121.8
3.92
1993
 
30,101
0.650
46,309
121.8
-0.03
1994
 
30,909
0.664
46,580
122.5
0.59
1995
 
31,605
0.678
46,646
122.7
0.14
1996
 
32,810
0.692
47,411
124.7
1.64
1997
 
34,218
0.704
48,600
127.8
2.51
1998
 
36,011
0.710
50,743
133.5
4.41
1999
 
37,751
0.720
52,432
137.9
3.33
2000
 
39,903
0.738
54,053
142.2
3.09
2001
 
41,477
0.753
55,080
144.9
1.90
2002
 
42,406
0.763
55,584
146.2
0.92
2003
 
43,655
0.779
56,045
147.4
0.83
2004
 
45,456
0.798
56,943
149.8
1.60
2005
 
46,648
0.821
56,800
149.4
-0.25
2006
 
48,442
0.844
57,368
150.9
1.00
2007
 
49,382
0.866
57,019
150.0
-0.61
2008
 
50,298
0.892
56,407
148.4
-1.07
2009
 
50,041
0.889
56,276
148.0
-0.23
2010
 
52,191
0.905
57,661
151.7
2.46
2011
 
53,633
0.928
57,792
152.0
0.23
2012
 
55,061
0.945
58,245
153.2
0.78
2013
 
55,837
0.958
58,296
153.3
0.09
2014
 
56,990
0.971
58,680
154.3
0.66
2015
 
58,005
0.973
59,615
156.8
1.59
2016
 
58,480
0.983
59,501
156.5
-0.19
2017
 
60,329
1.000
60,329
158.7
1.39
2018
 
62,102
1.020
60,856
160.1
0.87
2019
 
64,419
1.035
62,233
163.7
2.26
2020
 
67,378
1.046
64,393
169.4
3.47
2021
 
70,421
1.090
64,606
169.9
0.33
2022
 
71,586
1.160
61,690
162.3
-4.51
Source: Calculations by the Connecticut Regional Economic Analysis Project (CT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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