The average annual salary paid to workers in each economic sector.
Salaries are a gauge of overall economic health and a measure of the degree to which employees are sharing in the prosperity of a community or a specific economic sector. They also indicate the vitality of specific sectors and their demand for workers.
In 2017, the three highest-paid sectors in Berks County were Financial Activities, with an average salary of $74,500, Construction, at $61,300, and Professional and Business Services, at $61,600. Salaries were higher at both the state and national level in two of these sectors. For example, the average salary for Financial Activities was 13% higher in Pennsylvania, at $85,400, and 20% higher nationally, at $92,700.
Similar to Berks, Financial Activities was the highest-paid sector in Chester, Lancaster and Montgomery counties. Professional and Business Services ranked highest in Lehigh County. In Schuylkill County, the Manufacturing sector received the highest average salary, while Information was the highest-paid sector in Lebanon County.
Figures are in constant 2017 dollars. Industries in which most of the workforce is part-time (such as Leisure and Hospitality) may appear to pay even lower salaries than they do in comparison with sectors that have more full-time workers. Data for this indicator for 2018 are expected to be released in the third quarter of 2019.
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| Construction | Educational Services | Financial Activities | Government | Health Care and Social Assistance | Information | Leisure and Hospitality | Manufacturing | Natural Resources and Mining | Other Services | Professional and Business Services | Trade, Transportation, and Utilities | Total | |
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| United States | $60,520 | $49,322 | $92,718 | $63,229 | $50,168 | $101,823 | $23,460 | $66,894 | $56,856 | $37,385 | $72,459 | $46,861 | $55,375 |
| Pennsylvania | $64,262 | $55,669 | $85,376 | $59,483 | $49,451 | $77,708 | $20,473 | $61,110 | $62,941 | $32,693 | $75,772 | $44,780 | $54,000 |
| Berks County | $61,262 | $34,297 | $74,453 | $52,461 | $50,882 | $54,748 | $15,993 | $59,507 | $41,317 | $27,318 | $61,587 | $40,602 | $48,918 |
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| Chester County | $71,321 | $54,243 | $114,979 | $54,808 | $46,702 | $98,412 | $20,484 | $75,850 | $41,179 | $32,472 | $106,214 | $56,016 | $68,578 |
| Lancaster County | $57,530 | $40,201 | $68,210 | $48,493 | $46,755 | $50,027 | $17,123 | $55,395 | $36,780 | $31,677 | $58,898 | $38,025 | $45,245 |
| Lebanon County | $52,907 | $43,622 | $47,210 | $49,211 | $48,866 | $54,005 | $15,371 | $49,439 | $38,218 | $25,486 | $35,440 | $36,997 | $41,627 |
| Lehigh County | $63,263 | $46,972 | $61,787 | $56,629 | $58,484 | $67,561 | $18,625 | $68,200 | $37,354 | $31,782 | $77,251 | $42,907 | $53,500 |
| Montgomery County | $77,665 | $55,474 | $106,382 | $62,701 | $50,292 | $83,877 | $20,599 | $83,899 | $47,442 | $34,827 | $92,440 | $54,208 | $67,386 |
| Schuylkill County | $45,325 | $40,709 | $44,945 | $50,855 | $38,528 | $45,753 | $13,988 | $54,101 | $44,833 | $22,348 | $41,344 | $35,942 | $41,003 |
| Construction | Educational Services | Financial Activities | Government | Health Care and Social Assistance | Information | Leisure and Hospitality | Manufacturing | Natural Resources and Mining | Other Services | Professional and Business Services | Trade, Transportation, and Utilities | Total | |
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| United States | $429,219,436,397 | $617,986,458,728 | $756,643,817,565 | $463,441,545,376 | $1,068,163,155,268 | $300,149,688,564 | $384,082,368,700 | $833,217,750,254 | $107,498,952,213 | $167,085,691,233 | $1,486,933,743,357 | $1,337,053,579,649 | $7,966,329,559,854 |
| Pennsylvania | $16,519,026,131 | $26,803,658,224 | $27,488,961,182 | $14,014,443,226 | $51,513,148,618 | $6,739,394,349 | $11,669,903,259 | $34,366,124,604 | $3,169,759,589 | $6,504,601,804 | $61,348,715,906 | $52,855,654,281 | $313,129,652,736 |
| Berks County | $435,024,103 | $68,524,732 | $428,325,294 | $243,471,433 | $1,355,942,546 | $61,372,282 | $237,747,395 | $1,848,470,660 | $120,811,812 | $143,529,879 | $1,367,661,971 | $1,367,035,807 | $8,380,847,649 |
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| Chester County | $785,240,042 | $926,692,526 | $2,737,878,143 | $250,909,546 | $1,708,033,881 | $553,664,778 | $434,518,997 | $1,446,984,402 | $231,838,973 | $314,618,996 | $5,012,125,734 | $2,543,053,052 | $17,121,856,334 |
| Lancaster County | $914,323,984 | $165,990,184 | $543,157,040 | $216,520,589 | $1,772,865,558 | $147,478,693 | $418,574,099 | $2,049,061,241 | $114,862,474 | $236,719,757 | $1,379,510,964 | $2,124,196,357 | $10,744,306,294 |
| Lebanon County | $90,313,076 | $163,231,721 | $55,896,408 | $153,488,231 | $427,481,885 | $43,960,134 | $58,456,798 | $447,179,970 | $15,592,892 | $37,336,767 | $139,564,044 | $418,467,654 | $2,058,567,755 |
| Lehigh County | $418,103,193 | $588,694,211 | $469,271,014 | $233,538,477 | $2,396,071,871 | $177,414,885 | $321,268,967 | $1,251,885,450 | $28,799,722 | $166,631,964 | $2,083,061,836 | $1,921,361,649 | $10,109,337,849 |
| Montgomery County | $1,713,358,239 | $1,686,922,286 | $4,550,153,580 | $652,970,237 | $3,878,805,288 | $819,138,391 | $822,169,255 | $3,727,551,990 | $24,195,579 | $571,476,950 | $9,609,792,751 | $4,990,658,369 | $33,209,407,558 |
| Schuylkill County | $62,094,954 | $142,521,791 | $52,945,790 | $155,972,699 | $301,593,345 | $14,091,775 | $45,152,248 | $581,482,768 | $57,206,643 | $26,237,105 | $121,839,534 | $436,225,949 | $2,017,601,806 |
| INDICATORS | TREND | BERKS COUNTY |
|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate |  Maintaining |
| Change in Labor Force |  Decreasing |
| Employment to Population ratio | Maintaining |
| Change in Jobs by Sector | Not Applicable |
| Sector Share of Total Jobs | Not Applicable |
| Average Salary by Sector | Not Applicable |
| Change in Average Salary Since 2000 |  Increasing |
| People Entering/Leaving County/Region for Work | Increasing |
| Public Assistance | Maintaining |
| Spending for Local Governments | Maintaining |
| Spending for Counties | Maintaining |
| Spending for School Districts | Maintaining |
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