Coos County vs. New Hampshire
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Average Earnings Per Job Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Coos County vs. New Hampshire
Coos County:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $52,829
2022 Percent of State = 69.62%
New Hampshire:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $75,878
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 Coos County with comparisons to New Hampshire and the nation is an important first step in understanding the economic forces at play in Coos 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.
Coos County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Coos County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Coos 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 Coos County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Coos County's average earnings per job increased 816.85%, from $5,762 in 1970 to $52,829 in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 56.17%, from $29,151 in 1970 to $45,526 in 2022.
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Coos County's and New Hampshire'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, Coos County's real average earnings per job rose from $28,535 in 1969 to $45,526 in 2022, for a net gain of $16,991, or 59.54%. In comparison, New Hampshire's real average earnings per job increased from $32,080 in 1969 to $65,387 in 2022, for a net advance of $33,307, or 103.82%.
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 portrays Coos County's real average earnings per job growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with New Hampshire, 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.
Coos County's overall real average earnings per job growth was 59.54% over 1969-2022 trailed New Hampshire's increase of 103.82%, 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 Coos County and New Hampshire average earnings per job as a percent of the national average over 1969-2022.
In 1969, Coos County's average earnings per job amounted to 75.06% of the national average; in 2022, it approximated 73.80%. Similarly, in 1969, New Hampshire's average earnings per job totaled 84.38% of the national average; in 2022, it consisted of 105.99%.
Coos County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Coos County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 displays the short-run pattern of Coos 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 traced 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, Coos County's real average earnings per job grew at an annual rate of 0.93% over 1970-2022. The county posted its highest growth in 1998 (11.08%) and posted its lowest growth in 2001 (-4.69%). In 2022, Coos County's real average earnings per job declined by -4.13%
Coos County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Coos 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 shows the annual percent change in Coos County's real average earnings per job since 1970, but this time they are displayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Coos County's annual real average earnings per job growth rate averaged 1.68%. It averaged 1.25% during the 1980s, 0.71% in the 1990s, -0.01% during the 2000s, 0.85% during the 2010s, 1.58% 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 Coos County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for New Hampshire and the nation. As the chart reveals, Coos County's average annual real average earnings per job growth topped New Hampshire's average throughout the 1970s (1.68% vs. 0.89%), lagged New Hampshire's average in the 1980s (1.25% vs. 1.81%), posted below New Hampshire's average in the 1990s (0.71% vs. 1.96%), recorded under New Hampshire's average in the 2000s (-0.01% vs. 1.25%), fell below New Hampshire's average in the 2010s (0.85% vs. 1.05%), and outgained New Hampshire's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (1.58% vs. 1.33%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real average earnings per job growth trends, Coos County outperformed the nation throughout the 1970s (1.68% vs. 0.89%), outpaced the nation throughout the 1980s (1.25% vs. 0.71%), lagged the nation over the 1990s (0.71% vs. 1.68%), fell below the nation in the 2000s (-0.01% vs. 0.72%), fell below the nation in the 2010s (0.85% vs. 1.01%), and topped the nation over 2020-2022 (1.58% vs. -0.24%).
   
 
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
0.93
1.68
1.25
0.71
-0.01
0.85
1.58
-4.13
 
1.39
0.89
1.81
1.96
1.25
1.05
1.33
-6.76
 
0.93
0.89
0.71
1.68
0.72
1.01
-0.24
-4.51
 
   

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Coos County:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
5,388
0.189
28,535
100.0
N
88.95
75.06
1970
 
5,762
0.198
29,151
102.2
2.16
89.80
75.86
1971
 
6,058
0.206
29,399
103.0
0.85
88.68
74.76
1972
 
6,518
0.213
30,590
107.2
4.05
89.30
75.00
1973
 
7,014
0.225
31,236
109.5
2.11
90.37
75.12
1974
 
7,565
0.248
30,512
106.9
-2.32
92.08
76.20
1975
 
8,195
0.269
30,509
106.9
-0.01
92.13
76.50
1976
 
9,043
0.283
31,918
111.9
4.62
93.76
78.31
1977
 
9,727
0.302
32,234
113.0
0.99
94.37
78.37
1978
 
10,857
0.323
33,639
117.9
4.36
96.24
80.68
1979
 
11,824
0.351
33,645
117.9
0.02
96.20
81.16
1980
 
12,506
0.389
32,126
112.6
-4.52
94.68
79.88
1981
 
13,380
0.424
31,544
110.5
-1.81
93.45
78.40
1982
 
14,203
0.448
31,724
111.2
0.57
93.19
78.95
1983
 
15,372
0.467
32,933
115.4
3.81
93.46
81.25
1984
 
16,249
0.484
33,544
117.6
1.86
93.49
80.51
1985
 
16,795
0.501
33,503
117.4
-0.12
91.18
79.48
1986
 
17,358
0.512
33,889
118.8
1.15
88.40
78.62
1987
 
19,668
0.528
37,248
130.5
9.91
91.08
85.04
1988
 
21,021
0.549
38,313
134.3
2.86
91.70
86.12
1989
 
21,667
0.573
37,839
132.6
-1.24
90.72
85.10
1990
 
21,559
0.598
36,067
126.4
-4.68
88.65
81.05
1991
 
22,267
0.618
36,046
126.3
-0.06
87.92
80.86
1992
 
23,109
0.634
36,438
127.7
1.09
86.84
78.66
1993
 
23,554
0.650
36,237
127.0
-0.55
86.56
78.25
1994
 
23,676
0.664
35,680
125.0
-1.54
84.63
76.60
1995
 
23,277
0.678
34,356
120.4
-3.71
80.08
73.65
1996
 
24,146
0.692
34,891
122.3
1.56
79.71
73.59
1997
 
25,199
0.704
35,791
125.4
2.58
79.07
73.64
1998
 
28,213
0.710
39,755
139.3
11.08
82.00
78.35
1999
 
29,003
0.720
40,281
141.2
1.32
79.74
76.83
2000
 
31,196
0.738
42,259
148.1
4.91
78.57
78.18
2001
 
30,331
0.753
40,279
141.2
-4.69
72.28
73.13
2002
 
30,754
0.763
40,311
141.3
0.08
71.41
72.52
2003
 
32,763
0.779
42,062
147.4
4.34
74.82
75.05
2004
 
33,630
0.798
42,128
147.6
0.16
74.12
73.98
2005
 
34,294
0.821
41,758
146.3
-0.88
73.48
73.52
2006
 
34,758
0.844
41,163
144.3
-1.42
70.93
71.75
2007
 
34,411
0.866
39,733
139.2
-3.48
70.28
69.68
2008
 
34,932
0.892
39,175
137.3
-1.40
70.86
69.45
2009
 
35,620
0.889
40,059
140.4
2.26
70.28
71.18
2010
 
36,510
0.905
40,336
141.4
0.69
68.34
69.95
2011
 
36,767
0.928
39,618
138.8
-1.78
67.70
68.55
2012
 
36,883
0.945
39,016
136.7
-1.52
67.36
66.99
2013
 
38,707
0.958
40,412
141.6
3.58
70.62
69.32
2014
 
39,239
0.971
40,403
141.6
-0.02
69.87
68.85
2015
 
39,669
0.973
40,770
142.9
0.91
69.75
68.39
2016
 
40,438
0.983
41,144
144.2
0.92
69.73
69.15
2017
 
41,646
1.000
41,646
145.9
1.22
69.73
69.03
2018
 
42,941
1.020
42,080
147.5
1.04
69.40
69.15
2019
 
45,082
1.035
43,552
152.6
3.50
68.95
69.98
2020
 
48,521
1.046
46,372
162.5
6.48
68.92
72.01
2021
 
51,761
1.090
47,487
166.4
2.40
67.71
73.50
2022
 
52,829
1.160
45,526
159.5
-4.13
69.62
73.80
Source: Calculations by the New Hampshire Regional Economic Analysis Project (NH-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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New Hampshire:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
6,058
0.189
32,080
100.0
N
84.38
1970
 
6,416
0.198
32,461
101.2
1.19
84.47
1971
 
6,831
0.206
33,152
103.3
2.13
84.30
1972
 
7,299
0.213
34,257
106.8
3.33
83.99
1973
 
7,762
0.225
34,566
107.7
0.90
83.13
1974
 
8,215
0.248
33,135
103.3
-4.14
82.75
1975
 
8,895
0.269
33,117
103.2
-0.06
83.03
1976
 
9,646
0.283
34,044
106.1
2.80
83.52
1977
 
10,307
0.302
34,156
106.5
0.33
83.04
1978
 
11,282
0.323
34,955
109.0
2.34
83.84
1979
 
12,291
0.351
34,974
109.0
0.06
84.37
1980
 
13,208
0.389
33,930
105.8
-2.98
84.36
1981
 
14,317
0.424
33,755
105.2
-0.52
83.89
1982
 
15,241
0.448
34,043
106.1
0.85
84.72
1983
 
16,447
0.467
35,237
109.8
3.51
86.93
1984
 
17,381
0.484
35,882
111.9
1.83
86.12
1985
 
18,419
0.501
36,744
114.5
2.40
87.17
1986
 
19,636
0.512
38,336
119.5
4.33
88.94
1987
 
21,593
0.528
40,895
127.5
6.67
93.37
1988
 
22,923
0.549
41,781
130.2
2.17
93.92
1989
 
23,883
0.573
41,709
130.0
-0.17
93.81
1990
 
24,319
0.598
40,684
126.8
-2.46
91.43
1991
 
25,327
0.618
40,999
127.8
0.77
91.97
1992
 
26,610
0.634
41,959
130.8
2.34
90.58
1993
 
27,211
0.650
41,864
130.5
-0.23
90.40
1994
 
27,975
0.664
42,159
131.4
0.71
90.51
1995
 
29,066
0.678
42,900
133.7
1.76
91.97
1996
 
30,290
0.692
43,770
136.4
2.03
92.32
1997
 
31,868
0.704
45,262
141.1
3.41
93.13
1998
 
34,405
0.710
48,481
151.1
7.11
95.54
1999
 
36,373
0.720
50,518
157.5
4.20
96.35
2000
 
39,705
0.738
53,785
167.7
6.47
99.50
2001
 
41,964
0.753
55,728
173.7
3.61
101.18
2002
 
43,066
0.763
56,450
176.0
1.30
101.56
2003
 
43,787
0.779
56,214
175.2
-0.42
100.30
2004
 
45,369
0.798
56,834
177.2
1.10
99.81
2005
 
46,672
0.821
56,829
177.1
-0.01
100.05
2006
 
49,006
0.844
58,036
180.9
2.12
101.16
2007
 
48,963
0.866
56,535
176.2
-2.59
99.15
2008
 
49,297
0.892
55,285
172.3
-2.21
98.01
2009
 
50,687
0.889
57,002
177.7
3.11
101.29
2010
 
53,425
0.905
59,024
184.0
3.55
102.36
2011
 
54,308
0.928
58,519
182.4
-0.86
101.26
2012
 
54,752
0.945
57,918
180.5
-1.03
99.44
2013
 
54,812
0.958
57,227
178.4
-1.19
98.17
2014
 
56,163
0.971
57,827
180.3
1.05
98.55
2015
 
56,874
0.973
58,453
182.2
1.08
98.05
2016
 
57,991
0.983
59,004
183.9
0.94
99.16
2017
 
59,727
1.000
59,727
186.2
1.23
99.00
2018
 
61,872
1.020
60,631
189.0
1.51
99.63
2019
 
65,384
1.035
63,165
196.9
4.18
101.50
2020
 
70,401
1.046
67,282
209.7
6.52
104.49
2021
 
76,442
1.090
70,130
218.6
4.23
108.55
2022
 
75,878
1.160
65,387
203.8
-6.76
105.99
Source: Calculations by the New Hampshire Regional Economic Analysis Project (NH-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 New Hampshire Regional Economic Analysis Project (NH-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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