Counties across the U.S. are seeing boosted job growth numbers and higher wages due in large part to policies put into effect under the Trump administration. Americans are finding work and getting paid more across the country.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a new jobs growth report on Wednesday for March 2017 — just two months after President Trump’s inauguration – to March 2018. It shows 314 counties out of 349 of the largest counties had a boost in job growth.
While the national average was 1.6-percent, Midland County in western Texas had the biggest boost at more than 12-percent. Many of those jobs were in natural resources and mining.
Midland County, plus the other seven top counties, all chose President Trump in 2016.
On the other side — Charleston, West Virginia’s county had the biggest drop at nearly 1.5-percent, with most of the jobs lost at the state level in government.
As far as income, workers across the nation saw a nearly four-percent increase on average.
The biggest wage jump was in Illinois, with a more than 23-percent increase in pay.
Other top counties supporting President Trump are in Utah, where the home of Brigham Young University is located, and in the southern part of New Hampshire.
Source: One America News Network
