Arizona Mirrors Nation On High-Wage Jobs...

Arizona mirrors nation on high-wage jobs, from The Business Journal reports that the proportion of high-wage jobs in Arizona is nearly identical to the national average, according to a new analysis of federal employment data. About 15 percent of all jobs in the U.S. pay high wages, defined as paying at least 50 percent more than the overall average wage, according to The Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research, a unit of the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. "Arizona ranked 17th -- in the middle of a group of competitor states, but near the bottom of a group of New Economy states," he said.


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