Wages and Salaries: Top 50 U.S. Counties
Federal Tax Returns Filed in 2006

 
 County Name State Average Wages
and Salaries
 Rank* 
 
 Loudoun County  Virginia  $80,122  1  
 Hunterdon County  New Jersey  $79,672  2  
 Fairfield County  Connecticut  $79,489  3  
 Somerset County  New Jersey  $79,282  4  
 Morris County  New Jersey  $78,919  5  
 Douglas County  Colorado  $76,730  6  
 Falls Church City  Virginia  $75,587  7  
 Williamson County  Tennessee  $74,722  8  
 Howard County  Maryland  $72,485  9  
 Westchester County  New York  $70,931  10  
 Fairfax County  Virginia  $70,526  11  
 Hamilton County  Indiana  $69,039  12  
 Los Alamos County  New Mexico  $68,968  13  
 Goochland County  Virginia  $68,706  14  
 New York County  New York  $68,495  15  
 Carver County  Minnesota  $68,319  16  
 Collin County  Texas  $68,077  17  
 Chester County  Pennsylvania  $67,752  18  
 Lake County  Illinois  $67,566  19  
 Delaware County  Ohio  $67,140  20  
 Santa Clara County  California  $66,487  21  
 Forsyth County  Georgia  $66,278  22  
 San Mateo County  California  $65,536  23  
 Monmouth County  New Jersey  $65,019  24  
 Bergen County  New Jersey  $64,073  25  
 Ozaukee County  Wisconsin  $63,638  26  
 Oldham County  Kentucky  $63,202  27  
 Norfolk County  Massachusetts  $63,111  28  
 Marin County  California  $62,413  29  
 Arlington County  Virginia  $62,357  30  
 Montgomery County  Maryland  $62,102  31  
 Putnam County  New York  $61,396  32  
 DuPage County  Illinois  $60,687  33  
 Washington County  Minnesota  $60,550  34  
 Scott County  Minnesota  $60,365  35  
 Summit County  Utah  $60,265  36  
 Johnson County  Kansas  $59,775  37  
 Nassau County  New York  $59,744  38  
 Montgomery County  Pennsylvania  $59,229  39  
 Fayette County  Georgia  $59,220  40  
 Alexandria City  Virginia  $59,187  41  
 Boone County  Indiana  $59,140  42  
 Contra Costa County  California  $59,054  43  
 Stafford County  Virginia  $58,775  44  
 Waukesha County  Wisconsin  $58,767  45  
 Sussex County  New Jersey  $58,666  46  
 Fauquier County  Virginia  $58,627  47  
 Fort Bend County  Texas  $58,602  48  
 Middlesex County  Massachusetts  $58,483  49  
 Rockwall County  Texas  $57,965  50  
 

Top 50 county rankings out of 3,140 counties in the United States.


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