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Title: Philadelphia Job Growth Not Closing Wage Gap Between Residents and Suburban Commuters
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: Philadelphia has enjoyed relatively strong job growth in recent years after a long period of losses, some resulting from the Great Recession. But an analysis of census data finds that the job gains among city residents employed in Philadelphia have been concentrated in lower-paying sectors of the economy—and in lower-paying jobs within those sectors. As a result, wages for Philadelphians working in the city, when controlled for inflation, declined slightly from the 2005-09 period to 2013-17, according to the most recent data available. The analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that wages for nonresidents working in the city have held steady, reflecting a more even distribution of job gains across the wage spectrum. These two developments have combined to slightly widen the wage gap between resident and nonresident workers. Among individuals working in Philadelphia, city residents earned a median of $31,566 a year in the 2013-17 period, about 55 percent of the nonresident median of $57,914. For 2005-09, the corresponding figure was 58 percent.
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Authors: Eichel, Larry; Budick, Seth
Publisher: Pew Trusts
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Land Use/Urban Organization
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