Deuel County vs. Nebraska
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Average Earnings Per Job Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Deuel County vs. Nebraska
Deuel County:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $35,849
2022 Percent of State = 54.67%
Nebraska:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $65,574
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 Deuel County with comparisons to Nebraska and the nation is an important first step in understanding the economic forces at play in Deuel 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.
Deuel County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Deuel County Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts Deuel 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 Deuel County over time.
When measured in current dollars, Deuel County's average earnings per job increased 520.05%, from $5,782 in 1970 to $35,849 in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 5.61%, from $29,251 in 1970 to $30,893 in 2022.
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Deuel County's and Nebraska'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, Deuel County's real average earnings per job rose from $28,610 in 1969 to $30,893 in 2022, for a net gain of $2,283, or 7.98%. In comparison, Nebraska's real average earnings per job increased from $33,366 in 1969 to $56,508 in 2022, for a net advance of $23,143, or 69.36%.
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Deuel County's real average earnings per job growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Nebraska, 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.
Deuel County's overall real average earnings per job growth was 7.98% over 1969-2022 trailed Nebraska's increase of 69.36%, 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 depicts the trends for average earnings per job relative to the national average by tracing Deuel County and Nebraska average earnings per job as a percent of the national average over 1969-2022.
In 1969, Deuel County's average earnings per job amounted to 75.25% of the national average; in 2022, it approximated 50.08%. Similarly, in 1969, Nebraska's average earnings per job totaled 87.76% of the national average; in 2022, it consisted of 91.60%.
Deuel County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Deuel County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 highlights the short-run pattern of Deuel 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, Deuel County's real average earnings per job grew at an annual rate of 1.53% over 1970-2022. The county recorded its highest growth in 2011 (50.14%) and recorded its lowest growth in 1981 (-31.09%). In 2022, Deuel County's real average earnings per job declined by -5.47%
Deuel County Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Deuel 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 illustrates the annual percent change in Deuel 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, Deuel County's annual real average earnings per job growth rate averaged 1.09%. It averaged 0.50% throughout the 1980s, 4.83% in the 1990s, -1.46% in the 2000s, 3.32% during the 2010s, -0.61% 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 Deuel County noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Nebraska and the nation. As the chart reveals, Deuel County's average annual real average earnings per job growth recorded above Nebraska's average in the 1970s (1.09% vs. 0.76%), amounted to less than Nebraska's average in the 1980s (0.50% vs. 0.55%), outperformed Nebraska's average throughout the 1990s (4.83% vs. 1.45%), trailed Nebraska's average throughout the 2000s (-1.46% vs. 1.41%), outgained Nebraska's average in the 2010s (3.32% vs. 1.21%), and lagged Nebraska's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (-0.61% vs. 0.76%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real average earnings per job growth trends, Deuel County outpaced the nation throughout the 1970s (1.09% vs. 0.89%), lagged the nation during the 1980s (0.50% vs. 0.71%), recorded above the nation throughout the 1990s (4.83% vs. 1.68%), recorded underneath the nation throughout the 2000s (-1.46% vs. 0.72%), topped the nation throughout the 2010s (3.32% vs. 1.01%), and lagged the nation over 2020-2022 (-0.61% vs. -0.24%).
   
 
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
1.53
1.09
0.50
4.83
-1.46
3.32
-0.61
-5.47
 
1.06
0.76
0.55
1.45
1.41
1.21
0.76
-3.42
 
0.93
0.89
0.71
1.68
0.72
1.01
-0.24
-4.51
 
   

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Deuel County:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
5,402
0.189
28,610
100.0
N
85.75
75.25
1970
 
5,782
0.198
29,251
102.2
2.24
88.12
76.11
1971
 
6,131
0.206
29,755
104.0
1.72
86.60
75.66
1972
 
7,171
0.213
33,655
117.6
13.11
93.85
82.51
1973
 
8,709
0.225
38,782
135.6
15.24
100.71
93.27
1974
 
7,745
0.248
31,237
109.2
-19.45
89.91
78.01
1975
 
8,962
0.269
33,366
116.6
6.81
91.78
83.66
1976
 
9,971
0.283
35,192
123.0
5.47
100.43
86.34
1977
 
9,225
0.302
30,572
106.9
-13.13
88.41
74.33
1978
 
9,228
0.323
28,590
99.9
-6.48
77.41
68.57
1979
 
10,587
0.351
30,126
105.3
5.37
84.89
72.67
1980
 
14,761
0.389
37,918
132.5
25.87
116.38
94.28
1981
 
11,082
0.424
26,128
91.3
-31.09
76.03
64.94
1982
 
14,196
0.448
31,708
110.8
21.36
93.22
78.91
1983
 
17,607
0.467
37,723
131.9
18.97
113.04
93.06
1984
 
19,518
0.484
40,294
140.8
6.82
112.78
96.71
1985
 
18,611
0.501
37,127
129.8
-7.86
102.23
88.08
1986
 
18,102
0.512
35,342
123.5
-4.81
96.05
81.99
1987
 
15,500
0.528
29,356
102.6
-16.94
79.40
67.02
1988
 
16,988
0.549
30,964
108.2
5.48
82.29
69.60
1989
 
15,463
0.573
27,004
94.4
-12.79
72.60
60.73
1990
 
16,128
0.598
26,981
94.3
-0.08
71.79
60.63
1991
 
15,495
0.618
25,083
87.7
-7.04
66.92
56.27
1992
 
15,595
0.634
24,590
85.9
-1.97
63.45
53.08
1993
 
20,792
0.650
31,987
111.8
30.08
83.89
69.07
1994
 
15,668
0.664
23,612
82.5
-26.18
61.45
50.69
1995
 
23,449
0.678
34,610
121.0
46.58
88.99
74.20
1996
 
24,235
0.692
35,020
122.4
1.18
85.65
73.86
1997
 
18,850
0.704
26,773
93.6
-23.55
65.88
55.09
1998
 
23,206
0.710
32,700
114.3
22.14
78.25
64.44
1999
 
25,217
0.720
35,023
122.4
7.10
81.67
66.80
2000
 
19,809
0.738
26,833
93.8
-23.38
61.94
49.64
2001
 
21,815
0.753
28,971
101.3
7.96
64.99
52.60
2002
 
21,421
0.763
28,078
98.1
-3.08
61.97
50.51
2003
 
27,107
0.779
34,800
121.6
23.94
73.50
62.09
2004
 
22,525
0.798
28,217
98.6
-18.91
58.41
49.55
2005
 
20,876
0.821
25,419
88.8
-9.92
53.03
44.75
2006
 
20,173
0.844
23,890
83.5
-6.02
50.45
41.64
2007
 
24,431
0.866
28,209
98.6
18.08
58.43
49.47
2008
 
25,700
0.892
28,821
100.7
2.17
59.40
51.10
2009
 
24,244
0.889
27,265
95.3
-5.40
55.31
48.45
2010
 
22,706
0.905
25,085
87.7
-7.99
48.96
43.50
2011
 
34,952
0.928
37,662
131.6
50.14
67.89
65.17
2012
 
28,609
0.945
30,263
105.8
-19.64
55.85
51.96
2013
 
36,172
0.958
37,765
132.0
24.79
69.79
64.78
2014
 
36,888
0.971
37,981
132.8
0.57
68.31
64.73
2015
 
39,255
0.973
40,344
141.0
6.22
71.44
67.67
2016
 
37,791
0.983
38,450
134.4
-4.69
70.67
64.62
2017
 
29,164
1.000
29,164
101.9
-24.15
53.96
48.34
2018
 
30,848
1.020
30,229
105.7
3.65
55.57
49.67
2019
 
32,632
1.035
31,524
110.2
4.28
57.00
50.66
2020
 
33,382
1.046
31,904
111.5
1.20
55.82
49.54
2021
 
35,622
1.090
32,680
114.2
2.43
55.86
50.58
2022
 
35,849
1.160
30,893
108.0
-5.47
54.67
50.08
Source: Calculations by the Nebraska Regional Economic Analysis Project (NE-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Nebraska:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
6,300
0.189
33,366
100.0
N
87.76
1970
 
6,561
0.198
33,195
99.5
-0.51
86.38
1971
 
7,080
0.206
34,360
103.0
3.51
87.37
1972
 
7,641
0.213
35,859
107.5
4.36
87.92
1973
 
8,647
0.225
38,508
115.4
7.39
92.61
1974
 
8,614
0.248
34,743
104.1
-9.78
86.76
1975
 
9,765
0.269
36,356
109.0
4.64
91.15
1976
 
9,929
0.283
35,042
105.0
-3.61
85.97
1977
 
10,435
0.302
34,581
103.6
-1.32
84.07
1978
 
11,921
0.323
36,935
110.7
6.81
88.58
1979
 
12,471
0.351
35,487
106.4
-3.92
85.61
1980
 
12,683
0.389
32,581
97.6
-8.19
81.01
1981
 
14,576
0.424
34,365
103.0
5.47
85.41
1982
 
15,228
0.448
34,013
101.9
-1.02
84.65
1983
 
15,576
0.467
33,371
100.0
-1.89
82.33
1984
 
17,306
0.484
35,727
107.1
7.06
85.75
1985
 
18,205
0.501
36,316
108.8
1.65
86.16
1986
 
18,847
0.512
36,796
110.3
1.32
85.37
1987
 
19,523
0.528
36,974
110.8
0.48
84.42
1988
 
20,646
0.549
37,630
112.8
1.77
84.59
1989
 
21,299
0.573
37,197
111.5
-1.15
83.66
1990
 
22,467
0.598
37,586
112.6
1.05
84.46
1991
 
23,155
0.618
37,484
112.3
-0.27
84.09
1992
 
24,578
0.634
38,754
116.1
3.39
83.66
1993
 
24,785
0.650
38,131
114.3
-1.61
82.34
1994
 
25,497
0.664
38,424
115.2
0.77
82.49
1995
 
26,350
0.678
38,891
116.6
1.22
83.37
1996
 
28,294
0.692
40,885
122.5
5.13
86.24
1997
 
28,611
0.704
40,636
121.8
-0.61
83.61
1998
 
29,658
0.710
41,792
125.3
2.84
82.36
1999
 
30,878
0.720
42,886
128.5
2.62
81.79
2000
 
31,981
0.738
43,322
129.8
1.02
80.15
2001
 
33,568
0.753
44,578
133.6
2.90
80.93
2002
 
34,569
0.763
45,312
135.8
1.65
81.52
2003
 
36,879
0.779
47,345
141.9
4.49
84.48
2004
 
38,562
0.798
48,307
144.8
2.03
84.83
2005
 
39,368
0.821
47,936
143.7
-0.77
84.39
2006
 
39,983
0.844
47,351
141.9
-1.22
82.54
2007
 
41,812
0.866
48,277
144.7
1.96
84.67
2008
 
43,265
0.892
48,520
145.4
0.50
86.02
2009
 
43,832
0.889
49,294
147.7
1.59
87.59
2010
 
46,373
0.905
51,233
153.5
3.93
88.85
2011
 
51,485
0.928
55,477
166.3
8.28
95.99
2012
 
51,229
0.945
54,191
162.4
-2.32
93.04
2013
 
51,829
0.958
54,112
162.2
-0.14
92.82
2014
 
53,999
0.971
55,600
166.6
2.75
94.75
2015
 
54,945
0.973
56,471
169.2
1.57
94.73
2016
 
53,471
0.983
54,404
163.1
-3.66
91.44
2017
 
54,045
1.000
54,045
162.0
-0.66
89.58
2018
 
55,513
1.020
54,400
163.0
0.66
89.39
2019
 
57,252
1.035
55,309
165.8
1.67
88.88
2020
 
59,807
1.046
57,158
171.3
3.34
88.76
2021
 
63,774
1.090
58,508
175.4
2.36
90.56
2022
 
65,574
1.160
56,508
169.4
-3.42
91.60
Source: Calculations by the Nebraska Regional Economic Analysis Project (NE-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 Nebraska Regional Economic Analysis Project (NE-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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