San Joaquin County continued its strong recovery from the economic recession, landing in the 10 percent of counties in wage and job growth in the fourth quarter of 2015.
According to the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for the Fourth quarter of 2015 released Monday, San Joaquin County had 4.2 percent growth in employment, good enough for 27th best among the 343 largest U.S. counties. The county posted a 7.1 percent gain in average weekly wages, ranking 28th best among the largest U.S. counties.
San Joaquin County was the only California county to rank that highly in both job and wage growth. Stanislaus, Placer, San Francisco and Riverside counties were in the top 10 percentages for job growth.
Warehousing and logistics has led much of the growth in San Joaquin County. The Amazon driven expansion, alone, has more than doubled warehousing jobs in the county. That trend is expected to continue as the company recently announced another 1 million square foot expansion in Tracy.
While warehousing accounts for much of the job growth, wage growth is largely attributed to increases to employment in higher-paying sectors such as construction and government.
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