Florida, Texas Grab Bigger Chunk of Paychecks as New York Fades
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Southern US states have enjoyed some of the strongest job growth in the pandemic era, as well as some of the biggest wage increases — and they’re luring Americans from elsewhere in the country.
Add those things together and they explain why three southern states — Florida, Texas and North Carolina — are leading the way when it comes to grabbing a bigger share of the national paycheck, according to new state-level data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.