By Jim Small | Arizona Mirror
In the last decade, Arizona ranks near the bottom of states for salary growth, even as it has been among the national leaders in terms of overall job growth.
The state added some 243,000 jobs between 2008 and 2018, according to figures reported annually by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, good enough to rank it in the top 25% of all states and territories for job growth.
But the growth in annual wages over the same period was only 21.98%, ranking the Grand Canyon State 38th – in the bottom 25% of states. Inflation during that period was 16.6%, meaning wages in Arizona outpaced inflation by about 5.3%.
