California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley | Personal income is growing-slowly-in Fresno County and the Valley

Personal income is growing-slowly-in Fresno County and the Valley

November 20, 2017

By Tim Sheehan, tsheehan@fresnobee.com

Fresno County employers paid out more than $22.1 billion to compensate their workers last year. How much of that did you take home?

New figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that per capita income-the average personal income for every man, woman and child-in Fresno County amounted to just over $40,000 in 2016. That was up 2.5 percent compared to 2015, and includes income from employment, unemployment insurance, dividends, government benefits, retirement payments or just about anything else that puts money in your pocket.

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