Employees in Austin are making more than national average

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Workers in the Austin-area make about 2 percent more per hour than the May 2016 nationwide average of $23.86, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report shows the Austin jobs with the highest wages compared to the national average were in the following areas: sales and related, healthcare support and management.
Eight groups had significantly lower wages than their respective national averages: construction and extraction, life, physical, social science, e