These Cities Are Experiencing the Most Rapid Wage Growth in the US

To determine where wages are rising and where they are falling, GOBankingRates analyzed income changes year-to-year from 2010 through 2015 for America's 200 largest metro areas. Changes in income were calculated based on real income per capita in 2009 dollars.

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Cities Where Incomes Are Quickly Rising

1. Tulsa, Okla. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: 35.71 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $36,453
2. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ark.-Mo. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: 29.72 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $36,863
3. Provo-Orem, Utah Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase 23.12 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $45,741
4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: 22.59 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $59,603
5. Greeley, Colo. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: 20.34 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $41,078

Cities Where Incomes Are Growing Slowly or Shrinking

1. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: -5.32 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $81,225
2. Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Miss. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: -2.25 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $40,057
3. Clarksville, Tenn.-Ky. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: -1.81 percent
2. 2015 personal income $38,885
4. Kennewick-Richland, Wash. Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: -1.55 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $47,062
5. Killeen-Temple, Texas Metro Area
1. 2010-15 income increase: 0.9 percent
2. 2015 personal income: $37,939

Additional Insights

• The state of Florida is at risk of a recession due to an excess of local banks competing for too few small business loans. Accordingly, four regions in Florida land on the list of metro areas with little to no wage growth.
• The Tulsa, Okla. metro area is the only region in the country with an income growth rate greater than 30 percent, partly due to new commercial development in the downtown area.
• In 2014, Business Insider called the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area "the most unequal place in America." Across the entire state of Connecticut, the top one percent of earners absorbed 85.1 percent of all income growth.

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