The pace of year-over-year growth has slowed even since November when the average metro posted a 3.4% increase in private-sector wages.
Even though weekly average private-sector wage growth is slowing, 67% of metro areas still experienced year-over-year wage growth, and 35% of metros recorded growth of at least 5%. Among the nation's 100 largest metros, Jackson, Mississippi ; Albuquerque, New Mexico ; and Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina ; had the largest year-over-year increases. Indianapolis , Raleigh, North Carolina and Des Moines, Iowa ; had the biggest declines, according to BLS data.