Ten metropolitan areas where wages increased the most from 2019 to 2021:
1. Austin-Round Rock (Texas): 9.4 percent gain
2. New York City, Newark and Jersey City (N.J.): 9.51 percent gain
3. Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim (Calif.): 9.71 percent gain
4. Grand Rapids, Wyoming (Mich.): 9.97 percent gain
5. Philadelphia, Camden (N.J.), Wilmington (Pa.): 10 percent gain
6. New Orleans, Metairie (La.): 10.57 percent gain
7. Providence, Warwick (R.I.): 11.12 percent gain
8. Sacramento, Roseville, Arden, Arcade (Calif.): 11.22 percent gain
9. Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia (N.C.): 12.36 percent gain
10. Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Niagara Falls (N.Y.): 14.01 percent gain
