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Productivity and Prosperity

Job Quality in the Metropolitan Areas of the United States

Examines the industrial job mix, the occupational job mix, and job quality in 2015 and the change between 2001 and 2015 for all metropolitan areas. A strong positive relationship is present between metro area size and job quality.

Economic Base Job Quality Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

The Geographic Distribution of Average Earnings Per Worker

Analyzes average earnings per worker by state and metropolitan area. Average earnings per worker varies widely across the nation’s metropolitan areas, largely reflecting geographic differences in the cost of living, job quality, and metro area size, each of which is positively correlated to…

Arizona Income & Earnings Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

Job Quality in 2015 and the Change in Job Quality Between 2001 and 2015

Investigates job quality by state, particularly for Arizona and its subregions, relative to the national average. Job quality in 2015 was highest along the Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts south to Virginia, with the western states of Washington, Colorado, and Utah also among the top 10.

Arizona Job Quality Nation Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

The Performance of the Economies of the Western States and Large Western Metropolitan Areas

Looks at the performance of 10 western states and of the 17 metro areas within these states that have a population of at least one million (including Phoenix and Tucson). During the current economic cycle, Texas ranks first on the cost-of-living-adjusted percent change on all but one of the…

Economic Performance Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Public Finance

Arizona’s Income Taxes: A Comparison With Other States and a Policy Discussion of Potential Tax Reforms

Examines Arizona’s individual and corporate income taxes, making comparisons to other states. Individual and corporate income tax rates have both been lowered several times in Arizona since the early 1990s, and various other modifications made to the income taxes—such as the creation of new tax…

Arizona Economic Growth States Tax Burden Tax Structure Public Finance
Arizona Demographics Default

Migration To and From Arizona

Summarizes migration data from three sources: the Internal Revenue Service, the American Community Survey, and the University of Wisconsin. Net migration to Arizona—particularly resulting from immigration from other countries—was unusually strong from the early 1990s through mid-2000s, but has…

Arizona Educational Attainment Income & Earnings Migration Nation States Substates Demographics
Productivity and Prosperity

The Educational Attainment of the Workforce

Compares the educational attainment of the workforce in Arizona to the nation and to other states and discusses educational attainment goals set by various organizations around the country. Arizona has experienced gains in the educational attainment of its workforce but the increases have not…

Educational Attainment Nation Productivity and Prosperity States
Productivity and Prosperity

Educational Attainment by State and Metropolitan Area

Examines the level of educational attainment and the change over time by state and metro area. In 2013, the share of employed individuals between 25 and 64 years of age who had earned at least a bachelor’s degree was 32.1 percent in Arizona, less than the national figure of 35.7 percent. The…

Arizona Educational Attainment Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

Overview of Economic Competitiveness: Business and Individual Location Factors, With a Focus on Arizona

Introduces the concept of economic competitiveness, discusses location factors important to businesses, and evaluates competitiveness in Arizona. The assessment of Arizona’s business competitiveness is mixed, consistent with the middle-of-the-states rank of the most-reliable business climate…

Arizona Economic Base Economic Competitiveness Economic Growth Economic Performance K-12 Finance Nation Productivity and Prosperity Regional Economics States Substates Tax Burden

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