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New York / Essex County

How's Essex County?

One question about Essex County, New York, each answered from public data, with the method and the raw numbers one click away. More topics for this place are on the way.

Compare with every other county: climate

Essex County year by year

Yearly figures for every US county, latest complete year 2025:wages and jobs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; air quality from the EPA, where a monitor reads it.

Jobs and pay

IndicatorLatest1 yr5 yr10 yrAmong countiesTrend
Average weekly wage2025 · jobs covered by unemployment insurance, before tax, not adjusted for inflation$1,169+3.7%+32.2%+61.6%Highest quartile758 of 3,221 counties in 2025 · 41 of 62 in New York
Jobs located here2025 · by where the job is, not where the worker lives15.2K jobs+3.1%+15.2%+5.4%2nd quartile1,135 of 3,221 counties in 2025 · 49 of 62 in New York

Air quality

IndicatorLatest1 yr5 yr10 yrAmong countiesTrend
Days with good air2025 · AQI 50 or below, counties with a monitor reading at least 180 days83.8% of days−0.9 pts−10.4 pts−4.7 pts2nd quartile310 of 916 counties in 2025 · 14 of 27 in New York
Median daily AQI2025 · the middle day of the year; 0–50 is good, 51–100 moderate41 AQI0.0 AQI+2.0 AQI+1.0 AQI2nd quartile357 of 916 counties in 2025 · 5 of 27 in New York

4 indicators. Change is a percent change for totals and levels, and a difference in points or units for rates and shares. "Among counties" ranks Essex County against every US county with a figure for the same year (1 is the highest value, which is not always the best). In the strip each tick is one of them, the dot is Essex County and the taller gray tick is the United States as a whole, where there is a national figure. A year is shown only once it is complete. Each indicator's page ranks every state.