Median Wage Plummets In Queens As Borough Adds Jobs: Report

QUEENS, NY — Wages in Queens are falling as the borough adds jobs, according to a new report.

Queens-based jobs paid a median annual salary of $37,972 in 2017, compared to $44,235 in 2000, the NYC Independent Budget Office found — the largest drop of the five boroughs.

Meanwhile, Queens has added more than 120,000 private-sector jobs in the same time frame, according to the report published Tuesday.

The outer boroughs all experienced job growth amid declining wages from 2000 to 2017. But the trend was most severe in Queens, where the median wage dropped 14.2 percent, the IBO said. (All wages in the report are in 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation.)

Queens had the most private-sector jobs outside of Manhattan until Brooklyn surpassed it in 2010, according to the IBO.