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Among the higher-paying jobs in this group were detectives and criminal investigators, who earned $37.68 per hour, and transportation security screeners at $24.78.
Economy, In-Brief
San Juan Metro wages rise, but still trail US average by wide margin
NIMB Staff May 1, 2025

Health care and tech lead earnings growth, but low-wage sectors highlight persistent disparities. #NewsismyBusiness

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Top pharmaceutical manufacturers in Puerto Rico include Amgen, Eli Lilly, Baxter, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Merck.
Featured, Manufacturing
2024 Puerto Rico exports rise driven by strong pharma industry
G. Torres April 16, 2025

Pharmaceutical manufacturing in Puerto Rico has been thriving for more than six decades. #NewsismyBusiness

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In-Brief
Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5% in September
NIMB Staff October 24, 2024

The agencies estimated the nonseasonally adjusted labor force participation rate for September to be 44.3%. #NewsismyBusiness

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Featured, Labor/HR
Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate at 5.8% in May
NIMB Staff June 26, 2024

The labor-force participation rate, not seasonally adjusted, for May 2024 was estimated at 44%, which is 3.6 percentage points more than as of January 2021. #NewsismyBusiness

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Featured, Labor/HR
Employment in San Juan up 4.7% Y-O-Y in December
Contributor June 30, 2023

The average weekly wage in San Juan was $805 in the fourth quarter of 2022, up 3.9% from one year earlier. #NewsismyBusiness

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Economy, Featured
Jobs in San Juan down 7.3% Y-O-Y in Sept. ’20, Bureau of Labor Statistics says
Contributor May 6, 2021

Employment in Puerto Rico’s only large county, the municipality of San Juan, decreased 7.3% from September 2019 to September 2020, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed. Large counties are defined as those with 2019 annual average employment of 75,000 or more. Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that in September 2020, San Juan’s employment […]

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Economy, Featured
Employment rate grew 1.7% in San Juan during 3Q19
Contributor March 26, 2020

Employment in Puerto Rico’s only large county, the municipality of San Juan, increased 1.7% from September 2018 to September 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed.  Large counties are defined as those with 2018 annual average employment of 75,000 or more.  Chief Regional Economist Martin Kohli noted that in September 2019, San Juan’s employment […]

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