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Memphis wages outperform national average

Nationwide, Americans are earning about $8 more per week on their paycheck, but Memphis is doing a little better.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is outpacing the national average when it comes to how our weekly earnings are going up.

Nationwide, Americans are earning about $8 more per week on their paycheck, but Memphis is doing a little better.

Memphians are making at least $65 more each week than they were last year. That's a 7.2% jump from last year. 

Memphis ranked No. 75 in average weekly earnings at $965. 

While that's a better increase than the national average, Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville beat the Bluff City. Their residents are making between $1,000-1,200 per week. 

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