The average weekly wage in Honolulu was $744, compared to $784 nationally in the third quarter of 2006, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Honolulu ranked 165 in average weekly wages among the 325 largest counties in the U.S. as of Sept. 2006. Honolulu’s growth in employment was 2.3 percent compared to the previous year, above the national average of 1.5 percent, which ranked 89 among the counties. See County Employment and Wages: Third Quarter 2006 for the full report.