Houston among highest-paying cities in America despite economic uncertainty

This new phenomenon on which the authorities are alerting is growing. The method is simple: crooks attack pay slips by trapping employers.

Houston among highest-paying cities in America despite economic uncertainty

Houston's average weekly wage increased 4.3% from 2024 to 2025, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Houston passed an ordinance to combat wage theft 12 years ago. How is it working?

In late 2013, applause echoed through Houston’s City Council chamber following the unanimous approval of a wage-theft ordinance that would enable the city to investigate, track and penalize city contractors that failed to pay employees overtime, minimum wage or any other compensation owed to them. Nearly 12 years later, the ordinance has delivered mixed results at best.Of 55 investigations closed, the city found companies guilty of withholding p…