Wages just dont seem to be keeping up with the economy.

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A downtown view of Oklahoma City.

Honolulu ranks number 2 of cities where paychecks have grown the most since 2009. Tina Russell/The Penny Hoarder

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Slow or stagnant pay growth is partly due to rising inequality, Gould explains.

And a long-term decline in labor union participation isnt helping, either.

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But there are cities bucking the trend.

The citys hourly pay has grown 6.5% since the middle of 2009.

In the last nine years, for example, Boeing has relocated 2,500 engineers from around the country.

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It wasnt because we were smart, Williams says of the strategy to improve Oklahoma City.

Its because we were desperate.

The data is all from 2017.

Here are 10 cities where paychecks have grown the most since 2009:

1.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Growth in Real Hourly Pay:6.5%

Employment Growth:6.9%

Unemployment Rate:3.9%

2.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Growth in Real Hourly Pay:6%

Unemployment Rate:2.2%

2.

San Antonio, Texas

Growth in Real Hourly Pay:5.2%

Employment Growth:19.9%

Unemployment Rate:3.5%

4.

San Francisco, California

Growth in Real Hourly Pay:3.8%

Employment Growth:13.6%

Unemployment Rate:3.3%

5.

Des Moines, Iowa

Growth in Real Hourly Pay:2.8%

Employment Growth:12.9%

Unemployment Rate:2.9%

6.

Seattle, Washington

Employment Growth:17.3%

Unemployment Rate:4.1%

7.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Growth in Real Hourly Pay:2.4%

Employment Growth:1.2%

Unemployment Rate:4.2%

9.

Boston, Massachusetts

Growth in Real Hourly Pay:2.3%

Employment Growth:9.1%

Unemployment Rate:3.4%

10.

(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)

You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…