New York City's most important economic sector lies in its role as the headquarters for the U.S.financial industry, metonymously known as Wall Street. <answer>The city's securities</answer> industry, enumerating 163,400 jobs in August 2013, continues to form the largest segment of the city's financial sector and an important economic engine, accounting in 2012 for 5 percent of the city's private sector jobs, 8.5 percent (US$3.8 billion) of its tax revenue, and 22 percent of the city's total wages, including an average salary of US$360,700. Many large financial companies are headquartered in New York City, and the city is also home to a burgeoning number of financial startup companies.
22 Percent of NYC's total wages are from what industry?
The city's securities