1993 Annual Pay Levels in Metropolitan Areas — 1994-10-20

The average annual pay of employees in metropolitan areas increased 1.8 percent from 1992 to 1993, according to preliminary data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The average annual pay level for the nation's 310 metropolitan areas was $27,540 in 1993, up from $27,051 in 1992. Average annual pay for the entire nation, metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas combined, was $26,362 in 1993. (Average annual pay data by state and industry were issued on September 23, 1994.) Metropolitan area pay data in this release are reported using newly revised statistical definitions for metropolitan areas issued by the Office of Management and Budget on June 30, 1993. These revisions established some new metropolitan areas and redefined the geographic scope of many others. Metropolitan pay data issued in prior years were based on 1990 definitions and are not comparable to the data for many of the metropolitan areas reported here.