1993 Average Annual Pay by State and Industry — 1994-09-23

The average annual pay of all workers covered by State and Federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs was $26,362 in 1993, a 1.8 percent increase over the 1992 national average, according to preliminary data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The annual pay of private industry workers, comprising 83 percent of the nation's employment, rose 1.5 percent in 1993, while pay for government workers rose 3.1 percent. In 1992, private sector pay growth had outpaced that of government workers 5.7 to 4.0 percent. Annual pay data are compiled from reports submitted by employers subject to state UI laws covering 109.4 million full- and part-time workers. Average annual pay is computed by dividing total annual payrolls of employees covered by UI programs by the average monthly number of these employees. (See Technical Note.) The attached tables contain data for the nation, each of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia.