1995 Average Annual Pay by State and Industry — 1996-09-25

The average annual pay of all workers covered by State and Federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs was $27,845 in 1995, a 3.4 percent increase over the 1994 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, who comprise 83.9 percent of the nation's employment, rose 3.6 percent in 1995, while pay for government workers rose 2.6 percent. In 1994, the increase in pay for private sector employees was 2.2 percent and for government workers, 2.5 percent. Annual pay data are compiled from reports submitted by employers subject to state UI laws, covering 115.5 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.