Average Annual Pay (in 1998 Dollars) for 1991, 1993, and 1996 and Change in Pay for 77 Selected Cities and Their Suburbs
|
|
City
|
Suburb
|
| 1991
|
1993
|
1996
|
Change 91-93
|
Change 93-96
|
1991
|
1993
|
1996
|
Change 91-93
|
Change 93-96
|
| Albuquerque
|
23,331
|
23,791
|
24,600
|
2.0%
|
3.4%
|
29,148
|
33,227
|
29,614
|
14.0%
|
-10.9%
|
| Anchorage****
|
38,287
|
39,099
|
38,137
|
2.1%
|
-2.5%
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
| Atlanta
|
34,202
|
35,025
|
36,488
|
2.4%
|
4.2%
|
28,360
|
29,040
|
29,678
|
2.4%
|
2.2%
|
| Austin
|
27,116
|
27,853
|
30,043
|
2.7%
|
7.9%
|
21,148
|
21,386
|
23,741
|
1.1%
|
11.0%
|
| Baltimore
|
30,043
|
30,344
|
32,001
|
1.0%
|
5.5%
|
27,472
|
27,782
|
28,591
|
1.1%
|
2.9%
|
| Billings
|
22,797
|
23,134
|
23,034
|
1.5%
|
-0.4%
|
23,133
|
22,456
|
24,639
|
-2.9%
|
9.7%
|
| Birmingham
|
28,437
|
29,123
|
31,143
|
2.4%
|
6.9%
|
25,470
|
26,151
|
26,571
|
2.7%
|
1.6%
|
| Boise City
|
27,374
|
27,919
|
30,093
|
2.0%
|
7.8%
|
20,963
|
21,835
|
23,531
|
4.2%
|
7.8%
|
| Boston
|
36,989
|
39,082
|
41,621
|
5.7%
|
6.5%
|
30,530
|
31,077
|
32,141
|
1.8%
|
3.4%
|
| Manchester***
|
27,354
|
28,534
|
28,305
|
4.3%
|
-0.8%
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
| Buffalo
|
26,757
|
27,616
|
28,150
|
3.2%
|
1.9%
|
24,600
|
24,974
|
25,517
|
1.5%
|
2.2%
|
| Burlington
|
26,053
|
27,720
|
27,147
|
6.4%
|
-2.1%
|
28,427
|
27,453
|
27,315
|
-3.4%
|
-0.5%
|
| Charleston
|
26,994
|
27,009
|
28,380
|
0.1%
|
5.1%
|
26,555
|
27,859
|
26,554
|
4.9%
|
4.7%
|
| Charlotte
|
30,210
|
30,521
|
32,763
|
1.0%
|
7.3%
|
24,369
|
25,297
|
26,034
|
3.8%
|
2.9%
|
| Cheyenne
|
20,890
|
22,020
|
20,948
|
5.4%
|
-4.9%
|
22,890
|
24,856
|
20,221
|
8.6%
|
-18.6%
|
| Chicago
|
34,202
|
34,962
|
36,604
|
2.2%
|
4.7%
|
31,301
|
31,798
|
33,319
|
1.6%
|
4.8%
|
| Cincinnati
|
31,674
|
32,563
|
32,496
|
2.8%
|
-0.2%
|
25,043
|
25,615
|
27,235
|
2.3%
|
6.3%
|
| Cleveland
|
34,398
|
33,760
|
33,977
|
-1.9%
|
0.6%
|
27,776
|
27,914
|
28,369
|
0.5%
|
1.6%
|
| Columbia
|
26,501
|
27,596
|
27,511
|
8.2%
|
-0.3%
|
21,795
|
21,675
|
23,174
|
-0.5%
|
6.9%
|
| Columbus
|
28,945
|
28,293
|
29,132
|
-2.3%
|
3.0%
|
25,610
|
25,904
|
25,803
|
1.2%
|
-0.4%
|
| Dallas
|
32,606
|
33,891
|
35,488
|
3.9%
|
4.7%
|
29,422
|
30,035
|
31,407
|
2.1%
|
4.6%
|
| Denver
|
31,068
|
31,325
|
32,281
|
0.8%
|
3.1%
|
29,478
|
29,434
|
30,759
|
-0.2%
|
4.5%
|
| Des Moines
|
26,706
|
28,228
|
28,650
|
5.7%
|
1.5%
|
23,667
|
24,522
|
26,784
|
3.6%
|
9.2%
|
| Detroit
|
34,185
|
25,267
|
36,544
|
3.2%
|
3.6%
|
32,476
|
33,011
|
34,571
|
1.6%
|
4.7%
|
| El Paso
|
20,169
|
20,060
|
21,205
|
-0.5%
|
5.7%
|
19,865
|
19,382
|
17,170
|
-2.4%
|
-11.4%
|
| Fargo
|
22,738
|
23,631
|
22,760
|
3.9%
|
-3.7%
|
18,392
|
17,492
|
19,588
|
-4.9%
|
12.0%
|
| Fort Worth
|
29,336
|
31,007
|
31,822
|
5.7%
|
2.6%
|
23,140
|
23,577
|
23,812
|
1.9%
|
1.0%
|
| Fresno
|
25,655
|
25,536
|
24,891
|
-0.5%
|
-2.5%
|
23,741
|
23,039
|
22,891
|
-3.0%
|
-0.6%
|
| Hartford
|
40,395
|
40,248
|
38,783
|
-0.4%
|
-3.6%
|
32,009
|
31,946
|
32,571
|
-0.2%
|
2.0%
|
| Honolulu**
|
29,058
|
29,694
|
29,244
|
2.2%
|
-1.5%
|
23,241
|
24,585
|
24,161
|
5.8%
|
-1.7%
|
| Houston
|
33,815
|
33,407
|
35,387
|
-1.2%
|
5.9%
|
27,574
|
27,803
|
28,311
|
0.8%
|
1.8%
|
| Indianapolis
|
29,375
|
30,457
|
30,678
|
3.7%
|
0.7%
|
24,678
|
24,705
|
26,897
|
0.1%
|
8.9%
|
| Jackson
|
23,918
|
24,176
|
25,176
|
1.1%
|
4.1%
|
21,491
|
22,999
|
22,940
|
7.0%
|
-0.3%
|
| Jacksonville
|
25,538
|
25,481
|
26,718
|
-0.2%
|
4.9%
|
20,242
|
19,887
|
20,656
|
-1.8%
|
3.9%
|
| Kansas City, MO
|
29,676
|
30,459
|
31,843
|
2.6%
|
4.5%
|
25,152
|
25,883
|
26,812
|
2.9%
|
3.6%
|
| Kansas City, KS***
|
28,639
|
27,675
|
30,217
|
-3.4%
|
9.2%
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
| Las Vegas
|
24,810
|
26,025
|
27,293
|
4.9%
|
4.9%
|
25,009
|
25,373
|
25,644
|
1.5%
|
1.1%
|
| Little Rock
|
25,357
|
27,020
|
26,602
|
6.6%
|
-1.5%
|
20,832
|
20,573
|
21,284
|
-1.2%
|
3.5%
|
| Los Angeles
|
33,441
|
33,939
|
34,294
|
1.5%
|
1.0%
|
31,181
|
30,765
|
31,447
|
-1.3%
|
2.2%
|
| Long Beach***
|
35,510
|
33,329
|
37,347
|
-6.1%
|
12.1%
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
| Louisville
|
27,520
|
28,410
|
28,533
|
3.2%
|
0.4%
|
22,658
|
24,529
|
25,042
|
8.3%
|
2.1%
|
| Memphis
|
27,215
|
27,886
|
29,670
|
2.5%
|
6.4%
|
22,359
|
22,585
|
23,366
|
1.0%
|
3.5%
|
| Miami
|
29,546
|
29,952
|
32,373
|
1.4%
|
8.1%
|
25,529
|
26,114
|
26,137
|
2.3%
|
0.1%
|
| Milwaukee
|
29,288
|
30,086
|
30,671
|
2.7%
|
1.9%
|
26,774
|
27,622
|
28,720
|
3.2%
|
4.0%
|
| Minneapolis
|
34,069
|
35,191
|
36,202
|
3.3%
|
2.9%
|
28,127
|
28,902
|
30,731
|
2.8%
|
6.3%
|
| St. Paul***
|
30,535
|
31,806
|
33,437
|
4.2%
|
5.1%
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
| Nashville
|
26,546
|
28,495
|
29,777
|
7.3%
|
4.5%
|
24,276
|
25,320
|
26,131
|
4.3%
|
3.2%
|
| Now Orleans
|
26,407
|
26,493
|
26,929
|
0.3%
|
1.6%
|
24,408
|
24,511
|
25,270
|
0.4%
|
3.1%
|
| New York
|
39,887
|
42,605
|
46,700
|
6.8%
|
9.6%
|
33,020
|
34,900
|
36,532
|
5.7%
|
4.7%
|
| Newark
|
35,452
|
35,639
|
38,035
|
0.5%
|
6.7%
|
35,736
|
36,933
|
37,969
|
3.4%
|
2.8%
|
| Virginia Beach
|
19,886
|
20,833
|
20,825
|
4.8%
|
0.0%
|
24,047
|
23,657
|
24,012
|
-1.6%
|
1.5%
|
| Oakland
|
33,505
|
34,049
|
34,457
|
1.6%
|
1.2%
|
31,988
|
32,953
|
35,242
|
3.0%
|
6.9%
|
| Oklahoma City
|
26,699
|
26,703
|
26,273
|
0.0%
|
-1.6%
|
18,274
|
18,659
|
18,915
|
2.1%
|
1.4%
|
| Omaha
|
24,466
|
25,461
|
27,238
|
4.1%
|
7.0%
|
22,877
|
21,984
|
22,669
|
-3.9%
|
3.1%
|
| Santa Ana
|
30,073
|
29,575
|
29,201
|
-1.7%
|
-1.3%
|
31,375
|
31,563
|
32,801
|
0.6%
|
3.9%
|
| Philadelphia
|
31,487
|
31,228
|
33,034
|
-0.8%
|
5.8%
|
29,851
|
30,894
|
32,286
|
3.5%
|
4.5%
|
| Phoenix
|
27,780
|
27,917
|
29,263
|
0.5%
|
4.8%
|
24,423
|
25,771
|
26,705
|
5.5%
|
3.6%
|
| Pittsburgh
|
31,821
|
31,947
|
33,178
|
0.4%
|
3.9%
|
26,387
|
26,254
|
26,673
|
-0.5%
|
1.6%
|
| Portland, ME
|
29,160
|
29,446
|
29,797
|
1.0%
|
1.2%
|
23,917
|
25,192
|
25,590
|
5.3%
|
1.6%
|
| Portland, OR
|
29,579
|
30,068
|
31,022
|
1.7%
|
3.2%
|
26,140
|
27,707
|
29,725
|
6.0%
|
7.3%
|
| Providence
|
28,635
|
29,343
|
30,314
|
2.5%
|
3.3%
|
24,610
|
25,276
|
25,427
|
2.7%
|
0.6%
|
| Sacramento
|
28,697
|
28,695
|
29,065
|
0.0%
|
1.3%
|
24,976
|
25,799
|
27,037
|
3.3%
|
4.8%
|
| St. Louis
|
31,029
|
31,207
|
32,963
|
0.6%
|
5.6%
|
27,792
|
27,736
|
28,678
|
-0.2%
|
3.4%
|
| Salt Lake City
|
27,833
|
28,667
|
29,551
|
3.0%
|
3.1%
|
22,267
|
22,501
|
24,008
|
1.1%
|
6.7%
|
| San Antonio
|
23,613
|
23,961
|
25,043
|
1.5%
|
4.5%
|
18,958
|
20.224
|
20,389
|
6.7%
|
0.8%
|
| San Diego
|
30,091
|
30,686
|
31,769
|
2.0%
|
3.5%
|
23,560
|
23,241
|
24,055
|
-1.4%
|
3.5%
|
| San Francisco
|
37,022
|
38,873
|
41,497
|
5.0%
|
6.8%
|
35,268
|
36,400
|
38,807
|
3.2%
|
6.6%
|
| San Jose
|
35,492
|
36,940
|
41,338
|
4.1%
|
11.9%
|
42,664
|
44,570
|
50,163
|
4.5%
|
12.5%
|
| Seattle
|
31,934
|
32,135
|
34,472
|
0.6%
|
7.3%
|
32,024
|
32,145
|
36,789
|
0.4%
|
14.4%
|
| Sioux Falls
|
22,596
|
22,137
|
23,203
|
-2.0%
|
4.8%
|
20,090
|
19,089
|
19,352
|
-5.0%
|
1.4%
|
| Tampa
|
26,938
|
27,594
|
28,030
|
2.4%
|
1.6%
|
21,947
|
23,514
|
23,724
|
7.1%
|
0.9%
|
| Toledo
|
27,656
|
29,082
|
28,906
|
5.2%
|
-0.6%
|
25,773
|
25,983
|
26,948
|
0.8%
|
3.7%
|
| Tucson
|
23,608
|
22,965
|
24,224
|
-2.7%
|
5.5%
|
21,140
|
22,099
|
23,848
|
4.5%
|
7.9%
|
| Tulsa
|
29,306
|
28,992
|
28,980
|
-1.1%
|
0.0%
|
22,363
|
22,442
|
22,099
|
0.4%
|
-1.5%
|
| Washington
|
36,590
|
36,839
|
40,259
|
0.7%
|
9.3%
|
31,124
|
32,038
|
33,256
|
2.9%
|
3.8%
|
| Wichita
|
28,620
|
28,596
|
29,667
|
-0.1%
|
3.7%
|
25,998
|
23,706
|
25,119
|
-8.8%
|
6.0%
|
| Wilmington
|
38,048
|
42,740
|
44,659
|
12.3%
|
4.5%
|
29,373
|
31,283
|
30,455
|
6.5%
|
-2.6%
|
| All MSAs*
|
31,911
|
32,615
|
34,103
|
2.2%
|
4.6%
|
29,011
|
29,445
|
30,515
|
1.5%
|
3.6%
|
| Top 10
|
34,572
|
35,598
|
37,674
|
3.0%
|
5.8%
|
29,938
|
30,278
|
31,471
|
1.1%
|
3.9%
|
| Top 50
|
32,364
|
33,063
|
34,677
|
2.2%
|
4.9%
|
28,889
|
29,295
|
30,481
|
1.4%
|
4.0%
|
|
*Metropolitan Statistical Areas
**Data for the Honolulu MSA. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not provide data for the central city of Honolulu.
***Because Los Angeles and Long Beach are in the same MSA, Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO are in the same MSA, and Minneapolis and St. Paul are in the same MSA, these pairs of cities share the same suburb data.
****No suburb data are available for Anchorage because the central city and the metropolitan area are coterminous.
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