Table 1. Pay relatives for major occupational groups in metropolitan areas, National Compensation Survey, 1998

Table 1. Pay relatives for major occupational groups in metropolitan areas, National Compensation Survey, 1998 (For each occupational group, average pay for all industries = 100)
Metropolitan area	Total	White collar(1)				Blue collar(1)				Service
Metropolitan area	Total	Professional	Executive	Sales	Administrative	Precision	Machine operators	Transportation	Handlers	Service
United States(2)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Amarillo, TX	87	84	89	96	83	92	82	83	92	84
Anchorage, AK	110	105	109	111	111	123	101	102	119	116
Atlanta, GA	99	99	103	99	101	96	98	96	101	95
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC	94	95	102	93	96	92	98	87	94	85
Austin-San Marcos, TX	93	90	96	109	93	96	82	93	95	95
Birmingham, AL	94	89	106	91	92	93	96	79	96	93
Bloomington, IN	91	91	95	88	91	90	--	81	92	88
Bloomington-Normal, IL	104	93	--	95	92	102	117	131	106	106
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT	104	105	98	101	108	103	95	108	108	112
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX	82	90	86	87	78	77	71	78	72	80
Buffalo-Niagra Falls, NY	100	97	97	90	101	103	107	102	106	107
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	87	91	88	81	86	81	82	84	87	87
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill-High Point, NC-SC	94	88	98	103	97	93	99	97	98	92
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI	107	102	103	105	109	112	114	117	117	110
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN	95	92	95	95	94	93	94	99	103	99
Cleveland-Akron, OH	103	101	104	105	100	103	107	109	108	104
Columbus, OH	96	94	92	93	98	100	95	96	104	101
Corpus Christi, TX	89	89	111	96	82	90	93	75	82	82
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	95	94	99	91	98	93	93	95	95	93
Dayton-Springfield, OH	96	94	91	95	93	101	109	102	100	101
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO	97	96	99	97	99	93	87	93	102	102
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI	110	110	104	107	108	112	121	116	123	106
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	99	99	96	88	98	97	104	112	107	97
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	88	92	85	98	86	86	80	85	84	91
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI	103	107	98	107	97	103	111	97	103	106
Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC	97	93	102	106	97	93	95	96	99	95
Greenville, SC	93	90	97	99	94	91	92	89	98	90
Hartford, CT	109	115	99	106	110	103	100	106	107	119
Honolulu, HI	107	104	103	105	109	115	110	97	105	111
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX	104	106	113	100	102	104	99	94	97	94
Huntsville, AL	95	97	101	93	92	91	102	84	92	87
Indianapolis, IN	99	97	98	106	97	104	103	103	104	98
Iowa City, IA	92	90	95	88	93	88	96	82	91	95
Johnstown, PA	89	93	91	82	86	83	85	82	89	97
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI	101	99	97	96	102	100	106	100	113	104
Kansas City, MO-KS	93	93	88	85	92	97	105	100	103	95
Knoxville, TN	90	91	97	86	87	89	91	81	97	87
Lincoln, NE	88	86	88	85	85	87	89	90	97	91
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA	107	111	111	116	108	104	89	93	96	108
Louisville, KY-IN	99	101	97	97	95	101	107	93	101	95
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL	86	85	92	82	86	92	80	84	85	85
Memphis, TN-AR-MS	95	91	100	111	94	95	98	93	98	90
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL	96	95	102	103	97	94	84	99	95	95
Milwaukee-Racine, WI	99	94	95	89	100	102	107	108	108	103
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI	104	99	97	107	106	106	115	114	114	112
Mobile, AL	89	90	92	96	84	92	90	82	97	86
New Orleans, LA	94	99	104	94	89	93	87	88	88	88
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA	116	120	116	110	117	113	98	111	117	122
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC	90	89	99	91	90	89	96	77	82	87
Oklahoma City, OK	92	88	95	97	88	93	103	103	91	85
Orlando, FL	88	86	92	91	89	89	84	80	88	87
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD	108	109	102	111	108	104	109	108	117	109
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ	96	95	102	110	96	100	88	89	86	95
Pittsburgh, PA	100	101	99	89	100	98	99	100	110	103
Portland-Salem, OR-WA	101	99	98	99	102	104	98	104	102	112
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA	103	108	102	97	107	97	92	107	93	106
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	95	91	100	97	96	92	100	97	94	94
Reading, PA	100	108	91	89	96	96	101	94	105	111
Reno, NV	95	96	87	107	97	101	86	96	91	98
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA	99	94	99	89	103	104	92	110	92	105
Richmond-Petersburg, VA	93	92	96	89	94	96	96	87	97	90
Rochester, NY	102	105	101	91	97	97	96	98	107	114
Rockford, IL	96	92	97	95	93	99	106	102	105	95
Sacramento-Yolo, CA	105	103	101	120	105	107	99	107	106	107
Salinas, CA	108	110	104	121	101	111	100	108	107	113
San Antonio, TX	92	94	104	96	90	85	86	75	84	90
San Diego, CA	100	105	99	101	104	97	83	95	94	102
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA	119	122	114	111	121	118	100	116	119	124
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA	105	105	96	105	106	107	105	108	104	112
Springfield, MA	105	104	103	95	106	94	113	105	103	114
Springfield, MO	88	87	91	91	81	89	94	92	92	87
St. Louis, MO-IL	96	94	95	99	93	99	100	96	109	96
Tallahassee, FL	81	81	84	82	81	78	83	72	77	83
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	90	89	96	94	89	87	81	84	85	89
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA	97	105	98	97	93	89	90	88	92	103
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV	103	102	101	101	105	103	106	102	111	103
Youngstown-Warren, OH	98	96	101	100	93	98	106	99	99	101
Footnotes: (1) The full titles for the major occupational groups under the white-collar category are professional specialty and technical; executive, administrative, and managerial; sales; and administrative support, including clerical. The full titles for the groups under the blue-collar category are precision production, craft, and repair; machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors; transportation and material moving; and handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. (2) This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between July 1997 and April 1999. The average reference period was August 1998.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.