August 26, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
San Jose leads nation in annual pay
In 1997, San Jose, Calif. had the
highest average annual pay of any metropolitan area in the country. Average pay in the San
Jose area was $48,702, well above the national average of $30,336.
![Metropolitan areas with highest average annual pay for covered workers, 1997](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120925101052im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/1999/Aug/wk4/art04.gif)
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New York, N.Y. had the second highest average annual pay
level, at $47,281. Rounding out the metropolitan areas with the top five pay levels were
San Francisco, Calif. ($42,583), New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Waterbury-Danbury, Conn.
($42,485), and Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, N. J. ($41,796).
For the nation, annual pay in metropolitan areas averaged $31,717 in 1997. Average
annual pay in nonmetropolitan areas in 1997 was $23,846.
These data on average annual pay are a product of the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. Pay data presented here are for
workers covered by State and Federal unemployment insurance programs. Find additional
information in "Average Annual Pay
Levels in Metropolitan Areas, 1997," news release USDL 99-232.
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