January 3, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Austin had highest 1998 pay increase
In 1998, workers in Austin-San Marcos, Texas,
had the largest increase in average annual pay of any metropolitan area in
the country.
[Chart data—TXT]
Average pay in the Austin area rose by 14.3 percent in 1998.
Boulder-Longmont, Colorado, had the second highest increase in average
annual pay at 13.9 percent. St. Cloud, Minnesota also had a double-digit
increase in pay: 11.4 percent.
In comparison, average annual pay of employees in metropolitan areas
nationwide increased by 5.2 percent from 1997 to 1998. None of the 315
metropolitan areas reported a decline in average annual pay.
These data on average annual pay are a product of the BLS Covered
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, 1998," news release USDL
99-374.
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