Prices and Wages by Decade: 1990-1999

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WAGES - GENERAL SOURCES (all occupations and worker types)

Minimum wage (federal), 1938-2009
Source: US Dept of Labor. Get downloadable data from FRED.
Minimum wage by state, 1990s
For further detail, see articles titled "State labor legislation enacted in [year]" from the U.S. Dept of Labor's Monthly Labor Review: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
Average wage per employee, 1995-2005
Chart shows the nationwide average annual and weekly wages per employee, across all industries, for each year from 1995-2005. This data is also available as a downloadable Excel file from the 2012 Statistical abstract of the United States (source)
Average annual pay in the United States, 1990s
U.S. average pay is in the top line of each of these tables: 1990-1991, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1995-1996 and 1997-1998.
Employment and Wages - Annual averages, 1980s-2000s
This series is a rich source for average wage data. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
College graduates - Earnings, 1993
This article reports on the earnings of college graduates in 1993, including tables of median annual earnings by age group, sex and degree level, by major field of study, and by occupation (source).
Full-time professionals - Median salaries by sex, 1993
Shows hours and earnings data for those with a Ph.D, MBA, M.D. or law degree. (source).
Urban versus rural earnings, 1994
This article compares the wages of workers in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas; protective services and custodial/material movers are specifically discussed (source).
Union versus non-union earnings, 1997
This article examines union and non-union wage differences in 1997; see table on page 46 for mean hourly earnings by occupation for both type of worker (source).
- A second article compares union and non-union wages in specifically blue-collar and service occupations; see table 2 (pp.10-11) for mean hourly earnings by occupation in 1997 (source).

EARNINGS by BOTH RACE AND SEX, 1990s

Handbook on women workers: trends and issues
This U.S. Department of Labor publication discusses earnings by race:

Black/African American women earnings, occupations in 1991.
Hispanic American women earnings and occupations in 1991.
Asian American women earnings, occupations in 1990.

Hispanic men and women - Weekly earnings, 1992
This article investigates the diversity of Hispanic workers in the U.S. labor force; tables 5 and 6 on pages 11 and 12 show median weekly earnings in 1992 by occupation, sex, and origin (source).
Weekly earnings by age, race and sex - 1998
Table 2 of this article on women's earnings shows median weekly earnings by age, race, and sex; scroll forward to table 3 for women's earnings by occupation (source).

EARNINGS by SEX, 1990s

Women's and men's annual earnings, 1951-1991
Covers year-round, full time workers only. "Current dollars" are unadjusted figures. Source: 1993 Handbook on women workers.
Self-employed women - Earnings, 1990
This table shows the median earnings (annual, weekly, and hourly) for self-employed versus wage-and-salary women and men in 1990 and 1975 (source).
Earnings by occupation and sex, 1990-1992
Source: Table 32 of the Census Bureau series Money income of households, families, and persons in the United States.
- 1990 - Male and female earnings
- 1991 - Male and female earnings
- 1992 - Male and female earnings
Single mothers - Incomes, 1989-91
This article on the spending patterns of single mothers discusses the average incomes of widowed, divorced/separated, and never-married mothers for the 1989-91 period on page 31 with table on page 32 (source).
College-educated women - Earnings, 1993
This article compares the earnings of college-educated men and women in 1993 with breakdowns by age, major field of study, and degree level; data tables are on pages 64-69 (source).
Earnings of full time workers by occupation, 1997
This table, which continues through page 16, shows usual weekly and hourly earnings of full time employees by sex, hours worked, and occupation in 1997 (source: BLS Monthly Labor Review).
Median earnings by gender - 1999
This article reports on earnings by gender for 1999, with tables showing median earnings of the highest and lowest paying occupations by gender. Data is also available in Excel file format from the US BLS.

Wages by local area for selected occupations, 1990-1999

Most reports under the tabs above are a mix of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Surveys and Occupational Compensation Surveys. The corresponding national and regional reports are below.

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in...
- the United States: 1997, 1998, 1999
- the East South Central Census Division, 1997
- the West North Central Census Division, 1997
Occupational Compensation Survey: National Summary
- 1992 (Part I) and (Part II & III); 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996
Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994

Average annual pay by state and metro area, 1990s
See data for 1990-1991, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1995-1996 and 1997-1998.

WAGES and SALARIES BY CITY IN ALASKA

Birmingham, AL - National Compensation Survey
- July 1998
Birmingham, AL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Dothan, AL - National Compensation Survey, Wages and Salaries
- May 1997
Dothan, AL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- October 1991
Gadsden and Anniston, AL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Huntsville, AL, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- January 1992
Mobile, AL - National Compensation Survey
- February 1999
Montgomery, AL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Selma, AL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- July 1992

SELECTED OCCUPATIONAL PAY IN ALASKA:

Air transportation jobs in Alaska, June 1990, July 1994. Source: Occupational Compensation Survey.
Restaurants, fast food - wages in Alaska,1992

Fort Smith, AR-OK - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- November 1992
- November 1994
Memphis, TN-AR-MS - National Compensation Survey
- March 1999
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Pine Bluff, AR - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- December 1991
- December 1993

Alaska - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay Only

Wages in Alaska - 1996
This article compares wages in Alaska with those on the mainland in 1996 (source).

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Occupations include accountants, attorneys, engineers, scientists, computer programmers, computer systems analysts, personnel specialists, accounting clerks, general clerks, receptionists, maintenance workers, electricians, janitors, corrections officers, firefighters, police officers, and truck drivers.

Phoenix, AZ, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ - National Compensation Survey
Tuscon-Douglas, AZ - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- February 1992
- February 1994

PAY BY CITY or METRO AREA IN CALIFORNIA:

PAY BY SELECTED OCCUPATIONS IN CALIFORNIA:

Fast food restaurant jobs - Pay in California
- Kings County, 1990
- Oxnard-Ventura, 1990, 1992
- San Diego, 1990, 1992
- San Jose, 1990, 1993
- Solano County, 1991

Colorado Springs, CO, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- June 1992
- July 1994
Denver, CO, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- November 1991
Denver, CO - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- December 1994
Pueblo, CO - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- July 1992
- September 1994

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT - National Compensation Survey
Connecticut - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- November 1991
- January 1994
Danbury, CT, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA - National Compensation Survey

Washington, DC-MD-VA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Washington, DC-MD-VA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- December 1994
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV - National Compensation Survey

Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits

PAY BY CITY / METRO AREA IN FLORIDA:

Bradenton, FL, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Daytona Beach, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- July 1993
- April 1995
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1993
- May 1995
Gainesville, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- October 1993
- June 1996
Jacksonville, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- October 1992
- March 1995
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- February 1993
- February 1995
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL - National Compensation Survey
- April 1998
- April 1998 (Revised)
- July 1999
Miami-Hialeah, FL, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Miami-Hialeah, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- December 1994
Northwestern Florida - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- January 1992
Orlando, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- March 1992
Orlando, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL - National Compensation Survey
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- February 1996

PAY BY SELECTED OCCUPATIONS IN FLORIDA:

Fast food restaurant job pay in Florida:
- Duval County, 1990
- Orange County, 1990
- Panama City, 1990
- Santa Rose County, 1990

Albany, GA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Atlanta, GA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- October 1994
Atlanta, GA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Augusta, GA-SC, Metropolitan Area, Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC - National Compensation Survey
- February 1999
Brunswick, GA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- May 1992
- May 1994
Chattanooga, TN-GA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- September 1992
- August 1993
Chattanooga, TN-GA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- August 1995
- April 1997
Macon-Warner Robins, GA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- December 1992
- February 1995
Savannah, GA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- February 1992
- March 1994

Honolulu, HI - National Compensation Survey
- February 1999
Honolulu, HI, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- August 1996

Wages in Hawaii - 1996
This article compares wages in Honolulu and Hawaii to those on the mainland in 1996 (source).

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Occupations include accountants, engineers, computer programmers, computer systems analysts, personnel specialists, accounting clerks, general clerks, key entry operators, secretaries, personnel assistants, corrections officers, firefighters, police officers, and truck drivers.

Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, IA-IL, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Des Moines, IA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- June 1993
- June 1995
Iowa City, IA - National Compensation Survey
- December 1998
Omaha, NE-IA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- August 1992
- August 1994
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1993

Boise City, ID - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only -- Health Services
- November 1994

Bloomington-Normal, IL - National Compensation Survey
- December 1999
Champaign-Urbana-Rantoul, IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- November 1993
Chicago, IL, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- May 1991
- May 1992
- May 1993
- May 1994
- June 1995
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI - National Compensation Survey
Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, IA-IL, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Joliet, IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- August 1995
Rockford, IL - National Compensation Survey
- June 1998
- October 1999
Springfield, IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- October 1991
- November 1993
St. Louis, MO-IL - National Compensation Survey
- June 1998
St. Louis, MO-IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
St. Louis, MO-IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary help supply services
- November 1994
Vermilion County, IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- December 1994

Bloomington, IN - National Compensation Survey
- July 1998
Bloomington-Vincennes, IN - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- October 1991
- November 1993
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI - National Compensation Survey
Cincinatti-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN - National Compensation Survey
Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Fort Wayne, IN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- June 1992
- February 1994
Gary-Hammond, IN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Indianapolis, IN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Louisville, KY-IN - National Compensation Survey
- February 1999
Louisville, KY-IN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- November 1991
Louisville, KY-IN - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- September 1996
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits

Kansas City, MO-KS - National Compensation Survey
Topeka, KS - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- April 1992
- May 1994
Wichita, KS - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1992
- July 1996

Cincinatti-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN - National Compensation Survey
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1992
Louisville, KY-IN - National Compensation Survey
- February 1999
Louisville, KY-IN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- November 1991
Louisville, KY-IN - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- September 1996

Acadia Parish, LA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- October 1992
Alexandria-Leesville, LA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- April 1993
Baton Rouge, LA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- May 1992
- April 1994
Beaumont-Port Arthur and Lake Charles, TX-LA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- July 1991
- July 1992
- May 1993
- July 1994
- July 1995
- Average hourly tip income for tipped employees in New Orleans, 1996 (source)

Boston, MA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- April 1991
- May 1992
- May 1993
- May 1994
- May 1995
Boston, MA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT - National Compensation Survey
Lawrence-Haverhill, MA-NH, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Southeastern Massachusetts - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1993
- May 1995
Worcester, MA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only

Baltimore, MD, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1992
- May 1993
- March 1994
- May 1995
Baltimore, MD - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- December 1994
Washington, DC-MD-VA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Washington, DC-MD-VA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- December 1994
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV - National Compensation Survey
Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT
Maine - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- December 1992
- February 1995

Ann Arbor, MI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- January 1993
- July 1995
Battle Creek, MI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1993
- May 1995 (Includes Kalamazoo)
Detroit, MI, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- December 1991
Detroit, MI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI - National Compensation Survey
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI - National Compensation Survey
- July 1998
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI - National Compensation Survey
- October 1999
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Upper Peninsula, MI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1992
- September 1995

Duluth, MN-WI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1992
- June 1994
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI - National Compensation Survey
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
St. Cloud, MN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- April 1992 (errata)
- February 1993
- March 1994

Butler County, MO - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- June 1994
Kansas City, MO-KS - National Compensation Survey
St. Louis, MO-IL - National Compensation Survey
- June 1998
St. Louis, MO-IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
St. Louis, MO-IL - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994

Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Columbus, MS - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- May 1992
- July 1994
Jackson, MS, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- December 1992
- December 1993
Memphis, TN-AR-MS - National Compensation Survey
- March 1999
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Meridian, MS - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- October 1993
- July 1996

Billings, MT - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Great Falls, MT - National Compensation Survey
- June 1997
- June 1998
Montana - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only -- Forestry and logging
- 1994

Asheville, NC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC - National Compensation Survey
- February 1997
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- October 1995
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- October 1994
Goldsboro, NC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- August 1992
- August 1994
Greensboro-Winston, Salem-High Point, NC - National Compensation Survey
- September 1998
Greensboro-Winston, Salem-High Point, NC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Jacksonville-Newburn, NC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- November 1993
Raleigh-Durham, NC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- June 1993
- May 1995
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC - National Compensation Survey
Southeastern North Carolina - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- April 1995

High-tech industry, NC - Wages in 1999
This table is from an article on North Carolina's high-tech industry, it reports average quarterly wage by industry for 1999 (source).

North Dakota - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- June 1993
- July 1995

Central Nebraska - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- August 1995
Lincoln, NE - National Compensation Survey
- June 1998
Omaha, NE-IA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- August 1992
- August 1994

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT
Carroll County, NH - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- October 1992
- May 1994
Lawrence-Haverhill, MA-NH, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
New Hampshire - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- January 1993

Atlantic City, NJ - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- June 1992
- June 1994
Bergen-Passaic, NJ, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ, Metropolitan Area - Area Wage Survey
- November 1990
- October 1991
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- March 1993
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Newark, NJ, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA - National Compensation Survey
Philadelphia, PA-NJ, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits

Albuquerque, NM - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- November 1991
El Paso-Las Cruces-Alamogordo, TX-NM - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only

Reno, NV - National Compensation Survey
- June 1998

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- May 1993
- May 1995
Binghamton, NY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- July 1992
Buffalo, NY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- September 1993
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY - National Compensation Survey
- July 1998
- October 1999
Elmira, NY, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- September 1994
Nassau-Suffolk, NY, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
New York, NY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994
New York, NY, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- April 1992
- May 1993
- May 1994
- May 1995
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA - National Compensation Survey
Northern New York - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Poughkeepsie, NY, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Rochester, NY - National Compensation Survey
Rochester, NY, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- November 1991
Syracuse & Utica-Rome, NY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- July 1992

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN - National Compensation Survey
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- July 1991
- March 1992
- April 1993
- May 1994
- June 1995
- May 1996
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN, Consolidated Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1996
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994
Cleveland, OH, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Cleveland, OH - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- November 1994
Cleveland-Akron, OH - National Compensation Survey
Columbus, OH - National Compensation Survey
Columbus, OH - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- October 1994
Daytona-Springfield, OH - National Compensation Survey
- June 1998
- August 1999
Daytona-Springfield, OH, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Lima, OH - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Portsmouth-Chillicothe-Gallipolis, OH - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Toledo, OH - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1992
- April 1994
Youngstown-Warren, OH - National Compensation Survey
- June 1998
- October 1999

Fort Smith, AR-OK - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- November 1992
- November 1994
Oklahoma City, OK - National Compensation Survey
- November 1998
Oklahoma City, OK, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- February 1993
- February 1994
Tulsa, OK - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only

Crook County, OR - National Compensation Survey
- February 1998
Eugene-Springfield-Medford-Roseburg-Klamath Falls-Grants Pass, OR - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1993
- March 1995
Oregon - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only -- Forestry and logging
- 1992
Portland, OR, Metropolitan Area- Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Portland, OR - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- October 1994
Wasco County, OR - National Compensation Survey
- November 1997
Yakima-Richland-Kennewick-Pasco-Walla Walla-Pendleton, WA-OR - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1993
- March 1995

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Johnstown, PA - National Compensation Survey, Wages and Salaries
- July 1997
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA - National Compensation Survey
Philadelphia, PA-NJ, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Pittsburgh, PA - National Compensation Survey
Pittsburgh, PA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- November 1992
- November 1993
York, PA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- November 1993

Providence, RI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- March 1992

Augusta, GA-SC, Metropolitan Area, Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC - National Compensation Survey
- February 1999
Beaufort County, SC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- September 1994
Charleston, SC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- February 1992
- March 1994
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC - National Compensation Survey
- February 1997
Columbia-Sumter, SC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- May 1992
- April 1994
Florence, SC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- January 1992
Greenwood County, SC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- October 1992
- September 1994
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- April 1992
- May 1994

South Dakota - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- April 1993
- May 1995

Chattanooga, TN-GA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- September 1992
- August 1993
Chattanooga, TN-GA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- August 1995
- April 1997
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1992
Knoxville, TN - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- October 1991
- November 1993
Memphis, TN-AR-MS - National Compensation Survey
- March 1999
Memphis, TN-AR-MS, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Nashville, TN, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only

PAY BY CITY / METRO AREA IN TEXAS:

Amarillo, TX - National Compensation Survey
- June 1999
Austin-San Marcos, TX - National Compensation Survey
- October 1998
- June 1999
Beaumont-Port Arthur and Lake Charles, TX-LA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX - National Compensation Survey
Dallas, TX, Metropolitan Area - Area Wage Survey
- December 1990
Dallas, TX, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX - National Compensation Survey
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1996
El Paso-Las Cruces-Alamogordo, TX-NM - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Houston, TX - Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Houston, TX - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- October 1994
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX - National Compensation Survey
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- November 1993
Longview-Marshall, TX, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Northwest Texas, TX - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Panola County, TX - National Compensation Survey
- October 1998
San Angelo, TX - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
San Antonio, TX, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Waco & Killeen-Temple, TX - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only

PAY BY SELECTED OCCUPATIONS IN TEXAS:

Fast food restaurant job pay:
- Bell County, 1991
- Dallas County, 1990
- El Paso, 1991

Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- April 1992
- April 1993
- May 1994
- August 1995
- August 1996 (source)

Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Richmond-Petersburg, VA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Southwest Virginia - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- January 1993
Washington, DC-MD-VA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Washington, DC-MD-VA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- December 1994
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV - National Compensation Survey

Virgin Islands of the U.S. - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- March 1995

Burlington, VT - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Vermont - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits

Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA - National Compensation Survey
- January 1999
- August 1999
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA - National Compensation Survey
Seattle, WA, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Seattle, WA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- October 1994
Spokane, WA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- May 1993
- May 1995
Tacoma, WA - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- February 1993
Washington - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only -- Forestry and logging
- 1994
Yakima-Richland-Kennewick-Pasco-Walla Walla-Pendleton, WA-OR - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- March 1993
- March 1995

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI - National Compensation Survey
Duluth, MN-WI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1992
- June 1994
Juneau County, WI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- March 1996
Madison, WI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- March 1992
- March 1994
Milwaukee-Racine, WI - National Compensation Survey
Milwaukee, WI, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
Milwaukee, WI - Occupational Compensation Survey: Temporary Help Supply Services
- December 1994
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI - National Compensation Survey
- July 1998
- November 1999
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Metropolitan Area - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV - National Compensation Survey
West Virginia - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay and benefits
- June 1992
- June 1994

Cheyenne, WY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- May 1992
- April 1994
Sweetwater County, WY - Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay only
- September 1992
- November 1994

Puerto Rico - Occupational Compensation Survey
- July 1993
- October 1995

Wages in San Juan, 1996
This article compares wages in San Juan, Puerto Rico to those on the mainland in 1996. Occupations include accountants, attorneys, engineers, buyers, computer programmers, computer systems analysts, computer operators, personnel specialists, accounting clerks, general clerks, personnel assistants, secretaries, receptionists, maintenance workers, electricians, guards, janitors, and truck drivers. (Source)

Wages by occupations and industries (A to Z), 1990-1999

The U.S. Department of Labor's annual Occupational Outlook Handbook is the best and most comprehensive source for occupational pay. Select any year in the 1990s, then look up an occupation in the edition's table of contents. Earnings are listed near the end of each chapter. 1990-1991, 1992-1993, 1994-1995, 1996-1997, 1998-1999.

Airline industry job pay, March 1995 (source)
Athletes' salaries - Baseball
Day care job pay, 1994 average hourly pay (source)
Deep sea freighter job pay, November 1993, July 1996. Source: Occupational Compensation Survey.
Deep sea tanker job pay, November 1991, November 1993. Source: Occupational Compensation Survey.
Farm labor wages, 1930-present
Firefighters salary minimums and maximum in 10 largest U.S. cities, 1990 (source)
Forestry job wages, 1993-1994 (source)

Government - Congressional salaries, 1789-present
Hospital jobs, 1991
- Shows pay for medical and administrative positions by city. Includes RNs, LPNs, physical therapists, EKG technicians, pharmacists, nurse anesthetists as well as medical records technicians, accountants, auditors, engineers, directors of personnel, attorneys, buyers, secretaries, typists, file clerks and many more hospital jobs. A companion volume listing all job titles and job descriptions is also available online. Source: Occupational Wage Survey, 1991.
Information technology jobs - hourly wages in 1994 (source)
Lawyers' and judges' earnings, 1990-1991
Source: U.S. BLS Bulletin on social science and legal occupations.
Manufacturing industry jobs, 1954-2007
Look for tables describing EARNINGS expressed in "current dollars." This source mostly covers jobs in manufacturing, industry and production.
Meat packing jobs, 1990
- Includes earnings data for employees of the meat-packing and prepared meat products industries by selected characteristics and region. Source: Industry wage survey, BLS Bulletin 2416.
Military pay charts, U.S., 1790s-present

Nurses' pay in private industry, 1994 (source)
Police officers' salary minimums and maximum in 10 largest U.S. cities in 1990 (source)

Restaurant jobs, fast food - Pay by state and city
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- Alaska, 1992
- California
  - Kings County, 1990
  - Oxnard-Ventura, 1990, 1992
  - San Diego, 1990, 1992
  - San Jose, 1990, 1993
  - Solano County, 1991
- Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1990
- District of Columbia, Washington, 1991, 1993
- Florida
  - Duval County, 1990
  - Orange County, 1990
  - Panama City, 1990
  - Santa Rose County, 1990
- Guam, 1992
- Hawaii, Honolulu, 1990, 1993
- Illinois, Lake County, 1991
- Kansas
  - Leavenworth County, 1991
  - Riley County, 1991
- Kentucky
  - Christian County, 1991
  - Hardin County, 1991
- Louisiana, Orleans Parish, 1990
- Maryland
  - Anne Arundel County, 1990
  - Montgomery County, 1991
  - St. Mary's County, 1990, 1993
- Mississippi
  - Harrison County, 1991, 1993
  - Lauderdale County, 1991, 1993
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, 1990
- Puerto Rico, 1992
- Rhode Island, Newport County, 1990
- Tennessee
  - Montgomery County, 1990, 1993
  - Shelby County, 1990
- Texas
  - Bell County, 1991
  - Dallas County, 1990
  - El Paso, 1991
- Virginia
  - Norfolk, 1990
  - York County, 1990, 1993
- Washington
  - Bremerton, 1991
  - Island County, 1991, 1992
  - King County, 1990
Scientists' earnings by location, 1995-1996
Source: Compensation and working conditions, vol. 3 #1, pp. 62-64.
Textile industry job pay, 1990
Shows job earnings in the cotton, synthetic fiber and wool industries by location. Source: BLS Bulletin #2386.
Sports - Salaries in major league baseball, 1970-1996
This article investigates the history of major league baseball players' salaries; table 1 (page 5) shows average and median annual salaries for 1970-1996, table 2 (page 6) shows the average salaries for the highest and lowest playing teams for select years 1980-1995, and table 4 (page 7) shows minimum baseball salaries for 1967-1997 (source).
Sports, professional - Salaries, 1984-1997
This article explores salary caps for basketball, football, baseball, and hockey players. It includes tables showing the average salaries for each sport (source).
White-collar salaries, 1990
Occupations include: accountants, auditors, attorneys, buyers, programmers, job analysts, directors of personnel, chemists, engineers, engineering technicians, drafters, computer operators, photographers, clerks (accounting, file, personnel), key entry operators, messengers, purchasing assistants, secretaries, stenographers and typists. Source: BLS Monthly Labor Review, Dec 1990.