Annual Average Wage by County, 1996


Pennsylvania Annual Average Wage, 1996 County
Average Annual
Wage
% Change
1995-1996
Rank in
State 1996
Adams $21,132 3.3 57
Allegheny $30,799 3.6 5
Armstrong $22,405 1.3 45
Beaver $25,931 3.5 20
Bedford $20,789 5.0 59
Berks $28,123 2.7 12
Blair $22,306 4.1 47
Bradford $24,256 3.1 28
Bucks $29,118 4.9 9
Butler $25,989 3.2 19
Cambria $21,685 1.8 53
Cameron $22,934 5.0 38
Carbon $20,050 2.5 62
Centre $24,612 1.7 25
Chester $34,927 4.0 1
Clarion $22,136 2.2 49
Clearfield $21,262 2.9 56
Clinton $23,211 2.2 34
Columbia $22,103 4.1 50
Crawford $23,408 2.5 33
Cumberland $26,792 2.7 16
Dauphin $29,116 3.8 10
Delaware $31,209 3.0 4
Elk $25,468 1.4 22
Erie $25,738 2.8 21
Fayette $20,533 2.8 60
Forest $18,872 0.3 67
Franklin $22,988 4.2 37
Fulton $24,994 10.5 23
Greene $29,511 2.7 8
Huntingdon $22,286 4.4 48
Indiana $24,351 4.6 27
Jefferson $21,868 2.0 52
Juniata $20,043 8.4 63
Lackawanna $23,521 3.2 31
Lancaster $26,370 3.3 18
Lawrence $22,848 3.4 41
Lebanon $22,873 2.7 40
Lehigh $30,501 4.3 6
Luzerne $24,029 3.3 29
Lycoming $23,156 2.4 35
Mckean $22,876 3.4 39
Mercer $23,413 2.9 32
Mifflin $22,827 3.6 42
Monroe $22,406 3.3 44
Montgomery $34,860 4.8 2
Montour $30,214 4.9 7
Northampton $26,950 1.4 14
Northumberland $22,399 4.5 46
Perry $19,207 4.3 65
Philadelphia $34,149 4.5 3
Pike $18,997 3.0 66
Potter $22,081 5.8 51
Schuylkill $23,070 5.4 36
Snyder $21,387 3.2 55
Somerset $20,452 2.9 61
Sullivan $18,598 2.0 68
Susquehanna $19,341 6.6 64
Tioga $21,519 5.7 54
Union $22,457 0.5 43
Venango $23,848 1.3 30
Warren $24,444 3.1 26
Washington $26,481 4.7 17
Wayne $20,941 3.8 58
Westmoreland $24,629 3.2 24
Wyoming $27,764 2.1 13
York $26,808 3.3 15
State Total $28,717 3.8 11

Source:        U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg