Table 2.  Average annual wages for 2001 and 2002 for all covered workers(1) by Consolidated
    Metropolitan Statistical Area
								   Average annual wages(3)     
		   Consolidated Metropolitan                                                   
		      Statistical Area(2)                                            Percent   
								2001      2002       change,   
										     2001-02   
      Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas(4)........  $43,441   $43,687        0.6     
    Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH........   45,766    45,685       -0.2     
    Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..........................   41,813    42,370        1.3     
    Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN...........................   35,569    36,626        3.0     
    Cleveland-Akron, OH.....................................   34,948    35,640        2.0     
    Dallas-Fort Worth, TX...................................   40,923    41,343        1.0     
    Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO..............................   41,988    41,770       -0.5     
    Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.............................   41,698    42,332        1.5     
    Houston-Galveston-Brazoria,TX...........................   42,087    42,068        0.0     
    Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.................   39,054    39,867        2.1     
    Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...............................   34,301    35,198        2.6     
    Milwaukee-Racine, WI....................................   35,423    36,340        2.6     
    New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA...   51,217    50,817       -0.8     
    Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD......   39,719    40,640        2.3     
    Portland-Salem, OR-WA...................................   36,127    36,529        1.1     
    Sacramento-Yolo, CA.....................................   37,736    38,966        3.3     
    San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA......................   54,139    52,441       -3.1     
    Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA............................   42,229    43,053        2.0     
    Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV.......................   44,245    45,218        2.2     
    San Juan-Caguas-Arecibo, PR.............................   20,541    21,546        4.9     
      1 Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation
    for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
      2 Includes data for Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) as defined by OMB
    Bulletin No. 99-04.  In the New England areas, the New England County Metropolitan Area
    (NECMA) definitions were used.
      3 Each year's total is based on the CMSA definition for the specific year.  Annual
    changes include differences resulting from changes in CMSA definitions.
      4 Totals do not include the San Juan-Caguas-Arecibo CMSA within Puerto Rico.