November 8, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

New York City's "pay premium" from 1990 to 2009

Employment and wages for employees in New York City, by selected industry, 1990 and 2009
Industry	Employment		Average annual wages
Industry	1990	2009	1990	2009
Total (1)	3,488,340	3,568,105	$34,381	$73,845
Construction	112,261	117,331	37,494	69,160
Education and health services	457,465	701,754	26,332	47,843
Financial activities	507,241	426,660	52,227	183,925
Government	589,209	547,961	32,603	55,860
Information	164,989	148,479	46,824	102,579
Leisure and hospitality	209,895	304,332	19,106	35,621
Other services	121,976	141,960	21,437	42,119
Professional and business services	474,743	550,036	40,665	91,489
Trade, transportation, and utilities	584,995	535,873	30,010	48,005
Footnotes: (1) Total includes the natural resources and mining supersector and the manufacturing supersector which are not shown separately because data are not available for these industries for Richmond County.

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