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> Subject: [lbo-talk] average salary in the United States
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> Dear Yahoo!:
> What is the average salary in the United States?
>
> Bob
> New Bern, North Carolina
>
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>
> Dear Bob:
> In our quest to find your answer, we uncovered almost
> as many ways to figure salaries as there are workers
> in the U.S. Most authorities report "average income,"
> which can include not just salary, but interest
> income, retirement benefits, and other sources of
> money as well.
>
> Narrowing our search to "salary," we found that the
> Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the average annual
> wages in the U.S. as $36,764 for 2002. More recently,
> the White House reports that the average hourly
> earnings of nonsupervisory workers was $15.54 in March
> 2004. The White House also gets its information from
> the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which states that in
> that same month, the average wage for workers in the
> private sector was around $520 a week.
>
> As expected, CEOs make a lot more than average Joes.
> According to Bloomberg, the average pay for CEOs
> running $5 billion companies for the three years
> ending in 2002 hit $12 million.
>
> If you're looking for the state with the highest
> average salary, PayScale's salary survey data
> indicates you might want to head to New York, which is
> also home to the largest average salary in Major
> League Baseball. Lest you think that all players'
> salaries climb year after year, USA Today reports that
> in 2004, the average salary of players dropped for the
> first time in 10 years.
>
>
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