The values for Average Annual Salary are derived from County Business Pattern data for the nine counties of Northeastern PA. The value for each category is obtained by dividing the annual payroll by the number of employees in that category.

The chart on the right shows the total annual payroll used to generate the average annual salary statistic.

Average Annual Salary data for 1997 is based on SIC codes and not directly comparable to the 1999 data which uses the NAICS classification system.

Comparison of the average annual salary for all NAICS reported activities.

Northeastern PA is not only behind the nation but the state as well.