| UI Covered Wages - Private Industry | |||
| Vermont and United States | |||
| 1978 - 2008 | |||
| Year | Annual Average Wage | Vermont as Percent of U.S. |
|
| Vermont | U.S. | ||
| 2008 | $38,326 | $45,559P | 84.1% |
| 2007 | $36,323 | $44,362 | 81.9% |
| 2006 | $34,988 | $42,414 | 82.5% |
| 2005 | $33,648 | $40,505 | 83.1% |
| 2004 | $32,724 | $39,134 | 83.6% |
| 2003 | $31,571 | $37,508 | 84.2% |
| 2002 | $30,613 | $36,539 | 83.8% |
| 2001 | $29,920 | $36,157 | 82.8% |
| 2000 | $28,704 | $35,337 | 81.2% |
| 1999 | $27,235 | $33,244 | 81.9% |
| 1998 | $26,209 | $31,762 | 82.5% |
| 1997 | $25,021 | $30,064 | 83.2% |
| 1996 | $24,035 | $28,582 | 84.1% |
| 1995 | $23,122 | $27,441 | 84.3% |
| 1994 | $22,512 | $26,496 | 85.0% |
| 1993 | $22,244 | $25,934 | 85.8% |
| 1992 | $21,947 | $25,547 | 85.9% |
| 1991 | $20,974 | $24,178 | 86.7% |
| 1990 | $20,234 | $23,258 | 87.0% |
| 1989 | $19,212 | $22,269 | 86.3% |
| 1988 | $18,398 | $21,650 | 85.0% |
| 1987 | $17,433 | $20,621 | 84.5% |
| 1986 | $16,666 | $19,746 | 84.4% |
| 1985 | $15,767 | $18,974 | 83.1% |
| 1984 | $15,185 | $18,178 | 83.5% |
| 1983 | $14,469 | $17,416 | 83.1% |
| 1982 | $13,580 | $16,644 | 81.6% |
| 1981 | $12,791 | $15,654 | 81.7% |
| 1980 | $11,840 | $14,359 | 82.5% |
| 1979 | $10,834 | $13,125 | 82.5% |
| 1978 | $9,940 | $12,082 | 82.3% |
| Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages | |||
| Vermont Department of Labor and | |||
| U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||
| P preliminary | |||
| Last Updated on 9/23/09 | |||
| by Richard Willey | |||