Salisbury MSA vs. Maryland
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Average Earnings Per Job Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Salisbury MSA vs. Maryland
Salisbury MSA:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $59,425
2022 Percent of State = 80.46%
Maryland:
2022 Avg. Earnings = $74,076
The United States economy has generated an impressive number of jobs since the 1970s. The contrast between the nation's vigorous employment growth and the modest performance of other major industrial countries is striking. Despite this rosy track record, the real (inflation adjusted) wages and salaries of many workers have stagnated or slipped in recent years. This development has provoked concerns about the quality of new jobs. Structural shifts in the composition of employment--from high-wage goods-producing to low-wage services-related sectors--is the culprit most often cited for the deteriorating quality of jobs.
Regions vary greatly in the make-up of their labor force, in their industry composition of employment, and their economic experience. Reviewing and examining recent developments in average earnings per job in the Salisbury MSA with comparisons to Maryland and the nation is an important first step in understanding the economic forces at play in the Salisbury MSA.
Discussion: Average Annual Earnings Per Job are computed by dividing BEA total industry earnings estimates by the BEA total full- and part-time jobs estimates. No convenient or adequate means exist at the county or regional level for converting the job estimates to a full-time equivalent measure. So, interpret the average earnings per job estimates with caution in consideration of the following issues:
Average earnings per job within industries involving more part-time work is lower than industries involving more full-time work, although there could be little difference in the underlying wage of full-time workers. Such differences could also prevail between counties and regions. An increase in the proportion of part-time jobs over time may erode average earnings per job estimates, although full-time earnings per worker may have remained unchanged.
As with per capita income, average earnings per job may be subject to extreme short-run variation, especially in smaller counties. Major construction projects relating to building dams, nuclear power plants, and private plant construction projects have caused extreme fluctuations in many smaller counties. Such changes typify both small and large agriculture-dependent counties owing to the extreme annual variations in farm incomes. Also, Since average earnings per job are just a simple average, it does not account for variations in the distribution of earnings among high- vs. low-wage jobs.
Salisbury MSA Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Salisbury MSA Average Earnings Per Job, 1970-2022
Current vs. Constant Dollars
Figure 1.
Figure 1 depicts the Salisbury MSA's annual average earnings per job over 1970-2022 in current and constant (2017) dollars. Constant dollar measurements remove the effects of inflation. They allow for comparison of changes in the real purchasing power of the Salisbury MSA over time.
When measured in current dollars, the Salisbury MSA's average earnings per job increased 945.97%, from $5,681 in 1970 to $59,425 in 2022. When measured in constant 2017 dollars to adjust for inflation, it advanced 78.16%, from $28,743 in 1970 to $51,210 in 2022.
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 traces the Salisbury MSA's and Maryland's annual real average earnings per job for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate real average earnings per job patterns over time. During this 54-year period, the Salisbury MSA's real average earnings per job rose from $30,130 in 1969 to $51,210 in 2022, for a net gain of $21,080, or 69.96%. In comparison, Maryland's real average earnings per job advanced from $38,649 in 1969 to $63,835 in 2022, for a net advance of $25,185, or 65.16%.
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Real Average Earnings Per Job Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows the Salisbury MSA's real average earnings per job growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Maryland, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's real average earnings per job in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the real average earnings per jobs in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in real average earnings per job growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
The Salisbury MSA's overall real average earnings per job growth was 69.96% over 1969-2022 outpaced Maryland's increase of 65.16%, and outpaced the United States' increase of 62.26%.
Average Earnings Per Job as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Average Earnings Per Job as a Percent of the U.S. Average: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Figure 4 depicts the trends for average earnings per job relative to the national average by tracing the Salisbury MSA and Maryland average earnings per job as a percent of the national average over 1969-2022.
In 1969, the Salisbury MSA's average earnings per job amounted to 79.25% of the national average; in 2022, it approximated 83.01%. Similarly, in 1969, Maryland's average earnings per job totaled 101.66% of the national average; in 2022, it consisted of 103.48%.
Salisbury MSA Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Salisbury MSA Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 displays the short-run pattern of the Salisbury MSA's real average earnings per job growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, the Salisbury MSA's real average earnings per job grew at an annual rate of 1.07% over 1970-2022. The Salisbury MSA posted its highest growth in 1973 (10.05%) and posted its lowest growth in 1974 (-9.16%). In 2022, the Salisbury MSA's real average earnings per job grew by 0.61%
Salisbury MSA Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Salisbury MSA Real Average Earnings Per Job:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some msas have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again depicts the annual percent change in the Salisbury MSA's real average earnings per job since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, the Salisbury MSA's annual real average earnings per job growth rate averaged 0.30%. It averaged 1.54% in the 1980s, 1.35% in the 1990s, 0.86% throughout the 2000s, 1.19% during the 2010s, 1.47% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Real Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Real Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for the Salisbury MSA noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Maryland and the nation. As the chart reveals, the Salisbury MSA's average annual real average earnings per job growth posted below Maryland's average throughout the 1970s (0.30% vs. 0.68%), outperformed Maryland's average in the 1980s (1.54% vs. 0.97%), recorded under Maryland's average in the 1990s (1.35% vs. 1.79%), recorded under Maryland's average in the 2000s (0.86% vs. 1.59%), topped Maryland's average throughout the 2010s (1.19% vs. 0.47%), and recorded above Maryland's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (1.47% vs. -1.21%).
Finally, relative to nationwide real average earnings per job growth trends, the Salisbury MSA trailed the nation throughout the 1970s (0.30% vs. 0.89%), exceeded the nation throughout the 1980s (1.54% vs. 0.71%), recorded underneath the nation throughout the 1990s (1.35% vs. 1.68%), led the nation throughout the 2000s (0.86% vs. 0.72%), recorded above the nation during the 2010s (1.19% vs. 1.01%), and led the nation over 2020-2022 (1.47% vs. -0.24%).
   
 
Real* Average Earnings Per Job Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
1.07
0.30
1.54
1.35
0.86
1.19
1.47
0.61
 
0.97
0.68
0.97
1.79
1.59
0.47
-1.21
-4.80
 
0.93
0.89
0.71
1.68
0.72
1.01
-0.24
-4.51
 
   

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Salisbury MSA:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
5,689
0.189
30,130
100.0
N
76.01
79.25
1970
 
5,681
0.198
28,743
95.4
-4.60
71.74
74.79
1971
 
5,925
0.206
28,755
95.4
0.04
70.11
73.12
1972
 
6,497
0.213
30,489
101.2
6.03
71.85
74.75
1973
 
7,535
0.225
33,555
111.4
10.05
78.28
80.70
1974
 
7,557
0.248
30,482
101.2
-9.16
73.53
76.12
1975
 
8,724
0.269
32,481
107.8
6.56
78.65
81.44
1976
 
9,282
0.283
32,760
108.7
0.86
77.43
80.37
1977
 
9,477
0.302
31,406
104.2
-4.13
73.52
76.35
1978
 
10,147
0.323
31,437
104.3
0.10
72.82
75.40
1979
 
10,745
0.351
30,575
101.5
-2.74
71.28
73.76
1980
 
11,205
0.389
28,784
95.5
-5.86
68.81
71.57
1981
 
12,186
0.424
28,731
95.4
-0.18
68.78
71.41
1982
 
13,127
0.448
29,320
97.3
2.05
70.12
72.97
1983
 
13,640
0.467
29,223
97.0
-0.33
69.03
72.09
1984
 
15,101
0.484
31,176
103.5
6.68
71.97
74.83
1985
 
15,899
0.501
31,718
105.3
1.74
72.35
75.25
1986
 
17,392
0.512
33,956
112.7
7.06
75.74
78.78
1987
 
18,004
0.528
34,098
113.2
0.42
74.81
77.85
1988
 
19,245
0.549
35,077
116.4
2.87
75.73
78.85
1989
 
20,273
0.573
35,405
117.5
0.93
76.58
79.63
1990
 
20,589
0.598
34,445
114.3
-2.71
74.39
77.41
1991
 
21,482
0.618
34,776
115.4
0.96
74.87
78.01
1992
 
22,373
0.634
35,277
117.1
1.44
73.05
76.15
1993
 
22,968
0.650
35,336
117.3
0.17
73.14
76.30
1994
 
23,832
0.664
35,916
119.2
1.64
73.96
77.10
1995
 
23,714
0.678
35,000
116.2
-2.55
71.77
75.03
1996
 
24,663
0.692
35,638
118.3
1.82
72.00
75.17
1997
 
25,356
0.704
36,013
119.5
1.05
70.90
74.10
1998
 
27,351
0.710
38,540
127.9
7.02
72.61
75.95
1999
 
29,042
0.720
40,336
133.9
4.66
73.48
76.93
2000
 
30,278
0.738
41,015
136.1
1.68
72.34
75.88
2001
 
32,492
0.753
43,149
143.2
5.20
74.89
78.34
2002
 
32,454
0.763
42,540
141.2
-1.41
73.22
76.53
2003
 
34,999
0.779
44,931
149.1
5.62
76.88
80.17
2004
 
37,831
0.798
47,391
157.3
5.48
79.89
83.23
2005
 
38,348
0.821
46,694
155.0
-1.47
78.92
82.21
2006
 
38,784
0.844
45,930
152.4
-1.64
76.79
80.06
2007
 
38,654
0.866
44,632
148.1
-2.83
75.11
78.28
2008
 
39,347
0.892
44,126
146.5
-1.13
75.20
78.23
2009
 
38,897
0.889
43,743
145.2
-0.87
74.73
77.73
2010
 
39,616
0.905
43,768
145.3
0.06
73.10
75.91
2011
 
40,506
0.928
43,647
144.9
-0.28
72.87
75.52
2012
 
41,805
0.945
44,223
146.8
1.32
73.24
75.93
2013
 
44,766
0.958
46,738
155.1
5.69
77.53
80.17
2014
 
45,725
0.971
47,080
156.3
0.73
77.52
80.23
2015
 
48,990
0.973
50,350
167.1
6.95
81.55
84.46
2016
 
47,810
0.983
48,644
161.4
-3.39
78.83
81.75
2017
 
48,119
1.000
48,119
159.7
-1.08
76.95
79.76
2018
 
49,123
1.020
48,138
159.8
0.04
76.36
79.10
2019
 
50,742
1.035
49,020
162.7
1.83
76.06
78.77
2020
 
51,751
1.046
49,459
164.2
0.89
74.16
76.81
2021
 
55,480
1.090
50,898
168.9
2.91
76.20
78.78
2022
 
59,425
1.160
51,210
170.0
0.61
80.46
83.01
Source: Calculations by the Maryland Regional Economic Analysis Project (MD-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Maryland:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
7,298
0.189
38,649
100.0
N
101.66
1970
 
7,835
0.198
39,640
102.6
2.56
103.15
1971
 
8,393
0.206
40,734
105.4
2.76
103.58
1972
 
8,962
0.213
42,061
108.8
3.26
103.13
1973
 
9,624
0.225
42,858
110.9
1.89
103.08
1974
 
10,331
0.248
41,668
107.8
-2.78
104.06
1975
 
11,086
0.269
41,274
106.8
-0.94
103.49
1976
 
12,030
0.283
42,460
109.9
2.87
104.17
1977
 
12,680
0.302
42,021
108.7
-1.04
102.16
1978
 
13,540
0.323
41,950
108.5
-0.17
100.61
1979
 
14,509
0.351
41,286
106.8
-1.58
99.59
1980
 
15,714
0.389
40,366
104.4
-2.23
100.36
1981
 
17,085
0.424
40,280
104.2
-0.21
100.11
1982
 
18,077
0.448
40,376
104.5
0.24
100.48
1983
 
19,020
0.467
40,749
105.4
0.92
100.53
1984
 
20,352
0.484
42,015
108.7
3.11
100.84
1985
 
21,381
0.501
42,653
110.4
1.52
101.19
1986
 
22,419
0.512
43,771
113.3
2.62
101.55
1987
 
23,325
0.528
44,174
114.3
0.92
100.86
1988
 
24,868
0.549
45,325
117.3
2.61
101.88
1989
 
26,006
0.573
45,416
117.5
0.20
102.14
1990
 
27,221
0.598
45,540
117.8
0.27
102.34
1991
 
28,624
0.618
46,336
119.9
1.75
103.95
1992
 
30,217
0.634
47,646
123.3
2.83
102.86
1993
 
31,161
0.650
47,939
124.0
0.61
103.52
1994
 
32,081
0.664
48,346
125.1
0.85
103.79
1995
 
32,673
0.678
48,223
124.8
-0.26
103.38
1996
 
33,600
0.692
48,552
125.6
0.68
102.41
1997
 
35,039
0.704
49,766
128.8
2.50
102.40
1998
 
37,229
0.710
52,460
135.7
5.41
103.38
1999
 
38,986
0.720
54,147
140.1
3.22
103.27
2000
 
41,129
0.738
55,714
144.2
2.89
103.07
2001
 
43,340
0.753
57,555
148.9
3.30
104.49
2002
 
45,112
0.763
59,132
153.0
2.74
106.38
2003
 
46,790
0.779
60,069
155.4
1.58
107.18
2004
 
49,208
0.798
61,643
159.5
2.62
108.25
2005
 
50,847
0.821
61,912
160.2
0.44
109.00
2006
 
52,245
0.844
61,872
160.1
-0.06
107.85
2007
 
52,758
0.866
60,916
157.6
-1.55
106.84
2008
 
54,934
0.892
61,606
159.4
1.13
109.22
2009
 
56,324
0.889
63,341
163.9
2.82
112.56
2010
 
58,840
0.905
65,007
168.2
2.63
112.74
2011
 
60,736
0.928
65,445
169.3
0.67
113.24
2012
 
61,454
0.945
65,007
168.2
-0.67
111.61
2013
 
60,997
0.958
63,683
164.8
-2.04
109.24
2014
 
61,775
0.971
63,607
164.6
-0.12
108.40
2015
 
63,434
0.973
65,195
168.7
2.50
109.36
2016
 
64,847
0.983
65,980
170.7
1.20
110.89
2017
 
66,135
1.000
66,135
171.1
0.24
109.62
2018
 
66,845
1.020
65,504
169.5
-0.95
107.64
2019
 
68,632
1.035
66,303
171.6
1.22
106.54
2020
 
71,304
1.046
68,146
176.3
2.78
105.83
2021
 
73,086
1.090
67,050
173.5
-1.61
103.78
2022
 
74,076
1.160
63,835
165.2
-4.80
103.48
Source: Calculations by the Maryland Regional Economic Analysis Project (MD-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Average Earnings Per Job, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
7,179
0.189
38,018
100.0
N
1970
 
7,596
0.198
38,430
101.1
1.08
1971
 
8,103
0.206
39,326
103.4
2.33
1972
 
8,691
0.213
40,786
107.3
3.71
1973
 
9,336
0.225
41,579
109.4
1.94
1974
 
9,928
0.248
40,044
105.3
-3.69
1975
 
10,713
0.269
39,883
104.9
-0.40
1976
 
11,549
0.283
40,761
107.2
2.20
1977
 
12,412
0.302
41,131
108.2
0.91
1978
 
13,457
0.323
41,694
109.7
1.37
1979
 
14,568
0.351
41,454
109.0
-0.58
1980
 
15,657
0.389
40,220
105.8
-2.98
1981
 
17,066
0.424
40,237
105.8
0.04
1982
 
17,989
0.448
40,181
105.7
-0.14
1983
 
18,920
0.467
40,535
106.6
0.88
1984
 
20,181
0.484
41,663
109.6
2.78
1985
 
21,130
0.501
42,152
110.9
1.17
1986
 
22,078
0.512
43,104
113.4
2.26
1987
 
23,126
0.528
43,799
115.2
1.61
1988
 
24,408
0.549
44,487
117.0
1.57
1989
 
25,460
0.573
44,462
117.0
-0.05
1990
 
26,599
0.598
44,498
117.0
0.08
1991
 
27,537
0.618
44,577
117.3
0.18
1992
 
29,378
0.634
46,323
121.8
3.92
1993
 
30,101
0.650
46,309
121.8
-0.03
1994
 
30,909
0.664
46,580
122.5
0.59
1995
 
31,605
0.678
46,646
122.7
0.14
1996
 
32,810
0.692
47,411
124.7
1.64
1997
 
34,218
0.704
48,600
127.8
2.51
1998
 
36,011
0.710
50,743
133.5
4.41
1999
 
37,751
0.720
52,432
137.9
3.33
2000
 
39,903
0.738
54,053
142.2
3.09
2001
 
41,477
0.753
55,080
144.9
1.90
2002
 
42,406
0.763
55,584
146.2
0.92
2003
 
43,655
0.779
56,045
147.4
0.83
2004
 
45,456
0.798
56,943
149.8
1.60
2005
 
46,648
0.821
56,800
149.4
-0.25
2006
 
48,442
0.844
57,368
150.9
1.00
2007
 
49,382
0.866
57,019
150.0
-0.61
2008
 
50,298
0.892
56,407
148.4
-1.07
2009
 
50,041
0.889
56,276
148.0
-0.23
2010
 
52,191
0.905
57,661
151.7
2.46
2011
 
53,633
0.928
57,792
152.0
0.23
2012
 
55,061
0.945
58,245
153.2
0.78
2013
 
55,837
0.958
58,296
153.3
0.09
2014
 
56,990
0.971
58,680
154.3
0.66
2015
 
58,005
0.973
59,615
156.8
1.59
2016
 
58,480
0.983
59,501
156.5
-0.19
2017
 
60,329
1.000
60,329
158.7
1.39
2018
 
62,102
1.020
60,856
160.1
0.87
2019
 
64,419
1.035
62,233
163.7
2.26
2020
 
67,378
1.046
64,393
169.4
3.47
2021
 
70,421
1.090
64,606
169.9
0.33
2022
 
71,586
1.160
61,690
162.3
-4.51
Source: Calculations by the Maryland Regional Economic Analysis Project (MD-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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