Table 2: Manufacturing Historical Annual Average Nominal Wage

Major SIC Code		1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1990-1996 % Change	1995-1996 % Change	1990 REAL WAGE	1996 REAL WAGE
20	Food	20,586	20,700	21,310	23,531	22,892	23,391	24,751	20.2%	5.8%	15,715	15,765
23	Apparel	10,462	10,050	11,007	10,823	12,476	12,164	12,144	16.1%	-0.2%	7,986	7,735
24	Lumber	17,033	17,603	19,431	19,547	19,973	20,388	20,679	21.4%	1.4%	13,002	13,171
25	Furniture	13,600	14,446	15,302	16,308	21,001	19,652	17,332	27.4%	-11.8%	10,382	11,039
27	Printing	16,909	17,229	18,016	18,376	19,139	18,779	19,760	16.9%	5.2%	12,908	12,586
28	Chemicals	36,249	39,471	41,027	41,878	42,130	41,974	49,132	35.5%	17.1%	27,671	31,294
29	Petroleum	38,409	40,657	40,095	42,831	43,139	43,995	46,578	21.3%	5.9%	29,320	29,668
30	Rubber	23,163	23,716	24,502	23,713	23,990	26,593	26,285	13.5%	-1.2%	17,682	16,742
31	Leather	14,372	14,252	11,939	11,842	12,884	13,984	15,765	9.7%	12.7%	10,971	10,041
32	Stone, concrete	23,690	24,627	25,721	22,602	27,193	28,070	27,673	16.8%	-1.4%	18,084	17,626
33	Primary metal	32,832	35,827	30,820	29,795	29,797	28,509	32,061	-2.3%	12.5%	25,063	20,421
34	Fabricated metal	25,970	28,210	30,247	28,794	29,647	29,559	30,286	16.6%	2.5%	19,824	19,290
35	Industrial machinery	22,358	23,523	25,195	24,855	26,222	26,436	25,832	15.5%	-2.3%	17,067	16,454
36	Electronic	N/A	N/A	16,959	15,923	14,268	23,335	24,969	47.2%	7.0%	N/A	15,904
37	Transportation	18,892	21,952	22,193	21,422	19,904	19,659	19,169	1.5%	-2.5%	14,421	12,210
38	Measuring Instruments	21,316	22,517	22,774	23,357	21,867	21,966	23,180	8.7%	5.5%	16,272	14,764
39	Misc.	16,206	16,224	15,930	17,164	18,907	19,150	20,873	28.8%	9.0%	12,371	13,295
Total		23,268	24,551	25,273	25,860	26,157	26,559	29,486	26.7%	11.0%	17,762	18,781