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The Geographic Reference Report

The Geographic Reference Report is an easy-to-use hardcopy composite summary of all Assessor Series™ databases, and may be used for manual calculations and comparisons of area wage and cost-of-living differentials. Data includes:

 

Salaries for benchmark positions are derived from thousands of wage and salary surveys and sources. Cost-of-living variance models are developed from downloaded databases and listings. Listings of benchmark positions and cities covered are shown below:

 

BENCHMARK POSITIONS

Accountant, Accounting Clerk, Administrative Assistant, Aircraft Mechanic, Attorney/Solicitor, Automobile Mechanic, Bank Teller, Benefits Analyst, Biologist, Bookkeeper, Bus Driver, Buyer/Purchasing Agent, Carpenter (Gen/Maint), Cashier, Chemical Engineer, Chemical Technician, Chemist, Civil Engineer, Computer Operator, Computer Programmer, Computer Programmer Lead, Construction Worker, Controller/Comptroller, Cost Estimator, Data Entry Operator, Dental Assistant, Dental Hygienist, Designer, Drafter/Draughtsperson, Electrical Engineer, Electrician - Certified, Electronics Assembler, Electronics Technician, Engineering Technician, Executive Secretary, File Clerk, Food Service Worker, Fork Lift Operator, Gate Guard, General Clerk, General/Institution Cook, Heavy Truck Driver, Insurance Claims Adjuster, Internal Auditor, Janitor, Librarian, Light Truck Driver, Machine Tool Operator, Machinery Maint Mechanic, Machinist, Maintenance Helper, Maintenance Worker, Market Research Analyst, Materials Handler, Mechanical Engineer, Medical Lab Technician, Messenger/Mailroom, Millwright, Office Manager, Order Clerk, Painter/Paperhanger, Payroll Clerk, PC/Microcomp Specialist, Personnel Analyst, Personnel Clerk, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Physician, Physicist, Plumber, Primary School Teacher, Production Supervisor, Property Manager/Admin, Receptionist, Registered Nurse, Sales Rep Non Scientific, Secondary School Teacher, Secretary, Secretary to CEO, Security Guard, Shipping Clerk, Stationary Engineer, Systems Analyst, Systems Analyst Lead, Tool & Die Maker, Warehouse Worker, Welder, Word Processor

 

BENCHMARK CITIES

ALABAMA, Birmingham, Florence, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, ALASKA, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, ARIZONA, Flagstaff, Mesa, Phoenix, Tucson, ARKANSAS, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock, Pine Bluff, CALIFORNIA, Anaheim, Bakersfield, Chico, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Monterey, Oakland, Petaluma, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Vallejo, Ventura, COLORADO, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Pueblo, CONNECTICUT, Bridgeport, Danbury, Hartford, New Haven, New London, Norwich, Stamford, DELAWARE, Wilmington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, FLORIDA, Boca Raton, Bradenton, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Melbourne, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, GEORGIA, Albany, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, HAWAII, Honolulu, IDAHO, Boise, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Twin Falls, ILLINOIS, Champaign, Chicago, Peoria, Rock Island, Rockford, Springfield, INDIANA, Anderson, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, South Bend, Terre Haute, IOWA, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Sioux City, Waterloo, KANSAS, Topeka, Wichita, KENTUCKY, Frankfort, Lexington, Louisville, LOUISIANA, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport, MAINE, Bangor, Portland, MARYLAND, Baltimore, MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, Brockton, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester, MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Muskegon, Saginaw, MINNESOTA, Duluth, Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Cloud, MISSISSIPPI, Biloxi, Greenville, Jackson, MISSOURI, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis, MONTANA, Billings, Great Falls, Helena, NEBRASKA, Lincoln, Omaha, NEVADA, Carson City, Las Vegas, Reno, NEW HAMPSHIRE, Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth, NEW JERSEY, Atlantic City, New Brunswick, Newark, Paramus, Trenton, Vineland, NEW MEXICO, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, NEW YORK, Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Jamestown, Manhattan, Nassau-Suffolk, Poughkeepsie, Queens-Brooklyn, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, NORTH CAROLINA, Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Salisbury, Wilmington, Winston-Salem, NORTH DAKOTA, Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, OHIO, Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Lima, Springfield, Toledo, Youngstown, OKLAHOMA, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, OREGON, Eugene, Portland, Salem, PENNSYLVANIA, Allentown, Altoona, Erie, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, York, RHODE ISLAND, Providence, SOUTH CAROLINA, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, SOUTH DAKOTA, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, TENNESSEE, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Kingsport, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville, TEXAS, Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Longview, Lubbock, San Antonio, Waco, UTAH, Provo/Orem, Salt Lake City, VERMONT, Burlington, VIRGINIA, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, WASHINGTON, Bellingham, Bremerton, Everett, Olympia, Richland, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Yakima, WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, WISCONSIN, Appleton, Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, WYOMING, Casper, Cheyenne, Laramie, PUERTO RICO, San Juan, UNITED STATES, U. S. National Average, ALBERTA, Calgary, Edmonton, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, Victoria, MANITOBA, Winnipeg, NEW BRUNSWICK, Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, NEWFOUNDLAND, St. John's, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, Yellowknife, NOVA SCOTIA, Halifax, Sydney, ONTARIO, Brantford, Cornwall, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Ottawa, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Charlottetown, QUÉBEC, Hull, Montréal, Québec City, Trois-Rivières, SASKATCHEWAN, Regina, Saskatoon, YUKON TERRITORY, Whitehorse, CANADA, Canadian National Average

 

Over 100 million PCs notwithstanding, the Geographic Reference Report is ERI's most popular subscription (subscribers now number over 2,500).

 

The Geographic Reference Report is released in October of each year with wage and salary estimates trended forward to a 1 January effective date.

 

ERI researchers save our subscribers time and expense by collecting and analyzing wage/salary and cost-of-living information for you!

 

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