Metropolitan areas in U.S. with lowest average annual pay for covered workers, 1998 Metropolitan area Jacksonville, NC $19,815 Yuma, AZ 19,891 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 20,717 Myrtle Beach, SC 20,762 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX 20,962 U.S. average for metro areas 33,381