Occupational
Compensation Survey:
Pay Only
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Metropolitan Area,
May 1996
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bulletin 3085-26
________________________________________________________________
Preface
This bulletin provides results of a May 1996 survey of occupational pay
in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. This survey was
conducted as part of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
Compensation Survey Program. Data from this program are for use in
implementing the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990.
The survey was conducted by the Bureau's regional office in Philadelphia,
under the direction of John W. Filemyr, Assistant Regional Commissioner
for Operations. Data were collected by Robert Bobin, Chris Fahey, Brian
McNamara, Tara Price, Mike Radella, and Mary Reichley. Regional
review was conducted by Chuck Parys under the supervision of Dennis
Polini, Team Leader. Statistical support was provided by Elizabeth
Hundley. Christi Harpenau of the Statistical Methods Group was
responsible for the statistical procedures. Amy Gallamore of the Division
of Compensation and Data Estimation reviewed the aggregate data and
Paulette J. Brown prepared this bulletin.
The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of
the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay
data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for
their cooperation.
For additional information regarding this survey or similar surveys
conducted in this regional area, please contact the BLS Philadelphia
Regional Office at (215) 596-1154. You may also write to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics at: Office of Compensation Levels and Trends, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, D.C. 20212-0001
or call the Occupational Compensation Survey Program information line
at (202) 606-6220.
Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate
credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be
made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice
phone: (202) 606-STAT; TDD phone: (202) 606-5897; TDD message
referral phone: 1-800-326-2577.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
For an account of a similar survey conducted in 1995, see
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, GPO bookstores, and the
Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay Only, Pittsburgh, PA,
BLS Bulletin 3080-24.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publications Sales Center, P.O. Box 2145,
Chicago, IL 60690-2145.
Occupational
Compensation Survey:
Pay Only
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Metropolitan Area,
May 1996
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Robert B. Reich, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner
October 1996
Bulletin 3085-26
Contents
Page
Page
Introduction ..............................................................................................................
2
Tables—Continued
Tables:
Establishments employing 500 workers or more:
All establishments:
A-1.
administrative occupations .........................................................
A-2.
3
Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective
service occupations ...................................................................
7
A-3.
Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations ..............................
9
A-4.
Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom
occupations ................................................................................
A-5.
Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective
service occupations ...................................................................
18
A-8.
Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations ...............................
19
A-9.
Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom
A-10.
Hourly pay of material movement and custodial
occupations ................................................................................
occupations ................................................................................
21
22
12
Hourly pay of material movement and custodial
occupations ................................................................................
13
Appendixes:
Establishments employing 500 workers or more:
A-6.
A-7.
Weekly hours and pay of professional and
Weekly hours and pay of professional and
administrative occupations .........................................................
15
A.
Scope and method of survey .........................................................
A-1
B.
Occupational descriptions ..............................................................
B-1
Introduction
(2) adding more professional, administrative, technical, and protective service
occupations to the surveys.
This survey of occupational pay in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical
Area (Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties) was
conducted as part of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
Compensation Survey Program. The survey is one of a number conducted
annually in metropolitan areas throughout the United States. (See listing of reports
for other surveys at the end of this bulletin.)
A major objective of the Occupational Compensation Survey Program is to
describe the level and distribution of occupational pay in a variety of the Nation's
local labor markets, using a consistent survey approach. Another Program
objective is to provide information on the incidence of employee benefits among
and within local labor markets. However, no benefits data were collected for this
survey.
The Program develops information that is used for a variety of purposes,
including wage and salary administration, collective bargaining, and assistance in
determining business or plant location. Survey results also are used by the U.S.
Department of Labor in making wage determinations under the Service Contract
Act, and by the President's Pay Agent (the Secretary of Labor and Directors of the
U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget) in determining local pay adjustments under the Federal Employee Pay
Comparability Act of 1990. This latter requirement resulted in: (1) Expanding the
survey's industrial coverage to include all private nonfarm establishments (except
households) employing 50 workers or more and to State and local governments and
Pay
The A-series tables provide estimates of straight-time weekly or hourly pay by
occupation. Tables A-1 through A-5 provide data for selected white- and bluecollar occupations common to a variety of industries. Tables A-6 through A-10
include similar information, but are limited to establishments employing 500
workers or more.
Occupational pay information is presented for all industries covered by the
survey and, where possible, for private industry (e.g., for goods- and serviceproducing industries) and for State and local governments. Within private
industry, more detailed information is presented to the extent that the survey
establishment sample can support such detail.
Appendixes
Appendix A describes the concepts, methods, and coverage used in the
Occupational Compensation Survey Program. It also includes information on the
area's industrial composition and the reliability of occupational pay estimates.
Appendix B includes the descriptions used by Bureau field economists to classify
workers in the survey occupations.
2
Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
300
and
under
350
350
400
400
450
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
700
700
800
800
900
900
1000
1000
1100
1100
1200
1200
1300
1300
1400
1400
1500
1500
1600
1600
1700
1700
1800
1800
1900
1900
2000
2000
and
over
PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Accountants
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
121
117
100
38.4
38.4
38.1
$469
468
455
$471
469
454
$388
388
388
–
–
–
$510
510
500
–
–
–
26
27
32
10
10
9
26
26
30
26
26
23
7
8
4
3
3
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Service-producing industries ............
520
501
167
334
39.4
39.5
39.9
39.3
594
595
608
589
607
610
629
598
500
513
513
516
–
–
–
–
668
669
676
654
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7
7
16
3
17
15
9
18
17
18
13
20
7
7
5
8
38
39
37
39
13
13
17
11
( 3)
( 3)
1
–
1
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
623
596
300
284
296
27
39.6
39.6
39.9
39.9
39.3
39.1
790
793
854
855
731
726
808
808
860
860
721
666
700
702
784
785
652
666
–
–
–
–
–
–
888
889
900
896
829
837
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–
1
1
–
–
1
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–
8
8
–
–
16
–
15
12
3
3
22
67
26
27
26
24
28
4
33
33
46
48
20
26
14
14
18
17
10
4
3
3
5
6
( 3)
–
1
1
2
2
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
283
269
145
145
124
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.4
1,088
1,099
1,199
1,199
983
1,092
1,092
1,209
1,209
1,013
952
1,013
1,124
1,124
904
–
–
–
–
–
1,209
1,212
1,249
1,249
1,086
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
2
6
6
–
–
13
10
5
2
2
9
12
12
2
2
24
25
26
16
16
38
18
19
28
28
10
19
20
34
34
5
4
4
7
7
–
6
6
11
11
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Attorneys
Level II:
State and local government ..................
23
38.4
738
788
639
–
831
–
–
–
–
–
17
26
22
30
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
107
74
38.7
39.1
1,194
1,284
1,197
–
1,030
–
–
–
1,365
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
10
1
13
3
3
3
25
30
18
19
13
19
13
19
2
3
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
117
110
39.2
39.3
1,644
1,667
1,656
1,667
1,519
1,519
–
–
1,809
1,875
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
–
–
4
3
3
2
4
2
10
11
17
18
24
25
9
10
6
6
15
15
5
5
Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
77
77
38.3
38.3
2,106
2,106
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
4
1
1
4
4
5
5
1
1
6
6
3
3
5
5
Engineers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
135
132
67
61
65
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
640
642
657
658
626
654
654
–
–
–
577
577
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
681
691
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22
21
–
–
43
11
11
19
21
2
44
45
61
57
29
19
19
15
16
23
4
4
4
5
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
422
344
159
39.6
40.0
40.0
730
736
730
729
743
729
641
641
628
–
–
–
812
814
816
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
10
5
4
5
10
30
23
31
30
31
25
22
24
15
6
7
14
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
3
70
70
4
Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
300
and
under
350
350
400
400
450
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
700
700
800
800
900
900
1000
1000
1100
1100
1200
1200
1300
1300
1400
1400
1500
1500
1600
1600
1700
1700
1800
1800
1900
1900
2000
2000
and
over
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
911
785
411
411
374
126
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.4
$909
915
915
915
916
868
$898
901
902
902
897
831
$820
835
851
851
808
778
–
–
–
–
–
–
$969
979
955
955
1,004
951
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
1
1
3
2
16
13
8
8
20
34
32
34
38
38
30
20
32
31
40
40
21
38
11
11
6
6
18
6
4
4
4
4
3
1
3
4
2
2
5
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
1,202
1,162
542
475
620
40
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
1,070
1,071
1,111
1,100
1,035
1,050
1,055
1,055
1,069
1,060
1,036
1,047
975
978
1,018
1,013
923
968
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,146
1,150
1,222
1,178
1,130
1,106
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
( )
( 3)
1
–
9
10
1
1
17
–
20
20
18
19
21
42
35
35
41
43
30
17
17
17
13
14
20
25
9
9
12
8
7
15
7
7
12
11
2
–
1
1
2
2
1
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Budget Analysts
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
62
50
50
12
38.6
39.4
39.4
35.6
627
632
632
607
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
–
–
33
2
2
2
–
37
44
44
8
34
32
32
42
21
22
22
17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III:
State and local government ..................
8
35.9
809
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50
50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Buyers/Contracting Specialists
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
57
53
40.1
40.6
536
541
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18
13
25
26
7
8
26
28
18
17
7
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
198
187
110
109
77
11
39.7
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.6
37.1
650
655
664
664
642
565
623
630
658
661
–
–
582
587
599
599
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
714
724
711
711
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
1
–
5
5
4
4
6
–
16
14
20
20
5
55
10
8
2
2
17
36
38
40
40
39
40
–
24
25
24
24
26
9
5
5
5
6
4
–
2
2
3
3
–
–
2
2
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
170
170
131
131
39.6
39.6
39.8
39.8
789
789
790
790
750
750
750
750
701
701
704
704
–
–
–
–
897
897
884
884
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
2
2
–
–
1
1
–
–
1
1
–
–
17
17
18
18
39
39
47
47
15
15
12
12
19
19
18
18
5
5
4
4
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
66
66
39.7
39.7
1,060
1,060
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
11
23
23
32
32
23
23
9
9
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
300
and
under
350
350
400
400
450
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
700
700
800
800
900
900
1000
1000
1100
1100
1200
1200
1300
1300
1400
1400
1500
1500
1600
1600
1700
1700
1800
1800
1900
1900
2000
2000
and
over
Computer Programmers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
85
67
55
18
39.3
39.6
39.6
38.1
$499
517
485
432
$477
–
–
462
$442
–
–
426
–
–
–
–
$524
–
–
462
4
–
–
17
5
4
5
6
20
24
29
6
22
9
11
72
29
37
45
–
6
7
4
–
11
13
5
–
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
425
412
80
80
332
38.7
38.8
40.0
40.0
38.6
597
602
610
610
600
606
611
646
646
605
544
552
442
442
558
–
–
–
–
–
646
652
699
699
635
1
1
–
–
1
2
1
–
–
1
7
6
32
32
–
5
5
–
–
7
12
11
–
–
14
18
19
11
11
20
41
42
38
38
43
13
13
13
13
13
1
1
4
4
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
532
513
65
65
448
38.4
38.4
39.6
39.6
38.3
725
725
746
746
722
719
718
–
–
721
663
660
–
–
662
–
–
–
–
–
788
788
–
–
784
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
1
1
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
2
2
2
–
–
2
2
2
5
5
2
36
36
48
48
34
36
36
11
11
39
17
17
28
28
15
5
5
9
9
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
271
271
259
37.2
37.2
37.2
877
877
872
890
890
890
829
829
819
–
–
–
946
946
942
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
13
13
13
35
35
37
35
35
34
10
10
9
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer Systems Analysts
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
270
265
60
60
205
39.5
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.5
740
741
808
808
721
712
712
–
–
712
659
659
–
–
654
–
–
–
–
–
810
815
–
–
789
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
2
2
–
–
2
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
10
10
10
10
10
27
26
13
13
30
34
34
33
33
34
13
13
17
17
12
9
9
10
10
9
4
4
13
13
1
( 3)
( 3)
2
2
–
( 3)
( 3)
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
1,179
1,168
145
145
1,023
11
38.7
38.7
39.8
39.8
38.5
37.7
894
895
1,019
1,019
877
871
892
892
1,021
1,021
880
–
808
808
905
905
789
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
985
985
1,117
1,117
962
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
5
5
1
1
5
9
18
18
2
2
20
18
28
29
21
21
30
9
28
28
19
19
29
64
14
14
21
21
13
–
5
5
28
28
2
–
1
1
8
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
805
793
187
187
606
73
39.1
39.1
39.8
39.8
38.9
40.0
1,060
1,062
1,144
1,144
1,036
1,068
1,063
1,063
1,118
1,118
1,039
1,042
983
986
1,044
1,044
965
1,035
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,119
1,119
1,246
1,246
1,096
1,096
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
2
2
–
–
2
–
8
7
3
3
9
–
19
19
14
14
21
–
41
42
30
30
45
77
15
15
19
19
14
19
10
10
19
19
8
4
2
3
9
9
( 3)
–
1
1
4
4
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer Systems Analyst
Supervisors/Managers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
345
345
240
38.5
38.5
37.9
1,160
1,160
1,116
1,169
1,169
1,112
1,058
1,058
1,000
–
–
–
1,274
1,274
1,212
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
2
3
3
5
12
12
17
19
19
23
24
24
25
22
22
14
12
12
10
6
6
4
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
229
227
170
38.6
38.6
38.2
1,321
1,324
1,251
1,271
1,271
1,242
1,212
1,212
1,193
–
–
–
1,446
1,450
1,289
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
3
4
6
6
8
12
12
16
36
36
48
9
9
9
16
16
11
11
11
4
3
4
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
3
3
1
Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
300
and
under
350
350
400
400
450
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
700
700
800
800
900
900
1000
1000
1100
1100
1200
1200
1300
1300
1400
1400
1500
1500
1600
1600
1700
1700
1800
1800
1900
1900
2000
2000
and
over
Personnel Specialists
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
179
152
112
39.2
39.5
39.3
$617
601
568
$596
596
559
$545
534
521
–
–
–
$673
632
600
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
5
6
7
8
11
16
18
24
27
30
33
22
21
19
17
18
7
7
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
230
208
161
39.3
39.4
39.3
756
754
724
725
724
692
639
635
635
–
–
–
882
882
824
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
4
4
6
2
2
2
7
7
9
26
26
33
25
22
17
14
15
14
14
13
12
7
8
5
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
231
216
79
79
137
15
39.1
39.2
39.8
39.8
38.9
37.7
1,016
1,021
1,119
1,119
965
944
970
972
–
–
962
855
904
924
–
–
885
820
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,117
1,117
–
–
1,038
1,211
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
2
–
2
2
–
–
4
–
3
3
–
–
4
7
18
15
9
9
18
67
29
31
24
24
36
–
15
16
13
13
18
–
15
16
20
20
14
–
10
8
22
22
1
27
3
3
4
4
3
–
3
3
9
9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
52
52
38.5
38.5
1,225
1,225
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
10
12
12
13
13
13
13
10
10
15
15
13
13
10
10
–
–
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Tax Collectors
Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................
63
63
36.1
36.1
555
555
432
432
432
432
–
–
712
712
–
–
–
–
51
51
–
–
–
–
6
6
11
11
29
29
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
4
Workers were distributed as follows: 12 percent at $2,000 and under $2,100; 16 percent at $2,100 and under $2,200; 8
percent at $2,200 and under $2,300; 8 percent at $2,300 and under $2,400; 12 percent at $2,400 and under $2,500; 12 percent at
$2,500 and under $2,600; and 4 percent at $2,600 and under $2,700.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
6
Table A-2. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
275
and
under
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
525
525
550
550
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
850
900
900
950
950
1000
1000
and
over
TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
Computer Operators
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
276
239
204
37
38.8
39.0
38.9
37.6
$403
406
406
384
$400
402
413
–
$348
348
348
–
–
–
–
–
$440
440
440
–
8
4
5
35
1
2
2
–
20
23
25
–
10
6
4
35
10
12
11
–
17
19
16
8
12
13
16
–
7
8
9
–
5
5
5
5
1
1
1
–
5
4
2
11
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
3
3
4
–
1
–
–
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
167
155
146
12
39.4
39.5
39.5
37.3
604
611
611
507
589
619
603
–
537
546
546
–
–
–
–
–
696
696
696
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
3
1
1
25
–
–
–
–
5
5
3
–
13
10
11
50
9
9
10
8
22
22
23
17
13
14
14
–
19
21
19
–
16
17
17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Drafters
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
120
120
63
40.0
40.0
40.0
450
450
412
420
420
–
408
408
–
–
–
–
500
500
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15
15
29
7
7
8
–
–
–
48
48
46
3
3
6
1
1
2
–
–
–
3
3
–
2
2
–
4
4
–
16
16
10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II:
Private industry:
Service-producing industries ............
115
40.0
566
533
474
–
621
–
–
–
–
–
6
10
11
1
14
15
17
1
2
2
21
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
201
195
129
101
66
39.9
39.9
39.8
39.7
40.0
683
677
657
642
717
639
624
661
596
–
590
590
590
590
–
–
–
–
–
–
753
753
753
753
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
2
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
3
4
3
30
31
33
43
27
14
15
9
5
27
12
12
17
11
3
3
4
2
3
6
16
16
23
30
3
5
6
9
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
10
–
–
30
–
–
–
–
–
Engineering Technicians
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
113
113
63
40.0
40.0
40.0
644
644
645
685
685
–
565
565
–
–
–
–
715
715
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
3
3
–
8
8
3
9
9
14
10
10
17
4
4
3
36
36
49
24
24
5
4
4
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
349
349
70
70
279
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
766
766
751
751
770
783
783
–
–
794
727
727
–
–
731
–
–
–
–
–
810
810
–
–
810
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
1
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
–
–
3
7
7
–
–
9
7
7
10
10
6
9
9
23
23
5
32
32
59
59
25
29
29
3
3
36
4
4
–
–
5
3
3
1
1
3
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
4
Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
374
374
374
40.0
40.0
40.0
855
855
855
842
842
842
808
808
808
–
–
–
905
905
905
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
52
52
52
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
4
4
4
Engineering Technicians, Civil
Level III:
State and local government ..................
141
37.7
568
546
471
–
624
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26
–
18
6
16
13
10
11
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
State and local government ..................
193
37
39.7
38.4
679
754
680
725
600
725
–
–
725
788
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
–
4
–
4
–
23
–
21
–
24
62
9
14
11
24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level V:
State and local government ..................
12
38.1
842
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50
–
8
33
8
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table A-2. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
275
and
under
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
525
525
550
550
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
850
900
900
950
950
1000
1000
and
over
PROTECTIVE SERVICE
OCCUPATIONS
Corrections Officers ...................................
State and local government ......................
701
701
40.0
40.0
$581
581
$606
606
$438
438
–
–
$682
682
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
5
5
13
13
8
8
( 3)
( 3)
6
6
1
1
4
4
4
4
21
21
22
22
9
9
5
5
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Firefighters ..................................................
State and local government ......................
1,222
1,222
42.0
42.0
741
741
768
768
768
768
–
–
768
768
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
9
9
–
–
84
84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Police Officers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
3,078
124
124
2,954
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
710
534
534
718
704
527
527
720
619
500
500
619
–
–
–
–
788
540
540
788
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
2
2
–
( 3)
4
4
–
( 3)
2
2
3
( )
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
10
10
–
( 3)
6
6
3
( )
1
15
15
( 3)
2
49
49
( 3)
18
–
–
19
21
–
–
22
2
–
–
2
8
12
12
8
28
–
–
29
2
–
–
3
14
–
–
15
1
–
–
1
2
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
8
Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Occupation and level
Clerks, Accounting
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
175
and
under
200
200
225
225
250
250
275
275
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
550
550
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
850
and
over
205
205
148
39.4
39.4
39.2
$293
293
296
$289
289
291
$280
280
282
–
–
–
$300
300
308
4
4
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
10
14
55
55
42
20
20
23
4
4
6
6
6
8
1
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II:
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries:
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries:
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................
318
39.8
394
404
306
–
450
–
–
–
–
8
21
8
1
9
15
8
20
2
2
4
2
–
–
–
–
–
78
136
40.0
37.1
452
474
424
461
384
399
–
–
453
545
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
6
–
6
–
6
–
17
24
22
6
1
10
17
20
–
1
–
13
1
18
23
1
–
–
–
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
499
472
195
173
277
39.3
39.3
40.0
40.0
38.9
437
440
472
468
418
422
427
500
483
404
373
378
432
430
363
–
–
–
–
–
500
500
527
532
431
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
6
14
16
–
3
3
–
–
5
1
1
2
2
1
7
5
–
–
8
10
10
–
–
18
8
9
–
–
15
18
16
–
–
27
11
11
17
20
6
4
4
2
2
6
5
6
13
15
( 3)
15
16
31
23
5
6
6
13
14
2
4
4
2
2
6
3
3
6
7
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
112
111
39.0
39.0
574
573
589
589
491
491
–
–
665
665
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
4
6
6
6
6
8
8
–
–
7
7
10
10
23
23
7
7
13
12
4
4
13
13
–
–
–
–
Clerks, General
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
151
107
107
37.5
37.6
37.6
281
263
263
280
260
260
252
250
250
–
–
–
315
281
281
–
–
–
–
–
–
17
24
24
31
44
44
19
27
27
30
5
5
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................
1,578
1,190
250
98
940
62
388
38.1
38.8
39.1
37.8
38.7
40.0
35.8
326
320
284
280
329
357
346
319
314
280
272
319
371
351
283
280
265
216
288
285
312
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
364
358
300
290
366
407
375
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
3
11
28
1
–
–
3
2
–
–
2
–
8
15
15
36
28
10
8
12
14
19
20
33
18
23
1
21
23
26
–
22
8
16
12
12
–
–
15
3
13
13
9
3
8
11
10
24
9
9
2
–
11
2
9
6
6
( 3)
1
7
44
8
2
2
–
–
2
–
1
1
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
4
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
–
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
663
449
400
214
39.2
39.4
39.4
38.6
400
395
392
410
400
408
408
400
351
330
327
377
–
–
–
–
435
435
435
410
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
1
2
2
–
2
3
4
–
11
14
16
4
10
12
12
4
4
5
5
1
25
8
7
63
18
19
21
14
12
18
16
( 3)
6
8
6
2
2
1
( 3)
2
5
7
7
1
3
( 3)
( 3)
9
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
303
303
291
39.2
39.2
39.1
459
459
454
458
458
458
398
398
389
–
–
–
495
495
495
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
13
13
13
8
8
8
4
4
4
9
9
9
6
6
6
27
27
28
10
10
10
12
12
12
5
5
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
5
5
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Clerks, Order
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
206
206
124
124
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
366
366
406
406
388
388
398
398
314
314
392
392
–
–
–
–
415
415
450
450
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
3
3
–
–
6
6
–
–
8
8
–
–
12
12
3
3
7
7
11
11
7
7
3
3
29
29
41
41
6
6
10
10
3
3
5
5
13
13
22
22
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
175
and
under
200
200
225
225
250
250
275
275
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
550
550
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
850
and
over
Key Entry Operators
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
591
577
537
14
39.6
39.7
39.7
36.6
$322
321
313
365
$304
304
304
–
$290
290
289
–
–
–
–
–
$336
336
330
–
4
5
5
–
4
5
5
–
1
1
1
–
7
7
7
–
9
9
8
7
40
40
42
29
12
12
13
–
6
6
7
–
5
3
4
57
3
3
4
7
3
1
1
( )
–
4
4
3
–
3
1
1
( )
–
1
1
1
–
1
1
1
–
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
92
92
92
38.9
38.9
38.9
331
331
331
340
340
340
274
274
274
–
–
–
384
384
384
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
24
24
24
16
16
16
8
8
8
–
–
–
14
14
14
32
32
32
4
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Secretaries
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
567
530
61
61
469
37
39.1
39.2
39.5
39.5
39.1
38.5
474
475
431
431
481
463
455
455
–
–
456
428
391
385
–
–
394
403
–
–
–
–
–
–
581
581
–
–
581
542
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
3
3
–
–
3
–
3
3
–
–
3
–
12
12
43
43
9
–
5
5
–
–
6
–
8
8
2
2
9
11
12
11
7
7
11
30
7
6
3
3
6
19
3
3
3
3
3
–
2
2
11
11
1
–
6
4
10
10
3
41
26
28
20
20
29
–
13
14
2
2
16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
1,387
1,127
252
252
875
260
38.3
38.3
39.7
39.7
37.9
38.0
435
437
518
518
413
431
424
419
510
510
400
454
378
378
442
442
371
370
–
–
–
–
–
–
481
476
603
603
447
505
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
1
–
–
2
5
5
5
–
–
6
5
6
6
3
3
7
6
10
11
1
1
14
6
16
18
8
8
21
6
12
13
8
8
15
7
11
11
8
8
12
8
11
8
7
7
8
25
5
6
8
8
5
3
11
7
15
15
5
25
3
4
9
9
3
–
7
9
33
33
2
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
1,691
1,621
609
609
1,012
70
38.8
38.8
39.9
39.9
38.2
38.1
530
529
575
575
501
555
531
529
575
575
490
562
484
481
531
531
448
525
–
–
–
–
–
–
586
586
608
608
558
600
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
1
1
–
–
2
–
2
2
–
–
3
–
3
4
–
–
6
1
4
4
–
–
7
–
5
5
–
–
9
1
5
6
( 3)
( 3)
9
–
14
15
4
4
21
1
24
23
32
32
18
41
21
20
30
30
13
47
15
15
24
24
9
7
5
5
7
7
4
–
1
1
3
3
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
482
476
171
170
305
39.2
39.2
39.9
39.9
38.9
606
606
692
691
558
612
613
700
700
550
526
523
662
662
512
–
–
–
–
–
688
688
718
715
602
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
2
2
2
–
–
3
3
3
–
–
5
5
5
–
–
8
17
17
–
–
27
18
17
2
2
26
15
15
22
22
11
17
17
23
23
14
18
18
46
46
2
2
2
5
5
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
1
1
3
2
–
Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
56
54
52
38.3
38.3
38.2
708
707
708
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
4
4
4
5
6
6
13
13
13
27
28
25
14
11
12
27
28
29
5
6
6
4
4
4
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Switchboard Operator-Receptionists .......
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries:
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
175
and
under
200
200
225
225
250
250
275
275
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
550
550
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
850
and
over
690
646
39.4
39.4
$319
312
$310
309
$290
287
–
–
$337
333
4
5
1
1
6
7
5
5
19
20
34
36
12
13
5
5
3
2
2
2
3
1
( 3)
( 3)
4
4
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
98
520
44
39.7
39.5
38.0
301
308
430
291
310
430
274
291
362
–
–
–
310
333
430
–
6
–
–
1
–
19
4
–
7
3
2
41
17
–
11
42
11
7
15
5
6
5
9
4
2
14
–
2
–
2
( 3)
41
–
( 3)
5
–
1
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
11
Table A-4. All establishments: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level
Number
of
workers
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
6.00
and
under
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
9.50
9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00
10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00
General Maintenance Workers ..................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
1,033
847
209
209
638
186
$10.52
9.83
9.80
9.80
9.84
13.66
$10.25
9.33
10.50
10.50
9.33
13.69
$8.48
8.25
8.50
8.50
8.06
12.57
– $11.88
–
11.00
–
11.00
–
11.00
–
11.07
–
15.38
1
1
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
6
–
–
8
–
5
6
–
–
8
–
16
19
17
17
20
–
6
7
13
13
5
–
12
14
18
18
13
2
2
3
–
–
4
–
5
6
1
1
7
–
7
7
25
25
1
8
14
15
25
25
12
6
5
5
–
–
7
5
5
3
–
–
4
17
6
1
–
–
2
26
4
4
–
–
6
3
7
2
–
–
2
30
( 2)
1
–
–
1
–
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Maintenance Electricians ...........................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
1,161
1,089
892
862
197
72
16.49
16.54
16.19
16.13
18.11
15.66
17.66
17.67
17.67
17.67
17.66
16.22
14.26
14.15
13.65
13.65
16.34
14.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.87
17.91
17.86
17.84
21.03
16.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–
–
–
–
3
1
–
–
–
–
13
8
9
11
11
–
3
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
1
1
15
16
19
20
1
3
1
1
–
–
4
3
11
11
10
10
15
10
9
6
4
4
17
51
42
44
49
47
25
–
5
5
4
4
12
–
1
–
–
–
–
14
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
6
4
4
16
–
2
2
–
–
9
–
Maintenance Electronics Technicians
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
735
731
501
386
16.22
16.22
17.42
18.33
16.63
16.63
18.30
18.51
12.25
12.25
16.40
16.63
–
–
–
–
18.72
18.72
19.27
19.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
4
–
( 2)
( 2)
1
–
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
2
2
–
–
20
20
( 2)
–
1
1
2
–
4
4
3
–
5
5
7
3
21
21
26
30
7
7
5
2
19
19
26
33
9
9
13
17
8
8
12
16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
70
70
16.23
16.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
9
9
10
10
20
20
4
4
1
1
31
31
16
16
–
–
3
3
–
–
3
3
Maintenance Machinists ............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
207
207
201
189
16.69
16.69
16.58
16.49
17.79
17.79
17.79
17.79
16.62
16.62
16.62
16.62
–
–
–
–
17.79
17.79
17.79
17.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9
9
9
10
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
2
18
18
19
20
55
55
57
54
5
5
5
6
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Maintenance Mechanics, Machinery .........
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
1,105
1,105
1,088
1,088
15.59
15.59
15.59
15.59
15.66
15.66
15.66
15.66
13.65
13.65
13.65
13.65
–
–
–
–
17.87
17.87
17.87
17.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
2
–
–
–
–
14
14
14
14
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
22
22
22
22
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
13
13
13
13
5
5
5
5
40
40
40
40
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
2
–
–
–
–
Maintenance Mechanics, Motor Vehicle ...
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
591
419
115
114
304
172
16.61
16.98
17.37
17.39
16.83
15.71
16.48
16.48
17.47
17.47
16.48
15.31
15.31
16.28
16.07
16.07
16.48
15.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.47
17.47
17.47
17.47
17.94
16.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–
( 2)
( 2)
2
2
–
–
3
4
–
–
6
1
3
3
–
–
5
1
5
1
5
4
–
14
16
1
2
2
( 2)
54
45
55
41
41
60
19
10
12
34
34
3
8
2
3
–
–
4
–
6
9
–
–
12
–
5
6
–
–
9
3
3
5
17
17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Maintenance Pipefitters .............................
Private industry .........................................
131
120
16.84
16.62
16.73
16.73
16.61
15.88
–
–
17.66
17.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15
17
–
–
1
1
2
2
5
6
43
47
11
13
–
–
8
–
–
–
15
16
–
–
Tool and Die Makers ...................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
283
283
283
283
19.66
19.66
19.66
19.66
21.99
21.99
21.99
21.99
17.54
17.54
17.54
17.54
–
–
–
–
21.99
21.99
21.99
21.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
–
–
–
–
18
18
18
18
8
8
8
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
58
58
58
58
–
–
–
–
1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
2
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
12
Table A-5. All establishments: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level
Number
of
workers
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
4.25
and
under
4.50
4.50
5.00
5.00
5.50
5.50
6.00
6.00
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
9.00
– $14.96
–
14.96
–
13.75
–
13.75
–
16.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
8
14
15
–
10
10
15
16
3
9
9
14
14
4
4
4
2
2
7
2
2
3
3
–
27
27
13
13
43
9
9
16
16
–
9
9
9
10
8
5
5
9
9
–
9
9
2
2
18
9
9
3
–
16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.65
6.65
–
–
6.65
–
7
7
–
–
8
–
12
12
–
–
12
–
28
28
–
–
29
–
12
12
–
–
12
–
10
10
37
37
10
–
10
10
–
–
10
9
8
8
–
–
8
–
4
4
–
–
4
–
4
4
–
–
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
30
1
1
1
1
1
18
1
1
–
–
1
12
( 2)
( 2)
7
7
( 2)
–
1
( 2)
32
32
–
27
( 2)
( 2)
4
4
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
5
5
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
13
13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Middle range
Forklift Operators .......................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
1,111
1,110
608
590
502
$12.62
12.61
11.63
11.45
13.80
$12.99
12.99
12.45
12.02
12.99
$9.58
9.58
8.94
8.94
12.99
Guards
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
4,848
4,815
76
76
4,739
33
6.02
5.98
11.06
11.06
5.90
10.80
5.50
5.50
–
–
5.50
–
5.00
5.00
–
–
5.00
–
9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00
and
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 over
Level II ......................................................
119
12.07
10.91
9.41
–
17.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
–
5
14
24
12
9
1
1
–
–
26
–
–
–
–
–
Janitors ........................................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
9,690
7,161
317
307
6,844
2,529
7.98
6.79
10.84
11.02
6.61
11.33
7.45
6.00
11.24
11.24
5.95
11.87
5.00
4.91
8.74
8.74
4.89
9.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.10
8.37
13.32
13.32
8.05
13.07
6
9
–
–
9
–
14
19
–
–
20
–
11
15
9
6
15
–
5
7
3
4
7
–
4
5
1
1
6
–
4
5
–
–
6
1
7
8
1
1
8
5
4
4
2
1
4
5
8
8
13
14
8
7
10
11
11
11
11
9
5
6
9
9
5
5
5
1
13
13
( 2)
18
6
1
4
5
( 2)
23
7
2
27
28
1
22
1
( 2)
4
4
( 2)
4
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Material Handling Laborers .......................
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
990
990
530
12.19
12.19
11.48
12.65
12.65
10.50
10.40
10.40
7.62
–
–
–
14.54
14.54
14.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
6
11
3
3
6
2
2
4
2
2
3
–
–
–
1
1
2
1
1
3
4
4
7
11
11
21
1
1
1
44
44
–
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
17
17
33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
–
6
6
10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Order Fillers ................................................
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
863
863
855
14.28
14.28
14.27
15.79
15.79
16.60
14.97
14.97
14.97
–
–
–
16.60
16.60
16.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
8
8
3
3
4
1
1
1
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30
30
30
1
1
–
28
28
28
22
22
22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Truckdrivers
Medium Truck ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
1,571
1,557
1,446
15.22
15.23
15.53
16.26
16.26
16.26
14.50
14.50
16.26
–
–
–
16.26
16.26
16.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
6
6
6
3
3
4
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
5
5
1
5
5
3
1
1
1
4
4
3
2
1
1
( 2)
–
–
51
52
56
2
2
2
–
–
–
20
20
22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Heavy Truck .............................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................
2,561
2,186
339
1,847
1,841
375
15.28
15.19
17.37
14.79
14.80
15.79
15.05
15.05
21.47
15.05
15.05
15.44
13.03
11.88
11.66
11.88
11.88
13.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.37
16.45
21.47
15.63
15.63
15.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17
20
17
21
21
–
6
6
2
7
7
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
10
5
–
6
6
43
11
12
–
15
15
2
26
25
16
26
26
34
5
5
–
6
6
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
5
6
–
7
7
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
4
2
–
2
2
21
8
10
58
1
1
–
5
5
–
6
6
–
Tractor Trailer ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
1,693
1,441
422
122
1,019
15.68
15.83
14.48
15.46
16.40
15.66
15.90
13.05
16.96
15.90
14.70
13.05
11.63
13.05
15.10
–
–
–
–
–
17.63
17.70
17.63
16.96
19.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
1
3
–
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
1
7
8
–
–
12
11
13
42
–
1
2
2
4
12
2
1
2
4
14
1
17
3
–
–
4
19
23
3
11
31
10
12
15
52
10
13
16
32
7
9
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
13
16
–
–
22
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
5
2
2
–
–
3
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table A-5. All establishments: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level
Warehouse Specialists ..............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
Number
of
workers
390
366
164
164
202
Mean
Median
$10.55
10.30
10.91
10.91
9.81
$10.77
10.61
11.10
11.10
8.95
Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
$7.90
7.90
7.26
7.26
7.90
– $12.00
–
12.00
–
12.29
–
12.29
–
11.92
4.25
and
under
4.50
4.50
5.00
5.00
5.50
5.50
6.00
6.00
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
9.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
–
–
3
7
7
13
13
3
14
15
13
13
17
2
2
–
–
4
13
14
4
4
22
1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
2
9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00
and
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 over
8
8
4
4
12
10
11
13
13
8
12
10
16
16
5
15
16
16
16
15
5
3
7
7
–
2
2
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
8
9
12
12
6
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
14
Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
300
and
under
350
350
400
400
450
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
700
700
800
800
900
900
1000
1000
1100
1100
1200
1200
1300
1300
1400
1400
1500
1500
1600
1600
1700
1700
1800
1800
1900
1900
2000
2000
and
over
PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Accountants
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
101
97
87
38.3
38.3
38.2
$467
466
453
$471
471
462
$388
388
388
–
–
–
$510
510
505
–
–
–
32
33
37
9
9
10
22
21
23
26
25
23
8
8
5
4
4
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
256
237
198
39.0
39.0
38.9
606
608
583
607
610
587
538
541
538
–
–
–
662
663
632
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
5
6
13
9
11
18
19
23
11
12
14
38
39
40
14
15
6
1
( 3)
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
301
280
117
111
163
21
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.8
806
814
909
908
747
695
817
827
900
889
725
666
702
715
831
831
673
666
–
–
–
–
–
–
901
908
975
981
841
690
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
1
–
1
1
–
–
2
–
1
1
–
–
1
–
5
5
–
–
9
–
17
12
–
–
20
86
22
23
14
14
29
5
28
29
35
37
25
5
20
21
37
33
10
5
4
4
9
10
1
–
2
2
4
5
1
–
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
149
135
89
39.5
39.4
39.2
1,037
1,054
958
1,013
1,028
952
870
929
857
–
–
–
1,189
1,212
1,030
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
11
12
18
15
7
10
19
21
30
15
16
19
17
19
13
13
14
7
7
7
–
3
3
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Attorneys
Level II:
State and local government ..................
23
38.4
738
788
639
–
831
–
–
–
–
–
17
26
22
30
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
95
62
38.6
38.9
1,193
1,300
1,209
–
991
–
–
–
1,365
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
2
12
2
15
3
3
3
17
18
20
23
14
21
15
23
2
3
1
2
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
117
110
39.2
39.3
1,644
1,667
1,656
1,667
1,519
1,519
–
–
1,809
1,875
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
–
–
4
3
3
2
4
2
10
11
17
18
24
25
9
10
6
6
15
15
5
5
Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
77
77
38.3
38.3
2,106
2,106
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
4
1
1
4
4
5
5
1
1
6
6
3
3
5
5
228
39.2
759
758
712
–
813
–
–
–
–
–
–
22
46
30
1
–
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
107
107
40.0
40.0
797
797
797
797
746
746
–
–
850
850
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
5
49
49
44
44
2
2
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III:
State and local government ..................
84
37.6
856
820
785
–
969
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
30
30
36
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
State and local government ..................
901
34
39.9
37.7
1,047
1,021
1,038
991
968
968
–
–
1,109
1,106
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
–
11
–
23
50
38
21
17
29
6
–
3
–
1
–
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Engineers
Level II ......................................................
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
70
70
4
Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
300
and
under
350
350
400
400
450
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
700
700
800
800
900
900
1000
1000
1100
1100
1200
1200
1300
1300
1400
1400
1500
1500
1600
1600
1700
1700
1800
1800
1900
1900
2000
2000
and
over
ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS
Budget Analysts
Level II:
State and local government ..................
12
35.6
$607
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33
–
8
42
17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III:
State and local government ..................
8
35.9
809
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50
50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Buyers/Contracting Specialists
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
109
98
65
11
39.4
39.7
39.6
37.1
664
675
621
565
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
–
5
5
8
–
9
4
6
55
16
13
20
36
35
39
48
–
21
22
12
9
8
9
5
–
3
3
–
–
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
76
76
39.2
39.2
822
822
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
4
4
3
3
1
1
14
14
17
17
22
22
24
24
12
12
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
56
56
39.7
39.7
1,061
1,061
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13
13
16
16
34
34
27
27
7
7
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer Programmers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................
73
55
18
39.2
39.6
38.1
512
539
432
–
–
462
–
–
426
–
–
–
–
–
462
4
–
17
1
–
6
15
18
6
22
5
72
34
45
–
7
9
–
12
16
–
4
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
280
267
232
38.3
38.5
38.3
607
614
597
606
612
602
570
573
568
–
–
–
640
644
631
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
–
–
1
1
2
13
12
14
22
23
27
48
50
48
8
8
6
1
1
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
468
455
437
38.3
38.3
38.2
723
724
722
720
721
721
665
665
663
–
–
–
785
785
784
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
34
34
34
38
39
39
16
16
15
5
5
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
263
263
259
37.2
37.2
37.2
874
874
872
890
890
890
825
825
819
–
–
–
944
944
942
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
13
13
13
36
36
37
34
34
34
10
10
9
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer Systems Analysts
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
176
171
123
39.3
39.3
39.1
745
746
706
719
719
696
672
673
654
–
–
–
803
803
777
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
3
3
4
1
1
1
5
5
7
31
30
37
34
34
34
13
13
10
6
6
3
6
6
2
1
1
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
894
883
79
79
804
11
38.3
38.3
39.8
39.8
38.1
37.7
889
889
1,019
1,019
876
871
885
885
–
–
877
–
811
811
–
–
804
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
964
964
–
–
948
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
2
2
1
1
2
9
19
19
4
4
21
18
32
32
20
20
33
9
31
31
15
15
32
64
13
13
28
28
11
–
2
2
16
16
( 3)
–
1
1
15
15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$620
638
–
–
$587
600
–
–
–
–
–
–
$746
752
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
300
and
under
350
350
400
400
450
450
500
500
550
550
600
600
700
700
800
800
900
900
1000
1000
1100
1100
1200
1200
1300
1300
1400
1400
1500
1500
1600
1600
1700
1700
1800
1800
1900
1900
2000
2000
and
over
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
575
563
406
38.7
38.7
38.3
$1,051
1,052
1,020
$1,039
1,039
1,024
$962
962
942
– $1,135
–
1,135
–
1,096
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
2
2
3
10
9
11
25
26
29
32
32
33
16
16
16
9
10
6
3
3
1
2
2
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer Systems Analyst
Supervisors/Managers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
328
328
225
38.5
38.5
37.7
1,164
1,164
1,123
1,172
1,172
1,121
1,069
1,069
1,004
–
–
–
1,275
1,275
1,213
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
1
2
4
4
5
11
11
16
17
17
20
26
26
27
23
23
15
13
13
10
6
6
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
201
199
144
38.4
38.4
37.9
1,327
1,331
1,248
1,279
1,279
1,223
1,203
1,206
1,164
–
–
–
1,474
1,476
1,344
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
4
5
6
7
9
13
14
19
28
28
39
10
10
10
17
17
13
13
13
4
3
4
1
4
4
–
( 3)
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personnel Specialists
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
121
94
82
38.8
39.1
39.0
611
583
561
576
558
546
527
506
500
–
–
–
697
632
615
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
7
9
8
11
12
22
27
30
17
17
20
23
21
20
15
16
10
9
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
154
132
114
39.0
39.2
39.1
761
760
728
726
728
714
655
644
616
–
–
–
910
910
846
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
6
7
8
3
3
4
8
9
11
22
23
26
19
14
13
16
17
18
16
16
18
8
9
3
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
172
157
109
15
38.9
39.0
38.6
37.7
1,024
1,032
963
944
1,006
1,024
952
855
885
904
884
820
–
–
–
–
1,153
1,149
1,050
1,211
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
3
–
3
3
5
–
4
4
6
7
20
16
23
67
18
20
23
–
17
18
19
–
17
18
17
–
13
11
1
27
2
3
4
–
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Tax Collectors
Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................
31
31
37.3
37.3
683
683
712
712
615
615
–
–
712
712
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13
13
23
23
58
58
6
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
4
Workers were distributed as follows: 12 percent at $2,000 and under $2,100; 16 percent at $2,100 and under $2,200; 8
percent at $2,200 and under $2,300; 8 percent at $2,300 and under $2,400; 12 percent at $2,400 and under $2,500; 12 percent at
$2,500 and under $2,600; and 4 percent at $2,600 and under $2,700.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
17
Table A-7. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
275
and
under
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
525
525
550
550
575
575
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
850
900
900
950
950
1000
TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
Computer Operators
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
209
172
169
37
38.5
38.7
38.7
37.6
$408
413
411
384
$400
413
413
–
$348
348
348
–
–
–
–
–
$440
440
440
–
10
4
4
35
( 3)
1
1
–
18
22
22
–
11
5
5
35
11
13
13
–
16
18
18
8
12
15
15
–
6
7
7
–
5
5
5
5
1
1
1
–
5
3
3
11
–
–
–
–
( 3)
1
–
–
4
5
5
–
1
–
–
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
114
102
94
12
39.1
39.3
39.2
37.3
582
591
589
507
562
567
562
–
518
523
523
–
–
–
–
–
696
696
696
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
4
2
2
25
–
–
–
–
7
8
5
–
19
16
17
50
13
14
15
8
13
13
14
17
7
8
9
–
8
9
9
–
17
19
16
–
11
12
13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Drafters
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
72
72
40.0
40.0
631
631
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
4
11
11
6
6
1
1
–
–
7
7
6
6
3
3
11
11
15
15
3
3
33
33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
73
73
40.0
40.0
772
772
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
3
3
4
4
10
10
5
5
4
4
44
44
–
–
–
–
–
–
27
27
Engineering Technicians, Civil
Level III .....................................................
State and local government ..................
141
141
37.7
37.7
568
568
546
546
471
471
–
–
624
624
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26
26
–
–
18
18
6
6
–
–
16
16
13
13
10
10
11
11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
State and local government ..................
37
37
38.4
38.4
754
754
725
725
725
725
–
–
788
788
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
62
62
14
14
24
24
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level V ......................................................
State and local government ..................
12
12
38.1
38.1
842
842
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50
50
–
–
8
8
33
33
8
8
Corrections Officers ...................................
State and local government ......................
701
701
40.0
40.0
581
581
606
606
438
438
–
–
682
682
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
5
5
13
13
8
8
( 3)
( 3)
6
6
1
1
4
4
4
4
1
1
21
21
22
22
9
9
5
5
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Firefighters ..................................................
State and local government ......................
1,222
1,222
42.0
42.0
741
741
768
768
768
768
–
–
768
768
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
–
–
9
9
–
–
84
84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Police Officers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
2,444
124
124
2,320
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
692
534
534
700
654
527
527
697
591
500
500
591
–
–
–
–
788
540
540
788
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
2
2
–
( 3)
4
4
–
( 3)
2
2
3
( )
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
10
10
–
( 3)
6
6
3
( )
1
15
15
( 3)
3
49
49
( 3)
7
–
–
8
16
–
–
16
21
–
–
22
3
–
–
3
5
12
12
4
35
–
–
37
3
–
–
3
2
–
–
2
1
–
–
1
2
–
–
2
PROTECTIVE SERVICE
OCCUPATIONS
1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
18
Table A-8. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
175
and
under
200
200
225
225
250
250
275
275
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
525
525
550
550
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
Clerks, Accounting
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
1,176
1,053
1,018
123
39.3
39.6
39.6
37.0
$339
324
319
467
$317
304
302
461
$297
290
281
399
–
–
–
–
$372
352
346
542
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
12
13
–
7
8
9
–
24
26
27
5
10
12
12
–
15
17
17
–
9
10
10
–
6
4
4
20
3
3
3
7
3
2
2
11
5
3
2
22
3
1
1
( )
1
1
( 3)
3
( )
7
1
( 3)
3
( )
7
3
2
1
20
1
( 3)
3
( )
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
220
219
200
38.7
38.6
38.5
440
440
422
405
405
398
371
371
363
–
–
–
475
475
455
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
6
6
1
1
1
10
10
11
13
13
14
18
18
19
14
14
15
7
6
6
7
7
7
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
2
2
2
5
5
5
4
4
2
7
7
7
7
7
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
93
92
38.8
38.8
555
554
556
545
444
443
–
–
589
589
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4
4
8
8
8
8
10
10
–
–
9
9
8
8
4
4
28
28
–
–
6
5
1
1
15
15
–
–
Clerks, General
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
151
107
107
37.5
37.6
37.6
281
263
263
280
260
260
252
250
250
–
–
–
315
281
281
–
–
–
–
–
–
17
24
24
31
44
44
19
27
27
30
5
5
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
978
683
673
295
37.9
38.8
38.8
35.6
338
335
334
345
334
327
326
355
300
291
291
314
–
–
–
–
375
376
371
369
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12
10
10
16
13
18
18
1
19
20
21
17
15
15
16
15
16
11
11
28
13
16
15
8
6
5
5
11
3
3
3
2
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
1
( 3)
( 3)
2
1
1
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
State and local government ..................
536
214
39.1
38.6
397
410
400
400
360
377
–
–
419
410
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
2
–
11
4
8
4
4
1
28
63
21
14
11
( 3)
5
2
1
2
1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
4
9
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
265
265
253
39.1
39.1
39.0
457
457
451
466
466
451
371
371
368
–
–
–
495
495
495
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
3
14
14
15
9
9
9
5
5
5
10
10
10
7
7
7
21
21
22
11
11
11
2
2
2
6
6
7
5
5
1
2
2
2
–
–
–
6
6
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
Key Entry Operators
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
144
130
121
14
38.5
38.8
38.7
36.6
347
345
326
365
319
317
311
–
258
258
258
–
–
–
–
–
395
367
359
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
4
4
–
25
28
30
–
11
12
12
7
18
17
18
29
7
8
8
–
7
8
8
–
7
2
2
57
5
5
5
7
1
2
2
–
3
3
3
–
1
2
2
–
1
1
1
–
2
2
2
–
2
2
2
–
6
7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
77
77
77
38.7
38.7
38.7
326
326
326
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
3
29
29
29
19
19
19
1
1
1
–
–
–
13
13
13
30
30
30
5
5
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Secretaries
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
457
434
400
39.4
39.4
39.4
494
494
494
542
551
556
388
387
375
–
–
–
581
581
581
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
9
10
6
6
7
4
4
4
5
5
4
7
7
7
2
3
2
2
3
1
3
3
2
5
1
1
33
34
34
16
17
18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
1,128
982
150
150
832
146
38.1
38.1
39.7
39.7
37.8
38.0
440
434
568
568
410
480
424
416
601
601
400
480
379
374
531
531
367
454
–
–
–
–
–
–
488
474
603
603
447
525
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
2
–
–
2
–
5
5
–
–
6
1
5
6
–
–
7
2
11
12
–
–
15
2
16
18
4
4
20
2
12
13
–
–
16
4
10
11
1
1
13
5
12
8
7
7
9
32
5
5
5
5
6
6
4
3
8
8
2
14
6
2
5
5
2
32
3
4
15
15
1
–
9
10
55
55
2
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table A-8. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996 — Continued
Occupation and level
Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)
Weekly pay
(in dollars)2
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
Middle range
175
and
under
200
200
225
225
250
250
275
275
300
300
325
325
350
350
375
375
400
400
425
425
450
450
475
475
500
500
525
525
550
550
600
600
650
650
700
700
750
750
800
800
850
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
1,121
1,069
870
52
38.3
38.3
38.0
38.4
$520
518
495
556
$507
502
490
551
$456
453
439
525
–
–
–
–
$591
589
545
600
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
1
1
2
–
2
2
3
–
5
5
7
2
6
6
8
–
8
8
10
2
8
8
10
–
15
15
18
2
10
10
11
10
10
8
9
35
14
13
11
40
13
13
8
10
7
7
4
–
2
2
( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
316
310
240
38.8
38.9
38.6
594
594
564
596
596
555
522
522
506
–
–
–
671
671
616
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
5
5
7
5
5
6
12
12
16
7
7
9
18
17
20
15
15
14
18
18
17
12
12
3
3
3
–
–
–
–
Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
52
50
50
38.1
38.2
38.2
701
700
700
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
2
2
–
–
–
4
4
4
6
6
6
13
14
14
25
26
26
15
12
12
29
30
30
6
6
6
Switchboard Operator-Receptionists .......
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
96
76
73
20
39.1
39.8
39.8
36.3
330
323
319
357
328
–
–
362
303
–
–
305
–
–
–
–
370
–
–
393
4
5
5
–
4
5
5
–
14
17
18
–
1
–
–
5
1
1
1
–
25
25
26
25
2
–
–
10
25
26
27
20
13
8
7
30
2
3
3
–
4
5
3
–
2
–
–
10
3
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
20
Table A-9. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level
Number
of
workers
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
6.00
and
under
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
9.50
– $15.14
–
14.67
–
14.67
–
15.38
3
7
7
–
–
–
–
–
3
7
7
–
3
6
6
–
–
–
–
–
1
2
2
–
2
1
1
3
3
6
6
–
4
8
8
–
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
–
8
10
10
6
14
8
8
19
21
8
8
32
9
16
16
3
23
10
10
35
2
4
4
–
1
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Middle range
9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00
10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00
General Maintenance Workers ..................
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
297
142
142
155
$12.83
11.72
11.72
13.84
$13.69
11.88
11.88
13.69
$11.75
9.81
9.81
12.87
Maintenance Electricians ...........................
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
791
719
140
72
17.36
17.53
17.17
15.66
17.68
17.68
17.05
16.22
16.62
17.05
15.87
14.68
–
–
–
–
17.91
17.91
17.75
16.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
–
–
3
1
–
–
13
( 2)
–
–
3
( 2)
( 2)
1
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
6
3
11
11
21
10
13
9
20
51
58
63
36
–
5
6
6
–
1
–
–
14
–
–
–
–
6
7
10
–
–
–
–
–
Maintenance Electronics Technicians
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
360
356
312
16.62
16.62
16.67
16.62
16.62
16.63
15.97
15.97
15.98
–
–
–
17.84
17.75
17.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
6
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
8
4
9
9
10
42
43
42
7
7
8
8
7
5
–
–
–
17
17
20
–
–
–
–
–
–
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
70
70
16.23
16.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
9
9
10
10
20
20
4
4
1
1
31
31
16
16
–
–
3
3
–
–
3
3
Maintenance Mechanics, Motor Vehicle ...
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
349
213
110
110
103
136
16.98
17.87
17.53
17.53
18.23
15.60
16.09
17.47
17.47
17.47
19.61
15.31
15.31
16.07
16.07
16.07
16.00
15.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.94
19.61
17.47
17.47
20.65
16.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
4
7
–
–
14
1
1
2
5
5
–
–
27
( 2)
–
–
1
68
26
30
43
43
17
20
16
20
35
35
4
10
1
1
–
–
3
–
11
17
–
–
36
–
7
12
–
–
25
–
5
9
17
17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Maintenance Pipefitters .............................
Private industry .........................................
67
56
18.49
18.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
2
3
4
10
13
18
21
22
27
–
–
16
–
–
–
28
34
–
–
1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
2
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
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Table A-10. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1996
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level
Number
of
workers
Mean
Median
Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
4.25
and
under
4.50
4.50
5.00
5.00
5.50
5.50
6.00
6.00
6.50
6.50
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
9.00
– $17.16
–
17.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
–
–
–
3
3
25
25
15
15
1
1
27
27
25
25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30
30
30
–
12
12
13
–
10
10
10
–
6
6
6
9
8
8
8
–
5
5
5
–
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
–
2
2
2
31
1
1
1
19
2
2
2
9
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
( 2)
( 2)
–
28
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Middle range
Forklift Operators .......................................
Private industry .........................................
382
381
$15.30
15.30
$16.37
16.37
$13.75
13.75
Guards
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................
3,649
3,617
3,591
32
6.06
6.01
5.95
10.80
5.50
5.50
5.50
10.27
5.00
5.00
5.00
9.71
–
–
–
–
6.75
6.72
6.50
13.57
7
7
7
–
12
12
13
–
9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00
Level II ......................................................
93
13.06
11.89
10.57
–
17.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
5
30
15
12
1
1
–
–
33
–
–
–
–
Janitors ........................................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................
3,349
1,805
136
136
1,669
1,544
10.26
9.52
13.53
13.53
9.20
11.13
9.99
9.12
13.32
13.32
9.10
11.87
8.50
8.16
12.31
12.31
8.09
9.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.25
10.10
13.95
13.95
10.10
12.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
1
–
–
1
–
1
2
–
–
2
–
1
2
–
–
2
–
2
3
–
–
3
1
6
7
–
–
7
6
6
7
–
–
7
5
9
10
–
–
11
7
9
13
–
–
14
4
17
22
1
1
23
12
14
20
–
–
22
6
6
2
15
15
( 2)
11
18
2
10
10
1
37
7
7
63
63
2
8
2
1
2
2
1
3
( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
2
3
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
1
9
9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Material Handling Laborers .......................
Private industry .........................................
164
164
12.28
12.28
14.25
14.25
5.12
5.12
–
–
19.48
19.48
–
–
–
–
30
30
18
18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
14
14
34
34
–
–
–
–
Shipping/Receiving Clerks ........................
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
134
133
121
9.00
8.96
8.20
7.93
7.93
7.58
5.95
5.95
5.91
–
–
–
10.97
10.97
9.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27
27
30
9
9
10
3
3
3
6
6
7
9
9
10
5
5
6
1
1
1
9
9
10
7
8
8
7
7
7
2
2
2
–
–
–
6
5
6
4
5
–
1
1
–
1
2
–
1
1
–
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Truckdrivers
Light Truck ................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
80
80
80
9.73
9.73
9.73
8.33
8.33
8.33
6.45
6.45
6.45
–
–
–
13.88
13.88
13.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30
30
30
–
–
–
2
2
2
5
5
5
14
14
14
2
2
2
4
4
4
14
14
14
4
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
24
24
24
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Heavy Truck .............................................
533
17.14
15.44
13.79
–
21.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)
( 2)
30
–
32
–
–
1
–
–
37
2
–
Tractor Trailer ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
520
520
18.05
18.05
17.70
17.70
16.68
16.68
–
–
19.51
19.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
4
4
32
32
19
19
( )
( 2)
43
43
–
–
–
–
Warehouse Specialists ..............................
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
115
97
76
12.73
12.83
11.70
11.23
11.21
–
10.17
9.79
–
–
–
–
16.78
16.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
2
2
3
1
1
1
21
25
32
15
18
22
17
10
13
2
2
3
6
–
–
6
6
8
–
–
–
29
34
17
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
2
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.
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Appendix A.
Scope and Method
of Survey
Scope
This survey of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area covered
establishments employing 50 workers or more in goods producing industries
(mining, construction, and manufacturing); service producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale
trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and
State and local governments.1 Private households, agriculture, the Federal
Government, and the self-employed were excluded from the survey. Table 1 in this
appendix shows the estimated number of establishments and workers within scope
of the survey and the number actually included in the survey sample.
professional, administrative, technical, protective service, and clerical occupations.
In other words, the larger the number of employees expected to be found in
designated occupations, the larger the establishment sample in that stratum. An
upward adjustment to the establishment sample size also was made in strata
expected to have relatively high sampling error for certain occupations, based on
previous survey experiences. (See section on "Reliability of estimates" below for
discussion of sampling error.)
Data collection and payroll reference
Data for the survey were obtained primarily by personal visits of the Bureau's
field economists to a sample of establishments within the Pittsburgh, PA
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Collection for the survey was from March 1996
through August 1996 and reflects an average payroll reference month of May 1996.
Data obtained for a payroll period prior to the end of May 1996 were updated to
include general wage changes, if granted, scheduled to be effective through that
date.
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (the
sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports for
the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (May 1992). Establishments with
50 workers or more during the sampling frame's reference period were included in
the survey sample even if they employed fewer than 50 workers at the time of the
survey.
The sampling frame was reviewed for completeness and accuracy prior to the
survey and, when necessary, corrections were made: Missing establishments were
added; out-of-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed; and
addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were
updated.
Occupational pay
Occupational pay data are shown for full-time workers, i.e., those hired to work a
regular weekly schedule. Pay data exclude premium pay for overtime and for work
on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are bonuses and lump-sum
payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as
profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and
other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases—but not bonuses—under cost-ofliving allowance clauses and incentive payments, however, are included in the pay
data.
Unless otherwise indicated, the pay data following the job titles are for all
industries combined. Pay data for some of the occupations for all industries
combined (or for some industry divisions within the scope of the survey) are not
presented in the A-series tables because either (1) data did not provide statistically
Survey design
The survey design includes classifying individual establishments into groups
(strata) based on industry and employment size, determining the size of the sample
for each group (stratum), and selecting an establishment sample from each stratum.
The establishment sample size in a stratum was determined by expected number of
employees to be found (based on previous occupational pay surveys) in
A-1
If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights (based on the
probability of selection in the sample) of responding sample establishments were
adjusted to account for the missing data. The weights for establishments which
were out of business or outside the scope of the survey were changed to zero.
Some sampled establishments had a policy of not disclosing salary data for
certain employees. No adjustments were made to pay estimates for the survey as a
result of these missing data. In all but one of the occupational work levels
published in this bulletin, the proportion of employees for whom pay data were not
available was less than 5 percent. The one job was Personnel Specialists III (6.1
percent).
reliable results, or (2) there was the possibility of disclosure of individual
establishment data. Pay data not shown separately for industry divisions are
included in data for all industries combined.
Average pay reflect areawide estimates. Industries and establishments differ in
pay levels and job staffing, and thus contribute differently to the estimates for each
job. Therefore, average pay may not reflect the pay differential among jobs within
individual establishments. A-series tables provide distributions of workers by pay
intervals.
The mean is computed for each job by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers. The median designates position—one-half of
the workers receive the same as or more and one-half receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; one-fourth of
the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates and one-fourth
earn the same as or more than the higher rate. Medians and middle ranges are not
provided when they do not meet reliability criteria.
Occupations surveyed are common to a variety of public and private industries,
and were selected from the following employment groups: (1) Professional and
administrative; (2) technical and protective service; (3) clerical; (4) maintenance
and toolroom; and (5) material movement and custodial.
Occupational
classification was based on a uniform set of job descriptions designed to take
account of interestablishment variation in duties within the same job. Occupations
selected for study are listed and described in appendix B, along with corresponding
occupational codes and titles from the 1980 edition of the Standard Occupational
Classification Manual. Job descriptions used to classify employees in this survey
usually are more generalized than those used in individual establishments to allow
for minor differences among establishments in specific duties performed.
Average weekly hours for professional, administrative, technical, protective
service, and clerical occupations refer to the standard workweek (rounded to the
nearest tenth of an hour) for which employees receive regular straight-time pay.
Average weekly pay for these occupations are rounded to the nearest dollar.
Occupational employment estimates represent the total in all establishments
within the scope of the study and not the number actually surveyed. Because
occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of occupational
employment obtained from the sample of establishments studied serve only to
indicate the relative importance of the jobs studied.
Reliability of estimates
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability
sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample
survey—sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample, not the
entire population. The particular sample used in this survey is one of a number of
all possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the
sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from
each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard
error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a
particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The
relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. For
example, if the estimated average weekly salary of Secretaries Level IV is $500
and the standard error is $8, the RSE is 1.6 percent, or $8/$500x100 = 1.6%.
Estimates of relative standard errors for this survey vary among the occupational
work levels depending on such factors as the frequency with which the job occurs,
the dispersion of salaries for the job, and the survey design. The distribution of
published work levels for one relative standard error was as follows:
Relative standard
error
Survey nonresponse
Data were not available from 13.9 percent of the sample establishments
(representing 72,139 employees covered by the survey). An additional 6.6 percent
of the sample establishments (representing 27,858 employees) were either out of
business or outside the scope of the survey.
Less than 1 percent
1 and under 3 percent
3 and under 5 percent
5 percent and over
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Percent of published
occupational work levels
0.0
61.7
35.2
3.1
To measure and better control nonsampling errors that occur during data
collection, a quality control procedure was applied to the survey design. The
procedure, job match validation (JMV), is designed to identify the frequency,
reasons for, and sources of incorrect decisions made by Bureau field economists in
matching company jobs to survey occupations. Once identified, the problems are
discussed promptly with the field economists while the data are still being
collected. Subsequently, the JMV results are tallied, reported to BLS staff, and
become the basis for remedial action for future surveys.
Approximately 6 percent of the 856 sampled job match decisions reviewed by the
JMV reviewers and checked with the respondents were subsequently changed by
the JMV reviewers. The results are from a similar survey conducted in 1994, see
Occupational Comepensation Survey: Pay Only, Pittsburgh, PA, BLS Bulletin
3075-23.
The standard error can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For example, a 95 percent confidence interval is centered at the
sample estimate and includes all values within 2 times the estimate's standard error.
If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval
from each sample would include the true population value approximately 95
percent of the time.
Using the RSE example above, there is 95 percent confidence that the true
population value for Secretaries Level IV is between $484 and $516 (i.e., $500 plus
or minus 2 x $8).
Nonsampling errors can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain
information from some establishments; difficulties with survey definitions;
inability of respondents to provide correct information; mistakes in recording or
coding the data obtained; and other errors of collection, response, coverage, and
estimation of missing data. Although not specifically measured, the survey's
nonsampling errors are expected to be minimal due to the high response rate, the
extensive and continuous training of field economists who gather survey data by
personal visit, careful screening of data at several levels of review, annual
evaluation of the suitability of job definitions, and thorough field testing of new or
revised job definitions.
1 For this survey, an establishment is an economic unit which produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. In manufacturing
industries, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. In service-producing industries, all
locations of an individual company in a Metropolitan Statistical Area are usually considered an
establishment. In government, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.
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Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied, Pittsburgh, PA1,
May 1996
Number of establishments
Industry
division2
Within scope of
survey3
Workers in establishments
Within scope of survey4
Studied
Studied
Number
Percent
ALL ESTABLISHMENTS
All divisions ...................................................................................
2,136
243
529,287
100
199,749
Private industry .......................................................................
Goods producing ..............................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................
Mining5 ........................................................................
Construction5 ..............................................................
Service producing .............................................................
Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and
sanitary services6 .................................................
Wholesale trade7 ........................................................
Retail trade7 ................................................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate7 ..........................
Services7 ....................................................................
1,981
609
474
13
122
1,372
223
62
50
3
9
161
446,701
100,749
86,402
3,158
11,189
345,952
84
19
16
1
2
65
165,314
26,192
24,715
547
930
139,122
108
142
400
99
623
13
16
21
11
100
42,062
13,166
88,378
33,633
168,713
8
2
17
6
32
23,925
4,180
14,593
18,300
78,124
State and local government ....................................................
155
20
82,586
16
34,435
ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING
500 WORKERS OR MORE
All divisions ...................................................................................
202
85
294,352
100
172,495
Private industry .......................................................................
Goods producing ..............................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................
Service producing .............................................................
Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and
sanitary services6 .................................................
Retail trade7 ................................................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate7 ..........................
Services7 ....................................................................
159
33
27
126
72
16
15
56
234,245
32,553
29,523
201,692
80
11
10
69
139,596
17,812
17,307
121,784
6
31
14
73
5
7
5
37
24,298
43,521
30,290
101,540
8
15
10
34
22,181
12,275
18,004
67,281
State and local government ....................................................
43
13
60,107
20
32,899
1
The Pittsburgh Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the
Office of Management and Budget through October 1984, consists of
Allegheny, Fayette, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties. The "workers
within scope of survey" estimates provide a reasonably accurate description
of the size and composition of the labor force included in the survey.
Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison with other statistical
series to measure employment trends or levels since (1) planning of wage
surveys requires establishment data compiled considerably in advance of the
payroll period studied, and (2) establishments employing fewer than 50
workers are excluded from the scope of the survey.
2
The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying
establishments by industry.
3
Includes all establishments with at least 50 total employees. In goods
producing, an establishment is defined as a single physical location where
industrial operations are performed. In service producing industries, an
establishment is defined as all locations of a company in the area within the
same industry division. In government, an establishment is generally defined
as all locations of a government entity.
4
Includes all workers in all establishments with total employment (within
an area) at or above the minimum limitations.
5
Separate data for this division are not shown in the A-series tables, but
the division is represented in the "all industries" and "goods producing"
estimates.
6
Abbreviated to "Transportation and utilities" in the A-series tables. This
division is represented in the "all industries" and "service producing"
estimates.
7
Separate data for this division are not shown in the A-series tables, but
the division is represented in the "all industries" and "service producing"
estimates.
Note: Overall industries may include data for industry divisions not shown
separately.
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