New York-Northern New JerseyLong Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA
National Compensation Survey
August 1998
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
October 1999
Bulletin 3095-84
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2-1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4-1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group ............................
5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry .............
5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
Appendix table 2. Number of establishments studied and represented..........................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria.................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys...............................................................................
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A-1
A-5
A-6
B-1
C-1
D-1
E-1
Introduction
T
and State and local government for selected worker and
establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics
include major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing (within private industry) and size of establishment.
Table 2-1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Data are not shown for
any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 2-2 presents
the same type of information only for full-time workers.
Table 2-3 provides similar data for workers designated as
part-time.
Table 3-1 presents mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. The mean hours
reflect hours employees are scheduled to work, excluding
overtime hours. Table 3-2 provides annual earnings, relative standard error, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4-1 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4-2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4-3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5-1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5-2 presents mean hourly earnings data for
major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5-3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates are
also limited to the private sector.
Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of
this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate
to all employers in the area, rather than just those surveyed.
Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments
studied by industry group and employment size.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NYNJ-CT-PA, metropolitan area. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations
and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin
are information on the program, a technical note describing
survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic
leveling methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on the occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a
whole. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure
of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, will
be derived from the NCS. Another product, Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’
average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages
and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit plans and their provisions. This bulletin is
limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Ongoing changes
The NCS is implementing changes to its sample design and
timing of data collection and publication. Because of these
ongoing changes, it is not possible to produce median
wages and other wage percentiles for this area publication.
Estimates describing the distribution of wages by occupation will be published for the next survey of this area in the
late spring of 2000.
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in
the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix
A. The table footnotes include information on survey concepts and definitions.
Table 1-1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative
standard errors are given for all industries, private industry,
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$20.55
1.8
35.6
$19.66
2.3
35.6
$23.53
2.2
35.5
24.64
30.09
34.39
16.47
14.74
14.70
20.87
1.9
1.9
2.8
8.1
1.6
2.7
2.5
35.6
35.0
38.4
31.4
35.8
37.8
39.1
24.07
28.69
36.11
16.48
14.72
14.21
20.76
2.3
2.3
2.7
8.3
1.9
3.0
2.9
36.0
35.3
38.9
31.3
36.4
37.7
39.0
26.59
32.80
27.34
–
14.80
18.07
21.44
3.0
3.6
7.3
–
2.7
5.5
4.8
34.6
34.5
36.5
–
33.4
38.7
39.1
10.85
15.18
4.0
4.3
39.6
35.1
10.79
14.83
4.0
4.6
39.7
34.3
16.28
16.32
12.2
11.1
35.1
38.3
12.11
13.21
5.1
3.8
36.4
33.4
11.47
10.15
5.6
3.6
36.0
32.1
15.76
19.04
4.3
3.8
38.9
36.3
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
21.44
11.75
1.8
6.0
38.2
21.3
20.60
11.36
2.3
7.2
38.5
21.4
24.15
13.95
2.0
7.1
37.2
20.5
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
19.47
21.46
2.1
2.6
35.8
35.4
16.29
21.26
3.3
2.8
35.4
35.8
23.24
26.52
2.3
7.0
36.4
28.0
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
20.57
19.79
1.8
7.7
35.6
36.0
19.65
19.79
2.3
7.7
35.6
36.0
23.53
–
2.2
–
35.5
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
19.19
–
4.4
–
39.1
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers .........................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
16.30
18.26
23.40
4.4
3.0
2.5
36.0
35.3
35.7
16.30
17.70
23.40
4.4
3.1
3.8
36.1
35.4
35.6
16.35
25.18
23.40
1.8
6.5
2.5
28.1
33.9
35.8
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
Establishment characteristics:
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
2
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$20.55
20.78
1.8
1.8
$19.66
19.89
2.3
2.3
$23.53
23.57
2.2
2.2
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
24.64
25.43
1.9
1.8
24.07
25.02
2.3
2.2
26.59
26.67
3.0
3.0
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Medical science teachers .....................................
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Designers .............................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers .....................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Athletes .................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
30.09
31.86
29.45
26.65
29.87
30.68
27.99
31.67
33.05
32.01
1.9
1.8
3.7
7.7
5.5
16.7
5.7
5.4
5.0
4.0
28.69
30.38
30.53
–
29.87
30.68
28.70
32.84
33.07
32.03
2.3
2.0
3.9
–
5.5
16.7
6.5
4.6
5.1
4.1
32.80
34.26
24.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
3.3
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
44.36
31.69
30.75
36.19
27.49
31.39
26.96
28.46
17.66
21.57
45.80
79.06
54.64
33.49
43.64
35.93
30.45
39.11
42.59
36.84
32.54
11.01
31.49
29.16
27.75
29.87
26.76
32.88
20.93
21.46
13.72
39.31
39.31
21.8
5.3
6.8
1.6
2.2
7.4
1.7
6.7
3.7
2.3
4.3
19.6
5.6
10.9
11.2
3.9
29.5
4.3
6.3
4.7
7.8
3.4
16.7
9.6
10.4
10.2
11.7
13.2
5.2
5.7
7.3
10.5
10.5
44.36
32.00
30.75
36.61
28.42
35.93
27.27
30.42
17.38
21.58
43.36
–
–
–
52.11
21.75
15.38
24.80
30.52
21.87
20.81
–
19.13
26.93
24.54
25.19
26.76
21.65
20.33
20.88
–
47.79
47.79
21.8
5.5
6.8
1.4
2.5
8.1
1.9
4.4
4.2
2.4
6.9
–
–
–
16.4
4.7
10.7
5.7
13.3
9.0
11.0
–
12.2
9.4
7.8
10.3
11.7
11.7
5.7
5.6
–
10.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
23.27
20.12
25.09
–
–
–
49.15
–
–
–
36.98
38.48
–
42.01
43.36
38.95
34.18
11.25
37.18
36.83
36.83
36.62
–
37.48
21.27
21.76
–
31.83
31.83
–
–
–
–
3.9
11.7
3.8
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
11.4
4.1
–
4.4
6.5
3.6
8.4
3.4
11.7
17.2
17.2
10.5
–
9.7
7.8
8.3
–
8.5
8.5
30.48
27.66
5.8
7.6
31.01
27.66
5.9
7.6
20.15
–
8.0
–
17.37
33.24
21.65
17.22
31.93
22.23
18.53
22.81
16.51
15.79
20.77
18.11
22.4
14.8
11.7
10.9
6.2
7.2
4.9
3.1
1.9
2.8
6.5
9.8
–
33.24
–
17.95
32.06
23.13
18.09
22.55
16.63
15.10
20.77
18.11
–
14.8
–
14.6
6.2
8.0
5.5
3.1
2.3
2.7
6.5
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
17.60
21.69
–
15.99
16.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
10.4
–
2.4
8.6
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$16.52
34.49
24.32
20.05
22.18
2.9
4.3
6.0
7.0
7.1
$16.52
34.49
24.98
–
22.48
2.9
4.3
6.2
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
34.39
39.61
33.80
43.26
38.07
2.8
2.6
8.2
6.8
8.4
36.11
40.03
–
44.76
38.07
2.7
2.8
–
6.7
8.4
$27.34
36.76
33.93
–
–
7.3
7.4
8.6
–
–
45.95
38.84
38.20
42.44
38.18
27.11
25.33
36.43
32.29
6.9
11.6
8.6
10.9
3.2
5.9
3.3
16.6
7.5
45.95
25.29
41.43
43.51
38.31
29.38
25.60
38.65
33.20
6.9
12.7
7.8
11.0
3.2
6.7
3.5
17.2
7.9
–
47.87
26.10
–
36.25
21.57
–
–
–
–
6.8
5.0
–
13.9
7.1
–
–
–
24.35
27.20
24.69
8.7
11.4
9.9
27.55
27.35
–
7.5
11.6
–
18.65
–
–
6.8
–
–
19.94
24.71
12.2
5.1
29.06
24.91
6.8
6.8
18.58
24.20
12.7
4.3
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ......
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
16.47
23.28
21.78
24.18
8.1
7.7
3.4
10.3
16.48
23.28
21.78
24.18
8.3
7.7
3.4
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.36
8.74
13.12
8.71
8.92
15.40
11.0
11.3
20.2
4.0
6.8
16.5
28.36
8.74
13.12
8.71
8.53
15.40
11.0
11.3
20.2
4.0
5.8
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Stenographers ......................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
14.74
20.55
20.30
1.6
5.1
6.1
14.72
21.08
20.49
1.9
5.9
6.5
14.80
18.79
–
2.7
5.9
–
22.65
15.76
16.22
16.65
13.53
12.53
9.93
13.55
11.30
18.17
13.77
11.98
11.61
14.67
14.67
15.11
11.6
5.8
2.2
5.5
4.1
7.2
9.7
10.9
4.1
6.3
8.0
5.2
5.2
4.8
2.9
9.5
22.65
15.37
16.23
–
14.06
12.16
9.93
13.55
11.30
18.17
–
12.80
11.61
14.97
14.44
15.11
11.6
5.6
2.2
–
7.3
8.3
9.7
10.9
4.1
6.3
–
8.0
5.2
5.0
3.0
9.5
–
–
16.18
16.92
13.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.45
–
–
17.14
–
–
–
6.9
6.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
7.2
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Drafters .................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...........................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$12.46
14.95
12.18
9.39
14.97
12.59
12.36
4.3
4.9
13.1
17.2
5.1
3.6
11.6
$12.46
15.10
12.18
9.02
14.81
12.43
12.36
4.3
4.7
13.1
17.8
6.3
4.0
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.20
14.1
12.20
14.1
–
–
18.55
16.86
14.61
17.02
13.44
10.52
11.34
12.44
12.78
15.06
15.2
7.1
4.9
5.8
4.3
3.2
4.4
8.6
9.0
5.3
18.55
16.90
–
17.02
13.43
10.52
10.97
12.33
–
15.54
15.2
7.5
–
5.8
4.3
3.2
4.6
8.7
–
6.2
–
–
$15.01
–
13.47
–
–
–
14.05
13.53
–
–
4.3
–
10.2
–
–
–
6.2
5.0
Blue collar ...........................................................................
14.70
2.7
14.21
3.0
18.07
5.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ......................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Stationary engineers .............................................
20.87
26.20
22.42
18.19
2.5
5.1
4.7
4.6
20.76
28.01
–
18.19
2.9
2.2
–
4.6
21.44
–
22.93
–
4.8
–
4.3
–
22.25
6.0
22.25
6.0
–
–
21.23
19.18
7.4
4.1
–
19.20
–
5.4
–
19.13
–
4.5
31.12
21.56
23.49
23.06
21.33
18.82
22.05
17.40
10.88
22.62
21.71
10.4
11.0
7.9
6.9
5.1
14.7
6.7
9.6
9.1
11.2
6.7
30.02
20.77
24.47
24.22
–
18.82
22.05
16.07
10.88
22.62
21.95
11.7
12.3
7.9
4.7
–
14.7
6.7
8.4
9.1
11.2
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
10.85
9.04
4.0
8.6
10.79
9.04
4.0
8.6
16.28
–
12.2
–
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
10.79
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
8.52
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
7.0
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
6.9
6.5
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
10.66
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
8.52
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
7.5
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
6.9
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
15.18
15.48
4.3
3.8
14.83
15.07
4.6
3.7
16.32
–
11.1
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Messengers ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$18.83
13.25
12.90
13.60
3.1
9.2
14.6
13.9
$18.83
11.26
–
13.60
3.1
4.3
–
13.9
–
$16.86
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
17.70
9.7
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
12.11
12.08
5.1
8.2
11.47
11.84
5.6
5.1
15.76
–
4.3
–
16.90
14.27
9.27
12.12
11.96
10.99
11.27
12.3
7.5
7.6
10.2
7.0
13.3
7.1
15.55
–
9.27
12.11
11.96
10.99
10.65
11.9
–
7.6
10.2
7.0
13.3
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Protective service, n.e.c. ......................................
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
13.21
19.22
31.19
16.19
23.84
3.8
6.0
7.7
8.1
5.7
10.15
10.63
–
16.19
–
3.6
8.7
–
8.1
–
19.04
23.28
31.19
–
23.84
3.8
3.6
7.7
–
5.7
21.90
20.90
10.16
15.55
8.33
13.68
5.66
11.23
7.72
10.46
4.78
7.75
9.96
12.25
9.59
11.96
6.9
3.3
8.9
13.9
5.4
7.9
13.1
6.4
7.2
8.4
18.0
6.7
3.6
3.5
3.8
5.9
–
–
10.00
–
7.94
12.86
5.66
11.08
7.60
10.45
3.96
6.97
9.32
11.63
9.01
11.06
–
–
9.3
–
5.9
7.3
13.1
7.1
7.3
8.7
9.8
6.5
3.5
4.8
3.5
8.4
21.90
20.90
13.53
–
11.11
–
–
12.58
–
–
–
10.33
13.81
13.76
13.83
14.27
6.9
3.3
4.1
–
6.5
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
3.0
2.1
2.4
2.8
4.5
15.81
11.99
11.70
12.78
9.22
28.57
12.02
10.61
8.91
10.30
17.0
6.9
7.1
9.9
4.6
25.5
14.1
8.2
3.7
14.3
–
11.99
10.45
13.83
–
28.57
–
9.70
8.45
10.31
–
6.9
11.2
13.2
–
25.5
–
10.3
4.6
16.0
–
–
14.10
10.29
–
–
–
11.36
9.65
–
–
–
4.7
4.2
–
–
–
8.9
1.6
–
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ...................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$21.44
21.51
1.8
1.8
$20.60
20.63
2.3
2.3
$24.15
24.20
2.0
2.0
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
25.46
25.86
1.9
1.8
24.98
25.44
2.3
2.2
27.04
27.13
2.9
2.9
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Designers .............................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers .....................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...........................
Computer programmers .......................................
30.22
31.88
29.43
26.65
29.91
30.68
28.42
31.59
31.76
32.01
1.9
1.8
3.8
7.7
5.7
16.7
5.8
5.7
3.6
4.0
28.79
30.36
30.55
–
29.91
30.68
29.31
32.81
31.77
32.03
2.3
1.9
4.0
–
5.7
16.7
6.5
4.8
3.6
4.1
32.84
34.22
24.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
3.4
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.92
31.69
30.75
36.19
27.23
29.86
27.09
28.27
17.54
22.11
43.58
54.64
44.01
36.72
30.54
39.76
42.59
36.85
33.41
31.77
29.30
27.88
30.04
26.76
33.34
21.16
21.65
13.94
38.99
38.99
8.0
5.3
6.8
1.6
2.5
8.3
1.8
8.2
3.9
1.7
4.5
5.6
11.1
4.0
30.0
4.4
6.3
4.7
7.9
16.5
9.8
10.6
10.3
11.7
13.2
5.5
6.0
7.4
10.4
10.4
31.92
32.00
30.75
36.61
28.26
34.19
27.48
30.82
17.21
–
43.70
–
53.27
22.45
–
25.74
30.52
21.57
22.59
19.44
26.96
24.52
25.29
26.76
21.42
20.46
20.92
–
47.79
47.79
8.0
5.5
6.8
1.4
2.8
9.2
2.0
5.6
4.4
–
6.9
–
16.3
4.9
–
5.6
13.3
8.7
10.6
12.3
9.6
8.0
10.7
11.7
13.8
5.7
5.7
–
10.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
23.18
20.12
25.09
–
–
–
43.40
–
36.98
38.94
–
42.14
43.36
38.95
34.43
37.18
37.45
37.45
36.62
–
37.48
21.54
22.01
–
31.09
31.09
–
–
–
–
4.0
11.7
3.9
–
–
–
4.6
–
11.4
4.2
–
4.5
6.5
3.6
8.5
11.7
17.2
17.2
10.5
–
9.7
8.2
8.8
–
7.7
7.7
30.67
28.43
5.9
7.6
31.04
28.43
5.9
7.6
–
–
–
–
17.37
33.24
21.65
31.93
22.67
18.53
22.89
16.27
16.07
20.77
18.11
16.52
34.49
24.32
22.4
14.8
11.7
6.2
7.6
4.8
3.5
2.1
3.4
6.5
10.7
2.9
4.3
6.0
–
33.24
–
32.06
23.62
18.06
22.56
16.42
15.33
20.77
18.11
16.52
34.49
24.98
–
14.8
–
6.2
8.3
5.4
3.3
2.5
3.0
6.5
10.7
2.9
4.3
6.2
–
–
–
–
17.80
21.69
–
15.54
17.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
10.4
–
2.6
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
— Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$20.05
22.39
7.0
7.2
–
$22.71
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
34.46
39.72
33.80
43.26
39.00
2.8
2.6
8.2
6.8
8.7
36.17
40.16
–
44.76
39.00
2.7
2.8
–
6.7
8.7
$27.44
36.76
33.93
–
–
7.3
7.4
8.6
–
–
45.95
39.81
38.16
42.44
38.22
27.16
25.40
36.43
32.29
6.9
10.7
8.7
10.9
3.2
5.9
3.3
16.6
7.5
45.95
26.49
41.47
43.51
38.36
29.38
25.60
38.65
33.20
6.9
12.2
8.0
11.0
3.2
6.7
3.5
17.2
7.9
–
47.87
26.10
–
36.25
21.62
–
–
–
–
6.8
5.0
–
13.9
7.2
–
–
–
24.35
27.20
24.74
8.7
11.4
10.6
27.55
27.35
–
7.5
11.6
–
18.65
–
–
6.8
–
–
19.94
24.78
12.2
5.1
29.06
24.91
6.8
6.8
18.58
24.41
12.7
4.1
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ......
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
19.95
23.28
21.78
25.07
8.3
7.7
3.4
9.7
20.07
23.28
21.78
25.07
8.4
7.7
3.4
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.36
9.35
13.39
14.75
9.55
13.15
16.40
11.0
18.2
20.7
8.7
4.6
6.8
16.5
28.36
9.35
13.39
14.75
9.55
12.44
16.40
11.0
18.2
20.7
8.7
4.6
6.2
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Stenographers ......................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
15.07
20.55
20.41
1.6
5.1
6.2
15.04
21.08
20.62
1.9
5.9
6.6
15.19
18.79
–
2.4
5.9
–
22.65
15.76
16.33
16.87
13.76
12.52
9.93
14.52
11.56
18.17
13.77
13.23
11.57
14.67
14.90
15.11
12.55
11.6
5.8
2.3
5.9
4.3
9.2
9.7
10.9
4.4
6.3
8.0
6.8
5.3
4.8
2.8
9.5
4.5
22.65
15.37
16.32
–
14.06
12.17
9.93
14.52
11.56
18.17
–
15.05
11.57
14.97
14.69
15.11
12.55
11.6
5.6
2.3
–
7.3
10.2
9.7
10.9
4.4
6.3
–
5.2
5.3
5.0
2.9
9.5
4.5
–
–
16.36
17.10
13.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.14
–
–
–
–
7.1
7.2
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
— Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$15.53
12.26
9.33
14.97
12.67
14.49
3.7
13.1
18.8
5.1
3.6
5.4
$15.71
12.26
8.91
14.81
12.50
14.49
3.3
13.1
19.6
6.3
4.0
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.86
13.0
12.86
13.0
–
–
18.55
17.32
14.61
17.24
14.09
10.43
11.54
12.44
11.28
15.54
15.2
6.9
4.9
5.8
3.7
3.6
4.9
8.6
7.4
5.3
18.55
17.38
–
17.24
13.83
10.43
11.14
12.33
–
16.17
15.2
7.3
–
5.8
4.5
3.6
5.3
8.7
–
5.9
–
–
$15.01
–
14.74
–
–
–
12.57
13.68
–
–
4.3
–
6.2
–
–
–
2.2
4.8
Blue collar ...........................................................................
15.00
2.8
14.51
3.0
18.24
5.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ......................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Stationary engineers .............................................
20.90
26.20
22.42
18.19
2.6
5.1
4.7
4.6
20.79
28.01
–
18.19
2.9
2.2
–
4.6
21.44
–
22.93
–
4.8
–
4.3
–
22.45
5.9
22.45
5.9
–
–
21.23
19.18
7.4
4.1
–
19.20
–
5.4
–
19.13
–
4.5
31.12
21.56
23.42
23.06
21.33
18.82
22.05
17.40
10.88
22.62
21.53
10.4
11.0
8.0
6.9
5.1
14.7
6.7
9.6
9.1
11.2
7.0
30.02
20.77
24.39
24.22
–
18.82
22.05
16.07
10.88
22.62
21.76
11.7
12.3
8.1
4.7
–
14.7
6.7
8.4
9.1
11.2
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
10.86
9.04
4.0
8.6
10.80
9.04
4.0
8.6
–
–
–
–
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
10.77
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
8.54
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
7.6
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
7.1
6.5
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
10.64
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
8.54
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
8.0
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
7.1
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
15.83
15.87
4.0
3.7
15.66
15.44
3.8
3.5
16.32
–
11.5
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Messengers ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
— Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$18.83
13.73
12.90
13.60
3.1
10.2
14.6
13.9
$18.83
–
–
13.60
3.1
–
–
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.99
9.1
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
12.75
12.87
4.8
7.3
12.08
11.84
5.5
5.1
$16.14
–
3.5
–
16.90
14.27
9.41
14.60
12.80
11.59
11.36
12.3
7.5
7.4
8.5
7.6
14.0
7.2
15.55
–
9.41
14.60
12.80
11.59
10.68
11.9
–
7.4
8.5
7.6
14.0
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
14.31
20.02
31.19
16.19
23.84
4.0
5.7
7.7
8.1
5.7
10.85
11.05
–
16.19
–
4.1
9.8
–
8.1
–
20.04
23.68
31.19
–
23.84
3.5
3.5
7.7
–
5.7
22.94
20.90
10.49
9.66
13.68
6.28
11.31
12.09
8.77
10.05
12.47
9.64
12.97
5.5
3.3
10.2
5.7
8.0
16.9
6.8
10.2
7.9
4.0
3.3
4.3
4.0
–
–
10.31
9.35
12.85
6.28
11.13
12.14
8.20
9.34
11.88
8.99
12.23
–
–
10.7
6.2
7.4
16.9
7.2
10.5
9.3
3.9
4.5
3.9
6.6
22.94
20.90
14.14
12.00
–
–
14.55
–
10.75
13.87
13.79
13.90
14.37
5.5
3.3
2.5
8.9
–
–
5.4
–
2.4
2.2
2.4
2.9
4.5
19.25
11.98
12.95
14.32
10.81
8.73
10.75
5.1
6.9
4.7
12.2
8.2
6.1
17.7
–
11.98
11.94
15.08
9.63
8.52
10.61
–
6.9
9.6
14.9
9.6
5.9
19.6
–
–
14.20
11.45
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
5.7
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ...................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
10
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$11.75
12.58
6.0
6.6
$11.36
12.28
7.2
8.1
$13.95
13.95
7.1
7.1
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
14.77
18.21
7.3
8.6
14.23
18.30
8.7
10.4
17.88
17.88
11.8
11.8
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Athletes .................................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
28.04
31.45
–
–
29.40
53.33
26.07
99.04
15.96
20.20
16.69
11.23
–
–
16.40
–
8.5
9.0
–
–
4.2
7.4
3.6
11.5
10.3
6.3
15.4
7.8
–
–
8.8
–
27.42
30.55
–
–
29.38
53.33
26.09
–
17.80
–
17.23
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
10.3
–
–
4.3
7.4
3.6
–
11.0
–
19.4
–
–
–
–
–
31.23
36.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.7
22.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.91
15.33
16.69
18.48
22.52
17.46
13.47
34.1
6.4
5.0
21.4
7.4
3.4
4.4
30.27
15.22
16.99
18.48
22.52
17.65
13.89
36.2
10.6
5.7
21.4
7.4
4.6
3.5
–
–
15.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
22.05
23.80
–
12.4
18.3
–
23.76
23.80
–
18.2
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
7.57
8.11
7.31
7.01
10.62
3.3
8.0
4.8
3.3
21.8
7.57
8.11
7.31
7.01
10.62
3.3
8.0
4.8
3.3
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
11.37
14.01
12.59
9.57
10.35
9.13
8.47
11.07
10.02
14.45
9.38
8.4
5.2
4.2
9.7
2.6
3.3
12.6
3.9
6.8
8.7
11.7
11.19
14.57
–
9.57
–
9.13
9.84
11.07
10.02
–
9.44
9.8
3.3
–
9.7
–
3.3
4.7
3.9
6.8
–
12.9
11.91
–
–
–
8.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
10.01
11.5
9.96
12.1
10.91
19.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
9.14
8.9
8.94
9.5
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
10.42
11.97
12.5
6.5
10.04
11.97
13.2
6.5
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
7.62
7.58
8.82
5.6
6.0
10.4
7.67
7.58
8.82
5.9
6.0
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
— Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
$6.71
5.7
$6.71
5.7
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
8.09
9.58
8.57
6.34
4.72
7.78
3.95
6.84
9.18
9.63
9.12
7.98
8.02
9.15
9.50
9.10
8.85
3.6
7.4
6.3
7.2
16.3
5.2
12.1
9.6
4.5
11.1
4.8
6.9
7.1
4.3
16.5
2.5
17.7
7.63
8.52
8.55
5.72
4.72
7.78
3.95
5.86
9.16
9.46
9.13
7.91
7.95
9.13
–
–
9.29
3.8
6.6
6.6
5.3
16.3
5.2
12.1
3.8
4.6
11.8
4.9
6.8
7.1
8.4
–
–
20.8
$10.00
11.99
–
10.04
–
–
–
9.98
–
–
–
–
–
9.17
–
9.47
–
4.0
2.9
–
3.5
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
1.1
–
Blue collar –Continued
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
12
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$819
821
1.8
1.8
38.2
38.2
$794
794
2.3
2.3
38.5
38.5
$899
900
2.0
2.0
37.2
37.2
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
966
978
1.9
1.8
37.9
37.8
963
979
2.3
2.2
38.6
38.5
974
976
2.8
2.8
36.0
36.0
1,127
1,189
1.8
1.8
37.3
37.3
1,102
1,175
2.2
2.1
38.3
38.7
1,168
1,210
3.5
3.4
35.6
35.4
1,174
1,055
3.6
6.7
39.9
39.6
1,228
–
3.6
–
40.2
–
964
–
4.0
–
38.7
–
1,182
1,207
1,111
1,270
6.1
15.6
6.9
5.7
39.5
39.4
39.1
40.2
1,182
1,207
1,173
1,320
6.1
15.6
6.5
4.8
39.5
39.4
40.0
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,249
3.1
39.3
1,251
3.1
39.4
–
–
–
1,269
3.3
39.7
1,272
3.3
39.7
–
–
–
1,229
1,243
1,225
1,343
1,065
1,310
1,030
1,083
659
839
1,654
2,007
7.5
4.8
6.6
1.8
2.2
6.6
1.7
7.0
4.6
2.3
4.7
9.0
38.5
39.2
39.9
37.1
39.1
43.9
38.0
38.3
37.6
38.0
38.0
36.7
1,229
1,256
1,225
1,363
1,084
1,349
1,048
1,177
658
–
1,640
–
7.5
4.9
6.6
.9
2.5
8.1
1.8
4.8
5.7
–
7.4
–
38.5
39.2
39.9
37.2
38.4
39.5
38.1
38.2
38.2
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
986
1,180
939
–
–
–
1,675
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
6.8
3.9
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
42.5
58.6
37.4
–
–
–
38.6
–
1,698
11.6
38.6
2,010
19.3
37.7
1,452
9.7
39.3
1,241
4.1
33.8
826
5.6
36.8
1,299
4.3
33.4
1,055
1,379
1,478
1,231
1,092
29.6
4.1
6.5
4.5
6.9
34.5
34.7
34.7
33.4
32.7
–
1,002
1,230
751
812
–
5.6
13.2
8.7
10.1
–
38.9
40.3
34.8
35.9
–
1,435
1,492
1,294
1,116
–
4.4
6.7
4.0
7.3
–
34.1
34.4
33.2
32.4
1,088
13.2
34.2
708
10.7
36.4
1,240
8.5
33.4
1,036
987
9.5
10.2
35.4
35.4
956
872
9.2
7.4
35.5
35.6
1,313
1,313
17.2
17.2
35.1
35.1
1,075
982
1,169
8.0
10.2
9.7
35.8
36.7
35.1
927
982
788
9.8
10.2
15.8
36.7
36.7
36.8
1,267
–
1,293
6.3
–
5.3
34.6
–
34.5
783
800
515
1,582
1,582
6.6
7.2
9.2
15.7
15.7
37.0
37.0
36.9
40.6
40.6
759
773
–
2,232
2,232
5.4
5.3
–
9.9
9.9
37.1
37.0
–
46.7
46.7
795
814
–
1,129
1,129
10.0
10.7
–
9.8
9.8
36.9
37.0
–
36.3
36.3
1,172
1,096
5.8
7.4
38.2
38.5
1,185
1,096
5.8
7.4
38.2
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Chemists, except biochemists
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Pharmacists ............................
Dietitians .................................
Respiratory therapists .............
Teachers, college and university
English teachers .....................
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Economists .............................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Recreation workers .................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Designers ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
$670
1,211
813
1,251
843
19.9
14.8
10.6
6.1
6.2
38.5
36.4
37.6
39.2
37.2
–
$1,211
–
1,256
874
–
14.8
–
6.1
6.8
–
36.4
–
39.2
37.0
–
–
–
–
$677
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
38.0
704
853
609
5.1
4.2
2.7
38.0
37.3
37.4
688
844
612
5.8
4.3
3.3
38.1
37.4
37.3
813
–
591
8.3
–
3.0
37.5
–
38.0
617
2.5
38.4
586
3.5
38.2
657
7.3
38.6
830
719
661
7.1
10.8
2.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
830
719
661
7.1
10.8
2.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,328
941
734
858
5.9
8.1
6.6
7.7
38.5
38.7
36.6
38.3
1,328
976
–
870
5.9
8.4
–
8.1
38.5
39.1
–
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,334
3.0
38.7
1,413
2.9
39.1
1,022
7.0
37.3
1,557
2.8
39.2
1,586
2.9
39.5
1,371
6.6
37.3
1,244
1,674
8.6
7.0
36.8
38.7
–
1,731
–
7.0
–
38.7
1,253
–
9.0
–
36.9
–
1,479
8.5
37.9
1,479
8.5
37.9
–
–
–
1,820
7.4
39.6
1,820
7.4
39.6
–
–
–
1,443
10.9
36.3
962
12.5
36.3
1,733
7.2
36.2
1,478
10.2
38.7
1,617
10.3
39.0
986
3.7
37.8
1,560
10.1
36.8
1,602
10.1
36.8
–
–
–
1,528
1,033
981
1,366
1,192
3.2
6.1
3.2
18.4
7.8
40.0
38.0
38.6
37.5
36.9
1,540
1,127
992
1,473
1,234
3.3
6.9
3.4
18.6
8.3
40.1
38.3
38.8
38.1
37.2
1,374
805
–
–
–
11.2
6.5
–
–
–
37.9
37.3
–
–
–
938
9.0
38.5
1,062
8.5
38.6
717
6.2
38.4
1,033
970
9.8
10.5
38.0
39.2
1,039
–
10.0
–
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Relative
error4
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. –Continued
Painters, sculptors, craft
artists, and artist
printmakers .......................
Editors and reporters ..............
Public relations specialists ......
Professional, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Broadcast equipment
operators ..........................
Computer programmers .........
Legal assistants ......................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Construction inspectors ..........
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Advertising and related sales
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, apparel ...........
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,
and appliances .................
Sales workers, hardware and
building supplies ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
Computer operators ................
Secretaries .............................
Stenographers ........................
Typists ....................................
Interviewers ............................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
File clerks ...............................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Telephone operators ..............
Mail clerks, except postal
service ..............................
Messengers ............................
Dispatchers .............................
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
$750
938
11.1
4.7
37.6
37.8
$1,095
949
5.7
6.0
37.7
38.1
788
935
791
953
8.3
7.9
6.7
8.8
39.5
40.2
36.3
38.0
792
935
791
953
8.4
7.9
6.7
8.8
39.5
40.2
36.3
38.0
1,142
354
11.8
19.1
40.3
37.9
1,142
354
11.8
19.1
540
18.5
40.3
540
590
8.7
40.0
375
519
631
4.8
6.9
16.5
569
769
11.3
6.0
37.6
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.3
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.5
40.3
–
–
–
590
8.7
40.0
–
–
–
39.3
39.5
38.5
375
490
631
4.8
6.0
16.5
39.3
39.4
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
5.3
37.8
37.4
575
796
1.8
6.3
38.2
37.7
545
681
2.4
3.6
35.9
36.3
778
6.3
38.1
792
6.6
38.4
–
–
–
890
592
609
641
492
453
378
11.2
6.5
1.9
4.0
5.2
9.5
9.4
39.3
37.6
37.3
38.0
35.7
36.2
38.1
890
580
611
–
525
443
378
11.2
6.7
2.1
–
5.8
10.7
9.4
39.3
37.7
37.5
–
37.3
36.4
38.1
–
–
600
652
466
–
–
–
–
3.4
4.9
7.1
–
–
–
–
36.7
38.1
34.5
–
–
571
445
694
10.9
4.2
5.2
39.4
38.5
38.2
571
445
694
10.9
4.2
5.2
39.4
38.5
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
534
452
429
561
8.6
10.4
4.9
4.3
38.7
34.1
37.0
38.2
–
547
429
570
–
5.7
4.9
4.7
–
36.4
37.0
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
561
578
483
597
2.7
9.5
3.4
5.1
37.6
38.2
38.5
38.5
558
578
483
606
2.9
9.5
3.4
4.6
38.0
38.2
38.5
38.6
589
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
34.4
–
–
–
475
359
593
13.0
17.3
4.9
38.7
38.5
39.6
475
348
586
13.0
18.6
5.9
38.7
39.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
496
567
3.6
5.6
39.2
39.2
492
567
4.1
5.6
39.4
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
$698
909
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Material recording, scheduling,
and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. .................................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Statistical clerks ......................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics ....
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .....................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, production ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Stationary engineers ...............
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing,
and polishing machine
operators ..........................
$490
13.2
38.1
$490
13.2
38.1
–
–
–
726
14.5
39.1
726
14.5
39.1
–
–
–
682
521
682
528
397
446
448
366
581
7.1
4.4
5.8
3.6
2.9
4.6
8.8
6.9
5.5
39.4
35.6
39.6
37.5
38.1
38.7
36.0
32.5
37.4
684
–
682
528
397
428
444
–
612
7.6
–
5.8
4.7
2.9
4.7
8.9
–
5.7
39.3
–
39.6
38.1
38.1
38.4
36.0
–
37.8
–
$526
–
531
–
–
–
385
495
–
4.3
–
4.8
–
–
–
6.4
2.5
–
35.0
–
36.0
–
–
–
30.6
36.2
592
2.8
39.5
574
3.0
39.5
716
5.6
39.3
825
2.7
39.5
822
3.1
39.5
838
5.3
39.1
1,044
892
725
5.0
5.0
4.5
39.9
39.8
39.9
1,116
–
725
2.2
–
4.5
39.8
–
39.9
–
911
–
–
4.7
–
–
39.7
–
897
5.9
39.9
897
5.9
39.9
–
–
–
842
7.8
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
748
4.1
39.0
745
5.4
38.8
756
5.0
39.5
1,214
843
923
9.7
10.0
7.9
39.0
39.1
39.4
1,165
831
963
10.5
12.3
8.0
38.8
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
851
7.7
36.9
907
5.3
37.4
–
–
–
821
712
886
696
4.4
17.1
7.6
9.6
38.5
37.9
40.2
40.0
–
712
886
643
–
17.1
7.6
8.4
–
37.9
40.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
433
8.9
39.8
433
8.9
39.8
–
–
–
905
847
11.2
7.1
40.0
39.4
905
861
11.2
7.7
40.0
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
432
3.9
39.7
429
4.0
39.8
–
–
–
362
8.6
40.0
362
8.6
40.0
–
–
–
472
9.8
40.0
472
9.8
40.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
Numerical control machine
operators ..........................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Photographic process
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Bus drivers ..............................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. .....
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Miscellaneous material
moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Helpers, construction trades ...
Production helpers ..................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
$469
7.3
40.0
$469
7.3
40.0
–
–
–
530
15.5
40.0
530
15.5
40.0
–
–
–
291
6.2
39.7
291
6.2
39.7
–
–
–
422
6.9
39.1
418
7.4
39.3
–
–
–
399
14.5
40.0
399
14.5
40.0
–
–
–
506
7.2
39.8
506
7.2
39.8
–
–
–
443
3.0
40.0
443
3.0
40.0
–
–
–
512
340
6.4
7.0
39.5
39.9
512
340
6.4
7.0
39.5
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
444
6.6
39.8
444
6.6
39.8
–
–
–
618
633
753
460
487
4.5
3.7
3.1
15.2
15.4
39.0
39.9
40.0
33.5
37.8
610
616
753
–
–
4.8
3.5
3.1
–
–
39.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
11.2
–
–
–
–
39.1
–
–
–
–
544
13.9
40.0
544
13.9
40.0
–
–
–
750
8.3
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
504
5.1
39.5
477
5.8
39.5
642
3.7
39.8
510
7.5
39.6
467
5.5
39.5
–
–
–
652
561
369
581
14.7
6.5
7.6
8.5
38.6
39.3
39.2
39.8
598
–
369
581
14.8
–
7.6
8.6
38.4
–
39.2
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
512
463
7.6
14.0
40.0
40.0
512
463
7.6
14.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
450
7.2
39.6
422
9.0
39.5
585
4.6
40.0
540
796
4.2
5.7
37.8
39.8
400
437
3.9
9.8
36.9
39.5
788
944
3.6
3.5
39.3
39.9
1,245
648
7.6
8.1
39.9
40.0
–
648
–
8.1
–
40.0
1,245
–
7.6
–
39.9
–
937
5.2
39.3
–
–
–
937
5.2
39.3
871
5.9
38.0
–
–
–
871
5.9
38.0
See footnotes at end of table.
17
$638
–
–
–
–
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
–
–
–
$831
3.2
39.8
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
$831
3.2
39.8
413
374
10.2
5.7
39.4
38.7
$408
364
10.8
6.3
39.5
38.9
527
452
2.6
9.9
37.3
37.7
562
240
443
8.0
15.1
6.4
41.1
38.1
39.2
530
240
437
8.1
15.1
6.9
41.3
38.1
39.3
–
–
542
–
–
5.1
–
–
37.3
479
333
375
476
10.2
8.0
4.7
3.6
39.6
38.0
37.2
38.2
481
312
345
448
10.6
9.3
4.6
4.9
39.6
38.1
37.0
37.7
–
405
538
541
–
4.1
2.3
2.2
–
37.7
38.8
39.2
358
499
5.0
4.2
37.1
38.5
331
468
4.6
7.1
36.9
38.3
537
560
3.1
4.5
38.6
39.0
758
440
507
454
4.5
6.6
4.9
8.9
39.4
36.7
39.1
31.7
–
440
469
461
–
6.6
10.0
10.7
–
36.7
39.3
30.6
–
–
552
420
–
–
4.7
5.6
–
–
38.9
36.7
377
337
356
8.7
4.8
22.9
34.9
38.6
33.1
330
332
347
9.3
5.0
24.9
34.3
39.0
32.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS
SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED
REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
18
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$41,589
41,614
1.8
1.8
1,940
1,935
$41,006
40,995
2.3
2.3
1,991
1,988
$43,267
43,312
2.0
2.0
1,791
1,790
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
48,551
49,065
1.9
1.8
1,907
1,897
49,723
50,508
2.3
2.2
1,991
1,985
45,319
45,399
2.8
2.8
1,676
1,673
54,054
56,121
1.8
1.8
1,789
1,760
56,004
59,273
2.2
2.1
1,945
1,952
51,187
52,330
3.5
3.4
1,558
1,529
61,066
54,868
3.6
6.7
2,075
2,059
63,857
–
3.6
–
2,090
–
50,136
–
4.0
–
2,014
–
61,450
62,786
57,769
66,062
6.1
15.6
6.9
5.7
2,054
2,046
2,033
2,091
61,450
62,786
60,972
68,643
6.1
15.6
6.5
4.8
2,054
2,046
2,080
2,092
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
64,958
3.1
2,045
65,054
3.1
2,048
–
–
–
66,011
3.3
2,062
66,134
3.3
2,065
–
–
–
63,928
64,624
63,717
69,846
55,233
68,141
53,356
56,310
34,242
43,628
65,005
80,048
7.5
4.8
6.6
1.8
2.2
6.6
1.7
7.0
4.6
2.3
4.7
9.0
2,003
2,039
2,072
1,930
2,029
2,282
1,969
1,992
1,953
1,974
1,492
1,465
63,928
65,287
63,717
70,850
56,332
70,169
54,499
61,192
34,197
–
62,324
–
7.5
4.9
6.6
.9
2.5
8.1
1.8
4.8
5.7
–
7.4
–
2,003
2,040
2,072
1,935
1,994
2,052
1,983
1,986
1,987
–
1,426
–
–
–
–
–
50,512
61,359
47,653
–
–
–
69,409
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
6.8
3.9
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
2,180
3,049
1,899
–
–
–
1,599
–
70,533
11.6
1,603
84,743
19.3
1,591
59,601
9.7
1,612
50,344
4.1
1,371
36,750
5.6
1,637
52,072
4.3
1,337
45,497
54,727
58,614
50,008
44,435
29.6
4.1
6.5
4.5
6.9
1,490
1,376
1,376
1,357
1,330
–
39,521
46,224
36,053
37,592
–
5.6
13.2
8.7
10.1
–
1,535
1,515
1,671
1,664
–
56,992
59,328
51,528
44,944
–
4.4
6.7
4.0
7.3
–
1,353
1,368
1,323
1,305
50,292
13.2
1,583
36,818
10.7
1,894
54,904
8.5
1,477
49,124
46,146
9.5
10.2
1,677
1,655
47,660
43,079
9.2
7.4
1,768
1,757
53,237
53,237
17.2
17.2
1,422
1,422
51,830
51,066
53,157
8.0
10.2
9.7
1,725
1,908
1,594
47,628
51,066
38,906
9.8
10.2
15.8
1,883
1,908
1,816
56,600
–
57,321
6.3
–
5.3
1,546
–
1,529
40,289
41,439
25,416
82,279
82,279
6.6
7.2
9.2
15.7
15.7
1,904
1,914
1,824
2,110
2,110
38,793
40,211
–
116,069
116,069
5.4
5.3
–
9.9
9.9
1,896
1,922
–
2,429
2,429
41,112
42,038
–
58,716
58,716
10.0
10.7
–
9.8
9.8
1,909
1,910
–
1,888
1,888
60,943
56,974
5.8
7.4
1,987
2,004
61,595
56,974
5.8
7.4
1,985
2,004
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Chemists, except biochemists
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Pharmacists ............................
Dietitians .................................
Respiratory therapists .............
Teachers, college and university
English teachers .....................
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Economists .............................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Recreation workers .................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Designers ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. –Continued
Painters, sculptors, craft
artists, and artist
printmakers .......................
Editors and reporters ..............
Public relations specialists ......
Professional, n.e.c. .................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Broadcast equipment
operators ..........................
Computer programmers .........
Legal assistants ......................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers, service
organizations, n.e.c. .........
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Construction inspectors ..........
$34,819
62,971
42,291
65,073
43,767
19.9
14.8
10.6
6.1
6.2
2,004
1,895
1,953
2,038
1,931
–
$62,971
–
65,295
45,425
–
14.8
–
6.1
6.8
–
1,895
–
2,037
1,923
–
–
–
–
$35,085
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
1,971
36,609
44,378
31,652
5.1
4.2
2.7
1,976
1,939
1,945
35,756
43,908
31,835
5.8
4.3
3.3
1,979
1,947
1,939
42,276
–
30,747
8.3
–
3.0
1,949
–
1,978
32,016
2.5
1,992
30,367
3.5
1,982
34,153
7.3
2,005
43,161
37,374
34,371
7.1
10.8
2.9
2,078
2,064
2,080
43,161
37,374
34,371
7.1
10.8
2.9
2,078
2,064
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
69,069
48,932
38,159
44,312
5.9
8.1
6.6
7.7
2,003
2,012
1,903
1,979
69,069
50,754
–
45,237
5.9
8.4
–
8.1
2,003
2,032
–
1,992
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
69,093
3.0
2,005
73,466
2.9
2,031
52,187
7.0
1,902
80,439
2.8
2,025
82,493
2.9
2,054
67,939
6.6
1,848
64,402
87,037
8.6
7.0
1,906
2,012
–
90,004
–
7.0
–
2,011
64,844
–
9.0
–
1,911
–
76,883
8.5
1,971
76,883
8.5
1,971
–
–
–
94,659
7.4
2,060
94,659
7.4
2,060
–
–
–
68,031
10.9
1,709
50,038
12.5
1,889
77,342
7.2
1,616
76,836
10.2
2,013
84,073
10.3
2,027
51,282
3.7
1,965
81,128
10.1
1,912
83,286
10.1
1,914
–
–
–
79,480
53,686
51,004
71,046
61,972
3.2
6.1
3.2
18.4
7.8
2,079
1,977
2,008
1,950
1,919
80,074
58,578
51,597
76,605
64,184
3.3
6.9
3.4
18.6
8.3
2,087
1,994
2,016
1,982
1,934
71,432
41,876
–
–
–
11.2
6.5
–
–
–
1,971
1,937
–
–
–
48,647
9.0
1,998
55,027
8.5
1,998
37,267
6.2
1,999
53,724
50,458
9.8
10.5
1,975
2,040
54,032
–
10.0
–
1,976
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
$36,301
47,286
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Advertising and related sales
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, apparel ...........
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,
and appliances .................
Sales workers, hardware and
building supplies ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
Computer operators ................
Secretaries .............................
Stenographers ........................
Typists ....................................
Interviewers ............................
Hotel clerks .............................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
File clerks ...............................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Billing clerks ............................
Telephone operators ..............
Mail clerks, except postal
service ..............................
Messengers ............................
Dispatchers .............................
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
$38,982
48,751
11.1
4.7
1,954
1,968
$56,934
49,327
5.7
6.0
1,959
1,980
11.3
6.0
1,954
1,937
40,985
48,629
41,116
49,567
8.3
7.9
6.7
8.8
2,054
2,089
1,888
1,977
41,207
48,629
41,116
49,567
8.4
7.9
6.7
8.8
2,053
2,089
1,888
1,977
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
59,380
18,434
11.8
19.1
2,094
1,972
59,380
18,434
11.8
19.1
2,094
1,972
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,089
18.5
2,097
28,089
18.5
2,097
–
–
–
30,670
8.7
2,080
30,670
8.7
2,080
–
–
–
19,518
26,995
32,821
4.8
6.9
16.5
2,044
2,054
2,001
19,518
25,486
32,821
4.8
6.0
16.5
2,044
2,049
2,001
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,295
39,707
1.6
5.3
1,945
1,932
29,876
41,377
1.8
6.3
1,987
1,963
26,933
34,477
2.4
3.6
1,774
1,835
40,453
6.3
1,982
41,203
6.6
1,998
–
–
–
46,273
30,796
31,262
33,321
23,718
23,562
19,676
11.2
6.5
1.9
4.0
5.2
9.5
9.4
2,043
1,954
1,915
1,975
1,723
1,882
1,980
46,273
30,179
31,756
–
27,283
23,027
19,676
11.2
6.7
2.1
–
5.8
10.7
9.4
2,043
1,963
1,946
–
1,940
1,893
1,980
–
–
29,431
33,893
21,230
–
–
–
–
3.4
4.9
7.1
–
–
–
–
1,799
1,982
1,572
–
–
29,712
23,123
36,106
10.9
4.2
5.2
2,046
2,000
1,987
29,712
23,123
36,106
10.9
4.2
5.2
2,046
2,000
1,987
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,744
21,481
22,294
29,166
8.6
10.4
4.9
4.3
2,015
1,624
1,926
1,988
–
28,462
22,294
29,616
–
5.7
4.9
4.7
–
1,891
1,926
1,978
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,168
30,052
25,112
31,062
2.7
9.5
3.4
5.1
1,957
1,988
2,001
2,000
29,014
30,052
25,112
31,514
2.9
9.5
3.4
4.6
1,975
1,988
2,001
2,005
30,624
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
1,786
–
–
–
24,693
18,666
30,827
13.0
17.3
4.9
2,013
2,000
2,060
24,693
18,076
30,446
13.0
18.6
5.9
2,013
2,028
2,055
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,811
29,509
3.6
5.6
2,037
2,037
25,603
29,509
4.1
5.6
2,048
2,037
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
Material recording, scheduling,
and distribution clerks,
n.e.c. .................................
Insurance adjusters,
examiners, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Statistical clerks ......................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics ....
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, electricians and
power transmission
installers ...........................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .....................
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, production ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Stationary engineers ...............
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing,
and polishing machine
operators ..........................
$25,493
13.2
1,982
$25,493
13.2
1,982
–
–
–
37,744
14.5
2,035
37,744
14.5
2,035
–
–
–
35,470
27,076
35,483
27,400
20,651
23,190
23,282
15,166
30,136
7.1
4.4
5.8
3.6
2.9
4.6
8.8
6.9
5.5
2,048
1,854
2,058
1,944
1,980
2,010
1,871
1,345
1,939
35,569
–
35,483
27,414
20,651
22,251
23,087
–
31,806
7.6
–
5.8
4.7
2.9
4.7
8.9
–
5.7
2,046
–
2,058
1,982
1,980
1,998
1,873
–
1,968
–
$27,344
–
27,365
–
–
–
14,928
25,436
–
4.3
–
4.8
–
–
–
6.4
2.5
–
1,821
–
1,856
–
–
–
1,187
1,860
30,630
2.8
2,042
29,684
3.0
2,046
36,768
5.6
2,016
42,714
2.7
2,044
42,528
3.1
2,046
43,597
5.3
2,034
54,049
46,383
37,719
5.0
5.0
4.5
2,063
2,068
2,073
57,686
–
37,719
2.2
–
4.5
2,060
–
2,073
–
47,363
–
–
4.7
–
–
2,066
–
46,627
5.9
2,077
46,627
5.9
2,077
–
–
–
43,772
7.8
2,062
–
–
–
–
–
–
38,916
4.1
2,029
38,755
5.4
2,018
39,320
5.0
2,056
59,586
43,822
47,148
9.7
10.0
7.9
1,915
2,033
2,013
56,611
43,201
48,991
10.5
12.3
8.0
1,886
2,080
2,008
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
44,276
7.7
1,920
47,158
5.3
1,947
–
–
–
42,708
37,049
45,346
36,190
4.4
17.1
7.6
9.6
2,002
1,969
2,057
2,080
–
37,049
45,346
33,435
–
17.1
7.6
8.4
–
1,969
2,057
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22,539
8.9
2,071
22,539
8.9
2,071
–
–
–
47,055
44,058
11.2
7.1
2,080
2,047
47,055
44,798
11.2
7.7
2,080
2,059
–
–
–
–
–
–
22,407
3.9
2,064
22,297
4.0
2,065
–
–
–
18,811
8.6
2,080
18,811
8.6
2,080
–
–
–
24,523
9.8
2,080
24,523
9.8
2,080
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors –Continued
Numerical control machine
operators ..........................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Laundering and dry cleaning
machine operators ............
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Photographic process
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Driver-sales workers ...............
Bus drivers ..............................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. .....
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Miscellaneous material
moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Supervisors, handlers,
equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ..................
Helpers, construction trades ...
Production helpers ..................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
$24,377
7.3
2,080
$24,377
7.3
2,080
–
–
–
27,546
15.5
2,080
27,546
15.5
2,080
–
–
–
15,126
6.2
2,062
15,126
6.2
2,062
–
–
–
21,918
6.9
2,035
21,760
7.4
2,046
–
–
–
20,729
14.5
2,080
20,729
14.5
2,080
–
–
–
26,296
7.2
2,070
26,296
7.2
2,070
–
–
–
23,016
3.0
2,080
23,016
3.0
2,080
–
–
–
26,620
17,700
6.4
7.0
2,054
2,074
26,620
17,700
6.4
7.0
2,054
2,074
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,099
6.6
2,070
23,099
6.6
2,070
–
–
–
31,319
32,933
39,159
20,030
25,344
4.5
3.7
3.1
15.2
15.4
1,979
2,075
2,079
1,459
1,964
31,138
32,034
39,159
–
–
4.8
3.5
3.1
–
–
1,989
2,074
2,079
–
–
11.2
–
–
–
–
1,950
–
–
–
–
28,290
13.9
2,080
28,290
13.9
2,080
–
–
–
39,022
8.3
2,055
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,181
5.1
2,053
24,773
5.8
2,051
33,375
3.7
2,068
26,005
7.5
2,021
23,655
5.5
1,999
–
–
–
33,906
29,154
19,188
30,200
14.7
6.5
7.6
8.5
2,006
2,043
2,039
2,068
31,090
–
19,188
30,206
14.8
–
7.6
8.6
1,999
–
2,039
2,069
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,626
24,098
7.6
14.0
2,080
2,080
26,626
24,098
7.6
14.0
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,391
7.2
2,060
21,960
9.0
2,056
30,418
4.6
2,079
27,859
41,367
4.2
5.7
1,946
2,067
20,688
22,699
3.9
9.8
1,908
2,055
40,344
49,049
3.6
3.5
2,014
2,071
64,726
33,682
7.6
8.1
2,075
2,080
–
33,682
–
8.1
–
2,080
64,726
–
7.6
–
2,075
–
48,707
5.2
2,044
–
–
–
48,707
5.2
2,044
45,281
5.9
1,974
–
–
–
45,281
5.9
1,974
See footnotes at end of table.
23
$31,831
–
–
–
–
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .......
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
–
–
–
$43,233
3.2
2,069
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
$43,233
3.2
2,069
21,474
18,884
10.2
5.7
2,046
1,956
$21,191
18,704
10.8
6.3
2,054
1,999
26,801
20,055
2.6
9.9
1,895
1,672
29,243
12,365
22,067
8.0
15.1
6.4
2,138
1,969
1,951
27,579
12,365
21,712
8.1
15.1
6.9
2,146
1,969
1,952
–
–
28,193
–
–
5.1
–
–
1,938
24,780
16,521
19,464
24,757
10.2
8.0
4.7
3.6
2,050
1,884
1,936
1,985
24,867
16,230
17,950
23,296
10.6
9.3
4.6
4.9
2,048
1,980
1,923
1,961
–
17,335
27,878
28,153
–
4.1
2.3
2.2
–
1,613
2,010
2,041
18,591
25,837
5.0
4.2
1,928
1,993
17,233
24,225
4.6
7.1
1,917
1,981
27,774
28,979
3.1
4.5
1,999
2,017
39,414
22,898
26,146
22,705
4.5
6.6
4.9
8.9
2,047
1,911
2,019
1,585
–
22,898
24,178
23,608
–
6.6
10.0
10.7
–
1,911
2,025
1,565
–
–
28,556
19,076
–
–
4.7
5.6
–
–
2,011
1,666
16,626
16,801
17,953
8.7
4.8
22.9
1,539
1,924
1,670
15,646
17,085
17,449
9.3
5.0
24.9
1,624
2,005
1,645
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS
SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED
REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
24
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$20.55
20.78
1.8
1.8
$19.66
19.89
2.3
2.3
$23.53
23.57
2.2
2.2
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
24.64
7.39
10.63
11.14
13.33
15.81
17.02
20.86
25.57
30.68
30.24
34.45
42.47
51.82
59.79
30.38
25.43
7.76
11.72
11.56
13.88
15.62
16.79
21.00
25.64
30.74
30.09
34.49
42.04
51.82
59.79
30.09
1.9
4.8
6.7
1.9
2.7
2.0
2.7
3.6
4.8
2.4
3.2
3.7
3.4
4.5
4.7
7.7
1.8
7.3
6.3
1.9
2.7
1.8
2.6
3.6
5.4
2.4
3.2
3.9
2.9
4.5
4.7
7.8
24.07
7.55
10.53
10.93
13.22
15.91
17.52
20.65
23.30
27.97
31.51
35.21
42.43
52.14
61.14
37.13
25.02
8.08
11.70
11.44
13.82
15.67
17.27
20.74
22.96
28.01
31.42
35.29
41.95
52.14
61.14
36.87
2.3
4.6
7.2
1.9
3.0
2.3
2.4
2.1
2.2
2.5
3.5
4.3
3.8
5.0
5.1
6.7
2.2
7.3
6.9
2.0
3.0
2.1
2.3
2.1
2.4
2.5
3.5
4.5
3.2
5.0
5.1
6.8
26.59
5.34
11.94
13.22
14.27
15.51
15.22
21.67
33.22
34.23
27.32
30.98
42.68
49.33
51.10
21.23
26.67
5.34
11.94
12.62
14.27
15.51
15.22
22.03
33.22
34.23
27.32
30.98
42.68
49.33
51.10
21.23
3.0
4.4
12.7
7.2
5.0
3.6
5.3
14.8
12.6
4.1
5.4
4.3
6.9
3.8
2.5
9.6
3.0
4.4
12.7
6.6
5.0
3.6
5.3
15.1
12.6
4.1
5.4
4.3
6.9
3.8
2.5
9.6
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
30.09
31.86
15.50
19.90
23.42
30.15
32.10
28.62
30.52
39.49
47.93
55.60
33.90
29.45
20.54
25.21
27.34
27.74
34.04
43.38
51.00
26.65
29.87
30.68
27.99
31.67
26.90
36.46
33.05
1.9
1.8
6.3
13.1
9.0
7.7
3.2
4.0
2.3
3.6
3.9
4.9
6.6
3.7
3.9
4.1
8.8
4.6
4.5
3.0
1.5
7.7
5.5
16.7
5.7
5.4
9.2
2.2
5.0
28.69
30.38
16.25
19.89
21.97
24.03
27.49
28.58
30.66
39.06
47.51
56.41
38.03
30.53
20.54
27.56
31.46
27.74
33.84
43.38
51.00
–
29.87
30.68
28.70
32.84
26.90
36.46
33.07
2.3
2.0
6.5
14.5
3.5
2.9
4.1
3.0
2.5
4.1
4.7
5.6
8.4
3.9
3.9
4.2
6.7
4.6
4.8
3.0
1.5
–
5.5
16.7
6.5
4.6
9.2
2.2
5.1
32.80
34.26
11.46
–
26.23
41.35
35.30
28.69
29.80
42.01
49.56
51.27
28.33
24.90
–
23.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
3.3
7.5
–
21.8
6.5
4.4
9.9
5.9
6.2
3.9
6.7
3.2
4.9
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.47
23.08
36.53
28.45
31.35
37.12
42.79
52.98
32.01
21.03
21.47
28.61
28.45
30.63
37.12
42.79
52.98
3.2
6.1
18.8
3.8
3.5
4.9
7.4
6.9
4.0
3.7
1.1
4.1
3.8
3.2
4.9
7.4
6.9
$21.47
23.08
36.58
28.45
31.38
37.06
42.79
52.98
32.03
21.03
21.47
28.44
28.45
30.67
37.06
42.79
52.98
3.2
6.1
19.2
3.8
3.5
5.0
7.4
6.9
4.1
3.7
1.1
4.2
3.8
3.2
5.0
7.4
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
44.36
31.69
26.63
35.36
30.75
36.19
27.49
22.81
24.39
25.58
25.17
24.24
28.53
41.34
55.77
51.81
33.43
31.39
18.25
16.32
26.82
49.40
55.46
51.81
34.87
26.96
26.86
26.39
26.12
33.30
28.67
28.46
28.99
17.66
16.51
21.57
21.01
45.80
26.35
37.88
35.75
21.8
5.3
5.8
3.3
6.8
1.6
2.2
7.7
5.9
3.0
2.3
8.0
5.2
12.7
4.0
7.9
18.6
7.4
11.4
10.5
12.6
17.8
4.1
7.9
19.9
1.7
6.4
3.2
2.4
3.0
5.9
6.7
2.6
3.7
4.1
2.3
3.5
4.3
5.4
16.5
7.2
44.36
32.00
26.58
35.36
30.75
36.61
28.42
22.81
24.75
25.57
25.92
27.79
28.80
41.57
57.38
–
48.92
35.93
20.21
19.98
28.93
49.40
57.38
–
55.99
27.27
27.54
26.37
26.68
33.30
28.05
30.42
–
17.38
–
21.58
–
43.36
–
–
35.97
21.8
5.5
6.1
3.3
6.8
1.4
2.5
7.7
6.3
3.4
2.5
7.0
5.4
13.5
4.2
–
15.7
8.1
11.4
6.3
12.4
17.8
4.2
–
14.2
1.9
6.9
3.6
2.6
3.0
6.6
4.4
–
4.2
–
2.4
–
6.9
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
$23.27
–
20.95
25.69
22.22
15.56
26.67
–
–
–
–
20.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.09
21.62
–
23.68
–
33.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
49.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
8.1
1.7
4.7
16.3
16.5
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
9.8
–
4.8
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
9 ......................................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$45.83
49.98
63.99
43.14
79.06
54.64
33.49
43.64
32.53
35.93
12.44
13.74
25.51
38.42
39.39
36.08
30.45
39.11
30.91
39.48
40.95
42.59
47.91
40.18
36.84
36.84
32.54
13.46
23.94
39.41
11.01
31.49
29.16
31.36
30.07
27.75
31.36
30.07
29.87
35.82
34.48
30.04
26.76
32.88
37.54
20.93
16.45
18.08
20.71
27.98
21.46
16.50
19.14
20.52
27.98
13.72
39.31
48.24
39.31
8.6
4.0
11.8
6.8
19.6
5.6
10.9
11.2
10.7
3.9
4.4
4.1
19.7
9.6
3.4
5.7
29.5
4.3
24.4
7.7
5.2
6.3
6.1
8.3
4.7
3.6
7.8
3.2
4.5
2.4
3.4
16.7
9.6
15.9
14.2
10.4
15.9
14.2
10.2
16.5
9.9
7.3
11.7
13.2
15.3
5.2
7.3
9.1
6.9
5.4
5.7
7.4
11.9
6.7
5.4
7.3
10.5
15.8
10.5
$49.68
–
–
41.25
–
–
–
52.11
–
21.75
12.59
13.30
20.33
24.28
25.91
–
15.38
24.80
21.08
31.09
–
30.52
–
–
21.87
–
20.81
13.46
–
–
–
19.13
26.93
–
30.07
24.54
–
30.07
25.19
–
–
–
26.76
21.65
–
20.33
–
–
23.10
25.41
20.88
–
–
22.47
25.41
–
47.79
49.36
47.79
9.8
–
–
10.8
–
–
–
16.4
–
4.7
6.8
3.4
4.6
10.6
7.3
–
10.7
5.7
3.5
10.2
–
13.3
–
–
9.0
–
11.0
3.2
–
–
–
12.2
9.4
–
14.2
7.8
–
14.2
10.3
–
–
–
11.7
11.7
–
5.7
–
–
4.0
5.2
5.6
–
–
3.5
5.2
–
10.0
23.2
10.0
$40.58
49.47
–
–
–
–
–
36.98
–
38.48
12.21
–
27.52
42.88
40.17
37.59
–
42.01
–
–
41.40
43.36
49.04
40.98
38.95
37.74
34.18
–
–
–
11.25
37.18
36.83
39.56
–
36.83
39.56
–
36.62
–
–
–
–
37.48
–
21.27
–
21.58
19.98
–
21.76
–
22.42
19.98
–
–
31.83
–
31.83
13.0
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
–
4.1
3.2
–
24.6
6.4
3.5
5.5
–
4.4
–
–
5.4
6.5
6.4
8.5
3.6
3.2
8.4
–
–
–
3.4
11.7
17.2
18.2
–
17.2
18.2
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
7.8
–
8.5
7.6
–
8.3
–
7.5
7.6
–
–
8.5
–
8.5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical science teachers .....................................
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
12 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Librarians ..............................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
9 ......................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
12 ......................................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$48.24
15.8
$49.36
23.2
–
–
30.48
15.51
20.91
22.24
29.72
33.01
39.37
32.69
27.66
5.8
5.0
8.8
3.7
9.4
6.5
8.6
17.0
7.6
31.01
15.51
20.91
22.24
31.19
33.58
39.37
33.98
27.66
5.9
5.0
8.8
3.7
9.4
6.6
8.6
17.4
7.6
$20.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.37
17.37
33.24
19.06
33.31
21.65
17.22
17.22
31.93
32.07
31.16
35.62
32.35
22.23
12.28
14.55
16.05
16.06
20.11
21.34
27.40
39.74
66.78
17.97
18.53
18.06
19.88
22.42
25.14
22.81
21.56
16.51
16.46
16.32
16.79
15.79
14.73
14.82
14.61
20.77
22.81
18.11
16.52
34.49
24.32
28.02
22.4
22.4
14.8
8.4
13.7
11.7
10.9
10.9
6.2
14.9
10.3
2.3
23.9
7.2
10.7
3.4
2.9
3.6
7.7
4.6
8.5
19.0
29.9
9.3
4.9
7.0
10.7
3.6
4.9
3.1
3.1
1.9
2.6
4.7
2.3
2.8
4.5
5.8
2.7
6.5
7.2
9.8
2.9
4.3
6.0
4.4
–
–
33.24
19.06
33.31
–
17.95
17.95
32.06
32.07
32.13
35.62
32.35
23.13
12.22
14.65
16.04
16.37
20.56
21.30
28.13
39.74
70.23
17.70
18.09
18.50
–
22.30
–
22.55
21.56
16.63
17.37
16.44
16.69
15.10
14.93
14.05
13.11
20.77
22.81
18.11
16.52
34.49
24.98
28.44
–
–
14.8
8.4
13.7
–
14.6
14.6
6.2
14.9
11.0
2.3
23.9
8.0
10.8
3.4
3.6
3.9
9.0
4.7
10.4
19.0
30.2
10.9
5.5
10.0
–
3.7
–
3.1
3.1
2.3
2.1
5.3
2.8
2.7
4.4
5.3
3.4
6.5
7.2
9.8
2.9
4.3
6.2
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.60
–
–
16.09
15.33
17.95
–
–
–
–
–
21.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.99
15.43
–
–
16.79
–
–
15.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
4.4
4.9
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
3.9
–
–
8.6
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Lawyers and judges –Continued
Lawyers –Continued
12 ......................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Athletes .................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
6 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...........................
Computer programmers .......................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.05
22.18
24.54
7.0
7.1
14.1
–
$22.48
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.39
17.24
15.55
19.78
22.09
28.16
30.01
35.29
43.61
56.46
61.59
42.33
39.61
21.42
24.00
29.90
31.09
35.06
42.77
56.23
64.80
43.99
33.80
43.26
33.77
35.27
43.14
71.86
38.07
2.8
4.3
7.7
3.5
4.2
2.8
3.8
4.1
3.6
7.2
6.1
7.9
2.6
7.8
8.3
3.7
6.0
3.5
3.2
7.7
6.2
8.9
8.2
6.8
12.6
9.8
9.3
18.9
8.4
36.11
16.66
17.28
20.41
22.78
28.56
32.20
36.27
43.68
56.60
63.09
45.43
40.03
21.99
24.22
29.83
31.16
35.45
42.63
56.37
67.09
46.24
–
44.76
35.76
37.66
43.14
77.24
38.07
2.7
4.8
3.8
3.7
4.7
3.0
3.4
4.5
3.8
7.3
6.5
7.5
2.8
7.8
8.6
3.8
6.1
3.5
3.3
7.8
6.5
8.6
–
6.7
10.4
9.3
9.3
20.6
8.4
$27.34
–
–
17.01
20.21
25.58
25.97
31.95
43.13
–
–
29.46
36.76
–
–
30.63
–
33.66
43.56
–
–
–
33.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
4.0
5.1
6.8
1.8
6.7
10.5
–
–
7.6
7.4
–
–
13.3
–
9.5
10.6
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.95
28.00
45.84
48.93
38.84
43.02
45.52
38.20
20.00
28.77
28.05
41.67
52.61
42.44
36.09
43.11
38.18
23.24
23.21
27.99
30.63
33.76
40.47
56.93
63.77
39.67
6.9
6.6
12.4
6.7
11.6
11.0
10.2
8.6
7.7
5.0
8.5
13.5
8.3
10.9
10.1
14.3
3.2
8.0
14.9
3.8
13.7
3.7
3.4
13.6
7.9
9.6
45.95
28.00
45.84
48.93
25.29
–
–
41.43
–
29.39
–
42.43
52.99
43.51
37.24
43.11
38.31
23.35
23.21
27.96
30.63
33.75
41.07
56.93
66.50
41.74
6.9
6.6
12.4
6.7
12.7
–
–
7.8
–
5.5
–
15.4
8.4
11.0
10.5
14.3
3.2
8.1
14.9
3.9
13.7
3.8
3.4
13.6
8.0
9.4
–
–
–
–
47.87
–
47.75
26.10
–
–
–
36.94
–
–
–
–
36.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
9.1
5.0
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
8 ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$27.11
17.19
15.61
19.07
21.27
26.10
29.48
35.88
47.75
58.78
37.57
25.33
17.02
19.90
20.72
24.73
28.73
28.47
36.43
19.37
23.75
47.39
32.29
5.9
4.3
8.0
2.7
4.3
2.7
4.5
10.9
10.7
18.0
16.9
3.3
5.6
3.0
7.6
3.7
4.9
7.7
16.6
7.6
5.3
12.7
7.5
$29.38
16.58
17.45
19.61
21.84
26.83
33.22
38.49
48.19
58.78
42.55
25.60
17.02
19.90
20.84
25.13
–
28.43
38.65
19.37
23.75
47.39
33.20
6.7
4.9
3.9
2.7
5.1
2.9
3.2
12.2
10.6
18.0
17.8
3.5
5.6
3.0
10.4
4.0
–
9.0
17.2
7.6
5.3
12.7
7.9
$21.57
–
–
17.26
20.29
22.97
–
28.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
4.1
5.5
4.9
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.35
22.11
27.77
27.20
24.69
8.7
11.6
9.9
11.4
9.9
27.55
–
28.83
27.35
–
7.5
–
9.2
11.6
–
18.65
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
19.94
25.18
24.71
17.75
20.23
21.91
25.33
33.67
12.2
6.9
5.1
4.5
5.7
3.8
4.3
18.8
29.06
–
24.91
17.86
21.13
21.18
26.71
38.49
6.8
–
6.8
4.6
5.7
3.1
3.8
23.2
18.58
–
24.20
–
–
–
–
–
12.7
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
16.47
6.75
7.30
9.79
9.98
17.33
20.04
16.20
25.08
26.15
32.41
33.65
44.33
23.28
24.47
21.78
24.18
18.63
32.52
8.1
2.3
7.4
5.6
5.1
9.7
10.1
4.8
5.9
8.2
13.7
5.6
28.2
7.7
11.3
3.4
10.3
14.6
8.8
16.48
6.75
7.30
9.41
9.98
17.33
20.04
17.04
25.08
26.15
32.41
33.65
44.33
23.28
24.47
21.78
24.18
18.63
32.52
8.3
2.3
7.4
4.4
5.1
9.7
10.1
5.1
5.9
8.2
13.7
5.6
28.2
7.7
11.3
3.4
10.3
14.6
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.36
8.74
11.0
11.3
28.36
8.74
11.0
11.3
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
9 ......................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
8 ......................................................................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.39
13.12
8.71
6.86
9.15
9.08
8.92
7.97
10.49
15.40
10.7
20.2
4.0
5.8
8.4
5.6
6.8
15.7
8.7
16.5
$9.39
13.12
8.71
6.86
9.15
9.08
8.53
7.97
9.71
15.40
10.7
20.2
4.0
5.8
8.4
5.6
5.8
15.7
6.5
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.74
7.76
11.72
11.54
13.85
15.49
17.24
19.95
22.38
28.27
15.07
20.55
17.96
17.26
18.98
21.41
27.76
20.30
17.92
20.32
1.6
7.3
6.3
1.9
2.8
2.2
2.1
2.7
7.1
4.9
3.9
5.1
9.7
7.9
5.6
3.8
6.8
6.1
5.9
6.3
14.72
8.08
11.70
11.41
13.79
15.47
17.30
20.24
23.14
28.49
15.77
21.08
18.15
–
–
–
27.84
20.49
17.92
–
1.9
7.3
6.9
2.0
3.2
2.6
2.4
2.9
7.7
5.6
8.9
5.9
13.3
–
–
–
7.5
6.5
5.9
–
$14.80
5.34
11.94
12.60
14.29
15.53
16.84
17.57
–
–
14.76
18.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
4.4
12.7
6.6
5.2
4.1
3.4
4.6
–
–
3.8
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.65
15.76
16.22
12.85
14.68
15.92
16.90
21.01
16.65
13.53
13.82
12.61
14.71
12.53
11.55
9.93
10.07
13.55
11.30
10.23
11.32
11.76
18.17
19.52
13.77
11.98
7.74
11.47
11.6
5.8
2.2
4.6
2.7
4.2
2.7
4.5
5.5
4.1
4.4
3.7
10.7
7.2
13.4
9.7
10.1
10.9
4.1
6.2
4.1
8.4
6.3
6.4
8.0
5.2
2.2
5.9
22.65
15.37
16.23
12.76
14.41
15.26
16.78
21.00
–
14.06
–
12.68
–
12.16
–
9.93
10.07
13.55
11.30
10.23
11.32
11.76
18.17
19.52
–
12.80
–
–
11.6
5.6
2.2
4.9
2.8
2.6
3.1
4.6
–
7.3
–
8.9
–
8.3
–
9.7
10.1
10.9
4.1
6.2
4.1
8.4
6.3
6.4
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
16.18
–
16.55
18.47
17.50
–
16.92
13.15
13.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.45
7.74
–
–
–
6.9
–
6.2
7.3
1.9
–
6.8
4.0
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
2.2
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, apparel –Continued
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ......
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Stenographers ......................................................
Typists ..................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
5 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.67
11.61
11.02
14.67
13.97
14.67
11.55
12.53
15.23
17.45
17.79
15.11
12.46
12.00
14.95
15.88
12.12
12.18
16.54
9.39
14.97
12.59
11.27
11.91
14.54
12.36
10.91
14.43
14.97
8.7
5.2
4.2
4.8
5.6
2.9
5.6
4.2
3.7
5.7
5.3
9.5
4.3
3.9
4.9
3.8
7.8
13.1
20.4
17.2
5.1
3.6
4.6
5.1
4.2
11.6
8.6
3.5
6.9
$13.60
11.61
11.02
14.97
13.98
14.44
11.55
12.53
14.55
17.44
18.33
15.11
12.46
12.00
15.10
–
12.12
12.18
16.54
9.02
14.81
12.43
11.28
11.91
–
12.36
10.91
14.43
14.97
9.1
5.2
4.2
5.0
5.8
3.0
5.6
4.2
2.2
5.7
5.7
9.5
4.3
3.9
4.7
–
7.8
13.1
20.4
17.8
6.3
4.0
4.6
5.1
–
11.6
8.6
3.5
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
$17.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.20
14.1
12.20
14.1
–
–
18.55
20.83
16.86
14.61
17.02
13.44
6.15
9.43
11.65
13.97
15.13
18.42
15.28
10.52
9.94
11.39
11.34
10.80
10.30
13.35
12.44
12.03
12.78
10.22
15.06
11.61
13.25
13.40
15.2
7.1
7.1
4.9
5.8
4.3
14.1
8.2
4.5
5.7
6.3
6.6
7.9
3.2
3.1
4.0
4.4
7.2
5.0
10.2
8.6
10.8
9.0
8.0
5.3
5.9
3.7
5.6
18.55
20.83
16.90
–
17.02
13.43
–
9.37
12.02
14.02
14.97
–
–
10.52
9.94
11.39
10.97
10.14
10.30
13.58
12.33
12.03
–
–
15.54
11.20
13.18
14.37
15.2
7.1
7.5
–
5.8
4.3
–
8.7
4.9
6.2
7.6
–
–
3.2
3.1
4.0
4.6
4.9
5.0
11.1
8.7
10.8
–
–
6.2
3.9
3.8
3.0
–
–
–
15.01
–
13.47
–
–
10.57
13.59
15.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.05
11.37
13.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
10.2
–
–
4.2
4.3
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
8.5
5.0
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Library clerks –Continued
4 ......................................................................
File clerks .............................................................
2 ......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
3 ......................................................................
Messengers ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
7 ......................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
4 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Administrative support, n.e.c. –Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$16.44
21.19
16.06
6.9
6.3
9.1
$16.88
21.19
–
7.2
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
14.70
8.63
9.32
12.28
13.16
15.83
16.78
21.66
22.48
27.06
18.29
2.7
5.7
5.1
5.6
5.4
3.3
5.2
2.3
3.2
5.5
15.6
14.21
8.14
9.08
11.93
12.62
15.74
16.58
21.69
22.26
26.44
18.29
3.0
5.3
5.2
6.2
5.6
3.7
5.7
2.6
3.7
5.6
15.6
$18.07
13.64
14.71
14.28
17.05
16.41
18.72
21.55
23.27
–
–
5.5
8.5
7.7
15.6
3.0
4.4
7.7
5.0
5.9
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ......................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Stationary engineers .............................................
7 ......................................................................
20.87
10.50
15.51
16.82
17.39
22.41
22.78
27.21
22.98
26.20
22.42
22.59
18.19
18.16
2.5
5.3
7.5
5.0
8.3
2.3
3.5
5.7
12.4
5.1
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.8
20.76
10.50
14.85
16.87
17.08
22.59
22.62
26.57
22.98
28.01
–
–
18.19
18.16
2.9
5.3
9.7
5.3
10.0
2.5
4.3
5.8
12.4
2.2
–
–
4.6
4.8
21.44
–
–
–
18.75
21.69
23.27
–
–
–
22.93
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
7.7
6.2
5.9
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
22.25
6.0
22.25
6.0
–
–
21.23
19.18
18.64
18.79
7.4
4.1
8.2
5.3
–
19.20
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
19.13
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
31.12
21.56
21.80
23.49
24.19
23.06
21.33
18.82
22.05
22.71
17.40
10.88
22.62
21.71
23.33
10.4
11.0
6.8
7.9
8.6
6.9
5.1
14.7
6.7
10.6
9.6
9.1
11.2
6.7
6.4
30.02
20.77
–
24.47
25.08
24.22
–
18.82
22.05
22.71
16.07
10.88
22.62
21.95
23.33
11.7
12.3
–
7.9
8.3
4.7
–
14.7
6.7
10.6
8.4
9.1
11.2
7.4
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
10.85
7.99
8.52
10.28
10.56
13.93
4.0
5.7
5.2
7.7
8.2
5.7
10.79
7.94
8.52
10.28
10.55
13.91
4.0
5.7
5.2
7.7
8.3
5.9
16.28
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.26
17.23
9.04
6.4
7.9
8.6
$14.26
16.98
9.04
6.4
8.2
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
7.24
10.79
10.05
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
9.11
12.76
16.09
8.52
7.17
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
6.1
7.0
10.8
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
7.9
10.0
7.1
6.9
7.8
6.5
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
7.24
10.66
–
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
9.11
12.76
16.09
8.52
7.17
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
6.1
7.5
–
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
7.9
10.0
7.1
6.9
7.8
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ...................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
15.18
14.01
14.75
16.31
21.03
15.48
15.87
15.10
16.15
18.83
13.25
12.90
13.60
4.3
10.5
4.9
4.2
6.2
3.8
11.9
3.3
7.0
3.1
9.2
14.6
13.9
14.83
13.78
14.66
16.23
–
15.07
13.98
15.13
16.15
18.83
11.26
–
13.60
4.6
11.9
5.2
5.5
–
3.7
14.7
3.3
7.0
3.1
4.3
–
13.9
$16.32
–
15.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.86
–
–
11.1
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
17.70
9.7
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
12.11
8.97
10.17
13.59
14.77
17.06
18.16
12.08
5.1
7.7
7.2
8.8
6.6
8.0
5.7
8.2
11.47
8.25
9.99
13.52
13.48
17.13
17.45
11.84
5.6
7.5
7.9
9.8
6.8
9.3
5.7
5.1
15.76
13.84
–
–
17.28
–
–
–
4.3
8.7
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
16.90
14.27
9.27
12.12
10.50
9.21
16.25
11.96
9.33
7.83
13.83
16.20
12.3
7.5
7.6
10.2
18.4
8.8
13.6
7.0
9.6
6.9
9.0
10.0
15.55
–
9.27
12.11
10.50
9.21
16.25
11.96
9.33
7.83
13.83
16.20
11.9
–
7.6
10.2
18.4
8.8
13.6
7.0
9.6
6.9
9.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ......................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.99
8.86
11.27
9.26
11.95
13.3
6.1
7.1
13.1
11.3
$10.99
8.86
10.65
7.05
11.84
13.3
6.1
8.9
8.3
12.7
–
–
$14.17
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
13.21
9.94
8.00
9.59
10.98
16.82
18.32
22.86
20.76
27.23
28.30
21.63
19.22
9.18
8.98
12.39
15.16
19.57
23.81
20.84
27.23
27.83
31.19
29.78
16.19
23.84
28.81
25.67
3.8
7.9
3.3
3.7
4.1
10.2
4.2
5.6
4.3
7.2
6.1
20.7
6.0
7.2
7.4
6.0
10.0
2.5
5.6
4.4
7.2
6.0
7.7
8.2
8.1
5.7
5.4
6.6
10.15
9.69
7.66
8.72
10.58
17.69
15.14
21.57
–
–
–
–
10.63
8.39
8.44
12.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.19
–
–
–
3.6
8.9
3.4
3.5
4.7
13.9
7.1
19.6
–
–
–
–
8.7
7.0
6.8
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
19.04
12.20
9.86
12.93
12.60
14.99
19.64
23.17
20.85
27.23
27.83
–
23.28
–
13.53
–
18.59
19.88
24.56
20.86
27.23
27.83
31.19
29.78
–
23.84
28.81
25.67
3.8
7.2
1.8
4.1
4.6
5.5
2.6
5.4
4.7
7.2
6.0
–
3.6
–
7.5
–
7.8
2.6
6.0
4.7
7.2
6.0
7.7
8.2
–
5.7
5.4
6.6
21.90
20.90
10.16
9.02
8.56
12.48
13.12
15.55
8.33
6.86
6.96
8.26
10.54
13.26
13.68
5.66
4.62
5.95
11.23
10.89
12.19
7.72
10.46
10.38
6.9
3.3
8.9
8.8
6.8
7.2
9.6
13.9
5.4
9.5
8.2
5.8
4.5
10.4
7.9
13.1
13.8
20.9
6.4
5.2
14.9
7.2
8.4
8.1
–
–
10.00
–
8.44
12.30
–
–
7.94
6.55
6.30
8.05
10.38
13.22
12.86
5.66
4.62
5.95
11.08
–
12.09
7.60
10.45
–
–
–
9.3
–
6.8
7.6
–
–
5.9
9.8
7.8
6.0
5.6
10.5
7.3
13.1
13.8
20.9
7.1
–
15.1
7.3
8.7
–
21.90
20.90
13.53
–
13.90
–
–
–
11.11
–
10.00
11.60
11.28
–
–
–
–
–
12.58
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
3.3
4.1
–
4.1
–
–
–
6.5
–
3.1
5.1
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service .....................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ......................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
2 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Kitchen workers, food preparation –Continued
3 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.94
4.78
3.67
7.75
7.99
7.20
8.55
9.96
11.53
7.99
9.03
10.80
13.18
15.22
16.03
12.25
9.70
10.24
13.51
14.59
15.22
9.59
7.81
8.89
10.30
12.95
15.98
11.96
11.22
10.24
12.79
13.32
17.08
8.9
18.0
6.2
6.7
11.3
10.3
16.2
3.6
3.6
3.5
5.5
6.2
3.0
5.4
2.5
3.5
7.2
8.3
2.8
1.2
5.4
3.8
3.3
5.8
6.9
3.3
2.7
5.9
9.5
6.7
6.1
9.6
9.6
$9.94
3.96
3.67
6.97
7.64
6.23
–
9.32
11.53
7.98
8.73
10.42
12.44
–
–
11.63
9.70
10.13
14.29
–
–
9.01
7.80
8.56
10.15
12.16
–
11.06
10.95
10.01
10.99
12.25
–
8.9
9.8
6.2
6.5
12.6
7.1
–
3.5
3.6
3.5
5.5
6.9
4.5
–
–
4.8
7.2
8.8
7.3
–
–
3.5
3.3
5.8
7.0
4.4
–
8.4
10.8
7.5
10.8
6.9
–
–
–
–
$10.33
–
–
11.21
13.81
–
–
11.97
13.19
13.86
–
15.94
13.76
–
–
–
–
–
13.83
–
11.95
13.40
–
–
14.27
13.33
11.90
13.87
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
3.2
2.1
–
–
3.4
.5
2.6
–
2.6
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
3.7
1.0
–
–
4.5
7.5
5.4
6.6
–
–
15.81
11.99
12.07
11.68
10.72
11.70
10.95
9.41
13.16
12.81
15.73
17.0
6.9
9.2
4.5
6.9
7.1
12.2
8.8
5.9
15.7
10.5
–
11.99
12.07
11.68
10.72
10.45
10.55
8.81
10.67
–
–
–
6.9
9.2
4.5
6.9
11.2
14.5
10.0
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.10
13.33
11.90
14.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
7.5
5.4
6.9
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
4 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.78
7.66
8.61
10.17
10.58
25.51
12.93
9.22
28.57
12.02
10.61
8.91
8.60
10.30
7.04
11.31
9.9
7.6
3.8
3.5
7.9
20.8
14.7
4.6
25.5
14.1
8.2
3.7
5.7
14.3
6.4
4.7
$13.83
7.64
7.72
10.06
10.31
–
13.18
–
28.57
–
9.70
8.45
8.34
10.31
7.04
–
13.2
8.1
3.0
5.8
10.0
–
16.5
–
25.5
–
10.3
4.6
5.3
16.0
6.4
–
$10.29
–
–
10.25
11.29
–
–
–
–
–
11.36
9.65
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
4.5
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
1.6
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
37
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$21.44
21.51
1.8
1.8
$20.60
20.63
2.3
2.3
$24.15
24.20
2.0
2.0
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
25.46
8.03
11.71
11.66
13.85
15.84
17.14
20.92
25.33
30.59
30.11
34.42
42.45
51.69
59.94
30.53
25.86
8.25
12.12
11.83
14.14
15.63
16.91
21.07
25.36
30.64
29.95
34.45
42.02
51.69
59.94
30.22
1.9
8.6
6.4
2.2
2.6
2.1
2.8
3.7
5.2
2.4
3.2
3.7
3.5
4.6
4.7
7.8
1.8
10.6
6.5
2.1
2.7
1.9
2.7
3.7
5.9
2.4
3.2
3.9
2.9
4.6
4.7
7.9
24.98
8.02
11.64
11.44
13.75
15.94
17.72
20.57
23.31
27.58
31.49
35.18
42.56
52.01
61.33
37.45
25.44
8.23
12.09
11.70
14.07
15.66
17.47
20.66
22.94
27.60
31.39
35.26
42.07
52.01
61.33
37.14
2.3
8.6
6.9
2.2
2.9
2.4
2.5
2.0
2.3
2.0
3.5
4.3
3.8
5.2
5.1
6.7
2.2
10.7
7.1
2.2
3.0
2.1
2.3
2.0
2.5
2.0
3.6
4.5
3.2
5.2
5.1
6.8
27.04
–
12.48
13.50
14.72
15.54
15.20
22.35
31.98
34.30
26.93
30.98
41.70
49.33
51.10
21.34
27.13
–
12.48
12.87
14.72
15.54
15.20
22.78
31.98
34.30
26.93
30.98
41.70
49.33
51.10
21.34
2.9
–
13.2
7.8
4.7
4.2
5.3
15.3
14.2
4.1
5.4
4.3
7.3
3.8
2.5
9.7
2.9
–
13.2
7.2
4.7
4.2
5.3
15.7
14.2
4.1
5.4
4.3
7.3
3.8
2.5
9.7
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
30.22
31.88
15.20
21.13
24.11
29.90
31.97
28.26
30.36
39.16
47.39
56.00
34.24
29.43
20.46
25.21
27.34
27.74
34.06
43.38
51.00
26.65
29.91
30.68
28.42
31.59
26.90
36.90
31.76
1.9
1.8
5.7
13.7
9.4
9.1
3.2
4.1
2.3
3.6
3.9
4.9
6.8
3.8
4.2
4.1
8.8
4.6
4.7
3.0
1.5
7.7
5.7
16.7
5.8
5.7
9.2
2.1
3.6
28.79
30.36
15.93
21.10
22.19
24.07
26.49
28.45
30.47
39.13
46.80
56.91
38.50
30.55
20.46
27.56
31.46
27.74
33.85
43.38
51.00
–
29.91
30.68
29.31
32.81
26.90
36.90
31.77
2.3
1.9
5.9
14.8
3.7
3.2
2.2
3.1
2.5
4.1
4.7
5.6
8.7
4.0
4.2
4.2
6.7
4.6
5.1
3.0
1.5
–
5.7
16.7
6.5
4.8
9.2
2.1
3.6
32.84
34.22
–
–
28.04
39.52
35.31
27.92
29.80
39.38
49.56
51.27
28.78
24.90
–
23.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
3.4
–
–
22.6
9.4
4.5
10.1
5.9
5.4
3.9
6.7
2.9
4.9
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.47
23.08
28.46
28.45
31.35
37.12
42.79
52.98
32.01
21.03
21.47
28.61
28.45
30.63
37.12
42.79
52.98
3.2
6.1
3.2
3.8
3.5
4.9
7.4
6.9
4.0
3.7
1.1
4.1
3.8
3.2
4.9
7.4
6.9
$21.47
23.08
28.32
28.45
31.38
37.06
42.79
52.98
32.03
21.03
21.47
28.44
28.45
30.67
37.06
42.79
52.98
3.2
6.1
3.3
3.8
3.5
5.0
7.4
6.9
4.1
3.7
1.1
4.2
3.8
3.2
5.0
7.4
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.92
31.69
26.63
35.36
30.75
36.19
27.23
24.42
25.86
24.97
24.15
27.67
41.40
54.36
54.29
33.55
29.86
18.25
16.32
25.02
53.83
54.29
34.87
27.09
26.98
26.77
26.05
33.30
28.49
28.27
17.54
16.51
22.11
43.58
26.72
31.88
35.75
44.45
49.98
63.99
43.14
8.0
5.3
5.8
3.3
6.8
1.6
2.5
6.3
3.3
2.5
8.2
5.2
14.0
4.9
6.0
18.6
8.3
11.4
10.5
12.1
5.1
6.0
19.9
1.8
6.8
3.5
2.5
3.0
6.0
8.2
3.9
4.1
1.7
4.5
4.8
9.7
7.2
8.8
4.0
11.8
6.8
31.92
32.00
26.58
35.36
30.75
36.61
28.26
24.79
25.89
25.84
27.73
27.83
41.70
56.34
–
49.42
34.19
20.21
19.98
26.84
56.34
–
55.99
27.48
27.63
26.81
26.74
33.30
27.82
30.82
17.21
–
–
43.70
–
–
35.97
49.68
–
–
41.25
8.0
5.5
6.1
3.3
6.8
1.4
2.8
6.6
3.8
2.8
7.1
5.4
14.6
5.5
–
15.7
9.2
11.4
6.3
11.4
5.5
–
14.2
2.0
7.3
4.0
2.7
3.0
6.7
5.6
4.4
–
–
6.9
–
–
7.4
9.8
–
–
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
$23.18
20.61
25.69
22.17
15.56
26.67
–
–
–
–
20.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.09
–
–
23.63
–
33.24
–
–
–
–
43.40
–
–
–
36.63
49.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
8.6
1.7
4.7
16.3
16.5
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
4.8
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
9.5
4.4
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$54.64
44.01
32.53
36.72
12.68
27.22
39.19
39.41
35.93
30.54
39.76
33.45
39.99
40.99
42.59
47.91
40.18
36.85
36.86
33.41
24.07
39.42
31.77
29.30
31.49
30.56
27.88
31.49
30.56
30.04
30.04
26.76
33.34
21.16
16.94
18.38
20.72
28.06
21.65
17.01
19.37
20.52
28.06
13.94
38.99
47.14
38.99
47.14
5.6
11.1
10.7
4.0
4.2
20.5
10.1
3.4
6.3
30.0
4.4
26.7
7.5
5.2
6.3
6.1
8.3
4.7
3.6
7.9
4.4
2.4
16.5
9.8
16.0
14.8
10.6
16.0
14.8
10.3
7.3
11.7
13.2
5.5
8.3
10.0
7.0
5.6
6.0
8.4
13.0
6.8
5.6
7.4
10.4
16.1
10.4
16.1
–
$53.27
–
22.45
13.00
21.39
24.54
25.73
–
–
25.74
21.64
–
–
30.52
–
–
21.57
–
22.59
–
–
19.44
26.96
–
30.56
24.52
–
30.56
25.29
–
26.76
21.42
20.46
–
–
23.29
–
20.92
–
–
22.64
–
–
47.79
49.36
47.79
49.36
–
16.3
–
4.9
6.7
3.7
11.5
7.4
–
–
5.6
3.1
–
–
13.3
–
–
8.7
–
10.6
–
–
12.3
9.6
–
14.8
8.0
–
14.8
10.7
–
11.7
13.8
5.7
–
–
4.1
–
5.7
–
–
3.6
–
–
10.0
23.2
10.0
23.2
–
$36.98
–
38.94
–
29.17
43.50
40.18
37.59
–
42.14
–
–
41.40
43.36
49.04
40.98
38.95
37.74
34.43
–
–
37.18
37.45
–
–
37.45
–
–
36.62
–
–
37.48
21.54
–
22.42
19.98
–
22.01
–
22.42
19.98
–
–
31.09
–
31.09
–
–
11.4
–
4.2
–
25.1
7.4
3.5
5.5
–
4.5
–
–
5.4
6.5
6.4
8.5
3.6
3.2
8.5
–
–
11.7
17.2
–
–
17.2
–
–
10.5
–
–
9.7
8.2
–
7.5
7.6
–
8.8
–
7.5
7.6
–
–
7.7
–
7.7
–
30.67
15.51
21.21
22.24
29.72
33.01
39.37
33.75
28.43
5.9
5.0
9.5
3.7
9.4
6.5
8.6
19.2
7.6
31.04
15.51
21.21
22.24
31.19
33.58
39.37
34.02
28.43
5.9
5.0
9.5
3.7
9.4
6.6
8.6
19.5
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
12 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Librarians ..............................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
11 ......................................................................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
12 ......................................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Public relations specialists ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...........................
Computer programmers .......................................
9 ......................................................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
8 ......................................................................
$17.37
17.37
33.24
19.06
33.31
21.65
31.93
32.07
31.16
35.62
32.35
22.67
12.69
14.98
16.12
16.01
20.54
21.35
27.52
39.74
67.07
18.34
18.53
18.06
19.88
21.88
22.89
16.27
16.31
15.54
17.03
16.07
15.24
14.77
14.75
20.77
22.81
18.11
16.52
34.49
24.32
28.02
20.05
22.39
24.54
22.4
22.4
14.8
8.4
13.7
11.7
6.2
14.9
10.3
2.3
23.9
7.6
11.9
3.1
3.2
3.7
8.4
4.7
9.0
19.0
29.9
9.4
4.8
7.0
10.7
5.2
3.5
2.1
2.7
4.3
3.0
3.4
4.0
6.7
2.9
6.5
7.2
10.7
2.9
4.3
6.0
4.4
7.0
7.2
14.1
–
–
$33.24
19.06
33.31
–
32.06
32.07
32.13
35.62
32.35
23.62
–
14.87
16.15
16.34
20.89
21.31
28.34
39.74
70.57
18.09
18.06
18.50
–
21.74
22.56
16.42
–
15.59
16.95
15.33
15.08
13.82
–
20.77
22.81
18.11
16.52
34.49
24.98
28.44
–
22.71
–
–
–
14.8
8.4
13.7
–
6.2
14.9
11.0
2.3
23.9
8.3
–
3.3
3.9
4.0
9.6
4.8
11.1
19.0
30.2
11.1
5.4
10.2
–
5.3
3.3
2.5
–
4.9
3.0
3.0
4.4
6.0
–
6.5
7.2
10.7
2.9
4.3
6.2
4.1
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$17.80
–
–
16.02
15.33
18.36
–
–
–
–
–
21.69
–
–
–
–
15.54
15.26
–
–
17.03
–
–
15.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
4.4
4.9
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
2.6
3.5
–
–
9.6
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
34.46
17.24
15.60
19.82
22.10
28.21
30.01
35.29
43.71
56.65
61.59
2.8
4.3
7.9
3.6
4.3
2.8
3.8
4.1
3.6
7.3
6.1
36.17
16.66
17.41
20.47
22.81
28.55
32.20
36.27
43.80
56.79
63.09
2.7
4.8
3.8
3.7
4.7
3.0
3.4
4.5
3.8
7.4
6.5
27.44
–
–
17.01
20.10
25.89
25.97
31.95
43.13
–
–
7.3
–
–
4.0
5.1
6.9
1.8
6.7
10.5
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$42.47
39.72
21.59
24.11
29.88
31.09
35.06
42.89
56.43
64.80
43.99
33.80
43.26
33.77
35.27
43.14
71.86
39.00
7.8
2.6
7.8
8.5
3.7
6.0
3.5
3.2
7.8
6.2
8.9
8.2
6.8
12.6
9.8
9.3
18.9
8.7
$45.43
40.16
22.20
24.34
29.82
31.16
35.45
42.77
56.58
67.09
46.24
–
44.76
35.76
37.66
43.14
77.24
39.00
7.5
2.8
7.8
8.7
3.8
6.1
3.5
3.3
7.9
6.5
8.6
–
6.7
10.4
9.3
9.3
20.6
8.7
$29.95
36.76
–
–
30.63
–
33.66
43.56
–
–
–
33.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
7.4
–
–
13.3
–
9.5
10.6
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.95
28.00
45.84
48.93
39.81
43.02
45.52
38.16
20.00
28.59
28.05
41.67
53.81
42.44
36.09
43.11
38.22
23.24
23.41
27.99
30.63
33.76
40.47
56.93
63.77
39.67
27.16
17.19
15.61
19.07
21.24
26.19
29.48
35.88
47.75
58.78
38.06
25.40
17.02
19.90
20.72
24.96
6.9
6.6
12.4
6.7
10.7
11.0
10.2
8.7
7.7
5.1
8.5
13.8
8.7
10.9
10.1
14.3
3.2
8.0
15.5
3.8
13.7
3.7
3.4
13.6
7.9
9.6
5.9
4.3
8.0
2.7
4.3
2.7
4.5
10.9
10.7
18.0
16.9
3.3
5.6
3.0
7.6
3.7
45.95
28.00
45.84
48.93
26.49
–
–
41.47
–
29.21
–
42.45
–
43.51
37.24
43.11
38.36
23.35
23.41
27.96
30.63
33.75
41.07
56.93
66.50
41.74
29.38
16.58
17.45
19.61
21.84
26.83
33.22
38.49
48.19
58.78
42.55
25.60
17.02
19.90
20.84
25.13
6.9
6.6
12.4
6.7
12.2
–
–
8.0
–
5.7
–
15.8
–
11.0
10.5
14.3
3.2
8.1
15.5
3.9
13.7
3.8
3.4
13.6
8.0
9.4
6.7
4.9
3.9
2.7
5.1
2.9
3.2
12.2
10.6
18.0
17.8
3.5
5.6
3.0
10.4
4.0
–
–
–
–
47.87
–
47.75
26.10
–
–
–
36.94
–
–
–
–
36.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.62
–
–
17.26
20.17
23.23
–
28.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
9.1
5.0
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
4.1
5.4
5.1
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$28.73
28.47
36.43
19.37
23.75
47.39
32.29
4.9
7.7
16.6
7.6
5.3
12.7
7.5
–
$28.43
38.65
19.37
23.75
47.39
33.20
–
9.0
17.2
7.6
5.3
12.7
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.35
22.11
27.77
27.20
24.74
8.7
11.6
9.9
11.4
10.6
27.55
–
28.83
27.35
–
7.5
–
9.2
11.6
–
$18.65
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
19.94
25.18
24.78
17.75
20.23
21.91
25.33
34.23
12.2
6.9
5.1
4.5
5.7
3.8
4.3
18.7
29.06
–
24.91
17.86
21.13
21.18
26.71
38.49
6.8
–
6.8
4.6
5.7
3.1
3.8
23.2
18.58
–
24.41
–
–
–
–
–
12.7
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
8 ......................................................................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ......
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ...
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
19.95
8.74
10.84
11.22
17.56
20.04
16.20
25.08
26.45
32.41
33.65
46.20
23.28
24.47
21.78
25.07
18.63
32.52
8.3
11.3
7.9
5.0
9.8
10.1
4.8
5.9
8.8
13.7
5.6
26.9
7.7
11.3
3.4
9.7
14.6
8.8
20.07
8.74
10.24
11.22
17.56
20.04
17.04
25.08
26.45
32.41
33.65
46.20
23.28
24.47
21.78
25.07
18.63
32.52
8.4
11.3
6.6
5.0
9.8
10.1
5.1
5.9
8.8
13.7
5.6
26.9
7.7
11.3
3.4
9.7
14.6
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.36
9.35
13.39
14.75
9.55
9.65
13.15
13.13
16.40
11.0
18.2
20.7
8.7
4.6
6.6
6.8
9.0
16.5
28.36
9.35
13.39
14.75
9.55
9.65
12.44
12.07
16.40
11.0
18.2
20.7
8.7
4.6
6.6
6.2
8.3
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
15.07
8.25
12.12
11.80
14.10
15.52
17.41
1.6
10.6
6.5
2.2
2.8
2.3
2.1
15.04
8.23
12.09
11.66
14.03
15.50
17.51
1.9
10.7
7.1
2.3
3.2
2.6
2.4
15.19
–
12.48
12.85
14.68
15.57
16.84
2.4
–
13.2
7.2
4.8
5.0
3.4
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Accountants and auditors –Continued
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
9 ......................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.60
22.38
28.27
15.10
20.55
17.96
17.26
18.98
21.41
27.76
20.41
18.10
20.32
2.3
7.1
4.9
3.9
5.1
9.7
7.9
5.6
3.8
6.8
6.2
6.3
6.3
$19.85
23.14
28.49
15.91
21.08
18.15
–
–
–
27.84
20.62
18.10
–
2.4
7.7
5.6
9.0
5.9
13.3
–
–
–
7.5
6.6
6.3
–
$17.57
–
–
14.76
18.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
3.8
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.65
15.76
16.33
13.00
14.73
16.09
17.21
21.04
16.87
13.76
13.86
12.80
14.71
12.52
9.93
10.07
14.52
11.56
11.42
11.92
18.17
19.52
13.77
13.23
11.57
11.02
14.67
13.97
14.90
11.59
13.03
15.23
17.45
17.79
15.11
12.55
12.16
15.53
12.26
16.54
9.33
14.97
12.67
11.43
12.08
14.54
14.49
11.6
5.8
2.3
4.7
2.7
4.1
2.6
4.6
5.9
4.3
4.4
4.3
10.7
9.2
9.7
10.1
10.9
4.4
4.2
8.9
6.3
6.4
8.0
6.8
5.3
4.2
4.8
5.6
2.8
5.9
4.2
3.7
5.7
5.3
9.5
4.5
4.1
3.7
13.1
20.4
18.8
5.1
3.6
4.4
4.8
4.2
5.4
22.65
15.37
16.32
12.92
14.47
15.28
17.15
21.03
–
14.06
–
12.68
–
12.17
9.93
10.07
14.52
11.56
11.42
11.92
18.17
19.52
–
15.05
11.57
11.02
14.97
13.98
14.69
11.59
13.03
14.55
17.44
18.33
15.11
12.55
12.16
15.71
12.26
16.54
8.91
14.81
12.50
11.45
12.08
–
14.49
11.6
5.6
2.3
4.9
2.9
2.6
3.1
4.6
–
7.3
–
8.9
–
10.2
9.7
10.1
10.9
4.4
4.2
8.9
6.3
6.4
–
5.2
5.3
4.2
5.0
5.8
2.9
5.9
4.2
2.2
5.7
5.7
9.5
4.5
4.1
3.3
13.1
20.4
19.6
6.3
4.0
4.5
4.8
–
5.4
–
–
16.36
–
16.55
–
17.50
–
17.10
13.50
13.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
6.2
–
1.9
–
7.2
4.7
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Stenographers ......................................................
Typists ..................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
5 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
2 ......................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
3 ......................................................................
Messengers ..........................................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.59
14.43
14.97
10.1
3.5
6.9
$11.59
14.43
14.97
10.1
3.5
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.86
13.0
12.86
13.0
–
–
18.55
20.83
17.32
14.61
17.24
14.09
9.57
12.13
14.24
15.34
18.42
15.28
10.43
9.68
11.41
11.54
11.12
10.22
13.35
12.44
12.03
11.28
10.26
15.54
11.95
13.29
13.45
16.59
21.19
15.2
7.1
6.9
4.9
5.8
3.7
9.0
5.7
5.7
6.4
6.6
7.9
3.6
3.6
4.0
4.9
7.8
5.9
10.2
8.6
10.8
7.4
8.5
5.3
7.0
3.9
5.8
7.3
6.3
18.55
20.83
17.38
–
17.24
13.83
9.52
12.74
14.31
14.97
–
–
10.43
9.68
11.41
11.14
10.38
10.22
13.58
12.33
12.03
–
–
16.17
–
13.21
14.51
17.08
21.19
15.2
7.1
7.3
–
5.8
4.5
9.7
5.6
6.2
7.6
–
–
3.6
3.6
4.0
5.3
5.3
5.9
11.1
8.7
10.8
–
–
5.9
–
4.1
3.0
7.7
6.3
–
–
–
$15.01
–
14.74
–
–
13.59
15.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.57
–
13.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
6.2
–
–
4.3
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
15.00
8.97
9.58
12.42
13.27
15.83
16.96
21.69
22.48
27.06
18.29
2.8
6.0
5.3
5.8
5.7
3.3
5.2
2.4
3.2
5.5
15.6
14.51
8.38
9.32
12.09
12.71
15.74
16.76
21.73
22.26
26.44
18.29
3.0
5.5
5.4
6.4
5.9
3.8
5.8
2.7
3.7
5.6
15.6
18.24
15.03
14.71
14.24
17.05
16.41
18.72
21.55
23.27
–
–
5.5
5.1
7.7
15.8
3.0
4.7
7.7
5.0
5.9
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
7 ......................................................................
20.90
10.50
15.51
16.97
17.39
22.44
22.78
27.21
22.98
26.20
22.42
22.59
2.6
5.6
7.5
5.0
8.3
2.4
3.5
5.7
12.4
5.1
4.7
4.6
20.79
10.50
14.85
17.03
17.08
22.64
22.62
26.57
22.98
28.01
–
–
2.9
5.6
9.7
5.4
10.0
2.6
4.3
5.8
12.4
2.2
–
–
21.44
–
–
–
18.75
21.69
23.27
–
–
–
22.93
–
4.8
–
–
–
7.7
6.2
5.9
–
–
–
4.3
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Stock and inventory clerks –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
7 ......................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
4 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.19
18.16
4.6
4.8
$18.19
18.16
4.6
4.8
–
–
–
–
22.45
5.9
22.45
5.9
–
–
21.23
19.18
18.64
18.79
7.4
4.1
8.2
5.3
–
19.20
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
$19.13
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
31.12
21.56
21.80
23.42
24.11
23.06
21.33
18.82
22.05
22.71
17.40
10.88
22.62
21.53
23.16
10.4
11.0
6.8
8.0
8.8
6.9
5.1
14.7
6.7
10.6
9.6
9.1
11.2
7.0
6.8
30.02
20.77
–
24.39
25.01
24.22
–
18.82
22.05
22.71
16.07
10.88
22.62
21.76
23.16
11.7
12.3
–
8.1
8.5
4.7
–
14.7
6.7
10.6
8.4
9.1
11.2
7.7
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ......................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .........................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Stationary engineers .............................................
7 ......................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
10.86
7.98
8.53
10.30
10.55
13.93
14.26
17.23
9.04
4.0
5.7
5.3
7.7
8.3
5.7
6.4
7.9
8.6
10.80
7.94
8.53
10.30
10.54
13.91
14.26
16.98
9.04
4.0
5.7
5.3
7.7
8.3
5.9
6.4
8.2
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
7.24
10.77
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
9.11
12.76
16.09
8.54
7.12
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
6.1
7.6
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
7.9
10.0
7.1
7.1
8.3
6.5
11.79
11.72
13.24
7.34
7.24
10.64
9.97
12.70
11.07
12.96
9.11
12.76
16.09
8.54
7.12
11.16
9.8
7.3
15.5
6.0
6.1
8.0
14.5
7.0
3.0
6.4
7.9
10.0
7.1
7.1
8.3
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
3 ......................................................................
15.83
12.76
14.20
15.30
16.30
21.48
15.87
16.37
4.0
14.4
10.9
3.8
4.3
5.9
3.7
10.6
15.66
–
14.15
15.25
16.23
–
15.44
–
3.8
–
11.8
4.1
5.5
–
3.5
–
16.32
–
–
15.82
–
–
–
–
11.5
–
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.28
16.15
18.83
13.73
12.90
13.60
3.6
7.0
3.1
10.2
14.6
13.9
$15.31
16.15
18.83
–
–
13.60
3.6
7.0
3.1
–
–
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.99
9.1
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Truck drivers –Continued
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Driver-sales workers .............................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ...................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. ................................................
Helpers, construction trades .................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
12.75
9.63
10.57
14.07
15.00
16.92
18.16
12.87
4.8
8.2
7.6
8.9
6.5
8.4
5.7
7.3
12.08
8.72
10.40
14.06
13.74
16.96
17.45
11.84
5.5
8.1
8.4
9.9
7.0
9.8
5.7
5.1
$16.14
15.28
–
–
17.28
–
–
–
3.5
4.8
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
16.90
14.27
9.41
14.60
12.80
9.76
14.69
17.22
11.59
8.93
11.36
9.38
12.00
12.3
7.5
7.4
8.5
7.6
11.4
9.1
9.0
14.0
6.4
7.2
13.5
11.4
15.55
–
9.41
14.60
12.80
9.76
14.69
17.22
11.59
8.93
10.68
7.02
11.90
11.9
–
7.4
8.5
7.6
11.4
9.1
9.0
14.0
6.4
9.0
8.5
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
14.31
11.14
8.34
9.90
11.10
17.18
18.56
22.97
20.79
27.23
28.30
21.63
20.02
8.69
12.48
15.16
19.57
23.81
20.84
27.23
27.83
31.19
29.78
16.19
23.84
28.81
25.67
4.0
7.8
3.8
4.4
4.5
10.4
3.8
5.7
4.3
7.2
6.1
20.7
5.7
8.4
7.2
10.0
2.5
5.6
4.4
7.2
6.0
7.7
8.2
8.1
5.7
5.4
6.6
10.85
10.87
8.19
8.97
10.69
18.09
15.19
22.09
–
–
–
–
11.05
8.32
12.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.19
–
–
–
4.1
9.2
3.8
4.3
5.1
14.4
6.5
20.4
–
–
–
–
9.8
7.9
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
20.04
13.24
10.53
13.20
12.81
15.36
19.80
23.17
20.85
27.23
27.83
–
23.68
–
–
18.59
19.88
24.56
20.86
27.23
27.83
31.19
29.78
–
23.84
28.81
25.67
3.5
7.5
3.6
4.5
5.0
5.2
2.4
5.4
4.7
7.2
6.0
–
3.5
–
–
7.8
2.6
6.0
4.7
7.2
6.0
7.7
8.2
–
5.7
5.4
6.6
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.94
20.90
10.49
8.47
12.48
13.12
9.66
7.89
7.83
9.26
10.85
13.44
13.68
6.28
11.31
10.94
12.44
12.09
8.77
8.56
7.95
10.93
10.05
11.54
7.95
9.12
10.80
13.22
15.22
16.04
12.47
9.90
10.59
13.57
14.59
15.22
9.64
7.76
8.95
10.26
12.98
15.99
12.97
12.41
11.43
13.26
13.32
17.08
5.5
3.3
10.2
7.9
7.2
9.6
5.7
11.7
10.5
6.6
5.9
10.8
8.0
16.9
6.8
6.1
16.0
10.2
7.9
14.5
12.7
2.5
4.0
3.7
3.8
6.1
6.7
3.2
5.4
2.6
3.3
8.5
6.9
2.9
1.2
5.4
4.3
3.4
6.5
7.4
3.6
2.8
4.0
7.2
3.4
5.3
9.6
9.6
–
–
$10.31
8.32
12.30
–
9.35
7.56
7.50
9.02
10.75
13.40
12.85
6.28
11.13
–
–
12.14
8.20
8.18
–
–
9.34
11.54
7.94
8.78
10.39
12.41
–
–
11.88
9.90
10.49
14.48
–
–
8.99
7.75
8.57
10.10
12.08
–
12.23
12.21
11.33
11.99
12.25
–
–
–
10.7
7.9
7.6
–
6.2
12.3
11.6
6.8
6.7
10.9
7.4
16.9
7.2
–
–
10.5
9.3
16.5
–
–
3.9
3.7
3.8
6.2
7.5
5.1
–
–
4.5
8.5
7.4
7.8
–
–
3.9
3.4
6.5
7.6
4.9
–
6.6
8.6
4.0
9.1
6.9
–
$22.94
20.90
14.14
–
–
–
12.00
–
–
11.58
–
–
–
–
14.55
–
–
–
10.75
–
–
–
13.87
–
–
12.12
13.22
13.86
–
15.94
13.79
–
–
–
–
–
13.90
–
12.11
13.40
–
–
14.37
13.70
11.90
13.87
–
–
5.5
3.3
2.5
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
3.4
.5
2.6
–
2.6
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
3.6
1.0
–
–
4.5
8.0
5.4
6.6
–
–
19.25
11.98
12.06
11.68
10.72
12.95
12.59
11.18
13.37
12.81
15.73
14.32
5.1
6.9
9.3
4.5
6.9
4.7
9.3
4.7
5.9
15.7
10.5
12.2
–
11.98
12.06
11.68
10.72
11.94
12.30
10.80
11.17
–
–
15.08
–
6.9
9.3
4.5
6.9
9.6
12.4
6.6
9.5
–
–
14.9
–
–
–
–
–
14.20
13.70
11.90
14.02
–
–
11.45
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
8.0
5.4
6.9
–
–
5.7
See footnotes at end of table.
48
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
4 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
3 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.55
8.28
10.46
10.82
10.81
8.73
8.51
10.75
11.47
11.8
3.0
3.9
9.0
8.2
6.1
6.1
17.7
4.9
$7.55
8.11
–
10.58
9.63
8.52
8.31
10.61
–
11.8
2.5
–
11.5
9.6
5.9
5.5
19.6
–
–
–
$10.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
49
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$11.75
12.58
6.0
6.6
$11.36
12.28
7.2
8.1
$13.95
13.95
7.1
7.1
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
14.77
6.83
7.18
9.21
9.38
15.26
15.14
19.91
30.06
32.96
38.37
43.45
55.82
24.20
18.21
7.01
8.54
9.98
10.62
15.57
15.14
19.91
30.06
33.25
38.37
43.45
55.82
24.79
7.3
5.6
4.8
2.9
4.5
5.0
3.5
13.7
5.7
18.8
11.2
16.0
7.2
31.9
8.6
10.9
5.6
2.6
3.3
4.6
3.5
13.7
5.7
19.0
11.2
16.0
7.2
32.2
14.23
7.08
7.11
9.19
9.08
15.02
15.09
22.32
23.20
33.71
38.37
33.82
55.82
27.56
18.30
–
8.50
9.98
10.36
16.06
15.09
22.32
23.20
34.04
38.37
33.82
55.82
28.55
8.7
4.5
5.0
3.0
4.6
11.3
3.5
12.7
5.2
19.1
11.2
8.1
7.2
33.9
10.4
–
6.3
2.7
3.4
11.0
3.5
12.7
5.2
19.4
11.2
8.1
7.2
33.9
17.88
–
8.82
9.97
11.48
15.37
–
14.65
–
20.70
–
–
–
–
17.88
–
8.82
9.97
11.48
15.37
–
14.65
–
20.70
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
4.3
7.3
7.1
5.0
–
8.4
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
4.3
7.3
7.1
5.0
–
8.4
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
13 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
6 ......................................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
28.04
31.45
19.84
13.78
16.77
32.33
34.55
38.60
48.31
59.03
28.54
–
–
29.40
23.87
24.51
26.36
59.03
53.33
59.03
26.07
25.27
24.98
26.49
99.04
15.96
13.58
14.18
20.20
16.69
13.04
11.23
–
8.5
9.0
20.9
6.2
10.3
7.2
20.2
11.5
17.0
5.6
32.8
–
–
4.2
4.5
5.7
4.6
5.6
7.4
5.6
3.6
3.1
6.2
4.8
11.5
10.3
6.4
15.1
6.3
15.4
2.9
7.8
–
27.42
30.55
20.08
12.99
19.32
23.80
34.64
38.60
–
59.03
32.65
–
–
29.38
24.02
24.51
26.33
59.03
53.33
59.03
26.09
–
24.98
26.45
–
17.80
12.78
–
–
17.23
13.04
–
–
9.6
10.3
20.9
3.5
7.3
5.6
20.3
11.5
–
5.6
33.5
–
–
4.3
5.5
5.7
4.6
5.6
7.4
5.6
3.6
–
6.2
4.9
–
11.0
3.1
–
–
19.4
2.9
–
–
31.23
36.15
–
–
13.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.7
22.3
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
50
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
$16.40
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.91
28.77
15.33
15.33
16.69
15.44
16.59
16.62
18.48
22.52
17.46
16.32
13.47
34.1
37.0
6.4
6.4
5.0
6.7
8.5
3.2
21.4
7.4
3.4
3.5
4.4
$30.27
33.78
15.22
15.22
16.99
15.22
16.59
16.40
18.48
22.52
17.65
–
13.89
36.2
38.2
10.6
10.6
5.7
7.2
8.5
5.4
21.4
7.4
4.6
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
$15.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
22.05
23.80
–
12.4
18.3
–
23.76
23.80
–
18.2
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
7.57
6.67
6.42
8.39
7.85
8.11
7.31
6.08
8.10
7.66
7.01
6.72
7.72
10.62
3.3
2.8
4.5
4.2
6.4
8.0
4.8
6.2
3.6
4.8
3.3
5.5
4.4
21.8
7.57
6.67
6.42
8.39
7.85
8.11
7.31
6.08
8.10
7.66
7.01
6.72
7.72
10.62
3.3
2.8
4.5
4.2
6.4
8.0
4.8
6.2
3.6
4.8
3.3
5.5
4.4
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
11.37
7.01
8.54
10.00
10.58
15.08
14.01
12.59
9.57
8.79
10.35
7.62
9.13
8.47
8.11
10.06
10.35
11.07
10.02
14.45
9.38
8.4
10.9
5.6
2.7
3.5
5.3
5.2
4.2
9.7
6.8
2.6
3.8
3.3
12.6
15.0
4.2
8.5
3.9
6.8
8.7
11.7
11.19
–
8.50
10.00
10.32
12.75
14.57
–
9.57
8.79
–
–
9.13
9.84
8.11
9.97
10.35
11.07
10.02
–
9.44
9.8
–
6.3
2.8
3.5
2.9
3.3
–
9.7
6.8
–
–
3.3
4.7
15.0
4.5
8.5
3.9
6.8
–
12.9
11.91
–
8.82
9.97
11.54
–
–
–
–
–
8.54
7.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
4.3
7.3
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
10.01
11.5
9.96
12.1
10.91
19.1
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Athletes .................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.89
6.95
9.50
11.38
6.5
9.7
7.9
5.2
$6.86
6.95
9.05
11.38
7.2
9.7
7.0
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
9.14
8.9
8.94
9.5
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
4 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
10.42
11.67
11.97
12.5
6.3
6.5
10.04
11.67
11.97
13.2
6.3
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
7.62
6.83
7.72
8.30
7.58
6.67
8.35
8.82
6.71
5.6
6.7
7.3
9.6
6.0
8.0
8.6
10.4
5.7
7.67
6.84
7.72
8.30
7.58
6.67
8.35
8.82
6.71
5.9
7.3
7.3
9.6
6.0
8.0
8.6
10.4
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
3 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
2 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
2 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
8.09
7.44
7.42
8.32
9.97
11.65
9.58
9.80
8.57
8.91
6.34
5.26
6.32
6.58
4.72
3.71
7.78
3.95
6.84
6.86
9.18
8.23
8.37
10.74
9.63
9.12
8.16
8.48
10.60
7.98
8.21
8.02
8.18
3.6
5.2
6.5
6.7
4.6
14.9
7.4
8.0
6.3
4.4
7.2
10.3
11.9
8.1
16.3
14.6
5.2
12.1
9.6
13.6
4.5
4.8
6.9
5.5
11.1
4.8
5.4
7.6
6.0
6.9
8.9
7.1
8.9
7.63
7.35
6.39
7.79
9.56
13.03
8.52
–
8.55
–
5.72
5.04
5.35
6.55
4.72
3.71
7.78
3.95
5.86
–
9.16
8.23
8.35
10.70
9.46
9.13
8.16
8.46
10.60
7.91
–
7.95
–
3.8
5.3
6.4
6.0
5.4
12.9
6.6
–
6.6
–
5.3
10.7
7.4
8.1
16.3
14.6
5.2
12.1
3.8
–
4.6
4.8
7.1
5.7
11.8
4.9
5.4
7.9
6.0
6.8
–
7.1
–
$10.00
8.63
9.63
11.30
11.20
–
11.99
–
–
–
10.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
4.6
1.6
7.3
4.6
–
2.9
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
52
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.15
7.80
8.83
8.76
9.50
9.10
8.85
4.3
8.4
4.2
5.2
16.5
2.5
17.7
$9.13
–
–
8.42
–
–
9.29
8.4
–
–
6.0
–
–
20.8
$9.17
–
–
–
–
9.47
–
2.4
–
–
–
–
1.1
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
53
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$21.44
21.51
$11.75
12.58
$19.47
19.68
$21.46
21.76
$20.57
20.83
$19.79
16.95
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
25.46
25.86
14.77
18.21
24.07
24.85
24.94
25.74
24.68
25.43
23.13
24.87
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
30.22
31.88
22.67
34.46
19.95
15.07
28.04
31.45
16.69
22.05
7.57
11.37
31.70
32.95
25.87
26.79
12.35
15.73
28.76
30.95
19.40
36.03
17.80
14.16
30.03
31.79
22.23
34.42
14.74
14.72
–
–
–
–
22.59
16.52
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
15.00
20.90
10.86
15.83
12.75
10.01
–
9.14
10.42
7.62
16.03
21.73
11.56
16.15
13.93
12.60
19.20
9.95
13.42
9.36
14.74
20.90
10.95
15.05
12.08
13.66
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
14.31
8.09
15.01
9.51
13.23
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
1.8
1.8
6.0
6.6
2.1
2.2
2.6
2.6
1.8
1.8
7.7
11.6
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
1.9
1.8
7.3
8.6
2.5
2.6
2.5
2.4
1.9
1.8
7.9
17.6
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
1.9
1.8
7.6
2.8
8.3
1.6
8.5
9.0
5.0
12.4
3.3
8.4
3.3
2.9
14.3
7.9
11.3
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.7
2.7
9.5
2.0
1.9
1.8
7.2
2.9
11.0
1.7
–
–
–
–
8.7
5.0
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.8
2.6
4.0
4.0
4.8
11.5
–
8.9
12.5
5.6
3.3
2.6
5.8
5.0
5.0
4.2
4.7
4.9
7.8
5.2
2.8
2.6
4.0
4.8
5.2
11.3
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
4.0
3.6
4.6
4.8
3.9
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;
incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE
FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS
FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
54
Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$19.66
19.89
$19.19 $19.04 $26.67 $18.67
19.09 18.54 26.67 18.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
24.07
25.02
27.15
27.19
22.41
21.42
28.22
28.22
27.08
27.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
28.69
30.38
23.13
36.11
16.48
14.72
29.80
32.28
20.32
36.34
25.95
14.82
–
–
–
–
–
15.94
25.64
–
–
36.50
–
15.07
29.91
32.36
20.50
36.32
25.93
14.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
14.21
20.76
10.79
14.83
13.02
19.64
10.85
16.07
–
–
–
–
25.39
28.23
–
–
12.15
17.40
10.84
14.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.47
10.37
–
–
10.17
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
10.15
9.71
–
–
9.71
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
2.3
2.3
4.4
4.4
10.3
10.4
7.0
7.0
4.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
2.3
2.2
3.7
3.7
13.7
15.9
6.7
6.7
3.9
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
2.3
2.0
8.0
2.7
8.3
1.9
4.3
4.5
4.5
3.8
12.4
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
24.5
–
–
5.2
–
11.5
4.4
4.6
4.5
4.3
12.5
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
3.0
2.9
4.0
4.6
4.0
5.0
4.3
11.7
–
–
–
–
9.4
3.8
–
–
3.9
4.7
4.3
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
5.9
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
3.6
7.8
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
55
Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$19.66
19.89
$16.30
16.32
$20.50
20.76
$17.70
18.13
$23.40
23.30
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
24.07
25.02
20.17
20.94
24.95
25.88
21.79
23.44
27.63
27.67
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
28.69
30.38
23.13
36.11
16.48
14.72
23.82
25.41
15.90
34.72
16.12
12.45
29.41
31.19
23.87
36.39
16.62
15.35
27.07
29.99
20.65
32.74
13.81
14.78
30.41
31.64
25.88
39.99
26.67
15.88
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
14.21
20.76
10.79
14.83
11.47
12.28
17.22
9.19
15.40
10.19
14.88
21.83
11.43
14.62
11.86
13.73
21.06
10.47
15.12
11.41
17.64
22.83
14.85
13.54
13.40
Service .................................................................................
10.15
9.11
10.38
9.54
11.09
Relative error3 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.3
2.3
4.4
4.8
2.6
2.6
3.1
3.3
3.8
3.6
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.3
2.2
4.7
5.1
2.5
2.4
3.1
3.2
3.4
3.2
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.3
2.0
8.0
2.7
8.3
1.9
3.9
4.3
7.5
5.9
13.2
3.3
2.5
2.1
8.5
3.1
10.5
2.1
4.4
5.2
5.0
3.3
7.1
3.3
2.9
2.1
12.4
3.9
22.1
2.6
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
3.0
2.9
4.0
4.6
5.6
5.9
6.2
6.5
8.9
10.4
3.5
2.9
4.8
5.3
6.6
4.4
4.6
5.0
5.6
8.5
5.0
3.0
7.5
12.5
5.8
Service .................................................................................
3.6
7.3
4.2
4.8
6.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information
about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR
SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
able at the time the sample was selected. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, 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.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy which were not selected for
collection. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage
of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey 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. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment is an
economic unit that produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is
defined as all locations of a government entity.
The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NYNJ-CT-PA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Bronx,
Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam,
Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester
Counties, NY; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer,
Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset,
Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties, NJ; Fairfield County,
the towns of Bethlehem, Bridgewater, New Milford, Roxbury, Thomaston, Washington, Watertown, and Woodbury
in Litchfield County, the towns of Clinton and Killingworth
in Middlesex County, and New Haven County, CT; and
Pike County, PA.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference avail-
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For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number
of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Number
of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen
worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as
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holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on
hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being
in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “generic
leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all
occupations randomly selected in an establishment using
the same criteria. This is a major departure from the
method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational
Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined
occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix
table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of
the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new ge-
neric leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area and will be published by
BLS in the future.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the
establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables
reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also
collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
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workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of
hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
·
·
·
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National
Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply
information. If data were not provided by a sample mem-
ber, the weights of responding sample members in the same
or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing
data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the
nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at
some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding
establishments were classified into these cells according to
industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments
were classified into cells that were additionally defined by
major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in
survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
1039
650
73
316
Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the
all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances
are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by number of
workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding
establishments and other factors; and the occupation work
schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or
annual rates are being calculated.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that
could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational
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structures among establishments differ, estimates of the
number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve only to indicate the relative importance of the
occupational groups studied.
Data reliability
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 and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of 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. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers was $12.79 with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645
times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample
would include the true population value approximately 90
percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all
survey areas will be used in the development of a formal
quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling
error. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total
Private industry
State and local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
4,514,300
4,235,600
3,403,400
3,128,800
1,111,000
1,106,800
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2,797,300
2,518,600
2,086,400
1,811,900
710,900
706,700
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
1,021,600
846,600
175,000
568,200
278,700
928,800
631,500
485,500
146,000
449,400
274,500
730,900
390,100
361,100
29,000
118,800
–
197,800
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
805,700
219,500
231,600
144,800
209,800
704,300
182,700
228,800
112,800
179,900
101,400
36,800
–
31,900
29,900
Service .................................................................................
911,300
612,700
298,600
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are
rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers
provide a description of size and composition of the labor force
included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure employment
trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and
establishment employment size, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA, August 1998
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .......................................................................................
Private industry ...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ........................................................
Mining .....................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Service-producing industries ......................................................
Tranportation and public utilities .............................................
Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................
Services ..................................................................................
State and local government ............................................................
Number of
establishments repreTotal studied
sented1
22,300
21,000
4,300
(2)
500
3,800
16,700
1,400
6,200
2,400
6,800
1,200
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.
639
553
123
4
12
107
430
45
104
44
237
86
100 workers or more
50 - 99
workers
152
146
35
2
3
30
111
8
45
11
47
6
100 - 499
workers
Total
487
407
88
2
9
77
319
37
59
33
190
80
241
223
54
2
8
44
169
22
51
11
85
18
500 workers
or more
246
184
34
–
1
33
150
15
8
22
105
62
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry
groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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