New Orleans, LA National Compensation Survey February 1998 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner July 1998 Bulletin 3090-41 Preface T For additional information regarding this survey, please contact the BLS Dallas Regional Office at (214) 767-6970. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 606-6220, or send e-mail to [email protected]. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at the BLS Internet site (https://www.bls.gov/ocs/#data ). Data are in three formats: an ASCII file containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the entire bulletin. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 606-7828; TDD phone: (202) 606-5897; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-326-2577. his bulletin provides results of a February 1998 survey of occupational pay in the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Data shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program known as the National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of Hal R. Corley, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations of the Dallas Regional Office. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and analyzed the survey results. iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ Wages in the New Orleans, LA, MSA........................................................................................................ 1 2 Tables: A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries ........................................... A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and State and local government........................................................................................................... A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers, all industries ................................................................................................................................. A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only, all industries ............................................................................................ B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries ................................................................................................................................. C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ............................................................... 4 7 10 13 15 19 22 23 24 25 Appendix A: Technical Note ..................................................................................................................................... Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented............................................ Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors...................................................................................... Appendix table 3. Average work levels ........................................................................................... v 26 30 31 34 Introduction T broader coverage of occupations and establishments within the survey area. Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected using probability techniques from a list of all those present in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on broad occupational classifications such as white-collar workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers, and individual occupations such as cashiers. In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions that were not comparable across specific occupations. Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time versus incentive status, and establishment employment size. Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program. The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal Government. his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The MSA includes the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany. This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are analyzed in the initial textual section. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide range of work levels. Also contained in this bulletin is 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 design and products The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s (BLS) new National Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on the levels and rates of change of occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These data are similar to those released under the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued. NCS more extensive than OCS The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by providing 1 Wages in the New Orleans, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area S Survey results show that private industry workers in New Orleans, LA earned $13.72 per hour, while surveyed State and local government workers averaged $14.71. Table A-2 reports the average hourly rate for white-collar occupations as $17.02 in private industry and $17.84 in State and local government. Blue-collar occupations showed an average hourly rate of $13.01 in private industry and $10.20 in State and local government. Service occupations within private industry averaged $6.74 per hour while those found in State and local government averaged $8.99. traight-time wages in the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged $13.97 per hour during February, 1998. White-collar workers had an average wage of $17.28 per hour. Blue-collar workers averaged $12.65 per hour, while service workers had average earnings of $7.38 per hour. (All comparisons in this analysis cover hourly rates for both full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.) Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational group, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry and State and local government, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 Dollars per hour $ 20 Dollars per hour $ 20 15 Private industry State and local government 15 10 10 5 5 0 Whitecollar Bluecollar Service workers 0 Within each of these occupational groups, average hourly wages for individual occupations varied. For example, white-collar occupations included registered nurses at $21.52 per hour, secretaries at $11.51, and general office clerks at $10.26. Among occupations in the blue-collar category, truck drivers averaged $9.78 per hour while stock handlers and baggers averaged $7.16. Finally, service occupations included janitors and cleaners at $7.37 per hour and nursing aides, orderlies and attendants at $6.79 per hour. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 76 detailed occupations; data for other detailed occupations surveyed could not be reported separately due to concerns about the confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of the data. White-collar Blue-collar Service Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were $14.58 per hour, compared with an average of $7.42 per hour for part-time workers. Data for specific work levels within major occupational groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may not be published because no workers were identified at that 2 wages averaged $17.38 in all goods-producing industries, $24.54 in mining, $15.32 in construction and $15.77 in manufacturing. In all service-producing industries, hourly wages averaged $12.09, $9.95 in wholesale and retail trade, $25.12 in finance, insurance and real estate, and $10.88 in services. Data for transportation, and public utilities did not meet publication criteria. Table C-4 reports that a total of 302,740 workers were represented by the New Orleans, LA survey. White-collar occupations included 147,816 workers, or 49 percent, bluecollar occupations included 97,664 workers, or 32 percent; and service occupations included 57,260 workers, or 19 percent. level or because there were not enough data to guarantee confidentiality and reliability. Work levels for all major groups span several levels, with professional specialty occupations and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting and ending at higher work levels than the other groups. Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level 8. As illustrated in Chart 3, the average hourly rate was $7.63 for level 2, $9.97 for level 4, $14.89 for level 6, and $19.26 for level 8. Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for administrative support occupations, including clerical, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by occupational group, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 Dollars per hour $20 Percent 50 15 40 10 30 5 20 10 0 2 4 6 8 Level 0 Whitecollar Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of $15.15 as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion workers averaged $13.83. Time workers, whose wages were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged $13.81 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at least partially based on productivity payments, averaged $19.17 per hour. Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. In the private sector, hourly Bluecollar Service workers Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry, and State and local government are available in appendix table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3. 3 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ....................................................................... $13.97 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 14.18 $5.50 5.75 25 Median 50 $7.29 $11.54 7.58 11.75 75 90 $16.99 17.07 $24.78 24.99 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 17.28 18.27 6.56 7.37 9.09 10.00 13.73 14.62 22.15 23.08 32.27 33.56 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Petroleum engineers ............................................ Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Cashiers ............................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 22.49 25.65 31.96 35.46 22.89 34.11 24.31 24.09 30.58 22.16 21.52 32.36 23.70 26.27 27.50 24.07 – – 11.66 11.89 – 10.50 11.41 22.50 26.11 16.00 24.24 20.94 20.94 9.30 15.69 16.00 15.57 11.31 19.02 20.45 12.26 – – 8.87 9.03 – 13.39 16.73 25.19 28.75 16.00 27.81 23.06 21.91 11.01 17.68 18.00 21.69 18.65 21.74 22.95 17.87 – – 10.21 10.58 – 20.06 23.47 30.04 35.24 23.00 35.56 23.47 23.47 33.66 20.96 21.27 28.85 25.67 26.89 29.00 27.22 – – 11.09 11.53 – 28.09 31.24 39.12 43.63 30.00 41.35 25.96 23.86 41.01 23.82 23.68 40.06 30.02 30.74 31.70 30.02 – – 12.57 12.82 – 37.68 42.07 44.11 45.69 32.42 45.19 28.79 30.58 51.01 28.28 25.41 54.70 31.90 32.92 33.12 31.15 – – 13.86 14.08 – 19.22 18.27 14.86 15.27 15.60 11.93 13.38 16.12 14.18 17.56 25.62 29.42 35.34 26.63 34.22 20.11 19.00 11.41 12.02 9.08 8.78 12.13 9.91 7.37 10.24 10.02 8.81 13.16 13.91 19.85 14.97 20.83 11.76 10.92 13.38 13.94 11.11 11.65 13.80 11.00 9.50 11.69 11.00 11.50 15.75 18.50 22.40 14.97 24.78 14.18 15.37 16.73 16.35 13.86 16.96 15.91 11.91 12.00 15.08 16.02 20.06 22.40 25.70 37.09 21.06 30.63 19.51 18.75 23.21 21.95 17.51 18.17 16.98 13.00 15.69 21.26 16.02 20.33 31.25 35.85 44.30 41.67 36.62 24.99 21.88 33.17 29.15 21.26 19.43 18.25 14.09 17.05 22.03 16.02 23.69 43.96 53.72 54.92 48.76 55.58 26.44 26.40 18.56 20.47 10.74 10.79 13.16 5.15 11.20 14.36 5.45 14.18 20.55 7.00 19.06 23.68 13.95 35.25 26.23 19.11 15.20 20.99 5.84 10.33 13.41 11.51 7.83 7.84 9.79 9.52 13.75 10.77 7.56 10.26 10.02 10.41 7.50 6.19 5.15 6.46 9.65 8.00 6.00 6.46 7.28 6.25 8.67 7.50 5.20 6.16 7.26 6.25 11.25 11.11 5.15 7.50 10.23 9.18 6.00 6.70 7.50 8.35 13.22 9.00 6.50 7.50 8.75 7.76 14.43 16.11 5.41 9.52 11.81 10.68 7.00 7.00 9.25 9.00 14.95 9.50 7.26 10.00 10.72 9.45 18.75 33.02 5.87 12.38 17.02 13.28 8.75 7.70 10.77 12.50 15.32 12.41 8.52 13.60 11.65 12.50 21.88 42.33 7.00 15.87 17.56 16.34 14.12 10.50 13.23 12.50 16.51 12.48 10.00 14.16 11.65 16.83 See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $16.01 18.58 29.90 15.00 20.36 21.38 $20.14 21.42 40.89 17.00 21.31 21.42 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... $12.65 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... 15.83 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. 23.25 Automobile mechanics ......................................... 12.45 Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 15.74 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... 16.19 Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ..................................................... 14.26 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. 18.11 Electricians ........................................................... 15.79 Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. 13.17 Supervisors, production occupations .................... 22.65 Machinists ............................................................. 14.83 Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... 10.13 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. 19.06 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 11.48 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... 11.18 Welders and cutters .............................................. 13.94 Transportation and material moving occupations ............. 11.03 Truck drivers ......................................................... 9.78 Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.64 Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ..... 15.21 Sailors and deckhands ......................................... 7.80 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 11.27 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 8.19 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... 6.68 Helpers, construction trades ................................. 8.06 Construction laborers ........................................... 7.84 Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 7.16 Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... 5.53 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... 9.39 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 8.64 $6.00 9.85 9.09 8.75 11.44 9.15 $8.42 $12.25 12.00 15.75 14.22 22.24 9.92 11.56 12.30 15.04 13.33 16.38 10.28 13.74 11.83 9.00 16.00 12.50 7.45 12.19 17.60 15.04 12.00 17.63 12.75 8.03 13.76 18.58 15.75 12.00 21.46 13.75 8.87 15.19 20.90 17.54 16.94 26.54 16.73 10.19 19.12 21.30 20.35 16.94 30.50 18.15 16.54 16.42 6.50 7.00 11.50 6.50 6.80 8.33 9.00 6.50 9.65 5.25 5.25 6.42 5.41 5.15 5.15 5.26 5.25 17.91 9.01 10.39 12.20 7.75 7.75 10.21 12.78 7.19 10.08 5.56 5.60 6.70 6.29 5.25 5.35 5.81 5.50 18.67 11.80 11.80 13.50 10.54 9.08 11.25 16.67 7.33 11.49 7.00 6.75 7.77 7.29 5.75 5.50 8.75 7.00 21.31 13.50 12.65 15.77 13.12 10.78 14.00 17.92 8.33 12.23 10.18 6.92 8.50 9.30 9.40 5.50 10.18 12.25 21.31 15.77 13.21 17.50 16.67 14.72 14.00 17.92 10.00 12.96 13.00 8.32 10.10 10.54 9.85 6.25 19.39 13.45 Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................ Food service occupations ......................................... Bartenders ............................................................ Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. 7.38 9.09 16.40 9.39 12.23 5.15 5.15 14.17 6.63 9.44 5.25 6.00 16.19 7.96 11.44 6.20 8.00 16.60 9.02 12.47 8.31 11.57 17.02 10.09 13.54 11.42 14.84 18.34 11.00 14.84 14.77 8.19 6.36 10.27 5.87 5.83 4.21 7.99 5.86 6.62 11.35 6.56 5.15 8.00 2.83 5.15 2.24 5.25 5.15 5.15 12.58 6.85 5.15 8.00 5.15 5.15 2.82 5.90 5.15 5.25 14.40 7.42 5.75 9.50 5.55 5.67 3.50 8.00 5.15 6.00 15.00 9.09 6.50 10.82 6.65 6.43 6.13 9.40 5.90 7.26 23.55 12.66 8.25 13.94 9.08 6.76 6.42 12.00 7.37 10.95 See footnotes at end of table. 5 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ....................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Service occupations, 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. $7.10 6.79 6.88 6.14 7.37 8.67 6.52 7.73 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $5.25 5.25 5.15 5.15 5.25 5.00 5.15 5.15 $5.89 5.75 5.36 5.15 5.77 5.15 5.15 6.45 $6.75 6.51 6.00 5.50 7.00 6.26 5.33 7.91 $7.74 7.49 7.82 6.14 7.97 8.44 6.60 8.50 $9.02 8.57 9.79 7.06 10.31 16.00 9.85 9.56 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 6 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $13.72 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 13.99 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Petroleum engineers .......................... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Natural scientists .................................... Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, except college and university Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, special education ............... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Social scientists and urban planners ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Technical occupations ................................ Radiological technicians ..................... Licensed practical nurses ................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ... Drafters ............................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... Financial managers ............................ Managers and administrators, N.E.C. Management related occupations .......... Accountants and auditors ................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Sales occupations .......................................... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. Cashiers ............................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... Secretaries ......................................... Receptionists ...................................... Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ Dispatchers ......................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks General office clerks ........................... Teachers’ aides .................................. State and local government $5.45 5.50 25 Median 50 $7.00 $11.61 7.30 12.00 Percentiles Mean 75 90 10 $16.83 16.94 $23.08 23.44 $14.71 14.72 $6.31 6.33 25 Median 50 75 90 $8.18 $11.39 $18.17 $27.84 8.18 11.44 18.21 27.84 17.02 18.51 6.22 7.50 8.78 10.02 13.39 14.31 21.01 22.79 32.93 35.35 17.84 17.87 7.09 7.09 9.66 9.67 15.33 15.38 23.97 24.00 31.70 31.70 23.52 28.77 32.33 35.46 34.11 – 30.58 21.84 21.28 – – – – – – – – – – 10.53 12.50 23.00 26.11 24.24 – 9.30 15.75 16.22 – – – – – – – – – – 14.00 18.37 25.64 28.75 27.81 – 11.01 16.97 17.87 – – – – – – – – – – 20.33 24.94 30.29 35.24 35.56 – 33.66 20.96 21.04 – – – – – – – – – – 28.76 35.82 39.42 43.63 41.35 – 41.01 23.68 23.51 – – – – – – – – – – 41.01 45.69 44.37 45.69 45.19 – 51.01 29.17 25.37 – – – – – – – – – – 21.16 22.77 – – – – – 22.64 21.89 – 25.50 26.27 27.50 27.48 – – 11.35 11.57 – 10.13 10.58 – – – – – 15.69 15.69 – 17.87 19.02 20.45 19.30 – – 8.46 9.03 – 12.84 14.85 – – – – – 18.62 18.21 – 21.12 21.74 22.95 24.06 – – 10.21 10.58 – 19.95 21.84 – – – – – 20.82 21.49 – 27.22 26.89 29.00 29.61 – – 11.09 11.09 – 27.29 29.21 – – – – – 24.00 24.00 – 30.54 30.74 31.70 30.65 – – 12.57 12.93 – 33.12 33.56 – – – – – 27.10 25.41 – 32.51 32.92 33.12 31.90 – – 13.54 13.70 – 21.27 15.56 15.29 11.97 11.41 9.87 12.05 9.97 13.45 11.38 12.50 11.00 20.75 14.80 15.17 12.00 29.40 18.51 17.51 13.00 35.58 22.03 18.25 14.10 – 12.58 – – – 7.69 – – – 9.79 – – – 12.84 – – – 14.76 – – – 17.79 – – 14.93 16.12 14.18 9.00 10.24 10.02 10.25 11.69 11.00 14.04 15.08 16.02 16.50 21.26 16.02 32.34 22.03 16.02 10.03 – – 7.27 – – 7.67 – – 9.73 – – 11.61 – – 14.35 – – 25.83 12.69 15.63 21.71 31.25 46.88 25.13 13.28 16.80 23.83 30.00 38.89 30.15 13.70 17.16 25.70 36.62 53.72 28.04 16.80 20.12 24.20 35.32 44.18 – 26.63 34.93 20.47 20.42 – 14.97 20.83 12.69 15.12 – 14.97 25.00 15.14 17.87 – 21.06 31.25 19.90 19.51 – 41.67 47.63 24.46 22.79 – 48.76 55.58 27.17 27.07 35.17 – – 18.92 – 19.85 – – 10.92 – 22.40 – – 14.08 – 35.51 – – 16.13 – 46.40 – – 26.06 – 54.92 – – 26.06 – 17.79 10.79 11.20 14.18 19.06 32.13 – – – – – – 20.44 10.76 12.88 5.15 18.81 5.45 20.55 7.00 23.08 13.95 28.76 19.11 20.58 – 14.08 – 14.08 – 25.46 – 25.88 – 26.23 – 15.20 7.50 11.25 14.43 18.75 21.88 – – – – – – 20.99 5.80 6.19 5.15 11.11 5.15 16.11 5.36 33.02 5.85 42.33 6.95 – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.66 12.61 8.01 – 6.75 8.25 6.00 – 7.75 10.09 6.20 – 9.97 12.03 7.28 – 12.77 15.45 8.75 – 15.92 17.26 14.12 – 9.59 9.40 – 8.76 6.02 6.89 – 6.44 6.97 8.82 – 6.70 9.13 9.52 – 7.86 10.75 10.22 – 10.20 15.87 11.75 – 11.80 10.00 – 10.77 11.64 – 7.28 – 7.50 7.50 – 7.69 – 9.00 8.75 – 9.52 – 9.50 12.74 – 11.54 – 12.41 14.16 – 13.23 – 12.48 14.16 – – 13.62 – 8.39 10.02 – 7.38 – 5.47 7.26 – 10.24 – 6.17 8.75 – 14.95 – 8.20 10.72 – 15.32 – 10.55 11.65 – 17.35 – 10.75 11.65 See footnotes at end of table. 7 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Industrial machinery repairers ............ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................................... Electricians ......................................... Supervisors, production occupations .. Machinists ........................................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................................... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. .......................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Welders and cutters ............................ Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Bus drivers .......................................... Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ................................. Sailors and deckhands ....................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... Construction laborers ......................... Stock handlers and baggers ............... Machine feeders and offbearers ......... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..................... Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Bartenders .......................................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... State and local government 25 Median 50 $7.50 $10.00 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $10.10 $12.50 10 25 $11.01 $7.05 $7.76 Median 50 75 90 $9.37 $5.67 13.01 6.00 8.58 12.65 16.50 20.53 10.20 6.44 7.97 10.21 11.83 13.77 16.60 27.88 13.38 15.74 – 11.40 18.67 8.75 11.44 – 13.50 20.42 10.33 12.30 – 16.38 24.09 14.12 15.04 – 19.16 31.29 15.32 20.36 – 21.57 45.46 17.00 21.31 – 11.31 – – – 9.79 8.03 – – – 7.66 9.15 – – – 7.97 11.23 – – – 9.15 12.30 – – – 12.30 14.58 – – – 12.30 – 16.33 23.03 14.83 – 13.50 16.50 12.50 – 15.75 18.41 12.75 – 15.75 21.58 13.75 – 17.54 26.95 16.73 – 20.35 30.64 18.15 14.20 – – – 10.32 – – – 11.44 – – – 14.30 – – – 16.11 – – – 17.57 – – – – – – – – – 10.13 7.45 8.03 8.87 10.19 16.54 19.06 16.42 17.91 18.67 21.31 21.31 – – – – – – 11.53 6.48 9.01 11.80 13.50 15.77 – – – – – – 11.19 13.94 7.00 11.50 10.39 12.20 11.80 13.50 12.65 15.77 13.21 17.50 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.06 10.24 – 6.42 7.75 – 7.75 8.00 – 10.54 9.08 – 13.50 11.47 – 16.67 15.82 – 10.76 8.13 11.05 7.60 5.98 10.21 10.21 6.60 10.21 10.54 7.67 10.64 11.55 9.23 11.30 14.07 10.78 12.29 15.27 7.80 9.00 6.50 14.83 7.19 16.67 7.33 17.92 8.33 17.92 10.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.27 9.65 10.08 11.49 12.23 12.96 – – – – – – 8.26 5.25 5.50 7.00 10.25 13.00 7.80 5.39 6.08 6.92 9.31 11.30 – 7.78 7.16 5.53 – 6.00 5.15 5.15 – 6.75 5.25 5.35 – 7.15 5.75 5.50 – 8.50 9.40 5.50 – 10.25 9.85 6.25 7.58 – – – 6.92 – – – 6.92 – – – 6.92 – – – 8.32 – – – 9.02 – – – 10.53 8.68 5.90 5.25 7.75 5.50 9.67 7.00 10.75 12.25 19.39 13.45 – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.74 7.18 – – – 5.00 5.15 – – – 5.15 5.25 – – – 5.96 6.00 – – – 7.49 8.00 – – – 9.75 10.55 – – – 8.99 10.96 16.40 8.76 12.52 5.46 6.37 14.17 6.63 10.11 6.38 7.98 16.19 7.84 11.57 7.98 10.87 16.60 8.80 12.47 10.31 13.54 17.02 9.84 13.78 14.07 16.19 18.34 10.47 14.84 – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.77 8.19 11.35 6.56 12.58 6.85 14.40 7.42 15.00 9.09 23.55 12.66 6.32 5.64 5.83 4.21 7.88 6.41 6.76 5.15 2.70 5.15 2.24 5.25 5.15 5.25 5.15 5.15 5.15 2.82 5.90 5.25 5.50 5.50 5.33 5.67 3.50 7.83 5.80 6.25 6.25 6.35 6.43 6.13 9.25 6.50 7.40 8.00 8.50 6.76 6.42 12.00 10.95 9.28 – 9.38 – – – – 7.75 – 8.92 – – – – 5.89 – 9.04 – – – – 6.49 – 9.14 – – – – 7.36 – 9.94 – – – – 8.27 – 10.56 – – – – 9.02 6.61 5.20 5.50 6.18 7.27 8.51 7.15 5.78 6.33 7.07 7.73 8.77 See footnotes at end of table. 8 $9.11 $16.83 $16.83 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Service occupations, N.E.C.. .............. State and local government $6.64 6.12 7.43 9.34 7.76 Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $5.15 5.15 5.15 4.48 5.15 $5.25 5.15 6.00 5.15 6.50 $5.85 5.50 7.00 6.66 7.91 $7.00 6.13 7.82 9.03 8.65 $9.75 7.00 11.22 16.90 9.56 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as $7.36 – 7.33 5.54 – 10 25 Median 50 $5.77 – 5.61 5.15 – $5.77 – 5.77 5.18 – $7.75 – 7.75 5.33 – 75 90 $7.98 $10.29 – – 7.97 10.29 5.46 5.56 – – 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 9 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $14.58 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 14.76 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Petroleum engineers .......................... Industrial engineers ............................ Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Natural scientists .................................... Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, except college and university Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, special education ............... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Social scientists and urban planners ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Professional occupations, N.E.C. ....... Technical occupations ................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .................................... Radiological technicians ..................... Licensed practical nurses ................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ... Drafters ............................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... Financial managers ............................ Managers and administrators, N.E.C. Management related occupations .......... Accountants and auditors ................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Sales occupations .......................................... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. Cashiers ............................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... Supervisors, general office ................. Part-time $6.00 6.04 25 Median 50 $8.00 $12.19 8.32 12.30 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $17.54 17.69 $25.39 25.48 10 25 Median 50 $7.42 7.62 $5.15 5.03 $5.15 5.15 $5.80 5.95 75 90 $7.50 $11.00 8.00 11.30 17.68 18.49 7.00 7.50 9.50 10.10 14.16 14.97 22.30 23.43 32.42 33.56 10.65 13.31 5.25 5.92 5.75 6.83 7.00 9.38 10.97 16.75 22.60 27.73 22.66 25.78 32.08 35.46 22.89 34.11 24.31 10.58 11.42 22.60 26.11 16.00 24.24 20.94 13.54 16.73 25.20 28.75 16.00 27.81 23.06 20.06 23.51 30.14 35.24 23.00 35.56 23.47 28.19 31.15 39.18 43.63 30.00 41.35 25.96 38.75 42.87 44.11 45.69 32.42 45.19 28.79 18.91 22.69 – – – – – 8.33 8.33 – – – – – 10.50 15.00 – – – – – 16.73 22.60 – – – – – 25.00 33.67 – – – – – 35.35 35.35 – – – – – 24.09 30.58 21.56 21.13 32.33 24.01 26.25 27.50 24.23 – – 11.66 11.89 – 20.94 9.30 15.50 15.86 15.38 11.67 19.02 20.45 12.26 – – 8.87 9.03 – 21.91 11.01 17.01 17.64 21.39 19.05 21.67 22.95 17.89 – – 10.21 10.58 – 23.47 33.66 20.60 20.89 27.70 25.95 26.89 29.00 27.22 – – 11.09 11.53 – 23.86 41.01 23.68 23.68 40.45 30.16 30.92 31.70 30.43 – – 12.57 12.82 – 30.58 51.01 25.41 25.25 54.70 31.97 32.92 33.12 31.32 – – 13.86 14.08 – – – 26.79 24.69 – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.54 18.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.53 21.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – 25.00 22.60 – – – – – – – – – – – – 35.00 25.31 – – – – – – – – – – – – 35.35 35.35 – – – – – – – – – – 19.51 18.27 15.02 11.41 12.02 9.08 13.45 13.94 11.30 16.73 16.35 14.04 24.04 21.95 17.79 34.55 29.15 21.26 – – 12.06 – – 9.45 – – 10.25 – – 12.00 – – 13.80 – – 16.66 15.12 15.87 11.94 8.78 12.05 9.91 11.37 14.73 10.95 17.79 16.32 11.73 18.17 16.98 13.12 19.43 18.25 14.19 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.61 16.12 14.44 7.37 10.24 10.02 9.50 11.69 12.40 12.50 15.08 16.02 15.69 21.26 16.02 17.61 22.03 16.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 25.71 13.16 16.13 22.40 31.25 43.96 – – – – – – 29.57 13.91 18.54 25.70 35.85 53.72 – – – – – – 35.34 26.63 34.22 20.14 19.00 19.85 14.97 20.83 11.76 10.92 22.40 14.97 24.78 14.18 15.37 37.09 21.06 30.63 19.51 18.75 44.30 41.67 36.62 24.99 21.88 54.92 48.76 55.58 26.44 26.40 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.56 10.79 11.20 14.18 19.06 35.25 – – – – – – 20.62 11.62 12.88 5.15 14.08 5.50 20.55 8.00 23.68 15.00 26.68 21.41 – 5.85 – 5.15 – 5.25 – 5.50 – 6.45 – 7.00 16.12 9.23 11.89 14.71 18.75 22.24 – – – – – – 20.99 5.90 6.19 5.15 11.11 5.15 16.11 5.36 33.02 6.00 42.33 8.00 – 5.60 – 5.15 – 5.15 – 5.45 – 5.60 – 6.50 10.49 13.41 6.70 9.65 7.50 10.23 9.66 11.81 12.50 17.02 15.87 17.56 7.31 – 5.50 – 6.00 – 7.00 – 8.29 – 9.38 – See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Secretaries ......................................... $11.56 Receptionists ...................................... 8.07 Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 7.84 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 9.79 Billing clerks ........................................ 9.52 Dispatchers ......................................... 13.75 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 7.64 General office clerks ........................... 10.36 Teachers’ aides .................................. 10.17 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 10.90 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Industrial machinery repairers ............ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ............................ Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................................... Electricians ......................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Supervisors, production occupations .. Machinists ........................................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................................... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. .......................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Welders and cutters ............................ Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Bus drivers .......................................... Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ................................. Sailors and deckhands ....................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... Helpers, construction trades ............... Construction laborers ......................... Stock handlers and baggers ............... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Part-time $8.00 6.00 6.46 25 Median 50 $9.25 $10.75 6.20 7.28 6.70 7.00 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $13.46 8.75 7.70 $16.34 14.12 10.50 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.28 6.25 8.67 5.20 6.16 7.57 7.50 8.35 13.22 7.00 7.50 8.75 9.25 9.00 14.95 7.26 10.38 10.90 10.77 12.50 15.32 8.52 13.60 11.65 13.23 12.50 16.51 10.00 14.16 11.65 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.25 7.94 9.89 14.52 16.83 – – – – – – 13.06 6.50 9.08 12.50 16.40 20.36 $6.57 $5.15 $5.25 $5.75 $7.00 $9.80 15.85 23.25 12.45 15.74 16.19 9.88 9.09 8.75 11.44 9.15 12.00 14.22 9.92 12.30 13.33 15.75 22.24 11.56 15.04 16.38 18.58 29.90 15.00 20.36 21.38 21.42 40.89 17.00 21.31 21.42 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.26 10.28 12.19 13.76 15.19 19.12 – – – – – – 18.11 15.79 13.74 22.65 14.83 13.74 11.83 12.00 16.00 12.50 17.60 15.04 12.00 17.63 12.75 18.58 15.75 12.00 21.46 13.75 20.90 17.54 16.94 26.54 16.73 21.30 20.35 16.94 30.50 18.15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.28 7.45 7.83 9.32 11.02 16.54 – – – – – – 19.06 16.42 17.91 18.67 21.31 21.31 – – – – – – 11.51 6.50 9.10 11.80 13.50 15.77 – – – – – – 11.25 13.94 7.00 11.50 10.39 12.20 11.80 13.50 13.17 15.77 13.21 17.50 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.31 9.78 11.97 7.19 6.80 7.50 8.33 7.75 10.21 11.00 9.08 14.00 13.77 10.78 14.00 16.67 14.72 14.00 8.22 – – 5.75 – – 5.75 – – 7.50 – – 10.78 – – 11.36 – – 15.21 7.80 9.00 6.50 12.78 7.19 16.67 7.33 17.92 8.33 17.92 10.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.27 9.65 10.08 11.49 12.23 12.96 – – – – – – 8.70 5.50 6.00 7.75 11.25 13.45 5.93 5.15 5.25 5.50 6.00 7.25 6.68 8.00 7.86 8.68 5.25 6.31 5.41 5.45 5.60 6.70 6.50 6.00 6.75 7.70 7.29 9.40 6.92 8.74 9.30 9.80 8.32 10.50 10.54 10.80 – – – 5.45 – – – 5.15 – – – 5.20 – – – 5.25 – – – 5.50 – – – 6.00 9.82 9.21 5.39 5.50 5.90 5.75 9.60 8.95 10.18 12.25 19.39 13.45 – 5.96 – 5.15 – 5.50 – 6.00 – 6.50 – 7.00 7.86 9.40 16.40 5.15 5.25 14.17 5.50 6.08 16.19 6.66 8.31 16.60 8.82 11.86 17.02 12.35 14.84 18.34 5.53 6.23 – 2.57 5.15 – 5.15 5.15 – 5.25 5.33 – 6.13 6.00 – 7.98 7.73 – See footnotes at end of table. 11 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Protective service occupations (-Continued) Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Food service occupations ....................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........................ Service occupations, N.E.C.. .............. Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $9.39 12.23 8.19 $6.63 9.44 6.56 $7.96 11.44 6.85 $9.02 12.47 7.42 $10.09 13.54 9.09 $11.00 14.84 12.66 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.43 5.15 5.15 6.00 6.50 8.41 $6.05 $5.15 $5.15 $5.40 $6.00 $7.73 10.27 6.56 4.08 7.83 6.80 7.10 8.00 3.66 2.47 5.25 5.25 5.25 8.00 5.25 3.00 5.90 5.25 5.96 9.50 6.06 3.48 7.83 6.14 6.78 10.82 8.00 5.23 9.30 6.70 7.79 13.94 9.40 6.42 12.02 10.95 8.90 – 5.12 4.30 – 6.35 – – 2.13 2.13 – 5.15 – – 3.56 2.65 – 5.15 – – 5.15 3.50 – 5.75 – – 6.03 6.13 – 7.70 – – 8.00 6.13 – 9.04 – 6.75 5.24 5.80 6.70 7.53 8.45 – – – – – – 6.88 6.11 7.40 9.61 5.15 5.15 5.25 4.16 5.35 5.15 5.77 5.15 6.00 5.48 7.00 6.99 7.82 6.13 7.97 9.56 10.18 7.10 10.31 16.90 6.96 – – 5.60 5.25 – – 5.15 5.90 – – 5.18 7.00 – – 5.33 7.98 – – 5.56 7.98 – – 6.50 6.88 8.20 5.15 6.45 5.15 7.50 5.25 7.92 6.60 8.66 11.05 10.05 – – – – – – – – – – – – 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 12 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 All industries Occupation3 Mean weekly hours4 Weekly earnings Mean Median Mean annual hours Annual earnings Mean Median All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 39.7 39.7 $579 586 $490 494 2,011 2,008 $29,309 29,639 $25,465 25,584 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 39.1 39.0 691 721 566 599 1,941 1,926 34,307 35,613 28,912 29,852 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Petroleum engineers ............................................ Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Cashiers ............................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 38.7 38.2 40.4 40.0 42.6 40.0 40.5 40.6 39.3 39.7 39.8 39.4 33.9 32.8 31.7 34.7 – – 39.6 39.6 – 877 985 1,296 1,418 975 1,365 985 978 1,203 856 840 1,273 813 861 872 840 – – 462 471 – 784 909 1,212 1,410 1,150 1,422 954 954 1,253 824 831 1,128 887 907 922 934 – – 444 460 – 1,834 1,751 2,101 2,080 2,216 2,080 2,108 2,111 2,045 2,064 2,068 1,570 1,298 1,205 1,168 1,352 – – 2,055 2,053 – 41,555 45,140 67,384 73,747 50,713 70,968 51,226 50,861 62,534 44,489 43,686 50,762 31,176 31,631 32,126 32,755 – – 23,961 24,405 – 35,187 36,867 63,003 73,299 59,800 73,965 49,629 49,629 65,166 42,848 43,212 45,895 33,278 33,278 33,899 34,869 – – 23,067 23,920 – 40.1 40.1 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 39.3 39.3 39.7 38.8 40.0 39.5 39.2 782 733 599 605 635 478 544 643 577 1,012 1,161 1,404 1,033 1,369 795 745 669 650 562 712 653 469 500 606 641 892 1,000 1,484 790 1,225 780 748 2,084 2,086 2,074 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,072 2,080 2,006 2,018 2,066 2,017 2,080 1,989 2,035 40,671 38,110 31,151 31,448 32,999 24,839 28,311 33,412 30,029 51,571 59,655 73,013 53,705 71,178 40,045 38,659 34,798 33,800 29,203 37,003 33,946 24,398 26,000 31,491 33,322 43,992 52,000 77,147 41,067 63,710 37,440 38,875 39.8 39.8 39.5 738 822 459 567 822 320 2,058 2,034 2,056 38,203 41,947 23,889 29,931 42,744 16,640 40.0 41.6 39.9 39.3 37.6 39.2 39.9 39.5 39.6 40.0 40.1 40.0 39.2 32.0 39.4 645 873 236 412 505 453 322 310 388 381 551 306 406 325 429 588 656 216 378 423 423 291 280 370 360 598 290 400 350 396 2,080 2,164 2,077 2,016 1,958 2,012 2,075 2,056 2,014 2,080 2,085 2,080 2,027 1,173 2,048 33,526 45,415 12,261 21,142 26,256 23,250 16,746 16,123 19,714 19,804 28,669 15,899 21,006 11,928 22,330 30,597 34,117 11,232 19,344 21,977 21,486 15,142 14,560 17,784 18,720 31,096 15,101 20,800 12,932 20,571 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... 40.6 40.1 530 636 506 630 2,104 2,087 27,492 33,062 26,312 32,739 See footnotes at end of table. 13 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All industries Occupation3 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ..................................................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Electricians ........................................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Machinists ............................................................. Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ..... Sailors and deckhands ......................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Helpers, construction trades ................................. Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................ Food service occupations ......................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Service occupations, N.E.C.. ................................ Mean weekly hours4 Mean Median Mean annual hours 40.9 40.0 40.0 39.9 $950 498 630 646 $905 462 602 655 2,124 2,080 2,080 2,075 $49,388 25,900 32,743 33,602 $47,050 24,045 31,283 34,070 40.0 40.0 40.0 38.8 40.0 40.0 40.0 570 725 632 533 906 593 411 550 743 630 480 858 550 373 2,080 2,080 2,082 2,017 2,080 2,080 2,080 29,661 37,678 32,874 27,716 47,104 30,851 21,385 28,621 38,646 32,760 24,960 44,637 28,600 19,386 38.8 39.8 40.0 40.0 43.8 40.4 35.6 49.2 54.5 40.0 39.8 37.4 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 741 459 450 557 496 395 426 749 426 451 346 250 320 315 347 393 368 747 472 472 540 460 360 392 830 430 460 310 224 308 292 376 384 358 2,020 2,072 2,080 2,080 2,235 2,101 1,566 2,558 2,836 2,080 2,068 1,934 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 38,510 23,845 23,401 28,988 25,286 20,551 18,741 38,923 22,128 23,450 17,989 12,925 16,634 16,357 18,056 20,431 19,154 38,834 24,544 24,544 28,080 23,899 18,720 15,196 43,185 22,335 23,899 16,016 11,648 16,016 15,163 19,552 19,968 18,616 39.8 41.4 42.1 51.5 41.5 41.5 38.3 40.0 39.7 40.0 39.7 40.6 39.7 39.7 39.6 39.4 39.8 36.6 40.0 38.7 313 389 691 484 507 340 247 411 261 163 311 276 282 268 273 241 295 352 275 318 266 353 711 478 510 314 210 380 246 139 313 246 270 260 237 212 280 300 210 317 2,042 2,149 2,191 2,680 2,158 2,158 1,990 2,080 1,979 2,080 2,016 2,076 2,066 2,064 2,036 2,047 2,023 1,890 2,080 1,968 16,057 20,202 35,922 25,173 26,384 17,678 12,801 21,355 12,992 8,480 15,788 14,118 14,674 13,929 14,004 12,518 14,965 18,157 14,306 16,140 13,517 18,272 36,997 24,859 26,541 16,345 11,440 19,760 11,960 7,238 13,568 12,792 14,061 13,541 12,480 11,024 13,520 15,600 10,920 16,474 1 Earnings are the straight-time 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 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 Weekly earnings Annual earnings Mean Median 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 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. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 14 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $13.97 14.18 $13.72 13.99 $14.71 14.72 $14.58 14.76 $7.42 7.62 White-collar occupations ................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... 17.28 5.84 7.39 9.24 10.68 13.88 16.01 16.97 21.08 22.64 30.95 32.45 35.43 48.12 58.69 23.07 18.27 6.63 7.66 8.89 10.01 14.07 15.13 16.92 21.23 22.63 30.93 32.45 35.43 48.12 58.69 23.07 17.02 5.70 7.36 9.58 11.14 13.95 16.60 18.64 19.31 22.92 33.75 34.09 34.46 50.67 – – 18.51 6.86 7.70 9.24 10.27 14.22 15.45 18.73 19.68 22.92 34.17 34.09 34.46 50.67 – – 17.84 6.48 7.55 7.81 9.54 13.61 14.35 13.40 21.97 22.24 24.89 26.92 – – – 25.44 17.87 6.52 7.55 7.81 9.53 13.61 14.35 13.40 21.97 22.24 24.89 26.92 – – – 25.44 17.68 5.85 7.60 9.33 10.91 14.04 16.12 16.74 20.94 22.48 30.95 32.45 35.50 48.12 58.69 23.78 18.49 6.79 7.66 8.98 10.22 14.14 15.22 16.67 21.09 22.48 30.93 32.45 35.50 48.12 58.69 23.78 10.65 5.84 6.09 7.56 7.83 9.90 12.92 22.09 26.19 – – – – – – 10.98 13.31 6.12 – 7.56 7.83 11.69 12.92 22.09 26.19 – – – – – – 10.98 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Teachers, college and university .............................. Level 11 ............................................................ Teachers, except college and university .................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ 22.49 25.65 16.66 15.69 16.33 23.13 25.10 35.44 32.46 36.68 44.45 31.96 27.11 35.34 31.42 24.31 30.58 22.16 17.66 22.36 21.82 23.29 32.36 38.33 23.70 18.10 26.48 – – 23.52 28.77 13.03 16.10 21.30 22.04 25.56 40.43 33.87 33.28 44.45 32.33 27.11 35.34 31.42 – 30.58 21.84 17.96 – 21.40 – – – – – – – – 21.16 22.77 21.70 – 12.90 23.41 24.72 – – – – – – – – – – 22.64 – – 22.50 23.65 – – 25.50 24.70 26.48 – – 22.66 25.78 17.06 15.64 15.58 23.02 24.73 35.44 32.46 36.89 44.45 32.08 27.11 35.34 31.42 24.31 30.58 21.56 17.65 – 21.00 21.71 32.33 38.33 24.01 – 26.48 – – 18.91 22.69 – – 22.09 26.19 – – – – – – – – – – – 26.79 – – 26.83 – – – – – – – – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level White-collar occupations (-Continued) Social, religious, and recreation workers .................. Level 7 .............................................................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Technical occupations .................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Level 6 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Management related occupations ............................ Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Sales occupations ............................................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Level 3 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 16 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $11.66 11.43 – – – – $11.35 – – $11.66 11.43 – – – – 19.22 14.86 9.64 10.56 15.01 14.87 15.97 13.81 17.65 25.62 16.41 15.56 20.67 17.62 21.53 26.39 32.39 33.67 41.63 29.42 15.80 16.49 22.12 26.98 32.68 41.63 20.11 16.75 15.40 20.43 20.60 10.74 5.56 6.09 10.58 13.84 12.37 10.33 6.63 7.63 8.82 9.97 11.91 14.89 15.34 19.26 $21.27 15.56 – 10.93 16.00 14.86 15.97 16.13 – 25.83 – 15.43 20.43 17.65 22.24 27.82 35.04 – – 30.15 – 16.21 22.40 – 35.81 – 20.47 – 15.03 20.43 22.00 10.76 5.56 6.09 10.58 13.91 12.37 10.66 6.86 7.65 9.14 10.18 12.53 15.92 16.50 – – 12.58 – – – 14.94 – – – 25.13 – 15.89 – – 19.49 – 28.32 – 41.63 28.04 – – 21.35 – 28.32 41.63 18.92 – 16.36 – – – – – – – – 9.59 6.52 7.54 7.82 9.59 9.67 14.01 12.46 – 19.51 15.02 9.62 10.74 15.18 15.07 15.97 13.81 17.72 25.71 16.41 15.57 20.67 17.62 21.53 26.39 32.39 33.67 – 29.57 15.80 16.49 22.12 26.98 32.68 – 20.14 16.75 15.42 20.43 20.60 11.62 5.53 – 10.58 13.84 – 10.49 6.79 7.62 8.92 10.17 11.91 14.95 15.34 19.26 – $12.06 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.85 5.72 – – – – 7.31 6.12 – – – – – – – 12.65 6.55 8.43 9.82 11.68 14.47 16.13 16.32 20.90 24.24 15.83 9.84 13.01 6.57 8.26 10.07 12.22 14.56 16.54 17.48 21.47 24.24 16.60 10.11 10.20 6.43 9.21 8.37 9.34 12.85 12.09 12.07 – – 11.31 9.07 13.06 6.83 8.58 9.88 11.68 14.47 16.19 16.32 20.90 24.24 15.85 9.86 6.57 5.65 7.84 8.12 – – – – – – – – Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. $11.43 15.02 16.39 16.65 21.77 11.48 8.47 10.48 12.11 14.72 11.03 7.61 8.74 9.70 11.86 12.94 8.19 6.17 8.06 9.72 13.30 $13.16 15.05 16.96 17.86 22.57 11.53 8.47 10.48 12.22 15.35 11.06 7.60 7.94 9.83 12.07 – 8.26 6.14 8.12 10.09 – $8.91 14.30 12.09 12.00 – – – – – – 10.76 – 11.02 9.07 – – 7.80 6.40 7.82 – – $11.43 15.02 16.47 16.65 21.77 11.51 8.49 10.57 12.11 14.72 11.31 7.64 9.24 9.69 11.86 12.94 8.70 6.41 8.28 9.85 13.30 – – – – – – – – – – $8.22 – – – – – 5.93 5.62 – – – Service occupations ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Protective service occupations ............................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Food service occupations ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. 7.38 5.58 6.54 6.71 8.73 8.96 12.42 19.58 15.77 11.89 9.09 6.83 – 10.31 9.63 12.14 13.88 15.19 11.89 5.87 5.11 5.65 6.51 6.45 6.74 5.40 6.17 6.38 8.47 8.84 – – – – 7.18 – – – – – – – – 5.64 4.98 5.39 5.97 6.45 8.99 6.33 7.74 7.57 9.97 9.06 12.48 13.88 15.19 11.94 10.96 – 7.12 10.68 9.06 12.14 13.88 15.19 11.94 9.38 – – 9.18 – 7.86 5.75 6.59 6.94 9.64 9.48 12.42 19.58 15.77 11.89 9.40 6.57 – 10.19 9.63 12.14 13.88 15.19 11.89 6.56 5.35 6.09 6.59 – 5.53 5.25 5.96 5.81 – – – – – – 6.23 – – – – – – – – 5.12 5.00 – 6.26 – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ..................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations ............ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Personal service occupations ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. 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 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $7.10 6.50 6.92 6.88 6.00 7.02 8.07 8.67 5.03 5.97 $6.76 6.49 – 6.64 5.84 – 8.33 9.34 4.89 – $7.75 – 7.49 7.36 6.32 – 7.84 5.54 – – $7.10 6.47 7.19 6.88 5.95 7.03 8.15 9.61 – – – – – $6.96 – – – 5.60 5.52 – Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 18 Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Petroleum engineers ............................................ Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Registered nurses ................................................ Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Social workers ...................................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations: Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Cashiers ............................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Receptionists ........................................................ Level 2 .............................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Billing clerks .......................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 19 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $35.46 22.89 34.11 24.09 21.52 21.58 22.07 26.27 26.37 27.50 27.61 24.07 27.93 11.89 11.43 $35.46 – 34.11 – 21.28 20.95 – – – – – – – – – – – – – $21.89 22.50 – 26.27 26.37 27.50 27.61 27.48 27.93 11.57 – $35.46 22.89 34.11 24.09 21.13 20.65 22.21 26.25 26.37 27.50 27.61 24.23 27.93 11.89 11.43 – – – – $24.69 26.83 – – – – – – – – – 15.27 15.60 11.93 11.73 13.38 16.12 14.18 17.56 – 15.29 11.97 – 14.93 16.12 14.18 – – – – – 10.03 – – – 15.12 15.87 11.94 11.73 13.61 16.12 14.44 – – – – – – – – – 35.34 26.63 34.22 22.62 33.85 19.00 – 26.63 34.93 23.00 33.85 20.42 35.17 – – – – – 35.34 26.63 34.22 22.62 33.85 19.00 – – – – – – 18.56 20.47 17.79 20.44 – 20.58 18.56 20.62 – – 15.20 20.99 5.84 5.53 6.11 15.20 20.99 5.80 5.53 6.11 16.12 20.99 5.90 5.53 – – – 5.60 – – 13.41 11.51 10.38 11.63 7.83 6.99 7.84 9.79 8.13 9.69 9.52 13.75 14.49 10.77 7.56 10.26 9.37 7.79 9.30 10.02 – 12.61 12.12 12.56 8.01 7.13 – 10.00 – 10.11 – – – 10.77 – 11.64 – – 10.31 – 13.41 11.56 10.47 11.63 8.07 7.01 7.84 9.79 8.13 9.69 9.52 13.75 14.49 – 7.64 10.36 – 7.77 9.30 10.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.40 8.92 – – – 8.76 – – – – 13.62 14.49 – – 8.39 – – – 10.02 Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical: (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Level 7 .............................................................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Level 7 .............................................................. Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ..................................................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Electricians ........................................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Level 7 .............................................................. Machinists ............................................................. Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Welders and cutters .............................................. Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ..... Sailors and deckhands ......................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Helpers, construction trades ................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... Level 1 .............................................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Level 3 .............................................................. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Level 1 .............................................................. Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................ Food service occupations: Bartenders ............................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 20 All industries State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $9.37 – $11.01 – $10.90 18.27 – – 23.25 20.13 12.45 15.74 16.19 18.49 27.88 – 13.38 15.74 – 19.41 – – – – 9.79 – 23.25 20.13 12.45 15.74 16.19 18.49 – – – – – – 14.26 18.11 15.79 15.30 13.17 22.65 19.41 14.83 10.13 – – 16.33 – – 23.03 – 14.83 – – 14.20 – – – – – – 10.13 14.26 18.11 15.79 15.30 13.74 22.65 19.41 14.83 10.28 – – – – – – – – – 19.06 19.06 – 19.06 – 11.18 10.08 12.43 13.94 11.19 10.08 – 13.94 – – – – 11.25 10.16 12.43 13.94 – – – – 9.78 11.64 15.21 7.80 11.27 10.24 – 15.27 7.80 11.27 8.13 11.05 – – – 9.78 11.97 15.21 7.80 11.27 – – – – – 6.68 8.06 8.34 7.84 7.16 6.21 5.53 5.53 9.39 10.41 8.64 5.83 – – – 7.78 7.16 6.21 5.53 5.53 10.53 10.41 8.68 5.81 7.58 – – – – – – – – – – – 6.68 8.00 – 7.86 8.68 – – – 9.82 – 9.21 5.81 All industries Private industry $10.41 18.27 – – – – $5.45 – – – – – 5.96 5.86 16.40 9.39 12.23 9.82 12.40 – – – – – 16.40 8.76 12.52 – 12.40 16.40 9.39 12.23 9.82 12.40 – – – – – 14.77 8.19 6.36 10.27 – – 6.32 – 14.77 8.19 – – – 8.19 6.43 10.27 – – 6.05 – 5.83 5.83 – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Service occupations: (-Continued) Food service occupations: (-Continued) Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Level 3 .............................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Level 1 .............................................................. Health service occupations: Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Personal service occupations: Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Service occupations, 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 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. All industries State and local government All industries Private industry $4.21 4.60 7.99 5.86 6.62 5.97 $4.21 4.60 7.88 – 6.41 5.68 6.79 6.37 6.92 6.61 – – $7.15 – 7.49 6.75 6.32 7.19 – – – 6.14 5.80 7.37 6.16 9.67 8.19 6.12 5.74 7.43 6.00 – – – – 7.33 6.28 – – 6.11 5.80 7.40 6.07 9.67 8.31 – – – – – – 6.52 7.73 – 7.76 – – 6.88 8.20 – – – – – – – – Full-time workers Part-time workers $4.08 – 7.83 – 6.80 – $4.30 – – – 6.35 6.23 Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 21 Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 Occupational group2 Full-time workers3 Part-time workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5 All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $14.58 14.76 $7.42 7.62 $15.15 15.08 $13.83 14.08 $13.81 14.09 $19.17 20.04 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 17.68 18.49 10.65 13.31 23.57 24.53 17.00 17.99 17.08 18.09 22.58 – Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 22.66 25.78 15.02 25.71 11.62 10.49 18.91 22.69 12.06 – 5.85 7.31 27.82 28.27 – – – 12.58 22.08 25.37 14.79 25.62 10.40 10.27 22.32 25.45 14.86 25.24 8.52 10.33 – – – – 18.30 – Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 13.06 15.85 11.51 11.31 8.70 6.57 – – 8.22 5.93 14.29 15.68 13.11 12.36 10.19 12.25 15.88 10.49 10.68 8.11 12.60 15.83 11.67 10.93 8.19 14.02 15.78 – – – Service occupations ........................................................... 7.86 5.53 7.89 7.33 7.38 – 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 22 Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 Goods-producing industries4 Occupational group3 All private industries Total Mining Construction Manufacturing All occupations ........................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ................................................ $13.72 13.99 White-collar occupations ....................................................... White-collar excluding sales ................................................. 17.02 18.51 24.04 24.04 33.29 33.29 18.94 18.94 19.54 19.54 Professional specialty and technical occupations ................ Professional specialty occupations ................................... Technical occupations ...................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ....... Sales occupations ................................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ......... 23.52 28.77 15.56 25.83 10.76 10.66 28.55 33.57 16.25 29.41 – 12.93 37.23 37.50 – 35.98 – 17.13 – – – – – – Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 13.01 16.60 11.53 11.06 8.26 14.28 16.62 11.66 11.80 8.35 – – – – – Service occupations ............................................................... 6.74 – – Service-producing industries5 Total $17.38 $24.54 $15.32 $15.77 $12.09 17.38 24.54 15.32 15.77 12.27 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. 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. TransWholeportsale ation and and retail public trade utilities Finance, insurance, and real estate Services – – $9.95 $25.12 $10.88 9.42 25.12 11.21 14.97 16.36 – – 11.80 12.63 25.40 25.40 14.33 15.49 22.08 28.32 16.18 26.59 – 11.69 21.26 26.01 15.36 23.42 10.76 10.09 – – – – – – – – – – 11.35 9.55 – – – 31.71 – 11.35 20.02 23.64 13.97 19.50 – 8.85 14.80 15.77 – – 8.70 14.19 17.43 11.36 12.43 8.24 11.65 16.56 – 10.66 8.24 – – – – – 10.12 14.06 – 9.40 9.17 – – – – – 8.65 14.18 – – 6.16 – – 6.61 – 5.47 – 6.62 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 23 Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 100 workers or more All private industry workers 50 - 99 workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $13.72 13.99 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. Occupational group3 Total 100 - 499 workers 500 workers or more $12.64 12.40 $14.00 14.39 $12.90 13.37 $15.99 16.06 17.02 18.51 17.85 18.93 16.83 18.42 14.82 17.03 19.61 19.83 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ..... 23.52 28.77 15.56 25.83 10.76 10.66 26.49 28.84 – 21.86 14.79 11.52 23.01 28.76 15.60 26.79 9.44 10.48 21.62 29.78 16.23 27.48 9.32 10.28 24.14 28.28 14.58 26.23 – 10.75 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 13.01 16.60 11.53 11.06 8.26 10.99 14.78 8.87 10.10 7.82 13.57 16.93 12.34 11.61 8.38 13.29 17.33 11.43 11.36 8.34 14.29 16.08 14.72 11.97 8.69 Service occupations ........................................................... 6.74 5.92 7.00 6.69 7.53 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. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 24 Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 All workers Occupational group2 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 302,740 282,939 220,672 201,001 82,068 81,938 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 147,816 128,014 95,624 75,953 52,192 52,061 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 63,286 47,267 16,019 18,049 19,802 46,679 31,983 19,732 12,250 12,257 19,671 31,713 31,303 27,535 3,769 5,792 – 14,966 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 97,664 44,971 8,824 16,036 27,833 84,274 38,293 8,581 13,174 24,227 13,389 6,678 – 2,862 3,606 Service occupations ........................................................... 57,260 40,773 16,487 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 25 Appendix A: Technical Note Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a two stage 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. This 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. While 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. Planning for the survey The overall design of the survey, which was based on the type of data to be produced, had to be developed before data collection could begin. Survey scope This survey of the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area covered establishments employing 50 workers or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment was an economic unit which 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 was usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment was defined as all locations of a government entity. The New Orleans MSA includes the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany. Data collection The collection of data from survey respondents required detailed procedures. Collection was the responsibility of the field economists, working out of the Regional Office, who visited each establishment surveyed. 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 the State unemployment insurance reports for the New Orleans, LA, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The reference month for the private sector is March 1995. 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. 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, 26 being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of Terms” section on the following page for more detail. 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+ 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: 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 MOG’s: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 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 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 9 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 leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their firm. Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic 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 A complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix B. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as 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 27 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. 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. The results of this research will be published by BLS in the future. 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.) Collection period The survey was collected from July 1997 through May 1998. The average payroll reference month was February 1998. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection. 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. Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: · · · · · 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. 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 Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: · · 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 bonuses, 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 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/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 establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 16.7 percent (representing 55,175 employees) refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member, 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 which In order 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 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. 28 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. Appendix table 2 contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE data for all series in this bulletin are available on the Internet web site and by request to the BLS National Office. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix table 2 shows 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 ($12.79 plus and minus 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). 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. were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level. Establishments which were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey (9.5 percent of the total sample) 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. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations. 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 series that were calculated 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. The number of workers estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of 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 29 Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, New Orleans, LA, February 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 represented 100 workers or more Total studied 1,578 1,502 391 33 106 252 1,111 163 484 40 424 75 162 126 40 8 8 24 86 14 28 3 41 36 50 - 99 workers 40 38 11 1 3 7 27 5 13 1 8 2 Total 122 88 29 7 5 17 59 9 15 2 33 34 100 - 499 workers 71 58 17 3 4 10 41 7 14 1 19 13 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 30 500 workers or more 51 30 12 4 1 7 18 2 1 1 14 21 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 (in percent) Occupation3 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 3.1 3.1 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 3.8 3.6 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Petroleum engineers ............................................ Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Cashiers ............................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 4.4 4.6 7.7 4.6 9.2 9.3 4.2 4.7 20.2 3.7 3.3 9.1 3.5 3.3 2.9 7.7 – – 3.7 3.6 – 6.6 6.5 7.5 4.6 – 9.3 – – 20.2 4.6 3.6 – – – – – – – – – – 4.7 4.9 – – – – – – – 6.2 6.3 – 3.4 3.3 2.9 3.7 – – 3.4 3.1 – 9.3 5.3 5.4 7.7 2.7 2.2 11.7 9.4 8.4 15.7 5.5 6.9 17.9 13.0 9.2 5.5 8.0 15.7 – 6.0 – 3.8 2.4 13.6 9.4 8.4 – 5.8 8.2 – 13.0 9.2 5.7 5.5 – – 6.0 – – – 7.0 – – – 12.5 13.5 19.9 – – 14.4 – 19.6 6.3 11.6 20.8 7.2 11.7 – 12.7 – 12.4 23.9 3.3 2.9 10.3 4.6 9.5 5.5 5.2 8.7 7.8 10.1 6.0 8.8 7.9 12.4 23.9 3.2 3.4 – 4.6 10.1 – 5.8 – – 10.1 – 8.2 – – – – 5.0 – 4.1 – 11.3 – – 11.1 – – 8.6 7.9 See footnotes at end of table. 31 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ..................................................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Electricians ........................................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Machinists ............................................................. Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ..... Sailors and deckhands ......................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Helpers, construction trades ................................. Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................ Food service occupations ......................................... Bartenders ............................................................ Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. See footnotes at end of table. 32 All industries Private industry State and local government 11.6 7.6 15.5 4.1 3.5 19.4 6.0 9.2 9.7 4.4 3.4 12.3 4.6 9.2 – 3.7 4.4 – – – 7.8 9.7 4.6 4.5 7.3 6.8 6.0 9.5 – – 3.9 – 6.8 6.0 – – 6.1 – – – – 9.5 5.2 5.3 6.1 5.5 3.6 8.1 4.9 11.4 3.0 4.5 7.2 4.2 5.2 4.9 5.3 1.4 13.2 15.0 5.2 5.4 6.1 5.5 4.0 9.3 – 11.7 3.0 4.5 8.2 – – 5.7 5.3 1.4 11.8 15.1 – – – – 5.5 3.0 3.4 – – – 7.1 4.9 – – – – – – 3.7 7.7 2.9 6.9 3.6 4.7 9.4 – – – 4.6 5.8 2.9 4.5 3.4 8.6 5.6 6.4 9.4 3.9 3.9 10.6 7.1 5.8 6.8 – – 7.2 – 3.4 3.9 10.6 7.3 – 6.2 8.6 5.6 – – 2.5 – – – – – Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ....................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Service occupations, N.E.C.. ................................ 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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 All industries Private industry State and local government 4.0 3.3 3.2 2.9 4.9 16.4 15.1 7.9 4.6 4.4 3.3 3.0 6.9 18.0 – 7.8 6.6 2.8 5.9 – 6.8 3.4 – – the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 33 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 All occupations ................................................................................. All occupations excluding sales ...................................................... 5 5 5 5 3 3 White-collar occupations ............................................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ................................... 6 7 6 7 4 5 Professional specialty and technical occupations ...................... Professional specialty occupations ......................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. Petroleum engineers ...................................................... Industrial engineers ........................................................ Engineers, N.E.C. ........................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ..................... Natural scientists ................................................................ Health related occupations ................................................. Registered nurses .......................................................... Teachers, college and university ........................................ Teachers, except college and university ............................ Elementary school teachers ........................................... Secondary school teachers ............................................ Teachers, special education ........................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ..................................... Social scientists and urban planners .................................. Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................ Social workers ................................................................ Lawyers and judges ............................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ........................................................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ................................... Technical occupations ............................................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........... Radiological technicians ................................................. Licensed practical nurses ............................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ................. Electrical and electronic technicians ............................... Drafters ........................................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ............. Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... Administrators and officials, public administration .......... Financial managers ........................................................ Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................ Management related occupations ...................................... Accountants and auditors ............................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Sales occupations ...................................................................... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ....................... Cashiers ......................................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ............... Supervisors, general office ............................................. Secretaries ..................................................................... Receptionists .................................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ Billing clerks .................................................................... Dispatchers ..................................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. Stock and inventory clerks .............................................. General office clerks ....................................................... Teachers’ aides .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ................... 8 9 10 10 9 11 11 11 9 8 8 10 7 8 8 7 – – 8 8 – 8 9 10 10 9 11 11 11 9 8 8 10 7 8 8 8 – – 8 8 – 7 7 – – – – – – – 8 8 – – – – – – – – – – 8 9 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 5 9 10 10 9 11 8 8 7 7 3 9 9 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 – 9 10 10 9 11 8 8 7 7 4 – – 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 5 5 2 4 6 5 2 3 4 3 5 4 2 4 4 4 5 5 1 4 6 5 2 3 4 3 5 – 2 4 4 5 – – 2 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 6 8 6 5 6 8 6 2 – – – Blue-collar occupations ............................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ........................... Automobile mechanics ................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 34 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, New Orleans, LA, February 1998 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Industrial machinery repairers ........................................ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .................................... Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................ Electricians ..................................................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................ Supervisors, production occupations .............................. Machinists ....................................................................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ................... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ........ Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................ Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ..................... Welders and cutters ........................................................ Transportation and material moving occupations ....................... Truck drivers ................................................................... Bus drivers ...................................................................... Ship captains and mates except fishing boats ............... Sailors and deckhands ................................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................ Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................. Helpers, construction trades ........................................... Construction laborers ..................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ........................................... Machine feeders and offbearers ..................................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ................. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ............................. 6 6 7 7 6 5 8 6 4 5 4 3 6 4 3 3 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 6 6 7 7 6 5 8 6 4 5 4 3 6 4 3 4 6 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 – 2 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – 1 – – 1 Service occupations ..................................................................... Protective service occupations ........................................... Supervisors, police and detectives ................................. Firefighting occupations .................................................. Police and detectives, public service .............................. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ...... Correctional institution officers ....................................... Guards and police except public service ........................ Protective service occupations, N.E.C. .......................... Food service occupations ................................................... Bartenders ...................................................................... Waiters and waitresses .................................................. Cooks ............................................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ........................... Health service occupations ................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... Cleaning and building service occupations ........................ Maids and housemen ..................................................... Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... Personal service occupations ............................................. Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ............ Service occupations, N.E.C.. .......................................... 3 4 8 5 7 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 5 8 5 7 – 3 2 4 3 – 2 3 – 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 – – – – – 2 – 2 – 3 – – 1 – – 2 – – 2 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 35
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