Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
National Compensation Survey
July 1998
________________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
September 1999
Bulletin 3095-42
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
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 ...............................................................
2
6
10
14
17
21
26
27
28
29
Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented .........................................................
Table 2. Relative standard errors...................................................................................................
Table 3. Average work levels ........................................................................................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria.................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys...............................................................................
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A-1
A-5
A-6
A-10
B-1
C-1
D-1
E-1
Introduction
government sector.
Table A-3 compares the type of data and details shown
in table A-1 for full-time and part-time workers. The definitions of full-time and part-time workers are those used in
the surveyed establishments.
Table A-4 presents the weekly and annual straight-time
earnings for full-time employees in specific occupations
across all industries. For the weekly and annual earnings,
the mean and median earnings and the mean hours are
shown. The mean hours reflect hours employees are
scheduled to work, excluding overtime hours.
Table B-1 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings
for groups of occupations and for levels of job requirements related to occupations in the group. Separate data
are also shown for private industry and government workers, and for full-time and part-time workers in all industries. (See appendix C, Generic Leveling Criteria, for more
information on job ranking in this survey. Average work
levels for published occupation groups and their component occupations are presented in appendix table 3.)
Table B-2 also presents mean straight-time hourly
earnings, but for detailed occupations at several levels of
job requirements for each detailed occupation.
Table C-1 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings
for occupation groups and selected occupation characteristics. The occupation characteristics include full-time and
part-time status, union and nonunion status, and time or incentive pay status. Union workers’ wages are determined
through collective bargaining. Time workers’ wages are
based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers’
wages are at least partially based on productivity payments
such as piece rates, commissions and production bonuses.
Table C-2 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings
for occupation groups and industry division of employers;
these are limited to the private sector.
Table C-3 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings
for occupation groups and the employment size of employers; these are also limited to the private sector.
Table C-4 presents the employment scope of this survey. The occupation employment estimates shown relate to
all employers in the area surveyed, not just the surveyed
employers.
The tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS survey results for the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI metropolitan
area. 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 are information
on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on
occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology.
NCS products
The National Compensation Survey of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics provides data on the occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions,
and the Nation as a whole. The Employment Cost Index, a
quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for
wages and benefits, will be derived from the NCS. Another
product, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,
measures employers’ average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still another NCS
product measures the incidence of benefit plans and their
provisions. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational
wages and salaries.
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings. Straight-time earnings include wages
and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. These earnings exclude premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. A total of 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Table A-1 presents straight-time earnings for detailed
occupations. Data are not shown for any occupations if
they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the
survey respondent or if the data are insufficient to support
reliable estimates. The earnings shown include the mean
for each occupation, as well as earnings for selected percentiles in each occupation.
Table A-2 compares the type of data and details shown
in table A-1 for the private industry and State and local
1
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ....................................................................... $18.03
All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 17.94
25
Median
50
$8.20 $10.86 $15.48
8.50 11.04 15.56
75
90
$21.66
21.63
$29.81
29.48
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
21.01
21.19
10.00
10.50
12.72
13.22
17.80
18.16
25.25
25.42
34.18
34.11
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Physical scientists, N.E.C. ....................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Art, drama and music teachers .............................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
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 .....................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Science technicians, N.E.C. .................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
24.52
25.62
28.19
26.22
27.44
28.62
25.34
27.33
13.80
15.26
20.50
17.31
21.16
19.94
15.64
19.23
17.07
19.41
23.60
22.06
24.84
23.21
20.42
21.63
22.13
24.30
28.09
25.96
26.93
28.60
24.75
26.20
28.06
29.84
31.75
29.05
30.29
32.16
29.42
31.32
36.00
37.12
36.84
33.82
33.52
37.91
35.31
38.03
22.14
19.43
28.30
24.71
22.75
31.14
34.83
32.02
27.18
24.18
28.37
27.74
27.74
28.11
20.50
24.47
24.62
23.50
24.50
18.15
17.93
34.65
34.65
13.36
13.73
22.51
16.06
16.80
20.93
24.19
17.25
15.77
8.84
18.40
17.94
20.64
15.14
13.49
15.19
14.84
13.62
13.62
11.55
11.55
16.83
16.83
17.52
15.10
23.94
19.20
19.55
23.78
28.29
27.78
21.53
11.35
21.42
22.05
23.28
21.93
15.87
17.69
17.59
18.11
19.22
13.45
13.38
20.40
20.40
22.09
17.64
25.92
23.36
23.15
29.11
31.32
37.25
26.62
24.85
27.51
27.12
27.45
26.68
23.00
23.12
24.72
23.57
25.25
17.96
17.82
30.64
30.64
26.26
22.92
31.88
25.95
25.63
36.71
44.87
39.12
34.21
34.28
34.72
33.82
31.07
36.00
23.70
29.74
29.74
30.03
30.03
22.79
22.79
41.90
41.90
29.61
27.48
38.47
28.85
27.00
46.59
53.55
39.12
39.02
39.00
39.54
37.17
38.03
39.21
25.86
35.76
35.76
30.03
30.03
24.24
24.24
54.82
54.82
22.34
24.36
21.27
17.97
15.87
14.05
13.60
16.80
19.02
16.23
12.72
19.80
19.56
18.05
27.75
33.34
26.09
34.47
31.26
14.30
15.96
12.14
12.84
12.00
11.75
9.88
13.59
14.45
12.65
10.00
15.54
12.74
11.74
15.38
17.85
18.22
20.96
17.61
17.72
18.63
14.12
14.77
12.86
12.44
11.78
14.18
17.58
14.43
10.10
16.83
16.30
13.20
18.93
22.31
25.25
22.31
22.66
20.38
21.46
16.80
18.00
16.62
13.85
13.87
16.11
19.70
16.18
12.18
19.18
18.79
15.81
24.21
29.23
28.06
32.45
32.12
24.61
26.75
20.37
20.73
18.01
15.03
15.40
18.32
20.61
18.23
13.38
22.60
21.79
21.63
32.73
41.56
28.24
43.67
39.16
36.55
39.03
25.22
21.42
19.83
17.00
17.02
22.00
22.38
18.88
14.71
24.52
23.96
26.75
44.83
50.74
30.21
51.17
50.98
39.52
36.66
32.90
22.86
33.35
21.68
21.32
24.21
18.54
20.60
13.70
18.83
14.29
15.00
32.60
25.31
24.26
18.16
21.18
17.07
17.07
36.21
37.42
26.87
23.88
26.05
20.34
19.23
44.83
47.62
43.98
25.87
38.46
25.42
22.88
57.69
52.79
55.62
30.19
49.50
30.77
29.80
See footnotes at end of table.
2
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Management related occupations (-Continued)
Other financial officers .......................................... $23.69 $14.78 $17.33 $23.80
Management analysts .......................................... 25.55 16.39 20.43 24.49
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ....................................................... 20.22 15.25 16.42 20.48
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ 26.56 10.85 17.76 21.68
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................... 19.23 13.80 16.63 20.34
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ 19.15 11.97 14.50 18.27
Sales occupations ............................................................ 19.35
6.50
7.98 13.06
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 23.70 12.98 17.09 23.75
Sales occupations, other business services ......... 23.21 11.25 14.67 16.82
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ................................................. 29.33 15.00 18.75 24.42
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
8.32
5.75
6.00
6.75
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
9.91
6.50
6.75
8.40
Cashiers ...............................................................
7.96
6.25
6.50
7.25
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... 13.45
8.45
9.62 12.67
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... 12.95
9.16 10.41 12.34
Supervisors, general office ................................... 15.34 12.06 13.74 16.00
Secretaries ........................................................... 13.65 10.46 11.82 13.48
Typists .................................................................. 11.85
9.83 10.26 10.75
Receptionists ........................................................ 10.07
8.50
9.24 10.00
Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... 10.81
7.22
9.30 11.27
Order clerks .......................................................... 15.45
9.25 12.12 16.18
Library clerks ........................................................ 10.74
8.72 10.07 10.67
File clerks .............................................................
9.42
7.71
8.29
8.83
Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... 12.69
9.78 10.77 12.00
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 12.78
9.43 10.50 12.20
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ............................. 11.43
9.33 10.00 10.79
Dispatchers ........................................................... 20.76
9.42 10.50 16.82
Production coordinators ........................................ 13.27 10.40 11.13 13.74
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 12.94
9.25 11.95 13.00
Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 12.45
9.40 11.08 12.15
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ................................................... 13.92 10.36 10.96 12.88
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... 12.53
9.50 11.25 12.55
General office clerks ............................................. 12.47
9.00 10.41 12.59
Data entry keyers ................................................. 10.62
9.12
9.56 10.41
Teachers’ aides .................................................... 11.85
9.07 10.00 11.74
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 12.23
9.25 10.13 12.21
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Heavy equipment mechanics ...............................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C. .............
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Printing press operators .......................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
See footnotes at end of table.
3
14.75
17.04
14.43
18.52
18.22
16.85
19.41
22.76
15.44
21.69
17.48
9.88
13.58
14.92
20.31
13.55
11.59
13.31
19.42
12.06
8.25
9.70
11.30
15.89
13.25
13.77
17.81
20.56
12.48
15.87
14.44
7.25
9.30
10.00
18.51
8.37
7.75
9.50
12.50
8.00
10.40
12.60
13.00
17.29
17.60
15.70
17.81
21.48
13.25
18.27
15.83
8.00
10.56
12.10
18.51
10.38
8.50
11.50
14.12
8.55
14.50
17.22
14.10
18.29
19.25
16.55
19.00
22.78
15.63
21.15
16.85
9.52
12.72
15.15
18.73
13.91
10.25
13.66
22.06
10.17
75
90
$26.21
30.64
$32.55
34.18
23.41
40.14
25.38
40.14
21.78
21.29
22.88
28.85
21.00
24.51
28.17
36.52
33.33
41.13
30.40
7.20
11.92
9.10
15.14
14.50
16.11
15.27
12.25
10.68
12.16
18.12
11.32
10.71
14.42
13.94
13.21
33.59
14.52
14.10
13.46
47.08
17.78
17.07
10.55
21.81
17.68
18.28
16.35
15.73
12.00
13.02
21.58
13.13
12.02
16.90
17.73
13.55
33.59
16.83
16.53
14.91
16.36
13.94
13.85
11.71
13.29
13.40
19.57
14.54
16.10
12.67
15.90
15.60
17.83
21.25
14.30
19.49
19.79
18.52
22.04
23.73
18.85
25.00
19.47
11.60
14.76
16.82
22.65
15.80
15.04
14.70
24.30
15.01
21.78
23.56
18.98
20.23
19.94
19.98
22.08
25.06
18.85
31.00
21.50
13.22
17.80
21.23
24.20
18.24
15.71
17.58
25.18
18.12
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
(-Continued)
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ... $14.02
Slicing and cutting machine operators .................. 15.08
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... 11.84
Welders and cutters .............................................. 16.06
Assemblers ........................................................... 14.21
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
11.72
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 13.05
Transportation and material moving occupations ............. 15.95
Truck drivers ......................................................... 18.01
Bus drivers ............................................................ 13.31
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 13.93
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................ 15.65
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 11.15
Construction laborers ........................................... 16.56
Production helpers ................................................ 10.83
Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 10.78
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... 12.31
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... 11.55
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
9.28
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 10.51
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
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 .........................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations ....................................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
See footnotes at end of table.
4
25
Median
50
$9.54 $11.49 $15.34
13.91 14.00 15.20
7.96
8.64 10.85
13.38 15.42 15.92
10.82 12.36 14.48
8.31
8.56
9.93
9.00
9.87 13.37
9.04 12.15 15.99
12.34 14.70 16.71
9.25 10.09 11.74
9.95 11.76 15.33
75
90
$16.08
15.71
14.11
16.62
15.57
14.15
15.25
18.34
21.25
17.12
15.99
$17.28
18.09
16.80
19.47
16.67
20.52
17.59
22.41
25.39
18.34
16.17
10.45
6.76
13.00
8.00
6.50
6.82
7.00
5.83
7.25
13.23
8.00
15.00
9.28
7.50
9.75
8.00
7.00
8.50
17.79
10.21
16.82
10.00
10.26
11.51
9.00
9.15
9.75
17.86
14.20
17.28
11.83
14.31
15.17
16.18
12.19
11.61
18.12
16.82
21.24
14.50
16.06
17.84
18.46
14.83
15.58
10.50
17.22
15.40
21.99
5.95
9.00
10.58
18.49
7.22
12.68
13.60
21.92
9.13
18.20
15.11
22.55
12.00
21.78
18.20
23.24
17.00
23.12
18.82
24.24
17.79
15.72
9.45
8.02
11.11
11.69
7.00
5.15
15.71
11.69
7.75
5.98
19.89
16.14
9.00
7.00
21.08
19.47
9.00
9.46
21.37
20.02
12.70
11.81
14.63
7.03
5.08
9.34
7.46
6.85
7.97
7.44
7.78
5.98
5.15
7.25
5.15
5.50
6.00
5.50
12.35
6.98
5.15
7.83
5.15
5.65
6.50
6.15
16.09
7.00
5.15
9.36
6.50
6.00
8.32
6.90
17.02
7.10
5.15
10.43
9.78
7.25
9.11
8.46
17.65
7.10
5.18
11.92
11.77
9.87
9.74
11.03
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, N.E.C. ...................................
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.
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
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.80
10.89
9.54
10.55
$7.60
8.65
7.41
7.25
$8.44
9.91
8.31
7.85
$9.73
10.79
9.32
9.48
$11.05
11.89
10.86
13.40
$12.01
12.72
11.94
15.60
13.14
8.70
10.79
11.97
7.59
9.42
11.44
7.90
10.04
8.27
6.62
7.25
7.00
5.15
7.50
9.12
6.50
7.50
11.55
7.56
7.85
8.00
5.50
8.00
9.36
7.04
7.80
13.63
8.31
9.75
9.36
7.00
8.00
10.00
8.50
8.70
13.63
9.76
13.40
13.98
8.10
12.25
12.44
8.50
10.86
18.08
11.56
15.73
20.26
10.48
12.81
17.28
8.93
14.00
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."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected.
This
procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote
level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean
wages for the occupation.
5
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $17.57
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 17.42
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Electrical and electronic engineers .....
Mechanical engineers .........................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Computer systems analysts and
scientists .......................................
Operations and systems researchers
and analysts .................................
Natural scientists ....................................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, except college and university
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ......
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Librarians ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Economists .........................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
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 ...
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. .........
Drafters ...............................................
Computer programmers .....................
Legal assistants ..................................
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ...............................
Financial managers ............................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ......................................
Managers, marketing, advertising and
public relations ..............................
Administrators, education and related
fields .............................................
Managers, medicine and health .........
State and local government
25
Median
50
$7.85 $10.32 $14.70
8.00 10.45 14.76
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$21.17
21.15
$29.33
28.95
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$20.23 $11.42 $14.29 $17.92 $24.06 $32.64
20.24 11.42 14.32 17.92 24.08 32.64
20.78
20.99
9.50
10.30
12.29
12.79
17.47
17.79
24.90
25.07
33.65
33.59
21.91
21.92
11.96
11.96
15.07
15.08
19.76
19.83
26.71
26.71
36.00
36.00
24.44
25.58
28.70
26.22
27.44
29.78
26.24
13.25
15.09
21.00
17.31
21.16
21.53
17.07
16.63
19.53
24.40
22.06
24.84
24.40
21.28
21.83
24.40
28.60
25.96
26.93
29.52
25.05
27.38
29.48
31.88
29.05
30.29
32.98
29.97
34.77
36.30
36.74
33.82
33.52
38.32
36.24
24.75
25.73
–
–
–
–
17.63
15.56
15.82
–
–
–
–
13.36
18.54
19.23
–
–
–
–
14.63
23.01
24.20
–
–
–
–
17.32
29.50
31.12
–
–
–
–
19.29
37.64
38.73
–
–
–
–
21.36
28.64
20.78
23.90
27.28
32.35
39.28
18.60
14.63
16.18
18.54
19.94
21.36
22.77
19.94
24.66
22.12
31.36
15.97
–
21.72
–
15.52
–
–
23.68
24.50
14.86
13.68
35.30
35.30
15.32
12.60
15.38
16.34
21.30
8.83
–
12.09
–
11.50
–
–
13.54
13.62
10.60
10.60
16.83
16.83
19.70
15.03
18.92
19.29
23.71
10.88
–
14.85
–
12.00
–
–
18.99
19.22
11.86
11.55
19.59
19.59
23.03
18.13
22.62
22.23
29.11
13.65
–
20.01
–
14.60
–
–
24.04
25.25
13.39
12.81
27.16
27.16
26.39
23.94
25.74
25.32
37.25
20.07
–
28.91
–
17.12
–
–
30.03
30.03
17.07
14.15
48.08
48.08
30.60
31.21
28.85
26.76
47.26
26.92
–
32.95
–
22.75
–
–
30.03
30.03
20.88
18.70
58.49
58.49
–
18.16
24.92
25.60
31.04
28.61
30.35
28.98
27.71
–
22.84
22.84
–
–
20.97
21.21
–
–
–
14.63
18.64
19.67
20.87
18.92
21.38
18.92
17.94
–
14.83
14.83
–
–
15.74
15.79
–
–
–
15.10
21.36
23.08
24.19
22.73
23.53
22.13
22.05
–
17.57
17.57
–
–
17.82
18.09
–
–
–
16.18
24.90
25.19
29.26
27.62
30.30
28.08
27.06
–
21.96
21.96
–
–
21.82
21.96
–
–
–
19.21
27.43
28.36
36.66
35.26
36.92
35.31
33.82
–
25.45
25.45
–
–
24.24
24.24
–
–
–
24.69
28.96
28.51
46.59
39.21
39.66
39.54
37.17
–
36.85
36.85
–
–
24.51
24.69
–
–
23.08
25.90
21.80
13.50
15.95
12.00
17.72
20.29
14.03
20.91
22.68
16.63
27.16
35.54
20.95
37.53
39.78
26.54
20.35
–
17.52
14.65
–
13.46
16.60
–
15.56
19.23
–
17.67
21.92
–
19.70
23.66
–
20.37
18.29
15.26
13.73
14.46
12.00
11.68
15.51
12.86
12.38
18.41
15.43
13.75
20.80
17.04
14.75
21.76
18.13
15.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.66
16.60
18.96
15.80
19.76
19.58
9.88
13.59
14.41
11.87
15.54
12.74
11.78
14.13
16.96
13.76
16.83
16.30
14.00
15.36
19.33
15.31
19.18
19.20
15.40
17.13
21.46
17.78
22.59
21.79
17.49
22.80
23.08
19.82
24.85
26.42
13.05
–
–
–
–
–
9.83
–
–
–
–
–
12.14
–
–
–
–
–
12.14
–
–
–
–
–
14.27
–
–
–
–
–
16.16
–
–
–
–
–
18.56
11.74
12.57
16.76
21.73
27.93
15.64
13.40
15.56
15.56
16.80
17.57
27.63
15.23
18.27
23.33
33.11
44.51
28.39
18.22
21.59
25.26
30.21
46.63
33.28
17.61
21.25
29.45
40.51
51.46
33.61
22.89
25.31
28.24
44.34
48.27
–
34.50
–
20.96
–
22.31
–
32.45
–
43.78
–
51.17
26.09
–
18.22
–
25.25
–
28.06
–
28.24
–
30.21
–
30.54
17.61
22.66
32.12
32.12
50.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.52
24.21
32.60
36.21
44.83
57.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.41
33.59
12.36
19.74
12.36
20.70
15.00
24.70
21.40
43.98
27.47
55.62
38.61
–
24.06
–
27.72
–
42.62
–
48.27
–
52.79
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations (-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and
managers (-Continued)
Managers, service organizations,
N.E.C. ........................................... $22.11 $13.70 $17.81 $20.60
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
33.40 18.13 21.18 26.05
Management related occupations .......... 21.57 13.85 16.63 19.97
Accountants and auditors ................... 21.65 14.67 17.07 19.23
Other financial officers ........................ 23.78 14.62 16.59 20.25
Management analysts ........................ 25.90 15.61 20.03 27.98
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ...................... 20.13 15.25 16.42 20.11
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 27.15 10.85 17.76 22.80
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 18.34 11.97 14.13 17.79
Sales occupations .......................................... 19.37
6.50
7.98 13.05
Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 23.70 12.98 17.09 23.75
Sales occupations, other business
services ........................................ 23.21 11.25 14.67 16.82
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 29.33 15.00 18.75 24.42
Sales workers, apparel .......................
8.32
5.75
6.00
6.75
Sales workers, other commodities ......
9.91
6.50
6.75
8.40
Cashiers .............................................
7.90
6.25
6.50
7.25
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 13.45
8.45
9.62 12.67
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ...................................................... 12.86
9.00 10.25 12.12
Secretaries ......................................... 13.53 10.46 11.73 13.34
Receptionists ......................................
9.98
8.50
9.24
9.77
Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 10.81
7.22
9.30 11.27
Order clerks ........................................ 15.45
9.25 12.12 16.18
Library clerks ......................................
–
–
–
–
File clerks ...........................................
9.42
7.71
8.29
8.83
Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 12.65
9.66 10.65 12.00
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................ 12.09
9.11 10.26 11.63
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........... 11.43
9.33 10.00 10.79
Dispatchers ......................................... 21.68
9.25 10.50 18.97
Production coordinators ...................... 13.27 10.40 11.13 13.74
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
12.94
9.25 11.95 13.00
Stock and inventory clerks .................. 12.26
9.40 11.08 12.15
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ................................. 13.92 10.36 10.96 12.88
Investigators and adjusters except
insurance ...................................... 12.53
9.50 11.25 12.55
General office clerks ........................... 12.00
8.48
9.61 12.12
Data entry keyers ............................... 10.62
9.12
9.56 10.41
Teachers’ aides ..................................
–
–
–
–
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 12.01
9.13
9.65 12.21
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........
Carpenters ..........................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Machinists ...........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...................................
State and local government
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
75
90
$25.87
38.46
25.57
25.57
30.53
33.11
$30.19
49.57
32.31
32.31
37.24
34.18
23.26
25.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.14
40.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.95
22.88
28.85
27.49
36.52
33.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.00
41.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.40
7.20
11.92
9.10
15.14
47.08
17.78
17.07
10.55
21.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.26
14.80
10.67
12.16
18.12
–
10.71
14.42
17.90
17.27
11.85
13.02
21.58
–
12.02
17.17
13.37
13.93
–
–
–
10.74
–
–
10.22
11.05
–
–
–
8.72
–
–
11.42
12.86
–
–
–
10.07
–
–
13.01
14.58
–
–
–
10.67
–
–
15.46
15.49
–
–
–
11.32
–
–
16.54
15.93
–
–
–
13.13
–
–
13.17
13.21
33.59
14.52
14.10
13.46
16.55
13.55
33.59
16.83
16.53
14.91
17.06
–
–
–
–
–
13.03
–
–
–
–
–
15.78
–
–
–
–
–
17.23
–
–
–
–
–
20.29
–
–
–
–
–
20.29
–
–
–
–
–
16.36
19.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.94
13.70
11.71
–
14.54
15.51
12.67
–
–
13.26
–
12.05
–
10.42
–
9.53
–
11.67
–
10.00
–
12.81
–
11.82
–
14.94
–
13.31
–
16.30
–
15.90
13.29
15.53
12.88
10.71
11.70
12.31
14.86
15.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$22.29 $17.50 $19.94 $22.96 $24.93 $25.42
18.96 17.11 17.50 19.38 20.56 21.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.55
8.15
10.09
14.14
17.75
22.02
17.23
13.73
16.60
17.28
18.34
20.59
16.88
18.22
16.85
19.35
22.80
21.69
17.43
9.52
13.25
13.77
10.00
20.56
15.87
14.44
12.00
17.60
15.70
18.75
21.78
18.27
15.83
16.55
19.25
16.55
21.30
23.33
21.15
16.85
21.48
19.79
18.52
22.08
23.73
25.00
19.47
23.77
19.94
19.98
22.16
25.06
31.00
21.50
18.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.88
7.25
8.00
9.52
11.60
13.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations (-Continued)
Miscellaneous precision workers,
N.E.C. ........................................... $13.58
Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... 14.92
Water and sewer treatment plant
operators ......................................
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ................................................. 13.55
Punching and stamping press
operators ...................................... 11.59
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ........................................... 13.31
Printing press operators ..................... 19.42
Packaging and filling machine
operators ...................................... 12.06
Painting and paint spraying machine
operators ...................................... 14.02
Slicing and cutting machine operators
15.08
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ........................................... 11.84
Welders and cutters ............................ 16.06
Assemblers ......................................... 14.21
Miscellaneous hand working
occupations, N.E.C. ...................... 11.72
Production inspectors, checkers and
examiners ..................................... 13.05
Transportation and material moving
occupations .............................................. 16.00
Truck drivers ....................................... 18.11
Bus drivers ..........................................
–
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ...................................... 13.93
Miscellaneous material moving
equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ 15.65
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers ..................................................... 10.61
Production helpers .............................. 10.83
Stock handlers and baggers ............... 10.78
Machine feeders and offbearers ......... 12.31
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 11.55
Hand packers and packagers .............
9.28
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
10.21
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
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 .......................
Supervisors, food preparation and
service occupations ......................
Bartenders ..........................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ......
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..........
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
State and local government
25
Median
50
$9.30 $10.56 $12.72
10.00 12.10 15.15
–
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$14.76
16.82
$17.80
21.23
–
–
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.37
10.38
13.91
15.80
18.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.75
8.50
10.25
15.04
15.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.50
12.50
11.50
14.12
13.66
22.06
14.70
24.30
17.58
25.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.00
8.55
10.17
15.01
18.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.54
13.91
11.49
14.00
15.34
15.20
16.08
15.71
17.28
18.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.96
13.38
10.82
8.64
15.42
12.36
10.78
15.92
14.48
14.11
16.62
15.57
16.80
19.47
16.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.31
8.56
9.93
14.15
20.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.00
9.87
13.37
15.25
17.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.00
12.23
–
11.91
15.00
–
15.84
17.26
–
18.46
21.49
–
22.82
25.41
–
15.52
–
15.62
11.00
–
11.00
12.85
–
12.85
16.71
–
17.12
18.34
–
18.34
18.34
–
18.34
9.95
11.76
15.33
15.99
16.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.45
13.23
17.79
17.86
18.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.50
8.00
6.50
6.82
8.00
9.28
7.50
9.75
9.70
10.00
10.26
11.51
12.23
11.83
14.31
15.17
15.64
14.50
16.06
17.84
16.52
–
–
–
15.14
–
–
–
16.45
–
–
–
16.81
–
–
–
17.07
–
–
–
17.60
–
–
–
7.00
5.83
7.25
8.00
7.00
8.50
9.00
9.15
9.70
16.18
12.19
11.13
18.46
14.83
13.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.07
9.71
–
–
5.50
7.00
–
–
6.98
7.75
–
–
8.23
9.00
–
–
10.34
9.00
–
–
12.47
12.70
–
–
15.39
18.25
15.40
21.98
9.64
11.69
10.58
17.99
11.69
15.11
13.60
21.92
15.05
18.82
15.11
22.55
18.82
21.98
18.20
23.24
22.14
23.20
18.82
24.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.79
15.72
11.11
11.69
15.71
11.69
19.89
16.14
21.08
19.47
21.37
20.02
8.82
7.92
7.00
5.15
7.75
5.95
9.00
7.00
9.00
9.20
10.50
11.81
–
10.86
–
8.12
–
9.78
–
10.33
–
11.85
–
13.41
14.63
7.03
5.08
9.24
6.78
7.97
7.23
9.73
7.78
5.98
5.15
7.25
5.50
6.00
5.50
7.51
12.35
6.98
5.15
7.83
5.65
6.50
6.08
8.44
16.09
7.00
5.15
9.36
6.00
8.32
6.75
9.65
17.02
7.10
5.15
10.43
7.25
9.11
7.96
11.03
17.65
7.10
5.18
11.60
9.70
9.74
10.42
12.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.72
10.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.43
9.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.98
9.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.01
10.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.82
12.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.16
13.90
See footnotes at end of table.
8
$20.31 $18.51 $18.51 $18.73 $22.65 $24.20
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
Private industry
State and local government
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations (-Continued)
Health aides, except nursing .............. $10.91
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
9.43
Cleaning and building service
occupations ......................................
9.05
Supervisors, cleaning and building
service workers ............................. 12.37
Maids and housemen .........................
8.71
Janitors and cleaners .........................
9.00
Personal service occupations ................. 12.13
Attendants, amusement and
recreation facilities ........................
7.59
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..
–
Child care workers, N.E.C. .................
7.90
Service occupations, N.E.C. ............... 10.04
$8.65
25
Median
50
$9.91 $10.81
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$11.89
$12.72
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.32
8.22
9.16
10.86
11.82
$10.91
$9.14
7.04
7.50
8.47
10.05
11.90
14.22
9.83
13.40
14.97
15.67
16.63
8.27
6.62
7.04
6.75
11.55
7.56
7.31
7.50
13.63
8.31
8.45
8.50
13.63
9.76
10.00
14.32
15.38
11.56
12.00
23.80
–
–
14.18
11.55
–
–
9.83
9.12
–
–
13.40
9.36
–
–
14.97
10.30
–
–
15.67
12.81
–
–
16.63
16.95
5.15
–
6.50
7.50
5.50
–
7.04
7.80
7.00
–
8.50
8.70
8.10
–
8.50
10.86
10.48
–
8.93
14.00
–
11.46
–
–
–
9.12
–
–
–
9.36
–
–
–
10.07
–
–
–
12.44
–
–
–
18.55
–
–
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
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
$9.41 $10.28 $12.19 $13.90
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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR
SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
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Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN-WI, July 1998
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $19.07
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 18.83
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Electrical and electronic engineers .....
Mechanical engineers .........................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Computer systems analysts and
scientists .......................................
Operations and systems researchers
and analysts .................................
Natural scientists ....................................
Physical scientists, N.E.C. ..................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, except college and university
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ......
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Vocational and educational
counselors ....................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Librarians ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Economists .........................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .......
Technical occupations ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ...................
Health technologists and technicians,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. .........
Drafters ...............................................
Computer programmers .....................
Legal assistants ..................................
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ...............................
Financial managers ............................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ......................................
Part-time
25
Median
50
$9.30 $11.90 $16.32
9.38 11.96 16.28
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$22.60
22.41
$30.77
30.29
Median
50
10
25
75
90
$10.33
10.74
$5.75
5.65
$6.75
7.00
$8.50 $12.00 $18.22
9.00 12.44 19.25
21.76
21.62
10.48
10.72
13.34
13.46
18.37
18.54
25.95
25.94
35.10
34.81
13.16
15.39
6.50
9.00
8.00
10.72
11.54
14.16
16.64
19.36
23.27
24.52
25.08
25.95
28.20
26.22
27.44
28.64
25.34
14.03
15.45
20.50
17.31
21.16
19.94
15.64
17.59
19.59
23.60
22.06
24.84
23.08
20.42
22.60
24.61
28.09
25.96
26.93
28.68
24.75
28.85
30.05
31.76
29.05
30.29
32.16
29.42
36.58
37.56
36.89
33.82
33.52
37.95
35.31
18.62
21.16
–
–
–
–
–
12.03
13.92
–
–
–
–
–
14.68
17.65
–
–
–
–
–
17.82
21.73
–
–
–
–
–
22.99
24.97
–
–
–
–
–
25.74
26.62
–
–
–
–
–
27.33
19.23
21.63
26.20
31.32
38.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.14
19.27
28.30
25.86
22.99
31.52
27.38
24.52
28.39
27.75
27.74
28.56
13.36
13.66
22.51
16.40
16.93
21.59
15.87
8.83
18.40
17.94
20.64
16.02
17.52
15.10
23.94
19.05
19.59
24.19
21.53
11.31
21.44
22.05
23.28
22.33
22.09
17.15
25.92
23.70
23.27
29.26
26.71
25.80
27.61
27.12
27.45
27.61
26.26
21.90
31.88
26.58
25.94
36.87
34.54
35.10
34.72
33.85
31.07
36.00
29.61
26.81
38.47
30.29
28.36
46.59
39.02
39.02
39.54
37.17
38.03
39.21
–
–
–
21.94
22.35
18.03
20.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.40
16.80
11.54
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.44
19.55
11.54
15.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.89
23.11
14.58
21.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.12
25.30
22.01
23.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.46
26.58
29.11
25.90
–
–
–
–
–
20.50
25.01
25.20
23.80
24.50
18.32
18.03
35.48
35.48
13.49
15.41
15.41
13.54
13.62
11.55
11.55
18.03
18.03
15.87
17.69
17.69
18.99
19.22
13.38
13.38
21.56
21.56
23.00
24.72
25.45
24.46
25.25
18.81
18.52
31.01
31.01
23.70
29.74
29.74
30.03
30.03
22.96
22.93
42.11
42.11
25.86
35.76
36.85
30.03
30.03
24.24
24.24
54.84
54.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.53
24.36
22.30
14.59
15.96
12.18
17.72
18.63
14.30
20.63
21.46
17.30
25.03
26.75
21.05
36.78
39.03
26.69
–
–
14.93
–
–
11.66
–
–
12.96
–
–
14.95
–
–
16.48
–
–
18.63
18.16
13.86
12.84
11.55
15.51
12.52
18.18
13.79
20.55
15.17
25.22
16.66
–
14.38
–
11.81
–
12.44
–
14.09
–
14.96
–
20.16
13.14
16.80
19.02
15.85
19.80
19.56
9.98
13.59
14.45
12.65
15.54
12.74
11.59
14.18
17.58
13.76
16.83
16.30
12.76
16.11
19.70
15.57
19.18
18.79
14.98
18.32
20.61
17.54
22.60
21.79
16.28
22.00
22.38
19.64
24.52
23.96
14.45
–
–
–
–
–
8.57
–
–
–
–
–
14.00
–
–
–
–
–
15.40
–
–
–
–
–
16.25
–
–
–
–
–
17.86
–
–
–
–
–
18.60
11.98
13.20
16.76
21.73
27.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.79
15.43
19.00
24.21
32.73
44.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.40
17.85
22.31
29.45
41.60
50.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.09
34.47
18.22
20.96
25.25
22.31
28.06
32.45
28.24
43.67
30.21
51.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.26
17.61
22.66
32.12
39.16
50.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations (-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and
managers (-Continued)
Managers, marketing, advertising and
public relations .............................. $39.52 $24.21 $32.60 $36.21
Administrators, education and related
fields ............................................. 37.36 21.14 26.20 41.04
Managers, medicine and health ......... 32.90 20.60 24.26 26.87
Managers, service organizations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 22.86 13.70 18.16 23.88
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
33.35 18.83 21.18 26.05
Management related occupations .......... 21.70 14.40 17.07 20.34
Accountants and auditors ................... 21.32 15.00 17.07 19.23
Other financial officers ........................ 23.69 14.78 17.33 23.80
Management analysts ........................ 25.55 16.39 20.43 24.49
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ...................... 20.24 15.25 16.42 20.48
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 26.56 10.85 17.76 21.68
Inspectors and compliance officers,
except construction ....................... 19.23 13.80 16.63 20.34
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 19.20 11.97 14.65 18.27
Sales occupations .......................................... 23.23
8.00 10.88 17.07
Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 23.70 12.98 17.09 23.75
Sales occupations, other business
services ........................................ 23.88 12.50 15.10 16.82
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 29.33 15.00 18.75 24.42
Sales workers, other commodities ...... 10.85
6.50
7.15
9.86
Cashiers .............................................
8.74
7.00
7.50
8.10
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ...................................................... 13.15
9.33 10.50 12.54
Supervisors, general office ................. 15.34 12.06 13.74 16.00
Secretaries ......................................... 13.78 10.69 11.87 13.63
Typists ................................................ 11.85
9.83 10.26 10.75
Receptionists ...................................... 10.46
8.91
9.46 10.48
Order clerks ........................................ 15.45
9.25 12.12 16.18
Library clerks ...................................... 11.07
8.72 10.22 10.22
Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 12.71
9.78 10.72 12.00
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................ 12.83
9.43 10.52 12.49
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........... 11.43
9.33 10.00 10.79
Dispatchers ......................................... 20.90
9.42 10.50 16.82
Production coordinators ...................... 13.27 10.40 11.13 13.74
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
13.27
9.35 12.37 13.00
Stock and inventory clerks .................. 12.46
9.40 11.08 12.15
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ................................. 13.92 10.36 10.96 12.88
Investigators and adjusters except
insurance ...................................... 12.56
9.60 11.28 12.55
General office clerks ........................... 12.68
9.20 10.59 12.62
Data entry keyers ............................... 10.71
9.16
9.65 10.41
Teachers’ aides .................................. 11.93
9.02 10.00 11.18
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 12.33
9.25 10.22 12.21
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
52.79
55.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.87
38.46
25.42
22.88
26.21
30.64
30.19
49.50
30.77
29.80
32.55
34.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.41
25.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.14
40.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.78
24.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.29
27.36
28.85
28.17
42.91
33.33
–
$7.60
–
–
$6.00
–
–
$6.40
–
–
$7.00
–
21.00
41.13
–
–
–
–
–
30.40
13.51
9.75
47.08
17.07
10.50
–
7.94
7.72
–
5.50
6.25
–
6.60
6.35
–
7.09
7.00
–
8.25
8.45
–
10.54
10.55
14.80
16.11
15.30
12.25
11.20
18.12
11.83
14.42
17.70
18.28
16.50
15.73
12.00
21.58
13.65
17.00
10.81
–
12.09
–
9.14
–
–
–
8.00
–
10.00
–
7.25
–
–
–
9.00
–
11.00
–
9.00
–
–
–
10.49
–
11.95
–
9.24
–
–
–
11.96
–
13.48
–
10.00
–
–
–
13.63
–
14.80
–
10.17
–
–
–
14.06
13.21
33.59
14.52
14.10
13.46
17.73
13.55
33.59
16.83
16.67
14.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.36
19.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.94
13.85
12.00
14.20
14.54
16.30
12.67
16.24
–
9.49
–
11.73
–
8.00
–
10.08
–
8.50
–
11.96
–
11.05
–
12.55
–
12.12
–
13.31
13.65
15.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.55
12.85
–
–
75
90
$44.83
$57.69
47.93
43.98
–
8.00
–
9.07
15.09
8.75
10.76
14.99
18.12
22.04
8.93
5.83
6.62
8.29
17.07
9.75
12.60
17.22
21.25
23.56
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
–
–
$8.00 $10.55
–
–
–
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations (-Continued)
Bus, truck, and stationary engine
mechanics .................................... $14.43 $11.30 $13.00 $14.10
Heavy equipment mechanics ............. 18.52 15.89 17.29 18.29
Industrial machinery repairers ............ 18.22 13.25 17.60 19.25
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ 16.85 13.77 15.70 16.55
Carpenters .......................................... 19.41 17.81 17.81 19.00
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters
22.76 20.56 21.48 22.78
Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ 15.44 12.48 13.25 15.63
Supervisors, production occupations .. 21.69 15.87 18.27 21.15
Machinists ........................................... 17.48 14.44 15.83 16.85
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...................................
9.94
7.45
8.06
9.52
Miscellaneous precision workers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 13.58
9.30 10.56 12.72
Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... 14.92 10.00 12.10 15.15
Water and sewer treatment plant
operators ...................................... 20.31 18.51 18.51 18.73
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ................................................. 13.64
8.50 10.50 13.96
Punching and stamping press
operators ...................................... 11.76
8.00
8.55 10.27
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ........................................... 13.31
9.50 11.50 13.66
Printing press operators ..................... 19.42 12.50 14.12 22.06
Painting and paint spraying machine
operators ...................................... 14.02
9.54 11.49 15.34
Slicing and cutting machine operators
15.08 13.91 14.00 15.20
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ........................................... 11.93
7.96
8.64 10.95
Welders and cutters ............................ 16.06 13.38 15.42 15.92
Assemblers ......................................... 14.21 10.82 12.36 14.48
Miscellaneous hand working
occupations, N.E.C. ...................... 11.72
8.31
8.56
9.93
Production inspectors, checkers and
examiners ..................................... 13.05
9.00
9.87 13.37
Transportation and material moving
occupations .............................................. 16.34
9.50 12.68 16.00
Truck drivers ....................................... 18.37 13.00 15.30 17.40
Bus drivers .......................................... 13.51
9.35 10.09 11.20
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ...................................... 13.93
9.95 11.76 15.33
Miscellaneous material moving
equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ 15.73 10.45 14.37 17.79
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers ..................................................... 11.84
7.50
9.00 10.72
Construction laborers ......................... 16.56 13.00 15.00 16.82
Production helpers .............................. 10.83
8.00
9.28 10.00
Stock handlers and baggers ............... 11.83
7.00
8.63 10.80
Machine feeders and offbearers ......... 12.50
6.82 11.25 11.58
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
–
–
–
–
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
10.79
8.00
9.00
9.85
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Police and detectives, public service ..
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .....................
Correctional institution officers ...........
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.76
16.82
17.80
21.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.65
24.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.83
18.40
$9.83
$7.00
$8.50
15.04
15.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.70
24.30
17.58
25.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.08
15.71
17.28
18.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.42
16.62
15.57
17.20
19.47
16.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.15
20.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.25
17.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.39
21.49
18.34
22.72
25.41
18.34
10.60
–
–
6.62
–
–
8.00
–
–
10.09
–
–
13.80
–
–
13.80
–
–
15.99
16.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.86
18.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.71
17.28
11.83
14.40
15.17
17.08
21.24
14.50
16.90
17.84
8.27
–
–
8.36
–
5.65
–
–
5.50
–
6.35
–
–
6.40
–
7.25
–
–
7.50
–
9.70
–
–
10.55
–
11.50
–
–
11.33
–
–
12.00
–
15.58
8.15
9.35
6.35
6.50
7.00
7.00
8.51
7.25
9.18
10.00
10.08
19.25
10.48
15.71
–
75
90
$14.30
19.49
19.79
18.52
22.04
23.73
18.85
25.00
19.47
$18.98
20.23
19.94
19.98
22.08
25.06
18.85
31.00
21.50
11.64
$9.98 $11.06 $12.25
12.15
17.57
21.99
7.10
11.00
18.49
8.50
14.12
21.92
10.86
18.35
22.55
15.05
21.92
23.24
19.68
23.20
24.24
7.78
9.89
–
5.20
6.50
–
6.00
7.45
–
7.25
8.05
–
8.90
8.85
–
18.43
15.72
12.31
11.69
15.71
11.69
20.21
16.14
21.08
19.47
21.37
20.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
–
–
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Protective service occupations
(-Continued)
Guards and police except public
service ..........................................
Food service occupations .......................
Supervisors, food preparation and
service occupations ......................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ......
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
Health aides, except nursing ..............
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
Cleaning and building service
occupations ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building
service workers .............................
Maids and housemen .........................
Janitors and cleaners .........................
Personal service occupations .................
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.97
9.60
$7.00
5.98
$7.75
7.10
$9.00
9.09
$9.00
11.11
$11.00
16.03
–
$6.50
–
$5.15
–
$5.50
–
$6.24
–
$7.00
–
$8.10
15.06
5.15
9.74
–
8.64
10.16
11.45
10.35
5.15
7.50
–
6.25
7.32
9.86
13.38
5.15
8.20
–
7.00
8.77
10.29
16.09
5.15
9.50
–
8.50
10.25
11.21
17.02
5.15
10.47
–
10.57
11.48
12.62
17.65
5.15
12.00
–
11.35
12.60
13.93
–
5.04
7.75
6.79
6.59
9.32
9.80
–
4.50
7.00
5.50
5.20
7.75
8.25
–
5.15
7.00
5.65
5.50
8.22
9.23
–
5.15
7.33
6.00
6.25
9.01
9.86
–
5.15
8.00
7.25
7.00
10.35
10.52
–
6.00
9.36
9.80
8.00
11.56
11.34
9.83
7.16
8.50
9.82
11.20
12.00
9.18
7.75
8.22
8.70
10.25
11.46
11.57
7.88
8.56
11.04
14.50
16.30
7.67
6.10
7.04
7.30
8.00
10.00
13.14
8.98
11.95
13.60
8.27
7.56
7.88
7.25
11.55
7.99
8.76
8.25
13.63
8.31
11.75
10.57
13.63
9.87
15.05
15.00
18.08
11.65
16.45
28.00
–
7.96
7.62
9.86
–
6.10
6.36
7.00
–
6.62
7.15
7.35
–
7.37
7.30
9.13
–
9.13
7.85
10.30
–
10.27
10.00
14.36
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."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
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Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
All industries
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
39.8
39.8
$759
749
$647
644
2,028
2,022
$38,663
38,092
$33,280
33,197
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
40.0
39.9
869
862
731
738
2,020
2,011
43,947
43,479
37,499
37,690
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Physical scientists, N.E.C. ....................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .........................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
39.4
40.1
42.5
41.4
40.3
43.9
39.9
40.0
989
1,042
1,200
1,087
1,106
1,257
1,012
1,093
894
979
1,140
1,114
1,106
1,193
986
1,048
1,939
1,938
2,212
2,155
2,097
2,282
2,076
2,079
48,648
50,299
62,387
56,503
57,528
65,342
52,615
56,831
43,930
47,403
59,280
57,938
57,491
62,027
51,258
54,496
39.8
40.4
40.0
39.5
39.5
39.7
38.0
38.2
38.8
39.0
39.6
36.1
37.9
39.1
39.1
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.9
48.3
48.3
881
778
1,132
1,020
908
1,250
1,041
938
1,102
1,082
1,100
1,030
776
978
984
948
976
733
720
1,712
1,712
848
714
1,037
938
920
1,170
1,035
963
1,080
1,068
1,098
1,001
690
997
1,115
978
1,010
752
741
1,450
1,450
2,068
2,099
2,080
2,023
2,042
1,700
1,468
1,580
1,447
1,452
1,471
1,410
1,809
1,896
1,883
2,072
2,071
2,079
2,077
2,510
2,510
45,797
40,448
58,872
52,305
46,932
53,590
40,202
38,733
41,068
40,282
40,800
40,260
37,087
47,405
47,444
49,318
50,736
38,095
37,446
89,047
89,047
44,094
37,120
53,914
47,507
46,530
49,464
40,173
40,042
40,593
39,828
40,570
39,317
35,880
47,611
51,418
50,877
52,520
39,125
38,522
75,379
75,379
39.9
39.8
37.4
40.0
39.5
40.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
40.3
39.2
39.9
41.0
41.6
40.0
41.9
39.7
898
970
834
726
547
525
691
761
634
798
766
742
1,139
1,388
1,044
1,445
1,241
825
848
686
727
544
510
669
788
623
775
750
670
981
1,262
1,122
1,309
1,285
1,981
1,958
1,944
2,080
2,052
2,080
2,138
2,080
2,080
2,094
2,036
2,076
2,116
2,129
2,080
2,180
2,065
44,624
47,685
43,356
37,777
28,431
27,322
35,921
39,561
32,970
41,475
39,818
38,607
58,791
71,114
54,269
75,135
64,543
41,406
42,994
35,684
37,814
28,267
26,541
34,801
40,976
32,380
40,310
39,000
34,855
51,106
65,000
58,365
68,078
66,810
41.2
42.4
40.2
40.0
42.2
40.4
39.5
40.5
40.0
1,629
1,583
1,322
915
1,407
877
843
960
1,022
1,448
1,705
1,075
955
1,110
822
775
923
980
2,144
1,911
2,089
2,080
2,193
2,101
2,056
2,106
2,080
84,720
71,418
68,740
47,555
73,147
45,591
43,851
49,897
53,135
75,317
75,011
55,890
49,670
57,728
42,765
40,310
48,006
50,939
39.9
40.0
807
1,062
819
867
2,074
2,080
41,969
55,246
42,606
45,085
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Annual earnings
41.5
40.9
40.9
41.7
40.7
$799
785
951
987
972
$825
764
682
950
673
2,160
2,126
2,129
2,166
2,117
$41,537
40,829
49,437
51,324
50,556
$42,910
39,707
35,485
49,400
34,986
Mean
Median
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Management related occupations (-Continued)
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
40.9
40.0
39.7
39.8
41.7
39.6
39.2
39.3
40.0
37.1
39.3
39.9
40.0
40.2
40.2
40.0
40.0
1,201
434
348
523
639
546
464
411
618
411
500
512
457
840
533
531
498
1,016
394
324
499
645
545
425
407
647
388
480
488
432
686
560
520
486
2,128
2,080
2,067
2,049
2,166
2,050
2,038
2,043
2,080
1,583
2,046
2,073
2,080
2,090
2,090
2,080
2,080
62,428
22,572
18,072
26,941
33,230
28,259
24,150
21,363
32,140
17,522
26,007
26,603
23,769
43,679
27,741
27,606
25,912
52,853
20,509
16,848
25,682
33,550
28,205
22,077
21,138
33,654
12,520
24,960
25,376
22,443
35,651
29,120
27,040
25,272
39.4
40.0
39.8
40.0
36.7
39.5
548
502
504
428
438
487
515
502
505
416
409
480
2,048
2,080
2,059
2,080
1,397
2,054
28,510
26,128
26,113
22,270
16,669
25,327
26,790
26,104
26,119
21,653
15,999
24,934
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Heavy equipment mechanics ...............................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C. .............
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Printing press operators .......................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
40.2
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
42.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
41.2
45.3
34.6
40.0
606
684
577
741
729
674
777
911
617
917
699
397
543
597
812
543
469
533
762
561
600
476
643
568
469
520
673
832
467
557
596
689
564
732
770
662
760
911
625
850
674
381
509
606
749
558
411
546
871
614
608
438
637
579
397
532
640
705
384
613
2,069
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,063
2,080
2,200
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,069
2,075
2,080
2,041
2,080
2,069
2,074
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,071
2,039
2,356
1,354
2,080
31,228
35,497
30,024
38,530
37,905
35,040
40,379
46,960
32,109
47,709
36,351
20,670
28,238
31,025
42,250
28,220
24,406
27,691
39,637
29,171
31,195
24,746
33,411
29,560
24,385
27,023
33,306
43,285
18,294
28,972
30,784
35,818
29,328
38,043
40,040
34,424
39,520
47,382
32,510
44,200
35,048
19,802
26,458
31,512
38,958
29,016
21,352
28,416
45,300
31,907
31,616
22,776
33,114
30,118
20,654
27,664
33,259
36,670
10,619
31,886
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(-Continued)
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service 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 .........................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations ....................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
$629
473
662
431
473
500
432
$712
429
673
399
432
463
394
2,080
2,078
2,080
2,068
2,078
2,080
2,080
$32,712
24,610
34,446
22,387
24,574
25,993
22,452
$37,003
22,298
34,986
20,742
22,464
24,082
20,490
38.2
41.0
40.7
464
721
894
414
768
928
1,971
2,134
2,114
23,937
37,486
46,480
21,320
39,915
48,256
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.4
737
629
357
368
808
646
354
343
2,080
2,080
2,069
1,979
38,339
32,707
18,545
18,993
42,037
33,571
18,416
17,306
39.1
35.2
38.4
38.3
39.3
39.1
39.3
39.7
588
182
374
331
399
448
386
459
644
180
363
323
402
439
386
442
2,031
1,833
1,979
1,951
2,042
2,034
2,044
2,054
30,579
9,438
19,271
16,867
20,745
23,289
20,085
23,763
33,467
9,373
18,782
16,536
20,920
22,827
20,072
22,963
39.9
39.1
39.8
31.1
525
351
475
422
545
326
467
388
2,077
2,033
2,057
1,560
27,306
18,255
24,581
21,215
28,350
16,933
24,440
18,843
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
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.
Weekly earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
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."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey.
A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages
were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the
quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the
prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
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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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 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 ............................................
$18.03
17.94
$17.57
17.42
$20.23
20.24
$19.07
18.83
$10.33
10.74
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 ............................................................
Level 15 ............................................................
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 ............................................................
Level 15 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
21.01
7.76
9.48
10.51
12.24
13.80
16.33
19.13
21.85
24.20
27.20
30.30
36.93
47.33
50.99
66.93
22.54
21.19
9.10
10.17
10.75
12.41
13.73
15.92
18.67
21.70
23.90
26.35
28.01
36.53
47.33
50.99
66.93
22.13
20.78
7.71
8.52
10.12
12.02
13.59
16.31
19.16
19.74
22.93
26.70
30.53
36.73
48.70
56.62
66.93
23.86
20.99
9.01
9.15
10.34
12.20
13.48
15.79
18.59
18.97
22.42
25.66
27.78
36.28
48.70
56.62
66.93
23.56
21.91
–
11.37
12.63
13.60
15.02
16.41
18.97
25.63
27.13
30.62
29.09
38.99
–
38.42
–
17.50
21.92
–
11.41
12.63
13.60
15.01
16.41
18.97
25.63
27.13
30.62
29.09
38.99
–
38.42
–
17.50
21.76
8.58
9.93
10.73
12.33
13.72
16.41
18.93
21.89
24.26
27.24
30.28
36.97
47.38
50.99
66.93
23.08
21.62
9.22
10.31
10.85
12.41
13.63
15.97
18.40
21.74
23.95
26.37
27.97
36.57
47.38
50.99
66.93
22.69
13.16
7.53
8.36
9.57
11.16
14.45
15.26
20.98
20.91
22.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.80
15.39
9.03
9.45
10.17
12.33
14.45
15.26
20.98
20.91
22.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.80
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 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
24.52
25.62
13.86
15.05
19.40
24.57
25.07
26.30
26.95
32.92
40.07
42.57
20.05
28.19
20.23
23.61
23.29
26.55
30.12
33.78
25.34
17.99
23.51
26.24
26.47
30.12
19.43
24.44
25.58
13.45
15.03
19.61
19.94
22.83
26.48
27.37
32.68
41.35
50.27
21.67
28.70
–
–
23.29
26.55
30.12
33.33
26.24
18.19
23.32
26.57
26.47
30.12
19.94
24.75
25.73
–
–
18.80
26.31
28.27
25.22
24.70
–
–
–
17.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.63
–
–
–
–
–
18.16
25.08
25.95
14.03
15.05
19.00
24.82
25.22
26.34
26.88
32.98
40.07
42.57
20.22
28.20
20.23
23.61
23.29
26.56
30.12
33.78
25.34
17.99
23.51
26.24
26.47
30.12
19.27
18.62
21.16
–
–
21.08
21.60
22.23
–
–
–
–
–
19.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Health related occupations .......................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Social, religious, and recreation workers ..................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Management related occupations ............................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
18
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$24.71
22.23
21.22
23.06
29.20
31.14
27.16
22.99
27.18
17.31
27.87
30.44
24.47
23.50
22.73
18.15
17.74
20.96
34.65
36.76
$24.66
22.32
20.01
22.62
–
31.36
–
–
15.97
15.55
–
25.49
–
23.68
22.73
14.86
–
–
35.30
–
$24.92
21.69
–
24.55
–
31.04
–
–
28.61
–
27.96
30.60
22.84
–
–
20.97
–
21.95
–
–
$25.86
22.44
20.55
23.34
–
31.52
–
–
27.38
17.05
27.92
30.45
25.01
23.80
22.73
18.32
–
20.96
35.48
36.76
$21.94
21.97
–
22.04
–
18.03
–
–
20.10
17.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.34
17.94
19.48
22.06
15.18
21.27
12.78
14.52
16.45
18.16
19.71
22.63
33.96
27.75
12.99
17.51
17.98
18.44
22.34
26.28
28.64
36.53
42.84
58.04
33.34
18.66
17.97
23.62
26.87
29.78
37.34
42.95
60.66
21.68
12.99
15.79
17.86
18.89
21.62
24.16
26.46
34.92
23.08
18.04
–
22.06
–
21.80
12.81
14.24
16.18
17.70
19.70
22.91
34.13
27.63
12.60
17.54
17.69
17.73
21.89
23.89
27.39
35.80
42.62
58.55
33.28
18.16
17.72
23.53
23.80
28.15
36.36
42.72
61.32
21.57
12.61
–
17.63
17.75
20.94
24.16
26.23
34.92
20.35
–
–
–
–
17.52
–
15.86
17.61
–
–
–
–
28.39
–
–
19.85
20.83
24.02
–
33.08
–
–
–
33.61
–
–
23.95
–
33.91
–
–
–
22.29
–
–
–
–
24.06
–
–
–
22.53
17.94
–
22.06
–
22.30
12.74
14.15
16.69
18.09
19.71
22.63
33.96
27.79
12.99
17.54
18.01
18.53
22.34
26.28
28.64
36.53
42.84
58.04
33.40
18.66
18.14
23.62
26.87
29.78
37.34
42.95
60.66
21.70
12.99
–
17.90
18.89
21.62
24.16
26.46
34.92
–
–
–
–
–
14.93
12.86
15.56
15.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Sales occupations ............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
$19.35
7.30
7.56
8.94
10.46
14.36
21.42
25.68
22.90
30.79
50.19
12.95
9.10
10.17
10.75
12.36
13.45
15.58
17.57
17.60
21.29
$19.37
7.30
7.55
8.94
10.46
14.34
21.42
25.68
22.90
30.79
50.19
12.86
9.01
9.15
10.34
12.11
13.29
15.47
17.62
17.60
21.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.37
–
11.41
12.63
13.65
14.45
15.88
–
–
–
$23.23
–
–
9.52
11.25
14.36
21.42
25.68
22.90
30.79
50.19
13.15
9.22
10.31
10.85
12.38
13.43
15.61
17.57
17.60
21.29
$7.60
7.17
7.60
–
8.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.81
9.03
9.45
10.17
11.61
13.65
–
–
–
–
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
14.75
9.15
11.56
12.40
13.40
16.51
15.40
19.09
20.70
17.04
13.17
16.62
15.07
19.10
20.56
13.55
11.20
10.73
13.19
13.12
14.38
14.64
18.41
15.95
13.98
14.28
14.95
19.13
18.08
11.15
8.95
10.78
11.68
12.14
15.75
14.55
9.15
11.50
11.98
13.41
16.43
15.31
19.22
20.54
16.88
13.17
16.43
14.89
19.28
20.33
13.55
11.20
10.72
13.19
13.12
14.38
14.64
18.41
16.00
13.86
12.59
15.10
–
18.08
10.61
8.95
10.79
11.45
12.02
13.46
17.23
–
–
15.98
–
17.09
16.63
18.31
–
18.32
–
17.91
–
18.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.52
–
–
–
–
–
16.52
–
–
–
–
16.81
15.09
9.65
11.86
12.54
13.50
16.60
15.40
19.09
20.70
17.07
13.17
16.62
15.07
19.10
20.56
13.64
11.45
10.79
13.32
13.12
14.43
14.64
18.41
16.34
14.09
14.66
15.20
19.13
18.08
11.84
9.54
11.61
11.86
12.57
16.32
8.93
7.63
8.33
10.02
11.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.60
–
–
–
–
–
8.27
7.70
7.60
–
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
10.50
7.47
8.82
9.21
10.86
9.07
7.34
8.09
8.48
10.08
15.39
9.78
11.65
12.38
13.83
12.15
8.69
9.60
9.97
10.91
7.78
6.69
7.94
8.07
10.50
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
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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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
Service occupations (-Continued)
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Protective service occupations ...............................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Food service occupations ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Health service occupations .....................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations ............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 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.
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
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$13.62
14.34
19.95
20.35
17.22
9.35
18.81
21.80
8.02
6.88
7.12
7.46
9.41
9.80
9.33
9.31
10.54
10.55
8.33
10.55
12.13
15.08
15.70
11.97
7.53
9.35
9.15
10.76
12.10
$12.89
13.70
–
–
9.71
–
–
–
7.92
6.70
6.94
7.40
9.41
9.73
9.29
9.10
10.54
9.05
8.33
9.68
10.37
–
–
12.13
7.07
7.50
–
–
–
$16.52
–
18.45
21.78
18.25
–
18.81
21.80
10.86
9.93
–
–
–
10.87
–
–
–
14.22
–
–
12.81
–
16.17
11.55
–
–
–
–
–
$13.62
14.61
20.03
20.41
17.57
–
18.79
–
9.60
8.25
7.60
8.12
9.33
10.16
9.23
9.78
10.51
11.57
9.23
10.74
12.34
15.08
15.70
13.60
–
–
9.54
10.95
–
$13.61
–
–
–
9.89
–
–
–
6.50
6.20
6.86
6.73
–
9.32
9.47
8.94
–
7.67
7.32
–
–
–
–
9.86
7.58
9.00
7.28
–
–
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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS
WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
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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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI,
July 1998
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations:
Professional specialty and technical occupations:
Professional specialty occupations:
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Physical scientists, N.E.C. ....................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Art, drama and music teachers .............................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians ..............................................................
Economists ...........................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Social workers ......................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Technical occupations:
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Level 7 ..............................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Drafters .................................................................
Science technicians, N.E.C. .................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Level 5 ..............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations:
Administrators and officials, public administration
See footnotes at end of table.
21
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$26.22
27.44
28.62
26.67
34.93
27.33
19.02
23.36
26.06
28.32
30.12
$26.22
27.44
29.78
26.67
34.93
28.64
–
23.10
26.41
28.32
30.12
–
–
–
–
–
$18.60
–
–
–
–
–
$26.22
27.44
28.64
26.70
34.93
27.33
19.02
23.36
26.06
28.32
30.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.14
25.56
28.30
22.75
22.56
21.48
22.75
34.83
32.02
24.18
28.37
18.56
27.05
30.74
27.74
30.13
27.74
28.11
18.07
20.50
24.62
24.50
22.73
17.93
21.05
34.65
36.76
22.77
25.56
–
22.12
22.54
20.19
22.01
–
–
–
21.72
18.56
–
–
–
–
–
15.52
–
–
–
24.50
22.73
13.68
–
35.30
–
–
–
–
25.60
22.73
–
–
–
–
30.35
28.98
–
–
–
27.71
30.22
–
–
–
–
22.84
–
–
21.21
21.95
–
–
22.14
25.56
28.30
22.99
22.61
20.83
23.00
–
–
24.52
28.39
18.56
27.07
30.76
27.75
30.13
27.74
28.56
–
20.50
25.20
24.50
22.73
18.03
21.05
35.48
36.76
–
–
–
$22.35
22.50
–
22.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.97
19.00
15.87
14.05
13.59
13.44
14.74
13.60
11.71
14.93
16.80
19.02
18.82
20.62
16.23
12.72
19.80
19.56
18.05
13.43
18.29
19.00
15.26
13.73
13.63
13.40
14.06
13.66
11.69
15.21
16.60
18.96
–
20.62
15.80
–
19.76
19.58
18.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.64
–
18.16
–
–
13.86
–
13.43
14.37
13.14
–
–
16.80
19.02
18.82
20.62
15.85
–
19.80
19.56
18.60
13.87
–
–
–
14.38
–
–
15.33
14.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.09
26.09
26.09
–
–
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI,
July 1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations:
(-Continued)
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Sales occupations:
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$34.47
31.26
$34.50
30.54
–
–
$34.47
31.26
–
–
39.52
31.81
36.66
37.05
32.90
22.86
33.35
19.57
24.22
24.29
29.52
38.05
42.38
21.32
19.12
22.38
23.69
25.55
22.24
39.52
31.81
17.41
–
33.59
22.11
33.40
19.20
24.22
24.23
29.52
37.80
42.38
21.65
18.89
22.40
23.78
25.90
–
–
–
$38.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.96
–
–
–
–
–
39.52
31.81
37.36
37.05
32.90
22.86
33.35
19.57
24.22
24.29
29.52
38.05
42.38
21.32
19.12
22.38
23.69
25.55
22.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.22
26.56
20.13
27.15
–
–
20.24
26.56
–
–
19.23
19.15
17.87
19.36
–
18.34
17.43
19.16
–
–
–
–
19.23
19.20
18.12
19.36
–
–
–
–
23.70
18.22
23.21
23.70
18.22
23.21
–
–
–
23.70
18.22
23.88
–
–
–
29.33
8.32
9.91
7.96
7.53
7.65
7.94
13.45
29.33
8.32
9.91
7.90
7.53
7.63
7.94
13.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.33
–
10.85
8.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.94
7.72
7.53
7.70
7.76
–
15.34
13.65
11.48
13.08
13.73
15.67
16.96
11.85
10.07
10.35
9.85
10.81
15.45
12.70
10.74
9.42
12.69
12.32
–
13.53
10.66
13.09
12.87
15.87
16.96
–
9.98
–
9.61
10.81
15.45
12.70
–
9.42
12.65
–
15.34
13.78
11.76
13.08
13.69
15.67
16.96
11.85
10.46
–
–
–
15.45
12.70
11.07
–
12.71
–
–
12.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.93
–
13.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.74
–
–
–
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI,
July 1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
(-Continued)
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
Level 4 ..............................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .........................
Blue-collar occupations:
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations:
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Heavy equipment mechanics ...............................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C. .............
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors:
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Printing press operators .......................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$12.78
9.79
12.60
11.43
20.76
13.27
12.94
12.32
12.45
12.85
$12.09
9.79
12.60
11.43
21.68
13.27
12.94
12.32
12.26
12.29
$17.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$12.83
9.81
12.60
11.43
20.90
13.27
13.27
12.32
12.46
12.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.92
12.53
12.34
12.47
10.95
11.30
14.19
15.12
10.62
11.85
12.23
11.12
11.24
13.84
24.36
13.92
12.53
12.34
12.00
–
10.96
13.52
15.32
10.62
–
12.01
–
10.97
–
25.90
–
–
–
13.26
–
12.39
15.37
–
–
12.05
12.88
–
–
–
–
13.92
12.56
12.34
12.68
11.49
11.34
14.19
15.12
10.71
11.93
12.33
11.01
11.21
–
24.36
14.43
18.52
18.53
18.22
16.85
18.24
19.41
22.76
15.44
21.69
17.48
18.33
9.88
13.58
14.92
20.31
–
–
–
18.22
16.85
18.24
19.35
22.80
–
21.69
17.43
18.33
9.88
13.58
14.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.31
14.43
18.52
18.53
18.22
16.85
18.24
19.41
22.76
15.44
21.69
17.48
18.33
9.94
13.58
14.92
20.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.59
13.31
19.42
12.06
14.02
15.08
11.84
9.48
10.52
12.56
16.06
15.22
14.21
14.57
15.90
12.87
11.59
13.31
19.42
12.06
14.02
15.08
11.84
9.45
10.52
12.56
16.06
15.22
14.21
14.57
15.90
12.87
11.76
13.31
19.42
–
14.02
15.08
11.93
9.45
10.55
12.56
16.06
15.22
14.21
14.57
15.90
12.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.49
–
10.70
–
–
–
11.73
–
–
–
–
–
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI,
July 1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors:
(-Continued)
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Level 6 ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations:
Truck drivers .........................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Level 4 ..............................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers:
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Level 1 ..............................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Service occupations:
Protective service occupations:
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:
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations ....................................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Level 1 ..............................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Health service occupations:
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
24
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$11.72
13.05
13.31
$11.72
13.05
13.31
–
–
–
$11.72
13.05
13.31
–
–
–
18.01
16.03
13.31
15.63
13.93
14.56
18.11
16.03
–
–
13.93
14.56
–
–
$15.62
–
–
–
18.37
–
13.51
–
13.93
14.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.65
15.65
–
15.73
–
16.56
10.83
10.78
7.78
13.34
11.73
12.31
11.55
9.61
9.28
10.51
9.22
10.89
10.73
–
10.83
10.78
7.78
13.34
11.73
12.31
11.55
9.61
9.28
10.21
9.22
10.92
10.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.56
10.83
11.83
8.27
14.10
–
12.50
–
–
–
10.79
–
12.00
10.65
–
–
$8.36
7.30
–
–
–
8.15
–
–
9.35
9.50
–
–
15.40
21.99
–
–
15.40
21.98
–
21.99
–
–
17.79
15.72
9.45
–
–
8.82
17.79
15.72
–
18.43
15.72
8.97
–
–
–
14.63
7.03
5.08
4.84
5.15
9.34
8.96
9.75
7.46
6.36
6.85
6.71
7.97
7.44
7.40
14.63
7.03
5.08
4.84
5.15
9.24
8.77
9.75
–
–
6.78
6.64
7.97
7.23
7.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.72
–
15.06
–
5.15
–
–
9.74
9.58
9.75
–
–
–
–
–
8.64
9.21
–
–
5.04
4.71
–
7.75
–
–
–
–
6.79
6.71
–
6.59
6.26
10.89
9.54
8.92
9.29
10.56
10.91
9.43
8.86
9.07
10.56
–
10.91
–
–
–
11.45
9.83
8.67
9.77
10.51
9.80
9.18
9.28
8.90
–
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI,
July 1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Service occupations: (-Continued)
Cleaning and building service occupations:
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations:
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, N.E.C. ...................................
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.
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
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$13.14
8.70
8.20
9.31
10.79
8.36
11.26
12.29
15.35
$12.37
8.71
8.21
9.31
9.00
8.36
9.99
10.64
–
–
–
–
–
$14.18
–
–
12.81
–
$13.14
8.98
–
–
11.95
9.34
11.50
12.52
15.35
–
$7.96
–
–
7.62
7.34
–
–
–
7.59
9.42
11.44
7.90
10.04
7.59
–
–
7.90
10.04
–
–
11.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS
WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
25
Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
Occupational group2
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$19.07
18.83
$10.33
10.74
$18.80
19.03
$17.66
17.39
$17.75
17.89
$24.01
20.18
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
21.76
21.62
13.16
15.39
22.03
22.71
20.67
20.66
20.76
21.19
26.84
21.79
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
25.08
25.95
22.30
27.79
23.23
13.15
18.62
21.16
14.93
–
7.60
10.81
27.20
25.62
33.73
28.85
9.28
14.84
23.31
25.63
17.32
27.63
20.77
12.21
24.54
25.62
21.32
27.70
14.48
12.96
–
–
–
–
27.23
–
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 .....
15.09
17.07
13.64
16.34
11.84
8.93
–
9.83
10.60
8.27
17.53
19.74
16.66
17.26
13.36
12.54
14.14
12.46
13.59
9.70
14.43
16.81
13.57
14.77
11.16
19.37
–
–
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
12.15
7.78
12.94
8.59
10.25
–
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."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update
survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics
where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality
survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey.
Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in
mean wages for the occupation.
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Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
Goods-producing industries4
Occupational group3
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
All occupations ...........................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ................................................
$17.57
17.42
$18.75
18.48
–
–
White-collar occupations .......................................................
White-collar excluding sales .................................................
20.78
20.99
23.61
23.39
–
–
21.65
21.89
Professional specialty and technical occupations ................
Professional specialty occupations ...................................
Technical occupations ......................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .......
Sales occupations ................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .........
24.44
25.58
21.80
27.63
19.37
12.86
23.78
26.89
17.46
32.48
26.20
13.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 .........
14.55
16.88
13.55
16.00
10.61
14.67
16.25
14.03
14.93
11.86
Service occupations ...............................................................
9.07
14.47
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.
4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
Manufacturing
$20.45 $18.64
20.47 18.35
Service-producing industries5
Total
TransWholeportsale
ation
and
and
retail
public
trade
utilities
Finance,
insurance,
and
real
estate
Services
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.69
23.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.43
–
12.12
23.78
27.01
17.46
32.69
26.63
13.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.01
21.53
–
–
13.74
14.20
15.13
14.06
14.85
11.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.54
–
–
–
–
–
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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR
SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
27
Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private
industry, all workers2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
100 workers or more
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$17.57
17.42
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
Occupational group3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
$14.29
13.21
$18.17
18.14
$16.20
16.31
$20.04
19.80
20.78
20.99
18.36
17.04
21.09
21.38
19.44
20.30
22.27
22.06
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .....
24.44
25.58
21.80
27.63
19.37
12.86
16.24
18.06
14.14
24.38
21.37
12.74
24.82
25.84
22.36
28.12
18.60
12.87
22.12
23.93
18.28
27.91
15.04
12.31
26.43
26.91
25.17
28.30
25.61
13.20
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 .....
14.55
16.88
13.55
16.00
10.61
14.13
18.13
12.22
–
10.10
14.64
16.62
13.73
15.93
10.82
13.58
15.17
13.18
15.35
10.39
16.61
18.08
15.25
17.13
12.25
Service occupations ...........................................................
9.07
7.38
9.80
8.95
10.65
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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS
WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
28
Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
All workers
Occupational group2
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
897,938
834,243
737,759
674,371
160,179
159,872
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
535,960
472,265
421,736
358,348
114,224
113,917
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
228,643
169,244
59,399
83,334
63,695
160,288
161,250
109,137
52,113
69,096
63,388
128,001
67,393
60,106
7,286
14,238
–
32,286
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 .....
203,840
68,237
55,834
36,498
43,271
188,638
60,619
55,780
32,320
39,920
15,202
7,618
–
4,178
3,351
Service occupations ...........................................................
158,138
127,385
30,753
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.
groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately.
N.E.C. means not
elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED
REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE
RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in
this update survey. A procedure was put into place to
"move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey
data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior
survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational
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Appendix A: Technical Note
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.
Although this section answers some questions commonly
asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description
of all the steps required to produce the data.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a 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.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Metropolitan Statistical area includes Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota,
Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington
and Wright Counties in Minnesota; and Pierce and St.
Croix Counties in Wisconsin.
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. Other contact
methods, such as mail and telephone, were used to followup and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs.
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system.
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive.
4. Determination of the level of work of each job.
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.
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.
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In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Number of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen
worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as
holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on
hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being
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in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “generic
leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all
occupations randomly selected in an establishment using
the same criteria. This is a major departure from the
method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational
Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined
occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for 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
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong ex-
planatory 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.
Collection period
The survey data were collected over several months. For
each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection.
The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects
the average date of this information for all sample units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas 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
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.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
·
·
·
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining
agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining
agreement
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National
Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply
information. If data were not provided by a sample 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 that were additionally defined by
major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in
survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
516
345
17
154
Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the
all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances
are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for 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.
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Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. 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.
Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size,
and number of establishments represented, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 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
4,608
4,433
1,142
4
151
987
3,291
178
1,404
399
1,311
175
332
291
98
1
11
86
193
13
54
17
109
41
50 - 99
workers
75
73
18
1
6
11
55
2
24
4
25
2
Total
257
218
80
–
5
75
138
11
30
13
84
39
100 - 499
workers
143
131
50
–
4
46
81
6
19
4
52
12
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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500 workers
or more
114
87
30
–
1
29
57
5
11
9
32
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Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
(in percent)
Occupation3
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
1.8
1.8
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
2.1
2.2
2.5
2.7
2.9
2.9
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Physical scientists, N.E.C. ....................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Art, drama and music teachers .............................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
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 .....................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Science technicians, N.E.C. .................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Legal assistants ....................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
3.1
2.3
3.3
3.9
4.2
5.1
4.7
5.0
4.1
3.1
2.6
3.9
4.2
3.5
4.4
4.1
2.8
3.0
–
–
–
–
6.0
4.5
6.0
7.0
7.2
5.6
2.1
6.1
9.3
14.7
4.1
19.2
3.9
5.4
5.8
5.5
5.1
10.7
11.4
9.7
10.8
8.7
9.2
15.3
15.3
5.4
8.1
–
7.0
2.3
8.7
–
–
14.7
–
9.2
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
10.2
10.8
12.5
9.2
18.4
18.4
–
11.4
–
3.5
3.4
7.9
–
–
3.3
2.3
4.2
5.5
–
–
–
14.8
14.8
–
–
3.7
3.6
–
–
6.7
9.2
11.5
4.5
4.0
2.7
5.5
7.2
2.6
2.7
8.6
3.5
7.1
9.9
3.1
4.2
5.8
9.3
12.6
8.1
11.0
12.8
4.4
2.5
1.6
6.1
7.8
3.8
3.1
–
3.6
7.8
11.4
3.5
4.8
–
9.4
13.6
9.8
–
2.8
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
6.5
6.8
5.8
–
–
8.0
8.6
15.2
10.5
7.6
3.1
8.0
11.9
16.4
11.8
7.7
3.6
–
8.6
–
–
–
3.2
See footnotes at end of table.
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Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Management related occupations (-Continued)
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Heavy equipment mechanics ...............................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C. .............
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
See footnotes at end of table.
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All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
5.4
6.2
11.6
5.9
8.1
14.1
3.8
–
–
5.4
18.2
5.9
18.8
–
–
6.1
6.9
7.8
10.0
21.5
–
6.7
7.8
10.0
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
12.4
22.1
8.5
2.3
18.1
2.5
4.1
2.9
7.8
2.1
6.0
12.3
4.1
5.5
6.3
5.2
5.5
23.2
4.9
5.7
4.1
12.4
22.1
8.5
2.3
18.1
3.1
–
3.7
–
2.1
6.0
12.3
–
5.5
6.6
4.9
5.5
24.3
4.9
5.7
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
3.2
2.7
2.9
4.8
3.6
8.4
3.2
3.6
2.9
–
4.3
–
–
3.4
–
4.7
5.3
2.5
3.8
4.2
2.3
4.7
3.9
5.4
0.7
5.9
7.9
5.9
8.0
7.6
8.9
4.0
3.0
9.2
7.6
2.8
4.2
–
–
4.7
3.9
10.7
0.7
–
7.9
6.0
8.0
7.6
8.9
–
3.0
9.2
7.6
2.0
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
(-Continued)
Printing press operators .......................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
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 .........................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations ....................................................
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
See footnotes at end of table.
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All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
11.8
12.0
8.1
3.0
7.4
3.2
2.5
12.6
6.7
7.0
7.3
8.9
4.3
11.8
12.0
8.1
3.0
7.4
3.2
2.5
12.6
6.7
7.8
7.4
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
3.6
–
3.1
3.5
5.9
5.4
4.7
11.7
15.7
11.8
5.1
3.1
3.2
–
5.4
4.7
11.7
15.7
11.8
4.9
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
5.6
6.4
2.8
3.6
10.7
–
–
4.4
5.3
6.4
2.9
6.2
12.6
8.4
5.3
–
–
6.2
5.5
6.2
12.6
–
4.3
9.0
3.8
2.8
4.0
13.6
7.6
4.2
4.6
9.0
3.8
2.8
4.1
–
7.5
4.2
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Welfare service aides ...........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, N.E.C. ...................................
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
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.
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
3.1
3.9
3.2
4.6
3.3
4.1
3.3
3.3
5.5
–
5.9
4.0
7.7
4.1
5.6
10.0
9.0
11.4
8.0
6.4
8.2
6.8
4.1
4.1
13.1
9.0
–
–
6.4
8.2
–
–
4.0
7.5
–
–
8.1
–
–
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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS
WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were
collected in this update survey. A procedure was put
into place to "move" the positional statistics where
averages were collected. This procedure compares
current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average
change in mean wages for the occupation.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
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Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
All occupations .................................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ......................................................
6
6
6
6
3
3
White-collar occupations .............................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales ...................................
7
7
8
8
4
5
Professional specialty and technical occupations ......................
Professional specialty occupations .........................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .................................
Mechanical engineers .....................................................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...........................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists .....................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts ........
Natural scientists ................................................................
Physical scientists, N.E.C. ..............................................
Health related occupations .................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ........................................
Art, drama and music teachers .......................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ...................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................................
Elementary school teachers ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ............................................
Teachers, special education ...........................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ............................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ..........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .....................................
Librarians ........................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ..................................
Economists .....................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................
Social workers ................................................................
Lawyers and judges ............................................................
Lawyers ..........................................................................
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 ...............................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. .....................................
Drafters ...........................................................................
Science technicians, N.E.C. ...........................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Legal assistants ..............................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ....................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............
Executives, administrators, and managers .........................
Administrators and officials, public administration ..........
Financial managers ........................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ........................
Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations ..
Administrators, education and related fields ...................
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .......................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................
Management related occupations ......................................
Accountants and auditors ...............................................
Other financial officers ....................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ..........................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
7
10
8
8
12
13
7
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
9
9
9
10
8
8
12
12
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
7
10
9
8
12
–
–
8
8
8
8
9
8
8
9
9
10
10
9
9
12
12
7
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
8
9
–
–
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9
10
7
7
6
5
5
6
7
6
6
7
8
7
10
11
10
12
11
12
11
11
10
11
9
8
9
10
9
10
8
9
10
7
7
–
5
5
6
7
6
–
7
8
7
10
11
10
12
11
12
11
11
10
11
9
8
9
10
9
10
8
–
–
5
–
–
5
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
A-10
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 —
Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Management related occupations (-Continued)
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ......................
Sales occupations ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ......................................
Sales occupations, other business services ...................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ..................................................................
Sales workers, apparel ...................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ..................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...............
Supervisors, general office .............................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Typists ............................................................................
Receptionists ..................................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. ...............................................
Order clerks ....................................................................
Library clerks ..................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. ...................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................................
Dispatchers .....................................................................
Production coordinators ..................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ..............................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ................
General office clerks .......................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Teachers’ aides ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ...................
8
5
9
6
8
7
9
7
–
2
–
–
9
2
3
2
5
4
6
5
3
3
4
5
3
3
5
4
5
5
5
4
4
6
5
3
4
3
5
9
–
4
3
–
4
6
5
3
3
–
5
2
–
5
4
5
5
5
5
4
6
5
3
4
2
5
–
–
2
2
–
3
–
4
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
4
–
Blue-collar occupations ...............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................
Heavy equipment mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ........................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ....................................
Carpenters ......................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..............................
Machinists .......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Miscellaneous precision workers, N.E.C. .......................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................
Punching and stamping press operators ........................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ..........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ........................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .............
Slicing and cutting machine operators ............................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. .....................
Welders and cutters ........................................................
Assemblers .....................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............
Transportation and material moving occupations .......................
Truck drivers ...................................................................
Bus drivers ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............
4
6
6
7
6
6
7
7
6
8
6
3
6
5
6
4
3
4
6
3
4
3
3
5
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
5
6
6
7
6
6
7
7
6
8
6
3
6
5
6
4
4
4
6
–
4
3
3
5
4
3
4
4
4
2
3
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
A-11
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, July 1998 —
Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Transportation and material moving occupations (-Continued)
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
N.E.C. .......................................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers ..........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ...........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .....................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .................
Hand packers and packagers .........................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. .............................
5
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
3
4
2
3
2
–
–
2
–
2
–
–
2
–
2
–
2
Service occupations .....................................................................
Protective service occupations ...........................................
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 ...................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations
Bartenders ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................................................
Cooks .............................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations ...........
Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ...........................
Health service occupations .................................................
Health aides, except nursing ..........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service occupations ........................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers .......
Maids and housemen .....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service occupations .............................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ............
Welfare service aides .....................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, N.E.C. .............................................
Service occupations, N.E.C. ...........................................
3
6
6
8
7
5
3
2
5
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
3
4
3
2
5
2
2
4
2
2
3
2
4
4
6
–
8
7
5
3
3
5
–
2
4
–
–
–
2
3
4
3
3
5
2
3
5
–
–
–
–
–
2
4
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
2
3
–
2
–
2
3
3
3
1
–
2
1
3
–
–
–
–
–
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."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were
collected in this update survey. A procedure was put
into place to "move" the positional statistics where
averages were collected. This procedure compares
current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average
change in mean wages for the occupation.
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