Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA
National Compensation Survey
January 1997
________________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
Revised March 1999
Bulletin 3090-12
Preface
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his bulletin provides results of a January 1997 survey of
occupational pay in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
(CMSA). Data shown in this bulletin were collected as part
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program
known as the National Compensation Survey (NCS).
The survey could not have been conducted without the
cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin.
The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation.
Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of
Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of
Caryl L. O'Keefe, Assistant Regional Commissioner for
Operations of the San Francisco Regional Office. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office
of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National
Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and analyzed the survey results.
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Contents
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
Wages in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, CMSA............................................................
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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 ...............................................................
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27
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Appendix A:
Technical Note .....................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented............................................
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors......................................................................................
Appendix table 3. Average work levels ...........................................................................................
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Introduction
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NCS more extensive than OCS
The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by providing
broader coverage of occupations and establishments within
the survey area.
Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected
using probability techniques from a list of all those present
in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented
a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on
broad occupational classifications such as white-collar
workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers,
and individual occupations such as cashiers.
In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that
apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the
OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions
that were not comparable across specific occupations.
Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for
other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time
versus incentive status, and establishment employment size.
Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program.
The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS
will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy
will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal Government.
his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). The CMSA
includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
and Ventura Counties, CA.
This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are
analyzed in the initial textual section. Tabulations provide
information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide range of work levels. Also contained in
this bulletin is information on the program, a technical note
describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with
detailed information on occupational classifications and the
generic leveling methodology.
NCS design and products
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new National
Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on
the levels and rates of change of occupational wages and
employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions,
and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be
the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the
change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This
bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These
data are similar to those released under the Occupational
Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued.
Due to the limited amount of time available to initiate
this phase of the program, a number of companies were unable to provide complete data before the publication deadline. As a result, some surveys have a high nonresponse
rate for the all industries or the private industry iterations.
Such instances are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
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Wages in the
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
S
Survey results show that private industry workers in Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA earned $15.59 per
hour, while surveyed State and local government workers
averaged $21.35. Table A-2 reports the average hourly
rate for white-collar occupations as $20.23 in private industry and $22.45 in State and local government. Bluecollar occupations showed an average hourly rate of $11.76
in private industry and $19.14 in State and local government. Service occupations within private industry averaged
$7.55 per hour while those found in State and local government averaged $18.59.
traight-time wages in the Los Angeles-RiversideOrange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged $16.62 per hour during January 1997.
White-collar workers had an average wage of $20.73 per
hour. Blue-collar workers averaged $12.18 per hour, while
service workers had average earnings of $10.14 per hour.
(All comparisons in this analysis cover hourly rates for
both full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.)
Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational
group, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
January 1997
Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry
and State and local government, Los AngelesRiverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
Dollars per hour
$ 25
Dollars per hour
$
25
20
15
20
10
15
5
10
0
5
Whitecollar
Bluecollar
Service
workers
0
White-collar
Private industry
Within each of these occupational groups, average
hourly wages for individual occupations varied. For example, white-collar occupations included registered nurses at
$22.78 per hour, secretaries at $14.65, and general office
clerks at $10.99. Among occupations in the blue-collar
category, industrial machinery repairers averaged $16.92
per hour while truck drivers averaged $11.40. Finally,
service occupations included janitors and cleaners at $7.55
per hour and waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants at $5.12 per
hour. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 171 detailed
occupations; data for other detailed occupations surveyed
could not be reported separately due to concerns about the
confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of
the data.
Blue-collar
Service
State and local government
Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the
survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were
$17.37 per hour, compared with an average of $9.87 per
hour for part-time workers.
Data for specific work levels within major occupational
groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational
groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This
can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the
variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may
2
Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. In the private sector, hourly
wages averaged $16.01 in all goods-producing industries,
$26.84 in mining, and $15.88 in manufacturing. Data for
other industry divisions did not meet publication criteria.
Table C-4 reports that a total of 3,266,422 workers were
represented by the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County,
CA survey. White-collar occupations included 1,856,121
workers, or 57 percent; blue-collar occupations included
850,500 workers, or 26 percent; and service occupations
included 559,802 workers, or 17 percent.
not be published because no workers were identified at that
level or because there were not enough data to guarantee
confidentiality and reliability.
Work levels for all major groups span several levels,
with professional specialty occupations and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting
and ending at higher work levels than the other groups.
Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level 8. As illustrated in Chart 3, the average hourly rate was $6.59 for
level 1, $9.95 for level 3, $14.82 for level 6, and $20.38 for
level 8.
Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by
occupational group, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997
Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for
administrative support occupations, including clerical,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January
1997
Percent
60
Dollars per hour
$
25
50
40
20
30
15
20
10
10
5
0
0
1
3
6
Whitecollar
8
Bluecollar
Service
workers
Level
Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published
mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry,
and State and local government are available in appendix
table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3.
Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of
$17.90, as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion
workers averaged $16.16. Time workers, whose wages
were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged
$16.55 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at
least partially based on productivity payments, averaged
$18.58 per hour.
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Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ....................................................................... $16.62
All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 16.74
$6.00
6.00
25
Median
50
$8.40 $13.22
8.50 13.39
75
90
$21.25
21.45
$30.43
30.90
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
20.73
21.50
8.50
9.42
11.66
12.38
16.85
17.96
25.89
26.68
36.65
37.53
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Health related occupations .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce and marketing teachers ......
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
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 ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
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 .......................................
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 ..........................................................
26.37
28.36
31.24
30.12
25.02
28.04
30.56
29.38
30.03
13.62
16.31
22.60
23.08
18.63
22.60
23.65
19.24
19.64
18.63
20.72
25.33
26.55
23.35
26.01
25.39
22.12
23.06
24.23
26.25
29.23
27.47
24.04
30.08
28.90
27.18
27.63
31.88
34.19
36.10
34.42
26.83
32.43
34.78
34.00
34.62
41.91
43.61
43.25
41.77
31.25
33.67
41.00
45.00
45.00
23.20
25.46
24.31
24.13
47.62
22.78
36.25
17.91
35.02
45.02
35.55
34.89
28.46
12.48
29.04
34.08
26.50
26.90
28.45
19.07
26.26
25.61
18.64
19.36
12.97
39.35
39.35
14.25
17.62
19.89
17.00
12.98
18.00
30.00
13.75
20.19
30.67
28.69
21.47
13.73
8.75
15.36
22.45
17.48
13.07
12.87
16.23
15.90
15.29
11.55
11.55
7.00
25.62
25.62
17.25
21.91
23.31
20.00
16.97
20.00
30.91
15.14
27.95
34.49
30.83
28.45
19.51
10.58
21.38
27.04
20.00
19.18
18.15
18.30
18.72
18.65
11.55
12.90
9.62
30.92
30.92
21.11
25.63
24.53
22.60
57.70
22.73
34.98
18.36
34.49
45.45
33.84
35.06
27.04
10.58
27.04
34.11
25.20
27.16
22.47
19.15
20.60
20.60
18.68
19.19
11.42
36.03
36.03
32.55
31.36
24.69
25.56
65.00
25.06
42.69
20.53
40.63
55.32
36.84
40.10
36.74
14.46
37.36
39.74
32.19
34.03
40.59
19.22
31.57
33.91
24.49
25.83
17.36
51.42
51.42
32.55
31.88
28.09
30.00
67.31
27.49
44.52
21.13
45.99
59.87
46.60
44.49
45.15
16.07
45.15
47.15
37.30
37.78
49.02
20.11
42.22
42.91
27.27
27.27
19.19
54.54
54.54
30.98
27.60
42.02
21.43
18.60
17.64
19.09
14.17
14.72
21.09
18.33
14.98
16.35
21.04
25.34
30.01
34.47
38.70
35.75
31.79
12.98
13.29
15.38
14.18
11.25
10.91
16.91
12.00
10.58
12.86
9.89
6.50
14.13
11.30
15.14
15.50
15.73
27.17
20.19
16.25
16.88
14.42
21.04
16.33
13.27
12.29
18.00
12.62
11.65
17.00
15.96
12.00
14.26
18.75
17.05
18.63
21.95
36.36
25.64
21.63
27.93
27.00
32.99
21.00
16.75
17.62
18.00
14.00
15.06
20.19
19.22
13.27
15.23
21.75
20.41
25.64
29.91
42.99
32.47
31.60
38.48
36.25
80.00
25.69
21.00
21.96
20.91
16.00
16.59
25.50
21.30
22.93
17.11
24.98
25.00
34.54
40.23
44.74
41.80
38.46
50.00
43.45
80.00
28.75
26.40
25.37
21.50
16.67
20.56
29.09
22.01
24.71
20.50
26.68
40.00
45.67
50.52
44.74
57.69
40.38
34.54
19.23
22.96
32.47
45.67
50.52
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and managers
(-Continued)
Administrators, education and related fields ......... $30.75 $15.58 $22.69 $33.24
Managers, medicine and health ........................... 29.52 19.99 24.30 31.00
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................ 17.21 12.79 13.53 14.06
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. 25.24 16.83 17.73 21.63
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. 37.26 15.86 21.92 29.91
Management related occupations ............................ 22.71 14.68 17.31 20.81
Accountants and auditors ..................................... 20.90 15.28 17.33 20.25
Other financial officers .......................................... 29.67 15.68 17.05 21.81
Management analysts .......................................... 24.27 14.30 19.37 24.10
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ....................................................... 20.14 12.50 15.61 18.32
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ 20.33 13.70 17.96 19.25
Construction inspectors ........................................ 25.42 19.26 24.95 26.51
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................... 23.29 16.39 20.94 23.88
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ 21.62 13.68 16.38 19.97
Sales occupations ............................................................ 14.98
5.85
7.15 11.24
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 23.90 10.45 13.36 16.72
Sales occupations, other business services ......... 13.42 11.82 11.82 11.83
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ................................................. 28.36 16.03 20.00 26.00
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 18.63
8.82 10.26 12.86
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
8.14
5.30
5.75
7.00
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
8.61
6.79
7.75
8.40
Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.20
5.51
6.50
8.00
Sales counter clerks .............................................
7.64
5.00
5.50
6.00
Cashiers ...............................................................
9.50
5.25
6.45
8.65
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... 12.66
5.90
9.91 12.27
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... 12.44
7.88
9.75 12.00
Supervisors, general office ................................... 16.61 12.98 14.26 16.69
Supervisors, financial records processing ............ 17.67 13.40 14.94 15.75
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ............................................... 18.23 10.65 14.83 17.24
Computer operators .............................................. 17.14 12.75 13.38 16.83
Secretaries ........................................................... 14.65 10.83 12.00 14.35
Typists .................................................................. 12.64 10.00 11.50 12.99
Interviewers .......................................................... 10.07
7.61
8.75
9.42
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
9.68
5.75
6.50
8.55
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 11.48
7.80
9.38 11.24
Receptionists ........................................................
9.11
6.92
7.69
8.53
Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... 10.85
8.78
9.44 10.72
Order clerks .......................................................... 10.97
7.75
9.10 10.80
Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping
12.67
8.25
9.71 12.69
Library clerks ........................................................ 14.06
8.07 10.43 14.47
File clerks .............................................................
7.46
6.25
6.50
6.72
Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... 12.49 10.00 10.93 11.21
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.00
9.86 11.44 12.50
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ............................. 12.88 10.58 11.24 12.50
Billing clerks ..........................................................
9.97
7.50
8.71 10.37
Telephone operators ............................................
9.78
6.92
8.00
8.30
Mail clerks except postal service ..........................
8.60
6.53
7.45
8.18
Dispatchers ........................................................... 17.14 13.71 15.66 17.95
Production coordinators ........................................ 15.25 10.48 12.28 14.30
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 10.57
5.75
8.25 10.50
Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 11.07
6.95
8.24 10.53
Meter readers ....................................................... 14.62 10.67 11.43 12.19
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. 11.09
8.00
8.50 10.20
See footnotes at end of table.
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75
90
$35.16
34.55
$42.59
35.52
15.63
26.00
43.13
25.96
24.51
30.29
28.21
29.75
41.63
61.06
30.65
26.44
43.35
30.43
22.06
21.63
27.07
30.82
27.03
27.32
24.23
26.44
15.83
25.75
14.52
28.85
31.25
25.55
55.75
15.39
32.21
20.79
10.00
9.15
12.10
11.30
11.80
14.74
14.70
18.16
20.76
42.77
30.51
12.05
10.00
18.75
11.30
15.40
17.85
17.85
19.11
23.08
24.17
23.05
16.81
13.85
11.26
14.50
13.25
10.00
12.40
12.21
15.54
18.72
7.53
13.59
15.00
14.50
11.07
11.94
9.84
18.93
19.05
12.63
13.85
19.47
26.82
23.91
19.04
14.29
13.58
14.75
15.04
12.50
13.56
14.62
15.87
18.72
11.50
16.49
16.52
15.30
12.00
15.90
11.06
18.93
21.12
14.74
15.40
23.11
12.00
23.65
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including clerical
(-Continued)
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ................................................... $16.63 $10.30 $11.67 $15.68
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... 14.57
8.94 10.96 15.11
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ............................. 13.23
9.50 12.67 13.39
Bill and account collectors .................................... 11.39
8.23
8.75 11.71
General office clerks ............................................. 10.99
7.00
8.80 11.21
Data entry keyers ................................................. 12.00
8.00
9.62 12.96
Statistical clerks .................................................... 10.56
6.46
7.19 11.29
Teachers’ aides .................................................... 10.50
7.14
8.53 10.31
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 13.03
8.96 10.50 12.50
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance occupations ...................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile cutting machine operators .........................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying 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 .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, N.E.C. ..............................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
75
90
$19.93
18.79
13.39
13.44
13.00
13.70
13.50
11.64
15.25
$24.49
18.79
15.55
15.28
15.03
15.49
15.00
14.74
18.17
12.18
17.85
25.50
16.49
16.93
16.92
12.80
5.44
8.36
20.19
11.00
14.92
12.66
8.00
7.00
12.88
22.10
14.00
15.78
13.80
8.34
10.15
18.75
24.51
14.42
17.12
16.30
11.24
16.50
21.56
28.98
19.06
17.12
20.05
15.94
21.56
25.47
29.31
21.34
19.13
21.54
20.83
20.80
14.94
18.59
22.27
12.60
19.15
16.22
21.53
18.80
8.46
10.31
17.06
20.94
9.14
8.90
17.95
7.72
15.00
17.32
5.50
15.59
12.40
11.67
13.76
5.50
6.50
10.50
18.38
5.00
6.00
21.25
10.58
17.25
18.26
5.50
16.65
13.05
14.18
15.25
6.00
7.00
11.45
18.38
6.00
7.03
21.48
14.79
18.90
21.45
13.00
20.65
15.30
18.72
17.25
7.00
8.50
15.75
21.34
8.05
8.74
21.51
17.80
21.00
25.21
19.79
20.65
19.78
30.25
22.61
9.86
14.83
22.14
21.35
11.00
9.37
21.59
22.20
21.52
29.02
19.79
21.57
20.85
35.98
24.09
12.60
16.68
22.76
24.46
14.76
12.29
8.52
6.70
6.71
15.91
9.07
7.01
9.82
9.29
10.36
9.07
13.81
8.38
8.59
9.61
11.31
11.40
11.40
5.38
5.25
4.75
7.91
5.75
4.82
6.00
5.00
4.75
5.00
7.30
5.00
6.00
5.25
6.50
6.00
6.55
6.66
5.80
5.20
11.15
7.25
5.44
6.40
6.97
5.25
6.15
8.19
5.50
6.55
7.41
8.00
7.50
9.54
7.70
6.60
5.70
13.05
9.63
6.89
9.65
8.15
10.42
7.70
11.35
7.67
8.64
9.75
10.34
10.93
10.69
11.85
7.24
7.80
22.19
11.00
8.24
11.92
10.00
14.76
9.75
22.22
10.46
9.90
11.53
13.99
14.66
13.01
11.85
8.00
9.84
26.00
12.00
9.55
14.83
12.32
14.77
16.37
23.39
11.78
12.00
13.61
17.35
17.42
17.30
11.94
8.77
11.02
9.38
5.00
5.50
9.38
6.00
7.30
10.24
7.92
10.75
12.76
10.25
15.26
13.62
14.16
16.91
14.72
10.42
9.36
7.09
9.37
8.76
5.00
7.00
4.75
5.00
12.50
5.50
8.10
5.43
6.00
15.63
10.00
8.25
7.34
8.00
17.08
14.98
9.50
8.40
11.50
20.40
18.41
14.77
9.47
17.56
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
(-Continued)
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Food service occupations .........................................
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 ..
Public transportation attendants ...........................
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
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.57
8.80
7.34
7.42
8.71
$5.15
4.75
5.25
4.90
5.25
$6.22
5.75
6.00
5.00
6.00
$8.70
8.40
7.26
7.00
7.51
$12.38
10.53
7.50
8.82
10.00
$12.70
14.32
10.00
10.22
13.57
10.14
16.07
31.38
12.74
22.66
4.87
5.50
25.85
4.75
15.55
5.50
7.00
29.51
4.89
18.95
7.55
15.80
31.15
16.55
22.52
11.42
23.41
31.67
19.91
25.85
21.12
27.98
39.10
21.58
29.45
21.05
17.71
7.33
7.01
15.80
12.58
4.75
4.75
19.76
14.27
6.00
5.00
23.41
16.47
6.60
5.95
23.41
22.13
8.20
8.50
23.41
22.13
10.89
10.94
12.78
6.87
4.90
8.75
6.58
7.65
5.12
6.24
8.44
10.45
8.07
7.65
6.00
4.75
4.25
5.50
4.75
5.60
4.75
4.75
5.83
8.00
5.75
4.75
11.09
5.00
4.75
6.50
5.00
6.50
4.75
5.00
6.50
8.65
6.40
5.50
12.50
7.55
4.75
8.50
5.50
7.40
5.00
5.50
8.07
9.93
7.57
7.10
15.45
8.00
5.00
10.90
8.60
8.69
5.15
7.15
9.64
12.60
9.15
9.09
17.04
8.81
5.15
12.25
9.09
10.11
6.00
8.63
11.74
14.29
10.76
11.72
10.58
6.57
7.55
9.30
6.77
20.73
8.45
8.71
7.33
6.10
5.00
4.75
5.00
4.75
9.78
7.21
5.25
5.00
6.90
5.50
5.35
5.50
4.75
14.14
7.82
6.00
5.00
10.78
6.21
7.10
7.82
6.00
15.55
8.00
9.36
6.00
13.00
7.75
9.02
10.49
8.00
24.49
9.36
10.70
8.00
15.31
8.20
11.37
14.54
9.80
40.82
10.15
12.22
13.41
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 ALL INDUSTRIES
AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY
STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS
SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
7
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $15.59
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 15.64
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Civil engineers ....................................
Industrial engineers ............................
Mechanical engineers .........................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Computer systems analysts and
scientists .......................................
Operations and systems researchers
and analysts .................................
Natural scientists ....................................
Health related occupations .....................
Physicians ..........................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Pharmacists ........................................
Respiratory therapists .........................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, post secondary, subject not
specified .......................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .......
Teachers, except college and university
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Vocational and educational
counselors ....................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Designers ...........................................
Editors and reporters ..........................
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. ...............
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ...............................
Financial managers ............................
State and local government
$5.50
5.50
25
Median
50
$7.72 $12.00
7.75 12.05
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$19.66
19.95
$28.88
29.01
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$21.35 $11.01 $13.39 $19.22 $26.82 $36.03
21.36 11.02 13.39 19.24 26.82 36.03
20.23
21.16
8.00
9.00
11.09
11.97
16.07
17.31
24.93
26.03
35.23
36.65
22.45
22.47
11.22
11.24
13.39
13.39
19.38
19.41
28.30
28.33
39.08
39.08
25.30
27.64
31.36
–
25.02
27.61
30.56
30.31
12.87
15.05
22.50
–
18.63
21.25
23.65
19.14
17.33
20.00
25.10
–
23.28
23.02
25.38
22.75
23.21
25.33
29.55
–
24.04
28.40
28.88
28.51
30.45
32.55
36.60
–
26.85
31.97
34.78
35.00
40.01
42.69
43.78
–
31.25
33.67
41.00
45.00
28.37
29.45
29.28
28.78
–
–
–
23.28
16.31
17.62
26.55
26.55
–
–
–
19.64
20.63
21.86
27.47
27.47
–
–
–
21.27
26.68
27.27
27.47
27.47
–
–
–
23.06
35.43
36.07
29.90
28.57
–
–
–
23.06
43.78
45.15
32.43
29.80
–
–
–
29.89
31.19
19.44
24.04
29.00
36.82
47.50
23.28
19.64
21.27
23.06
23.06
29.89
23.20
25.38
24.23
54.57
22.81
36.20
17.82
35.57
14.25
16.20
17.00
16.97
17.57
30.00
13.75
17.00
17.25
20.00
20.00
41.10
20.00
30.91
15.14
22.56
21.11
24.69
22.73
57.70
22.74
34.96
18.36
34.38
32.55
31.36
26.00
67.31
25.28
42.69
20.53
44.87
32.55
31.88
30.16
81.92
27.84
44.52
21.12
57.74
–
25.61
23.55
–
22.56
–
–
34.84
–
21.91
18.17
–
19.36
–
–
22.51
–
24.53
19.98
–
20.96
–
–
29.57
–
25.77
22.00
–
22.25
–
–
34.70
–
25.77
23.33
–
23.41
–
–
39.24
–
28.09
27.55
–
26.40
–
–
44.49
–
–
14.66
13.66
20.92
16.55
–
–
9.56
9.85
15.05
9.56
–
–
10.58
10.57
16.83
11.00
–
–
13.07
13.27
19.79
14.86
–
–
16.07
15.29
24.23
21.46
–
–
24.23
17.51
28.09
26.98
35.70
35.48
31.01
30.19
34.74
30.73
28.23
23.89
18.72
18.60
23.79
19.18
30.14
30.54
22.83
22.47
27.28
23.45
33.14
35.31
29.18
27.74
34.88
32.24
36.84
40.28
38.66
38.33
40.69
35.74
48.40
44.49
47.15
45.23
47.15
43.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.65
–
28.71
19.38
19.61
–
19.06
–
14.49
11.55
11.55
–
19.91
–
16.31
12.90
12.90
–
29.73
–
28.96
19.19
19.91
–
47.15
–
41.91
25.83
27.27
–
49.02
–
43.78
27.27
27.27
–
31.31
27.60
42.02
21.30
18.70
12.20
13.29
15.38
13.94
11.15
17.30
14.42
21.04
17.03
13.00
28.95
27.00
32.99
21.98
16.67
38.48
36.25
80.00
25.69
20.99
50.00
43.45
80.00
27.23
27.00
–
–
–
–
18.07
–
–
–
–
13.10
–
–
–
–
15.29
–
–
–
–
17.22
–
–
–
–
21.43
–
–
–
–
24.71
17.69
19.09
14.13
10.81
16.91
12.00
12.74
18.00
12.59
17.62
18.00
13.75
21.24
20.91
16.00
25.53
21.50
16.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.83
20.91
17.63
11.45
–
10.07
12.82
9.89
6.50
–
11.15
16.76
14.31
8.17
–
13.01
20.19
19.00
12.00
–
16.35
25.00
21.13
13.27
–
19.53
29.09
22.85
14.00
–
–
–
–
–
15.59
–
–
–
–
13.78
–
–
–
–
14.26
–
–
–
–
14.36
–
–
–
–
16.82
–
–
–
–
18.41
28.20
14.96
17.05
21.65
30.08
45.00
18.47
15.29
16.91
18.38
20.41
22.33
30.80
15.50
19.10
26.00
35.09
47.98
25.81
15.73
18.06
24.51
33.22
39.45
35.47
16.83
22.50
29.91
41.49
53.85
28.85
13.53
15.73
29.94
37.03
44.49
–
35.63
–
20.19
–
25.64
–
32.47
–
41.53
–
61.06
38.70
38.31
27.17
27.25
36.36
31.79
42.99
41.92
44.74
45.23
44.74
45.23
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
Private industry
State and local government
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations (-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and
managers (-Continued)
Personnel and labor relations
managers ...................................... $31.06 $16.25 $21.45 $31.60
Managers, marketing, advertising and
public relations .............................. 35.08 18.27 24.04 35.23
Administrators, education and related
fields ............................................. 24.28 14.20 15.58 22.50
Managers, medicine and health ......... 29.86 19.99 24.85 31.80
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .............................. 19.83 13.27 14.06 15.40
Managers, service organizations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 25.56 16.83 17.73 21.63
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
38.82 17.50 22.73 30.00
Management related occupations .......... 22.99 14.40 16.90 21.20
Accountants and auditors ................... 20.69 14.90 17.12 20.19
Other financial officers ........................ 29.67 15.68 17.05 21.81
Management analysts ........................ 24.35 14.07 17.87 24.30
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ...................... 21.21 11.95 13.94 20.75
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 20.33 13.70 17.96 19.25
Construction inspectors ......................
–
–
–
–
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 21.71 13.41 16.15 20.81
Sales occupations .......................................... 15.00
5.85
7.10 11.24
Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 23.90 10.45 13.36 16.72
Sales occupations, other business
services ........................................ 13.42 11.82 11.82 11.83
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 28.36 16.03 20.00 26.00
Sales workers, motor vehicles and
boats ............................................. 18.63
8.82 10.26 12.86
Sales workers, apparel .......................
8.14
5.30
5.75
7.00
Sales workers, furniture and home
furnishings ....................................
8.61
6.79
7.75
8.40
Sales workers, other commodities ...... 10.20
5.51
6.50
8.00
Sales counter clerks ...........................
7.64
5.00
5.50
6.00
Cashiers .............................................
9.49
5.25
6.35
8.55
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 12.66
5.90
9.91 12.27
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ...................................................... 12.15
7.50
9.24 11.71
Supervisors, general office ................. 15.94 12.98 13.85 15.58
Supervisors, financial records
processing .................................... 17.67 13.40 14.94 15.75
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling,
and adjusting clerks ...................... 16.44 10.65 11.54 15.00
Computer operators ............................ 17.14 12.75 13.38 16.83
Secretaries ......................................... 14.59 10.50 11.75 14.13
Interviewers ........................................ 10.02
7.61
8.75
9.27
Hotel clerks .........................................
9.68
5.75
6.50
8.55
Transportation ticket and reservation
agents ........................................... 11.48
7.80
9.38 11.24
Receptionists ......................................
8.99
6.92
7.50
8.50
Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 10.85
8.75
9.42 10.68
Order clerks ........................................ 10.48
7.60
8.96 10.26
Personnel clerks except payroll and
timekeeping .................................. 12.67
8.25
9.71 12.69
Library clerks ......................................
–
–
–
–
File clerks ...........................................
7.46
6.25
6.50
6.72
Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 12.91
9.00 10.42 11.00
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
75
90
$38.46
$43.50
46.15
50.52
26.81
34.55
48.08
36.22
29.33
29.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.00
43.75
26.44
23.50
30.29
28.21
41.63
61.54
31.25
26.75
43.35
30.59
–
24.30
21.30
21.69
–
–
–
15.73
16.99
16.74
–
–
–
15.73
18.32
17.98
–
–
–
21.09
19.97
24.51
–
–
–
29.94
24.51
25.08
–
–
–
37.03
25.08
25.08
–
–
25.47
35.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.63
–
27.46
–
–
24.98
–
19.26
–
24.99
–
26.51
–
26.51
–
27.07
26.87
15.83
25.75
31.25
25.55
55.75
21.09
–
–
18.03
–
–
19.97
–
–
19.97
–
–
19.97
–
–
24.10
–
–
14.52
15.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.21
42.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.79
10.00
30.51
12.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.15
12.10
11.30
11.80
14.74
10.00
18.75
11.30
15.40
17.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.50
18.14
17.87
18.94
13.42
17.79
9.80
14.26
11.21
15.57
13.02
17.74
14.99
18.16
17.85
19.29
20.76
23.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.00
23.05
16.58
11.00
14.50
24.17
23.91
19.56
13.58
14.75
–
–
14.91
–
–
–
–
11.88
–
–
–
–
12.53
–
–
–
–
15.15
–
–
–
–
17.73
–
–
–
–
17.73
–
–
13.25
10.00
12.40
12.08
15.04
11.73
13.58
13.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.54
–
7.53
15.17
15.87
–
11.50
19.79
–
11.65
–
12.00
–
8.07
–
11.21
–
8.07
–
11.21
–
12.25
–
11.21
–
14.35
–
12.61
–
15.32
–
14.28
$34.92 $25.33 $31.98 $34.10 $37.51 $41.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................ $12.72
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........... 13.21
Billing clerks ........................................
9.97
Telephone operators ..........................
8.25
Mail clerks except postal service ........
8.61
Production coordinators ...................... 15.28
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
10.57
Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.95
Material recording, scheduling, and
distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 11.09
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ................................. 16.63
Investigators and adjusters except
insurance ...................................... 14.37
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........
–
Bill and account collectors .................. 11.00
General office clerks ...........................
9.82
Data entry keyers ............................... 11.68
Statistical clerks .................................. 10.56
Teachers’ aides ..................................
–
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 12.31
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
Automobile mechanics .......................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Machinery maintenance occupations
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........
Carpenters ..........................................
Electricians .........................................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ................
Drillers, oil well ....................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Machinists ...........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .........
Water and sewer treatment plant
operators ......................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Punching and stamping press
operators ......................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and
polishing machine operators .........
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Molding and casting machine
operators ......................................
Printing press operators .....................
Textile cutting machine operators .......
Textile sewing machine operators ......
Packaging and filling machine
operators ......................................
State and local government
25
Median
50
$9.53 $11.18 $12.42
10.58 11.64 14.00
7.50
8.71 10.37
6.92
7.75
8.23
6.53
7.12
8.18
10.00 12.28 14.30
5.75
8.25 10.50
6.95
8.24 10.53
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$14.19
14.50
11.07
9.28
9.84
19.05
12.63
13.85
$15.94
15.30
12.00
9.50
11.06
21.12
14.74
15.40
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.39 $12.14 $13.51 $15.06 $17.96 $18.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.00
8.50
10.20
12.00
23.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.30
11.67
15.68
19.93
24.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.94
–
8.00
6.10
7.56
6.46
–
10.95
–
8.63
7.50
8.76
7.19
–
14.42
–
11.25
9.59
11.50
11.29
–
18.79
–
13.00
12.00
14.77
13.50
–
18.79
–
14.27
13.66
16.01
15.00
–
–
13.44
–
12.47
–
–
10.52
–
12.67
–
9.80
–
–
8.28
–
13.39
–
11.13
–
–
8.70
–
13.39
–
11.83
–
–
10.31
–
13.39
–
13.64
–
–
11.64
–
14.54
–
15.74
–
–
14.41
8.12
10.32
12.00
14.26
17.69
16.02
12.49
14.41
14.86
19.19
20.03
11.76
5.25
7.00
9.84
15.50
21.44
19.14
11.72
14.98
19.49
21.84
27.96
17.41
25.41
16.29
15.93
12.80
14.37
18.02
22.30
8.00
20.19
11.00
12.50
8.00
6.50
13.50
17.32
12.50
22.69
13.50
13.80
8.34
10.58
16.50
19.53
18.00
24.51
14.42
16.30
11.24
14.30
18.90
20.21
21.56
28.98
18.98
18.75
15.94
17.67
20.58
23.67
24.09
29.09
21.00
20.05
20.83
21.08
21.52
29.02
21.88
–
–
–
–
17.25
–
22.23
15.60
–
–
–
–
7.72
–
16.79
18.38
–
–
–
–
14.16
–
17.64
21.00
–
–
–
–
17.46
–
21.45
26.81
–
–
–
–
20.41
–
25.49
27.96
–
–
–
–
26.81
–
27.84
9.84
–
16.22
21.07
18.80
5.50
–
12.40
11.16
13.76
5.50
–
13.05
13.77
15.25
6.50
–
15.30
18.42
17.25
14.00
–
19.78
27.47
22.61
17.45
–
20.85
35.98
24.09
–
16.69
–
–
–
–
14.85
–
–
–
–
15.59
–
–
–
–
16.04
–
–
–
–
17.37
–
–
–
–
20.58
–
–
–
8.46
10.31
16.91
5.50
6.50
10.40
6.00
7.00
11.42
7.00
8.50
15.75
9.86
14.83
22.14
12.60
16.68
22.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.98
18.38
18.38
21.34
21.35
24.46
9.08
5.00
6.00
8.02
11.00
14.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.90
6.00
7.03
8.74
9.37
12.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.52
5.38
6.66
7.70
11.85
11.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.70
5.25
5.80
6.60
7.24
8.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.71
15.91
9.07
7.01
4.75
7.91
5.75
4.82
5.20
11.15
7.25
5.44
5.70
13.05
9.63
6.89
7.80
22.19
11.00
8.24
9.84
26.00
12.00
9.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.82
6.00
6.40
9.65
11.92
14.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors (-Continued)
Mixing and blending machine
operators ......................................
Painting and paint spraying 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 .......................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ......................................
Miscellaneous material moving
equipment operators, N.E.C. ........
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners
except farm ...................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment
cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. .....
Construction laborers .........................
Production helpers ..............................
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
Machine feeders and offbearers .........
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Vehicle washers and equipment
cleaners ........................................
Hand packers and packagers .............
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Supervisors, police and detectives .....
Firefighting occupations ......................
Police and detectives, public service ..
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .....................
Correctional institution officers ...........
Guards and police except public
service ..........................................
Food service occupations .......................
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 .....................................
State and local government
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.29
$5.00
$6.97
$8.15
$10.00
$12.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.36
4.75
5.25
10.42
14.76
14.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.66
13.01
8.38
5.00
7.30
5.00
6.15
8.05
5.50
7.70
10.86
7.67
9.64
17.00
10.46
14.00
23.39
11.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.59
6.00
6.55
8.64
9.90
12.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.61
5.25
7.41
9.75
11.53
13.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.80
10.90
6.18
5.85
7.75
7.00
10.08
10.30
13.43
14.28
16.79
17.42
$15.55
–
11.40
6.55
9.54
10.69
13.01
17.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.43
9.38
9.38
10.14
10.34
12.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.53
5.00
6.00
7.80
10.00
13.53
14.51
10.00
12.17
13.57
15.95
19.49
9.03
5.25
6.00
10.75
11.05
11.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.72
9.27
7.09
9.37
9.57
8.76
7.00
4.75
5.00
5.15
12.50
8.10
5.43
6.00
6.22
15.63
8.25
7.34
8.00
8.70
17.08
9.00
8.40
11.50
12.38
20.40
14.77
9.47
17.56
12.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.80
4.75
5.75
8.40
10.53
14.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.34
7.42
8.10
5.25
4.90
5.05
6.00
5.00
5.85
7.26
7.00
7.20
7.50
8.82
9.15
10.00
10.22
12.56
–
–
13.93
–
–
10.00
–
–
12.17
–
–
13.57
–
–
15.22
–
–
21.18
7.55
7.75
–
–
–
4.75
4.75
–
–
–
5.25
6.00
–
–
–
6.62
6.75
–
–
–
8.55
8.49
–
–
–
11.12
11.26
–
–
–
18.59
21.67
31.38
12.74
22.66
9.09
12.58
25.85
4.75
15.55
11.72
17.81
29.51
4.89
18.95
18.59
22.13
31.15
16.55
22.52
24.19
25.35
31.67
19.91
25.85
29.51
31.15
39.10
21.58
29.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.05
17.71
15.80
12.58
19.76
14.27
23.41
16.47
23.41
22.13
23.41
22.13
7.11
6.75
4.75
4.75
6.00
5.00
6.50
5.50
7.75
7.72
10.30
10.50
–
9.76
–
8.14
–
9.09
–
9.09
–
11.09
–
11.17
13.38
6.87
4.90
8.69
6.00
4.75
4.25
5.50
11.32
5.00
4.75
6.50
15.00
7.55
4.75
8.35
15.47
8.00
5.00
10.50
17.79
8.81
5.15
12.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.92
7.31
5.12
6.01
8.17
9.49
4.75
5.50
4.75
4.75
5.75
7.79
5.00
6.50
4.75
5.00
6.40
8.33
5.21
7.30
5.00
5.50
7.88
9.45
6.70
8.25
5.15
6.55
9.27
10.23
7.60
9.30
6.00
8.25
10.69
12.48
–
10.20
–
8.92
11.90
–
–
6.74
–
7.69
8.93
–
–
9.30
–
7.97
10.54
–
–
10.11
–
8.45
12.16
–
–
10.43
–
9.61
14.29
–
–
13.38
–
11.17
14.30
–
7.98
5.68
6.30
7.43
9.00
10.67
10.22
8.30
8.93
10.09
11.56
12.40
See footnotes at end of table.
11
$8.00 $12.61 $15.56 $17.35 $21.54
–
–
–
–
–
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
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 ........................
Public transportation attendants .........
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..
Child care workers, N.E.C. .................
Service occupations, N.E.C. ...............
State and local government
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.24
$4.75
$5.40
$6.65
$8.16
$10.47
$11.37
10.25
6.57
7.08
9.23
6.10
5.00
4.75
4.98
6.90
5.50
5.17
5.50
10.50
6.21
6.65
7.60
12.60
7.75
8.05
10.49
14.88
8.20
10.00
14.54
–
–
11.18
9.90
–
–
8.78
6.40
–
–
9.90
7.82
–
–
11.37
9.36
–
–
12.12
10.99
–
–
13.30
11.87
6.70
20.73
–
8.13
6.97
4.75
9.78
–
5.15
5.00
4.75
14.14
–
5.50
5.00
6.00
15.55
–
7.00
6.00
8.00
24.49
–
10.49
8.00
9.80
40.82
–
12.48
10.47
–
–
8.79
–
–
–
–
5.78
–
–
–
–
7.21
–
–
–
–
9.36
–
–
–
–
9.85
–
–
–
–
10.85
–
–
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
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.86 $10.10 $11.42 $12.60 $13.41
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 ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY,
USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
12
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $17.37
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 17.37
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Civil engineers ....................................
Industrial engineers ............................
Mechanical engineers .........................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Computer systems analysts and
scientists .......................................
Operations and systems researchers
and analysts .................................
Natural scientists ....................................
Chemists, except biochemists ............
Health related occupations .....................
Physicians ..........................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Respiratory therapists .........................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, post secondary, subject not
specified .......................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .......
Teachers, except college and university
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Vocational and educational
counselors ....................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Psychologists ......................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Designers ...........................................
Editors and reporters ..........................
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. ...............
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Part-time
25
Median
50
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$21.77
21.98
$31.30
31.36
10
25
$9.87
10.26
$4.87
4.75
$5.50
5.50
Median
50
75
90
$6.25
6.25
$9.07 $14.04
9.07 14.20
21.54
21.99
9.50
10.00
12.34
12.75
17.73
18.46
26.49
27.04
37.75
38.46
12.68
14.94
5.55
7.14
7.14
8.31
9.50
11.02
15.17
18.36
25.48
28.90
26.74
28.72
31.30
30.12
25.02
27.88
30.56
29.38
13.85
16.59
22.60
23.08
18.63
22.30
23.65
19.24
19.00
21.11
25.33
26.55
23.35
26.01
25.39
22.12
24.53
26.55
29.23
27.47
24.04
29.25
28.90
27.18
32.15
34.55
36.13
34.42
26.83
32.43
34.78
34.00
42.44
44.08
43.27
41.77
31.25
33.67
41.00
45.00
21.77
23.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.92
11.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.13
18.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.00
22.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.42
29.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.74
35.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.03
19.64
23.06
27.63
34.62
45.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.20
25.46
24.31
24.20
47.54
22.74
17.84
35.89
14.25
17.62
19.89
16.97
12.98
17.75
13.75
21.47
17.25
21.91
23.31
19.96
16.97
20.61
14.72
29.61
21.11
25.63
24.53
22.57
57.70
22.76
18.39
35.06
32.55
31.36
24.69
25.00
65.00
24.78
20.53
41.60
32.55
31.88
28.09
30.16
67.31
27.08
20.86
48.08
–
–
–
23.85
–
22.92
–
31.46
–
–
–
18.36
–
18.92
–
16.30
–
–
–
20.00
–
20.00
–
25.44
–
–
–
22.84
–
22.23
–
33.17
–
–
–
26.25
–
26.25
–
38.77
–
–
–
30.00
–
27.93
–
41.20
35.60
35.95
28.84
29.09
34.15
26.50
26.40
28.23
24.71
13.73
15.59
22.47
17.48
13.07
31.07
30.94
19.96
21.38
27.04
20.00
19.18
33.84
35.53
27.28
27.04
34.11
25.20
25.38
36.84
39.88
37.23
37.37
39.76
32.19
33.30
46.60
44.49
47.15
45.15
47.15
37.30
42.52
–
30.94
23.06
–
–
–
28.56
–
16.28
16.50
–
–
–
11.72
–
19.12
17.22
–
–
–
20.00
–
31.25
19.51
–
–
–
32.53
–
40.88
31.50
–
–
–
35.74
–
42.09
35.74
–
–
–
36.24
28.50
19.07
25.52
24.70
18.76
19.36
39.35
39.35
12.87
16.23
15.90
15.29
11.55
11.55
25.62
25.62
18.15
18.30
18.72
18.65
11.68
12.90
30.92
30.92
22.32
19.15
20.60
20.60
18.68
19.19
36.03
36.03
41.27
19.22
30.15
31.57
24.49
25.83
51.42
51.42
49.02
20.11
42.17
42.22
27.27
27.27
54.54
54.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.71
27.60
42.02
20.66
18.99
13.75
13.29
15.38
13.94
11.49
19.95
14.42
21.04
16.15
13.69
30.00
27.00
32.99
20.43
17.05
38.92
36.25
80.00
25.64
21.43
50.53
43.45
80.00
27.12
26.70
18.35
–
–
–
13.75
5.86
–
–
–
9.02
7.87
–
–
–
11.30
8.98
–
–
–
13.33
30.56
–
–
–
16.00
36.00
–
–
–
17.98
17.71
19.27
14.16
10.91
15.60
12.00
12.29
18.00
12.60
17.86
18.61
13.99
21.96
20.91
16.00
25.50
22.72
16.67
–
–
14.19
–
–
12.00
–
–
12.85
–
–
14.12
–
–
15.50
–
–
16.11
14.91
21.15
18.33
14.98
16.34
10.63
12.86
9.89
6.50
13.78
11.93
17.35
15.96
12.00
14.26
15.76
20.19
19.22
13.27
15.18
16.75
25.88
21.30
22.93
17.11
20.56
29.09
22.01
24.71
21.16
13.33
–
–
–
–
7.86
–
–
–
–
11.00
–
–
–
–
12.50
–
–
–
–
15.06
–
–
–
–
21.00
–
–
–
–
25.51
15.23
17.05
20.41
25.00
40.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.95
15.50
18.58
25.64
34.33
45.67
36.83
18.90
30.00
33.71
50.00
50.00
See footnotes at end of table.
13
$7.65 $10.69 $17.22
8.00 11.00 19.51
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations (-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and
managers .......................................... $34.39 $15.73 $21.85 $29.81
Administrators and officials, public
administration ............................... 38.70 27.17 36.36 42.99
Financial managers ............................ 35.80 20.19 25.64 32.47
Personnel and labor relations
managers ...................................... 31.79 16.25 21.63 31.60
Managers, marketing, advertising and
public relations .............................. 34.54 19.23 22.96 32.47
Administrators, education and related
fields ............................................. 29.99 15.58 22.50 31.66
Managers, medicine and health ......... 29.34 19.99 24.30 28.77
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .............................. 17.21 12.79 13.53 14.06
Managers, service organizations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 23.00 16.83 17.73 21.35
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
37.26 15.86 21.92 29.91
Management related occupations .......... 22.70 14.64 17.25 20.81
Accountants and auditors ................... 20.79 15.28 17.31 20.19
Other financial officers ........................ 29.67 15.68 17.05 21.81
Management analysts ........................ 24.27 14.30 19.37 24.10
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ...................... 20.14 12.50 15.61 18.32
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 20.33 13.70 17.96 19.25
Construction inspectors ...................... 25.42 19.26 24.95 26.51
Inspectors and compliance officers,
except construction ....................... 23.29 16.39 20.94 23.88
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 21.67 13.41 16.38 19.97
Sales occupations .......................................... 17.35
6.50
9.20 12.49
Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 23.90 10.45 13.36 16.72
Sales occupations, other business
services ........................................ 13.74 11.82 11.83 11.83
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 28.36 16.03 20.00 26.00
Sales workers, motor vehicles and
boats ............................................. 18.63
8.82 10.26 12.86
Sales workers, apparel .......................
8.79
5.50
6.00
8.51
Sales workers, furniture and home
furnishings ....................................
–
–
–
–
Sales workers, other commodities ...... 11.17
6.30
7.00
9.29
Cashiers .............................................
9.88
5.75
6.50
9.00
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 13.34
9.50 10.30 12.75
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ...................................................... 12.78
8.21 10.24 12.40
Supervisors, general office ................. 16.62 12.98 14.26 16.69
Supervisors, financial records
processing .................................... 17.67 13.40 14.94 15.75
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling,
and adjusting clerks ...................... 18.23 10.65 14.83 17.24
Computer operators ............................ 17.14 12.75 13.38 16.83
Secretaries ......................................... 14.79 10.96 12.00 14.42
Typists ................................................ 12.64 10.00 11.50 12.99
Interviewers ........................................ 10.07
7.61
8.75
9.42
Transportation ticket and reservation
agents ........................................... 11.41
7.93
9.38 11.24
Receptionists ......................................
9.28
7.00
8.00
8.98
Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 11.16
8.79
9.70 11.15
Order clerks ........................................ 11.16
7.75
9.18 11.00
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
75
90
$40.06
$50.52
44.74
41.80
44.74
60.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.46
40.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.67
50.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.57
34.55
40.65
35.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.63
29.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.00
43.13
25.93
24.51
30.29
28.21
38.76
61.06
30.65
26.44
43.35
30.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
30.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.63
27.07
27.03
27.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.23
28.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.44
17.83
25.75
31.25
29.55
55.75
–
7.89
–
–
5.15
–
–
5.97
–
–
6.75
–
–
9.00
–
14.52
15.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.21
42.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.79
10.12
30.51
13.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.91
13.73
15.00
–
20.34
15.60
19.05
8.02
7.03
9.11
–
6.10
5.25
5.00
–
7.00
5.87
5.97
–
8.00
6.50
8.16
–
9.00
7.50
11.33
–
9.35
9.52
15.40
–
15.00
18.16
18.14
19.11
9.48
–
6.40
–
7.55
–
9.06
–
10.92
–
13.30
–
20.76
23.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.17
23.05
16.98
13.85
11.26
26.82
23.91
19.09
14.29
13.58
–
–
11.61
–
–
–
–
7.50
–
–
–
–
11.00
–
–
–
–
12.00
–
–
–
–
12.87
–
–
–
–
13.30
–
–
13.25
10.10
12.42
12.38
14.88
12.50
13.52
14.62
–
7.74
10.23
–
–
5.00
5.50
–
–
5.00
9.30
–
–
7.50
9.50
–
–
7.85
11.54
–
–
15.06
13.56
–
$43.02 $30.00 $33.71 $46.21 $50.00 $50.00
–
11.80
–
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Personnel clerks except payroll and
timekeeping .................................. $12.67
Library clerks ...................................... 14.31
File clerks ...........................................
7.47
Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 12.64
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................ 13.09
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........... 12.88
Telephone operators ..........................
9.88
Mail clerks except postal service ........
8.61
Dispatchers ......................................... 17.57
Production coordinators ...................... 15.25
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
10.65
Stock and inventory clerks .................. 11.34
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ................................. 16.63
Investigators and adjusters except
insurance ...................................... 14.66
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........... 13.23
Bill and account collectors .................. 11.39
General office clerks ........................... 11.35
Data entry keyers ............................... 12.11
Statistical clerks .................................. 10.65
Teachers’ aides .................................. 10.54
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 13.50
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
Automobile mechanics .......................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine
mechanics ....................................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Machinery maintenance occupations
Electronic repairers, communications
and industrial equipment ..............
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........
Carpenters ..........................................
Electricians .........................................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ................
Drillers, oil well ....................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Machinists ...........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .........
Water and sewer treatment plant
operators ......................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Punching and stamping press
operators ......................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and
polishing machine operators .........
Part-time
25
Median
50
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$15.54
18.72
7.00
13.59
$15.87
18.72
11.50
16.49
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.25
8.07
6.25
10.56
$9.71 $12.69
10.43 15.01
6.50
6.72
11.00 11.21
10.00
10.58
6.92
6.53
15.45
10.48
5.75
6.98
11.54
11.24
8.00
7.50
16.53
12.28
8.48
9.15
12.54
12.50
9.00
8.18
17.95
14.30
10.66
10.53
15.00
14.50
11.94
9.84
18.93
19.05
12.65
14.80
16.83
15.30
15.90
11.06
18.93
21.12
14.79
15.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$5.25
10.30
11.67
15.68
19.93
24.49
–
–
–
–
8.94
9.50
8.23
7.17
8.00
6.50
8.00
11.25
12.67
8.75
9.37
10.00
7.19
10.31
15.56
13.39
11.71
11.28
13.26
11.29
10.31
18.79
13.39
13.44
13.15
13.70
13.50
10.31
18.79
15.55
15.28
15.74
15.49
15.00
12.32
–
–
–
8.44
–
–
10.48
–
–
–
5.00
–
–
7.14
–
–
–
6.40
–
–
8.28
9.80
10.92
12.73
15.80
18.51
6.96
4.25
12.42
5.50
7.15
10.44
16.96
21.56
8.09
17.90
25.50
16.52
8.50
20.19
11.00
13.00
22.10
14.00
18.81
24.51
14.42
21.56
28.98
19.06
25.49
29.31
21.34
10.78
–
–
16.93
16.92
12.80
14.92
12.66
8.00
15.78
13.80
8.34
17.12
16.30
11.24
17.12
20.05
15.94
19.13
21.54
20.83
20.80
15.11
18.59
22.27
17.95
8.50
15.00
17.32
21.25
11.09
17.25
18.26
21.48
15.04
18.90
21.45
21.51
17.80
21.00
25.21
12.60
19.15
16.22
21.53
18.80
5.50
15.59
12.40
11.67
13.76
5.50
16.65
13.05
14.18
15.25
13.00
20.65
15.30
18.72
17.25
8.46
10.09
17.06
5.50
6.50
10.50
6.00
7.00
11.45
20.94
18.38
9.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.22 $10.37 $10.92 $13.61
–
–
–
–
–
8.00
–
–
9.58
–
–
–
10.00
–
–
11.87
–
–
–
12.52
–
–
14.74
5.00
7.00
8.10
10.61
5.00
5.95
7.50
9.74
12.35
7.72
–
–
7.72
–
–
10.00
–
–
14.83
–
–
14.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.59
22.43
21.52
29.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.79
20.65
19.78
30.25
22.61
19.79
21.57
20.85
35.98
24.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.00
8.00
15.75
9.86
14.69
22.14
12.60
16.68
22.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.38
21.34
21.35
24.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.00
6.00
8.11
11.00
14.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.90
6.00
7.03
8.74
9.37
12.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.52
5.38
6.66
7.70
11.85
11.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors (-Continued)
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Molding and casting machine
operators ......................................
Printing press operators .....................
Textile cutting machine operators .......
Textile sewing machine operators ......
Packaging and filling machine
operators ......................................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ......................................
Painting and paint spraying 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 .......................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ......................................
Miscellaneous material moving
equipment operators, N.E.C. ........
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners
except farm ...................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment
cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. .....
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ......
Construction laborers .........................
Production helpers ..............................
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
Machine feeders and offbearers .........
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Vehicle washers and equipment
cleaners ........................................
Hand packers and packagers .............
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Supervisors, police and detectives .....
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 .................................................
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.70
$5.25
$5.80
$6.60
$7.24
$8.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.98
15.91
9.07
7.01
5.20
7.91
5.75
4.82
5.45
11.15
7.25
5.44
5.95
13.05
9.63
6.89
8.35
22.19
11.00
8.24
9.84
26.00
12.00
9.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.82
6.00
6.40
9.65
11.92
14.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.29
5.00
6.97
8.15
10.00
12.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.36
4.75
5.25
10.42
14.76
14.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.07
13.81
8.39
5.00
7.30
5.00
6.15
8.19
5.50
7.70
11.35
7.67
9.75
22.22
10.53
16.37
23.39
11.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.59
6.00
6.55
8.64
9.90
12.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.61
5.25
7.41
9.75
11.53
13.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.69
11.46
6.27
6.00
8.25
7.50
10.63
11.20
14.54
15.00
17.71
18.12
–
$10.49
–
$5.85
–
$7.10
11.70
8.00
9.79
10.69
13.96
17.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.03
9.38
9.38
10.24
12.78
25.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.94
5.00
6.00
8.03
10.62
14.77
7.66
5.00
5.50
6.57
8.48
11.68
6.50
10.00
10.75
15.26
18.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.72
10.42
9.24
7.10
9.59
9.57
8.76
5.00
7.00
4.75
4.75
5.15
12.50
5.50
8.10
5.48
6.00
6.22
15.63
10.00
8.25
7.34
8.75
8.70
17.08
14.98
9.00
8.44
11.24
12.38
20.40
18.41
13.90
9.47
17.56
12.70
–
–
–
–
8.96
–
–
–
–
–
5.45
–
–
–
–
–
6.40
–
–
–
–
–
7.40
–
–
–
–
–
12.29
–
–
–
–
–
14.05
–
8.93
4.75
6.00
8.48
10.83
14.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.37
7.50
9.43
5.25
5.00
5.50
6.00
5.25
6.00
7.26
7.00
8.20
7.50
8.82
12.31
10.00
10.22
15.22
–
6.56
6.70
–
4.75
5.00
–
4.75
5.70
–
5.00
6.57
–
7.15
7.77
–
10.22
8.00
11.13
16.73
31.38
22.76
5.00
6.00
25.85
15.55
6.21
7.50
29.51
19.14
8.25
17.69
31.15
22.77
13.13
23.41
31.67
25.85
22.78
28.75
39.10
29.45
6.37
5.85
–
–
4.75
4.75
–
–
4.89
4.89
–
–
5.50
5.50
–
–
7.50
6.25
–
–
9.45
6.75
–
–
21.05
17.71
15.80
12.58
19.76
14.27
23.41
16.47
23.41
22.13
23.41
22.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.44
7.66
4.75
4.90
6.00
5.20
6.75
6.75
8.49
9.09
10.97
11.54
–
5.73
–
4.70
–
4.75
–
5.00
–
5.75
–
8.14
13.32
5.12
8.91
10.87
4.75
5.50
11.09
4.75
6.75
12.50
5.00
8.85
15.45
5.00
11.00
17.04
5.25
12.55
–
4.74
–
–
4.25
–
–
4.75
–
–
4.75
–
–
4.75
–
–
5.00
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
–
–
–
$9.79 $13.92 $13.92
12.35
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Food service occupations (-Continued)
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 ........................
Public transportation attendants .........
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..
Child care workers, N.E.C. .................
Service occupations, N.E.C. ...............
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.66
7.31
5.27
6.67
8.40
10.79
$4.75
5.50
4.75
5.00
5.89
8.17
$5.10
6.50
4.79
5.15
6.40
8.90
$5.50
7.30
5.00
6.05
7.85
10.09
$9.09
8.25
5.25
7.38
9.73
12.67
$9.09
9.30
6.55
9.52
11.79
14.30
$6.46
10.20
5.03
5.50
8.67
9.79
$4.75
6.74
4.75
4.75
5.51
6.50
$5.00
9.30
4.75
4.75
7.50
8.25
$5.50
10.11
4.89
5.00
9.00
9.64
$7.35
10.43
5.00
5.50
9.64
11.09
$9.79
13.38
5.50
7.77
11.09
13.05
8.07
5.80
6.40
7.43
9.25
11.11
8.04
5.40
6.11
9.00
9.00
9.50
7.93
5.00
5.80
7.22
9.50
11.99
6.17
4.75
4.75
5.50
7.19
8.50
10.58
6.66
7.87
10.98
6.10
5.15
4.90
4.75
6.90
5.50
5.70
7.20
10.78
6.21
7.22
9.00
13.00
7.75
9.38
13.10
15.31
8.20
11.72
16.01
–
–
6.22
7.08
–
–
4.75
5.00
–
–
4.85
5.15
–
–
5.50
6.40
–
–
7.50
8.65
–
–
8.78
10.42
–
20.73
–
–
8.57
–
9.78
–
–
5.00
–
14.14
–
–
6.00
–
15.55
–
–
7.20
–
24.49
–
–
10.00
–
40.82
–
–
14.58
7.17
–
8.55
7.54
6.02
5.25
–
5.89
5.15
5.00
5.50
–
7.69
5.50
5.00
6.78
–
8.94
6.75
5.25
8.65
–
9.36
9.45
6.40
10.13
–
10.85
11.58
8.25
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. 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY,
USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
17
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
All industries
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
39.7
39.7
$689
689
$560
565
2,017
2,015
$35,043
35,000
$29,119
29,245
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
39.7
39.6
854
872
709
734
1,991
1,983
42,893
43,621
35,872
37,128
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Health related occupations .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
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. .................................
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, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
38.7
38.7
40.3
40.0
40.3
41.0
40.0
40.1
40.1
1,035
1,110
1,261
1,205
1,009
1,143
1,222
1,178
1,205
955
1,031
1,176
1,099
962
1,170
1,156
1,087
1,096
1,843
1,803
2,096
2,080
2,097
2,131
2,080
2,086
2,086
49,269
51,771
65,592
62,660
52,488
59,418
63,556
61,274
62,650
45,906
48,526
61,131
57,138
50,003
60,840
60,112
56,534
56,992
40.0
39.9
39.7
38.5
40.0
38.2
38.5
38.5
40.0
37.8
35.8
35.6
34.3
39.3
36.3
36.6
43.1
39.1
39.0
40.0
40.0
42.9
42.9
928
1,017
966
932
1,902
870
686
1,382
1,424
1,359
1,031
1,036
1,171
1,043
959
1,042
823
998
962
750
774
1,689
1,689
844
1,025
981
862
2,308
866
708
1,335
1,354
1,335
1,037
1,011
1,201
1,008
958
1,088
804
824
824
747
768
1,441
1,441
2,080
2,076
2,067
1,991
1,980
1,981
2,001
1,561
1,660
1,562
1,396
1,349
1,274
1,790
1,466
1,581
2,217
1,837
1,796
2,079
2,079
2,232
2,232
48,258
52,877
50,246
48,180
94,153
45,049
35,696
56,010
59,090
56,172
40,246
39,238
43,503
47,435
38,702
45,075
42,277
46,869
44,350
38,992
40,237
87,816
87,816
43,909
53,310
51,022
44,512
120,016
45,040
36,804
53,869
50,501
54,370
40,741
38,975
45,078
48,214
37,729
49,304
41,829
42,848
42,848
38,854
39,915
74,942
74,942
42.2
43.3
44.2
40.0
39.0
39.5
39.3
38.7
39.6
40.1
40.0
40.0
36.6
40.0
40.7
41.0
40.0
40.5
40.7
1,380
1,196
1,858
826
740
699
758
548
591
848
733
599
598
1,020
1,218
1,409
1,548
1,450
1,294
1,117
998
1,475
817
677
705
756
524
603
808
769
531
584
816
1,038
1,224
1,720
1,300
1,360
2,193
2,251
2,299
2,080
2,018
2,052
2,046
2,011
2,059
2,086
2,080
2,080
1,663
2,080
2,095
2,102
2,080
2,106
2,116
71,745
62,106
96,593
42,971
38,325
36,335
39,415
28,484
30,713
44,115
38,132
31,158
27,181
53,062
62,749
72,282
80,487
75,396
67,266
58,094
51,886
76,710
42,494
35,048
36,650
39,312
27,269
31,366
41,995
39,978
27,602
28,662
42,453
52,998
62,275
89,419
67,600
70,720
42.1
41.4
39.6
1,454
1,241
1,162
1,573
1,330
1,080
2,190
1,918
2,060
75,630
57,537
60,428
81,796
55,814
56,160
41.7
41.2
41.1
718
947
1,531
562
865
1,200
1,850
2,140
2,135
31,845
49,223
79,554
27,602
44,990
62,400
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,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks except postal service ..........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mean
weekly
hours4
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Mean
Mean
40.1
40.1
41.0
39.8
$911
833
1,217
965
$846
841
900
966
2,084
2,083
2,133
2,067
$47,305
43,309
63,273
50,168
$44,054
43,742
46,800
50,232
40.3
40.0
39.7
812
813
1,010
733
770
1,060
2,095
2,080
2,066
42,201
42,283
52,516
38,106
40,040
55,141
40.0
40.0
39.9
42.1
39.9
932
867
692
1,005
549
955
799
488
673
473
2,080
2,069
2,064
2,187
2,076
48,442
44,825
35,816
52,282
28,540
49,670
41,538
25,355
35,006
24,606
40.0
41.9
39.6
38.1
39.0
40.0
39.8
40.6
40.0
1,134
780
348
425
386
533
509
674
707
1,040
540
340
360
360
510
494
668
630
2,080
2,177
2,058
1,952
2,030
2,080
2,055
2,109
2,080
58,990
40,552
18,084
21,799
20,055
27,740
26,259
35,062
36,747
54,080
28,086
17,701
18,525
18,720
26,520
25,418
34,715
32,760
41.2
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.3
40.0
39.2
39.8
40.0
40.0
37.6
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.6
39.9
40.0
751
680
592
505
396
457
364
444
446
507
537
299
503
522
515
395
343
700
604
425
454
714
673
577
520
370
450
343
439
440
508
592
269
448
502
500
360
319
718
572
421
421
2,143
2,062
2,062
2,076
2,046
2,080
2,039
2,070
2,080
2,079
1,914
2,080
2,015
2,074
2,080
2,080
1,977
2,072
2,059
2,075
2,080
39,060
35,347
30,511
26,240
20,602
23,740
18,917
23,100
23,215
26,354
27,380
15,539
25,462
27,153
26,781
20,545
17,016
36,415
31,389
22,104
23,595
37,128
35,006
29,994
27,019
19,219
23,379
17,854
22,810
22,880
26,395
30,326
13,978
23,317
26,083
26,000
18,720
16,548
37,336
29,744
21,902
21,902
39.1
40.1
40.0
39.5
39.5
39.6
39.6
38.4
40.1
651
588
529
450
449
480
422
404
541
616
620
536
453
448
520
452
412
505
2,036
2,085
2,080
2,055
2,028
2,060
2,062
1,494
2,074
33,851
30,570
27,517
23,398
23,031
24,949
21,951
15,744
28,006
32,018
32,219
27,851
23,556
23,317
27,061
23,483
15,011
26,247
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.4
40.0
39.8
494
713
1,020
652
677
673
416
737
980
548
685
652
2,063
2,061
2,081
2,051
2,080
2,068
25,613
36,887
53,060
33,883
35,213
34,992
21,445
38,272
50,981
28,494
35,610
33,904
See footnotes at end of table.
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Weekly earnings
Annual earnings
Median
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Machinery maintenance occupations ...................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile cutting machine operators .........................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying 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 .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, N.E.C. ..............................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
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 ........................................
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.0
$512
$450
2,080
$26,625
$23,379
40.0
39.5
37.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.3
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.0
39.8
40.0
832
596
692
891
504
766
670
863
752
339
404
692
838
365
356
859
582
680
858
520
826
641
750
690
280
320
630
854
322
350
2,080
2,022
1,745
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,148
2,083
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,109
2,080
2,065
2,080
43,264
30,555
32,431
46,334
26,218
39,832
34,838
44,858
39,101
17,604
20,983
35,979
43,557
18,946
18,518
44,678
29,994
34,471
44,616
27,040
42,952
33,306
39,000
35,880
14,560
16,640
32,760
44,387
16,702
18,179
40.0
39.7
40.0
38.7
40.0
39.1
39.8
40.1
40.0
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
341
266
279
616
363
274
391
373
414
361
552
335
344
384
467
458
466
308
262
238
522
385
263
386
326
417
306
454
307
346
390
424
448
428
2,080
2,063
2,080
2,013
2,080
2,032
2,070
2,086
2,080
2,068
2,077
2,069
2,080
2,080
2,059
2,070
2,068
17,724
13,812
14,516
32,037
18,857
14,233
20,314
19,389
21,547
18,751
28,680
17,355
17,868
19,985
24,061
23,719
24,208
16,016
13,603
12,376
27,144
20,030
13,668
20,072
16,952
21,674
15,891
23,608
15,954
17,971
20,280
21,840
22,360
22,235
39.6
39.8
39.5
476
356
461
410
321
430
2,058
2,063
2,055
24,754
18,438
23,991
21,299
16,673
22,360
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.8
39.4
39.3
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
589
414
369
283
378
376
356
295
299
377
625
400
330
294
342
408
339
290
280
328
2,080
2,065
2,080
2,069
2,050
1,959
2,072
2,028
2,075
2,077
30,610
21,506
19,213
14,697
19,662
18,750
18,495
14,941
15,559
19,594
32,510
20,800
17,160
15,267
17,784
17,160
17,638
15,101
14,560
17,056
39.4
40.3
40.1
39.8
439
674
1,257
905
325
692
1,246
902
2,031
2,088
2,084
2,067
22,605
34,922
65,379
47,050
16,640
35,630
64,792
46,904
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.3
842
705
295
301
936
659
267
268
2,080
2,071
2,049
1,988
43,790
36,686
15,233
15,218
48,693
34,258
13,874
13,235
40.0
36.2
533
186
500
190
1,962
1,883
26,135
9,649
26,000
9,880
See footnotes at end of table.
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Weekly earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Service occupations (-Continued)
Food service occupations (-Continued)
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 ...................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service occupations, N.E.C. .................................
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.7
39.4
39.4
37.8
39.4
38.9
40.0
38.7
39.9
$362
262
288
199
263
326
432
312
317
$346
220
284
192
240
303
404
286
287
2,100
1,782
2,047
1,963
2,042
2,020
2,080
2,012
2,055
$18,715
11,861
14,968
10,349
13,611
16,965
22,443
16,236
16,304
$18,200
12,522
14,768
9,963
12,480
15,766
20,987
14,872
14,768
41.5
39.3
39.9
36.1
28.2
38.5
439
261
313
396
585
330
472
248
289
374
566
288
2,157
2,042
2,046
1,875
1,467
2,002
22,817
13,596
16,096
20,594
30,414
17,163
24,523
12,917
14,872
19,448
29,411
14,976
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
Weekly earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified
into one of nine major occupational groups.
4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere
classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County,
CA, January 1997
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 ............................................
$16.62
16.74
$15.59
15.64
$21.35
21.36
$17.37
17.37
$9.87
10.26
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 .......................................
20.73
6.44
8.20
9.84
11.49
14.05
16.42
18.07
21.15
26.13
26.46
30.63
38.60
45.63
54.51
94.61
35.84
21.50
6.59
8.53
9.91
11.76
13.95
15.99
18.15
21.36
26.24
25.99
30.29
36.94
45.63
53.92
94.61
37.41
20.23
6.44
8.08
9.62
11.27
14.09
15.77
18.12
20.32
23.22
26.20
30.69
38.58
45.79
54.62
94.61
36.77
21.16
6.59
8.44
9.57
11.55
13.98
15.00
18.23
20.47
23.28
25.51
30.23
36.67
45.79
54.00
94.61
38.56
22.45
–
8.99
11.03
12.49
13.81
17.76
17.93
23.98
29.86
27.33
30.46
38.70
44.71
–
–
26.29
22.47
–
8.99
11.05
12.49
13.81
17.76
17.93
23.98
29.86
27.33
30.46
38.70
44.71
–
–
26.29
21.54
6.89
8.22
10.36
11.59
14.12
16.47
18.05
21.06
26.10
26.35
30.59
38.62
45.65
54.50
94.61
38.03
21.99
7.09
8.43
10.05
11.85
14.02
16.00
18.13
21.27
26.21
25.85
30.24
36.94
45.65
53.90
94.61
39.52
12.68
5.90
8.16
8.49
10.56
12.31
15.70
18.66
22.76
26.91
36.98
32.42
37.12
–
–
–
18.11
14.94
5.79
8.85
9.23
10.94
12.43
15.74
18.66
22.76
26.91
36.98
32.42
37.12
–
–
–
19.52
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 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
26.37
28.36
12.39
22.20
20.62
22.64
28.07
26.37
29.89
37.48
44.52
50.47
35.98
31.24
25.68
27.84
29.99
35.79
42.52
46.39
29.38
24.00
24.93
29.66
25.46
24.13
20.52
25.30
27.64
12.38
14.07
20.58
21.17
23.54
25.86
29.99
36.93
44.19
49.92
37.39
31.36
25.41
27.82
29.98
35.81
42.52
46.39
30.31
24.48
26.05
30.11
25.38
24.23
20.76
28.37
29.45
–
26.36
20.79
25.66
31.04
27.27
29.76
40.90
–
–
–
29.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.28
–
–
–
25.61
23.55
–
26.74
28.72
12.50
23.09
20.71
22.64
28.15
26.15
29.77
37.47
44.44
50.41
40.89
31.30
25.68
27.68
29.99
35.79
42.52
46.39
29.38
24.00
24.93
29.66
25.46
24.20
20.82
21.77
23.85
10.90
17.38
19.98
22.69
27.09
36.98
32.42
37.94
–
–
18.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.85
19.95
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
22
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County,
CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Health related occupations (-Continued)
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, religious, and recreation workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Level 15 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Level 15 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related occupations ............................
Level 5 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$21.55
22.88
24.64
26.61
41.32
35.02
14.56
25.39
31.15
34.28
43.25
28.46
11.72
24.37
17.84
25.30
33.01
32.65
28.88
19.07
26.26
18.64
39.35
$21.55
23.11
24.99
26.88
37.36
35.57
15.18
–
–
30.00
–
14.66
11.72
–
–
17.29
18.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$22.10
–
–
–
34.84
–
–
31.30
–
41.33
31.01
–
27.82
24.43
26.51
33.55
–
–
–
28.71
19.38
–
$20.85
22.51
24.38
24.61
41.41
35.89
–
24.72
30.41
35.17
44.37
28.84
11.82
25.79
17.73
25.96
33.13
32.84
28.88
19.07
25.52
18.76
39.35
$24.48
24.79
–
30.73
–
31.46
–
25.87
37.51
29.60
37.96
23.06
11.00
17.98
–
17.26
30.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.98
23.46
30.37
37.94
18.60
9.12
12.49
13.98
16.52
18.14
21.40
26.23
30.01
14.11
14.61
16.83
19.18
23.00
25.70
30.11
36.42
44.96
55.75
94.61
47.37
34.47
15.92
17.57
23.04
26.08
30.89
35.33
45.22
56.10
94.61
55.64
22.71
14.04
31.31
23.46
30.37
38.14
18.70
9.11
12.48
13.98
16.32
18.39
21.47
27.77
30.80
14.15
14.61
16.63
18.81
22.58
25.38
29.72
36.40
45.11
55.91
94.61
48.30
35.47
15.79
17.51
22.17
25.51
30.52
35.09
45.41
56.28
94.61
55.57
22.99
14.08
–
–
–
–
18.07
–
–
–
17.81
17.44
20.88
21.17
25.81
–
–
17.37
20.57
24.64
–
32.88
36.56
–
–
–
–
28.85
–
–
27.74
–
32.88
36.56
–
–
–
–
21.30
–
32.71
23.46
30.37
46.08
18.99
–
12.52
14.07
16.53
18.35
21.52
26.23
29.95
14.11
14.51
16.83
19.00
23.01
25.70
30.11
36.43
44.98
55.75
94.61
47.23
34.39
15.92
17.57
23.04
26.08
30.89
35.32
45.25
56.10
94.61
55.57
22.70
14.04
18.35
–
–
18.35
13.75
–
–
–
16.43
15.51
–
–
36.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County,
CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Management related occupations (-Continued)
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales occupations ............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$16.16
17.40
20.35
22.97
25.00
27.52
42.07
22.29
14.98
6.14
–
9.72
10.25
14.56
21.77
16.41
19.32
21.90
29.99
37.16
12.44
6.59
8.48
9.95
11.70
14.11
14.82
17.21
20.38
13.55
$15.92
17.03
20.04
22.90
25.15
27.50
42.07
23.00
15.00
6.14
–
9.71
10.25
14.56
21.77
16.41
19.32
21.90
29.99
37.16
12.15
6.59
8.38
9.60
11.47
14.11
14.87
17.21
19.62
13.54
–
$19.11
–
23.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.42
–
8.99
11.15
12.49
14.14
14.72
17.21
–
–
$16.06
17.40
20.08
23.00
25.00
27.52
42.07
22.29
17.35
–
6.39
11.40
10.39
14.67
22.39
16.41
19.32
21.90
29.99
37.16
12.78
7.09
8.37
10.09
11.79
14.17
14.88
17.21
20.38
13.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.89
6.04
–
7.94
9.33
11.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.48
5.79
8.85
9.27
10.90
12.26
–
–
–
–
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
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 1 ..............................................................
12.18
6.52
7.89
9.21
10.84
14.13
16.78
18.76
22.96
28.08
11.09
17.85
7.28
9.21
14.03
15.63
18.89
19.11
23.24
28.32
16.77
9.14
6.27
7.77
8.21
10.12
11.10
15.13
16.66
11.31
6.91
11.76
6.50
7.77
9.12
10.61
13.98
16.87
17.83
22.85
27.74
11.09
17.41
7.28
9.20
13.92
15.53
19.08
18.23
23.15
27.97
16.77
9.08
6.25
7.77
8.21
10.12
11.10
15.13
15.95
10.80
6.91
19.14
–
–
12.97
14.05
16.84
15.50
23.03
24.39
31.76
–
21.88
–
–
–
17.73
–
22.80
24.39
31.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.55
–
12.42
6.54
7.88
9.17
11.01
14.14
16.78
18.79
22.96
28.16
13.35
17.90
7.18
9.21
14.03
15.64
18.89
19.15
23.24
28.32
16.77
9.17
6.27
7.78
8.21
10.12
11.10
15.13
16.66
11.69
6.69
8.09
6.33
8.11
9.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
24
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County,
CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(-Continued)
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$8.38
10.76
10.86
14.48
12.47
23.73
8.77
6.67
8.13
9.77
9.98
12.84
14.19
15.40
7.29
$8.38
10.71
10.40
14.25
12.43
–
8.53
6.66
7.82
9.62
9.78
11.92
13.52
15.40
7.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.42
10.98
11.49
14.51
12.47
–
8.94
6.79
8.14
9.73
10.01
12.84
14.19
15.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.66
6.19
8.05
9.99
9.55
–
–
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Protective service occupations ...............................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Food service occupations ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
10.14
6.34
7.27
7.95
10.67
10.23
14.47
17.72
20.89
23.70
28.22
9.24
16.07
7.58
10.43
15.98
19.16
22.14
23.93
28.55
7.01
5.64
6.89
7.46
9.97
10.23
7.55
6.19
7.01
7.69
10.44
9.90
13.36
13.65
–
–
–
–
7.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.75
5.60
6.24
7.22
9.96
9.87
18.59
9.62
9.38
9.69
12.22
10.86
15.72
18.98
22.14
24.10
28.55
–
21.67
–
–
–
19.23
22.14
24.10
28.55
9.76
–
9.17
–
–
–
11.13
6.66
7.52
8.08
10.87
10.80
14.47
17.77
20.90
23.70
28.22
–
16.73
–
12.27
15.98
19.16
22.14
23.93
28.55
7.66
5.98
7.34
8.31
9.96
10.19
6.37
5.59
6.74
7.50
8.46
7.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.73
5.04
6.31
6.17
–
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
25
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County,
CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .....................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations ............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
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.
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$8.44
7.76
7.32
9.12
12.41
7.65
7.00
7.66
9.81
11.72
9.30
6.09
6.83
8.99
12.63
$8.17
7.73
7.27
8.70
–
7.24
6.77
7.10
9.66
10.94
9.23
5.79
6.74
8.42
12.66
$11.90
–
–
–
–
11.37
10.64
–
–
–
9.90
7.60
–
10.37
–
$8.40
7.68
7.25
9.05
13.34
7.93
7.23
7.72
9.92
11.72
10.98
–
–
7.83
13.64
$8.67
8.02
8.01
–
–
6.17
6.03
–
–
–
7.08
5.81
6.88
9.74
–
4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees
are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time
schedule.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND
PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD
INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
26
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations:
Professional specialty and technical occupations:
Professional specialty occupations:
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers
Level 11 ............................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Business, commerce and marketing teachers ......
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Level 12 ............................................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Level 11 ............................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical occupations:
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Level 4 ..............................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$30.12
–
$28.78
$30.12
–
32.72
25.02
28.04
30.56
24.56
28.40
30.94
35.10
30.03
24.31
24.90
29.66
–
$25.02
27.61
30.56
24.53
28.40
30.94
35.10
31.19
24.94
26.21
30.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.28
–
–
–
32.72
25.02
27.88
30.56
24.56
28.40
30.94
35.10
30.03
24.31
24.90
29.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.20
24.31
47.62
22.78
21.58
21.94
22.97
25.67
25.46
36.25
17.91
19.24
45.02
35.55
32.60
34.89
31.81
12.48
29.04
30.46
22.90
26.16
31.86
34.08
28.25
36.74
26.50
26.90
12.46
23.94
35.20
28.45
25.61
19.36
12.97
39.35
27.60
42.02
23.20
–
54.57
22.81
21.63
21.93
23.08
25.79
–
36.20
17.82
19.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.66
–
–
–
–
20.92
19.82
–
–
16.55
12.59
–
22.62
–
–
–
–
–
27.60
42.02
–
–
–
22.56
–
–
22.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.70
–
35.48
–
–
30.19
–
–
–
32.60
34.74
–
36.76
–
30.73
–
–
36.70
32.65
–
19.61
–
–
–
–
23.20
24.31
47.54
22.74
22.61
21.28
22.64
25.67
–
–
17.84
–
–
35.60
–
35.95
32.08
–
29.09
30.58
23.26
–
31.90
34.15
28.34
36.74
26.50
26.40
–
–
38.11
28.50
24.70
19.36
–
39.35
27.60
42.02
–
–
–
$22.92
–
25.04
24.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.56
10.80
–
32.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.64
12.21
19.09
19.85
14.17
13.38
15.26
13.85
17.69
–
19.09
19.85
14.13
13.38
15.27
13.73
17.71
–
19.27
–
14.16
13.33
15.25
13.67
–
–
–
–
14.19
–
–
14.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Technical occupations: (-Continued)
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Science technicians, N.E.C. .................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Level 8 ..............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations:
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Level 12 ............................................................
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Level 15 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Level 7 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$14.72
11.10
13.26
15.53
21.09
15.31
23.18
23.03
18.33
14.98
16.35
21.04
25.34
21.94
$13.83
11.10
13.26
–
20.91
15.31
23.19
22.61
17.63
11.45
–
–
28.20
21.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$15.59
–
18.47
–
$14.91
–
–
15.51
21.15
15.31
23.18
23.03
18.33
14.98
16.34
–
25.51
21.94
$13.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.70
35.75
24.23
31.80
36.78
40.67
62.76
31.79
35.06
–
35.63
24.23
31.90
36.77
39.61
62.76
31.06
36.52
38.70
38.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.70
35.80
24.23
31.80
36.78
41.50
62.76
31.79
35.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.54
46.48
30.75
32.23
32.48
29.52
30.31
33.43
35.08
46.48
24.28
26.02
25.81
29.86
30.31
–
–
–
34.92
–
–
–
–
–
34.54
46.48
29.99
32.23
32.00
29.34
30.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.21
25.24
37.26
18.20
23.09
25.66
31.76
35.90
46.49
57.84
100.48
20.90
16.81
17.34
22.43
22.13
29.67
19.80
55.26
24.27
25.14
19.83
25.56
38.82
18.16
22.14
25.63
31.88
35.77
46.49
57.84
100.48
20.69
–
16.98
22.43
21.18
29.67
19.80
55.26
24.35
25.31
–
–
24.30
–
–
–
–
36.79
–
–
–
21.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.21
23.00
37.26
18.20
23.09
25.66
31.76
35.90
46.49
57.84
100.48
20.79
16.81
17.34
21.58
22.13
29.67
19.80
55.26
24.27
25.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.14
20.33
25.42
21.21
20.33
–
–
–
24.98
20.14
20.33
25.42
–
–
–
23.29
21.62
16.58
–
21.71
16.46
–
21.09
–
23.29
21.67
16.58
–
–
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations:
(-Continued)
Management related occupations, N.E.C.
(-Continued)
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Sales occupations:
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Level 5 ..............................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
Level 3 ..............................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Sales counter clerks .............................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Level 4 ..............................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Level 4 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$19.58
24.23
27.86
$19.21
23.60
27.82
–
–
–
$19.58
24.40
27.86
–
–
–
23.90
13.42
23.90
13.42
–
–
23.90
13.74
–
–
28.36
25.01
18.63
14.50
8.14
8.83
8.61
8.03
10.20
7.31
15.01
7.64
9.50
6.12
7.50
9.23
10.73
12.66
14.14
28.36
25.01
18.63
14.50
8.14
8.83
8.61
8.03
10.20
7.31
15.01
7.64
9.49
6.12
7.50
9.19
10.73
12.66
14.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.36
25.01
18.63
14.50
8.79
10.74
–
–
11.17
7.66
15.67
–
9.88
–
–
8.89
10.74
13.34
14.14
16.61
16.04
17.16
17.67
15.94
–
–
17.67
$17.79
–
–
–
16.62
16.04
17.16
17.67
18.23
17.14
14.65
11.47
11.67
13.84
15.10
17.71
12.64
10.07
9.68
11.48
9.92
9.11
7.61
9.83
10.85
10.97
9.01
11.92
12.67
14.06
7.46
12.49
11.60
11.99
13.00
11.80
16.44
17.14
14.59
11.07
11.70
13.81
15.34
18.24
–
10.02
9.68
11.48
9.92
8.99
7.40
9.83
10.85
10.48
9.01
11.57
12.67
–
7.46
12.91
–
11.79
12.72
11.80
–
–
14.91
–
–
–
–
16.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.65
–
12.00
–
–
15.39
–
18.23
17.14
14.79
11.93
11.60
13.97
15.18
17.71
12.64
10.07
–
11.41
–
9.28
–
9.83
11.16
11.16
9.01
12.14
12.67
14.31
7.47
12.64
11.74
11.99
13.09
11.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.02
8.03
7.03
5.82
–
–
9.11
6.11
–
9.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.74
–
–
10.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
(-Continued)
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks
(-Continued)
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks except postal service ..........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, N.E.C. ..................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
Level 4 ..............................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Professional occupations, N.E.C. .........................
Blue-collar occupations:
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations:
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Level 7 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$13.29
14.86
14.89
12.88
11.97
9.97
9.78
8.60
17.14
15.25
18.93
10.57
6.25
8.70
11.07
10.10
12.15
14.62
$12.81
14.51
14.88
13.21
–
9.97
8.25
8.61
–
15.28
18.93
10.57
6.25
8.70
10.95
10.10
12.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.29
14.86
14.89
12.88
11.97
–
9.88
8.61
17.57
15.25
18.93
10.65
–
8.71
11.34
10.10
12.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.59
–
–
–
11.09
9.00
11.09
9.00
–
–
–
–
16.63
14.57
12.84
13.23
11.39
10.99
6.13
8.05
10.54
11.23
12.60
15.13
15.87
12.00
8.70
9.61
13.48
10.56
10.50
8.78
10.76
11.73
13.03
8.97
10.41
11.35
14.19
14.87
17.58
21.43
16.63
14.37
12.54
–
11.00
9.82
6.13
7.65
9.65
10.25
12.48
–
–
11.68
8.70
9.61
14.41
10.56
–
–
–
–
12.31
–
10.22
11.34
13.67
–
17.42
21.30
–
–
–
$13.44
–
12.47
–
9.79
11.25
12.53
12.77
15.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.52
8.78
10.79
11.73
16.02
–
–
–
–
–
17.87
–
16.63
14.66
13.18
13.23
11.39
11.35
–
7.79
10.74
11.39
12.60
15.13
15.87
12.11
8.66
9.71
13.51
10.65
10.54
–
–
–
13.50
–
10.75
11.35
14.20
15.00
17.58
20.66
25.50
16.49
16.64
16.93
16.93
25.41
16.29
16.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.50
16.52
16.64
16.93
16.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.44
5.53
9.06
8.78
10.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.48
8.66
11.23
11.73
6.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations:
(-Continued)
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Machinery maintenance occupations ...................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Machinists .............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Level 2 ..............................................................
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Level 7 ..............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors:
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile cutting machine operators .........................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Level 4 ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations:
Truck drivers .........................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$16.92
17.20
12.80
$15.93
16.13
12.80
–
–
–
$16.92
17.20
12.80
–
–
–
20.80
14.94
17.99
18.59
18.42
22.27
19.09
12.60
19.15
16.22
21.53
12.18
18.83
21.07
27.65
18.80
17.89
8.46
6.49
10.31
17.06
16.33
20.94
22.02
–
14.37
16.94
18.02
17.59
22.30
18.53
9.84
–
16.22
21.07
12.18
18.83
21.07
27.10
18.80
17.89
8.46
6.49
10.31
16.91
15.75
–
–
–
$17.25
–
–
–
22.23
–
–
16.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.98
–
20.80
15.11
17.99
18.59
18.42
22.27
19.09
12.60
19.15
16.22
21.53
12.18
18.83
21.07
27.65
18.80
17.89
8.46
6.49
10.09
17.06
16.33
20.94
22.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.90
8.90
–
8.90
–
8.52
6.70
6.71
15.91
9.07
7.01
5.92
7.12
9.82
9.29
10.36
9.07
5.76
9.08
13.81
20.71
8.38
6.33
7.44
7.66
9.47
11.13
8.59
9.61
9.15
8.52
6.70
6.71
15.91
9.07
7.01
5.92
7.12
9.82
9.29
10.36
8.66
5.76
9.08
13.01
–
8.38
6.33
7.44
7.66
9.47
11.13
8.59
9.61
9.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.52
6.70
6.98
15.91
9.07
7.01
5.92
7.12
9.82
9.29
10.36
9.07
5.76
9.08
13.81
20.71
8.39
6.34
7.47
7.66
9.47
11.13
8.59
9.61
9.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.40
7.84
9.84
12.08
10.90
7.84
9.84
11.10
–
–
–
–
11.46
7.86
10.34
12.04
$10.49
–
–
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Transportation and material moving occupations:
(-Continued)
Truck drivers (-Continued)
Level 5 ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Level 4 ..............................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers:
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, N.E.C. ..............................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Level 2 ..............................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Service occupations:
Protective service occupations:
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Level 9 ..............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$15.53
11.40
11.22
$15.47
11.40
11.22
–
–
–
$15.66
11.70
–
–
–
–
11.94
10.43
–
12.03
–
11.02
9.03
–
11.68
–
14.72
10.42
9.36
7.09
7.07
7.44
9.37
6.12
8.25
11.86
10.54
9.57
8.80
6.48
8.84
10.22
7.34
7.86
7.42
6.28
6.55
8.45
8.71
6.24
8.85
7.95
14.72
–
9.27
7.09
7.07
7.44
9.37
6.12
8.25
11.86
10.54
9.57
8.80
6.48
8.84
10.22
7.34
7.86
7.42
6.28
6.55
8.45
8.10
6.16
7.61
7.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.93
–
–
–
14.72
10.42
9.24
7.10
7.07
7.44
9.59
–
7.66
11.40
10.61
9.57
8.93
6.47
8.83
10.07
7.37
7.92
7.50
6.42
6.55
8.32
9.43
6.38
9.03
8.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.96
6.15
9.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.56
5.45
–
–
6.70
6.14
–
–
31.38
12.74
22.66
25.37
–
–
–
–
31.38
12.74
22.66
25.37
31.38
–
22.76
25.37
–
–
–
–
21.05
17.71
7.33
–
–
7.11
21.05
17.71
–
21.05
17.71
7.44
–
–
–
12.78
6.87
4.90
4.80
5.02
8.75
8.22
10.28
6.58
5.14
8.18
7.65
7.19
13.38
6.87
4.90
4.80
5.02
8.69
8.22
10.28
5.92
5.14
–
7.31
7.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.20
–
13.32
–
5.12
–
–
8.91
8.50
10.28
6.66
–
–
7.31
7.19
–
–
4.74
–
4.80
–
–
–
6.46
–
–
10.20
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Service occupations: (-Continued)
Food service occupations: (-Continued)
Kitchen workers, food preparation (-Continued)
Level 3 ..............................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Health service occupations:
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations:
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations:
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ..
Level 2 ..............................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Child care workers, N.E.C. ...................................
Service occupations, N.E.C. .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
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.
All industries
Private
industry
$8.37
5.12
5.07
6.24
5.84
7.06
$7.92
5.12
5.07
6.01
5.76
–
10.45
10.91
8.07
7.64
7.25
8.66
All industries
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
–
–
–
$8.92
–
–
$7.92
5.27
5.27
6.67
6.14
–
–
$5.03
4.91
5.50
5.29
–
9.49
–
7.98
7.60
7.19
8.49
–
–
10.22
–
–
–
10.79
–
8.07
7.52
7.17
8.64
9.79
–
8.04
–
7.99
–
10.58
6.57
6.52
7.55
7.09
7.64
9.92
10.25
6.57
6.52
7.08
6.82
7.01
9.68
–
–
–
11.18
10.64
–
–
10.58
6.66
6.61
7.87
7.37
7.71
10.13
–
–
–
6.22
6.07
–
–
6.77
7.23
20.73
8.45
7.64
8.71
7.33
5.87
6.70
–
20.73
–
–
8.13
6.97
5.86
–
–
–
8.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.73
–
–
–
8.57
–
7.17
7.23
–
8.55
7.64
7.54
6.02
–
4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees
are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time
schedule.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND
PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD
INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
Occupational group2
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$17.37
17.37
$9.87
10.26
$17.90
18.08
$16.16
16.23
$16.55
16.79
$18.58
14.37
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
21.54
21.99
12.68
14.94
20.85
21.46
20.70
21.51
20.57
21.41
25.76
48.55
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
26.74
28.72
18.99
29.95
17.35
12.78
21.77
23.85
13.75
36.83
7.89
9.48
28.15
29.29
18.53
23.34
12.23
13.72
25.55
27.85
18.61
30.74
15.38
12.01
26.37
28.36
18.60
29.70
12.28
12.45
–
–
–
60.17
23.55
–
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 .....
12.42
17.90
9.17
11.69
8.94
8.09
10.78
–
–
7.66
15.80
20.64
12.43
13.33
10.80
10.68
16.07
8.48
9.98
8.01
12.22
17.90
9.21
11.26
8.78
11.48
17.02
8.57
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
11.13
6.37
14.46
7.76
10.16
–
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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR
ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS
SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
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Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
Goods-producing industries4
Occupational group3
All private
industries
Total
Mining
$16.01 $26.84
15.83 26.91
Service-producing industries5
TransWholeportsale
ation
and
and
retail
public
trade
utilities
Finance,
insurance,
and
real
estate
Services
Construction
Manufacturing
Total
–
–
$15.88
15.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
All occupations ...........................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ................................................
$15.59
15.64
White-collar occupations .......................................................
White-collar excluding sales .................................................
20.23
21.16
23.93
23.95
37.42
37.76
–
–
23.84
23.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical occupations ................
Professional specialty occupations ...................................
Technical occupations ......................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .......
Sales occupations ................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .........
25.30
27.64
18.70
30.80
15.00
12.15
27.14
29.96
17.67
30.99
23.67
12.91
31.37
35.37
24.42
48.12
–
15.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.11
29.92
17.58
30.82
23.81
13.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 .........
11.76
17.41
9.08
10.80
8.53
11.65
18.18
9.11
10.91
8.32
16.91
18.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.30
18.29
9.07
10.65
8.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service occupations ...............................................................
7.55
8.81
–
–
8.82
–
–
–
–
–
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
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 ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY,
USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
35
Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private
industry, all workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
100 workers or more
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$15.59
15.64
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
Occupational group3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
$14.88
14.36
$15.79
15.98
$14.25
14.23
$17.66
18.02
20.23
21.16
20.55
21.11
20.15
21.17
18.73
19.66
21.54
22.50
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .....
25.30
27.64
18.70
30.80
15.00
12.15
27.70
31.51
17.53
35.52
18.82
11.52
24.93
27.05
18.89
29.93
13.24
12.32
21.84
23.32
18.40
30.35
14.43
12.20
26.43
28.73
19.19
29.52
10.72
12.47
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 .....
11.76
17.41
9.08
10.80
8.53
11.21
16.34
8.43
9.13
7.74
11.94
17.82
9.30
11.44
8.71
10.81
16.16
9.13
10.47
8.35
14.30
19.96
9.97
13.21
9.48
Service occupations ...........................................................
7.55
6.65
7.82
7.60
8.04
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 ALL INDUSTRIES AND
PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD
INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
36
Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
All workers
Occupational group2
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local government
All occupations ....................................................................... 3,266,422
All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 3,026,395
2,589,209
2,350,580
677,213
675,815
White-collar occupations ................................................... 1,856,121
White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 1,616,093
1,362,473
1,123,844
493,648
492,250
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
637,969
524,866
113,103
327,621
240,027
650,504
367,225
272,928
94,297
272,685
238,629
483,933
270,744
251,937
18,806
54,935
–
166,571
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 .....
850,500
274,372
239,005
94,462
242,661
803,168
247,270
237,453
84,754
233,691
47,332
27,102
–
9,707
8,969
Service occupations ...........................................................
559,802
423,568
136,233
1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in
the survey. Employees are classified as working either a
full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition
used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time
in another establishment, where a 40-hour week is the
minimum full-time schedule.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian
economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of
nine major occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational
groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately.
N.E.C. means not
elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE
INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS
SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
37
Appendix A: Technical Note
ployment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated.
This section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in
this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the
survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the
data. While this section answers some questions commonly
asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description
of all the steps required to produce the data.
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, which was based on
the type of data to be produced, had to be developed before
data collection could begin.
Survey scope
This survey of the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
covered establishments employing 50 workers or more in
goods-producing industries (mining, construction and
manufacturing); service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services;
wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal
Government were excluded from the scope of the survey.
For purposes of this survey an establishment was an economic unit which produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment was usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment
was defined as all locations of a government entity.
The Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
CMSA includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San
Bernardino, and Ventura Counties, CA.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Collection was the responsibility of
the field economists, working out of the Regional Office,
who visited each establishment surveyed.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data
were to be collected was a multi-step process:
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the
State unemployment insurance reports for the Los AngelesRiverside-Orange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area. The reference month for the public sector
is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the
private sector, sampling frames were developed using the
most recent month of reference available at the time the
sample was selected. The reference month for the private
sector is December 1994. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing
establishments were added, out-of-business and out-ofscope establishments were removed, and addresses, em-
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.
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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depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as
being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition
of Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
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+
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the
work level of each selected job was determined using a
“generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and
compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria. This is a major departure
from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each
occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
Number of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOG’s:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory duties
was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix table 3
presents average work levels for published occupational
groups and selected occupations. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their
firm.
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
A complete list of all individual occupations, classified
by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix
B.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
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·
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area. The results of this research
will be published by BLS in the future.
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.
Collection period
The survey was collected from October 1996 through
June 1997. The average payroll reference month was
January 1997. For each establishment in the survey, the
data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the
employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The
following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
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.)
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
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.
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
·
On-call pay
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
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)
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
·
·
·
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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.
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.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection.
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.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the
relative size of the occupation within the establishment and
of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 32.2 percent (representing
1,074,387 employees) refused to supply information. If
data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of
responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the nonrespondents
equals the mean value of the respondents at some detailed
“cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry
and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified
into cells which were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level.
Establishments which were determined to be out of
business or outside the scope of the survey (7.1 percent of
the total sample) had their weights changed to zero. If only
partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a
refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations.
Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted
by: number of workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation work schedule, varying depending on whether
hourly, weekly, or annual rates are being calculated.
Not all series that were calculated met the criteria for
publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that could have revealed information about a
specific establishment.
The number of workers estimates represent the total in
all establishments within the scope of the study and not the
number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures
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Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size,
and number of establishments represented, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
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
16,160
15,703
4,046
36
587
3,423
11,657
1,112
5,144
976
4,424
456
519
464
136
14
11
111
328
24
107
25
172
55
50 - 99
workers
153
150
32
3
5
24
118
8
53
7
50
3
Total
366
314
104
11
6
87
210
16
54
18
122
52
100 - 499
workers
204
198
68
9
5
54
130
12
43
10
65
6
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
162
116
36
2
1
33
80
4
11
8
57
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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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997
(in percent)
Occupation3
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
2.3
2.3
2.9
2.9
2.5
2.5
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
2.4
2.3
3.1
3.0
2.8
2.8
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Health related occupations .......................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce and marketing teachers ......
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
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 ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
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 .......................................
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 ..............
2.2
2.3
2.2
7.8
4.5
6.1
3.5
9.6
9.9
3.1
3.3
2.3
–
4.6
6.5
3.5
9.8
9.8
3.0
3.2
4.1
4.5
–
–
–
5.9
5.9
9.1
5.8
2.3
3.5
19.4
1.4
7.2
6.6
4.4
12.6
8.7
5.1
4.7
6.4
7.0
3.9
5.8
11.1
20.7
2.8
11.6
14.0
14.1
15.0
15.6
9.6
9.6
9.1
9.2
–
3.9
18.2
1.6
7.6
6.8
11.2
–
–
–
7.4
–
9.2
4.9
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
7.4
–
2.5
–
–
4.6
–
9.7
5.2
4.1
–
7.1
3.8
–
11.5
19.1
–
18.9
–
15.0
15.8
–
–
–
12.0
17.4
27.2
7.2
3.9
7.0
3.5
2.8
3.4
6.3
8.3
15.8
5.0
8.4
18.7
4.2
5.5
10.2
5.8
7.0
12.2
17.4
27.2
7.2
4.5
7.4
3.5
2.9
4.6
6.5
10.7
8.8
–
–
21.8
4.7
6.0
–
6.0
8.3
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
5.0
6.4
9.7
10.2
10.7
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and managers
(-Continued)
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
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. ................
Construction inspectors ........................................
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, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Sales counter clerks .............................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks except postal service ..........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
8.1
6.4
5.1
8.1
14.5
5.4
–
4.1
–
14.6
11.3
9.5
4.0
3.1
19.4
6.5
14.5
11.6
9.8
4.7
3.2
19.4
7.2
–
–
17.4
4.3
8.0
–
–
8.5
4.6
4.2
11.1
4.6
–
–
–
5.6
5.6
3.7
9.8
17.1
7.9
–
4.1
9.8
17.1
7.9
–
7.3
–
–
–
6.4
19.8
12.2
4.9
7.9
14.8
5.3
9.7
1.9
4.4
7.1
6.4
19.8
12.2
4.9
7.9
14.8
5.4
9.7
2.4
5.6
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
6.6
–
11.2
10.2
2.8
5.2
7.7
18.9
6.3
4.4
3.5
5.2
7.5
11.1
6.7
6.1
2.2
4.3
4.4
9.6
7.2
5.5
6.6
10.4
5.8
14.7
11.9
10.2
3.0
–
8.4
18.9
6.3
4.6
3.7
5.4
7.5
–
6.7
9.5
2.4
4.2
4.4
3.4
8.3
–
6.6
10.4
5.9
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
4.5
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including clerical
(-Continued)
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, N.E.C. ..................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance occupations ...................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile cutting machine operators .........................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying 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 .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, N.E.C. ..............................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
14.0
14.0
–
14.8
11.1
1.1
6.5
2.8
4.1
12.8
5.0
4.0
14.8
11.9
–
7.2
4.0
5.5
12.8
–
3.9
–
–
1.2
–
3.3
–
–
5.0
5.4
4.0
4.2
2.8
8.2
2.4
7.1
13.4
4.4
4.8
2.9
8.5
–
5.9
13.4
5.3
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
6.5
4.9
6.3
26.7
4.3
8.1
11.6
7.7
11.6
14.0
9.7
4.1
4.2
10.0
–
7.2
6.1
8.8
25.9
–
8.1
12.5
7.7
11.6
14.0
10.0
–
4.2
10.0
–
13.7
–
8.5
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
12.4
5.3
9.0
14.8
9.1
6.7
15.8
11.7
20.5
10.0
18.2
7.2
9.3
6.5
4.3
7.2
6.7
12.4
5.3
9.0
14.8
9.1
6.7
15.8
11.7
20.5
9.4
19.4
7.2
9.3
6.5
4.2
7.8
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
13.9
3.1
10.3
4.5
3.2
13.6
–
6.5
–
8.2
16.3
8.2
–
–
–
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
(-Continued)
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Food service occupations .........................................
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 ..
Public transportation attendants ...........................
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
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
9.7
6.2
10.5
12.2
8.5
7.2
6.6
6.1
9.8
6.2
10.5
12.2
8.5
7.2
6.6
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
4.3
9.5
5.8
36.4
5.4
2.1
8.2
–
–
–
5.0
5.0
5.8
36.4
5.4
5.6
8.4
6.1
3.3
–
–
5.9
3.5
5.6
8.4
–
4.1
7.6
9.4
2.1
5.8
9.9
5.0
2.5
4.8
3.3
4.9
3.7
3.5
9.1
9.4
2.1
5.9
6.0
4.7
2.5
5.0
3.4
3.1
3.8
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
6.2
5.6
–
6.2
3.1
11.0
4.3
4.9
5.6
8.4
16.2
2.1
13.3
10.2
12.5
4.3
4.4
6.1
8.8
16.2
–
18.2
9.9
–
–
3.1
8.6
–
–
5.8
–
–
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 ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
January 1997
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
All occupations .................................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ......................................................
6
6
6
6
4
4
White-collar occupations .............................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales ...................................
7
7
7
8
5
6
Professional specialty and technical occupations ......................
Professional specialty occupations .........................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Civil engineers ................................................................
Industrial engineers ........................................................
Mechanical engineers .....................................................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...........................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists .....................
Operations and systems researchers and analysts ........
Natural scientists ................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ........................................
Health related occupations .................................................
Physicians ......................................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................................
Respiratory therapists .....................................................
Teachers, college and university ........................................
Business, commerce and marketing teachers ................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ............
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 .....................................
Social scientists and urban planners ..................................
Psychologists ..................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................
Social workers ................................................................
Recreation workers .........................................................
Lawyers and judges ............................................................
Lawyers ..........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
N.E.C. ...........................................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Editors and reporters ......................................................
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 .................................................
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, food servicing and lodging establishments ...
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .......................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................
9
9
11
10
10
11
11
10
10
9
10
9
9
12
8
11
7
11
12
11
11
8
7
8
9
9
8
10
8
9
9
7
8
6
13
13
9
9
11
10
10
11
11
10
10
9
10
9
9
12
9
–
7
11
–
11
12
8
–
9
9
9
8
10
8
9
8
7
8
–
13
13
8
9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
–
8
–
–
11
–
–
11
8
–
–
–
–
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9
10
8
9
7
6
6
6
6
7
7
5
7
8
8
10
11
12
11
11
12
11
11
7
10
11
9
10
8
9
7
6
6
6
6
7
7
5
7
–
8
10
11
12
11
11
12
11
11
7
10
11
–
–
–
–
6
–
–
6
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
January 1997 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Management related occupations ......................................
Accountants and auditors ...............................................
Other financial officers ....................................................
Management analysts ....................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ..........................
Construction inspectors ..................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ......................
Sales occupations ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ......................................
Sales occupations, other business services ...................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ..................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......................
Sales workers, apparel ...................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..............
Sales workers, other commodities ..................................
Sales counter clerks .......................................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...............
Supervisors, general office .............................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ......................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ........................................................................
Computer operators ........................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Typists ............................................................................
Interviewers ....................................................................
Hotel clerks .....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists ..................................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. ...............................................
Order clerks ....................................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping ..........
Library clerks ..................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. ...................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................................
Billing clerks ....................................................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Mail clerks except postal service ....................................
Dispatchers .....................................................................
Production coordinators ..................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ..............................................
Meter readers .................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
N.E.C. .......................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .......................................
Bill and account collectors ..............................................
General office clerks .......................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Statistical clerks ..............................................................
Teachers’ aides ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ...................
Blue-collar occupations ...............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ....................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
48
9
8
10
9
8
8
8
8
9
5
8
6
9
8
10
9
8
8
8
8
9
6
8
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
8
5
3
4
4
3
3
5
4
7
7
8
5
2
–
4
–
4
6
5
7
7
–
–
–
3
3
–
3
–
3
–
–
7
6
5
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
5
5
3
5
5
5
4
3
2
6
6
4
3
4
7
6
6
5
3
–
5
3
5
4
5
5
3
5
5
5
–
3
2
6
6
4
4
–
–
–
4
–
–
–
–
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
5
6
4
6
5
4
4
3
3
5
–
6
4
6
5
4
4
4
3
5
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
3
2
4
6
8
6
4
6
8
7
3
4
–
–
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
January 1997 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................
Industrial machinery repairers ........................................
Machinery maintenance occupations .............................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment .................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ....................................
Carpenters ......................................................................
Electricians .....................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ........................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................
Drillers, oil well ................................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..............................
Machinists .......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Butchers and meat cutters ..............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................
Punching and stamping press operators ........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ..................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ..........................
Molding and casting machine operators .........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ...................................
Textile sewing machine operators ..................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators .........................
Painting and paint spraying 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 ...................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
N.E.C. .......................................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, N.E.C. ........................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers ..........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ...........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .....................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......................
Hand packers and packagers .........................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. .............................
Service occupations .....................................................................
Protective service occupations ...........................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .................................
Firefighting occupations ..................................................
Police and detectives, public service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ......
Correctional institution officers .......................................
Guards and police except public service ........................
Food service occupations ...................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations
Bartenders ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
49
7
7
4
7
7
4
–
–
–
6
6
7
7
4
6
4
8
7
3
4
6
7
3
3
6
6
7
7
4
6
4
8
7
3
4
6
7
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
2
2
5
3
2
2
3
3
3
5
3
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
5
3
2
2
3
3
3
5
3
2
4
4
4
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
3
3
4
3
3
4
–
2
–
6
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
6
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
2
2
3
6
10
4
8
8
7
2
2
6
4
2
4
6
10
–
8
8
7
3
3
6
–
2
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
2
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
January 1997 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
Service occupations (-Continued)
Food service occupations (-Continued)
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 ............
Public transportation attendants .....................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
Child care workers, N.E.C. .............................................
Service occupations, N.E.C. ...........................................
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.
3
2
2
1
2
3
4
3
2
4
1
2
3
3
5
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
4
3
2
4
1
2
5
–
5
–
–
2
–
2
3
2
2
3
4
3
1
–
–
1
2
2
–
2
2
2
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."
50