Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA
National Compensation Survey
August 1998
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
October 1999
Bulletin 3095-79
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2-1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4-1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group ............................
5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry .............
5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.
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25
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46
49
50
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
Appendix table 2. Number of establishments studied and represented..........................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria.................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys...............................................................................
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A-1
A-5
A-6
B-1
C-1
D-1
E-1
Introduction
T
and State and local government for selected worker and
establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics
include major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing (within private industry) and size of establishment.
Table 2-1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Data are not shown for
any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 2-2 presents
the same type of information only for full-time workers.
Table 2-3 provides similar data for workers designated as
part-time.
Table 3-1 presents mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. The mean hours
reflect hours employees are scheduled to work, excluding
overtime hours. Table 3-2 provides annual earnings, relative standard error, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4-1 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4-2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4-3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5-1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5-2 presents mean hourly earnings data for
major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5-3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates are
also limited to the private sector.
Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of
this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate
to all employers in the area, rather than just those surveyed.
Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments
studied by industry group and employment size.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, metropolitan area. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different
work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information
on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on
occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on the occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a
whole. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure
of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, will
be derived from the NCS. Another product, Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’
average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages
and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit plans and their provisions. This bulletin is
limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Ongoing changes
The NCS is implementing changes to its sample design and
timing of data collection and publication. Because of these
ongoing changes, it is not possible to produce median
wages and other wage percentiles for this area publication.
Estimates describing the distribution of wages by occupation will be published for the next survey of this area in the
late spring of 2000.
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in
the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix
A. The table footnotes include information on survey concepts and definitions.
Table 1-1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative
standard errors are given for all industries, private industry,
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$17.93
2.3
36.3
$16.87
3.0
36.8
$22.54
2.0
34.5
22.26
28.62
31.08
17.45
13.12
12.86
18.68
2.3
2.2
4.2
10.7
1.7
3.9
4.3
36.2
35.7
40.0
31.9
36.6
38.6
39.6
21.89
27.88
32.01
17.47
12.77
12.38
18.17
2.9
3.2
4.7
10.7
2.1
4.2
5.0
36.8
37.4
40.3
31.9
37.0
38.6
39.6
23.48
30.08
26.40
–
14.15
20.22
22.67
2.3
2.3
5.7
–
2.2
4.8
4.6
34.3
32.7
38.4
–
35.2
39.5
39.6
10.02
13.00
4.3
8.9
39.5
37.1
9.95
12.50
4.3
10.1
39.5
36.9
–
17.98
–
8.5
–
38.6
9.09
11.11
3.3
4.4
37.3
33.3
8.81
8.37
3.4
2.8
37.2
33.4
15.03
20.21
6.3
4.3
40.0
33.2
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
18.72
10.21
2.4
3.8
39.6
20.1
17.67
9.13
3.0
3.9
39.8
21.3
23.22
15.32
2.1
7.5
38.6
16.1
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
19.47
17.35
2.6
3.0
36.1
36.4
15.82
17.07
4.8
3.3
36.8
36.8
22.75
21.85
2.5
4.6
35.6
31.3
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
17.83
20.36
2.3
14.6
36.2
38.6
16.69
20.36
3.0
14.6
36.7
38.6
22.54
–
2.0
–
34.5
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
17.87
–
5.2
–
39.5
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers .........................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
15.37
15.95
20.44
9.6
4.6
2.5
36.2
36.9
35.9
15.24
15.86
19.03
9.8
4.7
3.9
36.2
37.3
36.5
21.16
18.73
22.81
4.2
13.5
2.0
37.0
28.1
34.9
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
Establishment characteristics:
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
2
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.93
17.96
2.3
2.4
$16.87
16.81
3.0
3.1
$22.54
22.55
2.0
2.0
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
22.26
22.92
2.3
2.3
21.89
22.71
2.9
3.1
23.48
23.50
2.3
2.3
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Education teachers ...............................................
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
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 .............................................................
Actors and directors ..............................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
28.62
30.56
33.10
33.20
30.67
34.53
24.41
29.17
32.80
32.74
33.62
2.2
2.2
2.5
5.0
8.0
5.9
6.3
8.3
3.0
10.4
10.9
27.88
30.08
33.27
33.20
31.96
34.69
24.39
28.59
32.81
34.07
35.33
3.2
3.3
2.6
5.0
13.9
6.1
6.4
9.3
3.0
10.3
10.4
30.08
31.35
30.00
–
29.45
–
–
–
–
24.03
24.03
2.3
2.4
3.3
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
6.1
6.1
26.46
28.10
27.74
30.15
24.24
25.99
40.47
24.95
33.45
17.93
19.18
35.34
46.57
49.98
33.31
34.37
35.69
31.34
12.61
33.84
34.08
29.82
32.14
17.44
27.68
20.04
32.15
32.08
19.26
19.89
40.61
40.61
6.4
5.1
7.3
7.5
5.2
3.5
22.7
3.0
7.2
7.4
2.6
4.3
22.3
39.0
4.5
12.0
3.0
3.5
5.7
3.3
2.4
6.1
12.8
4.2
15.6
6.0
9.6
18.6
11.5
12.2
9.5
9.5
26.46
29.03
–
–
–
26.28
44.13
25.22
33.44
–
19.14
36.14
46.69
49.98
–
–
–
16.44
–
–
22.62
–
18.23
–
–
–
–
–
18.60
–
–
–
6.4
5.8
–
–
–
3.8
25.1
3.4
7.2
–
2.7
12.7
23.0
39.0
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
4.8
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
25.92
–
–
–
24.15
–
23.29
–
–
–
35.10
–
–
–
34.84
36.27
33.89
–
34.60
34.56
–
39.82
17.48
31.04
–
31.25
–
19.47
19.80
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
7.4
–
2.7
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
13.0
2.9
2.3
–
3.0
2.3
–
5.1
4.2
13.8
–
19.7
–
14.8
15.7
–
–
33.21
32.55
59.09
42.89
22.97
21.25
19.04
20.19
15.64
17.45
21.00
21.84
15.95
26.60
21.23
13.6
15.1
36.6
20.6
8.2
4.2
8.0
3.8
7.4
7.1
6.0
11.1
6.4
6.3
4.8
33.64
32.55
59.09
42.89
22.73
21.81
19.30
20.19
15.65
18.23
20.77
21.94
–
–
21.64
13.9
15.1
36.6
20.6
7.8
4.6
8.4
3.8
7.6
11.3
6.1
13.1
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
18.26
–
–
–
–
26.84
–
15.37
–
19.59
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
5.7
–
4.7
See footnotes at end of table.
3
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Purchasing 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. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
$31.08
35.78
38.82
34.39
35.20
29.03
4.2
5.6
8.6
6.6
6.2
5.2
$32.01
36.71
–
34.16
34.03
–
4.7
6.2
–
6.9
6.9
–
$26.40
30.52
37.72
39.93
–
–
5.7
9.1
10.4
10.8
–
–
39.42
35.95
31.38
11.0
6.3
5.6
40.41
23.33
31.72
10.9
10.1
5.8
–
42.30
–
–
4.5
–
18.53
27.80
38.66
23.29
21.87
24.95
25.60
13.5
14.5
9.8
2.4
3.5
9.3
5.6
20.74
27.75
40.40
23.82
21.83
24.95
25.71
15.9
15.3
10.2
2.6
3.7
9.3
6.1
–
–
25.91
21.03
22.00
–
–
–
–
15.2
4.4
7.9
–
–
20.42
22.60
26.29
7.9
3.7
4.8
22.30
22.60
–
8.1
3.7
–
–
–
25.78
–
–
6.4
23.53
22.96
6.6
3.3
–
23.56
–
3.6
–
19.94
–
2.3
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, 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, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
17.45
31.06
34.49
10.7
22.7
41.7
17.47
31.06
34.49
10.7
22.7
41.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.83
19.29
7.29
8.17
15.58
11.44
10.34
12.90
8.5
9.1
10.8
8.9
16.3
10.5
6.3
10.5
27.83
19.29
7.29
8.17
15.58
11.44
10.33
12.90
8.5
9.1
10.8
8.9
16.3
10.5
6.4
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
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 .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
13.12
17.53
18.28
1.7
6.0
6.8
12.77
17.37
17.87
2.1
9.4
6.4
14.15
17.76
–
2.2
5.6
–
18.62
15.93
13.21
10.81
10.86
12.68
10.24
10.84
11.55
13.09
13.91
7.80
12.94
13.71
13.62
10.23
9.75
18.04
16.11
9.90
12.0
2.3
5.1
7.4
21.7
7.6
4.2
4.4
6.9
7.1
7.8
4.2
7.4
2.3
6.2
11.5
7.3
4.0
9.1
6.3
17.14
15.72
–
–
10.86
12.68
10.18
10.81
10.98
13.09
14.31
7.80
13.67
13.53
14.01
8.19
9.89
–
16.13
9.90
14.3
2.6
–
–
21.7
7.6
4.3
4.6
6.2
7.1
9.7
4.2
11.6
2.5
7.3
3.8
7.8
–
9.2
6.3
–
16.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.84
–
12.21
15.05
–
–
–
18.69
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
5.3
5.4
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$10.43
16.60
9.7
11.4
$10.21
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
11.45
13.96
13.47
11.40
11.83
8.91
12.49
15.21
11.51
13.31
14.0
10.0
1.1
7.3
2.7
1.6
3.7
9.7
5.6
3.7
11.45
13.60
–
10.80
10.79
8.91
12.21
15.21
10.17
12.61
14.0
10.8
–
7.7
4.0
1.6
4.9
9.7
16.7
3.7
–
–
$13.48
–
13.08
–
–
–
11.63
16.35
–
–
1.0
–
3.0
–
–
–
5.8
4.7
Blue collar ...........................................................................
12.86
3.9
12.38
4.2
20.22
4.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
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 ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
18.68
27.42
17.87
16.20
21.52
18.45
12.79
4.3
5.2
7.9
8.6
2.3
8.2
12.7
18.17
27.60
17.70
–
21.52
17.37
12.79
5.0
5.3
8.1
–
2.3
7.7
12.7
22.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.85
15.72
18.74
21.33
12.87
19.49
16.61
24.13
18.77
9.88
16.90
10.84
17.07
21.61
4.2
7.6
5.2
9.5
23.6
6.4
8.7
13.4
6.6
14.9
14.9
16.1
10.3
5.3
20.65
15.04
18.01
20.36
10.05
–
16.61
23.69
18.77
9.88
16.90
10.84
16.84
–
5.6
8.3
5.5
13.1
21.5
–
8.7
14.4
6.6
14.9
14.9
16.1
10.6
–
–
18.38
–
–
–
17.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.66
–
13.9
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
10.02
10.76
7.32
15.04
8.09
10.32
9.73
9.51
16.82
9.44
7.91
9.88
4.3
17.9
8.0
15.6
10.6
12.7
10.3
8.5
19.9
6.2
4.7
5.0
9.95
10.76
7.32
15.04
8.09
10.32
9.73
9.17
16.22
9.44
7.91
9.88
4.3
17.9
8.0
15.6
10.6
12.7
10.3
7.9
21.3
6.2
4.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
13.00
11.84
10.16
10.80
8.9
8.6
8.0
8.6
12.50
11.23
–
10.80
10.1
9.1
–
8.6
17.98
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
13.81
15.3
11.62
4.7
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
9.09
12.72
10.00
3.3
9.0
11.7
8.81
–
8.70
3.4
–
9.7
15.03
–
–
6.3
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$9.12
7.56
10.32
9.30
8.38
7.76
7.30
9.95
10.8
5.2
11.2
12.0
7.4
6.7
5.3
6.7
$8.97
7.56
10.32
9.30
8.38
7.76
7.30
9.19
10.8
5.2
11.2
12.0
7.4
6.7
5.3
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
11.11
17.21
32.61
14.99
24.51
4.4
9.0
5.6
31.3
3.9
8.37
8.07
–
–
–
2.8
7.9
–
–
–
20.21
23.31
32.61
14.99
24.51
4.3
4.2
5.6
31.3
3.9
21.51
19.62
7.63
7.65
14.13
7.43
5.63
9.47
6.80
8.23
5.93
7.20
9.14
11.52
8.57
8.54
5.4
3.5
5.5
2.9
8.5
6.7
1.1
5.4
5.6
6.8
1.4
4.4
3.8
4.7
3.9
4.3
–
–
7.45
7.45
14.83
7.43
5.63
9.43
6.80
7.77
5.93
6.73
8.90
11.02
8.48
7.96
–
–
5.1
3.0
9.3
6.7
1.1
5.6
5.6
6.2
1.4
3.9
4.0
5.5
4.0
3.9
21.51
19.62
–
10.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.34
12.07
–
10.59
12.72
5.4
3.5
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
5.3
–
5.1
4.9
12.52
7.34
8.38
10.71
7.98
24.41
9.23
9.99
8.11
12.0
4.2
5.4
9.8
7.2
23.8
3.9
10.0
11.7
11.52
7.34
7.74
10.61
7.99
24.41
–
9.92
7.63
13.5
4.2
5.1
10.7
7.8
23.8
–
14.4
10.9
–
–
12.10
11.71
–
–
9.80
10.15
–
–
–
3.2
11.9
–
–
7.6
4.9
–
Blue collar –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 .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$18.72
18.61
2.4
2.4
$17.67
17.46
3.0
3.2
$23.22
23.22
2.1
2.1
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
23.16
23.44
2.3
2.4
22.89
23.23
3.0
3.1
24.05
24.05
2.5
2.5
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
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 ........................
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, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
29.06
31.04
33.10
33.20
30.67
34.53
24.41
29.17
32.80
32.74
33.62
2.2
2.2
2.5
5.0
8.0
5.9
6.3
8.3
3.0
10.4
10.9
28.34
30.61
33.27
33.20
31.96
34.69
24.39
28.59
32.81
34.07
35.33
3.2
3.3
2.6
5.0
13.9
6.1
6.4
9.3
3.0
10.3
10.4
30.51
31.76
30.00
–
29.45
–
–
–
–
24.03
24.03
2.4
2.6
3.3
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
6.1
6.1
26.46
28.10
27.74
30.15
24.24
26.11
40.33
25.09
17.93
19.31
36.47
46.69
32.87
38.51
37.37
31.94
33.93
34.12
29.82
32.73
27.72
20.04
31.58
19.51
19.97
40.61
40.61
6.4
5.1
7.3
7.5
5.2
3.8
23.2
3.3
7.4
2.4
4.9
23.0
5.2
9.2
3.9
3.7
3.3
2.3
6.1
15.2
15.6
6.0
9.9
11.8
12.4
9.5
9.5
26.46
29.03
–
–
–
26.40
44.01
25.36
–
19.27
36.54
46.69
–
–
–
16.49
–
22.84
–
18.56
–
–
–
18.75
20.61
–
–
6.4
5.8
–
–
–
4.1
25.8
3.7
–
2.5
11.8
23.0
–
–
–
9.4
–
5.2
–
14.0
–
–
–
10.2
6.4
–
–
–
25.92
–
–
–
24.32
–
23.40
–
–
36.44
–
–
39.72
38.10
34.63
34.65
34.56
–
–
31.04
–
31.25
19.74
19.80
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
8.1
–
2.9
–
–
4.9
–
–
10.4
4.1
2.5
3.0
2.3
–
–
13.8
–
19.7
14.8
15.7
–
–
37.62
32.55
44.49
21.87
21.67
19.16
20.29
15.97
17.72
21.00
22.29
15.85
26.60
21.23
11.4
15.1
20.2
7.5
4.1
8.1
4.0
8.2
7.1
6.0
11.3
6.6
6.3
4.8
38.50
32.55
44.49
22.73
22.16
19.43
20.29
15.98
18.77
20.77
22.48
–
–
21.64
11.2
15.1
20.2
7.8
4.6
8.6
4.0
8.4
11.3
6.1
13.4
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
18.91
–
–
–
–
26.84
–
–
–
19.59
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
4.7
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
31.01
35.72
40.51
34.39
35.20
4.3
5.7
4.6
6.6
6.2
31.93
36.61
–
34.16
34.03
4.7
6.2
–
6.9
6.9
26.30
30.49
39.70
39.93
–
5.7
9.4
5.6
10.8
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$29.03
5.2
–
–
–
–
39.42
35.34
30.84
11.0
6.6
5.8
$40.41
23.33
31.17
10.9
10.1
6.0
–
$41.84
–
–
4.8
–
18.53
24.80
38.66
23.29
21.87
24.95
25.60
13.5
12.9
9.8
2.4
3.5
9.3
5.6
20.74
24.58
40.40
23.82
21.83
24.95
25.71
15.9
13.7
10.2
2.6
3.7
9.3
6.1
–
–
25.91
21.03
22.00
–
–
–
–
15.2
4.4
7.9
–
–
20.42
22.60
26.29
7.9
3.7
4.8
22.30
22.60
–
8.1
3.7
–
–
–
25.78
–
–
6.4
23.53
22.97
6.6
3.3
–
23.58
–
3.6
–
19.94
–
2.3
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
20.58
31.67
37.72
11.1
22.5
38.9
20.58
31.67
37.72
11.1
22.5
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.17
19.29
17.30
13.18
10.57
13.94
8.6
9.1
12.8
11.4
8.6
9.8
28.17
19.29
17.30
13.18
10.57
13.94
8.6
9.1
12.8
11.4
8.6
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
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 ........................................................
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 ....................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
13.43
17.54
18.28
1.7
6.1
6.8
13.09
17.39
17.87
2.2
9.4
6.4
14.49
17.76
–
2.3
5.6
–
18.62
16.16
13.21
10.81
10.94
12.86
10.36
11.37
11.71
13.09
13.95
12.78
13.74
13.62
10.23
9.78
18.59
16.11
9.97
10.42
17.40
14.16
13.47
11.53
12.0
2.3
5.1
7.4
22.5
7.8
4.3
5.1
7.1
7.1
8.3
7.7
2.3
6.2
11.5
7.5
2.7
9.1
6.6
10.6
11.7
10.3
1.1
7.4
17.14
15.98
–
–
10.94
12.86
10.36
11.37
11.09
13.09
–
13.41
13.55
14.01
8.19
9.93
–
16.13
9.97
10.17
–
13.79
–
10.94
14.3
2.7
–
–
22.5
7.8
4.3
5.1
6.1
7.1
–
13.0
2.5
7.3
3.8
8.1
–
9.2
6.6
10.4
–
11.1
–
7.8
–
16.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.21
15.37
–
–
–
18.69
–
–
–
–
–
13.48
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
5.1
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Purchasing 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. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$12.17
12.59
15.30
11.34
13.75
2.8
3.7
9.6
4.8
3.6
$11.28
12.33
15.30
10.45
13.03
4.4
5.1
9.6
19.8
3.6
$13.10
–
–
–
16.83
3.2
–
–
–
4.2
Blue collar ...........................................................................
13.06
4.0
12.57
4.3
20.30
4.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
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 ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
18.74
27.42
17.89
16.20
21.52
18.45
12.79
4.4
5.2
8.0
8.6
2.3
8.2
12.7
18.22
27.60
17.73
–
21.52
17.37
12.79
5.1
5.3
8.1
–
2.3
7.7
12.7
22.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.85
15.86
18.74
21.33
12.87
19.49
16.61
24.13
18.77
9.88
16.90
10.26
17.30
21.61
4.2
7.8
5.2
9.5
23.6
6.4
8.7
13.4
6.6
14.9
14.9
16.4
10.5
5.3
20.65
15.04
18.01
20.36
10.05
–
16.61
23.69
18.77
9.88
16.90
10.26
17.08
–
5.6
8.3
5.5
13.1
21.5
–
8.7
14.4
6.6
14.9
14.9
16.4
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.66
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
10.04
10.76
7.37
15.04
8.09
10.52
9.73
9.51
16.82
9.47
7.91
9.92
4.3
17.9
8.4
15.6
10.6
13.0
10.3
8.5
19.9
6.2
4.7
5.1
9.97
10.76
7.37
15.04
8.09
10.52
9.73
9.17
16.22
9.47
7.91
9.92
4.3
17.9
8.4
15.6
10.6
13.0
10.3
7.9
21.3
6.2
4.7
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
13.35
11.88
11.03
9.3
9.1
9.1
12.83
11.23
11.03
10.7
9.6
9.1
18.08
–
–
8.7
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
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. ....................
9.19
12.72
10.00
8.99
7.56
10.70
9.30
8.41
7.81
7.32
10.68
3.4
9.0
11.7
10.6
5.2
12.1
12.0
8.0
6.8
5.8
7.8
8.87
–
8.70
8.84
7.56
10.70
9.30
8.41
7.81
7.32
9.83
3.5
–
9.7
10.6
5.2
12.1
12.0
8.0
6.8
5.8
7.9
15.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.57
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
12.08
17.93
5.0
9.2
8.82
8.25
3.4
8.8
21.63
24.16
3.6
3.4
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
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 .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$32.61
24.66
5.6
4.0
–
–
–
–
$32.61
24.66
5.6
4.0
21.75
19.62
7.72
8.39
15.00
5.59
9.66
6.22
8.09
5.89
7.68
9.22
11.89
8.64
8.71
5.1
3.5
6.1
3.7
6.1
2.5
5.7
4.1
7.1
1.6
5.2
4.2
4.9
4.3
4.6
–
–
$7.57
8.18
16.09
5.59
9.62
6.22
7.77
5.89
7.19
8.97
11.38
8.54
8.07
–
–
5.8
3.8
4.6
2.5
5.9
4.1
6.2
1.6
4.3
4.4
5.8
4.5
4.4
21.75
19.62
–
11.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.25
–
10.70
12.91
5.1
3.5
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
5.7
4.8
12.52
7.47
8.52
11.94
25.84
8.04
12.0
4.5
5.9
13.5
21.1
12.7
11.52
7.47
7.81
11.85
25.84
7.76
13.5
4.5
5.8
13.7
21.1
11.9
–
–
12.28
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
10
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$10.21
10.71
3.8
4.4
$9.13
9.47
3.9
4.7
$15.32
15.39
7.5
7.6
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
12.57
15.04
5.0
5.6
11.00
13.54
5.8
7.4
17.55
17.68
8.0
8.1
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
21.61
23.35
24.97
23.92
32.09
23.16
32.52
22.76
29.97
17.44
–
–
6.4
6.7
4.5
4.3
5.1
20.7
3.8
16.1
16.7
4.2
–
–
19.50
21.04
25.31
24.15
28.79
–
–
15.40
15.68
–
–
–
7.4
9.1
4.9
4.7
38.0
–
–
10.0
13.2
–
–
–
24.58
26.18
22.52
–
32.26
–
33.17
23.64
–
17.48
–
–
9.7
8.4
4.7
–
5.0
–
3.6
16.7
–
4.2
–
–
15.15
13.03
14.07
20.9
7.2
3.5
14.13
13.88
14.01
21.1
4.3
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
40.76
41.45
–
15.7
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.39
31.39
–
31.6
31.6
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
7.96
7.29
7.05
10.05
4.6
8.1
3.1
7.6
7.93
7.29
7.05
10.02
4.6
8.1
3.1
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.13
12.29
8.62
9.12
8.75
11.59
7.38
3.7
4.7
14.2
6.0
.9
7.8
9.5
9.34
12.29
7.50
8.35
8.75
–
7.13
3.2
4.7
9.0
5.6
.9
–
10.8
11.77
–
–
–
–
11.65
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
8.86
5.8
8.81
5.9
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
12.92
11.8
13.49
11.2
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
9.75
11.30
6.2
11.0
9.55
11.30
6.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
8.34
9.61
8.10
7.16
7.30
7.2
12.9
12.5
8.4
5.0
8.34
9.61
8.10
7.16
7.30
7.2
12.9
12.5
8.4
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
7.16
6.96
6.39
5.66
7.30
5.97
6.42
8.52
9.75
8.03
3.0
9.5
2.8
1.3
9.4
2.5
3.6
6.4
10.3
7.1
6.77
–
6.22
5.66
7.30
5.97
6.01
8.32
–
7.93
2.7
–
2.8
1.3
9.4
2.5
2.1
6.8
–
7.5
See footnotes at end of table.
11
9.57
7.77
9.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
18.7
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$7.25
7.45
8.37
9.55
8.37
8.29
4.6
5.5
8.0
7.6
11.6
20.5
$7.15
7.36
7.56
–
–
7.30
4.6
5.5
8.0
–
–
15.9
–
–
$10.91
9.80
10.12
–
–
–
12.5
7.6
5.4
–
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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN
THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
12
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$741
736
2.4
2.5
39.6
39.5
$704
694
3.1
3.2
39.8
39.8
$897
897
2.0
2.0
38.6
38.6
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
916
925
2.4
2.4
39.5
39.4
916
928
3.0
3.2
40.0
40.0
914
914
2.3
2.3
38.0
38.0
1,119
1,193
2.3
2.5
38.5
38.4
1,125
1,226
3.4
3.6
39.7
40.1
1,109
1,144
2.2
2.3
36.3
36.0
1,330
1,328
1,227
2.7
5.0
8.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
1,337
1,328
1,278
2.8
5.0
13.9
40.2
40.0
40.0
1,200
–
1,178
3.3
–
3.4
40.0
–
40.0
1,381
974
1,201
1,312
5.9
6.3
9.7
3.0
40.0
39.9
41.2
40.0
1,387
973
1,182
1,313
6.1
6.4
11.0
3.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,309
10.4
40.0
1,362
10.3
40.0
961
6.1
40.0
1,344
10.9
40.0
1,413
10.4
40.0
961
6.1
40.0
1,058
1,122
1,104
1,206
970
1,021
1,613
975
717
762
1,394
6.4
5.2
7.5
7.5
5.2
3.9
23.2
3.5
7.4
2.4
4.1
40.0
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
38.9
40.0
39.4
38.2
1,058
1,159
–
–
–
1,030
1,760
982
–
763
1,387
6.4
5.9
–
–
–
4.3
25.8
3.9
–
2.5
8.6
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
39.0
40.0
38.7
–
39.6
38.0
–
1,037
–
–
–
969
–
934
–
–
1,397
–
4.5
–
–
–
8.1
–
3.0
–
–
4.5
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.9
–
39.9
–
–
38.3
1,713
1,315
14.6
5.2
36.7
40.0
1,713
–
14.6
–
36.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,541
9.2
40.0
–
–
–
1,589
10.4
40.0
1,396
3.1
37.4
–
–
–
1,413
3.0
37.1
1,104
1,147
1,174
1,099
1,102
2.9
2.8
2.5
4.5
10.1
34.6
33.8
34.4
36.8
33.7
656
–
899
–
740
9.3
–
6.1
–
14.0
39.8
–
39.4
–
39.9
1,171
1,165
1,184
–
–
1.9
2.7
2.6
–
–
33.8
33.6
34.2
–
–
1,013
10.9
36.5
–
–
–
1,109
8.7
35.7
857
10.9
42.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,233
8.8
39.0
–
–
–
1,193
17.2
38.2
781
799
1,754
1,754
11.8
12.4
13.1
13.1
40.0
40.0
43.2
43.2
750
824
–
–
10.2
6.4
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
790
792
–
–
14.8
15.7
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
1,617
1,464
1,927
875
13.0
20.9
24.5
7.5
43.0
45.0
43.3
40.0
1,661
1,464
1,927
909
12.8
20.9
24.5
7.8
43.2
45.0
43.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Chemists, except biochemists
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Dietitians .................................
Respiratory therapists .............
Teachers, college and university
Business, commerce, and
marketing teachers ...........
English teachers .....................
Teachers, post secondary,
n.e.c. .................................
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
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 ................................
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, n.e.c. .................
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Science technicians, n.e.c. .....
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Purchasing 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. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Construction inspectors ..........
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
$841
3.8
38.8
$857
4.2
38.7
754
804
620
8.3
3.8
9.0
39.4
39.6
38.8
764
804
620
8.7
3.8
9.3
39.3
39.6
38.8
709
7.1
40.0
751
11.3
839
891
584
1,064
849
6.0
11.3
11.7
6.3
4.8
39.9
40.0
36.8
40.0
40.0
830
899
–
–
866
1,253
4.3
40.4
1,451
5.7
1,620
1,371
5.3
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
6.1
13.4
–
–
5.7
39.9
40.0
–
–
40.0
1,073
–
–
–
784
6.6
–
–
–
4.7
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
1,292
4.8
40.5
1,055
5.8
40.1
40.6
1,490
6.3
40.7
1,226
9.5
40.2
4.6
6.4
40.0
39.9
–
1,362
–
6.7
–
39.9
1,588
1,597
5.6
10.8
40.0
40.0
1,406
1,161
6.2
5.2
39.9
40.0
1,359
–
7.0
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,616
11.1
41.0
1,658
10.9
41.0
–
–
–
1,439
7.1
40.7
937
10.3
40.2
1,717
4.0
41.0
1,216
6.0
39.4
1,228
6.2
39.4
–
–
–
776
13.7
41.9
897
13.2
43.3
–
–
–
1,040
11.2
42.0
1,034
11.9
42.1
–
–
–
1,579
933
872
1,033
1,019
9.9
2.3
3.4
9.6
5.5
40.8
40.1
39.9
41.4
39.8
1,655
955
869
1,033
1,023
10.3
2.6
3.5
9.6
5.9
41.0
40.1
39.8
41.4
39.8
1,037
840
880
–
–
15.2
4.4
7.9
–
–
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
820
7.7
40.1
897
7.7
40.2
–
–
–
898
1,045
3.4
5.5
39.8
39.7
898
–
3.4
–
39.8
–
–
1,022
–
7.3
–
39.7
941
916
6.6
3.3
40.0
39.9
–
941
–
3.6
–
39.9
–
795
–
2.4
–
39.9
831
1,337
1,513
11.2
25.0
38.9
40.4
42.2
40.1
831
1,337
1,513
11.2
25.0
38.9
40.4
42.2
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,127
8.6
40.0
1,127
8.6
40.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
$746
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, parts ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
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 ..........................
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 ......
Meter readers .........................
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, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
$826
698
8.9
12.6
42.8
40.4
$826
698
8.9
12.6
42.8
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
522
420
556
11.8
8.6
9.7
39.6
39.7
39.9
522
420
556
11.8
8.6
9.7
39.6
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
535
711
1.7
5.2
39.8
40.6
522
712
2.2
8.0
39.9
41.0
2.4
5.6
39.7
40.0
731
6.8
40.0
715
6.4
40.0
–
–
–
772
647
528
421
429
11.8
2.4
5.1
8.7
23.1
41.5
40.0
40.0
38.9
39.2
723
640
–
–
429
14.8
2.8
–
–
23.1
42.2
40.0
–
–
39.2
–
673
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
514
402
455
469
7.8
4.3
5.1
7.1
40.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
514
402
455
444
7.8
4.3
5.1
6.1
40.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
523
558
509
7.1
8.3
7.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
523
–
533
7.1
–
12.5
40.0
–
39.7
–
–
489
–
–
5.3
–
–
40.0
547
545
409
2.3
6.2
11.5
39.8
40.0
40.0
539
560
328
2.5
7.3
3.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
613
–
–
5.0
–
–
39.9
–
–
388
736
644
7.1
2.5
9.1
39.7
39.6
40.0
394
–
645
7.7
–
9.2
39.6
–
40.0
–
741
–
–
2.3
–
–
39.6
–
398
415
696
6.6
10.5
11.7
39.9
39.9
40.0
398
406
–
6.6
10.3
–
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
566
539
458
482
501
612
414
551
10.3
1.1
7.1
2.9
3.5
9.6
9.0
3.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.6
39.8
40.0
36.5
40.1
551
–
434
446
489
612
384
522
11.1
–
7.3
4.5
4.8
9.6
21.3
3.6
40.0
–
39.6
39.5
39.7
40.0
36.8
40.1
–
539
–
520
–
–
–
673
–
1.0
–
3.2
–
–
–
4.2
–
40.0
–
39.7
–
–
–
40.0
521
3.9
39.9
502
4.3
39.9
811
4.8
40.0
748
4.4
39.9
727
5.1
39.9
910
4.6
39.9
1,098
716
5.2
8.0
40.0
40.0
1,105
709
5.3
8.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
648
8.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
$575
710
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Aircraft mechanics, except
engine ...............................
Industrial machinery repairers
Machinery maintenance .........
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 ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters ......
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
$861
733
512
2.3
7.9
12.7
40.0
39.7
40.0
$861
689
512
2.3
7.3
12.7
40.0
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
825
4.6
39.6
813
6.2
39.4
–
–
–
628
741
853
7.5
5.1
9.5
39.6
39.6
40.0
597
710
815
7.9
5.2
13.1
39.7
39.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
515
772
687
970
751
23.6
6.4
8.4
13.3
6.6
40.0
39.6
41.4
40.2
40.0
402
–
687
952
751
21.5
–
8.4
14.4
6.6
40.0
–
41.4
40.2
40.0
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
395
14.9
40.0
395
14.9
40.0
–
–
–
671
411
15.0
16.4
39.7
40.0
671
411
15.0
16.4
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
692
10.5
40.0
683
10.9
40.0
–
–
–
864
5.3
40.0
–
–
–
867
5.4
40.0
399
4.2
39.7
396
4.2
39.7
–
–
–
431
17.9
40.0
431
17.9
40.0
–
–
–
295
585
8.4
14.3
40.0
38.9
295
585
8.4
14.3
40.0
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
321
10.8
39.7
321
10.8
39.7
–
–
–
419
12.9
39.8
419
12.9
39.8
–
–
–
390
10.5
40.1
390
10.5
40.1
–
–
–
376
672
378
8.5
19.8
6.2
39.5
39.9
39.9
362
648
378
7.9
21.3
6.2
39.5
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
317
4.8
40.0
317
4.8
40.0
–
–
–
391
5.2
39.4
391
5.2
39.4
–
–
–
540
475
9.1
9.1
40.5
40.0
520
449
10.5
9.6
40.5
40.0
723
–
8.7
–
40.0
–
440
9.1
39.9
440
9.1
39.9
–
–
–
366
3.4
39.9
354
3.5
39.9
601
6.3
40.0
509
9.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
–
$683
–
–
–
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
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 ...................................................
Protective service .......................
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 ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
$392
360
300
427
12.0
10.6
5.0
12.1
39.2
40.0
39.7
39.9
$340
353
300
427
10.0
10.6
5.0
12.1
39.1
40.0
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
366
11.6
39.4
366
11.6
39.4
–
–
–
336
7.9
39.9
336
7.9
39.9
–
–
–
312
292
6.8
5.7
40.0
39.9
312
292
6.8
5.7
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
427
7.7
40.0
392
7.9
39.9
$583
7.7
40.0
474
724
5.0
9.4
39.2
40.4
342
329
3.0
8.8
38.8
39.9
873
984
3.8
3.6
40.4
40.7
1,300
5.8
39.9
–
–
–
1,300
5.8
39.9
980
4.0
39.8
–
–
–
980
4.0
39.8
870
775
5.1
4.0
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
870
775
5.1
4.0
40.0
39.5
308
326
6.1
4.2
39.9
38.9
302
318
5.8
4.4
39.9
38.9
–
443
–
3.1
–
38.7
598
202
394
6.1
8.8
7.9
39.9
36.2
40.7
641
202
392
4.6
8.8
8.1
39.8
36.2
40.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
232
4.3
37.2
232
4.3
37.2
–
–
–
318
7.4
39.4
306
6.6
39.3
–
–
–
225
298
358
476
2.4
5.1
4.5
4.9
38.1
38.8
38.9
40.0
225
281
348
455
2.4
5.0
4.7
5.8
38.1
39.1
38.8
40.0
–
–
489
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
39.9
–
334
346
4.6
4.6
38.6
39.7
329
320
4.8
4.3
38.6
39.7
425
516
5.8
4.8
39.8
40.0
501
293
339
12.0
4.6
5.8
40.0
39.2
39.8
461
293
311
13.5
4.6
5.7
40.0
39.2
39.8
–
–
491
–
–
3.1
–
–
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
$430
9.5
36.0
$428
9.7
36.1
–
–
–
628
317
6.6
12.0
24.3
39.4
628
310
6.6
11.9
24.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS
SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED
REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$37,564
37,251
2.4
2.5
2,007
2,002
$36,380
35,892
3.1
3.2
2,058
2,056
$42,064
42,064
2.0
2.0
1,812
1,812
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
45,840
46,126
2.4
2.4
1,979
1,967
47,434
48,071
3.0
3.2
2,072
2,069
41,475
41,475
2.3
2.3
1,725
1,725
53,283
55,600
2.3
2.5
1,833
1,791
58,066
63,127
3.4
3.6
2,049
2,062
46,142
46,786
2.2
2.3
1,512
1,473
69,153
69,064
63,801
2.7
5.0
8.0
2,089
2,080
2,080
69,524
69,064
66,469
2.8
5.0
13.9
2,089
2,080
2,080
62,407
–
61,264
3.3
–
3.4
2,080
–
2,080
71,816
50,650
62,466
68,234
5.9
6.3
9.7
3.0
2,080
2,075
2,142
2,080
72,146
50,613
61,486
68,251
6.1
6.4
11.0
3.0
2,080
2,075
2,150
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
68,076
10.4
2,080
70,846
10.3
2,079
49,990
6.1
2,080
69,910
10.9
2,079
73,465
10.4
2,079
49,990
6.1
2,080
55,031
58,364
57,431
62,707
50,423
52,959
83,892
50,523
37,294
39,607
56,607
6.4
5.2
7.5
7.5
5.2
3.9
23.2
3.5
7.4
2.4
4.1
2,080
2,077
2,070
2,080
2,080
2,028
2,080
2,014
2,080
2,051
1,552
55,031
60,267
–
–
–
53,537
91,541
51,049
–
39,687
53,745
6.4
5.9
–
–
–
4.3
25.8
3.9
–
2.5
8.6
2,080
2,076
–
–
–
2,028
2,080
2,013
–
2,060
1,471
–
53,911
–
–
–
49,392
–
47,252
–
–
57,912
–
4.5
–
–
–
8.1
–
3.0
–
–
4.5
–
2,080
–
–
–
2,031
–
2,020
–
–
1,589
60,437
54,733
14.6
5.2
1,294
1,665
60,437
–
14.6
–
1,294
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
63,685
9.2
1,654
–
–
–
65,650
10.4
1,653
56,151
3.1
1,503
–
–
–
56,632
3.0
1,486
42,371
42,087
43,554
47,062
45,543
2.9
2.8
2.5
4.5
10.1
1,327
1,240
1,276
1,578
1,391
31,667
–
37,194
–
36,170
9.3
–
6.1
–
14.0
1,920
–
1,629
–
1,949
43,596
42,552
43,745
–
–
1.9
2.7
2.6
–
–
1,259
1,228
1,266
–
–
43,247
10.9
1,560
–
–
–
45,545
8.7
1,468
43,970
10.9
2,194
–
–
–
–
–
–
57,517
8.8
1,822
–
–
–
50,853
17.2
1,627
40,586
41,528
91,201
91,201
11.8
12.4
13.1
13.1
2,080
2,080
2,246
2,246
39,010
42,865
–
–
10.2
6.4
–
–
2,080
2,080
–
–
41,060
41,181
–
–
14.8
15.7
–
–
2,080
2,080
–
–
84,026
75,968
100,206
45,486
13.0
20.9
24.5
7.5
2,234
2,334
2,252
2,080
86,333
75,968
100,206
47,277
12.8
20.9
24.5
7.8
2,242
2,334
2,252
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers ................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Operations and systems
researchers and analysts
Natural scientists ........................
Chemists, except biochemists
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Dietitians .................................
Respiratory therapists .............
Teachers, college and university
Business, commerce, and
marketing teachers ...........
English teachers .....................
Teachers, post secondary,
n.e.c. .................................
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
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 ................................
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, n.e.c. .................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
$37,958
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Science technicians, n.e.c. .....
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Purchasing 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. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Construction inspectors ..........
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
$43,574
3.8
2,011
$44,580
4.2
2,012
5.3
2,007
39,214
41,783
32,242
8.3
3.8
9.0
2,047
2,059
2,019
39,719
41,783
32,243
8.7
3.8
9.3
2,044
2,059
2,017
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36,852
7.1
2,080
39,032
11.3
2,080
–
–
–
43,606
46,356
26,721
55,328
44,154
6.0
11.3
11.7
6.3
4.8
2,077
2,080
1,686
2,080
2,080
43,137
46,768
–
–
45,009
6.1
13.4
–
–
5.7
2,077
2,080
–
–
2,080
55,817
–
–
–
40,753
6.6
–
–
–
4.7
2,080
–
–
–
2,080
64,643
4.3
2,084
67,182
4.8
2,104
52,292
5.8
1,988
74,466
5.7
2,085
77,443
6.3
2,115
58,624
9.5
1,923
84,261
71,290
4.6
6.4
2,080
2,073
–
70,813
–
6.7
–
2,073
82,585
83,045
5.6
10.8
2,080
2,080
73,108
60,380
6.2
5.2
2,077
2,080
70,658
–
7.0
–
2,077
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
84,029
11.1
2,132
86,229
10.9
2,134
–
–
–
67,576
7.1
1,912
48,266
10.3
2,069
76,857
4.0
1,837
63,252
6.0
2,051
63,875
6.2
2,049
–
–
–
34,152
13.7
1,843
46,670
13.2
2,250
–
–
–
54,097
11.2
2,181
53,757
11.9
2,187
–
–
–
82,013
48,529
45,328
53,733
52,998
9.9
2.3
3.4
9.6
5.5
2,121
2,084
2,072
2,153
2,071
86,045
49,672
45,170
53,733
53,217
10.3
2.6
3.5
9.6
5.9
2,130
2,085
2,070
2,153
2,070
53,434
43,678
45,754
–
–
15.2
4.4
7.9
–
–
2,062
2,077
2,080
–
–
42,627
7.7
2,087
46,633
7.7
2,091
–
–
–
46,713
54,318
3.4
5.5
2,067
2,066
46,711
–
3.4
–
2,067
–
–
53,147
–
7.3
–
2,062
48,946
47,658
6.6
3.3
2,080
2,075
–
48,930
–
3.6
–
2,075
–
41,353
–
2.4
–
2,074
43,048
69,529
78,687
11.2
25.0
38.9
2,092
2,195
2,086
43,048
69,529
78,687
11.2
25.0
38.9
2,092
2,195
2,086
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
58,588
8.6
2,080
58,588
8.6
2,080
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, parts ...............
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Supervisors, financial records
processing ........................
Supervisors, distribution,
scheduling, and adjusting
clerks ................................
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 ..........................
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 ......
Meter readers .........................
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, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
$42,947
36,298
8.9
12.6
2,226
2,099
$42,947
36,298
8.9
12.6
2,226
2,099
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,805
21,614
28,905
11.8
8.6
9.7
2,035
2,045
2,074
26,805
21,614
28,905
11.8
8.6
9.7
2,035
2,045
2,074
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27,506
36,997
1.7
5.2
2,048
2,109
27,028
37,035
2.2
8.0
2,064
2,130
2.4
5.6
1,997
2,080
38,031
6.8
2,080
37,162
6.4
2,080
–
–
–
40,152
33,430
27,459
21,881
22,322
11.8
2.4
5.1
8.7
23.1
2,157
2,069
2,079
2,024
2,041
37,576
33,274
–
–
22,322
14.8
2.8
–
–
23.1
2,192
2,082
–
–
2,041
–
34,028
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
2,022
–
–
–
26,739
20,849
23,628
24,363
7.8
4.3
5.1
7.1
2,080
2,012
2,078
2,080
26,739
20,849
23,628
23,069
7.8
4.3
5.1
6.1
2,080
2,012
2,078
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,331
28,142
25,692
7.1
8.3
7.4
2,011
2,017
2,011
26,331
–
27,574
7.1
–
12.5
2,011
–
2,056
–
–
24,086
–
–
5.3
–
–
1,972
28,468
28,320
21,277
2.3
6.2
11.5
2,071
2,080
2,080
28,052
29,144
17,032
2.5
7.3
3.8
2,071
2,080
2,080
31,869
–
–
5.0
–
–
2,074
–
–
20,171
38,258
33,502
7.1
2.5
9.1
2,063
2,058
2,080
20,469
–
33,540
7.7
–
9.2
2,061
–
2,080
–
38,531
–
–
2.3
–
–
2,062
–
20,696
21,599
36,186
6.6
10.5
11.7
2,075
2,074
2,080
20,696
21,095
–
6.6
10.3
–
2,075
2,074
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,428
28,014
23,796
24,615
26,046
31,829
15,989
28,051
10.3
1.1
7.1
2.9
3.5
9.6
9.0
3.6
2,078
2,080
2,064
2,023
2,068
2,080
1,410
2,040
28,662
–
22,543
22,923
25,441
31,829
17,775
26,561
11.1
–
7.3
4.5
4.8
9.6
21.3
3.6
2,078
–
2,060
2,032
2,064
2,080
1,701
2,039
–
28,036
–
26,376
–
–
–
34,455
–
1.0
–
3.2
–
–
–
4.2
–
2,080
–
2,013
–
–
–
2,047
26,883
3.9
2,058
25,861
4.3
2,057
41,996
4.8
2,068
38,875
4.4
2,075
37,790
5.1
2,075
47,318
4.6
2,076
57,080
37,221
5.2
8.0
2,082
2,080
57,476
36,869
5.3
8.1
2,082
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
33,690
8.6
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
21
$28,940
36,943
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Aircraft mechanics, except
engine ...............................
Industrial machinery repairers
Machinery maintenance .........
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 ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Miscellaneous precision
workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters ......
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Packaging and filling machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
$44,771
38,093
26,606
2.3
7.9
12.7
2,080
2,064
2,080
$44,771
35,819
26,606
2.3
7.3
12.7
2,080
2,062
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42,902
4.6
2,058
42,292
6.2
2,048
–
–
–
32,202
38,552
44,377
7.5
5.1
9.5
2,030
2,057
2,080
30,512
36,933
42,356
7.9
5.2
13.1
2,028
2,051
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,765
40,134
35,736
50,436
39,035
23.6
6.4
8.4
13.3
6.6
2,080
2,060
2,151
2,090
2,080
20,908
–
35,736
49,527
39,035
21.5
–
8.4
14.4
6.6
2,080
–
2,151
2,091
2,080
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
2,080
–
–
–
20,553
14.9
2,080
20,553
14.9
2,080
–
–
–
34,878
21,350
15.0
16.4
2,064
2,080
34,878
21,350
15.0
16.4
2,064
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
35,983
10.5
2,080
35,516
10.9
2,080
–
–
–
44,949
5.3
2,080
–
–
–
45,062
5.4
2,080
20,692
4.2
2,061
20,549
4.2
2,061
–
–
–
22,388
17.9
2,080
22,388
17.9
2,080
–
–
–
15,340
30,425
8.4
14.3
2,080
2,024
15,340
30,425
8.4
14.3
2,080
2,024
–
–
–
–
–
–
16,687
10.8
2,062
16,687
10.8
2,062
–
–
–
21,779
12.9
2,069
21,779
12.9
2,069
–
–
–
20,285
10.5
2,086
20,285
10.5
2,086
–
–
–
19,540
34,940
19,539
8.5
19.8
6.2
2,054
2,077
2,064
18,821
33,682
19,539
7.9
21.3
6.2
2,053
2,077
2,064
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16,459
4.8
2,080
16,459
4.8
2,080
–
–
–
20,331
5.2
2,050
20,331
5.2
2,050
–
–
–
27,682
24,672
9.1
9.1
2,074
2,077
26,686
23,318
10.5
9.6
2,080
2,076
36,522
–
8.7
–
2,020
–
21,610
9.1
1,959
21,610
9.1
1,959
–
–
–
18,627
3.4
2,027
17,964
3.5
2,024
31,257
6.3
2,080
26,465
9.0
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
22
–
$35,530
–
–
–
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
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 ...................................................
Protective service .......................
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 ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
$20,399
18,701
15,578
22,227
12.0
10.6
5.0
12.1
2,039
2,080
2,062
2,077
$17,664
18,380
15,578
22,227
10.0
10.6
5.0
12.1
2,031
2,080
2,062
2,077
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19,053
11.6
2,048
19,053
11.6
2,048
–
–
–
16,125
7.9
1,918
16,125
7.9
1,918
–
–
–
15,947
15,179
6.8
5.7
2,043
2,074
15,947
15,179
6.8
5.7
2,043
2,074
–
–
–
–
–
–
22,198
7.7
2,078
20,408
7.9
2,077
$30,305
7.7
2,080
24,427
37,604
5.0
9.4
2,021
2,097
17,696
17,121
3.0
8.8
2,006
2,075
44,712
51,020
3.8
3.6
2,067
2,112
67,621
5.8
2,074
–
–
–
67,621
5.8
2,074
50,982
4.0
2,067
–
–
–
50,982
4.0
2,067
45,238
40,289
5.1
4.0
2,080
2,054
–
–
–
–
–
–
45,238
40,289
5.1
4.0
2,080
2,054
15,953
16,557
6.1
4.2
2,066
1,973
15,705
16,368
5.8
4.4
2,075
2,002
–
18,757
–
3.1
–
1,639
29,975
10,526
20,095
6.1
8.8
7.9
1,998
1,884
2,080
33,317
10,526
20,141
4.6
8.8
8.1
2,070
1,884
2,093
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12,038
4.3
1,934
12,038
4.3
1,934
–
–
–
16,183
7.4
2,001
15,903
6.6
2,046
–
–
–
10,849
14,962
18,641
24,728
2.4
5.1
4.5
4.9
1,841
1,948
2,021
2,080
10,849
14,522
18,092
23,679
2.4
5.0
4.7
5.8
1,841
2,021
2,017
2,080
–
–
25,407
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
2,074
–
17,343
17,854
4.6
4.6
2,008
2,050
17,132
16,532
4.8
4.3
2,006
2,049
22,115
26,614
5.8
4.8
2,067
2,061
26,050
15,210
17,459
12.0
4.6
5.8
2,080
2,036
2,050
23,968
15,210
15,996
13.5
4.6
5.7
2,080
2,036
2,048
–
–
25,273
–
–
3.1
–
–
2,058
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Service –Continued
Personal service .........................
Public transportation
attendants .........................
Service, n.e.c. .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
$22,126
9.5
1,852
$22,021
9.7
1,859
–
–
–
32,644
16,264
6.6
12.0
1,263
2,023
32,644
15,920
6.6
11.9
1,263
2,051
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS
SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED
REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
24
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.93
17.96
2.3
2.4
$16.87
16.81
3.0
3.1
$22.54
22.55
2.0
2.0
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
22.26
6.88
8.76
10.37
12.05
15.04
18.00
19.95
23.94
28.63
29.40
34.23
37.80
48.30
58.63
45.12
22.92
7.18
9.02
10.62
12.59
14.44
17.16
19.90
23.96
27.97
28.17
32.83
37.94
48.30
58.63
45.12
2.3
4.1
2.7
2.7
2.4
2.4
6.0
3.1
3.7
2.9
5.2
4.6
3.0
3.5
6.2
28.3
2.3
5.0
2.4
2.2
1.8
2.1
4.5
3.1
3.9
2.1
2.3
2.3
3.0
3.5
6.2
28.3
21.89
6.87
8.62
10.03
11.85
15.21
17.71
20.34
22.71
26.94
29.56
33.97
37.32
48.15
58.87
48.30
22.71
7.17
8.90
10.21
12.47
14.47
16.32
20.31
22.55
25.59
27.99
32.09
37.46
48.15
58.87
48.30
2.9
4.2
2.9
3.2
2.9
2.7
7.5
3.8
3.2
4.8
6.4
5.6
3.5
3.7
6.6
29.0
3.1
5.1
2.5
2.6
2.3
2.6
2.7
3.9
3.3
2.8
2.6
2.0
3.5
3.7
6.6
29.0
23.48
–
9.64
11.93
12.97
14.34
18.54
18.74
27.84
30.90
28.79
35.12
41.24
–
–
25.00
23.50
–
9.64
11.96
12.97
14.34
18.54
18.74
27.84
30.90
28.79
35.12
41.24
–
–
25.00
2.3
–
6.0
2.1
2.9
3.4
9.8
3.1
7.9
2.9
5.6
6.4
3.7
–
–
9.4
2.3
–
6.0
2.2
2.9
3.4
9.8
3.1
7.9
2.9
5.6
6.4
3.7
–
–
9.4
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
9 ......................................................................
28.62
30.56
12.87
22.85
22.91
26.42
29.26
28.23
32.75
40.35
46.80
51.14
36.58
33.10
26.48
25.26
27.09
28.77
30.86
38.43
45.14
48.29
33.20
23.62
30.81
36.31
30.67
34.53
28.72
2.2
2.2
5.2
14.3
6.5
5.6
2.4
2.9
3.3
3.7
4.1
5.9
17.1
2.5
6.8
3.2
3.3
1.9
3.2
4.6
6.4
5.0
5.0
5.9
3.2
4.3
8.0
5.9
3.6
27.88
30.08
13.07
15.36
23.00
23.79
24.83
27.90
31.87
40.20
46.25
50.29
38.03
33.27
26.48
25.26
26.87
28.83
30.85
38.57
45.14
48.29
33.20
23.62
30.81
36.31
31.96
34.69
28.72
3.2
3.3
7.8
10.2
7.7
5.7
2.4
2.9
2.0
4.2
4.4
6.5
18.2
2.6
6.8
3.2
3.7
2.3
3.4
4.7
6.4
5.0
5.0
5.9
3.2
4.3
13.9
6.1
3.6
30.08
31.35
12.71
28.11
22.50
30.93
32.18
28.97
34.23
41.48
–
–
–
30.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.45
–
–
2.3
2.4
6.8
9.6
9.5
7.6
3.0
6.6
7.7
5.9
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.96
24.41
29.17
32.80
26.88
28.98
32.83
36.97
32.74
25.52
27.69
32.17
33.62
26.04
28.16
32.08
9.2
6.3
8.3
3.0
7.3
3.0
1.5
3.1
10.4
6.9
4.2
3.2
10.9
7.4
4.2
3.7
–
$24.39
28.59
32.81
26.91
28.98
32.83
36.97
34.07
26.66
28.56
32.51
35.33
27.62
29.23
32.49
–
6.4
9.3
3.0
7.3
3.0
1.5
3.1
10.3
7.5
3.5
3.0
10.4
7.4
2.8
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$24.03
–
–
–
24.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
26.46
28.10
25.22
27.74
30.15
24.24
25.99
21.61
24.82
23.69
25.71
30.75
39.47
40.47
24.95
22.78
26.16
23.84
26.90
33.45
17.93
19.18
35.34
16.18
21.52
29.35
35.71
33.32
44.28
36.86
46.57
49.98
33.31
34.37
36.15
35.69
38.00
31.40
41.39
31.34
12.80
6.4
5.1
2.6
7.3
7.5
5.2
3.5
4.9
8.3
2.2
4.9
4.8
8.7
22.7
3.0
4.0
8.7
2.3
4.7
7.2
7.4
2.6
4.3
10.7
9.9
7.8
4.8
4.7
7.6
3.7
22.3
39.0
4.5
12.0
3.3
3.0
5.4
3.1
6.0
3.5
11.1
26.46
29.03
–
–
–
–
26.28
22.00
24.93
24.01
26.22
31.90
36.83
44.13
25.22
22.92
26.30
24.01
27.20
33.44
–
19.14
36.14
19.11
–
29.95
35.14
27.17
54.52
–
46.69
49.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.44
12.67
6.4
5.8
–
–
–
–
3.8
5.0
8.6
2.6
5.8
5.3
6.5
25.1
3.4
4.3
9.0
2.7
5.0
7.2
–
2.7
12.7
7.7
–
15.4
15.6
5.6
23.0
–
23.0
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
14.5
–
25.92
–
–
–
–
24.15
–
–
22.56
–
–
–
–
23.29
–
–
23.17
–
–
–
–
35.10
–
–
29.19
35.84
34.44
42.08
–
–
–
–
34.84
–
36.27
38.00
–
41.39
33.89
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
9.2
4.5
5.2
5.9
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
2.9
5.4
–
6.0
2.3
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Electrical and electronic engineers –Continued
11 ......................................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Education teachers ...............................................
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
12 ......................................................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.67
20.29
30.88
34.49
34.57
38.97
12.61
33.84
31.55
25.21
30.49
34.93
34.08
29.72
35.22
29.82
32.14
13.01
38.23
17.44
27.68
20.04
32.15
32.08
19.26
17.55
25.04
19.89
25.04
40.61
40.61
14.9
17.0
7.8
2.8
4.5
7.2
5.7
3.3
3.0
12.8
6.0
3.3
2.4
6.3
2.6
6.1
12.8
16.4
8.2
4.2
15.6
6.0
9.6
18.6
11.5
4.2
5.2
12.2
5.2
9.5
9.5
–
–
$18.66
18.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.62
21.36
–
–
18.23
13.25
22.36
–
–
–
–
–
18.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
1.8
–
–
12.6
19.5
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
$29.48
27.88
32.41
35.03
–
–
–
34.60
–
–
–
35.80
34.56
–
35.22
–
39.82
–
–
17.48
31.04
–
31.25
–
19.47
–
–
19.80
–
–
–
7.7
9.4
7.8
2.6
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
2.2
2.3
–
2.6
–
5.1
–
–
4.2
13.8
–
19.7
–
14.8
–
–
15.7
–
–
–
33.21
25.71
22.78
32.87
38.69
32.55
59.09
59.09
42.89
22.97
21.25
13.51
14.33
19.37
20.52
22.77
34.56
28.41
19.04
21.82
20.19
15.64
14.11
19.11
13.72
17.45
16.02
13.6
16.3
7.5
10.6
20.1
15.1
36.6
36.6
20.6
8.2
4.2
5.6
3.5
5.6
8.0
3.7
17.8
9.4
8.0
3.2
3.8
7.4
3.4
7.8
2.8
7.1
2.8
33.64
25.71
–
32.87
38.61
32.55
59.09
59.09
42.89
22.73
21.81
13.69
14.33
19.65
21.25
23.04
37.69
–
19.30
–
20.19
15.65
14.11
19.16
13.58
18.23
–
13.9
16.3
–
10.6
20.5
15.1
36.6
36.6
20.6
7.8
4.6
6.3
3.5
6.0
8.7
3.9
19.8
–
8.4
–
3.8
7.6
3.4
7.7
2.9
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.26
–
–
17.77
17.63
20.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
10.4
6.0
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
5 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Actors and directors ..............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
8 ......................................................................
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
7 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.00
15.46
21.91
23.89
21.84
15.95
26.60
21.23
18.74
25.67
6.0
5.7
7.4
7.8
11.1
6.4
6.3
4.8
5.1
7.8
$20.77
15.46
21.92
23.52
21.94
–
–
21.64
–
25.83
6.1
5.7
7.4
8.5
13.1
–
–
5.7
–
8.0
$26.84
–
–
–
–
15.37
–
19.59
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
4.7
–
–
31.08
17.10
15.85
18.10
20.95
24.73
28.03
32.82
35.45
47.76
63.97
80.18
35.78
17.38
20.94
25.85
28.43
33.59
36.16
48.05
63.39
118.07
38.82
34.39
24.30
33.30
33.26
31.03
74.76
35.20
38.45
29.03
4.2
9.9
6.2
2.4
5.0
3.0
4.2
2.8
3.0
4.9
8.0
48.8
5.6
4.8
11.4
3.5
5.6
3.2
2.7
5.0
8.4
49.6
8.6
6.6
4.1
8.2
5.2
6.8
16.0
6.2
8.9
5.2
32.01
–
15.68
18.13
20.71
24.67
27.83
32.12
34.60
47.69
64.22
89.32
36.71
17.21
20.68
25.16
28.05
32.81
35.30
47.99
63.64
126.99
–
34.16
24.30
33.30
33.27
31.02
74.76
34.03
38.45
–
4.7
–
9.9
3.0
6.2
3.4
4.4
3.0
3.3
5.1
8.1
49.3
6.2
8.3
12.8
3.8
5.9
3.6
3.0
5.2
8.5
49.3
–
6.9
4.1
8.2
5.6
6.9
16.0
6.9
8.9
–
26.40
–
–
18.03
21.87
24.96
–
38.09
41.02
–
–
–
30.52
–
–
30.00
–
38.09
41.02
–
–
–
37.72
39.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
3.8
5.7
6.1
–
6.3
4.1
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
5.4
–
6.3
4.1
–
–
–
10.4
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.42
37.06
35.95
40.19
40.04
31.38
31.09
38.84
11.0
7.8
6.3
7.3
8.4
5.6
5.5
3.2
40.41
37.06
23.33
26.70
–
31.72
31.09
39.24
10.9
7.8
10.1
3.5
–
5.8
5.5
3.1
–
–
42.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
18.53
27.80
38.66
24.17
27.33
26.66
35.01
13.5
14.5
9.8
15.0
5.0
11.3
5.5
20.74
27.75
40.40
24.73
27.03
26.62
35.18
15.9
15.3
10.2
16.2
5.8
11.4
5.6
–
–
25.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.2
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
12 ......................................................................
Purchasing managers ...........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.99
44.17
64.18
23.29
17.10
17.62
18.51
20.96
23.88
27.13
29.96
30.33
21.87
17.93
20.99
23.69
24.95
19.37
25.60
27.10
4.0
4.2
7.3
2.4
9.9
7.2
2.6
3.0
3.6
5.0
2.6
5.4
3.5
2.7
9.3
2.7
9.3
4.4
5.6
3.4
$35.72
44.17
64.18
23.82
–
17.69
18.49
20.74
24.25
27.36
29.96
30.33
21.83
17.58
20.99
23.00
24.95
19.37
25.71
27.50
4.6
4.2
7.3
2.6
–
9.7
2.5
3.5
4.0
5.2
2.6
5.4
3.7
2.8
9.3
3.5
9.3
4.4
6.1
3.3
–
–
–
$21.03
–
–
18.57
–
22.73
–
–
–
22.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
8.3
–
6.2
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.42
22.60
26.29
7.9
3.7
4.8
22.30
22.60
–
8.1
3.7
–
–
–
25.78
–
–
6.4
23.53
22.96
18.27
20.49
23.79
29.56
6.6
3.3
2.4
2.4
2.8
4.4
–
23.56
18.31
20.64
23.92
29.56
–
3.6
2.7
5.1
3.0
4.4
–
19.94
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
17.45
6.20
9.66
10.53
17.55
28.81
21.08
23.78
41.93
46.73
51.72
31.06
17.61
34.49
10.7
1.6
8.6
7.2
5.2
36.8
21.3
9.8
15.9
33.8
25.3
22.7
2.9
41.7
17.47
6.20
9.65
10.53
17.55
28.81
21.08
23.78
41.93
46.73
51.72
31.06
17.61
34.49
10.7
1.6
8.8
7.2
5.2
36.8
21.3
9.8
15.9
33.8
25.3
22.7
2.9
41.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.83
30.46
19.29
20.23
7.29
8.17
7.73
15.58
11.44
19.74
10.34
8.5
12.8
9.1
8.6
10.8
8.9
6.1
16.3
10.5
10.7
6.3
27.83
30.46
19.29
20.23
7.29
8.17
7.73
15.58
11.44
19.74
10.33
8.5
12.8
9.1
8.6
10.8
8.9
6.1
16.3
10.5
10.7
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. –Continued
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Management analysts ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
5 ......................................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
5 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.91
11.37
12.90
8.0
14.7
10.5
$9.88
11.37
12.90
8.4
14.7
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.12
7.18
9.02
10.66
12.55
14.58
15.58
18.36
21.51
17.53
17.42
16.96
18.28
1.7
5.0
2.4
2.3
1.9
2.5
1.9
2.1
7.3
6.0
4.4
11.1
6.8
12.77
7.17
8.90
10.23
12.41
14.53
15.82
18.50
21.25
17.37
–
–
17.87
2.1
5.1
2.5
2.6
2.5
3.1
2.2
2.8
8.2
9.4
–
–
6.4
$14.15
–
9.64
12.11
12.99
14.73
15.15
18.08
–
17.76
–
–
–
2.2
–
6.0
2.0
3.0
3.3
3.3
2.7
–
5.6
–
–
–
18.62
15.93
12.08
13.16
14.78
16.49
18.48
13.21
10.81
10.86
12.68
9.98
10.24
8.12
10.76
11.03
10.84
11.55
10.21
12.49
13.09
13.91
7.80
12.94
12.03
12.22
13.71
10.16
12.58
14.09
16.13
15.29
13.62
13.22
10.23
9.75
18.04
16.11
21.74
9.90
7.12
9.37
12.0
2.3
6.7
2.8
3.1
4.3
2.9
5.1
7.4
21.7
7.6
4.5
4.2
3.5
3.9
11.6
4.4
6.9
3.8
6.0
7.1
7.8
4.2
7.4
6.2
4.8
2.3
2.7
2.4
3.8
2.6
9.2
6.2
6.2
11.5
7.3
4.0
9.1
4.2
6.3
8.9
5.5
17.14
15.72
11.54
12.87
14.62
16.54
18.50
–
–
10.86
12.68
9.98
10.18
8.12
10.76
10.75
10.81
10.98
10.21
11.89
13.09
14.31
7.80
13.67
–
–
13.53
10.26
12.58
13.73
15.90
15.59
14.01
–
8.19
9.89
–
16.13
21.74
9.90
7.12
9.37
14.3
2.6
8.4
2.9
3.4
4.7
3.9
–
–
21.7
7.6
4.5
4.3
3.5
3.9
12.1
4.6
6.2
3.8
4.7
7.1
9.7
4.2
11.6
–
–
2.5
2.7
2.5
4.6
2.7
10.6
7.3
–
3.8
7.8
–
9.2
4.2
6.3
8.9
5.5
–
16.83
–
–
–
16.09
18.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.84
–
12.21
–
–
15.05
–
–
15.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
6.4
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
5.3
–
–
5.4
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Cashiers –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
4 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.82
10.43
11.34
16.60
4.6
9.7
5.9
11.4
$10.82
10.21
11.22
–
4.6
9.6
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.45
9.77
13.96
12.34
16.45
13.47
11.40
11.83
6.65
9.07
11.61
12.11
14.00
15.71
17.02
8.91
12.49
9.51
10.47
14.13
15.21
11.51
9.63
11.36
12.35
13.31
10.35
12.46
15.54
14.63
18.58
14.0
4.9
10.0
7.9
10.0
1.1
7.3
2.7
6.0
4.5
3.5
3.5
3.0
5.6
5.9
1.6
3.7
4.0
6.9
3.0
9.7
5.6
7.0
3.0
7.4
3.7
5.8
3.5
4.1
3.2
1.9
11.45
9.77
13.60
11.68
16.45
–
10.80
10.79
6.65
8.84
10.89
11.56
14.45
–
–
8.91
12.21
9.51
10.47
14.98
15.21
10.17
–
–
–
12.61
9.92
12.46
15.19
–
18.41
14.0
4.9
10.8
8.1
10.0
–
7.7
4.0
6.0
5.1
6.9
3.8
4.0
–
–
1.6
4.9
4.0
6.9
3.2
9.7
16.7
–
–
–
3.7
5.3
3.6
4.7
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
$13.48
–
13.08
–
–
12.12
12.77
13.25
15.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.63
9.63
11.56
12.42
16.35
–
–
–
–
18.78
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
–
3.0
–
–
2.7
6.5
2.5
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
7.0
2.4
7.5
4.7
–
–
–
–
3.2
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12.86
6.94
8.21
9.95
12.51
13.75
17.42
19.75
22.73
30.03
3.9
3.5
3.0
4.2
9.1
4.1
5.5
3.3
4.2
9.2
12.38
6.93
8.09
9.86
12.23
13.51
17.54
18.91
22.59
29.75
4.2
3.5
2.8
4.3
9.9
4.4
5.9
3.8
4.6
10.3
20.22
–
–
13.62
16.59
17.05
16.05
23.82
23.90
32.87
4.8
–
–
16.0
5.3
4.9
6.2
4.5
7.6
1.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
8 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
18.68
7.43
9.55
15.57
15.00
19.56
20.03
23.19
30.49
27.42
26.58
17.87
4.3
6.5
9.2
17.5
5.5
6.3
3.4
4.3
9.7
5.2
7.0
7.9
18.17
7.43
9.54
15.56
14.79
19.77
19.24
23.11
30.23
27.60
–
17.70
5.0
6.5
9.2
19.4
6.0
6.4
4.0
4.7
10.9
5.3
–
8.1
22.67
–
–
–
17.96
–
23.58
23.90
32.87
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
4.7
–
5.1
7.6
1.1
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks –Continued
4 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
4 ......................................................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
4 ......................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.58
16.20
21.52
18.45
18.91
12.79
9.2
8.6
2.3
8.2
8.6
12.7
–
–
$21.52
17.37
–
12.79
–
–
2.3
7.7
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.85
15.72
19.10
18.74
18.66
21.33
18.01
12.87
19.49
16.61
24.13
19.52
31.58
18.77
18.60
9.88
16.90
10.84
17.07
17.57
21.61
22.74
4.2
7.6
9.6
5.2
6.6
9.5
6.7
23.6
6.4
8.7
13.4
10.2
17.6
6.6
5.6
14.9
14.9
16.1
10.3
6.6
5.3
3.4
20.65
15.04
17.96
18.01
17.59
20.36
–
10.05
–
16.61
23.69
19.52
–
18.77
18.60
9.88
16.90
10.84
16.84
16.89
–
–
5.6
8.3
8.9
5.5
7.5
13.1
–
21.5
–
8.7
14.4
10.2
–
6.6
5.6
14.9
14.9
16.1
10.6
6.3
–
–
–
$18.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.66
–
–
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
7 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
10.02
6.82
7.96
9.04
10.89
11.35
16.02
17.84
10.76
7.32
15.04
8.09
7.81
10.32
9.73
9.51
6.62
9.84
16.82
22.36
9.44
5.95
7.86
10.61
10.80
10.74
7.91
9.88
4.3
6.3
4.2
4.9
5.2
3.6
9.9
8.1
17.9
8.0
15.6
10.6
14.2
12.7
10.3
8.5
7.2
12.9
19.9
7.4
6.2
1.6
4.5
6.7
9.0
5.5
4.7
5.0
9.95
6.79
7.96
9.04
10.89
11.35
16.02
17.21
10.76
7.32
15.04
8.09
7.81
10.32
9.73
9.17
6.62
9.84
16.22
21.93
9.44
5.95
7.86
10.61
10.80
10.74
7.91
9.88
4.3
6.4
4.2
4.9
5.2
3.6
9.9
8.8
17.9
8.0
15.6
10.6
14.2
12.7
10.3
7.9
7.2
12.9
21.3
8.7
6.2
1.6
4.5
6.7
9.0
5.5
4.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
13.00
8.9
12.50
10.1
17.98
8.5
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Automobile mechanics –Continued
7 ......................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
7 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.70
8.48
10.22
14.89
15.42
13.89
22.79
11.84
9.25
10.02
12.10
15.66
10.16
10.80
5.5
6.9
7.1
19.4
6.9
11.1
10.7
8.6
7.4
9.0
19.0
7.3
8.0
8.6
$7.70
8.48
10.13
14.58
15.28
–
–
11.23
9.25
10.02
10.59
15.53
–
10.80
5.5
6.9
7.0
22.9
7.8
–
–
9.1
7.4
9.0
21.6
7.7
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.81
15.3
11.62
4.7
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
2 ......................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
9.09
6.96
8.66
10.57
10.06
13.05
14.73
12.72
10.00
9.12
7.56
7.23
8.29
10.32
6.22
8.66
12.85
9.30
8.38
6.71
9.40
10.34
7.76
8.09
7.30
6.48
7.13
8.93
9.95
7.18
9.96
8.45
3.3
3.4
5.0
6.8
6.8
8.5
7.6
9.0
11.7
10.8
5.2
6.7
10.9
11.2
1.6
7.2
16.1
12.0
7.4
7.2
10.5
8.6
6.7
10.1
5.3
3.1
9.6
4.1
6.7
4.7
11.3
4.3
8.81
6.95
8.34
10.43
9.78
12.14
13.88
–
8.70
8.97
7.56
7.23
8.29
10.32
6.22
8.66
12.85
9.30
8.38
6.71
9.40
10.34
7.76
8.09
7.30
6.48
7.13
8.93
9.19
7.07
8.54
8.27
3.4
3.4
4.5
7.1
6.0
9.3
7.6
–
9.7
10.8
5.2
6.7
10.9
11.2
1.6
7.2
16.1
12.0
7.4
7.2
10.5
8.6
6.7
10.1
5.3
3.1
9.6
4.1
6.4
4.6
9.9
4.0
$15.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.57
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11.11
6.90
7.47
8.66
11.17
12.16
16.39
20.83
21.20
24.57
4.4
2.2
3.2
3.3
4.2
4.5
5.2
7.7
6.6
3.1
8.37
6.71
7.33
8.31
10.95
12.23
14.46
20.50
–
–
2.8
2.2
3.2
3.2
4.7
4.2
6.9
21.1
–
–
20.21
10.44
9.97
10.79
12.68
12.00
18.29
21.02
22.41
24.82
4.3
3.7
6.5
8.3
2.9
11.3
3.6
2.7
4.8
3.0
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
10 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
9 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Bartenders ............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
1 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
5 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$29.48
17.21
6.33
7.98
11.13
11.68
20.97
22.41
24.80
29.79
32.61
14.99
24.51
25.75
4.2
9.0
3.7
6.3
6.0
11.1
2.4
4.8
3.0
4.1
5.6
31.3
3.9
5.0
–
$8.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$29.79
23.31
–
–
–
–
21.37
22.41
24.82
29.79
32.61
14.99
24.51
25.75
4.1
4.2
–
–
–
–
2.3
4.8
3.0
4.1
5.6
31.3
3.9
5.0
21.51
19.62
7.63
7.65
6.33
7.06
8.66
10.15
11.36
13.37
14.13
7.43
5.63
5.57
5.68
9.47
9.56
10.48
6.80
5.88
8.23
9.93
5.93
5.83
7.20
6.68
7.97
9.14
7.89
7.71
9.74
12.75
11.52
12.34
8.57
7.65
7.53
9.42
8.54
7.61
7.82
10.03
12.86
5.4
3.5
5.5
2.9
3.2
4.8
5.7
6.9
12.5
9.7
8.5
6.7
1.1
1.8
1.8
5.4
6.1
7.4
5.6
2.2
6.8
6.1
1.4
.9
4.4
3.4
9.8
3.8
5.2
4.7
7.2
3.5
4.7
5.7
3.9
5.5
4.8
7.4
4.3
3.9
12.2
6.3
2.9
–
–
7.45
7.45
6.29
6.88
8.24
9.90
–
13.37
14.83
7.43
5.63
5.57
5.68
9.43
9.56
10.48
6.80
5.88
7.77
–
5.93
5.83
6.73
6.59
7.68
8.90
7.80
7.67
9.32
12.73
11.02
–
8.48
7.52
7.48
9.27
7.96
7.27
6.82
9.54
12.68
–
–
5.1
3.0
3.3
4.8
5.9
7.6
–
9.7
9.3
6.7
1.1
1.8
1.8
5.6
6.1
7.4
5.6
2.2
6.2
–
1.4
.9
3.9
3.6
12.5
4.0
5.6
4.7
7.4
4.2
5.5
–
4.0
5.8
4.8
7.9
3.9
3.7
6.8
6.8
3.8
21.51
19.62
–
10.85
–
9.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.34
–
–
12.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.59
–
–
–
12.72
11.65
–
–
–
5.4
3.5
–
3.4
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
4.9
3.7
–
–
–
12.52
7.34
6.97
8.38
12.0
4.2
3.5
5.4
11.52
7.34
6.97
7.74
13.5
4.2
3.5
5.1
–
–
–
12.10
–
–
–
3.2
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners –Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
1 ......................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.78
7.79
10.56
10.71
6.43
7.47
10.26
12.71
7.98
24.41
9.23
8.10
9.99
7.47
8.11
6.13
5.2
14.4
5.0
9.8
4.1
4.8
7.3
11.3
7.2
23.8
3.9
4.9
10.0
8.2
11.7
2.8
$7.36
6.56
9.82
10.61
6.18
7.45
9.89
12.73
7.99
24.41
–
–
9.92
–
7.63
–
4.7
7.4
3.4
10.7
2.8
5.0
9.9
11.6
7.8
23.8
–
–
14.4
–
10.9
–
$11.65
–
–
11.71
8.12
–
11.29
–
–
–
9.80
–
10.15
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
11.9
5.2
–
5.0
–
–
–
7.6
–
4.9
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
35
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$18.72
18.61
2.4
2.4
$17.67
17.46
3.0
3.2
$23.22
23.22
2.1
2.1
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
23.16
7.21
8.78
10.98
12.32
15.08
18.07
20.02
24.04
28.73
29.32
34.20
37.74
48.18
58.63
51.77
23.44
7.42
8.95
10.84
12.65
14.46
17.18
19.98
24.07
28.02
28.07
32.77
37.88
48.18
58.63
51.77
2.3
5.6
2.7
2.9
2.3
2.4
6.2
3.2
3.7
3.0
5.3
4.7
3.1
3.6
6.2
26.6
2.4
6.4
2.7
2.4
1.9
2.2
4.6
3.2
4.0
2.2
2.3
2.3
3.1
3.6
6.2
26.6
22.89
7.21
8.73
10.69
12.17
15.25
17.79
20.45
22.70
27.12
29.52
33.92
37.28
48.04
58.87
56.29
23.23
7.42
8.90
10.43
12.55
14.48
16.37
20.42
22.53
25.69
27.95
32.01
37.42
48.04
58.87
56.29
3.0
5.6
2.8
3.5
2.8
2.8
7.7
3.8
3.3
4.9
6.4
5.7
3.6
3.8
6.6
26.0
3.1
6.4
2.8
2.8
2.4
2.6
2.7
3.9
3.4
2.9
2.6
2.0
3.6
3.8
6.6
26.0
24.05
–
–
12.22
13.01
14.40
18.61
18.73
28.37
30.90
28.51
35.17
41.27
–
–
–
24.05
–
–
12.22
13.01
14.40
18.61
18.73
28.37
30.90
28.51
35.17
41.27
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
2.1
3.1
3.6
10.6
3.2
7.8
3.0
5.6
6.7
3.9
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
2.1
3.1
3.6
10.6
3.2
7.8
3.0
5.6
6.7
3.9
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
9 ......................................................................
29.06
31.04
12.99
23.38
23.00
26.86
29.44
28.06
32.61
40.36
46.78
51.14
43.85
33.10
26.48
25.26
27.09
28.77
30.86
38.43
45.14
48.29
33.20
23.62
30.81
36.31
30.67
34.53
28.72
2.2
2.2
6.1
15.2
6.7
5.7
2.5
2.9
3.4
3.7
4.2
5.9
12.9
2.5
6.8
3.2
3.3
1.9
3.2
4.6
6.4
5.0
5.0
5.9
3.2
4.3
8.0
5.9
3.6
28.34
30.61
13.26
15.40
23.08
23.85
24.98
27.81
31.67
40.20
46.23
50.29
47.58
33.27
26.48
25.26
26.87
28.83
30.85
38.57
45.14
48.29
33.20
23.62
30.81
36.31
31.96
34.69
28.72
3.2
3.3
8.4
10.6
7.8
6.0
2.5
2.9
2.1
4.2
4.4
6.5
10.4
2.6
6.8
3.2
3.7
2.3
3.4
4.7
6.4
5.0
5.0
5.9
3.2
4.3
13.9
6.1
3.6
30.51
31.76
–
29.82
22.63
32.00
32.27
28.63
34.24
41.72
–
–
–
30.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.45
–
–
2.4
2.6
–
7.8
10.3
7.1
3.1
6.7
8.1
6.5
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.96
24.41
29.17
32.80
26.88
28.98
32.83
36.97
32.74
25.52
27.69
32.17
33.62
26.04
28.16
32.08
9.2
6.3
8.3
3.0
7.3
3.0
1.5
3.1
10.4
6.9
4.2
3.2
10.9
7.4
4.2
3.7
–
$24.39
28.59
32.81
26.91
28.98
32.83
36.97
34.07
26.66
28.56
32.51
35.33
27.62
29.23
32.49
–
6.4
9.3
3.0
7.3
3.0
1.5
3.1
10.3
7.5
3.5
3.0
10.4
7.4
2.8
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$24.03
–
–
–
24.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
26.46
28.10
25.22
27.74
30.15
24.24
26.11
21.64
24.82
23.59
25.40
29.93
39.48
40.33
25.09
26.32
23.75
26.90
17.93
19.31
36.47
16.15
27.88
35.85
33.06
45.16
36.86
46.69
32.87
38.51
37.37
29.19
31.94
13.01
26.77
20.34
31.86
34.65
34.57
38.97
33.93
6.4
5.1
2.6
7.3
7.5
5.2
3.8
4.9
9.2
2.5
4.8
5.7
8.7
23.2
3.3
9.6
2.6
4.7
7.4
2.4
4.9
11.8
8.8
5.5
6.2
8.6
3.7
23.0
5.2
9.2
3.9
3.8
3.7
17.2
15.4
17.1
7.4
2.9
4.5
7.2
3.3
26.46
29.03
–
–
–
–
26.40
22.04
24.95
23.94
25.86
31.14
36.83
44.01
25.36
26.49
23.95
27.20
–
19.27
36.54
–
–
35.14
27.17
54.52
–
46.69
–
–
–
–
16.49
13.01
–
–
18.79
–
–
–
–
6.4
5.8
–
–
–
–
4.1
4.5
9.5
2.9
5.7
6.7
6.5
25.8
3.7
9.9
3.0
5.0
–
2.5
11.8
–
–
15.6
5.6
23.0
–
23.0
–
–
–
–
9.4
17.2
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
25.92
–
–
–
–
24.32
–
–
22.45
–
–
–
–
23.40
–
23.06
–
–
–
36.44
–
–
36.06
–
42.64
–
–
–
39.72
38.10
–
34.63
–
31.74
27.88
33.48
35.16
–
–
34.65
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
3.6
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
5.4
–
7.0
–
–
–
10.4
4.1
–
2.5
–
4.3
9.4
7.6
2.7
–
–
3.0
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Electrical and electronic engineers –Continued
11 ......................................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ..............................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Dietitians ...............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...........................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
English teachers ...................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
37
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$31.66
25.53
30.62
34.98
34.12
29.80
35.22
29.82
32.73
27.72
20.04
31.58
19.51
17.64
25.04
19.97
25.04
40.61
40.61
2.8
12.4
6.0
3.3
2.3
6.2
2.6
6.1
15.2
15.6
6.0
9.9
11.8
4.6
5.2
12.4
5.2
9.5
9.5
–
–
–
–
$22.84
–
–
–
18.56
–
–
–
18.75
–
–
20.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
14.0
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
$35.86
34.56
–
35.22
–
–
31.04
–
31.25
19.74
–
–
19.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
2.3
–
2.6
–
–
13.8
–
19.7
14.8
–
–
15.7
–
–
–
37.62
25.71
32.87
50.61
32.55
44.49
21.87
21.67
13.50
14.30
19.49
20.93
22.77
34.56
28.41
19.16
21.82
20.29
15.97
13.89
13.78
17.72
16.02
21.00
15.46
21.91
23.89
22.29
15.85
26.60
21.23
18.74
25.67
11.4
16.3
10.6
10.4
15.1
20.2
7.5
4.1
5.8
3.7
5.7
7.8
3.7
17.8
9.4
8.1
3.2
4.0
8.2
3.3
3.7
7.1
2.8
6.0
5.7
7.4
7.8
11.3
6.6
6.3
4.8
5.1
7.8
38.50
25.71
32.87
50.61
32.55
44.49
22.73
22.16
13.69
14.30
19.77
21.80
23.04
37.69
–
19.43
–
20.29
15.98
13.89
13.62
18.77
–
20.77
15.46
21.92
23.52
22.48
–
–
21.64
–
25.83
11.2
16.3
10.6
10.4
15.1
20.2
7.8
4.6
6.6
3.7
6.1
8.2
3.9
19.8
–
8.6
–
4.0
8.4
3.3
4.0
11.3
–
6.1
5.7
7.4
8.5
13.4
–
–
5.7
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.91
–
–
17.88
17.63
20.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
10.7
6.1
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
31.01
17.10
15.85
18.13
4.3
9.9
6.2
2.4
31.93
–
15.68
18.13
4.7
–
9.9
3.0
26.30
–
–
18.15
5.7
–
–
3.8
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Elementary school teachers –Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
7 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Professional, n.e.c. ...............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
8 ......................................................................
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.95
24.73
28.03
32.82
35.31
47.53
63.97
83.35
35.72
17.47
20.94
25.85
28.43
33.59
36.02
47.83
63.39
126.99
40.51
34.39
24.30
33.30
33.26
31.03
74.76
35.20
38.45
29.03
5.0
3.0
4.2
2.8
3.0
5.2
8.0
49.0
5.7
4.8
11.4
3.5
5.6
3.2
2.7
5.3
8.4
49.3
4.6
6.6
4.1
8.2
5.2
6.8
16.0
6.2
8.9
5.2
$20.71
24.68
27.83
32.12
34.49
47.50
64.22
89.32
36.61
17.21
20.68
25.16
28.05
32.81
35.18
47.81
63.64
126.99
–
34.16
24.30
33.30
33.27
31.02
74.76
34.03
38.45
–
6.2
3.4
4.4
3.0
3.3
5.3
8.1
49.3
6.2
8.3
12.8
3.8
5.9
3.6
3.1
5.4
8.5
49.3
–
6.9
4.1
8.2
5.6
6.9
16.0
6.9
8.9
–
$21.87
24.96
–
38.09
40.88
–
–
–
30.49
–
–
30.00
–
38.09
40.88
–
–
–
39.70
39.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
6.1
–
6.3
4.2
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
5.4
–
6.3
4.2
–
–
–
5.6
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.42
37.06
35.34
40.19
39.65
30.84
31.09
38.00
11.0
7.8
6.6
7.3
9.2
5.8
5.5
3.8
40.41
37.06
23.33
26.70
–
31.17
31.09
–
10.9
7.8
10.1
3.5
–
6.0
5.5
–
–
–
41.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
18.53
24.80
38.66
24.17
27.33
26.66
35.01
35.99
44.17
64.18
23.29
17.10
17.62
18.51
20.96
23.89
27.13
29.96
30.33
21.87
17.93
20.99
23.69
13.5
12.9
9.8
15.0
5.0
11.3
5.5
4.0
4.2
7.3
2.4
9.9
7.2
2.6
3.0
3.6
5.0
2.6
5.4
3.5
2.7
9.3
2.7
20.74
24.58
40.40
24.73
27.03
26.62
35.18
35.72
44.17
64.18
23.82
–
17.69
18.49
20.74
24.26
27.36
29.96
30.33
21.83
17.58
20.99
23.00
15.9
13.7
10.2
16.2
5.8
11.4
5.6
4.6
4.2
7.3
2.6
–
9.7
2.5
3.5
4.0
5.2
2.6
5.4
3.7
2.8
9.3
3.5
–
–
25.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.03
–
–
18.57
–
22.73
–
–
–
22.00
–
–
–
–
–
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
8.3
–
6.2
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
12 ......................................................................
Purchasing managers ...........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.95
19.37
25.60
27.10
9.3
4.4
5.6
3.4
$24.95
19.37
25.71
27.50
9.3
4.4
6.1
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.42
22.60
26.29
7.9
3.7
4.8
22.30
22.60
–
8.1
3.7
–
–
–
$25.78
–
–
6.4
23.53
22.97
18.27
20.49
23.84
29.56
6.6
3.3
2.4
2.4
2.8
4.4
–
23.58
18.31
20.64
23.98
29.56
–
3.6
2.7
5.1
3.0
4.4
–
19.94
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
5 ......................................................................
Sales workers, parts .............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
20.58
11.72
11.22
17.70
30.32
21.08
23.78
42.77
46.73
51.72
31.67
17.61
37.72
11.1
11.2
7.4
5.1
38.3
21.3
9.8
15.3
33.8
25.3
22.5
2.9
38.9
20.58
11.72
11.22
17.70
30.32
21.08
23.78
42.77
46.73
51.72
31.67
17.61
37.72
11.1
11.2
7.4
5.1
38.3
21.3
9.8
15.3
33.8
25.3
22.5
2.9
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.17
30.46
19.29
20.23
17.30
13.18
9.36
20.81
10.57
9.61
11.55
13.94
8.6
12.8
9.1
8.6
12.8
11.4
7.2
8.7
8.6
7.6
16.6
9.8
28.17
30.46
19.29
20.23
17.30
13.18
9.36
20.81
10.57
9.61
11.55
13.94
8.6
12.8
9.1
8.6
12.8
11.4
7.2
8.7
8.6
7.6
16.6
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ...............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
13.43
7.42
8.95
10.86
12.62
14.58
15.58
18.36
21.51
17.54
17.42
16.96
18.28
1.7
6.4
2.7
2.5
2.0
2.5
2.0
2.1
7.3
6.1
4.4
11.1
6.8
13.09
7.42
8.90
10.46
12.49
14.53
15.87
18.50
21.25
17.39
–
–
17.87
2.2
6.4
2.8
2.9
2.6
3.2
2.2
2.8
8.2
9.4
–
–
6.4
14.49
–
–
12.22
13.02
14.73
15.03
18.07
–
17.76
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
2.1
3.2
3.3
3.3
2.7
–
5.6
–
–
–
18.62
16.16
12.75
12.0
2.3
5.9
17.14
15.98
12.35
14.3
2.7
8.5
–
16.83
–
–
3.8
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Other financial officers ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Management analysts ..........................................
9 ......................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.30
14.83
16.53
18.48
13.21
10.81
10.94
12.86
10.36
10.78
10.75
11.37
11.71
12.92
13.09
13.95
12.78
11.62
12.22
13.74
10.26
12.60
14.09
16.13
15.29
13.62
13.22
10.23
9.78
18.59
16.11
21.74
9.97
9.42
10.82
10.42
11.34
17.40
14.16
13.48
16.56
13.47
11.53
12.17
8.97
11.97
12.10
14.00
15.71
17.02
12.59
9.62
14.02
15.30
11.34
11.32
13.75
10.61
12.46
15.53
3.4
3.2
4.3
2.9
5.1
7.4
22.5
7.8
4.3
3.9
12.1
5.1
7.1
5.5
7.1
8.3
7.7
5.0
4.8
2.3
2.7
2.4
3.8
2.6
9.2
6.2
6.2
11.5
7.5
2.7
9.1
4.2
6.6
5.5
4.6
10.6
5.9
11.7
10.3
6.2
9.9
1.1
7.4
2.8
5.1
3.3
3.6
3.0
5.6
5.9
3.7
4.0
3.0
9.6
4.8
4.3
3.6
6.0
3.5
4.1
$12.96
14.67
16.58
18.50
–
–
10.94
12.86
10.36
10.78
10.75
11.37
11.09
12.30
13.09
–
13.41
–
–
13.55
10.26
12.60
13.73
15.90
15.59
14.01
–
8.19
9.93
–
16.13
21.74
9.97
9.42
10.82
10.17
11.22
–
13.79
–
16.56
–
10.94
11.28
8.86
11.72
11.61
14.45
–
–
12.33
9.62
–
15.30
10.45
–
13.03
–
12.46
15.19
3.7
3.6
4.7
3.9
–
–
22.5
7.8
4.3
3.9
12.1
5.1
6.1
3.5
7.1
–
13.0
–
–
2.5
2.7
2.5
4.6
2.7
10.6
7.3
–
3.8
8.1
–
9.2
4.2
6.6
5.5
4.6
10.4
6.0
–
11.1
–
9.9
–
7.8
4.4
5.7
8.1
3.8
4.0
–
–
5.1
4.0
–
9.6
19.8
–
3.6
–
3.6
4.7
–
–
$16.09
18.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.21
–
–
15.37
–
–
15.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.48
–
13.10
–
12.09
12.67
13.25
15.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.83
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
5.1
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
–
3.2
–
2.7
6.9
2.5
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Secretaries –Continued
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Hotel clerks ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
4 ......................................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
4 ......................................................................
Meter readers .......................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Statistical clerks ....................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Administrative support, n.e.c. –Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
$14.67
18.58
3.3
1.9
–
$18.41
–
1.9
–
$18.78
–
3.2
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
13.06
6.95
8.20
9.89
12.67
13.75
17.42
19.79
22.73
30.03
4.0
3.9
3.1
4.0
9.5
4.1
5.6
3.3
4.2
9.2
12.57
6.94
8.07
9.81
12.38
13.51
17.54
18.94
22.59
29.75
4.3
3.9
2.9
4.1
10.3
4.5
6.0
3.8
4.6
10.3
20.30
–
–
13.41
16.59
17.05
16.05
23.82
23.90
32.87
4.7
–
–
17.6
5.3
4.9
6.2
4.5
7.6
1.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
8 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
7 ......................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Machinery maintenance .......................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..............
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Machinists .............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ...............
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
7 ......................................................................
18.74
7.26
9.55
15.84
15.01
19.56
20.07
23.19
30.49
27.42
26.58
17.89
17.58
16.20
21.52
18.45
18.91
12.79
4.4
5.5
9.3
17.4
5.5
6.3
3.5
4.3
9.7
5.2
7.0
8.0
9.2
8.6
2.3
8.2
8.6
12.7
18.22
7.26
9.53
15.87
14.80
19.77
19.28
23.11
30.23
27.60
–
17.73
–
–
21.52
17.37
–
12.79
5.1
5.5
9.3
19.4
6.0
6.4
4.1
4.7
10.9
5.3
–
8.1
–
–
2.3
7.7
–
12.7
22.79
–
–
–
17.96
–
23.58
23.90
32.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
4.7
–
5.1
7.6
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.85
15.86
19.10
18.74
18.66
21.33
18.01
12.87
19.49
16.61
24.13
19.52
31.58
18.77
18.60
9.88
16.90
10.26
17.30
17.57
21.61
22.74
4.2
7.8
9.6
5.2
6.6
9.5
6.7
23.6
6.4
8.7
13.4
10.2
17.6
6.6
5.6
14.9
14.9
16.4
10.5
6.6
5.3
3.4
20.65
15.04
17.96
18.01
17.59
20.36
–
10.05
–
16.61
23.69
19.52
–
18.77
18.60
9.88
16.90
10.26
17.08
16.89
–
–
5.6
8.3
8.9
5.5
7.5
13.1
–
21.5
–
8.7
14.4
10.2
–
6.6
5.6
14.9
14.9
16.4
10.9
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
10.04
6.82
7.97
9.05
4.3
6.4
4.2
4.9
9.97
6.80
7.97
9.05
4.3
6.5
4.2
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
7 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
$10.89
11.35
16.02
17.84
10.76
7.37
15.04
8.09
7.81
10.52
9.73
9.51
6.62
9.84
16.82
22.36
9.47
5.94
7.90
10.61
10.80
10.74
7.91
9.92
5.2
3.6
9.9
8.1
17.9
8.4
15.6
10.6
14.2
13.0
10.3
8.5
7.2
12.9
19.9
7.4
6.2
1.6
4.5
6.7
9.0
5.5
4.7
5.1
$10.89
11.35
16.02
17.21
10.76
7.37
15.04
8.09
7.81
10.52
9.73
9.17
6.62
9.84
16.22
21.93
9.47
5.94
7.90
10.61
10.80
10.74
7.91
9.92
5.2
3.6
9.9
8.8
17.9
8.4
15.6
10.6
14.2
13.0
10.3
7.9
7.2
12.9
21.3
8.7
6.2
1.6
4.5
6.7
9.0
5.5
4.7
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
13.35
7.50
8.52
10.43
15.48
15.48
22.84
11.88
9.25
12.04
15.76
11.03
9.3
5.7
7.3
7.0
20.5
7.1
10.7
9.1
7.4
19.4
7.6
9.1
12.83
7.50
8.52
10.43
15.24
15.35
–
11.23
9.25
10.44
15.63
11.03
10.7
5.7
7.3
7.0
24.5
8.1
–
9.6
7.4
21.7
8.1
9.1
$18.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
2 ......................................................................
9.19
7.01
8.72
10.47
10.11
13.05
14.73
12.72
10.00
8.99
7.56
7.23
8.29
10.70
8.63
12.09
9.30
8.41
9.36
10.39
7.81
8.20
3.4
3.9
5.4
6.5
7.3
8.5
7.6
9.0
11.7
10.6
5.2
6.7
10.9
12.1
6.8
17.5
12.0
8.0
10.5
9.8
6.8
9.9
8.87
7.00
8.35
10.31
9.81
12.14
13.88
–
8.70
8.84
7.56
7.23
8.29
10.70
8.63
12.09
9.30
8.41
9.36
10.39
7.81
8.20
3.5
3.9
4.9
6.8
6.5
9.3
7.6
–
9.7
10.6
5.2
6.7
10.9
12.1
6.8
17.5
12.0
8.0
10.5
9.8
6.8
9.9
15.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
43
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.32
6.49
7.19
10.68
10.00
8.52
5.8
3.6
10.2
7.8
11.4
5.2
$7.32
6.49
7.19
9.83
8.57
8.22
5.8
3.6
10.2
7.9
10.0
5.3
–
–
–
$14.57
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
12.08
7.09
7.79
8.74
11.35
12.69
16.39
20.87
21.20
24.57
29.48
17.93
13.02
20.97
22.41
24.80
29.79
32.61
24.66
25.75
5.0
2.8
3.8
3.9
4.5
3.3
5.2
7.5
6.6
3.1
4.2
9.2
6.4
2.4
4.8
3.0
4.1
5.6
4.0
5.0
8.82
6.89
7.62
8.39
11.14
12.39
14.46
20.59
–
–
–
8.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
2.7
3.6
3.6
5.0
4.0
6.9
21.2
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.63
11.95
–
12.12
12.84
13.60
18.29
21.02
22.41
24.82
29.79
24.16
–
21.37
22.41
24.82
29.79
32.61
24.66
25.75
3.6
3.4
–
4.9
3.0
4.7
3.6
2.7
4.8
3.0
4.1
3.4
–
2.3
4.8
3.0
4.1
5.6
4.0
5.0
21.75
19.62
7.72
8.39
6.55
7.46
9.72
10.42
11.36
13.37
15.00
5.59
9.66
9.84
10.48
6.22
8.09
5.89
5.89
7.68
6.92
9.22
8.12
7.55
9.73
13.15
11.89
13.01
8.64
7.89
7.31
5.1
3.5
6.1
3.7
4.4
5.9
5.2
6.1
12.5
9.7
6.1
2.5
5.7
6.3
7.4
4.1
7.1
1.6
1.6
5.2
4.2
4.2
5.2
5.1
7.3
2.3
4.9
4.3
4.3
5.3
5.1
–
–
7.57
8.18
6.55
7.26
9.36
10.18
–
13.37
16.09
5.59
9.62
9.84
10.48
6.22
7.77
5.89
5.89
7.19
6.92
8.97
8.04
7.53
9.30
13.15
11.38
–
8.54
–
7.29
–
–
5.8
3.8
4.4
5.7
5.8
6.7
–
9.7
4.6
2.5
5.9
6.3
7.4
4.1
6.2
1.6
1.6
4.3
4.2
4.4
5.6
5.1
7.6
2.7
5.8
–
4.5
–
5.1
21.75
19.62
–
11.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.70
–
–
5.1
3.5
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
9 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
5 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
–Continued
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.42
8.71
7.68
7.83
10.19
12.86
7.4
4.6
4.5
12.2
6.8
2.9
$9.27
8.07
7.31
6.83
9.67
12.68
7.9
4.4
4.3
6.8
7.5
3.8
–
$12.91
11.95
–
–
–
–
4.8
3.4
–
–
–
12.52
7.47
7.08
8.52
7.86
7.79
10.94
11.94
9.26
13.36
25.84
8.04
12.0
4.5
3.7
5.9
5.9
14.4
5.2
13.5
9.4
14.1
21.1
12.7
11.52
7.47
7.08
7.81
7.39
6.57
10.20
11.85
9.22
13.36
25.84
7.76
13.5
4.5
3.7
5.8
5.6
7.4
2.8
13.7
9.8
14.1
21.1
11.9
–
–
–
12.28
11.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
45
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$10.21
10.71
3.8
4.4
$9.13
9.47
3.9
4.7
$15.32
15.39
7.5
7.6
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
12.57
6.45
8.70
8.63
10.06
13.63
16.57
17.01
21.03
26.48
36.07
42.37
14.40
15.04
6.74
9.26
9.46
11.90
13.91
16.73
17.01
21.03
26.81
36.07
42.37
14.40
5.0
3.3
6.3
4.6
5.6
5.5
3.4
6.6
8.8
8.4
5.5
2.6
22.5
5.6
4.9
4.6
3.0
4.3
5.6
3.9
6.6
8.8
8.4
5.5
2.6
22.5
11.00
6.43
8.28
8.26
9.41
13.91
14.14
16.25
23.08
22.99
–
–
12.85
13.54
6.70
8.94
8.92
11.45
14.37
12.56
16.25
23.08
23.35
–
–
12.85
5.8
3.3
7.6
5.1
6.0
6.3
7.0
8.6
7.8
5.4
–
–
23.8
7.4
5.1
3.9
1.9
5.5
6.3
8.9
8.6
7.8
5.6
–
–
23.8
17.55
–
9.59
10.85
12.70
–
17.79
19.02
–
30.81
–
40.94
–
17.68
–
9.59
10.86
12.70
–
17.79
19.02
–
30.81
–
40.94
–
8.0
–
7.9
4.2
6.3
–
4.0
6.1
–
10.6
–
3.1
–
8.1
–
7.9
4.6
6.3
–
4.0
6.1
–
10.6
–
3.1
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .........................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
5 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
21.61
23.35
11.98
18.51
20.88
21.03
26.88
36.07
39.76
14.10
24.97
21.44
24.78
24.43
23.92
24.97
24.47
32.09
30.20
39.82
23.16
32.52
22.76
12.45
17.33
31.66
29.97
10.88
35.17
17.44
–
–
6.4
6.7
7.3
4.5
6.8
8.8
8.4
5.5
2.1
25.8
4.5
7.6
5.3
5.0
4.3
5.3
5.0
5.1
8.4
2.2
20.7
3.8
16.1
6.9
2.2
14.0
16.7
4.3
6.7
4.2
–
–
19.50
21.04
10.57
–
20.66
23.08
23.43
–
–
–
25.31
–
24.78
24.41
24.15
24.97
24.41
28.79
–
–
–
–
15.40
10.57
–
21.50
15.68
–
21.50
–
–
–
7.4
9.1
4.4
–
10.9
7.8
5.6
–
–
–
4.9
–
5.3
5.4
4.7
5.3
5.4
38.0
–
–
–
–
10.0
4.4
–
13.3
13.2
–
13.3
–
–
–
24.58
26.18
–
–
–
–
30.81
–
39.76
–
22.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.26
28.98
39.82
–
33.17
23.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.48
–
–
9.7
8.4
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
2.1
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
8.6
2.2
–
3.6
16.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
15.15
14.11
20.9
26.0
14.13
–
21.1
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
7 ......................................................................
$13.03
14.27
14.07
13.58
7.2
4.8
3.5
3.2
$13.88
14.01
14.01
–
4.3
4.7
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
40.76
41.45
–
15.7
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$31.39
31.39
–
31.6
31.6
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ....
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
3 ......................................................................
7.96
6.10
7.92
7.85
7.29
7.73
7.05
10.05
10.16
4.6
2.2
8.0
5.5
8.1
6.1
3.1
7.6
12.4
7.93
6.10
7.85
7.85
7.29
7.73
7.05
10.02
10.11
4.6
2.2
8.2
5.5
8.1
6.1
3.1
7.9
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.13
6.74
9.26
9.53
11.88
14.92
12.29
12.55
8.62
9.12
6.58
9.59
9.13
12.22
8.75
11.59
9.49
11.44
12.42
7.38
3.7
4.9
4.6
3.3
4.4
8.6
4.7
2.2
14.2
6.0
8.7
7.3
4.5
10.0
.9
7.8
7.6
3.2
7.5
9.5
9.34
6.70
8.94
8.94
11.40
14.86
12.29
12.55
7.50
8.35
6.58
8.70
8.78
–
8.75
–
–
–
–
7.13
3.2
5.1
3.9
1.9
5.6
8.9
4.7
2.2
9.0
5.6
8.7
3.3
2.9
–
.9
–
–
–
–
10.8
11.77
–
9.59
11.50
12.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.65
9.49
11.44
12.42
–
6.3
–
7.9
3.4
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
7.6
3.2
7.5
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
8.86
6.85
8.39
10.59
9.72
5.8
3.7
8.9
11.2
6.3
8.81
6.83
8.39
10.44
9.72
5.9
3.8
8.9
11.5
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
12.92
11.8
13.49
11.2
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
9.75
11.30
6.2
11.0
9.55
11.30
6.0
11.0
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
8.34
6.70
8.26
11.26
9.61
6.26
8.69
8.10
7.2
3.8
11.0
14.0
12.9
2.2
12.9
12.5
8.34
6.70
8.26
11.26
9.61
6.26
8.69
8.10
7.2
3.8
11.0
14.0
12.9
2.2
12.9
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August
1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
$7.16
7.30
8.4
5.0
$7.16
7.30
8.4
5.0
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
2 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
3 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
1 ......................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
7.16
6.37
6.97
8.38
8.85
6.96
6.39
5.97
6.74
6.95
5.66
5.63
7.30
5.97
5.75
6.42
6.31
8.52
8.59
9.75
8.03
8.59
7.25
7.11
7.45
7.31
8.37
6.61
7.58
11.41
9.55
8.10
8.37
7.47
8.29
3.0
2.3
5.1
6.6
8.3
9.5
2.8
1.6
6.5
6.7
1.3
2.2
9.4
2.5
.0
3.6
3.2
6.4
3.8
10.3
7.1
3.8
4.6
4.3
5.5
5.3
8.0
5.6
8.0
7.2
7.6
4.9
11.6
8.2
20.5
6.77
6.18
6.86
7.97
–
–
6.22
5.86
6.58
6.60
5.66
5.63
7.30
5.97
5.75
6.01
6.03
8.32
8.50
–
7.93
8.50
7.15
7.00
7.36
7.19
7.56
6.07
7.55
11.49
–
–
–
–
7.30
2.7
1.7
5.3
7.6
–
–
2.8
1.2
6.7
6.3
1.3
2.2
9.4
2.5
.0
2.1
1.8
6.8
4.1
–
7.5
4.1
4.6
4.2
5.5
5.2
8.0
1.6
8.5
13.6
–
–
–
–
15.9
$9.57
8.44
8.85
9.38
–
7.77
9.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.91
8.12
–
11.35
9.80
–
10.12
–
–
10.4
4.1
3.4
13.5
–
18.7
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.5
5.2
–
5.5
7.6
–
5.4
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
48
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$18.72
18.61
$10.21
10.71
$19.47
19.61
$17.35
17.31
$17.83
18.08
$20.36
12.42
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
23.16
23.44
12.57
15.04
22.15
22.56
22.30
23.05
22.04
22.92
27.97
22.24
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
29.06
31.04
21.67
31.01
20.58
13.43
21.61
23.35
13.03
40.76
7.96
10.13
29.84
30.79
23.02
22.75
14.17
14.26
27.99
30.43
20.81
32.06
17.81
12.66
28.62
30.56
21.25
31.08
13.02
13.13
–
–
–
–
28.41
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
13.06
18.74
10.04
13.35
9.19
8.86
12.92
–
9.75
8.34
17.56
21.62
13.82
17.77
12.11
11.21
16.94
9.46
10.40
8.17
12.94
18.73
10.07
12.86
9.09
11.78
17.55
9.71
14.62
–
Service .................................................................................
12.08
7.16
15.42
8.58
11.13
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.4
2.4
3.8
4.4
2.6
2.7
3.0
3.2
2.3
2.4
14.6
10.0
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.3
2.4
5.0
5.6
2.6
2.6
2.9
3.0
2.3
2.3
14.8
19.0
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.2
2.2
4.1
4.3
11.1
1.7
6.4
6.7
7.2
15.7
4.6
3.7
2.6
2.5
13.9
7.1
6.4
2.5
3.1
3.3
4.0
4.4
11.6
2.0
2.2
2.2
4.2
4.3
9.1
1.7
–
–
–
–
15.5
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
4.0
4.4
4.3
9.3
3.4
5.8
11.8
–
6.2
7.2
5.0
3.2
12.6
11.7
6.4
3.5
5.2
4.1
5.1
3.2
4.0
4.4
4.7
9.8
3.4
8.9
15.6
8.3
4.5
–
Service .................................................................................
5.0
3.0
7.9
4.0
4.5
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;
incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE
FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS
FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$16.87
16.81
$17.87 $28.57 $19.02 $17.71
17.77 28.62 19.01 17.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
21.89
22.71
26.36
26.49
42.72
43.17
24.85
25.02
26.28
26.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
27.88
30.08
21.81
32.01
17.47
12.77
29.46
32.06
19.36
33.01
23.62
14.52
29.62
33.43
25.96
58.59
–
16.52
–
–
–
31.24
–
–
29.46
32.05
19.29
32.75
23.71
14.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
12.38
18.17
9.95
12.50
12.75
19.48
9.99
15.45
16.39
18.15
–
–
17.84
19.36
–
–
12.16
19.52
9.96
10.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.81
8.72
–
10.51
8.41
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
8.37
10.03
–
–
9.95
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
3.0
3.1
5.2
5.4
12.2
12.4
11.9
12.0
5.6
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
2.9
3.1
3.3
3.4
14.8
15.1
18.6
19.1
3.4
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
3.2
3.3
4.6
4.7
10.7
2.1
3.7
2.7
4.6
4.2
8.9
3.2
6.8
5.7
11.0
16.9
–
3.8
–
–
–
13.5
–
–
3.7
2.7
4.7
4.6
9.2
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
4.2
5.0
4.3
10.1
6.2
6.7
4.6
20.4
6.1
6.8
–
–
13.5
11.7
–
–
6.7
7.8
4.6
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
4.1
–
6.5
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
2.8
8.6
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$16.87
16.81
$15.24
15.04
$17.26
17.21
$15.86
15.44
$19.03
19.32
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
21.89
22.71
21.29
23.22
22.02
22.62
20.53
20.67
23.52
24.31
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
27.88
30.08
21.81
32.01
17.47
12.77
32.80
36.39
18.09
34.00
16.51
12.34
27.36
29.34
22.09
31.58
17.93
12.86
25.07
26.96
21.75
31.28
19.96
12.59
28.85
30.58
22.46
31.83
11.79
13.19
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
12.38
18.17
9.95
12.50
8.81
10.77
15.93
8.54
8.19
7.78
12.79
18.81
10.37
13.00
9.05
12.40
18.03
10.36
12.65
8.72
13.68
20.48
10.39
13.74
9.64
Service .................................................................................
8.37
7.12
8.74
8.28
9.19
Relative error3 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
3.0
3.1
9.8
11.2
2.9
3.0
4.7
5.0
3.9
3.9
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.9
3.1
11.7
14.1
2.7
2.6
4.6
4.6
3.1
3.0
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
3.2
3.3
4.6
4.7
10.7
2.1
14.9
13.3
10.9
21.4
13.4
3.1
2.6
2.7
4.8
3.1
14.4
2.5
5.6
7.0
6.1
4.9
16.6
3.7
2.8
2.7
8.2
4.0
6.4
3.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
4.2
5.0
4.3
10.1
3.4
6.1
7.6
8.3
7.8
5.8
4.8
5.7
4.7
10.6
3.8
6.5
8.8
5.3
15.6
3.9
6.8
4.0
9.9
8.2
7.9
Service .................................................................................
2.8
4.0
3.5
3.8
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1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information
about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR
SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
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.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment is an
economic unit that produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is
defined as all locations of a government entity.
The Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties, CA.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
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 es-
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a two-
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tablishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number
of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Number
of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen
worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as
holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on
hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being
in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
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Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “generic
leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all
occupations randomly selected in an establishment using
the same criteria. This is a major departure from the
method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational
Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined
occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix
table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of
the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area and will be published by
BLS in the future.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the
establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables
reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also
collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of
hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
·
·
·
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National
Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply
information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same
or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing
data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the
nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at
some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding
establishments were classified into these cells according to
industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments
were classified into cells that were additionally defined by
major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in
survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
877
523
96
258
Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the
all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances
are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by number of
workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding
establishments and other factors; and the occupation work
schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or
annual rates are being calculated.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that
could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational
structures among establishments differ, estimates of the
number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve only to indicate the relative importance of the
occupational groups studied.
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Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers was $12.79 with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645
times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample
would include the true population value approximately 90
percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all
survey areas will be used in the development of a formal
quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling
error. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total
Private industry
State and local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
3,020,800
2,793,300
2,364,700
2,138,600
656,100
654,700
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
1,749,300
1,521,800
1,263,800
1,037,800
485,500
484,100
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
633,100
519,900
113,200
288,500
227,500
600,200
366,100
271,200
94,900
237,200
226,100
434,500
267,000
248,700
18,300
51,300
–
165,700
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
751,000
232,700
213,000
85,400
220,000
706,200
206,200
211,400
77,600
210,900
44,900
26,500
–
7,800
9,000
Service .................................................................................
520,500
394,700
125,800
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are
rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers
provide a description of size and composition of the labor force
included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure employment
trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH
THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
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Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and
establishment employment size, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, August 1998
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .......................................................................................
Private industry ...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ........................................................
Mining .....................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Service-producing industries ......................................................
Tranportation and public utilities .............................................
Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................
Services ..................................................................................
State and local government ............................................................
Number of
establishments repreTotal studied
sented1
15,100
14,600
3,600
(2)
500
3,100
11,000
900
5,000
900
4,200
500
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.
509
449
121
12
11
98
328
27
101
22
178
60
100 workers or more
50 - 99
workers
138
135
26
3
4
19
109
6
50
5
48
3
100 - 499
workers
Total
371
314
95
9
7
79
219
21
51
17
130
57
198
190
64
7
7
50
126
13
37
7
69
8
500 workers
or more
173
124
31
2
–
29
93
8
14
10
61
49
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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