Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
National Compensation Survey
March 1998
________________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
Revised March 1999
Bulletin 3095-06
v
Preface
T
For additional information regarding this survey, please
contact the BLS Dallas Regional Office at (214)767-6970.
You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at:
Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC
20212-0001, or call (202) 606-6220, or send e-mail to
[email protected].
The data contained in this bulletin are also available at
the BLS Internet site (https://www.bls.gov/ocs/#data ).
Data are in three formats: an ASCII file containing the
published table formats; an ASCII file containing
positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base
or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF)
file containing the entire bulletin.
Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and,
with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without
permission. This information will be made available to
sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:
(202) 606-7828; TDD phone: (202) 606-5897; TDD
message referral phone: 1-800-326-2577.
his bulletin provides results of a March 1998 survey of
occupational pay in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA).
Data shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program known as
the National Compensation Survey (NCS).
The survey could not have been conducted without the
cooperation of the many private firms and government
jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this
bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their
cooperation.
Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of
Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of Hal
R. Corley, Assistant Regional Commissioner for
Operations of the Dallas Regional Office. The Office of
Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation
with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of
Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National
Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and
analyzed the survey results.
iii
Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
Wages in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA ............................................................................................
1
2
Tables:
A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries...........................................
A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and
State and local government...........................................................................................................
A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,
all industries .................................................................................................................................
A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations,
full-time workers only, all industries............................................................................................
B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries,
private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers............................
B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries,
private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers............................
C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics,
all industries .................................................................................................................................
C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division,
private industry, all workers .........................................................................................................
C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size,
private industry, all workers .........................................................................................................
C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ...............................................................
6
8
10
11
13
14
15
16
17
Appendix A:
Technical Note .....................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented ...........................................
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors......................................................................................
Appendix table 3. Average work levels...........................................................................................
v
18
22
23
25
Introduction
T
providing broader coverage of occupations and
establishments within the survey area.
Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected
using probability techniques from a list of all those present
in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were
limited to a preselected list of occupations, which
represented a small subset of all occupations in the
economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for
a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach
includes data on broad occupational classifications such as
white-collar workers, major occupational groups such as
sales workers, and individual occupations such as cashiers.
In tables containing work levels within occupational
series, the work levels are derived from generic standards
that apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the
OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined
descriptions that were not comparable across specific
occupations.
Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for
other classifications such as industry group, full-time
versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status,
time versus incentive status, and establishment
employment size. Not all of these series were generated by
the OCS program.
The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were
limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually,
NCS will be expanded to cover those now-excluded
establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian
economy will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture,
private households, and employees of the Federal
Government.
his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan
Statistical Area (CMSA). The CMSA includes Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson,
Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, and Tarrant Counties, TX.
This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are
analyzed in the initial textual section. Tabulations provide
information on earnings of workers in a variety of
occupations and at a wide range of work levels. Also
contained in this bulletin is information on the program, a
technical note describing survey procedures, and several
appendixes with detailed information on occupational
classifications and the generic leveling methodology.
NCS design and products
The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s (BLS) new National
Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data
on the levels and rates of change of occupational wages
and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic
regions, and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS
will be the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of
the change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This
bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These
data are similar to those released under the Occupational
Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been
discontinued.
NCS more extensive than OCS
The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in
previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by
1
Wages in the
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
S
white-collar occupations as $20.09 in private industry and
$19.90 in State and local government.
Blue-collar
occupations showed an average hourly rate of $11.84 in
private industry and $12.74 in State and local government.
Service occupations within private industry averaged $7.81
per hour while those found in State and local government
averaged $12.80.
traight-time wages in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged
$16.30 per hour during March 1998. White-collar
workers had an average wage of $20.05 per hour. Bluecollar workers averaged $11.89 per hour, while service
workers had average earnings of $9.01 per hour. (All
comparisons in this analysis cover hourly rates for both
full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.)
Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational
group, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998
Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry
and State and local government, Dallas-Fort Worth,
TX, March 1998
Dollars per hour
$ 25
Dollars per hour
$
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
White-collar
Whitecollar
Bluecollar
Service
workers
Private industry
Within each of these occupational groups, average
hourly wages for individual occupations varied. For
example, white-collar occupations included registered
nurses at $19.72 per hour, secretaries at $13.44, and
general office clerks at $10.68. Among occupations in the
blue-collar category, truck drivers averaged $13.67 per
hour while stock handlers and baggers averaged $8.35.
Finally, service occupations included janitors and cleaners
at $7.03 per hour and nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants at $7.58 per hour. Table A-1 presents earnings
data for 154 detailed occupations; data for other detailed
occupations surveyed could not be reported separately due
to concerns about the confidentiality of survey respondents
and the reliability of the data.
Survey results show that private industry workers in
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX earned $16.07 per hour, while
surveyed State and local government workers averaged
$17.56. Table A-2 reports the average hourly rate for
Blue-collar
Service
State and local government
Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the
survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time.
Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were
$16.97 per hour, compared with an average of $8.41 per
hour for part-time workers.
Data for specific work levels within major occupational
groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage
estimates for lower levels of work within major
occupational groups are greater than estimates for higher
levels. This can occur due to the mix of specific
occupations (and industries) represented by the broad
group as well as by the variability of the estimate. Some
levels within a group may not be published because no
workers were identified at that level or because there were
not enough data to guarantee confidentiality and reliability.
Work levels for all major groups span several levels,
with professional specialty occupations and executive,
2
all service-producing industries, $20.84 in transportation,
and public utilities, $13.15 in wholesale and retail trade,
and $15.52 in services. Data for other industry divisions
did not meet publication criteria.
Table C-4 reports that a total of 1,243,029 workers
were represented by the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX survey.
White-collar occupations included 723,525 workers, or 58
percent, blue-collar occupations included 323,123 workers,
or 26 percent; and service occupations included 196,381
workers, or 16 percent.
administrative, and managerial occupations typically
starting and ending at higher work levels than the other
groups.
Published data for administrative support
occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level
9. As illustrated in Chart 3, the average hourly rate was
$6.66 for level 1, $9.68 for level 3, $15.37 for level 6, and
$19.95 for level 9.
Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for
administrative support occupations, including clerical,
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, March 1998
Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by
occupational group, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March
1998
Dollars per hour
$ 20
Percent
60
15
50
10
40
30
5
20
0
1
3
6
10
9
Level
0
Whitecollar
Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of
$18.70, as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion
workers averaged $16.09. Time workers, whose wages
were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged
$16.25 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at
least partially based on productivity payments, averaged
$17.11 per hour.
Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry
divisions within private industry. In the private sector,
hourly wages averaged $16.68 in all goods-producing
industries, $34.92 in mining, $13.34 in construction, and
$16.51in manufacturing. Hourly wages averaged $15.82 in
Bluecollar
Service
workers
Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the
number of establishments studied by industry group and
employment size. The relative standard errors of published
mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry,
and State and local government are available in appendix
table 2.
The average work levels for published
occupational groups and selected occupations are presented
in appendix table 3.
3
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ....................................................................... $16.30
All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 16.54
$6.45
6.55
25
Median
50
$8.70 $13.25
8.94 13.50
75
90
$20.57
20.84
$28.96
29.30
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
20.05
21.09
8.34
9.44
11.53
12.45
17.31
18.42
24.90
25.91
33.84
34.39
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
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 ......................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Technical writers ...................................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Purchasing managers ...........................................
Managers., marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
24.06
24.80
27.81
27.78
22.72
26.50
30.38
27.41
27.60
13.17
15.53
19.03
21.13
15.81
19.71
21.19
19.28
20.11
17.00
18.96
22.27
22.88
18.87
22.27
25.15
22.80
23.15
21.82
23.55
27.17
27.17
22.50
27.50
29.57
26.88
26.74
27.98
28.95
31.88
31.61
27.46
30.87
34.90
31.70
31.73
34.15
35.09
37.60
36.66
29.13
33.15
41.09
36.18
36.35
29.14
44.34
47.29
20.19
19.74
24.95
30.29
45.46
27.37
22.25
16.59
22.26
23.62
21.76
20.94
24.65
18.84
18.84
21.53
18.72
25.90
14.94
14.72
35.50
34.88
20.83
20.28
35.38
15.29
15.57
17.10
17.04
26.17
17.04
16.13
7.68
17.50
17.74
17.84
12.68
10.96
11.35
11.35
11.54
11.54
17.31
10.48
11.15
25.81
25.81
23.08
37.64
40.10
16.47
16.98
23.29
22.30
28.76
21.95
18.88
9.10
18.97
19.82
18.83
18.30
16.50
11.54
11.54
14.25
13.75
21.64
11.25
12.66
25.81
25.81
28.70
42.46
46.32
18.84
18.86
25.61
25.15
41.10
24.34
21.94
19.13
21.91
23.12
21.82
20.22
25.77
21.57
21.57
22.16
14.25
28.97
14.65
14.65
33.41
32.85
36.07
51.94
58.00
21.87
21.30
28.50
34.39
54.24
31.18
25.58
21.83
24.98
26.41
24.00
24.36
31.62
23.35
23.35
27.70
22.16
29.50
17.06
16.25
38.94
38.94
38.69
67.85
67.85
26.70
24.78
28.75
52.02
71.56
46.37
29.61
26.39
28.90
30.01
26.85
29.77
34.01
25.52
25.52
29.56
28.00
31.48
23.55
19.01
49.77
47.60
25.14
21.52
20.93
20.10
21.42
14.02
16.10
13.90
12.36
17.31
15.30
16.23
98.11
21.57
14.33
28.41
33.34
24.91
35.49
33.99
30.38
11.89
13.32
9.19
14.00
10.57
8.39
12.00
11.04
7.50
13.77
10.67
12.50
22.83
13.34
9.07
15.15
18.50
18.73
18.23
14.24
22.74
16.59
18.42
11.89
14.89
13.05
11.28
13.89
12.30
9.00
15.04
12.79
13.39
29.04
15.73
10.75
19.23
22.93
21.90
24.04
30.29
25.06
22.94
21.83
14.62
18.48
15.92
14.36
15.67
13.50
12.00
16.80
15.67
15.93
95.76
19.17
13.73
24.55
30.29
23.34
29.88
30.61
30.25
30.06
25.29
21.00
23.42
19.10
16.97
17.84
15.31
16.00
19.44
18.58
17.64
150.20
28.60
16.12
34.29
40.00
26.41
47.54
30.61
33.63
40.35
27.70
43.28
28.10
27.82
18.29
21.10
18.00
18.00
21.00
18.58
21.92
206.06
30.56
23.36
46.24
50.35
36.34
60.09
63.94
41.21
38.06
27.44
20.19
19.58
26.40
21.88
37.11
27.70
46.64
32.90
55.76
36.95
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and managers
(-Continued)
Managers, medicine and health ........................... $35.92 $27.78 $30.00 $36.45
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. 25.22
8.62 18.50 25.52
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. 34.77 19.28 23.68 31.51
Management related occupations ............................ 21.73 13.63 16.05 21.20
Accountants and auditors ..................................... 21.02 13.56 15.59 19.23
Other financial officers .......................................... 27.40 10.45 14.43 19.92
Management analysts .......................................... 23.94 14.96 18.04 22.44
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ 21.79 14.22 16.48 21.54
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .................................................... 17.80 12.44 15.42 15.90
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ 21.38 13.63 16.05 20.07
Sales occupations ............................................................ 13.52
5.85
6.88 10.24
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 18.76 10.00 12.02 16.41
Securities and financial services sales
occupations .................................................... 15.22 12.02 12.02 13.94
Advertising and related sales occupations ........... 25.94 10.40 16.30 20.51
Sales occupations, other business services ......... 13.08
7.00
8.20 10.19
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ................................................. 24.61 13.34 16.19 23.06
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 16.14
( 4)
(4)
(4)
Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.17
5.50
6.07
7.50
Cashiers ...............................................................
7.07
5.42
5.84
6.50
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... 10.98
6.00
7.00 10.27
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... 12.01
7.87
9.26 11.43
Supervisors, general office ................................... 16.63 10.55 12.53 15.06
Supervisors, financial records processing ............ 17.40 12.36 16.35 17.12
Computer operators .............................................. 12.38
9.67 10.96 12.25
Secretaries ........................................................... 13.44
9.11 10.81 12.98
Interviewers ..........................................................
9.99
7.73
9.61 10.45
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 12.27
6.80
8.48 12.13
Receptionists ........................................................
9.65
7.00
7.75
9.75
Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... 10.86
6.70
8.00 11.63
Order clerks .......................................................... 11.97
8.79
9.38 11.54
Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... 12.66
9.46 10.75 12.00
Library clerks ........................................................
9.46
7.21
7.95
9.09
File clerks ............................................................. 10.35
5.50
7.00
9.66
Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... 10.37
7.74
8.62 10.11
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 11.23
8.32
9.18 10.55
Billing clerks .......................................................... 12.04
9.08
9.20
9.56
Telephone operators ............................................
9.63
6.55
7.44
9.47
Mail clerks except postal service ..........................
8.62
7.25
7.55
8.26
Dispatchers ........................................................... 12.17
5.90
8.06 11.12
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 11.12
7.76
8.50 10.30
Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 10.69
6.85
8.30 10.25
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. 11.98
8.60
9.86 10.88
Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. 16.27 10.62 12.17 15.52
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... 12.87
9.18 11.17 12.50
Bill and account collectors .................................... 11.28
9.36 10.50 11.10
General office clerks ............................................. 10.68
7.75
8.98 10.58
Bank tellers ........................................................... 10.72
7.88
8.34 10.16
Data entry keyers .................................................
9.05
6.50
7.50
9.00
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
9.05
6.63
7.75
9.05
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 11.92
8.50 10.16 11.54
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
See footnotes at end of table.
5
11.89
15.27
22.54
16.30
13.94
6.50
9.05
16.95
12.00
9.69
8.07
11.26
18.69
13.67
9.72
11.00
14.58
20.07
15.25
15.09
75
90
$40.29
26.25
41.54
23.51
26.00
36.06
30.34
24.94
$44.56
43.84
52.74
31.03
32.16
50.02
34.67
29.58
21.39
25.45
16.35
22.88
22.85
30.28
24.78
34.48
16.11
35.90
14.72
18.16
54.99
24.98
25.79
(4)
9.27
7.69
13.81
13.95
20.84
19.23
14.41
15.88
10.67
14.89
12.10
12.83
13.91
15.75
10.60
14.76
12.20
12.18
17.30
10.25
9.79
13.40
12.62
11.70
37.66
(4)
13.63
9.34
17.50
16.99
22.47
25.74
15.87
17.65
11.44
18.91
12.26
14.41
16.22
18.45
12.75
14.76
13.66
15.88
17.30
15.06
9.79
19.55
19.41
17.51
15.03
19.23
14.34
12.02
12.02
12.74
9.50
10.20
13.24
17.14
24.04
16.09
13.14
14.06
13.94
13.13
12.66
15.33
14.58
18.90
25.61
17.76
16.15
19.56
22.21
27.91
19.62
16.72
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... $19.81 $15.88 $16.10 $22.20
Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 14.77 11.50 13.27 14.22
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment ....................................... 20.29 15.09 19.78 21.64
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ...................................................... 15.42 12.10 13.00 15.07
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... 15.44
9.60 11.96 14.19
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. 18.43 13.23 17.18 17.37
Carpenters ............................................................ 11.74
8.77
8.90 10.50
Electricians ........................................................... 19.12 12.87 13.07 18.93
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. 16.49 13.89 13.89 16.75
Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. 12.99
8.49 10.99 13.36
Supervisors, production occupations .................... 17.74 11.58 15.70 16.96
Precision assemblers, metal ................................. 16.68
8.77 12.14 18.96
Sheet metal workers ............................................. 14.72 10.59 12.00 15.59
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
9.97
7.56
8.12
9.49
Butchers and meat cutters .................................... 13.65 10.90 13.54 14.48
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 13.38 10.08 11.30 13.26
Stationary engineers ............................................. 13.20
8.23 10.35 14.08
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 10.68
5.86
7.48 10.18
Numerical control machine operators ................... 16.86
9.32 16.15 17.82
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ 10.13
7.01
7.90
9.13
Printing press operators ....................................... 14.12
9.01 10.02 12.94
4
4
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
6.69
( )
( )
(4)
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
9.54
7.66
8.22
9.00
Extruding and forming machine operators ............ 10.35
6.19
7.16 10.22
Slicing and cutting machine operators .................. 10.44
5.25
6.00 11.45
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... 10.40
5.15
8.04 10.65
Welders and cutters .............................................. 12.01
9.27 10.39 12.06
Assemblers ........................................................... 11.07
6.60
7.25
9.74
Hand cutting and trimming occupations ...............
6.64
5.15
5.15
6.33
4
4
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
8.74
( )
( )
(4)
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 10.81
6.70
8.35 11.25
Production testers ................................................. 11.35
7.70
8.91
9.66
Transportation and material moving occupations ............. 13.22
7.86
9.88 13.10
Truck drivers ......................................................... 13.67
8.41 10.74 13.97
Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.24
7.79
8.91 11.14
Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. 16.90 12.81 14.66 14.66
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 10.67
6.88
8.42 10.70
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................ 16.73 10.48 12.53 20.35
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
8.94
5.87
6.82
8.25
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
7.86
5.15
6.00
7.00
Construction laborers ...........................................
7.36
6.19
6.56
7.00
Production helpers ................................................
8.32
5.25
6.50
7.04
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
8.35
5.25
6.00
8.00
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... 10.92
7.08
8.25
8.75
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
9.67
6.75
8.01
8.60
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
8.83
5.60
7.00
8.80
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
8.18
5.85
6.76
7.29
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention
occupations ....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Food service occupations .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
75
90
$22.23
15.17
$23.16
18.25
21.64
22.33
16.13
22.21
18.93
12.99
23.55
19.60
15.95
20.30
19.47
18.65
11.09
14.48
15.29
16.96
12.96
18.42
11.82
18.51
(4)
11.61
13.99
13.30
12.96
13.80
13.21
7.28
(4)
12.35
13.81
15.81
15.81
12.37
19.95
12.40
22.85
22.22
20.01
17.42
25.88
19.60
16.28
22.90
23.51
18.65
12.81
14.48
17.18
17.25
15.73
22.66
14.48
19.37
(4)
12.59
14.63
15.40
14.29
14.43
20.57
10.90
(4)
14.05
16.40
20.35
19.15
15.10
25.24
14.65
20.35
10.19
8.92
7.99
10.75
10.40
13.02
10.62
11.00
8.90
20.35
12.68
11.83
9.05
11.53
11.99
18.83
13.45
11.81
12.00
9.01
12.11
5.15
6.18
5.53
7.03
7.11
10.42
10.03
16.15
15.32
20.34
17.63
23.35
18.23
14.08
18.84
10.96
7.69
6.75
14.51
19.96
10.87
11.19
15.26
9.85
5.57
2.36
14.77
20.43
10.87
12.63
17.43
10.21
6.45
5.15
17.27
23.94
13.35
14.18
18.58
10.63
7.03
6.00
19.50
24.73
19.43
15.16
20.52
11.37
8.15
8.00
21.12
27.51
40.02
16.29
21.96
13.00
10.42
11.50
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
Service occupations (-Continued)
Food service occupations (-Continued)
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations .................................................... $11.28
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
3.67
Cooks ...................................................................
7.95
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
5.63
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
7.13
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
7.41
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
6.04
Health service occupations .......................................
7.79
Health aides, except nursing ................................
8.42
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
7.58
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
7.32
Maids and housemen ...........................................
5.99
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
7.03
Personal service occupations ................................... 13.28
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
8.17
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid
to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th,
25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the
earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of
the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown,
and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or
less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn
the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a
part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week
schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a
40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
$7.30
2.13
5.41
( 4)
5.45
5.15
5.15
5.50
6.18
5.50
5.15
( 4)
5.15
5.15
5.50
25
Median
50
$8.85 $10.96
2.13
2.16
6.00
7.11
(4)
(4)
6.18
6.85
5.15
5.75
5.24
5.65
6.25
7.50
7.47
8.07
6.01
7.15
5.25
6.36
(4)
(4)
5.25
6.28
5.39
7.16
6.50
7.88
75
90
$12.98
3.70
8.72
(4)
7.65
9.56
6.25
8.70
9.63
8.35
8.67
(4)
8.35
11.09
9.84
$14.86
8.12
10.78
(4)
8.99
12.50
7.35
10.41
10.41
10.30
10.93
(4)
9.96
38.06
11.09
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
4
The positional statistics for this occupation were
suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In
this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this
occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the
10th percentile to go below the minimum wage.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected.
This
procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote
level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean
wages for the occupation.
7
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $16.07
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 16.34
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
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 ....................................
Geologists and geodesists .................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Pharmacists ........................................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .......
Teachers, except college and university
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ......
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Vocational and educational
counselors ....................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Librarians ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Economists .........................................
Psychologists ......................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Technical writers .................................
Designers ...........................................
Editors and reporters ..........................
Technical occupations ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiological technicians .....................
Licensed practical nurses ...................
Health technologists and technicians,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...
Drafters ...............................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............
Computer programmers .....................
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
State and local government
$6.15
6.30
25
Median
50
$8.32 $12.86
8.50 13.10
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
10
$20.34
20.51
$29.30
29.67
$17.56
17.58
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.65 $10.95 $16.11 $22.36 $28.16
8.66 10.95 16.12 22.38 28.16
20.09
21.37
8.00
9.36
11.33
12.36
16.80
18.09
25.00
26.21
34.67
36.07
19.90
19.93
9.56
9.58
12.66
12.66
19.18
19.21
24.60
24.61
30.61
30.61
24.64
25.37
27.87
27.78
22.72
26.50
30.48
27.52
12.98
14.80
18.96
21.13
15.81
19.71
21.42
19.77
16.60
19.00
22.27
22.88
18.87
22.27
25.44
23.01
22.00
24.38
27.29
27.17
22.50
27.50
29.65
27.00
28.85
30.06
32.00
31.61
27.46
30.87
35.09
31.74
35.89
36.53
37.84
36.66
29.13
33.15
41.21
36.30
22.51
23.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.35
16.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.03
18.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.61
22.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.60
26.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.67
31.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.74
20.11
23.35
26.94
31.82
36.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.14
45.86
47.29
20.34
19.81
24.89
26.58
23.84
13.94
–
–
24.75
–
15.91
20.83
30.45
35.38
15.40
15.62
17.10
21.00
14.10
7.82
–
–
15.93
–
8.27
23.08
39.42
40.10
16.67
17.00
23.16
22.31
22.43
9.10
–
–
18.59
–
10.82
28.70
43.62
46.32
18.84
18.85
25.61
24.82
23.22
11.21
–
–
24.19
–
15.94
36.07
52.53
58.00
21.87
21.33
28.50
26.58
25.00
16.35
–
–
30.20
–
18.40
38.69
67.85
67.85
26.86
25.06
28.75
34.39
29.17
25.00
–
–
33.40
–
26.00
–
–
–
19.07
19.06
–
31.62
28.02
23.02
21.94
22.69
23.57
21.76
22.32
–
–
–
14.35
15.34
–
16.11
17.04
17.84
18.04
18.07
17.85
17.84
18.00
–
–
–
15.90
16.98
–
21.21
21.95
19.39
19.82
19.29
19.82
18.83
18.53
–
–
–
18.66
18.94
–
26.86
24.34
22.38
20.90
22.13
23.02
21.82
21.31
–
–
–
21.84
21.27
–
38.46
31.18
25.88
24.18
25.21
26.32
24.00
25.78
–
–
–
24.84
22.45
–
53.67
46.90
29.93
27.42
29.10
29.65
26.85
30.38
13.40
–
–
19.05
18.72
–
15.83
–
34.87
34.87
10.10
–
–
11.54
11.54
–
7.50
–
25.81
25.81
10.34
–
–
13.75
13.75
–
10.48
–
27.37
27.37
10.96
–
–
20.63
14.25
–
14.94
–
32.35
32.35
11.59
–
–
23.21
22.16
–
22.00
–
40.38
40.38
25.00
–
–
27.58
28.00
–
23.55
–
47.60
47.60
27.61
22.04
22.04
25.75
–
27.22
13.99
14.08
37.29
–
16.50
14.03
14.03
18.45
–
21.64
10.75
10.75
21.25
–
25.11
21.19
21.19
21.64
–
23.18
12.34
12.53
22.43
–
28.53
22.82
22.82
28.97
–
28.97
14.65
14.65
35.61
–
32.63
23.35
23.35
29.50
–
29.56
15.47
15.47
35.61
–
34.99
28.01
28.01
30.36
–
31.48
18.09
18.09
51.44
–
25.15
21.52
20.93
20.10
22.55
12.09
13.32
9.19
14.00
10.72
16.64
18.42
11.89
14.89
13.37
22.94
21.83
14.62
18.48
16.12
29.96
25.29
21.00
23.42
19.79
40.35
27.70
43.28
28.10
28.85
–
–
–
–
14.27
–
–
–
–
9.73
–
–
–
–
11.74
–
–
–
–
13.89
–
–
–
–
16.12
–
–
–
–
18.58
14.06
16.51
14.21
8.39
7.47
11.63
10.76
13.95
12.61
14.36
15.94
13.85
17.06
19.80
15.48
18.83
22.88
18.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.35
17.24
16.23
98.11
21.57
7.50
13.85
12.50
22.83
13.34
8.30
15.04
13.39
29.04
15.73
11.94
16.83
15.93
95.76
19.07
16.00
19.36
17.64
150.20
28.60
18.00
20.67
21.92
206.06
30.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.31
8.57
10.57
12.59
16.35
23.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.91
15.38
19.28
24.55
35.93
47.54
24.92
14.14
18.73
24.05
30.99
35.74
34.34
18.50
23.05
31.00
41.94
52.40
27.69
18.73
22.21
27.70
34.23
36.34
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
Private industry
State and local government
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations (-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and
managers (-Continued)
Administrators and officials, public
administration ...............................
–
–
–
–
Financial managers ............................ $35.70 $18.00 $24.04 $26.67
Purchasing managers ......................... 30.38 22.74 25.06 30.25
Managers., marketing, advertising
and public relations ....................... 38.16 20.19 26.40 37.55
Administrators, education and related
fields ............................................. 24.18 12.44 20.77 21.63
Managers, medicine and health ......... 35.87 27.78 30.00 38.98
Managers, service organizations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
–
–
–
–
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
34.93 19.23 23.68 31.73
Management related occupations .......... 22.02 13.63 16.49 21.20
Accountants and auditors ................... 21.04 13.46 15.59 19.52
Other financial officers ........................ 28.00 10.07 15.18 20.19
Management analysts ........................ 24.33 14.96 18.04 23.45
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 22.56 16.06 16.80 22.20
Inspectors and compliance officers,
except construction ....................... 19.22 14.66 15.90 20.70
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 21.37 13.63 15.63 19.71
Sales occupations .......................................... 13.53
5.85
6.88 10.24
Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 18.76 10.00 12.02 16.41
Securities and financial services sales
occupations .................................. 15.22 12.02 12.02 13.94
Advertising and related sales
occupations .................................. 25.94 10.40 16.30 20.51
Sales occupations, other business
services ........................................ 13.08
7.00
8.20 10.19
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 24.61 13.34 16.19 23.06
Sales workers, motor vehicles and
boats ............................................. 16.14
( 4)
(4)
(4)
Sales workers, other commodities ...... 10.17
5.50
6.07
7.50
Cashiers .............................................
7.02
5.41
5.80
6.50
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 10.98
6.00
7.00 10.27
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ...................................................... 12.21
7.87
9.40 11.54
Supervisors, general office ................. 16.77 10.55 12.94 15.04
Supervisors, financial records
processing .................................... 17.40 12.36 16.35 17.12
Computer operators ............................ 12.39
9.40 11.06 12.25
Secretaries ......................................... 13.91
9.40 11.30 13.80
Interviewers ........................................ 10.52
9.48
9.61 10.67
Transportation ticket and reservation
agents ........................................... 12.27
6.80
8.48 12.13
Receptionists ......................................
9.72
7.32
8.00
9.75
Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 10.87
6.70
7.00 12.02
Order clerks ........................................ 11.97
8.79
9.38 11.54
Personnel clerks except payroll &
timekeeping .................................. 12.41
9.76 10.75 12.00
Library clerks ......................................
–
–
–
–
Records clerks, N.E.C. .......................
9.94
7.34
8.38
9.01
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................ 11.28
8.00
9.00 10.51
Billing clerks ........................................ 12.43
9.08
9.21
9.56
Telephone operators ..........................
9.72
6.55
7.80
9.47
Mail clerks except postal service ........
8.62
7.25
7.55
8.26
Dispatchers ......................................... 12.58
5.50
8.00 10.22
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
75
90
–
$47.69
33.63
–
$60.09
41.21
46.64
55.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.71
40.29
37.14
46.24
29.09
–
21.88
–
23.57
–
28.16
–
34.65
–
36.95
–
–
41.54
23.67
26.00
37.00
30.80
–
52.88
31.25
32.16
55.18
35.66
19.88
29.12
18.97
–
–
–
8.62
19.71
12.27
–
–
–
8.62
23.16
14.43
–
–
–
21.71
26.07
16.16
–
–
–
25.96
31.93
22.46
–
–
–
31.20
49.50
30.21
–
–
–
24.94
31.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.39
24.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.94
16.41
22.88
30.00
24.78
34.48
21.45
–
–
15.34
–
–
16.16
–
–
20.90
–
–
26.95
–
–
30.28
–
–
16.11
18.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.90
54.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.72
24.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.79
37.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
(4)
(4)
9.27
7.51
13.81
13.63
9.20
17.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.33
21.07
17.30
22.74
10.91
–
7.85
–
9.06
–
10.65
–
12.33
–
14.67
–
19.23
13.52
16.35
10.67
25.74
15.87
18.27
11.62
–
–
12.12
–
–
–
8.34
–
–
–
10.41
–
–
–
11.50
–
–
–
13.56
–
–
–
16.19
–
14.89
12.10
12.84
13.91
18.91
12.26
14.66
16.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.30
–
11.66
17.86
–
14.19
–
10.13
11.12
–
6.71
8.70
–
8.41
9.33
–
9.18
10.92
–
11.66
12.56
–
14.89
13.66
13.11
17.30
10.25
9.79
13.81
16.33
17.30
15.06
9.79
23.84
10.96
–
–
–
11.36
8.91
–
–
–
8.08
9.46
–
–
–
9.72
11.23
–
–
–
12.19
12.13
–
–
–
13.40
12.16
–
–
–
13.40
$24.91 $18.73 $21.90 $23.34 $26.41 $36.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks $11.15
Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.65
Material recording, scheduling, and
distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 11.98
Insurance adjusters, examiners, &
investigators ................................. 16.22
Investigators and adjusters except
insurance ...................................... 13.18
Bill and account collectors .................. 11.38
General office clerks ........................... 10.95
Bank tellers ......................................... 10.72
Data entry keyers ...............................
8.99
Teachers’ aides ..................................
–
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 12.03
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
Automobile mechanics .......................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine
mechanics ....................................
Aircraft engine mechanics ..................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Electronic repairers, communications
and industrial equipment ..............
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Precision assemblers, metal ...............
Sheet metal workers ...........................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Numerical control machine operators
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Printing press operators .....................
Textile sewing machine operators ......
Packaging and filling machine
operators ......................................
Extruding and forming machine
operators ......................................
Slicing and cutting machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Welders and cutters ............................
Assemblers .........................................
Hand cutting and trimming
occupations ..................................
Miscellaneous hand working
occupations, N.E.C. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and
examiners .....................................
Production testers ...............................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ..............................................
State and local government
$7.76
6.85
25
Median
50
$8.60 $10.30
7.84 10.25
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$12.62
11.62
$19.41
17.51
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.60
9.86
10.88
15.03
17.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.15
11.73
15.13
19.25
24.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.48
9.45
7.75
7.88
6.50
–
11.33
10.50
9.26
8.34
7.50
–
13.17
11.10
11.00
10.16
9.00
–
14.43
12.02
12.74
12.74
9.50
–
16.56
13.46
14.24
13.94
13.13
–
–
–
$9.44
–
–
9.09
–
–
$6.93
–
–
6.78
–
–
$8.58
–
–
7.75
8.50
10.38
11.85
13.96
15.33
10.07
9.09
9.50
10.04
10.40
11.49
11.84
6.50
8.00
10.83
14.50
19.85
12.74
8.57
10.20
12.47
15.10
17.18
15.42
24.10
16.28
8.90
16.95
12.00
11.20
19.81
13.64
14.67
20.19
15.25
19.00
25.61
18.00
22.22
30.17
19.62
14.14
–
–
9.82
–
–
12.09
–
–
13.99
–
–
16.72
–
–
17.76
–
–
14.40
19.81
14.96
9.55
15.88
11.50
13.90
16.10
13.31
15.09
22.20
14.51
16.09
22.23
15.45
18.23
23.16
21.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.34
17.08
11.20
–
17.78
16.68
14.72
15.15
9.38
8.58
–
11.58
8.77
10.59
19.78
12.26
8.90
–
15.70
12.14
12.00
21.64
16.67
9.66
–
16.96
18.96
15.59
21.64
22.21
11.80
–
20.53
19.47
18.65
22.33
22.24
15.00
–
22.92
23.51
18.65
–
12.69
–
12.13
–
–
–
–
10.20
–
10.99
–
–
–
–
12.47
–
11.53
–
–
–
–
14.40
–
13.78
–
–
–
–
15.65
–
16.28
–
–
–
9.97
13.65
12.64
7.56
10.90
9.84
8.12
13.54
10.82
9.49
14.48
12.25
11.09
14.48
14.40
12.81
14.48
15.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.68
16.86
5.86
9.32
7.48
16.15
10.18
17.82
12.96
18.42
15.73
22.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.13
14.12
6.69
7.01
9.01
( 4)
7.90
10.02
(4)
9.13
12.94
(4)
11.82
18.51
(4)
14.48
19.37
(4)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.54
7.66
8.22
9.00
11.61
12.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.35
10.44
6.19
5.25
7.16
6.00
10.22
11.45
13.99
13.30
14.63
15.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.40
12.01
11.07
5.15
9.27
6.60
8.04
10.39
7.25
10.65
12.06
9.74
12.96
13.80
13.21
14.29
14.43
20.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.64
5.15
5.15
6.33
7.28
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.74
( 4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.81
11.35
6.70
7.70
8.35
8.91
11.25
9.66
12.35
13.81
14.05
16.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.41
7.79
9.88
13.10
15.81
20.35
11.47
10.00
11.37
12.89
14.84
See footnotes at end of table.
10
–
–
–
–
9.60
–
8.49
–
–
–
8.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.44 $10.37 $11.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.05 10.20 12.66
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Transportation and material moving
occupations (-Continued)
Truck drivers ....................................... $14.00
Bus drivers ..........................................
–
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ...................................... 10.60
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
8.90
Groundskeepers and gardeners
except farm ...................................
7.62
Construction laborers .........................
7.29
Production helpers ..............................
8.32
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
8.35
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 11.00
Vehicle washers and equipment
cleaners ........................................
9.67
Hand packers and packagers .............
8.83
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
8.06
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Supervisors, firefighters and fire
prevention occupations .................
Supervisors, police and detectives .....
Firefighting occupations ......................
Police and detectives, public service ..
Correctional institution officers ...........
Guards and police except public
service ..........................................
Food service occupations .......................
Supervisors, food preparation and
service occupations ......................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related
occupations ..................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ......
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..........
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
Health aides, except nursing ..............
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
Cleaning and building service
occupations ......................................
Maids and housemen .........................
Janitors and cleaners .........................
Personal service occupations .................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..
State and local government
25
Median
50
$8.41 $11.90 $14.12
–
–
–
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
90
$15.81
–
$19.92
–
$10.16
12.20
$7.43
9.16
–
–
–
7.52
8.48
9.05
75
90
$8.62 $10.78 $11.69 $12.09
10.25 12.37 15.10 15.10
6.88
8.40
10.70
12.45
14.65
–
5.85
6.76
8.25
10.08
12.67
10.10
5.15
6.19
5.25
5.25
6.00
6.56
6.50
6.00
6.86
7.00
7.04
8.00
8.11
7.93
10.75
10.40
10.98
8.50
11.53
11.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.67
8.25
8.76
13.32
18.84
–
–
6.75
5.60
5.85
8.01
7.00
6.76
8.60
8.80
7.29
10.62
11.00
8.50
13.45
11.81
11.40
–
–
–
7.81
8.26
5.08
5.57
5.32
6.46
6.46
7.25
7.87
8.43
10.87
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.66
6.52
5.57
2.13
6.45
5.15
7.00
5.76
11.14
3.67
7.80
7.30
2.13
5.27
8.46
2.13
5.75
5.46
7.17
7.41
5.66
7.55
8.15
( 4)
5.75
5.15
5.15
5.50
6.00
7.39
6.48
5.99
6.43
14.12
6.45
Median
50
75
–
–
12.13
14.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.80
16.15
7.00
10.32
9.00
12.63
11.37
15.81
16.11
19.50
20.11
21.58
–
–
–
–
–
17.63
23.35
14.08
18.84
10.96
14.51
19.96
11.19
15.26
9.85
14.77
20.43
12.63
17.43
10.21
17.27
23.94
14.18
18.58
10.63
19.50
24.73
15.16
20.52
11.37
21.12
27.51
16.29
21.96
13.00
8.09
7.59
10.42
11.46
–
8.29
–
5.76
–
6.69
–
8.00
–
9.57
–
11.66
9.62
2.16
7.00
12.98
3.70
7.90
14.86
8.12
12.11
–
–
8.57
–
–
6.29
–
–
7.80
–
–
8.72
–
–
9.24
–
–
10.74
(4)
6.33
5.15
5.15
6.08
7.45
(4)
6.87
5.75
5.63
7.33
8.00
(4)
7.64
9.56
6.00
8.33
8.95
(4)
8.99
12.50
6.55
9.75
10.16
–
6.99
–
7.59
10.09
9.25
–
(4)
–
5.92
6.69
6.69
–
(4)
–
6.25
8.18
7.54
–
(4)
–
7.35
10.11
8.63
–
(4)
–
8.00
10.41
10.41
–
(4)
–
9.57
14.00
10.61
5.50
6.00
7.11
8.00
9.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
( 4)
( 4)
( 4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
5.15
5.39
5.15
5.75
6.75
6.50
14.50
7.00
39.44
7.16
6.69
–
6.66
8.12
8.57
7.88
–
7.52
8.12
8.61
9.89
–
9.40
9.29
9.69
11.70
–
9.90
10.30
11.01
13.96
–
11.43
11.17
11.19
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive
the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than
the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as
working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be
considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
10.09
–
9.07
9.60
9.76
all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine
major occupational groups.
4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were
below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages
for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to
go below the minimum wage.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
11
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
March 1998
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $16.97
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 17.12
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
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 ....................................
Geologists and geodesists .................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Pharmacists ........................................
Teachers, college and university ............
Medical science teachers ...................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .......
Teachers, except college and university
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ......
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Vocational and educational
counselors ....................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Librarians ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Economists .........................................
Psychologists ......................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Lawyers and judges ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Designers ...........................................
Editors and reporters ..........................
Technical occupations ................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiological technicians .....................
Licensed practical nurses ...................
Health technologists and technicians,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. .........
Drafters ...............................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............
Computer programmers .....................
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Part-time
$6.94
7.00
25
Median
50
$9.40 $14.00
9.54 14.12
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$21.20
21.20
$29.74
29.86
10
25
Median
50
$8.41
8.72
$5.15
5.08
$5.47
5.40
$6.83
7.00
$8.91 $15.59
9.19 15.81
75
90
20.62
21.36
9.00
9.72
12.02
12.70
17.89
18.61
25.43
26.07
34.23
34.72
10.38
13.32
5.50
6.50
6.16
8.00
8.01
10.00
11.44
17.87
19.00
21.90
24.24
24.97
27.79
27.78
22.72
26.50
30.36
27.38
13.34
15.81
19.01
21.13
15.81
19.71
21.04
19.27
17.13
19.17
22.27
22.88
18.87
22.27
25.06
22.79
22.00
23.65
27.17
27.17
22.50
27.50
29.30
26.81
28.10
29.02
31.80
31.61
27.46
30.87
35.09
31.65
34.26
35.23
37.74
36.66
29.13
33.15
41.29
36.07
19.00
20.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.53
10.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.13
15.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.87
18.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.00
22.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.96
29.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.57
20.11
23.13
26.73
31.67
36.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.14
44.34
47.29
19.96
19.66
24.96
31.32
45.46
29.22
22.36
16.60
22.32
23.63
21.76
21.84
20.83
20.28
35.38
15.17
15.43
17.10
17.64
26.17
18.15
16.49
7.68
17.54
17.76
17.84
15.30
23.08
37.64
40.10
16.41
16.67
23.94
22.92
28.76
23.84
18.97
9.10
19.04
19.82
18.83
18.47
28.70
42.46
46.32
18.84
18.88
25.61
26.11
41.10
24.34
22.01
19.13
21.94
23.12
21.82
21.25
36.07
51.94
58.00
21.87
21.33
28.50
35.78
54.24
32.60
25.60
21.83
25.05
26.47
24.00
25.14
38.69
67.85
67.85
26.70
25.22
28.75
52.02
71.56
47.81
29.62
26.39
28.90
30.01
26.85
30.38
–
–
–
21.87
20.36
–
19.22
–
19.37
12.47
–
–
–
–
13.22
–
–
–
16.00
17.45
–
8.10
–
8.10
7.49
–
–
–
–
7.75
–
–
–
17.87
17.87
–
15.02
–
15.02
8.00
–
–
–
–
8.52
–
–
–
19.00
18.66
–
17.84
–
17.04
8.78
–
–
–
–
13.82
–
–
–
21.84
21.00
–
28.96
–
28.96
16.01
–
–
–
–
16.10
–
–
–
25.73
23.00
–
28.96
–
28.96
18.00
–
–
–
–
18.00
24.59
19.54
19.54
21.53
18.72
25.90
15.06
14.90
35.50
34.88
10.96
11.54
11.54
11.54
11.54
17.31
10.37
11.15
25.81
25.81
16.50
11.54
11.54
14.25
13.75
21.64
11.29
12.98
25.81
25.81
25.77
22.23
22.23
22.16
14.25
28.97
14.65
14.65
33.41
32.85
31.77
23.35
23.35
27.70
22.16
29.50
17.06
16.25
38.94
38.94
34.24
25.52
25.52
29.56
28.00
31.48
23.55
19.03
49.77
47.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.64
21.97
20.10
21.64
11.89
10.22
14.00
10.67
16.67
12.29
14.89
13.05
23.49
13.52
18.48
15.92
30.59
26.55
23.42
19.20
40.35
46.17
28.10
28.11
–
–
–
15.25
–
–
–
8.39
–
–
–
12.50
–
–
–
16.00
–
–
–
18.00
–
–
–
21.00
14.32
16.10
13.34
8.41
12.00
10.77
12.20
13.89
12.19
14.38
15.67
13.37
17.00
17.84
14.67
18.51
21.10
16.00
–
–
17.06
–
–
12.50
–
–
14.67
–
–
16.63
–
–
21.00
–
–
21.00
12.20
17.31
15.30
16.23
98.11
21.57
7.50
13.77
10.67
12.50
22.83
13.34
8.71
15.04
12.79
13.39
29.04
15.73
11.78
16.80
15.67
15.93
95.76
19.17
15.48
19.44
18.58
17.64
150.20
28.60
18.03
21.00
18.58
21.92
206.06
30.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.20
8.97
10.75
13.73
16.12
22.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.46
15.18
19.23
24.55
34.38
46.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations (-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and
managers .......................................... $33.37 $18.50 $22.93 $30.34
Administrators and officials, public
administration ............................... 24.91 18.73 21.90 23.34
Financial managers ............................ 35.49 18.23 24.04 29.88
Personnel and labor relations
managers ...................................... 33.99 14.24 30.29 30.61
Purchasing managers ......................... 30.38 22.74 25.06 30.25
Managers., marketing, advertising
and public relations ....................... 38.44 24.55 26.40 37.63
Administrators, education and related
fields ............................................. 27.44 19.58 21.88 27.70
Managers, medicine and health ......... 35.92 27.78 30.00 36.45
Managers, service organizations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 25.22
8.62 18.50 25.52
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
34.77 19.28 23.68 31.51
Management related occupations .......... 21.77 13.63 16.07 21.20
Accountants and auditors ................... 21.00 13.46 15.59 19.23
Other financial officers ........................ 27.40 10.45 14.43 19.92
Management analysts ........................ 23.94 14.96 18.04 22.44
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 21.79 14.22 16.48 21.54
Inspectors and compliance officers,
except construction ....................... 17.80 12.44 15.42 15.90
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 21.56 14.13 16.08 20.13
Sales occupations .......................................... 15.02
6.23
7.98 12.02
Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 18.83
9.97 12.02 16.41
Securities and financial services sales
occupations .................................. 15.22 12.02 12.02 13.94
Advertising and related sales
occupations .................................. 26.85 15.13 16.41 20.51
Sales occupations, other business
services ........................................ 15.04
8.00
9.15 12.43
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 24.61 13.34 16.19 23.06
Sales workers, motor vehicles and
boats ............................................. 16.14
( 4)
(4)
(4)
Sales workers, other commodities ...... 11.91
6.00
6.75
8.50
Cashiers .............................................
7.58
5.84
6.00
6.99
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 11.36
6.33
7.25 10.96
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ...................................................... 12.22
8.00
9.51 11.55
Supervisors, general office ................. 16.63 10.55 12.53 15.06
Supervisors, financial records
processing .................................... 17.40 12.36 16.35 17.12
Computer operators ............................ 12.38
9.67 10.96 12.25
Secretaries ......................................... 13.50
9.11 10.82 13.01
Interviewers ........................................
9.99
7.73
9.61 10.45
Transportation ticket and reservation
agents ........................................... 12.47
6.80
8.53 12.50
Receptionists ...................................... 10.02
7.60
8.52 10.00
Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 11.39
6.70
8.97 12.50
Order clerks ........................................ 12.12
8.79
9.50 11.69
Personnel clerks except payroll &
timekeeping .................................. 12.70
9.46 10.75 11.83
Library clerks ......................................
9.64
7.21
7.95
9.18
Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 10.39
7.60
8.62 10.26
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................ 11.32
8.37
9.36 10.73
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.34
60.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.61
33.63
63.94
41.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
46.64
55.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.90
40.29
36.95
44.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.25
41.54
23.56
26.00
36.06
30.34
43.84
52.74
31.15
32.16
50.02
34.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.94
29.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.39
22.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.69
18.21
22.88
30.28
28.61
34.48
–
$7.09
–
–
$5.27
–
–
$5.68
–
–
$6.35
–
–
$8.00
–
–
$9.24
–
16.11
18.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.90
54.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.31
28.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.79
37.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
(4)
(4)
9.42
8.13
13.81
18.39
11.07
17.50
–
7.66
6.41
–
–
5.50
5.15
–
–
6.00
5.49
–
–
6.33
5.99
–
–
7.60
6.88
–
–
11.67
8.23
–
14.07
20.84
17.12
22.47
8.47
–
6.25
–
7.00
–
8.06
–
9.25
–
11.00
–
19.23
14.41
15.92
10.67
25.74
15.87
17.78
11.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.22
12.14
13.07
13.91
18.94
12.26
14.57
16.22
–
7.50
–
–
–
6.50
–
–
–
6.50
–
–
–
8.00
–
–
–
8.00
–
–
–
8.00
–
–
17.86
10.60
12.20
18.45
14.89
13.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.19
15.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
75
90
$40.00
$50.35
26.41
47.54
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.08
6.55
5.90
7.79
6.85
$9.20
7.44
8.06
9.16
8.67
$9.56
9.50
11.12
11.00
10.32
$17.30
10.25
13.40
13.48
11.70
$17.30
15.06
19.55
19.61
17.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.60
10.45
10.88
15.03
17.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.62
12.17
15.52
19.23
24.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.10
9.36
7.94
7.78
6.50
6.78
11.17
10.50
9.44
8.46
7.50
7.75
12.50
11.10
11.00
10.85
9.00
9.16
14.13
12.02
12.37
12.74
9.74
10.33
16.25
13.14
14.18
13.94
13.13
12.66
–
–
$7.80
–
–
–
–
–
$5.90
–
–
–
–
–
$5.96
–
–
–
–
–
$8.01
–
–
–
–
–
$8.98
–
–
–
–
–
$9.50
–
–
–
8.50
10.30
11.68
13.96
15.33
11.22
10.00
10.00
10.87
12.00
13.77
12.18
6.75
8.28
11.37
14.84
19.98
8.31
5.22
5.72
7.08
9.35
14.55
15.28
22.54
16.30
9.04
16.95
12.00
11.23
18.69
13.67
14.62
20.07
15.25
18.93
25.61
17.76
22.21
27.91
19.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.94
19.81
14.77
9.69
15.88
11.50
9.72
16.10
13.27
15.09
22.20
14.22
16.15
22.23
15.17
16.72
23.16
18.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.29
15.09
19.78
21.64
21.64
22.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.42
15.44
12.10
9.60
13.00
11.96
15.07
14.19
16.13
22.21
22.85
22.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.43
11.74
19.12
16.49
12.99
17.74
16.68
14.72
13.23
8.77
12.87
13.89
8.49
11.58
8.77
10.59
17.18
8.90
13.07
13.89
10.99
15.70
12.14
12.00
17.37
10.50
18.93
16.75
13.36
16.96
18.96
15.59
18.93
12.99
23.55
19.60
15.95
20.30
19.47
18.65
20.01
17.42
25.88
19.60
16.28
22.90
23.51
18.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.97
13.65
13.38
13.20
7.56
10.90
10.08
8.23
8.12
13.54
11.30
10.35
9.49
14.48
13.26
14.08
11.09
14.48
15.29
16.96
12.81
14.48
17.18
17.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.71
16.86
6.00
9.32
7.50
16.15
10.23
17.82
12.96
18.42
15.76
22.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.13
14.12
6.69
7.01
9.01
( 4)
7.90
10.02
(4)
9.13
12.94
(4)
11.82
18.51
(4)
14.48
19.37
(4)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.54
7.66
8.22
9.00
11.61
12.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.35
10.44
6.19
5.25
7.16
6.00
10.22
11.45
13.99
13.30
14.63
15.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Billing clerks ........................................ $12.04
Telephone operators ..........................
9.72
Dispatchers ......................................... 12.17
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
11.57
Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.84
Material recording, scheduling, and
distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 12.15
Insurance adjusters, examiners, &
investigators ................................. 16.27
Investigators and adjusters except
insurance ...................................... 12.84
Bill and account collectors .................. 11.28
General office clerks ........................... 11.00
Bank tellers ......................................... 11.01
Data entry keyers ...............................
9.10
Teachers’ aides ..................................
9.12
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 11.98
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
Automobile mechanics .......................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine
mechanics ....................................
Aircraft engine mechanics ..................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Electronic repairers, communications
and industrial equipment ..............
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics ................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........
Supervisors, construction trades,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Electricians .........................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters
Construction trades, N.E.C. ................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Precision assemblers, metal ...............
Sheet metal workers ...........................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...................................
Butchers and meat cutters ..................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .........
Stationary engineers ...........................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Numerical control machine operators
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Printing press operators .....................
Textile sewing machine operators ......
Packaging and filling machine
operators ......................................
Extruding and forming machine
operators ......................................
Slicing and cutting machine operators
Part-time
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors (-Continued)
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ........................................... $10.42
Welders and cutters ............................ 12.01
Assemblers ......................................... 11.16
Hand cutting and trimming
occupations ..................................
6.64
Miscellaneous hand working
occupations, N.E.C. ......................
8.74
Production inspectors, checkers and
examiners ..................................... 10.81
Production testers ............................... 11.35
Transportation and material moving
occupations .............................................. 13.67
Truck drivers ....................................... 13.65
Bus drivers .......................................... 12.19
Supervisors, material moving
equipment ..................................... 16.90
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ...................................... 10.68
Miscellaneous material moving
equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ 16.76
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
9.24
Groundskeepers and gardeners
except farm ...................................
7.89
Construction laborers .........................
7.48
Production helpers ..............................
8.32
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
9.42
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ........................................... 11.11
Vehicle washers and equipment
cleaners ........................................
9.67
Hand packers and packagers .............
9.07
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
8.39
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Supervisors, firefighters and fire
prevention occupations .................
Supervisors, police and detectives .....
Supervisors, guards ............................
Firefighting occupations ......................
Police and detectives, public service ..
Correctional institution officers ...........
Guards and police except public
service ..........................................
Food service occupations .......................
Supervisors, food preparation and
service occupations ......................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related
occupations ..................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ......
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..........
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
Health aides, except nursing ..............
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
Part-time
$5.15
9.27
6.74
25
Median
50
$8.04 $10.65
10.39 12.06
7.34
9.96
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
75
90
$12.96
13.80
13.21
$14.31
14.43
20.57
5.15
5.15
6.33
7.28
( 4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.70
7.70
8.35
8.91
11.25
9.66
12.35
13.81
14.05
16.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.41
8.41
7.79
10.70
10.71
10.33
13.10
13.10
12.33
15.97
15.25
15.10
20.35
20.34
15.19
$10.04
–
–
$5.00
–
–
$6.48
–
–
12.81
14.66
14.66
19.95
25.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.88
8.42
10.70
12.40
14.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.48
12.53
20.35
20.35
20.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.25
7.08
8.36
10.62
13.16
7.44
5.28
5.68
6.95
8.50
9.75
5.15
6.44
5.25
6.00
6.00
6.70
6.50
7.64
7.00
7.22
7.04
9.02
9.00
8.00
10.75
11.30
11.84
9.05
11.53
12.50
–
–
–
6.51
–
–
–
5.15
–
–
–
5.30
–
–
–
5.82
–
–
–
7.00
–
–
–
9.44
6.95
8.25
8.71
13.51
18.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.75
5.60
6.50
8.01
7.24
7.18
8.60
9.09
7.35
10.62
11.00
9.45
13.45
11.81
12.15
–
–
7.47
–
–
5.62
–
–
5.68
–
–
7.00
–
–
8.25
–
–
9.36
9.70
12.65
5.15
6.32
5.96
7.62
7.67
11.00
10.91
16.91
17.10
20.43
6.12
–
2.36
–
5.15
–
5.47
–
6.90
–
7.87
–
17.63
23.35
18.23
14.08
18.84
10.96
14.51
19.96
10.87
11.19
15.26
9.85
14.77
20.43
10.87
12.63
17.43
10.21
17.27
23.94
13.35
14.18
18.58
10.63
19.50
24.73
19.43
15.16
20.52
11.37
21.12
27.51
40.02
16.29
21.96
13.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.73
7.29
5.57
4.25
6.45
5.31
6.99
6.45
8.09
8.72
10.42
12.11
–
4.70
–
2.13
–
2.36
–
5.15
–
6.00
–
7.16
11.37
4.18
7.95
7.69
2.13
5.33
8.85
2.13
6.00
11.10
2.60
7.11
12.98
4.25
8.72
14.86
12.50
11.11
–
2.89
–
–
2.13
–
–
2.13
–
–
2.13
–
–
2.36
–
–
4.50
–
6.19
7.20
8.15
6.02
7.76
8.42
5.15
5.45
5.15
5.15
5.50
6.18
5.15
6.18
5.32
5.24
6.13
7.45
6.00
6.73
6.00
5.65
7.45
8.10
7.00
8.03
10.41
6.25
8.57
9.66
7.40
9.57
12.50
7.35
10.41
10.43
–
6.85
–
6.14
8.10
–
–
5.75
–
5.15
5.87
–
–
6.24
–
5.32
7.12
–
–
6.90
–
6.00
7.80
–
–
7.29
–
6.30
8.94
–
–
8.06
–
7.30
10.41
–
7.52
5.50
6.00
7.03
8.11
9.73
8.07
5.25
7.12
7.80
8.94
10.41
See footnotes at end of table.
15
$8.80 $15.81 $15.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Cleaning and building service
occupations ......................................
Maids and housemen .........................
Janitors and cleaners .........................
Personal service occupations .................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..
Part-time
$7.78
6.04
7.50
18.24
9.08
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.15
( 4)
5.15
5.52
6.75
$5.55
(4)
5.67
7.16
7.16
$6.90
(4)
7.00
9.61
8.98
$9.25
(4)
9.00
32.22
10.35
$11.24
(4)
10.17
42.14
11.09
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive
the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than
the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the
minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
$5.59
–
5.60
7.34
–
10
25
Median
50
75
90
(4)
–
(4)
( 4)
–
(4)
–
(4)
(4)
–
(4)
–
(4)
(4)
–
(4)
–
(4)
(4)
–
(4)
–
(4)
(4)
–
all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine
major occupational groups.
4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were
below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages
for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to
go below the minimum wage.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
16
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998
All industries
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
39.8
39.8
$676
682
$564
574
2,010
2,005
$34,126
34,334
$28,746
29,009
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
39.8
39.7
820
848
715
743
1,984
1,972
40,911
42,120
34,302
35,360
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
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 ......................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Purchasing managers ...........................................
Managers., marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
39.3
39.7
40.1
39.6
40.8
40.0
40.3
40.1
40.1
953
991
1,114
1,100
928
1,060
1,223
1,098
1,106
875
939
1,087
1,077
935
1,100
1,187
1,079
1,076
1,880
1,859
2,071
2,058
2,123
2,080
2,055
2,085
2,086
45,561
46,410
57,555
57,179
48,237
55,126
62,406
57,094
57,512
39,458
42,222
56,514
55,994
48,610
57,194
61,672
56,098
55,964
40.0
40.2
40.0
38.7
38.6
40.0
39.0
39.8
38.2
39.2
38.8
39.3
39.1
39.5
39.9
38.4
39.7
39.7
39.5
40.4
37.9
42.0
39.7
42.4
42.5
1,165
1,784
1,892
771
758
998
1,221
1,810
1,115
876
644
876
923
860
871
945
776
776
849
756
981
632
592
1,504
1,481
1,148
1,698
1,853
730
733
1,024
1,000
1,644
974
864
721
853
898
864
850
1,024
862
862
886
570
1,086
586
586
1,424
1,424
2,080
2,093
2,080
1,992
2,000
2,080
1,733
2,027
1,726
1,471
1,612
1,444
1,443
1,423
1,585
1,691
1,870
1,870
1,879
2,101
1,564
2,170
2,050
2,202
2,208
60,601
92,791
98,362
39,758
39,310
51,914
54,285
92,146
50,428
32,891
26,759
32,244
34,107
30,978
34,619
41,577
36,557
36,557
40,458
39,331
40,502
32,678
30,557
78,187
77,028
59,696
88,317
96,342
37,717
37,888
53,269
47,650
85,093
50,627
32,141
28,242
31,391
33,229
30,675
34,005
40,271
35,305
35,305
43,455
29,640
43,455
30,472
30,472
74,069
74,069
40.3
42.5
40.7
38.0
39.6
38.9
39.1
39.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
23.3
40.6
39.7
40.4
40.4
43.8
39.5
40.0
40.0
1,032
935
818
823
567
626
521
483
691
612
649
2,285
876
563
1,148
1,349
1,091
1,403
1,360
1,215
923
553
812
638
574
627
520
434
672
627
637
2,052
778
524
991
1,217
1,088
1,250
1,224
1,210
2,094
2,212
2,117
1,958
2,060
2,023
2,020
2,058
2,076
1,749
2,080
1,211
2,109
2,040
2,073
2,071
2,262
2,021
2,080
2,080
53,688
48,608
42,548
42,365
29,506
32,559
26,947
25,107
35,946
26,771
33,756
118,809
45,491
28,959
58,985
69,100
56,355
71,711
70,696
63,185
48,009
28,765
42,234
33,114
29,869
32,594
27,033
22,568
34,937
28,954
33,134
106,691
40,447
26,770
51,057
63,005
56,576
62,159
63,669
62,920
41.0
39.9
39.5
39.7
1,576
1,094
1,418
1,001
1,520
1,082
1,508
1,021
2,132
1,942
2,053
2,064
81,964
53,277
73,750
52,060
79,061
48,173
78,416
53,085
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and managers
(-Continued)
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Securities and financial services sales
occupations ....................................................
Advertising and related sales occupations ...........
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping ....
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, N.E.C. ..................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft engine mechanics ....................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mean
weekly
hours4
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Mean
Mean
40.5
40.3
41.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
$1,408
877
868
1,096
958
871
$1,237
848
798
797
897
862
2,078
2,075
2,148
2,080
2,080
1,884
$72,268
45,185
45,111
56,991
49,804
41,033
$63,613
44,096
41,496
41,434
46,670
40,664
40.0
39.9
40.1
41.9
712
861
603
788
636
805
467
712
2,080
2,037
2,082
2,177
37,018
43,924
31,272
40,991
33,072
41,870
24,274
37,003
40.0
38.7
40.1
609
1,039
602
558
769
488
2,080
2,013
2,083
31,662
54,037
31,330
28,995
39,998
25,350
41.9
42.1
39.6
39.3
40.0
39.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.2
39.6
40.0
1,032
679
471
298
454
487
668
696
495
535
400
499
399
450
485
505
384
414
453
482
378
488
458
434
922
452
340
270
433
462
620
685
490
514
418
500
390
481
468
443
367
415
427
382
379
445
440
413
2,180
2,187
2,058
2,045
2,034
2,038
2,089
2,080
2,072
2,029
2,080
2,080
2,067
2,053
2,080
2,045
2,001
1,961
2,073
2,080
2,023
2,088
2,057
2,080
53,657
35,297
24,502
15,510
23,108
24,895
34,742
36,182
25,654
27,383
20,774
25,945
20,703
23,384
25,210
25,967
19,290
20,375
23,471
25,048
19,651
25,399
23,800
22,550
47,965
23,483
17,680
14,040
22,194
23,843
32,253
35,610
25,480
26,499
21,732
26,000
20,280
25,019
24,315
25,501
19,086
19,265
22,090
19,885
19,688
23,121
22,880
21,466
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
39.4
39.9
486
643
514
451
438
440
361
359
478
435
615
500
444
440
434
360
362
467
2,080
2,055
2,080
2,080
2,051
2,080
1,974
1,432
2,056
25,279
33,438
26,709
23,462
22,573
22,906
17,958
13,069
24,620
22,630
31,990
26,000
23,093
22,755
22,571
17,680
13,098
24,254
40.5
40.3
40.4
41.5
41.2
40.0
40.0
493
615
910
677
575
792
591
457
585
807
646
613
888
569
2,092
2,079
2,057
2,158
2,144
2,080
2,080
25,471
31,768
46,355
35,187
29,894
41,203
30,726
23,670
30,326
41,954
33,611
31,866
46,176
29,578
40.0
811
866
1,986
40,279
45,010
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Weekly earnings
Annual earnings
Median
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ......................................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ..............
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Precision assemblers, metal .................................
Sheet metal workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Stationary engineers .............................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Extruding and forming machine operators ............
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Hand cutting and trimming occupations ...............
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Production testers .................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention
occupations ....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Food service occupations .........................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations ....................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.0
39.9
42.4
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
43.1
48.2
38.2
40.9
41.8
$617
617
782
475
765
660
520
726
667
589
399
546
535
528
427
674
405
562
268
381
414
418
415
480
444
265
350
432
450
590
658
466
691
446
$603
568
757
440
757
670
534
700
758
624
380
579
530
563
407
713
365
518
234
360
409
458
425
482
397
253
320
450
386
563
635
493
623
428
2,080
2,073
2,206
2,099
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,130
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,045
2,048
2,080
2,080
2,069
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,070
2,080
1,980
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,062
2,227
2,489
1,878
2,126
2,172
$32,076
32,008
40,653
24,645
39,772
34,305
27,027
37,771
34,686
30,613
20,739
28,399
27,825
26,995
21,938
35,063
21,060
29,215
13,910
19,836
21,537
21,717
21,558
24,981
22,093
13,802
18,177
22,477
23,402
30,451
33,977
22,900
35,922
23,199
$31,351
29,519
39,374
22,880
39,371
34,840
27,789
36,400
39,433
32,426
19,741
30,118
27,581
29,289
20,954
37,066
18,989
26,915
12,190
18,720
21,260
23,816
22,106
25,085
19,781
13,166
16,640
23,400
20,093
29,286
33,041
25,651
32,399
22,256
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
669
370
313
305
333
377
444
387
363
332
814
333
280
289
282
361
348
344
364
293
2,077
2,075
2,065
2,111
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,079
2,060
34,813
19,176
16,289
15,788
17,312
19,584
23,108
20,103
18,859
17,278
42,328
17,313
14,560
15,010
14,641
18,756
18,117
17,883
18,907
15,251
38.7
41.1
376
520
304
438
1,967
2,136
19,086
27,028
14,990
22,770
50.7
40.0
39.6
49.0
40.1
40.0
39.8
39.3
894
934
722
689
756
438
308
286
915
958
559
676
743
425
280
240
2,637
2,080
2,059
2,546
2,086
2,080
2,069
1,944
46,487
48,564
37,535
35,833
39,296
22,801
15,993
14,169
47,590
49,795
29,058
35,165
38,650
22,113
14,535
12,240
42.9
39.7
38.9
40.0
488
166
310
247
462
104
277
240
2,062
2,065
1,880
2,080
23,456
8,639
14,953
12,866
23,998
5,408
13,000
12,480
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Weekly earnings
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Service occupations (-Continued)
Food service occupations (-Continued)
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Mean
weekly
hours4
38.9
40.0
37.2
38.6
39.4
38.3
39.8
39.0
39.9
28.5
38.4
1 Earnings are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
The median designates
position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half
receive the same as or less than the rate shown.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified
into one of nine major occupational groups.
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$280
326
224
300
332
288
310
236
300
520
348
$269
240
212
286
324
273
276
227
280
486
341
1,959
2,080
1,796
2,001
2,026
1,991
2,054
2,028
2,054
1,388
1,523
Annual earnings
Mean
$14,102
16,947
10,813
15,532
17,068
14,985
15,975
12,260
15,404
25,327
13,828
Median
$13,886
12,480
10,878
14,879
16,768
14,198
14,156
11,812
14,352
19,989
13,846
4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere
classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey.
A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages
were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the
quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the
prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
20
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$16.30
16.54
$16.07
16.34
$17.56
17.58
$16.97
17.12
$8.41
8.72
White-collar occupations ...................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
20.05
6.27
8.10
9.10
10.98
13.35
15.82
17.76
20.44
23.61
26.04
33.60
36.57
42.64
53.74
31.93
21.09
6.66
8.17
9.63
11.29
13.43
15.56
17.68
20.48
23.51
26.28
33.70
36.82
42.19
53.74
31.73
20.09
6.20
8.04
9.11
11.00
13.54
16.19
17.53
19.43
23.89
25.78
34.77
37.23
42.51
54.87
31.94
21.37
6.44
8.09
9.74
11.37
13.66
15.96
17.38
19.37
23.78
26.01
34.97
37.58
42.01
54.87
31.71
19.90
7.16
8.53
8.99
10.82
12.11
13.29
18.64
21.93
22.00
28.89
26.53
33.46
44.03
–
31.86
19.93
6.95
8.53
8.99
10.81
12.11
13.29
18.64
21.93
22.00
28.89
26.53
33.46
44.03
–
31.86
20.62
6.53
8.40
9.42
11.07
13.37
15.80
17.82
20.49
23.67
26.05
33.64
36.55
42.82
53.74
32.53
21.36
7.05
8.20
9.77
11.36
13.44
15.52
17.73
20.53
23.57
26.29
33.75
36.80
42.37
53.74
32.24
10.38
5.85
7.33
7.78
9.54
12.40
16.85
15.91
18.39
19.27
–
–
–
–
–
19.15
13.32
6.28
8.00
8.33
10.08
12.45
16.85
16.19
18.39
19.27
–
–
–
–
–
19.58
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
24.06
24.80
14.49
16.58
19.28
21.05
23.59
27.31
30.30
34.24
39.26
45.43
28.55
27.81
18.34
22.74
22.92
25.66
28.15
30.17
35.72
27.41
18.24
20.11
24.94
27.71
31.24
31.43
42.46
24.64
25.37
15.11
16.81
18.70
18.99
24.03
26.99
30.67
33.83
38.34
–
27.10
27.87
18.34
22.74
22.92
25.68
28.36
30.74
35.72
27.52
–
20.11
25.01
27.71
31.24
31.43
42.46
22.51
23.53
10.49
–
19.82
22.65
21.99
29.24
27.23
36.60
–
–
44.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.24
24.97
14.80
16.57
19.52
21.15
23.69
27.34
30.31
34.17
39.55
45.43
28.98
27.79
18.34
22.74
22.92
25.66
28.15
30.08
35.72
27.38
18.24
20.11
24.94
27.71
31.24
31.25
42.46
19.00
20.05
9.77
–
16.39
18.33
19.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Level 10 ............................................................
Social, religious, and recreation workers ..................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related occupations ............................
Level 5 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$44.34
20.19
18.01
17.77
18.99
19.91
30.20
30.29
20.30
27.34
27.09
43.08
22.25
21.04
22.20
23.07
29.43
29.37
18.84
21.53
27.56
14.94
13.57
14.80
35.50
$45.86
20.34
18.01
18.31
18.89
19.90
31.02
26.58
–
–
26.32
–
13.94
15.49
12.41
23.41
–
25.40
–
19.05
–
15.83
–
–
34.87
–
$19.07
–
–
19.96
19.95
–
31.62
20.01
–
27.47
–
23.02
21.34
23.08
23.05
29.50
–
22.04
25.75
–
13.99
–
–
37.29
$44.34
19.96
17.68
17.23
19.09
19.73
29.38
31.32
21.41
27.98
27.91
43.08
22.36
21.33
22.22
23.07
29.25
29.37
19.54
21.53
27.56
15.06
13.95
–
35.50
–
$21.87
–
20.29
18.18
21.46
–
19.22
–
–
–
–
12.47
–
15.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.14
18.60
24.13
29.76
21.42
8.29
10.92
14.65
14.70
16.75
17.84
24.99
100.17
28.41
13.24
16.32
16.59
19.91
23.59
24.03
29.13
39.04
44.76
55.83
39.63
33.34
17.93
20.72
22.70
24.17
30.09
38.80
44.92
56.02
43.87
21.73
13.43
25.15
18.60
24.13
29.40
22.55
8.29
11.05
14.85
15.45
16.93
18.61
25.03
100.17
28.91
13.47
17.09
16.66
20.29
23.67
23.83
29.97
41.11
44.80
56.50
40.86
34.34
17.93
22.35
22.55
23.85
31.27
41.24
44.96
56.71
45.83
22.02
13.74
–
–
–
–
14.27
–
–
13.00
12.50
–
–
–
–
24.92
–
13.63
15.73
15.51
22.35
–
26.14
31.70
–
–
–
27.69
–
–
–
–
26.08
31.45
–
–
–
18.97
–
25.64
18.35
24.13
30.39
21.64
–
10.55
14.60
14.50
16.74
17.84
24.99
100.17
28.46
13.28
16.32
16.59
19.92
23.61
24.02
29.13
39.04
44.76
55.83
39.63
33.37
17.93
20.72
22.73
24.17
30.09
38.80
44.92
56.02
43.87
21.77
13.50
–
–
–
–
15.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Management related occupations (-Continued)
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales occupations ............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$16.33
16.21
24.66
23.78
26.29
40.37
20.52
13.52
6.21
7.90
8.00
9.54
12.70
17.14
18.31
19.86
25.65
23.62
31.54
12.01
6.66
8.16
9.68
11.36
13.06
15.37
17.05
18.81
19.95
11.90
$16.69
16.26
25.06
23.78
26.27
40.52
20.52
13.53
6.18
7.90
8.00
9.51
12.70
17.14
18.31
19.86
25.65
23.62
31.54
12.21
6.44
8.08
9.80
11.44
13.22
15.53
17.35
–
20.21
–
–
$15.73
19.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.91
6.95
8.53
9.01
10.89
12.18
14.10
14.48
–
–
–
$16.33
16.21
24.66
23.74
26.29
40.37
20.52
15.02
6.47
9.93
8.33
9.68
12.71
17.14
18.41
19.86
25.65
23.62
31.54
12.22
7.05
8.20
9.81
11.46
13.06
15.38
17.09
18.81
19.95
12.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.09
5.76
6.75
7.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.47
6.28
8.00
8.28
9.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Level 2 ..............................................................
11.89
7.38
8.50
11.15
12.51
12.84
14.53
17.68
20.22
21.53
14.96
15.27
8.14
8.75
9.97
10.92
12.41
14.87
17.97
20.31
21.72
10.68
6.82
8.82
10.96
11.04
12.40
13.11
16.84
13.22
9.32
11.84
7.38
8.46
11.16
12.63
12.91
14.54
17.85
20.33
21.51
14.96
15.42
8.15
8.65
9.98
10.96
12.53
14.94
18.20
20.44
21.70
10.68
6.82
8.82
10.96
11.04
12.40
13.11
16.84
13.41
9.24
12.74
–
9.84
10.89
10.40
12.02
14.49
15.91
–
–
–
14.14
–
–
–
–
11.73
14.69
15.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.47
10.29
12.18
7.54
8.69
11.19
12.58
12.77
14.51
17.68
20.22
21.53
–
15.28
8.14
8.75
9.97
10.80
12.41
14.87
17.97
20.31
21.72
10.71
6.85
8.83
11.00
11.04
12.40
13.11
16.84
13.67
9.83
8.31
6.56
7.57
8.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.04
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Transportation and material moving occupations
(-Continued)
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
$12.22
14.37
14.19
15.43
15.41
8.94
7.55
7.72
10.90
11.33
11.86
$12.40
14.62
14.32
15.85
–
8.90
7.54
7.69
10.96
11.57
11.72
$11.53
11.17
12.15
–
–
10.10
–
–
–
–
–
$12.29
14.65
14.49
15.43
15.41
9.24
7.73
7.81
10.99
11.32
11.61
$10.88
–
–
–
–
7.44
6.79
7.58
–
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Protective service occupations ...............................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Food service occupations ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
9.01
5.98
6.89
7.29
9.55
18.27
13.50
15.94
17.26
19.14
23.76
12.11
7.06
7.23
8.70
9.99
11.15
14.92
15.83
18.13
18.95
23.76
6.75
5.40
6.21
5.33
8.24
10.35
13.08
7.81
5.89
6.49
6.63
9.26
–
13.02
–
–
–
–
8.26
7.07
7.16
8.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.52
5.17
5.87
4.98
7.86
–
13.11
12.80
7.08
8.52
9.65
10.51
12.03
14.45
16.33
18.54
19.41
21.17
16.15
–
–
–
10.57
11.17
14.77
16.29
18.54
18.95
21.17
8.29
6.98
7.43
–
–
–
–
9.70
6.19
7.23
7.57
9.62
17.58
13.50
15.94
17.26
19.14
23.76
12.65
6.99
7.47
8.57
10.04
11.13
14.92
15.83
18.13
18.95
23.76
7.29
5.71
6.51
5.68
8.24
10.35
13.08
6.12
5.45
6.13
5.52
8.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.70
4.57
5.54
4.12
–
–
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 —
Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .....................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations ............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an
establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge,
complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for
more information.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees
are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$7.79
6.47
7.15
7.97
8.84
7.32
6.00
6.82
9.97
10.06
13.28
5.30
7.72
7.82
$7.55
6.47
6.86
7.99
8.14
6.48
5.87
–
–
9.83
14.12
5.29
6.97
6.09
$10.09
–
–
–
–
10.09
7.41
8.51
10.10
–
9.60
–
–
–
$7.76
6.60
7.07
7.98
8.59
7.78
6.16
7.88
9.89
10.06
18.24
–
8.44
8.28
$8.10
–
–
–
–
5.59
5.40
–
–
–
7.34
5.29
7.06
6.27
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time
schedule.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
25
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March
1998
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations:
Professional specialty and technical occupations:
Professional specialty occupations:
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ..........................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Level 11 ............................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians ..............................................................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social workers ......................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Technical writers ...................................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical occupations:
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$27.78
22.72
24.07
26.50
30.38
26.66
28.72
32.06
37.34
27.60
20.11
24.96
27.60
31.54
30.03
40.73
$27.78
22.72
24.07
26.50
30.48
26.66
29.01
32.06
37.34
27.74
20.11
25.03
27.60
31.54
30.03
40.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$27.78
22.72
24.07
26.50
30.36
26.66
28.72
32.17
37.34
27.57
20.11
24.96
27.60
31.54
29.76
40.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.14
47.29
19.74
18.83
17.94
18.66
19.95
30.24
24.95
45.46
27.37
27.90
16.59
15.09
22.26
21.17
22.58
21.20
23.62
22.58
23.30
26.82
31.06
21.76
21.33
21.41
20.94
14.41
19.41
24.65
18.84
18.72
25.90
14.72
13.74
34.88
21.52
20.93
20.10
29.14
47.29
19.81
18.83
18.04
18.75
19.70
30.77
24.89
–
23.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.89
24.75
–
21.99
26.67
–
–
–
–
15.91
–
20.34
13.40
–
18.72
–
–
–
34.87
21.52
20.93
20.10
–
–
$19.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.02
–
21.94
23.60
22.69
21.28
23.11
–
23.57
22.31
23.33
–
–
21.76
21.33
21.41
22.32
–
–
27.61
22.04
–
27.22
14.08
–
–
–
–
–
29.14
47.29
19.66
–
17.49
18.70
19.92
28.89
24.96
45.46
29.22
29.41
16.60
15.09
22.32
21.17
22.59
21.20
23.63
22.61
23.31
26.82
31.06
21.76
21.33
21.41
21.84
–
–
24.59
19.54
18.72
25.90
14.90
–
34.88
–
21.97
20.10
–
–
$20.36
–
19.68
18.40
–
–
–
–
19.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.02
16.10
13.90
13.19
14.34
14.06
16.51
14.21
14.10
14.34
–
–
–
–
–
14.32
16.10
13.34
11.25
14.13
–
–
17.06
–
–
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March
1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Technical occupations: (-Continued)
Licensed practical nurses (-Continued)
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Level 4 ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations:
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Purchasing managers ...........................................
Managers., marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Sales occupations:
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Securities and financial services sales
occupations ....................................................
Advertising and related sales occupations ...........
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Level 6 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$13.82
13.77
12.36
9.63
17.31
14.29
17.49
15.30
16.23
98.11
21.57
26.87
14.33
–
$13.77
12.35
9.60
17.24
14.43
17.53
–
16.23
98.11
21.57
26.86
14.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.77
12.20
9.63
17.31
14.29
17.49
15.30
16.23
98.11
21.57
26.87
14.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.91
35.49
20.93
30.88
44.60
33.99
30.38
–
35.70
20.93
31.18
48.31
–
30.38
$24.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.91
35.49
20.93
30.88
44.60
33.99
30.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.06
24.20
43.53
47.55
27.44
23.06
29.03
28.67
35.92
25.22
34.77
22.20
22.51
31.18
36.08
45.79
55.79
45.43
21.02
15.69
21.53
28.20
27.40
23.94
21.79
38.16
24.20
44.23
47.55
24.18
–
–
–
35.87
–
34.93
22.20
22.45
31.46
36.60
45.67
55.79
45.43
21.04
15.46
21.53
28.20
28.00
24.33
22.56
–
–
–
–
29.09
–
–
29.16
–
19.88
29.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.44
–
43.53
47.55
27.44
23.06
29.03
28.67
35.92
25.22
34.77
22.20
22.51
31.18
36.08
45.79
55.79
45.43
21.00
15.69
21.53
28.20
27.40
23.94
21.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.80
21.38
16.94
18.54
23.46
19.22
21.37
16.91
18.84
23.46
–
21.45
–
–
–
17.80
21.56
16.94
18.49
23.46
–
–
–
–
–
18.76
16.15
24.37
18.76
16.15
24.37
–
–
–
18.83
16.34
24.37
–
–
–
15.22
25.94
13.08
14.28
15.22
25.94
13.08
14.28
–
–
–
–
15.22
26.85
15.04
14.28
–
–
–
–
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March
1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Sales occupations: (-Continued)
Sales occupations, other business services
(-Continued)
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping ....
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks except postal service ..........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, N.E.C. ..................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
See footnotes at end of table.
28
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$18.61
16.86
$18.61
16.86
–
–
$18.61
16.86
–
–
24.61
29.81
16.14
10.17
7.98
7.07
6.32
8.08
7.72
10.98
24.61
29.81
16.14
10.17
7.98
7.02
6.28
8.08
7.52
10.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.61
29.81
16.14
11.91
–
7.58
6.84
8.53
–
11.36
–
–
–
$7.66
–
6.41
5.82
6.81
–
–
16.63
16.60
17.40
12.38
11.81
13.02
13.44
9.52
11.80
13.48
16.08
17.49
9.99
12.27
9.65
7.52
9.59
10.86
11.97
11.30
9.66
14.38
12.66
9.46
10.35
10.37
10.30
11.06
11.35
11.23
9.59
11.50
12.73
12.04
9.63
8.62
12.17
11.12
8.82
11.11
10.69
8.62
10.79
16.77
–
17.40
12.39
11.87
13.26
13.91
–
12.02
13.56
16.19
18.18
10.52
12.27
9.72
–
9.59
10.87
11.97
11.30
9.66
14.38
12.41
–
–
9.94
10.47
10.71
–
11.28
9.66
11.43
12.95
12.43
9.72
8.62
12.58
11.15
8.82
11.11
10.65
8.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$12.12
9.20
11.23
13.20
15.64
14.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.13
–
11.12
–
–
–
10.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.63
16.60
17.40
12.38
11.81
13.02
13.50
9.52
11.92
13.48
16.08
17.60
9.99
12.47
10.02
–
9.90
11.39
12.12
11.30
10.11
14.38
12.70
9.64
–
10.39
10.35
11.06
11.35
11.32
9.66
11.50
12.73
12.04
9.72
–
12.17
11.57
9.10
11.36
10.84
8.66
10.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.98
16.27
12.87
11.98
16.22
13.18
–
–
–
12.15
16.27
12.84
–
–
–
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March
1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
(-Continued)
Investigators and adjusters except insurance
(-Continued)
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Blue-collar occupations:
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations:
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft engine mechanics ....................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ......................................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ..............
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Precision assemblers, metal .................................
Sheet metal workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Level 5 ..............................................................
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Stationary engineers .............................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors:
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Extruding and forming machine operators ............
See footnotes at end of table.
29
All industries
State and
local
government
All industries
Private
industry
$11.01
12.86
11.28
10.68
8.61
9.37
11.49
12.33
14.73
10.72
9.05
7.78
8.96
9.05
8.81
9.06
11.92
8.81
10.23
10.77
12.67
$11.35
12.80
11.38
10.95
–
9.56
11.63
12.44
14.73
10.72
8.99
7.78
–
–
–
–
12.03
–
–
10.81
12.69
22.54
18.49
16.30
13.94
19.81
20.04
14.77
15.56
24.10
–
16.28
14.40
19.81
20.04
14.96
15.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.54
18.49
16.30
13.94
19.81
20.04
14.77
15.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.29
20.34
–
20.29
–
15.42
15.44
18.43
11.74
19.12
16.49
12.99
17.74
17.02
16.68
14.72
9.97
13.09
13.65
13.38
11.86
13.20
–
17.08
–
11.20
–
–
–
17.78
–
16.68
14.72
9.97
13.09
13.65
12.64
11.86
–
15.42
15.44
18.43
11.74
19.12
16.49
12.99
17.74
17.02
16.68
14.72
9.97
13.09
13.65
13.38
11.86
13.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.86
10.13
14.12
6.69
7.72
9.54
10.35
16.86
10.13
14.12
6.69
7.72
9.54
10.35
16.86
10.13
14.12
6.69
7.72
9.54
10.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.44
–
8.28
10.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.09
8.84
9.06
10.07
–
–
–
–
–
12.69
–
–
–
–
12.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$11.01
12.86
11.28
11.00
8.59
9.38
11.68
12.33
14.73
11.01
9.10
–
–
9.12
8.84
9.23
11.98
–
10.23
10.53
12.67
–
–
–
$7.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.22
–
–
–
–
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March
1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors:
(-Continued)
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Hand cutting and trimming occupations ...............
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Production testers .................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations:
Truck drivers .........................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Level 3 ..............................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers:
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Level 1 ..............................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Service occupations:
Protective service occupations:
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention
occupations ....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$10.44
10.40
8.92
11.15
12.67
12.01
11.07
7.35
9.27
13.88
11.48
12.55
6.64
8.74
10.81
11.35
$10.44
10.40
8.92
11.15
12.67
12.01
11.07
7.35
9.27
13.88
11.48
12.55
6.64
8.74
10.81
11.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.44
10.42
8.92
11.15
12.67
12.01
11.16
7.42
9.30
14.01
11.48
12.55
6.64
8.74
10.81
11.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.67
13.69
12.11
15.18
11.24
12.62
16.90
10.67
10.75
14.00
–
12.20
15.20
–
–
–
10.60
10.75
$10.16
–
–
–
12.20
12.62
–
–
–
13.65
13.73
12.10
14.91
12.19
–
16.90
10.68
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.89
6.64
7.48
8.32
9.42
7.52
–
9.50
11.47
11.11
–
13.52
9.67
9.07
7.82
8.34
10.97
8.39
7.43
–
16.73
7.86
6.65
7.36
8.32
8.35
6.68
6.83
9.29
11.47
10.92
8.76
13.52
9.67
8.83
7.64
8.20
10.97
8.18
7.22
9.57
17.63
23.35
18.23
14.08
13.94
18.84
17.71
10.96
–
7.62
6.59
7.29
8.32
8.35
6.68
6.83
9.29
11.47
11.00
8.76
13.52
9.67
8.83
7.64
8.20
10.97
8.06
7.21
9.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.63
23.35
–
14.08
13.94
18.84
17.71
10.96
17.63
23.35
18.23
14.08
13.94
18.84
17.71
10.96
–
–
–
–
$6.51
6.26
6.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.47
6.44
8.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March
1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Service occupations: (-Continued)
Protective service occupations: (-Continued)
Correctional institution officers (-Continued)
Level 5 ..............................................................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Food service occupations:
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations ....................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Level 1 ..............................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Health service occupations:
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations:
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations:
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Level 3 ..............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an
establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge,
complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for
more information.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees
are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
All industries
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
–
$7.66
7.07
7.16
8.73
$10.88
–
–
–
–
$10.88
7.73
6.99
–
8.55
–
–
–
–
–
11.28
15.11
3.67
2.84
3.26
3.21
7.95
7.49
6.93
5.63
–
7.13
6.46
7.41
5.12
6.04
5.78
6.20
11.14
–
3.67
2.84
3.26
3.21
7.80
–
6.66
5.46
–
7.17
6.46
7.41
5.12
5.66
5.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.57
–
–
–
–
6.99
6.45
–
–
7.59
7.32
6.61
11.37
15.11
4.18
–
–
–
7.95
7.47
6.93
6.19
6.10
7.20
6.34
8.15
–
6.02
5.79
6.30
–
–
$2.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.85
6.78
–
–
6.14
5.68
–
8.42
8.00
8.00
7.58
5.57
6.94
7.92
8.91
8.15
–
8.09
7.39
5.57
6.63
7.92
–
9.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.42
–
8.00
7.52
–
6.86
7.93
–
–
–
–
8.07
–
–
–
–
5.99
5.72
7.03
6.05
6.95
9.97
10.20
5.99
5.72
6.43
5.90
–
–
9.92
–
–
9.07
7.41
8.51
10.10
–
6.04
5.77
7.50
6.24
8.49
9.89
10.20
–
–
5.60
5.42
–
–
–
8.17
8.53
6.45
6.77
9.76
–
9.08
–
All industries
Private
industry
$10.88
7.69
7.07
7.16
8.70
–
–
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time
schedule.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
31
Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, March 1998
Occupational group2
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$16.97
17.12
$8.41
8.72
$18.70
18.83
$16.09
16.33
$16.25
16.49
$17.11
17.90
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
20.62
21.36
10.38
13.32
33.22
35.48
19.76
20.75
20.03
20.90
20.41
29.66
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
24.24
24.97
21.64
28.46
15.02
12.22
19.00
20.05
15.25
–
7.09
8.47
109.04
–
109.04
–
–
13.96
23.07
24.80
16.51
28.44
13.57
11.91
24.04
24.78
21.42
27.84
12.61
11.90
45.68
59.46
–
38.84
15.92
16.15
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
12.18
15.28
10.71
13.67
9.24
8.31
–
–
10.04
7.44
15.18
18.26
13.49
16.70
11.73
10.95
14.21
9.91
12.19
8.28
11.86
15.17
10.64
13.27
8.95
12.35
–
11.04
13.02
8.55
Service occupations ...........................................................
9.70
6.12
23.93
8.38
9.02
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are
classified into one of nine major occupational groups.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;
incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not
elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update
survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics
where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality
survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey.
Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in
mean wages for the occupation.
32
Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth,
TX, March 1998
Goods-producing industries4
Occupational group3
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries5
Total
TransWholeportsale
ation
and
and
retail
public
trade
utilities
$16.68 $34.92 $13.34 $16.51 $15.82 $20.84 $13.15
16.49 34.92 12.03 16.39 16.27 20.72 13.60
Finance,
insurance,
and
real
estate
Services
–
–
$15.52
15.75
All occupations ...........................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ................................................
$16.07
16.34
White-collar occupations .......................................................
White-collar excluding sales .................................................
20.09
21.37
24.00
24.12
35.26
35.26
19.45
16.95
23.57
23.67
19.02
20.52
23.78
23.69
15.93
18.88
–
–
19.66
20.44
Professional specialty and technical occupations ................
Professional specialty occupations ...................................
Technical occupations ......................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .......
Sales occupations ................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .........
24.64
25.37
22.55
28.91
13.53
12.21
25.74
28.99
17.93
30.56
22.64
12.77
40.19
42.63
–
39.10
–
13.96
–
–
–
19.49
–
–
24.93
27.95
17.81
31.44
21.86
12.77
24.15
23.87
25.02
28.38
12.52
12.12
42.39
28.26
78.63
23.42
25.74
13.23
22.40
23.43
15.90
28.85
11.66
11.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.34
23.25
15.93
30.87
12.19
11.64
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..............
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Transportation and material moving occupations .................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
11.84
15.42
10.68
13.41
8.90
11.46
14.24
10.81
12.50
8.49
–
–
–
–
–
10.66
13.42
–
–
7.72
11.56
14.36
10.80
12.37
8.85
12.33
17.79
9.58
13.59
9.17
15.09
18.99
–
13.40
12.97
11.31
16.01
–
14.38
8.61
–
–
–
–
–
9.51
13.48
9.53
11.49
7.22
Service occupations ...............................................................
7.81
10.36
–
–
10.49
7.76
–
6.54
–
6.94
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as
working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be
considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine
major occupational groups.
4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
33
Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private
industry, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998
100 workers or more
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$16.07
16.34
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
Occupational group3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
$12.24
12.46
$16.82
17.07
$13.60
13.41
$19.69
20.22
20.09
21.37
15.61
17.40
20.75
21.88
17.95
18.75
22.39
23.47
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .....
24.64
25.37
22.55
28.91
13.53
12.21
23.94
26.77
19.31
25.62
10.63
11.03
24.70
25.27
23.00
29.20
14.29
12.46
20.62
23.09
14.97
27.24
15.22
12.32
26.11
25.94
26.67
30.18
13.10
12.57
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
11.84
15.42
10.68
13.41
8.90
11.47
17.94
9.52
11.99
8.17
11.92
14.88
10.95
13.59
9.09
10.92
14.01
10.19
12.42
8.60
13.40
15.54
12.54
16.45
9.85
Service occupations ...........................................................
7.81
6.46
8.35
6.93
11.52
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees
are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time
schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
34
Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Dallas-Fort Worth,
TX, March 1998
All workers
Occupational group2
All industries
All occupations ....................................................................... 1,243,029
All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 1,138,156
Private
industry
State and
local government
1,034,670
930,096
208,359
208,060
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
723,525
618,652
578,461
473,887
145,063
144,764
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
288,763
229,294
59,469
131,237
104,873
198,652
193,616
141,905
51,711
114,462
104,574
165,809
95,147
87,389
7,758
16,775
–
32,842
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
323,123
83,682
83,751
56,022
99,668
303,936
73,781
83,751
49,662
96,742
19,187
9,901
–
6,359
2,927
Service occupations ...........................................................
196,381
152,272
44,109
1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in
the survey. Employees are classified as working either a
full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition
used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time
in another establishment, where a 40-hour week is the
minimum full-time schedule.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian
economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of
nine major occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational
groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not
elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in
this update survey. A procedure was put into place to
"move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey
data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior
survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
35
Appendix A. Technical Note
Area. The reference month for the public sector is June
1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private
sector, sampling frames were developed using the most
recent month of reference available at the time the sample
was selected. The reference month for the private sector is
December 1994. The sampling frame was reviewed prior
to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments
were
added,
out-of-business
and
out-of-scope
establishments were removed, and addresses, employment
levels, industry classification, and other information were
updated.
This section provides basic information on the
procedures and concepts used to produce the data
contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts:
Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing
and analyzing the data. While this section answers some
questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a
comprehensive description of all the steps required to
produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey is based on the type of
data to be produced. Establishments that participate in the
NCS are studied for several collection cycles. This allows
changes in wages within these establishments to be
observed over time. Individual wage data are collected for
selected jobs during each establishment’s initial cycle and
updated during subsequent cycles. When data are not
available during a collection cycle, efforts are made to
collect the data during subsequent cycles and include it in
later tabulations. Beginning in the year 2000, the current
NCS sample will be replenished on a rotating basis.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected
using a two stage stratified design with probability
proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The
first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of
establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn
by first stratifying the sampling frame where the strata are
determined by industry and whether the establishment is
Private, State government or Local government. 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 the sample units within each stratum
represent all the units within the stratum, both sampled and
nonsampled. 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.
Survey scope
This survey of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area covered establishments
employing 50 workers or more in goods-producing
industries (mining, construction and manufacturing);
service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale
trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and
services industries); and State and local governments.
Agriculture, private households, and the Federal
Government were excluded from the scope of the survey.
For purposes of this survey an establishment was an
economic unit which produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this
survey, the establishment was usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
was defined as all locations of a government entity.
The Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA includes Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson,
Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, and Tarrant Counties, TX.
Data collection
Detailed procedures are followed when collecting data
from survey respondents. For the initial data collection,
field economists, working out of the Regional Office,
visited each establishment surveyed. The field economists
- through mail, phone, or personal visit - completed update
collection, which involved obtaining current pay data.
The following procedures are used for schedules
initiated for the first time or reinitiated during an update.
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey
sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from
the State unemployment insurance reports for the DallasFort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data
were to be collected was a multi-step process:
36
·
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.
Handlers, equipment
laborers
· Service occupations
and
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the
work level of each selected job was determined using a
“generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and
compares all occupations randomly selected in an
establishment using the same criteria. This is a major
departure from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s
Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied
specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions
unique to each occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an
establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s
Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying
structure for evaluation of General Schedule Federal
employees. The tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts
to account for the effect of supervisory duties. It is
considered experimental. The 10 factors are:
Number of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A
selected job may fall into any one of about 480
occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe
operator. In cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or
more census classification codes, the duties used to set the
wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by
primary duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOG’s:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
helpers,
A complete list of all individual occupations, classified
by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in
appendix B.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was
identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job,
based on the establishment’s definition of those terms.
Then the worker was classified as having a time versus
incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was
directly based on the actual production of the worker,
rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker
was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job.
See the “Definition of Terms” section on the following
page for more detail.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be
determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at
each establishment by the BLS field economist during a
personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for
sampling, with each selected worker representing a job
within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
cleaners,
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix
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
37
·
·
table 3 presents average work levels for published
occupational groups and selected occupations.
A
description of the levels for each factor is shown in
appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar
General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels
are shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a
leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in
their firm.
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new
generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS
researchers using regression techniques. For each of the
major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10
generic level factors (and levels within those factors). The
analysis showed that several of the generic level factors,
most notably knowledge and supervision received, had
strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels
within a given factor increased, the wages also increased.
Detailed research continues in the area. The results of this
research will be published by BLS in the future.
·
In order to calculate earnings for various time periods
(hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were
also collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours
worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were
recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined.
Because salaried workers, exempt from overtime
provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule,
their typical number of hours actually worked was
collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer
considers to be full time.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production
bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Collection period
The survey was collected from January 1998 through
June 1998. The average payroll reference month was
March 1998. For each establishment in the survey, the
data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of
collection.
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.)
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the
employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The
following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
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.
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
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:
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
·
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
·
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
·
·
38
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.
As a result of the use of sampling weights, the number
of workers estimates represent the total in all
establishments within the scope of the study not the actual
number of workers surveyed.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s
National Office following collection.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a
scientifically selected probability sample. There are two
types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample
survey, sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected
using the sample design. Estimates derived from the
different samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing
estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It
indicates the precision with which an estimate from a
particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. Appendix table 2
contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE
data for all series in this bulletin are available on the
Internet web site and by request to the BLS National
Office.
The standard error can be used to calculate a
“confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an
example, suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly
earnings for all workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix
table 2 shows a relative standard error of 3.6 percent for
this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence
interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 ($12.79 plus
and minus 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). If all
possible samples were selected to estimate the population
value, the interval from each sample would include the true
population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results.
They can stem from many sources, such as inability to
obtain information for some establishments, difficulties
with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to
provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or
coding the data obtained. A Technical Reinterview
Program done in all survey areas will be used in the
development of a formal quality assessment process to help
compute nonsampling error. Although they also were not
specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize
nonsampling errors by the extensive training of field
economists who gathered survey data, computer editing of
the data, and detailed data review.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the
relative size of the occupation within the establishment and
of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the
establishments surveyed, 19.5 percent (representing
267,542 employees) refused to supply information. If data
were not provided by a sample member, the weights of
responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This
technique assumes that the mean value of the
nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents
at some detailed “cell” level.
Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size.
Responding and nonresponding occupations within
responding establishments were classified into cells which
were additionally defined by major occupation group and
job level.
Establishments which were determined to be out of
business or outside the scope of the survey (7.0 percent of
the total sample) had their weights changed to zero. If only
partial data were given by a sample establishment or
occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated
as a refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by
combining
the
wages
for
individual
establishment/occupations.
Before being combined,
individual wage rates are weighted by: number of workers;
the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding
establishments and other factors; and the occupation work
schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or
annual rates are being calculated. The respondent has the
option of giving mean data instead of individual wages in
the years following the initiation.
In 1998, the publication criteria were changed to allow
more data to publish. Not all series that were calculated
met the criteria for publication. Before any series was
published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of
observations underlying it was sufficient. This review
prevented publishing a series that could have revealed
information about a specific establishment.
39
Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size,
and number of establishments represented, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .........................................................
Private industry .................................................
Goods-producing industries ..........................
Mining .......................................................
Construction .............................................
Manufacturing ...........................................
Service-producing industries ........................
Tranportation and public utilities ...............
Wholesale and retail trade ........................
Finance, insurance and real estate ..........
Services ....................................................
State and local government ..............................
Number of
establishments represented
100 workers or more
Total studied
6,283
6,098
1,338
24
280
1,034
4,759
396
2,143
562
1,659
185
461
393
106
7
10
89
287
36
93
24
134
68
50 - 99
workers
110
110
18
–
2
16
92
4
38
9
41
–
Total
351
283
88
7
8
73
195
32
55
15
93
68
100 - 499
workers
189
171
50
3
7
40
121
14
41
10
56
18
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
40
500 workers
or more
162
112
38
4
1
33
74
18
14
5
37
50
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998
(in percent)
Occupation3
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
2.1
2.1
2.4
2.6
1.8
1.8
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
2.1
2.0
2.5
2.4
2.0
2.0
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
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 ......................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. .........................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Economists ...........................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Technical writers ...................................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ...........................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Purchasing managers ...........................................
Managers., marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
2.5
1.6
2.2
5.2
5.8
4.6
3.7
3.4
3.6
3.2
2.1
2.3
5.2
5.8
4.6
3.7
3.4
3.6
1.7
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
8.0
8.0
2.1
2.1
6.4
6.0
9.1
7.9
2.0
19.7
1.9
1.7
2.5
2.6
10.9
11.6
11.6
8.2
13.4
6.3
8.4
5.4
6.4
6.9
5.0
7.6
8.0
2.2
2.2
7.4
7.7
–
11.8
12.2
–
–
8.4
–
6.0
17.4
–
–
11.6
13.4
–
14.1
–
7.2
7.2
–
–
–
4.8
4.0
–
7.5
–
8.8
1.1
3.0
0.8
1.8
2.5
2.6
8.8
5.8
5.8
5.3
–
4.1
6.0
6.1
14.9
–
7.0
7.6
21.7
4.2
10.8
3.5
7.4
3.5
9.8
2.6
7.9
5.0
22.8
7.7
11.7
3.0
2.8
6.3
6.8
13.6
8.7
7.1
7.6
21.7
4.2
11.8
3.9
10.0
3.3
11.8
2.6
–
5.0
22.8
7.9
14.6
3.4
3.1
–
7.6
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
4.3
6.3
–
–
–
6.8
6.9
–
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Executives, administrators, and managers
(-Continued)
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Securities and financial services sales
occupations ....................................................
Advertising and related sales occupations ...........
Sales occupations, other business services .........
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .......................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. .....................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping ....
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. .........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks except postal service ..........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, N.E.C. ..................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ......
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
4.9
7.1
14.3
4.1
3.3
5.5
10.9
7.8
7.6
9.2
7.8
–
4.2
3.5
5.5
10.6
7.8
7.4
5.3
–
20.6
11.8
10.1
–
–
–
–
5.6
6.1
5.4
7.5
5.7
6.8
5.4
7.5
–
13.4
–
–
10.2
15.2
16.7
10.2
15.2
16.7
–
–
–
10.7
20.2
20.2
3.6
6.7
1.6
5.6
7.0
3.1
2.6
5.5
7.7
4.1
8.6
5.8
9.5
7.0
15.7
4.3
3.3
16.1
6.6
4.5
16.8
6.8
8.0
10.7
20.2
20.2
3.7
6.7
1.8
6.0
7.0
3.7
3.0
2.8
7.7
4.1
10.4
5.8
9.4
–
–
5.2
3.8
16.8
6.6
4.5
24.3
6.8
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.2
–
5.7
4.6
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
12.9
12.3
6.6
2.7
2.7
9.6
6.3
3.2
3.3
12.9
13.6
6.6
2.7
2.9
9.6
7.4
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
3.2
3.2
2.7
2.9
8.4
2.8
3.2
9.3
3.2
3.4
–
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft engine mechanics ....................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ......................................................
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ..........................
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ..............
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ..................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Precision assemblers, metal .................................
Sheet metal workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Stationary engineers .............................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Extruding and forming machine operators ............
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Hand cutting and trimming occupations ...............
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C.
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Production testers .................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, N.E.C. ............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention
occupations ....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
See footnotes at end of table.
43
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
6.7
7.0
5.1
4.7
6.9
6.9
5.1
5.0
–
–
–
–
2.5
2.5
–
7.6
12.7
7.3
9.1
12.6
7.6
5.2
5.6
10.8
10.4
4.8
3.6
5.3
11.6
3.5
8.2
10.3
9.4
11.0
5.3
17.7
15.1
7.7
6.2
5.0
9.9
16.6
7.0
11.5
6.9
6.5
5.3
9.1
8.8
–
13.1
–
10.7
–
–
–
5.7
10.8
10.4
4.8
3.6
3.8
–
3.5
8.2
10.3
9.4
11.0
5.3
17.7
15.1
7.7
6.2
5.0
9.9
16.6
7.0
11.5
7.4
6.8
–
–
9.9
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
4.4
4.0
–
–
13.6
3.4
11.5
3.4
11.4
4.6
9.4
8.9
6.2
6.0
–
3.5
12.2
3.4
11.4
4.6
9.6
8.9
6.2
5.9
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
7.2
5.0
6.6
3.3
3.0
6.0
3.4
18.3
3.4
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
3.4
–
3.4
2.8
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
Service occupations (-Continued)
Protective service occupations (-Continued)
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police except public service ..............
Food service occupations .........................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service
occupations ....................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
1 The relative standard error is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly
earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables
A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could
not be determined for all occupations.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time
workers. Employees are classified as working either a
full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition
used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with
a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified
as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480
individual occupations is used to cover all workers in
the civilian economy. Individual occupations are
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
1.9
4.7
6.2
–
4.7
7.2
1.9
–
6.1
9.5
26.9
8.7
5.6
2.8
20.6
2.7
3.3
3.9
4.4
5.9
4.5
5.4
17.9
6.6
10.9
26.9
10.6
6.4
3.2
20.6
1.9
3.6
3.6
4.7
3.7
4.5
4.4
21.1
4.5
–
–
5.6
–
6.5
–
4.8
8.1
9.5
–
7.0
–
3.8
5.3
3.5
classified into one of nine major occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately.
N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were
collected in this update survey. A procedure was put
into place to "move" the positional statistics where
averages were collected. This procedure compares
current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average
change in mean wages for the occupation.
44
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
All occupations .................................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ......................................................
6
6
6
6
3
3
White-collar occupations .............................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales ...................................
7
7
7
8
4
6
Professional specialty and technical occupations ......................
Professional specialty occupations .........................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
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 ................................................................
Geologists and geodesists .............................................
Health related occupations .................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Pharmacists ....................................................................
Teachers, college and university ........................................
Medical science teachers ...............................................
Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ...................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................................
Elementary school teachers ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ............................................
Teachers, special education ...........................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ............................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ..........................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .....................................
Librarians ........................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ..................................
Economists .....................................................................
Psychologists ..................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................
Social workers ................................................................
Lawyers and judges ............................................................
Lawyers ..........................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
N.E.C. ...........................................................................
Technical writers .............................................................
Designers .......................................................................
Editors and reporters ......................................................
Technical occupations ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians .................................................
Licensed practical nurses ...............................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...............................
Engineering technicians, N.E.C. .....................................
Drafters ...........................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................
Computer programmers .................................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ....................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............
Executives, administrators, and managers .........................
Administrators and officials, public administration ..........
Financial managers ........................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ........................
Purchasing managers .....................................................
Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations
Administrators, education and related fields ...................
Managers, medicine and health .....................................
Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .......................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................
Management related occupations ......................................
Accountants and auditors ...............................................
Other financial officers ....................................................
9
9
10
10
9
9
10
10
10
10
12
12
8
8
8
11
12
11
8
8
8
8
8
8
10
8
8
9
8
10
8
7
11
11
9
9
10
10
9
9
10
10
10
10
12
12
8
8
8
11
12
11
8
8
8
8
8
8
10
9
9
9
8
10
8
7
11
11
8
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
8
–
10
–
11
6
–
–
–
–
7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
8
7
8
7
7
7
6
5
7
6
7
10
8
6
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
10
11
8
9
9
10
–
8
8
7
7
7
6
5
7
6
7
10
8
6
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
10
11
8
9
9
–
–
–
–
5
–
–
5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations
(-Continued)
Management related occupations (-Continued)
Management analysts ....................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ..........................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ......................
Sales occupations ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ......................................
Securities and financial services sales occupations .......
Advertising and related sales occupations .....................
Sales occupations, other business services ...................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ..................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......................
Sales workers, other commodities ..................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Sales support occupations, N.E.C. .................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...............
Supervisors, general office .............................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ......................
Computer operators ........................................................
Secretaries .....................................................................
Interviewers ....................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .................
Receptionists ..................................................................
Information clerks, N.E.C. ...............................................
Order clerks ....................................................................
Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping ..............
Library clerks ..................................................................
File clerks .......................................................................
Records clerks, N.E.C. ...................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................
Billing clerks ....................................................................
Telephone operators ......................................................
Mail clerks except postal service ....................................
Dispatchers .....................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .............................
Stock and inventory clerks ..............................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,
N.E.C. .......................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ............
Investigators and adjusters except insurance ................
Bill and account collectors ..............................................
General office clerks .......................................................
Bank tellers .....................................................................
Data entry keyers ...........................................................
Teachers’ aides ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ...................
Blue-collar occupations ...............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ....................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................
Aircraft engine mechanics ..............................................
Industrial machinery repairers ........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment .................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ...
Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................
Carpenters ......................................................................
Electricians .....................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............................
Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..............................
Precision assemblers, metal ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
46
10
8
7
9
5
8
6
9
5
10
8
7
9
6
8
6
10
6
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
8
6
4
2
4
4
7
7
5
5
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
4
8
6
4
3
4
4
7
7
5
5
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
–
4
4
4
3
–
4
4
4
–
–
3
2
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
4
5
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
4
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
4
4
6
8
6
6
7
6
4
6
8
6
6
7
6
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
7
6
6
7
5
7
7
6
7
6
7
6
6
7
5
7
7
6
7
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Sheet metal workers .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............
Butchers and meat cutters ..............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders .....................................
Stationary engineers .......................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................
Numerical control machine operators .............................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ..........................
Printing press operators .................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ..................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ........................
Extruding and forming machine operators ......................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ............................
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. .....................
Welders and cutters ........................................................
Assemblers .....................................................................
Hand cutting and trimming occupations .........................
Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............
Production testers ...........................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .......................
Truck drivers ...................................................................
Bus drivers ......................................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .......................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............
Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,
N.E.C. .......................................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .................
Construction laborers .....................................................
Production helpers ..........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ...........................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......................
Hand packers and packagers .........................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. .............................
6
3
6
6
6
3
7
4
5
2
3
3
4
3
5
3
1
3
3
3
4
4
4
7
3
6
3
6
6
6
3
7
4
5
2
3
3
4
3
5
3
1
3
3
3
4
4
3
7
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
–
–
–
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
–
2
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
2
Service occupations .....................................................................
Protective service occupations ...........................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations
Supervisors, police and detectives .................................
Supervisors, guards ........................................................
Firefighting occupations ..................................................
Police and detectives, public service ..............................
Correctional institution officers .......................................
Guards and police except public service ........................
Food service occupations ...................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations
Waiters and waitresses ..................................................
Cooks .............................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations ...........
Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ...........................
3
5
8
10
7
7
8
5
2
3
6
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
5
8
10
7
7
8
5
2
3
6
3
3
1
2
4
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
2
–
–
2
–
2
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .................................................
Health aides, except nursing ..........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service occupations ........................
Maids and housemen .....................................................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service occupations .............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
1 A classification system including about 480
individual occupations is used to cover all workers in
the civilian economy. Individual occupations are
classified into one of nine major occupational groups.
The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors,
painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and
legislators cannot be assigned a work level.
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
3
3
–
3
2
–
2
2
–
include data for categories not shown separately.
N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were
collected in this update survey. A procedure was put
into place to "move" the positional statistics where
averages were collected. This procedure compares
current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average
change in mean wages for the occupation.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups and occupational levels may
48