Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
National Compensation Survey
July 1998
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
October 1999
Bulletin 3095-83
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2-1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
2-3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
3-2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4-1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
4-3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ......................................................................................... ...........
5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group ............................
5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry .............
5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
Appendix table 2. Number of establishments studied and represented..........................................
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria.................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys...............................................................................
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A–1
A-5
A-6
B-1
C-1
D-1
E-1
Introduction
T
establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics
include major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing (within private industry) and size of establishment.
Table 2-1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Data are not shown for
any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 2-2 presents
the same type of information only for full-time workers.
Table 2-3 provides similar data for workers designated as
part-time.
Table 3-1 presents mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. The mean hours
reflect hours employees are scheduled to work, excluding
overtime hours. Table 3-2 provides annual earnings, relative standard error, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4-1 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4-2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4-3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5-1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5-2 presents mean hourly earnings data for
major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5-3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates are
also limited to the private sector.
Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of
this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate
to all employers in the area, rather than just those surveyed.
Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments
studied by industry group and employment size.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, metropolitan area. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also
contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a
technical note describing survey procedures, and several
appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on the occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a
whole. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure
of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, will
be derived from the NCS. Another product, Employer
Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’
average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages
and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit plans and their provisions. This bulletin is
limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Ongoing changes
The NCS is implementing changes to its sample design and
timing of data collection and publication. Because of these
ongoing changes, it is not possible to produce median
wages and other wage percentiles for this area publication.
Estimates describing the distribution of wages by occupation will be published for the next survey of this area in the
late spring of 2000.
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in
the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix
A. The table footnotes include information on survey concepts and definitions.
Table 1-1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative
standard errors are given for all industries, private industry,
and State and local government for selected worker and
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$16.34
2.3
37.4
$16.07
2.7
37.2
$17.86
1.8
38.1
20.45
24.81
28.73
13.59
12.27
12.23
15.46
2.2
2.5
2.9
5.4
1.6
2.6
3.1
38.0
37.9
40.1
34.5
38.4
38.6
40.2
20.49
25.55
29.27
13.60
12.48
12.19
15.57
2.6
3.2
3.3
5.4
1.8
2.7
3.4
38.0
38.2
40.1
34.5
38.4
38.6
40.2
20.27
22.87
25.29
–
11.06
12.99
14.56
2.0
1.7
4.4
–
2.2
3.4
3.6
38.0
37.3
40.4
–
38.5
38.3
39.9
11.17
13.43
3.8
6.6
39.6
39.8
11.17
13.63
3.8
7.1
39.6
40.3
–
11.56
–
2.7
–
35.8
9.28
8.85
3.2
4.6
35.7
33.4
9.26
7.70
3.3
5.1
35.6
32.2
10.13
12.97
6.4
3.4
37.9
38.4
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
17.02
8.40
2.3
4.5
39.8
21.7
16.81
8.27
2.7
4.8
39.9
22.0
18.13
10.20
1.9
4.7
39.6
18.3
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
18.91
16.11
8.1
2.4
35.7
37.5
18.91
15.77
8.1
2.9
35.7
37.4
–
17.86
–
1.8
–
38.1
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
16.32
16.79
2.3
8.9
37.2
39.9
16.03
16.69
2.8
8.9
37.1
39.9
17.83
–
1.8
–
38.1
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
16.96
15.70
2.8
3.7
40.0
36.2
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers .........................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
11.98
13.85
19.38
5.2
4.3
2.6
35.8
37.7
37.6
11.98
13.75
19.81
5.2
4.6
3.4
35.8
37.7
37.4
–
15.62
18.20
–
4.9
2.0
–
38.2
38.1
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
Establishment characteristics:
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
2
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$16.34
16.55
2.3
2.3
$16.07
16.29
2.7
2.8
$17.86
17.88
1.8
1.8
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
20.45
21.42
2.2
2.1
20.49
21.70
2.6
2.6
20.27
20.30
2.0
2.0
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
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 ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
24.81
25.53
28.75
28.76
22.95
26.56
31.32
28.23
28.29
44.02
45.84
20.65
20.08
23.88
30.55
45.47
27.89
22.53
17.54
22.53
23.60
22.06
21.30
25.08
18.01
18.01
24.19
26.09
13.33
14.16
38.03
37.36
2.5
1.8
2.4
5.1
7.1
5.4
3.9
3.6
4.1
8.1
7.6
2.3
2.3
8.6
6.0
9.1
8.3
1.7
17.5
1.2
1.6
2.6
3.0
10.8
11.8
11.8
5.7
5.7
6.9
7.6
4.8
5.1
25.55
26.34
28.79
28.76
22.95
26.56
31.43
28.29
28.37
45.84
45.84
20.58
19.88
25.35
26.79
–
24.63
15.51
–
–
24.84
–
15.67
–
–
–
22.56
–
12.58
–
–
–
3.2
2.3
2.5
5.1
7.1
5.4
3.9
3.6
4.1
7.6
7.6
2.4
2.3
7.9
7.4
–
10.9
11.6
–
–
8.7
–
5.3
–
–
–
10.0
–
11.7
–
–
–
22.87
23.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.02
21.48
–
31.92
–
28.46
23.13
22.07
22.81
23.56
22.06
23.21
27.47
20.31
20.31
25.65
26.91
14.04
14.15
37.82
–
1.7
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
8.0
–
7.5
–
9.3
1.1
3.2
.7
1.7
2.6
2.6
9.4
9.8
9.8
5.7
4.9
6.9
7.1
14.8
–
27.29
20.49
21.13
22.09
14.61
16.09
13.95
12.59
16.87
16.16
16.64
95.50
21.51
15.21
7.8
21.6
4.9
11.0
4.6
8.0
2.7
7.7
2.6
9.3
5.0
22.6
8.0
13.0
27.32
20.49
21.13
23.19
14.75
16.65
14.25
12.44
16.76
–
16.64
95.50
21.50
15.20
7.9
21.6
4.9
12.1
5.4
11.0
2.4
8.7
2.5
–
5.0
22.6
8.2
16.8
–
–
–
15.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.73
33.41
25.94
36.14
35.49
2.9
3.3
6.3
7.6
13.0
29.27
34.32
–
36.43
–
3.3
3.7
–
8.4
–
25.29
28.11
25.94
–
–
4.4
4.3
6.3
–
–
38.50
27.89
36.18
24.34
35.35
21.20
7.0
5.0
8.6
10.9
4.5
3.5
38.61
25.01
36.04
–
35.52
21.39
7.1
8.9
9.3
–
4.6
3.8
–
29.35
–
20.25
29.50
19.76
–
5.8
–
19.9
11.6
8.6
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$20.00
23.21
25.25
5.1
15.1
6.8
$20.01
23.64
25.67
5.2
15.7
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
22.74
5.4
6.9
20.13
23.58
5.1
6.6
–
–
–
–
18.00
21.75
6.2
5.8
19.22
21.62
6.5
6.5
–
$22.46
–
10.2
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
13.59
17.00
16.16
28.01
15.18
5.4
8.5
12.2
14.2
12.3
13.60
17.00
16.16
28.01
15.18
5.4
8.5
12.2
14.2
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
16.23
10.72
6.93
11.03
7.7
19.5
34.7
2.7
7.3
22.06
16.23
10.72
6.87
11.03
7.7
19.5
34.7
2.8
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, 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 and 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, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
12.27
17.50
18.46
13.53
14.03
10.14
12.34
10.00
10.92
12.63
12.82
9.26
11.33
10.71
12.14
11.56
9.90
9.10
13.48
11.14
10.39
1.6
6.6
7.6
4.6
2.6
5.2
7.4
4.4
6.1
4.6
8.9
6.2
13.3
3.8
3.7
15.4
4.3
5.3
15.3
7.5
11.5
12.48
17.65
18.46
13.69
14.48
10.64
12.34
10.09
10.87
12.63
12.25
–
–
10.42
12.41
11.85
9.97
9.10
–
11.17
10.34
1.8
7.0
7.6
5.4
3.1
2.7
7.4
4.5
7.4
4.6
9.2
–
–
4.5
4.1
16.3
4.3
5.3
–
7.5
12.4
11.06
–
–
–
12.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.27
–
11.19
10.82
–
–
–
12.07
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
5.4
5.1
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
12.57
12.6
12.57
12.6
–
–
15.32
12.14
11.49
10.76
10.65
9.26
9.13
11.59
12.6
3.7
2.4
2.8
8.1
7.5
2.9
3.3
15.19
12.29
11.59
11.08
10.65
9.23
–
11.63
13.7
3.5
2.3
3.2
8.1
8.9
–
3.4
–
–
–
9.45
–
–
9.17
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
2.8
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
12.23
2.6
12.19
2.7
12.99
3.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
15.46
23.95
16.33
14.33
3.1
13.8
6.7
7.1
15.57
25.87
16.31
14.84
3.4
15.8
6.9
7.3
14.56
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$19.85
14.76
5.1
5.1
$19.85
14.91
5.1
5.2
–
–
–
–
21.01
2.6
21.08
2.6
–
–
16.21
15.65
18.80
11.90
19.27
16.76
13.22
18.52
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.81
13.59
13.64
6.6
11.5
7.6
9.6
13.0
6.8
5.0
7.1
11.0
10.6
4.5
3.1
5.6
10.0
–
16.94
–
11.42
–
–
–
18.59
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.81
12.81
–
–
12.2
–
11.5
–
–
–
7.2
11.0
10.6
4.5
3.1
3.8
–
–
$12.95
–
–
–
–
12.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Production testers .................................................
11.17
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.82
12.36
11.65
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.8
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.4
6.5
5.8
18.3
7.3
11.4
11.17
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.82
12.36
11.65
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.8
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.4
6.5
5.8
18.3
7.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
13.43
13.98
11.18
10.85
6.6
6.5
5.3
8.7
13.63
14.29
–
10.80
7.1
6.8
–
9.7
11.56
10.49
12.14
–
2.7
3.5
3.9
–
16.83
12.8
17.03
12.8
–
–
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. ....................
9.28
8.15
7.20
8.42
8.33
11.22
9.79
9.99
9.27
3.2
11.2
1.9
11.7
5.1
8.1
8.2
4.9
6.2
9.26
7.94
7.13
8.42
8.33
11.29
9.79
9.99
9.18
3.3
11.9
1.7
11.7
5.1
8.3
8.2
4.9
6.6
10.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .........
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
8.85
12.38
18.61
23.74
17.64
14.49
19.42
4.6
7.1
5.7
3.9
19.8
3.2
2.8
7.70
8.36
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
12.97
16.58
18.61
23.74
–
14.49
19.42
3.4
3.0
5.7
3.9
–
3.2
2.8
14.48
11.18
1.3
2.2
–
–
–
–
14.48
11.18
1.3
2.2
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
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 ........................................
Precision assemblers, metal .................................
Sheet metal workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Stationary engineers .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$7.92
6.79
11.09
3.94
7.88
5.72
7.62
7.64
6.13
7.86
8.45
7.64
7.04
5.4
5.4
9.1
22.9
7.4
4.8
4.5
20.2
2.8
2.8
3.9
3.6
7.2
$7.88
6.57
10.90
3.94
7.79
5.62
7.57
7.64
5.75
7.71
8.21
7.58
6.43
5.5
6.2
10.6
22.9
8.7
5.4
5.6
20.2
1.9
3.0
3.4
3.8
5.0
–
$8.36
–
–
8.35
–
7.78
–
7.63
9.82
9.55
–
10.00
–
5.7
–
–
4.4
–
6.8
–
4.7
7.9
11.8
–
6.9
13.95
5.96
6.75
13.25
8.32
7.38
8.1
3.7
6.4
17.6
5.4
7.1
–
5.96
6.31
14.11
6.94
–
–
3.7
4.7
20.8
4.9
–
–
–
9.02
9.65
9.64
–
–
–
3.9
5.2
3.2
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.02
17.14
2.3
2.4
$16.81
16.93
2.7
2.9
$18.13
18.14
1.9
1.9
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
21.02
21.70
2.1
2.1
21.15
22.02
2.6
2.6
20.44
20.46
2.0
2.0
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
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 ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Psychologists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
25.01
25.70
28.73
28.76
22.95
26.56
31.31
28.20
28.26
44.02
45.84
20.39
20.09
23.82
31.57
45.47
29.81
22.65
17.55
22.59
23.61
22.06
22.54
25.01
18.58
18.58
24.19
26.09
13.41
14.33
38.03
37.36
2.5
1.8
2.4
5.1
7.1
5.4
4.0
3.6
4.2
8.1
7.6
2.4
2.5
9.0
6.2
9.1
9.0
1.7
17.6
1.2
1.6
2.6
2.8
11.0
12.1
12.1
5.7
5.7
7.4
8.5
4.8
5.1
25.80
26.56
28.78
28.76
22.95
26.56
31.42
28.27
28.34
45.84
45.84
20.26
19.85
25.38
26.94
–
–
15.64
–
–
25.15
–
17.35
–
–
–
22.56
–
12.68
–
–
–
3.3
2.3
2.5
5.1
7.1
5.4
4.0
3.6
4.2
7.6
7.6
2.5
2.5
8.5
7.5
–
–
12.7
–
–
8.0
–
9.1
–
–
–
10.0
–
13.4
–
–
–
22.98
23.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.05
21.54
–
33.43
–
–
23.21
22.07
22.87
23.56
22.06
–
27.42
20.31
20.31
25.65
26.91
14.04
14.15
37.82
–
1.7
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
8.3
–
7.8
–
–
1.0
3.2
.7
1.7
2.6
–
9.6
9.8
9.8
5.7
4.9
6.9
7.1
14.8
–
27.87
21.35
21.13
22.38
14.92
16.09
13.59
12.46
16.87
16.16
16.64
95.50
21.51
15.06
7.7
22.4
4.9
11.3
3.9
8.0
2.6
7.3
2.6
9.3
5.0
22.6
8.0
13.0
27.91
21.35
21.13
23.53
15.13
16.65
13.92
12.26
16.76
–
16.64
95.50
21.50
15.00
7.8
22.4
4.9
12.4
4.6
11.0
2.2
8.1
2.5
–
5.0
22.6
8.2
16.8
–
–
–
15.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.79
33.44
25.94
36.14
35.49
2.9
3.3
6.3
7.6
13.0
29.34
34.36
–
36.43
–
3.3
3.7
–
8.4
–
25.29
28.11
25.94
–
–
4.4
4.3
6.3
–
–
39.00
27.89
36.18
24.34
35.35
21.25
7.0
5.0
8.6
10.9
4.5
3.5
39.13
24.99
36.04
–
35.52
21.46
7.1
8.9
9.3
–
4.6
3.8
–
29.35
–
20.25
29.50
19.76
–
5.8
–
19.9
11.6
8.6
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$19.98
23.21
25.25
5.1
15.1
6.8
$19.99
23.64
25.67
5.2
15.7
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
22.74
5.4
6.9
20.13
23.58
5.1
6.6
–
–
–
–
18.00
21.96
6.2
5.8
19.22
21.86
6.5
6.6
–
$22.46
–
10.2
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
15.17
17.09
16.16
28.88
16.45
5.2
8.6
12.2
14.2
9.1
15.20
17.09
16.16
28.88
16.45
5.2
8.6
12.2
14.2
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
16.23
14.04
7.43
11.33
7.7
19.5
43.4
4.1
7.6
22.06
16.23
14.04
7.34
11.33
7.7
19.5
43.4
4.2
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, 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 and timekeeping
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, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
12.49
17.50
18.46
13.53
14.09
10.14
12.55
10.36
12.90
12.76
13.02
10.75
12.29
11.56
9.90
13.48
11.45
10.43
1.6
6.6
7.6
4.6
2.6
5.2
7.4
4.6
3.8
4.3
9.5
3.9
3.8
15.4
4.3
15.3
7.7
11.7
12.72
17.65
18.46
13.69
14.52
10.64
12.55
10.48
13.37
12.76
–
10.44
12.60
11.85
9.97
–
11.48
10.38
1.8
7.0
7.6
5.4
3.1
2.7
7.4
4.6
3.1
4.3
–
4.8
4.2
16.3
4.3
–
7.7
12.5
11.16
–
–
–
12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.24
10.82
–
–
12.07
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
5.1
–
–
6.9
–
–
12.75
12.3
12.75
12.3
–
–
15.32
12.14
11.49
11.21
10.89
9.35
9.20
11.63
12.6
3.7
2.4
2.6
8.5
8.3
3.2
3.5
15.19
12.28
11.59
11.59
10.89
9.34
–
11.67
13.7
3.5
2.3
2.8
8.5
10.0
–
3.7
–
–
–
9.56
–
–
9.24
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
3.2
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
12.50
2.7
12.47
2.8
13.10
3.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft engine mechanics ....................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
15.48
23.95
16.33
14.33
19.85
14.76
3.1
13.8
6.7
7.1
5.1
5.1
15.59
25.87
16.31
14.84
19.85
14.91
3.5
15.8
6.9
7.3
5.1
5.2
14.56
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$21.01
2.6
$21.08
2.6
–
–
16.21
15.65
18.80
11.90
19.27
16.76
13.22
18.52
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.81
13.59
13.64
6.6
11.5
7.6
9.6
13.0
6.8
5.0
7.1
11.0
10.6
4.5
3.1
5.6
10.0
–
16.94
–
11.42
–
–
–
18.59
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.81
12.81
–
–
12.2
–
11.5
–
–
–
7.2
11.0
10.6
4.5
3.1
3.8
–
–
$12.95
–
–
–
–
12.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Production testers .................................................
11.20
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.84
12.36
11.74
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.9
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.5
6.5
5.9
18.3
7.3
11.4
11.20
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.84
12.36
11.74
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.9
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.5
6.5
5.9
18.3
7.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
13.91
14.00
12.16
10.86
6.6
7.2
7.2
8.6
14.17
14.37
–
10.81
7.0
7.6
–
9.7
11.69
10.49
12.88
–
3.0
3.5
4.2
–
16.86
12.8
17.07
12.7
–
–
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. ....................
9.59
8.15
7.30
8.42
9.23
11.45
9.79
10.21
9.53
3.6
11.3
2.0
11.7
7.9
9.2
8.2
4.8
6.9
9.57
7.93
–
8.42
9.23
11.54
9.79
10.21
9.42
3.8
12.0
–
11.7
7.9
9.4
8.2
4.8
7.4
10.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .........
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
9.47
12.92
18.61
23.74
17.64
14.49
19.42
5.6
7.5
5.7
3.9
19.8
3.2
2.8
8.15
8.50
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
13.37
16.64
18.61
23.74
–
14.49
19.42
3.4
3.0
5.7
3.9
–
3.2
2.8
14.48
11.18
7.95
7.34
1.3
2.2
6.6
6.0
–
–
7.91
7.15
–
–
6.6
6.8
14.48
11.18
–
8.77
1.3
2.2
–
6.9
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
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 ........................................
Precision assemblers, metal .................................
Sheet metal workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Stationary engineers .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$11.24
4.42
7.95
6.23
7.67
8.40
6.11
7.86
8.45
7.62
7.29
9.5
31.4
7.9
3.3
5.3
18.7
3.1
3.0
4.1
4.0
9.2
$11.06
4.42
7.87
6.11
7.68
8.40
5.77
7.69
8.20
7.56
6.61
11.1
31.4
9.5
3.5
5.9
18.7
2.0
3.2
3.6
4.1
6.9
–
–
$8.35
–
–
–
8.21
10.21
9.55
–
10.13
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
6.1
7.8
11.8
–
6.9
13.95
6.01
6.98
18.16
9.09
8.1
4.1
8.6
17.4
5.3
–
6.01
6.48
22.69
–
–
4.1
6.8
19.2
–
–
–
9.13
9.69
9.64
–
–
3.8
5.3
3.2
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
10
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.40
8.71
4.5
5.2
$8.27
8.59
4.8
5.7
$10.20
10.20
4.7
4.7
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
10.49
13.34
5.9
6.9
10.27
13.36
6.4
7.9
13.19
13.19
7.4
7.4
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
19.09
20.40
–
–
22.71
20.05
19.58
19.63
13.34
13.79
–
–
7.3
8.1
–
–
11.6
6.9
11.6
13.5
10.7
8.3
–
–
19.43
20.99
–
–
22.80
20.06
–
–
14.01
13.60
–
–
8.3
9.2
–
–
11.9
7.3
–
–
8.3
10.1
–
–
17.30
17.67
–
–
–
–
19.76
–
12.75
–
–
–
7.6
8.7
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
18.9
–
–
–
–
14.92
16.02
–
7.0
4.9
–
14.89
16.02
–
7.8
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
6.84
6.64
6.36
3.8
9.2
2.4
6.84
6.64
6.36
3.8
9.2
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
8.37
7.99
7.34
11.19
2.6
5.3
6.3
4.5
8.31
–
6.80
11.19
2.8
–
6.0
4.5
8.81
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
8.47
9.3
8.45
9.6
9.36
5.9
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Bus drivers ............................................................
10.11
–
18.0
–
10.12
–
19.1
–
9.89
9.89
5.7
5.7
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.55
6.39
8.14
3.7
4.1
9.8
7.54
6.39
8.15
3.8
4.1
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
6.20
7.79
7.83
5.01
3.36
7.37
6.22
7.89
7.82
5.65
5.66
6.6
6.2
6.5
6.2
16.9
5.7
4.7
3.9
4.4
3.4
3.6
6.10
7.76
7.76
4.61
3.36
–
5.60
7.89
7.82
5.61
5.62
7.2
6.3
6.3
7.6
16.9
–
2.6
4.6
5.4
3.4
3.5
7.36
8.60
–
7.31
–
–
6.92
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
4.0
20.1
–
5.1
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$7.41
21.4
$7.41
21.6
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
12
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$678
682
2.3
2.4
39.8
39.8
$670
674
2.7
2.8
39.9
39.8
$718
719
1.9
1.9
39.6
39.6
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
835
861
2.1
2.1
39.7
39.7
842
875
2.5
2.5
39.8
39.7
806
807
2.0
2.0
39.5
39.5
981
1,018
2.2
1.9
39.2
39.6
1,013
1,057
2.9
2.4
39.3
39.8
901
934
1.7
1.6
39.2
39.2
1,152
2.4
40.1
1,154
2.5
40.1
–
–
–
1,138
939
1,063
1,261
5.4
6.7
5.4
3.9
39.6
40.9
40.0
40.3
1,138
939
1,063
1,266
5.4
6.7
5.4
3.9
39.6
40.9
40.0
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,129
3.6
40.0
1,132
3.6
40.0
–
–
–
1,132
1,774
1,834
786
771
953
1,231
1,811
4.2
7.8
7.6
2.6
2.7
9.0
6.0
9.2
40.1
40.3
40.0
38.6
38.4
40.0
39.0
39.8
1,135
1,834
1,834
777
758
1,015
1,079
–
4.2
7.6
7.6
2.9
2.7
8.5
7.5
–
40.1
40.0
40.0
38.4
38.2
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
833
857
–
1,289
–
–
–
–
6.6
8.4
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
39.6
39.8
–
38.6
–
1,137
6.9
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
887
1.6
39.2
621
12.5
39.7
908
1.1
39.1
679
887
923
872
897
16.6
1.3
1.7
2.6
3.0
38.7
39.3
39.1
39.5
39.8
–
–
978
–
684
–
–
7.3
–
8.3
–
–
38.9
–
39.4
837
897
921
872
–
3.7
.9
1.7
2.6
–
37.9
39.2
39.1
39.5
–
960
9.8
38.4
–
–
–
1,043
8.6
38.1
738
738
12.0
12.0
39.7
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
804
804
9.7
9.7
39.6
39.6
952
995
5.4
5.8
39.3
38.1
906
–
10.2
–
40.2
–
991
1,033
5.1
4.6
38.6
38.4
530
564
1,610
1,586
7.1
8.0
6.4
6.9
39.6
39.4
42.3
42.5
498
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
559
563
1,513
–
7.0
7.1
14.8
–
39.8
39.8
40.0
–
1,122
903
857
849
7.8
27.1
4.6
9.2
40.2
42.3
40.5
37.9
1,123
903
857
887
7.8
27.1
4.6
10.0
40.3
42.3
40.5
37.7
–
–
–
594
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
39.6
591
635
533
3.8
8.1
2.8
39.6
39.5
39.2
598
666
545
4.5
11.0
2.5
39.5
40.0
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
494
7.7
39.7
481
8.1
39.2
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
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 ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Geologists and geodesists .....
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Pharmacists ............................
Teachers, college and university
Medical science teachers .......
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Designers ...............................
Editors and reporters ..............
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$673
646
665
2,276
868
597
2.6
9.3
5.0
8.3
8.5
12.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
23.8
40.4
39.7
$668
–
665
2,276
870
603
2.4
–
5.0
8.3
8.8
16.9
39.9
–
40.0
23.8
40.5
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,160
2.9
40.3
1,181
3.3
40.3
$1,022
4.6
40.4
1,349
3.4
40.3
1,384
3.8
40.3
1,142
4.2
40.6
1,129
1,419
7.1
7.4
43.5
39.3
–
1,428
–
8.3
–
39.2
1,129
–
7.1
–
43.5
–
1,419
13.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,601
5.9
41.0
1,607
6.0
41.1
–
–
–
1,111
5.2
39.8
1,014
9.2
40.6
1,159
6.2
39.5
1,425
8.0
39.4
1,418
8.7
39.3
–
–
–
967
11.1
39.7
–
–
–
810
19.9
40.0
1,431
854
819
929
1,010
4.6
3.5
6.0
15.1
6.8
40.5
40.2
41.0
40.0
40.0
1,439
864
819
946
1,027
4.7
3.8
6.1
15.7
6.6
40.5
40.2
41.0
40.0
40.0
1,164
789
–
–
–
11.7
8.7
–
–
–
39.5
39.9
–
–
–
810
5.4
40.0
805
5.1
40.0
–
–
–
909
6.9
40.0
943
6.6
40.0
–
–
–
720
877
6.2
5.8
40.0
39.9
769
874
6.5
6.5
40.0
40.0
–
893
–
10.5
–
39.7
611
695
5.3
8.8
40.3
40.7
612
695
5.3
8.8
40.3
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
647
1,115
667
12.2
15.3
10.3
40.0
38.6
40.5
647
1,115
667
12.2
15.3
10.3
40.0
38.6
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
925
6.6
41.9
925
6.6
41.9
–
–
–
726
19.3
44.7
726
19.3
44.7
–
–
–
548
291
454
44.0
4.3
7.6
39.1
39.2
40.1
548
287
454
44.0
4.4
7.6
39.1
39.1
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Airplane pilots and navigators
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
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 ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Advertising and related sales
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, 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 and timekeeping ....
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, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
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 .............................
$498
705
1.6
6.3
39.9
40.3
$508
711
1.8
6.7
39.9
40.3
$441
–
2.3
–
39.5
–
738
541
559
406
7.6
4.6
2.7
5.2
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
738
547
576
426
7.6
5.4
3.2
2.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
–
–
501
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
39.5
–
502
413
508
510
7.4
4.6
3.9
4.3
40.0
39.8
39.4
40.0
502
417
525
510
7.4
4.7
3.6
4.3
40.0
39.8
39.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
518
428
9.6
3.9
39.8
39.8
–
418
–
4.8
–
40.0
–
444
–
5.6
–
39.5
490
463
396
542
3.7
15.4
4.3
15.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.2
503
474
399
–
4.2
16.3
4.3
–
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
429
–
–
479
4.8
–
–
6.5
39.7
–
–
39.7
456
417
7.7
11.7
39.9
40.0
459
415
7.7
12.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
510
12.3
40.0
510
12.3
40.0
–
–
–
606
12.1
39.6
601
13.3
39.5
–
–
–
485
460
446
435
371
362
464
3.7
2.4
2.7
8.5
8.2
3.5
3.5
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.6
39.4
39.9
491
464
462
435
374
–
466
3.5
2.3
2.9
8.5
10.0
–
3.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
39.9
–
–
378
–
–
364
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
39.4
–
506
2.8
40.5
505
2.9
40.5
519
3.5
39.6
623
3.2
40.2
628
3.5
40.3
581
3.6
39.9
968
677
13.7
8.9
40.4
41.5
1,056
677
15.4
9.2
40.8
41.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
591
794
590
8.0
5.1
5.1
41.2
40.0
40.0
618
794
596
8.3
5.1
5.2
41.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
840
2.6
40.0
843
2.6
40.0
–
–
–
648
6.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
625
11.5
40.0
676
12.2
39.9
518
6.0
40.0
797
482
771
7.1
9.1
13.0
42.4
40.5
40.0
–
464
–
–
11.0
–
–
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, production ..........
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 .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Production testers ...................
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Bus drivers ..............................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Miscellaneous material
moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Construction laborers .............
Production helpers ..................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Vehicle washers and
equipment cleaners ..........
$670
529
755
671
591
6.8
5.0
7.9
11.0
10.6
40.0
40.0
40.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
$758
671
591
–
–
8.1
11.0
10.6
–
–
40.8
40.0
40.0
399
552
4.5
3.1
40.0
40.0
399
552
4.5
3.1
40.0
40.0
544
546
5.6
10.0
40.0
40.0
513
–
3.8
–
446
3.9
39.9
446
682
9.0
40.0
462
584
12.5
9.7
263
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
39.9
–
–
–
682
9.0
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
39.8
462
584
12.5
9.7
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.1
40.0
263
12.1
40.0
–
–
–
433
4.3
40.0
433
4.3
40.0
–
–
–
418
17.2
40.0
418
17.2
40.0
–
–
–
427
14.5
40.0
427
14.5
40.0
–
–
–
431
494
467
9.5
6.5
6.1
39.7
40.0
39.8
431
494
467
9.5
6.5
6.1
39.7
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
364
18.3
40.0
364
18.3
40.0
–
–
–
457
464
7.3
11.8
40.0
39.7
457
464
7.3
11.8
40.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
598
670
465
6.3
7.0
6.4
43.0
47.9
38.2
617
702
–
6.5
6.9
–
43.6
48.9
–
454
420
462
3.1
3.5
8.0
38.8
40.0
35.9
451
11.5
41.6
451
12.9
41.7
–
–
–
674
12.8
40.0
683
12.7
40.0
–
–
–
384
3.6
40.0
383
3.8
40.0
410
6.7
40.0
324
292
337
369
11.1
2.0
11.7
7.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
315
–
337
369
11.8
–
11.7
7.9
39.7
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
458
9.2
40.0
462
9.4
40.0
–
–
–
392
8.2
40.0
392
8.2
40.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
–
$506
–
–
–
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, firefighters and
fire prevention ...................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
$408
4.8
40.0
$408
4.8
40.0
–
–
–
380
7.0
39.9
376
7.4
39.9
–
–
–
368
531
5.1
8.0
38.9
41.1
313
338
5.4
8.1
38.4
39.8
$537
703
3.9
2.9
40.2
42.2
944
5.4
50.7
–
–
–
944
5.4
50.7
950
698
707
3.9
18.8
4.2
40.0
39.6
48.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
950
–
707
3.9
–
4.2
40.0
–
48.7
779
2.8
40.1
–
–
–
779
2.8
40.1
599
447
1.8
2.2
41.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
599
447
1.8
2.2
41.4
40.0
316
288
6.4
6.2
39.8
39.3
315
286
6.5
7.1
39.8
40.0
–
305
–
6.1
–
34.8
483
176
310
7.7
31.7
7.9
43.0
39.7
38.9
512
176
311
8.3
31.7
9.5
46.3
39.7
39.5
–
–
304
–
–
7.2
–
–
36.4
248
3.5
39.8
243
3.8
39.7
–
–
–
300
5.7
39.1
303
6.3
39.5
–
–
–
336
228
303
335
18.7
2.5
3.7
4.2
40.0
37.4
38.5
39.6
336
220
296
326
18.7
2.4
3.9
3.8
40.0
38.2
38.5
39.7
–
271
400
375
–
8.8
8.2
11.7
–
33.1
39.2
39.3
291
291
4.8
9.2
38.2
39.9
289
264
4.9
6.9
38.2
40.0
–
404
–
6.9
–
39.9
568
237
279
521
9.4
3.7
8.6
8.7
40.7
39.4
40.0
28.7
–
237
259
572
–
3.7
6.8
8.8
–
39.4
40.0
25.2
–
–
364
375
–
–
3.7
4.9
–
–
39.9
38.7
349
4.4
38.4
–
–
–
365
3.3
37.8
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
17
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$34,271
34,433
2.3
2.4
2,014
2,009
$34,735
34,965
2.7
2.8
2,067
2,065
$32,149
32,167
1.9
1.9
1,773
1,773
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
41,695
42,806
2.1
2.1
1,984
1,972
43,616
45,341
2.5
2.5
2,062
2,059
34,713
34,745
2.0
2.0
1,699
1,698
46,965
47,685
2.2
1.9
1,878
1,856
52,313
54,474
2.9
2.4
2,027
2,051
36,300
36,798
1.7
1.6
1,580
1,542
59,891
2.4
2,085
59,994
2.5
2,085
–
–
–
59,164
48,846
55,254
65,571
5.4
6.7
5.4
3.9
2,057
2,129
2,080
2,094
59,164
48,846
55,254
65,811
5.4
6.7
5.4
3.9
2,057
2,129
2,080
2,094
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
58,724
3.6
2,082
58,864
3.6
2,082
–
–
–
58,865
92,240
95,354
40,557
39,973
49,539
54,626
92,184
4.2
7.8
7.6
2.6
2.7
9.0
6.0
9.2
2,083
2,095
2,080
1,989
1,990
2,080
1,730
2,027
59,033
95,354
95,354
40,418
39,392
52,789
47,259
–
4.2
7.6
7.6
2.9
2.7
8.5
7.5
–
2,083
2,080
2,080
1,995
1,984
2,080
1,754
–
–
–
–
41,226
43,678
–
57,536
–
–
–
–
6.6
8.4
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
1,959
2,028
–
1,721
–
50,967
6.9
1,710
–
–
–
–
–
–
33,246
1.6
1,468
26,515
12.5
1,696
33,706
1.1
1,452
27,624
32,669
34,116
31,411
35,233
16.6
1.3
1.7
2.6
3.0
1,574
1,446
1,445
1,424
1,563
–
–
37,520
–
31,261
–
–
7.3
–
8.3
–
–
1,492
–
1,802
31,037
33,028
33,996
31,411
–
3.7
.9
1.7
2.6
–
1,407
1,444
1,443
1,424
–
42,039
9.8
1,681
–
–
–
44,557
8.6
1,625
35,130
35,130
12.0
12.0
1,891
1,891
–
–
–
–
–
–
37,329
37,329
9.7
9.7
1,838
1,838
43,542
40,715
5.4
5.8
1,800
1,561
47,136
–
10.2
–
2,089
–
41,087
41,241
5.1
4.6
1,602
1,532
27,381
29,086
83,699
82,485
7.1
8.0
6.4
6.9
2,042
2,030
2,201
2,208
25,799
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
2,035
–
–
–
28,753
28,948
78,667
–
7.0
7.1
14.8
–
2,048
2,046
2,080
–
58,334
46,954
44,553
44,047
7.8
27.1
4.6
9.2
2,093
2,200
2,109
1,968
58,419
46,954
44,553
46,108
7.8
27.1
4.6
10.0
2,093
2,200
2,109
1,959
–
–
–
30,381
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
2,026
30,731
33,017
27,580
3.8
8.1
2.8
2,060
2,053
2,029
31,102
34,628
28,349
4.5
11.0
2.5
2,056
2,080
2,037
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25,690
7.7
2,062
24,991
8.1
2,038
–
–
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
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 ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Geologists and geodesists .....
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Pharmacists ............................
Teachers, college and university
Medical science teachers .......
Teachers, post secondary,
subject not specified .........
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Prekindergarten and
kindergarten ......................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Librarians ................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Psychologists ..........................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Lawyers ..................................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Designers ...............................
Editors and reporters ..............
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Radiologic technicians ............
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and
technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters ...................................
Airplane pilots and navigators
Computer programmers .........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
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 ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Purchasing agents and
buyers, n.e.c. ....................
Inspectors and compliance
officers, except
construction ......................
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Securities and financial
services sales ...................
Advertising and related sales
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, motor vehicles
and boats ..........................
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ...............
$35,005
33,614
34,601
118,348
45,103
30,643
2.6
9.3
5.0
8.3
8.5
12.7
2,075
2,080
2,080
1,239
2,097
2,035
$34,762
–
34,601
118,348
45,242
31,341
2.4
–
5.0
8.3
8.8
16.9
2,075
–
2,080
1,239
2,104
2,089
59,936
2.9
2,082
61,329
3.3
2,090
$51,430
4.6
2,033
69,491
3.4
2,078
71,760
3.8
2,088
56,790
4.2
2,020
58,319
73,795
7.1
7.4
2,248
2,042
–
74,232
–
8.3
–
2,038
58,319
–
7.1
–
2,248
–
73,810
13.0
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
83,249
5.9
2,134
83,552
6.0
2,135
–
–
–
53,917
5.2
1,933
52,675
9.2
2,108
54,466
6.2
1,856
74,101
8.0
2,048
73,732
8.7
2,046
–
–
–
50,268
11.1
2,065
–
–
–
42,116
19.9
2,080
73,848
44,391
42,563
48,285
52,524
4.6
3.5
6.0
15.1
6.8
2,089
2,089
2,130
2,080
2,080
74,399
44,909
42,597
49,169
53,384
4.7
3.8
6.1
15.7
6.6
2,094
2,093
2,131
2,080
2,080
56,727
40,707
–
–
–
11.7
8.7
–
–
–
1,923
2,060
–
–
–
41,938
5.4
2,071
41,875
5.1
2,080
–
–
–
47,292
6.9
2,080
49,053
6.6
2,080
–
–
–
37,444
45,550
6.2
5.8
2,080
2,075
39,984
45,449
6.5
6.5
2,080
2,079
–
46,097
–
10.5
–
2,052
31,680
36,166
5.3
8.8
2,088
2,117
31,735
36,166
5.3
8.8
2,088
2,117
–
–
–
–
–
–
33,623
57,998
34,671
12.2
15.3
10.3
2,080
2,008
2,108
33,623
57,998
34,671
12.2
15.3
10.3
2,080
2,008
2,108
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48,114
6.6
2,181
48,114
6.6
2,181
–
–
–
37,733
19.3
2,324
37,733
19.3
2,324
–
–
–
28,506
15,135
23,060
44.0
4.3
7.6
2,031
2,036
2,036
28,506
14,930
23,060
44.0
4.4
7.6
2,031
2,034
2,036
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, 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 and timekeeping ....
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, and
investigators .....................
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Bill and account collectors ......
General office clerks ...............
Bank tellers .............................
Data entry keyers ...................
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Bus, truck, and stationary
engine mechanics .............
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 .............................
$25,466
36,662
1.6
6.3
2,039
2,095
$26,391
36,993
1.8
6.7
2,074
2,096
$20,775
–
2.3
–
1,861
–
38,391
28,021
28,614
21,091
7.6
4.6
2.7
5.2
2,080
2,071
2,031
2,080
38,391
28,468
29,952
22,129
7.6
5.4
3.2
2.7
2,080
2,080
2,063
2,080
–
–
24,492
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
1,932
–
26,111
21,392
26,413
26,541
7.4
4.6
3.9
4.3
2,080
2,065
2,048
2,080
26,111
21,702
27,280
26,541
7.4
4.7
3.6
4.3
2,080
2,071
2,040
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,618
21,074
9.6
3.9
2,044
1,960
–
21,724
–
4.8
–
2,080
–
20,183
–
5.6
–
1,796
25,410
24,050
20,586
28,165
3.7
15.4
4.3
15.9
2,068
2,080
2,080
2,089
26,161
24,657
20,743
–
4.2
16.3
4.3
–
2,076
2,080
2,080
–
21,996
–
–
24,894
4.8
–
–
6.5
2,032
–
–
2,063
23,732
21,685
7.7
11.7
2,073
2,079
23,884
21,580
7.7
12.5
2,080
2,079
–
–
–
–
–
–
26,513
12.3
2,080
26,513
12.3
2,080
–
–
–
31,527
12.1
2,058
31,234
13.3
2,057
–
–
–
25,244
23,904
22,988
22,643
18,367
13,212
24,039
3.7
2.4
2.7
8.5
8.2
3.5
3.5
2,080
2,080
2,051
2,080
1,965
1,435
2,068
25,551
24,107
23,851
22,643
19,429
–
24,228
3.5
2.3
2.9
8.5
10.0
–
3.6
2,080
2,080
2,058
2,080
2,080
–
2,076
–
–
19,320
–
–
13,261
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
2,022
–
–
1,435
–
26,217
2.8
2,097
26,203
2.9
2,102
26,438
3.5
2,018
32,168
3.2
2,078
32,416
3.5
2,079
30,151
3.6
2,071
49,303
35,202
13.7
8.9
2,058
2,156
53,397
35,193
15.4
9.2
2,064
2,158
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,722
41,295
30,694
8.0
5.1
5.1
2,144
2,080
2,080
32,144
41,295
31,010
8.3
5.1
5.2
2,166
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41,755
2.6
1,987
41,859
2.6
1,986
–
–
–
33,708
6.6
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
32,439
11.5
2,073
35,057
12.2
2,069
26,931
6.0
2,080
41,429
24,981
40,076
7.1
9.1
13.0
2,204
2,099
2,080
–
24,111
–
–
11.0
–
–
2,111
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
–
$26,320
–
–
–
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and
repair –Continued
Plumbers, pipefitters and
steamfitters .......................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Supervisors, production ..........
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 .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Production testers ...................
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Bus drivers ..............................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Miscellaneous material
moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Groundskeepers and
gardeners, except farm .....
Construction laborers .............
Production helpers ..................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Vehicle washers and
equipment cleaners ..........
$34,858
27,490
39,251
34,877
30,751
6.8
5.0
7.9
11.0
10.6
2,080
2,080
2,120
2,080
2,080
–
–
$39,418
34,877
30,751
–
–
8.1
11.0
10.6
–
–
2,121
2,080
2,080
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
2,080
–
–
–
20,767
28,727
4.5
3.1
2,080
2,080
20,767
28,727
4.5
3.1
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,263
28,048
5.6
10.0
2,080
2,056
26,651
–
3.8
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,181
3.9
2,070
23,181
3.9
2,070
–
–
–
35,467
9.0
2,080
35,467
9.0
2,080
–
–
–
24,013
30,375
12.5
9.7
2,080
2,070
24,013
30,375
12.5
9.7
2,080
2,070
–
–
–
–
–
–
13,668
12.1
2,080
13,668
12.1
2,080
–
–
–
22,500
4.3
2,080
22,500
4.3
2,080
–
–
–
21,760
17.2
2,080
21,760
17.2
2,080
–
–
–
22,191
14.5
2,080
22,191
14.5
2,080
–
–
–
22,403
25,713
24,183
9.5
6.5
6.1
2,067
2,080
2,061
22,403
25,713
24,183
9.5
6.5
6.1
2,067
2,080
2,061
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18,946
18.3
2,080
18,946
18.3
2,080
–
–
–
23,764
24,105
7.3
11.8
2,080
2,064
23,764
24,105
7.3
11.8
2,080
2,064
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,911
34,627
22,850
6.3
7.0
6.4
2,223
2,474
1,879
32,019
36,271
–
6.5
6.9
–
2,260
2,525
–
22,758
21,748
21,241
3.1
3.5
8.0
1,947
2,073
1,649
23,473
11.5
2,161
23,476
12.9
2,171
–
–
–
35,029
12.8
2,078
35,507
12.7
2,080
–
–
–
19,898
3.6
2,074
19,889
3.8
2,078
20,158
6.7
1,965
16,831
15,137
17,516
19,195
11.1
2.0
11.7
7.9
2,065
2,072
2,080
2,080
16,371
–
17,516
19,195
11.8
–
11.7
7.9
2,064
–
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,813
9.2
2,080
24,001
9.4
2,080
–
–
–
20,362
8.2
2,080
20,362
8.2
2,080
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, firefighters and
fire prevention ...................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Supervisors, guards ................
Firefighting ..............................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Cooks .....................................
Food counter, fountain, and
related ...............................
Kitchen workers, food
preparation .......................
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Supervisors, cleaning and
building service workers ...
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Early childhood teachers’
assistants ..........................
$21,225
4.8
2,079
$21,225
4.8
2,079
–
–
–
19,785
7.0
2,076
19,563
7.4
2,076
–
–
–
18,736
27,587
5.1
8.0
1,979
2,135
16,287
17,576
5.4
8.1
1,998
2,067
$25,737
36,533
3.9
2.9
1,925
2,195
49,082
5.4
2,637
–
–
–
49,082
5.4
2,637
49,380
36,290
36,739
3.9
18.8
4.2
2,080
2,057
2,535
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
49,380
–
36,739
3.9
–
4.2
2,080
–
2,535
40,510
2.8
2,086
–
–
–
40,510
2.8
2,086
31,138
23,247
1.8
2.2
2,151
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,138
23,247
1.8
2.2
2,151
2,080
16,442
14,312
6.4
6.2
2,069
1,949
16,369
14,861
6.5
7.1
2,069
2,078
–
11,684
–
6.1
–
1,333
23,013
9,126
15,031
7.7
31.7
7.9
2,048
2,063
1,890
26,613
9,126
16,159
8.3
31.7
9.5
2,406
2,063
2,053
–
–
11,361
–
–
7.2
–
–
1,360
12,885
3.5
2,068
12,626
3.8
2,066
–
–
–
15,231
5.7
1,985
15,748
6.3
2,050
–
–
–
17,467
11,028
15,701
17,195
18.7
2.5
3.7
4.2
2,080
1,805
1,997
2,034
17,467
11,458
15,384
16,949
18.7
2.4
3.9
3.8
2,080
1,984
2,000
2,066
–
9,470
19,961
18,190
–
8.8
8.2
11.7
–
1,154
1,956
1,905
15,117
15,066
4.8
9.2
1,985
2,066
15,003
13,725
4.9
6.9
1,985
2,078
–
20,422
–
6.9
–
2,016
29,534
12,305
14,403
25,435
9.4
3.7
8.6
8.7
2,118
2,047
2,064
1,400
–
12,305
13,475
29,710
–
3.7
6.8
8.8
–
2,047
2,079
1,309
–
–
18,281
15,596
–
–
3.7
4.9
–
–
2,003
1,610
13,871
4.4
1,526
–
–
–
13,478
3.3
1,399
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
22
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$16.34
16.55
2.3
2.3
$16.07
16.29
2.7
2.8
$17.86
17.88
1.8
1.8
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
20.45
6.19
8.24
9.19
11.05
13.72
15.86
17.98
20.62
23.75
26.74
34.46
37.27
42.77
53.61
33.03
21.42
6.42
8.52
9.74
11.50
13.81
16.00
17.80
20.66
23.85
26.94
34.63
37.28
42.48
53.61
32.81
2.2
1.9
3.0
2.1
1.9
1.5
2.5
2.0
1.6
1.7
3.1
6.1
2.6
3.1
5.6
11.8
2.1
4.5
2.3
2.4
1.8
1.5
2.2
1.9
1.6
1.7
3.3
6.3
2.7
3.2
5.6
12.1
20.49
6.10
8.19
9.20
11.06
13.95
16.14
17.77
19.40
23.99
26.53
35.70
38.01
42.66
54.72
33.10
21.70
6.20
8.51
9.83
11.60
14.07
16.39
17.50
19.27
24.12
26.74
35.96
38.04
42.34
54.72
32.87
2.6
2.0
3.5
2.4
2.2
1.6
2.7
2.3
2.7
1.9
3.4
6.8
3.0
3.2
6.0
12.8
2.6
6.7
2.8
2.7
2.0
1.7
2.4
2.2
2.9
2.0
3.7
7.1
3.1
3.2
6.0
13.3
20.27
7.12
8.55
9.14
10.95
12.13
13.88
18.78
22.14
22.51
28.48
27.33
33.85
44.09
–
32.35
20.30
6.84
8.55
9.14
10.95
12.13
13.88
18.78
22.14
22.51
28.48
27.33
33.85
44.09
–
32.35
2.0
4.3
3.5
2.3
2.3
2.8
4.2
3.5
1.2
2.5
5.0
3.9
3.5
15.1
–
17.3
2.0
2.8
3.5
2.3
2.3
2.8
4.2
3.5
1.2
2.5
5.0
3.9
3.5
15.1
–
17.3
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
9 ......................................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
24.81
25.53
15.23
17.24
19.37
21.21
24.36
27.99
31.02
34.89
40.79
43.45
32.79
28.75
19.06
22.84
22.88
26.76
28.55
30.75
36.40
28.76
27.18
22.95
24.60
26.56
31.32
27.43
29.72
32.37
2.5
1.8
5.1
6.4
2.6
1.8
2.2
2.7
3.7
2.7
4.4
1.1
21.7
2.4
4.0
3.5
8.8
3.2
4.1
3.0
2.4
5.1
3.4
7.1
7.3
5.4
3.9
7.3
3.4
4.5
25.55
26.34
16.15
17.52
18.60
19.24
24.90
27.83
31.30
34.62
40.22
–
31.44
28.79
19.06
22.84
22.88
26.78
28.80
30.94
36.40
28.76
27.18
22.95
24.60
26.56
31.43
27.43
30.11
32.37
3.2
2.3
4.8
6.2
3.5
3.8
2.7
3.0
3.9
2.8
3.5
–
25.6
2.5
4.0
3.5
8.8
3.3
4.2
3.1
2.4
5.1
3.4
7.1
7.3
5.4
3.9
7.3
3.3
4.5
22.87
23.75
10.58
–
19.93
22.79
22.46
28.69
28.82
36.68
–
–
44.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
1.6
5.6
–
3.5
.8
3.0
5.7
6.2
7.2
–
–
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$37.97
28.23
19.80
25.88
30.37
31.74
33.28
41.01
28.29
19.78
26.03
32.41
32.04
30.98
39.00
44.02
45.84
20.65
18.17
17.26
19.07
20.66
31.19
20.08
17.41
18.81
20.67
31.43
23.88
30.55
20.86
27.96
27.48
43.99
45.47
27.89
28.40
22.53
21.50
22.46
23.16
29.35
17.54
16.11
22.53
21.56
22.86
21.40
23.60
23.28
23.18
25.91
31.41
22.06
22.07
21.46
21.30
13.93
19.45
1.8
3.6
12.0
1.7
3.9
5.4
4.8
6.7
4.1
12.2
1.8
4.6
5.5
3.8
5.6
8.1
7.6
2.3
5.6
3.5
1.9
5.0
5.6
2.3
3.2
1.7
4.6
7.5
8.6
6.0
7.0
12.8
9.2
17.4
9.1
8.3
12.3
1.7
2.6
2.0
3.9
4.9
17.5
25.1
1.2
2.8
1.4
2.0
1.6
2.7
1.1
10.2
10.4
2.6
3.4
3.4
3.0
21.3
5.2
$37.97
28.29
19.80
25.95
30.37
31.74
33.28
41.01
28.37
19.78
26.10
32.41
32.04
30.98
39.00
45.84
45.84
20.58
18.17
18.29
18.98
20.18
31.61
19.88
17.85
18.83
19.87
31.51
25.35
26.79
–
–
26.32
–
–
24.63
–
15.51
15.12
14.40
24.47
25.75
–
–
–
–
–
22.94
24.84
–
21.65
–
–
–
–
–
15.67
–
20.26
1.8
3.6
12.0
1.7
3.9
5.4
4.8
6.7
4.1
12.2
1.9
4.6
5.5
3.8
5.6
7.6
7.6
2.4
5.6
3.6
2.0
5.6
6.6
2.3
3.3
1.9
4.5
9.4
7.9
7.4
–
–
7.0
–
–
10.9
–
11.6
19.7
16.3
7.7
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
8.7
–
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$21.02
–
14.70
19.89
22.58
–
21.48
–
18.65
23.60
–
–
31.92
20.38
–
28.06
–
–
28.46
–
23.13
21.85
23.12
23.09
–
22.07
24.02
22.81
21.68
23.20
21.25
23.56
23.04
23.21
25.79
–
22.06
22.07
21.46
23.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
4.9
4.9
6.6
–
8.0
–
3.1
5.8
–
–
7.5
7.6
–
13.1
–
–
9.3
–
1.1
2.6
.6
4.0
–
3.2
3.6
.7
2.8
.7
2.0
1.7
2.7
1.1
10.8
–
2.6
3.4
3.4
2.6
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Engineers, n.e.c. –Continued
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Health related ...........................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
8 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
10 ......................................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
10 ......................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
$25.08
18.01
18.01
24.19
26.52
26.09
27.19
13.33
14.32
14.16
14.48
38.03
37.36
10.8
11.8
11.8
5.7
5.0
5.7
5.7
6.9
5.9
7.6
6.0
4.8
5.1
–
–
–
$22.56
–
–
–
12.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
$27.47
20.31
20.31
25.65
27.19
26.91
27.19
14.04
14.18
14.15
–
37.82
–
9.4
9.8
9.8
5.7
5.7
4.9
5.7
6.9
5.6
7.1
–
14.8
–
27.29
19.73
24.97
33.12
20.49
21.13
22.09
8.47
11.42
14.93
14.98
17.64
17.88
25.36
102.90
14.61
16.09
13.95
13.35
14.42
14.07
12.59
10.33
16.54
16.87
14.69
17.43
18.39
16.16
16.64
95.50
21.51
15.21
7.8
8.3
15.5
28.5
21.6
4.9
11.0
2.3
4.3
2.5
2.4
4.0
4.1
9.0
20.2
4.6
8.0
2.7
7.2
3.9
3.3
7.7
4.9
5.6
2.6
3.8
2.4
4.9
9.3
5.0
22.6
8.0
13.0
27.32
19.73
24.97
32.91
20.49
21.13
23.19
8.47
11.52
15.20
15.47
17.90
18.46
25.43
102.90
14.75
16.65
14.25
13.97
14.42
14.07
12.44
10.36
–
16.76
–
17.48
18.39
–
16.64
95.50
21.50
15.20
7.9
8.3
15.5
29.9
21.6
4.9
12.1
2.3
4.5
2.4
2.5
4.1
5.0
9.7
20.2
5.4
11.0
2.4
6.8
3.9
3.3
8.7
5.2
–
2.5
–
2.5
4.9
–
5.0
22.6
8.2
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.00
–
–
12.52
13.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
7.4
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
28.73
13.88
16.53
16.86
19.33
22.95
24.30
29.90
39.82
44.20
56.49
38.60
2.9
6.4
4.8
4.3
3.7
2.3
4.5
3.3
4.0
4.2
6.3
10.9
29.27
14.16
17.04
16.91
19.88
22.92
24.09
30.89
42.15
44.21
57.16
39.72
3.3
7.0
4.9
4.5
4.0
2.6
4.6
3.8
4.5
4.4
6.5
11.4
25.29
–
14.44
15.98
16.33
23.23
–
26.42
32.22
–
–
–
4.4
–
11.2
6.9
6.2
4.2
–
4.5
3.3
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.41
17.82
21.23
23.08
24.20
31.22
39.94
44.30
56.70
41.97
25.94
36.14
33.83
46.04
35.49
3.3
14.3
6.0
3.3
6.9
3.7
4.5
4.4
6.5
11.5
6.3
7.6
11.3
12.9
13.0
$34.32
17.82
22.76
22.90
23.86
32.65
42.80
44.31
57.40
43.70
–
36.43
34.16
51.67
–
3.7
14.3
5.0
3.4
7.3
3.9
5.2
4.6
6.7
12.3
–
8.4
11.4
12.6
–
$28.11
–
–
–
–
26.45
31.90
–
–
–
25.94
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
5.9
3.2
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
38.50
24.39
46.58
27.89
23.11
29.03
28.62
36.18
24.34
35.35
22.01
21.92
32.21
37.26
44.28
57.29
42.07
21.20
14.36
16.46
16.48
18.48
22.74
24.46
26.25
39.08
23.14
20.00
16.37
22.57
27.42
23.21
25.25
7.0
11.6
7.3
5.0
9.7
4.3
8.5
8.6
10.9
4.5
5.2
6.2
4.2
4.4
6.2
8.4
16.7
3.5
7.3
3.1
1.8
4.0
3.1
4.5
3.2
6.2
20.4
5.1
2.9
5.8
8.0
15.1
6.8
38.61
24.39
47.51
25.01
–
–
–
36.04
–
35.52
22.01
21.84
32.58
37.84
44.14
57.29
42.07
21.39
14.80
16.57
16.52
18.78
22.95
24.46
26.23
39.03
23.14
20.01
16.21
22.57
27.42
23.64
25.67
7.1
11.6
7.7
8.9
–
–
–
9.3
–
4.6
5.2
6.4
4.3
4.5
6.3
8.4
16.7
3.8
8.0
3.3
1.9
4.1
3.6
4.5
4.0
6.7
20.4
5.2
2.9
5.8
8.0
15.7
6.6
–
–
–
29.35
–
–
29.26
–
20.25
29.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.76
–
–
15.98
–
21.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
8.8
–
19.9
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
6.9
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
22.74
5.4
6.9
20.13
23.58
5.1
6.6
–
–
–
–
18.00
21.75
16.90
20.79
23.84
6.2
5.8
3.9
5.6
3.2
19.22
21.62
16.80
20.97
23.84
6.5
6.5
4.1
6.3
3.2
–
22.46
–
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
13.59
6.13
7.31
5.4
2.1
8.8
13.60
6.09
7.31
5.4
2.1
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
9 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.65
8.77
12.92
15.35
19.45
20.17
21.89
24.34
30.64
17.00
16.16
28.01
15.18
15.08
19.38
3.1
5.8
6.5
7.3
9.0
7.6
7.3
3.3
7.5
8.5
12.2
14.2
12.3
6.9
17.1
$7.65
8.74
12.92
15.35
19.45
20.17
21.89
24.34
30.64
17.00
16.16
28.01
15.18
15.08
19.38
3.1
5.9
6.5
7.3
9.0
7.6
7.3
3.3
7.5
8.5
12.2
14.2
12.3
6.9
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
23.79
16.23
10.72
6.93
6.17
7.65
11.03
7.7
7.2
19.5
34.7
2.7
2.5
6.4
7.3
22.06
23.79
16.23
10.72
6.87
6.11
7.65
11.03
7.7
7.2
19.5
34.7
2.8
2.4
6.4
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.27
6.42
8.52
9.78
11.54
13.47
15.90
16.79
18.98
20.46
11.05
17.50
18.46
13.53
12.65
14.24
14.03
9.95
11.92
14.31
16.69
17.56
10.14
12.34
10.00
7.96
10.01
10.92
12.63
12.15
10.64
12.82
9.26
11.33
10.71
10.22
11.06
1.6
4.5
2.4
2.5
1.9
1.9
3.1
3.7
5.5
5.5
10.2
6.6
7.6
4.6
8.0
5.1
2.6
5.1
3.4
3.0
4.7
4.0
5.2
7.4
4.4
4.4
5.6
6.1
4.6
7.1
6.6
8.9
6.2
13.3
3.8
5.5
5.9
12.48
6.20
8.51
9.88
11.65
13.66
16.14
17.08
–
20.77
10.86
17.65
18.46
13.69
–
14.83
14.48
–
12.16
14.54
17.01
18.20
10.64
12.34
10.09
–
10.01
10.87
12.63
12.15
10.64
12.25
–
–
10.42
10.28
10.72
1.8
6.7
2.9
2.8
2.2
2.2
3.2
4.0
–
5.7
12.2
7.0
7.6
5.4
–
5.8
3.1
–
4.4
3.5
4.7
3.9
2.7
7.4
4.5
–
5.6
7.4
4.6
7.1
6.6
9.2
–
–
4.5
6.1
6.2
$11.06
6.84
8.55
9.16
11.00
12.32
14.08
14.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.56
9.67
11.34
13.43
15.30
14.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.27
–
11.19
–
–
2.2
2.8
3.5
2.3
2.4
3.1
7.3
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
7.1
2.8
4.1
13.7
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
5.4
–
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
9 ......................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
File clerks .............................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.96
12.14
10.04
12.36
14.10
11.56
9.90
9.10
13.48
11.14
8.87
10.39
8.24
5.7
3.7
4.6
4.0
5.2
15.4
4.3
5.3
15.3
7.5
5.4
11.5
7.5
–
$12.41
10.22
12.51
14.48
11.85
9.97
9.10
–
11.17
8.87
10.34
8.24
–
4.1
5.5
4.0
5.6
16.3
4.3
5.3
–
7.5
5.4
12.4
7.5
–
$10.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.07
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
12.57
12.6
12.57
12.6
–
–
15.32
12.14
11.15
11.49
10.76
8.83
9.30
11.64
12.60
14.73
10.65
9.26
7.93
9.00
9.13
9.03
9.12
11.59
10.05
10.97
12.07
12.6
3.7
4.0
2.4
2.8
6.5
2.7
3.6
5.9
2.8
8.1
7.5
9.9
2.4
2.9
5.5
2.7
3.3
7.5
5.2
4.7
15.19
12.29
–
11.59
11.08
–
9.55
11.77
12.74
14.73
10.65
9.23
7.93
–
–
–
–
11.63
–
10.98
12.07
13.7
3.5
–
2.3
3.2
–
3.0
4.1
6.1
2.8
8.1
8.9
9.9
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
5.3
4.8
–
–
–
–
9.45
8.13
8.41
10.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.17
9.05
9.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
5.5
3.3
1.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
5.5
2.7
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12.23
7.63
8.64
11.47
12.64
13.11
14.79
17.87
20.33
21.84
2.6
3.3
4.1
4.7
8.8
2.6
2.4
2.1
3.2
3.8
12.19
7.63
8.61
11.49
12.75
13.21
14.75
18.03
20.42
21.83
2.7
3.3
4.2
5.0
9.1
2.7
2.8
2.2
3.3
3.8
12.99
7.75
10.01
11.14
10.52
11.71
14.94
16.20
–
–
3.4
4.5
3.7
3.8
5.3
2.7
4.3
4.2
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
7 ......................................................................
15.46
8.23
8.80
10.30
11.24
12.59
15.12
18.17
20.38
22.04
23.95
18.59
3.1
2.3
4.0
3.1
2.8
3.0
2.5
2.3
3.3
4.4
13.8
2.1
15.57
8.25
8.71
10.34
11.28
12.75
15.10
18.41
20.49
22.03
25.87
–
3.4
2.3
3.9
3.3
2.9
3.3
3.0
2.5
3.4
4.5
15.8
–
14.56
–
–
–
–
11.37
15.15
16.21
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
3.5
4.5
4.3
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Records clerks, n.e.c. –Continued
5 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Mail clerks, except postal service .........................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
3 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
3 ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.33
14.33
19.85
20.13
14.76
15.79
6.7
7.1
5.1
4.5
5.1
5.7
$16.31
14.84
19.85
20.13
14.91
15.79
6.9
7.3
5.1
4.5
5.2
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.01
2.6
21.08
2.6
–
–
16.21
15.65
18.80
11.90
19.27
16.76
13.22
18.52
18.51
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.01
13.81
13.59
12.00
13.64
6.6
11.5
7.6
9.6
13.0
6.8
5.0
7.1
5.5
11.0
10.6
4.5
7.7
3.1
5.6
4.4
10.0
–
16.94
–
11.42
–
–
–
18.59
–
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.01
13.81
12.81
12.00
–
–
12.2
–
11.5
–
–
–
7.2
–
11.0
10.6
4.5
7.7
3.1
3.8
4.4
–
–
$12.95
–
–
–
–
12.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Extruding and forming machine operators ............
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
5 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Production testers .................................................
11.17
6.77
9.23
11.52
11.49
12.70
13.26
16.85
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
8.02
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.82
9.59
11.25
12.86
12.36
12.15
11.65
7.25
9.69
14.33
12.04
12.75
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.8
5.3
6.9
8.6
3.9
2.5
3.5
3.7
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
9.7
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.4
12.4
4.0
5.1
6.5
6.4
5.8
6.1
11.8
12.5
9.3
5.0
18.3
7.3
11.4
11.17
6.77
9.23
11.52
11.49
12.70
13.26
16.85
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
8.02
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.82
9.59
11.25
12.86
12.36
12.15
11.65
7.25
9.69
14.33
12.04
12.75
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.8
5.3
6.9
8.6
3.9
2.5
3.5
3.7
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
9.7
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.4
12.4
4.0
5.1
6.5
6.4
5.8
6.1
11.8
12.5
9.3
5.0
18.3
7.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
13.43
9.88
12.60
6.6
7.0
8.3
13.63
9.83
12.81
7.1
7.6
9.8
11.56
10.52
11.76
2.7
5.2
5.5
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft engine mechanics ....................................
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
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 ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Precision assemblers, metal .................................
Sheet metal workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
5 ......................................................................
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
5 ......................................................................
Stationary engineers .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.38
14.40
15.55
13.98
14.32
12.21
15.48
11.18
12.70
10.85
10.71
13.4
6.1
8.1
6.5
11.9
11.2
8.0
5.3
4.4
8.7
15.0
$14.63
14.54
15.95
14.29
–
12.29
15.50
–
–
10.80
10.71
13.8
6.5
8.8
6.8
–
11.8
8.1
–
–
9.7
15.0
$11.24
12.10
–
10.49
–
–
–
12.14
12.70
–
–
2.0
2.6
–
3.5
–
–
–
3.9
4.4
–
–
16.83
12.8
17.03
12.8
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
1 ......................................................................
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
9.28
7.93
7.60
10.98
11.35
12.62
8.15
6.90
7.20
8.42
8.33
6.77
6.62
9.54
11.61
11.22
8.84
13.63
9.79
9.99
8.43
9.27
7.76
9.30
3.2
3.7
3.3
7.7
7.6
3.5
11.2
7.1
1.9
11.7
5.1
6.9
2.7
4.8
8.6
8.1
5.5
13.8
8.2
4.9
4.2
6.2
2.4
6.4
9.26
7.93
7.56
11.03
11.53
12.63
7.94
–
7.13
8.42
8.33
6.77
6.62
9.54
11.61
11.29
8.84
13.63
9.79
9.99
8.43
9.18
7.75
9.21
3.3
3.7
3.3
7.9
7.9
3.7
11.9
–
1.7
11.7
5.1
6.9
2.7
4.8
8.6
8.3
5.5
13.8
8.2
4.9
4.2
6.6
2.4
8.5
10.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .........
8.85
6.07
7.16
7.40
9.59
18.39
13.74
16.67
17.92
19.58
24.31
12.38
7.18
7.46
9.14
10.12
11.37
15.32
16.63
18.54
19.39
24.31
18.61
4.6
2.4
3.6
4.9
5.0
14.8
6.1
10.1
6.4
6.2
10.6
7.1
4.0
11.9
5.9
4.7
2.0
4.1
3.8
6.0
6.3
10.6
5.7
7.70
6.00
6.89
6.76
9.26
–
13.37
–
–
–
–
8.36
7.18
7.40
9.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
2.5
4.1
6.2
6.2
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
6.9
4.0
12.3
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.97
7.20
8.31
9.58
10.86
12.09
14.54
16.94
18.99
19.92
21.81
16.58
–
–
–
11.10
11.31
14.87
16.87
18.99
19.39
21.81
18.61
3.4
2.9
3.7
2.3
2.3
3.9
4.3
3.6
5.4
6.7
5.1
3.0
–
–
–
2.1
2.1
4.0
3.7
5.4
6.3
5.1
5.7
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
3 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
3 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
5 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
6 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
3 ......................................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.74
17.64
14.49
14.39
19.42
18.43
3.9
19.8
3.2
4.3
2.8
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$23.74
–
14.49
14.39
19.42
18.43
3.9
–
3.2
4.3
2.8
3.0
14.48
11.18
10.91
7.92
7.18
7.40
9.16
6.79
5.52
6.84
5.43
8.73
10.50
12.91
11.09
14.93
3.94
3.53
7.88
7.64
6.94
8.34
5.72
7.62
6.45
7.64
5.19
6.13
5.84
6.31
7.86
6.73
7.42
7.98
8.64
8.45
8.11
8.05
7.64
6.15
7.29
7.93
8.34
7.04
6.07
6.89
10.01
9.94
1.3
2.2
.9
5.4
4.0
12.3
6.2
5.4
3.7
6.8
8.8
7.1
10.3
9.2
9.1
12.6
22.9
23.6
7.4
4.0
4.8
3.6
4.8
4.5
3.0
20.2
7.3
2.8
3.4
3.8
2.8
6.7
4.0
3.5
6.2
3.9
4.1
4.8
3.6
5.0
4.6
4.5
5.1
7.2
3.0
9.2
2.4
5.8
–
–
–
$7.88
7.18
7.40
9.19
6.57
5.32
6.68
4.99
8.53
–
12.93
10.90
–
3.94
3.53
7.79
–
6.65
8.23
5.62
7.57
6.38
7.64
5.19
5.75
5.58
–
7.71
6.73
7.29
8.01
8.04
8.21
–
8.15
7.58
6.15
7.14
7.94
–
6.43
5.99
–
–
9.63
–
–
–
5.5
4.0
12.3
6.2
6.2
3.9
8.2
9.4
8.2
–
9.3
10.6
–
22.9
23.6
8.7
–
5.0
3.9
5.4
5.6
3.4
20.2
7.3
1.9
1.7
–
3.0
6.7
3.8
3.6
4.8
3.4
–
5.0
3.8
5.0
4.1
4.7
–
5.0
2.6
–
–
5.7
14.48
11.18
10.91
–
–
–
–
8.36
7.06
7.54
8.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.35
–
–
–
–
7.78
6.65
–
–
7.63
7.33
6.62
9.82
–
–
–
–
9.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.00
7.57
8.19
10.14
–
1.3
2.2
.9
–
–
–
–
5.7
3.9
6.1
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
6.8
6.1
–
–
4.7
5.2
3.1
7.9
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
3.5
6.2
2.2
–
13.95
5.96
5.78
6.75
6.10
6.94
10.01
8.1
3.7
3.6
6.4
3.5
10.7
2.4
–
5.96
5.78
6.31
6.01
–
–
–
3.7
3.6
4.7
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
9.02
7.57
8.19
10.14
–
–
–
3.9
3.5
6.2
2.2
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners –Continued
4 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
3 ......................................................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.31
13.25
5.36
7.71
8.10
8.32
8.75
7.38
6.0
17.6
3.0
4.2
5.3
5.4
5.6
7.1
$9.99
14.11
5.35
7.03
6.58
6.94
7.27
–
6.1
20.8
3.1
5.0
7.1
4.9
2.7
–
–
$9.65
–
–
9.75
9.64
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
2.7
3.2
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
32
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.02
17.14
2.3
2.4
$16.81
16.93
2.7
2.9
$18.13
18.14
1.9
1.9
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
21.02
6.73
8.60
9.49
11.15
13.76
15.86
18.05
20.68
23.82
26.75
34.51
37.27
42.64
53.61
33.93
21.70
7.06
8.58
9.89
11.59
13.84
16.00
17.85
20.73
23.92
26.95
34.68
37.29
42.34
53.61
33.67
2.1
3.5
2.9
2.4
1.8
1.5
2.5
2.0
1.6
1.7
3.1
6.1
2.6
3.2
5.6
11.8
2.1
3.2
2.7
2.7
1.8
1.6
2.3
1.9
1.6
1.7
3.3
6.4
2.7
3.3
5.6
12.2
21.15
6.65
8.64
9.52
11.17
13.97
16.13
17.83
19.45
24.04
26.52
35.69
38.02
42.51
54.72
34.08
22.02
–
8.63
9.99
11.70
14.09
16.39
17.54
19.32
24.17
26.73
35.95
38.05
42.18
54.72
33.79
2.6
4.1
3.4
2.7
2.1
1.6
2.7
2.4
2.8
1.9
3.4
6.9
3.0
3.2
6.0
12.9
2.6
–
3.2
3.0
2.0
1.7
2.4
2.2
3.0
2.0
3.7
7.2
3.1
3.3
6.0
13.4
20.44
7.05
8.42
9.23
11.02
12.20
13.84
18.83
22.15
22.67
28.75
27.49
33.85
44.09
–
32.57
20.46
–
8.42
9.23
11.01
12.20
13.84
18.83
22.15
22.67
28.75
27.49
33.85
44.09
–
32.57
2.0
4.8
4.2
2.3
2.3
2.8
4.4
3.5
1.2
2.5
5.3
4.0
3.5
15.1
–
17.5
2.0
–
4.2
2.3
2.3
2.8
4.4
3.5
1.2
2.5
5.3
4.0
3.5
15.1
–
17.5
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
9 ......................................................................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
9 ......................................................................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
25.01
25.70
15.58
17.26
19.63
21.31
24.46
28.03
31.04
34.87
40.39
43.45
34.03
28.73
19.06
22.84
22.88
26.76
28.55
30.70
36.40
28.76
27.18
22.95
24.60
26.56
31.31
27.43
29.72
37.97
2.5
1.8
5.2
6.5
2.7
1.8
2.2
2.7
3.8
2.7
4.5
1.1
22.0
2.4
4.0
3.5
8.8
3.2
4.1
3.2
2.4
5.1
3.4
7.1
7.3
5.4
4.0
7.3
3.4
1.8
25.80
26.56
16.35
17.55
19.01
19.31
24.98
27.82
31.22
34.58
39.73
–
32.66
28.78
19.06
22.84
22.88
26.78
28.80
30.90
36.40
28.76
27.18
22.95
24.60
26.56
31.42
27.43
30.11
37.97
3.3
2.3
4.8
6.3
3.8
4.1
2.7
3.0
4.0
2.9
3.3
–
26.1
2.5
4.0
3.5
8.8
3.3
4.2
3.4
2.4
5.1
3.4
7.1
7.3
5.4
4.0
7.3
3.3
1.8
22.98
23.86
–
–
20.00
22.81
22.66
29.03
29.48
36.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.7
1.6
–
–
3.5
.8
2.9
6.1
6.6
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$28.20
19.80
25.88
30.37
31.74
33.14
41.01
28.26
19.78
26.03
32.41
32.04
30.70
39.00
44.02
45.84
20.39
16.67
19.20
20.65
30.44
20.09
16.97
18.88
20.85
30.23
23.82
31.57
21.96
28.68
28.29
43.99
45.47
29.81
29.91
22.65
21.83
22.47
23.16
29.35
17.55
16.11
22.59
21.56
22.86
21.40
23.61
23.28
23.18
25.91
31.41
22.06
22.07
21.46
22.54
25.01
18.58
18.58
24.19
26.52
26.09
3.6
12.0
1.7
3.9
5.4
4.8
6.7
4.2
12.2
1.8
4.6
5.5
3.6
5.6
8.1
7.6
2.4
3.7
2.0
5.4
5.4
2.5
3.7
1.8
5.1
7.2
9.0
6.2
7.0
14.0
10.5
17.4
9.1
9.0
15.1
1.7
2.6
2.0
3.9
4.9
17.6
25.2
1.2
2.8
1.4
2.0
1.6
2.7
1.1
10.2
10.4
2.6
3.4
3.4
2.8
11.0
12.1
12.1
5.7
5.0
5.7
$28.27
19.80
25.95
30.37
31.74
33.14
41.01
28.34
19.78
26.10
32.41
32.04
30.70
39.00
45.84
45.84
20.26
17.69
19.12
20.10
30.69
19.85
17.42
18.91
19.99
–
25.38
26.94
–
–
26.32
–
–
–
–
15.64
18.23
14.33
24.47
25.75
–
–
–
–
–
22.94
25.15
–
21.90
–
–
–
–
–
17.35
–
–
–
22.56
–
–
3.6
12.0
1.7
3.9
5.4
4.8
6.7
4.2
12.2
1.9
4.6
5.5
3.6
5.6
7.6
7.6
2.5
3.8
2.2
6.2
6.3
2.5
4.0
2.0
5.2
–
8.5
7.5
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
12.7
21.9
16.5
7.7
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
8.0
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$21.05
14.70
19.89
22.58
–
21.54
–
–
23.60
–
–
33.43
21.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.21
21.96
23.13
23.09
–
22.07
24.02
22.87
21.68
23.20
21.25
23.56
23.04
23.21
25.79
–
22.06
22.07
21.46
–
27.42
20.31
20.31
25.65
27.19
26.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
4.9
5.3
6.6
–
8.3
–
–
5.8
–
–
7.8
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
2.6
.6
4.0
–
3.2
3.6
.7
2.8
.7
2.0
1.7
2.7
1.1
10.8
–
2.6
3.4
3.4
–
9.6
9.8
9.8
5.7
5.7
4.9
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Geologists and geodesists ...................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Pharmacists ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Medical science teachers .....................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
8 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Librarians ..............................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
10 ......................................................................
Psychologists ........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners –Continued
Psychologists –Continued
10 ......................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
7 ......................................................................
Social workers ......................................................
7 ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Lawyers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .............................................................
Editors and reporters ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiologic technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
4 ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .............................
Drafters .................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..............................
Computer programmers .......................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
$27.19
13.41
14.70
14.33
14.91
38.03
37.36
5.7
7.4
5.7
8.5
5.8
4.8
5.1
–
$12.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
–
–
–
–
–
$27.19
14.04
14.18
14.15
–
37.82
–
5.7
6.9
5.6
7.1
–
14.8
–
27.87
24.97
34.16
21.35
21.13
22.38
11.11
14.87
14.89
17.64
17.88
25.36
102.90
14.92
16.09
13.59
12.33
14.20
14.07
12.46
10.33
16.87
14.69
17.43
18.39
16.16
16.64
95.50
21.51
15.06
7.7
15.5
28.8
22.4
4.9
11.3
3.9
2.5
2.6
4.0
4.1
9.0
20.2
3.9
8.0
2.6
6.8
3.1
3.3
7.3
4.9
2.6
3.8
2.4
4.9
9.3
5.0
22.6
8.0
13.0
27.91
24.97
33.97
21.35
21.13
23.53
11.20
15.15
15.40
17.91
18.46
25.43
102.90
15.13
16.65
13.92
–
14.20
14.07
12.26
10.36
16.76
–
17.48
18.39
–
16.64
95.50
21.50
15.00
7.8
15.5
30.3
22.4
4.9
12.4
4.1
2.4
2.7
4.2
5.0
9.7
20.2
4.6
11.0
2.2
–
3.1
3.3
8.1
5.2
2.5
–
2.5
4.9
–
5.0
22.6
8.2
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
15.00
–
12.52
13.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
7.4
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
28.79
14.10
16.53
16.86
19.33
22.98
24.28
29.90
39.82
44.20
56.49
38.60
33.44
17.82
21.23
23.14
24.20
31.22
39.94
44.30
2.9
6.5
4.8
4.3
3.8
2.4
4.5
3.3
4.0
4.2
6.3
10.9
3.3
14.3
6.0
3.3
6.9
3.7
4.5
4.4
29.34
14.41
17.04
16.91
19.90
22.96
24.08
30.89
42.16
44.21
57.16
39.72
34.36
17.82
22.76
22.96
23.86
32.65
42.80
44.31
3.3
7.2
4.9
4.5
4.1
2.6
4.6
3.8
4.5
4.4
6.5
11.4
3.7
14.3
5.0
3.5
7.3
3.9
5.2
4.6
25.29
–
14.44
15.98
16.33
23.23
–
26.42
32.22
–
–
–
28.11
–
–
–
–
26.45
31.90
–
4.4
–
11.2
6.9
6.2
4.2
–
4.5
3.3
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
5.9
3.2
–
See footnotes at end of table.
35
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$56.70
41.97
25.94
36.14
33.83
46.04
35.49
6.5
11.5
6.3
7.6
11.3
12.9
13.0
$57.40
43.70
–
36.43
34.16
51.67
–
6.7
12.3
–
8.4
11.4
12.6
–
–
–
$25.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
39.00
46.58
27.89
23.11
29.03
28.62
36.18
24.34
35.35
22.01
21.92
32.21
37.26
44.28
57.29
42.07
21.25
14.68
16.46
16.48
18.46
22.74
24.43
26.25
39.08
23.14
19.98
16.37
22.57
27.42
23.21
25.25
7.0
7.3
5.0
9.7
4.3
8.5
8.6
10.9
4.5
5.2
6.2
4.2
4.4
6.2
8.4
16.7
3.5
7.3
3.1
1.8
4.1
3.1
4.5
3.2
6.2
20.4
5.1
2.9
5.8
8.0
15.1
6.8
39.13
47.51
24.99
–
–
–
36.04
–
35.52
22.01
21.84
32.58
37.84
44.14
57.29
42.07
21.46
15.22
16.57
16.52
18.77
22.95
24.43
26.23
39.03
23.14
19.99
16.21
22.57
27.42
23.64
25.67
7.1
7.7
8.9
–
–
–
9.3
–
4.6
5.2
6.4
4.3
4.5
6.3
8.4
16.7
3.8
8.0
3.3
1.9
4.3
3.6
4.5
4.0
6.7
20.4
5.2
2.9
5.8
8.0
15.7
6.6
–
–
29.35
–
–
29.26
–
20.25
29.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.76
–
–
15.98
–
21.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
8.8
–
19.9
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
6.9
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.25
22.74
5.4
6.9
20.13
23.58
5.1
6.6
–
–
–
–
18.00
21.96
16.90
20.95
23.84
6.2
5.8
3.9
5.9
3.2
19.22
21.86
16.80
21.18
23.84
6.5
6.6
4.1
6.7
3.2
–
22.46
–
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
15.17
6.62
7.79
8.90
13.00
15.35
19.65
20.17
21.89
24.34
5.2
4.3
3.2
5.7
6.7
7.3
9.1
7.6
7.3
3.3
15.20
6.52
7.79
8.87
13.00
15.35
19.65
20.17
21.89
24.34
5.2
4.3
3.2
5.8
6.7
7.3
9.1
7.6
7.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Management related .................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ..................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.64
17.09
16.16
28.88
16.45
15.08
19.38
7.5
8.6
12.2
14.2
9.1
6.9
17.1
$30.64
17.09
16.16
28.88
16.45
15.08
19.38
7.5
8.6
12.2
14.2
9.1
6.9
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
23.79
16.23
14.04
7.43
6.62
8.01
11.33
7.7
7.2
19.5
43.4
4.1
6.0
7.1
7.6
22.06
23.79
16.23
14.04
7.34
6.47
8.01
11.33
7.7
7.2
19.5
43.4
4.2
6.0
7.1
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.49
7.06
8.58
9.93
11.67
13.48
15.91
16.83
18.98
20.46
11.12
17.50
18.46
13.53
12.65
14.24
14.09
9.95
12.05
14.31
16.69
17.66
10.14
12.55
10.36
10.35
12.90
12.76
12.15
10.93
13.02
10.75
10.25
11.06
11.96
12.29
10.07
12.36
14.10
11.56
9.90
13.48
11.45
9.15
10.43
1.6
3.2
2.7
2.7
1.9
1.9
3.1
3.7
5.5
5.5
11.3
6.6
7.6
4.6
8.0
5.1
2.6
5.1
3.4
3.0
4.7
3.9
5.2
7.4
4.6
5.7
3.8
4.3
7.1
5.4
9.5
3.9
6.6
5.9
5.7
3.8
5.1
4.0
5.2
15.4
4.3
15.3
7.7
5.7
11.7
12.72
–
8.62
10.04
11.79
13.66
16.14
17.12
–
20.77
–
17.65
18.46
13.69
–
14.83
14.52
–
12.22
14.54
17.01
18.34
10.64
12.55
10.48
10.35
13.37
12.76
12.15
10.93
–
10.44
–
10.72
–
12.60
10.30
12.51
14.48
11.85
9.97
–
11.48
9.15
10.38
1.8
–
3.3
3.1
2.1
2.2
3.2
4.0
–
5.7
–
7.0
7.6
5.4
–
5.8
3.1
–
4.4
3.5
4.7
3.8
2.7
7.4
4.6
5.7
3.1
4.3
7.1
5.4
–
4.8
–
6.2
–
4.2
6.3
4.0
5.6
16.3
4.3
–
7.7
5.7
12.5
$11.16
–
8.42
9.23
11.07
12.34
14.11
14.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.68
9.67
11.60
13.43
15.30
14.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.24
–
–
–
10.82
–
–
–
–
–
12.07
–
–
–
2.2
–
4.2
2.3
2.3
3.1
7.5
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
7.1
2.0
4.1
13.7
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
11 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Securities and financial services sales .................
Advertising and related sales ...............................
Sales, other business services .............................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
9 ......................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .............
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. .............................................
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ............
Computer operators ..............................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Interviewers ..........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ......................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
3 ......................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
37
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.26
7.7
$8.26
7.7
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Stock and inventory clerks –Continued
3 ......................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators ...................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
4 ......................................................................
Bill and account collectors ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
12.75
12.3
12.75
12.3
–
–
15.32
12.14
11.15
11.49
11.21
8.94
9.32
11.99
12.60
14.73
10.89
9.35
9.20
9.05
9.30
11.63
10.05
10.87
12.07
12.6
3.7
4.0
2.4
2.6
10.1
2.7
2.9
5.9
2.8
8.5
8.3
3.2
5.5
1.6
3.5
7.5
6.5
4.7
15.19
12.28
–
11.59
11.59
–
9.57
12.19
12.74
14.73
10.89
9.34
–
–
–
11.67
–
10.89
12.07
13.7
3.5
–
2.3
2.8
–
3.0
3.2
6.1
2.8
8.5
10.0
–
–
–
3.7
–
6.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
$9.56
–
8.41
10.83
–
–
–
–
9.24
9.05
9.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
3.4
1.3
–
–
–
–
3.2
5.5
1.6
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
12.50
7.80
8.86
11.53
12.72
13.08
14.78
17.87
20.33
21.84
2.7
3.5
4.7
4.8
8.9
2.3
2.4
2.1
3.2
3.8
12.47
7.80
8.83
11.55
12.84
13.18
14.73
18.03
20.42
21.83
2.8
3.5
4.8
5.0
9.2
2.5
2.8
2.2
3.3
3.8
13.10
–
9.99
11.21
10.52
11.71
14.94
16.20
–
–
3.5
–
3.9
4.2
5.3
2.7
4.3
4.2
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
7 ......................................................................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .......
Aircraft engine mechanics ....................................
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
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 ...........................................................
15.48
8.23
8.80
10.30
11.13
12.59
15.12
18.17
20.38
22.04
23.95
18.59
16.33
14.33
19.85
20.13
14.76
15.79
3.1
2.3
4.0
3.1
2.7
3.1
2.5
2.3
3.3
4.4
13.8
2.1
6.7
7.1
5.1
4.5
5.1
5.7
15.59
8.25
8.71
10.34
11.16
12.76
15.10
18.41
20.49
22.03
25.87
–
16.31
14.84
19.85
20.13
14.91
15.79
3.5
2.3
3.9
3.3
2.9
3.4
3.0
2.5
3.4
4.5
15.8
–
6.9
7.3
5.1
4.5
5.2
5.7
14.56
–
–
–
–
11.37
15.15
16.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
3.5
4.5
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.01
2.6
21.08
2.6
–
–
16.21
15.65
18.80
11.90
19.27
6.6
11.5
7.6
9.6
13.0
–
16.94
–
11.42
–
–
12.2
–
11.5
–
–
12.95
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ..................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
7 ......................................................................
Precision assemblers, metal .................................
Sheet metal workers .............................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
5 ......................................................................
Butchers and meat cutters ....................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
5 ......................................................................
Stationary engineers .............................................
$16.76
13.22
18.52
18.51
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.01
13.81
13.59
12.00
13.64
6.8
5.0
7.1
5.5
11.0
10.6
4.5
7.7
3.1
5.6
4.4
10.0
–
–
$18.59
–
16.77
14.78
9.98
13.01
13.81
12.81
12.00
–
–
–
7.2
–
11.0
10.6
4.5
7.7
3.1
3.8
4.4
–
–
$12.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ...................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Extruding and forming machine operators ............
Slicing and cutting machine operators ..................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
5 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Production testers .................................................
11.20
6.79
9.24
11.55
11.49
12.70
13.26
16.85
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
8.02
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.84
9.59
11.25
12.86
12.36
12.15
11.74
7.31
9.71
14.44
12.04
12.75
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.9
5.4
6.9
8.7
3.9
2.5
3.5
3.7
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
9.7
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.5
12.4
4.0
5.1
6.5
6.4
5.9
6.2
11.8
12.7
9.3
5.0
18.3
7.3
11.4
11.20
6.79
9.24
11.55
11.49
12.70
13.26
16.85
17.05
11.54
14.67
6.57
8.02
10.82
10.46
10.67
10.84
9.59
11.25
12.86
12.36
12.15
11.74
7.31
9.71
14.44
12.04
12.75
9.11
11.42
11.68
3.9
5.4
6.9
8.7
3.9
2.5
3.5
3.7
9.0
12.5
9.6
12.1
9.7
4.3
17.2
14.5
9.5
12.4
4.0
5.1
6.5
6.4
5.9
6.2
11.8
12.7
9.3
5.0
18.3
7.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
3 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ..............................................
13.91
10.47
12.67
14.67
14.76
15.55
14.00
14.38
12.21
15.33
12.16
10.86
10.74
6.6
7.7
8.5
13.1
6.7
8.1
7.2
12.1
11.4
11.1
7.2
8.6
14.9
14.17
10.46
12.83
14.94
15.00
15.95
14.37
–
12.29
15.35
–
10.81
10.74
7.0
8.4
10.0
13.4
7.2
8.8
7.6
–
12.2
11.3
–
9.7
14.9
11.69
–
11.95
11.24
12.10
–
10.49
–
–
–
12.88
–
–
3.0
–
6.5
2.0
2.6
–
3.5
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
16.86
12.8
17.07
12.7
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
9.59
3.6
9.57
3.8
10.26
6.7
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.14
7.68
11.09
11.33
12.45
8.15
7.30
8.42
9.23
8.08
9.81
11.61
11.45
13.63
9.79
10.21
8.61
9.53
7.93
3.9
4.6
7.7
7.7
3.4
11.3
2.0
11.7
7.9
9.8
5.0
8.6
9.2
13.8
8.2
4.8
4.0
6.9
2.3
$8.14
7.62
11.14
11.52
12.44
7.93
–
8.42
9.23
8.08
9.81
11.61
11.54
13.63
9.79
10.21
8.61
9.42
7.93
3.9
4.6
8.0
7.9
3.7
12.0
–
11.7
7.9
9.8
5.0
8.6
9.4
13.8
8.2
4.8
4.0
7.4
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.47
6.24
7.55
7.72
9.73
17.70
13.74
16.67
17.92
19.58
24.31
12.92
7.15
7.69
8.64
10.26
11.34
15.32
16.63
18.54
19.39
24.31
18.61
23.74
17.64
14.49
14.39
19.42
18.43
5.6
3.0
3.1
5.2
5.4
15.9
6.1
10.1
6.4
6.2
10.6
7.5
5.1
10.9
6.6
4.9
2.0
4.1
3.8
6.0
6.3
10.6
5.7
3.9
19.8
3.2
4.3
2.8
3.0
8.15
6.17
7.25
7.05
9.40
–
13.37
–
–
–
–
8.50
7.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
3.0
3.6
6.6
6.9
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
8.3
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.37
7.30
8.57
9.73
10.87
12.08
14.54
16.94
18.99
19.92
21.81
16.64
–
–
–
–
11.28
14.87
16.87
18.99
19.39
21.81
18.61
23.74
–
14.49
14.39
19.42
18.43
3.4
3.5
3.9
2.1
2.3
4.0
4.3
3.6
5.4
6.7
5.1
3.0
–
–
–
–
2.1
4.0
3.7
5.4
6.3
5.1
5.7
3.9
–
3.2
4.3
2.8
3.0
14.48
11.18
10.91
7.95
7.15
8.62
7.34
5.78
7.21
5.88
8.80
1.3
2.2
.9
6.6
5.1
7.1
6.0
3.4
7.3
10.6
7.3
–
–
–
7.91
7.15
–
7.15
5.61
7.10
5.48
8.60
–
–
–
6.6
5.1
–
6.8
3.2
8.4
10.8
8.5
14.48
11.18
10.91
–
–
–
8.77
7.11
7.95
–
–
1.3
2.2
.9
–
–
–
6.9
5.0
6.5
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Construction laborers ...........................................
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
3 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .........
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Supervisors, guards ..............................................
Firefighting ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
7 ......................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
5 ......................................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
6 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
1 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
3 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ...........................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.50
12.91
11.24
14.93
4.42
7.95
7.64
6.94
8.47
6.23
6.17
7.67
6.25
8.40
6.11
5.84
6.47
7.86
6.81
7.35
8.01
8.52
8.45
8.05
7.62
7.23
7.96
7.29
6.15
7.91
9.93
9.94
10.3
9.2
9.5
12.6
31.4
7.9
5.3
4.8
4.4
3.3
3.4
5.3
3.8
18.7
3.1
3.7
3.7
3.0
7.0
4.3
3.6
7.1
4.1
4.8
4.0
4.8
4.7
9.2
3.9
5.2
2.5
5.8
–
$12.93
11.06
–
4.42
7.87
–
6.65
–
6.11
6.03
7.68
6.35
8.40
5.77
5.58
–
7.69
6.81
7.20
8.03
–
8.20
8.15
7.56
7.06
7.96
6.61
–
7.58
–
9.63
–
9.3
11.1
–
31.4
9.5
–
5.0
–
3.5
3.7
5.9
4.2
18.7
2.0
1.7
–
3.2
7.0
4.1
3.7
–
3.6
5.0
4.1
4.2
4.7
6.9
–
7.8
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
$8.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.21
–
–
10.21
–
–
–
–
9.55
–
–
–
–
10.13
7.67
8.30
10.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
–
–
–
6.9
3.5
6.5
2.2
–
13.95
6.01
5.84
6.98
–
8.29
9.93
10.31
18.16
8.40
8.58
9.09
8.1
4.1
4.3
8.6
–
5.5
2.5
6.0
17.4
4.6
6.4
5.3
–
6.01
5.84
6.48
–
8.27
–
9.99
22.69
–
–
–
–
4.1
4.3
6.8
–
9.6
–
6.1
19.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.13
7.67
8.30
10.14
–
9.69
–
–
9.64
–
–
–
3.8
3.5
6.5
2.2
–
5.3
–
–
3.2
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
41
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.40
8.71
4.5
5.2
$8.27
8.59
4.8
5.7
$10.20
10.20
4.7
4.7
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
10.49
5.85
7.25
7.90
9.27
11.51
15.99
15.68
18.43
18.75
16.62
13.34
5.81
8.17
8.50
9.86
11.79
15.99
16.05
18.43
18.75
17.01
5.9
1.6
4.6
3.0
9.0
10.1
5.6
6.7
1.7
9.8
14.7
6.9
4.6
3.2
2.7
8.4
11.6
5.6
6.9
1.7
9.8
15.0
10.27
5.82
7.01
7.90
9.35
12.00
16.33
15.94
18.32
20.18
16.57
13.36
–
7.86
8.55
10.00
–
16.33
16.37
18.32
20.18
–
6.4
1.7
4.4
3.1
9.5
12.6
6.2
6.7
1.8
5.6
15.2
7.9
–
3.2
2.9
8.8
–
6.2
6.9
1.8
5.6
–
13.19
–
–
7.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.19
–
–
7.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ..
Teachers, except college and university ..................
8 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
19.09
20.40
9.74
16.27
18.37
18.63
–
–
22.71
20.38
17.99
20.75
20.05
18.20
19.58
19.63
13.34
18.99
13.79
–
–
7.3
8.1
7.1
7.4
1.8
12.1
–
–
11.6
5.3
1.1
6.9
6.9
1.7
11.6
13.5
10.7
9.9
8.3
–
–
19.43
20.99
–
16.64
18.25
20.46
–
–
22.80
20.38
17.85
20.75
20.06
18.06
–
–
14.01
–
13.60
–
–
8.3
9.2
–
7.4
1.9
6.9
–
–
11.9
5.3
1.0
6.9
7.3
1.7
–
–
8.3
–
10.1
–
–
17.30
17.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.76
–
12.75
–
–
–
–
7.6
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
18.9
–
–
–
–
–
14.92
16.02
–
7.0
4.9
–
14.89
16.02
–
7.8
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Management related .................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
6.84
5.86
6.50
7.45
6.64
6.36
5.95
3.8
1.8
5.1
5.2
9.2
2.4
1.9
6.84
5.86
6.50
7.45
6.64
6.36
5.95
3.8
1.8
5.1
5.2
9.2
2.4
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
8.37
5.81
2.6
4.6
8.31
–
2.8
–
8.81
–
4.6
–
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$8.17
8.47
8.89
7.99
7.34
11.19
3.2
3.0
6.5
5.3
6.3
4.5
$7.86
8.52
8.99
–
6.80
11.19
3.2
3.1
6.9
–
6.0
4.5
–
$7.98
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
8.47
6.67
7.54
8.78
9.3
4.9
3.7
8.7
8.45
6.64
7.53
–
9.6
4.9
3.7
–
9.36
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
3 ......................................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
10.11
11.03
–
18.0
5.1
–
10.12
–
–
19.1
–
–
9.89
–
9.89
5.7
–
5.7
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
7.55
6.97
7.45
6.39
6.20
6.49
8.14
7.12
8.32
3.7
4.4
4.5
4.1
5.6
6.5
9.8
6.1
4.6
7.54
6.95
7.45
6.39
6.20
6.49
8.15
–
8.32
3.8
4.5
4.5
4.1
5.6
6.5
10.4
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
3 ......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
6.20
5.54
6.26
5.96
8.16
7.79
7.83
5.01
4.85
6.04
4.34
3.36
3.95
7.37
6.96
6.22
5.82
7.89
7.82
5.65
5.56
5.66
5.59
6.6
5.7
6.5
13.1
6.1
6.2
6.5
6.2
9.0
8.7
15.4
16.9
22.4
5.7
3.1
4.7
4.2
3.9
4.4
3.4
3.1
3.6
3.3
6.10
5.46
6.15
5.66
–
7.76
7.76
4.61
4.57
5.49
3.86
3.36
3.95
–
–
5.60
–
7.89
7.82
5.61
5.52
5.62
5.54
7.2
6.2
7.0
15.1
–
6.3
6.3
7.6
10.8
11.0
17.0
16.9
22.4
–
–
2.6
–
4.6
5.4
3.4
3.0
3.5
3.2
7.36
6.85
7.11
–
–
8.60
–
7.31
6.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.92
6.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
43
4.0
3.1
9.0
–
–
20.1
–
5.1
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.41
5.36
7.08
6.69
21.4
3.6
5.5
2.6
$7.41
5.36
7.08
6.66
21.6
3.6
5.5
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendices C and D for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
44
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$17.02
17.14
$8.40
8.71
$18.91
19.02
$16.11
16.31
$16.32
16.54
$16.79
16.68
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
21.02
21.70
10.49
13.34
32.28
34.10
20.16
21.09
20.45
21.28
20.61
31.60
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
25.01
25.70
22.38
28.79
15.17
12.49
19.09
20.40
14.92
–
6.84
8.37
109.04
–
109.04
–
–
14.13
23.80
25.53
16.87
28.76
13.64
12.16
24.79
25.50
22.09
28.24
12.24
12.21
45.11
63.24
–
42.25
16.96
15.65
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
12.50
15.48
11.20
13.91
9.59
8.47
–
–
10.11
7.55
15.58
18.34
14.16
16.71
12.42
11.27
14.45
10.26
12.47
8.60
12.20
15.38
11.12
13.44
9.31
12.51
–
11.55
13.39
–
Service .................................................................................
9.47
6.20
23.85
8.28
8.86
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.3
2.4
4.5
5.2
8.1
8.1
2.4
2.5
2.3
2.4
8.9
11.8
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.1
2.1
5.9
6.9
25.6
26.3
2.0
1.9
2.2
2.2
11.3
18.6
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.5
1.8
11.3
2.9
5.2
1.6
7.3
8.1
7.0
–
3.8
2.6
23.9
–
23.9
–
–
4.9
1.8
1.8
3.5
2.9
5.5
1.7
2.5
1.8
11.1
3.0
6.0
1.6
30.1
20.8
–
13.0
10.9
3.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.7
3.1
3.9
6.6
3.6
9.3
–
–
18.0
3.7
5.1
3.9
7.9
12.1
7.2
2.4
3.4
4.8
5.0
2.6
2.7
3.2
4.1
7.6
3.3
8.2
–
10.9
11.9
–
Service .................................................................................
5.6
6.6
25.4
3.9
4.6
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;
incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria.
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Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$16.07
16.29
$16.96 $33.65 $13.26 $16.93 $15.70
16.85 33.65 12.63 16.82 16.04
$21.01
20.92
–
–
–
–
$15.29
15.41
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
20.49
21.70
24.63
24.92
33.97
33.97
18.85
19.16
24.51
24.59
19.38
20.73
24.11
24.09
–
–
–
–
20.19
20.83
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
25.55
26.34
23.19
29.27
13.60
12.48
26.71
30.01
18.27
31.16
20.83
13.35
40.09
42.57
–
36.56
–
14.28
–
–
–
22.13
–
–
26.00
29.09
18.20
32.23
22.85
13.26
25.07
24.89
25.64
28.60
12.79
12.34
40.12
29.31
79.67
22.94
24.72
13.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.82
23.95
15.77
31.39
12.96
11.70
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
12.19
15.57
11.17
13.63
11.92
14.33
11.29
12.76
–
–
–
–
10.81
13.68
–
–
12.07
14.40
11.29
12.69
12.51
17.97
9.94
13.82
15.38
19.00
–
13.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.55
12.98
9.68
11.48
9.26
8.96
–
7.78
9.67
9.40
13.17
–
–
7.47
Service .......................................................................
7.70
9.17
–
–
9.11
7.67
–
–
–
6.95
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
2.7
2.8
2.8
2.8
6.5
6.5
11.2
11.0
2.9
2.9
3.7
3.9
6.8
6.6
–
–
–
–
7.4
7.7
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
2.6
2.6
2.5
2.5
5.8
5.8
5.5
8.8
2.7
2.7
3.5
3.5
10.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
5.4
5.3
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
3.2
2.3
12.1
3.3
5.4
1.8
3.1
2.4
7.1
4.6
7.4
3.5
5.7
4.5
–
5.6
–
6.2
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
3.3
2.5
7.4
5.1
10.4
3.9
4.5
3.5
15.9
4.2
6.1
2.0
14.8
7.1
26.2
4.8
25.3
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
4.9
3.8
5.1
15.1
3.3
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
2.7
3.4
3.8
7.1
2.6
3.5
4.1
5.2
–
–
–
–
7.5
7.4
–
–
2.7
4.0
4.1
6.3
5.0
4.9
8.9
8.2
4.8
4.6
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
8.7
13.2
21.9
3.3
3.4
–
4.2
3.9
4.5
9.3
–
–
5.1
Service .......................................................................
5.1
6.2
–
–
7.3
5.2
–
–
–
3.9
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
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Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$16.07
16.29
$11.98
12.09
$16.86
17.06
$13.75
13.68
$19.81
20.14
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
20.49
21.70
15.23
16.92
21.20
22.22
18.48
19.53
22.92
23.70
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
25.55
26.34
23.19
29.27
13.60
12.48
22.28
23.09
21.24
27.64
11.20
11.31
25.76
26.49
23.41
29.41
14.33
12.70
22.79
25.89
15.18
27.06
14.39
12.54
26.78
26.68
27.14
30.92
14.25
12.82
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
12.19
15.57
11.17
13.63
9.26
11.66
18.35
9.77
12.34
8.37
12.32
14.93
11.46
13.84
9.59
11.27
14.11
10.47
12.61
9.15
13.79
15.51
13.36
16.72
10.21
Service .................................................................................
7.70
6.64
8.04
6.89
10.78
Relative error3 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.7
2.8
5.2
5.6
3.0
3.1
4.6
4.7
3.4
3.5
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.6
2.6
6.6
7.0
2.7
2.7
4.5
4.3
3.4
3.3
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
3.2
2.3
12.1
3.3
5.4
1.8
8.8
10.8
16.4
9.2
11.1
5.8
3.4
2.4
13.3
3.4
6.0
1.9
7.6
8.0
5.8
5.0
7.7
2.7
3.9
2.1
16.3
4.4
9.8
2.7
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2.7
3.4
3.8
7.1
3.3
6.4
7.8
7.9
6.1
3.9
3.0
3.4
4.4
7.9
4.0
3.2
4.2
5.8
6.5
3.5
5.1
5.3
7.5
12.6
8.0
Service .................................................................................
5.1
7.7
6.6
4.7
12.8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information
about RSEs, see appendix A.
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not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all the steps required to produce the data.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy which were not selected for
collection. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage
of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment is an
economic unit that produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is
defined as all locations of a government entity.
The Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Metropolitan Statistical
Area includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson,
Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, and
Tarrant Counties, TX.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
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In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number
of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Number
of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen
worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as
holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on
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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.
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “generic
leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all
occupations randomly selected in an establishment using
the same criteria. This is a major departure from the
method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational
Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined
occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix
table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of
the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most nota-
bly knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area and will be published by
BLS in the future.
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the
establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables
reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also
collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of
hours actually worked was collected.
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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.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
·
·
·
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National
Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply
information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same
or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing
data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the
nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at
some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding
establishments were classified into these cells according to
industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments
were classified into cells that were additionally defined by
major occupation group and job level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in
survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
640
452
50
138
Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the
all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances
are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by number of
workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding
establishments and other factors; and the occupation work
schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or
annual rates are being calculated.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that
could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational
structures among establishments differ, estimates of the
number of workers obtained from the sample of establish-
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ments serve only to indicate the relative importance of the
occupational groups studied.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers was $12.79 with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645
times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample
would include the true population value approximately 90
percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all
survey areas will be used in the development of a formal
quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling
error. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total
Private industry
State and local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
1,238,800
1,148,400
1,031,400
941,300
207,400
207,100
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
691,400
601,000
547,200
457,100
144,200
143,900
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
284,100
228,500
55,600
119,300
90,400
197,600
188,900
140,400
48,400
102,700
90,100
165,500
95,200
88,000
7,200
16,700
–
32,000
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
331,500
87,500
87,000
57,200
99,800
312,700
77,900
87,000
50,700
97,000
18,900
9,500
–
6,600
2,800
Service .................................................................................
215,900
171,500
44,300
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are
rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers
provide a description of size and composition of the labor force
included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure employment
trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and
establishment employment size, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, July 1998
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .......................................................................................
Private industry ...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ........................................................
Mining .....................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Service-producing industries ......................................................
Tranportation and public utilities .............................................
Wholesale and retail trade ......................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................
Services ..................................................................................
State and local government ............................................................
Number of
establishments repreTotal studied
sented1
6,300
6,100
1,300
(2)
300
1,000
4,800
400
2,200
600
1,700
200
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50.
443
373
98
7
10
81
275
33
87
21
134
70
100 workers or more
50 - 99
workers
103
103
18
1
3
14
85
5
38
7
35
–
100 - 499
workers
Total
340
270
80
6
7
67
190
28
49
14
99
70
183
166
44
2
6
36
122
13
37
10
62
17
500 workers
or more
157
104
36
4
1
31
68
15
12
4
37
53
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry
groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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