Occupational Wages in the
Pacific Census Division, 1997
Summary 00-8
This report provides estimates of occupational pay from the
1997 National Compensation Survey (NCS) for the Pacific
census division. It highlights average (mean) hourly pay for
workers in six areas:
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Full-time workers in the Pacific region averaged $17.71 per
hour whereas part-time workers averaged $10.30. In private
industry, full-time workers averaged $16.76 an hour, and parttime workers averaged $9.26. For workers in State and local
government, average hourly pay was $20.89 and $14.37, respectively, for full and part time workers. NCS classifies employees as full or part time based on the employer’s classification.
Workers in large establishments in the Pacific region,
that is, establishments with 2,500 or more employees, had
the highest average hourly pay at $20.98. Workers in the
smallest establishment-size category studied (50-99) averaged $14.49.
Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged $17.06 per hour, whereas the average pay for workers
in nonmetropolitan areas, was $13.37. Table 2 also shows
that most of the time, regardless of employee or establishment chararcteristics, pay tends to be higher in metropolitan areas than in nonmetropolitan areas. (See the Technical
Note for definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas.)
Among the nine census divisions, average earnings were
generally highest in the New England, Middle Atlantic, and
Pacific regions. Average earnings for all census divisions,
and for other characteristics, can be seen in tables 1 and 2.
Full-time, part-time, and combined average pay rates for
occupations in private industry and in State and local government are shown in tables 3, 4, and 5. These tables contain wage rates and mean weekly hours for the individual
occupations and for the major occupational groups. Following are examples of average hourly earnings for combined full- and part-time workers within the occupational
groups of white-collar, blue-collar, and service workers. All
registered nurses, for example, averaged $23.28 per hour
(table 3). Registered nurses in private industry averaged
$22.80 per hour (table 4), whereas those in State and local
government averaged $24.60 (table 5). Laborers, except
construction, averaged $8.96 in private industry and $13.05
in State and local government. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $7.80 in private industry and
$12.66 in State and local government.
Average pay for some workers in white-collar occupations,
mainly in the health care field, was higher for part-time work
Private industry and State and local government
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
Selected occupations and major occupational groups
Full- and part-time wages
Bargaining status
Size of establishment
Wages in the Pacific census division averaged $16.88
per hour during 1997. Workers in private industry in the
Pacific region averaged $15.89 per hour, whereas hourly
pay of workers in State and local government averaged
$20.23. Nationwide, pay of all workers covered by the survey averaged $15.09 an hour.
NCS summary reports are published for each of the nine
census regions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North
Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South
Central, West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. Data
also are published for some individual localities. These
summary reports are a new product of the National Compensation Survey and may be useful to NCS data users in
localities where separate NCS studies are not published.
Table 1 in this summary provides an overview of average pay data for worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic area by private industry and State and local
government. For example, white-collar workers in private
industry averaged $19.94 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged $12.74, and service workers, $7.99. Corresponding
averages in State and local government were $21.55, $17.35,
and $16.97. Generally, average hourly earnings for private
industry workers were lower than for State and local government workers. Part of this difference can be explained
by differences in the occupational and industrial mix of the
two sectors. In State and local government, for example,
professional specialty and technical occupations are
proportionately more prevalent than in private industry. With
the exception of the construction industry, few State
and local government workers are in goods-producing
industries.
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than for full-time work. Full-time registered nurses averaged
$22.39 per hour in private industry whereas their part-time
counterparts averaged $24.12. Full-time physicians averaged
$45.04 and part-time physicians averaged $48.58. However,
these exceptions did not show up in blue-collar and service
occupations. Laborers, except construction, averaged $9.42
and $6.75 for full- and part-time work, respectively. Full-time
janitors averaged $8.03 an hour whereas janitors working parttime averaged $6.50.
Earnings by occupational group and level are shown in
table 6. Generally, the levels tend to show higher pay at
higher work levels. The Bureau uses a generic leveling
technique with 10 criteria to assign a level to an occupation. The Technical Note has more information on generic
leveling and generic leveling criteria. Table A in the Technical Note shows the number of establishments studied in
the Pacific census division by employment size; most companies were in the 100-499 worker size class. It also shows
the number of establishments represented. Table B in the
Technical Note shows the number of workers represented
by the surveys in the Pacific census division by major occupational groups such as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation and material moving.
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Table 1. Summary, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 1997
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$16.88
1.5
36.2
$15.89
1.8
36.4
$20.23
1.7
35.5
20.39
25.53
1.6
1.4
36.3
35.8
19.94
25.06
1.9
1.8
36.7
36.9
21.55
26.24
1.6
1.9
35.2
34.2
29.06
14.82
12.48
13.14
17.62
2.1
5.1
1.1
2.1
2.4
40.3
32.8
36.2
37.9
39.6
30.08
14.85
12.21
12.74
17.26
2.5
5.2
1.3
2.2
2.7
40.6
32.8
36.7
37.8
39.6
25.57
11.57
13.16
17.35
20.40
2.6
7.3
1.7
2.7
2.6
39.3
29.9
35.1
38.2
39.8
10.44
13.66
2.4
2.7
39.2
36.7
10.41
13.30
2.4
3.2
39.2
36.9
13.88
15.50
17.3
3.1
38.6
35.8
9.52
10.47
2.0
2.1
35.2
33.3
9.11
7.99
2.2
1.4
35.0
32.6
14.02
16.97
3.9
3.3
38.1
35.4
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
17.71
10.30
1.5
2.1
39.8
21.1
16.76
9.26
1.9
2.4
39.9
21.8
20.89
14.37
1.8
3.3
39.4
18.8
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
18.07
16.32
1.3
2.0
36.1
36.2
15.59
15.96
2.5
2.1
36.2
36.4
20.17
20.43
1.7
2.9
36.0
34.0
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
16.81
19.10
1.4
10.2
36.1
37.3
15.76
19.10
1.8
10.2
36.3
37.3
20.23
–
1.7
–
35.5
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
17.62
15.16
2.8
2.1
39.7
35.1
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers7 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
14.49
14.62
17.81
19.39
20.98
4.2
2.0
3.8
3.3
1.6
35.7
36.2
36.6
34.9
36.9
14.33
14.26
17.14
18.22
22.06
4.5
2.3
4.9
4.9
2.4
35.7
36.3
37.7
35.5
37.4
18.75
18.49
20.34
21.64
20.25
2.8
1.9
3.0
3.3
2.1
35.6
35.6
33.1
33.9
36.6
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
17.06
13.37
1.5
2.9
36.2
36.1
16.09
11.37
1.8
3.0
36.4
36.2
20.42
17.68
1.9
2.1
35.5
35.9
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
16.96
17.42
15.45
14.44
13.73
11.88
13.82
14.04
16.88
1.8
1.5
.9
1.8
1.4
2.3
1.0
1.9
1.5
35.1
35.7
36.2
36.3
37.0
37.8
37.2
36.5
36.2
16.29
16.47
14.85
13.70
13.20
11.34
13.45
12.97
15.89
2.1
1.7
1.0
2.2
1.8
2.5
1.2
2.6
1.8
35.0
35.8
36.3
36.2
36.7
38.0
37.0
36.4
36.4
20.14
21.25
18.51
17.24
15.47
15.22
14.96
17.42
20.23
2.1
1.5
1.3
.8
1.4
1.7
1.3
1.9
1.7
35.2
35.5
35.8
36.8
37.9
36.9
37.8
36.5
35.5
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:
Geographic areas: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, 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and
April 1998. The average reference period was May 1997.
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 Technical Note.
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 Technical Note for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments
with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as 9 census area divisions. See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in
each census area division and the States comprising the 9 census area divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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Table 2. Summary, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Metropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Nonmetropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$16.88
15.89
20.23
1.5
1.8
1.7
36.2
36.4
35.5
$17.06
16.09
20.42
1.5
1.8
1.9
36.2
36.4
35.5
$13.37
11.37
17.68
2.9
3.0
2.1
36.1
36.2
35.9
20.39
25.53
1.6
1.4
36.3
35.8
20.56
25.72
1.6
1.4
36.3
35.8
16.17
21.15
2.2
.9
35.7
34.5
29.06
14.82
12.48
13.14
17.62
2.1
5.1
1.1
2.1
2.4
40.3
32.8
36.2
37.9
39.6
29.27
14.89
12.52
13.25
17.75
2.2
5.3
1.1
2.1
2.5
40.2
32.9
36.2
37.9
39.6
21.20
12.56
11.65
11.60
15.10
2.6
4.1
2.4
5.6
1.4
42.2
29.8
36.7
37.4
39.8
10.44
13.66
2.4
2.7
39.2
36.7
10.39
13.92
2.5
2.7
39.3
36.9
11.01
10.94
8.7
3.5
37.8
34.5
9.52
10.47
2.0
2.1
35.2
33.3
9.51
10.53
2.2
2.2
35.1
33.3
9.60
9.17
3.0
.9
36.9
34.4
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
17.71
10.30
1.5
2.1
39.8
21.1
17.91
10.37
1.5
2.3
39.8
21.2
13.90
8.92
4.3
1.7
39.8
20.2
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
18.07
16.32
1.3
2.0
36.1
36.2
18.19
16.52
1.4
2.0
36.1
36.2
15.46
12.52
1.2
.5
35.2
36.5
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
16.81
19.10
1.4
10.2
36.1
37.3
16.99
19.26
1.4
10.4
36.1
37.6
13.34
14.66
2.8
32.6
36.2
30.4
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
17.62
15.16
2.8
2.1
39.7
35.1
17.94
15.33
2.6
2.2
39.6
35.2
–
10.82
–
3.0
–
34.0
50-99 workers8 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
14.49
14.62
17.81
19.39
20.98
4.2
2.0
3.8
3.3
1.6
35.7
36.2
36.6
34.9
36.9
14.64
14.68
18.29
19.41
20.98
4.5
2.1
3.8
3.3
1.6
35.8
36.2
36.7
34.9
36.9
12.27
13.78
13.09
–
–
2.2
3.2
7.0
–
–
34.8
36.5
36.0
–
–
16.96
17.42
15.45
14.44
13.73
11.88
13.82
14.04
16.88
1.8
1.5
.9
1.8
1.4
2.3
1.0
1.9
1.5
35.1
35.7
36.2
36.3
37.0
37.8
37.2
36.5
36.2
17.42
17.75
15.90
15.40
14.17
13.60
14.13
14.17
17.06
1.8
1.3
1.0
2.2
1.7
1.6
1.2
2.4
1.5
35.2
35.7
36.2
36.3
36.9
37.0
37.2
36.4
36.2
13.75
12.22
12.98
11.82
11.56
10.22
11.88
13.51
13.37
5.3
7.4
1.3
3.7
4.0
3.7
4.0
2.4
2.9
34.0
36.1
36.4
36.2
37.4
38.7
37.3
36.6
36.1
Total ............................................................
Private Industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:9
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
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 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For
more information, see Technical Note.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and
April 1998. The average reference period was May 1997.
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 Technical Note.
5 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.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
8 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments
with fewer than 50 workers due to reduction in staff from the time of sampling to
data collection.
9 See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each census area division and
the States comprising the 9 census area divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$16.88
17.03
1.5
1.5
36.2
36.4
$17.71
17.77
1.5
1.5
39.8
39.8
$10.30
10.67
2.1
2.3
21.1
21.3
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
20.39
21.14
1.6
1.5
36.3
36.8
21.19
21.70
1.5
1.4
39.8
39.8
13.04
14.92
2.9
3.0
20.2
20.1
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Physical education teachers ..............................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
25.53
27.33
30.06
32.45
32.15
24.08
32.45
28.54
31.00
26.17
28.33
30.35
28.51
28.82
1.4
1.3
1.3
16.3
5.6
6.9
1.1
4.9
2.7
3.4
3.9
2.3
3.6
3.7
35.8
35.5
40.2
41.7
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.4
40.4
39.2
40.1
40.1
40.1
25.86
27.66
30.09
32.59
32.15
24.08
32.45
28.54
31.14
26.17
28.33
30.36
28.52
28.83
1.5
1.4
1.3
16.8
5.6
6.9
1.1
4.9
2.7
3.4
3.9
2.3
3.6
3.7
39.3
39.3
40.4
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.6
40.4
40.5
40.3
40.2
40.2
21.88
23.52
25.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
2.3
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.8
16.8
22.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.03
25.32
26.07
19.40
28.97
22.70
22.20
23.93
35.85
23.28
33.57
18.45
17.99
22.17
22.75
24.89
16.80
23.13
33.51
41.63
47.52
32.43
36.09
36.00
36.07
33.52
25.64
38.21
31.92
37.99
32.11
30.04
31.63
28.77
29.36
32.31
27.88
15.65
29.38
30.78
29.41
24.34
15.00
26.86
7.3
3.4
5.1
22.5
3.0
3.1
7.7
1.6
13.3
.9
3.7
5.3
4.8
10.2
3.2
6.5
10.0
21.8
2.7
19.0
16.6
9.4
5.9
6.2
5.3
11.7
12.5
10.0
3.6
7.3
21.3
5.7
11.3
9.3
6.1
4.6
2.1
13.1
2.7
2.5
3.6
5.5
5.3
10.4
40.0
40.8
40.5
46.6
40.0
40.0
40.2
32.9
38.6
32.4
31.7
35.5
31.9
30.5
34.2
32.1
34.6
38.6
27.6
27.2
40.0
33.0
33.7
45.0
21.0
45.6
30.8
25.5
31.6
14.8
33.3
20.4
26.6
30.3
31.1
23.0
32.8
33.1
35.5
35.8
35.9
25.0
12.9
37.0
25.03
25.27
26.07
19.40
28.97
22.70
21.77
23.65
34.78
22.87
34.20
17.56
17.95
20.93
22.21
24.29
17.05
23.74
34.25
42.24
47.52
35.48
36.53
36.01
37.19
33.98
26.59
39.16
33.12
–
–
29.81
–
28.92
29.25
33.13
28.41
14.80
29.42
30.82
29.44
25.43
–
26.96
7.3
3.4
5.1
22.5
3.0
3.1
8.1
1.9
14.8
1.0
4.3
5.8
5.3
11.8
2.7
7.3
11.5
22.7
2.8
20.4
16.6
6.7
6.2
6.6
5.8
12.3
10.6
10.9
3.9
–
–
7.6
–
10.0
6.6
4.5
2.2
12.9
2.7
2.6
3.6
6.3
–
10.5
40.0
41.0
40.5
46.6
40.0
40.0
41.4
39.2
44.4
38.7
39.3
40.0
39.2
38.7
39.9
36.0
39.3
40.0
41.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
39.3
52.6
40.0
53.7
39.8
38.6
39.6
–
–
39.6
–
40.2
40.0
37.5
36.6
39.1
36.2
36.4
36.6
36.7
–
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.92
48.32
24.53
31.28
–
18.21
26.77
25.38
–
15.60
–
30.10
–
–
–
–
–
31.32
–
–
31.30
25.86
31.16
–
30.58
34.11
–
30.47
30.11
20.45
24.62
25.64
28.59
28.23
21.38
15.10
19.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
4.4
2.1
3.8
–
4.1
13.2
7.4
–
10.2
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
11.8
23.0
7.9
–
7.7
17.0
–
7.9
8.6
6.6
6.7
12.4
13.9
5.8
12.0
5.3
16.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.0
15.2
21.4
18.6
–
15.2
17.0
20.0
–
22.2
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
7.4
15.7
7.0
–
9.6
17.2
–
9.8
11.3
13.4
12.7
12.9
18.8
19.9
13.5
12.7
13.8
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.14
24.59
22.06
23.53
26.38
21.82
24.14
17.49
18.73
14.00
35.78
35.47
4.5
4.8
10.2
6.5
10.5
9.5
5.0
5.5
5.0
8.2
7.7
8.1
37.4
36.4
42.8
37.1
42.8
34.1
40.0
37.5
37.9
29.9
41.7
41.7
$24.48
25.04
22.06
23.60
26.38
21.75
24.14
17.42
18.67
14.64
35.78
35.48
4.5
4.8
10.2
6.4
10.5
9.7
5.0
6.2
5.3
8.4
7.7
8.2
39.2
38.4
42.8
40.3
42.8
39.0
40.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
41.7
41.8
–
–
–
$22.35
–
22.35
–
18.33
19.47
8.76
–
–
–
–
–
27.2
–
27.2
–
6.3
5.3
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
16.2
–
16.2
–
17.9
21.9
9.7
–
–
27.57
24.39
24.09
44.38
32.27
10.4
7.4
11.3
36.6
24.8
36.0
38.9
40.6
15.7
33.3
28.72
24.38
24.31
–
33.63
10.8
7.6
11.4
–
28.2
41.6
40.1
41.9
–
44.5
17.65
–
–
–
–
14.6
–
–
–
–
16.7
–
–
–
–
29.22
11.98
27.69
22.93
25.22
18.48
23.6
12.8
19.2
10.3
10.2
2.4
41.5
24.3
40.1
39.8
40.5
37.0
29.35
–
27.86
22.93
25.00
18.72
23.7
–
20.1
10.3
10.9
2.5
42.2
–
41.8
39.8
41.4
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
16.09
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
22.8
17.87
13.50
19.53
14.51
15.31
19.98
19.83
18.27
18.00
23.03
13.13
19.35
19.70
53.96
13.85
22.23
14.93
19.07
3.9
7.4
2.2
1.2
3.1
3.5
4.4
4.8
6.5
8.2
10.9
10.7
5.2
19.4
14.8
5.2
12.7
8.2
37.4
35.4
32.2
33.9
36.5
39.5
39.9
39.2
39.7
40.0
32.9
40.5
38.8
26.3
36.9
39.4
39.3
38.0
17.63
13.72
18.88
14.52
15.49
19.97
19.83
18.43
17.83
23.03
14.03
19.35
19.73
53.96
14.29
22.67
15.42
19.25
4.0
8.7
2.8
1.4
3.3
3.6
4.4
4.9
6.7
8.2
12.0
10.7
5.2
19.4
17.0
5.3
11.7
8.5
39.9
39.8
39.6
38.9
39.7
40.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.4
26.3
39.7
40.3
39.2
40.1
20.10
12.42
20.63
14.43
13.87
20.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.24
8.8
8.3
4.3
2.5
4.9
17.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
23.8
22.8
24.5
20.5
22.3
28.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.1
29.06
33.81
33.55
2.1
2.8
20.7
40.3
40.7
11.8
29.12
33.83
–
2.2
2.8
–
40.7
41.0
–
24.49
32.16
–
12.0
14.6
–
23.1
21.0
–
29.15
34.80
32.27
31.48
5.5
4.1
5.1
5.3
39.7
40.1
40.6
40.3
28.91
34.89
32.27
31.48
5.5
4.1
5.1
5.3
40.1
40.6
40.6
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.43
32.43
30.82
5.9
3.5
4.3
41.6
39.4
39.4
38.43
32.18
30.79
5.9
3.6
4.4
41.6
40.5
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.06
26.13
7.8
19.9
44.6
41.2
16.06
26.57
7.8
20.5
44.6
42.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.20
36.58
22.10
21.07
24.63
25.74
24.62
6.8
4.9
2.0
2.1
10.6
10.0
5.0
39.4
41.1
39.7
39.9
38.7
40.4
39.8
$21.49
36.60
22.16
21.02
24.63
26.01
24.60
5.9
4.9
2.0
2.1
10.6
10.1
5.1
41.0
41.2
40.1
40.0
38.7
40.7
40.1
–
–
$18.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.1
–
–
–
–
20.38
3.8
39.4
20.66
3.7
40.2
–
–
–
21.35
20.85
24.56
8.1
2.9
2.8
39.8
40.1
39.9
21.35
20.87
24.56
8.1
2.9
2.8
39.8
40.5
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.84
21.56
6.1
2.7
40.0
39.3
21.84
21.62
6.1
2.8
40.0
40.1
–
19.28
–
5.8
–
21.2
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales engineers .................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
14.82
19.35
18.39
50.11
26.36
18.15
15.93
28.06
5.1
7.1
10.8
20.4
37.1
9.1
10.0
8.5
32.8
41.3
40.2
41.6
39.7
39.0
37.9
40.0
16.80
19.39
18.39
50.11
26.45
18.50
16.19
28.06
5.4
7.1
10.8
20.4
37.5
9.4
10.3
8.5
40.0
41.5
40.2
41.6
40.0
40.7
40.2
40.0
7.99
–
–
–
–
10.58
9.20
–
2.4
–
–
–
–
18.7
27.1
–
20.2
–
–
–
–
20.8
15.1
–
28.03
18.17
8.90
10.42
9.05
12.89
13.44
15.16
11.80
8.37
10.06
–
13.26
5.2
11.0
6.7
5.0
6.6
7.6
10.6
10.3
15.0
11.5
2.7
–
8.2
41.2
41.3
25.4
28.6
25.4
39.4
39.6
40.0
31.6
27.2
30.7
–
32.5
28.03
18.20
10.20
11.69
10.50
12.99
13.65
15.22
13.45
9.89
10.84
11.89
15.00
5.2
11.0
9.0
3.9
8.4
7.4
10.7
10.3
17.2
6.1
3.1
12.3
7.8
41.2
41.8
38.5
40.3
37.9
39.7
40.2
40.2
38.7
38.9
39.2
40.0
39.9
–
–
7.55
8.88
7.79
–
–
–
7.14
7.50
8.72
–
–
–
–
5.7
8.6
5.0
–
–
–
3.2
16.1
3.9
–
–
–
–
18.8
21.2
19.8
–
–
–
20.8
23.2
22.3
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
12.48
17.05
18.59
1.1
2.7
4.6
36.2
40.0
39.5
12.87
17.10
18.59
1.0
2.7
4.6
39.7
40.3
39.5
9.61
–
–
2.1
–
–
21.9
–
–
19.36
15.31
14.02
15.80
12.22
10.83
8.86
12.08
9.52
11.08
11.08
5.6
7.0
1.6
7.9
3.3
4.7
6.7
7.8
2.5
2.4
3.0
40.6
39.4
38.2
36.8
38.2
35.6
38.3
37.2
35.5
33.6
36.1
19.36
15.29
14.22
15.83
12.36
10.59
8.89
11.94
9.81
11.74
11.40
5.6
7.1
1.6
9.1
3.5
5.3
7.0
7.8
2.7
3.0
3.0
40.6
39.7
39.7
39.8
39.7
39.7
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.8
39.8
–
–
11.38
15.51
10.11
–
–
13.17
7.65
10.02
8.18
–
–
3.7
7.5
4.6
–
–
15.3
5.0
3.7
5.0
–
–
25.1
20.6
24.5
–
–
24.3
21.3
26.9
19.6
13.41
11.76
4.1
4.8
39.7
29.7
13.38
12.18
4.1
6.8
40.1
38.1
–
10.87
–
3.3
–
20.3
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.56
12.14
12.68
12.97
11.25
4.6
3.3
1.6
3.4
3.5
33.5
38.3
39.1
39.5
39.1
$8.82
12.32
12.77
13.01
11.30
5.3
3.1
1.6
3.4
3.5
39.8
39.6
39.8
39.8
40.0
$7.44
9.61
9.80
–
–
6.9
9.6
6.1
–
–
19.7
25.8
24.1
–
–
9.82
9.61
9.81
8.78
11.32
15.52
15.50
11.08
11.52
15.83
14.54
6.0
12.1
5.5
5.7
8.8
6.3
4.7
4.3
3.2
7.3
11.3
31.7
38.4
38.0
39.1
36.2
38.6
39.5
38.1
35.8
39.0
39.7
–
9.88
10.16
8.81
11.39
15.63
15.52
11.28
11.98
16.04
14.68
–
12.0
5.5
6.0
9.7
6.4
4.7
4.3
2.7
7.4
11.3
–
39.9
39.5
39.9
39.1
39.7
39.7
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
7.37
–
–
–
–
7.59
7.93
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
10.1
10.0
–
–
–
–
29.7
–
–
–
–
22.2
19.8
–
–
13.59
6.7
36.6
14.50
7.0
39.9
9.12
5.5
26.2
14.01
13.64
13.52
11.98
11.68
8.97
11.20
12.71
10.40
13.39
5.7
8.7
3.2
5.0
1.9
1.8
4.0
12.6
3.4
2.3
39.2
39.0
39.7
38.9
35.0
21.4
37.0
35.3
24.3
36.6
14.04
13.77
13.53
12.06
12.15
9.71
11.41
12.91
10.06
13.87
5.7
8.7
3.2
5.0
1.7
2.8
4.2
13.1
4.5
2.3
39.3
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.7
39.7
39.6
39.7
35.9
40.0
–
10.40
–
–
8.99
8.79
9.17
10.31
10.53
8.81
–
5.4
–
–
5.0
1.3
5.1
10.4
4.2
7.1
–
24.0
–
–
20.9
19.3
22.7
15.1
21.8
20.1
Blue collar ........................................................................
13.14
2.1
37.9
13.47
2.1
39.9
8.51
3.6
22.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
17.62
23.92
16.80
10.16
17.66
18.86
13.34
20.75
18.41
18.38
11.55
2.4
2.9
4.3
13.4
2.6
5.0
13.1
1.2
8.3
2.8
11.5
39.6
40.2
39.6
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.8
17.65
23.92
16.82
10.24
17.66
18.86
13.34
20.75
18.41
18.38
11.55
2.4
2.9
4.3
13.4
2.6
5.0
13.1
1.2
8.3
2.8
11.5
39.9
40.2
39.6
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.8
14.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.64
5.6
39.7
17.70
5.6
40.0
–
–
–
20.50
17.53
16.03
12.5
5.7
4.0
37.4
40.0
39.5
17.50
17.53
16.11
6.0
5.7
4.0
39.8
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.22
9.4
39.3
29.22
9.4
39.3
–
–
–
26.31
23.56
19.23
13.23
21.32
15.11
24.13
6.1
8.2
3.7
7.5
6.9
4.6
3.7
40.0
39.5
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
26.31
23.55
19.36
13.23
21.32
15.11
24.13
6.1
8.4
3.6
7.5
6.9
4.6
3.7
40.0
40.0
38.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.83
17.20
14.16
22.72
14.99
16.22
21.65
17.47
19.11
15.82
23.53
9.39
14.96
12.53
11.58
16.38
19.20
20.87
17.5
13.0
7.3
8.7
8.6
8.5
6.6
7.5
4.1
5.0
7.2
5.4
14.2
8.4
6.1
6.3
3.6
3.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
34.9
39.9
41.3
40.1
40.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.8
39.1
37.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
$13.83
17.20
14.16
–
15.00
16.22
21.65
17.47
19.11
15.82
23.53
9.47
14.96
12.49
11.77
16.40
19.20
20.87
17.5
13.0
7.3
–
8.6
8.5
6.6
7.5
4.1
5.0
7.2
5.2
14.2
8.6
6.6
6.3
3.6
3.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
41.3
40.1
40.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
39.4
40.3
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.44
11.05
14.62
2.4
14.4
15.3
39.2
40.0
39.9
10.51
11.05
14.62
2.4
14.4
15.3
39.8
40.0
39.9
$7.36
–
–
5.8
–
–
22.3
–
–
9.51
15.44
11.48
8.35
9.89
15.57
13.90
13.52
9.25
7.01
7.50
8.69
9.72
10.87
10.39
9.0
7.9
10.1
10.8
9.1
9.4
11.9
10.3
7.8
5.6
3.4
13.3
7.6
3.1
9.8
40.2
40.0
39.6
39.6
39.8
38.2
39.0
39.1
40.0
38.5
36.9
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.1
9.51
15.44
11.48
8.67
9.89
15.56
13.90
13.52
9.25
7.03
7.55
8.69
9.78
10.87
10.39
9.0
7.9
10.1
11.7
9.1
9.6
11.9
10.3
7.8
5.7
3.2
13.3
9.0
3.1
9.8
40.2
40.0
39.6
39.8
39.8
38.9
39.0
39.1
40.0
39.1
39.2
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.20
11.11
12.12
12.68
9.83
11.55
10.60
14.77
8.71
9.65
6.02
8.40
10.15
8.52
11.22
11.45
11.41
2.9
13.3
7.2
7.9
10.5
13.4
3.9
6.8
9.3
4.4
13.9
15.8
22.0
6.7
6.9
7.9
8.2
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
38.2
37.7
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
38.6
40.0
39.5
39.6
40.0
38.9
15.20
11.11
12.13
12.68
10.45
11.52
10.66
14.77
8.71
9.71
6.02
–
10.15
8.59
11.24
11.45
11.41
2.9
13.3
7.3
7.9
10.2
14.1
3.9
6.8
9.3
4.5
13.9
–
22.0
6.7
7.0
7.9
8.2
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.66
19.49
14.07
11.59
2.7
6.5
3.6
8.6
36.7
40.4
39.1
35.7
14.15
19.49
14.15
12.55
3.0
6.5
3.7
8.0
40.1
40.4
40.3
40.0
9.76
–
12.20
6.92
3.7
–
9.4
15.0
21.8
–
21.5
23.6
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Structural metal workers ....................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Drillers, oil well ...................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Machinists ..........................................................
Layout workers ..................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Metal plating machine operators ........................
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
Textile cutting machine operators ......................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Cementing and gluing machine operators .........
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .............
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.31
8.56
7.40
7.19
25.21
22.97
18.69
14.89
20.05
18.35
14.24
16.07
11.76
5.0
8.7
10.6
14.3
15.8
13.3
9.0
6.7
2.8
15.0
12.5
11.8
4.2
30.5
26.4
31.8
28.9
41.6
42.0
38.0
42.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
$13.62
8.87
8.32
7.42
25.21
22.97
19.32
14.89
20.05
18.35
14.24
16.07
11.91
5.2
10.0
13.7
18.6
15.8
13.3
9.5
6.7
2.8
15.0
12.5
11.8
4.5
38.8
39.3
40.0
39.8
41.6
42.0
40.0
42.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
$10.56
–
6.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.7
–
24.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.74
9.7
37.1
15.09
10.2
39.8
–
–
–
9.52
6.82
17.86
11.79
11.74
7.43
2.0
4.2
5.0
6.2
7.1
1.6
35.2
40.6
40.2
38.2
36.2
33.0
9.88
6.94
17.57
12.02
11.94
–
2.3
4.3
5.9
6.4
7.3
–
39.8
40.3
40.2
39.9
40.0
–
7.71
–
–
6.87
–
–
3.0
–
–
14.4
–
–
22.5
–
–
20.4
–
–
14.91
11.54
10.55
12.16
8.00
9.08
9.95
10.05
9.28
6.92
7.70
9.47
5.6
9.9
8.1
8.8
4.1
6.2
8.9
4.7
10.9
7.2
3.9
4.1
40.0
39.1
37.9
38.8
37.8
29.2
38.0
33.2
32.9
38.3
36.8
35.8
14.91
11.55
10.90
12.43
7.97
10.22
9.82
10.30
9.33
7.03
7.79
9.96
5.6
9.9
9.5
9.3
4.2
7.3
8.9
5.8
14.0
8.3
4.2
5.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.5
38.8
38.9
39.9
40.0
40.4
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
8.56
7.66
–
9.13
–
5.93
6.95
6.76
–
–
–
–
7.8
5.5
–
5.6
–
6.8
6.2
3.9
–
–
–
–
19.6
22.3
–
20.5
–
26.2
22.9
22.9
10.47
15.59
22.75
29.26
18.72
15.85
15.82
23.13
2.1
5.6
4.3
4.1
15.4
14.3
9.9
2.8
33.3
37.6
50.1
40.4
38.7
43.9
33.5
39.2
11.52
17.00
22.75
29.26
19.24
15.85
17.52
23.19
2.3
4.9
4.3
4.1
15.1
14.3
5.0
2.8
39.5
40.9
50.1
40.4
40.1
43.9
50.6
39.9
7.06
7.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.0
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.1
25.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.70
17.53
10.10
7.89
13.45
7.30
12.03
6.83
5.40
9.02
6.53
7.79
5.89
6.77
4.5
2.8
14.5
4.7
10.8
2.0
4.0
4.1
2.1
3.2
5.9
2.9
4.6
3.1
40.0
40.0
19.6
36.4
28.8
30.0
38.8
31.1
26.6
36.8
27.0
32.0
27.5
28.2
20.02
17.53
–
8.35
14.44
8.06
12.26
7.95
5.69
9.23
6.85
7.78
6.34
7.12
3.9
2.8
–
5.8
11.4
2.3
3.8
3.4
3.7
3.5
9.4
3.4
7.9
3.6
40.0
40.0
–
39.6
40.0
39.0
40.3
36.1
37.1
40.0
39.2
39.0
37.2
39.2
–
–
10.10
6.85
8.80
6.15
–
5.93
5.17
7.82
6.17
7.81
5.60
6.37
–
–
14.5
3.9
10.3
1.7
–
2.9
1.7
4.1
5.4
5.6
5.1
3.5
–
–
19.6
30.8
12.3
22.3
–
28.0
21.8
25.4
20.0
23.1
23.6
21.5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...............
Locomotive operating ........................................
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Nursery workers .................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Crossing guards .................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Cooks .................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
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 ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.28
11.10
8.65
8.95
2.3
2.3
2.5
3.1
34.4
33.3
34.8
36.3
$9.22
11.22
8.54
9.24
2.6
2.5
2.8
3.2
39.1
39.6
38.9
39.7
$9.63
10.51
9.30
6.82
3.5
4.9
3.4
4.7
20.9
18.5
22.0
22.3
12.55
7.55
8.94
9.67
13.25
8.44
8.7
3.5
4.1
3.1
7.9
3.4
40.4
34.9
36.2
27.2
38.6
35.2
12.56
7.65
9.26
10.87
13.94
–
8.7
3.7
4.1
4.2
6.7
–
40.7
38.6
39.8
36.4
41.0
–
–
6.68
6.81
7.94
–
–
–
7.6
5.4
5.7
–
–
–
19.4
22.8
19.9
–
–
6.53
5.59
24.60
8.08
7.71
8.46
9.99
8.87
3.6
3.3
12.0
9.5
8.1
3.2
7.9
9.2
27.2
10.8
25.4
35.5
26.4
27.9
23.7
28.3
6.48
–
24.66
7.16
8.97
8.51
11.82
9.26
3.5
–
12.1
9.3
6.2
4.2
12.3
5.6
35.8
–
25.5
39.6
41.1
38.1
37.4
39.3
6.60
5.59
–
11.02
6.28
8.41
8.83
8.34
6.7
3.3
–
17.4
7.4
3.7
7.4
20.7
20.7
10.8
–
26.7
18.8
21.8
19.2
20.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as
working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and April
1998. The average reference period was May 1997.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 Technical Note.
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.
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Table 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$15.89
15.99
1.8
1.8
36.4
36.8
$16.76
16.75
1.9
1.9
39.9
39.9
$9.26
9.52
2.4
2.8
21.8
22.2
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
19.94
20.93
1.9
1.8
36.7
37.6
20.84
21.50
1.9
1.8
40.1
40.1
11.71
13.92
3.4
3.9
20.9
21.3
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Engineering teachers .........................................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
English teachers ................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
25.06
27.17
30.43
33.34
32.15
24.08
32.45
31.63
31.01
26.18
28.18
30.74
29.34
29.79
1.8
2.0
1.4
16.8
5.6
6.9
1.1
7.4
2.7
3.4
4.0
2.3
3.7
3.9
36.9
36.9
40.1
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.2
40.4
40.4
39.2
39.8
40.2
40.2
25.40
27.54
30.47
33.53
32.15
24.08
32.45
31.63
31.15
26.18
28.17
30.75
29.34
29.80
1.9
2.1
1.4
17.3
5.6
6.9
1.1
7.4
2.8
3.4
4.1
2.3
3.7
3.9
39.9
40.2
40.3
43.1
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.2
40.6
40.4
40.5
40.0
40.2
40.2
21.08
22.75
25.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
3.0
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.6
18.6
22.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.03
27.78
26.93
30.95
23.10
21.43
23.64
45.32
22.80
33.14
17.93
17.92
22.85
23.16
14.57
21.38
35.55
32.07
27.38
20.96
39.57
25.68
26.86
25.24
29.48
15.14
10.73
14.94
20.62
17.23
9.71
13.01
22.14
20.65
22.38
26.35
17.65
12.89
15.40
10.81
39.58
39.58
7.3
3.2
8.7
3.3
5.1
9.7
2.1
14.9
1.2
4.9
6.4
5.2
13.3
4.0
7.2
30.6
7.8
13.9
8.1
30.3
13.8
16.9
15.4
8.1
6.6
5.5
6.7
8.1
10.7
9.7
8.9
5.0
7.2
7.9
9.0
10.7
11.8
9.0
7.7
5.0
7.7
7.7
40.0
40.6
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
32.3
34.4
32.1
29.6
35.2
32.1
29.8
33.4
33.5
38.0
33.8
30.4
28.0
26.3
33.3
25.1
32.7
39.1
33.5
31.6
39.2
38.1
36.7
21.0
12.8
38.1
37.9
35.0
36.1
42.8
30.3
39.9
36.0
40.0
41.8
41.8
25.03
27.71
26.93
30.95
23.10
20.42
23.41
45.04
22.39
34.00
16.47
17.88
21.69
22.47
14.26
–
37.19
37.08
–
–
40.73
–
–
25.13
29.69
15.04
10.73
14.97
20.66
17.65
–
12.91
23.27
22.26
22.32
26.35
16.42
12.52
15.50
10.81
39.60
39.60
7.3
3.3
8.7
3.3
5.1
8.9
2.5
16.3
1.2
6.1
6.0
5.8
14.0
3.5
8.5
–
8.2
8.3
–
–
14.1
–
–
8.3
7.4
5.8
6.8
8.4
11.2
11.7
–
5.1
6.3
4.4
8.9
10.7
11.2
11.2
7.9
5.0
7.7
7.7
40.0
40.8
41.0
40.0
40.0
41.4
38.7
40.5
38.4
39.0
40.0
39.2
38.8
39.9
39.5
–
38.9
39.0
–
–
38.1
–
–
40.0
38.6
39.7
39.9
39.3
39.5
40.0
–
39.9
41.4
39.5
41.1
42.8
38.8
44.5
39.8
40.0
41.9
41.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.41
48.58
24.12
30.93
–
18.17
–
26.23
15.60
–
24.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.38
16.02
11.20
14.18
19.89
16.31
9.71
14.96
–
–
22.98
–
22.98
18.65
14.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
7.2
2.8
3.9
–
4.5
–
7.4
10.2
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.4
9.8
18.0
14.6
7.6
12.4
8.9
9.2
–
–
30.6
–
30.6
15.8
17.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.5
12.5
21.0
18.2
–
15.7
–
19.5
22.2
–
17.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.0
11.3
18.8
21.9
15.3
10.2
12.8
20.2
–
–
15.6
–
15.6
15.3
15.0
–
–
–
28.56
10.9
36.1
29.78
11.2
41.5
16.86
17.6
16.1
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.39
24.13
32.27
7.4
11.3
24.8
38.9
40.6
33.3
$24.38
24.35
33.63
7.6
11.5
28.2
40.1
41.9
44.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.04
28.16
22.02
27.47
19.02
23.2
19.5
13.7
10.5
2.1
41.8
40.1
39.8
39.9
37.1
31.23
28.37
22.02
27.52
19.24
23.2
20.5
13.7
10.7
2.3
42.7
41.9
39.8
40.3
39.3
–
–
–
–
$16.60
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
22.8
17.97
13.34
19.13
14.26
15.04
19.75
19.80
19.13
16.40
15.81
19.40
20.56
58.07
12.36
22.16
17.94
20.47
4.5
8.2
2.3
1.8
4.8
3.7
4.6
6.3
8.9
15.0
10.8
3.2
21.7
8.6
5.8
5.6
10.2
37.2
36.6
32.8
33.2
35.3
39.4
39.9
39.7
39.5
40.0
40.5
40.0
25.3
36.8
39.4
38.7
39.2
17.70
13.56
18.70
14.27
15.39
19.73
19.80
19.18
16.09
15.81
19.40
20.56
58.07
–
22.66
17.94
20.66
4.6
9.2
2.7
2.1
5.3
3.8
4.6
6.3
9.1
15.0
10.8
3.2
21.7
–
5.9
5.6
10.3
39.8
39.8
39.6
38.6
39.5
40.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
25.3
–
40.4
38.7
40.1
20.12
11.83
19.90
14.20
13.06
20.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.74
9.2
7.2
3.3
2.5
5.4
17.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
24.2
23.4
25.1
19.6
21.9
28.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.1
30.08
34.64
34.89
32.00
31.86
2.5
3.2
4.3
5.6
6.4
40.6
41.0
40.0
40.5
40.4
30.17
34.70
34.99
32.00
31.86
2.5
3.2
4.3
5.6
6.4
40.8
41.3
40.6
40.5
40.4
22.28
27.56
–
–
–
15.8
20.6
–
–
–
25.6
24.4
–
–
–
38.67
23.48
30.12
5.9
9.4
4.9
41.6
40.0
39.0
38.67
23.50
30.07
5.9
9.5
5.0
41.6
40.1
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.52
26.08
22.35
37.41
22.51
21.05
24.63
25.81
24.62
8.6
20.6
7.7
5.1
2.5
2.3
10.6
10.6
6.3
45.7
41.3
39.3
41.3
39.8
40.0
38.7
40.3
40.2
16.52
26.54
21.54
37.41
22.58
20.99
24.63
26.10
24.62
8.6
21.3
6.7
5.1
2.6
2.3
10.6
10.8
6.3
45.7
42.3
41.2
41.3
40.2
40.0
38.7
40.6
40.2
–
–
–
–
18.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.7
–
–
–
–
20.22
5.4
39.7
20.58
5.2
40.3
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
20.77
21.11
10.0
2.9
39.9
40.1
20.77
21.13
10.0
3.0
39.9
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.90
22.49
10.6
3.0
39.8
39.4
27.90
22.55
10.6
3.0
39.8
40.2
–
19.97
–
7.6
–
21.8
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
14.85
19.38
5.2
7.1
32.8
41.3
16.84
19.42
5.4
7.1
40.0
41.5
7.97
–
2.4
–
20.2
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.39
50.11
26.36
18.15
16.10
28.06
10.8
20.4
37.1
9.1
10.0
8.5
40.2
41.6
39.7
39.0
37.9
40.0
$18.39
50.11
26.45
18.50
16.37
28.06
10.8
20.4
37.5
9.4
10.3
8.5
40.2
41.6
40.0
40.7
40.2
40.0
–
–
–
$10.58
9.20
–
–
–
–
18.7
27.1
–
–
–
–
20.8
15.1
–
28.03
18.17
8.90
10.42
9.05
12.89
13.44
15.16
11.79
8.37
10.04
–
13.26
5.2
11.0
6.7
5.0
6.6
7.6
10.6
10.3
15.1
11.5
2.7
–
8.2
41.2
41.3
25.4
28.6
25.4
39.4
39.6
40.0
31.6
27.2
30.8
–
32.5
28.03
18.20
10.20
11.69
10.50
12.99
13.65
15.22
13.43
9.89
10.82
11.89
15.00
5.2
11.0
9.0
3.9
8.4
7.4
10.7
10.3
17.3
6.1
3.1
12.3
7.8
41.2
41.8
38.5
40.3
37.9
39.7
40.2
40.2
38.7
38.9
39.2
40.0
39.9
–
–
7.55
8.88
7.79
–
–
–
7.13
7.50
8.68
–
–
–
–
5.7
8.6
5.0
–
–
–
3.2
16.1
4.0
–
–
–
–
18.8
21.2
19.8
–
–
–
20.8
23.2
22.4
–
–
12.21
16.87
18.56
1.3
3.6
4.7
36.7
40.2
39.5
12.60
16.95
18.56
1.2
3.6
4.7
39.8
40.5
39.5
8.94
–
–
2.3
–
–
22.2
–
–
19.15
15.07
14.08
14.20
12.72
10.50
8.86
12.05
9.44
10.83
10.82
7.1
7.7
2.1
5.4
7.0
5.1
6.7
7.9
2.6
2.5
3.0
40.7
39.7
38.1
39.2
35.4
36.0
38.3
37.1
35.4
33.5
36.0
19.15
15.07
14.26
14.28
13.39
10.22
8.89
11.90
9.76
11.39
11.12
7.1
7.7
2.3
5.6
8.3
5.3
7.0
7.8
2.7
3.1
3.0
40.7
39.7
39.8
40.0
39.7
39.6
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.8
39.8
–
–
11.61
–
10.05
–
–
13.17
7.36
10.01
8.20
–
–
4.7
–
4.6
–
–
15.3
3.7
3.8
5.1
–
–
24.4
–
24.7
–
–
24.3
21.2
27.1
19.5
13.26
15.90
8.02
12.29
12.39
13.05
11.05
4.9
8.7
4.2
4.7
1.9
4.1
4.0
39.6
36.8
33.6
37.9
39.1
39.5
38.9
13.22
16.26
8.22
12.65
12.48
13.11
11.10
5.0
8.4
4.9
4.4
1.9
4.1
4.0
40.1
39.8
39.8
39.6
39.7
39.8
40.0
–
9.87
7.09
9.07
9.63
–
–
–
4.7
7.2
10.8
6.4
–
–
–
16.4
19.5
27.5
25.9
–
–
9.82
9.61
9.20
9.43
11.32
12.19
15.52
10.99
11.37
15.23
14.54
6.0
12.1
4.2
4.3
8.9
8.0
4.7
4.5
3.2
9.8
11.3
31.7
38.4
37.7
38.6
36.7
37.8
39.5
38.1
35.7
40.0
39.7
–
9.88
9.50
9.51
11.39
12.31
15.54
11.20
11.81
15.23
14.68
–
12.0
4.3
4.5
9.7
8.8
4.7
4.5
3.0
9.8
11.3
–
39.9
39.5
39.8
39.1
40.1
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
7.37
–
–
–
–
7.59
7.89
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
10.1
9.7
–
–
–
–
29.7
–
–
–
–
22.2
19.5
–
–
13.43
7.2
36.5
14.36
7.5
39.8
9.12
5.5
26.2
14.01
13.44
5.7
9.2
39.2
39.0
14.04
13.57
5.7
9.4
39.3
40.0
–
10.40
–
5.4
–
24.0
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Insurance sales ..................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales engineers .................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
$11.70
11.10
8.97
10.73
12.76
9.83
12.74
5.3
2.6
1.8
5.3
12.9
22.8
2.8
38.8
34.1
21.4
36.3
35.8
30.9
36.5
$11.78
11.77
9.71
10.94
12.89
10.78
13.34
5.3
2.5
2.8
5.8
13.5
27.9
2.7
39.6
39.6
39.7
39.5
39.7
39.5
40.0
–
$8.15
8.79
9.20
10.92
7.93
7.42
–
5.6
1.3
5.2
10.6
6.1
7.8
–
21.0
19.3
22.7
15.0
21.6
20.9
Blue collar ........................................................................
12.74
2.2
37.8
13.07
2.3
39.9
8.31
3.9
22.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Structural metal workers ....................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Drillers, oil well ...................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Machinists ..........................................................
Layout workers ..................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Stationary engineers ..........................................
17.26
23.71
16.61
10.16
17.47
18.86
13.20
20.75
18.03
18.11
11.55
2.7
3.3
4.6
13.4
3.4
5.0
13.3
1.2
11.4
2.8
11.5
39.6
40.2
39.5
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.8
17.29
23.71
16.63
10.24
17.47
18.86
13.20
20.75
18.03
18.11
11.55
2.7
3.3
4.6
13.4
3.4
5.0
13.3
1.2
11.4
2.8
11.5
39.9
40.2
39.6
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.8
14.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.01
7.2
39.7
17.07
7.2
40.0
–
–
–
21.92
17.53
15.55
17.7
5.7
4.4
35.8
40.0
39.8
16.60
17.53
15.55
6.8
5.7
4.5
39.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.22
21.16
19.12
13.23
21.59
14.88
22.74
11.49
16.41
13.81
22.72
14.29
16.22
21.40
17.47
19.11
15.82
23.53
9.39
14.96
12.53
11.58
16.30
14.51
20.51
9.4
8.2
4.3
7.5
7.4
4.7
8.5
20.6
14.7
9.5
8.7
16.1
8.5
6.8
7.5
4.1
5.0
7.2
5.4
14.2
8.4
6.1
6.4
4.9
4.5
39.3
38.6
37.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
34.9
39.9
41.3
40.1
40.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.8
39.1
37.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
29.22
20.98
19.27
13.23
21.59
14.88
22.74
11.49
16.41
13.81
–
14.30
16.22
21.40
17.47
19.11
15.82
23.53
9.47
14.96
12.49
11.77
16.32
14.51
20.51
9.4
8.6
4.2
7.5
7.4
4.7
8.5
20.6
14.7
9.5
–
16.1
8.5
6.8
7.5
4.1
5.0
7.2
5.2
14.2
8.6
6.6
6.5
4.9
4.5
39.3
40.0
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
41.3
40.1
40.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
39.4
40.3
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
10.41
11.05
14.62
2.4
14.4
15.3
39.2
40.0
39.9
10.48
11.05
14.62
2.5
14.4
15.3
39.8
40.0
39.9
7.33
–
–
5.8
–
–
22.4
–
–
9.51
15.44
9.0
7.9
40.2
40.0
9.51
15.44
9.0
7.9
40.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.48
8.35
9.89
15.91
13.90
13.52
9.25
7.01
7.09
8.69
9.72
10.87
10.39
10.1
10.8
9.1
9.6
11.9
10.3
7.8
5.6
3.3
13.3
7.6
3.1
9.8
39.6
39.6
39.8
38.1
39.0
39.1
40.0
38.5
37.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
40.1
$11.48
8.67
9.89
15.90
13.90
13.52
9.25
7.03
7.17
8.69
9.78
10.87
10.39
10.1
11.7
9.1
9.8
11.9
10.3
7.8
5.7
3.3
13.3
9.0
3.1
9.8
39.6
39.8
39.8
38.8
39.0
39.1
40.0
39.1
39.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.20
11.11
12.12
12.68
9.83
11.55
10.51
14.48
8.71
9.65
6.02
8.40
10.15
8.52
11.22
11.45
11.41
2.9
13.3
7.2
7.9
10.5
13.4
3.8
6.9
9.3
4.4
13.9
15.8
22.0
6.7
6.9
7.9
8.2
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
38.2
37.7
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
38.6
40.0
39.5
39.6
40.0
38.9
15.20
11.11
12.13
12.68
10.45
11.52
10.57
14.48
8.71
9.71
6.02
–
10.15
8.59
11.24
11.45
11.41
2.9
13.3
7.3
7.9
10.2
14.1
3.8
6.9
9.3
4.5
13.9
–
22.0
6.7
7.0
7.9
8.2
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$6.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.30
18.82
13.93
11.47
9.34
8.56
7.38
6.75
14.89
20.04
18.35
18.18
11.76
3.2
9.4
3.8
8.7
3.0
8.7
10.7
13.4
6.7
3.6
15.0
10.9
4.2
36.9
40.6
39.0
35.6
27.1
26.4
31.8
28.4
42.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
13.81
18.82
14.01
12.44
8.73
8.87
8.28
6.86
14.89
20.04
18.35
18.18
11.91
3.4
9.4
4.0
8.2
4.8
10.0
13.8
17.5
6.7
3.6
15.0
10.9
4.5
40.3
40.6
40.4
40.0
39.6
39.3
40.0
39.8
42.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
9.07
–
12.15
6.92
–
–
6.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
9.6
15.0
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
21.6
23.6
–
–
24.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.75
10.8
36.7
14.07
11.6
39.8
–
–
–
9.11
6.82
9.16
11.71
7.43
2.2
4.2
6.3
9.6
1.6
35.0
40.6
37.4
35.0
33.0
9.42
6.94
9.39
11.99
–
2.5
4.3
6.4
10.3
–
39.7
40.3
39.8
40.0
–
7.68
–
5.62
–
–
3.1
–
3.1
–
–
22.5
–
19.4
–
–
15.03
9.89
9.59
11.76
7.98
7.3
10.2
5.1
10.6
4.3
40.0
39.9
37.5
39.5
38.8
15.03
9.89
9.92
11.78
7.99
7.3
10.2
6.1
10.7
4.4
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Metal plating machine operators ........................
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
Textile cutting machine operators ......................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Cementing and gluing machine operators .........
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .............
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Nursery workers .................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Part time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.08
9.95
9.98
9.23
6.89
7.70
8.96
6.2
8.9
4.8
11.1
7.2
3.9
3.9
29.2
38.0
33.1
32.8
38.2
36.8
35.4
$10.22
9.82
10.22
9.26
7.00
7.79
9.42
7.3
8.9
5.9
14.4
8.3
4.2
4.7
38.8
38.9
39.9
40.0
40.4
39.7
39.9
$7.66
–
9.13
–
5.93
6.95
6.75
5.5
–
5.6
–
6.8
6.2
3.9
22.3
–
20.5
–
26.2
22.9
23.0
7.99
8.08
13.08
7.71
9.69
7.02
11.81
6.83
5.40
8.75
6.11
7.58
5.87
6.31
8.84
10.69
8.33
7.93
1.4
5.1
12.8
4.6
15.2
1.7
5.6
4.1
2.1
3.2
3.7
3.0
4.6
2.7
2.6
2.5
2.8
2.8
32.6
36.2
37.9
36.4
25.6
30.2
38.6
31.1
26.6
37.2
26.0
33.2
27.8
28.7
34.3
32.5
34.9
35.9
8.50
8.57
13.32
8.11
10.96
7.79
12.08
7.95
5.69
8.94
6.21
7.74
6.34
6.75
8.76
10.73
8.23
8.15
1.6
6.2
13.6
5.7
18.5
2.1
5.6
3.4
3.7
3.5
5.6
3.4
7.9
3.4
2.9
2.8
3.1
2.9
39.0
39.8
40.2
39.7
40.1
38.9
40.4
36.1
37.1
40.0
39.0
39.0
37.2
39.2
38.9
39.4
38.8
39.6
6.62
6.95
–
6.82
6.89
5.83
–
5.93
5.17
7.61
6.03
7.12
5.56
5.74
9.30
10.51
8.88
6.50
1.9
4.5
–
3.7
5.5
1.5
–
2.9
1.7
4.7
5.5
6.0
5.1
2.3
4.4
6.1
4.1
4.6
22.8
29.9
–
30.7
14.2
22.4
–
28.0
21.8
26.1
20.0
23.1
23.9
21.4
20.8
18.2
21.8
22.3
11.24
7.34
7.80
9.56
13.25
8.44
6.3
3.6
3.9
4.4
7.9
3.4
40.6
35.0
35.8
28.3
38.6
35.2
11.25
7.46
8.03
10.80
13.94
–
6.4
3.9
4.1
4.6
6.7
–
40.9
38.5
39.8
36.4
41.0
–
–
6.33
6.50
7.36
–
–
–
5.4
5.3
8.1
–
–
–
19.7
22.8
20.2
–
–
6.44
5.59
24.66
8.08
7.42
8.10
8.15
8.52
3.5
3.3
12.1
9.5
9.1
2.3
9.8
10.6
28.9
10.8
25.5
35.5
26.2
32.7
25.9
28.8
6.47
–
24.66
7.16
8.76
–
9.86
8.63
3.5
–
12.1
9.3
8.1
–
8.1
5.4
35.8
–
25.5
39.6
41.5
–
40.0
39.8
6.38
5.59
–
11.02
6.22
7.65
6.77
8.36
7.5
3.3
–
17.4
7.4
5.1
8.9
24.2
22.2
10.8
–
26.7
19.7
23.5
20.2
20.9
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Cooks .................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as
working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and April
1998. The average reference period was May 1997.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 Technical Note.
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.
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Table 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$20.23
20.26
1.7
1.7
35.5
35.5
$20.89
20.91
1.8
1.7
39.4
39.4
$14.37
14.41
3.3
3.3
18.8
18.8
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
21.55
21.59
1.6
1.6
35.2
35.2
22.10
22.13
1.7
1.6
39.0
39.0
16.48
16.57
3.6
3.6
18.6
18.5
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Engineering teachers .........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Physical education teachers ..............................
English teachers ................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Psychologists .....................................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
26.24
27.53
26.84
26.94
26.09
24.09
24.09
21.38
25.14
21.00
24.71
25.96
24.60
20.03
18.70
20.84
24.19
32.93
33.22
37.73
36.42
36.50
35.23
34.06
38.59
31.84
40.50
31.46
32.88
29.46
24.17
29.92
31.54
29.93
26.71
15.05
29.38
25.00
25.80
25.27
25.56
24.14
19.10
19.31
16.44
31.85
30.79
1.9
1.5
3.5
4.6
10.2
5.9
5.9
6.1
2.6
2.8
2.2
15.9
1.1
6.4
7.0
15.8
7.8
2.5
3.7
4.9
6.5
5.2
2.6
2.2
6.4
4.6
6.7
8.0
5.1
1.9
4.6
2.7
2.3
3.5
5.6
5.3
10.2
5.5
5.6
7.8
9.9
5.0
5.2
5.6
5.8
10.8
12.0
34.2
33.9
41.0
40.0
43.9
39.9
39.9
41.2
40.0
40.2
34.6
44.1
33.2
36.6
29.5
31.9
35.1
26.3
22.1
40.0
46.4
21.4
16.9
28.3
14.7
19.0
19.7
28.1
21.7
32.9
26.1
35.4
35.8
35.7
26.8
12.9
36.8
37.2
36.9
38.7
38.3
40.0
36.8
38.2
25.0
41.5
41.7
26.54
27.80
26.84
26.94
26.09
24.07
24.07
21.40
25.14
21.00
24.28
24.05
24.26
–
–
–
24.08
33.35
–
37.73
36.42
37.19
–
–
–
–
–
31.60
33.94
30.00
23.57
29.94
31.55
29.97
27.84
–
29.40
24.98
25.81
25.41
25.75
24.14
19.17
19.23
18.27
31.85
30.79
2.0
1.6
3.5
4.6
10.2
5.9
5.9
6.1
2.6
2.8
2.6
16.5
1.8
–
–
–
8.3
2.5
–
4.9
6.9
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
4.9
2.0
6.2
2.7
2.4
3.6
6.7
–
10.2
7.6
7.6
7.8
10.1
5.0
5.6
6.0
3.7
10.8
12.0
38.3
38.1
41.0
40.0
43.9
40.3
40.3
41.4
40.0
40.2
40.5
49.5
39.6
–
–
–
36.1
41.8
–
40.0
53.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
37.2
36.2
37.5
36.1
36.1
36.4
35.8
–
37.4
38.3
38.1
39.3
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.5
41.7
22.99
24.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.38
–
25.57
–
–
–
–
31.19
–
–
–
33.09
35.97
–
–
–
–
30.53
30.31
21.36
–
27.30
31.09
–
23.42
15.14
–
–
–
18.37
18.37
–
18.25
20.36
8.76
–
–
3.8
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
1.8
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
2.5
10.7
–
–
–
–
8.6
9.3
7.2
–
12.5
13.4
–
13.2
5.3
–
–
–
12.8
12.8
–
6.7
5.7
9.8
–
–
15.8
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.3
–
22.5
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
6.5
5.8
–
–
–
–
9.4
10.8
13.9
–
12.1
20.1
–
15.5
12.7
–
–
–
22.1
22.1
–
18.8
23.7
9.7
–
–
18.59
14.79
18.53
16.72
9.7
6.0
17.1
4.8
35.0
21.5
42.1
36.9
17.97
–
16.45
16.95
11.0
–
17.1
4.9
42.7
–
45.6
39.8
21.14
–
–
14.80
16.5
–
–
7.4
20.0
–
–
22.9
17.37
14.85
21.81
15.36
15.73
24.57
7.0
10.7
10.2
1.3
2.6
6.1
38.7
27.9
29.5
36.5
38.6
40.0
17.30
–
–
15.38
15.64
24.57
7.2
–
–
1.3
2.7
6.1
40.0
–
–
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
23.91
15.29
–
–
–
–
8.4
6.3
–
–
–
–
22.4
25.1
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.95
10.42
16.68
22.77
11.59
16.44
5.5
6.6
3.9
8.7
9.7
7.5
38.4
27.9
35.0
39.7
40.0
36.0
$17.25
–
16.69
22.77
–
16.43
5.6
–
4.1
8.7
–
8.1
40.0
–
37.5
39.7
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
$16.53
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
17.2
25.57
30.23
33.55
2.6
3.9
20.7
39.3
39.2
11.8
25.50
30.03
–
2.6
4.0
–
40.0
40.1
–
30.19
44.03
–
12.1
14.2
–
18.4
15.3
–
29.15
33.27
34.22
35.80
34.13
21.21
27.29
21.06
21.13
24.60
5.5
7.8
8.0
3.1
7.1
8.7
11.8
2.3
4.8
3.7
39.7
40.5
41.4
39.1
41.6
40.0
39.6
39.4
39.8
38.6
28.91
33.27
34.22
35.54
34.13
21.21
27.39
21.08
21.11
24.51
5.5
7.8
8.0
3.1
7.1
8.7
12.0
2.4
4.8
4.1
40.1
40.5
41.4
40.6
41.6
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Biological technicians ........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
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 ..................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
20.62
18.19
24.58
5.2
1.9
2.9
39.0
40.1
39.8
20.78
18.19
24.58
5.3
1.9
2.9
40.0
40.1
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.14
19.53
6.1
4.8
40.0
38.9
20.14
19.57
6.1
4.9
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
11.57
10.72
7.3
5.1
29.9
26.9
12.42
–
10.4
–
40.0
–
9.76
9.81
4.9
5.0
19.5
19.8
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
General office clerks ..........................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
13.16
17.29
1.7
4.7
35.1
39.7
13.58
17.30
1.7
4.7
39.6
40.0
10.83
–
2.9
–
21.5
–
20.10
17.81
13.85
17.21
12.00
11.57
13.58
16.27
7.8
6.0
3.1
12.8
3.8
5.2
4.7
8.7
40.0
36.3
38.3
35.0
39.5
36.7
35.4
37.3
20.10
–
14.10
17.36
12.01
11.02
14.18
16.96
7.8
–
2.9
14.6
3.8
3.2
4.2
8.8
40.0
–
39.7
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
10.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.9
–
–
–
–
–
13.85
11.03
11.76
11.96
13.79
12.72
12.06
17.09
13.04
16.88
21.03
13.78
12.45
12.55
10.42
14.60
7.6
3.4
7.2
2.9
3.0
4.9
7.1
6.6
6.9
9.6
6.0
3.9
2.1
1.9
3.4
3.0
40.0
28.7
32.5
38.7
39.1
39.4
40.0
38.9
36.3
37.3
40.0
39.7
36.3
39.3
24.2
36.6
13.85
11.11
12.68
11.95
13.80
12.70
12.06
17.07
13.78
17.67
21.03
13.79
12.63
12.59
10.00
14.82
7.6
5.2
3.6
2.9
3.0
4.9
7.1
6.7
5.9
9.4
6.0
3.9
2.0
1.9
4.3
3.2
40.0
37.6
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.7
35.7
39.9
–
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.95
–
10.56
12.10
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
4.2
8.1
–
20.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.8
–
21.8
18.6
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Blue collar ........................................................................
$17.35
2.7
38.2
$17.67
2.8
39.8
$11.37
5.1
21.6
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Electricians ........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Stationary engineers ..........................................
20.40
25.34
19.57
18.30
22.66
2.6
5.7
4.1
3.6
4.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
20.45
25.34
19.57
18.30
22.66
2.6
5.7
4.1
3.6
4.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.86
17.60
25.03
20.31
25.07
15.80
20.07
22.55
2.2
8.6
10.6
7.2
3.3
3.6
3.5
6.4
39.9
38.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
20.86
17.95
25.03
20.31
25.07
15.81
20.07
22.55
2.2
8.6
10.6
7.2
3.3
3.6
3.5
6.4
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
13.88
17.3
38.6
13.92
17.6
40.0
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
15.50
21.30
15.93
14.10
20.09
3.1
2.0
2.9
4.7
3.7
35.8
40.0
39.5
33.0
40.0
15.88
21.30
15.95
14.47
20.09
3.5
2.0
2.9
5.8
3.7
39.3
40.0
40.0
38.7
40.0
12.80
–
–
12.77
–
2.3
–
–
2.5
–
21.8
–
–
21.7
–
19.88
8.6
39.0
20.14
8.5
40.0
–
–
–
14.02
15.02
16.24
13.76
13.05
3.9
5.1
4.4
11.3
9.0
38.1
39.2
36.9
36.5
39.4
14.37
15.16
16.39
15.67
13.08
4.3
5.1
4.1
1.9
9.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
8.61
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
–
16.97
20.66
22.80
29.29
15.82
23.14
3.3
2.9
4.3
4.1
9.9
2.8
35.4
38.6
50.2
40.4
33.5
39.3
18.15
21.16
22.80
29.29
17.52
23.19
3.3
2.6
4.3
4.1
5.0
2.8
40.8
41.5
50.2
40.4
50.6
39.9
9.38
9.13
–
–
–
–
4.2
21.8
–
–
–
–
19.1
14.9
–
–
–
–
19.70
17.53
10.10
11.93
14.56
10.27
13.07
12.13
9.90
9.18
11.50
12.09
11.01
12.90
4.5
2.8
14.5
6.6
11.8
4.3
8.4
8.1
4.0
3.1
4.7
5.6
5.5
3.7
40.0
40.0
19.6
37.4
29.8
28.7
40.0
32.7
23.8
25.8
34.7
35.5
34.1
37.9
20.02
17.53
–
12.67
15.25
11.30
13.07
13.18
–
10.19
11.59
12.31
10.93
13.16
3.9
2.8
–
3.3
12.5
7.0
8.4
6.0
–
1.9
5.4
5.3
6.9
3.7
40.0
40.0
–
37.7
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
–
39.4
39.9
40.0
39.8
39.9
–
–
10.10
–
–
9.04
–
9.22
9.80
8.62
11.05
10.51
11.30
9.26
–
–
14.5
–
–
2.7
–
4.9
4.1
3.6
2.7
5.3
2.9
6.3
–
–
19.6
–
–
21.6
–
21.9
22.8
21.6
21.6
19.8
22.5
22.0
16.89
11.04
12.66
10.12
17.7
6.9
3.6
5.8
40.0
33.1
37.9
23.4
16.89
–
12.93
11.29
17.7
–
3.6
12.1
40.0
–
40.0
35.9
–
–
9.05
9.34
–
–
6.1
3.7
–
–
22.8
19.0
7.81
8.68
6.6
5.1
15.5
25.6
–
8.72
–
8.4
–
36.4
7.78
8.65
6.8
4.6
15.3
21.3
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Construction laborers .........................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Crossing guards .................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.83
11.07
9.5
10.0
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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as
working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and April
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
20.9
25.4
$16.29
13.49
12.5
11.2
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
32.7
36.1
$11.35
8.24
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
4.4
8.0
18.2
18.8
1998. The average reference period was May 1997.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 Technical Note.
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.
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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$16.88
17.03
1.5
1.5
36.2
36.4
$15.89
15.99
1.8
1.8
36.4
36.8
$20.23
20.26
1.7
1.7
35.5
35.5
White collar ......................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
20.39
6.61
8.64
9.83
11.74
13.97
16.67
18.32
21.33
25.66
26.54
30.63
37.06
45.78
53.46
89.00
30.23
21.14
6.84
8.82
10.04
11.90
13.95
16.53
18.42
21.32
25.39
26.33
30.38
36.29
45.24
53.19
89.00
30.88
1.6
2.1
2.1
1.2
1.0
1.7
2.5
1.2
1.5
1.4
1.9
1.5
3.1
2.3
3.4
11.0
14.6
1.5
3.2
1.9
1.1
.9
1.8
2.6
1.3
1.6
1.0
1.9
1.5
1.7
2.1
3.4
11.0
14.6
36.3
27.1
29.6
31.6
36.6
37.7
37.5
37.7
37.6
36.5
38.1
40.0
39.6
38.6
42.3
41.9
34.9
36.8
27.1
31.4
33.7
37.0
37.5
37.3
37.5
37.3
36.4
38.0
39.9
39.6
38.6
42.3
41.9
35.2
19.94
6.55
8.54
9.60
11.63
14.01
15.83
18.08
20.14
24.26
26.34
31.01
37.42
46.09
55.68
89.00
33.12
20.93
6.78
8.73
9.77
11.82
13.98
15.48
18.19
19.94
23.65
25.93
30.71
36.53
45.46
55.37
89.00
34.14
1.9
2.3
2.5
1.3
1.1
1.8
1.9
1.5
1.3
2.1
2.8
1.5
3.6
2.6
3.4
11.0
17.4
1.8
3.6
2.4
1.1
1.0
2.1
1.2
1.6
1.3
1.1
2.8
1.5
1.9
2.4
3.4
11.0
17.3
36.7
26.9
30.8
31.6
36.9
38.4
38.7
38.3
38.4
37.9
40.0
40.1
40.5
39.4
41.8
41.9
34.5
37.6
26.7
33.7
34.4
37.6
38.3
38.4
38.0
38.0
37.8
40.0
39.9
40.5
39.4
41.8
41.9
34.8
21.55
7.37
9.27
10.83
12.13
13.86
18.61
18.84
24.03
27.23
26.83
29.47
34.98
43.96
43.18
–
21.86
21.59
7.27
9.27
10.82
12.12
13.88
18.61
18.84
24.03
27.23
26.83
29.47
34.98
43.96
43.18
–
21.86
1.6
4.2
2.5
2.1
1.7
2.8
6.2
2.3
3.6
1.7
2.3
3.8
3.0
3.1
7.1
–
8.6
1.6
4.2
2.5
2.2
1.7
2.6
6.2
2.3
3.6
1.7
2.3
3.8
3.0
3.1
7.1
–
8.6
35.2
31.4
23.9
31.6
35.6
35.9
35.2
36.4
35.9
35.1
35.7
39.9
34.9
34.6
44.6
–
36.1
35.2
31.4
23.9
31.8
35.6
35.9
35.2
36.4
35.9
35.1
35.7
39.9
34.9
34.6
44.6
–
36.1
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
25.53
27.33
12.09
13.89
21.76
20.82
23.38
26.52
26.19
30.03
35.95
44.00
45.98
31.17
30.06
18.29
18.95
23.41
21.41
25.60
27.07
30.84
35.86
41.64
46.70
30.85
28.51
1.4
1.3
9.8
4.0
8.2
3.1
2.3
1.3
2.9
2.2
1.9
4.3
4.6
13.7
1.3
3.3
5.2
3.2
3.7
1.8
4.0
1.6
1.7
3.1
3.8
6.8
3.6
35.8
35.5
31.0
29.0
32.1
33.8
35.2
34.9
36.2
39.5
38.4
37.3
42.2
32.7
40.2
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.1
40.7
40.2
40.3
40.9
40.0
39.2
40.1
25.06
27.17
12.12
14.59
15.22
19.89
20.97
23.93
25.27
30.83
36.26
44.00
49.75
34.82
30.43
18.32
18.76
23.35
21.41
25.68
28.02
30.96
35.90
41.68
46.70
33.36
29.34
1.8
2.0
10.3
5.0
4.6
4.1
1.8
1.2
4.5
1.9
1.9
4.9
4.5
18.0
1.4
3.6
6.7
3.3
3.7
2.1
2.4
1.7
1.8
3.2
3.8
4.8
3.7
36.9
36.9
32.3
33.4
35.3
35.5
35.7
36.0
39.4
39.5
40.3
38.9
39.5
30.0
40.1
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.1
39.0
40.3
40.3
40.9
40.0
38.7
40.2
26.24
27.53
–
12.47
27.59
22.46
26.30
28.21
27.19
28.37
34.33
44.00
39.00
24.80
26.84
–
–
–
–
25.12
24.00
29.89
–
–
–
–
24.09
1.9
1.5
–
3.8
7.6
4.3
3.7
1.9
3.5
5.3
5.3
6.5
7.5
7.5
3.5
–
–
–
–
3.4
12.1
4.5
–
–
–
–
5.9
34.2
33.9
–
22.9
29.7
31.1
34.7
34.2
33.4
39.6
30.9
30.4
48.3
38.6
41.0
–
–
–
–
39.9
47.3
39.9
–
–
–
–
39.9
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.15
19.95
23.90
25.41
27.19
30.62
36.56
42.24
25.32
18.14
20.97
22.60
20.70
26.51
35.37
38.68
23.93
14.05
17.39
20.12
21.39
23.23
25.77
27.20
32.81
52.57
32.16
33.51
14.84
17.65
28.53
30.11
29.39
36.22
40.54
41.45
37.03
32.95
27.88
8.78
11.59
26.48
22.54
26.77
30.14
30.84
29.62
24.14
18.55
19.82
23.08
32.97
23.53
15.08
19.49
22.98
21.76
31.77
17.49
5.8
3.9
3.4
3.0
2.9
3.6
4.4
3.7
3.4
6.8
4.6
2.3
10.0
8.0
5.0
6.3
1.6
5.4
8.9
3.0
2.3
1.1
4.2
3.4
8.6
5.0
24.8
2.7
3.3
11.0
21.1
7.1
2.7
6.5
3.9
8.0
4.6
9.5
2.1
2.8
4.9
9.2
11.6
4.1
2.4
8.3
16.5
4.5
5.9
3.5
3.5
1.1
6.5
4.3
5.5
15.6
10.6
5.7
5.5
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.1
39.3
40.6
40.2
41.1
40.8
40.8
39.5
40.4
41.9
41.7
40.0
40.0
32.9
30.3
26.6
31.1
32.4
32.6
36.5
34.0
40.1
25.2
36.6
27.6
22.5
20.8
21.2
20.1
22.8
36.4
22.5
25.2
45.6
47.3
32.8
26.9
21.2
29.7
28.8
35.1
34.3
33.6
39.7
37.4
38.5
39.5
39.7
37.4
37.1
37.5
41.4
35.9
39.4
36.1
37.5
$17.15
20.98
23.92
25.83
27.14
32.00
36.79
42.24
27.78
18.43
21.31
21.96
–
30.61
35.92
38.68
23.64
13.48
18.17
20.03
21.09
22.97
24.51
27.60
34.49
53.73
–
35.55
–
15.56
17.93
19.14
26.73
39.84
46.16
39.95
–
–
15.14
–
11.58
12.51
13.28
15.75
20.61
23.79
28.33
22.14
–
–
21.73
–
22.38
–
–
17.72
–
–
12.89
5.8
4.1
3.5
3.2
3.0
3.3
4.4
3.7
3.2
7.9
5.9
2.1
–
2.7
5.0
6.3
2.1
3.9
9.7
3.5
2.7
1.5
4.2
4.8
8.0
6.2
–
7.8
–
7.4
13.2
6.0
12.1
14.1
6.0
9.4
–
–
5.5
–
7.2
4.7
6.1
6.7
9.2
17.6
16.0
7.2
–
–
4.3
–
9.0
–
–
9.7
–
–
9.0
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.9
39.9
39.8
40.2
39.8
40.4
40.2
41.1
40.6
41.0
40.7
41.3
–
40.6
40.1
40.0
32.3
29.3
24.7
30.0
32.3
32.5
36.2
32.0
37.5
21.7
–
33.8
–
26.3
35.2
33.5
29.6
37.1
35.4
32.5
–
–
31.6
–
27.8
33.5
37.1
34.9
32.3
36.2
39.4
37.9
–
–
39.9
–
36.1
–
–
34.1
–
–
39.9
–
$18.35
–
22.49
27.28
24.86
–
–
21.38
–
–
22.85
–
–
–
–
24.71
–
–
20.45
22.79
23.79
28.08
26.30
31.09
–
–
32.93
15.20
–
30.43
31.72
29.71
33.96
38.72
42.24
–
–
29.46
–
11.60
30.07
27.46
27.67
30.41
31.37
29.74
25.00
–
–
23.60
–
25.27
–
–
28.30
24.00
31.40
19.10
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Health related ........................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Teachers, except college and university ................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Social, religious, and recreation workers ...............
See footnotes at end of table.
23
–
2.1
–
1.0
6.1
4.7
–
–
6.1
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
5.5
5.5
1.7
7.3
3.2
15.6
–
–
2.5
2.9
–
21.1
5.9
2.9
3.0
4.8
10.5
–
–
1.9
–
5.7
6.6
6.2
4.2
2.4
8.6
17.9
5.5
–
–
4.4
–
7.8
–
–
16.1
9.9
5.0
5.2
–
40.0
–
39.9
38.6
41.5
–
–
41.2
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
34.6
–
–
36.0
32.6
32.9
37.2
39.8
43.0
–
–
26.3
19.6
–
19.8
18.9
22.1
36.0
20.2
22.5
–
–
32.9
–
15.6
28.8
25.8
35.1
34.4
33.4
39.7
37.2
–
–
39.7
–
38.7
–
–
37.9
39.1
39.6
36.8
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.66
13.81
16.75
16.79
20.71
16.75
17.63
35.78
29.66
39.10
54.25
2.0
5.8
3.0
7.1
6.1
20.3
27.9
7.7
6.7
7.6
13.9
31.4
35.2
39.7
39.6
36.4
44.2
43.3
41.7
40.6
41.1
44.8
–
$12.11
12.58
13.96
17.62
13.27
–
39.58
–
42.04
55.40
–
6.2
7.2
11.4
10.9
25.4
–
7.7
–
8.0
17.3
–
31.6
38.4
40.1
29.0
51.9
–
41.8
–
42.0
43.6
$11.89
–
17.36
19.09
21.02
–
25.07
31.85
32.07
35.24
–
1.3
–
3.1
6.3
6.4
–
3.5
10.8
5.5
10.0
–
30.5
–
40.0
39.2
37.4
–
36.5
41.5
39.7
40.0
–
27.57
15.65
14.30
20.21
21.23
23.88
24.65
30.80
35.58
33.47
18.48
10.02
10.35
11.98
14.63
16.75
18.34
20.29
24.38
23.04
40.66
18.06
10.4
7.1
11.4
12.7
4.5
3.2
9.6
7.3
8.1
22.1
2.4
9.5
4.1
4.4
2.9
2.0
2.5
3.0
4.6
5.5
12.0
6.4
36.0
39.8
36.6
40.5
39.2
39.1
43.2
41.7
44.4
29.9
37.0
34.1
33.6
35.7
36.5
36.5
37.4
38.2
38.2
40.1
37.5
34.6
28.56
15.71
14.30
20.61
21.35
23.64
26.33
30.87
37.08
36.57
19.02
9.96
10.45
12.58
14.92
16.92
18.64
20.61
24.69
23.42
40.66
18.20
10.9
7.3
12.3
13.3
4.6
3.2
7.6
7.4
5.8
23.0
2.1
10.5
4.4
4.3
2.7
2.1
3.3
2.5
5.2
5.4
12.0
7.1
36.1
39.8
36.4
40.5
39.1
39.1
42.3
41.7
45.1
29.6
37.1
33.7
36.9
35.3
36.5
37.1
36.9
38.2
37.9
40.1
37.5
38.2
18.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.02
16.72
–
–
10.44
13.55
16.02
17.72
19.35
22.25
22.10
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.9
4.8
–
–
4.6
4.3
5.7
3.0
5.8
3.8
13.1
–
–
35.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.1
36.9
–
–
36.7
36.4
34.3
38.6
38.2
39.9
40.0
–
–
29.06
13.41
15.22
17.33
18.34
23.23
26.97
30.27
36.58
44.72
57.74
90.97
42.61
33.81
10.26
12.81
16.39
16.87
23.67
27.75
31.19
36.26
44.93
2.1
2.7
2.9
1.6
1.9
1.3
2.0
1.9
2.7
2.0
3.9
11.8
23.7
2.8
14.2
5.0
3.6
3.0
1.8
3.0
2.2
1.7
2.1
40.3
38.8
40.4
40.0
40.5
39.9
40.3
40.6
40.7
40.1
42.4
41.9
38.5
40.7
36.3
43.7
40.8
41.8
40.0
40.5
40.8
40.7
40.1
30.08
13.45
15.28
17.18
18.16
23.32
27.15
29.92
36.74
44.86
57.85
90.97
45.21
34.64
10.26
12.60
16.46
16.90
23.60
28.09
30.72
36.21
45.12
2.5
3.2
3.5
1.9
2.3
1.6
3.0
2.2
3.1
2.3
4.1
11.8
25.3
3.2
14.2
8.1
4.2
3.2
2.0
4.2
2.7
2.0
2.4
40.6
38.6
40.7
40.3
40.9
40.1
40.5
40.6
40.7
40.4
43.0
41.9
40.1
41.0
36.3
46.6
41.1
41.9
40.2
40.9
40.8
40.9
40.4
25.57
13.26
15.09
17.74
19.01
23.00
26.71
31.62
35.63
43.93
56.30
–
24.16
30.23
–
–
–
16.47
23.95
27.28
32.77
36.54
43.93
2.6
3.7
5.2
3.2
3.7
2.1
2.5
3.3
3.1
2.8
5.4
–
16.5
3.9
–
–
–
9.3
3.9
3.7
3.2
2.3
2.8
39.3
39.6
39.6
39.3
39.1
39.4
40.0
40.7
40.3
38.1
36.1
–
30.0
39.2
–
–
–
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.8
39.8
38.1
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, religious, and recreation workers
–Continued
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical ...................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$58.04
90.97
52.67
22.10
13.71
15.97
17.74
19.32
22.89
25.57
27.51
38.65
39.60
50.98
22.57
4.0
11.8
28.6
2.0
2.5
2.5
1.5
2.3
1.7
1.6
2.4
15.5
4.6
7.6
9.1
42.5
41.9
38.5
39.7
39.1
39.5
39.7
39.7
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.4
40.0
40.1
38.6
$58.18
90.97
53.10
22.51
13.85
15.93
17.52
19.29
23.08
25.52
27.75
40.04
39.60
50.98
22.85
4.2
11.8
29.2
2.5
2.9
3.2
1.9
2.9
2.3
2.3
2.6
16.6
4.6
7.6
9.9
43.1
41.9
40.7
39.8
38.9
39.5
39.9
40.0
40.1
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.1
38.5
$56.30
–
37.12
21.06
13.26
16.09
18.27
19.38
22.53
25.64
26.04
–
–
–
21.94
5.4
–
19.1
2.3
3.7
3.8
2.4
3.6
2.6
3.2
5.5
–
–
–
19.4
36.1
–
12.9
39.4
39.6
39.3
39.0
39.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
38.9
Sales .............................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
14.82
6.37
7.87
9.33
11.12
14.10
18.09
16.97
21.41
34.65
29.51
34.02
60.60
11.31
5.1
2.5
6.9
3.2
2.8
2.8
9.8
3.6
4.4
20.3
9.1
6.2
15.9
18.2
32.8
27.1
23.5
27.6
35.1
38.7
40.3
40.8
40.9
41.1
40.2
41.8
40.2
29.4
14.85
6.33
7.87
9.30
11.11
14.15
18.09
16.98
21.41
34.81
29.51
34.02
60.60
11.31
5.2
2.5
6.9
3.2
2.8
2.6
9.8
3.7
4.4
20.4
9.1
6.2
15.9
18.2
32.8
27.0
23.5
27.7
35.1
38.6
40.3
40.8
40.9
41.1
40.2
41.8
40.2
29.4
11.57
–
–
11.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.9
–
–
25.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
12.48
6.83
8.82
10.04
11.89
13.88
14.99
17.18
19.87
19.78
13.41
1.1
3.2
1.9
1.1
.9
2.1
1.3
1.3
4.5
2.6
8.6
36.2
27.1
31.4
33.8
37.2
38.9
39.0
39.5
40.2
39.5
36.5
12.21
6.78
8.72
9.75
11.77
13.77
15.03
17.23
19.71
19.44
14.02
1.3
3.6
2.4
1.1
1.1
2.9
1.5
1.6
5.4
3.1
9.2
36.7
26.7
33.7
34.4
37.8
39.3
39.3
39.6
40.3
39.5
36.8
13.16
7.27
9.27
10.84
12.23
14.11
14.91
17.08
20.61
–
11.81
1.7
4.2
2.5
2.2
1.4
2.5
2.1
2.3
6.5
–
15.8
35.1
31.4
23.9
32.1
35.6
38.1
38.3
39.3
39.8
–
35.6
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
13.14
6.96
8.63
10.17
12.01
14.18
17.19
19.49
23.32
26.54
28.11
16.13
2.1
2.4
2.3
2.6
2.6
3.2
2.5
1.3
2.9
4.0
3.8
15.3
37.9
34.4
36.5
37.9
37.9
39.3
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
41.5
39.2
12.74
6.92
8.55
10.02
11.83
13.89
17.23
19.16
23.34
26.40
28.29
14.54
2.2
2.5
2.3
2.8
2.8
3.7
2.7
1.4
3.2
4.6
4.0
14.4
37.8
34.4
36.5
38.1
38.0
39.5
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
41.7
39.5
17.35
9.28
11.65
12.51
13.79
16.26
16.88
21.16
23.13
27.65
–
–
2.7
6.1
11.2
3.9
3.8
2.6
2.7
2.7
4.9
4.3
–
–
38.2
31.6
36.3
35.3
36.7
38.3
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
1 .....................................................................
17.62
7.37
2.4
15.4
39.6
38.7
17.26
7.37
2.7
15.7
39.6
39.5
20.40
–
2.6
–
39.8
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$8.31
10.23
13.41
14.93
18.40
19.68
23.51
26.50
28.20
21.90
5.7
7.1
7.1
5.6
2.9
1.4
3.1
4.5
3.8
10.0
38.5
39.4
39.2
39.6
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.2
41.6
40.0
$8.15
10.13
13.27
14.82
18.54
19.36
23.51
26.33
28.29
19.75
5.6
7.2
7.7
6.2
3.1
1.5
3.3
5.2
4.0
7.6
38.4
39.4
39.1
39.6
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.2
41.7
40.0
–
–
$15.91
16.23
17.29
21.17
23.54
27.73
–
–
–
–
4.6
5.1
5.2
3.0
5.7
4.4
–
–
–
–
39.6
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
10.44
6.57
8.05
9.77
10.95
11.87
14.71
18.27
9.37
2.4
3.7
3.0
4.1
3.1
2.5
4.2
2.8
28.4
39.2
38.4
39.0
39.2
39.0
39.7
39.8
39.8
39.4
10.41
6.50
8.05
9.77
10.95
11.86
14.71
18.08
9.37
2.4
3.8
3.0
4.1
3.1
2.5
4.2
2.9
28.4
39.2
38.4
39.0
39.2
39.1
39.7
39.8
39.8
39.4
13.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
13.66
7.71
9.17
11.53
12.35
15.49
17.44
20.83
23.15
2.7
5.3
11.2
3.9
4.3
2.6
5.4
3.8
2.3
36.7
30.0
34.3
35.9
36.4
38.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
13.30
7.71
9.15
11.24
12.11
15.17
17.63
20.89
–
3.2
5.3
11.3
4.9
4.7
3.2
6.0
4.8
–
36.9
30.1
34.5
36.7
36.8
39.4
40.0
40.0
–
15.50
–
–
12.66
13.67
16.37
16.06
20.69
–
3.1
–
–
2.2
6.2
4.4
5.3
7.0
–
35.8
–
–
33.3
34.5
36.3
40.0
40.0
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
9.52
7.03
9.02
10.14
11.58
14.18
14.97
16.56
9.97
2.0
3.0
3.1
4.3
4.2
3.7
5.5
4.4
21.7
35.2
33.0
34.9
36.8
37.3
38.8
39.5
40.0
36.9
9.11
7.00
8.90
9.92
11.24
13.41
14.09
15.64
9.40
2.2
3.1
3.1
4.7
4.6
4.7
5.8
4.0
24.2
35.0
33.0
34.8
36.8
36.9
38.4
39.3
40.0
38.1
14.02
9.27
11.20
12.54
13.33
16.13
16.80
–
–
3.9
10.5
13.1
7.6
4.0
3.5
5.7
–
–
38.1
29.5
36.7
36.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
Service ..............................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service ..................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
10.47
6.54
7.55
8.25
10.45
12.06
15.29
18.75
20.27
23.42
27.77
12.43
15.59
5.75
7.54
7.44
10.97
13.26
18.21
2.1
1.6
2.7
2.7
2.5
3.7
5.3
2.2
4.2
2.0
3.3
16.2
5.6
6.3
4.0
6.6
13.4
6.1
8.4
33.3
31.0
31.4
31.3
35.3
35.3
37.1
39.6
41.4
41.8
40.5
35.0
37.6
35.7
34.6
32.2
38.8
35.8
40.8
7.99
6.33
7.33
7.56
9.83
10.73
12.48
15.47
15.52
16.80
–
9.93
8.08
5.70
7.39
7.18
8.85
10.49
14.83
1.4
1.7
3.0
2.2
2.9
4.6
5.1
6.1
6.0
16.0
–
9.6
5.1
6.1
3.4
5.6
17.0
5.5
13.8
32.6
31.4
31.8
32.1
35.2
35.4
34.5
37.0
40.7
41.7
–
38.0
36.2
36.1
34.8
36.7
38.1
37.3
32.6
16.97
9.35
9.51
11.34
12.63
13.84
17.08
19.58
21.49
24.02
28.04
18.95
20.66
–
13.16
9.37
14.48
14.80
18.38
3.3
2.3
4.5
5.3
3.7
4.9
8.2
2.3
4.6
1.6
3.2
19.6
2.9
–
12.7
17.4
8.5
7.2
8.8
35.4
27.2
28.7
28.4
35.5
35.3
39.0
40.3
41.6
41.8
40.5
29.0
38.6
–
30.6
17.1
40.1
35.0
41.3
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Food service .........................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
Health service .......................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.97
21.45
23.92
27.96
7.30
5.83
6.84
7.01
8.76
10.32
12.27
12.74
17.39
9.28
7.23
7.77
8.32
10.14
12.46
13.44
8.95
7.27
8.82
10.43
11.19
12.41
14.80
14.63
9.67
6.05
6.93
8.46
11.44
10.89
12.20
17.05
13.17
9.17
2.2
4.5
1.6
3.2
2.0
1.9
2.9
2.8
3.9
5.0
5.5
6.1
3.2
2.3
7.2
2.9
3.5
3.1
4.2
1.9
3.1
2.9
6.1
6.3
5.3
3.5
7.6
5.2
3.1
3.7
4.3
4.0
10.6
13.8
9.0
12.4
3.5
14.3
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
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 the Technical Note for more information.
3 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,
State and local government
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.4
41.6
41.7
40.5
30.0
28.1
28.9
28.5
35.0
38.8
42.5
40.5
40.8
34.4
33.6
33.0
33.9
36.4
33.2
34.2
36.3
35.6
34.8
37.0
38.8
39.8
40.0
42.0
27.2
22.3
26.1
24.3
30.4
30.4
28.1
32.7
42.0
34.0
$18.53
–
–
–
7.02
5.74
6.53
6.67
8.69
9.43
11.66
12.75
17.39
8.84
7.23
7.74
7.98
9.55
12.02
–
7.93
6.97
8.52
8.85
10.36
11.12
14.24
14.12
9.56
5.70
6.64
7.97
11.49
11.54
12.49
16.79
13.17
8.36
2.2
–
–
–
1.7
1.9
2.5
2.6
4.0
5.5
4.5
6.9
3.2
2.6
7.8
3.1
3.5
3.5
5.3
–
2.8
2.7
7.7
5.9
9.7
3.2
6.5
11.5
4.4
3.3
4.0
4.2
11.9
21.7
11.1
16.7
3.5
11.4
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
38.7
–
–
–
30.2
28.4
29.2
28.5
35.2
39.2
42.9
40.6
40.8
34.3
33.2
32.8
34.2
36.4
33.1
–
35.9
35.8
34.4
36.0
38.7
39.7
40.1
44.5
28.3
22.6
27.5
25.9
31.7
29.1
29.3
31.5
42.0
39.8
$20.06
21.49
24.02
28.04
10.27
9.04
8.99
9.53
10.75
13.16
–
–
–
11.50
–
8.06
10.33
12.47
14.19
–
12.90
10.41
11.44
13.67
12.03
14.18
–
–
10.12
7.24
8.21
10.02
11.08
9.78
11.27
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
2.3
4.6
1.6
3.2
4.3
3.2
4.1
1.4
2.9
7.0
–
–
–
4.7
–
6.0
3.4
6.7
3.8
–
3.7
3.2
2.4
8.0
2.7
2.3
–
–
5.8
5.0
13.2
3.5
6.4
7.3
9.1
–
–
–
40.5
41.6
41.8
40.5
28.7
21.6
27.1
28.0
31.0
37.7
–
–
–
34.7
–
34.8
32.1
36.4
33.5
–
37.9
33.5
39.1
39.2
38.9
40.0
–
–
23.4
21.2
21.1
20.1
22.9
32.8
24.8
–
–
–
weighted by hours.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and April
1998. The average reference period was May 1997.
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 Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Occupational groups may include data for levels not shown separately.
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Technical Note
The data in this report are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics throughout the year. The surveys are locality-based
and cover establishments in private industry and State and
local governments. Bulletins are issued for individual localities when sufficient data meet publication standards.
Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government are excluded from the scope of the survey.
The NCS locality areas that contribute to the Pacific census division are:
Clatsop County, OR
Crook County, OR
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA
CMSA
Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA MSA
Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA
Salinas, CA MSA
San Diego, CA MSA
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA
CMSA
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA
Skagit County, WA
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA MSA
Wasco County, OR
Survey scope. In the Pacific census division, the NCS studied 2,258 establishments with 50 or more workers,1 representing about 43,900 establishments within the scope of the
survey. (See table A.) The number of workers represented
by the survey is shown in table B. 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 industry, an establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local government, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.
In the second stage, the sample of establishments is 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
are applied to each establishment when the data are tabulated so the establishment represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that are not
selected for collection.
The third stage of sample selection is a probability sample
of occupations within a sampled establishment. In the Pacific region, collection was conducted between October 1996
and April 1998 with an average reference period of May
1997. The combined average payroll reference month for
all surveys that contributed to the national estimates is August 1997. Additional information about the area sample
and method of estimation is available in the BLS publication, National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages
in the United States, 1997, Bulletin 2519.
Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports. The
reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to
the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month
of reference available at the time the sample was selected.
The reference month for the private sector is March 1996.
The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and,
when necessary, missing establishments were added, outof-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed,
and addresses, employment levels, industry classification,
and other information were updated.
Sample design and data collection. The sample for this survey was selected using a three stage design. The first stage
consists of the selection of areas. The nationwide NCS
sample includes 149 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan statistical
areas (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget)
and the remaining portions of the 48 contiguous States.
Metropolitan areas are designated Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSA) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA), as defined in 1994 by the Office of Management and Budget. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that
do not fit the metropolitan area definition.
Occupational selection and classification. Identification of
the occupations for which wage data are collected is a fourstep process:
1.
2.
1
Establishments classified as employing between 50 and 99 workers may
include establishments with fewer than 50 workers because staff reductions
may have taken place between the time of sampling and the time of data
collection.
3.
28
Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
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
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. Tables in this report provide
RSE data for indicated series.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence
interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose the mean hourly earnings for all workers is $15.09 per
hour with a relative standard error of 0.6 percent for this
estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval
for this estimate is $15.24 to $14.94 ($15.09 x 1.645 x 0.006
= $0.149, round to $0.15); ($15.09 + .15 = $15.24; $15.09 .15 = $14.94). 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 conducted in
all survey areas will be used to develop a formal quality
assessment process to help compute nonsampling error.
Although they also are not specifically measured, efforts
are made to minimize nonsampling errors by the extensive
training of field economists who gather survey data, edit
the data by computer, and provide a detailed review of the
data.
For each occupation, wage data are collected for those
workers who meet all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures are developed for jobs for which
a correct classification or level cannot be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled are selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. A complete list of employees is used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within
the establishment. As with the selection of establishments,
the selection of a job is 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 second step of the process entails 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 overlap two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level are
used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties is
the fallback.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen workers are identified. First, the worker is identified as
holding either a full- or part-time job, based on the
establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
is classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay is directly based on the actual production of the workers, rather than solely on hours
worked. Finally, the worker is identified as being in a union
job or a nonunion job.
The fourth step in the job classification procedure is to
determine the work level of each of the establishment’s selected jobs, using a “generic leveling” process. This process, involving discussions between the Bureau’s field
economist and the respondent, ranks and compares all selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling factors.
For more information on generic leveling and an example
of using the criteria for leveling a job, see appendixes C and
D at www.bls.gov/compub.htm or any of our published NCS
bulletins. This web site also has a link to the NCS job descriptions.
Census area divisions. Census divisions providing data are
defined as follows: New England—Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island;
Middle Atlantic—New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; East North Central—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,
and Wisconsin; West North Central—Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska; South Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central—
Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West
South Central—Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and
Texas; Mountain—Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada; and Pacific—
Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, and Alaska.2 Some
census divisions include Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas
(MSAs) that cross State lines.
Data reliability. The data in this summary 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.
2
Although Alaska and Hawaii are included in the Pacific Census Division,
the 1997 NCS excluded these States.
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Additional information about the National Compensation Survey, including a list of occupational classifications,
is available by calling (202) 691-6199. You may also write
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE,
Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or send e-mail
to [email protected].
The data contained in this summary are also available on
the Internet through the BLS site http://stats.bls.gov/
comhome.htm. Data are in three formats: An ASCII file
containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a
data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format
(PDF) containing the entire summary.
Material in this summary is in the public domain and,
with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information is available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Information Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339.
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Table A. Number of establishments represented by the survey and number studied by industry group and establishment
employment size, Pacific, National Compensation Survey, 1997
Industry division
All ....................................................................................................
Private Industry ..........................................................................
Goods-producing industries .....................................................
Mining ..................................................................................
Construction .........................................................................
Manufacturing ......................................................................
Durable goods .................................................................
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and
transportation equipment .......................................
Industrial and commercial machinery and computer
equipment ..............................................................
Electronic and electrical equipment .............................
Transportation equipment ............................................
Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments ......
Nondurable goods ...........................................................
Food and kindred products ..........................................
Printing, publishing, and allied industries .....................
Chemicals and allied products .....................................
Service-producing industries ...................................................
Transportation and utilities ...................................................
Wholesale trade ...................................................................
Retail trade ..........................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ......................................
Depository institutions ......................................................
Insurance carriers ............................................................
Services ...............................................................................
Business services ............................................................
Educational services ........................................................
Health services ................................................................
Hospitals ......................................................................
Engineering, accounting, research, management, and
related services ..........................................................
State and local government ......................................................
Health services ................................................................
Hospitals ......................................................................
Number of establishments studied
Number of
establishments represented1
Total
50 - 99
workers
100 - 499 500 - 999
workers
workers
1000 2,499
workers
2,500 4,999
workers
5,000 or
more
workers
244
159
47
1
–
46
37
84
40
16
68
33
15
43,900
40,800
8,900
100
1,600
7,300
3,800
2,258
1,948
505
26
55
424
272
693
674
124
7
27
90
53
935
863
238
15
24
199
116
234
179
65
3
4
58
39
600
26
6
18
2
200
1,100
200
500
3,500
1,000
500
300
31,900
2,900
2,900
11,200
2,500
600
700
12,300
3,300
600
2,900
600
30
74
43
40
152
48
31
18
1,443
134
96
351
117
38
32
745
139
136
201
76
3
16
3
6
37
13
4
1
550
47
44
186
28
4
8
245
39
59
47
2
12
30
11
18
83
25
17
8
625
50
46
144
55
16
14
330
71
60
87
17
4
11
6
6
19
8
4
6
114
14
3
14
8
3
4
75
11
9
23
16
9
11
10
5
9
2
5
1
112
18
2
7
19
8
6
66
14
5
31
29
1,100
3,000
100
100
59
310
34
26
21
19
2
20
72
4
2
7
55
4
4
7
85
12
10
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
–
–
–
–
–
–
16
12
–
15
15
–
1
3
4
3
4
–
1
2
24
3
1
–
1
3
9
2
–
–
–
–
18
2
–
–
1
1
–
6
6
–
19
3
2
9
8
10
1
1
4
4
3
44
8
6
1
35
4
4
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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Table B. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 Pacific,
National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ................................................................
8,773,100
8,124,300
6,562,000
5,920,200
2,211,100
2,204,000
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .............................................
5,107,200
4,458,300
3,496,400
2,854,600
1,610,800
1,603,700
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
1,903,400
1,564,400
339,000
816,200
648,900
1,738,700
1,019,900
761,100
258,900
624,000
641,800
1,210,700
883,500
803,400
80,100
192,200
7,100
528,000
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2,141,500
701,400
527,900
319,000
593,200
1,953,000
621,200
523,400
261,300
547,100
188,500
80,100
4,500
57,700
46,100
Service .................................................................................
1,524,500
1,112,600
411,900
1 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
with 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.
For more information, see Technical Note.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between
October 1996 and April 1998. The average reference period was
May 1997.
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