Occupational Wages in the
Mountain Census Division, 1997
Summary 00-6
more prevalent than in private industry. With the exception
of the construction industry, few State and local government
workers are in goods-producing industries.
Full-time workers in the Mountain region averaged $14.71
per hour whereas part-time workers averaged $9.07. In private industry, full-time workers averaged $13.65 an hour,
and part-time workers averaged $8.10. For workers in State
and local government, average hourly pay was $17.99 and
$12.57, 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 Mountain region,
that is, establishments with 2,500 or more employees, had
the highest average hourly pay at $19.02. Workers in the
smallest establishment-size category studied (50-99) averaged $12.35.
Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged $14.17 per hour, whereas the average pay for workers
in nonmetropolitan areas, was $13.51. Table 2 also shows
that, most of the time, regardless of employee or establishment characteristics, 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 governments are shown in tables 3, 4, and 5. These tables contain wage rates and mean weekly hours for individual occupations and for major occupational groups. Following are
examples of average hourly earnings for combined full- and
part-time workers within the occupational groups of whitecollar, blue-collar, and service workers. All engineers, for
example, averaged $28.91 per hour (table 3). Engineers in
private industry averaged $32.01 (table 4), whereas those in
State and local government averaged $24.70 per hour (table
5). Laborers, except construction, averaged $8.93 in private
industry and $11.96 in State and local governments. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $7.53 in
private industry and $8.98 in State and local government.
Average pay for some workers in white-collar occupations,
This report provides estimates of occupational pay from the
1997 National Compensation Survey (NCS) for the Mountain census division. It highlights average (mean) hourly
pay for workers in six areas:
•
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 Mountain census division averaged $14.04
per hour during 1997. Workers in private industry in the
Mountain region averaged $12.97 per hour, whereas hourly
pay of workers in State and local government averaged $17.42.
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 $15.88 per hour, blue-collar workers averaged $11.91, and service workers, $6.99. Corresponding averages in State and local government were $19.57, $13.67,
and $11.79. 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
1
mainly in the health care field, was higher for part-time work
than for full-time work. Full-time registered nurses averaged $18.58 per hour in private industry whereas their parttime counterparts averaged $20.34. Full-time physical therapists averaged $23.60 and part-time physical therapists averaged $ 31.36. However, these exceptions did not show up
in blue-collar and service occupations. Laborers, except construction, averaged $9.36 and $7.52 for full- and part-time
work, respectively. Full-time janitors averaged $7.68 an hour
and janitors working part-time averaged $6.47.
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 Mountain 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 Mountain census division by major occupational groups
such as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation and material moving.
2
Table 1. Summary, Mountain: 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)
$14.04
1.9
36.5
$12.97
2.6
36.4
$17.42
1.9
36.5
16.98
21.58
1.5
1.3
37.2
36.9
15.88
20.52
2.5
1.3
37.2
36.9
19.57
22.86
1.8
2.1
37.2
36.9
24.22
12.47
10.52
12.09
15.28
2.4
5.1
1.3
2.5
2.9
41.1
34.1
37.1
38.0
39.9
24.85
12.51
10.36
11.91
15.04
3.4
5.2
.9
2.8
3.3
41.7
34.1
37.4
38.1
39.9
22.89
9.86
11.03
13.67
17.20
2.9
8.9
4.4
3.9
3.8
39.9
30.1
36.3
36.7
39.8
9.70
12.69
2.3
6.4
39.4
37.2
9.68
13.13
2.3
7.4
39.4
38.2
–
11.29
–
5.2
–
34.2
9.02
8.15
2.0
1.3
34.8
33.3
8.91
6.99
2.1
1.2
34.8
32.9
10.31
11.79
4.7
5.9
34.7
34.6
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
14.71
9.07
2.2
1.3
39.9
22.4
13.65
8.10
2.9
2.9
39.9
22.5
17.99
12.57
1.9
3.2
39.7
21.9
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
16.23
13.72
1.7
2.2
36.8
36.4
15.16
12.70
3.0
2.8
36.6
36.4
18.16
17.24
1.7
2.3
37.0
36.4
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
13.95
16.60
2.1
6.9
36.4
38.2
12.80
16.60
2.8
6.9
36.4
38.2
17.42
–
1.9
–
36.5
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
15.44
12.12
2.1
2.7
39.8
35.4
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers7 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
12.35
12.86
13.52
15.07
19.02
3.0
2.5
4.4
5.9
5.8
35.7
36.2
38.2
36.6
36.6
11.96
12.31
13.18
14.01
17.73
2.9
2.6
5.7
7.8
13.1
35.8
36.2
38.5
36.3
36.5
14.98
16.30
14.78
17.29
19.81
6.0
5.4
3.4
1.5
2.0
35.0
36.4
36.9
37.2
36.6
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
14.17
13.51
2.4
2.4
36.4
36.6
13.25
11.15
3.0
10.4
36.4
36.6
18.29
16.06
1.3
2.0
36.5
36.6
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 July 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.
3
Table 2. Summary, Mountain: 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)
$14.04
12.97
17.42
1.9
2.6
1.9
36.5
36.4
36.5
$14.17
13.25
18.29
2.4
3.0
1.3
36.4
36.4
36.5
$13.51
11.15
16.06
2.4
10.4
2.0
36.6
36.6
36.6
16.98
21.58
1.5
1.3
37.2
36.9
17.04
21.47
1.8
.9
37.2
36.7
16.75
22.01
2.7
4.8
37.2
37.9
24.22
12.47
10.52
12.09
15.28
2.4
5.1
1.3
2.5
2.9
41.1
34.1
37.1
38.0
39.9
24.35
13.23
10.69
12.29
15.42
2.9
3.8
1.2
2.3
2.8
41.4
34.3
37.2
37.9
39.8
23.69
8.62
9.77
11.18
14.34
3.5
11.6
.9
8.7
11.3
39.9
33.1
36.7
38.4
40.2
9.70
12.69
2.3
6.4
39.4
37.2
10.08
12.40
1.6
4.7
39.3
36.9
8.36
13.46
5.8
17.9
39.4
37.8
9.02
8.15
2.0
1.3
34.8
33.3
9.11
8.17
2.1
1.7
34.6
33.2
8.56
8.06
4.1
2.2
36.0
33.9
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
14.71
9.07
2.2
1.3
39.9
22.4
14.84
9.27
2.8
1.3
39.9
22.3
14.18
8.18
2.3
5.9
39.7
22.6
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
16.23
13.72
1.7
2.2
36.8
36.4
16.52
13.82
1.4
2.8
36.5
36.4
15.04
13.28
8.1
1.8
37.8
36.4
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
13.95
16.60
2.1
6.9
36.4
38.2
14.04
17.44
2.7
5.4
36.4
38.4
13.60
6.43
2.3
22.7
36.6
36.4
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
15.44
12.12
2.1
2.7
39.8
35.4
15.94
12.39
2.4
2.8
39.8
35.5
13.17
10.12
9.5
12.3
40.0
35.1
50-99 workers8 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
12.35
12.86
13.52
15.07
19.02
3.0
2.5
4.4
5.9
5.8
35.7
36.2
38.2
36.6
36.6
12.71
12.95
13.58
14.77
18.76
2.9
1.5
5.8
5.9
6.3
35.6
36.4
38.2
36.5
36.1
11.47
12.50
13.34
17.87
–
9.4
11.3
5.4
2.7
–
36.2
35.5
38.0
37.3
–
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 July 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.
4
Table 3. Selected occupations, Mountain: 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 .........................................................
$14.04
14.17
1.9
2.0
36.5
36.7
$14.71
14.76
2.2
2.2
39.9
39.8
$9.07
9.38
1.3
1.3
22.4
22.4
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
16.98
17.71
1.5
1.5
37.2
37.7
17.60
18.09
1.7
1.7
40.0
40.0
11.62
13.58
3.7
2.8
22.9
23.1
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
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 .................................
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. ...............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
English teachers ................................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
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. .............................................
Designers ...........................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
21.58
23.22
26.41
23.94
29.91
23.00
21.84
28.91
24.15
25.13
1.3
1.4
3.7
3.3
2.1
5.1
7.0
7.6
2.7
2.8
36.9
37.1
41.0
41.4
40.4
41.7
40.4
41.6
40.7
40.7
21.97
23.64
26.41
23.94
29.91
23.00
21.84
28.91
24.32
25.13
1.3
1.5
3.7
3.3
2.1
5.1
7.0
7.6
2.6
2.8
39.6
39.8
41.0
41.4
40.4
41.7
40.4
41.6
40.7
40.7
18.10
19.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.9
22.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.51
23.74
23.63
22.43
26.87
16.99
21.78
47.03
18.91
24.26
18.62
14.90
22.66
21.91
16.56
18.74
27.11
20.29
28.12
28.30
20.30
34.56
23.12
24.05
24.50
17.59
18.21
10.73
26.15
17.36
17.36
19.96
19.36
19.95
15.45
15.54
14.63
35.84
31.23
7.6
3.2
11.0
17.2
4.9
10.2
5.5
15.8
2.4
4.3
4.4
3.9
3.4
3.6
14.0
11.2
5.9
1.7
3.6
21.5
4.1
3.2
1.4
6.1
1.7
3.2
3.7
12.1
14.4
12.1
12.1
7.5
12.8
9.1
6.5
7.1
11.1
10.3
5.1
40.7
43.2
47.6
40.6
46.6
33.1
34.9
38.2
34.5
35.7
36.4
31.3
34.9
31.8
36.5
37.5
36.4
34.3
40.2
27.3
37.3
35.4
35.5
36.2
36.9
39.1
27.6
18.5
35.4
38.9
38.9
38.3
41.7
37.4
37.5
37.5
37.5
42.5
44.1
20.23
24.74
23.63
28.49
26.87
15.93
21.83
46.67
18.56
28.73
18.40
15.16
22.34
23.60
16.46
–
28.35
–
28.12
–
20.61
34.55
23.42
24.23
24.53
17.51
20.45
–
26.22
17.48
17.48
19.88
19.36
19.84
15.30
15.41
14.35
35.83
31.23
7.0
4.4
11.0
11.8
4.9
13.2
7.2
17.9
2.2
2.8
4.7
4.2
4.5
7.2
14.3
–
5.7
–
3.6
–
4.2
3.2
1.4
6.0
1.7
3.3
2.8
–
14.8
12.3
12.3
7.9
12.8
9.9
6.7
7.3
11.9
10.3
5.1
40.8
44.6
47.6
40.1
46.6
39.5
39.7
42.6
39.6
40.2
40.0
38.5
40.0
40.5
36.8
–
40.4
–
40.4
–
40.0
40.0
37.7
37.6
37.7
40.0
39.4
–
36.2
40.0
40.0
40.3
41.7
40.0
40.2
40.1
41.3
43.0
44.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.60
–
20.16
20.21
–
–
23.68
21.49
–
–
21.11
–
–
–
–
–
15.42
18.32
20.48
–
11.12
12.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.05
16.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
–
3.2
1.6
–
–
4.5
3.2
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
5.6
11.7
–
10.5
17.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.8
–
23.6
32.4
–
–
24.7
30.2
–
–
24.7
–
–
–
–
–
14.3
16.6
9.6
–
14.2
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.4
22.1
–
–
–
19.46
17.95
17.76
27.40
9.02
25.96
16.59
6.9
7.4
2.1
16.4
26.7
5.0
2.1
34.9
40.1
38.7
25.6
24.1
35.7
36.5
20.83
17.95
18.10
30.31
–
24.13
16.87
4.0
7.4
1.9
16.6
–
5.0
2.3
39.9
40.1
39.9
39.4
–
40.0
39.1
11.59
–
–
–
6.06
–
14.07
38.2
–
–
–
10.0
–
2.0
20.3
–
–
–
17.7
–
22.8
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 3. Selected occupations, Mountain: 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)
$13.33
12.87
12.46
12.55
14.99
17.10
16.61
14.98
15.23
16.41
16.34
83.09
21.22
14.70
16.77
3.4
3.3
2.4
2.4
2.2
3.2
6.1
10.6
3.5
7.7
9.2
9.1
12.1
4.6
6.2
38.2
34.6
33.6
30.6
39.0
39.0
39.6
40.8
39.0
40.0
31.9
19.6
41.9
39.9
40.1
$13.23
12.96
12.69
12.61
15.05
16.46
16.68
14.98
15.17
16.41
18.02
83.09
21.22
14.70
16.84
3.6
4.0
2.2
3.8
2.2
3.9
6.2
10.6
3.8
7.7
8.1
9.1
12.1
4.6
6.1
39.7
40.0
39.3
39.4
39.7
40.0
40.6
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
19.6
41.9
39.9
40.6
$17.06
–
11.60
12.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
5.7
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.2
–
21.7
20.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.22
26.58
2.4
2.7
41.1
41.7
24.33
26.65
2.4
2.8
41.4
41.8
16.80
11.43
4.6
22.8
27.1
27.0
22.52
26.49
29.23
21.66
6.7
4.4
6.0
22.0
41.3
41.0
40.5
43.6
22.53
26.49
29.78
21.66
6.8
4.4
5.8
22.0
41.4
41.0
41.2
43.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.64
31.82
25.14
6.0
8.2
15.6
43.6
40.4
39.3
28.64
31.82
25.22
6.0
8.2
15.7
43.6
40.4
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.79
22.17
27.60
19.73
15.79
21.33
27.30
22.07
8.4
8.8
2.8
2.1
11.9
6.1
5.4
11.4
44.5
43.3
42.1
40.0
40.1
39.3
41.2
40.1
18.79
22.75
27.62
19.79
15.79
21.33
27.32
22.07
8.4
9.7
2.8
2.1
11.9
6.1
5.4
11.4
44.5
44.1
42.1
40.7
40.1
39.3
41.4
40.1
–
–
–
18.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.2
–
–
–
–
19.29
20.19
20.22
2.6
6.5
6.9
41.1
39.9
40.0
19.38
20.19
20.22
2.4
6.5
6.9
41.3
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.46
19.61
4.3
4.6
38.9
39.3
17.77
19.64
4.7
4.5
43.1
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.47
19.83
23.35
22.40
26.69
15.46
5.1
6.4
12.6
28.2
35.5
4.4
34.1
39.9
39.4
41.8
39.4
38.0
14.03
20.44
23.35
22.75
27.95
15.22
4.6
6.6
12.6
27.4
35.8
4.7
40.3
40.9
39.4
42.6
40.7
39.1
7.35
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
–
–
–
–
–
20.45
16.42
6.37
17.28
9.14
13.52
10.08
8.06
5.0
9.3
9.6
15.2
1.7
19.3
7.8
6.4
41.7
43.7
24.9
42.0
36.5
34.3
30.4
34.2
20.45
16.42
–
17.28
9.25
14.16
11.56
8.25
5.0
9.3
–
15.2
1.9
19.3
10.0
6.3
41.7
43.7
–
42.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
–
–
5.56
–
–
–
7.37
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
22.2
–
–
–
21.2
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 3. Selected occupations, Mountain: 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)
$8.40
12.68
3.7
14.0
32.7
38.2
$8.82
13.08
4.2
13.6
39.4
40.6
$7.42
–
4.8
–
23.4
–
10.52
15.84
15.83
1.3
3.3
5.6
37.1
40.9
40.3
10.76
15.91
15.83
1.2
3.3
5.6
39.7
41.0
40.3
8.31
–
–
1.6
–
–
23.2
–
–
15.35
12.95
11.27
11.87
11.14
9.47
7.16
7.68
10.08
11.36
8.54
9.6
7.5
2.4
1.6
4.5
4.1
4.1
1.5
5.0
6.8
1.7
42.4
39.4
38.9
35.8
38.8
35.2
35.9
35.3
36.9
36.5
37.8
15.33
13.15
11.35
12.10
11.06
9.55
7.50
7.72
10.07
11.39
–
9.7
7.7
2.5
1.5
4.9
4.1
.6
1.5
5.1
7.7
–
42.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
37.0
40.0
40.0
37.0
39.6
–
–
–
9.19
–
–
–
–
7.37
–
–
8.23
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
4.6
–
–
24.7
–
–
–
–
17.5
–
–
26.7
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Cashiers .............................................................
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 ........................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
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 .......................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Expeditors ..........................................................
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. ............................
10.66
9.50
7.90
10.01
10.72
10.64
9.54
12.23
7.56
10.40
10.93
11.81
11.54
11.55
12.62
10.10
2.3
6.3
7.8
4.8
2.2
8.5
3.1
13.3
3.1
3.9
8.9
2.7
3.8
4.9
2.7
10.7
39.4
33.0
36.2
37.1
38.2
40.0
39.2
34.1
33.1
35.0
38.3
35.4
39.8
37.8
40.0
37.6
10.66
10.23
8.09
10.07
10.87
10.64
9.50
12.18
7.90
11.79
10.98
12.17
11.58
11.70
12.62
10.27
2.3
6.4
8.6
5.2
2.6
8.5
3.2
14.8
4.5
6.4
9.3
3.4
4.0
5.3
2.7
10.1
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
7.43
6.75
9.11
8.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.75
–
–
–
9.9
7.5
3.9
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
22.0
22.7
20.6
24.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.7
–
–
13.51
10.45
13.77
10.36
10.21
10.44
9.06
10.00
7.67
9.98
6.5
4.1
4.8
5.5
3.1
4.6
3.0
2.1
2.5
3.7
39.1
38.7
39.0
38.9
36.2
34.5
38.1
38.7
25.0
36.7
13.51
10.49
13.86
10.43
10.61
10.91
9.06
10.06
7.91
10.23
6.5
4.1
4.6
5.4
3.2
5.9
3.4
2.4
3.3
4.2
39.3
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.8
39.8
39.9
32.6
39.8
–
–
–
–
7.70
–
9.11
–
7.45
9.07
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
4.8
–
3.7
5.7
–
–
–
–
23.3
–
24.3
–
20.5
28.6
Blue collar ........................................................................
12.09
2.5
38.0
12.44
2.3
40.1
7.67
3.9
22.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
15.28
20.76
20.30
10.09
16.25
18.39
17.38
17.10
14.34
2.9
2.6
10.1
7.5
4.1
11.5
2.7
3.0
6.5
39.9
40.0
40.1
35.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
15.30
20.76
20.30
–
16.25
18.39
17.52
17.10
14.34
2.9
2.6
10.1
–
4.1
11.5
2.8
3.0
6.5
40.2
40.0
40.1
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
11.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.60
13.77
8.3
8.0
39.7
40.0
13.60
13.77
8.3
8.0
40.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 3. Selected occupations, Mountain: 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)
$18.34
4.3
40.0
$18.34
4.3
40.0
–
–
–
16.83
14.99
18.58
15.29
15.70
10.91
20.45
15.97
18.42
14.97
11.91
8.68
12.04
9.73
8.74
15.57
3.6
2.5
5.7
8.2
10.1
9.8
2.5
7.0
4.1
2.4
9.9
3.3
6.2
6.6
10.1
5.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
41.5
39.7
40.8
39.9
36.1
41.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
38.8
35.5
40.4
16.83
15.00
18.58
15.29
15.71
10.90
20.45
16.03
18.42
14.97
11.91
8.68
12.04
9.76
–
15.57
3.6
2.5
5.7
8.2
10.1
9.8
2.5
7.4
4.1
2.4
9.9
3.3
6.4
6.7
–
5.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
41.5
40.0
41.1
39.9
40.5
41.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
9.70
11.06
9.37
15.39
14.76
6.72
9.40
8.66
9.96
11.24
10.69
14.46
8.11
10.44
10.09
2.3
2.6
1.8
5.2
5.8
3.5
6.2
11.4
5.9
5.5
2.5
7.8
3.1
5.1
7.5
39.4
40.0
35.4
39.2
39.1
35.5
40.0
40.0
40.4
38.5
39.7
40.4
39.4
40.0
39.1
9.75
11.06
10.60
15.23
14.76
6.83
9.40
8.66
9.96
–
10.83
14.46
8.10
10.44
10.26
2.3
2.6
2.7
5.4
5.8
4.1
6.2
11.4
5.9
–
2.6
7.8
3.1
5.1
7.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.4
–
39.7
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
$7.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
12.69
13.25
10.97
6.82
6.85
16.63
10.88
17.07
14.95
6.4
5.1
4.6
2.8
5.3
6.8
10.3
4.0
11.9
37.2
40.0
27.8
31.1
32.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
13.07
13.28
11.41
–
7.15
16.63
10.88
17.07
14.95
6.5
5.2
5.9
–
5.5
6.8
10.3
4.0
12.0
40.4
40.9
39.3
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
8.77
12.12
10.11
–
6.28
–
–
–
–
7.9
10.4
4.0
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
20.6
23.9
17.8
–
24.2
–
–
–
–
14.17
11.4
39.6
14.16
11.7
40.0
–
–
–
9.02
9.41
2.0
4.7
34.8
34.3
9.48
10.16
1.8
8.3
40.1
40.0
7.29
7.75
4.9
2.0
23.4
26.1
16.25
11.06
8.98
11.50
8.41
7.99
10.36
9.55
10.68
5.9
8.5
9.5
5.9
4.2
4.7
11.2
4.3
9.0
40.0
38.8
41.0
39.0
39.7
29.5
38.4
36.0
36.0
16.25
11.46
8.98
11.69
8.41
9.15
10.37
9.81
10.13
5.9
8.6
9.5
6.2
4.3
3.4
11.7
7.3
5.2
40.0
40.0
41.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
6.42
–
8.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
22.8
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
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 ....................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 3. Selected occupations, Mountain: 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
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)
$8.12
7.66
9.02
8.4
4.8
3.5
31.7
39.1
35.5
$8.47
7.62
9.46
9.9
4.9
3.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
$7.55
–
–
4.5
–
–
25.8
8.15
12.14
20.99
19.96
–
14.03
18.85
1.3
7.1
11.5
7.9
–
4.3
6.5
33.3
37.3
49.9
41.2
–
47.7
39.3
8.67
12.77
20.99
19.96
9.74
14.40
18.86
2.1
7.5
11.5
7.9
11.8
3.6
6.6
39.0
40.9
49.9
41.2
39.0
49.5
40.0
6.20
7.41
–
–
–
–
–
1.5
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
21.6
22.3
–
–
–
–
–
15.72
11.80
7.36
11.99
6.39
10.97
6.22
3.80
7.93
5.69
7.27
4.94
6.49
7.89
7.63
7.92
7.94
5.2
5.6
4.3
12.7
3.3
6.4
8.6
10.3
3.6
1.8
2.1
4.5
5.0
1.8
2.9
1.8
2.4
40.0
40.0
34.9
26.6
31.0
36.6
32.3
29.9
34.1
26.1
28.2
32.6
31.5
32.7
36.9
31.5
35.4
15.72
11.65
7.50
14.33
6.88
11.91
6.56
4.09
8.14
5.82
7.62
5.02
6.74
7.96
7.59
8.05
8.14
5.2
5.8
2.7
10.4
3.0
4.0
8.1
10.1
4.0
5.0
3.2
4.9
6.6
1.8
3.0
2.2
3.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
38.6
38.3
39.6
38.9
38.2
37.9
36.4
39.2
38.4
37.9
39.1
39.8
38.8
39.5
–
–
6.71
8.41
5.41
6.53
5.46
3.35
7.23
5.62
6.74
4.71
5.90
7.59
8.69
7.50
6.68
–
–
15.0
3.2
2.2
6.2
3.8
9.2
3.9
1.1
2.9
4.1
3.5
3.2
4.8
3.2
1.5
–
–
22.0
18.0
22.5
26.9
23.4
22.2
25.4
22.2
19.6
23.3
22.4
18.5
13.1
19.1
21.2
10.85
6.72
8.16
7.45
11.57
6.3
1.7
2.7
5.9
12.8
39.8
32.0
36.5
32.5
40.3
10.85
6.62
8.34
7.62
11.57
6.3
2.2
2.9
7.2
12.8
39.8
39.3
39.6
37.5
40.3
–
–
6.38
6.71
–
–
–
1.9
6.4
–
–
–
21.2
20.6
–
5.99
19.91
8.39
8.20
6.69
7.20
7.46
.7
9.5
26.2
4.7
2.0
12.6
3.5
35.0
19.7
37.5
33.4
22.4
25.1
32.7
6.04
19.91
7.22
8.14
7.41
8.38
7.80
.7
9.5
20.4
4.3
4.4
23.4
2.6
39.5
19.7
39.3
37.8
34.0
39.4
39.0
5.64
–
–
–
6.33
6.42
6.23
2.1
–
–
–
3.6
4.4
3.0
20.7
–
–
–
19.1
20.3
20.6
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
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 ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
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 ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
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 July 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.
9
Table 4. Selected occupations, Mountain, 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 .........................................................
$12.97
13.02
2.6
2.6
36.4
36.7
$13.65
13.60
2.9
2.9
39.9
39.9
$8.10
8.29
2.9
2.8
22.5
22.5
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
15.88
16.70
2.5
2.3
37.2
38.0
16.55
17.05
2.5
2.5
40.2
40.2
10.24
12.42
5.2
5.3
22.7
22.8
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
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 ...................................................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
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. .............................................
Designers ...........................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
20.52
22.19
26.85
23.68
29.91
23.00
21.84
32.01
24.69
26.00
1.3
1.4
3.3
6.6
2.1
5.1
7.0
3.7
2.7
2.6
36.9
37.4
40.7
42.1
40.4
41.7
40.4
40.0
40.8
40.8
20.85
22.48
26.85
23.68
29.91
23.00
21.84
32.01
24.89
26.00
1.3
1.4
3.3
6.6
2.1
5.1
7.0
3.7
2.5
2.6
39.8
40.3
40.7
42.1
40.4
41.7
40.4
40.0
40.8
40.8
17.22
19.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.2
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.6
21.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.20
24.82
26.72
31.97
20.74
45.57
18.91
28.28
17.88
14.90
22.56
26.20
22.10
17.67
23.84
14.09
17.15
18.65
20.20
–
16.92
19.90
14.10
12.66
12.76
11.85
34.36
34.36
7.8
8.3
13.9
5.5
2.2
10.5
2.5
3.6
4.5
3.9
3.7
7.7
12.1
14.9
4.3
12.5
12.4
11.7
9.5
–
10.8
15.4
6.0
7.8
8.7
11.3
10.6
10.6
40.7
39.7
40.2
39.2
34.6
35.0
34.7
35.7
37.7
31.3
34.7
27.3
37.6
39.3
35.9
30.8
39.5
36.9
22.8
–
37.2
42.2
33.5
36.6
36.4
38.4
45.1
45.1
19.92
24.82
26.72
31.97
20.32
42.73
18.58
29.08
–
15.16
22.34
23.60
21.90
17.55
24.10
14.06
17.16
18.38
21.61
–
16.76
19.90
13.29
12.25
12.27
11.95
34.36
34.36
7.2
8.3
13.9
5.5
2.7
13.6
2.1
2.8
–
4.2
4.5
7.2
12.4
15.4
4.3
13.0
12.6
12.0
8.8
–
11.7
15.4
4.4
8.4
9.6
11.4
10.6
10.6
40.8
39.7
40.2
39.2
39.8
41.4
39.6
40.2
–
38.5
40.0
40.5
40.0
43.5
39.8
36.3
40.2
41.8
39.0
–
41.1
42.2
40.0
40.5
40.3
42.2
45.1
45.1
–
–
–
–
22.61
–
20.34
–
–
–
–
31.36
–
20.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.05
16.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
22.4
–
–
–
–
16.6
–
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.5
21.5
–
–
–
17.67
18.10
17.76
21.54
23.36
17.01
8.2
7.6
2.1
12.6
10.4
2.8
37.6
40.1
38.7
33.6
40.0
36.1
19.66
18.10
18.10
23.80
23.36
17.42
3.5
7.6
1.9
9.1
10.4
3.0
39.9
40.1
39.9
39.0
40.0
38.8
4.01
–
–
–
–
12.70
32.0
–
–
–
–
2.6
26.8
–
–
–
–
20.9
13.13
12.85
12.53
12.65
16.10
16.92
15.43
14.20
17.54
14.37
21.53
83.09
3.5
3.3
2.1
2.7
3.2
4.7
6.5
10.5
7.2
3.0
8.6
9.1
38.2
34.7
33.9
30.1
38.5
40.0
39.5
40.9
38.2
40.0
40.0
19.6
13.02
12.96
12.60
12.76
16.22
16.92
15.46
14.20
17.56
14.37
21.53
83.09
3.7
4.0
2.1
4.4
3.3
4.7
6.9
10.5
7.6
3.0
8.6
9.1
39.9
40.0
39.4
39.2
39.6
40.0
40.9
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
19.6
17.06
–
12.20
12.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
4.3
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.2
–
21.0
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 4. Selected occupations, Mountain, 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)
$24.66
15.64
15.55
3.1
6.2
5.8
42.4
39.8
40.1
$24.66
15.64
15.65
3.1
6.2
5.7
42.4
39.8
41.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.85
27.09
27.59
27.38
21.66
3.4
3.3
10.2
6.5
22.0
41.7
42.4
41.5
40.5
43.6
24.95
27.12
27.59
27.96
21.66
3.4
3.4
10.2
6.4
22.0
42.0
42.5
41.5
41.3
43.6
$17.74
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
28.9
–
–
–
–
28.64
16.73
30.89
6.0
10.9
6.9
43.6
42.7
38.7
28.64
16.73
31.18
6.0
10.9
6.6
43.6
42.7
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.02
23.84
28.39
20.74
17.63
21.33
27.92
24.43
9.0
11.6
3.1
3.2
7.7
6.1
5.5
9.3
44.7
44.9
42.3
40.5
40.2
39.3
41.4
40.2
19.02
23.84
28.42
20.84
17.63
21.33
27.93
24.43
9.0
11.6
3.1
3.2
7.7
6.1
5.5
9.3
44.7
44.9
42.4
41.0
40.2
39.3
41.6
40.2
–
–
–
18.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.5
–
–
–
–
19.44
20.19
19.63
2.6
6.5
5.4
41.3
39.9
39.2
19.73
20.19
19.60
2.3
6.5
5.2
41.6
39.9
40.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
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 .............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
12.51
20.00
23.35
24.60
26.69
15.46
5.2
6.5
12.6
28.9
35.5
4.4
34.1
39.9
39.4
42.3
39.4
38.0
14.08
20.63
23.35
–
27.95
15.22
4.7
6.7
12.6
–
35.8
4.7
40.4
41.0
39.4
–
40.7
39.1
7.35
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
–
–
–
–
–
20.45
16.42
6.37
17.28
9.14
13.52
10.09
8.06
8.43
12.68
5.0
9.3
9.6
15.2
1.7
19.3
7.8
6.4
3.8
14.0
41.7
43.7
24.9
42.0
36.5
34.3
30.6
34.2
32.8
38.2
20.45
16.42
–
17.28
9.25
14.16
11.56
8.25
8.87
13.08
5.0
9.3
–
15.2
1.9
19.3
10.0
6.3
4.3
13.6
41.7
43.7
–
42.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.7
40.6
–
–
5.56
–
–
–
7.39
–
7.41
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
3.5
–
5.0
–
–
–
22.2
–
–
–
21.4
–
23.4
–
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 ........................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
Order clerks .......................................................
10.36
14.70
16.35
.9
3.1
3.6
37.4
40.5
40.4
10.56
14.79
16.35
.9
3.0
3.6
39.7
40.6
40.4
8.39
–
–
1.7
–
–
23.5
–
–
15.35
13.34
11.51
11.87
10.89
9.34
7.16
7.64
9.62
11.36
8.51
9.6
5.4
2.8
1.6
5.8
4.0
4.1
1.7
4.3
6.8
1.7
42.4
39.1
38.8
35.8
36.8
34.8
35.9
35.0
36.6
36.5
37.8
15.33
13.69
11.59
12.10
10.59
9.43
7.50
7.65
9.59
11.39
–
9.7
5.1
2.9
1.5
5.9
4.0
.6
1.8
4.4
7.7
–
42.9
39.9
39.8
40.0
39.5
36.7
40.0
40.0
36.6
39.6
–
–
–
9.69
–
–
–
–
7.54
–
–
8.23
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
4.6
–
–
24.7
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
–
26.7
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
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, 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 ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 4. Selected occupations, Mountain, 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)
$10.24
7.26
9.91
10.26
10.64
10.21
12.23
7.63
10.23
11.14
11.24
11.54
11.36
10.10
2.5
2.4
7.1
1.6
8.5
4.6
13.3
3.5
3.9
10.2
2.5
3.8
5.4
10.7
39.3
35.7
37.4
37.7
40.0
39.1
34.1
35.9
34.6
36.5
35.1
39.8
37.9
37.6
$10.24
7.36
10.02
10.41
10.64
10.17
12.18
7.90
11.72
11.63
11.58
11.58
11.44
10.27
2.5
2.4
7.7
1.7
8.5
4.7
14.8
4.5
7.1
10.2
2.9
4.0
5.7
10.1
39.3
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.8
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
–
$6.75
8.36
8.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.95
–
–
7.5
.7
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
–
22.7
20.9
24.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.4
–
13.51
10.31
10.38
9.77
10.44
9.06
10.92
9.35
6.5
4.0
5.8
3.1
4.6
3.0
6.1
1.5
39.1
38.6
38.9
35.1
34.5
38.1
36.4
36.1
13.51
10.35
10.45
10.25
10.91
9.06
11.02
9.53
6.5
4.0
5.7
3.2
5.9
3.4
6.5
1.8
39.3
39.2
40.0
39.4
40.8
39.8
39.5
39.7
–
–
–
7.12
–
9.11
–
8.82
–
–
–
3.4
–
4.8
–
5.1
–
–
–
21.9
–
24.3
–
28.4
Blue collar ........................................................................
11.91
2.8
38.1
12.26
2.7
40.2
7.37
3.9
22.9
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
15.04
20.06
20.68
16.03
18.39
17.89
17.10
13.95
3.3
2.1
9.9
5.4
11.5
5.4
3.0
6.5
39.9
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
15.06
20.06
20.69
16.03
18.39
18.07
17.10
13.95
3.3
2.1
9.9
5.4
11.5
5.3
3.0
6.5
40.3
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
11.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.60
13.77
18.34
8.3
8.0
4.3
40.1
40.0
40.0
13.60
13.77
18.34
8.3
8.0
4.3
40.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.46
14.85
15.72
15.96
10.62
20.44
16.76
18.88
14.67
11.91
8.68
12.04
9.73
8.74
15.09
3.7
2.6
8.8
11.2
9.1
2.5
5.7
4.7
3.0
9.9
3.3
6.2
6.6
10.1
8.7
40.0
39.7
41.8
39.7
41.2
39.9
35.5
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
38.8
35.5
40.6
16.46
14.86
15.72
15.97
10.62
20.44
16.86
18.88
14.67
11.91
8.68
12.04
9.76
–
15.09
3.7
2.6
8.8
11.3
9.1
2.5
6.1
4.7
3.0
9.9
3.3
6.4
6.7
–
8.7
40.0
39.9
41.8
40.0
41.2
39.9
40.6
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.68
11.06
9.37
15.39
2.3
2.6
1.8
5.2
39.4
40.0
35.4
39.2
9.73
11.06
10.60
15.23
2.4
2.6
2.7
5.4
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
7.67
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
26.0
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Expeditors ..........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Printing press operators .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 4. Selected occupations, Mountain, 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)
$14.76
6.54
9.40
8.66
9.96
11.24
10.64
14.35
8.11
10.44
10.09
5.8
4.4
6.2
11.4
5.9
5.5
2.5
8.1
3.1
5.1
7.5
39.1
35.1
40.0
40.0
40.4
38.5
39.7
40.5
39.4
40.0
39.1
$14.76
6.65
9.40
8.66
9.96
–
10.78
14.35
8.10
10.44
10.26
5.8
4.3
6.2
11.4
5.9
–
2.7
8.1
3.1
5.1
7.8
39.1
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.4
–
39.7
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.13
13.36
11.68
6.82
6.76
16.63
14.95
7.4
5.2
8.6
2.8
5.1
6.8
11.9
38.2
40.0
32.4
31.1
32.5
40.0
39.9
13.56
13.40
–
–
7.03
16.63
14.95
7.0
5.3
–
–
5.6
6.8
12.0
40.5
40.9
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.3
$7.75
12.12
–
–
6.28
–
–
10.3
10.4
–
–
4.4
–
–
22.4
23.9
–
–
24.2
–
–
14.97
19.4
39.3
14.99
20.1
39.9
–
–
–
8.91
7.57
2.1
7.5
34.8
33.6
9.37
7.38
1.9
8.4
40.1
40.0
7.13
–
4.1
–
23.1
–
16.25
10.76
8.34
11.69
8.41
7.95
10.36
9.53
9.92
8.02
7.66
8.93
5.9
9.5
8.2
6.4
4.2
4.8
11.2
4.3
4.8
8.7
4.8
3.6
40.0
40.0
41.2
39.7
39.7
29.4
38.4
35.9
39.5
31.5
39.1
35.5
16.25
10.76
8.34
11.69
8.41
9.11
10.37
9.78
10.13
8.36
7.62
9.36
5.9
9.5
8.2
6.4
4.3
3.5
11.7
7.4
5.2
10.2
4.9
4.0
40.0
40.0
41.2
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
6.42
–
8.26
–
–
–
7.52
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
5.4
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
22.8
–
–
–
25.9
6.99
7.73
–
7.32
6.24
10.54
6.22
3.80
7.89
5.64
7.37
4.94
6.45
7.67
7.41
7.73
7.37
1.2
5.2
–
4.1
4.3
8.4
8.6
10.3
4.3
1.9
2.7
4.5
5.8
2.2
3.6
2.6
3.0
32.9
34.1
–
34.9
31.9
36.6
32.3
29.9
35.9
27.0
31.7
32.6
32.2
32.4
35.5
31.8
34.4
7.31
7.99
9.26
7.45
6.74
11.56
6.56
4.09
8.08
5.82
7.67
5.02
6.75
7.70
7.33
7.82
7.50
1.7
4.8
13.9
2.4
4.0
5.2
8.1
10.1
4.2
5.0
4.0
4.9
6.9
1.3
3.3
1.3
3.7
38.7
39.8
39.0
39.7
38.4
40.3
38.9
38.2
37.9
36.4
39.2
38.4
38.7
38.8
39.7
38.6
39.6
5.93
6.67
–
6.68
5.14
6.53
5.46
3.35
6.80
5.51
6.90
4.71
5.40
7.56
8.69
7.46
6.78
1.9
12.6
–
15.3
1.9
6.2
3.8
9.2
3.7
.8
3.6
4.1
1.7
7.1
4.8
7.2
1.7
22.2
21.8
–
22.0
23.1
26.9
23.4
22.2
27.5
23.0
24.1
23.3
20.6
19.9
13.1
20.7
21.3
8.78
6.83
5.3
1.1
39.7
31.4
8.78
6.77
5.3
1.0
39.7
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
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, guards ...........................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Food service ..........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Cooks .................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 4. Selected occupations, Mountain, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
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)
$7.53
7.34
10.89
4.0
7.2
12.3
36.0
33.9
40.3
$7.68
7.51
10.89
4.5
7.7
12.3
39.7
37.5
40.3
$6.47
6.37
–
2.5
9.8
–
21.8
21.9
–
5.94
19.91
8.39
–
6.43
7.38
7.43
.9
9.5
26.2
–
3.2
20.2
4.0
36.0
19.7
37.5
–
23.6
33.4
33.0
6.04
19.91
7.22
7.61
–
8.63
7.76
.7
9.5
20.4
8.5
–
28.6
3.0
39.4
19.7
39.3
41.3
–
40.0
38.9
5.10
–
–
–
–
–
6.20
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
21.4
–
–
–
–
–
21.0
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
1998. The average reference period was July 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.
14
Table 5. Selected occupations, Mountain, 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 .........................................................
$17.42
17.45
1.9
1.9
36.5
36.6
$17.99
18.03
1.9
1.9
39.7
39.8
$12.57
12.60
3.2
3.2
21.9
21.9
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
19.57
19.63
1.8
1.8
37.2
37.2
20.03
20.09
1.7
1.7
39.6
39.6
15.23
15.32
3.3
3.3
23.5
23.7
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 ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, except college and university ................
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 .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Technical ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
22.86
24.22
24.40
24.48
24.70
20.35
19.96
23.35
24.90
18.92
28.10
28.07
20.30
23.52
24.10
24.59
17.67
17.68
10.73
30.10
17.12
17.12
21.38
21.53
17.75
17.68
36.47
29.14
2.1
2.0
11.6
5.0
19.4
6.0
6.1
3.5
17.8
2.9
5.5
3.5
4.1
1.5
6.2
1.8
3.1
3.6
12.1
13.3
13.5
13.5
7.3
7.7
5.5
6.0
13.1
8.0
36.9
36.8
42.3
40.0
44.0
40.0
40.0
44.6
35.7
33.2
36.1
40.4
37.4
35.7
36.2
36.9
39.1
29.2
18.5
34.4
38.9
38.9
38.8
38.6
38.2
38.4
41.4
43.4
23.34
24.78
24.40
24.48
24.70
20.35
19.96
24.71
27.81
18.36
29.69
28.07
20.61
23.84
24.27
24.62
17.59
20.11
–
30.29
17.23
17.23
21.29
21.43
17.70
17.67
36.46
29.14
2.2
2.2
11.6
5.0
19.4
6.0
6.1
5.2
24.2
5.1
5.5
3.5
4.2
1.5
6.2
1.8
3.3
2.2
–
13.7
13.8
13.8
7.7
8.3
6.3
6.8
13.1
8.0
39.4
39.3
42.3
40.0
44.0
40.0
40.0
47.2
39.4
38.7
40.0
40.4
40.0
37.8
37.6
37.7
40.0
39.5
–
35.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
42.1
43.4
18.96
19.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.15
19.63
21.12
–
–
15.46
18.32
–
–
10.64
12.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.4
2.2
5.1
–
–
5.4
5.6
–
–
10.3
17.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.3
23.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.9
28.1
25.4
–
–
15.0
16.6
–
–
16.7
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.82
10.89
15.55
11.99
11.95
12.70
17.25
13.78
18.63
9.0
20.9
2.1
7.7
5.5
21.2
5.6
6.9
3.2
28.0
22.7
37.6
31.4
34.2
40.0
38.2
40.0
40.0
25.46
–
15.43
13.54
–
12.70
15.88
13.78
18.63
11.7
–
2.2
4.2
–
21.3
8.4
6.9
3.2
40.0
–
39.9
38.3
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
27.09
–
16.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.5
–
26.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial 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 ..................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
22.89
25.55
2.9
4.2
39.9
40.3
23.02
25.68
3.0
4.2
40.3
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.60
24.07
35.14
18.62
14.36
21.66
17.43
12.86
7.0
6.3
8.2
21.7
16.4
6.5
5.1
13.1
41.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.3
40.2
39.0
40.0
22.60
24.07
35.14
18.62
16.29
21.66
17.40
12.86
7.0
6.3
8.2
21.7
18.1
6.5
5.3
13.1
41.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.69
18.57
9.4
3.8
40.0
40.0
–
18.57
–
3.8
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.78
19.58
6.8
7.6
34.3
39.4
18.17
19.69
7.0
7.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
9.86
8.9
30.1
10.39
14.7
35.3
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 5. Selected occupations, Mountain, 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)
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Dispatchers ........................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
General office clerks ..........................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
$11.03
18.23
10.81
7.92
9.50
10.19
12.24
10.87
13.80
10.80
7.67
12.06
4.4
9.0
1.7
3.2
6.3
5.7
7.3
9.1
4.9
4.9
2.5
10.2
36.3
41.8
39.1
37.0
33.0
36.5
40.0
38.9
39.4
37.7
25.1
39.1
$11.40
18.23
10.92
8.09
10.23
10.15
12.24
10.79
13.86
11.08
7.91
12.07
4.4
9.0
1.7
4.2
6.4
5.8
7.3
9.3
4.6
5.1
3.3
11.0
39.5
41.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
32.6
40.0
$8.13
–
–
–
7.43
–
–
–
–
8.69
7.43
–
3.1
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.7
–
22.4
–
–
–
22.0
–
–
–
–
26.2
20.6
–
Blue collar ........................................................................
13.67
3.9
36.7
14.17
4.6
40.0
9.49
3.7
21.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
17.20
15.60
3.8
3.0
39.8
40.0
17.20
15.60
3.8
3.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
11.29
11.70
10.49
10.31
5.2
5.9
2.1
5.4
34.2
40.0
25.4
40.0
11.44
11.70
10.58
10.31
6.4
5.9
10.5
5.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
10.40
–
10.40
–
3.4
–
3.4
–
18.3
–
18.3
–
13.11
5.2
40.0
13.11
5.2
40.0
–
–
–
10.31
9.82
9.06
11.96
4.7
5.9
9.9
4.1
34.7
34.4
31.2
34.7
10.98
10.95
–
–
7.6
11.8
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
8.70
7.66
–
–
8.4
2.1
–
–
26.2
27.2
–
–
11.79
15.88
19.96
14.55
18.86
5.9
4.3
7.9
3.4
6.6
34.6
40.4
41.2
48.7
40.0
12.50
16.13
19.96
14.67
18.86
6.6
4.4
7.9
3.6
6.6
40.2
41.6
41.2
49.2
40.0
7.56
10.33
–
–
–
1.8
4.4
–
–
–
18.9
24.7
–
–
–
15.72
11.80
11.66
8.18
13.72
8.22
6.70
6.81
8.70
8.09
8.88
9.08
8.98
5.2
5.6
10.1
5.7
10.3
6.0
5.3
2.3
4.7
.9
6.3
2.5
1.9
40.0
40.0
29.0
23.6
36.7
25.2
17.4
27.4
33.6
40.0
30.0
37.4
37.3
15.72
11.65
13.58
9.82
13.72
–
–
–
8.77
8.09
9.02
9.27
9.15
5.2
5.8
11.4
10.9
10.3
–
–
–
4.8
.9
6.7
2.8
2.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.3
36.7
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.5
–
–
9.04
7.11
–
–
–
6.95
7.85
–
7.85
6.12
6.10
–
–
5.8
3.0
–
–
–
2.7
6.2
–
6.2
1.3
1.5
–
–
21.1
19.4
–
–
–
27.6
10.5
–
10.5
20.5
19.5
White collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Construction laborers .........................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
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 ................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 5. Selected occupations, Mountain, 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 ....................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, 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)
$8.18
3.1
25.7
$8.70
6.5
37.4
$7.51
2.3
18.2
7.25
6.95
6.93
4.3
2.3
3.8
21.5
21.3
18.4
–
8.02
–
–
4.1
–
–
38.7
–
7.67
6.58
6.79
4.4
4.3
2.9
18.4
18.4
16.3
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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 July 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.
17
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Mountain: 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 .........................................................
$14.04
14.17
1.9
2.0
36.5
36.7
$12.97
13.02
2.6
2.6
36.4
36.7
$17.42
17.45
1.9
1.9
36.5
36.6
White collar ......................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
16.98
6.24
8.59
8.40
9.96
12.40
13.07
17.20
18.96
21.41
23.95
28.02
34.53
41.17
43.21
27.95
17.71
6.57
8.96
8.69
9.99
12.36
12.94
16.94
18.23
21.43
23.79
27.74
34.33
41.17
43.21
27.63
1.5
1.8
6.5
3.1
1.3
1.6
1.5
1.5
2.5
1.0
4.1
1.7
4.8
3.7
11.8
12.5
1.5
2.5
7.7
1.5
.9
1.9
1.2
1.4
1.5
1.0
4.1
1.7
5.0
3.7
11.8
13.0
37.2
26.9
34.6
34.3
36.3
37.4
37.4
39.2
38.5
38.3
40.4
38.9
40.6
39.6
43.9
34.9
37.7
25.7
35.6
35.8
37.2
37.7
37.0
39.1
38.2
38.1
40.4
38.6
40.7
39.6
43.9
34.8
15.88
6.21
8.68
8.33
9.76
12.48
13.18
16.60
19.08
20.32
23.94
29.74
33.85
44.72
51.70
24.13
16.70
6.53
9.17
8.66
9.72
12.44
13.02
16.09
17.96
20.30
23.70
29.50
33.47
44.72
51.70
23.47
2.5
1.8
7.8
3.6
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.9
3.3
.7
5.8
1.8
2.3
3.3
5.0
15.2
2.3
2.5
9.4
1.8
1.8
2.7
1.4
1.7
1.5
.7
5.8
2.0
2.2
3.3
5.0
15.9
37.2
27.4
35.1
34.1
36.3
37.5
37.4
39.9
39.0
39.2
41.5
39.3
42.1
38.6
41.9
36.8
38.0
26.2
36.5
36.0
37.6
37.9
36.9
39.7
38.6
39.0
41.5
38.9
42.3
38.6
41.9
36.7
19.57
6.63
8.22
8.83
10.87
12.17
12.72
18.16
18.70
22.68
23.96
25.24
35.52
36.58
29.28
33.23
19.63
6.84
8.26
8.83
10.89
12.16
12.73
18.16
18.69
22.68
23.98
25.24
35.52
36.58
29.28
33.23
1.8
9.4
4.2
2.8
4.1
3.3
1.4
3.1
3.3
1.3
2.1
2.7
10.5
5.0
9.9
14.3
1.8
9.7
4.3
2.8
4.1
3.4
1.4
3.1
3.3
1.3
2.1
2.7
10.5
5.0
9.9
14.3
37.2
21.0
32.8
34.9
36.0
37.3
37.4
38.2
37.7
37.2
38.4
38.2
38.6
40.9
47.8
32.6
37.2
23.1
33.0
35.1
36.0
37.2
37.3
38.2
37.7
37.2
38.4
38.2
38.6
40.9
47.8
32.6
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 .....................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
21.58
23.22
6.97
14.10
11.85
19.34
19.10
21.78
24.33
25.74
35.00
39.25
36.40
25.36
26.41
21.70
20.96
24.94
27.40
32.79
40.99
41.63
24.15
19.67
16.99
19.35
25.08
28.00
32.48
1.3
1.4
1.3
9.2
4.4
1.5
1.8
.8
2.3
1.9
9.5
4.4
15.0
32.3
3.7
5.8
3.2
5.7
1.6
3.0
3.8
4.5
2.7
10.8
6.0
2.9
2.9
3.7
2.4
36.9
37.1
14.9
30.9
33.4
37.5
36.6
36.8
38.8
38.2
38.8
39.8
45.9
33.3
41.0
40.0
41.9
41.6
40.0
40.4
40.4
41.6
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.1
42.1
40.6
40.4
20.52
22.19
–
16.01
12.32
17.96
18.02
19.31
24.21
26.94
33.19
42.49
49.56
17.57
26.85
23.13
20.71
25.10
27.61
33.34
40.99
41.63
24.69
19.67
16.99
19.99
24.58
28.16
32.61
1.3
1.4
–
13.3
4.9
2.7
1.8
1.5
4.0
1.5
1.9
3.3
6.0
35.8
3.3
2.8
4.1
6.3
1.6
3.0
3.8
4.5
2.7
10.8
6.0
3.3
2.3
4.1
2.4
36.9
37.4
–
30.2
35.5
38.5
36.2
37.5
40.6
39.1
40.4
38.5
41.9
33.9
40.7
40.0
42.8
41.7
40.1
40.5
40.4
41.6
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.1
42.4
40.6
40.4
22.86
24.22
–
11.21
10.87
20.43
20.52
23.64
24.47
24.23
36.68
36.36
–
35.29
24.40
–
21.50
–
–
–
–
–
20.35
–
–
17.89
–
–
–
2.1
2.0
–
10.0
9.7
2.1
3.8
1.7
3.1
4.3
16.5
5.6
–
27.6
11.6
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
36.9
36.8
–
32.0
29.8
36.8
37.2
36.3
36.8
37.0
37.4
41.1
–
32.5
42.3
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Mountain: 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)
$35.85
23.74
19.12
19.68
23.42
29.97
21.78
19.78
10.83
17.17
18.08
19.59
22.82
23.20
61.00
48.60
55.88
27.11
15.63
14.77
24.71
25.85
31.05
23.12
11.06
10.36
21.56
21.53
25.34
17.36
20.22
19.96
12.46
22.65
16.64
15.45
10.88
10.97
14.83
13.00
18.61
35.84
32.33
3.3
3.2
7.7
11.8
21.6
7.5
5.5
10.9
3.7
3.3
2.3
1.8
4.9
7.9
12.3
5.9
18.2
5.9
3.0
12.7
2.8
4.2
3.6
1.4
14.6
5.3
2.6
3.1
2.6
12.1
12.3
7.5
2.7
18.3
3.7
6.5
9.8
12.5
6.3
7.9
3.3
10.3
1.5
47.0
43.2
35.7
40.6
39.3
49.3
34.9
25.9
32.6
36.0
35.2
34.9
36.0
37.9
40.2
33.6
31.8
36.4
39.2
33.7
35.0
37.8
36.6
35.5
30.1
27.7
36.5
36.6
36.6
38.9
39.4
38.3
40.4
36.2
40.2
37.5
36.4
35.4
42.2
39.6
36.9
42.5
43.7
$35.85
24.82
18.00
–
30.86
39.23
20.74
–
15.23
17.41
18.09
19.22
22.80
26.79
–
58.21
66.39
17.67
16.94
–
22.28
22.92
–
14.09
18.14
–
21.46
16.52
19.71
–
–
16.92
12.81
–
–
12.66
9.53
8.78
12.83
–
17.83
34.36
–
3.3
8.3
8.4
–
3.1
6.3
2.2
–
3.4
3.2
2.1
2.3
5.1
5.7
–
4.6
12.9
14.9
10.7
–
13.8
5.1
–
12.5
14.6
–
22.0
13.6
7.9
–
–
10.8
3.6
–
–
7.8
4.3
8.8
7.3
–
4.8
10.6
–
47.0
39.7
40.0
–
38.9
40.4
34.6
–
28.8
36.1
35.1
35.4
37.4
36.3
–
27.5
40.7
39.3
36.4
–
36.7
33.5
–
30.8
39.5
–
31.2
36.7
35.9
–
–
37.2
40.7
–
–
36.6
35.4
37.7
44.9
–
34.1
45.1
–
–
$23.35
–
–
–
–
24.90
–
–
–
18.01
20.63
–
–
–
–
–
28.10
–
–
24.85
26.02
–
23.52
9.60
–
21.57
21.62
25.39
17.12
–
21.38
–
–
–
17.75
–
–
16.62
–
19.04
36.47
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
17.8
–
–
–
9.6
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
2.7
4.8
–
1.5
4.6
–
2.6
3.2
2.6
13.5
–
7.3
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
7.3
–
5.0
13.1
–
–
44.6
–
–
–
–
35.7
–
–
–
36.5
33.6
–
–
–
–
–
36.1
–
–
34.9
38.1
–
35.7
28.8
–
36.6
36.6
36.6
38.9
–
38.8
–
–
–
38.2
–
–
40.0
–
38.5
41.4
–
19.46
12.51
14.61
15.93
19.70
24.86
22.95
11.28
16.59
9.25
10.52
13.17
12.93
15.36
17.79
6.9
17.7
7.8
6.2
2.7
2.3
2.0
34.9
2.1
2.2
2.4
2.6
1.1
1.8
2.3
34.9
31.3
38.0
38.2
39.8
39.9
26.8
30.4
36.5
33.2
35.9
36.3
35.3
39.4
38.6
17.67
12.51
14.76
15.44
19.72
25.06
–
11.37
17.01
9.25
10.60
13.13
12.34
14.91
17.99
8.2
17.7
8.4
7.9
2.7
3.9
–
42.5
2.8
2.2
2.7
2.5
1.7
1.6
3.3
37.6
31.3
37.8
37.8
39.9
39.8
–
33.0
36.1
33.2
35.3
36.3
33.1
39.5
39.5
25.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.89
15.55
–
–
13.24
13.86
16.59
17.31
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.9
2.1
–
–
5.5
1.3
4.8
2.7
28.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.7
37.6
–
–
36.3
39.2
39.3
36.9
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
13 ...................................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
9 .....................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Health related ........................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
8 .....................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
Social, religious, and recreation workers ...............
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
12 ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical ...................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Mountain: 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)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
$19.86
24.47
55.86
3.7
5.1
13.5
39.2
37.3
26.4
$19.98
23.79
55.86
5.1
7.6
13.5
39.8
36.1
26.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
24.22
14.52
12.93
15.77
16.53
21.11
23.07
27.40
33.70
42.25
51.81
34.44
26.58
13.85
15.91
15.78
21.00
23.87
27.36
33.71
41.88
52.74
37.29
19.73
14.74
12.74
15.70
17.92
21.31
21.98
27.63
33.56
15.52
2.4
4.2
3.6
2.5
4.1
1.6
6.8
2.1
2.8
3.1
6.7
11.3
2.7
11.2
5.0
5.8
1.9
6.9
2.5
2.8
3.3
6.9
11.0
2.1
4.3
4.2
2.6
2.7
2.7
8.4
4.3
4.9
6.3
41.1
38.7
39.8
40.9
41.6
40.9
43.0
41.3
42.6
40.9
41.7
37.3
41.7
39.6
42.0
42.4
41.5
43.5
41.4
42.6
40.6
40.8
40.3
40.0
39.2
39.9
40.4
40.3
40.0
42.4
40.6
41.7
25.0
24.85
15.21
13.74
15.73
17.79
21.94
23.29
27.94
33.65
43.43
52.81
31.17
27.09
13.68
15.76
17.48
21.96
24.52
27.77
33.66
43.18
54.22
34.74
20.74
15.05
13.75
15.71
18.28
21.91
21.62
29.08
33.56
16.15
3.4
5.0
4.8
3.0
2.9
1.8
8.4
2.9
3.6
4.0
6.9
14.4
3.3
14.2
3.9
4.1
2.0
8.7
3.4
3.8
4.4
7.0
13.7
3.2
5.0
6.2
3.4
3.4
2.5
9.9
2.3
4.9
6.0
41.7
40.1
39.7
41.5
42.5
41.0
43.2
42.2
43.6
41.1
41.8
38.6
42.4
39.5
42.7
44.0
41.7
43.3
42.4
43.9
40.8
40.9
40.6
40.5
40.1
39.8
40.6
40.4
39.9
43.0
41.2
41.7
32.0
$22.89
12.56
11.67
15.87
13.31
19.22
22.23
26.66
33.82
–
–
39.27
25.55
–
–
12.10
19.05
21.41
26.74
33.82
–
–
–
17.43
13.74
11.40
15.70
–
19.62
–
26.31
–
–
2.9
7.6
8.5
5.0
6.3
3.3
2.2
3.0
3.1
–
–
18.3
4.2
–
–
4.4
3.6
3.2
3.7
3.1
–
–
–
5.1
8.5
7.4
3.7
–
7.2
–
5.7
–
–
39.9
35.2
40.0
39.8
39.5
40.8
42.5
40.0
40.5
–
–
35.6
40.3
–
–
39.3
41.1
44.5
40.0
40.5
–
–
–
39.0
36.6
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
12.47
6.04
7.09
7.79
9.85
12.67
14.06
21.16
23.00
20.83
27.71
31.45
42.47
5.1
2.0
3.8
8.6
4.3
3.1
8.7
7.8
10.5
2.7
17.1
5.6
7.3
34.1
27.7
31.1
31.4
33.4
35.8
41.0
42.3
40.5
45.6
41.2
42.3
38.8
12.51
6.05
7.05
7.79
9.87
12.67
14.12
21.16
23.01
20.83
28.07
31.45
42.47
5.2
2.0
4.1
8.7
4.3
3.2
9.0
7.8
10.5
2.7
17.7
5.6
7.3
34.1
28.0
31.2
31.5
33.4
35.6
41.0
42.3
40.5
45.6
41.3
42.3
38.8
9.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
10.52
6.57
8.97
8.68
9.97
11.75
13.39
15.42
1.3
2.5
7.7
1.5
1.0
1.7
1.8
3.0
37.1
25.7
35.7
35.9
37.5
39.2
39.2
40.0
10.36
6.53
9.18
8.64
9.65
11.59
13.45
15.54
.9
2.5
9.4
1.9
1.7
1.2
2.0
2.2
37.4
26.2
36.5
36.0
38.0
39.4
39.2
39.9
11.03
6.84
8.26
8.83
10.96
12.11
12.81
15.21
4.4
9.7
4.3
2.9
4.3
4.3
3.3
7.3
36.3
23.1
33.0
35.4
36.0
39.0
39.0
40.0
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Mountain: 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)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$18.42
19.72
12.58
3.0
1.8
11.0
40.3
42.2
38.8
$18.15
19.60
12.62
3.9
2.2
15.9
40.5
40.6
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
12.09
6.90
7.91
9.32
10.71
12.71
15.39
17.45
18.38
22.29
2.5
1.3
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.6
4.2
3.1
2.3
2.0
38.0
33.2
37.2
36.6
38.9
39.1
40.6
39.9
40.4
40.7
11.91
6.87
7.90
9.28
10.67
12.69
15.59
17.47
18.51
22.69
2.8
1.4
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.9
4.5
3.4
2.4
2.4
38.1
33.4
37.3
37.7
39.1
39.2
40.8
39.9
40.5
40.9
$13.67
8.85
8.11
9.61
11.04
12.83
14.12
17.30
17.36
20.60
3.9
12.0
5.4
5.7
8.9
3.0
4.8
3.3
3.0
1.0
36.7
26.8
34.0
29.3
37.2
38.3
39.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
15.28
7.17
7.96
9.48
9.60
12.75
15.20
17.82
18.54
22.32
2.9
4.6
3.1
2.4
5.7
3.8
3.1
3.1
2.4
1.9
39.9
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.9
38.6
40.7
39.9
40.5
40.7
15.04
7.17
7.96
9.48
9.27
12.68
15.47
17.77
18.70
22.74
3.3
4.6
3.1
2.4
4.1
4.2
3.1
3.5
2.7
2.4
39.9
40.0
39.8
39.7
39.9
38.5
40.9
39.9
40.6
40.9
17.20
–
–
–
–
13.27
13.85
18.19
17.36
20.54
3.8
–
–
–
–
5.0
6.1
5.0
3.0
1.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
40.0
39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
9.70
6.90
7.73
8.77
9.58
12.67
12.39
16.15
2.3
3.2
2.3
3.2
4.0
4.4
4.9
6.7
39.4
38.2
39.6
39.0
39.8
39.9
39.9
39.4
9.68
6.90
7.72
8.77
9.58
12.67
12.32
16.09
2.3
3.2
2.4
3.2
4.0
4.4
5.2
7.0
39.4
38.2
39.6
39.0
39.8
39.9
39.9
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
12.69
5.82
8.05
9.73
11.95
13.14
17.49
15.71
6.4
5.4
5.3
3.4
8.3
3.1
9.0
3.6
37.2
29.8
36.7
31.8
36.5
38.9
41.3
40.3
13.13
5.82
7.85
9.69
13.13
13.34
–
16.09
7.4
5.4
5.9
4.3
7.1
3.6
–
3.2
38.2
29.8
37.4
36.9
36.5
39.8
–
40.4
11.29
–
9.19
9.83
10.29
12.43
–
14.53
5.2
–
6.1
10.4
4.7
4.5
–
5.4
34.2
–
32.9
24.2
36.5
36.0
–
40.0
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
9.02
6.95
8.06
9.50
11.40
11.61
15.60
2.0
1.6
3.5
2.4
1.8
1.8
4.0
34.8
32.0
33.9
35.4
39.4
39.3
39.0
8.91
6.91
8.11
9.52
11.38
11.38
15.65
2.1
1.6
3.8
2.5
1.9
2.2
4.5
34.8
32.2
34.0
35.5
39.3
39.1
40.0
10.31
8.85
7.51
9.43
11.95
12.55
–
4.7
12.0
6.6
8.8
1.8
2.5
–
34.7
26.8
33.4
35.0
40.0
40.0
–
Service ..............................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
8.15
5.70
6.40
7.09
9.01
10.15
13.79
1.3
2.5
2.4
2.1
4.3
2.6
1.9
33.3
30.6
32.0
33.5
33.2
39.1
38.4
6.99
5.49
6.29
6.79
8.95
9.65
12.12
1.2
2.2
2.4
2.0
5.3
2.0
6.6
32.9
31.0
33.1
33.0
33.5
38.5
33.2
11.79
7.25
7.33
8.25
9.25
10.87
14.75
5.9
7.7
2.6
2.5
3.6
6.8
4.7
34.6
27.3
24.4
35.5
32.4
39.9
42.2
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Mountain: 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
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Food service .........................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Health service .......................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.99
18.23
19.89
26.03
12.14
6.85
6.48
8.20
8.18
10.58
15.29
15.93
18.70
19.82
26.03
6.39
5.19
5.70
6.15
7.89
9.62
11.10
16.20
7.89
7.35
7.45
8.61
10.22
7.94
6.59
7.21
8.15
9.61
9.59
13.03
17.17
7.45
5.47
5.98
6.72
12.54
10.02
12.84
3.4
4.1
4.3
4.3
7.1
2.7
8.9
5.7
8.6
6.0
5.0
3.3
4.3
5.0
4.3
3.3
2.5
2.5
5.8
5.1
5.3
4.6
10.0
1.8
1.1
3.7
2.7
14.2
2.4
3.8
1.7
2.9
2.9
6.6
4.8
15.0
5.9
3.9
1.2
5.5
9.0
6.3
2.3
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)
40.5
40.4
42.0
42.5
37.3
21.9
34.6
33.1
31.3
40.7
42.0
40.4
40.3
42.2
42.5
31.0
28.9
29.3
31.9
36.7
37.8
37.9
42.0
32.7
36.4
30.9
30.2
39.9
35.4
34.9
31.6
39.0
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
32.5
30.2
32.2
34.7
30.5
36.8
27.1
$14.17
15.29
–
–
7.73
–
6.48
7.99
7.41
9.19
–
–
–
–
–
6.24
5.10
5.50
6.05
7.89
9.39
11.02
17.06
7.67
7.35
7.38
8.73
11.24
7.37
6.19
7.02
7.74
9.26
–
–
–
7.34
5.46
5.94
6.45
13.10
10.11
12.72
10.6
6.5
–
–
5.2
–
9.0
8.6
5.7
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
3.3
2.8
5.6
5.1
5.9
4.3
8.4
2.2
1.1
3.7
1.6
4.9
3.0
1.4
1.0
2.2
1.3
–
–
–
7.2
4.2
1.3
4.5
10.2
7.2
3.0
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.1
40.5
–
–
34.1
–
34.7
33.6
29.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
31.9
29.5
31.6
31.8
36.7
38.4
37.8
42.7
32.4
36.4
30.2
30.8
39.6
34.4
34.9
30.7
38.9
37.8
–
–
–
33.9
32.7
34.3
35.7
30.7
36.5
27.6
$16.40
19.39
19.89
26.22
15.88
–
–
8.75
9.99
12.21
15.26
16.36
19.41
19.81
26.22
8.18
6.60
7.14
7.63
–
–
–
–
8.70
–
7.86
8.47
9.90
9.08
7.67
7.85
8.61
–
9.57
–
–
8.18
5.64
6.39
7.69
8.45
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
3.1
4.9
4.3
4.9
4.3
–
–
9.7
3.6
3.6
5.1
3.3
4.9
5.1
4.9
5.7
1.9
4.3
5.9
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
7.3
5.4
17.4
2.5
10.3
3.5
4.0
–
8.8
–
–
3.1
1.8
2.0
2.3
6.8
–
–
40.9
40.4
42.0
41.3
40.4
–
–
31.9
36.5
41.6
43.2
40.9
40.4
42.3
41.3
23.6
21.6
19.1
32.3
–
–
–
–
33.6
–
35.7
29.4
40.0
37.4
35.0
35.2
39.2
–
40.0
–
–
25.7
13.4
19.2
31.4
29.2
–
–
weighted by hours.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1996 and April
1998. The average reference period was July 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 Mountain census division are:
Bannock County, ID
Carson City County, NV
Cheyenne County, CO
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA
Fergus County, MT
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA
Great Falls, MT MSA
Lincoln County, WY
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA
Reno, NV MSA
Yavapai County, AZ
Survey scope. In the Mountain census division, the NCS studied 931 establishments with 50 or more workers,1 representing about 19,700 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
that 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 Mountain region, collection was conducted between October 1996
and April 1998 with an average reference period of July 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, out-of-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.
3.
4.
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.
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
Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data are collected for those workers who meet all the criteria identified in the last three steps.
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Special procedures are developed for jobs for which a correct classification or level can not 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.
cated 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.
Census area divisions. Census divisions providing data are
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Table A. Number of establishments represented by the survey and number studied by industry group and establishment
employment size, Mountain, 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
50 - 99
workers
Total
19,700
16,800
3,400
200
1,100
2,100
1,300
931
811
210
13
38
159
103
257
242
50
3
17
30
21
419
385
103
8
21
74
46
100
7
2
5
200
400
100
100
800
100
200
300
13,400
1,000
1,000
5,200
1,500
100
200
4,600
1,400
100
1,200
200
22
22
10
14
56
13
17
8
601
52
43
150
54
16
18
302
62
34
104
39
4
2
3
1
9
1
3
1
192
11
18
68
13
4
4
82
14
15
20
1
9
11
2
8
28
5
8
4
282
21
22
71
22
6
8
146
36
18
50
9
300
2,900
500
500
21
120
11
9
8
15
3
3
9
34
4
2
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
1000 2,499
workers
2,500 4,999
workers
5,000 or
more
workers
107
85
30
2
–
28
18
101
75
20
–
–
20
13
27
16
4
20
8
3
–
–
100 - 499 500 - 999
workers
workers
5
6
1
2
10
4
3
1
55
6
2
5
9
2
4
33
10
–
–
4
2
–
11
8
3
1
2
3
7
3
2
1
55
8
1
6
6
1
2
34
2
1
19
17
2
22
3
3
2
26
1
1
–
–
–
3
3
–
1
–
–
2
1
1
–
2
–
1
1
12
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5
2
–
–
1
–
–
7
–
–
4
4
–
3
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
–
–
12
–
–
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 Mountain,
National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ................................................................
3,559,800
3,269,600
2,615,000
2,331,000
944,800
938,600
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .............................................
2,000,700
1,710,500
1,340,600
1,056,600
660,100
653,900
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
767,300
592,400
174,900
278,100
290,300
665,100
381,500
256,900
124,600
182,500
284,000
492,600
385,900
335,500
50,300
95,600
6,200
172,400
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
757,300
273,300
160,900
111,400
211,800
673,800
242,800
158,900
79,500
192,600
83,500
30,500
–
31,800
19,200
Service .................................................................................
801,800
600,600
201,200
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
July 1997.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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