National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
Mountain Census Division, 1998
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine
G. Abraham, Commissioner
.
August 2000
Bulletin 2530-3
Preface
The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, and detailed benefit provisions. It integrates three Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) programs—the
Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), the Employment
Cost Index (ECI), and the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS).
OCS provides data on occupational earnings; the ECI measures changes in labor costs, as well as average hourly
employer costs for employee compensation; and the EBS
provides information on detailed benefit provisions. When
fully integrated, the NCS will provide data on benefit costs
and provisions as well as wages. This bulletin, a product of
the first phase of the NCS, focuses on occupational earnings.
The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS) with the release of the 1997 data. The major difference between these two surveys is that the OCS used the
same preselected list of occupations for all localities. The
NCS uses a probability-based sample of establishments and
occupations that is intended to more fully represent the employment patterns and occupational mix of each locality.
This bulletin presents aggregate pay data from the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan local area surveys conducted
in the Mountain census division. (See Technical Note). It
provides estimates of occupational pay for the census division, as well as selected data on worker and establishment
characteristics.
NCS bulletins are published for each of the nine census
divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Cen-
tral, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central,
West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. (See Technical
Note.) Data also are published for some individual localities,
as well as for the entire United States. The census division
publications may be useful to NCS data users in localities for
which separate data were not published.
For additional information regarding the National Compensation Survey, contact the information staff in the BLS
National Office at (202) 691-6199. You can also write to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Compensation Data
Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room
4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or send e-mail to
[email protected].
The Bureau’s Office of Compensation and Working Conditions developed and produced this bulletin. The Directorate of Survey Processing coordinated the data file formation
and tabulations. Field economists from the Bureau’s regional
offices, under the direction of the Assistant Regional Commissioners for Operations, collected the survey data. The
Bureau thanks all survey respondents for their cooperation,
without which this bulletin would not have been possible.
The data presented in this bulletin also are displayed in a
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made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request.
Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800326-2577.
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Contents
Page
Occupational Wages in the Mountain Census Division, 1998 ..............................................................................
1
Tables:
Table 1. Summary, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
private industry and State and local government ..............................................................................................
3
Table 2. Summary, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ............................................................................................................
4
Table 3. Selected occupations, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for full-time
and part-time workers .........................................................................................................................................
5
Table 4. Selected occupations, Mountain, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers .........................................................................................................................................
10
Table 5. Selected occupations, Mountain, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings
and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ........................................................................................
15
Table 6. Occupations and levels, Mountain: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours, private industry
and State and local government .........................................................................................................................
18
Technical note .........................................................................................................................................................
34
Table A. Number of establishments represented by the survey and number studied by industry group
and establishment employment size, Mountain .................................................................................................
36
Table B. Number of workers represented by survey, by occupational group, Mountain ...................................
37
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Occupational Wages in the
Mountain Census Division, 1998
Overview
spectively. Full-time or part-time designation is determined
by the employer.
Workers in large establishments in the Mountain region,
that is, establishments with 2,500 or more employees, had
the highest average hourly pay at $19.88. Workers in the
smallest establishment-size category studied (50 to 99) averaged $12.62.
Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged $14.73 per hour, while the average pay for workers in
nonmetropolitan areas was $13.99. Table 2 also shows that
for most of the worker and establishment characteristics presented, average pay for metropolitan area workers was higher
than for their counterparts 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. For example, all
civil engineers averaged $26.43 per hour (table 3). Civil engineers in private industry averaged $26.77 (table 4), while
their counterparts in State and local government averaged
$25.66 per hour (table 5). Laborers, except construction,
averaged $8.91 in private industry and $12.76 in State and
local governments. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $8.00 in private industry and $9.31 in State
and local government.
Earnings by occupational group and work level are shown
in table 6. In determining the work level, the Bureau applies
a “generic leveling” technique to all occupations selected
during the collection process, using 10 criteria to level occupations. Usually, the levels tend to show higher pay at higher
levels. In this region, average hourly earnings of whitecollar workers ranged from $6.40 for work level 1 to $51.58 for
level 14. Average earnings of blue-collar workers ranged
from $7.44 (level 1) to $23.27 (level 9); service workers ranged
from $5.96 (level 1) to $26.57 (level 10). The Technical Note
This bulletin provides 1998 National Compensation Survey
(NCS) estimates of occupational pay in the Mountain census division. The bulletin highlights average (mean) hourly
pay for workers by seven characteristics:
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•
•
•
•
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•
Private industry and State and local government
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
Selected occupations and major occupational groups
Full-time and part-time status
Bargaining status
Size of establishment
Work level
Wages in the Mountain census division averaged $14.58
per hour during 1998. Workers in private industry in the
Mountain region averaged $13.30 per hour, while pay of
workers in State and local government averaged $18.32 per
hour. The nationwide hourly average for all workers covered
by the survey was $15.72.
Table 1 in this bulletin provides an overview of average
pay for workers, in private industry and State and local government, by select worker and establishment characteristics.
For example, white-collar workers in private industry averaged $16.24 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged $12.79;
and service workers, $7.24. Corresponding averages in State
and local government were $20.42, $13.99, and $12.86. Generally, average hourly earnings for private industry workers
were lower than those 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. For
example, professional specialty and technical occupations
are proportionately more prevalent in State and local government 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 $15.27
per hour while part-time workers averaged $9.49. In private
industry, full-time workers averaged $14.02 an hour and parttime workers averaged $8.18. For workers in State and local
government, average hourly pay was $18.85 and $13.92, re-
1
has more information on generic leveling.
Table A in the Technical Note shows the number of establishments studied in the Mountain census division by
employment size; more establishments were studied in the
100- to 499-worker size class than in any other size category.
This table also shows the number of establishments represented. Table B 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 1998
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error
(percent)
$14.58
2.7
36.4
$13.30
2.9
36.4
$18.32
2.9
36.4
17.61
22.76
3.5
4.5
36.9
36.5
16.24
21.56
4.2
5.4
37.0
36.4
20.42
24.04
2.8
4.0
36.8
36.6
24.18
12.35
11.13
12.90
16.45
3.3
6.2
2.4
3.3
2.9
41.1
33.8
37.3
38.2
39.7
24.69
12.37
10.97
12.79
16.38
3.3
6.3
2.6
3.8
3.5
41.9
33.9
37.9
38.4
39.7
23.32
11.12
11.57
13.99
17.04
5.4
9.0
3.7
4.5
4.0
40.0
29.6
35.8
36.9
39.9
10.47
13.92
2.6
7.3
39.4
37.3
10.46
14.56
2.6
8.2
39.4
38.2
–
11.71
–
6.0
–
34.7
9.08
8.62
1.6
1.8
35.9
33.5
8.99
7.24
1.6
1.5
36.0
33.1
10.65
12.86
5.7
5.7
34.1
35.0
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
15.27
9.49
2.8
4.1
39.7
22.6
14.02
8.18
3.1
3.2
39.9
22.6
18.85
13.92
2.9
11.6
39.3
22.7
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.38
14.13
3.6
3.0
36.9
36.4
16.51
12.90
3.4
3.1
36.8
36.4
18.62
18.23
5.5
3.1
37.0
36.3
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
14.55
15.53
2.6
11.5
36.4
37.9
13.19
15.53
2.9
11.5
36.4
37.9
18.32
–
2.9
–
36.4
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
16.14
12.32
1.9
3.1
39.9
35.4
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
(5)
50-99 workers6 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
12.62
13.36
13.92
15.36
19.88
3.2
3.1
4.4
4.7
5.5
35.7
36.3
38.0
36.1
36.8
12.43
12.84
13.49
13.88
17.28
3.3
3.4
6.0
4.3
13.5
35.8
36.3
38.5
35.8
37.1
13.94
16.40
15.29
18.47
21.33
4.4
3.7
4.4
1.5
2.3
35.1
36.1
36.7
36.8
36.7
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
14.73
13.99
3.4
3.3
36.5
36.0
13.54
11.75
3.4
8.1
36.6
35.5
19.55
16.33
3.2
2.6
36.4
36.5
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
17.38
18.10
16.08
14.85
14.40
11.87
14.62
14.58
17.86
1.4
1.5
.8
1.6
1.0
2.3
1.8
2.7
1.3
35.1
35.8
36.2
36.5
37.1
37.7
37.2
36.4
36.2
16.50
17.14
15.44
14.05
13.82
11.21
14.27
13.30
16.82
1.7
1.8
.9
1.9
1.1
2.6
2.3
2.9
1.7
35.0
35.8
36.3
36.3
36.9
37.9
36.9
36.4
36.4
21.35
21.72
19.32
17.87
16.22
15.93
15.63
18.32
21.26
1.3
1.6
1.5
1.2
1.4
2.2
1.2
2.9
1.0
35.5
35.5
35.7
37.0
38.0
36.8
38.0
36.4
35.5
Total ...........................................................
Worker characteristics:3
White-collar occupations4 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations4 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations4 ..............................
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:7
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 January 1998 and
April 1999. The average reference period was June 1998.
3 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.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information.
5 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
6 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments
with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
7 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 1998
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Metropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Nonmetropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error
(percent)
$14.58
13.30
18.32
2.7
2.9
2.9
36.4
36.4
36.4
$14.73
13.54
19.55
3.4
3.4
3.2
36.5
36.6
36.4
$13.99
11.75
16.33
3.3
8.1
2.6
36.0
35.5
36.5
17.61
22.76
3.5
4.5
36.9
36.5
17.76
22.73
4.4
5.6
37.1
36.6
16.98
22.85
3.0
2.9
36.3
35.9
24.18
12.35
11.13
12.90
16.45
3.3
6.2
2.4
3.3
2.9
41.1
33.8
37.3
38.2
39.7
24.86
13.25
11.32
12.92
16.31
3.9
6.5
3.0
2.9
2.8
41.3
34.0
37.5
38.2
39.7
21.79
7.78
10.29
12.80
17.19
4.6
10.2
1.1
12.4
9.8
40.5
32.7
36.5
38.4
40.0
10.47
13.92
2.6
7.3
39.4
37.3
10.72
13.90
1.7
7.6
39.5
37.4
9.31
13.97
8.0
18.2
39.0
37.0
9.08
8.62
1.6
1.8
35.9
33.5
9.15
8.70
1.8
2.4
35.7
33.5
8.76
8.32
.9
1.8
37.0
33.4
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
15.27
9.49
2.8
4.1
39.7
22.6
15.39
9.71
3.5
4.7
39.8
22.6
14.82
8.75
3.1
1.4
39.7
22.6
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.38
14.13
3.6
3.0
36.9
36.4
17.38
14.27
4.0
3.8
36.8
36.5
17.37
13.58
7.0
2.1
37.2
35.8
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
14.55
15.53
2.6
11.5
36.4
37.9
14.69
15.68
3.3
12.0
36.5
38.4
14.00
–
3.0
–
36.0
–
Goods producing6 ..................................
Service producing6 .................................
16.14
12.32
1.9
3.1
39.9
35.4
16.63
12.56
1.9
3.7
39.9
35.6
14.01
10.55
6.1
7.5
40.0
33.5
50-99 workers7 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
12.62
13.36
13.92
15.36
19.88
3.2
3.1
4.4
4.7
5.5
35.7
36.3
38.0
36.1
36.8
12.90
13.47
14.06
14.91
19.70
3.6
2.7
5.7
4.1
6.1
35.6
36.8
38.0
36.0
36.5
11.76
12.95
13.54
19.08
–
8.5
10.6
6.9
2.2
–
35.8
34.5
38.0
37.1
–
17.38
18.10
16.08
14.85
14.40
11.87
14.62
14.58
17.86
1.4
1.5
.8
1.6
1.0
2.3
1.8
2.7
1.3
35.1
35.8
36.2
36.5
37.1
37.7
37.2
36.4
36.2
17.75
18.39
16.55
15.83
14.89
13.88
14.86
14.73
18.04
1.2
1.6
.8
2.4
.7
2.2
2.1
3.4
1.3
35.2
35.7
36.2
36.5
37.0
36.9
37.2
36.5
36.2
14.75
13.58
13.55
12.10
12.00
9.97
13.08
13.99
14.96
3.6
1.6
1.3
2.3
4.4
4.3
5.6
3.3
2.8
34.2
36.2
36.5
36.4
37.7
38.6
37.1
36.0
35.6
Total ............................................................
Private Industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
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
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 January 1998 and
April 1999. The average reference period was June 1998.
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 workers due to reduction in staff from the time of sampling to
data collection.
8 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 1998
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 .........................................................
$14.58
14.78
2.7
2.6
36.4
36.7
$15.27
15.36
2.8
2.7
39.7
39.7
$9.49
9.97
4.1
5.3
22.6
22.5
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
17.61
18.50
3.5
3.2
36.9
37.5
18.23
18.79
3.5
3.4
39.8
39.7
12.35
15.19
4.9
4.0
22.9
22.9
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 ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
English teachers ................................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
22.76
24.66
27.70
26.43
29.08
25.06
23.48
30.28
25.62
26.69
4.5
4.0
2.1
5.1
5.9
3.7
4.6
8.0
5.2
5.8
36.5
36.6
40.6
40.7
40.5
41.5
40.6
40.2
40.5
40.5
23.14
25.08
27.69
26.39
29.08
25.06
23.48
30.28
25.81
26.69
4.2
3.8
2.1
5.1
5.9
3.7
4.6
8.0
5.2
5.8
39.2
39.2
40.6
40.7
40.5
41.5
40.6
40.2
40.5
40.5
19.55
21.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.9
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.18
26.88
31.71
28.57
24.20
22.29
46.24
20.44
23.16
18.51
15.59
21.70
16.50
32.14
31.87
20.79
45.92
30.18
29.91
40.28
21.21
35.34
23.49
20.05
24.40
25.03
18.53
20.51
9.70
25.18
17.83
17.83
20.57
17.68
21.31
16.07
16.31
14.21
38.65
35.13
9.3
6.0
11.6
14.1
9.5
8.6
7.9
4.9
7.2
5.0
4.9
6.1
25.9
10.6
12.9
3.8
15.9
1.5
15.8
3.8
4.1
2.0
2.6
15.9
2.7
1.9
3.6
4.1
2.1
9.5
14.6
14.6
8.3
9.7
9.5
7.0
7.6
10.8
9.1
7.1
40.4
39.5
40.1
41.0
34.6
34.3
36.0
34.3
30.3
37.8
37.1
34.6
36.3
35.1
38.6
34.5
30.4
39.5
29.8
43.5
38.5
35.7
35.8
35.7
36.6
37.6
37.3
28.5
20.4
36.9
39.8
39.8
38.7
42.0
37.7
37.5
37.4
37.6
42.1
43.8
20.03
26.67
31.71
29.01
21.26
22.62
47.11
20.40
28.65
18.32
15.88
23.90
16.49
33.62
31.87
–
46.25
30.22
28.87
–
–
35.29
23.82
20.05
24.56
25.06
18.56
21.83
–
25.20
17.85
17.85
20.30
17.68
20.97
16.16
16.41
14.34
38.65
35.13
9.2
6.2
11.6
14.6
2.3
10.6
7.6
6.0
2.2
5.2
5.1
3.6
26.1
9.8
12.9
–
15.9
1.6
21.6
–
–
2.1
2.5
15.9
2.8
2.0
3.6
3.0
–
9.6
14.7
14.7
8.8
9.7
10.4
7.6
8.4
10.9
9.1
7.1
40.5
40.5
40.1
41.5
39.8
39.2
40.4
39.3
40.0
40.0
38.9
38.7
36.4
37.5
38.6
–
30.8
39.8
35.8
–
–
39.9
37.9
35.7
38.0
38.0
38.1
39.1
–
37.3
40.0
40.0
40.5
42.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
41.0
42.8
43.8
–
–
–
–
–
21.38
–
20.57
21.36
–
–
20.65
–
24.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.09
15.65
–
19.80
–
–
11.64
9.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.13
15.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
2.9
5.4
–
–
3.3
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
6.5
–
5.4
–
–
6.1
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.6
–
23.9
28.1
–
–
32.9
–
26.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
15.3
–
18.2
–
–
10.1
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.3
23.2
–
–
–
22.97
20.99
20.19
20.28
22.46
8.96
29.27
7.9
9.7
12.6
7.1
7.7
16.7
6.8
36.6
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.5
19.9
34.9
23.04
20.99
20.19
20.52
22.46
–
27.07
8.5
9.7
12.6
7.4
7.7
–
5.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
40.0
22.13
–
–
–
–
7.34
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
19.0
–
–
–
–
16.2
–
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 1998–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.94
5.7
36.1
$17.23
5.7
39.3
$14.42
3.2
21.1
14.30
15.71
12.42
11.77
14.42
18.32
18.69
17.56
15.61
16.89
21.35
80.88
21.43
15.63
18.23
9.1
8.7
3.7
6.9
11.0
4.4
5.9
7.2
4.3
4.8
9.6
8.2
5.6
5.0
4.0
38.5
34.3
32.5
25.6
39.9
38.5
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
36.8
19.7
40.9
39.7
40.1
14.27
15.20
12.65
12.52
14.42
17.68
18.69
17.56
15.55
16.89
–
80.88
21.43
15.63
18.32
9.1
6.3
2.9
9.0
11.0
4.8
5.9
7.2
4.2
4.8
–
8.2
5.6
5.0
3.7
39.9
40.0
39.4
40.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
19.7
41.0
39.7
40.7
16.36
–
11.76
10.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
6.0
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
21.8
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.18
26.77
3.3
3.1
41.1
41.7
24.27
26.83
3.4
3.1
41.4
41.8
15.98
–
17.5
–
25.5
–
23.27
25.10
33.25
24.50
7.4
3.8
4.5
17.1
40.9
41.1
39.9
42.8
23.27
25.10
33.69
24.50
7.4
3.8
4.3
17.1
40.9
41.1
40.3
42.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.87
33.58
22.12
6.5
5.9
19.4
42.6
40.2
39.8
26.87
33.65
21.91
6.5
5.9
19.4
42.6
40.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.43
24.29
27.78
19.02
15.89
21.92
22.77
19.98
13.2
7.9
6.2
5.0
12.7
7.1
6.6
8.0
44.6
42.7
42.6
40.0
41.5
40.3
40.8
40.2
20.43
25.17
27.81
19.07
15.89
21.92
22.77
19.98
13.2
8.0
6.2
5.1
12.7
7.1
6.6
8.0
44.6
43.6
42.7
40.6
41.5
40.3
40.8
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
22.71
21.48
4.5
6.0
3.3
41.0
39.9
40.0
17.67
22.71
21.48
3.6
6.0
3.3
41.3
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.09
20.20
6.4
5.1
35.4
39.4
18.44
20.36
6.6
5.0
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.35
20.03
19.30
16.00
18.03
22.52
19.20
6.2
6.0
10.1
17.2
8.0
23.6
9.7
33.8
40.4
39.3
39.5
39.7
35.1
39.6
14.15
20.67
19.30
16.00
18.84
24.83
19.23
5.9
5.7
10.1
17.2
7.8
23.6
9.9
40.5
41.3
39.3
39.5
41.5
40.4
40.9
7.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.53
17.82
6.35
–
15.79
15.37
10.17
8.1
10.1
7.3
–
34.9
9.2
11.3
41.9
46.3
24.8
–
37.1
38.1
30.4
22.53
17.82
8.34
17.16
16.86
15.52
12.04
8.1
10.1
3.3
19.3
37.0
9.6
13.4
41.9
46.3
36.1
36.5
40.0
43.7
39.6
–
–
5.79
–
–
–
7.30
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
22.8
–
–
–
22.4
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
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 ............................
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 ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
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 1998–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)
$7.97
8.38
12.17
6.4
4.1
18.6
37.2
33.3
36.8
–
$8.48
13.11
–
4.6
19.9
–
39.3
39.8
–
$8.09
7.89
–
4.2
3.5
–
23.0
27.6
11.13
17.30
15.52
2.4
5.4
5.2
37.3
40.4
40.5
11.35
17.30
15.52
2.4
5.4
5.2
39.6
40.4
40.5
8.73
–
–
2.3
–
–
22.6
–
–
15.70
14.71
11.70
12.84
11.53
9.51
7.49
9.80
8.12
10.88
11.62
9.66
6.5
6.6
3.2
4.6
4.0
7.6
2.3
7.5
3.7
8.2
10.1
7.6
40.3
39.9
39.0
36.8
38.9
35.4
36.8
36.1
36.0
38.7
36.7
38.5
15.73
14.74
11.74
12.83
11.47
9.72
7.73
9.67
8.17
11.23
10.90
9.74
6.6
6.6
3.3
4.5
4.2
6.7
.0
7.5
4.2
9.0
9.1
8.6
41.4
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.6
39.9
–
–
10.19
–
–
–
–
10.67
7.70
7.97
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
8.7
3.1
7.0
–
–
–
–
23.5
–
–
–
–
21.8
19.5
31.5
–
–
11.01
10.41
8.35
10.94
10.95
11.28
9.59
12.52
4.1
6.5
8.4
3.6
3.8
9.0
5.5
9.0
35.6
32.3
32.3
36.8
38.8
40.0
39.6
39.1
11.05
11.17
8.64
10.99
11.04
11.28
9.59
12.52
4.6
6.0
8.7
4.0
3.7
9.0
5.6
9.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
–
7.75
6.92
–
9.57
–
–
–
–
12.0
3.8
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
19.3
16.5
–
26.4
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
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 ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
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 ...........................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
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. ............................
9.56
8.34
11.08
10.73
12.03
13.41
11.43
11.27
13.37
11.14
6.1
3.8
16.7
3.8
9.8
5.1
5.7
3.5
9.7
10.7
39.0
34.1
38.7
36.2
38.5
34.1
40.0
37.7
40.0
36.7
–
8.73
11.08
12.05
12.09
13.95
11.44
11.32
13.37
11.27
–
4.5
16.7
7.7
10.2
2.9
5.7
3.8
9.7
10.7
–
39.9
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.5
–
–
14.26
12.25
14.08
12.24
11.11
8.93
9.18
9.94
8.63
11.01
5.5
7.9
3.9
8.6
3.0
3.4
3.5
.9
6.4
4.5
39.2
39.5
39.2
39.1
37.3
33.4
38.1
38.6
25.5
36.9
14.29
12.27
14.13
12.29
11.39
8.93
9.25
–
9.21
11.37
5.5
7.9
3.8
8.9
3.0
4.3
3.7
–
7.5
4.0
39.5
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.7
39.8
–
30.3
39.8
–
–
–
–
8.32
–
8.31
–
7.31
9.17
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
2.5
–
1.4
8.0
–
–
–
–
23.4
–
24.7
–
18.8
27.1
Blue collar ........................................................................
12.90
3.3
38.2
13.27
3.3
40.0
7.71
2.6
23.6
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
16.45
22.64
18.21
11.95
16.47
19.19
20.75
2.9
4.4
7.1
4.3
2.9
10.7
14.2
39.7
40.7
40.2
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.9
16.50
22.64
18.21
12.13
16.47
19.19
20.75
2.8
4.4
7.1
3.2
2.9
10.7
14.2
40.1
40.7
40.2
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.9
10.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 1998–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)
$18.09
19.85
14.83
1.0
8.8
6.9
39.8
39.9
40.0
$18.18
19.85
14.83
1.2
8.8
6.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.57
6.9
39.6
14.56
6.9
40.0
–
–
–
15.88
15.72
3.1
4.1
40.0
39.7
15.88
15.81
3.1
4.2
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.23
20.59
15.16
17.81
11.05
21.24
12.08
15.81
19.64
16.99
15.43
9.52
12.56
9.53
9.29
17.73
11.7
4.5
6.1
13.7
9.3
5.2
4.8
8.1
4.5
2.6
17.8
3.2
6.3
8.0
10.3
5.3
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
34.7
41.1
40.0
40.0
39.5
38.6
38.2
34.9
40.3
23.23
20.59
15.16
17.81
11.05
21.24
12.08
15.86
19.64
16.99
15.43
9.55
12.55
9.54
–
17.73
11.7
4.5
6.1
13.7
9.3
5.2
4.8
8.4
4.5
2.6
17.8
3.4
6.5
8.3
–
5.3
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
41.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.3
–
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Sawing machine operators ................................
Printing press operators .....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
10.47
11.58
11.52
8.43
15.65
7.05
10.09
9.54
11.48
11.44
15.34
8.89
9.20
10.69
2.6
12.6
4.5
13.5
3.8
2.9
4.8
11.8
5.5
2.7
8.2
2.3
8.8
8.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
35.2
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.7
41.0
39.4
40.0
39.2
10.51
11.58
11.52
8.43
15.47
7.13
10.09
9.54
11.48
11.49
15.34
8.92
9.20
10.89
2.6
12.6
4.5
13.5
3.9
3.1
4.8
11.8
5.5
2.8
8.2
2.4
8.8
8.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$8.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.09
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
22.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
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. ...............................................
13.92
15.33
13.43
9.40
11.12
7.49
7.15
15.91
10.49
17.84
15.42
7.3
6.2
5.5
24.3
4.1
1.4
3.6
15.1
5.8
4.3
12.9
37.3
42.2
40.4
32.1
28.5
33.1
32.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
14.45
15.33
13.49
–
12.12
7.64
7.41
15.91
10.49
17.84
15.43
7.6
6.2
5.5
–
3.3
1.4
4.2
15.1
5.8
4.3
13.0
40.2
42.2
41.2
–
39.7
34.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
8.65
–
–
–
9.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.9
–
–
–
19.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.10
13.8
39.5
14.05
14.5
40.0
–
–
–
9.08
9.19
1.6
4.1
35.9
36.2
9.49
9.65
1.6
5.7
39.8
40.0
7.21
7.99
3.6
1.8
24.7
29.2
14.10
11.83
11.2
7.3
40.0
38.5
14.10
12.04
11.2
7.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
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 .....................
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 1998–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Part time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.21
10.87
8.90
8.02
10.90
9.65
11.25
7.67
8.53
8.98
7.5
4.4
2.4
2.4
10.2
4.0
8.8
11.3
4.3
4.9
40.0
38.9
39.4
30.7
40.0
38.3
34.4
35.2
38.8
36.7
$9.21
10.92
8.93
8.95
10.90
9.85
–
8.73
8.57
9.33
7.5
4.4
2.4
5.4
10.2
6.4
–
10.8
4.6
5.1
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.5
40.0
40.2
–
40.0
39.8
39.8
–
–
–
$6.48
–
7.36
–
–
7.86
7.37
–
–
–
3.0
–
2.6
–
–
9.0
7.3
–
–
–
22.4
–
25.0
–
–
26.2
27.1
8.62
13.52
22.74
21.98
10.10
15.04
20.15
1.8
8.9
5.1
6.6
8.9
7.0
5.8
33.5
38.4
50.6
41.6
37.2
47.6
39.4
9.21
13.93
22.74
21.98
10.58
15.44
20.16
2.5
9.2
5.1
6.6
11.5
6.3
5.8
39.2
40.9
50.6
41.6
39.8
49.4
40.0
6.44
8.07
–
–
–
–
–
1.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
21.4
–
–
–
–
–
16.84
12.56
8.13
12.19
6.48
11.26
6.40
3.96
8.21
5.85
7.56
5.01
6.25
8.25
8.09
8.26
8.31
5.1
5.9
1.6
9.1
2.8
7.4
4.7
9.6
4.1
2.1
2.9
3.5
1.1
2.2
5.6
1.8
2.4
40.0
40.0
36.3
29.1
31.2
37.7
32.2
28.9
33.2
27.5
29.7
33.7
32.6
31.2
32.7
30.7
35.2
16.84
12.43
8.28
13.94
6.96
12.53
6.64
4.08
8.47
6.02
7.83
5.09
6.22
8.34
8.24
8.33
8.50
5.1
6.1
1.8
8.8
3.4
4.7
3.9
11.0
4.5
7.4
3.4
3.7
1.4
2.6
4.7
2.3
2.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.4
38.4
40.8
38.4
37.1
37.2
38.6
39.4
38.3
38.9
39.1
39.0
39.1
39.6
–
–
6.87
8.52
5.65
6.73
5.78
3.79
7.34
5.80
7.07
4.66
6.34
7.89
6.83
8.03
7.09
–
–
3.3
4.8
2.6
3.7
4.0
9.3
3.6
1.4
3.7
3.6
1.7
2.1
16.1
1.5
3.0
–
–
20.9
19.3
23.5
29.6
22.9
22.3
24.5
25.5
20.8
22.2
23.2
17.2
14.1
17.9
21.0
11.11
7.14
8.54
7.65
12.00
5.9
2.7
3.3
4.5
9.7
39.8
31.1
36.9
33.2
38.7
11.11
7.08
8.72
7.77
11.83
5.9
2.4
3.4
5.1
11.8
39.8
39.3
39.7
37.9
40.3
–
–
6.82
7.11
–
–
–
2.5
4.2
–
–
–
22.0
21.2
–
6.15
18.12
8.34
8.33
6.75
6.51
8.04
.9
7.8
22.5
6.4
1.7
5.0
3.3
35.5
20.5
37.8
37.2
24.5
23.5
32.3
6.16
18.12
8.05
8.38
–
–
8.19
1.0
7.8
22.7
6.5
–
–
3.2
39.6
20.5
39.4
37.7
–
–
39.0
6.07
–
–
–
6.54
6.88
7.53
1.9
–
–
–
2.0
4.1
9.8
20.2
–
–
–
21.8
20.0
20.7
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
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 January 1998 and April
1999. The average reference period was June 1998.
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 1998
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 .........................................................
$13.30
13.41
2.9
2.8
36.4
36.8
$14.02
14.01
3.1
3.0
39.9
39.8
$8.18
8.45
3.2
2.8
22.6
22.4
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
16.24
17.29
4.2
4.0
37.0
37.9
16.97
17.56
3.9
4.0
40.3
40.2
10.35
13.53
7.6
7.1
22.4
21.6
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 .......................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Physical 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. .................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
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. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
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 .........................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Computer programmers .....................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
21.56
23.64
28.37
26.77
29.08
25.06
23.48
32.83
26.35
27.80
5.4
5.4
2.5
7.0
5.9
3.7
4.6
3.7
5.0
5.5
36.4
37.1
40.6
40.9
40.5
41.5
40.6
40.0
40.6
40.6
21.91
23.93
28.35
26.71
29.08
25.06
23.48
32.83
26.58
27.80
5.3
6.1
2.5
7.0
5.9
3.7
4.6
3.7
5.0
5.5
39.7
40.1
40.6
41.0
40.5
41.5
40.6
40.0
40.6
40.6
18.10
20.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.9
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.68
29.00
28.48
36.36
21.56
45.42
20.40
–
15.59
23.89
17.29
25.20
14.74
18.26
19.08
19.95
13.70
–
17.35
17.78
16.66
12.61
12.76
11.82
37.75
37.75
9.2
7.9
21.2
8.5
6.2
16.1
5.5
–
4.9
5.4
16.1
5.7
12.0
13.2
10.4
8.5
20.6
–
11.8
14.5
19.5
9.4
11.0
9.4
10.4
10.4
40.4
39.6
40.2
40.4
34.0
37.4
34.3
–
37.1
32.9
37.7
35.3
30.9
39.0
43.8
22.0
38.5
–
37.4
43.1
32.4
37.2
37.0
38.2
45.4
45.4
19.53
29.10
28.48
37.97
21.43
43.01
20.30
29.10
15.88
22.61
17.42
–
14.84
18.02
19.08
21.54
13.69
–
16.19
17.78
–
12.55
12.69
11.91
37.75
37.75
9.1
8.1
21.2
7.8
7.5
18.3
6.6
2.3
5.1
4.5
17.2
–
12.7
13.4
10.5
8.5
20.6
–
10.6
14.5
–
10.2
12.2
9.3
10.4
10.4
40.5
40.2
40.2
41.5
39.5
41.3
39.4
40.0
38.9
40.0
43.7
–
36.4
40.2
44.0
38.4
38.7
–
41.8
43.1
–
40.3
40.1
41.5
45.4
45.4
–
–
–
–
22.09
–
20.78
–
–
–
15.32
–
13.20
–
–
12.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
3.7
–
–
–
10.3
–
7.8
–
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
22.1
–
–
–
12.0
–
9.1
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.09
20.86
20.60
20.47
22.46
26.72
17.26
9.9
10.1
12.5
7.8
7.7
15.0
6.2
38.2
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.5
40.0
35.1
22.57
20.86
20.60
–
22.46
26.72
17.76
10.4
10.1
12.5
–
7.7
15.0
5.3
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
39.5
40.0
38.9
14.56
–
–
–
–
–
12.21
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
23.0
–
–
–
–
–
17.6
13.42
15.71
12.48
10.84
16.12
19.37
18.20
14.87
18.02
15.33
80.88
23.55
17.90
6.8
8.7
4.0
3.9
4.3
3.1
9.8
6.3
3.9
2.9
8.2
5.9
5.8
38.4
34.5
32.7
23.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.2
40.0
19.7
40.0
40.1
–
15.20
12.58
11.30
16.12
19.37
18.20
14.87
18.03
15.33
80.88
23.56
18.05
–
6.3
2.9
5.9
4.3
3.1
9.8
6.3
4.2
2.9
8.2
5.9
5.5
–
40.0
39.4
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
19.7
40.1
41.2
16.36
–
12.16
10.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
7.9
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
21.0
14.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 1998–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)
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 .......................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
$24.69
27.00
25.04
32.24
24.50
3.3
4.0
5.2
4.8
17.1
41.9
42.6
40.8
39.8
42.8
$24.77
27.02
25.04
32.72
24.50
3.3
4.0
5.2
4.7
17.1
42.1
42.6
40.8
40.2
42.8
$15.92
–
–
–
–
12.1
–
–
–
–
27.5
–
–
–
–
26.87
17.00
28.97
6.5
9.5
10.7
42.6
43.2
39.3
26.87
17.00
28.44
6.5
9.5
11.3
42.6
43.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.43
27.03
28.49
19.90
19.17
21.92
23.39
13.2
6.6
7.1
2.9
6.1
7.1
7.7
44.6
44.6
43.0
40.5
43.9
40.3
41.0
20.43
27.03
28.53
20.01
19.17
21.92
23.39
13.2
6.6
7.1
2.9
6.1
7.1
7.7
44.6
44.6
43.0
40.9
43.9
40.3
41.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.86
22.71
20.09
4.2
6.0
6.1
41.2
39.9
39.0
17.13
22.71
20.35
3.9
6.0
5.9
41.6
39.9
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
12.37
20.21
19.30
18.03
22.52
19.03
6.3
6.2
10.1
8.0
23.6
10.0
33.9
40.4
39.3
39.7
35.1
39.6
14.18
20.89
19.30
18.84
24.83
19.06
6.0
5.8
10.1
7.8
23.6
10.1
40.5
41.3
39.3
41.5
40.4
40.9
7.25
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
23.2
–
–
–
–
–
22.53
17.82
6.35
–
15.79
15.37
10.18
7.97
8.39
12.17
8.1
10.1
7.3
–
34.9
9.2
11.3
6.4
4.2
18.6
41.9
46.3
24.8
–
37.1
38.1
30.6
37.2
33.5
36.8
22.53
17.82
8.34
17.16
16.86
15.52
12.04
–
8.50
13.11
8.1
10.1
3.3
19.3
37.0
9.6
13.4
–
4.7
19.9
41.9
46.3
36.1
36.5
40.0
43.7
39.6
–
39.5
39.8
–
–
5.79
–
–
–
7.31
–
8.07
7.89
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
4.1
–
4.4
3.5
–
–
22.8
–
–
–
22.6
–
23.0
27.6
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
10.97
16.32
15.62
2.6
5.2
4.3
37.9
40.6
40.8
11.14
16.32
15.62
2.6
5.2
4.3
39.8
40.6
40.8
8.83
–
–
2.9
–
–
23.4
–
–
15.70
15.33
11.81
12.84
11.36
9.22
7.49
9.81
8.14
10.19
11.62
9.63
6.5
3.0
4.6
4.6
5.5
8.5
2.3
7.5
4.4
7.7
10.1
7.5
40.3
39.8
39.0
36.8
36.5
34.6
36.8
36.2
35.8
38.9
36.7
38.5
15.73
15.40
11.83
12.83
11.13
9.44
7.73
9.67
8.17
10.46
10.90
9.70
6.6
3.0
4.8
4.5
5.3
7.7
.0
7.5
4.9
8.4
9.1
8.5
41.4
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.3
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.6
39.9
–
–
11.39
–
–
–
–
10.70
7.87
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
8.7
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
25.2
–
–
–
–
22.0
19.0
–
–
–
10.78
7.55
11.24
10.53
11.28
4.8
2.5
4.7
3.6
9.1
39.4
31.1
37.8
38.3
40.0
10.78
7.69
11.44
10.62
11.28
4.8
2.0
5.0
3.5
9.1
39.4
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
–
7.00
–
9.57
–
–
3.9
–
5.9
–
–
16.3
–
26.4
–
White collar –Continued
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 1998–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)
$9.97
12.52
5.8
9.0
39.5
39.1
$9.98
12.52
5.9
9.0
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.56
8.48
11.08
–
13.98
12.89
11.43
11.10
11.14
6.1
3.8
16.7
–
9.9
5.1
5.7
3.3
10.7
39.0
36.9
38.7
–
36.9
33.9
40.0
37.9
36.7
–
8.73
11.08
11.92
14.87
13.42
11.44
11.06
11.27
–
4.5
16.7
9.3
8.0
2.5
5.7
3.4
10.7
–
39.9
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.8
–
14.26
12.14
12.40
10.72
8.93
9.18
10.17
5.5
8.3
9.1
3.1
3.4
3.5
4.5
39.2
39.4
39.1
36.7
33.4
38.1
36.5
14.29
12.16
12.47
10.97
8.93
9.25
10.60
5.5
8.3
9.4
3.3
4.3
3.7
4.0
39.5
39.6
40.0
39.5
40.7
39.8
39.7
–
–
–
7.92
–
8.31
8.27
–
–
–
5.9
–
2.5
5.8
–
–
–
20.6
–
24.7
26.8
Blue collar ........................................................................
12.79
3.8
38.4
13.15
3.7
40.0
7.30
2.4
23.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
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 ........................
16.38
22.13
18.47
15.78
19.19
20.75
18.59
19.85
14.38
3.5
5.8
7.6
2.2
10.7
14.2
3.4
8.8
7.0
39.7
40.8
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.9
39.8
39.9
40.0
16.43
22.13
18.47
15.78
19.19
20.75
18.70
19.85
14.38
3.4
5.8
7.6
2.2
10.7
14.2
3.4
8.8
7.0
40.1
40.8
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
10.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.64
7.9
40.0
14.64
7.9
40.0
–
–
–
15.40
15.69
21.07
15.47
18.18
21.24
12.08
16.55
20.31
16.77
15.43
9.52
12.56
9.53
9.29
18.12
1.2
4.6
4.1
6.9
14.8
5.3
4.8
9.0
7.6
3.8
17.8
3.2
6.3
8.0
10.3
6.5
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
33.7
41.3
39.9
40.0
39.5
38.6
38.2
34.9
40.4
15.40
15.80
21.07
15.47
18.18
21.24
12.08
16.65
20.31
16.77
15.43
9.55
12.55
9.54
–
18.12
1.2
4.6
4.1
6.9
14.8
5.3
4.8
9.5
7.6
3.8
17.8
3.4
6.5
8.3
–
6.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
41.3
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.3
–
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Sawing machine operators ................................
Printing press operators .....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
10.46
11.58
11.52
8.43
15.65
6.98
10.09
9.54
2.6
12.6
4.5
13.5
3.8
3.5
4.8
11.8
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
34.8
40.0
40.0
10.50
11.58
11.52
8.43
15.47
7.06
10.09
9.54
2.7
12.6
4.5
13.5
3.9
3.6
4.8
11.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
8.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Billing clerks .......................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
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 ...............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
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 1998–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.48
11.41
15.24
8.89
9.20
10.69
5.5
2.7
8.5
2.3
8.8
8.0
40.5
39.7
41.0
39.4
40.0
39.2
$11.48
11.46
15.24
8.92
9.20
10.89
5.5
2.8
8.5
2.4
8.8
8.5
40.5
40.0
41.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
$7.09
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
–
–
14.56
15.86
13.46
9.40
11.12
7.48
7.15
15.91
15.42
8.2
12.5
5.8
24.3
9.5
1.4
3.6
15.1
12.9
38.2
44.7
40.5
32.1
31.4
33.0
32.6
40.0
39.4
15.13
15.86
13.52
–
12.44
–
7.41
15.91
15.43
8.0
12.5
5.8
–
6.2
–
4.2
15.1
13.0
40.2
44.7
41.3
–
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
7.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.70
31.1
38.9
13.53
34.6
40.0
–
–
–
8.99
8.84
1.6
4.1
36.0
36.6
9.42
8.92
1.6
4.3
39.8
40.0
6.92
–
2.8
–
24.5
–
14.10
11.17
9.05
11.00
8.90
7.96
10.90
9.63
10.00
7.54
8.53
8.91
11.2
8.0
7.3
4.5
2.4
2.4
10.2
4.1
8.0
11.6
4.3
5.1
40.0
38.2
40.0
39.8
39.4
30.5
40.0
38.3
39.5
35.1
38.8
36.8
14.10
11.39
9.05
11.00
8.93
8.87
10.90
9.83
–
8.59
8.57
9.26
11.2
8.3
7.3
4.5
2.4
5.2
10.2
6.4
–
11.3
4.6
5.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.5
40.0
40.2
–
40.0
39.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
6.48
–
7.36
–
–
7.86
7.31
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
2.6
–
–
9.0
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
22.3
–
25.0
–
–
26.2
27.3
7.24
8.52
9.53
8.09
12.29
6.32
10.74
6.38
3.96
8.23
5.78
7.61
5.01
6.17
7.93
7.59
8.01
7.74
1.5
3.4
9.3
1.5
9.8
3.5
8.3
4.6
9.6
4.7
2.1
3.7
3.5
1.1
1.4
6.2
1.0
3.1
33.1
36.0
37.0
36.4
24.3
31.8
37.8
32.3
28.9
35.3
27.9
31.8
33.7
33.6
31.0
30.1
31.2
34.1
7.57
8.72
–
8.25
–
6.79
12.12
6.64
4.08
8.44
6.02
7.84
5.09
6.22
7.96
7.75
8.02
7.85
2.0
4.3
–
1.7
–
3.9
4.3
3.9
11.0
4.7
7.4
4.4
3.7
1.4
1.7
5.1
1.3
3.6
38.8
40.0
–
39.8
–
38.4
41.8
38.4
37.1
37.3
38.6
39.4
38.3
38.9
39.2
39.6
39.1
39.5
6.17
7.07
–
6.78
–
5.42
6.73
5.71
3.79
6.95
5.71
7.21
4.66
5.94
7.86
6.83
8.00
–
2.3
6.4
–
3.4
–
3.1
3.7
3.8
9.3
1.9
1.1
4.5
3.6
1.2
2.1
16.1
1.5
–
22.4
20.6
–
20.9
–
23.9
29.6
23.0
22.3
26.5
25.8
23.6
22.2
21.0
18.2
14.1
19.3
–
8.72
7.18
8.00
4.2
2.7
5.1
39.7
30.5
36.5
8.72
7.13
8.12
4.2
2.6
5.4
39.7
39.2
39.6
–
–
7.03
–
–
3.1
–
–
22.8
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Painting and paint spraying 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 .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
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 ..........
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 .........................................
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 1998–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
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)
$7.51
11.19
5.0
10.8
35.0
40.3
$7.66
11.24
5.3
11.1
38.0
40.3
$6.58
–
6.4
–
23.1
–
6.08
18.12
8.34
6.52
6.01
8.05
.7
7.8
22.5
1.7
5.9
3.5
36.5
20.5
37.8
28.3
33.3
32.7
6.16
18.12
8.05
–
–
8.19
1.0
7.8
22.7
–
–
3.2
39.6
20.5
39.4
–
–
39.0
5.36
–
–
6.43
–
7.56
1.4
–
–
2.0
–
11.0
20.9
–
–
26.6
–
21.1
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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 January 1998 and April
1999. The average reference period was June 1998.
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 1998
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 .........................................................
$18.32
18.35
2.9
2.9
36.4
36.5
$18.85
18.87
2.9
3.0
39.3
39.3
$13.92
13.98
11.6
11.7
22.7
22.7
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
20.42
20.47
2.8
2.8
36.8
36.9
20.79
20.83
2.8
2.8
39.0
39.0
16.96
17.10
8.4
8.3
24.4
24.5
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Health specialities 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 ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
24.04
25.53
23.12
25.66
19.03
21.20
20.79
25.54
23.89
20.66
33.09
20.81
46.30
30.23
30.70
21.22
36.20
24.03
23.88
24.44
25.15
18.67
20.72
9.54
29.19
17.93
17.93
21.98
22.41
18.96
19.02
39.36
31.53
4.0
3.4
9.3
5.0
19.8
7.6
7.8
7.6
15.6
5.1
10.3
3.9
15.8
1.5
16.2
4.1
1.6
2.3
4.8
2.8
2.0
3.4
4.8
2.2
5.6
15.3
15.3
7.9
8.0
5.2
5.6
13.2
10.4
36.6
36.2
40.3
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.0
39.4
35.0
34.1
35.0
34.5
30.6
39.6
30.2
38.6
35.7
36.1
38.2
36.6
37.5
37.3
32.1
20.7
36.3
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.2
37.7
37.8
39.9
41.8
24.49
26.09
23.12
25.66
19.03
21.20
20.79
25.09
26.19
21.08
34.79
–
46.63
30.26
–
–
36.09
24.35
23.88
24.60
25.18
18.70
21.94
–
29.29
17.93
17.93
21.94
22.36
19.12
19.15
39.36
31.53
3.3
2.6
9.3
5.0
19.8
7.6
7.8
7.8
18.3
7.7
9.4
–
15.9
1.6
–
–
1.7
2.2
4.8
2.8
2.0
3.4
2.8
–
5.8
15.3
15.3
8.1
8.3
5.8
6.2
13.3
10.4
38.6
38.4
40.3
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.8
38.1
38.7
37.1
–
30.7
39.7
–
–
39.9
37.9
38.2
37.9
37.9
38.1
39.4
–
36.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.0
41.8
20.75
21.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.64
20.09
24.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.89
–
19.76
–
–
–
9.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
2.1
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
5.4
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.2
25.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.3
29.4
27.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.3
–
18.2
–
–
–
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.32
16.25
11.90
15.22
11.32
17.90
5.2
5.0
7.9
13.7
17.6
6.5
31.4
38.5
30.6
36.0
39.9
38.0
–
16.02
–
–
11.32
16.60
–
7.8
–
–
17.6
7.6
–
40.1
–
–
39.9
40.0
32.10
17.79
–
–
–
–
28.7
10.7
–
–
–
–
15.4
30.3
–
–
–
–
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 ..................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
23.32
26.35
5.4
4.9
40.0
40.4
23.42
26.50
5.5
4.9
40.3
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.41
25.17
36.25
19.20
14.97
21.98
17.63
13.68
20.08
7.8
5.4
5.4
23.6
15.8
4.1
10.1
15.1
2.7
40.9
41.4
39.7
40.0
37.3
40.1
39.2
40.0
40.0
23.41
25.17
36.35
19.20
17.07
21.98
17.57
13.68
20.08
7.8
5.4
5.5
23.6
20.6
4.1
10.2
15.1
2.7
40.9
41.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.53
20.37
5.9
8.3
34.6
40.0
17.92
20.37
6.2
8.3
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
11.12
9.0
29.6
12.17
8.5
36.7
–
–
–
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 1998–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. ............................
$11.57
19.09
11.45
8.05
10.40
10.31
11.98
11.48
14.14
11.52
8.64
12.97
3.7
7.7
2.3
2.5
6.5
2.8
5.3
10.0
4.0
4.9
6.4
9.6
35.8
40.0
39.0
37.4
32.2
35.0
40.0
39.0
39.6
38.0
25.5
38.0
$11.91
19.09
11.56
–
11.17
10.03
11.98
11.40
14.19
11.84
9.21
13.07
3.7
7.7
2.3
–
6.0
2.9
5.3
10.2
3.8
4.9
7.5
10.9
38.8
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
30.3
40.0
$8.56
–
–
–
7.75
–
–
–
–
8.67
7.32
–
3.8
–
–
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
3.3
1.4
–
21.4
–
–
–
19.3
–
–
–
–
26.5
18.8
–
Blue collar ........................................................................
13.99
4.5
36.9
14.43
5.1
39.9
10.12
4.5
22.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
17.04
15.88
4.0
3.7
39.9
40.0
17.04
15.88
4.0
3.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
11.71
11.12
10.40
6.0
2.8
5.2
34.7
26.8
40.0
11.95
11.83
10.40
7.5
3.1
5.2
39.9
39.5
40.0
10.31
10.31
–
3.5
3.5
–
19.6
19.6
–
14.42
4.2
40.0
14.42
4.2
40.0
–
–
–
10.65
9.31
9.36
12.76
5.7
5.5
8.3
9.6
34.1
36.1
30.9
30.2
11.04
10.01
9.52
14.87
8.4
9.7
12.2
5.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
9.89
7.99
–
–
8.2
2.0
–
–
26.4
30.5
–
–
12.86
17.23
22.03
21.98
15.76
20.17
5.7
4.1
3.7
6.6
6.3
5.8
35.0
40.5
50.2
41.6
48.8
40.0
13.69
17.47
22.03
21.98
15.83
20.17
5.9
4.1
3.7
6.6
6.4
5.8
40.3
41.5
50.2
41.6
49.2
40.0
7.79
10.62
–
–
–
–
1.9
4.1
–
–
–
–
19.4
24.0
–
–
–
–
16.84
12.56
9.60
12.16
8.54
14.39
8.06
7.08
6.80
9.40
8.91
9.68
9.52
5.1
5.9
3.8
9.9
7.7
14.3
2.9
7.3
1.4
6.7
5.6
8.1
2.4
40.0
40.0
33.1
31.2
25.0
36.9
23.8
19.4
27.4
32.3
38.2
27.9
37.9
16.84
12.43
–
13.60
11.27
14.39
–
–
–
9.49
8.91
9.92
9.70
5.1
6.1
–
9.9
14.7
14.3
–
–
–
6.9
5.6
9.6
2.5
40.0
40.0
–
39.7
37.4
36.9
–
–
–
38.7
38.2
39.2
39.7
–
–
–
9.24
7.16
–
–
–
6.86
8.30
–
8.30
6.24
–
–
–
4.3
3.1
–
–
–
1.3
6.3
–
6.3
2.0
–
–
–
21.7
21.4
–
–
–
26.9
10.7
–
10.6
20.1
17.43
9.31
14.7
2.4
40.0
37.5
17.43
9.51
14.7
2.3
40.0
39.7
–
6.24
–
2.0
–
20.1
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, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
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 1998–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)
$8.59
4.2
24.6
$9.07
9.4
37.0
$8.09
2.5
18.3
8.05
7.04
7.20
5.6
3.1
2.8
19.5
21.0
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.27
6.66
7.31
4.8
3.0
2.1
18.3
18.5
16.0
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 January 1998 and April
1999. The average reference period was June 1998.
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. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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 .........................................................
$14.58
14.78
2.7
2.6
36.4
36.7
$13.30
13.41
2.9
2.8
36.4
36.8
$18.32
18.35
2.9
2.9
36.4
36.5
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 ....................................
17.61
6.40
8.43
8.60
10.62
13.30
13.79
18.06
19.89
22.03
25.94
28.64
35.51
44.33
51.58
37.54
18.50
7.11
8.72
9.10
10.72
13.23
13.42
17.71
19.24
22.04
25.84
28.44
35.21
44.33
51.58
37.33
3.5
4.2
4.0
2.8
3.1
2.0
7.5
2.1
2.9
3.4
2.6
2.9
3.0
2.6
6.0
7.0
3.2
5.6
4.0
2.3
2.4
2.0
7.6
1.9
2.1
3.5
2.7
3.1
3.0
2.6
6.0
7.3
36.9
27.4
33.2
34.0
36.6
38.2
37.2
38.6
38.4
38.4
40.0
37.9
40.1
38.3
39.9
37.5
37.5
28.4
35.1
35.7
37.1
38.2
36.7
38.4
38.0
38.2
39.9
37.6
40.1
38.3
39.9
37.5
16.24
6.42
8.34
8.52
10.48
13.46
14.19
17.79
19.80
20.94
26.65
30.09
35.43
47.45
53.51
33.89
17.29
7.23
8.69
9.11
10.54
13.38
13.70
17.14
18.60
20.90
26.52
29.88
34.91
47.45
53.51
33.46
4.2
4.3
4.5
3.3
3.5
2.4
5.5
2.7
4.2
3.7
3.0
2.5
2.8
4.7
5.4
9.8
4.0
6.1
4.7
2.7
2.6
2.6
5.4
2.1
2.5
4.0
3.2
2.9
2.8
4.7
5.4
10.2
37.0
28.1
33.5
34.2
36.8
38.5
37.3
38.8
38.9
39.3
41.3
38.1
41.9
39.6
42.8
37.9
37.9
30.2
36.2
36.5
37.5
38.6
36.7
38.5
38.3
39.0
41.3
37.6
42.0
39.6
42.8
37.8
20.42
6.08
8.73
9.08
11.26
12.91
12.88
18.43
20.03
23.14
24.81
27.09
35.63
42.21
–
43.03
20.47
–
8.77
9.09
11.28
12.92
12.87
18.43
20.02
23.14
24.84
27.08
35.63
42.21
–
43.03
2.8
2.3
3.9
2.5
3.6
3.5
11.4
3.3
3.6
2.7
2.8
2.6
5.7
2.3
–
10.8
2.8
–
3.9
2.5
3.6
3.6
11.5
3.3
3.6
2.7
2.8
2.6
5.7
2.3
–
10.8
36.8
17.4
32.4
33.0
36.0
37.4
36.9
38.2
37.6
37.5
38.2
37.6
37.6
37.4
–
37.0
36.9
–
32.6
33.2
36.0
37.4
36.8
38.2
37.6
37.5
38.2
37.6
37.6
37.4
–
37.0
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 .....................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
22.76
24.66
8.44
15.23
12.83
19.74
20.56
22.37
25.43
27.10
34.76
43.19
48.35
40.72
27.70
25.54
24.56
22.85
27.19
27.80
34.47
43.61
42.37
26.43
20.20
26.66
31.84
41.03
4.5
4.0
4.0
8.9
12.6
1.9
2.7
5.3
2.2
3.0
5.2
2.4
8.3
9.2
2.1
4.5
2.8
4.3
1.8
2.5
2.4
4.5
6.4
5.1
7.4
4.4
3.6
7.7
36.5
36.6
20.3
31.9
33.7
36.2
35.9
37.2
39.4
36.5
38.0
38.0
38.8
36.5
40.6
40.0
40.0
41.2
42.0
40.0
40.2
40.5
41.1
40.7
42.5
40.1
39.4
40.0
21.56
23.64
8.44
16.36
12.77
18.89
18.93
20.09
26.18
27.71
34.35
44.55
50.46
36.32
28.37
25.75
24.56
23.25
27.26
27.91
34.99
43.61
42.37
26.77
19.93
26.49
32.85
41.03
5.4
5.4
4.0
10.8
12.1
2.7
4.0
5.9
2.4
2.9
1.9
4.6
7.1
12.3
2.5
4.7
2.8
4.6
1.8
2.9
2.6
4.5
6.4
7.0
8.3
7.6
5.6
7.7
36.4
37.1
20.3
31.9
36.7
35.6
34.8
37.8
41.6
37.1
40.4
39.9
43.4
37.1
40.6
40.0
40.0
41.4
42.0
40.1
40.2
40.5
41.1
40.9
43.4
40.2
39.2
40.0
24.04
25.53
–
12.37
12.91
20.44
21.75
24.08
24.68
26.59
35.15
42.52
–
47.93
23.12
–
–
20.71
–
–
–
–
–
25.66
–
–
–
–
4.0
3.4
–
12.4
15.1
2.5
3.7
3.0
3.7
3.2
9.5
2.7
–
13.2
9.3
–
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
36.6
36.2
–
31.8
30.3
36.6
36.7
36.8
37.4
36.1
36.0
37.1
–
35.6
40.3
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$29.08
26.22
35.80
25.06
22.23
23.48
30.28
27.80
29.45
31.20
36.29
25.62
19.21
21.97
26.05
28.66
32.05
36.32
26.69
20.55
21.95
26.83
28.99
32.41
36.32
5.9
6.3
3.7
3.7
4.7
4.6
8.0
4.0
3.8
5.4
4.6
5.2
5.1
9.8
6.7
3.8
3.5
4.9
5.8
9.9
9.9
4.9
3.7
3.6
4.9
40.5
40.0
40.7
41.5
39.6
40.6
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
39.9
42.1
40.7
41.0
43.1
40.5
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.7
41.2
43.1
$29.08
26.22
35.80
25.06
22.23
23.48
32.83
27.33
29.45
30.92
36.60
26.35
19.21
23.06
24.96
28.96
32.15
36.32
27.80
20.55
23.04
26.83
29.36
32.54
36.32
5.9
6.3
3.7
3.7
4.7
4.6
3.7
5.1
3.8
5.5
4.6
5.0
5.1
11.0
6.9
4.1
3.6
4.9
5.5
9.9
11.1
4.9
4.1
3.7
4.9
40.5
40.0
40.7
41.5
39.6
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.0
39.9
42.6
40.8
41.1
43.1
40.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.8
41.3
43.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
$19.03
–
–
–
–
21.20
–
19.06
–
–
–
–
20.79
–
19.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.8
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
19.18
26.88
24.23
27.89
29.61
35.47
31.71
28.57
24.20
22.29
11.46
17.66
18.43
20.00
25.11
23.28
48.96
50.14
46.24
50.14
20.44
17.49
18.21
19.60
22.45
23.16
22.59
18.51
15.59
21.70
20.63
16.50
9.3
6.0
6.9
5.0
11.1
3.7
11.6
14.1
9.5
8.6
11.1
2.0
4.5
5.0
5.3
6.6
7.0
8.0
7.9
8.0
4.9
2.0
4.8
5.0
6.9
7.2
6.9
5.0
4.9
6.1
2.8
25.9
40.4
39.5
36.9
37.8
39.4
41.1
40.1
41.0
34.6
34.3
35.2
33.4
33.5
35.6
30.8
31.6
39.9
37.9
36.0
37.9
34.3
33.2
32.9
35.6
32.9
30.3
30.2
37.8
37.1
34.6
34.2
36.3
18.68
29.00
22.18
–
35.08
–
28.48
36.36
–
21.56
17.52
17.83
18.25
19.25
25.77
25.52
–
–
45.42
–
20.40
17.67
18.27
19.00
–
–
–
–
15.59
23.89
–
–
9.2
7.9
5.5
–
3.6
–
21.2
8.5
–
6.2
2.7
1.9
5.2
4.8
5.0
6.4
–
–
16.1
–
5.5
1.8
5.6
4.4
–
–
–
–
4.9
5.4
–
–
40.4
39.6
40.0
–
38.9
–
40.2
40.4
–
34.0
36.3
33.2
32.8
36.3
32.9
26.9
–
–
37.4
–
34.3
33.1
32.3
36.3
–
–
–
–
37.1
32.9
–
–
–
25.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.89
–
–
19.20
21.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.66
–
17.92
21.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.6
–
–
8.2
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
6.2
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.0
–
–
36.8
34.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.1
–
36.0
33.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
9 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
9 ...................................................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
13 ...................................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
11 ...................................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Physical therapists .............................................
9 ...................................................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.14
17.03
18.16
26.70
27.53
31.72
44.07
31.87
20.79
45.92
30.18
29.91
40.28
21.21
35.34
32.57
23.49
11.53
11.20
21.42
22.82
25.38
20.05
24.40
22.20
22.36
25.96
25.03
23.97
23.88
25.83
18.53
20.51
19.43
17.18
21.75
9.70
25.18
25.34
17.83
20.58
17.83
20.58
20.57
13.05
22.88
17.07
17.68
21.31
16.07
10.88
12.84
16.45
14.26
18.70
16.31
11.16
12.77
16.49
10.6
1.8
17.1
3.8
3.2
4.5
2.6
12.9
3.8
15.9
1.5
15.8
3.8
4.1
2.0
3.6
2.6
14.6
8.4
2.9
3.5
2.4
15.9
2.7
5.4
5.0
3.4
1.9
5.1
3.0
3.3
3.6
4.1
10.1
3.2
3.0
2.1
9.5
4.1
14.6
10.0
14.6
10.0
8.3
4.0
18.4
3.7
9.7
9.5
7.0
13.1
20.4
8.3
11.3
3.1
7.6
16.7
21.1
10.4
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
35.1
39.3
37.9
34.1
34.6
35.3
35.7
38.6
34.5
30.4
39.5
29.8
43.5
38.5
35.7
35.5
35.8
29.2
27.2
35.9
36.0
37.2
35.7
36.6
35.8
36.3
37.1
37.6
39.5
38.4
36.7
37.3
28.5
29.0
33.9
39.2
20.4
36.9
38.6
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.0
38.7
41.0
36.3
40.4
42.0
37.7
37.5
35.1
34.7
41.7
40.0
37.1
37.4
33.9
34.5
41.5
$17.29
18.27
–
20.57
21.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.20
–
14.74
17.22
–
19.56
16.95
21.64
–
18.26
–
–
22.59
19.08
–
–
–
–
19.95
–
16.84
–
–
13.70
–
–
–
–
–
17.35
13.51
–
–
17.78
16.66
12.61
9.50
–
14.13
–
17.57
12.76
–
–
–
16.1
11.4
–
15.6
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
12.0
13.7
–
19.7
19.8
3.9
–
13.2
–
–
3.6
10.4
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
4.2
–
–
20.6
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
7.4
–
–
14.5
19.5
9.4
3.9
–
8.9
–
5.1
11.0
–
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
37.7
35.6
–
30.9
33.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.3
–
30.9
32.1
–
23.6
43.4
36.6
–
39.0
–
–
38.2
43.8
–
–
–
–
22.0
–
31.5
–
–
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
37.4
41.9
–
–
43.1
32.4
37.2
35.5
–
44.4
–
34.7
37.0
–
–
–
$33.09
–
24.20
27.17
27.74
–
44.07
–
20.81
46.30
30.23
30.70
–
21.22
36.20
–
24.03
9.29
–
21.47
22.94
25.45
23.88
24.44
22.20
22.36
25.98
25.15
24.00
23.98
25.83
18.67
20.72
–
–
21.86
9.54
29.19
–
17.93
–
17.93
–
21.98
–
–
–
–
22.41
18.96
–
–
–
–
19.32
19.02
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university ...........................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
English teachers ................................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
12 ...................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
9 ...................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
8 ...................................................................
Librarians ...........................................................
8 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Social workers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
10.3
–
4.7
3.4
3.6
–
2.6
–
3.9
15.8
1.5
16.2
–
4.1
1.6
–
2.3
1.1
–
3.0
3.6
2.5
4.8
2.8
5.4
5.0
3.5
2.0
5.2
3.2
3.3
3.4
4.8
–
–
3.1
2.2
5.6
–
15.3
–
15.3
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
8.0
5.2
–
–
–
–
4.9
5.6
–
–
–
35.0
–
33.7
34.4
34.7
–
35.7
–
34.5
30.6
39.6
30.2
–
38.6
35.7
–
36.1
28.2
–
36.4
35.9
37.2
38.2
36.6
35.8
36.3
37.1
37.5
39.5
38.1
36.7
37.3
32.1
–
–
39.5
20.7
36.3
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
39.3
–
–
–
–
39.2
37.7
–
–
–
–
38.5
37.8
–
–
–
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$18.69
14.21
38.65
35.13
3.1
10.8
9.1
7.1
37.4
37.6
42.1
43.8
–
$11.82
37.75
37.75
–
9.4
10.4
10.4
–
38.2
45.4
45.4
$19.44
–
39.36
31.53
5.0
–
13.2
10.4
39.2
–
39.9
41.8
22.97
15.11
18.94
18.98
25.82
29.89
22.28
20.99
20.19
20.28
22.46
8.96
8.96
29.27
16.69
16.94
8.70
9.87
10.71
13.73
13.09
16.68
18.83
20.62
26.90
57.61
16.02
7.9
4.9
9.6
3.8
4.3
13.7
27.8
9.7
12.6
7.1
7.7
16.7
16.7
6.8
9.2
5.7
8.6
3.9
2.9
2.8
10.1
4.3
3.2
2.3
6.5
10.2
22.1
36.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
30.6
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.5
19.9
19.9
34.9
37.6
36.1
32.1
33.6
29.4
37.5
35.1
39.5
38.9
39.3
38.2
24.4
32.3
22.09
15.15
18.80
18.99
–
29.89
25.56
20.86
20.60
20.47
22.46
–
–
26.72
–
17.26
8.80
9.87
10.65
13.62
12.77
16.19
18.54
21.15
27.26
57.61
–
9.9
5.4
9.9
3.8
–
13.7
34.0
10.1
12.5
7.8
7.7
–
–
15.0
–
6.2
10.6
3.9
3.1
3.1
7.3
5.2
4.1
3.4
9.1
10.2
–
38.2
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
40.0
32.6
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.5
–
–
40.0
–
35.1
31.6
33.6
28.8
37.8
32.8
39.7
39.2
40.3
37.5
24.4
–
26.32
–
–
–
–
–
14.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.25
–
–
–
13.93
13.57
17.73
19.37
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
18.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
6.3
14.1
5.3
3.7
–
–
–
–
31.4
–
–
–
–
–
26.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
–
–
36.9
39.3
39.2
38.4
–
–
–
–
14.30
9.56
10.68
19.94
18.97
15.71
15.32
12.42
11.78
12.82
12.19
13.24
11.77
9.52
14.04
14.42
12.59
10.91
20.21
18.32
16.73
18.80
18.69
9.1
4.1
4.9
8.8
2.1
8.7
8.1
3.7
4.0
3.8
7.3
2.5
6.9
5.6
14.9
11.0
3.0
12.9
4.4
4.4
4.6
3.7
5.9
38.5
32.3
40.0
36.2
37.7
34.3
40.0
32.5
33.9
33.6
29.0
39.7
25.6
20.2
33.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
38.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
13.42
9.56
10.68
18.04
18.91
15.71
15.32
12.48
11.78
13.24
12.16
13.27
10.84
9.18
–
16.12
12.59
–
19.75
19.37
19.36
19.12
18.20
6.8
4.1
4.9
10.6
2.7
8.7
8.1
4.0
4.0
3.0
7.6
2.6
3.9
6.2
–
4.3
3.0
–
4.2
3.1
3.0
5.0
9.8
38.4
32.3
40.0
32.0
38.2
34.5
40.0
32.7
33.9
34.7
29.0
39.7
23.8
17.6
–
40.0
39.9
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.90
–
–
–
–
15.22
–
–
11.32
–
–
–
17.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
13.7
–
–
17.6
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.6
–
–
–
–
36.0
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious workers
–Continued
Social workers –Continued
9 ...................................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
9 ...................................................................
Technical ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
5 ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Drafters ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$17.56
15.61
16.89
21.35
80.88
74.41
21.43
18.78
19.86
29.17
15.63
18.23
15.74
21.32
7.2
4.3
4.8
9.6
8.2
9.0
5.6
7.4
4.3
2.9
5.0
4.0
7.7
4.7
40.0
39.1
40.0
36.8
19.7
19.9
40.9
39.0
44.2
40.0
39.7
40.1
38.2
40.0
$14.87
18.02
15.33
–
80.88
74.41
23.55
–
22.69
29.17
–
17.90
–
22.06
6.3
3.9
2.9
–
8.2
9.0
5.9
–
6.9
2.9
–
5.8
–
11.6
40.0
38.2
40.0
–
19.7
19.9
40.0
–
39.3
40.0
–
40.1
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.18
13.55
12.99
16.21
17.06
21.57
26.21
27.97
35.61
42.73
57.35
38.89
26.77
14.35
16.93
15.78
21.43
27.11
28.04
36.20
45.12
58.88
40.46
3.3
2.9
8.6
2.9
5.0
2.1
5.1
2.0
3.4
6.3
7.4
13.9
3.1
12.9
5.9
6.4
2.7
5.3
2.4
3.5
7.3
7.9
14.9
41.1
42.7
38.9
40.1
41.6
40.8
41.4
41.5
42.1
42.1
42.0
39.9
41.7
40.8
41.3
42.1
41.1
41.1
41.8
42.1
41.3
41.8
40.2
24.69
13.76
14.63
16.33
18.26
22.39
26.72
28.05
35.26
44.21
57.35
40.33
27.00
14.89
16.96
17.40
22.11
27.82
27.91
36.12
49.04
58.88
44.85
3.3
3.9
4.7
3.6
3.1
2.1
6.3
2.9
4.4
8.8
7.4
20.7
4.0
14.9
4.6
3.7
2.9
5.7
3.4
4.8
10.3
7.9
21.6
41.9
43.6
40.7
40.2
42.6
41.0
41.9
42.5
43.1
43.4
42.0
39.9
42.6
41.0
41.6
43.4
41.3
41.4
42.9
43.1
42.3
41.8
40.4
$23.32
–
11.36
15.97
14.39
20.33
24.94
27.89
36.36
–
–
–
26.35
–
–
12.18
20.38
24.44
28.17
36.36
–
–
–
5.4
–
6.2
5.3
9.8
3.7
7.8
2.5
4.1
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
7.6
4.6
13.4
3.0
4.1
–
–
–
40.0
–
37.4
40.0
39.7
40.6
40.0
40.6
40.3
–
–
–
40.4
–
–
39.5
40.8
40.0
40.7
40.3
–
–
–
23.27
21.19
28.47
32.55
25.10
22.17
21.21
27.21
31.15
33.25
35.14
24.50
7.4
5.5
4.0
11.5
3.8
7.9
5.3
8.2
2.6
4.5
3.9
17.1
40.9
41.6
40.1
41.0
41.1
40.0
40.2
44.2
40.2
39.9
40.4
42.8
–
–
–
–
25.04
22.17
21.49
30.61
31.72
32.24
35.14
24.50
–
–
–
–
5.2
7.9
7.5
4.7
5.7
4.8
3.9
17.1
–
–
–
–
40.8
40.0
40.4
43.4
40.7
39.8
40.4
42.8
23.41
21.23
28.47
32.55
25.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
6.2
4.0
11.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.9
41.9
40.1
41.0
41.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.87
23.06
27.93
33.95
33.58
28.32
40.44
6.5
11.8
5.5
6.9
5.9
6.2
3.4
42.6
42.5
39.7
45.5
40.2
41.0
40.1
26.87
23.06
27.93
33.95
17.00
–
–
6.5
11.8
5.5
6.9
9.5
–
–
42.6
42.5
39.7
45.5
43.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.25
30.27
40.71
–
–
–
–
5.4
4.3
3.4
–
–
–
–
39.7
40.0
40.0
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
11 ...................................................................
Computer programmers .....................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
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 ....................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
12 ...................................................................
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.12
20.33
30.47
19.4
7.0
3.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
$28.97
21.01
–
10.7
6.5
–
39.3
40.0
–
$19.20
–
–
23.6
–
–
40.0
–
–
20.43
24.29
21.23
22.83
28.38
27.78
18.77
17.83
21.14
27.00
27.76
40.86
41.20
58.69
57.13
19.02
13.19
12.70
15.80
19.37
21.91
23.64
27.65
29.00
32.74
21.25
15.89
14.50
20.34
22.35
21.92
22.77
19.98
16.87
13.2
7.9
21.0
9.4
9.0
6.2
8.4
4.3
3.2
3.4
3.6
4.3
4.2
9.3
16.0
5.0
7.6
8.4
2.6
3.2
2.9
6.5
4.6
2.1
7.6
9.2
12.7
4.7
4.9
15.7
7.1
6.6
8.0
13.9
44.6
42.7
39.8
45.7
51.7
42.6
43.2
42.4
41.8
40.5
42.4
41.7
43.0
42.3
41.6
40.0
39.9
38.6
39.5
40.8
40.1
42.2
40.5
42.4
46.0
37.7
41.5
41.9
41.2
46.1
40.3
40.8
40.2
39.8
20.43
27.03
–
22.90
28.38
28.49
17.69
19.58
21.33
27.00
28.77
41.36
41.20
58.69
57.13
19.90
13.16
14.53
15.82
19.83
23.02
21.83
28.65
29.00
32.74
21.25
19.17
13.63
20.83
–
21.92
23.39
–
–
13.2
6.6
–
9.7
9.0
7.1
6.7
5.4
3.5
3.4
4.5
4.3
4.2
9.3
16.0
2.9
8.7
2.7
4.7
4.3
2.4
10.8
4.3
2.1
7.6
9.2
6.1
8.4
7.1
–
7.1
7.7
–
–
44.6
44.6
–
45.8
51.7
43.0
43.3
44.7
42.1
40.5
43.0
41.5
43.0
42.3
41.6
40.5
39.9
40.5
39.1
41.2
40.2
44.4
41.1
42.4
46.0
37.7
43.9
44.5
42.0
–
40.3
41.0
–
–
–
14.97
–
–
–
21.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.63
–
11.31
15.76
18.36
20.21
–
–
–
–
–
13.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.8
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
6.2
4.1
2.2
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
15.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.3
–
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
37.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.90
12.75
13.99
18.03
20.15
22.71
28.79
21.48
4.5
9.0
5.4
6.9
3.3
6.0
5.5
3.3
41.0
39.6
43.7
41.1
40.0
39.9
39.2
40.0
16.86
12.75
13.99
18.03
19.96
22.71
28.79
–
4.2
9.0
5.4
6.9
5.4
6.0
5.5
–
41.2
39.6
43.7
41.1
40.1
39.9
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
18.09
20.20
13.60
14.54
16.03
18.31
23.96
27.97
6.4
5.1
4.6
5.6
3.2
7.5
4.6
7.6
35.4
39.4
39.4
40.0
37.8
41.8
39.9
39.8
–
20.09
13.84
–
15.81
18.62
24.46
31.63
–
6.1
6.0
–
1.9
9.0
4.4
4.7
–
39.0
39.2
–
36.0
42.2
39.8
39.3
17.53
20.37
–
–
16.28
–
–
–
5.9
8.3
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
34.6
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers, medicine and health .........................
9 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
9 ...................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
9 ...................................................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
Sales .............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
5 ...................................................................
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
3 ...................................................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
4 ...................................................................
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
5 ...................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
$12.35
6.04
7.27
7.76
10.30
13.81
17.64
24.15
23.91
21.53
27.94
31.71
49.75
20.03
8.27
12.28
14.71
25.30
22.49
19.38
32.57
19.30
16.00
18.03
22.52
19.20
6.2
2.8
6.0
5.1
7.2
7.4
9.1
13.6
12.0
3.6
9.8
3.6
5.0
6.0
15.9
5.6
5.9
26.1
7.7
4.8
2.9
10.1
17.2
8.0
23.6
9.7
33.8
26.9
27.2
31.4
35.2
38.0
42.8
42.5
40.8
45.7
41.5
41.8
39.7
40.4
36.4
38.3
40.2
43.0
41.3
45.3
41.0
39.3
39.5
39.7
35.1
39.6
$12.37
6.05
7.25
7.75
10.31
13.86
17.85
24.15
23.91
21.53
28.33
31.69
49.75
20.21
8.27
12.22
14.71
25.30
22.49
19.38
32.57
19.30
–
18.03
22.52
19.03
6.3
2.8
6.3
5.2
7.2
7.6
9.2
13.6
12.1
3.6
10.2
3.6
5.0
6.2
15.9
6.7
5.9
26.1
7.7
4.8
2.9
10.1
–
8.0
23.6
10.0
33.9
27.3
27.1
31.5
35.2
37.9
42.9
42.5
40.8
45.7
41.6
41.8
39.7
40.4
36.4
38.0
40.2
43.0
41.3
45.3
41.0
39.3
–
39.7
35.1
39.6
$11.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.53
17.82
17.21
6.35
7.23
15.79
10.00
15.37
16.01
10.17
7.44
8.06
7.97
10.59
8.38
6.35
6.20
8.17
11.14
12.17
8.1
10.1
2.3
7.3
8.5
34.9
7.6
9.2
6.7
11.3
6.3
4.8
6.4
12.6
4.1
2.8
3.4
4.5
4.7
18.6
41.9
46.3
47.0
24.8
25.2
37.1
35.8
38.1
42.7
30.4
30.2
31.7
37.2
36.3
33.3
28.4
30.6
34.9
35.7
36.8
22.53
17.82
17.21
6.35
7.23
15.79
10.00
15.37
16.01
10.18
7.44
8.06
7.97
10.59
8.39
6.35
6.06
8.16
11.19
12.17
8.1
10.1
2.3
7.3
8.5
34.9
7.6
9.2
6.7
11.3
6.4
4.8
6.4
12.6
4.2
2.9
3.5
4.6
4.8
18.6
41.9
46.3
47.0
24.8
25.2
37.1
35.8
38.1
42.7
30.6
30.2
31.7
37.2
36.3
33.5
28.5
30.8
35.1
35.6
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, general office ................................
5 ...................................................................
11.13
7.11
8.72
9.09
10.73
12.74
14.29
16.34
18.73
21.82
11.05
17.30
14.13
2.4
5.6
4.0
2.4
2.6
2.3
2.1
2.7
3.7
2.9
4.9
5.4
5.4
37.3
28.4
35.1
35.8
38.0
39.0
39.3
40.0
40.4
40.5
38.6
40.4
40.0
10.97
7.23
8.69
9.09
10.55
12.68
14.47
16.48
18.55
22.04
11.09
16.32
–
2.6
6.1
4.8
2.7
2.8
2.4
1.8
2.1
5.0
3.9
5.3
5.2
–
37.9
30.2
36.3
36.6
38.7
39.4
39.2
40.1
40.6
40.7
38.4
40.6
–
11.57
–
8.78
9.09
11.28
12.85
13.16
16.16
–
–
–
19.09
–
3.7
–
3.9
2.5
3.7
4.3
6.5
5.8
–
–
–
7.7
–
35.8
–
32.6
33.5
35.9
38.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$14.51
17.64
22.13
15.52
14.76
3.6
8.5
6.5
5.2
5.6
40.1
40.9
40.8
40.5
40.2
$14.37
15.48
–
15.62
16.12
3.7
3.9
–
4.3
2.9
40.1
41.8
–
40.8
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.70
14.71
13.49
11.70
9.54
8.65
11.07
11.55
14.46
15.52
12.84
11.53
12.04
9.51
7.49
7.44
9.80
8.70
8.12
5.77
7.36
8.54
10.03
10.88
8.51
10.68
11.62
9.66
8.03
8.96
12.89
15.17
6.5
6.6
8.9
3.2
3.1
4.7
2.3
3.4
5.7
5.1
4.6
4.0
5.4
7.6
2.3
3.6
7.5
3.9
3.7
6.9
6.4
1.8
3.6
8.2
5.7
8.4
10.1
7.6
7.4
2.7
9.9
13.3
40.3
39.9
40.0
39.0
36.4
36.6
39.4
39.8
38.4
39.6
36.8
38.9
38.1
35.4
36.8
35.0
36.1
37.2
36.0
34.1
37.4
34.9
38.7
38.7
38.2
38.4
36.7
38.5
34.6
37.1
40.0
40.0
15.70
15.33
–
11.81
9.54
8.68
11.25
11.52
14.83
16.23
12.84
11.36
12.53
9.22
7.49
7.44
9.81
8.70
8.14
5.73
7.17
8.49
10.03
10.19
8.51
10.68
11.62
9.63
8.03
8.96
12.89
15.17
6.5
3.0
–
4.6
3.1
5.0
4.6
5.4
6.0
3.8
4.6
5.5
9.8
8.5
2.3
3.6
7.5
3.9
4.4
7.2
8.9
1.4
3.7
7.7
5.7
8.4
10.1
7.5
7.4
2.7
9.9
13.3
40.3
39.8
–
39.0
36.4
38.6
39.0
39.6
38.2
39.4
36.8
36.5
36.3
34.6
36.8
35.0
36.2
37.2
35.8
35.6
36.9
34.6
38.7
38.9
38.2
38.4
36.7
38.5
34.6
37.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
$11.45
–
–
10.83
11.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
4.1
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.01
10.93
10.41
11.80
8.35
6.97
10.94
8.88
9.60
10.29
13.36
10.95
8.84
10.34
12.98
12.62
11.28
10.15
9.59
4.1
2.2
6.5
6.2
8.4
1.6
3.6
4.9
3.8
3.2
6.1
3.8
3.9
3.6
2.5
5.7
9.0
7.3
5.5
35.6
39.5
32.3
37.1
32.3
32.8
36.8
38.8
36.2
38.8
32.7
38.8
39.2
38.6
39.8
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.6
10.78
10.93
–
–
7.55
7.00
11.24
–
9.74
10.23
13.67
10.53
8.81
10.12
12.69
13.58
11.28
–
9.97
4.8
2.2
–
–
2.5
1.8
4.7
–
4.2
6.7
8.3
3.6
3.9
3.9
4.1
2.4
9.1
–
5.8
39.4
39.5
–
–
31.1
33.5
37.8
–
35.4
40.0
39.6
38.3
39.2
38.2
39.6
38.6
40.0
–
39.5
–
–
10.40
11.80
–
–
10.31
–
–
–
–
11.98
–
11.04
13.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
6.2
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
12.3
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.2
37.1
–
–
35.0
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Supervisors, general office –Continued
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
5 ...................................................................
Secretaries .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
4 ...................................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
3 ...................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
3 ...................................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
Order clerks .......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
2 ...................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
4 ...................................................................
Billing clerks .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$9.73
11.52
12.52
6.3
4.4
9.0
39.3
40.0
39.1
$9.71
11.52
12.52
6.3
4.4
9.0
39.3
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.56
8.34
11.08
11.53
10.73
9.36
12.03
9.62
15.41
13.41
14.55
11.43
8.76
11.15
12.29
11.27
8.64
9.77
10.88
13.58
13.37
11.14
6.1
3.8
16.7
26.7
3.8
5.0
9.8
4.1
7.4
5.1
3.4
5.7
3.2
11.7
9.8
3.5
3.1
4.9
5.0
3.0
9.7
10.7
39.0
34.1
38.7
38.6
36.2
40.0
38.5
38.5
36.3
34.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
37.7
40.0
37.0
38.6
33.3
40.0
36.7
9.56
8.48
11.08
11.53
–
9.36
13.98
–
–
12.89
14.55
11.43
8.76
11.15
12.29
11.10
8.64
9.84
10.22
13.60
–
11.14
6.1
3.8
16.7
26.7
–
5.0
9.9
–
–
5.1
3.4
5.7
3.2
11.7
9.8
3.3
3.1
6.2
2.6
3.0
–
10.7
39.0
36.9
38.7
38.6
–
40.0
36.9
–
–
33.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
37.9
40.0
38.3
38.4
33.3
–
36.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.26
11.59
15.29
18.67
12.25
8.73
12.08
13.23
14.96
14.08
12.24
12.79
11.11
6.89
8.49
9.55
12.23
13.88
15.28
8.93
9.39
9.18
8.55
9.29
9.23
9.94
8.63
7.19
8.28
8.14
11.01
5.5
2.6
2.3
5.7
7.9
6.6
6.9
3.7
5.9
3.9
8.6
11.8
3.0
8.7
2.1
5.6
2.5
2.4
10.8
3.4
2.4
3.5
3.3
5.9
10.4
.9
6.4
1.3
2.6
7.9
4.5
39.2
38.4
39.2
39.7
39.5
37.8
39.7
40.0
40.4
39.2
39.1
40.0
37.3
21.8
34.4
37.1
39.4
39.9
40.0
33.4
26.1
38.1
37.5
39.1
40.0
38.6
25.5
27.1
28.5
15.8
36.9
14.26
11.59
15.29
18.67
12.14
8.73
12.01
12.86
14.96
–
12.40
12.79
10.72
6.89
8.11
9.75
12.04
13.56
15.28
8.93
9.39
9.18
8.55
9.29
9.23
–
–
–
–
–
10.17
5.5
2.6
2.3
5.7
8.3
6.6
7.0
3.6
5.9
–
9.1
11.8
3.1
8.7
2.1
8.1
3.5
2.1
10.8
3.4
2.4
3.5
3.3
5.9
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
39.2
38.4
39.2
39.7
39.4
37.8
39.7
40.0
40.4
–
39.1
40.0
36.7
21.8
36.3
36.1
39.0
39.8
40.0
33.4
26.1
38.1
37.5
39.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
36.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.14
–
–
11.52
–
8.91
9.21
12.38
14.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.64
7.20
8.28
8.14
12.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
4.9
–
4.1
5.7
4.2
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
1.3
2.6
7.9
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
38.0
–
32.5
38.8
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.5
27.5
28.5
15.8
38.0
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Billing clerks –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
2 ...................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
2 ...................................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
7 ...................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Expeditors ..........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
5 ...................................................................
General office clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
3 ...................................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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
Administrative support, n.e.c. –Continued
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
$9.08
8.31
11.18
12.69
13.55
16.59
5.6
6.7
4.9
4.5
4.2
8.0
36.0
33.7
37.3
38.3
40.8
40.0
$8.24
8.22
10.76
11.40
13.47
–
7.0
7.4
5.2
5.0
4.4
–
32.7
33.5
37.8
38.9
40.9
–
–
–
$12.53
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
35.6
–
–
–
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
12.90
7.44
8.38
9.68
11.00
12.83
16.28
18.78
19.68
23.27
21.92
3.3
4.4
2.3
2.0
2.0
1.7
4.8
2.1
2.4
4.2
13.4
38.2
34.3
36.8
37.6
39.0
39.1
40.3
40.2
40.2
40.6
37.1
12.79
7.39
8.37
9.60
10.94
12.79
16.60
18.98
19.78
23.84
21.92
3.8
4.5
2.4
1.9
1.9
2.0
4.8
2.4
3.1
4.3
13.4
38.4
34.4
37.0
38.6
39.3
39.2
40.3
40.2
40.3
40.7
37.1
13.99
10.43
8.75
10.46
11.42
13.19
14.34
17.41
–
19.20
–
4.5
14.0
5.8
7.8
10.5
3.4
4.8
3.8
–
2.0
–
36.9
27.9
33.3
30.5
37.3
37.6
40.0
39.8
–
40.0
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Automobile mechanics .......................................
7 ...................................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
5 ...................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
7 ...................................................................
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
7 ...................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
7 ...................................................................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
5 ...................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
16.45
7.54
8.22
9.50
11.03
12.79
16.09
18.78
19.70
23.07
22.64
18.24
19.46
18.21
19.42
11.95
11.95
16.47
16.65
19.19
20.75
18.09
18.13
19.85
20.70
14.83
14.06
2.9
6.1
3.5
6.9
3.1
3.5
4.0
2.0
2.8
4.5
4.4
10.9
15.5
7.1
2.7
4.3
4.3
2.9
3.4
10.7
14.2
1.0
2.0
8.8
10.1
6.9
11.2
39.7
39.0
38.4
39.8
39.8
38.2
40.0
40.1
40.3
40.6
40.7
40.6
43.1
40.2
40.5
38.0
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.9
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
16.38
7.54
8.22
9.50
10.43
12.73
16.60
18.83
19.83
23.64
22.13
–
19.46
18.47
19.88
–
–
15.78
–
19.19
20.75
18.59
18.13
19.85
20.70
14.38
–
3.5
6.1
3.5
6.9
2.9
3.9
3.6
2.2
3.7
4.6
5.8
–
15.5
7.6
2.2
–
–
2.2
–
10.7
14.2
3.4
2.0
8.8
10.1
7.0
–
39.7
39.0
38.4
39.8
39.8
38.0
40.0
40.1
40.4
40.7
40.8
–
43.1
40.3
40.6
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
40.9
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
17.04
–
–
–
–
13.25
14.24
18.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
6.6
5.3
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.57
12.55
19.04
6.9
3.6
7.7
39.6
40.0
38.4
14.64
12.55
19.04
7.9
3.6
7.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.88
16.37
15.72
11.09
12.85
12.17
18.99
3.1
3.4
4.1
6.9
2.6
3.4
4.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
15.40
–
15.69
–
11.80
11.96
19.04
1.2
–
4.6
–
1.4
2.6
4.9
40.0
–
39.7
–
39.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
15.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Electricians ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
7 ...................................................................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
5 ...................................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Machinists ..........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bakers ................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
$23.23
20.59
15.16
16.35
15.38
17.81
21.22
11.05
21.24
22.23
12.08
15.81
13.43
19.64
11.94
13.28
16.40
16.81
26.78
16.99
16.72
15.43
9.52
8.36
8.05
11.04
10.79
12.56
13.77
15.65
9.53
9.51
9.29
17.73
11.7
4.5
6.1
12.0
2.7
13.7
10.4
9.3
5.2
6.8
4.8
8.1
6.4
4.5
10.2
8.3
10.1
22.2
2.7
2.6
2.9
17.8
3.2
4.6
1.7
3.8
1.1
6.3
8.6
2.1
8.0
7.1
10.3
5.3
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
34.7
29.9
41.1
40.0
40.2
40.9
46.4
41.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.5
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
37.3
39.4
38.2
37.3
34.9
40.3
–
$21.07
15.47
–
15.29
18.18
22.67
–
21.24
22.23
12.08
16.55
13.49
20.31
11.94
–
14.47
16.81
26.98
16.77
15.99
15.43
9.52
8.36
8.05
11.04
10.79
12.56
13.77
15.65
9.53
9.51
9.29
18.12
–
4.1
6.9
–
2.6
14.8
7.7
–
5.3
6.8
4.8
9.0
7.1
7.6
10.2
–
6.5
22.2
2.3
3.8
6.4
17.8
3.2
4.6
1.7
3.8
1.1
6.3
8.6
2.1
8.0
7.1
10.3
6.5
–
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.9
39.9
40.0
33.7
29.1
41.3
40.0
–
41.2
46.4
41.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
39.5
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
37.3
39.4
38.2
37.3
34.9
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
5 ...................................................................
Sawing machine operators ................................
Printing press operators .....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
10.47
7.23
8.42
9.42
10.51
13.20
13.23
16.34
11.58
11.52
11.70
8.43
15.65
7.05
6.69
6.92
10.09
9.54
11.48
11.44
7.99
8.61
9.84
11.20
2.6
4.0
2.0
2.7
2.1
3.9
2.7
6.0
12.6
4.5
5.7
13.5
3.8
2.9
5.7
3.6
4.8
11.8
5.5
2.7
4.9
3.5
1.5
3.5
39.4
37.9
39.7
39.4
39.9
40.1
39.8
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
35.2
33.2
37.0
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
10.46
7.23
8.43
9.42
10.51
13.20
13.18
16.27
11.58
11.52
11.70
8.43
15.65
6.98
6.69
6.55
10.09
9.54
11.48
11.41
7.99
8.61
9.84
11.20
2.6
4.0
2.0
2.7
2.1
3.9
2.7
6.2
12.6
4.5
5.7
13.5
3.8
3.5
5.7
4.3
4.8
11.8
5.5
2.7
4.9
3.5
1.5
3.5
39.4
37.9
39.7
39.4
39.9
40.1
39.7
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
34.8
33.2
35.6
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.33
15.34
15.79
8.89
7.43
8.22
8.77
9.53
10.76
9.20
10.69
12.81
2.9
8.2
12.3
2.3
5.7
6.8
4.1
3.3
2.4
8.8
8.0
3.9
40.0
41.0
40.8
39.4
39.0
39.8
38.9
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.2
39.7
$16.33
15.24
15.79
8.89
7.43
8.22
8.77
9.53
10.76
9.20
10.69
12.81
2.9
8.5
12.3
2.3
5.7
6.8
4.1
3.3
2.4
8.8
8.0
3.9
40.0
41.0
40.8
39.4
39.0
39.8
38.9
40.0
40.2
40.0
39.2
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.92
6.31
8.62
10.37
11.63
12.97
19.81
15.33
13.43
8.44
11.70
13.72
12.31
14.84
16.60
9.40
11.12
8.75
10.80
11.32
13.10
7.49
7.45
7.15
6.66
15.91
10.49
17.84
15.42
9.13
13.85
7.3
5.7
5.4
4.7
7.4
3.0
6.9
6.2
5.5
11.6
5.1
6.0
3.7
8.5
14.3
24.3
4.1
4.0
7.0
7.4
4.3
1.4
1.2
3.6
3.3
15.1
5.8
4.3
12.9
5.7
8.0
37.3
30.0
33.6
33.7
36.9
39.1
40.8
42.2
40.4
36.4
39.5
37.7
40.4
45.2
41.8
32.1
28.5
28.2
25.5
26.5
34.5
33.1
32.9
32.6
31.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
38.5
14.56
6.31
8.53
10.05
12.85
12.93
21.15
15.86
13.46
8.44
11.67
13.76
12.31
14.84
–
9.40
11.12
–
–
–
–
7.48
–
7.15
6.66
15.91
–
–
15.42
9.13
13.85
8.2
5.7
6.0
4.3
6.5
3.4
6.1
12.5
5.8
11.6
5.2
6.2
4.1
8.5
–
24.3
9.5
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
3.6
3.3
15.1
–
–
12.9
5.7
8.0
38.2
30.0
34.1
38.3
36.9
40.5
41.0
44.7
40.5
36.4
39.5
37.6
40.5
45.2
–
32.1
31.4
–
–
–
–
33.0
–
32.6
31.4
40.0
–
–
39.4
40.0
38.5
$11.71
–
9.38
11.11
10.38
13.10
14.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.12
9.43
11.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.40
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
4.6
5.5
4.5
4.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
4.6
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
34.7
–
29.5
26.2
36.9
35.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.8
29.2
25.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
14.10
13.8
39.5
13.70
31.1
38.9
14.42
4.2
40.0
9.08
7.60
8.33
9.74
10.95
11.52
15.99
9.19
8.45
1.6
5.6
4.0
3.9
3.4
2.5
6.5
4.1
5.5
35.9
33.6
35.4
36.8
39.5
39.5
40.0
36.2
30.4
8.99
7.53
8.31
9.70
10.91
11.31
16.05
8.84
–
1.6
5.8
4.5
3.7
3.4
3.0
6.9
4.1
–
36.0
33.7
35.5
37.3
39.5
39.4
40.0
36.6
–
10.65
10.43
8.81
9.98
12.87
13.29
–
9.31
–
5.7
14.0
10.5
9.4
7.1
3.1
–
5.5
–
34.1
27.9
34.0
34.4
39.5
40.0
–
36.1
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.
–Continued
5 ...................................................................
Welders and cutters ...........................................
5 ...................................................................
Assemblers ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
5 ...................................................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
2 ...................................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
1 ...................................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
1 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$8.58
2.5
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.10
11.83
9.21
8.83
10.87
9.01
8.16
11.28
8.90
8.32
9.22
8.02
6.38
7.14
7.79
11.19
10.90
9.65
6.68
8.07
10.77
11.23
11.25
7.67
6.53
8.53
6.97
9.02
8.98
8.07
8.98
9.45
10.25
11.2
7.3
7.5
8.9
4.4
9.8
3.7
5.8
2.4
4.8
6.5
2.4
5.3
3.0
5.2
4.6
10.2
4.0
2.7
5.5
3.7
6.8
8.8
11.3
5.4
4.3
6.4
5.3
4.9
12.6
6.1
4.8
7.1
40.0
38.5
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.0
31.8
40.0
39.4
38.9
40.0
30.7
25.2
32.2
30.4
38.0
40.0
38.3
37.6
31.6
39.4
42.7
34.4
35.2
31.7
38.8
38.2
38.5
36.7
35.1
38.3
35.5
39.3
$14.10
11.17
9.05
8.83
11.00
9.01
–
–
8.90
8.32
9.22
7.96
6.38
7.09
7.79
11.23
10.90
9.63
6.68
8.07
10.76
11.23
10.00
7.54
6.53
8.53
6.97
9.02
8.91
8.04
8.89
9.42
10.21
11.2
8.0
7.3
8.9
4.5
9.8
–
–
2.4
4.8
6.5
2.4
5.3
2.9
5.2
4.7
10.2
4.1
2.7
5.5
3.8
6.8
8.0
11.6
5.4
4.3
6.4
5.3
5.1
12.8
6.3
5.0
7.2
40.0
38.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
39.4
38.9
40.0
30.5
25.2
32.1
30.4
38.0
40.0
38.3
37.6
31.6
39.4
42.7
39.5
35.1
31.7
38.8
38.2
38.5
36.8
35.1
38.3
37.6
39.3
–
–
–
–
$9.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.2
–
–
–
–
8.62
5.96
6.75
7.29
9.18
10.52
14.90
17.04
18.31
21.72
26.57
13.52
6.85
7.74
9.41
11.13
16.38
17.44
18.76
21.64
1.8
2.3
2.8
2.8
3.2
3.6
2.8
3.4
5.3
5.2
1.1
8.9
6.3
3.8
6.3
6.0
5.4
4.3
5.8
6.1
33.5
30.4
32.1
33.4
34.5
39.1
38.0
40.3
40.9
42.0
44.5
38.4
24.7
33.5
33.7
40.4
40.7
40.4
40.8
42.3
7.24
5.73
6.68
6.92
9.02
9.77
13.82
14.17
15.53
–
–
8.52
–
7.57
8.41
9.36
–
–
–
–
1.5
1.7
3.3
2.8
3.6
2.9
7.4
9.2
3.7
–
–
3.4
–
4.5
3.1
4.2
–
–
–
–
33.1
30.7
33.2
33.0
35.3
38.7
33.5
39.2
40.7
–
–
36.0
–
34.0
32.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
12.86
7.68
7.48
8.78
9.71
11.54
15.50
17.61
19.38
21.74
26.50
17.23
–
8.20
11.00
12.80
16.35
17.94
19.38
21.64
5.7
5.4
2.3
3.1
4.3
6.8
5.4
3.8
5.8
5.3
1.2
4.1
–
7.9
5.5
3.9
5.5
4.2
5.8
6.1
35.0
28.3
24.3
35.3
31.9
39.8
41.1
40.5
40.9
42.0
43.9
40.5
–
32.1
36.8
41.1
41.9
41.0
40.9
42.3
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
2 ...................................................................
Construction laborers .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Production helpers .............................................
1 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
1 ...................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Service ..............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
10 ...................................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
7 ...................................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Food service ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bartenders .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Cooks .................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$26.57
22.74
21.98
10.10
15.04
15.67
14.62
20.15
18.62
18.94
1.1
5.1
6.6
8.9
7.0
12.6
11.4
5.8
3.3
6.0
44.5
50.6
41.6
37.2
47.6
47.8
45.6
39.4
29.2
40.0
–
–
–
$9.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
$26.50
22.03
21.98
–
15.76
15.67
16.46
20.17
–
18.94
1.2
3.7
6.6
–
6.3
12.6
6.6
5.8
–
6.0
43.9
50.2
41.6
–
48.8
47.8
49.3
40.0
–
40.0
16.84
16.55
12.56
8.13
7.62
8.86
9.61
12.19
6.52
10.44
6.48
5.36
5.83
6.03
8.15
9.85
11.80
15.41
11.26
7.24
8.25
10.84
12.51
15.41
6.40
4.44
5.86
7.53
3.96
4.15
4.10
3.57
8.21
6.95
8.25
8.23
9.72
5.85
5.72
6.27
7.56
6.77
6.81
7.77
5.01
4.98
5.06
6.25
5.96
6.59
5.1
3.9
5.9
1.6
4.5
3.5
6.6
9.1
8.8
2.5
2.8
2.0
3.0
4.9
3.0
5.5
5.4
7.8
7.4
5.7
3.0
10.5
3.1
7.8
4.7
10.0
2.9
.4
9.6
7.5
11.5
14.7
4.1
7.4
2.0
3.3
6.4
2.1
1.6
4.0
2.9
9.2
2.9
5.0
3.5
4.2
2.4
1.1
1.5
1.7
40.0
39.9
40.0
36.3
33.5
33.5
39.3
29.1
15.0
26.9
31.2
28.7
29.9
31.9
37.7
38.5
39.6
42.5
37.7
32.9
33.3
40.3
40.5
42.5
32.2
33.5
30.3
38.2
28.9
25.5
29.7
32.1
33.2
27.3
35.0
37.9
36.9
27.5
26.3
26.2
29.7
27.7
28.8
27.8
33.7
33.3
34.2
32.6
32.6
32.0
–
–
–
8.09
7.52
8.78
9.58
12.29
–
–
6.32
5.27
5.64
5.89
8.14
9.75
11.72
16.19
10.74
7.24
8.25
–
12.42
16.19
6.38
4.44
5.86
7.50
3.96
4.15
4.10
3.57
8.23
–
8.14
8.23
9.72
5.78
5.63
6.27
7.61
6.89
6.86
7.69
5.01
4.98
5.06
6.17
5.86
6.58
–
–
–
1.5
4.5
3.6
6.5
9.8
–
–
3.5
2.3
3.3
5.3
3.0
6.0
5.4
5.9
8.3
5.7
3.0
–
3.2
5.9
4.6
10.0
2.9
.4
9.6
7.5
11.5
14.7
4.7
–
2.1
3.3
6.4
2.1
1.6
4.0
3.7
10.6
3.8
5.0
3.5
4.2
2.4
1.1
1.1
1.7
–
–
–
36.4
34.0
32.8
39.6
24.3
–
–
31.8
29.1
31.6
31.9
37.8
39.5
39.6
43.2
37.8
32.9
33.3
–
40.6
43.2
32.3
33.5
30.3
38.7
28.9
25.5
29.7
32.1
35.3
–
35.6
37.9
37.0
27.9
26.7
26.2
31.8
30.0
36.4
26.8
33.7
33.3
34.2
33.6
33.8
32.2
16.84
16.55
12.56
9.60
–
–
–
12.16
–
10.84
8.54
6.75
7.35
8.08
–
–
–
–
14.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.80
6.64
–
5.1
3.9
5.9
3.8
–
–
–
9.9
–
3.3
7.7
1.8
4.6
6.7
–
–
–
–
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.4
2.6
–
40.0
39.9
40.0
33.1
–
–
–
31.2
–
24.8
25.0
23.3
20.4
32.4
–
–
–
–
36.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.4
26.2
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Food preparation, n.e.c. –Continued
3 ...................................................................
Health service ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
3 ...................................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
1 ...................................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
1 ...................................................................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
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)
$6.90
8.25
7.49
7.35
8.17
8.92
10.34
8.09
6.50
9.45
9.39
8.47
8.26
7.77
7.94
8.52
13.09
8.31
7.04
7.42
8.58
9.69
10.55
13.42
17.11
3.0
2.2
6.7
2.8
2.9
2.6
14.8
5.6
5.6
6.2
3.3
6.7
1.8
1.7
2.0
2.4
7.0
2.4
3.6
1.1
3.2
2.6
7.2
9.3
13.2
34.9
31.2
29.2
32.9
29.9
30.1
39.9
32.7
29.0
28.5
38.0
39.9
30.7
35.2
30.1
27.7
39.8
35.2
34.7
31.1
39.7
39.9
38.3
40.0
39.9
$6.76
7.93
7.49
7.35
7.97
9.11
–
7.59
6.50
9.01
10.46
–
8.01
7.77
7.85
8.82
–
7.74
6.61
7.32
7.97
9.30
11.02
–
–
4.0
1.4
6.7
2.8
1.9
2.3
–
6.2
5.6
1.3
2.7
–
1.0
1.7
1.7
1.9
–
3.1
2.6
1.1
1.6
2.2
4.8
–
–
38.6
31.0
29.2
32.9
29.5
31.6
–
30.1
29.0
26.6
33.4
–
31.2
35.3
29.9
31.7
–
34.1
34.6
30.3
39.4
39.9
36.0
–
–
–
$9.40
–
–
9.47
8.73
10.30
8.91
–
–
–
–
9.68
–
8.93
–
–
9.52
8.14
7.93
9.25
10.84
10.24
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
10.9
4.6
17.6
5.6
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
7.8
–
–
2.4
6.7
2.0
3.7
2.8
10.5
–
–
–
32.3
–
–
32.3
28.8
40.0
38.2
–
–
–
–
27.9
–
32.1
–
–
37.9
35.1
35.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
11.11
7.53
7.14
6.54
8.54
7.25
7.56
8.93
10.18
12.11
13.10
7.65
5.71
6.11
6.96
10.33
10.11
15.42
12.00
5.9
10.1
2.7
1.7
3.3
5.3
1.3
3.1
3.8
2.9
10.9
4.5
3.1
.7
5.6
11.2
5.9
8.2
9.7
39.8
39.0
31.1
37.0
36.9
33.9
36.6
39.8
39.9
35.6
40.0
33.2
30.3
33.2
35.1
32.7
36.9
26.9
38.7
8.72
7.53
7.18
6.45
8.00
6.68
7.40
8.21
9.80
–
–
7.51
5.71
6.04
6.76
10.48
9.97
15.47
11.19
4.2
10.1
2.7
2.2
5.1
3.7
1.4
2.1
4.8
–
–
5.0
3.2
.5
5.9
12.4
7.5
8.7
10.8
39.7
39.0
30.5
35.9
36.5
34.0
37.2
39.5
39.8
–
–
35.0
33.1
36.0
36.3
33.6
36.7
27.3
40.3
17.43
–
–
–
9.31
8.71
7.93
9.30
10.84
–
–
8.59
5.96
6.79
7.71
8.41
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
2.4
4.1
2.0
3.6
2.8
–
–
4.2
4.4
1.4
2.2
7.4
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
37.5
33.4
35.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
24.6
9.7
18.6
31.0
24.4
–
–
–
6.15
5.93
6.01
5.57
7.70
18.12
8.34
5.17
8.33
6.75
6.73
7.03
6.51
8.04
.9
4.0
.5
1.9
4.2
7.8
22.5
6.5
6.4
1.7
2.7
2.3
5.0
3.3
35.5
31.3
35.1
38.7
38.5
20.5
37.8
38.2
37.2
24.5
25.4
26.5
23.5
32.3
6.08
5.93
5.96
5.56
7.73
18.12
8.34
5.17
–
6.52
6.38
–
6.01
8.05
.7
4.3
.5
1.9
4.3
7.8
22.5
6.5
–
1.7
1.3
–
5.9
3.5
36.5
33.7
35.9
38.8
39.1
20.5
37.8
38.2
–
28.3
29.6
–
33.3
32.7
8.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.04
–
7.48
7.20
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
2.2
2.8
–
19.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.0
–
24.5
16.8
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Occupations 1 and levels,2 Mountain: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1998–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Service, n.e.c. –Continued
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$5.80
6.41
8.83
2.3
2.2
4.8
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
Private industry
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
27.1
33.6
33.6
$5.80
6.42
8.83
2.3
2.3
4.8
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
27.1
34.7
33.6
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
–
–
–
–
–
–
weighted by hours.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 1998 and April
1999. The average reference period was August 1998.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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Technical Note
The data in this bulletin 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.
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 1,048 establishments with 50 or more workers,1 representing 18,200 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
industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a
single location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.
In the second stage, the sample of establishments was
drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership
and industry. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the
stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected
within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an
establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the
data were tabulated so that the establishment represents
similar units (by industry and employment size) in the
economy which were not selected for collection.
The third stage of sample selection was a probability
sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. In
the Mountain region, collection was conducted between
January 1998 and April 1999 with an average reference period of June 1998. Additional information about the area
sample and method of estimation is available in the National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United
States, 1998, Bulletin 2529.
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.
Sample design and data collection. The sample for this
survey was selected using a three stage design. The first
stage consisted of the selection of areas. The nationwide
NCS sample consists of 154 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan
statistical areas and the remaining portions of the 50 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.
The NCS locality areas that contribute to the Mountain
census division are:
Occupational selection and classification. Identification
of the occupations for which wage data were collected was a
four-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time, union
vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which
a correct classification or level could not be determined.
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.
34
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the
selection of a job was based on probability proportional to
its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen workers were identified. First, the worker was identified
as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the
establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the workers, rather than solely on
hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in
a union or a nonunion job.
The fourth step in the job classification procedure was 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 how to
use the criteria for leveling a job, see appendix C and appendix D at http://www.bls.gov/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. This website also has a link to
the NCS job descriptions.
would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular
sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. Tables in this bulletin provide
RSE data for indicated series.
The relative 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 was
$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, rounded 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 done in all survey areas
will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although
they also were not specifically measured, efforts were made
to minimize nonsampling errors by the extensive training of
field economists who gathered survey data by personal visit,
computer editing of the data, and detailed data review.
Census area divisions. Data are tabulated by census divisions defined as follows: New England — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode
Island; Middle Atlantic — New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; East North Central — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central — Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska; South Atlantic — Delaware, District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central — Alabama,
Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain —
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona,
Utah, and Nevada; and Pacific — Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, and Alaska. Some census divisions include
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs) and
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) that cross State lines.
Data reliability. The data in this bulletin are estimates from
a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two
types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample
survey, sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample
used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples
of the same size that could have been selected using the
sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples
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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, 1998
Industry division
All ....................................................................................................
Private Industry ..........................................................................
Goods-producing industries .....................................................
Mining ..................................................................................
Construction .........................................................................
Manufacturing ......................................................................
Durable goods .................................................................
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and
transportation equipment .......................................
Industrial and commercial machinery and computer
equipment ..............................................................
Electronic and electrical equipment .............................
Transportation equipment ............................................
Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments ......
Nondurable goods ...........................................................
Food and kindred products ..........................................
Printing, publishing, and allied industries .....................
Chemicals and allied products .....................................
Service-producing industries ...................................................
Transportation and utilities ...................................................
Wholesale trade ...................................................................
Retail trade ..........................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ......................................
Depository institutions ......................................................
Insurance carriers ............................................................
Services ...............................................................................
Business services ............................................................
Educational services ........................................................
Health services ................................................................
Hospitals ......................................................................
Engineering, accounting, research, management, and
related services ..........................................................
State and local government ......................................................
Health services ................................................................
Hospitals ......................................................................
Number of establishments studied
Number of
establishments represented1
Total
50 - 99
workers
100 - 499 500 - 999
workers
workers
18,200
15,400
3,300
100
1,100
2,000
1,200
1,048
923
222
14
42
166
106
338
320
58
2
18
38
27
458
421
110
10
23
77
44
105
83
26
2
1
23
16
200
11
4
6
1
200
400
100
100
800
100
200
300
12,100
900
1,000
5,100
900
200
300
4,200
1,100
100
1,100
200
20
21
10
16
60
13
21
8
701
62
44
182
57
18
19
356
87
31
98
34
4
2
3
3
11
2
5
2
262
17
21
90
15
6
5
119
29
13
22
1
9
10
2
6
33
6
11
3
311
27
20
81
22
7
7
161
42
17
46
9
5
4
1
2
7
3
2
1
57
5
3
8
9
2
4
32
10
200
2,800
500
500
26
125
11
9
12
18
3
3
8
37
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
96
71
19
33
22
6
18
6
3
–
–
–
–
19
13
–
6
3
–
1
3
2
4
6
1
2
1
52
8
–
3
6
9
6
3
22
3
3
2
25
1
1
3
3
–
1
1
1
–
3
1
1
1
16
3
–
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
–
3
2
–
–
4
2
–
3
35
6
1
17
16
–
–
–
–
9
–
–
4
2
1
11
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 1998
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ................................................................
3,341,900
3,063,000
2,399,000
2,125,900
942,900
937,100
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .............................................
1,851,000
1,572,100
1,178,300
905,200
672,700
667,000
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
742,200
574,700
167,500
237,900
278,900
592,000
348,200
231,400
116,800
144,500
273,100
412,400
394,000
343,300
50,700
93,400
5,800
179,600
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
717,500
257,700
148,800
115,300
195,800
643,400
229,000
147,100
84,800
182,500
74,100
28,600
–
30,500
13,300
Service .................................................................................
773,300
577,300
196,000
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
January 1998 and April 1999. The average reference period was
June 1998.
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