Occupational Wages in the Middle
Atlantic Census Division, 1997
Summary 00-5
This report provides estimates of occupational pay from the
National Compensation Survey (NCS) in the Middle Atlantic
census division. It highlights average (mean) hourly pay for
workers in six areas:
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In private industry, full-time workers averaged $17.31 an hour,
and part-time workers averaged $9.74. For workers in State
and local government, average hourly pay was $21.81 and
$13.21, respectively, for full- and part-time workers. NCS
classifies employees as full or part time based on the
empoyer’s classification.
Average hourly pay is generally higher for workers in larger
establishments than in smaller ones. Workers in large establishments in the Middle Atlantic region, that is, establishments
with 2,500 or more employees, earned, on average, $21.03
an hour. Workers in the smallest establishment-size category
studied (50-99) averaged $13.87.
Table 2 shows that workers in metropolitan areas averaged
$17.75 per hour, more than the average pay for workers in
nonmetropolitan areas, $12.22. Table 2 also shows that, most
of the time, regardless of employee or establishment characteristics, pay was higher in metropolitan areas than in nonmetropolitan areas. (See the Technical Note for definitions
of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.)
Among the nine census divisions, average earnings were
generally highest in the New England, Middle Atlantic, and
Pacific regions. Average earnings for all census divisions,
and for other characteristics, can be seen in tables 1 and 2.
Full-time, part-time, and combined average pay rates for
occupations in private industry and in State and local government are shown in tables 3, 4, and 5. These tables contain
wage rates and mean weekly hours for the individual occupations and for major occupational groups. All registered nurses,
for example, averaged $22.74 per hour (table 3). Registered
nurses in private industry averaged $22.97 (table 4), whereas
their counterparts in State and local government averaged
$21.25 per hour (table 5). Laborers, except construction, averaged $9.74 in private industry and $12.56 in State and local
government. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $9.11 in private industry and $12.33 in State and local
government.
Average pay for most workers in white-collar occupations is usually higher for full-time work than for part-time
work. An exception, for example, was full-time physicians,
who averaged $33.69 per hour in private industry, whereas
their part-time counterparts averaged $51.78. No exceptions
were observed in blue-collar and service occupations.
Earnings by occupational group and level are shown in table
6. Generally, the levels tend to show higher pay at higher
Private industry and State and local government
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
Selected occupations and major occupational groups
Full- and part-time wages
Bargaining status
Size of establishment
Wages in the Middle Atlantic census division averaged
$17.42 per hour during 1997. Workers in private industry in
the region averaged $16.47 per hour, whereas hourly pay of
workers in State and local government averaged $21.25. The
nationwide pay of all workers covered by the survey was
$15.09 an hour.
NCS summary reports are published for each of the nine
census regions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North
Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. Data also
are published for some individual localities. These summary
reports are a new product of the National Compensation Survey and may be useful to NCS data users in localities where
separate NCS studies are not published.
Table 1 in this summary provides an overview of average
pay data for worker and establishment characteristics and geographic area by private industry and State and local government. For example, white-collar workers in private industry
averaged $20.36 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged
$12.98; and service workers, $8.56. Corresponding averages
in State and local government were $24.60, $16.29, and
$16.22. Generally, average hourly earnings for private industry workers were lower than for State and local government
workers. Part of this difference can be explained by differences in the occupational and industrial mix of the two sectors. In State and local government, for example, professional
specialty and technical occupations are proportionately more
prevalent than in private industry. With the exception of the
construction industry, few State and local government workers are in goods-producing industries.
Full-time workers in the Middle Atlantic region averaged
$18.24 per hour whereas part-time workers averaged $10.18.
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levels. The Bureau uses a generic leveling technique with 10
criteria to assign a level to an occupation. The Technical Note
has more information on generic leveling and generic leveling criteria. Table A in the Technical Note shows the number
of establishments studied in the Middle Atlantic census division by employment size; most companies were in the 100-
499 worker size class. It also shows the number of establishments represented. Table B shows the number of workers represented by the surveys in the Middle Atlantic census division by major occupational groups such as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation and material
moving.
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Table 1. Summary, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry
and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 1997
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Total ...........................................................
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$17.42
1.5
35.7
$16.47
1.7
35.8
$21.25
1.5
35.5
21.25
26.04
1.3
1.4
35.8
35.1
20.36
24.22
1.5
1.8
36.1
35.4
24.60
30.00
1.8
2.1
34.7
34.3
30.00
13.73
12.97
13.29
17.83
1.9
4.0
1.3
2.6
1.6
39.0
32.1
36.0
37.9
39.4
30.69
13.72
12.87
12.98
17.77
2.1
4.1
1.5
2.8
1.7
39.5
32.0
36.5
37.9
39.4
26.78
14.78
13.40
16.29
18.17
4.2
4.2
2.1
2.7
3.8
36.9
38.0
34.1
37.7
39.3
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 ..............................
11.08
14.58
4.9
1.8
39.7
35.8
11.06
14.27
5.0
2.4
39.7
35.8
13.72
16.08
7.3
4.0
36.2
35.6
10.44
11.02
2.4
2.2
35.7
32.7
10.08
8.56
2.5
1.7
35.4
31.2
13.79
16.22
4.9
2.5
38.4
36.3
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
18.24
10.18
1.6
2.9
38.9
20.8
17.31
9.74
1.9
3.4
39.2
21.0
21.81
13.21
1.4
3.3
37.7
19.4
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.80
17.19
1.3
2.2
36.2
35.5
14.71
17.06
1.7
2.3
35.9
35.7
21.50
19.88
1.5
4.0
36.6
30.5
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
17.45
15.91
1.5
5.8
35.7
37.1
16.48
15.91
1.8
5.8
35.7
37.1
21.25
–
1.5
–
35.5
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
16.69
16.38
4.3
1.9
39.6
34.5
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers7 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
13.87
15.42
19.33
20.03
21.03
3.9
2.0
3.7
2.7
2.8
35.8
35.3
36.2
35.6
36.3
13.84
14.71
18.46
19.73
21.06
4.0
2.2
4.9
3.1
4.7
35.9
35.4
36.5
35.9
35.9
14.76
22.59
22.02
20.79
20.99
2.1
3.0
4.1
5.2
2.3
32.6
33.6
35.1
34.7
36.8
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
17.75
12.22
1.3
7.4
35.7
36.1
16.80
10.32
1.5
7.1
35.7
36.3
21.72
16.56
1.4
.7
35.5
35.7
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
16.96
17.42
15.45
14.44
13.73
11.88
13.82
14.04
16.88
1.8
1.5
.9
1.8
1.4
2.3
1.0
1.9
1.5
35.1
35.7
36.2
36.3
37.0
37.8
37.2
36.5
36.2
16.29
16.47
14.85
13.70
13.20
11.34
13.45
12.97
15.89
2.1
1.7
1.0
2.2
1.8
2.5
1.2
2.6
1.8
35.0
35.8
36.3
36.2
36.7
38.0
37.0
36.4
36.4
20.14
21.25
18.51
17.24
15.47
15.22
14.96
17.42
20.23
2.1
1.5
1.3
.8
1.4
1.7
1.3
1.9
1.7
35.2
35.5
35.8
36.8
37.9
36.9
37.8
36.5
35.5
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 In this census division, collection was conducted between November 1996
and June 1998. The average reference period was July 1997.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those
whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages
are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments
with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as 9 census area divisions. See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in
each census area division and the States comprising the 9 census area divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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Table 2. Summary, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas
Total ............................................................
Private Industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Nonmetropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$17.42
16.47
21.25
1.5
1.7
1.5
35.7
35.8
35.5
$17.75
16.80
21.72
1.3
1.5
1.4
35.7
35.7
35.5
$12.22
10.32
16.56
7.4
7.1
.7
36.1
36.3
35.7
21.25
26.04
1.3
1.4
35.8
35.1
21.48
26.34
1.3
1.5
35.8
35.1
16.00
20.18
1.5
1.1
35.3
34.3
30.00
13.73
12.97
13.29
17.83
1.9
4.0
1.3
2.6
1.6
39.0
32.1
36.0
37.9
39.4
30.23
13.88
13.07
13.68
18.00
1.9
4.1
1.3
1.2
1.7
39.0
32.1
36.0
37.8
39.4
20.92
11.18
10.39
9.39
14.01
1.0
10.4
1.9
7.7
3.6
38.5
32.5
37.0
38.6
40.1
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
11.08
14.58
4.9
1.8
39.7
35.8
11.71
14.58
2.2
1.9
39.6
36.0
7.82
14.78
4.0
5.0
40.2
27.5
10.44
11.02
2.4
2.2
35.7
32.7
10.51
11.05
2.6
2.3
35.5
32.6
9.90
10.63
3.0
.5
37.2
33.3
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
18.24
10.18
1.6
2.9
38.9
20.8
18.62
10.10
1.3
3.1
38.9
20.8
12.29
11.54
8.3
4.0
39.3
20.9
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.80
17.19
1.3
2.2
36.2
35.5
17.89
17.66
1.3
1.9
36.2
35.4
15.89
10.68
1.3
5.6
35.1
36.6
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
17.45
15.91
1.5
5.8
35.7
37.1
17.79
15.77
1.3
5.9
35.7
37.1
12.16
–
7.3
–
36.1
–
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
16.69
16.38
4.3
1.9
39.6
34.5
17.40
16.58
2.6
1.9
39.6
34.5
9.28
11.27
8.1
1.2
40.3
33.3
50-99 workers8 .......................................
100-499 workers .....................................
500-999 workers .....................................
1000-2499 workers .................................
2500 workers or more .............................
13.87
15.42
19.33
20.03
21.03
3.9
2.0
3.7
2.7
2.8
35.8
35.3
36.2
35.6
36.3
14.43
15.67
19.60
20.31
21.03
2.5
2.0
3.9
2.8
2.8
35.6
35.2
36.2
35.5
36.3
8.67
12.29
15.18
15.99
–
15.8
1.1
2.4
5.0
–
37.4
35.4
35.4
37.1
–
16.96
17.42
15.45
14.44
13.73
11.88
13.82
14.04
16.88
1.8
1.5
.9
1.8
1.4
2.3
1.0
1.9
1.5
35.1
35.7
36.2
36.3
37.0
37.8
37.2
36.5
36.2
17.42
17.75
15.90
15.40
14.17
13.60
14.13
14.17
17.06
1.8
1.3
1.0
2.2
1.7
1.6
1.2
2.4
1.5
35.2
35.7
36.2
36.3
36.9
37.0
37.2
36.4
36.2
13.75
12.22
12.98
11.82
11.56
10.22
11.88
13.51
13.37
5.3
7.4
1.3
3.7
4.0
3.7
4.0
2.4
2.9
34.0
36.1
36.4
36.2
37.4
38.7
37.3
36.6
36.1
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:9
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated
Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,
1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For
more information, see Technical Note.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between November 1996
and June 1998. The average reference period was July 1997.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
5 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those
whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages
are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
8 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments
with fewer than 50 workers due to reduction in staff from the time of sampling to
data collection.
9 See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each census area division and
the States comprising the 9 census area divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
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Table 3. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$17.42
17.66
1.5
1.6
35.7
36.0
$18.24
18.34
1.6
1.7
38.9
38.8
$10.18
10.80
2.9
3.2
20.8
20.6
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
21.25
22.16
1.3
1.3
35.8
36.3
22.08
22.61
1.3
1.3
38.6
38.5
12.68
15.64
3.6
4.1
20.5
19.9
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Chemical engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Statisticians ........................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ........................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
26.04
28.26
27.23
21.25
29.38
24.81
29.68
25.25
28.76
25.12
25.05
28.86
31.94
30.46
1.4
1.4
2.0
14.5
8.9
3.9
9.1
4.1
4.3
8.9
3.8
2.6
4.5
3.6
35.1
34.9
39.5
41.0
40.0
40.1
39.5
39.2
39.2
40.5
38.4
39.7
39.2
39.3
26.40
28.58
27.16
21.25
29.38
24.81
29.68
25.25
28.57
25.47
24.94
28.68
31.52
30.46
1.4
1.4
2.0
14.5
8.9
3.9
9.1
4.1
4.3
9.1
3.4
2.6
4.5
3.6
38.0
37.8
39.8
41.0
40.0
40.1
39.5
39.2
39.5
41.0
39.1
40.1
39.3
39.3
21.64
24.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.1
17.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.29
27.09
29.22
32.54
26.44
29.47
26.48
23.87
32.29
22.74
25.77
16.76
19.14
23.16
26.41
20.92
16.01
25.34
40.42
34.20
43.41
49.06
41.04
48.09
54.12
30.56
42.24
32.11
25.74
35.35
48.18
19.22
29.96
40.56
32.71
26.52
34.96
35.69
33.42
32.21
11.06
24.39
24.49
24.85
9.3
2.8
3.8
6.0
6.5
7.6
11.3
1.8
6.0
1.6
3.3
6.4
3.1
8.0
5.5
11.1
4.5
9.7
3.7
4.2
23.7
1.6
13.5
7.6
7.1
4.3
15.3
4.9
3.0
8.3
12.2
7.8
7.1
6.9
2.2
12.0
2.4
2.9
3.6
4.3
7.2
13.7
8.3
8.6
39.2
35.7
39.1
39.0
39.8
38.1
38.9
33.8
39.7
32.9
33.5
34.5
32.7
34.3
34.3
24.0
37.4
33.4
32.3
32.5
34.6
37.7
31.9
32.7
28.6
35.2
31.4
30.9
26.3
34.1
34.9
27.5
35.5
31.6
32.8
33.0
34.9
35.7
33.6
29.2
17.6
35.6
35.4
34.9
35.68
27.09
29.42
33.13
26.44
29.47
26.48
23.99
30.93
23.12
26.20
15.81
19.28
22.97
25.36
18.65
16.06
25.03
40.11
34.97
43.41
49.38
41.82
48.64
46.19
30.43
42.91
32.93
–
35.58
–
–
31.27
41.03
33.59
27.40
35.26
35.97
33.81
33.54
–
24.55
24.51
24.88
10.5
2.8
3.8
6.1
6.5
7.6
11.3
2.0
7.1
1.7
3.6
4.3
3.7
9.3
3.1
15.5
4.5
10.3
3.9
4.3
23.7
2.6
13.6
8.8
8.0
4.3
16.1
5.4
–
8.5
–
–
6.2
7.6
2.2
12.2
2.5
3.0
3.6
4.2
–
13.6
8.4
8.8
39.5
35.7
39.4
39.8
39.8
38.1
38.9
39.1
43.5
38.4
39.3
37.9
38.7
37.7
38.3
36.7
39.0
38.2
36.6
35.7
34.6
39.2
35.8
35.4
36.3
37.9
35.0
36.2
–
35.2
–
–
39.5
36.4
35.2
34.7
35.6
36.0
34.3
34.0
–
36.4
36.0
35.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.20
51.78
20.93
23.07
–
18.44
–
32.13
24.85
–
–
44.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.66
–
–
–
–
–
35.45
19.17
–
26.01
29.67
24.67
15.65
11.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
4.4
2.6
6.3
–
2.6
–
21.9
12.8
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
4.5
–
12.5
5.9
16.3
9.7
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.2
17.6
19.5
17.4
–
18.8
–
22.1
15.0
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
16.2
–
21.6
30.4
23.9
10.5
14.5
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 3. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.02
26.67
26.85
27.12
17.52
17.79
13.20
35.74
35.69
23.0
7.3
8.9
10.7
3.0
3.0
10.1
6.8
6.8
37.5
35.3
38.0
33.5
35.3
35.5
33.1
39.0
39.7
$23.02
26.64
26.85
27.11
17.72
17.99
13.07
35.52
35.52
23.0
7.6
8.9
11.5
3.0
3.1
11.1
6.9
6.9
37.5
37.0
38.0
36.3
37.6
37.5
39.0
40.9
40.9
–
$27.31
–
27.31
14.48
14.51
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
9.2
5.5
5.9
–
–
–
–
17.5
–
17.5
18.3
19.4
–
–
–
23.98
20.83
22.50
47.96
30.27
5.5
7.1
6.2
7.6
14.1
34.5
39.2
38.8
13.1
33.2
23.93
20.83
22.76
–
32.63
5.8
7.1
6.3
–
12.9
38.4
39.2
39.2
–
37.6
24.55
–
–
–
–
14.3
–
–
–
–
15.1
–
–
–
–
21.06
25.32
22.66
16.26
24.58
17.79
16.1
11.0
7.2
9.0
11.1
2.0
28.5
37.3
39.0
17.6
39.0
35.6
17.46
25.52
22.66
18.36
24.58
18.15
18.0
10.9
7.2
11.2
11.1
2.0
38.2
37.4
39.0
37.8
39.0
38.6
–
–
–
14.30
–
13.81
–
–
–
9.2
–
2.9
–
–
–
11.7
–
19.4
16.47
13.11
17.55
14.10
14.69
18.92
20.75
19.11
15.54
17.29
17.17
16.68
56.17
25.17
20.03
16.96
20.54
4.0
6.9
2.7
1.5
3.5
5.0
3.8
2.7
4.4
9.3
4.5
5.7
25.5
14.4
5.3
5.1
3.2
35.4
30.4
32.2
33.0
33.8
39.5
39.6
39.0
39.4
38.3
39.2
38.8
26.8
34.1
38.1
37.6
37.1
16.60
13.59
17.87
14.11
14.88
18.97
20.75
19.12
15.58
17.66
17.19
16.75
56.17
27.61
20.06
17.08
20.79
4.1
5.7
2.9
1.7
3.8
5.0
3.8
2.8
4.4
9.2
4.5
5.7
25.5
9.3
5.3
4.8
3.1
38.4
38.5
38.6
38.7
38.6
40.2
39.6
39.6
39.9
39.7
39.6
39.3
26.8
38.5
38.6
38.5
38.8
14.90
10.94
16.12
14.07
13.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.09
–
–
10.76
9.4
10.1
5.7
3.0
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
11.8
18.7
15.8
18.6
21.6
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.9
–
–
13.3
30.00
34.38
1.9
2.0
39.0
39.4
30.05
34.47
1.9
2.0
39.3
39.7
23.22
24.71
11.5
14.0
19.7
21.4
28.39
39.31
36.17
33.90
4.4
6.2
9.4
9.8
36.6
40.1
39.5
40.6
28.39
39.31
36.38
33.90
4.4
6.2
9.6
9.8
36.6
40.1
40.1
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.61
34.67
31.63
4.6
6.7
5.1
40.0
36.8
38.5
37.61
35.07
31.74
4.6
6.5
5.2
40.0
37.7
39.1
–
–
25.67
–
–
9.6
–
–
20.5
19.91
31.27
33.99
22.53
23.33
26.95
7.2
9.7
2.7
2.8
5.2
13.4
43.8
37.7
39.9
38.4
38.3
38.0
19.91
31.84
33.98
22.55
23.34
26.95
7.2
9.3
2.7
2.8
5.2
13.4
43.8
38.1
40.1
38.7
38.7
38.0
–
–
–
19.21
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
16.3
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Librarians, archivists, and curators –Continued
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 ...........................................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
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 ......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 3. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.97
26.78
9.5
7.4
37.8
39.4
$25.00
26.81
9.5
7.5
37.9
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.13
5.0
39.3
21.15
5.0
39.3
–
–
–
23.54
20.43
21.09
10.7
6.9
9.0
40.1
39.1
37.1
23.54
20.43
20.99
10.7
6.9
9.4
40.1
39.1
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.51
21.97
8.8
3.3
37.7
38.4
19.51
22.02
8.8
3.3
37.7
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales engineers .................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..............
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
13.73
19.83
24.47
30.02
21.26
17.64
23.07
4.0
7.5
16.9
22.0
20.1
11.0
9.1
32.1
40.1
38.6
35.5
37.0
33.7
42.1
16.35
20.07
24.47
30.87
22.27
19.59
23.07
4.4
7.5
16.9
22.5
20.6
8.0
9.1
39.8
40.4
38.6
39.5
38.3
39.4
42.1
$7.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.33
20.00
7.27
11.70
8.89
14.04
17.98
11.23
8.34
8.02
35.83
8.41
11.78
6.5
14.4
7.1
16.1
9.6
12.1
16.3
15.8
9.4
3.5
41.6
9.2
9.2
40.5
43.6
31.0
39.4
35.0
36.6
38.0
28.4
30.7
27.3
27.3
26.9
35.7
21.33
20.00
7.62
11.86
9.05
15.14
–
14.43
9.53
10.13
–
9.68
12.19
6.5
14.4
9.0
15.8
10.6
11.6
–
20.5
8.5
3.7
–
12.2
9.6
40.5
43.6
38.2
41.7
40.6
40.0
–
39.6
39.9
39.4
–
36.7
38.9
–
–
6.45
–
–
–
–
6.92
6.62
6.39
–
7.20
8.76
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
4.0
11.6
1.9
–
3.4
13.4
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
20.6
23.1
22.0
–
21.5
22.3
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .....
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 .......................................................
12.97
18.22
19.68
18.26
1.3
3.7
7.9
4.3
36.0
38.6
38.2
38.4
13.29
18.22
19.68
18.28
1.3
3.7
7.9
4.3
38.4
38.6
38.2
38.7
9.69
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
17.96
14.37
14.50
15.76
12.03
9.85
9.09
15.35
10.20
12.65
12.15
14.36
12.5
4.7
1.7
7.6
4.9
7.0
6.4
6.4
2.4
10.1
6.2
5.7
39.8
37.3
37.2
35.1
35.4
29.2
37.6
35.5
34.9
34.0
39.2
37.4
17.96
14.33
14.61
15.91
12.23
10.18
9.11
16.05
10.51
11.53
12.16
14.70
12.5
4.8
1.7
7.9
4.7
8.5
6.5
5.1
2.5
4.3
6.2
5.6
39.8
38.3
38.1
37.9
37.7
37.8
38.4
38.8
39.0
38.8
39.5
39.0
–
–
12.27
–
9.31
8.90
–
10.11
8.06
15.29
–
8.18
–
–
6.6
–
7.6
11.8
–
9.9
5.1
22.5
–
6.2
–
–
24.7
–
19.6
17.6
–
21.6
20.1
26.2
–
21.5
14.01
11.43
9.62
12.08
12.71
12.95
10.90
5.1
2.6
5.4
3.2
2.4
4.7
3.6
38.4
29.2
35.3
36.2
37.4
38.0
38.2
14.09
12.06
9.65
12.31
12.84
13.04
10.87
5.1
3.0
5.7
3.2
2.4
4.8
3.5
38.9
35.6
37.7
38.5
38.6
39.8
39.1
–
9.45
9.27
9.32
8.90
–
–
–
5.3
8.3
5.1
4.5
–
–
–
18.5
17.6
21.0
19.7
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 3. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.04
10.27
12.50
10.27
12.80
15.75
14.17
12.24
11.23
16.63
13.68
12.57
16.3
9.2
6.4
8.1
10.2
9.4
6.2
6.2
5.8
4.2
16.3
10.9
33.3
33.7
33.9
37.0
37.2
38.4
38.9
37.8
34.0
40.0
38.8
36.8
–
$10.65
13.23
10.34
13.21
15.90
14.47
12.33
12.37
16.63
14.25
13.32
–
10.4
5.9
8.6
9.0
9.4
6.3
6.3
4.4
4.2
16.0
10.4
–
38.2
38.0
38.2
38.7
39.7
39.8
39.5
39.3
40.0
39.6
39.7
–
–
$8.81
9.22
–
9.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
6.3
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.9
24.9
–
16.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.77
7.4
32.5
11.66
8.2
39.0
7.84
6.5
21.0
15.26
12.68
13.65
11.21
12.35
9.18
10.21
13.49
10.66
12.79
10.1
3.0
3.7
4.8
3.7
3.0
2.5
9.0
6.1
3.7
39.2
35.0
35.9
36.9
35.3
34.9
38.1
36.4
28.9
34.6
15.26
13.16
13.65
11.38
12.84
9.31
10.33
13.56
10.09
13.33
10.1
4.2
3.7
6.6
3.5
3.0
2.7
9.2
4.9
3.7
39.2
39.4
35.9
39.7
38.0
38.3
39.2
37.0
34.5
38.0
–
–
–
–
8.31
8.26
8.97
–
11.71
8.99
–
–
–
–
8.2
4.8
6.1
–
10.6
6.1
–
–
–
–
22.3
21.6
29.1
–
22.3
21.0
Blue collar ........................................................................
13.29
2.6
37.9
13.54
2.8
39.9
9.48
6.9
21.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
Telephone line installers and repairers ..............
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Office machine repairers ....................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
17.83
21.36
18.66
16.55
13.13
16.50
17.34
16.20
17.22
1.6
4.6
6.9
2.4
3.4
5.1
8.3
2.9
5.0
39.4
38.7
39.9
39.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
17.87
21.51
18.68
16.55
13.13
16.50
17.34
16.20
17.22
1.6
4.6
6.9
2.4
3.4
5.1
8.3
2.9
5.0
39.8
40.1
39.9
39.8
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
15.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.45
–
21.07
18.06
6.0
–
2.5
8.1
38.9
–
40.4
40.0
19.52
13.63
21.07
18.06
6.1
9.9
2.5
8.1
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.17
16.11
22.01
18.67
17.07
3.8
5.7
4.6
10.1
3.3
39.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.1
19.17
16.11
22.01
18.67
17.12
3.8
5.7
4.6
10.1
3.3
39.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.33
20.94
18.71
21.25
16.15
24.35
17.19
20.83
15.13
19.11
8.6
7.7
5.8
5.4
10.4
3.1
12.1
3.5
7.5
2.4
39.2
39.7
38.8
39.6
39.9
40.0
38.4
39.5
39.5
40.3
29.33
20.94
19.14
21.22
16.15
24.35
17.26
20.83
15.13
19.11
8.6
7.7
6.2
5.4
10.4
3.1
12.1
3.5
7.5
2.4
39.2
39.7
39.6
39.7
39.9
40.0
38.5
39.5
39.5
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 3. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.61
16.98
16.59
16.05
10.49
17.18
13.65
9.80
8.50
18.33
16.04
18.04
1.8
5.4
3.5
9.4
4.0
8.6
6.8
13.2
7.8
5.1
4.6
3.7
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.3
32.8
34.7
40.0
40.0
38.4
$18.61
16.98
16.59
16.05
10.52
17.18
13.75
10.82
9.08
18.33
16.04
17.98
1.8
5.4
3.5
9.4
4.0
8.6
6.9
15.1
11.0
5.1
4.6
3.8
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.25
5.3
41.2
18.25
5.3
41.2
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Lathe and turning machine operators ................
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Rolling machine operators .................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Metal plating machine operators ........................
Heat treating equipment operators ....................
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
Winding and twisting machine operators ...........
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ..........................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Folding machine operators ................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
11.08
13.31
11.82
17.96
14.39
4.9
5.3
8.9
11.1
7.8
39.7
39.4
41.0
40.0
40.0
11.12
13.31
11.82
17.96
14.39
5.0
5.3
8.9
11.1
7.8
40.0
39.4
41.0
40.0
40.0
$6.64
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
23.7
–
–
–
–
13.19
12.56
13.10
10.17
12.42
15.72
15.71
14.37
17.03
9.75
5.2
6.6
5.4
10.9
4.0
10.5
6.4
11.1
8.3
6.3
40.4
42.2
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.4
39.3
37.6
34.0
38.4
13.19
12.56
13.10
10.23
12.42
15.72
15.71
14.37
18.20
9.82
5.2
6.6
5.4
11.1
4.0
10.5
6.4
11.1
6.4
6.3
40.4
42.2
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.4
39.3
37.6
38.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.92
9.15
10.08
10.34
13.30
6.5
3.8
13.0
8.5
5.0
40.0
36.7
40.0
40.1
40.0
9.92
9.17
10.09
10.34
13.30
6.5
3.9
13.0
8.5
5.0
40.0
39.4
40.1
40.1
40.0
–
8.96
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
18.1
–
–
–
14.35
12.84
10.40
13.21
14.28
11.81
10.56
12.71
15.66
9.31
10.15
10.91
11.64
13.43
12.32
2.6
3.7
6.8
5.7
3.6
3.3
8.1
3.7
2.2
6.6
3.4
9.9
3.9
9.6
20.5
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.4
40.0
40.5
40.0
39.1
40.6
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.1
14.35
12.84
10.40
13.21
14.28
11.81
10.59
12.97
15.66
9.45
10.22
10.91
11.64
13.43
12.32
2.6
3.7
6.8
5.7
3.6
3.3
8.1
3.0
2.2
7.5
3.4
9.9
3.9
9.6
20.5
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.2
39.9
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.1
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
14.58
18.47
14.99
17.98
14.29
9.67
12.95
1.8
12.0
1.8
5.5
4.1
11.4
8.9
35.8
40.0
36.6
39.8
31.3
33.0
37.6
15.00
18.47
15.31
18.36
15.29
9.81
13.32
1.8
12.0
1.8
4.9
4.6
12.1
8.6
39.8
40.0
40.1
40.6
37.9
39.2
39.6
11.66
–
–
–
11.89
9.25
–
7.2
–
–
–
5.8
20.7
–
20.9
–
–
–
22.1
22.4
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 3. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.94
17.67
17.56
15.01
18.94
11.85
6.0
4.9
9.8
5.9
9.3
3.6
40.0
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.3
$18.94
17.67
17.56
15.01
18.94
11.85
6.0
4.9
9.8
5.9
9.3
3.6
40.0
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.61
3.1
31.6
15.01
2.6
38.8
–
–
–
10.44
16.04
10.82
2.4
9.4
5.1
35.7
40.0
36.4
10.90
16.04
11.05
2.5
9.4
5.1
39.8
40.0
39.3
$7.67
–
8.62
4.5
–
11.2
22.0
–
20.9
16.17
11.91
13.00
11.57
9.75
16.03
9.02
8.79
11.35
11.11
9.26
10.05
6.8
8.1
17.5
4.2
6.3
9.1
4.8
5.7
5.0
10.6
5.4
3.1
36.9
37.0
39.4
39.6
38.8
39.9
30.3
38.5
32.5
36.9
39.3
38.6
16.30
12.05
13.00
11.62
9.80
16.03
10.73
8.88
12.04
11.64
9.39
10.15
7.6
8.1
17.5
4.2
6.3
9.1
6.6
5.8
5.1
10.4
5.5
3.2
39.3
39.3
39.4
39.6
39.6
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.17
–
9.35
–
6.70
8.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
3.2
–
10.1
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.5
–
21.1
–
29.3
24.8
11.02
17.30
24.03
27.37
17.77
19.17
21.68
2.2
3.6
10.2
3.9
8.5
2.9
3.3
32.7
37.2
44.4
39.9
39.4
43.3
39.5
12.08
18.03
24.03
27.37
17.78
19.17
21.74
2.3
3.4
10.2
3.9
8.6
2.9
3.4
38.4
39.7
44.4
39.9
39.9
43.3
39.6
6.98
8.90
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
20.8
21.6
–
–
–
–
–
18.08
18.54
9.67
9.59
12.41
7.31
11.65
6.51
4.44
9.04
7.02
8.66
5.81
7.25
9.54
11.13
9.19
10.42
6.0
2.4
6.9
5.4
12.5
2.3
8.4
14.9
6.4
4.2
4.4
4.2
6.3
4.2
2.1
2.7
2.5
3.2
34.3
39.8
19.0
34.8
27.5
28.3
38.1
25.0
25.0
33.5
25.9
29.7
26.5
27.7
33.9
34.1
33.9
34.5
18.77
18.56
–
9.87
14.15
8.42
11.81
7.90
4.93
9.63
8.10
9.73
6.48
8.36
9.74
11.45
9.35
11.10
5.4
2.4
–
6.2
17.9
2.5
8.4
16.1
9.0
2.9
6.1
4.9
6.0
3.2
2.5
2.8
2.9
2.6
38.0
39.8
–
39.1
38.0
37.5
39.4
35.7
36.6
37.3
38.2
38.4
36.2
37.6
38.0
38.7
37.8
39.2
–
–
9.16
8.39
9.45
5.60
6.77
4.35
3.89
6.90
5.95
6.66
4.35
6.20
8.33
8.71
8.27
7.24
–
–
8.3
5.1
15.2
2.7
7.5
11.0
6.2
8.1
3.3
2.2
11.7
5.8
2.1
4.2
2.4
3.2
–
–
18.7
23.8
18.7
20.5
19.9
17.1
18.5
24.3
19.7
20.8
16.8
22.2
20.8
18.0
21.4
22.2
14.86
9.74
10.22
9.61
16.36
6.2
5.4
3.9
2.9
5.7
39.1
35.7
33.8
29.4
36.0
15.89
9.79
11.03
10.40
16.81
2.8
5.5
3.2
3.8
5.8
39.5
37.9
39.3
36.7
40.0
–
9.07
7.10
7.68
–
–
11.4
3.0
3.5
–
–
20.7
21.9
19.8
–
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Locomotive operating ........................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
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 .............................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
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 ...........................
Crossing guards .................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Cooks .................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
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 ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.21
8.21
14.49
6.08
8.96
8.51
8.46
9.27
6.1
5.3
14.2
22.0
4.5
6.8
2.6
6.7
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 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 November 1996 and June
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
28.6
20.5
28.1
39.1
32.2
27.2
28.5
28.5
$7.79
–
15.85
5.50
9.39
9.61
8.35
10.10
7.2
–
12.5
15.9
5.2
6.9
3.4
8.6
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.8
–
29.1
39.7
38.6
35.9
38.8
35.7
$6.08
–
6.89
–
7.69
6.51
8.66
7.26
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
8.0
–
5.4
–
6.2
9.3
4.0
6.3
18.6
–
23.5
–
21.7
18.9
19.9
19.2
1998. The average reference period was July 1997.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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Table 4. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$16.47
16.69
1.7
1.8
35.8
36.1
$17.31
17.37
1.9
2.0
39.2
39.2
$9.74
10.36
3.4
3.9
21.0
20.8
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
20.36
21.40
1.5
1.5
36.1
36.8
21.25
21.83
1.6
1.6
39.1
39.1
12.09
15.40
4.2
5.0
20.8
20.3
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Chemical engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Statisticians ........................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Education 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. .................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
24.22
26.51
27.76
18.35
29.38
27.14
29.68
26.24
28.76
25.12
25.59
29.30
32.16
30.74
1.8
1.8
2.1
12.6
8.9
4.2
9.1
4.4
4.3
8.9
4.1
2.3
4.5
3.6
35.4
35.4
39.7
43.8
40.0
40.3
39.5
39.8
39.2
40.5
39.1
39.7
39.2
39.3
24.51
26.76
27.70
18.35
29.38
27.14
29.68
26.24
28.57
25.47
25.47
29.11
31.74
30.73
1.9
1.9
2.1
12.6
8.9
4.2
9.1
4.4
4.3
9.1
3.6
2.3
4.5
3.6
38.9
39.0
40.1
43.8
40.0
40.3
39.5
39.8
39.5
41.0
40.0
40.2
39.3
39.3
21.17
23.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
17.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.29
27.09
29.32
32.54
26.55
29.40
26.50
24.22
35.17
22.97
26.33
17.34
19.03
20.50
26.02
19.75
15.33
25.39
38.08
31.64
43.15
29.43
27.80
25.74
25.23
48.18
29.25
39.85
18.55
13.41
23.39
22.87
19.95
17.84
14.40
21.51
20.69
24.17
23.00
26.85
18.07
15.66
15.82
11.22
9.3
2.8
4.0
6.0
7.1
8.7
11.4
2.0
7.3
1.6
3.1
7.6
3.3
8.5
6.3
12.5
5.0
10.2
5.9
4.7
8.8
5.7
4.4
3.0
10.0
12.2
9.1
14.1
5.0
9.8
7.2
5.6
9.5
9.1
12.6
8.1
6.4
26.0
8.1
8.9
5.0
3.7
3.6
12.3
39.2
35.7
39.2
39.0
39.8
38.6
38.9
32.9
36.6
32.3
32.8
33.4
32.4
34.3
33.8
23.9
37.0
33.2
32.8
30.3
34.3
37.1
27.7
26.3
32.7
34.9
34.8
31.2
29.6
31.9
32.3
35.7
32.7
19.7
36.7
36.2
35.8
37.9
35.3
38.0
31.8
34.4
34.5
33.2
35.68
27.09
29.54
33.13
26.55
29.40
26.50
24.44
33.69
23.45
26.94
16.02
19.17
21.20
24.32
15.78
15.37
25.06
38.54
32.97
43.60
29.43
28.57
–
25.22
–
30.61
40.10
18.91
14.07
23.54
23.11
19.88
18.91
14.48
21.46
20.62
24.17
22.69
26.85
16.22
15.76
15.93
10.63
10.5
2.8
4.0
6.1
7.1
8.7
11.4
2.3
8.2
1.8
3.1
4.8
4.0
8.8
2.6
6.0
5.1
10.9
6.4
3.9
8.8
5.7
5.2
–
10.5
–
8.0
16.6
4.9
9.2
7.1
6.1
9.7
9.0
12.5
8.2
6.6
26.0
8.9
8.9
5.7
3.9
3.8
13.7
39.5
35.7
39.5
39.8
39.8
38.6
38.9
38.8
40.6
38.5
39.3
38.1
39.2
38.1
38.6
37.6
38.9
38.2
36.9
36.4
36.2
37.1
34.9
–
34.5
–
38.4
38.2
37.2
34.8
37.8
37.7
35.6
38.0
38.5
36.6
36.2
37.9
38.0
38.0
38.0
38.1
37.9
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.17
51.78
21.00
23.07
–
18.44
–
34.59
–
–
–
31.98
–
–
–
23.81
–
–
–
–
38.32
16.33
–
22.75
18.31
–
15.40
–
–
–
–
27.33
–
27.33
14.81
14.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
4.7
2.7
6.3
–
2.6
–
21.4
–
–
–
14.4
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
6.1
11.4
–
14.0
5.7
–
17.0
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
9.5
5.6
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.0
17.4
19.4
17.4
–
18.8
–
20.8
–
–
–
13.4
–
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
–
14.7
13.0
–
20.1
17.5
–
9.4
–
–
–
–
17.6
–
17.6
18.9
19.4
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 4. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$41.90
41.90
6.3
6.3
45.8
45.8
$41.90
41.90
6.3
6.3
45.8
45.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.26
20.83
22.50
49.77
31.57
5.7
7.1
6.2
6.5
13.5
34.8
39.2
38.8
12.7
35.3
24.14
20.83
22.76
–
32.63
6.0
7.1
6.3
–
12.9
38.4
39.2
39.2
–
37.6
$26.04
–
–
–
–
15.3
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
–
21.01
25.36
24.13
16.38
24.66
18.08
16.5
11.1
7.3
11.2
11.6
2.2
28.4
37.3
39.0
18.5
39.1
35.7
17.28
25.56
24.13
18.36
24.66
18.47
18.6
11.0
7.3
11.2
11.6
2.2
38.3
37.4
39.0
37.8
39.1
38.7
–
–
–
13.14
–
13.93
–
–
–
15.7
–
3.0
–
–
–
10.1
–
19.8
16.35
13.13
17.55
14.09
14.09
18.98
20.75
19.30
15.54
17.66
17.17
16.67
56.17
25.50
20.57
16.72
21.47
4.3
7.1
2.7
1.8
4.6
5.0
3.8
2.8
4.4
9.2
4.5
5.8
25.5
14.3
4.4
5.6
3.1
35.3
30.3
32.2
32.7
33.2
40.2
39.6
39.2
39.4
39.7
39.2
38.8
26.8
34.0
38.2
37.7
37.5
16.47
13.63
17.87
14.13
14.16
18.98
20.75
19.31
15.58
17.66
17.19
16.74
56.17
28.05
20.62
16.85
21.69
4.3
5.8
2.9
2.1
5.1
5.0
3.8
2.8
4.4
9.2
4.5
5.8
25.5
8.9
4.5
5.2
3.0
38.5
38.5
38.6
38.6
38.7
40.2
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.7
39.6
39.3
26.8
38.5
38.9
38.8
39.2
15.10
10.94
16.12
13.95
13.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.09
–
–
11.62
9.7
10.1
5.7
3.3
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
11.6
18.7
15.8
18.6
22.4
17.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.9
–
–
12.8
30.69
34.73
39.93
37.36
34.14
2.1
2.2
6.4
9.9
10.0
39.5
39.8
40.2
39.5
40.7
30.71
34.79
39.93
37.63
34.14
2.1
2.3
6.4
10.2
10.0
39.7
40.0
40.2
40.2
40.7
26.65
27.80
–
–
–
12.6
13.8
–
–
–
22.2
22.5
–
–
–
37.65
26.00
32.78
4.6
9.8
5.5
40.0
35.9
38.5
37.65
26.61
32.94
4.6
9.6
5.6
40.0
38.0
39.3
–
–
25.67
–
–
9.6
–
–
20.5
19.60
32.38
33.98
23.03
23.66
26.95
25.06
27.05
7.4
9.7
2.8
3.2
5.5
13.4
11.4
8.2
44.3
38.0
40.0
39.0
38.8
38.0
38.3
39.9
19.60
32.56
33.98
23.04
23.66
26.95
25.08
27.09
7.4
9.6
2.8
3.2
5.5
13.4
11.4
8.3
44.3
38.2
40.2
39.1
38.9
38.0
38.5
40.1
–
–
–
20.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.7
–
–
–
–
21.72
5.5
39.5
21.74
5.5
39.5
–
–
–
23.54
20.51
10.7
7.2
40.1
39.1
23.54
20.51
10.7
7.2
40.1
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.44
21.34
6.1
4.0
37.6
39.2
24.44
21.34
6.1
4.0
37.6
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 4. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales engineers .................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..............
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
$13.72
19.83
29.85
30.02
21.26
17.64
23.07
4.1
7.5
10.3
22.0
20.1
11.0
9.1
32.0
40.1
37.8
35.5
37.0
33.7
42.1
$16.38
20.07
29.85
30.87
22.27
19.59
23.07
4.4
7.5
10.3
22.5
20.6
8.0
9.1
39.8
40.4
37.8
39.5
38.3
39.4
42.1
$7.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.33
20.00
7.27
11.70
8.89
14.04
17.98
11.23
8.34
7.79
35.83
8.41
11.78
6.5
14.4
7.1
16.1
9.6
12.1
16.3
15.8
9.4
3.4
41.6
9.2
9.2
40.5
43.6
31.0
39.4
35.0
36.6
38.0
28.4
30.7
27.0
27.3
26.9
35.7
21.33
20.00
7.62
11.86
9.05
15.14
–
14.43
9.53
9.75
–
9.68
12.19
6.5
14.4
9.0
15.8
10.6
11.6
–
20.5
8.5
3.7
–
12.2
9.6
40.5
43.6
38.2
41.7
40.6
40.0
–
39.6
39.9
39.5
–
36.7
38.9
–
–
6.45
–
–
–
–
6.92
6.62
6.39
–
7.20
8.76
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
4.0
11.6
1.9
–
3.4
13.4
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
20.6
23.1
22.0
–
21.5
22.3
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .....
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 .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
12.87
18.48
19.11
18.36
1.5
4.4
8.3
4.7
36.5
39.1
38.6
38.8
13.18
18.48
19.11
18.38
1.5
4.4
8.3
4.7
38.8
39.1
38.6
39.2
9.58
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
22.4
–
–
–
17.96
14.07
14.42
12.19
13.13
9.74
9.09
15.18
10.20
12.39
12.15
14.36
12.5
5.1
1.9
6.7
5.2
7.1
6.4
7.8
2.6
11.1
6.2
5.7
39.8
37.6
37.3
36.3
37.0
29.0
37.6
34.8
34.7
33.9
39.2
37.4
17.96
14.00
14.54
12.17
13.34
10.14
9.11
15.99
10.52
11.04
12.16
14.70
12.5
5.2
1.9
7.3
5.1
8.6
6.5
6.3
2.7
4.5
6.2
5.6
39.8
38.6
38.4
38.8
38.0
37.9
38.4
38.5
39.0
39.2
39.5
39.0
–
–
12.46
–
8.91
8.53
–
10.11
8.06
15.30
–
8.18
–
–
6.4
–
9.8
10.6
–
9.9
5.2
22.6
–
6.2
–
–
25.1
–
25.1
16.9
–
21.6
20.0
26.2
–
21.5
14.10
12.24
9.64
11.96
12.63
13.00
10.90
5.2
4.6
5.6
3.6
2.5
4.8
3.6
38.6
30.9
35.6
35.9
38.0
38.5
38.2
14.19
13.01
9.64
12.21
12.78
13.10
10.87
5.2
4.5
5.8
3.6
2.4
5.0
3.5
39.1
35.8
37.7
38.5
38.8
39.9
39.1
–
10.22
–
9.32
8.30
–
–
–
6.8
–
5.1
4.2
–
–
–
22.8
–
21.0
23.7
–
–
10.04
10.31
12.61
10.22
12.67
13.28
14.20
12.15
11.17
17.16
13.54
12.57
16.3
9.5
6.7
8.3
11.2
8.2
6.2
6.5
6.2
3.5
18.3
10.9
33.3
33.6
33.8
36.9
37.4
37.3
38.9
37.8
33.7
40.0
39.1
36.8
–
10.72
13.41
10.30
–
13.42
14.50
12.25
12.40
17.16
14.13
13.32
–
10.8
6.1
8.8
–
8.4
6.3
6.7
4.5
3.5
17.9
10.4
–
38.2
38.1
38.2
–
39.4
39.9
39.6
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
–
8.71
9.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
24.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.77
7.6
32.4
11.69
8.4
38.9
7.84
6.5
21.0
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 4. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
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. ............................
$15.22
12.50
12.28
11.21
12.41
9.18
9.92
13.52
8.24
12.82
10.2
3.1
12.1
4.8
4.5
3.0
3.7
9.7
4.0
4.4
39.2
34.8
39.0
36.9
36.0
34.9
37.7
36.3
35.4
34.7
$15.22
12.98
12.28
11.38
12.77
9.31
10.03
13.60
8.19
13.39
10.2
4.6
12.1
6.6
4.6
3.0
4.1
10.0
5.2
4.5
39.2
39.4
39.0
39.7
38.7
38.3
39.2
37.0
37.4
38.4
–
–
–
–
$9.20
8.26
8.97
–
–
9.18
–
–
–
–
3.3
4.8
6.1
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
22.5
21.6
29.1
–
–
21.4
Blue collar ........................................................................
12.98
2.8
37.9
13.23
3.0
39.9
9.23
8.1
21.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
Telephone line installers and repairers ..............
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Office machine repairers ....................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
17.77
21.97
15.48
16.49
13.13
16.50
17.53
16.20
17.22
1.7
4.9
6.0
2.9
3.4
5.1
10.2
2.9
5.0
39.4
38.5
40.2
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
17.82
22.15
15.52
16.49
13.13
16.50
17.53
16.20
17.22
1.7
5.1
5.9
2.9
3.4
5.1
10.2
2.9
5.0
39.9
40.2
40.4
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
15.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.49
–
21.07
18.06
6.1
–
2.5
8.1
38.9
–
40.4
40.0
19.56
13.35
21.07
18.06
6.2
12.0
2.5
8.1
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.62
16.11
23.76
18.67
17.82
4.0
5.7
3.5
10.1
3.5
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.0
19.62
16.11
23.76
18.67
17.90
4.0
5.7
3.5
10.1
3.5
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.39
21.07
19.13
22.30
15.58
24.91
17.25
22.08
16.94
19.09
18.61
16.98
16.02
16.05
10.49
17.18
13.65
9.81
8.50
17.86
19.05
9.4
10.8
6.8
5.4
13.7
2.4
14.1
3.0
8.2
2.4
1.8
5.4
2.6
9.4
4.0
8.6
6.8
13.6
7.8
6.5
4.5
39.1
39.7
39.3
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.1
39.8
39.3
40.3
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.3
32.6
34.7
40.0
38.1
28.39
21.07
19.72
22.27
15.58
24.91
17.34
22.08
16.94
19.09
18.61
16.98
16.02
16.05
10.52
17.18
13.75
10.88
9.08
17.86
19.00
9.4
10.8
6.7
5.4
13.7
2.4
14.1
3.0
8.2
2.4
1.8
5.4
2.6
9.4
4.0
8.6
6.9
15.7
11.0
6.5
4.7
39.1
39.7
40.3
39.8
39.9
40.0
39.3
39.8
39.3
40.3
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.0
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.74
4.5
41.4
18.74
4.5
41.4
–
–
–
11.06
5.0
39.7
11.10
5.0
40.0
6.50
9.7
23.9
White collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 4. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.31
11.82
17.96
14.39
5.3
8.9
11.1
7.8
39.4
41.0
40.0
40.0
$13.31
11.82
17.96
14.39
5.3
8.9
11.1
7.8
39.4
41.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.19
12.56
13.10
10.17
12.42
15.72
15.89
14.37
9.75
5.2
6.6
5.4
10.9
4.0
10.5
6.6
11.1
6.3
40.4
42.2
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.4
39.3
37.6
38.4
13.19
12.56
13.10
10.23
12.42
15.72
15.89
14.37
9.82
5.2
6.6
5.4
11.1
4.0
10.5
6.6
11.1
6.3
40.4
42.2
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.4
39.3
37.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.92
8.95
10.08
10.34
13.30
6.5
4.1
13.0
8.5
5.0
40.0
37.4
40.0
40.1
40.0
9.92
8.97
10.09
10.34
13.30
6.5
4.1
13.0
8.5
5.0
40.0
39.5
40.1
40.1
40.0
–
$8.54
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
17.8
–
–
–
14.35
12.84
10.40
12.80
14.28
11.81
10.56
12.71
15.66
9.31
10.15
10.91
11.64
13.43
12.32
2.6
3.7
6.8
7.1
3.6
3.3
8.1
3.7
2.2
6.6
3.4
9.9
3.9
9.6
20.5
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.2
40.0
40.5
40.0
39.1
40.6
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.1
14.35
12.84
10.40
12.80
14.28
11.81
10.59
12.97
15.66
9.45
10.22
10.91
11.64
13.43
12.32
2.6
3.7
6.8
7.2
3.6
3.3
8.1
3.0
2.2
7.5
3.4
9.9
3.9
9.6
20.5
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.2
39.9
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.1
–
–
–
–
14.27
14.94
17.98
11.63
9.30
11.89
17.46
17.56
15.45
11.85
2.4
1.9
5.5
8.1
11.3
14.2
8.4
9.8
6.2
3.6
35.8
36.5
39.8
30.6
33.9
36.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
14.72
15.26
18.36
12.58
9.81
12.47
17.46
17.56
15.45
11.85
2.2
1.9
4.9
9.0
12.2
14.2
8.4
9.8
6.2
3.6
39.9
40.1
40.6
36.1
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
11.18
–
–
9.99
7.30
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
–
7.3
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
21.0
–
–
24.2
22.1
–
–
–
–
–
14.39
4.3
29.6
14.96
4.2
39.6
–
–
–
10.08
10.18
2.5
5.3
35.4
35.9
10.52
10.22
2.6
5.7
39.8
39.4
7.68
–
4.7
–
21.9
–
15.75
9.89
12.84
11.37
9.72
9.02
7.8
5.4
20.0
6.9
6.4
4.8
36.1
35.4
39.4
39.8
38.8
30.2
15.85
10.00
12.84
11.37
9.78
10.72
9.1
6.0
20.0
6.9
6.4
6.6
39.1
40.0
39.4
39.8
39.6
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
6.17
–
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
21.5
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Lathe and turning machine operators ................
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Rolling machine operators .................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Metal plating machine operators ........................
Heat treating equipment operators ....................
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Winding and twisting machine operators ...........
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ..........................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Folding machine operators ................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
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 ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 4. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Part time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.79
11.35
10.80
9.26
9.74
5.7
5.0
11.8
5.4
3.7
38.5
32.5
36.6
39.3
38.8
$8.88
12.04
11.37
9.39
9.81
5.8
5.1
11.8
5.5
3.8
39.7
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
–
$9.35
–
6.70
8.50
–
3.2
–
10.1
11.6
–
21.1
–
29.3
25.9
8.56
9.59
16.15
9.21
9.52
6.97
11.47
6.51
4.44
8.78
6.92
8.38
5.61
6.61
8.84
10.14
8.59
9.42
1.7
5.5
6.4
5.9
23.0
2.4
8.7
14.9
6.4
4.5
5.5
4.7
5.8
4.0
2.1
2.9
2.2
4.8
31.2
34.2
39.2
34.8
25.4
28.1
38.1
25.0
25.0
33.6
26.3
29.1
26.4
27.6
33.2
32.9
33.2
33.4
9.25
9.94
16.14
9.44
10.82
8.08
11.65
7.90
4.93
9.37
8.10
9.44
6.23
7.72
8.96
10.43
8.66
10.12
1.9
6.3
6.5
6.9
28.8
2.8
8.7
16.1
9.0
3.4
6.3
6.0
6.4
3.0
2.5
3.1
2.6
4.5
37.9
39.3
39.9
39.2
39.3
37.6
39.4
35.7
36.6
37.7
38.6
38.2
36.3
37.6
37.7
38.6
37.5
39.2
6.61
8.09
–
8.28
6.12
5.29
6.77
4.35
3.89
6.67
5.65
6.63
4.34
5.63
8.29
8.54
8.25
7.15
1.9
6.0
–
5.7
8.3
2.1
7.5
11.0
6.2
7.8
2.7
2.2
11.6
3.6
2.2
4.3
2.4
3.2
20.8
21.9
–
23.8
13.1
20.4
19.9
17.1
18.5
24.2
19.5
20.8
16.8
22.3
21.1
18.1
21.6
22.4
11.82
9.77
9.11
9.35
17.68
9.5
5.5
6.1
3.5
7.5
38.8
35.7
32.1
29.7
34.7
12.81
9.82
9.98
10.14
18.49
7.9
5.6
6.1
4.4
7.7
39.3
37.8
39.4
36.4
40.0
–
9.10
7.00
7.05
–
–
12.3
3.0
3.5
–
–
20.6
22.1
19.3
–
6.88
8.21
13.96
6.08
8.56
7.62
7.98
9.07
5.6
5.3
16.8
22.0
4.6
6.2
2.7
7.8
29.2
20.5
26.6
39.1
31.9
24.2
31.9
28.6
7.56
–
15.33
5.50
8.90
9.13
8.10
9.92
6.1
–
15.1
15.9
4.6
8.1
3.4
9.8
39.7
–
27.3
39.7
38.8
35.2
39.4
35.4
5.22
–
–
–
7.62
6.53
7.44
6.94
2.9
–
–
–
6.7
9.5
4.1
6.6
17.8
–
–
–
21.5
19.7
16.8
19.3
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Cooks .................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as
working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between November 1996 and June
1998. The average reference period was July 1997.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
17
Table 5. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time
and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$21.25
21.28
1.5
1.5
35.5
35.5
$21.81
21.84
1.4
1.4
37.7
37.7
$13.21
13.22
3.3
3.3
19.4
19.4
White collar ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
24.60
24.67
1.8
1.8
34.7
34.7
25.07
25.14
1.8
1.8
36.6
36.6
16.54
16.58
5.2
5.3
18.2
18.2
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ........................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
English teachers ................................................
Teachers, post secondary, n.e.c. .......................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Computer programmers .....................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
30.00
31.29
23.57
23.52
19.31
19.31
27.05
22.05
23.67
21.25
21.93
15.38
18.99
43.44
36.67
49.38
43.36
32.86
58.93
42.20
41.16
34.69
35.35
35.96
36.61
35.22
34.37
11.27
30.28
32.21
33.91
33.75
34.66
19.07
19.32
15.36
28.83
28.68
2.1
2.0
3.4
6.6
8.1
8.1
8.3
2.9
11.0
3.2
5.5
8.4
1.6
2.7
7.8
2.6
4.5
9.1
21.7
5.5
3.9
2.3
7.2
2.5
3.0
2.9
4.1
7.3
11.5
13.9
14.3
7.6
7.1
3.9
4.1
9.4
6.1
6.2
34.3
34.2
38.1
38.2
39.4
39.4
37.5
39.0
53.2
36.6
39.1
37.6
39.5
31.7
35.1
39.2
31.3
31.9
23.6
35.0
31.9
33.3
33.7
35.2
35.7
33.8
31.5
17.4
35.1
33.4
33.3
35.3
35.1
36.1
36.4
32.9
33.3
34.5
30.33
31.61
23.57
23.52
19.31
19.31
27.05
21.96
23.21
21.36
21.93
15.38
18.99
42.14
36.67
49.38
–
32.53
–
42.26
41.74
35.45
35.37
36.09
36.88
35.69
35.13
–
30.46
32.40
34.15
33.78
34.69
19.21
19.46
15.44
28.18
28.18
2.1
2.1
3.4
6.6
8.1
8.1
8.3
3.1
11.4
3.4
5.5
8.4
1.6
3.2
7.8
2.6
–
8.8
–
5.6
4.1
2.3
7.4
2.5
3.1
2.9
4.1
–
11.4
14.0
14.4
7.6
7.1
4.0
4.2
9.7
6.2
6.2
36.2
36.0
38.1
38.2
39.4
39.4
37.5
40.5
54.4
37.7
39.1
37.6
39.5
36.2
35.1
39.2
–
39.7
–
35.6
35.3
34.9
34.5
35.5
35.9
34.1
33.7
–
35.2
34.5
34.4
35.4
35.3
37.2
37.2
38.4
36.4
36.4
23.48
24.80
–
–
–
–
–
23.80
–
19.35
–
–
–
59.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.85
20.28
–
–
30.58
–
15.95
11.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
10.9
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
4.6
–
–
3.6
–
7.3
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.0
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
23.3
–
24.2
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
17.9
–
–
32.3
–
12.3
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.18
15.73
7.4
2.6
29.2
35.3
19.47
15.94
8.8
2.8
38.2
38.2
18.34
12.64
15.5
7.8
17.2
16.7
17.56
14.15
16.37
17.40
14.82
12.8
2.2
8.0
7.5
9.2
36.5
34.3
35.8
37.6
34.7
17.85
14.03
16.76
17.40
15.12
13.3
2.2
9.6
7.5
9.0
38.0
39.3
38.3
37.6
36.7
–
15.28
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
15.8
–
–
–
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 ..................................
26.78
32.30
4.2
4.4
36.9
37.1
26.94
32.55
4.3
4.4
37.6
37.6
15.12
–
16.7
–
15.6
–
28.35
31.28
39.71
25.61
19.28
34.10
20.86
20.29
4.6
14.1
5.8
5.6
13.6
10.7
4.8
7.1
36.7
38.6
37.4
38.3
35.1
38.4
36.6
34.2
28.35
31.28
39.80
25.61
21.60
34.10
20.89
20.26
4.6
14.1
5.8
5.6
12.8
10.7
4.8
7.6
36.7
38.6
37.5
38.3
36.6
38.4
37.5
37.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.4
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 5. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time
and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.56
24.56
5.2
3.7
35.3
35.4
$24.59
24.56
5.1
3.7
35.4
35.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.70
19.45
6.3
9.1
38.5
35.1
18.70
19.12
6.3
8.7
38.5
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.21
23.56
10.1
4.4
37.8
36.5
18.21
23.75
10.1
4.2
37.8
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
14.78
14.38
4.2
7.1
38.0
37.0
15.03
14.75
4.2
6.7
39.3
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Telephone operators ..........................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
General office clerks ..........................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
13.40
17.23
16.38
14.84
17.41
11.20
10.34
2.1
6.7
7.1
2.9
9.8
6.6
3.4
34.1
36.7
35.4
36.6
34.5
34.3
38.6
13.74
17.23
16.46
14.93
17.57
11.36
10.38
2.0
6.7
7.0
2.9
10.1
6.4
3.2
36.9
36.7
36.2
37.1
37.5
37.4
38.8
$10.13
–
–
–
–
9.49
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
19.8
–
–
–
–
17.9
–
12.13
10.82
13.08
13.26
11.23
17.52
12.06
13.99
12.22
11.55
11.28
12.69
6.4
2.7
5.1
6.6
4.1
11.7
6.7
3.3
6.1
4.5
6.1
5.1
35.1
28.0
38.2
33.3
35.2
39.2
38.5
35.3
33.9
39.6
27.6
34.1
12.13
11.40
13.08
13.29
–
17.61
12.07
13.99
12.97
11.55
10.75
13.10
6.4
2.4
5.1
6.6
–
11.7
6.7
3.3
4.7
4.5
5.2
4.7
35.1
35.6
38.2
36.9
–
39.9
38.6
35.3
36.7
39.6
33.6
36.7
–
8.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.66
–
12.09
7.73
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.7
–
10.2
7.9
–
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.7
–
21.7
18.4
Blue collar ........................................................................
16.29
2.7
37.7
16.50
2.8
39.4
12.49
6.3
21.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
18.17
21.56
16.75
3.8
5.0
4.6
39.3
39.5
39.3
18.17
21.56
16.75
3.8
5.0
4.6
39.4
39.5
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.33
15.02
20.82
17.31
16.04
17.81
12.19
15.97
9.9
6.2
12.9
15.1
5.1
6.1
7.2
3.8
39.0
39.3
39.7
37.2
39.4
38.9
39.9
39.2
17.33
15.02
20.82
17.35
16.04
17.81
12.19
15.97
9.9
6.2
12.9
15.2
5.1
6.1
7.2
3.8
39.0
39.3
39.7
37.7
39.4
38.9
39.9
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
13.72
11.20
7.3
5.3
36.2
31.2
13.99
–
7.4
–
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
16.08
15.97
16.43
14.26
4.0
7.6
2.5
8.7
35.6
38.1
31.9
39.2
16.31
16.12
17.11
14.26
4.5
7.5
2.4
8.7
39.3
39.7
39.2
39.2
14.27
–
14.25
–
4.9
–
5.6
–
20.3
–
20.0
–
15.09
4.3
37.6
15.09
4.3
37.6
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 5. Selected occupations, Middle Atlantic, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time
and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1997–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
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)
$13.79
11.81
4.9
7.3
38.4
37.1
$14.12
12.36
4.8
11.4
39.6
39.3
$7.41
–
8.3
–
24.5
–
17.45
13.93
11.86
17.25
12.56
12.7
6.5
6.2
3.1
4.6
39.9
38.8
39.4
39.9
37.0
17.45
13.93
12.00
17.25
13.00
12.7
6.5
6.3
3.1
4.6
39.9
38.8
39.4
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
8.06
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
20.9
16.22
20.35
24.03
27.46
19.17
21.68
2.5
2.2
10.2
3.9
2.9
3.3
36.3
38.5
44.4
39.9
43.3
39.5
16.95
20.74
24.03
27.46
19.17
21.74
2.4
2.2
10.2
3.9
2.9
3.4
39.3
39.8
44.4
39.9
43.3
39.6
9.15
10.51
–
–
–
–
2.6
5.4
–
–
–
–
20.7
21.0
–
–
–
–
18.08
18.68
9.67
13.28
15.21
10.35
11.39
8.16
11.66
9.77
12.42
13.56
12.02
12.81
6.0
2.3
6.9
4.6
12.5
3.1
2.8
6.4
3.2
3.5
2.4
2.9
3.4
2.4
34.3
39.8
19.0
34.3
29.8
29.7
32.5
22.6
38.1
28.2
37.4
37.4
37.4
37.7
18.77
18.69
–
14.06
–
11.18
11.79
–
11.83
10.54
12.54
13.66
12.15
12.99
5.4
2.3
–
4.0
–
3.6
2.4
–
3.4
5.1
2.4
2.8
3.3
2.4
38.0
39.8
–
38.0
–
37.2
34.5
–
40.0
37.7
39.1
38.9
39.2
39.3
–
–
9.16
9.56
–
8.79
–
8.19
–
8.84
9.07
–
8.57
8.48
–
–
8.3
7.2
–
3.4
–
6.7
–
4.5
5.6
–
5.6
3.3
–
–
18.7
23.4
–
21.7
–
20.8
–
21.6
17.0
–
17.0
19.5
20.87
9.08
12.33
10.32
2.7
3.7
2.6
4.8
39.7
36.1
37.6
28.4
20.87
–
12.51
11.32
2.7
–
2.6
6.9
39.7
–
39.2
37.7
–
–
8.47
8.81
–
–
3.6
3.6
–
–
19.4
20.7
7.82
11.39
9.83
9.25
10.59
11.1
12.1
9.0
2.4
3.9
27.6
34.1
33.4
24.3
28.4
–
12.06
9.92
9.51
11.32
–
11.9
8.9
8.4
2.5
–
37.4
36.4
36.3
38.0
7.17
–
–
9.14
–
5.5
–
–
3.0
–
19.6
–
–
21.4
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Construction laborers .........................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Crossing guards .................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Cooks .................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
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 November 1996 and June
1998. The average reference period was July 1997.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
20
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All excluding sales .........................................................
$17.42
17.66
1.5
1.6
35.7
36.0
$16.47
16.69
1.7
1.8
35.8
36.1
$21.25
21.28
1.5
1.5
35.5
35.5
White collar ......................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
White collar excluding sales ......................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
21.25
6.92
8.51
9.58
11.95
13.97
15.47
18.74
22.89
26.98
27.62
29.97
37.43
47.18
58.12
70.30
26.52
22.16
7.69
9.31
10.17
12.23
13.94
15.37
18.79
23.01
27.00
27.69
29.89
36.65
47.18
57.62
70.30
26.43
1.3
2.0
2.8
1.3
1.9
1.2
1.3
1.9
2.4
1.6
2.5
1.5
1.9
2.5
3.9
10.1
4.8
1.3
3.5
3.0
1.4
2.0
1.1
1.4
2.0
2.5
1.7
2.6
1.5
1.6
2.5
3.8
10.1
4.9
35.8
25.4
31.7
32.9
35.7
36.6
36.7
36.5
36.0
36.1
37.8
38.3
38.8
39.1
38.9
39.6
35.3
36.3
27.7
33.5
34.8
36.2
36.4
36.5
36.3
35.8
36.0
37.7
38.2
38.8
39.1
38.8
39.6
35.2
20.36
6.86
8.34
9.35
11.88
13.87
15.53
18.17
20.64
23.76
27.69
29.79
37.33
47.23
58.77
70.30
29.30
21.40
7.75
9.21
9.99
12.20
13.81
15.41
18.17
20.44
23.68
27.76
29.68
36.42
47.23
58.21
70.30
29.28
1.5
2.1
3.1
1.2
2.1
1.4
1.4
1.7
1.7
1.5
3.0
1.8
2.0
2.8
4.3
10.1
5.3
1.5
2.9
3.4
1.3
2.3
1.4
1.6
1.7
1.6
1.6
3.1
1.8
1.6
2.8
4.3
10.1
5.4
36.1
25.3
32.1
32.6
35.8
37.5
37.3
37.1
36.5
36.7
38.0
38.6
39.3
39.4
39.4
39.6
35.1
36.8
28.0
34.6
34.8
36.4
37.4
37.1
36.9
36.4
36.6
37.8
38.5
39.3
39.4
39.4
39.6
35.0
24.60
7.47
9.86
11.38
12.44
14.39
15.22
20.98
29.13
32.16
27.34
30.67
38.14
46.78
53.19
–
21.44
24.67
7.47
9.86
11.19
12.42
14.38
15.22
21.12
29.13
32.16
27.45
30.67
38.14
46.78
53.19
–
21.44
1.8
13.6
5.2
4.2
3.1
2.7
2.7
5.8
4.9
2.9
4.3
2.8
4.9
2.1
2.0
–
7.5
1.8
13.6
5.2
4.1
3.1
2.7
2.7
5.9
4.9
2.9
4.3
2.8
4.9
2.1
2.0
–
7.5
34.7
26.4
28.5
34.7
35.0
33.2
34.4
34.2
34.6
35.1
37.2
37.1
35.9
36.4
35.3
–
35.7
34.7
26.4
28.5
34.6
35.0
33.2
34.4
34.1
34.6
35.1
37.2
37.1
35.9
36.4
35.3
–
35.7
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
26.04
28.26
13.80
16.10
20.61
25.54
28.70
26.97
29.19
35.54
48.11
55.69
56.71
29.31
27.23
14.44
17.60
19.02
20.25
23.93
25.40
28.87
32.90
40.62
47.76
30.10
31.94
1.4
1.4
3.7
4.8
4.0
3.4
2.2
2.7
1.7
2.0
3.0
3.8
11.0
4.6
2.0
8.1
4.4
2.5
6.3
2.1
4.0
2.2
3.3
4.1
3.6
2.5
4.5
35.1
34.9
32.1
32.1
33.6
34.1
34.8
36.7
37.5
37.6
37.7
37.7
39.5
32.6
39.5
41.8
40.0
38.3
40.3
39.5
39.9
39.9
39.3
39.5
36.3
38.9
39.2
24.22
26.51
13.72
15.38
18.70
21.10
23.50
26.35
28.94
34.93
47.87
55.58
56.71
30.28
27.76
14.44
17.60
18.80
19.93
24.69
26.43
28.88
32.69
40.62
47.76
30.10
32.16
1.8
1.8
3.4
7.3
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.6
2.1
2.2
4.0
4.5
11.0
6.6
2.1
8.1
4.4
2.7
7.7
2.3
4.5
2.2
3.4
4.1
3.6
2.5
4.5
35.4
35.4
34.6
34.2
34.5
33.9
34.6
36.5
37.8
38.5
38.3
38.1
39.5
30.9
39.7
41.8
40.0
38.4
41.7
40.1
39.9
39.9
39.5
39.5
36.3
38.9
39.2
30.00
31.29
14.05
17.44
24.45
31.74
33.12
28.44
30.31
39.60
49.02
56.23
–
27.34
23.57
–
–
–
–
22.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.31
2.1
2.0
11.8
3.2
8.6
4.6
3.0
6.7
3.5
3.1
4.4
2.3
–
3.5
3.4
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
34.3
34.2
25.7
28.9
32.1
34.3
34.9
37.4
36.1
32.5
35.4
35.5
–
36.6
38.1
–
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.41
21.32
21.93
28.20
28.25
30.84
36.30
54.25
33.63
29.22
16.74
24.86
25.71
25.49
32.67
39.08
45.11
46.54
23.87
17.96
19.95
18.82
21.60
22.63
23.53
27.26
35.13
60.84
60.88
23.47
40.42
20.15
22.05
47.86
24.11
33.06
30.94
38.97
47.02
63.32
32.71
13.74
13.74
25.98
33.69
36.22
33.07
33.29
24.49
14.21
20.43
26.44
27.48
26.67
16.98
20.15
28.41
27.17
29.80
6.1
7.4
4.7
8.1
5.4
3.2
3.3
9.2
14.0
3.8
6.8
4.3
6.2
6.3
5.0
4.7
6.6
7.2
1.8
9.0
12.1
2.8
2.4
1.8
5.1
4.6
10.1
6.3
8.2
11.0
3.7
8.3
3.9
19.2
6.6
8.4
3.5
4.7
3.6
5.5
2.2
10.8
8.8
8.9
4.5
2.5
6.4
3.6
8.3
6.1
12.6
16.5
6.8
7.3
7.2
11.6
14.9
12.8
6.7
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
38.6
39.1
40.3
38.8
39.8
39.3
38.9
38.9
39.2
39.1
36.1
39.7
40.0
39.2
39.3
39.7
39.0
40.0
33.8
31.6
34.1
33.0
32.6
33.0
39.4
36.9
32.0
33.5
35.9
40.4
32.3
18.5
28.2
15.0
32.6
25.4
34.9
35.4
34.4
35.7
32.8
24.1
24.5
31.2
34.7
34.3
32.9
33.2
35.4
36.2
38.1
35.2
33.2
35.3
39.1
38.1
32.6
35.5
36.0
$19.60
21.32
21.93
28.57
28.25
31.00
36.30
54.25
33.63
29.32
16.74
25.10
25.71
25.61
32.83
39.08
45.03
46.54
24.22
18.02
20.84
19.04
21.79
22.83
25.29
27.45
34.90
63.60
64.63
29.67
38.08
–
–
19.36
22.59
33.58
29.49
38.15
44.54
66.70
18.55
12.56
11.64
18.14
22.09
23.37
–
30.41
21.51
13.60
–
19.68
25.19
23.00
16.64
20.15
20.61
23.67
29.81
6.1
7.4
4.7
8.3
5.4
3.1
3.3
9.2
14.0
4.0
6.8
4.4
6.2
6.7
5.3
4.7
7.0
7.2
2.0
9.0
15.7
3.1
2.5
2.1
4.5
4.8
10.7
7.5
12.0
16.1
5.9
–
–
13.8
9.1
10.9
4.4
9.2
6.0
7.6
5.0
11.4
10.3
6.6
7.1
7.4
–
5.5
8.1
8.5
–
9.2
9.4
8.1
8.6
11.6
9.1
16.6
11.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
38.8
39.1
40.3
38.8
39.8
39.3
38.9
38.9
39.2
39.2
36.1
39.9
40.0
39.1
39.6
39.7
39.0
40.0
32.9
31.8
32.2
32.8
32.1
32.2
37.4
36.1
32.2
33.1
34.9
33.5
32.8
–
–
17.5
34.5
21.7
34.9
36.5
33.2
36.7
29.6
28.5
29.1
29.2
34.0
33.2
–
29.9
36.2
37.1
–
35.8
34.0
35.3
40.0
38.1
32.6
35.5
33.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$27.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.05
–
18.83
17.12
20.16
21.73
15.70
25.57
–
49.75
55.20
16.02
43.44
–
–
74.07
27.88
32.40
33.73
39.65
48.88
57.61
34.69
15.05
16.74
28.11
35.27
36.78
34.34
33.67
32.21
–
–
39.08
–
33.75
–
–
39.04
–
29.79
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
7 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Health related ........................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
11.2
5.2
4.9
4.0
13.2
14.8
–
3.8
8.1
10.5
2.7
–
–
10.2
5.0
13.3
5.4
3.9
5.3
5.0
2.3
18.3
3.5
9.6
4.3
2.5
7.1
3.9
13.9
–
–
19.5
–
7.6
–
–
4.6
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
37.0
35.3
36.6
37.7
51.7
45.9
–
34.9
37.7
53.7
31.7
–
–
13.3
28.7
32.6
34.8
34.6
35.5
34.0
33.3
20.5
19.9
31.8
34.8
34.3
33.9
33.7
33.4
–
–
34.2
–
35.3
–
–
32.7
–
38.5
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.52
10.92
14.71
15.84
17.08
18.66
26.89
25.02
21.74
35.74
31.94
41.24
32.64
3.0
4.6
4.1
4.3
3.4
3.8
18.0
5.8
5.9
6.8
11.4
5.3
9.7
35.3
33.5
37.3
34.9
34.8
36.0
36.0
35.9
30.6
39.0
36.6
36.2
37.0
$15.66
10.02
10.44
15.14
15.71
17.88
22.01
22.07
–
41.90
33.92
40.18
–
3.7
5.2
8.5
4.0
4.4
5.1
7.4
6.2
–
6.3
11.5
6.7
–
34.4
31.4
37.3
37.3
35.1
34.2
37.1
33.5
–
45.8
44.9
47.0
–
$19.07
12.42
17.18
16.64
18.22
19.09
–
–
–
28.83
–
–
–
3.9
8.4
3.6
8.4
3.9
5.2
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
36.1
38.0
37.3
32.4
34.5
37.1
–
–
–
33.3
–
–
–
23.98
13.33
14.65
18.40
19.90
23.94
27.63
29.10
40.47
26.11
17.79
6.78
10.84
12.65
13.82
15.19
18.23
19.41
23.28
31.80
32.26
16.36
5.5
3.9
7.4
5.9
3.2
6.7
5.7
5.4
9.1
11.5
2.0
4.8
6.8
2.4
2.9
1.9
4.6
3.3
4.1
11.4
10.7
8.9
34.5
39.1
37.4
37.5
37.5
38.8
38.7
38.8
38.0
25.1
35.6
27.4
28.6
34.6
34.2
36.2
35.0
37.9
37.3
36.5
36.7
37.8
24.26
13.33
14.65
18.87
19.90
24.31
27.63
29.50
40.47
26.75
18.08
6.78
10.92
12.57
13.80
15.35
18.45
19.46
23.18
31.80
33.57
15.79
5.7
3.9
7.4
5.9
3.2
7.3
5.7
5.8
9.1
12.0
2.2
4.8
7.0
2.8
3.3
2.0
5.2
3.5
4.4
11.4
11.5
9.5
34.8
39.1
37.4
37.5
37.5
38.9
38.7
38.7
38.0
25.9
35.7
27.4
29.4
34.7
33.9
35.8
35.6
37.8
37.3
36.5
36.3
38.1
19.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.45
15.73
–
–
13.08
13.93
14.52
16.55
18.62
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
2.6
–
–
3.3
3.8
3.1
3.6
7.6
–
–
–
–
29.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
35.3
–
–
34.0
35.4
37.8
31.1
38.7
–
–
–
–
30.00
14.85
14.83
17.59
20.02
24.14
27.47
30.43
37.40
46.49
58.62
36.52
34.38
13.46
15.78
18.37
20.86
25.53
29.20
31.49
37.79
45.91
59.82
1.9
3.2
4.2
4.6
2.3
1.9
4.4
2.3
2.1
3.4
5.2
6.1
2.0
7.6
10.2
8.1
4.3
2.6
5.2
2.8
2.3
3.3
5.1
39.0
39.2
38.7
38.9
38.4
38.6
38.9
39.0
39.6
40.2
39.5
37.8
39.4
39.6
37.2
39.4
39.3
39.2
39.6
39.2
39.8
40.1
39.5
30.69
14.64
15.20
17.83
20.11
24.01
27.89
30.17
37.42
46.83
59.45
39.61
34.73
13.79
15.78
18.44
21.08
25.18
28.99
31.21
37.79
46.28
60.84
2.1
3.4
3.3
5.4
2.8
2.0
5.3
2.7
2.0
3.5
5.6
6.4
2.2
7.7
10.3
8.7
4.8
2.7
5.8
3.4
2.2
3.4
5.5
39.5
39.6
38.4
39.3
39.3
39.1
39.6
39.4
39.8
40.2
40.0
39.2
39.8
40.0
37.8
39.8
39.9
39.3
39.9
39.7
40.1
40.1
40.0
26.78
16.16
14.14
16.59
19.69
24.97
26.15
31.25
37.29
39.74
–
26.99
32.30
–
–
17.58
19.39
28.34
31.79
32.26
37.78
38.49
–
4.2
7.4
7.7
2.9
3.0
5.1
3.0
4.5
8.0
3.2
–
5.2
4.4
–
–
9.6
3.4
8.5
5.6
5.4
8.1
3.7
–
36.9
36.6
39.2
37.5
35.2
36.0
37.0
37.9
38.2
40.2
–
34.1
37.1
–
–
36.3
35.7
37.7
36.2
37.8
38.2
40.8
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, religious, and recreation workers ...............
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical ...................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$41.65
22.53
15.15
14.65
16.93
19.52
22.29
25.11
27.59
35.13
50.21
26.01
8.1
2.8
3.2
4.2
1.6
2.6
1.5
3.1
2.9
4.0
12.9
5.2
38.0
38.4
39.1
39.0
38.5
37.9
37.9
38.1
38.6
38.5
40.2
37.5
$45.82
23.03
14.85
15.02
17.16
19.43
22.37
25.29
27.72
35.50
50.45
25.11
7.9
3.2
3.4
2.9
2.0
3.3
1.8
5.2
3.4
4.0
13.6
6.6
39.2
39.0
39.5
38.6
38.8
38.9
38.7
39.0
38.7
38.6
40.4
39.1
$26.25
20.86
16.90
14.13
16.34
19.79
21.90
24.91
26.93
–
–
28.03
7.9
4.8
6.5
7.7
2.6
3.8
2.8
2.9
2.8
–
–
4.7
33.9
36.6
36.8
39.6
37.9
35.1
34.5
37.2
38.1
–
–
34.4
Sales .............................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
13.73
6.18
6.49
8.18
10.49
14.27
16.86
17.87
21.86
26.01
26.67
31.65
58.93
29.93
4.0
1.7
2.8
2.8
4.4
4.9
3.2
6.0
6.1
5.6
9.8
8.1
16.0
11.7
32.1
23.5
28.0
29.1
33.3
38.1
39.6
40.6
37.6
39.4
40.5
39.5
39.5
37.3
13.72
6.18
6.49
8.03
10.46
14.26
16.86
18.19
21.86
26.01
27.00
31.65
58.93
29.93
4.1
1.7
2.8
2.5
4.5
4.9
3.2
6.2
6.1
5.6
10.1
8.1
16.0
11.7
32.0
23.5
28.0
29.0
33.3
38.1
39.6
40.6
37.6
39.4
40.5
39.5
39.5
37.3
14.78
–
–
14.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
36.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
12.97
7.69
9.36
10.16
12.24
13.88
15.37
18.07
19.99
23.25
30.56
14.48
1.3
3.5
3.0
1.4
2.1
1.5
1.7
1.6
4.4
5.2
17.0
3.4
36.0
27.7
33.6
35.0
36.4
37.4
37.7
38.0
38.6
39.0
38.6
35.7
12.87
7.75
9.26
9.97
12.21
13.72
15.48
17.89
20.13
23.44
31.27
13.81
1.5
2.9
3.4
1.3
2.4
1.8
1.8
1.7
4.6
5.8
19.3
7.1
36.5
28.0
34.7
35.0
36.7
38.6
38.3
38.1
38.9
39.7
39.2
35.5
13.40
7.47
9.86
11.21
12.37
14.38
14.76
19.15
–
–
–
14.97
2.1
13.6
5.2
4.1
3.3
3.1
3.1
5.7
–
–
–
2.9
34.1
26.4
28.5
34.8
35.1
34.2
34.6
37.6
–
–
–
35.8
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
13.29
8.18
8.42
11.59
12.93
14.68
15.40
19.26
20.85
23.60
15.34
2.6
4.1
6.4
2.6
3.9
1.7
2.3
1.8
2.4
3.2
12.2
37.9
33.9
37.5
37.3
38.1
39.6
39.1
39.3
39.6
39.6
37.9
12.98
8.02
8.27
11.42
12.67
14.63
15.08
19.33
20.41
23.57
15.67
2.8
4.5
6.4
2.7
4.5
1.9
2.3
1.9
2.1
3.3
13.1
37.9
33.8
37.5
37.6
38.1
39.8
39.1
39.6
39.7
39.6
37.9
16.29
11.71
12.27
13.44
15.64
15.05
17.85
18.93
24.18
23.94
–
2.7
7.4
4.9
8.2
3.9
2.1
3.4
3.9
5.0
13.1
–
37.7
34.7
36.9
35.2
38.6
38.6
39.1
38.0
38.9
39.1
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
17.83
8.95
10.04
12.21
15.04
1.6
8.5
2.6
3.4
3.5
39.4
38.5
38.5
39.3
39.5
17.77
8.88
9.80
11.99
15.17
1.7
9.0
2.6
3.4
4.0
39.4
38.5
38.3
39.3
39.5
18.17
–
–
14.25
14.16
3.8
–
–
9.4
5.8
39.3
–
–
38.7
38.9
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$14.98
19.76
20.78
23.59
22.34
2.6
1.6
2.4
3.8
6.9
39.3
39.5
39.6
39.5
38.1
$14.69
19.97
20.27
23.53
22.96
2.5
1.7
2.0
4.0
7.3
39.4
39.5
39.7
39.6
38.2
$17.09
18.84
24.34
24.16
–
5.0
4.6
5.0
13.9
–
38.7
39.7
38.8
39.0
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
11.08
7.38
7.40
10.87
11.24
13.35
15.02
16.92
20.82
23.74
4.9
4.2
8.0
3.3
4.1
2.1
2.7
2.8
8.4
2.5
39.7
37.4
39.7
39.6
40.1
40.1
40.6
39.8
38.9
39.7
11.06
7.35
7.39
10.87
11.24
13.36
15.02
16.89
20.82
23.74
5.0
4.2
8.0
3.3
4.1
2.1
2.7
2.8
8.4
2.5
39.7
37.5
39.7
39.6
40.1
40.1
40.6
39.9
38.9
39.7
13.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
14.58
6.81
8.87
13.24
14.66
15.95
16.78
19.85
22.58
1.8
4.1
5.9
5.5
2.2
2.3
6.4
3.9
5.8
35.8
31.1
31.0
33.7
35.5
39.7
38.0
34.1
40.0
14.27
6.72
8.13
12.99
14.50
16.00
15.94
19.82
–
2.4
3.9
5.1
6.4
2.8
2.8
8.4
6.3
–
35.8
31.3
30.7
33.6
35.3
40.2
37.4
39.4
–
16.08
–
13.96
13.95
16.02
15.73
19.04
19.89
–
4.0
–
9.1
11.5
4.7
1.6
3.0
4.4
–
35.6
–
33.0
33.7
37.6
37.7
39.6
29.6
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
10.44
8.46
9.60
11.63
13.25
14.92
15.88
17.03
8.40
2.4
4.5
4.8
4.3
5.4
6.0
4.7
3.2
12.5
35.7
33.1
36.5
37.3
39.5
38.0
34.9
40.0
37.7
10.08
8.27
9.46
11.57
12.48
14.76
16.05
16.88
8.90
2.5
5.1
5.3
4.5
4.6
7.9
5.1
3.7
12.4
35.4
32.9
36.3
37.2
39.4
37.4
34.6
40.0
37.8
13.79
11.74
11.77
12.54
15.56
15.41
–
–
–
4.9
7.7
4.5
8.8
6.7
6.5
–
–
–
38.4
35.2
39.3
38.8
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
Service ..............................................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service ..................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
9 .....................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11.02
7.85
7.69
8.76
10.31
12.93
15.90
19.32
20.10
23.55
26.02
16.33
17.30
7.00
8.76
8.49
12.12
13.91
17.74
20.92
19.91
23.61
25.82
2.2
4.4
2.3
1.9
2.5
1.8
3.7
3.3
2.9
4.3
4.4
20.5
3.6
9.9
4.9
5.6
5.7
4.1
3.3
3.1
3.2
4.8
4.5
32.7
28.4
30.0
32.5
33.8
36.5
39.3
39.6
39.3
40.3
40.0
34.9
37.2
29.4
23.0
33.1
33.0
38.6
40.7
40.0
39.7
40.3
40.0
8.56
7.52
7.26
8.01
9.73
12.29
12.60
13.81
19.74
–
–
10.26
9.59
6.51
8.45
8.06
10.47
13.40
14.79
14.62
19.87
–
–
1.7
5.3
2.2
1.9
2.5
3.1
3.3
3.9
3.4
–
–
5.8
5.5
8.7
6.2
5.4
5.9
7.8
7.5
5.0
4.1
–
–
31.2
28.1
30.2
31.9
33.6
35.9
38.5
37.4
36.6
–
–
36.2
34.2
34.3
22.7
34.2
36.1
38.1
39.5
38.1
40.0
–
–
16.22
10.13
9.91
11.33
12.54
13.81
17.57
20.32
20.14
23.60
25.75
21.11
20.35
8.25
9.80
11.80
14.86
14.36
17.89
21.24
19.91
23.61
25.82
2.5
4.2
2.2
2.4
4.0
2.4
3.2
3.3
3.3
4.8
4.4
15.5
2.2
13.6
6.0
5.9
6.3
3.7
3.2
3.1
3.3
4.8
4.5
36.3
30.4
28.8
35.0
34.4
37.3
39.7
40.0
39.7
40.3
40.0
34.0
38.5
21.6
23.7
26.1
28.8
39.1
40.7
40.1
39.7
40.3
40.0
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Occupational groups1 and levels,2 Middle Atlantic: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1997–Continued
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupational group and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Food service .........................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
Health service .......................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
1 .....................................................................
2 .....................................................................
3 .....................................................................
4 .....................................................................
5 .....................................................................
6 .....................................................................
7 .....................................................................
8 .....................................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.34
7.31
6.02
6.36
6.95
9.28
11.63
14.29
13.12
20.49
9.54
8.92
8.07
8.86
10.12
12.01
14.53
15.97
10.42
9.36
9.48
11.01
11.91
13.61
11.16
16.14
9.61
6.66
7.50
8.59
10.26
13.79
12.83
14.28
20.94
18.3
2.3
2.5
4.4
3.7
3.4
4.6
8.0
9.2
5.9
2.1
4.4
3.4
2.8
3.9
3.4
4.3
6.2
3.2
6.6
2.8
3.5
5.3
3.9
5.8
6.2
2.9
2.9
4.2
4.2
5.4
5.4
8.0
9.1
5.3
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based
on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned
based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See the Technical Note for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
State and local government
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
34.1
28.3
25.1
27.8
28.0
34.7
37.9
38.8
42.0
38.2
33.9
31.1
32.8
34.2
33.6
36.1
38.0
38.8
34.5
32.4
33.0
36.9
39.3
38.3
44.9
39.6
29.4
23.9
27.7
29.9
32.5
30.3
31.9
32.1
34.7
–
$6.97
5.87
5.91
6.70
8.87
11.51
13.17
13.04
20.83
8.84
8.93
7.74
8.44
9.76
11.25
13.85
–
9.42
8.97
9.07
9.59
10.76
12.33
11.05
–
9.35
6.63
6.84
7.98
9.87
13.82
12.23
14.28
20.94
–
2.4
2.6
3.7
4.1
3.4
6.5
7.5
10.0
5.7
2.1
4.8
2.8
3.0
4.2
5.1
2.7
–
4.8
8.2
3.1
5.0
2.8
3.7
5.7
–
3.5
3.3
3.7
5.5
5.7
5.9
9.9
9.1
5.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
28.1
25.0
28.0
27.7
34.8
39.4
39.1
42.1
38.1
33.2
31.8
32.3
33.5
33.1
35.0
38.3
–
33.4
31.9
32.2
35.1
39.3
37.7
45.3
–
29.7
24.1
30.2
31.0
32.0
29.4
32.9
32.1
34.7
–
$10.35
8.25
9.62
9.97
11.45
12.07
–
–
–
12.42
–
11.01
10.69
12.48
12.97
–
16.32
12.81
11.35
11.28
12.23
14.14
15.21
–
–
10.32
6.83
8.60
9.80
11.43
13.72
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
–
3.1
5.1
3.1
1.6
7.0
5.1
–
–
–
2.4
–
2.8
2.3
2.1
2.7
–
6.7
2.4
4.1
4.1
4.0
9.4
4.3
–
–
4.8
4.3
4.6
2.6
9.6
10.8
–
–
–
–
29.7
26.1
26.3
32.4
33.9
33.3
–
–
–
37.4
–
37.3
37.2
37.3
37.6
–
39.6
37.7
35.3
36.9
38.6
39.4
39.0
–
–
28.4
22.5
24.4
28.1
34.4
32.1
–
–
–
weighted by hours.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between November 1996 and June
1998. The average reference period was July 1997.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Occupational groups may include data for levels not shown separately.
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Technical Note
The data in this report are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics throughout the year. The surveys are locality-based and
cover establishments in private industry and State and local
governments. Bulletins are issued for individual localities when
sufficient data meet publication standards. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government are excluded
from the scope of the survey.
Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the metropolitan area definition.
The NCS locality areas that contribute to the Middle Atlantic
census division are:
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA
Clinton County, NY
Columbia County, NY
Johnstown, PA MSA
New York-Northern-New Jersey-Long
Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
Northumberland County, PA
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA
Pittsburgh, PA MSA
Reading, PA MSA
Rochester, NY MSA
St. Lawrence County, NY
York, PA MSA
Survey scope. In the Mid Atlantic census division, the NCS
studied 1,979 establishments with 50 or more workers,1 representing 50,100 establishments within the scope of the survey. (See table A .) The number of workers represented by the
survey is shown in table B. For purposes of this survey an
establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industry, an
establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State
and local government, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.
Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from the State unemployment insurance reports. The reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames
were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The reference month
for the private sector is March 1996. The sampling frame was
reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business and out-of-scope
establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated.
In the second stage, the sample of establishments is drawn
by first stratifying the sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of sample establishments allocated to each
stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum
with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights are applied
to each establishment when the data are tabulated so that it
represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in
the economy that are not selected for collection.
The third stage of sample selection is a probability sample
of occupations within a sampled establishment. In the East
North Central region, collection was conducted between October 1996 and May 1998 with an average reference period of
August 1997. The combined average payroll reference month
for all surveys that contributed to the national estimates is
August 1997. Additional information about the area sample
and method of estimation is available in the BLS publication,
National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the
United States, 1997, Bulletin 2519.
Sample design and data collection. The sample for this survey was selected using a three stage design. The first stage
consists of the selection of areas. The nationwide NCS sample
includes 149 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan statistical areas (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget) and the remaining portions of the 48 contiguous States. Metropolitan
areas are designated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA), as defined in 1994 by the Office of Management and Budget.
Occupational selection and classification. Identification of
the occupations for which wage data are collected is a fourstep process:
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.
1.
2.
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Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment
jobs
Classification of jobs into occupations based on the Cen-
3.
4.
sus of Population system
Characterization of jobs as full time v. part time, union v.
nonunion, and time v. incentive
Determination of the level of work of each job
precision with which an estimate from a particular sample
approximates the average result of all possible samples. The
relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by
the estimate. Tables in this report provide RSE data for indicated series.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence
interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose
the mean hourly earnings for all workers is $15.09 per hour
with a relative standard error of 0.6 percent for this estimate.
At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $15.24 to $14.94 ($15.09 x 1.645 x 0.006 = $0.149,
round to $0.15); ($15.09 + .15 = $15.24; $15.09 - .15 =
$14.94). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the
population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of
the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can
stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. A
Technical Reinterview Program conducted in all survey areas will be used to develop a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although they also
are not specifically measured, efforts are made to minimize
nonsampling errors by the extensive training of field economists who gather survey data, edit the data by computer, and
provide a detailed review of the data.
For each occupation, wage data are collected for those workers who meet all the criteria identified in the last three steps.
Special procedures are developed for jobs for which a correct classification or level can not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled are selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees is used for sampling, with
each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection
of a job is based on probability proportional to its size in the
establishment. The greater the number of people working in a
job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection.
The second step of the process entails classifying the selected
jobs into occupations based on their duties. The National Compensation Survey occupational classification system is based
on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall
into any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from
accountant to wood lathe operator. In cases where a job’s duties overlap two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level are used to classify the job.
Classification by primary duties is the fallback.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen
workers are identified. First, the worker is identified as holding either a full- or part-time job, based on the establishment’s
definition of those terms. Then the worker is classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any
part of pay is directly based on the actual production of the
workers, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the
worker is identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job.
The fourth step in the job classification procedure is to determine the work level of each of the establishment’s selected
jobs, using a “generic leveling” process. This process, involving discussions between the Bureau’s field economist and the
respondent, ranks and compares all selected establishment
occupations using 10 leveling factors. For more information
on generic leveling and an example of using the criteria for
leveling a job, see appendixes C and D at www.bls.gov/
compub.htm or any of our published NCS bulletins. This
web site also has a link to the NCS job descriptions.
Census area divisions. Census divisions providing data are
defined as follows: New EnglandConnecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island;
Middle AtlanticNew Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; East North CentralIllinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,
and Wisconsin; West North CentralIowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska;
South AtlanticDelaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
and West Virginia; East South CentralAlabama, Kentucky,
Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South CentralArkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; MountainMontana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and
Nevada; and PacificWashington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, and Alaska.2 Some census divisions include Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) that cross State lines.
Additional information about the National Compensation
Survey, including a list of occupational classifications, is available by calling (202) 691-6199. You may also write to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data
Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Room
4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or send e-mail to
[email protected].
Data reliability. The data in this summary are estimates from
a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two
types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only from
a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used
for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the
same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates
is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the
2
Although Alaska and Hawaii are included in the Pacific Census Division, the 1997 NCS excluded these States.
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The data contained in this summary are also available on
the Internet through the BLS site http://stats.bls.gov/
comhome.htm. Data are in three formats: An ASCII file containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing
positional columns of data for manipulation as a data vase or
spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) con-
taining the entire summary.
Material in this summary is in the public domain and, with
appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission.
This information is available to sensory impaired individuals
upon request. Voice phone: (202) 606-7828; Federal Information relay Service: 1-800-877-8339.
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Table A. Number of establishments represented by the survey and number studied by industry group and establishment
employment size, Middle Atlantic, National Compensation Survey, 1997
Industry division
All ....................................................................................................
Private Industry ..........................................................................
Goods-producing industries .....................................................
Mining ..................................................................................
Construction .........................................................................
Manufacturing ......................................................................
Durable goods .................................................................
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and
transportation equipment .......................................
Industrial and commercial machinery and computer
equipment ..............................................................
Electronic and electrical equipment .............................
Transportation equipment ............................................
Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments ......
Nondurable goods ...........................................................
Food and kindred products ..........................................
Printing, publishing, and allied industries .....................
Chemicals and allied products .....................................
Service-producing industries ...................................................
Transportation and utilities ...................................................
Wholesale trade ...................................................................
Retail trade ..........................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ......................................
Depository institutions ......................................................
Insurance carriers ............................................................
Services ...............................................................................
Business services ............................................................
Educational services ........................................................
Health services ................................................................
Hospitals ......................................................................
Engineering, accounting, research, management, and
related services ..........................................................
State and local government ......................................................
Health services ................................................................
Hospitals ......................................................................
Number of establishments studied
Number of
establishments represented1
Total
50 - 99
workers
100 - 499 500 - 999
workers
workers
1000 2,499
workers
2,500 4,999
workers
5,000 or
more
workers
111
87
19
–
–
19
15
61
32
4
50,100
46,300
12,100
100
1,600
10,400
5,100
1,979
1,679
451
23
42
386
235
468
447
117
13
23
81
44
841
751
216
9
17
190
111
265
187
57
1
2
54
37
233
175
38
–
–
38
24
900
36
9
22
3
2
600
700
100
600
5,300
400
900
1,000
34,300
3,200
2,700
11,200
3,400
1,000
800
13,800
3,400
1,000
3,600
600
34
35
23
35
151
21
36
47
1,228
110
66
237
103
37
29
712
102
105
277
167
5
5
6
37
3
11
7
330
30
28
118
26
9
4
128
24
34
15
–
16
17
5
15
79
15
16
22
535
46
34
100
44
18
11
311
52
42
101
21
6
6
4
8
17
3
3
9
130
8
2
12
14
5
4
94
19
14
38
30
5
5
4
4
14
1,400
3,800
200
100
54
300
52
30
16
21
3
1
24
90
10
3
8
78
11
5
1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100.
–
–
–
4
58
14
9
4
4
–
2
2
7
1
4
–
4
7
137
16
1
3
10
3
6
107
5
6
76
70
–
–
2
2
68
7
–
–
3
1
–
–
–
–
28
3
1
–
4
6
1
4
51
2
5
34
33
2
24
10
9
–
3
1
–
21
–
4
13
13
–
29
4
3
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 Middle Atlantic,
National Compensation Survey,3 1997
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ................................................................
10,364,000
9,665,700
8,127,400
7,437,400
2,236,600
2,228,300
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .............................................
5,923,300
5,225,100
4,512,400
3,822,500
1,410,900
1,402,600
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2,242,000
1,810,800
431,100
1,093,200
698,200
1,889,900
1,430,200
1,052,800
377,400
886,600
689,900
1,505,700
811,800
758,100
53,700
206,600
8,300
384,200
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2,510,100
611,700
778,700
486,900
632,800
2,265,600
522,700
773,300
396,300
573,300
244,500
89,000
5,400
90,600
59,500
Service .................................................................................
1,930,600
1,349,400
581,200
1 Number of workers represented by the survey are rounded
to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a
description of size and composition of the labor force included in
the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison
with other statistical series to measure employment trends or
levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the
survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
For more information, see Technical Note.
3 In this census division, collection was conducted between
November 1996 and June 1998. The average reference period
was July 1997.
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