National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the West North
Central Census Division, March 2001
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
January 2003
Bulletin 2553-4
Preface
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For additional information regarding this survey,
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he National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings,
compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed
benefit provisions. This bulletin focuses on occupational
earnings.
The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation
Survey. The major difference between these two surveys
is that the Occupational Compensation Survey used the
same preselected list of occupations for all localities. The
NCS uses a probability-based sample of establishments and
occupations that is intended to represent more fully the
employment patterns and occupational mix of each
locality.
This bulletin presents aggregated pay data from the
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan local area surveys conducted in the West North Central census division. (See
Technical Note.) It provides estimates of occupational pay
for the census division, as well as selected data by worker
and establishment characteristics.
NCS bulletins were published for eight census
divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North
Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, West South
Central, Mountain, and Pacific. Estimates for the East
South Central census division did not meet publishability
standards.
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Contents
Page
Occupational Wages in the West North Central Census Division, March 2001 ………………………...…….
1
Tables:
Table 1. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, private industry and State and local government ……………………………………………
3
Table 2. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ……………………………………………………
4
Table 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers ……………………………………………………………………………..
5
Table 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for
full-time and part-time workers ……………………………………..………………..………………..……
11
Table 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly
earnings and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ……..………………..……………….…...
16
Table 6. Occupations and levels, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours,
private industry and State and local government …………………………………..…………….………….
19
Technical Note …………………………..…………………..……………………………………………..….
35
Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, West North Central .……
37
Table B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment
employment size, West North Central ……..…………………..…………………...……………………….
38
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Occupational Wages in the West North
Central Census Division, March 2001
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his bulletin provides March 2001 National Compensation Survey (NCS) estimates of occupational pay in
the West North Central census division. The bulletin highlights average (mean) hourly pay for workers by seven
characteristics:
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employees) averaged $13.06.
Table 2 provides an overview of average pay data by
worker and establishment characteristics in metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan areas in the West North Central
region. For example, white-collar workers in metropolitan
areas averaged $18.34 per hour, blue-collar workers
averaged $13.74, and service workers averaged $9.39.
Corresponding averages in nonmetropolitan areas were
$15.57, $12.46, and $9.73. See the Technical Note for
definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
Among the census divisions, average earnings generally
were highest in the New England, Middle Atlantic, and
Pacific regions. Average earnings for the census divisions,
and for other characteristics, can be seen in tables 1 and 2.
Full-time, part-time, and combined average pay rates
for occupations in private industry and in State and local
governments in the West North Central region are shown
in tables 3, 4, and 5. These tables contain wage rates and
mean weekly hours for individual occupations and for the
major occupational groups. For example, all registered
nurses averaged $20.00 per hour (table 3). Registered
nurses in private industry averaged $19.33 (table 4), while
their counterparts in State and local government averaged
$21.99 per hour (table 5). Laborers, except construction,
averaged $9.74 in private industry and $11.87 in State and
local government. Janitors and cleaners, a service occupation, averaged $9.07 in private industry and $11.17 in
State and local government.
Earnings by occupational group and work level are
shown in table 6. Generally, earnings increased as work
levels became higher. For example, mean hourly earnings
for white-collar workers ranged from $7.15 at level 1 to
$59.58 at level 14. For blue-collar workers mean hourly
earnings ranged from $8.73 at level 1 to $22.63 at level 9.
Mean hourly earnings for service workers ranged from
$6.82 at level 1 to $23.86 at level 10. BLS applies an
“occupational leveling” technique with 10 criteria to
determine the work level. The Technical Note has more
information on occupational leveling.
Table A in the Technical Note shows the number of
workers represented by the surveys in the West North
Central census division by major occupational group, such
as professional specialty and technical, sales, and transportation and material moving. Table B shows the number of
establishments studied in the West North Central census
division by employment size; more establishments were
studied in the group having 100 to 499 workers than in any
other size category.
Private industry and State and local government
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
Selected occupations and major occupational
groups
Full-time and part-time status
Bargaining status
Size of establishment
Work level
Wages in the West North Central census division averaged $14.99 per hour in March 2001. Workers in private
industry in the West North Central region averaged $14.14
per hour, while pay of workers in State and local government averaged $19.49 per hour. The nationwide hourly
average for all workers covered by the survey was $16.23.
Table 1 provides an overview of average pay for workers in private industry and State and local government by
selected worker and establishment characteristics. For example, white-collar workers in private industry averaged
$16.85 per hour; blue-collar workers averaged $13.36; and
service workers averaged $8.49. Corresponding averages
in State and local government were $21.77, $15.28, and
$13.79. Generally, average hourly earnings for private
industry workers were lower than those for State and local
government workers. Part of this difference can be
explained by differences in the occupational and industrial
mix of the two sectors. For example, professional specialty
and technical occupations are more prevalent in State and
local government than in private industry. Conversely, few
State and local government workers are in goods-producing industries other than construction.
Full-time workers in the West North Central region averaged $15.93 per hour, while part-time workers averaged
$8.57. In private industry, full-time workers averaged
$15.10 an hour and part-time workers averaged $8.20. For
workers in State and local government, average hourly pay
was $20.02 and $12.49, respectively. Full-time or parttime designation is based on the employer’s definition of
those terms.
Workers in the largest establishments in the region—
those with 2,500 or more employees—earned $20.38 per
hour. Workers in the smallest establishments (1 to 99
1
TABLE 1. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private
industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 March 2001
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)
$14.99
3.5
35.4
$14.14
3.4
35.1
$19.49
2.9
37.0
17.96
22.23
4.4
2.2
35.9
36.4
16.85
20.72
5.3
3.2
35.5
35.9
21.77
24.49
2.8
1.8
37.4
37.2
28.48
12.23
11.87
13.46
16.87
12.0
6.0
3.4
2.8
3.3
41.3
31.0
36.8
38.0
39.9
28.45
12.24
11.53
13.36
16.84
14.6
6.0
3.1
2.9
3.7
41.7
31.1
36.7
38.1
39.9
28.60
9.75
13.17
15.28
17.31
7.8
9.2
7.2
2.5
2.9
39.8
19.2
37.1
36.5
40.0
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 ..............................
12.90
12.68
4.8
4.8
38.8
37.4
12.90
12.58
4.8
5.1
38.8
37.8
–
13.86
–
5.2
–
33.3
10.27
9.48
2.4
4.3
35.7
29.8
10.14
8.49
2.4
4.1
35.7
28.7
13.08
13.79
5.3
3.4
34.7
35.8
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
15.93
8.57
3.8
2.8
40.0
19.9
15.10
8.20
3.8
2.8
40.1
19.8
20.02
12.49
2.6
5.6
39.4
20.4
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.94
14.41
1.6
4.2
37.7
34.9
17.18
13.69
2.5
3.9
37.9
34.7
19.43
19.52
3.9
3.4
37.4
36.8
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
14.57
22.27
2.9
24.3
35.1
39.8
13.58
22.27
2.0
24.3
34.8
39.8
19.49
–
2.9
–
37.0
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
15.42
13.60
3.8
4.4
39.4
33.5
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
13.06
14.87
16.53
15.20
20.38
6.6
2.5
4.5
7.2
2.6
33.4
36.0
37.8
37.0
38.1
12.99
14.46
15.86
14.15
20.54
6.7
2.8
5.5
8.2
4.5
33.5
35.9
38.2
37.3
37.3
18.10
17.61
19.97
19.64
20.30
15.4
4.1
3.4
3.3
3.4
30.5
36.3
36.0
35.5
38.5
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
15.46
12.93
4.0
4.0
35.0
36.9
14.64
11.90
3.9
4.0
34.6
37.1
19.93
17.79
2.9
5.9
37.3
35.7
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
17.54
18.72
16.08
14.99
15.24
–
15.07
14.70
17.64
1.7
3.2
2.5
3.5
2.6
–
3.5
3.6
1.7
35.4
34.7
35.8
35.4
36.5
–
36.9
35.7
35.6
16.88
17.88
15.32
14.14
14.66
–
14.57
13.78
16.52
2.4
3.9
2.6
3.4
3.4
–
4.2
4.1
2.3
35.4
34.5
35.8
35.1
36.2
–
36.6
35.5
35.5
23.06
23.42
21.53
19.49
18.12
–
17.46
20.22
23.70
1.6
1.7
2.2
2.9
1.6
–
1.8
2.8
1.4
35.5
35.4
35.9
37.0
38.1
–
38.3
37.3
35.7
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 March 2000 and
January 2002. The average reference period was March 2001.
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 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as eight census divisions. Average hourly earnings and mean weekly hours for
the East South Central census division did not meet publishability standards. See
Technical Note for a list of States comprising the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
3
TABLE 2. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001
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)
$14.99
14.14
19.49
3.5
3.4
2.9
35.4
35.1
37.0
$15.46
14.64
19.93
4.0
3.9
2.9
35.0
34.6
37.3
$12.93
11.90
17.79
4.0
4.0
5.9
36.9
37.1
35.7
17.96
22.23
4.4
2.2
35.9
36.4
18.34
22.78
4.8
2.5
35.8
36.4
15.57
19.65
5.4
3.2
36.6
36.7
28.48
12.23
11.87
13.46
16.87
12.0
6.0
3.4
2.8
3.3
41.3
31.0
36.8
38.0
39.9
29.20
12.28
12.18
13.74
17.30
12.8
6.5
3.4
3.0
3.5
41.4
30.7
36.9
38.0
39.9
21.54
11.76
10.15
12.46
14.79
13.3
7.0
7.5
7.3
4.6
40.5
35.7
35.8
38.3
40.2
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 ..............................
12.90
12.68
4.8
4.8
38.8
37.4
13.44
12.51
5.0
5.3
38.5
37.3
12.01
13.88
9.9
6.5
39.4
38.1
10.27
9.48
2.4
4.3
35.7
29.8
10.34
9.39
2.6
5.2
35.9
28.3
9.98
9.73
6.1
4.3
34.8
35.2
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
15.93
8.57
3.8
2.8
40.0
19.9
16.55
8.55
4.3
3.2
40.0
19.6
13.37
8.73
4.3
3.0
39.8
21.8
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.94
14.41
1.6
4.2
37.7
34.9
18.33
14.91
2.0
4.8
37.5
34.6
16.34
12.23
2.3
4.2
38.4
36.6
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
14.57
22.27
2.9
24.3
35.1
39.8
14.98
22.72
3.2
25.4
34.8
39.5
12.87
–
3.7
–
36.8
–
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
15.42
13.60
3.8
4.4
39.4
33.5
16.24
14.04
4.3
5.0
39.2
33.1
12.89
11.26
7.1
4.4
39.8
35.6
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
13.06
14.87
16.53
15.20
20.38
6.6
2.5
4.5
7.2
2.6
33.4
36.0
37.8
37.0
38.1
13.06
15.66
17.40
17.97
20.38
7.0
2.6
5.8
4.7
2.6
33.3
35.6
38.3
35.9
38.1
13.00
13.32
14.56
10.80
–
8.0
5.4
3.8
6.6
–
35.4
36.7
36.7
38.7
–
17.54
18.72
16.08
14.99
15.24
–
15.07
14.70
17.64
1.7
3.2
2.5
3.5
2.6
–
3.5
3.6
1.7
35.4
34.7
35.8
35.4
36.5
–
36.9
35.7
35.6
17.69
18.77
16.12
15.46
15.46
–
15.12
14.41
17.63
1.6
3.3
2.7
4.0
2.8
–
3.8
3.9
1.7
35.4
34.6
35.8
35.0
36.4
–
36.9
35.6
35.5
15.57
16.63
15.68
12.93
13.34
–
14.45
17.56
–
6.9
6.5
3.1
4.0
4.8
–
3.1
3.4
–
34.7
36.0
36.5
36.9
37.5
–
36.8
36.9
–
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 March 2000 and
January 2002. The average reference period was March 2001.
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 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
9 Data are presented for eight census divisions. Average hourly earnings and
mean weekly hours previously published for the East South Central census division
did not meet publishability standards. See Technical Note for a list of States
comprising the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
4
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$14.99
15.29
3.5
3.6
35.4
35.9
$15.93
16.08
3.8
3.8
40.0
39.9
$8.57
9.05
2.8
3.7
19.9
20.1
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
17.96
19.44
4.4
4.4
35.9
37.4
18.93
19.87
4.5
4.5
40.0
39.9
10.09
13.47
4.9
7.3
19.6
20.2
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Biological and life 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 ...........................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
22.23
23.84
27.16
32.86
28.48
26.62
30.07
24.70
27.24
27.34
2.2
2.4
9.2
5.7
3.8
2.6
3.7
17.6
3.3
3.6
36.4
37.1
40.4
40.2
40.7
41.7
40.1
40.0
40.5
40.5
22.54
24.07
27.16
32.86
28.48
26.62
30.07
24.70
27.24
27.34
2.2
2.4
9.2
5.7
3.8
2.6
3.7
17.6
3.3
3.6
39.5
39.5
40.4
40.2
40.7
41.7
40.1
40.0
40.5
40.5
18.37
20.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
19.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.79
19.97
20.03
29.71
18.95
21.66
31.08
20.00
31.92
14.11
18.17
20.92
25.00
27.72
16.93
26.02
36.03
32.50
31.56
29.86
29.94
25.92
40.86
37.88
24.48
26.68
38.70
31.49
26.68
25.23
16.41
27.78
27.12
25.59
22.65
10.57
16.40
19.96
19.96
24.34
24.46
25.06
15.17
15.14
30.65
29.32
6.8
3.5
16.3
11.3
4.7
2.5
31.9
2.8
4.2
12.0
11.8
7.8
7.3
4.1
7.3
11.0
12.7
3.2
1.2
19.7
17.3
3.5
2.4
13.1
7.7
7.1
2.8
2.9
8.0
2.5
16.8
3.0
3.9
8.0
6.5
7.0
14.9
15.1
15.1
3.1
4.6
3.8
3.1
3.1
8.1
5.3
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.4
40.5
34.6
38.2
29.3
39.2
36.5
36.3
35.4
40.0
40.0
36.7
40.2
39.3
39.9
39.1
39.6
30.0
37.6
25.2
29.9
39.9
37.2
33.0
34.7
29.9
36.3
36.1
37.7
33.4
10.4
37.8
38.4
38.4
39.8
40.0
39.7
39.2
39.3
41.6
41.7
23.79
19.97
20.03
29.71
18.95
21.55
30.17
19.72
32.80
–
18.17
20.74
–
27.72
16.93
26.02
36.61
32.50
31.55
29.86
30.02
25.93
–
38.57
–
–
–
31.49
26.74
25.75
19.63
27.82
26.83
25.59
23.41
–
16.36
20.01
20.01
24.34
24.46
25.06
15.16
15.14
30.73
29.35
6.8
3.5
16.3
11.3
4.7
2.9
31.8
3.0
3.4
–
11.8
8.7
–
4.1
7.3
11.0
11.9
3.2
1.2
19.7
17.3
3.5
–
12.6
–
–
–
2.9
8.6
2.9
14.1
3.1
4.0
8.0
5.6
–
14.9
15.3
15.3
3.1
4.6
3.8
3.2
3.2
8.3
5.3
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
41.4
39.5
40.2
–
39.2
39.2
–
36.4
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.2
39.6
39.9
40.2
40.3
–
40.3
–
–
–
37.3
38.5
37.3
37.5
36.7
37.2
37.7
37.8
–
39.7
38.9
38.9
39.8
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
43.9
44.2
–
–
–
–
–
22.37
–
21.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.90
16.25
–
23.45
33.97
–
13.64
10.57
–
16.01
16.01
–
–
–
15.58
15.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
18.7
–
10.2
9.0
–
19.7
7.0
–
7.6
7.6
–
–
–
6.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.2
–
21.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
16.0
–
16.5
20.8
–
14.1
10.4
–
19.2
19.2
–
–
–
22.8
22.8
–
–
18.33
14.1
34.7
17.91
9.5
40.2
20.06
45.3
22.0
See footnotes at end of table.
5
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
$11.86
–
11.1
–
36.0
$12.56
–
18.7
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.16
20.77
19.27
15.37
35.00
16.79
3.5
5.1
20.3
11.4
16.3
7.3
39.9
39.7
40.1
28.7
40.3
34.2
16.16
21.13
19.27
16.23
28.27
17.04
3.5
5.7
20.3
17.2
15.1
7.4
39.9
40.8
40.1
40.0
40.4
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
$15.01
–
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
17.1
12.95
20.02
12.73
12.38
17.27
19.16
17.78
18.95
15.73
22.80
18.94
16.94
8.0
10.3
3.0
6.6
3.2
4.6
3.4
3.4
1.0
5.3
10.8
3.5
39.2
34.9
34.4
34.4
39.9
39.7
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.0
33.1
12.89
20.28
12.53
12.64
17.25
19.23
17.59
18.95
15.73
23.41
19.05
16.91
8.0
11.5
3.5
8.1
3.2
4.4
3.6
3.4
1.0
4.5
10.8
5.0
39.8
39.8
39.4
39.7
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.8
39.6
39.9
–
18.38
13.54
11.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
5.2
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.3
22.8
23.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.48
31.91
12.0
16.2
41.3
42.2
28.50
31.94
12.0
16.2
41.7
42.4
18.28
16.74
14.3
13.2
8.4
14.6
24.88
56.55
30.81
5.1
32.6
4.1
40.7
42.0
42.1
24.83
56.55
30.81
5.1
32.6
4.1
40.9
42.0
42.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.60
29.50
29.05
8.7
14.2
3.2
40.7
40.1
40.2
38.60
29.63
29.05
8.7
14.4
3.2
40.7
40.3
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.98
17.71
17.46
25.71
19.84
22.96
22.29
14.88
22.19
11.1
11.9
13.8
7.9
6.4
11.4
15.6
24.5
8.5
44.1
39.9
40.3
43.5
39.3
39.7
39.7
40.2
40.1
17.17
17.71
17.46
25.71
19.83
22.96
22.29
14.88
22.25
11.2
11.9
13.8
7.9
6.4
11.4
15.6
24.5
8.5
44.8
39.9
40.3
43.5
40.1
39.7
39.7
40.3
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.67
8.7
40.0
17.67
8.7
40.1
–
–
–
22.72
20.30
19.07
7.9
9.8
6.1
41.3
40.4
40.0
22.72
20.30
19.07
7.9
9.8
6.1
41.3
40.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.86
20.00
5.5
5.6
40.3
36.4
21.86
19.97
5.5
5.7
40.3
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.23
15.83
22.37
18.62
12.13
6.0
6.8
13.2
21.6
19.1
31.0
41.8
40.3
40.3
29.4
14.27
15.84
22.37
18.62
14.92
7.5
6.8
13.2
21.6
16.7
40.6
41.9
40.3
40.3
37.8
6.80
–
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
19.1
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Designers ...........................................................
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 .......................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
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 ...........
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.46
16.38
9.61
12.13
11.33
10.37
7.34
7.61
9.93
12.48
25.5
19.3
23.1
6.8
8.7
11.5
4.9
2.6
10.8
9.1
39.9
45.8
29.1
38.7
38.3
27.6
28.6
25.3
25.9
37.2
$22.46
16.38
11.69
–
12.28
12.33
7.83
8.22
–
12.92
25.5
19.3
29.7
–
6.0
13.9
8.3
3.4
–
10.0
39.9
45.8
37.5
–
41.3
40.7
39.9
39.9
–
41.0
–
–
$6.42
–
–
6.92
6.67
6.99
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
7.0
4.5
3.1
–
–
–
–
21.6
–
–
17.6
20.7
18.5
–
–
11.87
17.50
16.52
3.4
8.1
12.4
36.8
40.6
41.7
12.15
17.50
16.52
3.2
8.1
12.4
39.4
40.6
41.7
9.11
–
–
4.5
–
–
22.4
–
–
15.70
14.09
12.98
10.81
11.71
–
7.54
9.59
12.81
13.21
12.32
7.7
5.2
6.3
11.9
5.8
–
4.6
3.7
3.4
8.5
9.6
39.9
39.9
38.3
39.3
39.8
–
27.4
33.0
34.6
40.0
38.4
15.70
14.09
13.02
10.81
11.71
10.11
7.85
9.57
12.96
13.21
12.92
7.7
5.2
6.4
11.9
5.8
6.2
3.3
3.9
3.9
8.5
6.6
39.9
39.9
38.9
39.3
39.8
38.5
39.2
38.4
39.9
40.0
39.9
–
–
11.48
–
–
–
–
9.66
12.38
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
8.6
10.3
–
–
–
–
23.5
–
–
–
–
23.6
24.7
–
–
11.45
9.81
9.60
10.89
11.48
16.44
12.66
8.53
12.84
8.99
8.13
14.26
17.52
11.95
10.44
13.96
16.94
7.0
9.5
4.1
5.4
3.2
7.3
6.6
9.1
10.9
5.6
7.7
6.4
3.8
9.8
5.2
25.2
5.3
38.9
25.0
38.5
37.7
38.6
27.5
37.2
36.2
36.5
38.0
28.3
38.6
39.9
39.6
37.4
19.8
36.8
11.42
11.44
9.53
11.12
11.49
16.84
12.83
–
13.28
9.01
–
14.25
17.60
11.95
10.59
–
17.33
7.2
4.2
4.3
6.1
3.4
7.6
6.5
–
11.2
6.1
–
6.5
3.7
9.8
5.5
–
4.8
39.4
39.0
39.7
39.4
39.5
39.9
38.7
–
39.7
39.6
–
39.9
40.1
39.6
39.9
–
40.0
–
9.03
–
–
11.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.4
–
–
26.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.67
15.5
36.4
11.87
15.9
39.9
–
–
–
13.59
11.44
13.15
13.66
11.43
8.28
10.70
12.68
9.66
11.92
6.5
4.0
6.9
5.1
5.5
3.6
4.2
6.3
5.7
5.9
38.7
39.5
39.3
39.1
36.9
32.0
38.8
39.4
30.3
36.3
13.60
11.51
13.15
13.71
11.59
8.57
10.83
12.68
9.66
12.31
6.6
4.2
6.9
5.2
6.0
3.3
4.5
6.3
7.5
6.3
38.9
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.7
37.5
39.9
39.4
34.9
39.9
–
8.77
–
–
10.18
7.37
9.27
–
9.65
9.87
–
14.2
–
–
3.8
4.0
11.0
–
6.0
6.2
–
28.1
–
–
23.5
21.8
29.6
–
23.5
24.5
13.46
2.8
38.0
13.83
3.1
40.1
8.34
4.2
22.2
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
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 .......................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
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. ............................
Blue collar ........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–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)
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Stationary engineers ..........................................
$16.87
20.07
15.91
13.11
17.43
18.97
17.21
3.3
7.4
6.2
6.7
7.7
4.4
9.3
39.9
41.5
40.1
40.6
42.6
40.1
39.4
$16.88
20.07
15.91
13.07
17.43
18.97
17.21
3.3
7.4
6.2
6.7
7.7
4.4
9.3
40.1
41.5
40.1
40.6
42.6
40.1
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.39
5.5
39.7
18.49
5.6
40.0
–
–
–
16.40
21.02
16.92
19.87
17.63
22.87
21.26
20.58
16.35
20.53
22.87
17.72
21.28
9.78
14.84
19.89
14.71
18.06
7.7
12.8
3.6
7.1
5.9
11.7
1.9
14.2
3.6
3.4
3.8
6.3
3.7
5.8
21.4
18.0
16.6
5.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
16.40
21.02
16.98
19.87
17.61
22.87
21.26
20.58
16.35
20.53
22.87
17.72
21.28
9.78
14.84
19.89
14.71
18.06
7.7
12.8
3.5
7.1
5.9
11.7
1.9
14.2
3.6
3.4
3.8
6.3
3.7
5.8
21.4
18.0
16.6
5.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Printing press operators .....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
12.90
12.46
4.8
5.7
38.8
38.9
13.13
12.48
4.7
5.8
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.30
16.72
12.35
12.33
16.71
7.25
12.01
11.14
14.09
15.69
15.01
14.55
13.38
13.33
12.62
14.61
14.22
17.51
9.2
10.8
5.2
6.1
6.3
1.4
14.7
15.0
5.5
7.6
3.9
11.3
9.4
6.6
7.5
3.8
6.3
8.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.8
28.4
39.4
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
40.0
37.1
40.0
39.4
40.0
13.30
16.72
12.35
12.34
16.71
7.15
12.02
11.14
14.09
15.69
15.01
14.55
13.43
13.33
13.45
14.61
14.35
17.51
9.2
10.8
5.2
6.1
6.3
1.7
14.9
15.0
5.5
7.6
3.9
11.3
9.4
6.6
7.0
3.8
6.1
8.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.8
38.9
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
12.68
19.83
11.71
12.13
12.78
10.16
7.38
20.75
17.29
21.18
13.24
4.8
5.0
5.6
18.3
3.9
8.0
6.3
4.8
3.3
4.6
5.4
37.4
41.7
40.3
32.0
22.4
32.3
29.8
42.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
12.90
19.83
11.73
13.26
15.09
–
7.94
20.75
17.29
21.18
13.24
5.3
5.0
5.7
15.1
4.6
–
5.0
4.8
3.3
4.6
5.4
41.2
41.7
41.6
40.4
36.3
–
40.0
42.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$10.42
–
–
–
11.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.3
–
–
–
19.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
8
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–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)
$13.60
4.1
39.8
$13.65
4.0
39.9
–
–
–
18.53
7.3
39.6
18.60
7.3
40.0
–
–
–
10.27
19.74
10.84
2.4
4.2
5.7
35.7
40.0
31.6
10.80
19.74
11.42
2.0
4.2
6.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
$7.44
–
8.29
3.7
–
15.3
23.1
–
16.5
16.45
9.65
13.19
10.88
9.71
9.20
11.15
9.47
9.07
9.83
5.6
7.6
10.3
6.5
5.5
7.1
5.4
9.6
6.4
4.3
39.5
38.3
39.8
38.7
27.3
39.1
37.4
38.7
37.7
36.6
16.45
9.61
13.15
11.02
12.51
9.18
11.32
9.53
9.07
10.49
5.6
8.1
10.3
5.9
4.7
7.2
5.2
9.3
7.0
3.4
39.5
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.8
39.6
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.4
–
–
–
–
6.89
–
9.45
–
9.16
6.96
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
9.0
–
4.1
6.5
–
–
–
–
20.7
–
24.0
–
23.2
28.1
9.48
15.56
18.94
26.08
20.35
14.53
19.24
4.3
4.6
9.1
1.2
12.3
4.9
3.9
29.8
37.9
49.7
40.0
40.0
46.0
39.8
10.52
16.56
18.94
26.08
20.35
14.58
19.25
4.0
2.7
9.1
1.2
12.3
5.0
3.9
39.3
41.2
49.7
40.0
40.0
49.0
40.0
7.08
6.70
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
19.1
22.0
–
–
–
–
–
17.76
14.29
9.89
8.39
7.74
5.37
8.84
3.70
6.36
8.57
9.75
9.18
7.99
7.61
10.07
9.30
8.91
9.82
3.3
6.8
12.9
9.3
6.4
13.7
10.2
8.2
6.8
4.5
8.4
6.1
3.6
5.6
10.2
4.3
4.2
8.9
38.6
39.3
32.9
20.4
27.6
23.3
28.6
22.4
18.7
29.5
35.9
33.1
26.8
24.5
29.4
28.0
31.9
31.9
17.93
14.33
–
–
8.71
5.65
–
3.17
7.27
9.45
10.09
9.68
7.93
9.05
10.33
9.72
8.91
10.44
3.1
6.7
–
–
5.4
22.1
–
5.5
13.6
3.3
8.1
4.4
2.9
4.3
11.6
4.3
5.3
8.7
40.0
39.9
–
–
39.0
37.4
–
36.1
39.3
39.4
41.7
39.3
39.7
38.7
39.4
39.7
39.2
39.1
–
–
–
7.81
6.40
5.16
–
4.00
5.93
7.07
–
7.38
8.02
6.65
9.25
8.14
8.90
7.39
–
–
–
8.4
4.9
13.9
–
10.0
5.9
3.4
–
8.1
4.8
2.9
5.3
8.2
3.2
4.3
–
–
–
17.8
19.6
18.0
–
18.4
15.0
20.5
–
21.2
22.7
19.7
16.3
15.4
20.9
18.5
13.88
7.30
9.79
14.4
4.0
4.3
38.3
28.4
32.1
13.93
7.49
10.41
14.2
4.1
4.1
38.7
37.7
39.7
–
–
7.61
–
–
5.0
–
–
19.1
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
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, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
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 ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.06
12.95
5.2
10.8
30.5
33.4
$9.43
13.78
7.3
8.5
38.5
40.4
$8.16
–
4.2
–
20.4
–
7.10
9.27
8.27
10.77
8.82
10.3
9.8
5.6
11.4
3.0
34.9
27.5
28.2
29.1
32.6
–
8.43
8.79
11.52
–
–
10.4
7.1
10.7
–
–
39.9
39.2
40.0
–
7.08
10.67
7.86
7.67
8.28
5.8
11.0
5.8
4.0
10.3
19.3
18.1
23.0
13.8
18.1
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes 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 March 2000 and January
2002. The average reference period was March 2001.
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.
10
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$14.14
14.40
3.4
3.6
35.1
35.7
$15.10
15.19
3.8
3.9
40.1
40.0
$8.20
8.63
2.8
3.7
19.8
20.0
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
16.85
18.51
5.3
6.1
35.5
37.4
17.94
18.98
5.6
6.3
40.3
40.2
9.47
12.89
5.2
8.3
19.6
20.2
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Designers ...........................................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
20.72
22.13
27.23
33.63
28.08
26.62
30.07
24.90
28.45
28.67
3.2
3.7
10.3
6.0
3.9
2.7
3.7
19.4
4.8
5.3
35.9
37.1
40.4
40.2
40.7
41.7
40.1
40.1
40.7
40.7
21.07
22.36
27.23
33.63
28.08
26.62
30.07
24.90
28.45
28.67
3.2
3.9
10.3
6.0
3.9
2.7
3.7
19.4
4.8
5.3
40.1
40.3
40.4
40.2
40.7
41.7
40.1
40.1
40.7
40.7
17.61
19.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
14.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
20.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.53
21.44
20.03
21.27
52.28
19.33
31.94
18.17
19.13
24.75
16.55
27.91
31.78
27.15
27.32
13.68
–
21.07
22.69
15.28
–
23.86
24.46
14.55
14.50
35.32
35.32
7.1
8.2
16.3
3.4
17.3
2.7
5.1
11.8
6.5
7.5
7.8
7.8
24.7
17.5
8.8
7.4
–
6.7
7.5
12.9
–
5.1
4.6
3.7
3.7
10.4
10.4
40.0
40.3
40.0
34.6
43.0
33.8
37.7
39.2
35.7
36.9
40.0
24.4
12.5
30.8
29.1
31.6
–
39.0
36.0
29.2
–
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.6
54.5
54.5
23.53
21.44
20.03
21.26
52.12
18.97
33.15
18.17
–
–
16.55
29.23
–
26.72
27.90
14.70
10.99
21.03
22.85
16.42
–
23.85
24.46
14.52
14.47
35.13
35.13
7.1
8.2
16.3
4.0
17.7
2.8
4.0
11.8
–
–
7.8
6.9
–
19.7
8.8
7.0
3.0
6.8
8.0
10.6
–
5.1
4.6
3.7
3.7
10.4
10.4
40.0
40.3
40.0
39.7
45.2
39.4
40.4
39.2
–
–
40.0
38.3
–
38.1
38.6
39.5
39.1
39.4
38.8
39.6
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
58.0
58.0
–
–
–
21.30
–
20.98
–
–
–
–
–
22.13
–
–
22.62
–
–
–
21.37
12.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.0
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
19.5
27.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.5
–
20.6
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
22.8
17.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.28
–
11.86
15.0
–
11.1
34.5
–
36.0
17.83
12.48
–
10.4
18.8
–
40.2
40.0
–
20.13
–
–
46.6
–
–
21.8
–
–
16.16
20.77
19.41
35.22
17.52
3.5
5.1
20.5
16.3
8.4
39.9
39.7
40.1
40.3
33.4
16.16
21.13
19.41
28.41
17.95
3.5
5.7
20.5
15.4
8.4
39.9
40.8
40.1
40.4
39.7
–
–
–
–
14.73
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
16.3
14.50
19.98
13.25
12.00
17.19
20.93
17.57
23.15
18.98
17.28
4.9
11.3
3.0
5.0
3.3
3.5
4.6
5.6
11.3
4.6
38.4
34.5
33.0
34.4
40.0
39.4
40.0
39.8
39.6
33.1
14.43
20.26
13.29
12.25
17.19
21.09
17.57
23.83
18.98
17.06
4.8
12.7
3.7
6.0
3.3
3.0
4.6
4.7
11.3
6.4
39.7
39.9
39.1
39.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.9
39.6
39.8
–
18.38
13.14
11.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
4.6
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.3
22.7
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers 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. ...............
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
$28.45
31.88
56.44
29.38
14.6
19.8
37.5
6.2
41.7
42.7
42.3
42.4
$28.46
31.89
56.44
29.38
14.6
19.8
37.5
6.2
42.0
42.8
42.3
42.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.60
25.92
29.26
8.7
9.5
3.3
40.7
39.6
40.2
38.60
26.50
29.26
8.7
9.4
3.3
40.7
40.3
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.17
15.81
25.55
19.80
23.53
22.29
14.32
22.24
11.2
8.6
8.3
7.6
12.2
15.6
26.1
10.3
44.8
39.9
43.5
39.2
39.7
39.7
40.3
40.2
17.17
15.81
25.55
19.79
23.53
22.29
14.33
22.32
11.2
8.6
8.3
7.6
12.2
15.6
26.2
10.4
44.8
39.9
43.5
40.2
39.7
39.7
40.3
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.23
8.5
40.1
17.23
8.5
40.1
–
–
–
22.72
18.70
21.17
7.9
10.4
4.6
41.3
40.5
35.5
22.72
18.70
21.09
7.9
10.4
4.6
41.3
40.5
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
12.24
15.84
22.37
18.62
12.13
6.0
6.8
13.2
21.6
19.1
31.1
41.8
40.3
40.3
29.4
14.27
15.85
22.37
18.62
14.92
7.5
6.8
13.2
21.6
16.7
40.6
41.9
40.3
40.3
37.8
$6.80
–
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
19.1
–
–
–
–
22.46
16.38
9.61
12.13
11.33
10.38
7.34
7.60
9.93
12.48
25.5
19.3
23.1
6.8
8.7
11.6
4.9
2.6
10.8
9.1
39.9
45.8
29.1
38.7
38.3
27.6
28.6
25.3
25.9
37.2
22.46
16.38
11.69
–
12.28
12.33
7.83
8.21
–
12.92
25.5
19.3
29.7
–
6.0
13.9
8.3
3.4
–
10.0
39.9
45.8
37.5
–
41.3
40.7
39.9
39.9
–
41.0
–
–
6.42
–
–
6.92
6.67
6.98
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
7.0
4.5
3.2
–
–
–
–
21.6
–
–
17.6
20.7
18.5
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
11.53
17.96
16.47
3.1
11.9
13.3
36.7
40.9
41.9
11.81
17.96
16.47
2.9
11.9
13.3
39.4
40.9
41.9
8.89
–
–
5.1
–
–
22.3
–
–
17.68
14.21
11.91
10.81
10.78
7.54
9.53
12.52
12.32
5.9
5.3
5.7
11.9
8.1
4.6
3.7
3.9
9.6
39.9
39.9
37.8
39.3
39.9
27.4
33.0
35.9
38.4
17.68
14.21
11.90
10.81
10.78
7.85
9.48
12.98
12.92
5.9
5.3
5.8
11.9
8.1
3.3
3.8
4.5
6.6
39.9
39.9
38.4
39.3
39.9
39.2
38.4
39.9
39.9
–
–
12.18
–
–
–
9.66
10.97
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
8.6
6.1
–
–
–
24.1
–
–
–
23.8
26.8
–
11.43
9.60
10.80
11.13
16.64
12.42
8.53
7.2
4.1
5.9
3.5
8.3
6.9
9.1
38.9
38.5
37.5
38.5
25.4
36.8
36.2
11.40
9.53
11.05
11.15
17.16
12.60
–
7.3
4.3
6.6
3.7
8.6
7.0
–
39.4
39.7
39.4
39.4
39.9
38.5
–
–
–
–
10.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.6
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
12
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.84
8.99
8.04
15.99
17.52
11.95
10.28
14.48
16.94
10.9
6.3
8.3
8.9
3.8
9.8
5.5
25.8
5.3
36.5
37.8
27.6
38.3
39.9
39.6
37.4
26.6
36.8
$13.28
9.00
–
16.11
17.60
11.95
10.43
–
17.33
11.2
6.9
–
8.7
3.7
9.8
5.7
–
4.8
39.7
39.6
–
39.8
40.1
39.6
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.66
15.6
36.4
11.86
16.0
39.9
–
–
–
13.59
11.39
13.21
10.73
8.28
10.97
12.68
10.12
11.90
6.5
4.1
4.8
4.0
3.6
3.6
6.3
3.7
6.4
38.7
39.5
39.0
36.6
32.0
38.5
39.4
38.1
36.0
13.60
11.46
13.25
10.80
8.57
11.16
12.68
–
12.33
6.6
4.2
4.9
4.7
3.3
3.7
6.3
–
7.0
38.9
40.0
40.0
39.6
37.5
39.8
39.4
–
40.0
–
$8.77
–
10.20
7.37
9.27
–
–
9.75
–
14.2
–
5.5
4.0
11.0
–
–
6.7
–
28.1
–
23.2
21.8
29.6
–
–
24.3
Blue collar ........................................................................
13.36
2.9
38.1
13.74
3.2
40.1
8.13
4.1
22.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
16.84
20.00
15.95
12.65
17.43
18.99
17.21
3.7
8.1
6.4
7.2
7.7
6.9
9.3
39.9
41.6
40.1
40.7
42.6
40.2
39.4
16.85
20.00
15.95
12.61
17.43
18.99
17.21
3.7
8.1
6.4
7.2
7.7
6.9
9.3
40.1
41.6
40.1
40.7
42.6
40.2
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.71
3.9
40.0
19.71
3.9
40.0
–
–
–
16.42
21.02
17.10
24.00
17.52
24.69
20.66
21.06
22.87
17.69
21.28
9.78
14.84
19.89
18.95
7.8
12.8
3.7
7.5
6.2
10.0
14.5
3.2
3.8
6.3
3.7
5.8
21.4
18.0
5.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
42.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
16.42
21.02
17.17
24.00
17.50
24.69
20.66
21.06
22.87
17.69
21.28
9.78
14.84
19.89
18.95
7.8
12.8
3.6
7.5
6.2
10.0
14.5
3.2
3.8
6.3
3.7
5.8
21.4
18.0
5.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Printing press operators .....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
12.90
12.46
4.8
5.7
38.8
38.9
13.13
12.48
4.7
5.8
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.30
16.72
12.35
12.33
16.71
7.26
12.01
9.2
10.8
5.2
6.1
6.3
1.4
14.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.8
28.4
39.4
13.30
16.72
12.35
12.34
16.71
7.15
12.02
9.2
10.8
5.2
6.1
6.3
1.7
14.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.8
38.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
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 ...
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.
13
TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.14
14.09
15.69
15.01
14.55
13.38
13.33
12.62
14.61
14.22
17.51
15.0
5.5
7.6
3.9
11.3
9.4
6.6
7.5
3.8
6.3
8.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
40.0
37.1
40.0
39.4
40.0
$11.14
14.09
15.69
15.01
14.55
13.43
13.33
13.45
14.61
14.35
17.51
15.0
5.5
7.6
3.9
11.3
9.4
6.6
7.0
3.8
6.1
8.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.58
11.70
12.13
11.38
7.38
20.75
13.60
5.1
5.7
18.3
2.9
6.3
4.8
4.1
37.8
40.3
32.0
20.2
29.8
42.0
39.8
12.81
11.72
13.26
–
7.94
20.75
13.65
5.6
5.8
15.1
–
5.0
4.8
4.0
41.3
41.6
40.4
–
40.0
42.0
39.9
$9.89
–
–
11.17
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
19.2
–
–
19.1
–
–
–
19.42
6.8
39.6
19.51
6.9
40.0
–
–
–
10.14
9.14
2.4
8.4
35.7
33.8
10.65
9.56
2.0
9.3
39.7
40.0
7.43
–
3.9
–
23.4
–
16.17
9.65
13.31
10.88
9.72
9.20
11.15
9.47
9.07
9.74
6.5
7.6
12.4
6.5
5.5
7.1
5.4
9.6
6.4
4.5
39.4
38.3
39.7
38.7
27.4
39.1
37.4
38.7
37.7
36.8
16.17
9.61
13.27
11.02
12.51
9.18
11.32
9.53
9.07
10.38
6.5
8.1
12.4
5.9
4.7
7.2
5.2
9.3
7.0
3.4
39.4
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.8
39.6
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.3
–
–
–
–
6.89
–
9.45
–
9.16
6.98
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
9.0
–
4.1
6.9
–
–
–
–
20.8
–
24.0
–
23.2
28.6
8.49
10.16
9.71
7.70
5.37
8.89
3.70
6.37
8.57
9.71
9.19
7.74
7.54
10.06
9.17
8.65
8.76
4.1
12.2
13.8
6.7
13.8
10.1
8.2
6.9
4.7
8.6
6.2
3.6
6.1
11.8
4.3
4.2
4.3
28.7
32.6
32.8
27.7
23.4
29.7
22.4
18.8
29.7
36.0
33.2
26.8
24.6
28.6
27.6
31.1
30.0
9.30
–
–
8.71
5.65
–
3.17
7.27
9.49
10.04
9.71
8.04
9.06
10.34
9.59
8.60
9.27
3.8
–
–
5.6
22.1
–
5.5
13.6
3.4
8.2
4.5
3.3
4.6
13.4
4.3
5.2
4.6
39.0
–
–
39.1
37.4
–
36.1
39.3
39.5
41.9
39.3
39.7
38.9
39.3
39.6
39.1
38.8
6.91
6.19
–
6.29
5.15
–
4.00
5.94
6.94
–
7.35
7.60
6.54
9.21
8.05
8.80
7.36
3.8
8.3
–
4.9
14.0
–
10.0
6.0
3.4
–
8.1
4.6
3.0
6.1
8.1
3.7
4.3
19.0
23.6
–
19.7
18.2
–
18.4
15.0
20.6
–
21.2
23.4
19.8
15.5
15.3
20.3
18.6
10.63
7.29
9.07
8.88
6.8
4.0
4.2
5.6
37.6
28.3
29.5
30.9
10.66
7.48
9.77
9.20
6.8
4.1
4.9
7.4
38.2
37.7
39.6
38.4
–
–
7.58
7.86
–
–
5.2
4.6
–
–
19.2
19.1
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
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 ..................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.95
10.8
33.4
$13.78
8.5
40.4
–
–
–
7.10
8.70
7.92
8.84
8.82
10.7
10.7
6.1
6.3
3.2
36.6
27.8
28.2
24.7
32.6
–
7.72
8.62
–
–
–
7.8
8.3
–
–
–
39.9
39.8
–
–
$7.11
10.59
–
7.13
8.32
8.1
14.3
–
3.2
10.7
21.2
17.5
–
11.9
18.0
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes 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 March 2000 and January
2002. The average reference period was March 2001.
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.
15
TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001
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 ........................................................
$19.49
19.50
2.9
2.9
37.0
37.0
$20.02
20.02
2.6
2.6
39.4
39.4
$12.49
12.53
5.6
5.7
20.4
20.5
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
21.77
21.79
2.8
2.8
37.4
37.5
22.09
22.09
2.5
2.5
39.1
39.1
15.69
15.82
8.0
8.1
20.4
20.6
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Health specialties teachers ................................
English teachers ................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
24.49
25.85
26.53
23.19
23.15
19.39
22.59
21.92
21.99
36.77
26.24
27.11
31.53
26.59
26.63
26.16
27.89
27.22
25.61
23.82
10.57
24.07
24.07
24.69
25.06
16.50
16.48
28.82
26.74
1.8
1.9
4.5
2.4
2.5
1.0
4.7
8.8
3.3
12.5
3.9
7.1
2.8
8.9
2.7
8.8
3.1
4.0
8.0
6.0
7.0
6.1
6.1
3.7
3.8
3.6
3.7
10.7
5.3
37.2
37.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.5
39.4
37.0
38.4
39.6
37.1
37.3
33.6
35.2
35.3
36.2
36.1
37.7
34.2
10.4
37.4
37.4
39.7
39.7
38.6
38.7
38.1
37.9
24.63
25.98
26.53
23.19
23.15
19.39
22.18
–
21.82
37.16
26.26
–
31.53
26.59
26.81
26.45
27.93
26.91
25.61
24.26
–
24.18
24.18
24.69
25.06
16.58
16.58
28.99
26.84
1.8
1.9
4.5
2.4
2.5
1.0
4.4
–
3.8
11.9
3.9
–
2.8
9.6
2.7
9.2
3.2
4.1
8.0
6.0
–
6.1
6.1
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.8
10.9
5.2
38.7
38.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
39.8
39.7
40.3
–
37.3
38.5
37.0
36.3
36.6
37.2
37.7
37.6
–
38.1
38.1
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
21.18
22.37
–
–
–
–
26.52
–
23.08
18.96
–
–
–
26.61
21.43
–
–
–
–
14.94
10.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
7.9
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
4.7
25.4
–
–
–
7.9
17.0
–
–
–
–
24.5
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.3
18.2
–
–
–
–
24.8
–
25.5
15.7
–
–
–
12.6
14.0
–
–
–
–
12.1
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.47
13.83
11.34
15.74
17.13
15.62
5.7
6.2
7.4
11.2
4.8
5.2
38.3
38.1
38.5
34.5
40.0
33.1
19.76
13.56
10.91
16.17
17.13
16.31
6.0
6.3
7.9
13.6
4.8
3.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.9
40.0
40.0
–
16.92
18.32
14.27
–
–
–
7.2
11.8
11.3
–
–
–
24.7
24.1
22.4
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
28.60
32.05
7.8
6.8
39.8
39.9
28.69
32.15
7.9
6.9
40.4
40.6
16.71
17.48
12.8
18.4
13.8
12.0
24.90
30.09
28.64
20.00
19.06
22.06
5.2
16.0
9.6
6.6
5.4
14.5
40.7
40.2
41.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
24.85
30.12
28.64
20.04
19.06
22.06
5.2
16.0
9.6
6.7
5.4
14.5
41.0
40.2
41.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.82
19.07
6.4
6.1
39.7
40.0
21.87
19.07
6.4
6.1
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.45
16.78
7.0
12.1
39.9
38.9
21.45
16.82
7.0
12.5
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales .............................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
9.75
10.18
9.2
10.8
19.2
18.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Secretaries .........................................................
13.17
16.66
14.48
7.2
4.2
9.8
37.1
40.0
38.9
13.44
16.66
14.56
6.9
4.2
9.8
39.3
40.0
39.5
10.14
–
10.01
5.0
–
2.6
22.6
–
22.4
See footnotes at end of table.
16
TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–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
Typists ...............................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Dispatchers ........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
General office clerks ..........................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
$11.95
11.36
9.74
11.82
13.87
12.76
15.67
13.99
12.74
9.65
12.13
6.2
7.6
9.7
4.6
5.4
4.4
7.6
4.7
5.3
5.8
6.1
39.8
33.5
24.7
39.3
39.0
38.9
37.0
40.0
37.4
30.1
38.7
$11.95
11.49
11.39
11.89
13.95
12.71
–
13.99
13.03
9.65
12.12
6.2
7.9
4.5
4.7
5.8
4.5
–
4.7
4.5
7.8
6.6
39.8
40.0
38.9
39.8
39.9
40.0
–
40.0
39.9
34.7
39.7
–
–
$9.02
–
–
–
–
–
10.15
9.65
–
–
–
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
6.0
–
–
–
21.4
–
–
–
–
–
24.1
23.5
–
Blue collar ........................................................................
15.28
2.5
36.5
15.62
2.4
39.8
11.54
7.6
18.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Electricians ........................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
17.31
16.11
15.08
18.08
16.83
14.26
19.05
2.9
4.5
6.1
3.5
6.3
6.1
3.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
17.31
16.11
15.08
18.08
16.83
14.26
19.05
2.9
4.5
6.1
3.5
6.3
6.1
3.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
13.86
12.46
14.70
14.94
12.09
5.2
12.3
3.5
8.4
4.1
33.3
40.0
26.3
40.0
40.0
14.03
12.46
15.87
14.94
12.09
5.5
12.3
2.2
8.4
4.1
39.4
40.0
37.8
40.0
40.0
13.10
–
13.36
–
–
7.5
–
6.4
–
–
19.8
–
19.5
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Construction laborers .........................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
13.08
19.74
13.49
12.47
11.87
5.3
4.2
8.7
9.1
7.4
34.7
40.0
28.7
40.0
33.9
13.71
19.74
14.41
12.47
13.02
4.4
4.2
7.9
9.1
3.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
7.93
–
–
–
–
13.6
–
–
–
–
16.6
–
–
–
–
13.79
17.66
26.08
14.53
19.14
3.4
4.7
1.2
4.9
3.9
35.8
40.4
40.0
46.0
39.8
14.58
17.75
26.08
14.58
19.15
3.2
4.6
1.2
5.0
3.9
40.5
41.6
40.0
49.0
40.0
8.92
11.46
–
–
–
4.6
10.5
–
–
–
21.0
13.5
–
–
–
17.76
14.29
15.10
8.59
8.69
8.71
8.85
8.39
10.12
11.63
10.06
12.73
3.3
6.8
18.7
3.7
3.7
3.4
7.9
4.3
2.7
4.6
2.9
7.6
38.6
39.3
37.0
24.7
26.1
32.0
26.5
23.7
35.7
37.3
35.6
38.7
17.93
14.33
–
8.61
8.61
8.66
–
–
10.26
–
10.21
12.85
3.1
6.7
–
4.1
4.1
3.7
–
–
3.6
–
3.8
7.1
40.0
39.9
–
37.8
37.8
37.4
–
–
39.6
–
39.6
39.9
–
–
–
8.57
8.77
8.94
–
7.99
9.56
–
9.49
8.21
–
–
–
5.0
4.7
5.5
–
5.6
3.6
–
3.4
7.8
–
–
–
18.2
19.4
19.2
–
19.2
25.6
–
25.6
18.1
20.58
11.17
9.99
3.5
3.4
9.4
39.8
38.5
28.5
20.58
11.27
11.61
3.5
3.0
9.5
39.8
40.0
38.8
–
8.21
8.80
–
7.8
8.3
–
18.1
23.9
White collar –Continued
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Food service ..........................................................
Other food service ...............................................
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
17
TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for
full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.00
12.88
8.3
4.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes 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 March 2000 and January
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
28.0
36.1
$9.49
–
10.0
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
36.8
–
$8.83
8.93
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
10.6
8.8
25.9
21.4
2002. The average reference period was March 2001.
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.
18
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$14.99
15.29
3.5
3.6
35.4
35.9
$14.14
14.40
3.4
3.6
35.1
35.7
$19.49
19.50
2.9
2.9
37.0
37.0
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 ....................................
17.96
7.15
7.94
8.94
11.11
13.50
15.90
18.93
21.14
24.78
34.17
36.28
35.87
53.42
59.58
55.10
21.06
19.44
7.83
9.16
9.59
11.20
13.57
15.32
19.07
21.30
24.36
34.31
35.64
35.60
53.42
59.58
55.10
20.96
4.4
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.4
2.5
3.1
2.3
3.5
2.5
20.0
6.7
3.6
22.5
8.5
.7
5.9
4.4
5.9
3.1
3.3
2.4
3.7
2.9
2.3
3.4
1.8
21.1
8.0
3.7
22.5
8.5
.7
6.1
35.9
25.7
28.4
31.3
36.8
38.3
38.8
38.8
37.9
39.9
33.3
41.2
41.2
40.5
43.3
39.5
35.9
37.4
28.5
34.3
35.4
36.2
37.8
38.3
38.6
37.7
39.7
33.0
41.0
41.2
40.5
43.3
39.5
36.1
16.85
7.08
7.70
8.80
11.02
13.22
16.14
17.82
18.98
24.42
35.82
38.04
37.14
65.72
61.49
–
20.26
18.51
7.64
8.89
9.42
11.10
13.24
15.45
17.89
18.85
23.71
36.10
37.72
36.83
65.72
61.49
–
20.10
5.3
3.1
2.8
2.9
2.9
2.6
3.2
3.5
6.4
3.5
22.9
7.9
2.9
26.8
8.7
–
6.8
6.1
6.6
3.0
3.4
2.9
3.6
3.1
3.8
6.8
2.9
24.4
10.1
2.9
26.8
8.7
–
6.9
35.5
25.6
28.0
31.2
36.7
38.4
39.0
39.8
38.4
40.6
32.1
41.6
41.9
40.7
43.9
–
35.7
37.4
29.2
34.7
35.6
35.9
37.7
38.3
39.6
37.9
40.4
31.7
41.4
42.0
40.7
43.9
–
36.0
21.77
8.49
10.13
11.29
11.51
14.57
14.94
21.42
24.15
25.38
25.75
30.66
32.15
39.45
–
–
25.79
21.79
8.49
10.15
11.33
11.52
14.57
14.94
21.42
24.15
25.38
25.75
30.66
32.15
39.45
–
–
25.79
2.8
5.3
6.5
4.5
3.7
3.6
5.3
3.2
2.2
2.1
5.4
3.7
11.2
4.6
–
–
10.0
2.8
5.3
6.7
4.6
3.7
3.6
5.3
3.2
2.2
2.1
5.4
3.7
11.2
4.6
–
–
10.0
37.4
26.2
32.0
33.1
37.2
37.9
38.2
36.7
37.4
38.7
41.2
40.1
39.2
40.2
–
–
36.5
37.5
26.2
32.9
33.4
37.2
37.9
38.2
36.7
37.4
38.7
41.2
40.1
39.2
40.2
–
–
36.5
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
12 ...................................................................
22.23
23.84
9.67
12.86
14.59
20.89
23.46
25.08
25.75
31.41
32.48
37.23
47.78
22.82
27.16
24.65
26.83
26.52
27.95
31.07
37.19
43.24
36.78
32.86
28.48
34.82
2.2
2.4
7.0
10.0
8.2
3.1
2.6
2.6
3.1
3.6
5.7
18.3
6.1
9.2
9.2
5.1
2.7
3.3
2.5
2.9
3.7
4.1
7.1
5.7
3.8
1.8
36.4
37.1
19.3
36.3
35.5
36.4
36.3
38.4
40.3
40.7
40.7
40.1
42.7
33.9
40.4
40.0
40.2
41.0
40.0
40.8
40.0
39.9
40.4
40.2
40.7
40.0
20.72
22.13
9.09
12.07
14.15
19.34
20.66
23.34
26.95
33.56
34.70
46.43
48.77
22.41
27.23
–
26.66
27.02
27.95
31.27
37.28
43.24
36.78
33.63
28.08
–
3.2
3.7
9.8
9.2
8.0
5.8
3.7
4.8
3.8
3.7
3.7
8.4
7.5
12.4
10.3
–
2.8
3.0
2.5
3.0
4.3
4.1
7.1
6.0
3.9
–
35.9
37.1
32.5
37.3
36.0
36.7
35.0
38.7
40.1
41.6
42.2
40.1
43.5
33.1
40.4
–
40.3
41.4
40.0
40.9
40.0
39.9
40.4
40.2
40.7
–
24.49
25.85
10.43
16.03
17.40
22.51
25.06
26.92
23.76
28.56
28.28
30.97
–
24.51
26.53
–
–
25.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
1.9
4.5
2.8
8.4
4.1
2.5
2.4
3.7
4.5
12.0
16.6
–
13.6
4.5
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.2
37.1
12.6
32.6
32.6
36.2
37.0
38.2
40.5
39.5
38.2
40.0
–
37.7
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.62
30.07
24.70
24.77
25.73
28.34
31.69
39.93
27.24
22.18
22.37
27.61
26.35
32.68
34.41
40.61
31.27
27.34
22.18
24.27
27.61
25.91
32.98
34.31
40.61
31.27
2.6
3.7
17.6
6.7
3.5
3.8
4.0
4.0
3.3
4.3
8.6
3.1
5.4
4.5
4.2
4.1
8.0
3.6
4.3
11.5
3.2
5.6
4.8
4.3
4.1
8.0
41.7
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.4
39.9
40.5
39.9
40.9
40.3
40.0
44.0
41.5
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.9
41.3
40.3
40.0
44.3
41.6
40.0
40.0
$26.62
30.07
24.90
–
27.23
28.34
31.69
39.93
28.45
–
22.37
27.50
28.87
33.91
34.41
40.61
31.27
28.67
–
24.27
27.52
28.42
34.33
34.31
40.61
31.27
2.7
3.7
19.4
–
3.3
3.8
4.0
4.0
4.8
–
8.6
4.3
4.7
3.0
4.2
4.1
8.0
5.3
–
11.5
4.6
4.9
2.9
4.3
4.1
8.0
41.7
40.1
40.1
–
40.3
40.0
40.4
39.9
40.7
–
40.9
40.4
40.0
44.5
41.5
40.0
40.0
40.7
–
41.3
40.4
40.0
44.9
41.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$23.19
–
–
27.84
–
–
–
–
–
23.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.79
19.97
25.37
20.03
29.71
18.95
21.66
14.94
13.92
19.90
20.13
22.60
22.65
44.65
32.08
16.68
31.08
32.10
20.00
19.91
19.50
21.32
31.38
31.92
34.08
14.11
18.17
20.92
25.00
27.72
16.93
6.8
3.5
4.7
16.3
11.3
4.7
2.5
4.3
12.0
3.3
4.7
4.5
13.3
16.1
41.7
4.3
31.9
42.1
2.8
3.4
3.4
7.0
13.2
4.2
4.8
12.0
11.8
7.8
7.3
4.1
7.3
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.4
36.9
34.1
34.0
34.9
36.3
43.5
35.5
40.6
33.2
40.5
40.6
34.6
34.0
34.6
35.7
33.1
38.2
39.6
29.3
39.2
36.5
36.3
35.4
40.0
23.53
21.44
–
20.03
–
–
21.27
14.94
13.92
19.39
19.59
21.64
18.94
49.33
–
16.66
52.28
–
19.33
19.38
19.08
20.29
–
31.94
–
–
18.17
19.13
24.75
–
16.55
7.1
8.2
–
16.3
–
–
3.4
4.3
12.0
3.3
5.4
3.6
17.1
18.7
–
4.3
17.3
–
2.7
3.4
4.4
6.9
–
5.1
–
–
11.8
6.5
7.5
–
7.8
40.0
40.3
–
40.0
–
–
34.6
36.9
34.1
33.4
33.7
35.8
46.0
35.6
–
33.9
43.0
–
33.8
33.5
33.3
35.2
–
37.7
–
–
39.2
35.7
36.9
–
40.0
–
19.39
–
–
–
–
22.59
–
–
20.98
21.66
26.41
–
–
–
–
21.92
–
21.99
21.07
20.68
25.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
2.7
4.7
7.9
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
3.3
2.5
1.7
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
35.4
38.6
38.3
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
37.0
35.1
39.1
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
9 ...................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Health related ........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Physicians ..........................................................
13 ...................................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
9 ...................................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.02
36.03
27.29
22.72
27.47
28.21
30.31
34.39
38.66
32.50
31.56
29.86
29.94
25.92
40.86
37.88
24.48
26.68
38.70
31.49
26.68
27.47
19.00
25.71
25.23
10.56
13.43
13.82
24.13
27.85
26.55
16.41
25.84
27.78
19.56
23.53
26.32
27.77
29.91
27.12
25.68
22.52
24.01
28.87
29.04
25.59
20.77
31.49
30.34
22.65
10.83
14.49
24.43
23.72
24.64
10.57
10.56
16.40
11.0
12.7
12.1
13.5
7.6
5.9
7.1
7.0
11.2
3.2
1.2
19.7
17.3
3.5
2.4
13.1
7.7
7.1
2.8
2.9
8.0
13.2
3.5
11.7
2.5
3.5
7.3
29.3
5.5
3.7
6.7
16.8
3.8
3.0
10.6
.0
7.1
4.0
4.2
3.9
18.7
1.9
7.2
4.3
6.1
8.0
8.6
4.4
5.1
6.5
6.3
14.2
6.8
8.5
9.6
7.0
13.1
14.9
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.0
36.7
24.6
34.5
38.4
39.2
40.0
38.3
40.2
40.2
39.3
39.9
39.1
39.6
30.0
37.6
25.2
29.9
39.9
37.2
33.0
24.1
36.4
40.0
34.7
15.6
25.1
25.9
35.7
35.9
37.4
29.9
34.7
36.3
25.8
37.0
35.8
36.4
37.1
36.1
40.0
34.0
37.3
35.4
35.6
37.7
38.7
34.8
39.5
33.4
22.8
31.6
36.0
36.9
37.7
10.4
11.3
37.8
–
$27.91
–
23.85
22.78
29.15
31.30
30.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.78
27.15
–
–
–
–
27.32
–
–
–
13.68
–
13.22
–
16.97
19.67
–
–
–
21.07
22.43
–
–
–
25.06
22.69
–
–
–
19.05
–
–
–
–
–
15.28
–
14.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
3.1
13.4
10.8
10.1
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.7
17.5
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
7.4
–
11.5
–
4.6
8.2
–
–
–
6.7
13.5
–
–
–
2.5
7.5
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
24.4
–
30.2
32.9
26.4
36.1
34.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.5
30.8
–
–
–
–
29.1
–
–
–
31.6
–
36.8
–
34.6
32.4
–
–
–
39.0
40.8
–
–
–
38.3
36.0
–
–
–
34.8
–
–
–
–
–
29.2
–
31.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$36.77
28.09
22.19
28.19
27.99
30.27
–
38.17
–
–
–
–
26.24
–
–
–
27.11
–
31.53
26.59
28.13
–
–
26.63
10.43
13.66
22.60
24.33
28.00
28.78
26.16
25.84
27.89
–
23.53
26.37
27.93
29.98
27.22
–
22.52
24.12
29.08
29.05
25.61
20.77
31.59
30.38
23.82
10.75
–
25.70
23.73
25.04
10.57
10.56
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Health related –Continued
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
8 ...................................................................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, special education ..............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
5 ...................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
See footnotes at end of table.
21
–
12.5
10.0
19.5
8.2
6.9
7.4
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
3.9
–
–
–
7.1
–
2.8
8.9
13.5
–
–
2.7
4.5
7.7
2.2
5.7
4.0
3.2
8.8
3.8
3.1
–
.0
7.1
4.4
4.2
4.0
–
1.9
7.4
4.2
6.2
8.0
8.6
4.2
5.1
6.0
9.1
–
6.1
8.5
11.2
7.0
13.1
–
–
38.4
30.1
36.9
39.4
44.0
40.1
–
40.2
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
37.1
–
37.3
33.6
23.8
–
–
35.2
12.6
18.8
28.7
35.7
36.0
36.9
35.3
34.7
36.2
–
37.0
35.8
36.4
37.1
36.1
–
34.0
37.4
35.4
35.5
37.7
38.7
34.7
39.5
34.2
21.6
–
36.1
37.6
37.5
10.4
11.3
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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.96
20.56
26.32
27.95
19.96
20.56
26.32
27.95
24.34
23.46
24.46
24.29
25.06
15.17
14.82
15.36
19.20
15.14
14.78
15.39
19.11
30.65
28.70
29.32
28.70
15.1
6.6
4.6
14.3
15.1
6.6
4.6
14.3
3.1
4.8
4.6
4.8
3.8
3.1
6.6
2.9
6.4
3.1
6.8
2.9
6.5
8.1
12.2
5.3
12.2
38.4
36.9
36.6
38.8
38.4
36.9
36.6
38.8
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.2
39.0
38.6
39.3
39.3
39.1
38.8
39.2
41.6
46.9
41.7
46.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$23.86
24.29
24.46
24.29
–
14.55
14.85
–
–
14.50
14.84
–
–
35.32
–
35.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
4.8
4.6
4.8
–
3.7
8.0
–
–
3.7
8.1
–
–
10.4
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.5
39.8
–
–
39.6
39.8
–
–
54.5
–
54.5
–
$24.07
20.71
26.38
–
24.07
20.71
26.38
–
24.69
–
–
–
25.06
16.50
14.68
15.31
19.06
16.48
14.55
15.31
19.06
28.82
–
26.74
–
6.1
6.5
4.5
–
6.1
6.5
4.5
–
3.7
–
–
–
3.8
3.6
4.2
3.3
7.0
3.7
4.1
3.3
7.0
10.7
–
5.3
–
37.4
36.8
37.0
–
37.4
36.8
37.0
–
39.7
–
–
–
39.7
38.6
36.0
39.7
40.0
38.7
36.4
39.7
40.0
38.1
–
37.9
–
18.33
13.57
17.61
18.02
38.05
19.82
14.1
5.9
5.2
5.5
4.2
21.1
34.7
37.2
40.0
42.0
40.0
31.4
18.28
13.57
17.58
18.02
38.05
19.87
15.0
5.9
5.3
5.5
4.2
23.2
34.5
37.2
40.0
42.0
40.0
30.8
19.47
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
18.16
11.86
11.86
7.6
11.1
11.1
40.0
36.0
36.0
–
11.86
11.86
–
11.1
11.1
–
36.0
36.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.16
16.16
20.77
19.27
15.37
15.37
35.00
24.51
16.79
11.68
13.83
16.38
17.08
19.19
25.01
16.90
3.5
3.5
5.1
20.3
11.4
11.4
16.3
3.3
7.3
7.1
2.5
5.0
3.7
3.1
4.3
9.2
39.9
39.9
39.7
40.1
28.7
28.7
40.3
40.0
34.2
35.2
35.3
37.4
37.6
37.0
39.6
37.4
16.16
16.16
20.77
19.41
–
–
35.22
–
17.52
12.83
13.57
16.85
17.11
19.99
26.00
16.90
3.5
3.5
5.1
20.5
–
–
16.3
–
8.4
10.9
2.5
5.0
4.5
2.6
3.2
9.2
39.9
39.9
39.7
40.1
–
–
40.3
–
33.4
33.1
35.1
37.4
38.0
36.3
39.5
37.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.83
9.83
15.32
14.92
16.95
17.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
5.9
5.5
6.3
5.1
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
39.1
36.7
37.3
36.3
38.9
–
–
12.95
15.97
20.02
16.08
21.60
8.0
9.8
10.3
5.8
10.2
39.2
39.3
34.9
27.8
37.3
14.50
15.26
19.98
16.08
21.95
4.9
8.5
11.3
5.8
9.9
38.4
39.2
34.5
27.8
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Librarians ...........................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
9 ...................................................................
Economists ........................................................
9 ...................................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Social workers ...................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
12 ...................................................................
Lawyers .............................................................
12 ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Designers
7 ...................................................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
9 ...................................................................
Technical ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
7 ...................................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.47
12.73
10.55
13.60
14.18
12.38
12.95
12.66
14.78
17.27
18.47
17.05
19.16
18.21
19.88
17.78
16.17
17.39
22.34
18.95
15.73
22.80
21.92
26.73
18.94
16.94
17.20
20.27
8.2
3.0
5.9
2.6
4.5
6.6
2.7
4.4
7.4
3.2
9.0
7.6
4.6
5.9
7.2
3.4
9.7
4.9
5.7
3.4
1.0
5.3
4.4
4.3
10.8
3.5
14.6
13.3
39.2
34.4
33.9
35.7
34.7
34.4
35.2
38.1
38.6
39.9
40.6
39.8
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.2
37.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
41.8
40.1
39.0
33.1
28.0
40.0
–
$13.25
12.17
13.50
14.45
12.00
12.84
–
–
17.19
18.47
16.97
20.93
–
22.31
17.57
–
17.39
22.64
–
–
23.15
22.18
26.73
18.98
17.28
–
20.27
–
3.0
8.4
2.7
4.9
5.0
2.8
–
–
3.3
9.0
7.7
3.5
–
1.6
4.6
–
4.9
5.5
–
–
5.6
4.6
4.3
11.3
4.6
–
13.3
–
33.0
30.0
35.3
33.7
34.4
35.1
–
–
40.0
40.6
40.6
39.4
–
39.9
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
39.8
41.9
40.1
39.6
33.1
–
40.0
–
$11.34
–
14.21
13.82
15.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.62
–
–
–
7.4
–
1.8
7.8
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
38.5
–
38.1
36.2
34.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.1
–
–
28.48
14.22
14.62
16.70
16.93
23.40
46.55
39.14
39.27
69.94
67.50
27.26
31.91
15.47
13.89
16.46
17.62
23.37
49.03
40.37
38.37
69.99
67.53
28.33
12.0
5.8
4.0
5.3
13.3
1.4
34.8
11.8
3.6
26.2
9.9
6.9
16.2
20.8
3.6
6.4
15.3
1.8
36.2
12.6
3.3
26.2
9.9
4.7
41.3
33.6
40.2
43.7
41.3
41.8
40.8
41.5
41.8
40.9
43.8
38.5
42.2
41.3
40.8
44.7
42.0
42.7
41.0
41.4
42.3
40.9
43.8
37.5
28.45
14.72
14.35
16.56
16.43
24.08
49.49
40.38
38.79
77.78
68.72
26.38
31.88
15.87
13.47
16.39
17.37
24.37
51.87
41.94
37.58
77.87
68.76
27.33
14.6
8.0
4.5
5.5
15.2
3.3
37.7
13.9
4.0
32.4
10.3
9.3
19.8
23.2
4.3
6.5
17.0
3.9
39.0
14.8
3.4
32.4
10.3
7.1
41.7
32.2
40.2
43.9
41.6
42.5
40.5
41.5
41.9
41.1
44.1
40.2
42.7
42.9
40.9
44.8
42.3
43.7
40.6
41.4
42.5
41.1
44.1
40.4
28.60
13.01
17.09
19.36
20.15
21.55
29.76
34.12
41.69
54.64
–
29.49
32.05
–
–
21.11
19.75
20.65
31.39
34.50
41.69
54.64
–
29.49
7.8
6.7
3.5
3.0
5.2
4.7
12.3
3.8
6.3
6.1
–
2.7
6.8
–
–
5.2
7.2
3.8
13.7
3.9
6.3
6.1
–
2.7
39.8
37.5
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.1
42.7
41.2
41.6
40.4
–
34.6
39.9
–
–
40.0
39.6
40.1
43.3
41.3
41.6
40.4
–
34.6
24.88
21.50
31.07
56.55
5.1
4.5
6.5
32.6
40.7
40.0
42.4
42.0
–
–
–
56.44
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
–
42.3
24.90
21.50
–
–
5.2
4.5
–
–
40.7
40.0
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Radiological technicians –Continued
8 ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Drafters ..............................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Computer programmers .....................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
7 ...................................................................
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 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.35
25.53
37.70
30.81
9.5
6.7
6.1
4.1
40.4
44.9
44.5
42.1
$21.35
25.53
37.70
29.38
9.5
6.7
6.1
6.2
40.4
44.9
44.5
42.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.60
34.78
37.35
49.82
29.50
14.88
18.51
19.46
38.96
36.17
40.47
29.05
26.59
8.7
8.1
12.3
9.6
14.2
4.2
14.3
4.3
12.5
4.8
7.4
3.2
4.1
40.7
40.3
40.2
39.6
40.1
40.0
36.3
40.2
40.1
40.2
40.8
40.2
40.0
38.60
34.78
37.35
49.82
25.92
14.88
–
–
–
–
34.59
29.26
27.11
8.7
8.1
12.3
9.6
9.5
4.2
–
–
–
–
15.5
3.3
4.2
40.7
40.3
40.2
39.6
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
40.6
40.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
$30.09
–
–
19.37
42.11
35.93
41.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.0
–
–
4.1
11.6
4.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.2
–
–
40.2
39.7
40.2
40.9
–
–
16.98
17.71
17.46
25.71
17.03
21.60
24.28
36.66
38.76
41.48
77.18
26.59
19.84
13.97
14.90
17.64
16.11
23.46
25.37
29.82
44.51
25.59
22.96
17.06
18.26
21.07
23.01
22.29
14.88
12.67
15.04
25.30
30.54
22.19
11.1
11.9
13.8
7.9
8.0
6.1
2.3
6.8
3.5
3.8
17.2
6.7
6.4
4.5
5.1
3.6
21.5
2.5
5.0
6.7
11.2
16.1
11.4
9.5
4.0
7.7
7.3
15.6
24.5
6.8
2.4
3.3
6.8
8.5
44.1
39.9
40.3
43.5
46.1
40.7
44.2
42.2
43.3
42.1
44.5
40.4
39.3
32.4
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.9
39.8
42.1
39.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.7
38.9
39.7
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
17.17
15.81
–
25.55
17.03
21.35
24.56
37.06
38.58
41.69
77.18
–
19.80
14.42
14.69
17.35
15.20
23.39
26.54
30.00
44.51
25.59
23.53
–
17.47
21.20
23.36
22.29
14.32
12.67
–
–
30.54
22.24
11.2
8.6
–
8.3
8.0
7.1
2.2
7.4
3.7
4.4
17.2
–
7.6
6.0
5.4
4.3
26.1
3.3
4.0
7.3
11.2
16.1
12.2
–
3.6
8.0
6.9
15.6
26.1
6.8
–
–
6.8
10.3
44.8
39.9
–
43.5
46.1
40.8
44.5
41.9
43.1
41.9
44.5
–
39.2
30.3
40.0
40.1
40.6
39.8
39.7
42.3
39.0
40.0
39.7
–
40.0
40.8
38.9
39.7
40.3
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.2
–
–
–
28.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.00
13.04
16.95
18.82
20.43
23.66
–
–
–
–
19.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
7.5
5.0
3.7
7.0
3.0
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
41.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
37.9
39.8
39.7
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
17.67
17.30
8.7
6.3
40.0
40.0
17.23
17.30
8.5
6.8
40.1
40.0
21.82
–
6.4
–
39.7
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Financial managers –Continued
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Managers, medicine and health .........................
9 ...................................................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.34
5.0
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.72
20.30
19.07
16.58
7.9
9.8
6.1
6.0
41.3
40.4
40.0
40.0
$22.72
18.70
–
–
7.9
10.4
–
–
41.3
40.5
–
–
–
–
$19.07
16.58
–
–
6.1
6.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
21.86
20.00
13.30
18.95
19.18
16.39
23.49
28.53
21.57
5.5
5.6
5.1
11.7
6.7
6.5
3.5
4.3
9.1
40.3
36.4
26.9
40.0
39.7
39.8
40.1
43.5
40.3
–
21.17
14.41
18.95
19.26
17.48
24.24
–
21.57
–
4.6
11.8
11.7
10.8
5.3
4.6
–
9.1
–
35.5
19.7
40.0
39.6
39.8
39.9
–
40.3
21.45
16.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.23
6.94
6.84
7.88
10.86
13.13
18.35
17.34
19.63
34.06
31.91
39.01
23.03
15.83
9.64
10.30
17.97
16.30
19.07
22.37
18.62
12.13
20.35
6.0
3.8
3.6
4.5
4.4
7.3
6.9
8.3
8.4
17.2
5.3
9.4
26.9
6.8
3.8
13.6
5.9
9.5
11.6
13.2
21.6
19.1
12.2
31.0
24.9
24.5
26.2
38.5
41.3
41.6
41.1
41.0
43.7
40.1
42.0
32.0
41.8
40.9
42.1
44.1
42.1
40.5
40.3
40.3
29.4
40.2
12.24
6.94
6.83
7.88
10.86
13.12
18.35
17.34
19.63
34.06
31.91
39.01
23.03
15.84
9.64
10.30
17.97
16.30
19.07
22.37
18.62
12.13
20.35
6.0
3.8
3.6
4.5
4.4
7.3
6.9
8.3
8.4
17.2
5.3
9.4
26.9
6.8
3.9
13.6
5.9
9.5
11.6
13.2
21.6
19.1
12.2
31.1
24.9
24.6
26.2
38.5
41.3
41.6
41.1
41.0
43.7
40.1
42.0
32.0
41.8
40.9
42.1
44.1
42.1
40.5
40.3
40.3
29.4
40.2
9.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.46
16.38
9.61
7.37
12.13
11.33
12.45
10.37
7.65
10.89
12.28
7.34
6.03
8.88
7.61
25.5
19.3
23.1
12.2
6.8
8.7
4.2
11.5
2.4
4.2
6.8
4.9
2.3
2.3
2.6
39.9
45.8
29.1
29.2
38.7
38.3
41.3
27.6
26.2
35.6
40.6
28.6
32.9
33.4
25.3
22.46
16.38
9.61
7.37
12.13
11.33
12.45
10.38
7.66
10.89
12.28
7.34
6.03
8.88
7.60
25.5
19.3
23.1
12.2
6.8
8.7
4.2
11.6
2.4
4.2
6.8
4.9
2.3
2.3
2.6
39.9
45.8
29.1
29.2
38.7
38.3
41.3
27.6
26.3
35.6
40.6
28.6
32.9
33.4
25.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.4
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists –Continued
9 ...................................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
6 ...................................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales .............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
5 ...................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
3 ...................................................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.40
6.81
8.08
10.24
9.93
12.48
3.0
5.6
4.3
4.7
10.8
9.1
25.9
25.1
23.9
37.0
25.9
37.2
$7.40
6.79
8.08
10.25
9.93
12.48
3.0
5.7
4.3
4.7
10.8
9.1
25.9
25.2
23.9
37.1
25.9
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.87
7.83
9.16
9.62
11.13
13.69
15.60
17.63
21.01
20.26
13.69
17.50
14.99
20.13
17.81
16.52
3.4
5.9
3.1
3.3
1.9
3.1
4.0
4.0
6.4
3.7
7.0
8.1
2.4
17.2
5.5
12.4
36.8
28.5
34.3
35.4
36.6
39.6
39.3
39.5
44.0
40.0
37.7
40.6
40.0
40.9
43.0
41.7
11.53
7.64
8.89
9.45
10.88
13.47
16.42
17.56
21.57
20.63
13.72
17.96
15.04
–
–
16.47
3.1
6.6
3.0
3.4
2.2
3.3
3.5
4.9
5.8
3.8
7.2
11.9
3.0
–
–
13.3
36.7
29.2
34.7
35.6
36.4
39.6
39.3
39.9
44.4
40.0
37.7
40.9
40.0
–
–
41.9
$13.17
8.49
10.15
11.33
12.10
14.22
14.26
17.78
–
–
–
16.66
–
–
–
–
7.2
5.3
6.7
4.6
4.9
3.7
6.8
5.9
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
–
37.1
26.2
32.9
33.4
37.7
39.7
39.5
38.8
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
15.70
14.09
12.98
10.28
10.00
11.10
14.02
14.56
18.62
17.03
10.81
11.71
10.88
13.47
7.54
9.59
8.86
8.72
9.89
10.17
12.81
9.36
13.20
13.21
12.32
11.38
14.96
7.7
5.2
6.3
9.9
5.4
5.5
5.2
10.1
4.1
9.0
11.9
5.8
7.2
1.2
4.6
3.7
13.4
1.9
7.3
5.5
3.4
4.8
4.8
8.5
9.6
6.5
8.3
39.9
39.9
38.3
34.7
35.8
37.6
39.7
39.3
39.8
39.6
39.3
39.8
39.7
40.0
27.4
33.0
28.6
35.9
33.3
29.8
34.6
33.5
36.9
40.0
38.4
40.0
39.8
17.68
14.21
11.91
–
9.42
10.14
13.35
15.49
16.67
17.38
10.81
10.78
–
–
7.54
9.53
–
8.70
9.75
10.17
12.52
8.97
13.35
–
12.32
11.38
14.96
5.9
5.3
5.7
–
2.6
6.8
4.7
8.3
2.9
9.9
11.9
8.1
–
–
4.6
3.7
–
2.0
7.7
5.6
3.9
2.9
6.8
–
9.6
6.5
8.3
39.9
39.9
37.8
–
36.0
36.6
39.6
38.3
39.4
40.0
39.3
39.9
–
–
27.4
33.0
–
35.8
33.2
30.1
35.9
32.8
35.5
–
38.4
40.0
39.8
–
–
14.48
11.38
–
12.42
15.26
14.07
–
–
–
11.95
10.83
–
–
11.36
–
–
12.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
11.2
–
7.3
5.9
13.3
–
–
–
6.2
7.9
–
–
7.6
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
32.3
–
39.0
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
39.8
39.7
–
–
33.5
–
–
36.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.45
11.13
9.81
7.37
8.36
11.11
9.60
7.0
5.5
9.5
9.1
13.0
9.5
4.1
38.9
37.4
25.0
15.5
26.5
21.9
38.5
11.43
11.06
–
–
–
–
9.60
7.2
5.6
–
–
–
–
4.1
38.9
37.2
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
–
9.74
7.37
8.34
11.10
–
–
–
9.7
9.1
13.3
9.7
–
–
–
24.7
15.5
26.3
21.7
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Cashiers –Continued
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, general office ................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
Order clerks .......................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.26
10.89
9.99
11.35
14.54
16.37
11.48
10.90
10.35
10.65
11.47
12.89
16.37
16.44
12.66
8.53
12.84
8.99
8.13
14.26
14.72
13.33
17.52
19.72
11.95
9.16
10.38
10.44
9.77
10.92
12.63
13.96
16.94
1.6
5.4
4.6
5.4
3.9
15.1
3.2
9.4
4.6
3.8
8.3
9.3
3.0
7.3
6.6
9.1
10.9
5.6
7.7
6.4
17.1
12.9
3.8
2.3
9.8
7.2
1.9
5.2
7.1
9.1
5.8
25.2
5.3
39.8
37.7
37.1
37.8
40.7
39.4
38.6
38.4
37.4
38.7
39.6
37.4
39.8
27.5
37.2
36.2
36.5
38.0
28.3
38.6
40.0
38.4
39.9
40.3
39.6
39.6
39.3
37.4
35.3
37.5
40.0
19.8
36.8
$9.26
10.80
9.98
11.25
15.03
–
11.13
10.89
10.33
10.29
11.40
–
16.51
16.64
12.42
8.53
12.84
8.99
8.04
15.99
–
–
17.52
19.72
11.95
9.06
10.38
10.28
9.77
10.41
12.63
14.48
16.94
1.6
5.9
4.6
5.9
3.7
–
3.5
10.4
4.7
3.4
8.5
–
3.7
8.3
6.9
9.1
10.9
6.3
8.3
8.9
–
–
3.8
2.3
9.8
6.7
1.9
5.5
7.1
8.0
5.8
25.8
5.3
39.8
37.5
37.2
37.6
40.9
–
38.5
38.2
37.4
38.9
39.6
–
39.7
25.4
36.8
36.2
36.5
37.8
27.6
38.3
–
–
39.9
40.3
39.6
39.6
39.3
37.4
35.3
37.3
40.0
26.6
36.8
–
$11.82
–
–
–
–
13.87
–
–
12.89
–
–
15.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
3.3
–
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
–
37.5
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.0
–
–
–
–
–
11.67
10.11
15.5
7.7
36.4
25.5
11.66
–
15.6
–
36.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.59
11.00
17.40
11.44
10.19
11.24
12.87
15.27
13.15
13.39
13.66
15.00
11.43
8.28
10.05
9.91
11.87
14.30
16.01
13.36
8.28
6.5
6.5
2.9
4.0
4.0
4.9
14.9
4.2
6.9
4.0
5.1
3.6
5.5
10.2
4.0
3.1
4.5
2.2
7.4
6.5
3.6
38.7
38.6
38.7
39.5
39.8
39.4
39.7
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.1
40.0
36.9
30.3
36.0
36.3
38.3
39.3
40.0
36.5
32.0
13.59
11.00
17.40
11.39
10.19
11.10
12.87
–
–
–
13.21
–
10.73
8.07
9.70
9.56
11.21
15.05
17.50
13.36
8.28
6.5
6.5
2.9
4.1
4.0
4.7
14.9
–
–
–
4.8
–
4.0
11.8
4.9
3.1
2.9
6.0
5.1
6.5
3.6
38.7
38.6
38.7
39.5
39.8
39.3
39.7
–
–
–
39.0
–
36.6
32.4
33.3
36.4
39.2
37.7
40.0
36.5
32.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.99
13.39
–
–
12.74
–
10.47
11.32
13.38
13.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
4.0
–
–
5.3
–
7.2
6.6
7.7
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
37.4
–
39.9
35.6
36.3
40.0
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
File clerks –Continued
2 ...................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
7 ...................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
6 ...................................................................
Bill and account collectors .................................
6 ...................................................................
General office clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Bank tellers –Continued
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
$7.09
8.05
9.53
10.70
9.91
10.68
9.97
12.68
9.66
8.26
9.63
9.38
11.35
11.92
11.01
11.77
11.56
15.30
16.41
4.6
5.9
4.1
4.2
6.8
4.1
5.3
6.3
5.7
7.3
9.2
9.5
8.6
5.9
5.5
5.8
9.6
3.9
3.9
28.5
31.3
36.9
38.8
36.0
38.7
39.3
39.4
30.3
27.4
32.8
25.3
31.3
36.3
38.8
33.2
39.7
40.0
40.4
$7.09
8.05
9.53
10.97
9.91
–
10.54
12.68
10.12
–
–
–
–
11.90
10.63
11.89
11.57
14.84
16.70
4.6
5.9
4.1
3.6
6.8
–
2.4
6.3
3.7
–
–
–
–
6.4
7.1
6.1
9.7
3.7
3.2
28.5
31.3
36.9
38.5
36.0
–
39.0
39.4
38.1
–
–
–
–
36.0
39.3
32.4
39.7
40.0
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.65
8.26
9.64
9.38
11.46
12.13
12.48
10.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
7.3
9.2
9.6
9.6
6.1
7.9
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.1
27.4
32.8
25.2
30.6
38.7
37.4
39.4
–
–
–
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
13.46
8.73
9.99
11.71
11.81
14.69
15.78
19.11
21.76
22.63
2.8
3.3
3.0
3.2
2.7
1.9
1.6
3.1
2.7
5.1
38.0
32.7
35.5
38.4
37.9
40.2
41.2
40.0
40.1
40.2
13.36
8.75
9.96
11.67
11.78
14.68
15.91
19.38
21.92
22.62
2.9
3.3
3.1
3.2
2.8
2.0
1.8
3.7
2.4
5.6
38.1
33.0
35.9
38.6
38.0
40.4
41.3
40.1
40.2
40.2
15.28
7.60
12.71
12.98
12.75
14.82
14.31
16.51
21.04
22.75
2.5
9.9
10.0
6.0
4.5
4.7
6.1
3.9
9.4
3.4
36.5
18.9
20.0
35.3
36.0
37.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Automobile mechanics .......................................
5 ...................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
7 ...................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
7 ...................................................................
16.87
9.14
8.36
11.83
14.99
15.19
19.26
21.86
22.06
20.07
19.35
24.35
15.91
13.99
13.11
11.99
16.99
17.43
18.97
18.90
3.3
5.0
4.6
3.3
4.9
2.7
3.9
2.9
5.1
7.4
13.3
5.5
6.2
10.6
6.7
8.4
5.0
7.7
4.4
4.6
39.9
35.2
40.0
38.8
39.9
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.1
41.5
41.2
40.2
40.1
40.1
40.6
41.0
40.0
42.6
40.1
40.1
16.84
9.14
8.32
11.77
14.93
15.18
19.49
22.03
21.96
20.00
19.66
24.73
15.95
14.03
12.65
11.65
16.34
17.43
18.99
18.99
3.7
5.0
4.6
3.3
5.1
2.8
4.3
2.5
5.3
8.1
14.1
5.6
6.4
11.0
7.2
8.9
6.0
7.7
6.9
6.9
39.9
35.2
40.0
38.7
39.9
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.1
41.6
41.3
40.2
40.1
40.1
40.7
41.1
40.0
42.6
40.2
40.2
17.31
–
–
–
16.01
15.34
17.06
21.17
23.62
–
–
–
–
–
16.11
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
5.0
3.7
2.4
9.8
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
17.62
18.61
17.21
9.2
10.0
9.3
39.7
40.0
39.4
17.62
18.61
17.21
9.2
10.0
9.3
39.7
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.39
19.02
5.5
10.3
39.7
39.4
19.71
–
3.9
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
28
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.40
21.02
16.92
16.13
14.73
17.69
19.87
17.63
18.94
22.87
22.85
23.41
23.07
21.26
21.26
20.58
25.20
16.35
17.11
20.53
14.59
16.99
21.87
24.34
22.87
24.35
17.72
16.88
21.28
9.78
14.84
19.89
22.35
14.71
19.44
18.06
18.56
7.7
12.8
3.6
4.7
3.5
4.1
7.1
5.9
3.9
11.7
13.4
7.7
4.2
1.9
1.9
14.2
3.9
3.6
9.9
3.4
4.7
3.2
4.9
4.1
3.8
4.6
6.3
6.5
3.7
5.8
21.4
18.0
6.1
16.6
4.8
5.1
4.6
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.8
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.9
43.0
40.2
40.0
40.6
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$16.42
21.02
17.10
–
14.61
17.73
24.00
17.52
18.98
24.69
–
–
–
–
–
20.66
25.20
–
–
21.06
14.59
18.25
21.44
24.19
22.87
24.35
17.69
16.88
21.28
9.78
14.84
19.89
22.35
–
–
18.95
18.59
7.8
12.8
3.7
–
5.0
4.3
7.5
6.2
4.2
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
14.5
3.9
–
–
3.2
4.7
9.6
4.5
4.6
3.8
4.6
6.3
6.5
3.7
5.8
21.4
18.0
6.1
–
–
5.2
5.3
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
40.0
40.0
42.8
39.9
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.3
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
$15.08
–
–
17.08
18.08
–
–
16.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.05
19.44
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
5.3
3.5
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
4.8
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
12.90
9.60
10.38
14.77
12.73
14.50
15.79
17.85
21.90
12.46
13.76
4.8
3.2
6.3
4.1
3.9
2.9
3.1
2.1
7.2
5.7
8.6
38.8
39.0
35.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.9
40.0
12.90
9.60
10.38
14.77
12.73
14.50
15.79
17.85
21.90
12.46
13.76
4.8
3.2
6.3
4.1
3.9
2.9
3.1
2.1
7.2
5.7
8.6
38.8
39.0
35.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.30
16.72
12.35
13.84
12.33
16.71
14.28
19.31
7.25
9.2
10.8
5.2
4.9
6.1
6.3
6.5
5.6
1.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.8
38.9
39.9
28.4
13.30
16.72
12.35
13.84
12.33
16.71
14.28
19.31
7.26
9.2
10.8
5.2
4.9
6.1
6.3
6.5
5.6
1.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.8
38.9
39.9
28.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Electricians ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
7 ...................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
7 ...................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
7 ...................................................................
Machinists ..........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
7 ...................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
7 ...................................................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
7 ...................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
5 ...................................................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
5 ...................................................................
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Printing press operators .....................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
See footnotes at end of table.
29
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
–Continued
1 ...................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
4 ...................................................................
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
5 ...................................................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Welders and cutters ...........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Assemblers ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
$7.18
12.01
13.92
11.14
14.09
15.69
13.31
15.01
14.55
13.38
9.38
10.92
15.30
16.60
13.33
9.32
14.34
16.70
12.62
9.37
18.48
15.38
14.33
14.61
14.22
17.51
2.0
14.7
4.8
15.0
5.5
7.6
4.5
3.9
11.3
9.4
5.5
8.1
7.1
5.8
6.6
7.5
5.6
3.6
7.5
11.3
7.5
6.6
4.9
3.8
6.3
8.0
37.1
39.4
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
35.4
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.1
31.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.4
40.0
$7.18
12.01
13.92
11.14
14.09
15.69
13.31
15.01
14.55
13.38
9.38
10.92
15.30
16.60
13.33
9.32
14.34
16.70
12.62
9.37
18.48
15.38
14.33
14.61
14.22
17.51
2.0
14.7
4.8
15.0
5.5
7.6
4.5
3.9
11.3
9.4
5.5
8.1
7.1
5.8
6.6
7.5
5.6
3.6
7.5
11.3
7.5
6.6
4.9
3.8
6.3
8.0
37.2
39.4
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
35.4
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.1
31.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
1 ...................................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
12.68
8.27
11.83
10.64
11.75
14.72
17.61
19.12
26.06
19.83
11.71
12.30
9.74
10.46
14.29
18.37
12.13
12.78
11.21
14.43
12.20
15.33
10.16
7.38
7.92
20.75
17.29
21.18
13.24
13.60
4.8
4.7
4.7
4.8
6.9
3.2
6.0
12.3
9.5
5.0
5.6
7.4
3.6
10.5
4.6
5.4
18.3
3.9
5.7
5.1
3.4
1.8
8.0
6.3
5.2
4.8
3.3
4.6
5.4
4.1
37.4
31.8
30.4
36.8
36.1
41.4
45.6
41.6
41.1
41.7
40.3
32.3
38.2
40.3
42.6
47.8
32.0
22.4
24.2
28.6
17.8
32.3
32.3
29.8
39.0
42.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
12.58
8.19
11.60
10.47
11.67
14.70
18.67
21.87
26.79
–
11.70
11.57
9.76
10.37
14.32
18.37
12.13
11.38
–
–
11.97
–
–
7.38
7.92
20.75
–
–
–
13.60
5.1
4.8
4.6
4.6
7.2
3.4
4.8
9.2
10.3
–
5.7
7.5
3.5
10.8
4.6
5.4
18.3
2.9
–
–
2.7
–
–
6.3
5.2
4.8
–
–
–
4.1
37.8
32.1
33.2
37.0
36.1
42.3
47.1
42.6
41.3
–
40.3
31.7
38.2
40.3
42.7
47.8
32.0
20.2
–
–
17.4
–
–
29.8
39.0
42.0
–
–
–
39.8
$13.86
–
13.23
13.56
13.60
14.94
–
–
–
–
12.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.70
12.02
15.86
–
15.19
–
–
–
–
14.94
–
12.09
–
5.2
–
12.4
8.9
4.3
2.8
–
–
–
–
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
12.6
3.3
–
1.5
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
4.1
–
33.3
–
20.3
32.5
34.6
34.3
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.3
18.5
28.9
–
31.4
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
30
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.76
13.94
13.88
7.9
7.1
5.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
$12.76
13.94
13.88
7.9
7.1
5.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.53
16.27
7.3
11.0
39.6
40.0
19.42
17.95
6.8
7.8
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.27
8.48
9.68
11.34
11.24
14.23
16.32
19.21
19.74
10.84
7.10
12.12
2.4
4.6
4.3
4.5
4.1
2.9
5.1
5.8
4.2
5.7
3.6
6.1
35.7
31.0
35.8
39.0
38.3
39.2
40.0
36.5
40.0
31.6
22.9
36.7
10.14
8.50
9.67
11.30
11.23
14.35
17.54
18.52
–
9.14
–
–
2.4
4.6
4.3
4.7
4.3
2.4
4.0
4.2
–
8.4
–
–
35.7
31.3
36.0
39.0
38.3
38.9
40.0
35.6
–
33.8
–
–
$13.08
6.62
–
12.07
11.51
13.99
14.84
–
19.74
13.49
–
–
5.3
5.5
–
4.3
5.0
9.8
4.1
–
4.2
8.7
–
–
34.7
17.4
–
40.0
35.9
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
28.7
–
–
16.45
9.65
13.19
14.83
15.92
10.88
8.19
10.12
9.71
7.20
9.24
12.71
13.11
13.85
9.20
11.47
11.15
9.72
9.10
14.54
12.06
5.6
7.6
10.3
12.0
10.9
6.5
15.6
2.1
5.5
7.1
9.9
6.7
6.7
2.8
7.1
9.0
5.4
3.4
3.1
11.5
9.0
39.5
38.3
39.8
39.8
39.7
38.7
37.4
37.4
27.3
23.0
25.2
38.3
36.2
37.2
39.1
40.0
37.4
35.7
37.3
38.6
39.5
16.17
9.65
13.31
14.83
–
10.88
8.19
10.12
9.72
7.20
9.24
12.72
13.11
13.85
9.20
11.47
11.15
9.72
9.10
14.54
12.06
6.5
7.6
12.4
12.0
–
6.5
15.6
2.1
5.5
7.1
9.9
6.7
6.7
2.8
7.1
9.0
5.4
3.4
3.1
11.5
9.0
39.4
38.3
39.7
39.8
–
38.7
37.4
37.4
27.4
23.1
25.2
38.3
36.2
37.2
39.1
40.0
37.4
35.7
37.3
38.6
39.5
–
–
12.47
–
12.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.14
9.47
8.53
9.07
9.11
9.34
10.71
9.83
8.43
9.47
12.42
14.42
20.3
9.6
6.2
6.4
4.8
13.0
6.3
4.3
10.3
3.4
5.7
4.3
37.9
38.7
37.9
37.7
33.8
40.0
40.0
36.6
34.3
38.0
38.9
40.0
12.14
9.47
8.53
9.07
9.11
9.34
10.71
9.74
8.48
9.46
12.46
14.64
20.3
9.6
6.2
6.4
4.8
13.0
6.3
4.5
10.4
3.4
6.6
5.2
37.9
38.7
37.9
37.7
33.8
40.0
40.0
36.8
34.5
38.5
38.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.87
–
–
12.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.9
–
–
40.0
–
9.48
4.3
29.8
8.49
4.1
28.7
13.79
3.4
35.8
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
–Continued
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
4 ...................................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Production helpers .............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
1 ...................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Garage and service station related
3 ...................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
1 ...................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ............................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Service ..............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Service –Continued
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service ..................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
7 ...................................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
3 ...................................................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
2 ...................................................................
Food service ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
1 ...................................................................
Other food service ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.82
7.46
8.78
10.33
12.36
12.66
17.40
18.41
20.32
23.86
9.31
15.56
6.91
10.71
–
12.18
13.68
18.34
18.74
20.28
23.77
18.94
26.08
25.27
20.35
14.53
16.00
19.24
16.05
20.19
18.97
3.9
6.1
5.7
3.4
5.6
4.3
4.5
6.6
4.8
4.6
2.5
4.6
16.2
3.7
–
2.6
5.0
3.3
8.1
4.9
5.0
9.1
1.2
1.7
12.3
4.9
6.1
3.9
6.3
2.2
4.0
23.2
29.7
30.2
36.3
36.6
40.4
30.3
39.9
39.9
43.0
35.9
37.9
27.3
25.3
–
40.6
40.4
42.7
39.9
39.9
43.2
49.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
46.0
51.6
39.8
40.2
39.6
39.9
$6.72
6.91
8.54
9.84
11.92
11.90
–
17.39
–
–
9.21
10.16
–
10.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
6.1
6.5
3.8
7.5
5.3
–
9.3
–
–
2.6
12.2
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.9
29.0
29.9
35.8
35.2
40.6
–
35.2
–
–
35.9
32.6
–
28.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.08
9.58
10.83
12.23
13.18
13.87
19.08
18.71
20.24
23.86
–
17.66
12.18
–
15.08
12.24
13.87
18.47
18.80
20.24
23.77
–
26.08
25.27
–
14.53
16.00
19.14
16.05
20.19
18.97
4.6
4.8
4.1
3.9
3.7
5.5
1.7
8.1
4.9
4.6
–
4.7
7.7
–
7.1
3.0
5.7
3.4
8.4
4.9
5.0
–
1.2
1.7
–
4.9
6.1
3.9
6.3
2.2
4.0
27.3
32.3
32.4
38.1
39.6
40.3
41.9
41.6
39.9
43.0
–
40.4
36.0
–
37.6
40.8
40.4
42.8
41.7
39.9
43.2
–
40.0
40.0
–
46.0
51.6
39.8
40.2
39.6
39.9
17.76
17.56
14.29
12.02
13.69
9.89
10.69
8.39
7.25
7.74
6.14
6.46
8.42
8.54
10.71
5.37
4.61
5.34
6.70
6.61
8.84
3.70
4.05
3.31
3.35
6.36
6.09
8.57
7.08
7.50
3.3
4.8
6.8
2.9
5.4
12.9
3.9
9.3
6.1
6.4
6.1
12.9
12.7
4.3
4.2
13.7
12.8
31.3
21.3
18.5
10.2
8.2
17.5
9.5
8.4
6.8
6.7
4.5
2.3
5.6
38.6
40.0
39.3
40.0
37.4
32.9
30.8
20.4
22.4
27.6
21.3
27.7
27.8
33.0
39.8
23.3
18.4
30.1
24.5
30.4
28.6
22.4
18.9
27.5
24.5
18.7
17.1
29.5
23.5
25.8
–
–
–
–
–
9.71
10.55
–
–
7.70
5.99
6.26
8.41
8.52
10.67
5.37
4.59
5.34
6.70
6.61
8.89
3.70
4.05
3.31
3.35
6.37
6.09
8.57
6.97
7.25
–
–
–
–
–
13.8
5.5
–
–
6.7
6.9
13.9
12.9
4.2
4.4
13.8
12.9
31.4
21.3
18.5
10.1
8.2
17.5
9.5
8.4
6.9
6.7
4.7
2.6
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
32.8
28.6
–
–
27.7
21.1
28.1
27.7
33.0
39.9
23.4
18.6
30.2
24.5
30.4
29.7
22.4
18.9
27.5
24.5
18.8
17.1
29.7
23.2
26.2
17.76
17.56
14.29
12.02
13.69
15.10
–
–
–
8.59
7.78
9.20
9.27
–
12.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.69
7.88
9.27
3.3
4.8
6.8
2.9
5.4
18.7
–
–
–
3.7
3.3
5.0
6.7
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.3
4.7
38.6
40.0
39.3
40.0
37.4
37.0
–
–
–
24.7
23.7
23.4
36.4
–
35.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.1
26.0
23.7
See footnotes at end of table.
32
TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Cooks .................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
1 ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Health service ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
6 ...................................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.91
8.71
11.00
9.75
7.77
12.38
9.18
6.82
7.37
9.32
8.87
10.73
7.01
6.63
7.99
7.89
7.98
7.61
6.99
7.42
9.17
7.30
10.07
7.43
9.13
8.54
10.30
11.02
8.36
9.30
8.56
10.68
11.19
8.91
7.31
9.21
8.54
10.27
8.25
9.82
7.56
9.61
10.47
11.30
11.46
12.65
12.3
4.5
3.8
8.4
5.3
7.4
6.1
7.8
6.7
18.9
5.2
4.7
4.9
5.5
3.6
4.4
8.8
5.6
3.0
8.5
6.0
9.6
10.2
8.0
4.3
5.8
2.8
7.3
10.5
4.3
5.5
5.0
7.7
4.2
9.0
4.3
6.0
3.0
10.6
8.9
3.2
2.3
2.4
2.4
14.9
8.9
28.9
33.2
40.1
35.9
22.3
42.5
33.1
26.2
27.7
26.2
36.3
39.6
26.8
23.5
26.8
26.8
27.1
24.5
22.5
24.8
32.6
18.1
29.4
26.3
33.3
29.7
35.9
36.5
30.7
28.0
23.6
38.4
37.0
31.9
25.3
33.3
31.4
35.7
30.4
31.9
27.0
32.6
37.9
37.2
36.4
39.9
$8.90
8.68
10.96
9.71
7.77
12.36
9.19
6.73
7.34
9.34
8.85
10.72
6.98
6.63
7.74
7.86
7.32
7.54
6.90
7.16
9.17
–
10.06
7.31
8.88
8.44
10.31
10.80
8.33
9.17
8.54
10.85
–
8.65
7.16
8.98
8.42
10.24
8.25
8.76
7.47
9.19
9.62
–
–
12.58
12.6
4.5
4.0
8.6
5.3
8.2
6.2
8.5
6.5
19.6
5.2
4.8
5.0
5.5
3.6
5.8
7.4
6.1
3.2
8.7
6.0
–
11.8
7.7
4.3
5.8
4.3
7.7
10.5
4.3
5.5
4.9
–
4.2
8.5
4.3
5.9
4.7
10.6
4.3
3.4
5.8
4.4
–
–
9.0
28.8
33.3
40.3
36.0
22.3
43.8
33.2
26.7
27.4
25.9
36.4
39.7
27.1
23.5
26.8
25.1
30.6
24.6
22.5
24.8
32.6
–
28.6
25.9
32.2
29.7
34.4
35.0
30.6
27.6
23.6
38.3
–
31.1
24.8
32.0
31.5
34.0
30.4
30.0
26.3
29.8
37.1
–
–
39.9
$9.27
–
12.10
–
–
–
8.71
7.59
7.94
8.83
–
–
–
–
8.85
–
–
8.39
7.87
9.27
–
–
10.12
–
9.56
10.53
10.28
–
–
11.63
–
–
–
10.06
–
9.55
10.49
–
–
12.73
8.71
10.10
11.86
12.19
15.19
–
6.7
–
8.9
–
–
–
3.4
1.8
7.3
3.8
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
4.3
4.2
5.6
–
–
2.7
–
4.6
7.0
2.4
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
2.9
–
4.6
7.1
–
–
7.6
9.3
3.8
4.1
.8
3.2
–
36.4
–
35.0
–
–
–
32.0
22.0
35.0
36.7
–
–
–
–
26.5
–
–
23.7
23.1
24.8
–
–
35.7
–
35.3
29.4
39.8
–
–
37.3
–
–
–
35.6
–
35.3
29.5
–
–
38.7
39.7
36.6
39.2
39.9
39.4
–
13.88
12.63
7.30
6.96
8.42
9.79
7.96
10.04
10.90
11.39
14.57
9.06
7.65
14.4
9.2
4.0
2.7
2.4
4.3
3.9
3.0
2.9
3.0
4.2
5.2
5.4
38.3
40.0
28.4
27.8
27.5
32.1
26.5
34.0
37.5
37.7
40.0
30.5
20.6
10.63
12.63
7.29
6.94
8.42
9.07
7.86
9.94
10.12
–
–
8.88
7.71
6.8
9.2
4.0
2.7
2.4
4.2
4.5
9.1
2.5
–
–
5.6
6.0
37.6
40.0
28.3
27.7
27.5
29.5
25.4
30.4
36.2
–
–
30.9
20.7
20.58
–
–
–
–
11.17
8.75
10.10
11.86
12.20
15.26
9.99
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
3.4
10.2
3.8
4.1
.9
3.9
9.4
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
38.5
39.8
36.6
39.2
39.9
40.0
28.5
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey,4 March 2001–Continued
Total
Occupations and level
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
3 ...................................................................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
1 ...................................................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.72
8.29
9.83
18.18
11.89
16.83
12.95
6.0
3.1
5.8
16.4
16.0
16.4
10.8
31.1
32.7
37.9
28.6
36.2
40.0
33.4
$6.52
8.24
9.48
–
11.97
16.83
12.95
5.7
3.6
6.3
–
16.6
16.4
10.8
31.7
35.2
38.6
–
36.7
40.0
33.4
$7.54
8.58
11.79
–
–
–
–
2.7
6.1
10.5
–
–
–
–
29.0
23.1
34.4
–
–
–
–
7.10
7.35
9.27
8.27
7.71
8.34
9.22
10.77
7.69
8.82
8.18
7.08
10.90
10.3
9.4
9.8
5.6
2.9
5.8
8.7
11.4
7.5
3.0
6.2
4.7
6.7
34.9
28.5
27.5
28.2
29.4
27.8
38.6
29.1
12.4
32.6
31.3
24.6
35.3
7.10
–
8.70
7.92
7.98
–
–
8.84
–
8.82
–
7.19
10.87
10.7
–
10.7
6.1
4.5
–
–
6.3
–
3.2
–
4.0
8.0
36.6
–
27.8
28.2
29.8
–
–
24.7
–
32.6
–
24.0
35.0
–
–
–
9.00
7.65
8.68
–
12.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
3.0
6.9
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.0
29.3
27.7
–
36.1
–
–
–
–
–
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,
weighted by hours.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and January
2002. The average reference period was March 2001.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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Technical Note
T
Goodhue County, MN
Griggs County, ND
Iowa City, IA, MSA
Kansas City, MO-KS, MSA
Lewis County, MO
Lincoln, NE, MSA
Logan County, NE
Madison County, NE
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, MSA
Seward County, NE
Springfield, MO, MSA
St. Louis, MO-IL, MSA
Tama County, IA
Ward County, ND
he data in this bulletin are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) 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.
Survey scope. In the West North Central census division,
the NCS studied 1,491 establishments representing approximately 6,707,500 workers within the scope of the survey.
Beginning with the 1999 NCS, private sector establishments with one or more workers are included in the survey.
State and local governments with 50 or more workers also
are included. The number of workers represented by the
survey is shown in table A, and the number of establishments is shown in table B. For purposes of this survey, an
establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or
services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit
providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a
single physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity.
In the second stage, the sample of establishments was
drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership
and industry. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the
stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its
employment. Use of this technique means that the larger
an establishment’s employment, the greater the establishment’s chance of selection. Weights were applied to each
establishment when the data were tabulated so that the
establishment represents similar units (by industry and
employment size) in the economy that were not selected
for data collection.
The third stage of sample selection was a probability
sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. In
the West North Central region, data were collected
between March 2000 and January 2002, with an average
reference period of March 2001.
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 varied by area.
Occupational selection and classification. Identification
of the occupations for which wage data were collected was
a four-step process:
Sample design and data collection. The sample for this
survey was selected using a three-stage design. The first
stage consisted of the selection of areas. The nationwide
NCS sample consists of 154 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan
statistical areas and the remaining portions of the 50 States.
Metropolitan areas are designated Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSA) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA), as defined in 1994 by the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget. Nonmetropolitan areas are
counties that do not fit the metropolitan area definition.
The NCS areas that contribute to the West North
Central census division are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time,
union vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive
Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be
determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at
Clinton County, IA
Des Moines County, IA
35
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average of estimates from
all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is
the standard error divided by the estimate. Tables in this
bulletin provide RSE data for indicated series.
The relative standard error can be used to calculate a
“confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose the mean hourly earnings for all workers
were $16.23 per hour with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the
confidence interval for this estimate is $15.96 to $16.50
($16.23 x 1.645 x 0.010 = $0.2670, round to $0.27);
($16.23 - .27 = $15.96; $16.23 + .27 = $16.50). 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. Although such errors were not specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize nonsampling errors
through the extensive training of field economists who
gathered survey data by personal visit, computer editing of
the data, and detailed data review.
each establishment by the BLS field economist during a
personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for
sampling, with each selected worker representing a job
within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability
proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater
the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection.
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
NCS 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. For cases in which a
job’s duties overlapped two or more census classification
codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to
classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the
fallback.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen workers were identified. First, the worker was
identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job,
based on the establishment’s definition of those terms.
Then, the worker was classified as having a time or incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather
than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union or a nonunion job.
The fourth step in the job classification procedure was
to determine the work level of each of the establishment's
selected jobs, using an “occupational leveling” process.
This process, involving discussions between the BLS field
economist and the respondent, ranks and compares all selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling factors.
For more information on occupational leveling and an example of how to use the criteria for leveling a job, see
appendixes C and D of any published NCS locality bulletin
or visit http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm on the
Word Wide Web. The Web site also has a link to the NCS
job descriptions.
Census area divisions. Data are tabulated by census divisions defined as follows: New England—Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and
Rhode Island; Middle Atlantic—New Jersey, New York,
and Pennsylvania; East North Central—Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central—
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Nebraska; South Atlantic—Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East
South Central—Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and
Tennessee; West South Central—Arkansas, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain—Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada;
and Pacific—Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, and
Alaska. Some census divisions include CMSAs and MSAs
that cross State lines. In the West North Central census
division, the St. Louis MSA includes parts of Missouri and
Illinois and the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA includes parts
of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Data reliability. The data in this bulletin are estimates from
a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two
types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample
survey, sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected
using the sample design. Estimates derived from the
different samples would differ from each other.
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TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 West North
Central, National Compensation Survey,3 March 2001
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All, excluding sales ...............................................................
6,707,500
5,957,600
5,596,100
4,848,600
1,111,400
1,109,000
White collar .........................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
3,247,900
2,498,100
2,477,100
1,729,600
770,800
768,400
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
1,116,900
865,200
251,700
423,100
749,800
958,000
634,700
428,100
206,700
343,100
747,500
751,900
482,200
437,100
45,000
80,100
2,400
206,200
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
2,120,700
631,500
480,200
424,800
584,200
2,004,800
586,300
480,100
384,200
554,200
115,900
45,200
–
40,600
30,000
Service .................................................................................
1,338,900
1,114,200
224,700
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
March 2000 and January 2002. The average reference period
was March 2001.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, West North Central, National
Compensation Survey,1 March 2001
Number of establishments studied
Industry division
Total
All ......................................................................................................................
Private Industry ............................................................................................
Goods-producing industries .......................................................................
Mining ....................................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................................
Manufacturing ........................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Service-producing industries .....................................................................
Transportation and utilities .....................................................................
Wholesale trade .....................................................................................
Retail trade ............................................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................
Services .................................................................................................
State and local government ........................................................................
1,491
1,276
351
6
68
277
159
118
925
109
66
218
110
422
215
1 In this census division, collection was conducted between March 2000 and January
2002. The average reference period was March 2001.
2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and
local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
1 to 99
workers2
100 to
499
workers
500 to
999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 to
4,999
workers
5,000 or
more
workers
551
522
111
5
44
62
36
26
411
36
39
133
63
140
29
595
508
146
1
19
126
66
60
362
41
20
75
19
207
87
150
120
50
–
4
46
29
17
70
15
7
7
7
34
30
98
67
18
52
30
11
45
29
15
–
1
17
11
6
49
8
–
–
–
–
–
11
7
4
19
2
–
2
12
27
31
1
3
13
22
15
10
5
14
7
–
–
6
1
16
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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