San Francisco–Oakland–
San Jose, CA
National Compensation Survey
March 2006
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U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
January 2007
Bulletin 3135–33
Preface
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ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private establishments and government agencies that provided pay data
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups ......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
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About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational ag-
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, CA, metropolitan area. Data were collected between September 2005 and
October 2006; the average reference month is March 2006.
Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in
a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also
contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a
technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$26.10
2.3
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
39.92
44.30
37.57
14.10
20.48
22.13
19.52
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.9
$25.43
2.6
2.3
5.8
2.3
2.8
2.7
6.7
1.7
37.8
40.7
36.5
31.8
35.4
33.6
36.6
40.46
45.38
37.53
11.85
20.29
22.13
19.06
23.55
24.50
22.08
2.2
1.3
5.0
38.3
39.0
37.2
15.31
15.09
15.52
5.3
7.6
5.7
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
27.37
16.95
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.9
$31.43
2.6
35.3
2.7
6.4
2.7
1.9
3.0
6.7
1.9
38.8
40.8
37.6
31.0
35.3
33.6
36.6
36.93
34.09
37.73
28.02
22.42
–
22.42
3.0
5.1
3.5
3.0
1.4
–
1.4
33.4
39.3
32.1
37.5
36.3
–
36.3
22.99
23.96
21.46
2.3
1.1
5.6
38.3
38.9
37.3
30.00
31.16
28.44
5.9
5.4
8.2
38.3
39.8
36.3
35.7
36.4
35.0
15.02
14.84
15.20
5.4
7.6
6.1
35.6
36.3
34.8
25.26
25.80
24.90
8.5
21.7
4.4
39.5
40.0
39.1
2.2
8.6
39.8
20.9
26.73
16.21
2.5
9.9
39.8
21.2
32.33
23.78
2.5
6.7
39.4
18.6
26.70
25.92
3.7
2.8
35.5
36.0
23.67
25.74
5.5
2.8
35.3
36.0
30.84
35.39
2.7
3.5
35.8
32.3
25.61
33.51
2.4
14.5
35.8
36.7
24.83
33.51
2.7
14.5
35.9
36.7
31.43
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2.6
–
35.3
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Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
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–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
21.31
25.53
33.45
4.0
3.5
2.9
34.6
36.7
37.1
21.31
25.36
34.55
4.0
3.6
3.9
34.6
36.8
38.1
–
32.61
31.37
–
5.3
2.6
–
32.5
35.4
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5
Establishment characteristics
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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
2 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 appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$26.10
2.3
$27.37
2.2
$16.95
8.6
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Social and community service managers .........................
55.12
36.45
40.65
45.29
57.87
65.59
61.97
65.05
101.97
79.74
96.64
88.30
112.52
53.41
61.69
65.85
50.86
27.39
39.17
59.20
46.36
46.10
48.74
45.11
49.13
5.5
17.1
2.9
7.0
1.6
2.5
10.9
15.2
23.0
24.3
34.1
27.3
38.6
15.3
12.8
25.2
9.7
6.2
13.7
25.0
6.6
11.1
5.0
5.3
4.7
55.20
36.45
40.65
45.29
57.87
65.59
62.21
65.05
101.97
79.74
96.64
88.30
112.52
53.41
61.69
65.85
50.86
27.39
39.17
59.20
46.36
46.10
48.74
45.11
49.13
5.5
17.1
2.9
7.0
1.6
2.5
10.9
15.2
23.0
24.3
34.1
27.3
38.6
15.3
12.8
25.2
9.7
6.2
13.7
25.0
6.6
11.1
5.0
5.3
4.7
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44.26
60.50
61.02
51.99
49.25
22.82
6.0
4.8
6.5
10.6
11.4
9.4
44.26
60.50
61.02
55.00
–
22.82
6.0
4.8
6.5
5.4
–
9.4
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–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
34.26
26.62
23.05
27.65
31.45
44.49
39.81
51.86
35.55
29.47
4.4
7.7
3.1
3.7
2.0
25.6
4.2
7.4
23.8
2.3
34.22
26.83
23.17
27.52
31.46
44.49
39.26
51.86
35.69
29.47
4.5
7.9
3.4
3.7
2.0
25.6
4.4
7.4
24.5
2.3
36.11
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–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.22
29.22
6.9
6.9
29.22
29.22
6.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
26.52
30.73
28.78
43.05
30.98
40.43
34.45
29.90
31.57
37.76
33.07
40.36
38.96
5.9
8.2
13.0
12.9
4.7
3.6
6.7
2.2
4.4
5.4
4.8
6.7
6.2
26.69
30.73
29.55
43.51
30.98
40.43
34.00
29.90
31.57
37.76
33.07
40.36
38.96
5.7
8.2
13.2
13.2
4.7
3.6
6.3
2.2
4.4
5.4
4.8
6.7
6.2
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Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
42.93
26.69
24.44
6.3
11.1
6.9
41.71
26.69
24.80
5.2
11.1
7.8
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See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer and mathematical science occupations
–Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
$31.14
36.40
43.01
44.17
55.77
63.28
41.64
40.34
49.44
36.07
45.81
52.46
63.30
46.01
45.58
48.30
50.41
45.98
52.00
43.22
53.66
63.32
46.05
34.27
46.81
34.29
42.85
61.96
30.15
5.5
6.3
3.6
3.3
7.6
7.2
6.6
4.2
3.5
.7
5.2
3.5
7.2
3.5
4.0
9.9
3.8
3.7
6.1
2.5
4.9
7.3
7.5
9.2
13.4
5.3
3.6
11.7
6.5
$31.14
36.40
43.01
44.17
51.50
63.28
41.64
40.34
49.44
36.07
45.81
52.46
63.30
46.01
45.58
48.30
50.41
45.98
52.00
43.22
53.66
63.32
46.05
34.27
40.00
34.29
42.85
47.87
30.88
5.5
6.3
3.6
3.3
3.7
7.2
6.6
4.2
3.5
.7
5.2
3.5
7.2
3.5
4.0
9.9
3.8
3.7
6.1
2.5
4.9
7.3
7.5
9.2
4.2
5.3
3.6
6.6
7.3
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Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 5 .............................................................
39.47
23.40
25.53
30.29
33.27
34.46
44.03
52.09
41.62
42.72
29.69
36.64
34.59
42.57
52.09
50.81
42.84
47.29
44.57
44.14
34.74
52.51
54.58
39.50
38.97
32.95
36.89
38.49
32.95
36.36
40.43
26.82
20.92
2.9
6.4
10.8
4.5
13.6
2.8
1.8
3.0
9.0
3.6
6.2
20.9
3.3
1.1
3.0
9.1
3.6
3.9
13.6
9.8
4.0
2.2
13.6
8.2
7.6
8.1
5.2
8.6
8.1
5.7
5.2
6.1
2.8
39.54
23.69
25.53
30.29
32.92
34.46
44.04
52.09
41.62
42.72
29.69
36.64
34.59
42.58
52.09
50.81
42.84
47.29
44.57
44.14
34.74
52.51
54.58
39.50
38.97
32.95
36.87
38.49
32.95
–
40.43
26.22
–
3.0
6.3
10.8
4.5
15.4
2.8
1.8
3.0
9.0
3.6
6.2
20.9
3.3
1.1
3.0
9.1
3.6
3.9
13.6
9.8
4.0
2.2
13.6
8.2
7.6
8.1
5.3
8.6
8.1
–
5.2
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Engineering technicians, except drafters –Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
$32.77
24.37
27.31
7.0
11.8
10.9
$31.54
24.37
25.93
9.4
11.8
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ................................
Chemists ...................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Biological technicians .......................................................
35.82
20.85
24.61
33.39
34.96
35.10
40.40
40.05
41.81
30.85
27.31
27.31
45.48
45.48
25.58
8.8
3.3
6.5
7.1
8.9
3.9
10.0
11.2
10.1
13.1
6.7
6.7
11.0
11.0
5.4
35.69
20.85
24.61
33.39
34.95
33.83
40.16
40.05
41.81
30.85
27.31
27.31
45.48
45.48
25.58
8.9
3.3
6.5
7.2
8.9
3.8
10.5
11.2
10.1
13.1
6.7
6.7
11.0
11.0
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Mental health counselors ..............................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Social and human service assistants ...........................
24.04
22.62
26.29
27.14
32.11
35.55
30.64
22.02
36.07
31.10
29.46
19.08
15.28
5.2
10.5
15.2
10.6
17.8
2.1
7.8
16.4
13.9
5.3
9.5
9.2
6.1
23.89
–
28.40
26.85
31.99
–
31.15
–
–
30.77
29.41
18.81
15.28
5.2
–
12.9
10.7
17.9
–
8.4
–
–
6.0
9.9
9.0
6.1
$28.76
–
–
–
–
–
24.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
20.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................
48.87
74.38
30.96
30.68
10.0
10.3
2.8
8.4
48.87
74.38
30.96
30.68
10.0
10.3
2.8
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ......................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 10 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
36.57
11.19
16.47
19.34
16.91
22.75
44.00
43.49
38.52
40.95
27.65
48.52
38.85
38.07
40.92
47.51
48.69
67.63
67.63
5.7
11.1
3.8
11.7
24.1
14.5
8.6
2.8
10.3
11.2
15.7
9.9
3.0
12.8
11.3
6.3
5.1
9.4
9.4
40.83
–
–
–
–
22.93
43.84
43.27
46.93
38.76
28.42
54.81
–
46.38
38.70
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
20.4
8.7
2.9
7.4
11.0
18.6
7.4
–
8.5
11.1
–
–
–
–
22.10
11.50
16.59
19.81
24.28
–
–
51.61
28.47
–
–
30.87
59.05
27.19
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
16.1
3.6
11.4
22.7
–
–
5.7
17.7
–
–
15.3
5.2
22.0
–
–
–
–
–
46.66
35.79
34.88
5.7
18.1
22.0
47.36
47.75
–
7.9
19.7
–
–
29.38
28.49
–
12.9
21.1
40.54
20.64
8.6
22.5
41.07
19.94
9.1
29.4
33.76
–
1.1
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers –Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Physical therapists ........................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$46.03
45.67
16.82
43.99
45.61
45.24
6.2
1.5
24.7
2.2
6.8
2.3
$46.00
45.61
16.82
45.11
45.69
45.24
6.1
1.5
24.7
1.8
6.7
2.3
–
–
–
$28.16
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
43.46
44.61
44.91
.7
1.9
2.6
44.43
44.70
44.91
.9
1.7
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.97
48.03
7.6
3.5
47.72
49.87
11.1
5.6
–
–
–
–
47.88
44.15
46.03
3.6
7.9
14.0
49.87
44.15
46.11
5.6
9.1
15.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.35
31.14
34.84
24.21
13.84
11.19
16.47
10.0
7.7
6.0
3.4
10.1
11.1
3.8
41.27
31.15
34.84
–
–
–
–
10.4
7.8
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.59
14.94
11.50
16.59
–
–
–
5.5
12.6
16.1
3.6
26.87
22.09
32.15
25.97
28.39
33.71
8.2
11.6
10.4
17.4
18.4
9.1
27.04
21.80
32.49
27.03
28.39
33.05
9.4
12.2
13.2
17.5
18.4
11.2
24.71
–
29.69
–
–
–
17.1
–
26.8
–
–
–
37.70
19.01
20.70
26.34
28.09
42.12
42.34
45.07
52.14
42.02
52.05
44.47
44.26
44.55
47.26
40.17
35.29
44.98
24.78
37.23
18.55
31.69
30.99
4.1
7.6
4.5
4.0
6.8
5.9
5.3
5.9
3.9
7.4
10.5
1.5
5.5
2.9
3.6
19.4
12.3
10.1
12.6
4.3
5.6
6.4
8.2
36.19
19.10
20.75
26.20
26.66
41.31
41.93
–
–
42.19
50.28
43.10
–
42.88
–
42.87
42.02
–
24.95
37.19
–
31.74
31.05
2.5
8.0
5.0
3.9
8.1
8.2
4.5
–
–
8.4
8.8
2.5
–
4.9
–
7.8
8.5
–
10.4
4.2
–
6.6
8.4
41.18
18.75
20.50
–
–
44.14
42.74
–
–
–
–
46.35
–
46.22
–
36.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
10.8
11.5
–
–
5.5
9.1
–
–
–
–
1.3
–
2.1
–
34.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.48
19.68
21.12
26.81
24.86
4.7
11.7
5.8
2.6
8.0
21.67
–
21.12
26.57
24.86
5.2
–
6.2
4.0
8.0
–
–
–
27.24
–
–
–
–
1.5
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Pharmacy aides ............................................................
$17.84
15.19
18.81
18.73
18.88
15.70
15.85
15.64
15.85
18.43
18.60
18.68
17.80
–
17.21
3.7
7.0
5.6
7.9
7.9
8.2
14.6
8.3
14.6
3.7
6.7
8.0
1.9
–
10.9
$17.71
15.91
19.71
18.82
–
13.65
–
13.65
–
18.78
19.66
18.80
18.62
18.30
17.30
4.5
14.0
1.7
8.2
–
6.3
–
6.3
–
5.1
1.9
8.2
5.1
5.3
10.6
$18.10
–
18.09
–
–
19.04
–
–
–
17.70
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
7.8
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
22.50
12.37
18.14
24.04
33.72
36.43
37.54
5.0
6.6
19.1
6.1
8.6
2.1
8.1
25.10
–
18.31
24.04
33.72
36.43
37.54
6.8
–
19.3
6.1
8.6
2.1
8.1
10.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.39
28.96
31.73
31.73
37.69
38.22
37.69
38.22
12.67
12.17
12.67
12.17
24.69
1.6
.4
.6
.6
3.4
2.6
3.4
2.6
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
29.8
40.39
28.96
31.73
31.73
37.69
38.22
37.69
38.22
13.68
–
13.68
–
–
1.6
.4
.6
.6
3.4
2.6
3.4
2.6
4.8
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.49
–
10.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
2.4
–
–
9.77
7.95
8.96
8.99
11.39
14.02
12.96
2.8
3.7
2.2
7.7
4.4
7.5
1.6
10.46
8.14
9.95
9.14
12.04
13.79
–
3.0
.7
4.0
8.9
15.4
7.5
–
8.72
7.69
8.09
8.78
10.23
–
–
2.5
7.9
3.7
10.6
12.4
–
–
14.07
17.3
13.85
17.6
–
–
12.66
11.70
9.60
12.86
15.26
11.02
10.06
7.94
7.00
7.75
7.63
9.04
9.33
7.45
7.61
9.1
2.1
10.5
7.4
2.6
5.1
6.7
4.5
1.7
3.8
5.7
7.5
2.4
3.7
5.7
–
12.02
9.83
–
15.28
11.29
–
7.66
–
–
–
–
–
6.84
–
–
2.0
16.3
–
2.9
3.8
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
.3
–
–
10.78
–
–
–
–
–
8.12
–
–
–
–
–
7.79
8.06
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
14.9
9.31
2.1
–
–
9.06
6.9
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.02
9.08
10.07
3.9
3.3
15.4
$9.57
–
10.20
8.1
–
22.4
$8.42
8.13
9.86
2.4
3.2
7.9
8.91
10.79
3.7
8.5
–
–
–
–
8.46
–
3.8
–
9.29
9.79
9.55
8.65
8.65
14.5
20.2
5.6
6.2
6.2
9.80
–
9.62
8.99
8.99
18.3
–
4.8
4.8
4.8
8.28
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
13.89
9.11
11.34
18.79
17.00
12.85
9.00
11.34
19.17
10.1
5.6
10.7
5.5
6.9
9.8
5.1
10.7
7.2
13.91
9.04
11.36
19.71
17.00
12.94
8.91
11.36
20.28
10.1
5.9
10.9
6.4
6.9
10.7
5.3
10.9
7.1
13.66
–
–
–
–
11.51
–
–
–
19.1
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
13.23
9.77
10.83
19.17
10.65
13.60
18.29
18.35
11.6
3.3
9.9
7.6
4.1
14.1
7.2
8.0
13.33
9.75
10.84
20.35
10.69
14.02
18.29
18.35
12.4
3.6
9.9
7.6
4.8
11.9
7.2
8.0
11.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
13.10
8.50
9.23
10.95
18.20
12.84
11.83
10.55
23.73
21.53
7.8
8.1
3.2
4.2
5.6
6.9
14.5
1.4
9.6
7.6
13.02
–
–
–
19.50
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
13.55
–
9.86
12.83
12.89
12.69
–
–
22.14
12.78
10.5
–
12.7
15.6
4.6
12.0
–
–
22.1
22.6
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
22.13
9.67
9.78
12.22
15.70
26.02
21.77
47.41
43.37
28.58
19.35
13.05
9.67
9.78
12.21
15.66
22.46
10.80
9.49
9.42
12.54
10.80
6.7
4.0
5.9
6.4
3.5
19.3
6.4
30.3
15.4
16.9
4.7
7.1
4.0
5.9
6.6
4.3
23.4
2.5
7.1
.6
6.7
2.5
25.12
–
10.04
13.26
16.27
26.03
21.77
47.41
43.63
28.58
19.35
14.19
–
10.04
13.26
16.26
22.46
11.72
–
9.89
–
11.72
7.6
–
7.0
3.7
1.5
19.3
6.4
30.3
15.5
16.9
4.7
7.8
–
7.0
3.7
2.2
23.4
1.9
–
2.0
–
1.9
10.42
–
9.17
10.93
12.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.35
–
9.17
10.87
13.06
–
9.74
–
8.87
11.97
9.74
4.5
–
4.3
10.2
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
4.3
11.1
1.0
–
3.8
–
1.2
10.3
3.8
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cashiers –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.49
9.42
12.54
13.35
14.14
9.83
12.05
15.92
23.01
7.1
.6
6.7
11.9
10.4
14.0
7.6
2.5
26.3
–
$9.89
–
13.35
15.26
9.77
13.26
16.77
23.01
–
2.0
–
11.9
10.2
14.0
4.8
3.1
26.3
–
$8.87
11.97
–
10.90
10.12
10.46
12.87
–
–
1.2
10.3
–
7.0
15.1
10.3
1.9
–
85.22
33.76
13.8
7.3
85.22
33.76
13.8
7.3
–
–
–
–
41.61
3.7
41.61
3.7
–
–
23.29
39.97
12.4
44.0
23.29
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
19.52
8.65
13.24
14.56
17.99
20.05
23.92
26.00
31.87
19.37
1.7
3.9
5.0
3.9
2.8
3.0
2.0
3.7
5.1
5.4
20.13
–
14.03
14.69
18.43
20.13
24.03
26.05
31.87
20.11
1.7
–
5.5
4.6
2.3
3.1
2.3
3.8
5.1
5.1
14.20
8.65
11.88
13.90
14.45
–
–
–
–
15.36
3.9
3.9
8.0
5.0
8.4
–
–
–
–
6.7
24.75
27.84
29.30
17.72
13.49
17.74
18.78
21.61
23.95
16.03
18.53
21.98
18.13
13.41
17.89
19.05
20.89
14.02
13.58
18.14
15.65
16.64
17.98
25.18
15.35
25.47
20.63
14.92
16.51
12.82
16.24
18.73
17.61
7.9
5.7
6.0
2.5
3.5
3.9
3.4
4.1
6.2
7.6
9.7
5.0
3.5
6.4
3.4
4.6
4.8
1.8
4.5
4.1
6.3
7.3
7.1
8.8
2.9
4.5
9.4
5.4
5.2
11.2
6.0
5.3
13.6
24.77
27.84
29.30
18.06
13.61
18.19
18.85
21.61
23.95
16.05
18.53
21.98
18.20
–
18.09
19.05
20.89
14.68
14.10
18.47
–
16.67
17.98
25.18
–
25.47
–
15.34
17.00
–
–
18.76
17.61
7.9
5.7
6.0
2.7
3.9
3.2
3.5
4.1
6.2
7.5
9.7
5.0
3.5
–
3.4
4.6
4.8
2.2
3.4
4.3
–
7.6
7.1
8.8
–
4.5
–
5.9
5.1
–
–
5.4
13.6
–
–
–
12.84
12.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.8
–
–
–
–
15.75
28.02
8.5
7.5
–
27.67
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Meter readers, utilities ......................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Level 6 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$30.94
26.66
26.82
27.05
13.39
11.70
15.93
14.76
25.20
21.08
22.55
26.61
28.10
25.41
20.27
22.05
26.45
28.16
21.73
21.19
22.94
19.33
21.43
15.38
21.86
22.19
21.51
17.14
12.74
14.58
16.40
20.44
15.30
1.4
.4
5.8
7.1
6.7
5.3
10.2
12.2
2.4
4.9
4.3
3.2
6.5
3.2
9.9
5.0
4.3
6.5
4.5
2.0
9.8
7.3
5.7
3.7
3.7
4.1
7.2
3.5
6.3
3.2
7.8
3.8
10.5
$30.56
26.66
26.82
27.05
13.45
11.99
15.93
16.40
25.34
21.25
22.55
26.66
28.29
25.48
20.60
22.05
26.52
28.35
22.04
21.17
22.94
20.13
21.43
–
21.86
22.19
21.73
18.59
–
14.67
17.87
20.79
–
3.2
.4
5.8
7.1
8.8
7.7
10.2
5.4
2.6
4.2
4.3
3.6
7.2
3.3
8.8
5.0
4.4
7.2
4.6
2.0
9.8
5.1
5.7
–
3.7
4.1
5.0
4.0
–
6.4
6.2
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$21.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.96
–
–
–
–
14.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
7.6
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters
Level 7 .............................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo
workers .......................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
24.50
14.23
16.88
18.43
27.96
28.20
40.09
26.15
1.3
3.8
28.6
7.4
13.0
11.2
10.4
11.0
24.48
14.23
16.88
18.74
27.96
27.97
40.09
26.15
1.4
3.8
28.6
7.4
13.0
11.4
10.4
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.39
3.3
34.39
3.3
–
–
23.39
6.7
–
–
–
–
21.89
21.89
16.67
29.89
29.59
17.25
17.25
37.02
10.7
10.7
25.5
11.8
15.2
12.3
12.3
2.4
21.89
21.89
16.67
29.72
29.29
17.25
17.25
37.02
10.7
10.7
25.5
12.2
16.2
12.3
12.3
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
22.08
12.95
15.39
19.87
24.63
27.77
35.02
24.41
5.0
5.4
5.7
9.1
9.3
2.3
17.0
10.1
22.88
13.38
16.24
19.87
24.63
27.69
35.61
24.41
5.6
5.7
7.9
9.1
9.3
2.4
17.5
10.1
11.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.23
22.0
41.85
22.5
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers
Level 7 .............................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers, except line installers
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Level 3 .............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.17
6.2
$32.17
6.2
–
–
32.17
6.2
32.17
6.2
–
–
–
26.92
19.99
19.99
24.79
–
9.9
14.6
14.6
6.7
26.92
26.92
19.99
19.99
24.79
9.9
9.9
14.6
14.6
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.97
27.09
25.36
21.24
25.29
8.7
7.6
11.2
8.7
7.4
21.38
27.09
25.36
22.06
25.29
8.9
7.6
11.2
6.3
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.00
13.48
13.32
13.13
8.0
5.5
14.4
5.8
17.29
14.19
15.81
–
7.4
5.2
14.0
–
$11.06
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
15.09
8.53
10.83
14.13
18.11
16.90
23.09
25.94
27.61
12.13
7.6
3.4
1.8
15.9
13.2
3.6
8.8
8.5
3.0
12.3
15.56
–
10.80
16.07
17.93
17.07
23.09
26.20
27.61
12.13
6.7
–
1.9
6.9
16.1
3.8
8.8
8.6
3.0
12.3
11.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.31
13.5
26.31
13.5
–
–
12.81
17.77
26.47
18.45
18.45
33.19
16.10
25.13
13.35
11.52
15.31
11.4
1.7
3.6
9.7
9.7
.7
21.9
8.5
3.4
5.0
12.1
12.80
18.01
26.47
18.45
18.45
33.19
16.10
–
13.43
–
–
11.7
1.1
3.6
9.7
9.7
.7
21.9
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.52
9.95
11.27
15.55
17.48
18.45
14.12
16.11
17.56
16.14
18.77
18.28
20.85
17.10
15.08
12.08
9.84
5.7
7.9
7.1
6.1
3.9
9.4
11.5
2.3
3.2
9.9
8.1
3.3
4.2
5.4
2.5
7.9
8.1
16.30
10.44
11.39
15.65
17.52
18.45
14.47
16.42
17.60
16.14
18.77
18.28
20.85
17.16
15.08
12.73
10.39
6.3
7.2
10.5
5.8
4.1
9.4
12.6
1.0
3.3
9.9
8.1
3.3
4.2
5.6
2.5
7.6
7.5
10.57
8.90
11.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.69
8.65
5.9
7.9
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
7.2
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Laborers and material movers, hand –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.86
16.80
13.92
12.48
11.60
8.65
7.7
6.3
13.2
11.6
16.1
12.8
$11.95
16.73
–
12.79
12.32
8.95
10.6
6.5
–
14.3
16.1
14.7
$11.60
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
12.47
10.29
13.07
16.64
12.03
11.07
8.0
6.8
2.1
10.4
4.4
13.5
13.20
11.22
–
16.51
12.48
–
9.0
6.3
–
11.0
4.1
–
10.33
9.11
–
–
–
–
3.0
8.4
–
–
–
–
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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
2 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$25.43
2.6
$26.73
2.5
$16.21
9.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
55.91
36.41
40.96
44.35
57.87
65.45
64.46
66.07
103.80
79.74
96.64
88.30
112.52
53.41
62.61
68.43
50.87
27.39
38.55
59.20
46.36
46.10
48.74
40.25
60.26
60.22
5.8
17.7
3.0
8.5
1.6
2.5
11.5
15.6
22.9
24.3
34.1
27.3
38.6
15.3
13.2
28.0
9.8
6.2
14.8
25.0
6.6
11.1
5.0
7.7
4.9
6.6
56.00
36.41
40.96
44.35
57.87
65.45
64.73
66.07
103.80
79.74
96.64
88.30
112.52
53.41
62.61
68.43
50.87
27.39
38.55
59.20
46.36
46.10
48.74
40.25
60.26
60.22
5.8
17.7
3.0
8.5
1.6
2.5
11.5
15.6
22.9
24.3
34.1
27.3
38.6
15.3
13.2
28.0
9.8
6.2
14.8
25.0
6.6
11.1
5.0
7.7
4.9
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
35.16
26.89
22.80
28.09
31.87
44.49
41.55
53.59
35.55
29.66
4.8
8.3
3.9
3.7
2.3
25.6
2.4
6.6
23.8
2.6
35.12
26.89
22.97
28.09
31.87
44.49
41.00
53.59
35.69
29.66
4.9
8.3
4.3
3.7
2.3
25.6
2.3
6.6
24.5
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.19
29.19
12.5
12.5
29.19
29.19
12.5
12.5
–
–
–
–
25.61
30.92
28.84
43.52
30.98
40.21
34.76
30.15
31.84
37.76
33.07
40.36
38.96
7.6
10.9
13.9
13.5
4.7
3.9
6.7
2.0
4.7
5.4
4.8
6.7
6.2
25.80
30.92
29.67
43.52
30.98
40.21
34.29
30.15
31.84
37.76
33.07
40.36
38.96
7.3
10.9
14.1
13.5
4.7
3.9
6.4
2.0
4.7
5.4
4.8
6.7
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
42.92
26.69
24.13
31.14
36.28
43.01
44.17
55.77
63.28
6.4
11.1
6.9
5.5
6.4
3.6
3.4
7.6
7.2
41.67
26.69
24.46
31.14
36.28
43.01
44.17
51.50
63.28
5.3
11.1
7.8
5.5
6.4
3.6
3.4
3.7
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer and mathematical science occupations
–Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
$41.64
40.11
49.44
36.07
45.81
52.46
63.30
46.01
45.58
48.30
50.41
45.98
52.00
43.22
53.66
63.32
46.05
34.25
47.04
34.27
42.39
61.96
30.15
6.6
4.6
3.5
.7
5.2
3.5
7.2
3.5
4.0
9.9
3.8
3.7
6.1
2.5
4.9
7.3
7.5
9.3
14.3
5.4
3.5
11.7
6.5
$41.64
40.11
49.44
36.07
45.81
52.46
63.30
46.01
45.58
48.30
50.41
45.98
52.00
43.22
53.66
63.32
46.05
34.25
39.61
34.27
42.39
47.87
30.88
6.6
4.6
3.5
.7
5.2
3.5
7.2
3.5
4.0
9.9
3.8
3.7
6.1
2.5
4.9
7.3
7.5
9.3
4.5
5.4
3.5
6.6
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
39.53
23.69
24.15
29.97
33.63
34.20
43.76
52.09
41.14
42.79
29.11
36.64
34.33
42.16
52.09
50.45
43.25
44.57
44.14
34.74
52.51
54.58
39.50
38.97
32.95
36.89
38.49
32.95
36.36
40.43
26.74
33.69
24.37
27.07
3.1
6.3
13.6
5.1
14.3
2.9
1.7
3.0
9.2
3.8
6.0
20.9
3.5
.9
3.0
9.5
2.2
13.6
9.8
4.0
2.2
13.6
8.2
7.6
8.1
5.2
8.6
8.1
5.7
5.2
6.7
6.9
11.8
11.3
39.57
23.69
24.15
29.97
33.29
34.20
43.77
52.09
41.14
42.79
29.11
36.64
34.33
42.16
52.09
50.45
43.25
44.57
44.14
34.74
52.51
54.58
39.50
38.97
32.95
36.87
38.49
32.95
–
40.43
25.92
–
24.37
25.60
3.1
6.3
13.6
5.1
16.5
2.9
1.7
3.0
9.2
3.8
6.0
20.9
3.5
.9
3.0
9.5
2.2
13.6
9.8
4.0
2.2
13.6
8.2
7.6
8.1
5.3
8.6
8.1
–
5.2
7.0
–
11.8
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
37.06
33.18
37.52
35.10
9.5
7.1
7.5
3.9
36.94
33.18
37.52
33.83
9.6
7.1
7.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ................................
Chemists ...................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Biological technicians .......................................................
$42.02
40.05
41.81
31.54
26.58
26.58
45.48
45.48
25.62
8.9
11.2
10.1
15.4
6.6
6.6
11.0
11.0
5.5
$41.84
40.05
41.81
31.54
26.58
26.58
45.48
45.48
25.62
9.4
11.2
10.1
15.4
6.6
6.6
11.0
11.0
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Social and human service assistants ...........................
20.51
26.17
18.14
15.03
5.6
18.5
10.0
6.2
20.57
26.17
18.14
15.03
5.6
18.5
10.0
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
50.41
75.00
10.9
11.3
50.41
75.00
10.9
11.3
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
28.31
29.83
51.12
10.7
10.4
22.1
30.15
–
66.19
18.2
–
17.6
$21.72
–
27.12
22.9
–
19.0
–
–
45.01
6.5
–
–
16.10
10.42
11.5
4.9
14.56
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
26.74
22.09
32.15
25.91
33.71
8.4
11.6
11.4
18.8
9.1
26.88
21.80
32.37
27.06
33.05
9.6
12.2
14.9
19.2
11.2
24.86
–
–
–
–
17.9
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
37.91
18.28
20.13
26.23
31.10
42.86
43.54
44.83
42.52
45.79
47.02
40.19
24.39
37.20
18.45
31.51
4.7
6.8
4.3
4.1
13.3
6.6
6.3
7.0
7.5
1.3
1.5
25.1
12.8
4.8
5.5
6.8
36.43
–
20.26
26.02
–
–
44.32
–
42.84
44.71
46.87
–
24.50
–
–
31.56
2.5
–
5.4
4.1
–
–
3.5
–
8.7
2.4
1.0
–
10.4
–
–
7.0
41.01
–
–
–
–
42.75
42.97
–
–
47.20
47.13
36.71
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
9.2
10.4
–
–
1.2
2.2
35.7
–
–
–
–
20.28
20.45
26.75
4.5
4.9
2.8
–
–
26.30
–
–
4.4
–
–
27.57
–
–
1.5
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
17.62
13.48
18.78
18.36
18.88
14.79
14.70
18.32
18.61
18.31
17.49
4.1
5.5
6.0
6.4
7.9
10.9
11.1
3.9
7.1
6.4
.2
17.36
–
–
18.41
–
–
–
18.63
–
18.41
18.25
4.9
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
5.3
–
6.6
3.7
18.10
–
18.09
–
–
–
–
17.69
–
–
–
3.9
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
$12.76
12.01
12.59
12.04
12.59
12.04
5.3
7.0
6.7
7.0
6.7
7.0
$13.77
–
13.58
–
13.58
–
5.0
–
4.8
–
4.8
–
$10.60
–
10.49
–
10.49
–
2.9
–
2.4
–
2.4
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
9.65
7.94
8.90
8.76
11.35
13.58
12.96
3.0
3.7
2.5
7.8
4.4
6.9
1.6
10.38
8.14
9.95
8.97
12.01
13.57
–
3.1
.7
4.0
9.3
15.4
7.1
–
8.49
7.65
7.96
8.49
10.16
–
–
2.8
7.9
3.5
9.9
12.7
–
–
13.83
11.51
9.26
12.86
11.02
9.83
7.87
7.00
7.62
7.63
9.04
9.33
7.45
7.61
17.7
2.3
9.7
7.4
5.1
8.0
4.9
1.7
2.9
5.7
7.5
2.4
3.7
5.7
13.83
11.77
9.33
–
11.29
–
7.66
–
–
–
–
–
6.84
–
17.7
2.1
15.7
–
3.8
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
.3
–
–
10.78
–
–
–
–
8.01
–
–
8.09
–
–
7.79
8.06
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
14.9
–
–
6.0
14.9
8.97
8.92
9.08
9.75
1.7
3.8
3.3
16.4
–
9.53
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
8.25
8.13
–
–
1.5
3.2
–
8.77
4.3
–
–
8.25
2.9
9.29
9.79
9.55
8.65
8.65
14.5
20.2
5.6
6.2
6.2
9.80
–
9.62
8.99
8.99
18.3
–
4.8
4.8
4.8
8.28
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
12.23
9.11
11.29
13.25
11.15
9.00
11.29
13.11
9.0
5.6
10.7
13.4
7.9
5.1
10.7
16.2
12.15
9.04
11.31
–
11.17
8.91
11.31
–
8.3
5.9
10.9
–
8.7
5.3
10.9
–
13.24
–
–
–
10.81
–
–
–
21.2
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
11.23
9.77
10.78
13.11
10.65
13.60
15.97
15.97
9.7
3.3
9.7
16.2
4.1
14.1
7.6
7.6
11.30
9.75
10.78
–
10.69
14.02
15.97
15.97
10.5
3.6
9.7
–
4.8
11.9
7.6
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
12.75
10.63
18.71
8.1
4.7
6.8
12.66
–
19.77
8.3
–
8.2
13.30
–
–
12.6
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Child care workers ............................................................
$12.20
6.0
–
–
$11.35
14.2
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
22.13
9.67
9.78
12.22
15.64
26.02
21.77
47.41
43.37
28.58
19.35
13.04
9.67
9.78
12.21
15.59
22.46
10.78
9.49
9.42
12.54
10.78
9.49
9.42
12.54
13.35
14.13
9.83
12.05
15.86
23.01
6.7
4.0
5.9
6.4
3.5
19.3
6.4
30.3
15.4
16.9
4.7
7.2
4.0
5.9
6.6
4.4
23.4
2.5
7.1
.6
6.7
2.5
7.1
.6
6.7
11.9
10.4
14.0
7.6
2.6
26.3
$25.12
–
10.04
13.26
16.20
26.03
21.77
47.41
43.63
28.58
19.35
14.17
–
10.04
13.26
16.18
22.46
11.68
–
9.89
–
11.68
–
9.89
–
13.35
15.24
9.77
13.26
16.70
23.01
7.6
–
7.0
3.7
1.5
19.3
6.4
30.3
15.5
16.9
4.7
7.8
–
7.0
3.7
2.2
23.4
1.9
–
2.0
–
1.9
–
2.0
–
11.9
10.3
14.0
4.8
2.9
26.3
10.42
–
9.17
10.93
12.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.35
–
9.17
10.87
13.06
–
9.74
–
8.87
11.97
9.74
–
8.87
11.97
–
10.90
10.12
10.46
12.87
–
4.5
–
4.3
10.2
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
4.3
11.1
1.0
–
3.8
–
1.2
10.3
3.8
–
1.2
10.3
–
7.0
15.1
10.3
1.9
–
85.22
33.76
13.8
7.3
85.22
33.76
13.8
7.3
–
–
–
–
41.61
3.7
41.61
3.7
–
–
23.29
39.97
12.4
44.0
23.29
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
19.06
8.42
12.85
13.96
17.55
18.90
24.09
26.74
31.87
18.76
1.9
2.0
5.2
4.5
3.1
3.1
2.3
4.1
5.1
5.8
19.66
–
13.56
13.98
18.05
18.93
24.06
26.83
31.87
19.40
2.0
–
6.1
5.1
2.7
3.2
2.5
4.3
5.1
5.8
13.98
8.42
11.69
13.83
13.72
–
–
–
–
15.44
4.4
2.0
8.7
5.6
7.8
–
–
–
–
7.0
23.70
27.83
17.25
13.42
17.35
18.28
21.18
16.03
18.08
17.75
17.76
18.42
20.78
9.6
5.9
2.3
3.6
4.0
3.6
4.0
7.6
10.2
3.6
3.5
5.0
5.1
23.71
27.83
17.58
13.61
17.80
18.35
21.18
16.05
18.08
17.81
17.96
18.42
20.78
9.6
5.9
2.6
3.9
3.4
3.7
4.0
7.5
10.2
3.6
3.5
5.0
5.1
–
–
12.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Level 6 .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$14.02
13.58
17.99
15.65
16.64
16.96
25.18
15.35
14.83
16.51
12.82
16.24
18.73
17.61
1.8
4.5
4.2
6.3
7.3
3.5
8.8
2.9
5.6
5.2
11.2
6.0
5.3
13.6
$14.68
14.10
18.32
–
16.67
16.96
25.18
–
15.26
17.00
–
–
18.76
17.61
2.2
3.4
4.3
–
7.6
3.5
8.8
–
6.3
5.1
–
–
5.4
13.6
$12.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.91
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.8
–
–
–
–
15.75
26.96
27.05
13.27
11.42
15.93
14.33
25.42
20.88
21.75
26.59
28.75
25.44
20.18
21.22
26.43
28.81
21.47
19.13
15.40
21.51
16.74
15.88
20.46
15.30
8.5
6.6
7.1
6.8
5.5
10.2
13.1
2.6
6.8
5.1
3.3
5.9
3.2
10.3
4.9
4.4
5.8
6.8
10.9
4.2
7.2
4.8
9.8
5.2
10.5
–
26.96
27.05
13.32
11.69
15.93
15.99
25.59
21.12
21.75
26.64
29.00
25.52
–
21.22
26.50
29.07
21.97
20.39
–
21.73
18.36
17.69
20.55
–
–
6.6
7.1
8.9
7.1
10.2
5.1
2.9
5.9
5.1
3.8
6.7
3.4
–
4.9
4.5
6.7
7.1
6.9
–
5.0
5.7
7.7
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.73
–
–
14.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
7.6
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters
Level 7 .............................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo
workers .......................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
23.96
18.20
27.68
27.91
24.24
1.1
7.6
13.5
13.0
.5
23.93
18.51
27.68
27.64
24.24
1.1
7.6
13.5
13.2
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.07
2.1
33.07
2.1
–
–
23.29
6.8
–
–
–
–
21.89
21.89
16.57
30.72
31.00
16.93
16.93
10.7
10.7
26.1
14.2
18.8
12.7
12.7
21.89
21.89
16.57
30.57
30.76
16.93
16.93
10.7
10.7
26.1
14.8
20.6
12.7
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
21.46
12.33
15.06
19.11
24.31
26.82
35.02
5.6
4.1
4.9
10.6
9.7
2.5
17.0
22.22
–
15.86
19.11
24.31
26.70
35.61
6.3
–
7.3
10.6
9.7
2.6
17.5
12.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.41
19.68
19.68
24.79
10.1
15.2
15.2
6.7
$24.41
19.68
19.68
24.79
10.1
15.2
15.2
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.46
26.74
24.69
21.03
25.29
9.4
8.1
12.6
10.3
7.4
20.90
26.74
24.69
21.98
25.29
9.6
8.1
12.6
7.6
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.58
11.72
7.3
9.4
15.50
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
14.84
8.53
10.83
14.18
18.11
16.90
21.86
24.80
27.61
11.73
7.6
3.4
1.8
16.6
13.2
3.6
4.5
10.2
3.0
10.2
15.28
–
10.80
16.24
17.93
17.07
21.86
25.06
27.61
11.73
6.7
–
1.9
7.2
16.1
3.8
4.5
10.3
3.0
10.2
$11.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.31
13.5
26.31
13.5
–
–
12.81
17.77
26.47
18.45
18.45
16.10
25.13
13.35
11.52
15.31
11.4
1.7
3.6
9.7
9.7
21.9
8.5
3.4
5.0
12.1
12.80
18.01
26.47
18.45
18.45
16.10
–
13.43
–
–
11.7
1.1
3.6
9.7
9.7
21.9
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.20
9.95
11.27
15.51
17.40
16.61
14.12
17.44
16.14
18.73
18.06
20.85
17.04
15.08
12.08
9.84
11.86
16.80
13.92
12.48
11.60
8.65
6.1
7.9
7.1
6.2
3.9
8.4
11.5
3.2
9.9
8.2
3.0
4.2
5.4
2.5
7.9
8.1
7.7
6.3
13.2
11.6
16.1
12.8
15.97
10.44
11.39
15.65
17.44
16.61
14.47
17.48
16.14
18.73
18.06
20.85
17.10
15.08
12.73
10.39
11.95
16.73
–
12.79
12.32
8.95
6.7
7.2
10.5
5.8
4.1
8.4
12.6
3.2
9.9
8.2
3.0
4.2
5.6
2.5
7.6
7.5
10.6
6.5
–
14.3
16.1
14.7
10.42
8.90
11.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.69
8.65
11.60
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
7.9
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
7.2
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
12.47
10.29
8.0
6.8
13.20
11.22
9.0
6.3
10.33
9.11
3.0
8.4
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.07
16.64
12.03
11.07
2.1
10.4
4.4
13.5
–
$16.51
12.48
–
–
11.0
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
2 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
21
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$31.43
2.6
$32.33
2.5
$23.78
6.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
45.28
51.45
43.14
51.59
51.59
8.1
2.6
12.9
2.8
2.8
45.32
51.45
43.19
51.59
51.59
8.2
2.6
13.1
2.8
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
27.31
23.49
28.98
2.9
6.5
2.4
27.25
23.49
29.02
2.9
6.5
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
43.53
8.4
43.53
8.4
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
38.44
41.60
41.97
5.5
8.6
10.5
39.01
41.60
41.97
4.3
8.6
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
23.56
7.5
23.51
7.6
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Mental health counselors ..............................................
Social workers ..................................................................
31.41
28.31
35.55
31.32
31.10
32.85
4.7
8.7
2.1
8.1
5.3
6.1
31.33
–
–
31.28
30.77
33.10
5.2
–
–
8.6
6.0
6.6
32.32
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 10 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
40.29
13.40
17.15
16.98
26.43
29.79
46.17
45.12
45.48
37.53
46.39
48.55
43.18
43.34
3.5
17.9
1.2
12.1
15.4
5.6
5.9
1.5
7.5
12.6
6.4
9.9
17.0
19.6
45.72
–
–
–
–
41.80
46.10
44.92
53.27
37.53
47.97
54.74
47.76
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
8.8
5.9
1.6
2.8
12.6
5.6
2.6
20.3
–
22.27
13.40
17.22
16.76
24.28
–
–
52.57
–
–
38.21
–
37.14
–
6.4
17.9
1.2
13.1
22.7
–
–
6.2
–
–
13.7
–
12.6
–
45.44
32.24
46.03
46.60
44.60
45.61
45.43
2.2
6.3
6.2
.6
1.9
6.8
2.4
46.33
–
46.00
46.56
45.54
45.69
45.43
2.1
–
6.1
.7
1.5
6.7
2.4
33.72
–
–
–
25.38
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
44.22
44.61
45.13
.2
1.9
2.7
44.96
44.70
45.13
1.0
1.7
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.97
48.03
7.6
3.5
47.72
49.87
11.1
5.6
–
–
–
–
47.88
47.44
52.13
3.6
1.2
4.6
49.87
47.81
–
5.6
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.51
34.78
34.84
23.41
16.45
3.5
4.8
6.0
8.2
8.4
45.68
34.80
34.84
–
–
3.6
4.8
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
19.59
16.46
–
–
–
5.5
8.5
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Teacher assistants –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
$13.40
17.15
17.9
1.2
–
–
–
–
$13.40
17.22
17.9
1.2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
32.29
20.3
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
36.93
25.33
39.75
38.62
63.84
40.25
37.71
40.09
7.1
6.3
11.0
5.0
16.8
5.0
4.4
8.6
$35.36
25.02
–
37.75
–
38.31
35.98
40.54
6.8
6.2
–
6.1
–
6.3
5.2
8.8
42.03
–
–
41.15
–
43.31
41.57
–
5.8
–
–
3.0
–
3.0
1.9
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
21.14
20.14
21.23
21.23
21.05
5.8
6.9
7.1
7.1
9.9
21.66
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
34.37
33.72
36.43
37.54
3.3
8.6
2.1
8.1
34.59
33.72
36.43
37.54
3.0
8.6
2.1
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.39
28.96
31.73
31.73
37.69
38.22
37.69
38.22
1.6
.4
.6
.6
3.4
2.6
3.4
2.6
40.39
28.96
31.73
31.73
37.69
38.22
37.69
38.22
1.6
.4
.6
.6
3.4
2.6
3.4
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
16.49
5.2
–
–
15.19
5.5
21.07
21.91
20.70
22.27
1.3
1.7
1.4
1.5
21.14
22.06
20.77
22.45
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.77
22.50
22.81
1.7
2.2
12.4
20.84
22.71
22.81
1.8
2.6
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
18.20
15.10
16.77
19.73
19.73
9.2
2.6
4.9
5.6
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.91
12.13
–
12.78
12.78
3.6
12.0
–
22.6
22.6
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
22.42
16.10
20.81
20.68
23.91
22.92
22.10
23.40
22.31
22.65
22.31
26.08
1.4
8.9
3.2
2.9
5.1
3.7
5.9
5.8
2.4
6.4
2.4
3.8
22.97
–
21.77
20.73
24.21
23.82
22.10
23.87
22.31
23.27
22.31
26.08
.8
–
1.9
3.0
5.0
6.1
5.9
4.7
2.4
3.6
2.4
3.8
16.05
–
–
20.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 4 .............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
$30.94
30.94
23.43
21.65
25.15
24.81
22.13
21.54
19.72
19.69
20.42
18.19
18.29
18.02
20.41
1.4
1.4
4.6
1.6
6.6
16.3
5.3
1.4
6.6
10.3
4.7
3.0
8.3
7.7
4.6
$30.56
30.56
23.43
21.63
25.15
24.81
22.13
–
19.72
19.69
20.42
19.10
–
18.33
21.26
3.2
3.2
4.6
1.6
6.6
16.3
5.3
–
6.6
10.3
4.7
3.0
–
10.5
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
31.16
29.91
37.02
5.4
8.8
2.4
31.16
29.91
37.02
5.4
8.8
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
28.44
32.22
8.2
4.3
29.50
32.22
6.0
4.3
–
–
–
–
25.30
20.1
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
25.80
21.7
25.80
21.7
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
24.90
4.4
25.34
5.4
–
–
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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
2 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
24
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$26.10
2.3
$27.37
2.2
$16.95
8.6
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
55.12
24.99
45.83
72.30
65.05
46.90
79.74
49.32
88.30
53.41
61.69
50.86
37.35
46.36
46.10
48.74
45.11
45.26
5.5
10.3
4.5
5.5
15.2
21.4
24.3
6.4
27.3
15.3
12.8
9.7
7.9
6.6
11.1
5.0
5.3
7.9
55.20
–
–
–
65.05
46.90
79.74
–
88.30
53.41
61.69
50.86
37.35
46.36
46.10
48.74
45.11
–
5.5
–
–
–
15.2
21.4
24.3
–
27.3
15.3
12.8
9.7
7.9
6.6
11.1
5.0
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
44.26
60.50
57.14
51.99
22.82
6.0
4.8
8.1
10.6
9.4
44.26
60.50
57.14
55.00
22.82
6.0
4.8
8.1
5.4
9.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Group III ............................................................
34.26
25.38
37.67
29.47
4.4
2.9
5.0
2.3
34.22
–
–
29.47
4.5
–
–
2.3
36.11
–
–
–
16.5
–
–
–
29.22
29.22
6.9
6.9
29.22
29.22
6.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
26.52
22.85
30.32
28.78
43.05
39.84
34.45
26.34
37.56
37.76
39.82
38.96
39.10
5.9
4.8
6.9
13.0
12.9
5.7
6.7
7.5
6.8
5.4
5.7
6.2
6.3
26.69
–
–
29.55
43.51
39.84
34.00
26.34
36.90
37.76
–
38.96
39.10
5.7
–
–
13.2
13.2
5.7
6.3
7.5
6.1
5.4
–
6.2
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
42.93
25.46
46.63
63.32
40.34
41.80
49.44
47.62
63.32
45.58
46.55
52.00
48.52
63.33
34.27
25.25
42.38
6.3
7.0
4.7
7.1
4.2
4.3
3.5
2.1
7.2
4.0
4.2
6.1
2.8
7.2
9.2
3.2
7.5
41.71
–
–
–
40.34
41.80
49.44
–
–
45.58
46.55
52.00
48.52
63.33
34.27
25.25
42.38
5.2
–
–
–
4.2
4.3
3.5
–
–
4.0
4.2
6.1
2.8
7.2
9.2
3.2
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
Group II .............................................................
$46.81
50.79
30.15
25.15
13.4
13.4
6.5
8.5
$40.00
42.87
30.88
25.56
4.2
3.6
7.3
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Group III ............................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Group III ............................................................
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
Group II .............................................................
39.47
29.54
43.04
60.95
42.72
31.55
42.54
60.95
42.84
43.71
44.57
45.56
44.14
40.69
54.58
42.00
39.50
40.38
38.97
38.99
38.49
38.29
40.43
41.32
26.82
26.59
27.31
27.00
2.9
7.7
3.4
7.4
3.6
10.0
4.2
7.4
3.6
4.5
13.6
4.0
9.8
5.3
13.6
19.9
8.2
10.8
7.6
9.3
8.6
11.1
5.2
5.3
6.1
5.7
10.9
14.2
39.54
–
–
–
42.72
–
–
–
42.84
43.71
44.57
45.56
44.14
–
54.58
42.00
39.50
40.38
38.97
–
38.49
38.29
40.43
41.32
26.22
–
25.93
22.78
3.0
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
3.6
4.5
13.6
4.0
9.8
–
13.6
19.9
8.2
10.8
7.6
–
8.6
11.2
5.2
5.3
6.2
–
11.5
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Group III ............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ................................
Chemists ...................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Biological technicians .......................................................
35.82
23.72
36.92
40.40
39.78
40.05
39.44
41.81
40.32
30.85
32.20
27.31
27.31
45.48
45.48
25.58
8.8
5.4
12.2
10.0
10.7
11.2
9.2
10.1
7.4
13.1
17.7
6.7
6.7
11.0
11.0
5.4
35.69
–
–
40.16
–
40.05
–
41.81
40.32
30.85
–
27.31
27.31
45.48
45.48
25.58
8.9
–
–
10.5
–
11.2
–
10.1
7.4
13.1
–
6.7
6.7
11.0
11.0
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Mental health counselors ..............................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Group II .............................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
Group II .............................................................
24.04
18.69
29.86
30.64
25.90
33.27
36.07
31.10
29.46
32.54
19.08
15.68
15.28
14.75
5.2
12.5
4.5
7.8
5.1
12.4
13.9
5.3
9.5
6.6
9.2
11.1
6.1
10.0
23.89
–
–
31.15
–
–
–
30.77
29.41
–
18.81
–
15.28
14.75
5.2
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
6.0
9.9
–
9.0
–
6.1
10.0
$28.76
–
–
24.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
–
–
20.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................
$48.87
30.08
64.35
74.38
71.98
30.96
30.69
30.68
10.0
4.8
5.0
10.3
7.6
2.8
4.3
8.4
$48.87
–
–
74.38
71.98
30.96
30.69
30.68
10.0
–
–
10.3
7.6
2.8
4.3
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Group III ............................................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary
Group III ............................................................
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ......................
Group III ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Group III ............................................................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
36.57
13.54
31.73
46.33
70.92
48.52
54.18
70.92
47.51
47.15
48.69
67.63
68.21
67.63
68.21
5.7
8.7
14.8
4.8
11.9
9.9
16.2
11.9
6.3
6.8
5.1
9.4
6.5
9.4
6.5
40.83
–
–
–
–
54.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$22.10
–
–
–
–
30.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
15.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
46.66
35.79
35.23
5.7
18.1
10.9
47.36
47.75
–
7.9
19.7
–
–
29.38
–
–
12.9
–
40.54
36.83
45.49
16.82
43.99
43.36
44.92
8.6
19.3
1.4
24.7
2.2
8.0
2.8
41.07
–
–
16.82
45.11
–
–
9.1
–
–
24.7
1.8
–
–
33.76
–
–
–
28.16
–
–
1.1
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
43.46
42.18
44.89
.7
5.1
2.6
44.43
43.74
44.91
.9
2.5
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.97
46.70
48.03
7.6
16.4
3.5
47.72
–
49.87
11.1
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
47.88
44.15
38.71
46.18
3.6
7.9
6.9
12.4
49.87
44.15
–
–
5.6
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.35
43.66
31.14
35.14
24.21
24.85
13.84
13.54
16.80
10.0
15.4
7.7
6.1
3.4
4.5
10.1
8.7
12.1
41.27
–
31.15
35.14
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
7.8
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.59
–
14.94
14.03
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
12.6
12.4
–
26.87
22.55
31.86
25.97
8.2
3.9
16.6
17.4
27.04
–
–
27.03
9.4
–
–
17.5
24.71
–
–
–
17.1
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Writers and editors ...........................................................
$33.71
9.1
$33.05
11.2
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physical therapists ........................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........
Group II .............................................................
37.70
18.89
30.63
44.05
52.05
44.47
44.31
44.91
40.17
35.17
35.39
44.98
24.78
24.25
37.23
18.55
31.69
30.99
4.1
7.4
6.9
4.7
10.5
1.5
5.3
2.3
19.4
3.3
10.6
10.1
12.6
12.7
4.3
5.6
6.4
8.2
36.19
–
–
–
50.28
43.10
–
43.38
42.87
–
–
–
24.95
–
37.19
–
31.74
31.05
2.5
–
–
–
8.8
2.5
–
4.4
7.8
–
–
–
10.4
–
4.2
–
6.6
8.4
$41.18
–
–
–
–
46.35
–
46.36
36.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
1.3
–
1.5
34.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.48
19.68
22.41
21.12
26.81
26.56
24.86
25.31
4.7
11.7
1.5
5.8
2.6
4.2
8.0
7.3
21.67
–
–
21.12
26.57
26.30
24.86
–
5.2
–
–
6.2
4.0
4.4
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
27.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.5
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pharmacy aides ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
17.84
16.41
19.51
15.70
15.34
15.64
15.26
18.43
17.04
19.50
17.80
16.10
18.44
17.21
17.01
3.7
5.0
6.2
8.2
9.1
8.3
9.4
3.7
4.5
6.3
1.9
4.5
5.5
10.9
11.1
17.71
–
–
13.65
–
13.65
13.56
18.78
–
–
18.62
–
18.54
17.30
–
4.5
–
–
6.3
–
6.3
6.2
5.1
–
–
5.1
–
5.5
10.6
–
18.10
–
–
19.04
–
–
–
17.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
22.50
13.17
33.15
43.82
5.0
6.3
3.2
3.7
25.10
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
10.58
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
40.39
28.96
28.96
31.73
31.79
31.73
31.79
37.69
38.07
37.69
38.07
12.67
11.99
12.67
11.99
1.6
.4
.4
.6
1.1
.6
1.1
3.4
3.2
3.4
3.2
6.7
6.4
6.7
6.4
40.39
28.96
28.96
31.73
–
31.73
31.79
37.69
–
37.69
38.07
13.68
–
13.68
12.84
1.6
.4
.4
.6
–
.6
1.1
3.4
–
3.4
3.2
4.8
–
4.8
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.49
–
10.49
10.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
2.4
2.4
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
$24.69
29.8
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
9.77
8.97
14.43
2.8
1.7
9.0
$10.46
–
–
3.0
–
–
$8.72
–
–
2.5
–
–
14.07
15.43
17.3
11.7
13.85
–
17.6
–
–
–
–
–
12.66
11.70
10.93
13.15
15.26
11.02
10.25
10.06
10.06
7.94
7.69
9.33
9.33
7.45
7.25
9.1
2.1
2.8
6.2
2.6
5.1
10.4
6.7
6.7
4.5
3.1
2.4
2.4
3.7
1.7
–
12.02
–
–
15.28
11.29
10.52
–
–
7.66
–
–
–
6.84
6.84
–
2.0
–
–
2.9
3.8
11.6
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
.3
.3
–
10.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.12
–
–
–
7.79
7.49
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
6.0
3.1
9.31
8.69
9.02
9.02
2.1
2.9
3.9
3.9
–
–
9.57
–
–
–
8.1
–
9.06
–
8.42
–
6.9
–
2.4
–
8.91
8.91
3.7
3.7
–
–
–
–
8.46
8.46
3.8
3.8
9.29
9.29
9.55
9.55
8.65
8.65
14.5
14.5
5.6
5.6
6.2
6.2
9.80
9.80
9.62
9.62
8.99
8.99
18.3
18.3
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
8.28
8.28
–
–
–
–
4.9
4.9
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
13.89
12.66
22.35
12.85
12.40
10.1
9.5
5.9
9.8
9.5
13.91
–
–
12.94
–
10.1
–
–
10.7
–
13.66
–
–
11.51
–
19.1
–
–
8.8
–
13.23
12.74
10.65
10.65
18.29
16.79
18.35
11.6
11.7
4.1
4.1
7.2
10.8
8.0
13.33
12.82
10.69
10.69
18.29
–
18.35
12.4
12.5
4.8
4.8
7.2
–
8.0
11.31
11.31
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
13.10
11.90
25.15
12.84
12.39
10.55
10.55
23.73
21.53
7.8
9.1
10.9
6.9
10.0
1.4
1.4
9.6
7.6
13.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.55
–
–
12.69
12.69
–
–
22.14
12.78
10.5
–
–
12.0
12.0
–
–
22.1
22.6
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
22.13
6.7
25.12
7.6
10.42
4.5
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Group II .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Group II .............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.95
30.19
59.86
28.58
20.50
19.35
20.50
13.05
11.83
21.91
10.80
10.40
10.80
10.40
13.35
14.14
12.55
22.46
6.3
14.7
16.1
16.9
.3
4.7
.3
7.1
6.2
19.6
2.5
3.9
2.5
3.9
11.9
10.4
8.7
22.1
–
–
–
$28.58
–
19.35
20.50
14.19
–
–
11.72
–
11.72
11.03
13.35
15.26
13.26
22.46
–
–
–
16.9
–
4.7
.3
7.8
–
–
1.9
–
1.9
5.1
11.9
10.2
8.6
22.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.35
–
–
9.74
–
9.74
9.74
–
10.90
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
3.8
–
3.8
3.8
–
7.0
7.0
–
85.22
33.76
28.33
44.01
13.8
7.3
12.6
9.9
85.22
33.76
–
–
13.8
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.61
34.52
48.97
3.7
6.4
7.3
41.61
34.52
48.97
3.7
6.4
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.29
39.97
12.4
44.0
23.29
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
19.52
16.15
22.99
1.7
1.8
1.8
20.13
–
–
1.7
–
–
14.20
–
–
3.9
–
–
24.75
23.47
17.72
15.90
20.21
18.53
20.76
21.98
18.13
16.60
20.19
14.02
13.44
18.14
15.87
21.75
25.47
25.62
20.63
19.36
14.92
14.90
16.51
16.10
7.9
10.0
2.5
4.0
3.2
9.7
3.6
5.0
3.5
5.7
4.1
1.8
2.8
4.1
4.8
6.7
4.5
4.4
9.4
6.2
5.4
6.2
5.2
6.0
24.77
23.47
18.06
–
–
18.53
20.76
21.98
18.20
16.72
20.19
14.68
14.11
18.47
16.25
21.75
25.47
25.62
–
–
15.34
15.43
17.00
16.73
7.9
10.0
2.7
–
–
9.7
3.6
5.0
3.5
6.0
4.1
2.2
2.8
4.3
5.1
6.7
4.5
4.4
–
–
5.9
7.3
5.1
4.9
–
–
12.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.61
12.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.91
12.91
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.8
18.8
15.75
28.02
27.77
30.94
8.5
7.5
9.2
1.4
–
27.67
–
30.56
–
8.0
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Meter readers, utilities ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Group II .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Group II .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
$26.66
26.44
26.82
27.34
13.39
12.95
14.76
13.54
25.20
20.58
26.13
25.41
19.54
26.08
21.73
21.19
22.23
19.33
19.52
15.38
15.86
21.86
21.93
21.51
20.58
17.14
15.44
19.88
0.4
.3
5.8
4.2
6.7
6.1
12.2
12.6
2.4
3.0
2.3
3.2
5.5
3.1
4.5
2.0
6.1
7.3
7.3
3.7
3.0
3.7
4.7
7.2
2.0
3.5
4.8
3.3
$26.66
26.44
26.82
27.34
13.45
12.97
16.40
15.07
25.34
–
–
25.48
19.74
26.11
22.04
21.17
22.23
20.13
–
–
–
21.86
21.93
21.73
20.58
18.59
16.74
20.25
0.4
.3
5.8
4.2
8.8
8.2
5.4
8.3
2.6
–
–
3.3
4.4
3.1
4.6
2.0
6.1
5.1
–
–
–
3.7
4.7
5.0
2.0
4.0
5.5
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$21.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.96
13.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
6.6
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Carpenters
Group II .............................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo
workers .......................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Group II .............................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
24.50
15.73
26.57
1.3
6.9
3.3
24.48
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.39
33.75
3.3
2.1
34.39
33.75
3.3
2.1
–
–
–
–
23.84
2.2
23.64
2.0
–
–
21.89
21.89
16.67
16.18
29.89
29.76
17.25
17.25
10.7
10.7
25.5
29.9
11.8
14.4
12.3
12.3
21.89
21.89
16.67
16.18
29.72
29.57
17.25
17.25
10.7
10.7
25.5
29.9
12.2
15.0
12.3
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.33
37.02
6.6
2.4
–
37.02
–
2.4
–
–
–
–
22.08
13.07
25.35
5.0
4.0
4.1
22.88
–
–
5.6
–
–
11.97
–
–
8.2
–
–
40.23
22.0
41.85
22.5
–
–
–
26.92
19.99
19.90
19.99
19.90
24.79
26.37
–
9.9
14.6
15.9
14.6
15.9
6.7
5.0
26.92
–
19.99
–
19.99
19.90
24.79
26.37
9.9
–
14.6
–
14.6
15.9
6.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.97
8.7
21.38
8.9
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Group I ..............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Machinists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................
Group II .............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$24.33
25.36
25.86
21.24
23.35
7.1
11.2
11.3
8.7
7.2
–
$25.36
25.86
22.06
23.35
–
11.2
11.3
6.3
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.00
12.76
21.54
13.32
11.88
8.0
7.5
12.3
14.4
9.1
17.29
–
–
15.81
13.84
7.4
–
–
14.0
8.3
$11.06
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
–
15.09
12.85
21.62
7.6
8.7
5.5
15.56
–
–
6.7
–
–
11.15
–
–
16.7
–
–
26.31
13.5
26.31
13.5
–
–
12.81
17.77
18.20
26.47
26.47
18.45
18.45
33.19
33.19
16.10
25.13
13.35
12.27
11.4
1.7
4.7
3.6
3.6
9.7
9.7
.7
.7
21.9
8.5
3.4
5.1
12.80
18.01
–
26.47
26.47
18.45
18.45
33.19
33.19
16.10
–
13.43
–
11.7
1.1
–
3.6
3.6
9.7
9.7
.7
.7
21.9
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.52
13.97
19.48
16.11
17.56
17.46
18.28
20.11
17.10
16.62
15.08
15.05
12.08
11.89
11.60
10.74
5.7
4.6
9.4
2.3
3.2
4.7
3.3
4.2
5.4
5.0
2.5
2.5
7.9
8.6
16.1
16.9
16.30
–
–
16.42
17.60
–
18.28
20.11
17.16
16.67
15.08
15.05
12.73
–
12.32
11.38
6.3
–
–
1.0
3.3
–
3.3
4.2
5.6
5.2
2.5
2.5
7.6
–
16.1
16.6
10.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.69
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
12.47
12.65
12.03
12.03
8.0
8.7
4.4
4.4
13.20
13.69
12.48
12.48
9.0
9.5
4.1
4.1
10.33
10.33
–
–
3.0
3.0
–
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
3 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.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.43
$13.25
$20.75
$33.22
$49.45
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
25.04
23.08
29.03
42.66
27.89
33.95
27.94
29.31
27.93
32.50
31.08
35.65
39.52
45.67
51.92
29.03
44.60
35.18
44.20
36.35
43.27
43.06
50.96
52.14
59.13
62.50
37.80
60.21
45.12
44.54
44.85
53.63
43.27
64.90
90.43
92.44
93.75
92.44
64.90
62.50
44.71
53.04
56.50
52.21
86.54
125.93
230.77
230.77
92.44
123.23
71.31
56.96
66.15
61.06
57.46
31.08
50.61
34.76
14.42
43.25
54.10
48.65
21.59
43.27
57.79
53.43
24.23
48.89
63.73
62.72
24.23
57.32
73.05
63.13
27.20
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
18.81
20.50
24.54
25.00
30.05
28.85
39.14
32.44
52.89
40.14
18.25
18.25
24.60
24.60
28.85
28.85
33.05
33.05
39.68
39.68
18.10
19.23
24.00
21.72
28.61
31.25
20.09
25.95
31.25
27.16
31.25
31.74
26.21
26.21
41.52
31.25
37.27
37.50
29.18
27.93
46.14
43.99
40.88
38.37
35.46
43.27
81.23
50.05
53.24
52.89
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
21.63
31.90
36.40
35.19
36.40
21.30
29.86
20.50
32.74
35.73
41.20
40.00
42.49
25.24
35.96
21.25
41.34
41.30
48.73
44.86
51.59
31.70
42.33
24.04
52.00
45.81
56.44
51.92
60.10
38.46
55.00
39.90
62.53
49.08
65.69
58.17
70.00
52.68
75.00
48.41
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
24.57
27.07
32.52
26.08
27.07
29.50
24.57
27.84
27.63
28.85
17.50
17.40
28.85
34.26
36.70
34.62
29.57
41.02
29.57
34.26
33.12
34.88
19.60
17.91
38.06
42.31
42.31
44.03
40.80
52.43
37.62
34.65
34.65
42.27
25.10
25.96
47.49
49.81
45.93
48.08
53.13
64.52
45.29
44.94
43.59
47.28
30.47
33.97
55.36
59.39
54.90
65.74
64.75
85.92
62.44
55.36
55.36
49.81
36.78
38.84
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ................................
Chemists ...................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Biological technicians .......................................................
19.00
24.04
25.48
26.45
21.64
21.64
21.64
17.14
17.14
18.22
24.04
30.29
30.45
34.16
24.00
22.50
22.50
34.62
34.62
19.71
32.00
37.95
37.14
38.32
28.53
25.65
25.65
43.93
43.93
25.78
44.71
47.25
46.95
49.12
34.00
31.92
31.92
51.80
51.80
29.19
54.02
65.63
59.98
60.37
48.08
37.47
37.47
66.20
66.20
32.37
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Mental health counselors ..............................................
15.00
24.65
19.95
24.15
16.00
24.65
28.13
26.10
20.69
28.13
31.25
31.45
30.66
34.09
44.45
35.63
38.50
44.45
44.45
36.37
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
$16.87
$22.45
$31.45
$36.03
$39.89
14.45
11.34
15.00
15.00
16.00
15.58
20.32
16.00
34.48
19.34
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................
25.86
51.93
25.86
18.42
31.28
53.74
28.72
23.08
35.08
71.28
31.80
31.28
69.23
88.72
33.21
32.86
91.35
103.37
35.08
46.69
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ...............................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Engineering and architecture teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ......................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.00
22.72
36.67
39.85
19.54
35.00
43.37
43.37
35.75
39.85
49.94
49.94
48.59
59.36
52.93
51.90
59.54
89.36
54.41
58.80
47.89
47.89
55.77
55.77
65.63
65.63
83.91
83.91
88.34
88.34
36.67
18.12
41.97
22.30
45.59
28.00
51.80
40.50
59.22
72.95
14.75
11.50
28.98
30.84
12.00
34.89
41.73
13.25
42.70
51.98
15.50
52.73
59.11
32.80
60.45
28.94
34.85
41.73
52.46
59.54
29.30
34.62
35.36
45.23
44.60
46.05
53.86
54.44
61.95
60.42
34.34
23.94
42.07
34.85
45.27
49.12
55.27
54.53
61.74
58.70
22.15
24.04
17.06
9.07
29.19
24.04
22.44
10.00
43.15
30.93
24.64
13.07
54.53
32.11
27.47
17.82
58.70
41.99
30.29
19.54
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
18.75
18.00
25.77
20.17
20.00
25.77
23.56
23.31
26.37
31.25
31.89
40.58
43.37
43.37
48.33
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Physical therapists ........................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........
21.41
22.46
37.84
25.67
36.07
16.00
30.64
15.50
27.00
27.00
26.86
22.46
41.16
29.32
36.07
17.38
34.77
16.60
27.78
27.71
38.13
62.50
45.47
36.71
41.96
20.36
37.60
18.19
30.00
30.00
46.65
75.47
48.43
46.79
56.25
34.77
39.30
20.36
34.00
30.00
52.69
81.73
51.65
56.25
56.25
39.30
43.16
21.41
43.19
40.71
17.06
17.06
23.00
19.22
20.06
17.06
25.35
21.39
21.83
21.58
27.75
24.60
22.84
22.47
28.72
29.80
24.63
22.47
29.50
31.01
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Pharmacy aides ............................................................
12.47
11.00
11.00
13.84
14.69
12.47
15.00
11.55
11.54
16.00
16.00
12.47
18.28
14.13
13.79
18.74
17.93
19.58
20.14
19.71
19.65
20.14
19.69
20.14
22.06
20.68
20.68
22.83
20.14
20.14
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
10.40
11.25
17.65
33.32
40.50
31.71
35.53
40.00
40.82
59.99
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
$25.29
26.14
26.14
29.87
29.87
10.00
10.00
9.30
$28.00
28.94
28.94
34.68
34.68
10.50
10.50
13.10
$29.03
32.52
32.52
37.90
37.90
11.50
11.50
20.32
$29.16
34.10
34.10
40.55
40.55
14.00
14.00
49.98
$32.35
35.40
35.40
46.83
46.83
18.43
18.43
49.98
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
6.75
7.00
9.00
11.00
14.57
8.31
10.67
15.49
17.31
19.00
8.31
8.00
11.55
8.50
7.50
6.75
6.75
6.75
8.31
9.68
12.50
9.68
8.00
6.75
8.00
6.75
10.67
11.55
15.17
11.00
9.50
6.75
8.82
6.75
15.49
13.33
16.37
12.28
11.50
8.16
10.00
7.00
17.31
16.02
22.24
13.44
14.98
12.00
13.45
8.82
7.00
6.75
7.00
7.50
8.16
8.25
12.09
10.50
13.21
11.00
7.00
7.80
8.50
10.50
10.50
6.75
6.75
6.75
7.00
7.34
7.75
8.00
9.01
8.53
13.21
10.55
10.00
13.46
14.33
10.68
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
8.11
8.00
9.89
9.64
11.29
10.61
18.00
15.83
21.27
20.92
8.62
7.00
13.94
13.05
9.89
7.15
14.05
14.00
10.72
8.75
17.58
18.00
16.15
15.09
20.19
20.19
21.25
16.25
23.18
23.18
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Personal and home care aides .........................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
7.75
8.78
7.25
11.12
11.01
8.50
10.34
8.25
23.22
19.15
10.61
12.50
10.73
23.22
23.22
14.80
14.81
12.00
28.53
23.22
23.22
18.88
13.13
35.00
28.53
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
8.67
15.74
9.73
18.94
14.37
21.31
23.23
40.67
47.61
40.67
15.15
8.40
8.00
8.00
11.00
8.64
17.17
9.00
8.62
8.62
11.00
9.19
19.67
11.00
9.05
9.05
11.00
11.50
21.44
15.00
11.80
11.80
15.02
16.00
24.61
19.76
18.25
18.25
19.35
21.13
17.79
15.58
23.08
17.50
56.80
31.57
142.06
47.78
198.31
51.87
25.00
31.95
40.27
51.87
59.79
15.58
15.55
17.25
18.27
17.50
23.99
30.74
94.55
43.11
94.55
12.25
14.88
18.50
22.98
29.12
15.85
12.70
14.80
18.13
14.80
14.80
27.83
17.36
17.92
30.33
20.19
20.62
32.69
23.56
23.38
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Meter readers, utilities ......................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$19.72
12.70
11.50
14.00
18.02
16.56
10.45
11.50
$20.37
16.00
12.50
14.96
24.40
18.95
12.50
13.94
$20.99
17.56
13.40
16.75
26.06
19.65
14.00
17.00
$23.41
20.00
15.67
19.69
29.38
22.07
15.75
18.05
$26.38
23.56
16.82
26.65
29.38
27.87
17.18
22.48
10.18
22.81
27.76
22.90
20.10
9.29
8.25
18.20
18.20
16.70
13.53
13.00
18.13
15.95
11.38
13.81
22.81
28.26
23.82
24.12
10.75
10.79
21.02
21.00
19.15
16.00
15.17
19.78
18.17
14.00
17.54
28.26
31.37
26.85
29.05
12.50
14.00
23.47
23.89
21.51
19.64
15.59
22.00
20.75
16.25
17.54
32.32
34.58
28.68
29.49
15.16
18.71
30.05
30.23
22.98
22.07
16.00
23.34
22.08
20.60
19.30
34.58
34.68
30.81
29.49
19.41
23.51
34.67
34.67
27.49
24.72
18.00
25.81
30.90
23.43
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo
workers .......................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
12.24
18.00
23.00
29.61
39.30
27.00
30.00
34.62
40.72
43.06
14.11
14.11
10.00
19.91
11.75
11.75
31.67
20.42
20.42
12.00
22.10
13.25
13.25
34.28
21.68
21.68
15.00
25.54
16.50
16.50
38.94
25.88
25.88
22.98
43.07
21.00
21.00
39.02
26.01
26.01
24.32
49.26
21.00
21.00
41.92
11.32
14.50
21.55
28.05
31.85
14.59
12.60
12.60
18.00
26.28
15.00
15.00
18.00
44.75
18.00
18.00
27.00
54.58
23.00
23.00
28.05
54.58
26.23
26.23
31.41
11.00
19.00
13.00
13.97
20.20
13.97
21.31
23.11
22.25
25.08
30.78
25.08
31.85
32.34
31.85
10.00
11.78
14.50
18.50
24.77
6.90
10.00
12.00
14.00
24.77
8.82
10.00
12.75
18.60
27.32
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
19.72
24.29
24.48
30.77
34.85
11.00
9.72
20.75
10.19
10.19
32.80
7.46
18.69
7.25
11.23
12.00
22.90
16.56
16.56
33.10
7.46
25.00
9.00
11.23
16.09
28.06
19.19
19.19
33.11
13.75
27.97
12.17
12.35
27.58
28.15
22.07
22.07
34.04
27.97
27.97
18.41
18.66
27.94
33.65
24.95
24.95
34.04
28.95
27.97
19.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
8.50
13.55
12.83
11.09
14.00
14.75
14.48
14.50
15.43
17.00
16.64
19.85
21.37
25.02
25.62
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.93
12.00
10.25
7.34
7.00
$14.75
15.24
12.51
8.62
8.19
$18.50
15.34
16.26
11.16
10.35
$22.86
19.85
17.58
15.32
15.55
$24.15
26.45
18.70
18.16
17.33
7.75
8.38
9.35
10.00
11.16
11.40
15.00
15.32
20.20
15.62
Occupation2
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.00
$12.50
$19.56
$31.85
$49.45
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
25.04
23.08
29.03
42.66
27.89
32.30
27.94
29.31
27.93
32.50
31.08
50.05
35.74
39.52
45.67
51.92
29.03
45.51
35.18
44.20
36.35
43.27
31.08
54.10
52.14
52.69
59.13
62.50
37.80
60.37
45.12
44.54
44.85
53.63
43.27
57.79
65.42
90.43
92.44
93.75
92.44
67.26
63.10
44.71
53.04
56.50
43.27
63.73
90.43
125.93
230.77
230.77
92.44
123.23
71.31
56.96
66.15
61.06
49.64
71.96
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
18.25
20.50
24.54
24.26
31.25
28.85
41.52
32.44
54.27
40.14
18.25
18.25
18.25
18.25
30.05
30.05
34.62
34.62
41.83
41.83
18.10
19.23
24.83
21.72
28.61
31.25
19.00
25.95
31.25
27.16
31.25
31.74
26.21
26.21
41.52
31.25
37.27
37.50
29.18
41.83
46.14
46.11
40.88
38.37
33.46
43.27
81.23
50.37
53.24
52.89
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
21.30
31.90
36.40
35.19
36.40
21.30
29.33
20.50
32.58
32.74
41.20
40.00
42.49
25.24
35.86
21.25
41.34
41.30
48.73
44.86
51.59
31.07
42.33
24.04
51.97
44.52
56.44
51.92
60.10
38.46
54.92
39.90
63.03
49.30
65.69
58.17
70.00
53.85
75.00
48.41
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
24.57
27.07
33.65
26.08
27.07
29.50
24.57
27.84
27.63
28.85
17.50
17.40
28.85
34.26
39.42
34.62
29.57
41.02
29.57
34.26
33.12
34.88
19.00
17.91
38.53
42.35
43.75
44.03
40.80
52.43
37.62
34.65
34.65
42.27
25.10
25.79
47.49
49.81
45.93
48.08
53.13
64.52
45.29
44.94
43.59
47.28
30.32
33.10
55.36
59.62
54.90
65.74
64.75
85.92
62.44
55.36
55.36
49.81
37.82
38.84
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ................................
Chemists ...................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Biological technicians .......................................................
19.57
26.06
25.48
26.45
22.50
21.64
21.64
17.14
17.14
18.22
25.65
32.62
30.45
34.16
25.65
22.50
22.50
34.62
34.62
19.71
34.16
38.50
37.14
38.32
30.67
25.65
25.65
43.93
43.93
25.78
46.39
47.96
46.95
49.12
34.00
31.11
31.11
51.80
51.80
29.19
58.05
65.88
59.98
60.37
48.94
34.42
34.42
66.20
66.20
32.37
Community and social services occupations ..................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
14.45
15.58
16.21
22.17
37.99
14.45
11.34
15.00
14.78
15.75
15.58
19.23
16.00
23.10
16.21
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
25.86
51.93
31.80
53.74
35.77
71.28
69.71
92.31
93.75
103.37
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.62
18.43
$12.00
26.50
$22.83
43.37
$32.66
78.00
$66.91
90.97
10.99
9.07
12.00
9.07
13.25
10.00
16.74
11.00
25.33
11.90
18.75
17.92
25.77
20.00
20.00
25.77
23.31
23.00
26.37
31.25
31.89
40.58
43.37
43.37
48.33
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
21.04
40.00
25.67
16.00
30.64
15.50
27.00
27.00
42.10
28.81
17.24
34.64
16.60
27.78
39.50
46.60
36.07
20.16
37.83
18.14
30.00
46.73
49.09
50.88
32.17
41.57
20.27
30.00
52.69
52.31
56.25
39.30
43.16
21.41
43.19
17.06
17.06
23.00
17.06
17.06
25.35
21.50
21.50
27.72
22.47
22.47
28.72
22.47
22.47
28.80
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
12.47
11.00
11.00
13.84
14.69
15.00
11.33
11.30
16.00
15.81
18.20
12.55
12.55
18.65
17.60
20.09
18.87
18.87
20.14
19.69
22.00
20.05
20.05
22.83
20.11
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.50
10.50
10.50
11.50
11.50
11.50
14.24
14.00
14.00
17.65
18.00
18.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
6.75
7.00
9.00
11.00
14.29
8.31
8.00
8.50
7.50
6.75
6.75
6.75
10.67
9.68
9.68
8.00
6.75
8.00
6.75
15.49
11.00
11.00
9.50
6.75
8.82
6.75
17.31
13.33
12.28
11.50
8.16
10.00
7.00
19.00
15.50
13.44
14.98
12.00
13.45
8.82
7.00
6.75
7.00
7.50
8.16
8.19
10.50
10.50
12.09
10.50
6.95
7.75
8.35
10.50
10.50
6.75
6.75
6.75
7.00
7.34
7.75
8.00
9.01
8.53
13.21
10.55
10.00
13.46
14.33
10.68
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
8.00
7.91
9.64
9.26
10.50
10.29
14.50
11.97
20.02
16.15
8.23
7.00
12.00
12.00
9.64
7.15
13.94
13.94
10.29
8.75
15.58
15.58
11.39
15.09
20.00
20.00
16.15
16.25
20.19
20.19
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
7.75
8.78
8.25
10.10
10.50
11.90
13.95
14.00
19.00
15.38
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
8.67
15.74
9.73
18.94
14.33
21.31
23.23
40.67
47.61
40.67
15.15
17.17
19.67
21.44
24.61
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$8.40
8.00
8.00
11.00
8.64
$9.00
8.62
8.62
11.00
9.17
$11.00
9.04
9.04
11.00
11.50
$15.00
11.80
11.80
15.02
16.00
$19.76
18.05
18.05
19.35
21.13
17.79
15.58
23.08
17.50
56.80
31.57
142.06
47.78
198.31
51.87
25.00
31.95
40.27
51.87
59.79
15.58
15.55
17.25
18.27
17.50
23.99
30.74
94.55
43.11
94.55
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
12.00
14.42
18.00
22.48
29.12
11.54
12.50
14.80
12.70
11.50
14.00
10.45
11.50
17.55
14.56
14.80
15.45
12.50
14.88
12.50
13.94
23.80
17.00
17.92
17.36
13.40
16.53
14.00
17.00
30.33
19.23
20.62
19.23
15.67
19.69
15.00
18.05
31.19
22.15
21.25
22.50
16.82
26.65
16.50
22.48
10.18
19.60
9.29
8.25
18.40
18.40
16.25
13.53
12.00
15.95
11.38
13.81
24.12
10.75
10.79
21.06
21.00
18.70
16.00
13.53
18.17
13.00
17.54
29.05
12.50
14.00
23.56
23.81
21.51
19.36
16.00
20.75
15.45
17.54
29.49
15.00
16.00
30.23
30.23
21.60
22.07
16.00
22.08
20.40
19.30
29.49
19.41
23.51
34.67
34.67
31.25
24.44
19.36
30.90
23.56
12.00
16.50
23.00
28.00
38.01
27.00
28.00
32.00
36.63
42.75
14.11
14.11
10.00
19.47
11.75
11.75
20.42
20.42
12.00
22.10
13.25
13.25
21.68
21.68
14.80
25.54
16.50
16.50
25.88
25.88
22.98
43.07
21.00
21.00
26.01
26.01
24.32
49.53
21.00
21.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
11.32
12.60
12.60
18.00
14.00
15.00
15.00
18.00
20.20
18.00
18.00
27.00
27.30
23.00
23.00
28.05
31.55
25.75
25.75
31.41
10.85
19.00
11.00
13.00
20.20
13.97
21.02
22.86
21.02
25.08
30.31
25.08
31.85
32.34
31.85
10.00
11.50
14.00
16.25
18.75
6.90
10.00
11.05
14.00
15.00
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
8.82
10.00
12.50
18.50
26.49
19.72
24.29
24.48
30.77
34.85
11.00
9.72
20.75
10.19
11.23
12.00
22.90
16.56
11.23
16.09
28.06
19.19
12.35
27.58
28.15
22.07
18.66
27.94
33.65
24.95
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo
workers .......................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
$10.19
7.46
18.69
7.25
$16.56
7.46
25.00
9.00
$19.19
13.75
27.97
12.17
$22.07
27.97
27.97
18.41
$24.95
28.95
27.97
19.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
8.50
12.83
13.54
12.00
10.25
7.34
7.00
10.76
14.75
14.75
15.00
12.51
8.62
8.19
14.25
15.34
18.50
15.34
16.26
11.16
10.35
16.64
19.50
19.50
19.41
17.58
15.32
15.55
20.40
24.15
22.86
26.45
18.70
18.16
17.33
7.75
8.38
9.35
10.00
11.16
11.40
15.00
15.32
20.20
15.62
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
41
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose,
CA, March 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$17.62
$22.05
$28.84
$38.94
$49.70
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
28.08
42.16
34.76
46.28
44.79
51.70
53.43
57.32
62.72
59.78
Business and financial operations occupations .............
19.76
23.07
27.49
30.29
35.46
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
32.69
36.00
42.45
53.13
58.45
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
24.52
26.75
32.52
31.59
34.32
36.02
36.02
40.16
40.16
46.73
49.81
49.81
59.39
59.39
51.18
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
17.78
18.88
20.83
25.26
40.70
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Mental health counselors ..............................................
Social workers ..................................................................
23.36
24.65
24.15
24.35
25.19
25.19
26.10
31.00
29.36
28.61
31.45
34.08
36.03
34.47
35.63
35.95
41.66
44.45
36.37
40.07
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Librarians ..........................................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
17.43
27.37
20.27
30.04
39.85
25.61
39.85
39.85
33.06
51.30
55.77
59.47
59.17
73.54
84.34
30.09
29.60
36.48
35.40
45.27
43.79
53.56
52.89
60.42
60.71
29.62
35.40
43.08
52.89
59.99
29.30
34.62
35.36
45.23
44.60
46.05
53.86
54.44
61.95
60.42
34.34
30.12
42.07
39.93
45.27
49.76
55.27
56.00
61.74
58.70
29.19
30.93
11.85
9.81
36.98
30.93
17.21
14.80
48.17
30.93
26.16
17.31
54.53
39.78
30.29
18.71
58.70
42.06
30.29
21.04
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
25.18
26.67
26.67
33.54
55.97
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
22.52
22.52
31.46
28.91
25.45
64.56
32.96
33.83
35.48
67.74
41.16
36.71
42.83
75.47
44.93
45.53
52.77
77.69
49.70
54.26
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
16.93
17.63
17.63
13.97
18.28
19.52
19.52
17.31
20.68
20.68
20.68
20.80
22.52
22.52
22.52
29.58
29.58
25.99
25.99
29.58
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
23.37
29.03
34.68
40.00
46.83
31.71
25.29
26.14
26.14
29.87
29.87
35.53
28.00
28.94
28.94
34.68
34.68
40.00
29.03
32.52
32.52
37.90
37.90
40.82
29.16
34.10
34.10
40.55
40.55
59.99
32.35
35.40
35.40
46.83
46.83
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
11.16
12.85
15.83
21.11
22.24
15.33
15.33
18.36
18.30
20.64
19.92
23.18
22.32
28.81
28.81
15.33
18.28
20.92
22.38
28.81
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose,
CA, March 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
$17.58
$17.58
$22.75
$24.38
$27.09
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
11.12
13.95
9.57
9.57
15.44
15.00
17.11
17.11
18.88
16.74
23.22
23.22
23.22
18.88
23.22
23.22
23.22
18.88
23.22
23.22
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
15.61
19.28
17.82
22.20
27.76
27.76
16.89
11.57
17.07
15.17
15.24
13.84
18.46
21.84
21.84
24.48
28.26
28.26
20.97
23.06
20.65
15.76
18.82
15.62
22.07
22.29
22.07
26.06
31.37
31.37
23.36
27.67
22.51
19.78
19.78
18.11
26.01
25.76
23.64
29.38
34.58
34.58
25.99
29.65
23.47
21.94
21.94
20.85
29.38
29.05
29.05
29.38
34.68
34.68
29.65
32.74
25.99
24.72
24.72
22.47
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
22.67
31.67
23.69
34.28
28.25
38.94
38.94
39.02
43.06
41.92
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
22.24
24.18
27.28
33.09
37.97
10.34
22.81
24.77
24.77
46.25
Production occupations ....................................................
13.04
13.04
33.10
35.25
35.63
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
20.22
24.55
25.02
26.16
28.07
Occupation2
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
43
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$10.45
$14.90
$22.24
$34.67
$50.61
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................
25.20
23.08
29.03
42.66
27.89
33.95
27.94
29.31
27.93
32.50
31.08
35.74
39.52
45.67
51.92
29.03
44.60
35.18
44.20
36.35
43.27
43.06
50.96
52.14
59.13
62.50
37.80
60.21
45.12
44.54
44.85
53.63
43.27
64.90
90.43
92.44
93.75
92.44
64.90
62.50
44.71
53.04
56.50
52.21
86.54
125.93
230.77
230.77
92.44
123.23
71.31
56.96
66.15
61.06
57.46
31.08
50.61
34.76
14.42
43.25
54.10
50.23
21.59
43.27
57.79
55.78
24.23
48.89
63.73
62.72
24.23
57.32
73.05
63.13
27.20
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists ..
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
18.81
20.50
24.52
25.00
29.92
28.85
38.66
32.44
53.24
40.14
18.25
18.25
24.60
24.60
28.85
28.85
33.05
33.05
39.68
39.68
18.10
21.50
24.83
21.72
28.61
31.25
20.09
26.21
31.25
27.16
31.25
31.74
26.21
26.21
41.52
31.25
37.27
37.50
29.18
27.93
46.25
41.83
40.88
38.37
35.46
43.27
81.23
50.00
53.24
52.89
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
21.30
31.90
36.40
35.19
36.40
21.30
29.12
20.19
32.58
35.73
41.20
40.00
42.49
25.24
34.45
21.25
41.20
41.30
48.73
44.86
51.59
31.70
38.46
25.48
51.25
45.81
56.44
51.92
60.10
38.46
46.16
40.87
59.06
49.08
65.69
58.17
70.00
52.68
54.29
48.41
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Computer hardware engineers .....................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electrical engineers ..................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ..........
Industrial engineers ..................................................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
24.57
27.07
32.52
26.08
27.07
29.50
24.57
27.84
27.63
28.85
17.50
17.00
28.85
34.26
36.70
34.62
29.57
41.02
29.57
34.26
33.12
34.88
19.00
17.91
38.25
42.31
42.31
44.03
40.80
52.43
37.62
34.65
34.65
42.27
25.02
24.96
47.67
49.81
45.93
48.08
53.13
64.52
45.29
45.05
43.59
47.28
30.00
30.00
55.36
59.39
54.90
65.74
64.75
85.92
62.44
55.36
55.36
49.81
35.98
35.14
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Biological scientists ......................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ..................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ................................
Chemists ...................................................................
Market and survey researchers ........................................
Market research analysts .............................................
Biological technicians .......................................................
19.00
24.04
25.48
26.45
21.64
21.64
21.64
17.14
17.14
18.22
24.04
30.29
30.45
34.16
24.00
22.50
22.50
34.62
34.62
19.71
32.00
37.25
37.14
38.32
28.53
25.65
25.65
43.93
43.93
25.78
43.93
47.84
46.95
49.12
34.00
31.92
31.92
51.80
51.80
29.19
54.79
65.88
59.98
60.37
48.08
37.47
37.47
66.20
66.20
32.37
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
15.00
24.65
15.75
25.19
20.69
28.61
29.36
34.09
38.50
44.45
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Mental health counselors ..............................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
Social and human service assistants ...........................
$24.15
16.87
$26.10
21.06
$30.19
31.28
$36.37
36.03
$36.37
39.89
14.45
11.34
15.00
15.00
16.00
15.58
20.32
16.00
37.99
19.34
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ........................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................
25.86
51.93
25.86
18.42
31.28
53.74
28.72
23.08
35.08
71.28
31.80
31.28
69.23
88.72
33.21
32.86
91.35
103.37
35.08
46.69
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Librarians ..........................................................................
13.00
36.96
29.86
39.85
39.85
45.00
51.45
68.87
61.74
90.60
38.34
27.37
43.07
29.42
45.59
36.47
51.80
61.98
59.83
90.03
14.50
11.50
30.67
32.06
12.00
35.83
42.69
13.25
43.92
52.54
15.50
52.89
59.17
32.80
60.80
30.02
35.45
43.09
52.89
59.99
32.69
35.45
37.67
45.27
45.97
45.27
54.83
56.00
63.45
61.74
35.45
23.20
45.27
34.85
45.27
49.73
56.00
55.70
61.74
58.70
22.15
24.04
29.19
24.04
43.15
30.93
54.53
32.11
58.70
41.99
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
18.75
17.00
25.77
20.17
20.28
25.77
23.56
26.00
25.77
31.25
31.89
42.38
43.37
43.37
49.08
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........
21.00
22.46
31.46
34.13
16.71
30.64
27.00
27.00
25.39
22.46
40.63
36.07
17.94
32.17
27.78
27.71
34.77
39.42
44.05
37.97
20.48
37.83
30.00
30.00
45.55
72.12
46.73
56.25
32.17
39.30
34.00
30.00
52.57
81.73
50.44
56.25
39.30
43.16
43.19
40.71
17.06
17.06
22.38
19.22
20.44
17.06
25.00
21.39
22.47
21.83
27.00
24.60
22.84
22.47
28.72
29.80
24.63
22.47
29.36
31.01
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Pharmacy aides ............................................................
12.15
10.25
10.25
13.97
16.00
12.47
14.15
11.20
11.20
16.91
16.64
12.47
18.39
12.30
12.30
19.40
18.88
20.09
20.14
13.00
13.00
20.14
19.69
20.14
22.00
21.05
21.05
22.00
20.16
20.14
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
prevention workers .....................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
10.90
13.64
23.39
35.17
40.55
31.71
25.29
26.14
26.14
29.87
29.87
10.00
35.53
28.00
28.94
28.94
34.68
34.68
11.00
40.00
29.03
32.52
32.52
37.90
37.90
13.00
40.82
29.16
34.10
34.10
40.55
40.55
16.00
59.99
32.35
35.40
35.40
46.83
46.83
19.02
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Security guards .............................................................
$10.00
$11.00
$13.00
$16.00
$19.02
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
6.75
7.78
10.12
12.21
15.50
8.31
7.50
11.55
7.50
6.75
6.75
6.75
10.67
10.00
12.50
10.00
6.75
6.75
7.50
15.49
12.00
15.42
12.00
6.75
6.75
9.95
17.31
13.44
16.37
13.00
8.16
6.75
10.50
19.00
16.02
22.24
13.60
10.00
7.05
13.21
6.75
6.75
7.75
7.50
7.34
8.50
8.00
9.01
8.53
13.21
10.55
10.12
13.46
14.33
10.68
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
8.00
8.00
9.89
9.64
11.40
10.61
18.00
16.15
21.27
21.25
8.65
7.00
13.94
13.05
9.89
7.00
14.05
14.00
10.72
8.75
17.58
18.00
16.15
15.09
20.19
20.19
21.25
16.25
23.18
23.18
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.75
8.56
10.60
15.00
23.22
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
8.71
15.74
11.00
18.94
17.25
21.31
27.74
40.67
51.87
40.67
15.15
8.71
8.40
8.40
11.00
8.71
17.17
9.55
9.00
9.00
11.00
9.73
19.67
11.80
10.40
10.40
11.00
12.38
21.44
16.00
12.36
12.36
15.02
17.48
24.61
20.96
19.08
19.08
19.35
22.35
17.79
15.58
23.08
17.50
56.80
31.57
142.06
47.78
198.31
51.87
25.00
31.95
40.27
51.87
59.79
15.58
17.25
17.50
30.74
43.11
12.98
15.59
19.23
23.34
29.49
15.85
12.98
14.80
19.72
12.70
12.00
14.15
18.02
12.50
13.00
22.81
27.76
22.90
20.10
10.00
10.79
18.52
18.40
17.07
15.30
18.13
18.13
15.03
14.80
20.37
16.09
13.05
15.93
24.40
13.50
14.35
22.81
28.26
23.82
24.12
10.75
14.00
21.18
21.15
19.64
16.00
19.78
27.83
17.43
17.92
20.99
17.56
14.15
17.00
26.06
14.55
17.00
28.26
29.87
26.85
29.05
12.50
16.00
23.47
23.83
21.51
20.91
22.00
30.33
20.19
20.62
23.41
20.04
16.82
20.19
29.38
15.75
18.89
32.32
33.94
28.68
29.49
15.00
18.98
30.23
30.23
22.98
22.07
23.34
32.69
23.56
23.38
26.38
23.56
17.34
26.65
29.38
17.18
22.48
34.58
34.58
30.81
29.49
19.40
23.51
34.67
34.67
27.49
24.72
25.81
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ..................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Meter readers, utilities ......................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March
2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$16.77
12.50
$18.65
15.39
$20.75
18.03
$22.08
21.63
$30.90
23.56
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo
workers .......................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers .......................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
12.24
18.00
23.00
29.61
39.30
27.00
30.00
34.62
40.72
43.06
14.11
14.11
10.00
19.91
11.75
11.75
31.67
20.42
20.42
12.00
22.10
13.25
13.25
34.28
21.68
21.68
15.00
25.54
16.50
16.50
38.94
25.88
25.88
22.98
43.07
21.00
21.00
39.02
26.01
26.01
24.32
49.26
21.00
21.00
41.92
12.60
15.66
22.19
28.13
32.34
14.59
31.29
54.58
54.58
54.58
20.73
12.60
12.60
18.00
24.63
15.00
15.00
18.00
24.63
18.00
18.00
27.00
33.09
23.00
23.00
28.05
33.10
26.23
26.23
31.41
11.35
19.00
13.97
13.97
20.20
20.50
22.25
23.11
22.25
25.08
30.78
25.08
31.85
32.34
31.85
12.00
12.80
14.75
18.75
24.77
10.50
12.00
14.00
22.81
24.77
8.82
10.50
13.50
18.98
27.94
19.72
24.29
24.48
30.77
34.85
11.00
9.72
20.75
10.19
10.19
32.80
7.46
7.25
11.23
12.00
22.90
16.56
16.56
33.10
7.46
9.00
11.23
16.60
28.06
19.19
19.19
33.11
13.75
12.17
12.27
27.58
28.15
22.07
22.07
34.04
27.97
18.78
18.75
27.94
33.65
24.95
24.95
34.04
28.95
19.00
9.25
13.55
12.83
13.93
12.00
10.25
8.19
7.00
12.00
14.48
14.79
14.75
15.34
12.51
9.61
8.62
15.24
15.00
15.43
18.50
15.34
16.26
12.00
12.00
18.13
16.64
20.14
22.86
19.85
17.58
15.55
15.55
22.86
25.02
25.62
24.15
26.45
18.70
20.20
17.33
8.50
8.50
11.00
10.00
12.00
12.96
15.57
15.53
20.38
15.62
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair
workers ...................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Machinists .........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 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.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time 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.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
47
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA,
March 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.25
$8.82
$11.25
$18.06
$38.84
Business and financial operations occupations .............
20.00
30.55
30.55
50.05
50.05
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
9.07
16.52
18.00
14.80
19.00
19.29
18.17
24.34
23.63
24.34
38.33
30.04
41.67
55.87
53.75
17.53
17.53
11.85
9.07
20.00
19.17
16.39
9.81
35.75
28.61
17.91
15.70
46.05
35.75
20.93
18.30
52.43
40.00
30.03
20.36
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
10.29
20.00
20.00
26.43
40.39
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
24.65
39.33
23.75
24.46
29.32
42.10
26.67
25.41
42.94
46.60
29.32
28.00
48.71
49.70
41.96
28.21
53.16
52.64
75.00
30.15
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
14.00
17.84
13.84
15.20
18.52
15.00
17.94
19.20
17.00
20.09
20.05
21.00
24.00
20.05
24.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
11.62
11.50
11.50
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
6.75
8.00
6.75
6.75
6.75
9.00
6.75
6.75
8.00
10.00
6.75
6.75
9.50
12.68
8.82
7.25
12.68
14.57
13.21
12.00
6.75
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.00
8.00
11.71
9.00
13.21
10.00
7.10
7.75
8.00
9.00
10.00
6.75
7.00
7.75
9.28
9.38
8.80
8.25
10.00
10.00
10.78
10.50
17.92
10.95
27.00
19.06
8.00
10.00
10.00
11.25
17.92
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
7.56
8.50
8.68
8.26
8.50
9.00
11.12
8.68
11.95
13.00
17.37
11.99
14.37
14.90
35.00
17.11
19.15
18.88
35.00
19.15
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
8.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.64
8.62
8.40
8.40
9.00
9.25
9.15
9.00
9.00
10.00
11.25
11.00
9.54
9.54
12.00
14.75
14.73
13.35
13.35
15.06
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.40
10.50
10.50
8.00
14.00
11.00
11.35
11.88
11.88
10.27
16.00
11.38
14.00
12.83
12.83
11.43
23.00
14.43
16.17
13.86
13.86
17.00
25.30
14.97
19.37
15.67
15.67
17.00
33.67
18.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
6.90
10.00
11.00
11.32
26.28
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
48
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA,
March 2006 — Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
$6.90
$6.90
$10.00
$11.62
$12.61
Production occupations ....................................................
8.82
8.82
8.82
13.27
17.65
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
7.34
7.25
8.00
7.75
9.95
8.50
13.51
10.56
14.20
13.51
7.25
8.10
8.50
12.00
14.20
1 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.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time 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.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
49
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$873
39.8
$55,978
$45,240
2,045
2,288
2,726
3,450
3,825
2,302
2,115
2,085
2,608
2,709
1,423
41.4
41.9
43.3
43.3
43.1
118,613
141,777
179,279
198,733
119,709
108,445
108,445
135,620
140,878
73,977
2,149
2,179
2,248
2,251
2,241
60.21
45.12
44.54
44.85
53.63
43.27
2,515
2,088
1,956
1,822
1,868
1,825
2,566
1,918
1,788
1,794
1,942
1,731
40.8
41.1
42.2
39.5
38.3
40.5
130,768
108,602
101,726
94,725
97,154
88,833
133,457
99,722
93,001
93,278
101,005
90,000
2,120
2,135
2,194
2,055
1,993
1,969
44.26
60.50
43.27
57.79
1,797
2,425
1,731
2,312
40.6
40.1
88,225
126,089
90,000
120,212
1,993
2,084
55.00
55.78
2,340
2,458
42.6
121,700
127,824
2,213
22.82
24.23
960
1,053
42.1
49,912
54,756
2,187
34.22
29.47
29.92
28.85
1,385
1,229
1,218
1,294
40.5
41.7
71,993
63,894
63,333
67,307
2,104
2,168
29.22
28.85
1,165
1,154
39.9
60,601
60,010
2,074
29.22
28.85
1,165
1,154
39.9
60,601
60,010
2,074
26.69
26.21
1,070
1,054
40.1
55,638
54,829
2,085
29.55
43.51
34.00
37.76
38.96
26.21
41.52
31.25
37.27
37.50
1,149
1,735
1,369
1,507
1,561
1,048
1,661
1,250
1,491
1,500
38.9
39.9
40.3
39.9
40.1
59,758
90,200
71,185
78,338
81,162
54,511
86,366
65,000
77,530
78,000
2,022
2,073
2,094
2,075
2,083
41.71
40.34
49.44
41.20
41.30
48.73
1,710
1,622
2,069
1,726
1,652
2,050
41.0
40.2
41.8
88,911
84,330
107,545
89,209
85,900
106,575
2,132
2,090
2,175
45.58
44.86
1,879
1,956
41.2
97,670
101,700
2,143
52.00
34.27
40.00
51.59
31.70
38.46
2,198
1,354
1,628
2,196
1,243
1,631
42.3
39.5
40.7
114,280
70,400
84,639
114,196
64,617
84,822
2,198
2,054
2,116
30.88
25.48
1,235
1,019
40.0
64,240
53,000
2,080
39.54
42.72
42.84
44.57
38.25
42.31
42.31
44.03
1,624
1,776
1,712
1,935
1,606
1,765
1,692
1,843
41.1
41.6
40.0
43.4
83,605
92,228
89,019
100,623
83,188
91,770
88,001
95,815
2,115
2,159
2,078
2,258
44.14
54.58
40.80
52.43
1,887
2,183
1,827
2,097
42.7
40.0
98,033
113,295
95,001
107,896
2,221
2,076
39.50
37.62
1,741
1,827
44.1
90,536
95,001
2,292
38.97
38.49
34.65
34.65
1,631
1,598
1,627
1,627
41.8
41.5
84,747
83,017
84,622
84,150
2,174
2,157
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$27.37
$22.24
$1,089
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ..............
Industrial production managers ..........
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Social and community service
managers ......................................
55.20
65.05
79.74
88.30
53.41
50.96
52.14
59.13
62.50
37.80
61.69
50.86
46.36
46.10
48.74
45.11
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Claims adjusters, appraisers,
examiners, and investigators ........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .............................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Employment, recruitment, and
placement specialists ...............
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Computer hardware engineers .......
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electrical engineers ....................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
50
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mechanical engineers .....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Biological scientists ........................
Biochemists and biophysicists ....
Physical scientists ..............................
Chemists and materials scientists ..
Chemists .....................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
Biological technicians .........................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Mental health counselors ................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Social and human service
assistants ..................................
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Paralegals and legal assistants ..........
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Librarians ............................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$40.43
$42.27
$1,674
$1,671
41.4
$87,047
$86,915
2,153
26.22
25.02
1,049
1,001
40.0
51,155
51,280
1,951
25.93
24.96
1,037
998
40.0
53,940
51,915
2,080
35.69
40.16
40.05
41.81
30.85
27.31
27.31
45.48
45.48
25.58
32.00
37.25
37.14
38.32
28.53
25.65
25.65
43.93
43.93
25.78
1,461
1,589
1,581
1,647
1,234
1,092
1,092
2,076
2,076
1,003
1,287
1,481
1,461
1,481
1,141
1,026
1,026
2,087
2,087
985
40.9
39.6
39.5
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
45.7
45.7
39.2
75,653
82,063
82,197
85,640
63,684
56,804
56,804
107,966
107,966
52,141
66,560
77,000
75,978
77,000
56,794
53,358
53,358
108,500
108,500
51,238
2,120
2,043
2,052
2,048
2,064
2,080
2,080
2,374
2,374
2,038
23.89
31.15
30.77
29.41
20.69
28.61
30.19
31.28
953
1,180
1,231
1,198
840
1,145
1,208
1,308
39.9
37.9
40.0
40.7
48,875
57,701
64,012
62,281
43,801
53,345
62,795
68,037
2,046
1,853
2,080
2,117
18.81
16.00
750
640
39.8
38,868
33,280
2,066
15.28
15.58
609
623
39.8
31,508
32,413
2,062
48.87
74.38
30.96
30.68
35.08
71.28
31.80
31.28
1,926
2,926
1,220
1,215
1,403
2,788
1,272
1,251
39.4
39.3
39.4
39.6
100,163
152,148
63,442
63,164
72,962
145,001
66,146
65,054
2,050
2,046
2,049
2,059
40.83
54.81
39.85
45.00
1,520
2,305
1,422
2,352
37.2
42.1
62,824
99,066
59,296
87,000
1,539
1,808
47.36
45.59
1,668
1,710
35.2
62,553
61,542
1,321
47.75
36.47
1,533
1,194
32.1
56,746
50,936
1,188
41.07
42.69
1,444
1,453
35.2
56,107
55,535
1,366
16.82
13.25
664
530
39.4
31,741
27,560
1,887
45.11
43.92
1,567
1,537
34.7
59,032
57,704
1,309
44.43
43.09
1,562
1,537
35.2
58,921
57,704
1,326
47.72
49.87
45.97
45.27
1,587
1,564
1,543
1,361
33.3
31.4
59,427
56,605
57,689
54,323
1,245
1,135
49.87
44.15
45.27
49.73
1,564
1,592
1,361
1,742
31.4
36.1
56,605
63,209
54,323
68,693
1,135
1,432
41.27
31.15
43.15
30.93
1,490
1,230
1,526
1,237
36.1
39.5
60,760
63,401
64,788
64,334
1,472
2,036
27.04
27.03
23.56
26.00
1,108
1,074
1,010
1,040
41.0
39.7
57,477
55,830
52,519
54,080
2,126
2,066
See footnotes at end of table.
51
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Writers and editors .............................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Pharmacy technicians ....................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Miscellaneous health technologists
and technicians .............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Pharmacy aides ..............................
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers of fire
fighting and prevention workers ....
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food
concession, and coffee shop ....
Food servers, nonrestaurant ..............
Dishwashers .......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$33.05
$25.77
$1,322
$1,031
40.0
$68,737
$53,604
2,080
36.19
50.28
43.10
42.87
34.77
39.42
44.05
37.97
1,439
2,025
1,697
1,675
1,386
1,774
1,702
1,519
39.8
40.3
39.4
39.1
74,565
105,293
88,233
84,057
71,955
92,243
88,523
78,978
2,060
2,094
2,047
1,961
24.95
20.48
998
819
40.0
51,896
42,598
2,080
37.19
37.83
1,488
1,513
40.0
77,355
78,686
2,080
31.74
30.00
1,270
1,200
40.0
66,025
62,400
2,080
31.05
30.00
1,242
1,200
40.0
64,588
62,400
2,080
21.67
21.12
22.47
21.83
867
845
899
873
40.0
40.0
45,067
43,928
46,738
45,406
2,080
2,080
26.57
27.00
1,063
1,080
40.0
55,258
56,160
2,080
24.86
24.60
995
984
40.0
51,716
51,162
2,080
17.71
18.39
682
704
38.5
35,312
36,608
1,994
13.65
12.30
531
468
38.9
27,630
24,336
2,025
13.65
12.30
531
468
38.9
27,630
24,336
2,025
18.78
18.62
17.30
19.40
18.88
20.09
720
706
692
709
704
804
38.4
37.9
40.0
37,281
36,706
35,975
36,852
36,608
41,787
1,986
1,971
2,080
25.10
23.39
1,039
896
41.4
53,807
46,342
2,144
40.39
28.96
40.00
29.03
2,045
1,535
2,091
1,539
50.6
53.0
106,336
79,814
108,755
80,007
2,633
2,756
31.73
31.73
37.69
37.69
32.52
32.52
37.90
37.90
1,288
1,288
1,508
1,508
1,337
1,337
1,516
1,516
40.6
40.6
40.0
40.0
66,964
66,964
78,394
78,394
69,545
69,545
78,838
78,838
2,110
2,110
2,080
2,080
13.68
13.68
13.00
13.00
546
546
520
520
39.9
39.9
28,125
28,125
26,687
26,687
2,057
2,057
10.46
10.12
407
400
38.9
21,159
20,800
2,022
13.85
12.02
15.28
11.29
7.66
6.84
9.57
15.49
12.00
15.42
12.00
6.75
6.75
9.95
553
467
608
440
290
252
376
620
480
617
480
270
270
398
40.0
38.9
39.8
38.9
37.8
36.9
39.2
28,722
24,305
31,615
22,856
15,077
13,109
19,528
32,217
24,960
32,074
24,960
14,040
14,040
20,694
2,074
2,023
2,069
2,025
1,968
1,918
2,041
9.80
9.62
8.99
8.00
9.01
8.53
382
385
342
300
360
341
38.9
40.0
38.1
19,840
20,008
17,802
15,600
18,741
17,744
2,023
2,080
1,980
13.91
12.94
11.40
10.61
547
508
451
424
39.3
39.3
28,421
26,424
23,477
22,071
2,043
2,043
See footnotes at end of table.
52
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ......................................
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Meter readers, utilities ........................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$429
39.5
$27,357
$22,291
2,053
410
728
320
659
38.3
39.8
21,304
37,838
16,640
34,281
1,993
2,069
18.00
734
720
40.0
38,150
37,440
2,080
13.02
10.60
466
420
35.8
24,002
21,840
1,844
25.12
17.25
988
630
39.3
51,350
32,739
2,044
28.58
21.31
1,150
869
40.2
59,780
45,198
2,091
19.35
14.19
11.72
11.72
19.67
11.80
10.40
10.40
781
545
457
457
787
450
415
415
40.3
38.4
39.0
39.0
40,587
28,328
23,772
23,772
40,903
23,400
21,590
21,590
2,097
1,996
2,028
2,028
13.35
15.26
11.00
12.38
524
580
440
480
39.2
38.0
27,223
30,154
22,880
24,960
2,040
1,976
85.22
56.80
3,409
2,272
40.0
177,263
118,140
2,080
33.76
31.57
1,386
1,537
41.1
72,095
79,919
2,135
41.61
40.27
1,673
1,658
40.2
86,983
86,233
2,090
23.29
17.50
985
700
42.3
51,201
36,400
2,198
20.13
19.23
800
767
39.7
41,533
39,666
2,063
24.77
18.06
18.53
27.83
17.43
17.92
1,000
721
741
1,113
694
717
40.4
39.9
40.0
51,978
37,468
38,549
57,893
36,109
37,265
2,099
2,074
2,080
21.98
20.99
871
815
39.6
45,316
42,374
2,061
18.20
14.68
18.47
17.56
14.15
17.00
726
587
734
694
566
670
39.9
40.0
39.7
37,741
30,539
38,153
36,109
29,432
34,848
2,073
2,080
2,066
25.47
15.34
17.00
27.67
26.06
14.55
17.00
28.26
1,001
614
671
1,107
979
582
680
1,131
39.3
40.0
39.4
40.0
52,054
31,918
34,872
57,560
50,908
30,264
35,360
58,787
2,044
2,080
2,051
2,080
30.56
26.66
29.87
26.85
1,222
1,066
1,195
1,074
40.0
40.0
63,560
55,454
62,130
55,848
2,080
2,080
26.82
29.05
1,073
1,162
40.0
55,779
60,424
2,080
13.45
16.40
12.50
16.00
537
656
500
640
40.0
40.0
27,940
34,103
26,000
33,280
2,078
2,080
25.34
23.47
1,008
935
39.8
52,059
48,618
2,055
25.48
23.83
1,017
953
39.9
52,862
49,560
2,075
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.33
$10.72
$526
10.69
18.29
8.75
17.58
18.35
See footnotes at end of table.
53
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Word processors and typists ..........
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers,
and terrazzo workers ....................
Cement masons and concrete
finishers ....................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Painters and paperhangers ................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .............................
Construction and building inspectors ..
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance,
and repair workers ....................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$860
39.9
$44,026
$44,741
1,998
786
854
836
878
39.1
39.1
40,897
44,432
43,485
45,635
2,032
2,032
20.75
18.03
844
732
830
720
38.8
39.4
43,904
38,090
43,160
37,446
2,020
2,049
24.48
23.00
965
920
39.4
49,126
46,000
2,007
34.39
34.62
1,376
1,385
40.0
70,254
64,480
2,043
21.89
21.68
876
867
40.0
37,840
33,813
1,728
21.89
16.67
29.72
17.25
21.68
15.00
25.54
16.50
876
667
1,189
653
867
600
1,022
600
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.8
37,840
33,305
61,822
33,950
33,813
31,200
53,123
31,200
1,728
1,998
2,080
1,968
17.25
37.02
16.50
38.94
653
1,458
600
1,557
37.8
39.4
33,950
75,792
31,200
80,987
1,968
2,047
22.88
22.19
915
878
40.0
47,551
45,656
2,078
41.85
54.58
1,783
2,402
42.6
92,696
124,886
2,215
26.92
24.63
1,077
985
40.0
55,992
51,222
2,080
19.99
18.00
784
720
39.2
40,753
37,440
2,038
19.99
18.00
784
720
39.2
40,753
37,440
2,038
24.79
27.00
992
1,080
40.0
51,561
56,160
2,080
21.38
25.36
22.25
23.11
855
1,014
890
924
40.0
40.0
44,428
52,739
46,270
48,069
2,078
2,080
22.06
22.25
882
890
40.0
45,816
46,270
2,077
17.29
14.75
691
590
40.0
35,955
30,680
2,080
15.81
14.00
632
560
40.0
32,884
29,120
2,080
15.56
13.50
611
522
39.3
31,772
27,129
2,043
26.31
24.48
1,080
1,057
41.1
56,177
54,952
2,135
12.80
11.23
512
449
40.0
26,606
23,367
2,078
18.01
26.47
16.60
28.06
716
1,059
669
1,122
39.8
40.0
37,239
55,062
34,803
58,369
2,068
2,080
18.45
19.19
738
768
40.0
38,377
39,915
2,080
18.45
19.19
738
768
40.0
38,377
39,915
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$22.04
$21.51
$879
20.13
21.86
20.91
22.00
21.73
18.59
See footnotes at end of table.
54
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Stationary engineers and boiler
operators ......................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$33.19
$33.11
$1,224
$1,312
36.9
$63,652
$68,224
1,918
16.10
13.43
13.75
12.17
596
537
477
487
37.0
40.0
30,998
27,934
24,796
25,314
1,925
2,080
16.30
16.42
15.24
15.00
640
632
608
596
39.3
38.5
33,100
32,228
31,385
30,160
2,030
1,962
17.60
15.43
704
617
40.0
36,609
32,096
2,080
18.28
18.50
731
740
40.0
38,019
38,480
2,080
17.16
15.08
12.73
15.34
16.26
12.00
686
603
503
614
650
480
40.0
40.0
39.5
35,694
31,373
25,938
31,907
33,821
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,038
12.32
12.00
493
480
40.0
25,633
24,960
2,080
13.20
12.48
12.00
12.96
523
477
478
519
39.7
38.2
27,213
23,423
24,856
22,173
2,062
1,877
1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B 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, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$819
39.8
$55,178
$42,434
2,064
2,324
2,779
3,450
3,825
2,302
2,140
2,085
2,608
2,709
1,423
41.5
42.1
43.3
43.3
43.1
120,837
144,489
179,279
198,733
119,709
111,301
108,445
135,620
140,878
73,977
2,158
2,187
2,248
2,251
2,241
60.37
45.12
44.54
44.85
53.63
43.27
57.79
2,556
2,089
1,956
1,822
1,868
1,610
2,415
2,566
1,918
1,788
1,794
1,942
1,731
2,312
40.8
41.1
42.2
39.5
38.3
40.0
40.1
132,899
108,644
101,726
94,725
97,154
83,722
125,595
133,457
99,722
93,001
93,278
101,005
90,000
120,212
2,122
2,136
2,194
2,055
1,993
2,080
2,084
35.12
29.66
31.25
28.85
1,424
1,244
1,250
1,298
40.5
42.0
74,034
64,710
65,000
67,477
2,108
2,182
29.19
30.05
1,161
1,202
39.8
60,384
62,504
2,069
29.19
30.05
1,161
1,202
39.8
60,384
62,504
2,069
25.80
26.21
1,035
1,048
40.1
53,812
54,511
2,086
29.67
43.52
34.29
37.76
38.96
26.21
41.52
31.25
37.27
37.50
1,151
1,735
1,382
1,507
1,561
1,048
1,661
1,250
1,491
1,500
38.8
39.9
40.3
39.9
40.1
59,877
90,215
71,842
78,338
81,162
54,511
86,366
65,000
77,530
78,000
2,018
2,073
2,095
2,075
2,083
41.67
40.11
49.44
41.20
41.30
48.73
1,710
1,618
2,069
1,726
1,652
2,050
41.0
40.3
41.8
88,894
84,134
107,545
89,209
85,900
106,575
2,133
2,097
2,175
45.58
44.86
1,879
1,956
41.2
97,670
101,700
2,143
52.00
34.25
39.61
51.59
31.07
38.46
2,198
1,354
1,615
2,196
1,243
1,601
42.3
39.5
40.8
114,280
70,382
83,963
114,196
64,617
83,274
2,198
2,055
2,120
30.88
25.48
1,235
1,019
40.0
64,240
53,000
2,080
39.57
42.79
43.25
44.57
38.86
42.35
43.75
44.03
1,628
1,783
1,730
1,935
1,627
1,765
1,750
1,843
41.1
41.7
40.0
43.4
83,825
92,709
89,954
100,623
84,200
91,770
91,000
95,815
2,118
2,167
2,080
2,258
44.14
54.58
40.80
52.43
1,887
2,183
1,827
2,097
42.7
40.0
98,033
113,295
95,001
107,896
2,221
2,076
39.50
37.62
1,741
1,827
44.1
90,536
95,001
2,292
38.97
38.49
40.43
34.65
34.65
42.27
1,631
1,598
1,674
1,627
1,627
1,671
41.8
41.5
41.4
84,747
83,017
87,047
84,622
84,150
86,915
2,174
2,157
2,153
25.92
25.02
1,037
1,001
40.0
50,313
49,766
1,941
25.60
24.59
1,024
984
40.0
53,257
51,156
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$26.73
$20.75
$1,065
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ..............
Industrial production managers ..........
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Engineering managers .......................
56.00
66.07
79.74
88.30
53.41
52.14
52.69
59.13
62.50
37.80
62.61
50.87
46.36
46.10
48.74
40.25
60.26
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Claims adjusters, appraisers,
examiners, and investigators ........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .............................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Employment, recruitment, and
placement specialists ...............
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Computer hardware engineers .......
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electrical engineers ....................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Industrial engineers ....................
Mechanical engineers .....................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
56
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Biological scientists ........................
Biochemists and biophysicists ....
Physical scientists ..............................
Chemists and materials scientists ..
Chemists .....................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
Biological technicians .........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$36.94
41.84
40.05
41.81
31.54
26.58
26.58
45.48
45.48
25.62
$34.00
38.32
37.14
38.32
30.67
25.65
25.65
43.93
43.93
25.78
$1,516
1,654
1,581
1,647
1,262
1,063
1,063
2,076
2,076
1,004
$1,346
1,481
1,461
1,481
1,227
1,026
1,026
2,087
2,087
985
41.0
39.5
39.5
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
45.7
45.7
39.2
$78,806
86,009
82,197
85,640
65,599
55,293
55,293
107,966
107,966
52,206
$69,999
77,000
75,978
77,000
63,800
53,358
53,358
108,500
108,500
51,238
2,134
2,056
2,052
2,048
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,374
2,374
2,038
20.57
16.21
834
651
40.5
43,270
33,717
2,104
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Social and human service
assistants ..................................
18.14
15.75
724
630
39.9
37,525
32,760
2,069
15.03
15.58
600
623
39.9
31,073
32,413
2,067
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
50.41
75.00
35.77
71.28
1,982
2,946
1,431
2,788
39.3
39.3
103,056
153,170
74,400
145,001
2,044
2,042
30.15
66.19
23.72
66.91
1,199
2,583
952
2,625
39.8
39.0
58,402
114,897
47,590
102,375
1,937
1,736
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
45.01
45.59
1,591
1,710
35.3
60,381
61,542
1,342
14.56
13.25
582
530
40.0
28,594
27,560
1,964
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
26.88
27.06
33.05
23.31
23.50
25.77
1,102
1,074
1,322
1,010
940
1,031
41.0
39.7
40.0
57,317
55,864
68,737
52,519
48,880
53,604
2,133
2,064
2,080
36.43
44.71
36.07
45.47
1,452
1,757
1,443
1,762
39.9
39.3
75,493
91,372
75,024
91,618
2,072
2,044
24.50
20.48
980
819
40.0
50,955
42,598
2,080
31.56
30.00
1,263
1,200
40.0
65,655
62,400
2,080
26.30
26.86
1,052
1,074
40.0
54,706
55,869
2,080
17.36
18.20
667
676
38.4
34,541
35,173
1,990
18.63
18.25
19.40
18.74
713
689
709
690
38.3
37.8
36,886
35,851
36,852
35,859
1,980
1,965
13.77
13.00
550
520
39.9
28,594
27,040
2,076
13.58
13.58
13.00
13.00
542
542
520
520
39.9
39.9
28,197
28,197
27,040
27,040
2,076
2,076
10.38
10.00
404
398
38.9
21,002
20,694
2,023
13.83
11.77
11.29
7.66
6.84
15.49
12.00
12.00
6.75
6.75
552
458
440
290
252
620
480
480
270
270
40.0
38.9
38.9
37.8
36.9
28,724
23,809
22,856
15,077
13,109
32,217
24,960
24,960
14,040
14,040
2,078
2,023
2,025
1,968
1,918
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
57
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food
concession, and coffee shop ....
Food servers, nonrestaurant ..............
Dishwashers .......................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$398
39.2
$19,439
$20,694
2,040
382
385
342
300
360
341
38.9
40.0
38.1
19,840
20,008
17,802
15,600
18,741
17,744
2,023
2,080
1,980
10.50
10.29
476
438
420
396
39.2
39.2
24,767
22,754
21,840
20,601
2,038
2,037
11.30
10.29
445
400
39.4
23,136
20,800
2,048
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$9.53
$9.95
$374
9.80
9.62
8.99
8.00
9.01
8.53
12.15
11.17
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
10.69
15.97
8.75
15.58
410
639
320
623
38.3
40.0
21,304
33,218
16,640
32,406
1,993
2,080
15.97
15.58
639
623
40.0
33,218
32,406
2,080
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
12.66
10.40
451
412
35.6
23,335
21,216
1,844
25.12
17.25
988
630
39.3
51,353
32,739
2,044
28.58
21.31
1,150
869
40.2
59,780
45,198
2,091
19.35
14.17
11.68
11.68
19.67
11.80
10.40
10.40
781
544
456
456
787
446
415
415
40.3
38.4
39.0
39.0
40,587
28,284
23,691
23,691
40,903
23,192
21,590
21,590
2,097
1,996
2,028
2,028
13.35
15.24
11.00
12.38
524
579
440
480
39.2
38.0
27,223
30,110
22,880
24,960
2,040
1,976
85.22
56.80
3,409
2,272
40.0
177,263
118,140
2,080
33.76
31.57
1,386
1,537
41.1
72,095
79,919
2,135
41.61
40.27
1,673
1,658
40.2
86,983
86,233
2,090
23.29
17.50
985
700
42.3
51,201
36,400
2,198
19.66
18.54
782
733
39.8
40,640
38,106
2,067
23.71
17.58
18.08
23.80
17.36
17.92
960
701
723
952
694
717
40.5
39.9
40.0
49,920
36,467
37,597
49,504
36,067
37,265
2,105
2,075
2,080
17.81
14.68
18.32
15.26
17.00
17.36
14.15
16.75
14.50
17.00
710
587
728
610
671
694
566
668
580
680
39.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.4
36,940
30,539
37,842
31,746
34,872
36,109
29,432
34,736
30,160
35,360
2,074
2,080
2,066
2,080
2,051
26.96
29.05
1,078
1,162
40.0
56,078
60,424
2,080
13.32
15.99
12.50
14.00
533
640
500
560
40.0
40.0
27,710
33,261
26,000
29,120
2,080
2,080
25.59
23.76
1,018
935
39.8
52,949
48,618
2,069
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Securities, commodities, and financial
services sales agents ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Order clerks ........................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
58
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers,
and terrazzo workers ....................
Cement masons and concrete
finishers ....................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Painters and paperhangers ................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .............................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating
workers .........................................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Machinists ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$950
39.9
$52,982
$49,417
2,077
879
860
40.0
45,697
44,741
2,080
22.00
802
850
39.3
41,698
44,190
2,045
21.73
18.36
20.75
18.00
844
722
830
673
38.8
39.3
43,904
37,541
43,160
35,006
2,020
2,045
23.93
23.00
943
916
39.4
47,895
46,000
2,002
33.07
32.00
1,323
1,280
40.0
67,384
63,752
2,038
21.89
21.68
876
867
40.0
37,840
33,813
1,728
21.89
16.57
30.57
16.93
21.68
14.80
25.54
16.50
876
663
1,223
640
867
592
1,022
600
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.8
37,840
33,083
63,586
33,290
33,813
29,000
53,123
31,200
1,728
1,996
2,080
1,966
16.93
16.50
640
600
37.8
33,290
31,200
1,966
22.22
21.02
888
829
40.0
46,184
43,120
2,078
19.68
18.00
771
720
39.2
40,087
37,440
2,037
19.68
18.00
771
720
39.2
40,087
37,440
2,037
24.79
27.00
992
1,080
40.0
51,561
56,160
2,080
20.90
24.69
21.02
22.86
836
988
841
914
40.0
40.0
43,432
51,352
43,722
47,538
2,078
2,080
21.98
22.26
879
890
40.0
45,646
46,301
2,076
15.50
14.50
620
580
40.0
32,245
30,160
2,080
15.28
13.32
600
510
39.3
31,201
26,520
2,042
26.31
24.48
1,080
1,057
41.1
56,177
54,952
2,135
12.80
11.23
512
449
40.0
26,606
23,367
2,078
18.01
26.47
16.60
28.06
716
1,059
669
1,122
39.8
40.0
37,239
55,062
34,803
58,369
2,068
2,080
18.45
19.19
738
768
40.0
38,377
39,915
2,080
18.45
19.19
738
768
40.0
38,377
39,915
2,080
16.10
13.43
13.75
12.17
596
537
477
487
37.0
40.0
30,998
27,934
24,796
25,314
1,925
2,080
15.97
15.00
627
600
39.3
32,427
31,138
2,030
17.48
15.34
699
614
40.0
36,352
31,907
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$25.52
$23.76
$1,019
21.97
21.51
20.39
See footnotes at end of table.
59
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$740
40.0
$37,573
$38,480
2,080
684
603
503
614
650
480
40.0
40.0
39.5
35,566
31,373
25,938
31,907
33,821
24,960
2,080
2,080
2,038
12.00
493
480
40.0
25,633
24,960
2,080
12.00
12.96
523
477
478
519
39.7
38.2
27,213
23,423
24,856
22,173
2,062
1,877
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$18.06
$18.50
$723
17.10
15.08
12.73
15.34
16.26
12.00
12.32
13.20
12.48
1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B 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, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
All workers ................................................
$32.33
$29.16
$1,274
$1,175
39.4
$61,744
$57,753
1,910
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
45.32
51.59
44.79
51.70
1,847
2,120
1,792
2,127
40.8
41.1
92,596
94,851
91,474
96,169
2,043
1,839
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
27.25
27.49
1,088
1,100
39.9
56,373
57,188
2,069
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
43.53
42.45
1,727
1,701
39.7
89,789
88,454
2,063
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
39.01
41.60
41.97
36.22
40.16
40.16
1,558
1,660
1,673
1,449
1,606
1,606
39.9
39.9
39.9
80,109
85,113
87,022
74,926
83,387
83,533
2,054
2,046
2,073
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
23.51
20.83
940
833
40.0
46,905
41,330
1,995
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Mental health counselors ................
Social workers ....................................
31.33
31.28
30.77
33.10
29.36
28.61
30.19
34.66
1,208
1,184
1,231
1,324
1,174
1,147
1,208
1,386
38.6
37.8
40.0
40.0
60,411
57,797
64,012
68,850
53,832
53,345
62,795
72,093
1,928
1,848
2,080
2,080
45.72
47.97
43.38
39.85
1,654
2,117
1,596
2,308
36.2
44.1
64,295
88,913
62,911
87,000
1,406
1,853
47.76
35.98
1,536
1,194
32.2
56,734
50,936
1,188
46.33
45.27
1,591
1,557
34.3
59,693
58,917
1,288
45.54
44.49
1,578
1,541
34.7
59,222
57,704
1,300
44.96
43.45
1,576
1,537
35.0
59,164
58,020
1,316
47.72
49.87
45.97
45.27
1,587
1,564
1,543
1,361
33.3
31.4
59,427
56,605
57,689
54,323
1,245
1,135
49.87
47.81
45.27
49.76
1,564
1,700
1,361
1,762
31.4
35.5
56,605
66,812
54,323
70,897
1,135
1,397
45.68
34.80
48.17
30.93
1,618
1,355
1,742
1,237
35.4
38.9
65,373
69,496
69,753
64,334
1,431
1,997
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
35.36
38.31
40.54
32.44
40.49
36.71
1,395
1,516
1,525
1,267
1,550
1,420
39.5
39.6
37.6
71,465
78,843
72,396
65,439
80,587
71,585
2,021
2,058
1,786
Healthcare support occupations .........
21.66
20.80
848
827
39.1
44,075
43,014
2,035
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers of fire
fighting and prevention workers ....
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
34.59
34.68
1,478
1,502
42.7
76,247
78,102
2,204
40.39
28.96
40.00
29.03
2,045
1,535
2,091
1,539
50.6
53.0
106,336
79,814
108,755
80,007
2,633
2,756
31.73
31.73
37.69
37.69
32.52
32.52
37.90
37.90
1,288
1,288
1,508
1,508
1,337
1,337
1,516
1,516
40.6
40.6
40.0
40.0
66,964
66,964
78,394
78,394
69,545
69,545
78,838
78,838
2,110
2,110
2,080
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Librarians ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$826
837
39.8
39.9
$43,671
42,988
$42,766
42,276
2,066
2,070
832
899
837
910
39.9
39.4
43,140
46,712
43,520
47,138
2,070
2,048
22.49
22.29
909
948
898
900
39.6
39.7
46,881
49,295
46,361
46,821
2,041
2,065
23.27
22.07
921
883
39.6
47,908
45,906
2,059
26.08
30.56
26.06
29.87
1,029
1,222
979
1,195
39.5
40.0
53,504
63,560
50,918
62,130
2,052
2,080
30.56
29.87
1,222
1,195
40.0
63,560
62,130
2,080
23.43
23.36
927
930
39.6
45,747
47,112
1,952
24.81
27.67
971
1,040
39.1
50,485
54,059
2,035
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$21.14
20.77
$20.92
20.92
$842
829
20.84
22.81
20.92
22.75
22.97
23.87
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ......................................
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Word processors and typists ..........
Office clerks, general ..........................
22.13
22.51
879
900
39.7
41,970
43,744
1,897
19.72
20.42
19.10
19.78
19.78
18.76
763
803
755
742
761
738
38.7
39.3
39.6
39,658
41,747
39,286
38,571
39,562
38,386
2,011
2,045
2,057
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Construction and building inspectors ..
31.16
37.02
28.25
38.94
1,242
1,458
1,130
1,557
39.8
39.4
64,561
75,792
58,760
80,987
2,072
2,047
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
29.50
28.12
1,177
1,125
39.9
61,181
58,490
2,074
Production occupations ......................
25.80
33.10
1,032
1,324
40.0
53,656
68,848
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
25.34
25.02
1,014
1,001
40.0
51,379
52,050
2,028
1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B 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, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$25.43
$21.31
$25.36
$34.55
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
40.46
45.38
37.53
11.85
20.29
22.13
19.06
22.99
23.96
21.46
15.02
14.84
15.20
36.59
44.71
31.03
10.90
18.63
19.23
18.14
21.87
24.17
19.23
13.18
12.86
13.43
40.50
44.00
37.87
12.27
19.87
21.12
19.04
24.11
–
26.30
15.42
15.50
15.37
44.20
47.66
42.71
14.45
26.58
44.86
21.26
28.33
–
29.22
20.25
17.72
31.75
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.6
4.0
3.6
3.9
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
2.7
6.4
2.7
1.9
3.0
6.7
1.9
2.3
1.1
5.6
5.4
7.6
6.1
6.7
14.2
3.4
2.7
4.9
9.5
2.8
5.8
11.0
7.8
5.8
10.9
5.4
3.1
4.3
5.2
4.2
5.5
11.6
4.7
12.8
–
9.4
4.2
6.8
6.4
1.5
4.5
1.6
5.9
13.0
30.7
3.8
2.8
–
2.4
19.9
16.9
26.8
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, 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.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$680
39.7
$47,299
$35,360
2,059
2,232
2,760
1,494
1,714
1,923
1,430
41.6
42.8
41.1
116,051
143,494
77,687
89,111
100,000
74,348
2,165
2,228
2,136
26.44
1,349
1,058
40.0
70,129
54,999
2,078
25.53
35.32
25.95
30.29
1,023
1,413
830
1,212
40.0
40.0
53,170
73,463
43,176
62,999
2,083
2,080
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer support specialists .................................
32.90
54.26
34.98
31.31
58.17
29.81
1,328
2,280
1,358
1,252
2,327
1,192
40.4
42.0
38.8
69,044
118,566
70,624
65,116
121,000
62,001
2,099
2,185
2,019
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
39.93
43.72
38.00
43.20
1,701
1,962
1,642
1,837
42.6
44.9
88,460
102,032
85,390
95,524
2,215
2,334
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Physical scientists ..................................................
26.04
28.10
25.65
27.31
1,048
1,124
1,026
1,092
40.2
40.0
54,473
58,447
53,358
56,794
2,092
2,080
Community and social services occupations ........
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists .........................................................
Social and human service assistants .................
19.52
16.21
806
648
41.3
41,930
33,717
2,148
18.22
14.71
15.75
15.58
727
587
630
623
39.9
39.9
37,819
30,547
32,760
32,413
2,075
2,077
Legal occupations ....................................................
44.14
33.44
1,721
1,315
39.0
89,489
68,357
2,027
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
14.07
13.00
563
520
40.0
28,154
27,040
2,001
15.05
13.25
602
530
40.0
30,417
27,560
2,021
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
24.48
22.44
987
1,010
40.3
51,320
52,519
2,097
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
33.94
30.00
1,358
1,200
40.0
70,598
62,400
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
18.02
18.83
19.40
19.69
672
695
664
709
37.3
36.9
34,640
35,812
34,528
36,852
1,923
1,902
10.12
9.75
395
360
39.0
20,517
18,720
2,026
13.59
11.68
11.00
7.88
8.78
9.06
15.58
12.00
11.00
6.75
9.00
8.82
543
450
423
315
343
343
623
480
429
270
324
353
39.9
38.5
38.5
40.0
39.1
37.8
28,232
23,380
22,006
16,396
17,838
17,810
32,398
24,960
22,295
14,040
16,848
18,346
2,077
2,002
2,000
2,080
2,031
1,965
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$22.98
$17.55
$912
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Financial managers ................................................
53.60
64.42
36.38
42.84
52.14
35.74
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
33.74
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...............................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
Dishwashers ...........................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
12.77
10.60
10.72
10.00
490
403
429
346
38.4
38.0
25,484
20,961
22,291
17,992
1,995
1,978
12.52
10.72
485
429
38.7
25,233
22,291
2,015
Personal care and service occupations .................
11.05
9.35
424
374
38.4
21,870
19,440
1,979
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
21.86
12.64
10.76
10.76
13.41
11.00
10.00
10.00
862
489
418
418
508
423
380
380
39.4
38.7
38.8
38.8
44,818
25,430
21,726
21,726
26,416
21,996
19,760
19,760
2,050
2,012
2,018
2,018
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ........................................................
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .......
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers of construction
trades and extraction workers ..........................
Painters and paperhangers ....................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ....................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists .........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ...................................................
Production occupations ..........................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$440
413
39.2
38.5
$26,601
26,890
$22,880
21,459
2,039
2,000
1,323
1,500
40.7
68,812
78,000
2,116
40.27
1,647
1,611
40.2
85,664
83,768
2,089
18.71
17.55
741
694
39.6
38,534
36,109
2,059
22.86
17.20
17.51
14.88
18.64
16.05
12.39
25.72
23.51
16.83
17.36
14.15
17.00
15.28
11.16
23.37
925
686
698
595
728
626
496
1,024
898
687
694
566
656
594
446
932
40.5
39.9
39.9
40.0
39.1
39.0
40.0
39.8
48,115
35,683
36,302
30,950
37,877
32,571
25,771
53,226
46,679
35,744
36,109
29,432
34,118
30,909
23,213
48,443
2,104
2,074
2,073
2,080
2,032
2,029
2,080
2,070
25.08
21.83
17.79
23.29
20.75
16.00
1,004
845
684
932
830
656
40.0
38.7
38.4
52,195
43,962
35,572
48,443
43,160
34,112
2,081
2,014
1,999
24.28
21.00
944
840
38.9
48,475
43,555
1,997
33.08
16.93
16.93
30.65
16.50
16.50
1,323
640
640
1,226
600
600
40.0
37.8
37.8
66,484
33,290
33,290
63,519
31,200
31,200
2,010
1,966
1,966
20.17
19.67
18.00
18.00
806
771
720
720
40.0
39.2
41,934
40,066
37,440
37,440
2,079
2,037
19.67
18.00
771
720
39.2
40,066
37,440
2,037
23.98
27.00
959
1,080
40.0
49,874
56,160
2,080
16.76
13.97
670
559
40.0
34,864
29,058
2,080
14.83
14.50
593
580
40.0
30,856
30,160
2,080
13.34
11.00
522
440
39.1
27,120
22,880
2,033
14.08
15.94
17.41
15.06
12.33
13.47
14.48
15.34
18.13
15.34
11.95
15.55
555
637
697
602
487
539
560
614
725
614
476
622
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
28,678
33,150
36,223
31,326
24,948
28,027
29,120
31,907
37,719
31,907
23,920
32,344
2,037
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,024
2,080
11.37
11.16
449
446
39.4
23,323
23,204
2,051
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.05
13.44
$11.00
10.49
$512
517
32.52
30.74
41.01
1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B 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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$979
40.0
$62,365
$50,419
2,069
2,396
2,829
2,393
2,357
2,643
2,352
1,881
2,559
2,306
3,617
2,365
2,376
2,596
2,322
1,802
2,353
41.4
40.0
43.2
43.1
41.0
41.1
39.4
40.2
124,597
147,093
124,297
122,397
137,444
122,322
97,808
133,043
119,900
188,101
122,982
123,556
135,000
120,750
93,704
122,331
2,152
2,080
2,243
2,238
2,131
2,136
2,051
2,088
32.44
28.85
1,464
1,252
1,310
1,298
40.9
42.0
76,101
65,079
68,099
67,477
2,124
2,183
26.06
41.35
33.63
37.49
38.96
31.03
31.03
26.36
41.52
31.25
37.27
37.50
28.85
28.85
1,047
1,665
1,362
1,501
1,561
1,273
1,273
1,054
1,661
1,277
1,491
1,500
1,226
1,226
40.2
40.3
40.5
40.0
40.1
41.0
41.0
54,433
86,582
70,801
78,070
81,162
66,206
66,206
54,829
86,366
65,137
77,530
78,000
63,759
63,759
2,089
2,094
2,105
2,082
2,083
2,133
2,133
44.54
41.50
49.01
44.91
43.56
41.30
47.27
43.59
1,838
1,707
2,050
1,853
1,817
1,697
2,010
1,923
41.3
41.1
41.8
41.3
95,529
88,740
106,570
96,317
94,500
88,267
104,508
100,000
2,145
2,138
2,174
2,145
51.80
33.61
40.10
51.13
31.70
39.59
2,187
1,349
1,624
2,099
1,268
1,601
42.2
40.1
40.5
113,710
70,164
84,451
109,154
65,928
83,274
2,195
2,087
2,106
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Computer hardware engineers ...........................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electrical engineers ........................................
Electronics engineers, except computer .........
Industrial engineers, including health and
safety ............................................................
Industrial engineers ........................................
Mechanical engineers .........................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
Electrical and electronic engineering
technicians ....................................................
39.42
42.49
41.07
43.22
55.66
36.81
39.09
42.33
44.03
41.59
47.04
29.57
1,599
1,731
1,706
1,733
2,226
1,477
1,619
1,731
1,832
1,663
1,882
1,183
40.6
40.7
41.5
40.1
40.0
40.1
82,012
89,958
88,717
89,998
115,413
76,810
82,819
90,000
95,282
86,501
96,000
61,504
2,081
2,117
2,160
2,082
2,074
2,087
40.06
39.66
38.80
26.69
37.26
34.65
40.55
25.00
1,674
1,643
1,552
1,068
1,627
1,627
1,622
1,000
41.8
41.4
40.0
40.0
86,991
85,364
80,711
50,588
84,622
84,622
84,336
49,442
2,172
2,152
2,080
1,895
25.95
24.59
1,038
984
40.0
53,966
51,156
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Life scientists ..........................................................
Biological scientists ............................................
Biochemists and biophysicists ........................
Market and survey researchers ..............................
Market research analysts ...................................
Biological technicians .............................................
39.87
43.04
41.30
43.42
45.79
45.79
26.85
38.32
38.50
37.26
38.50
43.93
43.93
28.21
1,645
1,700
1,628
1,708
2,092
2,092
1,049
1,535
1,487
1,481
1,485
2,087
2,087
1,062
41.3
39.5
39.4
39.3
45.7
45.7
39.1
85,520
88,405
84,676
88,812
108,773
108,773
54,535
79,803
77,316
77,000
77,245
108,500
108,500
55,245
2,145
2,054
2,050
2,046
2,376
2,376
2,031
Community and social services occupations ........
26.51
20.69
974
813
36.7
49,954
42,270
1,884
Legal occupations ....................................................
64.04
69.71
2,564
2,788
40.0
133,330
145,001
2,082
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..............................................
39.64
66.19
32.45
66.91
1,572
2,583
1,298
2,625
39.7
39.0
75,363
114,897
62,751
102,375
1,901
1,736
45.01
45.59
1,591
1,710
35.3
60,381
61,542
1,342
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$30.14
$24.84
$1,205
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Marketing managers ...........................................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
Industrial production managers ..............................
Engineering managers ...........................................
57.89
70.72
55.41
54.70
64.50
57.27
47.69
63.72
55.78
90.43
57.20
57.20
58.73
55.78
45.05
58.80
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Buyers and purchasing agents ...............................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Financial analysts ...............................................
Loan counselors and officers ..................................
Loan officers .......................................................
35.83
29.82
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer programmers .........................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
$30.71
$26.00
$1,295
$1,040
42.2
$67,350
$54,080
2,193
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
37.20
46.51
24.50
37.97
46.60
20.48
1,481
1,819
980
1,495
1,864
819
39.8
39.1
40.0
76,995
94,604
50,955
77,759
96,928
42,598
2,070
2,034
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
16.69
18.40
17.24
18.83
662
736
678
753
39.7
40.0
34,433
38,264
35,277
39,166
2,063
2,080
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
13.81
13.61
13.61
13.00
12.50
12.50
552
544
544
520
500
500
40.0
40.0
40.0
28,698
28,284
28,284
27,040
26,000
26,000
2,078
2,078
2,078
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
10.97
7.38
11.00
6.75
425
262
440
264
38.7
35.5
22,087
13,613
22,880
13,748
2,014
1,844
11.82
11.40
10.29
10.29
469
452
412
396
39.6
39.6
24,373
23,486
21,403
20,601
2,062
2,061
10.95
14.28
10.29
15.09
433
571
396
604
39.6
40.0
22,539
29,700
20,601
31,387
2,058
2,080
Personal care and service occupations .................
15.48
11.95
490
478
31.7
25,486
24,856
1,646
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services
sales agents .....................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
30.40
30.09
21.18
20.50
1,190
1,213
819
826
39.1
40.3
61,860
63,067
42,598
42,952
2,035
2,096
18.00
17.87
18.00
18.95
16.43
15.99
729
673
671
746
589
568
40.5
37.6
37.3
37,895
34,979
34,899
38,813
30,642
29,519
2,105
1,957
1,939
94.32
38.13
3,773
1,525
40.0
196,188
79,306
2,080
38.22
40.16
1,623
1,707
42.5
84,401
88,751
2,209
20.61
19.64
822
788
39.9
42,746
40,953
2,075
25.41
18.41
18.72
18.19
18.24
27.30
14.53
25.50
27.89
17.56
17.56
16.75
18.05
29.05
13.47
24.00
1,029
735
748
727
730
1,092
581
1,015
1,115
702
702
670
722
1,162
539
960
40.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
53,512
38,209
38,893
37,827
37,942
56,788
30,222
52,766
58,001
36,525
36,525
34,848
37,548
60,424
28,018
49,920
2,106
2,076
2,078
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,069
25.85
25.96
1,031
1,038
39.9
53,585
54,001
2,073
20.43
20.39
18.63
21.51
22.00
18.03
817
802
740
860
850
721
40.0
39.3
39.7
42,503
41,698
38,499
44,741
44,190
37,502
2,080
2,045
2,067
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Construction laborers .............................................
Electricians .............................................................
23.53
16.04
32.51
23.00
12.00
27.65
941
641
1,300
920
480
1,106
40.0
40.0
40.0
47,240
31,618
67,616
46,000
24,000
57,512
2,008
1,972
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
27.35
27.00
1,094
1,080
40.0
56,838
56,160
2,078
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Data entry and information processing workers .....
Office clerks, general ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$26.85
26.02
$25.08
25.08
$1,074
1,040
$1,003
1,003
40.0
40.0
$55,734
53,937
$52,166
52,166
2,076
2,073
16.80
18.46
15.13
15.00
662
738
597
600
39.4
40.0
34,409
38,391
31,069
31,200
2,048
2,080
16.10
16.44
13.75
16.21
596
658
477
648
37.0
40.0
30,998
34,196
24,796
33,717
1,925
2,080
18.92
22.29
15.35
13.38
16.40
24.15
16.26
12.43
738
892
614
530
666
966
650
497
39.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
38,204
46,364
31,928
27,559
34,611
50,232
33,821
25,850
2,020
2,080
2,080
2,060
16.03
15.95
641
638
40.0
33,336
33,166
2,080
1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B 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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$26.70
$23.67
$30.84
$25.92
$25.74
$35.39
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
37.04
28.88
38.16
19.80
20.12
13.94
21.50
30.93
–
27.20
20.69
23.53
19.50
37.36
–
37.67
13.48
18.02
13.82
20.28
31.18
33.47
26.74
20.18
23.17
19.00
36.87
29.33
38.48
27.99
22.35
–
22.34
30.08
31.33
28.44
25.26
25.80
24.90
40.57
45.34
37.38
11.61
20.55
22.89
18.96
19.60
–
19.59
13.21
13.38
12.98
40.71
45.47
37.52
11.45
20.53
22.89
18.91
19.59
19.63
19.59
13.21
13.38
12.98
37.17
42.03
34.28
28.82
23.77
–
23.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.7
5.5
2.7
2.8
2.8
3.5
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.0
7.7
3.0
9.0
3.7
10.0
2.3
7.6
–
9.7
3.9
3.9
6.2
6.0
–
5.7
10.0
6.5
9.9
4.9
9.7
14.0
13.3
4.4
3.4
6.9
3.3
7.9
3.2
1.8
1.2
–
1.2
6.2
5.9
8.2
8.5
21.7
4.4
2.8
6.2
3.0
2.8
3.0
7.1
2.1
3.5
–
7.0
6.1
8.7
5.7
3.0
6.4
3.1
2.7
3.1
7.1
2.1
3.5
2.1
7.0
6.1
8.7
5.7
3.5
9.4
7.1
31.3
9.1
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 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, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
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 appendix
A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$25.61
$24.83
$33.51
$33.51
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
39.41
42.71
37.78
14.09
18.77
17.16
19.50
23.28
–
21.18
15.35
15.22
15.49
39.88
43.72
37.79
11.82
18.36
17.15
18.99
22.66
23.96
20.39
15.04
14.96
15.13
51.69
59.84
–
14.63
30.91
35.46
19.85
–
–
–
14.68
–
15.81
51.69
59.84
–
14.63
30.91
35.46
19.85
–
–
–
14.68
–
15.81
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.4
2.7
14.5
14.5
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
1.3
3.0
2.0
2.9
3.1
10.3
1.8
2.2
–
5.1
5.3
7.2
6.0
1.4
3.3
2.3
1.8
3.5
10.3
2.0
2.3
1.1
5.7
5.4
7.2
6.4
38.1
42.5
–
15.7
15.2
21.5
4.5
–
–
–
9.4
–
4.8
38.1
42.5
–
15.7
15.2
21.5
4.5
–
–
–
9.4
–
4.8
1 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.
2 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, 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.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
Goods producing
Occupational group3
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
–
–
–
–
–
–
$25.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.77
33.68
14.57
19.99
–
19.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
Management, professional, and
related ...............................................
Management, business, and
financial ........................................
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
4.3
3.6
3.3
–
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments employing 50 or more workers. Agriculture, forestry, fishing
and hunting, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. 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 agency within the sampled area.
The San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa
Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma Counties.
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. 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. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
A-1
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. 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 number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
A-2
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
A-3
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to
adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of
employment by industry. The latest available employment
counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this
publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
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.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). 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 they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, March 2006
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
3,184,200
2,791,700
392,400
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
1,113,500
348,600
764,900
611,600
761,700
296,500
465,200
304,900
185,500
118,800
392,600
189,000
203,600
897,200
313,500
583,700
536,100
695,900
296,200
399,700
280,200
172,200
107,500
382,400
185,000
197,300
216,300
35,100
181,200
75,400
65,800
–
65,500
24,700
13,300
11,300
10,200
4,000
6,200
1 The 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 to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, San Francisco-Oakland-San
Jose, CA, March 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
172,489
172,215
274
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
869
506
243
120
806
454
232
120
63
52
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1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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