Los Angeles–Riverside–
Orange County, CA
National Compensation Survey
April 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 3135–32
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
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
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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–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 Los Angeles–Riverside–Orange County, CA, metropolitan area. Data were collected between September
2005 and October 2006; the average reference month is
April 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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$21.21
1.9
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 .............
35.26
36.57
34.51
12.50
17.91
21.14
16.48
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.6
$20.16
2.2
2.2
3.3
3.3
2.5
3.6
9.3
2.7
36.7
40.0
35.0
32.9
34.4
30.3
36.7
35.11
36.75
33.95
10.32
17.86
21.15
16.20
21.89
22.25
21.45
4.3
4.7
6.4
39.2
39.6
39.0
14.92
14.82
15.02
3.9
5.0
5.0
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
22.36
12.59
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
35.8
$29.43
2.2
34.2
2.5
3.6
4.4
3.1
4.0
9.3
3.2
38.3
40.1
37.1
32.7
34.1
30.3
36.4
35.77
35.16
35.91
27.17
18.52
–
18.55
4.0
7.2
3.6
3.0
1.4
–
1.4
31.8
38.8
30.5
34.3
38.5
–
38.6
21.47
21.97
20.86
4.7
5.1
7.3
39.2
39.6
39.0
28.40
27.01
29.99
1.6
3.4
3.2
39.9
40.0
39.9
37.2
39.4
35.3
14.68
14.53
14.83
4.0
5.2
5.2
37.2
39.4
35.2
24.73
29.90
21.36
7.7
11.1
5.9
39.4
40.0
39.0
1.8
4.9
39.6
20.2
21.29
12.03
2.2
5.7
39.7
20.8
30.52
18.47
2.1
4.4
38.7
15.9
26.38
19.73
3.2
2.2
35.7
35.5
23.99
19.52
6.0
2.3
35.9
35.7
29.53
28.87
2.5
5.0
35.5
28.5
20.63
31.59
1.9
7.0
35.5
37.2
19.44
31.59
2.2
7.0
35.7
37.2
29.43
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2.2
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34.2
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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 .........................................
18.49
19.08
27.80
3.3
4.5
2.5
35.1
36.1
36.0
18.43
18.90
26.73
3.4
4.6
4.0
35.0
36.1
37.3
30.39
27.47
29.52
4.0
7.4
2.3
37.3
34.7
34.2
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 ..............................................................................
$21.21
1.9
$22.36
1.8
$12.59
4.9
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers .........
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
41.76
21.23
26.59
30.48
38.18
42.59
52.35
69.27
65.56
47.73
56.61
42.94
24.54
56.40
46.78
53.20
40.58
23.57
30.60
44.79
39.47
31.93
38.07
42.64
44.65
42.04
37.95
37.51
33.17
4.6
7.0
8.2
5.5
17.1
5.2
3.2
11.3
4.9
5.9
12.6
15.7
8.5
11.4
14.2
14.6
21.2
10.6
9.4
14.5
7.7
3.0
13.8
10.5
6.7
9.9
10.5
6.5
8.5
41.73
21.23
26.59
30.48
38.18
42.59
51.44
69.27
65.56
48.05
56.61
42.94
24.54
56.40
46.78
53.20
40.58
23.57
30.60
44.79
39.01
31.93
38.58
42.64
44.65
42.04
37.95
37.51
33.17
4.6
7.0
8.2
5.5
17.1
5.2
3.5
11.3
4.9
5.9
12.6
15.7
8.5
11.4
14.2
14.6
21.2
10.6
9.4
14.5
7.7
3.0
13.2
10.5
6.7
9.9
10.5
6.5
8.5
45.87
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35.2
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39.16
30.92
58.39
59.80
59.02
44.67
20.5
4.4
4.0
3.5
13.8
4.9
39.16
30.92
58.39
59.80
59.02
44.65
20.5
4.4
4.0
3.5
13.8
5.1
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Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 5 .............................................................
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 ...............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
29.03
19.00
20.91
24.55
28.16
30.75
30.15
36.85
44.17
29.58
25.05
2.7
13.2
6.6
4.6
4.8
2.6
7.1
4.0
3.6
3.8
5.3
29.04
19.00
20.58
24.55
28.16
30.75
30.15
36.85
44.17
29.58
25.05
2.7
13.2
7.0
4.6
4.8
2.6
7.1
4.0
3.6
3.8
5.3
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24.27
18.79
24.65
18.79
11.3
7.5
10.6
7.5
24.27
18.79
24.65
18.79
11.3
7.5
10.6
7.5
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26.14
32.81
30.29
27.64
25.93
32.94
31.67
27.17
30.30
24.10
6.9
6.2
4.9
3.5
4.6
4.0
7.4
11.0
2.6
2.9
26.14
32.81
30.29
27.64
25.93
32.94
31.67
27.17
30.30
24.10
6.9
6.2
4.9
3.5
4.6
4.0
7.4
11.0
2.6
2.9
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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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Loan officers .................................................................
$24.42
2.9
$24.42
2.9
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Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
34.09
23.58
32.01
35.36
38.29
46.57
51.57
31.03
38.00
43.08
41.04
22.48
37.71
27.56
5.2
7.7
7.7
6.6
3.4
6.6
4.4
13.6
22.2
3.4
3.1
12.2
6.4
12.9
34.27
23.58
31.42
35.36
38.29
46.57
51.57
31.03
38.20
43.08
41.04
22.78
37.71
27.56
5.1
7.7
9.3
6.6
3.4
6.6
4.4
13.6
23.7
3.4
3.1
12.3
6.4
12.9
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Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Level 11 ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
38.24
29.32
26.01
35.54
37.56
44.59
54.42
54.30
46.61
37.28
37.56
45.79
54.42
54.30
42.35
53.99
42.98
44.30
48.55
43.79
26.88
27.28
25.48
29.51
28.17
7.9
4.2
8.3
4.9
6.4
3.2
7.6
7.5
4.8
6.8
6.4
4.5
7.6
7.5
9.0
2.0
11.8
7.3
7.9
11.2
4.6
6.7
9.2
3.9
5.0
38.26
29.32
26.01
35.54
37.56
44.59
54.42
54.30
46.61
37.28
37.56
45.79
54.42
54.30
42.35
53.99
42.98
44.30
48.55
43.79
26.92
27.28
25.48
29.51
28.17
7.9
4.2
8.3
4.9
6.4
3.2
7.6
7.5
4.8
6.8
6.4
4.5
7.6
7.5
9.0
2.0
11.8
7.3
7.9
11.2
4.7
6.7
9.2
3.9
5.0
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–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
30.68
36.62
34.48
32.40
34.66
32.87
17.1
7.0
4.0
8.4
4.5
7.4
34.53
36.62
34.48
32.40
34.66
32.87
14.9
7.0
4.0
8.4
4.5
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
15.8
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Level 10 ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
26.64
11.77
26.33
35.72
33.98
26.75
34.81
41.83
36.22
23.92
31.80
12.6
15.8
31.9
10.6
4.9
23.6
8.7
11.4
11.9
11.5
12.4
26.63
–
26.33
35.63
33.97
26.74
34.81
41.86
36.22
24.34
–
12.7
–
31.9
11.4
4.9
23.6
8.8
11.4
12.1
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
52.40
55.92
14.8
9.3
52.39
55.98
15.0
9.5
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary .......
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Level 7 .............................................................
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 ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.80
11.06
14.57
12.48
20.33
20.41
38.68
47.09
47.65
42.84
53.91
46.22
45.94
33.43
49.13
43.28
53.91
43.29
43.06
49.09
4.0
4.7
3.0
8.8
24.1
15.0
8.7
1.8
4.9
3.8
5.5
31.9
6.2
6.3
4.7
4.2
5.5
5.5
5.8
5.0
$36.50
–
–
11.21
19.90
20.28
40.17
47.43
46.32
42.50
54.00
–
46.12
–
48.03
42.99
54.00
–
–
47.98
3.3
–
–
9.7
27.9
15.5
7.6
1.9
5.7
5.1
5.6
–
7.3
–
5.9
5.8
5.6
–
–
3.7
$20.89
11.06
15.64
14.59
22.23
–
–
40.16
52.37
44.67
–
–
45.05
33.84
52.37
44.67
–
–
–
–
8.0
4.7
.2
3.4
7.4
–
–
6.5
1.7
4.8
–
–
2.8
17.4
1.7
4.8
–
–
–
–
35.45
5.6
35.42
4.5
35.71
21.2
37.84
45.65
28.59
53.68
43.83
50.85
6.6
1.5
11.2
3.6
3.9
1.6
–
45.84
–
54.35
43.67
–
–
2.7
–
6.8
6.3
–
–
45.15
–
52.68
–
–
–
4.3
–
2.9
–
–
37.14
20.32
19.05
39.96
48.09
13.84
13.47
12.77
13.27
44.98
42.41
47.35
2.4
27.7
18.4
7.5
2.3
13.2
17.2
16.4
22.6
3.0
.5
1.4
37.55
20.12
18.96
40.54
48.17
13.77
13.36
12.65
13.11
45.70
43.20
47.46
2.8
29.9
19.1
8.0
2.2
13.6
17.8
16.9
23.3
3.0
.5
1.6
22.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.43
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.5
–
–
45.49
42.45
47.59
3.3
.6
1.5
46.21
–
47.70
3.1
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.41
45.58
50.29
5.1
7.1
3.6
42.03
46.28
50.29
5.1
8.0
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.66
50.29
36.55
38.69
45.43
13.13
11.06
14.57
12.29
7.1
3.6
17.9
18.5
1.5
3.0
4.7
3.0
8.8
46.37
50.29
36.55
45.60
–
12.07
–
–
–
8.0
3.6
17.9
2.5
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.30
–
13.80
11.06
15.64
14.60
–
–
–
24.1
–
3.4
4.7
.2
3.4
43.96
22.40
66.77
20.9
5.7
17.1
44.16
22.40
69.52
24.0
5.7
18.5
41.81
–
–
27.5
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$28.19
50.52
50.52
50.52
50.52
7.4
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
$28.19
50.52
50.52
50.52
50.52
7.4
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
30.13
15.06
17.12
23.83
22.05
31.82
34.15
37.82
40.61
66.15
28.98
47.53
35.10
31.21
34.46
39.13
40.82
29.71
21.03
18.77
20.64
18.56
4.9
7.0
4.6
13.3
2.2
8.9
2.5
2.6
5.7
3.8
17.2
6.6
1.5
6.4
1.3
2.6
1.4
4.1
10.5
10.2
17.8
15.4
30.23
14.99
16.97
21.23
22.13
32.92
34.13
37.75
40.70
66.25
26.93
51.67
34.71
29.76
34.43
39.17
–
29.50
20.51
17.92
22.25
–
4.3
6.7
5.4
1.4
2.1
10.8
2.7
2.8
8.0
3.9
16.9
1.1
2.1
4.8
1.3
2.8
–
4.3
11.8
9.0
14.7
–
$29.60
–
–
32.07
–
29.71
34.46
–
–
–
–
–
37.26
–
34.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
22.7
–
9.7
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.09
19.42
18.12
21.17
20.94
1.4
1.9
2.3
1.1
3.6
–
19.56
18.12
21.42
–
–
2.1
2.5
1.0
–
–
18.88
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
11.64
9.92
9.75
11.58
10.04
10.01
9.69
10.71
10.00
9.83
9.73
10.73
12.98
12.52
11.61
11.83
7.3
5.5
3.4
5.6
5.1
7.0
2.8
10.1
4.9
9.4
2.5
9.9
10.8
1.7
11.7
4.2
11.29
9.95
9.48
11.51
9.92
10.05
9.58
10.47
9.85
9.81
9.63
10.44
12.75
12.49
11.57
–
6.7
5.6
2.8
5.8
5.0
7.3
2.6
10.8
4.8
9.8
2.2
11.0
10.7
1.8
12.1
–
15.71
–
–
12.53
11.53
–
–
–
12.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
5.1
6.7
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
21.46
10.04
18.34
23.19
31.11
32.52
33.63
12.3
5.3
18.6
7.3
4.6
6.0
3.8
22.16
10.17
–
23.19
31.92
32.52
33.63
11.9
4.8
–
7.3
4.0
6.0
3.8
14.79
9.49
–
–
–
–
–
27.6
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
39.03
1.4
39.03
1.4
–
–
39.03
28.92
28.92
31.75
1.4
8.6
8.6
2.0
39.03
28.92
28.92
31.89
1.4
8.6
8.6
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Police officers –Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.12
31.70
31.75
35.12
31.70
11.36
–
11.36
–
2.9
1.8
2.0
2.9
1.8
11.2
–
11.2
–
$35.12
31.70
31.89
35.12
31.70
10.61
10.06
10.61
10.06
2.9
1.8
1.6
2.9
1.8
5.3
4.2
5.3
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.35
7.45
8.25
9.81
10.70
20.62
1.5
.6
2.7
4.7
1.4
.9
10.28
7.91
8.41
10.16
10.40
20.62
1.6
2.0
3.7
7.0
2.5
.9
$8.06
7.21
8.04
9.25
–
–
2.5
.9
3.0
6.1
–
–
16.94
20.28
8.9
3.1
17.77
20.28
5.3
3.1
–
–
–
–
16.21
20.09
9.91
8.04
11.14
10.66
7.54
7.47
12.31
10.77
9.81
8.36
9.30
12.04
7.62
7.16
7.31
8.82
8.57
8.15
7.39
7.16
7.02
10.5
3.5
5.0
4.1
6.2
1.7
4.1
2.1
4.9
17.7
6.8
4.6
6.6
15.1
4.1
1.4
3.9
13.3
17.1
13.2
5.1
1.3
2.1
17.01
20.09
10.48
–
11.24
10.66
–
–
12.31
10.90
9.44
–
–
–
7.72
–
–
–
–
8.35
7.21
–
7.20
7.2
3.5
6.7
–
6.0
1.7
–
–
4.9
17.8
7.4
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
14.8
4.3
–
4.9
–
–
7.68
7.76
–
–
7.14
–
–
–
10.78
–
–
–
7.53
–
–
–
–
–
7.53
7.01
6.83
–
–
6.4
5.0
–
–
.1
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
1.2
.4
7.70
7.16
8.43
8.21
7.23
8.25
8.87
8.2
2.2
15.4
1.7
1.0
3.1
4.9
8.14
7.24
–
8.63
–
–
9.01
9.3
2.0
–
3.6
–
–
4.1
7.33
7.08
–
7.93
7.23
8.45
8.65
7.1
3.4
–
3.5
1.0
3.3
7.7
8.05
7.23
8.81
1.5
1.1
5.3
8.59
–
–
4.7
–
–
7.68
7.23
8.69
2.6
1.1
8.5
8.59
10.41
8.87
8.17
1.4
10.5
8.2
5.2
–
–
9.34
8.44
–
–
11.0
10.4
8.50
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
9.19
4.2
–
–
–
–
10.91
8.9
11.07
9.6
9.11
4.0
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations –Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
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 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.24
10.74
13.67
12.85
10.2
5.4
3.8
5.1
$9.23
11.71
13.71
12.85
10.4
3.6
3.8
5.1
$9.32
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
–
16.10
13.9
16.10
13.9
–
–
16.51
10.22
8.48
10.82
13.87
14.9
10.9
5.2
6.1
3.8
16.51
10.34
8.45
11.94
13.91
14.9
11.9
5.1
4.8
4.0
–
9.11
9.32
–
–
–
4.0
12.6
–
–
10.49
8.58
10.49
14.29
8.72
8.22
12.63
12.16
12.55
12.16
12.9
8.5
10.2
3.9
2.9
2.7
14.7
21.2
14.9
21.2
10.70
8.58
11.96
14.35
8.63
8.08
12.63
12.16
12.55
12.16
14.4
8.6
11.8
4.2
2.6
1.8
14.7
21.2
14.9
21.2
–
8.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
12.85
8.11
8.74
11.62
12.87
19.89
9.1
3.6
11.3
4.9
16.1
19.1
13.65
–
–
–
13.06
–
15.9
–
–
–
18.4
–
11.17
7.85
–
–
–
–
10.9
2.2
–
–
–
–
9.25
8.00
38.58
38.58
12.93
8.6
4.5
13.3
13.3
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
21.14
7.76
8.74
11.02
16.65
22.75
28.05
34.96
58.37
51.87
43.80
29.49
16.29
28.82
16.29
14.12
7.75
8.68
11.00
17.44
26.66
28.06
10.40
7.73
8.86
9.63
9.3
2.9
1.9
3.3
1.8
15.8
11.9
11.3
28.4
21.9
46.2
7.1
10.0
9.2
10.0
9.3
3.4
2.9
3.7
1.5
17.0
19.6
5.6
5.3
5.2
9.5
25.63
–
9.71
11.46
16.79
22.75
28.26
34.96
58.37
51.87
54.62
30.21
16.29
29.75
16.29
16.93
–
9.48
11.51
17.77
26.66
28.81
11.05
–
9.87
9.21
9.6
–
1.9
1.5
3.6
15.8
11.8
11.3
28.4
21.9
46.0
4.9
10.0
6.2
10.0
9.3
–
4.1
.9
3.7
17.0
19.3
9.3
–
7.1
4.9
9.83
7.81
8.24
10.15
16.21
–
–
–
–
–
9.01
–
–
–
–
10.01
7.80
8.20
10.15
16.62
–
–
9.84
7.82
8.28
10.16
2.0
1.9
2.0
11.9
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
2.1
2.3
2.4
12.2
2.1
–
–
2.5
4.0
4.1
13.0
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Cashiers, all workers –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Insurance sales agents .....................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
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 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.34
10.40
7.73
8.86
9.63
17.34
11.79
10.02
15.13
18.16
8.54
12.86
18.05
29.35
40.67
5.1
5.6
5.3
5.2
9.5
5.1
16.3
14.9
21.8
11.6
1.6
3.5
2.6
11.0
16.7
$16.93
11.05
–
9.87
9.21
16.93
14.02
12.71
15.13
21.32
–
14.75
18.94
29.35
40.67
8.3
9.3
–
7.1
4.9
8.3
16.3
12.0
21.8
8.1
–
.6
1.6
11.0
16.7
–
$9.84
7.82
8.28
10.16
–
–
–
–
11.01
8.12
10.13
15.88
–
–
–
2.5
4.0
4.1
13.0
–
–
–
–
1.0
6.2
11.8
3.3
–
–
81.90
27.27
18.03
22.54
36.36
46.2
18.9
18.3
14.1
6.2
81.90
27.75
18.03
22.54
36.36
46.2
19.1
18.3
14.1
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.46
12.1
30.46
12.1
–
–
26.25
13.28
12.30
25.6
9.5
8.0
26.84
–
14.30
25.9
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.48
8.48
11.25
12.83
15.41
18.03
21.07
23.79
27.70
19.79
2.7
4.7
6.5
2.7
1.3
2.9
2.2
3.1
6.5
11.3
16.75
8.50
11.92
13.01
15.63
18.02
21.11
23.79
27.70
19.12
2.5
5.7
7.4
2.9
1.3
3.0
2.1
3.1
6.5
8.6
13.77
8.36
9.32
11.28
12.29
–
–
–
–
23.43
13.2
7.0
7.8
4.5
5.5
–
–
–
–
22.2
21.97
20.90
23.31
26.31
16.00
11.05
11.28
15.65
16.73
20.37
17.44
16.53
15.86
17.22
14.79
16.75
15.76
16.57
21.09
18.19
12.72
11.50
11.59
17.62
14.53
15.24
5.4
5.7
9.6
5.1
2.8
4.9
2.4
4.8
4.0
4.9
9.7
7.0
7.8
12.7
7.7
4.1
6.5
3.5
5.5
3.5
2.3
4.7
1.7
5.6
8.0
3.3
22.14
20.90
23.31
26.31
16.42
–
11.36
15.97
16.72
20.37
18.73
16.32
14.96
17.22
15.29
17.02
16.37
16.56
21.09
18.19
13.43
–
–
17.59
14.53
15.24
5.4
5.7
9.6
5.1
2.9
–
2.8
4.4
4.1
4.9
8.1
6.8
4.5
12.7
8.4
4.3
6.2
3.5
5.5
3.5
3.0
–
–
5.7
8.0
3.3
–
–
–
–
11.83
–
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Customer service representatives –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 5 .............................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.92
22.97
16.39
11.87
16.17
14.79
17.67
17.86
10.8
6.6
9.8
6.3
3.9
11.0
4.2
3.2
$19.92
23.39
16.39
12.03
16.18
14.79
17.72
17.98
10.8
6.2
9.8
6.9
4.2
11.0
4.4
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.13
12.02
9.90
12.50
7.5
6.1
11.6
2.9
17.13
12.88
11.57
12.65
7.5
3.7
4.0
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.58
17.69
21.87
23.22
21.60
14.31
11.20
15.87
11.62
13.48
13.29
19.56
15.06
18.92
21.34
25.19
21.63
20.77
19.60
21.11
24.57
26.11
16.18
18.35
15.24
18.85
21.90
14.25
12.53
15.11
12.70
11.21
16.59
16.40
15.08
10.5
11.7
10.2
1.9
8.1
5.9
7.0
2.4
5.0
7.4
4.3
4.7
5.8
3.2
3.9
1.7
6.3
5.5
5.0
6.4
1.8
2.0
7.7
6.4
7.8
2.8
2.3
8.2
21.5
1.9
5.6
2.7
8.2
7.5
5.3
–
–
21.79
23.14
21.60
14.46
–
15.87
–
13.15
13.32
19.72
15.39
18.83
21.11
25.19
21.47
21.75
19.60
21.11
24.57
26.08
15.64
18.33
15.23
18.56
21.90
14.27
12.53
15.11
12.71
–
16.62
16.65
–
–
–
10.8
1.3
8.1
6.1
–
2.4
–
7.9
4.6
4.8
5.8
3.3
3.8
1.7
6.1
2.8
5.0
6.4
1.8
2.4
4.1
6.5
7.9
2.6
2.3
8.4
22.8
1.9
5.8
–
8.4
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.19
14.38
9.89
12.89
15.35
17.50
22.11
13.12
8.1
4.0
3.0
5.6
4.3
5.7
5.4
7.4
10.19
15.07
10.63
13.04
15.51
17.50
22.11
13.21
8.1
4.1
6.8
5.3
4.6
5.7
5.4
8.5
–
10.68
9.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
22.25
10.92
15.34
19.56
20.65
26.36
4.7
14.1
6.2
3.2
8.8
3.6
22.25
10.92
15.34
19.56
20.65
26.36
4.7
14.1
6.2
3.2
8.8
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers ..............
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$27.15
32.40
1.4
8.3
$27.15
32.40
1.4
8.3
–
–
–
–
34.59
25.17
25.92
19.28
21.99
27.10
32.72
20.62
20.62
21.01
16.27
34.75
16.06
15.3
6.5
2.1
1.6
9.8
5.7
1.5
9.7
9.7
15.4
4.5
13.4
12.5
34.59
25.17
25.92
19.28
21.99
27.10
32.72
20.62
20.62
21.01
16.27
34.75
16.06
15.3
6.5
2.1
1.6
9.8
5.7
1.5
9.7
9.7
15.4
4.5
13.4
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.45
9.43
12.19
17.46
17.57
24.28
28.47
34.98
20.48
6.4
12.1
3.4
13.8
6.1
10.9
4.4
6.2
14.7
21.74
9.52
12.19
17.46
17.69
24.11
28.47
34.98
20.48
7.0
15.6
3.4
13.8
6.5
11.6
4.4
6.2
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.26
29.40
35.11
7.4
22.2
6.8
29.26
29.40
35.11
7.4
22.2
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.40
32.42
13.1
7.2
26.40
32.42
13.1
7.2
–
–
–
–
25.78
26.83
18.07
16.86
24.08
18.42
17.16
24.08
21.71
24.43
11.6
3.6
3.4
7.0
23.5
4.4
8.4
23.5
11.1
5.1
25.78
26.83
18.70
17.02
24.08
19.02
17.16
24.08
21.71
24.43
11.6
3.6
6.8
7.5
23.5
7.9
8.4
23.5
11.1
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 2 .............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ...............................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
22.26
19.12
25.36
27.28
22.27
26.37
21.86
7.6
2.8
2.7
6.7
3.5
8.5
9.0
22.01
19.12
–
27.28
22.27
26.37
21.07
7.8
2.8
–
6.7
3.5
8.5
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.83
10.56
13.9
17.5
11.83
10.56
13.9
17.5
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
14.82
8.16
8.85
10.75
14.86
16.75
21.75
23.39
5.0
2.1
.8
7.7
2.8
4.8
10.1
7.0
14.87
8.16
8.88
10.72
14.85
16.75
21.75
23.39
4.7
2.1
1.0
8.1
2.8
4.8
10.1
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.96
21.0
$15.96
21.0
–
–
23.58
23.59
7.1
10.9
23.58
23.59
7.1
10.9
–
–
–
–
12.39
11.20
11.23
9.58
16.6
18.3
3.6
4.3
12.39
11.20
11.23
9.58
16.6
18.3
3.6
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.96
17.78
1.3
7.0
16.96
17.78
1.3
7.0
–
–
–
–
17.13
5.0
17.13
5.0
–
–
12.56
9.04
8.0
4.3
12.56
9.04
8.0
4.3
–
–
–
–
14.01
.5
14.01
.5
–
–
14.55
17.24
17.25
15.77
7.45
9.37
12.99
19.6
8.6
10.6
3.9
7.4
1.6
31.8
14.55
17.24
17.25
15.77
7.51
9.37
12.99
19.6
8.6
10.6
3.9
7.5
1.6
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.83
2.6
25.83
2.6
–
–
13.66
14.19
12.08
12.54
11.47
7.81
9.05
9.45
7.45
12.9
10.2
24.8
17.8
8.7
2.1
8.3
8.7
2.3
13.66
14.19
12.08
13.10
11.33
7.81
9.05
8.96
7.45
12.9
10.2
24.8
21.2
9.5
2.1
8.3
9.9
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.02
8.07
11.04
14.67
17.02
20.33
26.76
38.60
19.11
73.80
105.22
16.25
10.51
13.42
16.88
21.69
20.95
19.72
21.69
12.63
10.67
12.69
14.03
12.74
5.0
2.4
5.9
7.7
6.2
4.0
6.6
24.6
22.5
30.1
14.8
9.8
10.0
7.7
9.9
2.8
3.7
3.5
2.8
6.5
11.0
2.6
13.3
4.1
15.91
8.25
11.36
14.99
17.72
20.33
26.76
38.60
19.31
105.22
105.22
17.78
–
13.51
18.27
21.69
20.95
19.72
21.69
12.85
–
12.60
15.46
12.50
4.6
2.1
6.0
8.3
3.9
4.0
6.6
24.6
24.8
14.8
14.8
8.8
–
10.3
5.8
2.8
3.7
3.5
2.8
7.3
–
5.1
16.7
3.8
$10.09
7.68
8.84
12.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.11
–
–
–
–
6.6
5.5
3.7
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Industrial truck and tractor operators –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
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 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.44
10.52
8.02
11.24
13.41
18.79
10.67
11.20
8.73
5.9
6.2
2.4
12.4
3.6
6.0
12.2
11.6
4.7
$10.33
10.98
8.04
11.82
13.68
18.79
10.67
11.22
8.52
5.4
6.2
2.0
13.1
3.6
6.0
12.2
12.1
3.9
–
$8.31
7.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.97
8.11
12.02
12.93
9.22
7.54
8.41
6.5
3.7
11.7
4.6
8.0
3.6
.9
11.75
8.32
12.67
13.26
9.42
7.43
–
6.2
5.3
11.3
5.1
9.6
3.2
–
8.21
7.74
–
–
8.19
–
–
6.4
6.2
–
–
5.6
–
–
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.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 ..............................................................................
$20.16
2.2
$21.29
2.2
$12.03
5.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers .........
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
41.79
21.75
26.71
29.93
30.76
42.53
51.18
70.04
65.56
48.82
56.61
42.94
24.54
56.40
46.78
53.20
40.58
23.57
29.90
45.08
38.76
31.93
37.66
44.65
37.55
37.51
22.00
58.39
59.80
59.02
46.34
5.0
7.4
8.3
5.6
10.4
5.8
3.9
12.3
4.9
6.2
12.6
15.7
8.5
11.4
14.2
14.6
21.2
10.6
9.1
15.3
8.3
3.0
14.3
6.7
13.4
6.5
11.0
4.0
3.5
13.8
3.5
41.72
21.75
26.71
29.93
30.76
42.53
49.97
70.04
65.56
49.00
56.61
42.94
24.54
56.40
46.78
53.20
40.58
23.57
29.90
45.08
38.26
31.93
38.18
44.65
37.55
37.51
22.00
58.39
59.80
59.02
46.39
5.0
7.4
8.3
5.6
10.4
5.8
3.7
12.3
4.9
6.2
12.6
15.7
8.5
11.4
14.2
14.6
21.2
10.6
9.1
15.3
8.3
3.0
13.7
6.7
13.4
6.5
11.0
4.0
3.5
13.8
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
29.07
19.00
20.75
23.90
28.51
31.44
30.90
36.85
29.66
25.05
2.6
13.2
7.5
5.6
5.3
2.8
9.9
4.0
3.9
5.5
29.07
19.00
20.38
23.90
28.51
31.44
30.90
36.85
29.66
25.05
2.6
13.2
8.0
5.6
5.3
2.8
9.9
4.0
3.9
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.43
18.79
23.79
18.79
12.6
7.5
11.4
7.5
23.43
18.79
23.79
18.79
12.6
7.5
11.4
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.46
33.20
27.60
26.31
31.67
27.17
30.30
24.10
24.42
8.5
7.1
3.4
5.1
7.4
11.0
2.6
2.9
2.9
26.46
33.20
27.60
26.31
31.67
27.17
30.30
24.10
24.42
8.5
7.1
3.4
5.1
7.4
11.0
2.6
2.9
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.40
23.60
32.25
36.74
38.41
46.94
5.6
8.4
7.8
7.0
3.4
6.7
34.61
23.60
31.69
36.74
38.41
46.94
5.5
8.4
9.4
7.0
3.4
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
$53.14
31.03
38.04
43.08
41.04
22.27
41.37
27.51
3.7
13.6
22.4
3.4
3.1
13.1
5.4
13.0
$53.14
31.03
38.24
43.08
41.04
22.58
41.37
27.51
3.7
13.6
23.9
3.4
3.1
13.2
5.4
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Level 11 ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 8 .............................................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
38.58
29.11
25.18
36.66
38.52
44.47
54.63
54.30
47.14
38.95
38.52
45.70
54.63
54.30
42.35
53.99
46.31
44.13
48.58
43.79
26.69
24.62
29.51
27.43
8.3
4.8
8.1
4.7
6.2
3.3
7.8
7.5
4.7
5.5
6.2
4.7
7.8
7.5
9.0
2.0
8.0
7.7
8.9
11.2
5.0
8.6
3.9
4.6
38.58
29.11
25.18
36.66
38.52
44.47
54.63
54.30
47.14
38.95
38.52
45.70
54.63
54.30
42.35
53.99
46.31
44.13
48.58
43.79
26.69
24.62
29.51
27.43
8.3
4.8
8.1
4.7
6.2
3.3
7.8
7.5
4.7
5.5
6.2
4.7
7.8
7.5
9.0
2.0
8.0
7.7
8.9
11.2
5.0
8.6
3.9
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
29.99
28.97
35.55
26.7
16.4
6.3
35.18
28.97
35.55
24.2
16.4
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
20.99
32.54
17.84
26.19
22.4
5.8
31.1
13.7
20.60
31.90
17.84
27.45
23.6
4.5
31.1
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
55.46
60.49
13.1
.0
55.52
60.70
13.4
.0
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
22.78
15.70
37.40
41.32
52.34
44.78
42.54
52.34
7.4
12.4
3.9
2.3
6.8
12.2
1.6
6.8
22.94
15.54
37.40
41.32
52.34
44.83
42.54
52.34
8.4
12.7
3.9
2.3
6.8
12.4
1.6
6.8
$17.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.94
39.48
5.0
9.8
–
39.48
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
17.23
13.49
13.67
13.29
12.50
11.0
17.5
14.1
18.1
17.5
17.17
13.29
13.67
13.29
12.50
11.8
18.1
14.1
18.1
17.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Preschool teachers, except special education
–Continued
Level 7 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
$13.01
31.68
10.08
23.6
2.7
2.0
$13.01
–
–
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
44.70
67.15
28.19
50.52
50.52
50.52
50.52
21.2
16.9
7.4
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
44.88
69.52
28.19
50.52
50.52
50.52
50.52
24.4
18.5
7.4
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
$42.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
30.27
15.08
17.12
23.88
23.00
31.97
35.42
38.96
40.77
64.39
29.04
47.54
35.70
30.80
35.46
39.91
41.16
20.46
18.66
20.82
18.56
5.7
7.4
4.6
13.4
3.7
10.2
3.2
2.9
6.2
3.7
17.5
6.7
1.9
8.2
.8
2.9
1.2
11.9
11.9
20.1
15.4
30.45
15.01
16.97
21.23
23.18
33.45
35.51
38.98
40.93
64.39
26.96
51.67
35.31
29.43
35.58
40.06
–
19.78
17.63
22.69
–
5.1
7.1
5.4
1.4
3.5
12.0
3.3
3.2
9.0
3.7
17.3
1.1
2.7
5.2
.7
3.3
–
14.2
10.3
16.8
–
29.40
–
–
32.61
–
29.07
34.30
–
–
–
–
–
37.68
–
34.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.8
–
–
22.5
–
11.6
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.09
19.39
18.12
21.21
1.4
1.9
2.3
1.1
–
19.52
18.12
21.42
–
2.1
2.5
1.0
–
18.88
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
11.53
9.79
9.74
11.38
9.94
9.86
9.69
10.51
9.96
9.61
9.73
10.73
12.86
12.28
11.54
7.6
5.7
3.4
5.8
5.1
7.3
2.8
10.2
5.0
10.6
2.5
9.9
11.5
.5
12.1
11.16
9.81
9.48
11.29
9.81
9.89
9.58
10.23
9.80
9.58
9.63
10.44
12.59
12.25
11.52
7.0
5.9
2.8
5.9
4.9
7.7
2.6
10.9
4.9
11.3
2.2
11.0
11.3
.3
12.2
15.92
–
–
12.53
11.53
–
–
–
12.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.1
–
–
5.1
6.7
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
11.58
–
11.20
–
11.20
–
9.9
–
11.2
–
11.2
–
10.83
9.93
10.44
9.93
10.44
9.93
4.0
3.8
4.6
3.8
4.6
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
9.19
1.5
10.09
1.6
7.95
2.5
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.41
8.07
9.59
10.66
20.46
0.6
2.2
4.6
1.4
.8
$7.91
8.20
9.86
10.40
20.46
2.0
3.1
6.4
2.5
.8
$7.14
7.90
9.18
–
–
1.0
3.1
6.3
–
–
16.75
20.09
9.3
3.5
17.61
20.09
5.6
3.5
–
–
–
–
16.20
20.09
9.84
7.70
11.14
10.66
7.54
7.47
12.07
10.77
9.15
8.11
10.56
7.43
7.09
7.03
8.72
8.15
7.39
7.16
7.02
10.8
3.5
5.0
.9
6.2
1.7
4.1
2.1
4.0
17.7
5.2
.5
17.1
3.4
1.0
.9
13.6
13.2
5.1
1.3
2.1
17.02
20.09
10.40
–
11.24
10.66
–
–
12.07
10.90
8.68
–
–
7.48
7.30
7.26
–
8.35
7.21
–
7.20
7.4
3.5
6.7
–
6.0
1.7
–
–
4.0
17.8
1.3
–
–
1.8
1.4
4.1
–
14.8
4.3
–
4.9
–
–
7.68
7.76
–
–
7.14
–
–
–
10.62
–
–
7.39
6.93
6.84
–
–
7.53
7.01
6.83
–
–
6.4
5.0
–
–
.1
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
5.5
.5
.5
–
–
8.5
1.2
.4
7.05
7.05
8.17
7.23
8.25
8.74
2.1
1.7
1.7
1.0
3.1
4.4
7.32
7.24
8.56
–
–
–
2.2
2.0
3.5
–
–
–
6.82
6.86
7.92
7.23
8.45
8.57
1.0
1.3
3.5
1.0
3.3
7.7
8.00
7.23
8.67
1.4
1.1
4.6
8.50
–
–
4.6
–
–
7.66
7.23
–
2.5
1.1
–
8.59
8.87
8.17
1.4
8.2
5.2
–
9.34
8.44
–
11.0
10.4
8.50
–
–
3.2
–
–
9.19
4.2
–
–
–
–
10.36
8.95
10.57
12.61
12.30
9.78
8.06
10.65
9.7
10.5
4.9
8.1
2.6
11.7
2.9
5.7
10.48
8.95
11.50
12.64
12.30
9.88
8.03
11.71
10.5
10.7
3.3
8.2
2.6
12.9
2.6
4.7
9.00
–
–
–
–
9.00
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
9.94
7.97
10.25
8.72
8.22
13.9
3.5
10.1
2.9
2.7
10.11
7.99
11.58
8.63
8.08
15.8
3.7
13.2
2.6
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Level 1 .............................................................
$12.03
12.16
11.93
12.16
16.6
21.2
17.0
21.2
$12.03
12.16
11.93
12.16
16.6
21.2
17.0
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
12.53
8.02
8.69
12.56
9.1
3.9
11.7
16.5
13.09
–
–
12.71
15.8
–
–
18.7
$11.28
7.59
–
–
12.5
3.0
–
–
9.33
38.58
38.58
8.5
13.3
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.15
7.76
8.74
11.01
16.65
22.75
28.05
34.96
58.37
51.87
43.80
29.49
16.29
28.82
16.29
14.12
7.75
8.68
11.00
17.44
26.66
28.06
10.40
7.73
8.86
9.60
17.34
10.40
7.73
8.86
9.60
17.34
11.79
10.02
15.13
18.16
8.54
12.86
18.05
29.35
40.67
9.3
2.9
1.9
3.3
1.8
15.8
11.9
11.3
28.4
21.9
46.2
7.1
10.0
9.2
10.0
9.3
3.4
2.9
3.7
1.5
17.0
19.6
5.6
5.3
5.2
9.5
5.1
5.6
5.3
5.2
9.5
5.1
16.3
14.9
21.8
11.6
1.6
3.5
2.6
11.0
16.7
25.63
–
9.71
11.46
16.79
22.75
28.26
34.96
58.37
51.87
54.62
30.21
16.29
29.75
16.29
16.93
–
9.48
11.51
17.77
26.66
28.81
11.05
–
9.87
9.21
16.93
11.05
–
9.87
9.21
16.93
14.02
12.71
15.13
21.32
–
14.75
18.94
29.35
40.67
9.6
–
1.9
1.5
3.6
15.8
11.8
11.3
28.4
21.9
46.0
4.9
10.0
6.2
10.0
9.3
–
4.1
.9
3.7
17.0
19.3
9.3
–
7.1
4.9
8.3
9.3
–
7.1
4.9
8.3
16.3
12.0
21.8
8.1
–
.6
1.6
11.0
16.7
9.82
7.81
8.24
10.12
16.21
–
–
–
–
–
9.01
–
–
–
–
10.00
7.80
8.20
10.12
16.62
–
–
9.82
7.82
8.28
10.10
–
9.82
7.82
8.28
10.10
–
–
–
–
11.01
8.12
10.13
15.88
–
–
2.0
1.9
2.0
12.0
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
2.1
2.3
2.4
12.4
2.1
–
–
2.5
4.0
4.1
13.4
–
2.5
4.0
4.1
13.4
–
–
–
–
1.0
6.2
11.8
3.3
–
–
81.90
27.27
18.03
22.54
36.36
46.2
18.9
18.3
14.1
6.2
81.90
27.75
18.03
22.54
36.36
46.2
19.1
18.3
14.1
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.46
12.1
30.46
12.1
–
–
26.25
13.28
25.6
9.5
26.84
–
25.9
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Insurance sales agents .....................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 sales and related workers .........................
$12.30
8.0
$14.30
8.2
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
16.20
8.41
11.22
12.47
15.19
17.91
21.26
24.13
19.77
3.2
4.9
6.7
2.7
1.4
3.3
2.7
3.7
11.5
16.48
8.50
11.91
12.66
15.42
17.89
21.33
24.13
19.05
2.9
5.7
7.7
3.0
1.4
3.5
2.5
3.7
8.8
$13.72
–
9.27
10.89
12.11
–
–
–
23.71
13.8
–
7.9
4.2
4.9
–
–
–
21.8
21.64
20.48
23.31
15.85
11.05
11.18
15.59
16.52
20.19
17.44
16.48
15.86
14.79
16.57
15.78
16.28
20.87
12.72
11.50
11.59
17.58
14.53
15.24
19.92
23.03
16.39
11.52
14.79
17.26
17.45
6.2
6.8
9.6
2.9
4.9
2.2
4.9
4.0
5.1
9.7
7.4
7.8
7.7
4.3
6.6
3.4
6.2
2.3
4.7
1.7
5.7
8.0
3.3
10.8
6.9
9.8
6.2
11.0
5.4
2.9
21.83
20.48
23.31
16.27
–
11.36
15.91
16.50
20.19
18.73
16.25
14.96
15.29
16.85
16.39
16.25
20.87
13.43
–
–
17.56
14.53
15.24
19.92
23.49
16.39
11.57
14.79
17.30
–
6.3
6.8
9.6
3.0
–
2.8
4.6
4.0
5.1
8.1
7.3
4.5
8.4
4.4
6.3
3.4
6.2
3.0
–
–
5.8
8.0
3.3
10.8
6.5
9.8
6.9
11.0
5.6
–
–
–
–
11.73
–
10.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.13
11.99
9.90
12.50
7.5
6.1
11.6
2.9
17.13
12.85
11.57
12.65
7.5
3.7
4.0
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.58
17.69
21.60
14.31
11.20
15.87
11.62
13.39
13.26
19.29
14.61
19.00
21.06
25.48
21.63
20.65
21.06
24.26
10.5
11.7
8.1
5.9
7.0
2.4
5.0
7.6
4.3
5.6
6.5
4.2
4.8
1.3
6.3
5.7
6.7
2.0
–
–
21.60
14.46
–
15.87
–
13.02
13.29
19.46
14.93
18.87
20.75
25.48
21.47
21.65
21.06
24.26
–
–
8.1
6.1
–
2.4
–
8.2
4.6
5.8
6.6
4.5
4.8
1.3
6.1
2.8
6.7
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 3 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 5 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
$26.14
16.18
17.56
14.53
12.89
12.53
11.75
11.21
16.98
16.40
15.08
13.41
9.34
11.01
14.87
17.94
13.21
2.0
8.0
9.1
9.0
10.6
21.5
4.1
2.7
26.4
7.5
5.3
5.3
2.8
5.1
5.8
7.1
7.5
–
$15.62
17.52
14.51
12.88
12.53
11.72
–
–
16.65
–
14.17
–
11.09
15.10
17.94
13.21
–
4.2
9.3
9.0
11.0
22.8
4.2
–
–
7.9
–
5.6
–
5.4
6.2
7.1
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.28
9.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
1.5
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
21.97
10.92
15.34
19.65
20.39
26.41
26.98
5.1
14.1
6.2
3.2
10.3
3.7
1.6
21.97
10.92
15.34
19.65
20.39
26.41
26.98
5.1
14.1
6.2
3.2
10.3
3.7
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.16
25.06
19.25
26.73
20.19
20.19
16.27
15.2
6.7
1.8
6.2
10.6
10.6
4.5
35.16
25.06
19.25
26.73
20.19
20.19
16.27
15.2
6.7
1.8
6.2
10.6
10.6
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.86
8.64
12.16
17.46
17.49
24.46
28.15
34.09
20.48
7.3
9.0
3.6
13.8
6.3
11.5
4.9
9.6
14.7
21.15
8.51
12.16
17.46
17.61
24.29
28.15
34.09
20.48
7.8
12.4
3.6
13.8
6.6
12.2
4.9
9.6
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.83
29.41
9.1
22.6
27.83
29.41
9.1
22.6
–
–
–
–
25.52
15.4
25.52
15.4
–
–
26.23
26.83
18.07
16.86
24.08
18.42
17.16
24.08
20.60
13.6
3.6
3.4
7.0
23.5
4.4
8.4
23.5
12.7
26.23
26.83
18.70
17.02
24.08
19.02
17.16
24.08
20.60
13.6
3.6
6.8
7.5
23.5
7.9
8.4
23.5
12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.91
18.76
26.58
21.61
21.53
7.8
3.0
7.9
2.9
10.1
21.62
18.76
26.58
21.61
20.58
8.0
3.0
7.9
2.9
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.25
14.4
10.25
14.4
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 2 .............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ...............................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
$9.13
13.6
$9.13
13.6
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
14.53
8.07
8.85
10.58
14.86
16.75
21.73
22.62
15.96
5.2
2.1
.8
7.6
2.8
4.8
10.4
6.2
21.0
14.58
8.07
8.88
10.54
14.85
16.75
21.73
22.62
15.96
5.0
2.1
1.0
7.9
2.8
4.8
10.4
6.2
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.53
22.86
7.3
10.1
22.53
22.86
7.3
10.1
–
–
–
–
12.39
11.20
11.23
9.58
16.6
18.3
3.6
4.3
12.39
11.20
11.23
9.58
16.6
18.3
3.6
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.96
17.78
1.3
7.0
16.96
17.78
1.3
7.0
–
–
–
–
17.13
5.0
17.13
5.0
–
–
12.56
9.04
8.0
4.3
12.56
9.04
8.0
4.3
–
–
–
–
14.01
.5
14.01
.5
–
–
14.55
16.12
15.90
15.77
7.45
9.37
12.99
19.6
7.5
8.9
3.9
7.4
1.6
31.8
14.55
16.12
15.90
15.77
7.51
9.37
12.99
19.6
7.5
8.9
3.9
7.5
1.6
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.66
14.19
12.08
12.54
11.28
7.81
9.05
8.77
7.45
12.9
10.2
24.8
17.8
8.7
2.1
8.3
4.9
2.3
13.66
14.19
12.08
13.10
11.14
7.81
9.05
8.20
7.45
12.9
10.2
24.8
21.2
9.6
2.1
8.3
5.4
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.83
8.07
10.90
14.58
16.58
20.52
26.48
19.11
82.67
132.01
15.89
10.51
13.27
16.13
21.69
20.57
18.73
21.69
5.2
2.4
6.1
8.0
6.2
4.0
6.9
22.5
35.7
5.9
10.1
10.0
7.4
9.4
2.8
4.0
2.3
2.8
15.71
8.25
11.20
14.90
17.28
20.52
26.48
19.31
132.01
132.01
17.41
–
13.32
17.47
21.69
20.57
18.73
21.69
4.8
2.1
6.3
8.6
3.6
4.0
6.9
24.8
5.9
5.9
9.2
–
10.1
5.4
2.8
4.0
2.3
2.8
$10.07
7.68
8.84
11.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
5.5
3.7
12.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
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 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.47
10.67
12.49
13.83
12.74
10.44
10.50
8.02
11.24
13.41
18.79
10.67
11.20
8.73
6.5
11.0
1.9
13.6
4.1
5.9
6.3
2.4
12.4
3.6
6.0
12.2
11.6
4.7
$12.62
–
12.33
15.21
12.50
10.33
10.96
8.04
11.82
13.68
18.79
10.67
11.22
8.52
7.5
–
4.0
18.4
3.8
5.4
6.2
2.0
13.1
3.6
6.0
12.2
12.1
3.9
$12.11
–
–
–
–
–
8.31
7.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.95
8.11
12.02
12.93
9.22
7.54
8.41
6.6
3.7
11.7
4.6
8.0
3.6
.9
11.72
8.32
12.67
13.26
9.42
7.43
–
6.3
5.3
11.3
5.1
9.6
3.2
–
8.21
7.74
–
–
8.19
–
–
6.4
6.2
–
–
5.6
–
–
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.
23
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 ..............................................................................
$29.43
2.2
$30.52
2.1
$18.47
4.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
41.43
43.10
57.88
39.68
53.96
9.4
2.9
2.7
13.7
1.5
41.80
43.10
57.88
40.72
53.96
9.4
2.9
2.7
14.6
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
58.38
.8
58.38
.8
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
28.81
27.31
10.0
5.4
28.81
27.31
10.0
5.4
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
30.64
31.46
2.3
2.8
30.64
31.46
2.3
2.8
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
33.75
37.86
33.08
28.47
10.0
16.9
16.7
8.4
33.91
37.86
33.08
28.93
10.1
16.9
16.7
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 9 .............................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
31.78
37.10
9.6
9.1
33.65
37.10
8.1
9.1
–
–
–
–
22.06
15.8
22.06
15.8
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Level 10 ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
31.93
38.97
36.03
41.60
43.72
47.96
43.72
22.09
13.0
14.9
4.6
14.3
3.6
5.2
3.6
14.6
31.92
38.97
36.03
41.64
–
48.05
–
22.09
13.0
14.9
4.7
14.4
–
5.2
–
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
38.87
11.40
14.73
15.05
28.86
41.85
40.26
48.26
53.97
43.39
56.38
47.24
53.97
43.51
56.38
45.66
2.8
4.4
3.4
3.5
16.1
21.6
6.0
1.3
2.5
5.1
8.6
.3
2.5
5.6
8.6
4.4
44.43
–
–
–
–
44.81
42.14
48.63
54.85
43.05
56.92
48.22
54.85
43.17
56.92
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
14.9
2.8
1.4
5.2
7.5
8.9
1.6
5.2
8.4
8.9
–
21.08
11.40
15.64
14.59
22.23
–
–
41.06
52.37
44.67
–
45.23
52.37
44.67
–
–
8.2
4.4
.2
3.4
7.4
–
–
5.4
1.7
4.8
–
2.9
1.7
4.8
–
–
52.68
46.92
55.92
43.86
50.85
10.7
.7
1.6
4.2
1.6
–
47.83
–
43.70
–
–
3.1
–
6.9
–
–
45.15
52.68
–
–
–
4.3
2.9
–
–
46.04
33.41
42.17
41.83
48.76
45.97
42.51
47.93
.7
19.6
22.1
1.9
1.9
2.7
.0
.7
46.83
–
44.81
42.55
48.84
46.56
43.31
48.04
.4
–
14.9
2.1
1.8
2.8
.0
.9
22.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$46.25
47.90
3.1
1.3
$46.88
48.02
3.0
1.5
–
–
–
–
43.55
47.74
50.34
3.5
4.0
3.5
–
48.60
50.34
–
4.9
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
47.74
50.34
38.70
14.10
11.40
14.73
14.81
4.0
3.5
18.8
2.5
4.4
3.4
3.9
48.60
50.34
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$31.27
14.07
11.40
15.64
14.60
–
–
24.3
2.5
4.4
.2
3.4
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
29.30
30.88
30.78
32.56
31.97
3.3
3.8
2.6
1.9
2.3
29.07
–
30.54
32.32
31.70
3.9
–
2.9
2.2
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
14.20
4.8
14.41
5.4
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
32.27
12.05
24.31
32.78
32.52
33.63
2.2
21.9
3.2
.8
6.0
3.8
33.57
–
24.31
32.78
32.52
33.63
5.5
–
3.2
.8
6.0
3.8
10.21
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
39.03
1.4
39.03
1.4
–
–
39.03
28.92
28.92
31.75
35.12
31.70
31.75
35.12
31.70
1.4
8.6
8.6
2.0
2.9
1.8
2.0
2.9
1.8
39.03
28.92
28.92
31.89
35.12
31.70
31.89
35.12
31.70
1.4
8.6
8.6
1.6
2.9
1.8
1.6
2.9
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 2 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
14.95
13.51
13.44
6.2
7.4
10.2
16.37
–
–
9.1
–
–
12.48
–
11.25
5.9
–
2.6
17.25
14.43
17.09
15.47
14.43
16.24
4.8
4.1
4.8
3.4
4.1
8.0
17.49
14.79
17.09
15.70
14.79
16.24
4.6
4.3
4.8
3.7
4.3
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.47
14.43
16.24
3.4
4.1
8.0
15.70
14.79
16.24
3.7
4.3
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
16.66
20.10
20.10
12.3
16.1
16.1
21.98
–
–
7.3
–
–
10.23
–
–
4.4
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
18.55
12.07
15.89
1.4
5.4
4.8
18.65
–
15.82
1.4
–
5.2
15.08
–
–
5.1
–
–
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.10
18.73
20.48
22.48
20.72
2.4
4.1
3.1
2.9
13.6
$17.11
18.73
20.44
22.48
–
2.5
4.1
3.0
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.28
19.91
19.27
20.35
23.35
23.22
21.46
18.72
22.86
21.32
18.92
16.09
16.77
12.67
15.54
16.70
16.16
6.2
3.0
5.2
3.3
2.3
1.9
4.8
3.3
1.8
4.9
4.0
1.4
2.9
6.1
4.7
6.0
4.7
24.28
19.94
19.27
20.43
23.28
23.14
21.46
18.72
22.86
21.32
18.92
16.09
16.98
–
15.52
16.68
16.16
6.2
2.9
5.2
3.1
1.9
1.3
4.8
3.3
1.8
4.9
4.0
1.4
3.2
–
4.8
6.2
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
27.01
28.03
31.79
31.92
3.4
4.0
7.0
6.2
27.01
28.03
31.79
31.92
3.4
4.0
7.0
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
29.99
32.04
3.2
6.1
29.99
32.04
3.2
6.1
–
–
–
–
27.56
4.8
27.56
4.8
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
29.90
34.13
11.1
7.5
29.90
34.13
11.1
7.5
–
–
–
–
25.83
2.6
25.83
2.6
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
21.36
5.9
21.51
5.9
–
–
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.
26
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 ..............................................................................
$21.21
1.9
$22.36
1.8
$12.59
4.9
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers .........
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
41.76
22.85
38.10
72.03
56.61
42.00
42.94
30.95
46.78
40.58
31.73
30.60
44.79
39.47
38.32
42.64
44.65
43.44
42.04
37.95
37.51
33.17
15.72
34.79
4.6
4.9
3.8
8.9
12.6
10.3
15.7
14.2
14.2
21.2
18.5
9.4
14.5
7.7
3.7
10.5
6.7
10.0
9.9
10.5
6.5
8.5
8.8
20.9
41.73
–
–
–
56.61
42.00
42.94
–
46.78
40.58
31.73
30.60
44.79
39.01
36.87
42.64
44.65
43.44
42.04
37.95
37.51
33.17
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
12.6
10.3
15.7
–
14.2
21.2
18.5
9.4
14.5
7.7
4.2
10.5
6.7
10.0
9.9
10.5
6.5
8.5
–
–
45.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.16
36.43
30.92
58.39
62.02
44.67
20.5
22.3
4.4
4.0
.3
4.9
39.16
36.43
30.92
58.39
62.02
44.65
20.5
22.3
4.4
4.0
.3
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.03
24.41
33.38
25.05
2.7
3.7
2.5
5.3
29.04
–
–
25.05
2.7
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Group II .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
24.27
21.82
24.65
22.20
11.3
9.8
10.6
10.5
24.27
–
24.65
22.20
11.3
–
10.6
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.14
29.11
32.81
31.30
27.64
24.13
32.89
31.67
32.90
34.08
30.30
27.32
24.10
24.42
6.9
6.9
6.2
5.6
3.5
3.7
3.5
7.4
10.3
5.1
2.6
4.2
2.9
2.9
26.14
–
32.81
31.30
27.64
24.13
32.89
31.67
–
–
30.30
27.32
24.10
24.42
6.9
–
6.2
5.6
3.5
3.7
3.5
7.4
–
–
2.6
4.2
2.9
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
34.09
24.21
40.31
38.00
43.08
43.44
41.04
5.2
6.5
3.7
22.2
3.4
2.6
3.1
34.27
–
–
38.20
43.08
–
41.04
5.1
–
–
23.7
3.4
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 software engineers, systems software
–Continued
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
$41.13
22.48
20.86
37.71
38.02
27.56
2.8
12.2
7.3
6.4
8.0
12.9
$41.13
22.78
21.16
37.71
38.02
27.56
2.8
12.3
7.1
6.4
8.0
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group III ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
Group II .............................................................
38.24
25.26
45.32
57.32
46.61
31.79
46.92
57.32
53.99
53.07
62.61
42.98
44.37
44.30
43.89
43.79
42.99
26.88
26.03
29.51
27.09
28.17
28.24
7.9
5.9
6.4
4.8
4.8
1.5
7.0
4.8
2.0
3.8
3.1
11.8
16.9
7.3
9.5
11.2
15.1
4.6
5.1
3.9
1.7
5.0
5.6
38.26
–
–
–
46.61
–
–
–
53.99
53.07
62.61
42.98
44.37
44.30
–
43.79
42.99
26.92
–
29.51
27.09
28.17
28.24
7.9
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
2.0
3.8
3.1
11.8
16.9
7.3
–
11.2
15.1
4.7
–
3.9
1.7
5.0
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
30.68
20.41
36.88
32.40
35.14
34.66
36.91
32.87
17.1
10.0
4.1
8.4
6.4
4.5
3.3
7.4
34.53
–
–
32.40
–
34.66
–
32.87
14.9
–
–
8.4
–
4.5
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.06
15.8
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
26.64
16.88
34.81
26.75
15.45
38.26
41.83
39.63
23.92
18.05
30.25
31.80
12.6
19.0
4.7
23.6
35.7
8.4
11.4
8.9
11.5
6.4
3.2
12.4
26.63
–
–
26.74
–
–
41.86
39.65
24.34
–
–
–
12.7
–
–
23.6
–
–
11.4
8.9
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Group III ............................................................
52.40
51.43
55.92
51.43
14.8
3.4
9.3
3.4
52.39
–
55.98
51.39
15.0
–
9.5
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
33.80
12.72
26.01
46.98
4.0
2.4
7.9
1.6
36.50
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
–
$20.89
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$45.94
44.60
43.29
43.29
43.06
43.06
49.09
51.19
6.2
.9
5.5
5.5
5.8
5.8
5.0
5.1
$46.12
–
–
–
–
–
47.98
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
$45.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.45
39.78
5.6
3.2
35.42
–
4.5
–
35.71
–
21.2
–
37.84
39.90
45.65
46.30
6.6
5.4
1.5
1.7
–
–
45.84
–
–
–
2.7
–
–
–
45.15
–
–
–
4.3
–
37.14
25.99
47.96
13.84
13.02
12.77
12.77
44.98
42.32
47.35
2.4
8.5
2.4
13.2
14.3
16.4
16.4
3.0
1.8
1.4
37.55
–
–
13.77
–
12.65
12.65
45.70
–
–
2.8
–
–
13.6
–
16.9
16.9
3.0
–
–
22.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.43
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.5
–
–
45.49
42.73
47.59
3.3
2.9
1.5
46.21
44.27
47.70
3.1
3.4
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.41
45.58
29.99
50.25
5.1
7.1
9.1
3.6
42.03
46.28
–
–
5.1
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.66
29.69
50.25
36.55
38.69
26.49
45.24
13.13
12.65
7.1
9.1
3.6
17.9
18.5
8.2
1.9
3.0
2.3
46.37
31.24
50.25
36.55
45.60
–
–
12.07
12.07
8.0
7.8
3.6
17.9
2.5
–
–
7.5
7.5
–
–
–
–
31.30
–
–
13.80
13.07
–
–
–
–
24.1
–
–
3.4
2.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
43.96
25.76
38.05
28.19
19.24
50.52
50.52
20.9
18.6
5.2
7.4
4.9
6.7
6.7
44.16
–
–
28.19
–
50.52
50.52
24.0
–
–
7.4
–
6.7
6.7
41.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
30.13
15.06
23.33
38.57
47.53
52.40
35.10
29.29
36.80
29.71
4.9
7.0
5.2
3.3
6.6
1.8
1.5
3.8
1.4
4.1
30.23
–
–
–
51.67
52.43
34.71
27.82
36.57
29.50
4.3
–
–
–
1.1
1.8
2.1
1.0
1.8
4.3
29.60
–
–
–
–
–
37.26
–
38.11
–
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
1.2
–
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Group III ............................................................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary .......
Group III ............................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Group III ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Group III ............................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Group II .............................................................
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 ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
$21.03
22.83
18.77
20.64
20.18
18.56
10.5
10.4
10.2
17.8
9.6
15.4
$20.51
–
17.92
22.25
–
–
11.8
–
9.0
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.09
19.42
19.88
1.4
1.9
2.1
–
19.56
20.10
–
2.1
1.9
–
$18.88
18.96
–
2.3
3.2
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 ..............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
11.64
10.43
18.15
10.04
10.04
10.00
10.00
12.98
10.99
11.61
10.37
7.3
4.2
7.9
5.1
5.1
4.9
4.9
10.8
7.0
11.7
7.3
11.29
–
–
9.92
–
9.85
9.85
12.75
–
11.57
10.31
6.7
–
–
5.0
–
4.8
4.8
10.7
–
12.1
7.2
15.71
–
–
11.53
–
12.28
12.28
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
6.7
–
3.5
3.5
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters
Group II .............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
21.46
10.13
27.13
37.51
12.3
2.6
6.8
3.4
22.16
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
14.79
–
–
–
27.6
–
–
–
39.03
1.4
39.03
1.4
–
–
39.03
1.4
39.03
1.4
–
–
28.91
28.92
28.92
31.75
32.12
31.70
31.75
32.12
31.70
11.36
10.08
11.36
10.08
34.1
8.6
8.6
2.0
2.0
1.8
2.0
2.0
1.8
11.2
2.4
11.2
2.4
–
28.92
28.92
31.89
–
–
31.89
32.12
31.70
10.61
–
10.61
10.12
–
8.6
8.6
1.6
–
–
1.6
2.0
1.8
5.3
–
5.3
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.35
8.66
20.23
1.5
2.3
.1
10.28
–
–
1.6
–
–
8.06
–
–
2.5
–
–
16.94
10.92
20.00
8.9
7.4
1.4
17.77
–
–
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.21
10.92
19.29
9.91
9.70
7.54
7.54
12.31
12.31
10.77
10.22
9.81
10.5
7.4
3.9
5.0
3.5
4.1
4.1
4.9
4.9
17.7
12.0
6.8
17.01
–
19.29
10.48
–
–
–
12.31
12.31
10.90
10.32
9.44
7.2
–
3.9
6.7
–
–
–
4.9
4.9
17.8
12.1
7.4
–
–
–
7.68
–
7.14
7.14
–
–
–
–
10.78
–
–
–
6.4
–
.1
.1
–
–
–
–
7.5
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Food preparation workers –Continued
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 ..............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
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 ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.81
7.62
7.62
8.15
8.15
7.39
7.39
6.8
4.1
4.1
13.2
13.2
5.1
5.1
$9.44
7.72
–
8.35
8.35
7.21
7.21
7.4
3.5
–
14.8
14.8
4.3
4.3
$10.78
7.53
–
–
–
7.53
7.53
7.5
5.8
–
–
–
8.5
8.5
7.70
7.70
8.21
8.21
8.2
8.2
1.7
1.7
8.14
8.14
8.63
–
9.3
9.3
3.6
–
7.33
7.33
7.93
–
7.1
7.1
3.5
–
8.05
8.05
1.5
1.5
8.59
8.59
4.7
4.7
7.68
7.68
2.6
2.6
8.59
8.59
10.41
10.41
8.87
8.87
1.4
1.4
10.5
10.5
8.2
8.2
–
–
–
–
9.34
9.34
–
–
–
–
11.0
11.0
8.50
8.50
–
–
–
–
3.2
3.2
–
–
–
–
9.19
9.19
4.2
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.91
10.48
26.07
8.9
9.9
10.9
11.07
–
–
9.6
–
–
9.11
–
–
4.0
–
–
16.10
13.9
16.10
13.9
–
–
16.51
10.22
10.04
14.9
10.9
11.0
16.51
10.34
–
14.9
11.9
–
–
9.11
–
–
4.0
–
10.49
10.26
8.72
8.72
12.63
12.39
12.55
12.39
12.9
13.1
2.9
2.9
14.7
15.6
14.9
15.6
10.70
10.46
8.63
8.63
12.63
–
12.55
12.39
14.4
14.7
2.6
2.6
14.7
–
14.9
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
12.85
10.15
23.85
9.1
6.9
20.2
13.65
–
–
15.9
–
–
11.17
–
–
10.9
–
–
9.25
9.25
38.58
38.58
12.93
12.93
8.6
8.6
13.3
13.3
8.5
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
21.14
11.67
30.25
49.73
29.49
30.06
28.82
29.98
9.3
3.1
10.6
19.3
7.1
26.3
9.2
28.0
25.63
–
–
–
30.21
–
29.75
29.98
9.6
–
–
–
4.9
–
6.2
28.0
9.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Insurance sales agents .....................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Group I ..............................................................
$14.12
11.70
27.13
10.40
10.11
10.40
10.11
11.79
10.50
10.02
10.02
15.13
18.16
14.14
29.13
40.67
9.3
4.2
15.1
5.6
6.8
5.6
6.8
16.3
10.9
14.9
14.9
21.8
11.6
1.3
11.8
16.7
$16.93
–
–
11.05
–
11.05
10.59
14.02
–
12.71
12.71
15.13
21.32
16.22
29.13
40.67
9.3
–
–
9.3
–
9.3
11.2
16.3
–
12.0
12.0
21.8
8.1
1.5
11.8
16.7
$10.01
–
–
9.84
–
9.84
9.73
–
–
–
–
–
11.01
11.19
–
–
2.1
–
–
2.5
–
2.5
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
1.0
2.3
–
–
81.90
38.66
27.27
26.12
46.2
15.0
18.9
9.8
81.90
38.66
27.75
–
46.2
15.0
19.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.46
30.46
12.1
12.1
30.46
30.46
12.1
12.1
–
–
–
–
26.25
24.10
13.28
12.30
10.36
25.6
12.1
9.5
8.0
10.9
26.84
24.10
–
14.30
–
25.9
12.1
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Group II .............................................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
16.48
13.79
20.21
2.7
1.7
1.9
16.75
–
–
2.5
–
–
13.77
–
–
13.2
–
–
21.97
21.81
16.00
14.08
18.19
16.53
15.09
17.40
14.79
12.52
16.75
14.82
18.38
18.19
12.72
12.05
17.62
15.77
21.40
11.87
11.87
16.17
15.76
14.79
18.88
17.67
15.92
25.26
5.4
6.0
2.8
4.9
6.3
7.0
6.6
10.8
7.7
8.7
4.1
8.0
6.9
3.5
2.3
3.9
5.6
4.8
7.7
6.3
6.3
3.9
3.5
11.0
7.8
4.2
9.7
14.4
22.14
21.81
16.42
–
–
16.32
14.35
17.40
15.29
12.77
17.02
15.21
18.38
18.19
13.43
12.67
17.59
15.77
21.48
12.03
12.03
16.18
–
14.79
18.88
17.72
15.97
25.26
5.4
6.0
2.9
–
–
6.8
2.9
10.8
8.4
10.2
4.3
8.2
7.0
3.5
3.0
3.4
5.7
4.8
7.9
6.9
6.9
4.2
–
11.0
7.8
4.4
9.6
14.4
–
–
11.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.15
10.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
1.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.13
12.02
7.5
6.1
17.13
12.88
7.5
3.7
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Receptionists and information clerks –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Group II .............................................................
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 II .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
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 ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Group II .............................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers ..............
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.88
6.4
$12.78
3.7
–
–
18.58
17.68
21.87
24.92
23.22
23.52
21.60
22.75
14.31
13.97
13.48
11.78
19.56
15.32
22.37
20.77
21.89
26.11
26.05
16.18
18.73
18.35
15.58
21.67
14.25
13.55
12.70
12.58
16.59
16.40
17.42
10.5
11.7
10.2
5.7
1.9
1.5
8.1
8.0
5.9
4.0
7.4
2.9
4.7
5.3
2.3
5.5
3.1
2.0
2.3
7.7
7.2
6.4
6.6
3.6
8.2
9.2
5.6
5.6
8.2
7.5
8.8
–
–
21.79
–
23.14
–
21.60
22.75
14.46
14.16
13.15
12.03
19.72
–
–
21.75
21.89
26.08
–
15.64
–
18.33
15.58
21.72
14.27
–
12.71
12.58
16.62
16.65
17.92
–
–
10.8
–
1.3
–
8.1
8.0
6.1
4.6
7.9
3.6
4.8
–
–
2.8
3.1
2.4
–
4.1
–
6.5
6.6
3.8
8.4
–
5.8
5.8
8.4
7.9
8.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.62
10.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.7
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.19
14.38
13.28
19.12
8.1
4.0
4.3
5.2
10.19
15.07
13.99
19.12
8.1
4.1
4.1
5.2
–
10.68
10.33
–
–
5.5
5.0
–
22.25
16.35
25.37
4.7
2.6
2.4
22.25
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.59
25.17
25.17
19.28
21.99
21.99
27.10
29.71
20.62
20.62
21.01
16.27
16.27
34.75
16.06
15.3
6.5
6.5
1.6
9.8
9.8
5.7
5.4
9.7
9.7
15.4
4.5
4.5
13.4
12.5
34.59
25.17
25.17
19.28
21.99
–
27.10
29.71
20.62
20.62
21.01
16.27
–
34.75
16.06
15.3
6.5
6.5
1.6
9.8
–
5.7
5.4
9.7
9.7
15.4
4.5
–
13.4
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.45
12.39
24.49
6.4
11.5
4.7
21.74
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.26
30.15
7.4
5.3
29.26
30.15
7.4
5.3
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ...............................................
Group II .............................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group I ..............................................................
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 .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Group I ..............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Group II .............................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.40
30.09
13.1
9.4
$26.40
–
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
25.78
28.15
26.83
18.07
15.34
18.93
18.42
19.31
21.71
24.03
11.6
5.4
3.6
3.4
25.5
10.0
4.4
11.1
11.1
4.5
25.78
28.15
26.83
18.70
–
–
19.02
19.31
21.71
24.03
11.6
5.4
3.6
6.8
–
–
7.9
11.1
11.1
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.26
22.61
22.27
22.82
21.86
23.18
7.6
4.9
3.5
2.8
9.0
8.5
22.01
–
22.27
22.82
21.07
22.43
7.8
–
3.5
2.8
9.1
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.83
10.43
10.56
10.41
13.9
17.2
17.5
17.2
11.83
–
10.56
10.41
13.9
–
17.5
17.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.82
10.75
21.43
5.0
4.6
2.1
14.87
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.58
22.05
7.1
3.0
23.58
22.05
7.1
3.0
–
–
–
–
12.39
10.91
11.20
9.86
11.23
11.16
16.6
2.9
18.3
3.8
3.6
9.1
12.39
–
11.20
9.86
11.23
–
16.6
–
18.3
3.8
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.96
17.82
17.78
1.3
9.0
7.0
16.96
–
17.78
1.3
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.13
5.0
17.13
5.0
–
–
12.56
11.28
8.0
1.6
12.56
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
14.01
.5
14.01
.5
–
–
14.55
17.24
19.07
17.25
18.57
15.77
15.35
7.45
7.45
9.37
9.37
12.99
19.6
8.6
12.2
10.6
14.2
3.9
6.9
7.4
7.4
1.6
1.6
31.8
14.55
17.24
–
17.25
18.57
15.77
–
7.51
7.51
9.37
–
12.99
19.6
8.6
–
10.6
14.2
3.9
–
7.5
7.5
1.6
–
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.83
2.6
25.83
2.6
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Group III ............................................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Group III ............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
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)
$25.60
1.5
$25.60
1.5
–
–
13.66
13.66
14.19
10.98
16.56
12.08
12.54
9.71
11.47
10.98
9.45
9.45
12.9
12.9
10.2
6.7
9.0
24.8
17.8
6.7
8.7
7.5
8.7
8.7
13.66
–
14.19
10.98
16.56
12.08
13.10
–
11.33
–
8.96
8.96
12.9
–
10.2
6.7
9.0
24.8
21.2
–
9.5
–
9.9
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.02
12.25
22.45
60.02
73.80
105.22
105.22
105.22
16.25
13.67
22.48
20.95
18.71
22.48
12.63
12.59
12.74
12.17
10.52
10.25
11.20
11.20
5.0
5.5
3.3
24.2
30.1
14.8
14.8
14.8
9.8
6.9
3.1
3.7
4.5
3.1
6.5
6.6
4.1
4.5
6.2
7.4
11.6
11.6
15.91
–
–
–
105.22
–
105.22
105.22
17.78
–
–
20.95
18.71
22.48
12.85
12.80
12.50
12.13
10.98
–
11.22
11.22
4.6
–
–
–
14.8
–
14.8
14.8
8.8
–
–
3.7
4.5
3.1
7.3
7.5
3.8
4.7
6.2
–
12.1
12.1
$10.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.27
–
–
–
–
–
12.11
12.11
–
–
8.31
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
5.5
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
10.97
10.48
9.22
9.24
6.5
7.7
8.0
9.0
11.75
11.21
9.42
9.47
6.2
8.4
9.6
10.8
8.21
8.21
8.19
8.19
6.4
6.4
5.6
5.6
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.
35
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.00
$10.53
$16.85
$26.54
$39.01
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers .........
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
20.79
30.10
20.91
27.83
17.31
24.32
26.29
24.04
28.85
37.50
30.20
15.00
25.84
15.87
26.29
33.68
23.50
28.22
22.50
24.32
26.29
29.11
34.38
38.94
30.20
35.59
27.50
21.36
38.21
43.02
31.36
43.27
23.56
27.48
40.80
36.06
40.47
42.14
48.63
37.50
38.76
21.90
53.00
68.13
53.00
53.00
62.49
35.00
57.69
43.87
53.20
54.08
51.38
47.31
40.89
53.30
66.11
111.63
68.23
58.04
68.23
40.52
63.58
64.01
53.20
57.11
53.21
57.00
51.68
59.73
21.90
15.32
32.00
31.84
21.90
15.87
50.57
40.62
22.18
25.50
60.33
44.68
59.64
46.22
64.00
49.48
61.93
50.59
73.52
54.65
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 ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
18.27
17.00
23.85
20.82
27.87
24.04
33.92
28.21
40.39
33.86
16.50
16.50
17.92
18.27
20.67
21.73
28.76
31.20
37.99
37.99
15.32
24.47
19.23
21.16
24.09
10.38
8.03
22.36
25.95
23.08
27.85
27.85
15.03
15.03
25.43
32.09
27.74
29.78
29.78
20.73
21.68
29.14
36.88
31.73
33.15
31.00
30.00
30.00
36.44
41.27
34.93
44.43
36.07
31.64
31.73
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
19.25
19.74
34.89
34.35
16.00
28.09
19.05
25.88
31.04
39.01
36.34
18.00
31.30
19.05
34.86
36.23
42.50
39.01
21.00
36.85
27.05
42.45
45.67
47.12
44.39
25.01
42.97
28.85
47.16
59.59
50.60
49.28
36.42
47.55
38.03
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.10
32.00
39.71
28.37
31.71
31.11
19.62
24.04
23.07
26.93
37.26
47.30
36.46
35.58
34.52
23.51
26.26
25.00
36.46
44.38
53.75
39.90
41.89
40.15
26.93
26.93
27.53
48.25
55.63
62.00
53.32
50.96
58.31
30.04
33.60
31.80
59.74
62.65
67.83
60.10
59.74
59.74
33.00
36.20
31.80
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
12.15
17.17
25.01
24.22
16.35
26.63
29.96
27.80
29.96
33.96
33.69
34.00
36.06
40.87
36.06
36.06
47.71
47.71
45.10
40.87
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
9.66
9.50
27.10
16.58
16.65
10.00
33.64
16.65
27.10
26.67
39.83
25.44
34.94
35.67
49.08
29.83
44.29
50.42
55.73
34.94
21.23
25.71
35.58
35.58
35.58
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
30.72
32.31
32.31
32.31
43.27
46.84
69.93
69.93
78.75
79.32
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
— Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$10.00
28.21
39.25
39.25
26.80
$14.99
32.96
39.76
39.76
42.99
$36.47
42.63
40.11
40.00
47.04
$46.96
52.89
47.51
47.51
53.73
$56.22
69.50
52.57
52.57
69.77
27.84
28.21
32.96
39.38
48.84
28.31
27.92
34.92
34.86
39.38
46.23
39.38
53.88
46.43
64.14
12.25
9.00
9.00
33.93
21.35
9.50
9.50
38.75
40.70
12.75
12.50
44.83
48.91
16.74
16.74
52.24
56.36
18.31
17.36
57.30
35.59
38.88
44.83
52.24
57.52
28.15
28.38
34.08
36.01
43.22
42.96
48.86
51.75
54.12
65.63
28.38
9.00
21.67
9.81
36.01
30.11
24.83
10.00
43.50
35.98
44.86
13.20
51.75
45.95
47.30
14.78
66.63
56.71
47.30
17.75
15.87
14.43
38.65
38.65
22.34
19.15
39.61
39.61
35.84
25.00
52.00
52.00
60.67
34.62
59.85
59.85
89.50
40.48
65.10
65.10
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary .......
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
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 ..........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.00
19.16
26.75
25.62
13.37
12.98
10.05
10.05
19.21
50.00
30.98
27.14
14.95
14.12
12.75
12.75
28.43
50.20
34.57
27.48
17.19
16.00
21.10
12.75
37.29
53.60
39.51
32.50
28.33
20.38
25.65
25.65
46.88
55.50
42.39
37.17
32.47
31.00
34.59
26.45
14.71
17.00
15.60
17.94
16.02
18.95
16.02
21.39
17.74
23.04
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
9.15
8.78
8.75
10.00
9.48
10.65
9.78
9.78
13.00
11.72
13.47
11.27
11.26
15.25
13.51
15.95
12.00
11.75
17.84
15.95
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
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 .............................................................
8.73
9.50
17.62
31.00
39.46
28.64
37.17
39.46
40.31
45.79
28.64
21.66
21.66
25.41
25.41
8.50
8.50
37.17
24.36
24.36
28.96
28.96
9.00
9.00
39.46
30.63
30.63
30.12
30.12
9.65
9.65
40.31
33.44
33.44
36.06
36.06
11.75
11.75
45.79
34.12
34.12
39.53
39.53
16.90
16.90
6.75
7.06
8.00
10.00
14.21
8.75
12.02
17.55
19.53
23.28
8.65
7.00
12.02
7.50
17.31
9.50
19.23
11.00
22.13
12.96
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 ...............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
— Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.75
11.00
7.30
7.00
6.75
6.75
6.75
$7.00
11.00
8.75
8.00
6.75
7.08
6.75
$7.34
11.03
10.00
9.14
6.75
7.50
6.75
$7.50
12.96
11.55
10.75
7.50
8.51
7.12
$9.00
15.05
14.69
14.41
8.60
11.33
8.00
6.75
6.98
6.75
7.50
6.75
7.90
7.49
8.50
8.80
9.00
6.91
7.25
7.80
8.00
9.25
7.25
7.33
7.00
8.50
7.58
7.06
8.50
12.00
7.90
9.00
12.00
10.70
9.00
15.76
12.97
6.75
7.25
9.03
9.06
12.48
7.00
7.98
9.37
13.00
17.00
8.17
11.43
13.50
25.65
28.85
8.17
6.87
10.75
7.75
13.50
9.10
28.85
11.87
28.85
15.92
6.75
7.50
7.99
7.99
7.75
7.50
8.79
8.79
9.37
8.25
10.25
10.24
12.18
9.10
17.00
17.00
16.11
11.00
17.00
17.00
6.75
7.50
10.00
14.65
21.00
7.22
26.90
26.90
9.57
7.75
30.13
30.13
11.38
9.07
31.21
31.21
12.47
9.75
49.30
49.30
16.19
11.90
50.01
50.01
16.19
7.70
11.00
8.80
15.45
13.00
20.05
21.20
31.25
38.46
73.69
9.43
7.50
7.24
7.24
7.50
7.50
8.75
8.03
15.81
14.00
8.05
7.54
7.54
7.75
7.50
10.10
9.50
31.91
18.90
10.60
8.64
8.64
10.10
8.00
11.67
13.34
36.07
30.10
17.16
11.90
11.90
12.30
11.74
16.67
22.29
36.92
73.69
26.53
17.90
17.90
17.81
16.35
29.06
35.83
98.40
17.67
11.86
21.69
14.75
35.65
19.04
90.40
32.50
179.68
50.00
18.23
19.04
26.22
34.17
52.14
11.54
9.30
7.25
12.95
12.21
8.25
17.31
12.21
10.29
28.85
16.01
16.00
48.26
18.00
20.86
10.00
12.00
15.50
19.65
24.12
13.81
10.36
13.11
9.63
10.74
16.39
17.46
12.37
13.58
11.00
13.65
16.39
23.26
15.00
15.71
15.00
15.72
18.08
26.13
18.84
17.40
18.39
19.33
18.65
28.00
22.93
23.63
18.39
24.00
20.03
Occupation2
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
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 .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
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 .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Insurance sales agents .....................................................
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 .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
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 .............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
— Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
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 .................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$10.00
11.46
9.04
15.23
10.00
12.00
$10.65
13.37
10.17
15.23
12.00
13.00
$12.07
16.66
11.33
16.14
13.56
17.00
$13.46
21.45
12.00
17.33
16.00
19.35
$16.83
25.07
15.59
18.08
17.49
21.27
16.00
6.75
16.00
10.28
16.83
11.67
20.22
13.85
20.25
15.00
13.24
11.95
20.47
16.83
10.00
8.00
12.00
12.00
18.00
11.53
11.88
9.91
9.91
13.85
12.18
16.77
16.13
20.86
18.01
12.00
8.80
15.96
18.23
18.00
12.87
15.76
11.64
11.41
14.42
13.00
20.36
23.12
23.12
22.05
14.63
13.16
19.00
20.19
27.45
15.77
18.21
13.85
11.64
15.86
15.00
20.60
25.03
24.40
25.47
16.00
16.50
23.69
24.55
31.38
20.99
23.51
16.05
14.57
17.61
19.69
21.56
28.93
26.60
25.47
19.23
20.00
26.00
27.00
33.14
22.15
24.03
17.75
16.05
17.86
22.95
6.75
9.38
8.23
10.52
9.79
13.99
10.61
16.89
15.35
21.66
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers ..............
11.25
16.50
21.24
28.00
32.90
25.00
13.00
11.50
17.50
12.00
16.00
16.00
15.63
8.00
28.75
13.20
25.00
24.73
16.50
18.00
20.10
17.12
17.12
15.63
9.87
30.00
13.20
30.06
25.67
19.00
20.00
32.90
21.00
21.00
18.00
21.23
30.00
13.20
34.61
30.28
23.89
25.00
33.50
23.75
23.75
26.79
21.23
32.66
18.04
60.49
31.84
23.89
32.75
36.62
28.00
28.00
27.33
21.23
57.13
25.84
9.52
12.75
20.19
29.23
33.54
13.04
21.83
27.61
36.06
44.36
11.55
15.00
29.23
34.30
35.04
18.75
26.01
9.52
9.52
12.60
22.27
26.01
12.50
12.50
18.00
29.23
26.01
16.37
17.09
23.84
29.93
27.15
20.19
21.02
25.71
29.93
28.39
29.24
29.24
27.95
14.00
17.34
14.00
17.80
17.80
18.00
21.50
20.61
21.00
26.14
26.34
25.51
30.90
30.90
29.81
6.75
6.75
11.00
14.00
19.69
6.75
6.75
8.50
13.00
18.83
7.25
9.00
13.28
19.23
24.00
17.70
19.23
21.50
25.63
36.69
7.25
7.25
8.55
8.50
10.28
9.25
14.67
13.83
21.58
20.95
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ...............................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
— Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
$8.00
$9.38
$10.68
$13.15
$14.00
12.37
12.70
13.29
14.65
16.22
17.25
20.64
20.00
20.65
22.88
12.50
14.36
16.50
20.00
20.00
7.75
9.88
11.36
15.83
17.75
10.71
11.26
13.90
16.53
20.00
10.00
10.56
11.27
10.41
6.75
7.50
8.00
11.26
12.00
12.20
14.00
6.75
8.68
8.50
13.00
16.29
16.68
16.76
6.75
9.25
10.50
17.33
17.00
16.68
18.00
8.00
10.50
14.25
22.36
28.36
30.72
19.00
9.00
10.50
25.50
21.03
23.19
28.03
28.03
28.09
7.00
7.20
7.05
8.00
7.25
6.96
10.42
9.70
7.11
9.00
7.80
7.50
13.70
13.00
8.50
11.79
9.76
7.95
17.85
17.49
16.75
17.00
14.12
9.00
19.00
24.25
25.12
18.00
16.32
16.00
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
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 ......................................
6.95
17.42
26.31
7.00
17.61
6.75
8.21
6.75
7.00
8.50
22.00
26.31
10.53
18.06
9.00
9.75
7.50
8.73
12.50
30.00
105.61
17.38
21.03
12.50
10.67
9.34
11.50
19.00
117.63
146.98
21.03
21.99
14.38
15.06
12.50
13.75
23.54
162.96
172.01
24.12
25.33
19.30
21.61
16.90
15.00
6.75
6.75
7.60
6.98
10.22
7.88
13.04
9.47
17.00
16.90
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.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.75
$10.00
$15.83
$25.00
$36.62
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers .........
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
21.15
30.10
20.91
27.83
17.31
24.32
26.29
24.04
37.50
15.00
25.84
13.10
32.00
36.55
26.29
33.68
23.50
28.22
22.50
24.32
26.29
29.11
38.94
19.23
27.50
16.45
50.57
43.27
37.50
43.02
31.36
43.27
23.56
26.15
52.89
36.06
42.14
37.50
38.76
21.90
60.33
45.10
52.84
68.13
53.00
53.00
62.49
35.00
57.69
40.91
54.08
48.61
40.89
21.90
64.00
49.48
66.56
111.63
68.23
58.04
68.23
40.52
63.58
62.59
57.11
57.00
51.68
30.65
73.52
54.65
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 ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
17.50
17.00
23.64
20.82
27.87
24.04
34.93
28.21
40.39
33.86
16.21
16.50
17.67
18.27
19.57
20.40
27.34
27.34
37.99
37.99
15.32
24.47
18.27
21.16
24.09
10.38
8.03
22.36
25.95
23.08
27.85
27.85
15.03
15.03
25.43
34.09
27.56
29.78
29.78
20.73
21.68
30.29
36.88
31.73
33.15
31.00
30.00
30.00
36.44
41.27
36.77
44.43
36.07
31.64
31.73
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
19.05
19.74
34.89
34.35
16.00
35.15
19.05
25.64
30.93
39.01
36.34
17.00
36.85
19.05
35.34
36.63
42.50
39.01
20.76
40.58
27.05
42.97
45.67
47.12
44.39
25.01
43.75
28.85
47.55
59.59
50.60
49.28
36.42
55.29
38.03
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
19.62
32.89
39.71
36.46
31.71
31.11
19.62
24.04
23.07
26.93
38.40
47.30
36.91
35.29
34.52
23.23
26.26
25.00
36.91
44.42
53.75
45.67
41.82
40.15
26.93
26.93
27.27
48.73
56.50
62.00
55.68
52.40
58.31
30.04
33.60
29.94
59.83
63.13
67.83
60.10
59.74
59.74
32.05
36.20
31.80
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
12.00
16.35
24.22
15.00
19.72
29.96
25.44
26.63
34.00
36.27
40.87
40.87
46.50
40.87
45.90
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
9.50
9.50
14.92
10.00
9.50
16.58
18.27
10.50
28.23
32.00
30.00
34.94
34.94
33.70
34.94
Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
28.96
32.31
32.31
32.31
43.27
69.93
69.93
69.93
86.54
89.95
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 ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
9.00
27.84
10.00
30.66
14.99
39.25
32.93
48.84
41.96
78.38
27.84
21.97
28.21
30.77
32.96
34.86
39.38
46.15
42.65
57.78
9.00
9.00
9.00
10.00
9.50
9.50
13.25
12.75
12.25
22.10
14.99
16.34
33.57
16.74
16.74
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
$23.01
8.50
$25.49
9.50
$31.03
10.00
$36.56
10.45
$42.30
11.09
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
15.87
14.43
38.65
38.65
22.34
19.15
39.61
39.61
35.84
25.00
52.00
52.00
64.27
34.62
59.85
59.85
89.50
40.48
65.10
65.10
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
15.61
19.16
26.14
12.98
12.98
10.05
10.05
19.00
50.00
32.53
14.82
14.12
12.75
12.75
28.12
50.20
35.82
17.19
16.05
23.59
12.75
38.74
53.60
40.06
26.77
20.38
26.45
25.65
48.61
55.50
42.49
32.47
31.84
34.59
26.45
14.71
17.00
15.60
17.94
16.02
18.87
16.02
21.41
17.74
23.04
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
9.00
8.75
8.75
10.00
9.48
10.64
9.78
9.78
13.00
11.48
13.00
11.02
11.02
15.25
13.25
15.85
11.99
11.75
17.84
15.95
Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
8.50
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
9.00
10.00
9.50
9.50
11.75
11.26
11.26
18.20
15.00
15.00
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, fast food ............................................................
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 .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
6.75
7.05
7.90
9.50
12.97
8.65
12.02
17.55
19.33
23.28
8.65
7.00
6.75
11.00
7.30
7.00
6.75
6.75
6.75
12.02
7.45
7.00
11.00
8.75
7.78
6.75
7.08
6.75
17.31
9.50
7.34
11.03
10.00
8.79
6.75
7.50
6.75
19.23
11.00
7.50
12.96
11.55
10.00
7.49
8.51
7.12
22.13
12.96
9.00
15.05
14.69
11.00
8.20
11.33
8.00
6.75
6.98
6.75
7.50
6.75
7.90
7.36
8.50
7.82
9.00
6.91
7.25
7.80
8.00
9.00
7.25
7.00
8.50
7.06
8.50
7.90
9.00
10.70
9.00
12.97
6.75
7.25
9.03
9.06
12.48
6.88
6.75
7.75
7.50
9.10
9.00
11.87
10.51
16.66
14.00
6.75
7.50
7.99
7.99
7.50
7.50
8.79
8.79
9.25
8.25
10.00
10.00
10.76
9.10
17.00
17.00
14.08
11.00
17.00
17.00
6.75
7.50
10.00
14.64
20.79
7.37
26.90
26.90
8.06
30.13
30.13
9.07
31.21
31.21
9.75
49.30
49.30
11.90
50.01
50.01
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 ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
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 .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Insurance sales agents .....................................................
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 .................
Telemarketers ...................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
$7.70
11.00
$8.78
15.45
$13.00
20.05
$21.20
31.25
$38.46
73.69
9.43
7.50
7.24
7.24
7.50
7.50
8.75
8.03
15.81
14.00
8.05
7.50
7.50
7.75
7.50
10.10
9.50
31.91
18.90
10.57
8.64
8.64
10.10
8.00
11.67
13.34
36.07
30.10
17.18
11.90
11.90
12.30
11.74
16.67
22.29
36.92
73.69
26.53
17.90
17.90
17.81
16.35
29.06
35.83
98.40
17.67
11.86
21.69
14.75
35.65
19.04
90.40
32.50
179.68
50.00
18.23
19.04
26.22
34.17
52.14
11.54
9.30
7.25
12.95
12.21
8.25
17.31
12.21
10.29
28.85
16.01
16.00
48.26
18.00
20.86
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 ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
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 ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
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 ........................................................
9.91
11.64
15.00
19.35
24.26
13.08
10.24
13.11
9.63
10.74
10.00
11.46
9.04
10.00
11.87
15.95
12.11
13.58
11.00
13.20
10.65
13.30
10.17
12.00
13.00
23.30
15.00
15.12
15.00
15.00
12.07
16.50
11.33
13.56
17.00
26.13
18.47
16.81
18.39
19.23
13.46
21.15
12.00
16.00
19.35
28.00
22.93
23.63
18.39
24.00
16.83
25.07
15.59
17.49
20.68
16.00
6.75
16.00
10.28
16.83
11.67
20.22
13.85
20.25
15.00
13.24
16.83
10.00
8.00
12.00
12.00
18.00
11.53
10.34
9.91
9.91
13.85
12.18
9.23
16.77
18.01
12.00
8.80
15.76
18.23
18.00
12.87
14.00
11.41
10.00
13.85
13.00
10.00
20.36
22.05
14.63
13.16
18.27
20.10
27.45
15.77
17.16
11.64
11.58
13.85
15.00
12.56
20.60
25.47
16.00
16.50
24.03
24.52
31.48
20.99
22.05
13.85
12.58
15.70
19.69
15.14
21.56
25.47
19.23
20.00
26.45
27.00
33.14
22.15
24.03
15.27
13.34
29.67
22.95
20.14
11.25
16.00
21.23
26.00
32.90
25.00
13.00
11.50
12.00
16.00
16.00
8.00
27.88
23.53
16.50
15.00
17.00
17.00
9.87
34.61
25.67
19.00
32.90
21.00
21.00
21.23
34.61
30.28
23.89
33.50
22.00
22.00
21.23
60.49
31.84
23.89
36.62
28.00
28.00
21.23
9.52
12.60
20.00
29.23
30.90
13.04
19.62
24.04
36.35
44.36
11.55
15.00
29.23
34.30
35.04
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$11.82
26.01
9.52
9.52
12.60
$25.20
26.01
12.50
12.50
18.00
$29.23
26.01
16.37
17.09
21.20
$29.93
27.15
20.19
21.02
25.71
$29.93
28.39
29.24
29.24
27.63
13.78
17.34
14.00
17.80
17.80
18.00
20.90
20.61
20.90
25.64
25.54
25.25
30.66
30.50
29.81
6.75
6.75
8.33
12.00
13.75
6.75
6.75
8.33
12.00
13.00
7.25
9.00
13.08
19.00
24.00
14.50
19.23
21.50
25.54
30.51
7.25
7.25
8.00
8.55
8.50
9.38
10.28
9.25
10.68
14.67
13.83
13.15
21.58
20.95
14.00
12.37
12.70
13.29
14.65
16.22
17.25
20.64
20.00
20.65
22.88
12.50
14.36
16.50
20.00
20.00
7.75
9.88
11.36
15.83
17.75
10.71
11.26
13.90
16.53
20.00
10.00
10.56
11.27
10.41
6.75
7.50
8.00
11.26
12.00
12.00
14.00
6.75
8.68
8.50
13.00
16.29
16.52
16.76
6.75
9.25
10.50
17.33
16.68
16.68
18.00
8.00
10.50
14.25
22.36
25.95
17.00
19.00
9.00
10.50
25.50
7.00
7.20
7.05
8.00
7.25
6.96
10.42
9.70
7.11
9.00
7.75
7.25
13.70
13.00
8.50
11.79
9.76
7.75
17.85
17.49
16.75
17.00
14.12
9.00
19.00
24.25
25.12
18.00
16.00
16.00
6.95
17.42
103.67
6.90
17.38
6.75
8.21
6.75
7.00
8.50
22.00
105.61
10.50
18.06
9.00
9.75
7.50
8.73
12.50
102.96
120.73
17.00
21.00
12.50
10.67
9.34
11.50
18.10
125.09
159.23
21.03
21.39
14.08
15.06
12.50
13.75
22.88
166.70
177.28
22.47
25.00
17.78
21.61
17.00
15.00
6.75
6.75
7.60
6.98
10.20
7.88
13.00
9.47
17.00
16.90
Occupation2
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ...............................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
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 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.
44
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, April 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$14.63
$18.21
$26.71
$38.66
$48.91
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
19.16
41.48
22.14
48.44
42.34
57.14
55.44
59.73
60.63
62.94
52.95
55.18
59.64
61.16
63.46
Business and financial operations occupations .............
22.06
24.63
26.45
30.29
36.50
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
24.48
25.20
26.83
31.30
31.30
31.30
32.21
32.21
35.08
37.98
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
26.87
26.87
26.87
22.12
28.37
28.37
28.37
24.26
31.81
33.38
30.13
28.75
36.24
48.25
33.38
36.24
48.25
48.25
53.83
36.24
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
15.44
26.86
33.38
35.21
47.71
15.44
17.51
18.14
26.86
31.08
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
16.65
20.11
34.49
16.65
20.59
28.52
40.30
16.65
30.17
45.29
45.67
18.52
35.58
51.25
54.25
27.35
50.42
57.20
58.17
30.17
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ..............
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
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 ...........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
13.82
29.15
40.00
25.19
40.00
40.00
42.88
47.96
45.55
48.91
53.93
51.56
56.96
64.14
52.57
42.55
29.02
47.83
39.40
52.14
47.69
62.62
55.76
62.62
64.14
33.93
36.07
38.93
38.93
44.83
44.83
52.36
52.36
57.83
57.52
36.54
40.05
44.86
52.36
57.52
32.46
32.63
38.81
40.05
43.22
46.68
52.36
53.77
54.12
70.47
32.63
21.67
9.83
40.05
24.83
12.51
46.68
44.93
13.82
53.77
47.30
15.18
70.47
47.30
18.70
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
19.07
28.85
21.77
29.80
29.08
31.92
32.08
33.31
37.67
39.37
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
11.09
11.69
14.30
15.77
17.41
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
19.59
26.60
32.00
39.20
45.70
28.64
37.17
39.46
40.31
45.79
28.64
21.66
21.66
25.41
25.41
37.17
24.36
24.36
28.96
28.96
39.46
30.63
30.63
30.12
30.12
40.31
33.44
33.44
36.06
36.06
45.79
34.12
34.12
39.53
39.53
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food preparation workers .................................................
11.21
9.21
12.59
11.22
14.21
12.65
16.83
15.00
19.15
19.15
12.34
11.19
14.26
13.11
16.74
15.86
18.96
17.87
23.02
18.71
11.19
13.11
15.86
17.87
18.71
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
Recreation workers .......................................................
$8.53
8.32
8.32
$10.33
10.64
10.64
$13.85
20.90
20.90
$18.11
22.12
22.12
$22.12
42.39
42.39
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
14.13
15.66
18.01
21.51
23.69
20.15
15.83
15.72
20.47
20.47
18.01
18.01
13.85
12.41
21.59
17.66
17.66
20.96
20.86
18.90
18.90
15.86
14.40
22.49
20.03
20.19
23.12
23.12
21.80
21.80
16.05
15.77
24.89
22.39
23.60
24.40
24.40
23.69
23.69
17.61
18.88
33.76
24.55
24.55
27.62
26.60
23.69
23.69
17.86
22.34
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Electricians .......................................................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
18.84
23.57
27.15
23.75
29.63
28.75
27.95
30.58
32.66
30.58
37.36
35.18
35.18
38.78
35.18
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
18.83
22.60
30.78
35.44
40.19
23.92
23.92
25.85
32.65
32.65
Production occupations ....................................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
11.68
23.46
31.02
36.81
41.93
21.03
23.19
28.03
28.03
28.09
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
15.18
18.80
21.02
24.12
27.29
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.
46
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.50
$11.72
$18.00
$28.14
$40.35
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers .........
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
20.79
30.10
20.91
27.83
17.31
24.32
26.29
24.04
28.85
37.50
30.20
15.00
25.84
15.87
26.29
33.68
23.50
28.22
22.50
24.32
26.29
29.11
34.38
38.94
30.20
35.59
27.50
21.36
38.21
43.02
31.36
43.27
23.56
27.48
40.80
36.06
40.47
42.14
48.63
37.50
38.76
21.90
53.00
68.13
53.00
53.00
62.49
35.00
57.69
43.75
53.20
54.08
51.38
47.31
40.89
53.30
64.66
111.63
68.23
58.04
68.23
40.52
63.58
62.38
53.20
57.11
53.21
57.00
51.68
59.73
21.90
15.32
32.00
31.84
21.90
15.87
50.57
40.62
22.18
25.50
60.33
44.68
59.64
46.22
64.00
49.48
61.93
50.59
73.52
54.65
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 ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................
18.27
17.00
23.94
20.82
27.87
24.04
33.86
28.21
40.39
33.86
16.50
16.50
17.92
18.27
20.67
21.73
28.76
31.20
37.99
37.99
15.32
24.47
19.23
21.16
24.09
10.38
8.03
22.36
25.95
23.08
27.85
27.85
15.03
15.03
25.43
32.09
27.74
29.78
29.78
20.73
21.68
29.14
36.88
31.73
33.15
31.00
30.00
30.00
36.44
41.27
34.93
44.43
36.07
31.64
31.73
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................
19.74
19.74
34.89
34.35
16.82
28.09
19.05
25.96
28.69
39.01
36.34
18.74
31.30
19.05
34.81
39.98
42.50
39.01
21.45
36.85
27.05
42.51
45.67
47.12
44.39
25.01
42.97
28.85
47.18
59.59
50.60
49.28
36.42
47.55
38.03
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.10
32.00
39.71
28.37
31.71
31.11
19.62
24.04
23.07
26.93
37.26
47.30
36.46
35.58
34.52
23.51
26.26
25.00
36.46
44.38
53.75
39.90
41.89
40.15
26.93
26.93
27.53
48.25
55.63
62.00
53.32
50.96
58.31
30.04
33.60
31.80
59.74
62.65
67.83
60.10
59.74
59.74
33.00
36.20
31.80
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists ..................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science
technicians ..................................................................
16.43
17.17
25.01
24.22
25.44
26.63
29.96
27.80
33.38
33.96
33.69
34.00
40.87
40.87
36.06
36.06
48.89
47.71
45.10
40.87
15.44
17.51
18.14
26.86
31.08
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
9.66
9.50
27.10
16.65
16.65
10.00
33.64
16.65
27.10
26.67
39.83
25.44
34.94
35.83
49.08
30.17
45.29
50.42
55.73
34.94
Legal occupations ..............................................................
30.72
32.31
43.27
69.93
78.75
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Lawyers ............................................................................
$32.31
$32.31
$45.46
$69.93
$79.32
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
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 ..........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.50
28.21
26.80
16.74
32.36
42.99
39.31
42.04
44.22
47.40
53.84
52.16
56.46
69.77
69.77
28.21
28.63
28.21
34.67
32.96
44.64
39.38
57.07
46.43
64.14
12.25
9.00
9.00
35.63
23.65
9.50
9.50
38.88
41.47
12.75
12.25
44.83
48.91
16.33
16.74
52.36
56.46
17.36
16.74
57.46
36.30
39.45
44.83
52.36
57.52
28.61
29.69
36.56
37.29
43.22
43.63
48.86
52.32
54.12
66.63
29.69
9.00
40.67
9.50
37.29
30.11
45.75
10.00
43.63
35.98
47.30
11.14
52.78
45.95
47.30
13.82
66.63
56.71
47.30
14.56
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
17.79
14.43
38.65
38.65
22.34
19.15
39.61
39.61
34.62
25.00
52.00
52.00
64.00
34.62
59.85
59.85
89.50
40.48
65.10
65.10
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.02
50.00
26.44
26.01
13.37
12.98
12.75
16.50
19.50
50.00
30.09
27.14
14.95
14.12
12.75
17.94
28.12
50.20
34.57
27.48
17.19
15.51
23.59
19.00
36.65
53.60
39.47
32.50
27.72
20.00
26.45
21.41
50.00
55.64
42.39
36.70
32.47
28.33
34.59
23.34
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
7.53
8.00
8.00
7.50
7.50
9.00
8.75
8.75
10.00
9.48
10.64
9.78
9.78
12.55
11.48
13.00
11.02
10.75
15.25
13.51
15.68
11.67
11.35
17.41
15.95
Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
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 .............................................................
9.00
10.00
18.20
32.70
39.46
28.64
37.17
39.46
40.31
45.79
28.64
21.66
21.66
25.46
25.46
8.50
8.50
37.17
24.36
24.36
28.96
28.96
9.00
9.00
39.46
30.63
30.63
30.12
30.12
9.50
9.50
40.31
33.44
33.44
36.18
36.18
11.21
11.21
45.79
34.12
34.12
39.59
39.59
13.00
13.00
7.00
7.53
8.50
11.33
17.00
9.50
14.59
18.21
22.13
23.35
9.50
7.30
11.00
7.30
7.00
6.75
14.41
8.00
11.00
8.75
7.68
6.75
17.55
10.50
11.03
10.50
8.79
7.12
19.23
11.44
12.96
11.84
10.00
7.75
22.13
14.69
15.05
14.69
11.40
8.85
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 .........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
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 ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.75
6.75
$6.75
6.75
$7.75
7.12
$8.51
7.49
$11.33
7.88
6.75
7.75
7.00
7.90
7.49
8.00
7.82
8.50
14.21
10.96
7.75
7.00
7.89
7.06
7.90
8.67
8.00
11.90
10.96
12.97
7.00
7.94
9.40
13.29
17.00
8.17
11.43
13.50
25.65
28.85
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
8.17
6.75
10.75
7.75
13.50
9.10
28.85
12.18
28.85
16.06
6.75
7.50
7.99
7.99
7.75
7.50
8.79
8.79
9.40
8.19
10.25
10.24
12.50
9.05
17.00
17.00
16.66
10.47
17.00
17.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
6.75
7.50
10.76
15.39
22.12
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 .......
Counter and rental clerks .........................................
Parts salespersons ...................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Insurance sales agents .....................................................
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 .........................
8.96
12.10
11.74
16.19
17.00
20.42
29.27
34.25
41.87
73.69
11.00
8.05
7.50
7.50
8.25
7.00
8.75
9.60
15.81
14.00
9.80
8.05
8.05
10.10
10.87
10.10
11.91
31.91
19.23
12.50
9.75
9.75
11.74
11.74
11.67
17.31
36.07
30.10
18.36
12.25
12.25
16.67
15.65
16.67
29.02
36.92
73.69
30.33
17.90
17.90
18.50
18.50
29.06
37.81
98.40
17.67
11.86
21.69
15.27
35.65
19.04
90.40
33.65
179.68
50.00
18.23
19.04
26.22
34.17
52.14
11.86
8.25
13.25
10.29
17.31
13.19
28.85
18.58
48.26
20.86
10.39
12.56
15.94
19.91
24.12
14.00
10.74
13.11
10.00
10.74
16.39
10.65
11.46
9.04
15.23
10.00
12.00
17.46
13.11
13.58
11.00
13.94
16.39
11.25
13.25
9.79
15.23
12.00
13.00
23.30
15.66
15.71
15.09
16.33
18.08
12.48
16.48
11.33
16.14
13.56
17.00
26.13
19.23
17.22
18.39
19.46
18.65
13.65
21.45
12.00
17.33
16.00
19.35
28.00
23.63
23.05
18.39
24.00
20.03
17.64
25.07
16.08
18.08
17.49
21.27
16.00
9.58
11.95
20.47
16.83
10.00
8.00
16.00
11.54
16.13
20.77
18.01
12.00
8.58
16.83
12.50
23.12
23.12
22.05
14.63
13.16
20.22
14.28
25.03
24.40
25.47
16.83
16.21
20.25
15.00
28.93
25.03
25.47
19.23
17.00
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 .............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers .......................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
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 .................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal
service ........................................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$12.81
16.92
18.00
11.53
11.88
9.91
9.91
13.85
12.18
$16.25
18.23
18.00
12.87
15.76
11.62
11.41
14.25
13.00
$19.32
21.33
27.45
14.52
18.21
13.85
11.64
15.86
15.97
$23.69
24.83
31.48
18.53
23.51
16.05
14.57
17.61
19.69
$25.98
27.24
33.14
21.16
24.03
17.75
16.05
17.86
22.95
6.75
9.93
8.23
11.83
9.79
14.96
10.61
17.51
15.35
21.83
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Construction and building inspectors ................................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers ..............
11.25
16.50
21.24
28.00
32.90
25.00
13.00
11.50
17.50
12.00
16.00
16.00
15.63
8.00
28.75
13.20
25.00
24.73
16.50
18.00
20.10
17.12
17.12
15.63
9.87
30.00
13.20
30.06
25.67
19.00
20.00
32.90
21.00
21.00
18.00
21.23
30.00
13.20
34.61
30.28
23.89
25.00
33.50
23.75
23.75
26.79
21.23
32.66
18.04
60.49
31.84
23.89
32.75
36.62
28.00
28.00
27.33
21.23
57.13
25.84
10.10
13.00
20.61
29.48
33.92
13.04
21.83
27.61
36.06
44.36
11.55
15.00
29.23
34.30
35.04
18.75
26.01
12.00
11.67
12.60
22.27
26.01
12.50
12.64
18.00
29.23
26.01
17.50
18.32
23.84
29.93
27.15
21.00
21.36
25.71
29.93
28.39
29.24
30.03
27.95
13.78
17.34
13.78
17.80
17.80
18.00
20.90
20.61
20.90
26.34
26.34
25.07
30.66
30.90
29.81
6.75
6.75
11.00
14.00
19.69
6.75
6.75
8.50
13.00
18.83
7.25
9.00
13.40
19.40
24.00
17.70
19.23
21.50
25.63
36.69
7.25
7.25
8.00
8.55
8.50
9.38
10.28
9.25
10.68
14.67
13.83
13.15
21.58
20.95
14.00
12.37
12.70
13.29
14.65
16.22
17.25
20.64
20.00
20.65
22.88
12.50
14.36
16.50
20.00
20.00
7.75
9.88
11.36
15.83
17.75
10.71
11.26
13.90
16.53
20.00
10.00
10.56
11.27
11.26
12.00
12.20
13.00
16.29
16.68
17.33
17.00
16.68
22.36
28.36
30.72
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ...............................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
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 .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system
operators ....................................................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
$10.41
6.75
7.50
8.00
$14.00
6.75
8.68
8.50
$16.76
6.75
9.25
10.50
$18.00
8.00
10.50
14.25
$19.00
9.75
10.50
25.50
21.03
23.19
28.03
28.03
28.09
7.00
7.20
7.05
8.00
7.25
6.96
10.42
9.70
7.11
8.43
7.75
7.25
13.70
13.00
8.50
11.79
9.76
7.68
17.85
17.49
16.75
17.00
13.97
9.00
19.00
24.25
25.12
18.55
16.32
9.15
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
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 ......................................
7.32
26.31
26.31
9.00
17.61
6.75
8.21
6.75
7.00
9.24
26.31
26.31
13.44
18.06
9.00
9.75
7.88
8.50
14.08
105.61
105.61
18.94
21.03
12.42
10.65
9.65
12.37
20.59
146.98
146.98
21.37
21.99
15.00
14.30
13.40
13.75
24.97
172.01
172.01
24.85
25.33
19.73
21.55
17.00
15.00
7.00
6.75
8.50
6.98
10.82
8.00
14.21
9.47
18.10
17.31
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.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.75
$7.50
$9.23
$13.00
$21.85
Management occupations .................................................
12.00
15.73
45.10
75.00
75.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
9.81
23.04
12.85
37.45
15.24
47.96
23.77
50.66
45.92
66.59
20.38
26.62
20.38
38.04
42.55
47.96
48.75
50.66
52.14
68.32
14.95
13.10
21.57
9.81
16.92
14.95
22.65
10.63
18.31
25.34
24.83
13.48
25.34
28.96
42.88
15.52
36.72
36.72
47.11
19.76
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
9.48
15.78
44.88
49.56
94.16
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.00
31.83
17.00
18.39
35.53
17.85
32.15
37.00
18.95
39.29
40.16
19.56
43.75
42.00
20.70
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
9.45
9.00
10.00
11.63
10.00
10.50
14.85
12.00
12.00
17.84
13.00
13.00
17.84
15.03
15.03
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.00
8.73
9.50
25.00
25.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
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
6.75
6.75
8.00
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.90
6.85
9.00
6.75
6.75
7.37
7.25
7.00
10.75
6.75
6.75
8.50
7.65
7.36
12.04
7.43
6.75
10.00
9.97
7.57
14.90
8.00
8.00
6.75
6.90
6.75
7.05
6.75
7.65
6.75
8.70
7.82
9.00
6.85
7.00
7.50
8.00
9.00
7.00
7.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
7.50
7.50
8.54
8.54
9.37
9.37
9.37
9.37
11.53
11.53
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.50
8.35
10.00
11.20
19.71
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.24
7.24
7.00
7.00
7.73
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
8.03
8.33
8.33
8.00
8.00
8.68
10.00
10.38
10.70
10.70
11.00
15.68
16.69
17.90
17.90
15.65
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
7.75
9.19
9.00
7.50
8.46
9.61
10.20
9.69
10.10
9.23
11.00
11.00
10.20
12.70
10.00
15.30
11.90
11.38
20.00
11.00
23.44
15.30
15.30
20.00
15.00
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA,
April 2006 — Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.75
6.75
8.47
6.75
$6.95
7.00
9.58
6.91
$8.50
9.00
12.50
7.40
$12.50
12.50
12.50
10.00
$14.60
13.78
16.89
11.16
6.75
6.91
6.75
6.95
7.40
7.00
9.00
9.00
11.16
12.17
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.
53
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$720
39.6
$45,377
$37,440
2,029
1,681
2,419
1,732
1,871
1,646
1,224
1,547
1,731
1,254
1,731
1,058
1,099
40.3
42.7
40.3
40.0
40.6
40.0
86,356
125,781
90,070
97,295
85,577
63,503
80,001
89,999
65,229
90,000
54,999
57,154
2,069
2,222
2,098
2,080
2,109
2,076
40.80
36.06
40.47
42.14
48.63
1,792
1,552
1,693
1,786
1,682
1,632
1,528
1,619
1,686
1,945
40.0
39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
93,171
80,726
88,030
92,875
87,445
84,872
79,466
84,178
87,651
101,150
2,080
2,069
2,065
2,080
2,080
37.95
37.51
33.17
37.50
38.76
21.90
1,536
1,587
1,332
1,500
1,636
876
40.5
42.3
40.2
79,847
82,506
64,269
78,000
85,047
45,556
2,104
2,200
1,938
39.16
22.18
1,577
876
40.3
74,877
69,630
1,912
30.92
58.39
25.50
60.33
1,237
2,336
1,020
2,413
40.0
40.0
61,312
121,457
52,478
125,486
1,983
2,080
44.65
44.68
1,786
1,787
40.0
92,878
92,934
2,080
29.04
25.05
27.87
24.04
1,165
1,002
1,135
962
40.1
40.0
60,605
52,103
59,027
49,999
2,087
2,080
24.27
20.67
962
828
39.6
50,029
43,077
2,061
24.65
21.73
977
875
39.6
50,794
45,500
2,060
26.14
32.81
27.64
31.67
30.30
24.10
24.42
25.43
32.09
27.74
29.78
29.78
20.73
21.68
1,046
1,313
1,102
1,267
1,212
964
977
1,017
1,284
1,123
1,191
1,191
829
867
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
54,374
68,253
57,284
65,881
63,025
50,118
50,800
52,901
66,747
58,386
61,932
61,932
43,118
45,094
2,080
2,080
2,072
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
34.27
38.20
43.08
34.81
39.98
42.50
1,368
1,528
1,704
1,392
1,599
1,666
39.9
40.0
39.5
71,162
79,464
88,599
72,401
83,158
86,644
2,076
2,080
2,057
41.04
22.78
37.71
39.01
21.45
36.85
1,642
911
1,518
1,560
858
1,474
40.0
40.0
40.2
85,360
47,387
78,916
81,143
44,616
76,654
2,080
2,080
2,093
27.56
27.05
1,102
1,082
40.0
57,329
56,264
2,080
38.26
46.61
53.99
42.98
36.46
44.38
53.75
39.90
1,530
1,865
2,160
1,719
1,459
1,775
2,150
1,596
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
79,572
96,955
112,296
89,389
75,845
92,312
111,800
83,000
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
44.30
41.89
1,772
1,676
40.0
92,143
87,131
2,080
43.79
40.15
1,751
1,606
40.0
91,077
83,512
2,080
26.92
26.93
1,077
1,077
40.0
55,991
56,014
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.36
$18.00
$886
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Administrative services managers ......
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ..............
Industrial production managers ..........
Purchasing managers .........................
Transportation, storage, and
distribution managers ...................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
41.73
56.61
42.94
46.78
40.58
30.60
38.21
43.02
31.36
43.27
23.56
27.48
44.79
39.01
42.64
44.65
42.04
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 ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace engineers ......................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Aerospace engineering and
operations technicians ..............
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Environmental scientists and
geoscientists .............................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and
social science technicians ............
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$29.51
$26.93
$1,181
$1,077
40.0
$61,390
$56,014
2,080
28.17
27.53
1,127
1,101
40.0
58,592
57,262
2,080
34.53
32.40
34.66
33.38
33.96
33.69
1,348
1,292
1,386
1,335
1,358
1,348
39.0
39.9
40.0
67,359
67,200
72,094
65,686
70,631
70,075
1,951
2,074
2,080
32.87
34.00
1,315
1,360
40.0
68,380
70,720
2,080
22.06
18.14
810
697
36.7
36,945
32,750
1,675
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
26.63
26.74
27.10
26.67
1,017
981
1,042
1,016
38.2
36.7
50,195
46,555
53,165
49,643
1,885
1,741
41.86
24.34
39.83
25.44
1,470
973
1,380
1,018
35.1
40.0
63,313
50,617
60,700
52,915
1,513
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
52.39
55.98
43.27
45.46
2,366
2,573
1,890
1,947
45.2
46.0
123,006
133,790
98,280
101,249
2,348
2,390
36.50
46.12
39.31
42.04
1,312
1,764
1,405
1,682
35.9
38.3
53,243
74,223
55,931
72,864
1,459
1,609
47.98
44.22
1,919
1,769
40.0
77,437
67,738
1,614
35.42
32.96
1,315
1,154
37.1
52,867
48,685
1,493
45.84
44.64
1,712
1,759
37.4
71,857
75,365
1,568
37.55
41.47
1,329
1,411
35.4
53,420
55,931
1,423
13.77
12.75
545
510
39.6
27,268
26,520
1,980
12.65
12.25
501
490
39.6
25,354
22,103
2,004
45.70
44.83
1,542
1,569
33.8
57,862
57,926
1,266
46.21
44.83
1,544
1,569
33.4
58,020
57,926
1,256
42.03
46.28
43.22
43.63
1,530
1,626
1,503
1,520
36.4
35.1
56,640
63,317
54,838
57,355
1,348
1,368
46.37
36.55
45.60
12.07
43.63
35.98
47.30
11.14
1,632
1,313
1,543
462
1,520
1,326
1,656
444
35.2
35.9
33.8
38.3
63,607
55,919
55,301
19,269
57,496
51,698
58,443
20,122
1,372
1,530
1,213
1,597
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Actors, producers, and directors .........
Producers and directors .................
44.16
28.19
50.52
50.52
34.62
25.00
52.00
52.00
1,776
1,113
2,021
2,021
1,385
1,000
2,080
2,080
40.2
39.5
40.0
40.0
92,337
57,898
105,078
105,078
72,014
52,000
108,160
108,160
2,091
2,054
2,080
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Registered nurses ..............................
30.23
51.67
34.71
28.12
50.20
34.57
1,194
2,067
1,347
1,101
2,008
1,311
39.5
40.0
38.8
62,024
107,468
69,788
57,167
104,418
68,064
2,052
2,080
2,011
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Social sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Preschool teachers, except
special education ..................
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 ............
Other teachers and instructors ...........
Teacher assistants .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
$29.50
$27.48
$1,172
$1,099
39.7
$60,935
$57,167
2,066
20.51
17.19
821
688
40.0
42,667
35,755
2,080
17.92
15.51
717
620
40.0
37,270
32,261
2,080
22.25
23.59
890
944
40.0
46,288
49,063
2,080
19.56
19.00
778
760
39.8
40,468
39,520
2,069
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
11.29
10.64
449
410
39.8
23,346
21,299
2,068
9.92
9.78
392
391
39.5
20,395
20,334
2,055
9.85
9.78
389
391
39.5
20,219
20,334
2,052
12.75
11.57
12.55
11.48
510
463
502
459
40.0
40.0
26,514
24,067
26,098
23,878
2,080
2,080
22.16
18.20
892
710
40.2
46,288
35,776
2,089
39.03
39.46
1,556
1,578
39.9
80,915
82,081
2,073
39.03
39.46
1,556
1,578
39.9
80,915
82,081
2,073
28.92
28.92
31.89
31.89
30.63
30.63
30.12
30.12
1,142
1,142
1,276
1,276
1,201
1,201
1,205
1,205
39.5
39.5
40.0
40.0
59,403
59,403
66,369
66,369
62,460
62,460
62,650
62,650
2,054
2,054
2,081
2,081
10.61
10.61
9.50
9.50
420
420
380
380
39.5
39.5
21,815
21,815
19,760
19,760
2,056
2,056
10.28
8.50
396
330
38.5
20,431
17,160
1,987
17.77
18.21
726
728
40.9
37,376
37,868
2,103
17.01
10.48
12.31
10.90
9.44
7.72
8.35
7.21
17.55
10.50
11.03
10.50
8.79
7.12
7.75
7.12
697
409
493
421
378
289
298
273
702
394
441
390
352
285
298
270
41.0
39.1
40.0
38.6
40.0
37.4
35.7
37.9
36,253
21,238
25,368
21,900
19,092
14,777
15,507
14,201
36,500
20,475
23,858
20,280
18,287
14,816
15,470
14,040
2,131
2,027
2,060
2,009
2,022
1,914
1,858
1,970
8.14
8.63
7.49
8.00
307
334
280
319
37.8
38.7
15,174
17,362
15,309
16,575
1,865
2,012
8.59
9.34
7.90
8.67
330
363
316
340
38.5
38.9
17,184
18,887
16,440
17,680
2,001
2,022
11.07
9.40
440
376
39.8
22,815
19,550
2,061
16.10
13.50
628
540
39.0
32,643
28,080
2,027
16.51
10.34
13.50
9.10
660
414
540
364
40.0
40.0
34,341
21,413
28,080
18,886
2,080
2,070
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
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 ..
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 ...........................................
Dishwashers .......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers,
building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial
workers .....................................
Building cleaning workers ...................
See footnotes at end of table.
56
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 ............................
Counter and rental clerks ...........
Parts salespersons .....................
Retail salespersons ........................
Insurance sales agents .......................
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 ....................................
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 ...........................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Library assistants, clerical ..................
Loan interviewers and clerks ..............
Order clerks ........................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$376
40.0
$22,130
$19,550
2,067
345
494
328
404
40.0
39.1
17,941
25,674
17,037
21,029
2,080
2,033
10.24
490
400
39.1
25,496
20,800
2,032
13.65
10.76
491
430
36.0
25,520
22,381
1,870
25.63
17.00
1,030
674
40.2
53,576
35,027
2,090
30.21
20.42
1,233
802
40.8
64,100
41,704
2,122
29.75
16.93
11.05
11.05
19.23
12.50
9.75
9.75
1,223
684
439
439
756
490
388
388
41.1
40.4
39.7
39.7
63,574
35,582
22,812
22,812
39,312
25,480
20,176
20,176
2,137
2,101
2,065
2,065
14.02
12.71
15.13
21.32
40.67
11.74
11.74
11.67
17.31
36.07
565
508
614
871
1,595
470
470
467
680
1,385
40.3
40.0
40.6
40.9
39.2
29,376
26,441
31,929
45,315
82,918
24,421
24,421
24,269
35,360
72,000
2,096
2,080
2,110
2,126
2,039
81.90
35.65
3,276
1,426
40.0
170,356
74,158
2,080
27.75
19.04
1,116
762
40.2
58,043
39,601
2,092
30.46
26.22
1,219
1,049
40.0
63,365
54,538
2,080
26.84
17.31
1,082
692
40.3
56,259
36,001
2,096
14.30
13.19
567
525
39.6
29,478
27,276
2,062
16.75
15.94
666
635
39.7
34,427
32,510
2,055
22.14
16.42
16.32
23.30
15.66
15.71
876
655
653
877
628
628
39.6
39.9
40.0
45,576
34,064
33,947
45,600
32,656
32,668
2,059
2,074
2,080
15.29
15.09
611
604
40.0
31,794
31,396
2,080
17.02
18.19
13.43
17.59
12.03
16.18
14.79
17.72
16.33
18.08
12.48
16.48
11.33
16.14
13.56
17.00
679
728
537
703
481
647
592
709
653
723
499
659
453
646
542
680
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35,320
37,840
27,943
36,562
24,779
32,916
30,768
36,862
33,966
37,598
25,948
34,278
23,571
31,678
28,205
35,360
2,076
2,080
2,080
2,078
2,060
2,034
2,080
2,080
17.13
12.88
21.79
16.83
12.50
23.12
685
513
856
673
500
925
40.0
39.8
39.3
35,617
26,682
44,538
34,998
26,000
48,081
2,079
2,072
2,044
23.14
23.12
917
925
39.6
47,704
48,081
2,061
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$10.70
$9.40
$428
8.63
12.63
8.19
10.25
12.55
See footnotes at end of table.
57
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Legal secretaries ............................
Medical secretaries .........................
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 ..........................
Mail clerks and mail machine
operators, except postal service ...
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Electricians .........................................
Painters and paperhangers ................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .............................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Construction and building inspectors ..
Miscellaneous construction and
related workers .............................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Electrical and electronics repairers,
commercial and industrial
equipment .................................
Aircraft mechanics and service
technicians ....................................
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 .....
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$882
40.0
$44,938
$45,862
2,080
577
523
585
526
39.9
39.8
30,007
27,219
30,430
27,373
2,075
2,070
19.32
764
769
38.8
38,467
37,440
1,951
21.75
26.08
15.64
21.33
27.45
14.52
864
1,015
599
846
1,131
581
39.7
38.9
38.3
44,940
52,761
30,724
43,977
58,793
30,197
2,066
2,023
1,965
18.33
18.21
703
731
38.4
34,550
33,203
1,885
14.27
12.71
16.62
13.85
11.64
15.86
571
508
665
554
466
634
40.0
40.0
40.0
29,687
26,429
34,564
28,808
24,211
32,980
2,080
2,080
2,080
16.65
15.97
665
639
39.9
34,573
33,218
2,077
10.19
15.07
9.79
14.96
406
602
392
596
39.8
39.9
21,095
31,033
20,363
30,006
2,069
2,059
22.25
21.24
881
850
39.6
45,811
44,179
2,059
34.59
25.17
19.28
21.99
27.10
20.62
30.06
25.67
19.00
20.00
32.90
21.00
1,406
1,005
723
880
1,084
825
1,202
1,027
720
800
1,316
840
40.6
39.9
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
73,108
52,270
37,608
45,736
56,375
42,900
62,525
53,394
37,440
41,600
68,432
43,680
2,113
2,077
1,951
2,080
2,080
2,080
20.62
21.00
825
840
40.0
42,900
43,680
2,080
21.01
16.27
34.75
18.00
21.23
30.00
840
651
1,411
720
849
1,200
40.0
40.0
40.6
43,692
33,851
73,393
37,440
44,148
62,400
2,080
2,080
2,112
16.06
13.20
642
528
40.0
33,397
27,456
2,080
21.74
20.61
869
824
40.0
45,170
42,854
2,078
29.26
27.61
1,166
1,104
39.9
60,628
57,420
2,072
26.40
29.23
1,056
1,169
40.0
54,917
60,798
2,080
25.78
29.23
1,031
1,169
40.0
53,630
60,798
2,080
26.83
26.01
1,073
1,040
40.0
55,798
54,101
2,080
18.70
17.50
751
700
40.1
39,031
36,400
2,087
19.02
18.32
764
733
40.2
39,713
38,104
2,088
21.71
23.84
854
954
39.3
44,397
49,587
2,045
22.01
22.27
20.90
20.61
874
887
836
824
39.7
39.8
45,423
46,140
43,472
42,869
2,064
2,072
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$21.60
$22.05
$864
14.46
13.15
14.63
13.16
19.72
See footnotes at end of table.
58
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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 .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and
fish processing workers ................
Computer control programmers and
operators ......................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .....
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Multiple machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Printers ...............................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Textile machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .......................
Water and liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators ..........
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing,
and blending workers ...................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Packaging and filling machine
operators and tenders ..................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ......
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$836
39.3
$43,002
$43,472
2,041
472
440
39.9
24,536
22,880
2,074
8.50
423
340
40.0
21,974
17,680
2,080
14.87
13.40
591
530
39.7
30,721
27,560
2,065
23.58
21.50
951
904
40.3
49,456
46,999
2,097
12.39
10.28
483
400
39.0
25,118
20,800
2,028
11.20
9.25
432
370
38.6
22,479
19,240
2,006
11.23
10.68
449
427
40.0
23,357
22,214
2,080
16.96
16.22
678
649
40.0
35,267
33,738
2,080
17.78
17.25
711
690
40.0
36,988
35,880
2,080
17.13
16.50
685
660
40.0
35,629
34,320
2,080
12.56
11.36
496
453
39.5
25,818
23,566
2,056
14.01
13.90
542
549
38.7
28,205
28,558
2,014
14.55
13.00
582
520
40.0
30,260
27,040
2,080
17.24
16.29
689
652
40.0
35,851
33,883
2,080
17.25
15.77
7.51
16.68
16.76
6.75
690
622
300
667
670
270
40.0
39.4
40.0
35,879
32,337
15,619
34,694
34,861
14,040
2,080
2,050
2,080
9.37
9.25
375
370
40.0
19,480
19,240
2,080
12.99
10.50
519
420
40.0
27,010
21,840
2,080
25.83
28.03
1,033
1,121
40.0
53,726
58,302
2,080
13.66
13.70
546
548
40.0
28,406
28,496
2,080
14.19
13.00
567
520
40.0
29,507
27,040
2,080
12.08
13.10
11.33
8.96
8.50
11.79
9.76
7.68
479
524
445
357
340
472
390
307
39.6
40.0
39.3
39.9
24,892
27,246
23,127
18,587
17,680
24,519
20,290
15,976
2,060
2,080
2,042
2,075
15.91
105.22
14.08
105.61
632
2,209
563
2,032
39.7
21.0
32,810
114,857
29,282
105,656
2,062
1,092
105.22
105.61
2,209
2,032
21.0
114,857
105,656
1,092
17.78
18.94
720
752
40.5
37,369
37,565
2,102
20.95
21.03
858
841
40.9
44,552
43,742
2,126
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$21.07
$20.90
$827
11.83
11.00
10.56
See footnotes at end of table.
59
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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 ........
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$466
426
384
39.9
40.0
39.6
$26,535
25,999
22,638
$24,213
22,152
19,968
2,065
2,080
2,062
449
495
40.0
23,336
25,730
2,080
466
371
431
315
39.6
39.4
24,208
19,290
22,391
16,380
2,061
2,048
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.85
12.50
10.98
$12.42
10.65
9.65
$512
500
435
11.22
12.37
11.75
9.42
10.82
8.00
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
Annual earnings5
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.
60
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$673
39.7
$43,835
$34,936
2,059
1,681
2,419
1,732
1,871
1,646
1,196
1,538
1,731
1,254
1,731
1,058
1,046
40.3
42.7
40.3
40.0
40.6
40.0
87,245
125,781
90,070
97,295
85,577
62,047
80,001
89,999
65,229
90,000
54,999
54,398
2,091
2,222
2,098
2,080
2,109
2,075
52.89
35.70
42.14
1,803
1,522
1,786
2,115
1,442
1,686
40.0
39.8
40.0
93,772
79,154
92,875
110,001
75,001
87,651
2,080
2,069
2,080
37.55
37.51
22.00
58.39
37.50
38.76
21.90
60.33
1,523
1,587
880
2,336
1,500
1,636
876
2,413
40.6
42.3
40.0
40.0
79,194
82,506
44,560
121,457
78,000
85,047
45,556
125,486
2,109
2,200
2,025
2,080
46.39
46.51
1,856
1,860
40.0
96,495
96,741
2,080
29.07
25.05
27.87
24.04
1,168
1,002
1,135
962
40.2
40.0
60,716
52,101
59,027
49,999
2,088
2,080
23.43
19.57
928
794
39.6
48,270
41,267
2,060
23.79
20.40
942
827
39.6
48,985
43,000
2,059
26.46
33.20
27.60
31.67
30.30
24.10
24.42
25.43
34.09
27.56
29.78
29.78
20.73
21.68
1,058
1,328
1,099
1,267
1,212
964
977
1,017
1,364
1,102
1,191
1,191
829
867
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,040
69,058
57,145
65,881
63,025
50,118
50,800
52,901
70,907
57,321
61,932
61,932
43,118
45,094
2,080
2,080
2,070
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
34.61
38.24
43.08
35.34
40.16
42.50
1,382
1,530
1,704
1,414
1,606
1,666
39.9
40.0
39.5
71,860
79,544
88,599
73,507
83,533
86,644
2,076
2,080
2,057
41.04
22.58
41.37
39.01
20.90
40.58
1,642
903
1,671
1,560
836
1,647
40.0
40.0
40.4
85,360
46,969
86,886
81,143
43,472
85,635
2,080
2,080
2,100
27.51
27.05
1,100
1,082
40.0
57,216
56,264
2,080
38.58
47.14
53.99
46.31
36.91
44.42
53.75
45.67
1,543
1,885
2,160
1,852
1,476
1,777
2,150
1,827
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
80,238
98,041
112,296
96,320
76,773
92,394
111,800
95,000
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
44.13
41.82
1,765
1,673
40.0
91,790
86,990
2,080
43.79
40.15
1,751
1,606
40.0
91,077
83,512
2,080
26.69
26.93
1,068
1,077
40.0
55,517
56,014
2,080
29.51
26.93
1,181
1,077
40.0
61,390
56,014
2,080
27.43
27.27
1,097
1,091
40.0
57,048
56,722
2,080
35.18
29.96
1,378
1,198
39.2
71,163
62,319
2,023
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$21.29
$17.00
$846
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Administrative services managers ......
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Industrial production managers ..........
Transportation, storage, and
distribution managers ...................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
41.72
56.61
42.94
46.78
40.58
29.90
37.50
43.02
31.36
43.27
23.56
26.15
45.08
38.26
44.65
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 ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace engineers ......................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Aerospace engineering and
operations technicians ..............
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
61
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................
$28.97
35.55
$26.63
34.00
$1,152
1,422
$1,065
1,360
39.8
40.0
$59,919
73,937
$55,380
70,720
2,068
2,080
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
20.60
17.84
27.45
18.27
10.50
28.66
792
675
1,098
663
394
1,146
38.4
37.9
40.0
40,777
34,649
57,090
35,812
20,475
59,613
1,980
1,942
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
55.52
60.70
43.27
69.93
2,589
2,916
1,947
3,150
46.6
48.0
134,625
151,631
101,249
163,800
2,425
2,498
22.94
44.83
14.99
39.25
896
1,717
599
1,471
39.1
38.3
41,892
74,261
34,821
67,725
1,826
1,656
39.48
34.86
1,437
1,313
36.4
68,163
68,286
1,726
17.17
13.25
671
530
39.1
32,023
27,560
1,865
13.67
12.75
541
510
39.6
27,069
26,520
1,980
12.50
12.25
495
490
39.6
25,044
22,103
2,004
44.88
28.19
50.52
50.52
35.77
25.00
52.00
52.00
1,805
1,113
2,021
2,021
1,385
1,000
2,080
2,080
40.2
39.5
40.0
40.0
93,878
57,898
105,078
105,078
72,014
52,000
108,160
108,160
2,092
2,054
2,080
2,080
30.45
51.67
35.31
27.78
50.20
34.57
1,201
2,067
1,362
1,096
2,008
1,383
39.4
40.0
38.6
62,460
107,468
70,814
56,992
104,418
71,912
2,051
2,080
2,005
19.78
16.53
791
661
40.0
41,137
34,382
2,080
17.63
15.51
705
620
40.0
36,669
32,261
2,080
22.69
23.59
908
944
40.0
47,204
49,063
2,080
19.52
18.80
777
752
39.8
40,385
39,125
2,069
11.16
10.50
444
406
39.8
23,070
21,133
2,068
9.81
9.75
388
390
39.5
20,172
20,280
2,055
9.80
9.75
387
390
39.5
20,121
20,280
2,053
12.59
11.52
12.50
11.37
504
461
500
455
40.0
40.0
26,190
23,960
26,000
23,650
2,080
2,080
10.83
10.00
428
400
39.5
22,242
20,800
2,053
10.44
10.44
9.50
9.50
413
413
380
380
39.5
39.5
21,463
21,463
19,760
19,760
2,056
2,056
10.09
8.50
388
327
38.5
20,185
17,014
2,001
17.61
18.21
721
728
40.9
37,483
37,868
2,129
17.02
10.40
12.07
18.21
10.45
11.03
698
406
483
702
394
441
41.0
39.1
40.0
36,296
21,119
25,110
36,500
20,475
22,942
2,133
2,031
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Preschool teachers, except
special education ..................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Actors, producers, and directors .........
Producers and directors .................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
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 ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
See footnotes at end of table.
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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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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 ...........................................
Dishwashers .......................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$390
340
280
298
270
38.6
40.0
37.5
35.7
37.9
$21,900
18,047
14,581
15,507
14,201
$20,280
17,680
14,560
15,470
14,040
2,009
2,080
1,949
1,858
1,970
279
331
280
319
38.2
38.7
14,530
17,219
14,560
16,575
1,984
2,011
7.90
8.67
327
363
316
340
38.5
38.9
16,992
18,887
16,440
17,680
2,000
2,022
10.48
9.88
9.08
9.00
417
395
360
360
39.8
40.0
21,599
20,453
18,720
17,950
2,061
2,071
10.11
9.25
404
370
40.0
20,902
19,240
2,068
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$10.90
8.68
7.48
8.35
7.21
$10.50
8.50
7.12
7.75
7.12
$421
347
280
298
273
7.32
8.56
7.36
8.00
8.50
9.34
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 .....................................
8.63
12.03
8.19
10.00
345
469
328
400
40.0
39.0
17,941
24,409
17,037
20,800
2,080
2,029
11.93
10.00
465
400
39.0
24,206
20,800
2,029
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
13.09
9.75
468
430
35.7
24,321
22,381
1,857
25.63
17.00
1,030
674
40.2
53,576
35,027
2,090
30.21
20.42
1,233
802
40.8
64,100
41,704
2,122
29.75
16.93
11.05
11.05
19.23
12.50
9.75
9.75
1,223
684
439
439
756
490
388
388
41.1
40.4
39.7
39.7
63,574
35,582
22,812
22,812
39,312
25,480
20,176
20,176
2,137
2,101
2,065
2,065
14.02
12.71
15.13
21.32
40.67
11.74
11.74
11.67
17.31
36.07
565
508
614
871
1,595
470
470
467
680
1,385
40.3
40.0
40.6
40.9
39.2
29,376
26,441
31,929
45,315
82,918
24,421
24,421
24,269
35,360
72,000
2,096
2,080
2,110
2,126
2,039
81.90
35.65
3,276
1,426
40.0
170,356
74,158
2,080
27.75
19.04
1,116
762
40.2
58,043
39,601
2,092
30.46
26.22
1,219
1,049
40.0
63,365
54,538
2,080
26.84
17.31
1,082
692
40.3
56,259
36,001
2,096
14.30
13.19
567
525
39.6
29,478
27,276
2,062
16.48
15.31
655
612
39.7
33,895
31,275
2,057
21.83
16.27
16.25
23.30
15.00
14.97
863
649
650
874
603
599
39.6
39.9
40.0
44,895
33,752
33,796
45,429
31,366
31,129
2,057
2,074
2,080
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 ............................
Counter and rental clerks ...........
Parts salespersons .....................
Retail salespersons ........................
Insurance sales agents .......................
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 ....................................
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 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ..............
Order clerks ........................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ................
Receptionists and information 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 ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Painters and paperhangers ................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .............................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Electrical and electronics repairers,
commercial and industrial
equipment .................................
Aircraft mechanics and service
technicians ....................................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$604
40.0
$31,794
$31,396
2,080
672
537
702
462
592
692
646
499
658
453
542
680
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
34,967
27,943
36,488
24,045
30,768
35,993
33,592
25,948
34,241
23,571
28,205
35,360
2,076
2,080
2,078
2,078
2,080
2,080
16.83
12.50
685
512
673
500
40.0
39.8
35,617
26,612
34,998
26,000
2,079
2,072
21.60
22.05
864
882
40.0
44,938
45,862
2,080
14.46
13.02
14.63
13.16
577
518
585
526
39.9
39.8
30,007
26,948
30,430
27,373
2,075
2,070
19.46
18.75
751
731
38.6
37,756
35,693
1,941
21.65
15.62
21.20
14.52
860
597
846
581
39.7
38.2
44,717
30,650
43,977
30,197
2,065
1,962
17.52
17.16
665
697
37.9
32,462
30,758
1,853
12.88
11.72
11.64
11.58
515
469
466
463
40.0
40.0
26,790
24,368
24,211
24,078
2,080
2,080
16.65
14.17
15.97
13.04
665
568
639
529
39.9
40.1
34,573
29,530
33,218
27,509
2,077
2,084
21.97
21.23
869
849
39.6
45,196
44,148
2,057
35.16
25.06
19.25
26.73
20.19
34.61
25.67
19.00
32.90
21.00
1,430
1,001
721
1,069
808
1,384
1,027
720
1,316
840
40.7
39.9
37.5
40.0
40.0
74,380
52,039
37,496
55,600
41,992
71,989
53,394
37,440
68,432
43,680
2,115
2,076
1,948
2,080
2,080
20.19
16.27
21.00
21.23
808
651
840
849
40.0
40.0
41,992
33,851
43,680
44,148
2,080
2,080
21.15
20.19
845
808
40.0
43,952
42,001
2,078
27.83
24.04
1,108
962
39.8
57,626
49,999
2,071
25.52
29.23
1,021
1,169
40.0
53,072
60,798
2,080
26.23
29.23
1,049
1,169
40.0
54,560
60,798
2,080
26.83
26.01
1,073
1,040
40.0
55,798
54,101
2,080
18.70
17.50
751
700
40.1
39,031
36,400
2,087
19.02
18.32
764
733
40.2
39,713
38,104
2,088
20.60
21.20
807
848
39.2
41,942
44,096
2,036
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.29
$15.09
$611
16.85
13.43
17.56
11.57
14.79
17.30
16.15
12.48
16.48
11.33
13.56
17.00
17.13
12.85
See footnotes at end of table.
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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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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 .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and
fish processing workers ................
Computer control programmers and
operators ......................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .....
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Multiple machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Printers ...............................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Textile machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .......................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing,
and blending workers ...................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Packaging and filling machine
operators and tenders ..................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ......
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..................................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ...........................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$824
824
39.7
39.8
$44,590
44,774
$42,869
42,869
2,062
2,072
806
788
39.2
41,899
40,950
2,036
8.33
410
333
40.0
21,319
17,326
2,080
9.13
8.33
365
333
40.0
18,985
17,326
2,080
14.58
13.15
579
521
39.7
30,120
27,102
2,065
22.53
21.50
909
890
40.4
47,276
46,263
2,098
12.39
10.28
483
400
39.0
25,118
20,800
2,028
11.20
9.25
432
370
38.6
22,479
19,240
2,006
11.23
10.68
449
427
40.0
23,357
22,214
2,080
16.96
16.22
678
649
40.0
35,267
33,738
2,080
17.78
17.25
711
690
40.0
36,988
35,880
2,080
17.13
16.50
685
660
40.0
35,629
34,320
2,080
12.56
11.36
496
453
39.5
25,818
23,566
2,056
14.01
13.90
542
549
38.7
28,205
28,558
2,014
14.55
13.00
582
520
40.0
30,260
27,040
2,080
16.12
16.29
645
652
40.0
33,534
33,883
2,080
15.90
15.77
7.51
16.52
16.76
6.75
636
622
300
661
670
270
40.0
39.4
40.0
33,080
32,337
15,619
34,368
34,861
14,040
2,080
2,050
2,080
9.37
9.25
375
370
40.0
19,480
19,240
2,080
12.99
10.50
519
420
40.0
27,010
21,840
2,080
13.66
13.70
546
548
40.0
28,406
28,496
2,080
14.19
13.00
567
520
40.0
29,507
27,040
2,080
12.08
13.10
11.14
8.20
8.50
11.79
9.76
7.68
479
524
437
327
340
472
390
307
39.6
40.0
39.3
39.9
24,892
27,246
22,737
17,011
17,680
24,519
20,290
15,976
2,060
2,080
2,041
2,075
15.71
132.01
13.65
120.73
624
2,386
546
2,193
39.7
18.1
32,433
124,083
28,371
114,052
2,064
940
132.01
120.73
2,386
2,193
18.1
124,083
114,052
940
17.41
18.06
706
722
40.5
36,680
37,565
2,107
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$21.62
21.61
$20.61
20.61
$858
861
20.58
20.90
10.25
See footnotes at end of table.
65
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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
$840
41.0
$43,812
$43,680
2,130
503
500
435
460
426
380
39.9
40.0
39.6
26,161
25,999
22,600
23,920
22,152
19,760
2,073
2,080
2,061
12.37
449
495
40.0
23,336
25,730
2,080
10.77
8.00
464
371
431
315
39.6
39.4
24,153
19,290
22,391
16,380
2,061
2,048
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$20.57
$21.00
$843
12.62
12.50
10.96
11.50
10.65
9.65
11.22
11.72
9.42
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
All workers ................................................
$30.52
$28.10
$1,181
$1,124
38.7
$55,718
$53,955
1,825
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
41.80
53.96
42.76
57.14
1,684
2,184
1,721
2,207
40.3
40.5
78,770
96,774
84,760
99,155
1,884
1,794
58.38
59.64
2,370
2,389
40.6
102,029
100,203
1,748
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
28.81
26.45
1,152
1,058
40.0
59,918
55,014
2,080
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer systems analysts ...............
30.64
31.46
31.30
31.30
1,226
1,258
1,252
1,252
40.0
40.0
63,734
65,430
65,110
65,110
2,080
2,080
33.91
37.86
33.08
31.81
33.38
30.13
1,356
1,515
1,323
1,272
1,335
1,205
40.0
40.0
40.0
70,526
78,755
68,801
66,165
69,430
62,670
2,080
2,080
2,080
28.93
28.75
1,157
1,150
40.0
60,170
59,796
2,080
33.65
33.38
1,307
1,335
38.9
62,589
66,435
1,860
22.06
18.14
810
697
36.7
36,945
32,750
1,675
31.92
41.64
30.17
45.29
1,211
1,455
1,146
1,472
37.9
34.9
57,748
61,811
56,880
62,730
1,809
1,484
48.05
22.09
45.67
18.52
1,616
883
1,628
741
33.6
40.0
65,603
45,941
66,585
38,522
1,365
2,080
44.43
48.22
44.83
47.64
1,526
1,840
1,569
1,862
34.3
38.2
57,993
74,164
58,443
75,365
1,305
1,538
47.83
47.04
1,802
1,855
37.7
72,878
76,016
1,524
46.83
45.13
1,589
1,569
33.9
60,126
59,133
1,284
46.56
44.86
1,562
1,574
33.6
58,484
59,133
1,256
46.88
48.60
45.83
46.86
1,559
1,685
1,574
1,538
33.3
34.7
58,489
65,048
59,119
60,068
1,248
1,338
48.60
46.86
1,685
1,538
34.7
65,048
60,068
1,338
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
29.07
32.32
28.33
31.92
1,159
1,287
1,133
1,277
39.9
39.8
59,755
65,697
58,926
64,480
2,056
2,033
Healthcare support occupations .........
14.41
14.30
572
572
39.7
29,743
29,748
2,064
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
33.57
32.70
1,377
1,308
41.0
71,382
68,016
2,126
39.03
39.46
1,556
1,578
39.9
80,915
82,081
2,073
39.03
39.46
1,556
1,578
39.9
80,915
82,081
2,073
28.92
28.92
31.89
30.63
30.63
30.12
1,142
1,142
1,276
1,201
1,201
1,205
39.5
39.5
40.0
59,403
59,403
66,369
62,460
62,460
62,650
2,054
2,054
2,081
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and
social science technicians ............
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
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 ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
$31.89
$30.12
$1,276
$1,205
40.0
$66,369
$62,650
2,081
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
16.37
15.00
636
600
38.8
26,730
28,122
1,633
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
17.49
15.70
16.74
15.98
700
628
670
639
40.0
40.0
36,122
32,335
34,825
33,245
2,065
2,060
15.70
15.98
628
639
40.0
32,335
33,245
2,060
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
21.98
18.11
879
724
40.0
45,713
37,669
2,080
18.65
18.08
743
723
39.9
38,049
36,920
2,040
24.28
19.94
22.49
20.03
968
796
900
801
39.9
39.9
50,347
41,395
46,779
41,664
2,074
2,076
20.43
23.28
20.19
23.12
815
923
808
925
39.9
39.7
42,362
47,999
41,993
48,081
2,074
2,062
23.14
23.12
917
925
39.6
47,704
48,081
2,061
21.46
21.80
858
872
40.0
43,379
44,156
2,021
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Dispatchers .........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
21.32
21.80
853
872
40.0
42,943
43,803
2,014
16.09
16.98
16.05
15.77
644
673
642
628
40.0
39.6
33,463
34,099
33,386
32,184
2,080
2,008
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Electricians .........................................
Construction and building inspectors ..
27.01
31.79
31.92
27.95
30.58
32.66
1,080
1,272
1,269
1,118
1,223
1,306
40.0
40.0
39.8
56,135
66,121
65,992
58,136
63,613
67,933
2,078
2,080
2,067
29.99
30.78
1,196
1,231
39.9
62,180
64,020
2,073
27.56
25.85
1,102
1,034
40.0
57,318
53,768
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance
workers .........................................
Production occupations ......................
Water and liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators ..........
29.90
31.02
1,196
1,241
40.0
62,199
64,522
2,080
25.83
28.03
1,033
1,121
40.0
53,726
58,302
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
21.51
21.02
860
841
40.0
43,282
39,514
2,012
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$20.16
$18.43
$18.90
$26.73
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 .......................
35.11
36.75
33.95
10.32
17.86
21.15
16.20
21.47
21.97
20.86
14.68
14.53
14.83
32.26
33.21
31.49
9.96
16.86
19.24
15.64
21.22
21.88
20.25
13.16
14.24
11.66
33.47
36.46
29.96
10.13
18.23
21.06
16.39
21.64
–
20.11
13.91
12.90
14.65
39.85
44.11
38.17
11.51
20.11
29.57
17.33
22.91
–
25.80
25.49
21.78
29.55
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.2
3.4
4.6
4.0
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 .......................
2.5
3.6
4.4
3.1
4.0
9.3
3.2
4.7
5.1
7.3
4.0
5.2
5.2
6.2
4.4
12.5
3.6
5.3
13.0
3.3
5.0
5.0
7.4
10.2
15.3
5.9
4.9
6.3
10.0
6.0
6.4
12.1
7.5
6.5
–
11.6
5.4
5.8
7.3
3.3
5.5
3.9
4.6
9.3
28.9
3.2
11.5
–
6.1
2.1
5.9
5.3
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, 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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$640
39.8
$40,712
$32,635
2,059
1,407
1,856
1,559
1,715
1,241
1,587
1,169
1,731
1,058
1,058
1,200
1,636
40.5
44.4
40.9
41.2
39.5
42.3
72,958
96,501
81,090
89,193
64,522
82,506
60,786
89,999
54,999
54,999
62,400
85,047
2,102
2,311
2,127
2,144
2,055
2,200
26.78
27.56
1,171
1,051
1,108
1,102
40.6
39.7
60,896
54,667
57,612
57,321
2,111
2,063
35.66
36.42
1,432
1,457
40.1
74,443
75,745
2,088
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
24.42
20.10
977
804
40.0
50,790
41,800
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .................
Preschool teachers, except special
education ..................................................
16.33
12.75
644
510
39.4
30,619
26,520
1,875
17.07
13.64
13.25
12.75
671
540
530
510
39.3
39.6
32,042
27,001
27,560
26,000
1,877
1,980
12.50
12.25
495
490
39.6
25,044
22,103
2,004
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................
48.40
25.85
35.84
25.85
1,936
998
1,385
1,120
40.0
38.6
100,655
51,879
72,014
58,240
2,080
2,007
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
30.82
27.40
1,233
1,096
40.0
64,105
56,992
2,080
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
Medical assistants ..............................................
10.52
8.89
8.89
11.43
10.16
10.00
8.78
8.78
11.37
10.00
421
355
355
457
406
400
351
351
455
400
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
21,884
18,486
18,486
23,782
21,129
20,800
18,254
18,254
23,650
20,800
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
Protective service occupations ...............................
10.38
9.28
403
360
38.8
20,970
18,720
2,020
9.81
8.25
377
320
38.4
19,613
16,632
1,999
17.33
18.21
715
728
41.3
37,198
37,868
2,146
16.80
9.49
7.22
7.38
8.93
18.21
9.10
7.05
7.12
8.67
695
371
269
283
341
702
360
270
285
320
41.4
39.1
37.3
38.3
38.2
36,122
19,279
14,000
14,707
17,725
36,500
18,720
14,040
14,816
16,640
2,151
2,032
1,939
1,992
1,985
12.15
11.58
11.43
10.50
482
463
430
420
39.7
40.0
25,051
24,060
22,360
21,840
2,062
2,079
12.53
11.25
501
450
40.0
26,067
23,394
2,080
23.67
37.13
17.31
31.25
957
1,574
692
1,250
40.4
42.4
49,757
81,847
36,001
65,000
2,102
2,205
37.38
16.46
10.10
10.10
19.59
11.67
8.09
8.09
1,616
675
399
399
674
467
322
322
43.2
41.0
39.5
39.5
84,033
35,093
20,753
20,753
35,027
24,269
16,742
16,742
2,248
2,132
2,054
2,054
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$19.78
$16.19
$786
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Sales managers ..................................................
Financial managers ................................................
Construction managers ..........................................
34.71
41.75
38.12
41.61
31.40
37.51
30.00
39.03
23.50
23.50
30.40
38.76
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
28.85
26.50
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
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 .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Dishwashers ...........................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
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 .........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
70
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ................................................
Parts salespersons .........................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
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 ......................
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 ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Carpenters ..............................................................
Helpers, construction trades ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ....................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Helpers--production workers ..............................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
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 ................................................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$435
467
745
40.0
40.0
43.1
$27,584
31,005
53,828
$22,610
24,269
38,728
2,080
2,080
2,240
1,119
762
40.0
58,168
39,601
2,080
22.75
1,084
910
40.0
56,374
47,320
2,080
28.31
17.31
1,133
692
40.0
58,891
36,001
2,080
16.28
15.03
644
600
39.5
33,171
31,200
2,037
20.69
16.16
15.89
16.96
12.82
18.13
18.67
12.92
14.54
13.86
17.82
21.72
15.00
15.71
16.25
12.48
17.48
17.76
13.00
13.50
14.51
18.00
812
643
636
676
513
725
747
514
579
554
672
784
600
628
650
499
699
711
520
540
580
720
39.3
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
37.7
42,234
33,450
33,054
35,165
26,660
37,708
38,828
26,728
30,098
28,831
32,943
40,769
31,200
32,668
33,800
25,948
36,367
36,949
27,040
28,080
30,181
30,758
2,041
2,070
2,080
2,073
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,068
2,071
2,080
1,848
20.12
19.24
779
769
38.7
40,515
40,009
2,013
17.45
13.60
17.50
12.56
650
548
720
529
37.3
40.3
31,167
28,479
30,758
27,509
1,786
2,093
21.88
23.78
12.07
22.00
25.67
10.00
861
949
483
840
1,027
400
39.4
39.9
40.0
44,789
49,350
25,097
43,680
53,394
20,800
2,047
2,076
2,080
20.59
19.50
823
780
40.0
42,812
40,560
2,079
29.20
18.49
23.75
16.37
1,158
743
950
655
39.7
40.2
60,217
38,642
49,400
34,050
2,062
2,090
18.91
18.44
761
737
40.2
39,557
38,347
2,091
20.58
20.61
816
824
39.7
42,444
42,869
2,062
14.33
13.76
568
540
39.7
29,552
28,080
2,062
21.75
11.28
21.50
12.38
886
451
904
495
40.8
40.0
46,089
23,464
46,999
25,742
2,119
2,080
11.95
10.66
8.65
11.64
9.76
8.25
478
416
345
466
390
330
40.0
39.0
39.8
24,852
21,619
17,915
24,211
20,290
17,160
2,080
2,029
2,071
12.11
13.06
11.84
11.62
10.77
11.73
10.53
12.50
10.53
9.83
10.00
12.50
481
521
472
465
426
469
421
500
421
393
380
500
39.7
39.9
39.8
40.0
39.5
40.0
25,027
27,085
24,525
24,164
22,131
24,398
21,904
26,000
21,904
20,444
19,760
26,000
2,066
2,073
2,071
2,080
2,056
2,080
9.52
8.50
373
340
39.2
19,401
17,680
2,038
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.26
14.91
24.03
$10.87
11.67
17.32
$530
596
1,035
27.97
19.04
27.10
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Packers and packagers, hand ............................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.50
$10.00
$495
$400
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
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
39.6
$25,757
$20,800
2,061
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$716
39.7
$46,822
$37,232
2,060
1,995
3,314
1,836
2,127
1,588
1,476
1,915
1,790
945
2,547
1,836
4,465
1,740
1,904
1,221
1,558
1,855
1,673
658
2,499
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
103,665
172,322
95,474
110,626
82,583
76,727
99,603
93,060
47,550
132,430
95,326
232,182
90,501
99,000
63,507
81,020
96,466
87,000
34,206
129,923
2,079
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,089
2,080
2,013
2,080
29.06
24.04
1,166
1,002
1,162
962
40.0
40.0
60,633
52,101
60,447
49,999
2,078
2,080
23.43
19.57
928
794
39.6
48,270
41,267
2,060
23.79
20.40
942
827
39.6
48,985
43,000
2,059
26.61
33.20
29.00
28.25
28.84
23.60
24.17
27.64
34.09
28.89
29.78
29.78
21.89
25.08
1,064
1,328
1,160
1,130
1,154
944
967
1,106
1,364
1,156
1,191
1,191
876
1,003
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
55,349
69,058
60,321
58,757
59,991
49,094
50,270
57,500
70,907
60,091
61,932
61,932
45,527
52,175
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
34.06
30.23
42.85
35.34
31.04
41.61
1,356
1,209
1,689
1,414
1,242
1,656
39.8
40.0
39.4
70,509
62,882
87,830
73,507
64,572
86,087
2,070
2,080
2,050
41.77
41.14
40.19
36.85
1,671
1,646
1,608
1,474
40.0
40.0
86,889
85,571
83,599
76,654
2,080
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Aerospace engineers ..........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electronics engineers, except computer .........
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
Aerospace engineering and operations
technicians ....................................................
42.58
47.15
53.99
44.27
43.97
26.15
41.75
44.38
53.75
41.88
40.87
25.54
1,703
1,886
2,160
1,771
1,759
1,046
1,670
1,775
2,150
1,675
1,635
1,022
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
88,557
98,064
112,296
92,090
91,449
54,388
86,840
92,312
111,800
87,100
84,999
53,121
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
29.51
26.93
1,181
1,077
40.0
61,390
56,014
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Life scientists ..........................................................
Physical scientists ..................................................
28.57
28.97
34.77
26.63
26.63
34.00
1,137
1,152
1,391
1,065
1,065
1,360
39.8
39.8
40.0
59,142
59,919
72,317
55,380
55,380
70,720
2,070
2,068
2,080
Community and social services occupations ........
21.62
25.44
830
992
38.4
43,151
51,584
1,996
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ..............
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ................................
39.16
44.40
39.48
35.89
38.82
34.86
1,496
1,698
1,437
1,391
1,445
1,313
38.2
38.2
36.4
67,209
73,460
68,163
66,667
67,725
68,286
1,716
1,654
1,726
19.12
40.30
15.08
38.69
672
1,386
566
1,217
35.1
34.4
31,703
52,044
30,420
43,816
1,658
1,291
37.30
32.46
50.52
50.52
35.77
24.00
52.00
52.00
1,519
1,339
2,021
2,021
1,431
1,000
2,080
2,080
40.7
41.3
40.0
40.0
79,011
69,650
105,078
105,078
74,402
52,000
108,160
108,160
2,118
2,146
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$22.73
$18.00
$902
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Marketing managers ...........................................
Sales managers ..................................................
Administrative services managers ..........................
Financial managers ................................................
Industrial production managers ..............................
Education administrators ........................................
Engineering managers ...........................................
49.87
82.85
45.90
53.19
39.70
36.89
47.69
44.74
23.62
63.67
46.51
111.63
43.51
47.60
30.53
38.95
45.66
41.83
16.45
62.46
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 .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Financial analysts ...............................................
Loan counselors and officers ..................................
Loan officers .......................................................
29.18
25.05
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer programmers .........................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .............................
Producers and directors .....................................
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$30.30
35.60
22.91
$29.38
34.57
20.38
$1,189
1,370
916
$1,127
1,383
815
39.2
38.5
40.0
$61,803
71,260
47,645
$58,594
71,912
42,390
2,040
2,002
2,080
19.82
18.87
787
752
39.7
40,914
39,125
2,064
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
11.95
10.41
10.49
10.93
10.25
10.50
472
408
410
413
406
406
39.5
39.2
39.1
24,527
21,241
21,333
21,486
21,101
21,101
2,052
2,040
2,033
Protective service occupations ...............................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ..
Security guards ...................................................
11.08
10.82
10.82
10.20
10.00
10.00
441
433
433
400
400
400
39.9
40.0
40.0
22,958
22,503
22,503
20,800
20,800
20,800
2,072
2,080
2,080
10.52
11.83
12.60
8.60
7.72
9.00
11.00
11.44
8.18
7.36
406
462
493
344
290
344
433
446
327
290
38.6
39.0
39.1
40.0
37.6
21,100
24,011
25,644
17,887
15,104
17,909
22,526
23,192
17,014
15,101
2,005
2,029
2,035
2,080
1,957
7.44
10.71
7.49
10.96
281
419
294
428
37.8
39.2
14,625
21,812
15,309
22,256
1,965
2,037
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses ...............................................................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...............................................
Food preparation workers .......................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers .........................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
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 ........
9.42
8.93
8.79
8.25
375
357
352
330
39.8
40.0
19,393
18,454
17,472
16,640
2,060
2,067
8.86
9.09
10.12
9.92
8.00
8.36
8.79
8.79
354
364
394
386
320
334
352
352
40.0
40.0
38.9
38.9
18,273
18,907
20,491
20,065
16,202
17,389
18,285
18,285
2,062
2,080
2,024
2,023
Personal care and service occupations .................
13.96
10.76
492
450
35.2
25,581
23,400
1,832
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 .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers ...............
27.66
24.50
16.81
20.05
1,105
970
671
802
40.0
39.6
57,453
50,416
34,902
41,704
2,077
2,058
23.23
17.36
12.30
12.30
19.75
18.90
13.73
11.07
11.07
15.00
916
692
492
492
784
756
538
443
443
588
39.4
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
47,606
36,010
25,586
25,586
40,769
39,312
27,961
23,026
23,026
30,576
2,050
2,074
2,080
2,080
2,065
27.36
25.00
1,112
1,000
40.6
57,818
52,000
2,113
24.57
15.06
16.83
14.00
1,002
596
644
550
40.8
39.6
52,096
31,005
33,500
28,621
2,121
2,058
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 ..........................
Order clerks ............................................................
16.67
15.50
666
620
39.9
34,606
32,240
2,076
24.19
16.41
16.37
25.00
16.11
13.58
972
656
655
1,000
644
543
40.2
40.0
40.0
50,547
34,136
34,054
52,000
33,509
28,242
2,090
2,080
2,080
16.43
16.65
15.20
17.30
13.23
18.39
15.00
13.85
16.00
12.50
657
666
608
691
529
736
600
554
640
500
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
34,175
34,625
31,621
35,935
27,521
38,251
31,200
28,800
33,280
26,000
2,080
2,079
2,080
2,077
2,080
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ......................................................
Receptionists and information 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 ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers ....................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers .................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial
and industrial equipment ..............................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ............
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ....................................................
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 .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .................................
Machinists ...............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ............
Printers ...................................................................
Sewing machine operators .....................................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending
workers .............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ..............................................................
Painting workers .....................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ........................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$673
465
788
620
490
792
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.6
$36,691
26,318
41,046
29,886
25,545
44,073
$34,998
24,170
40,976
32,240
25,480
41,184
2,079
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,063
2,061
882
866
40.0
45,850
45,032
2,079
17.16
11.58
11.58
13.83
14.07
709
505
457
608
597
686
463
463
553
563
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.8
36,890
26,276
23,742
31,613
31,029
35,693
24,078
24,078
28,766
29,259
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,075
2,071
22.17
21.23
887
849
40.0
46,115
44,148
2,080
22.01
22.17
879
887
39.9
45,698
46,107
2,077
26.35
27.61
1,054
1,104
40.0
54,809
57,420
2,080
21.50
19.59
860
784
40.0
44,713
40,747
2,080
26.23
26.83
19.27
29.23
26.01
18.00
1,049
1,073
771
1,169
1,040
720
40.0
40.0
40.0
54,560
55,798
40,092
60,798
54,101
37,440
2,080
2,080
2,080
19.27
18.00
771
720
40.0
40,092
37,440
2,080
22.34
21.32
20.35
22.76
17.80
18.00
886
846
799
906
775
696
39.7
39.7
39.3
46,092
43,985
41,570
47,133
40,290
36,207
2,063
2,063
2,042
11.81
8.50
472
340
40.0
24,556
17,680
2,080
14.89
12.47
592
500
39.8
30,809
26,000
2,069
23.61
22.24
940
890
39.8
48,892
46,263
2,070
14.26
14.00
570
560
40.0
29,658
29,120
2,080
13.16
11.17
12.12
10.50
526
447
485
420
40.0
40.0
27,369
23,235
25,210
21,840
2,080
2,080
12.05
25.45
16.60
15.88
13.16
8.22
11.27
25.95
16.68
16.52
10.50
7.75
476
1,018
664
635
509
329
451
1,038
667
661
420
310
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.7
40.0
24,738
52,945
34,530
33,036
26,466
17,099
23,442
53,976
34,694
34,368
21,840
16,120
2,053
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,011
2,080
12.29
12.19
492
488
40.0
25,568
25,355
2,080
15.53
15.63
621
625
40.0
32,302
32,510
2,080
12.08
11.17
12.15
8.50
9.00
9.75
479
447
483
340
360
390
39.6
40.0
39.8
24,892
23,234
25,133
17,680
18,720
20,280
2,060
2,080
2,069
17.91
132.01
16.37
120.73
711
2,386
655
2,193
39.7
18.1
36,943
124,083
34,056
114,052
2,063
940
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.65
12.65
19.73
14.37
12.38
21.38
$16.83
11.62
19.70
15.50
12.25
19.80
$706
506
789
575
491
848
22.05
21.69
17.74
12.63
11.41
15.23
14.98
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers .........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
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
$132.01
20.95
21.34
13.07
11.11
$120.73
21.03
21.03
11.85
9.65
$2,386
861
879
523
442
$2,193
841
841
474
380
18.1
41.1
41.2
40.0
39.7
$124,083
44,703
45,679
27,187
22,962
$114,052
43,742
43,742
24,648
19,781
940
2,134
2,141
2,080
2,066
13.18
8.07
12.50
7.88
526
317
500
308
39.9
39.3
27,369
16,476
26,000
16,037
2,076
2,043
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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 ....................................................................
$26.38
$23.99
$29.53
$19.73
$19.52
$28.87
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 .......................
37.36
29.25
38.36
20.85
18.98
14.39
20.06
28.16
–
27.67
21.23
19.65
21.91
41.81
–
41.96
12.10
19.44
14.40
22.28
28.03
28.68
27.07
20.90
18.40
21.97
35.89
28.92
37.00
28.17
18.48
–
18.50
28.95
27.40
30.75
24.89
32.76
21.15
34.58
37.14
32.53
10.33
17.72
21.84
15.70
17.92
–
17.85
13.03
14.05
11.69
34.55
36.75
32.76
10.10
17.71
21.85
15.64
17.90
17.99
17.82
12.95
13.97
11.62
35.24
45.04
28.79
20.51
18.77
–
18.93
21.40
21.78
21.03
24.15
24.90
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.2
6.0
2.5
2.2
2.3
5.0
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 .......................
6.1
10.5
6.2
6.0
6.6
6.5
7.1
1.9
–
4.2
3.4
5.0
4.1
17.8
–
18.1
8.1
12.0
6.6
13.3
2.1
2.4
5.5
3.4
4.6
4.4
4.3
11.1
3.5
5.1
1.5
–
1.5
1.8
3.7
5.2
7.7
9.6
6.5
1.9
3.4
3.3
3.2
4.2
10.0
2.6
3.4
–
5.4
5.2
6.9
6.1
2.0
3.6
3.5
3.2
4.3
10.0
2.6
3.4
4.7
5.4
5.2
7.1
6.2
3.1
4.7
5.2
26.8
4.1
–
4.2
3.8
11.5
8.1
13.5
21.7
–
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, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$20.63
$19.44
$31.59
$31.59
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 .......................
35.32
36.81
34.52
12.45
15.78
13.82
16.45
21.83
–
21.22
14.88
14.92
14.85
35.18
37.03
33.96
10.26
15.50
13.82
16.16
21.38
21.97
20.49
14.64
14.63
14.65
33.24
33.18
–
–
35.23
41.38
17.11
22.61
–
22.61
16.48
–
–
33.24
33.18
–
–
35.23
41.38
17.11
22.61
–
22.61
16.48
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
1.9
2.2
7.0
7.0
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 .......................
2.3
4.0
3.3
2.6
2.1
4.6
2.9
4.5
–
7.4
3.7
4.4
5.1
2.8
4.4
4.5
3.2
2.4
4.6
3.4
5.0
5.1
8.8
3.8
4.7
5.3
15.7
19.6
–
–
9.1
15.6
7.0
12.5
–
12.5
20.8
–
–
15.7
19.6
–
–
9.1
15.6
7.0
12.5
–
12.5
20.8
–
–
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 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
–
$19.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.33
37.39
–
17.50
20.21
16.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.59
18.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.35
14.62
13.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
9.5
–
8.7
5.1
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
6.3
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 Los Angeles–Riverside–Orange County, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura 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 or part-time,
union or nonunion, and time or 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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
6,801,100
5,907,200
893,900
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 .......................
1,717,300
538,600
1,178,800
1,269,300
2,097,200
731,900
1,365,300
661,600
369,900
289,200
1,055,700
505,700
550,000
1,206,100
472,900
733,100
1,108,100
1,939,500
730,300
1,209,100
622,500
349,100
270,900
1,031,000
496,400
534,600
511,300
65,600
445,600
161,200
157,700
–
156,200
39,100
20,800
18,300
24,600
9,300
15,400
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, Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
393,666
393,172
494
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
1,276
666
390
220
1,202
608
375
219
74
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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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