Los Angeles–Riverside–
Orange County, CA
National Compensation Survey
April 2002
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
December 2002
Bulletin 3115–27
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment
characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................
2–1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
2–2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
2–3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
3–1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
3–2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry,
and State and local government ....................................................................................................
5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................
5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry.............
5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, private industry..........................................................................................
6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers:
Selected occupations, State and local government .......................................................................
6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers:
Selected occupations, all industries ..............................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Occupational Leveling Criteria ........................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
B–1
C–1
D–1
Introduction
T
Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the
same type of information for full-time workers only. Table
2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime.
Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual
hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for
major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by major occupational groups within the private
sector.
Tables 6–1 through 6–5 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for 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.
These iterations correspond to those presented in tables 2–
1, 2–2, and 2–3. For each published occupation, these percentiles relate to the average hourly earnings of jobs surveyed in establishments. The percentiles do not relate to
the hourly earnings of individual workers in these establishment jobs.
Appendix table 1 provides the number of workers represented by the survey by major occupational group. The
employment estimates relate to all employers in the area,
rather than just to those surveyed.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Los Angeles–Riverside–Orange County, CA, metropolitan area. Data were collected between September
2001 and October 2002; the average reference month is
April 2002. 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 several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the occupational leveling methodology.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data
on occupational wages and employee benefits for localities,
broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a whole. The
Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change
in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from
the NCS. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee
Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs
for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still
another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit
plans and their provisions. This bulletin is limited to data
on occupational wages and salaries.
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 480 detailed occupations 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 1–1 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 major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$19.84
2.6
36.1
$18.22
3.3
36.6
$25.89
3.2
34.3
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
24.15
32.20
31.99
17.51
14.99
14.84
21.10
2.6
2.3
4.2
12.8
2.0
5.3
6.0
35.6
35.1
39.8
29.0
37.1
38.4
39.3
23.26
31.36
32.64
17.55
14.46
14.24
20.46
3.2
2.8
4.7
12.9
2.7
5.8
7.0
36.2
37.1
40.3
29.1
37.8
38.3
39.3
26.55
33.70
29.92
–
16.38
23.15
25.94
4.1
3.6
7.6
–
2.7
4.9
5.2
34.0
32.1
38.3
–
35.2
39.8
39.6
11.44
14.29
4.3
13.5
39.2
38.5
11.34
13.59
4.3
15.7
39.2
38.3
–
20.11
–
7.5
–
40.0
10.75
13.64
4.5
5.7
36.6
34.3
10.38
9.74
4.6
4.5
36.4
34.6
17.94
24.77
5.5
4.8
40.0
33.6
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
20.57
12.47
2.7
6.5
39.5
19.5
18.97
10.76
3.4
6.1
39.7
20.8
26.55
19.09
3.3
12.1
38.8
15.7
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
23.07
18.38
3.6
3.3
36.0
36.2
18.76
18.11
6.9
3.5
37.1
36.5
26.29
23.76
3.7
5.5
35.2
30.5
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
19.77
21.37
2.6
15.6
36.1
38.0
18.04
21.37
3.3
15.6
36.6
38.0
25.89
–
3.2
–
34.3
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers7 .......................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
15.36
16.08
23.82
6.1
6.0
3.0
36.2
36.9
35.6
15.15
16.03
22.22
6.2
6.1
4.6
36.2
37.3
36.3
25.05
17.90
26.26
3.9
12.4
3.3
36.9
28.1
34.6
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
2
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$19.84
20.00
2.6
2.7
$18.22
18.28
3.3
3.4
$25.89
25.91
3.2
3.2
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
24.15
25.02
2.6
2.5
23.26
24.34
3.2
3.0
26.55
26.59
4.1
4.1
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
32.20
34.52
38.13
43.71
37.18
36.90
33.82
38.25
34.51
35.73
32.09
25.78
30.40
39.70
29.56
44.17
72.74
44.20
35.81
38.61
40.85
37.94
33.90
–
–
23.60
24.41
15.47
–
2.3
2.2
3.1
6.3
17.8
3.1
7.5
3.4
4.0
4.6
5.9
12.1
3.6
24.7
2.7
5.2
22.4
4.6
5.2
4.7
4.7
8.5
20.2
–
–
11.2
11.7
22.4
–
31.36
33.98
38.59
43.71
–
36.90
33.34
38.25
35.66
37.48
32.64
–
31.17
–
30.02
43.62
72.74
–
17.24
–
29.74
19.77
–
–
–
24.66
–
–
–
2.8
2.7
3.0
6.3
–
3.1
8.4
3.4
3.6
2.8
7.6
–
4.0
–
3.1
11.5
22.4
–
8.0
–
9.3
16.0
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
33.70
35.33
30.82
–
29.50
–
–
–
27.68
27.68
30.70
–
25.80
–
26.87
44.47
–
46.26
38.81
38.80
–
–
–
–
–
23.12
23.77
–
–
3.6
3.5
10.0
–
9.6
–
–
–
8.3
8.3
4.6
–
2.8
–
1.6
5.0
–
4.4
3.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
16.4
17.5
–
–
33.51
22.79
15.29
22.10
16.86
18.43
27.13
23.58
16.25
29.22
10.2
6.2
14.0
4.0
2.8
5.8
3.5
7.0
7.3
15.8
34.30
23.41
–
22.10
16.78
18.27
26.97
–
–
30.80
10.5
7.4
–
4.0
2.9
8.6
3.7
–
–
17.6
–
20.30
–
–
–
–
28.72
–
16.25
22.60
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
7.3
3.2
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
31.99
35.64
36.43
36.71
38.41
4.2
5.8
18.4
9.5
12.7
32.64
36.40
–
35.91
34.70
4.7
6.2
–
10.3
13.2
29.92
33.24
36.43
–
–
7.6
12.7
18.4
–
–
34.09
39.28
34.51
27.51
38.29
26.43
25.50
29.08
29.18
24.6
13.6
4.9
24.7
8.8
3.0
5.4
3.4
3.1
34.09
25.60
34.87
–
41.25
26.94
25.48
29.08
–
24.6
18.4
5.0
–
7.3
3.6
6.7
3.4
–
–
53.19
–
–
26.76
24.77
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
19.8
4.2
–
–
–
19.98
28.48
26.54
11.7
5.4
6.2
–
–
27.15
–
–
7.3
–
28.48
23.55
–
5.4
2.1
See footnotes at end of table.
3
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
$17.51
37.55
24.74
12.8
42.1
37.0
$17.55
37.55
24.74
12.9
42.1
37.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.50
8.93
14.08
11.33
12.1
7.5
20.8
9.7
21.50
8.93
14.08
11.38
12.1
7.5
20.8
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
14.99
20.99
17.41
15.40
14.79
12.23
13.34
16.12
15.28
15.85
15.93
16.75
10.59
19.31
11.57
14.46
19.48
15.89
13.28
9.65
12.79
13.76
15.28
2.0
6.7
2.9
6.0
4.5
6.5
10.2
6.3
3.4
6.2
3.6
7.1
6.8
10.1
4.9
11.6
8.0
1.6
4.0
2.4
5.1
7.8
6.2
14.46
–
17.02
–
14.79
12.13
12.55
16.12
–
16.16
15.70
–
9.83
–
11.57
14.50
19.25
–
12.03
9.65
11.43
–
14.59
2.7
–
3.3
–
4.5
6.6
9.5
6.3
–
5.9
4.1
–
5.1
–
4.9
11.8
8.6
–
5.4
2.4
4.7
–
7.0
$16.38
20.71
19.33
–
–
–
–
–
15.50
–
17.30
–
–
21.74
–
–
–
–
14.94
–
–
13.90
18.85
2.7
2.1
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
5.0
–
–
1.5
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
7.9
5.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
14.84
5.3
14.24
5.8
23.15
4.9
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
21.10
30.94
24.73
19.56
6.0
9.1
11.9
8.6
20.46
30.99
24.83
–
7.0
10.5
12.7
–
25.94
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
25.41
19.65
20.86
23.66
20.23
20.30
32.63
18.57
10.30
15.76
24.11
5.3
6.8
5.8
6.0
7.8
8.2
18.4
9.7
17.7
8.1
3.9
25.89
19.15
19.74
–
–
20.30
32.18
18.57
10.30
15.76
–
5.5
6.7
4.8
–
–
8.2
20.6
9.7
17.7
8.1
–
–
20.80
–
–
18.24
–
–
–
–
–
24.20
–
15.2
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
11.44
12.42
10.06
13.61
8.84
12.87
11.55
14.96
11.52
11.28
4.3
13.9
11.3
10.8
5.1
24.0
9.2
13.1
6.6
5.0
11.34
12.42
10.06
13.61
8.84
12.87
11.00
14.24
11.52
11.28
4.3
13.9
11.3
10.8
5.1
24.0
8.2
13.0
6.6
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
4
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
$14.29
13.46
11.16
13.5
9.9
11.0
$13.59
12.44
11.16
15.7
10.6
11.0
$20.11
–
–
7.5
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
10.75
8.48
11.51
10.37
10.50
8.32
12.86
4.5
5.0
12.2
9.0
12.2
5.1
9.3
10.38
8.48
11.51
10.37
10.50
8.32
12.19
4.6
5.0
12.2
9.0
12.2
5.1
10.7
17.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
13.64
20.95
38.74
21.62
29.62
5.7
11.7
6.3
36.9
4.2
9.74
8.95
–
–
–
4.5
9.7
–
–
–
24.77
27.76
38.74
21.62
29.62
4.8
4.7
6.3
36.9
4.2
23.98
23.16
9.43
9.71
6.75
6.65
6.92
10.75
16.72
11.62
7.09
8.90
8.06
10.84
13.80
10.16
9.65
8.97
9.96
11.54
7.93
31.13
11.36
7.50
5.0
6.6
9.9
7.5
2.0
2.0
3.7
8.0
8.5
5.2
5.4
5.5
4.9
5.0
5.1
5.3
5.2
5.9
7.8
15.1
9.3
28.0
19.8
5.7
–
–
8.91
9.52
6.75
6.65
6.92
10.54
16.56
11.62
7.09
–
7.83
10.54
13.43
10.05
8.98
8.97
9.03
11.66
–
31.13
11.62
7.42
–
–
9.6
7.9
2.0
2.0
3.7
8.6
9.7
5.2
5.4
–
5.3
5.3
6.8
5.6
4.3
5.9
6.0
15.9
–
28.0
23.6
5.7
23.98
23.16
–
13.99
–
–
–
13.99
–
–
–
–
–
13.39
–
11.95
14.24
–
14.20
9.59
–
–
–
–
5.0
6.6
–
14.5
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
5.7
2.9
–
3.1
8.8
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
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.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
5
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$20.57
20.57
2.7
2.8
$18.97
18.84
3.4
3.5
$26.55
26.55
3.3
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
24.97
25.41
2.6
2.5
24.21
24.73
3.2
3.1
27.07
27.07
4.3
4.3
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
32.52
34.81
38.13
43.71
37.18
36.90
33.82
38.25
34.51
35.73
32.09
25.78
30.45
39.23
29.52
44.64
72.74
45.07
36.44
38.67
40.90
38.07
33.92
–
–
24.10
24.55
–
2.3
2.3
3.1
6.3
17.8
3.1
7.5
3.4
4.0
4.6
5.9
12.1
4.0
25.8
3.0
5.8
22.4
5.5
5.5
4.7
4.7
11.0
20.2
–
–
11.5
12.0
–
31.68
34.23
38.59
43.71
–
36.90
33.34
38.25
35.66
37.48
32.64
–
31.26
–
29.96
43.77
72.74
–
17.33
–
29.71
21.66
–
–
–
25.11
26.35
–
2.9
2.8
3.0
6.3
–
3.1
8.4
3.4
3.6
2.8
7.6
–
4.5
–
3.3
10.7
22.4
–
8.4
–
9.2
19.8
–
–
–
6.8
5.8
–
34.07
35.70
30.82
–
29.50
–
–
–
27.68
27.68
30.70
–
25.66
–
26.86
45.23
–
47.73
39.69
38.82
–
–
–
–
–
23.66
23.77
–
3.7
3.7
10.0
–
9.6
–
–
–
8.3
8.3
4.6
–
3.1
–
1.7
6.3
–
5.2
3.9
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
16.5
17.5
–
34.48
23.27
15.34
17.07
18.47
27.13
23.58
29.22
12.8
6.3
14.7
2.6
6.1
3.5
7.0
15.8
35.63
23.83
–
17.01
18.32
26.97
–
30.80
13.4
7.6
–
2.8
9.5
3.7
–
17.6
–
20.96
–
–
–
28.72
–
22.60
–
4.4
–
–
–
8.1
–
3.2
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
31.82
35.41
36.43
36.71
38.41
4.2
5.9
18.4
9.5
12.7
32.53
36.25
–
35.91
34.70
4.7
6.2
–
10.3
13.2
29.51
32.68
36.43
–
–
7.6
13.0
18.4
–
–
34.09
37.18
34.51
38.29
26.43
25.50
29.08
29.18
24.6
14.6
4.9
8.8
3.0
5.4
3.4
3.1
34.09
25.60
34.87
41.25
26.94
25.48
29.08
–
24.6
18.4
5.0
7.3
3.6
6.7
3.4
–
–
–
–
26.76
24.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.8
4.2
–
–
–
19.98
28.48
26.54
11.7
5.4
6.2
–
–
27.15
–
–
7.3
–
28.48
23.55
–
5.4
2.1
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
20.67
37.55
29.53
13.1
42.1
28.3
20.67
37.55
29.53
13.1
42.1
28.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Sales –Continued
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
$21.50
16.61
11.02
12.1
21.1
13.8
$21.50
16.61
11.02
12.1
21.1
13.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
15.27
20.99
17.62
15.40
14.79
12.36
13.38
16.12
15.32
15.78
15.99
16.75
10.65
21.31
11.57
14.71
19.48
15.89
13.56
13.06
15.32
2.1
6.7
2.9
6.0
4.6
6.7
11.4
6.3
3.7
6.5
3.7
7.1
7.3
2.9
4.9
13.5
8.0
1.6
4.0
5.3
6.2
14.76
–
17.25
–
14.79
12.26
12.46
16.12
–
16.05
15.74
–
9.82
–
11.57
14.78
19.25
–
12.41
11.65
14.59
2.8
–
3.3
–
4.6
6.8
10.6
6.3
–
6.6
4.2
–
5.6
–
4.9
13.8
8.6
–
5.6
5.6
7.0
$16.72
20.71
19.33
–
–
–
–
–
15.57
–
17.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.96
–
19.31
2.8
2.1
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
4.8
Blue collar ...........................................................................
15.14
5.4
14.52
6.0
23.22
4.9
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
21.13
30.94
24.84
19.56
6.0
9.1
12.0
8.6
20.48
30.99
24.94
–
7.0
10.5
12.7
–
26.09
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
25.41
19.95
20.86
23.66
20.23
20.30
32.63
18.57
10.30
15.76
24.11
5.3
6.8
5.8
6.0
7.8
8.2
18.4
9.7
17.7
8.1
3.9
25.89
19.15
19.74
–
–
20.30
32.18
18.57
10.30
15.76
–
5.5
6.7
4.8
–
–
8.2
20.6
9.7
17.7
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
18.24
–
–
–
–
–
24.20
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
11.49
12.42
11.13
13.61
8.84
12.87
11.55
14.96
11.54
11.28
4.3
13.9
8.5
10.8
5.1
24.0
9.2
13.1
6.7
5.0
11.38
12.42
11.13
13.61
8.84
12.87
11.00
14.24
11.54
11.28
4.3
13.9
8.5
10.8
5.1
24.0
8.2
13.0
6.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
14.58
13.57
12.11
14.1
10.0
11.2
13.86
12.54
12.11
16.4
10.7
11.2
20.11
–
–
7.5
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
10.97
4.8
10.53
5.0
17.94
5.5
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$8.48
11.42
10.48
8.47
13.90
5.0
13.8
10.4
5.7
10.4
$8.48
11.42
10.48
8.47
13.23
5.0
13.8
10.4
5.7
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.70
22.15
38.74
29.84
6.5
12.5
6.3
4.3
10.19
9.07
–
–
5.2
11.3
–
–
$26.35
29.00
38.74
29.84
4.2
4.0
6.3
4.3
24.21
23.16
9.44
10.55
6.70
6.54
6.96
11.42
17.06
11.62
8.46
10.86
14.06
10.22
9.75
9.18
10.02
13.49
4.7
6.6
11.6
8.5
3.1
1.3
5.5
8.3
8.2
5.2
5.1
5.5
6.0
5.7
5.6
6.2
8.3
19.4
–
–
9.03
10.34
6.70
6.54
6.96
11.19
16.94
11.62
8.29
10.56
–
10.10
9.05
9.18
9.03
13.48
–
–
11.2
8.9
3.1
1.3
5.5
8.8
9.5
5.2
5.5
5.7
–
5.9
4.6
6.2
6.3
19.7
24.21
23.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.61
–
–
14.29
–
14.26
–
4.7
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
2.9
–
3.1
–
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
8
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$12.47
13.32
6.5
7.2
$10.76
11.34
6.1
7.3
$19.09
19.25
12.1
12.2
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
15.66
19.36
9.0
8.0
13.16
17.28
10.1
10.1
21.71
21.98
12.4
12.5
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
27.58
30.38
29.91
29.86
41.67
40.01
29.62
37.65
–
7.7
7.1
2.5
3.6
6.1
8.2
17.0
11.9
–
25.69
29.17
30.45
30.47
–
–
15.47
13.31
–
6.3
5.5
2.4
3.6
–
–
15.5
15.3
–
29.67
31.44
–
–
41.85
41.24
30.74
–
–
13.1
11.8
–
–
5.3
7.8
16.7
–
–
30.57
15.41
13.5
8.1
30.57
16.60
13.5
5.3
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
49.83
49.83
12.8
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
8.93
11.64
7.1
9.2
8.91
11.75
7.2
9.6
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
12.11
9.58
14.16
5.5
9.5
10.4
10.65
8.61
–
3.9
7.4
–
14.16
–
14.16
9.2
–
10.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
9.62
6.2
9.62
6.2
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
9.59
11.77
8.49
6.7
11.2
6.3
9.59
11.77
8.49
6.7
11.2
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
8.12
9.17
7.32
6.81
6.74
7.78
7.43
–
8.06
8.28
8.71
7.49
3.8
11.5
3.3
2.5
3.1
5.8
5.5
–
8.5
6.9
6.1
8.0
7.76
–
7.11
6.81
6.74
7.42
7.05
–
–
8.20
–
–
3.0
–
3.0
2.5
3.1
5.2
3.8
–
–
7.6
–
–
10.08
10.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.79
–
–
11.5
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
9
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$812
811
2.7
2.7
39.5
39.5
$753
747
3.4
3.5
39.7
39.7
$1,029
1,029
3.0
3.0
38.8
38.8
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
984
1,001
2.5
2.5
39.4
39.4
967
987
3.2
3.1
39.9
39.9
1,031
1,031
3.9
3.9
38.1
38.1
1,250
1,333
2.3
2.3
38.4
38.3
1,258
1,368
3.0
3.0
39.7
40.0
1,237
1,284
3.8
3.7
36.3
36.0
1,538
1,748
1,487
3.1
6.3
17.8
40.3
40.0
40.0
1,558
1,748
–
3.0
6.3
–
40.4
40.0
–
1,233
–
1,180
10.0
–
9.6
40.0
–
40.0
1,513
1,445
1,530
3.3
11.1
3.4
41.0
42.7
40.0
1,513
1,433
1,530
3.3
12.5
3.4
41.0
43.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,389
4.1
40.2
1,437
3.8
40.3
1,107
8.3
40.0
1,440
1,284
1,031
1,193
1,569
1,157
1,639
4.7
5.9
12.1
4.2
25.8
3.1
4.7
40.3
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.2
36.7
1,513
1,305
–
1,222
–
1,171
1,611
2.9
7.6
–
4.6
–
3.4
8.8
40.4
40.0
–
39.1
–
39.1
36.8
1,107
1,228
–
1,020
–
1,069
1,658
8.3
4.6
–
3.1
–
1.7
5.1
40.0
40.0
–
39.8
–
39.8
36.7
2,573
14.1
35.4
2,573
14.1
35.4
–
–
–
1,613
4.0
35.8
–
–
–
1,689
3.0
35.4
1,267
1,304
1,452
1,349
5.5
4.0
13.2
9.6
34.8
33.7
35.5
35.4
692
–
1,180
872
8.4
–
9.1
20.0
39.9
–
39.7
40.3
1,351
1,307
–
–
4.7
4.0
–
–
34.0
33.7
–
–
1,190
14.3
35.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
964
982
–
11.5
12.0
–
40.0
40.0
–
1,004
1,054
–
6.8
5.8
–
40.0
40.0
–
947
951
–
16.5
17.5
–
40.0
40.0
–
1,432
907
13.7
6.3
41.5
39.0
1,484
928
14.1
7.4
41.6
38.9
–
823
–
5.5
–
39.3
610
675
14.7
2.8
39.7
39.5
–
672
–
3.0
–
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
739
6.1
40.0
733
9.5
40.0
–
–
–
1,063
943
1,169
3.7
7.0
15.8
39.2
40.0
40.0
1,054
–
1,232
3.9
–
17.6
39.1
–
40.0
1,149
–
904
8.1
–
3.2
40.0
–
40.0
1,283
4.2
40.3
1,315
4.7
40.4
1,182
7.7
40.0
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Business, commerce, and
marketing teachers ...........
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Drafters ...................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$1,429
5.9
40.4
$1,466
6.2
40.5
$1,310
13.1
40.1
1,457
1,465
18.4
9.5
40.0
39.9
–
1,433
–
10.2
–
39.9
1,457
–
18.4
–
40.0
–
1,533
12.7
39.9
1,384
13.2
39.9
–
–
–
1,364
24.6
40.0
1,364
24.6
40.0
–
–
–
1,501
15.4
40.4
1,025
18.4
40.0
–
–
–
1,381
4.9
40.0
1,395
5.0
40.0
–
–
–
1,542
1,065
1,017
1,201
1,167
9.0
3.0
5.4
4.9
3.1
40.3
40.3
39.9
41.3
40.0
1,664
1,088
1,015
1,201
–
7.6
3.7
6.8
4.9
–
40.3
40.4
39.9
41.3
–
1,070
990
–
–
–
19.8
4.2
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
798
1,139
1,069
11.7
5.4
5.9
39.9
40.0
40.3
–
–
1,096
–
–
7.0
–
–
40.4
–
1,139
939
–
5.4
2.2
–
40.0
39.9
825
1,574
1,181
13.9
48.3
28.3
39.9
41.9
40.0
825
1,574
1,181
13.9
48.3
28.3
39.9
41.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
860
12.1
40.0
860
12.1
40.0
–
–
–
625
439
22.6
13.7
37.6
39.9
625
439
22.6
13.7
37.6
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
609
856
702
615
2.1
5.8
2.8
5.9
39.9
40.8
39.9
39.9
588
–
687
–
2.7
–
3.2
–
39.9
–
39.8
–
667
829
773
–
2.8
2.1
3.5
–
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
592
494
535
4.6
6.7
11.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
592
490
498
4.6
6.8
10.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
645
613
631
6.3
3.7
6.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
645
–
641
6.3
–
6.6
40.0
–
40.0
–
623
–
–
4.0
–
–
40.0
–
634
670
426
842
3.7
7.1
7.3
3.5
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.5
623
–
393
–
4.2
–
5.5
–
39.6
–
40.0
–
699
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
462
583
5.0
13.6
39.9
39.6
462
585
5.0
13.8
39.9
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
775
635
8.2
1.6
39.8
40.0
766
–
8.8
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Construction inspectors ..........
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Telephone operators ..............
Dispatchers .............................
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
$541
523
612
4.0
5.3
6.2
39.9
40.0
40.0
$494
466
583
5.6
5.6
7.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
$599
–
772
5.2
–
4.8
40.0
–
40.0
Blue collar .............................................
601
5.2
39.7
576
5.8
39.7
928
4.9
40.0
833
5.7
39.4
806
6.7
39.3
1,042
5.2
39.9
1,239
993
782
9.2
12.0
8.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
1,241
998
–
10.5
12.7
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
990
5.4
39.0
1,005
5.9
38.8
–
–
–
794
816
946
809
812
1,302
743
6.9
5.9
6.0
7.8
8.2
18.6
9.7
39.8
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
766
767
–
–
812
1,284
743
6.7
4.0
–
–
8.2
20.7
9.7
40.0
38.9
–
–
40.0
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
730
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
412
17.7
40.0
412
17.7
40.0
–
–
–
630
8.1
40.0
630
8.1
40.0
–
–
–
964
3.9
40.0
–
–
–
968
4.0
40.0
457
4.3
39.8
453
4.3
39.8
–
–
–
497
13.9
40.0
497
13.9
40.0
–
–
–
445
543
8.5
10.7
40.0
39.9
445
543
8.5
10.7
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
354
5.1
40.0
354
5.1
40.0
–
–
–
515
24.0
40.0
515
24.0
40.0
–
–
–
449
598
459
9.0
13.1
6.7
38.9
40.0
39.8
427
570
459
8.0
13.0
6.7
38.8
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
451
5.0
40.0
451
5.0
40.0
–
–
–
583
543
14.1
10.0
40.0
40.0
554
502
16.4
10.7
40.0
40.0
804
–
7.5
–
40.0
–
484
11.2
40.0
484
11.2
40.0
–
–
–
438
338
456
4.7
4.9
13.9
39.9
39.9
39.9
421
338
456
5.0
4.9
13.9
39.9
39.9
39.9
717
–
–
5.5
–
–
40.0
–
–
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Drillers, oil well ........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Production helpers ..................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
bartenders ..........................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Other food service ....................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Cooks .....................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
$419
339
10.4
5.7
40.0
40.0
$419
339
10.4
5.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
555
10.4
39.9
528
12.3
39.9
–
–
–
577
895
6.6
13.0
39.3
40.4
395
359
4.9
11.0
38.7
39.5
$1,073
1,186
4.8
4.7
40.7
40.9
1,545
6.4
39.9
–
–
–
1,545
6.4
39.9
1,193
4.3
40.0
–
–
–
1,193
4.3
40.0
968
915
4.7
7.1
40.0
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
968
915
4.7
7.1
40.0
39.5
374
413
11.4
9.2
39.6
39.1
357
404
11.0
9.5
39.5
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
243
229
4.7
6.4
36.2
35.0
243
229
4.7
6.4
36.2
35.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
264
455
4.0
8.8
38.0
39.8
264
446
4.0
9.2
38.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
683
486
335
429
562
8.2
8.5
5.4
5.4
6.0
40.0
41.8
39.6
39.5
40.0
678
486
328
417
–
9.5
8.5
5.8
5.7
–
40.0
41.8
39.6
39.5
–
–
–
–
542
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
403
389
364
400
462
5.6
5.5
6.2
8.3
15.4
39.5
39.8
39.7
39.9
34.2
399
360
364
360
460
5.8
4.6
6.2
6.3
15.6
39.4
39.8
39.7
39.8
34.2
–
572
–
570
–
–
2.9
–
3.1
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$41,204
41,114
2.7
2.7
2,003
1,999
$39,062
38,792
3.4
3.5
2,060
2,059
$48,242
48,242
3.0
3.0
1,817
1,817
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
49,080
49,681
2.5
2.5
1,966
1,955
50,117
51,170
3.2
3.1
2,070
2,070
46,701
46,701
3.9
3.9
1,725
1,725
59,150
61,822
2.3
2.3
1,819
1,776
64,853
70,353
3.0
3.0
2,047
2,055
51,455
52,377
3.8
3.7
1,510
1,467
79,992
90,907
77,327
3.1
6.3
17.8
2,098
2,080
2,080
81,012
90,907
–
3.0
6.3
–
2,099
2,080
–
64,104
–
61,370
10.0
–
9.6
2,080
–
2,080
78,655
75,117
79,553
3.3
11.1
3.4
2,131
2,221
2,080
78,655
74,519
79,563
3.3
12.5
3.4
2,131
2,235
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
72,217
4.1
2,093
74,704
3.8
2,095
57,572
8.3
2,080
74,882
66,753
53,621
61,977
79,891
60,140
67,840
4.7
5.9
12.1
4.2
25.8
3.1
4.7
2,096
2,080
2,080
2,035
2,036
2,037
1,520
78,668
67,883
–
63,442
–
60,869
66,752
2.9
7.6
–
4.6
–
3.4
8.8
2,099
2,080
–
2,030
–
2,032
1,525
57,572
63,865
–
53,065
–
55,605
68,568
8.3
4.6
–
3.1
–
1.7
5.1
2,080
2,080
–
2,068
–
2,070
1,516
89,576
14.1
1,232
89,576
14.1
1,232
–
–
–
69,061
4.0
1,532
–
–
–
70,782
3.0
1,483
48,305
47,918
53,851
49,539
5.5
4.0
13.2
9.6
1,326
1,239
1,317
1,301
33,855
–
46,265
38,833
8.4
–
9.1
20.0
1,954
–
1,557
1,793
49,890
48,010
–
–
4.7
4.0
–
–
1,257
1,237
–
–
48,935
14.3
1,443
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
50,123
51,054
–
11.5
12.0
–
2,080
2,080
–
52,220
54,812
–
6.8
5.8
–
2,080
2,080
–
49,218
49,441
–
16.5
17.5
–
2,080
2,080
–
74,340
46,877
13.7
6.3
2,156
2,015
77,021
48,238
14.1
7.4
2,162
2,024
–
41,467
–
5.5
–
1,978
31,694
35,100
14.7
2.8
2,067
2,056
–
34,946
–
3.0
–
2,055
–
–
–
–
–
–
38,420
6.1
2,080
38,113
9.5
2,080
–
–
–
55,272
49,041
60,772
3.7
7.0
15.8
2,037
2,080
2,080
54,824
–
64,061
3.9
–
17.6
2,033
–
2,080
59,746
–
46,999
8.1
–
3.2
2,080
–
2,080
65,811
4.2
2,069
68,370
4.7
2,102
58,044
7.7
1,967
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Aerospace engineers ..............
Civil engineers ........................
Electrical and electronic
engineers ..........................
Mechanical engineers .............
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Medical scientists ...................
Health related .............................
Physicians ..............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Business, commerce, and
marketing teachers ...........
Other post-secondary
teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, n.e.c. ......................
Vocational and educational
counselors ........................
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Lawyers and judges ....................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical ........................................
Clinical laboratory
technologists and
technicians ........................
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Electrical and electronic
technicians ........................
Drafters ...................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and
managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators and officials,
public administration .........
Financial managers ................
Personnel and labor relations
managers ..........................
Managers, marketing,
advertising, and public
relations ............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers, medicine and
health ................................
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Accountants and auditors .......
Other financial officers ............
Management analysts ............
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ..........
Construction inspectors ..........
Management related, n.e.c. ....
Sales ..................................................
Supervisors, sales ..................
Sales, other business services
Sales representatives, mining,
manufacturing, and
wholesale ..........................
Sales workers, other
commodities .....................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Supervisors, general office .....
Secretaries .............................
Typists ....................................
Transportation ticket and
reservation agents ............
Receptionists ..........................
Order clerks ............................
Personnel clerks, except
payroll and timekeeping ....
Library clerks ..........................
Records clerks, n.e.c. .............
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
Telephone operators ..............
Dispatchers .............................
Traffic, shipping and receiving
clerks ................................
Stock and inventory clerks ......
Investigators and adjusters,
except insurance ..............
Eligibility clerks, social welfare
$72,630
5.9
2,051
$76,237
6.2
2,103
$62,049
13.1
1,899
75,783
76,168
18.4
9.5
2,080
2,075
–
74,508
–
10.2
–
2,075
75,783
–
18.4
–
2,080
–
79,708
12.7
2,075
71,954
13.2
2,074
–
–
–
70,905
24.6
2,080
70,905
24.6
2,080
–
–
–
70,577
15.4
1,898
53,108
18.4
2,074
–
–
–
71,786
4.9
2,080
72,535
5.0
2,080
–
–
–
80,174
55,362
52,909
62,447
60,692
9.0
3.0
5.4
4.9
3.1
2,094
2,095
2,075
2,147
2,080
86,524
56,572
52,805
62,447
–
7.6
3.7
6.8
4.9
–
2,097
2,100
2,073
2,147
–
55,659
51,488
–
–
–
19.8
4.2
–
–
–
2,080
2,078
–
–
–
41,489
59,236
55,609
11.7
5.4
5.9
2,076
2,080
2,095
–
–
57,005
–
–
7.0
–
–
2,099
–
59,236
48,837
–
5.4
2.2
–
2,080
2,074
42,896
81,858
61,432
13.9
48.3
28.3
2,075
2,180
2,080
42,896
81,858
61,432
13.9
48.3
28.3
2,075
2,180
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
44,710
12.1
2,080
44,710
12.1
2,080
–
–
–
32,498
22,839
22.6
13.7
1,957
2,073
32,498
22,839
22.6
13.7
1,957
2,073
–
–
–
–
–
–
31,343
44,519
36,172
31,965
2.1
5.8
2.8
5.9
2,052
2,121
2,053
2,075
30,590
–
35,722
–
2.7
–
3.2
–
2,073
–
2,071
–
33,368
43,083
38,164
–
2.8
2.1
3.5
–
1,996
2,080
1,974
–
30,767
25,701
27,825
4.6
6.7
11.4
2,080
2,080
2,080
30,767
25,492
25,915
4.6
6.8
10.6
2,080
2,080
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33,528
30,584
31,464
6.3
3.7
6.5
2,080
1,997
1,994
33,528
–
33,138
6.3
–
6.6
2,080
–
2,065
–
31,014
–
–
4.0
–
–
1,992
–
32,952
34,841
22,143
43,774
3.7
7.1
7.3
3.5
2,061
2,080
2,080
2,054
32,416
–
20,423
–
4.2
–
5.5
–
2,059
–
2,080
–
36,372
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
2,074
–
–
–
24,008
30,294
5.0
13.6
2,075
2,059
24,008
30,416
5.0
13.8
2,075
2,058
–
–
–
–
–
–
40,291
33,045
8.2
1.6
2,069
2,080
39,815
–
8.8
–
2,068
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including
clerical –Continued
General office clerks ...............
Data entry keyers ...................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
$27,916
27,174
31,701
4.0
5.3
6.2
2,059
2,080
2,069
$25,674
24,227
30,320
5.6
5.6
7.0
2,068
2,080
2,078
$30,645
–
39,073
5.2
–
4.8
2,048
–
2,024
Blue collar .............................................
31,234
5.2
2,063
29,947
5.8
2,063
48,019
4.9
2,068
43,258
5.7
2,047
41,844
6.7
2,044
54,175
5.2
2,076
64,413
51,661
40,679
9.2
12.0
8.6
2,082
2,080
2,080
64,530
51,884
–
10.5
12.7
–
2,082
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
51,471
5.4
2,026
52,272
5.9
2,019
–
–
–
40,254
42,454
49,204
42,069
42,229
67,716
38,626
6.9
5.9
6.0
7.8
8.2
18.6
9.7
2,018
2,035
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,075
2,080
38,475
39,907
–
–
42,229
66,766
38,626
6.7
4.0
–
–
8.2
20.7
9.7
2,009
2,021
–
–
2,080
2,075
2,080
–
–
–
37,942
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
2,080
–
–
–
21,424
17.7
2,080
21,424
17.7
2,080
–
–
–
32,785
8.1
2,080
32,785
8.1
2,080
–
–
–
50,146
3.9
2,080
–
–
–
50,332
4.0
2,080
23,763
4.3
2,069
23,547
4.3
2,069
–
–
–
25,843
13.9
2,080
25,843
13.9
2,080
–
–
–
23,140
28,238
8.5
10.7
2,080
2,075
23,140
28,238
8.5
10.7
2,080
2,075
–
–
–
–
–
–
18,393
5.1
2,080
18,393
5.1
2,080
–
–
–
26,760
24.0
2,080
26,760
24.0
2,080
–
–
–
23,342
31,121
23,885
9.0
13.1
6.7
2,021
2,080
2,070
22,211
29,623
23,885
8.0
13.0
6.7
2,020
2,080
2,070
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23,460
5.0
2,080
23,460
5.0
2,080
–
–
–
30,201
28,166
14.1
10.0
2,071
2,076
28,798
26,034
16.4
10.7
2,077
2,075
40,767
–
7.5
–
2,027
–
25,183
11.2
2,080
25,183
11.2
2,080
–
–
–
22,776
17,594
23,701
4.7
4.9
13.9
2,076
2,076
2,076
21,860
17,594
23,701
5.0
4.9
13.9
2,075
2,076
2,076
37,305
–
–
5.5
–
–
2,080
–
–
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and
repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...........
Industrial machinery repairers
Electronic repairers,
communications and
industrial equipment .........
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Carpenters ..............................
Electricians .............................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ......
Drillers, oil well ........................
Supervisors, production ..........
Machinists ...............................
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers .....
Inspectors, testers, and
graders .............................
Water and sewer treatment
plant operators ..................
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Punching and stamping press
operators ..........................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Printing press operators .........
Textile sewing machine
operators ..........................
Mixing and blending machine
operators ..........................
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters ................
Assemblers .............................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Production helpers ..................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Freight, stock, and material
handlers, n.e.c. .................
Hand packers and packagers
Laborers, except construction,
n.e.c. .................................
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Supervisors, police and
detectives .........................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law
enforcement officers .........
Correctional institution officers
Guards and police, except
public service ....................
Food service ...............................
Waiters, waitresses, and
bartenders ..........................
Waiters and waitresses ..........
Waiters’/Waitresses’
assistants ..........................
Other food service ....................
Supervisors, food preparation
and service .......................
Cooks .....................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .........
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Maids and housemen .............
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
$21,742
17,608
10.4
5.7
2,075
2,080
$21,742
17,608
10.4
5.7
2,075
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,867
10.4
2,076
27,464
12.3
2,076
–
–
–
29,885
46,242
6.6
13.0
2,033
2,088
20,511
18,659
4.9
11.0
2,013
2,057
$54,981
61,028
4.8
4.7
2,087
2,104
80,364
6.4
2,074
–
–
–
80,364
6.4
2,074
62,046
4.3
2,080
–
–
–
62,046
4.3
2,080
50,355
47,559
4.7
7.1
2,080
2,053
–
–
–
–
–
–
50,355
47,559
4.7
7.1
2,080
2,053
19,089
21,266
11.4
9.2
2,022
2,015
18,567
20,958
11.0
9.5
2,057
2,027
–
–
–
–
–
–
12,621
11,920
4.7
6.4
1,883
1,822
12,621
11,920
4.7
6.4
1,883
1,822
–
–
–
–
–
–
13,747
23,372
4.0
8.8
1,974
2,047
13,747
23,107
4.0
9.2
1,974
2,065
–
–
–
–
–
–
34,350
25,275
17,247
22,331
29,236
8.2
8.5
5.4
5.4
6.0
2,013
2,174
2,039
2,056
2,080
35,232
25,275
16,893
21,689
–
9.5
8.5
5.8
5.7
–
2,080
2,174
2,037
2,055
–
–
–
–
28,184
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
2,071
–
20,962
20,204
18,952
20,785
24,005
5.6
5.5
6.2
8.3
15.4
2,052
2,071
2,065
2,074
1,780
20,724
18,739
18,952
18,718
23,942
5.8
4.6
6.2
6.3
15.6
2,051
2,070
2,065
2,072
1,776
–
29,720
–
29,661
–
–
2.9
–
3.1
–
–
2,080
–
2,080
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$19.84
20.00
2.6
2.7
$18.22
18.28
3.3
3.4
$25.89
25.91
3.2
3.2
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
24.15
8.55
9.66
12.13
14.22
16.57
20.83
22.17
28.43
32.04
33.15
37.95
45.04
53.62
55.29
30.48
25.02
9.17
10.32
12.37
14.49
16.63
18.36
21.88
29.01
32.26
33.41
38.12
45.00
53.62
55.29
30.48
2.6
3.4
6.9
3.2
3.2
3.1
12.0
4.4
7.3
2.7
3.0
3.3
2.7
7.5
4.0
6.1
2.5
4.5
6.8
2.8
2.3
3.4
2.4
4.3
7.8
2.6
3.1
3.3
2.8
7.5
4.0
6.1
23.26
8.53
9.59
11.71
13.92
16.47
22.19
22.30
25.15
29.92
31.71
37.05
44.15
56.59
55.20
30.73
24.34
9.16
10.34
11.87
14.19
16.53
18.19
21.87
25.18
30.31
31.92
37.25
44.04
56.59
55.20
30.73
3.2
3.4
7.8
4.1
4.0
3.7
17.9
6.1
4.1
3.4
2.2
3.7
3.2
6.3
4.1
6.7
3.0
4.6
7.9
3.7
2.7
4.3
3.8
6.2
3.4
3.2
2.3
3.7
3.4
6.3
4.1
6.7
26.55
–
10.20
13.59
15.28
16.97
18.56
21.90
35.51
34.17
38.24
41.28
49.70
–
–
27.88
26.59
–
10.20
13.69
15.28
16.97
18.56
21.90
35.51
34.17
38.24
41.28
49.70
–
–
27.88
4.1
–
5.0
2.7
4.6
3.4
2.9
4.2
9.6
3.7
8.0
7.0
3.8
–
–
10.9
4.1
–
5.0
2.7
4.6
3.4
2.9
4.2
9.6
3.7
8.0
7.0
3.8
–
–
10.9
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
32.20
34.52
14.83
19.36
25.71
32.78
33.85
33.85
38.19
44.29
56.19
34.57
38.13
31.14
31.95
38.34
43.37
43.71
37.18
36.90
33.82
38.25
31.50
32.82
38.60
43.18
34.51
33.32
40.38
2.3
2.2
2.5
9.7
11.9
8.6
2.9
3.6
3.9
2.6
7.7
5.8
3.1
4.1
2.9
3.8
3.5
6.3
17.8
3.1
7.5
3.4
3.1
4.1
5.4
4.0
4.0
4.3
2.9
31.36
33.98
13.68
18.02
25.58
27.12
30.95
32.61
38.19
43.18
57.23
34.92
38.59
32.62
32.19
38.32
43.40
43.71
–
36.90
33.34
38.25
31.50
32.82
38.60
43.18
35.66
–
–
2.8
2.7
6.5
13.8
15.6
4.8
2.5
2.8
3.6
3.0
7.7
6.5
3.0
2.3
3.0
3.8
3.6
6.3
–
3.1
8.4
3.4
3.1
4.1
5.4
4.0
3.6
–
–
33.70
35.33
–
–
26.11
39.23
35.42
37.13
38.19
51.00
–
–
30.82
–
–
–
–
–
29.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.68
–
–
3.6
3.5
–
–
10.9
5.9
3.9
8.9
10.4
4.8
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.73
33.32
40.38
32.09
29.76
25.78
30.40
23.75
26.52
27.32
28.88
41.24
39.70
29.56
28.06
29.20
44.17
37.42
46.51
39.10
59.53
72.74
44.20
37.19
35.81
12.57
15.88
22.34
39.64
37.98
38.61
38.78
40.85
37.94
33.90
–
–
23.60
24.41
15.47
–
4.6
4.3
2.9
5.9
1.8
12.1
3.6
4.0
17.6
4.0
2.6
13.3
24.7
2.7
3.6
2.7
5.2
10.3
4.7
9.8
5.1
22.4
4.6
12.1
5.2
18.8
18.5
18.6
6.1
4.6
4.7
5.7
4.7
8.5
20.2
–
–
11.2
11.7
22.4
–
$37.48
–
–
32.64
–
–
31.17
23.22
–
27.58
29.53
43.39
–
30.02
28.38
29.74
43.62
–
–
–
69.31
72.74
–
–
17.24
12.57
–
–
–
30.18
–
–
29.74
19.77
–
–
–
24.66
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
7.6
–
–
4.0
3.8
–
4.3
3.1
11.9
–
3.1
3.9
3.2
11.5
–
–
–
19.9
22.4
–
–
8.0
18.8
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
9.3
16.0
–
–
–
6.6
–
–
–
$27.68
–
–
30.70
–
–
25.80
–
–
–
26.35
–
–
26.87
–
26.97
44.47
–
45.33
–
–
–
46.26
–
38.81
–
–
–
41.57
38.09
38.80
38.79
–
–
–
–
–
23.12
23.77
–
–
8.3
–
–
4.6
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
1.6
–
1.8
5.0
–
4.2
–
–
–
4.4
–
3.7
–
–
–
3.2
4.7
4.7
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
16.4
17.5
–
–
33.51
32.11
22.79
13.95
15.93
19.44
20.99
24.72
35.35
15.29
22.10
16.86
16.62
16.90
17.14
18.43
27.13
10.2
17.9
6.2
3.2
5.2
7.5
4.7
3.0
20.6
14.0
4.0
2.8
2.5
3.7
6.0
5.8
3.5
34.30
32.11
23.41
13.84
15.92
19.77
21.35
24.87
40.44
–
22.10
16.78
16.62
–
–
18.27
26.97
10.5
17.9
7.4
3.8
5.3
7.9
7.0
3.1
25.7
–
4.0
2.9
2.5
–
–
8.6
3.7
–
–
20.30
–
–
–
20.44
24.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.72
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
4.5
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
11 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$27.13
23.58
16.25
29.22
23.88
5.6
7.0
7.3
15.8
4.6
–
–
–
$30.80
–
–
–
–
17.6
–
–
–
$16.25
22.60
–
–
–
7.3
3.2
–
31.99
18.22
20.85
23.12
28.93
33.13
37.14
46.21
50.36
54.52
30.95
35.64
20.95
19.42
31.85
37.59
37.80
47.40
50.79
56.71
32.41
36.43
53.22
36.71
38.47
38.41
4.2
2.6
5.3
6.3
4.6
9.4
5.5
6.2
12.1
4.1
11.1
5.8
7.1
11.1
9.9
18.7
6.5
6.6
12.4
3.0
15.7
18.4
.9
9.5
15.6
12.7
32.64
–
20.73
22.41
29.17
30.05
35.16
45.59
54.56
54.52
32.53
36.40
21.31
19.32
31.47
29.67
35.44
47.08
55.24
56.71
33.67
–
–
35.91
–
34.70
4.7
–
7.4
8.4
5.7
3.2
6.4
8.1
10.2
4.1
11.1
6.2
9.7
11.2
11.9
8.2
7.9
8.7
10.4
3.0
14.8
–
–
10.3
–
13.2
29.92
–
21.07
–
28.17
–
48.19
48.34
–
–
–
33.24
–
–
–
–
48.19
48.34
–
–
–
36.43
53.22
–
–
–
7.6
–
7.0
–
6.0
–
3.7
5.4
–
–
–
12.7
–
–
–
–
3.7
5.4
–
–
–
18.4
.9
–
–
–
34.09
39.28
48.02
34.51
27.51
38.29
34.13
35.60
49.14
52.71
57.89
26.43
18.69
20.65
25.25
27.21
30.00
34.13
25.50
18.64
27.88
29.08
29.18
24.6
13.6
6.7
4.9
24.7
8.8
14.1
8.3
10.5
14.3
4.3
3.0
3.1
7.8
5.3
3.0
1.8
4.5
5.4
5.5
2.2
3.4
3.1
34.09
25.60
–
34.87
–
41.25
34.17
35.53
50.64
52.71
57.89
26.94
–
19.81
25.20
27.61
30.24
34.13
25.48
–
–
29.08
–
24.6
18.4
–
5.0
–
7.3
17.2
8.6
11.7
14.3
4.3
3.6
–
10.5
7.8
3.4
1.7
4.5
6.7
–
–
3.4
–
–
53.19
–
–
–
26.76
–
–
–
–
–
24.77
–
23.00
–
26.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
6.7
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.98
28.48
11.7
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
28.48
–
5.4
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Electrical and electronic technicians –Continued
8 ......................................................................
Drafters .................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
7 ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
12 ......................................................................
Financial managers ..............................................
11 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
12 ......................................................................
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$26.54
27.06
6.2
8.6
$27.15
27.29
7.3
9.2
$23.55
–
2.1
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
17.51
7.76
11.16
13.23
16.21
34.75
25.06
37.55
24.74
12.8
2.6
13.2
13.1
5.8
46.3
14.5
42.1
37.0
17.55
7.76
11.20
13.23
16.21
34.75
25.06
37.55
24.74
12.9
2.6
13.5
13.1
5.8
46.3
14.5
42.1
37.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.50
8.93
14.08
11.33
7.79
10.27
12.93
12.1
7.5
20.8
9.7
.9
7.8
16.3
21.50
8.93
14.08
11.38
7.79
10.39
12.93
12.1
7.5
20.8
9.9
.9
9.1
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
14.99
9.17
10.33
12.38
14.53
16.84
17.86
20.31
20.99
17.41
14.19
17.20
17.67
19.19
15.40
14.79
12.23
12.39
13.34
12.78
16.12
15.28
15.85
14.63
15.93
14.79
16.28
18.03
16.75
10.59
19.31
11.57
14.46
19.48
15.89
13.28
9.40
12.65
14.78
2.0
4.5
6.8
2.8
2.4
4.0
2.6
2.5
6.7
2.9
3.1
5.4
5.7
3.7
6.0
4.5
6.5
8.7
10.2
10.2
6.3
3.4
6.2
7.0
3.6
4.6
4.2
4.8
7.1
6.8
10.1
4.9
11.6
8.0
1.6
4.0
3.9
3.9
4.6
14.46
9.16
10.34
11.85
14.20
16.69
17.50
19.67
–
17.02
13.90
17.22
17.43
18.08
–
14.79
12.13
12.39
12.55
–
16.12
–
16.16
–
15.70
14.87
15.91
17.42
–
9.83
–
11.57
14.50
19.25
–
12.03
9.17
11.39
14.94
2.7
4.6
7.9
3.8
2.8
5.1
3.8
3.7
–
3.3
2.7
5.7
6.3
5.0
–
4.5
6.6
8.7
9.5
–
6.3
–
5.9
–
4.1
4.9
5.2
6.1
–
5.1
–
4.9
11.8
8.6
–
5.4
4.0
7.3
5.6
16.38
–
10.26
13.82
15.35
17.39
18.17
21.31
20.71
19.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.50
–
–
17.30
–
17.44
–
–
–
21.74
–
–
–
–
14.94
–
13.57
14.64
2.7
–
5.1
2.7
4.8
3.9
3.7
2.0
2.1
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
5.0
–
5.1
–
–
–
1.5
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
3.0
6.8
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
General office clerks –Continued
5 ......................................................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
3 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
$15.52
9.65
12.79
11.19
13.76
13.05
15.28
15.51
17.04
17.34
20.39
7.3
2.4
5.1
2.6
7.8
3.0
6.2
9.2
7.6
5.7
2.8
–
$9.65
11.43
11.19
–
–
14.59
15.55
–
–
–
–
2.4
4.7
2.6
–
–
7.0
9.3
–
–
–
$15.24
–
–
–
13.90
13.30
18.85
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
7.9
2.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
14.84
8.27
9.55
11.19
14.00
16.95
19.86
22.97
26.11
37.56
12.59
5.3
3.8
3.6
5.1
7.3
7.2
6.5
4.1
4.1
9.4
15.1
14.24
8.26
9.38
11.06
13.42
16.80
20.00
21.86
25.66
37.48
12.59
5.8
3.9
3.4
5.2
8.4
7.8
6.9
5.0
4.4
10.5
15.1
23.15
–
–
18.76
18.25
19.39
18.32
27.53
–
38.36
–
4.9
–
–
4.8
5.0
5.6
5.5
4.9
–
2.8
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
7 ......................................................................
21.10
8.59
9.90
19.42
18.58
21.44
23.24
26.66
37.38
30.94
24.73
19.56
6.0
11.2
7.7
15.5
9.2
6.7
3.5
4.2
10.7
9.1
11.9
8.6
20.46
8.59
9.88
–
18.51
21.81
22.13
26.25
37.26
30.99
24.83
–
7.0
11.2
7.6
–
9.7
6.8
3.8
4.6
12.1
10.5
12.7
–
25.94
–
–
–
20.00
–
27.37
–
38.36
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
6.7
–
5.6
–
2.8
–
–
–
25.41
19.65
20.70
20.86
21.04
23.66
22.83
20.23
20.30
32.63
18.57
10.30
15.76
19.40
24.11
25.17
5.3
6.8
9.6
5.8
7.2
6.0
6.3
7.8
8.2
18.4
9.7
17.7
8.1
9.2
3.9
3.9
25.89
19.15
19.10
19.74
–
–
–
–
20.30
32.18
18.57
10.30
15.76
19.40
–
–
5.5
6.7
6.0
4.8
–
–
–
–
8.2
20.6
9.7
17.7
8.1
9.2
–
–
–
20.80
–
–
–
–
–
18.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.20
–
–
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
11.44
9.10
8.57
10.90
12.46
13.41
4.3
12.8
2.2
4.9
6.6
7.3
11.34
9.09
8.57
10.90
12.46
13.41
4.3
13.3
2.2
4.9
6.6
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
22
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
3 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
$17.95
18.87
12.42
10.06
13.61
8.84
8.35
12.87
11.55
11.48
14.96
11.52
8.37
13.17
12.51
11.28
12.1
9.8
13.9
11.3
10.8
5.1
3.9
24.0
9.2
12.4
13.1
6.6
5.0
9.2
9.1
5.0
$17.95
17.74
12.42
10.06
13.61
8.84
8.35
12.87
11.00
11.48
14.24
11.52
8.37
13.17
12.51
11.28
12.1
9.7
13.9
11.3
10.8
5.1
3.9
24.0
8.2
12.4
13.0
6.6
5.0
9.2
9.1
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
14.29
10.32
11.05
15.10
15.19
13.46
17.18
11.16
13.5
4.7
14.9
7.5
12.4
9.9
7.1
11.0
13.59
10.32
11.05
12.99
14.93
12.44
–
11.16
15.7
4.7
14.9
6.4
14.2
10.6
–
11.0
$20.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Production helpers ................................................
1 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
2 ......................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
10.75
8.17
10.64
12.13
12.01
17.74
8.48
8.06
11.51
7.11
10.99
13.02
10.37
10.93
10.50
8.32
7.47
7.72
12.86
8.81
12.85
4.5
3.7
5.8
10.3
3.2
11.0
5.0
4.8
12.2
.8
10.3
17.9
9.0
13.0
12.2
5.1
2.5
5.1
9.3
14.4
8.6
10.38
8.17
10.29
11.71
11.70
17.29
8.48
8.06
11.51
7.11
10.99
13.02
10.37
10.93
10.50
8.32
7.47
7.72
12.19
8.81
12.14
4.6
3.7
5.6
11.3
3.4
13.2
5.0
4.8
12.2
.8
10.3
17.9
9.0
13.0
12.2
5.1
2.5
5.1
10.7
14.4
10.3
17.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
13.64
8.15
9.07
9.94
11.94
13.19
17.84
28.23
27.57
30.06
34.87
5.7
3.4
8.3
3.9
5.9
12.1
6.4
9.0
5.5
7.4
4.3
9.74
7.85
9.01
9.66
11.54
12.25
16.40
–
–
–
–
4.5
3.0
8.9
3.7
6.5
16.7
7.9
–
–
–
–
24.77
12.68
10.09
12.09
14.56
15.06
–
26.88
27.94
30.08
35.19
4.8
7.2
4.0
9.8
3.5
9.7
–
5.5
5.6
7.5
4.5
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service .....................................................
3 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
5 ......................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.95
9.64
27.01
27.94
30.06
35.19
38.74
21.62
29.62
11.7
6.2
5.5
5.6
7.4
4.5
6.3
36.9
4.2
$8.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$27.76
11.79
27.01
27.94
30.08
35.19
38.74
21.62
29.62
4.7
16.6
5.5
5.6
7.5
4.5
6.3
36.9
4.2
23.98
23.16
9.43
9.71
7.35
7.82
10.10
6.75
6.86
6.65
6.65
6.80
6.92
6.93
10.75
7.58
9.46
10.18
16.72
11.62
7.09
8.90
8.06
7.74
10.84
9.13
10.34
10.71
14.80
13.80
14.84
10.16
9.13
10.16
10.15
9.65
9.41
8.59
10.32
8.97
8.33
9.96
9.93
8.39
10.57
5.0
6.6
9.9
7.5
3.5
5.3
4.3
2.0
2.5
2.2
2.0
2.5
3.7
4.3
8.0
4.5
3.9
4.3
8.5
5.2
5.4
5.5
4.9
5.8
5.0
3.2
9.7
8.8
2.9
5.1
3.5
5.3
3.2
10.7
8.3
5.2
6.4
5.0
9.0
5.9
6.1
7.8
10.1
5.4
9.9
–
–
8.91
9.52
7.31
7.52
9.94
6.75
6.86
6.65
6.65
6.80
6.92
6.93
10.54
7.53
–
10.01
16.56
11.62
7.09
–
7.83
7.67
10.54
–
10.30
9.92
–
13.43
–
10.05
–
–
9.78
8.98
8.82
8.59
9.79
8.97
8.33
9.03
9.10
8.39
–
–
–
9.6
7.9
3.6
5.0
4.6
2.0
2.5
2.2
2.0
2.5
3.7
4.3
8.6
4.6
–
4.6
9.7
5.2
5.4
–
5.3
6.0
5.3
–
9.9
8.0
–
6.8
–
5.6
–
–
8.2
4.3
5.1
5.0
9.9
5.9
6.1
6.0
7.9
5.4
–
23.98
23.16
–
13.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.95
–
–
–
14.24
14.04
–
–
–
–
14.20
14.04
–
–
5.0
6.6
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
2.9
3.0
–
–
–
–
3.1
3.0
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
24
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.54
7.38
9.44
12.82
7.93
31.13
11.36
7.50
15.1
5.3
4.7
11.4
9.3
28.0
19.8
5.7
$11.66
7.25
9.34
12.82
–
31.13
11.62
7.42
15.9
5.1
5.0
11.4
–
28.0
23.6
5.7
$9.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
25
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$20.57
20.57
2.7
2.8
$18.97
18.84
3.4
3.5
$26.55
26.55
3.3
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
24.97
9.24
10.09
12.81
14.25
16.61
20.97
22.24
28.52
31.89
33.00
38.04
44.88
53.51
55.29
30.60
25.41
9.60
10.27
12.61
14.48
16.67
18.28
21.95
29.15
32.12
33.27
38.22
44.83
53.51
55.29
30.60
2.6
5.4
8.5
3.3
3.3
3.1
12.9
4.4
7.7
2.8
3.0
3.3
2.8
7.9
4.0
6.6
2.5
6.7
8.8
3.0
2.2
3.4
2.6
4.4
8.2
2.7
3.1
3.3
2.9
7.9
4.0
6.6
24.21
9.24
10.03
12.51
14.07
16.52
22.36
22.42
24.93
29.91
31.71
37.15
44.15
56.81
55.20
30.78
24.73
9.60
10.21
12.18
14.33
16.58
18.27
21.98
24.89
30.31
31.92
37.35
44.04
56.81
55.20
30.78
3.2
5.4
8.9
4.3
4.3
3.8
18.2
6.2
4.3
3.5
2.2
3.7
3.2
6.5
4.1
7.3
3.1
6.7
9.2
3.9
2.8
4.4
3.8
6.3
3.6
3.3
2.3
3.7
3.4
6.5
4.1
7.3
27.07
–
–
13.89
14.87
17.01
18.31
21.90
36.25
33.96
38.04
41.35
49.05
–
–
–
27.07
–
–
13.89
14.87
17.01
18.31
21.90
36.25
33.96
38.04
41.35
49.05
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.2
4.2
9.2
3.8
8.8
7.0
4.1
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.2
4.2
9.2
3.8
8.8
7.0
4.1
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
32.52
34.81
18.58
25.75
33.43
33.76
33.66
38.39
44.12
56.20
35.26
38.13
31.14
31.95
38.34
43.37
43.71
37.18
36.90
33.82
38.25
31.50
32.82
38.60
43.18
34.51
33.32
40.38
35.73
2.3
2.3
11.8
12.0
8.8
3.1
3.7
3.9
2.7
7.8
6.8
3.1
4.1
2.9
3.8
3.5
6.3
17.8
3.1
7.5
3.4
3.1
4.1
5.4
4.0
4.0
4.3
2.9
4.6
31.68
34.23
18.05
25.63
26.74
31.00
32.61
38.43
43.18
57.25
35.77
38.59
32.62
32.19
38.32
43.40
43.71
–
36.90
33.34
38.25
31.50
32.82
38.60
43.18
35.66
–
–
37.48
2.9
2.8
13.9
15.7
5.1
2.6
2.8
3.5
3.0
7.7
7.7
3.0
2.3
3.0
3.8
3.6
6.3
–
3.1
8.4
3.4
3.1
4.1
5.4
4.0
3.6
–
–
2.8
34.07
35.70
–
26.11
40.52
35.29
36.76
38.27
50.29
–
–
30.82
–
–
–
–
–
29.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.68
–
–
27.68
3.7
3.7
–
10.9
4.0
4.2
10.0
10.5
5.3
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
8.3
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.32
40.38
32.09
29.76
25.78
30.45
23.75
26.52
26.41
28.82
39.23
29.52
27.27
29.17
44.64
49.01
39.77
59.58
72.74
45.07
36.44
22.38
40.52
38.08
38.67
38.80
40.90
38.07
33.92
–
–
24.10
24.55
–
4.3
2.9
5.9
1.8
12.1
4.0
4.0
17.6
4.7
2.8
25.8
3.0
4.0
2.9
5.8
5.6
9.9
5.8
22.4
5.5
5.5
19.0
4.8
5.0
4.7
5.8
4.7
11.0
20.2
–
–
11.5
12.0
–
–
–
$32.64
–
–
31.26
23.22
–
26.51
29.56
–
29.96
27.39
29.80
43.77
–
–
69.31
72.74
–
17.33
–
–
–
–
–
29.71
21.66
–
–
–
25.11
26.35
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
4.5
3.8
–
5.0
3.3
–
3.3
4.2
3.4
10.7
–
–
19.9
22.4
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
19.8
–
–
–
6.8
5.8
–
–
–
$30.70
–
–
25.66
–
–
–
26.07
–
26.86
–
26.71
45.23
–
–
–
–
47.73
39.69
–
–
38.16
38.82
38.82
–
–
–
–
–
23.66
23.77
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
2.6
–
1.7
–
1.7
6.3
–
–
–
–
5.2
3.9
–
–
5.0
4.8
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
16.5
17.5
–
34.48
23.27
13.98
15.94
19.69
21.30
24.80
35.35
15.34
17.07
18.47
27.13
27.13
23.58
29.22
23.88
12.8
6.3
3.3
5.6
7.5
4.6
3.0
20.6
14.7
2.6
6.1
3.5
5.6
7.0
15.8
4.6
35.63
23.83
13.85
15.94
20.06
21.94
24.98
40.44
–
17.01
18.32
26.97
–
–
30.80
–
13.4
7.6
4.1
5.6
7.9
6.9
3.1
25.7
–
2.8
9.5
3.7
–
–
17.6
–
–
20.96
–
–
–
20.44
24.06
–
–
–
–
28.72
–
–
22.60
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
4.5
8.1
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
3.2
–
31.82
18.22
20.85
23.12
28.93
4.2
2.6
5.3
6.3
4.6
32.53
–
20.73
22.41
29.17
4.7
–
7.4
8.4
5.7
29.51
–
21.07
–
28.17
7.6
–
7.0
–
6.0
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
Computer systems analysts and scientists
–Continued
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Natural scientists ......................................................
9 ......................................................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
8 ......................................................................
Drafters .................................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
7 ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$33.13
37.14
46.04
49.79
54.52
31.50
35.41
20.95
19.42
31.85
37.59
37.80
47.24
50.25
56.71
33.67
36.43
53.22
36.71
38.47
38.41
9.4
5.5
6.3
13.5
4.1
11.0
5.9
7.1
11.1
9.9
18.7
6.5
6.7
13.9
3.0
14.8
18.4
.9
9.5
15.6
12.7
$30.05
35.16
45.59
54.80
54.52
32.53
36.25
21.31
19.32
31.47
29.67
35.44
47.08
55.55
56.71
33.67
–
–
35.91
–
34.70
3.2
6.4
8.1
11.1
4.1
11.1
6.2
9.7
11.2
11.9
8.2
7.9
8.7
11.3
3.0
14.8
–
–
10.3
–
13.2
–
$48.19
47.74
–
–
–
32.68
–
–
–
–
48.19
47.74
–
–
–
36.43
53.22
–
–
–
–
3.7
5.5
–
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
3.7
5.5
–
–
–
18.4
.9
–
–
–
34.09
37.18
34.51
38.29
34.13
35.60
49.14
52.71
57.89
26.43
18.69
20.65
25.25
27.21
30.00
34.13
25.50
18.64
27.88
29.08
29.18
24.6
14.6
4.9
8.8
14.1
8.3
10.5
14.3
4.3
3.0
3.1
7.8
5.3
3.0
1.8
4.5
5.4
5.5
2.2
3.4
3.1
34.09
25.60
34.87
41.25
34.17
35.53
50.64
52.71
57.89
26.94
–
19.81
25.20
27.61
30.24
34.13
25.48
–
–
29.08
–
24.6
18.4
5.0
7.3
17.2
8.6
11.7
14.3
4.3
3.6
–
10.5
7.8
3.4
1.7
4.5
6.7
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
26.76
–
–
–
–
–
24.77
–
23.00
–
26.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
6.7
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.98
28.48
26.54
27.06
11.7
5.4
6.2
8.6
–
–
27.15
27.29
–
–
7.3
9.2
–
28.48
23.55
–
–
5.4
2.1
–
20.67
14.17
13.30
16.27
35.94
25.06
37.55
29.53
13.1
14.7
15.4
5.7
47.9
14.5
42.1
28.3
20.67
14.17
13.30
16.27
35.94
25.06
37.55
29.53
13.1
14.7
15.4
5.7
47.9
14.5
42.1
28.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.50
16.61
11.02
12.1
21.1
13.8
21.50
16.61
11.02
12.1
21.1
13.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Administrators and officials, public administration
12 ......................................................................
Financial managers ..............................................
11 ......................................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
13 ......................................................................
14 ......................................................................
Management related .................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
9 ......................................................................
Sales ................................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales –Continued
Cashiers –Continued
4 ......................................................................
$11.09
22.0
$11.09
22.0
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
15.27
9.60
10.27
12.61
14.50
16.86
17.87
20.31
20.99
17.62
14.46
17.42
17.74
19.19
15.40
14.79
12.36
12.39
13.38
16.12
15.32
15.78
15.99
14.85
16.28
18.03
16.75
10.65
21.31
11.57
14.71
19.48
15.89
13.56
9.40
12.74
14.93
15.52
13.06
15.32
15.51
17.04
17.34
20.39
2.1
6.7
8.8
3.1
2.2
4.0
2.8
2.5
6.7
2.9
3.3
5.3
5.8
3.7
6.0
4.6
6.7
8.7
11.4
6.3
3.7
6.5
3.7
4.7
4.2
4.8
7.1
7.3
2.9
4.9
13.5
8.0
1.6
4.0
4.2
3.9
4.9
7.3
5.3
6.2
9.2
7.6
5.7
2.8
14.76
9.60
10.21
12.16
14.35
16.71
17.54
19.67
–
17.25
14.13
17.44
17.50
18.08
–
14.79
12.26
12.39
12.46
16.12
–
16.05
15.74
14.94
15.91
17.42
–
9.82
–
11.57
14.78
19.25
–
12.41
9.17
11.57
15.41
–
11.65
14.59
15.55
–
–
–
2.8
6.7
9.2
4.0
2.9
5.1
3.8
3.7
–
3.3
2.7
5.6
6.3
5.0
–
4.6
6.8
8.7
10.6
6.3
–
6.6
4.2
5.0
5.2
6.1
–
5.6
–
4.9
13.8
8.6
–
5.6
4.2
7.5
5.3
–
5.6
7.0
9.3
–
–
–
$16.72
–
–
13.89
14.88
17.39
18.21
21.31
20.71
19.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.57
–
17.54
–
17.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.96
–
13.55
14.56
15.24
–
19.31
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
3.2
3.3
3.9
4.2
2.0
2.1
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
4.8
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
3.1
7.0
4.5
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
15.14
8.31
9.49
11.13
14.40
16.95
19.86
23.01
26.11
37.56
13.48
5.4
4.6
3.6
4.9
8.0
7.2
6.5
4.1
4.1
9.4
16.8
14.52
8.30
9.31
11.00
13.80
16.80
20.00
21.90
25.66
37.48
13.48
6.0
4.7
3.4
5.0
9.2
7.8
6.9
5.1
4.4
10.5
16.8
23.22
–
–
18.76
18.25
19.39
18.32
27.53
–
38.36
–
4.9
–
–
4.8
5.0
5.6
5.5
4.9
–
2.8
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
21.13
6.0
20.48
7.0
26.09
5.1
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.59
9.88
19.42
18.58
21.44
23.29
26.66
37.38
30.94
24.84
19.56
11.2
7.7
15.5
9.2
6.7
3.5
4.2
10.7
9.1
12.0
8.6
$8.59
–
–
18.51
21.81
22.18
26.25
37.26
30.99
24.94
–
11.2
–
–
9.7
6.8
3.8
4.6
12.1
10.5
12.7
–
–
–
–
$20.00
–
27.37
–
38.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
5.6
–
2.8
–
–
–
25.41
19.95
20.70
20.86
21.04
23.66
22.83
20.23
20.30
32.63
18.57
10.30
15.76
19.40
24.11
25.17
5.3
6.8
9.6
5.8
7.2
6.0
6.3
7.8
8.2
18.4
9.7
17.7
8.1
9.2
3.9
3.9
25.89
19.15
19.10
19.74
–
–
–
–
20.30
32.18
18.57
10.30
15.76
19.40
–
–
5.5
6.7
6.0
4.8
–
–
–
–
8.2
20.6
9.7
17.7
8.1
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
2 ......................................................................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
3 ......................................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
11.49
9.11
8.57
10.90
12.46
13.41
17.95
18.87
12.42
11.13
13.61
8.84
8.35
12.87
11.55
11.48
14.96
11.54
8.37
13.17
12.51
11.28
4.3
12.9
2.2
4.9
6.6
7.3
12.1
9.8
13.9
8.5
10.8
5.1
3.9
24.0
9.2
12.4
13.1
6.7
5.0
9.2
9.1
5.0
11.38
9.10
8.57
10.90
12.46
13.41
17.95
17.74
12.42
11.13
13.61
8.84
8.35
12.87
11.00
11.48
14.24
11.54
8.37
13.17
12.51
11.28
4.3
13.4
2.2
4.9
6.6
7.3
12.1
9.7
13.9
8.5
10.8
5.1
3.9
24.0
8.2
12.4
13.0
6.7
5.0
9.2
9.1
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
14.58
10.78
11.20
15.80
15.19
13.57
17.18
12.11
14.1
3.9
15.3
7.7
12.4
10.0
7.1
11.2
13.86
10.78
11.20
13.54
14.93
12.54
–
12.11
16.4
3.9
15.3
7.7
14.2
10.7
–
11.2
20.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Carpenters ............................................................
7 ......................................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
7 ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
7 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Production helpers ................................................
1 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
3 ......................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
2 ......................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
2 ......................................................................
$10.97
8.21
10.53
11.92
17.74
8.48
8.06
11.42
12.62
10.48
10.87
8.47
13.90
12.87
4.8
5.0
5.9
9.9
11.0
5.0
4.8
13.8
19.2
10.4
12.8
5.7
10.4
8.7
$10.53
8.21
10.15
11.43
17.29
8.48
8.06
11.42
12.62
10.48
10.87
8.47
13.23
12.16
5.0
5.0
5.7
10.7
13.2
5.0
4.8
13.8
19.2
10.4
12.8
5.7
12.3
10.3
$17.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
14.70
8.42
10.12
9.99
11.96
13.53
17.84
28.23
27.57
30.06
34.87
22.15
27.05
27.94
30.06
35.19
38.74
29.84
6.5
4.4
10.6
4.5
4.8
12.9
6.4
9.0
5.5
7.4
4.3
12.5
5.5
5.6
7.4
4.5
6.3
4.3
10.19
8.07
10.13
9.74
11.53
12.23
16.40
–
–
–
–
9.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
3.8
11.1
4.3
4.8
17.2
7.9
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.35
14.12
–
13.66
14.56
16.64
–
26.93
27.94
30.08
35.19
29.00
27.05
27.94
30.08
35.19
38.74
29.84
4.2
2.9
–
5.8
3.5
3.4
–
5.5
5.6
7.5
4.5
4.0
5.5
5.6
7.5
4.5
6.3
4.3
24.21
23.16
9.44
10.55
7.51
10.50
6.70
6.83
6.54
6.96
7.15
11.42
7.80
10.54
17.06
11.62
8.46
8.17
10.86
9.19
10.34
10.64
15.09
14.06
10.22
9.19
10.15
4.7
6.6
11.6
8.5
4.5
4.6
3.1
3.4
1.3
5.5
6.0
8.3
5.2
4.6
8.2
5.2
5.1
6.1
5.5
3.7
9.9
9.2
2.9
6.0
5.7
3.7
10.9
–
–
9.03
10.34
7.51
10.31
6.70
6.83
6.54
6.96
7.15
11.19
7.80
10.36
16.94
11.62
8.29
8.17
10.56
–
10.30
9.78
–
–
10.10
–
–
–
–
11.2
8.9
4.5
4.9
3.1
3.4
1.3
5.5
6.0
8.8
5.2
4.9
9.5
5.2
5.5
6.1
5.7
–
9.9
8.2
–
–
5.9
–
–
24.21
23.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
31
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
–Continued
4 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.15
9.75
9.51
8.59
10.79
9.18
8.53
10.02
9.93
8.39
13.49
8.3
5.6
6.7
5.0
10.8
6.2
6.4
8.3
10.1
5.4
19.4
$9.78
9.05
8.91
8.59
–
9.18
8.53
9.03
9.10
8.39
13.48
8.2
4.6
5.4
5.0
–
6.2
6.4
6.3
7.9
5.4
19.7
–
$14.29
14.12
–
–
–
–
14.26
14.12
–
–
–
2.9
2.9
–
–
–
–
3.1
2.9
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
32
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$12.47
13.32
6.5
7.2
$10.76
11.34
6.1
7.3
$19.09
19.25
12.1
12.2
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
15.66
7.61
9.03
9.71
13.96
14.02
19.02
17.74
26.95
34.87
29.37
19.36
10.46
11.00
14.62
14.37
19.26
17.74
26.95
34.87
29.37
9.0
3.1
8.8
5.6
9.6
8.4
6.2
9.5
8.7
10.3
14.5
8.0
5.5
4.8
11.3
8.3
7.0
9.5
8.7
10.3
14.5
13.16
7.53
–
8.78
12.67
14.10
–
17.74
28.83
30.21
30.30
17.28
11.10
9.71
12.45
14.50
–
17.74
28.83
30.21
30.30
10.1
3.1
–
4.8
8.3
9.1
–
9.5
8.1
5.8
13.6
10.1
8.3
2.3
5.6
9.0
–
9.5
8.1
5.8
13.6
21.71
–
9.86
12.63
19.00
–
–
–
–
36.77
–
21.98
9.86
12.97
19.00
–
–
–
–
36.77
–
12.4
–
5.2
5.0
18.1
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
12.5
5.2
4.6
18.1
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Health related ...........................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
9 ......................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Technical ......................................................................
27.58
30.38
10.68
27.31
34.87
30.30
29.91
30.18
29.43
29.86
30.18
29.43
41.67
39.48
40.01
29.62
37.04
37.65
–
7.7
7.1
2.4
8.9
10.3
13.6
2.5
4.8
4.2
3.6
4.8
4.2
6.1
11.9
8.2
17.0
13.8
11.9
–
25.69
29.17
–
29.58
30.21
30.30
30.45
–
–
30.47
–
–
–
–
–
15.47
–
13.31
–
6.3
5.5
–
7.5
5.8
13.6
2.4
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
15.5
–
15.3
–
29.67
31.44
–
–
36.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.85
–
41.24
30.74
–
–
–
13.1
11.8
–
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
–
7.8
16.7
–
–
–
30.57
30.57
15.41
13.5
13.5
8.1
30.57
30.57
16.60
13.5
13.5
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
49.83
49.83
12.8
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
8.93
7.57
8.14
12.90
11.64
10.21
16.20
7.1
2.5
6.6
16.0
9.2
12.4
7.6
8.91
7.57
8.05
12.90
11.75
–
16.20
7.2
2.5
6.8
16.0
9.6
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
General office clerks .............................................
12.11
10.50
11.04
14.81
9.58
5.5
5.6
5.1
12.0
9.5
10.65
11.10
9.71
12.34
8.61
3.9
8.3
2.3
5.9
7.4
14.16
9.93
13.50
19.93
–
9.2
5.3
3.0
18.4
–
See footnotes at end of table.
33
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April
2002 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
$14.16
13.46
10.4
3.4
–
–
–
–
$14.16
13.46
10.4
3.4
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
9.62
8.07
11.00
12.94
10.82
6.2
3.1
15.4
14.1
5.3
$9.62
8.07
11.00
12.94
10.82
6.2
3.1
15.4
14.1
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
9.59
8.07
12.37
10.59
11.77
8.49
6.7
3.2
15.7
5.0
11.2
6.3
9.59
8.07
12.37
10.59
11.77
8.49
6.7
3.2
15.7
5.0
11.2
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
8.12
7.25
7.68
9.73
9.17
7.32
6.97
7.56
6.81
6.91
6.65
6.74
7.78
7.00
7.43
7.00
–
8.06
8.28
7.10
9.65
8.71
7.49
3.8
3.6
4.7
7.8
11.5
3.3
2.9
6.3
2.5
3.3
2.2
3.1
5.8
4.4
5.5
4.6
–
8.5
6.9
5.1
6.0
6.1
8.0
7.76
7.10
7.48
9.12
–
7.11
6.80
7.21
6.81
6.91
6.65
6.74
7.42
6.74
7.05
–
–
–
8.20
–
–
–
–
3.0
3.6
4.5
4.8
–
3.0
1.7
5.7
2.5
3.3
2.2
3.1
5.2
1.5
3.8
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
10.08
8.97
–
10.84
10.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.79
–
–
–
–
11.5
9.5
–
17.0
20.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within
each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
34
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$20.57
20.57
$12.47
13.32
$23.07
23.26
$18.38
18.43
$19.77
20.12
$21.37
14.90
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
24.97
25.41
15.66
19.36
25.33
25.77
23.64
24.66
24.02
25.06
26.91
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
32.52
34.81
23.27
31.82
20.67
15.27
27.58
30.38
15.41
49.83
8.93
12.11
33.91
35.85
21.40
26.19
14.22
16.63
31.11
33.55
23.29
33.20
17.88
14.15
32.22
34.52
22.69
31.78
12.64
15.06
–
–
–
–
28.08
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
15.14
21.13
11.49
14.58
10.97
9.62
–
–
–
9.59
21.00
26.48
13.88
19.59
15.68
12.33
17.60
10.89
10.11
9.51
14.93
21.07
11.63
14.15
10.75
13.50
22.06
10.32
–
–
Service .................................................................................
14.70
8.12
19.60
10.05
13.65
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.7
2.8
6.5
7.2
3.6
3.6
3.3
3.4
2.6
2.7
15.6
15.1
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
2.6
2.5
9.0
8.0
4.2
4.2
3.3
3.1
2.5
2.5
16.9
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.3
2.3
6.3
4.2
13.1
2.1
7.7
7.1
8.1
12.8
7.1
5.5
3.4
3.3
8.6
8.6
11.4
3.1
2.9
2.9
7.7
4.3
13.9
2.5
2.3
2.2
6.4
4.2
7.8
2.0
–
–
–
–
18.9
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
5.4
6.0
4.3
14.1
4.8
6.2
–
–
–
6.7
6.9
3.5
11.4
14.1
6.5
3.7
6.4
4.2
9.3
3.8
5.5
6.2
4.7
14.5
4.5
13.0
19.1
9.7
–
–
Service .................................................................................
6.5
3.8
9.7
5.8
5.7
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary;
incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
6 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.
35
Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$18.22
18.28
–
–
$23.58
23.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
23.26
24.34
–
–
38.47
38.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
31.36
33.98
23.41
32.64
17.55
14.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
14.24
20.46
11.34
13.59
–
–
–
–
17.62
20.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
9.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
3.3
3.4
–
–
10.8
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
3.2
3.0
–
–
10.0
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
2.8
2.7
7.4
4.7
12.9
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
5.8
7.0
4.3
15.7
–
–
–
–
3.5
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
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.
36
Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$18.22
18.28
$15.15
15.13
$19.10
19.16
$16.03
15.35
$22.22
22.79
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
23.26
24.34
19.87
21.35
24.04
24.94
21.41
21.27
25.91
27.12
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
31.36
33.98
23.41
32.64
17.55
14.46
27.57
30.31
21.75
33.53
15.31
14.20
31.80
34.35
23.66
32.45
18.45
14.53
27.53
27.25
27.97
30.63
21.88
14.29
33.04
35.93
21.16
33.84
10.87
14.76
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
14.24
20.46
11.34
13.59
10.38
12.74
16.26
11.52
9.74
9.46
14.84
22.68
11.26
14.81
10.64
12.44
19.73
10.81
11.41
9.27
19.38
25.78
12.35
23.13
14.12
Service .................................................................................
9.74
8.22
10.16
9.71
10.64
Relative error4 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
3.3
3.4
6.2
6.6
3.7
3.8
6.1
6.3
4.6
4.5
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
3.2
3.0
7.5
8.2
3.5
3.3
7.5
8.1
3.6
3.1
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.8
2.7
7.4
4.7
12.9
2.7
6.4
4.6
8.1
14.3
11.7
5.1
3.0
2.9
8.3
4.8
16.7
3.1
9.2
11.5
14.8
10.4
18.0
5.8
2.9
2.5
6.4
4.3
13.9
2.6
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
5.8
7.0
4.3
15.7
4.6
6.3
10.7
9.0
14.8
5.1
7.3
6.2
4.8
17.5
5.7
6.3
7.5
4.9
10.6
3.9
11.4
5.8
11.7
19.6
10.0
Service .................................................................................
4.5
3.6
5.5
7.5
8.4
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain
establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between
survey sampling and collection.
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.
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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$7.75
7.98
$10.21
10.39
$16.07
16.20
$25.96
26.27
$37.86
38.07
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
10.29
11.83
14.13
14.76
20.28
21.66
32.19
33.08
42.25
42.48
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Recreation workers ...............................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
17.04
21.09
28.12
30.69
26.03
29.34
27.40
29.37
25.47
25.64
17.51
17.04
22.81
16.36
23.97
23.87
40.32
26.27
16.17
32.50
35.87
16.17
11.83
–
–
15.28
15.28
8.93
–
24.03
27.49
32.28
38.17
26.03
33.71
29.59
32.96
27.25
31.13
29.21
17.04
25.88
17.93
26.79
35.74
40.58
35.74
32.50
33.05
39.29
38.80
22.74
–
–
18.87
19.27
8.93
–
32.41
34.24
37.16
46.91
33.08
34.96
38.23
37.16
35.58
37.86
34.38
29.25
28.03
21.06
28.24
44.80
66.54
45.72
39.29
40.95
43.90
42.48
44.75
–
–
22.03
22.65
11.40
–
40.00
40.95
44.01
46.91
50.67
37.86
38.23
43.87
38.98
38.98
39.87
29.25
32.82
64.63
32.41
54.70
80.69
57.36
42.48
40.95
44.54
42.48
46.44
–
–
31.59
33.16
18.87
–
45.92
46.44
48.91
55.36
50.67
42.27
42.57
48.91
40.19
45.92
40.62
29.25
37.18
64.63
33.36
57.36
126.11
57.36
44.54
41.90
44.54
42.93
46.44
–
–
33.16
33.16
25.47
–
18.41
13.71
10.72
18.85
14.46
13.53
22.13
18.43
14.09
19.36
21.66
16.40
10.72
21.59
15.37
15.02
26.00
20.62
14.09
22.40
28.76
20.62
13.71
22.86
17.49
17.95
27.60
22.95
15.46
25.50
41.00
26.00
15.34
23.54
18.60
22.00
28.74
28.18
18.79
29.74
43.00
30.63
27.19
24.72
18.60
25.12
30.75
28.18
18.79
48.33
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
17.82
17.47
25.73
21.64
25.15
22.76
23.66
25.73
26.44
25.15
28.85
34.07
25.73
35.69
34.14
37.46
46.78
52.88
49.97
50.00
50.67
54.92
53.81
51.39
50.00
20.60
13.03
24.55
16.83
19.23
17.90
17.90
23.98
26.69
23.66
29.79
26.00
19.32
27.63
20.82
20.16
28.11
27.80
23.66
46.91
34.07
19.32
35.88
26.69
27.20
28.11
30.61
61.30
54.92
37.50
38.09
46.78
30.14
29.40
30.45
30.61
66.09
64.02
46.75
52.00
61.25
34.43
30.14
36.85
30.61
15.00
23.97
17.82
15.00
23.97
18.80
20.82
30.15
24.04
20.82
30.25
33.15
30.87
30.25
37.46
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
7.40
13.74
7.87
15.40
14.90
23.41
20.32
29.75
26.84
144.15
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.83
$9.22
$23.28
$47.49
$47.49
16.80
7.40
7.35
6.94
17.67
7.96
7.51
7.61
17.67
8.38
11.91
8.62
24.29
9.67
14.90
17.50
34.70
12.19
23.25
17.50
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.68
16.83
12.65
13.44
12.87
9.30
9.98
12.00
14.45
13.49
12.98
14.19
7.83
11.28
7.98
9.83
15.56
15.67
8.94
9.21
10.47
8.90
10.81
12.00
19.13
14.58
13.44
13.02
10.00
10.02
15.76
14.54
13.49
13.75
14.21
9.00
15.43
10.24
10.50
15.56
15.67
10.29
9.31
10.50
11.57
11.47
14.41
20.26
17.10
14.81
14.67
12.50
11.90
15.76
14.54
13.87
15.56
15.94
9.92
21.82
11.92
12.80
19.54
15.67
12.91
9.54
12.48
12.93
15.20
17.77
21.78
20.28
16.01
14.76
13.85
15.20
17.95
16.36
17.21
17.83
16.85
11.52
21.82
13.15
20.61
22.67
15.67
15.15
9.54
14.60
14.86
18.48
20.80
27.43
21.89
20.29
17.40
17.50
21.72
19.00
16.46
22.66
19.66
24.05
16.21
22.14
13.15
20.81
22.67
16.91
18.70
9.59
15.00
17.61
20.65
Blue collar ...........................................................................
7.38
8.68
12.16
19.66
25.50
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
9.13
25.60
19.70
15.79
15.26
25.60
20.00
15.79
21.18
25.86
22.24
18.08
25.60
36.06
23.30
22.65
30.86
44.35
38.87
28.57
20.29
14.26
18.00
18.56
14.75
13.47
14.69
12.83
6.50
13.61
20.21
21.88
16.66
18.00
18.56
16.78
15.29
20.62
13.82
7.50
13.61
22.66
25.32
17.90
20.36
24.26
19.17
21.34
36.41
18.23
8.24
13.61
23.42
26.33
22.21
23.47
26.26
24.89
25.13
45.26
22.86
10.97
17.03
25.64
30.68
27.58
25.61
29.18
24.89
25.49
45.26
24.22
22.20
22.06
27.45
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
7.40
7.25
7.17
8.61
7.10
6.87
7.40
8.88
7.00
8.80
8.55
9.42
7.17
11.68
8.16
9.09
8.95
11.45
8.38
10.26
10.27
11.17
9.95
13.14
8.58
11.04
10.07
13.25
10.90
11.43
12.54
17.92
11.16
13.56
8.90
11.09
12.45
18.00
14.57
12.77
17.92
17.92
14.34
25.50
9.92
27.25
17.09
25.11
16.12
13.39
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
6.92
7.71
8.44
8.10
10.06
8.68
12.24
13.20
10.53
17.24
16.66
11.91
24.70
19.42
18.86
Occupation3
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
$7.00
6.65
6.96
6.75
7.00
6.92
7.29
$7.75
7.33
7.98
8.14
8.44
7.33
9.00
$9.55
8.70
10.19
9.40
10.89
7.88
10.99
$12.16
9.38
13.89
12.16
12.69
9.80
15.38
$16.20
9.61
19.66
12.42
14.00
10.03
23.29
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
6.75
6.75
34.30
6.75
22.84
7.67
9.00
35.78
7.18
27.80
9.67
22.44
35.78
24.77
28.24
15.82
28.24
38.07
34.60
31.92
28.10
35.78
49.43
34.60
38.91
16.00
19.36
6.47
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.75
11.54
9.18
6.25
8.06
6.53
8.24
11.68
8.24
7.12
7.04
7.49
6.27
6.25
15.34
7.42
6.75
22.77
19.36
8.18
6.75
6.25
6.25
6.25
7.40
14.64
9.22
6.25
8.06
6.86
8.59
11.68
8.36
7.76
7.50
8.06
6.75
6.25
15.34
8.35
6.75
26.20
24.99
9.00
8.06
6.75
6.75
6.75
9.49
17.43
11.33
6.91
8.34
7.50
10.17
14.23
9.67
8.06
8.01
8.06
9.00
6.58
22.21
10.00
6.80
26.20
25.84
9.25
11.33
6.75
6.75
6.80
13.00
17.98
13.03
6.91
8.67
9.70
13.75
15.83
10.39
10.69
11.43
10.69
10.90
10.55
50.46
10.22
7.57
26.20
26.04
15.82
16.28
7.36
7.36
8.66
17.43
20.19
13.78
10.21
11.98
9.78
14.52
15.83
13.80
14.54
11.86
14.54
18.60
10.59
50.46
22.70
8.79
Occupation3
Blue collar –Continued
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
40
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Private industry
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$7.46
7.50
$9.31
9.40
$14.21
14.13
$23.29
24.08
$34.99
34.99
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
9.54
10.72
13.23
14.11
19.31
20.60
30.14
32.19
40.40
41.44
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Radiological technicians .......................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
16.17
20.51
29.17
30.69
29.34
16.50
29.37
25.47
30.09
17.04
22.87
23.54
25.11
40.32
11.53
22.20
10.58
–
–
19.27
–
22.93
27.42
32.96
38.17
33.71
29.59
32.96
31.90
34.47
26.34
26.34
27.23
34.42
40.58
12.00
27.79
16.17
–
–
20.30
–
30.60
33.36
37.16
46.91
34.96
37.45
37.16
36.46
38.66
34.99
29.90
29.90
35.74
66.54
14.93
29.49
16.17
–
–
22.65
–
37.86
38.98
44.82
46.91
37.86
38.23
43.87
38.98
39.41
39.87
33.00
32.54
47.25
80.69
21.09
35.87
28.21
–
–
31.59
–
46.90
46.91
48.91
55.36
42.27
42.57
48.91
45.92
45.92
40.62
41.42
33.36
69.78
126.11
29.45
35.87
31.55
–
–
33.32
–
20.00
13.53
18.85
14.46
12.71
22.13
18.19
21.66
16.37
21.59
15.37
13.53
26.00
23.25
40.00
20.94
22.86
17.49
16.37
27.60
26.79
43.00
26.79
23.54
18.03
22.33
28.74
44.59
43.00
30.63
24.72
18.60
25.12
30.75
48.33
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
17.90
19.32
21.64
25.15
23.66
25.15
24.04
25.15
29.79
34.14
35.69
34.14
37.46
46.75
48.94
47.16
51.39
58.45
51.39
47.16
20.60
13.03
24.55
27.40
17.82
17.90
23.98
17.82
23.66
13.03
25.76
28.85
20.16
20.16
28.11
18.68
23.66
29.79
37.44
38.62
28.11
25.77
28.11
26.54
61.30
29.79
37.50
47.28
30.61
28.85
30.45
34.07
66.09
35.72
46.75
63.58
35.59
30.14
36.85
37.46
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, apparel .........................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................
7.40
13.74
6.83
7.87
15.40
9.22
14.90
23.41
23.28
20.32
29.75
47.49
27.31
144.15
47.49
16.80
7.40
7.35
6.94
17.67
7.96
7.51
7.52
17.67
8.38
11.91
8.60
24.29
9.67
14.90
17.50
34.70
12.19
23.25
17.50
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
9.31
12.56
12.87
9.30
8.48
12.00
13.87
12.98
11.43
14.21
13.02
10.00
9.98
15.76
13.87
13.75
13.85
16.85
14.67
11.85
11.90
15.76
16.88
15.27
17.17
20.02
14.76
13.85
12.25
17.95
17.21
17.11
20.29
21.97
17.40
14.42
18.73
19.00
17.21
19.42
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Telephone operators ............................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
General office clerks .............................................
Bank tellers ...........................................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
$7.83
7.98
9.83
15.56
7.73
9.21
10.47
10.81
$9.00
10.24
10.50
15.56
9.56
9.31
10.50
11.47
$9.92
11.92
12.80
19.54
10.71
9.54
10.82
14.13
$9.96
13.15
20.61
22.67
13.48
9.54
11.89
18.48
$11.52
13.15
20.81
22.67
18.62
9.59
15.00
20.08
Blue collar ...........................................................................
7.26
8.61
11.45
18.23
24.78
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
8.66
25.60
19.70
14.69
25.60
20.00
19.79
25.86
22.24
25.20
36.06
22.85
27.72
44.35
38.87
20.29
14.26
18.00
13.47
14.69
12.83
6.50
13.61
24.69
16.88
18.00
15.29
20.62
13.82
7.50
13.61
25.32
17.90
18.92
21.34
33.89
18.23
8.24
13.61
30.29
19.17
21.82
25.13
45.26
22.86
10.97
17.03
30.68
26.34
23.47
25.49
45.26
24.22
22.20
22.06
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
7.40
7.25
7.17
8.61
7.10
6.87
7.40
8.88
7.00
8.80
8.55
9.42
7.17
11.68
8.16
9.09
8.95
10.70
8.38
10.26
10.27
11.17
9.95
13.14
8.58
11.04
10.07
12.05
10.90
11.43
12.52
17.92
11.16
13.56
8.90
11.09
11.32
18.00
14.57
12.77
17.66
17.92
14.34
25.50
9.92
27.25
12.78
18.00
16.12
13.39
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
6.92
7.71
8.44
7.71
7.71
8.68
11.49
11.49
10.53
16.00
14.33
11.91
19.42
19.42
18.86
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.00
6.65
6.96
6.75
7.00
6.92
7.17
7.75
7.33
7.98
8.14
8.44
7.33
8.78
9.40
8.70
10.19
9.40
10.89
7.88
9.75
12.16
9.38
13.89
12.16
12.69
9.80
14.36
15.70
9.61
19.66
12.42
14.00
10.03
23.29
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ......................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
6.47
6.47
6.47
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.75
10.00
9.18
6.25
6.53
8.24
11.68
8.24
7.19
6.47
6.47
6.75
6.25
6.25
6.25
7.38
14.64
9.22
6.25
6.86
8.36
11.68
8.24
8.44
9.00
9.00
7.76
6.75
6.75
6.75
9.18
14.64
11.33
6.91
7.42
9.67
12.90
9.20
10.51
9.00
9.00
10.43
6.75
6.75
6.80
12.69
20.19
13.03
6.91
8.54
11.95
15.00
10.39
13.91
12.09
12.09
14.64
7.36
7.36
8.66
17.43
20.19
13.78
10.21
9.70
14.23
15.83
13.80
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
Public transportation attendants ...........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$7.07
7.04
7.19
6.27
15.34
6.27
6.75
$7.64
7.50
8.06
6.75
15.34
7.42
6.75
$8.06
8.01
8.06
9.00
22.21
9.00
6.80
$10.35
11.43
10.35
10.90
50.46
10.22
7.57
$11.86
11.86
10.69
22.21
50.46
22.70
8.07
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
43
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
State and local
government
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$13.44
13.49
$16.52
16.52
$23.17
23.21
$33.16
33.16
$42.25
42.25
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
13.44
13.44
16.36
16.36
22.88
22.88
37.89
38.02
42.93
42.93
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ...................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
18.25
21.78
26.03
26.03
25.64
25.64
29.21
21.06
24.64
23.87
25.86
32.50
32.50
–
–
15.28
15.28
–
25.64
27.82
26.03
26.03
25.64
25.64
29.21
24.64
25.66
37.82
43.26
33.25
33.05
–
–
15.28
15.28
–
33.16
38.80
26.03
26.03
25.64
25.64
29.25
26.17
26.87
45.72
46.39
40.95
40.95
–
–
21.78
23.21
–
41.60
41.90
33.08
27.16
25.64
25.64
29.25
27.68
27.68
57.36
57.36
42.48
40.95
–
–
33.16
33.16
–
44.54
44.75
38.96
44.13
40.19
40.19
34.38
27.82
29.14
57.36
57.36
44.75
41.90
–
–
33.16
33.16
–
–
14.09
21.53
14.09
20.12
–
17.95
25.58
14.09
21.50
–
18.84
31.49
15.46
22.40
–
22.66
31.49
18.79
22.59
–
28.18
31.49
18.79
26.45
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
17.47
17.47
25.73
46.91
19.23
19.85
23.97
20.47
19.85
19.23
25.73
47.02
19.23
20.82
23.97
23.17
25.73
32.45
25.73
54.92
19.23
24.04
30.15
24.04
35.88
47.02
52.88
55.31
35.88
28.83
30.25
24.04
49.97
53.81
53.81
64.02
42.25
29.40
30.25
24.04
Sales ................................................................................
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Library clerks ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Dispatchers ...........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
12.91
19.96
16.85
14.54
13.57
19.74
12.91
9.70
14.91
13.44
20.26
17.44
14.54
15.00
21.82
13.11
11.57
16.52
15.67
20.26
19.77
14.54
18.73
21.82
13.79
12.93
17.49
18.70
21.78
20.35
16.36
19.71
21.82
15.65
15.12
22.10
21.82
21.78
20.35
16.46
20.48
22.14
18.70
17.61
23.04
Blue collar ...........................................................................
15.38
17.30
22.21
28.57
32.75
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
16.78
16.17
14.75
20.21
22.21
16.17
16.38
23.42
25.61
20.08
17.59
23.42
32.58
22.21
19.17
27.45
32.75
32.57
24.21
27.45
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
16.66
16.66
19.03
20.92
28.53
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
15.38
15.38
17.30
20.24
21.39
12.41
15.88
25.84
30.78
37.68
Service .................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
— Continued
State and local
government
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$15.82
34.30
6.75
22.84
$22.77
35.78
7.18
27.80
$26.20
35.78
24.77
28.24
$34.60
38.07
34.60
31.92
$38.91
49.43
34.60
38.91
16.00
19.36
10.18
10.18
10.35
10.35
10.72
10.72
6.75
22.77
19.36
10.86
10.86
12.87
10.35
13.40
13.40
7.12
26.20
24.99
12.41
12.41
14.00
13.11
14.54
14.54
10.00
26.20
25.84
17.98
17.98
14.52
13.22
15.70
15.70
10.16
26.20
26.04
17.98
17.98
15.88
13.22
16.93
16.93
11.18
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
45
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$8.18
8.18
$11.08
11.03
$17.10
17.10
$26.61
26.94
$38.66
38.68
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
11.90
12.35
14.93
15.14
20.99
22.10
32.50
33.25
42.48
42.48
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Aerospace engineers ............................................
Civil engineers ......................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers .......................
Mechanical engineers ...........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Medical scientists .................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Physicians ............................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .....
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Lawyers and judges ..................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Drafters .................................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
17.34
21.66
28.12
30.69
26.03
29.34
27.40
29.37
25.47
25.64
17.51
17.04
22.00
16.36
23.92
25.11
40.32
35.74
16.17
32.50
35.87
16.17
11.83
–
–
15.28
15.28
–
24.72
27.66
32.28
38.17
26.03
33.71
29.59
32.96
27.25
31.13
29.21
17.04
25.88
17.93
26.44
35.74
40.58
35.74
32.50
33.05
39.29
38.80
22.74
–
–
18.87
19.27
–
32.50
34.94
37.16
46.91
33.08
34.96
38.23
37.16
35.58
37.86
34.38
29.25
28.03
21.06
28.03
45.72
66.54
46.39
40.95
40.95
43.90
42.48
44.75
–
–
22.65
23.21
–
40.00
40.95
44.01
46.91
50.67
37.86
38.23
43.87
38.98
38.98
39.87
29.25
32.41
64.63
32.41
54.70
80.69
57.36
42.15
40.95
44.54
42.48
46.44
–
–
33.16
33.16
–
45.98
46.44
48.91
55.36
50.67
42.27
42.57
48.91
40.19
45.92
40.62
29.25
41.32
64.63
33.91
57.36
126.11
57.36
44.75
41.90
44.54
42.48
46.44
–
–
33.16
33.16
–
20.00
14.09
10.72
14.46
13.53
22.13
18.43
19.36
21.66
17.24
10.72
15.37
15.02
26.00
20.62
22.40
34.97
21.09
13.71
17.50
17.95
27.60
22.95
25.50
43.00
26.79
15.34
18.60
20.07
28.74
28.18
29.74
60.42
30.63
27.19
18.60
25.12
30.75
28.18
48.33
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Financial managers ..............................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ..............
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers, medicine and health ...........................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Other financial officers ..........................................
Management analysts ..........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Construction inspectors ........................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
17.90
17.47
25.73
21.64
25.15
22.75
23.66
25.73
26.44
25.15
28.85
34.07
25.73
35.69
34.14
37.46
46.75
52.88
49.97
50.00
49.97
54.33
53.81
51.39
50.00
20.60
13.03
24.55
19.23
17.90
17.90
23.98
26.69
23.66
28.30
26.00
27.63
20.82
20.16
28.11
27.80
23.66
35.72
34.07
35.88
26.69
27.20
28.11
30.61
61.30
47.02
37.50
46.78
30.14
29.40
30.45
30.61
66.09
54.92
46.75
61.25
34.43
30.14
36.85
30.61
15.00
23.97
17.82
15.00
23.97
18.80
20.82
30.15
24.04
20.82
30.25
33.15
30.87
30.25
37.46
Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales, other business services .............................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale .................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
8.06
13.74
9.22
12.19
15.40
10.04
17.50
23.41
27.31
21.67
29.75
47.49
29.75
144.15
47.49
16.80
9.18
17.67
9.31
17.67
12.79
24.29
14.90
34.70
42.72
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Sales –Continued
Cashiers ...............................................................
$6.94
$7.52
$8.20
$17.50
$17.50
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Supervisors, general office ...................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Typists ..................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .......
Receptionists ........................................................
Order clerks ..........................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping
Library clerks ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .............................
Telephone operators ............................................
Dispatchers ...........................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ...................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .....
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .............................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.02
16.83
12.65
13.44
12.87
10.00
8.48
12.00
14.54
13.49
13.14
14.19
7.83
18.68
7.98
10.50
15.56
15.67
9.43
10.50
10.81
12.56
19.13
15.29
13.44
12.87
10.00
9.98
15.76
14.54
13.49
13.77
14.21
9.00
21.82
10.24
10.82
15.56
15.67
10.71
11.00
11.47
14.60
20.26
17.10
14.81
14.67
12.50
11.90
15.76
14.54
13.87
15.56
15.94
9.96
21.82
11.92
12.80
19.54
15.67
13.11
14.60
15.20
18.23
21.78
20.28
16.01
14.76
13.85
18.71
17.95
16.36
17.21
17.83
16.85
11.52
21.82
13.15
20.81
22.67
15.67
15.29
14.60
18.48
20.84
27.43
21.97
20.29
17.40
17.50
22.62
19.00
16.46
22.66
19.66
24.05
16.21
22.14
13.15
20.81
22.67
16.91
18.70
15.00
20.65
Blue collar ...........................................................................
7.46
8.88
12.16
19.73
25.61
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .......................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Carpenters ............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. ....................................
Drillers, oil well ......................................................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Machinists .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..
Inspectors, testers, and graders ...........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators .........
9.13
25.60
19.70
15.79
15.26
25.60
20.00
15.79
21.82
25.86
22.24
18.08
25.60
36.06
23.30
22.65
30.86
44.35
38.87
28.57
20.29
16.17
18.00
18.56
14.75
13.47
14.69
12.83
6.50
13.61
20.21
21.88
16.66
18.00
18.56
16.78
15.29
20.62
13.82
7.50
13.61
22.66
25.32
17.90
20.36
24.26
19.17
21.34
36.41
18.23
8.24
13.61
23.42
26.33
22.21
23.47
26.26
24.89
25.13
45.26
22.86
10.97
17.03
25.64
30.68
27.58
25.61
29.18
24.89
25.49
45.26
24.22
22.20
22.06
27.45
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Printing press operators .......................................
Textile sewing machine operators ........................
Mixing and blending machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
7.57
7.25
8.00
8.61
7.10
6.87
7.40
8.88
7.00
8.80
8.58
9.42
8.68
11.68
8.16
9.09
8.95
11.45
8.38
10.26
10.33
11.17
10.33
13.14
8.58
11.04
10.07
13.25
10.90
11.43
12.77
17.92
14.04
13.56
8.90
11.09
12.45
18.00
14.57
12.77
17.92
17.92
14.34
25.50
9.92
27.25
17.09
25.11
16.12
13.39
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
6.92
7.71
8.44
8.10
10.06
9.47
13.20
13.20
11.91
18.29
16.66
12.67
25.96
19.42
18.86
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .........
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.00
6.65
6.96
6.75
6.92
8.78
7.89
7.33
7.98
8.14
7.33
9.60
9.71
8.70
10.19
10.65
7.89
11.93
12.16
9.38
12.30
12.16
10.03
15.70
17.66
9.61
19.66
12.42
10.03
23.29
Occupation3
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.75
6.47
34.30
22.84
$8.06
9.00
35.78
27.80
$10.39
24.06
35.78
28.50
$17.43
30.78
38.07
33.22
$28.83
35.78
49.43
38.91
20.96
19.36
6.47
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.91
11.54
9.18
7.38
8.24
11.68
8.24
7.19
7.50
7.49
6.25
22.77
19.36
6.47
6.91
6.25
6.25
6.25
7.76
14.64
9.22
7.40
8.36
11.68
8.24
8.01
7.64
8.06
7.50
26.20
24.99
9.00
9.18
6.75
6.70
6.75
9.70
17.43
11.33
7.76
10.17
14.52
9.67
8.06
8.48
8.06
10.59
26.20
25.84
9.75
13.00
6.75
6.75
6.80
13.78
20.19
13.03
9.70
13.80
15.83
10.39
11.43
11.43
10.69
11.38
26.20
26.04
15.82
17.43
6.80
6.75
8.66
17.43
20.19
13.78
9.70
14.52
15.88
13.80
14.54
11.86
14.54
22.70
Occupation3
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers ............................................................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................
Other food service ..................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ...........
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$6.75
6.75
$7.36
7.36
$9.00
9.54
$13.12
13.88
$23.17
26.39
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
7.20
9.00
7.72
9.92
11.28
14.36
17.61
24.83
33.00
41.00
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Other post-secondary teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
13.15
17.15
24.48
24.48
19.30
18.51
17.15
11.92
–
18.87
23.17
27.49
27.49
30.00
24.79
20.84
42.93
–
26.39
27.70
30.60
30.60
43.26
43.26
23.17
42.93
–
37.24
41.00
33.00
33.00
43.80
59.06
42.93
42.93
–
42.93
42.93
33.00
33.00
59.06
59.06
42.93
42.93
–
9.58
10.37
26.39
12.75
27.50
15.11
41.00
16.43
41.00
21.95
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
12.00
12.00
52.00
52.00
52.00
52.00
55.31
55.31
64.32
64.32
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
6.80
6.80
7.30
7.77
7.45
9.59
8.09
17.50
17.50
17.50
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
8.84
6.60
8.90
9.54
7.03
9.70
11.28
9.00
13.12
13.79
10.50
17.61
17.61
15.00
17.61
Blue collar ...........................................................................
7.11
7.40
9.40
10.50
14.94
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................
7.05
7.11
7.17
7.40
7.25
7.29
9.40
11.87
8.17
9.97
15.71
9.75
15.71
16.02
9.75
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. .....................................
Service, n.e.c. .......................................................
6.53
6.75
6.25
6.25
6.25
6.53
6.53
–
6.75
6.58
6.27
6.75
6.75
8.18
6.53
6.25
6.25
6.53
6.53
–
6.75
6.75
7.42
6.75
7.36
8.18
6.75
6.75
6.75
6.86
6.86
–
7.75
7.42
9.00
6.75
8.86
8.18
7.36
7.36
7.36
9.18
8.08
–
9.29
9.00
10.00
7.57
10.51
13.78
9.49
7.36
7.36
10.21
10.18
–
10.51
10.22
10.22
10.16
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
49
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 the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, 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 entity.
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 Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up 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
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. 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. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
A-1
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size, as shown in the following schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
50–99
100–249
250–999
1,000–2,499
2,500+
8
10
12
16
20
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator.
For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two or more
census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage
level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support, including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG 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
A-2
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 an “occupational leveling” process. Occupational leveling ranks
and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels, and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
the written description that best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the occupational leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 occupational leveling factors (and levels within those factors).
The analysis showed that several of the occupational leveling factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is,
as the levels within a given factor increased, the wages also
increased.
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.
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:
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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:
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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 room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store
salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
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, 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 that the employer considers to be full time.
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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.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note on occupational leveling through point factor analysis
for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.)
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
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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
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s 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, 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 and job
level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Total in sampling frame
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
Establishments
18,668
877
390
146
341
In this survey, the nonresponse rates for all industries
and private industry exceeded regular survey standards.
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.
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 6–1 through 6–5 are
computed using average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. During this phase of
the ongoing NCS development, establishments in the survey may report either individual-worker earnings or average wage rates for each sampled job. If individual-worker
earnings are provided, an average hourly wage rate is computed for the job and used in the calculation of percentile
estimates. The average hourly wages for each sampled job
are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to
highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example,
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at the 10th percentile, 10 percent of a published occupation’s employment is in sampled establishment jobs that
had average hourly wages at the 10th percentile or less for
that occupation.
Note that the percentiles in earlier NCS bulletins for this
area (in the 3090 and 3095 bulletin series) were calculated
from individual-worker earnings rather than from average
wages for sampled establishment jobs. Research has shown
that using average-wage data for jobs instead of individualworker data has the effect of moving percentile estimates
toward the median (50th percentile). This effect is greatest
for occupations with a high degree of wage dispersion.
However, medians calculated using the two methods are
nearly identical.
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 $12.79, with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for the estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 (1.645
times 3.6 percent times $12.79 = $0.76, plus or minus
$12.79). 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 by personal visit, computer edits of the
data, and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, April 2002
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
Total
Private industry
State and local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2,599,800
2,396,400
1,958,300
1,756,200
641,600
640,100
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
1,505,100
1,301,700
1,024,900
822,800
480,300
478,800
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
577,100
482,000
95,100
211,000
203,500
513,600
312,400
236,900
75,500
156,500
202,000
353,900
264,700
245,100
19,600
54,400
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159,700
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
660,600
217,400
180,400
75,800
186,900
617,200
192,200
178,700
67,900
178,400
43,400
25,200
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8,000
8,500
Service .................................................................................
434,100
316,200
117,900
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. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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