National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
United States, 1999
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
June 2001
Summary 01-03
E
arnings averaged $15.36 per hour in 1999 for all private industry and State and local government workers. This summary presents aggregated national earnings data from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) by:
• Sector of the economy (private industry, State and local government, and total)
• Worker characteristics, including occupational detail
• Establishment characteristics
• Geographic areas
NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational
earnings, compensation cost trends, and details of benefit
provisions.1 When fully integrated, the NCS will encompass
wages as well as benefit costs and provisions. The focus of
this summary is occupational earnings.
Data in this summary are a subset of occupational earnings data tabulated for the National Compensation Survey.
Table 1 highlights the major types of data available by sector
of the economy, private industry, State and local government, and total. Table 2 shows similar data by metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan area. Table 3 provides data for specific
occupations for all workers, as well as for full- and part-time
workers.
Hourly earnings were lower for private industry workers
than for State and local government workers, averaging $14.71
and $19.34, respectively. Part of this difference can be explained by differences in the occupational and industrial
composition of the two sectors. For example, professional
specialty and technical occupations are proportionally more
prevalent in State and local government than in private industry. With the exception of the construction industry, few
State and local government workers are in goods-producing
industries.
1
NCS integrates data from three BLS programs—the Occupational
Compensation Survey (OCS), the Employment Cost Index (ECI),
and the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). The OCS provided data on
occupational earnings; the ECI measures changes in labor costs as
well as the average hourly employer costs for employee compensation, and the EBS provides information on detailed benefit provisions.
Worker characteristics. Earnings varied by occupational
group; full- and part-time status; union and nonunion status; and time and incentive pay. White-collar pay, which
averaged $18.78 per hour, was the highest. Blue-collar pay
averaged $13.03 per hour, while the average pay of workers
in service occupations was $9.21.
Among occupations, average hourly earnings ranged from
$27.67 for executive, administrative, and managerial workers
to $9.21 for service workers. Similarly, there were differences
between occupations within occupational groups. Table 3
presents data on hourly earnings for detailed occupations.
Earnings were higher for full-time than for part-time workers, averaging $16.20 per hour and $8.87 per hour, respectively. This difference reflects, in part, the occupational composition of the two groups. NCS classifies workers as full
and part time based on the employer’s classification of the
occupation.
Pay also was higher for union workers ($18.31 per hour)
than for nonunion workers ($14.76). Incentive workers (whose
wages are based at least partially on productivity payments
such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses)
earned, on average, $19.60 per hour. In contrast, time workers (whose wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary) earned $15.13 per hour.
Establishment characteristics. Earnings generally varied by
size of the establishment and industry.2 Average hourly earnings ranged from $13.46 in establishments employing between 1 and 99 workers to $21.02 in those with 2,500 or more
workers. In private industry, workers employed in goodsproducing industries earned more than those in service-producing industries, averaging $16.17 versus $14.16 per hour.
(See the boxnote on p. 2 and the Technical Note for information on the expansion of NCS coverage to private establishments with one worker or more in 1999.)
Geographic area. In general, earnings varied by type of
area and geographic region. Workers in metropolitan areas
earned an average of $15.63, while those in nonmetropolitan
Data collection of industry classification for State and local government does not permit estimates for goods-producing and serviceproducing industries.
2
areas earned $12.86. By geographic region, average hourly
earnings ranged from $17.84 in the Middle Atlantic region to
$12.13 in the East South Central region.
• Major industry division (such as construction and
Additional occupational earnings data. More detailed
information on occupational average hourly earnings will
become available online at http://www.bls.gov/comhome.htm
in summer 2001. These data include:
• Occupational earnings by work level
wholesale trade)
• Occupational detail
• Top 10 metropolitan areas
• Occupational wage percentiles
NCS coverage expanded to smaller private sector establishments
Before 1999, the NCS included only establishments with 50 or more workers. Beginning with the 1999 NCS, private
sector establishments with one or more workers are included in the survey. For this reason, the 1999 National
Compensation Survey should not be used for comparisons with earlier NCS surveys.
The State and local government portion of the survey continues to include only establishments with 50 or more
workers.
2
TABLE 1. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, United States, National Compensation Survey,2 1999
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics
and geographic areas
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$15.36
1.3
35.8
$14.71
1.4
35.7
$19.34
0.7
36.6
18.78
24.75
1.4
2.3
35.9
35.7
18.12
24.17
1.7
3.4
35.8
35.7
21.84
26.04
.8
.8
36.4
35.9
27.67
12.84
12.20
13.03
16.51
1.9
2.7
.9
1.0
1.2
39.9
32.9
36.1
38.2
39.6
28.01
12.84
12.17
12.93
16.47
2.1
2.7
1.1
1.1
1.3
40.2
32.8
36.0
38.3
39.6
25.89
12.16
12.37
15.02
17.06
2.5
6.2
.8
1.2
1.7
38.5
33.9
36.4
37.5
39.8
11.41
12.92
2.1
1.8
39.4
37.6
11.39
12.79
2.1
2.0
39.4
38.1
14.38
13.96
6.5
1.7
38.4
34.0
9.86
9.21
2.3
1.1
35.5
31.6
9.73
7.94
2.4
.9
35.4
30.6
12.44
14.41
2.5
1.3
38.5
36.8
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
16.20
8.87
1.4
1.7
39.6
20.5
15.59
8.51
1.6
1.9
39.7
20.6
19.72
13.43
.8
2.5
38.8
19.2
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
18.31
14.76
1.2
1.5
36.5
35.6
16.57
14.46
1.6
1.6
36.3
35.6
21.07
17.80
1.1
1.5
36.7
36.5
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
15.13
19.60
1.2
5.2
35.7
37.9
14.40
19.60
1.4
5.2
35.5
37.9
19.34
–
.7
–
36.6
–
Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
16.17
14.16
1.5
1.8
39.5
34.4
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
13.46
14.71
17.35
17.05
21.02
2.2
2.3
1.5
6.2
1.0
34.5
36.5
37.0
36.8
37.4
13.44
14.37
16.61
16.34
21.96
2.2
2.5
1.9
8.1
1.6
34.5
36.6
37.3
37.1
37.2
15.03
17.99
19.89
19.02
20.23
3.8
1.5
2.1
1.8
1.1
36.1
35.6
35.9
36.0
37.6
Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................
15.63
12.86
1.2
4.9
35.7
37.0
14.99
11.54
1.4
5.7
35.5
37.1
20.06
16.29
.7
2.3
36.6
36.6
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
17.18
17.84
15.55
14.37
14.49
12.13
14.38
14.10
16.87
4.2
3.7
1.8
2.8
2.9
5.0
3.5
2.9
1.7
34.6
34.8
35.6
35.3
36.3
37.6
36.8
35.7
35.3
16.54
17.05
14.82
13.84
14.04
11.76
13.98
13.26
16.01
5.2
4.5
2.0
3.2
3.5
5.5
4.0
3.2
2.0
34.5
34.7
35.5
35.1
36.0
37.6
36.6
35.5
35.3
21.82
22.45
20.32
18.11
16.84
16.23
16.38
19.00
22.13
2.2
1.6
2.1
2.2
1.5
2.7
2.0
3.5
1.2
35.4
35.5
36.0
36.9
38.0
37.0
38.0
36.9
35.6
Total ...........................................................
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations5 ..............................
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between
September 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was September
1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments
employing fewer than 50 workers.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those
whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages
are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of survey areas and
States comprising the nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
3
TABLE 2. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas,2
United States, National Compensation Survey,3 1999
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics
and geographic areas
Metropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Nonmetropolitan areas
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
$15.36
14.71
19.34
1.3
1.4
.7
35.8
35.7
36.6
$15.63
14.99
20.06
1.2
1.4
.7
35.7
35.5
36.6
$12.86
11.54
16.29
4.9
5.7
2.3
37.0
37.1
36.6
18.78
24.75
1.4
2.3
35.9
35.7
18.96
25.13
1.4
2.5
35.8
35.7
16.40
21.08
5.0
2.0
36.8
36.3
27.67
12.84
12.20
13.03
16.51
1.9
2.7
.9
1.0
1.2
39.9
32.9
36.1
38.2
39.6
27.83
13.07
12.30
13.19
16.63
1.9
2.5
1.0
1.1
1.2
40.0
32.7
36.0
38.1
39.6
24.80
9.60
10.81
11.81
15.12
3.1
9.2
2.2
3.8
4.5
39.4
35.7
37.1
38.9
40.1
11.41
12.92
2.1
1.8
39.4
37.6
11.47
12.95
2.3
1.9
39.3
37.7
11.08
12.60
4.3
3.4
39.8
36.6
9.86
9.21
2.3
1.1
35.5
31.6
9.92
9.29
2.6
1.1
35.3
31.2
9.36
8.73
4.1
3.0
37.3
34.8
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
16.20
8.87
1.4
1.7
39.6
20.5
16.53
8.87
1.4
1.8
39.6
20.5
13.20
8.85
5.3
4.8
39.6
20.8
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
18.31
14.76
1.2
1.5
36.5
35.6
18.62
15.02
1.2
1.5
36.3
35.5
15.60
12.25
3.9
5.1
38.1
36.8
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
15.13
19.60
1.2
5.2
35.7
37.9
15.38
19.87
1.2
5.3
35.5
37.8
12.86
12.69
5.0
15.7
36.9
39.9
Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................
16.17
14.16
1.5
1.8
39.5
34.4
16.70
14.39
1.5
1.7
39.5
34.3
12.68
10.59
4.5
7.3
40.0
35.1
1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
13.46
14.71
17.35
17.05
21.02
2.2
2.3
1.5
6.2
1.0
34.5
36.5
37.0
36.8
37.4
13.54
15.03
17.76
18.70
21.03
2.3
2.7
1.5
1.3
1.1
34.5
36.5
36.8
36.4
37.3
11.54
12.84
15.47
11.60
20.30
2.5
3.1
4.6
15.6
5.1
35.2
36.6
38.1
38.2
40.1
17.18
17.84
15.55
14.37
14.49
12.13
14.38
14.10
16.87
4.2
3.7
1.8
2.8
2.9
5.0
3.5
2.9
1.7
34.6
34.8
35.6
35.3
36.3
37.6
36.8
35.7
35.3
17.35
17.93
15.75
14.73
14.71
12.87
14.42
13.94
16.92
4.4
3.8
1.9
3.0
3.0
1.5
3.7
3.2
1.8
34.6
34.8
35.4
35.1
36.2
37.4
36.8
35.6
35.3
15.21
14.93
13.83
12.70
12.60
9.72
13.90
15.78
15.45
6.9
3.6
3.7
5.8
6.3
9.6
5.1
2.4
4.7
34.8
35.6
36.7
36.5
37.4
38.1
37.3
36.2
36.8
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................
Establishment characteristics:
Geographic areas:9
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget, 1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit
the definitions above.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between
September 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was September
1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments
employing fewer than 50 workers.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
5 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those
whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages
are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
8 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
9 See Technical Note for a list of survey areas and States comprising the nine
census divisions.
4
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$15.36
15.63
1.3
1.3
35.8
36.1
$16.20
16.33
1.4
1.4
39.6
39.6
$8.87
9.37
1.7
2.0
20.5
20.4
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
18.78
20.16
1.4
1.4
35.9
36.7
19.70
20.64
1.4
1.4
39.5
39.4
10.89
14.02
2.4
2.8
20.0
19.3
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Petroleum engineers ..........................................
Chemical engineers ...........................................
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .....................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
Actuaries ............................................................
Statisticians ........................................................
Mathematical scientists, n.e.c. ...........................
Natural scientists ...................................................
Physicists and astronomers ...............................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Atmospheric and space scientists .....................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Agricultural and food scientists ..........................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Forestry and conservation scientists .................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Dentists ..............................................................
Optometrists ......................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Earth, environmental, and marine science
teachers ...........................................................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Physics teachers ................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ........................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Economics teachers ..........................................
History teachers .................................................
Political science teachers ..................................
Sociology teachers ............................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
24.75
26.87
29.36
20.94
32.75
27.98
33.58
35.42
34.01
26.57
32.10
24.85
24.89
34.34
28.52
28.34
28.49
2.3
2.8
3.4
8.5
3.9
4.8
8.7
3.4
2.2
3.4
3.5
4.9
3.5
8.5
8.4
2.3
2.4
35.7
35.7
40.5
39.7
40.1
40.2
40.2
40.0
40.7
40.4
41.0
40.6
41.1
40.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
25.11
27.17
29.36
20.91
32.75
27.98
33.58
35.44
34.01
26.57
32.10
24.85
24.89
34.34
28.56
28.23
28.50
2.5
2.9
3.4
8.5
3.9
4.8
8.7
3.4
2.2
3.4
3.5
5.0
3.5
8.5
8.4
2.2
2.4
38.9
38.9
40.6
39.8
40.1
40.2
40.2
40.1
40.7
40.4
41.0
40.6
41.2
40.5
39.9
40.1
40.1
20.27
22.75
28.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.98
23.33
4.6
5.3
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.4
8.7
17.7
16.9
22.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.6
26.4
27.70
30.75
23.93
33.44
26.23
37.84
29.16
23.21
28.27
26.44
22.91
23.03
21.26
25.04
27.12
63.07
40.34
38.37
21.14
27.17
17.68
18.07
22.38
23.84
24.72
18.43
32.55
35.61
6.2
8.8
7.9
18.1
2.3
7.6
3.9
14.5
8.4
4.3
8.6
4.4
5.9
7.0
10.7
23.0
11.0
4.3
1.2
7.3
3.7
1.8
7.1
4.4
5.6
6.0
6.8
2.0
39.8
38.6
38.3
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.2
41.3
41.4
39.8
39.8
39.4
40.1
38.5
34.1
36.7
30.9
37.3
33.4
33.2
36.7
34.8
34.0
36.0
33.7
35.8
39.3
32.4
26.96
30.75
23.93
33.44
26.23
37.84
29.16
23.21
28.27
26.45
22.56
23.08
21.26
24.98
27.39
62.10
42.44
37.78
20.95
27.57
17.56
18.10
22.19
23.15
24.61
17.42
32.75
36.03
5.0
8.8
7.9
18.1
2.3
7.6
3.9
14.5
8.4
4.3
8.4
4.5
5.9
7.3
12.6
25.8
12.2
5.6
1.4
8.3
4.2
2.0
8.4
4.6
6.3
3.1
6.5
2.0
40.0
38.6
38.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
41.3
41.4
39.8
39.9
39.6
40.1
39.7
39.5
41.5
39.6
39.9
39.1
39.2
39.7
39.2
39.0
39.6
38.0
39.0
39.8
39.1
–
–
–
–
26.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.02
25.79
73.25
–
–
21.93
24.94
18.81
17.90
23.46
27.95
25.52
25.44
–
31.13
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.2
7.5
4.0
–
–
1.6
13.5
4.6
3.5
4.7
5.1
5.9
23.8
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
20.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.6
20.4
16.5
–
–
20.8
17.9
20.8
20.8
19.9
23.1
18.3
23.0
–
11.5
34.21
37.78
37.45
49.29
41.45
33.91
40.51
35.25
38.49
40.51
36.69
43.57
10.3
7.5
12.4
12.0
5.3
8.7
7.1
6.1
14.0
7.8
3.4
10.0
37.0
36.8
40.3
37.0
37.9
34.9
48.0
37.9
37.0
37.4
38.2
38.7
34.15
37.42
37.36
49.29
41.61
34.31
40.51
35.25
34.52
40.71
36.85
43.67
10.4
7.7
12.6
12.0
5.4
9.0
7.1
6.2
10.1
7.7
3.4
10.4
37.7
39.1
41.5
37.2
38.9
39.5
48.0
40.7
39.7
39.3
39.5
41.8
–
48.65
–
–
–
22.95
–
–
–
–
22.93
41.51
–
15.7
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
31.2
14.2
–
13.2
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
9.5
16.0
See footnotes at end of table.
5
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.92
30.93
49.02
33.85
37.46
43.40
29.65
34.03
35.69
37.74
26.98
48.64
25.91
37.94
29.04
32.28
26.42
16.33
27.82
28.70
27.24
26.19
10.55
23.79
21.65
22.01
19.87
25.11
28.14
25.19
18.32
16.10
22.69
14.46
14.51
13.64
12.89
18.70
38.51
38.30
48.21
8.3
12.6
6.7
8.0
7.4
24.3
6.2
9.0
8.5
9.8
18.9
9.4
9.9
11.6
3.5
2.5
1.4
8.1
1.2
1.3
6.1
3.5
4.4
4.9
4.3
3.9
12.3
3.3
4.7
4.0
4.9
19.2
4.3
6.7
7.2
3.7
13.7
18.2
3.3
3.3
9.7
34.9
29.6
36.8
36.1
35.2
35.3
32.2
28.3
33.3
34.6
31.1
36.8
26.6
38.4
17.3
29.4
34.6
35.2
36.1
36.7
35.5
30.2
15.4
36.8
37.3
37.1
38.1
36.7
39.8
35.8
39.3
37.5
36.3
35.0
35.0
33.1
42.9
37.1
39.4
39.5
36.0
$36.65
33.37
46.83
34.16
37.59
43.40
30.13
34.80
36.26
38.18
25.59
50.54
27.15
38.01
28.96
33.07
26.95
17.32
27.90
28.68
27.35
27.04
11.73
23.88
21.77
22.16
19.92
25.04
28.14
25.11
18.32
16.08
22.73
14.49
14.53
13.85
12.82
18.66
38.62
38.40
48.58
8.3
13.3
7.6
8.2
7.6
24.3
6.7
9.7
8.4
10.1
19.8
9.1
10.8
11.6
3.5
2.6
1.3
8.3
1.2
1.3
6.3
3.8
14.0
5.1
4.4
4.0
12.5
3.5
4.7
4.2
4.9
19.2
4.3
6.7
7.1
4.1
14.2
18.4
3.3
3.3
9.7
38.7
38.9
41.4
38.7
38.8
35.3
38.5
37.8
38.9
38.3
40.9
41.2
40.1
39.1
38.1
38.7
36.8
38.1
36.7
37.1
36.4
36.1
32.3
38.0
38.6
38.5
39.4
39.1
39.8
38.9
39.3
39.2
39.3
39.3
39.2
39.3
45.7
39.7
40.2
40.2
39.7
$23.60
24.78
68.44
24.91
33.00
–
26.02
27.21
23.28
27.50
37.50
–
–
–
–
26.98
15.98
10.48
22.41
30.07
23.09
17.76
10.39
21.46
18.22
18.33
–
26.57
–
26.63
–
–
–
13.91
–
11.84
14.84
–
29.14
29.07
30.83
8.3
4.2
11.5
8.6
9.3
–
5.1
9.8
11.2
5.0
28.3
–
–
–
–
5.7
7.4
8.0
8.3
5.4
14.5
8.8
4.7
10.8
9.9
10.5
–
11.1
–
11.1
–
–
–
8.9
–
8.5
9.1
–
11.5
12.1
11.4
13.0
18.4
18.5
12.4
8.4
–
14.4
8.7
8.1
10.5
11.1
–
–
–
–
11.3
16.0
24.4
17.9
21.3
18.7
11.6
14.3
19.9
18.5
19.3
–
15.0
–
15.7
–
–
–
10.4
–
14.2
16.6
–
14.6
15.3
6.8
22.86
20.71
21.03
17.27
24.86
3.9
9.1
6.9
16.9
20.2
32.2
38.5
38.9
17.4
35.4
23.76
20.64
21.33
–
26.19
3.9
9.5
6.9
–
21.4
37.8
39.9
39.9
–
40.5
15.22
–
–
16.78
14.81
11.7
–
–
19.3
29.8
14.2
–
–
10.4
18.1
19.24
18.26
15.82
12.55
24.30
22.07
17.55
26.65
17.91
13.6
8.2
17.0
10.4
6.2
7.5
29.3
4.9
1.5
39.1
39.5
19.7
28.7
38.5
38.2
26.2
39.2
35.7
19.40
18.13
–
13.24
24.49
22.13
20.09
26.70
18.26
13.9
8.4
–
15.6
6.2
7.6
32.0
4.8
1.5
40.1
40.1
–
38.9
39.6
39.3
35.9
39.8
39.1
–
–
12.90
11.54
13.49
17.26
8.60
24.86
14.59
–
–
16.8
10.4
18.1
9.2
14.9
21.6
4.4
–
–
17.7
20.7
15.5
12.8
13.4
24.7
19.7
15.69
3.6
36.9
15.59
3.7
38.5
17.42
4.5
21.4
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Agriculture and forestry teachers .......................
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Physical education teachers ..............................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
Law teachers .....................................................
Social work teachers ..........................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Sociologists ........................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Clergy ................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ....................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Judges ...............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Photographers ...................................................
Dancers .............................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Announcers ........................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.72
11.67
19.02
13.40
13.31
18.07
19.37
20.88
19.01
17.95
15.27
14.99
17.84
17.40
85.03
15.31
22.29
17.87
16.30
18.15
6.0
7.2
5.4
1.2
2.2
3.5
5.0
4.3
2.7
2.8
8.8
8.0
3.4
2.7
10.1
11.5
3.5
5.9
3.5
2.9
22.3
35.9
35.6
34.4
31.8
38.8
40.4
40.0
39.4
39.7
39.9
31.1
39.8
37.4
22.6
36.7
38.8
40.2
37.1
38.5
$27.15
11.52
19.12
13.37
13.76
18.60
19.37
20.93
18.95
18.01
15.27
16.57
17.87
17.34
89.91
16.13
22.11
17.87
16.56
18.34
5.2
7.7
5.9
1.3
1.7
2.4
5.0
4.3
2.6
2.8
8.8
5.3
3.4
2.7
9.0
12.2
3.5
5.9
3.3
3.0
35.1
39.0
39.6
39.4
39.5
40.0
40.4
40.2
39.9
40.1
39.9
39.6
40.0
38.6
23.3
39.9
39.7
40.2
39.5
39.7
$23.32
13.15
18.28
13.57
11.33
–
–
–
21.05
12.03
–
–
–
18.88
–
8.56
–
–
–
13.54
11.3
8.6
5.6
2.4
5.0
–
–
–
10.4
19.3
–
–
–
16.2
–
6.7
–
–
–
5.4
13.8
20.2
20.7
20.7
17.2
–
–
–
27.8
21.2
–
–
–
20.1
–
22.3
–
–
–
22.4
27.67
30.69
15.74
1.9
2.2
19.1
39.9
40.5
12.4
27.74
30.75
12.97
1.9
2.2
27.1
40.5
40.9
33.5
19.99
21.21
20.05
6.2
9.0
22.4
14.8
16.5
6.3
28.96
41.3
45.1
28.96
41.3
45.1
–
–
–
26.87
32.32
29.92
27.96
2.6
6.8
8.7
3.0
38.9
40.4
41.1
42.8
26.88
32.36
29.95
27.96
2.5
6.8
8.7
3.0
39.5
40.7
41.2
42.8
24.63
–
–
–
42.4
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
–
38.03
32.26
29.73
6.5
2.7
4.2
40.9
39.2
38.8
38.05
32.36
29.77
6.4
2.7
4.3
41.0
39.6
39.8
–
24.20
–
–
14.6
–
–
20.8
–
15.91
20.74
22.38
28.06
31.42
22.19
21.14
22.24
23.40
25.03
4.3
7.4
10.7
8.4
3.5
2.3
2.4
7.1
4.5
4.1
42.3
39.8
44.9
39.1
41.1
39.0
39.4
39.2
39.7
40.1
16.09
20.81
22.38
28.11
31.44
22.23
21.12
22.24
23.39
25.00
4.4
7.4
10.7
8.6
3.5
2.3
2.4
7.1
4.6
4.1
43.3
40.4
44.9
39.7
41.2
39.9
39.7
39.2
39.8
40.2
10.30
–
–
–
18.53
18.73
23.07
–
26.06
–
5.8
–
–
–
30.3
8.3
18.3
–
14.2
–
24.9
–
–
–
19.2
13.4
21.2
–
24.1
–
20.64
16.20
3.3
19.0
36.3
39.8
20.74
16.20
3.2
19.0
39.7
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Dental hygienists ...............................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Industrial engineering technicians .....................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Chief executives and general administrators,
public administration ........................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Funeral directors ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Business and promotional agents ......................
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
19.39
23.89
14.86
20.69
5.4
7.0
18.7
3.5
39.9
40.0
39.2
39.4
19.29
23.89
14.86
20.75
5.3
7.0
18.7
3.5
41.1
40.0
39.2
40.0
–
–
–
17.53
–
–
–
25.1
–
–
–
20.8
20.47
23.18
3.6
6.4
39.0
39.0
20.50
23.32
3.6
6.5
39.3
40.1
–
16.92
–
7.3
–
17.3
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
12.84
16.10
2.7
3.6
32.9
41.1
14.74
16.20
3.2
3.6
40.2
41.5
6.97
8.69
1.3
20.7
21.0
23.8
See footnotes at end of table.
7
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.13
21.20
32.51
23.46
19.31
30.60
6.6
17.4
12.0
17.2
6.5
5.1
38.1
34.1
39.5
38.5
37.7
41.3
$20.44
21.90
32.64
23.96
20.11
30.60
7.1
19.1
12.0
17.1
7.1
5.1
39.3
37.5
39.6
39.5
40.5
41.3
$13.20
–
–
8.72
9.89
–
19.7
–
–
5.9
14.2
–
22.8
–
–
21.8
20.9
–
22.95
20.71
8.99
7.97
11.36
13.80
11.61
12.95
10.62
7.35
7.96
11.50
8.50
23.21
11.97
4.5
4.5
11.2
6.3
13.4
11.7
5.0
7.6
7.9
4.2
6.8
22.3
5.8
27.4
5.2
40.4
45.4
26.5
26.6
30.0
35.4
37.4
38.7
29.6
30.1
29.7
22.7
23.7
30.3
35.3
23.13
20.71
11.15
10.33
14.27
14.85
12.06
13.47
12.59
7.92
8.76
19.91
–
–
12.89
4.5
4.5
16.3
13.4
15.6
10.9
5.3
7.0
8.9
4.8
8.9
19.5
–
–
5.5
40.6
45.5
38.5
38.9
39.8
39.7
40.6
40.6
39.7
39.2
39.3
37.0
–
–
40.3
–
–
6.86
6.61
7.01
7.03
8.18
6.00
7.14
6.32
6.61
7.25
8.09
7.72
7.69
–
–
3.0
3.5
5.0
5.4
3.1
2.1
2.5
3.5
1.2
14.2
6.5
5.6
5.8
–
–
20.4
22.5
21.9
20.8
23.7
23.8
20.5
21.2
21.0
19.0
22.5
15.2
22.5
12.20
16.35
19.44
18.07
19.73
.9
3.2
10.9
4.2
8.0
36.1
39.8
40.3
39.3
40.0
12.50
16.32
19.44
18.07
19.73
.9
3.2
10.9
4.2
8.0
39.3
40.0
40.3
39.4
40.0
9.50
19.53
–
–
–
1.5
10.4
–
–
–
20.9
26.7
–
–
–
18.83
14.54
11.33
13.55
13.73
12.29
9.50
8.73
12.97
9.74
11.48
11.38
11.59
12.37
3.9
2.4
4.8
3.0
5.2
2.0
3.5
3.7
4.0
2.4
5.9
5.8
4.5
2.4
40.1
39.3
38.5
37.6
36.2
36.2
28.5
36.2
36.0
33.2
34.6
35.4
36.1
37.2
18.84
14.57
11.26
13.69
13.77
12.38
10.39
8.90
13.22
10.07
11.52
11.68
11.86
12.75
3.9
2.4
4.9
3.1
5.7
2.1
2.3
3.7
4.0
2.7
3.5
6.6
4.6
2.3
40.2
39.7
39.7
39.0
39.1
38.5
39.1
40.6
39.8
39.2
39.1
38.2
39.8
39.8
–
10.37
–
11.24
13.43
11.10
8.16
7.64
11.37
8.10
11.33
–
–
8.79
–
18.4
–
3.6
5.9
3.3
4.3
9.5
6.0
2.3
19.8
–
–
5.0
–
18.3
–
23.4
21.5
20.5
20.2
21.4
22.4
18.9
24.3
–
–
22.8
13.09
10.87
8.80
11.69
12.06
13.36
10.83
15.61
2.5
2.1
3.7
2.1
1.2
2.4
4.5
14.4
38.5
30.2
34.2
37.9
36.6
33.5
37.9
40.0
13.14
11.34
9.07
11.79
12.25
13.57
10.88
15.61
2.6
2.5
4.3
2.1
1.3
2.4
4.8
14.4
39.5
37.9
39.5
39.4
39.5
39.7
39.7
40.0
11.59
9.34
7.41
9.89
9.76
10.81
10.04
–
5.3
3.2
5.5
5.2
3.5
16.9
3.2
–
22.2
18.3
19.8
23.0
19.1
11.7
20.7
–
9.83
10.46
4.4
4.7
34.6
37.1
9.89
10.69
5.7
5.4
39.1
39.8
9.64
8.91
4.4
4.3
24.8
25.5
9.74
8.62
11.38
10.86
9.31
6.2
3.9
2.6
4.6
4.2
35.2
37.7
34.8
26.2
36.6
10.03
8.71
11.91
11.42
9.56
6.4
4.2
2.6
3.9
5.1
39.0
39.7
39.0
39.5
39.0
7.46
7.26
8.65
8.61
7.52
5.1
5.4
2.9
9.2
3.8
20.1
21.4
22.3
11.2
25.2
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Insurance sales ..................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales engineers .................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..............
News vendors ....................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .....
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Chief communications operators .......................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Peripheral equipment operators ........................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Classified ad clerks ............................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ..........................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
See footnotes at end of table.
8
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.70
13.21
14.96
11.36
11.20
14.75
13.81
11.94
6.1
3.5
5.6
2.8
2.2
3.0
6.8
4.4
30.4
38.7
39.4
37.9
36.0
39.6
36.1
38.3
$8.86
13.33
15.03
11.46
11.57
14.79
14.13
12.15
7.7
3.7
5.7
2.9
2.2
3.1
7.2
4.6
39.0
40.1
40.0
39.8
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.8
$8.28
10.29
7.89
9.81
8.10
13.98
9.94
8.84
10.9
7.9
4.4
6.4
5.5
6.7
16.7
8.5
19.0
20.0
15.8
21.9
20.5
32.3
16.8
24.0
12.25
8.9
37.3
12.70
9.7
39.9
7.85
6.3
22.7
16.70
12.59
14.31
11.90
11.14
9.22
13.42
10.55
11.39
9.76
11.74
2.4
2.4
4.8
3.9
1.3
2.2
13.8
2.1
4.4
2.0
1.8
38.1
38.6
38.7
37.8
34.1
32.6
37.4
36.4
38.6
30.8
36.3
16.77
12.69
14.42
11.97
11.49
9.47
13.67
10.68
11.41
9.40
12.01
2.3
2.5
4.7
4.0
1.4
2.2
13.7
2.3
4.5
2.0
2.0
38.5
39.8
39.3
39.4
39.3
39.1
39.7
39.5
39.7
35.4
39.3
–
9.98
9.84
10.39
9.24
8.39
–
9.56
10.20
10.81
9.53
–
7.5
6.1
14.3
5.1
2.3
–
7.3
7.4
4.4
4.8
–
21.2
24.6
20.3
20.0
21.0
–
23.3
17.7
22.2
22.2
Blue collar ........................................................................
13.03
1.0
38.2
13.30
1.2
40.0
8.43
3.6
21.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Small engine repairers .......................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Farm equipment mechanics ..............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
Household appliance and power tool repairers
Telephone line installers and repairers ..............
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Camera, watch, and musical instrument
repairers ...........................................................
Locksmiths and safe repairers ...........................
Office machine repairers ....................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and
tilesetters .........................................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ....
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and
plasterers .........................................................
16.51
21.03
15.26
11.22
14.30
21.19
11.60
16.86
20.61
17.53
12.40
17.17
13.61
1.2
2.5
4.6
10.5
6.8
4.9
6.7
9.2
3.4
3.8
8.9
2.0
4.7
39.6
40.7
40.2
36.7
39.6
40.0
39.7
40.7
40.1
40.0
40.7
39.9
38.0
16.52
21.03
15.26
11.34
14.35
21.19
11.64
16.86
20.61
17.54
12.40
17.17
14.06
1.2
2.5
4.6
11.4
6.9
4.9
6.7
9.2
3.4
3.8
8.9
2.0
3.6
39.9
40.7
40.2
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.1
40.0
40.7
39.9
39.9
15.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.61
15.63
12.46
19.65
18.21
3.7
5.7
10.2
4.1
3.8
37.3
36.3
40.0
39.9
40.0
18.62
15.40
12.46
19.65
18.21
3.7
5.8
10.2
4.1
3.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.09
3.0
39.8
14.91
2.9
40.0
–
–
–
17.75
16.90
14.67
16.38
17.68
–
12.9
5.7
8.0
14.4
5.2
–
40.0
40.0
40.3
39.7
40.1
–
17.75
16.90
14.67
16.44
17.68
–
12.9
5.7
8.0
14.5
5.2
–
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.20
–
–
–
–
–
19.8
–
–
–
–
–
17.1
19.97
23.51
11.0
8.2
40.0
40.1
19.97
23.51
11.0
8.2
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.66
3.4
40.1
24.66
3.4
40.1
–
–
–
17.70
5.4
40.3
17.70
5.4
40.3
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Expeditors ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Proofreaders ......................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
9
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.56
19.75
20.33
11.13
18.70
17.25
12.88
19.72
19.12
12.39
22.57
13.59
18.33
20.37
17.28
15.47
14.17
15.13
6.8
4.4
10.5
11.4
9.6
3.6
6.3
10.9
5.0
4.8
2.6
5.7
19.2
5.6
14.3
13.2
4.8
10.1
40.0
40.2
39.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.6
39.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.4
39.8
37.6
38.4
37.9
$25.56
19.74
20.33
11.13
18.70
17.27
12.88
19.73
19.12
12.39
22.57
13.59
18.33
19.96
17.28
15.47
14.18
15.43
6.8
4.5
10.5
11.4
9.6
3.6
6.3
10.9
5.0
4.8
2.6
5.7
19.2
5.4
14.3
13.2
4.9
9.8
40.0
40.2
39.2
40.0
39.7
40.1
40.6
39.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.7
39.8
37.7
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
$13.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.93
16.56
18.67
16.05
14.75
21.55
15.20
16.50
19.31
19.84
15.61
13.28
16.03
13.04
15.55
18.89
15.19
15.09
17.74
13.40
11.88
11.23
10.31
12.41
13.32
16.31
13.97
11.13
11.8
14.5
11.4
5.0
5.5
17.6
28.5
8.2
2.8
2.5
8.2
11.1
4.6
5.8
10.9
6.2
6.5
23.1
6.6
10.3
11.0
5.9
9.6
5.9
13.9
5.1
14.5
10.0
40.0
37.5
39.6
39.7
39.5
41.6
40.3
40.0
40.6
40.1
39.8
40.0
39.5
38.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
39.1
39.3
40.0
40.0
38.5
39.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
11.93
16.52
18.67
16.05
14.75
21.94
15.20
16.50
19.31
19.84
15.61
13.28
16.10
13.27
15.55
18.89
15.19
14.87
17.74
13.40
11.88
11.23
10.31
12.41
13.32
16.31
13.97
11.13
11.8
14.9
11.4
5.1
5.5
17.1
28.5
8.2
2.8
2.5
8.2
11.1
4.7
5.6
10.9
6.2
6.5
24.0
6.6
10.3
11.0
5.9
9.6
5.9
13.9
5.1
14.5
10.0
40.0
37.7
39.6
40.1
39.6
42.2
40.3
40.0
40.7
40.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.3
40.0
40.0
38.5
39.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.21
11.38
10.72
15.90
12.42
10.37
10.11
10.39
16.95
1.3
3.9
3.3
8.0
20.4
3.7
7.1
6.6
2.6
39.0
39.8
39.7
39.8
30.5
38.5
34.5
38.1
40.3
14.21
11.38
10.75
15.92
14.57
10.34
10.23
10.43
16.96
1.3
3.9
3.3
7.9
18.9
3.7
7.9
6.8
2.6
39.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
37.0
39.7
37.0
39.8
40.3
–
–
7.21
–
–
11.50
9.03
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
10.2
7.8
–
–
–
–
24.7
–
–
18.3
21.4
–
–
20.33
14.69
7.6
11.8
40.0
39.6
20.33
14.65
7.6
12.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Brickmasons and stonemasons .........................
Brickmason and stonemason apprentices .........
Carpet installers .................................................
Carpenters .........................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Drywall installers ................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plasterers ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .........................
Glaziers ..............................................................
Insulation workers ..............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..........................................................
Roofers ..............................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..................................
Structural metal workers ....................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, extractive ......................................
Drillers, oil well ...................................................
Mining machine operators .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ........................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
Machinists ..........................................................
Machinist apprentices ........................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ...........
Layout workers ..................................................
Engravers, metal ................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ........................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..............
Furniture and wood finishers .............................
Dressmakers ......................................................
Tailors ................................................................
Upholsterers ......................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .....
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ......
Optical goods workers .......................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .......................................................
Bookbinders .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Precision food production ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related
workers, n.e.c. .................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
10
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.92
21.77
19.58
3.0
2.1
3.5
39.0
39.8
39.3
$16.06
21.77
19.59
2.9
2.1
3.5
40.0
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.87
4.8
40.1
20.87
4.8
40.1
–
–
–
11.41
14.51
13.32
12.56
12.45
14.51
11.41
2.1
3.6
5.8
7.0
3.3
8.1
14.2
39.4
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.3
40.0
11.49
14.51
13.32
12.56
12.46
14.51
11.41
2.1
3.6
5.8
7.0
3.4
8.1
14.2
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
$7.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.12
12.99
13.95
13.18
10.91
13.56
13.99
2.8
4.5
3.5
2.9
5.4
4.5
2.7
39.9
39.8
40.0
39.4
39.8
39.7
40.0
12.14
12.99
13.95
13.42
10.96
13.61
13.99
2.8
4.5
3.5
2.3
5.4
4.3
2.7
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
6.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.7
–
–
8.82
10.35
10.19
14.19
16.24
13.19
11.99
11.1
7.9
7.7
3.1
11.2
6.2
7.2
39.2
39.8
39.9
39.4
39.1
35.3
39.8
8.80
10.37
10.19
14.21
16.32
13.61
11.99
11.3
8.0
7.7
3.1
11.2
6.1
7.2
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.3
39.3
39.8
–
–
–
10.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.2
–
–
–
10.14
8.65
7.73
9.64
7.55
7.21
10.50
10.78
11.81
13.31
2.9
8.2
5.0
10.7
4.1
2.1
10.1
4.8
4.2
3.9
40.0
40.0
39.1
39.8
37.9
37.5
40.0
39.3
39.8
39.7
10.14
8.65
7.78
9.64
7.58
7.23
10.50
10.91
11.81
13.31
2.9
8.2
5.1
10.7
4.2
2.2
10.1
4.3
4.2
3.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
6.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
–
–
–
–
16.69
3.0
39.6
16.74
3.0
39.8
–
–
–
10.65
11.32
11.83
2.4
8.0
9.5
39.5
40.0
39.7
10.69
11.32
11.85
2.4
8.0
9.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.26
11.81
13.36
12.37
12.50
10.77
10.87
14.41
9.54
11.44
7.71
11.50
10.14
11.54
8.7
4.2
5.5
5.7
4.6
6.4
6.4
2.5
8.2
3.7
10.5
2.4
5.5
8.7
40.1
39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
31.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.8
39.9
39.8
35.2
11.26
11.85
13.36
12.37
12.51
12.20
10.90
14.42
9.54
11.60
7.72
11.53
10.14
–
8.7
4.2
5.5
5.7
4.6
4.0
6.5
2.5
8.2
3.8
10.5
2.3
5.6
–
40.1
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.34
7.98
–
–
7.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
5.6
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.2
19.3
–
–
28.1
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .....
Lathe and turning machine operators ................
Milling and planing machine operators ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Rolling machine operators .................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
Forging machine operators ................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Metal plating machine operators ........................
Heat treating equipment operators ....................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ..........................................................
Sawing machine operators ................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators ...........
Printing press operators .....................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
Winding and twisting machine operators ...........
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ..........................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ......................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Shoe machine operators ....................................
Pressing machine operators ..............................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Cementing and gluing machine operators .........
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Compressing and compacting machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine
operators ..........................................................
Folding machine operators ................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .............
Hand engraving and printing ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
11
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.19
11.49
12.55
14.53
9.55
10.36
4.5
2.9
3.6
3.5
5.7
5.4
38.8
39.9
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.9
$10.31
11.50
12.55
14.53
9.58
10.36
4.6
2.9
3.6
3.5
5.7
5.4
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.9
$5.86
8.69
–
–
–
–
7.2
10.7
–
–
–
–
21.8
23.1
–
–
–
–
12.92
17.24
12.72
11.90
12.38
8.31
7.71
7.69
27.01
19.69
17.99
12.17
15.56
11.74
16.65
18.68
27.42
14.92
16.01
13.85
14.41
12.24
1.8
4.2
2.3
5.6
2.8
4.7
7.1
6.9
14.8
16.5
7.3
14.4
29.8
2.5
6.7
6.1
6.9
9.7
4.8
3.7
4.1
2.6
37.6
41.8
40.3
34.2
28.0
30.0
32.3
30.5
40.5
40.0
51.2
43.6
51.4
40.0
40.4
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.7
13.26
17.29
12.72
13.27
13.26
8.95
8.49
8.58
27.02
19.69
18.06
11.92
15.56
–
16.65
18.68
–
14.92
16.01
13.85
14.41
12.28
1.8
4.2
2.2
5.2
4.4
6.0
5.2
6.8
14.8
16.5
7.4
14.1
29.8
–
6.7
6.1
–
9.7
4.8
3.7
4.1
2.6
40.8
41.9
42.0
40.7
36.8
39.7
40.0
38.3
40.5
40.0
52.0
47.5
51.4
–
40.4
40.0
–
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.9
9.86
–
12.73
5.97
11.08
7.00
5.77
5.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.35
9.7
–
20.1
5.9
2.7
4.4
6.3
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
21.8
–
24.4
20.1
20.8
20.0
22.0
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.7
14.31
3.8
38.4
14.45
3.9
39.9
11.21
3.0
20.3
9.86
7.37
16.80
9.29
10.22
8.74
2.3
5.1
9.9
4.2
11.8
11.3
35.5
34.6
38.8
37.1
32.8
37.2
10.26
7.84
16.81
9.45
11.06
9.08
2.9
5.2
10.0
4.8
10.1
15.5
39.7
40.0
38.9
39.8
38.6
40.0
7.33
–
–
7.45
6.33
–
1.4
–
–
4.4
7.2
–
21.2
–
–
20.1
19.5
–
16.02
10.40
10.13
8.85
11.65
10.04
13.94
20.47
9.54
9.61
10.80
8.83
8.82
8.18
9.57
7.4
4.1
3.5
14.8
4.8
3.7
7.6
6.2
7.4
2.7
3.2
7.4
4.2
2.5
2.0
38.9
38.4
39.1
38.1
39.3
38.9
39.8
39.2
29.8
39.2
33.9
34.2
37.5
38.2
36.5
16.06
10.59
10.13
8.85
11.68
10.08
14.09
20.47
11.19
9.62
11.21
9.11
8.96
8.24
9.88
7.5
4.5
3.6
14.8
4.9
3.8
7.6
6.2
9.3
2.7
3.6
7.7
4.4
2.9
2.2
39.1
39.8
39.9
38.1
39.9
39.8
40.0
39.3
39.7
39.8
39.7
39.1
39.9
39.9
39.6
–
7.20
10.35
–
10.96
–
–
–
6.68
8.96
9.05
6.36
6.98
6.74
7.36
–
8.9
10.5
–
16.8
–
–
–
1.6
13.6
2.9
4.7
4.9
3.4
2.8
–
24.7
22.5
–
28.6
–
–
–
20.7
22.8
20.8
16.2
20.9
19.6
23.4
9.21
14.84
21.90
1.1
2.1
4.7
31.6
37.5
49.5
10.16
15.47
21.90
1.5
2.2
4.7
39.0
40.7
49.5
6.56
8.28
–
1.1
3.4
–
20.7
20.6
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Production samplers and weighers ....................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ......................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Locomotive operating ........................................
Railroad brake, signal and switch operators ......
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
Marine engineers ...............................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
Longshore equipment operators ........................
Hoist and winch operators .................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Nursery workers .................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Helpers, extractive .............................................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stevedores .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
See footnotes at end of table.
12
TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Crossing guards .................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Elevator operators .............................................
Part time
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$25.00
16.60
18.74
16.13
20.25
3.3
7.1
6.5
3.0
1.4
40.1
37.8
39.0
43.5
39.5
$25.00
16.87
18.78
16.43
20.32
3.3
6.9
6.6
2.8
1.4
40.1
38.6
41.7
48.7
40.0
–
–
–
$7.01
11.74
–
–
–
7.7
12.2
–
–
–
10.3
16.4
16.60
14.94
8.97
8.89
12.03
6.72
4.71
6.72
4.04
5.65
7.63
10.75
8.24
7.22
6.77
9.35
12.34
10.05
8.79
9.14
2.8
3.8
4.5
2.0
7.7
1.5
2.8
6.6
3.8
2.7
1.2
2.4
2.0
2.4
1.3
1.7
8.2
2.2
1.3
1.5
39.2
39.8
17.2
34.3
29.3
28.8
27.4
28.1
27.7
25.3
29.5
39.3
33.6
30.2
26.0
33.3
30.4
32.6
33.9
33.4
16.74
14.96
–
9.07
13.95
7.44
4.94
7.34
4.09
6.03
8.57
11.06
8.65
7.78
7.53
9.51
12.85
10.34
8.85
9.52
2.8
3.8
–
2.0
8.5
2.5
3.7
9.2
5.3
4.0
1.3
2.3
1.9
2.9
1.4
1.8
8.6
2.3
1.5
1.8
39.9
39.9
–
39.4
39.3
38.5
37.7
38.2
37.5
38.3
38.9
41.4
38.6
38.9
37.9
38.8
37.0
39.3
38.8
39.1
11.95
–
8.58
8.15
8.08
5.74
4.42
5.75
3.98
5.17
6.36
6.86
7.00
6.52
6.22
8.56
9.00
8.55
8.52
7.26
7.1
–
4.6
4.2
9.7
1.2
3.4
2.7
4.5
3.2
1.2
11.7
4.3
3.0
1.3
1.8
11.2
3.2
1.8
2.0
24.9
–
16.6
22.3
19.2
21.6
20.2
19.8
20.8
17.9
22.3
24.2
24.2
23.4
21.1
19.6
14.0
17.3
21.2
19.4
10.73
7.44
9.27
13.26
7.9
2.3
1.8
6.3
39.3
33.9
32.3
39.1
10.75
7.52
9.77
–
8.0
2.5
2.0
–
39.5
37.8
39.4
–
8.75
7.04
7.30
–
2.8
4.2
2.3
–
25.3
22.0
18.9
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 3. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Pest control ........................................................
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Guides ...............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
Part time
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.07
8.93
15.89
9.79
10.0
2.2
10.4
5.6
40.0
29.8
39.0
29.8
$11.07
9.66
16.06
9.83
10.0
2.5
10.0
6.1
40.0
37.7
40.0
38.6
–
$7.10
9.28
9.68
–
3.2
9.5
9.1
–
19.6
19.8
18.6
6.41
11.14
5.93
26.33
6.98
7.59
7.02
8.27
8.28
5.5
11.2
4.3
7.6
5.9
4.8
3.4
3.2
8.4
29.0
30.7
15.7
21.4
35.3
29.0
30.4
29.5
30.4
6.63
12.33
–
27.76
6.79
8.36
7.28
8.57
8.64
5.5
9.3
–
6.6
6.8
4.3
4.4
3.6
11.4
39.5
39.4
–
21.6
39.4
39.3
37.7
39.4
39.1
5.98
7.54
5.95
13.49
7.87
6.35
6.51
7.60
7.22
6.1
7.5
4.5
17.8
9.5
6.1
3.8
3.4
3.6
19.3
18.4
15.3
20.1
23.8
20.4
21.9
19.1
18.3
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between September 1998
and April 2000. The average reference period was September 1999. For the first time,
estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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Technical Notes
The data in this report are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The National Compensation Survey is locality-based
and covers establishments in private industry and State and
local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the
Federal Government are excluded from the scope of the survey.
Sample design and data collection. The sample for this
survey was selected using a three-stage design. The first
stage involved the selection of areas. The NCS sample consisted of 154 metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan areas
that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan statistical areas
(as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget)
and the remaining portions of the 50 States. Metropolitan
areas are Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), as defined
by the Office of Management and Budget in 1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the metropolitan area definition.
In the second stage, 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 was approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment was 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 each establishment represents
similar units (in terms of industry and employment size) in
the economy that were not selected for collection.
The third stage of sample selection was a probability
sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
Collection was conducted between September 1998 and
April 2000, with an average reference period of September 1999.
Survey scope. The NCS studied 19,481 establishments representing nearly 95 million workers within the scope of the
survey. (See table below.) Beginning with the 1999 NCS,
private sector establishments with one or more workers are
included in the survey. State and local governments with 50
or more workers are included. 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.
Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from the State unemployment insurance reports. The reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to the
volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling
frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The
reference month for the private sector varied by area.
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Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 United States, National
Compensation Survey,3 1999
Occupational group
All industries
Private industry
State and local
government
All .............................................................................................
All, excluding sales ...............................................................
94,757,800
84,911,500
80,546,700
70,755,500
14,211,100
14,156,100
White collar .........................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
49,081,600
39,235,300
39,489,300
29,698,000
9,592,400
9,537,300
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
16,051,400
12,530,200
3,521,200
7,067,700
9,846,300
16,116,200
10,406,800
7,362,400
3,044,500
5,876,300
9,791,300
13,414,900
5,644,600
5,167,900
476,700
1,191,400
55,000
2,701,300
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
28,026,000
9,358,400
7,466,200
4,043,000
7,158,400
26,552,700
8,764,300
7,433,400
3,515,300
6,839,800
1,473,300
594,100
32,800
527,700
318,600
Service .................................................................................
17,650,200
14,504,800
3,145,400
1 Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of
size and composition of the labor force included in the survey.
Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison with other
statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both
full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted
between September 1998 and April 2000. The average reference
period was September 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50
workers.
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Occupational selection and classification. Identification of
the occupations for which wage data were to be collected
was a four-step process:
1.
2.
3.
4.
cates 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. Tables 1, 2, and 3 contain RSE
data for indicated series in this report.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence
interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, table 1
shows mean hourly earnings for all workers of $15.36 per
hour and a relative standard error of 1.3 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this
estimate is $15.03 to $15.69 ($15.36 x 1.645 x 0.013= $0.328,
round to $0.33); ($15.36 – .33 = $15.03; $15.36 + .33 = $15.69).
If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the
true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can
stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. A
Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas will
be used in the development of a formal quality assessment
process to help compute nonsampling error. Although such
errors were not specifically measured, efforts were made to
minimize them through the extensive training of field economists who gathered survey data, computer editing of the
data, and detailed data review.
Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs.
Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system.
Characterization of jobs as full versus part time, union
versus nonunion, and time versus incentive.
Determination of the level of work of each job.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which
a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at 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 the job’s
chance of selection.
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.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen workers were identified. First, the worker was identified
as holding either a full- or part-time job, based on the
establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on
the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on
hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in
a union job or a nonunion job.
Census divisions. Data are tabulated by census divisions
defined as follows: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont;
Middle Atlantic:1 New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania;
East North Central:2 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and
Wisconsin; West North Central:3 Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota;
South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and
West Virginia; East South Central:4 Alabama, Kentucky,
Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain: Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon,
and Washington.
Data reliability. The data in this summary are estimates
from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are
two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample
survey—sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample
used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples
of the same size that could have been selected using the
sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples
would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indi-
The Middle Atlantic census division also includes the New York, NY,
CMSA (which consists of parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania) and the Philadelphia, PA, CMSA (which consists of parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland).
2
The East North Central census division also includes the Cincinnati,
OH, CMSA (which consists of parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana).
3
The West North Central census division also includes the St. Louis,
MO CMSA (which consists of parts of Missouri and Illinois) and the
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, MSA (which consists of parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin).
4
The East South Central census division also includes the Louisville,
KY, MSA (which consists of parts of Kentucky and Indiana) and the
Memphis, TN, MSA (which consists of parts of Tennessee, Arkansas,
and Mississippi).
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