National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
United States, 1999
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
July 2001
Bulletin 2539
Preface
T
he National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings,
compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and
detailed benefit provisions. It integrates three Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) programs—the Occupational Compensation Survey, the Employment Cost Index, and the
Employee Benefits Survey. The Occupational Compensation Survey provided data on occupational earnings; the
Employment Cost Index measures changes in labor costs,
as well as average hourly employer costs for employee compensation; and the Employee Benefits Survey provides
information on benefit incidence and detailed benefit provisions. This bulletin, a product of the first phase of the
NCS, focuses on occupational earnings.
The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation Survey. The major difference between these two surveys is that
the Occupational Compensation Survey used the same
preselected list of occupations for all localities in which
data are collected. The NCS uses a probability-based sample
of establishments and occupations that is intended to represent more fully the employment patterns and occupational
mix of each locality.
This bulletin presents aggregate pay data from the 1999
local area NCS. Data for more than one-half of the 154 individual NCS localities were published previously. This
bulletin provides estimates of occupational pay for the
Nation, as well as 9 census divisions, metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan areas, and the 10 largest metropolitan
areas.
For additional information regarding this survey, please
contact the information staff in the BLS National Office at
(202) 691-6199. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and
Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001 or send e-mail to [email protected].
The BLS Office of Compensation and Working Conditions
developed and produced this bulletin. The Directorate of
Survey Processing coordinated the data file formation and
tabulations. Field economists from the BLS regional offices,
under the direction of the Assistant Regional Commissioners
for Operations, collected the survey data. BLS thanks all survey respondents for their cooperation, without which this
bulletin would not have been possible.
The data contained in this bulletin also are available at
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Data are in three formats: an ASCII file containing the published table formats, an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a database or spreadsheet,
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Supplemental tables that are not included in this bulletin also are available at the BLS Internet site. These tables
provide distributions of hourly earnings at the 10th, 25th,
50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentile positions for
selected occupations. Earnings data are available for all
workers, private industry, and State and local government.
Further detail for full- and part-time workers also
is provided.
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appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission.
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Contents
Page
United States, private industry, State and local government:
1-1. Summary, United States: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, private industry and State and local government ....................................................
1-2. State and local government: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected
characteristics ...................................................................................................................................
Worker characteristics:
2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for fulltime and part-time workers ................................................................................................................
2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for fulltime and part-time workers ................................................................................................................
2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and weekly
hours for full-time and part-time workers ..........................................................................................
2-4. Selected occupations and levels: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours, private
industry and State and local government ........................................................................................
2-5. Collective bargaining status: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group ....................................
2-6. Time and incentive pay: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by occupational
group in private industry ..................................................................................................................
Establishment characteristics:
3-1. Goods-producing and service-producing industries: Mean hourly earnings
and weekly hours by occupational group in private industry ..........................................................
3-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by occupational
group in private industry ..................................................................................................................
3-3. United States, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational
group ................................................................................................................................................
3-4. Private industry, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by
occupational group ...........................................................................................................................
3-5. State and local government, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings
by occupational group ......................................................................................................................
Geographic areas:
4-1. Summary metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas: Mean hourly earnings and
weekly hours by selected characteristics .........................................................................................
4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ..............................................................................
4-3. Largest 10 metropolitan areas ranked by employment size: Mean hourly earnings by
occupational group ...........................................................................................................................
4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions: Mean hourly earnings and
weekly hours by selected characteristics .........................................................................................
4-5. New England census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ..................................................
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4-13.
Middle Atlantic census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ................................................
East North Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ................................................
West North Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ................................................
South Atlantic census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations .................................................
East South Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ................................................
West South Central census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours
by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ..........................................
Mountain census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations ...............................................
Pacific census division: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan areas for selected occupations .....................................................................
Appendixes:
A. Technical Note .............................................................................................................................................
B. Occupational Classifications ........................................................................................................................
C. Generic Leveling Criteria ...............................................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs .........................................................................................................................
E. Census Divisions and Survey Areas ............................................................................................................
Appendix tables:
A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, United States ...............................
B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment
employment size, United States ...............................................................................................................
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TABLE 1-1. Summary, United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry
and State and local government, 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 appendix A.
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 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 appendix E 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.
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TABLE 1-2. State and local government: Mean hourly earnings,1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, National
Compensation Survey,2 1999
State and local government
Worker and establishment characteristics and
geographic areas
Hourly earnings
Relative
error3
(percent)
$19.34
0.7
21.84
26.04
Local government
Hourly earnings
Weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
36.6
$18.78
1.9
.8
.8
36.4
35.9
20.72
24.61
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
14.38
13.96
6.5
1.7
12.44
14.41
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Hourly earnings
Weekly
hours
Weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
38.7
$19.56
0.7
35.8
2.1
2.7
38.4
38.0
22.35
26.59
.7
.8
35.5
35.1
23.94
13.73
12.46
14.42
15.27
4.8
5.6
1.5
2.2
2.6
39.3
37.5
38.5
39.2
39.8
27.24
11.23
12.33
15.19
17.88
1.7
9.1
1.0
1.4
1.9
38.0
32.1
35.4
37.1
39.8
38.4
34.0
12.39
14.84
7.6
3.6
38.9
39.2
15.06
13.86
7.5
1.9
38.2
33.5
2.5
1.3
38.5
36.8
11.45
14.13
5.4
2.4
37.2
39.2
12.66
14.51
2.8
1.6
38.8
36.0
19.72
13.43
.8
2.5
38.8
19.2
18.78
18.63
1.9
4.2
39.6
19.4
20.11
12.77
.7
3.2
38.5
19.2
21.07
17.80
1.1
1.5
36.7
36.5
18.50
18.99
2.5
3.7
38.4
38.9
21.97
17.25
.9
1.1
36.2
35.5
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
14.79
16.25
16.67
16.92
19.82
5.0
4.4
3.5
4.3
2.1
38.9
37.7
38.5
38.6
38.8
15.06
18.22
20.53
19.70
20.53
4.1
1.5
2.2
1.7
1.1
35.8
35.3
35.4
35.2
36.7
Metropolitan ......................................................
Nonmetropolitan ...............................................
20.06
16.29
.7
2.3
36.6
36.6
19.30
16.59
1.9
5.5
38.6
38.9
20.37
16.17
.7
2.1
35.9
35.8
New England ....................................................
Middle Atlantic ..................................................
East North Central ............................................
West North Central ...........................................
South Atlantic ...................................................
East South Central ...........................................
West South Central ..........................................
Mountain ...........................................................
Pacific ...............................................................
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
20.89
21.11
20.38
17.55
16.43
16.53
15.85
21.58
20.29
4.0
2.6
5.7
4.6
3.5
3.9
2.4
6.5
2.2
37.3
38.4
38.5
39.6
39.9
37.4
38.9
38.6
37.3
22.39
22.85
20.30
18.38
17.05
16.15
16.56
17.95
22.77
1.7
1.9
1.8
2.3
1.3
4.4
2.3
2.7
1.3
34.3
34.7
34.9
35.7
37.1
36.8
37.8
36.3
35.0
Total .....................................................................
Mean
State government
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:
1 to 99 workers6 ...............................................
100 to 499 workers ...........................................
500 to 999 workers ...........................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers .....................................
2,500 workers or more ......................................
Geographic areas: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, 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 appendix A.
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.
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 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State
and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
7 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as well
as nine census divisions. See appendix E for a list of survey areas and States
comprising the nine census divisions.
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TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
3
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
4
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
5
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
6
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
7
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
8
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
9
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
10
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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.
11
TABLE 2-1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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. For more information, see appendix B.
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.
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TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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 ........................................................
$14.71
14.95
1.4
1.5
35.7
36.0
$15.59
15.68
1.6
1.7
39.7
39.7
$8.51
8.96
1.9
2.3
20.6
20.5
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
18.12
19.68
1.7
1.8
35.8
36.7
19.13
20.19
1.8
1.9
39.8
39.7
10.35
13.55
2.7
3.4
20.1
19.4
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 ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Dentists ..............................................................
Optometrists ......................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
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 .........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ..................................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
24.17
26.62
29.65
20.41
32.75
29.12
33.58
35.44
34.61
26.83
32.31
24.91
24.84
34.97
29.42
28.76
29.02
3.4
4.3
3.7
8.7
3.9
4.8
8.7
3.4
2.1
4.8
3.6
5.0
3.6
8.8
7.9
2.5
2.6
35.7
35.8
40.6
39.8
40.1
40.3
40.2
40.0
40.7
40.9
41.0
40.6
41.2
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.1
24.55
26.95
29.65
20.38
32.75
29.12
33.58
35.46
34.61
26.81
32.31
24.91
24.84
34.98
29.42
28.63
29.02
3.7
4.6
3.7
8.7
3.9
4.8
8.7
3.4
2.1
4.8
3.6
5.0
3.6
8.9
7.9
2.4
2.6
39.4
39.6
40.7
39.9
40.1
40.3
40.2
40.1
40.7
41.0
41.0
40.6
41.3
40.6
40.0
40.1
40.1
20.01
22.83
30.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
55.50
24.98
5.9
7.0
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.8
11.2
17.7
16.9
22.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.2
25.9
27.73
30.75
24.61
37.27
28.57
38.48
29.76
22.92
30.42
30.08
24.32
24.76
27.77
27.84
69.12
41.83
38.37
20.98
27.05
18.19
18.09
21.67
23.44
23.14
18.03
36.96
39.43
51.21
54.91
32.89
41.95
28.81
31.23
48.52
36.32
35.15
36.32
36.09
23.37
52.33
33.52
6.3
8.8
8.3
15.5
2.4
7.8
4.1
15.6
9.1
4.2
9.9
5.0
6.1
12.6
23.8
9.7
4.3
1.4
8.3
3.9
2.0
9.1
4.9
3.9
8.5
3.7
12.5
21.7
9.0
9.9
10.5
12.8
10.6
23.6
16.2
10.7
11.9
8.7
12.2
8.3
6.8
39.8
38.6
38.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.1
40.7
40.5
39.9
39.6
39.8
38.1
33.5
35.5
31.0
37.3
32.9
32.5
37.1
34.6
34.4
36.0
31.9
35.0
28.6
35.6
36.7
36.9
32.4
30.5
37.2
39.8
34.6
25.1
34.7
33.1
34.8
24.8
40.0
40.1
26.99
30.75
24.61
37.27
28.58
38.48
29.76
22.92
30.42
30.11
23.42
24.78
27.88
28.26
68.57
–
37.78
20.78
27.52
18.10
18.05
21.39
22.62
22.66
16.70
37.79
38.32
51.21
54.93
33.35
43.53
28.81
31.28
38.68
37.76
35.51
35.53
36.52
23.77
52.70
34.22
5.0
8.8
8.3
15.5
2.4
7.8
4.1
15.6
9.1
4.2
8.0
5.0
6.2
15.1
26.8
–
5.6
1.7
9.7
4.3
2.3
10.6
4.7
4.8
3.5
3.6
13.6
21.7
9.0
10.0
10.2
12.8
10.7
15.0
16.5
11.0
12.8
8.8
12.4
8.6
6.8
40.0
38.6
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.7
40.5
40.0
39.7
39.8
39.5
39.4
40.8
–
39.9
39.1
39.1
39.8
39.2
39.3
39.8
39.5
38.9
38.9
37.7
36.7
37.2
36.0
38.3
37.2
40.1
38.7
34.7
38.7
37.3
37.9
39.0
41.8
43.2
–
–
–
–
26.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.49
25.91
74.12
–
–
21.73
24.77
19.11
18.31
23.34
29.98
25.16
26.48
29.76
–
–
–
–
22.76
–
–
–
–
–
44.92
24.31
–
–
20.98
–
–
–
–
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
8.4
3.8
–
–
1.6
13.8
6.0
3.1
5.2
4.3
4.6
29.5
11.7
–
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
14.5
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
–
19.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.5
20.0
16.3
–
–
20.6
17.9
21.8
20.9
20.0
20.3
17.6
21.4
8.7
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
10.8
–
–
17.8
See footnotes at end of table.
13
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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)
$41.27
27.79
27.93
32.50
37.46
34.77
54.28
27.09
36.65
–
31.61
15.60
10.31
18.80
23.48
16.25
16.16
9.99
15.51
20.19
19.96
20.68
24.80
28.53
23.52
31.27
12.53
12.50
12.22
12.69
18.70
39.91
39.91
8.9
7.9
5.4
14.3
17.0
10.0
7.1
13.4
14.2
–
6.8
3.7
4.0
6.1
3.0
14.2
4.6
6.0
3.5
7.6
8.2
16.3
4.2
4.8
8.1
16.2
7.6
8.1
3.9
14.3
18.2
4.7
4.7
31.8
28.4
36.5
29.2
33.5
29.5
40.0
26.3
37.0
–
23.5
33.1
35.3
35.2
37.0
35.3
25.3
10.5
36.9
37.1
36.4
38.5
36.2
39.8
35.2
30.3
33.3
32.9
35.4
43.2
37.1
40.4
40.4
$41.83
28.06
28.23
33.05
38.07
32.64
54.36
–
36.73
15.30
33.56
16.02
10.69
18.88
23.52
16.15
16.38
–
15.47
20.35
20.14
20.75
24.69
28.53
–
31.28
12.50
12.46
12.28
12.60
18.66
39.92
39.92
9.2
8.9
6.1
15.0
17.3
6.7
7.1
–
14.3
10.5
6.3
3.7
4.6
5.9
3.1
14.7
4.7
–
3.5
7.9
8.6
16.6
4.5
4.8
–
16.3
7.4
7.8
4.1
14.8
18.4
4.7
4.7
37.3
38.3
38.5
39.5
38.3
37.3
41.3
–
37.9
39.8
38.2
38.1
38.8
37.3
38.2
38.5
37.6
–
38.9
38.9
38.5
39.8
39.4
39.8
–
37.0
39.5
39.4
39.3
46.0
39.7
40.6
40.6
$27.86
26.80
–
–
23.81
49.41
–
–
–
–
23.23
12.37
8.85
17.35
22.32
18.13
15.12
9.86
16.74
15.52
15.75
–
26.89
–
26.89
–
–
–
10.64
15.02
–
–
–
14.7
6.8
–
–
8.6
40.7
–
–
–
–
13.9
8.0
6.5
13.4
6.2
7.7
12.4
6.2
12.3
16.3
17.8
–
12.5
–
12.5
–
–
–
18.9
9.3
–
–
–
7.0
14.3
–
–
8.8
12.1
–
–
–
–
8.8
16.3
26.3
17.4
17.9
14.1
9.8
10.4
13.7
15.4
16.7
–
14.9
–
15.1
–
–
–
10.0
16.7
–
–
–
22.82
20.70
21.06
17.32
25.07
4.3
9.1
7.0
17.2
20.3
31.9
38.5
39.0
17.5
35.8
23.78
20.63
21.37
–
26.19
4.3
9.5
7.0
–
21.4
37.7
39.9
39.9
–
40.5
14.83
–
–
16.75
15.42
13.2
–
–
19.7
32.3
14.0
–
–
10.4
18.0
19.22
18.61
15.83
11.70
24.50
21.63
17.55
27.52
18.31
14.4
9.3
17.0
11.8
6.3
8.1
29.3
5.9
1.7
39.1
39.4
19.7
29.2
38.5
38.9
26.2
39.6
35.5
19.38
18.47
–
12.93
24.68
21.69
20.09
27.64
18.72
14.7
9.5
–
17.9
6.4
8.2
32.0
6.0
1.7
40.1
40.2
–
39.5
39.6
39.4
35.9
39.8
39.0
–
–
12.90
9.78
13.46
–
8.60
14.95
14.51
–
–
16.8
8.2
19.7
–
14.9
14.1
5.0
–
–
17.7
20.7
15.1
–
13.4
24.7
19.4
15.63
26.06
11.33
19.20
13.47
13.11
18.15
19.51
21.21
4.1
6.0
7.6
5.6
1.4
2.8
3.7
5.0
4.1
36.7
22.0
36.0
36.0
33.9
30.4
38.9
40.4
40.0
15.51
27.78
11.31
19.42
13.48
13.63
18.72
19.51
21.25
4.3
5.3
8.2
5.8
1.5
2.1
2.4
5.0
4.1
38.4
34.9
38.9
39.6
39.4
39.4
40.0
40.4
40.2
17.58
23.32
11.54
17.46
13.40
11.24
–
–
–
4.9
11.3
5.4
3.7
2.5
5.6
–
–
–
21.3
13.8
19.3
21.1
20.5
16.7
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Business, commerce, and marketing 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 .....................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Clergy ................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ....................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
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 .......................................................
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 ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
14
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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)
$19.38
17.91
15.03
15.74
17.77
17.74
85.03
14.58
22.45
17.87
16.31
18.84
3.1
2.9
10.1
11.7
3.5
2.8
10.1
13.3
3.8
5.9
3.7
3.3
39.7
39.7
40.0
29.8
39.8
37.6
22.6
36.5
38.7
40.2
36.9
39.1
$19.40
17.97
15.03
18.10
17.79
17.62
89.91
15.42
22.25
17.87
16.58
18.98
3.1
2.9
10.1
6.0
3.5
2.8
9.0
14.4
3.8
5.9
3.5
3.4
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.5
40.0
38.6
23.3
40.0
39.7
40.2
39.6
39.9
$16.79
12.03
–
–
–
–
–
8.56
–
–
–
13.92
12.5
19.3
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
8.8
20.5
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
22.6
–
–
–
22.7
28.01
30.77
2.1
2.5
40.2
40.9
28.08
30.84
2.1
2.5
40.8
41.1
19.53
20.53
7.4
10.7
15.6
20.0
28.78
32.39
29.15
28.04
13.8
7.1
9.9
3.1
38.8
40.4
41.5
42.9
28.78
32.43
29.18
28.04
13.8
7.2
10.0
3.1
38.8
40.7
41.6
42.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.08
24.49
29.35
6.5
4.9
4.2
40.9
39.3
38.8
38.11
24.69
29.38
6.5
5.0
4.3
41.0
40.1
40.0
–
16.88
–
–
16.1
–
–
21.9
–
15.80
20.74
22.38
28.81
31.55
22.72
21.56
22.24
23.47
26.24
4.5
7.9
10.7
9.0
3.7
2.6
2.8
7.1
4.9
2.8
42.5
39.8
44.9
39.1
41.2
39.0
39.5
39.2
39.8
40.3
15.99
20.82
22.38
28.88
31.58
22.77
21.54
22.24
23.46
26.24
4.6
7.9
10.7
9.3
3.7
2.6
2.7
7.1
4.9
2.8
43.6
40.5
44.9
39.7
41.3
40.1
39.8
39.2
39.9
40.3
–
–
–
–
18.45
18.53
23.40
–
26.06
–
–
–
–
–
32.3
10.0
20.7
–
15.8
–
–
–
–
–
19.2
12.7
22.2
–
24.4
–
20.79
16.44
3.9
20.4
35.9
39.8
20.90
16.44
3.8
20.4
39.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.31
25.39
14.68
20.58
5.4
5.6
19.6
6.6
39.9
40.0
39.1
40.6
19.21
25.39
14.68
20.88
5.4
5.6
19.6
6.9
41.2
40.0
39.1
41.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.69
23.64
3.0
7.5
40.0
39.1
24.80
23.80
3.0
7.6
40.2
40.3
–
16.82
–
8.5
–
16.9
12.84
16.10
20.18
21.25
32.51
23.46
19.30
30.60
2.7
3.6
6.7
18.1
12.0
17.2
6.5
5.1
32.8
41.1
38.1
34.0
39.5
38.5
37.7
41.3
14.75
16.20
20.51
21.98
32.64
23.96
20.11
30.60
3.2
3.6
7.2
19.9
12.0
17.1
7.2
5.1
40.2
41.5
39.3
37.5
39.6
39.5
40.5
41.3
6.96
8.67
13.20
–
–
8.72
9.89
–
1.3
20.8
19.7
–
–
5.9
14.2
–
21.0
23.8
22.8
–
–
21.8
20.9
–
22.95
20.71
8.99
7.97
4.5
4.5
11.2
6.3
40.4
45.4
26.5
26.6
23.13
20.71
11.15
10.33
4.5
4.5
16.3
13.4
40.6
45.5
38.5
38.9
–
–
6.86
6.61
–
–
3.0
3.5
–
–
20.4
22.5
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
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 ............
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. ...............................
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
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 .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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)
$11.36
13.80
11.61
12.95
10.62
7.34
7.92
11.50
8.50
23.22
11.96
13.4
11.7
5.0
7.6
7.9
4.2
6.9
22.3
5.8
27.4
5.2
30.0
35.4
37.4
38.7
29.6
30.1
29.7
22.7
23.7
30.3
35.3
$14.27
14.85
12.06
13.47
12.60
7.91
8.72
19.91
–
–
12.89
15.6
10.9
5.3
7.0
8.9
4.8
9.1
19.5
–
–
5.6
39.8
39.7
40.6
40.6
39.7
39.2
39.4
37.0
–
–
40.3
$7.01
7.03
8.18
6.00
7.14
6.32
6.59
7.25
8.09
7.73
7.69
5.0
5.4
3.1
2.1
2.5
3.5
1.2
14.2
6.5
5.6
5.8
21.9
20.8
23.7
23.8
20.5
21.2
21.0
19.0
22.5
15.2
22.5
12.17
16.32
18.63
18.14
21.28
1.1
3.7
12.9
4.4
11.0
36.0
39.9
40.6
39.4
40.0
12.50
16.28
18.63
18.15
21.28
1.1
3.8
12.9
4.4
11.0
39.4
40.1
40.6
39.4
40.0
9.36
–
–
–
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
20.8
–
–
–
–
19.01
14.87
11.21
13.74
12.24
12.41
9.42
8.73
12.89
9.73
11.38
11.49
11.62
12.34
4.2
2.2
5.4
3.6
2.6
3.6
3.7
3.7
4.0
2.4
6.3
6.2
4.6
2.4
40.3
39.4
38.6
37.4
36.8
35.6
27.9
36.2
36.0
33.2
34.4
35.5
36.1
37.1
19.03
14.91
11.13
13.91
12.19
12.58
10.42
8.90
13.14
10.06
11.41
11.68
11.89
12.71
4.2
2.2
5.5
3.7
2.9
4.0
2.4
3.7
4.0
2.7
3.8
6.6
4.7
2.3
40.4
39.7
40.0
38.9
39.8
38.9
39.0
40.6
39.8
39.2
39.0
38.2
39.8
39.8
–
9.57
–
11.32
–
11.10
8.08
7.64
11.37
8.09
11.30
–
–
8.77
–
19.0
–
3.9
–
4.1
4.2
9.5
6.0
2.3
20.6
–
–
5.0
–
18.2
–
23.5
–
21.3
20.2
21.4
22.4
18.9
24.4
–
–
22.8
13.06
11.83
8.72
11.68
11.97
13.21
10.79
15.61
2.5
2.9
3.8
2.5
1.3
2.7
4.7
14.4
39.0
32.6
34.0
37.8
36.3
33.0
37.9
40.0
13.09
12.19
8.98
11.82
12.18
13.44
10.83
15.61
2.6
3.2
4.4
2.6
1.4
2.6
5.0
14.4
39.6
38.1
39.5
39.4
39.6
39.8
39.7
40.0
12.08
9.93
7.38
9.32
9.70
10.81
–
–
10.2
6.2
5.6
4.8
3.6
16.9
–
–
21.7
18.4
19.8
22.7
19.0
11.8
–
–
9.83
10.76
4.4
3.7
34.6
35.9
9.89
11.20
5.7
3.7
39.1
39.7
9.64
8.89
4.4
4.3
24.8
25.6
9.74
8.56
11.41
10.32
9.32
8.56
12.65
14.94
11.34
11.08
14.97
13.80
11.94
6.2
3.9
2.8
6.5
4.5
6.4
4.3
5.7
2.8
2.4
3.6
7.2
4.4
35.2
38.0
34.8
24.0
36.4
30.1
39.0
39.4
37.9
35.8
39.8
38.5
38.3
10.03
8.63
11.97
–
9.59
8.66
12.77
15.01
11.44
11.47
14.99
14.09
12.15
6.4
4.1
2.7
–
5.5
8.1
4.5
5.7
3.0
2.4
3.8
7.4
4.6
39.0
39.6
39.0
–
39.0
39.2
40.3
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.8
7.46
7.37
8.62
8.58
7.52
8.31
9.34
7.89
9.81
8.05
–
–
8.84
5.1
6.4
3.0
10.7
3.8
11.1
4.2
4.4
6.4
5.6
–
–
8.5
20.1
21.7
22.5
11.0
25.3
19.1
20.4
15.8
21.9
20.2
–
–
24.0
12.19
9.1
37.2
12.65
9.9
39.9
7.85
6.3
22.7
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
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 ......................
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. .....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
16
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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)
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
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. ............................
$16.72
12.53
14.45
11.83
10.93
9.22
11.05
10.41
11.55
8.81
11.50
2.4
2.5
9.8
4.1
1.7
2.2
6.4
2.4
5.4
4.9
2.0
38.1
38.6
39.0
37.8
33.3
32.6
36.6
36.0
38.6
30.8
36.3
$16.78
12.62
14.63
11.90
11.31
9.47
11.25
10.54
11.57
9.10
11.77
2.3
2.5
9.3
4.1
1.8
2.2
6.5
2.6
5.6
6.5
2.3
38.5
39.8
39.9
39.3
39.3
39.1
39.5
39.5
39.6
36.1
39.4
–
$9.99
–
10.39
9.26
8.39
–
9.57
10.56
8.06
9.38
–
7.7
–
14.3
5.5
2.3
–
7.4
7.9
5.8
5.6
–
21.2
–
20.3
19.9
21.0
–
23.3
17.6
22.3
22.5
Blue collar ........................................................................
12.93
1.1
38.3
13.20
1.2
40.0
8.28
3.9
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 ...........................................................
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 .........................................................
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 .......................................
16.47
21.04
14.94
11.17
14.04
21.20
11.57
16.85
20.61
17.82
12.41
17.15
13.60
1.3
2.8
4.7
10.8
7.2
4.9
7.0
9.3
3.4
4.5
9.0
2.0
4.8
39.6
40.7
40.2
36.6
39.6
40.0
39.7
40.7
40.1
40.0
40.7
39.9
38.0
16.49
21.04
14.95
11.29
14.09
21.20
11.61
16.85
20.61
17.84
12.41
17.15
14.06
1.2
2.8
4.7
11.8
7.4
4.9
7.1
9.3
3.4
4.5
9.0
2.0
3.7
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
15.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.64
15.59
12.46
19.83
18.11
3.8
6.1
10.2
4.1
3.8
37.3
36.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
18.65
15.33
12.46
19.83
18.11
3.9
6.4
10.2
4.1
3.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.97
3.6
39.9
14.76
3.4
40.0
–
–
–
17.75
14.58
16.11
17.73
–
12.9
8.1
17.3
5.3
–
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.1
–
17.75
14.58
16.11
17.73
–
12.9
8.1
17.3
5.3
–
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
16.22
–
–
–
–
19.8
–
–
–
–
17.1
23.30
23.67
3.6
8.3
40.0
40.1
23.30
23.67
3.6
8.3
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.89
3.4
40.1
24.89
3.4
40.1
–
–
–
17.68
5.4
40.3
17.68
5.4
40.3
–
–
–
25.97
20.55
20.69
11.13
18.82
17.22
12.88
19.72
19.12
12.31
7.7
5.1
10.9
11.4
9.7
3.9
6.3
10.9
5.5
4.8
40.0
40.2
39.1
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.6
39.0
39.8
40.0
25.97
20.54
20.69
11.13
18.82
17.24
12.88
19.73
19.12
12.31
7.7
5.1
10.9
11.4
9.7
3.9
6.3
10.9
5.5
4.8
40.0
40.3
39.1
40.0
39.7
40.1
40.6
39.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
13.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.8
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
17
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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)
$22.86
13.26
20.59
17.31
15.42
13.30
15.13
2.8
6.0
6.0
14.7
13.4
2.5
10.1
40.0
39.5
39.4
39.8
37.6
38.1
37.9
$22.86
13.27
20.15
17.31
15.42
13.27
15.43
2.8
6.0
5.8
14.7
13.4
2.6
9.9
40.0
39.6
39.7
39.8
37.6
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.66
16.56
18.67
15.81
15.32
21.55
15.20
16.50
19.32
19.86
15.61
13.28
15.93
13.04
15.55
18.89
15.19
15.09
17.74
13.40
11.85
11.23
10.31
12.41
13.32
16.31
13.97
11.13
14.1
14.5
11.4
5.0
7.3
17.6
28.5
8.2
2.8
2.5
8.2
11.1
4.7
5.8
10.9
6.2
6.5
23.1
6.6
10.3
11.1
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
40.7
40.1
39.8
40.0
39.4
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
11.66
16.52
18.67
15.81
15.32
21.94
15.20
16.50
19.32
19.86
15.61
13.28
16.00
13.27
15.55
18.89
15.19
14.87
17.74
13.40
11.85
11.23
10.31
12.41
13.32
16.31
13.97
11.13
14.1
14.9
11.4
5.1
7.3
17.1
28.5
8.2
2.9
2.5
8.2
11.1
4.7
5.6
10.9
6.2
6.5
24.0
6.6
10.3
11.1
5.9
9.6
5.9
13.9
5.1
14.5
10.0
40.0
37.7
39.6
40.1
39.5
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
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.20
11.38
10.72
15.89
12.42
10.37
10.16
10.39
16.85
1.2
3.9
3.3
8.0
20.4
3.7
7.5
6.6
2.7
39.0
39.8
39.7
39.8
30.5
38.5
34.2
38.1
40.3
14.20
11.38
10.75
15.92
14.57
10.34
10.30
10.43
16.87
1.2
3.9
3.3
7.9
18.9
3.7
8.5
6.8
2.7
39.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
37.0
39.7
36.8
39.8
40.4
–
–
$7.21
–
–
11.50
9.03
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
10.2
7.8
–
–
–
–
24.7
–
–
18.3
21.4
–
–
20.33
14.69
15.01
21.61
19.46
7.6
11.8
5.2
2.1
4.2
40.0
39.6
35.6
39.8
39.2
20.33
14.65
15.64
21.61
19.47
7.6
12.0
4.2
2.1
4.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.91
4.8
40.1
20.91
4.8
40.1
–
–
–
11.39
14.51
13.32
12.56
12.45
14.51
2.1
3.6
5.8
7.0
3.3
8.1
39.4
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.3
11.48
14.51
13.32
12.56
12.46
14.51
2.1
3.6
5.8
7.0
3.4
8.1
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.3
7.46
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
24.3
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
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 ...................................
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 .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
18
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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)
$11.40
14.3
40.0
$11.40
14.3
40.0
–
–
–
12.12
12.99
13.94
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
13.94
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
14.20
16.24
12.86
11.99
11.1
7.9
7.7
3.1
11.2
5.7
7.2
39.2
39.8
39.9
39.5
39.1
35.3
39.8
8.80
10.37
10.19
14.23
16.32
13.26
11.99
11.3
8.0
7.7
3.2
11.2
5.6
7.2
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.3
39.5
39.8
–
–
–
10.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.5
–
–
–
10.14
8.65
7.73
9.64
7.55
7.11
10.50
10.78
11.81
13.31
2.9
8.2
5.0
10.7
4.1
2.0
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
7.77
9.64
7.58
7.13
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
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
6.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.9
–
–
–
–
16.71
3.0
39.6
16.75
3.0
39.8
–
–
–
10.67
11.32
11.83
2.4
8.0
9.5
39.7
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
13.17
12.37
12.50
10.78
10.86
14.32
9.54
11.44
7.71
11.50
10.11
11.54
10.19
11.49
12.55
14.53
9.55
10.36
8.7
4.2
5.6
5.7
4.6
6.4
6.4
2.5
8.2
3.7
10.5
2.4
5.6
8.7
4.5
2.9
3.6
3.5
5.7
5.4
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
38.8
39.9
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.9
11.26
11.85
13.17
12.37
12.51
12.21
10.88
14.32
9.54
11.60
7.72
11.53
10.11
–
10.31
11.50
12.55
14.53
9.58
10.36
8.7
4.2
5.6
5.7
4.6
4.0
6.5
2.5
8.2
3.8
10.5
2.3
5.6
–
4.6
2.9
3.6
3.5
5.7
5.4
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
–
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
7.34
7.96
–
–
7.32
–
–
–
–
5.86
8.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
5.6
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
–
7.2
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.2
19.3
–
–
28.1
–
–
–
–
21.8
23.1
–
–
–
–
12.79
17.60
12.67
11.89
2.0
3.6
2.4
5.7
38.1
42.3
40.3
34.2
13.14
17.66
12.66
13.26
2.0
3.6
2.3
5.2
41.2
42.4
42.1
40.7
9.47
–
12.78
5.97
12.2
–
20.2
5.9
22.0
–
24.4
20.1
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
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 ..............................
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 ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
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)
$10.87
8.28
7.70
7.08
19.68
17.82
11.31
16.76
20.81
27.70
14.92
15.96
13.91
15.27
12.25
4.6
4.9
7.1
6.3
17.5
7.5
15.7
7.1
5.1
6.4
9.7
4.8
3.9
4.7
2.6
27.5
29.8
32.3
29.9
40.0
51.7
44.7
40.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.1
39.7
$11.29
8.95
8.49
7.75
19.68
17.89
10.99
16.76
20.81
–
14.92
15.96
13.91
15.27
12.29
8.0
6.4
5.2
5.9
17.5
7.6
14.7
7.1
5.1
–
9.7
4.8
3.9
4.7
2.6
38.7
39.7
40.0
38.1
40.0
52.6
49.0
40.5
40.0
–
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.1
39.9
$10.41
6.96
5.77
5.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.35
4.6
4.5
6.3
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
20.8
20.0
22.0
21.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.7
14.46
4.5
38.2
14.63
4.6
40.0
11.24
3.1
20.5
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Railroad brake, signal and switch operators ......
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
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 .............................................
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. .................
9.73
7.36
16.32
8.59
8.87
8.74
2.4
5.3
14.3
3.4
8.5
11.3
35.4
34.1
38.4
36.8
30.6
37.2
10.12
7.92
16.32
8.70
9.79
9.08
3.1
4.9
14.3
3.9
7.3
15.5
39.7
40.0
38.4
39.8
38.5
40.0
7.32
–
–
7.15
6.33
–
1.5
–
–
5.3
7.2
–
21.2
–
–
18.5
19.5
–
15.89
10.00
10.08
8.85
11.67
10.03
20.58
9.53
9.61
10.81
8.78
8.78
8.18
9.41
8.6
4.7
3.7
14.8
5.2
3.7
6.3
7.4
2.7
3.3
7.5
4.2
2.5
2.1
38.7
38.4
39.1
38.1
39.4
39.0
39.2
29.7
39.2
33.8
34.1
37.5
38.2
36.4
15.93
10.19
10.08
8.85
11.68
10.08
20.58
11.18
9.62
11.22
9.06
8.91
8.24
9.71
8.7
5.0
3.8
14.8
5.4
3.8
6.3
9.3
2.7
3.6
7.8
4.5
2.9
2.3
39.0
39.8
39.9
38.1
39.9
39.8
39.2
39.7
39.8
39.7
39.1
39.9
39.9
39.6
–
7.03
10.35
–
11.27
–
–
6.68
8.96
9.05
6.36
6.99
6.74
7.37
–
8.5
10.5
–
17.6
–
–
1.6
13.6
2.9
4.7
5.0
3.4
2.9
–
25.1
22.5
–
28.9
–
–
20.7
22.8
20.8
16.2
21.0
19.6
23.4
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
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 .............................
7.94
9.12
14.99
15.61
8.69
10.15
6.57
4.70
6.72
4.03
5.61
7.49
10.67
8.12
7.11
6.57
9.06
12.36
9.65
.9
2.4
8.1
15.2
2.2
19.6
1.5
2.8
6.6
3.8
2.7
1.3
2.6
2.2
2.4
1.4
2.0
8.3
2.8
30.6
33.9
37.9
29.7
34.3
25.1
28.7
27.4
28.1
27.7
25.3
29.4
39.5
33.7
30.0
25.9
32.8
30.3
31.8
8.63
9.41
15.09
–
8.84
13.12
7.28
4.92
7.34
4.07
5.99
8.46
11.00
8.53
7.69
7.29
9.20
12.88
9.94
1.1
2.6
8.0
–
2.2
25.0
2.6
3.7
9.2
5.4
4.0
1.4
2.5
2.0
3.2
1.5
2.2
8.7
3.0
38.6
39.4
38.4
–
39.4
38.5
38.7
37.7
38.2
37.5
38.3
39.1
41.7
38.8
39.2
38.3
38.6
37.0
39.3
6.40
7.93
–
–
8.05
6.71
5.65
4.41
5.75
3.98
5.16
6.26
6.69
6.93
6.42
6.07
8.46
9.00
8.35
1.1
3.8
–
–
4.3
3.6
1.4
3.4
2.7
4.5
3.2
1.2
12.2
4.5
3.0
1.4
1.6
11.2
3.4
20.8
21.6
–
–
22.4
17.9
21.6
20.2
19.8
20.8
17.9
22.3
24.2
24.3
23.5
21.2
19.6
14.0
17.1
See footnotes at end of table.
20
TABLE 2-2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2
National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
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)
$8.45
8.71
1.4
1.7
33.5
32.4
$8.45
9.09
1.7
2.0
38.7
38.9
$8.44
7.21
1.5
2.1
21.2
19.4
10.20
7.42
8.77
11.01
8.81
15.92
9.79
7.2
2.4
2.1
10.2
2.5
10.7
5.6
39.3
33.8
30.7
40.0
30.1
39.4
29.8
10.21
7.50
9.30
11.01
9.58
16.03
9.83
7.3
2.6
2.6
10.2
2.8
10.5
6.1
39.5
37.8
39.2
40.0
37.8
40.1
38.6
8.75
6.97
7.24
–
6.87
9.88
9.68
2.8
4.2
2.4
–
3.5
11.6
9.1
25.3
22.1
18.9
–
19.8
20.9
18.6
6.26
10.89
5.92
27.60
6.98
7.30
6.37
7.86
8.06
5.2
12.7
4.3
8.0
5.9
4.8
2.5
3.7
8.8
29.7
31.8
16.2
20.7
35.3
28.3
30.1
31.5
30.6
6.52
11.82
–
28.69
6.79
8.04
6.57
8.21
8.38
5.3
11.1
–
6.8
6.8
4.6
3.6
3.7
12.0
39.5
39.5
–
20.9
39.4
39.5
38.3
39.8
39.2
5.70
7.61
5.94
14.94
7.87
6.30
6.02
6.85
7.14
5.5
9.4
4.5
23.2
9.5
6.0
2.6
3.2
3.8
19.4
18.9
15.9
18.9
23.8
20.5
22.0
19.5
18.6
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, 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. For more information, see appendix B.
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.
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TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 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 ........................................................
$19.34
19.36
0.7
.7
36.6
36.6
$19.72
19.74
0.8
.8
38.8
38.8
$13.43
13.48
2.5
2.6
19.2
19.2
White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
21.84
21.90
.8
.8
36.4
36.4
22.14
22.19
.8
.8
38.3
38.3
16.41
16.56
3.1
3.1
18.9
18.9
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Architects ...........................................................
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 ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
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 ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
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 ..........................................
History teachers .................................................
Political science teachers ..................................
Sociology teachers ............................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
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 ................................
Theology teachers .............................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
26.04
27.30
25.85
27.18
26.09
26.86
20.50
26.89
25.03
20.43
22.73
22.80
20.89
24.58
20.65
21.29
22.05
19.74
21.29
19.35
23.87
34.75
21.89
27.96
16.29
17.92
24.73
25.78
25.95
19.30
35.11
.8
.8
1.9
4.1
2.9
3.7
8.1
8.2
4.8
7.4
3.6
3.6
3.7
4.4
12.3
4.7
12.5
6.6
9.8
12.6
2.8
9.2
1.7
5.5
3.9
3.9
5.1
4.6
9.4
6.2
2.1
35.9
35.7
39.4
39.2
39.4
40.0
39.7
37.2
39.6
38.4
39.4
39.4
39.9
40.4
44.7
39.7
40.0
38.8
39.7
39.3
37.0
43.4
36.2
38.9
35.7
36.0
32.9
36.0
35.2
37.8
34.1
26.29
27.53
25.88
27.18
26.14
26.86
20.50
26.89
25.03
–
22.75
22.83
20.83
24.58
20.65
21.29
22.05
19.81
21.29
18.99
23.76
34.04
21.66
27.84
16.09
18.39
24.93
26.46
25.92
18.94
35.40
.9
.9
1.9
4.1
2.9
3.7
8.1
8.2
4.8
–
3.6
3.7
3.7
4.4
12.3
4.7
12.5
6.6
9.8
13.0
3.0
9.9
1.5
5.7
4.1
3.4
5.7
6.0
10.0
6.3
2.2
37.9
37.7
39.4
39.2
39.4
40.0
39.7
37.2
39.6
–
39.7
39.7
40.1
40.4
44.7
39.7
40.0
39.1
39.7
39.9
39.7
44.9
39.0
39.9
39.5
39.1
38.1
38.5
37.0
39.2
39.3
21.23
22.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.83
59.10
23.71
–
–
–
23.79
24.17
26.41
–
31.79
3.0
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
7.6
4.8
–
–
–
9.9
1.7
12.0
–
4.8
17.7
17.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.3
20.1
23.2
–
–
–
19.7
31.1
20.1
–
13.5
35.08
37.23
32.46
38.82
43.76
29.83
37.14
31.96
40.90
37.00
46.47
35.88
33.59
46.38
33.96
35.63
43.40
30.91
39.72
38.21
37.83
21.60
43.42
29.28
32.43
28.51
26.56
14.5
8.8
6.0
21.6
7.2
10.3
7.3
10.5
7.9
3.4
11.9
10.3
12.8
9.6
10.4
8.7
24.3
8.9
11.1
7.6
11.8
23.6
6.9
2.9
2.6
.9
4.5
35.8
37.3
41.8
37.3
39.7
37.7
37.1
38.7
39.3
39.0
41.6
34.9
31.7
34.6
35.0
37.1
35.3
35.5
23.4
37.5
34.9
32.3
45.4
33.0
31.2
34.9
35.0
35.01
37.14
32.22
38.82
43.76
29.93
37.19
31.94
40.97
37.11
46.76
36.69
38.08
41.86
34.14
35.59
43.40
31.31
41.62
38.69
38.21
20.83
43.42
29.87
32.96
28.90
26.64
14.8
9.0
5.9
21.6
7.2
10.5
7.5
10.6
7.8
3.4
12.2
10.3
7.9
11.4
10.6
8.8
24.3
9.6
11.9
7.2
12.2
25.4
6.9
2.6
2.8
.9
4.6
36.7
39.6
43.6
37.3
39.7
40.0
40.9
40.4
39.8
39.7
43.7
39.0
38.8
41.1
37.5
39.5
35.3
38.7
37.2
38.5
38.3
43.7
45.4
38.0
38.8
36.6
37.1
–
42.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.49
25.28
78.22
27.45
37.35
–
24.00
28.76
–
28.84
27.91
–
21.90
28.37
18.20
24.54
–
17.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
5.1
13.8
11.7
8.5
–
9.1
11.5
–
5.8
13.4
–
9.3
4.3
7.8
8.3
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.4
23.7
16.4
10.3
10.2
–
14.7
7.5
–
11.2
10.4
–
12.4
12.6
15.8
15.1
See footnotes at end of table.
22
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 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)
$28.71
29.01
30.13
29.23
10.56
27.57
22.58
22.96
17.37
25.73
21.82
28.93
12.30
23.24
17.28
17.42
15.04
33.72
32.22
48.21
1.1
1.4
3.2
3.2
4.5
4.5
3.7
3.7
14.4
6.3
7.2
5.7
9.9
4.3
1.8
1.9
5.0
6.0
6.4
9.7
36.2
36.7
35.6
32.2
15.5
36.7
37.4
37.4
37.1
37.6
40.0
37.3
39.8
36.1
37.9
38.4
31.0
36.4
36.4
36.0
$28.76
28.98
30.20
29.91
11.71
27.77
22.68
23.08
17.28
25.76
21.82
29.03
12.30
23.29
17.33
17.42
15.65
33.97
32.41
48.58
1.1
1.4
3.3
3.3
14.0
4.6
3.8
3.8
14.9
6.4
7.2
5.8
9.9
4.3
1.9
1.9
5.6
6.1
6.7
9.7
36.6
37.1
35.9
35.7
32.3
37.7
38.5
38.5
38.1
38.5
40.0
38.0
39.8
39.4
39.1
39.0
39.2
38.9
38.9
39.7
$24.69
31.11
26.53
19.81
10.41
22.98
19.76
19.75
–
24.45
–
24.87
–
–
15.67
17.41
12.10
28.70
28.61
30.83
7.3
4.6
13.1
10.3
4.8
14.1
10.9
11.6
–
7.2
–
7.0
–
–
7.2
9.2
9.1
12.3
12.9
11.4
18.1
21.9
24.0
13.5
14.5
23.3
21.0
21.0
–
15.9
–
21.5
–
–
19.3
21.9
15.5
15.6
16.5
6.8
23.31
17.50
7.1
8.9
35.8
38.3
23.60
17.84
7.4
8.8
39.6
39.8
20.35
–
13.0
–
18.2
–
19.70
16.93
18.47
23.63
29.09
23.68
15.46
10.5
5.0
5.5
16.9
13.9
7.2
1.5
39.6
26.3
38.3
35.9
32.2
38.0
37.3
19.70
–
18.67
23.70
31.87
23.21
15.49
10.5
–
5.2
16.9
9.0
6.8
1.6
39.6
–
39.3
38.8
40.0
39.9
39.6
–
18.81
–
–
12.81
29.14
15.12
–
5.2
–
–
15.5
23.1
7.6
–
20.7
–
–
15.1
24.7
22.4
16.12
13.83
17.07
13.12
13.86
16.56
17.91
18.97
16.71
13.15
19.87
15.49
19.91
20.82
16.05
16.02
4.9
8.0
9.0
2.5
2.8
12.9
4.1
5.2
6.6
6.2
6.9
4.9
8.3
4.1
6.9
4.9
38.0
35.6
31.8
37.2
36.6
38.1
38.6
39.8
39.2
34.8
38.1
36.4
38.0
39.7
39.2
36.9
16.11
12.98
15.45
12.93
14.09
16.65
17.49
18.97
16.71
13.71
20.51
15.71
20.11
20.82
16.30
16.28
5.1
10.2
4.4
2.7
3.0
13.3
3.4
5.2
6.6
6.3
5.8
4.9
8.0
4.1
6.3
5.2
39.5
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.9
39.5
39.4
39.8
39.2
39.8
40.0
38.3
39.2
39.7
39.5
39.3
16.26
17.72
22.34
15.13
11.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.17
6.3
10.1
15.8
4.9
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
22.5
23.7
19.2
22.5
21.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.2
25.89
30.19
15.74
2.5
2.2
19.1
38.5
38.4
12.4
25.93
30.25
12.97
2.5
2.2
27.1
39.4
39.5
33.5
22.03
24.13
20.05
8.7
14.2
22.4
12.2
9.5
6.3
39.22
4.7
39.4
39.21
4.7
39.5
–
–
–
26.84
30.87
34.36
2.6
4.0
5.1
38.9
39.7
39.1
26.85
30.87
34.36
2.6
4.0
5.1
39.6
39.7
39.1
24.63
–
–
42.4
–
–
9.9
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university
–Continued
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 .....................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Judges ...............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Designers ...........................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
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 ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
23
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 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)
$26.11
18.9
40.1
$26.11
18.9
40.1
–
–
–
30.57
35.14
32.01
12.9
2.9
13.8
40.3
39.2
38.9
30.57
35.14
32.01
12.9
2.9
13.8
40.3
39.4
38.9
–
$34.73
–
–
16.2
–
–
19.5
–
17.60
20.77
21.15
28.28
19.87
19.15
22.66
20.90
8.7
5.0
5.1
3.7
2.3
3.2
9.2
7.5
39.0
39.3
39.2
40.0
38.7
38.8
38.2
39.6
17.68
20.77
21.23
28.31
19.88
19.14
22.64
20.75
9.0
5.0
5.1
3.7
2.4
3.3
9.3
7.2
39.4
39.3
39.3
40.1
39.2
39.3
38.3
39.7
–
–
–
–
19.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.9
–
–
–
19.92
4.0
38.7
19.94
4.0
39.1
–
–
–
22.75
15.70
20.73
8.1
10.7
4.1
39.7
39.8
38.8
22.75
15.70
20.69
8.1
10.7
4.1
39.7
39.8
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.55
21.08
4.2
3.3
38.6
38.3
18.57
21.16
4.2
3.4
39.0
39.1
–
17.41
–
11.1
–
19.4
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Cashiers .............................................................
12.16
15.80
19.95
9.23
10.54
6.2
9.8
12.2
11.0
7.3
33.9
39.3
38.5
30.3
32.6
12.92
15.85
19.95
–
11.14
6.7
10.1
12.2
–
8.6
38.5
40.0
38.5
–
37.8
8.62
–
–
–
8.70
8.0
–
–
–
8.6
21.8
–
–
–
22.7
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Chief communications operators .......................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
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 .......................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Messengers .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
12.37
16.54
16.72
17.47
.8
3.1
5.0
5.8
36.4
39.0
38.1
40.0
12.52
16.54
16.72
17.47
.9
3.1
5.0
5.8
38.6
39.1
38.1
40.0
10.53
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
21.2
–
–
–
17.36
13.34
12.87
17.16
12.19
10.35
10.31
12.55
15.83
9.1
6.0
1.6
7.9
1.9
5.8
4.9
5.2
8.6
38.3
39.3
38.3
34.8
36.7
37.7
35.4
36.3
38.5
17.36
13.33
12.93
17.14
12.24
10.17
10.50
12.60
15.97
9.1
6.0
1.6
8.4
2.0
6.4
5.4
5.6
8.9
38.3
39.4
39.1
37.7
38.2
39.7
39.3
39.3
40.0
–
–
10.55
–
11.11
12.45
8.65
12.06
–
–
–
3.6
–
5.1
5.3
7.3
15.7
–
–
–
22.2
–
19.1
23.7
18.7
21.0
–
13.15
10.56
10.21
11.71
12.78
14.65
11.73
9.90
11.00
11.98
9.06
10.37
13.91
6.6
2.5
7.3
2.7
2.0
4.9
6.9
9.5
7.0
6.1
8.0
9.6
4.6
37.0
29.6
37.7
38.1
38.6
38.8
36.6
39.6
35.7
32.3
39.2
33.9
38.3
13.30
11.03
10.28
11.69
12.80
14.65
11.82
9.90
11.10
–
9.09
10.60
14.03
7.1
3.1
7.6
2.8
2.0
4.9
7.1
9.5
7.4
–
8.2
9.5
4.7
39.0
37.8
39.4
39.3
39.0
39.1
40.0
39.8
39.2
–
39.7
37.7
40.0
–
9.22
–
12.01
11.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.19
–
3.5
–
7.5
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.4
–
18.3
–
24.2
23.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.7
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
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 ................
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 ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
24
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 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)
$17.94
13.46
12.34
14.18
15.6
4.7
3.6
5.4
39.8
38.2
38.9
39.0
$17.94
13.46
12.44
14.26
15.6
4.7
3.8
5.6
39.8
38.2
39.2
40.0
–
–
$9.60
–
–
–
10.0
–
–
–
31.8
–
15.18
8.8
40.0
15.18
8.8
40.0
–
–
–
15.18
15.41
14.19
13.55
11.84
11.38
10.45
9.83
12.96
8.1
5.5
2.0
4.0
1.5
3.2
5.1
2.2
2.3
40.0
38.4
38.5
39.7
37.1
39.2
38.9
30.8
36.1
15.18
15.64
14.26
13.55
12.03
11.39
10.50
9.43
13.17
8.1
5.4
2.0
4.0
1.4
3.2
5.2
2.1
2.4
40.0
39.8
38.8
39.7
39.1
39.4
39.9
35.3
38.7
–
–
10.48
–
9.01
–
–
11.06
10.56
–
–
7.0
–
7.7
–
–
4.4
6.9
–
–
27.1
–
21.4
–
–
22.2
20.4
Blue collar ........................................................................
15.02
1.2
37.5
15.26
1.3
39.4
11.11
1.7
21.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Small engine repairers .......................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..........................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Machinists ..........................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
17.06
20.93
18.36
17.01
12.25
16.34
18.69
13.86
1.7
4.0
9.1
2.1
5.9
8.8
7.0
14.8
39.8
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.1
17.07
20.93
18.36
17.01
12.25
16.34
18.69
13.89
1.7
4.0
9.1
2.1
5.9
8.8
7.0
14.8
39.8
39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
38.2
12.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.76
16.19
6.2
3.8
39.0
40.0
17.91
16.19
6.2
3.8
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.72
17.73
14.85
4.1
5.6
3.3
39.6
38.4
39.8
15.71
18.11
14.85
4.1
5.3
3.3
39.9
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.79
12.3
40.0
22.79
12.3
40.0
–
–
–
24.03
17.21
17.78
19.09
21.17
17.00
17.71
16.45
14.2
6.2
6.3
4.4
5.7
6.3
5.0
5.4
40.0
39.9
39.5
39.8
40.0
39.3
39.8
40.0
24.03
17.21
17.79
19.09
21.17
17.00
17.71
16.45
14.2
6.2
6.3
4.4
5.7
6.3
5.0
5.4
40.0
39.9
39.6
39.8
40.0
39.4
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.13
13.44
18.87
21.48
18.62
16.14
23.08
19.86
1.2
3.6
10.7
7.8
6.5
3.4
6.2
5.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
39.8
39.7
13.13
13.44
18.87
21.48
18.63
16.15
23.08
19.86
1.2
3.6
10.7
7.8
6.5
3.4
6.2
5.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.13
4.9
40.0
16.13
4.9
40.0
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Printing press operators .....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
14.38
13.56
9.55
6.5
4.8
6.0
38.4
37.9
37.5
14.51
13.63
9.49
6.7
4.9
6.3
39.5
39.2
39.8
10.14
–
10.73
9.0
–
6.5
19.4
–
17.4
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
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 ..........................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
See footnotes at end of table.
25
TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 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)
$16.65
15.70
19.03
7.6
13.5
8.0
40.0
38.4
40.0
$16.65
15.72
19.03
7.6
13.6
8.0
40.0
38.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.96
15.66
14.10
13.76
9.02
14.64
20.35
11.74
15.13
13.87
13.51
13.03
11.78
1.7
12.0
4.2
1.8
7.7
6.1
3.4
2.5
9.9
8.7
9.4
7.8
4.0
34.0
39.8
39.4
28.6
35.2
39.3
39.9
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
14.33
15.66
14.21
14.69
9.00
14.64
20.38
–
15.13
13.87
13.51
13.03
11.78
2.0
12.0
4.1
2.3
8.8
6.1
3.3
–
9.9
8.7
9.4
7.8
4.0
38.3
39.8
39.9
35.5
39.4
39.3
40.0
–
39.3
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
$11.86
–
8.09
11.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
5.2
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.8
–
23.7
20.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.61
4.7
39.2
13.64
4.7
39.5
–
–
–
12.44
17.74
11.75
13.01
2.5
5.9
3.4
13.0
38.5
39.8
38.1
38.7
12.67
17.79
12.07
13.01
2.6
5.9
3.7
13.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
38.7
7.93
–
8.34
–
3.0
–
4.1
–
23.4
–
26.7
–
16.86
13.80
11.96
11.46
10.86
14.82
11.34
10.57
12.23
11.90
11.48
5.4
4.6
6.0
4.9
9.7
12.7
6.7
11.9
5.4
7.8
3.6
39.9
38.3
40.0
38.8
21.2
39.6
35.2
40.0
40.0
37.5
38.4
16.86
13.89
11.96
11.60
12.10
14.99
11.88
10.57
12.23
12.16
11.70
5.4
4.6
6.0
5.1
15.9
12.5
6.4
11.9
5.4
7.5
3.7
39.9
39.5
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
8.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.93
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
26.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.2
14.41
18.05
21.86
25.05
19.88
19.90
16.27
20.27
1.3
1.8
4.7
3.3
13.2
6.0
2.9
1.4
36.8
39.9
49.5
40.1
37.6
38.8
44.9
39.6
14.90
18.27
21.86
25.05
20.72
19.95
16.45
20.33
1.4
1.9
4.7
3.3
12.7
6.1
2.8
1.4
40.1
41.3
49.5
40.1
39.1
42.1
48.7
40.0
8.89
9.76
–
–
–
–
7.46
10.54
1.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
12.9
10.2
19.2
17.3
–
–
–
–
9.3
16.4
16.60
15.13
8.91
12.79
13.36
9.36
12.87
11.24
9.33
11.70
9.84
8.36
2.8
3.9
4.6
3.3
4.8
1.6
15.4
8.8
1.6
4.3
2.2
3.8
39.2
39.8
17.1
34.8
33.2
30.1
27.2
24.8
30.1
37.1
33.2
31.6
16.74
15.14
–
12.96
14.35
9.70
–
–
9.65
11.75
10.11
8.35
2.8
3.9
–
3.4
5.3
2.2
–
–
2.2
4.5
2.7
4.8
39.9
39.9
–
39.1
39.8
36.3
–
–
36.3
38.0
35.9
36.9
11.86
–
8.60
11.52
10.04
8.44
7.20
–
8.45
–
8.40
8.40
7.5
–
4.6
7.8
9.6
1.8
17.5
–
1.9
–
5.2
5.1
25.0
–
16.7
18.8
21.3
20.6
14.4
–
20.6
–
23.7
21.5
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truck drivers ......................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Locomotive operating ........................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
Operating engineers ..........................................
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 .......................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
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 ...................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE 2-3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time
workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Full time
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
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 .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
Guides ...............................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
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)
$8.90
11.09
11.13
11.86
10.80
10.96
2.0
2.0
11.1
3.3
2.4
1.5
27.2
36.9
40.0
36.9
36.9
38.4
$9.13
11.17
11.13
11.91
10.89
11.04
3.0
2.1
11.1
3.4
2.5
1.5
35.7
39.4
40.0
39.4
39.4
39.7
$8.53
10.02
–
11.07
9.68
8.67
2.5
6.5
–
4.0
9.1
3.5
19.7
20.6
–
19.4
21.0
19.9
14.71
8.28
10.78
9.81
15.19
6.0
5.5
1.5
2.7
10.8
39.7
36.2
38.3
28.1
32.5
14.71
8.00
10.87
10.38
16.65
6.0
5.2
1.5
3.7
10.5
39.7
39.7
39.7
37.3
38.9
–
12.03
8.46
8.65
7.99
–
10.7
2.8
2.3
10.4
–
16.4
20.2
18.7
17.9
7.93
13.40
6.41
13.13
9.78
9.20
9.93
11.29
5.1
26.2
1.3
13.8
6.6
2.9
4.9
5.4
24.2
23.4
4.2
32.6
35.0
31.3
23.3
28.1
8.46
–
–
14.70
9.87
9.24
11.18
12.12
8.7
–
–
12.4
7.1
3.1
10.5
5.6
40.0
–
–
38.8
38.5
36.3
36.7
37.8
7.53
–
6.41
9.73
8.67
9.05
8.97
8.52
4.6
–
1.3
5.6
5.7
6.2
3.0
4.8
18.7
–
4.2
24.3
16.6
21.5
18.2
15.0
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 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. For more information, see appendix B.
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.
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TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................
$15.36
15.63
1.3
1.3
35.8
36.1
$14.71
14.95
1.4
1.5
35.7
36.0
$19.34
19.36
0.7
.7
36.6
36.6
White collar ......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
18.78
6.74
8.21
9.34
11.85
14.29
15.94
18.74
21.51
25.79
33.78
33.40
39.69
49.84
58.57
66.42
26.47
20.16
7.45
8.99
9.99
11.78
14.24
15.62
18.51
21.23
25.65
33.61
33.12
39.38
49.83
58.59
66.42
26.54
1.4
.9
1.8
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.0
1.3
1.4
.8
13.7
1.7
1.3
5.4
2.3
9.4
4.2
1.4
1.3
1.8
1.0
.7
1.8
1.1
1.3
1.5
.8
15.3
1.7
1.2
5.5
2.3
9.4
4.3
35.9
26.5
29.6
33.3
37.0
37.6
37.0
37.8
37.8
37.8
38.5
39.2
39.5
39.6
40.8
40.6
30.8
36.7
28.8
31.4
35.4
36.8
37.1
36.5
37.6
37.4
37.6
38.2
39.1
39.6
39.6
40.8
40.6
30.6
18.12
6.69
8.13
9.23
11.86
14.37
15.96
18.20
20.51
24.71
35.43
34.30
40.27
51.17
60.23
78.96
26.78
19.68
7.39
8.99
9.91
11.78
14.33
15.55
17.81
19.91
24.44
35.45
34.02
39.90
51.16
60.25
78.96
26.88
1.7
1.1
1.9
1.1
1.5
1.7
1.1
1.6
1.7
1.1
15.9
1.9
1.5
6.6
2.3
10.0
5.3
1.8
1.5
2.0
1.2
.8
2.1
1.2
1.5
1.9
1.1
18.1
2.1
1.3
6.6
2.3
10.0
5.5
35.8
26.4
29.3
33.1
37.0
37.9
37.0
38.0
38.2
38.6
38.7
39.5
39.9
39.6
41.1
41.6
29.7
36.7
29.0
31.2
35.4
36.8
37.4
36.5
37.8
37.7
38.5
38.4
39.3
40.0
39.6
41.1
41.6
29.4
21.84
7.84
9.05
10.45
11.78
13.78
15.86
20.59
24.25
27.92
26.79
29.97
36.74
43.92
49.22
50.44
25.60
21.90
7.92
9.05
10.43
11.78
13.77
15.86
20.61
24.26
27.92
26.80
29.98
36.74
43.92
49.22
50.44
25.60
.8
3.7
1.6
1.4
1.0
1.3
2.5
1.6
1.8
1.2
3.0
1.8
2.2
3.7
4.2
9.7
4.5
.8
4.0
1.6
1.4
1.0
1.3
2.5
1.6
1.8
1.2
3.0
1.8
2.2
3.7
4.2
9.7
4.5
36.4
27.4
32.4
35.1
36.8
35.6
36.7
37.2
36.7
36.1
37.7
38.3
37.7
39.7
39.5
39.5
34.4
36.4
27.7
32.4
35.2
36.8
35.5
36.7
37.2
36.7
36.1
37.7
38.3
37.7
39.7
39.5
39.5
34.4
Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
24.75
26.87
7.37
7.83
9.18
12.87
16.37
19.91
22.44
26.61
37.31
32.47
38.09
46.50
53.22
53.28
26.26
29.36
15.92
17.46
20.88
22.96
25.29
28.45
32.71
36.03
2.3
2.8
7.4
3.2
5.8
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.7
1.1
24.1
2.4
1.7
8.7
2.7
6.4
5.3
3.4
8.4
6.6
3.8
2.9
2.1
1.2
3.0
1.4
35.7
35.7
11.8
15.0
25.4
34.0
31.8
35.4
35.8
36.4
38.0
38.1
38.8
38.5
40.4
40.2
27.7
40.5
40.1
39.9
39.8
40.4
40.8
40.2
40.9
40.3
24.17
26.62
7.85
8.20
9.34
12.78
14.93
18.16
19.81
24.30
40.77
33.40
38.44
47.51
54.07
57.90
25.63
29.65
15.95
17.20
20.81
23.05
25.46
28.59
33.05
36.19
3.4
4.3
9.8
4.5
7.6
3.3
2.6
4.1
3.8
1.9
28.5
2.9
1.9
11.5
3.3
4.5
6.9
3.7
9.0
6.6
3.9
3.1
2.4
1.3
3.0
1.5
35.7
35.8
14.2
19.2
28.2
36.2
31.4
34.7
35.6
37.1
38.4
38.5
39.4
38.1
40.7
41.3
26.0
40.6
40.2
40.0
39.8
40.6
40.9
40.2
41.1
40.3
26.04
27.30
6.63
7.46
8.51
13.17
20.02
22.63
25.73
29.01
26.80
29.49
36.53
43.42
50.74
50.17
28.47
25.85
–
–
22.11
21.87
23.82
27.11
29.23
32.17
.8
.8
5.4
2.9
4.7
3.8
4.6
2.0
2.0
1.2
2.8
1.8
2.9
3.9
4.1
9.7
5.2
1.9
–
–
4.0
3.5
2.8
4.0
4.1
4.6
35.9
35.7
9.4
12.4
17.9
28.5
33.1
36.5
36.1
35.6
36.9
37.2
36.2
39.7
39.4
39.5
36.6
39.4
–
–
39.6
38.4
39.5
39.9
39.2
39.5
See footnotes at end of table.
28
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$60.11
47.86
49.37
27.98
20.94
22.56
31.33
33.76
32.75
23.32
27.54
29.21
33.27
35.54
50.55
27.98
33.58
28.80
43.60
47.07
35.42
25.85
36.11
44.28
41.24
34.01
28.50
33.79
37.24
40.19
26.57
18.02
18.58
21.52
22.39
24.80
29.31
30.14
34.33
42.30
45.72
32.10
19.49
20.67
25.18
25.67
28.09
28.54
33.94
36.74
45.84
50.32
24.85
18.69
22.67
24.74
27.10
30.92
25.8
2.1
4.1
7.0
8.5
2.6
2.9
5.3
3.9
5.7
2.6
6.5
3.3
2.6
2.4
4.8
8.7
5.7
1.7
3.6
3.4
1.7
2.8
8.0
6.7
2.2
7.5
5.0
5.2
1.8
3.4
4.7
5.2
2.7
4.5
3.9
3.0
2.8
3.7
3.0
3.7
3.5
9.1
4.0
4.7
3.0
4.0
3.8
6.8
2.1
2.6
5.8
4.9
5.3
5.1
2.3
2.4
4.6
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
41.6
40.2
40.9
40.1
39.7
39.8
36.3
41.1
40.1
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.2
40.2
40.0
41.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
38.6
40.7
40.0
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.4
39.3
39.8
40.0
40.5
41.0
40.0
39.9
40.4
40.4
40.0
41.0
39.5
40.0
39.9
40.7
40.3
40.5
42.0
40.6
41.6
40.4
40.6
40.3
41.0
40.6
41.1
40.6
$60.51
47.95
49.95
28.26
20.41
21.97
31.04
–
32.75
23.32
27.54
29.21
33.27
35.54
50.55
29.12
33.58
28.80
43.60
47.07
35.44
25.80
36.11
44.28
41.24
34.61
29.47
33.79
37.24
41.11
26.83
–
17.97
21.45
22.75
25.51
29.16
29.56
35.25
42.20
45.72
32.31
19.49
20.67
24.93
25.71
28.11
28.62
34.61
36.77
45.84
50.32
24.91
18.69
22.67
24.93
27.22
30.94
26.1
2.2
4.3
7.8
8.7
2.1
3.1
–
3.9
5.7
2.6
6.5
3.3
2.6
2.4
4.8
8.7
5.7
1.7
3.6
3.4
1.8
2.8
8.0
6.7
2.1
6.4
5.0
5.2
4.0
4.8
–
4.5
4.5
6.9
5.1
5.3
3.5
3.7
3.4
3.7
3.6
9.1
4.0
4.7
3.1
4.1
3.8
6.3
2.1
2.6
5.8
5.0
5.3
5.1
2.3
2.4
4.6
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
41.6
40.2
40.2
40.1
39.8
40.0
35.9
–
40.1
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.3
40.2
40.0
41.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
38.6
40.7
40.0
42.8
40.0
40.0
40.9
–
40.1
40.3
41.3
41.8
40.4
40.8
40.9
40.5
40.0
41.0
39.5
40.0
39.8
40.7
40.3
40.5
42.1
40.6
41.6
40.4
40.6
40.3
41.0
40.6
41.1
40.6
–
–
–
–
$27.18
25.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.09
–
–
21.59
22.04
23.59
29.40
30.78
31.85
–
–
26.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.50
–
–
20.56
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Architects ...........................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers ...............
Petroleum engineers ..........................................
9 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Chemical engineers ...........................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
–
–
–
–
4.1
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
2.8
5.5
4.3
3.4
4.3
7.9
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
39.6
39.8
39.6
39.8
38.9
39.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
39.7
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$32.02
36.47
24.89
18.20
17.79
19.72
22.41
22.74
26.11
31.78
33.59
37.61
28.01
34.34
18.76
20.79
23.38
25.23
26.60
29.42
32.73
36.48
82.81
47.08
47.49
31.08
28.52
29.57
28.34
18.14
18.05
21.17
21.63
26.43
29.26
31.86
38.82
44.30
51.82
27.94
28.49
19.26
17.70
21.26
22.00
25.80
29.08
31.94
39.34
42.99
48.62
31.37
3.1
4.5
3.5
2.0
6.1
3.5
3.6
2.6
2.7
5.7
3.2
3.2
15.6
8.5
5.9
5.3
5.5
3.3
3.6
1.6
1.6
2.3
36.6
2.8
4.7
4.6
8.4
9.4
2.3
5.7
7.8
4.1
2.6
3.0
1.3
1.4
7.2
4.4
6.3
11.3
2.4
5.8
9.3
4.5
3.2
2.5
1.9
1.5
8.0
4.0
3.9
9.4
41.0
40.0
41.1
40.1
40.0
39.4
39.9
42.2
40.2
40.3
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.1
40.0
40.6
40.2
40.3
40.1
40.5
39.9
42.6
40.0
40.9
40.6
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.1
39.6
39.9
39.8
39.9
40.0
40.3
39.9
40.7
40.5
39.2
40.0
40.2
39.8
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.1
40.4
39.9
40.8
39.8
38.7
$32.02
36.47
24.84
18.20
17.79
19.72
22.42
22.67
25.93
31.81
33.50
37.61
28.01
34.97
19.95
20.79
23.52
25.44
27.11
29.50
32.93
36.54
82.88
47.08
–
31.08
29.42
–
28.76
18.26
18.89
21.32
21.74
26.75
29.66
32.10
38.87
44.29
51.82
27.99
29.02
19.49
18.69
21.42
22.28
26.09
29.72
32.23
39.41
42.97
48.62
31.54
3.1
4.5
3.6
2.0
6.1
3.5
4.0
2.6
2.7
5.8
3.3
3.2
15.6
8.8
4.1
5.3
5.7
3.4
4.0
1.6
1.7
2.3
36.6
2.8
–
4.6
7.9
–
2.5
5.9
9.6
4.5
2.9
3.3
1.2
1.4
7.4
4.5
6.3
11.4
2.6
5.9
12.5
5.0
3.9
2.7
1.6
1.5
8.1
4.0
3.9
9.5
41.0
40.0
41.2
40.1
40.0
39.4
40.6
42.3
40.3
40.3
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.5
40.2
40.0
40.7
40.2
40.4
40.1
40.7
39.9
42.7
40.0
–
40.6
40.0
–
40.0
40.1
39.5
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.1
40.3
39.9
40.7
40.5
39.2
40.1
40.2
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.1
40.2
40.3
39.9
40.7
39.8
38.7
–
–
$26.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.03
–
–
–
–
23.58
–
30.23
–
–
–
–
–
20.43
–
22.73
–
15.01
19.29
20.50
22.48
25.37
27.20
–
–
–
–
22.80
–
15.01
19.41
20.56
22.64
25.28
27.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
3.6
–
3.5
2.8
2.0
3.2
8.4
4.2
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
3.5
2.9
2.0
3.3
8.6
4.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
38.4
–
39.4
–
39.8
39.8
37.7
39.5
39.4
40.7
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
39.8
39.9
37.7
39.5
39.4
40.7
–
–
–
–
27.70
20.01
20.69
31.72
6.2
4.9
6.9
14.5
39.8
38.8
39.8
38.5
27.73
20.01
20.69
32.01
6.3
4.9
6.9
14.6
39.8
38.8
39.8
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Industrial engineers –Continued
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Surveyors and mapping scientists .....................
9 ...................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts ............................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
30
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$31.47
35.10
21.22
30.75
28.49
23.93
33.44
26.23
15.20
16.40
20.39
19.19
22.76
24.36
29.56
33.16
35.32
46.23
50.14
26.59
37.84
37.09
29.16
16.60
16.49
21.14
23.01
23.46
27.69
33.53
35.92
42.53
23.21
28.27
19.27
24.27
25.61
29.24
39.29
47.06
26.44
20.17
18.33
21.52
23.01
31.08
33.84
38.96
22.91
23.03
18.91
18.21
22.80
22.61
29.94
30.34
4.5
5.3
13.9
8.8
5.5
7.9
18.1
2.3
8.5
2.4
3.1
5.1
2.7
5.3
3.6
4.2
10.4
4.9
5.9
13.8
7.6
7.3
3.9
9.1
3.0
5.3
4.3
4.2
4.4
4.0
5.9
5.0
14.5
8.4
11.0
6.8
8.6
17.0
7.0
8.7
4.3
5.5
11.4
3.6
8.3
3.9
4.7
5.8
8.6
4.4
5.2
9.3
4.7
15.0
12.9
20.4
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.9
41.0
40.0
38.6
39.5
38.3
40.0
39.7
39.8
38.8
39.7
39.8
39.5
40.0
40.3
39.7
39.0
40.0
39.7
39.0
40.0
40.1
40.2
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.4
41.2
41.3
41.4
40.0
40.0
41.0
44.9
40.8
40.1
39.8
39.0
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.4
39.8
39.2
39.2
39.6
39.2
40.0
$31.47
35.10
21.22
30.75
28.49
24.61
37.27
28.57
16.79
16.52
20.97
21.50
22.86
26.00
31.73
34.50
42.26
47.43
50.14
29.85
38.48
37.09
29.76
16.60
16.49
21.26
23.16
22.80
27.86
33.54
35.92
–
22.92
30.42
–
24.96
25.45
36.75
39.29
51.14
30.08
21.72
–
–
–
31.88
33.52
38.96
24.32
24.76
18.84
20.30
22.70
28.27
35.97
38.62
4.5
5.3
13.9
8.8
5.5
8.3
15.5
2.4
6.6
2.6
3.1
3.7
4.1
6.0
2.5
4.0
3.9
4.4
5.9
14.3
7.8
7.3
4.1
9.1
3.0
5.5
4.4
6.4
4.9
4.0
5.9
–
15.6
9.1
–
7.3
11.5
5.0
7.0
4.4
4.2
3.8
–
–
–
3.8
5.1
5.8
9.9
5.0
5.8
8.3
6.8
3.6
8.4
4.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.9
41.0
40.0
38.6
39.5
38.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
38.7
39.9
40.1
39.8
39.3
39.9
39.8
39.0
39.3
39.7
38.5
40.0
40.1
40.1
41.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.4
–
40.7
40.5
–
40.0
41.4
40.9
40.8
40.2
39.9
38.6
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.8
40.4
39.4
39.4
39.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$20.89
12.97
–
17.92
16.20
22.62
22.63
23.89
26.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.58
–
–
–
–
24.40
–
–
–
–
–
20.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.29
–
–
21.09
–
–
–
–
22.05
19.74
–
–
22.99
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued
Operations and systems researchers and
analysts –Continued
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Actuaries ............................................................
9 ...................................................................
Statisticians ........................................................
Mathematical scientists, n.e.c. ...........................
Natural scientists ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Physicists and astronomers ...............................
12 ...................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Atmospheric and space scientists .....................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ..........................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
11.6
–
5.7
8.2
2.6
8.8
8.1
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
12.5
6.6
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
39.6
–
38.9
39.5
39.2
40.8
41.4
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.4
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
44.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
38.8
–
–
38.7
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$42.87
21.26
25.04
12.24
21.91
22.33
16.55
24.94
29.91
25.92
27.12
13.68
14.12
16.71
19.50
20.41
22.68
71.25
33.62
39.88
62.02
69.72
33.00
63.07
15.69
16.90
17.11
–
–
–
62.66
69.72
31.80
40.34
38.37
21.14
16.37
16.89
19.43
20.28
22.26
27.64
27.53
32.50
38.79
27.17
26.87
28.51
30.19
29.57
30.67
36.39
17.68
13.38
13.50
18.74
19.21
9.2
5.9
7.0
9.7
8.6
9.7
9.7
3.1
6.9
24.4
10.7
14.3
7.6
7.0
1.6
1.2
1.7
35.6
12.6
5.9
5.3
4.1
11.6
23.0
6.7
2.7
5.7
–
–
–
5.4
4.1
12.0
11.0
4.3
1.2
8.3
9.2
1.8
1.3
2.0
2.7
2.6
5.7
24.7
7.3
5.2
2.3
5.0
4.3
2.0
3.9
3.7
5.9
6.6
4.1
2.4
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.6
40.1
38.5
39.7
39.3
37.9
40.1
39.4
38.4
36.3
34.1
26.8
33.9
36.2
32.2
33.8
34.3
38.7
32.4
38.3
33.4
36.8
38.1
36.7
42.9
50.2
46.1
–
–
–
33.1
36.8
40.3
30.9
37.3
33.4
34.9
36.5
31.2
33.4
33.7
36.5
37.2
37.6
37.1
33.2
34.3
35.6
36.9
34.7
28.2
40.0
36.7
38.0
37.0
38.4
35.8
–
–
$27.77
14.06
–
22.03
18.21
24.15
30.34
36.88
27.84
13.68
14.08
16.58
19.65
20.26
22.47
78.89
35.35
39.24
64.93
72.35
36.96
69.12
16.68
16.90
18.31
–
–
–
65.74
72.35
38.23
41.83
38.37
20.98
16.40
16.65
19.58
20.22
22.00
27.91
27.66
31.44
38.79
27.05
27.00
28.36
31.25
29.60
30.98
36.22
18.19
14.09
13.08
–
19.50
–
–
6.1
13.5
–
11.3
9.9
6.9
7.2
14.3
12.6
14.3
8.6
8.4
1.8
1.3
2.1
32.3
14.0
5.6
6.2
3.7
12.1
23.8
7.8
2.7
9.5
–
–
–
6.4
3.7
13.7
9.7
4.3
1.4
9.7
10.2
2.0
1.4
2.4
3.2
3.2
7.1
24.7
8.3
5.2
2.4
4.5
3.2
2.3
4.5
3.9
5.3
8.5
–
2.6
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
–
38.1
39.3
–
39.0
37.2
38.7
38.1
34.9
33.5
26.8
33.8
35.8
31.4
33.4
33.8
38.5
31.1
38.4
31.7
37.8
36.4
35.5
40.0
50.2
42.8
–
–
–
31.5
37.8
37.6
31.0
37.3
32.9
34.6
36.2
30.4
33.0
33.3
36.2
36.6
36.2
37.1
32.5
33.6
36.4
36.4
33.7
26.8
40.0
37.1
37.3
36.2
–
35.1
–
$21.29
19.35
–
–
23.81
–
–
–
–
23.87
–
14.43
17.27
18.67
21.22
23.40
23.23
25.88
45.00
53.19
58.30
21.78
34.75
–
–
15.93
13.50
18.53
56.15
53.49
58.30
21.15
–
–
21.89
16.18
18.49
18.54
20.65
23.28
26.45
27.15
34.07
–
27.96
–
–
24.75
29.44
28.95
–
16.29
–
–
16.19
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Natural scientists –Continued
Biological and life scientists –Continued
14 ...................................................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .................
Medical scientists ...............................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Health related ........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Physicians ..........................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Dentists ..............................................................
Optometrists ......................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
–
9.8
12.6
–
–
16.9
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
6.2
5.9
2.6
2.5
2.0
6.3
5.8
10.5
5.2
5.5
9.7
9.2
–
–
5.6
6.1
25.8
2.5
5.4
5.5
10.6
–
–
1.7
2.1
2.1
3.0
2.6
2.4
2.3
4.4
8.5
–
5.5
–
–
5.1
18.0
3.0
–
3.9
–
–
1.8
–
–
39.7
39.3
–
–
33.4
–
–
–
–
37.0
–
35.2
38.0
37.1
35.9
36.0
40.3
40.1
38.2
39.4
33.0
43.7
43.4
–
–
49.8
57.8
48.8
37.7
39.4
33.0
45.8
–
–
36.2
37.4
38.6
36.8
35.9
35.4
38.2
39.3
39.8
–
38.9
–
–
39.8
39.7
39.8
–
35.7
–
–
39.4
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.44
19.59
18.07
15.59
17.49
18.22
18.20
20.02
22.38
20.91
22.34
22.84
27.29
23.84
22.03
24.01
24.82
31.56
29.25
24.72
26.94
24.70
25.90
26.95
26.43
18.43
12.53
15.10
15.99
17.66
19.50
20.16
22.49
32.55
11.29
29.52
29.13
35.61
13.46
18.04
23.39
24.89
26.32
29.36
33.41
39.35
43.13
52.48
58.79
40.82
4.8
8.9
1.8
3.8
2.2
3.2
3.2
3.8
7.1
4.6
5.1
6.1
4.3
4.4
7.7
5.2
2.0
5.6
7.5
5.6
10.4
5.6
5.4
6.9
6.6
6.0
5.6
6.8
4.5
6.4
5.4
12.8
15.3
6.8
6.0
3.8
2.8
2.0
3.3
7.7
5.3
6.1
3.7
4.2
3.1
3.5
3.1
4.2
4.4
11.3
38.2
40.0
34.8
35.2
31.6
33.6
37.8
34.7
34.0
34.8
35.1
31.9
35.1
36.0
36.9
34.0
36.6
34.3
29.3
33.7
35.7
35.4
34.0
36.6
33.1
35.8
34.0
38.6
37.6
35.2
37.6
39.6
36.6
39.3
28.7
39.9
39.3
32.4
28.8
16.2
18.3
22.2
30.0
29.8
35.6
35.9
39.1
41.0
40.2
36.1
$17.85
–
18.09
15.54
17.45
18.70
17.96
20.39
21.67
21.61
21.33
21.45
–
23.44
–
22.71
24.92
29.56
29.51
23.14
22.84
21.51
21.07
25.01
26.36
18.03
–
12.25
15.11
15.88
18.06
19.45
–
–
–
29.63
29.21
36.96
12.58
17.40
22.66
–
22.69
27.74
36.94
45.55
46.90
52.53
67.16
47.13
5.3
–
2.0
3.8
2.4
3.3
3.7
4.5
9.1
4.8
4.4
6.9
–
4.9
–
3.5
2.3
4.5
9.2
3.9
15.4
2.7
3.9
2.9
8.9
8.5
–
3.1
5.4
4.0
6.7
18.3
–
–
–
4.0
3.4
3.7
3.2
10.2
8.7
–
7.3
5.4
5.7
6.8
3.2
3.8
6.3
14.2
37.4
–
34.6
35.1
30.9
33.9
37.6
34.1
34.4
34.0
34.7
33.0
–
36.0
–
34.2
36.4
33.2
28.4
31.9
35.0
34.0
34.2
36.9
30.6
35.0
–
39.2
37.2
35.0
36.7
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
39.2
28.6
20.4
27.5
12.2
–
32.8
27.2
36.0
36.6
36.2
45.4
43.7
32.4
$16.81
–
17.92
–
–
15.88
–
–
24.73
–
–
26.53
–
25.78
–
–
24.45
–
–
25.95
30.36
25.96
29.82
–
–
19.30
–
17.00
18.24
25.20
23.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.11
13.59
18.64
23.81
25.55
27.47
30.20
31.84
37.53
42.12
52.46
56.22
37.44
8.6
–
3.9
–
–
6.7
–
–
5.1
–
–
6.5
–
4.6
–
–
3.8
–
–
9.4
9.7
7.4
5.9
–
–
6.2
–
10.1
8.6
2.8
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.1
3.7
10.6
6.5
7.0
4.4
5.8
2.8
3.6
3.7
5.6
5.2
14.9
39.6
–
36.0
–
–
32.6
–
–
32.9
–
–
29.4
–
36.0
–
–
37.3
–
–
35.2
36.3
35.9
33.9
–
–
37.8
–
38.2
38.7
35.8
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.1
30.7
11.7
25.5
29.1
29.2
31.4
35.4
35.7
40.0
39.5
39.2
38.4
34.21
31.13
37.78
33.35
30.43
45.31
10.3
3.8
7.5
3.7
9.9
16.1
37.0
36.1
36.8
36.8
30.0
31.3
–
–
39.43
–
–
51.95
–
–
12.5
–
–
20.1
–
–
35.6
–
–
38.3
35.08
–
37.23
–
–
40.54
14.5
–
8.8
–
–
21.1
35.8
–
37.3
–
–
27.7
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Health related –Continued
Dietitians –Continued
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Physical therapists .............................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
5 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Earth, environmental, and marine science
teachers ...........................................................
11 ...................................................................
Biological science teachers ...............................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
33
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$40.03
34.72
37.45
44.73
46.31
31.56
49.29
41.45
33.62
33.91
23.56
24.19
30.25
35.79
42.75
40.51
35.25
33.30
32.56
38.49
28.67
40.51
34.66
36.69
36.14
33.01
35.82
39.06
43.57
22.43
38.41
41.17
35.92
15.70
26.47
32.15
37.65
43.53
41.75
30.93
22.67
21.25
23.20
29.20
27.04
49.02
22.87
40.10
44.68
37.79
44.74
53.17
62.54
33.85
26.09
26.80
23.81
8.7
2.8
12.4
25.6
14.0
6.4
12.0
5.3
2.7
8.7
6.7
17.2
5.5
20.8
10.0
7.1
6.1
5.6
9.3
14.0
6.2
7.8
5.4
3.4
5.2
8.7
7.4
4.9
10.0
8.9
8.1
5.7
8.3
24.8
6.0
11.1
8.7
8.7
6.6
12.6
12.3
17.6
8.8
10.6
10.7
6.7
7.0
14.5
16.3
12.3
7.3
4.0
26.1
8.0
26.2
5.5
3.7
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
33.4
46.3
40.3
37.2
33.8
47.1
37.0
37.9
38.8
34.9
23.1
30.8
34.2
36.9
39.3
48.0
37.9
39.3
41.8
37.0
40.9
37.4
38.9
38.2
33.8
41.9
37.9
39.4
38.7
35.9
32.5
45.1
34.9
31.0
35.0
27.0
36.7
29.9
39.1
29.6
13.9
21.0
29.8
27.1
34.3
36.8
22.6
31.3
34.4
42.2
40.4
44.0
40.6
36.1
23.6
33.4
36.4
$41.90
–
51.21
–
–
–
54.91
32.89
–
41.95
–
28.56
34.61
–
44.54
28.81
31.23
–
–
48.52
–
36.32
–
35.15
–
–
–
41.30
36.32
–
41.99
–
36.09
–
–
26.69
–
–
44.81
23.37
–
16.11
–
21.68
–
52.33
–
–
48.20
–
44.53
–
–
33.52
–
–
–
17.1
–
21.7
–
–
–
9.0
9.9
–
10.5
–
9.3
6.2
–
13.4
12.8
10.6
–
–
23.6
–
16.2
–
10.7
–
–
–
13.7
11.9
–
4.7
–
8.7
–
–
4.5
–
–
5.0
12.2
–
5.5
–
13.8
–
8.3
–
–
17.0
–
5.6
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
28.6
–
36.7
–
–
–
36.9
32.4
–
30.5
–
23.4
25.0
–
38.8
37.2
39.8
–
–
34.6
–
25.1
–
34.7
–
–
–
35.4
33.1
–
35.1
–
34.8
–
–
27.3
–
–
38.6
24.8
–
21.1
–
35.7
–
40.0
–
–
34.8
–
47.2
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
$39.05
–
32.46
33.32
–
–
38.82
43.76
–
29.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.14
–
–
31.96
–
40.90
–
37.00
36.30
–
–
–
46.47
–
–
–
35.88
15.26
26.82
34.36
46.42
–
41.16
33.59
–
–
27.41
–
25.68
46.38
–
–
–
37.67
44.83
–
–
33.96
–
30.04
23.42
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Biological science teachers –Continued
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Physics teachers ................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ........................
11 ...................................................................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Economics teachers ..........................................
History teachers .................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Political science teachers ..................................
11 ...................................................................
Sociology teachers ............................................
12 ...................................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Engineering teachers .........................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Computer science teachers ...............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Medical science teachers ..................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Health specialities teachers ...............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
34
8.3
–
6.0
8.8
–
–
21.6
7.2
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
10.5
–
7.9
–
3.4
5.2
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
10.3
26.5
6.3
14.3
4.9
–
8.2
12.8
–
–
4.2
–
6.9
9.6
–
–
–
13.7
10.1
–
–
10.4
–
4.3
2.9
36.7
–
41.8
36.7
–
–
37.3
39.7
–
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.1
–
–
38.7
–
39.3
–
39.0
35.4
–
–
–
41.6
–
–
–
34.9
30.5
35.8
26.8
34.4
–
39.2
31.7
–
–
21.3
–
34.0
34.6
–
–
–
41.8
38.2
–
–
35.0
–
28.8
36.4
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$30.93
32.87
53.77
47.79
30.34
37.46
15.97
29.29
34.75
32.59
43.66
48.10
43.40
29.65
20.19
27.57
25.67
25.80
31.85
31.83
39.20
34.03
29.96
35.69
26.86
18.01
30.63
43.91
42.76
37.74
25.09
26.00
26.47
27.87
33.53
35.99
50.58
26.98
32.40
21.02
34.37
48.64
62.72
25.91
37.94
33.43
28.55
46.51
29.04
–
28.74
28.92
31.36
28.43
32.28
13.46
20.17
6.4
9.3
26.1
3.7
2.3
7.4
5.1
6.5
11.9
7.8
11.4
11.7
24.3
6.2
14.8
13.5
7.8
9.9
13.9
6.5
7.4
9.0
6.2
8.5
5.5
22.3
4.3
12.1
4.7
9.8
6.3
9.6
5.5
7.2
8.0
20.1
3.1
18.9
11.9
27.2
8.7
9.4
7.5
9.9
11.6
9.7
7.3
8.1
3.5
–
11.0
5.4
1.7
10.8
2.5
3.4
13.0
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
32.3
36.2
37.0
38.7
38.2
35.2
20.3
28.8
29.1
38.5
35.8
41.1
35.3
32.2
28.4
29.5
33.2
25.5
34.0
39.1
39.6
28.3
36.9
33.3
25.8
40.3
37.8
34.2
38.9
34.6
14.3
25.9
29.0
32.4
35.8
39.5
34.8
31.1
12.7
42.2
32.6
36.8
40.4
26.6
38.4
37.3
38.7
42.7
17.3
–
26.1
35.5
28.1
37.8
29.4
29.2
10.9
–
$32.06
–
–
–
41.27
15.97
32.26
24.94
43.80
42.02
61.05
–
27.79
–
27.19
31.91
23.22
26.55
32.96
–
27.93
–
32.50
27.59
15.34
30.41
–
–
37.46
25.09
–
23.73
24.52
33.36
63.90
–
34.77
–
–
35.64
54.28
62.72
27.09
36.65
33.20
27.11
–
–
–
17.85
–
–
–
31.61
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
8.9
5.1
9.0
8.4
12.5
13.9
12.9
–
7.9
–
25.4
11.8
6.7
12.8
11.3
–
5.4
–
14.3
6.4
20.9
5.9
–
–
17.0
6.3
–
2.1
12.6
4.4
13.5
–
10.0
–
–
10.1
7.1
7.5
13.4
14.2
10.5
6.3
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
35.5
–
–
–
31.8
20.3
24.0
23.7
34.6
37.9
39.8
–
28.4
–
31.3
23.6
23.8
31.7
40.2
–
36.5
–
29.2
22.3
40.9
37.1
–
–
33.5
14.3
–
35.3
33.1
35.9
40.5
–
29.5
–
–
38.1
40.0
40.4
26.3
37.0
37.3
38.9
–
–
–
21.9
–
–
–
23.5
–
–
$31.73
32.99
–
–
–
35.63
–
28.33
40.17
30.82
48.47
–
43.40
30.91
–
–
24.66
31.82
–
31.15
–
39.72
–
38.21
–
–
–
35.15
–
37.83
–
29.36
28.84
31.05
33.58
28.76
–
21.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
43.42
–
–
–
29.28
28.79
29.83
28.91
–
–
32.43
13.59
20.76
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Health specialities teachers –Continued
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Agriculture and forestry teachers .......................
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Physical education teachers ..............................
11 ...................................................................
Education teachers ............................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
English teachers ................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Foreign language teachers ................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Law teachers .....................................................
13 ...................................................................
Social work teachers ..........................................
Theology teachers .............................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
35
6.9
10.6
–
–
–
8.7
–
7.5
7.6
5.2
11.3
–
24.3
8.9
–
–
5.7
12.4
–
7.5
–
11.1
–
7.6
–
–
–
8.6
–
11.8
–
7.9
8.4
7.4
10.1
2.9
–
23.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
2.9
3.3
11.2
5.5
–
–
2.6
3.7
15.1
31.5
36.4
–
–
–
37.1
–
30.8
33.3
39.2
30.9
–
35.3
35.5
–
–
35.5
30.7
–
38.5
–
23.4
–
37.5
–
–
–
34.3
–
34.9
–
20.7
25.2
31.7
35.7
39.2
–
32.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
45.4
–
–
–
33.0
34.5
26.6
35.8
–
–
31.2
30.7
10.0
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.94
20.50
27.56
30.01
31.58
37.57
45.41
54.46
33.77
26.42
6.65
7.72
9.07
11.06
20.41
22.69
26.75
30.76
30.59
32.03
37.96
20.90
16.33
9.49
12.16
17.03
22.91
27.28
27.82
18.71
29.76
23.54
26.64
30.51
30.24
34.40
28.70
21.04
24.90
25.21
29.05
30.19
31.34
32.70
27.24
10.51
20.28
22.43
28.08
32.51
33.71
28.93
26.19
8.04
9.35
11.61
16.78
4.3
5.1
6.0
3.9
2.3
4.9
5.8
6.3
13.1
1.4
4.8
2.8
4.2
4.3
6.9
3.1
2.4
1.4
2.7
5.4
6.1
11.1
8.1
4.7
9.8
17.4
12.7
4.3
1.2
14.7
7.3
3.5
2.3
1.8
6.5
15.7
1.3
7.2
6.9
2.5
3.3
1.9
7.2
5.9
6.1
5.0
9.6
9.7
4.4
3.2
5.3
7.9
3.5
4.1
6.9
6.8
5.5
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
25.5
19.9
26.5
29.6
34.4
33.3
34.2
38.1
33.0
34.6
7.9
11.2
16.9
28.6
29.9
36.1
35.9
35.3
36.0
35.0
34.0
30.7
35.2
36.7
30.7
35.7
36.3
33.4
36.1
31.1
34.5
36.5
36.7
35.8
36.9
32.4
36.7
27.3
36.8
37.8
36.7
36.5
36.5
35.4
35.5
38.9
35.9
35.4
36.0
34.7
34.7
36.8
30.2
13.2
12.0
22.0
21.2
$23.65
–
20.42
25.79
31.07
47.42
45.24
–
–
15.60
7.02
8.77
9.52
10.22
13.05
15.52
17.50
23.03
27.37
25.16
33.35
–
10.31
9.45
10.22
–
11.25
18.86
18.80
13.61
15.99
16.97
18.41
23.91
–
–
23.48
20.48
16.38
22.41
23.05
26.00
31.53
26.48
16.25
–
–
16.14
21.49
19.88
–
–
16.16
8.80
9.52
11.58
15.09
8.2
–
9.0
6.7
6.6
12.1
4.9
–
–
3.7
10.2
4.6
4.0
3.7
6.2
5.8
4.8
4.0
5.4
4.7
1.1
–
4.0
4.8
9.7
–
13.6
15.1
6.1
7.6
6.4
8.8
6.8
7.7
–
–
3.0
4.7
6.4
3.9
6.0
2.5
6.7
3.8
14.2
–
–
13.5
10.1
5.2
–
–
4.6
4.7
7.3
9.8
5.2
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
35.9
–
30.1
29.1
35.4
36.3
25.0
–
–
33.1
5.5
8.1
16.5
34.0
31.6
34.6
33.9
34.2
28.0
35.7
37.1
–
35.3
36.8
29.8
–
38.1
36.7
35.2
34.4
37.1
34.8
35.9
36.0
–
–
37.0
30.8
37.7
36.7
37.2
37.3
34.9
41.7
35.3
–
–
33.5
36.3
32.2
–
–
25.3
8.0
10.5
21.9
25.0
$21.30
20.86
29.02
31.54
31.67
36.72
45.44
53.72
23.87
28.51
6.53
7.52
8.49
12.95
26.52
24.68
28.02
31.19
30.89
33.50
40.12
21.96
26.56
–
20.79
24.37
28.71
27.63
28.71
22.65
30.28
24.95
27.51
30.81
–
35.16
29.01
21.30
28.53
25.29
29.51
30.39
–
33.14
30.13
10.69
21.94
26.14
28.39
33.62
34.64
–
29.23
–
9.04
11.65
19.11
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Other post-secondary teachers –Continued
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Teachers, except college and university ................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Teachers, special education ..............................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
36
4.5
6.1
5.3
4.4
2.6
4.3
6.9
7.6
13.0
.9
5.5
3.0
5.6
8.2
6.1
2.6
2.3
1.5
2.8
5.3
6.6
12.3
4.5
–
10.9
14.0
6.5
4.6
1.1
17.2
7.3
3.1
2.3
1.9
–
16.2
1.4
9.7
7.2
2.6
3.4
2.0
–
6.1
3.2
8.4
9.6
5.9
4.6
2.9
5.0
–
3.2
–
11.7
8.9
6.8
23.0
32.6
25.9
29.7
34.2
33.1
36.7
38.3
35.2
34.9
9.3
12.1
17.6
21.0
28.6
36.6
36.2
35.4
36.9
34.9
32.7
34.8
35.0
–
35.4
37.8
35.5
33.2
36.2
28.9
34.4
36.9
36.8
35.8
–
33.4
36.7
26.0
36.4
37.8
36.7
36.4
–
35.1
35.6
37.0
35.2
36.7
36.0
35.0
34.4
–
32.2
–
16.5
22.0
17.4
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.09
24.16
32.87
30.29
27.24
38.61
15.20
10.55
6.53
7.36
7.79
9.06
12.84
11.15
15.43
16.80
23.79
14.50
14.07
18.35
24.53
29.64
28.97
33.31
33.34
25.26
21.65
13.45
14.22
18.09
19.73
25.25
23.66
27.81
27.08
22.01
13.75
14.22
18.28
21.65
25.95
23.53
26.69
29.20
19.87
18.19
33.07
25.11
12.80
17.16
17.91
21.55
26.52
25.03
30.73
34.01
6.1
7.5
3.6
2.9
11.0
3.2
10.4
4.4
5.5
4.3
5.0
4.8
12.0
4.8
11.3
7.8
4.9
10.1
7.9
8.5
6.9
7.7
4.4
5.5
5.0
11.8
4.3
5.4
13.6
8.0
9.5
4.7
6.4
5.4
9.6
3.9
6.3
13.6
8.7
9.4
4.7
7.0
5.7
8.2
12.3
11.4
9.9
3.3
5.6
3.4
3.6
6.2
9.5
10.1
3.5
3.2
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
35.9
30.4
32.3
34.5
36.9
28.8
27.1
15.4
9.3
9.7
17.9
14.3
12.9
19.4
18.2
34.3
36.8
33.8
36.7
39.0
37.1
36.4
37.3
35.4
38.8
33.0
37.3
37.2
34.4
36.2
38.9
36.5
37.9
38.0
37.9
37.1
38.4
34.4
35.8
37.9
36.5
38.0
38.1
37.6
38.1
36.6
37.5
36.7
34.2
38.2
39.6
34.9
36.2
38.2
35.9
23.2
$15.66
16.78
20.95
27.49
23.50
–
–
9.99
–
–
–
8.87
9.42
10.96
–
–
15.51
12.73
13.94
–
15.50
20.87
–
26.34
–
–
20.19
–
9.64
17.16
–
20.49
24.15
32.12
27.21
19.96
–
9.64
17.87
21.26
21.44
24.05
30.82
–
20.68
–
–
24.80
13.25
17.11
17.47
21.14
22.24
27.08
32.78
–
8.8
10.0
4.7
4.4
8.5
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
8.3
6.3
11.0
–
–
3.5
8.0
8.6
–
6.6
10.0
–
10.5
–
–
7.6
–
9.8
6.2
–
5.5
9.8
7.5
14.7
8.2
–
9.8
5.0
9.3
4.5
10.9
11.6
–
16.3
–
–
4.2
3.9
3.8
3.7
10.5
7.6
9.0
4.9
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
33.4
26.8
28.6
27.7
34.7
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
10.4
8.1
15.4
–
–
36.9
38.2
36.7
–
36.0
37.6
–
40.0
–
–
37.1
–
27.4
36.1
–
34.8
37.7
36.8
37.7
36.4
–
27.4
35.7
37.8
34.9
38.1
35.1
–
38.5
–
–
36.2
32.5
38.5
40.0
37.1
35.1
37.0
32.3
–
$24.72
27.24
33.89
30.82
30.28
–
–
10.56
6.53
7.36
7.80
9.06
13.07
11.15
15.41
–
27.57
16.02
17.35
21.46
26.54
30.61
29.24
34.26
–
25.25
22.58
14.39
15.21
18.49
21.61
27.30
23.11
25.25
–
22.96
15.76
15.21
18.44
21.72
27.66
22.97
25.32
–
17.37
–
–
25.73
–
17.57
18.80
22.10
29.01
23.41
29.41
30.70
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university
–Continued
Teachers, n.e.c. –Continued
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Librarians ...........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Archivists and curators ......................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
37
4.6
6.3
3.1
3.3
10.4
–
–
4.5
5.5
4.3
5.0
4.9
12.4
4.9
11.5
–
4.5
12.6
8.7
10.4
8.1
7.8
4.5
5.5
–
11.9
3.7
12.0
15.2
10.8
10.5
5.4
7.9
4.5
–
3.7
13.5
15.2
11.8
10.9
5.6
8.4
4.6
–
14.4
–
–
6.3
–
5.5
6.0
5.0
11.8
14.8
4.3
6.8
37.0
32.3
32.7
36.2
38.9
–
–
15.5
9.3
9.7
17.9
14.3
13.4
19.6
18.2
–
36.7
30.8
36.2
38.7
37.3
36.3
39.1
34.9
–
36.3
37.4
36.2
36.4
36.2
38.0
37.3
38.0
38.7
–
37.4
36.8
36.4
35.8
37.9
37.2
38.0
39.2
–
37.1
–
–
37.6
–
35.6
38.7
32.3
36.9
39.1
38.7
39.0
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$28.61
28.14
14.80
19.51
26.62
25.94
32.27
35.16
35.74
25.19
12.94
16.76
19.48
28.68
25.14
29.38
–
18.32
16.10
22.69
16.66
21.19
27.30
14.46
8.92
11.57
12.68
12.57
13.87
19.37
20.79
22.84
25.97
20.40
14.51
11.61
12.67
12.39
13.84
19.40
21.68
25.36
21.05
13.64
8.67
11.43
12.46
17.01
15.18
16.68
12.89
15.22
17.79
18.70
24.88
38.51
–
20.24
7.9
4.7
6.0
7.1
9.9
5.9
5.4
4.7
5.3
4.0
4.8
3.0
6.3
12.3
10.9
4.0
–
4.9
19.2
4.3
7.8
5.8
3.1
6.7
4.6
4.0
4.0
10.0
9.4
2.8
6.0
8.9
13.5
5.5
7.2
4.7
4.2
10.1
9.6
2.9
4.3
6.8
5.7
3.7
6.3
6.0
8.7
4.2
7.4
13.8
13.7
8.9
6.9
18.2
11.0
3.3
–
5.1
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
37.5
39.8
39.5
41.4
40.7
39.7
38.2
38.5
40.7
35.8
30.5
39.4
35.1
34.3
36.9
35.4
–
39.3
37.5
36.3
39.0
39.8
38.0
35.0
23.8
38.1
24.3
37.8
38.8
36.9
39.3
38.5
40.0
35.0
35.0
39.0
23.6
37.9
38.9
37.0
38.0
36.7
38.7
33.1
21.4
32.1
39.0
37.7
34.5
35.3
42.9
36.8
35.2
37.1
40.0
39.4
–
37.5
–
$28.53
14.80
19.94
26.62
26.97
32.32
35.37
35.74
23.52
–
–
15.21
16.85
20.11
29.14
–
–
31.27
–
–
–
–
12.53
9.86
10.69
11.57
11.19
–
17.83
19.09
18.38
–
–
12.50
10.55
11.58
11.16
–
17.70
20.47
23.52
–
12.22
–
11.47
11.51
13.66
15.11
17.49
12.69
15.22
17.79
18.70
24.88
39.91
–
–
–
4.8
6.0
7.4
9.9
6.0
5.4
4.8
5.3
8.1
–
–
6.7
6.3
7.7
8.8
–
–
16.2
–
–
–
–
7.6
4.4
5.3
5.9
10.3
–
3.3
10.7
14.0
–
–
8.1
6.7
6.3
10.4
–
3.5
6.8
6.0
–
3.9
–
7.5
4.4
6.9
11.4
13.5
14.3
8.9
6.9
18.2
11.0
4.7
–
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
39.8
39.5
41.5
40.7
39.6
38.1
38.4
40.7
35.2
–
–
33.8
30.9
35.5
26.6
–
–
30.3
–
–
–
–
33.3
35.0
38.4
19.9
37.7
–
35.4
40.5
38.2
–
–
32.9
38.9
19.3
37.8
–
35.4
37.1
33.2
–
35.4
–
35.3
39.9
33.1
39.0
35.3
43.2
36.8
35.2
37.1
40.0
40.4
–
–
–
$21.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.93
–
17.45
22.48
33.15
30.22
29.44
30.20
–
12.30
23.24
18.81
21.19
27.30
17.28
7.95
12.84
14.51
15.65
16.43
20.34
22.31
26.23
–
20.23
17.42
12.95
14.56
15.41
16.47
20.39
22.51
26.23
20.86
15.04
–
11.33
13.61
17.82
15.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.72
18.71
20.44
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners –Continued
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Economists ........................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Sociologists ........................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ......................................
Urban planners ..................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Social workers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Recreation workers ............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Clergy ................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Religious workers, n.e.c. ....................................
9 ...................................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
38
–
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
9.2
5.2
10.8
12.9
4.6
7.4
–
9.9
4.3
3.4
5.8
3.1
1.8
3.9
3.4
2.9
2.6
2.8
3.6
5.1
9.4
–
6.0
1.9
3.5
2.8
2.7
2.9
3.7
5.3
9.4
6.2
5.0
–
9.1
15.2
3.4
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
11.5
5.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.3
–
39.3
36.2
35.8
38.5
38.5
38.9
–
39.8
36.1
39.3
39.8
38.0
37.9
17.9
37.7
38.5
38.1
38.1
37.9
38.3
38.6
–
34.8
38.4
39.1
38.5
38.0
38.5
38.0
38.6
38.6
38.9
31.0
–
25.9
38.0
39.0
29.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.4
37.1
35.3
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$36.21
–
36.80
43.46
–
56.04
42.74
38.60
38.30
–
20.24
36.43
–
36.80
43.44
–
57.03
42.74
35.02
48.21
54.46
27.7
–
13.3
6.2
–
5.4
9.5
10.1
3.3
–
5.1
28.1
–
13.3
6.2
–
5.8
9.5
7.7
9.7
7.2
42.0
–
41.6
40.3
–
44.3
40.4
37.3
39.5
–
37.5
42.1
–
41.8
40.3
–
45.0
40.4
37.0
36.0
38.8
$42.29
–
39.29
45.57
–
58.78
–
53.59
39.91
–
–
42.29
–
39.29
45.57
–
58.78
–
53.59
–
–
28.7
–
15.6
7.4
–
6.5
–
11.0
4.7
–
–
28.7
–
15.6
7.4
–
6.5
–
11.0
–
–
45.5
–
44.9
42.1
–
44.8
–
40.9
40.4
–
–
45.5
–
44.9
42.1
–
44.8
–
40.9
–
–
$22.16
23.06
28.33
36.09
51.86
48.97
–
35.78
32.22
18.71
20.44
21.69
22.42
28.33
35.82
52.30
–
–
30.55
48.21
54.46
5.4
5.7
7.3
6.4
7.1
6.1
–
11.3
6.4
11.5
5.0
5.8
5.6
7.3
6.5
6.9
–
–
4.9
9.7
7.2
35.6
36.2
33.2
35.1
38.7
43.0
–
36.7
36.4
37.1
35.3
35.4
37.3
33.9
35.0
39.2
–
–
36.2
36.0
38.8
22.86
8.79
13.38
13.97
19.04
23.13
24.02
26.17
33.70
38.66
40.51
42.69
23.29
20.71
14.72
19.29
21.04
22.74
30.09
21.03
8.04
12.64
14.01
19.20
22.92
22.37
25.47
36.56
40.85
17.27
17.27
24.86
24.86
3.9
9.6
4.3
3.2
3.4
5.2
3.8
4.8
3.8
3.3
3.2
8.1
8.7
9.1
3.4
5.5
4.6
4.3
7.1
6.9
1.8
5.0
8.3
5.8
14.1
5.9
7.3
5.9
5.6
16.9
16.9
20.2
20.2
32.2
38.2
36.9
38.4
39.3
39.4
39.0
39.6
39.0
40.0
39.6
40.5
24.8
38.5
40.0
38.8
39.9
35.5
40.2
38.9
38.6
34.8
39.9
39.3
40.2
39.4
40.0
39.2
42.8
17.4
17.4
35.4
35.4
22.82
8.79
13.29
13.89
19.39
23.40
24.03
26.91
34.01
39.20
40.66
45.76
23.03
20.70
14.72
19.20
21.04
22.74
30.09
21.06
8.04
12.65
13.83
19.27
22.96
22.38
25.47
36.56
40.85
17.32
17.32
25.07
25.07
4.3
9.6
4.4
3.4
3.8
5.4
4.0
4.6
3.8
3.2
3.2
2.8
9.9
9.1
3.4
5.5
4.6
4.3
7.1
7.0
1.8
5.0
8.5
5.8
14.1
5.9
7.3
5.9
5.6
17.2
17.2
20.3
20.3
31.9
38.2
37.3
38.3
39.5
39.4
39.1
39.2
38.9
40.8
39.5
41.0
24.1
38.5
40.0
38.8
39.9
35.5
40.2
39.0
38.6
34.9
39.9
39.3
40.2
39.4
40.0
39.2
42.8
17.5
17.5
35.8
35.8
23.31
–
15.15
15.07
16.82
20.42
23.86
–
–
–
–
–
25.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.50
–
–
17.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
7.9
8.0
3.7
5.4
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
15.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.8
–
29.1
39.0
37.8
39.3
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
34.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.24
19.24
13.6
13.6
39.1
39.1
19.22
19.22
14.4
14.4
39.1
39.1
19.70
19.70
10.5
10.5
39.6
39.6
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Lawyers and judges –Continued
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Lawyers .............................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Judges ...............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical writers ................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Designers ...........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Musicians and composers .................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
39
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.26
14.82
16.67
24.10
18.28
25.43
15.82
15.82
12.55
12.55
24.30
19.61
12.18
14.25
17.23
25.44
25.00
26.87
33.76
42.07
50.27
22.07
12.09
13.09
19.02
22.64
22.71
31.30
34.22
42.46
17.55
17.55
–
–
26.65
17.73
19.15
21.10
27.69
24.77
30.52
36.24
39.78
37.88
28.56
17.91
8.82
9.25
11.93
14.86
15.79
18.03
19.90
25.11
29.89
65.93
70.25
8.2
15.0
6.1
24.5
3.5
5.9
17.0
17.0
10.4
10.4
6.2
25.3
4.2
4.7
5.7
4.4
7.7
8.8
8.9
12.6
25.4
7.5
8.2
5.9
7.7
13.0
5.0
9.8
8.9
5.1
29.3
29.3
–
–
4.9
6.0
4.9
4.6
6.3
8.1
3.5
2.3
1.7
19.3
7.7
1.5
4.1
3.9
1.7
3.5
2.3
1.7
1.2
2.4
5.1
8.9
20.3
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.5
40.1
38.6
41.3
39.6
39.5
19.7
19.7
28.7
28.7
38.5
32.6
38.6
33.5
39.3
39.2
38.9
40.3
39.2
39.4
41.0
38.2
35.1
40.4
37.4
38.1
38.9
39.1
37.8
37.9
26.2
26.2
–
–
39.2
38.5
39.5
39.5
39.1
41.1
39.3
38.5
40.0
40.0
38.6
35.7
34.0
32.6
34.4
34.8
35.8
38.3
38.1
36.7
31.7
29.2
28.9
$18.61
14.91
16.12
27.30
18.40
25.43
15.83
15.83
11.70
11.70
24.50
–
12.18
14.22
16.97
25.69
25.01
26.87
34.09
42.07
57.82
21.63
11.62
13.27
19.51
23.36
22.30
31.30
34.19
42.46
17.55
17.55
–
–
27.52
17.36
20.44
20.51
27.85
26.96
31.06
37.00
39.78
–
30.39
18.31
8.71
9.24
12.08
15.04
16.09
18.20
20.12
25.70
30.05
67.58
70.25
9.3
16.4
7.8
22.8
3.6
5.9
17.0
17.0
11.8
11.8
6.3
–
4.3
4.9
6.0
3.9
7.7
8.8
9.0
12.6
22.1
8.1
8.9
7.1
9.5
13.4
7.1
9.8
9.1
5.1
29.3
29.3
–
–
5.9
6.1
6.0
5.8
6.6
4.9
3.6
2.1
1.7
–
11.3
1.7
5.4
4.3
2.0
3.8
2.4
2.0
1.4
2.8
5.5
9.0
20.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
39.4
40.1
38.2
41.8
39.6
39.5
19.7
19.7
29.2
29.2
38.5
–
38.7
33.5
39.3
39.2
39.0
40.3
39.2
39.4
41.3
38.9
39.5
40.5
37.7
38.1
39.0
39.1
37.8
37.9
26.2
26.2
–
–
39.6
38.5
40.5
39.5
39.5
40.0
39.3
40.0
40.0
–
38.4
35.5
32.4
32.7
34.1
34.5
35.6
38.4
38.1
36.4
31.5
28.9
28.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$16.93
16.93
18.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.63
14.31
–
17.81
–
23.66
–
–
–
–
–
29.09
29.09
23.68
–
16.21
22.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.65
15.46
9.13
9.32
11.12
13.36
14.46
17.11
18.56
21.58
26.56
26.30
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Photographers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Dancers .............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Public relations specialists .................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Announcers ........................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Athletes ..............................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
5.0
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.9
4.1
–
10.8
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
13.9
13.9
7.2
–
3.7
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
1.5
2.9
4.0
3.3
2.0
3.4
2.1
2.3
2.1
3.0
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.3
26.3
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.9
22.9
–
36.8
–
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
32.2
32.2
38.0
–
37.4
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
37.3
39.0
31.7
36.1
37.8
36.9
37.5
38.5
38.2
38.9
39.3
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.38
5.5
36.0
$19.70
6.1
36.5
$17.61
9.5
33.5
15.69
7.97
9.80
11.39
12.38
14.52
17.40
18.54
20.35
22.76
23.41
25.72
11.67
8.75
10.54
12.50
15.77
16.40
19.02
13.57
16.13
19.72
20.02
19.31
13.40
10.06
12.46
13.62
13.08
14.97
15.35
13.31
8.83
9.07
10.97
12.80
13.92
16.42
17.52
21.62
15.51
18.07
10.05
12.69
15.04
17.08
18.87
20.90
24.43
25.59
19.37
18.87
20.88
13.69
16.93
21.90
22.84
3.6
4.9
3.3
3.2
6.0
3.6
3.0
2.9
2.2
4.8
5.4
6.0
7.2
10.9
5.2
6.3
1.8
4.9
5.4
7.0
2.4
2.4
3.6
6.9
1.2
3.0
3.0
2.2
2.1
1.9
4.5
2.2
3.8
5.3
2.4
3.2
3.0
2.3
2.2
4.3
9.6
3.5
4.2
6.2
2.8
5.6
5.2
3.1
2.3
4.3
5.0
7.5
4.3
6.9
12.9
10.4
2.4
36.9
36.8
35.4
36.6
34.6
39.0
38.1
37.4
37.1
38.7
35.6
22.3
35.9
37.3
36.4
31.4
36.8
39.7
35.6
33.8
34.5
31.5
37.2
39.1
34.4
30.2
35.4
33.6
34.3
36.0
36.4
31.8
33.5
30.4
29.2
31.2
31.8
37.7
34.2
36.8
36.0
38.8
39.3
37.6
38.8
39.6
39.7
38.9
39.8
40.0
40.4
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
39.6
15.63
7.97
9.77
11.47
12.48
14.54
17.43
18.53
20.83
22.53
22.77
26.06
11.33
8.76
10.52
12.29
15.89
–
19.20
14.29
16.27
19.62
19.59
19.90
13.47
9.92
12.79
13.71
13.21
14.57
15.26
13.11
8.90
9.01
11.18
12.60
13.47
16.67
17.87
20.47
15.79
18.15
–
12.69
15.04
17.89
18.83
20.89
24.42
25.43
19.51
19.63
21.21
14.67
16.93
21.88
22.84
4.1
4.9
3.3
3.7
6.8
3.8
3.4
3.3
2.7
5.2
6.3
6.0
7.6
11.0
5.8
6.3
1.3
–
5.6
7.9
2.7
2.2
2.3
7.7
1.4
2.2
2.8
2.5
2.3
1.9
5.3
2.8
6.8
6.1
2.8
3.5
3.5
3.5
2.4
6.5
12.2
3.7
–
6.3
2.8
3.9
5.4
3.3
2.4
4.3
5.0
7.2
4.1
8.9
12.9
10.7
2.4
36.7
36.8
35.0
36.5
34.2
39.2
38.0
36.9
37.4
38.6
34.8
22.0
36.0
37.3
36.4
31.3
38.8
–
36.0
34.2
34.8
32.5
38.3
39.0
33.9
29.4
34.6
33.1
33.6
36.2
35.7
30.4
28.1
29.4
28.4
29.9
29.6
36.6
33.3
35.9
34.8
38.9
–
37.8
39.0
39.6
39.7
39.0
39.8
39.9
40.4
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
39.6
16.12
–
–
10.92
11.47
14.21
17.12
18.58
18.71
–
–
–
13.83
–
–
–
–
–
17.07
–
14.95
20.56
22.12
–
13.12
–
10.98
13.12
12.59
16.14
15.67
13.86
8.78
9.35
10.27
13.79
14.65
16.00
16.52
23.49
–
16.56
–
–
–
13.06
19.96
21.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
3.7
8.9
5.3
3.4
7.2
2.9
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
9.0
–
3.9
11.4
15.1
–
2.5
–
5.1
2.9
3.5
2.9
9.2
2.8
3.8
5.9
4.5
3.9
4.4
2.5
4.5
1.7
–
12.9
–
–
–
14.1
4.0
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
37.0
39.0
37.0
39.1
39.2
36.2
–
–
–
35.6
–
–
–
–
–
31.8
–
32.4
24.6
32.6
–
37.2
–
39.4
36.4
37.4
35.4
39.1
36.6
40.0
36.8
32.2
39.3
36.3
39.7
37.0
38.4
–
38.1
–
–
–
39.6
40.0
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Dental hygienists ...............................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Radiological technicians ....................................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Industrial engineering technicians .....................
7 ...................................................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ..................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
41
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$21.91
19.01
10.36
12.75
13.29
18.77
18.19
21.39
22.51
27.08
34.17
17.95
9.98
13.20
14.62
19.68
17.80
18.49
24.02
31.34
31.72
15.27
14.53
21.06
–
–
14.99
10.26
14.37
18.40
18.13
20.57
17.84
15.75
15.75
18.82
17.68
18.73
17.40
12.85
16.93
17.11
18.61
18.17
20.12
85.03
41.81
27.74
53.48
91.05
120.56
110.48
15.31
7.74
9.48
11.72
16.93
6.1
2.7
6.2
4.7
8.2
6.8
3.3
2.8
4.1
4.7
10.3
2.8
9.2
4.5
3.6
3.4
4.7
4.2
4.2
7.2
5.5
8.8
2.9
15.8
–
–
8.0
6.9
4.1
8.6
4.8
7.3
3.4
9.5
5.5
5.8
7.1
5.9
2.7
6.0
2.6
5.3
9.5
4.7
4.3
10.1
24.8
12.7
14.4
23.4
7.0
13.7
11.5
.8
10.9
10.3
10.3
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.7
39.4
40.0
38.0
39.4
39.0
39.9
40.1
38.7
39.6
40.0
39.7
38.8
37.7
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.8
40.2
–
–
31.1
27.8
39.7
39.6
37.8
38.0
39.8
39.1
39.6
40.2
39.3
40.0
37.4
37.6
36.4
37.7
35.9
39.4
39.5
22.6
31.0
27.5
26.1
26.7
20.6
21.5
36.7
32.0
37.7
39.9
39.6
$21.91
19.38
10.36
12.70
13.30
18.75
18.91
22.30
22.30
27.21
34.17
17.91
9.98
13.24
14.66
19.70
17.56
18.49
24.10
31.34
31.72
15.03
–
21.66
–
–
15.74
–
14.54
19.16
19.47
–
17.77
15.84
15.74
18.82
17.64
18.71
17.74
13.26
16.87
18.70
19.55
18.37
20.05
85.03
41.81
27.74
53.48
91.05
120.56
110.48
14.58
7.74
9.40
11.73
17.52
6.1
3.1
6.2
5.3
11.1
8.6
3.8
2.4
4.5
6.0
10.3
2.9
9.2
4.5
3.7
3.6
5.0
4.3
4.3
7.2
5.5
10.1
–
18.3
–
–
11.7
–
9.3
7.3
4.9
–
3.5
9.7
5.5
5.8
7.3
6.2
2.8
7.0
2.8
4.3
9.7
5.3
4.4
10.1
24.8
12.7
14.4
23.4
7.0
13.7
13.3
.8
11.4
10.8
11.4
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.7
39.7
40.0
39.4
39.9
39.1
40.0
40.1
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.7
38.8
37.7
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.3
–
–
29.8
–
40.0
39.5
40.0
–
39.8
39.7
39.6
40.2
39.3
40.0
37.6
40.0
36.3
38.7
35.9
39.3
39.5
22.6
31.0
27.5
26.1
26.7
20.6
21.5
36.5
32.0
37.7
40.0
40.0
–
$17.91
–
–
13.27
18.83
16.72
18.70
–
–
–
18.97
–
–
–
–
20.40
–
–
–
–
16.71
12.61
–
16.31
21.52
13.15
–
–
–
15.85
–
19.87
–
–
–
–
19.31
15.49
–
–
15.08
14.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.91
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Mechanical engineering technicians
–Continued
9 ...................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Drafters ..............................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Biological technicians ........................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Chemical technicians .........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
42
–
4.1
–
–
4.7
6.5
5.3
4.8
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
6.6
8.8
–
4.3
6.7
6.2
–
–
–
7.1
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
6.0
4.9
–
–
7.4
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
38.6
–
–
38.1
38.8
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
39.2
38.5
–
38.8
40.0
34.8
–
–
–
34.5
–
38.1
–
–
–
–
40.0
36.4
–
–
36.6
35.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Broadcast equipment operators –Continued
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Computer programmers .....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Tool programmers, numerical control ................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Legal assistants .................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$17.59
20.16
24.12
22.29
15.96
17.76
18.44
21.31
25.33
30.85
33.60
17.87
16.32
17.28
16.30
11.43
–
15.64
18.35
19.46
23.39
18.15
9.45
9.68
12.09
14.31
16.36
18.58
19.88
23.33
26.05
33.33
21.05
4.6
13.6
7.9
3.5
5.8
7.6
7.8
4.3
2.6
2.6
7.9
5.9
3.6
5.2
3.5
4.5
–
6.5
9.8
4.0
7.1
2.9
2.8
5.3
6.4
5.3
4.9
5.0
3.6
3.1
3.6
8.0
4.7
37.6
39.7
40.0
38.8
38.5
39.3
39.6
39.6
37.4
39.9
40.1
40.2
40.2
40.0
37.1
39.8
–
37.1
38.5
41.7
39.7
38.5
31.3
33.5
38.2
38.8
37.5
39.3
39.1
39.5
39.6
40.0
34.9
$17.59
–
26.03
22.45
16.00
17.89
18.49
21.73
25.65
31.03
33.60
17.87
16.32
17.28
16.31
11.35
–
15.77
18.47
19.49
24.95
18.84
9.28
10.20
12.01
15.15
16.93
18.71
20.56
23.76
26.09
34.50
21.29
4.6
–
9.6
3.8
6.0
8.2
8.3
4.4
2.8
2.7
7.9
5.9
3.6
5.2
3.7
4.9
–
7.6
11.2
4.1
6.4
3.3
3.7
5.2
7.3
4.4
5.0
6.4
5.1
3.7
3.7
7.2
4.7
37.6
–
40.0
38.7
38.6
39.3
39.5
39.6
37.1
39.9
40.1
40.2
40.2
40.0
36.9
40.0
–
36.6
38.6
41.7
39.6
39.1
25.4
35.9
38.0
39.3
39.1
39.9
39.3
39.3
39.6
40.0
37.4
–
–
–
$20.82
–
–
17.55
18.94
23.31
–
–
–
–
–
16.05
–
15.89
14.91
17.62
–
–
16.02
–
–
12.45
12.84
14.99
18.11
18.00
21.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
5.1
6.2
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
12.8
4.9
9.8
–
–
4.9
–
–
10.7
4.6
8.3
3.5
5.6
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
40.0
39.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
39.0
40.0
38.4
–
–
36.9
–
–
39.3
38.0
34.3
37.3
38.6
40.0
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
27.67
9.63
13.57
15.38
17.24
19.63
24.40
28.95
32.16
40.26
52.92
61.67
101.70
36.52
30.69
8.77
12.56
15.41
16.82
19.00
25.03
29.74
31.67
40.54
1.9
7.3
2.7
2.9
1.3
2.1
1.3
2.1
2.6
1.5
4.8
2.7
13.5
6.7
2.2
8.1
4.7
7.4
2.1
4.2
1.6
2.3
1.6
1.6
39.9
40.0
39.1
38.0
40.3
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.8
40.3
41.4
41.1
41.8
35.3
40.5
39.1
41.5
39.9
41.4
40.7
40.4
40.4
40.8
40.4
28.01
9.63
13.49
15.52
17.18
19.63
24.65
29.46
32.61
40.87
53.83
63.17
102.04
40.98
30.77
8.76
12.52
15.47
16.69
18.85
25.08
29.97
31.74
41.17
2.1
7.3
2.9
3.3
1.4
2.5
1.4
2.1
3.2
1.7
5.2
2.6
13.6
8.6
2.5
8.2
4.8
8.0
2.3
4.6
1.8
2.4
1.9
1.7
40.2
40.0
39.2
37.8
40.6
40.0
40.1
40.1
41.2
40.5
41.6
41.2
41.9
38.4
40.9
39.1
41.6
39.9
41.8
40.8
40.5
40.5
41.1
40.6
25.89
–
14.30
14.70
17.72
19.59
23.01
26.81
30.56
36.94
45.31
46.82
–
28.27
30.19
–
13.72
14.77
18.24
20.42
24.67
28.43
31.46
37.43
2.5
–
3.5
4.4
1.8
2.3
2.8
4.6
3.1
3.0
5.1
8.8
–
3.9
2.2
–
4.9
5.2
4.0
4.5
2.2
4.9
2.3
2.9
38.5
–
38.5
39.2
38.5
38.8
39.0
39.3
39.5
39.2
39.5
39.5
–
30.8
38.4
–
38.5
39.8
38.2
39.4
39.0
39.8
39.5
39.1
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
43
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$52.94
62.55
104.45
39.40
15.74
15.74
5.1
2.7
13.4
8.4
19.1
19.1
41.5
41.1
41.9
34.3
12.4
12.4
$53.85
64.25
104.86
45.85
–
–
5.5
2.6
13.6
10.9
–
–
41.7
41.3
42.0
37.8
–
–
$45.74
46.82
–
29.18
15.74
15.74
5.0
8.8
–
4.3
19.1
19.1
39.5
39.5
–
30.0
12.4
12.4
28.96
34.15
40.18
41.3
3.2
9.9
45.1
39.7
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.22
–
38.26
4.7
–
10.6
39.4
–
40.5
26.87
13.98
14.35
17.24
20.24
24.58
25.40
27.37
34.71
43.49
38.92
34.21
32.32
14.41
14.25
18.30
17.39
24.53
30.61
33.65
41.74
69.38
66.83
39.65
29.92
14.81
19.46
23.06
32.75
33.45
39.97
46.85
60.37
27.96
18.00
22.60
34.31
35.73
47.61
2.6
6.6
8.9
5.7
5.4
3.5
6.5
5.2
2.5
7.8
12.4
4.1
6.8
16.0
10.0
4.1
5.1
3.3
5.5
3.1
5.5
26.0
11.3
16.1
8.7
12.5
6.0
5.6
6.4
3.6
3.5
4.2
8.7
3.0
8.7
2.2
6.6
5.1
6.6
38.9
39.2
40.1
37.1
39.4
38.4
40.3
39.5
39.6
38.8
38.5
37.0
40.4
40.7
39.9
41.7
39.8
39.9
42.0
40.5
40.2
43.1
39.8
29.7
41.1
40.0
40.6
41.8
40.1
41.3
39.9
43.7
40.0
42.8
42.8
40.3
40.3
42.1
40.2
28.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.39
14.41
14.25
18.30
17.37
24.56
30.68
33.91
42.99
69.82
67.80
39.60
29.15
–
19.80
22.29
33.32
32.27
40.53
49.37
61.48
28.04
18.37
22.68
34.29
35.74
47.61
13.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
16.0
10.0
4.1
5.1
3.4
5.6
3.3
5.6
26.2
11.6
17.2
9.9
–
7.1
5.4
6.8
4.1
3.9
3.8
8.9
3.1
10.0
2.4
6.8
5.2
6.6
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.4
40.7
39.9
41.7
39.8
39.9
42.1
40.6
40.2
43.2
40.1
29.2
41.5
–
40.9
42.0
40.1
41.5
40.0
47.4
39.9
42.9
43.3
40.2
40.3
42.2
40.2
26.84
13.98
14.41
17.17
20.13
24.58
25.40
27.43
34.73
43.49
38.92
33.90
30.87
–
–
–
–
23.49
26.54
31.31
31.55
–
–
–
34.36
–
18.11
–
–
38.60
36.41
–
–
26.11
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
6.6
9.3
5.8
5.5
3.5
6.5
5.3
2.5
7.8
12.4
4.1
4.0
–
–
–
–
4.3
5.5
5.7
4.2
–
–
–
5.1
–
6.8
–
–
4.4
3.8
–
–
18.9
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
39.2
40.1
37.1
39.3
38.4
40.3
39.5
39.7
38.8
38.5
37.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
39.8
39.3
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
39.1
–
39.2
–
–
40.1
39.4
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
38.03
14.08
17.88
21.70
27.58
31.74
6.5
7.8
4.5
15.7
6.7
5.3
40.9
40.0
39.8
40.7
41.9
40.8
38.08
14.08
17.52
21.72
27.59
31.74
6.5
7.8
4.0
15.9
6.7
5.3
40.9
40.0
39.8
40.7
41.9
40.8
30.57
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
–
–
–
–
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Legislators .........................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Chief executives and general administrators,
public administration ........................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Financial managers ...........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Purchasing managers ........................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
44
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$35.98
42.73
52.62
63.58
54.10
32.26
12.12
12.38
17.07
20.63
25.77
33.13
32.41
38.88
45.29
50.33
31.23
29.73
17.02
17.71
25.38
27.49
30.07
36.45
48.29
59.93
34.04
4.7
3.5
5.7
4.8
10.7
2.7
4.2
7.0
5.5
5.5
4.1
4.3
2.2
3.9
6.2
7.4
12.0
4.2
20.4
7.7
5.7
7.0
2.1
3.0
6.3
8.0
8.0
40.2
41.2
41.8
40.7
41.3
39.2
36.2
37.7
39.0
39.1
37.7
39.6
39.6
39.1
39.8
43.2
39.7
38.8
37.1
39.6
38.2
40.6
39.5
39.7
38.8
40.3
39.0
$35.90
42.76
52.63
63.58
54.10
24.49
12.13
11.61
15.33
17.53
21.49
23.38
25.38
32.51
45.52
48.23
–
29.35
17.23
18.55
25.73
27.72
30.55
37.22
45.64
55.82
36.68
4.8
3.5
5.7
4.8
10.7
4.9
4.8
3.8
3.6
4.7
4.1
7.3
2.9
4.8
11.9
6.3
–
4.2
21.7
8.2
5.7
7.2
2.1
3.6
5.2
8.2
10.9
40.2
41.2
41.8
40.7
41.3
39.3
35.7
37.5
39.8
39.1
36.5
40.5
40.6
41.9
39.3
44.1
–
38.8
37.0
39.6
38.1
40.7
39.9
39.7
39.1
40.6
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
$35.14
–
–
19.58
24.68
28.44
34.99
33.81
40.35
45.20
51.56
30.53
32.01
–
14.65
21.97
23.31
27.39
33.03
57.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
9.2
7.4
5.1
4.1
2.2
4.4
7.2
10.7
11.5
13.8
–
18.6
2.4
6.3
5.1
7.4
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
–
38.0
39.2
38.5
39.4
39.4
38.5
40.1
42.7
39.7
38.9
–
39.2
39.4
39.2
37.6
39.4
37.8
–
–
15.91
11.92
14.22
12.97
15.36
20.76
27.31
28.74
36.17
20.74
14.16
12.78
17.09
19.88
22.38
46.62
22.38
28.06
14.47
13.50
13.58
23.20
22.30
26.69
26.76
36.31
47.85
4.3
7.1
4.9
7.2
4.1
3.7
5.9
7.7
3.9
7.4
13.1
9.1
13.2
10.2
11.4
7.7
10.7
8.4
14.5
4.6
8.0
13.9
6.6
5.7
6.9
4.0
9.1
42.3
41.5
43.1
42.0
42.7
43.5
43.7
43.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.8
37.0
39.7
40.8
43.0
44.9
39.1
37.2
39.2
40.1
38.2
38.7
38.9
39.8
39.3
37.6
15.80
11.90
13.96
12.98
15.30
20.48
27.49
28.74
36.47
20.74
14.16
12.77
17.10
19.96
22.66
–
22.38
28.81
14.50
14.32
13.47
23.01
22.50
27.59
26.79
36.52
47.85
4.5
7.3
6.3
7.4
4.3
4.1
6.0
7.7
4.6
7.9
13.1
9.2
14.1
10.5
13.6
–
10.7
9.0
14.8
6.3
8.8
15.3
7.3
4.8
7.8
4.2
9.1
42.5
41.7
44.5
42.0
42.8
44.1
44.5
43.0
40.2
39.8
40.0
39.8
36.8
39.7
41.0
–
44.9
39.1
37.2
39.5
40.2
38.1
38.7
38.8
39.9
39.3
37.6
17.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.15
–
–
14.42
25.23
20.83
19.88
26.55
–
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
4.6
19.4
7.1
6.6
4.4
–
–
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
–
39.3
39.2
38.9
40.0
39.2
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations –Continued
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Managers, medicine and health .........................
5 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Funeral directors ................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$31.42
12.28
16.69
17.63
20.14
25.51
29.96
31.91
41.50
51.98
64.49
89.32
44.27
22.19
10.19
14.43
15.37
17.60
20.29
23.37
26.86
33.91
38.35
52.48
46.18
29.06
21.14
15.12
16.77
17.65
19.59
22.16
26.30
28.55
41.05
38.82
22.28
22.24
13.14
14.33
18.54
20.40
21.41
29.15
23.40
14.52
14.58
16.42
20.67
22.32
26.97
32.68
42.99
62.55
57.08
32.79
25.03
3.5
7.3
9.9
2.7
7.2
2.6
3.7
2.1
2.3
2.6
3.1
8.6
14.6
2.3
10.1
1.8
2.2
1.3
1.5
1.9
3.1
9.3
5.1
6.7
6.4
8.7
2.4
3.5
4.5
2.4
2.6
3.1
1.7
2.9
13.2
12.8
9.7
7.1
7.0
3.7
7.7
6.3
8.6
5.1
4.5
14.1
5.1
3.3
4.3
2.0
4.3
7.3
11.2
19.2
8.0
20.5
4.1
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
41.1
42.1
40.8
42.6
40.4
41.2
39.7
41.2
40.7
41.8
41.9
42.5
39.6
39.0
40.5
37.3
37.1
39.4
38.9
39.3
38.6
41.0
39.9
39.9
40.5
38.1
39.4
37.5
39.5
39.6
39.8
39.1
39.9
39.6
39.8
40.4
40.9
39.2
39.2
39.3
39.0
39.1
39.3
39.9
39.7
39.9
39.7
40.6
40.2
37.8
38.5
41.1
39.4
39.1
42.2
39.7
40.1
$31.55
12.28
16.71
17.54
20.09
25.61
30.02
31.89
41.77
52.34
64.66
89.51
46.59
22.72
10.19
14.44
15.55
17.63
20.58
23.86
27.82
35.46
39.05
53.51
46.18
30.56
21.56
15.10
17.64
17.73
19.88
22.47
26.59
28.67
42.50
43.88
22.46
22.24
13.14
14.33
18.54
20.40
21.41
29.15
23.47
15.05
14.58
16.30
20.84
22.19
26.13
32.84
45.05
62.55
57.08
32.79
26.24
3.7
7.3
10.0
2.7
7.6
2.7
3.8
2.2
2.3
2.5
3.1
8.7
15.1
2.6
10.1
2.0
2.4
1.6
1.8
1.9
2.4
10.0
5.2
6.2
6.4
10.4
2.8
3.8
4.0
2.7
2.7
3.6
1.9
3.1
12.6
9.5
10.1
7.1
7.0
3.7
7.7
6.3
8.6
5.1
4.9
12.1
5.1
3.5
4.5
2.1
7.6
7.5
10.8
19.2
8.0
20.5
2.8
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
41.2
42.1
40.8
42.8
40.4
41.3
39.7
41.3
40.7
41.8
42.0
42.5
39.9
39.0
40.5
37.1
36.6
39.5
39.0
39.5
38.6
41.3
39.9
39.9
40.5
39.6
39.5
37.3
39.5
39.7
39.9
39.3
40.3
39.8
39.8
40.5
41.0
39.2
39.2
39.3
39.0
39.1
39.3
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.8
40.7
40.3
37.7
41.6
41.1
39.4
39.1
42.2
39.7
40.3
$28.28
–
–
19.92
21.20
23.28
24.57
32.12
36.13
39.76
51.24
–
24.25
19.87
–
14.40
14.69
17.47
19.20
21.48
24.69
25.96
28.33
–
–
24.69
19.15
15.23
14.67
17.05
18.05
20.98
25.32
27.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.66
–
–
17.78
17.59
23.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.90
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
15 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Underwriters ......................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management analysts ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
46
3.7
–
–
7.9
2.9
5.0
5.9
5.2
3.9
5.5
3.0
–
17.5
2.3
–
4.1
5.1
2.1
2.6
4.0
7.6
5.9
4.1
–
–
11.3
3.2
8.6
8.8
3.6
4.7
5.7
3.5
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
2.5
6.5
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
40.0
–
–
39.4
40.0
39.9
37.6
40.3
40.3
42.7
40.0
–
37.4
38.7
–
38.5
39.0
38.7
38.5
39.0
38.5
39.6
39.7
–
–
34.3
38.8
38.4
39.6
39.0
39.7
38.1
38.6
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.2
–
–
39.5
39.0
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.28
18.16
23.26
26.46
22.92
26.35
33.90
47.26
3.1
5.0
5.5
3.9
12.9
8.8
3.7
13.6
40.0
41.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
42.0
$16.28
18.22
23.36
26.94
28.51
30.23
33.96
47.26
3.1
5.4
5.4
4.0
4.7
2.7
3.8
13.6
40.0
41.8
39.9
40.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
42.0
–
–
–
$23.52
–
22.30
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
39.5
–
–
20.64
13.43
13.37
17.99
20.83
23.43
28.86
28.02
33.07
25.43
16.20
3.3
3.8
5.5
2.5
4.4
4.0
5.8
3.5
2.9
5.9
19.0
36.3
40.2
28.6
39.2
33.4
39.5
32.4
40.4
40.5
37.4
39.8
20.79
13.14
12.96
18.16
21.27
23.83
28.15
28.20
33.24
27.05
16.44
3.9
3.7
6.0
2.7
4.7
4.6
9.0
3.7
2.8
4.8
20.4
35.9
40.5
26.9
39.5
32.6
39.4
28.5
40.4
40.6
42.5
39.8
19.92
15.25
15.11
16.99
17.93
21.74
29.75
–
–
–
–
4.0
9.1
6.5
7.1
2.9
5.4
7.4
–
–
–
–
38.7
38.3
39.0
37.9
39.0
39.9
39.4
–
–
–
–
19.39
14.33
16.59
25.58
24.53
27.84
23.89
16.07
14.24
17.65
19.00
24.89
33.26
35.83
14.86
20.70
20.69
16.34
16.57
19.59
20.60
23.35
5.4
3.2
5.1
25.2
4.7
1.7
7.0
4.4
13.0
3.5
3.3
8.6
11.0
7.2
18.7
10.0
3.5
6.7
4.3
4.1
7.8
4.7
39.9
40.0
39.5
41.3
41.4
42.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
40.2
40.1
39.4
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.4
39.5
40.6
39.8
38.2
39.4
19.31
14.29
16.59
25.82
24.58
28.06
25.39
16.08
17.50
17.73
19.01
26.47
33.70
35.83
14.68
22.37
20.58
–
–
20.86
–
–
5.4
3.2
5.1
26.0
4.8
2.2
5.6
4.4
5.0
3.7
4.1
5.2
10.8
7.2
19.6
11.5
6.6
–
–
8.8
–
–
39.9
40.0
39.5
41.4
41.5
42.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.7
40.3
40.1
39.4
40.0
39.1
40.0
40.6
–
–
41.1
–
–
22.75
–
–
–
–
–
15.70
–
11.89
16.47
18.97
17.31
–
–
–
–
20.73
16.19
17.44
19.11
20.77
24.44
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
12.6
2.5
5.4
9.3
–
–
–
–
4.1
11.6
2.4
4.8
8.0
4.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
40.0
38.3
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
38.8
39.1
39.8
39.4
37.7
39.1
20.47
15.06
14.84
18.42
18.54
23.16
26.66
27.07
23.18
10.62
14.06
16.53
17.80
3.6
7.3
7.6
6.8
2.7
3.2
4.3
4.0
6.4
15.0
2.8
2.7
3.4
39.0
39.3
38.3
38.5
38.1
40.1
39.2
40.1
39.0
42.1
34.3
39.0
38.6
24.69
–
18.51
22.52
20.21
25.36
28.18
27.20
23.64
10.62
14.24
16.53
17.74
3.0
–
6.4
8.2
4.2
4.2
6.1
13.3
7.5
15.0
3.2
3.0
4.0
40.0
–
39.4
39.9
38.2
40.9
39.0
40.4
39.1
42.1
33.9
39.1
38.6
18.55
14.85
13.73
16.48
18.39
21.01
–
27.04
21.08
–
12.85
16.58
18.09
4.2
8.0
5.1
4.8
2.8
3.8
–
3.5
3.3
–
4.6
6.5
3.7
38.6
39.3
37.9
37.9
38.1
39.4
–
40.0
38.3
–
37.4
38.2
39.0
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Management analysts –Continued
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Business and promotional agents ......................
9 ...................................................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
47
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Management related, n.e.c. –Continued
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$20.43
23.74
26.98
43.07
37.04
42.69
29.35
2.6
2.2
3.0
18.3
4.7
6.6
13.8
39.1
39.3
39.6
43.0
40.1
40.3
36.4
$20.43
24.28
27.22
46.11
37.28
42.69
32.88
3.0
1.8
3.3
18.5
4.8
6.6
18.6
39.4
39.5
39.5
43.8
40.0
40.3
38.2
$20.41
22.06
25.92
29.08
–
–
24.70
5.2
7.2
6.7
5.4
–
–
13.2
38.2
38.7
40.0
39.6
–
–
34.3
Sales .............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Real estate sales ...............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
12.84
6.44
6.66
8.28
12.07
14.51
18.08
20.85
23.48
29.48
35.25
37.16
52.38
24.46
16.10
9.14
9.71
12.45
16.13
16.56
20.35
26.77
28.79
35.54
46.64
20.13
9.12
15.77
14.03
21.06
22.88
34.90
31.34
52.45
21.20
10.99
11.99
17.89
26.80
32.51
16.44
12.80
15.90
20.31
46.43
23.19
80.46
45.26
46.92
2.7
1.0
1.4
1.2
4.7
2.4
3.0
4.3
2.9
3.8
7.1
4.7
12.9
13.8
3.6
3.5
4.4
2.7
7.2
6.0
3.6
6.8
7.4
6.6
9.4
6.6
3.8
12.8
2.6
6.6
7.7
5.3
13.0
25.7
17.4
8.9
3.3
18.5
10.4
12.0
23.0
3.0
12.3
20.7
20.4
6.3
30.9
8.2
6.1
32.9
25.6
26.6
30.4
37.7
40.0
40.2
39.9
41.2
41.3
41.7
40.7
39.3
37.0
41.1
42.9
40.3
41.3
40.8
42.7
41.5
41.7
40.5
40.6
40.5
38.1
39.6
36.1
39.0
36.0
39.1
44.6
38.4
45.2
34.1
33.7
33.9
40.0
38.5
39.5
38.8
39.4
40.9
39.6
40.6
39.6
36.7
40.9
38.1
12.84
6.44
6.66
8.26
12.07
14.50
18.09
20.89
23.49
29.49
35.32
37.25
52.38
24.46
16.10
9.14
9.70
12.43
16.13
16.56
20.37
26.80
28.79
35.54
46.64
20.18
9.12
15.77
14.03
21.06
22.89
34.94
33.45
52.45
21.25
11.00
11.99
–
26.82
32.51
16.44
12.80
15.90
20.31
46.43
23.19
80.46
45.26
46.92
2.7
1.0
1.4
1.2
4.7
2.4
3.0
4.4
2.9
3.8
7.1
4.7
12.9
13.8
3.6
3.5
4.4
2.7
7.2
6.0
3.6
6.9
7.4
6.6
9.4
6.7
3.8
12.8
2.6
6.6
7.7
5.3
10.5
25.7
18.1
9.1
3.3
–
10.5
12.0
23.0
3.0
12.3
20.7
20.4
6.3
30.9
8.2
6.1
32.8
25.6
26.6
30.3
37.6
40.0
40.2
39.9
41.2
41.3
41.7
40.7
39.3
37.0
41.1
42.9
40.3
41.3
40.8
42.8
41.5
41.7
40.5
40.6
40.5
38.1
39.6
36.1
39.0
36.0
39.1
44.6
38.1
45.2
34.0
33.5
33.9
–
38.5
39.5
38.8
39.4
40.9
39.6
40.6
39.6
36.7
40.9
38.1
12.16
6.89
8.38
10.71
12.35
16.00
–
15.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
3.5
3.6
9.2
4.1
7.8
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.9
24.0
28.4
33.6
39.2
39.9
–
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
48
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.46
8.84
14.15
16.48
18.72
24.28
27.18
26.78
31.54
19.31
9.12
8.32
17.61
14.63
18.67
22.33
27.06
30.28
29.61
44.16
26.06
30.60
22.98
23.87
31.10
17.2
4.4
7.7
6.3
8.7
4.9
13.3
7.3
11.4
6.5
12.0
6.2
11.7
7.6
8.6
7.4
8.2
4.9
7.8
10.7
25.4
5.1
12.7
6.9
10.1
38.5
36.3
39.3
39.7
39.4
39.6
40.6
39.0
39.9
37.7
22.0
29.9
37.6
42.2
40.2
38.3
40.6
40.2
39.9
38.2
34.0
41.3
42.1
45.3
41.1
$23.46
8.84
14.15
16.48
18.72
24.28
27.18
26.78
31.54
19.30
9.12
8.32
17.61
14.61
18.67
22.33
27.08
30.28
29.61
44.84
26.06
30.60
22.98
23.87
31.10
17.2
4.4
7.7
6.3
8.7
4.9
13.3
7.3
11.4
6.5
12.0
6.2
11.7
7.6
8.6
7.4
8.2
4.9
7.8
10.7
25.4
5.1
12.7
6.9
10.1
38.5
36.3
39.3
39.7
39.4
39.6
40.6
39.0
39.9
37.7
22.0
29.9
37.6
42.2
40.2
38.3
40.6
40.2
39.9
38.1
34.0
41.3
42.1
45.3
41.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.95
11.33
12.33
18.92
18.52
21.94
24.46
31.78
36.81
35.64
47.16
20.71
16.87
20.95
19.18
23.31
27.55
22.00
8.99
6.59
6.91
8.07
10.37
7.97
6.57
8.71
11.36
6.45
4.53
8.06
17.67
17.80
13.80
7.22
4.5
11.6
3.9
4.6
6.9
4.3
4.2
6.8
13.4
10.1
6.5
4.5
9.9
8.3
5.0
10.1
12.7
12.0
11.2
3.3
8.1
3.1
5.0
6.3
3.8
9.1
13.4
1.8
26.2
5.5
15.9
10.0
11.7
7.7
40.4
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.4
41.2
41.0
40.1
41.3
40.7
40.6
45.4
43.4
46.9
44.9
45.2
42.6
44.4
26.5
24.1
24.5
25.4
36.4
26.6
25.5
26.9
30.0
29.7
24.3
26.9
41.9
40.6
35.4
26.9
22.95
11.33
12.33
18.92
18.52
21.94
24.46
31.78
36.81
35.64
47.16
20.71
16.87
20.95
19.18
23.31
27.55
22.00
8.99
6.59
6.91
8.07
10.37
7.97
6.57
8.71
11.36
6.45
4.53
8.06
17.67
17.80
13.80
7.22
4.5
11.6
3.9
4.6
6.9
4.3
4.2
6.8
13.4
10.1
6.5
4.5
9.9
8.3
5.0
10.1
12.7
12.0
11.2
3.3
8.1
3.1
5.0
6.3
3.8
9.1
13.4
1.8
26.2
5.5
15.9
10.0
11.7
7.7
40.4
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.4
41.2
41.0
40.1
41.3
40.7
40.6
45.4
43.4
46.9
44.9
45.2
42.6
44.4
26.5
24.1
24.5
25.4
36.4
26.6
25.5
26.9
30.0
29.7
24.3
26.9
41.9
40.6
35.4
26.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Advertising and related sales .............................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Sales, other business services ..........................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales engineers .................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ...
1 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
49
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Street and door-to-door sales workers ..............
News vendors ....................................................
3 ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ..
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$9.05
16.04
11.61
6.90
7.94
10.46
13.14
22.18
24.18
12.95
10.51
12.35
13.89
19.86
28.51
10.62
6.45
6.72
8.19
8.94
13.18
18.57
23.23
28.49
32.69
7.35
6.05
6.40
7.48
12.21
11.03
7.96
6.38
6.65
8.04
14.20
11.44
11.50
8.50
6.85
23.21
7.18
9.19
11.97
6.98
7.29
8.12
10.85
13.71
14.64
20.06
20.96
11.99
8.3
11.1
5.0
4.6
2.7
2.9
4.6
12.5
11.0
7.6
10.6
6.3
7.2
6.4
40.0
7.9
2.6
2.4
2.4
3.5
4.4
11.0
14.7
6.7
5.8
4.2
2.5
2.8
4.4
5.6
7.2
6.8
1.2
1.9
1.9
9.9
13.4
22.3
5.8
11.3
27.4
4.0
11.6
5.2
3.2
4.8
4.3
10.3
8.9
5.0
3.7
4.3
13.5
36.2
35.8
37.4
23.7
32.1
38.7
41.3
40.0
40.6
38.7
38.5
40.9
40.4
39.7
43.2
29.6
23.3
23.6
28.2
32.7
34.4
41.4
42.7
42.5
40.7
30.1
29.1
27.7
30.8
37.5
39.6
29.7
26.2
28.1
31.7
37.7
36.3
22.7
23.7
22.4
30.3
18.3
34.4
35.3
27.6
23.9
29.9
38.8
42.4
40.3
41.4
39.1
30.8
$9.05
16.04
11.61
6.90
7.94
10.46
13.14
22.18
24.18
12.95
10.51
12.35
13.89
19.86
28.51
10.62
6.45
6.72
8.18
8.94
13.18
18.57
23.23
28.49
32.69
7.34
6.05
6.40
7.48
12.20
11.03
7.92
6.38
6.64
7.98
14.23
11.21
11.50
8.50
6.85
23.22
7.18
9.19
11.96
6.98
7.29
8.12
10.85
13.70
14.64
20.06
20.96
11.99
8.3
11.1
5.0
4.6
2.7
2.9
4.6
12.5
11.0
7.6
10.6
6.3
7.2
6.4
40.0
7.9
2.6
2.4
2.4
3.5
4.4
11.0
14.7
6.7
5.8
4.2
2.5
2.8
4.4
5.7
8.3
6.9
1.2
1.9
2.1
9.9
13.9
22.3
5.8
11.3
27.4
4.0
11.6
5.2
3.2
4.8
4.3
10.3
9.0
5.0
3.7
4.3
13.5
36.2
35.8
37.4
23.7
32.1
38.7
41.3
40.0
40.6
38.7
38.5
40.9
40.4
39.7
43.2
29.6
23.4
23.6
28.1
32.7
34.4
41.4
42.7
42.5
40.7
30.1
29.2
27.7
30.8
37.5
39.6
29.7
26.2
28.1
31.6
37.6
36.1
22.7
23.7
22.4
30.3
18.3
34.4
35.3
27.6
23.9
29.9
38.8
42.4
40.3
41.4
39.1
30.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$9.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.54
6.92
8.38
10.94
12.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
3.7
3.6
9.7
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.6
25.9
28.4
33.4
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
12.20
7.45
9.00
10.01
.9
1.3
1.8
1.0
36.1
28.8
31.4
35.6
12.17
7.39
8.99
9.93
1.1
1.5
2.0
1.1
36.0
29.0
31.2
35.5
12.37
7.92
9.06
10.47
.8
4.0
1.7
1.4
36.4
27.7
32.6
35.6
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
50
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$11.80
14.40
15.29
17.64
20.80
21.53
28.80
31.23
14.17
16.35
10.47
14.11
14.87
15.43
19.04
20.59
34.27
28.18
17.99
19.44
17.40
21.40
19.39
18.82
18.07
13.53
18.39
15.97
19.57
22.47
19.73
15.42
17.94
0.8
2.5
1.1
1.4
2.8
3.0
7.0
7.7
3.2
3.2
6.4
3.7
4.8
7.0
5.2
4.0
8.6
12.3
7.8
10.9
7.7
3.9
12.3
17.4
4.2
7.2
11.8
3.3
3.7
2.1
8.0
4.2
4.8
37.1
38.3
38.8
38.9
39.8
40.7
39.1
37.8
36.2
39.8
39.7
39.3
39.2
39.7
39.9
42.5
38.6
37.7
39.7
40.3
40.0
42.6
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.6
38.4
39.5
40.3
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
$11.79
14.49
15.55
17.77
21.28
21.44
28.80
31.67
13.82
16.32
10.36
13.88
14.93
14.90
19.57
20.36
34.27
–
17.91
18.63
17.45
21.40
–
16.83
18.14
13.45
18.43
16.07
19.66
22.76
21.28
–
18.51
0.9
3.0
1.3
1.6
2.7
3.2
7.0
7.9
4.4
3.7
6.6
3.9
5.5
8.1
4.9
4.1
8.6
–
7.9
12.9
7.7
3.9
–
21.6
4.4
7.2
11.8
3.6
4.0
1.8
11.0
–
5.4
37.1
38.5
38.9
38.9
39.8
40.8
39.1
37.9
36.4
39.9
39.7
39.4
39.3
39.8
40.0
42.9
38.6
–
39.8
40.6
40.0
42.6
–
40.3
39.4
39.6
38.4
39.6
40.7
39.6
40.0
–
39.9
$11.86
13.98
14.27
17.11
17.32
22.44
–
–
14.89
16.54
–
15.88
14.57
17.24
16.19
22.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.72
–
–
14.48
–
19.03
17.47
–
–
1.0
1.3
1.7
2.2
5.3
4.3
–
–
2.7
3.1
–
7.5
6.1
4.5
4.4
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
5.2
–
10.4
5.8
–
–
37.1
37.4
38.5
38.7
39.4
38.9
–
–
35.8
39.0
–
38.2
39.2
39.2
39.5
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
–
–
38.1
–
37.7
40.0
–
–
18.83
14.24
16.17
20.31
21.26
21.66
14.54
8.76
10.82
13.45
14.25
16.11
16.42
16.15
11.33
8.02
9.96
12.37
13.55
10.98
10.06
11.84
15.60
15.67
18.21
3.9
8.4
4.1
6.6
5.1
4.8
2.4
5.0
3.8
3.8
3.1
5.9
8.7
8.6
4.8
4.7
4.3
3.8
3.0
10.5
2.5
1.6
6.3
1.6
1.7
40.1
40.4
38.5
40.6
40.5
40.4
39.3
40.0
39.4
39.0
39.6
39.5
39.3
40.0
38.5
39.9
38.0
38.3
37.6
36.6
34.9
37.6
38.4
38.6
38.6
19.01
13.85
15.92
20.39
21.87
21.62
14.87
8.76
10.66
13.57
14.51
17.17
18.47
–
11.21
8.02
9.96
12.67
13.74
11.39
9.89
11.83
15.97
16.27
18.44
4.2
8.0
4.2
6.5
5.1
4.8
2.2
5.0
4.3
4.0
2.9
4.6
3.3
–
5.4
4.7
4.4
3.3
3.6
10.4
2.9
2.0
6.8
1.5
2.0
40.3
40.8
40.2
40.6
40.6
40.4
39.4
40.0
39.3
39.0
39.7
39.4
39.5
–
38.6
39.9
38.0
37.7
37.4
36.7
34.5
37.2
38.5
38.5
38.5
17.36
–
–
–
19.31
–
13.34
–
–
11.61
13.33
11.85
14.27
–
–
–
–
–
12.87
8.89
10.84
11.87
13.88
14.00
17.28
9.1
–
–
–
9.4
–
6.0
–
–
5.2
9.4
8.4
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
4.7
2.8
2.1
3.0
3.2
2.4
38.3
–
–
–
40.0
–
39.3
–
–
38.0
39.4
40.0
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
35.9
36.8
38.8
38.2
38.8
38.9
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, general office ................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators .....
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Chief communications operators .......................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Peripheral equipment operators ........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Secretaries .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
51
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$23.12
15.14
13.73
9.79
10.17
12.39
14.93
15.83
25.70
12.29
10.58
11.46
12.09
14.53
15.75
13.65
9.50
7.60
7.91
9.79
11.14
11.53
11.90
8.73
6.61
8.13
8.38
10.06
12.97
9.55
10.72
12.59
15.03
15.07
9.74
7.13
8.73
10.01
11.48
15.97
14.83
11.48
7.07
–
10.04
11.55
12.25
15.01
19.62
11.38
12.45
11.59
8.70
10.00
10.49
13.75
12.37
8.07
3.0
5.9
5.2
11.9
5.5
4.4
6.9
4.7
11.7
2.0
5.0
2.5
3.5
3.3
5.1
8.3
3.5
6.2
3.8
4.5
3.4
3.0
7.1
3.7
2.2
10.5
3.2
4.4
4.0
3.2
10.2
5.1
2.7
6.5
2.4
3.6
3.1
3.0
4.5
11.1
5.1
5.9
3.3
–
3.5
3.4
3.7
4.3
16.2
5.8
7.1
4.5
12.3
4.2
3.8
4.4
2.4
11.1
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
38.6
39.5
36.2
35.0
36.1
38.8
29.7
37.5
38.2
36.2
34.3
35.9
36.5
37.9
37.6
38.6
28.5
22.4
22.6
34.2
35.4
37.8
40.0
36.2
28.7
35.2
35.3
38.8
36.0
29.2
35.7
35.8
35.2
39.5
33.2
28.3
29.4
36.8
36.0
34.4
38.1
34.6
29.3
–
34.2
38.1
39.3
38.3
35.1
35.4
31.5
36.1
34.2
39.3
33.7
39.5
37.2
34.7
$23.13
17.20
12.24
–
10.73
11.75
12.60
15.18
–
12.41
9.37
11.26
12.19
15.48
18.83
–
9.42
7.61
8.01
9.77
11.06
11.45
11.90
8.73
6.61
8.13
8.38
10.06
12.89
9.55
10.18
12.58
15.03
15.07
9.73
7.13
8.73
9.99
11.45
16.03
14.83
11.38
7.01
–
9.98
11.51
12.15
14.65
20.04
11.49
12.45
11.62
8.70
10.11
10.47
13.75
12.34
8.07
3.0
6.9
2.6
–
2.4
2.6
1.8
3.9
–
3.6
4.3
5.0
6.8
5.7
5.9
–
3.7
6.3
4.5
4.7
3.3
4.2
7.1
3.7
2.2
10.5
3.2
4.4
4.0
3.2
9.8
5.1
2.7
6.5
2.4
3.7
3.2
3.1
4.6
11.1
5.1
6.3
3.0
–
3.7
3.7
3.7
5.3
17.0
6.2
7.1
4.6
12.3
4.4
3.8
4.4
2.4
11.1
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
38.6
39.0
36.8
–
34.4
39.1
29.9
37.7
–
35.6
35.1
33.0
37.7
36.5
34.8
–
27.9
22.2
21.3
34.1
35.6
37.0
40.0
36.2
28.7
35.2
35.3
38.8
36.0
29.2
35.3
35.8
35.2
39.5
33.2
28.4
29.3
36.8
36.0
34.4
38.1
34.4
29.6
–
34.1
37.9
39.3
38.3
36.0
35.5
31.5
36.1
34.2
39.3
33.6
39.5
37.1
34.7
–
$13.87
17.16
–
–
14.75
17.94
17.07
29.59
12.19
11.70
11.57
11.99
13.76
13.95
–
10.35
–
7.22
10.35
12.04
11.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.31
7.54
8.77
10.69
13.18
–
–
12.55
–
10.20
10.42
11.92
13.46
16.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.83
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Secretaries –Continued
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Stenographers ...................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Typists ...............................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Classified ad clerks ............................................
4 ...................................................................
Correspondence clerks ......................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Order clerks .......................................................
1 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
52
–
1.7
7.9
–
–
10.1
7.2
10.6
10.5
1.9
6.5
2.9
2.7
3.1
3.5
–
5.8
–
4.2
4.9
7.5
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
3.8
5.2
5.8
7.2
–
–
5.2
–
9.7
13.6
3.1
8.3
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
39.8
34.8
–
–
37.8
29.4
37.3
37.9
36.7
33.6
37.7
35.4
39.0
39.5
–
37.7
–
40.0
37.9
33.1
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.4
26.9
34.4
36.6
35.7
–
–
36.3
–
34.7
35.2
39.3
39.6
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.57
10.37
12.30
14.13
15.99
18.78
3.1
2.6
3.9
3.7
4.8
3.6
30.6
35.1
39.3
39.6
38.6
39.6
$8.57
10.36
12.26
14.10
15.98
18.77
3.1
2.6
4.0
3.8
4.9
3.6
30.6
35.1
39.3
39.6
38.6
39.6
–
–
$16.99
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
–
13.09
8.81
9.53
11.64
13.52
14.59
16.87
10.87
6.81
9.18
10.61
11.21
12.19
14.38
8.80
6.90
8.46
9.99
10.18
12.10
11.69
7.58
8.63
9.85
12.21
13.90
14.71
16.52
12.06
7.64
8.82
9.84
11.58
13.61
14.59
17.18
11.67
13.36
10.11
11.16
12.63
13.87
16.11
18.22
10.83
8.51
9.39
10.40
13.61
14.88
16.64
2.5
3.4
4.8
3.2
6.6
5.9
6.0
2.1
2.6
5.3
2.6
4.5
4.8
5.1
3.7
4.4
5.6
3.0
5.6
7.2
2.1
5.5
5.3
2.0
2.7
2.9
3.5
4.1
1.2
2.7
2.9
1.9
1.4
2.4
3.0
2.5
12.4
2.4
13.5
3.5
3.8
3.0
3.1
6.0
4.5
3.1
6.5
3.2
2.2
4.7
3.3
38.5
39.4
38.9
37.0
39.1
38.7
39.7
30.2
17.0
26.5
31.5
33.7
33.7
37.0
34.2
26.7
36.5
34.6
39.3
40.0
37.9
37.4
36.7
37.0
38.4
38.3
39.2
38.4
36.6
21.6
36.2
34.5
36.4
37.6
38.5
39.4
38.3
33.5
28.6
29.0
34.7
39.6
39.7
24.9
37.9
36.4
39.4
37.0
39.2
39.5
40.0
13.06
8.93
9.46
11.84
13.52
14.48
18.27
11.83
7.11
10.24
11.11
11.92
14.79
13.87
8.72
6.90
8.48
9.97
10.15
–
11.68
7.70
8.57
9.93
12.20
14.21
15.56
17.40
11.97
7.64
8.72
9.81
11.55
13.52
14.65
17.33
11.42
13.21
10.11
11.19
12.47
13.81
15.93
17.92
10.79
8.63
9.28
10.35
13.63
15.09
16.67
2.5
3.5
4.2
2.6
7.4
7.1
4.1
2.9
11.4
10.1
4.0
5.0
6.3
6.7
3.8
4.5
5.8
3.1
6.1
–
2.5
6.3
6.2
2.1
3.3
3.5
3.0
4.5
1.3
2.7
2.8
2.0
1.6
2.7
3.5
2.8
12.9
2.7
13.5
3.6
4.4
3.4
3.1
6.6
4.7
3.7
6.6
3.2
2.3
5.6
3.4
39.0
40.0
39.1
38.8
39.1
38.4
39.5
32.6
19.6
29.2
31.5
34.4
35.8
37.9
34.0
26.7
36.4
34.5
39.4
–
37.8
37.3
36.3
36.7
38.8
38.3
39.4
38.4
36.3
21.6
36.1
34.2
36.2
37.5
38.5
39.6
38.4
33.0
28.6
28.9
34.0
39.6
39.7
23.7
37.9
35.9
39.3
37.2
39.1
39.4
40.0
13.15
–
–
11.15
13.53
14.95
15.39
10.56
6.79
8.92
10.39
11.05
11.61
14.83
10.21
–
7.68
10.26
10.36
–
11.71
–
8.94
9.44
12.22
12.84
12.80
14.68
12.78
–
11.80
10.26
11.83
14.37
14.17
16.46
–
14.65
–
–
13.59
14.25
–
20.21
11.73
–
11.34
12.49
13.18
–
–
6.6
–
–
6.2
6.0
8.4
8.2
2.5
2.6
5.5
3.0
5.3
4.5
6.2
7.3
–
8.5
7.0
12.1
–
2.7
–
5.7
4.7
4.2
2.3
6.3
4.2
2.0
–
7.1
4.2
2.3
3.6
4.1
5.7
–
4.9
–
–
5.0
3.8
–
10.2
6.9
–
11.9
10.7
3.1
–
–
37.0
–
–
33.2
39.4
39.8
40.0
29.6
16.9
25.9
31.5
33.5
33.3
36.3
37.7
–
39.0
35.9
38.6
–
38.1
–
38.9
38.8
37.6
38.1
38.8
38.5
38.6
–
39.7
37.7
38.8
38.5
38.4
38.7
–
38.8
–
–
39.0
39.6
–
37.6
36.6
–
40.1
29.9
40.0
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Order clerks –Continued
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Billing clerks .......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
53
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.61
12.18
14.41
14.4
5.0
4.3
40.0
39.9
39.9
$15.61
12.18
14.41
14.4
5.0
4.3
40.0
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.83
9.35
9.64
12.65
10.46
8.69
9.82
10.21
11.80
4.4
6.0
3.4
4.9
4.7
3.5
11.7
5.2
2.9
34.6
28.2
32.8
38.5
37.1
39.6
35.0
36.7
36.4
9.83
9.35
9.64
12.65
10.76
8.26
9.82
10.77
–
4.4
6.0
3.4
4.9
3.7
6.0
11.7
3.1
–
34.6
28.2
32.8
38.5
35.9
39.6
35.0
35.3
–
–
–
–
–
$9.90
–
–
9.16
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
39.5
–
9.74
9.16
10.50
8.62
7.21
7.80
9.10
11.38
8.33
11.35
10.11
14.12
12.20
10.86
11.84
9.31
7.65
9.31
10.03
11.85
15.06
8.70
7.80
8.07
8.89
12.81
13.21
9.22
10.76
11.78
14.28
15.15
19.17
14.96
10.82
12.84
15.56
16.98
18.91
23.70
11.36
7.21
9.47
9.59
12.36
6.2
12.7
5.7
3.9
5.2
4.5
6.2
2.6
6.1
4.5
3.2
3.4
2.6
4.6
4.4
4.2
2.9
2.9
7.2
5.8
14.7
6.1
8.9
8.1
12.1
5.4
3.5
9.1
5.1
3.1
4.2
4.0
6.3
5.6
5.1
4.5
3.4
5.9
3.0
5.9
2.8
6.4
3.8
3.7
3.3
35.2
36.5
38.5
37.7
37.6
38.2
35.2
34.8
31.5
34.7
34.2
36.6
39.4
26.2
38.9
36.6
35.6
35.3
37.7
38.5
38.0
30.4
30.5
22.2
38.8
34.1
38.7
37.7
33.9
39.2
39.9
40.2
39.2
39.4
37.8
39.3
40.0
39.7
40.1
40.8
37.9
39.2
30.0
38.6
39.0
9.74
9.16
10.50
8.56
7.21
7.80
8.86
11.41
8.33
11.40
10.23
14.06
–
10.32
–
9.32
7.65
9.35
9.97
11.82
15.06
8.56
7.67
8.08
8.41
12.88
12.65
8.12
10.35
11.81
14.79
15.50
16.60
14.94
10.82
12.86
15.58
16.93
18.91
23.54
11.34
7.21
9.47
9.58
12.38
6.2
12.7
5.7
3.9
5.2
4.5
6.0
2.8
6.1
4.6
3.3
3.6
–
6.5
–
4.5
3.1
3.1
7.7
6.1
14.7
6.4
9.1
8.8
10.7
5.5
4.3
11.2
5.9
3.7
7.9
5.0
10.3
5.7
5.1
4.6
3.5
6.0
3.0
6.3
2.8
6.4
3.8
3.7
3.4
35.2
36.5
38.5
38.0
37.6
38.2
36.3
34.8
31.5
34.9
33.7
36.4
–
24.0
–
36.4
35.4
35.1
37.6
38.5
38.0
30.1
30.4
21.7
39.2
34.0
39.0
38.9
34.2
39.4
40.4
41.3
40.5
39.4
37.8
39.3
40.0
39.7
40.1
40.9
37.9
39.2
30.0
38.6
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.00
–
9.00
8.88
–
–
11.98
–
9.06
–
–
10.85
–
–
10.37
9.79
7.96
–
–
13.91
10.62
11.37
11.73
13.85
14.87
20.05
17.94
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
–
5.7
7.7
–
–
6.1
–
8.0
–
–
5.5
–
–
9.6
10.7
7.2
–
–
4.6
6.1
9.6
5.9
4.5
5.7
6.2
15.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.7
–
27.5
40.0
–
–
32.3
–
39.2
–
–
38.6
–
–
33.9
33.3
30.1
–
–
38.3
36.3
33.3
38.9
39.6
39.3
38.8
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.2
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Cost and rate clerks ...........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Duplicating machine operators ..........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ..........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ...
4 ...................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Messengers .......................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
54
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.17
16.89
17.20
11.20
8.19
7.67
10.24
11.88
14.37
15.61
17.24
14.75
14.21
12.50
14.43
15.10
15.16
16.58
13.81
10.47
16.20
11.94
10.86
10.73
13.35
4.6
3.0
4.9
2.2
5.8
5.1
2.8
2.6
2.6
3.7
5.0
3.0
10.4
12.5
3.8
5.0
11.5
9.5
6.8
8.7
8.8
4.4
5.3
7.4
5.6
39.8
38.7
40.2
36.0
29.4
30.5
35.5
39.1
39.5
39.6
39.9
39.6
39.1
40.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
36.1
27.9
37.4
38.3
36.8
39.2
39.2
$15.17
16.89
17.20
11.08
8.32
7.64
10.21
11.73
14.38
15.60
17.38
14.97
–
12.66
14.84
15.53
16.59
–
13.80
10.69
16.36
11.94
10.86
10.73
13.35
4.9
3.0
4.9
2.4
6.1
5.3
3.0
2.8
2.8
4.1
5.7
3.6
–
14.7
4.0
5.5
14.1
–
7.2
8.5
9.2
4.4
5.3
7.4
5.6
39.9
38.7
40.2
35.8
28.2
30.1
35.3
39.1
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.8
–
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
–
38.5
36.3
40.0
38.3
36.8
39.2
39.2
–
–
–
$12.34
7.44
8.27
10.77
13.02
14.33
–
16.43
14.18
–
–
13.68
12.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
2.2
4.8
8.8
4.3
7.8
–
9.1
5.4
–
–
7.2
8.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
39.7
37.9
38.9
39.0
38.8
–
39.4
39.0
–
–
37.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.25
7.28
8.16
10.82
10.86
15.45
16.16
21.95
8.9
7.1
3.4
9.7
3.9
5.0
8.5
6.1
37.3
33.1
36.5
38.7
34.7
39.8
40.0
40.1
12.19
7.28
8.16
10.82
10.76
15.35
16.04
21.95
9.1
7.1
3.4
9.7
3.9
5.0
9.3
6.1
37.2
33.1
36.5
38.7
34.6
39.7
40.0
40.1
15.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.70
10.73
12.66
15.04
18.96
25.37
25.48
25.65
37.92
12.59
7.22
8.53
9.09
12.36
13.53
15.74
17.33
19.49
12.60
14.31
9.79
–
2.4
3.3
4.0
2.5
2.5
3.6
5.5
7.9
10.6
2.4
3.7
8.9
2.4
3.4
3.7
3.3
3.0
9.4
12.6
4.8
4.4
–
38.1
38.8
37.3
39.0
39.0
38.8
38.0
38.3
37.2
38.6
33.7
39.1
35.8
39.1
39.0
39.9
39.0
39.8
39.0
38.7
35.0
–
16.72
10.75
12.66
15.04
18.95
25.37
25.64
25.65
37.92
12.53
7.28
8.53
9.08
12.35
13.49
15.76
17.21
19.49
12.60
14.45
9.46
–
2.4
3.3
4.0
2.5
2.5
3.6
5.5
7.9
10.6
2.5
3.6
9.0
2.4
3.4
3.7
3.4
3.2
9.4
12.6
9.8
6.9
–
38.1
38.8
37.3
39.0
39.0
38.8
37.9
38.3
37.2
38.6
34.3
39.1
35.9
39.1
39.0
39.9
38.9
39.8
39.0
39.0
33.4
–
15.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.41
–
–
–
13.09
14.86
–
18.40
–
–
14.19
10.31
11.82
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
9.0
6.6
–
9.4
–
–
2.0
2.6
4.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.4
–
–
–
40.0
39.3
–
40.0
–
–
38.5
37.9
39.1
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks
–Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Meter readers ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Expeditors ..........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
55
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.96
14.45
15.40
11.90
10.34
9.92
10.48
13.88
15.22
15.70
11.14
7.11
9.12
10.33
11.93
13.38
14.86
17.04
14.47
9.22
7.79
7.90
9.48
9.98
11.84
13.50
13.42
8.73
10.03
10.55
8.57
9.40
10.34
12.00
13.33
11.39
10.73
13.79
11.66
13.98
9.76
8.15
8.61
9.36
10.22
14.47
14.30
13.88
11.74
6.82
9.05
9.33
11.53
12.84
14.89
18.13
13.83
5.8
1.9
4.2
3.9
13.3
5.6
6.0
4.7
7.6
3.4
1.3
3.6
4.4
3.8
1.5
2.9
3.4
2.5
7.9
2.2
5.2
2.3
3.2
2.6
4.5
4.8
13.8
4.3
7.6
2.1
6.9
3.5
3.2
3.9
5.9
4.4
9.8
5.8
7.6
13.5
2.0
3.3
2.5
2.4
2.7
4.5
7.2
14.1
1.8
4.3
6.8
3.0
2.2
2.6
2.1
2.8
6.7
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
39.5
38.8
39.2
37.8
38.5
35.3
37.8
39.7
39.5
38.1
34.1
25.8
27.9
36.7
35.8
38.7
38.5
38.8
35.2
32.6
26.3
31.6
31.5
36.5
35.6
39.4
37.4
32.1
36.7
36.4
24.4
35.4
37.5
37.9
39.8
38.6
32.4
37.9
36.8
39.5
30.8
29.4
30.7
31.9
30.3
27.6
30.2
35.9
36.3
25.0
32.1
35.0
37.7
38.2
39.1
38.7
35.1
$12.47
–
–
11.83
10.34
9.91
10.44
13.82
15.67
15.67
10.93
7.23
9.08
10.27
11.88
13.10
15.60
17.28
12.29
9.22
7.79
7.90
9.48
9.98
11.84
13.50
11.05
8.73
10.03
10.41
7.72
9.33
10.14
11.99
13.98
11.55
10.29
14.94
14.27
13.98
8.81
5.96
8.51
8.19
8.38
11.38
10.89
–
11.50
6.64
9.00
9.15
11.53
12.66
15.08
18.20
13.01
5.6
–
–
4.1
13.4
5.7
6.0
5.4
8.0
3.5
1.7
3.6
5.1
4.8
2.0
3.9
4.3
3.0
9.2
2.2
5.2
2.3
3.2
2.6
4.5
4.8
6.4
4.3
7.6
2.4
3.0
3.8
3.6
4.9
5.0
5.4
10.4
4.6
3.5
13.5
4.9
4.0
7.1
7.9
4.9
17.9
6.7
–
2.0
4.1
7.4
3.2
2.6
3.0
2.4
3.7
9.4
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.7
–
–
37.8
38.5
35.3
37.8
39.8
39.4
38.1
33.3
26.1
27.2
36.5
35.0
38.9
37.6
38.7
38.2
32.6
26.3
31.6
31.5
36.5
35.6
39.4
36.6
32.1
36.7
36.0
18.8
35.1
37.3
37.5
39.8
38.6
31.7
37.4
35.0
39.5
30.8
23.1
27.7
27.8
33.4
36.9
32.5
–
36.3
25.9
32.5
35.2
37.7
38.3
39.1
39.2
35.1
$14.49
14.34
15.82
13.55
–
–
–
14.27
–
–
11.84
6.47
9.47
10.57
12.06
14.03
13.81
16.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.38
–
10.24
11.74
12.01
–
10.45
–
10.14
–
–
9.83
8.36
8.62
9.41
10.54
14.76
14.59
14.52
12.96
8.39
9.57
10.68
11.51
13.54
14.13
17.96
15.37
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Eligibility clerks, social welfare –Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bill and account collectors .................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
General office clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Proofreaders ......................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
56
7.4
1.9
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
1.5
10.0
2.5
2.5
1.5
2.6
4.7
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
5.2
3.7
7.5
–
5.1
–
6.2
–
–
2.2
3.2
2.6
2.5
2.5
4.1
7.3
14.7
2.3
8.1
5.0
5.8
2.5
2.4
5.2
2.7
4.8
39.0
38.8
39.2
39.7
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
37.1
24.2
34.5
37.6
38.1
38.3
39.8
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.2
–
39.2
38.7
39.7
–
38.9
–
39.5
–
–
30.8
30.2
30.8
32.1
29.8
26.9
30.0
34.5
36.1
19.5
27.7
33.9
37.9
38.1
39.2
37.3
35.2
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Blue collar ........................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$13.03
7.78
8.86
11.42
12.83
14.73
16.20
19.22
23.17
24.10
29.57
32.11
16.89
1.0
1.3
1.7
1.7
1.3
3.0
1.3
1.3
1.9
1.8
6.0
2.5
6.4
38.2
33.2
37.8
38.6
39.4
39.6
40.3
39.8
39.9
40.1
40.9
39.6
38.6
$12.93
7.74
8.81
11.40
12.78
14.75
16.24
19.28
23.30
24.14
29.67
32.16
16.44
1.1
1.3
1.7
1.8
1.3
3.1
1.4
1.4
2.0
1.9
6.2
2.8
6.4
38.3
33.1
37.9
38.8
39.6
39.7
40.3
39.8
39.9
40.1
41.0
39.8
38.6
$15.02
9.70
10.77
12.10
13.65
14.41
15.63
18.64
21.45
23.51
–
–
19.54
1.2
5.1
2.7
2.6
2.8
1.6
3.1
1.9
3.5
3.8
–
–
18.8
37.5
36.0
34.8
33.4
36.8
38.4
39.7
39.8
39.7
39.9
–
–
38.6
Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Automobile mechanics .......................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
5 ...................................................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Small engine repairers .......................................
5 ...................................................................
Automobile body and related repairers ..............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
16.51
8.42
9.13
9.80
12.57
14.77
16.35
19.44
23.38
24.00
29.71
32.11
20.25
21.03
13.83
17.31
19.20
23.80
25.25
33.48
28.39
15.26
13.38
12.83
17.04
16.56
21.44
11.22
14.72
14.30
11.97
12.63
13.06
15.43
21.19
15.58
15.99
21.72
11.60
12.33
16.86
15.00
19.06
24.76
20.61
14.60
20.99
23.90
17.53
1.2
4.2
2.9
1.8
2.7
5.1
1.6
1.5
2.1
1.7
6.1
2.5
7.3
2.5
2.2
6.5
3.4
2.2
3.1
11.9
14.3
4.6
7.4
4.3
6.5
8.0
3.2
10.5
18.0
6.8
4.4
3.6
7.0
12.5
4.9
4.4
6.6
5.8
6.7
5.3
9.2
8.3
11.9
19.6
3.4
7.9
2.1
4.9
3.8
39.6
38.3
37.8
39.0
39.7
39.5
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
41.0
39.6
39.5
40.7
41.2
40.9
40.2
40.7
41.3
40.3
40.0
40.2
41.7
40.1
40.5
40.3
40.0
36.7
29.5
39.6
40.0
37.9
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.5
40.7
40.0
39.3
43.5
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
16.47
8.42
9.12
9.75
12.58
14.81
16.38
19.50
23.53
24.00
29.80
32.16
20.06
21.04
13.83
17.01
19.25
23.91
25.23
33.48
28.39
14.94
13.93
12.88
17.00
16.02
–
11.17
14.82
14.04
11.73
12.46
12.51
15.20
21.20
15.21
15.99
21.72
11.57
12.29
16.85
15.00
19.09
24.85
20.61
14.60
20.99
23.90
17.82
1.3
4.2
3.0
1.8
2.8
5.3
1.7
1.6
2.2
1.8
6.3
2.8
6.7
2.8
2.2
7.0
3.9
2.3
3.3
11.9
14.3
4.7
6.0
4.5
7.1
8.5
–
10.8
19.3
7.2
4.5
3.6
7.3
13.5
4.9
5.0
6.6
5.8
7.0
5.4
9.3
8.3
12.0
19.8
3.4
7.9
2.1
4.9
4.5
39.6
38.3
37.7
38.9
39.7
39.5
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
41.0
39.8
39.4
40.7
41.2
41.0
40.2
40.7
41.4
40.3
40.0
40.2
41.9
40.1
40.7
40.3
–
36.6
28.8
39.6
40.0
37.8
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.5
40.7
40.0
39.3
43.6
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
17.06
–
9.46
11.32
12.39
13.98
15.99
18.76
21.39
24.11
–
–
21.44
20.93
–
21.06
18.93
22.52
25.49
–
–
18.36
–
11.82
17.39
19.87
–
–
–
17.01
–
15.71
16.22
17.78
–
–
–
–
12.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.34
1.7
–
6.9
3.4
4.3
2.5
2.7
2.1
3.9
4.5
–
–
30.5
4.0
–
9.8
5.3
5.1
6.6
–
–
9.1
–
5.0
5.2
9.3
–
–
–
2.1
–
6.5
5.9
1.7
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
39.8
–
40.0
39.8
39.5
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.7
39.9
–
–
39.8
39.9
–
39.8
39.8
39.9
40.0
–
–
39.8
–
40.0
38.8
39.9
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
See footnotes at end of table.
57
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.51
12.05
18.07
19.47
21.91
12.40
13.67
17.17
11.28
12.29
14.27
16.22
19.02
20.61
20.87
13.61
8.98
9.91
12.34
14.59
15.34
18.53
17.66
6.2
4.8
12.3
2.6
5.1
8.9
12.8
2.0
3.4
4.9
3.3
2.1
2.3
3.5
3.3
4.7
6.0
10.3
6.9
6.2
8.7
3.7
5.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.7
41.4
39.9
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.0
39.3
31.2
39.7
39.8
39.8
39.9
40.0
$12.51
12.75
18.78
19.55
21.26
12.41
13.72
17.15
11.23
12.28
14.27
16.22
18.99
20.61
20.87
13.60
8.88
9.91
12.46
14.65
15.14
18.55
–
6.2
3.0
14.2
3.1
3.6
9.0
13.3
2.0
3.5
4.9
3.4
2.1
2.3
3.5
3.3
4.8
6.5
10.3
6.6
6.4
9.2
3.8
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.7
41.5
39.9
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.0
39.3
31.2
39.7
40.0
39.8
39.9
–
–
$10.40
15.24
19.12
–
–
–
18.69
–
–
14.39
–
21.93
–
–
13.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
8.7
3.2
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
9.9
–
5.5
–
–
14.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
40.0
–
39.9
–
–
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.61
9.53
11.90
16.88
15.65
20.63
19.37
23.95
15.63
12.00
17.76
12.46
11.65
19.97
19.65
20.34
21.29
18.21
14.18
14.79
20.97
3.7
3.3
2.5
4.8
7.5
5.7
4.2
3.9
5.7
9.3
4.4
10.2
6.9
9.2
4.1
6.2
1.4
3.8
4.0
11.5
2.4
37.3
36.5
39.6
39.9
40.0
37.1
40.0
26.6
36.3
39.9
37.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
18.64
9.53
11.78
16.99
15.76
20.69
19.37
23.95
15.59
11.88
17.90
12.46
11.65
19.97
19.83
20.90
21.29
18.11
14.18
14.79
20.83
3.8
3.3
2.4
4.9
8.1
6.0
4.2
3.9
6.1
9.5
4.8
10.2
6.9
9.2
4.1
5.5
1.4
3.8
4.0
11.5
2.4
37.3
36.5
39.6
40.0
40.0
37.0
40.0
26.6
36.1
39.9
37.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
17.76
–
–
–
–
19.53
–
–
16.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
–
–
–
–
39.1
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.09
11.57
11.21
13.00
15.18
17.15
3.0
7.5
4.6
4.0
6.7
2.8
39.8
40.0
40.1
39.8
39.7
39.8
14.97
–
11.85
12.66
15.16
17.49
3.6
–
4.3
3.7
7.0
3.8
39.9
–
40.0
39.8
39.7
40.0
15.72
–
–
15.32
15.65
16.29
4.1
–
–
9.9
2.9
3.0
39.6
–
–
40.0
39.4
39.4
17.75
19.15
16.90
17.39
14.67
12.29
12.9
21.0
5.7
5.0
8.0
5.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
17.75
19.15
–
–
14.58
12.29
12.9
21.0
–
–
8.1
5.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Heavy equipment mechanics –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Farm equipment mechanics ..............................
7 ...................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Household appliance and power tool repairers
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Telephone line installers and repairers ..............
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Telephone installers and repairers ....................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Camera, watch, and musical instrument
repairers ...........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Locksmiths and safe repairers ...........................
7 ...................................................................
Office machine repairers ....................................
5 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
58
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.82
16.38
17.30
17.49
20.43
3.9
14.4
4.4
4.4
5.1
40.7
39.7
38.3
40.0
40.0
$18.72
16.11
17.59
–
20.71
3.8
17.3
2.6
–
5.5
40.7
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
–
$17.73
17.10
–
19.25
–
5.6
7.4
–
10.3
–
38.4
37.2
–
40.0
27.49
17.68
20.14
–
9.34
9.53
–
–
15.65
18.50
21.93
22.84
19.96
7.3
5.2
3.5
–
16.0
4.4
–
–
3.9
2.2
3.4
3.4
12.8
40.0
40.1
40.2
–
39.9
39.7
–
–
39.8
39.2
39.9
40.0
39.3
–
17.73
20.32
–
9.35
9.35
–
–
15.78
18.68
21.88
22.25
23.05
–
5.3
3.5
–
16.6
5.0
–
–
4.5
2.7
3.4
2.9
10.6
–
40.1
40.2
–
39.9
39.7
–
–
39.9
39.1
39.9
40.0
39.0
–
–
–
14.85
–
10.22
11.05
13.38
14.94
17.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
–
6.5
4.7
4.4
4.9
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
39.9
39.5
39.9
39.7
39.8
–
–
–
19.97
23.51
21.35
30.34
26.08
11.0
8.2
4.9
19.7
3.9
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.5
23.30
23.67
21.39
31.72
26.08
3.6
8.3
4.9
18.8
3.9
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.66
21.88
24.30
26.53
3.4
5.5
6.5
4.6
40.1
40.3
40.0
39.8
24.89
22.56
24.42
26.26
3.4
5.5
6.7
4.8
40.1
40.3
40.0
39.8
22.79
18.79
–
29.36
12.3
11.4
–
8.2
40.0
40.0
–
40.1
17.70
16.74
5.4
5.4
40.3
40.4
17.68
16.74
5.4
5.4
40.3
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.56
27.17
22.99
29.19
19.75
15.69
14.93
19.82
24.01
22.07
20.33
20.21
20.97
11.13
18.70
17.25
11.92
10.59
13.50
17.02
19.65
20.52
12.88
14.04
13.31
6.8
5.1
14.7
5.1
4.4
3.9
6.3
7.4
9.1
6.2
10.5
16.9
12.6
11.4
9.6
3.6
7.2
7.2
5.8
5.5
3.6
4.5
6.3
6.1
4.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.2
40.2
40.3
39.8
39.2
36.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.6
40.2
39.5
40.6
41.0
40.0
25.97
–
23.63
29.40
20.55
15.94
15.79
21.13
24.51
21.99
20.69
20.23
21.68
11.13
18.82
17.22
11.92
10.58
13.58
17.15
19.69
19.73
12.88
14.04
13.31
7.7
–
16.0
4.9
5.1
3.7
4.3
8.0
11.6
6.5
10.9
16.9
12.9
11.4
9.7
3.9
7.2
7.5
6.0
5.4
3.9
4.1
6.3
6.1
4.8
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.3
40.3
40.4
39.8
39.1
36.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.6
40.2
40.0
40.6
41.0
40.0
24.03
25.66
–
–
17.21
13.70
13.61
15.58
22.48
22.43
–
–
–
–
–
17.78
–
–
11.95
–
19.09
–
–
–
–
14.2
11.8
–
–
6.2
9.3
10.0
5.4
5.4
12.8
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
5.4
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
38.5
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Office machine repairers –Continued
7 ...................................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Elevator installers and repairers
8 ...................................................................
Millwrights ..........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and
tilesetters .........................................................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ....
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, electricians and power
transmission installers .....................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and
plasterers .........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Brickmasons and stonemasons .........................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Brickmason and stonemason apprentices .........
Carpet installers .................................................
Carpenters .........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
59
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.72
13.23
14.74
23.54
19.12
12.72
11.66
15.90
21.81
22.52
27.47
12.39
10.56
10.16
11.36
17.03
22.57
16.02
18.39
23.86
23.70
27.16
13.59
7.63
10.62
10.35
12.48
23.05
19.03
18.33
20.37
11.76
15.62
15.75
20.69
31.12
25.27
17.28
9.74
12.68
13.10
15.47
13.49
20.93
14.17
13.57
15.13
15.27
16.82
10.9
2.5
6.6
5.4
5.0
8.3
5.6
4.3
4.3
4.5
4.0
4.8
7.0
4.4
4.2
8.6
2.6
13.5
5.0
1.8
3.2
3.4
5.7
12.6
4.1
8.6
4.6
6.9
8.2
19.2
5.6
4.7
7.2
8.2
4.6
8.9
4.2
14.3
6.2
7.0
13.8
13.2
5.2
3.9
4.8
4.0
10.1
7.1
15.6
39.0
40.0
39.7
38.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.0
39.6
38.9
39.8
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
35.7
39.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.2
37.6
40.0
39.8
38.4
39.3
37.9
40.0
40.0
$19.72
13.23
14.74
23.54
19.12
11.56
11.56
15.91
22.14
22.66
27.72
12.31
10.56
10.16
11.24
16.91
22.86
16.47
18.88
23.91
24.71
27.39
13.26
7.63
10.61
10.31
12.42
23.10
18.81
–
20.59
–
15.66
15.03
20.94
31.23
25.27
17.31
9.74
12.71
12.73
15.42
13.49
21.09
13.30
13.57
15.13
15.35
16.82
10.9
2.5
6.6
5.4
5.5
2.6
5.6
4.4
4.7
4.6
3.9
4.8
7.0
4.4
3.9
8.8
2.8
15.2
5.1
2.0
2.9
3.7
6.0
12.6
4.2
8.9
4.8
7.2
11.3
–
6.0
–
7.9
7.3
4.9
8.8
4.2
14.7
6.2
7.1
14.9
13.4
5.2
4.0
2.5
4.0
10.1
8.0
15.6
39.0
40.0
39.7
38.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
38.9
39.7
39.0
39.9
–
39.4
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.6
39.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.2
37.6
40.0
39.8
38.1
39.3
37.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
$19.09
–
15.30
15.43
19.27
21.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.17
13.88
–
23.58
–
–
17.00
–
–
–
13.63
–
19.53
–
17.71
–
15.27
21.10
17.74
–
–
16.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
4.3
10.2
5.2
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
10.1
–
3.1
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
7.4
–
4.6
–
5.0
–
7.3
9.1
5.6
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
39.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
38.9
–
39.4
–
39.8
–
40.0
38.9
39.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.93
12.28
16.56
14.00
15.19
25.65
18.67
22.77
16.05
13.03
11.8
5.6
14.5
6.9
5.2
13.0
11.4
11.3
5.0
3.7
40.0
40.1
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.0
39.6
40.0
39.7
39.3
11.66
–
16.56
14.00
15.19
25.65
18.67
22.77
15.81
13.03
14.1
–
14.5
6.9
5.2
13.0
11.4
11.3
5.0
3.7
40.0
–
37.5
40.0
40.0
36.0
39.6
40.0
39.7
39.3
13.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Drywall installers ................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Electricians ........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Plasterers ...........................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .........................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Glaziers ..............................................................
5 ...................................................................
Insulation workers ..............................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ..........................................................
5 ...................................................................
Roofers ..............................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sheetmetal duct installers ..................................
6 ...................................................................
Structural metal workers ....................................
5 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
60
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.89
14.75
10.16
10.59
12.69
13.08
14.01
19.27
21.55
24.41
26.84
15.20
16.50
18.15
19.31
10.22
12.94
16.17
18.53
23.32
23.34
27.45
32.50
24.54
19.84
13.48
16.97
20.47
22.40
19.85
15.61
13.28
16.74
15.33
19.37
16.03
15.07
16.03
16.91
20.74
19.32
13.04
3.9
5.5
13.4
5.5
3.8
7.5
6.5
8.8
17.6
19.9
5.4
28.5
8.2
13.0
2.8
3.4
3.5
10.6
2.3
3.8
3.9
8.8
6.1
7.7
2.5
9.9
7.8
3.0
5.9
3.8
8.2
11.1
6.3
3.6
3.4
4.6
1.1
7.4
6.3
3.1
6.9
5.8
40.1
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.2
40.0
39.3
41.6
43.6
42.3
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.0
40.4
40.8
40.6
40.5
41.1
40.6
40.1
39.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
33.7
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.6
$17.60
15.32
11.71
10.04
12.69
11.96
13.48
19.56
21.55
24.41
26.84
15.20
16.50
18.15
19.32
10.22
12.94
16.24
18.60
23.32
23.24
27.49
32.50
24.54
19.86
13.48
16.97
20.49
22.40
19.85
15.61
13.28
16.74
15.33
19.37
15.93
15.07
15.98
16.83
20.35
19.32
13.04
3.7
7.3
25.6
8.7
4.8
10.3
7.1
9.7
17.6
19.9
5.4
28.5
8.2
13.0
2.8
3.4
3.5
10.7
2.4
3.8
4.0
9.0
6.1
7.7
2.5
9.9
7.8
3.0
5.9
3.8
8.2
11.1
6.3
3.6
3.4
4.7
1.1
7.4
6.5
2.9
6.9
5.8
40.1
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.7
40.0
39.3
41.6
43.6
42.3
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.4
40.8
40.6
40.5
41.2
40.6
40.1
39.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
33.6
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.6
–
$13.44
9.27
11.31
12.69
14.38
15.76
16.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.87
–
–
–
15.35
–
27.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
6.5
4.1
6.8
6.4
5.0
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
9.8
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.0
39.7
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.99
20.88
15.55
13.36
15.03
17.07
20.92
18.89
17.72
15.19
15.97
12.0
5.9
10.9
7.0
6.8
4.3
5.2
6.2
5.4
6.5
7.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
20.88
15.55
13.36
15.03
17.07
20.92
18.89
17.72
15.19
15.97
–
5.9
10.9
7.0
6.8
4.3
5.2
6.2
5.4
6.5
7.1
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.87
15.09
17.74
12.45
7.0
23.1
6.6
2.2
40.0
39.4
39.1
40.0
8.87
15.09
17.74
12.45
7.0
23.1
6.6
2.2
40.0
39.4
39.1
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Structural metal workers –Continued
7 ...................................................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, extractive ......................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Drillers, oil well ...................................................
Mining machine operators .................................
5 ...................................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ........................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Machinists ..........................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Machinist apprentices ........................................
Boilermakers
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ...
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ...........
7 ...................................................................
Layout workers ..................................................
7 ...................................................................
Precious stones and metals workers
2 ...................................................................
Engravers, metal ................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
61
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.86
15.00
22.52
21.31
13.40
11.88
11.02
11.23
10.94
10.31
12.41
13.32
15.19
16.71
16.31
13.97
21.59
11.13
7.6
5.0
7.4
5.2
10.3
11.0
3.4
5.9
6.8
9.6
5.9
13.9
5.8
9.1
5.1
14.5
11.7
10.0
38.8
40.0
38.4
40.0
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.5
39.7
39.4
38.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
$14.86
15.00
22.52
21.31
13.40
11.85
11.02
11.23
10.94
10.31
12.41
13.32
15.19
16.71
16.31
13.97
–
11.13
7.6
5.0
7.4
5.2
10.3
11.1
3.4
5.9
6.8
9.6
5.9
13.9
5.8
9.1
5.1
14.5
–
10.0
38.8
40.0
38.4
40.0
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.5
39.7
39.4
38.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.21
11.38
10.72
9.07
8.30
9.59
11.27
13.27
14.41
16.58
15.90
10.34
13.23
17.18
19.99
12.42
10.37
7.51
8.78
10.78
12.07
15.03
16.26
10.11
8.01
10.20
11.58
11.40
10.39
9.19
10.60
11.81
14.71
16.95
10.06
16.22
14.86
16.75
19.48
20.19
1.3
3.9
3.3
5.7
5.0
3.4
3.5
4.4
3.5
5.7
8.0
7.9
6.6
5.5
4.5
20.4
3.7
3.1
4.1
6.4
3.7
3.0
2.3
7.1
1.1
7.1
4.4
8.3
6.6
14.7
9.4
7.9
5.8
2.6
3.5
9.3
4.2
5.5
3.1
10.8
39.0
39.8
39.7
37.9
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.1
40.0
30.5
38.5
38.5
35.7
38.7
37.9
40.0
38.6
34.5
32.3
32.6
38.8
40.0
38.1
38.1
39.7
38.3
32.7
40.3
40.0
39.9
40.4
40.4
40.4
40.1
14.20
11.38
10.72
9.07
8.30
9.59
11.27
13.27
14.41
16.58
15.89
10.34
13.23
17.18
19.98
12.42
10.37
7.51
8.78
10.78
12.07
15.03
16.26
10.16
8.00
10.20
11.58
11.40
10.39
9.19
10.60
11.81
14.71
16.85
9.92
16.22
14.75
16.69
19.33
22.53
1.2
3.9
3.3
5.7
5.0
3.4
3.5
4.4
3.5
5.7
8.0
7.9
6.6
5.5
4.5
20.4
3.7
3.1
4.1
6.4
3.7
3.0
2.3
7.5
1.3
7.1
4.4
8.3
6.6
14.7
9.4
7.9
5.8
2.7
3.3
9.3
4.3
5.6
3.3
9.8
39.0
39.8
39.7
37.9
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.1
40.0
30.5
38.5
38.5
35.7
38.7
37.9
40.0
38.6
34.2
31.7
32.6
38.8
40.0
38.1
38.1
39.7
38.3
32.7
40.3
40.0
39.9
40.5
40.4
40.4
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$18.62
–
–
–
–
20.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Sheet metal workers –Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Sheet metal worker apprentices ........................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ..............
4 ...................................................................
Furniture and wood finishers .............................
4 ...................................................................
Dressmakers ......................................................
Tailors ................................................................
Upholsterers ......................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers .....
Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters ......
6 ...................................................................
Optical goods workers .......................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .......................................................
Bookbinders .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Precision food production ..................................
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bakers ................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
62
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$22.49
3.8
40.0
$22.49
3.8
40.0
–
–
–
20.33
20.45
14.69
15.92
12.26
14.62
14.53
15.71
17.79
21.07
21.77
18.24
20.63
22.26
25.85
19.58
15.69
15.11
17.55
21.78
21.15
7.6
7.7
11.8
3.0
8.9
10.9
4.8
5.9
3.2
11.9
2.1
4.1
2.5
3.0
4.3
3.5
6.3
4.2
5.5
3.4
9.6
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.3
39.6
39.7
39.9
39.5
36.2
20.33
20.45
14.69
15.01
–
–
14.21
–
17.35
–
21.61
18.30
–
22.15
26.02
19.46
–
15.41
17.55
21.45
24.64
7.6
7.7
11.8
5.2
–
–
12.8
–
5.1
–
2.1
4.2
–
3.0
6.1
4.2
–
3.5
6.7
3.4
14.5
40.0
40.0
39.6
35.6
–
–
40.0
–
40.0
–
39.8
40.0
–
39.8
39.7
39.2
–
39.6
39.9
39.5
31.5
–
–
–
$16.14
11.39
14.72
14.60
15.84
17.86
–
23.08
–
–
23.34
–
19.86
–
14.18
17.55
22.52
–
–
–
–
3.4
13.4
12.4
5.2
7.5
3.8
–
6.2
–
–
10.3
–
5.9
–
13.1
8.4
7.7
–
–
–
–
39.9
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.8
–
–
40.0
–
39.7
–
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
20.87
19.25
15.40
18.58
21.42
23.07
23.18
4.8
13.0
19.7
3.3
2.9
2.6
2.4
40.1
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.2
40.1
40.5
20.91
–
15.40
18.63
21.52
23.12
23.18
4.8
–
19.7
3.4
2.9
2.6
2.4
40.1
–
39.9
39.6
40.2
40.1
40.5
16.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.41
7.55
8.67
11.81
12.80
13.89
15.27
17.40
19.19
22.38
10.90
14.51
15.02
16.40
13.32
9.04
11.95
12.47
13.84
13.78
19.07
12.56
12.29
13.79
12.45
9.72
9.71
2.1
1.9
1.7
2.9
1.8
1.2
2.0
2.1
2.5
3.0
14.9
3.6
2.7
8.2
5.8
9.2
8.3
12.3
6.0
14.8
6.0
7.0
2.6
4.4
3.3
10.5
3.4
39.4
38.0
39.0
39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.6
39.7
37.1
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.2
39.8
11.39
7.53
8.67
11.82
12.80
13.88
15.28
17.33
19.19
22.38
10.90
14.51
15.02
16.40
13.32
9.04
11.95
12.47
13.84
13.78
19.07
12.56
12.29
13.79
12.45
9.72
9.71
2.1
1.9
1.7
2.9
1.8
1.2
2.1
2.1
2.5
3.0
14.9
3.6
2.7
8.2
5.8
9.2
8.3
12.3
6.0
14.8
6.0
7.0
2.6
4.4
3.3
10.5
3.4
39.4
38.0
39.0
39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.7
39.6
39.7
37.1
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.2
39.8
14.38
9.18
10.15
9.20
12.46
15.31
14.10
19.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
8.2
5.4
6.7
6.4
1.7
5.0
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.4
38.0
37.1
35.9
36.6
39.6
39.8
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Inspectors, testers, and graders –Continued
9 ...................................................................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related
workers, n.e.c. .................................................
6 ...................................................................
Adjusters and calibrators ...................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Power plant operators ........................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Lathe and turning machine set-up operators .....
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Lathe and turning machine operators ................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Milling and planing machine operators ..............
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
63
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.39
13.51
12.62
15.70
13.20
14.51
10.62
12.99
15.65
17.76
11.41
8.91
10.82
14.70
14.52
14.88
16.78
7.7
5.8
3.1
4.3
2.0
8.1
1.7
10.7
2.2
3.1
14.2
5.9
5.6
5.6
6.5
4.1
5.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
39.9
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
$14.39
13.51
12.62
15.70
13.20
14.51
10.62
12.99
15.65
17.76
11.40
8.91
10.82
14.70
14.52
14.88
16.80
7.7
5.8
3.1
4.3
2.0
8.1
1.7
10.7
2.2
3.1
14.3
5.9
5.6
5.6
6.5
4.1
5.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
39.9
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.12
9.05
9.00
12.28
12.25
13.28
17.11
14.99
12.99
12.08
12.12
13.95
11.24
10.55
13.11
13.22
15.90
18.77
13.18
8.47
9.68
13.02
13.97
13.31
15.88
14.94
10.91
7.82
9.06
10.69
10.63
13.17
14.08
15.38
13.56
10.05
9.87
13.27
13.08
2.8
3.0
3.9
8.2
3.1
3.3
10.6
11.7
4.5
3.8
4.7
3.5
6.9
4.7
9.3
2.7
4.6
2.6
2.9
2.9
5.0
7.9
5.6
2.0
3.5
7.1
5.4
7.2
4.8
5.2
5.5
4.4
2.0
4.4
4.5
9.0
5.6
2.4
3.8
39.9
39.6
39.5
39.9
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
39.9
37.7
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.6
39.7
40.0
38.2
39.8
40.3
12.12
9.05
9.00
12.28
12.25
13.28
17.11
14.99
12.99
12.08
12.12
13.94
11.24
10.55
13.11
13.19
15.90
18.77
13.18
8.47
9.68
13.02
13.97
13.31
15.88
14.94
10.91
7.82
9.06
10.69
10.63
13.17
14.08
15.38
13.56
10.05
9.87
13.27
13.08
2.8
3.0
3.9
8.2
3.1
3.3
10.6
11.7
4.5
3.8
4.7
3.5
6.9
4.7
9.3
2.7
4.6
2.6
2.9
2.9
5.0
7.9
5.6
2.0
3.5
7.1
5.4
7.2
4.8
5.2
5.5
4.4
2.0
4.4
4.5
9.0
5.6
2.4
3.8
39.9
39.6
39.5
39.9
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
39.9
37.7
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.8
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.8
39.6
39.7
40.0
38.2
39.8
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Punching and stamping press operators
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Rolling machine operators .................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ...........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Forging machine operators ................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Molding and casting machine operators ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Metal plating machine operators ........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
64
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.99
10.39
13.98
16.62
14.06
20.23
2.7
12.6
13.6
6.2
6.9
13.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$13.99
10.39
13.98
16.62
14.06
20.23
2.7
12.6
13.6
6.2
6.9
13.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.82
10.35
9.36
10.87
9.04
10.34
10.19
7.02
10.46
14.19
9.34
8.37
11.51
12.05
13.38
15.54
17.90
20.08
21.88
16.24
13.52
15.44
17.23
20.50
13.19
11.60
13.44
14.48
11.99
8.50
9.59
10.99
13.03
11.1
7.9
3.8
11.4
18.8
11.2
7.7
8.3
9.4
3.1
12.4
1.9
7.7
5.6
5.3
5.8
3.1
7.9
5.7
11.2
12.8
4.2
6.2
6.5
6.2
17.5
4.8
15.6
7.2
4.3
6.7
4.2
4.8
39.2
39.8
36.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.4
35.0
39.0
39.6
39.7
39.6
39.5
39.5
38.3
37.8
39.1
38.5
39.4
38.7
39.3
35.3
39.1
39.3
28.2
39.8
39.9
39.6
39.7
38.2
8.82
10.35
9.36
10.87
9.04
10.34
10.19
7.02
10.46
14.20
9.34
8.32
11.51
12.03
13.32
15.52
18.04
20.08
21.88
16.24
13.52
15.44
17.23
20.50
12.86
11.60
13.44
13.35
11.99
8.50
9.59
10.99
13.03
11.1
7.9
3.8
11.4
18.8
11.2
7.7
8.3
9.4
3.1
12.4
1.7
7.8
5.8
5.4
5.8
3.1
7.9
5.7
11.2
12.8
4.2
6.2
6.5
5.7
17.5
5.0
14.9
7.2
4.3
6.7
4.2
4.8
39.2
39.8
36.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.5
35.0
39.0
39.6
39.8
39.6
39.5
39.6
38.3
37.8
39.1
38.5
39.4
38.7
39.3
35.3
39.1
39.3
27.4
39.8
39.9
39.6
39.7
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.56
–
–
–
12.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.9
–
–
–
36.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.14
9.19
10.63
11.42
13.90
8.65
8.81
12.27
7.73
6.71
7.25
8.81
10.98
11.57
9.64
10.46
7.55
6.29
2.9
11.4
4.2
4.1
6.6
8.2
6.8
14.2
5.0
4.9
6.3
7.7
10.0
15.9
10.7
6.1
4.1
4.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
37.0
39.7
39.9
39.5
40.0
39.8
40.0
37.9
35.6
10.14
9.19
10.63
11.42
13.90
8.65
8.81
12.27
7.73
6.71
7.25
8.81
10.98
11.57
9.64
10.46
7.55
6.29
2.9
11.4
4.2
4.1
6.6
8.2
6.8
14.2
5.0
4.9
6.3
7.7
10.0
15.9
10.7
6.1
4.1
4.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.1
37.0
39.7
39.9
39.5
40.0
39.8
40.0
37.9
35.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Heat treating equipment operators ....................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ..........................................................
Sawing machine operators ................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators ...........
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Printing press operators .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Photoengravers and lithographers .....................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Typesetters and compositors .............................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Winding and twisting machine operators ...........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Textile cutting machine operators ......................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Shoe machine operators ....................................
2 ...................................................................
Pressing machine operators ..............................
1 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
65
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.10
7.21
6.90
7.35
8.68
9.29
10.50
8.67
10.02
12.05
10.78
7.66
9.75
11.14
11.87
16.65
16.20
11.81
8.28
10.10
13.18
11.64
12.20
14.00
17.04
13.31
9.19
10.91
11.51
13.08
16.54
16.64
17.01
4.9
2.1
2.9
3.9
1.8
8.0
10.1
10.9
10.2
4.5
4.8
7.3
6.9
3.7
10.6
7.8
7.4
4.2
4.9
8.6
8.0
6.1
9.7
3.2
2.6
3.9
15.3
5.6
5.8
6.4
8.6
6.4
3.8
39.4
37.5
37.7
36.5
38.9
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
38.1
39.6
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.4
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.1
40.0
39.7
38.4
39.8
38.9
40.0
39.4
39.9
42.8
$8.10
7.11
6.79
7.24
8.67
–
10.50
8.67
10.02
12.05
10.78
7.66
9.75
11.14
11.87
16.65
16.20
11.81
8.28
10.10
13.18
11.64
12.20
14.00
17.04
13.31
9.19
10.91
11.51
13.08
16.54
16.64
17.01
4.9
2.0
2.8
3.8
1.9
–
10.1
10.9
10.2
4.5
4.8
7.3
6.9
3.7
10.6
7.8
7.4
4.2
4.9
8.6
8.0
6.1
9.7
3.2
2.6
3.9
15.3
5.6
5.8
6.4
8.6
6.4
3.8
39.4
37.5
37.7
36.5
38.8
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
38.1
39.6
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.4
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.0
38.1
40.0
39.7
38.4
39.8
38.9
40.0
39.4
39.9
42.8
–
$9.55
9.17
10.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
8.2
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.5
38.2
36.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.69
15.24
15.96
17.91
18.76
3.0
7.0
5.2
5.1
4.6
39.6
38.8
40.1
39.6
39.8
16.71
15.24
15.96
17.91
18.92
3.0
7.0
5.2
5.1
4.7
39.6
38.8
40.1
39.6
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.65
8.24
10.95
10.72
11.32
7.78
9.99
9.49
12.05
13.64
18.75
14.18
11.83
2.4
14.0
4.1
6.0
8.0
5.2
4.5
10.9
6.1
4.8
10.3
10.2
9.5
39.5
36.6
40.0
38.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.2
40.0
41.4
39.7
10.67
8.24
10.95
10.86
11.32
7.78
9.99
9.49
12.05
13.64
18.76
14.18
11.83
2.4
14.0
4.1
6.6
8.0
5.2
4.5
10.9
6.1
4.8
10.4
10.2
9.5
39.7
36.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.2
40.0
41.4
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.26
11.81
11.48
11.16
8.7
4.2
5.5
3.2
40.1
39.7
38.8
40.0
11.26
11.81
11.48
11.16
8.7
4.2
5.5
3.2
40.1
39.7
38.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Pressing machine operators –Continued
2 ...................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Cementing and gluing machine operators .........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Compressing and compacting machine
operators ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Roasting and baking machine operators, food ..
Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine
operators ..........................................................
Folding machine operators ................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
66
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$15.32
13.36
8.87
13.83
11.60
15.61
16.20
19.77
12.37
7.51
11.12
12.57
16.13
14.22
12.50
8.14
10.07
11.26
12.37
14.80
16.83
10.77
7.52
10.11
12.66
12.93
16.22
10.87
8.35
10.49
13.35
15.21
17.06
18.40
14.99
14.41
10.08
12.89
12.90
13.53
14.25
17.91
18.05
9.54
8.95
9.26
11.81
11.63
11.44
7.32
8.48
14.07
13.89
13.44
15.31
14.80
7.71
6.32
5.1
5.5
3.5
11.3
6.1
4.6
3.6
5.2
5.7
7.8
6.2
6.9
7.9
8.5
4.6
3.0
4.8
3.1
7.4
2.0
7.2
6.4
5.1
7.8
3.8
3.8
8.7
6.4
4.4
3.9
2.5
2.0
3.5
5.2
18.4
2.5
7.3
7.9
4.9
1.8
2.1
3.8
8.6
8.2
4.8
5.1
4.1
3.3
3.7
3.4
4.0
5.0
4.9
3.4
6.1
4.1
10.5
5.1
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
40.0
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
31.0
23.3
36.4
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.6
38.2
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.8
33.2
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
38.0
38.8
39.9
39.7
39.9
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
$15.32
13.17
8.87
13.83
11.57
15.59
16.56
19.41
12.37
7.51
11.12
12.57
16.13
14.22
12.50
8.14
10.07
11.26
12.37
14.80
16.83
10.78
7.52
10.14
12.66
12.93
16.22
10.86
8.35
10.49
13.37
15.20
17.08
18.23
14.99
14.32
10.08
12.89
12.90
13.53
14.29
17.74
18.05
9.54
8.95
9.26
11.81
11.63
11.44
7.32
8.48
14.07
13.89
13.44
15.31
14.80
7.71
6.32
5.1
5.6
3.5
11.3
6.1
5.0
3.7
7.6
5.7
7.8
6.2
6.9
7.9
8.5
4.6
3.0
4.8
3.1
7.4
2.0
7.2
6.4
5.1
7.8
3.8
3.8
8.7
6.4
4.4
3.9
2.5
2.0
3.5
5.2
18.4
2.5
7.3
7.9
4.9
1.8
2.1
4.0
8.6
8.2
4.8
5.1
4.1
3.3
3.7
3.4
4.0
5.0
4.9
3.4
6.1
4.1
10.5
5.1
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.0
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
31.0
23.3
36.4
39.5
39.4
40.0
39.6
38.2
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.9
33.2
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
38.0
38.8
39.9
39.7
39.9
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
$16.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.70
–
–
11.54
–
–
–
–
19.03
–
–
–
–
–
20.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Folding machine operators –Continued
5 ...................................................................
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Crushing and grinding machine operators .........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Photographic process machine operators .........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Welders and cutters ...........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Solders and braziers ..........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Assemblers ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .................................
1 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
67
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.5
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.4
–
–
38.6
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Hand cutting and trimming –Continued
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ..................
2 ...................................................................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating .............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Hand engraving and printing ..............................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Production testers ..............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Production samplers and weighers ....................
3 ...................................................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ......................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
$7.36
11.01
11.50
9.91
10.14
7.95
9.66
10.15
11.54
10.19
7.48
8.55
12.38
12.82
14.47
11.49
8.25
9.61
11.46
11.31
12.65
15.39
16.52
12.55
7.77
9.63
13.40
12.53
13.68
15.55
15.06
14.53
14.59
9.55
8.37
9.52
11.17
10.36
9.54
12.20
14.4
21.1
2.4
13.5
5.5
4.1
6.5
4.9
8.7
4.5
3.3
5.6
6.5
6.1
4.5
2.9
4.3
3.9
6.1
2.4
3.2
3.7
4.9
3.6
7.8
5.6
10.1
3.5
4.1
8.9
8.2
3.5
3.3
5.7
7.2
6.4
7.3
5.4
4.3
10.0
39.4
40.0
39.9
39.0
39.8
37.6
40.0
40.0
35.2
38.8
36.5
39.2
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
39.9
39.7
39.8
40.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.6
39.9
39.8
39.8
39.5
39.9
39.7
39.9
$7.36
11.01
11.50
9.91
10.11
7.95
9.82
10.15
11.54
10.19
7.48
8.55
12.38
12.82
14.47
11.49
8.25
9.61
11.46
11.30
12.65
15.39
16.62
12.55
7.77
9.63
13.40
12.53
13.68
15.55
15.06
14.53
14.59
9.55
8.37
9.52
11.17
10.36
9.54
12.20
14.4
21.1
2.4
13.5
5.6
4.1
6.9
4.9
8.7
4.5
3.3
5.6
6.5
6.1
4.5
2.9
4.3
3.9
6.1
2.5
3.2
3.7
4.9
3.6
7.8
5.6
10.1
3.5
4.1
8.9
8.2
3.5
3.3
5.7
7.2
6.4
7.3
5.4
4.3
10.0
39.4
40.0
39.9
39.0
39.8
37.6
40.0
40.0
35.2
38.8
36.5
39.2
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
39.9
39.7
39.8
40.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.6
39.9
39.8
39.8
39.5
39.9
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
12.92
7.28
9.38
11.74
13.12
15.63
16.85
19.44
24.08
27.54
17.24
12.38
14.03
13.24
19.26
22.68
21.92
1.8
4.2
2.5
3.3
3.0
1.9
4.7
2.7
7.2
12.6
4.2
4.3
5.1
6.2
2.4
5.3
4.0
37.6
30.3
34.5
37.4
39.0
39.6
43.2
40.6
42.3
42.5
41.8
42.5
43.1
43.6
41.1
41.0
41.7
12.79
7.26
9.12
11.64
13.06
15.81
17.13
19.86
24.22
28.34
17.60
12.06
14.22
14.04
19.26
22.85
22.25
2.0
4.3
2.5
3.7
3.3
2.1
5.3
2.8
8.0
12.9
3.6
5.4
5.2
5.5
2.5
8.9
4.0
38.1
30.4
35.0
38.5
39.6
40.3
43.9
40.8
42.6
42.8
42.3
42.9
43.4
46.7
41.2
42.5
41.9
$13.96
9.36
12.13
12.55
13.64
14.77
15.06
17.23
22.96
21.66
15.66
–
–
–
19.23
22.58
–
1.7
5.6
3.2
3.8
3.5
2.5
6.7
6.4
6.4
3.0
12.0
–
–
–
5.8
6.7
–
34.0
27.3
30.2
30.2
34.4
36.6
39.4
39.6
39.8
40.0
39.8
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
68
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.72
7.73
9.30
12.10
12.43
15.90
16.96
17.28
11.90
5.88
6.79
11.54
13.80
15.11
17.07
17.04
12.38
–
10.33
11.23
13.71
15.36
15.45
12.21
8.31
7.53
7.16
11.68
10.91
7.71
7.33
7.67
7.69
6.13
7.99
7.85
10.59
14.63
2.3
4.3
2.8
5.6
4.9
3.0
8.0
5.4
5.6
4.3
9.3
5.6
8.9
5.8
12.4
5.2
2.8
–
6.0
2.4
3.2
3.5
5.4
5.9
4.7
7.0
3.6
13.6
8.6
7.1
16.2
2.8
6.9
9.1
8.1
16.6
11.9
11.8
40.3
33.0
38.7
39.5
41.7
40.9
45.7
41.0
34.2
25.1
24.2
37.6
40.0
41.0
41.4
42.2
28.0
–
27.4
26.1
28.3
32.9
35.1
24.2
30.0
31.1
28.1
34.0
31.4
32.3
28.7
35.5
30.5
30.6
29.7
33.3
21.0
40.0
$12.67
7.73
9.22
11.97
12.39
15.98
16.96
17.31
11.89
5.88
6.79
11.49
13.80
15.11
17.07
17.04
10.87
–
9.14
9.57
12.57
14.39
–
–
8.28
7.53
7.14
11.95
10.96
7.70
7.32
7.67
7.08
6.12
7.41
7.54
7.78
–
2.4
4.3
2.9
5.9
5.1
3.1
8.2
5.9
5.7
4.3
9.3
5.6
8.9
5.8
12.4
5.2
4.6
–
6.3
3.9
4.9
8.6
–
–
4.9
7.1
3.7
15.7
9.0
7.1
16.4
2.8
6.3
9.1
5.8
15.9
10.8
–
40.3
33.1
38.7
39.5
41.7
41.0
45.8
41.1
34.2
25.1
24.2
37.5
40.0
41.0
41.4
42.2
27.5
–
27.7
25.9
26.9
32.5
–
–
29.8
31.3
27.8
33.7
31.3
32.3
28.7
35.5
29.9
30.6
29.1
33.0
16.4
–
$14.10
–
11.20
15.24
13.61
14.24
16.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.76
10.01
12.64
11.98
14.87
15.89
–
–
9.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.64
–
–
13.56
15.28
15.00
4.2
–
7.9
10.7
5.0
2.8
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.8
8.4
3.3
2.9
3.3
2.8
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
8.0
11.6
5.1
39.4
–
38.4
39.6
39.9
39.5
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.6
22.7
26.7
26.2
29.9
33.1
–
–
35.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
38.2
39.5
40.0
25.53
27.01
18.88
19.69
17.99
18.17
17.31
18.84
12.17
7.13
15.74
16.54
15.56
11.74
16.65
13.42
16.17
17.56
23.16
25.35
18.68
5.4
14.8
4.5
16.5
7.3
4.9
9.7
12.9
14.4
6.4
14.0
11.6
29.8
2.5
6.7
4.8
4.7
4.5
3.7
2.8
6.1
40.0
40.5
40.0
40.0
51.2
42.1
60.8
54.6
43.6
58.8
32.4
38.6
51.4
40.0
40.4
41.7
39.9
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
25.45
–
15.58
19.68
17.82
17.92
17.31
18.48
11.31
7.13
15.82
–
–
–
16.76
13.91
15.96
17.72
–
25.44
20.81
5.9
–
8.1
17.5
7.5
4.9
9.7
12.7
15.7
6.4
14.5
–
–
–
7.1
2.6
5.3
4.6
–
3.0
5.1
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
51.7
42.2
60.8
55.1
44.7
58.8
32.7
–
–
–
40.5
42.1
40.2
40.9
–
40.0
40.0
–
20.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.74
15.13
–
–
–
–
–
13.87
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Truck drivers ......................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bus drivers .........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters
7 ...................................................................
Locomotive operating ........................................
5 ...................................................................
Railroad brake, signal and switch operators ......
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ..
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Marine engineers ...............................................
Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ...................
Supervisors, material moving equipment ...........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
69
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.07
16.81
18.26
22.53
27.42
14.92
16.01
9.87
13.79
14.32
16.81
20.52
20.06
13.85
10.58
10.91
13.38
14.64
16.86
15.38
14.41
13.95
10.77
13.75
13.53
14.83
17.83
12.24
10.30
9.68
11.37
13.49
16.04
17.16
17.3
7.3
10.7
3.5
6.9
9.7
4.8
8.2
5.8
3.9
3.6
6.0
5.2
3.7
10.9
9.9
4.1
4.6
4.8
9.5
4.1
22.1
4.3
6.6
5.7
3.8
8.8
2.6
7.4
2.9
3.8
4.0
5.5
5.4
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
39.7
40.0
39.3
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.0
$20.92
18.95
19.26
22.76
27.70
14.92
15.96
9.87
13.79
14.34
16.81
20.46
19.94
13.91
10.39
11.14
13.54
14.75
16.82
17.73
15.27
–
10.47
14.56
14.89
–
21.00
12.25
10.31
9.69
11.37
13.51
16.17
17.38
14.2
8.0
15.7
3.8
6.4
9.7
4.8
8.2
5.8
4.0
3.6
6.3
5.6
3.9
11.5
11.4
3.6
4.7
5.1
6.7
4.7
–
3.1
5.3
5.3
–
7.4
2.6
7.6
2.9
3.9
4.0
5.6
5.4
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.4
39.7
40.0
39.3
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.0
$11.84
14.57
16.29
19.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.51
–
–
12.76
13.39
–
–
13.03
–
11.39
10.00
11.41
15.12
15.78
11.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.3
6.8
5.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
–
–
13.8
14.7
–
–
7.8
–
10.9
7.7
7.1
4.5
14.5
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
39.5
40.0
–
–
39.9
–
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.31
9.57
12.26
12.84
14.69
16.41
15.82
19.65
3.8
12.7
5.2
9.7
7.9
3.4
8.6
4.4
38.4
31.8
36.1
39.2
39.4
38.6
39.4
39.9
14.46
9.57
12.29
12.99
15.20
17.88
18.15
19.13
4.5
12.7
5.2
10.4
8.3
4.1
6.7
5.7
38.2
31.8
36.0
39.2
39.4
38.8
39.1
39.9
13.61
–
–
10.41
11.22
14.35
11.25
20.00
4.7
–
–
7.3
3.7
4.0
7.2
6.1
39.2
–
–
39.3
39.5
38.4
40.0
40.0
9.86
7.90
8.86
11.27
12.93
15.17
16.27
17.57
19.23
22.36
13.94
7.37
7.49
16.80
2.3
1.6
3.1
2.4
3.3
3.7
4.0
5.6
4.2
6.5
9.2
5.1
9.1
9.9
35.5
31.9
37.6
37.7
38.4
39.6
39.5
39.6
41.2
40.0
37.2
34.6
37.6
38.8
9.73
7.85
8.83
11.25
12.74
15.23
16.48
17.39
19.07
–
12.98
7.36
7.49
16.32
2.4
1.7
3.1
2.6
3.6
4.0
4.5
6.6
5.5
–
7.2
5.3
9.1
14.3
35.4
31.7
37.6
37.7
38.3
39.5
39.4
39.6
41.7
–
37.5
34.1
37.6
38.4
12.44
9.78
9.93
11.64
14.54
14.66
15.20
18.42
–
–
17.34
–
–
17.74
2.5
5.8
4.1
3.0
5.2
3.2
5.5
3.7
–
–
18.3
–
–
5.9
38.5
36.5
38.5
38.9
39.4
39.7
39.8
40.0
–
–
36.5
–
–
39.8
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Operating engineers –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Longshore equipment operators ........................
Hoist and winch operators .................................
Crane and tower operators ................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators .............
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Nursery workers .................................................
1 ...................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
70
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.99
16.15
21.03
23.68
9.29
7.53
–
10.59
12.08
13.89
16.26
18.19
10.22
–
7.10
13.85
10.87
8.74
7.61
4.4
12.0
4.3
7.2
4.2
2.7
–
2.6
4.2
3.7
4.8
10.0
11.8
–
6.8
10.7
6.8
11.3
4.5
40.0
40.0
37.1
40.0
37.1
36.2
–
34.7
38.8
39.0
39.6
40.0
32.8
–
38.5
38.0
35.2
37.2
36.8
–
–
$22.02
–
8.59
7.39
–
10.13
10.40
13.50
–
–
8.87
–
–
9.54
–
8.74
7.61
–
–
4.1
–
3.4
2.8
–
3.4
4.2
3.9
–
–
8.5
–
–
7.6
–
11.3
4.5
–
–
35.8
–
36.8
36.4
–
31.4
39.2
38.8
–
–
30.6
–
–
38.9
–
37.2
36.8
$13.84
18.59
19.20
–
11.75
8.36
10.11
11.11
13.66
14.73
16.57
18.72
13.01
8.45
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
6.3
7.0
–
3.4
4.8
7.4
3.9
5.1
5.3
4.9
12.1
13.0
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
38.1
34.9
38.6
39.3
38.5
39.3
39.5
40.0
38.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
16.02
9.72
14.22
14.70
17.03
19.96
10.40
8.20
8.42
12.09
11.50
14.40
10.13
9.82
8.97
10.64
11.29
14.33
8.85
11.65
8.35
9.65
14.51
13.88
17.80
10.04
8.57
9.63
10.36
12.30
14.75
13.94
–
12.25
12.22
20.47
9.54
7.4
5.2
4.1
5.5
8.3
4.6
4.1
9.1
2.6
6.0
8.5
4.0
3.5
15.0
4.0
4.1
6.5
3.5
14.8
4.8
6.5
5.1
11.6
9.1
2.8
3.7
3.1
4.5
3.2
3.6
6.5
7.6
–
15.3
4.6
6.2
7.4
38.9
40.1
39.7
39.6
40.3
41.6
38.4
35.3
38.4
39.9
38.8
39.1
39.1
39.5
38.5
39.8
38.7
39.6
38.1
39.3
38.8
39.5
39.8
39.0
39.8
38.9
39.2
39.8
36.6
39.9
40.0
39.8
–
40.4
40.0
39.2
29.8
15.89
9.72
13.76
15.12
16.81
19.90
10.00
8.08
8.32
11.88
10.95
14.35
10.08
9.84
8.97
10.59
11.22
14.18
8.85
11.67
8.32
9.67
14.70
13.98
18.16
10.03
8.57
9.63
10.35
12.28
14.76
–
–
–
–
20.58
9.53
8.6
5.2
3.4
6.3
9.3
6.9
4.7
9.2
2.5
6.8
9.0
4.1
3.7
15.0
4.0
4.3
6.7
3.8
14.8
5.2
7.0
5.5
12.4
10.5
2.6
3.7
3.1
4.5
3.2
3.6
6.5
–
–
–
–
6.3
7.4
38.7
40.1
39.7
39.5
40.3
42.5
38.4
35.2
38.5
40.2
38.9
38.4
39.1
39.5
38.5
39.8
38.6
39.5
38.1
39.4
38.8
39.8
39.8
38.8
39.7
39.0
39.4
39.8
36.9
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
39.2
29.7
16.86
–
16.12
11.61
18.73
–
13.80
–
10.17
14.99
14.53
14.48
11.96
–
9.38
12.52
12.31
–
–
11.46
8.86
9.44
12.27
13.24
15.76
10.86
–
–
11.02
–
–
14.82
11.64
11.18
12.68
–
11.34
5.4
–
11.6
8.6
2.9
–
4.6
–
7.3
11.5
5.5
7.4
6.0
–
7.5
9.9
5.6
–
–
4.9
7.9
10.1
5.6
4.8
4.8
9.7
–
–
12.3
–
–
12.7
11.9
11.5
5.6
–
6.7
39.9
–
39.8
40.0
40.0
–
38.3
–
36.6
36.3
38.2
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
38.8
38.5
37.3
39.6
40.0
40.0
21.2
–
–
22.1
–
–
39.6
39.2
39.5
40.0
–
35.2
Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers
–Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
1 ...................................................................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Helpers, extractive .............................................
Construction laborers .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Production helpers .............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Stevedores .........................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
71
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Stock handlers and baggers –Continued
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Garage and service station related ....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ............................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
$6.99
8.61
9.95
12.18
16.08
9.61
8.55
9.68
10.20
12.06
14.37
10.80
8.30
9.81
13.29
13.45
12.77
16.92
8.83
7.42
7.99
8.78
12.68
8.82
7.64
9.00
11.08
16.68
13.47
8.18
7.47
10.41
12.23
12.20
9.57
8.19
9.81
11.31
12.10
13.31
15.03
10.86
1.8
2.3
3.5
3.4
6.2
2.7
5.8
3.6
6.3
6.3
3.7
3.2
3.7
5.3
5.3
2.8
8.7
3.1
7.4
13.2
2.5
18.6
15.1
4.2
4.0
3.8
6.4
18.1
11.8
2.5
2.4
5.5
6.0
5.6
2.0
3.3
3.1
3.8
3.5
6.2
6.1
15.3
24.6
31.7
35.5
39.1
38.0
39.2
39.2
38.7
39.2
39.9
39.6
33.9
30.1
34.2
36.7
37.7
39.9
40.3
34.2
26.8
38.3
39.4
32.4
37.5
36.3
39.5
38.0
39.9
39.7
38.2
34.9
39.1
39.5
39.7
36.5
35.0
37.3
39.0
38.9
38.8
39.2
34.2
$6.99
8.61
9.95
12.17
16.08
9.61
8.55
9.68
10.20
12.06
14.37
10.81
8.28
9.81
13.30
13.51
12.75
16.92
8.78
7.42
7.91
8.76
12.66
8.78
7.64
8.99
11.11
16.98
13.47
8.18
7.47
10.41
12.23
12.20
9.41
8.08
9.78
11.26
11.87
12.67
14.98
10.76
1.8
2.3
3.5
3.4
6.2
2.7
5.8
3.6
6.3
6.3
3.7
3.3
3.7
5.3
5.3
2.9
8.8
3.1
7.5
13.2
2.3
18.6
15.4
4.2
4.0
3.8
6.9
19.6
11.8
2.5
2.4
5.5
6.0
5.6
2.1
3.4
3.3
4.2
4.0
7.3
7.4
17.8
24.6
31.7
35.4
39.1
38.0
39.2
39.2
38.7
39.2
39.9
39.6
33.8
30.1
34.2
36.7
37.7
39.9
40.3
34.1
26.8
38.3
39.4
32.3
37.5
36.3
39.5
37.9
39.9
39.7
38.2
34.9
39.1
39.5
39.7
36.4
34.9
37.2
38.9
38.8
38.4
39.0
36.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.23
–
–
–
–
11.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.48
10.15
10.15
11.86
13.90
15.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
9.1
6.7
6.9
3.2
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.4
36.9
38.7
39.6
39.8
40.0
–
–
Service ..............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service ..................................................
9.21
6.57
6.91
8.38
10.22
13.00
14.94
18.30
19.83
23.55
27.38
29.25
31.59
13.20
14.84
1.1
1.4
2.5
1.2
1.5
1.6
2.2
1.7
1.6
2.2
2.6
6.8
5.3
7.7
2.1
31.6
27.1
30.8
32.9
34.9
36.5
39.3
38.3
40.8
41.2
41.1
41.8
43.1
34.9
37.5
7.94
6.40
6.64
7.99
9.94
12.62
13.86
17.06
18.53
17.68
31.15
20.63
–
10.72
9.12
.9
1.6
2.5
1.4
1.8
2.6
5.0
4.9
3.4
10.1
5.4
14.1
–
2.1
2.4
30.6
26.9
30.6
32.7
34.6
34.8
36.9
34.2
40.5
42.3
41.1
45.6
–
33.3
33.9
14.41
8.60
9.32
10.63
11.73
13.48
15.72
19.02
20.08
23.85
27.11
30.43
31.37
16.83
18.05
1.3
2.0
1.7
1.7
1.5
2.0
2.1
1.5
1.7
2.2
2.8
6.5
5.5
10.2
1.8
36.8
30.0
33.0
34.4
36.5
38.8
41.2
41.2
40.9
41.2
41.1
41.3
43.2
37.4
39.9
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
72
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Fire inspection and fire prevention .....................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Firefighting .........................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.23
7.50
8.78
11.42
13.29
15.93
19.13
20.10
23.81
27.29
30.10
31.59
18.34
21.90
12.38
18.47
17.70
25.28
22.66
31.12
25.00
15.41
18.78
20.25
26.55
29.18
32.20
16.60
9.45
10.53
15.12
18.13
20.60
18.74
19.84
18.48
16.13
8.80
13.03
14.20
15.25
18.08
17.32
22.34
20.25
12.17
14.43
16.18
17.55
20.39
21.03
22.91
26.84
2.6
2.7
2.3
2.6
1.9
2.2
1.5
1.6
2.2
2.7
6.2
5.3
9.3
4.7
6.4
6.2
4.5
9.0
6.2
6.7
3.3
13.6
6.9
7.4
4.0
3.3
8.5
7.1
3.7
6.1
4.0
7.6
5.9
6.5
4.6
10.3
3.0
22.1
9.5
5.2
5.1
3.9
3.6
6.0
1.4
8.6
6.0
4.4
3.6
2.3
1.7
3.0
7.0
33.3
32.6
33.4
35.9
38.8
40.5
40.4
40.9
41.2
41.1
41.2
43.1
37.7
49.5
52.1
48.2
50.1
50.1
48.8
47.8
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.2
40.2
37.8
35.5
37.3
39.8
37.2
40.2
39.0
38.4
44.9
43.5
13.3
33.9
43.7
48.5
46.5
49.5
47.2
39.5
39.8
37.1
36.9
39.4
39.6
40.0
40.1
40.0
$7.09
7.31
8.48
10.32
11.56
15.77
18.31
19.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.99
9.58
10.60
16.27
18.60
19.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
2.6
3.0
3.9
4.2
6.4
4.9
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
4.1
6.4
4.5
5.5
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.5
32.9
34.1
34.3
35.3
28.0
31.7
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.9
38.8
37.1
39.6
37.1
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.90
9.23
11.15
12.54
13.66
15.94
19.20
20.13
23.82
27.15
30.43
31.37
19.86
21.86
12.38
18.47
17.71
25.28
22.39
31.12
25.05
15.53
18.88
20.25
26.55
29.18
32.20
19.88
–
–
13.66
17.11
21.66
19.90
19.19
18.48
16.27
9.63
13.96
14.17
15.25
18.18
17.47
22.34
20.27
12.17
14.43
16.31
17.55
20.40
21.03
22.91
26.84
5.0
10.4
4.5
2.5
2.7
2.3
1.5
1.7
2.2
2.8
6.5
5.5
9.9
4.7
6.4
6.2
4.6
9.0
6.4
6.7
3.3
14.1
7.0
7.4
4.0
3.3
8.5
13.2
–
–
3.0
19.1
3.6
6.0
4.7
10.3
2.9
24.1
7.1
5.3
5.1
3.8
3.5
6.0
1.4
8.6
6.0
4.4
3.6
2.3
1.7
3.0
7.0
23.4
30.5
28.8
37.6
39.6
41.6
41.3
41.0
41.2
41.1
41.3
43.2
40.0
49.5
52.1
48.2
50.3
50.1
48.6
47.8
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.2
40.2
37.6
–
–
40.0
37.6
40.0
38.8
37.9
44.9
44.9
14.1
48.1
43.8
48.5
46.7
49.3
47.2
39.6
39.8
37.1
36.9
39.7
39.6
40.0
40.1
40.0
16.60
7.15
13.37
13.00
13.59
14.65
17.80
2.8
11.3
7.0
5.2
6.6
5.0
3.1
39.2
35.6
35.5
37.4
39.3
39.7
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.60
7.15
13.37
13.00
13.59
14.65
17.81
2.8
11.3
7.0
5.2
6.6
5.0
3.1
39.2
35.6
35.5
37.4
39.3
39.7
39.8
See footnotes at end of table.
73
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers –Continued
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Crossing guards .................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Food service ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Bartenders .........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$18.82
23.96
14.94
10.99
8.83
12.02
13.20
16.08
19.75
19.75
19.90
8.97
8.25
10.13
8.22
8.89
7.10
7.34
8.67
10.52
12.10
14.83
18.90
19.83
12.56
12.03
–
7.26
9.24
10.63
12.92
14.51
16.86
6.72
5.70
5.79
7.06
9.08
11.02
12.09
13.19
18.26
17.11
10.49
4.71
4.28
4.37
5.01
6.67
11.42
6.72
5.07
5.51
6.19
7.18
12.34
4.04
3.75
4.12
6.8
2.8
3.8
9.3
7.2
3.8
2.9
4.0
3.7
5.2
4.1
4.5
7.9
5.4
8.5
2.0
2.6
2.7
2.7
4.4
3.5
9.6
5.2
6.1
3.2
7.7
–
4.2
10.9
4.9
10.2
6.4
13.7
1.5
1.5
2.9
2.0
2.9
2.6
6.3
6.2
3.7
14.5
11.6
2.8
3.3
4.6
5.0
4.6
12.2
6.6
4.4
7.2
6.0
4.8
8.0
3.8
4.7
6.7
See footnotes at end of table.
74
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
38.8
40.0
39.8
40.2
40.6
39.2
39.9
39.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
17.2
16.7
18.5
16.2
34.3
34.6
33.8
34.9
35.2
35.3
25.6
25.8
38.4
34.2
29.3
–
20.0
24.6
32.3
32.1
39.7
40.6
28.8
25.2
29.2
31.3
35.4
38.1
42.3
41.8
41.6
43.2
25.1
27.4
25.1
29.0
28.1
29.1
35.7
28.1
27.4
25.9
27.9
29.0
36.2
27.7
24.9
29.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.69
7.10
7.31
8.54
10.44
11.74
15.26
19.06
–
–
10.15
–
7.06
7.14
11.61
–
–
–
6.57
5.63
5.66
6.90
8.96
10.82
12.08
13.12
18.44
17.09
8.04
4.70
4.28
4.36
5.01
6.67
11.22
6.72
5.07
5.51
6.19
7.18
12.34
4.03
3.75
4.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
2.6
2.7
3.0
4.5
4.4
11.8
6.1
–
–
19.6
–
4.7
7.0
10.9
–
–
–
1.5
1.5
2.9
2.1
3.1
3.0
6.6
6.5
3.7
14.7
10.1
2.8
3.3
4.7
5.0
4.6
13.2
6.6
4.4
7.2
6.0
4.8
8.0
3.8
4.7
6.7
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.3
34.6
33.8
34.9
35.2
35.6
23.2
24.9
–
–
25.1
–
18.4
22.7
31.4
–
–
–
28.7
25.2
29.2
31.3
35.4
38.3
42.5
41.9
42.1
43.2
19.6
27.4
25.1
29.0
28.1
29.1
35.6
28.1
27.4
25.9
27.9
29.0
36.2
27.7
24.9
29.8
$18.82
23.96
15.13
10.99
9.30
12.18
13.23
16.08
19.75
19.75
19.90
8.91
8.28
10.13
7.78
12.79
7.91
9.14
11.82
11.83
13.52
13.44
18.24
–
–
13.36
8.43
7.70
11.49
10.12
13.40
14.43
16.81
9.36
7.80
8.56
9.47
10.50
12.30
12.26
14.54
–
–
–
12.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
6.8
2.8
3.9
9.3
9.1
3.6
2.9
4.0
3.7
5.2
4.1
4.6
8.0
5.4
7.4
3.3
8.4
11.7
6.9
6.1
3.2
6.7
5.0
–
–
4.8
13.3
8.2
7.6
2.4
4.4
6.9
13.9
1.6
2.4
3.5
1.9
2.9
5.3
4.4
5.9
–
–
–
15.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
40.0
39.8
40.2
40.3
39.2
39.9
39.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
17.1
16.8
18.5
15.5
34.8
23.8
32.6
36.1
34.3
33.9
38.3
30.8
–
–
33.2
28.4
24.2
27.2
32.8
35.2
40.2
40.7
30.1
26.4
27.6
31.6
35.8
36.7
38.4
40.0
–
–
–
27.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued
Waiters and waitresses –Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Other food service ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Cooks .................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Health service ........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$4.24
5.12
6.60
5.65
5.39
6.02
7.58
7.63
6.31
6.89
7.99
9.58
10.95
12.12
13.30
18.26
19.91
10.90
10.75
6.75
7.00
10.09
10.94
12.04
13.31
17.91
20.09
8.24
6.25
6.88
8.28
9.61
10.89
12.58
12.78
19.48
6.36
6.18
6.44
7.16
8.50
7.22
6.34
7.32
8.17
9.74
12.23
6.77
6.35
6.93
7.92
8.14
9.35
7.55
7.98
8.80
10.50
12.20
15.58
7.3
9.6
47.5
2.7
2.9
5.7
14.0
1.2
1.0
1.4
1.5
2.8
1.6
6.4
6.4
3.7
4.0
11.2
2.4
3.4
5.6
6.1
2.2
7.4
6.7
3.4
4.6
2.0
4.0
2.4
2.2
2.8
2.3
5.3
3.8
9.6
1.5
2.0
2.7
3.0
8.1
2.4
3.0
3.5
3.1
4.4
16.5
1.3
1.3
2.2
2.2
6.1
1.7
2.5
1.4
1.6
2.6
2.4
8.2
See footnotes at end of table.
75
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
28.3
29.9
33.0
25.3
25.3
24.1
28.0
29.5
25.3
29.3
33.0
37.1
38.5
42.4
41.9
41.6
40.9
26.8
39.3
28.3
35.6
39.7
39.0
42.6
42.1
41.1
41.1
33.6
30.8
30.9
34.3
36.4
37.8
40.7
40.0
43.4
26.1
25.3
27.2
27.7
39.5
30.2
27.7
32.6
31.8
35.5
36.1
26.0
24.1
27.9
31.6
35.1
33.3
30.7
33.8
33.1
33.3
37.0
35.3
$4.24
5.12
–
5.61
5.38
5.79
7.58
7.49
6.23
6.75
7.84
9.48
10.74
12.11
13.23
18.44
19.95
8.35
10.67
6.65
6.97
10.09
10.73
12.04
13.25
18.13
20.09
8.12
6.05
6.79
8.17
9.54
10.75
12.54
12.47
19.48
6.33
6.16
6.40
7.04
8.50
7.11
6.29
7.22
8.11
9.58
–
6.57
6.25
6.69
7.52
7.72
9.06
7.44
7.78
8.51
10.38
11.65
15.76
7.3
9.6
–
2.7
2.9
4.7
14.0
1.3
1.0
1.3
1.6
3.1
1.6
6.8
6.7
3.7
4.1
10.7
2.6
2.6
5.6
6.5
2.2
7.8
7.0
3.4
4.6
2.2
3.5
2.4
2.4
3.0
2.5
5.3
2.6
9.6
1.5
2.1
2.7
3.4
8.1
2.4
2.9
3.9
3.4
5.5
–
1.4
1.3
2.4
2.0
5.6
2.0
2.7
1.2
1.5
3.0
4.1
8.8
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
28.3
29.9
–
25.3
25.3
24.0
28.0
29.4
25.2
29.5
33.2
37.2
38.9
42.6
42.1
42.1
40.9
20.7
39.5
28.0
35.6
40.1
39.4
42.9
42.2
41.7
41.1
33.7
30.8
31.1
34.3
36.5
38.2
40.8
40.0
43.4
26.2
25.3
27.2
28.0
39.5
30.0
27.6
32.8
32.1
34.2
–
25.9
24.0
28.2
31.8
35.2
32.8
30.3
33.5
32.6
32.8
36.4
34.7
–
–
–
$11.24
–
–
–
9.33
7.80
8.51
9.47
10.51
12.10
12.26
14.54
–
–
–
11.70
–
–
10.05
11.89
11.92
14.47
–
–
9.84
8.78
8.36
9.65
10.63
12.47
–
–
–
7.86
7.34
7.98
8.15
–
8.36
7.19
8.08
8.85
10.07
–
8.90
7.86
8.83
9.70
11.81
11.09
8.22
9.63
10.56
11.31
13.05
14.40
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
–
–
–
8.8
–
–
–
1.6
2.4
3.5
1.9
2.9
5.2
4.4
5.9
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
4.8
6.8
4.6
6.5
–
–
2.2
6.0
3.7
3.0
3.7
6.1
–
–
–
3.3
3.4
4.2
7.4
–
3.8
6.0
5.7
4.9
7.4
–
2.0
2.3
5.9
2.8
5.8
2.0
5.0
4.7
2.5
2.8
3.4
4.5
–
–
–
24.8
–
–
–
30.1
26.4
27.7
31.6
35.9
36.7
38.4
40.0
–
–
–
37.1
–
–
35.2
37.4
38.3
40.0
–
–
33.2
30.9
28.8
34.8
35.1
33.5
–
–
–
24.3
21.2
26.6
25.7
–
31.6
30.6
31.2
29.1
38.4
–
27.2
25.3
25.9
30.6
34.5
36.9
33.9
37.0
36.1
37.5
38.1
39.4
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Health service –Continued
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Elevator operators .............................................
Pest control ........................................................
4 ...................................................................
Personal service ....................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
$16.34
12.34
9.60
12.48
10.43
10.05
8.20
8.23
9.12
10.44
12.21
13.85
15.20
16.10
8.79
7.30
7.94
8.66
10.07
12.28
12.19
17.04
9.14
7.81
8.67
10.12
10.69
13.21
13.17
16.69
20.75
29.12
13.27
–
6.7
8.2
7.4
9.6
5.8
2.2
3.3
3.2
2.3
2.0
3.8
4.5
5.0
7.4
1.3
3.1
1.5
1.4
3.2
2.8
5.6
9.5
1.5
1.6
2.0
2.5
5.8
3.2
3.2
4.4
12.2
4.2
5.2
–
34.8
30.4
35.4
30.4
38.3
32.6
30.0
31.1
31.2
32.6
36.7
36.5
37.2
33.4
33.9
31.0
34.5
33.2
34.5
37.3
32.1
38.2
33.4
30.2
33.5
37.2
39.5
39.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.5
36.2
–
$16.34
12.36
9.61
12.49
–
9.65
8.33
7.87
8.68
10.22
12.13
13.30
13.47
16.10
8.45
7.07
7.76
8.35
9.94
10.97
12.02
13.90
8.71
7.62
8.30
9.47
10.34
12.95
13.06
15.94
23.61
–
–
–
6.7
8.3
7.5
9.9
–
2.8
3.2
2.3
2.2
2.2
4.9
6.1
14.4
7.4
1.4
3.1
1.4
1.3
3.7
3.6
7.0
14.4
1.7
1.8
2.2
2.6
6.3
4.5
3.4
4.3
11.8
–
–
–
34.8
30.3
35.4
30.1
–
31.8
30.1
30.7
30.2
31.8
36.8
35.3
31.4
33.4
33.5
30.4
34.1
32.8
34.2
35.5
30.6
34.9
32.4
29.5
32.3
36.5
39.5
39.3
40.2
40.0
40.3
–
–
$17.06
–
11.13
–
–
–
11.86
–
10.56
10.99
11.81
12.37
14.96
–
–
10.80
8.48
9.45
10.46
10.96
13.70
–
17.93
10.96
9.20
9.92
11.55
12.56
14.08
13.53
17.67
15.38
–
–
6.9
–
11.1
–
–
–
3.3
–
9.5
3.5
5.0
6.4
4.1
–
–
2.4
5.3
4.9
3.0
3.8
2.3
–
10.7
1.5
2.7
2.2
2.8
2.0
4.0
8.0
7.5
9.9
–
–
39.6
–
40.0
–
–
–
36.9
–
34.7
36.4
38.5
36.4
39.2
–
–
36.9
34.5
37.5
36.0
36.8
39.5
–
39.2
38.4
37.0
38.4
38.9
39.4
39.9
39.9
40.0
39.4
–
–
10.73
8.19
–
–
12.08
13.31
17.75
20.75
29.12
7.44
7.09
7.43
9.08
12.41
9.27
8.06
9.04
10.64
11.14
13.65
12.48
15.40
13.26
11.07
12.33
8.93
7.9
5.1
–
–
6.0
4.4
6.3
12.2
4.2
2.3
3.0
2.2
5.2
7.9
1.8
1.8
2.4
1.9
2.0
3.0
5.0
3.3
6.3
10.0
3.6
2.2
39.3
40.0
–
–
38.5
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.5
33.9
33.9
32.6
35.9
38.6
32.3
29.1
33.7
36.9
39.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
40.0
29.8
10.20
–
–
–
11.69
12.95
16.67
23.61
–
7.42
7.07
7.42
8.95
12.35
8.77
7.84
8.65
9.92
10.56
13.37
12.52
15.12
–
11.01
12.27
8.81
7.2
–
–
–
7.9
4.3
5.2
11.8
–
2.4
3.1
2.3
5.3
8.2
2.1
2.0
2.9
2.3
2.3
4.0
3.9
4.7
–
10.2
3.7
2.5
39.3
–
–
–
38.0
40.3
40.1
40.3
–
33.8
33.9
32.3
35.9
38.5
30.7
28.0
32.2
35.5
38.8
39.9
40.0
39.9
–
40.0
40.0
30.1
14.71
–
10.22
12.87
13.02
16.26
18.99
15.38
–
8.28
7.73
7.62
–
–
10.78
9.28
10.06
11.58
12.46
14.77
12.43
15.82
–
–
–
9.81
6.0
–
5.7
4.8
6.5
7.9
11.0
9.9
–
5.5
8.6
4.4
–
–
1.5
2.6
2.4
3.0
2.1
4.7
9.1
1.6
–
–
–
2.7
39.7
–
39.8
39.6
39.7
39.7
39.9
39.4
–
36.2
34.9
38.1
–
–
38.3
37.1
38.4
38.9
39.3
40.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
28.1
See footnotes at end of table.
76
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation
facilities ............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Guides ...............................................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Welfare service aides ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
State and local
government
Private industry
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.14
6.53
8.12
10.20
15.66
15.39
–
17.94
10.44
15.89
9.48
9.09
10.72
13.55
18.99
9.79
7.32
9.65
9.93
3.7
3.6
3.0
3.5
7.4
11.6
–
5.7
10.6
10.4
3.0
2.9
8.8
4.3
5.6
5.6
11.3
11.7
8.0
25.5
29.4
31.3
33.1
28.3
32.0
–
39.8
33.3
39.0
28.9
37.9
38.1
37.7
40.3
29.8
34.5
28.0
32.8
$5.98
6.34
7.92
10.09
16.17
15.63
–
16.75
10.62
15.92
9.57
9.09
10.71
13.86
18.55
9.79
7.31
9.65
9.93
3.7
3.3
3.5
4.0
8.7
12.4
–
5.1
5.2
10.7
2.8
3.0
9.1
4.6
5.9
5.6
11.3
11.7
8.0
26.2
29.7
31.6
33.1
27.7
32.3
–
40.5
35.6
39.4
28.4
39.7
38.6
39.1
40.9
29.8
34.5
28.0
32.8
$7.68
8.46
9.16
10.99
12.74
13.34
15.53
–
10.20
15.19
–
–
–
11.11
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
2.6
3.1
5.5
4.3
10.3
9.6
–
24.2
10.8
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
20.5
27.4
29.8
32.6
32.6
29.6
39.4
–
30.5
32.5
–
–
–
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
6.41
6.04
–
7.23
9.16
11.14
7.84
7.27
5.93
5.84
6.37
7.93
26.33
8.67
10.26
24.14
32.24
19.89
6.98
5.76
5.81
8.11
7.59
5.60
6.87
8.22
9.76
11.44
12.93
7.02
6.42
6.39
7.45
8.12
8.35
10.53
8.85
5.5
2.3
–
5.0
6.3
11.2
5.7
4.8
4.3
4.4
9.8
3.2
7.6
8.7
7.7
4.0
6.7
8.9
5.9
9.2
7.7
8.1
4.8
3.1
2.8
5.2
4.6
7.2
7.5
3.4
5.0
3.9
7.5
5.7
21.3
15.7
9.8
29.0
22.8
–
32.7
32.9
30.7
22.2
26.8
15.7
15.8
15.3
11.7
21.4
28.1
36.4
21.1
19.9
25.1
35.3
34.7
36.9
35.3
29.0
24.8
28.5
32.9
34.1
24.9
34.8
30.4
25.7
30.9
31.3
33.1
37.3
28.1
33.9
6.26
5.99
–
7.21
8.05
10.89
7.86
7.28
5.92
5.83
6.37
–
27.60
8.45
–
25.10
–
19.89
6.98
5.76
5.81
8.11
7.30
5.56
6.80
8.07
8.99
–
13.85
6.37
5.81
6.08
6.33
7.52
–
9.06
–
5.2
2.7
–
5.3
7.0
12.7
7.2
6.1
4.3
4.5
9.8
–
8.0
15.7
–
2.6
–
8.9
5.9
9.2
7.7
8.1
4.8
3.2
2.9
6.0
4.8
–
6.0
2.5
3.2
2.9
5.9
5.7
–
23.2
–
29.7
23.6
–
33.9
32.1
31.8
24.4
27.2
16.2
16.4
15.3
–
20.7
25.2
–
19.7
–
25.1
35.3
34.7
36.9
35.3
28.3
24.3
28.3
32.8
33.5
–
33.4
30.1
25.7
30.6
31.0
32.9
–
24.0
–
7.93
6.21
7.62
7.38
10.60
13.40
–
–
6.41
–
–
–
13.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.78
–
8.29
9.25
12.35
13.64
–
9.20
8.57
8.36
9.44
9.57
–
–
–
5.1
2.6
7.4
6.1
5.5
26.2
–
–
1.3
–
–
–
13.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
5.8
7.7
4.8
8.8
–
2.9
2.4
3.9
4.0
8.8
–
–
–
24.2
20.4
24.6
21.3
33.9
23.4
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
32.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.0
–
31.8
33.6
36.3
37.8
–
31.3
25.5
33.1
31.8
33.6
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
77
TABLE 2-4. Selected occupations1 and levels:2 Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Child care workers, n.e.c. ..................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.27
6.75
7.04
7.67
9.26
10.95
10.18
10.68
18.42
8.28
6.06
7.48
9.09
10.91
11.00
19.40
14.55
13.50
3.2
2.6
7.0
5.0
3.1
4.7
7.4
13.0
20.7
8.4
7.6
6.1
5.8
3.9
5.1
15.0
16.1
13.3
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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 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.
State and local
government
Private industry
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
29.5
18.7
26.8
33.0
36.1
35.8
26.0
40.0
38.2
30.4
30.5
28.5
29.3
33.6
31.8
35.3
34.5
27.6
$7.86
6.53
6.27
7.33
8.96
10.35
9.38
9.53
–
8.06
6.02
7.46
9.04
10.68
10.39
19.47
12.12
–
3.7
3.0
5.3
5.4
2.2
4.7
5.4
10.1
–
8.8
7.5
6.3
6.1
4.4
4.5
14.9
15.4
–
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
31.5
20.7
28.3
34.9
37.4
36.2
28.0
40.0
–
30.6
30.9
28.8
29.5
33.1
31.6
35.3
33.3
–
$9.93
7.45
9.25
8.74
12.05
12.49
–
–
–
11.29
8.76
7.90
9.91
11.67
12.44
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
4.9
4.6
2.6
7.9
6.2
6.3
–
–
–
5.4
5.1
6.2
4.9
7.3
6.7
–
–
–
23.3
14.2
23.3
28.3
27.3
34.9
–
–
–
28.1
16.4
22.9
26.8
35.4
32.1
–
–
–
4 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.
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.
78
TABLE 2-5. Collective bargaining status:1 Mean hourly earnings 2 by occupational group,3 National
Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Private industry
Occupational group
Union
Nonunion
Union
Nonunion
State and local
government
Union
Nonunion
Mean
All .........................................................................
$18.31
$14.76
$16.57
$14.46
$21.07
$17.80
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
22.15
23.08
18.32
19.71
19.17
21.33
18.06
19.59
23.76
23.80
20.34
20.40
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
29.35
29.82
26.56
24.34
12.81
14.16
23.70
26.09
16.79
27.87
12.84
11.92
30.04
27.74
33.60
26.55
12.72
15.04
23.81
26.57
17.03
28.02
12.85
11.97
29.16
30.19
16.91
24.02
15.21
13.50
23.25
24.55
14.69
26.70
10.24
11.44
Blue collar .......................................................
16.70
11.83
16.68
11.79
16.84
12.96
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
20.75
15.16
21.03
15.16
18.97
15.03
14.66
16.85
10.41
11.29
14.64
17.11
10.41
11.27
16.18
15.85
11.44
11.56
12.94
8.86
12.81
8.80
14.11
10.65
Service .............................................................
14.52
8.09
11.09
7.64
16.86
11.66
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
19.76
9.48
10.85
11.76
14.49
11.53
6.54
8.95
8.40
8.29
10.94
8.85
9.85
11.17
17.17
8.94
6.47
8.92
8.27
8.25
20.54
10.67
12.68
12.48
11.30
14.65
8.49
9.36
9.32
8.77
Relative error5 (percent)
All .........................................................................
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.6
1.1
1.5
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
1.8
1.5
1.6
1.6
3.4
3.5
1.8
1.9
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.4
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
1.2
1.1
4.8
4.3
9.2
1.4
3.0
3.6
1.4
1.9
2.8
1.1
3.6
3.9
6.4
5.4
9.8
2.8
3.7
4.6
1.6
2.1
2.8
1.2
1.1
1.1
2.3
4.7
6.2
1.6
1.7
1.8
2.1
2.0
6.8
1.0
Blue collar .......................................................
1.7
.8
1.9
.8
1.4
1.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
1.4
1.0
1.5
1.1
1.9
2.3
2.6
2.2
2.1
2.0
2.7
2.7
2.1
2.2
7.3
1.8
8.1
1.9
2.2
1.6
2.5
1.6
2.9
3.7
Service .............................................................
1.5
1.0
2.3
1.0
1.6
1.5
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
1.9
1.8
2.5
2.1
4.7
2.0
1.5
2.1
1.6
2.8
10.6
2.5
3.9
3.6
7.2
2.4
1.6
2.2
1.8
3.0
1.4
1.6
2.0
1.7
4.1
2.1
2.0
3.0
1.9
2.5
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information,
see appendix B.
4 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.
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.
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TABLE 2-6. Time and incentive pay:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by occupational
group3 in private industry, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Time
Incentive
Hourly earnings
Occupational group
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .........................................................................
$14.40
1.4
35.5
$19.60
5.2
37.9
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
17.69
19.38
1.7
1.7
35.7
36.8
23.32
29.23
5.8
10.0
37.3
36.0
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
23.89
26.28
18.33
27.54
10.54
12.15
3.5
4.5
1.7
1.7
2.4
1.1
35.9
36.0
35.6
40.1
31.6
36.0
34.38
36.12
–
35.31
20.66
13.36
16.5
18.6
–
14.5
3.7
5.8
29.8
30.0
–
42.3
37.9
35.9
Blue collar .......................................................
12.84
1.1
38.2
14.48
3.5
40.0
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
16.40
1.3
39.6
17.98
4.9
40.3
11.36
12.50
2.2
2.1
39.4
37.5
11.88
15.29
7.3
5.0
39.5
43.2
9.70
2.5
35.4
10.77
4.8
34.7
Service .............................................................
7.86
.9
30.4
10.52
4.6
35.0
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
9.12
6.51
9.06
8.64
8.63
2.4
1.5
2.0
1.6
2.7
33.9
28.6
32.8
32.2
29.8
–
10.95
–
10.93
10.30
–
9.7
–
12.2
5.8
–
43.0
–
37.3
32.8
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or
salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least
partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid
to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, 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.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
For more information, see appendix B.
4 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.
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.
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TABLE 3-1. Goods-producing and service-producing industries: Mean hourly earnings1 and
weekly hours by occupational group2 in private industry, National Compensation Survey,3 1999
Goods-producing industries
Hourly earnings
Occupational group
Service-producing industries
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error4
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .........................................................................
$16.17
1.5
39.5
$14.16
1.8
34.4
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
22.98
22.94
1.7
1.8
39.6
39.7
17.20
18.90
2.1
2.3
35.1
36.1
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
25.85
28.91
18.61
30.72
23.47
13.28
1.3
1.4
1.3
2.6
4.0
1.6
40.1
40.3
39.6
40.7
38.5
38.5
23.75
26.06
18.23
27.02
12.37
11.97
4.4
5.5
2.1
2.8
2.8
1.2
34.7
34.8
34.6
40.1
32.6
35.6
Blue collar .......................................................
13.52
1.4
39.6
12.19
1.1
36.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
16.69
1.5
39.8
16.18
1.7
39.4
12.02
13.72
1.7
2.7
39.7
39.6
8.77
12.44
1.9
2.5
38.0
37.5
10.43
1.7
39.1
9.30
3.6
33.4
Service .............................................................
11.66
4.6
34.3
7.86
.9
30.5
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
14.41
–
–
11.57
–
10.3
–
–
3.9
–
37.6
–
–
35.4
–
8.87
6.57
9.06
8.46
8.83
2.1
1.5
2.0
1.5
2.5
33.7
28.7
32.8
32.1
30.1
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid
to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
For more information, see appendix B.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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TABLE 3-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by occupational group2 in private
industry, National Compensation Survey,3 1999
Mining
Occupational group
Construction
Hourly earnings
Manufacturing
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error4
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .....................................................
$20.74
5.2
39.7
$16.63
2.4
39.4
$15.96
1.7
39.6
White collar .................................
White collar, excluding sales
26.74
26.74
5.4
5.4
39.8
39.8
19.95
19.93
4.4
4.7
39.7
39.9
23.36
23.32
1.9
2.0
39.6
39.6
32.15
36.66
18.90
7.0
3.5
6.1
40.2
40.2
40.0
22.81
26.58
16.93
6.7
5.9
7.7
40.7
41.2
39.9
25.78
28.76
18.68
1.3
1.5
1.4
40.1
40.2
39.6
Professional specialty and
technical .................................
Professional specialty ...........
Technical ..............................
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ..............................
Sales .........................................
Administrative support,
including clerical .....................
33.26
27.80
5.6
9.4
40.4
40.0
24.37
20.22
3.2
8.2
41.0
37.2
32.64
23.99
2.6
4.4
40.6
38.7
15.27
9.0
39.0
13.16
6.8
38.2
13.25
1.4
38.5
Blue collar ...................................
17.42
6.8
39.9
15.78
2.3
39.5
12.84
1.5
39.7
19.94
5.4
40.1
17.69
2.4
39.5
15.89
1.8
39.9
14.52
7.0
40.0
14.44
6.6
40.1
11.99
1.7
39.7
16.38
7.4
40.1
15.53
5.4
40.0
12.80
2.8
39.4
9.57
7.7
38.9
10.92
3.6
39.0
10.23
1.8
39.1
10.15
9.6
20.8
9.83
7.1
21.1
11.72
4.7
35.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.46
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
18.4
–
14.57
–
–
11.63
–
10.4
–
–
3.9
–
37.5
–
–
36.7
–
Precision production, craft, and
repair ......................................
Machine operators,
assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material
moving ....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ..............
Service .........................................
Protective service .....................
Food service .............................
Health service ...........................
Cleaning and building service ...
Personal service .......................
See footnotes at end of table.
82
TABLE 3-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by occupational group2 in private
industry, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Transportation and public
utilities
Occupational group
Hourly earnings
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error4
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .....................................................
$18.39
2.2
37.4
$14.93
6.8
39.3
$9.63
2.1
30.7
White collar .................................
White collar, excluding sales
20.64
20.80
3.4
3.5
37.2
37.1
19.18
18.72
5.1
6.6
39.2
39.0
11.00
14.73
2.2
2.9
31.7
35.7
29.66
25.49
34.73
5.4
5.3
9.2
33.0
36.5
29.5
27.07
29.96
18.84
8.5
7.9
6.3
39.7
40.0
39.0
21.05
21.68
17.78
7.8
8.9
10.2
34.4
33.8
38.0
Professional specialty and
technical .................................
Professional specialty ...........
Technical ..............................
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ..............................
Sales .........................................
Administrative support,
including clerical .....................
30.60
18.46
7.7
11.2
41.1
38.9
29.32
19.92
8.0
5.5
41.0
39.4
20.46
9.82
4.7
2.9
42.0
30.6
14.13
1.7
37.8
11.73
1.7
38.0
10.37
1.8
33.1
Blue collar ...................................
16.35
2.3
38.5
11.78
1.4
39.5
10.59
2.8
32.0
20.72
1.3
39.3
–
–
–
14.93
3.3
38.9
13.66
12.8
39.8
–
–
–
8.60
4.4
31.7
14.48
3.5
39.9
11.87
3.3
39.3
9.13
6.0
33.6
13.53
3.9
33.4
8.92
5.8
38.8
8.89
7.7
29.1
Service .........................................
19.16
9.1
26.4
10.34
8.0
25.0
6.49
1.5
28.3
Protective service .....................
Food service .............................
Health service ...........................
Cleaning and building service ...
Personal service .......................
15.23
10.06
–
9.52
23.34
9.0
7.0
–
13.6
8.2
39.1
37.0
–
38.6
23.1
–
7.22
–
10.57
8.86
–
13.6
–
8.7
10.8
–
32.6
–
20.6
34.5
10.32
6.34
7.88
7.79
7.86
4.6
1.6
3.7
3.5
3.2
32.4
28.2
26.3
31.3
29.7
Precision production, craft, and
repair ......................................
Machine operators,
assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material
moving ....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ..............
See footnotes at end of table.
83
TABLE 3-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by
occupational group2 in private industry, National Compensation Survey,3
1999–Continued
Finance, insurance, and real
estate
Occupational group
Hourly earnings
Services
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error4
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .....................................................
$17.43
2.7
37.0
$14.97
3.4
34.4
White collar .................................
White collar, excluding sales
18.12
17.80
2.9
3.1
37.4
37.4
18.99
19.54
3.6
3.5
35.3
35.3
24.60
27.95
18.59
4.2
4.0
5.7
38.4
39.0
37.3
23.27
25.99
16.47
5.2
6.4
2.1
34.5
34.4
34.9
27.66
20.98
5.0
6.2
39.8
36.9
27.17
12.42
4.4
12.0
39.3
35.4
12.53
2.4
36.3
11.54
2.3
34.8
12.57
4.2
36.8
11.04
3.2
36.9
15.23
4.4
39.5
15.18
3.7
38.9
10.97
12.6
39.5
8.03
3.3
37.3
10.77
12.5
31.9
10.75
9.2
33.6
10.89
8.5
35.5
8.67
5.0
36.3
Service .........................................
10.34
3.6
33.3
8.26
1.1
31.8
Protective service .....................
Food service .............................
Health service ...........................
Cleaning and building service ...
Personal service .......................
11.34
7.27
8.25
10.49
10.84
10.2
7.1
7.0
3.1
8.5
29.0
25.7
34.4
35.8
34.1
8.53
7.24
9.08
8.17
8.11
2.3
5.1
2.0
1.5
3.4
34.3
30.7
33.0
31.8
30.6
Professional specialty and
technical .................................
Professional specialty ...........
Technical ..............................
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ..............................
Sales .........................................
Administrative support,
including clerical .....................
Blue collar ...................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ......................................
Machine operators,
assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material
moving ....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ..............
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 A classification system including about 480
individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the
civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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
appendix A.
3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
84
TABLE 3-3. United States, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by
occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999
Occupational group
1 to 99
workers4
100 to 499
workers
500 to 999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 or
more
workers
Mean
All .........................................................................
$13.46
$14.71
$17.35
$17.05
$21.02
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
16.19
17.72
18.69
19.82
21.64
22.08
20.70
21.92
23.24
23.33
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
23.46
26.90
16.45
25.05
12.60
11.73
22.62
24.39
16.85
29.30
13.69
12.07
25.98
28.58
16.60
31.30
14.60
12.61
25.02
26.78
18.04
30.01
10.23
12.82
27.35
28.38
22.50
28.42
17.81
13.35
Blue collar .......................................................
12.39
12.38
13.98
14.94
17.87
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
15.71
16.48
17.29
17.99
19.75
9.94
11.57
10.69
13.49
12.37
16.21
14.39
14.99
18.63
15.84
9.64
9.29
10.98
10.98
13.34
Service .............................................................
7.44
8.91
10.69
10.01
14.93
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
10.42
6.32
9.44
8.42
7.87
11.94
7.24
8.50
8.96
8.57
14.33
7.89
9.70
10.59
8.55
14.13
7.06
9.94
9.37
9.31
19.63
9.48
10.90
10.92
14.41
Relative error5 (percent)
All .........................................................................
2.2
2.3
1.5
6.2
1.0
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
3.2
3.9
2.4
2.5
1.5
1.5
4.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
9.5
11.7
3.3
3.7
3.0
2.0
2.7
3.8
1.7
3.9
5.3
1.0
1.9
1.9
1.8
2.4
5.3
1.1
1.2
1.2
2.4
2.2
11.7
1.2
1.0
1.0
3.4
2.9
5.9
1.0
Blue collar .......................................................
1.4
1.2
2.8
2.6
2.0
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
1.7
1.7
3.2
2.9
2.5
2.9
2.9
3.0
1.7
2.5
6.5
2.3
4.4
2.5
1.9
3.6
3.3
4.4
5.9
3.2
Service .............................................................
1.6
1.2
2.6
6.7
2.1
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
7.6
1.7
4.6
2.2
4.1
3.2
1.4
1.2
2.7
2.1
4.8
2.6
3.3
4.1
6.1
7.0
13.6
2.2
2.8
1.9
1.7
2.1
2.7
2.2
8.1
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid
to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
For more information, see appendix B.
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 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99
workers and State and local government establishments
employing 50 to 99 workers.
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.
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TABLE 3-4. Private Industry, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by
occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999
Occupational group
1 to 99
workers
100 to 499
workers
500 to 999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 or
more
workers
Mean
All .........................................................................
$13.44
$14.37
$16.61
$16.34
$21.96
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
16.16
17.72
18.38
19.64
21.09
21.62
20.09
21.80
24.63
24.83
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
23.53
27.18
16.47
25.11
12.60
11.75
21.97
23.72
17.22
29.66
13.70
12.14
24.95
28.65
16.86
31.97
14.84
12.81
24.57
26.71
18.60
30.86
10.20
13.12
28.52
29.22
26.49
31.79
18.41
13.84
Blue collar .......................................................
12.39
12.33
13.95
14.91
18.73
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
15.71
16.48
17.46
18.18
20.87
9.94
11.59
10.68
13.48
12.36
16.63
14.39
15.41
18.76
17.22
9.63
9.21
10.94
10.75
13.32
Service .............................................................
7.36
8.10
8.55
8.61
12.15
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
9.05
6.32
9.49
8.41
7.87
8.31
7.12
8.42
8.71
8.46
8.99
7.57
8.83
9.65
7.94
9.91
6.57
9.59
8.77
–
14.18
9.30
9.91
10.54
17.78
Relative error4 (percent)
All .........................................................................
2.2
2.5
1.9
8.1
1.6
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
3.3
4.0
2.9
3.0
1.9
1.9
5.7
1.4
1.4
1.4
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
9.8
12.2
3.3
3.7
3.0
2.0
3.3
4.9
1.8
4.2
5.3
1.1
2.5
2.7
1.9
2.8
5.5
1.4
1.5
1.4
2.7
2.7
11.7
1.5
1.5
1.2
4.7
1.8
6.4
1.3
Blue collar .......................................................
1.4
1.2
3.0
3.0
2.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
1.7
1.8
3.5
3.5
3.8
2.9
3.0
3.0
1.8
2.6
7.2
2.3
6.2
2.5
2.9
3.6
3.3
4.7
6.4
4.5
Service .............................................................
1.6
1.1
2.6
3.7
4.3
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
9.0
1.7
4.7
2.3
4.1
2.0
1.5
1.1
3.3
2.2
4.0
3.0
3.3
7.0
6.8
3.4
14.2
2.1
2.7
–
6.4
3.0
3.2
5.0
15.0
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid
to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
For more information, see appendix B.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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TABLE 3-5. State and local government, establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1
by occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999
Occupational group
50 to 99
workers
100 to 499
workers
500 to 999
workers
1,000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 or
more
workers
Mean
All .........................................................................
$15.03
$17.99
$19.89
$19.02
$20.23
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
17.81
17.83
20.73
20.79
23.00
23.14
22.12
22.16
22.12
22.15
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
21.51
22.09
14.17
21.20
10.91
10.85
24.83
26.28
14.12
25.91
11.13
11.57
27.60
28.51
14.69
28.75
10.62
12.00
25.73
26.87
15.83
27.40
12.22
12.08
26.47
27.86
16.01
25.30
13.92
12.97
Blue collar .......................................................
12.13
14.12
14.37
15.12
16.17
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
14.60
16.29
15.90
17.07
17.99
–
10.74
11.95
13.57
13.13
14.19
14.69
13.88
15.41
15.04
10.99
11.85
11.43
12.67
13.38
Service .............................................................
11.50
13.14
14.22
13.08
16.04
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
14.84
8.03
7.80
9.09
7.91
16.34
9.02
9.72
10.46
9.25
17.56
9.36
11.79
12.21
10.13
16.26
9.45
10.80
10.63
9.58
19.94
9.63
12.22
11.11
10.44
Relative error4 (percent)
All .........................................................................
3.8
1.5
2.1
1.8
1.1
White collar .....................................................
White collar, excluding sales ....................
3.4
3.4
1.6
1.6
2.2
2.2
1.7
1.7
1.5
1.5
Professional specialty and technical .............
Professional specialty ...............................
Technical ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...
Sales .............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......
4.8
4.8
6.8
5.7
12.0
2.9
2.0
1.8
2.5
2.9
7.3
1.8
2.6
2.6
3.1
3.3
14.5
1.8
1.9
2.0
3.1
3.1
11.3
2.0
1.5
1.5
2.3
4.0
8.0
1.4
Blue collar .......................................................
4.5
2.4
2.6
2.6
1.9
Precision production, craft, and repair ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors ...................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................
4.6
2.9
3.4
3.9
2.6
–
3.0
13.6
3.3
9.2
3.3
8.9
3.8
9.9
2.4
10.5
3.9
3.6
4.9
4.2
Service .............................................................
9.3
2.7
3.3
2.6
1.9
Protective service .........................................
Food service .................................................
Health service ...............................................
Cleaning and building service .......................
Personal service ...........................................
9.8
8.0
5.2
2.8
6.1
2.9
3.4
5.4
2.5
6.7
3.8
5.7
3.5
3.5
9.5
6.1
2.6
3.7
3.4
2.4
1.8
2.6
2.7
2.2
3.6
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, 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 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
For more information, see appendix B.
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 appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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TABLE 4-1. Summary, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by selected
characteristics, 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 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. For more information, see appendix E.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
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 appendix A.
5 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those
whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages
are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
8 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
9 See appendix E for a list of survey areas and States comprising the nine
census divisions.
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TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
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
$15.63
15.91
1.2
1.3
35.7
36.0
$12.86
13.09
4.9
4.0
37.0
37.1
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
18.78
20.16
1.4
1.4
35.9
36.7
18.96
20.35
1.4
1.5
35.8
36.6
16.40
17.83
5.0
1.8
36.8
37.0
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 ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science 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
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
34.21
37.78
37.45
49.29
41.45
33.91
40.51
35.25
38.49
40.51
36.69
43.57
35.92
30.93
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
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
10.3
7.5
12.4
12.0
5.3
8.7
7.1
6.1
14.0
7.8
3.4
10.0
8.3
12.6
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
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
37.0
36.8
40.3
37.0
37.9
34.9
48.0
37.9
37.0
37.4
38.2
38.7
34.9
29.6
25.13
27.26
29.53
20.90
32.75
27.98
33.58
35.23
33.81
26.91
32.15
25.09
24.83
34.75
29.01
28.44
28.64
27.56
30.75
24.05
33.44
26.61
37.84
29.16
23.21
28.27
26.80
22.48
23.32
22.97
25.30
27.79
62.88
40.34
36.00
21.48
27.25
17.92
18.33
22.33
24.13
24.53
18.86
–
36.31
34.77
39.11
41.48
54.14
42.09
33.88
44.05
35.60
40.37
40.92
37.83
45.39
37.14
31.49
2.5
3.0
3.5
8.5
3.9
4.8
8.7
3.9
2.6
3.5
3.5
5.3
3.4
8.6
8.0
2.3
2.4
6.2
8.8
7.9
18.1
2.4
7.6
3.9
14.5
8.4
4.5
9.4
4.6
11.5
7.0
11.7
24.1
11.0
3.8
1.5
7.9
3.4
1.8
7.4
5.1
6.4
6.4
–
2.2
13.0
9.6
13.2
8.2
5.8
8.9
14.5
6.3
15.2
7.9
3.1
11.8
8.3
13.5
35.7
35.7
40.5
39.7
40.1
40.2
40.2
40.0
40.8
40.3
41.0
40.5
41.1
40.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
38.6
38.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.2
41.3
41.4
39.8
39.8
39.4
40.7
38.4
34.1
36.5
30.9
35.5
33.3
33.1
36.6
34.4
33.9
35.6
34.2
36.0
–
31.7
36.2
33.5
36.4
36.4
37.7
34.8
35.1
38.4
36.5
37.9
38.2
35.8
35.1
29.4
21.08
23.17
24.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.10
–
–
–
23.12
–
24.40
22.59
–
–
–
–
20.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.33
–
21.87
67.15
–
–
18.86
26.06
–
16.53
–
21.39
25.86
15.14
–
31.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.0
2.2
4.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
–
–
–
12.5
–
8.4
4.7
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
5.9
9.0
–
–
5.0
5.1
–
5.5
–
4.8
6.1
6.9
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.3
36.2
40.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.8
–
–
–
40.0
–
39.6
39.5
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
34.6
41.6
–
–
34.0
33.8
–
37.5
–
39.3
30.9
34.8
–
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
89
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
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)
$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
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
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
$49.27
34.24
37.48
–
28.34
35.30
36.22
38.53
34.30
48.64
25.91
43.18
–
32.89
27.00
15.86
28.83
30.10
27.51
26.42
10.95
23.80
22.03
22.33
20.61
25.37
28.41
25.47
18.32
16.10
23.25
14.40
14.43
13.89
12.89
18.70
38.60
38.56
43.59
6.9
8.3
8.3
–
5.9
10.6
9.3
10.6
8.7
9.4
9.9
10.4
–
2.6
1.7
8.5
1.3
1.4
7.0
4.0
4.5
5.5
4.6
4.2
13.5
3.3
4.6
3.9
4.9
19.2
3.8
7.2
7.8
3.9
13.7
18.2
3.3
3.4
6.5
36.6
36.3
35.0
–
31.8
27.9
32.6
34.6
25.9
36.8
26.6
37.6
–
29.1
34.3
35.1
35.7
36.5
35.3
29.7
16.3
36.7
37.4
37.2
38.4
36.5
39.8
35.5
39.3
37.5
36.0
34.7
34.7
33.0
42.9
37.1
39.6
39.7
32.2
–
$26.63
37.28
46.36
38.70
–
32.11
30.64
–
–
–
–
29.17
26.79
23.80
21.52
23.65
24.44
25.32
24.83
8.92
23.70
18.46
19.49
–
20.78
–
21.46
–
–
–
15.18
15.46
12.41
–
–
35.17
22.34
–
–
4.8
7.5
22.8
15.0
–
5.8
10.9
–
–
–
–
3.6
5.8
1.9
7.1
2.0
2.2
4.1
5.6
13.2
7.1
11.1
10.5
–
8.1
–
9.7
–
–
–
3.1
3.3
11.4
–
–
20.5
5.4
–
–
32.8
36.7
34.7
35.4
–
39.3
34.1
–
–
–
–
37.9
32.5
36.0
36.8
37.7
37.7
37.0
33.6
12.4
37.4
36.2
36.4
–
39.7
–
39.7
–
–
–
38.3
38.9
33.5
–
–
33.6
30.1
–
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
23.05
20.71
21.03
17.28
24.86
3.9
9.1
6.9
17.1
20.2
32.1
38.5
38.9
17.5
35.4
14.24
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
34.6
–
–
–
–
19.24
18.26
15.82
12.55
24.30
22.07
17.55
–
26.65
17.91
15.69
25.72
11.67
13.6
8.2
17.0
10.4
6.2
7.5
29.3
–
4.9
1.5
3.6
6.0
7.2
39.1
39.5
19.7
28.7
38.5
38.2
26.2
–
39.2
35.7
36.9
22.3
35.9
19.45
18.85
15.82
12.55
24.35
23.33
17.63
–
26.77
18.31
15.70
25.74
11.74
13.8
8.0
17.0
10.4
6.2
6.7
29.7
–
5.0
1.6
3.9
6.0
8.1
39.1
39.4
19.7
28.7
38.5
38.2
26.5
–
39.2
35.7
36.7
22.3
36.1
–
–
–
–
–
13.19
–
15.02
–
13.75
15.61
–
11.20
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
10.5
–
3.0
7.5
–
13.9
–
–
–
–
–
38.6
–
32.6
–
36.6
38.6
–
34.9
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
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 ..............................................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Dental hygienists .....................................................
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
90
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.02
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
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
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
$19.39
13.83
13.50
18.09
18.47
20.84
19.21
18.01
15.26
15.47
18.51
17.36
89.76
15.30
22.52
17.87
16.31
18.58
5.1
1.3
2.4
3.7
5.3
4.3
2.7
2.8
9.1
9.3
3.2
2.6
9.2
11.5
3.6
5.9
3.6
2.6
35.5
34.1
31.8
38.8
40.5
40.0
39.4
39.7
39.9
30.1
39.9
37.1
21.8
36.7
38.8
40.2
37.0
38.7
$14.22
11.83
11.65
17.55
–
–
15.40
16.63
–
11.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.84
4.2
2.1
5.3
9.9
–
–
6.5
6.6
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.6
36.8
35.9
31.7
40.0
–
–
39.8
39.8
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.2
27.67
30.69
15.74
1.9
2.2
19.1
39.9
40.5
12.4
27.83
30.93
15.06
1.9
2.3
21.4
40.0
40.6
14.3
24.80
26.77
17.66
3.1
3.6
40.3
39.4
39.4
9.0
28.96
26.87
32.32
29.92
27.96
41.3
2.6
6.8
8.7
3.0
45.1
38.9
40.4
41.1
42.8
28.12
28.02
32.59
30.24
28.21
43.8
2.9
7.1
9.7
3.2
45.7
39.2
40.4
41.1
42.8
–
22.26
27.65
27.88
–
–
6.8
9.2
17.2
–
–
37.9
40.0
41.3
–
38.03
32.26
29.73
6.5
2.7
4.2
40.9
39.2
38.8
38.13
32.83
30.38
6.6
3.1
4.5
41.0
39.2
38.7
35.23
29.63
23.30
17.7
3.3
7.9
39.9
39.0
40.2
15.91
20.74
22.38
28.06
31.42
22.19
21.14
22.24
23.40
25.03
20.64
16.20
4.3
7.4
10.7
8.4
3.5
2.3
2.4
7.1
4.5
4.1
3.3
19.0
42.3
39.8
44.9
39.1
41.1
39.0
39.4
39.2
39.7
40.1
36.3
39.8
16.02
20.74
22.38
28.28
31.46
22.30
21.26
22.51
23.34
25.09
20.87
14.88
4.7
7.4
10.7
8.6
3.6
2.3
2.5
7.4
4.7
4.1
3.2
22.5
42.1
39.8
44.9
39.1
41.1
39.0
39.4
39.3
39.7
40.1
36.1
39.8
14.62
–
–
21.09
29.98
19.16
17.62
–
25.59
–
16.87
–
8.4
–
–
9.3
9.2
4.4
6.4
–
6.1
–
16.1
–
45.1
–
–
39.3
42.4
39.2
39.5
–
40.0
–
39.5
–
19.39
23.89
14.86
20.69
5.4
7.0
18.7
3.5
39.9
40.0
39.2
39.4
19.24
24.16
14.68
20.74
5.3
7.1
19.6
3.5
39.9
40.0
39.1
39.5
–
16.73
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
20.47
23.18
3.6
6.4
39.0
39.0
20.61
23.31
3.8
6.6
39.2
38.9
17.99
19.90
13.8
6.6
35.9
39.4
12.84
16.10
20.13
21.20
32.51
23.46
2.7
3.6
6.6
17.4
12.0
17.2
32.9
41.1
38.1
34.1
39.5
38.5
13.07
16.07
20.13
21.20
32.54
24.20
2.5
3.6
6.7
17.4
12.0
17.3
32.7
41.2
38.1
34.1
39.5
38.4
9.60
16.84
–
–
–
–
9.2
18.3
–
–
–
–
35.7
39.7
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
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. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Real estate sales .....................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
91
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$19.31
30.60
6.5
5.1
37.7
41.3
$19.38
30.57
6.6
5.1
37.7
41.3
$13.55
–
5.0
–
39.7
–
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
23.10
20.64
8.99
7.97
11.44
13.80
11.81
12.57
10.63
7.33
7.94
12.18
8.60
23.81
11.97
4.6
4.7
11.2
6.3
13.5
11.7
5.0
7.1
8.0
4.2
8.2
23.7
5.9
26.4
5.3
40.3
45.4
26.5
26.6
30.1
35.4
37.3
38.7
29.6
30.1
28.7
23.1
27.2
30.2
35.2
17.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.03
8.54
–
–
–
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
42.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.0
29.7
–
–
–
–
–
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
12.30
16.37
17.99
18.15
20.14
1.0
3.3
12.4
4.3
9.7
36.0
39.8
40.1
39.4
40.0
10.81
15.65
–
15.65
–
2.2
3.9
–
4.0
–
37.1
40.0
–
36.4
–
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
13.09
10.87
8.80
11.69
12.06
13.36
10.83
15.61
9.83
10.46
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
2.5
2.1
3.7
2.1
1.2
2.4
4.5
14.4
4.4
4.7
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
38.5
30.2
34.2
37.9
36.6
33.5
37.9
40.0
34.6
37.1
18.66
14.57
11.26
13.69
13.95
12.38
9.58
8.76
13.33
9.82
11.49
11.70
11.59
12.38
13.22
11.37
8.84
12.02
12.11
13.45
10.88
17.16
9.88
10.46
4.1
2.6
5.1
3.1
5.7
2.1
3.9
3.7
3.2
2.5
6.0
7.9
4.5
2.4
2.6
1.8
3.8
2.0
1.2
2.6
4.8
11.2
4.5
4.7
40.1
39.3
38.7
37.5
35.9
36.1
27.9
36.4
36.1
33.0
34.5
33.5
36.1
37.1
38.3
29.0
34.2
37.8
36.5
33.3
37.8
40.0
34.5
37.1
20.78
14.23
–
11.56
10.60
11.18
8.86
8.34
–
8.26
10.74
–
–
12.08
–
9.28
7.77
9.28
11.38
12.59
10.04
–
–
–
6.8
6.5
–
4.6
4.0
3.6
4.1
8.6
–
3.6
13.4
–
–
9.2
–
4.8
5.0
6.8
3.9
7.7
5.1
–
–
–
40.4
39.3
–
38.0
39.8
38.4
35.2
33.5
–
37.4
39.5
–
–
40.0
–
34.8
31.7
38.9
37.7
35.7
39.1
–
–
–
9.74
8.62
11.38
10.86
9.31
8.70
13.21
14.96
11.36
11.20
14.75
6.2
3.9
2.6
4.6
4.2
6.1
3.5
5.6
2.8
2.2
3.0
35.2
37.7
34.8
26.2
36.6
30.4
38.7
39.4
37.9
36.0
39.6
9.74
8.61
11.51
10.77
9.41
8.75
13.61
15.03
11.32
11.24
14.83
6.2
4.0
2.6
5.3
4.6
6.4
4.0
6.3
2.9
2.3
3.1
35.2
38.0
35.0
25.8
36.9
30.2
38.6
39.4
37.7
35.8
39.5
–
–
7.53
–
8.12
7.49
10.79
14.42
11.68
10.63
13.71
–
–
5.9
–
12.0
1.3
9.2
4.6
10.0
6.4
9.7
–
–
29.4
–
33.5
35.3
39.1
40.0
39.5
39.3
40.0
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
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 ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
92
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.81
11.94
6.8
4.4
36.1
38.3
$14.03
11.96
6.8
4.6
37.5
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.25
16.70
12.59
14.31
11.90
11.14
9.22
13.42
10.55
11.39
9.76
11.74
8.9
2.4
2.4
4.8
3.9
1.3
2.2
13.8
2.1
4.4
2.0
1.8
37.3
38.1
38.6
38.7
37.8
34.1
32.6
37.4
36.4
38.6
30.8
36.3
11.33
16.72
12.69
14.38
11.88
11.17
9.24
14.20
10.58
11.52
10.09
11.89
6.9
2.4
2.5
5.0
4.1
1.4
2.2
12.9
2.2
5.0
2.3
1.9
37.6
38.1
38.5
38.8
37.8
33.9
32.6
37.1
36.4
38.5
30.4
36.2
$18.08
–
9.78
13.42
12.46
10.57
7.80
–
9.79
–
8.70
9.84
16.7
–
7.9
4.5
5.8
2.8
2.4
–
3.2
–
3.9
4.9
35.2
–
39.8
37.8
40.0
37.1
32.3
–
37.9
–
32.2
37.0
Blue collar ..............................................................................
13.03
1.0
38.2
13.19
1.1
38.1
11.81
3.8
38.9
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 ...............................................................
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 ..............................................................
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
16.63
21.07
15.35
11.22
14.31
20.72
11.61
16.81
20.60
18.23
12.40
17.24
13.91
1.2
2.7
4.7
10.5
6.9
4.4
6.8
9.6
3.5
3.7
8.9
1.9
5.8
39.6
40.5
40.1
36.7
39.6
40.0
39.7
40.6
40.1
40.0
40.7
39.9
37.3
15.12
20.43
12.40
–
14.18
–
–
–
–
14.93
–
17.01
12.86
4.5
6.3
9.9
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
10.9
–
5.1
8.5
40.1
43.5
40.5
–
42.2
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
39.9
39.8
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
18.69
15.58
12.41
19.76
18.17
3.7
5.9
10.3
4.3
3.8
37.3
36.2
40.0
39.9
40.0
14.49
–
–
17.91
20.43
16.7
–
–
11.0
5.2
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
15.09
17.75
16.90
14.67
16.38
17.68
–
3.0
12.9
5.7
8.0
14.4
5.2
–
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.3
39.7
40.1
–
15.11
17.75
16.90
14.67
16.31
18.00
–
3.1
12.9
5.7
8.0
14.7
5.7
–
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.3
39.7
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
19.97
23.51
11.0
8.2
40.0
40.1
20.18
23.51
11.5
8.2
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.66
3.4
40.1
25.12
3.2
40.1
19.45
11.1
40.0
17.70
25.56
19.75
20.33
11.13
18.70
17.25
12.88
19.72
19.12
5.4
6.8
4.4
10.5
11.4
9.6
3.6
6.3
10.9
5.0
40.3
40.0
40.2
39.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.6
39.0
39.8
17.70
25.61
20.21
20.57
11.13
18.70
17.32
12.88
19.72
19.36
5.4
7.0
4.7
10.4
11.4
9.6
3.8
6.3
10.9
5.6
40.3
40.0
40.2
39.1
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.6
39.0
39.7
–
–
15.66
–
–
–
15.77
–
–
17.08
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
5.2
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
40.0
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
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.
93
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.39
22.57
13.59
18.33
20.37
17.28
15.47
14.17
15.13
4.8
2.6
5.7
19.2
5.6
14.3
13.2
4.8
10.1
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.4
39.8
37.6
38.4
37.9
$12.36
23.06
13.56
18.33
20.61
17.28
15.55
14.17
15.19
4.8
2.6
5.8
19.2
5.4
14.3
13.4
4.8
10.0
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
39.4
39.8
37.6
38.4
37.9
–
$17.65
–
–
14.13
–
–
–
–
–
11.9
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
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
11.99
16.60
18.67
16.07
15.21
22.48
15.20
14.71
14.16
19.74
19.95
15.61
13.28
16.04
13.04
15.55
18.89
15.19
15.09
17.81
13.40
11.88
11.15
10.31
12.41
14.62
16.31
13.97
11.13
14.7
14.7
11.4
5.2
6.1
16.5
28.5
9.6
6.2
2.4
2.5
8.2
11.1
4.7
5.8
10.9
6.2
6.5
23.1
6.6
10.3
11.0
6.6
9.6
5.9
11.0
5.1
14.5
10.0
40.0
37.5
39.6
39.7
39.5
42.3
40.3
40.0
33.0
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
39.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
12.17
–
–
–
–
16.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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
11.31
11.08
15.57
12.42
10.84
10.15
10.38
16.95
1.3
4.1
2.7
9.9
20.4
4.8
7.3
6.9
2.6
39.0
39.8
39.7
39.8
30.5
37.7
34.4
38.0
40.2
–
–
8.92
16.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.0
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
20.33
14.69
15.92
21.77
19.58
20.87
7.6
11.8
3.0
2.1
3.5
4.8
40.0
39.6
39.0
39.8
39.3
40.1
20.33
14.69
16.17
21.69
19.30
21.02
7.6
11.8
2.9
2.1
3.6
5.0
40.0
39.6
38.8
39.9
39.3
40.1
–
–
14.51
–
22.01
–
–
–
10.9
–
8.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
39.4
–
11.41
14.51
13.32
12.56
2.1
3.6
5.8
7.0
39.4
40.0
39.9
40.0
11.47
14.98
14.23
12.61
2.3
3.1
6.6
7.9
39.3
40.0
39.9
40.0
11.08
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
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 .......................................
Mining, n.e.c. ...........................................................
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 .........................................
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 ....................
See footnotes at end of table.
94
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.45
14.51
11.41
3.3
8.1
14.2
39.9
40.3
40.0
$12.76
15.34
11.41
3.3
7.5
14.2
39.8
40.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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
12.44
13.18
14.45
13.55
10.78
13.56
14.57
2.2
5.5
3.3
3.1
6.3
4.5
4.8
39.9
39.7
40.0
39.2
39.8
39.7
39.9
$11.38
–
–
11.34
11.68
–
–
8.4
–
–
5.9
5.8
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
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
9.07
10.27
10.19
14.46
16.27
13.21
10.02
12.5
11.0
7.7
3.3
11.5
6.2
3.4
39.1
39.7
39.9
39.3
39.1
35.5
39.6
–
–
–
12.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
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
10.56
8.80
7.63
9.64
7.39
7.20
11.73
11.20
12.39
13.29
2.2
9.4
5.4
10.7
4.1
2.2
6.5
5.6
4.1
4.2
39.9
40.0
39.1
39.8
37.6
38.1
40.0
39.1
39.7
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
7.31
–
9.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.6
–
40.0
–
–
16.69
10.65
11.32
11.83
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
10.19
11.49
12.55
14.53
9.55
10.36
3.0
2.4
8.0
9.5
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
4.5
2.9
3.6
3.5
5.7
5.4
39.6
39.5
40.0
39.7
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
38.8
39.9
40.0
39.6
39.9
39.9
16.69
10.90
11.27
11.83
11.26
11.81
14.20
12.26
12.32
10.83
10.65
14.60
10.46
11.69
7.71
11.75
10.14
11.54
10.06
11.81
12.97
14.28
9.50
10.36
3.4
3.3
8.4
9.5
8.7
4.2
5.3
5.9
2.8
6.4
7.2
2.4
4.4
3.6
10.5
3.7
5.5
8.7
4.9
2.7
2.7
6.9
5.8
5.4
39.6
39.1
40.0
39.7
40.1
39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
31.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.8
39.8
39.8
35.2
38.7
39.8
40.0
39.2
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.77
–
11.73
13.03
–
8.85
–
–
–
–
10.91
10.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
6.5
9.2
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
8.5
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
39.8
40.0
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
39.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
12.92
17.24
12.72
11.90
1.8
4.2
2.3
5.6
37.6
41.8
40.3
34.2
12.95
17.78
12.66
11.89
1.9
3.3
2.4
5.7
37.7
42.1
40.2
34.2
12.60
12.86
14.40
–
3.4
10.1
4.9
–
36.6
39.6
43.8
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
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 ....................................
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 ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
95
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$12.38
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
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
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
$12.47
8.33
7.71
7.73
27.01
–
18.00
11.76
15.56
–
16.81
19.83
27.42
14.92
16.21
13.97
15.26
12.31
3.1
4.8
7.1
7.2
14.8
–
8.0
17.1
29.8
–
7.0
4.7
6.9
9.7
5.0
3.7
4.5
2.7
29.1
30.1
32.4
30.9
40.5
–
51.9
44.9
51.4
–
40.5
40.0
37.5
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.7
$11.48
–
–
6.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.73
–
–
–
11.28
12.47
11.99
4.6
–
–
12.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.3
–
–
–
16.1
7.6
8.0
20.8
–
–
23.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.5
40.0
40.0
14.31
3.8
38.4
14.66
4.2
38.1
12.16
6.3
39.9
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. .......................
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
9.92
7.18
16.81
9.58
10.22
9.76
2.6
4.5
10.0
4.3
11.8
11.9
35.3
34.2
38.8
35.7
32.8
35.6
9.36
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
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
16.54
10.05
10.11
8.85
11.75
9.74
14.04
20.47
9.64
9.64
11.00
8.83
8.90
8.20
9.64
8.1
3.6
3.6
14.8
4.9
2.2
7.6
6.2
8.0
2.4
3.1
7.4
4.4
2.7
2.1
38.7
38.2
39.1
38.1
39.4
38.7
39.8
39.2
29.7
39.0
33.4
34.2
37.9
38.2
36.0
13.42
12.53
12.13
–
9.62
11.27
–
–
8.71
9.47
9.22
–
7.45
7.83
9.24
8.2
7.8
7.7
–
9.6
12.0
–
–
5.8
10.0
9.4
–
5.7
6.0
5.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
38.7
39.8
–
–
30.7
40.0
37.9
–
32.4
38.7
38.9
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
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 ...............................................................
9.21
14.84
21.90
25.00
16.60
18.74
16.13
20.25
16.60
14.94
8.97
8.89
12.03
6.72
4.71
6.72
1.1
2.1
4.7
3.3
7.1
6.5
3.0
1.4
2.8
3.8
4.5
2.0
7.7
1.5
2.8
6.6
31.6
37.5
49.5
40.1
37.8
39.0
43.5
39.5
39.2
39.8
17.2
34.3
29.3
28.8
27.4
28.1
9.29
15.31
22.51
26.23
16.53
18.79
16.41
20.62
18.23
15.97
9.04
8.83
11.94
6.74
4.66
6.72
1.1
1.8
4.6
3.0
7.5
7.4
3.0
1.4
2.7
3.0
4.5
2.2
8.4
1.3
3.3
7.0
31.2
37.1
49.5
40.1
37.7
38.8
43.3
39.6
38.9
39.9
17.5
33.7
28.8
28.4
26.3
28.1
8.73
12.43
14.47
14.95
–
–
11.53
15.68
13.23
13.35
–
–
13.08
6.51
5.01
6.80
3.0
5.5
10.2
11.6
–
–
8.6
4.0
4.2
4.6
–
–
10.5
8.9
3.9
6.3
34.8
39.6
50.2
40.0
–
–
47.1
39.0
39.6
39.7
–
–
35.4
32.4
35.5
27.7
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
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. .....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
96
TABLE 4-2. United States: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas2 for selected
occupations, National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation4
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued
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 ...................................................
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. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$4.04
5.65
7.63
10.75
8.24
7.22
6.77
9.35
12.34
10.05
8.79
9.14
10.73
7.44
9.27
13.26
11.07
8.93
15.89
9.79
6.41
11.14
5.93
26.33
6.98
7.59
7.02
8.27
8.28
3.8
2.7
1.2
2.4
2.0
2.4
1.3
1.7
8.2
2.2
1.3
1.5
7.9
2.3
1.8
6.3
10.0
2.2
10.4
5.6
5.5
11.2
4.3
7.6
5.9
4.8
3.4
3.2
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, 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
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,
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
27.7
25.3
29.5
39.3
33.6
30.2
26.0
33.3
30.4
32.6
33.9
33.4
39.3
33.9
32.3
39.1
40.0
29.8
39.0
29.8
29.0
30.7
15.7
21.4
35.3
29.0
30.4
29.5
30.4
$3.85
5.63
7.61
10.62
8.25
7.19
6.77
9.62
12.34
10.17
9.05
9.22
11.56
7.51
9.32
13.26
11.07
8.96
12.18
9.79
6.90
11.25
5.93
26.40
6.98
7.60
6.91
8.28
8.94
3.4
2.9
1.3
2.8
2.2
2.6
1.3
1.8
8.2
2.3
1.4
1.7
9.6
2.6
1.9
6.3
10.0
2.7
5.3
5.6
3.4
11.2
4.3
7.6
5.9
5.2
3.4
3.3
5.6
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
26.1
25.1
29.4
39.3
33.6
29.9
26.1
33.4
30.4
33.0
34.0
33.0
39.0
34.0
32.0
39.1
40.0
28.9
37.7
29.8
26.6
31.1
15.7
21.4
35.3
29.0
30.1
29.4
28.8
–
$5.86
7.83
12.11
8.17
7.53
6.76
8.09
–
9.35
7.81
8.46
–
6.83
8.72
–
–
8.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.45
8.03
8.07
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error5
hours
(percent)
–
6.7
4.6
10.2
2.6
2.8
2.9
2.1
–
4.2
2.6
2.0
–
3.2
2.6
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
4.7
6.3
–
–
29.9
30.1
39.5
34.4
33.0
24.4
33.0
–
30.6
33.6
36.8
–
32.3
36.8
–
–
34.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.4
33.7
30.0
–
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. For more information, see appendix B.
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.
97
TABLE 4-3. Largest 10 metropolitan areas1 ranked by employment size: Mean hourly earnings2 by occupational group, National
Compensation Survey, 1999-2000
(1)
New YorkNorthern New
JerseyLong Island
(July 1999)
(2)
Los AngelesRiversideOrange County
(3)
ChicagoGaryKenosha
(4)
WashingtonBaltimore
(5)
San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose
(July 1999)
(October 1999)
(July 1999)
(June 1999)
All .................................................................................................
$20.85
$18.40
$17.56
$17.86
$21.60
White collar .............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
25.08
25.97
22.67
23.45
21.72
22.15
21.46
22.29
25.79
26.91
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty .......................................................
Technical ..........................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Sales .....................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..............................
31.77
33.44
23.81
35.08
15.58
15.23
29.00
31.05
21.54
32.04
16.47
13.47
26.27
26.90
24.11
28.81
17.44
13.96
26.93
28.22
20.84
27.15
15.18
13.37
31.83
33.49
25.16
35.08
16.19
15.74
Blue collar ...............................................................................
15.28
13.36
14.89
14.65
16.49
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..........
21.44
10.94
16.38
12.35
19.52
10.18
13.41
9.65
21.08
12.27
15.69
12.12
17.76
13.71
14.32
11.52
21.17
13.85
15.25
11.31
Service .....................................................................................
13.51
11.76
11.15
10.53
12.67
Protective service .................................................................
Food service .........................................................................
Health service .......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...............................................
Personal service ...................................................................
19.94
8.62
10.11
12.41
13.21
18.45
8.11
9.28
8.77
10.72
17.16
6.94
9.56
9.88
10.85
16.54
7.55
9.82
9.07
10.47
16.97
8.97
12.18
10.94
14.09
(6)
BostonWorcesterLawrence
(October 1999)
(7)
PhiladelphiaWilmingtonAtlantic City
(August 1999)
(8)
DetroitAnn ArborFlint
(August 1999)
(9)
DallasFort Worth
(July 1999)
(10)
HoustonGalvestonBrazoria
(July 1999)
All .................................................................................................
$18.77
$18.51
$19.42
$17.05
$17.33
White collar .............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................
22.39
23.20
22.07
22.92
23.18
24.04
21.18
22.30
21.30
22.16
Professional specialty and technical .....................................
Professional specialty .......................................................
Technical ..........................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...........................
Sales .....................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..............................
26.34
28.56
18.36
29.78
15.29
14.04
27.57
29.77
19.95
29.39
15.55
13.64
27.91
30.28
20.33
31.32
16.69
13.35
25.73
26.39
23.29
29.59
13.82
12.62
26.12
27.61
20.70
31.09
16.23
12.31
Blue collar ...............................................................................
15.08
15.24
17.39
12.61
13.22
Precision production, craft, and repair ..................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Transportation and material moving .....................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..........
18.75
12.23
16.08
12.25
19.00
13.91
14.73
11.95
21.75
16.08
16.35
11.10
16.00
10.84
14.43
9.65
17.48
11.20
12.77
8.62
Service .....................................................................................
11.41
11.13
10.61
9.66
9.26
Protective service .................................................................
Food service .........................................................................
Health service .......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...............................................
Personal service ...................................................................
15.67
7.94
10.68
11.05
10.95
16.74
7.71
10.44
10.75
10.52
14.44
7.72
9.29
11.79
8.77
13.30
7.20
8.53
7.95
13.16
14.35
6.54
8.65
7.50
10.83
Occupational group3
1 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. The largest 10 metropolitan areas are all CMSAs.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
98
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by
selected characteristics, National Compensation Survey,2 1999
United States
New England
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Middle Atlantic
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error3
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$15.36
14.71
19.34
15.63
12.86
1.3
1.4
.7
1.2
4.9
35.8
35.7
36.6
35.7
37.0
$17.18
16.54
21.82
17.35
15.21
4.2
5.2
2.2
4.4
6.9
34.6
34.5
35.4
34.6
34.8
$17.84
17.05
22.45
17.93
14.93
3.7
4.5
1.6
3.8
3.6
34.8
34.7
35.5
34.8
35.6
18.78
24.75
1.4
2.3
35.9
35.7
20.65
24.78
5.7
2.1
34.9
34.9
22.13
30.18
5.2
10.3
34.6
34.5
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
31.35
11.20
13.55
13.59
16.23
5.9
7.1
2.7
3.0
4.1
40.7
28.6
35.8
37.7
38.9
30.69
14.39
13.19
13.82
18.10
3.7
6.1
1.7
2.8
3.3
38.4
30.3
34.8
37.9
38.8
11.41
12.92
2.1
1.8
39.4
37.6
11.30
13.53
2.9
13.6
38.7
37.0
11.33
14.13
5.1
3.9
39.3
36.3
9.86
9.21
2.3
1.1
35.5
31.6
11.37
9.99
3.6
2.9
34.3
29.0
10.88
11.07
4.6
2.8
36.0
31.2
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
16.20
8.87
1.4
1.7
39.6
20.5
18.39
10.48
4.1
9.0
39.4
20.6
18.90
10.38
4.0
6.9
38.8
20.1
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
18.31
14.76
1.2
1.5
36.5
35.6
19.60
16.64
1.5
5.5
35.3
34.4
18.98
17.37
1.6
5.3
36.4
34.2
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
15.13
19.60
1.2
5.2
35.7
37.9
17.23
15.94
4.2
13.4
34.6
34.5
17.82
18.41
3.9
8.1
34.7
37.2
Goods producing6 ..................................
Service producing6 .................................
16.17
14.16
1.5
1.8
39.5
34.4
19.14
15.40
10.3
3.2
40.2
32.5
17.33
16.95
4.0
6.0
39.1
33.3
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
13.33
18.94
19.99
22.22
22.41
5.8
8.9
3.5
2.9
2.2
32.8
35.6
36.4
36.7
37.1
16.09
16.21
20.51
20.98
22.66
9.5
2.2
3.7
3.0
2.1
33.6
35.3
35.7
36.1
36.3
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
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:
See footnotes at end of table.
99
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by
selected characteristics, National Compensation Survey,2 1999–Continued
East North Central
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
West North Central
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
South Atlantic
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error3
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$15.55
14.82
20.32
15.75
13.83
1.8
2.0
2.1
1.9
3.7
35.6
35.5
36.0
35.4
36.7
$14.37
13.84
18.11
14.73
12.70
2.8
3.2
2.2
3.0
5.8
35.3
35.1
36.9
35.1
36.5
$14.49
14.04
16.84
14.71
12.60
2.9
3.5
1.5
3.0
6.3
36.3
36.0
38.0
36.2
37.4
18.66
24.05
2.1
1.8
35.6
35.5
17.07
21.51
3.6
1.9
35.5
35.9
17.74
22.96
3.5
3.8
36.6
35.9
26.88
14.03
12.10
14.15
18.16
2.9
8.2
1.2
2.1
2.9
39.0
32.8
35.9
38.0
39.8
26.01
12.60
11.03
12.90
15.90
10.7
6.0
2.1
2.4
4.0
41.4
30.8
36.4
38.5
40.1
26.43
11.81
11.87
11.98
14.86
6.5
6.0
3.6
2.2
1.9
40.5
33.9
37.2
38.3
39.7
Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations5 ..............................
12.86
13.67
2.6
4.8
39.7
36.4
12.44
12.32
3.9
2.8
39.5
38.6
11.33
11.82
3.5
2.5
39.6
37.7
10.85
9.23
2.7
2.1
34.0
30.4
9.72
8.86
2.4
3.0
35.7
29.8
9.21
8.54
2.9
2.1
35.7
32.8
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
16.40
8.74
1.9
2.2
39.7
19.5
15.31
8.06
3.0
2.5
40.0
19.6
15.24
7.90
2.9
4.0
39.6
21.0
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.99
14.79
2.1
2.5
36.9
35.2
17.50
13.78
1.7
3.4
37.5
34.9
16.87
14.26
3.9
3.2
37.5
36.2
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
15.25
20.41
1.5
10.4
35.3
39.6
13.86
21.80
1.8
18.9
34.9
41.5
14.05
20.29
2.4
14.2
36.3
36.2
Goods producing6 ..................................
Service producing6 .................................
16.52
13.80
2.5
3.2
39.5
33.5
15.07
13.36
4.5
4.2
39.7
33.6
15.06
13.65
3.6
4.9
39.7
34.8
1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
12.90
15.16
17.57
18.27
21.74
2.5
4.2
2.5
3.4
3.3
34.3
36.1
36.3
36.1
37.8
12.73
14.14
16.40
15.23
19.81
6.1
3.2
4.4
5.7
2.9
33.6
35.9
38.0
37.5
37.7
12.54
14.39
14.80
16.57
19.20
6.0
7.8
2.5
2.4
1.9
34.7
37.4
38.2
37.3
38.1
Establishment characteristics:
See footnotes at end of table.
100
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions: Mean hourly earnings1
and weekly hours by selected characteristics, National Compensation Survey,2
1999–Continued
East South Central
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
West South Central
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error3
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$12.13
11.76
16.23
12.87
9.72
5.0
5.5
2.7
1.5
9.6
37.6
37.6
37.0
37.4
38.1
$14.38
13.98
16.38
14.42
13.90
3.5
4.0
2.0
3.7
5.1
36.8
36.6
38.0
36.8
37.3
14.95
20.46
6.4
2.8
37.2
36.9
17.54
23.91
3.7
5.5
37.1
37.9
23.41
11.18
10.70
11.69
–
4.7
12.6
2.5
2.7
–
40.1
36.3
37.4
39.3
–
25.95
11.61
11.59
11.98
15.23
2.9
5.9
4.8
3.0
2.7
40.7
32.9
37.7
38.7
39.6
9.91
11.63
6.6
5.1
39.5
40.5
9.75
11.69
5.4
9.3
39.1
38.9
8.32
7.96
2.5
1.5
38.1
34.0
8.54
7.67
3.3
4.1
36.6
32.8
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
12.48
7.39
5.2
4.3
40.0
20.6
15.18
7.44
3.1
4.7
39.8
22.4
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
14.26
11.98
10.8
4.9
38.5
37.5
17.71
14.21
5.8
3.7
37.5
36.8
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
11.84
17.63
4.9
11.9
37.6
37.5
14.07
19.36
3.1
15.0
36.7
38.6
Goods producing6 ..................................
Service producing6 .................................
13.34
11.35
5.7
6.5
39.5
37.2
14.98
13.61
3.7
4.8
39.8
35.5
1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
11.42
12.60
13.05
–
19.15
4.3
2.7
6.3
–
2.6
35.0
39.3
38.4
–
36.2
12.94
13.00
17.48
16.38
18.56
6.2
3.2
5.3
3.1
3.1
36.3
36.6
37.7
37.9
37.8
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
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:
See footnotes at end of table.
101
TABLE 4-4. Summary, United States and nine census divisions: Mean hourly earnings1
and weekly hours by selected characteristics, National Compensation Survey,2
1999–Continued
Mountain
Pacific
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error3
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$14.10
13.26
19.00
13.94
15.78
2.9
3.2
3.5
3.2
2.4
35.7
35.5
36.9
35.6
36.2
$16.87
16.01
22.13
16.92
15.45
1.7
2.0
1.2
1.8
4.7
35.3
35.3
35.6
35.3
36.8
16.84
23.80
4.1
3.8
36.2
35.9
20.12
25.88
2.2
4.6
35.7
35.6
23.00
13.32
11.26
12.95
15.49
3.1
8.0
2.7
2.8
3.2
41.3
35.1
35.5
37.9
39.7
29.56
14.11
13.20
13.95
18.40
3.9
5.0
1.2
2.2
2.9
40.0
33.7
35.0
37.3
39.6
10.35
12.92
6.6
5.8
38.2
37.5
10.41
14.11
3.5
4.0
38.7
37.4
9.05
8.38
2.3
1.8
34.1
31.8
11.03
10.32
5.4
2.5
34.1
31.3
Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................
15.04
8.57
2.9
2.5
39.9
22.0
17.92
9.78
1.7
2.6
39.6
20.4
Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................
17.76
13.76
3.7
3.2
37.4
35.5
19.27
16.05
3.9
2.1
35.1
35.4
Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................
13.88
18.28
2.8
12.7
35.5
38.1
16.78
19.40
1.7
8.0
35.2
37.5
Goods producing6 ..................................
Service producing6 .................................
15.21
12.61
2.7
4.3
39.4
34.3
18.21
15.38
3.7
2.3
39.5
34.2
1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................
12.70
13.82
14.95
15.72
21.35
4.5
3.6
6.9
8.3
4.8
35.0
35.8
37.1
36.5
37.6
14.60
15.48
19.32
21.96
22.99
3.5
2.1
4.7
2.5
1.4
34.6
35.6
36.4
35.2
37.0
Total ...........................................................
Private industry .......................................
State and local government ....................
Metropolitan areas ..................................
Nonmetropolitan areas ...........................
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:
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 appendix
A.
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 Estimates include private establishments employing
1 to 99 workers and State and local government
establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
102
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$17.18
17.85
4.2
4.1
34.6
35.4
$17.35
18.11
4.4
4.2
34.6
35.5
$15.21
15.23
6.9
6.9
34.8
34.8
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
20.65
22.65
5.7
4.3
34.9
36.6
20.72
22.90
6.2
4.8
34.8
36.6
19.82
20.07
2.7
3.1
36.0
36.1
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Foreign language teachers ......................................
Trade and industrial teachers ..................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
24.78
26.30
26.87
34.64
27.42
27.85
33.61
27.91
31.14
28.97
29.68
24.36
29.19
23.92
27.89
22.38
34.97
22.71
11.18
20.03
24.58
31.23
21.88
39.44
47.98
36.14
41.08
30.07
52.85
31.13
46.84
39.04
28.61
30.43
38.95
28.91
32.54
31.24
29.50
32.08
8.58
30.03
22.53
22.45
23.73
21.22
17.53
17.72
14.35
36.90
36.38
2.1
2.7
7.2
7.5
9.7
5.4
4.3
5.0
3.5
3.9
4.8
8.9
9.6
15.5
18.5
4.5
8.9
2.3
18.2
2.9
8.2
8.2
13.3
3.7
10.3
24.8
7.1
6.4
18.4
9.2
12.8
16.9
13.1
8.1
7.8
5.8
2.5
5.7
7.2
18.8
3.6
7.5
9.6
10.1
11.7
18.7
4.4
4.6
9.5
6.3
6.5
34.9
34.7
41.8
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.2
40.4
39.6
39.7
39.8
39.4
37.3
38.3
35.3
30.4
40.1
27.8
31.6
34.3
34.8
34.9
33.5
34.2
31.6
32.2
32.1
31.2
36.0
36.6
36.6
36.6
34.2
37.6
33.0
33.1
34.4
35.1
34.7
25.2
12.3
32.5
35.3
36.3
31.7
27.1
34.8
35.2
29.1
39.0
39.1
25.03
26.51
26.81
34.64
27.42
27.85
33.61
27.91
31.14
29.54
30.50
24.36
30.56
23.92
27.89
22.54
33.39
23.52
11.18
20.03
24.58
30.13
21.88
41.20
50.72
–
39.25
–
–
29.86
–
39.04
28.61
–
39.66
29.26
33.00
33.09
30.72
32.13
8.59
31.18
24.42
24.50
24.37
21.22
17.73
17.95
14.35
36.90
36.38
2.3
2.9
7.2
7.5
9.7
5.4
4.3
5.0
3.5
4.1
4.4
8.9
9.2
15.5
18.5
5.0
9.9
1.4
18.2
2.9
8.2
11.4
13.3
4.7
8.1
–
10.5
–
–
10.1
–
16.9
13.1
–
7.6
6.5
2.7
3.3
7.5
18.9
4.8
9.0
7.4
7.7
12.3
18.7
4.3
4.4
9.5
6.3
6.5
35.0
34.7
41.9
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.2
40.4
39.6
39.8
39.9
39.4
37.1
38.3
35.3
30.2
41.8
27.5
31.6
34.3
34.8
34.9
33.5
33.2
31.7
–
28.2
–
–
36.2
–
36.6
34.2
–
32.5
32.6
34.0
34.1
33.6
25.3
11.8
33.9
34.6
35.8
31.2
27.1
34.8
35.2
29.1
39.0
39.1
22.74
24.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.23
24.23
–
–
–
–
21.30
–
18.28
–
–
–
–
–
34.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.4
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
8.0
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.7
34.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
38.9
–
–
–
–
31.5
–
29.4
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.33
28.78
23.40
18.55
24.84
19.01
25.24
7.8
8.6
7.8
5.7
10.8
19.9
13.6
37.0
32.7
39.3
39.2
38.0
24.8
36.5
21.54
28.78
23.40
18.55
25.63
–
25.24
8.3
8.6
7.8
5.7
10.5
–
13.6
37.7
32.7
39.3
39.2
38.2
–
36.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
103
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$17.87
16.20
20.68
16.05
14.60
18.44
22.05
20.85
17.04
15.44
17.51
23.70
19.61
17.82
2.8
5.4
3.7
2.0
4.1
3.5
4.8
3.6
4.2
6.5
13.1
6.7
9.9
8.2
36.2
35.5
29.5
30.2
34.7
39.7
40.0
38.2
40.0
40.0
38.0
39.1
39.5
37.5
$18.21
16.20
20.68
16.89
14.60
18.60
22.05
20.85
17.38
17.53
16.07
23.70
19.61
17.82
3.1
5.4
3.7
1.8
4.1
3.9
4.8
3.6
4.4
5.4
12.9
6.7
9.9
8.2
36.3
35.5
29.5
31.5
34.7
39.6
40.0
38.2
40.0
40.0
36.1
39.1
39.5
37.5
$15.49
–
–
13.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.1
–
–
26.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.35
35.61
25.83
29.46
32.71
26.20
5.9
4.3
4.8
10.2
8.2
22.6
40.7
41.2
19.1
36.6
40.3
46.8
31.71
36.06
25.83
32.22
31.73
40.17
6.3
5.0
4.8
5.1
7.8
14.5
40.7
41.1
19.1
36.1
40.3
42.1
26.23
29.42
–
–
–
–
5.8
13.6
–
–
–
–
41.5
42.8
–
–
–
–
44.00
33.72
8.1
7.1
41.0
37.3
44.00
33.79
8.1
7.6
41.0
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.64
23.88
43.25
21.40
19.91
24.97
20.92
24.37
21.67
9.4
14.4
9.8
2.7
5.0
7.6
8.4
6.9
3.4
45.6
39.5
42.2
39.6
39.3
38.8
40.2
39.4
40.5
20.64
24.01
43.82
21.63
20.09
26.14
20.93
24.42
21.77
9.4
14.5
9.8
2.7
5.5
8.5
8.4
7.0
3.4
45.6
39.5
42.2
39.7
39.3
39.5
40.2
39.4
40.4
–
–
34.24
17.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.8
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.7
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
28.24
20.72
20.72
8.8
8.1
20.2
41.5
39.3
32.1
28.24
20.72
26.22
8.8
8.1
6.7
41.5
39.3
33.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.95
21.28
6.1
5.8
39.3
39.2
22.95
21.58
6.1
6.2
39.3
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.20
21.00
29.53
21.87
7.1
9.0
16.2
13.1
28.6
42.0
40.8
40.0
11.14
20.93
29.53
21.87
7.3
11.0
16.2
13.1
28.6
42.5
40.8
40.0
14.24
–
–
–
9.7
–
–
–
33.4
–
–
–
22.23
23.88
7.37
8.87
10.15
6.96
21.58
19.3
15.1
2.1
7.7
13.2
2.4
16.8
41.0
42.8
25.7
24.3
29.6
25.0
39.1
22.23
23.88
7.37
8.77
10.15
6.96
21.58
19.3
15.1
2.1
7.7
13.2
2.4
16.8
41.0
42.8
25.7
24.2
29.6
24.9
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.55
16.99
20.72
2.7
5.2
6.4
35.8
41.2
39.3
13.71
17.19
21.82
2.8
5.8
6.1
35.8
41.1
39.9
11.68
–
–
8.5
–
–
35.8
–
–
22.15
15.52
2.5
8.0
39.4
38.4
22.15
15.75
2.5
8.7
39.4
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
104
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Secretaries ...............................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Correspondence clerks ............................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
$15.29
13.56
10.31
14.49
10.52
13.16
10.76
11.44
15.01
12.96
12.10
12.56
13.24
11.61
9.66
9.16
13.82
17.07
13.36
12.49
16.44
14.17
14.60
12.56
11.25
11.49
13.09
10.25
12.92
2.6
2.7
7.2
3.4
4.7
12.8
5.9
8.1
9.1
7.0
4.4
3.6
6.0
4.8
4.7
4.0
1.9
7.1
9.6
6.9
5.0
4.4
5.5
3.1
11.2
7.3
19.6
4.5
5.0
34.7
34.0
33.1
36.7
35.6
37.8
39.9
37.6
37.9
31.0
37.9
34.6
36.2
36.9
27.6
38.6
36.6
39.7
38.4
37.2
37.5
37.5
39.6
32.5
34.9
35.8
35.8
33.2
37.8
$15.47
13.56
10.29
14.49
10.90
13.16
10.76
11.43
15.01
13.49
12.18
12.62
13.32
11.57
9.66
9.16
13.87
17.07
13.89
12.14
16.44
14.13
14.60
12.57
11.71
11.81
13.09
10.83
13.02
3.0
2.7
7.2
3.4
6.0
12.8
5.9
8.3
9.1
6.5
5.0
3.9
6.1
4.9
4.7
4.0
1.9
7.1
7.2
6.5
5.0
4.5
5.5
3.1
12.1
6.9
19.6
3.7
5.7
34.6
34.0
33.1
36.7
36.1
37.8
39.9
37.6
37.9
29.9
37.9
35.1
36.1
36.9
27.6
38.6
37.2
39.7
39.3
36.8
37.5
37.5
39.6
32.3
36.5
35.5
35.8
31.1
37.8
$13.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ..............................................................................
13.59
3.0
37.7
13.92
3.0
37.6
10.22
13.2
38.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Machinists ................................................................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
16.23
15.61
17.80
16.18
16.06
4.1
7.1
5.7
7.3
3.4
38.9
40.8
39.5
40.2
39.9
16.26
15.61
17.80
16.23
15.56
4.4
7.1
5.7
7.3
2.2
38.8
40.8
39.5
40.2
39.9
15.35
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
40.4
–
–
–
–
20.65
18.40
16.56
22.76
25.29
15.59
17.81
13.14
18.49
18.49
12.30
15.19
18.04
7.6
6.6
4.0
11.4
1.4
4.5
3.9
7.3
2.5
3.4
16.0
7.2
3.6
36.4
41.4
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.5
39.8
37.9
39.9
40.0
20.65
18.64
16.56
22.76
25.40
15.64
17.94
14.44
18.94
18.93
13.68
15.21
18.04
7.6
7.0
4.0
11.4
1.4
4.8
4.2
9.1
4.1
2.5
23.4
7.3
3.6
36.4
41.5
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.6
39.8
36.8
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Metal plating machine operators ..............................
11.30
16.72
11.08
2.9
3.8
5.9
38.7
40.0
39.4
11.79
16.72
11.08
3.1
3.8
5.9
38.7
40.0
39.4
9.31
–
–
12.5
–
–
38.9
–
–
8.64
13.99
13.46
11.72
12.49
9.9
4.9
3.7
7.9
7.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
10.56
13.99
13.46
12.46
12.49
6.7
4.9
3.7
7.6
7.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
105
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$14.06
14.77
14.76
10.52
8.8
5.2
12.4
.8
40.0
38.4
39.7
39.8
$14.06
14.77
14.76
10.52
8.8
5.2
12.4
.8
40.0
38.4
39.7
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.62
8.14
10.63
10.65
12.20
2.5
7.8
7.4
10.0
13.2
39.6
32.3
39.9
39.1
40.0
10.25
8.14
10.63
11.17
12.30
1.6
7.8
7.4
12.0
14.2
39.4
32.3
39.9
38.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.89
11.29
11.51
9.64
10.61
16.01
10.65
8.50
12.17
12.07
2.8
10.3
3.5
8.6
5.1
5.1
9.3
6.6
5.4
2.9
40.0
33.9
40.0
40.0
38.7
40.0
34.7
40.4
39.9
40.0
16.89
11.29
–
12.67
11.87
16.01
10.03
8.50
12.32
12.07
2.8
10.3
–
12.4
4.4
5.1
7.6
6.6
4.8
2.9
40.0
33.9
–
40.0
39.6
40.0
33.8
40.4
39.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
$8.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
13.53
12.97
15.08
15.98
18.57
13.77
13.6
19.2
5.0
5.9
18.0
4.5
37.0
36.7
32.0
44.3
40.0
39.4
13.53
12.96
15.22
15.98
18.57
13.77
13.7
19.3
5.0
5.9
18.0
4.5
37.0
36.7
32.3
44.3
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.23
8.6
40.0
14.23
8.6
40.0
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
11.37
10.93
3.6
9.9
34.3
32.4
11.77
10.93
3.8
10.2
33.9
32.2
8.38
–
8.9
–
37.4
–
17.20
16.11
9.02
9.07
8.36
12.20
8.42
11.82
1.2
11.1
22.0
3.2
12.6
5.4
3.3
4.4
39.5
38.9
39.6
28.4
36.0
32.8
31.6
36.8
–
16.62
12.49
9.26
10.32
11.99
8.49
11.78
–
11.7
8.3
2.8
9.7
5.0
3.6
4.6
–
38.8
39.2
28.0
32.3
32.4
32.0
36.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
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 ...............................
9.99
15.43
22.15
25.26
16.30
18.61
18.92
17.11
10.24
9.37
8.02
7.41
4.42
5.83
3.66
5.21
2.9
4.6
3.3
11.3
3.1
2.8
2.1
8.8
7.3
3.6
13.6
3.7
6.5
8.1
10.2
7.9
29.0
35.9
41.9
39.6
38.3
42.6
38.5
39.2
15.3
33.5
18.7
25.6
24.8
33.5
23.5
16.3
10.10
15.48
22.52
25.30
16.30
18.61
19.17
17.99
10.24
9.38
8.02
7.40
4.38
5.73
3.54
5.22
3.3
4.7
3.1
12.4
3.1
2.8
1.9
10.4
7.3
3.7
13.6
4.1
6.7
8.0
8.9
9.6
29.3
35.9
41.9
39.6
38.3
42.6
39.1
39.1
15.3
33.3
18.7
26.0
26.3
35.0
24.5
18.4
8.87
13.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.47
4.61
–
4.15
–
1.3
24.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.9
21.8
–
36.9
–
26.5
35.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.8
18.7
–
20.3
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Heat treating equipment operators ..........................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ................................................................
Laundering and dry cleaning 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 .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
106
TABLE 4-5. New England census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$8.65
14.42
9.14
7.68
7.42
10.31
9.55
10.45
10.07
17.84
7.40
10.58
8.80
13.50
24.51
10.91
8.97
5.9
5.5
6.0
4.7
2.7
3.0
4.9
2.2
4.0
10.2
5.3
2.9
3.9
7.4
32.5
5.5
13.8
1 The New England census division consists of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
25.9
39.6
30.8
27.2
21.8
30.1
23.6
32.3
33.1
39.4
31.7
33.3
25.1
37.4
19.6
21.8
28.7
$8.58
15.03
9.24
7.94
7.44
10.36
9.56
10.49
10.19
18.00
7.40
10.75
8.78
13.58
24.51
11.33
8.94
6.4
6.7
6.9
4.2
2.7
3.4
5.9
2.3
4.0
11.8
5.9
2.8
4.0
9.2
32.5
4.4
14.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
25.9
37.9
32.0
25.5
22.2
30.4
24.4
32.0
32.7
39.3
31.7
32.8
25.5
36.8
19.6
24.5
28.5
$9.35
–
–
–
6.86
9.87
9.54
10.05
9.11
–
–
9.17
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
3.5
–
–
–
8.4
3.1
7.4
4.4
14.0
–
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
26.6
–
–
–
14.8
28.2
21.0
34.7
36.5
–
–
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$17.84
18.12
3.7
4.0
34.8
35.2
$17.93
18.23
3.8
4.1
34.8
35.2
$14.93
14.94
3.6
3.6
35.6
35.7
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
22.13
23.40
5.2
5.6
34.6
35.4
22.22
23.52
5.3
5.8
34.5
35.4
18.55
18.87
4.4
4.0
35.1
35.2
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Architects .................................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers .....................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
Natural science teachers, n.e.c. ..............................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Theology teachers ...................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
30.18
33.81
27.01
25.06
26.78
33.43
37.64
26.68
28.88
22.27
23.35
30.03
31.81
29.38
45.18
31.56
35.11
25.40
31.91
34.24
40.23
87.77
22.90
30.22
17.09
21.33
22.71
27.88
25.41
18.16
25.74
43.79
38.28
42.92
50.92
46.08
34.11
76.20
34.60
45.46
28.16
29.67
48.07
57.70
39.48
32.93
29.18
33.86
37.02
36.09
30.32
10.47
26.86
27.25
28.33
30.46
30.35
31.30
18.54
10.3
11.5
5.4
10.2
5.6
5.9
11.5
5.8
6.9
21.6
9.0
3.9
7.4
7.0
12.8
4.3
7.8
8.4
6.8
3.1
29.6
23.5
5.7
4.5
4.6
2.3
5.6
7.3
10.2
6.1
10.3
3.7
6.4
19.6
3.2
15.7
12.9
15.0
6.6
21.7
14.5
7.3
12.2
12.7
4.1
3.1
18.5
5.7
3.1
4.5
7.4
4.6
14.9
10.0
8.3
8.1
9.5
11.2
3.3
34.5
34.5
39.7
41.5
40.1
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.7
40.5
38.9
39.5
39.2
39.2
39.5
39.3
39.9
39.9
38.0
38.8
33.2
33.0
33.5
30.6
34.9
32.0
31.2
34.3
24.5
37.1
36.7
31.2
36.1
34.4
37.3
34.0
21.9
28.1
33.3
32.1
27.8
20.1
36.2
34.5
30.9
32.8
32.8
34.3
36.0
32.8
29.3
21.0
35.1
35.7
35.0
34.9
37.5
33.4
35.6
30.52
34.30
27.21
25.06
26.78
33.43
37.64
26.68
28.94
22.78
23.34
30.03
31.85
29.41
45.18
31.56
35.11
25.40
31.91
34.24
41.34
87.89
23.25
30.28
17.09
21.33
22.71
28.09
26.13
18.60
25.74
44.46
40.55
42.92
50.92
46.08
34.11
76.20
34.60
46.13
25.67
27.62
51.67
57.70
39.42
33.31
29.18
34.20
37.78
36.19
30.50
10.65
26.76
27.25
28.33
30.46
30.35
31.30
18.67
10.5
11.8
5.5
10.2
5.6
5.9
11.5
5.8
6.9
24.0
9.1
3.9
7.4
7.0
12.8
4.3
7.8
8.4
6.8
3.1
30.2
23.6
6.2
4.8
4.6
2.3
5.6
7.4
11.5
6.0
10.3
3.9
5.8
19.6
3.2
15.7
12.9
15.0
6.6
22.2
14.9
8.8
10.7
12.7
4.2
3.2
18.5
5.9
3.1
4.6
7.8
4.9
17.8
10.0
8.3
8.1
9.5
11.2
3.6
34.5
34.6
39.6
41.5
40.1
39.7
40.0
39.5
39.7
40.0
38.9
39.5
39.1
39.2
39.5
39.3
39.9
39.9
38.0
38.8
33.3
33.0
33.8
30.2
34.9
32.0
31.2
35.1
25.6
37.5
36.7
30.8
35.5
34.4
37.3
34.0
21.9
28.1
33.3
32.1
26.0
17.2
35.9
34.5
30.7
32.7
32.8
34.2
36.0
32.7
28.9
23.0
34.8
35.7
35.0
34.9
37.5
33.4
35.5
21.97
23.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.73
–
18.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.34
–
–
–
–
–
17.39
7.2
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.0
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
33.9
33.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.8
–
30.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.6
–
–
–
–
–
35.9
See footnotes at end of table.
108
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$18.94
14.66
15.04
43.48
43.49
3.2
8.4
25.3
10.1
10.1
35.5
32.6
43.2
39.5
39.7
$19.10
14.88
15.04
43.78
43.79
3.5
8.3
25.3
10.2
10.2
35.5
32.5
43.2
39.7
39.9
$17.63
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
35.9
–
–
–
–
26.93
24.30
30.28
6.4
11.1
11.0
32.4
40.0
39.2
27.05
24.30
30.28
6.5
11.1
11.0
32.3
40.0
39.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.31
31.69
21.70
17.78
32.17
18.63
17.52
14.04
14.98
13.29
16.16
22.67
19.98
15.95
20.53
17.56
17.43
110.78
19.98
23.28
19.48
11.6
17.2
7.2
11.8
6.1
4.5
4.2
6.8
2.8
8.2
10.7
1.7
2.1
7.8
4.8
5.0
2.7
19.0
40.4
8.0
8.4
39.2
37.3
37.3
18.4
39.1
34.2
35.8
30.0
30.8
27.3
38.7
39.6
39.4
40.0
37.5
39.7
36.1
20.7
31.1
34.4
38.4
19.31
31.84
22.29
17.72
32.17
18.77
17.65
14.04
15.16
13.32
16.12
22.67
19.98
15.95
20.53
17.56
17.43
110.78
19.98
24.48
19.64
11.6
17.4
7.0
14.2
6.1
4.6
4.2
6.8
3.0
8.3
10.7
1.7
2.1
7.8
4.8
5.0
2.7
19.0
40.4
6.4
8.6
39.2
37.2
37.6
16.7
39.1
34.2
35.8
30.0
30.5
27.2
38.7
39.6
39.4
40.0
37.5
39.7
36.1
20.7
31.1
34.0
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
12.89
–
–
12.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.6
–
–
34.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.69
33.63
30.26
38.26
35.03
33.68
3.7
4.5
4.7
8.7
6.4
9.0
38.4
38.4
36.7
38.5
40.0
41.0
30.83
33.88
32.03
38.45
36.01
33.68
3.8
4.6
5.1
8.7
6.6
9.0
38.4
38.4
36.7
38.5
40.1
41.0
22.82
23.69
23.85
–
–
–
8.0
9.7
8.2
–
–
–
38.5
38.5
36.8
–
–
–
39.68
34.45
32.86
4.7
8.2
4.4
40.0
37.4
34.7
39.73
35.19
33.17
4.7
8.3
4.5
40.0
37.3
34.6
–
25.89
–
–
9.1
–
–
38.7
–
17.47
37.23
31.46
32.65
26.43
23.19
39.94
32.47
29.28
22.78
15.3
17.5
6.9
8.4
7.3
4.1
13.4
12.2
4.5
7.1
43.4
39.3
36.3
39.2
38.4
37.9
38.4
39.0
39.4
38.4
18.04
37.23
31.46
32.69
26.50
23.32
39.94
32.55
29.28
22.80
17.0
17.5
6.9
8.4
7.3
4.1
13.4
12.2
4.5
7.1
43.7
39.3
36.3
39.2
38.4
37.9
38.4
39.0
39.4
38.4
–
–
–
–
19.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
15.57
28.41
21.19
7.6
14.3
9.0
42.5
39.2
36.7
15.57
28.41
21.19
7.6
14.3
9.0
42.5
39.2
36.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.07
9.7
37.9
20.07
9.7
37.9
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious workers –Continued
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Clergy ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Biological technicians ..............................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
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 ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
109
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$29.93
18.8
37.7
$30.00
18.9
37.7
–
–
–
14.39
18.08
27.44
47.43
19.59
20.14
6.1
9.7
18.0
23.9
5.0
11.2
30.3
39.9
38.9
37.5
36.7
34.4
14.38
18.09
27.44
47.43
19.59
20.14
6.2
9.8
18.0
23.9
5.0
11.2
30.3
39.9
38.9
37.5
36.7
34.4
$14.81
–
–
–
–
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
33.3
–
–
–
–
–
23.61
27.53
12.75
15.08
12.78
13.78
9.44
7.73
9.55
17.41
7.9
18.9
36.1
22.7
15.1
18.5
9.0
3.2
11.4
9.1
40.5
44.2
24.3
35.8
32.8
38.6
26.9
26.6
25.7
35.7
23.55
27.53
12.75
15.08
12.78
13.78
9.46
7.75
8.69
17.41
8.5
18.9
36.1
22.7
15.1
18.5
9.0
3.3
11.6
9.1
40.0
44.2
24.3
35.8
32.8
38.6
26.9
26.6
24.4
35.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.3
–
–
13.19
19.09
21.23
20.01
1.7
4.5
9.0
8.6
34.8
38.2
39.1
36.8
13.23
19.19
21.23
20.35
1.7
4.6
9.0
8.5
34.8
38.3
39.1
36.9
11.26
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
36.4
–
–
–
19.67
14.38
14.46
17.96
13.18
10.67
10.07
15.66
10.66
15.03
13.46
15.80
14.75
12.05
11.36
12.68
13.40
14.28
10.76
10.92
9.93
8.00
13.05
12.04
9.40
15.03
15.87
12.83
11.77
17.50
14.79
11.15
13.6
5.0
3.3
9.8
3.0
4.2
4.6
4.2
6.4
14.2
4.8
3.7
4.0
3.7
4.3
4.0
2.7
4.3
5.1
6.6
5.1
8.1
4.2
10.0
14.9
9.3
8.2
5.3
8.9
6.2
21.9
7.7
40.0
38.1
36.7
33.5
34.0
31.7
45.5
34.9
29.9
35.5
38.4
38.5
38.5
26.0
35.5
36.2
36.9
30.2
39.1
31.8
32.4
37.2
35.6
37.3
37.0
38.9
38.0
39.1
35.7
40.0
36.7
38.1
19.67
14.43
14.49
18.31
13.21
10.69
10.08
15.66
10.67
15.18
13.46
15.85
14.75
12.05
11.36
12.69
13.50
14.35
10.85
10.92
9.93
8.00
13.06
12.04
9.48
15.22
16.06
12.86
11.76
17.50
14.79
11.15
13.6
5.1
3.4
10.0
3.2
4.3
4.6
4.2
6.4
14.2
4.8
3.7
4.0
3.7
4.3
4.1
2.7
4.3
4.7
6.6
5.1
8.1
4.2
10.0
15.6
8.9
8.7
5.3
9.3
6.3
21.9
7.7
40.0
38.1
36.6
33.3
34.0
32.2
45.5
34.9
29.9
35.5
38.4
38.5
38.5
26.0
35.5
36.1
36.8
30.2
39.0
31.8
32.4
37.2
35.6
37.3
37.0
38.9
37.9
39.1
35.5
40.0
36.7
38.1
–
–
12.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.17
17.10
7.9
8.3
35.0
38.9
11.17
17.10
8.1
8.3
34.9
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances .........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Cashiers ...................................................................
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 ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Correspondence clerks ............................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ..............................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
See footnotes at end of table.
110
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
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. ..................................
$13.79
14.91
13.73
12.40
10.03
12.24
11.15
14.26
11.41
13.23
7.9
2.9
7.1
4.3
4.8
11.2
4.0
6.8
7.3
4.3
36.1
35.9
37.5
32.2
34.0
36.4
36.0
36.6
29.3
34.3
$13.81
15.10
13.85
12.41
10.04
12.24
11.24
14.26
11.48
13.27
7.9
3.2
7.1
4.4
4.8
11.2
4.2
6.8
7.5
4.4
36.0
36.1
37.5
32.2
34.0
36.4
35.7
36.6
29.6
34.4
–
–
–
$12.12
–
–
10.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.2
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
Blue collar ..............................................................................
13.82
2.8
37.9
13.89
3.0
37.9
11.84
5.4
37.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ......................
Telephone installers and repairers ..........................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Office machine repairers ..........................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Brickmasons and stonemasons ...............................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
18.10
21.36
16.56
16.83
11.57
18.57
16.47
17.94
3.3
7.6
15.2
2.7
10.8
10.7
4.2
5.9
38.8
40.6
39.9
40.0
38.8
40.0
39.9
40.1
18.17
21.36
16.56
16.83
11.57
18.57
16.98
18.00
3.4
7.6
15.2
2.7
10.8
10.7
3.4
5.8
38.8
40.6
39.9
40.0
38.8
40.0
39.9
40.1
14.76
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.15
17.43
17.18
3.8
6.8
12.2
35.0
35.4
40.0
22.15
17.43
17.00
3.8
6.8
12.2
35.0
35.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.05
14.62
19.62
20.01
18.61
28.42
8.1
18.3
14.8
4.7
3.4
20.4
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
19.05
14.62
19.62
20.01
18.86
28.42
8.1
18.3
14.8
4.7
3.3
20.4
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.26
20.42
14.93
17.27
21.01
18.43
25.73
21.76
25.50
16.15
19.86
18.37
10.92
16.40
17.22
11.73
20.95
13.75
18.56
16.02
19.35
20.00
9.3
14.4
4.8
6.7
19.9
20.6
3.4
8.3
12.1
7.5
4.7
1.8
10.9
4.3
9.4
6.9
9.3
6.4
8.8
7.2
4.1
7.9
39.3
38.9
35.9
39.6
38.6
39.9
40.0
38.4
37.9
39.3
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
40.1
34.3
39.8
40.0
37.7
41.4
30.23
20.49
14.93
17.29
21.01
18.43
25.65
21.76
25.60
16.66
19.86
18.37
10.92
16.40
17.22
11.72
20.95
13.62
18.56
16.02
19.91
20.00
9.7
14.9
4.8
6.8
19.9
20.6
3.6
8.3
12.3
8.2
4.7
1.8
10.9
4.3
9.4
7.1
9.3
7.4
8.8
7.2
4.2
7.9
39.2
38.9
35.9
39.6
38.6
39.9
40.0
38.4
37.9
39.2
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
40.1
33.6
39.8
40.0
37.3
41.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Rolling machine operators .......................................
Drilling and boring machine operators .....................
11.33
14.47
12.51
19.05
15.11
5.1
10.6
12.1
13.7
8.3
39.3
39.3
39.7
40.0
40.0
11.38
14.47
12.51
19.05
15.11
5.8
10.6
12.1
13.7
8.3
39.3
39.3
39.7
40.0
40.0
10.16
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
111
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$12.61
12.95
13.46
10.04
16.84
16.95
13.71
18.49
10.19
1.5
8.0
5.6
10.3
10.7
6.7
7.7
9.4
4.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.5
36.4
38.2
37.4
$12.63
12.95
13.46
10.09
16.84
17.06
13.71
18.49
10.19
1.6
8.0
5.6
10.5
10.7
7.2
7.7
9.4
4.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.4
36.4
38.2
37.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.93
7.28
9.27
10.67
11.35
13.38
7.5
3.8
5.5
9.5
10.0
7.9
40.0
36.4
33.2
39.9
40.0
37.5
9.93
7.28
9.16
10.74
11.35
13.38
7.5
3.8
5.6
9.7
10.0
7.9
40.0
36.4
33.3
39.9
40.0
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.59
11.77
13.49
14.97
12.49
11.29
10.16
16.80
9.97
10.80
11.40
12.29
12.42
13.44
7.2
4.7
3.8
3.6
5.2
1.7
16.6
7.0
10.6
9.7
8.6
10.8
2.8
4.6
38.6
39.4
39.3
39.3
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
14.59
11.77
13.49
14.46
12.49
11.29
10.16
16.81
9.97
10.94
11.40
12.29
12.56
13.44
7.2
4.7
3.8
2.3
5.2
1.7
16.6
7.0
10.6
10.0
8.6
10.8
2.9
4.6
38.6
39.4
39.3
39.0
39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Parking lot attendants ..............................................
Operating engineers ................................................
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. .....................................................
14.13
14.37
15.85
14.43
10.02
8.07
19.42
15.18
14.11
19.09
13.28
3.9
5.9
10.2
4.1
11.2
9.8
5.5
8.9
3.1
11.2
5.9
36.3
37.9
38.7
30.5
31.1
29.3
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.8
39.8
14.08
14.29
15.85
14.41
10.02
8.07
19.42
15.18
14.15
19.02
13.26
4.1
6.0
10.2
4.4
11.2
9.8
5.5
8.9
3.1
11.6
6.1
36.5
37.9
38.7
31.7
31.1
29.3
40.0
40.1
40.0
39.8
39.8
$16.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.33
3.3
37.6
15.31
3.4
37.6
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
10.88
9.09
4.6
9.8
36.0
33.3
10.89
9.02
4.8
9.6
36.0
33.2
10.56
–
5.6
–
36.1
–
22.45
10.88
10.85
11.62
9.94
8.81
9.93
12.26
6.98
13.0
8.9
7.5
17.5
5.4
6.5
4.5
4.3
6.5
34.5
38.1
39.6
39.5
39.7
30.5
39.4
35.6
31.3
22.66
10.80
10.85
11.65
9.95
8.80
9.96
12.33
6.98
12.9
9.3
7.5
18.5
5.4
6.7
4.6
4.4
6.5
34.4
38.1
39.6
39.7
39.8
30.6
39.4
35.8
31.3
–
–
–
–
–
9.11
–
11.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
17.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.0
–
31.3
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Heat treating equipment operators ..........................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Typesetters and compositors ...................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine
operators ................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying 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 painting, coating, and decorating ...................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
112
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
–Continued
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
$12.68
8.90
10.71
17.3
8.2
7.6
37.8
39.2
36.5
$12.68
8.90
10.74
17.3
8.2
8.5
37.8
39.2
36.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
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 .........................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
11.07
18.44
27.90
29.56
22.07
23.84
19.46
19.39
10.13
10.39
11.64
7.12
5.53
4.35
5.34
7.91
12.39
8.47
7.82
7.17
9.74
10.84
9.49
11.23
17.26
10.40
10.97
2.8
3.8
6.8
4.7
3.9
3.2
5.7
2.5
7.5
6.8
12.7
4.5
10.6
9.0
6.1
4.8
6.7
10.0
9.6
4.4
2.2
4.2
2.4
3.0
7.3
7.6
3.5
31.2
37.1
44.6
39.9
43.2
39.6
36.4
39.9
20.6
35.2
26.3
27.5
24.8
24.3
21.5
29.1
38.0
31.8
29.4
27.9
33.2
31.4
33.5
31.6
39.3
34.5
30.3
11.04
18.41
27.90
30.14
22.07
23.84
19.71
19.49
10.13
10.39
11.19
7.09
5.53
4.36
5.18
7.89
12.39
8.41
7.74
7.16
9.75
10.60
9.56
11.31
17.26
10.58
11.01
2.9
4.0
6.8
4.6
3.9
3.2
5.5
3.2
7.5
6.8
12.8
4.5
10.8
9.1
7.5
4.8
6.7
10.2
10.1
4.4
2.3
4.5
2.6
3.1
7.3
7.9
3.5
31.1
36.9
44.6
39.9
43.2
39.5
37.1
39.8
20.6
35.2
25.9
27.5
24.7
24.4
20.6
29.2
38.0
31.8
29.4
28.0
33.0
31.0
33.4
31.5
39.3
34.9
30.0
$11.89
18.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.16
–
–
–
8.90
–
–
9.17
7.79
9.59
12.81
8.35
9.15
–
–
9.66
5.8
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
4.3
6.2
7.7
9.4
7.6
1.7
–
–
5.8
34.8
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.8
–
–
–
26.8
–
–
30.1
21.1
35.4
35.2
35.5
35.8
–
–
39.0
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
113
TABLE 4-6. Middle Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$10.54
15.36
10.95
8.34
21.67
7.51
8.65
7.15
9.05
12.10
7.5
7.0
8.9
5.8
22.7
26.4
11.2
12.5
2.2
15.8
1 The Middle Atlantic census division consists of New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania. It also includes the New York, NY Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area,
which is comprised of parts of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, and
the Philadelphia, PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is comprised of parts
of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
30.0
37.6
30.0
24.5
23.9
39.2
37.5
31.7
30.1
27.3
$10.58
15.30
10.95
8.46
21.74
7.51
8.62
7.15
8.99
12.10
7.7
7.0
8.9
5.6
22.8
26.4
11.5
12.6
2.2
15.8
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
30.0
37.5
30.0
24.1
23.9
39.2
37.5
31.8
29.9
27.3
$9.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between November 1998 and April
2000. The average reference period was August 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
114
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$15.55
15.69
1.8
1.6
35.6
35.8
$15.75
15.90
1.9
1.7
35.4
35.7
$13.83
13.98
3.7
3.8
36.7
37.1
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
18.66
19.67
2.1
1.7
35.6
36.3
18.75
19.78
2.2
1.8
35.6
36.3
17.57
18.47
4.5
4.6
35.7
36.7
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Architects .................................................................
Metallurgical and materials engineers .....................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Actuaries ..................................................................
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
History teachers .......................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Physical education teachers ....................................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Foreign language teachers ......................................
Theology 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 .................................................................
24.05
25.71
28.22
20.72
30.20
–
20.86
34.28
24.52
25.57
30.25
27.00
26.44
28.75
35.26
23.05
28.81
25.05
23.85
14.32
23.22
44.09
20.48
28.93
17.23
17.17
23.15
24.82
25.65
17.11
28.15
37.04
32.09
35.67
29.33
37.00
53.74
42.74
33.97
52.10
33.13
37.62
28.18
33.07
41.60
38.68
28.65
28.41
30.98
26.90
12.53
29.81
30.74
27.79
28.94
12.12
22.40
20.31
20.19
1.8
2.0
5.4
4.2
7.9
–
11.9
8.8
8.0
7.1
1.8
4.5
5.2
4.4
10.1
6.6
6.9
7.5
5.1
13.9
3.9
11.9
1.5
3.5
2.6
2.0
6.7
3.4
8.3
6.1
13.4
4.1
6.8
6.4
16.5
2.4
19.6
3.6
21.2
8.8
10.6
12.3
12.6
4.4
4.3
19.8
8.2
14.0
8.5
4.2
11.8
2.7
3.0
5.6
6.7
7.1
9.1
6.3
3.9
35.5
35.5
40.5
39.1
40.6
–
39.7
42.7
40.3
40.2
40.0
39.6
39.7
39.4
37.7
39.3
40.0
39.3
39.1
37.9
32.9
39.8
32.1
32.2
29.9
33.6
26.7
36.8
32.8
34.5
36.6
34.7
33.8
33.7
44.4
40.3
38.7
35.5
29.0
51.5
38.3
23.4
35.4
27.1
37.0
37.6
26.7
39.7
27.7
33.5
35.7
35.0
35.9
35.8
28.7
15.0
35.9
34.9
35.2
24.13
25.76
28.18
20.72
30.20
31.39
20.80
34.29
24.42
25.60
30.28
26.84
26.50
27.73
35.26
23.43
28.81
24.94
23.85
14.32
23.01
38.33
20.88
30.21
17.23
17.17
23.15
25.69
26.37
17.36
28.15
36.81
32.09
35.67
29.33
37.82
53.74
42.74
33.97
52.10
33.13
37.62
27.12
33.07
41.60
38.68
28.65
32.79
31.30
27.19
11.78
31.10
32.68
28.50
28.31
11.68
21.70
21.60
20.43
2.0
2.2
5.6
4.2
7.9
7.2
12.0
8.8
8.8
7.2
1.8
4.6
5.3
4.0
10.1
7.4
6.9
8.2
5.1
13.9
3.5
11.3
1.9
2.3
2.6
2.0
6.7
1.8
9.8
7.3
13.4
3.9
6.8
6.4
16.5
1.5
19.6
3.6
21.2
8.8
10.6
12.3
11.4
4.4
4.3
19.8
8.2
15.1
9.1
5.2
10.0
2.9
3.0
7.0
8.9
5.3
9.1
5.3
4.7
35.5
35.5
40.5
39.1
40.6
40.0
39.7
42.7
40.3
40.2
40.0
39.6
39.7
39.3
37.7
39.2
40.0
39.2
39.1
37.9
32.7
38.7
31.9
30.6
29.9
33.6
26.7
36.3
35.5
34.9
36.6
35.0
33.8
33.7
44.4
39.7
38.7
35.5
29.0
51.5
38.3
23.4
34.6
27.1
37.0
37.6
26.7
39.5
28.6
33.0
35.6
34.3
35.3
35.1
27.4
15.8
35.9
35.8
36.5
23.26
25.29
29.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.61
–
17.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.76
–
24.44
25.22
26.60
31.09
–
–
16.42
–
5.7
6.3
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.3
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
4.2
5.8
8.5
6.5
–
–
14.4
–
35.8
35.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.4
–
32.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.7
–
38.0
37.7
37.1
34.3
–
–
32.3
–
See footnotes at end of table.
115
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$20.75
22.55
23.99
25.59
13.41
19.60
15.45
15.73
12.30
13.96
42.30
42.68
24.6
12.1
13.3
11.6
28.0
6.7
4.0
4.3
9.0
15.7
12.1
12.2
33.6
35.5
40.0
36.4
36.1
19.1
36.1
36.5
31.5
37.9
38.0
38.3
$27.94
22.55
23.99
25.59
13.41
19.60
15.31
15.57
11.14
13.96
42.53
42.92
16.7
12.1
13.3
11.6
28.0
6.7
4.3
4.6
10.6
15.7
12.1
12.3
32.6
35.5
40.0
36.4
36.1
19.1
35.8
36.2
28.6
37.9
38.1
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
$16.50
17.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
38.9
–
–
–
–
20.36
18.79
22.85
22.73
7.2
9.8
12.0
15.4
34.5
39.6
39.3
38.3
20.39
18.79
22.85
22.73
7.2
9.8
12.0
15.4
34.4
39.6
39.3
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.81
18.42
19.61
22.50
31.14
23.70
18.15
15.92
13.91
17.30
13.55
13.34
21.21
17.38
24.18
19.06
18.46
15.16
18.29
17.69
18.02
70.74
12.04
21.66
16.26
20.48
17.17
14.3
12.9
19.4
19.4
10.4
7.8
2.3
4.6
5.8
2.6
2.4
3.1
2.4
6.2
7.0
8.8
3.2
5.2
20.4
5.3
5.0
37.1
13.8
6.8
4.1
7.6
7.7
39.4
37.0
38.7
31.8
35.1
39.2
35.6
36.8
34.3
32.3
34.4
28.9
39.4
40.6
40.3
39.5
39.4
39.7
39.7
38.8
36.4
18.7
38.0
39.6
40.0
38.4
39.2
15.81
18.42
19.61
22.50
32.50
23.70
18.59
16.10
13.87
17.54
13.98
13.42
21.21
17.38
24.29
19.11
18.46
15.16
21.14
17.73
18.56
70.74
12.04
21.74
16.26
20.48
18.38
14.3
12.9
19.4
19.4
7.1
7.8
2.5
5.2
6.0
2.4
2.2
3.1
2.4
6.2
7.4
8.9
3.2
5.2
19.3
5.4
4.3
37.1
13.8
6.9
4.1
7.6
6.3
39.4
37.0
38.7
31.8
34.7
39.2
35.5
36.5
34.2
32.0
34.2
29.1
39.4
40.6
40.3
39.5
39.4
39.7
39.5
39.5
36.1
18.7
38.0
39.6
40.0
38.4
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.08
–
–
–
11.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.8
–
–
–
35.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.88
29.43
19.83
27.84
29.82
34.52
27.04
2.9
2.6
23.6
4.4
4.3
9.5
8.6
39.0
40.4
4.9
39.3
40.1
42.6
41.1
26.93
29.59
24.11
27.80
29.46
35.22
27.04
3.0
2.7
9.2
4.3
4.7
10.0
8.6
39.1
40.5
6.0
39.4
40.1
43.3
41.1
25.97
27.20
–
27.99
–
–
–
5.4
6.1
–
12.8
–
–
–
38.2
37.9
–
39.2
–
–
–
34.41
34.56
30.23
7.5
4.6
13.1
40.9
39.7
39.7
34.41
35.27
31.06
7.5
4.9
15.4
40.9
39.5
39.7
–
30.75
25.90
–
6.0
6.3
–
40.7
40.0
16.22
10.8
43.5
16.63
12.2
42.8
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Librarians, archivists, and curators –Continued
Archivists and curators ............................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ............................................
Urban planners ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Clergy ......................................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
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 ...............................................................
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 .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
116
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$20.86
25.73
29.49
22.38
20.60
19.48
23.70
24.95
20.45
9.6
8.4
3.8
6.6
2.9
6.0
4.6
4.7
9.8
39.6
39.5
41.0
36.9
39.7
38.7
39.9
39.3
26.1
$20.86
25.73
29.60
22.44
20.58
19.48
23.72
24.95
20.52
9.6
8.4
3.8
6.7
2.9
6.0
4.8
4.7
9.6
39.6
39.5
41.0
36.9
39.8
38.7
39.9
39.3
26.0
–
–
$20.60
19.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.5
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.1
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
18.65
27.89
20.78
8.7
8.9
7.3
40.8
40.0
39.4
18.65
28.30
20.48
8.7
8.6
7.6
40.8
40.0
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.39
24.38
3.8
13.9
39.7
38.8
19.39
24.46
4.0
14.0
39.6
38.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.03
16.48
20.21
16.07
30.56
18.67
24.36
32.75
8.2
7.8
6.6
11.1
20.9
9.7
9.3
7.3
32.8
41.7
38.3
35.6
40.6
39.8
39.9
41.8
14.23
16.70
20.21
16.07
30.56
20.03
24.57
32.71
8.4
8.1
6.6
11.1
20.9
7.9
9.3
7.9
33.0
42.0
38.3
35.6
40.6
39.7
39.9
41.3
9.17
11.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.7
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.2
36.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.20
18.85
8.33
13.47
14.00
14.50
12.18
12.41
8.61
7.06
10.39
6.6
7.9
8.7
24.8
13.7
25.3
7.3
22.7
8.7
2.5
9.3
40.9
45.1
24.5
31.4
34.9
32.8
40.6
30.2
33.6
27.3
32.0
25.66
18.85
8.33
13.47
14.00
15.19
12.18
12.41
8.61
7.10
10.39
5.2
7.9
8.7
24.8
13.7
25.9
7.3
22.7
9.3
2.7
9.3
41.0
45.1
24.5
31.4
34.9
32.2
40.6
30.2
33.7
27.7
32.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.7
–
12.10
16.12
19.66
17.75
1.2
7.2
11.9
7.2
35.9
39.9
40.3
39.3
12.18
16.13
19.66
17.86
1.3
7.3
11.9
7.6
35.8
39.9
40.3
39.4
11.18
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
37.4
–
–
–
18.60
16.54
12.71
12.39
11.93
8.42
8.09
12.44
9.31
12.77
12.04
13.08
10.05
9.40
12.28
11.86
5.3
4.6
2.8
3.6
5.0
6.7
5.8
5.0
3.6
5.6
3.1
7.0
5.6
4.1
4.8
2.8
40.3
39.1
38.4
35.9
34.1
25.6
33.7
34.2
35.7
35.9
34.6
38.1
27.8
32.0
37.4
34.5
18.64
16.54
12.70
12.34
12.15
–
8.03
12.44
9.42
12.77
12.04
13.08
10.62
9.46
12.55
11.86
5.3
4.6
2.9
3.5
5.2
–
7.0
5.0
4.2
5.6
3.1
7.0
3.7
4.2
4.9
2.9
40.3
39.1
38.4
35.8
33.6
–
37.5
34.2
35.1
35.9
34.6
38.1
25.9
31.8
37.3
34.1
–
–
12.74
–
–
–
–
–
8.66
–
–
–
–
–
10.24
11.90
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
9.4
9.4
–
–
38.1
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
38.7
38.0
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers, properties and real estate ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
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, 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 ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, computer equipment operators ...........
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
See footnotes at end of table.
117
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$14.28
11.25
10.48
4.9
4.5
5.3
37.7
31.9
37.5
$14.56
11.30
10.60
5.7
4.7
5.5
37.2
31.9
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.82
8.91
11.98
9.43
7.97
12.04
16.58
10.77
11.86
13.70
18.24
12.56
5.4
6.4
8.2
5.6
9.0
3.6
4.9
8.0
4.3
2.6
8.1
10.7
38.7
35.1
34.3
32.8
22.2
39.3
40.1
39.6
33.9
37.8
39.8
38.0
9.82
8.91
12.00
9.52
7.97
12.29
17.10
10.65
11.86
13.81
18.24
12.56
5.4
6.4
8.3
5.7
9.0
5.0
6.1
8.3
4.3
2.6
8.1
10.7
38.7
35.1
34.2
34.0
22.2
39.3
40.1
39.5
33.9
37.6
39.8
38.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.23
16.57
12.51
13.17
11.74
10.79
8.92
11.67
11.70
9.87
11.88
8.7
13.5
5.6
5.1
5.8
2.3
2.2
6.3
5.2
3.8
3.1
39.6
36.4
38.9
38.4
38.5
34.5
32.8
36.7
37.4
31.6
35.9
14.05
16.57
12.48
12.80
11.66
10.85
8.96
11.73
11.70
10.06
12.16
7.5
13.5
5.6
5.6
6.0
2.5
2.3
6.5
5.2
4.4
3.2
39.5
36.4
38.9
39.3
38.5
34.4
32.7
36.8
37.4
30.6
35.5
–
–
–
–
–
$9.88
–
–
–
9.37
10.17
–
–
–
–
–
2.4
–
–
–
7.0
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
35.8
–
–
–
34.6
38.6
Blue collar ..............................................................................
14.15
2.1
38.0
14.39
2.2
37.9
12.69
5.0
39.1
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ......................
Telephone line installers and repairers ....................
Telephone installers and repairers ..........................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Office machine repairers ..........................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Brickmasons and stonemasons ...............................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
18.16
23.42
14.85
17.13
21.08
21.68
16.99
18.40
14.70
2.9
3.5
10.3
2.9
13.0
1.8
8.3
3.1
3.8
39.8
40.6
40.3
40.1
42.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
18.48
23.35
14.85
17.07
21.08
21.68
18.87
18.93
15.39
2.8
3.5
10.6
2.9
13.0
1.8
8.3
3.1
6.3
39.7
40.6
40.2
40.1
42.4
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.5
15.25
–
–
–
–
–
14.81
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
15.16
13.81
20.55
15.12
5.5
8.4
7.9
8.9
40.0
30.0
40.0
40.0
14.80
13.81
–
14.98
5.1
8.4
–
9.0
40.0
30.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.31
15.95
16.32
19.04
16.74
24.74
8.8
7.8
5.7
8.1
3.9
10.4
39.4
40.0
37.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
15.54
15.95
16.58
21.16
16.74
24.74
8.9
7.8
6.1
3.7
3.4
10.4
39.4
40.0
36.7
40.5
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
16.80
–
–
–
–
–
17.1
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
27.46
31.06
22.44
24.05
19.58
21.17
13.99
23.60
3.2
3.7
8.9
9.2
9.6
5.0
8.8
3.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
27.46
–
22.68
24.05
20.00
22.77
14.09
23.60
3.2
–
9.1
9.2
10.1
3.1
9.0
3.0
40.2
–
40.0
39.4
40.5
40.1
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Mail preparing and paper handling machine
operators ................................................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ..............................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
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 ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
118
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$18.34
22.15
12.55
19.53
19.59
20.99
17.94
18.06
17.00
16.64
20.29
22.68
5.8
4.0
11.3
10.7
5.0
3.3
11.9
6.1
5.4
10.9
10.7
9.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
38.0
40.5
40.1
39.5
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
$18.67
22.35
12.55
20.35
20.16
20.99
17.94
18.06
17.00
16.64
20.29
22.68
6.0
4.1
11.3
10.9
1.7
3.3
11.9
6.1
5.4
10.9
10.7
9.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
37.9
40.6
40.1
39.5
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
$14.65
17.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.3
25.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.20
12.72
9.85
15.81
10.37
9.33
14.37
17.52
1.3
8.0
12.3
4.1
17.3
6.8
5.4
5.7
39.0
39.6
39.8
40.0
39.2
30.8
40.0
40.1
14.20
13.44
11.60
16.16
10.19
9.33
14.37
17.52
1.3
15.6
8.4
4.2
17.7
6.8
5.4
5.7
39.0
39.2
39.6
40.0
39.2
30.8
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.39
16.27
22.27
18.29
17.7
3.7
5.1
2.6
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
18.39
16.27
21.29
17.98
17.7
3.9
6.7
5.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.86
15.35
13.34
13.44
14.28
13.62
2.6
4.2
8.3
4.7
8.4
5.2
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
40.0
13.07
15.35
14.43
13.63
14.28
13.62
2.6
4.2
10.2
5.1
8.4
5.2
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.4
40.0
12.03
–
–
–
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
12.96
13.63
13.95
14.61
10.40
13.37
–
11.76
13.32
17.18
12.54
9.51
7.54
13.11
12.07
14.12
4.1
7.5
5.6
4.5
3.5
7.2
–
6.5
4.1
5.1
11.1
13.8
3.4
6.0
8.4
8.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.8
38.7
–
40.0
39.7
39.1
40.1
39.6
36.7
39.4
40.0
40.7
13.13
13.63
14.95
15.24
10.18
13.37
13.82
11.76
13.81
17.57
12.54
9.51
7.43
12.64
13.77
14.14
2.3
7.5
4.9
4.1
3.3
7.2
13.3
6.5
4.5
5.5
11.1
13.8
3.2
5.5
10.0
10.1
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.8
38.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
38.9
40.1
39.6
36.7
39.3
39.9
40.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.61
11.12
11.90
14.51
14.36
13.40
13.70
10.72
12.59
15.03
5.7
5.8
6.7
10.8
12.1
10.9
5.0
13.3
4.8
3.2
40.2
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
39.8
40.0
15.61
11.12
11.90
14.51
17.02
13.40
12.63
11.67
13.36
15.18
5.7
5.8
6.7
10.8
6.3
10.9
3.4
10.9
4.1
4.1
40.2
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.0
39.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ......
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Tool and die maker apprentices ..............................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners .........
Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal .................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Dental laboratory and medical appliance
technicians .............................................................
Bookbinders .............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,
n.e.c. ......................................................................
Water and sewer treatment 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 ......................
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 ..........................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Typesetters and compositors ...................................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning 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 .......
Washing, cleaning, and pickling 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 .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
119
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$13.21
13.26
11.57
10.80
9.15
12.30
12.01
14.38
9.92
5.7
5.3
1.6
11.5
5.2
7.2
6.0
8.2
6.2
40.0
39.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
$13.21
13.28
–
10.80
9.15
12.90
12.63
14.38
9.92
5.7
5.6
–
11.5
5.2
7.9
4.0
8.2
6.2
40.0
39.2
–
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Parking lot attendants ..............................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
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. .....................................................
13.67
14.64
10.86
12.12
8.50
7.68
7.36
17.51
21.82
14.54
16.13
16.77
13.55
4.8
4.0
16.6
9.1
13.4
10.2
9.5
5.8
2.1
4.4
3.9
9.7
4.5
36.4
39.9
28.9
28.8
29.8
33.9
20.4
40.3
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.2
39.7
13.73
14.70
10.93
12.09
8.50
7.68
7.36
17.51
21.75
14.72
16.13
17.59
14.03
5.4
4.3
16.3
10.0
13.4
10.2
9.5
5.8
2.2
4.2
3.9
10.5
4.4
36.2
39.6
29.0
29.9
29.8
33.9
20.4
40.3
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.3
39.6
$13.19
13.90
–
12.36
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.37
4.9
4.6
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.2
37.4
44.5
–
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
13.79
6.6
38.4
13.82
8.2
38.0
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
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. .......................
10.85
20.41
11.80
2.7
11.7
4.8
34.0
40.0
37.2
10.81
20.41
11.84
3.0
11.7
4.8
33.8
40.0
37.3
11.21
–
–
6.5
–
–
36.2
–
–
13.91
13.94
16.55
10.06
9.15
9.81
13.49
8.38
9.26
9.21
10.46
7.7
3.0
10.6
5.6
4.4
4.0
7.1
17.5
9.4
4.7
4.7
39.9
39.6
38.5
39.6
28.9
39.5
31.6
34.1
34.4
38.9
34.2
13.49
13.60
16.58
9.52
9.20
9.86
13.67
8.38
9.26
9.21
10.22
9.2
7.6
10.7
4.9
4.1
4.0
7.0
17.5
9.4
4.7
4.9
39.8
39.1
38.5
39.7
28.6
39.5
31.6
34.1
34.4
38.8
33.1
–
–
–
11.72
8.89
–
–
–
–
–
11.47
–
–
–
14.6
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
39.3
30.7
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
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 ...............................
9.23
15.37
19.23
25.23
14.53
17.65
20.40
15.45
15.19
7.81
8.63
10.30
6.55
4.42
6.39
3.21
5.78
2.1
3.6
4.1
8.4
15.4
4.1
2.1
4.2
4.0
11.3
5.1
14.5
2.6
6.2
3.3
3.9
7.2
30.4
36.5
50.1
40.1
37.0
45.2
38.8
39.7
38.6
14.1
31.9
26.6
27.0
25.0
23.7
25.9
24.5
9.21
15.39
19.23
27.05
12.87
17.65
20.82
16.41
15.14
7.81
8.50
10.44
6.49
4.39
6.33
3.19
5.78
2.4
4.0
4.1
5.3
13.5
4.1
1.8
3.7
3.2
11.3
5.1
14.7
2.8
7.4
4.1
4.0
7.2
30.2
36.4
50.1
40.1
37.0
45.2
38.9
39.8
39.9
14.1
31.7
26.7
26.8
25.1
23.9
25.8
24.6
9.46
15.27
–
–
–
–
15.97
14.40
15.28
–
–
–
7.33
5.12
–
3.66
–
1.5
6.7
–
–
–
–
4.2
6.5
10.0
–
–
–
7.3
29.2
–
20.6
–
32.4
37.6
–
–
–
–
37.7
39.4
36.0
–
–
–
30.6
24.2
–
28.9
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Hand molding, casting, and forming ........................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating ...................
Hand engraving and printing ....................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
120
TABLE 4-7. East North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
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 ......................................
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
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. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$7.82
9.77
8.66
7.00
6.90
9.15
9.29
9.95
8.88
9.11
7.07
9.20
8.92
6.00
5.99
32.18
6.01
7.33
7.11
9.25
9.44
2.4
6.8
2.2
3.4
2.8
1.3
6.5
3.2
1.9
4.5
2.2
5.1
5.1
4.3
1.6
8.6
8.6
4.8
7.3
4.7
5.7
1 The East North Central census division consists of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
and Wisconsin. It also includes the Cincinnati, OH Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical
Area, which is comprised of parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
28.4
36.6
32.4
27.1
25.2
34.3
38.2
33.4
34.0
31.8
30.7
30.8
26.9
20.3
13.9
18.7
34.9
28.8
27.0
24.7
25.1
$7.81
9.73
8.62
6.98
6.90
9.23
9.29
10.21
8.90
9.13
7.06
9.19
9.00
6.01
5.99
32.18
6.01
7.42
6.94
9.47
9.55
3.0
7.5
2.4
4.0
2.9
1.6
6.5
2.6
1.8
4.9
2.6
5.6
5.6
4.6
1.6
8.6
8.6
5.4
7.1
5.3
6.2
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
28.1
36.5
32.0
26.5
25.3
35.0
38.2
35.4
34.2
31.7
32.4
30.6
26.6
20.0
13.9
18.7
34.9
29.0
26.4
23.9
24.5
$7.91
–
8.90
7.24
–
8.91
–
9.22
8.82
8.92
7.07
9.27
8.09
–
–
–
–
6.63
8.90
8.40
8.45
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
7.4
–
4.6
2.9
–
2.7
–
9.8
4.9
7.8
3.8
6.6
4.6
–
–
–
–
3.9
1.3
7.6
6.3
32.8
–
36.0
35.3
–
32.3
–
28.7
33.5
32.1
25.5
33.9
30.7
–
–
–
–
27.5
34.8
28.3
32.9
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between November 1998 and April
2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$14.37
14.61
2.8
3.0
35.3
36.0
$14.73
15.09
3.0
3.3
35.1
35.9
$12.70
12.55
5.8
4.4
36.5
36.6
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
17.07
18.38
3.6
4.2
35.5
37.2
17.26
18.84
4.1
4.7
35.4
37.3
15.77
15.74
4.4
4.7
36.4
36.6
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Theology teachers ...................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ..................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Designers .................................................................
21.51
23.24
28.03
29.67
27.46
24.72
27.15
28.50
24.07
24.19
23.12
20.79
25.08
27.78
19.63
22.19
58.95
18.72
27.30
13.13
17.42
23.56
22.83
25.72
15.54
26.79
29.53
32.48
21.58
34.93
23.86
35.94
33.11
23.53
25.42
–
29.60
25.11
24.38
15.17
26.57
26.10
22.77
20.73
9.61
20.64
20.61
20.61
21.34
19.09
24.25
14.22
14.16
13.63
29.03
28.30
1.9
1.7
2.3
3.6
2.5
3.3
4.1
3.5
5.5
6.1
6.6
8.8
11.7
7.6
12.6
3.2
9.8
1.8
4.6
9.1
10.1
3.9
5.3
4.5
7.0
8.6
5.2
3.3
25.7
18.1
7.3
6.3
7.6
6.0
8.1
–
2.2
12.5
2.3
20.6
3.2
3.5
6.7
6.6
5.1
6.9
16.3
16.5
6.6
10.4
4.4
4.7
4.9
7.6
6.8
5.7
35.9
36.6
41.2
39.4
40.9
41.1
40.2
42.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
41.8
39.7
40.0
34.0
40.6
33.5
31.7
32.6
39.4
28.2
35.6
30.6
40.0
40.0
35.5
39.3
40.6
39.9
38.8
35.0
37.8
27.8
31.4
–
33.8
29.3
34.3
28.0
36.5
35.6
37.4
30.1
11.3
35.7
38.7
38.7
39.6
40.0
39.2
38.9
39.0
37.4
42.3
42.4
21.93
23.51
28.30
29.87
27.46
24.72
27.15
28.81
24.08
24.20
23.12
20.79
25.08
27.78
19.63
23.08
54.32
19.78
28.60
13.13
17.42
23.56
23.09
25.72
15.54
–
29.39
34.06
21.77
34.93
23.02
38.64
33.11
–
–
22.52
31.74
20.97
24.95
15.11
27.81
28.13
22.63
21.31
9.61
22.48
20.44
20.45
20.74
19.09
24.23
14.08
14.01
13.63
29.17
29.17
2.1
1.8
2.2
3.6
2.5
3.3
4.1
3.5
5.5
6.1
6.6
8.8
11.7
7.6
12.6
3.2
10.2
1.9
3.2
9.1
10.1
3.9
9.3
4.5
7.0
–
7.3
1.9
26.3
18.1
8.9
3.0
7.6
–
–
11.1
7.0
10.6
2.6
21.0
3.1
2.7
9.5
7.2
5.1
5.8
18.6
18.9
6.9
10.4
4.3
5.0
5.2
7.6
6.3
6.3
35.7
36.6
41.2
39.3
40.9
41.1
40.2
42.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
41.8
39.7
40.0
33.7
40.7
32.8
37.9
32.6
39.4
28.2
32.9
30.6
40.0
–
34.6
38.7
40.7
39.9
39.8
32.1
37.8
–
–
34.7
17.1
27.0
33.4
27.9
35.9
33.9
37.4
32.2
11.3
33.7
38.7
38.7
39.5
40.0
38.8
38.9
38.9
37.4
42.8
42.8
19.55
21.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.40
–
15.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.84
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.13
–
23.86
23.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.21
16.21
–
–
–
4.4
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
4.6
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
5.4
–
–
–
36.6
36.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.9
–
35.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.6
–
37.6
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
20.17
16.39
8.0
5.4
35.7
40.0
21.28
16.39
8.3
5.4
35.1
40.0
12.51
–
12.3
–
40.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
122
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$19.32
19.48
15.25
26.80
16.99
15.24
16.63
12.07
11.77
18.27
18.60
15.50
14.78
97.62
21.30
19.70
17.73
15.3
9.0
17.9
10.9
6.6
6.1
4.1
4.0
5.3
6.0
3.1
3.7
9.1
20.6
4.7
10.2
8.1
40.9
38.6
38.7
40.2
34.1
38.3
34.2
34.5
34.6
40.0
39.8
39.5
39.1
19.9
40.1
38.2
34.7
$21.23
19.48
20.07
26.93
17.75
15.68
16.81
12.32
12.20
16.90
18.94
15.76
14.78
97.62
21.30
19.70
17.73
12.8
9.0
16.9
11.0
7.5
6.7
6.1
4.4
5.3
3.7
3.5
4.4
9.1
20.6
4.7
10.2
8.1
41.3
38.6
37.4
40.2
33.7
37.9
31.9
34.2
35.2
39.9
39.7
39.3
39.1
19.9
40.1
38.2
34.7
–
–
–
–
$13.66
–
–
11.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.5
–
–
35.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.01
29.11
10.20
24.47
44.05
25.39
10.7
13.6
19.8
3.9
26.3
7.2
41.4
42.6
20.1
40.7
43.6
44.1
26.34
29.29
–
25.86
45.76
25.39
11.5
14.6
–
3.1
25.6
7.2
41.5
42.8
–
40.6
43.8
44.1
22.74
27.19
–
20.73
–
–
15.9
14.4
–
13.4
–
–
40.1
40.4
–
41.0
–
–
37.91
31.45
27.85
8.5
6.2
6.0
41.0
40.3
40.2
39.62
33.05
28.44
8.2
5.5
6.4
41.2
40.3
40.3
–
25.74
–
–
13.6
–
–
40.5
–
16.09
15.55
15.39
26.76
19.18
22.70
18.49
20.26
24.12
16.82
10.8
9.0
13.6
8.1
4.5
9.4
10.7
7.2
9.8
9.4
41.2
39.9
40.3
43.5
39.0
39.5
39.7
40.8
40.1
40.1
–
15.55
15.07
25.80
19.68
22.89
19.81
20.24
25.20
19.16
–
9.0
13.6
7.5
4.3
9.5
10.1
7.3
9.2
7.3
–
39.9
40.3
43.5
38.9
39.5
39.6
40.9
40.1
40.8
–
–
–
38.01
15.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.0
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.5
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
25.85
20.71
19.75
7.7
4.6
10.6
28.8
40.8
39.8
25.54
21.56
19.75
9.6
2.9
10.6
27.0
40.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.63
16.24
7.9
6.8
39.9
37.7
18.63
16.23
7.9
7.3
39.9
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.60
15.87
19.96
43.08
16.23
17.50
22.44
6.0
9.1
15.2
18.8
11.4
13.8
8.1
30.8
41.3
33.4
41.6
37.8
33.2
41.6
12.36
14.89
19.93
43.77
16.23
17.50
22.44
5.8
6.9
16.1
18.6
11.4
13.8
8.1
30.5
41.3
33.1
41.7
37.8
33.2
41.6
16.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.65
20.84
16.8
13.6
39.9
45.7
25.65
20.38
16.8
19.7
39.9
45.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial 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 ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
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 ................
See footnotes at end of table.
123
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$8.37
11.70
15.16
9.59
6.74
7.03
8.63
9.86
5.4
8.3
29.4
9.9
3.5
2.1
5.9
7.0
30.5
39.1
38.2
28.3
28.6
24.2
21.4
39.6
$8.37
11.70
10.69
9.49
6.71
6.98
8.88
–
5.4
8.3
11.2
10.8
3.8
2.5
6.0
–
30.5
39.1
37.5
27.4
28.6
23.8
22.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.0
–
–
11.03
14.52
14.81
2.1
4.1
12.0
36.4
40.2
41.3
11.36
14.64
14.91
1.6
4.5
12.3
36.6
40.2
41.3
9.22
–
–
6.2
–
–
35.5
–
–
15.37
13.63
9.81
11.25
11.59
10.38
9.16
–
8.77
11.20
14.71
12.16
11.62
9.50
8.80
9.61
10.86
13.72
12.39
7.42
7.99
15.19
15.13
11.08
10.37
13.70
13.74
9.0
5.3
1.0
4.9
4.2
4.0
5.5
–
4.1
7.4
7.0
7.7
7.9
4.9
3.4
8.4
3.2
6.6
8.4
9.2
2.9
16.9
3.5
8.5
4.3
26.9
14.1
39.8
38.9
39.9
37.5
39.5
38.7
32.5
–
33.6
35.4
40.0
37.0
38.9
26.5
36.0
38.6
37.7
21.0
31.0
32.7
28.0
38.8
39.5
39.1
35.9
20.0
31.3
15.37
13.44
9.88
11.43
11.90
10.30
10.88
13.13
8.95
11.59
14.71
12.48
11.62
9.50
8.80
11.04
10.91
13.17
12.39
7.73
8.10
17.09
14.65
11.19
10.82
–
13.74
9.0
6.0
.8
5.4
6.2
4.6
5.5
7.3
5.0
6.1
7.0
8.5
7.9
4.4
3.5
5.4
4.2
7.4
8.4
5.8
3.6
19.2
5.7
9.1
6.3
–
14.1
39.8
38.6
39.9
37.4
39.4
38.4
30.1
33.0
33.4
33.2
40.0
36.6
38.9
27.5
36.0
38.4
38.3
19.8
31.0
30.6
26.3
38.3
39.1
39.1
34.9
–
31.3
–
–
–
9.81
–
–
–
–
8.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.36
10.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.18
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.3
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
38.0
–
–
–
–
34.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.9
34.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.8
–
–
8.90
14.02
11.01
12.92
11.69
10.57
7.75
9.72
8.91
11.21
8.1
7.4
6.3
4.1
5.1
4.0
4.1
3.4
4.7
6.0
31.0
38.9
39.6
39.3
39.3
36.5
31.5
38.8
30.7
38.2
8.90
13.99
11.08
12.55
11.64
10.90
7.77
9.74
10.03
11.93
8.1
7.5
6.6
3.4
5.3
4.7
4.2
3.4
4.8
4.2
31.0
38.9
39.6
39.0
39.2
37.5
31.7
38.9
33.2
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
8.88
–
–
7.15
8.30
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
3.1
14.9
–
–
–
–
–
31.9
–
–
27.4
37.5
Blue collar ..............................................................................
12.90
2.4
38.5
13.27
2.2
38.5
11.66
6.7
38.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
15.90
19.06
14.86
12.31
16.68
19.38
16.91
4.0
4.8
8.5
6.4
8.2
9.4
3.4
40.1
42.8
40.1
40.5
42.5
40.0
40.1
16.60
19.89
15.66
11.99
14.36
19.38
16.91
3.2
6.5
8.1
6.8
8.3
9.4
3.4
39.9
40.7
40.2
40.0
41.4
40.0
40.1
13.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ..............................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Correspondence clerks ............................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers .......
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
124
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$15.53
12.72
3.8
17.0
39.5
40.0
$16.88
16.81
2.8
5.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.83
5.0
39.7
17.47
5.1
39.6
–
–
–
15.89
19.82
14.84
23.68
18.68
18.20
23.25
17.96
17.44
14.80
19.69
21.88
13.95
16.80
19.82
10.10
13.77
–
9.35
17.92
18.23
17.09
10.7
9.8
7.0
5.2
4.6
6.2
8.8
14.5
7.6
4.4
4.8
2.1
15.3
7.0
3.6
6.5
9.9
–
3.2
10.8
4.8
5.6
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
41.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.3
40.0
–
38.0
40.8
40.0
40.0
15.89
19.92
14.72
23.68
18.91
18.30
24.42
18.86
–
15.24
20.11
21.88
13.95
16.80
19.82
10.10
14.41
10.47
9.35
18.08
18.23
17.09
10.7
10.2
9.2
5.2
5.0
6.3
6.6
12.8
–
3.4
4.1
2.1
15.3
7.0
3.6
6.5
14.5
7.5
3.2
12.0
4.8
5.6
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
40.3
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.3
40.0
36.7
38.0
40.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
$15.13
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Punching and stamping press 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 ..............................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Cementing and gluing machine operators ...............
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
12.44
11.99
3.9
4.5
39.5
39.2
12.88
12.30
3.0
4.7
39.6
39.1
11.69
–
9.8
–
39.2
–
11.93
12.29
15.05
11.73
11.61
14.28
16.50
15.40
6.59
15.94
11.97
8.88
14.85
12.66
10.37
12.90
12.74
–
12.45
12.62
14.09
14.98
8.1
4.6
9.5
5.2
6.2
5.2
6.6
11.4
4.9
12.1
10.4
5.4
4.7
8.7
13.8
8.2
6.4
–
4.4
5.5
7.7
8.5
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
38.9
39.4
22.3
40.0
39.5
39.3
40.0
39.6
37.4
39.7
40.0
–
39.8
40.0
39.3
40.0
14.59
–
15.05
11.94
10.81
14.28
16.50
15.40
7.15
15.94
13.61
9.58
14.88
14.87
10.37
12.55
13.20
11.24
12.88
11.83
14.32
16.64
8.8
–
9.5
12.1
7.4
5.2
6.6
11.4
4.9
12.1
7.4
10.9
6.5
5.5
13.8
3.6
4.1
6.5
3.5
7.4
7.5
7.6
40.7
–
40.0
40.0
39.3
40.0
38.9
39.4
31.4
40.0
39.2
38.4
40.0
39.9
37.4
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.3
40.0
–
–
–
11.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
12.32
17.13
11.67
12.20
9.32
7.80
21.04
2.8
9.3
4.3
3.4
6.6
7.6
2.2
38.6
41.1
43.4
22.2
33.2
32.7
40.7
12.29
19.83
11.54
12.10
9.33
8.36
21.04
2.9
6.5
4.0
3.5
6.5
3.9
2.2
38.8
42.2
43.5
22.5
35.6
31.4
40.7
12.50
–
17.84
13.03
–
–
–
4.3
–
10.6
7.6
–
–
–
37.0
–
40.0
19.9
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Stationary engineers ................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
125
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$16.72
18.62
17.08
13.41
12.71
5.5
5.6
12.6
5.5
2.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
$16.74
18.62
17.49
–
12.71
6.0
5.6
13.6
–
3.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.6
–
–
–
$12.14
12.71
–
–
–
3.9
5.4
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
14.06
8.0
39.9
15.93
8.8
39.9
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Operating engineers ................................................
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 ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
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. .......................
9.72
10.99
2.4
7.7
35.7
31.5
9.91
11.01
2.3
8.3
35.9
31.3
9.02
–
5.3
–
35.1
–
12.74
11.11
9.64
12.09
10.64
9.10
9.66
10.27
8.71
8.46
8.59
9.28
9.5
16.8
6.8
9.6
6.0
5.4
10.2
7.1
6.3
9.2
6.5
3.0
40.0
39.2
38.3
39.7
38.6
27.9
37.7
35.6
39.8
39.2
38.1
37.4
14.54
11.11
9.52
12.27
10.64
8.97
10.88
10.41
8.71
9.04
9.18
9.31
8.9
16.8
7.5
10.7
6.0
4.9
9.2
7.6
6.3
9.3
7.5
3.0
40.0
39.2
38.3
39.7
38.6
28.3
36.7
35.8
39.8
38.9
37.0
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
9.46
–
–
–
–
–
9.20
–
–
–
–
–
18.9
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
27.1
–
–
–
–
–
36.8
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
8.86
13.97
17.32
23.74
17.34
13.81
17.56
16.22
13.51
8.15
9.04
7.08
4.86
6.46
4.54
5.79
7.95
10.42
9.05
7.29
6.37
9.89
9.15
9.18
8.82
11.43
6.81
9.30
3.0
5.9
10.6
3.0
9.8
3.3
4.1
3.6
6.0
10.8
8.8
2.6
9.5
8.7
12.7
7.4
2.4
7.6
3.0
3.9
4.4
8.3
4.4
7.6
6.4
12.0
4.9
4.3
29.8
37.3
50.7
40.0
40.0
46.4
39.9
38.0
39.3
31.5
25.0
27.0
24.2
31.3
24.3
19.1
28.2
39.6
32.0
28.7
23.3
30.6
27.9
32.9
31.5
37.5
29.9
31.5
8.81
14.44
18.58
24.56
18.88
13.91
17.54
17.02
13.61
8.54
9.27
6.82
4.66
6.23
4.33
5.75
7.70
9.13
9.09
7.35
6.32
10.94
9.44
10.11
8.82
11.58
6.78
9.37
4.0
6.8
11.5
4.0
8.5
3.6
4.5
7.5
6.6
16.4
9.7
2.9
10.4
5.9
14.3
7.7
5.0
10.8
3.4
4.2
4.8
8.2
4.3
7.9
7.4
15.2
5.3
4.8
29.0
36.9
50.0
40.0
40.0
45.7
39.8
35.8
39.2
29.5
24.9
26.8
23.5
30.2
23.7
19.0
28.4
39.8
31.3
29.5
24.0
29.6
29.1
32.7
30.7
36.8
29.3
30.6
9.04
12.72
–
–
–
–
17.68
15.62
–
–
–
9.07
–
–
–
–
9.71
–
8.75
–
6.70
7.90
–
7.91
8.84
–
–
8.88
5.2
12.2
–
–
–
–
9.0
2.4
–
–
–
11.6
–
–
–
–
16.1
–
2.7
–
6.6
6.6
–
6.6
5.3
–
–
6.3
33.2
38.5
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
28.2
–
–
–
–
26.9
–
37.7
–
19.3
32.5
–
33.2
37.8
–
–
37.7
See footnotes at end of table.
126
TABLE 4-8. West North Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Ushers .....................................................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$8.37
13.89
7.65
6.74
8.04
7.47
8.20
8.39
3.5
9.2
4.0
6.0
6.6
5.6
3.5
4.7
1 The West North Central census division consists of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. It also includes the St. Louis, MO
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is comprised of parts of Missouri and
Illinois, and the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is comprised
of parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
30.4
36.2
36.7
12.1
28.5
28.2
25.7
30.2
$8.40
–
7.76
6.74
7.54
7.59
8.25
8.16
5.4
–
9.1
6.0
6.1
7.0
3.5
5.0
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
28.3
–
31.0
12.1
28.9
28.0
26.8
30.6
$8.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.93
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
34.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.4
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April
2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$14.49
14.79
2.9
2.9
36.3
36.6
$14.71
15.04
3.0
3.1
36.2
36.5
$12.60
12.75
6.3
6.4
37.4
37.7
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
17.74
19.07
3.5
3.5
36.6
37.3
17.89
19.29
3.7
3.7
36.6
37.2
15.80
16.58
6.3
5.9
37.2
38.0
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Architects .................................................................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Statisticians ..............................................................
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Agricultural and food scientists ................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Physicians’ assistants ..............................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Biological science teachers .....................................
Chemistry teachers ..................................................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Economics teachers ................................................
History teachers .......................................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Foreign language teachers ......................................
Law 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 .................................................................
22.96
25.09
28.72
21.97
29.88
35.33
27.46
31.16
24.71
23.43
33.10
26.63
27.72
23.02
23.58
27.26
26.01
21.41
17.35
23.32
20.96
41.40
19.32
29.34
18.66
17.06
18.91
27.62
26.06
15.36
30.70
34.06
36.49
29.20
32.45
39.39
30.64
38.10
34.53
39.12
40.91
47.68
40.60
25.01
35.48
24.99
17.66
57.47
32.03
22.99
19.48
23.55
25.44
24.98
20.24
7.18
21.54
20.18
20.17
3.8
3.5
2.5
8.5
2.8
5.7
4.4
3.0
4.9
7.4
3.5
2.7
2.9
24.9
7.8
6.3
15.9
18.6
5.5
7.9
2.0
13.5
1.6
2.3
4.5
4.2
11.0
5.9
6.7
3.9
4.6
3.9
12.2
2.0
14.5
8.8
7.0
3.3
12.3
8.4
14.0
13.5
13.4
6.4
9.9
10.2
16.9
12.6
5.8
1.8
11.8
2.0
2.1
2.7
5.7
6.7
9.9
6.4
6.5
35.9
36.0
40.2
39.4
40.0
40.8
40.5
40.2
40.2
40.3
40.0
40.1
40.2
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.9
39.1
39.7
38.6
36.0
41.8
35.2
36.4
39.7
36.8
38.7
33.6
35.1
39.4
40.4
35.6
44.0
49.9
40.7
50.5
41.7
47.5
37.5
35.8
41.1
36.8
41.8
32.2
39.8
37.4
40.5
44.3
38.1
35.9
36.9
37.2
37.2
37.1
32.4
12.5
36.9
38.2
38.3
23.38
25.45
28.69
21.97
29.88
35.33
27.32
31.20
24.71
23.43
33.14
26.68
27.78
–
24.17
27.26
26.75
23.17
17.22
24.75
21.21
42.77
19.46
29.51
18.66
17.69
17.65
27.62
26.06
15.50
30.70
34.69
38.45
30.58
32.45
33.07
30.64
32.37
36.37
39.12
40.91
47.68
40.60
25.01
35.48
24.99
31.00
57.47
32.36
23.21
19.14
23.72
25.82
25.24
20.21
8.12
21.39
20.15
20.14
4.0
3.6
2.5
8.5
2.8
5.7
4.7
3.0
4.9
7.4
3.6
2.8
2.9
–
7.7
6.3
15.2
19.4
5.5
4.3
2.5
13.6
2.0
2.2
4.5
4.1
10.7
5.9
6.7
4.5
4.6
4.6
20.7
5.5
14.5
8.4
7.0
17.2
13.4
8.4
14.0
13.5
13.4
6.4
9.9
10.2
15.2
12.6
5.8
2.1
13.9
2.2
2.1
2.8
7.4
6.8
11.1
6.7
6.8
35.7
35.8
40.2
39.4
40.0
40.8
40.5
40.2
40.2
40.3
40.0
40.1
40.2
–
39.6
40.0
39.9
39.0
39.7
38.3
35.7
41.9
34.9
36.3
39.7
36.0
38.9
33.6
35.1
39.3
40.4
33.4
39.2
38.8
40.7
33.8
41.7
33.1
36.8
35.8
41.1
36.8
41.8
32.2
39.8
37.4
22.5
44.3
38.4
36.0
36.4
37.3
37.1
37.1
31.1
13.6
36.7
38.1
38.2
19.02
21.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.93
–
18.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.57
22.01
–
22.80
23.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
4.1
–
4.4
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.2
–
37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
48.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.5
35.8
–
37.1
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
128
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$22.04
28.24
21.41
25.48
19.94
14.73
14.80
13.83
–
6.3
6.3
7.6
13.6
6.6
2.2
2.3
4.7
–
39.3
39.8
38.9
38.2
40.0
38.6
39.3
32.7
–
$23.05
28.24
23.11
25.48
22.06
14.89
14.95
14.09
–
7.6
6.3
5.5
13.6
3.1
2.3
2.4
4.8
–
39.3
39.8
38.4
38.2
40.0
38.3
39.2
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
$13.89
14.01
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
22.29
15.81
15.12
16.82
10.4
5.2
9.2
18.2
26.5
38.6
39.5
37.2
22.43
15.81
15.12
16.82
10.3
5.2
9.2
18.2
26.4
38.6
39.5
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.64
16.89
17.08
26.56
22.49
28.72
16.54
14.08
11.39
16.96
12.43
12.17
15.56
18.57
18.08
18.17
15.89
14.90
17.09
17.27
104.22
17.10
24.03
17.04
11.3
9.0
34.7
10.0
13.4
4.6
3.4
8.3
11.0
3.1
2.4
3.4
14.1
20.3
6.9
6.1
6.9
9.2
6.0
6.0
12.7
20.6
4.0
5.5
38.5
40.0
30.0
38.7
40.3
39.3
35.6
35.7
39.9
35.3
34.0
33.5
36.1
41.5
40.0
39.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
38.4
22.6
35.4
40.1
38.3
16.64
17.92
17.08
26.56
23.49
28.72
17.02
13.92
12.81
17.09
12.67
12.54
15.49
18.57
18.08
18.20
15.89
–
18.31
17.27
104.22
17.10
24.03
17.52
11.3
7.1
34.7
10.0
14.7
4.6
4.2
9.1
7.4
3.1
2.8
4.4
15.1
20.3
6.9
6.3
6.9
–
6.8
6.0
12.7
20.6
4.0
6.2
38.5
39.9
30.0
38.7
40.3
39.3
35.5
35.6
39.9
36.2
32.3
33.4
35.8
41.5
40.0
39.7
39.4
–
39.9
38.4
22.6
35.4
40.1
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.87
16.21
–
–
11.86
11.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
7.5
–
–
5.2
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.8
37.4
–
–
39.1
33.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.8
26.43
29.32
24.48
25.64
32.82
26.23
6.5
7.4
8.4
6.6
7.5
17.6
40.5
40.8
39.3
40.3
42.3
40.4
26.47
29.34
25.00
25.72
33.11
28.15
6.9
7.8
9.7
6.7
7.5
20.1
40.5
40.8
39.3
40.3
42.3
40.4
25.81
28.86
20.83
–
–
–
3.2
5.3
9.1
–
–
–
39.9
39.9
39.5
–
–
–
35.89
29.25
28.61
7.4
6.1
16.6
40.7
39.5
40.4
35.27
29.05
28.60
6.7
7.2
17.1
41.0
39.6
40.4
–
30.24
–
–
6.2
–
–
38.8
–
13.75
20.31
25.88
32.02
20.40
21.73
18.81
22.29
21.55
10.2
15.4
9.0
11.6
3.7
9.0
12.0
5.8
9.9
43.1
41.3
40.5
41.2
39.8
39.2
40.3
40.5
40.7
13.04
20.31
25.86
32.04
20.46
21.95
18.81
21.78
21.55
9.9
15.4
9.9
11.8
4.0
9.2
12.0
5.7
9.9
43.1
41.3
40.7
41.2
39.8
39.1
40.3
40.6
40.7
–
–
–
30.90
19.41
–
–
26.38
–
–
–
–
13.5
6.0
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
41.8
39.8
–
–
40.0
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social scientists, n.e.c. ............................................
Urban planners ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .......
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
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 ....................................................................
Biological technicians ..............................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
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 ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
129
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$18.56
3.6
39.9
$18.59
3.6
39.9
–
–
–
19.66
16.83
17.60
15.8
10.4
2.9
39.8
40.1
40.8
19.66
16.75
17.60
15.8
11.2
2.9
39.8
40.1
40.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.28
21.12
5.2
3.4
40.3
39.7
16.69
21.31
5.9
3.7
40.3
39.8
–
$19.16
–
11.5
–
39.4
11.81
14.00
17.63
13.60
26.15
25.18
17.75
33.73
6.0
6.6
10.8
9.1
31.9
8.8
15.6
4.5
33.9
41.4
37.1
35.5
39.7
39.0
38.8
40.7
11.94
14.10
17.63
13.60
26.15
25.18
17.90
33.73
6.2
6.8
10.8
9.1
31.9
8.8
16.1
4.5
34.0
41.4
37.1
35.5
39.7
39.0
38.7
40.7
8.70
12.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.1
40.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.75
16.66
8.88
8.53
9.92
11.58
13.24
13.07
7.42
6.60
11.78
12.42
8.6
8.9
6.4
5.9
21.5
7.3
23.0
22.7
6.9
2.4
11.3
8.3
40.2
45.1
27.1
29.0
37.4
38.9
38.6
33.4
30.3
29.3
31.9
37.3
20.88
16.66
8.88
8.53
9.92
12.08
13.36
13.22
7.42
6.61
11.78
12.42
8.7
8.9
6.4
5.9
21.5
6.7
22.8
22.9
6.9
2.5
11.3
8.3
40.2
45.1
27.1
29.0
37.4
38.9
38.5
33.7
30.3
29.5
31.9
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.92
–
6.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.4
–
25.3
–
–
11.87
17.78
22.40
17.91
18.90
3.6
7.4
2.6
7.1
4.7
37.2
39.8
41.0
40.4
40.0
11.98
17.93
21.81
17.91
18.79
3.8
7.5
5.1
7.1
8.6
37.2
39.8
42.1
40.4
40.0
10.62
14.89
–
–
–
4.7
5.1
–
–
–
37.7
40.0
–
–
–
16.48
12.47
12.27
14.82
11.72
11.59
9.36
7.53
14.71
8.80
12.22
9.82
12.13
12.21
9.91
7.85
11.06
11.27
11.75
9.41
17.00
9.58
8.82
5.1
3.5
8.7
8.8
3.3
7.1
5.0
2.4
4.5
3.5
6.9
5.3
4.9
4.7
4.2
5.8
3.3
3.1
6.5
7.0
13.2
5.5
1.6
39.5
39.8
40.0
38.5
32.5
37.2
30.3
34.5
36.2
33.7
37.6
37.9
37.4
39.4
33.9
34.3
38.1
36.7
37.8
39.7
39.9
37.6
40.0
16.84
12.54
12.27
14.96
12.22
11.59
9.61
7.57
14.71
8.87
12.22
9.82
12.04
12.61
10.30
7.89
11.11
11.22
11.61
9.43
17.31
9.58
8.82
4.8
3.6
8.7
8.8
2.7
7.1
5.9
2.8
4.5
3.8
6.9
5.3
5.0
5.7
3.9
6.1
3.4
3.3
7.3
7.3
12.5
5.5
1.6
39.5
40.0
40.0
38.5
30.6
37.2
29.0
33.4
36.2
33.5
37.6
37.9
37.2
39.1
33.5
34.4
38.1
36.5
37.7
39.7
39.9
37.6
40.0
–
–
–
11.45
–
–
8.06
–
–
7.07
–
–
–
–
8.90
–
–
11.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
1.9
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
9.1
–
–
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
40.0
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
35.0
–
–
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
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, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, 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. ..........................................
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 ................................
See footnotes at end of table.
130
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$10.57
11.24
8.46
8.62
11.60
15.31
10.37
11.00
11.57
12.43
10.69
7.9
3.5
5.0
4.5
8.5
10.1
8.2
3.0
4.5
7.9
6.0
34.3
35.6
37.5
34.5
38.4
39.2
39.2
38.4
39.9
40.0
39.6
$11.07
11.11
8.46
8.68
10.99
16.00
10.04
11.00
11.63
12.43
10.69
7.7
4.7
5.0
4.6
6.5
9.4
7.6
3.2
5.7
7.9
6.0
36.0
34.9
37.5
34.7
37.7
39.1
39.0
38.3
39.9
40.0
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.97
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
11.41
17.97
12.09
12.36
11.08
10.42
8.83
9.49
12.22
8.98
10.86
4.7
6.9
7.9
3.4
4.3
2.2
2.5
3.6
7.1
4.1
4.3
37.1
39.3
38.5
39.1
38.1
37.4
34.8
32.3
39.1
33.8
38.0
11.36
17.97
12.23
12.46
11.07
10.42
8.85
9.42
12.92
9.10
11.08
4.9
6.9
8.0
3.6
4.5
2.5
2.5
3.7
5.2
2.6
4.7
36.7
39.3
38.4
39.0
38.0
37.2
34.8
32.1
39.0
33.7
38.4
–
–
8.22
–
–
10.43
–
–
–
8.80
8.86
–
–
14.5
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
9.4
6.8
–
–
40.0
–
–
39.1
–
–
–
34.0
35.3
Blue collar ..............................................................................
11.98
2.2
38.3
12.06
1.3
38.2
11.53
12.4
38.8
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Data processing equipment repairers ......................
Telephone line installers and repairers ....................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Drywall installers ......................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ......
Insulation workers ....................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
operators ................................................................
14.86
21.08
15.39
13.57
21.50
21.57
21.13
13.84
16.55
13.73
1.9
5.1
7.1
7.0
4.7
10.9
9.8
4.5
5.6
6.0
39.7
40.3
40.8
39.9
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
14.89
20.91
15.64
13.68
21.50
21.57
21.13
13.84
15.40
13.05
1.5
5.1
7.5
7.2
4.7
10.9
9.8
4.5
4.5
6.8
39.7
40.3
40.8
39.9
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
14.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.48
–
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
17.30
17.26
18.90
7.5
7.7
5.9
32.0
40.1
39.8
17.22
17.26
19.49
7.8
7.7
5.7
31.8
40.1
39.8
–
–
16.22
–
–
19.0
–
–
40.0
13.18
16.08
16.50
15.22
17.01
6.3
9.2
7.9
3.5
9.6
40.1
40.0
40.0
38.8
40.0
13.20
15.92
16.50
15.37
17.01
6.5
9.6
7.9
2.8
9.6
40.1
40.0
40.0
38.5
40.0
–
–
–
14.58
–
–
–
–
12.5
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
21.57
16.63
16.53
14.37
13.69
14.79
11.18
18.85
11.29
17.08
10.84
12.31
7.0
5.0
3.3
5.1
2.7
8.4
4.6
6.2
3.9
7.0
9.3
17.6
40.4
40.0
40.2
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
22.82
16.63
16.69
14.41
13.69
14.64
11.18
19.37
11.27
17.19
10.84
12.48
6.3
5.0
3.6
5.3
2.7
9.1
4.6
7.3
3.9
7.2
9.3
18.3
40.5
40.0
40.2
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
11.38
8.5
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Telephone operators ................................................
Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. .........
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
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 ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
131
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$14.68
15.73
11.41
17.24
16.03
14.45
16.57
13.69
11.61
11.89
15.54
10.70
18.24
9.29
8.44
9.15
15.15
13.83
20.88
17.53
17.34
9.6
8.8
6.2
7.8
9.2
5.4
3.5
5.0
2.5
13.4
12.5
3.9
2.6
9.4
3.4
2.2
6.3
4.5
14.4
6.7
6.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.4
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
39.4
39.9
39.7
35.9
40.0
40.5
36.8
40.0
39.9
39.3
$14.68
15.73
11.94
17.85
17.66
14.45
16.57
13.69
11.61
11.89
15.54
10.34
17.59
10.52
8.44
9.15
15.15
13.96
20.88
17.53
17.34
9.6
8.8
8.8
3.9
3.9
5.4
3.5
5.0
2.5
13.4
12.5
3.7
4.8
3.8
3.4
2.2
6.3
4.8
14.4
6.7
6.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
41.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
39.3
39.9
39.4
35.9
40.0
40.5
36.0
40.0
39.9
39.3
–
–
$10.55
15.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.33
13.84
12.69
10.98
11.95
3.5
6.1
6.9
8.3
9.9
39.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
11.52
15.02
12.69
10.98
11.95
2.5
6.4
6.9
8.3
9.9
39.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
10.57
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
10.71
13.27
12.01
13.61
4.5
4.2
5.9
17.8
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
10.99
13.27
12.01
14.30
5.5
4.2
5.9
17.8
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.99
11.64
10.35
9.97
15.73
14.03
12.73
–
9.9
11.0
2.5
4.0
4.0
5.6
7.6
–
39.1
38.8
40.0
40.0
38.8
39.2
38.2
–
–
11.64
10.35
9.97
15.73
14.03
12.78
10.02
–
11.0
2.5
4.0
4.0
5.6
7.7
4.3
–
38.8
40.0
40.0
38.8
39.2
39.3
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.84
10.29
8.95
8.28
6.93
–
11.64
12.75
13.02
2.1
6.1
12.1
6.7
2.5
–
10.2
3.9
9.1
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.9
39.1
–
39.5
39.9
39.8
10.84
10.41
9.05
8.28
6.95
10.18
13.36
12.75
13.06
2.1
5.4
11.9
6.7
2.7
12.5
9.2
3.9
9.2
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.9
39.2
40.0
39.2
39.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.89
9.42
12.88
9.48
14.86
13.12
12.34
10.50
12.53
3.6
8.0
11.1
7.6
9.6
12.9
9.0
13.7
6.3
39.7
38.7
40.2
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
36.7
39.6
16.89
9.42
12.89
9.48
14.86
13.12
12.34
10.55
12.14
3.6
8.0
11.3
7.6
9.6
12.9
9.0
13.7
6.8
39.7
38.7
40.2
39.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
36.7
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Sheetmetal duct installers ........................................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Furniture and wood finishers ...................................
Dressmakers ............................................................
Upholsterers ............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
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 ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Drilling and boring machine operators .....................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine
operators ................................................................
Sawing machine operators ......................................
Shaping and jointing machine operators .................
Nailing and tacking 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 ...........................
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 .......
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. ................
See footnotes at end of table.
132
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$13.46
10.08
11.17
10.27
10.54
11.12
11.31
8.27
9.48
7.1
7.5
3.8
9.8
6.7
3.7
7.1
3.0
2.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
37.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
$14.24
11.28
11.17
10.27
10.09
11.05
11.68
8.42
9.48
5.6
4.4
3.8
9.8
5.8
4.2
7.3
4.8
2.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
37.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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. ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
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. .....................................................
11.82
16.65
11.64
11.63
10.98
6.70
6.79
10.28
15.19
14.04
17.21
12.27
11.21
11.24
2.5
7.1
3.6
5.9
4.5
4.9
3.3
7.8
14.4
6.7
13.3
7.7
3.8
4.2
37.7
40.9
40.2
37.0
26.7
23.4
30.0
33.8
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
11.82
16.31
11.55
11.60
11.41
6.70
6.79
10.41
15.58
–
18.35
12.65
11.18
11.44
2.5
8.3
3.8
6.0
4.8
4.9
3.3
8.1
16.1
–
15.4
8.4
4.2
3.4
37.8
41.8
39.9
36.9
28.2
23.4
30.0
33.5
40.4
–
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.9
$11.82
–
13.82
–
8.31
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
10.3
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.5
–
49.5
–
20.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.78
9.0
39.3
14.11
9.1
39.3
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
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. .......................
9.21
18.10
8.19
2.9
10.2
6.2
35.7
40.3
39.0
9.22
18.24
8.16
1.6
10.5
7.0
35.6
40.3
38.9
9.12
–
8.42
16.3
–
4.6
36.5
–
40.0
15.12
9.61
10.23
8.60
11.85
9.99
8.25
9.69
9.67
9.01
8.92
8.07
8.88
4.8
5.0
6.5
4.5
9.0
8.4
3.2
4.3
6.0
8.3
3.4
3.8
3.9
40.3
40.0
39.2
39.6
39.8
40.0
30.2
39.9
31.7
40.0
39.4
35.6
38.3
15.12
9.46
10.24
8.58
10.35
10.09
8.19
9.48
9.92
9.01
8.92
8.31
9.01
4.8
5.8
6.6
4.6
4.7
9.2
2.9
3.9
4.3
8.3
3.5
4.3
2.9
40.3
40.0
39.2
39.6
39.7
40.0
30.3
39.8
30.8
40.0
39.4
34.6
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.66
–
8.13
–
–
7.19
7.78
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.8
–
22.1
–
–
3.7
26.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.2
–
38.4
–
–
40.0
37.8
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
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 ................................................................
8.54
12.73
21.40
20.87
12.23
16.36
13.25
16.93
13.61
12.80
8.71
8.36
11.43
6.33
2.1
1.9
5.7
4.7
8.3
8.5
5.0
2.5
3.8
1.6
8.7
3.7
10.9
3.0
32.8
37.4
49.8
40.2
36.1
47.1
42.1
40.1
39.8
40.1
17.7
33.2
32.4
30.2
8.51
12.86
21.40
21.94
11.57
16.36
13.34
17.21
14.55
13.48
9.05
8.28
11.41
6.29
1.9
2.4
5.7
4.2
8.0
8.5
4.6
2.3
3.7
2.8
9.0
3.7
12.1
3.4
32.5
36.9
49.8
40.2
35.8
47.1
41.8
40.2
39.6
40.1
19.6
33.0
31.7
30.0
8.76
12.23
–
–
–
–
–
13.23
10.31
12.37
–
10.33
–
6.69
9.3
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
6.1
1.6
–
13.9
–
5.5
35.4
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
40.6
40.0
–
37.3
–
31.3
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .......................................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating ...................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ..................
Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
133
TABLE 4-9. South Atlantic census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3
for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Pest control ..............................................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Guides .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$3.61
4.40
3.03
5.49
7.38
10.54
7.64
7.26
6.85
8.29
9.51
7.76
8.31
12.97
6.79
8.25
10.51
8.88
13.01
11.19
7.08
9.51
28.39
6.00
8.68
7.03
7.16
8.06
4.7
12.4
5.5
5.4
2.1
4.1
3.4
4.8
2.7
2.9
3.1
2.4
3.3
7.8
3.8
2.5
17.9
5.6
7.5
4.5
5.6
4.9
8.2
8.6
5.9
7.8
1.3
9.7
1 The South Atlantic census division consists of Delaware, Maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between September 1998 and April
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
28.6
32.1
27.6
30.4
30.8
39.2
35.0
30.8
28.5
34.6
32.7
35.9
33.9
39.2
37.9
31.8
40.0
31.2
36.7
32.2
25.8
31.0
20.9
32.1
30.0
32.6
29.8
34.4
$3.54
4.28
3.00
5.47
7.41
10.61
7.66
7.15
6.86
8.49
9.52
7.98
8.38
12.98
6.85
8.29
10.51
8.94
13.01
11.19
7.17
9.64
28.39
6.00
8.75
6.81
7.16
8.07
4.9
13.4
5.7
5.8
2.0
4.7
3.6
5.5
2.9
3.1
3.2
2.4
3.4
8.4
4.4
2.6
17.9
5.9
7.5
4.5
6.0
4.8
8.2
8.6
6.7
6.3
1.3
10.9
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
28.2
31.8
27.4
29.5
30.9
39.5
34.7
30.2
28.3
34.4
32.1
36.1
33.6
39.2
38.1
31.4
40.0
31.0
36.7
32.2
26.7
32.4
20.9
32.1
29.1
32.0
29.8
34.4
$4.53
–
3.59
–
7.14
–
7.44
7.80
6.80
7.35
9.36
6.93
7.50
–
6.39
7.74
–
8.14
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.55
–
7.97
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
9.1
–
6.0
–
6.5
–
4.2
3.0
4.4
5.4
9.1
7.3
4.0
–
1.9
4.5
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
4.2
35.0
–
32.8
–
30.6
–
38.9
33.7
30.7
35.8
39.7
35.0
37.6
–
36.2
38.4
–
33.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.0
–
34.6
2000. The average reference period was September 1999. For the first time, estimates
include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$12.13
12.24
5.0
4.1
37.6
37.8
$12.87
12.84
1.5
2.0
37.4
37.7
$9.72
10.03
9.6
10.2
38.1
37.9
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
14.95
16.64
6.4
3.1
37.2
37.7
15.84
16.60
3.7
3.5
37.0
37.8
11.78
16.97
16.0
4.1
38.2
37.0
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
English teachers ......................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Designers .................................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Computer programmers ...........................................
20.46
22.35
27.77
29.57
27.96
28.17
27.17
28.10
27.48
26.13
26.13
29.13
24.83
20.16
49.28
18.18
29.52
15.46
16.47
26.94
20.45
15.73
29.63
35.06
30.00
24.24
25.83
22.30
23.62
24.49
25.68
23.40
7.11
26.69
19.60
19.60
–
11.27
11.20
10.96
40.53
40.53
2.8
4.0
2.6
4.4
7.6
2.7
10.8
3.8
2.5
4.7
5.1
8.8
6.3
4.6
18.7
2.1
5.1
5.4
4.9
9.3
8.0
7.7
9.2
17.9
5.5
10.0
6.8
5.5
2.7
3.6
8.6
10.8
2.3
13.8
4.9
4.9
–
10.2
11.1
1.0
7.6
7.6
36.9
37.0
40.9
40.0
39.2
41.9
41.6
40.1
41.2
40.2
40.2
41.2
40.6
36.5
41.0
36.4
38.1
40.9
32.1
34.1
40.0
38.4
34.2
30.7
30.3
29.9
34.4
36.2
38.0
37.4
36.7
37.4
10.2
39.1
36.1
36.1
–
39.8
39.8
39.7
43.7
43.7
20.86
22.87
27.76
29.57
27.96
28.07
27.17
28.10
27.48
26.13
26.13
29.13
24.83
21.11
49.28
18.59
29.52
16.43
16.10
26.94
20.45
16.12
31.46
23.21
–
25.18
27.96
22.56
24.78
25.40
27.03
24.93
7.52
30.42
19.60
19.60
–
11.23
11.16
10.96
41.72
41.72
3.5
5.4
2.6
4.4
7.6
3.1
10.8
3.8
2.5
4.7
5.1
8.8
6.3
4.7
18.7
2.6
5.1
1.2
2.3
9.3
8.0
7.7
10.3
29.1
–
12.2
6.7
8.7
4.2
5.6
8.4
6.9
3.3
13.5
4.9
4.9
–
10.9
11.9
1.0
6.6
6.6
37.0
37.3
40.9
40.0
39.2
42.3
41.6
40.1
41.2
40.2
40.2
41.2
40.6
36.4
41.0
36.1
38.1
41.3
31.9
34.1
40.0
38.2
34.7
34.1
–
37.1
33.5
36.0
37.5
37.2
36.5
36.9
8.8
39.3
36.1
36.1
–
39.8
39.8
39.7
48.0
48.0
18.73
20.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.84
–
16.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.31
–
–
–
21.64
21.84
22.36
23.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.74
11.74
–
–
–
3.1
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
4.3
3.0
3.6
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
6.4
–
–
–
36.2
35.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.9
–
37.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.9
–
–
–
36.1
36.5
38.6
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
39.7
–
–
–
16.69
14.57
23.05
15.46
18.05
14.88
15.91
10.51
15.27
12.00
12.64
17.96
17.57
16.48
17.01
14.23
17.6
26.2
11.0
14.5
3.2
2.2
7.6
7.0
5.9
3.9
2.5
4.7
2.2
2.0
11.0
12.5
37.3
40.4
32.3
39.8
38.1
36.6
37.8
34.7
38.6
37.4
37.1
40.6
39.7
40.5
40.0
40.1
16.63
14.57
23.05
15.46
17.87
15.26
15.43
–
15.92
12.49
12.64
17.93
17.67
16.48
17.01
14.23
18.3
26.2
11.0
14.5
4.3
2.1
3.0
–
5.5
5.9
2.5
4.7
1.8
2.0
11.0
12.5
37.5
40.4
32.3
39.8
38.3
36.4
37.5
–
38.7
37.6
37.1
40.6
39.7
40.5
40.0
40.1
–
–
–
–
–
12.79
–
–
–
11.33
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.8
–
–
–
37.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
135
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$16.70
15.31
3.3
5.7
45.9
38.4
$16.81
15.31
3.9
5.7
46.3
38.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.41
23.16
30.42
22.82
19.33
22.84
4.7
5.0
36.7
7.2
15.4
1.6
40.1
40.0
8.4
38.5
41.8
39.6
23.48
23.13
17.44
24.67
20.16
22.84
4.9
5.0
23.2
3.8
18.5
1.6
40.3
40.3
12.6
39.5
42.7
39.6
$22.83
23.33
–
20.28
16.58
–
13.8
16.4
–
16.5
26.7
–
38.4
38.0
–
37.2
39.0
–
33.08
28.87
27.22
9.6
8.5
8.0
41.3
39.3
40.8
33.08
30.94
28.74
9.6
11.5
8.2
41.3
40.5
39.9
–
26.05
–
–
8.4
–
–
37.8
–
14.21
31.87
22.23
23.93
18.36
19.90
15.0
19.6
10.9
5.2
7.6
10.4
35.5
39.8
41.2
40.2
40.0
39.5
14.64
–
21.65
24.16
19.43
18.69
17.7
–
11.1
5.1
7.0
8.1
34.8
–
40.8
40.2
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
20.21
–
–
–
–
–
20.8
–
–
–
–
–
40.2
–
–
22.03
15.5
40.8
18.80
5.6
41.0
–
–
–
19.76
20.40
10.1
6.1
39.2
41.6
20.13
20.56
9.5
6.3
39.3
41.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.18
13.64
18.15
12.6
9.4
29.9
36.3
40.9
40.0
13.26
13.96
18.15
11.8
10.7
29.9
34.5
41.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.44
9.05
10.80
9.71
10.63
6.24
–
7.67
3.6
5.8
7.9
3.4
26.1
3.0
–
15.6
40.8
33.6
33.9
36.3
31.4
33.0
–
36.1
19.24
9.05
10.80
9.48
10.76
6.25
6.64
7.67
3.2
5.8
7.9
2.6
28.1
3.0
3.1
15.6
40.8
33.6
33.9
36.1
31.6
33.1
30.6
36.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.70
14.17
16.48
2.5
8.6
7.4
37.4
39.0
40.3
10.75
14.46
16.48
2.7
8.8
7.4
37.4
38.9
40.3
10.15
–
–
4.0
–
–
37.7
–
–
16.23
15.78
11.37
10.83
10.00
7.00
15.74
8.69
10.63
10.44
12.45
8.34
9.20
9.46
11.38
10.16
10.42
9.9
4.1
3.1
7.4
6.4
4.0
8.0
6.1
9.1
11.1
2.3
6.3
4.3
8.1
3.6
7.6
3.9
38.6
39.7
38.5
39.7
40.0
28.8
35.4
36.1
38.5
39.2
40.0
31.7
39.2
38.2
38.8
33.9
36.0
15.12
14.79
11.44
10.83
10.59
7.00
15.74
8.72
10.63
10.44
12.45
8.84
9.20
9.51
11.50
10.85
10.36
9.2
8.5
3.4
7.4
2.5
4.0
8.0
6.3
9.1
11.1
2.3
12.1
4.4
8.8
3.6
5.4
4.6
37.7
39.3
38.4
39.7
40.0
28.8
35.4
35.9
38.5
39.2
40.0
29.2
39.1
38.1
38.7
39.7
35.5
–
–
10.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.18
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
39.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations .................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ............
Managers, medicine and health ...............................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .......................................................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances .........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
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 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
136
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
$9.24
9.38
11.83
13.77
9.91
14.88
7.4
8.5
4.8
7.4
9.9
5.9
33.1
38.5
38.5
40.2
38.4
40.0
$9.24
9.86
12.90
13.77
9.97
14.88
7.4
7.3
1.5
7.4
10.1
5.9
33.1
38.3
39.7
40.2
38.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.65
12.96
11.73
9.20
8.34
9.44
9.24
9.32
7.75
10.18
13.0
.2
5.8
12.3
5.5
2.9
4.2
4.6
2.0
2.6
31.5
39.9
39.7
40.0
35.1
38.0
37.1
39.0
36.6
35.5
12.84
12.96
12.01
9.20
8.34
9.40
9.26
9.30
7.91
10.19
7.8
.2
4.5
12.3
5.5
3.2
4.2
5.0
1.9
2.6
38.9
39.9
39.6
40.0
35.1
37.8
37.0
39.5
35.5
35.4
–
–
–
–
–
$9.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ..............................................................................
11.69
2.7
39.3
11.95
1.2
39.3
10.02
8.6
39.4
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers .................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Power plant operators ..............................................
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
–
16.63
11.94
15.29
17.48
–
7.9
8.7
4.0
6.2
–
40.1
40.3
40.0
40.0
–
16.63
11.94
14.74
18.27
–
7.9
8.7
3.9
4.4
–
40.1
40.3
40.0
40.0
14.60
–
–
–
–
12.3
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
13.04
9.3
40.0
13.03
9.4
40.0
–
–
–
11.29
17.94
3.6
11.6
40.0
40.0
11.29
17.94
3.6
11.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.95
20.27
16.43
14.02
18.48
19.63
11.78
14.06
19.57
13.14
10.27
15.41
12.38
19.12
17.23
19.38
2.1
4.6
8.2
6.1
8.2
14.5
4.1
13.3
4.3
.5
8.1
8.9
7.5
4.7
.6
1.3
40.1
41.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.5
41.2
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
22.26
22.27
15.69
14.09
18.66
19.63
11.78
13.27
19.57
13.14
10.17
15.41
13.92
19.12
17.23
19.38
2.7
4.3
9.5
6.5
9.0
14.5
4.1
18.0
4.3
.5
8.1
8.9
3.1
4.7
.6
1.3
40.1
42.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.0
41.2
40.0
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
18.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.91
6.6
39.5
–
–
–
9.96
10.4
40.0
17.80
10.81
9.07
11.36
9.66
8.67
7.00
–
11.04
16.17
12.25
14.9
4.2
2.7
8.1
3.0
7.3
6.2
–
12.6
8.0
2.9
40.0
39.9
39.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.0
–
39.1
39.9
39.8
17.80
11.06
9.07
11.36
9.66
8.10
7.02
10.98
11.04
16.17
12.25
14.9
2.8
2.7
8.1
3.0
2.3
6.6
17.2
12.6
8.0
2.9
40.0
39.9
39.4
39.8
40.0
40.0
38.2
40.0
39.1
39.9
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Winding and twisting machine operators .................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Compressing and compacting machine operators ..
See footnotes at end of table.
137
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$11.58
12.68
12.45
12.79
15.75
11.88
7.93
–
16.77
9.1
5.0
15.4
19.3
4.4
18.4
3.5
–
15.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
36.6
39.8
39.8
37.5
–
40.0
$11.93
13.96
12.36
12.79
15.75
12.63
–
14.91
16.77
11.4
4.5
4.5
19.3
4.4
17.5
–
13.4
15.9
40.0
40.0
39.7
36.6
39.8
39.8
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
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. .....................................................
11.63
17.07
12.09
12.46
10.74
16.36
14.18
14.14
15.27
10.29
10.21
5.1
2.6
6.1
5.6
8.2
6.3
15.0
2.4
8.4
6.7
4.3
40.5
41.6
45.4
24.7
25.7
40.5
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
11.58
17.07
11.79
12.46
–
16.62
14.18
14.14
14.58
–
10.66
5.8
2.6
6.8
5.6
–
7.1
15.0
2.4
10.2
–
6.5
41.1
41.6
45.3
24.7
–
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
$12.07
–
16.18
–
11.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
3.7
–
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.6
–
46.2
–
19.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.90
4.3
33.8
11.94
4.4
33.6
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
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 ...............
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
8.32
–
2.5
–
38.1
–
8.25
8.05
2.7
6.8
37.8
33.9
8.55
–
3.0
–
39.2
–
14.55
8.50
9.30
9.60
8.88
8.47
8.04
10.40
9.28
7.31
9.38
8.19
5.5
4.2
3.3
9.1
10.8
6.8
4.5
6.6
6.8
5.6
11.0
4.4
41.0
37.2
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
32.4
39.7
35.1
38.0
24.4
39.0
14.83
8.27
9.30
9.49
8.83
8.47
7.76
10.07
10.85
7.31
9.69
8.31
5.4
4.3
3.3
9.8
12.1
6.8
4.0
4.8
2.1
5.6
11.5
5.6
41.1
37.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
29.0
38.8
30.8
38.0
33.0
38.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.41
–
–
–
–
7.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.7
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.2
–
–
–
–
40.0
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
7.96
11.07
15.96
18.32
12.52
11.77
14.72
11.88
11.34
–
18.30
5.63
–
5.90
–
4.50
6.95
9.58
7.66
1.5
6.5
9.3
7.8
3.8
5.0
3.9
3.6
3.8
–
32.1
6.1
–
6.7
–
5.8
3.2
3.6
3.7
34.0
40.2
52.3
40.1
38.1
52.1
38.6
40.2
39.9
–
37.4
32.2
–
30.8
–
23.4
29.5
42.0
34.5
8.06
12.64
18.22
19.28
12.52
11.86
14.94
14.37
11.78
8.11
19.34
6.10
3.08
5.52
2.75
4.32
7.04
9.84
8.11
2.9
4.5
.6
7.1
3.8
6.1
4.3
3.0
3.2
7.0
31.4
3.0
10.2
5.6
8.1
6.6
3.5
2.9
1.5
31.1
40.0
51.9
40.1
38.1
52.1
38.5
40.0
39.9
37.0
37.8
28.8
27.4
32.3
27.1
25.6
29.2
42.2
34.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.38
–
6.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.4
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.9
–
34.0
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
138
TABLE 4-10. East South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$7.35
5.86
7.58
8.68
7.37
9.00
–
6.16
10.01
–
–
5.65
7.13
7.37
7.13
6.65
–
5.3
2.7
3.2
4.2
3.2
7.1
–
3.9
7.9
–
–
14.4
4.4
4.2
5.2
4.4
–
1 The East South Central census division consists of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
and Mississippi. It also includes the Louisville, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is
comprised of parts of Kentucky and Indiana.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
31.9
23.9
36.3
33.9
36.7
36.9
–
34.1
35.3
–
–
22.3
30.8
26.8
33.9
31.7
–
$7.88
5.86
8.15
9.31
7.90
9.44
11.55
6.19
10.25
6.67
8.51
5.65
7.13
7.38
7.01
7.61
7.51
3.7
2.9
4.3
3.5
4.7
8.7
18.8
4.2
7.3
3.9
7.8
14.4
4.4
4.2
8.0
8.7
3.4
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
31.7
24.0
36.0
36.0
35.9
35.3
39.3
33.8
35.2
24.1
30.9
22.3
30.8
26.8
32.9
25.2
26.8
$6.58
–
6.51
–
6.45
–
–
–
7.83
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
9.7
–
2.4
–
2.6
–
–
–
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.2
–
36.8
–
38.1
–
–
–
36.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000.
The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$14.38
14.72
3.5
3.3
36.8
37.4
$14.42
14.80
3.7
3.6
36.8
37.3
$13.90
13.98
5.1
4.9
37.3
37.5
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
17.54
19.05
3.7
3.0
37.1
38.3
17.53
19.14
3.9
3.2
37.0
38.3
17.66
17.99
2.5
2.0
37.3
37.8
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Petroleum engineers ................................................
Chemical engineers .................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Geologists and geodesists .......................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. .........................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Physicians ................................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Therapists, n.e.c. .....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
English teachers ......................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ..................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Judges .....................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
23.91
26.51
38.17
32.97
33.74
31.99
30.32
23.98
27.66
49.70
31.37
31.87
27.81
27.03
39.61
20.27
24.72
13.37
26.96
56.76
19.56
27.46
14.44
16.40
21.10
23.40
25.89
29.35
30.74
31.20
42.19
25.81
28.49
25.50
22.73
29.91
22.82
21.42
23.79
24.53
16.18
22.47
7.22
21.75
17.24
16.55
22.50
29.08
22.39
13.16
13.36
10.95
38.46
38.03
44.14
5.5
6.9
20.5
9.4
5.2
8.5
2.7
7.5
4.5
31.5
10.1
10.8
6.7
5.3
6.8
5.9
21.4
6.3
15.1
11.8
1.6
3.3
9.4
3.6
33.3
8.8
6.3
26.9
5.8
8.7
12.2
14.5
9.3
5.6
9.2
5.1
4.3
9.4
2.0
2.3
20.0
6.4
6.2
9.8
7.9
9.5
11.4
14.0
11.1
2.0
2.0
8.5
14.2
15.3
9.2
37.9
37.8
41.1
40.1
40.4
42.0
40.5
41.3
40.6
41.8
40.2
40.1
41.5
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.5
36.9
40.5
36.2
37.5
40.0
33.7
38.4
37.6
34.1
29.5
32.8
36.6
37.3
34.6
37.3
23.2
32.3
32.3
37.5
37.0
38.1
38.2
38.9
36.3
18.7
39.2
38.6
38.3
37.5
40.0
35.6
39.6
39.5
39.1
35.3
35.3
36.6
24.50
27.32
39.60
32.97
33.74
31.98
30.32
25.27
27.66
53.04
32.16
32.79
27.81
27.17
39.61
20.34
24.72
13.37
27.93
56.76
19.85
27.46
16.35
16.07
21.10
23.40
26.37
30.45
31.41
33.59
42.19
25.81
28.49
–
20.85
30.02
22.84
21.42
24.26
25.02
16.18
23.23
7.30
21.65
18.11
17.56
22.50
29.08
22.39
13.39
13.56
11.74
38.41
38.40
38.76
6.0
7.6
21.0
9.4
5.2
8.7
2.7
6.4
4.5
30.6
10.5
11.2
6.7
5.4
6.8
6.4
21.4
6.3
15.4
11.8
1.8
3.3
3.0
3.4
33.3
8.8
7.3
26.4
6.3
6.1
12.2
14.5
9.3
–
14.2
5.5
5.4
9.4
2.0
2.2
20.0
4.9
6.5
9.8
6.2
8.5
11.4
14.0
11.1
2.2
1.9
11.3
15.0
15.7
12.9
37.9
37.8
41.2
40.1
40.4
42.0
40.5
41.6
40.6
42.0
40.2
40.1
41.5
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.5
37.0
40.5
36.2
37.5
40.0
33.1
38.4
37.6
33.6
29.1
32.6
35.5
37.3
34.6
37.3
–
27.9
32.5
37.6
37.0
38.4
38.5
38.9
37.2
18.7
39.3
38.5
38.1
37.5
40.0
35.6
39.5
39.4
38.5
35.1
35.2
33.5
19.63
21.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.72
–
17.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.82
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.74
–
22.41
23.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.26
12.56
–
–
–
–
1.3
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
5.8
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.7
5.6
–
–
–
–
37.5
37.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.2
–
35.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.0
–
37.4
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
21.67
25.01
17.47
12.2
4.1
10.8
36.1
38.6
40.0
21.76
25.01
17.47
12.3
4.1
10.8
36.1
38.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
140
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$22.35
10.52
9.96
18.40
26.53
22.96
22.53
16.70
14.24
8.80
15.34
12.95
12.99
17.43
18.06
18.09
20.30
20.16
13.71
59.34
9.43
17.84
16.92
16.66
30.9
11.3
18.8
6.4
13.1
19.0
14.7
3.3
2.8
3.6
4.9
2.7
3.6
4.9
14.2
9.5
5.7
11.3
13.2
24.5
22.8
10.7
4.9
5.3
40.8
40.0
27.8
39.5
40.0
19.6
39.2
38.1
38.5
39.5
38.9
38.0
36.8
39.8
38.0
40.0
39.9
40.1
40.0
28.9
39.3
40.1
40.1
39.8
$22.35
10.52
9.96
18.40
26.53
22.96
22.65
16.94
14.18
8.76
16.12
13.26
12.86
17.53
18.06
18.21
20.55
20.16
13.71
73.41
9.43
17.84
16.92
16.66
30.9
11.3
18.8
6.4
13.1
19.0
15.0
3.4
3.0
3.3
5.6
2.6
3.7
5.1
14.2
9.6
5.5
11.3
13.2
23.2
22.8
10.7
4.9
5.3
40.8
40.0
27.8
39.5
40.0
19.6
39.2
38.2
38.4
39.5
39.7
38.6
36.2
39.8
38.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
25.6
39.3
40.1
40.1
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$14.43
–
–
–
11.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.0
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.6
–
–
–
35.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.95
29.42
3.98
26.15
26.65
33.18
30.53
2.9
4.1
23.7
8.3
9.3
8.5
7.8
40.7
40.9
37.1
38.1
40.5
39.1
40.4
25.96
29.57
3.98
26.90
26.69
29.62
30.53
3.1
4.4
23.7
8.0
9.4
9.8
7.8
40.9
41.2
37.1
40.4
40.5
40.0
40.4
25.75
27.50
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
38.1
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
29.83
30.93
26.30
21.3
5.7
6.8
40.4
39.6
39.8
29.83
31.36
28.03
21.3
7.3
5.6
40.4
40.3
39.7
–
29.61
–
–
6.7
–
–
37.8
–
17.54
29.72
20.96
31.40
19.99
20.32
21.66
20.00
25.28
18.36
23.7
13.0
12.8
5.7
2.9
3.0
11.7
8.8
7.0
11.2
42.8
40.0
39.7
41.9
40.3
40.5
40.1
41.6
40.2
39.9
17.54
29.72
20.96
31.69
19.96
20.32
21.66
19.75
25.28
17.99
23.7
13.0
12.8
6.0
3.1
3.0
11.7
8.9
7.0
11.5
42.8
40.0
39.7
42.0
40.4
40.5
40.1
41.7
40.2
39.9
–
–
–
26.74
20.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.2
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.5
39.5
–
–
–
–
–
25.47
20.15
18.83
15.0
7.8
2.5
41.0
40.6
40.0
25.47
20.15
–
15.0
7.8
–
41.0
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.66
19.10
7.0
7.1
40.0
39.6
20.79
19.18
6.3
7.4
40.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.61
15.22
15.47
5.9
11.5
9.3
32.9
41.0
39.5
11.64
15.23
15.47
6.0
11.6
9.3
33.0
41.1
39.5
8.78
–
–
17.2
–
–
27.7
–
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Actors and directors .................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. .......
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Athletes ....................................................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Drafters ....................................................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ......................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ..................................
Broadcast equipment operators ...............................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
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 ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
See footnotes at end of table.
141
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$20.28
16.21
16.5
11.2
39.8
37.9
$20.28
16.21
16.5
11.2
39.8
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.74
23.72
7.50
8.54
10.84
15.00
9.36
8.70
8.73
7.16
6.59
10.42
10.28
9.1
14.3
5.1
10.1
23.6
27.4
5.3
17.1
5.9
10.6
2.8
14.8
8.9
41.6
45.6
28.9
26.5
32.7
39.2
33.4
35.1
30.4
31.8
28.5
26.3
37.9
22.74
23.72
7.50
8.54
10.84
15.00
9.36
8.70
8.67
7.16
6.55
10.42
10.28
9.1
14.3
5.1
10.1
23.6
27.4
5.3
17.1
5.9
10.6
2.8
14.8
8.9
41.6
45.6
28.9
26.5
32.7
39.2
33.4
35.1
30.4
31.8
28.6
26.3
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.2
–
–
11.59
14.99
13.90
13.27
11.26
11.86
10.03
8.79
7.17
12.20
8.27
9.65
14.12
11.47
11.20
9.20
8.70
10.74
10.60
12.70
11.00
12.10
10.02
8.88
9.40
8.51
8.22
11.46
10.93
9.99
11.49
15.70
4.8
6.0
11.5
4.2
11.4
2.8
3.5
12.2
3.9
4.3
3.9
4.1
19.7
11.9
5.9
5.5
5.2
5.9
3.6
9.4
5.0
15.6
13.1
6.4
5.4
7.8
8.6
4.8
9.2
5.5
10.6
11.5
37.7
39.9
40.2
39.9
40.0
38.7
37.7
28.8
37.5
38.5
37.8
39.3
38.4
37.8
34.8
33.1
36.8
38.3
38.0
40.0
36.8
40.0
35.6
32.7
34.9
39.3
22.1
38.6
39.5
39.4
39.8
40.0
11.65
14.94
13.90
13.27
11.26
12.05
10.03
8.85
7.17
12.20
8.32
9.65
14.12
11.52
11.20
9.52
8.70
11.13
10.49
12.70
11.11
12.10
11.36
8.88
9.40
8.51
8.22
12.35
10.89
10.07
11.49
15.70
5.0
6.1
11.5
4.2
11.4
2.6
3.8
13.1
3.9
4.3
4.1
4.1
19.7
12.3
5.9
3.6
5.2
7.0
3.4
9.4
5.4
15.6
9.4
6.4
5.4
7.8
8.6
4.9
9.4
6.1
10.6
11.5
37.6
39.9
40.2
39.9
40.0
38.6
37.5
28.2
37.5
38.5
37.9
39.3
38.4
37.7
34.8
31.0
36.8
38.0
38.1
40.0
36.6
40.0
34.2
32.7
34.9
39.3
22.1
39.7
39.5
39.4
39.8
40.0
10.53
–
–
–
–
9.79
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.27
12.18
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.5
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.1
37.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.96
11.88
9.94
14.49
9.84
8.43
8.61
11.05
8.72
9.93
25.9
9.4
5.5
4.1
3.0
5.2
2.5
11.8
5.2
4.4
39.9
38.6
38.8
38.4
35.8
35.4
38.7
39.2
37.9
36.8
9.49
11.88
9.94
14.63
9.83
8.46
8.61
11.25
8.71
9.98
13.7
9.4
5.5
4.5
3.1
5.3
2.6
15.1
5.6
4.6
39.9
38.6
38.8
38.4
35.6
35.5
38.7
39.1
38.0
36.6
–
–
–
–
10.11
–
–
–
–
8.97
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
40.0
White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, 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 ...................................................................
Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales ........
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Computer operators .................................................
Peripheral equipment operators ..............................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
Correspondence clerks ............................................
Order clerks .............................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ...
Library clerks ...........................................................
File clerks .................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ..............................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks .........
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ................................
Billing clerks .............................................................
Cost and rate clerks .................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Expeditors ................................................................
Material recording, scheduling, and distribution
clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
142
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Blue collar ..............................................................................
$11.98
3.0
38.7
$11.87
3.1
38.6
$12.88
10.7
39.2
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Telephone line installers and repairers ....................
Telephone installers and repairers ..........................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Office machine repairers ..........................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ......
Insulation workers ....................................................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Supervisors, extractive ............................................
Drillers, oil well .........................................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Boilermakers ............................................................
Sheet metal workers ................................................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ....................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ..................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Power plant operators ..............................................
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
15.23
22.55
14.59
15.84
20.39
20.16
16.27
16.52
11.65
2.7
4.3
6.3
11.8
13.4
7.6
9.9
8.6
10.2
39.6
40.9
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
14.98
22.71
14.63
15.84
17.78
20.16
16.56
15.61
13.00
2.0
4.9
6.4
11.9
5.8
7.6
9.6
3.4
12.9
39.6
41.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
17.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.85
16.27
18.54
10.4
8.1
7.3
38.4
40.0
40.0
16.85
16.27
18.65
10.4
8.1
7.4
38.4
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.85
16.46
14.35
13.60
5.2
10.0
3.8
9.2
40.0
40.0
39.1
41.0
13.85
16.46
14.16
13.60
5.2
10.0
3.9
9.2
40.0
40.0
39.8
41.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.29
16.32
18.46
11.38
17.62
10.07
17.72
10.40
14.34
9.20
11.38
14.91
12.30
18.00
14.53
20.33
16.21
16.28
15.69
9.98
9.49
18.27
8.77
16.49
12.34
20.50
14.15
21.59
5.2
9.8
15.0
10.2
13.0
5.2
13.3
3.9
8.4
5.2
8.3
6.4
5.1
25.6
33.7
6.5
5.1
10.9
2.9
9.4
4.8
13.0
7.9
3.1
9.7
3.1
4.7
2.3
40.0
40.0
40.4
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.1
40.0
40.0
33.5
40.0
40.0
41.1
40.2
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
34.1
41.4
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
19.98
16.32
19.59
11.33
17.11
10.07
19.85
10.40
14.34
9.20
11.38
14.91
12.41
19.08
14.53
20.74
16.21
16.28
15.69
9.98
9.58
16.53
8.77
16.49
12.34
20.50
14.15
21.77
4.3
9.8
15.6
10.4
14.6
5.2
12.5
3.9
8.4
5.2
8.3
6.4
5.2
26.1
33.7
7.3
5.1
10.9
2.9
9.4
7.8
24.2
7.9
3.1
9.7
3.1
4.7
2.5
40.0
40.0
40.5
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.1
40.0
40.0
33.5
40.0
40.0
42.1
40.2
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.7
34.1
41.4
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.75
11.46
–
5.4
9.0
–
39.1
40.0
–
9.77
11.46
9.55
5.9
9.0
7.4
39.0
40.0
40.0
9.56
–
–
8.7
–
–
39.9
–
–
10.31
14.12
12.47
12.26
11.66
7.65
6.33
6.51
8.35
10.99
7.0
5.5
8.4
12.7
5.8
3.7
7.3
3.8
9.2
19.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
39.4
40.0
34.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
9.36
14.12
12.65
9.85
11.66
7.65
6.33
6.53
9.75
10.99
12.5
5.5
10.9
17.6
5.8
3.7
7.3
3.9
11.6
19.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.4
40.0
34.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Pressing machine operators ....................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
143
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$12.22
9.21
10.33
9.81
10.57
12.65
9.23
9.91
10.43
–
10.4
21.9
12.1
17.1
5.2
3.8
14.6
7.8
5.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
28.4
39.8
40.0
39.2
36.0
40.0
–
$12.22
9.21
10.33
9.92
10.65
12.63
9.23
9.33
10.43
13.44
10.4
21.9
12.1
17.5
6.6
3.9
14.6
10.4
5.0
11.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
28.4
39.7
40.0
39.2
34.6
40.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
$10.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ........
Sailors and deckhands ............................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
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. .....................................................
11.69
12.50
10.44
10.59
11.03
7.16
6.78
18.96
8.03
17.27
12.80
15.66
9.94
11.52
10.03
9.3
8.9
4.4
13.0
8.4
6.5
5.1
1.4
2.5
7.1
6.0
6.9
4.5
5.2
9.2
38.9
40.2
40.7
41.0
30.9
30.9
32.0
53.7
55.5
40.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
11.80
14.25
10.49
10.59
11.02
7.16
6.78
18.96
8.03
17.72
13.09
15.66
9.94
12.52
10.03
9.9
11.6
4.6
13.0
8.8
6.5
5.1
1.4
2.5
7.8
5.9
6.9
4.5
3.8
9.2
38.9
40.4
40.8
41.0
31.2
30.9
32.0
53.7
55.5
40.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
10.35
–
9.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.41
–
2.2
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
38.9
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
15.69
13.0
39.5
16.27
11.9
39.5
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers .................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Animal caretakers, except farm ...............................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
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. .......................
8.54
11.11
8.44
7.85
3.3
17.2
6.2
8.8
36.6
39.2
37.8
38.6
8.50
11.11
7.86
7.85
3.3
17.2
4.0
8.8
36.5
39.2
37.3
38.6
8.85
–
–
–
8.9
–
–
–
37.8
–
–
–
12.64
8.72
7.96
7.47
8.42
9.04
7.47
7.43
10.12
8.73
8.78
7.53
8.52
8.4
7.5
4.6
5.4
6.0
5.7
2.2
5.7
12.0
11.8
4.4
6.6
5.7
39.0
38.0
39.7
39.8
39.8
36.9
29.4
39.7
36.3
38.3
39.7
36.9
38.3
12.25
8.72
7.96
7.53
8.41
9.04
7.53
7.43
9.65
8.73
9.07
7.68
8.83
10.5
7.5
4.6
5.7
6.2
5.7
2.3
5.7
10.8
11.8
4.7
7.1
6.6
38.6
38.0
39.7
39.8
39.8
36.9
29.6
39.7
36.1
38.3
39.7
38.0
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Crossing guards .......................................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
7.67
12.21
18.98
17.11
12.87
13.28
16.63
14.13
10.20
6.44
8.41
4.1
4.3
12.2
8.8
11.3
9.0
4.8
6.2
6.0
8.0
6.3
32.8
39.3
49.0
40.1
40.1
50.7
40.0
39.8
40.2
17.3
35.3
7.67
12.69
18.98
19.02
13.47
13.87
17.12
15.92
11.25
6.44
8.39
4.5
5.0
12.2
6.2
12.8
8.2
5.1
6.6
2.8
8.0
6.4
32.7
39.1
49.0
40.2
40.1
51.3
40.0
39.6
40.2
17.3
35.2
7.66
9.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.50
–
–
3.4
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
34.2
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.2
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Photographic process machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
144
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$8.04
5.97
3.63
5.36
3.14
5.07
6.85
10.80
6.98
6.23
6.18
7.72
8.47
7.42
7.55
10.81
6.07
7.55
9.0
3.3
5.6
6.0
6.0
13.3
3.9
7.3
6.0
4.1
2.8
2.7
2.9
3.0
2.9
4.2
2.1
3.0
See footnotes at end of table.
145
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
34.5
31.5
30.7
29.8
30.4
32.1
31.8
38.6
34.4
30.4
29.8
33.1
35.8
34.4
35.3
39.8
34.4
35.1
$8.04
5.90
3.61
5.36
3.14
5.00
6.81
10.63
6.96
6.21
6.19
7.96
8.47
7.75
7.59
10.87
6.17
7.53
9.0
3.4
6.0
6.0
6.1
13.8
4.1
7.8
6.2
4.1
3.1
3.3
3.1
3.7
3.0
4.3
1.9
3.3
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
34.5
31.5
30.8
29.8
30.6
31.9
31.8
37.7
34.3
30.3
30.8
33.7
35.5
36.1
35.0
39.8
34.6
34.5
–
$7.10
–
–
–
–
7.43
–
–
–
6.14
6.64
–
6.40
7.31
–
–
7.66
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
5.9
3.2
–
2.5
7.3
–
–
6.0
–
31.3
–
–
–
–
32.1
–
–
–
24.1
30.9
–
30.0
37.5
–
–
38.7
TABLE 4-11. West South Central census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan
areas3 for selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$7.10
9.96
7.11
32.43
4.75
5.60
6.20
5.85
7.50
7.4
13.7
7.6
9.9
15.9
4.0
6.2
6.4
7.1
1 The West South Central census division consists of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
and Texas.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between October 1998 and April
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
28.8
39.6
33.3
18.6
39.3
23.7
33.5
33.5
25.5
$7.09
9.96
7.12
33.04
4.75
5.56
5.98
5.83
7.50
7.8
13.7
8.5
9.7
15.9
3.9
5.4
6.7
7.1
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
28.6
39.6
32.6
18.5
39.3
23.5
33.5
34.0
25.5
$7.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2000. The average reference period was August 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$14.10
14.19
2.9
2.6
35.7
35.7
$13.94
14.00
3.2
3.0
35.6
35.7
$15.78
16.00
2.4
2.6
36.2
36.3
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
16.84
17.64
4.1
3.6
36.2
36.5
16.57
17.34
4.3
3.9
36.2
36.4
19.54
20.16
4.8
3.3
36.6
36.8
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Biological and life scientists .....................................
Medical scientists .....................................................
Health related ..............................................................
Registered nurses ....................................................
Pharmacists .............................................................
Dietitians ..................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................
Physical therapists ...................................................
Speech therapists ....................................................
Teachers, college and university .................................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
English teachers ......................................................
Other post-secondary teachers ...............................
Teachers, except college and university ......................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...........................
Elementary school teachers ....................................
Secondary school teachers .....................................
Teachers, special education ....................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Substitute teachers ..................................................
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Psychologists ...........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic technicians ........................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ................................
23.80
25.60
27.52
25.40
29.08
26.90
28.79
27.17
25.99
27.64
18.42
26.40
29.57
22.57
25.80
20.42
32.13
18.40
15.92
24.32
24.04
18.33
33.53
25.39
50.53
31.16
33.20
29.68
23.35
18.65
24.21
25.52
17.09
21.66
9.74
22.72
17.23
17.23
23.06
21.12
14.65
14.52
15.91
35.98
32.76
3.8
3.7
2.8
5.6
10.9
4.7
3.5
4.7
5.7
5.5
9.9
4.7
9.8
10.4
7.8
2.0
6.3
4.2
2.6
5.6
1.1
28.1
12.2
5.4
16.0
5.2
18.5
14.8
2.9
20.1
3.7
2.7
23.9
5.2
4.9
12.9
17.4
17.4
9.9
11.5
12.7
14.0
11.3
10.3
6.0
35.9
35.9
40.7
41.5
40.3
41.7
40.7
40.1
40.6
40.6
40.4
39.6
40.5
35.1
36.4
35.1
36.9
37.6
34.4
36.9
33.2
36.3
27.4
33.2
30.6
39.1
31.7
21.1
35.9
35.9
37.0
38.6
38.1
29.4
11.9
37.8
40.0
40.0
37.9
36.8
36.5
36.6
35.9
46.9
48.6
23.58
25.24
28.14
27.14
29.28
26.90
28.79
27.33
26.24
28.02
18.42
27.34
32.05
22.57
24.63
18.67
32.39
18.40
15.92
24.32
24.04
14.11
34.01
25.24
50.53
30.26
24.56
31.57
22.99
16.34
24.27
26.24
14.31
21.66
9.98
22.72
20.73
20.73
22.38
17.76
14.19
13.98
15.91
32.76
32.76
4.1
3.9
3.9
5.2
11.1
4.7
3.5
5.7
5.8
5.4
9.9
5.2
7.6
10.4
7.7
7.3
7.0
4.2
2.6
5.6
1.1
22.4
13.5
5.4
16.0
2.2
15.3
14.8
2.1
24.5
3.5
2.4
23.2
5.2
6.6
12.9
9.8
9.8
15.2
11.7
14.2
15.7
11.3
6.0
6.0
35.8
35.7
40.6
41.5
40.3
41.7
40.7
40.2
40.6
40.7
40.4
39.5
40.6
35.1
36.6
35.5
36.4
37.6
34.4
36.9
33.2
35.8
26.7
35.2
30.6
39.4
30.0
19.1
35.5
35.2
36.7
38.9
39.3
29.4
10.2
37.8
40.0
40.0
36.9
34.6
36.1
36.1
35.9
48.1
48.6
25.03
27.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.08
–
24.12
24.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
7.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
7.8
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.2
37.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.0
–
37.4
38.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.14
21.39
13.45
18.99
39.20
31.38
18.60
14.70
15.61
13.36
12.51
17.09
17.46
12.5
16.8
12.4
4.9
12.1
8.0
5.7
9.2
9.8
4.6
10.1
10.8
10.6
28.7
40.0
29.8
38.8
39.9
33.7
35.7
38.6
35.2
32.9
27.8
38.5
39.1
20.22
21.39
13.45
19.17
39.20
31.38
19.02
14.55
15.61
13.40
12.63
17.35
18.32
12.7
16.8
12.4
4.9
12.1
8.0
6.1
9.2
9.8
5.5
10.6
10.9
11.4
28.6
40.0
29.8
39.1
39.9
33.7
36.1
38.7
35.2
32.9
31.6
38.5
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.51
–
–
13.19
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.3
–
–
32.6
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
147
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$19.72
19.33
16.82
17.83
22.98
17.82
18.54
4.3
9.0
3.8
6.5
5.9
10.0
4.6
39.5
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.8
40.0
$19.62
19.33
16.82
17.83
22.98
18.23
18.42
5.7
9.0
3.8
6.5
5.9
10.6
7.1
39.4
40.0
38.7
40.0
40.0
40.9
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.00
24.51
24.59
27.08
33.04
17.30
3.1
4.3
6.8
6.7
8.9
14.7
41.3
41.9
40.7
41.7
40.4
45.9
22.90
24.50
27.03
26.52
33.04
–
2.8
3.9
5.7
7.6
8.9
–
41.6
42.1
41.3
42.1
40.4
–
$23.83
24.53
21.88
–
–
–
9.4
11.8
16.7
–
–
–
39.4
40.2
40.0
–
–
–
25.73
33.01
24.03
7.7
8.0
19.5
42.1
40.5
39.9
25.73
32.23
30.72
7.7
11.8
7.8
42.1
40.7
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.14
20.78
22.19
24.39
19.54
17.20
22.71
22.03
18.28
24.04
22.15
6.5
17.1
6.1
7.7
2.1
7.7
8.0
11.7
6.1
12.0
12.4
43.4
40.0
46.8
41.8
40.2
41.4
40.7
40.1
40.8
39.7
40.0
15.14
20.78
22.98
24.49
19.49
17.31
22.85
22.03
18.36
24.04
22.15
6.5
17.1
5.7
8.1
2.2
8.2
8.2
11.7
6.2
12.0
12.4
43.4
40.0
47.8
41.8
40.4
41.4
40.7
40.1
40.9
39.7
40.0
–
–
–
–
20.48
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.72
20.03
8.9
5.0
35.7
39.9
22.93
19.63
8.0
5.0
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.32
17.28
32.45
14.71
11.14
20.51
8.0
7.4
28.6
23.4
18.6
10.0
35.1
42.8
43.6
32.7
33.0
35.0
13.44
17.41
32.45
14.71
11.14
20.51
8.3
7.8
28.6
23.4
18.6
10.0
35.1
43.0
43.6
32.7
33.0
35.0
8.62
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
33.5
–
–
–
–
–
25.93
17.17
7.46
8.51
10.32
13.53
10.27
7.47
7.95
12.28
37.5
8.0
8.6
31.3
10.4
5.0
7.9
3.9
4.4
16.6
40.3
46.4
24.9
26.7
41.1
39.7
30.1
38.2
32.6
31.8
25.93
17.17
7.64
11.00
10.32
13.53
10.33
7.47
8.00
12.28
37.5
8.0
8.6
43.4
10.4
5.0
8.2
3.9
4.8
16.6
40.3
46.4
24.9
28.4
41.1
39.7
30.0
38.2
32.4
31.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.26
13.49
16.75
2.7
7.7
13.3
35.5
40.0
40.2
11.29
13.45
16.75
3.0
7.8
13.3
35.4
40.0
40.2
10.76
–
–
5.5
–
–
36.4
–
–
18.31
15.62
11.35
13.22
9.0
6.1
4.3
3.9
42.2
40.0
37.2
37.0
18.31
15.62
11.54
13.22
9.0
6.1
5.0
3.9
42.2
40.0
37.1
37.0
–
–
8.95
–
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
38.0
–
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Drafters ....................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ........................
Biological technicians ..............................................
Chemical technicians ...............................................
Computer programmers ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Administrators and officials, public administration ...
Financial managers .................................................
Personnel and labor relations managers .................
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 ......................
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 ..
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Real estate sales .....................................................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
148
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
Typists .....................................................................
Interviewers .............................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
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 ................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ..............................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
Production coordinators ...........................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .......................
Stock and inventory clerks .......................................
Meter readers ..........................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .........
Eligibility clerks, social welfare .................................
Bill and account collectors .......................................
General office clerks ................................................
Bank tellers ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
$11.76
10.46
9.36
10.63
8.85
11.27
9.74
13.10
11.12
10.29
12.53
11.44
12.23
8.10
13.22
10.86
11.87
13.88
12.05
11.27
14.57
15.60
11.54
13.32
12.17
11.39
9.25
9.19
8.19
11.05
2.0
6.3
9.3
10.4
6.2
7.5
6.7
6.9
6.8
4.5
3.6
5.4
12.5
5.9
7.5
9.3
12.7
14.1
11.6
4.7
4.1
11.0
6.7
7.8
6.7
4.8
11.1
6.0
3.6
5.5
39.0
35.8
36.6
36.1
27.6
39.6
39.0
39.9
32.8
28.0
37.4
37.2
40.0
35.9
38.5
34.8
38.8
30.9
34.3
35.6
40.0
39.3
39.6
35.8
39.3
37.0
29.9
38.6
24.4
34.2
$11.44
10.06
–
10.63
8.87
11.27
9.63
13.10
11.00
10.34
12.59
11.44
12.23
8.23
14.12
10.86
12.94
13.88
12.22
11.32
14.27
15.67
11.77
13.32
11.56
11.26
9.25
9.28
8.09
10.91
2.9
6.2
–
10.4
6.5
7.5
6.4
6.9
9.9
4.3
3.7
5.4
12.5
6.6
5.0
9.3
12.3
14.1
12.1
4.8
3.6
12.0
7.7
7.8
7.0
5.2
11.1
6.4
3.5
5.5
38.0
35.0
–
36.1
27.3
39.6
39.0
39.9
31.8
28.0
37.2
37.2
40.0
39.0
38.3
34.8
37.9
30.9
34.0
35.7
40.0
39.2
39.6
35.8
39.2
36.7
29.9
38.5
25.4
34.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$12.58
–
–
8.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
23.6
–
Blue collar ..............................................................................
12.95
2.8
37.9
12.87
2.7
37.8
14.17
12.4
38.9
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, electricians and power transmission
installers .................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ......
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Machinists ................................................................
Cabinet makers and bench carpenters ....................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Food batchmakers ...................................................
15.49
24.76
14.95
16.50
18.92
16.68
21.09
14.05
3.2
6.2
13.1
2.5
9.2
4.5
8.6
8.8
39.7
40.3
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.9
40.0
15.40
24.79
14.95
16.50
18.92
17.90
19.08
14.05
3.1
6.7
13.1
2.5
9.2
4.7
1.9
8.8
39.7
40.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.5
39.9
40.0
17.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.22
16.48
7.7
5.8
40.0
40.0
15.22
15.86
7.7
4.3
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.89
16.75
16.52
19.45
25.69
11.90
19.22
10.82
14.74
18.04
16.90
11.23
11.96
12.81
11.91
9.35
11.0
7.0
5.8
6.2
4.2
14.0
5.3
18.6
8.2
16.0
4.8
8.9
7.8
6.9
22.0
13.4
42.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.2
40.4
40.0
40.0
39.7
36.0
40.0
33.6
22.13
16.75
16.88
19.40
25.65
11.90
19.22
10.82
14.74
18.21
16.90
11.23
12.64
12.81
12.15
9.35
15.0
7.0
5.6
6.5
5.0
14.0
5.3
18.6
8.2
16.5
4.8
8.9
12.9
6.9
23.2
13.4
43.6
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
40.2
40.2
40.0
40.0
39.7
36.0
40.0
33.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
149
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
$18.13
23.59
8.0
3.4
40.4
40.0
$18.13
23.59
8.0
3.4
40.4
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
10.35
12.24
16.49
8.14
9.76
11.40
12.26
12.69
9.40
11.60
6.6
4.9
2.7
2.3
18.2
4.2
7.9
13.1
5.4
6.5
38.2
40.0
39.8
38.3
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.4
39.6
38.9
10.25
12.24
16.49
8.13
9.76
11.40
12.38
11.73
9.40
11.60
6.6
4.9
2.7
2.4
18.2
4.2
8.2
11.1
5.4
6.5
38.3
40.0
39.8
39.4
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.4
39.6
38.9
$13.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ...............................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ......................
Truck drivers ............................................................
Driver-sales workers ................................................
Bus drivers ...............................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ......................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
12.92
17.28
12.85
5.87
10.65
7.83
7.25
19.92
10.44
16.28
14.70
5.8
6.8
8.8
7.6
6.8
3.4
3.1
8.1
8.4
1.7
16.3
37.5
45.7
39.8
22.9
29.6
35.1
31.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
12.71
17.28
12.84
5.87
10.47
–
7.25
20.84
–
–
11.79
6.3
6.8
8.9
7.6
7.4
–
3.1
7.9
–
–
14.6
37.5
45.7
39.9
22.9
31.7
–
31.5
40.0
–
–
39.6
14.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.85
13.0
40.0
16.06
15.6
40.0
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm .........
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .......................................................
Helpers, construction trades ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ....................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ..............................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ............
Garage and service station related ..........................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...............
Hand packers and packagers ..................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .......................
9.05
8.79
2.3
6.5
34.1
29.6
9.05
8.69
2.7
8.8
33.8
28.0
8.97
–
5.1
–
39.7
–
16.07
8.83
10.17
9.29
7.87
11.35
9.54
8.71
7.73
9.25
8.65
11.3
10.3
7.3
2.4
6.0
10.1
7.8
10.1
8.8
6.7
4.8
40.0
40.0
39.3
31.2
27.9
40.0
37.7
26.2
37.0
38.6
33.3
16.07
8.83
10.15
–
7.87
11.35
9.77
8.71
7.21
9.29
8.55
11.3
10.3
7.5
–
6.0
10.1
8.8
10.1
6.8
7.4
5.1
40.0
40.0
39.4
–
27.9
40.0
37.6
26.2
36.7
38.5
32.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
Supervisors, police and detectives ..........................
Supervisors, guards .................................................
Firefighting ...............................................................
Police and detectives, public service .......................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers
Correctional institution officers .................................
Guards and police, except public service ................
Protective service, n.e.c. ..........................................
Food service ................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders .........................
Bartenders ...............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...............................
Other food service .....................................................
8.38
14.05
22.72
22.04
12.85
14.53
19.29
17.56
13.62
8.47
12.54
6.99
5.08
7.02
4.46
5.22
7.82
1.8
6.1
8.0
9.4
16.5
5.7
5.8
4.8
11.9
3.1
9.1
4.1
7.5
3.5
8.7
4.8
4.4
31.8
37.4
51.4
41.2
36.3
47.9
39.3
40.0
40.0
33.4
31.5
30.3
25.9
29.0
25.6
23.6
32.7
8.27
13.97
22.72
22.04
12.85
14.88
20.34
18.93
–
8.51
11.59
7.01
5.05
7.05
4.38
5.23
7.86
2.1
7.9
8.0
9.4
16.5
7.5
6.1
2.3
–
3.3
16.4
4.6
8.3
3.5
10.0
5.3
4.9
31.5
36.6
51.4
41.2
36.3
49.1
39.2
40.0
–
33.2
28.6
30.2
25.4
28.9
25.0
22.5
33.0
9.26
14.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.63
5.38
–
–
–
7.32
6.9
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
1.9
–
–
–
2.7
34.0
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
31.5
35.7
–
–
–
29.5
Blue collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
150
TABLE 4-12. Mountain census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Supervisors, food preparation and service ..............
Cooks .......................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ...........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. ...........................................
Health service ..............................................................
Health aides, except nursing ...................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................
Cleaning and building service ......................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers
Maids and housemen ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$11.51
8.71
7.26
6.45
8.98
8.46
8.46
8.43
12.73
7.49
8.50
7.91
10.46
6.32
23.78
8.12
8.47
6.86
7.29
7.01
7.5
5.8
4.9
4.7
7.4
4.3
3.7
1.7
6.0
3.9
1.7
3.1
12.4
.9
7.4
21.0
6.1
1.0
11.5
8.2
1 The Mountain census division consists of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between January 1999 and April
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
40.6
34.0
32.6
31.7
31.6
32.1
30.7
32.7
40.0
31.6
32.8
32.0
40.1
36.2
20.6
37.9
33.4
29.1
20.7
28.7
$11.51
8.78
7.11
6.44
9.32
9.02
8.58
8.31
12.15
7.58
8.38
8.03
10.46
6.36
23.78
8.12
8.87
6.89
8.04
7.04
7.5
6.2
6.8
4.9
6.3
5.7
3.7
1.9
7.2
3.5
1.8
3.3
12.4
.7
7.4
21.0
9.1
1.2
10.7
8.5
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
40.6
34.7
31.6
31.7
32.5
32.2
31.8
32.1
40.0
31.3
32.1
31.7
40.1
35.8
20.6
37.9
32.3
29.6
18.3
28.7
–
–
–
–
$8.09
–
8.16
9.31
–
–
9.42
6.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
5.3
4.3
–
–
5.4
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.3
–
28.1
38.5
–
–
39.1
35.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
151
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
All ................................................................................................
All, excluding sales ..............................................................
$16.87
17.20
1.7
1.8
35.3
35.5
$16.92
17.27
1.8
1.9
35.3
35.5
$15.45
15.41
4.7
4.7
36.8
36.9
White collar ............................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ...........................................
20.12
21.49
2.2
2.3
35.7
36.2
20.15
21.57
2.2
2.4
35.7
36.2
18.93
19.04
3.3
3.8
36.7
36.9
Professional specialty and technical ...............................
Professional specialty ......................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors ...........................
Aerospace engineers ...............................................
Petroleum engineers ................................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ..........................
Industrial engineers .................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ......................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .........................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ..............
Operations and systems researchers and analysts
Natural scientists .........................................................
Chemists, except biochemists .................................
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 ................................................................
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 ..................................................
Psychology teachers ................................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ................................
Engineering teachers ...............................................
Mathematical science teachers ...............................
Computer science teachers .....................................
Medical science teachers ........................................
Health specialities teachers .....................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ........
Art, drama, and music teachers ...............................
Physical education teachers ....................................
Education teachers ..................................................
English teachers ......................................................
Foreign language 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 ..................................................
25.88
27.06
30.15
34.90
37.34
33.90
26.51
34.20
28.91
28.02
34.55
30.82
30.93
29.51
26.83
29.15
22.70
28.93
24.39
24.64
22.03
26.26
26.62
44.92
25.68
35.92
20.06
20.48
25.65
24.38
27.12
19.50
26.12
37.61
26.21
44.64
62.39
32.42
34.46
47.52
41.65
30.31
57.40
26.51
43.32
35.20
38.34
38.87
34.20
34.50
33.03
34.05
29.82
17.96
32.28
32.36
29.83
26.95
15.97
4.6
6.1
6.1
3.9
9.5
2.3
7.8
3.1
6.8
8.2
2.1
2.3
2.4
6.2
4.0
9.2
15.9
7.8
11.7
3.8
4.9
6.4
1.9
12.4
1.6
5.3
5.0
4.4
7.6
3.4
9.8
6.9
22.4
4.1
11.3
20.3
24.7
8.6
6.0
6.4
8.0
13.0
38.8
12.2
9.9
4.5
9.8
24.8
3.8
7.4
7.2
3.3
2.3
13.4
2.4
1.9
4.5
9.4
5.3
35.6
35.4
40.4
40.4
40.2
41.0
40.6
41.0
40.8
40.5
40.0
40.6
40.7
40.0
40.7
40.7
47.5
40.0
40.1
39.8
40.5
40.2
33.4
36.9
32.7
35.1
36.7
36.9
35.7
33.1
37.9
36.0
40.0
25.9
37.1
29.8
39.6
22.3
36.0
40.4
25.0
30.4
32.3
32.2
29.1
24.3
14.2
30.9
26.5
24.4
26.6
22.7
33.5
34.1
35.0
36.0
34.1
29.0
15.4
25.97
27.14
30.26
34.90
37.34
33.90
27.09
34.20
28.91
28.02
34.62
30.83
30.93
29.51
27.02
29.15
22.70
28.93
23.13
25.22
–
26.26
26.78
42.88
25.93
36.10
20.06
21.18
25.65
24.49
27.12
19.50
25.15
37.98
26.21
44.64
62.39
32.42
34.82
47.52
41.91
30.31
57.40
26.51
43.32
35.23
41.27
44.49
34.83
34.87
33.03
34.23
30.03
17.78
32.51
32.69
29.83
27.07
15.98
4.8
6.3
6.2
3.9
9.5
2.3
8.1
3.1
6.8
8.2
2.1
2.3
2.4
6.2
4.3
9.2
15.9
7.8
14.3
4.6
–
6.4
1.9
13.1
1.7
5.3
5.0
4.9
7.6
3.8
9.8
6.9
26.8
4.1
11.3
20.3
24.7
8.6
6.6
6.4
8.0
13.0
38.8
12.2
9.9
4.6
5.9
34.1
4.4
7.6
7.2
3.4
2.4
13.8
2.5
1.9
4.6
11.1
5.4
35.6
35.4
40.4
40.4
40.2
41.0
40.7
41.0
40.8
40.5
40.0
40.7
40.7
40.0
40.8
40.7
47.5
40.0
40.1
39.9
–
40.2
33.3
36.7
32.7
35.1
36.7
36.0
35.7
32.5
37.9
36.0
40.0
25.8
37.1
29.8
39.6
22.3
35.8
40.4
26.9
30.4
32.3
32.2
29.1
25.1
15.1
27.1
24.6
26.1
26.6
22.4
33.5
34.9
34.9
35.9
34.0
28.8
16.0
23.42
25.03
23.32
–
–
–
21.99
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.74
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.28
–
22.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.79
–
27.97
27.83
–
26.29
–
3.7
2.9
6.0
–
–
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.8
–
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
3.7
2.1
–
6.3
–
34.7
33.9
39.8
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.3
–
32.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.2
–
38.2
37.4
–
30.0
–
See footnotes at end of table.
152
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$25.89
23.27
27.49
25.61
30.67
24.39
–
–
15.07
44.06
44.38
7.6
14.9
5.8
3.9
6.5
5.4
–
–
9.4
7.1
7.2
37.4
38.7
37.1
38.7
41.8
39.5
–
–
31.9
40.5
40.6
$26.41
22.66
26.92
25.61
30.67
24.39
–
–
15.65
45.04
45.01
7.9
15.5
6.0
3.9
6.5
5.4
–
–
9.6
7.0
7.1
37.3
38.8
37.1
38.7
41.8
39.5
–
–
36.5
40.6
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
$17.56
18.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.2
40.0
–
–
–
28.12
30.02
26.85
37.32
11.7
17.0
13.2
43.4
35.7
39.4
40.5
29.2
28.27
30.02
26.85
37.32
11.8
17.0
13.2
43.4
36.1
39.4
40.5
29.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.17
30.83
28.25
17.43
23.49
21.25
19.44
13.49
22.24
16.40
16.84
21.48
20.42
20.93
19.85
18.16
14.05
20.55
19.64
91.17
16.77
27.75
18.95
20.45
30.5
17.4
7.7
16.2
7.8
2.7
5.0
7.9
4.7
3.8
3.0
3.1
9.8
6.2
4.7
13.9
10.2
8.3
4.7
17.9
16.9
7.7
6.0
4.8
41.3
41.6
40.1
40.4
41.2
36.5
38.2
36.2
30.8
34.7
37.0
39.6
40.0
38.4
39.8
40.0
34.7
40.3
38.2
24.2
38.1
39.8
39.6
38.2
29.17
30.83
28.45
17.43
23.49
21.40
19.43
13.49
22.25
16.48
16.76
21.48
20.42
21.29
19.85
18.16
15.11
20.55
19.79
91.17
16.74
29.31
18.95
20.56
30.5
17.4
7.9
16.2
7.8
2.7
5.1
7.9
4.7
3.8
3.0
3.1
9.8
6.8
4.7
13.9
11.8
8.3
5.7
17.9
17.0
6.7
6.1
5.0
41.3
41.6
40.2
40.4
41.2
36.5
38.3
36.2
30.9
34.7
37.1
39.6
40.0
38.3
39.8
40.0
33.0
40.3
37.7
24.2
38.1
39.8
39.6
38.2
–
–
–
–
–
17.57
–
–
–
12.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.3
–
–
–
33.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.56
34.28
22.34
30.80
32.08
33.90
31.85
3.9
4.4
33.1
5.1
5.8
6.2
9.0
40.0
40.4
9.9
39.4
39.8
40.2
40.2
29.64
34.43
22.34
31.27
32.04
34.42
31.83
3.9
4.4
33.1
5.4
5.8
6.6
9.1
40.0
40.4
9.9
39.4
39.8
40.4
40.2
26.26
27.67
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
40.9
41.9
–
–
–
–
–
43.76
36.91
31.45
11.4
4.1
3.5
41.6
39.5
39.3
43.76
37.38
31.75
11.4
4.4
3.5
41.6
39.5
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.33
15.74
39.02
34.50
22.02
4.7
12.0
22.4
5.8
2.3
42.2
40.3
39.7
41.0
39.3
17.69
15.74
39.08
34.62
21.99
4.8
12.0
22.5
5.9
2.3
41.6
40.3
39.7
40.9
39.3
–
–
–
26.10
23.72
–
–
–
7.3
5.2
–
–
–
44.7
39.0
White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, except college and university –Continued
Vocational and educational counselors ...................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ..............................
Librarians .................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners ...........................
Economists ..............................................................
Urban planners ........................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers .....................
Social workers .........................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................
Lawyers and judges .....................................................
Lawyers ...................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ...................................................
Technical writers ......................................................
Designers .................................................................
Actors and directors .................................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ............................................................
Photographers .........................................................
Editors and reporters ...............................................
Public relations specialists .......................................
Professional, n.e.c. ..................................................
Technical .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....
Health record technologists and technicians ...........
Radiological technicians ..........................................
Licensed practical nurses ........................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ............
Electrical and electronic 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 ...........................................
Legal assistants .......................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ....................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .....................
Executives, administrators, and managers ..................
Legislators ...............................................................
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 ......................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ..................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .......................
Management related ....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
153
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$20.95
25.15
20.74
26.00
21.57
4.2
10.5
7.9
3.5
4.8
39.4
38.5
37.7
40.5
39.9
$20.94
25.15
20.77
26.00
21.29
4.3
10.5
8.0
3.5
4.8
39.3
38.5
37.6
40.5
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.88
21.45
25.28
10.5
7.6
3.3
39.9
40.5
39.9
18.94
21.70
25.29
10.7
7.8
3.3
39.9
40.7
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.50
23.09
4.8
2.8
40.0
39.4
23.48
22.97
5.0
2.8
40.1
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.11
17.09
18.61
25.13
48.62
20.52
5.0
11.9
14.3
25.0
30.4
17.5
33.7
40.2
39.2
39.7
38.5
37.2
14.09
16.89
18.65
25.13
48.62
20.65
5.1
12.2
14.4
25.0
30.4
17.6
33.7
40.2
39.2
39.7
38.5
37.2
$16.96
–
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
–
34.4
–
–
–
–
–
21.10
21.32
7.81
6.83
10.62
11.79
14.40
10.06
10.40
11.80
12.11
7.0
4.5
3.9
5.4
14.0
4.5
9.6
4.6
18.3
16.1
13.7
39.1
41.9
26.0
24.3
30.2
35.9
40.0
29.9
28.6
34.4
34.9
21.11
21.13
7.81
6.83
10.62
11.79
14.41
10.06
10.36
11.82
12.16
7.0
4.5
3.9
5.4
14.0
4.5
9.6
4.6
18.7
16.1
13.9
39.1
42.0
26.0
24.3
30.2
35.9
40.0
29.9
28.8
34.5
34.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.8
–
13.20
17.79
20.77
1.2
2.7
5.5
35.0
40.1
39.7
13.20
17.69
20.80
1.3
2.8
5.5
34.9
40.1
39.8
13.18
20.05
–
.5
6.3
–
37.7
40.0
–
20.06
15.79
14.95
13.91
13.60
9.96
14.49
11.30
11.53
13.49
14.19
12.64
8.40
13.60
13.24
14.57
12.49
8.93
12.09
10.65
10.74
8.65
9.49
16.65
9.4
6.5
3.2
14.0
3.1
9.3
5.5
4.3
3.2
3.4
3.7
2.8
7.1
3.1
2.3
4.0
4.4
5.7
9.5
13.9
4.7
5.6
9.0
5.5
40.2
39.6
36.1
37.3
38.2
38.9
37.3
36.7
34.7
36.8
39.6
30.6
34.5
38.6
37.1
39.9
38.9
34.3
35.4
37.8
37.6
38.4
22.7
38.2
19.64
16.56
15.01
13.94
13.63
9.77
14.47
11.30
11.45
13.49
14.22
12.79
8.37
13.72
13.32
14.67
12.62
8.93
12.09
10.65
10.74
–
9.53
16.65
10.9
7.5
3.3
14.3
3.2
9.7
5.7
4.3
3.2
3.4
3.7
2.7
7.4
3.3
2.3
4.1
4.9
5.7
9.5
13.9
4.7
–
9.2
5.5
40.2
39.6
36.0
37.2
38.4
38.8
37.3
36.7
34.6
36.8
39.6
30.2
34.7
38.5
37.0
39.8
38.7
34.3
35.4
37.8
37.6
–
22.5
38.2
–
–
13.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.37
11.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.8
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued
Management related –Continued
Accountants and auditors ........................................
Underwriters ............................................................
Other financial officers .............................................
Management analysts ..............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ..
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products .................................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .....................
Construction inspectors ...........................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction ...........................................................
Management related, n.e.c. .....................................
Sales ...................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ...................................................
Insurance sales ........................................................
Securities and financial services sales ....................
Advertising and related sales ...................................
Sales, other business services ................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and
wholesale ...............................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ................
Sales workers, apparel ............................................
Sales workers, shoes ...............................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ........
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies .......
Sales workers, parts ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ...........................
Sales counter clerks ................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ......................
Supervisors, general office ......................................
Supervisors, financial records processing ...............
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting
clerks .....................................................................
Computer operators .................................................
Secretaries ...............................................................
Stenographers .........................................................
Typists .....................................................................
Hotel clerks ..............................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents ...........
Receptionists ...........................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ..........................................
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 .............................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators
Duplicating machine operators ................................
Office machine operators, n.e.c. ..............................
Telephone operators ................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ............................
Messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
154
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$15.38
11.18
10.96
17.35
11.12
13.13
13.5
5.5
7.4
5.2
4.7
9.6
39.9
39.1
34.2
39.1
35.2
39.7
$15.38
10.93
10.97
17.35
–
13.16
13.5
5.8
7.6
5.2
–
9.6
39.9
39.0
34.1
39.1
–
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.23
17.71
14.50
14.31
13.98
11.76
9.69
11.89
11.61
11.29
14.06
6.7
7.7
3.3
4.3
6.4
2.4
2.7
5.7
13.9
2.8
2.5
35.3
38.6
39.1
39.6
37.8
30.1
25.7
37.8
37.4
24.6
35.9
12.28
17.77
14.49
14.36
13.98
11.74
9.69
11.90
11.61
11.45
14.02
6.9
7.7
3.4
4.6
6.4
2.5
2.7
5.7
13.9
2.9
2.5
35.3
38.6
39.2
39.6
37.8
30.0
25.6
37.8
37.4
24.2
35.9
–
–
–
–
–
$12.61
–
–
–
–
15.04
–
–
–
–
–
3.4
–
–
–
–
15.9
–
–
–
–
–
34.6
–
–
–
–
35.6
Blue collar ..............................................................................
13.95
2.2
37.3
14.01
2.3
37.3
12.70
8.8
38.5
Precision production, craft, and repair ............................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ....................
Automobile mechanics .............................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices ...........................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ..........
Aircraft engine mechanics .......................................
Automobile body and related repairers ....................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine ...........................
Heavy equipment mechanics ...................................
Industrial machinery repairers .................................
Machinery maintenance ...........................................
Electronic repairers, communications and industrial
equipment ..............................................................
Household appliance and power tool repairers .......
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ..............................................................
Office machine repairers ..........................................
Millwrights ................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...............................
Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ..........
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ...................
Brickmasons and stonemasons ...............................
Carpenters ...............................................................
Drywall installers ......................................................
Electricians ..............................................................
Electrician apprentices .............................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ..................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .....................
Structural metal workers ..........................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .......................................
Drillers, oil well .........................................................
Supervisors, production ...........................................
Tool and die makers ................................................
Precision assemblers, metal ....................................
Machinists ................................................................
Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners .........
Layout workers ........................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......
18.40
22.45
15.76
11.61
16.20
21.58
14.78
22.17
20.69
18.19
15.10
2.9
5.3
12.3
9.4
5.5
7.6
14.0
1.7
7.4
4.3
9.2
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.9
36.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
18.44
22.36
15.73
11.61
16.21
21.58
14.67
22.14
20.69
18.22
14.60
2.9
5.4
12.3
9.4
5.6
7.6
15.1
1.7
7.4
4.7
9.7
39.6
39.9
40.0
39.9
36.6
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
16.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.28
23.43
4.5
6.4
39.9
40.2
17.47
–
4.7
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.40
15.11
18.22
15.82
26.29
29.61
22.22
18.62
19.76
24.47
21.31
12.60
26.74
13.21
22.91
19.26
13.26
21.40
22.32
20.23
17.53
19.71
20.47
17.39
10.39
13.5
8.5
3.4
6.8
2.5
1.9
12.6
11.2
2.7
3.9
9.6
11.9
2.4
6.9
9.2
14.4
10.4
12.3
7.5
6.4
5.1
5.1
8.1
7.1
6.7
38.2
40.0
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.8
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
37.0
39.9
41.2
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
18.35
15.11
18.22
15.76
26.29
29.61
22.22
18.62
19.78
24.47
22.16
12.29
26.74
12.96
23.18
19.26
13.17
21.40
22.32
20.23
17.53
19.71
20.47
17.39
10.39
13.6
8.5
3.4
6.9
2.5
1.9
12.6
11.2
2.8
3.9
10.7
11.5
2.4
6.8
9.1
14.4
11.1
12.3
7.5
6.4
5.1
5.1
8.1
7.1
6.7
38.2
40.0
39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.8
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
37.0
39.9
41.2
40.1
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
–
–
–
17.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical –Continued
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 ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .....................................................
Statistical clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides .......................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
155
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$12.19
11.49
17.17
20.54
25.65
22.38
23.66
11.9
5.8
5.7
4.0
4.0
5.1
2.6
38.8
37.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
$12.01
11.49
17.17
20.73
25.65
22.38
23.66
12.8
5.8
5.7
4.9
4.0
5.1
2.6
38.7
37.7
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ...........
Lathe and turning machine operators ......................
Punching and stamping press operators .................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ................................................................
Numerical control machine operators ......................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. .....................
Molding and casting machine operators ..................
Metal plating machine operators ..............................
Sawing machine operators ......................................
Printing press operators ...........................................
Photoengravers and lithographers ...........................
Typesetters and compositors ...................................
Textile cutting machine operators ............................
Textile sewing machine operators ...........................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators .....
Packaging and filling machine operators .................
Extruding and forming machine operators ...............
Mixing and blending machine operators ..................
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ................................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .......
Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food .......
Crushing and grinding machine operators ...............
Slicing and cutting machine operators .....................
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................
Welders and cutters .................................................
Solders and braziers ................................................
Assemblers ..............................................................
Hand cutting and trimming .......................................
Hand painting, coating, and decorating ...................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. .........................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .....
Production testers ....................................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ..................
10.41
15.44
11.22
3.5
16.0
12.2
38.7
40.0
40.0
10.31
15.44
11.22
3.6
16.0
12.2
38.6
40.0
40.0
$11.85
–
–
8.4
–
–
39.9
–
–
8.91
15.78
11.63
8.79
13.46
9.41
14.69
17.26
14.37
10.05
6.47
7.46
11.32
11.43
10.79
9.9
13.5
12.5
11.4
6.7
11.1
11.1
16.4
10.1
7.4
5.8
5.5
9.2
5.8
6.3
40.0
40.0
35.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.3
38.3
40.0
39.8
38.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
8.91
15.78
11.19
8.79
13.46
8.00
14.69
17.26
14.37
10.05
6.47
7.44
11.32
11.43
10.79
9.9
13.5
12.6
11.4
6.7
12.5
11.1
16.4
10.1
7.4
5.8
5.5
9.2
5.8
6.3
40.0
40.0
35.5
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.2
38.3
38.3
40.0
39.8
37.9
39.8
40.0
39.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.11
12.02
12.38
10.51
11.35
14.50
8.55
10.42
6.73
7.77
8.57
9.63
11.84
11.74
–
12.8
8.3
7.4
11.3
3.4
7.6
4.7
5.4
8.9
8.4
6.4
7.6
5.4
9.5
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
39.4
16.10
8.11
12.02
12.38
10.51
11.44
14.39
8.55
10.42
6.73
7.77
8.57
9.63
11.84
11.74
3.4
12.8
8.3
7.4
11.3
4.6
7.8
4.7
5.4
8.9
8.4
6.4
7.6
5.4
9.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.8
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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. ......................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters .....................
Locomotive operating ..............................................
Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats ........
Sailors and deckhands ............................................
Supervisors, material moving equipment .................
Operating engineers ................................................
Crane and tower operators ......................................
Excavating and loading machine operators .............
Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ...................
14.11
21.17
13.63
10.56
13.64
10.01
7.86
8.45
27.13
23.89
19.00
21.37
19.17
24.84
17.73
14.79
17.48
4.0
6.5
4.6
6.2
5.0
6.5
7.5
12.2
8.7
8.9
18.2
4.3
9.8
6.0
17.0
3.5
10.6
37.4
40.7
39.5
38.6
28.2
30.5
29.3
30.7
40.8
40.9
35.1
31.9
40.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
14.20
21.23
13.59
10.56
13.69
10.01
7.86
8.58
27.13
23.89
19.00
22.20
19.17
25.30
17.73
14.79
20.26
4.1
6.6
4.6
6.2
5.3
6.5
7.5
13.2
8.7
8.9
18.2
3.1
9.8
5.3
17.0
3.5
11.4
37.6
40.7
39.5
38.6
27.9
30.5
29.3
35.5
40.8
40.9
35.1
30.3
40.1
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
12.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Butchers and meat cutters .......................................
Bakers ......................................................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ..............................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ............
Power plant operators ..............................................
Stationary engineers ................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ...
See footnotes at end of table.
156
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$12.21
7.5
39.5
$12.58
8.4
39.3
–
–
–
16.15
14.8
37.4
16.01
15.3
37.4
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...
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 ....................................
Construction laborers ...............................................
Production helpers ...................................................
Garbage collectors ...................................................
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. .......................
11.03
12.36
10.88
8.21
5.4
4.3
11.6
6.2
34.1
39.3
25.2
34.2
11.05
12.19
10.88
8.21
5.6
4.8
11.6
6.2
33.9
39.1
25.2
34.2
$10.54
13.00
–
–
9.3
9.1
–
–
38.6
40.0
–
–
18.67
13.08
10.19
14.86
9.16
14.41
9.21
10.44
9.81
7.67
7.96
10.14
11.4
7.2
5.8
11.4
5.4
15.2
8.8
5.9
14.5
5.9
3.4
5.0
40.6
39.1
36.9
38.9
37.5
38.3
39.0
32.7
33.4
38.8
37.9
34.9
18.67
13.03
10.18
14.97
9.15
14.41
9.21
10.40
9.81
7.67
7.96
10.29
11.4
7.4
5.8
11.5
5.5
15.2
8.8
6.1
14.5
5.9
3.4
5.1
40.6
39.1
36.9
39.1
37.5
38.3
39.0
32.5
33.4
38.8
37.9
34.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service ....................................................................................
Protective service ........................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ............
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 .................................
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 ...............................................
Personal service ..........................................................
Supervisors, personal service ..................................
Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ....
Guides .....................................................................
Ushers .....................................................................
Public transportation attendants ..............................
Baggage porters and bellhops .................................
Welfare service aides ..............................................
10.32
17.53
26.97
33.19
21.78
17.10
18.13
25.17
21.90
19.93
8.77
14.50
7.55
6.68
9.44
6.13
6.42
7.82
11.20
8.53
8.23
6.98
11.52
14.80
12.22
9.52
9.38
12.81
7.94
9.60
9.69
14.27
6.99
8.62
6.38
28.92
7.46
8.48
2.5
5.2
10.0
4.1
15.6
11.5
9.3
2.5
4.1
4.4
4.1
14.4
2.4
4.3
15.1
2.0
4.3
3.2
4.3
5.4
3.0
3.0
4.5
8.9
2.3
2.1
2.6
7.4
3.8
3.1
4.3
7.0
4.8
12.9
4.0
9.9
6.3
5.3
31.3
37.1
51.1
40.0
40.0
44.0
34.7
39.8
39.4
40.0
34.3
30.4
27.7
27.0
33.0
26.3
26.0
27.9
40.9
35.6
32.6
23.7
34.2
33.5
36.1
33.5
35.8
40.1
34.9
35.8
29.5
39.5
27.2
25.3
9.5
22.2
35.7
32.4
10.30
17.55
27.57
33.19
21.78
17.10
18.41
25.57
22.01
20.10
8.76
14.50
7.52
6.64
9.61
6.03
6.42
7.79
11.18
8.47
8.20
6.96
11.61
14.80
12.29
9.52
9.35
12.91
7.87
9.58
9.65
13.17
7.28
8.17
6.38
28.92
7.46
8.48
2.6
5.4
9.8
4.1
15.6
11.5
9.6
2.3
4.1
4.3
4.1
14.6
2.5
4.5
15.0
1.5
4.4
3.2
4.3
5.5
3.0
3.0
4.7
8.9
2.4
2.3
2.7
7.6
3.7
3.2
4.5
5.8
3.8
12.6
4.0
9.9
6.3
5.3
31.2
36.9
51.6
40.0
40.0
44.0
34.3
39.7
39.4
40.0
34.2
30.3
27.6
26.8
32.8
26.1
26.0
27.8
40.9
35.5
32.7
23.6
34.2
33.5
36.5
33.2
35.8
40.1
35.0
35.8
29.4
39.3
24.8
24.4
9.5
22.2
35.6
32.4
10.81
16.96
–
–
–
–
–
20.72
–
–
–
–
8.52
7.54
–
7.76
–
9.22
–
9.72
–
8.47
9.91
–
10.98
9.50
10.18
–
9.77
10.34
10.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
7.5
15.3
–
20.0
–
6.0
–
5.6
–
15.4
4.5
–
7.6
4.2
1.5
–
11.6
3.0
16.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.2
40.6
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
33.2
31.4
–
30.7
–
34.6
–
37.8
–
33.4
34.2
–
29.6
36.3
34.7
–
32.9
35.0
31.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .....
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. .....................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
157
TABLE 4-13. Pacific census division:1 Mean hourly earnings2 and weekly hours by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas3 for
selected occupations, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued
Total
Metropolitan
Hourly earnings
Occupation5
Service –Continued
Personal service –Continued
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ........................
Child care workers, n.e.c. ........................................
Service, n.e.c. ..........................................................
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
$9.17
9.13
8.98
3.1
3.9
6.3
1 The Pacific census division consists of Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and
Hawaii.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, 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.
3 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. For more
information, see appendix E.
4 In this census division, collection was conducted between September 1998 and April
Nonmetropolitan
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Relative
error6
(percent)
23.1
31.2
33.8
$9.12
9.12
8.55
3.2
3.8
6.0
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
22.8
31.3
34.5
–
–
$14.25
Mean
Relative weekly
error6
hours
(percent)
–
–
5.5
–
–
27.2
2000. The average reference period was August 1999. For the first time, estimates include
workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.
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Appendix A.
Technical Note
T
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. While 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.
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.
Sample design
The sample for this survey was selected using a three-stage
design.The first stage consisted of the selection of areas for
study. The NCS sample consists of 154 metropolitan areas
and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326
metropolitan statistical areas (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, 1994) and the remaining portions of
the 50 States. (See appendix E.) The NCS surveys two types
of metropolitan areas: Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
and Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs).
MSAs are areas with a central city of 50,000 or more inhabitants and a total area population of at least 100,000. An
MSA usually consists of one or more counties with close
economic and social ties as defined by commuting patterns
and population density. CMSAs are large, integrated areas
of 1 million or more people consisting of two or more contiguous Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (large areas
that consist of 250,000 to 999,999 people). Nonmetropolitan
areas are areas that are not a part of an MSA or CMSA. These
areas are individual counties or parishes.
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 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 chances 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 data
collection.
The third stage of sample selection was development of a
probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey, which was based on the
type of data to be produced, had to be developed before data
collection could begin.
Survey scope
The 1999 National Compensation Survey (NCS) included
19,481 establishments representing more than 94 million
workers within scope of the survey. Beginning with the 1999
NCS, private sector establishments with one or more workers
are included in the survey. State and local governments with
50 or more workers also are included. The number of workers represented by the survey is shown in table A, and the
number of establishments in table B.
The survey covered 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 was 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 was usually at a single physical location. For
State and local governments, an establishment was defined
as all locations of a government entity.
The geographical scope of the NCS includes all 50 States
and the District of Columbia.
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample was
selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports. The reference month for the
public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Collection was the responsibility of field
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economists, working out of the BLS Regional Offices, who
visited each establishment surveyed. Collection was conducted between September 1998 and April 2000. The average payroll reference month was September 1999. For each
establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s
practices on the day of collection.
classification known as a major occupational group (MOG).
Occupations can fall into any of the following MOGs:
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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.
A complete list of all individual occupations, classified
by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix
B.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified
as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the
establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the worker
was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours
worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union
job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of terms” section
on the following page for more details.
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 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
50-99
100-249
250-999
1,000-2,499
2,500+
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
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “generic
leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all
occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the
same criteria. This is a major departure from the method used
in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys, which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation.
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.
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:
Number of selected jobs
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
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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. The appendix also includes an example of a leveled job.
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new
generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared with the 10 generic level
factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis showed
that several of the generic level 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. Detailed research continues in the
area. The results of this research will be published by BLS in
the future.
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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. In this summary bulletin, only hourly earnings are
presented.
Earnings distribution tables that are not included in this
bulletin are available at the BLS Internet site (http://
stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm). These supplemental tables provide hourly earnings at the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th
percentile positions for selected occupations. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or
more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the
workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the
rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same
pattern. Earnings data are made available for all workers, private industry, and State and local government. Further detail
for full- and part-time workers also is provided.
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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·
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
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
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 above and the example
in appendix D for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.)
The following forms of payments were not considered part
of straight-time earnings:
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people, referral incentives in real estate)
On-call pay
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time.
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 (e.g., Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free room and board
Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store sales-
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
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
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all of the following conditions are met:
·
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.
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
The number-of-workers estimates in appendix table A represents 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 only to indicate the relative importance of
the occupational groups studied.
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. RSEs are presented for most of the tables in
this bulletin.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence
interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, table 1-1
shows mean hourly earnings of $15.36 per hour for all workers, 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 - $0.33 = $15.03; $15.36 +
$0.33 = $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
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.
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/
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 establishment/occupations
into the various data series. 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 for a sample establishment or occupation, or if data were missing, the response was treated as a refusal.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the
wages for individual establishment/occupations. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding
establishments and other factors; and the occupation work
schedule, which varied depending on whether hourly, weekly,
or annual rates were being calculated.
Not all series that were calculated 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
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TABLE A. 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.
For more information, see appendix B.
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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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, United States, National
Compensation Survey,1 1999
Number of establishments studied
Industry division
Total
All ......................................................................................................................
Private Industry ............................................................................................
Goods-producing industries .......................................................................
Mining ....................................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................................
Manufacturing ........................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Service-producing industries .....................................................................
Transportation and utilities .....................................................................
Wholesale trade .....................................................................................
Retail trade ............................................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................
Services .................................................................................................
State and local government ........................................................................
19,481
16,834
4,751
179
801
3,771
2,310
1,461
12,083
1,233
806
2,846
1,303
5,895
2,647
1 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.
2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and
1 to 99
workers2
100 to
499
workers
500 to
999
workers
1000 to
2,499
workers
2,500 to
4,999
workers
5,000 or
more
workers
6,922
6,637
1,513
97
539
877
531
346
5,124
424
465
1,589
711
1,935
285
7,648
6,725
2,068
54
227
1,787
1,020
767
4,657
465
277
1,075
290
2,550
923
2,000
1,508
566
20
20
526
321
205
942
127
38
109
102
566
492
1,679
1,226
370
8
14
348
241
107
856
127
18
57
106
548
453
691
445
148
–
1
147
122
25
297
45
2
13
38
199
246
541
293
86
–
–
86
75
11
207
45
6
3
56
97
248
local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups
may include data for categories not shown separately.
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Appendix B.
Occupational Classifications
NOTE: The 4-digit code before each occupation title is used to classify the job into one of three major
groups. White-collar workers include those classified in Major groups A through D. Blue-collar workers
include those classified in Major groups E through H. Service workers are classified in Major group K.
Major group A:
A077
A078
A079
A083
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY AND TECHNICAL
OCCUPATIONS
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS
HEALTH RELATED OCCUPATIONS
A084
A085
A086
A087
A088
A089
A095
A096
A097
A098
A099
A103
A104
A105
A106
ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND SURVEYORS
A043
A044
A045
A046
A047
A048
A049
A053
A054
A055
A056
A057
A058
A059
A063
Architects
Aerospace Engineers
Metallurgical and Materials Engineers
Mining Engineers
Petroleum Engineers
Chemical Engineers
Nuclear Engineers
Civil Engineers
Agricultural Engineers
Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Industrial Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Engineers, n.e.c.1
Surveyors and Mapping Scientists
A113 Earth, Environmental, and Marine Science
Teachers
A114 Biological Science Teachers
A115 Chemistry Teachers
A116 Physics Teachers
A117 Natural Science Teachers, n.e.c.
A118 Psychology Teachers
A119 Economics Teachers
A123 History Teachers
A124 Political Science Teachers
A125 Sociology Teachers
A126 Social Science Teachers, n.e.c.
A127 Engineering Teachers
A128 Mathematical Science Teachers
A129 Computer Science Teachers
A133 Medical Science Teachers
A134 Health Specialties Teachers
A064 Computer Systems Analysts and Scientists
A065 Operations and Systems Researchers and
Analysts
A066 Actuaries
A067 Statisticians
A068 Mathematical Scientists, n.e.c.
NATURAL SCIENTISTS
1
Physicians
Dentists
Veterinarians
Optometrists
Podiatrists
Health Diagnosing Practitioners, n.e.c.
Registered Nurses
Pharmacists
Dietitians
Respiratory Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Physical Therapists
Speech Therapists
Therapists, n.e.c.
Physicians’ Assistants
TEACHERS, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
A069
A073
A074
A075
A076
Agricultural and Food Scientists
Biological and Life Scientists
Forestry and Conservation Scientists
Medical Scientists
Physicists and Astronomers
Chemists, Except Biochemists
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Geologists and Geodesists
Physical Scientists, n.e.c.
n.e.c. in an occupation title means not elsewhere classified.
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A135
A136
A137
A138
A139
A143
A144
A145
A146
A147
A148
A149
A153
A154
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
Home Economics Teachers
Teachers, Post Secondary, n.e.c.
Post Secondary Teachers, Subject not
specified
A184
A185
A186
A187
A188
A189
A193
A194
A195
A197
A198
A199
A999
TEACHERS, EXCEPT COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
A155
A156
A157
A158
A159
A160
A163
Technical Writers
Designers
Musicians and Composers
Actors and Directors
Painters, Sculptors, Craft-Artists, and Artist
Print-Makers
Photographers
Dancers
Artists, Performers, and Related Workers,
n.e.c.
Editors and Reporters
Public Relations Specialists
Announcers
Athletes
Professional Occupations, n.e.c.
TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Teachers
Elementary School Teachers
Secondary School Teachers
Teachers, Special Education
Teachers, n.e.c.
Substitute Teachers
Vocational and Educational Counselors
HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS
A203 Clinical Laboratory Technologists and
Technicians
A204 Dental Hygienists
A205 Health Record Technologists and
Technicians
A206 Radiologic Technicians
A207 Licensed Practical Nurses
A208 Health Technologists and Technicians,
n.e.c.
LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS, AND CURATORS
A164 Librarians
A165 Archivists and Curators
ENGINEERING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGISTS
AND TECHNICIANS
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND URBAN PLANNERS
A166 Economists
A167 Psychologists
A168 Sociologists
A169 Social Scientists, n.e.c.
A173 Urban Planners
A213
A214
A215
A216
A217
A218
SOCIAL, RECREATION, AND RELIGIOUS
WORKERS
Electrical and Electronic Technicians
Industrial Engineering Technicians
Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Engineering Technicians, n.e.c.
Drafters
Surveying and Mapping Technicians
SCIENCE TECHNICIANS
A174 Social Workers
A175 Recreation Workers
A176 Clergy
A177 Religious Workers, n.e.c.
A223 Biological Technicians
A224 Chemical Technicians
A225 Science Technicians, n.e.c.
LAWYERS AND JUDGES
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICIANS
A178 Lawyers
A179 Judges
A226
A227
A228
A229
A233
A234
A235
WRITERS, AUTHORS, ENTERTAINERS,
ATHLETES, AND PROFESSIONALS, N.E.C.
A183 Authors
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Airplane Pilots and Navigators
Air Traffic Controllers
Broadcast Equipment Operators
Computer Programmers
Tool Programmers, Numerical Control
Legal Assistants
Technical and Related Occupations, n.e.c.
Major group B:
C254 Real Estate Sales Occupations
C255 Securities and Financial Services Sales Occupations
C256 Advertising and Related Sales Occupations
C257 Sales Occupations, Other Business Services
EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND
MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS
EXECUTIVES, ADMINISTRATORS, AND
MANAGERS
SALES REPRESENTATIVES, COMMODITIES
EXCEPT RETAIL
B003 Legislators
B004 Chief Executives and General Administrators,
Public Administration
B005 Administrators and Officials, Public Administration
B007 Financial Managers
B008 Personnel and Labor Relations Managers
B009 Purchasing Managers
B013 Managers: Marketing, Advertising, and Public
Relations
B014 Administrators, Education and Related Fields
B015 Managers, Medicine and Health
B016 Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
B017 Managers, Food Serving and Lodging
Establishments
B018 Managers, Properties and Real Estate
B019 Funeral Directors
B021 Managers, Service Organizations, n.e.c.
B022 Managers and Administrators, n.e.c.
C258 Sales Engineers
C259 Sales Representatives: Mining, Manufacturing, and Wholesale
RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICES SALES
WORKERS
C263
C264
C265
C266
C267
C268
C269
C274
C275
C276
C277
C278
MANAGEMENT RELATED OCCUPATIONS
B023
B024
B025
B026
B027
B028
B029
B033
B034
B035
B036
B037
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 Promotion Agents
Construction Inspectors
Inspectors and Compliance Officers, Except
Construction
Management Related Occupations, n.e.c.
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
SALES RELATED OCCUPATIONS
C283 Demonstrators, Promoters, and Models, Sales
C284 Auctioneers
C285 Sales Support Occupations, n.e.c.
Major group D:
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS,
INCLUDING CLERICAL
SUPERVISORS, CLERICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
D303
D304
D305
D306
D307
Major group C:
SALES OCCUPATIONS
C243 Supervisors: Sales Occupations
FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES, SALES
REPRESENTATIVES
Supervisors: General Office
Supervisors: Computer Equipment Operators
Supervisors: Financial Records Processing
Chief Communications Operators
Supervisors: Distribution, Scheduling, and
Adjusting Clerks
COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
D308 Computer Operators
D309 Peripheral Equipment Operators
C253 Insurance Sales Occupations
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SECRETARIES, STENOGRAPHERS, AND TYPISTS
MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS
D313 Secretaries
D314 Stenographers
D315 Typists
D359
D363
D364
D365
D366
D368
D373
D374
INFORMATION CLERKS
D316
D317
D318
D319
D323
Interviewers
Hotel Clerks
Transportation Ticket and Reservation Agents
Receptionists
Information Clerks, n.e.c.
Dispatchers
Production Coordinators
Traffic, Shipping, and Receiving Clerks
Stock and Inventory Clerks
Meter Readers
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers
Expeditors
Material Recording, Scheduling, and Distributing Clerks, n.e.c.
ADJUSTERS AND INVESTIGATORS
RECORDS PROCESSING CLERKS, EXCEPT
FINANCIAL
D375 Insurance Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
D376 Investigators and Adjusters, Except Insurance
D377 Eligibility Clerks, Social Welfare
D378 Bill and Account Collectors
D325
D326
D327
D328
Classified-Ad Clerks
Correspondence Clerks
Order Clerks
Personnel Clerks, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
D329 Library Clerks
D335 File Clerks
D336 Records Clerks, n.e.c.
MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
OCCUPATIONS
D379
D383
D384
D385
D386
D387
D389
FINANCIAL RECORDS PROCESSING CLERKS
D337 Bookkeepers, Accounting, and Auditing
Clerks
D338 Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
General Office Clerks
Bank Tellers
Proofreaders
Data Entry Keyers
Statistical Clerks
Teachers’ Aides
Administrative Support Occupations, n.e.c.
Major group E:
D339 Billing Clerks
D343 Cost and Rate Clerks
D344 Billing, Posting, and Calculating Machine
Operators
PRECISION PRODUCTION, CRAFT, AND REPAIR
OCCUPATIONS
DUPLICATING, MAIL, AND OTHER OFFICE
MACHINE OPERATORS
MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS
E503
E505
E506
E507
E508
E509
E514
E515
E516
E517
E518
E519
E523
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 Occupations
Electronic Repairers, Communications and
Industrial Equipment
E525 Data Processing Equipment Repairers
E526 Household Appliance and Power Tool Repairers
D345 Duplicating Machine Operators
D346 Mail Preparing and Paper Handling Machine
Operators
D347 Office Machine Operators, n.e.c.
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
D348 Telephone Operators
D353 Communications Equipment Operators, n.e.c.
MAIL AND MESSAGE DISTRIBUTING
OCCUPATIONS
D356 Mail Clerks, Except Postal Service
D357 Messengers
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E527 Telephone Line Installers and Repairers
E529 Telephone Installers and Repairers
E534 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
Mechanics
E535 Camera, Watch, and Musical Instrument
Repairers
E536 Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
E538 Office Machine Repairers
E539 Mechanical Controls and Valve Repairers
E543 Elevator Installers and Repairers
E544 Millwrights
E547 Mechanics and Repairers, n.e.c.
EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS
E613
E614
E615
E616
E617
PRECISION PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS
E628 Supervisors: Production Occupations
PRECISION METAL WORKING OCCUPATIONS
SUPERVISORS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES
E634
E635
E636
E637
E639
E643
E644
E553 Supervisors: Brickmasons, Stonemasons, and
Tilesetters
E554 Supervisors: Carpenters and Related Workers
E555 Supervisors: Electricians and Power Transmission Installers
E556 Supervisors: Painters, Paperhangers, and
Plasterers
E557 Supervisors: Plumbers, Pipefitters, and
Steamfitters
E558 Supervisors: Construction Trades, n.e.c.
E645
E646
E647
E649
E653
E654
CONSTRUCTION TRADES OCCUPATIONS
E563
E564
E565
E566
E567
E569
E573
E575
E576
E577
E579
E583
E584
E585
E587
E588
E589
E593
E594
E595
E596
E597
E598
E599
Supervisors: Extractive Occupations
Drillers, Oil Well
Explosives Workers
Mining Machine Operators
Mining Occupations, n.e.c.
Brickmasons and Stonemasons
Brickmason and Stonemason Apprentices
Tile Setters, Hard and Soft
Carpet Installers
Carpenters
Carpenter Apprentices
Drywall Installers
Electricians
Electrician Apprentices
Electrical Power Installers and Repairers
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Paperhangers
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
Drillers, Earth
Construction Trades, n.e.c.
Tool and Die Makers
Tool and Die Maker Apprentices
Precision Assemblers, Metal
Machinists
Machinist Apprentices
Boilermakers
Precision Grinders, Filers, and Tool Sharpeners
Patternmakers and Modelmakers, Metal
Layout Workers
Precious Stones and Metals Workers
Engravers, Metal
Sheet Metal Workers
Sheet Metal Worker Apprentices
PRECISION WOODWORKING OCCUPATIONS
E656 Patternmakers and Modelmakers, Wood
E657 Cabinet Makers and Bench Carpenters
E658 Furniture and Wood Finishers
PRECISION TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND
FURNISHINGS MACHINE WORKERS
E666
E667
E668
E669
Dressmakers
Tailors
Upholsterers
Shoe Repairers
PRECISION WORKERS, ASSORTED MATERIALS
E675
E676
E677
E678
Hand Molders and Shapers, Except Jewelers
Patternmakers, Layout Workers, and Cutters
Optical Goods Workers
Dental Laboratory and Medical Appliance
Technicians
E679 Bookbinders
E683 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
E684 Miscellaneous Precision Workers, n.e.c.
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PRECISION FOOD PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS
E685
E686
E687
E688
TEXTILE, APPAREL, AND FURNISHINGS
MACHINE OPERATORS
Precision Food Production Occupations, n.e.c.
Butchers and Meat Cutters
Bakers
Food Batchmakers
F738 Winding and Twisting Machine
Operators
F739 Knitting, Looping, Taping, and Weaving
Machine Operators
F743 Textile Cutting Machine Operators
F744 Textile Sewing Machine Operators
F745 Shoe Machine Operators
F747 Pressing Machine Operators
F748 Laundering and Dry Cleaning Machine
Operators
PRECISION INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND
RELATED WORKERS
E689 Inspectors, Testers, and Graders
E690 Precision Inspectors, Testers, and Related
Workers, n.e.c.
E693 Adjusters and Calibrators
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSORTED
MATERIALS
PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS
E694
E695
E696
E699
Water and Sewage Treatment Plant Operators
Power Plant Operators
Stationary Engineers
Miscellaneous Plant and System Operators,
n.e.c.
F753
F754
F755
F756
F757
Major group F:
F758
MACHINE OPERATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND
INSPECTORS
F759
METALWORKING AND PLASTIC WORKING
MACHINE OPERATORS
F703
F704
F705
F706
F707
F708
F709
F713
F714
F717
F719
F723
F724
F763
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
F764
F765
F766
F768
F769
F773
F774
F777
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
Motion Picture Projectionists
Photographic Process Machine Operators
Miscellaneous Machine Operators, n.e.c.
FABRICATORS, ASSEMBLERS, AND HAND
WORKING OCCUPATIONS
WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS
F783
F784
F785
F786
F787
Welders and Cutters
Solderers and Brazers
Assemblers
Hand Cutting and Trimming Occupations
Hand Molding, Casting, and Forming Occupations
F789 Hand Painting, Coating, and Decorating
Occupations
F793 Hand Engraving and Printing Occupations
F795 Miscellaneous Hand Working Occupations,
n.e.c.
F726 Wood Lathe, Routing, and Planing Machine
Operators
F727 Sawing Machine Operators
F728 Shaping and Joining Machine Operators
F729 Nailing and Tacking Machine Operators
PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS
F734 Printing Press Operators
F735 Photoengravers and Lithographers
F736 Typesetters and Compositors
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PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, TESTERS, SAMPLERS,
AND WEIGHERS
Major group H:
HANDLERS, EQUIPMENT CLEANERS, HELPERS,
AND LABORERS
F796 Production Inspectors, Checkers, and Examiners
F797 Production Testers
F798 Production Samplers and Weighers
F799 Graders and Sorters, Except Agricultural
F800 Hand Inspectors, n.e.c.
FARM, FISHING, AND FORESTRY OCCUPATIONS NONFARM SECTOR
H483
H484
H485
H486
H487
H489
H494
H495
H496
H497
H498
Major group G:
TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIAL MOVING
OCCUPATIONS
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS
G803
G804
G806
G808
G809
G813
G814
Supervisors: Motor Vehicle Operators
Truck Drivers
Driver-Sales Workers
Bus Drivers
Taxicab Drivers and Chauffeurs
Parking Lot Attendants
Motor Transportation Occupations, n.e.c.
HELPERS, HANDLERS, AND LABORERS
H864 Supervisors: Handlers, Equipment Cleaners,
and Laborers, n.e.c.
H865 Helpers, Mechanics and Repairers
H866 Helpers, Construction Trades
H867 Helpers, Surveyor
H868 Helpers, Extractive Occupations
H869 Construction Laborers
H874 Production Helpers
H875 Garbage Collectors
H876 Stevedores
H877 Stock Handlers and Baggers
H878 Machine Feeders and Offbearers
H883 Freight, Stock, and Material Handlers, n.e.c.
H885 Garage and Service Station Related Occupa
tions
H887 Vehicle Washers and Equipment Cleaners
H888 Hand Packers and Packagers
H889 Laborers, Except Construction, n.e.c.
RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS
G823
G824
G825
G826
Marine Life Cultivation Workers
Nursery Workers
Supervisors: Agriculture-Related Workers
Groundskeepers and Gardeners, Except Farm
Animal Caretakers, Except Farm
Inspectors, Agricultural Products
Supervisors: Forestry and Logging Workers
Forestry Workers, Except Logging
Timber Cutting and Logging Occupations
Captains and Other Officers, Fishing Vessels
Fishers, Hunters, and Trappers
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
Locomotive Operating Occupations
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators
Rail Vehicle Operators, n.e.c.
WATER TRANSPORTATION OCCUPATIONS
G828 Ship Captains and Mates, Except Fishing
Boats
G829 Sailors and Deckhands
G833 Marine Engineers
G834 Bridge, Lock, and Lighthouse Tenders
MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
Major group K:
G843 Supervisors: Material Moving Equipment
Operators
G844 Operating Engineers
G845 Longshore Equipment Operators
G848 Hoist and Winch Operators
G849 Crane and Tower Operators
G853 Excavating and Loading Machine Operators
G855 Grader, Dozer, and Scraper Operators
G856 Industrial Truck and Tractor Equipment
Operators
G859 Miscellaneous Material Moving Equipment
Operators, n.e.c.
SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, EXCEPT PRIVATE
HOUSEHOLD
PROTECTIVE SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
K413 Supervisors: Firefighting and Fire Prevention
Occupations
K414 Supervisors: Police and Detectives
K415 Supervisors: Guards
K416 Fire Inspection and Fire Prevention Occupations
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K446 Health Aides, Except Nursing
K447 Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
K417 Firefighting Occupations
K418 Police and Detectives, Public Service
K423 Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and Other Law Enforcement
Officers
K424 Correctional Institution Officers
K425 Crossing Guards
K426 Guards and Police, Except Public
Service
K427 Protective Service Occupations, n.e.c.
CLEANING AND BUILDING SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
K448 Supervisors: Cleaning and Building Service
Workers
K449 Maids and Housemen
K453 Janitors and Cleaners
K454 Elevator Operators
K455 Pest Control Occupations
FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
K433 Supervisors: Food Preparation and Service
Occupations
K434 Bartenders
K435 Waiters and Waitresses
K436 Cooks
K438 Food Counter, Fountain, and Related
Occupations
K439 Kitchen Workers, Food Preparation
K443 Waiters’/Waitresses’ Assistants
K444 Food Preparation Occupations, n.e.c.
K456
K457
K458
K459
K461
K462
K463
K464
K465
K467
K468
K469
HEALTH SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
K445 Dental Assistants
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Supervisors: Personal Service Occupations
Barbers
Hairdressers and Cosmetologists
Attendants, Amusement and Recreation Facilities
Guides
Ushers
Public Transportation Attendants
Baggage Porters and Bellhops
Welfare Service Aides
Early Childhood Teacher’s Assistants
Child Care Workers, n.e.c.
Service Occupations, n.e.c.
Appendix C.
Generic Leveling Criteria
B
elow are the 10 criteria for the generic leveling of
occupations. The description of each level within a
factor is included. An example of using these criteria for leveling a job follows in appendix D.
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
4. Knowledge of an extensive body of rules, procedures,
operations, products, or services, requiring extended training and experience to perform a wide variety of interrelated
or nonstandard procedural assignments and resolve a wide
range of problems;
OR
Practical knowledge of standard procedures in a technical
field, requiring extended training or experience, to perform
such work as: Adapting equipment when this requires considering the functioning characteristics of equipment; interpreting results of tests based on previous experience and observations (rather than directly reading instruments or other
measures); or extracting information from various sources
when this requires considering the applicability of information and the characteristics and quality of the sources;
OR
Comprehensive knowledge of a blue-collar skill, usually
acquired through a formal apprenticeship;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
KNOWLEDGE measures the nature and extent of information or facts that the workers must understand to do acceptable work (e.g., steps, procedures, practices, rules, policies,
theories, principles, and concepts) and the nature and extent
of the skills needed to apply those forms of knowledge. To be
used as a basis for selecting a level under this factor, the
knowledge must be required and applied.
1. Knowledge of simple, routine, or repetitive tasks or
operations that typically includes following step-by-step
instructions and requires little or no previous training or
experience;
OR
Skill to operate simple equipment or equipment that operates repetitively, requiring little or no previous training or
experience;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
5. Knowledge (such as would be acquired through a pertinent baccalaureate educational program or its equivalent in
experience, training, or independent study) of basic principles, concepts, and methodology of a professional or
administrative occupation, and skill in applying this knowledge in carrying out elementary assignments, operations, or
procedures;
OR
In addition to the practical knowledge of standard procedures in Level 4, practical knowledge of technical methods
to perform assignments such as carrying out limited projects
that involve use of specialized, complicated techniques;
OR
Advanced knowledge of a blue-collar skill to solve unusually complex problems;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
2. Knowledge of basic or commonly used rules, procedures,
or operations that typically requires some previous training
or experience;
OR
Basic skill to operate equipment requiring some previous
training or experience, such as keyboard equipment;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
3. Knowledge of a body of standardized rules, procedures,
operations, goods, services, tools, or equipment, requiring
considerable training and experience to perform the full range
of standard clerical assignments and resolve recurring problems;
OR
Skill, acquired through considerable training and experience, to operate and adjust varied equipment for purposes
such as performing numerous standardized tests or operations;
OR
6. Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methodology
of a professional or administrative occupation, as described
at Level 5, that has been either: (a) Supplemented by skill
gained through job experience to permit independent per173
formance of recurring assignments, or (b) supplemented by
expanded professional or administrative knowledge, gained
through relevant graduate study or experience, that has provided skill in carrying out assignments, operations, and procedures in the occupation that are significantly more difficult and complex than those covered by Level 5;
OR
Practical knowledge of a wide range of technical methods,
principles, and practices similar to a narrow area of a professional field, and skill in applying this knowledge to such
assignments as the design and planning of difficult, but wellprecedented projects;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
the finished assignment; spot-check of finished work for
accuracy; or review only for adherence to policy.
1. For both one-of-a-kind and repetitive tasks, the supervisor makes specific assignments that are accompanied by clear,
detailed, and specific instructions.
The employee works as instructed and consults with the
supervisor as needed on all matters not specifically covered
in the original instructions or guidelines.
For all positions, the work is closely controlled. For some
positions, the control is through the structured nature of the
work itself; for others, it may be controlled by the circumstances in which it is performed. In some situations, the
supervisor maintains control through review of the work,
which may include checking progress or reviewing completed work for accuracy, adequacy, and adherence to instructions and established procedures.
7. Knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and
practices in a professional or administrative occupation, such
as would be gained through extended graduate study or
experience, and skill in applying this knowledge to difficult
and complex work assignments;
OR
A comprehensive, intensive, practical knowledge of a technical field and skill in applying this knowledge to the development of new methods, approaches, or procedures;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
2. The supervisor provides continuing or individual assignments by indicating generally what is to be done, limitations, quality and quantity expected, deadlines, and priority
of assignments. The supervisor provides additional, specific
instructions for new, difficult, or unusual assignments including suggested work methods or advice on source material available.
The employee uses initiative in carrying out recurring
assignments independently without specific instruction, but
refers deviations, problems, and unfamiliar situations not
covered by instructions to the supervisor for decision or help.
The supervisor assures that finished work and methods
used are technically accurate and in compliance with instructions or established procedures. Review of the work
increases with more difficult assignments if the employee
has not previously performed similar assignments.
8. Mastery of a professional or administrative field to:
Apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods;
OR
Make decisions or recommendations significantly changing,
interpreting, or developing important policies or programs;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
3. The supervisor makes assignments by defining objectives,
priorities, and deadlines; and assists employee with unusual
situations that do not have clear precedents.
The employee plans and carries out the successive steps
and handles problems and deviations in the work assignment in accordance with instructions, policies, previous training, or accepted practices in the occupation.
Completed work usually is evaluated for technical soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements. The methods used in arriving at the end results are
not usually reviewed in detail.
9. Mastery of a professional field to generate and develop
new hypotheses and theories;
OR
Equivalent knowledge and skill.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED covers the nature and extent
of direct or indirect controls exercised by the supervisor, the
employee’s responsibility, and the review of completed work.
Controls are exercised by the supervisor in the way assignments are made, instructions are given to the employee, priorities and deadlines are set, and objectives and boundaries
are defined. Responsibility of the employee depends upon
the extent to which the employee is expected to develop the
sequence and timing of various aspects of the work, to modify
or recommend modification of instructions, and to participate in establishing priorities and defining objectives. The
degree of review of completed work depends upon the
nature and extent of the review, e.g., close and detailed
review of each phase of the assignment; detailed review of
4. The supervisor sets the overall objectives and resources
available. The employee and supervisor, in consultation,
develop the deadlines, projects, and work to be done.
At this level, the employee, having developed expertise
in the line of work, is responsible for planning and carrying
out the assignment; resolving most of the conflicts that arise;
coordinating the work with others as necessary; and interpreting policy on own initiative in terms of established
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mines the approach to be taken and the methodology to be
used. The employee keeps the supervisor informed of
progress, potentially controversial matters, or far-reaching
implications.
Completed work is reviewed only from an overall standpoint in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other work,
or effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected results.
2. Procedures for doing the work have been established and
a number of specific guidelines are available.
The number and similarity of guidelines and work situations require the employee to use judgment in locating and
selecting the most appropriate guidelines, references, and
procedures for application, and in making minor deviations
to adapt the guidelines in specific cases. At this level, the
employee may also determine which of several established
alternatives to use. Situations to which the existing guidelines cannot be applied or significant proposed deviations
from the guidelines are referred to the supervisor.
5. The supervisor provides administrative direction with
assignments in terms of broadly defined missions or functions.
The employee has responsibility for planning, designing, and carrying out programs, projects, studies, or other
work independently.
Results of the work are considered as technically authoritative and are normally accepted without significant change.
If the work should be reviewed, the review concerns such
matters as fulfillment of program objectives, effect of advice
and influence on the overall program, or the contribution to
the advancement of technology. Recommendations for new
projects and alteration of objectives usually are evaluated
for such considerations as availability of funds and other
resources, broad program goals, or priorities.
3. Guidelines are available, but are not completely applicable to the work or have gaps in specificity.
The employee uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as policies, regulations, precedents, and
work directions for application to specific cases or problems.
The employee analyzes results and recommends changes.
4. Administrative policies and precedents are applicable but
are stated in general terms. Guidelines for performing the
work are scarce or of limited use.
The employee uses initiative and resourcefulness in
deviating from traditional methods or researching trends and
patterns to develop new methods, criteria, or proposed new
policies.
GUIDELINES covers the nature of guidelines and the judgment needed to apply them. Guidelines used include, for
example: Desk manuals, established procedures and policies, traditional practices, and reference materials such as
dictionaries, style manuals, engineering handbooks, and the
pharmacopoeia.
Individual jobs in different occupations vary in the specificity, applicability and availability of the guidelines for performance of assignments. Consequently, the constraints and
judgmental demands placed upon employees also vary. For
example, the existence of specific instructions, procedures, and
policies may limit the opportunity of the employee to make or
recommend decisions or actions. However, in the absence of
procedures or under broadly stated objectives, employees in
some occupations may use considerable judgment in researching literature and developing new methods.
Guidelines should not be confused with the forms of
knowledge described under Factor 1, Knowledge. Guidelines either provide reference data or impose certain constraints on the use of knowledge. For example, in the field
of medical technology, there may be three or four standardized tests for a particular diagnosis set forth in a technical
manual. A medical technologist is expected to know these
diagnostic tests. However, in a given laboratory, the policy
may be to use only one of the tests; or the policy may state
specifically under what conditions one or the other of these
tests may be used.
5. Guidelines are broadly stated and nonspecific, e.g., broad
policy statements and basic legislation that require extensive interpretation.
The employee must use judgment and ingenuity in interpreting the intent of the guidelines that do exist and in developing applications to specific areas of work. Frequently,
the employee is recognized as a technical authority in the
development and interpretation of guidelines.
COMPLEXITY covers the nature, number, variety, and
intricacy of tasks, steps, processes, or methods in the work
performed; the difficulty in identifying what needs to be done;
and the difficulty and originality involved in performing the
work.
1. The work consists of tasks that are clear-cut and directly
related.
There is little or no choice to be made in deciding what
needs to be done.
Actions to be taken or responses to be made are readily
discernible. The work is quickly mastered.
2. The work consists of duties that involve related steps,
processes, or methods.
The decision regarding what needs to be done involves
various choices requiring the employee to recognize the existence of and differences among a few easily recognizable
situations.
Actions to be taken or responses to be made differ in re-
1. Specific, detailed guidelines covering all important aspects of the assignment are provided to the employee. The
employee works in strict adherence to the guidelines; deviations must be authorized by the supervisor.
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gard to such things as the source of information, the kind of
transactions or entries, or other matters of a factual nature.
information to properly understand and evaluate the impact
of the position. The scope of the work completes the picture,
allowing consistent evaluations. Only the effect of properly
performed work is to be considered.
3. The work includes various duties involving different and
unrelated processes and methods.
The decision regarding what needs to be done depends
upon the analysis of the subject, phase, or issues involved in
each assignment, and the chosen course of action may have
to be selected from many alternatives.
The work involves conditions and elements that must be
identified and analyzed to discern interrelationships.
1. The work involves the performance of specific, routine
operations that include a few separate tasks or procedures.
The work product or service is required to facilitate the
work of others; however, it has little impact beyond the immediate organizational unit or beyond the timely provision
of limited services to others.
4. The work typically includes varied duties requiring many
different and unrelated processes and methods, such as those
relating to well-established aspects of an administrative or
professional field.
Decisions regarding what needs to be done include the
assessment of unusual circumstances, variations in approach,
and incomplete or conflicting data.
The work requires making many decisions concerning
such things as the interpreting of considerable data, planning of the work, or refining the methods and techniques to
be used.
2. The work involves the execution of specific rules, regulations, or procedures and typically comprises a complete segment of an assignment or project of broader scope.
The work product or service affects the accuracy, reliability, or acceptability of further processes or services.
3. The work involves treating a variety of conventional problems, questions, or situations in conformance with established criteria.
The work product or service affects the design or operation of systems, programs, or equipment; the adequacy of
such activities as field investigations, testing operations, or
research conclusions; or the social, physical, and economic
well-being of persons.
5. The work includes varied duties requiring many different
and unrelated processes and methods applied to a broad range
of activities or substantial depth of analysis, typically for an
administrative or professional field.
Decisions regarding what needs to be done include major
areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology, or interpretation and evaluation processes resulting from such elements
as continuing changes in program, technological developments, unknown phenomena, or conflicting requirements.
The work requires originating new techniques, establishing criteria, or developing new information.
4. The work involves establishing criteria; formulating
projects; assessing program effectiveness; or investigating
or analyzing variety of unusual conditions, problems, or
questions.
The work product or service affects a wide range of
establishment activities, major activities of industrial concerns, or the operation of other organizations.
5. The work involves isolating and defining unknown conditions, resolving critical problems, or developing new theories.
The work product or service affects the work of other experts, the development of major aspects of administrative or
scientific programs or missions, or the well-being of substantial numbers of people.
6. The work consists of broad functions and processes of an
administrative or professional field. Assignments are characterized by breadth and intensity of effort and involve several phases being pursued concurrently or sequentially with
the support of others within or outside of the organization.
Decisions regarding what needs to be done include largely
undefined issues and elements, requiring extensive probing
and analysis to determine the nature and scope of the problems.
The work requires continuing efforts to establish concepts,
theories, or programs, or to resolve unyielding problems.
6. The work involves planning, developing, and carrying
out vital administrative or scientific programs.
The programs are essential to the missions of the overall
organization or affect large numbers of people on a longterm or continuing basis.
SCOPE AND EFFECT covers the relationship between the
nature of the work, i.e., the purpose, breadth, and depth of
the assignment, and the effect of work products or services
both within and outside the organization.
Effect measures such things as whether the work output
facilitates the work of others, provides timely services of a
personal nature, or affects the adequacy of research conclusions. The concept of effect alone does not provide sufficient
PERSONAL CONTACTS includes face-to-face contacts
and telephone and radio dialogue with persons not in the
supervisory chain. (NOTE: Personal contacts with supervisors are covered under Factor 2, Supervision Received.)
Levels described under this factor are based on what is required to make the initial contact, the difficulty of communicating with those contacted, and the setting in which the
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contact takes place (e.g., the degree to which the employee
and those contacted recognize their relative roles and
authorities).
Above the lowest level, points should be credited under
this factor only for contacts that are essential for successful
performance of the work, and that have a demonstrable
impact on the difficulty and responsibility of the work performed.
The relationship of Factors 6 (Personal Contacts) and 7
(Purpose of Contacts) presumes that the same contacts will
be evaluated for both factors. Therefore, the personal contacts that serve as the basis for the level selected for Factor 7
are used as the basis for selecting a level for Factor 6.
relatively inaccessible; arrangements may have to be made
for accompanying staff members; appointments may have
to be made well in advance; each party may be very unclear
as to the role and authority of the other; and each contact
may be conducted under different ground rules). Typical of
contacts at this level are those with presidents of large national or international firms, nationally recognized representatives of the news media, presidents of national unions,
members of Congress, leading representatives of foreign
governments, State governors, or mayors of large cities.
PURPOSE OF CONTACTS ranges from factual exchanges
of information to situations involving significant or controversial issues and differing viewpoints, goals, or objectives.
The personal contacts that serve as the basis for the level
selected for this factor must be the same as the contacts that
are the basis for the level selected for Factor 6.
1. The personal contacts are with employees within the immediate organization, office, project, or work unit, and in
related or support units;
AND/OR
The contacts are with members of the general public in very
highly structured situations (e.g., the purpose of the contact
and the question of whom to deal with are relatively clear).
Typical of contacts at this level are purchases of admission
tickets at a ticket window.
1. The purpose is to obtain, clarify, or give facts or information, regardless of the nature of those facts, i.e., the facts or
information may range from easily understood to highly technical.
2. The purpose is to plan, coordinate, or advise on work
efforts or to resolve operating problems by influencing or
motivating individuals or groups who are working toward
mutual goals and who have basically cooperative attitudes.
2. The personal contacts are with employees in the same
overall organization, but outside the immediate organization. People contacted generally are engaged in different
functions, missions, and kinds of work, and might include
representatives from various levels within the overall organizations such as headquarters, district offices, or local offices, plants, stores, or other operating units in the immediate installation;
AND/OR
The contacts are with members of the general public, as individuals or groups, in a moderately structured setting (e.g.,
the contacts are generally established on a routine basis, usually at the employee’s work place; the exact purpose of the
contact may be unclear at first to one or more of the parties;
and one or more of the parties may be uninformed concerning the role and authority of other participants).
3. The purpose is to influence, motivate, convince, or question persons or groups. Those contacted may be hesitant or
skeptical, so the employee must be skillful in approaching
the individual or group in order to obtain the desired response;
OR
The purpose is to interrogate or control persons or groups
who may be fearful, uncooperative, or dangerous. Therefore, the employee must be skillful in approaching the individual or group in order to obtain the desired effect, such as
gaining compliance with established policies and regulations
by persuasion or negotiation, or gaining information by establishing rapport with a suspicious informant.
3. The personal contacts are with individuals or groups from
outside the employing establishment in a moderately unstructured setting (e.g., the contacts are not established on a
routine basis; the purpose and extent of each contact are
different and the role and authority of each party are identified and developed during the course of the contact). Typical of contacts at this level are those with persons in their
capacities as attorneys; contractors; or representatives of
professional organizations, the news media, or public
action groups.
4. The purpose is to justify, defend, negotiate, or settle matters involving significant or controversial issues. Work at
this level usually involves active participation in conferences,
meetings, hearings, or presentations involving problems or
issues of considerable consequence or importance. The persons contacted typically have diverse viewpoints, goals, or
objectives requiring the employee to achieve a common understanding of the problem and a satisfactory solution by
convincing them, arriving at a compromise, or developing
suitable alternatives.
4. The personal contacts are with high-ranking officials from
outside the employing establishment at national or international levels in highly unstructured settings (e.g., contacts
are characterized by problems such as: the officials may be
PHYSICAL DEMANDS covers the requirements and
physical demands placed on the employee by the work assignment. This includes physical characteristics and abili177
ties (e.g., specific agility and dexterity requirements) and
the physical exertion involved in the work (e.g., climbing,
lifting, pushing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching,
crawling, or reaching). To some extent, the frequency or
intensity of physical exertion must also be considered, e.g.,
a job requiring prolonged standing involves more physical
exertion than a job requiring intermittent standing.
2. The work involves moderate risks or discomforts that
require special safety precautions, e.g., working around moving parts, carts, or machines; with contagious diseases or
irritant chemicals; etc. Employees may be required to use
protective clothing or gear such as masks, gowns, coats,
boots, goggles, gloves, or shields.
3. The work environment involves high risks of exposure to
potentially dangerous situations or unusual environmental
stress that require a range of safety and other precautions,
e.g., working at great heights under extreme outdoor weather
conditions, subject to possible physical attack or mob conditions, or in similar situations where conditions cannot be
controlled.
1. The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit
comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some
walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as
papers, books, or small parts; driving an automobile, etc.
No special physical demands are required to perform the
work.
2. The work requires some physical exertion, such as long
periods of standing; walking over rough, uneven, or rocky
surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities; recurring lifting of moderately heavy items such as personal computers and record
boxes. The work may require specific, but common, physical characteristics and abilities such as above-average agility and dexterity.
SUPERVISORY DUTIES describes the level of supervisory responsibility for a position.
1. No supervisory responsibility.
2. A nonsupervisory position. Incumbent sets the pace of
work for the group and shows other workers in the group
how to perform assigned tasks. Commonly performs the same
work as the group, in addition to lead duties. Can also be
called group leader, team leader, or lead worker.
3. The work requires considerable and strenuous physical
exertion such as frequent climbing of tall ladders, lifting
heavy objects over 50 pounds, crouching or crawling in
restricted areas, and defending oneself or others against
physical attack.
3. Directs staff through face to face meetings. Organizational
structure is not complex and internal and administrative
procedures are simple. Performing the same work as subordinates is not the principal duty. Typically, this is the first
supervisory level.
WORK ENVIRONMENT considers the risks and discomforts in the employee’s physical surroundings or the nature
of the work assignment and the safety regulations required.
Although the use of safety precautions can practically eliminate a certain danger or discomfort, such situations typically place additional demands upon the employee in complying with safety regulations and techniques.
4. Directs staff through intermediate supervisors. Internal
procedures and administrative controls are formal. Organizational structure is complex and is divided into subordinate groups that may differ from each other as to subject
matter and function.
1. The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of
such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe
work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and
falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic.
5. Directs staff through two or more subordinate supervisory levels with several subdivisions at each level. Programs
are usually interlocked on a direct and continuing basis with
other organizational segments, requiring constant attention
to extensive formal coordination, clearances, and procedural
controls.
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Appendix D.
Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs
T
o compare data on their firm’s jobs with statistics contained in this bulletin, data users need to be able to
determine their jobs’ work levels. Using the example
of a dental hygienist, this appendix will go through the procedure for determining the work level of a particular job.
To determine the work level of a job, it must be evaluated
using the generic leveling factors. With the information available, such as a written position description and other knowledge of the job, each factor must be reviewed. Comparing
that information to the descriptions of each level within a
factor as shown in appendix C, the level best matching the job
should be chosen and recorded. (Note that the number of
levels varies by factor.)
Scope and effect
In terms of process, the dentist’s work follows the hygienist’s.
In terms of effect, the hygienist’s doing a thorough cleaning
in preparation for the dentist’s work allows the dentist to do
a complete exam and properly treat the patient.
Generic leveling: an example
Purpose of contacts
Most of hygienist’s interaction is with patients; no planning
or coordination work is involved.
Level 2.
Personal contacts
Patients come to the clinic or, occasionally, the hygienist
will travel to perform work or give a talk at a school.
Level 2.
Knowledge
Hygienist must have a dental hygienist license, which
requires 2 years of schooling and passage of a technical exam.
This is a mid-level hygienist job, which means that a worker
must have at least 3 years of experience. The procedures are
essentially the same every day, such as cleaning teeth, checking gums, and taking x-rays.
Level 1.
Physical demands
The work is sedentary.
Level 1.
Level 4.
Work environment
Hygienist must take precautions not to be exposed to x-rays,
punctures, etc.
Supervision received
Most of the tasks are performed without supervision. For
more complicated procedures, such as tooth filling, the dental hygienist assists the dentist.
Level 2.
Level 2.
Supervisory duties
A dental hygienist at this level does not supervise anyone.
Guidelines
A hygienist knows which procedure to use for different dental problems. Unusual situations are handled after checking
with the supervisor.
Level 1.
Assigning points
Once the correct level has been identified within each factor, the points associated with each level are recorded. Summing the points for all factors gives the total points for the
job. Using the factors above and the table at the end of this
section showing the points associated with each level within
a factor, a sample worksheet was filled out for the dental
hygienist position.
Level 2.
Complexity
Each procedure performed leads to the next, for example,
examining gums, scraping plaque, then cleaning teeth.
Level 2.
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Generic leveling worksheet
Point ranges by work level
Company job title: Dental Hygienist
Factor
Range of Generic Level Points
Level
Points
Level
Low
Knowledge
4
550
Supervision received
2
125
Guidelines