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Occupational
Compensation Survey:
Pay Only

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—
New Jersey, Metropolitan Area,
October 1995

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bulletin 3080-45

________________________________________________________________
Preface
This bulletin provides results of an October 1995 survey of occupational
pay in the Philadelphia, PA—NJ Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area.
This survey was conducted as part of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Compensation Survey Program. Data from this program are
for use in implementing the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of
1990. The survey was conducted by the Bureau's regional office in
Philadelphia, under the direction of John W. Filemyr, Assistant Regional
Commissioner for Operations. Data were collected by Robert Bobin,
Chris Fahey, Frank Hayden, Brian McNamara, Tara Price, Mike Radella,
Mary Reichley, and Nancy Shamonsky. Regional review was conducted
by Chuck Parys under the supervision of Dennis Polini, Team Leader.
Statistical support was provided by Elizabeth Hundley. Harry Davey of
the Statistical Methods Group was responsible for the statistical
procedures. Kimberly Lacey of the Division of Compensation and Data
Estimation reviewed the aggregate data and prepared this bulletin.
The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of
the

many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data
included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their
cooperation.
For additional information regarding this survey or similar surveys
conducted in this regional area, please contact the BLS Philadelphia
Regional Office at (215) 596-1154. You may also write to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics at: Division of Occupational Pay and Employee Benefits,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C. 20212-0001 or call the
Occupational Compensation Survey Program information line at (202)
606-6220.
Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate
credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be
made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice
phone: (202) 606-STAT; TDD phone: (202) 606-5897; TDD message
referral phone: 1-800-326-2577.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Publications Sales Center, P.O. Box 2145,
Chicago, IL 60690-2145.

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government

For an account of a similar survey conducted in 1994, see

Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, GPO bookstores, and the

Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay Only, Philadelphia, PA—
NJ, BLS Bulletin 3075-63.

Occupational
Compensation Survey:
Pay Only

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—
New Jersey, Metropolitan Area,
October 1995

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Department of Labor
Robert B. Reich, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner
May 1996
Bulletin 3080-45

Contents
Page

Page

Introduction ...............................................................................................................

2

Tables—Continued

Tables:
Establishments employing 500 workers or more:
All establishments:
A-1.

administrative occupations .........................................................
A-2.

3

Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective
service occupations ....................................................................

8

A-3.

Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations ...............................

10

A-4.

Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom
occupations ................................................................................

A-5.

Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective
service occupations ....................................................................

22

A-8.

Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations ...............................

24

A-9.

Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom

A-10.

Hourly pay of material movement and custodial

occupations ................................................................................
occupations ................................................................................

27
29

13

Hourly pay of material movement and custodial
occupations ................................................................................

15
Appendixes:

Establishments employing 500 workers or more:
A-6.

A-7.

Weekly hours and pay of professional and

Weekly hours and pay of professional and
administrative occupations .........................................................

17

A.

Scope and method of survey .........................................................

A-1

B.

Occupational descriptions ..............................................................

B-1

Introduction

(2) adding more professional, administrative, technical, and protective service
occupations to the surveys.

This survey of occupational pay in the Philadelphia, PA—NJ Primary
Metropolitan Statistical Area (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and
Philadelphia Counties, PA; and Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties, NJ)
was conducted as part of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
Compensation Survey Program. The survey is one of a number conducted
annually in metropolitan areas throughout the United States. (See listing of reports
for other surveys at the end of this bulletin.)
A major objective of the Occupational Compensation Survey Program is to
describe the level and distribution of occupational pay in a variety of the Nation's
local labor markets, using a consistent survey approach. Another Program
objective is to provide information on the incidence of employee benefits among
and within local labor markets. However, no benefits data were collected for this
survey.
The Program develops information that is used for a variety of purposes,
including wage and salary administration, collective bargaining, and assistance in
determining business or plant location. Survey results also are used by the U.S.
Department of Labor in making wage determinations under the Service Contract
Act, and by the President's Pay Agent (the Secretary of Labor and Directors of the
U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget) in determining local pay adjustments under the Federal Employee Pay
Comparability Act of 1990. This latter requirement resulted in: (1) Expanding the
survey's industrial coverage to include all private nonfarm establishments (except

Pay
The A-series tables provide estimates of straight-time weekly or hourly pay by
occupation. Tables A-1 through A-5 provide data for selected white- and bluecollar occupations common to a variety of industries. Tables A-6 through A-10
include similar information, but are limited to establishments employing 500
workers or more.
Occupational pay information is presented for all industries covered by the
survey and, where possible, for private industry (e.g., for goods- and serviceproducing industries) and for State and local governments. Within private
industry, more detailed information is presented to the extent that the survey
establishment sample can support such detail.
Appendixes
Appendix A describes the concepts, methods, and coverage used in the
Occupational Compensation Survey Program. It also includes information on the
area's industrial composition and the reliability of occupational pay estimates.
Appendix B includes the descriptions used by Bureau field economists to classify
workers in the survey occupations.

2

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

2600
2800

PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Accountants
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

286
275
104
104
171

39.1
39.2
40.0
40.0
38.7

$502
502
527
527
486

$491
491
519
519
481

$446
446
446
446
446

–
–
–
–
–

$534
538
610
610
534

5
5
–
–
8

48
48
41
41
52

34
33
24
24
39

13
13
34
34
1

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

1,377
1,202
448
448
754
33
175

39.0
39.3
39.8
39.8
39.0
39.6
36.5

636
641
651
651
635
568
603

631
631
631
631
626
–
587

577
577
609
609
577
–
559

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

687
689
692
692
687
–
654

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2
2
–
–
3
–
2

34
30
22
22
35
91
59

45
47
55
55
42
9
33

14
15
18
18
13
–
6

5
6
4
4
7
–
1

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

1,777
1,627
426
352
1,201
95
150

39.1
39.4
39.9
39.9
39.2
39.0
36.7

788
788
852
862
766
800
788

788
784
875
885
770
788
827

698
712
746
746
696
712
678

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

865
875
942
951
800
942
827

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
–
–

25
23
11
8
28
24
44

32
34
23
24
38
44
4

25
24
27
21
22
3
42

13
14
32
38
8
23
1

4
4
7
9
3
4
5

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
1
–

( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

563
490
212
182
278
28
73

39.0
39.3
39.9
39.9
38.8
39.6
37.3

1,025
1,047
1,052
1,066
1,044
951
873

1,030
1,038
1,041
1,081
1,038
–
844

889
889
889
889
925
–
844

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1,139
1,154
1,175
1,192
1,145
–
898

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2
2
–
–
4
43
3

2
2
1
1
3
–
7

27
21
32
32
13
7
66

10
9
4
5
13
4
14

30
33
25
19
38
11
11

11
12
17
20
9
4
–

13
16
14
16
17
18
–

3
4
7
8
1
14
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

104
85
53
53
19

39.2
39.6
40.0
40.0
37.6

1,349
1,410
1,438
1,438
1,077

1,383
1,416
–
–
1,030

1,147
1,286
–
–
951

–
–
–
–
–

1,512
1,523
–
–
1,244

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

9
–
–
–
47

13
14
15
15
11

4
4
–
–
5

17
13
9
9
37

13
15
9
9
–

18
22
30
30
–

7
8
6
6
–

13
16
21
21
–

6
7
9
9
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Accountants, Public
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

223
223
223

39.1
39.1
39.1

548
548
548

596
596
596

450
450
450

–
–
–

638
638
638

–
–
–

45
45
45

7
7
7

48
48
48

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

436
436
436

39.3
39.3
39.3

664
664
664

688
688
688

615
615
615

–
–
–

725
725
725

–
–
–

–
–
–

22
22
22

48
48
48

30
30
30

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

196
196
196

39.0
39.0
39.0

805
805
805

817
817
817

760
760
760

–
–
–

846
846
846

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

10
10
10

23
23
23

55
55
55

12
12
12

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

3

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

2600
2800

– $1,100
–
1,100
–
1,100

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

4
4
4

24
24
24

29
29
29

17
17
17

17
17
17

9
9
9

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Middle range

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

229
229
229

39.0
39.0
39.0

$1,002
1,002
1,002

$987
987
987

$885
885
885

Attorneys
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

116
104

36.0
35.8

649
636

607
598

552
552

–
–

743
699

–
–

–
–

45
50

27
28

22
14

7
8

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

286
88

35.9
36.8

933
838

921
787

851
778

–
–

1,067
885

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
8

20
56

5
14

45
8

21
7

2
7

2
1

–
–

2
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

372
310
304
62

37.7
37.8
37.8
37.4

1,300
1,346
1,341
1,072

1,288
1,327
1,327
1,083

1,167
1,245
1,245
991

–
–
–
–

1,442
1,442
1,442
1,156

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
–
–
8

4
–
–
24

5
–
–
29

21
20
20
24

20
22
23
11

16
19
19
3

20
24
24
–

8
10
8
–

3
4
4
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

277
225
186
52

38.3
38.5
38.1
37.5

1,609
1,664
1,672
1,372

1,658
1,685
1,731
1,425

1,500
1,569
1,569
1,316

–
–
–
–

1,731
1,731
1,731
1,454

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
–
–
4

2
1
1
8

3
1
1
12

5
1
1
25

13
6
7
46

24
28
24
4

12
15
12
2

33
40
44
–

1
2
2
–

4
5
6
–

1
1
2
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

194
187
186

38.4
38.4
38.4

1,790
1,794
1,792

1,768
1,769
1,769

1,678
1,685
1,685

–
–
–

1,769
1,769
1,769

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

9
8
8

25
25
25

44
45
46

–
–
–

11
11
11

5
5
5

3
3
2

2
2
2

1
1
1

Engineers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

580
556
342
332
214

39.8
39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0

674
677
696
702
646

683
692
693
699
669

635
635
658
661
577

–
–
–
–
–

721
724
740
740
677

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

19
18
6
3
38

44
43
46
47
38

35
36
46
47
21

2
2
3
3
1

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,452
1,293
1,104
1,094
189
159

39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.9
38.2

785
792
795
795
775
729

781
788
784
785
788
728

723
727
730
727
708
667

–
–
–
–
–
–

844
850
850
850
847
778

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
2
2

18
15
15
15
19
39

41
42
40
40
49
38

31
33
34
34
27
18

7
8
9
9
2
3

2
2
2
2
1
1

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

3,623
3,435
2,844
2,824
591
188

39.8
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
37.7

997
1,004
1,012
1,011
965
875

972
986
986
981
991
831

865
871
881
879
854
802

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,096
1,102
1,114
1,113
1,056
936

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
( 3)
–

7
7
6
6
8
10

25
24
23
23
29
49

22
22
23
23
14
32

21
21
19
19
32
6

11
11
11
11
12
3

7
7
8
8
5
–

3
4
4
4
–
–

3
3
4
4
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

3,430
3,230
2,454
2,424
776
200

39.8
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.8
38.2

1,176
1,184
1,181
1,183
1,191
1,045

1,154
1,160
1,160
1,160
1,162
1,018

1,045
1,058
1,057
1,058
1,060
1,018

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,282
1,288
1,285
1,288
1,292
1,084

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
1
1
1
1
11

9
9
10
10
8
3

22
19
20
20
16
73

26
27
27
27
28
4

19
20
19
19
24
4

12
13
14
14
11
1

5
6
5
5
8
1

2
2
2
2
3
( 3)

2
2
2
2
3
( )
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

4

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

2600
2800

– $1,545
–
1,552
–
1,570
–
1,572
–
1,396

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

5
5
4
4
11

12
11
8
9
20

15
13
13
13
17

23
24
23
23
29

13
14
16
15
5

16
17
17
17
16

12
12
14
14
3

4
4
5
5
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Middle range

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

2,093
2,023
1,673
1,653
350

39.8
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.6

$1,399
1,405
1,426
1,426
1,305

$1,384
1,391
1,412
1,416
1,304

$1,258
1,283
1,306
1,301
1,168

Level VI .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

907
892
692
692

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0

1,668
1,673
1,705
1,705

1,673
1,673
1,723
1,723

1,425
1,425
1,425
1,425

–
–
–
–

1,827
1,836
1,852
1,852

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)

1
1
1
1

2
2
1
1

11
10
9
9

18
18
17
17

9
9
7
7

12
12
12
12

18
18
17
17

12
12
13
13

5
5
7
7

8
8
11
11

2
2
3
3

1
1
1
1

–
–
–
–

Budget Analysts
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

112
65
47

38.2
39.4
36.6

622
657
573

628
–
557

555
–
489

–
–
–

680
–
638

–
–
–

19
–
45

22
20
26

41
54
23

16
26
2

2
–
4

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

110
85
74
25

38.8
39.2
39.1
37.3

824
833
819
795

808
840
–
–

785
785
–
–

–
–
–
–

889
923
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

14
16
19
4

20
19
22
24

43
35
39
68

24
29
20
4

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV:
State and local government ..................

31

38.0

957

994

894

–

1,018

–

–

–

–

3

32

16

48

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Buyers/Contracting Specialists
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Service-producing industries ............

117
112
53
59

38.8
38.9
40.0
37.8

540
537
543
533

525
525
–
–

481
481
–
–

–
–
–
–

546
534
–
–

–
–
–
–

34
36
55
19

50
49
19
76

9
8
11
5

6
6
13
–

1
1
2
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

710
599
279
274
320
111

38.8
39.3
39.6
39.7
39.1
35.8

665
656
700
697
618
714

660
641
684
684
605
729

593
585
596
596
567
673

–
–
–
–
–
–

727
704
775
757
674
737

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
–
–
6
1

33
38
32
32
43
9

28
30
22
22
38
16

25
18
25
25
12
65

8
8
17
15
1
9

2
3
5
5
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

313
295
219
219
76
18

39.6
39.8
39.7
39.7
40.0
37.9

896
902
930
930
820
802

873
873
894
894
–
802

788
788
873
873
–
754

–
–
–
–
–
–

991
991
994
994
–
882

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

7
7
–
–
26
6

19
19
16
16
26
28

35
33
34
34
32
61

22
23
30
30
1
6

9
9
11
11
5
–

7
7
9
9
4
–

1
1
–
–
4
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................

51

40.0

1,190

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

14

4

27

37

12

4

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS

See footnotes at end of table.

5

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

2600
2800

Computer Programmers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................

164
149

39.5
39.7

$576
582

$538
538

$523
538

–
–

$596
606

–
–

3
3

73
70

8
8

15
16

2
2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

774
750
576

39.0
39.1
38.8

673
674
640

667
669
635

596
596
577

–
–
–

740
743
692

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)

27
27
33

41
40
48

21
21
16

10
10
2

2
2
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

1,376
1,341
237
235
1,104
50
35

39.0
39.0
39.9
39.9
38.9
39.1
37.0

775
776
886
886
752
764
759

751
750
880
879
732
746
775

692
692
738
738
673
712
744

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

837
841
971
975
801
752
782

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
1
1
3
–
–

24
25
–
–
30
2
14

40
39
30
30
41
82
77

21
21
24
24
20
10
9

8
8
26
26
4
–
–

2
3
8
9
1
–
–

2
2
8
9
( 3)
6
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
2
2
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

733
697
635

39.7
39.8
39.8

962
969
950

962
973
958

858
865
854

–
–
–

1,052
1,056
1,038

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
–
–

11
10
11

21
22
24

25
24
26

29
31
32

9
9
7

3
3
( )

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Computer Systems Analysts
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

477
425
84
84
341
52

39.4
39.4
39.9
39.9
39.3
38.7

800
808
753
753
821
733

787
795
721
721
814
724

692
698
692
692
734
636

–
–
–
–
–
–

877
889
788
788
889
788

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
4
7
7
3
–

24
22
30
30
21
38

28
27
39
39
24
40

27
27
11
11
31
21

9
10
11
11
10
–

6
7
2
2
8
–

3
3
–
–
4
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,940
1,869
446
446
1,423
71

38.7
38.8
39.9
39.9
38.5
37.0

927
927
963
963
916
909

915
921
963
963
903
894

846
846
885
885
842
891

–
–
–
–
–
–

999
999
1,038
1,038
981
962

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

1
1
1
1
1
1

10
10
8
8
10
13

33
33
21
21
36
49

30
31
31
31
31
15

18
18
33
33
13
20

5
5
4
4
5
1

2
2
1
1
2
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,862
1,805
352
352
1,453
57

38.9
38.9
40.0
40.0
38.7
37.3

1,055
1,056
1,120
1,120
1,041
1,011

1,039
1,044
1,127
1,127
1,029
1,018

976
977
1,038
1,038
962
962

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,142
1,146
1,190
1,190
1,113
1,018

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
2

1
1
1
1
1
2

7
7
2
2
8
7

24
24
10
10
28
26

34
34
28
28
35
46

22
23
38
38
19
4

8
8
15
15
6
14

3
3
6
6
3
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Computer Systems Analyst
Supervisors/Managers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

219
189
119
30

38.8
39.2
38.7
36.6

1,216
1,221
1,171
1,180

1,212
1,223
1,163
1,165

1,092
1,058
1,027
1,092

–
–
–
–

1,356
1,360
1,346
1,260

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
2
–

2
3
2
–

6
7
12
–

20
19
23
27

19
17
23
33

18
15
11
40

19
22
18
–

11
13
10
–

3
4
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

6

3

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

2600
2800

– $1,427
–
1,427
–
–
–
–
–
1,410

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

4
4
2
2
5

15
15
6
6
17

20
20
41
41
17

28
28
6
6
32

18
18
9
9
20

8
8
9
9
8

4
3
9
9
2

3
3
19
19
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Middle range

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

351
350
54
54
296

39.0
39.0
39.8
39.8
38.8

$1,334
1,333
1,417
1,417
1,318

$1,323
1,323
–
–
1,322

$1,214
1,214
–
–
1,213

Personnel Specialists
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........

840
785
221
214
564
29

39.0
39.1
39.4
39.5
38.9
37.8

616
610
649
652
594
634

612
597
619
642
579
–

538
538
577
584
534
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

674
673
691
691
654
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

12
13
5
6
16
10

35
37
24
22
43
14

34
33
48
50
27
66

13
12
13
13
12
10

5
4
9
9
2
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

1,032
924
208
716
35
108

38.3
38.5
39.7
38.2
38.4
36.7

785
784
817
774
725
794

773
773
770
773
–
802

714
693
654
709
–
729

–
–
–
–
–
–

868
865
913
865
–
878

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

5
5
–
6
–
4

19
21
30
18
40
5

29
27
23
28
31
41

32
31
11
37
26
39

14
14
29
10
3
10

1
1
4
( 3)
–
2

1
1
4
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

673
619
129
129
490
40
54

38.6
38.8
39.6
39.6
38.5
37.5
37.3

1,034
1,035
1,086
1,086
1,021
977
1,023

1,038
1,048
1,135
1,135
1,038
971
1,018

942
942
1,038
1,038
935
923
929

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1,135
1,135
1,154
1,154
1,096
1,000
1,075

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
–
–
–
–
–
4

4
4
9
9
3
–
–

14
15
4
4
17
10
4

21
21
5
5
25
60
30

30
29
19
19
32
20
41

20
21
53
53
12
2
7

8
8
3
3
9
7
15

2
2
7
7
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

188
185
106
96
79

39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.4

1,266
1,264
1,269
1,233
1,257

1,244
1,244
1,212
1,210
–

1,129
1,129
1,129
1,126
–

–
–
–
–
–

1,381
1,381
1,280
1,264
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

6
6
–
–
15

10
10
12
14
8

23
23
29
32
15

27
26
36
40
14

16
16
3
3
33

5
5
1
1
10

4
4
7
7
–

7
8
9
–
5

2
2
3
3
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Personnel Supervisors/Managers
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................

69
68

38.2
38.1

1,341
1,340

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
1

–
–

26
26

12
12

20
21

26
25

3
3

6
6

4
4

–
–

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Tax Collectors
Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

212
212

37.5
37.5

553
553

518
518

518
518

–
–

518
518

–
–

1
1

82
82

14
14

( 3)
( 3)

3
3

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.

7

Table A-2. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
325

325
350

350
375

375
400

400
425

425
450

450
475

475
500

500
525

525
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
Computer Operators
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

813
740
137
137
603
73

38.7
39.0
39.8
39.8
38.8
35.8

$458
453
459
459
451
510

$473
463
413
413
467
519

$405
405
408
408
401
519

–
–
–
–
–
–

$519
502
527
527
500
519

2
2
–
–
2
–

4
4
–
–
5
–

9
10
4
4
11
–

6
7
12
12
6
1

17
18
35
35
14
5

5
6
7
7
5
–

10
10
–
–
12
11

14
15
–
–
18
4

17
14
17
17
13
58

9
8
22
22
5
19

7
7
4
4
8
1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

495
415
91
91
324
80

38.3
38.7
39.6
39.6
38.5
36.0

593
597
580
580
601
575

606
606
588
588
606
613

558
560
507
507
566
528

–
–
–
–
–
–

625
632
635
635
632
613

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
2
2
2
2
–

8
6
18
18
3
16

2
2
5
5
1
4

13
12
10
10
12
17

18
20
27
27
18
9

47
47
30
30
52
50

9
10
–
–
13
4

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–

1
1
7
7
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
State and local government ..................

54
30

37.7
37.6

644
617

–
568

–
568

–
–

–
715

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

39
67

6
–

37
3

19
30

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Drafters
Level II:
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

105
63
74

39.6
39.4
40.0

511
438
534

519
–
–

399
–
–

–
–
–

620
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

26
43
–

9
14
8

11
19
5

–
–
1

–
–
41

10
16
8

5
8
8

–
–
–

40
–
5

–
–
23

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

437
427
409
409

39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0

612
613
613
613

618
620
620
620

588
588
588
588

–
–
–
–

672
672
672
672

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

4
4
4
4

4
4
4
4

4
3
3
3

5
5
5
5

23
23
22
22

22
23
23
23

32
33
33
33

5
5
5
5

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

132
129
111
111

39.6
39.6
40.0
40.0

789
792
795
795

803
811
826
826

678
691
673
673

–
–
–
–

919
919
919
919

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

7
7
8
8

7
7
8
8

2
–
–
–

12
12
12
12

9
9
7
7

14
14
11
11

16
16
15
15

4
4
3
3

21
22
25
25

9
9
11
11

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Engineering Technicians
Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

350
344
184
184
6

39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
36.7

632
632
708
708
659

608
606
675
675
–

534
520
606
606
–

–
–
–
–
–

748
748
802
802
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

6
6
–
–
–

11
12
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

8
8
2
2
–

5
5
–
–
–

16
16
16
16
17

10
9
11
11
50

13
14
26
26
–

9
9
4
4
–

2
2
3
3
33

18
19
35
35
–

2
2
3
3
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

645
636
409
409

40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9

756
756
779
779

760
760
760
760

690
690
721
721

–
–
–
–

814
814
849
849

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

3

7
7
( )
( 3)

5
5
5
5

15
15
12
12

18
19
26
26

24
25
17
17

14
14
14
14

5
5
7
7

10
10
15
15

1
1
2
2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................

425
420

40.0
40.0

905
906

907
907

866
874

–
–

920
920

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
2

7
7

3
3

11
11

17
18

35
36

8
8

10
10

6
6

See footnotes at end of table.

8

Table A-2. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
300
and
under
325

Middle range

325
350

350
375

375
400

400
425

425
450

450
475

475
500

500
525

525
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

Engineering Technicians, Civil
Level I:
State and local government ..................

108

37.5

$484

$471

$471

–

$515

–

–

–

–

–

11

44

13

31

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

70
69

36.7
36.7

554
555

–
570

–
547

–
–

–
575

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
1

4
4

–
–

1
–

10
10

17
17

66
67

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level III .....................................................
State and local government ..................

144
140

37.7
37.7

576
575

590
590

483
481

–
–

623
623

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

24
24

3
3

1
1

1
1

27
26

30
29

13
13

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level IV .....................................................
State and local government ..................

68
56

38.7
38.4

713
717

–
733

–
686

–
–

–
733

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

44
39

50
54

4
5

1
2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level V ......................................................
State and local government ..................

141
32

39.6
38.4

844
854

860
871

781
803

–
–

888
908

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
–

4
–

26
22

9
19

38
28

6
28

15
3

–
–

–
–

Corrections Officers ...................................
State and local government ......................

3,645
3,645

40.0
40.0

601
601

553
553

519
519

–
–

582
582

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

3
3

6
6

–
–

4
4

13
13

6
6

44
44

2
2

2
2

3
3

1
1

4
4

3
3

10
10

–
–

–
–

–
–

Firefighters:
State and local government ......................

1,919

42.3

689

664

664

–

664

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

6

–

–

( 3)

2

74

1

–

1

–

4

1

3

4

Police Officers
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

7,696
7,619

40.0
40.0

698
699

664
664

664
664

–
–

676
676

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

5
5

1
1

8
8

5
5

2
1

55
55

5
5

1
1

1
1

8
8

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

2
2

7
7

PROTECTIVE SERVICE
OCCUPATIONS

1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to

compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.

9

Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

200
and
under
250

250
300

300
350

350
400

400
450

450
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1050

1050
1100

1100
1200

Clerks, Accounting
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

281
280
280

37.3
37.3
37.3

$313
313
313

$308
308
308

$296
296
296

–
–
–

$317
317
317

9
9
9

17
17
17

56
56
56

10
10
10

9
9
9

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

3,611
3,362
872
796
2,490
184
249

38.7
38.8
39.5
39.5
38.6
39.2
37.0

410
409
407
405
410
415
412

404
404
403
403
406
359
419

360
360
375
353
357
347
355

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

450
448
439
432
459
485
455

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1
2
–
–
2
–
–

19
19
13
14
21
40
25

20
20
33
34
16
16
19

35
35
39
40
34
7
29

16
16
13
10
18
20
10

6
6
–
–
8
2
8

1
1
–
–
1
15
8

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
( 3)
1
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
( 3)
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

1,837
1,408
1,032
40
429

38.4
39.0
38.6
38.6
36.7

467
464
453
545
478

471
462
445
481
486

409
403
406
480
446

–
–
–
–
–

500
500
490
657
520

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

6
7
10
22
–

16
17
13
–
12

22
23
30
–
16

30
25
26
38
46

14
13
13
–
16

8
7
4
2
10

2
2
3
13
–

3
4
( 3)
5
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
5
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
7
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
7
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry:
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

301

38.5

542

520

507

–

606

–

–

–

3

5

8

43

12

28

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

121
67

38.8
35.3

502
517

509
515

470
507

–
–

538
515

–
–

–
–

–
–

7
–

13
–

16
–

54
91

7
9

2
–

–
–

–
–

2
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Clerks, General
Level I .......................................................

76

39.0

313

–

–

–

–

16

21

42

12

5

4

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries:
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

2,079

38.5

377

362

317

–

443

8

7

24

24

13

9

15

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

150
125

39.5
39.5

426
443

408
430

361
400

–
–

520
520

–
–

–
–

24
13

9
11

31
33

–
–

36
43

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

36
707

38.6
37.7

383
394

–
370

–
356

–
–

–
425

–
–

–
1

25
13

28
49

42
13

–
11

6
12

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

2,072
1,191
150
150
1,041
91
881

37.5
38.2
39.9
39.9
38.0
40.0
36.4

421
404
390
390
406
410
443

419
404
395
395
404
394
441

383
366
340
340
368
350
405

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

446
428
424
424
430
428
462

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1
–
1

10
14
41
41
10
–
4

24
31
13
13
33
52
16

42
38
39
39
38
37
46

15
11
–
–
13
–
20

3
4
6
6
4
–
2

3
1
–
–
2
11
5

2
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

685
594
502

38.7
38.9
38.7

489
496
487

478
498
469

410
410
404

–
–
–

556
595
605

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
1
1

19
18
21

20
20
23

16
12
12

15
15
14

8
9
2

20
23
27

1
1
–

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Clerks, Order
Level I:
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

384
384

39.4
39.4

394
394

400
400

360
360

–
–

428
428

–
–

–
–

19
19

27
27

42
42

12
12

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

10

Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

200
and
under
250

250
300

300
350

350
400

400
450

450
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1050

1050
1100

1100
1200

Key Entry Operators
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

1,243
1,212
155
155
1,057
66
31

38.3
38.4
39.6
39.6
38.2
37.9
35.3

$360
358
357
357
358
355
424

$351
349
351
351
349
317
–

$310
310
320
320
310
311
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

$397
395
388
388
404
386
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

15
15
–
–
18
14
10

35
35
43
43
34
59
16

26
26
52
52
23
5
10

16
16
3
3
18
6
6

6
4
–
–
5
12
55

2
2
–
–
3
5
3

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

734
715
459
19

38.8
38.8
38.2
36.3

406
404
402
496

406
406
407
454

359
356
341
454

–
–
–
–

454
454
460
539

–
–
–
–

5
6
9
–

17
17
17
–

20
21
18
–

29
29
28
–

23
21
22
74

3
3
5
5

2
2
2
11

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
11

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Personnel Assistants (Employment)
Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

134
90

37.0
36.9

456
460

451
487

430
378

–
–

498
507

–
–

–
–

1
2

18
23

28
11

34
38

17
24

1
1

–
–

1
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

154
106
54
54
52
48

37.8
38.7
39.5
39.5
37.9
35.6

524
503
482
482
525
571

512
484
–
–
–
575

472
472
–
–
–
518

–
–
–
–
–
–

575
514
–
–
–
638

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
–
–
–
–
2

–
–
–
–
–
–

12
16
7
7
25
4

31
42
70
70
12
6

27
29
20
20
38
23

11
1
2
2
–
33

11
6
–
–
12
23

7
7
–
–
13
8

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Secretaries
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

594
514
133
133
381
80

38.5
38.3
40.0
40.0
37.8
39.8

424
410
406
406
412
514

412
404
387
387
404
503

371
371
371
371
366
503

–
–
–
–
–
–

462
442
434
434
442
512

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
2
–
–
3
–

5
5
–
–
7
–

34
38
56
56
32
2

28
32
27
27
34
1

12
13
13
13
13
2

14
5
–
–
7
74

6
3
4
4
3
20

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

3,722
3,293
372
372
2,921
429

37.9
38.0
39.7
39.7
37.7
37.3

463
462
513
513
456
471

460
457
528
528
452
467

414
414
463
463
408
423

–
–
–
–
–
–

522
525
556
556
515
483

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
2
–

3
4
–
–
4
–

14
14
–
–
16
10

27
27
22
22
27
31

21
19
11
11
20
37

20
22
42
42
19
9

12
13
19
19
12
6

1
( 3)
4
4
–
3

1
( 3)
2
2
–
3

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

5,236
4,064
849
827
3,215
93
1,172

38.3
38.8
39.9
40.0
38.5
37.5
36.6

550
552
571
572
547
505
543

550
548
566
568
543
500
558

493
495
502
502
493
427
471

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

597
600
626
626
594
541
588

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1
10
–

6
5
3
4
5
22
10

22
22
17
17
23
10
25

21
24
21
21
25
41
9

26
23
20
20
24
4
36

16
16
26
26
13
6
15

6
6
7
7
6
4
4

2
2
3
3
2
1
( 3)

1
1
2
2
( 3)
2
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,868
1,603
857
265

38.9
39.3
38.7
36.4

634
637
655
616

618
617
654
624

567
570
585
539

–
–
–
–

692
692
730
679

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
2
–

3
3
6
–

17
14
10
34

21
23
16
11

21
21
17
21

16
15
17
23

8
8
12
7

9
11
17
1

2
2
1
3

2
3
3
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

11

Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

200
and
under
250

250
300

300
350

350
400

400
450

450
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1050

1050
1100

1100
1200

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

385
372
222

39.2
39.3
38.9

$702
703
729

$689
690
713

$631
631
659

–
–
–

$752
752
781

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–

12
13
6

22
22
14

18
16
15

19
20
27

15
15
18

5
5
6

4
4
5

3
2
4

1
1
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)

1
1
1

( 3)
( 3)
–

Switchboard Operator-Receptionists .......
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
Transportation and utilities ...............

2,231
2,052
606
464
1,446
106

38.9
39.0
39.8
39.8
38.6
39.0

385
382
392
407
377
353

389
385
400
410
381
370

327
327
340
361
320
320

–
–
–
–
–
–

430
429
436
452
419
379

4
4
–
–
6
–

7
7
7
–
6
15

21
23
20
21
24
24

23
22
21
18
23
44

27
27
31
34
25
17

12
13
15
18
12
–

6
4
4
6
4
–

1
1
1
1
1
–

1
1
2
2
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Word Processors
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

200
197
197

38.2
38.3
38.3

389
388
388

378
378
378

360
360
360

–
–
–

427
427
427

1
1
1

1
1
1

–
–
–

61
62
62

23
23
23

12
11
11

1
1
1

( 3)
1
1

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

442
327
322
115

37.6
37.8
37.8
37.2

463
466
465
457

462
462
462
434

406
406
402
406

–
–
–
–

512
513
518
512

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
1
1
6

15
15
15
15

30
29
30
32

26
28
27
20

17
18
18
13

3
2
2
8

6
6
6
6

1
1
1
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

262
72
72
190

37.6
37.8
37.8
37.5

481
542
542
458

459
–
–
459

446
–
–
446

–
–
–
–

471
–
–
471

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
8
8
–

27
3
3
36

50
19
19
62

6
21
21
1

7
24
24
1

5
17
17
1

1
4
4
–

1
4
4
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of
pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are
performance bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as
profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay
increases, but not bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A

for definitions and methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were
reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately.

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Table A-4. All establishments: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Number
of
workers

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

6.00
and
under
6.50

6.50
7.00

7.00
7.50

7.50
8.00

8.00
8.50

8.50
9.00

9.00
9.50

9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00
and
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 over

General Maintenance Workers ..................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................

1,935
1,727
284
274
1,443
208

$11.18
10.92
12.18
12.25
10.67
13.34

$11.00
10.60
11.80
11.80
10.35
13.24

$9.78
9.50
11.15
11.33
9.36
12.55

– $12.80
–
12.28
–
14.19
–
14.19
–
12.03
–
13.46

1
1
–
–
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
–
–
4
–

6
7
–
–
9
–

2
2
–
–
3
( 2)

2
2
–
–
3
( 2)

8
9
3
3
10
1

10
11
6
6
12
( 2)

18
20
8
4
22
2

14
16
43
45
10
4

13
11
11
12
11
25

9
5
–
–
6
43

8
9
26
27
5
1

6
4
1
1
4
22

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
( 2)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Maintenance Electricians ...........................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................

1,749
1,307
606
604
701
442

16.98
16.88
17.04
17.04
16.74
17.28

17.19
16.99
17.24
17.23
16.49
17.65

15.82
15.82
15.88
15.88
15.43
15.92

–
–
–
–
–
–

18.21
17.98
17.99
17.99
17.55
18.83

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
1

1
2
1
1
2
( 2)

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
( 2)

7
9
14
14
4
2

6
5
1
1
8
10

12
12
7
7
16
12

20
24
15
15
32
7

27
27
39
39
16
26

12
5
3
3
7
31

5
4
1
1
6
10

6
7
14
14
2
( 2)

2
2
1
1
4
–

1
2
3
3
( 2)
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

Maintenance Electronics Technicians
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

2,402
2,227
288
288
1,939
175

18.34
18.47
17.24
17.24
18.65
16.77

20.46
20.47
18.21
18.21
20.47
17.62

16.30
16.30
14.00
14.00
16.52
16.56

–
–
–
–
–
–

20.47
20.47
20.46
20.46
20.47
17.64

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–

2
2
4
4
2
–

7
7
8
8
7
4

4
4
10
10
3
3

4
3
7
7
2
11

4
4
1
1
5
3

10
10
10
10
9
14

10
6
5
5
6
64

5
5
9
9
4
–

4
4
18
18
2
–

44
48
28
28
51
–

7
7
–
–
9
–

( 2)
1
–
–
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

653
448
205

18.35
18.79
17.38

18.37
18.88
17.91

16.95
17.46
16.04

–
–
–

19.38
20.42
18.37

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

4
5
–

7
8
6

4
3
7

10
5
21

13
11
19

27
22
38

12
14
8

9
14
–

6
9
–

2
3
–

4
6
–

Maintenance Machinists ............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
State and local government ......................

856
783
783
783
73

17.63
17.68
17.68
17.68
17.20

17.23
17.23
17.23
17.23
17.62

16.67
16.67
16.67
16.67
17.62

–
–
–
–
–

20.28
20.46
20.46
20.46
17.62

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
1

18
19
19
19
4

2
1
1
1
12

2
2
2
2
–

20
22
22
22
1

12
8
8
8
63

–
–
–
–
–

13
13
13
13
18

22
24
24
24
–

9
10
10
10
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Maintenance Mechanics, Machinery .........
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................

2,290
2,160
1,806
1,806
354

16.44
16.51
16.57
16.57
16.23

16.43
16.53
16.54
16.54
15.31

15.20
15.70
15.95
15.95
14.50

–
–
–
–
–

17.50
17.50
17.40
17.40
18.18

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

2
2
2
2
–

1
1
1
1
1

3
4
4
4
1

6
5
1
1
22

7
6
4
4
17

14
15
15
15
14

30
32
38
38
1

22
21
22
22
19

4
4
3
3
10

2
2
1
1
8

6
6
7
7
–

1
1
( 2)
( 2)
3

2
2
1
1
3

1
1
1
1
–

Maintenance Mechanics, Motor Vehicle ...
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
Transportation and utilities ...............
State and local government ......................

1,625
859
145
129
714
627
766

16.20
16.06
15.21
15.06
16.23
16.18
16.37

16.56
15.00
14.65
13.55
15.00
14.95
16.87

13.52
12.75
12.74
12.35
12.75
12.26
14.38

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

18.27
19.91
17.18
17.18
19.91
19.91
17.62

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

3
5
4
5
6
6
( 2)

5
9
–
–
11
12
( 2)

10
18
23
26
17
17
( 2)

12
9
20
22
7
8
15

9
6
4
5
6
7
12

8
8
7
–
8
5
8

12
3
1
–
4
3
22

15
6
22
23
3
2
25

7
( 2)
–
–
1
1
14

14
23
10
9
26
26
4

1
1
7
8
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
1
2
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Maintenance Pipefitters .............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

131
102
102
102

17.31
18.15
18.15
18.15

17.02
17.40
17.40
17.40

16.43
17.02
17.02
17.02

–
–
–
–

17.98
20.33
20.33
20.33

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

8
–
–
–

12
–
–
–

4
5
5
5

12
16
16
16

39
48
48
48

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

9
12
12
12

15
20
20
20

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

13

5
10
–
–
12
14
–

3

–
–
–
–

Table A-4. All establishments: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Tool and Die Makers ...................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

Number
of
workers

680
668
668
668

Mean

Median

$17.45
17.45
17.45
17.45

$17.90
18.48
18.48
18.48

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

$15.46
15.46
15.46
15.46

– $19.98
–
19.98
–
19.98
–
19.98

6.00
and
under
6.50

6.50
7.00

7.00
7.50

7.50
8.00

8.00
8.50

8.50
9.00

9.00
9.50

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing
payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not
bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and
methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
2
Less than 0.5 percent.

3

9.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00
and
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 over

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

12
13
13
13

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1

20
20
20
20

4
4
4
4

13
12
12
12

24
25
25
25

7
8
8
8

15
15
15
15

–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

2
3
3
3

All workers were at $23.00 and under $24.00.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were
reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories
not shown separately.

14

Table A-5. All establishments: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Number
of
workers

4.50
and
under
5.00

5.00
5.50

5.50
6.00

6.00
6.50

6.50
7.00

7.00
7.50

7.50
8.00

8.00
9.00

– $13.34
–
13.34
–
13.34
–
13.34

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
2
–
–

10
10
6
6

8
8
10
10

45
45
50
50

6
6
6
6

10
10
13
13

18
18
14
14

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

6.40
6.40
8.53
8.53
6.30
10.37

–
–
–
–
–
–

8.25
8.10
12.91
12.91
8.00
14.26

–
–
–
–
–
–

4
4
–
–
4
–

7
8
–
–
8
–

15
15
2
–
15
–

11
12
–
–
12
–

20
20
1
1
21
–

9
10
–
–
10
–

14
15
26
26
14
( 2)

5
5
18
18
4
19

6
6
8
8
6
22

3
3
3
3
3
9

3
3
22
22
2
14

1
1
6
6
1
9

( 2)
( 2)
3
3
2
( )
6

( 2)
( 2)
11
11
( 2)
8

( 2)
–
–
–
–
5

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
–
–
–
–
7

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

10.20
9.78
12.14

9.51
9.44
12.14

–
–
–

12.19
12.18
12.19

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

6
5
7

1
–
4

34
51
–

11
17
–

3
( 2)
9

29
5
80

13
19
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

2
3
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

9.04
8.43
11.14
11.14
8.26
13.42
11.95

8.58
8.00
11.15
11.15
7.79
13.35
11.80

6.75
6.50
9.23
9.23
6.37
13.29
10.84

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

11.43
10.10
12.73
12.73
9.81
18.29
12.80

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–
–

4
5
4
4
5
–
–

9
10
–
–
11
21
–

8
9
–
–
10
–
–

6
8
2
2
8
–
( 2)

7
8
–
–
9
–
2

8
9
3
3
9
–
2

12
12
7
7
13
–
8

11
12
19
19
12
–
4

10
9
13
13
9
–
12

11
9
18
18
8
–
23

8
5
11
11
4
–
26

2
1
12
12
( 2)
40
6

2
2
2
2
2
3
4

2
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
1
12

1
1
9
9
2
( )
1
( 2)

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
7
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
26
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Mean

Median

2,314
2,314
1,682
1,682

$11.97
11.97
12.16
12.16

$11.69
11.69
11.69
11.69

$11.36
11.36
11.54
11.54

Guards
Level I ....................................................... 12,493
Private industry ..................................... 12,186
Goods-producing industries ..............
255
Manufacturing ...............................
251
Service-producing industries ............ 11,931
State and local government ..................
307

7.73
7.61
11.02
11.10
7.54
12.50

7.00
7.00
10.96
10.96
7.00
11.94

578
390
188

11.04
10.70
11.76

Janitors ........................................................ 18,333
Private industry ......................................... 15,140
Goods-producing industries ..................
907
Manufacturing ...................................
907
Service-producing industries ................ 14,233
Transportation and utilities ...............
72
State and local government ...................... 3,193

Forklift Operators .......................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00
and
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 over

Material Handling Laborers:
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

343
343

9.98
9.98

9.51
9.51

9.27
9.27

–
–

10.68
10.68

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

15
15

7
7

44
44

15
15

–
–

19
19

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Shipping/Receiving Clerks:
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

889
884

11.72
11.70

11.49
11.49

9.89
9.89

–
–

13.45
13.40

–
–

–
–

4
4

–
–

–
–

–
–

3
3

–
–

30
30

2
2

16
17

3
3

23
23

7
7

8
8

1
1

–
–

2
2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Truckdrivers
Light Truck ................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

505
446
195
251
59

11.58
11.14
11.62
10.77
14.94

11.00
11.00
11.25
11.00
13.53

10.75
10.75
10.75
10.22
13.40

–
–
–
–
–

12.44
11.50
11.50
11.00
17.20

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

7
7
–
13
–

5
5
–
9
–

15
17
32
6
–

46
52
44
57
–

6
7
–
12
–

15
9
19
1
63

3
3
5
2
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

4
–
–
–
37

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Medium Truck ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........

3,401
3,401
2,980
2,746

16.84
16.84
16.82
17.44

16.83
16.83
16.74
16.83

16.13
16.13
16.13
16.29

–
–
–
–

19.47
19.47
19.47
19.47

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

3
3
3
–

3
3
3
–

1
1
1
–

1
1
1
–

3
3
3
3

7
7
6
7

2
2
3
3

1
1
2
2

30
30
35
38

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

9
9
( 2)
( 2)

38
38
43
47

–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

–
–
–
–

Heavy Truck .............................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

2,986
2,217
769

13.85
13.73
14.21

13.50
13.23
15.49

12.14
12.17
12.14

–
–
–

15.49
15.45
16.19

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
2
–

( 2)
( 2)
–

5
7
–

9
10
4

25
22
35

15
18
7

5
7
–

18
14
29

14
10
26

3
4
–

4
5
–

( 2)
( 2)
–

–
–
–

( 2)
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

15

Table A-5. All establishments: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Number
of
workers

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
4.50
and
under
5.00

5.00
5.50

5.50
6.00

6.00
6.50

6.50
7.00

7.00
7.50

7.50
8.00

8.00
9.00

– $15.54
–
16.58
–
14.45
–
13.16
–
16.58
–
16.74

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

4
4
25
28
–
–

15
15
36
40
11
12

24
25
12
7
27
50

30
28
4
5
33
1

2
2
–
–
2
1

7
7
–
–
9
14

8
8
18
16
6
2

1
1
3
3
1
1

9
9
1
1
11
21

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–

7
7
–
–
11
–

4
5
1
1
6
11

10
10
6
6
13
11

20
20
18
18
21
–

9
6
10
10
4
–

20
20
14
14
23
–

10
11
12
12
10
–

2
2
1
–
2
2

2
3
( 2)
( 2)
4
21

5
5
10
10
2
20

4
4
8
8
2
21

6
7
18
18
( 2)
5

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
3

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
1
6

Middle range

Tractor Trailer ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........

2,931
2,873
470
424
2,403
1,242

$14.66
14.67
13.57
13.38
14.88
15.33

$14.05
14.05
12.28
12.16
14.05
13.75

$13.60
13.50
11.99
11.99
13.75
13.75

Warehouse Specialists ..............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
Transportation and utilities ...............

2,248
2,141
735
725
1,406
133

13.32
13.37
14.98
14.98
12.53
16.53

13.24
13.52
14.50
13.98
11.97
17.57

11.23
11.15
11.83
11.83
10.53
16.48

14.78
14.78
18.23
18.23
13.64
18.71

1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.

2

9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00
and
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 over

Less than 0.5 percent.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.

16

Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Accountants
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

173
162
119

38.9
39.2
38.8

$518
520
486

$522
522
491

$461
471
446

–
–
–

$577
580
539

8
9
12

35
33
45

35
35
42

21
22
1

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

779
644
146
146
498
135

38.8
39.2
39.7
39.7
39.0
36.9

629
633
684
684
618
608

615
616
702
702
611
602

563
563
609
609
558
554

–
–
–
–
–
–

683
685
758
758
660
654

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
–
–
3
3

39
37
18
18
43
47

38
37
30
30
39
42

15
16
38
38
10
7

5
6
14
14
4
1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

880
772
186
186
586
108

38.8
39.0
39.9
39.9
38.8
37.3

776
776
908
908
734
774

731
734
941
941
731
678

678
686
885
885
673
678

–
–
–
–
–
–

866
885
956
956
788
836

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
1
–

34
30
5
5
38
61

32
36
10
10
45
4

12
11
15
15
10
21

16
19
60
60
6
1

4
3
10
10
1
6

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

1
–
–
–
–
6

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

368
296
115
115
181
72

38.8
39.1
39.9
39.9
38.7
37.3

1,053
1,097
1,128
1,128
1,078
872

1,044
1,077
1,135
1,135
1,077
844

926
1,035
1,044
1,044
971
844

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,154
1,191
1,245
1,245
1,154
897

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
–
–
–
–
3

4
3
2
2
4
7

18
6
5
5
7
67

13
13
8
8
15
13

30
35
30
30
38
11

15
19
28
28
14
–

14
17
16
16
18
–

5
6
12
12
2
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
2
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

104
85
53
53
19

39.2
39.6
40.0
40.0
37.6

1,349
1,410
1,438
1,438
1,077

1,383
1,416
–
–
1,030

1,147
1,286
–
–
951

–
–
–
–
–

1,512
1,523
–
–
1,244

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

9
–
–
–
47

13
14
15
15
11

4
4
–
–
5

17
13
9
9
37

13
15
9
9
–

18
22
30
30
–

7
8
6
6
–

13
16
21
21
–

6
7
9
9
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Attorneys
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

116
104

36.0
35.8

649
636

607
598

552
552

–
–

743
699

–
–

–
–

45
50

27
28

22
14

7
8

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

116
88

37.0
36.8

871
838

788
787

750
778

–
–

943
885

–
–

–
–

–
–

6
8

50
56

11
14

16
8

5
7

5
7

1
1

–
–

5
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

243
181
175
62

37.7
37.8
37.7
37.4

1,253
1,316
1,306
1,072

1,230
1,266
1,266
1,083

1,135
1,168
1,168
991

–
–
–
–

1,308
1,425
1,363
1,156

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
–
–
8

6
–
–
24

7
–
–
29

30
33
34
24

21
24
25
11

13
17
17
3

8
10
11
–

6
8
5
–

5
6
6
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
2
2
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

150
98
59
52

38.7
39.3
38.8
37.5

1,555
1,653
1,671
1,372

1,544
1,673
–
1,425

1,431
1,538
–
1,316

–
–
–
–

1,685
1,750
–
1,454

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
–
–
4

4
2
3
8

5
2
3
12

10
2
3
25

23
11
19
46

21
30
15
4

11
16
10
2

13
19
17
–

3
4
7
–

7
10
17
–

2
3
5
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

17

Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

Engineers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

332
308
254
254

39.7
39.8
39.8
39.8

$700
706
714
714

$705
713
718
718

$658
658
683
683

–
–
–
–

$740
740
740
740

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

6
4
–
–

38
36
35
35

52
56
61
61

4
4
4
4

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

1,010
851
787
787
159

39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.2

803
816
821
821
729

802
811
815
815
728

744
758
767
767
667

–
–
–
–
–

857
865
865
865
778

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
–
–
–
2

12
7
5
5
39

36
36
36
36
38

39
43
45
45
18

9
10
11
11
3

2
3
3
3
1

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

2,697
2,510
242
187

39.8
40.0
40.0
37.7

1,014
1,024
960
875

996
1,005
996
831

888
899
852
802

–
–
–
–

1,114
1,124
1,055
936

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

3

1
1
( )
–

7
7
9
10

20
17
28
49

23
23
12
32

22
23
35
6

12
13
12
3

6
7
2
–

5
5
–
–

4
5
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

2,109
1,919
1,611
1,611
190

39.7
39.9
39.9
39.9
38.1

1,185
1,199
1,186
1,186
1,047

1,182
1,204
1,184
1,184
1,018

1,058
1,077
1,063
1,063
1,018

–
–
–
–
–

1,300
1,310
1,297
1,297
1,084

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

3
2
2
2
12

9
9
10
10
4

22
17
19
19
72

20
21
22
22
5

22
23
22
22
4

15
16
16
16
1

6
7
6
6
2

4
4
3
3
1

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

1,376
1,306
1,288
1,288

39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,453
1,466
1,469
1,469

1,458
1,481
1,481
1,481

1,320
1,339
1,342
1,342

–
–
–
–

1,586
1,591
1,591
1,591

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
2
1
1

7
5
5
5

13
11
11
11

17
18
18
18

18
19
19
19

21
22
22
22

16
17
17
17

6
6
6
6

1
1
1
1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level VI .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

558
543
543
543

39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,765
1,775
1,775
1,775

1,765
1,769
1,769
1,769

1,619
1,622
1,622
1,622

–
–
–
–

1,918
1,921
1,921
1,921

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)

1
1
1
1

2
2
2
2

5
3
3
3

6
6
6
6

9
9
9
9

14
14
14
14

22
22
22
22

15
15
15
15

9
9
9
9

13
13
13
13

3
3
3
3

1
1
1
1

Budget Analysts
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

108
61
47

38.2
39.3
36.6

616
650
573

626
–
557

545
–
489

–
–
–

680
–
638

–
–
–

19
–
45

23
21
26

43
57
23

13
21
2

2
–
4

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

75
50
25

38.6
39.3
37.3

779
770
795

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

20
28
4

29
32
24

45
34
68

5
6
4

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level IV:
State and local government ..................

31

38.0

957

994

894

–

1,018

–

–

–

–

3

32

16

48

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS

See footnotes at end of table.

18

Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

–
–

19
20

50
48

17
17

12
13

2
2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Buyers/Contracting Specialists
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................

58
54

38.9
39.0

$582
581

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

395
325
86
81
239
70

38.8
39.4
39.5
39.6
39.3
36.1

654
642
706
698
618
709

$635
612
662
612
597
733

$574
569
596
596
567
669

–
–
–
–
–
–

$724
674
798
775
662
737

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
2
–

38
43
27
28
49
14

33
34
23
25
38
26

20
14
27
28
10
46

7
5
17
12
1
14

2
2
6
6
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

157
139
81
81
18

39.3
39.5
39.1
39.1
37.9

854
861
890
890
802

802
824
863
863
802

731
731
788
788
754

–
–
–
–
–

928
946
946
946
882

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

13
14
–
–
6

33
34
33
33
28

27
23
32
32
61

10
11
17
17
6

5
6
5
5
–

8
9
12
12
–

2
2
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level IV .....................................................

51

40.0

1,190

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

14

4

27

37

12

4

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Computer Programmers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................

75
60

38.8
39.2

624
648

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

7
8

40
27

17
20

32
40

4
5

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

533
509
335

39.2
39.3
38.9

697
700
656

677
678
667

635
635
623

–
–
–

769
769
695

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)

13
12
16

47
47
64

23
24
16

14
14
3

3
3
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

758
723
544
35

38.8
38.9
38.6
37.0

788
790
742
759

767
767
732
775

704
700
687
744

–
–
–
–

859
863
798
782

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

5
5
6
–

20
20
26
14

36
34
43
77

23
24
22
9

10
10
2
–

3
3
–
–

3
3
1
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

666
630
568

39.6
39.8
39.7

964
972
950

964
975
960

852
862
851

–
–
–

1,054
1,056
1,040

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
–
–

12
11
12

20
21
23

26
25
26

28
30
31

9
10
7

3
3
( 3)

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Computer Systems Analysts
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

394
342
301
52

39.4
39.5
39.4
38.7

809
820
823
733

795
809
809
724

721
734
734
636

–
–
–
–

883
896
896
788

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

4
5
3
–

19
16
19
38

30
28
27
40

26
26
27
21

11
12
11
–

8
9
9
–

3
4
4
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,554
1,484
294
294
1,190
70

38.6
38.7
39.9
39.9
38.3
37.0

923
923
984
984
908
909

905
907
1,017
1,017
893
894

838
837
924
924
827
894

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,011
1,012
1,058
1,058
974
962

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

1
1
1
1
1
1

12
12
13
13
12
13

34
33
9
9
39
49

24
24
19
19
26
16

21
21
49
49
14
20

5
5
6
6
5
1

2
2
2
2
2
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,732
1,675
280
280
1,395
57

38.9
38.9
40.0
40.0
38.7
37.3

$1,046
1,047
1,118
1,118
1,032
1,011

$1,033
1,036
1,134
1,134
1,025
1,018

$963
967
1,029
1,029
962
962

– $1,120
–
1,120
–
1,190
–
1,190
–
1,097
–
1,018

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
( 3)
–
–
1
2

1
1
2
2
1
2

7
7
2
2
8
7

26
26
10
10
29
26

36
35
29
29
36
46

20
20
34
34
17
4

8
7
16
16
6
14

2
3
7
7
2
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Computer Systems Analyst
Supervisors/Managers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

219
189
119
30

38.8
39.2
38.7
36.6

1,216
1,221
1,171
1,180

1,212
1,223
1,163
1,165

1,092
1,058
1,027
1,092

–
–
–
–

1,356
1,360
1,346
1,260

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
2
–

2
3
2
–

6
7
12
–

20
19
23
27

19
17
23
33

18
15
11
40

19
22
18
–

11
13
10
–

3
4
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

299
298
260

39.0
39.0
38.9

1,320
1,319
1,295

1,315
1,315
1,311

1,212
1,212
1,206

–
–
–

1,404
1,403
1,369

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

5
5
5

18
18
19

18
18
19

32
33
36

17
17
17

2
2
( 3)

4
4
3

3
3
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Personnel Specialists
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

312
268
81
76
187

38.4
38.6
39.6
39.8
38.2

637
621
658
663
604

622
604
667
–
591

572
563
584
–
555

–
–
–
–
–

729
678
787
–
654

–
–
–
–
–

14
16
15
16
17

28
32
17
12
38

29
31
33
36
30

18
15
23
25
12

10
5
11
12
3

1
1
–
–
1

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

564
482
93
93
389
82

38.3
38.5
40.0
40.0
38.2
37.2

796
793
902
902
767
814

792
771
910
910
763
802

713
704
860
860
691
758

–
–
–
–
–
–

881
884
981
981
853
879

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
–
–
4
5

19
22
11
11
24
6

28
29
12
12
33
22

30
26
19
19
28
51

16
16
40
40
11
13

2
2
10
10
1
2

1
2
9
9
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

322
269
225
53

38.8
39.1
39.0
37.2

982
974
968
1,026

960
942
942
1,018

894
894
894
929

–
–
–
–

1,058
1,052
1,029
1,075

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
–
–
4

7
9
5
–

22
25
28
4

30
30
33
28

22
19
20
42

9
9
8
8

8
7
6
15

2
2
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............

149
146
87
87
59

39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.2

1,228
1,225
1,232
1,232
1,215

1,208
1,194
1,183
1,183
–

1,123
1,123
1,125
1,125
–

–
–
–
–
–

1,296
1,280
1,269
1,269
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

8
8
–
–
20

13
13
15
15
10

29
29
36
36
20

26
25
33
33
14

9
9
3
3
17

6
6
1
1
14

5
5
8
8
–

2
2
–
–
5

2
2
3
3
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Personnel Supervisors/Managers
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................

69
68

38.2
38.1

1,341
1,340

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
1

–
–

26
26

12
12

20
21

26
25

3
3

6
6

4
4

–
–

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Tax Collectors
Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

212
212

37.5
37.5

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

$553
553

$518
518

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

$518
518

–
–

$518
518

300
and
under
400

400
500

500
600

600
700

700
800

800
900

900
1000

1000
1100

1100
1200

1200
1300

1300
1400

1400
1500

1500
1600

1600
1700

1700
1800

1800
1900

1900
2000

2000
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

–
–

1
1

82
82

14
14

( 3)
( 3)

3
3

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing
payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not
bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and

methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were
reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately.

21

Table A-7. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
325

325
350

350
375

375
400

400
425

425
450

450
475

475
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1050

1050
1100

TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS
Computer Operators
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

450
417
368
33

38.6
38.8
38.7
36.7

$473
471
471
499

$478
478
478
–

$428
428
428
–

–
–
–
–

$519
512
499
–

3
3
4
–

2
2
2
–

4
5
4
–

2
1
2
3

9
9
7
12

9
10
8
–

18
18
20
24

24
25
29
9

17
15
12
48

12
13
13
3

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

306
267
50
50
217
39

38.8
39.1
39.2
39.2
39.1
36.9

593
602
603
603
602
533

598
605
–
–
605
528

560
577
–
–
569
499

–
–
–
–
–
–

618
625
–
–
632
538

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
4
4
–
–

6
1
–
–
2
33

15
10
10
10
11
44

29
31
50
50
27
18

41
46
22
22
52
–

7
7
–
–
9
5

( 3)
( 3)
2
2
–
–

2
2
12
12
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV:
State and local government ..................

30

37.6

617

568

568

–

715

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

67

–

3

30

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Engineering Technicians
Level III:
State and local government ..................

6

36.7

659

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

17

50

–

–

33

–

–

–

–

–

–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

227
218
218
218

39.9
39.9
39.9
39.9

789
789
789
789

781
774
774
774

687
687
687
687

–
–
–
–

905
905
905
905

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1

10
10
10
10

20
19
19
19

9
9
9
9

15
15
15
15

10
10
10
10

5
4
4
4

28
29
29
29

3
3
3
3

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................

60
55

40.0
40.0

871
874

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

13
15

17
16

10
5

7
7

7
7

12
13

8
9

17
18

10
9

Engineering Technicians, Civil
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

108
108

37.5
37.5

484
484

471
471

471
471

–
–

515
515

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

11
11

44
44

13
13

31
31

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

70
69

36.7
36.7

554
555

–
570

–
547

–
–

–
575

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
1

4
4

–
–

1
–

27
28

66
67

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level III .....................................................
State and local government ..................

130
130

37.5
37.5

574
574

594
594

474
474

–
–

623
623

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

26
26

3
3

3
3

21
21

32
32

14
14

2
2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level IV .....................................................
State and local government ..................

46
46

38.0
38.0

726
726

733
733

698
698

–
–

733
733

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

26
26

65
65

7
7

2
2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level V:
State and local government ..................

32

38.4

854

871

803

–

908

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

22

19

28

28

3

–

–

See footnotes at end of table.

22

Table A-7. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

300
and
under
325

325
350

350
375

375
400

400
425

425
450

450
475

475
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1050

1050
1100

3
3

1
1

4
4

3
3

11
11

–
–

–
–

–
–

PROTECTIVE SERVICE
OCCUPATIONS
Corrections Officers ...................................
State and local government ......................

3,287
3,287

40.0
40.0

$610
610

$553
553

$538
538

–
–

$640
640

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
1

3
3

7
7

–
–

1
1

14
14

48
48

2
2

2
2

Firefighters:
State and local government ......................

1,644

42.0

642

664

664

–

664

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

7

–

( 3)

3

86

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Police Officers
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

5,916
5,839

40.0
40.0

649
649

664
664

614
614

–
–

664
664

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

7
7

10
10

6
6

3
2

65
66

2
2

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

2
2

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

1
1

1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing
payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not
bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and

methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were
reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately.

23

Table A-8. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

250
and
under
275

275
300

300
325

325
350

350
375

375
400

400
425

425
450

450
475

475
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1100

Clerks, Accounting
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

91
91
91

38.6
38.6
38.6

$311
311
311

$304
304
304

$284
284
284

–
–
–

$344
344
344

4
4
4

44
44
44

21
21
21

10
10
10

18
18
18

3
3
3

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,267
1,045
214
204
831
222

38.0
38.1
38.6
38.7
38.0
37.2

411
408
438
436
401
422

409
404
423
423
403
425

368
366
385
385
357
372

–
–
–
–
–
–

450
447
467
467
437
455

2
3
–
–
3
–

2
2
–
–
3
–

7
5
–
–
7
12

9
10
14
14
10
4

9
7
4
4
8
16

12
14
18
19
13
5

19
21
17
18
22
8

16
13
13
11
14
25

11
11
20
21
8
11

5
6
5
2
6
1

5
4
–
–
5
9

2
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
9

1
1
5
5
( 3)
–

1
1
5
5
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........
State and local government ..................

833
530
89
89
441
27
303

38.3
39.0
39.9
39.9
38.8
39.2
37.2

468
455
492
492
448
576
491

471
442
492
492
432
–
486

430
418
465
465
405
–
465

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

489
489
515
515
479
–
499

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1
22
–

3
5
–
–
6
11
–

3
5
–
–
6
–
–

5
8
9
9
8
–
–

11
15
–
–
18
–
4

17
20
–
–
24
–
10

13
12
40
40
7
–
15

25
11
6
6
12
7
50

12
14
34
34
10
–
10

7
5
8
8
4
4
11

1
1
–
–
1
19
–

1
1
3
3
( 3)
7
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
7
–

( 3)
1
–
–
1
11
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
1
–
–
1
11
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

138
111
27

38.6
39.2
35.8

514
512
521

507
512
507

474
462
507

–
–
–

568
569
507

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

6
7
–

9
11
–

3
4
–

11
14
–

6
7
–

33
22
78

27
28
22

4
5
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

2
3
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Clerks, General
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

1,250
554
696

38.5
39.5
37.7

413
437
393

398
491
370

356
350
356

–
–
–

496
506
425

2
5
( 3)

3
7
( 3)

4
5
4

9
8
9

26
6
41

6
3
9

7
3
11

3
4
2

7
2
10

9
18
1

24
39
13

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,224
524
469
700

37.0
38.0
37.8
36.2

420
402
403
433

418
387
387
430

384
359
358
405

–
–
–
–

450
432
455
450

–
–
–
–

1
2
2
1

2
2
2
2

9
15
14
4

10
21
23
1

19
25
25
14

13
8
7
17

21
4
1
34

10
7
8
12

7
9
10
5

3
4
4
3

5
3
3
6

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

609
518
426

38.5
38.7
38.4

490
498
487

473
500
454

404
404
398

–
–
–

569
605
605

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
1
1

3
4
5

18
17
20

10
9
12

10
10
12

9
3
3

5
5
4

11
11
9

9
10
2

23
27
32

1
1
–

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Key Entry Operators
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

508
477
470
31

38.6
38.8
38.8
35.3

386
384
383
424

384
377
376
–

335
336
335
–

–
–
–
–

420
413
413
–

1
1
1
–

7
7
7
10

9
9
9
16

19
20
20
–

10
11
11
3

16
17
17
6

13
13
12
6

5
6
6
–

4
3
3
19

9
7
7
35

6
6
6
3

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level II:
State and local government ..................

19

36.3

496

454

454

–

539

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

58

16

5

11

11

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

See footnotes at end of table.

24

Table A-8. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

250
and
under
275

275
300

300
325

325
350

350
375

375
400

400
425

425
450

450
475

475
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1100

Personnel Assistants (Employment)
Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

116
90

37.0
36.9

$459
460

$479
487

$425
378

–
–

$498
507

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
2

–
–

21
23

–
–

17
11

10
7

28
31

20
24

1
1

–
–

1
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

111
63
48

37.4
38.8
35.6

523
486
571

516
–
575

467
–
518

–
–
–

575
–
638

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
–
2

–
–
–

–
–
–

10
16
2

7
11
2

8
14
–

6
6
6

38
49
23

15
2
33

10
–
23

5
2
8

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Secretaries
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

287
211
168
76

39.0
38.7
38.4
39.9

427
395
383
515

413
395
381
503

366
358
352
503

–
–
–
–

503
434
411
512

–
–
–
–

4
6
7
–

4
5
7
–

6
8
10
–

15
20
23
1

11
15
15
1

13
17
18
1

10
14
8
–

5
6
5
–

4
5
5
–

21
1
2
75

7
2
–
21

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

2,646
2,322
296
296
2,026
324

38.1
38.1
39.7
39.7
37.9
37.6

464
463
514
514
456
473

455
455
521
521
449
464

409
410
458
458
406
403

–
–
–
–
–
–

522
522
558
558
514
519

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
–
–
4
–

8
9
–
–
10
( 3)

8
7
–
–
8
13

15
15
17
17
14
16

13
12
7
7
13
18

13
12
8
8
13
20

7
7
1
1
8
5

18
19
38
38
16
12

13
14
20
20
13
8

1
1
5
5
–
5

1
( 3)
2
2
–
4

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

3,509
2,893
606
586
2,287
616

38.7
39.1
39.9
39.9
38.8
37.1

547
547
566
566
542
549

540
538
554
555
536
542

490
493
500
500
490
471

–
–
–
–
–
–

599
593
624
626
587
613

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

1
1
( 3)
( 3)
2
–

4
3
1
1
4
8

11
9
7
7
9
21

14
15
17
17
15
6

24
25
24
24
26
17

21
22
17
17
23
19

15
14
18
18
12
21

7
6
9
10
6
8

2
2
3
3
1
1

1
1
3
3
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

1,610
1,373
697
237

39.1
39.5
39.0
36.6

631
633
652
619

613
612
639
632

557
562
566
539

–
–
–
–

690
698
740
679

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
–

( 3)
1
1
–

2
2
5
–

1
1
3
–

19
16
12
38

20
23
13
2

21
20
19
23

14
12
10
24

8
8
12
8

9
11
19
1

2
2
1
4

3
3
4
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

Level V ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............

342
329
188

39.2
39.2
38.7

700
700
727

678
683
713

626
623
656

–
–
–

762
767
781

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–

14
15
7

22
22
17

20
19
18

18
18
23

12
13
14

4
4
5

5
5
6

3
3
5

1
1
2

1
1
2

Switchboard Operator-Receptionists .......
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................

280
220
61
56
159
60

39.0
39.0
39.1
39.3
39.0
38.8

413
411
470
468
389
420

400
404
–
–
400
398

373
361
–
–
352
392

–
–
–
–
–
–

430
431
–
–
427
430

1
2
–
–
3
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

2
3
–
–
4
–

9
11
–
–
16
–

12
15
20
21
13
2

19
5
–
–
8
70

21
27
16
18
31
–

17
20
18
20
20
7

2
2
–
–
3
–

7
6
23
16
–
8

3
–
–
–
–
13

2
3
7
7
2
–

4
5
16
18
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table A-8. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
hours1
of
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

250
and
under
275

275
300

300
325

325
350

350
375

375
400

400
425

425
450

450
475

475
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1100

Word Processors
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

306
191
186
115

38.0
38.4
38.4
37.2

$447
441
439
457

$442
442
442
434

$398
398
398
406

–
–
–
–

$468
462
462
512

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

4
2
2
6

5
8
8
–

17
18
18
15

11
7
8
17

25
30
31
16

17
19
20
12

8
9
6
8

6
2
2
13

4
2
2
8

3
1
1
6

1
2
2
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
State and local government ..................

232
190

37.4
37.5

478
458

459
459

446
446

–
–

471
471

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

3
–

1
–

30
36

52
62

–
–

( 3)
1

8
1

4
1

1
–

1
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for
overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours.
2
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to

compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
3
Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported
or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.

26

Table A-9. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Number
of
workers

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
7.50
and
under
8.00

8.00
8.50

8.50
9.00

9.00
9.50

– $14.50
–
14.75
–
14.50
–
12.55

2
2
2
–

2
2
3
1

2
3
3
1

4
3
4
4

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
1

2
1
1
4

1
( 2)
( 2)
3

6
7
6
1

13
14
11
10

13
12
14
15

11
3
4
57

3
3
4
–

5
6
8
–

4
5
6
–

15
18
13
–

15
18
20
–

2
2
1
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Middle range

9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 22.00
and
10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 22.00 over

General Maintenance Workers ..................
Private industry .........................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................

453
385
313
68

$12.82
12.97
12.89
11.95

$12.55
13.04
13.04
12.55

$11.62
11.67
11.62
11.51

Maintenance Electricians ...........................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................

1,373
1,094
565
565
529
279

16.81
16.88
17.04
17.04
16.71
16.55

16.87
16.82
17.23
17.23
16.49
16.87

15.82
15.86
15.82
15.82
15.86
15.17

–
–
–
–
–
–

17.64
17.71
17.99
17.99
17.48
17.64

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
( 2)
1
1
–
1

( 2)
1
1
1
–
–

( 2)
–
–
–
–
( 2)

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–

( 2)
–
–
–
–
( 2)

7
9
15
15
2
1

1
1
–
–
1
3

6
4
–
–
8
14

1
1
1
1
–
2

12
10
6
6
14
19

25
29
16
16
43
10

27
27
36
36
17
27

6
6
3
3
9
6

5
2
1
1
4
16

6
8
16
16
–
–

2
3
4
4
2
–

Maintenance Electronics Technicians
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

2,294
2,119
224
224
1,895
175

18.32
18.44
16.81
16.81
18.64
16.77

20.46
20.47
17.13
17.13
20.47
17.62

16.23
16.23
13.67
13.67
16.52
16.56

–
–
–
–
–
–

20.47
20.47
20.46
20.46
20.47
17.64

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

1
1
5
5
1
–

5
5
6
6
5
–

2
2
4
4
2
4

1
1
8
8
1
1

3
3
5
5
2
2

2
2
7
7
2
5

1
1
2
2
1
7

4
4
1
1
4
3

10
9
7
7
10
14

10
6
7
7
5
64

5
5
11
11
4
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

54
58
36
36
61
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Level III .....................................................
State and local government ..................

580
205

18.13
17.38

18.37
17.91

16.39
16.04

–
–

19.22
18.37

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

4
–

–
–

8
6

5
7

12
21

15
19

25
38

12
8

12
–

7
–

Maintenance Machinists ............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
State and local government ......................

625
552
552
552
73

17.35
17.37
17.37
17.37
17.20

17.23
16.93
16.93
16.93
17.62

13.20
13.20
13.20
13.20
17.62

–
–
–
–
–

20.46
20.46
20.46
20.46
17.62

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

1
1
1
1
1

24
27
27
27
–

( 2)
–
–
–
4

1
–
–
–
12

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

19
22
22
22
1

17
11
11
11
63

–
–
–
–
–

2
–
–
–
18

34
39
39
39
–

–
–
–
–
–

Maintenance Mechanics, Machinery .........
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

1,222
1,092
936
936

16.54
16.70
16.68
16.68

16.75
16.75
16.75
16.75

15.82
15.95
15.95
15.95

–
–
–
–

17.55
17.55
17.29
17.29

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 2)
1
1
1

1
1
2
2

2
2
2
2

1
1
1
1

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

1
1
1
1

2
2
2
2

4
3
2
2

3
1
1
1

5
1
1
1

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

14
16
16
16

30
33
38
38

21
20
16
16

1
1
–
–

3
4
1
1

10
12
14
14

1
1
2
2

Maintenance Mechanics, Motor Vehicle ...
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
Transportation and utilities ...............
State and local government ......................

1,019
389
96
96
293
272
630

17.38
19.35
15.99
15.99
20.45
20.72
16.16

17.62
19.91
17.15
17.15
19.91
19.91
16.87

14.83
17.60
13.01
13.01
19.72
19.91
14.38

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

19.72
20.46
18.80
18.80
23.20
23.20
17.62

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1
2
6
6
–
–
–

( 2)
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
–
–
–
–
–
( 2)

1
2
6
6
–
–
–

1
2
6
6
–
–
( 2)

6
3
9
9
1
1
8

7
2
9
9
–
–
10

9
1
3
3
–
–
14

( 2)
1
3
3
–
–
( 2)

4
1
–
–
1
–
6

13
4
–
–
5
2
18

23
13
31
31
6
4
30

5
1
–
–
1
1
7

20
45
13
13
56
60
5

1
3
13
13
–
–
–

Maintenance Pipefitters .............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

111
82
82
82

17.29
18.34
18.34
18.34

17.02
17.02
17.02
17.02

15.58
16.43
16.43
16.43

–
–
–
–

20.33
20.33
20.33
20.33

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

3
–
–
–

7
–
–
–

14
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

5
6
6
6

14
20
20
20

28
35
35
35

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

29
39
39
39

See footnotes at end of table.

27

9
22
–
–
30
32
–

3

–
–
–
–

Table A-9. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Tool and Die Makers ...................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

Number
of
workers

276
264
264
264

Mean

Median

$16.32
16.26
16.26
16.26

$17.33
17.17
17.17
17.17

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

$12.32
12.32
12.32
12.32

– $18.48
–
18.48
–
18.48
–
18.48

7.50
and
under
8.00

8.00
8.50

8.50
9.00

9.00
9.50

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

9.50 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 22.00
and
10.00 10.50 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.50 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 22.00 over

–
–
–
–

1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing
payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not
bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and
methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges.
2
Less than 0.5 percent.

–
–
–
–
3

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

30
32
32
32

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
2
2
2

1
2
2
2

1
2
2
2

10
11
11
11

25
22
22
22

23
24
24
24

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

7
7
7
7

All workers were at $22.00 and under $24.00.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were
reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories
not shown separately.

28

Table A-10. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Number
of
workers

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
4.50
and
under
5.00

5.00
6.00

6.00
7.00

7.00
8.00

8.00
9.00

– $11.81
–
11.81
–
13.34
–
13.34

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
2
–
–

4
4
–
–

8
8
–
–

–
–
–
–

61
61
68
68

4
4
2
2

18
18
27
27

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
2
3
3

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Middle range

9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00

Forklift Operators .......................................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

1,192
1,192
811
811

$11.70
11.70
12.32
12.32

$11.69
11.69
11.69
11.69

$11.54
11.54
11.69
11.69

Guards
Level I:
Private industry:
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

251
251
307

11.10
11.10
12.50

10.96
10.96
11.94

8.53
8.53
10.37

–
–
–

12.91
12.91
14.26

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
1
–

26
26
( 2)

18
18
19

8
8
22

3
3
9

22
22
14

6
6
9

3
3
6

11
11
8

–
–
5

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
7

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Level II ......................................................
State and local government ..................

341
188

12.04
11.76

12.19
12.14

11.17
12.14

–
–

13.23
12.19

–
–

–
–

–
–

4
7

2
4

8
–

8
–

5
9

47
80

22
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

4
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Janitors ........................................................ 10,834
Private industry ......................................... 8,122
Goods-producing industries ..................
701
Manufacturing ...................................
701
Service-producing industries ................ 7,421
Transportation and utilities ...............
57
State and local government ...................... 2,712

10.11
9.54
11.96
11.96
9.31
15.47
11.82

10.12
9.42
11.99
11.99
9.34
13.41
11.78

8.38
7.60
10.00
10.00
7.43
13.29
10.37

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

11.91
11.72
13.30
13.30
11.43
18.29
12.80

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–
–

8
10
–
–
11
–
–

6
8
3
3
9
–
–

8
9
–
–
9
–
5

9
9
3
3
10
–
9

15
19
19
19
19
–
4

14
14
8
8
15
–
13

18
16
24
24
15
–
24

13
9
14
14
9
–
27

2
2
15
15
1
51
1

3
3
2
2
3
4
3

4
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
2
15

1
1
12
12
( 2)
2
( 2)

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
9
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
33
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Material Handling Laborers .......................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

274
274
210
210

9.87
9.87
10.47
10.47

9.44
9.44
10.68
10.68

7.70
7.70
9.44
9.44

–
–
–
–

12.80
12.80
12.94
12.94

–
–
–
–

2
2
–
–

7
7
–
–

24
24
24
24

4
4
–
–

16
16
19
19

23
23
24
24

–
–
–
–

24
24
31
31

1
1
2
2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Shipping/Receiving Clerks ........................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................

536
522
257
252
265

14.11
14.07
14.29
14.27
13.86

14.33
14.11
14.11
14.11
14.57

13.12
13.03
13.12
13.12
12.61

–
–
–
–
–

15.43
15.43
15.43
15.43
15.61

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
2

4
4
2
2
5

4
4
–
–
8

5
6
2
2
9

10
10
10
10
10

19
20
32
33
8

23
22
15
15
29

19
18
29
28
8

7
7
2
2
12

2
2
–
–
5

5
5
7
8
3

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Truckdrivers
Light Truck ................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

140
81
81
59

12.69
11.05
11.05
14.94

12.44
11.55
11.55
13.53

10.52
9.45
9.45
13.40

–
–
–
–

13.53
12.44
12.44
17.20

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

11
20
20
–

6
10
10
–

10
17
17
–

4
7
7
–

22
38
38
–

28
2
2
63

3
5
5
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

16
–
–
37

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Medium Truck ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........

3,087
3,087
2,719
2,686

17.53
17.53
17.46
17.54

18.98
18.98
16.83
16.83

16.29
16.29
16.29
16.29

–
–
–
–

19.47
19.47
19.47
19.47

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

2
2
1
–

3
3
3
3

5
5
5
5

3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2

34
34
38
39

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

10
10
( 2)
( 2)

42
42
47
48

–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Tractor Trailer ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
Service-producing industries ............
Transportation and utilities ...........

1,080
1,022
229
209
793
507

16.39
16.53
14.62
14.31
17.08
17.99

16.74
16.74
12.55
12.28
17.22
19.47

14.05
14.45
12.16
12.16
16.58
16.74

–
–
–
–
–
–

18.77
19.47
17.78
17.62
19.47
19.47

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
2
10
11
–
–

15
16
42
46
8
2

5
5
–
–
7
3

9
4
9
10
2
2

3
3
–
–
4
2

19
21
–
–
26
34

21
23
38
32
18
4

1
1
–
–
2
3

25
26
2
2
33
51

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

29

Table A-10. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Philadelphia, PA-NJ, October 1995 — Continued
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Warehouse Specialists ..............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................

Number
of
workers

785
678
318
308

Mean

Median

$15.26
15.73
16.29
16.33

$14.68
14.97
17.84
17.84

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—

Middle range

$12.14
13.98
13.98
13.98

– $17.84
–
17.90
–
19.88
–
19.88

4.50
and
under
5.00

5.00
6.00

6.00
7.00

7.00
8.00

8.00
9.00

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–

9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00
10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00

1
1
3
3

1
Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance
bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments,
attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under
cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Appendix A for definitions and methods used to
compute means, medians, and middle ranges.

2
2
–
–
2

12
12
9
10

10
1
–
–

16
15
33
34

19
22
2
–

4
5
2
–

4
5
( )
2
( )
2

10
11
14
14

4
4
–
–

16
19
38
39

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
–
–

1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

Less than 0.5 percent.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual intervals may not equal 100 percent. Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupation or occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately.

30

Appendix A.
Scope and Method
of Survey

Scope
This survey of the Philadelphia, PA—NJ Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
covered establishments employing 50 workers or more in goods producing
industries (mining, construction, and manufacturing); service producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale
trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and
State and local governments.1 Private households, agriculture, the Federal
Government, and the self-employed were excluded from the survey. Table 1 in this
appendix shows the estimated number of establishments and workers within scope
of the survey and the number actually included in the survey sample.

words, the larger the number of employees expected to be found in designated
occupations, the larger the establishment sample in that stratum. An upward
adjustment to the establishment sample size also was made in strata expected to
have relatively high sampling error for certain occupations, based on previous
survey experiences. (See section on "Reliability of estimates" below for discussion
of sampling error.)
Data collection and payroll reference
Data for the survey were obtained primarily by personal visits of the Bureau's
field economists to a sample of establishments within the Philadelphia, PA—NJ
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. Collection for the survey was from August
1995 through February 1996 and reflects an average payroll reference month of
October 1995. Data obtained for a payroll period prior to the end of November
1995 were updated to include general wage changes, if granted, scheduled to be
effective through that date.

Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (the
sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports for
the Philadelphia, PA—NJ Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (November 1992).
Establishments with 50 workers or more during the sampling frame's reference
period were included in the survey sample even if they employed fewer than 50
workers at the time of the survey.
The sampling frame was reviewed for completeness and accuracy prior to the
survey and, when necessary, corrections were made: Missing establishments were
added; out-of-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed; and
addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were
updated.

Occupational pay
Occupational pay data are shown for full-time workers, i.e., those hired to work a
regular weekly schedule. Pay data exclude premium pay for overtime and for work
on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are bonuses and lump-sum
payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as
profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and
other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases—but not bonuses—under cost-ofliving allowance clauses and incentive payments, however, are included in the pay
data.
Unless otherwise indicated, the pay data following the job titles are for all
industries combined. Pay data for some of the occupations for all industries
combined (or for some industry divisions within the scope of the survey) are not
presented in the A-series tables because either (1) data did not provide statistically
reliable results, or (2) there was the possibility of disclosure of individual
establishment data. Pay data not shown separately for industry divisions are
included in data for all industries combined.

Survey design
The survey design includes classifying individual establishments into groups
(strata) based on industry and employment size, determining the size of the sample
for each group (stratum), and selecting an establishment sample from each stratum.
The establishment sample size in a stratum was determined by expected number of
employees to be found (based on previous occupational pay surveys) in
professional, administrative, technical, protective service, and clerical occupations.
In
other
A-1

Some sampled establishments had a policy of not disclosing salary data for
certain employees. No adjustments were made to pay estimates for the survey as a
result of these missing data. In all but three of the occupational work levels
published in this bulletin, the proportion of employees for whom pay data were not
available was less than 5 percent. The three jobs were Buyers/Contracting
Specialist III (14.9 percent), Buyers/Contracting Specialist IV (10.5 percent), and
Personnel Supervisors/ Managers II (5.5 percent).

Average pay reflect areawide estimates. Industries and establishments differ in
pay levels and job staffing, and thus contribute differently to the estimates for each
job. Therefore, average pay may not reflect the pay differential among jobs within
individual establishments. A-series tables provide distributions of workers by pay
intervals
The mean is computed for each job by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers. The median designates position—one-half of
the workers receive the same as or more and one-half receive the same as or less
than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; one-fourth of
the workers earn the same as or less than the lower of these rates and one-fourth
earn the same as or more than the higher rate. Medians and middle ranges are not
provided when they do not meet reliability criteria.
Occupations surveyed are common to a variety of public and private industries,
and were selected from the following employment groups: (1) Professional and
administrative; (2) technical and protective service; (3) clerical; (4) maintenance
and toolroom; and (5) material movement and custodial.
Occupational
classification was based on a uniform set of job descriptions designed to take
account of interestablishment variation in duties within the same job. Occupations
selected for study are listed and described in appendix B, along with corresponding
occupational codes and titles from the 1980 edition of the Standard Occupational
Classification Manual. Job descriptions used to classify employees in this survey
usually are more generalized than those used in individual establishments to allow
for minor differences among establishments in specific duties performed.
Average weekly hours for professional, administrative, technical, protective
service, and clerical occupations refer to the standard workweek (rounded to the
nearest tenth of an hour) for which employees receive regular straight-time pay.
Average weekly pay for these occupations are rounded to the nearest dollar.
Occupational employment estimates represent the total in all establishments
within the scope of the study and not the number actually surveyed. Because
occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of occupational
employment obtained from the sample of establishments studied serve only to
indicate the relative importance of the jobs studied.

Reliability of estimates
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, not the
entire population. The particular sample used in this survey is one of a number of
all 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. For
example, if the estimated average weekly salary of Secretaries Level IV is $500
and the standard error is $8, the RSE is 1.6 percent, or $8/$500x100 = 1.6%.
Estimates of relative standard errors for this survey vary among the occupational
work levels depending on such factors as the frequency with which the job occurs,
the dispersion of salaries for the job, and the survey design. The distribution of
published work levels for one relative standard error was as follows:

Relative standard
error
Less than 1 percent
1 and under 3 percent
3 and under 5 percent
5 percent and over

Survey nonresponse
Data were not available from 15.6 percent of the sample establishments
(representing 227,671 employees covered by the survey). An additional 4.9
percent of the sample establishments (representing 52,968 employees) were either
out of business or outside the scope of the survey.
If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights (based on the
probability of selection in the sample) of responding sample establishments were
adjusted to account for the missing data. The weights for establishments which
were out of business or outside the scope of the survey were changed to zero.

Percent of published
occupational work levels
0.5
58.7
39.3
1.5

The standard error can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For example, a 95 percent confidence interval is centered at the
sample estimate and includes all values within 2 times the estimate's standard error.
If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval
A-2

procedure, job match validation (JMV), is designed to identify the frequency,
reasons for, and sources of incorrect decisions made by Bureau field economists in
matching company jobs to survey occupations. Once identified, the problems are
discussed promptly with the field economists while the data are still being
collected. Subsequently, the JMV results are tallied, reported to BLS staff, and
become the basis for remedial action for future surveys.
Approximately 3 percent of the 986 sampled job match decisions reviewed by the
JMV reviewers and checked with the respondents were subsequently changed by
the JMV reviewers. These results are from a similar survey conducted in 1993, see
Occupational Compensation Survey: Pay Only, Philadelphia, PA—NJ, BLS
Bulletin 3070-67.

from each sample would include the true population value approximately 95
percent of the time.
Using the RSE example above, there is 95 percent confidence that the true
population value for Secretaries Level IV is between $484 and $516 (i.e., $500 plus
or minus 2 x $8).
Nonsampling errors can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain
information from some establishments; difficulties with survey definitions;
inability of respondents to provide correct information; mistakes in recording or
coding the data obtained; and other errors of collection, response, coverage, and
estimation of missing data. Although not specifically measured, the survey's
nonsampling errors are expected to be minimal due to the high response rate, the
extensive and continuous training of field economists who gather survey data by
personal visit, careful screening of data at several levels of review, annual
evaluation of the suitability of job definitions, and thorough field testing of new or
revised job definitions.
To measure and better control nonsampling errors that occur during data
collection, a quality control procedure was applied to the survey design. The

1 For this survey, an establishment is an economic unit which produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. In manufacturing
industries, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. In service-producing industries, all
locations of an individual company in a Metropolitan Statistical Area are usually considered an
establishment. In government, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.

A-3

Appendix table 1. Establishments and workers within scope of survey and number studied, Philadelphia, PA-NJ1,
October 1995
Number of establishments
Industry

division2

Within scope of
survey3

Workers in establishments
Within scope of survey4

Studied

Studied
Number

Percent

ALL ESTABLISHMENTS
All divisions ...................................................................................

4,836

286

1,324,835

100

345,637

Private industry .......................................................................
Goods producing ..............................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................
Construction5 ..............................................................
Service producing .............................................................
Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and
sanitary services6 .................................................
Wholesale trade7 ........................................................
Retail trade7 ................................................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate7 ..........................
Services7 ....................................................................

4,494
1,196
994
198
3,298

261
67
57
8
194

1,120,874
230,002
210,548
19,188
890,872

85
17
16
1
67

231,970
43,393
41,778
1,482
188,577

202
394
772
302
1,628

23
14
23
20
114

67,525
58,601
220,564
75,308
468,874

5
4
17
6
35

34,313
3,048
29,934
21,598
99,684

State and local government ....................................................

342

25

203,961

15

113,667

All divisions ...................................................................................

507

105

768,705

100

316,921

Private industry .......................................................................
Goods producing ..............................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................
Service producing .............................................................
Transportation, communication, electric, gas, and
sanitary services6 .................................................
Wholesale trade7 ........................................................
Retail trade7 ................................................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate7 ..........................
Services7 ....................................................................

430
93
88
337

90
23
22
67

601,296
94,294
91,149
507,002

78
12
12
66

205,122
36,528
35,899
168,594

23
36
70
26
182

10
3
8
6
40

42,471
21,762
132,468
54,200
256,101

6
3
17
7
33

31,899
1,722
27,523
20,300
87,150

State and local government ....................................................

77

15

167,409

22

111,799

ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING
500 WORKERS OR MORE

1
The Philadelphia Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the
Office of Management and Budget through October 1984, consists of Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, PA; and
Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties, NJ. The "workers within scope
of survey" estimates provide a reasonably accurate description of the 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 since (1) planning of wage surveys requires
establishment data compiled considerably in advance of the payroll period
studied, and (2) establishments employing fewer than 50 workers are
excluded from the scope of the survey.
2
The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying
establishments by industry.
3
Includes all establishments with at least 50 total employees. In goods
producing, an establishment is defined as a single physical location where
industrial operations are performed. In service producing industries, an
establishment is defined as all locations of a company in the area within the

same industry division. In government, an establishment is generally defined
as all locations of a government entity.
4
Includes all workers in all establishments with total employment (within
an area) at or above the minimum limitations.
5
Separate data for this division are not shown in the A-series tables, but
the division is represented in the "all industries" and "goods producing"
estimates.
6
Abbreviated to "Transportation and utilities" in the A-series tables. This
division is represented in the "all industries" and "service producing"
estimates.
7
Separate data for this division are not shown in the A-series tables, but
the division is represented in the "all industries" and "service producing"
estimates.
Note: Overall industries may include data for industry divisions not shown
separately.

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