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Occupational
Compensation Survey:
Pay Only

Los Angeles–Long Beach,
California, Metropolitan Area,
December 1995

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bulletin 3080-48

________________________________________________________________
Preface
This bulletin provides results of a December 1995 survey of
occupational pay in the Los Angeles–Long Beach, CA 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 San Francisco, under the direction of Caryl
L. O’Keefe, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations.
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 San Francisco
Regional Office at (415) 975-4350. 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.

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, Los Angeles–Long
Beach, CA, BLS Bulletin 3075-64.

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

Occupational
Compensation Survey:
Pay Only

Los Angeles–Long Beach,
California, Metropolitan Area,
December 1995

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

U.S. Department of Labor
Robert B. Reich, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner
May 1996
Bulletin 3080-48

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 ...................................................................

21

A-8.

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

23

A-9.

Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom

A-10.

Hourly pay of material movement and custodial

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

25
26

13

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

14
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 .........................................................

16

A.

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

A-1

B.

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

B-1

Introduction

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.

This survey of occupational pay in the Los Angeles–Long Beach Primary
Metropolitan Statistical Area (Los Angeles County) 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
households) employing 50 workers or more and to State and local governments and
(2) adding more professional, administrative, technical, and protective service
occupations to the surveys.

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, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

400
and
under
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Accountants
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Service-producing industries ............
State and local government ..................

388
222
187
166

39.8
39.7
39.6
40.0

$607
565
559
662

$610
538
523
690

$524
508
508
599

–
–
–
–

$673
614
614
705

1
1
1
–

48
60
60
33

30
39
39
17

21
( 3)
–
49

( 3)
–
–
1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

2,274
1,864
1,300
410

39.9
39.9
39.9
40.0

669
657
653
725

673
655
657
707

580
570
577
707

–
–
–
–

733
731
731
765

6
7
6
–

23
28
28
1

28
30
31
19

36
27
30
72

4
4
3
6

4
4
2
1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

2,663
2,189
1,024
824
1,165
474

39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0

860
856
843
828
868
875

842
837
846
808
837
885

769
769
769
767
768
808

–
–
–
–
–
–

940
935
925
925
1,019
959

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

6
6
6
8
7
2

29
31
27
32
34
21

31
30
35
29
25
37

21
18
30
27
8
37

8
9
1
2
15
2

5
6
1
2
10
3
( )

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

1,232
1,001
390
345
611
231

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

1,040
1,031
1,052
1,035
1,017
1,080

1,020
1,018
1,033
1,018
969
1,104

940
933
945
905
933
957

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,154
1,154
1,158
1,121
1,101
1,165

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
1
1
5
–

13
15
21
23
12
4

26
26
14
16
34
25

23
26
28
29
24
13

24
19
24
19
16
46

6
4
7
8
3
12

3
4
5
3
3
1

1
2
1
1
2
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

323
261
147
138
114
62

39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0

1,351
1,345
1,338
1,332
1,353
1,377

1,378
1,380
1,380
1,376
1,407
1,378

1,180
1,161
1,175
1,175
1,135
1,257

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,437
1,436
1,437
1,404
1,436
1,477

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
3
3
3
4
–

7
8
5
6
11
2

19
19
17
18
21
19

10
9
12
12
5
13

20
17
23
25
10
31

24
26
22
17
31
16

6
7
9
9
4
3

9
9
10
10
8
10

3
2
–
–
4
6

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

1
1
–
–
3
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

31

40.0

1,179

1,198

1,135

–

1,257

–

–

–

–

19

–

3

29

32

10

–

6

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

149

40.0

1,263

1,076

1,076

–

1,453

–

–

–

–

–

–

52

5

5

7

7

5

5

14

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

516
264
252

39.7
39.5
40.0

1,648
1,671
1,624

1,673
1,667
1,750

1,395
1,563
1,308

–
–
–

1,790
1,680
2,015

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

9
1
16

6
6
7

14
8
20

2
3
–

5
8
2

29
54
2

14
6
22

3
4
2

1
2
–

15
1
29

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–

3
7
–

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

789
742
738
738
47

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

656
647
647
647
797

625
616
615
615
791

615
615
615
615
791

–
–
–
–
–

680
670
670
670
791

–
–
–
–
–

3
3
3
3
–

80
85
85
85
4

14
10
9
9
79

3
3
3
3
11

( 3)
–
–
–
2

( 3)
–
–
–
4

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

3

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

400
and
under
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

3,520
2,513
2,414
2,414
1,007

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

$834
799
803
803
922

$827
775
779
779
893

$745
724
728
728
893

–
–
–
–
–

$893
854
861
861
974

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

14
19
18
18
( 3)

30
40
41
41
4

33
22
23
23
58

15
11
12
12
23

8
5
5
5
15

2
2
2
2
1

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

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

7,164
5,358
5,123
4,983
1,806

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

999
966
965
959
1,095

988
942
940
936
1,085

889
866
865
865
988

–
–
–
–
–

1,103
1,050
1,049
1,040
1,158

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

6
8
8
8
( 3)

21
28
29
30
2

27
28
28
29
24

20
18
17
17
26

20
13
13
11
43

4
4
4
4
3

1
1
1
1
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

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

7,797
6,415
6,168
6,098
1,382

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,181
1,166
1,165
1,164
1,249

1,166
1,146
1,141
1,139
1,272

1,061
1,050
1,050
1,048
1,157

–
–
–
–
–

1,288
1,263
1,263
1,258
1,304

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
( 3)
3
( )
( 3)
1

11
13
13
13
3

24
25
26
26
18

21
24
25
25
5

21
19
18
17
27

15
10
10
10
36

5
5
5
5
5

3
2
2
3
4

1
1
1
1
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

5,774
5,214
4,674
4,604
560

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,394
1,389
1,391
1,386
1,433

1,378
1,379
1,375
1,371
1,362

1,259
1,258
1,250
1,250
1,290

–
–
–
–
–

1,523
1,512
1,519
1,512
1,532

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

4
4
3
3
1

10
11
12
12
4

19
19
19
19
21

21
20
20
20
26

18
19
18
18
6

15
14
14
14
23

9
9
9
8
12

3
3
3
3
4

1
1
1
1
2

1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

2,415
2,205
1,954
1,954
210

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,635
1,640
1,642
1,642
1,583

1,627
1,634
1,644
1,644
1,520

1,500
1,501
1,484
1,484
1,438

–
–
–
–
–

1,771
1,785
1,794
1,794
1,749

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
( 3)

3
3
4
4
1

8
7
8
8
20

13
14
14
14
8

20
20
16
16
28

16
17
16
16
7

17
16
17
17
30

11
12
13
13
4

8
9
9
9
–

2
2
2
2
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level VII ....................................................

404

40.0

1,792

1,776

1,660

–

1,910

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

4

14

8

27

19

14

7

2

3

( 3)

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

108
12

38.6
40.0

644
767

640
–

580
–

–
–

695
–

3
–

29
–

44
8

22
83

2
8

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

141
115
26

39.9
39.9
40.0

861
845
929

866
854
927

779
749
873

–
–
–

962
962
998

–
–
–

–
–
–

6
7
–

27
32
4

27
28
23

40
32
73

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

114
20

40.0
40.0

979
1,213

955
1,265

859
1,187

–
–

1,068
1,265

–
–

–
–

–
–

5
–

33
–

16
–

27
20

6
10

12
70

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Buyers/Contracting Specialists
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
State and local government ..................

212
192
153
20

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0

597
593
597
640

625
605
633
634

550
550
550
607

–
–
–
–

633
633
633
659

3
4
3
–

44
46
42
25

49
48
52
60

4
3
3
15

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS

See footnotes at end of table.

4

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

400
and
under
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

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

1,404
1,251
760
760
491
153

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

$666
657
675
675
628
738

$656
650
669
669
612
714

$598
596
622
622
541
675

–
–
–
–
–
–

$714
712
714
714
670
790

4
4
7
7
–
–

22
24
9
9
48
1

42
42
46
46
35
38

21
19
26
26
8
37

8
7
7
7
7
16

3
2
3
3
1
7

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

877
792
698
698
85

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

863
859
858
858
906

856
850
852
852
908

779
780
781
781
762

–
–
–
–
–

934
931
931
931
998

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
1

31
32
32
32
31

28
30
30
30
9

31
30
30
30
38

7
7
8
8
12

1
1
–
–
8

( 3)
–
–
–
1

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

552
512
470
470
40

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,020
1,018
1,020
1,020
1,040

1,010
1,010
1,010
1,010
986

934
942
948
948
872

–
–
–
–
–

1,092
1,090
1,093
1,093
1,244

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

3
2
2
2
7

14
13
12
12
38

28
30
30
30
5

34
35
34
34
15

13
13
14
14
7

7
7
7
7
10

1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
10

1
–
–
–
7

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

298
272
26

39.9
39.8
40.0

677
670
750

666
666
734

615
615
658

–
–
–

731
728
792

( 3)
( 3)
–

5
6
–

63
67
27

23
21
50

5
6
–

2
( 3)
23

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

737
639
494
98

39.6
39.6
39.4
40.0

848
845
849
872

831
818
818
876

764
755
767
831

–
–
–
–

957
942
942
961

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

7
8
3
–

35
38
44
19

27
24
22
46

16
14
14
33

12
14
15
2

2
3
2
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

48

40.0

1,141

1,178

1,093

–

1,178

–

–

–

–

2

4

19

75

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

880
655
299
281
356
225

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

803
802
776
762
824
804

788
788
769
769
845
787

733
750
682
680
769
722

–
–
–
–
–
–

865
865
822
822
865
856

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
( )
3
( )
2
–

17
18
33
35
5
14

35
33
30
32
35
42

31
34
20
22
45
23

14
12
12
10
12
20

3
3
4
1
2
2

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

2,105
1,454
419
392
1,035
651

39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0

1,002
998
975
965
1,007
1,013

997
975
952
950
992
1,035

921
901
904
900
900
925

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,073
1,093
1,055
1,022
1,096
1,069

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
1
–
–
1
–

2
3
5
6
2
( 3)

18
20
18
19
22
12

30
30
41
41
26
29

31
26
23
24
27
44

14
15
10
9
17
12

3
3
3
1
3
3

1
2
( 3)
( 3)
2
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3

See footnotes at end of table.

5

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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—
400
and
under
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

– $1,252
–
1,268
–
1,262
–
1,268
–
1,268
–
1,228

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

1
1
1
1
1
( 3)

6
8
2
3
12
1

27
22
21
23
23
37

27
24
27
27
22
35

24
26
28
24
25
20

8
9
10
11
9
5

6
8
12
11
6
2

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Middle range

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

1,545
1,092
411
366
681
453

39.7
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.3
40.0

$1,166
1,175
1,198
1,191
1,162
1,144

$1,157
1,177
1,194
1,182
1,160
1,157

$1,056
1,058
1,100
1,091
1,045
1,056

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

334
205
129

40.0
40.0
40.0

1,339
1,397
1,247

1,333
1,393
1,246

1,246
1,336
1,228

–
–
–

1,438
1,463
1,246

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–

2
1
3

5
5
5

39
10
84

25
40
1

19
28
5

7
10
2

3
5
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Computer Systems Analyst
Supervisors/Managers
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

147
129
18

39.6
39.5
40.0

1,323
1,350
1,125

1,362
1,420
1,099

1,223
1,240
1,023

–
–
–

1,438
1,442
1,154

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
1
–

3
–
22

9
6
28

7
5
28

20
22
6

12
12
11

38
43
–

8
9
6

2
2
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

174
110
64

39.9
39.8
40.0

1,575
1,641
1,463

1,475
1,600
1,475

1,454
1,440
1,475

–
–
–

1,734
1,800
1,475

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
–
2

1
1
–

2
4
–

6
4
9

48
27
84

9
14
2

6
9
2

6
9
2

10
16
–

7
12
–

3
5
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

20

40.0

1,750

1,749

1,749

–

1,749

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

90

5

–

–

–

–

–

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

1,158
1,066
410
401
656
92

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

663
662
684
681
648
672

644
650
685
685
625
602

600
600
587
587
605
602

–
–
–
–
–
–

736
736
755
755
727
734

–
–
–
–
–
–

23
24
26
27
23
3

43
41
32
33
47
65

25
26
27
28
25
13

9
9
14
12
5
17

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–

( 3)
–
–
–
–
1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

1,613
1,325
558
533
767
288

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

829
812
818
817
807
910

817
800
798
798
808
916

750
700
706
705
692
837

–
–
–
–
–
–

914
890
931
939
865
991

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

21
25
23
24
26
3

20
22
36
36
12
9

31
32
9
10
48
30

21
15
26
24
7
50

5
5
4
4
6
5

1
( 3)
1
1
–
2

( 3)
1
1
1
3
( )
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

1,254
964
397
371
567
290

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

1,074
1,068
1,050
1,042
1,081
1,093

1,070
1,060
1,058
1,058
1,070
1,176

968
981
949
949
1,000
932

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,176
1,165
1,135
1,120
1,184
1,176

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
3
( 3)
( 3)
5
1

9
10
8
9
11
6

15
13
28
30
3
21

28
32
27
29
35
13

31
26
27
25
25
46

12
13
8
6
16
12

3
3
1
1
5
1

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

285
215
70

39.7
39.6
40.0

1,353
1,335
1,407

1,354
1,295
1,454

1,212
1,164
1,378

–
–
–

1,462
1,491
1,454

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
1
–

1
1
–

7
9
–

15
17
7

20
25
4

17
14
27

19
9
50

7
5
11

14
18
–

( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

6

Table A-1. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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—
400
and
under
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

– $1,529
–
–
–
1,529

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
–
2

4
–
8

24
4
47

6
10
–

9
16
–

16
25
5

13
16
10

9
4
13

11
7
15

–
–
–

8
15
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Middle range

Personnel Supervisors/Managers
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

127
67
60

39.8
39.7
40.0

$1,337
1,420
1,245

$1,352
–
1,038

$1,038
–
1,038

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................

93
71

39.8
39.8

1,700
1,696

1,749
–

1,569
–

–
–

1,808
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
1

5
4

9
11

13
17

14
18

32
14

19
25

3
4

–
–

–
–

2
3

1
1

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

53
53

40.0
40.0

703
703

745
745

669
669

–
–

745
745

–
–

4
4

25
25

72
72

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

79
79

40.0
40.0

777
777

786
786

786
786

–
–

786
786

–
–

5
5

4
4

73
73

18
18

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

159
159

40.0
40.0

809
809

831
831

800
800

–
–

831
831

–
–

–
–

4
4

20
20

75
75

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

325
and
under
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
1150

1150
1200

1200
1250

1250
1300

1300
and
over

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

915
806
733
109

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

$497
492
490
539

$483
482
482
504

$455
430
426
504

–
–
–
–

$554
554
554
551

2
2
2
–

8
9
9
–

14
15
17
3

30
31
28
18

18
14
13
53

22
24
26
5

2
2
2
5

4
3
2
13

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
–
–
4

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

847
629

39.9
39.9

598
579

609
563

520
519

–
–

657
657

–
–

–
–

3
4

13
17

16
20

17
14

18
15

21
25

7
4

4
1

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

92
528
218

39.8
39.9
40.0

587
576
654

530
563
639

519
520
588

–
–
–

681
657
705

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
5
–

9
19
–

53
15
4

10
14
27

–
17
28

7
27
11

17
2
17

1
1
13

1
( 3)
1

1
–
–

1
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

374
288
269
86

39.9
39.8
39.8
40.0

679
666
658
722

683
680
680
744

615
607
607
655

–
–
–
–

713
711
702
762

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

10
13
14
–

6
8
8
1

13
16
17
2

29
26
27
42

23
27
29
7

11
3
1
40

2
3
1
1

2
1
–
7

1
2
1
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

606
280

40.0
40.0

641
754

643
777

538
736

–
–

777
777

–
–

–
–

–
–

14
–

13
1

20
1

4
1

9
10

14
28

23
50

4
8

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

875
780
95

40.0
40.0
40.0

709
691
857

704
692
866

640
640
820

–
–
–

764
753
866

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–

9
11
–

16
18
–

22
25
1

18
20
–

23
26
5

4
–
36

5
( 3)
42

1
–
14

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 3)
–
2

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Engineering Technicians
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................

160
160
156
156

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

560
560
563
563

545
545
553
553

512
512
519
519

–
–
–
–

604
604
604
604

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

15
15
13
13

7
7
8
8

29
29
29
29

22
22
23
23

7
7
7
7

9
9
10
10

6
6
6
6

4
4
4
4

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

527
526
512
512

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

654
654
656
656

637
637
637
637

615
615
616
616

–
–
–
–

681
679
681
681

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

4
4
4
4

7
7
6
6

43
43
44
44

21
21
22
22

12
12
12
12

4
4
4
4

6
6
6
6

1
1
1
1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

744
743
728
658

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

803
803
805
805

826
826
827
830

745
745
752
733

–
–
–
–

880
880
880
893

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
2

2
2
2
3

4
4
4
5

8
8
8
9

9
9
9
10

11
11
12
13

29
29
30
22

12
12
12
13

21
21
21
23

1
1
1
1

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

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

500
500
477
477

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

891
891
894
894

898
898
901
901

808
808
809
809

–
–
–
–

941
941
941
941

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1

4
4
3
3

17
17
17
17

11
11
10
10

18
18
17
17

27
27
28
28

14
14
14
14

4
4
5
5

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

8

4
4
4
4

1
1
1
1

Table A-2. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

325
and
under
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
1150

1150
1200

1200
1250

1250
1300

1300
and
over

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

15
15

40.0
40.0

$639
639

$639
639

$639
639

–
–

$639
639

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

100
100

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

338

40.0

797

825

716

–

883

–

–

–

–

( 3)

1

4

9

24

7

14

35

7

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

662
446

40.0
40.0

775
855

798
864

640
798

–
–

868
889

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

8
( 3)

25
1

2
1

3
4

19
28

6
9

22
32

1
2

14
21

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

882
755

40.0
40.0

949
972

951
964

900
951

–
–

1,030
1,037

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

8
2

2
2

5
4

8
6

10
8

31
36

17
20

18
21

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

301

40.0

1,090

1,057

1,048

–

1,136

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

( 3)

1

1

13

11

38

16

11

–

10

–

Level VI .....................................................
State and local government ..................

17
17

40.0
40.0

1,124
1,124

1,143
1,143

1,107
1,107

–
–

1,143
1,143

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

6
6

6
6

88
88

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

760
760

40.0
40.0

746
746

728
728

629
629

–
–

885
885

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

6
6

18
18

3
3

13
13

16
16

( 3)
( 3)

6
6

37
37

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

4,641

50.2

986

976

974

–

1,028

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

3

5

5

6

38

16

10

6

4

3

Police Officers
Level I ....................................................... 15,719
State and local government .................. 15,671

40.0
40.0

928
929

936
936

885
885

–
–

984
984

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

4
4

8
8

7
7

11
11

40
40

12
12

6
6

7
7

1
1

2
2

( 3)
( 3)

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

40.0
40.0

1,068
1,068

1,067
1,067

1,040
1,040

–
–

1,120
1,120

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

8
8

4
4

34
34

24
24

16
16

9
9

3
3

1
1

( 3)
( 3)

PROTECTIVE SERVICE
OCCUPATIONS

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

4,857
4,857

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

1

( 3)

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, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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
225

225
250

250
275

275
300

300
325

325
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

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

5,602
4,941
989
965
3,952
661

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

$444
424
391
388
433
588

$427
410
400
400
415
659

$370
370
330
330
370
513

–
–
–
–
–
–

$490
462
438
438
470
659

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
3
9
9
1
–

3
4
10
10
2
–

3
4
9
9
3
–

27
31
20
21
34
1

24
27
35
35
25
2

16
15
8
8
17
20

10
10
9
7
10
10

3
2
( )
( 3)
3
5

6
5
–
–
6
11

6
–
–
–
–
50

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

5,905
4,826
1,641
1,370
3,185
1,079

39.8
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0

506
487
479
466
491
592

504
498
500
478
490
591

440
428
413
412
439
509

–
–
–
–
–
–

541
537
540
519
537
697

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
2
6
8
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

7
8
10
12
7
( 3)

19
23
20
24
24
1

18
17
11
13
20
19

33
35
38
34
34
21

8
8
10
4
7
9

6
4
3
3
5
18

6
1
1
( 3)
1
29

1
( 3)
1
1
( 3)
3

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

2,303
1,789
669
662
1,120
514

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

559
552
560
562
548
582

569
558
580
580
552
580

520
507
515
515
496
548

–
–
–
–
–
–

600
600
600
600
600
596

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

7
8
8
7
8
( 3)

12
14
7
7
18
5

17
15
14
14
15
23

39
34
41
42
30
55

21
25
25
25
26
4

3
2
3
3
1
9

1
1
1
1
1
4

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Clerks, General
Level II:
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

1,836
573
573
4,195

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

345
330
330
484

346
312
312
535

290
280
280
430

–
–
–
–

383
360
360
535

–
–
–
–

5
10
10
–

2
3
3
–

19
12
12
5

19
27
27
–

9
3
3
3

30
40
40
7

12
1
1
12

2
2
2
15

1
2
2
47

1
( 3)
( 3)
9

–
–
–
1

–
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level III ..................................................... 18,468
Private industry ..................................... 4,208
Goods-producing industries .............. 1,078
Manufacturing ............................... 1,008
State and local government .................. 14,260

39.9
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.0

482
449
498
497
492

460
440
504
504
460

446
385
420
420
449

–
–
–
–
–

501
510
555
577
501

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

2
7
4
5
–

1
4
–
–
( 3)

1
6
–
–
–

8
11
5
6
7

28
24
24
25
29

28
13
9
9
32

14
18
33
28
13

3
7
6
7
2

4
7
13
14
3

10
1
3
3
12

1
1
3
3
1

( 3)
–
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

4,778
1,438
322
322
1,116
3,340

39.7
39.0
39.9
39.9
38.7
40.0

524
514
588
588
492
528

520
496
568
568
488
520

492
471
520
520
460
507

–
–
–
–
–
–

533
544
658
658
526
532

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
1
( 3)
( 3)
1
–

1
4
–
–
6
( 3)

6
12
2
2
15
4

20
34
8
8
42
13

51
24
34
34
21
63

14
12
18
18
10
15

2
6
12
12
4
( 3)

2
3
13
13
1
1

3
1
6
6
( 3)
4

( 3)
1
7
7
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Clerks, Order
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................

1,072
1,072

40.0
40.0

461
461

468
468

400
400

–
–

504
504

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

15
15

34
34

24
24

21
21

3
3

–
–

–
–

3
3

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

10

3

Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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—
200
and
under
225

Middle range

225
250

250
275

275
300

300
325

325
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

Key Entry Operators
Level I:
State and local government ..................

122

40.0

$537

$530

$518

–

$530

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

11

67

5

15

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

1,209
1,149
933
60

39.6
39.6
39.5
40.0

447
442
438
535

441
441
439
510

408
403
408
510

–
–
–
–

496
490
460
606

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

4
5
( 3)
–

19
19
23
3

33
34
41
8

21
22
19
3

16
14
15
57

4
4
1
–

2
1
1
18

( 3)
–
–
10

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

187
134
53

40.0
39.9
40.0

472
455
515

472
455
503

442
441
495

–
–
–

495
490
514

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

6
8
–

32
42
8

41
43
36

14
6
34

4
1
11

3
–
11

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

149

40.0

553

548

516

–

597

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

7

60

17

8

–

4

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Secretaries
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................

148
148

39.9
39.9

414
414

384
384

360
360

–
–

461
461

–
–

–
–

2
2

–
–

–
–

16
16

34
34

21
21

11
11

9
9

3
3

3
3

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

3,657
2,179
428
410
1,751
1,478

39.6
39.2
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0

576
539
561
562
534
629

566
538
557
562
532
630

519
490
525
520
487
576

–
–
–
–
–
–

630
577
612
613
569
716

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

1
1
( 3)
( 3)
1
( 3)

6
11
9
9
11
( 3)

13
19
6
6
22
4

22
33
29
26
34
6

26
18
27
29
16
37

12
12
21
21
9
12

7
4
7
7
3
10

12
( 3)
1
1
–
29

2
3
1
1
4
1

( 3)
–
–
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

4,455
3,364
1,573
1,573
1,791
1,091

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

637
612
631
631
595
715

635
610
631
631
600
709

568
554
575
575
538
637

–
–
–
–
–
–

702
661
690
690
646
789

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
1
–

4
6
4
4
7
( 3)

14
17
12
12
22
4

15
20
20
20
19
3

23
25
20
20
29
18

17
18
21
21
15
17

16
12
16
16
8
28

5
3
6
6
( 3)
11

1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
3

4
–
–
–
–
15

( 3)
–
–
–
–
1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

3,667
2,874
1,148
991
1,726
793

39.7
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0

700
689
725
721
666
740

692
687
724
710
657
726

635
628
679
680
597
680

–
–
–
–
–
–

762
753
788
777
718
805

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

3
4
3
3
5
–

12
13
2
1
21
6

14
16
12
13
18
7

23
21
20
21
22
30

20
19
23
23
17
21

13
14
23
25
8
10

8
7
13
11
3
13

5
5
5
3
5
4

2
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
8

( 3)
–
–
–
–
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

598
530
176
158
354
68

39.7
39.7
39.9
39.9
39.6
40.0

821
808
860
845
782
927

844
819
860
857
774
927

737
721
816
810
683
883

–
–
–
–
–
–

887
885
900
870
885
991

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

1
1
–
–
2
1

5
6
–
–
9
1

10
11
3
4
14
–

13
14
9
10
16
4

9
10
6
7
12
–

16
18
22
25
15
1

24
22
34
38
16
34

7
6
6
7
6
13

9
6
12
8
3
29

6
5
7
2
5
7

1
–
–
–
–
7

See footnotes at end of table.

11

Table A-3. All establishments: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995 — Continued

Occupation and level

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

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
225

225
250

250
275

275
300

300
325

325
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

9
10
17
17
7
–

28
28
31
33
27
–

17
18
7
8
21
–

8
7
3
3
8
80

3
2
5
5
2
17

2
2
( )
( 3)
3
–

1
( 3)
–
–
1
3

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

4,771
4,702
1,123
1,035
3,579
69

39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0

$371
369
351
356
375
487

$360
360
348
348
360
480

$320
320
320
320
320
462

–
–
–
–
–
–

$407
407
383
384
420
498

1
1
–
–
1
–

3
3
5
5
3
–

2
2
6
6
1
–

7
8
7
–
8
–

18
18
21
22
17
–

Word Processors
Level I:
State and local government ..................

480

40.0

535

542

521

–

557

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

9

63

26

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

1,071
626

38.8
40.0

528
572

530
581

494
530

–
–

581
581

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

3
–

( 3)
–

1
( 3)

17
( 3)

9
7

31
37

26
35

1
( 3)

10
17

2
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

3

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.

12

Table A-4. All establishments: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

8.00
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 27.00 28.00 29.00 30.00
and
and
under
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 28.00 29.00 30.00 over
9.00

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

570
500
484

$11.20
10.82
14.50

$10.77
10.77
14.76

$9.55
9.55
14.32

– $12.35
–
11.36
–
15.43

5
5
–

34
38
–

22
25
–

6
6
2

10
12
14

23
12
7

–
–
46

–
–
20

–
–
5

1
1
5

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

1,914
1,098
829
829
269
816

20.30
19.14
19.04
19.04
19.48
21.85

20.54
18.40
18.05
18.05
19.30
22.55

18.05
18.05
18.05
18.05
18.44
20.12

–
–
–
–
–
–

22.78
21.00
21.08
21.08
21.00
24.06

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
1
–
–
2
–

( 2)
1
1
1
–
–

4
7
7
7
6
1

7
10
12
12
3
3

8
5
5
5
7
10

20
31
37
37
14
5

9
12
5
5
33
5

5
7
7
7
5
2

11
7
5
5
14
16

15
19
21
21
14
10

8
1
( 2)
( 2)
2
18

11
–
–
–
–
26

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
–
–
–
–
( 2)

1
–
–
–
–
3

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Maintenance Electronics Technicians
Level I:
State and local government ..................

50

17.24

17.70

17.32

–

17.70

–

–

–

–

–

2

8

8

–

64

18

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

2

2

2

2

2

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

1,364
820
544

19.22
18.29
20.62

19.25
16.58
21.81

16.00
16.00
19.25

–
–
–

22.10
22.10
21.81

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( )
( 2)
–

( )
( 2)
–

2
1
3

7
10
3

29
44
6

9
10
8

1
1
1

4
2
8

3
1
7

18
2
43

21
28
12

4
–
10

( )
( 2)
–

–
–
–

( )
( 2)
–

1
1
–

( )
( 2)
–

( )
( 2)
–

–
–
–

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

1,927
1,755
172

20.96
20.83
22.31

21.07
21.07
23.82

20.74
20.74
20.87

–
–
–

21.07
21.07
23.82

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–

4
5
1

3
3
5

3
3
2

7
7
9

10
10
13

55
60
2

6
5
16

5
2
45

3
3
5

( 2)
1
–

( 2)
–
2

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 2)
1
–

( 2)
1
–

Maintenance Machinists:
State and local government ......................

80

22.61

23.71

20.84

–

24.64

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

39

2

–

30

27

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

2

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

2,686
2,648
2,417
2,417

18.05
17.95
17.68
17.68

18.40
18.40
18.05
18.05

15.00
15.00
14.11
14.11

–
–
–
–

21.61
21.61
21.61
21.61

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

7
7
8
8

5
5
6
6

8
8
9
9

4
4
4
4

4
4
4
4

4
4
4
4

3
3
3
3

34
34
33
33

2
2
2
2

1
1
1
1

12
12
13
13

9
9
10
10

( )
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

5
4
( 2)
( 2)

1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1

( )
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

4,087
2,041
698
622
1,343
2,046

18.70
16.76
18.10
17.59
16.07
20.63

19.72
17.71
17.71
17.71
15.50
21.13

17.13
14.00
17.71
17.71
12.00
19.72

–
–
–
–
–
–

21.13
19.10
19.00
19.00
19.20
21.13

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
1
–
–
1
–

( 2)
1
–
–
1
–

1
3
–
–
4
–

8
16
4
4
23
( 2)

2
4
7
8
2
–

1
2
3
3
2
( 2)

8
16
9
4
19
( 2)

2
2
–
–
3
2

12
19
38
43
9
6

4
3
5
6
2
5

17
16
22
25
13
18

8
8
3
3
10
8

28
5
1
1
7
52

3
2
–
–
2
5

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
( 2)

2
( 2)
1
1
–
4

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
2
6
( 2)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

809
809
809
809

19.21
19.21
19.21
19.21

18.05
18.05
18.05
18.05

17.30
17.30
17.30
17.30

–
–
–
–

21.08
21.08
21.08
21.08

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

6
6
6
6

26
26
26
26

21
21
21
21

5
5
5
5

12
12
12
12

14
14
14
14

14
14
14
14

2
2
2
2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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.

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.

13

Table A-5. All establishments: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Number
of
workers

Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly pay (in dollars) of—
4.25
and
under
4.50

4.50
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
8.50

8.50
9.00

–

–

1

4

4

3

5

2

6

1

17

8

20

2

2

8

12

–

( 2)

1

4

–

–

7.25
7.00
7.00
14.69

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

2
2
2
–

5
5
5
–

19
19
19
–

30
31
32
–

14
14
14
–

9
9
9
–

6
6
6
–

5
5
5
( 2)

3
3
3
3

3
3
3
4

1
1
1
10

1
1
1
6

1
( 2)
( 2)
10

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
8

2
( 2)
( 2)
57

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
2

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

13.56
12.85
12.03
15.86

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
2
2
–

3
3
4
–

12
15
17
–

10
11
13
–

7
9
10
–

3
3
3
3

6
5
6
8

25
29
33
3

9
8
8
16

3
2
2
12

9
2
2
45

6
5
( 2)
14

6
7
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

5.25
5.08
5.16
5.16
5.05
9.18

–
–
–
–
–
–

9.91
8.00
7.74
7.74
8.00
11.76

2
3
2
2
3
–

10
13
–
–
14
–

16
21
41
41
19
–

9
12
8
8
13
–

7
10
3
3
10
–

5
7
6
6
7
–

4
6
10
10
5
–

3
4
6
6
4
( 2)

3
3
1
1
3
4

3
4
6
6
4
2

12
5
3
3
5
36

6
5
3
3
5
12

11
6
2
2
6
26

5
2
2
2
2
15

1
( 2)
2
2
( 2)
2

1
( 2)
1
1
–
3

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
( 2)

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

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Mean

Median

1,846

$10.98

$10.67

$8.33

– $13.89

Guards
Level I ....................................................... 18,832
Private industry ..................................... 18,266
Service-producing industries ............ 18,047
State and local government ..................
566

6.85
6.65
6.62
13.37

6.25
6.25
6.25
14.69

5.97
5.90
5.90
12.09

–
–
–
–

3,353
2,842
2,463
511

11.83
11.33
10.56
14.58

12.03
12.02
11.60
15.03

8.75
8.50
8.50
13.49

Janitors ........................................................ 32,406
Private industry ......................................... 25,148
Goods-producing industries .................. 2,421
Manufacturing ................................... 2,421
Service-producing industries ................ 22,727
State and local government ...................... 7,258

7.70
6.83
7.13
7.13
6.80
10.71

6.80
6.00
5.71
5.71
6.00
10.75

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

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

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
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 over

Material Handling Laborers .......................
Private industry .........................................

2,931
2,929

6.57
6.56

6.23
6.21

5.50
5.50

–
–

7.75
7.75

9
9

4
4

10
10

18
18

15
15

11
11

3
3

13
13

5
5

1
1

8
8

5
5

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

4,302
4,220
1,342
1,342

10.72
10.66
9.87
9.87

10.47
10.22
9.30
9.30

8.20
8.00
7.25
7.25

–
–
–
–

12.04
11.94
11.00
11.00

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

2
2
7
7

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

4
4
–
–

11
11
19
19

5
5
8
8

7
7
12
12

6
6
1
1

10
10
8
8

14
14
18
18

15
15
9
9

6
5
1
1

3
3
1
1

7
6
11
11

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

1
1
4
4

5
5
1
1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

3
3
–
–

Truckdrivers
Light Truck:
State and local government ..................

144

12.93

12.96

10.74

–

14.13

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

24

16

19

4

26

–

–

–

10

–

–

–

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

9,026
8,597
5,194
429

14.74
14.69
16.08
15.71

15.22
15.22
15.97
15.74

11.80
11.60
12.90
15.74

–
–
–
–

19.99
19.99
20.04
16.62

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
2
4
–

2
2
1
–

2
3
–
–

5
6
–
–

( 2)
1
1
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

2
2
3
–

5
5
5
–

5
6
4
–

5
6
8
1

4
4
5
13

5
5
9
4

29
28
11
45

4
3
4
27

1
1
1
8

1
1
1
1

3
3
4
–

23
24
39
–

–
–
–
–

Heavy Truck:
State and local government ..................

345

16.84

17.08

14.81

–

18.05

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

( 2)

–

1

26

5

9

12

38

8

–

–

Tractor Trailer ........................................... 10,445
Private industry ..................................... 10,047
Goods-producing industries .............. 2,241
Manufacturing ............................... 2,241
Service-producing industries ............ 7,806
State and local government ..................
398

15.67
15.59
13.98
13.98
16.06
17.53

16.85
16.85
14.08
14.08
16.85
17.05

14.08
14.08
13.82
13.82
15.17
16.59

–
–
–
–
–
–

16.85
16.85
15.32
15.32
16.85
17.99

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
1
4
4
–
–

6
7
3
3
7
–

3
3
10
10
1
–

3
3
4
4
3
–

9
9
21
21
6
–

12
12
27
27
8
–

5
5
22
22
1
4

47
47
–
–
61
35

8
6
5
5
7
40

1
1
1
1
1
3

1
1
3
3
2
( )
–

5
5
–
–
6
18

–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table A-5. All establishments: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995 — Continued
Hourly pay
(in dollars)1
Occupation and level

Warehouse Specialists ..............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
State and local government ......................

Number
of
workers

9,192
8,683
4,377
4,321
509

Mean

Median

$13.47
13.46
13.32
13.32
13.68

$14.65
14.79
14.79
14.79
14.04

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

Middle range

$11.10
11.10
11.10
11.10
13.05

– $14.79
–
14.89
–
14.79
–
14.79
–
14.25

4.25
and
under
4.50

4.50
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
8.50

8.50
9.00

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–

1
1
2
2
–

2
2
4
4
–

1
1
( 2)
( 2)
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

1
1
1
1
–

2
2
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

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
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 over

9
9
2
2
–

7
8
3
3
2

9
9
12
12
6

8
8
6
6
14

5
4
2
2
28

31
31
55
55
41

1
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
5

6
6
2
1
–

16
17
6
6
4

1
1
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

( 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.

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Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

450
and
under
500

500
550

550
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Accountants
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

328
162
166

39.8
39.6
40.0

$620
576
662

$614
592
690

$568
508
599

–
–
–

$705
625
705

1
1
–

18
37
–

23
14
33

32
48
17

25
1
49

( 3)
–
1

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

1,017
612
190
190
422
405

39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0

693
672
679
679
669
725

707
664
663
663
668
707

636
605
628
628
589
707

–
–
–
–
–
–

765
738
709
709
752
765

1
1
–
–
2
–

4
7
–
–
10
–

9
14
6
6
18
1

34
43
64
64
34
19

45
26
23
23
27
73

6
7
7
7
7
5

1
1
1
1
1
1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

1,128
677
252
252
425
451

39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0

861
849
849
849
849
878

850
825
818
818
842
885

789
745
752
752
732
806

–
–
–
–
–
–

953
923
923
923
940
961

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
1
–
–
1
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

7
10
6
6
12
2

28
32
36
36
29
22

30
26
25
25
27
34

23
13
20
20
9
39

9
13
6
6
18
2

2
3
6
6
2
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

( 3)
1
( 3)
( 3)
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

696
479
165
165
314
217

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

1,043
1,023
1,026
1,026
1,021
1,087

1,058
990
995
995
981
1,104

945
945
910
910
952
980

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,154
1,154
1,087
1,087
1,154
1,165

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

5
7
1
1
10
–

10
13
21
21
8
4

30
33
34
34
33
21

15
17
20
20
15
12

30
22
8
8
29
49

6
3
7
7
1
12

3
4
6
6
2
1

1
1
2
2
3
( )
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
1
–
–
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

251
189
81
81
108
62

39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0

1,353
1,345
1,343
1,343
1,347
1,377

1,376
1,335
1,320
1,320
1,407
1,378

1,179
1,152
1,219
1,219
1,134
1,257

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,477
1,487
1,545
1,545
1,436
1,477

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

3
4
5
5
4
–

8
10
7
7
11
2

18
18
12
12
22
19

12
12
21
21
6
13

16
12
17
17
7
31

19
20
4
4
32
16

6
7
16
16
1
3

12
12
17
17
8
10

4
3
–
–
5
6

( 3)
1
–
–
1
–

1
2
–
–
3
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

25

40.0

1,169

1,186

1,135

–

1,257

–

–

–

–

–

24

–

–

32

28

8

–

8

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

273
149

39.5
40.0

1,392
1,263

1,284
1,076

1,076
1,076

–
–

1,682
1,453

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

29
52

6
5

17
5

6
7

4
7

8
5

8
5

12
14

6
–

–
–

–
–

1
–

3
–

–
–

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

421
169
252

39.8
39.4
40.0

1,605
1,578
1,624

1,615
1,615
1,750

1,328
1,446
1,308

–
–
–

1,790
1,676
2,015

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

10
2
16

8
9
7

17
12
20

2
5
–

6
13
2

17
39
2

17
9
22

3
6
2

1
2
–

18
1
29

–
–
–

( 3)
1
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

16

Table A-6. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of professional and administrative occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995 —
Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

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

Middle range

450
and
under
500

500
550

550
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

Engineers
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

388
47

40.0
40.0

$690
797

$680
791

$642
791

–
–

$725
791

–
–

2
–

4
–

62
4

26
79

6
11

( 3)
2

1
4

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

2,803
1,819
1,813
1,813
984

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

863
831
831
831
922

874
800
800
800
893

779
751
751
751
893

–
–
–
–
–

928
899
900
900
974

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

5
7
7
7
( 3)

28
41
41
41
4

37
27
27
27
57

18
16
16
16
23

10
7
7
7
15

2
2
2
2
1

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

6,240
4,434
4,386
4,386
1,806

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,003
966
966
966
1,095

988
942
941
941
1,085

896
869
870
870
988

–
–
–
–
–

1,107
1,048
1,048
1,048
1,158

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

5
6
6
6
( 3)

21
29
29
29
2

28
30
30
30
24

20
18
18
18
26

20
11
11
11
43

4
4
4
4
3

2
1
1
1
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

6,857
5,475
5,391
5,391
1,382

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,187
1,171
1,171
1,171
1,249

1,175
1,148
1,147
1,147
1,272

1,065
1,049
1,048
1,048
1,157

–
–
–
–
–

1,300
1,267
1,268
1,268
1,304

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
1

11
13
13
13
3

23
24
24
24
18

21
24
24
24
5

20
18
18
18
27

16
11
11
11
36

6
6
6
6
5

3
3
3
3
4

1
1
1
1
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

5,054
4,494
4,249
4,249
560

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,390
1,385
1,383
1,383
1,433

1,371
1,371
1,366
1,366
1,362

1,254
1,253
1,249
1,249
1,290

–
–
–
–
–

1,517
1,501
1,502
1,502
1,532

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

3
3
4
4
1

11
12
12
12
4

19
19
20
20
21

22
21
21
21
26

18
19
18
18
6

14
13
13
13
23

8
7
8
8
12

3
3
3
3
4

1
1
1
1
2

1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

2,055
1,845
1,742
1,742
210

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,627
1,632
1,631
1,631
1,583

1,636
1,639
1,638
1,638
1,520

1,494
1,500
1,485
1,485
1,438

–
–
–
–
–

1,762
1,772
1,781
1,781
1,749

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
( 3)

3
3
4
4
1

9
8
9
9
20

12
13
13
13
8

18
17
17
17
28

18
19
17
17
7

19
18
17
17
30

12
13
14
14
4

6
7
7
7
–

1
1
1
1
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Level VII ....................................................

400

40.0

1,793

1,776

1,658

–

1,910

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

4

14

8

27

18

14

7

2

3

( 3)

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

108
12

38.6
40.0

644
767

640
–

580
–

–
–

695
–

3
–

7
–

21
–

44
8

22
83

2
8

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

141
115
26

39.9
39.9
40.0

861
845
929

866
854
927

779
749
873

–
–
–

962
962
998

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

6
7
–

27
32
4

27
28
23

40
32
73

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

99
20

40.0
40.0

987
1,213

984
1,265

851
1,187

–
–

1,078
1,265

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

6
–

28
–

18
–

26
20

7
10

14
70

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS

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, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995 —
Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

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

Middle range

450
and
under
500

500
550

550
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

Buyers/Contracting Specialists
Level I .......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

76
56
20

39.8
39.7
40.0

$607
595
640

–
–
$634

–
–
$607

–
–
–

–
–
$659

9
13
–

12
13
10

24
27
15

45
39
60

11
9
15

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

897
745
340
340
405
152

40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

682
671
707
707
640
738

670
656
699
699
623
714

610
598
636
636
583
675

–
–
–
–
–
–

739
717
774
774
673
795

1
1
2
2
–
–

7
8
–
–
15
–

15
18
6
6
27
1

40
41
41
41
41
38

24
21
34
34
10
38

10
9
12
12
6
16

3
2
3
3
1
7

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

749
664
582
582
85

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

857
851
847
847
906

845
838
836
836
908

772
773
770
770
762

–
–
–
–
–

926
917
911
911
998

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1
1

32
32
34
34
31

32
34
35
35
9

28
27
25
25
38

6
5
6
6
12

2
1
–
–
8

( 3)
–
–
–
1

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

547
507
465
465
40

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

1,017
1,016
1,018
1,018
1,040

1,010
1,010
1,010
1,010
986

934
942
946
946
872

–
–
–
–
–

1,090
1,090
1,092
1,092
1,244

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

3
2
2
2
7

14
13
12
12
38

28
30
31
31
5

34
36
34
34
15

13
13
14
14
7

6
6
6
6
10

1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
10

1
–
–
–
7

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

150
125
25

39.7
39.6
40.0

693
681
755

666
666
735

634
634
721

–
–
–

735
728
792

1
1
–

4
5
–

7
8
–

52
58
24

22
16
52

10
12
–

5
1
24

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

640
543
97

39.7
39.7
40.0

856
853
873

846
841
876

767
767
831

–
–
–

961
952
961

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

6
7
–

31
33
19

31
28
46

19
16
33

13
15
2

1
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

48

40.0

1,141

1,178

1,093

–

1,178

–

–

–

–

–

2

4

19

75

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

590
366
227
224

39.9
39.8
39.7
40.0

807
809
820
804

789
806
837
787

730
751
763
720

–
–
–
–

871
878
878
861

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
–

1
1
2
–

14
14
7
14

36
33
33
42

27
29
35
23

19
19
19
20

3
3
3
2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

1,882
1,237
292
292
945
645

39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0

1,004
1,000
975
975
1,008
1,013

1,003
991
988
988
999
1,035

920
892
891
891
892
925

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,071
1,092
1,058
1,058
1,096
1,069

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

1
1
–
–
1
–

2
3
8
8
1
3
( )

19
23
20
20
23
12

27
25
28
28
24
30

35
30
33
33
29
43

13
13
10
10
14
12

3
3
1
1
4
3

1
2
( 3)
( 3)
3
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995 —
Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
450
and
under
500

500
550

550
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

– $1,268
–
1,280
–
1,276
–
1,276
–
1,280
–
1,237

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

1
2
1
1
2
( 3)

3
4
3
3
5
1

23
16
23
23
11
37

31
29
29
29
29
34

26
29
22
22
33
21

9
11
11
11
11
5

7
9
12
12
8
2

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Middle range

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

1,295
854
331
331
523
441

40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

$1,180
1,199
1,193
1,193
1,203
1,145

$1,160
1,195
1,174
1,174
1,206
1,157

$1,081
1,109
1,091
1,091
1,127
1,056

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

291
122

40.0
40.0

1,332
1,250

1,299
1,246

1,246
1,228

–
–

1,438
1,246

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
–

1
2

5
3

44
87

19
1

22
6

8
2

1
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Computer Systems Analyst
Supervisors/Managers
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

135
18

39.5
40.0

1,312
1,125

1,337
1,099

1,212
1,023

–
–

1,420
1,154

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
–

3
22

10
28

8
28

21
6

13
11

33
–

9
6

2
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

174
110
64

39.9
39.8
40.0

1,575
1,641
1,463

1,475
1,600
1,475

1,454
1,440
1,475

–
–
–

1,734
1,800
1,475

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
–
2

1
1
–

2
4
–

6
4
9

48
27
84

9
14
2

6
9
2

6
9
2

10
16
–

7
12
–

3
5
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

20

40.0

1,750

1,749

1,749

–

1,749

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

90

5

–

–

–

–

–

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

669
580
155
155
425
89

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

673
673
717
717
657
672

673
673
726
726
650
602

602
615
638
638
615
602

–
–
–
–
–
–

747
747
775
775
736
734

–
–
–
–
–
–

15
18
11
11
20
–

4
5
6
6
4
3

37
32
19
19
37
65

30
33
41
41
30
12

12
12
21
21
8
18

( 3)
1
2
2
–
–

( 3)
–
–
–
–
1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

895
627
151
144
476
268

39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

844
816
887
895
794
910

839
808
870
875
794
932

738
673
790
805
673
837

–
–
–
–
–
–

939
894
971
975
878
991

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

20
27
–
–
36
4

16
19
27
24
16
10

33
33
30
31
34
32

24
15
26
28
11
47

5
4
10
10
3
6

1
( 3)
2
2
–
3

1
1
5
5
( 3)
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

686
400
200
200
200
286

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

1,098
1,101
1,058
1,058
1,143
1,095

1,127
1,102
1,068
1,068
1,183
1,176

1,000
1,003
962
962
1,042
932

–
–
–
–
–
–

1,183
1,201
1,150
1,150
1,212
1,176

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
1

6
6
9
9
3
6

18
16
24
24
8
21

21
26
26
26
25
13

35
26
26
26
26
47

18
21
11
11
31
12

2
3
1
1
5
1

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

206
143
63

39.9
39.9
40.0

1,312
1,265
1,418

1,339
1,250
1,454

1,154
1,135
1,388

–
–
–

1,454
1,380
1,454

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
1
–

1
2
–

9
13
–

20
26
6

13
17
2

22
21
25

21
7
54

9
8
13

2
3
–

( 3)
1
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 3)
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, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995 —
Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
450
and
under
500

500
550

550
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
2100

2100
2200

2200
2400

2400
2600

– $1,529
–
–
–
1,529

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
–
2

4
–
8

24
4
47

6
10
–

9
16
–

16
25
5

13
16
10

9
4
13

11
7
15

–
–
–

8
15
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Middle range

Personnel Supervisors/Managers
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................
State and local government ..................

127
67
60

39.8
39.7
40.0

$1,337
1,420
1,245

$1,352
–
1,038

$1,038
–
1,038

Level III .....................................................
Private industry .....................................

84
62

39.8
39.8

1,689
1,679

1,731
–

1,550
–

–
–

1,766
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
2

6
5

10
13

14
19

15
21

36
16

11
15

4
5

–
–

–
–

2
3

1
2

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

53
53

40.0
40.0

703
703

745
745

669
669

–
–

745
745

–
–

–
–

4
4

25
25

72
72

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

79
79

40.0
40.0

777
777

786
786

786
786

–
–

786
786

–
–

–
–

5
5

4
4

73
73

18
18

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

159
159

40.0
40.0

809
809

831
831

800
800

–
–

831
831

–
–

–
–

–
–

4
4

20
20

75
75

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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.

20

Table A-7. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

350
and
under
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
1150

1150
1200

1200
1250

1250
1300

1300
1350

1350
and
over

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

498
392
375
106

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

$518
512
512
539

$514
514
514
504

$477
473
472
504

–
–
–
–

$575
575
575
551

11
14
15
–

5
6
6
3

18
18
18
19

29
22
22
52

26
32
31
5

4
4
4
5

6
4
4
13

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

1
–
–
4

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

620
402
61
61
341
218

39.9
39.8
39.7
39.7
39.8
40.0

628
614
621
621
613
654

639
635
–
–
640
639

588
556
–
–
556
588

–
–
–
–
–
–

661
657
–
–
657
705

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
2
–
–
2
–

7
10
13
13
10
–

8
11
30
30
7
4

16
10
15
15
10
27

24
22
–
–
26
28

27
36
10
10
41
11

10
6
26
26
2
17

6
1
2
2
1
13

1
( 3)
2
2
( 3)
1

( 3)
( 3)
2
2
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
2
2
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

257
171
86

39.8
39.7
40.0

714
710
722

699
699
744

664
680
655

–
–
–

756
713
762

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

1
1
–

2
3
1

5
6
2

43
43
42

23
30
7

17
5
40

4
5
1

3
1
7

2
3
–

–
–
–

1
2
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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

280

40.0

754

777

736

–

777

–

–

–

1

1

1

10

28

50

8

–

( 3)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

154
95

40.0
40.0

783
857

818
866

673
820

–
–

866
866

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
–

6
–

2
–

24
1

1
–

6
5

22
36

27
42

8
14

–
–

–
–

1
2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Engineering Technicians
Level II ......................................................
Private industry .....................................

104
104

40.0
40.0

565
565

545
545

459
459

–
–

657
657

–
–

23
23

12
12

17
17

8
8

11
11

14
14

9
9

7
7

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

187
186
172
172

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

645
645
651
651

620
618
624
624

584
584
590
590

–
–
–
–

690
684
704
704

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1

12
12
11
11

21
21
18
18

22
23
23
23

19
19
20
20

9
8
9
9

4
4
5
5

10
10
10
10

2
2
2
2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level IV .....................................................
Private industry .....................................

559
558

40.0
40.0

795
795

830
830

710
710

–
–

875
875

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
2

3
3

6
6

11
11

12
12

8
8

23
23

15
15

19
20

1
1

( 3)
( 3)

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

15
15

40.0
40.0

639
639

639
639

639
639

–
–

639
639

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

100
100

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

338
338

40.0
40.0

797
797

825
825

716
716

–
–

883
883

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

4
4

9
9

24
24

7
7

14
14

35
35

7
7

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

446
446

40.0
40.0

855
855

864
864

798
798

–
–

889
889

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

1
1

4
4

28
28

9
9

32
32

2
2

21
21

1
1

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

761
755

40.0
40.0

971
972

964
964

951
951

–
–

1,037
1,037

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
2

2
2

4
4

6
6

9
8

36
36

19
20

20
21

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

21

1
1

Table A-7. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of technical and protective service occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 1995 —
Continued

Occupation and level

Average
Number weekly
of
hours1
workers (standard)

Weekly pay
(in dollars)2

Mean

Median

Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly pay (in dollars) of—
350
and
under
400

400
450

450
500

500
550

550
600

600
650

650
700

700
750

750
800

800
850

– $1,136

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

( 3)

Middle range

850
900

900
950

950
1000

1000
1050

1050
1100

1100
1150

1150
1200

1200
1250

1250
1300

1300
1350

1350
and
over

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

301

40.0

$1,090

$1,057

$1,048

1

1

13

11

38

16

11

–

10

–

–

Level VI .....................................................
State and local government ..................

17
17

40.0
40.0

1,124
1,124

1,143
1,143

1,107
1,107

–
–

1,143
1,143

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

6
6

6
6

88
88

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

760
760

40.0
40.0

746
746

728
728

629
629

–
–

885
885

–
–

–
–

–
–

6
6

18
18

3
3

13
13

16
16

( 3)
( 3)

6
6

37
37

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

4,641

50.2

986

976

974

–

1,028

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

3

5

5

6

38

16

10

6

4

3

( 3)

–

Police Officers
Level I ....................................................... 14,638
State and local government .................. 14,590

40.0
40.0

934
935

936
936

887
887

–
–

984
984

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

1
( 3)

( 3)
( 3)

4
4

7
7

6
6

7
7

43
43

13
13

7
7

8
8

2
2

2
2

( 3)
( 3)

–
–

–
–

1
1

40.0
40.0

1,076
1,076

1,067
1,067

1,040
1,040

–
–

1,120
1,120

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

1
1

2
2

4
4

36
36

25
25

17
17

9
9

3
3

1
1

–
–

( 3)
( 3)

PROTECTIVE SERVICE
OCCUPATIONS

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

4,581
4,581

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

1

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.

22

Table A-8. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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
225

225
250

250
275

275
300

300
325

325
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

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

3,010
2,349
124
124
2,225
661

40.0
39.9
39.8
39.8
39.9
40.0

$467
433
420
420
434
588

$440
406
401
401
406
659

$370
370
392
392
370
513

–
–
–
–
–
–

$538
462
450
450
463
659

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

2
2
–
–
3
–

( 3)
( 3)
1
1
( 3)
–

2
2
6
6
2
–

29
37
35
35
37
1

22
28
24
24
28
2

15
13
30
30
12
20

5
4
2
2
4
10

3
2
2
2
2
5

10
10
–
–
11
11

11
–
–
–
–
50

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

2,593
1,544
322
322
1,222
1,049

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

552
524
499
499
531
594

537
537
491
491
537
602

502
494
462
462
514
504

–
–
–
–
–
–

597
541
528
528
541
697

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
1
–
–
1
–

1
1
2
2
1
( 3)

5
7
12
12
5
2

18
17
38
38
11
20

41
56
31
31
62
19

11
12
14
14
11
9

10
5
3
3
5
18

13
2
( 3)
( 3)
3
30

1
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
3

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

1,148
643
179
172
505

39.8
39.7
39.9
39.9
40.0

569
560
582
588
581

558
552
574
574
580

547
538
536
549
548

–
–
–
–
–

584
573
609
613
596

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

2
4
4
–
( 3)

5
5
1
1
5

23
23
23
24
23

54
54
42
44
55

6
7
15
16
4

6
4
9
9
9

3
2
4
5
4

1
1
2
2
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

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

5,145
950
756
4,195

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

463
368
366
484

480
372
367
535

396
300
290
430

–
–
–
–

535
416
416
535

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

( 3)
2
3
–

8
22
27
5

1
6
6
–

4
7
7
3

12
31
22
7

14
23
28
12

13
3
3
15

39
3
2
47

8
3
3
9

1
–
–
1

( 3)
–
–
( 3)

( 3)
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Level III ..................................................... 15,632
Private industry ..................................... 1,487
Goods-producing industries ..............
367
Manufacturing ...............................
367
Service-producing industries ............ 1,120
State and local government .................. 14,145

40.0
39.8
39.7
39.7
39.8
40.0

492
494
531
531
483
492

460
486
528
528
458
460

449
409
456
456
407
449

–
–
–
–
–
–

501
568
582
582
546
501

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
1
–
–
1
( 3)

( 3)
2
–
–
2
–

8
15
7
7
18
7

29
21
13
13
24
30

30
15
17
17
14
32

13
20
30
30
17
12

3
9
10
10
9
2

4
14
9
9
15
3

11
2
5
5
1
12

1
2
9
9
–
1

( 3)
–
–
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

4,115
801
590
3,314

40.0
39.7
39.7
40.0

525
509
485
528

520
514
481
520

507
445
434
507

–
–
–
–

532
561
526
532

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
1
1
–

2
8
11
( 3)

6
17
22
4

14
19
22
13

56
28
31
63

14
10
4
15

2
11
8
( 3)

2
4
1
1

3
1
( 3)
4

( 3)
1
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Key Entry Operators
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

601
122

40.0
40.0

402
537

326
530

260
518

–
–

530
530

–
–

9
–

22
–

6
–

10
–

4
–

1
–

6
2

3
11

14
67

17
5

6
15

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

387
327
290
60

39.8
39.8
39.8
40.0

474
463
464
535

448
447
447
510

422
422
422
510

–
–
–
–

510
508
508
606

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

1
1
1
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
–

8
9
6
3

41
47
50
8

8
9
10
3

31
26
25
57

3
4
3
–

6
4
4
18

2
–
–
10

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

180
127
53

40.0
39.9
40.0

473
455
515

472
442
503

442
441
495

–
–
–

495
490
514

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

6
9
–

33
44
8

38
39
36

14
6
34

4
2
11

3
–
11

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

23

Table A-8. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Weekly hours and pay of clerical occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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
225

225
250

250
275

275
300

300
325

325
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

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

488
149

40.0
40.0

$484
553

$485
548

$380
516

–
–

$548
597

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
–

31
–

17
4

4
7

24
60

11
17

11
8

( 3)
–

1
4

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

2,961
1,513
1,164
1,448

39.8
39.5
39.4
40.0

585
542
532
630

580
540
527
630

523
500
490
576

–
–
–
–

642
584
568
716

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–

1
1
1
( 3)

4
8
10
( 3)

10
16
20
4

20
34
37
6

28
19
16
37

14
15
12
12

8
6
5
11

14
( 3)
–
29

1
( 3)
( 3)
1

( 3)
–
–
( 3)

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

3,630
2,632
1,212
1,212
1,420
998

39.9
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.8
40.0

649
619
643
643
598
727

645
625
647
647
600
709

580
560
588
588
542
664

–
–
–
–
–
–

709
668
693
693
653
789

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

( 3)
1
( 3)
( 3)
1
–

3
4
1
1
7
( 3)

11
15
7
7
21
3

16
21
22
22
19
3

20
22
21
21
24
13

20
21
26
26
17
18

18
13
17
17
9
31

5
3
6
6
( 3)
13

1
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
3

4
–
–
–
–
16

( 3)
–
–
–
–
1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

2,353
1,756
686
686
1,070
597

39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

712
697
741
741
669
755

712
698
748
748
666
726

652
640
695
695
624
682

–
–
–
–
–
–

777
759
788
788
718
826

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
( 3)
–

1
1
–
–
2
–

2
2
–
–
4
–

8
8
2
2
13
8

13
15
8
8
20
8

21
24
18
18
27
13

21
21
23
23
19
24

17
18
29
29
12
13

10
8
16
16
2
18

3
3
4
4
1
4

3
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
11

1
–
–
–
–
2

( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
( 3)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

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

472
405
147
147
67

39.8
39.8
39.9
39.9
40.0

801
780
844
844
931

816
786
857
857
927

710
695
803
803
893

–
–
–
–
–

878
862
870
870
991

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–

( 3)
( 3)
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
–

1
1
–
–
1

7
8
–
–
1

12
14
4
4
–

16
18
11
11
3

7
8
7
7
–

15
17
22
22
1

21
19
37
37
34

8
7
7
7
13

8
5
8
8
30

2
1
2
2
7

1
–
–
–
7

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

1,067
1,008
76
69
932
59

39.6
39.6
39.8
39.8
39.5
40.0

380
374
406
412
372
488

360
360
–
–
360
480

330
330
–
–
330
462

–
–
–
–
–
–

433
404
–
–
404
498

3
4
–
–
4
–

5
5
–
–
6
–

2
2
–
–
2
–

2
2
–
–
2
–

6
6
9
10
6
–

17
18
20
12
18
–

32
33
22
25
34
–

14
14
20
22
14
–

11
7
28
30
6
76

4
3
–
–
3
20

2
2
1
1
2
–

2
2
–
–
2
3

1
1
–
–
1
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Word Processors
Level I:
State and local government ..................

480

40.0

535

542

521

–

557

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

9

63

26

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

739
626

39.9
40.0

561
572

550
581

529
530

–
–

581
581

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

( 3)
–

1
( 3)

4
( 3)

9
7

35
37

32
35

1
( 3)

15
17

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.

24

Table A-9. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of maintenance and toolroom occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

– $18.04
–
18.04
–
15.43

7.00
and
under
8.00

8.00
9.00

( 2)
( 2)
–

3
4
–

6
9
–

7
10
–

6
7
3

8
5
15

4
2
8

13
1
45

7
2
20

5
5
5

9
10
5

32
44
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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 27.00 28.00
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 28.00 30.00

General Maintenance Workers ..................
Private industry .........................................
State and local government ......................

1,738
1,265
473

$14.88
15.02
14.50

$15.51
17.21
14.69

$12.45
11.10
14.32

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

1,383
597
432
432
786

21.25
20.22
20.23
20.23
22.03

22.03
20.87
21.08
21.08
22.55

19.85
19.00
17.69
17.69
21.13

–
–
–
–
–

23.02
22.44
22.78
22.78
24.06

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
–

( 2)
1
1
1
–

5
10
9
9
2

5
10
13
13
2

5
1
1
1
8

4
3
2
2
5

8
13
9
9
5

7
12
13
13
2

15
13
9
9
16

21
35
40
40
11

11
2
1
1
19

15
–
–
–
27

–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
–
–
–
( 2)

2
–
–
–
3

( 2)
1
1
1
–

Maintenance Electronics Technicians
Level I .......................................................
State and local government ..................

72
48

16.46
17.23

–
17.70

–
17.70

–
–

–
17.70

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
–

8
–

3
2

15
8

8
8

3
–

42
63

15
19

4
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

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

1,088
544
544

20.04
19.45
20.62

21.53
19.43
21.81

17.41
16.69
19.25

–
–
–

22.10
22.10
21.81

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

( 2)
1
–

( 2)
( 2)
–

2
1
3

9
14
3

10
15
6

12
15
8

1
1
1

5
3
8

4
1
7

23
3
43

27
42
12

5
–
10

( 2)
( 2)
–

–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–

1
1
–

( 2)
1
–

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

1,687
171

20.99
22.33

21.07
23.82

21.07
20.87

–
–

21.07
23.82

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

4
1

2
5

2
2

6
8

8
13

62
2

6
16

6
45

3
5

–
–

( 2)
2

–
–

–
–

Maintenance Machinists ............................
State and local government ......................

275
80

21.17
22.61

21.85
23.71

20.84
20.84

–
–

21.85
24.64

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

2
–

2
–

2
–

3
–

2
–

–
–

5
1

15
39

49
2

3
–

9
30

8
27

–
–

( 2)
–

–
–

–
–

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

856
818
675
675

21.01
20.84
20.48
20.48

21.62
21.62
21.61
21.61

19.50
19.42
18.91
18.91

–
–
–
–

22.89
22.89
21.62
21.62

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1

2
2
3
3

5
5
6
6

4
4
4
4

3
3
4
4

4
4
4
4

5
5
2
2

4
4
4
4

4
4
3
3

38
39
48
48

9
9
11
11

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

16
13
1
1

3
3
4
4

4
4
4
4

( 2)
( 2)
1
1

–
–
–
–

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

2,855
880
773
1,975

20.04
18.45
17.78
20.75

21.00
18.14
17.40
21.13

19.20
15.49
15.49
19.72

–
–
–
–

21.13
20.43
20.40
21.13

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

( 2)
1
1
2
( )

1
4
4
–

1
1
1
2
( )

9
27
31
( 2)

2
3
3
2

6
14
16
2

4
3
3
5

17
13
13
19

10
13
12
8

41
12
12
54

5
4
4
5

( 2)
( 2)
–
( 2)

3
1
–
4

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
–
–

–
–
–
–

2
5
–
–

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.

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.

25

Table A-10. Establishments employing 500 workers or more: Hourly pay of material movement and custodial occupations, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, December 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

– $17.47
–
17.47

4.25
and
under
4.50

4.50
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
8.50

8.50
9.00

–
–

–
–

–
–

3
3

1
1

1
1

2
2

1
1

2
2

1
1

13
14

3
4

3
3

2
2

( 2)
( 2)

1
1

( 2)
–

1
–

61
61

1
1

4
4

–
–

–
–

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
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 over

Forklift Operators .......................................
Private industry .........................................

1,749
1,734

$14.82
14.82

$17.39
17.39

$10.42
10.40

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

9,105
8,539
8,467
566

7.11
6.70
6.69
13.37

6.49
6.25
6.25
14.69

6.00
6.00
6.00
12.09

–
–
–
–

7.25
7.00
7.00
14.69

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

2
3
3
–

3
4
4
–

13
14
14
–

31
33
34
–

16
17
17
–

10
10
10
–

4
4
4
–

4
4
4
( 2)

4
4
4
3

3
3
3
4

1
1
1
10

1
1
1
6

1
1
1
10

1
( 2)
( 2)
8

4
( 2)
( 2)
57

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
2

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

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

2,002
1,494
508

13.18
12.70
14.59

13.21
12.64
15.03

11.60
10.98
13.49

–
–
–

15.86
14.51
15.86

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

2
3
–

8
10
–

7
9
–

2
2
3

10
10
8

18
23
3

15
14
16

5
3
12

13
2
46

11
10
14

9
12
–

( 2)
( 2)
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Janitors ........................................................ 24,650
Private industry ......................................... 17,472
Goods-producing industries ..................
442
Manufacturing ...................................
442
Service-producing industries ................ 17,030
State and local government ...................... 7,178

8.16
7.12
10.46
10.46
7.03
10.69

8.13
6.15
10.50
10.50
6.00
10.75

5.50
5.20
6.25
6.25
5.20
9.18

–
–
–
–
–
–

10.53
8.85
14.62
14.62
8.63
11.76

( 2)
( 2)
–
–
( 2)
–

9
13
–
–
13
–

15
22
16
16
22
–

8
12
7
7
12
–

7
10
5
5
10
–

4
6
9
9
6
–

3
5
3
3
5
–

2
2
2
2
2
2
( )

3
3
1
1
3
4

3
4
1
1
4
2

14
5
1
1
6
36

8
6
10
10
6
12

14
9
5
5
9
26

6
2
3
3
2
14

1
( 2)
10
10
( 2)
2

1
( 2)
5
5
–
3

( 2)
( 2)
7
7
–
2
( )

( 2)
( 2)
16
16
( 2)
( 2)

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Shipping/Receiving Clerks ........................
Private industry .........................................

2,119
2,037

11.61
11.52

10.51
10.50

9.11
8.83

–
–

12.77
12.77

–
–

–
–

( 2)
( 2)

–
–

( 2)
( 2)

9
9

7
7

( 2)
( 2)

4
4

5
5

16
16

12
12

15
15

8
8

2
2

4
2

( 2)
( 2)

1
1

11
11

–
–

–
–

–
–

7
7

Truckdrivers
Light Truck ................................................
State and local government ..................

343
144

13.17
12.93

12.96
12.96

10.64
10.74

–
–

16.61
14.13

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

6
–

8
–

–
–

3
1

1
–

15
24

10
16

10
19

2
4

11
26

–
–

23
–

9
–

4
10

–
–

–
–

–
–

Medium Truck:
State and local government ..................

429

15.71

15.74

15.74

–

16.62

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

13

4

45

27

8

1

–

–

Heavy Truck .............................................
State and local government ..................

470
345

18.09
16.84

18.05
17.08

16.62
14.81

–
–

19.03
18.05

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1
( 2)

–
–

1
1

19
26

4
5

8
9

13
12

28
38

6
8

–
–

Tractor Trailer ...........................................
Private industry .....................................
Goods-producing industries ..............
Manufacturing ...............................
State and local government ..................

7,129
6,731
427
427
398

16.84
16.80
14.63
14.63
17.53

16.85
16.85
13.08
13.08
17.05

16.85
16.85
11.20
11.20
16.59

–
–
–
–
–

16.93
16.93
17.94
17.94
17.99

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
2
2
–

2
2
34
34
–

1
1
12
12
–

( 2)
( 2)
5
5
–

7
7
4
4
–

1
( 2)
2
2
4

68
70
–
–
35

11
9
24
24
40

1
1
1
1
3

1
1
16
16
–

8
7
–
–
18

–
–
–
–
–

Warehouse Specialists ..............................
Private industry .........................................
Goods-producing industries ..................
Manufacturing ...................................
Service-producing industries ................
State and local government ......................

3,231
2,752
684
684
2,068
479

15.49
15.83
15.35
15.35
15.99
13.51

16.65
17.22
16.65
16.65
17.22
13.30

14.04
16.00
13.52
13.52
16.30
13.05

–
–
–
–
–
–

17.29
17.29
17.68
17.68
17.29
14.04

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

1
2
–
–
2
–

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
2
2
–
–

( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
( 2)
–

( 2)
( 2)
1
1
( 2)
–

3
3
7
7
2
–

4
5
3
3
5
2

3
2
1
1
2
7

4
2
1
1
2
14

8
4
12
12
1
30

10
4
17
17
( 2)
42

2
1
2
2
1
5

15
18
9
9
21
–

45
53
35
35
59
–

2
2
1
1
3
( 2)

1
1
2
2
–
–

1
1
3
3
–
–

( 2)
1
2
2
–
–

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

20
–

3
Workers were distributed as follows: 3 percent at $22.00 and under $23.00; 17 percent at $23.00 and under $24.00; and 1
percent at $24.00 and under $25.00.

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.

26

Appendix A.
Scope and Method
of Survey

Scope
This survey of the Los Angeles–Long Beach, CA 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.

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 Los Angeles–Long
Beach, CA Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area. Collection for the survey was
from September 1995 through March 1996 and reflects an average payroll
reference month of December 1995. Data obtained for a payroll period prior to the
end of December 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 Los Angeles–Long Beach, CA Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
(December 1991). 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 words, the larger the number of employees expected to be found in
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 which affected one 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 one job was Personnel
Supervisors/Managers III (20.5 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 16.9 percent of the sample establishments
(representing 364,515 employees covered by the survey). An additional 12.2
percent of the sample establishments (representing 216,473 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
2.9
59.3
31.7
6.2

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
from each sample would include the true population value approximately 95
percent of the time.

A-2

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 9 percent of the 812 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, Los Angeles–Long Beach, CA,
BLS Bulletin 3070-78.

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
procedure, job match validation (JMV), is designed to identify the frequency,

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, Los Angeles-Long
Beach, CA1, December 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 ...................................................................................

8,065

340

2,325,332

100

664,497

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 ....................................................................

7,878
2,666
2,297
343
5,212

311
95
83
10
216

1,880,697
475,535
430,862
41,849
1,405,162

81
20
19
2
60

356,380
94,571
92,083
2,176
261,809

340
713
1,319
402
2,438

21
25
34
21
115

143,637
99,128
356,755
133,726
671,916

6
4
15
6
29

41,043
6,966
64,815
33,825
115,160

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

187

29

444,635

19

308,117

ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING
500 WORKERS OR MORE
All divisions ...................................................................................

857

134

1,506,131

100

631,150

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

753
102
95
651

111
26
25
85

1,076,493
165,139
159,539
911,354

71
11
11
61

323,960
82,958
82,158
241,002

100
29
139
68
315

12
4
16
10
43

105,399
29,428
258,476
90,718
427,333

7
2
17
6
28

39,607
4,079
63,071
32,278
101,967

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

104

23

429,638

29

307,190

1
The Los Angeles-Long Beach Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget through October 1984,
consists of Los Angeles County. 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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