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National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the Pacific
Census Division, July 2004
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
September 2005

Contents
Page

Tables:
Table 1. Summary, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
private industry and State and local government ………………………………………………….

3

Table 2. Summary, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ………………………………………………………….

4

Table 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers ………………………………………………………………………………….

5

Table 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and
part-time workers …………………………..………………..………………..……………….….

12

Table 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings and
weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ……………..………………..…………………

18

Table 6. Occupations and levels, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours, private industry
and State and local government ………………..………………………..…………….………….

21

Technical Note …………………………..…………………..……………………………………….…..…..

42

Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, Pacific .…………..……..

44

Table B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment
employment size, Pacific ……………..…………………...……………………………………..

45

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TABLE 1. Summary, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas

Total ...........................................................

Private industry

Hourly earnings

State and local government

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error3
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error3
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error3
(percent)

$20.70

1.8

35.7

$19.63

2.6

35.8

$26.45

1.2

35.4

25.47
33.85

1.1
1.8

36.3
36.2

24.81
33.46

1.8
2.4

36.6
37.5

28.14
34.71

1.6
1.3

34.9
33.6

37.14
17.05
16.00
16.71
21.88

8.0
1.8
.6
1.8
2.7

40.1
32.8
36.5
37.5
38.9

38.07
17.05
15.72
16.36
21.57

8.9
1.8
.9
1.9
2.7

40.4
32.8
36.8
37.5
38.9

32.46
17.61
17.12
22.02
25.47

2.7
9.7
.9
2.1
3.4

38.9
32.3
35.4
38.5
39.9

Worker characteristics:4
White-collar occupations5 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations5 ..............................

12.56
15.55

1.3
3.0

37.7
37.4

12.52
15.18

1.1
3.4

37.7
37.5

20.34
19.47

33.8
3.2

37.2
35.7

12.48
12.26

2.8
1.6

35.2
31.9

12.11
10.02

3.3
1.4

35.0
31.3

17.80
23.03

3.9
2.7

38.9
35.6

Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................

22.05
11.62

1.8
1.9

39.6
21.4

21.06
10.65

2.6
1.2

39.7
21.9

27.15
19.45

1.3
3.2

39.1
18.1

Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................

23.77
19.60

1.2
2.7

36.3
35.5

21.27
19.33

1.5
2.9

36.6
35.6

26.36
26.88

1.8
1.9

36.0
32.8

Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................

20.43
26.89

1.5
10.5

35.6
37.3

19.26
26.89

2.4
10.5

35.7
37.3

26.45
–

1.2
–

35.4
–

Goods producing ....................................
Service producing ...................................

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

21.91
18.98

2.6
3.5

39.4
34.8

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

1 to 99 workers7 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................

17.66
18.59
23.46
26.89
28.13

3.6
1.3
4.0
3.4
1.8

34.8
36.1
36.6
36.4
37.1

17.62
18.03
22.49
26.36
30.62

3.5
1.4
5.8
4.8
1.6

34.8
36.3
37.2
37.7
38.3

24.25
24.64
26.80
28.05
26.38

6.3
3.7
3.1
1.8
3.2

35.2
33.9
34.8
34.0
36.3

Metropolitan ............................................
Nonmetropolitan .....................................

20.94
16.43

1.8
2.5

35.7
34.9

19.90
14.38

2.7
1.0

35.8
34.4

26.77
22.92

1.3
2.1

35.3
36.6

New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................

20.12
20.59
18.21
16.84
16.71
14.49
16.07
16.90
20.70

2.8
.7
1.3
3.1
1.3
7.6
1.9
2.6
1.8

34.5
35.0
35.3
35.3
36.2
37.4
36.6
35.8
35.7

19.20
19.62
17.38
16.02
16.05
13.87
15.47
15.80
19.63

3.1
.9
1.4
1.9
1.6
7.9
2.3
2.5
2.6

34.4
35.0
35.2
35.0
35.7
37.4
36.3
35.6
35.8

26.10
26.15
23.57
21.40
19.94
18.99
19.10
23.00
26.45

2.3
1.4
2.0
5.1
1.3
3.8
1.2
3.5
1.2

35.8
35.5
36.0
37.2
38.4
37.4
38.2
37.2
35.4

Establishment characteristics:

Geographic areas:8

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 In this census division, data were collected between December 2003 and
January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those
whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages

are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
8 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of States making up the
nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.

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TABLE 2. Summary, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
Total
Worker and establishment characteristics,
and geographic areas

Total ............................................................
Private Industry .......................................
State and local government ....................

Metropolitan areas

Hourly earnings

Nonmetropolitan areas

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error4
(percent)

$20.70
19.63
26.45

1.8
2.6
1.2

35.7
35.8
35.4

$20.94
19.90
26.77

1.8
2.7
1.3

35.7
35.8
35.3

$16.43
14.38
22.92

2.5
1.0
2.1

34.9
34.4
36.6

25.47
33.85

1.1
1.8

36.3
36.2

25.72
34.12

1.1
1.9

36.3
36.3

20.25
27.99

4.7
3.5

35.4
35.1

37.14
17.05
16.00
16.71
21.88

8.0
1.8
.6
1.8
2.7

40.1
32.8
36.5
37.5
38.9

37.45
17.22
16.12
16.82
21.96

8.2
1.7
.5
1.8
2.8

40.1
32.8
36.5
37.5
38.9

29.35
14.41
13.43
15.01
20.02

7.4
14.0
3.6
7.2
4.1

39.9
32.5
36.0
38.1
39.2

Worker characteristics:5
White-collar occupations6 .......................
Professional specialty and technical ...
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ........................................
Sales ...................................................
Administrative support ........................
Blue-collar occupations6 .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers ........................
Service occupations6 ..............................

12.56
15.55

1.3
3.0

37.7
37.4

12.62
15.60

1.4
3.1

37.6
37.4

11.60
14.96

4.0
20.4

39.7
36.7

12.48
12.26

2.8
1.6

35.2
31.9

12.51
12.39

2.9
1.8

35.1
32.0

12.05
10.48

4.1
.8

37.2
30.9

Full time ..................................................
Part time .................................................

22.05
11.62

1.8
1.9

39.6
21.4

22.31
11.68

1.8
2.0

39.7
21.4

17.41
10.72

3.4
2.8

39.3
21.2

Union ......................................................
Nonunion ................................................

23.77
19.60

1.2
2.7

36.3
35.5

23.92
19.88

1.2
2.8

36.3
35.5

21.04
14.84

4.2
2.8

36.5
34.4

Time ........................................................
Incentive .................................................

20.43
26.89

1.5
10.5

35.6
37.3

20.66
27.58

1.5
11.4

35.7
37.2

16.21
19.52

2.3
11.8

34.6
38.6

Goods producing7 ..................................
Service producing7 .................................

21.91
18.98

2.6
3.5

39.4
34.8

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

1 to 99 workers8 .....................................
100 to 499 workers .................................
500 to 999 workers .................................
1,000 to 2,499 workers ...........................
2,500 workers or more ............................

17.66
18.59
23.46
26.89
28.13

3.6
1.3
4.0
3.4
1.8

34.8
36.1
36.6
36.4
37.1

17.90
18.69
23.56
26.98
28.17

3.7
1.3
4.1
3.5
1.8

34.8
36.0
36.8
36.5
37.1

14.19
17.32
21.11
23.69
–

5.8
4.8
3.2
6.4
–

33.6
37.1
33.4
35.7
–

20.12
20.59
18.21
16.84
16.71
14.49
16.07
16.90
20.70

2.8
.7
1.3
3.1
1.3
7.6
1.9
2.6
1.8

34.5
35.0
35.3
35.3
36.2
37.4
36.6
35.8
35.7

20.62
20.80
18.60
17.61
17.06
15.42
16.22
16.97
20.94

2.5
.6
1.5
3.6
1.5
4.3
2.0
3.0
1.8

34.5
35.1
35.3
35.5
36.1
36.6
36.7
35.8
35.7

15.85
16.59
15.58
14.00
14.35
12.99
14.94
16.60
16.43

5.9
5.6
3.1
4.0
2.6
16.1
5.3
4.7
2.5

34.6
35.0
35.6
35.0
36.8
38.7
35.7
35.5
34.9

Establishment characteristics:

Geographic areas:9
New England ..........................................
Middle Atlantic ........................................
East North Central ..................................
West North Central .................................
South Atlantic .........................................
East South Central .................................
West South Central ................................
Mountain .................................................
Pacific .....................................................

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;
and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by
the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A metropolitan area can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget, 1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit
the definitions above.
3 In this census division, data were collected between December 2003 and
January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
5 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those

whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers
are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages
are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,
commissions, and production bonuses.
6 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
8 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and
State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.
9 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as
well as nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of States making up the
nine census divisions.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.

4

TABLE 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................

$20.70
21.07

1.8
2.1

35.7
36.0

$22.05
22.29

1.8
2.0

39.6
39.6

$11.62
12.06

1.9
2.0

21.4
21.5

White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................

25.47
27.16

1.1
1.3

36.3
37.1

26.58
27.77

1.3
1.2

39.6
39.6

15.21
19.13

2.4
2.9

20.3
20.1

Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Petroleum engineers ..........................................
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Forestry and conservation scientists .................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Urban planners ..................................................

33.85
35.97
39.50
50.49
47.83
41.18
33.91
41.73
36.92
38.71
42.03
38.85
38.98
30.81
30.66
28.73
35.19
29.55
24.87
27.28
34.27
43.27
33.24
46.41
25.96
26.55
28.23
30.78
34.13
24.33
39.36
43.06
42.78
46.78
46.34
51.57
71.21
44.06
44.69
30.75
51.49
34.87
40.56
44.62
40.65
34.32
17.32
38.55
38.30
34.18
34.44
20.08
29.84
32.02
32.00
31.91
42.24
24.60
32.74

1.8
1.3
3.8
6.1
6.9
3.3
8.3
6.6
5.8
4.4
2.6
2.5
2.9
7.7
3.8
3.1
9.6
15.2
8.1
10.7
1.2
7.6
1.8
2.7
8.1
6.0
5.6
1.9
14.4
10.2
8.1
1.7
21.4
19.9
7.0
8.9
3.9
4.0
5.5
13.9
12.7
11.2
15.8
1.1
5.4
4.3
18.8
3.2
3.5
6.7
7.2
3.5
18.4
4.4
4.6
19.0
17.1
13.1
6.0

36.2
36.1
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.0
41.7
40.5
40.1
40.2
40.2
39.9
40.0
42.2
40.0
39.2
39.8
39.7
34.6
35.1
33.9
38.4
36.9
36.1
31.6
38.3
36.1
34.7
34.0
25.8
36.0
39.5
38.1
28.4
36.2
19.8
27.8
36.0
36.9
32.7
33.0
30.5
21.7
33.0
36.0
34.3
35.8
31.8
27.7
14.9
35.9
38.5
38.5
40.5
44.3
38.1
40.0

34.18
36.31
39.51
50.49
47.83
41.18
33.91
41.73
36.92
38.71
42.03
38.83
38.96
30.92
30.66
28.73
35.19
30.02
24.87
27.31
33.96
39.35
32.52
46.43
26.04
25.94
30.62
30.58
34.13
24.37
–
44.34
42.70
–
–
–
72.21
–
–
31.48
51.73
34.70
–
44.54
42.56
34.84
17.23
38.68
38.41
35.95
34.33
–
30.41
31.81
31.78
32.03
42.24
24.63
32.74

1.7
1.4
3.8
6.1
6.9
3.3
8.3
6.6
5.8
4.4
2.6
2.5
2.9
7.5
3.8
3.1
9.6
14.7
8.1
10.8
1.0
10.1
1.5
2.7
8.0
5.3
12.2
2.3
15.5
11.5
–
1.9
22.0
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
12.5
13.0
11.6
–
1.1
4.8
4.5
19.4
3.2
3.5
5.9
8.0
–
19.1
4.8
5.0
19.3
17.1
13.5
6.0

39.1
39.1
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.0
41.7
40.5
40.1
40.5
40.5
40.0
40.0
42.2
40.0
39.6
39.8
40.0
39.4
43.2
39.1
39.7
41.0
39.1
39.7
39.8
38.1
38.7
–
38.3
38.6
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
39.7
39.7
38.4
–
38.6
36.7
36.0
39.0
35.2
36.2
35.5
36.2
–
36.6
38.6
38.6
41.3
44.3
39.5
40.0

29.43
31.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.54
68.78
35.81
–
–
29.05
–
–
–
–
–
37.40
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.36
38.08
–
45.56
35.95
25.80
–
30.76
29.56
–
35.18
20.13
–
–
–
23.31
–
23.31
–

4.8
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
5.2
3.1
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
11.7
–
1.8
8.6
3.9
–
8.8
3.7
–
14.3
3.5
–
–
–
19.7
–
19.7
–

18.2
17.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.9
15.9
23.1
–
–
27.4
–
–
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
8.6
–
8.8
10.8
13.9
–
14.1
19.0
–
11.2
14.8
–
–
–
16.2
–
16.2
–

See footnotes at end of table.

5

TABLE 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$21.89
22.35
14.42
55.63
56.15
44.25

7.1
7.9
16.0
7.3
7.3
7.1

35.8
37.4
19.5
43.2
43.4
38.8

$22.58
22.48
24.21
55.63
56.15
44.25

7.9
8.4
14.2
7.3
7.3
7.1

40.0
39.3
40.0
43.2
43.4
38.8

$15.94
20.41
11.09
–
–
–

9.1
6.8
4.4
–
–
–

18.8
21.4
16.6
–
–
–

29.75
40.36
29.74
43.31

5.5
5.8
10.6
13.8

35.6
40.0
36.7
33.0

30.47
40.36
30.17
47.11

6.5
5.8
11.8
13.1

40.1
40.0
39.9
42.6

19.79
–
–
–

15.4
–
–
–

13.9
–
–
–

17.65
16.87
12.05
24.12
26.53
34.71
25.29

21.3
31.5
15.6
10.7
17.3
11.2
4.3

39.8
28.3
28.4
38.6
40.3
38.6
36.5

17.65
–
–
24.16
26.81
34.35
25.37

21.3
–
–
10.9
17.6
12.2
3.9

39.8
–
–
39.3
40.6
40.6
38.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
24.52

–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
22.0

20.41
39.25
20.78
26.99
19.92
20.06
24.81
28.80
24.22
26.49
16.25
22.36
99.61
21.48
31.25
23.96
26.50

4.8
3.6
23.9
9.5
1.9
5.8
2.8
10.1
4.0
4.0
7.3
23.8
17.1
18.0
5.5
10.6
10.1

36.1
23.8
38.7
33.9
36.2
36.5
39.6
38.9
40.2
39.9
33.8
38.0
22.0
37.3
37.3
39.8
39.4

19.80
36.77
21.37
25.91
19.73
19.71
24.91
29.20
24.22
26.49
16.99
25.62
99.61
21.54
32.20
23.96
26.71

5.1
5.8
24.4
6.9
2.0
7.2
3.0
9.3
4.0
4.0
6.2
14.5
17.1
18.0
3.2
10.6
10.0

39.9
33.2
40.0
40.0
39.4
39.8
39.8
39.9
40.2
39.9
39.6
38.3
22.0
39.6
39.5
39.8
40.1

24.84
42.48
–
31.25
21.44
23.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.13

12.4
3.3
–
25.0
4.3
15.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.0

21.4
17.4
–
21.1
22.3
19.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.3

37.14
43.14
24.56

8.0
10.3
27.8

40.1
40.4
10.8

37.32
43.19
–

8.0
10.3
–

40.5
40.7
–

22.00
32.89
–

8.3
14.8
–

21.9
16.6
–

37.84
39.63
42.33
37.87

3.1
9.1
8.1
12.6

40.0
40.9
40.3
40.9

37.78
39.63
42.33
37.87

3.1
9.1
8.1
12.6

40.1
40.9
40.3
40.9

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

63.46
36.70
40.75

16.2
10.9
4.5

41.0
39.6
39.8

63.46
36.24
40.73

16.2
10.9
4.6

41.0
40.3
40.2

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

26.41
12.76
45.79
40.46
27.59
26.00
32.36
32.67
29.62

22.1
8.3
26.9
3.9
3.6
6.0
15.0
13.3
6.5

41.1
41.2
40.3
40.7
39.7
38.9
39.2
40.0
39.3

26.75
12.76
45.88
40.48
27.80
26.55
32.36
32.69
29.76

22.4
8.3
26.9
3.9
3.5
5.3
15.0
13.7
6.6

41.7
41.2
40.3
40.7
40.2
40.1
39.2
40.4
40.4

–
–
–
–
18.39
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
9.0
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
24.4
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Judges ...............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Photographers ...................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Dental hygienists ...............................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Legislators .........................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.

6

TABLE 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$25.82

4.8

40.1

$25.82

4.8

40.1

–

–

–

26.27
25.37
28.58

14.6
4.3
4.7

40.1
40.1
39.6

26.27
25.37
28.58

14.6
4.4
4.7

40.1
40.1
39.6

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

26.73
27.36

6.9
2.2

40.7
39.9

26.73
27.56

6.9
2.2

40.7
40.3

–
–

–
–

–
–

Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................

17.05
25.03
24.47
24.68
22.80
33.22

1.8
4.7
21.5
32.0
13.6
11.9

32.8
42.3
38.8
39.7
39.9
35.4

19.39
25.05
24.54
24.74
22.80
36.17

1.5
4.7
21.6
32.3
13.6
9.8

39.9
42.3
39.0
40.0
39.9
40.1

$9.43
–
–
–
–
–

2.6
–
–
–
–
–

20.8
–
–
–
–
–

27.45
23.65
9.85
11.12
13.28
14.05
15.12
15.24
10.33
10.57
15.59

15.5
11.2
14.5
10.1
16.3
4.2
6.7
5.8
6.6
3.1
6.9

39.0
42.0
29.8
30.8
32.4
35.0
36.9
30.9
30.7
29.4
36.0

27.96
23.65
–
11.94
14.57
15.03
15.95
17.75
11.29
11.31
16.14

16.4
11.2
–
8.7
17.4
5.3
4.6
3.3
7.3
4.4
6.5

40.0
42.0
–
38.4
43.6
40.0
39.9
39.2
40.0
39.2
39.3

–
–
9.94
–
10.26
–
–
8.83
7.89
9.71
11.52

–
–
5.6
–
3.8
–
–
7.7
3.9
3.6
9.1

–
–
17.9
–
20.3
–
–
20.1
19.2
22.8
22.2

Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................

16.00
21.08
22.98

.6
5.6
6.5

36.5
40.1
37.7

16.41
21.08
22.98

.7
5.6
6.5

39.6
40.1
37.7

12.25
–
–

2.3
–
–

21.4
–
–

25.67
20.33
18.25
20.89
16.51
–
9.80
15.34
11.80
13.99
15.33

9.3
4.9
1.9
6.7
4.8
–
3.9
2.9
2.5
4.3
6.0

39.7
39.6
37.4
32.8
37.5
–
35.2
33.9
35.2
37.9
38.9

25.67
20.33
18.29
21.31
16.84
14.48
9.95
15.42
12.18
14.29
15.45

9.3
4.9
2.1
7.5
7.0
7.2
4.3
1.9
3.0
4.7
6.0

39.7
39.6
38.7
39.8
39.7
40.0
39.0
40.0
39.8
39.5
39.9

–
–
17.28
–
–
–
9.16
15.08
9.46
9.72
13.00

–
–
15.5
–
–
–
11.1
10.7
11.8
7.7
9.0

–
–
19.5
–
–
–
24.7
22.3
20.5
24.1
25.9

16.55
15.17
12.33
15.40
17.07
16.62
13.96

2.9
3.1
5.0
1.7
8.2
6.8
7.0

39.6
33.0
37.1
38.5
38.5
39.9
39.7

16.60
15.33
12.31
15.47
17.40
16.63
13.96

3.1
4.7
5.5
1.8
7.2
6.9
7.1

40.0
39.5
40.2
39.7
39.8
40.0
39.9

–
14.66
–
13.67
11.95
–
–

–
5.3
–
3.6
6.7
–
–

–
21.2
–
22.1
25.2
–
–

14.87
15.66
9.98
19.55
21.25
13.76

2.9
10.9
13.0
4.9
8.5
3.9

27.0
36.8
38.9
38.9
40.3
38.6

–
16.12
9.82
19.42
21.25
13.94

–
11.3
13.4
5.0
8.5
3.7

–
38.8
39.7
39.9
40.3
39.9

–
–
–
–
–
9.92

–
–
–
–
–
9.0

–
–
–
–
–
22.9

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................

See footnotes at end of table.

7

TABLE 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$13.37
20.67
17.31

9.3
2.1
14.5

34.6
38.6
37.5

$13.77
20.98
–

10.5
2.2
–

40.0
40.0
–

$9.89
–
–

7.3
–
–

16.0
–
–

20.10
19.43
16.77
14.90
14.90
11.96
13.61
14.73
13.54
17.29

14.9
5.2
3.1
7.6
2.8
2.7
2.2
20.5
2.6
1.7

39.2
37.5
39.4
39.9
37.2
29.5
38.1
37.4
25.2
36.9

20.08
19.79
17.00
14.90
15.19
13.02
13.91
14.95
12.61
17.70

15.0
4.1
2.9
7.6
2.7
2.3
5.6
22.1
3.6
2.6

39.4
40.0
39.8
39.9
39.7
39.9
39.9
40.0
35.9
39.8

–
–
–
–
11.65
10.45
–
–
14.14
13.58

–
–
–
–
5.9
3.4
–
–
2.0
10.6

–
–
–
–
21.7
21.6
–
–
21.1
22.1

Blue collar ........................................................................

16.71

1.8

37.5

17.31

1.7

39.9

10.10

2.4

22.7

Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .........................
Sheet metal duct installers .................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......

21.88
26.89
17.99
12.57
18.22
27.29
28.75
22.05
20.45
21.69

2.7
9.7
5.9
9.2
8.8
7.0
3.9
2.5
2.4
9.3

38.9
40.1
38.1
39.3
37.5
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0

22.09
26.89
18.48
–
19.17
27.29
28.84
22.05
20.45
21.68

2.7
9.7
5.7
–
6.2
7.0
3.9
2.5
2.4
9.4

39.9
40.1
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
40.0

14.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

26.88

4.5

38.3

26.96

4.7

40.0

–

–

–

18.58
24.34
19.10
18.28

14.5
7.2
7.5
4.8

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9

18.58
24.34
19.10
18.30

14.5
7.2
7.5
4.8

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

32.68
27.92
22.56
15.04
27.90
15.38
31.88
15.98
28.20
18.75
26.64
25.23
19.75
21.86
27.01
26.83
21.54
25.10
14.09
21.00
14.06
11.67
10.78
22.90
24.97

1.8
12.0
3.9
16.1
4.5
8.1
5.9
6.7
3.1
13.7
4.1
15.8
6.8
3.3
8.2
4.6
2.2
8.8
7.8
11.4
13.8
10.9
13.9
3.8
4.3

40.0
40.0
38.6
37.5
39.3
40.0
40.0
36.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
38.4
32.8
32.4
36.4
40.0
40.0

32.68
27.92
22.40
–
27.86
15.38
31.88
16.10
28.20
18.75
26.64
25.23
19.56
21.86
27.01
26.83
21.54
25.10
14.06
21.00
13.97
12.15
–
22.90
24.97

1.8
12.0
4.0
–
4.6
8.1
6.0
6.4
3.1
13.7
4.1
15.8
6.6
3.3
8.2
4.6
2.2
8.8
8.2
11.4
15.4
16.3
–
3.8
4.3

40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
38.4
39.8
40.0
–
40.0
40.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.63
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.0
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................

See footnotes at end of table.

8

TABLE 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$29.40
26.31

0.8
7.9

40.0
39.0

$29.40
26.31

0.8
7.9

40.0
39.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

24.43

8.9

35.8

26.02

3.5

40.0

–

–

–

12.56
13.87
14.67
15.57
13.53
12.52
12.96
15.90
8.40
9.24
13.07
13.83
15.38

1.3
19.4
25.1
14.8
19.7
17.6
7.6
4.2
.8
5.8
10.5
14.9
8.0

37.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.4
37.0
40.0
38.6
37.7
37.9
35.9
40.0
39.8

12.94
13.87
14.67
15.57
15.74
14.43
12.96
15.72
8.38
9.27
13.50
13.83
15.38

1.5
19.4
25.1
14.8
10.3
12.3
7.6
4.0
1.3
6.4
11.1
14.9
8.0

39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.7
40.0
39.6
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8

$9.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

26.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

22.63
17.38
10.89
–
12.76
17.30
13.04
13.92
13.04
13.15
9.32

7.1
8.2
8.2
–
3.6
5.8
5.6
22.7
12.4
18.9
6.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.6
39.5
36.5
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.8

22.63
17.38
10.89
12.10
12.76
17.72
13.63
13.92
13.04
13.15
9.32

7.1
8.2
8.2
13.0
3.6
5.4
7.7
22.7
12.4
18.9
6.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.8

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

15.55
21.05
15.72
11.36
15.28
10.03
–
9.38
33.37
31.72
27.66
14.02
28.02
31.73
20.32
20.97
14.12

3.0
9.6
3.2
8.3
5.4
9.1
–
10.3
1.8
7.4
4.2
20.9
7.0
3.7
24.3
9.1
5.5

37.4
40.0
39.6
35.0
32.3
34.8
–
28.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
28.8
39.9
38.9
40.0
39.2
39.0

16.04
21.05
15.76
12.01
15.59
9.95
7.62
10.90
33.37
31.72
27.66
14.04
28.02
31.73
20.32
20.97
14.16

3.8
9.6
3.1
4.1
7.0
9.4
4.2
12.7
1.8
7.4
4.2
17.6
7.0
3.7
24.3
9.1
5.2

40.0
40.0
40.3
39.8
39.1
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.3
39.9
38.9
40.0
39.2
39.9

11.04
–
13.77
10.07
14.48
–
–
7.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

6.0
–
19.5
3.1
4.9
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

23.1
–
20.3
28.2
22.2
–
–
19.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

17.49

15.6

38.4

17.44

15.5

39.9

–

–

–

12.48
16.45
14.26
11.19
10.36

2.8
20.4
11.7
7.2
3.5

35.2
40.0
39.8
26.0
39.7

13.14
16.45
14.32
11.73
10.36

2.7
20.4
11.9
12.3
3.5

39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7

8.95
–
–
–
–

1.2
–
–
–
–

21.6
–
–
–
–

19.42
12.84
14.99

5.6
13.9
8.9

38.6
37.1
40.0

19.83
13.46
14.99

4.6
12.8
8.9

39.9
39.9
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Sawing machine operators ................................
Printing press operators .....................................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............
Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truckdrivers .......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Busdrivers ..........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...............
Locomotive operating ........................................
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators .....
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
Longshore equipment operators ........................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$20.26
9.58
15.50
9.98
9.93
13.61
9.49
9.40
9.91
12.52

4.9
5.1
3.7
2.3
16.0
1.8
5.3
2.7
6.7
5.1

39.0
33.7
38.6
26.8
37.9
37.7
39.7
35.5
38.5
36.5

$20.51
9.86
15.79
11.82
–
13.80
9.46
9.56
9.97
13.14

4.7
4.2
3.8
3.2
–
1.8
5.1
3.2
7.4
4.7

39.4
40.0
40.0
39.5
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

–
–
–
$8.71
–
11.08
–
–
8.77
8.65

–
–
–
2.8
–
5.0
–
–
3.8
4.3

–
–
–
22.0
–
21.6
–
–
24.2
23.6

12.26
20.45
33.93
39.50
26.37
22.03
30.95

1.6
2.5
8.8
1.8
23.0
12.9
2.0

31.9
37.6
50.8
40.0
40.0
35.2
39.5

13.74
21.48
33.93
39.50
26.37
23.66
31.03

2.1
2.9
8.8
1.8
23.0
6.9
2.1

39.2
40.7
50.8
40.0
40.0
50.6
40.0

8.67
11.76
–
–
–
7.20
–

1.5
14.6
–
–
–
.8
–

22.0
22.7
–
–
–
9.3
–

24.07
23.71
11.00
17.54
8.79
7.47
7.87
7.36
7.57
9.21
13.55
10.54
8.90
7.88
12.46
18.83
13.46
11.08
11.45

6.2
4.8
7.2
12.0
.9
1.7
5.4
1.8
3.1
1.5
7.6
1.4
3.0
1.7
5.4
9.5
2.4
4.0
1.4

39.6
40.0
35.6
33.4
30.1
27.1
25.6
27.0
28.7
31.2
37.0
35.4
28.4
30.1
33.5
32.4
32.7
34.0
35.3

24.37
23.71
10.80
18.93
9.68
7.54
7.75
7.38
7.88
10.21
14.82
11.14
9.15
8.16
12.53
19.02
13.81
10.91
11.83

6.2
4.8
7.4
8.3
2.5
1.7
6.9
3.0
2.6
3.2
6.8
2.7
3.1
2.7
6.8
9.3
2.7
5.4
1.9

40.0
40.0
39.3
38.9
38.7
36.8
37.3
36.3
38.0
39.2
40.1
39.3
37.5
38.8
38.7
33.7
39.9
39.2
39.6

–
–
11.78
9.64
7.71
7.41
7.96
7.35
7.23
7.83
–
8.19
8.64
7.59
12.13
–
12.09
11.81
8.71

–
–
21.0
3.1
1.4
2.4
5.2
2.2
4.6
1.6
–
7.8
4.8
1.7
4.0
–
7.2
3.1
4.6

–
–
26.1
18.6
23.8
22.4
20.7
22.7
22.9
24.4
–
25.4
22.6
24.6
21.1
–
19.1
21.9
20.0

16.56
8.96
11.95

8.4
2.1
2.2

40.8
34.4
35.4

16.58
8.92
12.49

8.4
2.3
2.7

40.9
38.8
39.9

–
9.21
8.16

–
3.7
4.4

–
20.4
19.8

Blue collar –Continued
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...........
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.

10

TABLE 3. Selected occupations, Pacific: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings

Occupation4

Service –Continued
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$12.55
16.43
9.87
9.70
6.93
29.24
8.85
11.07
10.36
11.01
14.00

2.6
9.7
8.8
5.5
3.9
4.8
3.4
3.8
3.7
12.6
9.0

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 In this census division, data were collected between December 2003 and January

Part time

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

23.8
39.8
22.4
26.9
24.8
22.5
36.2
31.0
26.7
22.1
17.2

$14.30
16.55
–
10.70
–
30.42
8.81
11.84
10.45
15.91
13.39

3.5
10.1
–
9.7
–
2.8
5.6
5.5
5.0
31.7
4.0

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

36.2
40.0
–
39.8
–
22.8
39.5
39.8
39.2
37.5
39.6

$10.22
–
–
8.76
6.93
–
–
8.92
10.27
9.47
15.16

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

5.0
–
–
3.6
3.9
–
–
9.5
5.3
9.1
21.6

16.3
–
–
20.6
24.8
–
–
19.1
20.8
19.6
8.3

2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................

$19.63
19.95

2.6
3.1

35.8
36.1

$21.06
21.23

2.6
2.9

39.7
39.7

$10.65
10.94

1.2
1.4

21.9
22.2

White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................

24.81
26.85

1.8
2.0

36.6
37.8

26.05
27.47

1.8
1.9

39.9
39.9

13.57
17.63

1.5
3.3

20.9
21.1

Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
Petroleum engineers ..........................................
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Photographers ...................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Editors and reporters .........................................
Public relations specialists .................................

33.46
35.86
39.93
50.49
47.83
41.10
33.94
41.74
36.92
38.50
42.41
39.65
39.80
33.30
29.21
29.94
28.22
34.34
50.48
33.20
45.87
25.08
26.70
28.68
30.68
21.43
39.36
44.35
27.92
63.35
38.87
37.47
18.83
13.85
24.01
28.50
21.89
21.12
17.28
29.16
28.77
31.34
42.29
18.40
18.33
18.34
60.80
60.80

2.4
1.7
4.4
6.1
6.9
3.5
17.3
6.7
5.8
4.8
2.4
2.2
2.7
10.0
2.3
17.0
26.7
1.4
8.6
1.9
2.8
13.0
6.3
7.3
1.7
8.5
8.1
3.7
22.1
10.7
16.8
9.8
14.1
13.2
12.5
3.4
11.0
7.9
14.7
7.5
8.1
29.9
17.3
9.1
13.7
16.8
5.3
5.3

37.5
37.9
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.0
41.7
40.5
40.1
40.2
40.2
39.9
40.0
39.2
39.2
34.8
30.1
34.3
38.3
36.6
36.7
31.2
38.8
33.5
34.0
28.4
34.1
26.2
31.7
23.7
36.1
38.9
37.8
36.9
24.5
29.4
37.8
38.8
38.8
41.4
44.4
38.3
34.1
35.4
44.3
44.3

33.79
36.18
39.93
50.49
47.83
41.10
33.94
41.74
36.92
38.50
42.41
39.63
39.78
33.52
29.21
30.49
28.31
34.08
46.43
32.49
45.89
25.18
26.17
32.78
30.41
20.64
–
46.38
28.77
–
–
41.61
18.82
13.86
24.04
28.54
–
20.94
17.54
29.16
28.77
31.44
42.29
18.44
19.08
18.37
60.80
60.80

2.2
2.0
4.4
6.1
6.9
3.5
17.3
6.7
5.8
4.8
2.4
2.3
2.7
9.7
2.3
16.3
27.1
1.0
13.0
1.5
2.9
13.9
5.8
12.5
1.8
10.3
–
4.8
21.1
–
–
10.6
14.4
13.3
12.4
3.5
–
7.8
14.0
7.5
8.1
30.3
17.3
9.5
15.7
18.4
5.3
5.3

39.9
40.2
40.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
41.0
41.7
40.5
40.1
40.5
40.6
40.1
40.0
39.7
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.1
39.6
41.9
39.2
40.0
39.8
38.7
–
38.1
39.5
–
–
35.6
39.0
39.5
37.8
39.8
–
39.6
39.7
38.8
38.8
42.1
44.4
39.6
40.1
38.3
44.3
44.3

28.59
30.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.48
–
36.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.29
–
–
–
–
19.00
–
–
–
–
23.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.17
18.01
–
–

6.0
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.2
–
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.7
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
9.3
–
–

19.9
19.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.9
–
23.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
14.2
–
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.7
19.2
–
–

29.99
40.36
29.78
43.31

5.2
5.8
10.7
13.8

35.7
40.0
36.7
33.0

30.79
40.36
30.22
47.11

6.3
5.8
11.9
13.1

40.2
40.0
39.9
42.6

16.60
–
–
–

29.1
–
–
–

12.5
–
–
–

16.99
16.87
10.81
24.30
25.57

21.4
31.5
5.1
11.6
19.8

39.8
28.3
29.0
38.7
40.4

16.99
–
–
24.35
25.88

21.4
–
–
11.9
20.4

39.8
–
–
39.5
40.8

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$36.29
25.78

12.3
4.7

40.7
36.4

$36.29
25.88

12.3
4.2

40.7
38.8

–
$24.79

–
12.9

–
22.3

20.48
39.25
20.75
25.94
19.80
19.61
24.53
29.76
23.70
17.97
23.58
99.61
31.21
24.88
26.95

4.2
3.6
25.8
9.3
1.6
7.9
2.7
11.0
4.9
7.3
22.6
17.1
4.4
11.7
13.4

35.9
23.8
39.2
36.0
35.9
35.6
39.6
39.6
40.3
39.9
39.3
22.0
36.8
39.7
39.7

19.81
36.77
21.24
25.87
19.56
19.18
24.63
29.93
23.70
17.97
29.20
99.61
32.39
24.88
27.01

4.4
5.8
26.3
6.8
1.7
9.8
2.9
10.7
4.9
7.3
4.9
17.1
2.5
11.7
13.5

39.9
33.2
40.0
40.0
39.2
39.5
39.8
40.0
40.3
39.9
39.8
22.0
39.5
39.7
40.0

24.87
42.48
–
26.43
21.59
23.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

13.0
3.3
–
44.9
4.7
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

21.6
17.4
–
21.8
22.0
19.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

38.07
43.94
39.47
43.23
35.65

8.9
11.4
9.3
11.5
10.1

40.4
40.7
41.0
40.5
41.0

38.28
43.99
39.47
43.23
35.65

8.9
11.4
9.3
11.5
10.1

40.6
40.8
41.0
40.5
41.0

17.90
24.63
–
–
–

11.9
43.6
–
–
–

25.2
29.3
–
–
–

63.46
26.45
40.02

16.2
13.4
4.6

41.0
39.8
39.4

63.46
26.43
39.98

16.2
13.4
4.8

41.0
39.8
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

28.34
12.65
46.56
41.17
27.93
25.65
32.36
32.76
29.59

18.6
8.3
26.8
3.6
4.2
6.4
15.0
13.7
7.3

41.5
41.2
40.3
40.8
39.8
38.7
39.2
40.1
40.4

28.93
12.65
46.65
41.17
28.19
26.30
32.36
32.79
29.59

18.2
8.3
26.8
3.6
4.0
6.0
15.0
14.0
7.3

42.3
41.2
40.3
40.8
40.3
40.2
39.2
40.4
40.4

–
–
–
–
16.55
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
9.3
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
24.5
–
–
–
–

25.62

4.7

40.1

25.62

4.7

40.1

–

–

–

26.35
25.79

14.9
4.6

40.1
40.0

26.35
25.80

14.9
4.6

40.1
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

29.25
27.98

10.8
2.1

42.1
40.0

29.25
28.23

10.8
2.0

42.1
40.5

–
–

–
–

–
–

17.05
25.04
24.47
24.68
22.80
33.31

1.8
4.7
21.5
32.0
13.6
12.0

32.8
42.3
38.8
39.7
39.9
35.4

19.39
25.05
24.54
24.74
22.80
36.29

1.5
4.7
21.6
32.3
13.6
9.8

39.9
42.3
39.0
40.0
39.9
40.1

9.42
–
–
–
–
–

2.6
–
–
–
–
–

20.8
–
–
–
–
–

27.45
23.65
9.85
11.12

15.5
11.2
14.5
10.1

39.0
42.0
29.8
30.8

27.96
23.65
–
11.94

16.4
11.2
–
8.7

40.0
42.0
–
38.4

–
–
9.94
–

–
–
5.6
–

–
–
17.9
–

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. –Continued
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Dental hygienists ...............................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Drafters ..............................................................
Biological technicians ........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
Computer programmers .....................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
Sales .............................................................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$13.28
14.05
15.12
15.23
10.33
10.50
15.59

16.3
4.2
6.7
5.8
6.6
3.0
6.9

32.4
35.0
36.9
30.9
30.7
29.4
36.0

$14.57
15.03
15.95
17.75
11.29
11.19
16.14

17.4
5.3
4.6
3.3
7.3
4.4
6.5

43.6
40.0
39.9
39.2
40.0
39.2
39.3

$10.26
–
–
8.83
7.89
9.70
11.52

3.8
–
–
7.7
3.9
3.6
9.1

20.3
–
–
20.1
19.2
22.9
22.2

15.72
20.78
22.79

.9
7.1
6.8

36.8
40.1
37.6

16.14
20.78
22.79

.8
7.1
6.8

39.6
40.1
37.6

11.47
–
–

2.3
–
–

21.5
–
–

25.68
21.03
18.15
17.21
–
9.80
15.32
11.75
13.88
15.17

11.3
3.5
2.7
5.2
–
3.9
2.9
2.5
4.5
6.1

39.5
39.8
36.9
35.3
–
35.2
33.8
35.1
37.9
38.9

25.68
21.03
18.17
18.00
14.55
9.95
15.39
12.14
14.18
15.29

11.3
3.5
3.1
9.7
7.7
4.3
1.9
3.2
4.9
6.1

39.5
39.8
38.5
39.3
40.0
39.0
40.0
39.8
39.4
39.9

–
–
17.71
–
–
9.16
15.08
9.46
9.42
13.00

–
–
16.5
–
–
11.1
10.7
11.8
7.4
9.0

–
–
18.9
–
–
24.7
22.3
20.5
23.8
25.9

16.49
14.46
12.12
15.31
16.92
15.73
13.61

3.1
5.9
5.8
3.3
9.2
10.2
8.1

39.5
39.4
37.0
38.2
38.5
39.9
39.6

16.55
14.55
12.09
15.40
17.26
15.74
13.62

3.3
5.7
6.5
3.4
8.2
10.3
8.2

40.0
39.9
40.2
39.6
39.8
40.0
39.9

–
–
–
13.73
11.81
–
–

–
–
–
3.8
6.9
–
–

–
–
–
22.3
25.6
–
–

14.87
15.22
12.98
16.44
21.25
13.67
13.00
19.88

2.9
14.2
5.2
9.6
8.5
3.6
10.1
6.1

27.0
36.3
37.3
39.6
40.3
38.6
34.2
38.5

–
15.72
13.01
16.44
21.25
13.85
13.41
20.15

–
15.0
6.0
9.6
8.5
3.5
11.3
6.6

–
38.5
39.0
40.0
40.3
39.9
39.9
40.0

–
–
–
–
–
9.92
9.53
–

–
–
–
–
–
9.0
6.2
–

–
–
–
–
–
22.9
15.5
–

20.10
19.28
14.53
14.48
14.45
11.96
13.04
14.44
11.84
17.00

14.9
4.9
7.1
7.0
4.2
2.7
1.0
22.0
7.2
2.7

39.2
37.4
38.5
40.0
37.4
29.5
37.7
37.2
34.1
36.9

20.08
19.64
15.25
14.48
14.76
13.02
13.31
–
12.03
17.46

15.0
3.8
4.6
7.0
4.1
2.3
3.3
–
7.0
3.8

39.4
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.7
39.9
39.9
–
35.3
39.8

–
–
–
–
10.73
10.45
–
–
10.14
13.05

–
–
–
–
4.7
3.4
–
–
3.4
9.9

–
–
–
–
22.2
21.6
–
–
26.3
22.6

Blue collar ........................................................................

16.36

1.9

37.5

16.96

1.7

39.9

9.92

2.4

22.7

Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................

21.57
26.01
17.88
12.57
17.72
27.29
28.75
21.42

2.7
11.0
5.9
9.2
8.9
7.0
3.9
3.9

38.9
40.1
38.1
39.3
37.2
40.0
40.0
39.9

21.79
26.01
18.37
–
18.74
27.29
28.84
21.42

2.8
11.0
5.7
–
6.1
7.0
3.9
3.9

39.9
40.1
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9

14.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

12.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

20.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
Cashiers .............................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Interviewers .......................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
Bill and account collectors .................................
General office clerks ..........................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................

See footnotes at end of table.

14

TABLE 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$20.00
21.65

3.0
9.9

39.5
40.0

$20.00
21.64

3.0
10.0

39.5
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

26.79

5.3

38.1

26.88

5.6

40.0

–

–

–

16.65
19.10
17.33
26.63
22.31
15.04
28.34
15.12
31.50
14.76
28.43
25.23
19.60
21.24
27.01
26.83
21.54
25.10
14.09
21.00
14.06
11.41
10.78
22.95
28.69
25.37

18.5
7.5
4.0
12.8
3.5
16.1
4.3
7.5
7.2
10.8
3.0
15.8
9.2
4.1
8.2
4.6
2.2
8.8
7.8
11.4
13.8
12.2
13.9
3.9
2.7
9.8

40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
38.5
37.5
39.3
40.0
40.0
35.6
40.0
40.0
38.2
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
38.4
32.8
31.7
36.4
40.0
40.0
38.7

16.65
19.10
17.35
26.63
22.13
–
28.31
15.12
31.49
14.85
28.43
25.23
19.24
21.24
27.01
26.83
21.54
25.10
14.06
21.00
13.97
11.84
–
22.95
28.69
25.37

18.5
7.5
4.0
12.8
3.6
–
4.4
7.5
7.3
10.9
3.0
15.8
9.1
4.1
8.2
4.6
2.2
8.8
8.2
11.4
15.4
19.6
–
3.9
2.7
9.8

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
38.4
39.8
40.0
–
40.0
40.0
38.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.63
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.0
–
–
–
–

24.62

8.9

35.7

26.29

3.1

40.0

–

–

–

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Carpenters .........................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Electricians ........................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
Sheet metal duct installers .................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
Machinists ..........................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
Bakers ................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Sawing machine operators ................................
Printing press operators .....................................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Photographic process machine operators .........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
Welders and cutters ...........................................
Assemblers ........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
Production testers ..............................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............

12.52
13.87
14.67
15.57
13.53
12.52
12.96
15.94
8.40
9.12
13.07
13.83
15.38

1.1
19.4
25.1
14.8
19.7
17.6
7.6
4.4
.8
5.6
10.5
14.9
8.0

37.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.4
37.0
40.0
38.5
37.7
38.5
35.9
40.0
39.8

12.89
13.87
14.67
15.57
15.74
14.43
12.96
15.75
8.38
9.19
13.50
13.83
15.38

1.5
19.4
25.1
14.8
10.3
12.3
7.6
4.1
1.3
6.3
11.1
14.9
8.0

39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
37.7
40.0
39.6
39.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.8

9.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

26.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

22.63
17.38
10.89
–
12.59
16.84
13.04
13.92
13.04
13.15
9.32

7.1
8.2
8.2
–
4.0
8.3
5.6
22.7
12.4
18.9
6.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
–
39.6
39.5
36.5
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.8

22.63
17.38
10.89
12.10
12.59
17.25
13.63
13.92
13.04
13.15
9.32

7.1
8.2
8.2
13.0
4.0
8.0
7.7
22.7
12.4
18.9
6.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.2
40.0
39.8

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving .........................

15.18

3.4

37.5

15.68

4.0

40.1

10.33

5.3

23.1

See footnotes at end of table.

15

TABLE 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$15.55
11.26
12.63
10.01
–
8.40
33.31
34.15
27.66
31.19
31.73
20.28
21.09
14.12

3.3
8.6
9.6
9.1
–
6.7
2.2
7.4
4.2
7.3
3.7
24.9
11.6
5.5

39.6
35.0
31.7
34.8
–
27.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.0
38.8
39.0

$15.59
11.87
12.61
9.93
7.62
9.40
33.31
34.15
27.66
31.19
31.73
20.28
21.09
14.16

3.2
5.4
12.4
9.4
4.2
9.4
2.2
7.4
4.2
7.3
3.7
24.9
11.6
5.2

40.3
39.8
39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
40.0
38.8
39.9

$13.68
10.07
12.70
–
–
7.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

20.4
3.1
3.8
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

20.3
28.2
20.4
–
–
19.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

17.37

16.1

38.5

17.31

16.0

39.9

–

–

–

12.11
12.08
11.13
10.36

3.3
16.8
7.3
3.5

35.0
39.6
25.8
39.7

12.73
12.13
11.65
10.36

3.2
17.1
12.5
3.5

39.9
40.0
40.0
39.7

8.94
–
–
–

1.2
–
–
–

21.5
–
–
–

19.47
12.32
14.35
20.64
9.58
9.98
9.93
13.48
9.44
9.38
9.91
11.96

5.7
13.5
10.7
5.0
5.1
2.3
16.0
1.8
5.1
2.7
6.7
4.8

38.5
36.9
40.0
39.3
34.1
26.8
37.9
37.7
39.7
35.5
38.5
36.2

19.89
12.94
14.35
20.66
9.87
11.82
–
13.67
9.41
9.53
9.97
12.55

4.6
10.4
10.7
5.0
4.2
3.2
–
1.9
5.0
3.2
7.4
4.8

39.9
39.9
40.0
39.3
40.0
39.5
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0

–
–
–
–
–
8.71
–
11.08
–
–
8.77
8.64

–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
5.0
–
–
3.8
4.2

–
–
–
–
–
22.0
–
21.6
–
–
24.2
23.6

10.02
11.22
17.81
10.93
11.22
8.66
7.43
7.87
7.31
7.55
9.07
13.42
10.37
8.82
7.71
12.16
18.83
13.05
10.72
10.60

1.4
6.0
28.7
7.0
7.2
.9
1.7
5.4
1.6
3.1
1.4
8.5
2.2
3.1
1.5
5.9
9.5
2.0
4.5
2.6

31.3
35.6
40.0
35.6
25.9
30.2
27.1
25.6
27.0
29.0
31.3
36.9
35.3
28.9
30.3
33.5
32.4
32.6
34.0
35.0

10.81
11.10
17.81
10.70
–
9.53
7.46
7.75
7.26
7.88
10.06
14.73
10.96
9.14
8.01
12.25
19.02
13.37
10.57
10.94

1.9
6.3
28.7
7.1
–
2.4
1.4
6.9
2.4
2.6
3.2
7.6
1.9
3.1
1.7
7.3
9.3
2.0
5.6
2.8

38.7
39.3
40.0
39.3
–
38.6
36.8
37.3
36.3
38.0
39.1
40.1
39.3
37.5
38.8
38.5
33.7
39.9
39.2
39.6

8.43
11.71
–
11.78
9.56
7.61
7.41
7.96
7.35
7.21
7.70
–
8.12
8.47
7.40
11.77
–
11.82
11.33
8.44

1.1
20.1
–
21.0
3.4
1.8
2.4
5.2
2.2
4.6
2.0
–
8.1
4.6
1.4
4.6
–
8.9
3.0
4.1

22.5
25.8
–
26.1
19.0
23.9
22.5
20.7
22.7
23.2
24.6
–
25.4
22.9
24.8
21.1
–
19.2
21.8
20.2

17.04
8.85
10.85

10.2
2.1
2.9

41.1
34.6
34.7

17.07
8.86
11.35

10.2
2.3
3.3

41.2
38.8
39.8

–
8.78
7.92

–
3.6
3.4

–
20.6
19.8

Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Truckdrivers .......................................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Busdrivers ..........................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
Parking lot attendants ........................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...............
Locomotive operating ........................................
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators .....
Operating engineers ..........................................
Longshore equipment operators ........................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Production helpers .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
Hand packers and packagers ............................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
Bartenders .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
Other food service ...............................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...........
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.

16

TABLE 4. Selected occupations, Pacific, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National
Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings

Occupation4

Service –Continued
Personal service ....................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$12.44
16.18
9.87
9.65
6.92
29.24
8.85
10.88
10.06
8.17
13.99

3.4
10.0
8.8
6.2
3.9
4.8
3.4
3.4
5.3
5.3
10.1

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 In this census division, data were collected between December 2003 and January

Part time

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

24.5
39.7
22.4
29.6
25.1
22.5
36.2
30.5
31.7
23.8
17.0

$14.13
16.28
–
10.70
–
30.42
8.81
11.65
10.57
8.85
13.12

3.9
10.5
–
9.7
–
2.8
5.6
5.3
6.0
4.1
4.3

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

36.1
40.0
–
39.8
–
22.8
39.5
39.8
39.8
39.0
39.6

$9.85
–
–
8.38
6.92
–
–
8.90
9.50
8.00
15.89

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

6.7
–
–
5.7
3.9
–
–
10.5
4.9
6.0
25.5

16.4
–
–
22.5
25.1
–
–
19.1
25.9
21.8
7.5

2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................

$26.45
26.47

1.2
1.2

35.4
35.4

$27.15
27.17

1.3
1.3

39.1
39.1

$19.45
19.50

3.2
3.3

18.1
18.1

White collar ......................................................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................

28.14
28.17

1.6
1.6

34.9
34.9

28.72
28.75

1.4
1.4

38.5
38.5

22.38
22.47

4.6
4.7

18.2
18.2

Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
Civil engineers ...................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
Natural scientists ...................................................
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
Health related ........................................................
Physicians ..........................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
Dietitians ............................................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
English teachers ................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Other post-secondary teachers .........................
Teachers, except college and university ................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
Teachers, special education ..............................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
Librarians ...........................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
Psychologists .....................................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
Social workers ...................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
Lawyers .............................................................
Judges ...............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ...................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Legal assistants .................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................

34.71
36.19
34.63
33.88
33.70
32.31
32.62
27.17
25.93
34.00
35.97
33.39
27.31
24.92
42.38
43.90
44.06
49.81
32.11
48.83
45.86
41.63
39.00
33.59
40.36
39.52
37.85
38.29
20.14
37.60
33.22
33.22
33.37
33.32
32.74
24.64
24.94
18.75
38.14
36.67
44.25

1.3
1.5
4.9
5.9
14.9
3.0
3.6
4.0
5.7
3.1
9.0
3.9
3.6
10.3
2.6
8.7
4.0
15.0
8.7
6.1
10.2
5.1
2.0
11.5
2.8
3.4
4.8
5.3
3.5
10.0
4.2
4.2
7.6
9.7
6.0
2.1
2.3
20.5
8.4
10.6
7.1

33.6
33.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.1
39.9
40.2
33.9
42.3
32.8
37.5
34.9
24.7
33.0
19.8
39.1
33.4
21.2
18.1
21.1
32.2
26.6
34.0
35.6
34.9
27.2
14.9
34.8
38.4
38.4
38.2
37.9
40.0
37.2
38.8
20.5
39.9
40.2
38.8

35.07
36.58
34.63
33.88
33.70
32.31
32.62
27.17
25.93
33.46
33.07
32.64
27.20
–
43.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.90
39.76
36.75
40.52
39.59
37.85
38.52
–
38.17
32.97
32.97
33.58
33.58
32.74
25.03
25.03
25.10
38.14
36.67
44.25

1.2
1.5
4.9
5.9
14.9
3.0
3.6
4.0
5.7
2.8
1.9
2.9
3.9
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
2.1
6.9
2.9
3.4
5.0
6.5
–
9.5
4.7
4.7
8.0
10.2
6.0
2.3
2.4
9.8
8.4
10.6
7.1

37.4
37.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.1
39.9
40.2
39.8
46.5
39.4
40.0
–
38.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.1
35.2
36.8
34.9
35.8
35.7
35.3
–
35.0
38.5
38.5
39.4
39.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.2
38.8

30.84
31.89
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.71
–
35.28
–
–
39.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.89
27.32
–
31.37
–
–
37.03
20.20
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.11
–
10.24
–
–
–

4.7
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
5.7
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
7.1
–
7.8
–
–
14.3
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.5
–
7.5
–
–
–

15.9
15.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.1
–
23.1
–
–
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.0
13.9
–
13.7
–
–
12.1
14.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.9
–
12.4
–
–
–

26.41
29.42
22.96

9.9
17.0
2.5

33.3
32.8
36.7

25.24
–
22.93

9.1
–
3.4

39.0
–
39.7

30.35
–
23.25

14.2
–
23.1

22.3
–
21.0

19.96
20.65
21.50
31.97
24.51
26.58
13.95
17.93
19.91
24.83

14.1
4.1
2.3
4.5
7.4
5.3
8.7
9.3
12.6
5.5

37.8
38.2
39.9
40.0
36.0
39.9
28.1
34.0
40.0
38.4

19.74
20.70
21.29
31.97
25.71
26.58
–
17.99
19.91
25.49

14.7
3.8
2.2
4.5
6.3
5.3
–
10.1
12.6
5.5

40.0
40.0
40.5
40.0
39.7
39.9
–
35.4
40.0
40.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
Executives, administrators, and managers ............

32.46
38.17

2.7
2.7

38.9
38.6

32.44
38.12

2.8
2.7

40.0
40.2

33.34
40.91

6.8
13.2

16.0
11.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings
Occupation4

Part time

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$24.56

27.8

10.8

–

–

–

–

–

–

37.84
42.57
38.64
48.07
42.89
27.58
31.43
26.30
27.62
29.77

3.1
14.0
18.0
3.7
11.1
7.4
20.9
3.0
8.7
4.9

40.0
40.0
39.4
39.4
40.8
40.0
39.4
39.3
39.9
33.9

$37.78
42.57
38.64
47.52
42.89
27.58
31.55
26.30
27.62
31.07

3.1
14.0
18.0
3.6
11.1
7.4
21.2
3.1
8.7
6.0

40.1
40.0
39.4
40.9
40.8
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$26.48
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.9
–
–

26.26
28.78

10.5
4.7

40.0
39.6

26.26
28.78

10.5
4.7

40.0
39.6

–
–

–
–

–
–

25.22
25.05

5.3
5.3

39.9
39.4

25.22
25.08

5.3
5.4

39.9
39.8

–
–

–
–

–
–

Sales .............................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................

17.61
16.96

9.7
11.4

32.3
30.9

19.48
19.24

6.5
8.5

40.0
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

Administrative support, including clerical ................
Supervisors, general office ................................
Computer operators ...........................................
Secretaries .........................................................
Stenographers ...................................................
Typists ...............................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
Order clerks .......................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
Billing clerks .......................................................
Dispatchers ........................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
Meter readers ....................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
General office clerks ..........................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................

17.12
21.83
19.54
18.66
21.46
15.81
15.64
16.47
21.78
15.42
15.31
15.60
18.28
19.42
16.95
22.12
17.41
24.63
17.52
15.71
13.77
17.99

.9
5.5
9.5
2.5
14.7
4.5
12.4
4.3
7.5
3.8
4.8
3.3
4.5
8.5
7.6
5.5
5.2
12.3
3.8
1.6
2.5
3.0

35.4
39.9
39.3
39.2
34.6
40.0
40.0
38.1
40.0
31.2
38.0
39.5
38.4
40.0
40.0
38.4
39.3
39.3
39.8
36.7
24.3
37.0

17.54
21.83
19.54
18.77
21.52
15.81
15.64
16.91
21.78
15.70
–
15.63
18.44
19.42
16.95
21.97
17.52
25.06
17.52
15.97
12.83
18.25

.9
5.5
9.5
2.4
16.6
4.5
12.4
6.5
7.5
6.1
–
3.3
4.2
8.5
7.6
6.1
5.6
13.0
3.8
1.5
5.0
3.1

39.6
39.9
39.3
39.7
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
–
39.8
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
39.7
36.2
39.9

14.37
–
–
14.02
–
–
–
–
–
14.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.09
14.23
15.21

1.7
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
2.0
10.9

21.1
–
–
24.9
–
–
–
–
–
21.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.9
21.0
20.6

Blue collar ........................................................................

22.02

2.1

38.5

22.41

2.2

39.8

14.58

5.1

23.2

Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
Automobile mechanics .......................................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
Electricians ........................................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......

25.47
33.88
22.66
22.08
29.42
24.10
30.56
24.53
33.52
19.93
25.22

3.4
4.3
7.3
2.6
2.2
9.9
11.1
7.2
7.3
5.0
4.6

39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0

25.47
33.88
22.66
22.08
29.42
24.10
30.56
24.53
33.52
19.94
25.22

3.4
4.3
7.3
2.6
2.2
9.9
11.1
7.2
7.3
5.0
4.6

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Legislators .........................................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
Administrators, education and related fields ......
Managers, medicine and health .........................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
Management related ..............................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
Management analysts ........................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, Pacific, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and
part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued
Total

Full time

Hourly earnings

Part time

Hourly earnings

Occupation4

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....

$20.34

33.8

37.2

$20.58

34.3

40.0

–

–

–

Transportation and material moving .........................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truckdrivers .......................................................
Busdrivers ..........................................................
Operating engineers ..........................................

19.47
28.15
20.27
17.21
23.01

3.2
2.2
4.6
2.8
9.6

35.7
40.0
39.4
32.7
39.8

20.13
28.15
20.33
17.84
23.01

3.0
2.2
4.6
3.1
9.6

39.3
40.0
40.0
38.8
39.8

$15.73
–
–
15.66
–

3.7
–
–
3.8
–

23.6
–
–
23.6
–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
Construction laborers .........................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................

17.80
18.18
16.74
16.70
18.80

3.9
7.8
11.2
11.9
5.9

38.9
40.0
40.0
36.6
39.5

18.13
18.18
16.74
18.83
18.86

3.6
7.8
11.2
4.0
5.8

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

23.03
28.32
33.93
39.50
22.03
30.95

2.7
2.0
8.8
1.8
12.9
2.0

35.6
39.4
50.8
40.0
35.2
39.5

24.35
28.75
33.93
39.50
23.66
31.03

2.9
2.6
8.8
1.8
6.9
2.1

41.1
41.8
50.8
40.0
50.6
40.0

12.15
12.11
–
–
7.20
–

5.1
24.5
–
–
.8
–

16.9
12.8
–
–
9.3
–

25.52
23.71
17.10
20.26
13.27
13.19
14.31
11.68
12.00
14.69
14.90
14.50
15.63

2.5
4.8
4.7
12.5
2.8
3.0
6.4
6.2
1.1
4.8
5.4
5.5
3.0

39.6
40.0
38.2
38.1
28.3
28.5
36.7
18.3
26.8
33.5
32.9
34.2
37.4

25.95
23.71
17.14
20.63
14.42
14.32
14.91
–
12.40
14.72
15.33
14.15
15.87

2.4
4.8
4.7
11.8
3.8
4.3
4.1
–
2.4
6.1
6.6
6.3
2.9

40.0
40.0
38.3
40.0
39.5
39.7
39.2
–
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.6
40.0

–
–
–
–
11.58
11.61
–
11.80
11.68
14.59
13.11
15.83
11.80

–
–
–
–
2.4
2.4
–
6.3
1.5
10.1
10.7
10.4
9.8

–
–
–
–
20.0
20.4
–
17.4
21.1
20.7
18.9
22.6
18.5

14.66
15.75
13.28
10.05
11.06
16.42
14.12

6.2
2.8
8.1
10.1
3.1
14.0
11.1

40.0
37.9
19.9
16.0
19.5
19.5
20.0

14.66
16.02
16.15
–
10.04
23.72
–

6.2
2.8
22.6
–
7.1
27.9
–

40.0
40.0
37.7
–
37.3
35.9
–

–
10.64
11.68
10.05
11.62
12.81
11.43

–
8.4
2.4
10.1
3.2
7.3
10.9

–
19.0
15.8
16.0
15.4
15.9
16.0

Blue collar –Continued

Service ..............................................................................
Protective service ..................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
Firefighting .........................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
Food service ..........................................................
Other food service ...............................................
Cooks .................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
Health service ........................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...........
Cleaning and building service ................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
Personal service ....................................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working
either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered
a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 In this census division, data were collected between December 2003 and January

2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All ..........................................................................................
All, excluding sales ........................................................

$20.70
21.07

1.8
2.1

35.7
36.0

$19.63
19.95

2.6
3.1

35.8
36.1

$26.45
26.47

1.2
1.2

35.4
35.4

White collar ......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
White collar, excluding sales .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................

25.47
8.42
10.00
12.20
14.94
18.02
20.69
23.76
30.14
33.30
34.85
44.46
49.41
57.20
85.18
28.74
27.16
8.86
10.88
12.81
15.01
17.48
20.55
23.78
29.20
33.10
34.82
44.60
49.12
57.20
85.18
29.28

1.1
3.8
3.1
1.8
1.5
2.2
2.7
2.0
2.1
1.6
2.3
4.3
2.7
2.3
8.6
4.4
1.3
8.3
1.1
1.1
1.0
2.9
2.3
1.9
4.3
1.9
2.3
4.5
3.3
2.3
8.6
5.7

36.3
26.2
28.1
33.3
36.7
37.9
38.0
38.1
38.2
36.0
38.8
39.2
39.2
39.4
40.5
38.3
37.1
23.9
31.3
35.8
37.1
37.2
37.8
37.7
38.0
35.9
38.8
39.1
39.1
39.4
40.5
38.3

24.81
8.41
9.84
11.91
14.76
17.95
20.25
23.49
28.99
32.10
34.81
45.34
49.63
57.54
88.07
28.74
26.85
8.87
10.72
12.47
14.79
17.24
19.99
23.48
27.54
31.71
34.76
45.57
49.31
57.54
88.07
29.31

1.8
3.8
3.1
2.2
1.9
2.6
2.8
2.5
4.2
1.9
2.7
4.8
2.9
1.8
10.9
4.5
2.0
9.1
1.0
1.5
1.5
3.6
2.1
2.1
4.2
2.7
2.6
5.0
3.6
1.8
10.9
5.9

36.6
26.0
28.7
33.3
36.7
38.4
38.9
38.6
39.2
37.7
39.1
39.7
40.2
40.4
40.4
38.6
37.8
22.9
33.2
36.4
37.2
37.5
38.7
38.2
39.0
37.5
39.1
39.7
40.1
40.4
40.4
38.6

28.14
8.80
11.89
14.08
15.94
18.36
22.27
24.52
33.75
34.93
34.94
41.32
47.96
53.70
49.62
28.45
28.17
8.80
11.89
14.10
15.92
18.31
22.27
24.52
33.75
34.93
34.94
41.32
47.96
53.70
49.62
28.45

1.6
11.8
3.8
1.8
1.0
1.9
3.5
3.4
4.5
2.7
2.6
3.1
2.8
8.0
19.3
6.1
1.6
11.8
3.8
1.9
.9
2.1
3.5
3.4
4.5
2.7
2.6
3.1
2.8
8.0
19.3
6.1

34.9
32.7
22.9
33.3
36.6
36.0
35.2
36.7
35.6
34.0
38.2
37.3
34.0
31.0
42.4
30.3
34.9
32.7
22.9
33.5
36.5
36.0
35.2
36.7
35.6
34.0
38.2
37.3
34.0
31.0
42.4
30.3

Professional specialty and technical .........................
Professional specialty ................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Aerospace engineers .........................................
12 ...................................................................
Petroleum engineers ..........................................

33.85
35.97
12.91
18.28
22.46
26.57
33.74
34.19
35.89
42.02
49.28
57.45
82.18
34.79
39.50
23.29
31.92
37.52
33.86
35.88
41.71
49.12
51.76
65.18
44.42
50.49
54.76
47.83

1.8
1.3
2.5
10.5
8.6
4.7
5.1
2.0
2.0
2.2
3.0
3.6
21.7
5.6
3.8
5.1
5.0
12.4
1.6
6.5
3.4
5.0
5.2
6.2
8.0
6.1
4.3
6.9

36.2
36.1
25.1
28.7
34.8
36.0
35.9
34.6
38.2
38.9
38.1
39.0
40.9
38.3
40.4
40.4
40.0
40.4
40.3
40.0
40.8
40.5
40.8
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0

33.46
35.86
–
18.56
18.40
25.20
31.12
31.89
36.29
42.46
49.61
58.07
98.51
34.87
39.93
–
31.94
38.90
34.08
36.44
41.72
49.15
52.13
65.18
45.27
50.49
54.76
47.83

2.4
1.7
–
12.4
11.5
6.2
7.8
3.1
2.7
1.8
3.3
3.2
15.5
5.9
4.4
–
5.1
11.0
2.1
6.2
3.6
5.1
5.1
6.2
7.9
6.1
4.3
6.9

37.5
37.9
–
29.8
38.9
37.7
37.0
36.5
38.8
40.2
39.8
40.5
40.1
38.7
40.4
–
40.0
40.4
40.4
40.0
40.9
40.5
40.9
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.0

34.71
36.19
–
17.17
31.67
30.35
37.09
36.14
35.10
40.99
46.84
52.40
44.56
33.48
34.63
–
–
–
32.41
32.65
41.62
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

1.3
1.5
–
7.2
5.6
5.3
4.0
2.9
3.4
4.2
4.8
10.8
25.9
5.5
4.9
–
–
–
4.1
13.3
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

33.6
33.2
–
24.9
28.0
31.9
34.6
33.1
37.2
36.1
28.9
30.0
42.9
32.3
40.0
–
–
–
40.2
39.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

21

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$41.18
48.41
33.91
32.05
29.44
44.90
41.73
30.28
30.98
33.88
42.03
44.83
49.30
58.53
36.92
33.86
33.88
47.54
38.71
41.39
44.05
42.03
34.90
35.48
40.29
48.19
49.01
38.85
22.77
24.94
28.05
32.02
36.99
42.46
46.44
59.42
36.87
38.98
22.77
25.15
28.04
32.24
37.18
42.96
45.99
59.42
37.20
30.81
16.08
20.87
25.66
29.69
31.06
32.98
49.54
30.66
31.76
28.73

3.3
7.1
8.3
4.3
11.9
5.2
6.6
9.2
4.7
3.5
7.8
4.5
.7
6.3
5.8
4.0
4.5
5.2
4.4
4.4
6.8
2.6
5.1
7.4
3.5
8.2
3.1
2.5
10.1
4.1
2.4
3.8
3.4
2.9
1.2
7.8
6.5
2.9
10.1
4.5
2.7
4.0
3.4
3.2
1.6
7.8
7.0
7.7
4.2
7.0
9.5
5.8
6.7
6.2
8.0
3.8
2.2
3.1

State and local
government

Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
41.0
40.0
41.9
40.6
40.0
41.5
41.1
43.2
41.7
41.0
42.8
41.0
40.5
40.0
41.6
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.1
40.5
40.2
40.0
40.3
40.8
41.1
38.4
40.2
40.0
40.1
40.6
40.2
40.0
40.4
40.9
41.1
38.4
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.5
40.0
40.1
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
42.2

$41.10
48.41
33.94
–
–
–
41.74
29.25
30.98
33.76
42.03
44.85
49.30
58.53
36.92
33.86
33.88
47.54
38.50
41.39
–
42.41
34.97
37.00
40.56
48.19
48.94
39.65
22.77
25.06
27.78
32.63
37.11
42.61
46.97
59.42
36.87
39.80
22.77
25.55
27.72
32.78
37.37
43.21
46.52
59.42
37.20
33.30
–
21.82
25.23
31.65
–
–
51.70
29.21
–
–

3.5
7.1
17.3
–
–
–
6.7
4.8
4.7
3.4
7.8
4.6
.7
6.3
5.8
4.0
4.5
5.2
4.8
4.4
–
2.4
5.4
5.2
3.4
8.2
2.9
2.2
10.1
6.2
2.4
3.5
4.3
3.3
1.4
7.8
6.5
2.7
10.1
6.8
2.6
3.5
4.3
3.7
1.6
7.8
7.0
10.0
–
7.8
12.5
13.0
–
–
7.6
2.3
–
–

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
41.0
40.0
41.9
40.5
40.0
41.6
41.1
43.2
41.7
41.0
42.8
41.0
40.5
40.0
–
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.4
39.9
40.3
40.9
41.1
38.4
40.2
40.0
40.0
40.3
40.4
39.9
40.4
40.9
41.1
38.4
39.9
–
40.0
39.3
40.4
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–

–
–
$33.88
31.60
35.93
43.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.70
–
–
–
–
–
32.31
–
–
–
29.09
36.63
–
–
–
–
32.62
–
–
–
29.52
36.63
–
–
–
–
27.17
–
–
–
28.52
25.50
–
–
–
–
–

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued
Nuclear engineers ..............................................
12 ...................................................................
Civil engineers ...................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic engineers ....................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Industrial engineers ...........................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Mechanical engineers ........................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ........
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Natural scientists ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Chemists, except biochemists ...........................
9 ...................................................................
Geologists and geodesists .................................
See footnotes at end of table.

22

–
–
5.9
4.6
7.4
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.9
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
–
–
–
3.8
3.0
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
1.7
3.0
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
6.1
13.9
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
39.5
40.3
–
–
–
–
40.1
–
–
–
39.5
40.3
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
–
39.8
40.1
–
–
–
–
–

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$35.19
26.88
29.55
26.76
24.87
27.28
34.27
28.68
30.53
30.81
32.70
38.27
40.26
50.25
63.45
33.85
43.27
63.77
33.24
28.35
31.82
33.51
37.48
37.07
46.41
40.04
46.04
49.19
51.57
25.96
27.75
26.55
28.25
24.73
28.23
30.78
29.15
34.13
24.33
27.28
39.36
43.06
21.21
25.73
38.11
41.12
42.80
51.09
61.06
42.78
46.78
46.34
51.57
71.21
44.06
44.69
30.75
51.49

9.6
5.0
15.2
11.5
8.1
10.7
1.2
2.3
4.4
4.0
3.1
1.9
5.6
3.5
1.8
19.7
7.6
2.6
1.8
8.3
3.7
3.2
1.9
3.5
2.7
5.4
2.1
8.9
2.5
8.1
4.8
6.0
9.0
3.4
5.6
1.9
4.2
14.4
10.2
16.8
8.1
1.7
14.1
7.7
4.7
6.5
2.7
4.7
10.1
21.4
19.9
7.0
8.9
3.9
4.0
5.5
13.9
12.7

State and local
government

Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

40.0
40.0
39.2
36.9
39.8
39.7
34.6
38.3
35.6
34.1
33.7
36.4
38.4
37.2
28.5
34.5
35.1
25.0
33.9
36.6
33.5
32.9
37.2
37.5
38.4
38.6
40.2
40.0
40.0
36.9
39.7
36.1
35.4
38.6
31.6
38.3
39.4
36.1
34.7
39.9
34.0
25.8
21.8
17.6
15.0
31.5
35.3
22.9
27.3
36.0
39.5
38.1
28.4
36.2
19.8
27.8
36.0
36.9

–
–
$29.94
–
–
28.22
34.34
29.13
30.64
30.82
32.91
38.42
42.33
50.02
61.88
31.78
50.48
–
33.20
28.75
32.03
33.68
37.40
38.33
45.87
40.04
–
49.19
–
25.08
–
26.70
28.28
24.73
28.68
30.68
29.15
–
21.43
–
39.36
44.35
–
26.44
31.20
42.14
47.31
50.26
71.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.92
63.35

–
–
17.0
–
–
26.7
1.4
1.4
6.4
4.7
3.8
3.5
7.7
3.7
2.9
19.1
8.6
–
1.9
8.1
4.1
3.6
2.1
5.0
2.8
5.4
–
8.9
–
13.0
–
6.3
9.8
3.4
7.3
1.7
4.2
–
8.5
–
8.1
3.7
–
7.9
4.0
5.7
8.9
4.1
6.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.1
10.7

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

–
–
39.2
–
–
39.2
34.8
38.3
35.7
34.6
33.9
36.2
37.8
37.0
25.2
34.8
30.1
–
34.3
36.4
34.1
33.2
37.6
33.8
38.3
38.6
–
40.0
–
36.6
–
36.7
37.3
38.6
31.2
38.8
39.4
–
33.5
–
34.0
28.4
–
22.5
24.4
27.9
39.7
35.5
33.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.1
26.2

$25.93
–
–
–
–
–
34.00
–
29.96
30.76
32.07
37.43
35.50
–
–
–
35.97
–
33.39
–
30.62
33.04
37.92
36.35
–
–
–
–
–
27.31
–
–
–
–
24.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
42.38
–
–
38.68
40.90
41.26
51.64
53.32
43.90
–
–
–
–
44.06
–
–
49.81

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Natural scientists –Continued
Physical scientists, n.e.c. ...................................
9 ...................................................................
Biological and life scientists ...............................
9 ...................................................................
Forestry and conservation scientists .................
Medical scientists ...............................................
Health related ........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Physicians ..........................................................
13 ...................................................................
Registered nurses ..............................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Pharmacists .......................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Dietitians ............................................................
9 ...................................................................
Respiratory therapists ........................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Occupational therapists .....................................
Physical therapists .............................................
9 ...................................................................
Speech therapists ..............................................
Therapists, n.e.c. ...............................................
9 ...................................................................
Physicians’ assistants ........................................
Teachers, college and university ...........................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Biological science teachers ...............................
Chemistry teachers ............................................
Psychology teachers ..........................................
Social science teachers, n.e.c. ..........................
Engineering teachers .........................................
Mathematical science teachers .........................
Computer science teachers ...............................
Health specialties teachers ................................
Business, commerce, and marketing teachers ..
See footnotes at end of table.

23

5.7
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
15.7
5.4
4.4
10.6
2.6
–
–
–
9.0
–
3.9
–
5.8
4.6
8.1
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
3.6
–
–
–
–
10.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
4.8
7.2
4.0
6.4
17.9
8.7
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
15.0

40.2
–
–
–
–
–
33.9
–
35.1
31.4
33.1
37.6
39.7
–
–
–
42.3
–
32.8
–
30.3
32.1
35.2
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
34.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.7
–
–
14.5
32.5
34.0
18.6
24.2
33.0
–
–
–
–
19.8
–
–
39.1

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$34.87
40.56
44.62
–
34.32
13.43
14.14
25.36
28.62
38.22
37.34
37.83
47.13
17.32
11.27
15.92
19.83
29.44
29.81
38.55
44.02
36.41
39.07
38.00
38.30
44.16
31.18
39.36
38.23
34.18
28.50
34.32
34.44
23.27
22.64
37.49
37.89
41.08
20.08
22.09
29.84
28.52
27.41
29.98
46.61
32.02
25.96
34.90
34.40
32.00
25.96
35.20
31.91
19.42
27.34
27.10
29.81
40.67

11.2
15.8
1.1
–
4.3
3.0
8.5
12.2
10.4
5.0
3.6
6.5
4.2
18.8
3.4
13.7
15.1
22.6
22.2
3.2
3.4
6.7
6.0
3.7
3.5
1.5
1.7
13.0
3.6
6.7
17.7
8.0
7.2
28.2
19.0
17.2
9.1
11.1
3.5
6.5
18.4
16.2
6.5
10.1
7.4
4.4
2.7
5.5
2.7
4.6
2.7
6.1
19.0
9.2
7.3
6.1
3.0
9.6

State and local
government

Private industry
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

32.7
33.0
30.5
–
33.0
13.1
25.6
30.7
32.1
34.6
33.3
35.9
32.2
36.0
37.1
39.3
39.4
38.7
25.4
34.3
33.7
36.3
34.7
34.3
35.8
34.9
33.4
37.8
35.6
31.8
25.0
35.5
27.7
12.4
37.1
35.1
26.8
37.0
14.9
17.2
35.9
39.6
39.8
38.5
31.8
38.5
39.5
38.1
38.8
38.5
39.5
38.1
40.5
39.8
43.5
41.2
39.7
38.5

$38.87
–
–
–
18.83
–
12.90
14.16
21.58
22.23
23.94
29.08
–
13.85
11.25
14.75
18.58
–
–
24.01
–
–
20.34
22.40
28.50
–
31.74
–
30.67
21.89
–
–
21.12
29.91
–
20.94
–
–
–
–
17.28
–
–
–
–
29.16
–
–
–
28.77
–
–
31.34
–
–
27.08
–
–

16.8
–
–
–
14.1
–
6.8
6.3
15.8
6.4
11.9
7.0
–
13.2
3.8
8.0
14.8
–
–
12.5
–
–
10.1
11.4
3.4
–
9.0
–
5.5
11.0
–
–
7.9
17.8
–
4.4
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
29.9
–
–
10.3
–
–

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

31.7
–
–
–
36.1
–
31.7
38.9
34.9
38.5
36.2
38.2
–
38.9
36.8
39.8
39.6
–
–
37.8
–
–
35.6
37.3
36.9
–
27.2
–
38.6
24.5
–
–
29.4
8.0
–
39.6
–
–
–
–
37.8
–
–
–
–
38.8
–
–
–
38.8
–
–
41.4
–
–
42.5
–
–

$32.11
–
48.83
45.86
39.00
–
17.69
34.53
36.02
40.30
38.93
40.15
47.69
33.59
–
–
–
–
36.79
40.36
44.02
38.58
40.16
39.83
39.52
–
–
43.66
38.79
37.85
35.43
37.26
38.29
–
–
–
37.95
46.43
20.14
22.10
37.60
–
26.05
30.95
–
33.22
–
37.69
–
33.22
–
37.69
33.37
–
–
27.13
32.38
41.36

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Teachers, college and university –Continued
Art, drama, and music teachers .........................
Education teachers ............................................
English teachers ................................................
Trade and industrial teachers ............................
Teachers, except college and university ................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten .....................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Elementary school teachers ..............................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Secondary school teachers ...............................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, special education ..............................
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Substitute teachers ............................................
6 ...................................................................
Vocational and educational counselors .............
7 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Librarians ...........................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Social scientists and urban planners .....................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

24

8.7
–
6.1
10.2
2.0
–
25.9
6.3
5.5
4.7
3.3
3.0
4.4
11.5
–
–
–
–
18.2
2.8
3.4
7.4
6.5
3.2
3.4
–
–
6.0
4.5
4.8
11.8
7.2
5.3
–
–
–
9.4
.1
3.5
6.5
10.0
–
4.4
13.4
–
4.2
–
2.0
–
4.2
–
2.0
7.6
–
–
6.8
4.3
10.6

33.4
–
21.2
18.1
32.2
–
16.5
26.2
29.5
34.2
33.0
35.4
32.0
26.6
–
–
–
–
21.8
34.0
33.7
35.0
34.7
33.9
35.6
–
–
37.1
35.4
34.9
33.9
35.8
27.2
–
–
–
27.0
35.6
14.9
17.3
34.8
–
39.7
39.1
–
38.4
–
38.2
–
38.4
–
38.2
38.2
–
–
39.3
39.4
37.8

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$57.40
42.24
24.60
24.44
41.62
32.74
21.89
14.14
13.96
18.79
22.63
25.98
26.87
33.32
22.35
15.93
13.96
18.55
22.89
25.88
31.00
33.12
14.42
55.63
47.57
62.73
63.25
56.15
47.57
64.90
44.25

18.3
17.1
13.1
7.6
11.5
6.0
7.1
9.0
7.5
12.8
4.5
6.5
11.3
3.9
7.9
1.9
7.5
13.0
5.3
6.7
2.4
4.6
16.0
7.3
8.7
14.2
8.9
7.3
8.7
14.9
7.1

43.5
44.3
38.1
39.5
37.6
40.0
35.8
24.3
37.2
39.6
33.7
38.1
42.8
40.0
37.4
38.3
37.2
39.6
33.2
38.1
37.8
36.0
19.5
43.2
39.5
40.0
44.5
43.4
39.5
40.0
38.8

$57.88
42.29
18.40
–
–
–
18.33
–
11.74
14.91
19.68
23.52
24.39
–
18.34
–
11.74
14.91
19.82
23.52
–
–
–
60.80
49.20
–
–
60.80
49.20
–
–

18.0
17.3
9.1
–
–
–
13.7
–
11.2
9.4
5.6
5.7
16.3
–
16.8
–
11.2
9.4
6.2
5.7
–
–
–
5.3
10.4
–
–
5.3
10.4
–
–

43.6
44.4
38.3
–
–
–
34.1
–
36.6
39.3
28.7
38.7
46.4
–
35.4
–
36.6
39.3
28.4
38.7
–
–
–
44.3
39.5
–
–
44.3
39.5
–
–

–
–
$33.32
26.41
41.62
32.74
24.64
15.77
–
23.99
25.03
26.55
–
–
24.94
–
–
23.90
25.64
26.44
–
–
18.75
38.14
42.17
47.87
–
36.67
42.17
–
44.25

–
–
9.7
9.9
11.5
6.0
2.1
3.2
–
2.4
8.7
6.9
–
–
2.3
–
–
2.6
10.4
7.1
–
–
20.5
8.4
4.1
22.3
–
10.6
4.1
–
7.1

–
–
37.9
39.0
37.6
40.0
37.2
30.5
–
40.0
39.2
37.9
–
–
38.8
–
–
40.0
39.1
37.9
–
–
20.5
39.9
39.7
40.0
–
40.2
39.7
–
38.8

29.75
18.84
22.24
22.16
32.62
35.57
41.52
30.58
40.36
29.74
23.16
43.31
43.31

5.5
3.2
4.4
2.8
5.8
7.5
8.6
7.4
5.8
10.6
2.3
13.8
13.8

35.6
39.9
41.3
39.9
36.3
42.0
40.0
34.4
40.0
36.7
43.6
33.0
33.0

29.99
18.95
22.19
22.27
–
35.57
42.63
30.82
40.36
29.78
23.15
43.31
43.31

5.2
3.4
4.7
3.0
–
7.5
9.0
7.8
5.8
10.7
2.5
13.8
13.8

35.7
39.9
41.6
39.9
–
42.0
40.0
35.0
40.0
36.7
43.9
33.0
33.0

26.41
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.41
–
–
–
–
–

9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.9
–
–
–
–
–

33.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.4
–
–
–
–
–

17.65
17.65
16.87
12.05
12.05
24.12
17.33
26.53
34.71
39.20
25.29
12.78

21.3
21.3
31.5
15.6
15.6
10.7
6.5
17.3
11.2
12.5
4.3
4.2

39.8
39.8
28.3
28.4
28.4
38.6
39.7
40.3
38.6
37.4
36.5
32.8

16.99
16.99
16.87
10.81
10.81
24.30
17.33
25.57
36.29
–
25.78
12.91

21.4
21.4
31.5
5.1
5.1
11.6
6.5
19.8
12.3
–
4.7
4.8

39.8
39.8
28.3
29.0
29.0
38.7
39.7
40.4
40.7
–
36.4
35.5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.42
–
22.96
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.0
–
2.5
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
32.8
–
36.7
–

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Social scientists and urban planners –Continued
13 ...................................................................
Economists ........................................................
Psychologists .....................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Urban planners ..................................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ...............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Social workers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Recreation workers ............................................
Lawyers and judges ...............................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
Lawyers .............................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Judges ...............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. .............................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical writers ................................................
Designers ...........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Actors and directors ...........................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist
printmakers ......................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Photographers ...................................................
Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c.
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Editors and reporters .........................................
6 ...................................................................
Public relations specialists .................................
Professional, n.e.c. ............................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Technical ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

25

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$15.10
17.77
20.32
24.11
27.08
33.74
31.36
73.96
25.38

5.6
6.5
1.9
3.6
2.7
3.1
6.6
10.0
9.9

32.2
36.3
38.2
37.7
37.9
34.6
35.8
26.6
38.8

$15.36
17.73
20.07
24.66
27.18
34.56
33.13
73.96
25.39

6.7
7.3
1.8
5.3
2.9
3.6
6.7
10.0
10.0

31.5
36.5
38.4
37.8
38.1
33.7
34.6
26.6
38.8

$13.92
18.09
21.95
22.98
26.60
29.43
–
–
–

6.6
6.1
7.3
2.2
7.2
6.1
–
–
–

35.6
35.1
36.9
37.6
36.9
39.8
–
–
–

20.41
14.16
16.51
29.56
27.47
19.31
39.25
20.78
26.99
23.90
27.26
39.39
19.92
17.20
18.86
19.05
21.03
20.06
12.95
15.39
16.08
20.16
21.17
28.49
31.36
24.81
20.66
24.31
26.30
29.59
28.80
21.89
22.66
26.20
24.22
25.14
26.39
26.49
16.25
22.36
99.61
107.95
21.48
31.25
32.83
23.96
16.75
28.02
26.50

4.8
2.4
7.0
7.4
5.7
7.6
3.6
23.9
9.5
2.3
7.2
16.6
1.9
5.8
3.3
2.2
3.7
5.8
6.9
2.7
7.4
6.5
2.4
9.3
4.2
2.8
1.7
2.1
6.5
1.7
10.1
6.3
3.2
15.3
4.0
3.7
10.2
4.0
7.3
23.8
17.1
8.4
18.0
5.5
5.5
10.6
9.1
2.3
10.1

36.1
35.2
37.8
29.8
35.2
37.6
23.8
38.7
33.9
37.5
32.5
28.8
36.2
33.1
33.7
37.1
37.9
36.5
34.6
30.0
37.0
39.2
39.9
36.7
31.9
39.6
40.0
39.3
40.0
38.0
38.9
38.4
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
41.0
39.9
33.8
38.0
22.0
19.7
37.3
37.3
39.6
39.8
39.8
40.0
39.4

20.48
14.32
–
30.80
27.34
19.31
39.25
20.75
25.94
23.90
25.94
38.48
19.80
17.20
18.81
19.14
20.98
19.61
12.95
15.49
–
19.27
21.37
30.74
–
24.53
20.66
24.21
25.49
29.59
29.76
–
–
26.31
23.70
–
26.15
–
17.97
23.58
99.61
107.95
–
31.21
31.88
24.88
–
28.02
26.95

4.2
3.5
–
3.8
6.1
7.6
3.6
25.8
9.3
2.3
3.6
24.8
1.6
5.8
3.6
2.4
3.7
7.9
6.9
2.8
–
5.1
6.4
6.6
–
2.7
1.7
2.1
5.4
1.7
11.0
–
–
16.8
4.9
–
10.9
–
7.3
22.6
17.1
8.4
–
4.4
14.3
11.7
–
2.3
13.4

35.9
33.0
–
26.7
34.8
37.6
23.8
39.2
36.0
37.5
38.5
32.6
35.9
33.1
33.7
37.3
37.3
35.6
34.6
29.4
–
39.2
40.0
35.8
–
39.6
40.0
39.3
40.0
38.0
39.6
–
–
40.0
40.3
–
41.1
–
39.9
39.3
22.0
19.7
–
36.8
40.0
39.7
–
40.0
39.7

19.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.65
–
–
17.90
–
21.50
–
–
–
–
21.03
–
–
31.97
–
–
33.21
–
24.51
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.58
13.95
17.93
–
–
–
–
–
19.91
–
–
24.83

14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
3.7
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
1.3
–
–
4.5
–
–
.7
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.3
8.7
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
12.6
–
–
5.5

37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.2
–
–
34.8
–
39.9
–
–
–
–
39.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
36.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
28.1
34.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
38.4

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians .......................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Dental hygienists ...............................................
Health record technologists and technicians .....
Radiological technicians ....................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Licensed practical nurses ..................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ......
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ..................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ..........................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Drafters ..............................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..................
Biological technicians ........................................
Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................
Airplane pilots and navigators ............................
11 ...................................................................
Broadcast equipment operators .........................
Computer programmers .....................................
9 ...................................................................
Legal assistants .................................................
5 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.

26

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$18.13
–
24.89
24.26
32.23

6.0
–
5.6
8.5
12.4

31.4
–
39.2
38.5
40.7

$18.01
–
25.20
24.27
–

7.6
–
8.8
5.2
–

35.7
–
38.9
40.0
–

–
$25.29
24.14
24.25
–

–
6.5
6.4
14.2
–

–
40.0
40.0
36.8
–

37.14
16.57
21.16
20.46
25.44
30.74
33.20
46.80
48.17
55.11
85.95
40.58
43.14
19.06
18.75
24.92
31.58
33.23
49.73
48.70
55.58
86.73
45.47
24.56
24.56

8.0
4.6
2.7
2.4
3.0
3.9
3.0
8.7
4.3
3.2
7.0
13.7
10.3
10.2
5.7
9.3
5.1
4.5
10.4
4.8
2.9
7.1
16.8
27.8
27.8

40.1
37.6
38.6
39.9
40.8
40.2
40.3
40.4
40.7
40.1
40.4
39.5
40.4
40.3
40.6
41.6
40.6
40.4
40.4
40.7
40.1
40.4
39.3
10.8
10.8

38.07
16.54
21.29
19.63
25.55
31.25
31.91
47.69
48.03
54.99
86.17
40.81
43.94
19.30
17.94
25.06
31.45
31.51
51.12
48.67
55.49
86.97
45.70
–
–

8.9
5.0
3.6
2.5
3.2
4.4
3.2
10.2
4.8
3.6
7.3
14.0
11.4
12.3
6.5
9.6
5.0
4.3
12.2
5.5
3.4
7.4
16.8
–
–

40.4
37.5
38.4
40.0
41.0
40.5
40.4
40.4
40.9
40.6
40.4
40.4
40.7
40.5
40.8
41.7
40.8
40.6
40.3
41.0
40.6
40.4
40.6
–
–

32.46
–
20.73
22.50
24.45
29.11
35.47
42.08
48.83
56.95
–
30.80
38.17
–
–
22.95
32.39
36.70
43.18
48.84
56.95
–
35.88
24.56
24.56

2.7
–
8.6
4.1
3.7
3.0
3.4
4.3
3.2
4.6
–
19.1
2.7
–
–
9.3
7.0
3.8
4.3
3.2
4.6
–
22.2
27.8
27.8

38.9
–
39.4
39.7
39.0
39.2
40.0
40.5
39.4
33.8
–
20.4
38.6
–
–
40.0
39.2
39.9
40.7
39.4
33.8
–
16.5
10.8
10.8

37.84
29.58
44.75
50.10
39.63
29.02
28.94
36.06
44.58
59.34
51.70
42.33
50.84
37.87

3.1
3.5
12.9
2.5
9.1
16.9
6.3
5.5
11.9
12.7
15.4
8.1
4.5
12.6

40.0
40.2
41.3
40.0
40.9
40.8
40.9
41.1
40.6
40.8
40.9
40.3
39.2
40.9

–
–
–
–
39.47
29.37
28.97
36.06
44.94
59.60
51.71
43.23
–
35.65

–
–
–
–
9.3
17.1
6.4
5.5
12.5
14.9
16.4
11.5
–
10.1

–
–
–
–
41.0
40.8
41.0
41.1
40.7
41.0
41.0
40.5
–
41.0

37.84
29.58
44.75
50.10
42.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.64
–
–

3.1
3.5
12.9
2.5
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.0
–
–

40.0
40.2
41.3
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.4
–
–

63.46
32.72
69.50
45.78
36.70
17.54
30.06
48.84
42.64
47.71
40.75

16.2
18.4
36.8
20.3
10.9
5.9
17.8
15.7
2.6
8.8
4.5

41.0
42.2
39.9
44.7
39.6
40.0
39.1
40.0
41.4
38.6
39.8

63.46
32.72
69.50
45.78
26.45
–
–
–
33.87
38.36
40.02

16.2
18.4
36.8
20.3
13.4
–
–
–
9.2
9.1
4.6

41.0
42.2
39.9
44.7
39.8
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
39.4

–
–
–
–
48.07
–
–
–
47.01
52.43
42.89

–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
6.8
4.2
11.1

–
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
–
42.2
37.9
40.8

White collar –Continued
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Technical and related, n.e.c. –Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial ...............
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ............
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Legislators .........................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Administrators and officials, public
administration ..................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Financial managers ...........................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Personnel and labor relations managers ...........
11 ...................................................................
Purchasing managers ........................................
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public
relations ...........................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields ......
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Managers, medicine and health .........................
See footnotes at end of table.

27

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$29.62
42.24
45.66

6.8
7.2
8.5

39.6
40.0
39.6

$28.99
42.04
47.45

11.1
7.8
11.8

39.7
40.0
38.4

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

26.41
17.09
27.51
12.76
45.79
23.51
37.12
37.78
40.46
17.43
22.71
34.60
31.30
40.82
50.02
52.95
91.90
39.60
27.59
16.68
22.35
21.62
25.75
29.86
33.15
35.55
44.10
30.70
26.00
21.20
24.20
32.00
31.14
34.80
22.32
32.36
32.67
23.13
24.75
41.14
36.75
42.48
37.91
29.62
25.56
29.15
31.02

22.1
4.7
14.6
8.3
26.9
6.6
20.1
7.1
3.9
5.8
7.9
2.4
7.1
2.7
2.9
4.9
18.9
6.5
3.6
5.0
4.0
2.0
3.2
4.3
1.4
1.4
4.7
8.6
6.0
1.8
1.5
5.1
3.2
7.7
2.5
15.0
13.3
5.0
6.0
24.2
9.7
8.1
14.6
6.5
10.6
5.1
11.0

41.1
40.2
42.9
41.2
40.3
40.1
39.5
42.5
40.7
40.2
42.2
40.3
41.1
41.1
40.1
41.0
41.8
40.6
39.7
37.7
37.7
39.5
40.4
39.8
40.0
40.5
40.3
39.9
38.9
38.0
39.4
39.6
40.4
40.5
39.8
39.2
40.0
40.5
39.9
39.2
35.6
40.0
39.9
39.3
34.3
39.6
39.8

28.34
15.82
27.51
12.65
46.56
22.88
37.12
–
41.17
16.23
22.45
34.50
31.23
42.21
50.17
52.95
92.25
39.60
27.93
16.65
22.22
21.04
25.87
30.97
32.85
35.67
44.10
30.94
25.65
20.79
24.14
33.89
30.26
34.80
22.32
32.36
32.76
22.72
24.40
42.28
36.75
42.48
37.91
29.59
–
29.31
29.03

18.6
5.0
14.6
8.3
26.8
7.3
20.1
–
3.6
7.0
7.9
1.9
7.3
2.6
3.0
5.0
19.1
6.5
4.2
5.4
4.9
2.2
3.9
5.7
1.8
1.6
4.7
8.9
6.4
1.4
1.5
6.1
4.1
7.7
2.5
15.0
13.7
5.4
6.4
24.9
9.7
8.1
14.6
7.3
–
5.3
12.8

41.5
40.4
42.9
41.2
40.3
40.1
39.5
–
40.8
40.4
42.4
40.7
41.1
41.3
40.2
41.0
41.8
40.6
39.8
37.5
37.5
39.3
40.6
40.1
40.1
40.6
40.3
39.9
38.7
37.7
39.4
39.4
40.8
40.5
39.8
39.2
40.1
40.7
39.9
39.3
35.6
40.0
39.9
40.4
–
40.6
39.8

–
–
–
–
$27.58
–
–
–
31.43
–
–
35.80
–
33.47
47.31
–
–
–
26.30
–
22.99
22.74
24.93
27.72
33.55
–
–
–
27.62
23.41
–
29.07
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.77
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
20.9
–
–
13.2
–
6.4
11.4
–
–
–
3.0
–
4.0
3.5
3.1
2.0
2.8
–
–
–
8.7
3.1
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
39.4
–
–
36.8
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
39.3
–
38.8
39.7
38.7
39.2
40.0
–
–
–
39.9
39.6
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.9
–
–
–

25.82
19.14
23.21
25.58

4.8
11.9
12.0
1.2

40.1
40.9
40.0
40.0

25.62
19.33
23.58
–

4.7
9.4
14.7
–

40.1
41.6
40.0
–

26.26
–
–
–

10.5
–
–
–

40.0
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Executives, administrators, and managers
–Continued
Managers, medicine and health –Continued
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Managers, food servicing and lodging
establishments .................................................
6 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Managers, properties and real estate ................
Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
13 ...................................................................
14 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management related ..............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Accountants and auditors ..................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Underwriters ......................................................
Other financial officers .......................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
12 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Management analysts ........................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists ........................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

28

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$38.07
30.01

5.4
4.9

40.0
40.0

–
$30.65

–
5.3

–
40.0

–
–

–
–

–
–

26.27
25.37
21.21
26.82
25.75
28.58
27.91

14.6
4.3
6.3
11.4
7.5
4.7
8.5

40.1
40.1
40.4
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0

26.35
25.79
20.86
–
27.63
–
–

14.9
4.6
7.4
–
5.6
–
–

40.1
40.0
39.8
–
40.0
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
$28.78
27.91

–
–
–
–
–
4.7
8.5

–
–
–
–
–
39.6
40.0

26.73
26.43
27.36
21.98
22.47
26.54
28.39
37.01
28.82

6.9
6.2
2.2
4.5
2.5
4.4
4.6
5.3
4.8

40.7
41.9
39.9
35.3
39.7
41.1
39.4
39.9
40.0

29.25
–
27.98
21.97
22.39
27.01
28.51
37.17
29.29

10.8
–
2.1
4.6
6.5
4.8
7.7
5.9
6.6

42.1
–
40.0
35.2
40.0
41.3
39.8
40.2
40.0

25.22
–
25.05
–
22.55
23.01
28.25
–
–

5.3
–
5.3
–
3.7
5.1
4.6
–
–

39.9
–
39.4
–
39.3
40.0
39.0
–
–

17.05
8.27
8.61
11.12
14.68
19.89
21.67
23.56
39.08
43.22
35.78
40.90
25.15
25.03
13.28
16.63
18.08
26.53
29.37
49.07
34.82
24.47
17.31
24.68
22.80
33.22
10.03
13.70
46.60

1.8
4.3
4.0
3.8
3.2
7.7
8.5
15.6
18.3
12.2
6.5
9.6
9.0
4.7
5.1
4.6
4.2
10.4
10.4
10.3
6.9
21.5
23.0
32.0
13.6
11.9
1.5
11.5
32.9

32.8
27.1
24.2
29.6
35.5
40.8
39.8
41.4
40.2
44.1
40.0
40.3
38.8
42.3
39.5
41.3
41.1
45.9
43.2
46.6
40.0
38.8
38.6
39.7
39.9
35.4
28.5
39.7
39.9

17.05
8.27
8.61
11.11
14.66
19.86
21.67
23.58
39.08
43.22
35.78
40.90
25.15
25.04
13.28
16.58
18.08
26.57
29.37
49.07
34.82
24.47
17.31
24.68
22.80
33.31
10.03
13.70
47.81

1.8
4.3
4.0
3.8
3.3
7.7
8.5
15.7
18.3
12.2
6.5
9.6
9.0
4.7
5.1
4.7
4.2
10.4
10.4
10.3
6.9
21.5
23.0
32.0
13.6
12.0
1.5
11.5
32.8

32.8
27.1
24.2
29.6
35.4
40.8
39.8
41.5
40.2
44.1
40.0
40.3
38.8
42.3
39.5
41.3
41.1
46.1
43.2
46.6
40.0
38.8
38.6
39.7
39.9
35.4
28.5
39.7
39.9

17.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

32.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

27.45
19.04
23.65
16.03
19.01

15.5
7.5
11.2
10.4
12.0

39.0
40.1
42.0
41.4
42.2

27.45
19.04
23.65
16.03
19.01

15.5
7.5
11.2
10.4
12.0

39.0
40.1
42.0
41.4
42.2

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

White collar –Continued
Executive, administrative, and managerial
–Continued
Management related –Continued
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists –Continued
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm
products ...........................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ...............
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Construction inspectors .....................................
7 ...................................................................
Inspectors and compliance officers, except
construction .....................................................
9 ...................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ...............................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales .............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, sales .............................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
11 ...................................................................
Insurance sales ..................................................
4 ...................................................................
Securities and financial services sales ..............
Advertising and related sales .............................
Sales, other business services ..........................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,
and wholesale ..................................................
5 ...................................................................
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ..........
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

29

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$9.85
10.62
11.12
10.79
13.28
9.81
14.05
15.12
14.82
20.55
15.24
8.57
7.26
10.95
15.53
17.63
26.92
12.12
10.33
8.97
10.64
13.73
10.57
8.11
9.22
10.02
15.68
18.68
15.59
11.96
13.88

14.5
6.3
10.1
5.9
16.3
3.8
4.2
6.7
6.1
12.9
5.8
16.4
2.0
6.8
15.6
10.4
5.5
5.2
6.6
7.4
8.9
15.0
3.1
3.0
5.5
7.3
5.0
3.2
6.9
9.6
4.1

29.8
25.6
30.8
26.8
32.4
27.5
35.0
36.9
39.2
40.0
30.9
29.6
20.9
30.2
29.5
38.0
33.2
39.3
30.7
26.0
35.0
40.0
29.4
27.8
28.3
29.6
32.4
38.3
36.0
34.1
36.4

$9.85
10.62
11.12
10.79
13.28
9.81
14.05
15.12
14.82
20.55
15.23
8.57
7.26
10.95
15.50
17.63
–
12.12
10.33
8.97
10.64
13.73
10.50
8.11
9.22
9.97
15.63
–
15.59
11.96
13.88

14.5
6.3
10.1
5.9
16.3
3.8
4.2
6.7
6.1
12.9
5.8
16.4
2.0
6.8
16.0
10.4
–
5.2
6.6
7.4
8.9
15.0
3.0
3.0
5.5
7.3
5.1
–
6.9
9.6
4.1

29.8
25.6
30.8
26.8
32.4
27.5
35.0
36.9
39.2
40.0
30.9
29.6
20.9
30.2
29.5
38.0
–
39.3
30.7
26.0
35.0
40.0
29.4
27.8
28.3
29.7
32.2
–
36.0
34.1
36.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$16.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

16.00
8.86
10.89
12.81
15.04
17.40
19.88
23.06
23.67
26.27
16.06
21.08
16.57
20.92
21.47
21.27
24.67
22.98
18.61
19.79
19.70

.6
8.3
1.1
1.2
1.2
3.3
1.9
3.6
6.1
7.3
5.4
5.6
9.0
14.5
4.9
12.0
8.7
6.5
2.7
4.9
16.7

36.5
23.9
31.4
35.9
37.3
38.9
38.5
38.2
39.8
36.2
37.2
40.1
38.4
40.0
40.8
39.9
39.9
37.7
39.1
40.3
40.0

15.72
8.87
10.73
12.46
14.80
17.03
20.10
23.56
23.24
26.62
16.01
20.78
16.57
20.74
21.15
20.33
26.82
22.79
–
19.79
19.72

.9
9.1
1.0
1.6
1.7
4.1
2.3
4.3
6.1
8.0
5.6
7.1
9.0
18.6
8.3
13.4
4.6
6.8
–
4.9
16.9

36.8
22.9
33.3
36.5
37.5
39.3
38.9
37.8
39.8
35.8
37.2
40.1
38.4
40.0
42.0
40.0
40.0
37.6
–
40.3
40.0

17.12
8.80
11.93
14.14
16.02
18.50
19.28
21.84
25.43
–
17.91
21.83
–
–
21.70
–
–
–
–
–
–

.9
11.8
4.0
1.9
1.1
1.9
1.6
1.5
6.0
–
7.7
5.5
–
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–

35.4
32.7
22.9
33.8
36.6
37.9
37.6
39.2
39.8
–
36.7
39.9
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–

25.67
20.33
22.10
21.76
18.25
13.09

9.3
4.9
2.0
5.5
1.9
5.0

39.7
39.6
39.9
39.0
37.4
36.5

25.68
21.03
–
–
18.15
–

11.3
3.5
–
–
2.7
–

39.5
39.8
–
–
36.9
–

–
19.54
–
–
18.66
15.23

–
9.5
–
–
2.5
5.6

–
39.3
–
–
39.2
35.4

White collar –Continued
Sales –Continued
Sales workers, apparel ......................................
3 ...................................................................
Sales workers, shoes .........................................
3 ...................................................................
Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings ..
3 ...................................................................
Sales workers, hardware and building supplies
Sales workers, parts ..........................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Sales workers, other commodities .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Sales counter clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Cashiers .............................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Sales support, n.e.c. ..........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, general office ................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, financial records processing .........
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and
adjusting clerks ................................................
Computer operators ...........................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Secretaries .........................................................
3 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

30

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$15.32
19.21
20.38
22.57
19.78
20.89
19.88
16.51
19.22
15.95
16.90

3.2
3.4
2.8
2.0
5.0
6.7
3.4
4.8
19.6
8.1
4.2

36.8
39.2
38.8
35.4
40.0
32.8
31.8
37.5
40.0
35.5
39.2

$15.05
18.99
20.78
22.81
19.78
–
–
17.21
–
16.14
–

3.0
4.5
2.0
3.7
5.0
–
–
5.2
–
9.8
–

36.1
39.0
38.7
34.4
40.0
–
–
35.3
–
33.2
–

$16.17
19.75
17.91
21.57
–
21.46
–
15.81
–
15.63
–

5.3
2.0
10.1
2.3
–
14.7
–
4.5
–
9.4
–

39.0
39.6
39.5
39.9
–
34.6
–
40.0
–
40.0
–

15.48
9.80
8.18
9.38
11.04
15.34
13.38
14.49
17.67
11.80
7.93
10.15
12.24
13.52
13.99
12.84
15.04
15.07
15.33
9.51
12.42
15.48
17.87
15.60

6.5
3.9
6.0
3.7
9.5
2.9
6.0
7.7
2.4
2.5
7.3
7.3
3.5
4.1
4.3
7.0
4.7
12.5
6.0
3.7
2.5
6.3
8.4
14.6

37.8
35.2
30.6
36.1
32.4
33.9
37.6
31.2
39.1
35.2
15.1
33.9
37.0
38.9
37.9
36.8
39.5
40.0
38.9
34.2
36.9
39.6
39.2
40.0

15.47
9.80
8.18
9.38
11.04
15.32
13.38
14.44
17.67
11.75
7.93
10.15
12.24
13.37
13.88
12.63
15.02
14.88
15.17
9.51
12.19
15.37
17.46
15.60

6.6
3.9
6.0
3.7
9.5
2.9
6.0
7.8
2.4
2.5
7.3
7.3
3.5
5.3
4.5
7.1
4.8
12.8
6.1
3.7
1.9
7.2
6.3
14.6

38.3
35.2
30.6
36.1
32.4
33.8
37.6
31.1
39.1
35.1
15.1
33.9
37.0
38.8
37.9
37.0
39.5
40.0
38.9
34.2
36.7
39.5
39.1
40.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.64
–
–
–
–
16.47
–
–
–
21.78
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.4
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
38.1
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–

16.55
15.43
16.71
18.46
18.36
15.17
12.84
14.26
16.71
19.53
12.33
10.57
12.73
15.40
15.05
14.60
15.47
16.90
21.33
17.07
10.88

2.9
3.0
14.9
4.2
3.9
3.1
9.3
7.2
5.0
16.9
5.0
6.1
6.6
1.7
6.0
3.3
2.0
3.8
5.2
8.2
14.2

39.6
38.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
33.0
27.2
35.1
30.8
30.6
37.1
35.8
38.9
38.5
35.1
39.2
39.7
39.0
39.4
38.5
38.4

16.49
15.61
17.09
18.46
–
14.46
–
–
–
–
12.12
10.45
–
15.31
15.25
13.96
15.64
–
–
16.92
10.88

3.1
2.9
15.9
4.2
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
5.8
7.0
–
3.3
5.8
6.1
2.3
–
–
9.2
14.2

39.5
38.3
40.0
40.0
–
39.4
–
–
–
–
37.0
35.8
–
38.2
34.8
38.6
39.6
–
–
38.5
38.4

–
–
–
–
–
15.42
12.93
14.26
16.87
–
15.31
–
–
15.60
–
15.38
–
–
–
18.28
–

–
–
–
–
–
3.8
12.1
7.2
5.8
–
4.8
–
–
3.3
–
4.7
–
–
–
4.5
–

–
–
–
–
–
31.2
22.9
35.1
30.1
–
38.0
–
–
39.5
–
40.0
–
–
–
38.4
–

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Secretaries –Continued
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Stenographers ...................................................
5 ...................................................................
Typists ...............................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Interviewers
4 ...................................................................
Hotel clerks ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Transportation ticket and reservation agents .....
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Receptionists .....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Information clerks, n.e.c. ....................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Order clerks .......................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Personnel clerks, except payroll and
timekeeping .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Library clerks .....................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
File clerks ...........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...
2 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

31

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$11.72
14.96
15.68
18.68
22.18
16.62
14.33
16.65
13.96
11.58
13.47

16.2
3.8
1.6
4.0
12.0
6.8
12.7
3.2
7.0
3.8
5.0

38.0
37.5
39.5
39.9
38.4
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.7
40.0
39.5

$11.52
14.85
15.28
18.28
22.18
15.73
12.83
–
13.61
11.19
13.10

16.8
4.2
2.0
4.3
12.0
10.2
16.0
–
8.1
4.5
5.7

39.5
37.2
39.4
40.0
38.4
39.9
39.9
–
39.6
40.0
39.5

–
$15.83
18.89
21.74
–
19.42
–
–
16.95
–
–

–
2.6
2.3
2.3
–
8.5
–
–
7.6
–
–

–
39.8
39.9
39.7
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–

14.87
15.66
11.55
12.33
9.98
19.55
17.15
21.07
23.26
21.25
22.35
13.76
9.22
13.43
15.34
13.06
13.37
11.56
12.29
13.93
16.68
21.16
20.67
23.00
17.31

2.9
10.9
1.9
9.1
13.0
4.9
10.9
19.6
8.6
8.5
5.2
3.9
11.2
7.0
6.1
12.3
9.3
11.9
5.8
6.9
13.9
2.5
2.1
2.8
14.5

27.0
36.8
34.1
38.6
38.9
38.9
38.9
40.0
35.2
40.3
40.0
38.6
33.8
39.6
40.0
37.8
34.6
28.5
39.8
37.7
40.0
39.7
38.6
40.0
37.5

14.87
15.22
11.55
12.33
12.98
16.44
16.48
–
–
21.25
22.35
13.67
9.22
13.27
15.34
12.75
13.00
11.56
12.12
13.32
–
–
19.88
–
–

2.9
14.2
1.9
9.1
5.2
9.6
14.9
–
–
8.5
5.2
3.6
11.2
6.2
6.1
13.7
10.1
11.9
6.0
6.4
–
–
6.1
–
–

27.0
36.3
34.1
38.6
37.3
39.6
39.4
–
–
40.3
40.0
38.6
33.8
39.7
40.0
37.5
34.2
28.5
39.7
37.4
–
–
38.5
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
22.12
19.12
22.58
25.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.41
–
–
17.25
–
–
24.63
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
5.5
6.4
18.3
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.2
–
–
3.6
–
–
12.3
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
38.4
37.4
40.0
32.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.3
–
–
39.4
–
–
39.3
–
–

20.10
16.56
19.43
12.34
15.87
20.25
16.77
15.78
15.41
17.11
20.06
14.90
14.48
14.90
8.33
10.90
13.83
15.36
17.20

14.9
4.0
5.2
3.8
9.0
5.3
3.1
6.5
9.6
2.0
8.4
7.6
11.5
2.8
3.8
2.5
2.5
2.9
4.5

39.2
38.1
37.5
31.5
32.5
40.0
39.4
38.2
39.7
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.0
37.2
29.4
33.5
38.4
38.7
37.7

20.10
16.56
19.28
12.34
15.87
20.21
14.53
–
–
–
–
14.48
13.22
14.45
8.31
10.62
13.09
15.29
16.76

14.9
4.0
4.9
3.8
9.0
5.6
7.1
–
–
–
–
7.0
13.1
4.2
3.6
3.6
2.9
3.1
8.0

39.2
38.1
37.4
31.5
32.5
40.0
38.5
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
37.4
29.7
35.3
39.5
39.3
38.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
17.52
–
15.64
17.52
20.52
–
–
15.71
–
12.25
14.34
15.50
17.92

–
–
–
–
–
–
3.8
–
10.6
1.6
7.0
–
–
1.6
–
4.0
2.1
3.6
1.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
–
39.7
39.9
39.8
–
–
36.7
–
27.1
37.7
37.6
35.9

White collar –Continued
Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks
–Continued
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Billing clerks .......................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Billing, posting, and calculating machine
operators ..........................................................
Telephone operators ..........................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Mail clerks, except postal service ......................
Dispatchers ........................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Production coordinators .....................................
7 ...................................................................
Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks .................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Stock and inventory clerks .................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Meter readers ....................................................
3 ...................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers
Insurance adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
4 ...................................................................
Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ...
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Eligibility clerks, social welfare ...........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Bill and account collectors .................................
4 ...................................................................
General office clerks ..........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

32

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Administrative support, including clerical
–Continued
General office clerks –Continued
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Bank tellers ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Data entry keyers ...............................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Statistical clerks .................................................
Teachers’ aides .................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................

$20.16
19.70
15.42
11.96
10.36
11.43
12.09
12.50
13.61
12.11
11.87
15.39
14.73
13.54
11.70
13.04
14.69
15.09
17.29
10.39
9.86
13.93
15.08
17.23
19.19
23.38
16.54

5.3
6.0
5.0
2.7
3.3
2.9
4.0
7.5
2.2
2.6
8.7
3.1
20.5
2.6
4.3
3.5
2.9
12.1
1.7
11.4
8.4
8.3
6.1
4.5
4.9
6.2
8.7

39.1
39.9
35.5
29.5
24.0
28.0
35.5
30.5
38.1
37.6
37.2
39.9
37.4
25.2
19.1
29.2
25.8
27.1
36.9
20.1
22.5
33.6
36.7
39.8
37.3
38.0
37.7

–
$21.51
15.42
11.96
10.36
11.43
12.09
12.50
13.04
11.91
11.24
–
14.44
11.84
–
–
–
–
17.00
–
10.04
14.04
15.07
16.94
18.48
25.55
15.83

–
6.0
5.0
2.7
3.3
2.9
4.0
7.5
1.0
3.6
7.0
–
22.0
7.2
–
–
–
–
2.7
–
9.0
8.9
6.8
3.0
5.0
7.6
11.0

–
39.8
35.5
29.5
24.0
28.0
35.5
30.5
37.7
37.2
36.7
–
37.2
34.1
–
–
–
–
36.9
–
22.6
34.1
36.5
40.0
36.5
40.0
37.6

$19.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.77
11.72
12.99
15.45
17.42
17.99
–
–
–
15.15
17.56
21.44
20.60
–

2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
4.3
4.0
6.9
2.2
3.0
–
–
–
6.3
6.8
8.8
5.0
–

38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.3
19.1
28.8
24.2
24.2
37.0
–
–
–
37.9
39.7
40.0
35.7
–

Blue collar ........................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................

16.71
8.93
10.34
12.56
15.70
17.22
19.97
24.66
26.57
33.18
17.04

1.8
3.0
1.8
3.8
2.4
2.2
3.5
1.8
6.6
4.6
10.6

37.5
31.9
36.2
37.1
39.0
38.9
39.8
39.7
40.2
39.3
36.8

16.36
8.92
10.24
12.37
15.49
16.99
19.76
24.43
26.39
32.89
17.04

1.9
3.1
1.7
4.2
2.7
2.7
4.0
1.8
6.5
5.0
10.6

37.5
31.9
36.2
37.2
39.1
39.0
39.7
39.7
40.2
39.2
36.9

22.02
12.16
15.22
16.65
18.03
19.88
21.45
26.68
28.95
36.36
–

2.1
17.9
9.2
3.1
1.9
3.1
5.0
2.7
4.5
4.0
–

38.5
28.7
37.2
36.8
37.2
38.1
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
–

Precision production, craft, and repair ......................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ..............
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Automobile mechanics .......................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................

21.88
8.88
10.81
13.11
15.14
17.57
19.92
24.93
26.83
33.24
24.21
26.89
24.39
27.63
34.82
17.99
16.10
21.07

2.7
6.0
6.9
4.6
4.2
4.7
3.3
1.9
6.4
4.9
4.6
9.7
3.9
4.7
5.0
5.9
6.7
5.3

38.9
37.2
30.9
36.0
39.0
38.5
40.0
39.6
40.2
39.4
39.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.1
38.1
40.0
40.0

21.57
8.88
10.51
13.04
14.81
17.43
19.71
24.75
26.66
32.92
24.21
26.01
23.83
27.64
33.35
17.88
16.10
20.94

2.7
6.0
5.7
4.7
4.6
5.3
3.4
1.7
6.3
5.4
4.6
11.0
4.1
5.8
1.9
5.9
6.7
5.1

38.9
37.2
30.7
36.0
39.0
38.4
40.0
39.6
40.3
39.3
39.4
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.1
38.1
40.0
40.0

25.47
–
–
–
20.74
20.08
21.68
26.44
29.13
36.52
–
33.88
–
–
–
22.66
–
23.61

3.4
–
–
–
15.0
4.7
7.9
3.8
5.1
4.2
–
4.3
–
–
–
7.3
–
6.4

39.9
–
–
–
39.7
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.8
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
40.0

White collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

33

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$12.57
18.22
15.05
18.49
22.04
27.29
28.75
26.50
22.05
22.93
20.45
15.28
17.82
22.64
21.69
20.50

9.2
8.8
6.2
11.0
3.0
7.0
3.9
1.1
2.5
1.3
2.4
4.0
2.6
1.5
9.3
5.6

39.3
37.5
34.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.2
40.0
40.0

$12.57
17.72
14.98
–
21.85
27.29
28.75
26.50
21.42
22.52
20.00
15.25
17.80
21.96
21.65
–

9.2
8.9
6.4
–
3.9
7.0
3.9
1.1
3.9
1.4
3.0
3.8
2.6
2.7
9.9
–

39.3
37.2
34.1
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.1
40.0
–

–
$22.08
–
–
22.72
–
–
–
–
–
29.42
–
–
–
–
–

–
2.6
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
–
–
–
–

–
40.0
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
–

26.88
29.38

4.5
5.7

38.3
37.7

26.79
29.91

5.3
4.4

38.1
37.5

–
–

–
–

–
–

18.58
24.34
19.10
18.28
13.57
16.62
19.40
24.22

14.5
7.2
7.5
4.8
5.1
3.2
1.1
3.5

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.9

16.65
–
19.10
17.33
13.40
16.30
19.31
22.57

18.5
–
7.5
4.0
5.4
4.7
1.2
1.4

40.0
–
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0

–
–
–
24.10
–
18.38
–
29.60

–
–
–
9.9
–
11.2
–
4.5

–
–
–
39.7
–
40.0
–
39.8

32.68
32.65
27.92
27.06
22.56
22.95
15.04

1.8
1.9
12.0
26.3
3.9
3.8
16.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
39.3
37.5

–
–
26.63
–
22.31
22.69
15.04

–
–
12.8
–
3.5
3.1
16.1

–
–
40.0
–
38.5
39.3
37.5

–
–
30.56
–
–
–
–

–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–

–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–

22.72
27.90
25.29
28.10
35.05
15.38
31.88
32.14
15.98
23.44
28.20
27.81
18.75
26.64
25.23
19.75
15.10
19.72
23.74
21.90
21.86
19.91
23.78

8.5
4.5
11.9
3.1
9.3
8.1
5.9
3.2
6.7
3.3
3.1
2.7
13.7
4.1
15.8
6.8
7.1
6.3
9.6
6.0
3.3
10.5
3.0

40.0
39.3
40.0
39.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
36.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
35.1
40.4
40.0
39.5

22.72
28.34
–
28.83
35.63
15.12
31.50
30.89
14.76
–
28.43
27.88
–
–
25.23
19.60
13.42
16.35
–
–
21.24
19.91
23.78

8.5
4.3
–
2.7
10.1
7.5
7.2
3.7
10.8
–
3.0
2.7
–
–
15.8
9.2
13.4
13.4
–
–
4.1
10.5
3.0

40.0
39.3
–
39.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.6
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.0
38.2
39.6
40.0
–
–
40.5
40.0
39.5

–
24.53
–
23.54
–
–
33.52
33.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.93
17.10
21.24
20.29
–
–
–
–

–
7.2
–
7.7
–
–
7.3
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.0
1.9
4.4
14.8
–
–
–
–

–
40.0
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.9
39.6
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Automobile mechanic apprentices .....................
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Aircraft engine mechanics .................................
Aircraft mechanics, except engine .....................
7 ...................................................................
Heavy equipment mechanics .............................
7 ...................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ...........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Machinery maintenance .....................................
7 ...................................................................
Electronic repairers, communications and
industrial equipment .........................................
7 ...................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics ........................................................
Mechanical controls and valve repairers ...........
Millwrights ..........................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. .........................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ......................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. .............
9 ...................................................................
Carpenters .........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Carpenter apprentices .......................................
Drywall installers
7 ...................................................................
Electricians ........................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
Electrician apprentices .......................................
Electrical power installers and repairers ............
7 ...................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ............
7 ...................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ...............
7 ...................................................................
Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices
Concrete and terrazzo finishers .........................
Sheet metal duct installers .................................
Construction trades, n.e.c. .................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, production .....................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

34

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$31.13
27.01
27.97
26.83
28.45
21.54
20.38
25.10
14.09
13.64
17.55
21.00
14.06
15.02
11.67
9.30
10.78
22.90
18.28
25.40
25.22
24.97
26.18
29.40
26.31
30.18

12.7
8.2
9.3
4.6
1.4
2.2
2.9
8.8
7.8
5.6
2.3
11.4
13.8
10.7
10.9
19.1
13.9
3.8
13.8
5.3
4.4
4.3
3.8
.8
7.9
1.6

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
39.7
40.0
38.4
32.8
37.8
32.4
29.9
36.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
38.2

$26.93
27.01
27.97
26.83
28.45
21.54
20.38
25.10
14.09
13.64
17.55
21.00
14.06
15.02
11.41
9.30
10.78
22.95
17.79
25.40
25.22
–
–
28.69
25.37
29.52

12.9
8.2
9.3
4.6
1.4
2.2
2.9
8.8
7.8
5.6
2.3
11.4
13.8
10.7
12.2
19.1
13.9
3.9
15.1
5.3
4.4
–
–
2.7
9.8
2.2

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.9
39.7
40.0
38.4
32.8
37.8
31.7
29.9
36.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
40.0
38.7
37.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$25.22
26.89
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.6
3.7
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–
–

24.43
24.62

8.9
7.4

35.8
40.0

24.62
–

8.9
–

35.7
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

12.56
8.91
9.40
11.45
14.33
15.29
18.61
21.82
14.17
13.87
14.67
15.57
13.53
13.80
12.52
12.96
13.23
15.90
17.17
21.66
8.40
9.24
9.00
13.07
10.69
11.72
13.83
15.38

1.3
3.0
3.7
11.8
4.6
2.3
2.9
3.6
13.1
19.4
25.1
14.8
19.7
4.5
17.6
7.6
11.5
4.2
6.2
5.3
.8
5.8
5.8
10.5
3.2
9.6
14.9
8.0

37.7
34.6
37.1
37.3
39.0
39.7
39.9
38.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.4
40.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
38.6
35.9
37.5
37.7
37.9
38.6
35.9
33.0
32.3
40.0
39.8

12.52
8.90
9.37
11.45
14.32
15.29
18.61
21.45
14.17
13.87
14.67
15.57
13.53
13.80
12.52
12.96
13.23
15.94
17.17
21.66
8.40
9.12
8.90
13.07
10.69
11.72
13.83
15.38

1.1
3.2
3.7
11.8
4.6
2.3
2.9
4.9
13.1
19.4
25.1
14.8
19.7
4.5
17.6
7.6
11.5
4.4
6.2
5.3
.8
5.6
5.5
10.5
3.2
9.6
14.9
8.0

37.7
34.6
37.1
37.3
39.1
39.7
39.9
38.6
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
35.4
40.0
37.0
40.0
40.0
38.5
35.9
37.5
37.7
38.5
38.5
35.9
33.0
32.3
40.0
39.8

20.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

33.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

37.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
Supervisors, production –Continued
9 ...................................................................
Tool and die makers ..........................................
7 ...................................................................
Precision assemblers, metal ..............................
7 ...................................................................
Machinists ..........................................................
7 ...................................................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............
Butchers and meat cutters .................................
4 ...................................................................
Bakers ................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Food batchmakers .............................................
Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......
7 ...................................................................
Power plant operators ........................................
Stationary engineers ..........................................
7 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators,
n.e.c. ................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .....
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Punching and stamping press operators ...........
Drilling and boring machine operators ...............
Numerical control machine operators ................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ...............
5 ...................................................................
Molding and casting machine operators ............
Sawing machine operators ................................
4 ...................................................................
Printing press operators .....................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Textile sewing machine operators .....................
Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators
1 ...................................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators ...........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Extruding and forming machine operators .........
Mixing and blending machine operators ............
See footnotes at end of table.

35

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine
operators ..........................................................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators
Slicing and cutting machine operators ...............
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ..........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Welders and cutters ...........................................
7 ...................................................................
Assemblers ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ...................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Production testers ..............................................
Graders and sorters, except agricultural ............

$22.63
17.38
10.89
12.76
7.73
9.74
14.18
11.16
16.59
21.12
17.30
21.18
13.04
9.28
12.29
20.49
14.30
13.92
13.04
13.95
12.50
15.41
13.15
9.32

7.1
8.2
8.2
3.6
7.9
3.8
8.6
5.6
3.2
3.7
5.8
4.5
5.6
5.2
19.8
6.5
7.7
22.7
12.4
4.5
6.3
6.3
18.9
6.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.7
38.4
39.8
39.7
39.7
39.5
40.0
36.5
38.3
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.2
36.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8

$22.63
17.38
10.89
12.59
7.73
9.74
14.18
11.16
16.59
21.12
16.84
20.40
13.04
9.28
12.29
20.49
14.30
13.92
13.04
13.95
12.50
15.41
13.15
9.32

7.1
8.2
8.2
4.0
7.9
3.8
8.6
5.6
3.2
3.7
8.3
.9
5.6
5.2
19.8
6.5
7.7
22.7
12.4
4.5
6.3
6.3
18.9
6.1

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
39.7
38.4
39.8
39.7
39.7
39.5
40.0
36.5
38.3
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.2
36.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Transportation and material moving .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................
Truckdrivers .......................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Driver-sales workers ..........................................
Busdrivers ..........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ..........................
3 ...................................................................
Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................

15.55
8.44
10.55
12.61
16.62
18.06
24.15
24.01
29.37
34.09
16.46
21.05
15.72
10.35
11.04
12.74
17.57
18.16
22.10
20.11
15.67
11.36
15.28
9.06
12.91
16.38
17.73
10.03
9.68
9.38
7.64
11.01
13.13

3.0
8.2
2.4
4.3
5.6
2.9
8.3
6.0
3.7
7.0
15.2
9.6
3.2
15.0
3.1
6.4
6.4
3.2
7.4
7.7
13.0
8.3
5.4
10.0
12.8
3.9
5.1
9.1
14.9
10.3
4.4
9.1
22.9

37.4
29.2
36.4
37.4
38.4
39.1
39.2
41.8
40.0
40.0
36.7
40.0
39.6
33.4
39.6
38.8
39.6
39.8
38.0
44.0
40.0
35.0
32.3
31.8
31.3
31.0
35.1
34.8
37.6
28.1
27.2
32.3
27.5

15.18
8.44
10.54
12.34
16.41
17.78
25.46
23.70
–
34.15
16.46
–
15.55
10.35
11.04
12.73
17.35
18.17
20.84
19.92
15.67
11.26
12.63
–
10.95
–
–
10.01
9.65
8.40
7.64
11.01
–

3.4
8.2
2.4
4.0
7.0
2.9
10.1
7.1
–
7.4
15.2
–
3.3
15.0
3.1
6.4
7.2
3.2
14.3
7.2
13.0
8.6
9.6
–
11.2
–
–
9.1
15.0
6.7
4.4
9.1
–

37.5
29.2
36.5
37.6
39.0
39.8
38.8
42.0
–
40.0
36.7
–
39.6
33.4
39.6
38.7
39.7
39.8
35.7
44.1
40.0
35.0
31.7
–
30.8
–
–
34.8
37.6
27.2
27.2
32.3
–

$19.47
–
–
16.77
17.81
19.47
21.39
27.06
–
–
–
28.15
20.27
–
–
–
19.73
–
–
–
–
–
17.21
–
16.00
16.54
18.80
–
–
–
–
–
–

3.2
–
–
2.0
4.8
4.0
6.2
4.8
–
–
–
2.2
4.6
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
2.9
5.5
3.4
–
–
–
–
–
–

35.7
–
–
33.4
35.4
35.6
40.0
39.9
–
–
–
40.0
39.4
–
–
–
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
32.7
–
32.1
32.5
33.3
–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

36

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$33.37
33.73
31.72
34.15
27.66
27.66
14.02
28.02
30.45
31.73
20.32
20.97
14.12
10.20
14.71
14.44
16.75
15.17

1.8
1.3
7.4
7.4
4.2
4.2
20.9
7.0
6.1
3.7
24.3
9.1
5.5
7.6
15.2
4.0
11.0
17.0

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
28.8
39.9
39.9
38.9
40.0
39.2
39.0
39.9
39.9
39.4
40.0
36.9

$33.31
–
34.15
34.15
27.66
27.66
–
31.19
–
31.73
20.28
21.09
14.12
10.20
14.71
14.44
16.75
15.17

2.2
–
7.4
7.4
4.2
4.2
–
7.3
–
3.7
24.9
11.6
5.5
7.6
15.2
4.0
11.0
17.0

40.0
–
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
40.0
–
38.9
40.0
38.8
39.0
39.9
39.9
39.4
40.0
36.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$23.01
26.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.6
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.8
39.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

17.49
17.19
26.81

15.6
6.2
11.4

38.4
39.0
40.0

17.37
–
27.10

16.1
–
11.6

38.5
–
40.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

12.48
9.03
11.13
13.86
16.24
17.35
18.94
24.30
11.27
16.45
14.26
11.67
11.29
13.68
15.60
11.19
10.36

2.8
3.1
3.8
5.9
3.9
4.1
3.6
3.1
10.7
20.4
11.7
28.3
10.7
5.7
5.0
7.2
3.5

35.2
31.3
36.5
37.1
39.5
39.4
38.2
40.0
32.1
40.0
39.8
39.4
40.0
39.9
40.0
26.0
39.7

12.11
9.01
10.97
13.57
16.15
16.65
17.69
23.10
11.18
–
12.08
11.67
–
12.31
–
11.13
10.36

3.3
3.3
3.9
6.0
4.4
6.1
11.0
10.2
10.8
–
16.8
28.3
–
4.8
–
7.3
3.5

35.0
31.3
36.5
36.8
39.4
39.2
37.2
40.0
32.2
–
39.6
39.4
–
39.8
–
25.8
39.7

17.80
–
14.57
16.42
17.17
20.28
20.86
–
–
–
18.18
–
–
15.02
18.06
–
–

3.9
–
10.7
6.6
6.3
2.4
5.4
–
–
–
7.8
–
–
7.5
10.0
–
–

38.9
–
37.4
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
–

19.42
14.20
13.89
12.84
14.23
14.99
16.04
20.26
12.89
11.65
22.40
9.58
8.74
9.48
11.05
15.50
9.98
8.08

5.6
9.6
9.3
13.9
17.7
8.9
17.0
4.9
14.9
13.4
8.0
5.1
3.2
6.4
5.3
3.7
2.3
1.7

38.6
39.6
33.3
37.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.0
38.6
36.3
40.0
33.7
35.9
40.0
21.1
38.6
26.8
24.4

19.47
14.20
–
12.32
–
14.35
–
20.64
–
11.36
22.59
9.58
8.67
9.48
11.57
–
9.98
8.08

5.7
9.6
–
13.5
–
10.7
–
5.0
–
15.8
8.1
5.1
3.3
6.4
5.9
–
2.3
1.7

38.5
39.6
–
36.9
–
40.0
–
39.3
–
38.0
40.0
34.1
40.0
40.0
19.1
–
26.8
24.4

–
–
–
–
–
16.74
–
16.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
11.2
–
11.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
36.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Blue collar –Continued
Transportation and material moving –Continued
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ...............
7 ...................................................................
Locomotive operating ........................................
9 ...................................................................
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators .....
7 ...................................................................
Sailors and deckhands ......................................
Operating engineers ..........................................
7 ...................................................................
Longshore equipment operators ........................
Excavating and loading machine operators .......
Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ...............
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Miscellaneous material moving equipment
operators, n.e.c. ...............................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .......................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ...........
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Animal caretakers, except farm .........................
Inspectors, agricultural products ........................
Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and
laborers, n.e.c. .................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Helpers, mechanics and repairers .....................
3 ...................................................................
Helpers, construction trades ..............................
3 ...................................................................
Construction laborers .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Production helpers .............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Garbage collectors .............................................
Stock handlers and baggers ..............................
1 ...................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

37

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers –Continued
Stock handlers and baggers –Continued
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Garage and service station related ....................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners .........
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Hand packers and packagers ............................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................

$9.56
12.44
15.86
9.93
13.61
10.34
12.18
13.93
17.77
9.49
9.40
8.70
10.32
9.91
8.94
9.66
12.66
12.52
9.00
13.62
11.85
12.87
19.14

4.9
4.0
5.6
16.0
1.8
4.9
8.5
2.4
2.0
5.3
2.7
4.2
4.7
6.7
7.7
5.2
9.1
5.1
5.1
14.4
8.4
16.4
7.0

26.2
31.7
36.9
37.9
37.7
35.7
36.0
37.9
40.0
39.7
35.5
33.8
39.2
38.5
39.1
39.5
31.4
36.5
30.3
38.1
39.1
39.5
40.0

$9.56
12.44
15.86
9.93
13.48
10.34
12.18
13.93
17.70
9.44
9.38
8.67
10.32
9.91
8.94
9.66
12.66
11.96
9.00
13.35
11.34
12.54
18.36

4.9
4.0
5.6
16.0
1.8
4.9
8.5
2.4
2.3
5.1
2.7
4.3
4.7
6.7
7.7
5.2
9.1
4.8
5.1
14.1
7.7
15.7
9.6

26.2
31.7
36.9
37.9
37.7
35.7
36.0
37.9
40.0
39.7
35.5
33.8
39.2
38.5
39.1
39.5
31.4
36.2
30.3
37.9
39.0
39.5
40.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$18.80
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.5
–
–
–
–
–

Service ..............................................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Protective service ..................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ......
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives ....................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
10 ...................................................................
Supervisors, guards ...........................................
Firefighting .........................................................
3 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................

12.26
7.94
9.24
9.97
12.81
16.31
19.01
24.84
27.28
32.89
37.45
12.44
20.45
8.95
10.11
9.93
14.27
18.76
23.85
27.52
28.78
32.89
37.45
33.93
28.24
36.07
39.50
33.10
38.33
38.95
26.37
22.03
8.22
20.93

1.6
1.1
2.1
2.4
1.7
1.9
5.8
4.8
3.8
3.3
2.8
14.2
2.5
3.8
9.2
2.6
3.4
2.7
3.5
2.8
3.5
3.3
2.8
8.8
10.0
14.8
1.8
5.3
4.6
4.9
23.0
12.9
14.1
8.6

31.9
28.9
29.8
33.2
33.9
33.8
39.5
38.7
40.6
41.8
40.5
24.0
37.6
28.5
31.6
35.4
38.2
34.6
41.2
40.4
41.6
41.8
40.5
50.8
50.4
52.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
40.0
35.2
9.4
41.0

10.02
7.75
9.03
9.47
12.40
14.98
16.73
20.32
20.30
–
–
12.43
11.22
8.86
10.10
9.88
12.08
16.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.81
–
–
–

1.4
1.3
1.9
2.6
1.8
4.3
8.7
5.8
6.7
–
–
14.3
6.0
4.2
9.3
2.8
3.9
11.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.7
–
–
–

31.3
29.3
30.0
33.7
33.5
31.7
39.6
34.0
37.8
–
–
24.1
35.6
31.1
31.8
37.5
37.0
28.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–

23.03
12.33
13.01
14.34
15.65
19.00
22.90
26.63
28.94
32.89
37.28
–
28.32
–
–
11.34
18.20
20.20
24.83
27.63
28.81
32.89
37.28
33.93
28.24
36.07
39.50
33.10
38.33
38.95
–
22.03
8.22
20.93

2.7
5.0
3.1
2.7
3.1
3.2
6.5
3.0
3.6
3.3
2.6
–
2.0
–
–
18.7
8.0
4.0
5.3
2.5
3.6
3.3
2.6
8.8
10.0
14.8
1.8
5.3
4.6
4.9
–
12.9
14.1
8.6

35.6
23.1
26.2
29.1
36.8
39.1
39.4
41.0
41.4
41.8
40.5
–
39.4
–
–
14.3
40.5
40.5
41.5
41.1
41.6
41.8
40.5
50.8
50.4
52.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.0
–
35.2
9.4
41.0

Blue collar –Continued

See footnotes at end of table.

38

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

Service –Continued
Protective service –Continued
Firefighting –Continued
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Police and detectives, public service .................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
8 ...................................................................
9 ...................................................................
Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement
officers .............................................................
7 ...................................................................
Correctional institution officers ...........................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Guards and police, except public service ..........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Protective service, n.e.c. ....................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Food service ..........................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Bartenders .........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .........................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
Other food service ...............................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, food preparation and service ........
4 ...................................................................

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$22.74
26.29
30.95
31.10
29.34
30.76
33.40

11.1
10.6
2.0
7.7
3.6
4.1
1.2

50.0
51.3
39.5
40.0
38.9
40.2
39.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

$22.74
26.29
30.95
31.10
29.34
30.76
33.40

11.1
10.6
2.0
7.7
3.6
4.1
1.2

50.0
51.3
39.5
40.0
38.9
40.2
39.9

24.07
27.78
23.71
19.51
21.30
26.32
11.00
10.11
9.85
12.28
16.65
17.54
9.52
12.29
18.81
8.79
7.32
8.20
8.76
10.60
13.48
14.03
19.22
8.20
7.47
7.12
7.52
7.50
8.28
7.87
8.31
7.74
8.01
7.36
7.04
7.41
7.21
8.70
7.57
7.22
7.81
9.21
7.37
8.51
9.32
11.37
13.48
14.03
19.22
8.94
13.55
10.81

6.2
3.2
4.8
4.2
1.3
2.9
7.2
9.3
2.9
7.2
12.4
12.0
4.2
2.4
4.7
.9
.7
2.1
1.7
2.6
2.4
9.3
7.3
4.5
1.7
.9
4.0
1.7
10.1
5.4
7.4
2.8
8.9
1.8
1.3
5.1
1.6
15.0
3.1
1.3
14.5
1.5
1.1
2.2
2.4
4.2
2.6
9.3
7.3
6.9
7.6
5.9

39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
35.6
32.1
37.5
39.2
27.3
33.4
26.0
32.3
39.8
30.1
28.8
28.1
30.2
34.2
36.5
47.5
39.6
31.7
27.1
27.7
26.8
26.1
29.4
25.6
19.5
23.2
31.3
27.0
26.5
28.2
26.6
26.8
28.7
29.4
23.8
31.2
29.1
28.7
32.5
36.2
36.9
47.5
39.6
35.3
37.0
38.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.93
10.11
9.85
12.04
–
11.22
–
11.98
–
8.66
7.30
8.06
8.55
10.50
13.28
13.99
19.74
8.20
7.43
7.11
7.52
7.50
8.28
7.87
8.31
7.74
8.01
7.31
7.04
7.41
7.21
8.70
7.55
7.21
7.79
9.07
7.35
8.31
9.06
11.27
13.36
13.99
19.74
8.94
13.42
10.78

–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
9.3
2.9
7.7
–
7.2
–
2.4
–
.9
.8
2.7
2.3
2.7
2.1
9.3
5.7
4.5
1.7
.9
4.0
1.7
10.1
5.4
7.4
2.8
8.9
1.6
1.3
5.1
1.6
15.0
3.1
1.3
14.7
1.4
1.2
2.8
3.1
4.4
2.2
9.3
5.7
6.9
8.5
6.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
35.6
32.1
37.5
39.2
–
25.9
–
28.4
–
30.2
28.9
28.3
30.2
34.1
36.3
47.6
39.5
31.7
27.1
27.8
26.9
26.1
29.4
25.6
19.5
23.2
31.3
27.0
26.5
28.2
26.6
26.8
29.0
29.7
24.1
31.3
29.2
29.0
32.8
36.1
36.8
47.6
39.5
35.3
36.9
38.7

25.52
27.78
23.71
19.51
21.30
26.32
17.10
–
–
–
–
20.26
10.16
–
–
13.27
10.94
12.74
12.36
13.87
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.19
11.02
12.76
12.36
13.87
–
–
–
–
–
–

2.5
3.2
4.8
4.2
1.3
2.9
4.7
–
–
–
–
12.5
5.2
–
–
2.8
5.0
3.4
5.0
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.0
5.2
3.4
5.0
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–

39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.4
40.0
38.2
–
–
–
–
38.1
24.3
–
–
28.3
17.7
23.5
29.3
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.5
18.9
23.9
29.3
37.9
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

39

TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Supervisors, food preparation and service
–Continued
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Cooks .................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related ...................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation .....................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .....................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Health service ........................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Dental assistants ...............................................
4 ...................................................................
Health aides, except nursing .............................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...........
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Cleaning and building service ................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Supervisors, cleaning and building service
workers ............................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Maids and housemen ........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................

State and local
government

Private industry

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$13.19
15.47
19.68
10.54
9.96
9.11
11.24
13.55
16.64
7.80
7.07
7.96
8.70
8.90
7.85
8.88
9.57
13.92
7.88
7.35
8.23
10.02
15.38
12.46
10.04
11.00
13.44
14.20
13.62
18.83
16.90
13.46
10.23
12.24
14.69
13.66
11.08
9.99
10.74
12.07
14.06
11.45
9.37
10.67
11.91
14.13
16.19
18.31
18.75
13.41

2.9
10.6
7.6
1.4
9.5
4.5
5.0
1.8
4.2
1.5
2.3
3.6
11.2
3.0
3.5
4.1
6.0
10.5
1.7
1.6
1.4
4.8
9.9
5.4
5.8
5.6
1.9
4.4
14.1
9.5
3.2
2.4
6.7
5.1
6.1
4.3
4.0
6.7
7.3
1.6
4.7
1.4
3.2
3.1
5.9
4.2
6.0
4.8
6.5
21.4

39.2
40.8
40.3
35.4
33.1
35.6
35.9
33.9
43.9
27.9
25.7
27.0
27.3
28.4
29.0
26.7
29.0
35.2
30.1
30.0
29.9
29.7
39.3
33.5
31.3
34.6
34.4
32.5
33.2
32.4
33.0
32.7
27.4
32.6
34.1
33.6
34.0
32.6
35.1
34.8
28.5
35.3
32.4
34.8
38.4
39.6
40.0
40.7
40.7
36.0

$13.19
–
20.41
10.37
9.08
8.99
11.11
13.18
16.64
7.77
7.07
7.93
8.40
8.82
7.84
8.80
9.43
14.06
7.71
7.33
8.06
9.08
–
12.16
9.85
10.40
13.23
13.97
13.62
18.83
16.90
13.05
9.73
11.46
14.26
13.35
10.72
9.88
10.22
11.82
–
10.60
8.89
10.37
10.34
13.64
15.54
–
18.91
13.41

2.9
–
4.4
2.2
4.8
5.2
5.4
3.0
4.2
1.5
2.3
3.5
11.8
3.1
3.5
4.6
6.1
12.2
1.5
1.6
1.7
2.3
–
5.9
6.1
6.2
2.9
6.5
14.1
9.5
3.2
2.0
5.7
8.8
6.0
6.9
4.5
7.2
7.4
2.4
–
2.6
5.1
3.5
6.2
6.9
5.6
–
8.8
21.4

39.2
–
40.4
35.3
32.2
35.7
35.8
33.2
43.9
27.9
25.7
27.0
27.8
28.9
29.1
27.3
29.7
36.3
30.3
30.1
30.5
29.0
–
33.5
31.8
35.0
33.9
32.3
33.2
32.4
33.0
32.6
29.6
30.9
33.3
34.3
34.0
32.4
35.8
34.4
–
35.0
32.5
34.6
38.2
39.5
40.0
–
40.9
36.0

–
–
–
$14.31
–
–
15.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.68
–
11.12
–
–
12.00
–
11.91
12.24
–
14.69
12.21
15.01
15.15
15.29
–
–
–
14.90
–
13.45
17.43
–
14.50
11.32
16.41
13.97
–
15.63
14.15
14.27
15.77
15.42
16.89
–
–
–

–
–
–
6.4
–
–
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.2
–
3.5
–
–
1.1
–
6.3
1.8
–
4.8
7.1
4.7
9.7
6.1
–
–
–
5.4
–
7.2
14.4
–
5.5
4.6
6.4
5.8
–
3.0
6.6
5.7
3.9
4.9
8.4
–
–
–

–
–
–
36.7
–
–
38.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.3
–
16.9
–
–
26.8
–
20.6
31.5
–
33.5
27.1
31.8
38.8
33.4
–
–
–
32.9
–
35.5
39.4
–
34.2
36.0
29.0
38.5
–
37.4
31.6
37.2
38.9
39.9
40.0
–
–
–

16.56
14.07
14.68
18.42
8.96
8.56
9.32

8.4
12.1
5.8
10.4
2.1
2.5
6.6

40.8
40.0
40.1
41.7
34.4
34.2
33.6

17.04
–
15.51
18.39
8.85
8.46
9.32

10.2
–
9.5
10.5
2.1
2.5
6.6

41.1
–
40.1
41.7
34.6
34.7
33.6

14.66
–
–
–
–
–
–

6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–

40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 Pacific: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey,4 July 2004–Continued
Total

Occupations and levels

Service –Continued
Cleaning and building service –Continued
Maids and housemen –Continued
3 ...................................................................
Janitors and cleaners .........................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
Not able to be leveled ....................................
Personal service ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
6 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................
Supervisors, personal service ............................
7 ...................................................................
Hairdressers and cosmetologists .......................
4 ...................................................................
Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Ushers ...............................................................
Public transportation attendants ........................
Baggage porters and bellhops ...........................
2 ...................................................................
Welfare service aides ........................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
Childcare workers, n.e.c. ...................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
Service, n.e.c. ....................................................
1 ...................................................................
2 ...................................................................
3 ...................................................................
4 ...................................................................
5 ...................................................................
7 ...................................................................

Hourly earnings

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$10.21
11.95
10.02
11.09
12.47
14.18
17.28
14.14
12.55
8.25
9.85
10.35
13.78
17.95
16.46
24.00
16.43
22.37
9.87
10.75
9.70
8.53
10.20
9.23
6.93
29.24
8.85
8.84
11.07
10.36
9.76
11.45
10.16
10.26
11.01
8.07
9.64
11.29
14.00
7.66
9.24
12.01
13.33
13.87
17.34

7.7
2.2
6.4
5.5
8.7
5.5
4.4
19.5
2.6
1.2
5.0
5.0
7.8
12.7
7.4
22.7
9.7
3.7
8.8
3.3
5.5
5.1
4.9
11.8
3.9
4.8
3.4
10.8
3.8
3.7
3.6
5.5
8.9
5.7
12.6
6.4
17.3
9.9
9.0
2.9
6.0
6.6
5.1
5.6
13.6

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all
workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based
on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, and so forth. Points are
assigned based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See the Technical Note for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

State and local
government

Private industry

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

35.6
35.4
31.1
35.2
39.1
39.6
40.0
35.6
23.8
21.9
24.7
30.0
27.4
24.8
32.0
23.6
39.8
40.0
22.4
29.1
26.9
27.1
25.6
29.7
24.8
22.5
36.2
34.9
31.0
26.7
17.0
34.0
27.3
36.2
22.1
21.3
19.5
28.1
17.2
22.2
15.4
26.6
33.7
20.5
15.2

$9.93
10.85
9.29
10.73
10.55
13.79
–
14.14
12.44
8.01
9.62
9.70
13.75
18.10
17.05
23.84
16.18
21.78
9.87
10.75
9.65
8.56
–
9.19
6.92
29.24
8.85
8.84
10.88
10.06
–
–
8.93
–
8.17
7.81
–
–
13.99
7.49
8.72
11.95
12.90
13.81
17.34

9.2
2.9
9.7
6.0
9.9
8.8
–
19.5
3.4
2.3
5.7
6.0
8.5
13.5
8.4
22.8
10.0
1.6
8.8
3.3
6.2
5.5
–
13.7
3.9
4.8
3.4
10.8
3.4
5.3
–
–
6.6
–
5.3
3.5
–
–
10.1
2.8
2.8
7.0
5.2
6.3
13.7

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

35.4
34.7
30.7
35.0
39.2
39.5
–
35.6
24.5
23.5
26.2
32.6
27.8
24.9
34.4
23.3
39.7
40.0
22.4
29.1
29.6
28.2
–
37.4
25.1
22.5
36.2
34.9
30.5
31.7
–
–
29.1
–
23.8
21.9
–
–
17.0
22.3
17.9
26.5
33.6
20.5
15.2

–
$15.75
14.16
14.27
15.84
15.33
18.83
–
13.28
9.43
11.49
13.48
14.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.05
–
–
9.40
–
–
–
–
–
11.06
9.62
12.50
14.09
–
16.42
–
–
14.50
14.12
–
–
–
–
–
–

Mean
Relative weekly
5
error
hours
(percent)

–
2.8
5.0
5.7
3.9
5.7
4.6
–
8.1
10.1
9.0
6.2
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.1
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
3.1
9.7
2.5
3.4
–
14.0
–
–
14.4
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
37.9
33.7
37.2
38.9
39.9
40.0
–
19.9
16.1
17.6
21.8
24.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.0
–
–
15.4
–
–
–
–
–
19.5
15.3
25.8
22.8
–
19.5
–
–
21.7
20.0
–
–
–
–
–
–

weighted by hours.
4 In this census division, data were collected between December 2003 and January
2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the
estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For
more information about RSEs, see Technical Note.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately.

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Technical Note

T

Fairbanks-North Star County, AK
Honolulu, HI, MSA
Juneau County, AK
Kauai County, HI
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, CMSA
Portland-Salem, OR-WA, CMSA
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA, MSA
Sacramento-Yolo, CA, CMSA
Salinas, CA, MSA
San Diego, CA, MSA
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, CMSA
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, CMSA
Skagit County, WA
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA, MSA
Wasco County, OR

he data in this bulletin are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) throughout the year. The surveys
are locality-based and cover establishments in private industry and State and local governments. Bulletins are issued for individual localities when sufficient data meet
publication standards. Agriculture, private households, and
the Federal Government are excluded from the scope of the
survey.
Survey scope. In the Pacific Census Division, the NCS
studied 3,052 establishments representing approximately
11,547,200 workers within the scope of the survey. Private
sector establishments with 1 or more workers are included
in the survey. State and local governments with 50 or
more workers within a survey area are also included. The
number of workers represented by the survey is shown in
table A, and the number of establishments is shown in table
B. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an
economic unit that produces goods or services, a central
administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support
services to a company. For private industries in this
survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity.

In the second stage, the sample of establishments was
drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership
and industry. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum was approximately proportional to
the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment was
selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to
its employment. Use of this technique means that the
larger an establishment’s employment, the greater the
establishment’s chance of selection. Weights were applied
to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that
the establishment represents similar units (by industry and
employment size) in the economy that were not selected
for data collection.
The third stage of sample selection was a probability
sampling of occupations within a sampled establishment.

Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports. The
reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to
the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month
of reference available at the time the sample was selected.
The reference month for the private sector varied by area.

Data collection. Collection was the responsibility of field
economists, working out of the BLS regional offices, who
contacted each establishment surveyed. Collection was
conducted between December 2003 and January 2005.
The average payroll reference month was July 2004. For
each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the
establishment’s practices on the day of collection.
Identification of the occupations for which wage data
were collected was a four-step process:

Sample design. The sample for this survey was selected
using a three-stage design. The first stage consisted of the
selection of areas. The nationwide NCS sample consists of
152 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent
the Nation’s 326 metropolitan statistical areas and the
remaining portions of the 50 States. Metropolitan areas are
designated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) or
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), as
defined in 1994 by the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit
the metropolitan area definition.
The NCS locality areas that contribute to the Pacific
Census Division are:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Anchorage, AK, MSA
Clatsop County, OR
Crook County, OR

Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system
Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time,
union vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive
Determination of the level of work of each job

For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
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sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected
using the sample design.
Estimates derived from the
different samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing
estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It
indicates the precision with which an estimate from a
particular sample approximates the average of estimates
from all possible samples. The relative standard error
(RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. Tables
in this bulletin provide RSE data for indicated series.
The relative standard error can be used to calculate a
confidence interval around a sample estimate. As an
example, suppose the mean hourly earnings for all workers
were $18.09 per hour with a relative standard error of 0.9
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the
confidence interval for this estimate is $17.82 to $18.36
($18.09 x 1.645 x 0.009 = $0.2678, round to $0.27);
($18.09 - .27 = $17.82; $18.09 + .27 = $18.36). If all
possible samples were selected to estimate the population
value, the interval from each sample would include the true
population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. These
errors can stem from many sources, such as inability to
obtain information for some establishments, difficulties
with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to
provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or
coding the data obtained. Although such errors were not
specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize
nonsampling errors by the extensive training of field
economists who gathered survey data by personal visit,
computer editing of the data, and detailed data review.

identified in the last three steps. Special procedures were
developed for jobs for which a correct classification or
level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at
each establishment by the BLS field economist during a
personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for
sampling, with each selected worker representing a job
within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability
proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater
the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. stop
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
NCS occupational classification system is based on that
used in the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may
fall into any one of about 480 occupational classifications,
from accountant to wood lathe operator. For cases in
which a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, duties used to set the wage level were
used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties
was the fallback.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen workers were identified. First, the worker was
identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job,
based on the establishment’s definition of those terms.
Then, the worker was classified as having a time or incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather
than solely on hours worked. The worker also was identified as being in a union or a nonunion job.
The fourth step in the job classification procedure was
to determine the work level of each of the establishment's
selected jobs, using an occupational leveling process. This
process, involving discussions between the BLS field
economist and the respondent, ranks and compares all
selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling
factors. For more information on occupational leveling
and an example of how to use the criteria for leveling a job,
see appendixes C and D of any published NCS locality
bulletin or visit http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm
on the World Wide Web. The Web site also has a link to
the NCS job descriptions.

Census area divisions. Data are tabulated by census
divisions defined as follows: New England—Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and
Rhode Island; Middle Atlantic—New Jersey, New York,
and Pennsylvania; East North Central—Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central—
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Nebraska; South Atlantic—Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia;
East South Central—Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,
and Tennessee; West South Central—Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; Mountain—Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
and Nevada; and Pacific—Washington, Oregon,
California, Hawaii, and Alaska. Some census divisions
include CMSAs and MSAs that cross State lines.

Data reliability. The data in these tables are estimates from
a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two
types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample
survey, sampling errors and nonsampling errors.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The

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TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 Pacific,
National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004
Occupational group

All industries

Private industry

State and local
government

All .............................................................................................
All, excluding sales ...............................................................

11,547,200
10,419,100

9,549,300
8,425,800

1,997,900
1,993,200

White collar .........................................................................
White collar, excluding sales ............................................

6,318,500
5,190,300

4,877,500
3,754,000

1,441,000
1,436,300

Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................

2,129,000
1,744,300
384,800
942,900
1,128,200
2,118,400

1,322,400
1,004,500
317,900
780,000
1,123,500
1,651,700

806,700
739,800
66,900
162,900
4,700
466,700

Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......

2,873,100
1,061,100
570,600
557,000
684,500

2,694,200
979,600
567,400
503,200
643,900

178,900
81,400
3,100
53,800
40,500

Service .................................................................................

2,355,700

1,977,600

378,100

1 Number of workers represented by the survey are rounded
to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a
description of size and composition of the labor force included in
the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison
with other statistical series to measure employment trends or
levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the
survey.

2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
For more information, see Technical Note.
3 In this census division, data were collected between
December 2003 and January 2005. The average reference period
was July 2004.

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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, Pacific, National Compensation
Survey,1 July 2004
Number of establishments studied
Industry division
Total

All ......................................................................................................................
Private Industry ............................................................................................
Goods-producing industries .......................................................................
Mining ....................................................................................................
Construction ...........................................................................................
Manufacturing ........................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Service-producing industries .....................................................................
Transportation and utilities .....................................................................
Wholesale trade .....................................................................................
Retail trade ............................................................................................
Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................
Services .................................................................................................
State and local government ........................................................................

3,052
2,686
514
25
118
371
225
146
2,172
241
137
523
243
1,028
366

1 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 2003 and
January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004.
2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and
local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers.

1 to 99
workers2

100 to
499
workers

500 to
999
workers

1,000 to
2,499
workers

2,500 to
4,999
workers

5,000 or
more
workers

1,360
1,334
219
12
91
116
61
55
1,115
80
103
319
133
480
26

865
776
164
9
23
132
66
66
612
72
31
168
42
299
89

267
198
45
4
4
37
27
10
153
28
2
21
22
80
69

317
233
52
–
–
52
38
14
181
40
1
13
27
100
84

126
76
8
–
–
8
7
1
68
6
–
2
10
50
50

117
69
26
–
–
26
26
–
43
15
–
–
9
19
48

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups
may include data for categories not shown separately.

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