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National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the West North Central Census Division, 1999 U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner July 2001 Bulletin 2544-4 Preface T tral, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. (See the technical note.) Data also are published for some individual localities, as well as for the entire United States. The census division publications may be useful to NCS data users in localities for which separate data were not published. For additional information regarding the National Compensation Survey, contact the information staff in the BLS National Office at (202) 691-6199. You can also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or send e-mail to OCLTINFO@bls.gov. 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Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800326-2577. he National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, and detailed benefit provisions. It integrates three Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) programs the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), the Employment Cost Index (ECI), and the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). OCS provides data on occupational earnings; the ECI measures changes in labor costs, as well as average hourly employer costs for employee compensation; and the EBS provides information on detailed benefit provisions. When fully integrated, the NCS will provide data on benefit costs and provisions, as well as wages. This bulletin, a product of the first phase of the NCS, focuses on occupational earnings. The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS) with the release of the 1997 data. The major difference between these two surveys is that the OCS used the same preselected list of occupations for all localities. The NCS uses a probability-based sample of establishments and occupations that is intended to more fully represent the employment patterns and occupational mix of each locality. This bulletin presents aggregate pay data from the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan local area surveys conducted in the West North Central census division. (See the technical note.) It provides estimates of occupational pay for the census division, as well as selected data on worker and establishment characteristics. NCS bulletins are published for each of the nine census divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Cen- iii Contents Page Tables: Table 1. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government .............................................................................................. 1 Table 2. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ............................................................................................................ 2 Table 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Table 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Table 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers ........................................................................................ 14 Table 6. Occupations and levels, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government .............................................................................................. 17 Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, West North Central ............. 35 Table B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, West North Central .................................................................................................................................... 36 Technical Note ........................................................................................................................................................ 37 v TABLE 1. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 1999 Total Worker and establishment characteristics, and geographic areas Private industry Hourly earnings State and local government Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error (percent) Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error (percent) $14.37 2.8 35.3 $13.84 3.2 35.1 $18.11 2.2 36.9 17.07 21.51 3.6 1.9 35.5 35.9 16.44 20.46 4.4 2.5 35.3 35.5 20.15 23.57 2.3 2.6 36.9 36.7 26.01 12.60 11.03 12.90 15.90 10.7 6.0 2.1 2.4 4.0 41.4 30.8 36.4 38.5 40.1 26.39 12.60 10.95 12.81 15.86 12.0 6.0 2.4 2.4 4.2 41.6 30.8 36.4 38.6 40.1 23.41 – 11.42 14.83 16.65 4.3 – 2.3 1.5 2.0 39.6 – 36.4 36.6 39.9 12.44 12.32 3.9 2.8 39.5 38.6 12.44 12.19 3.9 3.2 39.5 39.1 – 13.75 – 3.4 – 33.4 9.72 8.86 2.4 3.0 35.7 29.8 9.61 8.05 2.4 3.5 35.7 28.7 12.76 13.08 5.6 4.3 36.3 36.8 Full time .................................................. Part time ................................................. 15.31 8.06 3.0 2.5 40.0 19.6 14.80 7.77 3.4 2.6 40.1 19.5 18.62 11.73 1.9 5.6 39.4 20.6 Union ...................................................... Nonunion ................................................ 17.50 13.78 1.7 3.4 37.5 34.9 16.83 13.44 2.6 3.7 37.6 34.8 18.72 17.61 3.3 3.4 37.4 36.4 Time ........................................................ Incentive ................................................. 13.86 21.80 1.8 18.9 34.9 41.5 13.20 21.80 1.9 18.9 34.7 41.5 18.11 – 2.2 – 36.9 – Goods producing .................................... Service producing ................................... (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) 15.07 13.36 4.5 4.2 39.7 33.6 (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5) 1 to 99 workers6 ..................................... 100 to 499 workers ................................. 500 to 999 workers ................................. 1000 to 2499 workers ............................. 2500 workers or more ............................. 12.73 14.14 16.40 15.23 19.81 6.1 3.2 4.4 5.7 2.9 33.6 35.9 38.0 37.5 37.7 12.67 13.82 15.98 14.11 20.73 6.2 3.3 5.0 7.0 6.5 33.6 35.8 38.3 37.8 37.5 17.98 16.32 18.91 18.65 18.90 14.0 4.4 4.4 3.4 2.9 33.6 36.2 36.4 36.8 37.9 Metropolitan ............................................ Nonmetropolitan ..................................... 14.73 12.70 3.0 5.8 35.1 36.5 14.24 11.82 3.5 5.3 34.8 36.7 18.61 16.65 1.8 7.1 37.2 35.9 New England .......................................... Middle Atlantic ........................................ East North Central .................................. West North Central ................................. South Atlantic ......................................... East South Central ................................. West South Central ................................ Mountain ................................................. Pacific ..................................................... 17.18 17.84 15.55 14.37 14.49 12.13 14.38 14.10 16.87 4.2 3.7 1.8 2.8 2.9 5.0 3.5 2.9 1.7 34.6 34.8 35.6 35.3 36.3 37.6 36.8 35.7 35.3 16.54 17.05 14.82 13.84 14.04 11.76 13.98 13.26 16.01 5.2 4.5 2.0 3.2 3.5 5.5 4.0 3.2 2.0 34.5 34.7 35.5 35.1 36.0 37.6 36.6 35.5 35.3 21.82 22.45 20.32 18.11 16.84 16.23 16.38 19.00 22.13 2.2 1.6 2.1 2.2 1.5 2.7 2.0 3.5 1.2 35.4 35.5 36.0 36.9 38.0 37.0 38.0 36.9 35.6 Total ........................................................... Worker characteristics:3 White-collar occupations4 ....................... Professional specialty and technical ... Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................................ Sales ................................................... Administrative support ........................ Blue-collar occupations4 ......................... Precision production, craft, and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ......................................... Transportation and material moving ... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ........................ Service occupations4 .............................. Establishment characteristics: Geographic areas:7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 3 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. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information. 5 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 6 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. 7 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as well as nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each census division and the States comprising the nine census divisions. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 1 TABLE 2. Summary, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999 Total Worker and establishment characteristics, and geographic areas Metropolitan areas Hourly earnings Nonmetropolitan areas Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error (percent) Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error (percent) $14.37 13.84 18.11 2.8 3.2 2.2 35.3 35.1 36.9 $14.73 14.24 18.61 3.0 3.5 1.8 35.1 34.8 37.2 $12.70 11.82 16.65 5.8 5.3 7.1 36.5 36.7 35.9 17.07 21.51 3.6 1.9 35.5 35.9 17.26 21.93 4.1 2.1 35.4 35.7 15.77 19.55 4.4 4.4 36.4 36.6 26.01 12.60 11.03 12.90 15.90 10.7 6.0 2.1 2.4 4.0 41.4 30.8 36.4 38.5 40.1 26.34 12.36 11.36 13.27 16.60 11.5 5.8 1.6 2.2 3.2 41.5 30.5 36.6 38.5 39.9 22.74 16.01 9.22 11.66 13.34 15.9 27.3 6.2 6.7 8.1 40.1 35.2 35.5 38.4 40.7 12.44 12.32 3.9 2.8 39.5 38.6 12.88 12.29 3.0 2.9 39.6 38.8 11.69 12.50 9.8 4.3 39.2 37.0 9.72 8.86 2.4 3.0 35.7 29.8 9.91 8.81 2.3 4.0 35.9 29.0 9.02 9.04 5.3 5.2 35.1 33.2 Full time .................................................. Part time ................................................. 15.31 8.06 3.0 2.5 40.0 19.6 15.77 8.07 3.3 3.1 40.1 19.4 13.24 8.00 6.1 4.0 39.8 21.4 Union ...................................................... Nonunion ................................................ 17.50 13.78 1.7 3.4 37.5 34.9 17.87 14.14 2.0 3.7 37.4 34.7 15.88 12.08 4.4 6.5 38.3 36.2 Time ........................................................ Incentive ................................................. 13.86 21.80 1.8 18.9 34.9 41.5 14.17 21.73 1.8 20.0 34.6 41.4 12.48 22.96 4.5 22.2 36.4 44.2 Goods producing6 .................................. Service producing6 ................................. 15.07 13.36 4.5 4.2 39.7 33.6 16.02 13.65 5.1 4.6 39.5 33.5 12.45 11.30 7.2 5.5 40.1 34.3 1 to 99 workers7 ..................................... 100 to 499 workers ................................. 500 to 999 workers ................................. 1000 to 2499 workers ............................. 2500 workers or more ............................. 12.73 14.14 16.40 15.23 19.81 6.1 3.2 4.4 5.7 2.9 33.6 35.9 38.0 37.5 37.7 12.79 14.63 17.14 17.28 19.81 6.5 2.2 4.4 3.1 2.9 33.6 35.7 37.6 37.3 37.7 11.97 13.20 14.43 10.42 – 7.5 8.3 9.8 5.1 – 34.0 36.3 39.1 38.0 – 17.18 17.84 15.55 14.37 14.49 12.13 14.38 14.10 16.87 4.2 3.7 1.8 2.8 2.9 5.0 3.5 2.9 1.7 34.6 34.8 35.6 35.3 36.3 37.6 36.8 35.7 35.3 17.35 17.93 15.75 14.73 14.71 12.87 14.42 13.94 16.92 4.4 3.8 1.9 3.0 3.0 1.5 3.7 3.2 1.8 34.6 34.8 35.4 35.1 36.2 37.4 36.8 35.6 35.3 15.21 14.93 13.83 12.70 12.60 9.72 13.90 15.78 15.45 6.9 3.6 3.7 5.8 6.3 9.6 5.1 2.4 4.7 34.8 35.6 36.7 36.5 37.4 38.1 37.3 36.2 36.8 Total ............................................................ Private Industry ....................................... State and local government .................... Worker characteristics:4 White-collar occupations5 ....................... Professional specialty and technical ... Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................................ Sales ................................................... Administrative support ........................ Blue-collar occupations5 ......................... Precision production, craft, and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ......................................... Transportation and material moving ... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ........................ Service occupations5 .............................. Establishment characteristics: Geographic areas:8 New England .......................................... Middle Atlantic ........................................ East North Central .................................. West North Central ................................. South Atlantic ......................................... East South Central ................................. West South Central ................................ Mountain ................................................. Pacific ..................................................... 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, 1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For more information, see Technical Note. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 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 See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each census division and the States comprising the nine census divisions. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 2 TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999 Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All .......................................................................................... All, excluding sales ........................................................ $14.37 14.61 2.8 3.0 35.3 36.0 $15.31 15.38 3.0 3.2 40.0 40.0 $8.06 8.52 2.5 2.9 19.6 20.1 White collar ...................................................................... White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 17.07 18.38 3.6 4.2 35.5 37.2 18.01 18.79 3.8 4.4 40.0 39.9 9.37 12.55 3.6 3.9 18.6 19.0 Professional specialty and technical ......................... Professional specialty ................................................ Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... Civil engineers ................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers .................... Industrial engineers ........................................... Mechanical engineers ........................................ Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ Operations and systems researchers and analysts ............................................................ Natural scientists ................................................... Chemists, except biochemists ........................... Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... Biological and life scientists ............................... Health related ........................................................ Physicians .......................................................... Registered nurses .............................................. Pharmacists ....................................................... Dietitians ............................................................ Respiratory therapists ........................................ Occupational therapists ..................................... Physical therapists ............................................. Speech therapists .............................................. Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... Physicians’ assistants ........................................ Teachers, college and university ........................... Social science teachers, n.e.c. .......................... Mathematical science teachers ......................... Medical science teachers .................................. Health specialities teachers ............................... Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... Education teachers ............................................ English teachers ................................................ Trade and industrial teachers ............................ Other post-secondary teachers ......................... Teachers, except college and university ................ Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... Elementary school teachers .............................. Secondary school teachers ............................... Teachers, special education .............................. Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. Substitute teachers ............................................ Vocational and educational counselors ............. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ Librarians ........................................................... Social scientists and urban planners ..................... Economists ........................................................ Psychologists ..................................................... Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... Social workers ................................................... Recreation workers ............................................ Lawyers and judges ............................................... Lawyers ............................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. Designers ........................................................... 21.51 23.24 28.03 29.67 27.46 24.72 27.15 28.50 24.07 24.19 1.9 1.7 2.3 3.6 2.5 3.3 4.1 3.5 5.5 6.1 35.9 36.6 41.2 39.4 40.9 41.1 40.2 42.4 40.0 40.0 21.95 23.58 28.03 29.67 27.46 24.72 27.15 28.50 24.08 24.20 2.0 1.8 2.3 3.6 2.5 3.3 4.1 3.5 5.5 6.1 39.4 39.4 41.3 40.4 40.9 41.1 40.2 42.4 40.1 40.1 16.49 18.53 – – – – – – – – 4.6 6.2 – – – – – – – – 17.8 18.2 – – – – – – – – 23.12 20.79 25.08 27.78 19.63 22.19 58.95 18.72 27.30 13.13 17.42 23.56 22.83 25.72 15.54 26.79 29.53 32.48 21.58 34.93 23.86 35.94 33.11 23.53 25.42 29.60 25.11 24.38 15.17 26.57 26.10 22.77 20.73 9.61 20.64 20.61 20.61 21.34 19.09 24.25 14.22 14.16 13.63 29.03 28.30 6.6 8.8 11.7 7.6 12.6 3.2 9.8 1.8 4.6 9.1 10.1 3.9 5.3 4.5 7.0 8.6 5.2 3.3 25.7 18.1 7.3 6.3 7.6 6.0 8.1 2.2 12.5 2.3 20.6 3.2 3.5 6.7 6.6 5.1 6.9 16.3 16.5 6.6 10.4 4.4 4.7 4.9 7.6 6.8 5.7 40.0 40.3 41.8 39.7 40.0 34.0 40.6 33.5 31.7 32.6 39.4 28.2 35.6 30.6 40.0 40.0 35.5 39.3 40.6 39.9 38.8 35.0 37.8 27.8 31.4 33.8 29.3 34.3 28.0 36.5 35.6 37.4 30.1 11.3 35.7 38.7 38.7 39.6 40.0 39.2 38.9 39.0 37.4 42.3 42.4 23.12 20.79 25.08 27.78 19.63 22.47 58.55 18.52 29.06 12.88 17.42 22.30 21.79 26.02 15.54 26.79 29.74 32.51 21.58 34.94 23.96 36.05 32.69 – – 29.70 25.33 25.09 20.08 26.59 25.89 22.79 22.00 – 20.49 20.65 20.66 21.43 19.09 24.56 14.25 14.19 – 28.99 28.22 6.6 8.8 11.7 7.6 12.6 4.0 10.2 1.8 3.0 9.0 10.1 6.3 3.5 4.2 7.0 8.6 5.2 3.3 25.7 18.1 7.5 7.2 8.4 – – 2.0 13.9 2.4 15.0 3.3 3.6 6.8 7.5 – 6.9 16.4 16.6 6.8 10.4 4.3 5.0 5.1 – 6.9 5.7 40.0 40.3 41.8 39.7 40.0 39.4 42.5 39.2 40.2 37.0 39.4 38.9 40.0 35.8 40.0 40.0 39.7 39.5 40.6 40.0 40.4 40.3 40.5 – – 37.4 38.9 37.1 37.6 36.5 37.3 37.8 37.3 – 39.5 39.0 39.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.9 39.9 – 44.2 44.4 – – – – – 20.83 – 19.55 – – – – – – – – 23.99 – – – – – 40.69 – – – 23.47 13.92 – – 31.32 – 12.49 9.61 – – – – – – 13.51 13.17 – – – – – – – – 3.5 – 3.0 – – – – – – – – 9.0 – – – – – 24.5 – – – 9.0 17.5 – – 4.9 – 10.0 5.1 – – – – – – 6.5 5.6 – – – – – – – – 20.5 – 20.7 – – – – – – – – 9.5 – – – – – 17.3 – – – 10.5 16.3 – – 16.3 – 13.4 11.3 – – – – – – 22.9 22.9 – – – 20.17 16.39 8.0 5.4 35.7 40.0 20.78 16.51 8.2 5.3 40.2 40.5 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 3 TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $19.32 19.48 15.25 – 26.80 16.99 15.3 9.0 17.9 – 10.9 6.6 40.9 38.6 38.7 – 40.2 34.1 $19.32 20.03 15.11 24.54 26.80 17.46 15.3 9.2 18.1 22.6 10.9 6.7 40.9 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.2 39.3 – – – – – $13.49 – – – – – 8.8 – – – – – 17.2 15.24 16.63 12.07 11.77 18.27 18.60 15.50 14.78 97.62 21.30 19.70 17.73 6.1 4.1 4.0 5.3 6.0 3.1 3.7 9.1 20.6 4.7 10.2 8.1 38.3 34.2 34.5 34.6 40.0 39.8 39.5 39.1 19.9 40.1 38.2 34.7 14.99 16.97 12.12 11.83 18.28 18.65 15.59 14.75 97.62 21.51 19.85 18.60 6.2 4.5 4.5 5.8 6.0 3.0 3.8 9.3 20.6 4.6 10.2 9.3 39.9 39.7 39.8 39.6 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 19.9 40.5 38.9 39.7 18.68 15.00 11.80 11.54 – – – – – – – 14.34 8.8 5.8 4.8 7.4 – – – – – – – 4.0 24.9 20.6 21.4 23.4 – – – – – – – 23.1 26.01 29.11 10.20 10.7 13.6 19.8 41.4 42.6 20.1 26.02 29.14 – 10.7 13.6 – 41.9 42.7 – 24.44 13.40 – 21.1 12.0 – 8.9 13.6 – 24.47 44.05 25.39 3.9 26.3 7.2 40.7 43.6 44.1 24.43 44.05 25.39 3.9 26.3 7.2 40.9 43.6 44.1 – – – – – – – – – 37.91 31.45 27.85 8.5 6.2 6.0 41.0 40.3 40.2 37.91 31.75 27.85 8.5 6.2 6.0 41.0 40.6 40.2 – – – – – – – – – 16.09 15.55 15.39 26.76 19.18 22.70 18.49 20.26 24.12 10.8 9.0 13.6 8.1 4.5 9.4 10.7 7.2 9.8 41.2 39.9 40.3 43.5 39.0 39.5 39.7 40.8 40.1 16.18 15.55 15.39 26.76 19.10 22.73 18.49 20.26 24.12 11.1 9.0 13.6 8.1 4.5 9.5 10.7 7.2 9.8 41.4 39.9 40.3 43.5 40.3 39.7 39.7 40.8 40.2 – – – – 30.01 – – – – – – – – 16.4 – – – – – – – – 7.6 – – – – 16.82 9.4 40.1 16.82 9.4 40.2 – – – White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. –Continued Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers ...................................................... Editors and reporters ......................................... Public relations specialists ................................. Athletes .............................................................. Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....................................................... Radiological technicians .................................... Licensed practical nurses .................................. Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... Electrical and electronic technicians .................. Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... Drafters .............................................................. Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ Airplane pilots and navigators ............................ Computer programmers ..................................... Legal assistants ................................................. Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... Executives, administrators, and managers ............ Legislators ......................................................... Administrators and officials, public administration .................................................. Financial managers ........................................... Purchasing managers ........................................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ........................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ...... Managers, medicine and health ......................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................. Managers, properties and real estate ................ Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. Management related .............................................. Accountants and auditors .................................. Underwriters ...................................................... Other financial officers ....................................... Management analysts ........................................ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........................................................ Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products ........................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... Construction inspectors ..................................... Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction ..................................................... Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 25.85 20.71 19.75 7.7 4.6 10.6 28.8 40.8 39.8 24.03 20.71 19.75 5.6 4.6 10.6 42.2 40.8 39.8 – – – – – – – – – 18.63 16.24 7.9 6.8 39.9 37.7 18.63 16.18 7.9 6.8 39.9 40.1 – – – – – – Sales ............................................................................. Supervisors, sales ............................................. Insurance sales .................................................. Securities and financial services sales .............. Advertising and related sales ............................. Sales, other business services .......................... 12.60 15.87 19.96 43.08 16.23 17.50 6.0 9.1 15.2 18.8 11.4 13.8 30.8 41.3 33.4 41.6 37.8 33.2 14.68 15.89 21.49 43.08 16.88 19.37 4.9 9.1 14.7 18.8 12.1 14.7 40.3 41.5 40.2 41.6 40.4 38.8 6.50 – – – – 7.34 2.5 – – – – 18.2 18.3 – – – – 18.7 See footnotes at end of table. 4 TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $22.44 8.1 41.6 $22.44 8.1 41.6 – – – 25.65 20.84 8.37 11.70 15.16 9.59 6.74 7.03 8.63 9.86 16.8 13.6 5.4 8.3 29.4 9.9 3.5 2.1 5.9 7.0 39.9 45.7 30.5 39.1 38.2 28.3 28.6 24.2 21.4 39.6 25.71 20.84 – – 17.20 10.73 7.05 7.64 – – 16.8 13.6 – – 29.1 9.7 5.2 2.4 – – 40.0 45.7 – – 41.5 40.7 39.8 38.6 – – – – – – – $7.13 6.33 6.40 7.62 – – – – – – 8.7 4.1 3.4 8.9 – – – – – – 17.1 21.0 17.5 16.2 – 11.03 14.52 14.81 2.1 4.1 12.0 36.4 40.2 41.3 11.24 14.52 14.81 2.0 4.1 12.0 39.3 40.2 41.3 8.81 – – 3.5 – – 20.8 – – 15.37 13.63 9.81 11.25 11.59 10.38 9.16 – 8.77 11.20 14.71 12.16 9.0 5.3 1.0 4.9 4.2 4.0 5.5 – 4.1 7.4 7.0 7.7 39.8 38.9 39.9 37.5 39.5 38.7 32.5 – 33.6 35.4 40.0 37.0 15.37 13.72 9.81 11.33 11.59 10.39 8.52 8.00 8.62 11.03 14.71 12.88 9.0 5.3 1.0 5.4 4.2 4.1 4.1 2.5 3.6 7.4 7.0 5.7 39.8 40.0 39.9 38.5 39.5 39.8 35.4 39.1 38.2 39.9 40.0 39.9 – – – 9.73 – – – – 9.38 12.35 – 7.82 – – – 10.0 – – – – 9.9 21.7 – 10.1 – – – 25.4 – – – – 23.2 19.5 – 25.8 11.62 9.50 8.80 9.61 10.86 13.72 12.39 7.42 7.99 15.19 15.13 11.08 10.37 13.70 13.74 7.9 4.9 3.4 8.4 3.2 6.6 8.4 9.2 2.9 16.9 3.5 8.5 4.3 26.9 14.1 38.9 26.5 36.0 38.6 37.7 21.0 31.0 32.7 28.0 38.8 39.5 39.1 35.9 20.0 31.3 11.65 9.86 8.94 9.65 10.90 14.24 12.94 6.54 – 15.26 15.18 11.16 10.61 – – 7.9 3.6 4.2 8.9 3.4 6.9 10.3 8.5 – 17.2 3.4 8.4 5.0 – – 39.1 38.9 39.7 39.6 39.5 39.9 38.3 40.0 – 40.0 40.1 39.6 39.9 – – – 9.16 – 8.88 10.30 – 10.73 – – – – – 8.17 – – – 9.1 – 3.1 4.5 – 2.2 – – – – – 5.4 – – – 20.3 – 27.0 22.0 – 19.6 – – – – – 18.7 – – White collar –Continued Sales –Continued Sales engineers ................................................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... Sales workers, apparel ...................................... Sales workers, hardware and building supplies Sales workers, parts .......................................... Sales workers, other commodities ..................... Sales counter clerks .......................................... Cashiers ............................................................. Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... Administrative support, including clerical ................ Supervisors, general office ................................ Supervisors, financial records processing ......... Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ................................................ Computer operators ........................................... Peripheral equipment operators ........................ Secretaries ......................................................... Stenographers ................................................... Typists ............................................................... Interviewers ....................................................... Hotel clerks ........................................................ Receptionists ..................................................... Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... Correspondence clerks ...................................... Order clerks ....................................................... Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ..................................................... Library clerks ..................................................... File clerks ........................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... Telephone operators .......................................... Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... Messengers ....................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................ Production coordinators ..................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. Stock and inventory clerks ................................. Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers Expeditors .......................................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... Bill and account collectors ................................. General office clerks .......................................... Bank tellers ........................................................ Data entry keyers ............................................... Teachers’ aides ................................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 8.90 8.1 31.0 9.27 11.2 40.0 7.57 4.9 17.3 14.02 11.01 12.92 11.69 10.57 7.75 9.72 8.91 11.21 7.4 6.3 4.1 5.1 4.0 4.1 3.4 4.7 6.0 38.9 39.6 39.3 39.3 36.5 31.5 38.8 30.7 38.2 14.02 11.10 12.97 11.77 10.79 8.11 9.73 8.89 11.33 7.4 6.6 4.2 5.1 4.3 3.3 3.5 6.1 6.0 38.9 40.2 39.9 40.0 39.7 37.0 39.9 35.1 40.0 – 7.98 – – 8.69 6.81 9.49 8.93 9.54 – 11.9 – – 5.0 3.1 7.4 7.4 9.1 – 26.5 – – 21.5 22.6 25.1 24.3 23.5 Blue collar ........................................................................ 12.90 2.4 38.5 13.22 2.5 40.4 8.12 4.7 22.6 Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 15.90 4.0 40.1 15.92 4.0 40.2 12.51 9.6 21.1 See footnotes at end of table. 5 TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $19.06 14.86 12.31 16.68 19.38 16.91 15.53 12.72 4.8 8.5 6.4 8.2 9.4 3.4 3.8 17.0 42.8 40.1 40.5 42.5 40.0 40.1 39.5 40.0 $19.06 14.86 12.31 16.68 19.38 16.91 15.53 12.72 4.8 8.5 6.4 8.2 9.4 3.4 3.8 17.0 42.8 40.1 40.5 42.5 40.0 40.1 39.5 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.83 5.0 39.7 16.92 5.1 40.0 – – – 15.89 19.82 14.84 10.7 9.8 7.0 40.0 40.0 40.2 15.89 19.82 14.86 10.7 9.8 7.0 40.0 40.0 40.3 – – – – – – – – – 23.68 18.68 18.20 23.25 17.96 17.44 14.80 19.69 21.88 13.95 16.80 19.82 10.10 13.77 9.35 17.92 18.23 17.09 5.2 4.6 6.2 8.8 14.5 7.6 4.4 4.8 2.1 15.3 7.0 3.6 6.5 9.9 3.2 10.8 4.8 5.6 40.0 40.7 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.3 41.4 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.3 40.0 38.0 40.8 40.0 40.0 23.68 18.68 18.18 23.25 17.96 17.44 14.80 19.69 21.88 13.95 16.80 19.82 10.15 13.77 9.36 17.92 18.23 17.09 5.2 4.6 6.2 8.8 14.5 7.6 4.4 4.8 2.1 15.3 7.0 3.6 6.4 9.9 3.3 10.8 4.8 5.6 40.0 40.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.3 41.4 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.8 40.0 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Blue collar –Continued Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. Automobile mechanics ....................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... Automobile body and related repairers .............. Aircraft mechanics, except engine ..................... Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. Industrial machinery repairers ........................... Machinery maintenance ..................................... Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ......................................... Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ........................................................ Millwrights .......................................................... Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...................................................... Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. Carpenters ......................................................... Electricians ........................................................ Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... Structural metal workers .................................... Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. Supervisors, production ..................................... Tool and die makers .......................................... Precision assemblers, metal .............................. Machinists .......................................................... Sheet metal workers .......................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ Bakers ................................................................ Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... Stationary engineers .......................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... Punching and stamping press operators ........... Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators ........................................... Forging machine operators ................................ Numerical control machine operators ................ Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... Molding and casting machine operators ............ Metal plating machine operators ........................ Printing press operators ..................................... Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Cementing and gluing machine operators ......... Packaging and filling machine operators ........... Extruding and forming machine operators ......... Painting and paint spraying machine operators Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... Photographic process machine operators ......... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... Welders and cutters ........................................... Assemblers ........................................................ Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners Production testers .............................................. 12.44 11.99 3.9 4.5 39.5 39.2 12.56 12.04 4.1 4.4 39.9 40.0 $7.42 – 7.8 – 27.0 – 11.93 12.29 15.05 11.73 11.61 14.28 16.50 15.40 6.59 15.94 11.97 8.88 14.85 12.66 10.37 12.90 12.74 12.45 12.62 14.09 14.98 8.1 4.6 9.5 5.2 6.2 5.2 6.6 11.4 4.9 12.1 10.4 5.4 4.7 8.7 13.8 8.2 6.4 4.4 5.5 7.7 8.5 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.6 40.0 38.9 39.4 22.3 40.0 39.5 39.3 40.0 39.6 37.4 39.7 40.0 39.8 40.0 39.3 40.0 11.93 12.29 15.05 11.73 11.63 14.28 16.50 15.40 6.78 15.94 12.00 8.88 14.85 12.96 – 12.93 12.74 12.84 12.62 14.23 14.98 8.1 4.6 9.5 5.2 6.1 5.2 6.6 11.4 1.7 12.1 10.6 5.4 4.7 8.0 – 8.2 6.4 4.1 5.5 7.3 8.5 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 38.9 39.4 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.3 40.0 39.9 – 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.2 40.0 – – – – – – – – 6.44 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ......................... Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 12.32 17.13 2.8 9.3 38.6 41.1 12.55 17.13 2.9 9.3 42.2 41.1 9.87 – 8.5 – 20.4 – See footnotes at end of table. 6 TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $11.67 – 12.20 9.32 7.80 21.04 16.72 18.62 17.08 13.41 12.71 4.3 – 3.4 6.6 7.6 2.2 5.5 5.6 12.6 5.5 2.8 43.4 – 22.2 33.2 32.7 40.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.7 $11.66 13.97 14.68 – – 21.04 16.72 18.62 17.08 13.41 12.64 4.3 19.3 4.0 – – 2.2 5.5 5.6 12.6 5.5 2.6 43.7 40.0 36.5 – – 40.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.8 $13.75 – 11.07 – – – – – – – – 11.2 – 2.6 – – – – – – – – 24.5 – 18.8 – – – – – – – – 14.06 8.0 39.9 14.07 8.1 40.0 – – – 9.72 10.99 2.4 7.7 35.7 31.5 10.17 12.53 1.8 6.3 39.7 40.0 7.30 7.80 3.2 13.1 23.3 21.9 12.74 11.11 9.64 12.09 10.64 9.10 9.66 10.27 8.71 8.46 8.59 9.28 9.5 16.8 6.8 9.6 6.0 5.4 10.2 7.1 6.3 9.2 6.5 3.0 40.0 39.2 38.3 39.7 38.6 27.9 37.7 35.6 39.8 39.2 38.1 37.4 12.74 – 9.62 12.04 10.76 11.46 9.60 10.65 8.68 8.46 8.59 9.59 9.5 – 7.0 9.5 5.5 5.0 10.5 6.1 6.3 8.8 7.0 3.2 40.0 – 40.0 39.9 39.3 39.7 39.2 39.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.5 – – – – – 6.49 – 8.57 – – 8.59 7.39 – – – – – 4.0 – 5.3 – – 6.9 3.9 – – – – – 21.0 – 24.6 – – 26.5 28.1 8.86 13.97 17.32 23.74 17.34 13.81 17.56 3.0 5.9 10.6 3.0 9.8 3.3 4.1 29.8 37.3 50.7 40.0 40.0 46.4 39.9 9.92 15.07 17.32 23.74 17.34 13.85 17.57 3.3 3.7 10.6 3.0 9.8 3.4 4.1 39.3 41.3 50.7 40.0 40.0 49.4 40.0 6.63 6.25 – – – – – 3.5 9.3 – – – – – 19.7 22.2 – – – – – 16.22 13.51 8.15 9.04 7.08 4.86 6.46 4.54 5.79 7.95 10.42 9.05 7.29 6.37 9.89 9.15 9.18 8.82 3.6 6.0 10.8 8.8 2.6 9.5 8.7 12.7 7.4 2.4 7.6 3.0 3.9 4.4 8.3 4.4 7.6 6.4 38.0 39.3 31.5 25.0 27.0 24.2 31.3 24.3 19.1 28.2 39.6 32.0 28.7 23.3 30.6 27.9 32.9 31.5 16.55 13.55 9.66 10.51 8.06 4.54 6.70 3.82 6.92 9.16 10.48 9.58 7.65 7.58 10.21 9.54 9.41 9.34 3.3 6.0 8.7 13.5 4.2 12.9 11.9 18.5 9.2 4.3 8.0 3.6 4.3 3.3 9.0 5.0 9.0 5.9 40.1 39.9 39.7 39.0 38.7 37.1 37.1 37.0 38.9 39.2 41.1 39.1 39.7 36.7 39.5 39.2 39.5 38.8 – – 5.81 7.54 6.03 5.11 5.66 5.05 5.29 6.48 – 7.85 6.95 5.88 8.68 8.20 8.31 6.92 – – 6.6 7.6 4.5 11.7 10.1 14.5 8.4 5.0 – 6.0 5.8 3.5 4.7 8.1 2.4 4.4 – – 23.9 18.3 20.3 19.0 20.7 19.5 15.6 21.1 – 22.7 22.6 20.3 16.4 16.3 20.4 18.6 11.43 6.81 12.0 4.9 37.5 29.9 11.46 7.04 12.0 4.2 37.7 38.3 – – – – – – Blue collar –Continued Transportation and material moving –Continued Truck drivers ...................................................... Driver-sales workers .......................................... Bus drivers ......................................................... Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... Operating engineers .......................................... Crane and tower operators ................................ Excavating and loading machine operators ....... Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c. ............................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ....................................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... Helpers, construction trades .............................. Construction laborers ......................................... Production helpers ............................................. Stock handlers and baggers .............................. Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... Garage and service station related .................... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... Hand packers and packagers ............................ Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. Service .............................................................................. Protective service .................................................. Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... Supervisors, police and detectives .................... Supervisors, guards ........................................... Firefighting ......................................................... Police and detectives, public service ................. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................. Correctional institution officers ........................... Guards and police, except public service .......... Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... Food service .......................................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... Bartenders ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ...................................... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... Other food service ............................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ Cooks ................................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... Health service ........................................................ Health aides, except nursing ............................. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ Cleaning and building service ................................ Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ............................................................ Maids and housemen ........................................ See footnotes at end of table. 7 TABLE 3. Selected occupations, West North Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Occupation4 Service –Continued Cleaning and building service –Continued Janitors and cleaners ......................................... Personal service .................................................... Supervisors, personal service ............................ Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ............................................................ Ushers ............................................................... Welfare service aides ........................................ Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. Service, n.e.c. .................................................... Part time Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $9.30 8.37 13.89 4.3 3.5 9.2 31.5 30.4 36.2 $9.90 8.94 14.49 4.6 3.5 7.1 39.2 38.7 40.7 $7.30 7.28 – 3.8 4.3 – 19.0 21.5 – 7.65 6.74 8.04 7.47 8.20 8.39 4.0 6.0 6.6 5.6 3.5 4.7 36.7 12.1 28.5 28.2 25.7 30.2 – – 7.91 8.05 8.64 8.97 – – 9.4 5.7 3.9 4.4 – – 39.9 39.3 39.9 40.0 6.44 6.74 8.31 7.02 7.27 7.06 4.9 6.0 4.3 6.4 3.4 6.9 26.0 12.1 18.0 23.1 14.7 19.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 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. 8 TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999 Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All .......................................................................................... All, excluding sales ........................................................ $13.84 14.02 3.2 3.4 35.1 35.9 $14.80 14.81 3.4 3.7 40.1 40.1 $7.77 8.18 2.6 3.0 19.5 20.0 White collar ...................................................................... White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 16.44 17.88 4.4 5.5 35.3 37.3 17.47 18.30 4.7 5.7 40.2 40.2 8.94 12.25 4.0 4.7 18.5 18.9 Professional specialty and technical ......................... Professional specialty ................................................ Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... Civil engineers ................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers .................... Industrial engineers ........................................... Mechanical engineers ........................................ Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ Operations and systems researchers and analysts ............................................................ Natural scientists ................................................... Chemists, except biochemists ........................... Biological and life scientists ............................... Health related ........................................................ Physicians .......................................................... Registered nurses .............................................. Pharmacists ....................................................... Dietitians ............................................................ Respiratory therapists ........................................ Occupational therapists ..................................... Physical therapists ............................................. Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... Teachers, college and university ........................... Health specialities 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, n.e.c. ................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ............. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ Social scientists and urban planners ..................... Economists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... Social workers ................................................... Lawyers and judges ............................................... Lawyers ............................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. Designers ........................................................... Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers ...................................................... Editors and reporters ......................................... Public relations specialists ................................. Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....................................................... Radiological technicians .................................... Licensed practical nurses .................................. Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... Electrical and electronic technicians .................. Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... Drafters .............................................................. Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ 20.46 22.22 28.44 30.10 27.20 24.89 26.80 29.34 24.33 24.49 2.5 2.6 2.1 3.4 2.6 3.4 5.0 3.1 6.3 7.0 35.5 36.6 41.4 39.3 40.9 41.2 40.2 42.7 40.0 40.0 20.96 22.63 28.44 30.10 27.20 24.89 26.80 29.34 24.34 24.51 2.6 2.6 2.1 3.4 2.6 3.4 5.0 3.1 6.3 7.0 39.9 40.3 41.5 40.4 40.9 41.2 40.2 42.7 40.1 40.1 15.98 18.04 – – – – – – – – 6.1 8.9 – – – – – – – – 17.8 18.9 – – – – – – – – 23.10 24.86 25.08 26.05 21.58 59.64 18.49 27.17 12.78 17.42 23.65 23.54 15.25 28.20 23.24 32.59 27.07 12.81 – 21.67 20.31 13.79 17.33 – 19.74 19.09 13.03 12.89 33.82 33.82 6.7 9.7 11.7 13.2 3.2 12.9 2.0 4.9 9.2 10.1 4.4 5.4 7.5 4.9 2.1 13.3 8.1 14.1 – 9.8 6.7 7.0 12.2 – 8.3 10.4 8.4 8.7 10.1 10.1 40.0 40.7 41.8 40.0 33.5 41.4 33.0 31.3 34.2 39.4 26.5 35.1 40.0 28.1 39.2 32.0 24.9 28.0 – 38.3 33.7 26.9 31.6 – 39.6 40.0 39.5 39.5 52.0 52.0 23.10 24.86 25.08 26.05 21.85 59.74 18.23 29.05 – 17.42 – 22.42 15.25 28.48 – 28.72 27.07 14.81 9.89 21.66 20.75 13.61 16.88 – 19.84 19.09 13.01 12.86 33.67 33.67 6.7 9.7 11.7 13.2 4.1 13.3 1.9 3.3 – 10.1 – 2.3 7.5 4.1 – 10.4 7.7 8.6 6.1 9.9 7.4 7.2 12.2 – 8.6 10.4 8.5 8.8 10.3 10.3 40.0 40.7 41.8 40.0 39.5 43.5 39.1 40.2 – 39.4 – 39.9 40.0 38.9 – 37.9 39.1 38.9 38.3 39.0 38.9 39.4 39.5 – 40.2 40.0 39.9 39.9 54.1 54.1 – – – – 20.43 – 19.49 – – – – – – 25.64 – – – – – – 17.55 14.22 – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.2 – 3.1 – – – – – – 20.6 – – – – – – 9.1 14.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.4 – 20.5 – – – – – – 7.8 – – – – – – 18.4 15.5 – – – – – – – – 19.69 16.62 9.6 5.8 34.8 40.0 20.38 16.75 10.1 5.6 40.2 40.6 – – – – – – 19.15 19.48 15.22 30.00 17.42 16.4 9.0 18.6 12.5 7.2 41.0 38.6 38.7 40.3 33.8 19.15 20.03 15.07 30.00 17.97 16.4 9.2 18.8 12.5 7.4 41.0 40.2 40.0 40.3 39.2 – – – – 13.30 – – – – 10.2 – – – – 16.5 14.69 16.59 12.41 11.66 18.27 19.50 15.51 14.45 5.9 4.4 3.7 5.5 6.2 2.6 4.0 8.8 38.1 34.1 33.9 34.7 40.2 39.6 39.4 39.0 14.35 16.93 12.66 11.73 18.27 19.60 15.61 14.41 5.8 4.8 3.5 6.0 6.2 2.5 4.1 8.9 39.9 39.7 39.8 39.6 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 18.68 14.94 11.37 11.37 – – – – 8.8 6.4 4.2 8.0 – – – – 24.9 20.3 21.2 23.6 – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 9 TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $97.62 21.70 19.81 18.65 20.6 5.0 10.8 9.9 19.9 40.1 38.8 36.6 $97.62 21.95 19.81 18.98 20.6 5.0 10.8 9.9 19.9 40.5 38.8 39.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – 26.39 29.37 44.18 25.69 12.0 15.1 26.3 7.3 41.6 43.0 43.6 44.3 26.38 29.38 44.18 25.69 12.0 15.1 26.3 7.3 42.2 43.0 43.6 44.3 $29.32 – – – 18.4 – – – 7.8 – – – 37.91 22.90 28.13 8.5 7.2 5.7 41.0 39.9 40.3 37.91 23.28 28.13 8.5 7.0 5.7 41.0 40.4 40.3 – – – – – – – – – 16.18 15.48 14.84 26.92 19.48 23.12 18.49 20.11 25.12 11.1 9.2 13.9 8.2 5.2 10.1 10.7 7.4 10.7 41.4 39.9 40.4 43.6 38.8 39.4 39.7 40.9 40.1 16.18 15.48 14.84 26.92 19.38 23.16 18.49 20.11 25.13 11.1 9.2 13.9 8.2 5.2 10.1 10.7 7.4 10.7 41.4 39.9 40.4 43.6 40.4 39.7 39.7 40.9 40.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.49 9.5 40.2 16.49 9.5 40.3 – – – 25.85 20.03 16.83 7.7 7.6 8.0 28.8 40.9 37.3 24.03 20.03 16.76 5.6 7.6 7.9 42.2 40.9 40.2 – – – – – – – – – Sales ............................................................................. Supervisors, sales ............................................. Insurance sales .................................................. Securities and financial services sales .............. Advertising and related sales ............................. Sales, other business services .......................... Sales engineers ................................................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... Sales workers, apparel ...................................... Sales workers, hardware and building supplies Sales workers, parts .......................................... Sales workers, other commodities ..................... Sales counter clerks .......................................... Cashiers ............................................................. Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 12.60 15.87 19.96 43.08 16.23 17.50 22.44 6.0 9.1 15.2 18.8 11.4 13.8 8.1 30.8 41.3 33.4 41.6 37.8 33.2 41.6 14.68 15.89 21.49 43.08 16.88 19.37 22.44 4.9 9.1 14.7 18.8 12.1 14.7 8.1 40.3 41.5 40.2 41.6 40.4 38.8 41.6 6.50 – – – – 7.34 – 2.5 – – – – 18.2 – 18.3 – – – – 18.7 – 25.65 20.84 8.37 11.70 15.16 9.60 6.74 7.02 8.63 9.86 16.8 13.6 5.4 8.3 29.4 9.9 3.5 2.1 5.9 7.0 39.9 45.7 30.5 39.1 38.2 28.3 28.6 24.2 21.4 39.6 25.71 20.84 – – 17.20 10.73 7.05 7.64 – – 16.8 13.6 – – 29.1 9.7 5.2 2.4 – – 40.0 45.7 – – 41.5 40.7 39.8 38.6 – – – – – – – 7.13 6.33 6.39 7.62 – – – – – – 8.8 4.1 3.4 8.9 – – – – – – 17.1 21.0 17.5 16.2 – Administrative support, including clerical ................ Supervisors, general office ................................ Supervisors, financial records processing ......... Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ................................................ Computer operators ........................................... Peripheral equipment operators ........................ Secretaries ......................................................... Stenographers ................................................... Typists ............................................................... Interviewers ....................................................... 10.95 14.56 14.62 2.4 5.1 12.6 36.4 40.2 41.4 11.17 14.56 14.62 2.3 5.1 12.6 39.3 40.2 41.4 8.66 – – 4.0 – – 20.5 – – 17.88 13.75 9.81 11.03 11.59 9.84 9.13 9.8 5.3 1.0 6.5 4.2 5.8 5.7 39.7 38.9 39.9 37.2 39.5 35.9 32.4 17.88 13.85 9.81 11.11 11.59 9.80 8.46 9.8 5.2 1.0 7.2 4.2 6.6 4.3 39.7 40.0 39.9 38.2 39.5 39.9 35.4 – – – 9.64 – – – – – – 11.7 – – – – – – 26.3 – – – White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Technical –Continued Airplane pilots and navigators ............................ Computer programmers ..................................... Legal assistants ................................................. Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... Executives, administrators, and managers ............ Financial managers ........................................... Purchasing managers ........................................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ........................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ...... Managers, medicine and health ......................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................. Managers, properties and real estate ................ Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. Management related .............................................. Accountants and auditors .................................. Underwriters ...................................................... Other financial officers ....................................... Management analysts ........................................ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........................................................ Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products ........................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... Management related, n.e.c. ............................... See footnotes at end of table. 10 TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) – $8.71 11.45 14.73 12.16 – 4.0 4.5 7.1 7.7 – 33.6 36.0 40.0 37.0 $8.00 8.52 11.77 14.73 12.88 2.5 3.3 4.4 7.1 5.7 39.1 38.1 39.9 40.0 39.9 – $9.39 8.57 – 7.82 – 9.9 5.0 – 10.1 – 23.4 19.0 – 25.8 11.61 8.80 9.51 10.51 13.57 12.40 7.36 7.95 18.19 15.13 11.10 10.19 13.74 8.0 3.4 9.3 3.4 7.1 8.4 9.7 3.0 24.2 3.5 8.5 4.6 14.1 38.9 36.0 38.6 37.5 20.6 31.0 32.4 27.3 38.8 39.5 39.1 35.8 31.3 11.63 8.94 9.56 10.53 14.10 12.94 – – 18.45 15.18 11.17 10.42 – 8.0 4.2 9.8 3.6 7.3 10.3 – – 24.4 3.4 8.5 5.3 – 39.1 39.7 39.6 39.5 39.9 38.3 – – 40.2 40.1 39.6 40.0 – – – 8.57 10.15 – 10.75 – – – – – 8.12 – – – 2.2 4.7 – 2.2 – – – – – 5.6 – – – 26.6 21.6 – 19.6 – – – – – 18.6 – 8.85 8.2 30.9 9.22 11.3 40.0 7.57 4.9 17.3 13.99 11.01 11.41 10.29 7.75 9.85 9.05 11.22 7.5 6.4 4.9 3.9 4.1 3.0 3.9 6.7 38.9 39.6 39.2 36.5 31.5 38.6 37.9 38.8 13.99 11.10 11.49 10.46 8.11 9.87 – 11.34 7.5 6.7 5.0 4.3 3.3 3.2 – 6.6 38.9 40.2 40.0 39.6 37.0 39.9 – 40.1 – 7.98 – 8.55 6.81 9.49 – 9.32 – 11.9 – 7.4 3.1 7.4 – 11.4 – 26.5 – 20.6 22.6 25.1 – 26.0 Blue collar ........................................................................ 12.81 2.4 38.6 13.14 2.5 40.4 7.93 5.0 22.9 Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. Automobile mechanics ....................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... Automobile body and related repairers .............. Aircraft mechanics, except engine ..................... Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. Industrial machinery repairers ........................... Machinery maintenance ..................................... Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ......................................... Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ........................................................ Millwrights .......................................................... Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. Carpenters ......................................................... Electricians ........................................................ Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... Structural metal workers .................................... Supervisors, production ..................................... Tool and die makers .......................................... Precision assemblers, metal .............................. Machinists .......................................................... Sheet metal workers .......................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 15.86 18.96 14.85 11.68 16.68 19.38 16.30 15.50 12.72 4.2 5.1 8.7 6.5 8.2 9.4 5.1 3.9 17.0 40.1 42.9 40.1 40.5 42.5 40.0 40.2 39.5 40.0 15.87 18.96 14.85 11.68 16.68 19.38 16.30 15.50 12.72 4.2 5.1 8.7 6.5 8.2 9.4 5.1 3.9 17.0 40.2 42.9 40.1 40.5 42.5 40.0 40.2 39.5 40.0 12.49 – – – – – – – – 10.1 – – – – – – – – 20.9 – – – – – – – – 17.85 5.2 40.0 17.85 5.2 40.0 – – – 15.94 19.82 14.86 22.52 18.21 23.37 17.99 17.44 20.12 21.88 13.95 16.76 19.82 10.10 13.77 11.0 9.8 7.4 8.3 6.7 8.9 14.8 7.6 5.2 2.1 15.3 6.9 3.6 6.5 9.9 40.0 40.0 40.3 42.7 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.3 40.0 15.94 19.82 14.88 22.52 18.19 23.37 17.99 17.44 20.12 21.88 13.95 16.76 19.82 10.15 13.77 11.0 9.8 7.4 8.3 6.8 8.9 14.8 7.6 5.2 2.1 15.3 6.9 3.6 6.4 9.9 40.0 40.0 40.3 42.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – White collar –Continued Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Hotel clerks ........................................................ Receptionists ..................................................... Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... Correspondence clerks ...................................... Order clerks ....................................................... Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ..................................................... File clerks ........................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... Telephone operators .......................................... Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... Messengers ....................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................ Production coordinators ..................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. Stock and inventory clerks ................................. Expeditors .......................................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... Bill and account collectors ................................. General office clerks .......................................... Bank tellers ........................................................ Data entry keyers ............................................... Teachers’ aides ................................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ See footnotes at end of table. 11 TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $9.35 17.92 18.24 3.2 10.8 6.0 38.0 40.8 40.0 $9.36 17.92 18.24 3.3 10.8 6.0 40.0 40.8 40.0 – – – – – – – – – 12.44 11.99 3.9 4.5 39.5 39.2 12.56 12.04 4.1 4.4 39.9 40.0 $7.41 – 7.7 – 27.0 – 11.93 12.29 15.05 11.73 11.61 14.28 16.50 15.40 6.59 15.94 11.97 8.88 14.85 12.66 10.37 12.90 12.74 12.45 12.62 14.09 14.98 8.1 4.6 9.5 5.2 6.2 5.2 6.6 11.4 4.9 12.1 10.4 5.4 4.7 8.7 13.8 8.2 6.4 4.4 5.5 7.7 8.5 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.6 40.0 38.9 39.4 22.3 40.0 39.5 39.3 40.0 39.6 37.4 39.7 40.0 39.8 40.0 39.3 40.0 11.93 12.29 15.05 11.73 11.63 14.28 16.50 15.40 6.78 15.94 12.00 8.88 14.85 12.96 – 12.93 12.74 12.84 12.62 14.23 14.98 8.1 4.6 9.5 5.2 6.1 5.2 6.6 11.4 1.7 12.1 10.6 5.4 4.7 8.0 – 8.2 6.4 4.1 5.5 7.3 8.5 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 38.9 39.4 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.3 40.0 39.9 – 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.2 40.0 – – – – – – – – 6.44 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.19 16.99 11.65 – 10.61 9.33 7.80 21.04 18.62 12.71 3.2 10.7 4.3 – 1.9 6.5 7.6 2.2 5.6 2.8 39.1 41.3 43.5 – 19.4 35.6 32.7 40.7 40.0 39.7 12.44 16.99 11.64 13.97 – – – 21.04 18.62 12.64 3.3 10.7 4.3 19.3 – – – 2.2 5.6 2.6 42.5 41.3 43.8 40.0 – – – 40.7 40.0 39.8 9.37 – 13.75 – 10.52 – – – – – 10.9 – 11.2 – 1.8 – – – – – 20.6 – 24.5 – 18.5 – – – – – 14.75 9.9 39.9 14.77 10.0 40.0 – – – Blue collar –Continued Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued Bakers ................................................................ Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ Stationary engineers .......................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... Punching and stamping press operators ........... Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators ........................................... Forging machine operators ................................ Numerical control machine operators ................ Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... Molding and casting machine operators ............ Metal plating machine operators ........................ Printing press operators ..................................... Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Cementing and gluing machine operators ......... Packaging and filling machine operators ........... Extruding and forming machine operators ......... Painting and paint spraying machine operators Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... Photographic process machine operators ......... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... Welders and cutters ........................................... Assemblers ........................................................ Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners Production testers .............................................. Transportation and material moving ......................... Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ Truck drivers ...................................................... Driver-sales workers .......................................... Bus drivers ......................................................... Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... Crane and tower operators ................................ Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c. ............................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ....................................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... Helpers, construction trades .............................. Construction laborers ......................................... Production helpers ............................................. Stock handlers and baggers .............................. Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... Garage and service station related .................... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... Hand packers and packagers ............................ Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 9.61 8.32 2.4 9.2 35.7 27.3 10.05 9.68 1.8 8.6 39.7 40.0 7.31 6.99 3.4 9.0 23.4 20.8 12.12 11.11 9.64 12.02 10.64 9.11 9.66 10.27 8.71 8.46 8.59 9.21 7.7 16.8 6.8 10.3 6.0 5.4 10.2 7.1 6.3 9.2 6.5 3.0 40.0 39.2 38.3 39.7 38.6 28.0 37.7 35.6 39.8 39.2 38.1 37.6 12.12 – 9.62 11.97 10.76 11.46 9.60 10.65 8.68 8.46 8.59 9.49 7.7 – 7.0 10.2 5.5 5.0 10.5 6.1 6.3 8.8 7.0 3.2 40.0 – 40.0 39.9 39.3 39.7 39.2 39.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.5 – – – – – 6.49 – 8.57 – – 8.59 7.48 – – – – – 4.1 – 5.3 – – 6.9 3.7 – – – – – 21.1 – 24.6 – – 26.5 28.8 Service .............................................................................. 8.05 3.5 28.7 8.93 4.0 38.9 6.48 3.6 19.6 See footnotes at end of table. 12 TABLE 4. Selected occupations, West North Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Occupation4 Service –Continued Protective service .................................................. Guards and police, except public service .......... Food service .......................................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... Bartenders ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ...................................... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... Other food service ............................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ Cooks ................................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... Health service ........................................................ Health aides, except nursing ............................. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ Cleaning and building service ................................ Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ............................................................ Maids and housemen ........................................ Janitors and cleaners ......................................... Personal service .................................................... Supervisors, personal service ............................ Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ............................................................ Ushers ............................................................... Welfare service aides ........................................ Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. Service, n.e.c. .................................................... Part time Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $8.25 7.83 7.03 4.85 6.46 4.54 5.77 7.93 10.37 9.06 7.29 6.26 9.86 9.07 9.06 8.34 11.1 10.8 2.8 9.5 8.7 12.7 7.4 2.5 7.9 3.1 4.4 4.3 8.9 4.4 8.3 6.3 31.4 31.4 26.9 24.2 31.3 24.3 19.2 28.2 40.2 32.0 28.0 23.1 30.1 27.6 32.5 30.2 $9.97 9.37 8.05 4.54 6.70 3.82 6.92 9.22 10.43 9.62 7.78 7.53 10.20 9.46 9.30 8.83 9.5 9.1 4.5 12.9 11.9 18.6 9.2 4.6 8.2 3.8 5.2 3.1 9.7 5.0 10.0 6.2 39.7 39.7 38.8 37.1 37.1 36.9 38.9 39.4 41.2 39.2 39.7 36.9 39.6 39.2 39.5 38.5 $5.71 – 5.96 5.10 5.66 5.05 5.25 6.40 – 7.82 6.89 5.80 8.64 8.14 8.25 6.89 5.0 – 4.7 11.8 10.1 14.5 8.5 5.1 – 6.4 6.0 3.2 4.8 8.1 2.5 4.4 24.0 – 20.3 19.0 20.7 19.5 15.6 21.1 – 22.8 22.7 20.4 16.3 16.2 20.4 18.5 11.09 6.81 8.72 8.21 13.89 13.0 4.9 4.6 4.4 9.2 37.4 29.8 29.4 30.6 36.2 11.12 7.04 9.35 8.81 14.49 13.1 4.2 5.6 3.6 7.1 37.7 38.3 38.8 38.8 40.7 – – 7.27 6.73 – – – 3.9 5.6 – – – 18.9 20.1 – 7.65 6.74 7.29 6.83 7.90 8.32 4.0 6.0 3.3 5.3 3.9 5.1 36.7 12.1 29.1 27.8 25.0 30.1 – – 7.11 7.68 8.38 8.90 – – 2.8 4.3 3.6 4.7 – – 39.9 39.9 39.9 40.0 6.44 6.74 7.75 – 6.83 7.03 4.9 6.0 3.0 – 3.0 7.3 26.0 12.1 17.3 – 13.6 19.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 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. 13 TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999 Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All .......................................................................................... All, excluding sales ........................................................ $18.11 18.11 2.2 2.2 36.9 36.9 $18.62 18.62 1.9 1.9 39.4 39.4 $11.73 11.75 5.6 5.7 20.6 20.6 White collar ...................................................................... White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 20.15 20.15 2.3 2.3 36.9 36.9 20.52 20.53 2.3 2.3 39.0 39.0 13.83 13.88 4.8 4.9 19.7 19.7 Professional specialty and technical ......................... Professional specialty ................................................ Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... Mathematical and computer scientists ................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ Natural scientists ................................................... Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... Health related ........................................................ Registered nurses .............................................. Teachers, college and university ........................... Medical science teachers .................................. Health specialities 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 ..................................................... Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... Social workers ................................................... Lawyers and judges ............................................... Lawyers ............................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ................................................................... Licensed practical nurses .................................. Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 23.57 24.67 25.25 21.20 21.17 16.79 24.09 25.32 20.07 29.74 35.49 24.02 33.24 25.71 29.64 24.85 25.56 26.82 26.65 26.23 23.21 21.86 9.61 23.03 24.96 24.96 23.65 25.09 15.67 15.68 26.27 24.89 2.6 2.6 5.6 2.9 2.9 7.7 7.3 10.2 4.8 5.8 18.5 9.1 8.7 8.5 2.2 14.1 2.6 6.0 3.3 3.6 6.6 7.6 5.1 6.1 8.9 8.9 6.2 5.4 3.3 3.3 8.2 5.4 36.7 36.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.5 36.6 36.6 37.1 40.0 38.7 39.6 37.5 34.0 30.0 35.1 34.7 36.4 35.6 37.4 30.7 11.3 39.5 38.2 38.2 39.6 39.5 38.3 38.4 38.1 38.0 23.78 24.83 25.25 21.20 21.17 16.79 24.09 25.33 20.06 29.94 35.49 24.14 – – 29.71 25.11 25.77 27.47 26.66 25.99 23.24 23.07 – 23.03 25.02 25.02 23.65 25.09 15.83 15.84 26.24 24.81 2.7 2.6 5.6 2.9 2.9 7.7 7.3 11.0 5.3 5.9 18.5 9.4 – – 2.0 15.7 2.6 5.7 3.3 3.7 6.8 8.6 – 6.1 8.9 8.9 6.2 5.4 3.3 3.3 8.3 5.3 38.5 38.4 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.5 39.2 39.5 39.9 40.0 40.5 – – 37.4 38.8 37.0 37.1 36.5 37.3 37.8 37.0 – 39.5 38.4 38.4 39.6 39.5 39.9 39.9 39.9 39.9 18.77 20.29 – – – – – 25.29 20.14 23.06 – – – – – 22.95 19.20 – – – – 11.69 9.61 – – – – – – – – – 5.9 7.8 – – – – – 17.2 9.1 6.9 – – – – – 9.4 15.1 – – – – 12.5 5.1 – – – – – – – – – 17.8 16.1 – – – – – 21.9 22.6 10.8 – – – – – 11.2 14.0 – – – – 12.7 11.3 – – – – – – – – – 22.04 23.55 14.05 10.34 13.55 17.26 14.26 11.0 14.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.1 3.9 39.6 40.0 37.1 37.8 32.6 40.0 29.0 22.22 23.55 13.94 9.73 13.55 17.26 14.52 11.2 14.7 5.9 5.1 8.5 5.1 7.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 41.0 40.0 40.0 – – 14.85 16.62 – – – – – 5.7 12.5 – – – – – 24.1 24.7 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... Executives, administrators, and managers ............ Legislators ......................................................... Administrators and officials, public administration .................................................. Administrators, education and related fields ...... 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. ............................... 23.41 27.05 10.20 4.3 4.0 19.8 39.6 39.6 20.1 23.50 27.21 – 4.4 4.0 – 40.5 40.9 – 14.63 13.24 – 14.6 17.3 – 12.6 10.8 – 24.54 35.35 20.42 24.27 17.57 19.00 20.95 3.8 4.8 10.5 13.6 9.0 5.3 14.5 40.8 40.6 40.0 41.7 39.6 39.7 40.0 24.49 35.49 20.42 24.27 17.57 19.00 20.95 3.8 4.8 10.5 13.6 9.0 5.3 14.5 41.0 40.6 40.0 41.7 39.9 39.7 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.69 17.74 6.3 7.1 39.8 39.7 20.73 17.74 6.3 7.1 39.8 39.7 – – – – – – 18.56 14.05 9.6 12.7 39.9 39.2 18.56 13.97 9.6 12.8 39.9 39.9 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 14 TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Occupation4 Part time Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Sales ............................................................................. – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................ Supervisors, general office ................................ Secretaries ......................................................... Typists ............................................................... Receptionists ..................................................... Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... Library clerks ..................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... Dispatchers ........................................................ Stock and inventory clerks ................................. Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... General office clerks .......................................... Teachers’ aides ................................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ $11.42 14.40 11.89 10.56 10.63 10.69 9.48 10.47 13.69 12.13 14.39 13.06 11.43 8.90 11.13 2.3 5.4 3.9 4.3 7.2 17.6 5.5 4.8 5.2 5.1 9.1 4.4 5.0 4.8 4.8 36.4 40.0 38.3 39.8 35.6 34.1 25.4 38.0 39.4 38.8 37.5 40.0 36.3 30.5 34.1 $11.65 14.40 11.97 10.56 10.75 9.46 9.90 10.51 13.73 12.09 14.43 13.06 11.83 8.89 11.22 2.3 5.4 4.0 4.3 7.3 15.8 4.6 5.2 5.4 5.2 9.3 4.4 4.9 6.3 5.6 39.2 40.0 39.6 39.8 40.0 40.0 38.5 39.7 39.9 39.7 38.1 40.0 39.9 34.9 39.7 $9.50 – 10.05 – – – 9.16 – – – – – 8.96 8.93 – 5.5 – 4.3 – – – 9.1 – – – – – 7.2 7.4 – 22.4 – 22.5 – – – 20.3 – – – – – 23.5 24.3 – Blue collar ........................................................................ 14.83 1.5 36.6 15.16 1.4 39.9 11.26 7.1 19.6 Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 16.65 15.66 17.69 14.39 17.30 13.78 18.23 2.0 5.2 6.3 7.8 3.5 6.0 4.8 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 16.66 15.66 17.69 14.40 17.30 13.78 18.23 2.0 5.2 6.3 7.8 3.5 6.0 4.8 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ......................... Truck drivers ...................................................... Bus drivers ......................................................... Operating engineers .......................................... Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 13.75 13.07 14.27 15.54 12.16 3.4 7.9 3.8 7.3 3.6 33.4 40.0 27.3 40.0 40.0 14.02 13.07 15.60 15.54 12.16 3.7 7.9 2.1 7.3 3.6 39.6 40.0 38.5 40.0 40.0 12.51 – 12.52 – – 8.0 – 7.9 – – 19.5 – 19.7 – – 11.71 7.6 40.0 11.71 7.6 40.0 – – – 12.76 14.12 12.87 11.10 5.6 6.2 10.3 9.6 36.3 38.4 40.0 33.5 13.37 14.41 12.87 12.23 4.9 6.7 10.3 4.5 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 7.02 – – – 19.0 – – – 19.4 – – – 13.08 16.13 17.35 23.74 13.81 17.49 4.3 3.4 11.6 3.0 3.3 4.1 36.8 40.2 52.1 40.0 46.4 39.9 13.71 16.23 17.35 23.74 13.85 17.50 3.4 3.3 11.6 3.0 3.4 4.1 40.6 41.7 52.1 40.0 49.4 40.0 8.82 10.60 – – – – 6.7 9.9 – – – – 22.4 13.9 – – – – 16.22 13.51 13.05 10.53 8.26 8.26 11.84 8.76 7.32 7.71 3.6 6.0 8.6 12.7 4.6 4.7 10.6 3.2 3.8 7.2 38.0 39.3 33.7 27.6 28.2 28.3 28.6 31.5 34.8 25.7 16.55 13.55 12.49 11.24 8.26 8.27 13.84 8.69 – 7.91 3.3 6.0 8.1 12.9 5.6 5.6 9.9 4.0 – 8.3 40.1 39.9 39.6 40.0 37.2 37.2 36.9 37.3 – 35.8 – – – – 8.25 8.24 – 9.09 – 7.49 – – – – 5.9 5.9 – 4.6 – 8.6 – – – – 20.1 20.2 – 18.3 – 19.5 White collar –Continued Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ....................................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... Construction laborers ......................................... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 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 ............................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ Cooks ................................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... See footnotes at end of table. 15 TABLE 5. Selected occupations, West North Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued Total Full time Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Occupation4 Service –Continued Health service ........................................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ Cleaning and building service ................................ Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ............................................................ Janitors and cleaners ......................................... Personal service .................................................... Welfare service aides ........................................ Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. Part time Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $10.27 10.28 11.01 7.3 7.9 5.4 36.8 36.8 38.7 $10.30 10.32 11.13 7.9 8.5 5.1 39.5 39.5 39.9 $9.92 9.79 7.95 3.9 4.4 9.4 21.7 21.6 21.4 15.47 10.84 9.52 11.46 9.18 9.99 11.5 5.7 9.8 10.8 12.1 6.5 38.7 38.7 29.2 26.3 29.3 30.1 15.47 10.96 11.24 – 10.88 – 11.5 5.5 6.2 – 9.9 – 38.7 40.0 37.2 – 34.9 – – 7.95 8.86 – 8.79 – – 9.4 11.7 – 13.6 – – 21.4 27.0 – 28.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 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. 16 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999 Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All .......................................................................................... All, excluding sales ........................................................ $14.37 14.61 2.8 3.0 35.3 36.0 $13.84 14.02 3.2 3.4 35.1 35.9 $18.11 18.11 2.2 2.2 36.9 36.9 White collar ...................................................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... 14 ................................................................... 15 ................................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... 14 ................................................................... 15 ................................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... 17.07 6.71 7.22 8.80 10.45 13.38 14.58 17.74 20.67 23.68 26.42 32.20 36.30 67.01 52.62 164.40 20.97 18.38 6.96 8.51 9.24 10.39 13.00 14.18 17.42 20.10 22.77 26.26 30.75 36.08 67.01 52.62 164.40 20.91 3.6 2.7 2.8 2.3 1.9 3.5 2.4 3.1 2.5 2.3 4.1 4.7 3.3 23.1 5.3 31.2 9.8 4.2 5.4 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.9 2.2 2.3 4.2 3.4 3.3 23.1 5.3 31.2 10.1 35.5 25.3 27.7 31.5 36.3 38.5 37.8 38.4 38.4 39.0 34.6 40.6 40.9 42.6 42.4 36.5 34.0 37.2 26.6 34.4 35.1 35.9 37.6 37.7 38.1 38.2 38.8 34.4 40.7 40.9 42.6 42.4 36.5 34.0 16.44 6.67 7.02 8.71 10.46 13.43 14.75 17.00 19.34 23.68 26.89 33.16 36.80 75.24 57.64 169.79 19.41 17.88 6.76 8.29 9.15 10.39 13.01 14.29 16.50 18.20 22.33 26.73 31.46 36.56 75.24 57.64 169.79 19.23 4.4 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1 3.8 2.5 3.8 5.6 2.9 4.5 5.2 3.5 23.4 4.6 30.5 12.7 5.5 6.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.4 3.4 5.2 2.3 4.6 4.0 3.5 23.4 4.6 30.5 13.4 35.3 25.2 27.3 31.4 36.2 38.6 38.1 39.0 39.2 39.6 33.7 40.7 41.0 43.2 43.5 38.2 32.4 37.3 26.9 34.5 35.2 35.8 37.7 38.1 38.7 39.0 39.3 33.4 40.8 41.1 43.2 43.5 38.2 32.2 20.15 7.72 9.45 10.27 10.40 12.88 13.83 20.58 23.06 23.69 23.77 28.70 33.50 38.89 39.93 – 23.36 20.15 7.72 9.44 10.29 10.40 12.88 13.83 20.58 23.06 23.69 23.77 28.70 33.50 38.89 39.93 – 23.36 2.3 4.3 6.8 4.6 2.5 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.0 3.5 4.9 4.2 8.0 12.6 8.8 – 7.9 2.3 4.3 6.8 4.6 2.5 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.0 3.5 4.9 4.2 8.0 12.6 8.8 – 7.9 36.9 25.8 33.8 33.7 36.6 36.9 36.5 36.2 36.9 37.9 41.0 40.3 39.9 40.6 40.0 – 36.9 36.9 25.8 33.9 34.0 36.7 36.9 36.5 36.2 36.9 37.9 41.0 40.3 39.9 40.6 40.0 – 36.9 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 ..................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... Civil engineers ................................................... 9 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 21.51 23.24 9.39 12.98 13.73 19.19 22.11 23.82 23.75 29.04 32.86 47.12 43.60 20.55 28.03 22.55 24.72 23.65 25.18 30.07 35.41 40.12 29.67 25.69 29.48 27.46 1.9 1.7 5.7 2.9 8.5 3.7 3.9 2.9 2.6 2.7 4.0 8.1 6.8 10.4 2.3 3.2 4.3 2.6 2.8 1.7 4.8 4.3 3.6 7.1 3.5 2.5 35.9 36.6 18.7 35.9 32.4 35.5 35.9 37.5 38.4 40.5 41.4 40.2 41.6 32.7 41.2 40.3 40.2 41.2 40.3 42.8 41.1 39.9 39.4 40.0 38.0 40.9 20.46 22.22 9.10 12.89 13.27 17.34 19.25 22.79 24.72 30.11 33.83 52.58 51.45 17.82 28.44 23.02 24.51 24.46 25.18 30.17 36.74 40.12 30.10 – 30.17 27.20 2.5 2.6 7.3 2.8 8.5 4.8 2.9 3.2 3.1 1.9 4.0 8.5 10.4 12.6 2.1 3.5 4.5 2.6 2.8 1.7 4.9 4.3 3.4 – 3.5 2.6 35.5 36.6 28.1 38.0 33.7 35.2 35.0 37.8 37.5 41.0 42.0 40.2 45.6 29.6 41.4 40.4 40.2 41.6 40.3 42.9 41.5 39.9 39.3 – 37.8 40.9 23.57 24.67 – 13.68 15.88 21.85 24.09 25.10 21.78 27.44 28.92 38.94 39.96 24.52 25.25 – – 21.09 – – – – – – – – 2.6 2.6 – 10.1 10.1 5.3 5.3 2.8 3.3 5.5 8.9 15.3 9.3 9.6 5.6 – – 4.2 – – – – – – – – 36.7 36.6 – 25.1 27.4 36.0 36.4 37.1 40.4 39.6 39.0 40.3 40.0 38.5 40.0 – – 40.0 – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 17 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $27.56 32.75 24.72 22.19 27.15 24.01 28.50 22.79 24.39 26.08 31.36 36.27 24.07 19.78 24.82 25.36 29.08 32.98 38.81 24.19 19.91 24.78 25.11 29.51 32.95 38.81 3.7 2.2 3.3 2.7 4.1 3.6 3.5 4.1 2.4 4.6 2.1 3.3 5.5 7.4 1.7 4.4 3.8 4.6 5.3 6.1 8.4 1.9 4.6 4.5 4.8 5.3 42.3 40.0 41.1 42.0 40.2 40.4 42.4 40.4 41.5 40.5 46.0 43.4 40.0 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.6 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.7 40.1 40.0 $27.27 – 24.89 22.11 26.80 24.01 29.34 23.56 25.12 26.08 31.36 36.27 24.33 19.78 24.93 27.46 29.94 32.98 38.81 24.49 19.91 24.90 27.27 30.68 32.95 38.81 4.1 – 3.4 3.5 5.0 3.6 3.1 4.7 4.1 4.6 2.1 3.3 6.3 7.4 1.6 2.4 2.7 4.6 5.3 7.0 8.4 1.8 2.5 3.1 4.8 5.3 42.6 – 41.2 42.5 40.2 40.4 42.7 40.5 42.1 40.5 46.0 43.4 40.0 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.7 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.9 40.1 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – $21.20 – 22.46 – – – – 21.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2.9 – 6.4 – – – – 2.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 40.0 – 39.8 – – – – 40.0 – – – – – – 23.12 25.54 20.79 18.77 22.80 26.79 6.6 3.0 8.8 4.0 5.4 13.3 40.0 39.9 40.3 40.0 39.7 41.2 23.10 25.59 24.86 – – 32.77 6.7 3.1 9.7 – – 4.3 40.0 40.0 40.7 – – 42.6 – – 16.79 – – – – – 7.7 – – – – – 39.9 – – – White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued Electrical and electronic engineers –Continued 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... Industrial engineers ........................................... 9 ................................................................... Mechanical engineers ........................................ 10 ................................................................... Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 7 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... Operations and systems researchers and analysts ............................................................ 9 ................................................................... Natural scientists ................................................... 7 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 18 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level Hourly earnings Mean Relative error5 (percent) $25.08 27.78 19.63 22.19 13.79 14.40 17.59 18.99 21.20 21.56 32.22 71.99 58.95 72.52 18.72 13.88 17.02 17.68 18.23 20.38 24.63 27.14 27.30 29.14 13.13 17.42 23.56 22.83 23.04 25.72 15.54 26.79 29.53 26.42 19.60 26.46 24.94 30.28 35.08 32.48 21.58 34.93 23.86 35.94 33.11 37.61 23.53 25.42 29.60 25.11 24.33 16.28 26.98 24.38 9.45 11.81 11.70 23.18 11.7 7.6 12.6 3.2 3.8 10.1 3.3 5.4 3.2 9.0 10.5 6.8 9.8 6.9 1.8 4.9 5.0 3.3 3.5 3.8 5.2 7.1 4.6 2.6 9.1 10.1 3.9 5.3 6.3 4.5 7.0 8.6 5.2 6.6 21.4 5.5 6.2 6.9 6.0 3.3 25.7 18.1 7.3 6.3 7.6 23.4 6.0 8.1 2.2 12.5 10.6 12.8 13.9 2.3 6.7 9.0 29.1 5.0 State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) 41.8 39.7 40.0 34.0 34.0 35.2 31.7 34.0 35.1 33.6 35.9 40.9 40.6 40.9 33.5 33.3 32.0 31.6 33.9 35.1 34.8 35.9 31.7 39.2 32.6 39.4 28.2 35.6 38.3 30.6 40.0 40.0 35.5 23.8 36.4 36.9 37.8 39.9 40.6 39.3 40.6 39.9 38.8 35.0 37.8 25.1 27.8 31.4 33.8 29.3 20.4 37.8 40.0 34.3 16.8 23.4 25.3 36.5 $25.08 – 26.05 21.58 13.79 14.41 17.74 18.59 21.06 19.75 33.21 77.18 59.64 78.11 18.49 13.88 17.14 17.86 18.09 20.04 – 24.84 27.17 – 12.78 17.42 23.65 23.54 – – 15.25 – 28.20 – 23.80 26.01 – – – – – – 23.24 – 32.59 – – – – 27.07 – – – 12.81 9.06 12.58 – 15.54 11.7 – 13.2 3.2 3.8 10.2 3.6 4.9 3.5 10.7 13.5 8.7 12.9 8.8 2.0 4.9 5.4 3.7 3.9 3.8 – 8.8 4.9 – 9.2 10.1 4.4 5.4 – – 7.5 – 4.9 – 5.6 10.0 – – – – – – 2.1 – 13.3 – – – – 8.1 – – – 14.1 9.2 10.5 – 2.5 Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean 41.8 – 40.0 33.5 34.0 35.2 31.2 33.6 34.7 31.7 35.4 41.7 41.4 41.8 33.0 33.3 31.9 31.2 33.4 34.6 – 34.7 31.3 – 34.2 39.4 26.5 35.1 – – 40.0 – 28.1 – 32.7 32.9 – – – – – – 39.2 – 32.0 – – – – 24.9 – – – 28.0 26.8 33.3 – 33.6 – $24.09 – 25.32 – – 16.70 21.31 21.82 – 29.33 – – – 20.07 – – 16.47 19.21 21.78 – – – – – – – – – – – – 29.74 27.19 18.11 26.51 – 30.53 34.73 – – 35.49 24.02 – 33.24 – – 25.71 29.64 24.85 24.73 – – 25.56 – 11.26 20.83 23.37 Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Natural scientists –Continued Chemists, except biochemists ........................... Physical scientists, n.e.c. ................................... Biological and life scientists ............................... Health related ........................................................ 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... Physicians .......................................................... 13 ................................................................... Registered nurses .............................................. 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Pharmacists ....................................................... 9 ................................................................... Dietitians ............................................................ Respiratory therapists ........................................ Occupational therapists ..................................... Physical therapists ............................................. 9 ................................................................... Speech therapists .............................................. Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... Physicians’ assistants ........................................ Teachers, college and university ........................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... Social science teachers, n.e.c. .......................... Mathematical science teachers ......................... Medical science teachers .................................. Health specialities teachers ............................... Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 8 ................................................................... Education teachers ............................................ English teachers ................................................ Trade and industrial teachers ............................ Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Teachers, except college and university ................ 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 19 – 7.3 – 10.2 – – 5.6 5.3 5.5 – 8.7 – – – 4.8 – – 6.0 3.5 6.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.8 4.5 27.8 5.8 – 7.8 6.5 – – 18.5 9.1 – 8.7 – – 8.5 2.2 14.1 10.7 – – 2.6 – 15.7 5.1 5.1 – 39.5 – 36.6 – – 35.1 37.0 37.2 – 37.3 – – – 36.6 – – 34.5 37.8 37.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – 37.1 29.8 37.9 37.4 – 40.2 40.8 – – 40.0 38.7 – 39.6 – – 37.5 34.0 30.0 20.7 – – 35.1 – 19.4 27.1 36.6 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level Hourly earnings Mean Relative error5 (percent) $26.25 27.59 23.98 15.17 25.62 26.57 18.31 21.72 24.36 26.24 29.18 26.10 19.42 21.90 24.00 27.73 27.39 22.77 19.67 25.83 29.09 20.73 10.20 13.05 22.97 25.14 22.94 9.61 20.64 20.36 20.83 20.61 22.41 30.20 27.00 20.61 22.66 30.20 27.00 21.34 21.21 19.09 22.19 24.25 14.22 14.51 12.23 14.59 17.96 20.46 14.16 14.55 12.12 14.61 17.86 13.63 29.03 3.8 2.7 5.7 20.6 7.9 3.2 3.4 .0 5.7 4.2 2.9 3.5 16.4 2.4 6.8 3.8 5.7 6.7 8.2 4.7 3.2 6.6 6.9 9.5 6.7 9.5 14.7 5.1 6.9 14.0 8.0 16.3 14.5 9.8 15.2 16.5 15.6 9.8 15.2 6.6 5.0 10.4 6.0 4.4 4.7 8.4 9.0 2.6 5.5 8.4 4.9 8.3 8.9 2.7 5.5 7.6 6.8 State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) 35.4 36.1 24.4 28.0 34.8 36.5 40.3 36.7 36.5 36.2 36.7 35.6 38.2 33.0 37.6 34.5 34.4 37.4 38.8 35.4 36.7 30.1 22.0 26.9 35.4 34.4 35.4 11.3 35.7 35.9 39.5 38.7 37.9 35.6 39.0 38.7 37.7 35.6 39.0 39.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.2 38.9 38.7 38.2 39.1 39.4 40.0 39.0 38.7 38.4 39.3 39.4 37.4 42.3 $16.52 21.11 – – – 21.67 19.60 – – 19.30 26.58 20.31 – – 15.66 20.64 – – – – – 13.79 – 13.06 15.88 – – – 17.33 – – – – – – – – – – 19.74 22.19 19.09 22.19 – 13.03 – – 13.68 16.23 – 12.89 – – 14.01 – – 33.82 14.0 4.7 – – – 9.8 6.3 – – 15.3 8.4 6.7 – – 5.2 6.5 – – – – – 7.0 – 11.1 3.1 – – – 12.2 – – – – – – – – – – 8.3 6.0 10.4 6.0 – 8.4 – – 11.1 8.8 – 8.7 – – 12.3 – – 10.1 Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean 32.0 39.3 – – – 38.3 40.8 – – 39.0 37.3 33.7 – – 34.2 33.8 – – – – – 26.9 – 33.1 34.1 – – – 31.6 – – – – – – – – – – 39.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 – 39.5 – – 32.8 35.9 – 39.5 – – 34.6 – – 52.0 $26.58 27.96 – 26.82 25.62 26.65 – 21.72 24.40 26.36 29.23 26.23 – 21.90 24.20 27.90 27.41 23.21 19.67 25.92 29.13 21.86 9.98 – 24.06 – 22.92 9.61 23.03 – – 24.96 22.92 – – 24.96 22.92 – – 23.65 – – – 25.09 15.67 – 14.52 14.66 18.20 – 15.68 – 14.46 14.66 18.20 – 26.27 Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Teachers, except college and university –Continued 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................... 8 ................................................................... Elementary school teachers .............................. 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Secondary school teachers ............................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Teachers, special education .............................. 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Substitute teachers ............................................ Vocational and educational counselors ............. 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Librarians ........................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 9 ................................................................... Economists ........................................................ 9 ................................................................... Psychologists ..................................................... Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... Social workers ................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Recreation workers ............................................ Lawyers and judges ............................................... See footnotes at end of table. 20 3.9 3.2 – 6.0 7.9 3.3 – .0 5.8 4.5 3.0 3.6 – 2.4 7.1 3.7 5.8 6.6 8.2 4.7 3.2 7.6 9.0 – 6.4 – 14.8 5.1 6.1 – – 8.9 15.5 – – 8.9 15.5 – – 6.2 – – – 5.4 3.3 – 6.2 2.7 6.2 – 3.3 – 6.6 2.7 6.2 – 8.2 35.5 35.9 – 34.7 34.8 36.4 – 36.7 36.5 36.2 36.7 35.6 – 33.0 37.7 34.6 34.4 37.4 38.8 35.3 36.7 30.7 20.9 – 35.6 – 35.4 11.3 39.5 – – 38.2 37.9 – – 38.2 37.9 – – 39.6 – – – 39.5 38.3 – 35.4 39.7 39.9 – 38.4 – 35.6 39.7 39.9 – 38.1 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $29.76 28.07 28.30 29.76 28.07 8.5 14.1 5.7 8.5 14.1 38.0 47.2 42.4 38.0 47.2 – – $33.82 – – – – 10.1 – – – – 52.0 – – – – $24.89 – – – – 5.4 – – – – 38.0 – – 20.17 11.52 11.59 15.76 19.10 19.90 25.94 19.58 16.39 8.0 8.9 3.7 3.1 7.7 5.6 6.9 12.4 5.4 35.7 40.0 38.7 40.0 38.8 40.5 40.0 31.3 40.0 19.69 11.13 11.60 15.93 17.06 19.92 25.94 17.61 16.62 9.6 8.1 3.8 4.1 3.5 6.0 6.9 14.5 5.8 34.8 40.0 38.7 40.0 37.4 40.5 40.0 29.2 40.0 22.04 – – – – – – 25.22 – 11.0 – – – – – – 15.3 – 39.6 – – – – – – 39.2 – 19.32 19.32 19.48 17.66 15.25 19.59 26.80 21.97 16.99 10.83 13.20 14.74 17.61 19.03 21.11 33.10 15.3 15.3 9.0 6.8 17.9 6.3 10.9 2.0 6.6 5.3 1.7 5.5 6.6 3.3 2.9 8.6 40.9 40.9 38.6 40.7 38.7 39.9 40.2 40.0 34.1 32.7 35.8 37.4 38.2 39.4 40.0 33.2 19.15 19.15 19.48 17.66 15.22 – 30.00 22.38 17.42 11.45 13.19 14.91 17.75 19.51 21.50 33.17 16.4 16.4 9.0 6.8 18.6 – 12.5 1.7 7.2 5.8 1.9 5.7 7.8 2.7 3.9 8.6 41.0 41.0 38.6 40.7 38.7 – 40.3 40.0 33.8 31.6 35.8 38.1 38.8 39.6 40.0 33.2 – – – – – – 23.55 – 14.05 8.53 13.41 14.27 16.92 16.56 19.68 – – – – – – – 14.7 – 5.3 2.0 5.7 6.7 6.5 3.6 1.4 – – – – – – – 40.0 – 37.1 37.9 37.6 35.4 35.4 38.5 40.0 – 15.24 9.20 14.62 16.49 17.11 16.63 15.13 17.61 18.12 12.07 10.60 12.89 12.36 13.45 11.77 9.94 12.93 13.90 14.00 18.27 18.61 17.69 17.70 18.60 18.85 6.1 5.9 2.1 10.5 8.9 4.1 5.1 6.6 5.9 4.0 5.8 3.1 6.1 5.5 5.3 4.9 3.4 8.7 6.0 6.0 7.5 8.6 9.3 3.1 4.3 38.3 39.9 33.4 38.2 40.0 34.2 26.8 37.2 39.5 34.5 31.3 36.3 36.3 34.8 34.6 30.9 35.0 38.2 37.4 40.0 39.1 42.2 39.0 39.8 40.0 14.69 9.20 14.66 15.91 17.11 16.59 15.13 17.78 18.39 12.41 11.86 12.92 12.07 – 11.66 9.85 12.90 12.55 13.95 18.27 – 17.69 17.71 19.50 19.42 5.9 5.9 2.2 10.6 8.9 4.4 5.1 6.6 8.4 3.7 4.1 3.1 5.3 – 5.5 4.9 3.5 11.5 6.3 6.2 – 8.6 9.6 2.6 2.9 38.1 39.9 32.7 38.0 40.0 34.1 26.8 37.1 39.3 33.9 28.1 36.3 37.0 – 34.7 31.5 34.9 38.3 37.1 40.2 – 42.2 40.4 39.6 40.0 – – – – – – – – – 10.34 8.25 – 12.90 – 13.55 – – – – – – – – 17.26 – – – – – – – – – – 6.0 1.1 – 9.1 – 6.0 – – – – – – – – 5.1 – – – – – – – – – – 37.8 39.9 – 35.1 – 32.6 – – – – – – – – 40.0 – White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Lawyers and judges –Continued 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... Lawyers ............................................................. 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... Designers ........................................................... Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers ...................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... Editors and reporters ......................................... 9 ................................................................... Public relations specialists ................................. 9 ................................................................... Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 9 ................................................................... Technical ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ....................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... Radiological technicians .................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... Licensed practical nurses .................................. 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 7 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 21 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $19.14 15.50 15.05 17.57 14.78 97.62 21.30 19.48 21.71 19.70 17.73 14.15 14.53 17.48 18.78 6.4 3.7 6.2 6.4 9.1 20.6 4.7 4.0 4.7 10.2 8.1 7.5 1.1 8.4 10.1 40.0 39.5 40.0 40.0 39.1 19.9 40.1 41.2 40.2 38.2 34.7 38.9 34.9 31.8 33.3 $21.33 15.51 15.28 – 14.45 97.62 21.70 19.62 23.31 19.81 18.65 13.68 – 19.11 19.36 1.9 4.0 6.6 – 8.8 20.6 5.0 4.0 2.4 10.8 9.9 9.1 – 3.3 11.1 40.1 39.4 40.0 – 39.0 19.9 40.1 41.2 40.3 38.8 36.6 38.5 – 37.5 33.7 – – – – – – – – – – $14.26 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 29.0 – – – – 26.01 12.46 14.13 15.90 16.73 21.63 28.08 32.16 36.88 82.49 58.43 24.86 29.11 10.08 14.40 15.66 14.46 21.82 28.45 32.74 36.50 82.60 58.95 24.80 10.20 10.20 10.7 4.3 4.5 5.1 9.9 3.5 8.3 5.1 2.8 28.2 4.6 10.1 13.6 12.3 5.4 5.6 10.1 4.3 8.7 5.7 2.9 28.2 4.6 10.9 19.8 19.8 41.4 35.4 40.2 41.3 42.5 40.6 43.8 41.4 42.3 46.5 43.0 36.2 42.6 44.8 40.9 43.0 44.3 41.0 44.2 41.4 42.6 46.5 43.0 35.9 20.1 20.1 26.39 12.43 13.95 15.82 16.35 22.07 28.15 32.25 36.41 86.26 58.94 28.41 29.37 10.08 – 15.61 13.86 21.86 28.36 32.87 35.81 86.39 59.48 28.99 – – 12.0 4.8 4.5 5.2 11.1 3.4 9.1 6.0 3.1 27.3 4.6 16.3 15.1 13.0 – 5.7 9.3 4.8 9.5 6.7 3.0 27.3 4.6 17.7 – – 41.6 35.0 40.3 41.3 43.0 40.7 44.1 41.3 42.5 46.9 43.1 40.0 43.0 46.2 – 43.1 45.0 41.1 44.5 41.3 42.8 46.9 43.1 40.0 – – 23.41 12.59 16.19 17.91 19.00 19.62 27.60 31.60 40.14 – – 22.18 27.05 – – 18.64 19.14 21.55 29.11 32.08 40.76 – – 22.18 10.20 10.20 4.3 5.6 6.1 3.6 4.6 10.7 10.1 3.1 7.6 – – 11.2 4.0 – – 8.2 7.2 3.4 10.5 3.6 7.7 – – 11.2 19.8 19.8 39.6 37.3 39.7 39.7 39.9 40.0 42.3 41.8 41.2 – – 33.8 39.6 – – 40.0 39.7 40.0 42.7 42.0 41.4 – – 33.8 20.1 20.1 24.47 21.87 29.69 44.05 22.12 29.32 33.97 51.34 25.39 3.9 4.7 7.1 26.3 3.4 11.6 5.8 8.3 7.2 40.7 40.0 42.4 43.6 40.2 45.7 41.1 41.9 44.1 – – – 44.18 22.12 29.44 33.97 51.34 25.69 – – – 26.3 3.4 11.8 5.8 8.3 7.3 – – – 43.6 40.2 45.9 41.1 41.9 44.3 24.54 21.87 – – – – – – – 3.8 4.7 – – – – – – – 40.8 40.0 – – – – – – – 37.91 23.33 31.83 37.26 50.29 8.5 2.5 6.5 7.7 11.6 41.0 42.6 40.0 41.7 39.6 37.91 23.33 31.83 37.26 50.29 8.5 2.5 6.5 7.7 11.6 41.0 42.6 40.0 41.7 39.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Technical –Continued Engineering technicians, n.e.c. –Continued 8 ................................................................... Drafters .............................................................. 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Science technicians, n.e.c. ................................ Airplane pilots and navigators ............................ Computer programmers ..................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Legal assistants ................................................. Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... 14 ................................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 5 ................................................................... 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 ................................................................... Financial managers ........................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 14 ................................................................... Purchasing managers ........................................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ........................................................... 9 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... 13 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 22 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $31.45 13.69 16.08 21.43 32.76 30.21 39.22 27.85 27.24 29.81 6.2 5.8 11.8 8.8 11.7 9.4 10.2 6.0 9.6 6.3 40.3 40.0 37.1 39.9 40.5 40.7 41.0 40.2 40.0 40.8 $22.90 13.69 – 18.61 17.68 – 27.07 28.13 27.99 29.82 7.2 5.8 – 10.8 16.7 – 12.5 5.7 9.1 6.4 39.9 40.0 – 39.6 44.7 – 40.6 40.3 40.0 40.8 $35.35 – – – 35.65 33.16 42.48 – – – 4.8 – – – 9.4 4.5 9.4 – – – 40.6 – – – 39.8 41.1 41.2 – – – 16.09 15.55 15.39 25.22 26.76 17.19 21.23 23.85 27.08 31.19 37.63 43.62 62.87 24.35 19.18 12.99 14.04 16.37 19.71 21.32 23.72 29.25 39.34 25.57 22.70 16.07 19.58 20.55 22.95 18.49 20.29 20.26 13.26 19.75 24.06 34.11 24.12 22.09 10.8 9.0 13.6 6.8 8.1 6.4 4.8 2.6 3.8 1.8 3.6 4.7 5.6 19.9 4.5 3.2 5.6 6.2 3.6 6.1 4.7 5.0 8.5 5.5 9.4 6.9 5.4 6.0 9.9 10.7 4.1 7.2 2.2 6.2 2.9 13.2 9.8 5.3 41.2 39.9 40.3 40.7 43.5 44.9 42.0 43.2 42.0 42.2 44.0 42.9 43.8 40.0 39.0 33.8 40.0 38.2 40.3 39.8 39.6 41.4 40.2 40.0 39.5 40.0 40.0 40.4 38.5 39.7 39.6 40.8 40.0 40.6 40.7 41.8 40.1 40.0 16.18 15.48 14.84 – 26.92 17.19 20.77 24.15 27.08 31.36 37.65 45.11 62.87 – 19.48 13.07 13.93 16.26 19.89 22.49 25.30 29.47 39.87 25.57 23.12 15.91 19.49 20.69 23.24 18.49 20.29 20.11 13.26 19.78 23.20 34.11 25.12 – 11.1 9.2 13.9 – 8.2 6.4 6.6 2.6 3.8 1.8 3.8 3.8 5.6 – 5.2 4.2 5.7 6.6 4.0 3.5 2.8 5.2 8.5 5.5 10.1 7.6 6.5 6.0 9.9 10.7 4.1 7.4 2.2 6.2 1.8 13.2 10.7 – 41.4 39.9 40.4 – 43.6 44.9 42.9 43.5 42.0 41.9 44.1 42.7 43.8 – 38.8 32.8 40.0 38.1 40.4 39.8 39.4 41.6 40.3 40.0 39.4 40.0 40.0 40.4 38.4 39.7 39.6 40.9 40.0 40.6 41.0 41.8 40.1 – – – 20.42 – 24.27 – – – – – – – – – 17.57 12.73 15.51 17.59 18.90 17.95 – – – – 19.00 – – – – – – – – – – – 20.95 – – – 10.5 – 13.6 – – – – – – – – – 9.0 6.6 4.6 3.8 6.0 19.0 – – – – 5.3 – – – – – – – – – – – 14.5 – – – 40.0 – 41.7 – – – – – – – – – 39.6 37.8 39.5 39.6 40.0 40.0 – – – – 39.7 – – – – – – – – – – – 40.0 – 16.82 17.02 19.75 21.94 9.4 4.7 3.1 8.0 40.1 40.9 39.9 37.4 16.49 17.06 – 21.22 9.5 4.8 – 9.7 40.2 41.0 – 36.8 20.69 – – – 6.3 – – – 39.8 – – – 25.85 20.71 7.7 4.6 28.8 40.8 25.85 20.03 7.7 7.6 28.8 40.9 – – – – – – White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued Administrators, education and related fields ...... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... 12 ................................................................... Managers, medicine and health ......................... 9 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................. Managers, properties and real estate ................ Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 11 ................................................................... 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 .................................. 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Underwriters ...................................................... 9 ................................................................... Other financial officers ....................................... 6 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Management analysts ........................................ 9 ................................................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........................................................ 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products ........................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............... See footnotes at end of table. 23 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $16.46 24.31 19.75 7.8 2.8 10.6 40.0 41.2 39.8 $16.46 – – 7.8 – – 40.0 – – – – $17.74 – – 7.1 – – 39.7 18.63 16.24 12.70 16.87 – 15.70 18.12 27.17 25.57 7.9 6.8 4.2 10.8 – 4.8 17.0 5.7 5.5 39.9 37.7 28.1 40.3 – 40.0 40.4 42.1 40.0 – 16.83 13.10 16.87 – 16.05 22.54 – 25.57 – 8.0 7.0 10.8 – 5.8 2.9 – 5.5 – 37.3 24.3 40.3 – 40.0 40.7 – 40.0 18.56 14.05 – – 17.53 – – – – 9.6 12.7 – – 5.9 – – – – 39.9 39.2 – – 39.8 – – – – 12.60 6.65 6.25 7.87 10.63 14.37 16.22 21.14 26.37 36.73 29.39 40.51 15.87 9.42 9.38 15.20 19.40 35.17 19.96 43.08 16.23 17.50 10.48 40.34 22.44 6.0 3.3 2.1 2.2 3.8 9.4 5.1 17.8 9.8 8.7 11.1 8.5 9.1 10.9 9.7 4.6 8.8 8.1 15.2 18.8 11.4 13.8 3.7 40.0 8.1 30.8 24.9 24.2 26.0 37.4 40.9 38.0 42.1 40.5 42.3 39.6 40.5 41.3 38.1 42.4 44.4 40.7 38.3 33.4 41.6 37.8 33.2 29.7 40.5 41.6 12.60 6.65 6.24 7.88 10.63 14.36 16.22 21.14 26.37 36.73 29.39 40.51 15.87 9.42 9.38 15.20 19.40 35.17 19.96 43.08 16.23 17.50 10.48 40.34 22.44 6.0 3.3 2.1 2.2 3.8 9.4 5.1 17.8 9.8 8.7 11.1 8.5 9.1 10.9 9.7 4.6 8.8 8.1 15.2 18.8 11.4 13.8 3.7 40.0 8.1 30.8 24.9 24.2 26.0 37.4 40.9 38.0 42.1 40.5 42.3 39.6 40.5 41.3 38.1 42.4 44.4 40.7 38.3 33.4 41.6 37.8 33.2 29.7 40.5 41.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 25.65 19.92 19.05 30.89 20.84 20.17 8.37 11.70 15.16 12.83 9.59 7.68 9.54 6.74 5.81 8.01 16.8 6.9 5.9 6.2 13.6 12.5 5.4 8.3 29.4 3.6 9.9 1.3 1.7 3.5 1.2 6.5 39.9 38.8 40.6 40.0 45.7 48.6 30.5 39.1 38.2 41.6 28.3 26.4 35.4 28.6 32.4 34.9 25.65 19.92 19.05 30.89 20.84 20.17 8.37 11.70 15.16 12.83 9.60 7.68 9.54 6.74 5.81 8.01 16.8 6.9 5.9 6.2 13.6 12.5 5.4 8.3 29.4 3.6 9.9 1.3 1.7 3.5 1.2 6.5 39.9 38.8 40.6 40.0 45.7 48.6 30.5 39.1 38.2 41.6 28.3 26.5 35.4 28.6 32.4 34.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued Management related –Continued Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. –Continued 7 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Construction inspectors ..................................... Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction ..................................................... Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... Sales ............................................................................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Supervisors, sales ............................................. 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Insurance sales .................................................. Securities and financial services sales .............. Advertising and related sales ............................. Sales, other business services .......................... 4 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... Sales engineers ................................................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................. 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats .......... 5 ................................................................... Sales workers, apparel ...................................... Sales workers, hardware and building supplies Sales workers, parts .......................................... 4 ................................................................... Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Sales counter clerks .......................................... 1 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 24 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $7.03 6.98 6.16 7.79 8.63 9.86 2.1 1.7 3.0 2.5 5.9 7.0 24.2 24.9 24.5 22.2 21.4 39.6 $7.02 6.98 6.16 7.79 8.63 9.86 2.1 1.7 3.0 2.5 5.9 7.0 24.2 24.9 24.5 22.3 21.4 39.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.03 6.96 8.55 9.24 10.33 12.98 14.16 15.62 19.94 21.59 23.96 15.99 14.52 13.44 13.99 13.01 16.31 19.73 14.81 2.1 5.4 2.8 2.6 2.3 3.2 2.8 2.6 5.6 5.0 4.9 30.3 4.1 3.4 7.8 11.6 7.1 8.7 12.0 36.4 26.6 34.6 35.1 36.7 39.1 39.4 39.2 40.4 40.0 39.0 37.8 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.7 41.8 41.3 10.95 6.76 8.33 9.15 10.24 13.01 14.65 15.88 20.69 21.30 23.96 16.56 14.56 13.34 12.67 13.21 – 19.73 14.62 2.4 6.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.6 3.1 3.0 5.0 4.4 4.9 32.9 5.1 4.3 5.3 12.9 – 8.7 12.6 36.4 26.9 34.8 35.2 36.5 39.1 39.4 39.9 40.4 40.0 39.0 37.6 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 – 41.8 41.4 $11.42 7.72 9.44 10.29 10.79 12.76 13.01 14.27 – – – – 14.40 – – – – – – 2.3 4.3 6.8 4.6 2.7 3.7 4.4 4.7 – – – – 5.4 – – – – – – 36.4 25.8 33.9 34.0 37.4 39.3 39.4 36.1 – – – – 40.0 – – – – – – 15.37 13.63 11.70 9.81 11.25 8.24 9.28 9.47 13.22 14.30 15.38 11.59 10.38 9.72 10.06 12.39 9.16 8.49 9.0 5.3 6.5 1.0 4.9 6.4 3.0 6.8 3.2 8.9 4.5 4.2 4.0 9.0 5.9 3.5 5.5 6.3 39.8 38.9 35.7 39.9 37.5 32.8 36.4 36.8 39.1 39.6 38.5 39.5 38.7 38.9 39.7 37.6 32.5 32.7 17.88 13.75 11.70 9.81 11.03 – 9.10 9.10 13.29 16.28 15.42 11.59 9.84 – – – 9.13 – 9.8 5.3 6.5 1.0 6.5 – 2.7 8.0 3.6 4.8 2.6 4.2 5.8 – – – 5.7 – 39.7 38.9 35.7 39.9 37.2 – 36.4 36.4 39.0 39.4 40.2 39.5 35.9 – – – 32.4 – – – – – 11.89 9.19 11.96 10.66 13.00 11.84 – – 10.56 – 10.10 – – – – – – – 3.9 11.8 5.3 4.9 7.1 4.8 – – 4.3 – 6.6 – – – – – – – 38.3 33.2 37.0 38.5 39.6 39.9 – – 39.8 – 39.7 – – – 7.56 8.77 8.29 9.00 9.20 11.20 11.66 7.63 12.22 14.71 12.16 8.88 12.38 13.31 1.8 4.1 2.2 5.5 12.4 7.4 5.2 5.5 6.2 7.0 7.7 14.2 8.8 6.5 36.7 33.6 37.1 33.8 29.5 35.4 34.5 37.3 38.3 40.0 37.0 32.3 39.8 39.8 7.56 8.71 8.28 8.91 9.09 11.45 – 8.33 12.26 14.73 12.16 8.88 12.38 13.31 1.8 4.0 2.2 5.7 12.7 4.5 – 5.5 7.8 7.1 7.7 14.2 8.8 6.5 36.7 33.6 37.1 33.7 29.3 36.0 – 33.6 37.7 40.0 37.0 32.3 39.8 39.8 – 10.63 – 10.63 – 10.69 – – – – – – – – – 7.2 – 8.8 – 17.6 – – – – – – – – – 35.6 – 36.1 – 34.1 – – – – – – – – White collar –Continued Sales –Continued Cashiers ............................................................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .. Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... Administrative support, including clerical ................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... Supervisors, general office ................................ 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ......... Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ................................................ Computer operators ........................................... 4 ................................................................... Peripheral equipment operators ........................ Secretaries ......................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Stenographers ................................................... Typists ............................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Interviewers ....................................................... 3 ................................................................... Hotel clerks 3 ................................................................... Receptionists ..................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Correspondence clerks ...................................... Order clerks ....................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 25 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $15.03 11.3 40.0 $15.03 11.3 40.0 – – – 11.62 11.03 9.50 7.01 8.93 9.82 8.80 8.56 9.61 9.21 10.50 12.93 14.77 10.86 9.54 10.18 10.34 12.42 16.54 13.72 7.9 8.0 4.9 9.1 10.5 6.7 3.4 3.4 8.4 2.9 4.7 5.3 15.5 3.2 3.8 3.1 9.8 7.3 4.3 6.6 38.9 38.7 26.5 15.5 29.6 25.0 36.0 36.0 38.6 37.9 38.2 39.9 39.5 37.7 33.4 38.8 39.6 37.7 39.8 21.0 11.61 10.98 – – – – 8.80 8.56 9.51 9.21 10.55 13.15 16.41 10.51 9.52 9.90 10.23 11.42 16.79 13.57 8.0 8.3 – – – – 3.4 3.4 9.3 3.0 5.3 5.8 15.5 3.4 3.9 2.7 9.7 8.6 4.9 7.1 38.9 38.7 – – – – 36.0 36.0 38.6 38.1 38.2 39.9 39.3 37.5 33.3 38.8 39.6 36.7 39.7 20.6 – – $9.48 7.01 8.94 9.84 – – 10.47 – 10.20 – – 13.69 – 12.67 – – 15.52 – – – 5.5 9.1 10.8 8.7 – – 4.8 – 5.7 – – 5.2 – 3.5 – – 2.7 – – – 25.4 15.5 29.3 22.4 – – 38.0 – 38.3 – – 39.4 – 38.6 – – 40.0 – 10.17 12.39 9.68 7.42 7.99 15.19 11.28 10.02 12.70 15.65 15.13 17.67 11.08 8.18 10.49 15.85 10.37 9.15 10.64 12.89 13.70 13.74 4.8 8.4 6.8 9.2 2.9 16.9 14.5 6.4 9.6 3.9 3.5 2.9 8.5 2.8 4.2 4.8 4.3 6.3 6.8 5.0 26.9 14.1 38.5 31.0 26.7 32.7 28.0 38.8 34.9 40.0 38.8 36.1 39.5 40.3 39.1 39.3 39.6 40.0 35.9 30.9 38.0 40.0 20.0 31.3 10.20 12.40 9.68 7.36 7.95 18.19 – – – – 15.13 17.67 11.10 8.11 10.49 15.85 10.19 9.15 10.18 12.89 – 13.74 4.7 8.4 6.8 9.7 3.0 24.2 – – – – 3.5 2.9 8.5 2.8 4.2 4.8 4.6 6.4 5.9 5.0 – 14.1 38.5 31.0 26.7 32.4 27.3 38.8 – – – – 39.5 40.3 39.1 39.3 39.6 40.0 35.8 30.8 37.9 40.0 – 31.3 – – – – – 12.13 – – – – – – – – – – 14.39 – – – – – – – – – – 5.1 – – – – – – – – – – 9.1 – – – – – – – – – – 38.8 – – – – – – – – – – 37.5 – – – – – 8.90 8.51 8.1 7.1 31.0 24.3 8.85 8.39 8.2 7.3 30.9 24.0 – – – – – – 14.02 10.24 12.86 13.80 16.81 21.15 11.01 8.76 10.89 7.4 5.2 7.1 3.0 2.6 7.1 6.3 3.1 6.6 38.9 39.1 40.0 39.4 38.6 38.8 39.6 39.4 39.9 13.99 10.24 12.86 13.73 16.82 21.15 11.01 8.76 10.89 7.5 5.2 7.1 3.4 2.8 7.1 6.4 3.1 6.7 38.9 39.1 40.0 39.3 38.5 38.8 39.6 39.4 39.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – White collar –Continued Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Order clerks –Continued 6 ................................................................... Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ..................................................... 4 ................................................................... Library clerks ..................................................... 1 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... File clerks ........................................................... 2 ................................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... Billing clerks 4 ................................................................... Telephone operators .......................................... 3 ................................................................... Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... Messengers ....................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................ 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Production coordinators ..................................... 7 ................................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers Expeditors .......................................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 4 ................................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 26 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Investigators and adjusters, except insurance –Continued 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 6 ................................................................... Bill and account collectors ................................. 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... General office clerks .......................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Bank tellers ........................................................ 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... Data entry keyers ............................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Teachers’ aides ................................................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... $12.18 15.10 12.92 12.55 11.69 13.26 13.44 10.57 7.28 9.67 9.77 11.04 13.65 13.95 7.75 6.71 7.53 9.72 8.83 9.68 9.42 8.91 7.65 8.51 8.86 9.75 10.50 11.21 9.64 10.00 11.40 11.21 14.23 14.78 16.5 3.2 4.1 3.8 5.1 4.6 3.8 4.0 5.2 7.0 2.8 3.0 6.3 8.5 4.1 2.6 7.2 3.4 4.4 5.0 5.7 4.7 6.7 9.9 11.1 6.0 6.9 6.0 8.5 3.5 3.4 7.2 2.6 5.2 39.8 40.0 39.3 40.0 39.3 40.0 40.0 36.5 25.0 35.6 37.5 38.5 38.9 39.3 31.5 28.8 30.5 38.8 36.5 38.8 39.4 30.7 27.2 32.8 25.7 32.8 33.8 38.2 32.1 35.5 39.4 38.8 39.9 41.1 $12.18 15.10 – – 11.41 – – 10.29 7.19 8.71 9.55 10.81 14.43 15.18 7.75 6.71 7.53 9.85 8.83 9.62 9.76 9.05 – – – – – 11.22 9.64 9.71 11.54 11.21 14.08 15.19 16.5 3.2 – – 4.9 – – 3.9 4.9 5.6 2.9 2.6 6.4 3.1 4.1 2.6 7.2 3.0 4.4 5.3 5.3 3.9 – – – – – 6.7 8.5 4.2 3.4 7.3 2.8 4.7 39.8 40.0 – – 39.2 – – 36.5 25.4 32.8 38.0 39.1 38.0 38.8 31.5 28.8 30.5 38.6 36.5 38.7 39.2 37.9 – – – – – 38.8 32.1 38.7 39.4 38.8 39.9 41.2 – – $13.06 12.55 – – – 11.43 7.57 10.91 10.95 11.94 12.90 – – – – – – – – 8.90 7.65 8.52 8.86 9.77 10.91 11.13 – 10.85 – – – – – – 4.4 3.8 – – – 5.0 10.9 12.3 8.2 6.6 11.4 – – – – – – – – 4.8 6.7 9.9 11.1 6.2 7.2 4.8 – 3.7 – – – – – – 40.0 40.0 – – – 36.3 24.0 39.9 35.5 36.4 39.9 – – – – – – – – 30.5 27.2 32.8 25.7 32.6 32.0 34.1 – 28.3 – – – – Blue collar ........................................................................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Not able to be leveled .................................... 12.90 7.96 9.28 11.03 11.68 13.91 14.44 18.12 21.05 21.63 15.68 2.4 3.5 2.8 3.3 2.4 2.9 3.8 2.9 2.7 2.5 26.2 38.5 33.4 36.4 39.3 38.0 40.2 42.8 40.1 40.0 41.8 40.0 12.81 7.96 9.24 10.95 11.66 13.84 14.49 18.30 21.05 21.68 15.68 2.4 3.5 2.8 3.3 2.4 3.0 4.1 3.2 2.9 2.7 26.2 38.6 33.5 36.7 39.4 38.0 40.4 43.0 40.2 40.0 41.9 40.0 14.83 6.97 12.28 13.45 12.19 14.98 13.64 15.82 21.10 20.87 – 1.5 14.1 13.7 4.0 3.9 4.4 6.4 4.6 6.8 3.3 – 36.6 22.0 20.6 35.5 36.8 37.9 39.1 39.8 40.0 40.0 – Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 2 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 7 ................................................................... 15.90 8.78 11.11 13.49 14.82 18.41 21.30 21.46 19.06 18.47 4.0 3.9 7.1 6.1 2.4 3.3 2.2 2.8 4.8 11.4 40.1 39.9 38.9 39.9 40.6 40.2 40.0 42.0 42.8 40.4 15.86 8.78 11.08 13.29 14.82 18.55 21.30 21.47 18.96 18.66 4.2 4.0 7.4 6.4 2.5 3.6 2.3 2.9 5.1 11.6 40.1 39.9 38.8 39.9 40.6 40.2 40.0 42.1 42.9 40.4 16.65 – – 16.71 14.74 16.57 21.25 21.24 – – 2.0 – – 3.5 3.8 2.6 7.0 2.5 – – 39.9 – – 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 – – White collar –Continued See footnotes at end of table. 27 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $20.50 14.86 12.56 16.94 12.31 11.45 16.70 16.68 19.38 16.91 17.50 15.53 15.08 17.50 12.72 3.5 8.5 14.8 2.5 6.4 8.4 5.6 8.2 9.4 3.4 2.9 3.8 9.9 8.1 17.0 46.2 40.1 40.1 40.3 40.5 40.7 40.0 42.5 40.0 40.1 40.1 39.5 40.0 40.0 40.0 $20.53 14.85 12.55 – 11.68 – 15.96 16.68 19.38 16.30 16.90 15.50 15.08 17.50 12.72 3.6 8.7 15.1 – 6.5 – 6.3 8.2 9.4 5.1 2.9 3.9 9.9 8.1 17.0 46.5 40.1 40.1 – 40.5 – 40.0 42.5 40.0 40.2 40.2 39.5 40.0 40.0 40.0 – – – – $15.66 – – – – 17.69 – – – – – – – – – 5.2 – – – – 6.3 – – – – – – – – – 40.0 – – – – 40.0 – – – – – 16.83 17.05 5.0 6.8 39.7 39.4 17.85 19.19 5.2 4.2 40.0 40.0 – – – – – – 15.89 19.82 14.84 15.10 15.51 15.78 10.7 9.8 7.0 4.9 8.7 4.0 40.0 40.0 40.2 39.7 40.0 40.6 15.94 19.82 14.86 15.12 16.19 15.75 11.0 9.8 7.4 5.0 8.4 4.2 40.0 40.0 40.3 39.7 40.0 40.7 – – 14.39 – – 16.24 – – 7.8 – – 5.2 – – 39.7 – – 39.5 23.68 18.68 21.40 18.20 22.60 18.69 23.25 23.30 22.50 22.09 17.96 22.57 25.26 17.44 14.80 14.82 19.69 18.38 22.02 23.71 21.88 22.75 13.95 16.80 17.93 19.82 10.10 11.93 13.77 13.17 5.2 4.6 3.5 6.2 8.8 5.9 8.8 9.8 6.4 3.4 14.5 4.7 1.9 7.6 4.4 4.8 4.8 6.4 5.1 1.5 2.1 2.1 15.3 7.0 4.3 3.6 6.5 1.4 9.9 6.9 40.0 40.7 43.3 39.9 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 40.3 40.0 41.4 40.3 40.0 43.8 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 – 22.52 – 18.21 22.60 18.84 23.37 23.40 – – 17.99 22.57 25.26 17.44 – – 20.12 19.69 21.49 23.71 21.88 22.75 13.95 16.76 17.51 19.82 10.10 11.93 13.77 13.17 – 8.3 – 6.7 8.8 6.4 8.9 9.7 – – 14.8 4.7 1.9 7.6 – – 5.2 14.2 5.1 1.5 2.1 2.1 15.3 6.9 4.0 3.6 6.5 1.4 9.9 6.9 – 42.7 – 39.9 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 – – 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 – – 41.6 40.4 40.0 43.8 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 – 17.30 – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.78 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.55 10.3 39.7 16.55 10.3 39.7 – – – Blue collar –Continued Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued Supervisors, mechanics and repairers –Continued 9 ................................................................... Automobile mechanics ....................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Automobile body and related repairers .............. Aircraft mechanics, except engine ..................... Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 7 ................................................................... Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Machinery maintenance ..................................... Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ......................................... 7 ................................................................... Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ........................................................ Millwrights .......................................................... Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...................................................... Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 9 ................................................................... Carpenters ......................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Electricians ........................................................ 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... Structural metal workers .................................... Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 5 ................................................................... Supervisors, production ..................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Tool and die makers .......................................... 7 ................................................................... Precision assemblers, metal .............................. Machinists .......................................................... 6 ................................................................... Sheet metal workers .......................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 4 ................................................................... Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ............ 5 ................................................................... Butchers and meat cutters 7 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 28 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $9.35 17.92 21.07 18.42 18.23 17.09 17.82 3.2 10.8 5.1 5.9 4.8 5.6 5.3 38.0 40.8 42.8 40.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 $9.35 17.92 21.07 18.42 – 18.24 17.54 3.2 10.8 5.1 5.9 – 6.0 6.2 38.0 40.8 42.8 40.7 – 40.0 40.0 – – – – $18.23 – – – – – – 4.8 – – – – – – 40.0 – – 12.44 8.14 10.17 12.46 12.18 13.65 14.97 17.20 21.22 11.99 12.61 3.9 4.1 4.4 6.5 2.4 3.6 3.8 3.1 6.7 4.5 6.9 39.5 38.5 38.2 39.8 39.9 40.0 39.8 39.9 38.1 39.2 40.0 12.44 8.14 10.16 12.46 12.18 13.65 14.97 17.20 21.22 11.99 12.61 3.9 4.1 4.4 6.5 2.4 3.6 3.8 3.1 6.7 4.5 6.9 39.5 38.5 38.2 39.8 39.9 40.0 39.8 39.9 38.1 39.2 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.93 11.51 12.29 15.05 11.73 11.44 13.40 11.61 14.28 16.50 13.84 18.24 15.40 6.59 6.97 15.94 11.97 8.46 13.14 8.88 14.85 13.75 12.66 10.37 12.90 9.12 10.76 9.18 12.25 15.06 12.74 10.59 13.42 17.40 12.45 8.07 9.89 16.12 13.85 13.11 8.1 12.2 4.6 9.5 5.2 6.5 4.4 6.2 5.2 6.6 7.2 7.8 11.4 4.9 5.7 12.1 10.4 4.7 5.5 5.4 4.7 4.5 8.7 13.8 8.2 3.8 6.2 13.1 3.3 1.7 6.4 4.4 4.9 4.3 4.4 9.6 5.1 8.5 5.0 4.0 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.2 39.6 40.0 38.9 39.1 40.0 39.4 22.3 20.2 40.0 39.5 40.0 38.8 39.3 40.0 40.0 39.6 37.4 39.7 36.6 39.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.1 40.0 39.8 39.6 39.3 40.0 40.0 40.1 11.93 11.51 12.29 15.05 11.73 11.44 13.40 11.61 14.28 16.50 13.84 18.24 15.40 6.59 6.97 15.94 11.97 8.46 13.14 8.88 14.85 13.75 12.66 10.37 12.90 9.12 10.76 9.18 12.25 15.06 12.74 10.59 13.42 17.40 12.45 8.07 9.89 16.12 13.85 13.11 8.1 12.2 4.6 9.5 5.2 6.5 4.4 6.2 5.2 6.6 7.2 7.8 11.4 4.9 5.8 12.1 10.4 4.7 5.5 5.4 4.7 4.5 8.7 13.8 8.2 3.8 6.2 13.1 3.3 1.7 6.4 4.4 4.9 4.3 4.4 9.6 5.1 8.5 5.0 4.0 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.2 39.6 40.0 38.9 39.1 40.0 39.4 22.3 20.2 40.0 39.5 40.0 38.8 39.3 40.0 40.0 39.6 37.4 39.7 36.6 39.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.1 40.0 39.8 39.6 39.3 40.0 40.0 40.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Blue collar –Continued Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued Bakers ................................................................ Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... Stationary engineers .......................................... 7 ................................................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Punching and stamping press operators ........... 5 ................................................................... Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators ........................................... 3 ................................................................... Forging machine operators ................................ Numerical control machine operators ................ Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Molding and casting machine operators ............ Metal plating machine operators ........................ Printing press operators ..................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Photoengravers and lithographers ..................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 1 ................................................................... Cementing and gluing machine operators ......... Packaging and filling machine operators ........... 1 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Extruding and forming machine operators ......... Painting and paint spraying machine operators 5 ................................................................... Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... Photographic process machine operators ......... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .......... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Welders and cutters ........................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Assemblers ........................................................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 29 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $12.62 14.09 12.64 11.67 14.17 14.98 5.5 7.7 9.5 7.2 9.6 8.5 40.0 39.3 37.9 41.2 39.5 40.0 $12.62 14.09 12.64 11.67 14.17 14.98 5.5 7.7 9.5 7.2 9.6 8.5 40.0 39.3 37.9 41.2 39.5 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.32 6.85 11.05 10.64 11.89 14.80 13.30 18.69 23.20 23.98 17.13 11.67 12.00 9.46 10.99 14.83 12.20 10.99 14.17 11.39 14.95 9.32 7.80 21.04 16.72 18.62 17.08 13.41 12.71 10.89 13.24 12.64 12.97 2.8 8.4 3.7 4.1 5.8 3.7 10.6 11.2 10.5 9.2 9.3 4.3 5.8 3.1 7.7 5.3 3.4 8.5 4.1 4.6 2.0 6.6 7.6 2.2 5.5 5.6 12.6 5.5 2.8 8.1 3.3 5.2 8.2 38.6 29.9 32.3 38.9 35.7 41.2 52.0 41.0 42.9 41.4 41.1 43.4 37.5 40.7 42.2 42.6 22.2 23.9 31.4 17.6 31.7 33.2 32.7 40.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.7 39.5 39.7 40.0 39.2 12.19 6.78 10.73 10.40 11.85 14.83 13.41 21.36 23.20 24.84 16.99 11.65 11.36 9.46 10.92 14.84 10.61 – 10.08 11.28 – 9.33 7.80 21.04 – 18.62 – – 12.71 10.89 13.24 12.64 12.97 3.2 8.6 3.9 4.0 6.0 4.0 11.8 7.4 10.5 10.9 10.7 4.3 5.6 3.2 7.7 5.3 1.9 – 3.1 4.9 – 6.5 7.6 2.2 – 5.6 – – 2.8 8.1 3.3 5.2 8.2 39.1 30.2 35.2 39.3 35.7 42.1 54.1 41.9 42.9 41.9 41.3 43.5 37.2 40.7 42.3 42.6 19.4 – 30.0 17.3 – 35.6 32.7 40.7 – 40.0 – – 39.7 39.5 39.7 40.0 39.2 $13.75 – 13.08 14.25 12.81 14.43 12.30 13.01 – – – 13.07 – – – – 14.27 12.21 15.31 – 14.80 – – – 15.54 – – 12.16 – – – – – 3.4 – 17.0 4.1 2.3 1.9 11.4 8.9 – – – 7.9 – – – – 3.8 18.9 3.8 – 1.4 – – – 7.3 – – 3.6 – – – – – 33.4 – 20.9 33.4 34.4 34.3 37.9 39.3 – – – 40.0 – – – – 27.3 19.3 31.8 – 31.3 – – – 40.0 – – 40.0 – – – – – 14.06 12.71 8.0 13.4 39.9 40.0 14.75 12.82 9.9 15.6 39.9 40.0 11.71 – 7.6 – 40.0 – 9.72 8.02 8.75 10.62 11.30 14.01 14.45 10.99 6.19 11.80 2.4 3.8 5.2 3.4 5.1 3.1 6.8 7.7 4.0 3.8 35.7 32.3 35.5 38.9 38.6 39.2 38.9 31.5 22.7 33.7 9.61 8.04 8.75 10.57 11.30 13.96 14.52 8.32 – 10.82 2.4 3.8 5.2 3.4 5.2 2.3 8.3 9.2 – 4.7 35.7 32.4 35.6 38.9 38.6 39.0 38.7 27.3 – 30.8 12.76 5.87 – 12.04 11.32 14.18 14.05 14.12 – – 5.6 9.9 – 6.3 4.5 10.0 6.3 6.2 – – 36.3 23.0 – 40.0 38.8 40.0 40.0 38.4 – – 12.74 12.43 11.11 9.5 14.1 16.8 40.0 39.6 39.2 12.12 – 11.11 7.7 – 16.8 40.0 – 39.2 – – – – – – – – – Blue collar –Continued Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors –Continued Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Production testers .............................................. Transportation and material moving ......................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ Truck drivers ...................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Bus drivers ......................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs .......................... Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... Operating engineers .......................................... Crane and tower operators ................................ Excavating and loading machine operators ....... Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 4 ................................................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ....................................................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 1 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 6 ................................................................... Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... See footnotes at end of table. 30 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers –Continued Helpers, construction trades .............................. Construction laborers ......................................... 2 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Production helpers ............................................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 2 ................................................................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Garage and service station related .................... 3 ................................................................... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 1 ................................................................... Hand packers and packagers ............................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... $9.64 12.09 10.77 16.11 10.64 8.48 9.53 11.70 11.32 9.10 6.87 8.69 11.55 11.87 13.70 9.66 10.90 10.27 9.24 8.43 14.12 11.67 8.71 12.59 8.46 7.20 8.59 7.94 9.75 8.23 9.79 9.28 8.18 8.66 11.45 11.37 13.43 6.8 9.6 12.5 7.2 6.0 6.1 3.0 7.1 3.5 5.4 6.5 9.6 9.6 5.4 3.9 10.2 13.6 7.1 6.3 4.2 8.9 5.0 6.3 19.1 9.2 6.3 6.5 8.3 10.5 10.9 5.2 3.0 4.5 6.3 4.7 7.3 6.3 38.3 39.7 39.7 39.8 38.6 36.1 37.8 40.0 40.0 27.9 23.8 25.8 38.3 37.0 37.2 37.7 35.3 35.6 33.9 35.8 37.3 38.2 39.8 38.8 39.2 38.4 38.1 37.2 37.2 40.0 40.8 37.4 36.3 38.2 39.4 37.5 40.0 $9.64 12.02 10.77 17.56 10.64 8.48 9.53 11.70 11.32 9.11 6.87 8.69 11.56 11.87 13.70 9.66 10.90 10.27 9.24 8.43 14.12 11.67 8.71 12.59 8.46 7.20 8.59 7.94 9.75 8.23 9.79 9.21 8.21 8.66 11.47 11.36 12.99 6.8 10.3 12.5 4.1 6.0 6.1 3.0 7.1 3.5 5.4 6.6 9.6 9.6 5.4 3.9 10.2 13.6 7.1 6.3 4.2 8.9 5.0 6.3 19.1 9.2 6.3 6.5 8.3 10.5 10.9 5.2 3.0 4.2 6.3 5.4 7.4 8.6 38.3 39.7 39.7 39.7 38.6 36.1 37.8 40.0 40.0 28.0 23.9 25.8 38.3 37.0 37.2 37.7 35.3 35.6 33.9 35.8 37.3 38.2 39.8 38.8 39.2 38.4 38.1 37.2 37.2 40.0 40.8 37.6 36.5 38.6 39.3 37.4 40.0 – $12.87 – 11.79 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.10 – – 11.39 – – – 10.3 – 8.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.6 – – 7.2 – – – 40.0 – 40.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 33.5 – – 40.0 – – Service .............................................................................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Protective service .................................................. 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... 8.86 6.20 6.84 8.12 10.54 11.38 12.33 15.66 17.23 18.88 21.85 25.98 13.97 6.41 9.20 11.88 11.69 13.09 16.86 17.70 18.85 3.0 3.7 4.7 2.4 5.2 3.7 3.0 2.8 5.5 4.3 8.4 7.1 5.9 10.6 3.3 9.9 2.0 3.4 3.3 8.0 4.3 29.8 24.1 28.8 31.1 37.3 36.9 40.5 30.5 40.2 39.9 44.0 40.0 37.3 28.5 29.7 37.8 40.6 40.3 42.8 40.6 39.9 8.05 6.13 6.51 7.87 10.34 10.88 11.87 – 16.56 – – – 8.25 5.85 8.94 10.45 – – – – – 3.5 4.0 5.3 2.5 6.4 4.5 3.4 – 5.5 – – – 11.1 5.1 3.5 7.5 – – – – – 28.7 23.7 28.1 31.0 37.4 36.2 40.8 – 38.7 – – – 31.4 28.0 32.5 40.0 – – – – – 13.08 7.33 8.96 10.85 11.99 12.44 13.20 16.80 17.61 18.80 21.85 – 16.13 11.51 10.01 13.61 11.67 13.23 16.91 17.72 18.80 4.3 6.5 6.3 4.4 8.5 3.3 3.6 3.1 7.9 4.3 8.4 – 3.4 7.8 6.4 9.3 1.9 3.8 3.3 8.3 4.3 36.8 30.8 33.4 32.7 36.7 38.4 40.2 42.7 41.1 39.9 44.0 – 40.2 34.6 23.3 35.5 40.9 40.3 42.9 41.1 39.9 Blue collar –Continued See footnotes at end of table. 31 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level Service –Continued Protective service –Continued 10 ................................................................... 11 ................................................................... Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 9 ................................................................... 10 ................................................................... Supervisors, guards ........................................... Firefighting ......................................................... 7 ................................................................... Police and detectives, public service ................. 6 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... 8 ................................................................... 9 ................................................................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................. 7 ................................................................... Correctional institution officers ........................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Guards and police, except public service .......... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 2 ................................................................... Food service .......................................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Bartenders ......................................................... 3 ................................................................... Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... Other food service ............................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 7 ................................................................... Cooks ................................................................. 1 ................................................................... State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $21.71 25.98 17.32 23.74 22.56 24.37 17.34 13.81 14.38 17.56 14.69 18.28 17.80 17.78 8.9 7.1 10.6 3.0 2.4 5.1 9.8 3.3 3.7 4.1 5.9 2.7 12.4 3.6 44.2 40.0 50.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 46.4 52.0 39.9 40.2 39.6 40.0 39.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $21.71 – 17.35 23.74 22.56 24.37 – 13.81 14.38 17.49 14.69 18.28 17.80 17.78 8.9 – 11.6 3.0 2.4 5.1 – 3.3 3.7 4.1 5.9 2.7 12.4 3.6 44.2 – 52.1 40.0 40.0 40.0 – 46.4 52.0 39.9 40.2 39.6 40.0 39.9 16.22 16.53 13.51 11.35 13.12 8.15 5.79 9.25 10.47 11.87 9.04 7.07 7.08 5.72 5.75 7.47 10.31 10.70 15.10 4.86 4.46 4.36 6.53 5.36 6.46 6.05 4.54 4.22 4.09 6.65 5.79 5.31 6.37 7.95 6.29 7.01 7.79 10.60 10.83 15.10 10.42 13.95 11.00 15.10 9.05 7.19 3.6 3.6 6.0 1.9 4.9 10.8 5.1 3.5 7.6 4.8 8.8 7.3 2.6 6.0 9.1 4.7 15.0 4.0 5.3 9.5 16.1 16.1 18.9 23.6 8.7 6.3 12.7 20.8 17.0 27.3 7.4 8.3 14.5 2.4 4.2 4.2 3.6 14.8 4.0 5.3 7.6 12.8 5.5 5.3 3.0 5.9 38.0 40.0 39.3 40.0 37.3 31.5 28.4 32.7 38.8 39.5 25.0 22.6 27.0 22.6 26.9 29.5 36.1 39.0 40.9 24.2 20.4 29.7 25.3 28.8 31.3 32.2 24.3 21.1 29.9 22.5 19.1 17.6 22.3 28.2 23.7 24.8 31.2 36.6 39.0 40.9 39.6 37.4 35.9 40.9 32.0 31.3 – – – – – $7.83 5.79 8.95 – – – – 7.03 5.63 5.61 7.44 10.31 10.70 – 4.85 4.45 4.35 6.53 5.36 6.46 6.05 4.54 4.21 4.09 6.65 5.77 5.31 6.15 7.93 6.21 6.86 7.75 10.61 10.83 – 10.37 13.95 11.07 – 9.06 6.88 – – – – – 10.8 5.1 3.7 – – – – 2.8 6.5 9.7 4.8 15.1 4.2 – 9.5 16.1 16.2 18.9 23.6 8.7 6.3 12.7 20.8 17.0 27.3 7.4 8.3 15.5 2.5 4.3 4.1 3.7 14.9 4.1 – 7.9 12.8 7.3 – 3.1 5.5 – – – – – 31.4 28.4 31.7 – – – – 26.9 22.3 27.0 29.4 36.2 40.2 – 24.2 20.4 29.8 25.3 28.8 31.3 32.2 24.3 21.1 29.9 22.5 19.2 17.6 23.2 28.2 23.4 24.8 31.1 36.7 40.2 – 40.2 37.4 43.2 – 32.0 34.9 16.22 16.53 13.51 11.35 13.12 13.05 – – – – 10.53 – 8.26 7.20 8.44 9.52 – 10.74 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.26 7.19 8.43 9.52 – 10.74 – 11.84 – – – 8.76 8.83 3.6 3.6 6.0 1.9 4.9 8.6 – – – – 12.7 – 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 – 2.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.7 5.3 5.4 5.1 – 2.6 – 10.6 – – – 3.2 5.3 38.0 40.0 39.3 40.0 37.3 33.7 – – – – 27.6 – 28.2 28.7 25.0 36.6 – 27.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 28.3 28.6 25.3 36.6 – 27.4 – 28.6 – – – 31.5 20.2 See footnotes at end of table. 32 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level Service –Continued Food service –Continued Other food service –Continued Cooks –Continued 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 1 ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... Health service ........................................................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Health aides, except nursing ............................. 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ............................................................ 4 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Maids and housemen ........................................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... Personal service .................................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... 5 ................................................................... 6 ................................................................... Supervisors, personal service ............................ State and local government Private industry Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $7.25 8.86 8.65 10.79 7.06 6.53 7.29 7.05 7.20 6.37 6.11 6.72 7.63 9.89 7.39 8.28 8.08 11.43 11.17 9.15 7.54 10.16 8.28 10.04 9.99 9.18 7.36 8.15 8.05 11.46 8.82 6.92 8.86 10.06 10.96 10.97 12.53 6.5 2.5 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.0 3.9 2.2 11.8 4.4 4.6 6.2 5.4 8.3 5.9 4.5 3.7 6.8 8.7 4.4 5.2 9.3 4.6 5.3 5.0 7.6 7.0 4.5 3.7 6.8 6.4 3.3 3.1 3.6 4.7 13.5 8.6 27.3 27.5 36.1 39.8 27.3 22.8 28.7 29.1 29.8 23.3 22.9 22.6 28.8 30.6 27.6 31.4 29.9 37.7 38.9 27.9 25.3 32.1 23.9 34.5 37.7 32.9 28.0 31.4 31.0 37.8 31.5 27.7 32.7 36.8 37.5 36.4 40.0 $7.24 8.83 8.64 10.80 7.05 6.54 7.29 7.04 7.17 6.26 6.04 6.41 7.63 9.86 7.36 8.31 8.01 11.49 – 9.07 7.54 10.14 8.25 10.04 – 9.06 7.32 8.17 7.98 11.53 8.34 6.88 8.49 9.15 10.38 9.42 12.50 6.9 2.7 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 4.4 2.7 12.1 4.3 4.5 4.9 5.4 8.9 5.6 4.4 3.7 6.9 – 4.4 5.2 9.6 4.7 5.3 – 8.3 6.7 4.5 3.8 6.8 6.3 3.5 3.2 4.1 4.0 12.4 8.7 26.8 27.0 36.2 39.8 27.5 22.9 28.0 27.6 30.1 23.1 22.7 22.4 28.8 30.1 27.2 30.7 29.8 37.6 – 27.6 25.3 32.4 23.7 34.5 – 32.5 27.6 30.6 30.9 37.7 30.2 27.1 30.8 35.7 36.8 35.3 40.0 $7.41 9.39 – – – – 7.32 – – 7.71 7.12 8.80 – 10.27 – 8.05 9.48 – – – – – – – – 10.28 – 8.01 9.51 – 11.01 7.49 9.66 11.71 12.71 14.57 – 1.7 5.4 – – – – 3.8 – – 7.2 8.3 7.5 – 7.3 – 8.9 6.3 – – – – – – – – 7.9 – 8.9 6.8 – 5.4 10.5 7.8 4.0 7.4 9.3 – 35.1 37.0 – – – – 34.8 – – 25.7 26.8 23.9 – 36.8 – 38.5 31.6 – – – – – – – – 36.8 – 38.8 31.5 – 38.7 38.7 37.4 39.0 40.0 39.4 – 11.43 10.48 12.35 6.81 6.44 7.85 8.13 9.30 7.31 9.27 10.57 10.99 13.76 8.37 6.19 6.76 8.02 8.67 14.49 12.47 13.89 12.0 8.4 8.6 4.9 3.2 4.1 3.9 4.3 3.3 3.9 4.6 5.1 6.5 3.5 3.6 5.0 3.0 4.8 14.9 14.0 9.2 37.5 34.8 40.0 29.9 28.0 36.7 39.7 31.5 27.4 31.2 36.1 37.7 40.0 30.4 20.9 28.7 33.9 38.1 26.3 33.8 36.2 11.09 – 12.35 6.81 6.43 7.85 8.13 8.72 7.28 8.97 9.64 10.39 12.24 8.21 – 6.34 7.82 8.39 14.20 12.58 13.89 13.0 – 8.6 4.9 3.3 4.1 3.9 4.6 3.5 4.1 6.1 4.0 5.4 4.4 – 4.6 2.7 5.0 16.2 14.4 9.2 37.4 – 40.0 29.8 27.9 36.7 39.7 29.4 26.4 27.6 34.1 37.1 40.0 30.6 – 27.3 35.5 38.8 25.7 34.1 36.2 15.47 – – – – – – 10.84 7.53 9.66 11.71 12.88 – 9.52 6.98 7.79 10.36 10.28 – – – 11.5 – – – – – – 5.7 11.1 7.8 4.0 8.0 – 9.8 7.6 7.4 12.3 11.2 – – – 38.7 – – – – – – 38.7 38.7 37.4 39.0 40.0 – 29.2 20.7 33.0 22.3 34.8 – – – See footnotes at end of table. 33 TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 West North Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued Total Occupations and level Service –Continued Personal service –Continued Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities ............................................................ 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... Ushers ............................................................... Welfare service aides ........................................ 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 1 ................................................................... Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 1 ................................................................... 2 ................................................................... 3 ................................................................... 4 ................................................................... Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Mean Relative error5 (percent) $7.65 6.92 5.88 6.74 8.04 7.60 7.43 7.47 7.71 9.59 7.92 8.20 7.51 8.39 7.01 6.44 7.51 10.36 4.0 3.8 3.6 6.0 6.6 1.9 5.6 5.6 6.9 14.2 4.2 3.5 4.9 4.7 6.0 2.1 3.6 5.8 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 anestablishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See 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, weighted by hours. State and local government Private industry Mean weekly hours Mean Relative error5 (percent) 36.7 21.1 35.1 12.1 28.5 18.1 32.1 28.2 33.8 24.1 38.8 25.7 16.2 30.2 29.3 22.1 30.3 35.3 $7.65 6.93 5.88 6.74 7.29 7.59 7.21 6.83 – 7.42 – 7.90 7.26 8.32 7.04 6.44 7.53 10.34 4.0 3.9 3.6 6.0 3.3 1.9 4.0 5.3 – 6.8 – 3.9 4.6 5.1 6.1 2.1 3.8 6.9 Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours Mean 36.7 20.9 35.1 12.1 29.1 18.1 34.8 27.8 – 25.7 – 25.0 15.9 30.1 29.5 22.1 30.6 34.9 – – – – $11.46 – – 9.18 – 10.76 – 9.99 – – – – – – Mean Relative weekly error5 hours (percent) – – – – 10.8 – – 12.1 – 14.6 – 6.5 – – – – – – – – – – 26.3 – – 29.3 – 23.3 – 30.1 – – – – – – 4 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 5 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. 34 TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 West North Central, National Compensation Survey,3 1999 Occupational group All industries Private industry State and local government All ............................................................................................. All, excluding sales ............................................................... 7,118,200 6,196,700 6,173,800 5,253,100 944,400 943,600 White collar ......................................................................... White collar, excluding sales ............................................ 3,618,500 2,697,000 2,961,600 2,040,900 657,000 656,100 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 1,110,000 808,200 301,800 522,200 921,500 1,064,900 698,300 432,100 266,300 453,000 920,700 889,600 411,700 376,200 35,500 69,200 – 175,300 Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 2,136,700 673,800 468,600 418,900 575,300 2,039,800 636,400 468,600 378,500 556,300 96,800 37,300 – 40,400 19,000 Service ................................................................................. 1,363,000 1,172,400 190,600 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, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 35 TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, West North Central, National Compensation Survey,1 1999 Number of establishments studied Industry division Total All ...................................................................................................................... Private Industry ............................................................................................ Goods-producing industries ....................................................................... Mining .................................................................................................... Construction ........................................................................................... Manufacturing ........................................................................................ Durable goods ................................................................................... Nondurable goods ............................................................................. Service-producing industries ..................................................................... Transportation and utilities ..................................................................... Wholesale trade ..................................................................................... Retail trade ............................................................................................ Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................ Services ................................................................................................. State and local government ........................................................................ 1,556 1,345 370 8 60 302 182 120 975 113 73 223 112 454 211 1 In this census division, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and 1 to 99 workers2 100 to 499 workers 500 to 999 workers 1000 to 2,499 workers 2,500 to 4,999 workers 5,000 or more workers 571 543 112 7 38 67 40 27 431 43 42 127 63 156 28 611 522 160 1 19 140 80 60 362 33 20 84 20 205 89 160 133 57 – 2 55 33 22 76 14 9 9 8 36 27 114 84 15 – 1 14 10 4 69 13 2 3 11 40 30 59 34 12 41 29 14 – – – – 12 10 2 22 2 – – 14 9 5 15 8 – – 5 15 25 5 2 12 local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 36 Technical Note T he data in these tables are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 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. Des Moines County, IA Freeborn County, MN Goodhue County, MN Griggs County, ND Iowa City, IA, MSA Kansas City, MO-KS, MSA Lewis County, MO Lincoln, NE, MSA Logan County, NE Madison County, NE Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, MSA Seward County, NE Springfield, MO, MSA St. Louis, MO-IL, MSA Tama County, IA Ward County, ND Survey scope. In the West North Central census division, the NCS studied 1,556 establishments representing approximately 7,118,200 workers within the scope of the survey. Beginning with the 1999 NCS, private sector establishments with 1 or more workers are included in the survey. State and local governments with 50 or more workers also are included. The number of workers represented by the survey is shown in table A, and the number of establishments 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 is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishments 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 collection. The third stage of sample selection was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. In the West North Central region, collection was conducted between December 1998 and April 2000, with an average reference period of October 1999. Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports. The reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The reference month for the private sector varied by area. Sample design and data collection. 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 154 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nations 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 West North Central census division are: Occupational selection and classification. Identification of the occupations for which wage data were collected was a four-step process: 1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the Census of Population system 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time, union vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive 4. Determination of the level of work of each job For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three Clinton County, IA 37 steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which a correct classification or level could not be determined. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The National Compensation Survey occupational classification system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. For cases in which a jobs duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen workers were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishments definition of those terms. Then, the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union or a nonunion job. The fourth step in the job classification procedure was to determine the work level of each of the establishments selected jobs, using a generic leveling process. This process, involving discussions between the Bureaus field economist and the respondent, ranks and compares all selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling factors. For more information on generic leveling and an example of how to use the criteria for leveling a job, see appendix C and appendix D at http://www.bls.gov/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. The above website also has a link to the NCS job descriptions. sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. 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 was $15.09 per hour, with a relative standard error of 0.6 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $15.24 to $14.94 ($15.09 x 1.645 x 0.006 = $0.149, rounded to $0.15); ($15.09 + $0.15 = $15.24; $15.09 - $0.15 = $14.94). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although nonsampling errors were not specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize them through the extensive training of field economists who gathered survey data by personal visit, computer editing of the data, and detailed data review. 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 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (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 and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the 38
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