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Dallas-Fort Worth, TX National Compensation Survey March 1998 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner Revised March 1999 Bulletin 3095-06  v  Preface  T  For additional information regarding this survey, please contact the BLS Dallas Regional Office at (214)767-6970. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 606-6220, or send e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at the BLS Internet site (http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm). Data are in three formats: an ASCII file containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the entire bulletin. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 606-7828; TDD phone: (202) 606-5897; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-326-2577.  his bulletin provides results of a March 1998 survey of occupational pay in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). Data shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program known as the National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of Hal R. Corley, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations of the Dallas Regional Office. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and analyzed the survey results.  iii  Contents  Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ Wages in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA ............................................................................................  1 2  Tables: A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries........................................... A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and State and local government........................................................................................................... A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers, all industries ................................................................................................................................. A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only, all industries............................................................................................ B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers............................ B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers............................ C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries ................................................................................................................................. C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ...............................................................  6 8 10  11 13  14 15 16 17  Appendix A: Technical Note ..................................................................................................................................... Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented ........................................... Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors...................................................................................... Appendix table 3. Average work levels...........................................................................................  v  18 22 23 25  Introduction  T  providing broader coverage of occupations and establishments within the survey area. Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected using probability techniques from a list of all those present in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on broad occupational classifications such as white-collar workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers, and individual occupations such as cashiers. In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions that were not comparable across specific occupations. Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time versus incentive status, and establishment employment size. Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program. The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal Government.  his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). The CMSA includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, and Tarrant Counties, TX. This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are analyzed in the initial textual section. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide range of work levels. Also contained in this bulletin is information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology. NCS design and products The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s (BLS) new National Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on the levels and rates of change of occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These data are similar to those released under the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued. NCS more extensive than OCS The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by  1  Wages in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area  S  white-collar occupations as $20.09 in private industry and $19.90 in State and local government. Blue-collar occupations showed an average hourly rate of $11.84 in private industry and $12.74 in State and local government. Service occupations within private industry averaged $7.81 per hour while those found in State and local government averaged $12.80.  traight-time wages in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged $16.30 per hour during March 1998. White-collar workers had an average wage of $20.05 per hour. Bluecollar workers averaged $11.89 per hour, while service workers had average earnings of $9.01 per hour. (All comparisons in this analysis cover hourly rates for both full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.) Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational group, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998  Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998  Dollars per hour $ 25  Dollars per hour $ 25 20  20  15  15  10 10 5 5 0 0  White-collar Whitecollar  Bluecollar  Service workers  Private industry  Within each of these occupational groups, average hourly wages for individual occupations varied. For example, white-collar occupations included registered nurses at $19.72 per hour, secretaries at $13.44, and general office clerks at $10.68. Among occupations in the blue-collar category, truck drivers averaged $13.67 per hour while stock handlers and baggers averaged $8.35. Finally, service occupations included janitors and cleaners at $7.03 per hour and nursing aides, orderlies and attendants at $7.58 per hour. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 154 detailed occupations; data for other detailed occupations surveyed could not be reported separately due to concerns about the confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of the data. Survey results show that private industry workers in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX earned $16.07 per hour, while surveyed State and local government workers averaged $17.56. Table A-2 reports the average hourly rate for  Blue-collar  Service  State and local government  Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were $16.97 per hour, compared with an average of $8.41 per hour for part-time workers. Data for specific work levels within major occupational groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may not be published because no workers were identified at that level or because there were not enough data to guarantee confidentiality and reliability. Work levels for all major groups span several levels, with professional specialty occupations and executive, 2  all service-producing industries, $20.84 in transportation, and public utilities, $13.15 in wholesale and retail trade, and $15.52 in services. Data for other industry divisions did not meet publication criteria. Table C-4 reports that a total of 1,243,029 workers were represented by the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX survey. White-collar occupations included 723,525 workers, or 58 percent, blue-collar occupations included 323,123 workers, or 26 percent; and service occupations included 196,381 workers, or 16 percent.  administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting and ending at higher work levels than the other groups. Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level 9. As illustrated in Chart 3, the average hourly rate was $6.66 for level 1, $9.68 for level 3, $15.37 for level 6, and $19.95 for level 9.  Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for administrative support occupations, including clerical, Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, March 1998  Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by occupational group, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998  Dollars per hour $ 20  Percent 60 15  50 10  40 30  5  20 0 1  3  6  10  9  Level  0 Whitecollar  Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of $18.70, as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion workers averaged $16.09. Time workers, whose wages were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged $16.25 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at least partially based on productivity payments, averaged $17.11 per hour. Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. In the private sector, hourly wages averaged $16.68 in all goods-producing industries, $34.92 in mining, $13.34 in construction, and $16.51in manufacturing. Hourly wages averaged $15.82 in  Bluecollar  Service workers  Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry, and State and local government are available in appendix table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3.  3  Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 All industries Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  All occupations ....................................................................... $16.30 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 16.54  $6.45 6.55  25  Median 50  $8.70 $13.25 8.94 13.50  75  90  $20.57 20.84  $28.96 29.30  White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................  20.05 21.09  8.34 9.44  11.53 12.45  17.31 18.42  24.90 25.91  33.84 34.39  Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Geologists and geodesists ................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Medical science teachers ..................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Librarians .............................................................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Economists ........................................................... Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Technical writers ................................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical occupations .................................................. 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 ................................................................. Airplane pilots and navigators .............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields .........  24.06 24.80 27.81 27.78 22.72 26.50 30.38 27.41 27.60  13.17 15.53 19.03 21.13 15.81 19.71 21.19 19.28 20.11  17.00 18.96 22.27 22.88 18.87 22.27 25.15 22.80 23.15  21.82 23.55 27.17 27.17 22.50 27.50 29.57 26.88 26.74  27.98 28.95 31.88 31.61 27.46 30.87 34.90 31.70 31.73  34.15 35.09 37.60 36.66 29.13 33.15 41.09 36.18 36.35  29.14 44.34 47.29 20.19 19.74 24.95 30.29 45.46 27.37 22.25 16.59 22.26 23.62 21.76 20.94 24.65 18.84 18.84 21.53 18.72 25.90 14.94 14.72 35.50 34.88  20.83 20.28 35.38 15.29 15.57 17.10 17.04 26.17 17.04 16.13 7.68 17.50 17.74 17.84 12.68 10.96 11.35 11.35 11.54 11.54 17.31 10.48 11.15 25.81 25.81  23.08 37.64 40.10 16.47 16.98 23.29 22.30 28.76 21.95 18.88 9.10 18.97 19.82 18.83 18.30 16.50 11.54 11.54 14.25 13.75 21.64 11.25 12.66 25.81 25.81  28.70 42.46 46.32 18.84 18.86 25.61 25.15 41.10 24.34 21.94 19.13 21.91 23.12 21.82 20.22 25.77 21.57 21.57 22.16 14.25 28.97 14.65 14.65 33.41 32.85  36.07 51.94 58.00 21.87 21.30 28.50 34.39 54.24 31.18 25.58 21.83 24.98 26.41 24.00 24.36 31.62 23.35 23.35 27.70 22.16 29.50 17.06 16.25 38.94 38.94  38.69 67.85 67.85 26.70 24.78 28.75 52.02 71.56 46.37 29.61 26.39 28.90 30.01 26.85 29.77 34.01 25.52 25.52 29.56 28.00 31.48 23.55 19.01 49.77 47.60  25.14 21.52 20.93 20.10 21.42 14.02 16.10 13.90 12.36 17.31 15.30 16.23 98.11 21.57 14.33 28.41 33.34 24.91 35.49 33.99 30.38  11.89 13.32 9.19 14.00 10.57 8.39 12.00 11.04 7.50 13.77 10.67 12.50 22.83 13.34 9.07 15.15 18.50 18.73 18.23 14.24 22.74  16.59 18.42 11.89 14.89 13.05 11.28 13.89 12.30 9.00 15.04 12.79 13.39 29.04 15.73 10.75 19.23 22.93 21.90 24.04 30.29 25.06  22.94 21.83 14.62 18.48 15.92 14.36 15.67 13.50 12.00 16.80 15.67 15.93 95.76 19.17 13.73 24.55 30.29 23.34 29.88 30.61 30.25  30.06 25.29 21.00 23.42 19.10 16.97 17.84 15.31 16.00 19.44 18.58 17.64 150.20 28.60 16.12 34.29 40.00 26.41 47.54 30.61 33.63  40.35 27.70 43.28 28.10 27.82 18.29 21.10 18.00 18.00 21.00 18.58 21.92 206.06 30.56 23.36 46.24 50.35 36.34 60.09 63.94 41.21  38.06 27.44  20.19 19.58  26.40 21.88  37.11 27.70  46.64 32.90  55.76 36.95  See footnotes at end of table.  4  Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  25  Median 50  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Managers, medicine and health ........................... $35.92 $27.78 $30.00 $36.45 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. 25.22 8.62 18.50 25.52 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. 34.77 19.28 23.68 31.51 Management related occupations ............................ 21.73 13.63 16.05 21.20 Accountants and auditors ..................................... 21.02 13.56 15.59 19.23 Other financial officers .......................................... 27.40 10.45 14.43 19.92 Management analysts .......................................... 23.94 14.96 18.04 22.44 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ 21.79 14.22 16.48 21.54 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... 17.80 12.44 15.42 15.90 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ 21.38 13.63 16.05 20.07 Sales occupations ............................................................ 13.52 5.85 6.88 10.24 Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 18.76 10.00 12.02 16.41 Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... 15.22 12.02 12.02 13.94 Advertising and related sales occupations ........... 25.94 10.40 16.30 20.51 Sales occupations, other business services ......... 13.08 7.00 8.20 10.19 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. 24.61 13.34 16.19 23.06 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 16.14 ( 4) (4) (4) Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.17 5.50 6.07 7.50 Cashiers ............................................................... 7.07 5.42 5.84 6.50 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... 10.98 6.00 7.00 10.27 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... 12.01 7.87 9.26 11.43 Supervisors, general office ................................... 16.63 10.55 12.53 15.06 Supervisors, financial records processing ............ 17.40 12.36 16.35 17.12 Computer operators .............................................. 12.38 9.67 10.96 12.25 Secretaries ........................................................... 13.44 9.11 10.81 12.98 Interviewers .......................................................... 9.99 7.73 9.61 10.45 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 12.27 6.80 8.48 12.13 Receptionists ........................................................ 9.65 7.00 7.75 9.75 Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... 10.86 6.70 8.00 11.63 Order clerks .......................................................... 11.97 8.79 9.38 11.54 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... 12.66 9.46 10.75 12.00 Library clerks ........................................................ 9.46 7.21 7.95 9.09 File clerks ............................................................. 10.35 5.50 7.00 9.66 Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... 10.37 7.74 8.62 10.11 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 11.23 8.32 9.18 10.55 Billing clerks .......................................................... 12.04 9.08 9.20 9.56 Telephone operators ............................................ 9.63 6.55 7.44 9.47 Mail clerks except postal service .......................... 8.62 7.25 7.55 8.26 Dispatchers ........................................................... 12.17 5.90 8.06 11.12 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 11.12 7.76 8.50 10.30 Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 10.69 6.85 8.30 10.25 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. 11.98 8.60 9.86 10.88 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. 16.27 10.62 12.17 15.52 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... 12.87 9.18 11.17 12.50 Bill and account collectors .................................... 11.28 9.36 10.50 11.10 General office clerks ............................................. 10.68 7.75 8.98 10.58 Bank tellers ........................................................... 10.72 7.88 8.34 10.16 Data entry keyers ................................................. 9.05 6.50 7.50 9.00 Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.05 6.63 7.75 9.05 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 11.92 8.50 10.16 11.54 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... See footnotes at end of table.  5  11.89 15.27 22.54 16.30 13.94  6.50 9.05 16.95 12.00 9.69  8.07 11.26 18.69 13.67 9.72  11.00 14.58 20.07 15.25 15.09  75  90  $40.29 26.25 41.54 23.51 26.00 36.06 30.34 24.94  $44.56 43.84 52.74 31.03 32.16 50.02 34.67 29.58  21.39 25.45 16.35 22.88  22.85 30.28 24.78 34.48  16.11 35.90 14.72  18.16 54.99 24.98  25.79 (4) 9.27 7.69 13.81 13.95 20.84 19.23 14.41 15.88 10.67 14.89 12.10 12.83 13.91 15.75 10.60 14.76 12.20 12.18 17.30 10.25 9.79 13.40 12.62 11.70  37.66 (4) 13.63 9.34 17.50 16.99 22.47 25.74 15.87 17.65 11.44 18.91 12.26 14.41 16.22 18.45 12.75 14.76 13.66 15.88 17.30 15.06 9.79 19.55 19.41 17.51  15.03 19.23 14.34 12.02 12.02 12.74 9.50 10.20 13.24  17.14 24.04 16.09 13.14 14.06 13.94 13.13 12.66 15.33  14.58 18.90 25.61 17.76 16.15  19.56 22.21 27.91 19.62 16.72  Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  25  Median 50  Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... $19.81 $15.88 $16.10 $22.20 Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 14.77 11.50 13.27 14.22 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ....................................... 20.29 15.09 19.78 21.64 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ...................................................... 15.42 12.10 13.00 15.07 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... 15.44 9.60 11.96 14.19 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. 18.43 13.23 17.18 17.37 Carpenters ............................................................ 11.74 8.77 8.90 10.50 Electricians ........................................................... 19.12 12.87 13.07 18.93 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. 16.49 13.89 13.89 16.75 Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. 12.99 8.49 10.99 13.36 Supervisors, production occupations .................... 17.74 11.58 15.70 16.96 Precision assemblers, metal ................................. 16.68 8.77 12.14 18.96 Sheet metal workers ............................................. 14.72 10.59 12.00 15.59 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 9.97 7.56 8.12 9.49 Butchers and meat cutters .................................... 13.65 10.90 13.54 14.48 Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 13.38 10.08 11.30 13.26 Stationary engineers ............................................. 13.20 8.23 10.35 14.08 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 10.68 5.86 7.48 10.18 Numerical control machine operators ................... 16.86 9.32 16.15 17.82 Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ 10.13 7.01 7.90 9.13 Printing press operators ....................................... 14.12 9.01 10.02 12.94 4 4 Textile sewing machine operators ........................ 6.69 ( ) ( ) (4) Packaging and filling machine operators .............. 9.54 7.66 8.22 9.00 Extruding and forming machine operators ............ 10.35 6.19 7.16 10.22 Slicing and cutting machine operators .................. 10.44 5.25 6.00 11.45 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... 10.40 5.15 8.04 10.65 Welders and cutters .............................................. 12.01 9.27 10.39 12.06 Assemblers ........................................................... 11.07 6.60 7.25 9.74 Hand cutting and trimming occupations ............... 6.64 5.15 5.15 6.33 4 4 Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. 8.74 ( ) ( ) (4) Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 10.81 6.70 8.35 11.25 Production testers ................................................. 11.35 7.70 8.91 9.66 Transportation and material moving occupations ............. 13.22 7.86 9.88 13.10 Truck drivers ......................................................... 13.67 8.41 10.74 13.97 Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.24 7.79 8.91 11.14 Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. 16.90 12.81 14.66 14.66 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 10.67 6.88 8.42 10.70 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ 16.73 10.48 12.53 20.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 8.94 5.87 6.82 8.25 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... 7.86 5.15 6.00 7.00 Construction laborers ........................................... 7.36 6.19 6.56 7.00 Production helpers ................................................ 8.32 5.25 6.50 7.04 Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 8.35 5.25 6.00 8.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... 10.92 7.08 8.25 8.75 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 9.67 6.75 8.01 8.60 Hand packers and packagers ............................... 8.83 5.60 7.00 8.80 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 8.18 5.85 6.76 7.29 Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations .................................................... Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Supervisors, guards .............................................. Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... See footnotes at end of table.  6  75  90  $22.23 15.17  $23.16 18.25  21.64  22.33  16.13 22.21 18.93 12.99 23.55 19.60 15.95 20.30 19.47 18.65 11.09 14.48 15.29 16.96 12.96 18.42 11.82 18.51 (4) 11.61 13.99 13.30 12.96 13.80 13.21 7.28 (4) 12.35 13.81 15.81 15.81 12.37 19.95 12.40  22.85 22.22 20.01 17.42 25.88 19.60 16.28 22.90 23.51 18.65 12.81 14.48 17.18 17.25 15.73 22.66 14.48 19.37 (4) 12.59 14.63 15.40 14.29 14.43 20.57 10.90 (4) 14.05 16.40 20.35 19.15 15.10 25.24 14.65  20.35 10.19 8.92 7.99 10.75 10.40 13.02 10.62 11.00 8.90  20.35 12.68 11.83 9.05 11.53 11.99 18.83 13.45 11.81 12.00  9.01 12.11  5.15 6.18  5.53 7.03  7.11 10.42  10.03 16.15  15.32 20.34  17.63 23.35 18.23 14.08 18.84 10.96 7.69 6.75  14.51 19.96 10.87 11.19 15.26 9.85 5.57 2.36  14.77 20.43 10.87 12.63 17.43 10.21 6.45 5.15  17.27 23.94 13.35 14.18 18.58 10.63 7.03 6.00  19.50 24.73 19.43 15.16 20.52 11.37 8.15 8.00  21.12 27.51 40.02 16.29 21.96 13.00 10.42 11.50  Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  Service occupations (-Continued) Food service occupations (-Continued) Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... $11.28 Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 3.67 Cooks ................................................................... 7.95 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations 5.63 Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 7.13 Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ 7.41 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. 6.04 Health service occupations ....................................... 7.79 Health aides, except nursing ................................ 8.42 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 7.58 Cleaning and building service occupations .............. 7.32 Maids and housemen ........................................... 5.99 Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 7.03 Personal service occupations ................................... 13.28 Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... 8.17 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, 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include 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 A classification system including about 480 individual  $7.30 2.13 5.41 ( 4) 5.45 5.15 5.15 5.50 6.18 5.50 5.15 ( 4) 5.15 5.15 5.50  25  Median 50  $8.85 $10.96 2.13 2.16 6.00 7.11 (4) (4) 6.18 6.85 5.15 5.75 5.24 5.65 6.25 7.50 7.47 8.07 6.01 7.15 5.25 6.36 (4) (4) 5.25 6.28 5.39 7.16 6.50 7.88  75  90  $12.98 3.70 8.72 (4) 7.65 9.56 6.25 8.70 9.63 8.35 8.67 (4) 8.35 11.09 9.84  $14.86 8.12 10.78 (4) 8.99 12.50 7.35 10.41 10.41 10.30 10.93 (4) 9.96 38.06 11.09  occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  7  Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 Private industry Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  All occupations ..................................................... $16.07 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 16.34 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Industrial engineers ............................ Mechanical engineers ......................... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Operations and systems researchers and analysts ................................. Natural scientists .................................... Geologists and geodesists ................. Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Pharmacists ........................................ Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ....... Teachers, except college and university Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...... Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, special education ............... Teachers, N.E.C. ................................ Vocational and educational counselors .................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Librarians ............................................ Social scientists and urban planners ...... Economists ......................................... Psychologists ...................................... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Lawyers .............................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Technical writers ................................. Designers ........................................... Editors and reporters .......................... Technical occupations ................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .................................... Radiological technicians ..................... Licensed practical nurses ................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ... Drafters ............................................... Airplane pilots and navigators ............ Computer programmers ..................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers ..........................................  State and local government  $6.15 6.30  25  Median 50  $8.32 $12.86 8.50 13.10  Percentiles Mean 75  90  10  $20.34 20.51  $29.30 29.67  $17.56 17.58  25  Median 50  75  90  $8.65 $10.95 $16.11 $22.36 $28.16 8.66 10.95 16.12 22.38 28.16  20.09 21.37  8.00 9.36  11.33 12.36  16.80 18.09  25.00 26.21  34.67 36.07  19.90 19.93  9.56 9.58  12.66 12.66  19.18 19.21  24.60 24.61  30.61 30.61  24.64 25.37 27.87 27.78 22.72 26.50 30.48 27.52  12.98 14.80 18.96 21.13 15.81 19.71 21.42 19.77  16.60 19.00 22.27 22.88 18.87 22.27 25.44 23.01  22.00 24.38 27.29 27.17 22.50 27.50 29.65 27.00  28.85 30.06 32.00 31.61 27.46 30.87 35.09 31.74  35.89 36.53 37.84 36.66 29.13 33.15 41.21 36.30  22.51 23.53 – – – – – –  14.35 16.23 – – – – – –  18.03 18.88 – – – – – –  21.61 22.32 – – – – – –  25.60 26.20 – – – – – –  30.67 31.33 – – – – – –  27.74  20.11  23.35  26.94  31.82  36.35  –  –  –  –  –  –  29.14 45.86 47.29 20.34 19.81 24.89 26.58 23.84 13.94 – – 24.75 – 15.91  20.83 30.45 35.38 15.40 15.62 17.10 21.00 14.10 7.82 – – 15.93 – 8.27  23.08 39.42 40.10 16.67 17.00 23.16 22.31 22.43 9.10 – – 18.59 – 10.82  28.70 43.62 46.32 18.84 18.85 25.61 24.82 23.22 11.21 – – 24.19 – 15.94  36.07 52.53 58.00 21.87 21.33 28.50 26.58 25.00 16.35 – – 30.20 – 18.40  38.69 67.85 67.85 26.86 25.06 28.75 34.39 29.17 25.00 – – 33.40 – 26.00  – – – 19.07 19.06 – 31.62 28.02 23.02 21.94 22.69 23.57 21.76 22.32  – – – 14.35 15.34 – 16.11 17.04 17.84 18.04 18.07 17.85 17.84 18.00  – – – 15.90 16.98 – 21.21 21.95 19.39 19.82 19.29 19.82 18.83 18.53  – – – 18.66 18.94 – 26.86 24.34 22.38 20.90 22.13 23.02 21.82 21.31  – – – 21.84 21.27 – 38.46 31.18 25.88 24.18 25.21 26.32 24.00 25.78  – – – 24.84 22.45 – 53.67 46.90 29.93 27.42 29.10 29.65 26.85 30.38  13.40 – – 19.05 18.72 – 15.83 – 34.87 34.87  10.10 – – 11.54 11.54 – 7.50 – 25.81 25.81  10.34 – – 13.75 13.75 – 10.48 – 27.37 27.37  10.96 – – 20.63 14.25 – 14.94 – 32.35 32.35  11.59 – – 23.21 22.16 – 22.00 – 40.38 40.38  25.00 – – 27.58 28.00 – 23.55 – 47.60 47.60  27.61 22.04 22.04 25.75 – 27.22 13.99 14.08 37.29 –  16.50 14.03 14.03 18.45 – 21.64 10.75 10.75 21.25 –  25.11 21.19 21.19 21.64 – 23.18 12.34 12.53 22.43 –  28.53 22.82 22.82 28.97 – 28.97 14.65 14.65 35.61 –  32.63 23.35 23.35 29.50 – 29.56 15.47 15.47 35.61 –  34.99 28.01 28.01 30.36 – 31.48 18.09 18.09 51.44 –  25.15 21.52 20.93 20.10 22.55  12.09 13.32 9.19 14.00 10.72  16.64 18.42 11.89 14.89 13.37  22.94 21.83 14.62 18.48 16.12  29.96 25.29 21.00 23.42 19.79  40.35 27.70 43.28 28.10 28.85  – – – – 14.27  – – – – 9.73  – – – – 11.74  – – – – 13.89  – – – – 16.12  – – – – 18.58  14.06 16.51 14.21  8.39 7.47 11.63  10.76 13.95 12.61  14.36 15.94 13.85  17.06 19.80 15.48  18.83 22.88 18.00  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  12.35 17.24 16.23 98.11 21.57  7.50 13.85 12.50 22.83 13.34  8.30 15.04 13.39 29.04 15.73  11.94 16.83 15.93 95.76 19.07  16.00 19.36 17.64 150.20 28.60  18.00 20.67 21.92 206.06 30.56  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  14.31  8.57  10.57  12.59  16.35  23.59  –  –  –  –  –  –  28.91  15.38  19.28  24.55  35.93  47.54  24.92  14.14  18.73  24.05  30.99  35.74  34.34  18.50  23.05  31.00  41.94  52.40  27.69  18.73  22.21  27.70  34.23  36.34  See footnotes at end of table.  8  Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued Private industry  State and local government  Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  25  Median 50  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... – – – – Financial managers ............................ $35.70 $18.00 $24.04 $26.67 Purchasing managers ......................... 30.38 22.74 25.06 30.25 Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations ....................... 38.16 20.19 26.40 37.55 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. 24.18 12.44 20.77 21.63 Managers, medicine and health ......... 35.87 27.78 30.00 38.98 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ........................................... – – – – Managers and administrators, N.E.C. 34.93 19.23 23.68 31.73 Management related occupations .......... 22.02 13.63 16.49 21.20 Accountants and auditors ................... 21.04 13.46 15.59 19.52 Other financial officers ........................ 28.00 10.07 15.18 20.19 Management analysts ........................ 24.33 14.96 18.04 23.45 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 22.56 16.06 16.80 22.20 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction ....................... 19.22 14.66 15.90 20.70 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 21.37 13.63 15.63 19.71 Sales occupations .......................................... 13.53 5.85 6.88 10.24 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 18.76 10.00 12.02 16.41 Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................. 15.22 12.02 12.02 13.94 Advertising and related sales occupations .................................. 25.94 10.40 16.30 20.51 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 13.08 7.00 8.20 10.19 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 24.61 13.34 16.19 23.06 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 16.14 ( 4) (4) (4) Sales workers, other commodities ...... 10.17 5.50 6.07 7.50 Cashiers ............................................. 7.02 5.41 5.80 6.50 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 10.98 6.00 7.00 10.27 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 12.21 7.87 9.40 11.54 Supervisors, general office ................. 16.77 10.55 12.94 15.04 Supervisors, financial records processing .................................... 17.40 12.36 16.35 17.12 Computer operators ............................ 12.39 9.40 11.06 12.25 Secretaries ......................................... 13.91 9.40 11.30 13.80 Interviewers ........................................ 10.52 9.48 9.61 10.67 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ........................................... 12.27 6.80 8.48 12.13 Receptionists ...................................... 9.72 7.32 8.00 9.75 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 10.87 6.70 7.00 12.02 Order clerks ........................................ 11.97 8.79 9.38 11.54 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .................................. 12.41 9.76 10.75 12.00 Library clerks ...................................... – – – – Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 9.94 7.34 8.38 9.01 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 11.28 8.00 9.00 10.51 Billing clerks ........................................ 12.43 9.08 9.21 9.56 Telephone operators .......................... 9.72 6.55 7.80 9.47 Mail clerks except postal service ........ 8.62 7.25 7.55 8.26 Dispatchers ......................................... 12.58 5.50 8.00 10.22 See footnotes at end of table.  9  Percentiles Mean 10  25  Median 50  75  90  75  90  – $47.69 33.63  – $60.09 41.21  46.64  55.76  –  –  –  –  –  –  29.71 40.29  37.14 46.24  29.09 –  21.88 –  23.57 –  28.16 –  34.65 –  36.95 –  – 41.54 23.67 26.00 37.00 30.80  – 52.88 31.25 32.16 55.18 35.66  19.88 29.12 18.97 – – –  8.62 19.71 12.27 – – –  8.62 23.16 14.43 – – –  21.71 26.07 16.16 – – –  25.96 31.93 22.46 – – –  31.20 49.50 30.21 – – –  24.94  31.97  –  –  –  –  –  –  21.39  24.06  –  –  –  –  –  –  24.94 16.41 22.88  30.00 24.78 34.48  21.45 – –  15.34 – –  16.16 – –  20.90 – –  26.95 – –  30.28 – –  16.11  18.16  –  –  –  –  –  –  35.90  54.99  –  –  –  –  –  –  14.72  24.98  –  –  –  –  –  –  25.79  37.66  –  –  –  –  –  –  (4)  (4)  9.27 7.51 13.81  13.63 9.20 17.50  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  14.33 21.07  17.30 22.74  10.91 –  7.85 –  9.06 –  10.65 –  12.33 –  14.67 –  19.23 13.52 16.35 10.67  25.74 15.87 18.27 11.62  – – 12.12 –  – – 8.34 –  – – 10.41 –  – – 11.50 –  – – 13.56 –  – – 16.19 –  14.89 12.10 12.84 13.91  18.91 12.26 14.66 16.22  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  12.30 – 11.66  17.86 – 14.19  – 10.13 11.12  – 6.71 8.70  – 8.41 9.33  – 9.18 10.92  – 11.66 12.56  – 14.89 13.66  13.11 17.30 10.25 9.79 13.81  16.33 17.30 15.06 9.79 23.84  10.96 – – – 11.36  8.91 – – – 8.08  9.46 – – – 9.72  11.23 – – – 12.19  12.13 – – – 13.40  12.16 – – – 13.40  $24.91 $18.73 $21.90 $23.34 $26.41 $36.34 – – – – – – – – – – – –  Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued Private industry Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks $11.15 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.65 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 11.98 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ................................. 16.22 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 13.18 Bill and account collectors .................. 11.38 General office clerks ........................... 10.95 Bank tellers ......................................... 10.72 Data entry keyers ............................... 8.99 Teachers’ aides .................................. – Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 12.03 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................................... Aircraft engine mechanics .................. Industrial machinery repairers ............ Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment .............. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Carpenters .......................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Supervisors, production occupations .. Precision assemblers, metal ............... Sheet metal workers ........................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Butchers and meat cutters .................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Numerical control machine operators Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Printing press operators ..................... Textile sewing machine operators ...... Packaging and filling machine operators ...................................... Extruding and forming machine operators ...................................... Slicing and cutting machine operators Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Welders and cutters ............................ Assemblers ......................................... Hand cutting and trimming occupations .................................. Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..................................... Production testers ............................... Transportation and material moving occupations ..............................................  State and local government  $7.76 6.85  25  Median 50  $8.60 $10.30 7.84 10.25  Percentiles Mean 75  90  $12.62 11.62  $19.41 17.51  10  25  Median 50  75  90  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  8.60  9.86  10.88  15.03  17.14  –  –  –  –  –  –  10.15  11.73  15.13  19.25  24.18  –  –  –  –  –  –  9.48 9.45 7.75 7.88 6.50 –  11.33 10.50 9.26 8.34 7.50 –  13.17 11.10 11.00 10.16 9.00 –  14.43 12.02 12.74 12.74 9.50 –  16.56 13.46 14.24 13.94 13.13 –  – – $9.44 – – 9.09  – – $6.93 – – 6.78  – – $8.58 – – 7.75  8.50  10.38  11.85  13.96  15.33  10.07  9.09  9.50  10.04  10.40  11.49  11.84  6.50  8.00  10.83  14.50  19.85  12.74  8.57  10.20  12.47  15.10  17.18  15.42 24.10 16.28  8.90 16.95 12.00  11.20 19.81 13.64  14.67 20.19 15.25  19.00 25.61 18.00  22.22 30.17 19.62  14.14 – –  9.82 – –  12.09 – –  13.99 – –  16.72 – –  17.76 – –  14.40 19.81 14.96  9.55 15.88 11.50  13.90 16.10 13.31  15.09 22.20 14.51  16.09 22.23 15.45  18.23 23.16 21.70  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  20.34 17.08 11.20 – 17.78 16.68 14.72  15.15 9.38 8.58 – 11.58 8.77 10.59  19.78 12.26 8.90 – 15.70 12.14 12.00  21.64 16.67 9.66 – 16.96 18.96 15.59  21.64 22.21 11.80 – 20.53 19.47 18.65  22.33 22.24 15.00 – 22.92 23.51 18.65  – 12.69 – 12.13 – – –  – 10.20 – 10.99 – – –  – 12.47 – 11.53 – – –  – 14.40 – 13.78 – – –  – 15.65 – 16.28 – – –  9.97 13.65 12.64  7.56 10.90 9.84  8.12 13.54 10.82  9.49 14.48 12.25  11.09 14.48 14.40  12.81 14.48 15.29  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  10.68 16.86  5.86 9.32  7.48 16.15  10.18 17.82  12.96 18.42  15.73 22.66  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  10.13 14.12 6.69  7.01 9.01 ( 4)  7.90 10.02 (4)  9.13 12.94 (4)  11.82 18.51 (4)  14.48 19.37 (4)  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  9.54  7.66  8.22  9.00  11.61  12.59  –  –  –  –  –  –  10.35 10.44  6.19 5.25  7.16 6.00  10.22 11.45  13.99 13.30  14.63 15.40  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  10.40 12.01 11.07  5.15 9.27 6.60  8.04 10.39 7.25  10.65 12.06 9.74  12.96 13.80 13.21  14.29 14.43 20.57  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  6.64  5.15  5.15  6.33  7.28  10.90  –  –  –  –  –  –  8.74  ( 4)  (4)  (4)  (4)  (4)  –  –  –  –  –  –  10.81 11.35  6.70 7.70  8.35 8.91  11.25 9.66  12.35 13.81  14.05 16.40  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  13.41  7.79  9.88  13.10  15.81  20.35  11.47  10.00  11.37  12.89  14.84  See footnotes at end of table.  10  – – – – 9.60 – 8.49 – – –  8.62  – – – – – – $9.44 $10.37 $11.62 – – – – – – 9.05 10.20 12.66  Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued Private industry Percentiles  Occupation3 Mean 10  Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Transportation and material moving occupations (-Continued) Truck drivers ....................................... $14.00 Bus drivers .......................................... – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... 10.60 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... 8.90 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... 7.62 Construction laborers ......................... 7.29 Production helpers .............................. 8.32 Stock handlers and baggers ............... 8.35 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... 11.00 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ........................................ 9.67 Hand packers and packagers ............. 8.83 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 8.06 Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations ................. Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Food counter, fountain, and related occupations .................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ...... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .......... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Health aides, except nursing .............. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..  State and local government  25  Median 50  $8.41 $11.90 $14.12 – – –  Percentiles Mean 10  25  90  $15.81 –  $19.92 –  $10.16 12.20  $7.43 9.16 –  –  –  7.52  8.48  9.05  75  90  $8.62 $10.78 $11.69 $12.09 10.25 12.37 15.10 15.10  6.88  8.40  10.70  12.45  14.65  –  5.85  6.76  8.25  10.08  12.67  10.10  5.15 6.19 5.25 5.25  6.00 6.56 6.50 6.00  6.86 7.00 7.04 8.00  8.11 7.93 10.75 10.40  10.98 8.50 11.53 11.99  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  7.67  8.25  8.76  13.32  18.84  –  –  6.75 5.60 5.85  8.01 7.00 6.76  8.60 8.80 7.29  10.62 11.00 8.50  13.45 11.81 11.40  – – –  7.81 8.26  5.08 5.57  5.32 6.46  6.46 7.25  7.87 8.43  10.87 10.77  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  7.66 6.52  5.57 2.13  6.45 5.15  7.00 5.76  11.14 3.67 7.80  7.30 2.13 5.27  8.46 2.13 5.75  5.46 7.17 7.41 5.66 7.55 8.15  ( 4) 5.75 5.15 5.15 5.50 6.00  7.39 6.48 5.99 6.43 14.12 6.45  Median 50  75  –  –  12.13  14.05  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  –  –  –  –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  12.80 16.15  7.00 10.32  9.00 12.63  11.37 15.81  16.11 19.50  20.11 21.58  – – – – –  17.63 23.35 14.08 18.84 10.96  14.51 19.96 11.19 15.26 9.85  14.77 20.43 12.63 17.43 10.21  17.27 23.94 14.18 18.58 10.63  19.50 24.73 15.16 20.52 11.37  21.12 27.51 16.29 21.96 13.00  8.09 7.59  10.42 11.46  – 8.29  – 5.76  – 6.69  – 8.00  – 9.57  – 11.66  9.62 2.16 7.00  12.98 3.70 7.90  14.86 8.12 12.11  – – 8.57  – – 6.29  – – 7.80  – – 8.72  – – 9.24  – – 10.74  (4) 6.33 5.15 5.15 6.08 7.45  (4) 6.87 5.75 5.63 7.33 8.00  (4) 7.64 9.56 6.00 8.33 8.95  (4) 8.99 12.50 6.55 9.75 10.16  – 6.99 – 7.59 10.09 9.25  – (4) – 5.92 6.69 6.69  – (4) – 6.25 8.18 7.54  – (4) – 7.35 10.11 8.63  – (4) – 8.00 10.41 10.41  – (4) – 9.57 14.00 10.61  5.50  6.00  7.11  8.00  9.46  –  –  –  –  –  –  ( 4) ( 4) ( 4)  (4) (4) (4)  (4) (4) (4)  (4) (4) (4)  (4) (4) (4)  5.15 5.39  5.15 5.75  6.75 6.50  14.50 7.00  39.44 7.16  6.69 – 6.66 8.12 8.57  7.88 – 7.52 8.12 8.61  9.89 – 9.40 9.29 9.69  11.70 – 9.90 10.30 11.01  13.96 – 11.43 11.17 11.19  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, 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover  10.09 – 9.07 9.60 9.76  all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  11  Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 All industries Full-time Occupation3  Percentiles Mean 10  All occupations ..................................................... $16.97 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 17.12 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Industrial engineers ............................ Mechanical engineers ......................... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Operations and systems researchers and analysts ................................. Natural scientists .................................... Geologists and geodesists ................. Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Pharmacists ........................................ Teachers, college and university ............ Medical science teachers ................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ....... Teachers, except college and university Prekindergarten and kindergarten ...... Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, special education ............... Teachers, N.E.C. ................................ Vocational and educational counselors .................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Librarians ............................................ Social scientists and urban planners ...... Economists ......................................... Psychologists ...................................... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Lawyers .............................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Designers ........................................... Editors and reporters .......................... Technical occupations ................................ 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 ............................................... Airplane pilots and navigators ............ Computer programmers ..................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ..............................................  Part-time  $6.94 7.00  25  Median 50  $9.40 $14.00 9.54 14.12  Percentiles Mean 75  90  $21.20 21.20  $29.74 29.86  10  25  Median 50  $8.41 8.72  $5.15 5.08  $5.47 5.40  $6.83 7.00  $8.91 $15.59 9.19 15.81  75  90  20.62 21.36  9.00 9.72  12.02 12.70  17.89 18.61  25.43 26.07  34.23 34.72  10.38 13.32  5.50 6.50  6.16 8.00  8.01 10.00  11.44 17.87  19.00 21.90  24.24 24.97 27.79 27.78 22.72 26.50 30.36 27.38  13.34 15.81 19.01 21.13 15.81 19.71 21.04 19.27  17.13 19.17 22.27 22.88 18.87 22.27 25.06 22.79  22.00 23.65 27.17 27.17 22.50 27.50 29.30 26.81  28.10 29.02 31.80 31.61 27.46 30.87 35.09 31.65  34.26 35.23 37.74 36.66 29.13 33.15 41.29 36.07  19.00 20.05 – – – – – –  8.53 10.69 – – – – – –  14.13 15.98 – – – – – –  17.87 18.00 – – – – – –  21.00 22.77 – – – – – –  28.96 29.97 – – – – – –  27.57  20.11  23.13  26.73  31.67  36.18  –  –  –  –  –  –  29.14 44.34 47.29 19.96 19.66 24.96 31.32 45.46 29.22 22.36 16.60 22.32 23.63 21.76 21.84  20.83 20.28 35.38 15.17 15.43 17.10 17.64 26.17 18.15 16.49 7.68 17.54 17.76 17.84 15.30  23.08 37.64 40.10 16.41 16.67 23.94 22.92 28.76 23.84 18.97 9.10 19.04 19.82 18.83 18.47  28.70 42.46 46.32 18.84 18.88 25.61 26.11 41.10 24.34 22.01 19.13 21.94 23.12 21.82 21.25  36.07 51.94 58.00 21.87 21.33 28.50 35.78 54.24 32.60 25.60 21.83 25.05 26.47 24.00 25.14  38.69 67.85 67.85 26.70 25.22 28.75 52.02 71.56 47.81 29.62 26.39 28.90 30.01 26.85 30.38  – – – 21.87 20.36 – 19.22 – 19.37 12.47 – – – – 13.22  – – – 16.00 17.45 – 8.10 – 8.10 7.49 – – – – 7.75  – – – 17.87 17.87 – 15.02 – 15.02 8.00 – – – – 8.52  – – – 19.00 18.66 – 17.84 – 17.04 8.78 – – – – 13.82  – – – 21.84 21.00 – 28.96 – 28.96 16.01 – – – – 16.10  – – – 25.73 23.00 – 28.96 – 28.96 18.00 – – – – 18.00  24.59 19.54 19.54 21.53 18.72 25.90 15.06 14.90 35.50 34.88  10.96 11.54 11.54 11.54 11.54 17.31 10.37 11.15 25.81 25.81  16.50 11.54 11.54 14.25 13.75 21.64 11.29 12.98 25.81 25.81  25.77 22.23 22.23 22.16 14.25 28.97 14.65 14.65 33.41 32.85  31.77 23.35 23.35 27.70 22.16 29.50 17.06 16.25 38.94 38.94  34.24 25.52 25.52 29.56 28.00 31.48 23.55 19.03 49.77 47.60  – – – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – – – –  25.64 21.97 20.10 21.64  11.89 10.22 14.00 10.67  16.67 12.29 14.89 13.05  23.49 13.52 18.48 15.92  30.59 26.55 23.42 19.20  40.35 46.17 28.10 28.11  – – – 15.25  – – – 8.39  – – – 12.50  – – – 16.00  – – – 18.00  – – – 21.00  14.32 16.10 13.34  8.41 12.00 10.77  12.20 13.89 12.19  14.38 15.67 13.37  17.00 17.84 14.67  18.51 21.10 16.00  – – 17.06  – – 12.50  – – 14.67  – – 16.63  – – 21.00  – – 21.00  12.20 17.31 15.30 16.23 98.11 21.57  7.50 13.77 10.67 12.50 22.83 13.34  8.71 15.04 12.79 13.39 29.04 15.73  11.78 16.80 15.67 15.93 95.76 19.17  15.48 19.44 18.58 17.64 150.20 28.60  18.03 21.00 18.58 21.92 206.06 30.56  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  14.20  8.97  10.75  13.73  16.12  22.95  –  –  –  –  –  –  28.46  15.18  19.23  24.55  34.38  46.24  –  –  –  –  –  –  See footnotes at end of table.  12  Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3  Part-time  Percentiles Mean 10  25  Median 50  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... $33.37 $18.50 $22.93 $30.34 Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... 24.91 18.73 21.90 23.34 Financial managers ............................ 35.49 18.23 24.04 29.88 Personnel and labor relations managers ...................................... 33.99 14.24 30.29 30.61 Purchasing managers ......................... 30.38 22.74 25.06 30.25 Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations ....................... 38.44 24.55 26.40 37.63 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. 27.44 19.58 21.88 27.70 Managers, medicine and health ......... 35.92 27.78 30.00 36.45 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ........................................... 25.22 8.62 18.50 25.52 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. 34.77 19.28 23.68 31.51 Management related occupations .......... 21.77 13.63 16.07 21.20 Accountants and auditors ................... 21.00 13.46 15.59 19.23 Other financial officers ........................ 27.40 10.45 14.43 19.92 Management analysts ........................ 23.94 14.96 18.04 22.44 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 21.79 14.22 16.48 21.54 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction ....................... 17.80 12.44 15.42 15.90 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 21.56 14.13 16.08 20.13 Sales occupations .......................................... 15.02 6.23 7.98 12.02 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 18.83 9.97 12.02 16.41 Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................. 15.22 12.02 12.02 13.94 Advertising and related sales occupations .................................. 26.85 15.13 16.41 20.51 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 15.04 8.00 9.15 12.43 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 24.61 13.34 16.19 23.06 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 16.14 ( 4) (4) (4) Sales workers, other commodities ...... 11.91 6.00 6.75 8.50 Cashiers ............................................. 7.58 5.84 6.00 6.99 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 11.36 6.33 7.25 10.96 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 12.22 8.00 9.51 11.55 Supervisors, general office ................. 16.63 10.55 12.53 15.06 Supervisors, financial records processing .................................... 17.40 12.36 16.35 17.12 Computer operators ............................ 12.38 9.67 10.96 12.25 Secretaries ......................................... 13.50 9.11 10.82 13.01 Interviewers ........................................ 9.99 7.73 9.61 10.45 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ........................................... 12.47 6.80 8.53 12.50 Receptionists ...................................... 10.02 7.60 8.52 10.00 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 11.39 6.70 8.97 12.50 Order clerks ........................................ 12.12 8.79 9.50 11.69 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .................................. 12.70 9.46 10.75 11.83 Library clerks ...................................... 9.64 7.21 7.95 9.18 Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 10.39 7.60 8.62 10.26 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 11.32 8.37 9.36 10.73 See footnotes at end of table.  13  Percentiles Mean 10  25  Median 50  75  90  –  –  –  –  –  –  36.34 60.09  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  30.61 33.63  63.94 41.21  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  46.64  55.76  –  –  –  –  –  –  32.90 40.29  36.95 44.56  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  26.25 41.54 23.56 26.00 36.06 30.34  43.84 52.74 31.15 32.16 50.02 34.67  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  24.94  29.58  –  –  –  –  –  –  21.39  22.85  –  –  –  –  –  –  25.69 18.21 22.88  30.28 28.61 34.48  – $7.09 –  – $5.27 –  – $5.68 –  – $6.35 –  – $8.00 –  – $9.24 –  16.11  18.16  –  –  –  –  –  –  35.90  54.99  –  –  –  –  –  –  17.31  28.84  –  –  –  –  –  –  25.79  37.66  –  –  –  –  –  –  (4)  (4)  9.42 8.13 13.81  18.39 11.07 17.50  – 7.66 6.41 –  – 5.50 5.15 –  – 6.00 5.49 –  – 6.33 5.99 –  – 7.60 6.88 –  – 11.67 8.23 –  14.07 20.84  17.12 22.47  8.47 –  6.25 –  7.00 –  8.06 –  9.25 –  11.00 –  19.23 14.41 15.92 10.67  25.74 15.87 17.78 11.44  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  15.22 12.14 13.07 13.91  18.94 12.26 14.57 16.22  – 7.50 – –  – 6.50 – –  – 6.50 – –  – 8.00 – –  – 8.00 – –  – 8.00 – –  17.86 10.60 12.20  18.45 14.89 13.66  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  12.19  15.88  –  –  –  –  –  –  75  90  $40.00  $50.35  26.41 47.54  Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3  Percentiles Mean  Percentiles Mean  10  25  Median 50  75  90  10  25  Median 50  75  90  $9.08 6.55 5.90 7.79 6.85  $9.20 7.44 8.06 9.16 8.67  $9.56 9.50 11.12 11.00 10.32  $17.30 10.25 13.40 13.48 11.70  $17.30 15.06 19.55 19.61 17.51  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  – – – – –  8.60  10.45  10.88  15.03  17.27  –  –  –  –  –  –  10.62  12.17  15.52  19.23  24.04  –  –  –  –  –  –  9.10 9.36 7.94 7.78 6.50 6.78  11.17 10.50 9.44 8.46 7.50 7.75  12.50 11.10 11.00 10.85 9.00 9.16  14.13 12.02 12.37 12.74 9.74 10.33  16.25 13.14 14.18 13.94 13.13 12.66  – – $7.80 – – –  – – $5.90 – – –  – – $5.96 – – –  – – $8.01 – – –  – – $8.98 – – –  – – $9.50 – – –  8.50  10.30  11.68  13.96  15.33  11.22  10.00  10.00  10.87  12.00  13.77  12.18  6.75  8.28  11.37  14.84  19.98  8.31  5.22  5.72  7.08  9.35  14.55  15.28 22.54 16.30  9.04 16.95 12.00  11.23 18.69 13.67  14.62 20.07 15.25  18.93 25.61 17.76  22.21 27.91 19.62  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  13.94 19.81 14.77  9.69 15.88 11.50  9.72 16.10 13.27  15.09 22.20 14.22  16.15 22.23 15.17  16.72 23.16 18.25  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  20.29  15.09  19.78  21.64  21.64  22.33  –  –  –  –  –  –  15.42 15.44  12.10 9.60  13.00 11.96  15.07 14.19  16.13 22.21  22.85 22.22  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  18.43 11.74 19.12 16.49 12.99 17.74 16.68 14.72  13.23 8.77 12.87 13.89 8.49 11.58 8.77 10.59  17.18 8.90 13.07 13.89 10.99 15.70 12.14 12.00  17.37 10.50 18.93 16.75 13.36 16.96 18.96 15.59  18.93 12.99 23.55 19.60 15.95 20.30 19.47 18.65  20.01 17.42 25.88 19.60 16.28 22.90 23.51 18.65  – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – –  – – – – – – – –  9.97 13.65 13.38 13.20  7.56 10.90 10.08 8.23  8.12 13.54 11.30 10.35  9.49 14.48 13.26 14.08  11.09 14.48 15.29 16.96  12.81 14.48 17.18 17.25  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  – – – –  10.71 16.86  6.00 9.32  7.50 16.15  10.23 17.82  12.96 18.42  15.76 22.66  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  10.13 14.12 6.69  7.01 9.01 ( 4)  7.90 10.02 (4)  9.13 12.94 (4)  11.82 18.51 (4)  14.48 19.37 (4)  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  9.54  7.66  8.22  9.00  11.61  12.59  –  –  –  –  –  –  10.35 10.44  6.19 5.25  7.16 6.00  10.22 11.45  13.99 13.30  14.63 15.40  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Billing clerks ........................................ $12.04 Telephone operators .......................... 9.72 Dispatchers ......................................... 12.17 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks 11.57 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.84 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 12.15 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ................................. 16.27 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 12.84 Bill and account collectors .................. 11.28 General office clerks ........................... 11.00 Bank tellers ......................................... 11.01 Data entry keyers ............................... 9.10 Teachers’ aides .................................. 9.12 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 11.98 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................................... Aircraft engine mechanics .................. Industrial machinery repairers ............ Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment .............. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ................ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................................... Carpenters .......................................... Electricians ......................................... Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Supervisors, production occupations .. Precision assemblers, metal ............... Sheet metal workers ........................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Butchers and meat cutters .................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... Stationary engineers ........................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Numerical control machine operators Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Printing press operators ..................... Textile sewing machine operators ...... Packaging and filling machine operators ...................................... Extruding and forming machine operators ...................................... Slicing and cutting machine operators  Part-time  See footnotes at end of table.  14  Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3  Percentiles Mean 10  Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors (-Continued) Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... $10.42 Welders and cutters ............................ 12.01 Assemblers ......................................... 11.16 Hand cutting and trimming occupations .................................. 6.64 Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. ...................... 8.74 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..................................... 10.81 Production testers ............................... 11.35 Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. 13.67 Truck drivers ....................................... 13.65 Bus drivers .......................................... 12.19 Supervisors, material moving equipment ..................................... 16.90 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... 10.68 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ 16.76 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... 9.24 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... 7.89 Construction laborers ......................... 7.48 Production helpers .............................. 8.32 Stock handlers and baggers ............... 9.42 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... 11.11 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ........................................ 9.67 Hand packers and packagers ............. 9.07 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 8.39 Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations ................. Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Supervisors, guards ............................ Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Food counter, fountain, and related occupations .................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ...... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .......... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Health aides, except nursing .............. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants .....................................  Part-time  $5.15 9.27 6.74  25  Median 50  $8.04 $10.65 10.39 12.06 7.34 9.96  Percentiles Mean 10  25  Median 50  75  90  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  – – –  10.90  –  –  –  –  –  –  75  90  $12.96 13.80 13.21  $14.31 14.43 20.57  5.15  5.15  6.33  7.28  ( 4)  (4)  (4)  (4)  (4)  –  –  –  –  –  –  6.70 7.70  8.35 8.91  11.25 9.66  12.35 13.81  14.05 16.40  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  – –  8.41 8.41 7.79  10.70 10.71 10.33  13.10 13.10 12.33  15.97 15.25 15.10  20.35 20.34 15.19  $10.04 – –  $5.00 – –  $6.48 – –  12.81  14.66  14.66  19.95  25.24  –  –  –  –  –  –  6.88  8.42  10.70  12.40  14.65  –  –  –  –  –  –  10.48  12.53  20.35  20.35  20.35  –  –  –  –  –  –  6.25  7.08  8.36  10.62  13.16  7.44  5.28  5.68  6.95  8.50  9.75  5.15 6.44 5.25 6.00  6.00 6.70 6.50 7.64  7.00 7.22 7.04 9.02  9.00 8.00 10.75 11.30  11.84 9.05 11.53 12.50  – – – 6.51  – – – 5.15  – – – 5.30  – – – 5.82  – – – 7.00  – – – 9.44  6.95  8.25  8.71  13.51  18.84  –  –  –  –  –  –  6.75 5.60 6.50  8.01 7.24 7.18  8.60 9.09 7.35  10.62 11.00 9.45  13.45 11.81 12.15  – – 7.47  – – 5.62  – – 5.68  – – 7.00  – – 8.25  – – 9.36  9.70 12.65  5.15 6.32  5.96 7.62  7.67 11.00  10.91 16.91  17.10 20.43  6.12 –  2.36 –  5.15 –  5.47 –  6.90 –  7.87 –  17.63 23.35 18.23 14.08 18.84 10.96  14.51 19.96 10.87 11.19 15.26 9.85  14.77 20.43 10.87 12.63 17.43 10.21  17.27 23.94 13.35 14.18 18.58 10.63  19.50 24.73 19.43 15.16 20.52 11.37  21.12 27.51 40.02 16.29 21.96 13.00  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  – – – – – –  7.73 7.29  5.57 4.25  6.45 5.31  6.99 6.45  8.09 8.72  10.42 12.11  – 4.70  – 2.13  – 2.36  – 5.15  – 6.00  – 7.16  11.37 4.18 7.95  7.69 2.13 5.33  8.85 2.13 6.00  11.10 2.60 7.11  12.98 4.25 8.72  14.86 12.50 11.11  – 2.89 –  – 2.13 –  – 2.13 –  – 2.13 –  – 2.36 –  – 4.50 –  6.19 7.20 8.15 6.02 7.76 8.42  5.15 5.45 5.15 5.15 5.50 6.18  5.15 6.18 5.32 5.24 6.13 7.45  6.00 6.73 6.00 5.65 7.45 8.10  7.00 8.03 10.41 6.25 8.57 9.66  7.40 9.57 12.50 7.35 10.41 10.43  – 6.85 – 6.14 8.10 –  – 5.75 – 5.15 5.87 –  – 6.24 – 5.32 7.12 –  – 6.90 – 6.00 7.80 –  – 7.29 – 6.30 8.94 –  – 8.06 – 7.30 10.41 –  7.52  5.50  6.00  7.03  8.11  9.73  8.07  5.25  7.12  7.80  8.94  10.41  See footnotes at end of table.  15  $8.80 $15.81 $15.81 – – – – – –  Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3  Percentiles Mean  Service occupations (-Continued) Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..  Part-time  $7.78 6.04 7.50 18.24 9.08  Percentiles Mean  10  25  Median 50  75  90  $5.15 ( 4) 5.15 5.52 6.75  $5.55 (4) 5.67 7.16 7.16  $6.90 (4) 7.00 9.61 8.98  $9.25 (4) 9.00 32.22 10.35  $11.24 (4) 10.17 42.14 11.09  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, 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover  $5.59 – 5.60 7.34 –  10  25  Median 50  75  90  (4) – (4) ( 4) –  (4) – (4) (4) –  (4) – (4) (4) –  (4) – (4) (4) –  (4) – (4) (4) –  all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  16  Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 All industries Occupation3  Mean weekly hours4  Weekly earnings Mean  Median  Mean annual hours  Annual earnings Mean  Median  All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................  39.8 39.8  $676 682  $564 574  2,010 2,005  $34,126 34,334  $28,746 29,009  White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................  39.8 39.7  820 848  715 743  1,984 1,972  40,911 42,120  34,302 35,360  Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Geologists and geodesists ................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Medical science teachers ..................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Librarians .............................................................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Economists ........................................................... Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical occupations .................................................. 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 ................................................................. Airplane pilots and navigators .............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. .............  39.3 39.7 40.1 39.6 40.8 40.0 40.3 40.1 40.1  953 991 1,114 1,100 928 1,060 1,223 1,098 1,106  875 939 1,087 1,077 935 1,100 1,187 1,079 1,076  1,880 1,859 2,071 2,058 2,123 2,080 2,055 2,085 2,086  45,561 46,410 57,555 57,179 48,237 55,126 62,406 57,094 57,512  39,458 42,222 56,514 55,994 48,610 57,194 61,672 56,098 55,964  40.0 40.2 40.0 38.7 38.6 40.0 39.0 39.8 38.2 39.2 38.8 39.3 39.1 39.5 39.9 38.4 39.7 39.7 39.5 40.4 37.9 42.0 39.7 42.4 42.5  1,165 1,784 1,892 771 758 998 1,221 1,810 1,115 876 644 876 923 860 871 945 776 776 849 756 981 632 592 1,504 1,481  1,148 1,698 1,853 730 733 1,024 1,000 1,644 974 864 721 853 898 864 850 1,024 862 862 886 570 1,086 586 586 1,424 1,424  2,080 2,093 2,080 1,992 2,000 2,080 1,733 2,027 1,726 1,471 1,612 1,444 1,443 1,423 1,585 1,691 1,870 1,870 1,879 2,101 1,564 2,170 2,050 2,202 2,208  60,601 92,791 98,362 39,758 39,310 51,914 54,285 92,146 50,428 32,891 26,759 32,244 34,107 30,978 34,619 41,577 36,557 36,557 40,458 39,331 40,502 32,678 30,557 78,187 77,028  59,696 88,317 96,342 37,717 37,888 53,269 47,650 85,093 50,627 32,141 28,242 31,391 33,229 30,675 34,005 40,271 35,305 35,305 43,455 29,640 43,455 30,472 30,472 74,069 74,069  40.3 42.5 40.7 38.0 39.6 38.9 39.1 39.6 39.9 40.0 40.0 23.3 40.6 39.7 40.4 40.4 43.8 39.5 40.0 40.0  1,032 935 818 823 567 626 521 483 691 612 649 2,285 876 563 1,148 1,349 1,091 1,403 1,360 1,215  923 553 812 638 574 627 520 434 672 627 637 2,052 778 524 991 1,217 1,088 1,250 1,224 1,210  2,094 2,212 2,117 1,958 2,060 2,023 2,020 2,058 2,076 1,749 2,080 1,211 2,109 2,040 2,073 2,071 2,262 2,021 2,080 2,080  53,688 48,608 42,548 42,365 29,506 32,559 26,947 25,107 35,946 26,771 33,756 118,809 45,491 28,959 58,985 69,100 56,355 71,711 70,696 63,185  48,009 28,765 42,234 33,114 29,869 32,594 27,033 22,568 34,937 28,954 33,134 106,691 40,447 26,770 51,057 63,005 56,576 62,159 63,669 62,920  41.0 39.9 39.5 39.7  1,576 1,094 1,418 1,001  1,520 1,082 1,508 1,021  2,132 1,942 2,053 2,064  81,964 53,277 73,750 52,060  79,061 48,173 78,416 53,085  See footnotes at end of table.  17  Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Occupation3  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... Advertising and related sales occupations ........... Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Interviewers .......................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... Library clerks ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Telephone operators ............................................ Dispatchers ........................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Data entry keyers ................................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment .......................................  Mean weekly hours4  Median  Mean annual hours  Mean  Mean  40.5 40.3 41.3 40.0 40.0 40.0  $1,408 877 868 1,096 958 871  $1,237 848 798 797 897 862  2,078 2,075 2,148 2,080 2,080 1,884  $72,268 45,185 45,111 56,991 49,804 41,033  $63,613 44,096 41,496 41,434 46,670 40,664  40.0 39.9 40.1 41.9  712 861 603 788  636 805 467 712  2,080 2,037 2,082 2,177  37,018 43,924 31,272 40,991  33,072 41,870 24,274 37,003  40.0 38.7 40.1  609 1,039 602  558 769 488  2,080 2,013 2,083  31,662 54,037 31,330  28,995 39,998 25,350  41.9 42.1 39.6 39.3 40.0 39.8 40.2 40.0 40.0 39.6 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.5 40.0 39.8 39.8 39.8 40.0 40.0 38.9 40.2 39.6 40.0  1,032 679 471 298 454 487 668 696 495 535 400 499 399 450 485 505 384 414 453 482 378 488 458 434  922 452 340 270 433 462 620 685 490 514 418 500 390 481 468 443 367 415 427 382 379 445 440 413  2,180 2,187 2,058 2,045 2,034 2,038 2,089 2,080 2,072 2,029 2,080 2,080 2,067 2,053 2,080 2,045 2,001 1,961 2,073 2,080 2,023 2,088 2,057 2,080  53,657 35,297 24,502 15,510 23,108 24,895 34,742 36,182 25,654 27,383 20,774 25,945 20,703 23,384 25,210 25,967 19,290 20,375 23,471 25,048 19,651 25,399 23,800 22,550  47,965 23,483 17,680 14,040 22,194 23,843 32,253 35,610 25,480 26,499 21,732 26,000 20,280 25,019 24,315 25,501 19,086 19,265 22,090 19,885 19,688 23,121 22,880 21,466  40.0 39.5 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 39.7 39.4 39.9  486 643 514 451 438 440 361 359 478  435 615 500 444 440 434 360 362 467  2,080 2,055 2,080 2,080 2,051 2,080 1,974 1,432 2,056  25,279 33,438 26,709 23,462 22,573 22,906 17,958 13,069 24,620  22,630 31,990 26,000 23,093 22,755 22,571 17,680 13,098 24,254  40.5 40.3 40.4 41.5 41.2 40.0 40.0  493 615 910 677 575 792 591  457 585 807 646 613 888 569  2,092 2,079 2,057 2,158 2,144 2,080 2,080  25,471 31,768 46,355 35,187 29,894 41,203 30,726  23,670 30,326 41,954 33,611 31,866 46,176 29,578  40.0  811  866  1,986  40,279  45,010  See footnotes at end of table.  18  Weekly earnings  Annual earnings Median  Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Occupation3  Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ...................................................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Precision assemblers, metal ................................. Sheet metal workers ............................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Stationary engineers ............................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Numerical control machine operators ................... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Printing press operators ....................................... Textile sewing machine operators ........................ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Extruding and forming machine operators ............ Slicing and cutting machine operators .................. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Hand cutting and trimming occupations ............... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Production testers ................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. 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 ....... Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Hand packers and packagers ............................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations .................................................... Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Supervisors, guards .............................................. Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Food counter, fountain, and related occupations  Mean weekly hours4  Mean  Median  Mean annual hours  40.0 39.9 42.4 40.5 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.7 43.1 48.2 38.2 40.9 41.8  $617 617 782 475 765 660 520 726 667 589 399 546 535 528 427 674 405 562 268 381 414 418 415 480 444 265 350 432 450 590 658 466 691 446  $603 568 757 440 757 670 534 700 758 624 380 579 530 563 407 713 365 518 234 360 409 458 425 482 397 253 320 450 386 563 635 493 623 428  2,080 2,073 2,206 2,099 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,130 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,045 2,048 2,080 2,080 2,069 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,070 2,080 1,980 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,062 2,227 2,489 1,878 2,126 2,172  $32,076 32,008 40,653 24,645 39,772 34,305 27,027 37,771 34,686 30,613 20,739 28,399 27,825 26,995 21,938 35,063 21,060 29,215 13,910 19,836 21,537 21,717 21,558 24,981 22,093 13,802 18,177 22,477 23,402 30,451 33,977 22,900 35,922 23,199  $31,351 29,519 39,374 22,880 39,371 34,840 27,789 36,400 39,433 32,426 19,741 30,118 27,581 29,289 20,954 37,066 18,989 26,915 12,190 18,720 21,260 23,816 22,106 25,085 19,781 13,166 16,640 23,400 20,093 29,286 33,041 25,651 32,399 22,256  40.0 40.0 39.7 40.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.6  669 370 313 305 333 377 444 387 363 332  814 333 280 289 282 361 348 344 364 293  2,077 2,075 2,065 2,111 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,079 2,060  34,813 19,176 16,289 15,788 17,312 19,584 23,108 20,103 18,859 17,278  42,328 17,313 14,560 15,010 14,641 18,756 18,117 17,883 18,907 15,251  38.7 41.1  376 520  304 438  1,967 2,136  19,086 27,028  14,990 22,770  50.7 40.0 39.6 49.0 40.1 40.0 39.8 39.3  894 934 722 689 756 438 308 286  915 958 559 676 743 425 280 240  2,637 2,080 2,059 2,546 2,086 2,080 2,069 1,944  46,487 48,564 37,535 35,833 39,296 22,801 15,993 14,169  47,590 49,795 29,058 35,165 38,650 22,113 14,535 12,240  42.9 39.7 38.9 40.0  488 166 310 247  462 104 277 240  2,062 2,065 1,880 2,080  23,456 8,639 14,953 12,866  23,998 5,408 13,000 12,480  See footnotes at end of table.  19  Weekly earnings  Annual earnings Mean  Median  Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All industries Occupation3  Service occupations (-Continued) Food service occupations (-Continued) Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................  Mean weekly hours4  38.9 40.0 37.2 38.6 39.4 38.3 39.8 39.0 39.9 28.5 38.4  1 Earnings are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 2 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups.  Weekly earnings Mean  Median  Mean annual hours  $280 326 224 300 332 288 310 236 300 520 348  $269 240 212 286 324 273 276 227 280 486 341  1,959 2,080 1,796 2,001 2,026 1,991 2,054 2,028 2,054 1,388 1,523  Annual earnings Mean  $14,102 16,947 10,813 15,532 17,068 14,985 15,975 12,260 15,404 25,327 13,828  Median  $13,886 12,480 10,878 14,879 16,768 14,198 14,156 11,812 14,352 19,989 13,846  4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  20  Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 All workers 4  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................  $16.30 16.54  $16.07 16.34  $17.56 17.58  $16.97 17.12  $8.41 8.72  White-collar occupations ................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled .......................................  20.05 6.27 8.10 9.10 10.98 13.35 15.82 17.76 20.44 23.61 26.04 33.60 36.57 42.64 53.74 31.93 21.09 6.66 8.17 9.63 11.29 13.43 15.56 17.68 20.48 23.51 26.28 33.70 36.82 42.19 53.74 31.73  20.09 6.20 8.04 9.11 11.00 13.54 16.19 17.53 19.43 23.89 25.78 34.77 37.23 42.51 54.87 31.94 21.37 6.44 8.09 9.74 11.37 13.66 15.96 17.38 19.37 23.78 26.01 34.97 37.58 42.01 54.87 31.71  19.90 7.16 8.53 8.99 10.82 12.11 13.29 18.64 21.93 22.00 28.89 26.53 33.46 44.03 – 31.86 19.93 6.95 8.53 8.99 10.81 12.11 13.29 18.64 21.93 22.00 28.89 26.53 33.46 44.03 – 31.86  20.62 6.53 8.40 9.42 11.07 13.37 15.80 17.82 20.49 23.67 26.05 33.64 36.55 42.82 53.74 32.53 21.36 7.05 8.20 9.77 11.36 13.44 15.52 17.73 20.53 23.57 26.29 33.75 36.80 42.37 53.74 32.24  10.38 5.85 7.33 7.78 9.54 12.40 16.85 15.91 18.39 19.27 – – – – – 19.15 13.32 6.28 8.00 8.33 10.08 12.45 16.85 16.19 18.39 19.27 – – – – – 19.58  Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................  24.06 24.80 14.49 16.58 19.28 21.05 23.59 27.31 30.30 34.24 39.26 45.43 28.55 27.81 18.34 22.74 22.92 25.66 28.15 30.17 35.72 27.41 18.24 20.11 24.94 27.71 31.24 31.43 42.46  24.64 25.37 15.11 16.81 18.70 18.99 24.03 26.99 30.67 33.83 38.34 – 27.10 27.87 18.34 22.74 22.92 25.68 28.36 30.74 35.72 27.52 – 20.11 25.01 27.71 31.24 31.43 42.46  22.51 23.53 10.49 – 19.82 22.65 21.99 29.24 27.23 36.60 – – 44.15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  24.24 24.97 14.80 16.57 19.52 21.15 23.69 27.34 30.31 34.17 39.55 45.43 28.98 27.79 18.34 22.74 22.92 25.66 28.15 30.08 35.72 27.38 18.24 20.11 24.94 27.71 31.24 31.25 42.46  19.00 20.05 9.77 – 16.39 18.33 19.26 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  Occupational group3 and level  See footnotes at end of table.  21  Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Teachers, except college and university .................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Level 10 ............................................................ Social, religious, and recreation workers .................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Technical occupations .................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Management related occupations ............................ Level 5 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table.  22  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  $44.34 20.19 18.01 17.77 18.99 19.91 30.20 30.29 20.30 27.34 27.09 43.08 22.25 21.04 22.20 23.07 29.43 29.37 18.84 21.53 27.56 14.94 13.57 14.80 35.50  $45.86 20.34 18.01 18.31 18.89 19.90 31.02 26.58 – – 26.32 – 13.94 15.49 12.41 23.41 – 25.40 – 19.05 – 15.83 – – 34.87  – $19.07 – – 19.96 19.95 – 31.62 20.01 – 27.47 – 23.02 21.34 23.08 23.05 29.50 – 22.04 25.75 – 13.99 – – 37.29  $44.34 19.96 17.68 17.23 19.09 19.73 29.38 31.32 21.41 27.98 27.91 43.08 22.36 21.33 22.22 23.07 29.25 29.37 19.54 21.53 27.56 15.06 13.95 – 35.50  – $21.87 – 20.29 18.18 21.46 – 19.22 – – – – 12.47 – 15.96 – – – – – – – – – –  25.14 18.60 24.13 29.76 21.42 8.29 10.92 14.65 14.70 16.75 17.84 24.99 100.17 28.41 13.24 16.32 16.59 19.91 23.59 24.03 29.13 39.04 44.76 55.83 39.63 33.34 17.93 20.72 22.70 24.17 30.09 38.80 44.92 56.02 43.87 21.73 13.43  25.15 18.60 24.13 29.40 22.55 8.29 11.05 14.85 15.45 16.93 18.61 25.03 100.17 28.91 13.47 17.09 16.66 20.29 23.67 23.83 29.97 41.11 44.80 56.50 40.86 34.34 17.93 22.35 22.55 23.85 31.27 41.24 44.96 56.71 45.83 22.02 13.74  – – – – 14.27 – – 13.00 12.50 – – – – 24.92 – 13.63 15.73 15.51 22.35 – 26.14 31.70 – – – 27.69 – – – – 26.08 31.45 – – – 18.97 –  25.64 18.35 24.13 30.39 21.64 – 10.55 14.60 14.50 16.74 17.84 24.99 100.17 28.46 13.28 16.32 16.59 19.92 23.61 24.02 29.13 39.04 44.76 55.83 39.63 33.37 17.93 20.72 22.73 24.17 30.09 38.80 44.92 56.02 43.87 21.77 13.50  – – – – 15.25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers 4  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Sales occupations ............................................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled .......................................  $16.33 16.21 24.66 23.78 26.29 40.37 20.52 13.52 6.21 7.90 8.00 9.54 12.70 17.14 18.31 19.86 25.65 23.62 31.54 12.01 6.66 8.16 9.68 11.36 13.06 15.37 17.05 18.81 19.95 11.90  $16.69 16.26 25.06 23.78 26.27 40.52 20.52 13.53 6.18 7.90 8.00 9.51 12.70 17.14 18.31 19.86 25.65 23.62 31.54 12.21 6.44 8.08 9.80 11.44 13.22 15.53 17.35 – 20.21 –  – $15.73 19.99 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.91 6.95 8.53 9.01 10.89 12.18 14.10 14.48 – – –  $16.33 16.21 24.66 23.74 26.29 40.37 20.52 15.02 6.47 9.93 8.33 9.68 12.71 17.14 18.41 19.86 25.65 23.62 31.54 12.22 7.05 8.20 9.81 11.46 13.06 15.38 17.09 18.81 19.95 12.12  – – – – – – – $7.09 5.76 6.75 7.52 – – – – – – – – 8.47 6.28 8.00 8.28 9.34 – – – – – –  Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Level 2 ..............................................................  11.89 7.38 8.50 11.15 12.51 12.84 14.53 17.68 20.22 21.53 14.96 15.27 8.14 8.75 9.97 10.92 12.41 14.87 17.97 20.31 21.72 10.68 6.82 8.82 10.96 11.04 12.40 13.11 16.84 13.22 9.32  11.84 7.38 8.46 11.16 12.63 12.91 14.54 17.85 20.33 21.51 14.96 15.42 8.15 8.65 9.98 10.96 12.53 14.94 18.20 20.44 21.70 10.68 6.82 8.82 10.96 11.04 12.40 13.11 16.84 13.41 9.24  12.74 – 9.84 10.89 10.40 12.02 14.49 15.91 – – – 14.14 – – – – 11.73 14.69 15.93 – – – – – – – – – – 11.47 10.29  12.18 7.54 8.69 11.19 12.58 12.77 14.51 17.68 20.22 21.53 – 15.28 8.14 8.75 9.97 10.80 12.41 14.87 17.97 20.31 21.72 10.71 6.85 8.83 11.00 11.04 12.40 13.11 16.84 13.67 9.83  8.31 6.56 7.57 8.91 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.04 –  Occupational group3 and level  See footnotes at end of table.  23  Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers 4  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Transportation and material moving occupations (-Continued) Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 ..............................................................  $12.22 14.37 14.19 15.43 15.41 8.94 7.55 7.72 10.90 11.33 11.86  $12.40 14.62 14.32 15.85 – 8.90 7.54 7.69 10.96 11.57 11.72  $11.53 11.17 12.15 – – 10.10 – – – – –  $12.29 14.65 14.49 15.43 15.41 9.24 7.73 7.81 10.99 11.32 11.61  $10.88 – – – – 7.44 6.79 7.58 – – –  Service occupations ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Protective service occupations ............................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Food service occupations ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 ..............................................................  9.01 5.98 6.89 7.29 9.55 18.27 13.50 15.94 17.26 19.14 23.76 12.11 7.06 7.23 8.70 9.99 11.15 14.92 15.83 18.13 18.95 23.76 6.75 5.40 6.21 5.33 8.24 10.35 13.08  7.81 5.89 6.49 6.63 9.26 – 13.02 – – – – 8.26 7.07 7.16 8.73 – – – – – – – 6.52 5.17 5.87 4.98 7.86 – 13.11  12.80 7.08 8.52 9.65 10.51 12.03 14.45 16.33 18.54 19.41 21.17 16.15 – – – 10.57 11.17 14.77 16.29 18.54 18.95 21.17 8.29 6.98 7.43 – – – –  9.70 6.19 7.23 7.57 9.62 17.58 13.50 15.94 17.26 19.14 23.76 12.65 6.99 7.47 8.57 10.04 11.13 14.92 15.83 18.13 18.95 23.76 7.29 5.71 6.51 5.68 8.24 10.35 13.08  6.12 5.45 6.13 5.52 8.94 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.70 4.57 5.54 4.12 – – –  Occupational group3 and level  See footnotes at end of table.  24  Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level  Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ..................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations ............ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Personal service occupations ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 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, 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 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  $7.79 6.47 7.15 7.97 8.84 7.32 6.00 6.82 9.97 10.06 13.28 5.30 7.72 7.82  $7.55 6.47 6.86 7.99 8.14 6.48 5.87 – – 9.83 14.12 5.29 6.97 6.09  $10.09 – – – – 10.09 7.41 8.51 10.10 – 9.60 – – –  $7.76 6.60 7.07 7.98 8.59 7.78 6.16 7.88 9.89 10.06 18.24 – 8.44 8.28  $8.10 – – – – 5.59 5.40 – – – 7.34 5.29 7.06 6.27  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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  25  Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 All workers4 Occupation3 and level  White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Geologists and geodesists ................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Medical science teachers ..................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Level 11 ............................................................ Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ Level 8 .............................................................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Teachers, special education ................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians .............................................................. Economists ........................................................... Psychologists ........................................................ Social workers ...................................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Technical writers ................................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table.  26  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  $27.78 22.72 24.07 26.50 30.38 26.66 28.72 32.06 37.34 27.60 20.11 24.96 27.60 31.54 30.03 40.73  $27.78 22.72 24.07 26.50 30.48 26.66 29.01 32.06 37.34 27.74 20.11 25.03 27.60 31.54 30.03 40.73  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  $27.78 22.72 24.07 26.50 30.36 26.66 28.72 32.17 37.34 27.57 20.11 24.96 27.60 31.54 29.76 40.73  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  29.14 47.29 19.74 18.83 17.94 18.66 19.95 30.24 24.95 45.46 27.37 27.90 16.59 15.09 22.26 21.17 22.58 21.20 23.62 22.58 23.30 26.82 31.06 21.76 21.33 21.41 20.94 14.41 19.41 24.65 18.84 18.72 25.90 14.72 13.74 34.88 21.52 20.93 20.10  29.14 47.29 19.81 18.83 18.04 18.75 19.70 30.77 24.89 – 23.84 – – – – – – 21.89 24.75 – 21.99 26.67 – – – – 15.91 – 20.34 13.40 – 18.72 – – – 34.87 21.52 20.93 20.10  – – $19.06 – – – – – – – 28.02 – 21.94 23.60 22.69 21.28 23.11 – 23.57 22.31 23.33 – – 21.76 21.33 21.41 22.32 – – 27.61 22.04 – 27.22 14.08 – – – – –  29.14 47.29 19.66 – 17.49 18.70 19.92 28.89 24.96 45.46 29.22 29.41 16.60 15.09 22.32 21.17 22.59 21.20 23.63 22.61 23.31 26.82 31.06 21.76 21.33 21.41 21.84 – – 24.59 19.54 18.72 25.90 14.90 – 34.88 – 21.97 20.10  – – $20.36 – 19.68 18.40 – – – – 19.37 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.22 – – – – – – – – – – – –  14.02 16.10 13.90 13.19 14.34  14.06 16.51 14.21 14.10 14.34  – – – – –  14.32 16.10 13.34 11.25 14.13  – – 17.06 – –  Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level  White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Technical occupations: (-Continued) Licensed practical nurses (-Continued) Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Level 4 .............................................................. Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Airplane pilots and navigators .............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Level 9 .............................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Administrators, education and related fields ......... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Accountants and auditors ..................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Sales occupations: Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Level 7 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... Advertising and related sales occupations ........... Sales occupations, other business services ......... Level 6 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table.  27  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  $13.82 13.77 12.36 9.63 17.31 14.29 17.49 15.30 16.23 98.11 21.57 26.87 14.33  – $13.77 12.35 9.60 17.24 14.43 17.53 – 16.23 98.11 21.57 26.86 14.31  – – – – – – – – – – – – –  – $13.77 12.20 9.63 17.31 14.29 17.49 15.30 16.23 98.11 21.57 26.87 14.20  – – – – – – – – – – – – –  24.91 35.49 20.93 30.88 44.60 33.99 30.38  – 35.70 20.93 31.18 48.31 – 30.38  $24.91 – – – – – –  24.91 35.49 20.93 30.88 44.60 33.99 30.38  – – – – – – –  38.06 24.20 43.53 47.55 27.44 23.06 29.03 28.67 35.92 25.22 34.77 22.20 22.51 31.18 36.08 45.79 55.79 45.43 21.02 15.69 21.53 28.20 27.40 23.94 21.79  38.16 24.20 44.23 47.55 24.18 – – – 35.87 – 34.93 22.20 22.45 31.46 36.60 45.67 55.79 45.43 21.04 15.46 21.53 28.20 28.00 24.33 22.56  – – – – 29.09 – – 29.16 – 19.88 29.12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  38.44 – 43.53 47.55 27.44 23.06 29.03 28.67 35.92 25.22 34.77 22.20 22.51 31.18 36.08 45.79 55.79 45.43 21.00 15.69 21.53 28.20 27.40 23.94 21.79  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  17.80 21.38 16.94 18.54 23.46  19.22 21.37 16.91 18.84 23.46  – 21.45 – – –  17.80 21.56 16.94 18.49 23.46  – – – – –  18.76 16.15 24.37  18.76 16.15 24.37  – – –  18.83 16.34 24.37  – – –  15.22 25.94 13.08 14.28  15.22 25.94 13.08 14.28  – – – –  15.22 26.85 15.04 14.28  – – – –  Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level  White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Sales occupations: (-Continued) Sales occupations, other business services (-Continued) Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Level 4 .............................................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office ................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Interviewers .......................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... Library clerks ........................................................ File clerks ............................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Billing clerks .......................................................... Telephone operators ............................................ Mail clerks except postal service .......................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... See footnotes at end of table.  28  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  $18.61 16.86  $18.61 16.86  – –  $18.61 16.86  – –  24.61 29.81 16.14 10.17 7.98 7.07 6.32 8.08 7.72 10.98  24.61 29.81 16.14 10.17 7.98 7.02 6.28 8.08 7.52 10.98  – – – – – – – – – –  24.61 29.81 16.14 11.91 – 7.58 6.84 8.53 – 11.36  – – – $7.66 – 6.41 5.82 6.81 – –  16.63 16.60 17.40 12.38 11.81 13.02 13.44 9.52 11.80 13.48 16.08 17.49 9.99 12.27 9.65 7.52 9.59 10.86 11.97 11.30 9.66 14.38 12.66 9.46 10.35 10.37 10.30 11.06 11.35 11.23 9.59 11.50 12.73 12.04 9.63 8.62 12.17 11.12 8.82 11.11 10.69 8.62 10.79  16.77 – 17.40 12.39 11.87 13.26 13.91 – 12.02 13.56 16.19 18.18 10.52 12.27 9.72 – 9.59 10.87 11.97 11.30 9.66 14.38 12.41 – – 9.94 10.47 10.71 – 11.28 9.66 11.43 12.95 12.43 9.72 8.62 12.58 11.15 8.82 11.11 10.65 8.62 –  – – – – – – $12.12 9.20 11.23 13.20 15.64 14.75 – – – – – – – – – – – 10.13 – 11.12 – – – 10.96 – – – – – – 11.36 – – – – – –  16.63 16.60 17.40 12.38 11.81 13.02 13.50 9.52 11.92 13.48 16.08 17.60 9.99 12.47 10.02 – 9.90 11.39 12.12 11.30 10.11 14.38 12.70 9.64 – 10.39 10.35 11.06 11.35 11.32 9.66 11.50 12.73 12.04 9.72 – 12.17 11.57 9.10 11.36 10.84 8.66 10.79  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.50 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  11.98 16.27 12.87  11.98 16.22 13.18  – – –  12.15 16.27 12.84  – – –  Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level  White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical: (-Continued) Investigators and adjusters except insurance (-Continued) Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Data entry keyers ................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Level 7 .............................................................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Level 7 .............................................................. Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ....................................... Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ...................................................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Level 7 .............................................................. Precision assemblers, metal ................................. Sheet metal workers ............................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Level 5 .............................................................. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Level 5 .............................................................. Stationary engineers ............................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Numerical control machine operators ................... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Printing press operators ....................................... Textile sewing machine operators ........................ Level 2 .............................................................. Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Extruding and forming machine operators ............ See footnotes at end of table.  29  All industries State and local government  All industries  Private industry  $11.01 12.86 11.28 10.68 8.61 9.37 11.49 12.33 14.73 10.72 9.05 7.78 8.96 9.05 8.81 9.06 11.92 8.81 10.23 10.77 12.67  $11.35 12.80 11.38 10.95 – 9.56 11.63 12.44 14.73 10.72 8.99 7.78 – – – – 12.03 – – 10.81 12.69  22.54 18.49 16.30 13.94 19.81 20.04 14.77 15.56  24.10 – 16.28 14.40 19.81 20.04 14.96 15.56  – – – – – – – –  22.54 18.49 16.30 13.94 19.81 20.04 14.77 15.56  – – – – – – – –  20.29  20.34  –  20.29  –  15.42 15.44 18.43 11.74 19.12 16.49 12.99 17.74 17.02 16.68 14.72 9.97 13.09 13.65 13.38 11.86 13.20  – 17.08 – 11.20 – – – 17.78 – 16.68 14.72 9.97 13.09 13.65 12.64 11.86 –  15.42 15.44 18.43 11.74 19.12 16.49 12.99 17.74 17.02 16.68 14.72 9.97 13.09 13.65 13.38 11.86 13.20  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  16.86 10.13 14.12 6.69 7.72 9.54 10.35  16.86 10.13 14.12 6.69 7.72 9.54 10.35  16.86 10.13 14.12 6.69 7.72 9.54 10.35  – – – – – – –  – – – $9.44 – 8.28 10.55 – – – – – – 9.09 8.84 9.06 10.07 – – – –  – 12.69 – – – – 12.13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  $11.01 12.86 11.28 11.00 8.59 9.38 11.68 12.33 14.73 11.01 9.10 – – 9.12 8.84 9.23 11.98 – 10.23 10.53 12.67  – – – $7.80 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.22 – – – –  Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level  Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: (-Continued) Slicing and cutting machine operators .................. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Hand cutting and trimming occupations ............... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Production testers ................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers ......................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Bus drivers ............................................................ Level 3 .............................................................. Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Level 3 .............................................................. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Level 1 .............................................................. Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Hand packers and packagers ............................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations .................................................... Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Supervisors, guards .............................................. Firefighting occupations ........................................ Level 7 .............................................................. Police and detectives, public service .................... Level 7 .............................................................. Correctional institution officers ............................. See footnotes at end of table.  30  All industries  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  $10.44 10.40 8.92 11.15 12.67 12.01 11.07 7.35 9.27 13.88 11.48 12.55 6.64 8.74 10.81 11.35  $10.44 10.40 8.92 11.15 12.67 12.01 11.07 7.35 9.27 13.88 11.48 12.55 6.64 8.74 10.81 11.35  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  $10.44 10.42 8.92 11.15 12.67 12.01 11.16 7.42 9.30 14.01 11.48 12.55 6.64 8.74 10.81 11.35  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  13.67 13.69 12.11 15.18 11.24 12.62 16.90 10.67 10.75  14.00 – 12.20 15.20 – – – 10.60 10.75  $10.16 – – – 12.20 12.62 – – –  13.65 13.73 12.10 14.91 12.19 – 16.90 10.68 10.77  – – – – – – – – –  –  16.76  –  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  7.89 6.64 7.48 8.32 9.42 7.52 – 9.50 11.47 11.11 – 13.52 9.67 9.07 7.82 8.34 10.97 8.39 7.43 –  16.73 7.86 6.65 7.36 8.32 8.35 6.68 6.83 9.29 11.47 10.92 8.76 13.52 9.67 8.83 7.64 8.20 10.97 8.18 7.22 9.57  17.63 23.35 18.23 14.08 13.94 18.84 17.71 10.96  – 7.62 6.59 7.29 8.32 8.35 6.68 6.83 9.29 11.47 11.00 8.76 13.52 9.67 8.83 7.64 8.20 10.97 8.06 7.21 9.65  – – – – – – – –  17.63 23.35 – 14.08 13.94 18.84 17.71 10.96  17.63 23.35 18.23 14.08 13.94 18.84 17.71 10.96  – – – – $6.51 6.26 6.77 – – – – – – – – – – 7.47 6.44 8.23  – – – – – – – –  Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level  Service occupations: (-Continued) Protective service occupations: (-Continued) Correctional institution officers (-Continued) Level 5 .............................................................. Guards and police except public service .............. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Food service occupations: Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Food counter, fountain, and related occupations Level 1 .............................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Level 1 .............................................................. Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Level 1 .............................................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Health service occupations: Health aides, except nursing ................................ Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Personal service occupations: Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Level 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, 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 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule  All industries State and local government  Full-time workers  Part-time workers  – $7.66 7.07 7.16 8.73  $10.88 – – – –  $10.88 7.73 6.99 – 8.55  – – – – –  11.28 15.11 3.67 2.84 3.26 3.21 7.95 7.49 6.93 5.63 – 7.13 6.46 7.41 5.12 6.04 5.78 6.20  11.14 – 3.67 2.84 3.26 3.21 7.80 – 6.66 5.46 – 7.17 6.46 7.41 5.12 5.66 5.53 –  – – – – – – 8.57 – – – – 6.99 6.45 – – 7.59 7.32 6.61  11.37 15.11 4.18 – – – 7.95 7.47 6.93 6.19 6.10 7.20 6.34 8.15 – 6.02 5.79 6.30  – – $2.89 – – – – – – – – 6.85 6.78 – – 6.14 5.68 –  8.42 8.00 8.00 7.58 5.57 6.94 7.92 8.91  8.15 – 8.09 7.39 5.57 6.63 7.92 –  9.25 – – – – – – –  8.42 – 8.00 7.52 – 6.86 7.93 –  – – – 8.07 – – – –  5.99 5.72 7.03 6.05 6.95 9.97 10.20  5.99 5.72 6.43 5.90 – – 9.92  – – 9.07 7.41 8.51 10.10 –  6.04 5.77 7.50 6.24 8.49 9.89 10.20  – – 5.60 5.42 – – –  8.17 8.53  6.45 6.77  9.76 –  9.08 –  All industries  Private industry  $10.88 7.69 7.07 7.16 8.70  – –  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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  31  Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 Occupational group2  Full-time workers3  Part-time workers3  Union4  Nonunion4  Time5  Incentive5  All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................  $16.97 17.12  $8.41 8.72  $18.70 18.83  $16.09 16.33  $16.25 16.49  $17.11 17.90  White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales .............................................  20.62 21.36  10.38 13.32  33.22 35.48  19.76 20.75  20.03 20.90  20.41 29.66  Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ......  24.24 24.97 21.64 28.46 15.02 12.22  19.00 20.05 15.25 – 7.09 8.47  109.04 – 109.04 – – 13.96  23.07 24.80 16.51 28.44 13.57 11.91  24.04 24.78 21.42 27.84 12.61 11.90  45.68 59.46 – 38.84 15.92 16.15  Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....  12.18 15.28 10.71 13.67 9.24  8.31 – – 10.04 7.44  15.18 18.26 13.49 16.70 11.73  10.95 14.21 9.91 12.19 8.28  11.86 15.17 10.64 13.27 8.95  12.35 – 11.04 13.02 8.55  Service occupations ...........................................................  9.70  6.12  23.93  8.38  9.02  –  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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 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. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  32  Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 Goods-producing industries4  Occupational group3  All private industries  Total  Mining  Construction  Manufacturing  Service-producing industries5  Total  TransWholeportsale ation and and retail public trade utilities  $16.68 $34.92 $13.34 $16.51 $15.82 $20.84 $13.15 16.49 34.92 12.03 16.39 16.27 20.72 13.60  Finance, insurance, and real estate  Services  – –  $15.52 15.75  All occupations ........................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ................................................  $16.07 16.34  White-collar occupations ....................................................... White-collar excluding sales .................................................  20.09 21.37  24.00 24.12  35.26 35.26  19.45 16.95  23.57 23.67  19.02 20.52  23.78 23.69  15.93 18.88  – –  19.66 20.44  Professional specialty and technical occupations ................ Professional specialty occupations ................................... Technical occupations ...................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ....... Sales occupations ................................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations .........  24.64 25.37 22.55 28.91 13.53 12.21  25.74 28.99 17.93 30.56 22.64 12.77  40.19 42.63 – 39.10 – 13.96  – – – 19.49 – –  24.93 27.95 17.81 31.44 21.86 12.77  24.15 23.87 25.02 28.38 12.52 12.12  42.39 28.26 78.63 23.42 25.74 13.23  22.40 23.43 15.90 28.85 11.66 11.56  – – – – – –  21.34 23.25 15.93 30.87 12.19 11.64  Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........  11.84 15.42 10.68 13.41 8.90  11.46 14.24 10.81 12.50 8.49  – – – – –  10.66 13.42 – – 7.72  11.56 14.36 10.80 12.37 8.85  12.33 17.79 9.58 13.59 9.17  15.09 18.99 – 13.40 12.97  11.31 16.01 – 14.38 8.61  – – – – –  9.51 13.48 9.53 11.49 7.22  Service occupations ...............................................................  7.81  10.36  –  –  10.49  7.76  –  6.54  –  6.94  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, 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 All workers include 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups.  4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  33  Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 100 workers or more All private industry workers  50 - 99 workers  All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................  $16.07 16.34  White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales .............................................  Occupational group3  Total  100 - 499 workers  500 workers or more  $12.24 12.46  $16.82 17.07  $13.60 13.41  $19.69 20.22  20.09 21.37  15.61 17.40  20.75 21.88  17.95 18.75  22.39 23.47  Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations .....  24.64 25.37 22.55 28.91 13.53 12.21  23.94 26.77 19.31 25.62 10.63 11.03  24.70 25.27 23.00 29.20 14.29 12.46  20.62 23.09 14.97 27.24 15.22 12.32  26.11 25.94 26.67 30.18 13.10 12.57  Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....  11.84 15.42 10.68 13.41 8.90  11.47 17.94 9.52 11.99 8.17  11.92 14.88 10.95 13.59 9.09  10.92 14.01 10.19 12.42 8.60  13.40 15.54 12.54 16.45 9.85  Service occupations ...........................................................  7.81  6.46  8.35  6.93  11.52  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, 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 All workers include 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.  Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  34  Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 All workers Occupational group2 All industries  All occupations ....................................................................... 1,243,029 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 1,138,156  Private industry  State and local government  1,034,670 930,096  208,359 208,060  White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales .............................................  723,525 618,652  578,461 473,887  145,063 144,764  Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ......  288,763 229,294 59,469 131,237 104,873 198,652  193,616 141,905 51,711 114,462 104,574 165,809  95,147 87,389 7,758 16,775 – 32,842  Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....  323,123 83,682 83,751 56,022 99,668  303,936 73,781 83,751 49,662 96,742  19,187 9,901 – 6,359 2,927  Service occupations ...........................................................  196,381  152,272  44,109  1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups.  NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  35  Appendix A. Technical Note  Area. 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 is December 1994. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated.  This section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the data. While this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all the steps required to produce the data.  Planning for the survey The overall design of the survey is based on the type of data to be produced. Establishments that participate in the NCS are studied for several collection cycles. This allows changes in wages within these establishments to be observed over time. Individual wage data are collected for selected jobs during each establishment’s initial cycle and updated during subsequent cycles. When data are not available during a collection cycle, efforts are made to collect the data during subsequent cycles and include it in later tabulations. Beginning in the year 2000, the current NCS sample will be replenished on a rotating basis.  Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a two stage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame where the strata are determined by industry and whether the establishment is Private, State government or Local government. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that the sample units within each stratum represent all the units within the stratum, both sampled and nonsampled. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.  Survey scope This survey of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area covered establishments employing 50 workers or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment was an economic unit which produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment was usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment was defined as all locations of a government entity. The Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, and Tarrant Counties, TX.  Data collection Detailed procedures are followed when collecting data from survey respondents. For the initial data collection, field economists, working out of the Regional Office, visited each establishment surveyed. The field economists - through mail, phone, or personal visit - completed update collection, which involved obtaining current pay data. The following procedures are used for schedules initiated for the first time or reinitiated during an update.  Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports for the DallasFort Worth, TX, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical  Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multi-step process:  36  ·  1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs. 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the Census of Population system. 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time, union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive. 4. Determination of the level of work of each job.  Handlers, equipment laborers · Service occupations  and  Generic leveling through point factor analysis In the last step before wage data were collected, the work level of each selected job was determined using a “generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria. This is a major departure from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation. For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental. The 10 factors are:  Number of selected jobs 8 10 12 16 20  The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The National Compensation Survey occupational classification system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major occupational group (MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following MOG’s: · · · · · · ·  helpers,  A complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix B. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of Terms” section on the following page for more detail.  For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which a correct classification or level could not be determined. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs collected in each establishment was based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in the following schedule:  Number of employees 50-99 100-249 250-999 1000-2,499 2,500+  cleaners,  · · · · · · · · · ·  Knowledge Supervision received Guidelines Complexity Scope and effect Personal contacts Purpose of contacts Physical demands Work environment Supervisory duties  Each factor contains a number of levels and each level has an associated written description and point value. The number and range of points differ among the factors. For each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on which written description best matched the job. Within each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix  Professional specialty and technical Executive, administrative, and managerial Sales Administrative support including clerical Precision production, craft, and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors Transportation and material moving 37  · ·  table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C. Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their firm. Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed research continues in the area. The results of this research will be published by BLS in the future.  ·  In order to calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of hours actually worked was collected. Definition of terms Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time. Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.  Collection period The survey was collected from January 1998 through June 1998. The average payroll reference month was March 1998. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection.  Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)  Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: · · · · ·  Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below). Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.  Incentive pay, including commissions, production bonuses, and piece rates Cost-of-living allowances Hazard pay Payments of income deferred due to participation in a salary reduction plan Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight or passengers  Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for the job. Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of production. Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met:  The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: ·  · · ·  Free room and board Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) On-call pay  ·  Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for working a schedule that varies from the norm, such as night or weekend work Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g., Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances  · ·  38  A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation. Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations. Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining agreement.  As a result of the use of sampling weights, the number of workers estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study not the actual number of workers surveyed.  Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection.  Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. Appendix table 2 contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE data for all series in this bulletin are available on the Internet web site and by request to the BLS National Office. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix table 2 shows a relative standard error of 3.6 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 ($12.79 plus and minus 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although they also were not specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize nonsampling errors by the extensive training of field economists who gathered survey data, computer editing of the data, and detailed data review.  Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights were used to aggregate the individual establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 19.5 percent (representing 267,542 employees) refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells which were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level. Establishments which were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey (7.0 percent of the total sample) had their weights changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a refusal. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: number of workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation work schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or annual rates are being calculated. The respondent has the option of giving mean data instead of individual wages in the years following the initiation. In 1998, the publication criteria were changed to allow more data to publish. Not all series that were calculated met the criteria for publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.  39  Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 Number of establishments studied Industry  All industries ......................................................... Private industry ................................................. Goods-producing industries .......................... Mining ....................................................... Construction ............................................. Manufacturing ........................................... Service-producing industries ........................ Tranportation and public utilities ............... Wholesale and retail trade ........................ Finance, insurance and real estate .......... Services .................................................... State and local government ..............................  Number of establishments represented  100 workers or more Total studied  6,283 6,098 1,338 24 280 1,034 4,759 396 2,143 562 1,659 185  461 393 106 7 10 89 287 36 93 24 134 68  50 - 99 workers  110 110 18 – 2 16 92 4 38 9 41 –  Total  351 283 88 7 8 73 195 32 55 15 93 68  100 - 499 workers 189 171 50 3 7 40 121 14 41 10 56 18  NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.  40  500 workers or more 162 112 38 4 1 33 74 18 14 5 37 50  Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 (in percent)  Occupation3  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................  2.1 2.1  2.4 2.6  1.8 1.8  White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................  2.1 2.0  2.5 2.4  2.0 2.0  Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Geologists and geodesists ................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Medical science teachers ..................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Librarians .............................................................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Economists ........................................................... Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Technical writers ................................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical occupations .................................................. 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 ................................................................. Airplane pilots and navigators .............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations ..........................................................  2.5 1.6 2.2 5.2 5.8 4.6 3.7 3.4 3.6  3.2 2.1 2.3 5.2 5.8 4.6 3.7 3.4 3.6  1.7 1.6 – – – – – – –  5.0 8.0 8.0 2.1 2.1 6.4 6.0 9.1 7.9 2.0 19.7 1.9 1.7 2.5 2.6 10.9 11.6 11.6 8.2 13.4 6.3 8.4 5.4 6.4 6.9  5.0 7.6 8.0 2.2 2.2 7.4 7.7 – 11.8 12.2 – – 8.4 – 6.0 17.4 – – 11.6 13.4 – 14.1 – 7.2 7.2  – – – 4.8 4.0 – 7.5 – 8.8 1.1 3.0 0.8 1.8 2.5 2.6 8.8 5.8 5.8 5.3 – 4.1 6.0 6.1 14.9 –  7.0 7.6 21.7 4.2 10.8 3.5 7.4 3.5 9.8 2.6 7.9 5.0 22.8 7.7 11.7 3.0 2.8 6.3 6.8 13.6 8.7  7.1 7.6 21.7 4.2 11.8 3.9 10.0 3.3 11.8 2.6 – 5.0 22.8 7.9 14.6 3.4 3.1 – 7.6 – 8.7  – – – – 4.7 – – – – – – – – – – 4.5 4.3 6.3 – – –  6.8  6.9  –  See footnotes at end of table.  41  Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued (in percent)  Occupation3  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... Advertising and related sales occupations ........... Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Interviewers .......................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... Library clerks ........................................................ File clerks ............................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Telephone operators ............................................ Mail clerks except postal service .......................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Data entry keyers ................................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. See footnotes at end of table.  42  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  4.9 7.1 14.3 4.1 3.3 5.5 10.9 7.8 7.6  9.2 7.8 – 4.2 3.5 5.5 10.6 7.8 7.4  5.3 – 20.6 11.8 10.1 – – – –  5.6 6.1 5.4 7.5  5.7 6.8 5.4 7.5  – 13.4 – –  10.2 15.2 16.7  10.2 15.2 16.7  – – –  10.7 20.2 20.2 3.6 6.7 1.6 5.6 7.0 3.1 2.6 5.5 7.7 4.1 8.6 5.8 9.5 7.0 15.7 4.3 3.3 16.1 6.6 4.5 16.8 6.8 8.0  10.7 20.2 20.2 3.7 6.7 1.8 6.0 7.0 3.7 3.0 2.8 7.7 4.1 10.4 5.8 9.4 – – 5.2 3.8 16.8 6.6 4.5 24.3 6.8 8.3  – – – – – 2.3 – – – 4.1 – – – – – – 11.2 – 5.7 4.6 – – – 6.0 – –  12.9 12.3 6.6 2.7 2.7 9.6 6.3 3.2 3.3  12.9 13.6 6.6 2.7 2.9 9.6 7.4 – 3.5  – – – – 4.4 – – 3.2 3.2  2.7 2.9 8.4  2.8 3.2 9.3  3.2 3.4 –  Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued (in percent)  Occupation3  Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Aircraft engine mechanics .................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ....................................... Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ...................................................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Precision assemblers, metal ................................. Sheet metal workers ............................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Stationary engineers ............................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Numerical control machine operators ................... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Printing press operators ....................................... Textile sewing machine operators ........................ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Extruding and forming machine operators ............ Slicing and cutting machine operators .................. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Hand cutting and trimming occupations ............... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Production testers ................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. 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 ....... Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Hand packers and packagers ............................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations .................................................... Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Supervisors, guards .............................................. Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... See footnotes at end of table.  43  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  6.7 7.0 5.1 4.7  6.9 6.9 5.1 5.0  – – – –  2.5  2.5  –  7.6 12.7 7.3 9.1 12.6 7.6 5.2 5.6 10.8 10.4 4.8 3.6 5.3 11.6 3.5 8.2 10.3 9.4 11.0 5.3 17.7 15.1 7.7 6.2 5.0 9.9 16.6 7.0 11.5 6.9 6.5 5.3 9.1 8.8  – 13.1 – 10.7 – – – 5.7 10.8 10.4 4.8 3.6 3.8 – 3.5 8.2 10.3 9.4 11.0 5.3 17.7 15.1 7.7 6.2 5.0 9.9 16.6 7.0 11.5 7.4 6.8 – – 9.9  – 6.7 – – – – 7.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.2 4.4 4.0 – –  13.6 3.4 11.5 3.4 11.4 4.6 9.4 8.9 6.2 6.0  – 3.5 12.2 3.4 11.4 4.6 9.6 8.9 6.2 5.9  – 6.6 – – – – – – – –  3.9 7.2  5.0 6.6  3.3 3.0  6.0 3.4 18.3 3.4 2.8  – – – – –  6.0 3.4 – 3.4 2.8  Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued (in percent)  Occupation3  Service occupations (-Continued) Protective service occupations (-Continued) Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Food counter, fountain, and related occupations Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are  All industries  Private industry  State and local government  1.9 4.7 6.2  – 4.7 7.2  1.9 – 6.1  9.5 26.9 8.7 5.6 2.8 20.6 2.7 3.3 3.9 4.4 5.9 4.5 5.4 17.9 6.6  10.9 26.9 10.6 6.4 3.2 20.6 1.9 3.6 3.6 4.7 3.7 4.5 4.4 21.1 4.5  – – 5.6 – 6.5 – 4.8 8.1 9.5 – 7.0 – 3.8 5.3 3.5  classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  44  Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers  Occupation1  All occupations ................................................................................. All occupations excluding sales ......................................................  6 6  6 6  3 3  White-collar occupations ............................................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ...................................  7 7  7 8  4 6  Professional specialty and technical occupations ...................... Professional specialty occupations ......................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. Electrical and electronic engineers ................................. Industrial engineers ........................................................ Mechanical engineers ..................................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ........................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ..................... Operations and systems researchers and analysts ........ Natural scientists ................................................................ Geologists and geodesists ............................................. Health related occupations ................................................. Registered nurses .......................................................... Pharmacists .................................................................... Teachers, college and university ........................................ Medical science teachers ............................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ................................... Teachers, except college and university ............................ Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................. Elementary school teachers ........................................... Secondary school teachers ............................................ Teachers, special education ........................................... Teachers, N.E.C. ............................................................ Vocational and educational counselors .......................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ..................................... Librarians ........................................................................ Social scientists and urban planners .................................. Economists ..................................................................... Psychologists .................................................................. Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................ Social workers ................................................................ Lawyers and judges ............................................................ Lawyers .......................................................................... Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ........................................................................... Technical writers ............................................................. Designers ....................................................................... Editors and reporters ...................................................... Technical occupations ............................................................ 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 ........................................................................... Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ Computer programmers ................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ............. Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... Administrators and officials, public administration .......... Financial managers ........................................................ Personnel and labor relations managers ........................ Purchasing managers ..................................................... Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations Administrators, education and related fields ................... Managers, medicine and health ..................................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ....................... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................ Management related occupations ...................................... Accountants and auditors ............................................... Other financial officers ....................................................  9 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 12 12 8 8 8 11 12 11 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 8 8 9 8 10 8 7 11 11  9 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 12 12 8 8 8 11 12 11 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 8 10 8 7 11 11  8 8 – – – – – – – – – – 8 8 – 10 – 11 6 – – – – 7 – – – – – – – – – –  10 8 7 8 7 7 7 6 5 7 6 7 10 8 6 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 10 11 8 9 9  10 – 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 7 6 7 10 8 6 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 10 11 8 9 9  – – – – 5 – – 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  See footnotes at end of table.  45  Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers  Occupation1  White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Management analysts .................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. .......................... Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction Management related occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Sales occupations ...................................................................... Supervisors, sales occupations ...................................... Securities and financial services sales occupations ....... Advertising and related sales occupations ..................... Sales occupations, other business services ................... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ....................... Sales workers, other commodities .................................. Cashiers ......................................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ............... Supervisors, general office ............................................. Supervisors, financial records processing ...................... Computer operators ........................................................ Secretaries ..................................................................... Interviewers .................................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. Receptionists .................................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ............................................... Order clerks .................................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .............. Library clerks .................................................................. File clerks ....................................................................... Records clerks, N.E.C. ................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ Billing clerks .................................................................... Telephone operators ...................................................... Mail clerks except postal service .................................... Dispatchers ..................................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. Stock and inventory clerks .............................................. Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ....................................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ............ Investigators and adjusters except insurance ................ Bill and account collectors .............................................. General office clerks ....................................................... Bank tellers ..................................................................... Data entry keyers ........................................................... Teachers’ aides .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ................... Blue-collar occupations ............................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ........................... Automobile mechanics ................................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................. Aircraft engine mechanics .............................................. Industrial machinery repairers ........................................ Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ................................................................. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics ... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .................................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................ Carpenters ...................................................................... Electricians ..................................................................... Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............................ Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................ Supervisors, production occupations .............................. Precision assemblers, metal ........................................... See footnotes at end of table.  46  10 8 7 9 5 8 6 9 5  10 8 7 9 6 8 6 10 6  – – – – 2 – – – –  8 6 4 2 4 4 7 7 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4  8 6 4 3 4 4 7 7 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 – 4 4 4 3 – 4 4 4  – – 3 2 – 3 – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – –  5 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 4  5 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 4  – – – – 2 – – – 4  4 6 8 6 6 7 6  4 6 8 6 6 7 6  2 – – – – – –  7 6 6 7 5 7 7 6 7 6  7 6 6 7 5 7 7 6 7 6  – – – – – – – – – –  Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers  Occupation1  Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Sheet metal workers ....................................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ Butchers and meat cutters .............................................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ..................................... Stationary engineers ....................................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................ Numerical control machine operators ............................. Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. .......................... Printing press operators ................................................. Textile sewing machine operators .................................. Packaging and filling machine operators ........................ Extruding and forming machine operators ...................... Slicing and cutting machine operators ............................ Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ..................... Welders and cutters ........................................................ Assemblers ..................................................................... Hand cutting and trimming occupations ......................... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. .......... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............ Production testers ........................................................... Transportation and material moving occupations ....................... Truck drivers ................................................................... Bus drivers ...................................................................... Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 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 ................. Construction laborers ..................................................... Production helpers .......................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ........................................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ................. Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...................... Hand packers and packagers ......................................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. .............................  6 3 6 6 6 3 7 4 5 2 3 3 4 3 5 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 3  6 3 6 6 6 3 7 4 5 2 3 3 4 3 5 3 1 3 3 3 4 4 3 7 3  – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – –  4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2  4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2  – 2 – – – 2 – – – 2  Service occupations ..................................................................... Protective service occupations ........................................... Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention occupations Supervisors, police and detectives ................................. Supervisors, guards ........................................................ Firefighting occupations .................................................. Police and detectives, public service .............................. Correctional institution officers ....................................... Guards and police except public service ........................ Food service occupations ................................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations Waiters and waitresses .................................................. Cooks ............................................................................. Food counter, fountain, and related occupations ........... Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................. Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...................................... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ...........................  3 5 8 10 7 7 8 5 2 3 6 2 3 2 2 3 2  3 5 8 10 7 7 8 5 2 3 6 3 3 1 2 4 2  2 – – – – – – – – 2 – 2 – – 2 – 2  See footnotes at end of table.  47  Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 1998 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers  Occupation1  Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ................................................. Health aides, except nursing .......................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... Cleaning and building service occupations ........................ Maids and housemen ..................................................... Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... Personal service occupations ............................................. Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level.  3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2  3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3  3 – 3 2 – 2 2 –  include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.  NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may  48