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Los Angeles–Long Beach–
Riverside, CA
National Compensation Survey
April 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
January 2008

Preface

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Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC
20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to
ocltinfo@bls.gov.
The data contained in this bulletin are also available at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format
(PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file
containing the published table formats.
Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from
BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data
Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site.
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)
691–5200; Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339.

ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private establishments and government agencies that provided pay data
included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation.
Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. 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 prepared the
survey for publication.
For additional information regarding this survey, please
contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin.
You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at:

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Contents

Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................

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Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................

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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................

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A–5
A–6
B–1

Introduction

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About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside, CA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Data were collected between
September 2006 and October 2007; the average reference
month is April 2007. Tabulations provide information on
earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information
on occupational classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of
significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on
earlier changes.
The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined
Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that
reflects the new area definition.
In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments
in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest
available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments
that are out of scope for NCS.
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and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
high-level occupational aggregation.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.

mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time

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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics

Private industry
workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

$22.32

2.0

Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............

36.59
39.17
35.19
12.64
19.02
23.46
17.04

State and local government
workers

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

36.0

$21.19

2.4

1.9
3.0
3.1
1.9
5.0
12.6
3.1

37.5
40.0
36.3
33.0
34.7
31.1
36.7

36.58
38.49
35.31
10.82
19.06
23.50
16.89

22.57
22.94
22.17

3.9
4.8
6.0

39.2
39.5
39.1

15.34
14.92
15.75

3.8
5.1
4.9

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

23.54
13.30

Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................

Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean
weekly
hours3

Mean

Relative
error2
(percent)

35.9

$30.39

2.1

36.4

2.5
3.7
4.3
2.5
5.3
12.6
3.4

38.2
40.1
37.1
32.5
34.5
31.1
36.5

36.61
42.56
34.94
23.18
18.46
–
18.60

2.4
2.4
2.7
4.5
3.0
–
3.0

35.7
39.6
34.7
36.3
38.2
–
38.2

22.24
22.85
21.50

4.2
5.0
6.9

39.2
39.5
39.0

28.23
25.43
29.62

6.3
6.9
8.8

39.7
39.4
39.8

37.2
39.3
35.4

15.15
14.86
15.45

3.9
5.2
5.1

37.2
39.3
35.3

23.90
–
23.34

8.1
–
8.8

39.7
–
39.8

1.9
5.2

39.7
21.2

22.39
12.69

2.4
5.9

39.7
21.4

31.25
20.23

2.4
7.6

39.2
19.9

26.99
21.00

3.1
2.5

36.1
35.9

24.70
20.60

5.9
2.6

35.8
35.9

29.97
31.86

1.9
5.3

36.5
36.2

21.59
35.76

1.8
9.7

35.9
37.3

20.27
35.76

2.3
9.7

35.8
37.3

30.39
–

2.1
–

36.4
–

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

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

–
–

–
–

–
–

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

(6)
(6)

1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................

19.06
21.19
28.51

3.4
5.0
2.4

35.3
36.1
36.9

19.05
20.76
27.25

3.4
5.3
3.9

35.3
36.1
37.3

–
29.37
30.52

–
3.1
2.5

–
36.6
36.4

All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5

Establishment characteristics

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. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All workers ..............................................................................

$22.32

2.0

$23.54

1.9

$13.30

5.2

Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Level 15 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................

44.36
22.57
26.39
31.33
35.99
45.88
52.99
65.93
71.28
118.43
50.36
60.38
43.95
24.14
58.94
46.52
58.44
42.18
24.14
32.05
37.93
52.30
40.06
33.34
37.37
41.46
47.44
42.29
42.58
31.77
44.11

3.9
9.1
8.1
4.7
4.8
4.6
3.5
2.8
5.4
29.7
6.3
10.2
14.2
5.5
13.0
16.8
15.2
19.7
7.5
8.8
4.0
7.0
7.5
3.3
12.0
13.8
6.2
9.8
5.8
8.7
13.2

44.32
22.57
26.39
31.33
35.99
45.88
52.26
65.93
71.24
118.43
50.58
60.38
43.95
24.14
58.94
46.52
58.44
42.18
24.14
32.05
37.93
52.30
39.62
33.34
37.90
41.46
47.44
42.29
42.58
31.84
–

3.9
9.1
8.1
4.7
4.8
4.6
3.4
2.8
5.4
29.7
6.3
10.2
14.2
5.5
13.0
16.8
15.2
19.7
7.5
8.8
4.0
7.0
7.3
3.3
11.5
13.8
6.2
9.8
5.8
8.6
–

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

46.42
59.36
62.64
59.04
47.93
30.33

12.4
3.6
4.0
10.6
4.4
5.1

46.42
59.36
62.64
59.04
47.95
30.33

12.4
3.6
4.0
10.6
4.5
5.1

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................

30.45
20.17
20.89
25.24
26.46
33.87
34.04
38.40
50.60
30.97

2.9
13.4
6.5
4.9
2.0
4.1
6.3
4.5
8.7
4.2

30.50
20.17
20.73
25.24
26.46
33.96
34.04
38.40
50.60
30.97

2.9
13.4
6.9
4.9
2.0
4.1
6.3
4.5
8.7
4.2

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

25.86
19.59
26.35
19.59

10.7
8.8
9.2
8.8

25.86
19.59
26.35
19.59

10.7
8.8
9.2
8.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

28.40
34.57
28.38
27.23
30.34
29.87
31.32
23.08
23.26

9.4
4.4
4.8
3.8
17.1
3.9
2.6
4.3
4.4

28.40
34.81
28.38
27.23
30.34
29.87
31.32
23.08
23.26

9.4
4.3
4.8
3.8
17.1
3.9
2.6
4.3
4.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................

$35.71
24.99
33.12
36.43
41.53
47.06
53.98
30.22
44.11
45.16
43.65
24.53
38.51
33.36
28.22

4.6
6.2
5.9
7.1
3.0
7.1
2.5
12.4
10.0
3.9
4.2
13.0
5.1
5.9
12.4

$35.92
24.99
32.68
36.43
41.53
47.06
53.98
30.22
44.82
45.16
43.65
24.89
38.51
33.36
28.22

4.4
6.2
6.8
7.1
3.0
7.1
2.5
12.4
9.8
3.9
4.2
12.9
5.1
5.9
12.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Level 11 ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........

39.94
29.46
28.77
37.46
46.42
57.01
54.86
49.06
33.07
39.84
47.53
57.35
54.86
43.79
54.56
48.73
59.68
46.97
45.26
51.65
44.87
28.80
28.05
28.15
29.89
28.23

8.1
4.0
3.7
4.2
3.0
8.1
6.0
4.5
1.9
5.8
3.7
7.9
6.0
7.9
3.4
3.8
6.1
5.0
7.5
7.7
11.1
3.4
5.9
3.3
2.9
4.0

39.94
29.46
28.77
37.46
46.42
57.01
54.86
49.06
33.07
39.84
47.53
57.35
54.86
43.79
54.56
48.73
59.68
46.97
45.26
51.65
44.87
28.80
28.05
28.15
29.89
28.23

8.1
4.0
3.7
4.2
3.0
8.1
6.0
4.5
1.9
5.8
3.7
7.9
6.0
7.9
3.4
3.8
6.1
5.0
7.5
7.7
11.1
3.4
5.9
3.3
2.9
4.0

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–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Psychologists ....................................................................

33.22
21.22
37.71
39.67
32.90
39.87
41.04

16.0
7.4
8.1
4.6
10.5
4.3
6.2

36.46
21.22
–
39.67
32.90
39.87
–

14.5
7.4
–
4.6
10.5
4.3
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Level 9 .............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

26.25
11.45
20.34
36.47
35.29
25.06
41.53
39.04
41.75
27.68
33.65
26.16
26.82

11.0
10.2
9.1
5.7
8.3
19.8
10.0
11.4
13.2
8.6
5.2
11.1
10.3

26.45
–
20.34
36.44
35.29
25.06
41.99
39.04
41.75
29.04
33.65
26.90
25.37

11.3
–
9.1
5.9
8.3
19.9
10.7
11.4
13.2
8.6
5.2
11.9
12.5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Legal occupations ..............................................................

54.04

15.5

54.00

15.7

–

–

See footnotes at end of table.

5

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Lawyers ............................................................................

$60.20

6.3

$60.29

6.4

–

–

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Level 10 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Instructional coordinators .................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................

33.55
13.72
13.94
15.10
17.25
33.20
41.41
43.91
48.03
65.48
37.30
47.90
40.04
43.90
48.73
65.48
49.05
50.84

2.9
6.9
7.9
5.3
11.2
25.6
1.4
8.9
9.4
9.3
13.9
5.9
13.8
17.7
9.9
9.3
25.8
14.1

34.94
–
13.67
14.38
16.58
–
41.61
44.21
48.32
65.48
43.32
48.73
–
44.40
49.12
65.48
–
50.26

4.1
–
7.2
7.4
12.4
–
1.6
9.6
9.9
9.3
15.8
7.1
–
19.7
10.5
9.3
–
14.5

$22.78
–
14.70
17.65
23.83
–
37.36
–
–
–
16.61
42.32
–
–
–
–
–
–

10.4
–
20.1
2.1
3.0
–
23.0
–
–
–
3.9
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–

44.27

7.2

44.62

7.0

–

–

35.11
42.69
48.78

7.7
2.7
13.3

–
43.10
–

–
4.3
–

–
41.85
–

–
6.6
–

34.48
12.38
14.58
41.58
13.98
13.56
13.25
13.36
39.91
15.08
41.20

2.0
8.2
16.2
1.3
14.1
19.3
17.7
26.3
2.9
3.2
2.0

34.89
–
13.56
41.72
13.98
13.56
13.25
13.36
41.14
–
41.46

2.3
–
19.3
1.6
14.1
19.3
17.7
26.3
3.1
–
2.1

24.52
16.93
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.68
15.08
–

21.9
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.1
3.2
–

40.35
15.08
41.50

2.1
3.2
1.1

41.61
–
41.78

2.0
–
1.3

21.27
15.08
–

21.7
3.2
–

34.60
42.37
43.23

9.4
6.3
3.9

35.37
42.75
43.17

13.2
7.4
4.2

–
–
–

–
–
–

42.37
43.27
35.59
49.20
21.30
38.27
13.95
13.72
13.94

6.6
4.0
3.3
4.4
4.5
10.5
3.0
6.9
7.9

42.77
43.21
48.28
–
21.14
–
13.81
–
13.67

7.5
4.3
3.5
–
4.9
–
5.7
–
7.2

–
–
20.12
–
–
–
14.22
–
14.70

–
–
8.5
–
–
–
10.4
–
20.1

43.27
18.99
22.71
63.11
30.06
52.18
52.18
52.18
52.18

20.6
9.9
4.6
21.9
6.9
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5

44.69
–
22.71
69.06
30.06
52.18
52.18
52.18
52.18

23.4
–
4.6
20.9
6.9
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5

32.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

36.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.

6

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................

$30.77
15.71
17.74
23.37
25.79
32.86
36.01
35.65
42.40
65.17
28.55
49.78
23.70
36.80
31.32
35.85
42.09
41.48
33.02
21.59
19.73
24.28
22.82

5.0
6.2
3.8
12.0
6.8
10.1
2.3
12.5
6.0
4.0
16.3
5.8
31.5
1.3
8.6
1.5
2.2
3.4
6.4
14.5
15.4
19.4
20.3

$30.79
15.74
17.47
21.05
25.98
34.39
36.11
35.34
42.65
65.17
26.57
53.49
23.70
36.46
29.61
35.93
42.33
–
–
20.96
18.73
26.21
24.77

4.4
5.6
4.7
2.4
6.8
12.3
2.5
13.3
8.4
4.0
15.9
.9
31.5
1.7
4.7
1.7
2.5
–
–
15.5
12.7
15.6
16.4

$30.67
–
–
34.19
–
30.09
35.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.49
–
35.23
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

9.6
–
–
24.0
–
10.6
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.1
–
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

17.76
16.72
19.61
18.25
21.62

4.1
3.4
2.0
3.0
1.8

18.03
–
19.74
18.32
21.86

6.4
–
2.2
2.9
2.1

–
–
19.01
–
–

–
–
2.8
–
–

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................

12.19
10.80
10.28
11.97
10.66
10.92
10.23
10.88
10.64
10.89
10.29
11.06
13.56
13.21
12.32

6.4
6.8
2.8
5.6
5.1
8.2
3.4
8.9
4.8
9.8
3.0
8.6
9.3
1.3
10.6

11.96
10.86
10.16
11.88
10.54
11.00
10.13
10.54
10.50
10.90
10.18
10.72
13.41
13.10
12.27

6.0
6.8
2.7
5.9
5.2
8.3
3.2
10.4
5.0
10.0
2.8
10.6
9.2
.8
10.7

14.80
–
–
12.71
11.82
–
–
12.19
12.28
–
–
12.19
–
–
–

11.5
–
–
6.2
4.5
–
–
2.5
3.0
–
–
2.5
–
–
–

Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Level 3 .............................................................
Security guards .............................................................

19.29
–
20.65
26.27
29.55
37.46
39.66
16.19

12.3
–
12.6
4.7
4.3
.4
8.0
21.9

19.56
10.85
–
26.21
29.55
37.46
39.66
16.09

11.5
2.3
–
4.9
4.3
.4
8.0
23.5

16.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

26.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

44.66

.5

44.66

.5

–

–

46.93
22.80
29.07
29.07
33.79
33.79
12.32
–
12.32

1.1
13.9
13.3
13.3
1.9
1.9
9.7
–
9.7

46.93
22.80
29.03
29.03
33.79
33.79
11.75
10.85
11.75

1.1
13.9
13.8
13.8
1.9
1.9
6.3
2.3
6.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
16.30
–
16.30

–
–
–
–
–
–
28.5
–
28.5

See footnotes at end of table.

7

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Security guards –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

–
$16.47

–
19.5

$10.85
–

2.3
–

–
–

–
–

9.97
7.81
8.60
10.06
11.32
20.25

1.3
.4
1.7
3.2
2.5
4.2

11.00
8.18
8.79
10.13
11.13
20.25

1.6
2.5
2.4
4.6
3.2
4.2

$8.47
7.59
8.36
9.96
–
–

2.1
2.0
2.3
5.1
–
–

18.28
19.95

9.1
5.3

19.11
19.95

6.2
5.3

–
–

–
–

17.82
19.95
10.29
8.50
11.02
11.26
8.08
7.94
12.18
11.47
11.39
9.87
8.32
11.47
7.94
7.48
7.57
9.20
8.71
8.79
8.71
7.83
7.46
7.62

9.9
5.3
3.4
4.3
4.1
3.2
4.9
3.3
4.8
14.4
9.6
4.7
.3
14.0
2.7
.8
1.3
11.1
13.0
7.6
13.0
4.5
.4
2.7

18.64
19.95
10.85
–
11.14
11.26
–
–
12.18
11.57
11.39
9.46
–
–
7.92
7.61
7.73
–
–
8.83
–
7.64
–
7.70

7.0
5.3
4.8
–
3.3
3.2
–
–
4.8
14.7
9.6
2.4
–
–
.6
2.0
4.6
–
–
10.3
–
4.8
–
5.4

–
–
8.17
8.30
–
–
7.59
–
–
–
–
11.06
–
–
7.96
7.38
7.43
–
–
–
–
7.98
7.29
7.54

–
–
6.8
6.7
–
–
.7
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
–
5.0
2.0
.7
–
–
–
–
7.7
1.8
.5

7.54
7.50
8.84
7.70
8.73
9.42

1.9
1.2
1.5
1.6
3.2
6.2

7.62
7.54
9.39
–
–
9.21

1.1
2.0
4.1
–
–
4.0

7.47
7.46
8.48
7.70
8.81
9.72

3.3
2.0
3.0
1.6
3.2
8.5

8.78
7.70
8.62
9.39

1.8
1.7
6.9
6.7

9.39
–
–
–

5.5
–
–
–

8.33
7.70
–
9.72

2.8
1.7
–
8.5

9.00
9.25
8.41
10.41

2.6
6.4
4.5
12.3

–
9.70
8.69
–

–
8.2
8.5
–

8.81
7.78
–
–

3.6
4.3
–
–

9.51

5.3

–

–

–

–

12.16
9.30
10.84
14.31
14.42

5.0
3.8
4.9
4.4
8.5

12.39
9.31
11.52
14.46
14.43

5.0
4.0
5.2
4.3
8.5

9.84
–
–
12.05
–

3.4
–
–
7.8
–

16.79

11.1

16.79

11.1

–

–

See footnotes at end of table.

8

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Level 1 .............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$16.87
11.49
9.44
10.94
14.80

12.7
5.8
4.6
5.4
3.5

$16.87
11.73
9.45
11.75
15.00

12.7
5.8
4.9
6.5
3.8

–
$9.80
–
–
–

–
3.4
–
–
–

12.22
10.20
10.68
15.18
9.09
8.51
12.65
8.75
12.43
8.75

5.2
6.0
7.4
3.4
3.2
2.7
14.3
2.3
15.4
2.3

12.71
10.36
11.83
15.42
9.01
8.37
12.65
8.75
12.43
8.75

4.3
6.1
12.3
4.1
2.9
1.8
14.4
2.3
15.5
2.3

9.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
Child care workers ............................................................

12.66
8.04
9.21
12.04
12.23

7.8
3.6
8.9
4.7
14.6

13.14
–
–
–
12.25

14.0
–
–
–
16.2

11.69
8.12
–
–
–

10.1
3.5
–
–
–

9.23
39.16
39.16
13.05

6.3
14.2
14.2
9.2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
11.55

–
–
–
1.0

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................

23.46
8.40
8.99
11.64
17.39
24.78
29.46
45.18
60.36
83.88
–
32.99
16.49
32.57
16.49
14.81
8.41
8.97
11.59
18.27
29.68
30.76
11.42
10.83
8.28
9.00
10.21
17.50
10.83
8.28
9.00
10.21
17.50
11.21
19.48
8.69
13.27
18.93

12.6
2.3
2.2
7.5
1.6
22.8
12.4
17.0
29.8
37.9
–
4.6
12.0
4.8
12.0
12.9
2.6
3.0
7.9
1.4
28.3
18.1
6.8
4.0
5.0
4.1
10.6
5.6
4.0
5.0
4.1
10.6
5.6
14.5
17.0
2.9
9.9
4.7

29.17
–
10.01
11.80
17.67
24.79
29.67
45.18
60.36
83.88
–
33.88
16.49
33.82
16.49
18.06
–
9.84
11.73
18.79
29.71
31.85
–
11.48
–
9.63
9.60
17.58
11.48
–
9.63
9.60
17.58
14.69
22.74
–
14.19
19.85

13.2
–
3.4
2.4
4.6
22.8
12.6
17.0
29.8
37.9
–
3.3
12.0
1.3
12.0
13.7
–
5.6
1.6
5.2
28.3
17.3
–
6.8
–
6.5
5.9
9.2
6.8
–
6.5
5.9
9.2
9.3
13.8
–
.6
1.6

10.32
8.39
8.52
11.34
16.56
–
–
–
–
–
11.77
–
–
–
–
10.39
–
8.51
11.37
16.95
–
–
–
10.23
8.18
8.63
11.01
–
10.23
8.18
8.63
11.01
–
–
11.83
8.38
11.79
16.67

3.1
1.4
2.3
18.4
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
2.7
19.1
5.6
–
–
–
1.7
3.4
3.5
14.7
–
1.7
3.4
3.5
14.7
–
–
4.8
6.8
27.3
10.9

See footnotes at end of table.

9

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Retail salespersons –Continued
Level 5 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$32.45
28.82
22.90
48.01

24.3
12.5
15.8
16.4

$32.45
29.29
22.90
48.01

24.3
12.7
15.8
16.4

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

33.29

13.8

33.29

13.8

–

–

27.05
13.32

22.2
7.6

27.65
15.51

22.3
7.0

–
–

–
–

17.04
8.92
11.62
13.11
16.01
18.23
21.74
24.69
33.83
20.99

3.1
4.2
7.2
2.9
1.7
2.3
2.6
4.1
5.3
10.8

17.26
9.02
12.14
13.34
16.24
18.21
21.78
24.68
33.83
20.14

2.8
5.1
8.4
3.4
1.7
2.4
2.4
4.3
5.3
7.5

$14.89
8.58
10.00
11.18
13.00
18.67
–
–
–
25.80

14.2
1.3
10.1
4.1
6.0
8.6
–
–
–
22.6

23.03
21.79
23.05
16.35
11.56
12.20
15.89
17.57
19.82
17.68
17.01
16.43
15.56
17.01
15.75
17.65
20.60
18.04
13.22
12.10
11.81
18.10
15.22
15.95
19.07
24.51
16.69
11.86
16.49
15.57
18.53
19.26

6.0
7.7
9.2
2.9
6.8
4.0
4.2
5.2
4.6
10.4
7.5
9.8
5.4
4.3
5.5
5.3
5.2
3.7
2.7
8.6
2.0
5.5
7.9
4.0
7.8
5.0
11.0
7.2
6.4
14.8
4.7
3.6

22.96
21.79
22.83
16.76
–
12.48
16.16
17.58
19.82
19.20
16.79
–
15.98
17.27
16.27
17.65
20.60
18.04
13.97
–
–
18.07
15.22
15.95
19.07
25.04
16.69
11.84
–
15.57
18.60
–

6.2
7.7
10.0
3.0
–
4.5
4.1
5.3
4.6
7.8
7.4
–
5.7
4.5
5.5
5.3
5.2
3.7
2.9
–
–
5.7
7.9
4.0
7.8
4.0
11.0
8.7
–
14.8
4.7
–

–
–
–
12.50
–
10.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
3.5
–
1.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

18.85
12.52
10.15
13.20

10.4
6.1
10.7
3.5

18.85
13.43
11.72
13.41

10.4
4.3
4.7
3.7

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

18.71
17.90
21.44
22.65
14.79
16.54
11.94

10.3
12.8
17.1
6.1
5.4
2.6
2.6

–
–
21.44
22.65
14.83
16.54
11.76

–
–
17.1
6.1
5.8
2.6
3.2

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

10

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 5 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

$13.31
13.92
20.34
16.14
19.25
21.89
26.18
21.99
21.86
19.91
21.96
25.10
26.98
16.16
18.53
16.52
19.15
21.35
21.38
14.14
13.39
15.46
12.64
12.18
16.63
15.44
17.32
15.75
15.02
9.54
11.75
15.92
18.21
22.50
15.09

7.0
5.9
4.8
5.9
3.7
4.1
1.3
6.4
5.5
4.8
5.3
1.6
2.1
2.8
7.9
8.5
6.0
5.7
11.6
7.7
20.2
1.2
4.8
5.7
7.3
1.4
6.8
5.2
4.9
3.6
6.3
4.6
5.0
12.2
18.2

$12.93
13.96
20.65
16.78
19.04
21.53
26.18
22.32
23.04
19.91
21.96
25.10
26.66
16.59
18.47
16.51
18.70
21.35
21.38
14.15
13.40
15.46
12.62
12.13
16.67
15.44
17.57
–
15.43
–
11.87
16.09
18.21
22.50
13.50

6.4
6.2
4.9
5.2
3.6
3.6
1.3
7.1
3.8
4.8
5.3
1.6
4.0
4.4
8.1
8.5
5.6
5.7
11.6
8.0
21.5
1.2
4.9
5.7
7.5
1.4
7.1
–
4.7
–
6.7
4.7
5.0
12.2
11.5

$14.48
–
15.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.48
9.78
–
–
–
–
–

18.6
–
18.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.8
2.7
–
–
–
–
–

Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................

22.94
11.29
15.02
19.74
21.40
28.12
27.67

4.8
17.7
10.1
8.6
8.6
4.1
1.9

22.94
11.29
15.02
19.74
21.40
28.12
27.67

4.8
17.8
10.1
8.6
8.6
4.1
1.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

38.95
26.57
19.86
26.79
21.05
21.05
26.25
24.90
17.31

2.3
8.6
2.7
12.3
11.0
11.0
9.3
11.6
4.7

38.95
26.57
19.86
26.79
21.05
21.05
26.25
24.90
17.32

2.3
8.6
2.7
12.3
11.0
11.0
9.3
11.6
4.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

22.17
8.60
12.92
19.75
18.15
25.76
29.36
37.57
31.21
21.38

6.0
8.3
4.4
19.0
3.4
9.5
4.7
11.5
7.2
12.8

22.45
8.44
12.92
19.75
18.27
25.60
29.36
37.57
31.21
21.38

6.3
11.2
4.4
19.0
3.8
9.9
4.7
11.5
7.2
12.8

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

29.54
32.32

9.8
25.7

29.54
32.32

9.8
25.7

–
–

–
–

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

11

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$26.68
29.10
18.89
17.41
24.61
19.25
17.60
24.61
22.57

14.6
5.4
1.6
3.1
24.6
2.9
4.0
24.6
11.6

$26.68
29.10
19.55
17.58
24.61
19.88
17.60
24.61
22.57

14.6
5.4
3.2
3.4
24.6
4.5
4.0
24.6
11.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

26.97

8.0

26.97

8.0

–

–

26.62

21.2

26.62

21.2

–

–

24.03
20.11
30.20
24.65
21.34
29.52
23.34

6.9
2.8
2.7
5.7
5.9
4.4
8.8

23.82
20.11
30.20
24.65
21.34
29.52
22.67

7.0
2.8
2.7
5.7
5.9
4.4
9.1

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

12.98
9.34

16.0
13.1

12.98
9.34

16.0
13.1

–
–

–
–

14.92
8.57
9.03
10.80
15.26
17.10
22.82
23.42
16.33

5.1
2.4
2.8
7.0
3.9
5.6
5.7
4.5
19.6

14.97
8.57
9.07
10.76
15.26
17.10
22.82
23.42
16.33

4.9
2.4
2.3
7.4
3.7
5.6
5.7
4.5
19.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

23.58
24.72

5.0
6.7

23.58
24.72

5.0
6.7

–
–

–
–

12.32
11.23
11.85
9.51

20.1
21.5
2.7
2.8

12.32
11.23
11.85
9.51

20.1
21.5
2.7
2.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

18.93
16.96

2.8
8.9

18.93
16.96

2.8
8.9

–
–

–
–

16.61

8.5

16.61

8.5

–

–

13.14
9.54

6.4
3.4

13.14
9.54

6.4
3.4

–
–

–
–

14.39

4.1

14.39

4.1

–

–

15.17
16.41
16.19
16.03
7.65
9.41
13.43
14.90
12.70
13.26
11.47
8.65
9.26

19.8
7.2
10.0
4.8
7.5
.1
28.2
10.4
25.7
15.8
6.8
4.9
6.0

15.17
16.41
16.19
16.03
7.73
9.41
13.43
14.90
12.70
14.12
11.29
8.65
9.26

19.8
7.2
10.0
4.8
7.5
.1
28.2
10.4
25.7
18.2
7.9
4.9
6.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

12

Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Helpers--production workers ........................................
Level 1 .............................................................

$9.51
8.61

5.4
7.8

$8.86
8.61

5.0
7.8

–
–

–
–

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................

15.75
8.49
11.51
14.95
17.42
21.47
27.84
21.89

4.9
2.4
5.7
8.4
6.3
3.0
7.5
19.2

16.68
8.66
11.90
15.19
18.14
21.47
27.84
22.45

4.6
2.1
5.8
9.1
3.9
3.0
7.5
21.9

$10.56
8.10
9.38
12.74
–
–
–
–

6.1
4.8
2.3
10.5
–
–
–
–

23.40
85.48
141.06
18.95
16.55
10.71
13.85
16.57
22.44
21.24
19.10
22.44
12.95
13.09
14.27
13.37
11.10
10.72
8.42
11.93
13.00
11.12
9.08

12.0
38.7
3.6
5.9
9.8
9.5
6.7
8.8
2.9
3.9
2.5
2.9
6.3
2.1
12.3
3.4
4.7
5.8
2.3
10.8
4.6
8.7
5.0

–
141.06
141.06
–
18.16
–
14.01
17.96
22.44
21.24
19.10
22.44
13.21
13.08
–
13.09
10.98
11.13
8.44
12.64
13.07
11.13
8.96

–
3.6
3.6
–
8.7
–
8.7
4.5
2.9
3.9
2.5
2.9
7.1
2.1
–
3.2
4.2
5.6
1.6
11.6
4.9
9.1
5.3

–
–
–
–
10.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.41
–
–
–
–
8.69
8.37
8.57
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
5.7
7.3
4.4
–
–
–

11.29
8.40
12.41
12.99
9.06
8.17
9.45

6.9
3.1
10.9
7.3
3.3
4.1
.1

12.06
8.57
13.14
13.13
9.07
8.06
–

6.1
4.0
10.4
7.6
4.0
3.3
–

8.49
8.10
–
–
–
–
–

5.7
4.7
–
–
–
–
–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All workers ..............................................................................

$21.19

2.4

$22.39

2.4

$12.69

5.9

Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Level 15 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Level 14 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................

43.64
22.57
26.08
31.18
36.38
45.39
53.76
69.55
69.41
118.43
49.59
59.43
44.05
23.84
58.94
46.84
58.44
42.18
24.14
31.53
39.68
33.11
37.37
47.44
42.29
43.30
23.34
61.40
62.64
61.31
48.10

4.7
9.1
8.8
5.3
6.5
5.6
4.9
5.0
5.7
29.7
8.3
12.8
14.3
5.5
13.0
17.1
15.2
19.7
7.5
9.6
8.1
3.4
12.0
6.2
9.8
7.2
9.9
4.1
4.0
14.6
6.3

43.57
22.57
26.08
31.18
36.38
45.39
52.74
69.55
69.41
118.43
49.80
59.43
44.05
23.84
58.94
46.84
58.44
42.18
24.14
31.53
39.20
33.11
37.90
47.44
42.29
43.30
23.34
61.40
62.64
61.31
48.15

4.8
9.1
8.8
5.3
6.5
5.6
5.0
5.0
5.7
29.7
8.3
12.8
14.3
5.5
13.0
17.1
15.2
19.7
7.5
9.6
7.9
3.4
11.5
6.2
9.8
7.2
9.9
4.1
4.0
14.6
6.5

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

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

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Level 6 .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................

30.09
20.17
20.90
24.49
26.66
33.84
37.85
50.98
30.96

3.2
13.4
6.6
5.7
2.2
4.8
4.8
8.7
4.3

30.13
20.17
20.74
24.49
26.66
33.84
37.85
50.98
30.96

3.3
13.4
7.1
5.7
2.2
4.8
4.8
8.7
4.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

24.94
19.59
25.41
19.59

13.0
8.8
11.3
8.8

24.94
19.59
25.41
19.59

13.0
8.8
11.3
8.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

27.30
35.80
27.41
27.23
29.87
31.32
23.08
23.26

11.5
4.5
5.5
3.8
3.9
2.6
4.3
4.4

27.30
35.80
27.41
27.23
29.87
31.32
23.08
23.26

11.5
4.5
5.5
3.8
3.9
2.6
4.3
4.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

36.38
24.91
34.87
38.12
41.51
49.04
53.98
31.28
44.35

5.4
7.3
6.8
7.0
3.4
9.0
2.5
15.1
10.8

36.65
24.91
–
38.12
41.51
49.04
53.98
31.28
45.16

5.1
7.3
–
7.0
3.4
9.0
2.5
15.1
10.5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................

$45.16
43.65
24.06
41.55

3.9
4.2
16.3
3.9

$45.16
43.65
24.48
41.55

3.9
4.2
16.4
3.9

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Level 11 ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........

40.44
29.59
28.77
38.12
46.64
57.01
54.86
49.48
40.05
47.90
57.35
54.86
43.79
54.56
48.73
59.68
45.26
51.65
44.87
28.72
28.05
28.15
29.89
28.23

8.4
4.4
3.7
4.5
3.2
8.1
6.0
4.5
6.2
4.0
7.9
6.0
7.9
3.4
3.8
6.1
7.5
7.7
11.1
3.5
5.9
3.3
2.9
4.0

40.44
29.59
28.77
38.12
46.64
57.01
54.86
49.48
40.05
47.90
57.35
54.86
43.79
54.56
48.73
59.68
45.26
51.65
44.87
28.72
28.05
28.15
29.89
28.23

8.4
4.4
3.7
4.5
3.2
8.1
6.0
4.5
6.2
4.0
7.9
6.0
7.9
3.4
3.8
6.1
7.5
7.7
11.1
3.5
5.9
3.3
2.9
4.0

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

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

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................

32.66
30.63
39.87

22.5
15.0
4.3

37.67
30.63
39.87

21.0
15.0
4.3

–
–
–

–
–
–

Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................

21.74
33.88
18.53
27.33

22.7
5.2
30.8
14.3

21.36
33.23
18.53
28.74

23.8
4.0
30.8
12.4

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................

58.39
63.37

12.5
.0

58.44
63.57

12.7
.0

–
–

–
–

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Level 7 .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................

22.96
15.99
27.83
38.71
44.11
55.18
46.96
46.39
45.62
55.18

6.8
13.4
5.4
3.9
5.6
10.5
33.3
11.7
1.8
10.5

23.14
15.84
–
38.71
44.11
55.18
–
46.46
45.62
55.18

7.6
13.8
–
3.9
5.6
10.5
–
11.8
1.8
10.5

$17.49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

37.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

36.50
41.51

.0
9.3

–
41.51

–
9.3

–
–

–
–

16.94
13.77
13.09
13.56
12.82
13.36
25.65
10.44

7.1
18.6
16.0
19.3
18.9
26.3
.1
2.4

16.88
13.56
13.09
13.56
12.82
13.36
–
–

7.6
19.3
16.0
19.3
18.9
26.3
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................

46.16

20.9

46.36

24.1

44.02

26.1

See footnotes at end of table.

15

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations –Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$69.88
29.50
52.18
52.18
52.18
52.18

16.8
7.3
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5

$72.35
29.50
52.18
52.18
52.18
52.18

18.5
7.3
5.5
5.5
5.5
5.5

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................

31.35
15.61
17.72
24.60
23.45
32.89
36.37
41.31
41.68
65.17
30.41
49.33
37.08
31.34
36.26
42.73
42.40
21.72
19.82
21.32
18.92

5.5
6.9
4.1
14.5
3.6
10.3
2.7
3.0
6.8
4.0
17.5
6.6
1.6
9.0
1.7
2.3
2.9
15.3
16.4
18.8
13.4

31.53
15.61
17.42
21.79
23.62
34.48
36.44
41.43
42.00
65.17
28.26
53.71
36.80
29.51
36.34
43.06
–
21.08
–
23.24
–

4.9
6.2
5.2
2.0
3.3
12.6
2.9
3.3
10.0
4.0
17.5
.9
2.0
4.9
1.9
2.6
–
16.2
–
15.4
–

$30.50
–
–
34.19
–
30.09
35.46
–
–
–
–
–
38.49
–
35.46
–
–
–
–
–
–

10.4
–
–
24.0
–
10.6
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
1.3
–
2.8
–
–
–
–
–
–

17.21
19.78
18.28
22.02

3.6
2.3
3.5
.6

–
19.98
18.37
22.36

–
2.5
3.5
.5

–
19.01
–
–

–
2.8
–
–

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................

12.10
10.61
10.21
11.96
10.47
10.70
10.19
10.77
10.50
10.60
10.24
10.96
13.47
13.21
12.26

6.9
8.2
2.8
5.8
5.3
10.3
3.4
9.5
5.2
13.9
3.0
9.3
9.9
1.3
10.9

11.84
10.66
10.08
11.88
10.37
10.79
10.08
10.54
10.37
10.61
10.13
10.72
13.30
13.10
12.21

6.4
8.5
2.6
5.9
5.3
10.8
3.2
10.4
5.3
14.4
2.8
10.6
9.7
.8
11.0

15.15
–
–
12.99
11.73
–
–
–
12.33
–
–
–
–
–
–

12.0
–
–
8.1
5.8
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–

Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................

11.85
11.59
11.59

7.6
9.2
9.2

11.25
10.88
10.88

3.0
3.5
3.5

–
–
–

–
–
–

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Level 6 .............................................................

9.64
7.78
8.50
9.90
11.23
21.21

1.2
.2
1.6
3.0
2.3
1.7

10.56
8.13
8.69
10.00
11.01
21.21

1.2
2.6
2.1
4.3
3.2
1.7

8.38
7.59
8.28
9.75
–
–

2.2
2.0
2.6
5.4
–
–

17.74
20.83

10.6
4.6

18.74
20.83

6.6
4.6

–
–

–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

16

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Level 1 .............................................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$17.11
20.83
10.29
8.50
11.02
11.26
8.08
7.94
12.18
11.47
11.39
9.33
8.32
11.07
7.91
7.48
7.57
9.20
8.82
7.83
7.46
7.62

11.8
4.6
3.4
4.3
4.1
3.2
4.9
3.3
4.8
14.4
9.6
5.3
.3
17.0
2.7
.8
1.3
11.1
8.4
4.5
.4
2.7

$18.06
20.83
10.85
–
11.14
11.26
–
–
12.18
11.57
11.39
8.79
–
–
7.90
7.61
7.73
–
8.90
7.64
–
7.70

8.1
4.6
4.8
–
3.3
3.2
–
–
4.8
14.7
9.6
1.8
–
–
.5
2.0
4.6
–
12.1
4.8
–
5.4

–
–
$8.17
8.30
–
–
7.59
–
–
–
–
10.86
–
–
7.92
7.38
7.43
–
–
7.98
7.29
7.54

–
–
6.8
6.7
–
–
.7
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
5.0
2.0
.7
–
–
7.7
1.8
.5

7.46
7.50
8.54
7.70
8.55
9.12

1.5
1.2
1.5
1.6
2.9
4.7

7.62
7.54
8.84
–
–
–

1.1
2.0
3.4
–
–
–

7.32
7.46
8.36
7.70
8.76
–

1.9
2.0
3.0
1.6
3.6
–

8.42
7.70
9.07

1.2
1.7
4.8

8.79
–
–

4.4
–
–

8.16
7.70
–

2.1
1.7
–

8.88
9.19
8.32

2.0
6.7
4.8

–
9.73
8.60

–
8.9
9.6

8.81
–
–

3.6
–
–

9.51

5.3

–

–

–

–

11.04
8.95
10.41
13.55
14.02
10.63
9.00
10.49

6.8
2.5
4.5
8.7
9.0
8.1
3.0
5.1

11.19
8.94
10.90
13.57
14.02
10.78
8.99
11.09

7.0
2.7
5.0
8.7
9.0
8.6
3.3
6.1

9.55
–
–
–
–
9.55
–
–

4.1
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–

11.15
9.45
9.97
9.05
8.51
12.00
8.75
11.89
8.75

8.6
2.8
5.2
3.1
2.7
16.4
2.3
16.8
2.3

11.51
9.57
–
8.96
8.37
12.00
8.75
11.89
8.75

8.6
2.9
–
2.8
1.8
16.4
2.3
16.8
2.3

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

12.82
8.04
9.21
12.58

8.6
3.6
9.2
16.6

13.32
–
–
12.73

14.8
–
–
18.8

11.69
8.12
–
–

11.6
3.5
–
–

9.23

6.3

–

–

–

–

See footnotes at end of table.

17

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................

$39.16
39.16

14.2
14.2

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Level 5 .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................

23.50
8.36
8.99
11.64
17.39
24.79
29.46
45.18
60.36
83.88
–
32.99
16.49
32.57
16.49
14.83
8.36
8.97
11.59
18.27
29.71
30.76
11.42
10.84
8.16
9.00
10.21
17.50
10.84
8.16
9.00
10.21
17.50
11.21
19.48
8.69
13.27
18.93
32.45
28.82
22.90
48.01

12.6
2.4
2.2
7.5
1.6
22.8
12.4
17.0
29.8
37.9
–
4.6
12.0
4.8
12.0
13.0
2.7
3.0
7.9
1.4
28.3
18.1
6.8
4.0
4.9
4.1
10.6
5.6
4.0
4.9
4.1
10.6
5.6
14.5
17.0
2.9
9.9
4.7
24.3
12.5
15.8
16.4

$29.26
–
10.01
11.80
17.67
24.79
29.67
45.18
60.36
83.88
–
33.88
16.49
33.82
16.49
18.14
–
9.84
11.73
18.79
29.71
31.85
–
11.53
–
9.63
9.60
17.58
11.53
–
9.63
9.60
17.58
14.69
22.74
–
14.19
19.85
32.45
29.29
22.90
48.01

13.2
–
3.4
2.4
4.6
22.8
12.6
17.0
29.8
37.9
–
3.3
12.0
1.3
12.0
13.7
–
5.6
1.6
5.2
28.3
17.3
–
7.0
–
6.5
5.9
9.2
7.0
–
6.5
5.9
9.2
9.3
13.8
–
.6
1.6
24.3
12.7
15.8
16.4

$10.32
8.39
8.52
11.34
16.56
–
–
–
–
–
11.77
–
–
–
–
10.39
–
8.51
11.37
16.95
–
–
–
10.23
8.18
8.63
11.01
–
10.23
8.18
8.63
11.01
–
–
11.83
8.38
11.79
16.67
–
–
–
–

3.1
1.4
2.3
18.4
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
2.7
19.1
5.6
–
–
–
1.7
3.4
3.5
14.7
–
1.7
3.4
3.5
14.7
–
–
4.8
6.8
27.3
10.9
–
–
–
–

33.29

13.8

33.29

13.8

–

–

27.05
13.32

22.2
7.6

27.65
15.51

22.3
7.0

–
–

–
–

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................

16.89
8.94
11.63
13.09
15.91
18.22
21.92
24.74
20.95

3.4
4.3
7.3
3.0
1.9
2.6
3.0
4.3
11.2

17.10
9.03
12.12
13.31
16.17
18.18
21.98
24.73
20.07

3.1
5.3
8.5
3.4
1.8
2.7
2.8
4.4
7.9

14.95
8.61
10.06
11.20
12.78
–
–
–
25.80

14.5
1.4
10.6
4.2
5.6
–
–
–
22.6

23.16
21.73
23.20
16.20
11.56
12.20

6.4
8.1
9.9
3.0
6.8
4.1

23.10
21.73
22.98
16.62
–
12.49

6.6
8.1
11.0
3.2
–
4.6

–
–
–
12.43
–
10.90

–
–
–
3.5
–
1.6

See footnotes at end of table.

18

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Financial clerks –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Level 4 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 3 .............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Level 5 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 2 .............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$15.83
17.55
19.67
17.68
17.02
16.43
15.56
16.80
15.66
17.63
20.31
13.22
12.10
11.81
18.11
15.24
15.95
19.07
24.51
16.69
11.86
15.57
18.19

4.3
5.4
5.2
10.4
7.8
9.8
5.4
4.5
5.6
5.7
6.1
2.7
8.6
2.0
5.5
8.2
4.0
7.8
5.0
11.0
7.2
14.8
5.5

$16.10
17.56
19.67
19.20
16.78
–
15.98
17.06
16.19
17.63
20.31
13.97
–
–
18.09
15.24
15.95
19.07
25.04
16.69
11.84
15.57
18.26

4.2
5.6
5.2
7.8
7.7
–
5.7
4.7
5.6
5.7
6.1
2.9
–
–
5.7
8.2
4.0
7.8
4.0
11.0
8.7
14.8
5.5

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$11.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
0.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

18.59
12.45
10.15
13.17

11.1
6.2
10.7
3.6

18.59
13.37
11.72
13.39

11.1
4.4
4.7
3.9

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

18.71
17.90
22.65
14.79
16.54
11.94
13.31
13.92
19.95
16.24
18.93
21.50
26.18
21.93
20.95
19.97
21.50
25.10
26.80
16.16
18.36
16.61
13.60
13.22
12.35
11.96
17.32
15.75
14.47
9.44
11.65
15.49
18.65
15.09

10.3
12.8
6.7
5.4
2.6
2.6
7.0
5.9
5.8
6.1
5.7
5.3
1.3
7.0
5.4
5.0
6.7
1.6
2.3
2.8
9.6
9.2
9.0
20.6
4.2
4.6
6.8
5.2
6.5
3.2
6.9
7.0
6.8
18.2

–
–
22.65
14.83
16.54
11.76
12.93
13.96
20.28
16.92
18.56
21.02
26.18
22.27
22.24
19.97
21.50
25.10
–
16.59
18.29
16.60
13.59
13.23
12.32
–
17.57
–
14.85
–
11.74
15.76
18.65
13.50

–
–
6.7
5.8
2.6
3.2
6.4
6.2
6.0
5.4
5.8
4.6
1.3
7.6
2.9
5.0
6.7
1.6
–
4.4
9.9
9.2
9.4
21.9
4.2
–
7.1
–
6.4
–
7.2
7.1
6.8
11.5

–
–
–
–
–
–
14.48
–
15.27
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.51
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
–
18.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–

22.85
11.29

5.0
17.8

22.85
11.29

5.0
17.8

–
–

–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

19

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 2 .............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$15.02
19.78
20.99
28.23
27.53

10.1
9.0
10.7
4.3
1.9

$15.02
19.78
20.99
28.23
27.53

10.1
9.0
10.7
4.3
1.9

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

39.36
26.54
19.87
26.53
20.88
20.88
17.28

1.2
8.6
2.7
14.2
11.3
11.3
5.0

39.36
26.54
19.87
26.53
20.88
20.88
17.28

1.2
8.6
2.7
14.2
11.3
11.3
5.0

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

21.50
8.60
12.61
19.85
18.03
25.20
29.19
33.34
21.82

6.9
8.3
3.4
19.4
3.4
11.7
5.2
12.7
13.8

21.79
8.44
12.61
19.85
18.15
24.96
29.19
33.34
21.82

7.2
11.2
3.4
19.4
3.8
12.4
5.2
12.7
13.8

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

28.23
31.88

11.5
28.8

28.23
31.88

11.5
28.8

–
–

–
–

25.34
29.10
18.89
17.41
24.61
19.25
17.60
24.61
21.06

16.2
5.4
1.6
3.1
24.6
2.9
4.0
24.6
12.2

25.34
29.10
19.55
17.58
24.61
19.88
17.60
24.61
21.06

16.2
5.4
3.2
3.4
24.6
4.5
4.0
24.6
12.2

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

23.27
19.69
29.17
22.24
20.65
23.54

7.9
2.7
4.0
3.5
7.1
10.0

22.96
19.69
29.17
22.24
20.65
22.72

8.0
2.7
4.0
3.5
7.1
10.6

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

10.63
9.34

13.7
13.1

10.63
9.34

13.7
13.1

–
–

–
–

14.86
8.57
9.03
10.80
15.26
17.10
22.00
23.42
16.33

5.2
2.4
2.8
7.0
3.9
5.6
3.3
4.5
19.6

14.91
8.57
9.07
10.76
15.25
17.10
22.00
23.42
16.33

4.9
2.4
2.3
7.4
3.7
5.6
3.3
4.5
19.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

23.58
24.72

5.0
6.7

23.58
24.72

5.0
6.7

–
–

–
–

12.32
11.23
11.85
9.51

20.1
21.5
2.7
2.8

12.32
11.23
11.85
9.51

20.1
21.5
2.7
2.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

20

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$18.93
16.96

2.8
8.9

$18.93
16.96

2.8
8.9

–
–

–
–

16.61

8.5

16.61

8.5

–

–

13.14
9.54

6.4
3.4

13.14
9.54

6.4
3.4

–
–

–
–

14.39

4.1

14.39

4.1

–

–

15.17
16.41
16.19
16.03
7.65
9.41
13.43
14.90
12.70
13.26
11.47
8.65
9.26
9.51
8.61

19.8
7.2
10.0
4.8
7.5
.1
28.2
10.4
25.7
15.8
6.8
4.9
6.0
5.4
7.8

15.17
16.41
16.19
16.03
7.73
9.41
13.43
14.90
12.70
14.12
11.29
8.65
9.26
8.86
8.61

19.8
7.2
10.0
4.8
7.5
.1
28.2
10.4
25.7
18.2
7.9
4.9
6.0
5.0
7.8

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

15.45
8.49
11.51
14.70
17.01
21.40
26.86
21.89

5.1
2.4
5.7
9.1
6.5
3.2
7.2
19.2

16.36
8.66
11.90
14.94
17.73
21.40
26.86
22.45

4.8
2.1
5.8
9.8
3.6
3.2
7.2
21.9

$10.46
8.10
9.36
12.22
–
–
–
–

6.2
4.8
2.4
13.5
–
–
–
–

23.40
85.48
141.06
16.53
10.71
13.85
16.50
22.44
21.25
19.06
22.44
12.95
13.09
14.27
13.37
11.10
10.72
8.42
11.93
12.99
11.09
9.08

12.0
38.7
3.6
9.9
9.5
6.7
8.9
2.9
4.0
2.5
2.9
6.3
2.1
12.3
3.4
4.7
5.9
2.3
10.8
4.7
8.9
5.0

–
141.06
141.06
18.14
–
14.01
17.90
22.44
21.25
19.06
22.44
13.21
13.08
–
13.09
10.98
11.13
8.44
12.64
13.07
11.13
8.96

–
3.6
3.6
8.8
–
8.7
4.6
2.9
4.0
2.5
2.9
7.1
2.1
–
3.2
4.2
5.6
1.6
11.6
4.9
9.1
5.3

–
–
–
10.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.41
–
–
–
–
8.65
8.37
8.57
–
–
–

–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
–
–
–
–
5.6
7.3
4.4
–
–
–

11.29
8.40
12.41
12.99

6.9
3.1
10.9
7.3

12.06
8.57
13.14
13.13

6.1
4.0
10.4
7.6

8.49
8.10
–
–

5.7
4.7
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

21

Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$9.06
8.17
9.45

3.3
4.1
.1

$9.07
8.06
–

4.0
3.3
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

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. See appendix A for more information.
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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately

22

Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All workers ..............................................................................

$30.39

2.1

$31.25

2.4

$20.23

7.6

Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................

47.76
32.44
47.55
53.00

3.0
7.1
6.6
1.8

47.80
32.44
47.55
53.22

3.0
7.1
6.6
1.8

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................

32.46
28.25
25.69
34.07
39.50
32.29
33.79

5.5
7.1
3.0
5.0
9.3
9.1
3.7

32.56
28.25
25.69
34.73
39.50
32.83
33.79

5.5
7.1
3.0
4.0
9.3
9.1
3.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................

32.26
34.41

5.9
9.7

32.26
34.41

5.9
9.7

–
–

–
–

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 9 .............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................

33.89
34.17
40.91
40.91

13.6
4.0
4.0
4.0

33.89
34.17
40.91
40.91

13.6
4.0
4.0
4.0

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 11 ............................................................

34.64
39.79

4.3
6.8

34.02
39.79

4.4
6.8

–
–

–
–

Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

30.34
22.09
38.75
37.04
27.90
25.37

4.9
6.0
8.2
7.4
10.8
12.5

31.01
22.09
38.98
37.21
29.23
25.37

4.9
6.0
8.2
7.6
11.7
12.5

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Instructional coordinators .................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................

37.77
15.79
19.31
24.56
42.28
45.00
48.92
48.81
46.03
49.35

2.8
6.8
4.4
3.5
.9
10.7
10.8
6.6
21.3
11.5

40.27
–
–
–
42.52
45.52
49.37
50.38
–
49.88

4.2
–
–
–
1.0
12.1
11.6
9.5
–
12.3

23.24
14.70
17.65
23.53
37.87
–
–
42.28
–
–

10.7
20.1
2.1
3.9
23.4
–
–
5.7
–
–

48.63
42.90

8.7
2.8

48.58
–

8.6
–

–
41.85

–
6.6

41.90
17.74
42.15
41.39
15.08
42.06

1.0
6.7
.2
.0
3.2
.2

42.77
–
42.31
42.59
–
42.35

1.0
–
.8
.1
–
.7

25.20
16.93
–
22.02
15.08
–

23.7
5.8
–
21.6
3.2
–

41.32
15.08
41.95
43.99
43.27

.1
3.2
.3
4.7
3.9

42.57
–
42.25
44.51
43.21

.0
–
.7
5.9
4.2

22.02
15.08
–
–
–

21.6
3.2
–
–
–

44.06
43.31
35.49
21.15
38.27
15.34
15.79

4.7
4.0
3.3
4.8
10.5
1.4
6.8

44.57
43.25
–
20.97
–
–
–

5.8
4.2
–
5.4
–
–
–

–
–
19.98
–
–
14.87
14.70

–
–
8.5
–
–
10.3
20.1

See footnotes at end of table.

23

Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................

$27.68
34.29
44.91
35.21
34.16

11.0
2.7
9.8
1.6
2.9

$27.15
34.32
–
34.48
34.03

11.5
3.7
–
2.5
4.1

$32.19
–
–
–
–

26.5
–
–
–
–

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................

13.27
12.27
11.82

4.4
2.8
1.4

13.43
12.30
11.74

4.7
3.4
1.6

–
–
–

–
–
–

Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................

29.86
27.00
30.16
37.46
39.66

4.6
3.6
4.5
.4
8.0

30.40
26.96
30.16
37.46
39.66

4.7
3.7
4.5
.4
8.0

15.34
–
–
–
–

13.0
–
–
–
–

44.66

.5

44.66

.5

–

–

46.93
22.80
29.07
29.07
33.79
33.79
18.67
18.67
18.22

1.1
13.9
13.3
13.3
1.9
1.9
7.2
7.2
16.0

46.93
22.80
29.03
29.03
33.79
33.79
19.09
19.09
–

1.1
13.9
13.8
13.8
1.9
1.9
8.0
8.0
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

16.03
14.22
15.11

8.3
5.3
2.2

16.43
–
–

10.2
–
–

13.57
–
–

10.1
–
–

15.11

1.4

–

–

–

–

17.66
15.90
17.69
16.23
15.94
17.34

4.4
7.2
7.0
4.5
7.6
8.4

18.26
16.55
17.89
16.93
16.56
–

4.3
8.3
6.0
4.4
8.4
–

11.33
–
–
11.17
–
–

6.9
–
–
8.1
–
–

16.27
16.00
17.34

4.6
7.9
8.4

16.97
16.66
–

4.5
8.9
–

11.17
–
–

8.1
–
–

Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................

10.25
11.63

14.1
.0

–
–

–
–

11.67
11.63

.3
.0

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 5 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Level 4 .............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Level 4 .............................................................

18.60
14.00
16.76
18.34
20.79
19.87
20.89
20.33
23.09
19.79
27.11
19.54
19.85
15.77
15.15
15.45
15.15

3.0
7.2
3.6
3.2
1.2
5.1
7.2
5.9
5.2
3.6
12.7
4.6
4.3
1.2
.8
1.3
.8

18.77
14.38
16.73
18.41
20.79
19.99
20.89
20.48
23.09
19.79
27.11
19.54
19.85
15.77
15.15
15.45
15.15

2.9
6.7
3.7
3.4
1.2
4.8
7.2
5.5
5.2
3.6
12.7
4.6
4.3
1.2
.8
1.3
.8

12.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

12.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................

$16.66
16.68
17.40

3.9
4.9
5.9

$16.92
16.62
17.40

4.2
5.3
5.9

–
–
–

–
–
–

Construction and extraction occupations .......................

25.43

6.9

25.53

7.2

–

–

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 6 .............................................................

29.62
27.75

8.8
10.1

29.62
27.75

8.8
10.1

–
–

–
–

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

23.34

8.8

24.19

6.7

–

–

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately

25

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

All workers ..............................................................................

$22.32

2.0

$23.54

1.9

$13.30

5.2

Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Group III ............................................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Group III ............................................................
Social and community service managers .........................
Group III ............................................................

44.36
23.97
39.61
73.60
60.38
45.97
83.63
43.95
32.54
46.52
42.18
33.91
32.05
52.30
40.06
39.41
41.46
47.44
44.34
42.29
42.58
42.91
31.77
32.10

3.9
4.9
3.3
6.8
10.2
10.4
10.8
14.2
14.4
16.8
19.7
21.2
8.8
7.0
7.5
3.4
13.8
6.2
8.7
9.8
5.8
6.4
8.7
19.4

44.32
–
–
–
60.38
45.97
83.63
43.95
–
46.52
42.18
33.91
32.05
52.30
39.62
38.11
41.46
47.44
44.34
42.29
42.58
42.91
31.84
–

3.9
–
–
–
10.2
10.4
10.8
14.2
–
16.8
19.7
21.2
8.8
7.0
7.3
4.0
13.8
6.2
8.7
9.8
5.8
6.4
8.6
–

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

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

46.42
45.61
59.36
65.31
47.93
47.06
30.33
30.08

12.4
17.5
3.6
.9
4.4
5.8
5.1
6.9

46.42
45.61
59.36
65.31
47.95
47.07
30.33
30.08

12.4
17.5
3.6
.9
4.5
6.1
5.1
6.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

30.45
24.25
37.08

2.9
2.7
4.1

30.50
–
–

2.9
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Group II .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Group III ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................

25.86
22.76
26.35
23.16

10.7
9.5
9.2
9.6

25.86
–
26.35
23.16

10.7
–
9.2
9.6

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

28.40
23.06
34.57
34.81
28.38
24.27
33.30
29.87
27.51
34.37
31.32
28.53
23.08
23.26

9.4
13.0
4.4
3.2
4.8
5.6
8.4
3.9
4.4
4.1
2.6
3.0
4.3
4.4

28.40
–
34.81
35.16
28.38
24.27
33.30
29.87
–
–
31.32
28.53
23.08
23.26

9.4
–
4.3
3.3
4.8
5.6
8.4
3.9
–
–
2.6
3.0
4.3
4.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................

35.71
25.71
41.87
44.11
45.37
45.16
45.60

4.6
6.5
4.4
10.0
11.3
3.9
3.2

35.92
–
–
44.82
45.37
45.16
–

4.4
–
–
9.8
11.3
3.9
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

26

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................

$43.65
44.05
24.53
22.15
38.51
37.53
28.22

4.2
3.7
13.0
7.4
5.1
6.1
12.4

$43.65
44.05
24.89
22.51
38.51
37.53
28.22

4.2
3.7
12.9
6.9
5.1
6.1
12.4

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Group III ............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........

39.94
26.59
47.77
57.93
49.06
33.19
49.90
57.93
54.56
53.81
61.56
46.97
50.41
45.26
44.96
44.87
44.28
28.80
27.72
35.40
29.89
28.35
28.23

8.1
5.1
6.1
5.2
4.5
1.6
6.5
5.2
3.4
5.3
3.2
5.0
7.8
7.5
10.6
11.1
16.4
3.4
2.9
4.9
2.9
1.9
4.0

39.94
–
–
–
49.06
–
–
–
54.56
53.81
61.56
46.97
50.41
45.26
–
44.87
44.28
28.80
–
–
29.89
28.35
28.23

8.1
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
3.4
5.3
3.2
5.0
7.8
7.5
–
11.1
16.4
3.4
–
–
2.9
1.9
4.0

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

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

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Life scientists ....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Psychologists ....................................................................

33.22
20.70
39.94
32.90
36.68
39.87
41.04

16.0
7.9
1.9
10.5
6.9
4.3
6.2

36.46
–
–
32.90
–
39.87
–

14.5
–
–
10.5
–
4.3
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Group III ............................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
Group II .............................................................

26.25
17.50
36.67
25.06
13.41
38.04
39.04
39.04
27.68
19.95
34.26
26.16
26.82
23.58

11.0
15.2
4.2
19.8
16.0
7.5
11.4
11.4
8.6
7.2
6.4
11.1
10.3
15.4

26.45
–
–
25.06
–
–
39.04
39.04
29.04
–
–
26.90
25.37
–

11.3
–
–
19.9
–
–
11.4
11.4
8.6
–
–
11.9
12.5
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Legal occupations ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................
Group III ............................................................

54.04
43.23
60.20
43.23

15.5
.2
6.3
.2

54.00
–
60.29
42.69

15.7
–
6.4
.2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................

33.55
13.67
18.26
42.86
47.90
26.25
47.42

2.9
3.9
6.6
2.2
5.9
2.5
9.2

34.94
–
–
–
48.73
–
–

4.1
–
–
–
7.1
–
–

$22.78
–
–
–
42.32
–
–

10.4
–
–
–
5.4
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

27

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$50.84
51.95

14.1
15.1

$50.26
–

14.5
–

–
–

–
–

44.27
41.82

7.2
4.2

44.62
–

7.0
–

–
–

–
–

35.11
42.69
46.45

7.7
2.7
3.1

–
43.10
–

–
4.3
–

–
$41.85
–

–
6.6
–

34.48
16.55
41.70
13.98
13.18
13.25
12.95
39.91
21.87
41.22

2.0
11.8
1.5
14.1
15.6
17.7
18.4
2.9
7.4
2.0

34.89
–
–
13.98
–
13.25
12.95
41.14
–
–

2.3
–
–
14.1
–
17.7
18.4
3.1
–
–

24.52
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.68
–
–

21.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.1
–
–

40.35
21.32
41.51

2.1
9.3
1.1

41.61
–
41.78

2.0
–
1.2

21.27
21.09
–

21.7
10.6
–

34.60
42.37
43.69

9.4
6.3
4.5

35.37
42.75
–

13.2
7.4
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

42.37
43.75
35.59
19.34
49.53
21.30
20.64
38.27
13.95
13.67

6.6
4.5
3.3
9.9
3.2
4.5
3.9
10.5
3.0
3.9

42.77
43.69
48.28
–
–
21.14
20.43
–
13.81
13.61

7.5
4.7
3.5
–
–
4.9
4.7
–
5.7
5.6

–
–
20.12
–
–
–
–
–
14.22
13.83

–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
13.7

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................

43.27
26.35
39.60
30.06
20.29
39.58
52.18
52.18

20.6
17.6
4.5
6.9
7.2
5.0
5.5
5.5

44.69
–
–
30.06
–
–
52.18
52.18

23.4
–
–
6.9
–
–
5.5
5.5

32.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

36.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Group II .............................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Group II .............................................................

30.77
15.60
23.91
39.50
49.78
53.78
23.70
36.80
29.62
38.52
33.02
21.59
19.73
24.28
24.73
22.82
24.77

5.0
6.2
5.4
4.0
5.8
1.0
31.5
1.3
6.0
1.6
6.4
14.5
15.4
19.4
16.2
20.3
16.4

30.79
–
–
–
53.49
53.78
23.70
36.46
28.27
38.44
–
20.96
18.73
26.21
–
24.77
24.77

4.4
–
–
–
.9
1.0
31.5
1.7
2.7
1.8
–
15.5
12.7
15.6
–
16.4
16.4

30.67
–
–
–
–
–
–
38.49
–
38.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.1
–
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Group III ............................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Group III ............................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Group II .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Instructional coordinators .................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................

See footnotes at end of table.

28

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................

$17.76
15.48
18.75
16.72
19.61
20.02

4.1
3.7
6.1
3.4
2.0
2.3

$18.03
–
–
–
19.74
20.22

6.4
–
–
–
2.2
2.2

–
–
–
–
$19.01
19.00

–
–
–
–
2.8
3.8

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................

12.19
10.97
18.12
10.66
10.60
10.64
10.64
13.56
11.50
12.32
11.22

6.4
4.0
4.5
5.1
5.1
4.8
4.8
9.3
5.8
10.6
6.8

11.96
–
–
10.54
–
10.50
10.50
13.41
–
12.27
11.13

6.0
–
–
5.2
–
5.0
5.0
9.2
–
10.7
6.5

14.80
–
–
11.82
–
12.28
12.28
–
–
–
–

11.5
–
–
4.5
–
3.0
3.0
–
–
–
–

Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Group I ..............................................................
Security guards .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................

19.29
10.96
28.08
40.36

12.3
2.6
5.2
6.1

19.56
–
–
–

11.5
–
–
–

16.21
–
–
–

26.2
–
–
–

44.66
44.91

.5
.7

44.66
–

.5
–

–
–

–
–

46.93
46.06
22.80
29.07
29.07
33.79
33.27
33.79
33.27
12.32
10.76
12.32
10.76
16.47

1.1
1.1
13.9
13.3
13.3
1.9
2.4
1.9
2.4
9.7
2.2
9.7
2.2
19.5

46.93
46.06
22.80
29.03
29.03
33.79
–
33.79
33.27
11.75
–
11.75
10.80
–

1.1
1.1
13.9
13.8
13.8
1.9
–
1.9
2.4
6.3
–
6.3
2.2
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.30
–
16.30
10.39
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.5
–
28.5
4.6
–

9.97
9.05
20.90

1.3
1.5
5.8

11.00
–
–

1.6
–
–

8.47
–
–

2.1
–
–

18.28
11.83
20.71

9.1
1.5
6.2

19.11
–
–

6.2
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

17.82
11.83
20.20
10.29
10.08
8.08
8.08
12.18
12.18
11.47
10.92
9.87
9.87
7.94
7.92
8.79

9.9
1.5
6.8
3.4
2.3
4.9
4.9
4.8
4.8
14.4
8.6
4.7
4.7
2.7
2.7
7.6

18.64
–
20.20
10.85
–
–
–
12.18
12.18
11.57
10.98
9.46
9.46
7.92
–
8.83

7.0
–
6.8
4.8
–
–
–
4.8
4.8
14.7
8.9
2.4
2.4
.6
–
10.3

–
–
–
8.17
–
7.59
7.59
–
–
–
–
11.06
11.06
7.96
–
–

–
–
–
6.8
–
.7
.7
–
–
–
–
9.5
9.5
5.0
–
–

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

29

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Bartenders –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Group I ..............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$8.79
7.83
7.83

7.6
4.5
4.5

$8.83
7.64
7.64

10.3
4.8
4.8

–
$7.98
7.98

–
7.7
7.7

7.54
7.46
8.84
8.77

1.9
1.5
1.5
1.5

7.62
7.62
9.39
–

1.1
1.1
4.1
–

7.47
7.32
8.48
–

3.3
1.9
3.0
–

8.78
8.74

1.8
1.7

9.39
9.30

5.5
5.2

8.33
8.33

2.8
2.8

9.00
8.87
9.25
9.25

2.6
2.0
6.4
6.4

–
–
9.70
9.70

–
–
8.2
8.2

8.81
8.81
7.78
7.78

3.6
3.6
4.3
4.3

9.51
9.51

5.3
5.3

–
–

–
–

–
–

–
–

12.16
11.60
20.79

5.0
5.7
2.1

12.39
–
–

5.0
–
–

9.84
–
–

3.4
–
–

16.79

11.1

16.79

11.1

–

–

16.87
11.49
11.42

12.7
5.8
6.2

16.87
11.73
–

12.7
5.8
–

–
9.80
–

–
3.4
–

12.22
12.15
9.09
9.09
12.65
11.99
12.43
11.84

5.2
5.8
3.2
3.2
14.3
16.4
15.4
17.1

12.71
12.65
9.01
9.01
12.65
–
12.43
11.83

4.3
5.0
2.9
2.9
14.4
–
15.5
17.2

9.68
9.68
–
–
–
–
–
–

3.2
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–

Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
Child care workers ............................................................
Group I ..............................................................

12.66
10.29
25.25

7.8
5.7
25.8

13.14
–
–

14.0
–
–

11.69
–
–

10.1
–
–

9.23
9.23
39.16
39.16
13.05
13.22

6.3
6.3
14.2
14.2
9.2
9.4

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
11.55
11.51

–
–
–
–
1.0
1.1

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Group II .............................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................

23.46
12.05
34.39
78.12
32.99
32.38
32.57
31.27
14.81
12.13
29.94
10.83
10.45
16.95
10.83

12.6
4.3
11.4
38.0
4.6
24.6
4.8
27.1
12.9
5.3
23.5
4.0
6.0
3.5
4.0

29.17
–
–
–
33.88
–
33.82
31.27
18.06
–
–
11.48
–
–
11.48

13.2
–
–
–
3.3
–
1.3
27.1
13.7
–
–
6.8
–
–
6.8

10.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.39
–
–
10.23
–
–
10.23

3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
1.7
–
–
1.7

See footnotes at end of table.

30

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Cashiers –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Group I ..............................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales
agents
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Group I ..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Group II .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$10.45
16.95
11.21
10.92
19.48
14.75
32.37

6.0
3.5
14.5
13.7
17.0
4.6
19.9

$10.84
–
14.69
–
22.74
16.61
32.37

10.5
–
9.3
–
13.8
1.5
19.9

$10.12
–
–
–
11.83
12.05
–

2.4
–
–
–
4.8
3.6
–

40.73
28.82
30.82

16.6
12.5
18.1

40.73
29.29
–

16.6
12.7
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

33.29
31.09

13.8
13.6

33.29
31.09

13.8
13.6

–
–

–
–

27.05
30.71
13.32
11.45

22.2
25.3
7.6
11.8

27.65
30.71
15.51
–

22.3
25.3
7.0
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

17.04
14.27
20.52

3.1
2.1
1.5

17.26
–
–

2.8
–
–

14.89
–
–

14.2
–
–

23.03
21.97
16.35
14.47
18.32
17.01
15.37
17.84
15.56
13.81
17.01
14.97
18.55
18.04
13.22
12.86
18.10
16.40
21.58
11.86
11.86
16.49
15.57
18.53
17.37

6.0
6.5
2.9
4.0
4.4
7.5
8.1
10.6
5.4
6.4
4.3
6.3
4.5
3.7
2.7
5.9
5.5
4.3
7.1
7.2
7.2
6.4
14.8
4.7
10.8

22.96
21.84
16.76
–
–
16.79
14.39
17.84
15.98
14.03
17.27
15.33
18.55
18.04
13.97
13.35
18.07
16.40
21.63
11.84
11.84
–
15.57
18.60
17.46

6.2
6.7
3.0
–
–
7.4
2.7
10.6
5.7
7.7
4.5
6.7
4.6
3.7
2.9
4.1
5.7
4.3
7.3
8.7
8.7
–
14.8
4.7
10.6

–
–
12.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.60
11.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.2
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

18.85
23.01
12.52
12.35

10.4
6.0
6.1
6.2

18.85
23.01
13.43
13.27

10.4
6.0
4.3
4.2

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

18.71
17.88
21.44
22.65
23.21
14.79
14.49
13.31
12.07
20.34

10.3
12.7
17.1
6.1
6.2
5.4
5.0
7.0
4.8
4.8

–
–
21.44
22.65
23.21
14.83
14.52
12.93
12.48
20.65

–
–
17.1
6.1
6.2
5.8
5.6
6.4
6.2
4.9

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.48
10.47
15.27

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.6
8.6
18.1

See footnotes at end of table.

31

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Secretaries and administrative assistants –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Group II .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Group II .............................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Group II .............................................................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Group II .............................................................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Group II .............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$15.81
23.13
21.86
23.41
26.98
26.92
16.16
18.53
15.86
19.78
14.14
13.83
12.64
12.27
16.63
16.83
17.32
18.06
15.02
13.86
19.17

6.2
2.1
5.5
3.8
2.1
2.4
2.8
7.9
8.2
4.9
7.7
8.6
4.8
5.0
7.3
9.3
6.8
8.4
4.9
4.9
5.6

–
–
$23.04
23.41
26.66
–
16.59
18.47
15.85
19.50
14.15
–
12.62
12.24
16.67
16.83
17.57
18.51
15.43
14.44
19.17

–
–
3.8
3.8
4.0
–
4.4
8.1
8.2
5.1
8.0
–
4.9
5.0
7.5
9.3
7.1
8.7
4.7
4.9
5.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$12.48
10.82
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.8
4.8
–

22.94
16.61
26.17

4.8
5.8
2.5

22.94
–
–

4.8
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

38.95
26.57
26.57
19.86
26.79
21.05
21.05
26.25
27.72
24.90
27.72
17.31
17.31

2.3
8.6
8.6
2.7
12.3
11.0
11.0
9.3
2.8
11.6
2.8
4.7
4.7

38.95
26.57
26.57
19.86
26.79
21.05
21.05
26.25
–
24.90
27.72
17.32
–

2.3
8.6
8.6
2.7
12.3
11.0
11.0
9.3
–
11.6
2.8
4.7
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

22.17
12.94
25.17
31.21

6.0
13.4
4.3
7.2

22.45
–
–
–

6.3
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

29.54
30.61

9.8
7.0

29.54
30.61

9.8
7.0

–
–

–
–

26.68
31.16
29.10
18.89
17.32
19.37
19.25
19.68
22.57

14.6
11.3
5.4
1.6
33.4
7.7
2.9
8.8
11.6

26.68
–
29.10
19.55
–
–
19.88
19.68
22.57

14.6
–
5.4
3.2
–
–
4.5
8.8
11.6

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

26.97
26.97

8.0
8.0

26.97
–

8.0
–

–
–

–
–

26.62

21.2

26.62

21.2

–

–

24.03
24.80
24.65

6.9
5.1
5.7

23.82
–
24.65

7.0
–
5.7

–
–
–

–
–
–

See footnotes at end of table.

32

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Industrial machinery mechanics –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Group I ..............................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Group III ............................................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Group III ............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$25.20
23.34
25.36

5.3
8.8
9.0

$25.20
22.67
24.76

5.3
9.1
10.0

–
–
–

–
–
–

12.98
9.97
9.34
9.34

16.0
13.7
13.1
13.1

12.98
–
9.34
9.34

16.0
–
13.1
13.1

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

14.92
11.05
21.52

5.1
5.1
2.0

14.97
–
–

4.9
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

23.58
22.50

5.0
3.1

23.58
22.50

5.0
3.1

–
–

–
–

12.32
10.66
11.23
9.78
11.85
11.07

20.1
1.7
21.5
5.7
2.7
10.1

12.32
–
11.23
9.78
11.85
–

20.1
–
21.5
5.7
2.7
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

18.93
16.96

2.8
8.9

18.93
16.96

2.8
8.9

–
–

–
–

16.61

8.5

16.61

8.5

–

–

13.14
12.05

6.4
2.1

13.14
–

6.4
–

–
–

–
–

14.39

4.1

14.39

4.1

–

–

15.17
16.41
18.04
16.19
16.03
15.21
7.65
7.65
9.41
9.41
13.43
14.90
11.27
18.00
12.70
13.26
11.47
10.95
9.51
9.51

19.8
7.2
9.1
10.0
4.8
6.9
7.5
7.5
.1
.1
28.2
10.4
6.1
8.0
25.7
15.8
6.8
4.7
5.4
5.4

15.17
16.41
–
16.19
16.03
–
7.73
7.73
9.41
–
13.43
14.90
11.27
18.00
12.70
14.12
11.29
–
8.86
8.86

19.8
7.2
–
10.0
4.8
–
7.5
7.5
.1
–
28.2
10.4
6.1
8.0
25.7
18.2
7.9
–
5.0
5.0

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

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

15.75
12.71
23.59
64.99

4.9
6.1
3.0
29.9

16.68
–
–
–

4.6
–
–
–

$10.56
–
–
–

6.1
–
–
–

23.40
85.48
141.06
141.06
141.06
18.95
16.55

12.0
38.7
3.6
3.6
3.6
5.9
9.8

–
141.06
–
141.06
141.06
–
18.16

–
3.6
–
3.6
3.6
–
8.7

–
–
–
–
–
–
10.71

–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1

See footnotes at end of table.

33

Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................

Full-time workers

Part-time workers

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

Mean

Relative
error5
(percent)

$13.69
22.94
21.24
18.32
22.94
12.95
12.90
13.37
12.65
10.72
10.37
11.12
11.12

5.9
3.2
3.9
3.8
3.2
6.3
6.3
3.4
4.6
5.8
6.8
8.7
8.7

–
–
$21.24
18.32
22.94
13.21
13.15
13.09
12.61
11.13
–
11.13
11.13

–
–
3.9
3.8
3.2
7.1
7.3
3.2
4.9
5.6
–
9.1
9.1

–
–
–
–
–
$12.41
12.41
–
–
8.69
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
4.8
4.8
–
–
5.7
–
–
–

11.29
10.75
9.06
9.06

6.9
8.3
3.3
3.3

12.06
11.46
9.07
9.07

6.1
8.6
4.0
4.0

8.49
8.49
–
–

5.7
5.7
–
–

1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 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. See appendix A for more information.
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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately

34

Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April
2007
Occupation2

10

25

Median
50

75

90

All workers ..............................................................................

$8.27

$11.00

$17.50

$27.84

$41.34

Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................

21.90
32.11
20.19
20.19
15.50
25.29
35.12
22.90
22.74
37.87
31.11
35.58
15.88

30.00
38.01
23.50
29.96
23.50
25.29
39.40
30.21
28.85
42.14
31.11
38.04
21.90

40.33
55.02
34.03
44.60
30.29
31.25
58.17
37.78
40.39
43.08
48.79
40.00
22.49

55.73
70.44
56.65
55.18
68.56
40.00
60.10
43.04
57.70
54.08
55.77
54.35
48.30

68.91
114.87
73.00
68.49
86.34
41.93
60.58
59.54
57.70
59.11
55.77
54.35
52.77

21.56
33.65
36.88
21.44

31.49
50.77
43.27
24.04

49.93
59.25
46.95
30.24

52.77
68.98
57.29
34.62

61.29
75.77
58.46
38.13

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................

17.50

24.00

28.85

36.60

41.97

16.50
16.50

18.43
19.16

23.92
23.92

33.65
38.07

39.32
39.32

16.01
25.24
17.31
22.37
26.41
8.04
8.04

22.89
30.23
21.15
26.86
28.85
12.38
11.83

30.14
36.60
28.85
30.64
30.77
21.63
22.17

31.79
40.29
33.97
32.63
31.97
25.46
28.44

37.79
42.22
38.56
36.06
35.80
32.39
32.39

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................

19.56
32.34
38.31
38.16
19.56
29.86
19.45

26.40
36.20
40.40
40.40
19.56
32.56
19.45

36.20
42.98
44.56
40.99
20.87
37.94
29.87

44.20
48.08
47.96
49.84
26.50
43.27
31.24

48.17
62.10
53.36
50.03
31.86
48.08
38.80

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........

21.64
35.00
39.73
36.23
33.85
32.12
22.47
24.25
25.00

28.13
40.43
47.25
38.51
36.20
35.77
25.98
27.24
26.33

38.26
46.85
54.25
45.32
42.50
39.12
28.01
28.90
27.16

50.60
57.33
62.95
57.33
53.39
58.61
31.90
33.65
30.29

61.53
64.95
69.19
58.71
61.53
61.53
34.98
36.70
32.51

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
Psychologists ....................................................................

15.00
17.88
31.13
27.55

19.18
26.49
34.00
32.49

31.13
33.90
40.00
41.97

41.97
41.49
43.73
44.89

47.55
43.21
46.75
55.41

Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

10.20
10.20
27.20
15.83
19.26
15.46

15.83
10.20
29.61
19.67
20.16
19.34

26.38
23.09
33.98
27.47
28.39
25.90

33.33
32.67
49.99
34.04
31.60
32.72

43.23
48.85
55.08
37.60
34.04
39.55

Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................

27.79
32.31

32.31
34.45

48.08
52.10

69.93
69.93

78.75
86.54

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................

12.00
28.84
30.45

17.40
30.96
30.45

32.97
43.78
44.68

44.30
56.65
66.61

56.47
75.45
72.08

See footnotes at end of table.

35

Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April
2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$29.30

$35.03

$39.38

$47.06

$66.92

24.57
25.64

29.04
33.23

37.79
43.78

39.38
52.72

39.38
56.65

12.50
9.25
9.00
25.69

22.45
9.50
9.50
31.37

35.03
12.68
12.25
39.71

44.86
17.00
17.40
47.85

55.54
18.63
18.63
56.65

26.55

32.20

40.19

48.35

56.80

21.01
27.01

24.30
32.38

31.62
41.92

42.75
51.40

53.97
60.12

26.98
16.25
17.36
22.18
9.89

31.63
17.00
18.37
28.48
10.39

41.17
35.01
21.58
41.82
14.16

51.40
52.29
24.08
43.70
16.63

60.19
59.85
25.47
53.82
18.17

15.57
15.57
40.19
40.19

23.00
20.19
43.24
43.24

37.45
26.48
53.00
53.00

52.50
39.42
61.00
61.00

93.28
42.57
66.50
66.50

Occupation2

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
English language and literature teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Instructional coordinators .................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........

15.95
20.79
10.77
27.04
28.12
14.18
14.18
10.49
10.49

19.31
51.58
11.19
32.02
28.12
15.35
15.27
13.26
13.26

28.83
52.40
18.44
36.05
29.71
17.79
17.56
24.44
24.24

39.14
54.24
21.59
41.60
36.70
31.40
24.53
33.00
31.91

50.05
56.39
70.00
45.80
39.32
33.53
31.40
37.96
34.13

14.84
15.33
16.50

15.95
15.95
18.00

16.46
16.46
19.31

20.60
16.46
21.65

22.27
19.16
23.96

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................

8.72
8.40
8.49
9.00
9.00

9.82
9.35
9.30
11.00
9.83

11.31
10.32
10.32
13.44
12.30

14.00
11.71
11.88
16.39
15.36

16.39
13.20
13.10
17.93
16.39

Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................

9.39

10.00

12.90

27.35

37.24

35.15

40.25

47.07

49.44

50.99

40.25
17.15
18.98
18.98
26.01
26.01
9.00
9.00
9.75

43.96
18.90
22.13
22.13
30.54
30.54
9.63
9.63
11.00

48.33
21.61
30.41
30.41
33.03
33.03
10.61
10.61
18.12

49.44
29.23
36.20
36.20
38.50
38.50
12.48
12.48
20.46

51.91
30.45
36.98
36.98
40.10
40.10
18.61
18.61
24.04

7.48

7.50

8.50

10.75

15.11

10.25

14.91

18.25

21.04

25.69

10.25
7.50
7.50
11.00

13.27
7.75
7.50
11.00

18.25
10.00
7.50
11.15

20.00
11.46
8.20
12.96

24.05
13.50
9.50
15.43

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April
2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$8.00
7.00
6.75
7.50
6.75

$9.55
7.78
7.48
7.50
7.25

$10.93
9.50
7.50
8.75
7.50

$12.43
10.92
7.88
8.75
7.50

$14.69
15.17
8.75
10.00
8.00

7.00
7.50

7.09
7.75

7.50
8.33

7.60
9.00

8.17
10.25

7.50

7.75

8.08

8.53

11.34

7.50
7.38

8.40
7.50

8.73
8.00

9.50
10.70

9.50
12.97

7.50

7.50

9.06

10.85

13.00

7.90

8.75

11.08

14.71

17.82

12.64

12.64

16.25

18.34

18.34

12.64
7.75

12.64
8.60

16.40
10.25

18.34
13.48

23.48
16.67

8.00
7.62
8.00
8.00

9.53
7.75
8.50
8.50

11.55
8.50
10.75
10.50

13.98
9.55
17.00
17.00

17.64
12.02
17.00
17.00

7.50

7.50

10.52

13.33

21.83

7.81
27.76
27.76
9.12

8.25
30.13
30.13
11.09

9.32
38.91
38.91
12.93

10.30
50.13
50.13
16.79

10.30
50.81
50.81
16.79

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................

8.00
11.00
10.76
7.70
7.50
7.50
7.50
8.29
12.13

9.00
15.90
14.70
8.46
8.00
8.00
8.00
9.69
15.25

13.93
29.04
19.90
10.50
9.00
9.00
9.00
14.00
20.19

23.41
39.77
40.48
16.98
12.00
12.00
14.00
25.63
35.27

39.97
70.55
78.36
29.24
18.19
18.19
15.83
41.11
50.22

12.87

22.75

33.65

44.28

45.63

12.13
7.75

13.98
8.50

17.31
11.81

35.27
16.00

50.23
21.29

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Library assistants, clerical ................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................

10.23

12.50

15.97

20.20

25.00

14.50
11.00
12.25
11.25
12.00
14.00
10.00
11.96
9.18
12.32
11.00
12.60

18.22
13.00
13.49
11.92
13.50
16.53
11.00
13.65
10.22
15.90
13.00
15.10

24.03
15.45
16.20
15.14
15.56
18.61
12.50
18.03
10.57
15.90
14.50
19.00

27.49
19.23
19.69
17.50
19.45
19.54
14.98
22.50
11.74
17.94
16.32
20.70

30.29
23.20
24.19
20.21
23.69
20.76
17.82
25.44
16.21
18.71
18.44
22.60

14.00
7.50

14.42
10.00

19.00
12.00

22.88
14.95

26.44
16.54

13.53

16.77

20.36

20.91

21.55

Occupation2

Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................
Child care workers ............................................................

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April
2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................

$11.89
17.88
9.90
8.31
12.35
12.35
18.00
12.68
10.69
10.38
10.35
12.97
12.85
9.50

$12.37
20.23
12.28
9.00
16.53
19.12
18.00
12.68
15.00
11.25
10.87
15.18
14.21
10.50

$18.75
22.66
14.63
13.50
19.78
21.16
30.53
13.73
18.75
13.62
12.87
16.00
16.80
15.00

$29.61
25.47
16.50
15.48
24.03
25.90
32.62
19.11
23.35
16.00
13.62
16.48
19.69
18.12

$29.61
25.47
20.14
20.59
28.30
29.23
34.31
22.79
24.03
16.96
15.66
18.59
23.70
21.94

Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................

11.00

17.00

22.84

27.50

33.61

28.75
15.00
12.50
12.00
14.00
14.00
15.63
15.63
9.00

30.06
25.00
17.46
13.92
18.00
18.00
24.19
18.00
10.00

35.61
26.67
19.00
33.50
21.00
21.00
28.48
28.48
22.34

41.60
33.61
24.89
33.50
25.53
25.53
28.93
28.48
22.84

62.34
33.74
24.89
37.29
28.00
28.00
33.48
31.30
22.84

10.00

14.02

21.15

30.00

33.00

14.02

22.12

24.23

35.67

45.86

11.83
26.48
11.00
12.00
13.50

15.58
26.58
13.20
13.20
18.76

30.20
28.39
16.68
17.41
23.58

35.50
32.97
21.50
22.24
27.00

36.27
33.60
28.86
28.86
28.67

19.25

22.69

26.60

34.32

34.32

10.00

20.71

27.30

38.99

41.16

15.00
18.76
15.00

18.57
19.37
18.00

23.15
23.18
21.52

30.56
31.25
28.96

33.31
31.93
30.56

6.80
6.80

6.80
6.80

10.50
8.50

15.00
10.50

23.77
14.38

7.50

9.15

13.00

19.97

24.00

14.79

21.16

23.50

26.70

32.57

7.25
7.25
8.50

8.00
7.60
9.25

10.11
9.62
10.50

15.31
13.29
12.74

22.34
21.58
16.82

16.00
13.00

16.00
14.50

20.37
16.65

21.21
20.00

21.26
20.00

13.00

14.36

16.50

20.00

20.00

8.25

10.24

12.91

16.30

18.60

10.71

12.06

13.00

16.25

20.00

10.55
10.67
9.50
10.54
6.75

11.56
12.00
12.00
13.25
6.75

13.85
17.00
17.00
17.00
7.50

17.00
17.38
17.38
18.00
8.00

22.99
26.73
21.85
19.61
9.50

Occupation2

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April
2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................

$7.75
8.25
7.50
7.35
8.74
7.50
7.20

$8.00
8.50
10.00
7.50
10.00
8.47
8.00

$9.50
10.50
13.33
9.00
12.12
10.07
8.50

$10.50
17.02
18.05
18.05
17.00
14.66
9.15

$11.00
26.38
24.97
25.71
19.00
16.86
16.86

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................

7.50

9.00

12.96

20.84

25.00

16.17
18.54
107.19
16.10
7.50
18.00
7.50
8.75
7.38
7.47

21.64
18.54
107.19
16.10
11.08
19.70
9.50
10.79
7.88
9.50

22.11
107.19
128.74
17.02
17.89
21.53
12.96
11.25
9.91
12.50

26.44
137.84
168.48
21.27
21.53
22.45
14.64
15.14
12.50
12.50

30.00
176.55
192.94
25.15
23.83
25.95
19.00
22.44
16.91
13.75

7.50
6.75

7.93
7.24

10.00
8.20

13.54
10.00

16.91
11.65

Occupation2

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages 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, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007
Occupation2

10

25

Median
50

75

90

All workers ..............................................................................

$8.00

$10.50

$16.38

$25.50

$38.38

Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................

21.56
32.11
20.19
20.19
15.50
25.29
22.00
37.87
31.11
27.90
13.96
32.78
36.88

28.81
32.90
23.50
28.85
23.50
25.29
30.08
42.14
31.11
38.04
21.56
52.81
39.29

39.38
44.64
37.02
44.60
30.29
27.68
36.54
43.08
48.79
41.28
21.90
62.50
46.17

55.77
70.44
56.65
55.18
68.56
40.00
41.96
54.08
55.77
54.35
26.01
69.00
57.29

69.56
114.87
73.00
68.49
86.34
41.93
60.84
59.11
55.77
54.35
31.10
79.38
62.00

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................

17.31

23.89

28.85

36.60

41.85

16.50
16.50

18.19
18.43

22.46
23.92

28.29
29.16

39.32
39.32

16.01
25.24
17.31
22.37
26.41
8.04
8.04

22.89
32.66
19.23
26.86
28.85
12.38
11.83

29.28
36.60
26.48
30.64
30.77
21.63
22.17

31.54
40.29
31.73
32.63
31.97
25.46
28.44

37.55
42.91
38.56
36.06
35.80
32.39
32.39

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................

19.56
32.34
38.31
38.16
17.95
36.60

25.96
35.97
40.40
40.40
19.56
37.94

37.69
45.28
44.56
40.99
20.19
40.87

46.88
48.08
47.96
49.84
25.24
44.05

50.03
62.10
53.36
50.03
47.32
51.11

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........

21.04
35.46
39.73
33.85
32.12
21.69
24.25
25.00

27.87
40.64
47.25
36.20
35.77
25.77
27.24
26.33

38.51
47.88
54.25
42.50
39.12
27.87
28.90
27.16

51.30
58.00
62.95
53.39
58.61
31.90
33.65
30.29

61.53
65.35
69.19
61.53
61.53
34.67
36.70
32.51

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................

15.00
17.88
31.13

17.88
17.88
34.00

29.30
28.34
40.00

41.49
41.49
43.73

47.50
41.49
46.75

Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................

10.20
10.20
14.92

10.20
10.20
16.58

20.14
10.44
27.19

32.44
32.33
36.44

36.44
33.98
37.60

Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................

31.47
32.31

32.31
32.31

48.08
69.93

69.93
69.93

86.54
96.15

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................

9.50
28.84

10.39
29.04

17.00
39.38

29.04
55.05

41.73
79.42

29.04
24.44

29.30
33.23

36.12
38.45

39.38
47.62

50.79
58.71

9.25
9.00
9.00
19.26
8.50

10.00
9.50
9.50
22.45
9.85

13.25
12.68
12.25
25.15
10.39

21.80
14.99
17.00
28.74
11.09

28.83
17.40
17.40
33.44
11.90

19.84

23.16

38.07

62.40

93.28

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................

$15.57
40.19
40.19

$20.00
43.24
43.24

$26.48
53.00
53.00

$39.42
61.00
61.00

$40.87
66.50
66.50

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........

16.12
20.79
25.91
14.18
14.18
10.49
10.49

19.34
51.58
33.07
15.27
15.27
13.26
13.26

29.42
52.08
36.85
17.79
17.55
24.24
13.26

40.05
55.32
42.08
31.40
24.53
27.47
24.44

50.05
56.39
46.31
33.53
31.40
34.00
27.47

15.33
16.50

15.95
18.20

16.46
19.31

17.64
21.65

21.72
23.97

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................

8.72
8.24
8.24
9.00
9.00

9.70
9.05
9.04
11.00
9.83

11.00
10.15
10.17
13.44
12.00

13.83
11.25
11.68
16.39
15.00

16.39
13.26
13.20
18.00
16.39

Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................

9.00
9.00
9.00

9.59
9.50
9.50

10.50
10.25
10.25

11.51
11.50
11.50

18.18
14.00
14.00

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee
shop ............................................................................

7.48

7.50

8.33

10.00

13.50

10.00

12.12

18.25

21.04

25.69

10.00
7.50
7.50
11.00
8.00
7.00
6.75
7.50
6.75

12.12
7.75
7.50
11.00
9.55
7.50
7.35
7.50
7.25

18.00
10.00
7.50
11.15
10.93
9.14
7.50
8.75
7.50

21.04
11.46
8.20
12.96
12.43
10.00
7.86
8.75
7.50

24.05
13.50
9.50
15.43
14.69
11.82
8.75
10.00
8.00

7.00
7.50

7.09
7.75

7.50
8.33

7.50
8.73

8.09
9.50

7.50

7.70

8.00

8.50

9.50

7.50
7.00

8.40
7.50

8.73
8.00

9.50
10.70

9.50
12.97

7.50

7.50

9.06

10.85

13.00

7.75
7.75

8.49
8.25

10.15
10.00

13.10
12.50

16.25
14.04

7.75
7.62
8.00
8.00

8.75
7.75
8.50
8.40

10.44
8.50
10.11
10.00

12.95
9.50
17.00
17.00

15.42
12.02
17.00
17.00

Occupation2

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Transportation attendants .................................................
Flight attendants ...........................................................

7.50

7.50

10.52

14.65

21.83

7.81
27.76
27.76

8.25
30.13
30.13

9.32
38.91
38.91

10.30
50.13
50.13

10.30
50.81
50.81

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................

8.00
11.00
10.76
7.70
7.50
7.50

9.00
15.90
14.70
8.46
8.00
8.00

13.94
29.04
19.90
10.55
9.00
9.00

23.41
39.77
40.48
17.07
12.29
12.29

39.97
70.55
78.36
29.59
18.19
18.19

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................

$7.50
8.29
12.13

$8.00
9.69
15.25

$9.00
14.00
20.19

$14.00
25.63
35.27

$15.83
41.11
50.22

12.87

22.75

33.65

44.28

45.63

12.13
7.75

13.98
8.50

17.31
11.81

35.27
16.00

50.23
21.29

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks ..........................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................

10.02

12.28

15.74

20.20

25.00

14.50
11.00
12.15
11.25
12.00
10.00
11.96
9.18
11.00
12.60

18.19
13.00
13.49
11.92
13.50
11.00
13.65
10.22
13.00
14.50

24.03
15.39
16.20
15.14
15.45
12.50
18.03
10.57
14.50
18.35

27.49
18.79
20.19
17.50
19.23
14.98
22.50
11.74
16.32
19.99

30.29
22.60
24.19
20.21
23.69
17.82
25.70
16.21
18.44
21.93

14.00
7.50

14.42
10.00

19.00
12.00

21.00
14.95

26.44
16.08

13.53
17.88
9.90
8.31
12.35
12.35
18.00
12.68
10.69
10.38
10.35
12.85
9.31

16.77
20.23
12.28
9.00
16.53
18.87
18.00
12.68
13.91
10.93
10.87
14.21
10.00

20.36
22.84
14.63
13.50
19.50
20.51
30.31
13.73
18.75
13.16
12.40
16.80
13.27

20.91
25.47
16.50
15.48
24.03
24.85
32.62
19.11
24.03
15.18
13.62
19.69
17.51

21.55
25.47
20.14
20.59
27.00
27.00
34.31
22.79
24.03
16.00
13.93
23.70
22.08

10.63

17.00

22.84

27.00

33.61

28.75
15.00
12.50
12.00
14.00
14.00
9.00

30.06
25.00
17.46
13.92
18.00
18.00
10.00

35.61
26.67
19.00
33.50
21.00
21.00
22.34

41.60
33.61
24.89
33.50
23.00
23.00
22.84

62.34
33.74
24.89
37.29
28.00
28.00
22.84

9.52

13.50

20.90

29.81

30.64

14.02

19.88

23.75

33.27

45.86

11.83
26.48
11.00
12.00
13.50

15.58
26.58
13.20
13.20
18.76

30.20
28.39
16.68
17.41
20.00

30.64
32.97
21.50
22.24
25.50

35.50
33.60
28.86
28.86
27.00

15.00
18.76
15.00

18.00
18.90
18.00

21.52
21.25
21.92

28.96
24.31
28.96

33.00
30.66
33.31

6.80
6.80

6.80
6.80

8.50
8.50

13.50
10.50

15.00
14.38

7.50

9.15

13.00

19.97

24.00

14.79

21.16

23.50

26.70

32.57

Occupation2

Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

$7.25
7.25
8.50

$8.00
7.60
9.25

$10.11
9.62
10.50

$15.31
13.29
12.74

$22.34
21.58
16.82

16.00
13.00

16.00
14.50

20.37
16.65

21.21
20.00

21.26
20.00

13.00

14.36

16.50

20.00

20.00

8.25

10.24

12.91

16.30

18.60

10.71

12.06

13.00

16.25

20.00

10.55
10.67
9.50
10.54
6.75
7.75
8.25
7.50
7.35
8.74
7.50
7.20

11.56
12.00
12.00
13.25
6.75
8.00
8.50
10.00
7.50
10.00
8.47
8.00

13.85
17.00
17.00
17.00
7.50
9.50
10.50
13.33
9.00
12.12
10.07
8.50

17.00
17.38
17.38
18.00
8.00
10.50
17.02
18.05
18.05
17.00
14.66
9.15

22.99
26.73
21.85
19.61
9.50
11.00
26.38
24.97
25.71
19.00
16.86
16.86

7.50

9.00

12.86

19.55

23.83

16.17
18.54
107.19
7.50
18.00
7.50
8.75
7.38
7.47

21.64
18.54
107.19
11.08
19.70
9.50
10.79
7.88
9.50

22.11
107.19
128.74
17.89
21.53
12.96
11.25
9.91
12.50

26.44
137.84
168.48
21.53
22.49
14.64
15.14
12.50
12.50

30.00
176.55
192.94
23.83
25.95
19.00
22.44
16.91
13.75

7.50
6.75

7.93
7.24

10.00
8.20

13.54
10.00

16.91
11.65

Occupation2

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ................................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages 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, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Occupation2

10

25

Median
50

75

90

All workers ..............................................................................

$14.62

$18.34

$27.97

$39.66

$51.40

Management occupations .................................................

30.73

35.58

49.43

55.73

63.10

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................

22.94
23.21
28.32

26.43
26.39
30.27

32.11
32.84
33.83

36.71
36.71
35.97

48.10
39.54
40.05

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................

23.94
27.67

28.09
30.84

31.30
32.56

37.22
40.15

42.08
44.76

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................

26.09
34.21
34.21

30.17
36.23
36.23

32.40
44.24
44.24

39.93
44.24
44.24

44.24
44.63
44.63

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............

18.65

25.01

35.32

43.21

47.55

Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

18.55
21.89
19.26
15.11

20.61
22.95
19.67
18.55

27.38
30.35
27.47
22.47

34.04
49.99
31.60
31.00

50.44
55.08
46.86
32.72

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Instructional coordinators .................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................

16.25
29.16

26.73
35.03

37.74
45.55

47.48
57.56

57.60
70.64

35.03
25.90

36.26
32.14

43.34
43.92

52.37
53.36

80.26
56.65

27.34
27.05

33.68
33.69

41.92
41.61

49.62
49.10

57.60
57.24

27.05
27.97

33.68
34.97

41.39
42.54

49.10
51.40

57.24
60.39

27.83
16.25
17.10
22.18
11.43

34.53
17.00
18.37
28.48
13.43

43.17
34.52
20.71
41.82
15.38

51.40
52.29
24.08
43.70
18.17

61.68
60.69
25.69
53.82
18.17

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................

13.43
30.46

18.34
31.00

27.24
34.29

34.81
38.28

43.53
42.66

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................

10.91
10.32
10.32

11.64
11.44
11.44

12.18
12.01
12.01

14.33
12.18
12.18

16.87
13.11
12.63

Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................

17.39

21.61

30.45

37.08

41.56

35.15

40.25

47.07

49.44

50.99

40.25
17.15
18.98
18.98
26.01
26.01
12.35
12.35
9.75

43.96
18.90
22.13
22.13
30.54
30.54
14.04
14.04
13.42

48.33
21.61
30.41
30.41
33.03
33.03
17.44
17.44
19.40

49.44
29.23
36.20
36.20
38.50
38.50
21.66
21.66
21.59

51.91
30.45
36.98
36.98
40.10
40.10
27.24
27.24
24.04

8.65
11.79

13.35
13.99

15.36
15.02

18.61
16.93

18.62
18.62

11.79

13.99

15.02

16.93

18.62

11.01
10.16

13.92
12.96

17.98
16.50

19.28
18.87

22.93
22.37

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................

$10.16

$13.09

$16.56

$18.87

$22.37

Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................

7.50
7.19

7.50
9.12

9.12
10.51

12.38
14.53

15.60
17.67

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Word processors and typists ........................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................

13.38
15.50
15.88
15.98
18.46
15.32
12.97
12.58
12.41

15.50
17.40
17.87
18.46
20.51
17.68
14.13
14.04
14.80

17.91
19.11
19.48
20.91
28.73
19.78
16.48
15.77
16.41

20.30
22.31
22.79
28.36
32.78
22.78
16.54
16.48
18.29

24.80
27.05
27.05
32.78
39.76
23.47
18.59
16.86
20.30

Construction and extraction occupations .......................

18.61

19.96

26.66

28.48

31.68

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........

17.92

23.24

27.17

34.78

41.16

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

16.48

20.34

22.27

25.15

36.08

Occupation2

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages 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, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

All workers ..............................................................................

$9.00

$12.29

$18.75

$29.37

$42.34

Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Sales managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ....................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Human resources managers ............................................
Industrial production managers ........................................
Purchasing managers .......................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Social and community service managers .........................

21.90
32.11
20.19
20.19
15.50
25.29
35.12
22.90
22.74
37.87
31.11
35.58
15.88

30.00
38.01
23.50
29.96
23.50
25.29
39.40
30.21
28.85
42.14
31.11
38.04
21.90

40.06
55.02
34.03
44.60
30.29
31.25
58.17
37.05
40.39
43.08
48.79
40.00
22.49

55.59
70.44
56.65
55.18
68.56
40.00
60.10
43.04
57.70
54.08
55.77
54.35
48.46

68.56
114.87
73.00
68.49
86.34
41.93
60.58
56.39
57.70
59.11
55.77
54.35
52.77

21.56
33.65
36.88
21.44

31.49
50.77
43.27
24.04

49.93
59.25
46.97
30.24

52.77
68.98
57.29
34.62

61.29
75.77
58.46
38.13

Business and financial operations occupations .............
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators ...............................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ...........
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Management analysts ......................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
Financial analysts .........................................................
Loan counselors and officers ............................................
Loan officers .................................................................

17.50

24.04

28.85

36.60

41.98

16.50
16.50

18.43
19.16

23.92
23.92

33.65
38.07

39.32
39.32

16.01
25.24
17.31
22.37
26.41
8.04
8.04

22.89
31.19
21.15
26.86
28.85
12.38
11.83

30.14
36.60
28.85
30.64
30.77
21.63
22.17

31.79
40.29
33.97
32.63
31.97
25.46
28.44

37.79
42.52
38.56
36.06
35.80
32.39
32.39

Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Network and computer systems administrators ................

20.16
32.34
38.31
38.16
19.56
29.86
19.45

26.40
35.97
40.40
40.40
19.56
32.56
19.45

36.60
45.10
44.56
40.99
21.85
37.94
29.87

44.76
48.08
47.96
49.84
26.50
43.27
31.24

48.62
62.10
53.36
50.03
31.86
48.08
38.80

Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Aerospace engineers ....................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .....
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........

21.64
35.00
39.73
36.23
33.85
32.12
22.47
24.25
25.00

28.13
40.43
47.25
38.51
36.20
35.77
25.98
27.24
26.33

38.26
46.85
54.25
45.32
42.50
39.12
28.01
28.90
27.16

50.60
57.33
62.95
57.33
53.39
58.61
31.90
33.65
30.29

61.53
64.95
69.19
58.71
61.53
61.53
34.98
36.70
32.51

Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Life scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................

17.88
17.88
31.13

24.39
26.49
34.00

34.00
33.90
40.00

43.21
41.49
43.73

48.25
43.21
46.75

Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers .......................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

10.20
10.20
27.20
19.20
19.26
15.11

16.31
10.20
29.61
21.20
20.32
18.55

26.48
22.95
33.98
28.46
28.93
22.47

32.72
32.67
49.99
34.04
31.60
31.00

43.66
48.85
55.08
38.95
34.04
32.72

Legal occupations ..............................................................
Lawyers ............................................................................

27.79
32.31

32.31
34.45

48.08
52.10

69.93
69.93

78.75
86.54

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................

12.25
28.84

18.55
32.82

35.01
43.34

45.24
58.72

57.33
79.96

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ........................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........................
Preschool teachers, except special education .........
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Library technicians ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .......................................
Producers and directors ...............................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$30.45

$30.45

$44.03

$66.03

$72.08

29.30
28.19

35.03
33.35

39.38
42.67

47.06
52.10

66.92
58.71

12.50
9.25
9.00
27.01

24.52
9.50
9.50
33.04

35.85
12.68
12.25
40.44

45.21
17.00
17.40
48.50

55.61
18.63
18.63
56.91

27.62

33.68

41.14

48.95

57.03

22.10
27.05

24.52
32.90

33.44
41.92

43.91
51.40

54.27
60.19

27.05
32.55
17.10
10.39

32.66
40.23
18.37
10.39

41.94
50.53
21.19
14.16

51.40
58.28
24.08
16.33

60.19
62.91
25.47
18.17

19.84
15.57
40.19
40.19

23.16
20.19
43.24
43.24

37.45
26.48
53.00
53.00

58.50
39.42
61.00
61.00

93.28
42.57
66.50
66.50

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ..................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .............
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........

15.63
51.58
10.77
25.91
14.18
14.18
13.26
13.26

19.31
51.58
11.19
31.00
15.27
15.27
13.26
13.26

28.12
52.40
18.44
35.52
17.56
17.19
24.44
24.44

38.38
55.32
21.59
41.60
27.91
18.99
34.13
32.40

51.58
56.39
70.00
46.31
33.53
27.91
39.42
34.13

14.84
16.13

16.46
18.34

16.46
19.31

20.60
21.75

22.27
24.04

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................

8.72
8.24
8.24
9.00
9.00

9.70
9.15
9.04
11.00
9.83

11.00
10.20
10.20
13.44
12.30

13.65
11.68
11.68
16.28
15.00

16.39
13.11
12.87
16.75
16.39

Protective service occupations .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement
workers .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives ...............................................................
Fire fighters .......................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ...........................
Correctional officers and jailers ....................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................

9.39

10.00

12.90

28.77

37.85

35.15

40.25

47.07

49.44

50.99

40.25
17.15
18.98
18.98
26.01
26.01
9.00
9.00

43.96
18.90
21.02
21.02
30.54
30.54
9.63
9.63

48.33
21.61
29.54
29.54
33.03
33.03
10.50
10.50

49.44
29.23
36.20
36.20
38.50
38.50
11.86
11.86

51.91
30.45
36.98
36.98
40.10
40.10
16.95
16.95

7.50

7.85

9.01

12.50

18.01

12.02

15.74

18.61

23.13

25.69

12.02
7.75
11.00
8.00
7.00
7.00
7.50

15.11
9.00
11.00
9.55
7.50
7.48
7.50

18.61
11.00
11.15
11.00
8.50
7.50
8.46

21.04
12.13
12.96
12.50
10.00
8.11
10.00

24.20
14.69
15.43
14.69
13.47
9.20
10.13

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Bartenders ....................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3

Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$7.09

$7.25

$7.50

$7.86

$8.20

7.00
7.75

7.00
8.00

7.50
8.33

8.09
9.00

8.50
14.13

7.75
7.50

8.00
7.50

8.33
8.88

9.09
11.13

14.69
12.97

8.00

8.75

11.53

15.42

18.34

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers .....................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................

12.64

12.64

16.25

18.34

18.34

12.64
7.75

12.64
8.75

16.40
10.44

18.34
13.71

23.48
17.28

8.18
7.50
8.00
8.00

9.63
7.75
8.50
8.50

12.00
8.50
10.75
10.45

15.38
9.41
17.00
17.00

18.46
10.88
17.00
17.00

Personal care and service occupations ...........................

7.50

7.50

9.89

14.65

21.83

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .............................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................

9.00
13.00
11.00
8.27
7.70
7.70
9.00
9.60
12.75

12.22
17.38
15.00
10.00
8.27
8.27
11.19
12.25
15.92

17.31
29.33
19.90
14.00
10.00
10.00
15.00
17.31
20.19

31.55
39.77
50.05
18.92
13.90
13.90
15.83
30.52
35.27

50.22
70.55
78.36
35.51
18.19
18.19
18.40
49.83
50.22

12.87

22.75

33.65

44.28

45.63

12.13
8.25

15.25
10.90

17.74
16.00

35.27
19.93

50.23
21.42

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bill and account collectors ............................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
File clerks .........................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................
Order clerks ......................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Legal secretaries ..........................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Word processors and typists ........................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .................
Office clerks, general ........................................................

10.67

13.00

16.35

20.31

25.00

14.50
11.50
12.25
11.25
13.00
14.00
11.00
11.96
9.00
11.00
12.81

18.22
13.48
13.49
11.92
14.42
16.53
11.91
13.62
10.22
13.00
15.10

24.03
15.81
16.20
15.65
16.00
18.61
12.62
17.87
11.48
14.50
19.00

27.49
19.23
19.50
18.00
19.54
19.54
15.46
22.50
11.74
16.32
20.70

30.29
23.69
22.80
20.60
23.69
20.76
18.66
25.70
16.21
18.44
22.60

14.00
10.00
11.89
17.88
9.67
8.31
12.68
17.91
18.00
12.68
10.69
10.38
10.35
12.97
12.59
9.50

14.42
11.54
12.37
20.23
12.28
9.70
17.31
19.27
18.00
13.38
15.00
11.20
10.87
15.50
14.34
11.97

19.00
13.50
18.75
22.66
15.30
13.50
20.00
22.00
28.30
15.20
18.75
13.62
12.65
16.00
16.88
15.45

22.88
15.87
29.61
25.47
16.50
15.31
24.03
26.44
32.62
19.24
23.35
16.00
13.93
16.48
19.69
18.16

26.44
16.84
29.61
25.47
20.14
16.79
28.30
29.86
34.31
22.79
24.03
16.96
15.66
18.59
23.70
22.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Electricians .......................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ..............................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ......................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters .........................
Helpers, construction trades .............................................

$11.00

$17.00

$22.84

$27.50

$33.61

28.75
15.00
12.50
12.00
14.00
14.00
15.63
15.63
9.00

30.06
25.00
17.46
13.92
18.00
18.00
24.19
18.00
10.00

35.61
26.67
19.00
33.50
21.00
21.00
28.48
28.48
22.34

41.60
33.61
24.89
33.50
25.53
25.53
28.93
28.48
22.84

62.34
33.74
24.89
37.29
28.00
28.00
33.48
31.30
22.84

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers ...........................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ......................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians
and mechanics ...........................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics
and installers ..............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

11.45

14.42

21.52

30.18

33.31

14.02

22.12

24.23

35.67

45.86

11.83
26.48
12.59
12.59
13.50

15.58
26.58
14.42
14.42
18.76

30.20
28.39
17.41
17.41
23.58

35.50
32.97
22.02
23.06
27.00

36.27
33.60
28.86
30.00
28.67

19.25

22.69

26.60

34.32

34.32

10.00

20.71

27.30

38.99

41.16

15.00
18.76
15.00

18.00
19.37
18.00

22.50
23.18
20.90

30.56
31.25
29.86

33.31
31.93
30.56

6.80
6.80

6.80
6.80

10.50
8.50

15.00
10.50

23.77
14.38

7.50

9.15

13.00

19.97

24.00

14.79

21.16

23.50

26.70

32.57

7.25
7.25
8.50

8.00
7.60
9.25

10.11
9.62
10.50

15.31
13.29
12.74

22.34
21.58
16.82

16.00
13.00

16.00
14.50

20.37
16.65

21.21
20.00

21.26
20.00

13.00

14.36

16.50

20.00

20.00

8.25

10.24

12.91

16.30

18.60

Production occupations ....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .......................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Computer control programmers and operators ................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal
and plastic ..............................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ..............
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic .........................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ..........................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ......................
Printers .............................................................................
Sewing machine operators ...............................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers ..
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ......
Painting workers ...............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................

10.71

12.06

13.00

16.25

20.00

10.55
10.67
9.50
10.54
6.75
7.75
8.25
7.50
7.35
8.74
7.50
7.20

11.56
12.00
12.00
13.25
6.75
8.00
8.50
10.00
7.50
9.00
8.47
8.00

13.85
17.00
17.00
17.00
7.50
9.50
10.50
13.33
9.00
17.00
10.07
8.50

17.00
17.38
17.38
18.00
8.00
10.50
17.02
18.05
18.05
18.55
13.00
9.15

22.99
26.73
21.85
19.61
9.50
11.00
26.38
24.97
25.71
19.00
15.51
10.00

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................

7.81
107.19
107.19
9.50

9.90
107.19
107.19
13.25

14.52
128.74
128.74
19.70

21.45
168.48
168.48
22.00

26.15
192.94
192.94
25.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA,
April 2007 — Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$18.00
7.50
8.75
7.47
7.47

$19.70
9.50
10.60
8.11
9.50

$21.53
12.70
11.25
10.00
12.50

$22.45
15.00
14.63
13.00
12.50

$25.95
20.12
22.05
16.91
13.75

7.50
6.75

8.75
7.24

11.05
8.20

15.49
10.00

19.05
11.50

1 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.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages 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, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA
CSA, April 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

All workers ..............................................................................

$7.50

$7.90

$9.64

$14.00

$24.12

Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................

9.89
21.71
21.71

14.29
28.05
28.05

17.50
43.92
43.92

26.84
53.82
53.82

45.79
57.56
56.65

13.57
13.33

14.29
14.29

21.00
18.33

26.84
26.84

42.14
33.11

13.33
15.71
8.50

14.29
16.25
9.89

18.33
17.00
14.35

26.84
20.83
16.68

33.11
30.34
19.92

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................

9.38

12.00

23.00

45.63

50.90

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........

16.50
32.50
17.00

19.02
35.15
17.13

32.00
38.00
19.02

41.31
42.25
20.00

45.52
45.18
21.30

Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................

9.80
9.80
10.40

11.31
10.00
11.32

12.33
11.71
12.00

18.41
12.60
12.71

18.41
15.60
15.60

Protective service occupations .........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............
Security guards .............................................................

9.00
9.00
9.00

9.75
9.88
9.88

12.00
12.00
12.00

25.00
25.00
25.00

25.00
25.00
25.00

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, fast food ............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and
coffee shop .............................................................
Dishwashers .....................................................................

7.09
7.50
7.37
7.50
6.75
6.75

7.50
7.50
7.50
9.19
7.09
7.25

7.71
7.50
7.50
10.00
7.50
7.50

8.75
8.45
7.60
13.58
7.60
7.50

10.00
10.25
8.10
15.39
8.75
8.00

6.75
7.50

7.09
7.50

7.50
8.12

7.50
9.17

7.60
9.50

7.25

7.50

8.00

8.53

9.75

7.50
6.75

7.75
6.75

8.50
7.50

9.50
8.00

9.50
8.40

7.50
7.50

8.05
8.05

9.70
9.70

11.45
11.45

12.48
12.23

7.50

8.00

9.53

11.30

12.35

Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Child care workers ............................................................

8.20
7.19

8.83
9.12

10.52
11.09

11.69
12.38

19.91
16.67

Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................

7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.80

8.00
8.00
7.75
7.75
8.40

8.75
8.75
8.90
8.90
8.94

10.24
10.24
10.24
10.24
11.40

16.30
17.82
17.90
17.90
19.24

Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................

7.79
10.00
9.10
8.15
12.00
9.06

10.00
10.60
10.08
8.75
12.35
9.78

12.00
12.00
10.70
13.07
12.35
10.50

16.21
12.66
12.38
20.59
12.35
15.00

31.50
17.10
17.10
20.59
24.23
20.30

Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................

7.38
7.50
8.43

7.50
7.50
10.32

8.86
10.32
12.96

12.96
12.96
12.96

15.97
14.79
15.49

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA
CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Part-time workers
Occupation3

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$7.14

$7.50

$7.50

$10.00

$12.00

7.14

7.50

7.50

9.25

11.52

1 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.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

wages 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, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$744

39.7

$47,791

$38,480

2,030

1,782
2,545
1,775
1,861
1,714
1,282

1,635
2,364
1,481
1,784
1,273
1,250

40.2
42.1
40.4
40.0
40.6
40.0

91,994
132,319
92,278
96,768
89,149
66,515

84,075
122,949
77,000
92,760
66,206
65,000

2,076
2,191
2,100
2,080
2,113
2,076

58.17
37.05
40.39
43.08
48.79
40.00
22.49

2,092
1,572
1,632
1,898
1,692
1,741
1,270

2,327
1,482
1,615
1,723
1,952
1,617
899

40.0
39.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
40.9
39.9

103,928
81,722
84,856
98,673
87,959
90,544
61,107

115,923
77,064
84,001
89,600
101,485
84,075
45,556

1,987
2,063
2,047
2,080
2,080
2,126
1,919

46.42
59.36

49.93
59.25

1,842
2,375

1,997
2,370

39.7
40.0

84,049
123,478

91,084
123,240

1,811
2,080

47.95

46.97

1,918

1,879

40.0

99,740

97,706

2,080

30.33

30.24

1,206

1,210

39.8

62,702

62,905

2,067

30.50

28.85

1,226

1,208

40.2

63,761

62,799

2,091

25.86

23.92

1,024

927

39.6

53,246

48,205

2,059

26.35

23.92

1,043

927

39.6

54,225

48,205

2,057

28.40
34.81
28.38
29.87
31.32
23.08
23.26

30.14
36.60
28.85
30.64
30.77
21.63
22.17

1,136
1,392
1,127
1,195
1,253
923
930

1,206
1,464
1,154
1,225
1,231
865
887

40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

59,080
72,403
58,583
62,137
65,151
47,997
48,371

62,700
76,134
60,002
63,723
64,010
44,990
46,114

2,080
2,080
2,064
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

35.92
44.82
45.16

36.60
45.10
44.56

1,433
1,793
1,785

1,442
1,804
1,692

39.9
40.0
39.5

74,531
93,222
92,837

75,001
93,808
88,000

2,075
2,080
2,056

43.65
24.89
38.51

40.99
21.85
37.94

1,746
996
1,549

1,640
874
1,518

40.0
40.0
40.2

90,792
51,769
80,540

85,263
45,452
78,919

2,080
2,080
2,091

28.22

29.87

1,121

1,195

39.7

58,311

62,130

2,066

39.94
49.06
54.56
46.97
45.26

38.26
46.85
54.25
45.32
42.50

1,598
1,963
2,182
1,879
1,810

1,530
1,874
2,170
1,813
1,700

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

83,070
102,054
113,488
97,707
94,140

79,581
97,448
112,840
94,266
88,400

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

44.87

39.12

1,795

1,565

40.0

93,335

81,372

2,080

28.80

28.01

1,152

1,120

40.0

59,913

58,261

2,080

29.89

28.90

1,196

1,156

40.0

62,172

60,112

2,080

28.23

27.16

1,129

1,086

40.0

58,723

56,493

2,080

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

All workers ................................................

$23.54

$18.75

$933

Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Administrative services managers ......
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ..............
Industrial production managers ..........
Purchasing managers .........................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Social and community service
managers ......................................

44.32
60.38
43.95
46.52
42.18
32.05

40.06
55.02
34.03
44.60
30.29
31.25

52.30
39.62
41.46
47.44
42.29
42.58
31.84

Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers,
examiners, and investigators ........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .............................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Network and computer systems
administrators ...............................
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace engineers ......................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Aerospace engineering and
operations technicians ..............
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............

Annual earnings5

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Educational, vocational, and school
counselors ................................
Social workers ....................................
Child, family, and school social
workers .....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................

Annual earnings5

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$36.46
32.90
39.87

$34.00
33.90
40.00

$1,432
1,311
1,595

$1,360
1,356
1,600

39.3
39.8
40.0

$73,439
68,177
82,924

$70,720
70,510
83,200

2,014
2,072
2,080

26.45
25.06

26.48
22.95

1,037
965

1,054
918

39.2
38.5

52,334
47,732

54,870
49,338

1,979
1,905

39.04
29.04

33.98
28.46

1,513
1,162

1,359
1,138

38.8
40.0

68,492
59,915

63,262
59,197

1,754
2,063

26.90

28.93

1,076

1,157

40.0

54,791

60,172

2,037

25.37

22.47

1,015

899

40.0

52,760

46,738

2,080

54.00
60.29

48.08
52.10

2,429
2,790

1,990
2,163

45.0
46.3

126,302
145,069

103,501
112,500

2,339
2,406

34.94
48.73

35.01
43.34

1,311
1,896

1,329
1,734

37.5
38.9

54,443
77,827

55,523
69,727

1,558
1,597

50.26

44.03

2,010

1,761

40.0

77,615

67,599

1,544

44.62

39.38

1,728

1,575

38.7

70,115

67,725

1,571

43.10

42.67

1,641

1,672

38.1

65,088

67,750

1,510

34.89

35.85

1,328

1,381

38.1

54,078

55,086

1,550

13.98

12.68

550

507

39.3

27,253

26,000

1,949

13.25

12.25

521

490

39.3

25,697

24,274

1,940

41.14

40.44

1,550

1,539

37.7

59,638

59,956

1,450

41.61

41.14

1,569

1,557

37.7

60,481

61,046

1,453

Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Social sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Preschool teachers, except
special education ..................
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Other teachers and instructors ...........
Library technicians ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................

35.37
42.75

33.44
41.92

1,315
1,608

1,254
1,573

37.2
37.6

49,714
62,333

46,973
61,598

1,405
1,458

42.77
48.28
21.14
13.81

41.94
50.53
21.19
14.16

1,617
1,640
846
449

1,600
1,763
848
438

37.8
34.0
40.0
32.5

62,687
61,796
42,522
20,397

62,577
68,320
40,884
20,975

1,466
1,280
2,011
1,477

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Actors, producers, and directors .........
Producers and directors .................

44.69
30.06
52.18
52.18

37.45
26.48
53.00
53.00

1,789
1,177
2,087
2,087

1,490
1,059
2,120
2,120

40.0
39.2
40.0
40.0

93,047
61,224
108,539
108,539

77,501
55,070
110,240
110,240

2,082
2,037
2,080
2,080

30.79
53.49
23.70
36.46

28.12
52.40
18.44
35.52

1,233
2,140
1,228
1,416

1,125
2,096
864
1,421

40.0
40.0
51.8
38.8

64,081
111,261
63,877
73,622

58,492
109,000
44,907
73,886

2,081
2,080
2,695
2,019

20.96

17.56

839

702

40.0

43,604

36,525

2,080

18.73

17.19

749

688

40.0

38,967

35,755

2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Bartenders ......................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants and bartender
helpers ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Dishwashers .......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers,
building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial
workers .....................................
Building cleaning workers ...................

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$978

40.0

$54,517

$50,831

2,080

991

978

40.0

51,522

50,831

2,080

16.46

721

658

40.0

37,509

34,237

2,080

19.74

19.31

787

773

39.9

40,918

40,173

2,073

11.96

11.00

475

440

39.7

24,690

22,880

2,065

10.54

10.20

416

408

39.4

21,610

21,220

2,050

10.50

10.20

413

408

39.4

21,495

21,195

2,047

13.41
12.27

13.44
12.30

537
491

538
492

40.0
40.0

27,901
25,525

27,955
25,584

2,080
2,080

19.56

12.90

782

512

40.0

40,619

26,000

2,076

44.66

47.07

1,759

1,854

39.4

91,486

96,387

2,049

46.93
22.80

48.33
21.61

1,841
1,060

1,869
930

39.2
46.5

95,742
55,141

97,176
48,383

2,040
2,419

29.03
29.03
33.79
33.79

29.54
29.54
33.03
33.03

1,161
1,161
1,342
1,342

1,182
1,182
1,316
1,316

40.0
40.0
39.7
39.7

60,388
60,388
69,808
69,808

61,441
61,441
68,453
68,453

2,080
2,080
2,066
2,066

11.75
11.75

10.50
10.50

465
465

420
420

39.6
39.6

24,127
24,127

21,840
21,840

2,053
2,053

11.00

9.01

421

349

38.3

21,629

18,160

1,966

19.11

18.61

745

730

39.0

37,087

37,452

1,940

18.64
10.85
12.18
11.57
9.46
7.92
8.83
7.64

18.61
11.00
11.15
11.00
8.50
7.50
8.46
7.50

725
424
487
447
377
298
321
289

720
430
446
437
340
300
330
299

38.9
39.1
40.0
38.6
39.9
37.6
36.4
37.9

35,999
22,037
25,328
23,243
19,237
15,480
16,691
15,050

36,001
22,381
23,192
22,734
19,011
15,600
17,160
15,567

1,932
2,031
2,080
2,008
2,034
1,954
1,891
1,970

7.62
9.39

7.50
8.33

291
361

300
333

38.2
38.5

15,113
18,406

15,600
17,324

1,984
1,961

9.39
9.70

8.33
8.88

360
378

333
340

38.3
39.0

18,317
19,645

17,324
17,680

1,951
2,026

12.39

11.53

493

459

39.8

25,503

23,816

2,058

16.79

16.25

671

650

40.0

34,856

33,800

2,077

16.87
11.73

16.40
10.44

675
469

656
418

40.0
40.0

35,025
24,206

34,112
21,632

2,076
2,064

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$26.21

$24.44

$1,048

24.77

24.44

18.03

See footnotes at end of table.

55

Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Miscellaneous sales and related
workers .........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ..............
Order clerks ........................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Legal secretaries ............................
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$480
340
418

40.0
40.0
39.1

$26,142
18,731
25,698

$24,920
17,680
21,715

2,057
2,080
2,032

485

417

39.0

25,231

21,674

2,030

9.89

469

412

35.7

24,410

21,424

1,858

29.17

17.31

1,174

690

40.3

61,073

35,901

2,094

33.88

29.33

1,393

1,162

41.1

72,429

60,399

2,138

33.82
18.06
11.48
11.48

19.90
14.00
10.00
10.00

1,408
729
456
456

796
555
400
400

41.6
40.3
39.7
39.7

73,203
37,884
23,702
23,702

41,388
28,860
20,800
20,800

2,165
2,097
2,065
2,065

14.69
22.74

15.00
17.31

593
926

600
640

40.4
40.7

30,853
48,144

31,200
33,280

2,100
2,117

29.29

20.19

1,178

808

40.2

61,270

41,999

2,092

33.29

33.65

1,331

1,346

40.0

69,238

70,000

2,080

27.65

17.74

1,115

710

40.3

57,979

36,905

2,097

15.51

16.00

615

640

39.7

31,990

33,280

2,062

17.26

16.35

686

653

39.7

35,446

33,280

2,053

22.96
16.76
16.79

24.03
15.81
16.20

919
668
671

960
630
648

40.0
39.9
40.0

47,769
34,721
34,917

49,920
32,772
33,698

2,081
2,071
2,080

15.98

15.65

639

626

40.0

33,234

32,560

2,080

17.27
18.04
13.97
18.07
11.84
15.57
18.60

16.00
18.61
12.62
17.87
11.48
14.50
19.00

691
716
559
722
473
623
744

640
744
505
711
459
580
760

40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0

35,928
36,410
29,058
37,562
24,588
32,382
38,690

33,280
38,709
26,241
36,987
23,878
30,160
39,520

2,080
2,018
2,080
2,078
2,077
2,080
2,080

18.85
13.43
21.44

19.00
13.50
18.75

754
535
837

760
540
675

40.0
39.8
39.0

39,186
27,820
43,511

39,520
28,080
35,100

2,079
2,071
2,029

22.65
14.83
12.93

22.66
15.30
13.50

906
592
515

906
587
540

40.0
39.9
39.8

47,106
30,763
26,761

47,133
30,534
28,080

2,080
2,074
2,070

20.65

20.00

798

769

38.7

40,234

39,000

1,948

23.04
26.66
16.59

22.00
28.30
15.20

914
1,038
632

880
1,154
616

39.7
38.9
38.1

47,543
54,000
32,374

45,760
60,002
32,517

2,063
2,025
1,951

18.47

18.75

703

750

38.0

34,413

31,574

1,863

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$12.71
9.01
12.65

$12.00
8.50
10.75

$508
360
494

12.43

10.45

13.14

See footnotes at end of table.

56

Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Word processors and typists ..........
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Painters and paperhangers ................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .............................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...............................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Aircraft mechanics and service
technicians ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment
service technicians and
mechanics ....................................
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics and
installers .......................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Helpers--installation, maintenance,
and repair workers ....................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$545
506
640

40.0
40.0
40.0

$29,431
26,249
34,665

$28,334
26,312
33,280

2,080
2,080
2,080

702
615

674
618

39.9
39.9

36,486
31,632

35,027
32,136

2,077
2,050

22.84

907

914

39.6

47,127

47,507

2,054

38.95
26.57
19.86
26.79
21.05

35.61
26.67
19.00
33.50
21.00

1,592
1,061
744
1,072
842

1,424
1,067
720
1,340
840

40.9
39.9
37.5
40.0
40.0

82,790
55,173
38,710
55,026
43,790

74,069
55,474
37,440
69,680
43,680

2,126
2,076
1,949
2,054
2,080

21.05

21.00

842

840

40.0

43,790

43,680

2,080

26.25

28.48

1,050

1,139

40.0

54,598

59,238

2,080

24.90
17.32

28.48
22.34

996
693

1,139
894

40.0
40.0

51,796
36,019

59,238
46,467

2,080
2,080

22.45

21.52

897

854

39.9

46,633

44,429

2,077

29.54

24.23

1,176

969

39.8

61,149

50,396

2,070

26.68

30.20

1,067

1,208

40.0

55,497

62,816

2,080

29.10
19.55

28.39
17.41

1,164
785

1,135
696

40.0
40.1

60,532
40,809

59,045
36,213

2,080
2,087

19.88

17.41

798

696

40.1

41,511

36,213

2,088

22.57

23.58

888

943

39.3

46,163

49,053

2,045

26.97

26.60

1,073

1,037

39.8

55,773

53,924

2,068

26.62

27.30

1,057

1,092

39.7

54,974

56,774

2,065

23.82
24.65

22.50
23.18

946
983

900
927

39.7
39.9

49,205
51,105

46,800
48,214

2,066
2,073

22.67

20.90

894

836

39.4

46,464

43,472

2,050

12.98

10.50

519

420

40.0

27,006

21,840

2,080

9.34

8.50

373

340

40.0

19,422

17,680

2,080

14.97

13.00

594

520

39.7

30,912

27,040

2,065

23.58

23.50

952

945

40.4

49,525

49,150

2,100

12.32

10.11

480

404

38.9

24,948

21,018

2,025

11.23

9.62

433

380

38.6

22,516

19,739

2,006

11.85

10.50

474

420

40.0

24,646

21,840

2,080

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$14.15
12.62
16.67

$13.62
12.65
16.00

$566
505
667

17.57
15.43

16.88
15.45

22.94

See footnotes at end of table.

57

Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and
fish processing workers ................
Computer control programmers and
operators ......................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .....
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Multiple machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Printers ...............................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Textile machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Packaging and filling machine
operators and tenders ..................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ......
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$815

40.0

$39,376

$42,363

2,080

678

666

40.0

35,267

34,632

2,080

16.50

664

660

40.0

34,553

34,320

2,080

13.14

12.91

519

510

39.5

27,006

26,520

2,056

14.39

13.00

557

520

38.7

28,975

27,034

2,014

15.17

13.85

607

554

40.0

31,549

28,808

2,080

16.41

17.00

656

680

40.0

34,136

35,360

2,080

16.19
16.03
7.73

17.00
17.00
7.50

647
632
309

680
680
300

40.0
39.4
40.0

33,667
32,872
16,069

35,360
35,360
15,600

2,080
2,050
2,080

9.41

9.50

376

380

40.0

19,571

19,760

2,080

13.43

10.50

537

420

40.0

27,940

21,840

2,080

14.90

13.33

596

533

40.0

30,988

27,720

2,080

12.70
14.12
11.29
8.86

9.00
17.00
10.07
8.50

503
565
443
353

360
680
403
340

39.6
40.0
39.3
39.9

26,144
29,372
23,059
18,373

18,720
35,360
20,952
17,680

2,059
2,080
2,043
2,074

16.68
141.06

14.52
128.74

662
2,550

580
2,328

39.7
18.1

34,440
132,591

30,160
121,077

2,064
940

141.06
18.16

128.74
19.70

2,550
736

2,328
781

18.1
40.6

132,591
38,269

121,077
39,797

940
2,108

21.24

21.53

871

861

41.0

45,228

44,782

2,130

13.21
13.09
11.13

12.70
11.25
10.00

526
524
441

482
450
400

39.9
40.0
39.6

27,375
27,236
22,945

25,038
23,400
20,800

2,073
2,080
2,061

11.13

12.50

445

500

40.0

23,148

26,000

2,080

12.06
9.07

11.05
8.20

478
356

440
324

39.6
39.3

24,856
18,530

22,880
16,869

2,062
2,043

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$18.93

$20.37

$757

16.96

16.65

16.61

1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$694

39.7

$46,088

$35,940

2,058

1,754
2,539
1,779
1,874
1,714
1,261
1,554
1,898
1,692
1,780
934
2,456

1,600
1,846
1,481
1,784
1,273
1,107
1,439
1,723
1,952
1,651
876
2,500

40.3
42.7
40.4
40.0
40.6
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
41.1
40.0
40.0

90,881
132,033
92,500
97,429
89,149
65,425
80,808
98,673
87,959
92,560
45,849
127,721

83,200
96,000
77,000
92,760
66,206
57,574
74,816
89,600
101,485
85,871
45,556
130,000

2,086
2,222
2,100
2,080
2,113
2,075
2,061
2,080
2,080
2,138
1,964
2,080

46.17

1,926

1,847

40.0

100,148

96,023

2,080

30.13

28.85

1,213

1,181

40.2

63,053

61,427

2,093

24.94

22.46

987

920

39.6

51,302

47,861

2,057

25.41

23.92

1,004

927

39.5

52,225

48,205

2,056

27.30
35.80
27.41
29.87
31.32
23.08
23.26

29.28
36.60
26.48
30.64
30.77
21.63
22.17

1,092
1,432
1,087
1,195
1,253
923
930

1,171
1,464
1,059
1,225
1,231
865
887

40.0
40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

56,793
74,454
56,503
62,137
65,151
47,997
48,371

60,900
76,134
55,068
63,723
64,010
44,990
46,114

2,080
2,080
2,062
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

36.65
45.16
45.16

37.94
48.08
44.56

1,463
1,806
1,785

1,518
1,923
1,692

39.9
40.0
39.5

76,076
93,923
92,837

78,919
100,000
88,000

2,075
2,080
2,056

43.65
24.48
41.55

40.99
20.87
40.87

1,746
979
1,678

1,640
835
1,683

40.0
40.0
40.4

90,792
50,927
87,252

85,263
43,418
87,499

2,080
2,080
2,100

40.44
49.48
54.56
45.26

38.51
47.88
54.25
42.50

1,617
1,979
2,182
1,810

1,540
1,915
2,170
1,700

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

84,109
102,926
113,488
94,140

80,101
99,580
112,840
88,400

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

44.87

39.12

1,795

1,565

40.0

93,335

81,372

2,080

28.72

27.87

1,149

1,115

40.0

59,743

57,970

2,080

29.89

28.90

1,196

1,156

40.0

62,172

60,112

2,080

28.23

27.16

1,129

1,086

40.0

58,723

56,493

2,080

Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Life scientists ......................................
Physical scientists ..............................

37.67
30.63
39.87

34.00
28.34
40.00

1,473
1,218
1,595

1,360
1,134
1,600

39.1
39.8
40.0

75,957
63,344
82,924

70,720
58,949
83,200

2,016
2,068
2,080

Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................

21.36
18.53
28.74

20.14
10.44
29.89

821
702
1,150

663
385
1,196

38.4
37.9
40.0

42,172
35,899
59,784

40,035
20,800
62,171

1,975
1,937
2,080

Legal occupations ................................

58.44

48.08

2,728

2,163

46.7

141,836

112,500

2,427

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

All workers ................................................

$22.39

$17.50

$889

Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Marketing managers .......................
Sales managers ..............................
Administrative services managers ......
Financial managers ............................
Industrial production managers ..........
Purchasing managers .........................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................

43.57
59.43
44.05
46.84
42.18
31.53
39.20
47.44
42.29
43.30
23.34
61.40

39.29
44.64
37.02
44.60
30.29
27.68
36.54
43.08
48.79
41.28
21.90
62.50

48.15

Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers,
examiners, and investigators ........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .............................
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Financial analysts ...........................
Loan counselors and officers ..............
Loan officers ...................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace engineers ......................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Aerospace engineering and
operations technicians ..............
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Lawyers ..............................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Preschool teachers, except
special education ..................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Actors, producers, and directors .........
Producers and directors .................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ....................................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Protective service occupations ...........
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ......
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Bartenders ......................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants and bartender
helpers ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................

Annual earnings5

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$63.57

$69.93

$3,054

$3,054

48.0

$158,787

$158,800

2,498

23.14
46.46

17.10
39.38

905
1,780

680
1,575

39.1
38.3

42,013
76,952

31,487
67,725

1,816
1,656

41.51

38.45

1,511

1,410

36.4

71,665

73,320

1,726

16.88

13.25

661

530

39.2

31,392

27,560

1,860

13.09

12.68

519

507

39.7

26,193

26,000

2,002

12.82

12.25

508

490

39.6

25,454

21,840

1,985

46.36
29.50
52.18
52.18

37.45
26.48
53.00
53.00

1,856
1,154
2,087
2,087

1,577
960
2,120
2,120

40.0
39.1
40.0
40.0

96,535
60,019
108,539
108,539

81,994
49,920
110,240
110,240

2,082
2,035
2,080
2,080

31.53
53.71
36.80

28.85
53.64
35.83

1,245
2,148
1,422

1,125
2,146
1,421

39.5
40.0
38.6

64,725
111,712
73,934

58,492
111,571
73,886

2,053
2,080
2,009

21.08

17.79

843

712

40.0

43,841

37,003

2,080

23.24

24.24

929

970

40.0

48,333

50,419

2,080

19.98

19.50

796

780

39.8

41,391

40,560

2,072

11.84

11.00

470

438

39.7

24,442

22,768

2,064

10.37

10.09

408

400

39.4

21,219

20,800

2,047

10.37

10.09

408

400

39.3

21,201

20,800

2,044

13.30
12.21

12.80
12.00

532
488

512
480

40.0
40.0

27,669
25,396

26,620
24,960

2,080
2,080

11.25

10.50

444

420

39.5

23,106

21,840

2,053

10.88
10.88

10.00
10.00

430
430

400
400

39.5
39.5

22,370
22,370

20,800
20,800

2,055
2,055

10.56

9.00

406

340

38.5

21,123

17,680

2,000

18.74

19.33

767

759

40.9

39,884

39,480

2,129

18.06
10.85
12.18
11.57
8.79
7.90
8.90
7.64

18.98
11.00
11.15
11.00
8.30
7.50
8.46
7.50

741
424
487
447
351
296
318
289

730
430
446
437
330
299
330
299

41.0
39.1
40.0
38.6
39.9
37.5
35.7
37.9

38,532
22,037
25,328
23,243
18,238
15,397
16,529
15,050

37,960
22,381
23,192
22,734
17,160
15,567
17,160
15,567

2,133
2,031
2,080
2,008
2,074
1,949
1,858
1,970

7.62
8.84

7.50
8.33

291
342

300
333

38.2
38.7

15,113
17,771

15,600
17,324

1,984
2,010

8.79

8.33

338

320

38.5

17,570

16,640

2,000

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Dishwashers .......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ............................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products ..............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Miscellaneous sales and related
workers .........................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bill and account collectors ..............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
File clerks ...........................................
Loan interviewers and clerks ..............
Order clerks ........................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$340

38.9

$19,670

$17,680

2,022

445
431

406
400

39.8
40.0

23,040
22,276

20,904
20,696

2,058
2,066

11.30
8.50
10.11

460
359
468

452
340
396

40.0
40.0
39.0

23,699
18,647
24,331

22,880
17,680
20,613

2,060
2,080
2,028

11.89

10.00

463

396

39.0

24,100

20,592

2,027

13.32

10.30

474

412

35.6

24,666

21,424

1,852

29.26

17.31

1,178

692

40.3

61,260

36,001

2,094

33.88

29.33

1,393

1,162

41.1

72,429

60,399

2,138

33.82
18.14
11.53
11.53

19.90
14.00
10.00
10.00

1,408
732
458
458

796
556
400
400

41.6
40.3
39.7
39.7

73,203
38,043
23,797
23,797

41,388
28,912
20,800
20,800

2,165
2,098
2,065
2,065

14.69
22.74

15.00
17.31

593
926

600
640

40.4
40.7

30,853
48,144

31,200
33,280

2,100
2,117

29.29

20.19

1,178

808

40.2

61,270

41,999

2,092

33.29

33.65

1,331

1,346

40.0

69,238

70,000

2,080

27.65

17.74

1,115

710

40.3

57,979

36,905

2,097

15.51

16.00

615

640

39.7

31,990

33,280

2,062

17.10

15.97

680

639

39.7

35,174

32,760

2,056

23.10
16.62
16.78

24.03
15.54
16.20

924
663
671

961
622
648

40.0
39.9
40.0

48,061
34,450
34,904

49,982
32,361
33,698

2,081
2,073
2,080

15.98

15.65

639

626

40.0

33,234

32,560

2,080

17.06
13.97
18.09
11.84
15.57
18.26

15.56
12.62
17.87
11.48
14.50
18.35

682
559
723
473
623
730

622
505
715
459
580
734

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0

35,490
29,058
37,591
24,588
32,382
37,974

32,361
26,241
37,170
23,878
30,160
38,160

2,080
2,080
2,078
2,077
2,080
2,080

18.59
13.37

19.00
13.25

743
532

760
536

40.0
39.8

38,657
27,689

39,520
27,851

2,079
2,071

22.65
14.83
12.93

22.84
15.30
13.50

906
592
515

913
587
540

40.0
39.9
39.8

47,104
30,763
26,761

47,499
30,534
28,080

2,080
2,074
2,070

20.28

20.00

781

769

38.5

39,182

38,376

1,932

22.24
16.59

21.88
15.20

881
632

875
616

39.6
38.1

45,800
32,374

45,517
32,517

2,060
1,951

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$9.73

$8.88

$378

11.19
10.78

10.15
10.00

11.51
8.96
12.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks ..........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Electricians .........................................
Painters and paperhangers ................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .............................
Helpers, construction trades ...............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Aircraft mechanics and service
technicians ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Helpers--installation, maintenance,
and repair workers ....................
Production occupations ......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and
fish processing workers ................
Computer control programmers and
operators ......................................
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .....
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$750

37.8

$33,528

$30,758

1,833

544
493

526
496

40.0
40.0

28,273
25,634

27,373
25,792

2,080
2,080

16.88
14.42

702
595

674
577

39.9
40.1

36,486
30,955

35,027
29,994

2,077
2,084

22.85

22.84

904

914

39.5

46,991

47,507

2,056

39.36
26.54
19.87
26.53
20.88

35.61
26.67
19.00
33.50
21.00

1,610
1,060
744
1,061
835

1,424
1,067
720
1,340
840

40.9
39.9
37.5
40.0
40.0

83,740
55,104
38,701
55,175
43,441

74,069
55,474
37,440
69,680
43,680

2,127
2,076
1,948
2,080
2,080

20.88
17.28

21.00
22.34

835
691

840
894

40.0
40.0

43,441
35,952

43,680
46,467

2,080
2,080

21.79

21.00

871

836

40.0

45,270

43,472

2,078

28.23

23.75

1,123

950

39.8

58,412

49,400

2,069

25.34

30.20

1,014

1,208

40.0

52,708

62,816

2,080

29.10
19.55

28.39
17.41

1,164
785

1,135
696

40.0
40.1

60,532
40,809

59,045
36,213

2,080
2,087

19.88

17.41

798

696

40.1

41,511

36,213

2,088

21.06

20.00

825

800

39.2

42,882

41,600

2,036

22.96
22.24

21.36
21.25

911
886

854
854

39.7
39.8

47,352
46,060

44,429
44,429

2,063
2,071

22.72

20.90

892

836

39.3

46,391

43,472

2,042

10.63

8.50

425

340

40.0

22,115

17,680

2,080

9.34

8.50

373

340

40.0

19,422

17,680

2,080

14.91

13.00

592

520

39.7

30,788

27,040

2,065

23.58

23.50

952

945

40.4

49,525

49,150

2,100

12.32

10.11

480

404

38.9

24,948

21,018

2,025

11.23

9.62

433

380

38.6

22,516

19,739

2,006

11.85

10.50

474

420

40.0

24,646

21,840

2,080

18.93

20.37

757

815

40.0

39,376

42,363

2,080

16.96

16.65

678

666

40.0

35,267

34,632

2,080

16.61

16.50

664

660

40.0

34,553

34,320

2,080

13.14

12.91

519

510

39.5

27,006

26,520

2,056

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$18.29

$18.75

$691

13.59
12.32

13.16
12.40

17.57
14.85

See footnotes at end of table.

62

Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .........
Multiple machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers .........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Printers ...............................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Textile machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .......................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Packaging and filling machine
operators and tenders ..................
Painting workers .................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Helpers--production workers ..........
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ......
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment .................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Packers and packagers, hand ........

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$520

38.7

$28,975

$27,034

2,014

607

554

40.0

31,549

28,808

2,080

17.00

656

680

40.0

34,136

35,360

2,080

16.19
16.03
7.73

17.00
17.00
7.50

647
632
309

680
680
300

40.0
39.4
40.0

33,667
32,872
16,069

35,360
35,360
15,600

2,080
2,050
2,080

9.41

9.50

376

380

40.0

19,571

19,760

2,080

13.43

10.50

537

420

40.0

27,940

21,840

2,080

14.90

13.33

596

533

40.0

30,988

27,720

2,080

12.70
14.12
11.29
8.86

9.00
17.00
10.07
8.50

503
565
443
353

360
680
403
340

39.6
40.0
39.3
39.9

26,144
29,372
23,059
18,373

18,720
35,360
20,952
17,680

2,059
2,080
2,043
2,074

16.36
141.06

13.75
128.74

649
2,550

550
2,328

39.7
18.1

33,767
132,591

28,600
121,077

2,064
940

141.06
18.14

128.74
19.70

2,550
736

2,328
773

18.1
40.6

132,591
38,245

121,077
39,703

940
2,108

21.25

21.53

871

861

41.0

45,261

44,782

2,130

13.21
13.09
11.13

12.70
11.25
10.00

526
524
441

482
450
400

39.9
40.0
39.6

27,375
27,236
22,945

25,038
23,400
20,800

2,073
2,080
2,061

11.13

12.50

445

500

40.0

23,148

26,000

2,080

12.06
9.07

11.05
8.20

478
356

440
324

39.6
39.3

24,856
18,530

22,880
16,869

2,062
2,043

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$14.39

$13.00

$557

15.17

13.85

16.41

1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

All workers ................................................

$31.25

$28.93

$1,225

$1,156

39.2

$58,173

$56,180

1,861

Management occupations ...................

47.80

49.43

1,910

1,977

39.9

97,054

96,356

2,030

Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Management analysts ........................
Accountants and auditors ...................

32.56
32.83
33.79

32.24
32.84
33.83

1,302
1,313
1,352

1,290
1,314
1,353

40.0
40.0
40.0

67,728
68,280
70,286

67,061
68,307
70,362

2,080
2,080
2,080

Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer systems analysts ...............

32.26
34.41

31.30
32.56

1,286
1,376

1,252
1,302

39.9
40.0

66,878
71,575

65,110
67,721

2,073
2,080

Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................

33.89
40.91
40.91

32.40
44.24
44.24

1,356
1,636
1,636

1,296
1,769
1,769

40.0
40.0
40.0

70,499
85,096
85,096

67,392
92,009
92,009

2,080
2,080
2,080

Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................

34.02

35.32

1,349

1,413

39.7

68,393

69,586

2,011

31.01
37.21
29.23

27.47
30.59
28.02

1,237
1,478
1,169

1,099
1,223
1,121

39.9
39.7
40.0

61,481
68,723
59,997

57,841
68,216
57,346

1,982
1,847
2,052

25.37

22.47

1,015

899

40.0

52,760

46,738

2,080

40.27
50.38

40.19
45.86

1,485
1,983

1,510
1,837

36.9
39.4

58,976
78,426

60,189
71,947

1,464
1,557

48.58

43.34

1,928

1,743

39.7

78,479

75,070

1,616

42.77

42.05

1,609

1,608

37.6

61,789

62,178

1,445

42.59

42.16

1,607

1,608

37.7

61,796

62,202

1,451

Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Library technicians ..............................

42.57
44.51

42.16
43.07

1,608
1,660

1,608
1,653

37.8
37.3

61,852
63,609

62,280
64,150

1,453
1,429

44.57
20.97

43.37
19.81

1,672
839

1,679
792

37.5
40.0

64,043
42,066

65,133
39,948

1,437
2,006

Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................

27.15
34.48

24.17
34.29

1,168
1,379

1,135
1,372

43.0
40.0

60,628
71,722

58,577
71,327

2,233
2,080

13.43

12.18

537

487

40.0

27,925

25,324

2,080

12.30

12.18

492

487

40.0

25,588

25,324

2,080

11.74

12.01

469

480

40.0

24,411

24,981

2,080

30.40

30.45

1,235

1,250

40.6

64,057

65,021

2,107

44.66

47.07

1,759

1,854

39.4

91,486

96,387

2,049

46.93
22.80

48.33
21.61

1,841
1,060

1,869
930

39.2
46.5

95,742
55,141

97,176
48,383

2,040
2,419

29.03
29.03
33.79

29.54
29.54
33.03

1,161
1,161
1,342

1,182
1,182
1,316

40.0
40.0
39.7

60,388
60,388
69,808

61,441
61,441
68,453

2,080
2,080
2,066

Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Protective service occupations ...........
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
Fire fighters .........................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ............................................
Correctional officers and jailers ......
Police officers .....................................
See footnotes at end of table.

64

Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................

Annual earnings5

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$33.79

$33.03

$1,342

$1,316

39.7

$69,808

$68,453

2,066

19.09
19.09

18.11
18.11

764
764

724
724

40.0
40.0

38,916
38,916

37,669
37,669

2,038
2,038

16.43

15.74

593

558

36.1

26,732

24,007

1,628

18.26
16.93

18.34
17.52

730
677

734
701

40.0
40.0

37,581
34,695

38,147
34,278

2,059
2,050

16.97

17.52

679

701

40.0

34,787

34,320

2,049

18.77
19.99

17.99
19.18

745
794

718
767

39.7
39.7

38,000
40,446

36,691
39,749

2,024
2,024

20.48

19.57

819

783

40.0

42,608

40,706

2,080

23.09

20.91

917

821

39.7

47,675

42,706

2,065

27.11

28.73

1,085

1,149

40.0

56,398

59,758

2,080

Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Word processors and typists ..........
Office clerks, general ..........................

19.54

19.78

771

791

39.5

40,105

41,140

2,052

15.77
15.45
16.92

16.48
15.77
16.63

631
618
665

659
631
659

40.0
40.0
39.3

32,800
32,129
33,300

34,285
32,800
32,474

2,080
2,080
1,968

Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................

25.53

26.66

1,021

1,066

40.0

51,117

53,109

2,002

Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................

29.62

27.17

1,179

1,087

39.8

61,327

56,514

2,070

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

24.19

22.27

968

891

40.0

50,157

46,322

2,073

1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately

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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Occupational group2

Total

1-99
workers

100-499
workers

500
workers
or more

All workers ....................................................................

$21.19

$19.05

$20.76

$27.25

Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................

36.58
38.49
35.31
10.82
19.06
23.50
16.89
22.24
22.85
21.50
15.15
14.86
15.45

33.63
34.71
32.78
10.35
17.74
21.00
16.05
21.40
21.98
20.61
13.48
14.74
11.79

34.90
38.54
31.18
10.91
20.40
25.25
17.47
23.98
–
21.65
14.66
13.42
15.52

41.44
45.99
39.72
11.97
20.67
29.75
18.15
22.88
–
25.75
23.99
19.65
28.57

Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................

2.4

3.4

5.3

3.9

Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................

2.5
3.7
4.3
2.5
5.3
12.6
3.4
4.2
5.0
6.9
3.9
5.2
5.1

6.3
5.2
12.5
4.0
5.9
13.7
3.2
3.8
4.0
7.3
9.3
13.8
5.2

5.1
7.1
9.4
5.2
11.1
20.7
8.4
7.2
–
10.5
5.3
3.4
7.1

3.4
5.8
4.1
3.7
8.6
29.5
3.2
10.6
–
7.0
7.2
13.2
6.9

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.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.

3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.

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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$648

39.7

$42,153

$33,280

2,057

1,467
1,939
1,490
1,680
1,328
1,780

1,251
1,846
1,058
1,058
1,310
1,651

40.5
44.4
41.1
41.4
39.6
41.1

75,805
100,807
77,473
87,340
69,074
92,560

65,058
96,000
54,999
54,999
68,130
85,871

2,095
2,309
2,136
2,155
2,061
2,138

28.12
28.85

1,235
1,086

1,154
1,154

40.9
39.3

64,224
56,465

60,000
60,002

2,125
2,043

38.61

42.07

1,550

1,731

40.2

80,616

90,000

2,088

Architecture and engineering occupations ...........

25.64

22.15

1,026

886

40.0

53,335

46,068

2,080

Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .................
Preschool teachers, except special education

15.49

12.68

613

507

39.6

29,508

26,000

1,905

15.98
13.02
12.82

13.10
12.68
12.25

631
517
508

524
507
490

39.5
39.7
39.6

30,809
26,066
25,454

26,520
26,000
21,840

1,928
2,003
1,985

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................

50.09
28.02

37.72
26.94

2,007
1,084

1,577
960

40.1
38.7

104,347
56,383

81,994
49,920

2,083
2,012

Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................

32.75

27.40

1,310

1,096

40.0

68,127

56,992

2,080

Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
Medical assistants ..............................................

11.29
9.38
9.38
12.29
10.99

10.63
9.00
9.00
12.30
11.00

452
375
375
492
440

425
360
360
492
440

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

23,484
19,509
19,509
25,572
22,863

22,110
18,720
18,720
25,584
22,880

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

Protective service occupations ...............................

11.07

11.00

430

440

38.8

22,350

22,880

2,020

10.18

8.73

386

333

37.9

20,063

17,324

1,970

18.22

18.98

752

759

41.3

39,108

39,480

2,146

17.66
9.99
7.82
7.68
8.32
9.24

18.98
9.79
7.50
7.48
8.33
8.50

730
390
281
286
320
355

730
370
290
299
333
300

41.4
39.1
35.9
37.3
38.5
38.4

37,975
20,297
14,617
14,872
16,646
18,454

37,960
19,240
15,080
15,567
17,324
15,600

2,151
2,033
1,869
1,937
2,000
1,998

12.19
11.39

12.64
11.55

486
455

506
462

39.8
40.0

25,249
23,673

26,291
24,024

2,071
2,079

12.23

12.00

489

480

40.0

25,437

24,960

2,080

26.93
41.27

17.97
29.45

1,095
1,747

696
1,178

40.7
42.3

56,961
90,846

36,188
61,250

2,115
2,201

41.92
19.66
10.37
10.37

19.90
14.00
8.27
8.27

1,812
810
409
409

600
555
331
331

43.2
41.2
39.5
39.5

94,235
42,097
21,293
21,293

31,200
28,860
17,208
17,208

2,248
2,141
2,053
2,053

14.49
28.74

14.00
26.19

588
1,232

560
956

40.6
42.9

30,579
64,038

29,120
49,692

2,110
2,229

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

All workers ....................................................................

$20.49

$16.50

$814

Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Sales managers ..................................................
Financial managers ................................................
Construction managers ..........................................

36.19
43.66
36.27
40.53
33.52
43.30

31.38
38.95
23.50
23.50
34.77
41.28

Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................

30.23
27.64

Computer and mathematical science occupations

Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation
and serving workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers ..................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................
Dishwashers ...........................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons ................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$808

40.0

$58,668

$41,999

2,080

1,078

936

40.0

56,043

48,687

2,080

19.28

1,149

771

40.0

59,742

40,102

2,080

16.66

15.74

659

627

39.5

33,923

31,720

2,037

22.11
16.19
16.70
13.46
17.90
19.27
13.28
14.81
13.15
18.42

22.44
15.00
15.00
12.62
18.14
19.99
13.50
13.03
15.25
18.75

883
644
668
538
716
771
528
591
526
692

897
600
600
505
725
800
540
521
610
729

39.9
39.8
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
39.9
40.0
37.6

45,911
33,481
34,735
28,000
37,236
40,071
27,449
30,708
27,361
33,730

46,667
31,200
31,200
26,241
37,723
41,575
28,080
27,107
31,720
30,758

2,077
2,068
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,067
2,074
2,080
1,831

20.55

20.51

785

769

38.2

40,798

40,000

1,986

18.03
13.39
14.51

18.75
13.25
13.27

669
536
584

750
530
535

37.1
40.0
40.3

31,827
27,848
30,372

30,758
27,560
27,815

1,765
2,080
2,093

Construction and extraction occupations .............
Carpenters ..............................................................
Helpers, construction trades ...................................

21.98
24.77
12.59

22.00
26.67
10.00

863
989
503

880
1,067
400

39.2
39.9
40.0

44,850
51,414
26,180

45,760
55,474
20,800

2,040
2,075
2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers ....................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................

20.93

19.50

836

780

40.0

43,497

40,560

2,078

29.80
19.38
19.79

23.75
17.41
17.41

1,178
779
796

950
696
696

39.5
40.2
40.2

61,244
40,491
41,371

49,400
36,213
36,213

2,055
2,089
2,090

22.29

20.90

884

838

39.7

45,962

43,576

2,062

14.85

14.00

589

533

39.6

30,614

27,720

2,062

23.10
11.57

23.50
11.41

944
463

945
456

40.9
40.0

49,107
24,073

49,150
23,733

2,126
2,080

12.52
10.53

12.20
10.07

501
411

488
403

40.0
39.1

26,038
21,386

25,376
20,952

2,080
2,032

12.20
13.64
12.55

11.08
13.25
11.50

485
544
500

443
527
460

39.8
39.9
39.8

25,233
28,289
26,008

23,044
27,414
23,920

2,068
2,074
2,072

Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific
products ........................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Order clerks ............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Data entry and information processing workers .....
Office clerks, general ..............................................

Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$28.21

$20.19

$1,128

26.94

23.41

28.72

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ..................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$400
500

39.6
40.0

$21,746
23,602

$20,800
26,000

2,058
2,080

390

39.2

20,096

20,280

2,038

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

$10.57
11.35

$10.00
12.50

$418
454

9.86

9.90

386

1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

Annual earnings5

employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$762

39.7

$49,898

$39,614

2,059

2,093
3,515
1,937
2,140
1,742
1,474
1,946
1,065
2,681

1,869
4,595
1,795
1,811
1,276
1,613
1,990
668
2,596

39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40.0
40.0

108,750
182,796
100,729
111,286
90,604
76,658
101,202
53,900
139,425

96,978
238,936
93,334
94,187
66,352
83,878
103,501
34,742
135,002

2,075
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,063
2,025
2,080

30.34

1,202

1,213

40.0

62,498

63,101

2,078

24.94
25.41

22.46
23.92

987
1,004

920
927

39.6
39.5

51,302
52,225

47,861
48,205

2,057
2,056

27.50
35.80
27.18
29.86
30.65
24.49
24.99

30.14
36.60
25.10
30.77
30.77
22.65
25.46

1,100
1,432
1,087
1,194
1,226
979
1,000

1,206
1,464
1,004
1,231
1,231
906
1,018

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

57,199
74,454
56,541
62,105
63,752
50,932
51,989

62,700
76,134
52,200
64,010
64,010
47,108
52,957

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, systems software
Computer systems analysts ...................................

35.60
45.05
44.24
41.24

37.00
41.04
40.99
37.94

1,416
1,775
1,770
1,649

1,464
1,640
1,640
1,518

39.8
39.4
40.0
40.0

73,655
92,277
92,030
85,770

76,118
85,263
85,263
78,919

2,069
2,048
2,080
2,080

Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Aerospace engineers ..........................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electronics engineers, except computer .........
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
Aerospace engineering and operations
technicians ....................................................

44.75
49.44
54.56
45.26
44.87
28.34

43.68
47.21
54.25
42.50
39.12
27.74

1,790
1,978
2,182
1,810
1,795
1,134

1,747
1,888
2,170
1,700
1,565
1,110

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

93,084
102,844
113,488
94,140
93,335
58,948

90,844
98,197
112,840
88,400
81,372
57,699

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

29.89

28.90

1,196

1,156

40.0

62,172

60,112

2,080

Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
Life scientists ..........................................................
Physical scientists ..................................................

31.75
30.63
39.84

31.13
28.34
43.73

1,265
1,218
1,594

1,245
1,134
1,749

39.8
39.8
40.0

65,765
63,344
82,864

64,744
58,949
90,954

2,071
2,068
2,080

Community and social services occupations ........

22.28

25.95

855

1,020

38.4

44,454

53,040

1,995

Education, training, and library occupations ........
Postsecondary teachers .........................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ..............

38.56
46.03
41.51

34.80
39.38
38.45

1,473
1,761
1,511

1,328
1,570
1,410

38.2
38.2
36.4

63,953
76,149
71,665

59,987
67,725
73,320

1,659
1,654
1,726

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................
Actors, producers, and directors .............................
Producers and directors .....................................

38.17
32.34
52.18
52.18

36.92
23.16
53.00
53.00

1,527
1,294
2,087
2,087

1,477
926
2,120
2,120

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

79,386
67,262
108,539
108,539

76,794
48,167
110,240
110,240

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ...
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

31.08
37.12
21.08
20.48

29.42
35.83
17.79
19.54

1,221
1,432
843
814

1,125
1,421
712
782

39.3
38.6
40.0
39.8

63,486
74,456
43,841
42,344

58,492
73,886
37,003
40,649

2,043
2,006
2,080
2,068

Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............

12.57
11.01
11.13

11.32
10.80
10.80

494
429
432

440
424
422

39.3
39.0
38.8

25,679
22,301
22,450

22,880
22,027
21,944

2,044
2,026
2,017

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

All workers ....................................................................

$24.24

$19.10

$962

Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Marketing managers ...........................................
Sales managers ..................................................
Administrative services managers ..........................
Financial managers ................................................
Education administrators ........................................
Engineering managers ...........................................

52.41
87.88
48.43
53.50
43.56
36.85
49.06
26.61
67.03

46.78
114.87
44.87
45.28
31.90
40.33
49.76
16.70
64.91

Business and financial operations occupations ...
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators .....................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Management analysts ............................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
Financial analysts ...............................................
Loan counselors and officers ..................................
Loan officers .......................................................

30.08

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Annual earnings5

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$400

39.9

$23,545

$20,800

2,073

448
477
510
351
321
486

400
450
461
330
300
491

39.7
39.0
39.1
39.8
40.0
40.0

23,311
24,820
26,527
18,232
16,686
25,283

20,800
23,379
23,982
17,160
15,600
25,522

2,062
2,029
2,034
2,071
2,080
2,080

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Protective service occupations ...............................

$11.36

$10.25

$453

Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...............................................
Food preparation workers .......................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Fast food and counter workers ...............................

11.30
12.23
13.04
8.80
8.02
12.16

10.04
11.50
12.00
8.25
7.50
12.27

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
Grounds maintenance workers ...............................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ........

10.14
10.14

9.50
9.55

403
406

376
382

39.7
40.0

20,741
20,830

19,282
19,760

2,045
2,053

10.57
9.52
9.99
9.76

10.25
8.78
9.00
9.00

423
381
388
379

410
351
350
350

40.0
40.0
38.9
38.9

21,506
19,809
20,194
19,723

21,112
18,262
18,200
18,200

2,034
2,080
2,022
2,021

Personal care and service occupations .................

14.23

10.30

499

430

35.1

25,963

22,381

1,825

Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers .........................................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers ...............

31.76
26.72

16.56
27.40

1,265
1,069

645
1,096

39.8
40.0

65,772
55,585

33,546
57,000

2,071
2,080

24.95
16.66
13.02
13.02
18.46

20.67
14.24
11.96
11.96
14.55

998
659
521
521
726

827
563
478
478
577

40.0
39.6
40.0
40.0
39.3

51,892
34,272
27,079
27,079
37,734

42,994
29,270
24,877
24,877
29,994

2,080
2,057
2,080
2,080
2,044

31.03

35.27

1,260

1,411

40.6

65,528

73,364

2,112

25.91
16.39

17.74
16.00

1,059
649

668
640

40.9
39.6

55,073
33,757

34,713
33,280

2,125
2,059

17.54

16.38

700

650

39.9

36,405

33,779

2,076

25.16
17.11
16.86

25.00
16.23
16.20

1,011
684
674

1,025
649
648

40.2
40.0
40.0

52,581
35,590
35,059

53,290
33,758
33,698

2,090
2,080
2,080

16.57
17.70
15.59
18.18

15.65
16.98
13.94
16.82

663
708
623
726

626
679
558
673

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9

34,465
36,811
32,419
37,761

32,560
35,318
28,995
34,988

2,080
2,079
2,080
2,077

19.25
13.56
21.19
14.86
12.75
22.37

19.00
13.25
20.64
15.97
12.01
20.04

770
542
847
593
506
887

760
530
826
639
480
802

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.7
39.6

40,026
28,203
44,067
30,827
26,303
46,107

39,520
27,560
42,931
33,226
24,972
41,679

2,079
2,080
2,080
2,074
2,063
2,061

22.66

22.00

906

880

40.0

47,107

45,760

2,079

19.09
13.76
12.29
15.77
15.36

19.50
13.00
12.87
14.75
15.42

763
550
491
629
612

780
520
515
590
606

40.0
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.8

39,698
28,614
25,555
32,732
31,800

40,560
27,040
26,774
30,680
31,502

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,075
2,071

24.52

22.84

984

914

40.1

51,177

47,507

2,087

Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bill and account collectors ..................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine
operators ......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Tellers .................................................................
Customer service representatives ..........................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping ......................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...........
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Data entry and information processing workers .....
Data entry keyers ...............................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks .......
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007 —
Continued
Hourly earnings3

Weekly earnings4

Occupation2

Mean
weekly
hours

Mean

Median

Mean
annual
hours

$932

39.9

$48,022

$48,443

2,077

1,079

1,138

40.0

56,132

59,201

2,080

18.75
28.39
18.32
18.32

857
1,164
807
807

750
1,135
733
733

40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0

44,574
60,532
41,963
41,963

39,000
59,045
38,097
38,097

2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080

23.46
22.35
21.46

23.15
19.37
19.09

931
886
844

926
775
756

39.7
39.7
39.3

48,392
46,078
43,865

48,152
40,290
39,333

2,063
2,062
2,044

12.69

10.00

508

400

40.0

26,398

20,800

2,080

14.98

12.86

596

514

39.8

30,988

26,728

2,068

24.15

24.78

962

991

39.8

50,005

51,547

2,070

14.44
13.55
12.23

13.75
12.36
9.40

578
542
489

550
494
376

40.0
40.0
40.0

30,035
28,191
25,443

28,600
25,709
19,552

2,080
2,080
2,080

12.72
26.40
16.94
16.23
13.69

12.08
26.73
17.38
17.38
13.06

502
1,056
678
649
530

480
1,069
695
695
491

39.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
38.7

26,110
54,920
35,232
33,751
27,538

24,960
55,598
36,150
36,150
25,526

2,052
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,012

16.32

16.18

653

647

40.0

33,947

33,654

2,080

12.70
12.82

9.00
10.75

503
509

360
430

39.6
39.7

26,144
26,461

18,720
22,360

2,059
2,065

18.73
141.06
141.06
21.66
22.14
13.34
11.55

16.91
128.74
128.74
21.53
21.53
12.17
10.14

743
2,550
2,550
890
913
534
458

676
2,328
2,328
861
861
487
400

39.7
18.1
18.1
41.1
41.2
40.0
39.7

38,618
132,591
132,591
46,254
47,415
27,750
23,834

35,175
121,077
121,077
44,782
44,782
25,314
20,800

2,062
940
940
2,135
2,141
2,080
2,063

13.43
8.42

13.01
8.00

536
329

520
306

39.9
39.1

27,896
17,104

27,063
15,912

2,077
2,032

Mean

Median

Mean

Median

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers ....................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers .................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ............
Automotive technicians and repairers ....................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
Industrial machinery mechanics .........................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ..........
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and
repair workers ...................................................

$23.12

$23.29

$924

26.99

28.46

21.43
29.10
20.17
20.17

Production occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and
operating workers .............................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic .................................
Machinists ...............................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ............
Printers ...................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders ..............................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
Transportation and material moving occupations
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..........................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers .........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Industrial truck and tractor operators ......................
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ............................

Annual earnings5

1 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.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately

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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Union

Nonunion

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

State and
local
government
workers

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

State and
local
government
workers

All workers ....................................................................

$26.99

$24.70

$29.97

$21.00

$20.60

$31.86

Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................

37.73
42.04
37.34
19.36
19.86
14.87
21.22
28.65
29.24
27.98
21.95
19.28
22.83

42.96
–
43.11
12.53
20.47
14.87
23.53
28.58
29.60
27.25
21.71
18.91
22.72

36.14
42.42
35.42
24.76
18.91
–
18.91
29.07
25.53
31.09
24.29
–
23.76

36.21
38.99
34.03
10.73
18.89
24.35
16.28
19.02
19.32
18.70
13.34
14.33
12.06

36.03
38.50
34.15
10.60
18.92
24.41
16.27
19.01
19.32
18.68
13.34
14.33
12.06

37.80
42.63
32.68
14.82
15.67
–
16.43
–
–
–
–
–
–

Occupational group3

Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................

3.1

5.9

1.9

2.5

2.6

5.3

Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................

5.7
3.2
6.2
5.4
7.9
6.0
8.4
2.2
1.6
4.7
3.1
8.1
3.7

17.5
–
17.8
7.5
12.2
6.0
12.8
2.4
2.1
6.0
3.3
8.2
4.1

3.5
3.3
3.6
3.8
2.9
–
2.9
6.8
7.2
8.8
7.7
–
7.1

1.9
3.2
3.3
2.4
5.7
13.4
2.8
3.2
3.9
5.1
5.2
7.1
5.8

2.0
3.7
3.5
2.6
5.8
13.5
2.9
3.2
3.9
5.2
5.2
7.1
5.8

5.3
2.9
10.4
13.0
5.9
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
–

1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 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. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.

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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
Time
Occupational group3

Incentive

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

All workers ....................................................................

$21.59

$20.27

$35.76

$35.76

Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................

36.65
39.55
35.15
12.60
16.30
14.18
17.03
22.41
–
21.71
15.30
15.01
15.57

36.66
38.91
35.25
10.76
16.14
14.20
16.87
22.04
22.85
20.86
15.10
14.95
15.25

34.54
33.01
–
–
41.30
49.44
17.31
24.58
–
24.58
17.21
–
–

34.54
33.01
–
–
41.30
49.44
17.31
24.58
–
24.58
17.21
–
–

Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................

1.8

2.3

9.7

9.7

Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................

2.1
3.5
3.1
1.9
2.3
5.0
3.3
4.3
–
7.3
3.6
4.6
5.0

2.7
4.3
4.4
2.6
2.5
5.0
3.7
4.7
5.0
9.0
3.8
4.7
5.2

12.8
17.9
–
–
13.1
20.4
4.4
10.5
–
10.5
19.9
–
–

12.8
17.9
–
–
13.1
20.4
4.4
10.5
–
10.5
19.9
–
–

1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 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.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.

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Appendix A: Technical Note

T

Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. 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. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.

his 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. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.

Planning for the survey
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage 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 by industry and ownership. 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 it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.

The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households,
and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope
of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a
central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing
support services to a company. For private industries in
this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
is defined as all locations of a government agency within
the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Los Angeles–Long Beach–Riverside,
CA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes:

Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.

• Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana, CA, Metropolitan Statistical Area: Los Angeles and Orange
Counties, CA
• Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura, CA, Metropolitan
Statistical Area: Ventura County, CA
• Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA, Metropolitan
Statistical Area: Riverside and San Bernardino
Counties, CA

Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs

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2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. 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 for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees

Number
of selected jobs

1–49
50–249
250 or more

Up to 4
6
8

The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
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 be-

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ing in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
•
•
•
•

Knowledge
Job controls and complexity
Contacts (nature and purpose)
Physical environment

Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be

comparable across different occupations.
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation

Levels
combined

Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV

Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15

The broad

Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.

Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
•
•
•
•
•

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

The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.

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 (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay

To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried

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Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
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.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•

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

Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.

Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
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 data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, 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 data for the nonre-

spondents equals the mean value of data for 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 that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteristics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series 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 the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
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work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
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. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). 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. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.

Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
State and
local
government
workers

Occupational group2

Civilian
workers

Private
industry
workers

All workers ....................................................................

6,878,900

5,939,100

939,800

Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................

1,812,300
562,700
1,249,600
1,296,800
2,049,200
704,000
1,345,200
659,500
354,900
301,700
1,060,900
489,700
571,200

1,237,700
466,200
771,500
1,110,200
1,930,900
701,900
1,229,100
622,800
342,800
277,500
1,037,400
487,600
549,800

574,700
96,500
478,100
186,600
118,300
–
116,200
36,700
12,100
24,300
23,500
–
21,400

1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.

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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Riverside, CA CSA, April 2007
State and
local
government

Establishments

Total

Private
industry

Total in sampling frame1 ................................................

314,593

311,701

2,892

Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................

1,333
677
417
239

1,204
563
402
239

129
114
15
0

1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a

government entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.

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