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Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA National Compensation Survey January 1997 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner Revised March 1999 Bulletin 3090-12 Preface T For additional information regarding this survey, please contact the BLS San Francisco Regional Office at (415) 975-4350. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 606-6220, or send e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at the BLS Internet site (http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm). Data are in three formats: an ASCII file containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the entire bulletin. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 606-7828; TDD phone: (202) 606-5897; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-326-2577. his bulletin provides results of a January 1997 survey of occupational pay in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). Data shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program known as the National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of Caryl L. O'Keefe, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations of the San Francisco Regional Office. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and analyzed the survey results. iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ Wages in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, CMSA............................................................ 1 2 Tables: A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries ........................................... A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and State and local government........................................................................................................... A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers, all industries ................................................................................................................................. A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only, all industries ............................................................................................ B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries ................................................................................................................................. C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ............................................................... 4 8 13 18 22 27 34 35 36 37 Appendix A: Technical Note ..................................................................................................................................... Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented............................................ Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors...................................................................................... Appendix table 3. Average work levels ........................................................................................... v 38 42 43 47 Introduction T NCS more extensive than OCS The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by providing broader coverage of occupations and establishments within the survey area. Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected using probability techniques from a list of all those present in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on broad occupational classifications such as white-collar workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers, and individual occupations such as cashiers. In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions that were not comparable across specific occupations. Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time versus incentive status, and establishment employment size. Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program. The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal Government. his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). The CMSA includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties, CA. This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are analyzed in the initial textual section. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide range of work levels. Also contained in this bulletin is information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology. NCS design and products The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new National Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on the levels and rates of change of occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These data are similar to those released under the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued. Due to the limited amount of time available to initiate this phase of the program, a number of companies were unable to provide complete data before the publication deadline. As a result, some surveys have a high nonresponse rate for the all industries or the private industry iterations. Such instances are noted in the bulletin table footnotes. 1 Wages in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area S Survey results show that private industry workers in Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA earned $15.59 per hour, while surveyed State and local government workers averaged $21.35. Table A-2 reports the average hourly rate for white-collar occupations as $20.23 in private industry and $22.45 in State and local government. Bluecollar occupations showed an average hourly rate of $11.76 in private industry and $19.14 in State and local government. Service occupations within private industry averaged $7.55 per hour while those found in State and local government averaged $18.59. traight-time wages in the Los Angeles-RiversideOrange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged $16.62 per hour during January 1997. White-collar workers had an average wage of $20.73 per hour. Blue-collar workers averaged $12.18 per hour, while service workers had average earnings of $10.14 per hour. (All comparisons in this analysis cover hourly rates for both full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.) Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational group, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry and State and local government, Los AngelesRiverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Dollars per hour $ 25 Dollars per hour $ 25 20 15 20 10 15 5 10 0 5 Whitecollar Bluecollar Service workers 0 White-collar Private industry Within each of these occupational groups, average hourly wages for individual occupations varied. For example, white-collar occupations included registered nurses at $22.78 per hour, secretaries at $14.65, and general office clerks at $10.99. Among occupations in the blue-collar category, industrial machinery repairers averaged $16.92 per hour while truck drivers averaged $11.40. Finally, service occupations included janitors and cleaners at $7.55 per hour and waiters’ and waitresses’ assistants at $5.12 per hour. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 171 detailed occupations; data for other detailed occupations surveyed could not be reported separately due to concerns about the confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of the data. Blue-collar Service State and local government Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were $17.37 per hour, compared with an average of $9.87 per hour for part-time workers. Data for specific work levels within major occupational groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may 2 Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. In the private sector, hourly wages averaged $16.01 in all goods-producing industries, $26.84 in mining, and $15.88 in manufacturing. Data for other industry divisions did not meet publication criteria. Table C-4 reports that a total of 3,266,422 workers were represented by the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA survey. White-collar occupations included 1,856,121 workers, or 57 percent; blue-collar occupations included 850,500 workers, or 26 percent; and service occupations included 559,802 workers, or 17 percent. not be published because no workers were identified at that level or because there were not enough data to guarantee confidentiality and reliability. Work levels for all major groups span several levels, with professional specialty occupations and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting and ending at higher work levels than the other groups. Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level 8. As illustrated in Chart 3, the average hourly rate was $6.59 for level 1, $9.95 for level 3, $14.82 for level 6, and $20.38 for level 8. Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by occupational group, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for administrative support occupations, including clerical, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Percent 60 Dollars per hour $ 25 50 40 20 30 15 20 10 10 5 0 0 1 3 6 Whitecollar 8 Bluecollar Service workers Level Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry, and State and local government are available in appendix table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3. Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of $17.90, as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion workers averaged $16.16. Time workers, whose wages were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged $16.55 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at least partially based on productivity payments, averaged $18.58 per hour. 3 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ....................................................................... $16.62 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 16.74 $6.00 6.00 25 Median 50 $8.40 $13.22 8.50 13.39 75 90 $21.25 21.45 $30.43 30.90 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 20.73 21.50 8.50 9.42 11.66 12.38 16.85 17.96 25.89 26.68 36.65 37.53 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Health related occupations ....................................... Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Business, commerce and marketing teachers ...... Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified .. Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Recreation workers ............................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Science technicians, N.E.C. ................................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... 26.37 28.36 31.24 30.12 25.02 28.04 30.56 29.38 30.03 13.62 16.31 22.60 23.08 18.63 22.60 23.65 19.24 19.64 18.63 20.72 25.33 26.55 23.35 26.01 25.39 22.12 23.06 24.23 26.25 29.23 27.47 24.04 30.08 28.90 27.18 27.63 31.88 34.19 36.10 34.42 26.83 32.43 34.78 34.00 34.62 41.91 43.61 43.25 41.77 31.25 33.67 41.00 45.00 45.00 23.20 25.46 24.31 24.13 47.62 22.78 36.25 17.91 35.02 45.02 35.55 34.89 28.46 12.48 29.04 34.08 26.50 26.90 28.45 19.07 26.26 25.61 18.64 19.36 12.97 39.35 39.35 14.25 17.62 19.89 17.00 12.98 18.00 30.00 13.75 20.19 30.67 28.69 21.47 13.73 8.75 15.36 22.45 17.48 13.07 12.87 16.23 15.90 15.29 11.55 11.55 7.00 25.62 25.62 17.25 21.91 23.31 20.00 16.97 20.00 30.91 15.14 27.95 34.49 30.83 28.45 19.51 10.58 21.38 27.04 20.00 19.18 18.15 18.30 18.72 18.65 11.55 12.90 9.62 30.92 30.92 21.11 25.63 24.53 22.60 57.70 22.73 34.98 18.36 34.49 45.45 33.84 35.06 27.04 10.58 27.04 34.11 25.20 27.16 22.47 19.15 20.60 20.60 18.68 19.19 11.42 36.03 36.03 32.55 31.36 24.69 25.56 65.00 25.06 42.69 20.53 40.63 55.32 36.84 40.10 36.74 14.46 37.36 39.74 32.19 34.03 40.59 19.22 31.57 33.91 24.49 25.83 17.36 51.42 51.42 32.55 31.88 28.09 30.00 67.31 27.49 44.52 21.13 45.99 59.87 46.60 44.49 45.15 16.07 45.15 47.15 37.30 37.78 49.02 20.11 42.22 42.91 27.27 27.27 19.19 54.54 54.54 30.98 27.60 42.02 21.43 18.60 17.64 19.09 14.17 14.72 21.09 18.33 14.98 16.35 21.04 25.34 30.01 34.47 38.70 35.75 31.79 12.98 13.29 15.38 14.18 11.25 10.91 16.91 12.00 10.58 12.86 9.89 6.50 14.13 11.30 15.14 15.50 15.73 27.17 20.19 16.25 16.88 14.42 21.04 16.33 13.27 12.29 18.00 12.62 11.65 17.00 15.96 12.00 14.26 18.75 17.05 18.63 21.95 36.36 25.64 21.63 27.93 27.00 32.99 21.00 16.75 17.62 18.00 14.00 15.06 20.19 19.22 13.27 15.23 21.75 20.41 25.64 29.91 42.99 32.47 31.60 38.48 36.25 80.00 25.69 21.00 21.96 20.91 16.00 16.59 25.50 21.30 22.93 17.11 24.98 25.00 34.54 40.23 44.74 41.80 38.46 50.00 43.45 80.00 28.75 26.40 25.37 21.50 16.67 20.56 29.09 22.01 24.71 20.50 26.68 40.00 45.67 50.52 44.74 57.69 40.38 34.54 19.23 22.96 32.47 45.67 50.52 See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Administrators, education and related fields ......... $30.75 $15.58 $22.69 $33.24 Managers, medicine and health ........................... 29.52 19.99 24.30 31.00 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ 17.21 12.79 13.53 14.06 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. 25.24 16.83 17.73 21.63 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. 37.26 15.86 21.92 29.91 Management related occupations ............................ 22.71 14.68 17.31 20.81 Accountants and auditors ..................................... 20.90 15.28 17.33 20.25 Other financial officers .......................................... 29.67 15.68 17.05 21.81 Management analysts .......................................... 24.27 14.30 19.37 24.10 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... 20.14 12.50 15.61 18.32 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ 20.33 13.70 17.96 19.25 Construction inspectors ........................................ 25.42 19.26 24.95 26.51 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... 23.29 16.39 20.94 23.88 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ 21.62 13.68 16.38 19.97 Sales occupations ............................................................ 14.98 5.85 7.15 11.24 Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 23.90 10.45 13.36 16.72 Sales occupations, other business services ......... 13.42 11.82 11.82 11.83 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. 28.36 16.03 20.00 26.00 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 18.63 8.82 10.26 12.86 Sales workers, apparel ......................................... 8.14 5.30 5.75 7.00 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .... 8.61 6.79 7.75 8.40 Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 10.20 5.51 6.50 8.00 Sales counter clerks ............................................. 7.64 5.00 5.50 6.00 Cashiers ............................................................... 9.50 5.25 6.45 8.65 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... 12.66 5.90 9.91 12.27 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... 12.44 7.88 9.75 12.00 Supervisors, general office ................................... 16.61 12.98 14.26 16.69 Supervisors, financial records processing ............ 17.67 13.40 14.94 15.75 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... 18.23 10.65 14.83 17.24 Computer operators .............................................. 17.14 12.75 13.38 16.83 Secretaries ........................................................... 14.65 10.83 12.00 14.35 Typists .................................................................. 12.64 10.00 11.50 12.99 Interviewers .......................................................... 10.07 7.61 8.75 9.42 Hotel clerks ........................................................... 9.68 5.75 6.50 8.55 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 11.48 7.80 9.38 11.24 Receptionists ........................................................ 9.11 6.92 7.69 8.53 Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... 10.85 8.78 9.44 10.72 Order clerks .......................................................... 10.97 7.75 9.10 10.80 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping 12.67 8.25 9.71 12.69 Library clerks ........................................................ 14.06 8.07 10.43 14.47 File clerks ............................................................. 7.46 6.25 6.50 6.72 Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... 12.49 10.00 10.93 11.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 13.00 9.86 11.44 12.50 Payroll and timekeeping clerks ............................. 12.88 10.58 11.24 12.50 Billing clerks .......................................................... 9.97 7.50 8.71 10.37 Telephone operators ............................................ 9.78 6.92 8.00 8.30 Mail clerks except postal service .......................... 8.60 6.53 7.45 8.18 Dispatchers ........................................................... 17.14 13.71 15.66 17.95 Production coordinators ........................................ 15.25 10.48 12.28 14.30 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 10.57 5.75 8.25 10.50 Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 11.07 6.95 8.24 10.53 Meter readers ....................................................... 14.62 10.67 11.43 12.19 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. 11.09 8.00 8.50 10.20 See footnotes at end of table. 5 75 90 $35.16 34.55 $42.59 35.52 15.63 26.00 43.13 25.96 24.51 30.29 28.21 29.75 41.63 61.06 30.65 26.44 43.35 30.43 22.06 21.63 27.07 30.82 27.03 27.32 24.23 26.44 15.83 25.75 14.52 28.85 31.25 25.55 55.75 15.39 32.21 20.79 10.00 9.15 12.10 11.30 11.80 14.74 14.70 18.16 20.76 42.77 30.51 12.05 10.00 18.75 11.30 15.40 17.85 17.85 19.11 23.08 24.17 23.05 16.81 13.85 11.26 14.50 13.25 10.00 12.40 12.21 15.54 18.72 7.53 13.59 15.00 14.50 11.07 11.94 9.84 18.93 19.05 12.63 13.85 19.47 26.82 23.91 19.04 14.29 13.58 14.75 15.04 12.50 13.56 14.62 15.87 18.72 11.50 16.49 16.52 15.30 12.00 15.90 11.06 18.93 21.12 14.74 15.40 23.11 12.00 23.65 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... $16.63 $10.30 $11.67 $15.68 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... 14.57 8.94 10.96 15.11 Eligibility clerks, social welfare ............................. 13.23 9.50 12.67 13.39 Bill and account collectors .................................... 11.39 8.23 8.75 11.71 General office clerks ............................................. 10.99 7.00 8.80 11.21 Data entry keyers ................................................. 12.00 8.00 9.62 12.96 Statistical clerks .................................................... 10.56 6.46 7.19 11.29 Teachers’ aides .................................................... 10.50 7.14 8.53 10.31 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 13.03 8.96 10.50 12.50 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Machinery maintenance occupations ................... Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ....................................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Painters, construction and maintenance .............. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Drillers, oil well ...................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Machinists ............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Punching and stamping press operators .............. Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators .......................................... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Molding and casting machine operators ............... Printing press operators ....................................... Textile cutting machine operators ......................... Textile sewing machine operators ........................ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Painting and paint spraying machine operators ... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. .............................................. Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. See footnotes at end of table. 6 75 90 $19.93 18.79 13.39 13.44 13.00 13.70 13.50 11.64 15.25 $24.49 18.79 15.55 15.28 15.03 15.49 15.00 14.74 18.17 12.18 17.85 25.50 16.49 16.93 16.92 12.80 5.44 8.36 20.19 11.00 14.92 12.66 8.00 7.00 12.88 22.10 14.00 15.78 13.80 8.34 10.15 18.75 24.51 14.42 17.12 16.30 11.24 16.50 21.56 28.98 19.06 17.12 20.05 15.94 21.56 25.47 29.31 21.34 19.13 21.54 20.83 20.80 14.94 18.59 22.27 12.60 19.15 16.22 21.53 18.80 8.46 10.31 17.06 20.94 9.14 8.90 17.95 7.72 15.00 17.32 5.50 15.59 12.40 11.67 13.76 5.50 6.50 10.50 18.38 5.00 6.00 21.25 10.58 17.25 18.26 5.50 16.65 13.05 14.18 15.25 6.00 7.00 11.45 18.38 6.00 7.03 21.48 14.79 18.90 21.45 13.00 20.65 15.30 18.72 17.25 7.00 8.50 15.75 21.34 8.05 8.74 21.51 17.80 21.00 25.21 19.79 20.65 19.78 30.25 22.61 9.86 14.83 22.14 21.35 11.00 9.37 21.59 22.20 21.52 29.02 19.79 21.57 20.85 35.98 24.09 12.60 16.68 22.76 24.46 14.76 12.29 8.52 6.70 6.71 15.91 9.07 7.01 9.82 9.29 10.36 9.07 13.81 8.38 8.59 9.61 11.31 11.40 11.40 5.38 5.25 4.75 7.91 5.75 4.82 6.00 5.00 4.75 5.00 7.30 5.00 6.00 5.25 6.50 6.00 6.55 6.66 5.80 5.20 11.15 7.25 5.44 6.40 6.97 5.25 6.15 8.19 5.50 6.55 7.41 8.00 7.50 9.54 7.70 6.60 5.70 13.05 9.63 6.89 9.65 8.15 10.42 7.70 11.35 7.67 8.64 9.75 10.34 10.93 10.69 11.85 7.24 7.80 22.19 11.00 8.24 11.92 10.00 14.76 9.75 22.22 10.46 9.90 11.53 13.99 14.66 13.01 11.85 8.00 9.84 26.00 12.00 9.55 14.83 12.32 14.77 16.37 23.39 11.78 12.00 13.61 17.35 17.42 17.30 11.94 8.77 11.02 9.38 5.00 5.50 9.38 6.00 7.30 10.24 7.92 10.75 12.76 10.25 15.26 13.62 14.16 16.91 14.72 10.42 9.36 7.09 9.37 8.76 5.00 7.00 4.75 5.00 12.50 5.50 8.10 5.43 6.00 15.63 10.00 8.25 7.34 8.00 17.08 14.98 9.50 8.40 11.50 20.40 18.41 14.77 9.47 17.56 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers (-Continued) Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Hand packers and packagers ............................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Bartenders ............................................................ Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Food counter, fountain, and related occupations Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ........................................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Public transportation attendants ........................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Child care workers, N.E.C. ................................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $9.57 8.80 7.34 7.42 8.71 $5.15 4.75 5.25 4.90 5.25 $6.22 5.75 6.00 5.00 6.00 $8.70 8.40 7.26 7.00 7.51 $12.38 10.53 7.50 8.82 10.00 $12.70 14.32 10.00 10.22 13.57 10.14 16.07 31.38 12.74 22.66 4.87 5.50 25.85 4.75 15.55 5.50 7.00 29.51 4.89 18.95 7.55 15.80 31.15 16.55 22.52 11.42 23.41 31.67 19.91 25.85 21.12 27.98 39.10 21.58 29.45 21.05 17.71 7.33 7.01 15.80 12.58 4.75 4.75 19.76 14.27 6.00 5.00 23.41 16.47 6.60 5.95 23.41 22.13 8.20 8.50 23.41 22.13 10.89 10.94 12.78 6.87 4.90 8.75 6.58 7.65 5.12 6.24 8.44 10.45 8.07 7.65 6.00 4.75 4.25 5.50 4.75 5.60 4.75 4.75 5.83 8.00 5.75 4.75 11.09 5.00 4.75 6.50 5.00 6.50 4.75 5.00 6.50 8.65 6.40 5.50 12.50 7.55 4.75 8.50 5.50 7.40 5.00 5.50 8.07 9.93 7.57 7.10 15.45 8.00 5.00 10.90 8.60 8.69 5.15 7.15 9.64 12.60 9.15 9.09 17.04 8.81 5.15 12.25 9.09 10.11 6.00 8.63 11.74 14.29 10.76 11.72 10.58 6.57 7.55 9.30 6.77 20.73 8.45 8.71 7.33 6.10 5.00 4.75 5.00 4.75 9.78 7.21 5.25 5.00 6.90 5.50 5.35 5.50 4.75 14.14 7.82 6.00 5.00 10.78 6.21 7.10 7.82 6.00 15.55 8.00 9.36 6.00 13.00 7.75 9.02 10.49 8.00 24.49 9.36 10.70 8.00 15.31 8.20 11.37 14.54 9.80 40.82 10.15 12.22 13.41 schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 7 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $15.59 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 15.64 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Civil engineers .................................... Industrial engineers ............................ Mechanical engineers ......................... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Operations and systems researchers and analysts ................................. Natural scientists .................................... Health related occupations ..................... Physicians .......................................... Registered nurses .............................. Pharmacists ........................................ Respiratory therapists ......................... Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ....................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ....... Teachers, except college and university Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, N.E.C. ................................ Vocational and educational counselors .................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Social scientists and urban planners ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Designers ........................................... Editors and reporters .......................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ....... Technical occupations ................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .................................... Radiological technicians ..................... Licensed practical nurses ................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ......... Drafters ............................................... Science technicians, N.E.C. ............... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... Financial managers ............................ State and local government $5.50 5.50 25 Median 50 $7.72 $12.00 7.75 12.05 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $19.66 19.95 $28.88 29.01 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $21.35 $11.01 $13.39 $19.22 $26.82 $36.03 21.36 11.02 13.39 19.24 26.82 36.03 20.23 21.16 8.00 9.00 11.09 11.97 16.07 17.31 24.93 26.03 35.23 36.65 22.45 22.47 11.22 11.24 13.39 13.39 19.38 19.41 28.30 28.33 39.08 39.08 25.30 27.64 31.36 – 25.02 27.61 30.56 30.31 12.87 15.05 22.50 – 18.63 21.25 23.65 19.14 17.33 20.00 25.10 – 23.28 23.02 25.38 22.75 23.21 25.33 29.55 – 24.04 28.40 28.88 28.51 30.45 32.55 36.60 – 26.85 31.97 34.78 35.00 40.01 42.69 43.78 – 31.25 33.67 41.00 45.00 28.37 29.45 29.28 28.78 – – – 23.28 16.31 17.62 26.55 26.55 – – – 19.64 20.63 21.86 27.47 27.47 – – – 21.27 26.68 27.27 27.47 27.47 – – – 23.06 35.43 36.07 29.90 28.57 – – – 23.06 43.78 45.15 32.43 29.80 – – – 29.89 31.19 19.44 24.04 29.00 36.82 47.50 23.28 19.64 21.27 23.06 23.06 29.89 23.20 25.38 24.23 54.57 22.81 36.20 17.82 35.57 14.25 16.20 17.00 16.97 17.57 30.00 13.75 17.00 17.25 20.00 20.00 41.10 20.00 30.91 15.14 22.56 21.11 24.69 22.73 57.70 22.74 34.96 18.36 34.38 32.55 31.36 26.00 67.31 25.28 42.69 20.53 44.87 32.55 31.88 30.16 81.92 27.84 44.52 21.12 57.74 – 25.61 23.55 – 22.56 – – 34.84 – 21.91 18.17 – 19.36 – – 22.51 – 24.53 19.98 – 20.96 – – 29.57 – 25.77 22.00 – 22.25 – – 34.70 – 25.77 23.33 – 23.41 – – 39.24 – 28.09 27.55 – 26.40 – – 44.49 – – 14.66 13.66 20.92 16.55 – – 9.56 9.85 15.05 9.56 – – 10.58 10.57 16.83 11.00 – – 13.07 13.27 19.79 14.86 – – 16.07 15.29 24.23 21.46 – – 24.23 17.51 28.09 26.98 35.70 35.48 31.01 30.19 34.74 30.73 28.23 23.89 18.72 18.60 23.79 19.18 30.14 30.54 22.83 22.47 27.28 23.45 33.14 35.31 29.18 27.74 34.88 32.24 36.84 40.28 38.66 38.33 40.69 35.74 48.40 44.49 47.15 45.23 47.15 43.13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 32.65 – 28.71 19.38 19.61 – 19.06 – 14.49 11.55 11.55 – 19.91 – 16.31 12.90 12.90 – 29.73 – 28.96 19.19 19.91 – 47.15 – 41.91 25.83 27.27 – 49.02 – 43.78 27.27 27.27 – 31.31 27.60 42.02 21.30 18.70 12.20 13.29 15.38 13.94 11.15 17.30 14.42 21.04 17.03 13.00 28.95 27.00 32.99 21.98 16.67 38.48 36.25 80.00 25.69 20.99 50.00 43.45 80.00 27.23 27.00 – – – – 18.07 – – – – 13.10 – – – – 15.29 – – – – 17.22 – – – – 21.43 – – – – 24.71 17.69 19.09 14.13 10.81 16.91 12.00 12.74 18.00 12.59 17.62 18.00 13.75 21.24 20.91 16.00 25.53 21.50 16.67 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.83 20.91 17.63 11.45 – 10.07 12.82 9.89 6.50 – 11.15 16.76 14.31 8.17 – 13.01 20.19 19.00 12.00 – 16.35 25.00 21.13 13.27 – 19.53 29.09 22.85 14.00 – – – – – 15.59 – – – – 13.78 – – – – 14.26 – – – – 14.36 – – – – 16.82 – – – – 18.41 28.20 14.96 17.05 21.65 30.08 45.00 18.47 15.29 16.91 18.38 20.41 22.33 30.80 15.50 19.10 26.00 35.09 47.98 25.81 15.73 18.06 24.51 33.22 39.45 35.47 16.83 22.50 29.91 41.49 53.85 28.85 13.53 15.73 29.94 37.03 44.49 – 35.63 – 20.19 – 25.64 – 32.47 – 41.53 – 61.06 38.70 38.31 27.17 27.25 36.36 31.79 42.99 41.92 44.74 45.23 44.74 45.23 See footnotes at end of table. 8 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued Private industry State and local government Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Personnel and labor relations managers ...................................... $31.06 $16.25 $21.45 $31.60 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .............................. 35.08 18.27 24.04 35.23 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. 24.28 14.20 15.58 22.50 Managers, medicine and health ......... 29.86 19.99 24.85 31.80 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .............................. 19.83 13.27 14.06 15.40 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ........................................... 25.56 16.83 17.73 21.63 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. 38.82 17.50 22.73 30.00 Management related occupations .......... 22.99 14.40 16.90 21.20 Accountants and auditors ................... 20.69 14.90 17.12 20.19 Other financial officers ........................ 29.67 15.68 17.05 21.81 Management analysts ........................ 24.35 14.07 17.87 24.30 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... 21.21 11.95 13.94 20.75 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 20.33 13.70 17.96 19.25 Construction inspectors ...................... – – – – Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 21.71 13.41 16.15 20.81 Sales occupations .......................................... 15.00 5.85 7.10 11.24 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 23.90 10.45 13.36 16.72 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 13.42 11.82 11.82 11.83 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 28.36 16.03 20.00 26.00 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 18.63 8.82 10.26 12.86 Sales workers, apparel ....................... 8.14 5.30 5.75 7.00 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .................................... 8.61 6.79 7.75 8.40 Sales workers, other commodities ...... 10.20 5.51 6.50 8.00 Sales counter clerks ........................... 7.64 5.00 5.50 6.00 Cashiers ............................................. 9.49 5.25 6.35 8.55 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 12.66 5.90 9.91 12.27 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 12.15 7.50 9.24 11.71 Supervisors, general office ................. 15.94 12.98 13.85 15.58 Supervisors, financial records processing .................................... 17.67 13.40 14.94 15.75 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ...................... 16.44 10.65 11.54 15.00 Computer operators ............................ 17.14 12.75 13.38 16.83 Secretaries ......................................... 14.59 10.50 11.75 14.13 Interviewers ........................................ 10.02 7.61 8.75 9.27 Hotel clerks ......................................... 9.68 5.75 6.50 8.55 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ........................................... 11.48 7.80 9.38 11.24 Receptionists ...................................... 8.99 6.92 7.50 8.50 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 10.85 8.75 9.42 10.68 Order clerks ........................................ 10.48 7.60 8.96 10.26 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping .................................. 12.67 8.25 9.71 12.69 Library clerks ...................................... – – – – File clerks ........................................... 7.46 6.25 6.50 6.72 Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 12.91 9.00 10.42 11.00 See footnotes at end of table. 9 Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – 75 90 $38.46 $43.50 46.15 50.52 26.81 34.55 48.08 36.22 29.33 29.75 – – – – – – 26.00 43.75 26.44 23.50 30.29 28.21 41.63 61.54 31.25 26.75 43.35 30.59 – 24.30 21.30 21.69 – – – 15.73 16.99 16.74 – – – 15.73 18.32 17.98 – – – 21.09 19.97 24.51 – – – 29.94 24.51 25.08 – – – 37.03 25.08 25.08 – – 25.47 35.14 – – – – – – 21.63 – 27.46 – – 24.98 – 19.26 – 24.99 – 26.51 – 26.51 – 27.07 26.87 15.83 25.75 31.25 25.55 55.75 21.09 – – 18.03 – – 19.97 – – 19.97 – – 19.97 – – 24.10 – – 14.52 15.39 – – – – – – 32.21 42.77 – – – – – – 20.79 10.00 30.51 12.05 – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.15 12.10 11.30 11.80 14.74 10.00 18.75 11.30 15.40 17.85 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.50 18.14 17.87 18.94 13.42 17.79 9.80 14.26 11.21 15.57 13.02 17.74 14.99 18.16 17.85 19.29 20.76 23.08 – – – – – – 20.00 23.05 16.58 11.00 14.50 24.17 23.91 19.56 13.58 14.75 – – 14.91 – – – – 11.88 – – – – 12.53 – – – – 15.15 – – – – 17.73 – – – – 17.73 – – 13.25 10.00 12.40 12.08 15.04 11.73 13.58 13.03 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.54 – 7.53 15.17 15.87 – 11.50 19.79 – 11.65 – 12.00 – 8.07 – 11.21 – 8.07 – 11.21 – 12.25 – 11.21 – 14.35 – 12.61 – 15.32 – 14.28 $34.92 $25.33 $31.98 $34.10 $37.51 $41.54 – – – – – – Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ $12.72 Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........... 13.21 Billing clerks ........................................ 9.97 Telephone operators .......................... 8.25 Mail clerks except postal service ........ 8.61 Production coordinators ...................... 15.28 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks 10.57 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.95 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 11.09 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................. 16.63 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 14.37 Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........... – Bill and account collectors .................. 11.00 General office clerks ........................... 9.82 Data entry keyers ............................... 11.68 Statistical clerks .................................. 10.56 Teachers’ aides .................................. – Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 12.31 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Industrial machinery repairers ............ Machinery maintenance occupations Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Carpenters .......................................... Electricians ......................................... Painters, construction and maintenance ................................. Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Drillers, oil well .................................... Supervisors, production occupations .. Machinists ........................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Butchers and meat cutters .................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Punching and stamping press operators ...................................... Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators ......... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Molding and casting machine operators ...................................... Printing press operators ..................... Textile cutting machine operators ....... Textile sewing machine operators ...... Packaging and filling machine operators ...................................... State and local government 25 Median 50 $9.53 $11.18 $12.42 10.58 11.64 14.00 7.50 8.71 10.37 6.92 7.75 8.23 6.53 7.12 8.18 10.00 12.28 14.30 5.75 8.25 10.50 6.95 8.24 10.53 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $14.19 14.50 11.07 9.28 9.84 19.05 12.63 13.85 $15.94 15.30 12.00 9.50 11.06 21.12 14.74 15.40 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $15.39 $12.14 $13.51 $15.06 $17.96 $18.65 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.00 8.50 10.20 12.00 23.65 – – – – – – 10.30 11.67 15.68 19.93 24.49 – – – – – – 8.94 – 8.00 6.10 7.56 6.46 – 10.95 – 8.63 7.50 8.76 7.19 – 14.42 – 11.25 9.59 11.50 11.29 – 18.79 – 13.00 12.00 14.77 13.50 – 18.79 – 14.27 13.66 16.01 15.00 – – 13.44 – 12.47 – – 10.52 – 12.67 – 9.80 – – 8.28 – 13.39 – 11.13 – – 8.70 – 13.39 – 11.83 – – 10.31 – 13.39 – 13.64 – – 11.64 – 14.54 – 15.74 – – 14.41 8.12 10.32 12.00 14.26 17.69 16.02 12.49 14.41 14.86 19.19 20.03 11.76 5.25 7.00 9.84 15.50 21.44 19.14 11.72 14.98 19.49 21.84 27.96 17.41 25.41 16.29 15.93 12.80 14.37 18.02 22.30 8.00 20.19 11.00 12.50 8.00 6.50 13.50 17.32 12.50 22.69 13.50 13.80 8.34 10.58 16.50 19.53 18.00 24.51 14.42 16.30 11.24 14.30 18.90 20.21 21.56 28.98 18.98 18.75 15.94 17.67 20.58 23.67 24.09 29.09 21.00 20.05 20.83 21.08 21.52 29.02 21.88 – – – – 17.25 – 22.23 15.60 – – – – 7.72 – 16.79 18.38 – – – – 14.16 – 17.64 21.00 – – – – 17.46 – 21.45 26.81 – – – – 20.41 – 25.49 27.96 – – – – 26.81 – 27.84 9.84 – 16.22 21.07 18.80 5.50 – 12.40 11.16 13.76 5.50 – 13.05 13.77 15.25 6.50 – 15.30 18.42 17.25 14.00 – 19.78 27.47 22.61 17.45 – 20.85 35.98 24.09 – 16.69 – – – – 14.85 – – – – 15.59 – – – – 16.04 – – – – 17.37 – – – – 20.58 – – – 8.46 10.31 16.91 5.50 6.50 10.40 6.00 7.00 11.42 7.00 8.50 15.75 9.86 14.83 22.14 12.60 16.68 22.76 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.98 18.38 18.38 21.34 21.35 24.46 9.08 5.00 6.00 8.02 11.00 14.32 – – – – – – 8.90 6.00 7.03 8.74 9.37 12.29 – – – – – – 8.52 5.38 6.66 7.70 11.85 11.85 – – – – – – 6.70 5.25 5.80 6.60 7.24 8.00 – – – – – – 6.71 15.91 9.07 7.01 4.75 7.91 5.75 4.82 5.20 11.15 7.25 5.44 5.70 13.05 9.63 6.89 7.80 22.19 11.00 8.24 9.84 26.00 12.00 9.55 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.82 6.00 6.40 9.65 11.92 14.83 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors (-Continued) Mixing and blending machine operators ...................................... Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Welders and cutters ............................ Assemblers ......................................... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. ..... Construction laborers ......................... Production helpers .............................. Stock handlers and baggers ............... Machine feeders and offbearers ......... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ........................................ Hand packers and packagers ............. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..................... Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... Bartenders .......................................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Food counter, fountain, and related occupations .................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ...... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .......... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Health aides, except nursing .............. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... State and local government Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $9.29 $5.00 $6.97 $8.15 $10.00 $12.32 – – – – – – 10.36 4.75 5.25 10.42 14.76 14.77 – – – – – – 8.66 13.01 8.38 5.00 7.30 5.00 6.15 8.05 5.50 7.70 10.86 7.67 9.64 17.00 10.46 14.00 23.39 11.78 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.59 6.00 6.55 8.64 9.90 12.00 – – – – – – 9.61 5.25 7.41 9.75 11.53 13.61 – – – – – – 10.80 10.90 6.18 5.85 7.75 7.00 10.08 10.30 13.43 14.28 16.79 17.42 $15.55 – 11.40 6.55 9.54 10.69 13.01 17.30 – – – – – – 10.43 9.38 9.38 10.14 10.34 12.90 – – – – – – 8.53 5.00 6.00 7.80 10.00 13.53 14.51 10.00 12.17 13.57 15.95 19.49 9.03 5.25 6.00 10.75 11.05 11.05 – – – – – – 14.72 9.27 7.09 9.37 9.57 8.76 7.00 4.75 5.00 5.15 12.50 8.10 5.43 6.00 6.22 15.63 8.25 7.34 8.00 8.70 17.08 9.00 8.40 11.50 12.38 20.40 14.77 9.47 17.56 12.70 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.80 4.75 5.75 8.40 10.53 14.32 – – – – – – 7.34 7.42 8.10 5.25 4.90 5.05 6.00 5.00 5.85 7.26 7.00 7.20 7.50 8.82 9.15 10.00 10.22 12.56 – – 13.93 – – 10.00 – – 12.17 – – 13.57 – – 15.22 – – 21.18 7.55 7.75 – – – 4.75 4.75 – – – 5.25 6.00 – – – 6.62 6.75 – – – 8.55 8.49 – – – 11.12 11.26 – – – 18.59 21.67 31.38 12.74 22.66 9.09 12.58 25.85 4.75 15.55 11.72 17.81 29.51 4.89 18.95 18.59 22.13 31.15 16.55 22.52 24.19 25.35 31.67 19.91 25.85 29.51 31.15 39.10 21.58 29.45 – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.05 17.71 15.80 12.58 19.76 14.27 23.41 16.47 23.41 22.13 23.41 22.13 7.11 6.75 4.75 4.75 6.00 5.00 6.50 5.50 7.75 7.72 10.30 10.50 – 9.76 – 8.14 – 9.09 – 9.09 – 11.09 – 11.17 13.38 6.87 4.90 8.69 6.00 4.75 4.25 5.50 11.32 5.00 4.75 6.50 15.00 7.55 4.75 8.35 15.47 8.00 5.00 10.50 17.79 8.81 5.15 12.25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.92 7.31 5.12 6.01 8.17 9.49 4.75 5.50 4.75 4.75 5.75 7.79 5.00 6.50 4.75 5.00 6.40 8.33 5.21 7.30 5.00 5.50 7.88 9.45 6.70 8.25 5.15 6.55 9.27 10.23 7.60 9.30 6.00 8.25 10.69 12.48 – 10.20 – 8.92 11.90 – – 6.74 – 7.69 8.93 – – 9.30 – 7.97 10.54 – – 10.11 – 8.45 12.16 – – 10.43 – 9.61 14.29 – – 13.38 – 11.17 14.30 – 7.98 5.68 6.30 7.43 9.00 10.67 10.22 8.30 8.93 10.09 11.56 12.40 See footnotes at end of table. 11 $8.00 $12.61 $15.56 $17.35 $21.54 – – – – – Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ............................. Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........................ Public transportation attendants ......... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .. Child care workers, N.E.C. ................. Service occupations, N.E.C. ............... State and local government Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $7.24 $4.75 $5.40 $6.65 $8.16 $10.47 $11.37 10.25 6.57 7.08 9.23 6.10 5.00 4.75 4.98 6.90 5.50 5.17 5.50 10.50 6.21 6.65 7.60 12.60 7.75 8.05 10.49 14.88 8.20 10.00 14.54 – – 11.18 9.90 – – 8.78 6.40 – – 9.90 7.82 – – 11.37 9.36 – – 12.12 10.99 – – 13.30 11.87 6.70 20.73 – 8.13 6.97 4.75 9.78 – 5.15 5.00 4.75 14.14 – 5.50 5.00 6.00 15.55 – 7.00 6.00 8.00 24.49 – 10.49 8.00 9.80 40.82 – 12.48 10.47 – – 8.79 – – – – 5.78 – – – – 7.21 – – – – 9.36 – – – – 9.85 – – – – 10.85 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $8.86 $10.10 $11.42 $12.60 $13.41 considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 12 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $17.37 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 17.37 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Civil engineers .................................... Industrial engineers ............................ Mechanical engineers ......................... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Operations and systems researchers and analysts ................................. Natural scientists .................................... Chemists, except biochemists ............ Health related occupations ..................... Physicians .......................................... Registered nurses .............................. Respiratory therapists ......................... Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ....................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ....... Teachers, except college and university Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, special education ............... Teachers, N.E.C. ................................ Vocational and educational counselors .................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Social scientists and urban planners ...... Psychologists ...................................... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Lawyers .............................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Designers ........................................... Editors and reporters .......................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ....... Technical occupations ................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .................................... Radiological technicians ..................... Licensed practical nurses ................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ......... Drafters ............................................... Science technicians, N.E.C. ............... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Part-time 25 Median 50 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $21.77 21.98 $31.30 31.36 10 25 $9.87 10.26 $4.87 4.75 $5.50 5.50 Median 50 75 90 $6.25 6.25 $9.07 $14.04 9.07 14.20 21.54 21.99 9.50 10.00 12.34 12.75 17.73 18.46 26.49 27.04 37.75 38.46 12.68 14.94 5.55 7.14 7.14 8.31 9.50 11.02 15.17 18.36 25.48 28.90 26.74 28.72 31.30 30.12 25.02 27.88 30.56 29.38 13.85 16.59 22.60 23.08 18.63 22.30 23.65 19.24 19.00 21.11 25.33 26.55 23.35 26.01 25.39 22.12 24.53 26.55 29.23 27.47 24.04 29.25 28.90 27.18 32.15 34.55 36.13 34.42 26.83 32.43 34.78 34.00 42.44 44.08 43.27 41.77 31.25 33.67 41.00 45.00 21.77 23.85 – – – – – – 9.92 11.72 – – – – – – 15.13 18.00 – – – – – – 20.00 22.00 – – – – – – 26.42 29.14 – – – – – – 35.74 35.74 – – – – – – 30.03 19.64 23.06 27.63 34.62 45.00 – – – – – – 23.20 25.46 24.31 24.20 47.54 22.74 17.84 35.89 14.25 17.62 19.89 16.97 12.98 17.75 13.75 21.47 17.25 21.91 23.31 19.96 16.97 20.61 14.72 29.61 21.11 25.63 24.53 22.57 57.70 22.76 18.39 35.06 32.55 31.36 24.69 25.00 65.00 24.78 20.53 41.60 32.55 31.88 28.09 30.16 67.31 27.08 20.86 48.08 – – – 23.85 – 22.92 – 31.46 – – – 18.36 – 18.92 – 16.30 – – – 20.00 – 20.00 – 25.44 – – – 22.84 – 22.23 – 33.17 – – – 26.25 – 26.25 – 38.77 – – – 30.00 – 27.93 – 41.20 35.60 35.95 28.84 29.09 34.15 26.50 26.40 28.23 24.71 13.73 15.59 22.47 17.48 13.07 31.07 30.94 19.96 21.38 27.04 20.00 19.18 33.84 35.53 27.28 27.04 34.11 25.20 25.38 36.84 39.88 37.23 37.37 39.76 32.19 33.30 46.60 44.49 47.15 45.15 47.15 37.30 42.52 – 30.94 23.06 – – – 28.56 – 16.28 16.50 – – – 11.72 – 19.12 17.22 – – – 20.00 – 31.25 19.51 – – – 32.53 – 40.88 31.50 – – – 35.74 – 42.09 35.74 – – – 36.24 28.50 19.07 25.52 24.70 18.76 19.36 39.35 39.35 12.87 16.23 15.90 15.29 11.55 11.55 25.62 25.62 18.15 18.30 18.72 18.65 11.68 12.90 30.92 30.92 22.32 19.15 20.60 20.60 18.68 19.19 36.03 36.03 41.27 19.22 30.15 31.57 24.49 25.83 51.42 51.42 49.02 20.11 42.17 42.22 27.27 27.27 54.54 54.54 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 32.71 27.60 42.02 20.66 18.99 13.75 13.29 15.38 13.94 11.49 19.95 14.42 21.04 16.15 13.69 30.00 27.00 32.99 20.43 17.05 38.92 36.25 80.00 25.64 21.43 50.53 43.45 80.00 27.12 26.70 18.35 – – – 13.75 5.86 – – – 9.02 7.87 – – – 11.30 8.98 – – – 13.33 30.56 – – – 16.00 36.00 – – – 17.98 17.71 19.27 14.16 10.91 15.60 12.00 12.29 18.00 12.60 17.86 18.61 13.99 21.96 20.91 16.00 25.50 22.72 16.67 – – 14.19 – – 12.00 – – 12.85 – – 14.12 – – 15.50 – – 16.11 14.91 21.15 18.33 14.98 16.34 10.63 12.86 9.89 6.50 13.78 11.93 17.35 15.96 12.00 14.26 15.76 20.19 19.22 13.27 15.18 16.75 25.88 21.30 22.93 17.11 20.56 29.09 22.01 24.71 21.16 13.33 – – – – 7.86 – – – – 11.00 – – – – 12.50 – – – – 15.06 – – – – 21.00 – – – – 25.51 15.23 17.05 20.41 25.00 40.00 – – – – – – 29.95 15.50 18.58 25.64 34.33 45.67 36.83 18.90 30.00 33.71 50.00 50.00 See footnotes at end of table. 13 $7.65 $10.69 $17.22 8.00 11.00 19.51 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... $34.39 $15.73 $21.85 $29.81 Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... 38.70 27.17 36.36 42.99 Financial managers ............................ 35.80 20.19 25.64 32.47 Personnel and labor relations managers ...................................... 31.79 16.25 21.63 31.60 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .............................. 34.54 19.23 22.96 32.47 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. 29.99 15.58 22.50 31.66 Managers, medicine and health ......... 29.34 19.99 24.30 28.77 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .............................. 17.21 12.79 13.53 14.06 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ........................................... 23.00 16.83 17.73 21.35 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. 37.26 15.86 21.92 29.91 Management related occupations .......... 22.70 14.64 17.25 20.81 Accountants and auditors ................... 20.79 15.28 17.31 20.19 Other financial officers ........................ 29.67 15.68 17.05 21.81 Management analysts ........................ 24.27 14.30 19.37 24.10 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... 20.14 12.50 15.61 18.32 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 20.33 13.70 17.96 19.25 Construction inspectors ...................... 25.42 19.26 24.95 26.51 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction ....................... 23.29 16.39 20.94 23.88 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 21.67 13.41 16.38 19.97 Sales occupations .......................................... 17.35 6.50 9.20 12.49 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 23.90 10.45 13.36 16.72 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 13.74 11.82 11.83 11.83 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 28.36 16.03 20.00 26.00 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 18.63 8.82 10.26 12.86 Sales workers, apparel ....................... 8.79 5.50 6.00 8.51 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .................................... – – – – Sales workers, other commodities ...... 11.17 6.30 7.00 9.29 Cashiers ............................................. 9.88 5.75 6.50 9.00 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 13.34 9.50 10.30 12.75 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 12.78 8.21 10.24 12.40 Supervisors, general office ................. 16.62 12.98 14.26 16.69 Supervisors, financial records processing .................................... 17.67 13.40 14.94 15.75 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ...................... 18.23 10.65 14.83 17.24 Computer operators ............................ 17.14 12.75 13.38 16.83 Secretaries ......................................... 14.79 10.96 12.00 14.42 Typists ................................................ 12.64 10.00 11.50 12.99 Interviewers ........................................ 10.07 7.61 8.75 9.42 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ........................................... 11.41 7.93 9.38 11.24 Receptionists ...................................... 9.28 7.00 8.00 8.98 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 11.16 8.79 9.70 11.15 Order clerks ........................................ 11.16 7.75 9.18 11.00 See footnotes at end of table. 14 Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 75 90 $40.06 $50.52 44.74 41.80 44.74 60.10 – – – – – – – – – – – – 38.46 40.38 – – – – – – 45.67 50.52 – – – – – – 34.57 34.55 40.65 35.67 – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.63 29.75 – – – – – – 26.00 43.13 25.93 24.51 30.29 28.21 38.76 61.06 30.65 26.44 43.35 30.43 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 22.06 30.82 – – – – – – 21.63 27.07 27.03 27.32 – – – – – – – – – – – – 24.23 28.85 – – – – – – 26.44 17.83 25.75 31.25 29.55 55.75 – 7.89 – – 5.15 – – 5.97 – – 6.75 – – 9.00 – 14.52 15.39 – – – – – – 32.21 42.77 – – – – – – 20.79 10.12 30.51 13.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.91 13.73 15.00 – 20.34 15.60 19.05 8.02 7.03 9.11 – 6.10 5.25 5.00 – 7.00 5.87 5.97 – 8.00 6.50 8.16 – 9.00 7.50 11.33 – 9.35 9.52 15.40 – 15.00 18.16 18.14 19.11 9.48 – 6.40 – 7.55 – 9.06 – 10.92 – 13.30 – 20.76 23.08 – – – – – – 24.17 23.05 16.98 13.85 11.26 26.82 23.91 19.09 14.29 13.58 – – 11.61 – – – – 7.50 – – – – 11.00 – – – – 12.00 – – – – 12.87 – – – – 13.30 – – 13.25 10.10 12.42 12.38 14.88 12.50 13.52 14.62 – 7.74 10.23 – – 5.00 5.50 – – 5.00 9.30 – – 7.50 9.50 – – 7.85 11.54 – – 15.06 13.56 – $43.02 $30.00 $33.71 $46.21 $50.00 $50.00 – 11.80 – Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping .................................. $12.67 Library clerks ...................................... 14.31 File clerks ........................................... 7.47 Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 12.64 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 13.09 Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........... 12.88 Telephone operators .......................... 9.88 Mail clerks except postal service ........ 8.61 Dispatchers ......................................... 17.57 Production coordinators ...................... 15.25 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks 10.65 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 11.34 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................. 16.63 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 14.66 Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........... 13.23 Bill and account collectors .................. 11.39 General office clerks ........................... 11.35 Data entry keyers ............................... 12.11 Statistical clerks .................................. 10.65 Teachers’ aides .................................. 10.54 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 13.50 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................................... Industrial machinery repairers ............ Machinery maintenance occupations Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment .............. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Carpenters .......................................... Electricians ......................................... Painters, construction and maintenance ................................. Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Drillers, oil well .................................... Supervisors, production occupations .. Machinists ........................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Butchers and meat cutters .................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Punching and stamping press operators ...................................... Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators ......... Part-time 25 Median 50 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $15.54 18.72 7.00 13.59 $15.87 18.72 11.50 16.49 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $8.25 8.07 6.25 10.56 $9.71 $12.69 10.43 15.01 6.50 6.72 11.00 11.21 10.00 10.58 6.92 6.53 15.45 10.48 5.75 6.98 11.54 11.24 8.00 7.50 16.53 12.28 8.48 9.15 12.54 12.50 9.00 8.18 17.95 14.30 10.66 10.53 15.00 14.50 11.94 9.84 18.93 19.05 12.65 14.80 16.83 15.30 15.90 11.06 18.93 21.12 14.79 15.48 – – – – – – – $9.59 – – – – – – – $5.25 10.30 11.67 15.68 19.93 24.49 – – – – 8.94 9.50 8.23 7.17 8.00 6.50 8.00 11.25 12.67 8.75 9.37 10.00 7.19 10.31 15.56 13.39 11.71 11.28 13.26 11.29 10.31 18.79 13.39 13.44 13.15 13.70 13.50 10.31 18.79 15.55 15.28 15.74 15.49 15.00 12.32 – – – 8.44 – – 10.48 – – – 5.00 – – 7.14 – – – 6.40 – – 8.28 9.80 10.92 12.73 15.80 18.51 6.96 4.25 12.42 5.50 7.15 10.44 16.96 21.56 8.09 17.90 25.50 16.52 8.50 20.19 11.00 13.00 22.10 14.00 18.81 24.51 14.42 21.56 28.98 19.06 25.49 29.31 21.34 10.78 – – 16.93 16.92 12.80 14.92 12.66 8.00 15.78 13.80 8.34 17.12 16.30 11.24 17.12 20.05 15.94 19.13 21.54 20.83 20.80 15.11 18.59 22.27 17.95 8.50 15.00 17.32 21.25 11.09 17.25 18.26 21.48 15.04 18.90 21.45 21.51 17.80 21.00 25.21 12.60 19.15 16.22 21.53 18.80 5.50 15.59 12.40 11.67 13.76 5.50 16.65 13.05 14.18 15.25 13.00 20.65 15.30 18.72 17.25 8.46 10.09 17.06 5.50 6.50 10.50 6.00 7.00 11.45 20.94 18.38 9.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $7.22 $10.37 $10.92 $13.61 – – – – – 8.00 – – 9.58 – – – 10.00 – – 11.87 – – – 12.52 – – 14.74 5.00 7.00 8.10 10.61 5.00 5.95 7.50 9.74 12.35 7.72 – – 7.72 – – 10.00 – – 14.83 – – 14.83 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.59 22.43 21.52 29.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19.79 20.65 19.78 30.25 22.61 19.79 21.57 20.85 35.98 24.09 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.00 8.00 15.75 9.86 14.69 22.14 12.60 16.68 22.76 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.38 21.34 21.35 24.46 – – – – – – 5.00 6.00 8.11 11.00 14.76 – – – – – – 8.90 6.00 7.03 8.74 9.37 12.29 – – – – – – 8.52 5.38 6.66 7.70 11.85 11.85 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors (-Continued) Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Molding and casting machine operators ...................................... Printing press operators ..................... Textile cutting machine operators ....... Textile sewing machine operators ...... Packaging and filling machine operators ...................................... Mixing and blending machine operators ...................................... Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Welders and cutters ............................ Assemblers ......................................... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. ..... Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...... Construction laborers ......................... Production helpers .............................. Stock handlers and baggers ............... Machine feeders and offbearers ......... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ........................................ Hand packers and packagers ............. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Police and detectives, public service .. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..................... Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $6.70 $5.25 $5.80 $6.60 $7.24 $8.00 – – – – – – 6.98 15.91 9.07 7.01 5.20 7.91 5.75 4.82 5.45 11.15 7.25 5.44 5.95 13.05 9.63 6.89 8.35 22.19 11.00 8.24 9.84 26.00 12.00 9.55 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.82 6.00 6.40 9.65 11.92 14.83 – – – – – – 9.29 5.00 6.97 8.15 10.00 12.32 – – – – – – 10.36 4.75 5.25 10.42 14.76 14.77 – – – – – – 9.07 13.81 8.39 5.00 7.30 5.00 6.15 8.19 5.50 7.70 11.35 7.67 9.75 22.22 10.53 16.37 23.39 11.78 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.59 6.00 6.55 8.64 9.90 12.00 – – – – – – 9.61 5.25 7.41 9.75 11.53 13.61 – – – – – – 11.69 11.46 6.27 6.00 8.25 7.50 10.63 11.20 14.54 15.00 17.71 18.12 – $10.49 – $5.85 – $7.10 11.70 8.00 9.79 10.69 13.96 17.71 – – – – – – 12.03 9.38 9.38 10.24 12.78 25.63 – – – – – – 8.94 5.00 6.00 8.03 10.62 14.77 7.66 5.00 5.50 6.57 8.48 11.68 6.50 10.00 10.75 15.26 18.21 – – – – – – 14.72 10.42 9.24 7.10 9.59 9.57 8.76 5.00 7.00 4.75 4.75 5.15 12.50 5.50 8.10 5.48 6.00 6.22 15.63 10.00 8.25 7.34 8.75 8.70 17.08 14.98 9.00 8.44 11.24 12.38 20.40 18.41 13.90 9.47 17.56 12.70 – – – – 8.96 – – – – – 5.45 – – – – – 6.40 – – – – – 7.40 – – – – – 12.29 – – – – – 14.05 – 8.93 4.75 6.00 8.48 10.83 14.83 – – – – – – 7.37 7.50 9.43 5.25 5.00 5.50 6.00 5.25 6.00 7.26 7.00 8.20 7.50 8.82 12.31 10.00 10.22 15.22 – 6.56 6.70 – 4.75 5.00 – 4.75 5.70 – 5.00 6.57 – 7.15 7.77 – 10.22 8.00 11.13 16.73 31.38 22.76 5.00 6.00 25.85 15.55 6.21 7.50 29.51 19.14 8.25 17.69 31.15 22.77 13.13 23.41 31.67 25.85 22.78 28.75 39.10 29.45 6.37 5.85 – – 4.75 4.75 – – 4.89 4.89 – – 5.50 5.50 – – 7.50 6.25 – – 9.45 6.75 – – 21.05 17.71 15.80 12.58 19.76 14.27 23.41 16.47 23.41 22.13 23.41 22.13 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.44 7.66 4.75 4.90 6.00 5.20 6.75 6.75 8.49 9.09 10.97 11.54 – 5.73 – 4.70 – 4.75 – 5.00 – 5.75 – 8.14 13.32 5.12 8.91 10.87 4.75 5.50 11.09 4.75 6.75 12.50 5.00 8.85 15.45 5.00 11.00 17.04 5.25 12.55 – 4.74 – – 4.25 – – 4.75 – – 4.75 – – 4.75 – – 5.00 – See footnotes at end of table. 16 – – – $9.79 $13.92 $13.92 12.35 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Food service occupations (-Continued) Food counter, fountain, and related occupations .................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ...... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .......... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Health aides, except nursing .............. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ............................. Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........................ Public transportation attendants ......... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .. Child care workers, N.E.C. ................. Service occupations, N.E.C. ............... Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $6.66 7.31 5.27 6.67 8.40 10.79 $4.75 5.50 4.75 5.00 5.89 8.17 $5.10 6.50 4.79 5.15 6.40 8.90 $5.50 7.30 5.00 6.05 7.85 10.09 $9.09 8.25 5.25 7.38 9.73 12.67 $9.09 9.30 6.55 9.52 11.79 14.30 $6.46 10.20 5.03 5.50 8.67 9.79 $4.75 6.74 4.75 4.75 5.51 6.50 $5.00 9.30 4.75 4.75 7.50 8.25 $5.50 10.11 4.89 5.00 9.00 9.64 $7.35 10.43 5.00 5.50 9.64 11.09 $9.79 13.38 5.50 7.77 11.09 13.05 8.07 5.80 6.40 7.43 9.25 11.11 8.04 5.40 6.11 9.00 9.00 9.50 7.93 5.00 5.80 7.22 9.50 11.99 6.17 4.75 4.75 5.50 7.19 8.50 10.58 6.66 7.87 10.98 6.10 5.15 4.90 4.75 6.90 5.50 5.70 7.20 10.78 6.21 7.22 9.00 13.00 7.75 9.38 13.10 15.31 8.20 11.72 16.01 – – 6.22 7.08 – – 4.75 5.00 – – 4.85 5.15 – – 5.50 6.40 – – 7.50 8.65 – – 8.78 10.42 – 20.73 – – 8.57 – 9.78 – – 5.00 – 14.14 – – 6.00 – 15.55 – – 7.20 – 24.49 – – 10.00 – 40.82 – – 14.58 7.17 – 8.55 7.54 6.02 5.25 – 5.89 5.15 5.00 5.50 – 7.69 5.50 5.00 6.78 – 8.94 6.75 5.25 8.65 – 9.36 9.45 6.40 10.13 – 10.85 11.58 8.25 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 17 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All industries Occupation3 Mean weekly hours4 Weekly earnings Mean Median Mean annual hours Annual earnings Mean Median All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 39.7 39.7 $689 689 $560 565 2,017 2,015 $35,043 35,000 $29,119 29,245 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 39.7 39.6 854 872 709 734 1,991 1,983 42,893 43,621 35,872 37,128 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Health related occupations ....................................... Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified .. Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Science technicians, N.E.C. ................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. 38.7 38.7 40.3 40.0 40.3 41.0 40.0 40.1 40.1 1,035 1,110 1,261 1,205 1,009 1,143 1,222 1,178 1,205 955 1,031 1,176 1,099 962 1,170 1,156 1,087 1,096 1,843 1,803 2,096 2,080 2,097 2,131 2,080 2,086 2,086 49,269 51,771 65,592 62,660 52,488 59,418 63,556 61,274 62,650 45,906 48,526 61,131 57,138 50,003 60,840 60,112 56,534 56,992 40.0 39.9 39.7 38.5 40.0 38.2 38.5 38.5 40.0 37.8 35.8 35.6 34.3 39.3 36.3 36.6 43.1 39.1 39.0 40.0 40.0 42.9 42.9 928 1,017 966 932 1,902 870 686 1,382 1,424 1,359 1,031 1,036 1,171 1,043 959 1,042 823 998 962 750 774 1,689 1,689 844 1,025 981 862 2,308 866 708 1,335 1,354 1,335 1,037 1,011 1,201 1,008 958 1,088 804 824 824 747 768 1,441 1,441 2,080 2,076 2,067 1,991 1,980 1,981 2,001 1,561 1,660 1,562 1,396 1,349 1,274 1,790 1,466 1,581 2,217 1,837 1,796 2,079 2,079 2,232 2,232 48,258 52,877 50,246 48,180 94,153 45,049 35,696 56,010 59,090 56,172 40,246 39,238 43,503 47,435 38,702 45,075 42,277 46,869 44,350 38,992 40,237 87,816 87,816 43,909 53,310 51,022 44,512 120,016 45,040 36,804 53,869 50,501 54,370 40,741 38,975 45,078 48,214 37,729 49,304 41,829 42,848 42,848 38,854 39,915 74,942 74,942 42.2 43.3 44.2 40.0 39.0 39.5 39.3 38.7 39.6 40.1 40.0 40.0 36.6 40.0 40.7 41.0 40.0 40.5 40.7 1,380 1,196 1,858 826 740 699 758 548 591 848 733 599 598 1,020 1,218 1,409 1,548 1,450 1,294 1,117 998 1,475 817 677 705 756 524 603 808 769 531 584 816 1,038 1,224 1,720 1,300 1,360 2,193 2,251 2,299 2,080 2,018 2,052 2,046 2,011 2,059 2,086 2,080 2,080 1,663 2,080 2,095 2,102 2,080 2,106 2,116 71,745 62,106 96,593 42,971 38,325 36,335 39,415 28,484 30,713 44,115 38,132 31,158 27,181 53,062 62,749 72,282 80,487 75,396 67,266 58,094 51,886 76,710 42,494 35,048 36,650 39,312 27,269 31,366 41,995 39,978 27,602 28,662 42,453 52,998 62,275 89,419 67,600 70,720 42.1 41.4 39.6 1,454 1,241 1,162 1,573 1,330 1,080 2,190 1,918 2,060 75,630 57,537 60,428 81,796 55,814 56,160 41.7 41.2 41.1 718 947 1,531 562 865 1,200 1,850 2,140 2,135 31,845 49,223 79,554 27,602 44,990 62,400 See footnotes at end of table. 18 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Construction inspectors ........................................ Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, apparel ......................................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Typists .................................................................. Interviewers .......................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping Library clerks ........................................................ File clerks ............................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Payroll and timekeeping clerks ............................. Telephone operators ............................................ Mail clerks except postal service .......................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Eligibility clerks, social welfare ............................. Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Data entry keyers ................................................. Statistical clerks .................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mean weekly hours4 Median Mean annual hours Mean Mean 40.1 40.1 41.0 39.8 $911 833 1,217 965 $846 841 900 966 2,084 2,083 2,133 2,067 $47,305 43,309 63,273 50,168 $44,054 43,742 46,800 50,232 40.3 40.0 39.7 812 813 1,010 733 770 1,060 2,095 2,080 2,066 42,201 42,283 52,516 38,106 40,040 55,141 40.0 40.0 39.9 42.1 39.9 932 867 692 1,005 549 955 799 488 673 473 2,080 2,069 2,064 2,187 2,076 48,442 44,825 35,816 52,282 28,540 49,670 41,538 25,355 35,006 24,606 40.0 41.9 39.6 38.1 39.0 40.0 39.8 40.6 40.0 1,134 780 348 425 386 533 509 674 707 1,040 540 340 360 360 510 494 668 630 2,080 2,177 2,058 1,952 2,030 2,080 2,055 2,109 2,080 58,990 40,552 18,084 21,799 20,055 27,740 26,259 35,062 36,747 54,080 28,086 17,701 18,525 18,720 26,520 25,418 34,715 32,760 41.2 39.7 40.0 39.9 39.3 40.0 39.2 39.8 40.0 40.0 37.6 40.0 39.8 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.9 39.6 39.9 40.0 751 680 592 505 396 457 364 444 446 507 537 299 503 522 515 395 343 700 604 425 454 714 673 577 520 370 450 343 439 440 508 592 269 448 502 500 360 319 718 572 421 421 2,143 2,062 2,062 2,076 2,046 2,080 2,039 2,070 2,080 2,079 1,914 2,080 2,015 2,074 2,080 2,080 1,977 2,072 2,059 2,075 2,080 39,060 35,347 30,511 26,240 20,602 23,740 18,917 23,100 23,215 26,354 27,380 15,539 25,462 27,153 26,781 20,545 17,016 36,415 31,389 22,104 23,595 37,128 35,006 29,994 27,019 19,219 23,379 17,854 22,810 22,880 26,395 30,326 13,978 23,317 26,083 26,000 18,720 16,548 37,336 29,744 21,902 21,902 39.1 40.1 40.0 39.5 39.5 39.6 39.6 38.4 40.1 651 588 529 450 449 480 422 404 541 616 620 536 453 448 520 452 412 505 2,036 2,085 2,080 2,055 2,028 2,060 2,062 1,494 2,074 33,851 30,570 27,517 23,398 23,031 24,949 21,951 15,744 28,006 32,018 32,219 27,851 23,556 23,317 27,061 23,483 15,011 26,247 39.8 39.8 40.0 39.4 40.0 39.8 494 713 1,020 652 677 673 416 737 980 548 685 652 2,063 2,061 2,081 2,051 2,080 2,068 25,613 36,887 53,060 33,883 35,213 34,992 21,445 38,272 50,981 28,494 35,610 33,904 See footnotes at end of table. 19 Weekly earnings Annual earnings Median Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Occupation3 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Machinery maintenance occupations ................... Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ....................................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Painters, construction and maintenance .............. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Drillers, oil well ...................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Machinists ............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Punching and stamping press operators .............. Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators .......................................... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Molding and casting machine operators ............... Printing press operators ....................................... Textile cutting machine operators ......................... Textile sewing machine operators ........................ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Painting and paint spraying machine operators ... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. .............................................. Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Hand packers and packagers ............................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Mean weekly hours4 Mean Median Mean annual hours 40.0 $512 $450 2,080 $26,625 $23,379 40.0 39.5 37.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.3 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.6 40.0 39.8 40.0 832 596 692 891 504 766 670 863 752 339 404 692 838 365 356 859 582 680 858 520 826 641 750 690 280 320 630 854 322 350 2,080 2,022 1,745 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,148 2,083 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,109 2,080 2,065 2,080 43,264 30,555 32,431 46,334 26,218 39,832 34,838 44,858 39,101 17,604 20,983 35,979 43,557 18,946 18,518 44,678 29,994 34,471 44,616 27,040 42,952 33,306 39,000 35,880 14,560 16,640 32,760 44,387 16,702 18,179 40.0 39.7 40.0 38.7 40.0 39.1 39.8 40.1 40.0 39.8 39.9 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 39.8 341 266 279 616 363 274 391 373 414 361 552 335 344 384 467 458 466 308 262 238 522 385 263 386 326 417 306 454 307 346 390 424 448 428 2,080 2,063 2,080 2,013 2,080 2,032 2,070 2,086 2,080 2,068 2,077 2,069 2,080 2,080 2,059 2,070 2,068 17,724 13,812 14,516 32,037 18,857 14,233 20,314 19,389 21,547 18,751 28,680 17,355 17,868 19,985 24,061 23,719 24,208 16,016 13,603 12,376 27,144 20,030 13,668 20,072 16,952 21,674 15,891 23,608 15,954 17,971 20,280 21,840 22,360 22,235 39.6 39.8 39.5 476 356 461 410 321 430 2,058 2,063 2,055 24,754 18,438 23,991 21,299 16,673 22,360 40.0 39.7 40.0 39.8 39.4 39.3 39.9 40.0 39.9 40.0 589 414 369 283 378 376 356 295 299 377 625 400 330 294 342 408 339 290 280 328 2,080 2,065 2,080 2,069 2,050 1,959 2,072 2,028 2,075 2,077 30,610 21,506 19,213 14,697 19,662 18,750 18,495 14,941 15,559 19,594 32,510 20,800 17,160 15,267 17,784 17,160 17,638 15,101 14,560 17,056 39.4 40.3 40.1 39.8 439 674 1,257 905 325 692 1,246 902 2,031 2,088 2,084 2,067 22,605 34,922 65,379 47,050 16,640 35,630 64,792 46,904 40.0 39.8 39.7 39.3 842 705 295 301 936 659 267 268 2,080 2,071 2,049 1,988 43,790 36,686 15,233 15,218 48,693 34,258 13,874 13,235 40.0 36.2 533 186 500 190 1,962 1,883 26,135 9,649 26,000 9,880 See footnotes at end of table. 20 Weekly earnings Annual earnings Mean Median Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All industries Occupation3 Service occupations (-Continued) Food service occupations (-Continued) Cooks ................................................................... Food counter, fountain, and related occupations Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ........................................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Public transportation attendants ........................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. Mean weekly hours4 Mean Median Mean annual hours 40.7 39.4 39.4 37.8 39.4 38.9 40.0 38.7 39.9 $362 262 288 199 263 326 432 312 317 $346 220 284 192 240 303 404 286 287 2,100 1,782 2,047 1,963 2,042 2,020 2,080 2,012 2,055 $18,715 11,861 14,968 10,349 13,611 16,965 22,443 16,236 16,304 $18,200 12,522 14,768 9,963 12,480 15,766 20,987 14,872 14,768 41.5 39.3 39.9 36.1 28.2 38.5 439 261 313 396 585 330 472 248 289 374 566 288 2,157 2,042 2,046 1,875 1,467 2,002 22,817 13,596 16,096 20,594 30,414 17,163 24,523 12,917 14,872 19,448 29,411 14,976 1 Earnings are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used Weekly earnings Annual earnings Mean Median to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 21 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $16.62 16.74 $15.59 15.64 $21.35 21.36 $17.37 17.37 $9.87 10.26 White-collar occupations ................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Level 15 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Level 15 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.73 6.44 8.20 9.84 11.49 14.05 16.42 18.07 21.15 26.13 26.46 30.63 38.60 45.63 54.51 94.61 35.84 21.50 6.59 8.53 9.91 11.76 13.95 15.99 18.15 21.36 26.24 25.99 30.29 36.94 45.63 53.92 94.61 37.41 20.23 6.44 8.08 9.62 11.27 14.09 15.77 18.12 20.32 23.22 26.20 30.69 38.58 45.79 54.62 94.61 36.77 21.16 6.59 8.44 9.57 11.55 13.98 15.00 18.23 20.47 23.28 25.51 30.23 36.67 45.79 54.00 94.61 38.56 22.45 – 8.99 11.03 12.49 13.81 17.76 17.93 23.98 29.86 27.33 30.46 38.70 44.71 – – 26.29 22.47 – 8.99 11.05 12.49 13.81 17.76 17.93 23.98 29.86 27.33 30.46 38.70 44.71 – – 26.29 21.54 6.89 8.22 10.36 11.59 14.12 16.47 18.05 21.06 26.10 26.35 30.59 38.62 45.65 54.50 94.61 38.03 21.99 7.09 8.43 10.05 11.85 14.02 16.00 18.13 21.27 26.21 25.85 30.24 36.94 45.65 53.90 94.61 39.52 12.68 5.90 8.16 8.49 10.56 12.31 15.70 18.66 22.76 26.91 36.98 32.42 37.12 – – – 18.11 14.94 5.79 8.85 9.23 10.94 12.43 15.74 18.66 22.76 26.91 36.98 32.42 37.12 – – – 19.52 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Level 7 .............................................................. 26.37 28.36 12.39 22.20 20.62 22.64 28.07 26.37 29.89 37.48 44.52 50.47 35.98 31.24 25.68 27.84 29.99 35.79 42.52 46.39 29.38 24.00 24.93 29.66 25.46 24.13 20.52 25.30 27.64 12.38 14.07 20.58 21.17 23.54 25.86 29.99 36.93 44.19 49.92 37.39 31.36 25.41 27.82 29.98 35.81 42.52 46.39 30.31 24.48 26.05 30.11 25.38 24.23 20.76 28.37 29.45 – 26.36 20.79 25.66 31.04 27.27 29.76 40.90 – – – 29.28 – – – – – – 23.28 – – – 25.61 23.55 – 26.74 28.72 12.50 23.09 20.71 22.64 28.15 26.15 29.77 37.47 44.44 50.41 40.89 31.30 25.68 27.68 29.99 35.79 42.52 46.39 29.38 24.00 24.93 29.66 25.46 24.20 20.82 21.77 23.85 10.90 17.38 19.98 22.69 27.09 36.98 32.42 37.94 – – 18.35 – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.85 19.95 Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 22 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level White-collar occupations (-Continued) Health related occupations (-Continued) Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Teachers, except college and university .................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, religious, and recreation workers .................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Technical occupations .................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Level 15 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Level 15 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Management related occupations ............................ Level 5 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 23 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $21.55 22.88 24.64 26.61 41.32 35.02 14.56 25.39 31.15 34.28 43.25 28.46 11.72 24.37 17.84 25.30 33.01 32.65 28.88 19.07 26.26 18.64 39.35 $21.55 23.11 24.99 26.88 37.36 35.57 15.18 – – 30.00 – 14.66 11.72 – – 17.29 18.12 – – – – – – – $22.10 – – – 34.84 – – 31.30 – 41.33 31.01 – 27.82 24.43 26.51 33.55 – – – 28.71 19.38 – $20.85 22.51 24.38 24.61 41.41 35.89 – 24.72 30.41 35.17 44.37 28.84 11.82 25.79 17.73 25.96 33.13 32.84 28.88 19.07 25.52 18.76 39.35 $24.48 24.79 – 30.73 – 31.46 – 25.87 37.51 29.60 37.96 23.06 11.00 17.98 – 17.26 30.97 – – – – – – 30.98 23.46 30.37 37.94 18.60 9.12 12.49 13.98 16.52 18.14 21.40 26.23 30.01 14.11 14.61 16.83 19.18 23.00 25.70 30.11 36.42 44.96 55.75 94.61 47.37 34.47 15.92 17.57 23.04 26.08 30.89 35.33 45.22 56.10 94.61 55.64 22.71 14.04 31.31 23.46 30.37 38.14 18.70 9.11 12.48 13.98 16.32 18.39 21.47 27.77 30.80 14.15 14.61 16.63 18.81 22.58 25.38 29.72 36.40 45.11 55.91 94.61 48.30 35.47 15.79 17.51 22.17 25.51 30.52 35.09 45.41 56.28 94.61 55.57 22.99 14.08 – – – – 18.07 – – – 17.81 17.44 20.88 21.17 25.81 – – 17.37 20.57 24.64 – 32.88 36.56 – – – – 28.85 – – 27.74 – 32.88 36.56 – – – – 21.30 – 32.71 23.46 30.37 46.08 18.99 – 12.52 14.07 16.53 18.35 21.52 26.23 29.95 14.11 14.51 16.83 19.00 23.01 25.70 30.11 36.43 44.98 55.75 94.61 47.23 34.39 15.92 17.57 23.04 26.08 30.89 35.32 45.25 56.10 94.61 55.57 22.70 14.04 18.35 – – 18.35 13.75 – – – 16.43 15.51 – – 36.83 – – – – – – – – – – – – 43.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers White-collar occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Sales occupations ............................................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... $16.16 17.40 20.35 22.97 25.00 27.52 42.07 22.29 14.98 6.14 – 9.72 10.25 14.56 21.77 16.41 19.32 21.90 29.99 37.16 12.44 6.59 8.48 9.95 11.70 14.11 14.82 17.21 20.38 13.55 $15.92 17.03 20.04 22.90 25.15 27.50 42.07 23.00 15.00 6.14 – 9.71 10.25 14.56 21.77 16.41 19.32 21.90 29.99 37.16 12.15 6.59 8.38 9.60 11.47 14.11 14.87 17.21 19.62 13.54 – $19.11 – 23.22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.42 – 8.99 11.15 12.49 14.14 14.72 17.21 – – $16.06 17.40 20.08 23.00 25.00 27.52 42.07 22.29 17.35 – 6.39 11.40 10.39 14.67 22.39 16.41 19.32 21.90 29.99 37.16 12.78 7.09 8.37 10.09 11.79 14.17 14.88 17.21 20.38 13.60 – – – – – – – – $7.89 6.04 – 7.94 9.33 11.53 – – – – – – 9.48 5.79 8.85 9.27 10.90 12.26 – – – – Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Level 1 .............................................................. 12.18 6.52 7.89 9.21 10.84 14.13 16.78 18.76 22.96 28.08 11.09 17.85 7.28 9.21 14.03 15.63 18.89 19.11 23.24 28.32 16.77 9.14 6.27 7.77 8.21 10.12 11.10 15.13 16.66 11.31 6.91 11.76 6.50 7.77 9.12 10.61 13.98 16.87 17.83 22.85 27.74 11.09 17.41 7.28 9.20 13.92 15.53 19.08 18.23 23.15 27.97 16.77 9.08 6.25 7.77 8.21 10.12 11.10 15.13 15.95 10.80 6.91 19.14 – – 12.97 14.05 16.84 15.50 23.03 24.39 31.76 – 21.88 – – – 17.73 – 22.80 24.39 31.76 – – – – – – – – – 15.55 – 12.42 6.54 7.88 9.17 11.01 14.14 16.78 18.79 22.96 28.16 13.35 17.90 7.18 9.21 14.03 15.64 18.89 19.15 23.24 28.32 16.77 9.17 6.27 7.78 8.21 10.12 11.10 15.13 16.66 11.69 6.69 8.09 6.33 8.11 9.81 – – – – – – – 10.78 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 24 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Transportation and material moving occupations (-Continued) Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... $8.38 10.76 10.86 14.48 12.47 23.73 8.77 6.67 8.13 9.77 9.98 12.84 14.19 15.40 7.29 $8.38 10.71 10.40 14.25 12.43 – 8.53 6.66 7.82 9.62 9.78 11.92 13.52 15.40 7.29 – – – – – – $14.51 – – – – – – – – $8.42 10.98 11.49 14.51 12.47 – 8.94 6.79 8.14 9.73 10.01 12.84 14.19 15.40 – – – – – – – $7.66 6.19 8.05 9.99 9.55 – – – – Service occupations ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Protective service occupations ............................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Food service occupations ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. 10.14 6.34 7.27 7.95 10.67 10.23 14.47 17.72 20.89 23.70 28.22 9.24 16.07 7.58 10.43 15.98 19.16 22.14 23.93 28.55 7.01 5.64 6.89 7.46 9.97 10.23 7.55 6.19 7.01 7.69 10.44 9.90 13.36 13.65 – – – – 7.75 – – – – – – – 6.75 5.60 6.24 7.22 9.96 9.87 18.59 9.62 9.38 9.69 12.22 10.86 15.72 18.98 22.14 24.10 28.55 – 21.67 – – – 19.23 22.14 24.10 28.55 9.76 – 9.17 – – – 11.13 6.66 7.52 8.08 10.87 10.80 14.47 17.77 20.90 23.70 28.22 – 16.73 – 12.27 15.98 19.16 22.14 23.93 28.55 7.66 5.98 7.34 8.31 9.96 10.19 6.37 5.59 6.74 7.50 8.46 7.43 – – – – – – 5.85 – – – – – – – 5.73 5.04 6.31 6.17 – – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 25 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ..................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations ............ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Personal service occupations ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $8.44 7.76 7.32 9.12 12.41 7.65 7.00 7.66 9.81 11.72 9.30 6.09 6.83 8.99 12.63 $8.17 7.73 7.27 8.70 – 7.24 6.77 7.10 9.66 10.94 9.23 5.79 6.74 8.42 12.66 $11.90 – – – – 11.37 10.64 – – – 9.90 7.60 – 10.37 – $8.40 7.68 7.25 9.05 13.34 7.93 7.23 7.72 9.92 11.72 10.98 – – 7.83 13.64 $8.67 8.02 8.01 – – 6.17 6.03 – – – 7.08 5.81 6.88 9.74 – 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 26 Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers Level 11 ............................................................ Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Level 8 .............................................................. Business, commerce and marketing teachers ...... Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified .. Level 12 ............................................................ Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Level 11 ............................................................ Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ Elementary school teachers ................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Psychologists ........................................................ Social workers ...................................................... Recreation workers ............................................... Lawyers ................................................................ Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Level 4 .............................................................. Radiological technicians ....................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 27 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $30.12 – $28.78 $30.12 – 32.72 25.02 28.04 30.56 24.56 28.40 30.94 35.10 30.03 24.31 24.90 29.66 – $25.02 27.61 30.56 24.53 28.40 30.94 35.10 31.19 24.94 26.21 30.11 – – – – – – – – 23.28 – – – 32.72 25.02 27.88 30.56 24.56 28.40 30.94 35.10 30.03 24.31 24.90 29.66 – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.20 24.31 47.62 22.78 21.58 21.94 22.97 25.67 25.46 36.25 17.91 19.24 45.02 35.55 32.60 34.89 31.81 12.48 29.04 30.46 22.90 26.16 31.86 34.08 28.25 36.74 26.50 26.90 12.46 23.94 35.20 28.45 25.61 19.36 12.97 39.35 27.60 42.02 23.20 – 54.57 22.81 21.63 21.93 23.08 25.79 – 36.20 17.82 19.24 – – – – – – 13.66 – – – – 20.92 19.82 – – 16.55 12.59 – 22.62 – – – – – 27.60 42.02 – – – 22.56 – – 22.56 – – – – – – 35.70 – 35.48 – – 30.19 – – – 32.60 34.74 – 36.76 – 30.73 – – 36.70 32.65 – 19.61 – – – – 23.20 24.31 47.54 22.74 22.61 21.28 22.64 25.67 – – 17.84 – – 35.60 – 35.95 32.08 – 29.09 30.58 23.26 – 31.90 34.15 28.34 36.74 26.50 26.40 – – 38.11 28.50 24.70 19.36 – 39.35 27.60 42.02 – – – $22.92 – 25.04 24.71 – – – – – – – – 30.94 – – – – – – – – – – – 28.56 10.80 – 32.01 – – – – – – – 17.64 12.21 19.09 19.85 14.17 13.38 15.26 13.85 17.69 – 19.09 19.85 14.13 13.38 15.27 13.73 17.71 – 19.27 – 14.16 13.33 15.25 13.67 – – – – 14.19 – – 14.51 – – – – – – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Technical occupations: (-Continued) Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Science technicians, N.E.C. ................................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Level 8 .............................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Level 12 ............................................................ Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Level 14 ............................................................ Administrators, education and related fields ......... Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Managers, medicine and health ........................... Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Level 15 ............................................................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Other financial officers .......................................... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 12 ............................................................ Management analysts .......................................... Level 9 .............................................................. Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Construction inspectors ........................................ Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Level 7 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 28 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $14.72 11.10 13.26 15.53 21.09 15.31 23.18 23.03 18.33 14.98 16.35 21.04 25.34 21.94 $13.83 11.10 13.26 – 20.91 15.31 23.19 22.61 17.63 11.45 – – 28.20 21.96 – – – – – – – – – – $15.59 – 18.47 – $14.91 – – 15.51 21.15 15.31 23.18 23.03 18.33 14.98 16.34 – 25.51 21.94 $13.33 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 38.70 35.75 24.23 31.80 36.78 40.67 62.76 31.79 35.06 – 35.63 24.23 31.90 36.77 39.61 62.76 31.06 36.52 38.70 38.31 – – – – – – – 38.70 35.80 24.23 31.80 36.78 41.50 62.76 31.79 35.06 – – – – – – – – – 34.54 46.48 30.75 32.23 32.48 29.52 30.31 33.43 35.08 46.48 24.28 26.02 25.81 29.86 30.31 – – – 34.92 – – – – – 34.54 46.48 29.99 32.23 32.00 29.34 30.31 – – – – – – – – – 17.21 25.24 37.26 18.20 23.09 25.66 31.76 35.90 46.49 57.84 100.48 20.90 16.81 17.34 22.43 22.13 29.67 19.80 55.26 24.27 25.14 19.83 25.56 38.82 18.16 22.14 25.63 31.88 35.77 46.49 57.84 100.48 20.69 – 16.98 22.43 21.18 29.67 19.80 55.26 24.35 25.31 – – 24.30 – – – – 36.79 – – – 21.69 – – – – – – – – – 17.21 23.00 37.26 18.20 23.09 25.66 31.76 35.90 46.49 57.84 100.48 20.79 16.81 17.34 21.58 22.13 29.67 19.80 55.26 24.27 25.14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.14 20.33 25.42 21.21 20.33 – – – 24.98 20.14 20.33 25.42 – – – 23.29 21.62 16.58 – 21.71 16.46 – 21.09 – 23.29 21.67 16.58 – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: (-Continued) Management related occupations, N.E.C. (-Continued) Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Sales occupations: Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Level 5 .............................................................. Sales workers, apparel ......................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .... Level 3 .............................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Sales counter clerks ............................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Level 6 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office ................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Typists .................................................................. Interviewers .......................................................... Hotel clerks ........................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Level 4 .............................................................. Receptionists ........................................................ Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping Library clerks ........................................................ File clerks ............................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Level 4 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 29 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $19.58 24.23 27.86 $19.21 23.60 27.82 – – – $19.58 24.40 27.86 – – – 23.90 13.42 23.90 13.42 – – 23.90 13.74 – – 28.36 25.01 18.63 14.50 8.14 8.83 8.61 8.03 10.20 7.31 15.01 7.64 9.50 6.12 7.50 9.23 10.73 12.66 14.14 28.36 25.01 18.63 14.50 8.14 8.83 8.61 8.03 10.20 7.31 15.01 7.64 9.49 6.12 7.50 9.19 10.73 12.66 14.14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 28.36 25.01 18.63 14.50 8.79 10.74 – – 11.17 7.66 15.67 – 9.88 – – 8.89 10.74 13.34 14.14 16.61 16.04 17.16 17.67 15.94 – – 17.67 $17.79 – – – 16.62 16.04 17.16 17.67 18.23 17.14 14.65 11.47 11.67 13.84 15.10 17.71 12.64 10.07 9.68 11.48 9.92 9.11 7.61 9.83 10.85 10.97 9.01 11.92 12.67 14.06 7.46 12.49 11.60 11.99 13.00 11.80 16.44 17.14 14.59 11.07 11.70 13.81 15.34 18.24 – 10.02 9.68 11.48 9.92 8.99 7.40 9.83 10.85 10.48 9.01 11.57 12.67 – 7.46 12.91 – 11.79 12.72 11.80 – – 14.91 – – – – 16.66 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.65 – 12.00 – – 15.39 – 18.23 17.14 14.79 11.93 11.60 13.97 15.18 17.71 12.64 10.07 – 11.41 – 9.28 – 9.83 11.16 11.16 9.01 12.14 12.67 14.31 7.47 12.64 11.74 11.99 13.09 11.99 – – – – – – $8.02 8.03 7.03 5.82 – – 9.11 6.11 – 9.43 – – – – – – – – – 11.61 – – – – – – – – – – 7.74 – – 10.23 – – – – – – – – – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical: (-Continued) Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks (-Continued) Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Payroll and timekeeping clerks ............................. Level 4 .............................................................. Billing clerks .......................................................... Telephone operators ............................................ Mail clerks except postal service .......................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Level 7 .............................................................. Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Meter readers ....................................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Level 4 .............................................................. Eligibility clerks, social welfare ............................. Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Data entry keyers ................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Statistical clerks .................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Level 7 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 30 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $13.29 14.86 14.89 12.88 11.97 9.97 9.78 8.60 17.14 15.25 18.93 10.57 6.25 8.70 11.07 10.10 12.15 14.62 $12.81 14.51 14.88 13.21 – 9.97 8.25 8.61 – 15.28 18.93 10.57 6.25 8.70 10.95 10.10 12.15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $13.29 14.86 14.89 12.88 11.97 – 9.88 8.61 17.57 15.25 18.93 10.65 – 8.71 11.34 10.10 12.15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $9.59 – – – 11.09 9.00 11.09 9.00 – – – – 16.63 14.57 12.84 13.23 11.39 10.99 6.13 8.05 10.54 11.23 12.60 15.13 15.87 12.00 8.70 9.61 13.48 10.56 10.50 8.78 10.76 11.73 13.03 8.97 10.41 11.35 14.19 14.87 17.58 21.43 16.63 14.37 12.54 – 11.00 9.82 6.13 7.65 9.65 10.25 12.48 – – 11.68 8.70 9.61 14.41 10.56 – – – – 12.31 – 10.22 11.34 13.67 – 17.42 21.30 – – – $13.44 – 12.47 – 9.79 11.25 12.53 12.77 15.12 – – – – – – 10.52 8.78 10.79 11.73 16.02 – – – – – 17.87 – 16.63 14.66 13.18 13.23 11.39 11.35 – 7.79 10.74 11.39 12.60 15.13 15.87 12.11 8.66 9.71 13.51 10.65 10.54 – – – 13.50 – 10.75 11.35 14.20 15.00 17.58 20.66 25.50 16.49 16.64 16.93 16.93 25.41 16.29 16.32 – – – – – – – 25.50 16.52 16.64 16.93 16.93 – – – – – – – 8.44 5.53 9.06 8.78 10.18 – – – – – – – – 10.48 8.66 11.23 11.73 6.96 – – – – – – – – – – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: (-Continued) Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Level 7 .............................................................. Machinery maintenance occupations ................... Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ....................................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Level 7 .............................................................. Carpenters ............................................................ Level 7 .............................................................. Electricians ........................................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Painters, construction and maintenance .............. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Drillers, oil well ...................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Machinists ............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Level 2 .............................................................. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Level 7 .............................................................. Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... Level 7 .............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Punching and stamping press operators .............. Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators .......................................... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Molding and casting machine operators ............... Printing press operators ....................................... Textile cutting machine operators ......................... Textile sewing machine operators ........................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Painting and paint spraying machine operators ... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Welders and cutters .............................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Level 4 .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers ......................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 31 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $16.92 17.20 12.80 $15.93 16.13 12.80 – – – $16.92 17.20 12.80 – – – 20.80 14.94 17.99 18.59 18.42 22.27 19.09 12.60 19.15 16.22 21.53 12.18 18.83 21.07 27.65 18.80 17.89 8.46 6.49 10.31 17.06 16.33 20.94 22.02 – 14.37 16.94 18.02 17.59 22.30 18.53 9.84 – 16.22 21.07 12.18 18.83 21.07 27.10 18.80 17.89 8.46 6.49 10.31 16.91 15.75 – – – $17.25 – – – 22.23 – – 16.69 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.98 – 20.80 15.11 17.99 18.59 18.42 22.27 19.09 12.60 19.15 16.22 21.53 12.18 18.83 21.07 27.65 18.80 17.89 8.46 6.49 10.09 17.06 16.33 20.94 22.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.90 8.90 – 8.90 – 8.52 6.70 6.71 15.91 9.07 7.01 5.92 7.12 9.82 9.29 10.36 9.07 5.76 9.08 13.81 20.71 8.38 6.33 7.44 7.66 9.47 11.13 8.59 9.61 9.15 8.52 6.70 6.71 15.91 9.07 7.01 5.92 7.12 9.82 9.29 10.36 8.66 5.76 9.08 13.01 – 8.38 6.33 7.44 7.66 9.47 11.13 8.59 9.61 9.15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.52 6.70 6.98 15.91 9.07 7.01 5.92 7.12 9.82 9.29 10.36 9.07 5.76 9.08 13.81 20.71 8.39 6.34 7.47 7.66 9.47 11.13 8.59 9.61 9.15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.40 7.84 9.84 12.08 10.90 7.84 9.84 11.10 – – – – 11.46 7.86 10.34 12.04 $10.49 – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued) Transportation and material moving occupations: (-Continued) Truck drivers (-Continued) Level 5 .............................................................. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Level 4 .............................................................. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. .............................................. Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Level 2 .............................................................. Hand packers and packagers ............................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Level 9 .............................................................. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations: Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Bartenders ............................................................ Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Food counter, fountain, and related occupations Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Level 1 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 32 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $15.53 11.40 11.22 $15.47 11.40 11.22 – – – $15.66 11.70 – – – – 11.94 10.43 – 12.03 – 11.02 9.03 – 11.68 – 14.72 10.42 9.36 7.09 7.07 7.44 9.37 6.12 8.25 11.86 10.54 9.57 8.80 6.48 8.84 10.22 7.34 7.86 7.42 6.28 6.55 8.45 8.71 6.24 8.85 7.95 14.72 – 9.27 7.09 7.07 7.44 9.37 6.12 8.25 11.86 10.54 9.57 8.80 6.48 8.84 10.22 7.34 7.86 7.42 6.28 6.55 8.45 8.10 6.16 7.61 7.76 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $13.93 – – – 14.72 10.42 9.24 7.10 7.07 7.44 9.59 – 7.66 11.40 10.61 9.57 8.93 6.47 8.83 10.07 7.37 7.92 7.50 6.42 6.55 8.32 9.43 6.38 9.03 8.21 – – – – – – $8.96 6.15 9.05 – – – – – – – – – 6.56 5.45 – – 6.70 6.14 – – 31.38 12.74 22.66 25.37 – – – – 31.38 12.74 22.66 25.37 31.38 – 22.76 25.37 – – – – 21.05 17.71 7.33 – – 7.11 21.05 17.71 – 21.05 17.71 7.44 – – – 12.78 6.87 4.90 4.80 5.02 8.75 8.22 10.28 6.58 5.14 8.18 7.65 7.19 13.38 6.87 4.90 4.80 5.02 8.69 8.22 10.28 5.92 5.14 – 7.31 7.19 – – – – – – – – – – – 10.20 – 13.32 – 5.12 – – 8.91 8.50 10.28 6.66 – – 7.31 7.19 – – 4.74 – 4.80 – – – 6.46 – – 10.20 – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Service occupations: (-Continued) Food service occupations: (-Continued) Kitchen workers, food preparation (-Continued) Level 3 .............................................................. Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Level 1 .............................................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Health service occupations: Health aides, except nursing ................................ Level 5 .............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations: Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ........................................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Personal service occupations: Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Level 2 .............................................................. Public transportation attendants ........................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Level 1 .............................................................. Child care workers, N.E.C. ................................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. All industries Private industry $8.37 5.12 5.07 6.24 5.84 7.06 $7.92 5.12 5.07 6.01 5.76 – 10.45 10.91 8.07 7.64 7.25 8.66 All industries State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers – – – $8.92 – – $7.92 5.27 5.27 6.67 6.14 – – $5.03 4.91 5.50 5.29 – 9.49 – 7.98 7.60 7.19 8.49 – – 10.22 – – – 10.79 – 8.07 7.52 7.17 8.64 9.79 – 8.04 – 7.99 – 10.58 6.57 6.52 7.55 7.09 7.64 9.92 10.25 6.57 6.52 7.08 6.82 7.01 9.68 – – – 11.18 10.64 – – 10.58 6.66 6.61 7.87 7.37 7.71 10.13 – – – 6.22 6.07 – – 6.77 7.23 20.73 8.45 7.64 8.71 7.33 5.87 6.70 – 20.73 – – 8.13 6.97 5.86 – – – 8.79 – – – – – – 20.73 – – – 8.57 – 7.17 7.23 – 8.55 7.64 7.54 6.02 – 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 33 Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Occupational group2 Full-time workers3 Part-time workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5 All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $17.37 17.37 $9.87 10.26 $17.90 18.08 $16.16 16.23 $16.55 16.79 $18.58 14.37 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 21.54 21.99 12.68 14.94 20.85 21.46 20.70 21.51 20.57 21.41 25.76 48.55 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 26.74 28.72 18.99 29.95 17.35 12.78 21.77 23.85 13.75 36.83 7.89 9.48 28.15 29.29 18.53 23.34 12.23 13.72 25.55 27.85 18.61 30.74 15.38 12.01 26.37 28.36 18.60 29.70 12.28 12.45 – – – 60.17 23.55 – Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 12.42 17.90 9.17 11.69 8.94 8.09 10.78 – – 7.66 15.80 20.64 12.43 13.33 10.80 10.68 16.07 8.48 9.98 8.01 12.22 17.90 9.21 11.26 8.78 11.48 17.02 8.57 – – Service occupations ........................................................... 11.13 6.37 14.46 7.76 10.16 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 34 Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Goods-producing industries4 Occupational group3 All private industries Total Mining $16.01 $26.84 15.83 26.91 Service-producing industries5 TransWholeportsale ation and and retail public trade utilities Finance, insurance, and real estate Services Construction Manufacturing Total – – $15.88 15.69 – – – – – – – – – – All occupations ........................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ................................................ $15.59 15.64 White-collar occupations ....................................................... White-collar excluding sales ................................................. 20.23 21.16 23.93 23.95 37.42 37.76 – – 23.84 23.85 – – – – – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical occupations ................ Professional specialty occupations ................................... Technical occupations ...................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ....... Sales occupations ................................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ......... 25.30 27.64 18.70 30.80 15.00 12.15 27.14 29.96 17.67 30.99 23.67 12.91 31.37 35.37 24.42 48.12 – 15.45 – – – – – – 27.11 29.92 17.58 30.82 23.81 13.03 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.76 17.41 9.08 10.80 8.53 11.65 18.18 9.11 10.91 8.32 16.91 18.70 – – – – – – – – 11.30 18.29 9.07 10.65 8.08 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Service occupations ............................................................... 7.55 8.81 – – 8.82 – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 35 Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 100 workers or more All private industry workers 50 - 99 workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $15.59 15.64 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. Occupational group3 Total 100 - 499 workers 500 workers or more $14.88 14.36 $15.79 15.98 $14.25 14.23 $17.66 18.02 20.23 21.16 20.55 21.11 20.15 21.17 18.73 19.66 21.54 22.50 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ..... 25.30 27.64 18.70 30.80 15.00 12.15 27.70 31.51 17.53 35.52 18.82 11.52 24.93 27.05 18.89 29.93 13.24 12.32 21.84 23.32 18.40 30.35 14.43 12.20 26.43 28.73 19.19 29.52 10.72 12.47 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 11.76 17.41 9.08 10.80 8.53 11.21 16.34 8.43 9.13 7.74 11.94 17.82 9.30 11.44 8.71 10.81 16.16 9.13 10.47 8.35 14.30 19.96 9.97 13.21 9.48 Service occupations ........................................................... 7.55 6.65 7.82 7.60 8.04 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 36 Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All workers Occupational group2 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... 3,266,422 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 3,026,395 2,589,209 2,350,580 677,213 675,815 White-collar occupations ................................................... 1,856,121 White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 1,616,093 1,362,473 1,123,844 493,648 492,250 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 637,969 524,866 113,103 327,621 240,027 650,504 367,225 272,928 94,297 272,685 238,629 483,933 270,744 251,937 18,806 54,935 – 166,571 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 850,500 274,372 239,005 94,462 242,661 803,168 247,270 237,453 84,754 233,691 47,332 27,102 – 9,707 8,969 Service occupations ........................................................... 559,802 423,568 136,233 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 37 Appendix A: Technical Note ployment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated. This section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the data. While this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all the steps required to produce the data. Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a two stage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame 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 which were not selected for collection. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. Planning for the survey The overall design of the survey, which was based on the type of data to be produced, had to be developed before data collection could begin. Survey scope This survey of the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area covered establishments employing 50 workers or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment was an economic unit which produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment was usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment was defined as all locations of a government entity. The Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, CMSA includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties, CA. Data collection The collection of data from survey respondents required detailed procedures. Collection was the responsibility of the field economists, working out of the Regional Office, who visited each establishment surveyed. Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multi-step process: Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports for the Los AngelesRiverside-Orange County, CA, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. The reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The reference month for the private sector is December 1994. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business and out-ofscope establishments were removed, and addresses, em- 1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs. 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the Census of Population system. 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time, union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive. 4. Determination of the level of work of each job. For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which a correct classification or level could not be determined. 38 depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of Terms” section on the following page for more detail. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs collected in each establishment was based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in the following schedule: Number of employees 50-99 100-249 250-999 1000-2,499 2,500+ Generic leveling through point factor analysis In the last step before wage data were collected, the work level of each selected job was determined using a “generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria. This is a major departure from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation. For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental. The 10 factors are: Number of selected jobs 8 10 12 16 20 The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The National Compensation Survey occupational classification system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major occupational group (MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following MOG’s: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Professional specialty and technical Executive, administrative, and managerial Sales Administrative support including clerical Precision production, craft, and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors Transportation and material moving Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Service occupations Knowledge Supervision received Guidelines Complexity Scope and effect Personal contacts Purpose of contacts Physical demands Work environment Supervisory duties Each factor contains a number of levels and each level has an associated written description and point value. The number and range of points differ among the factors. For each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on which written description best matched the job. Within each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C. Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their firm. Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers A complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix B. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, 39 · using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed research continues in the area. The results of this research will be published by BLS in the future. In order to calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of hours actually worked was collected. Collection period The survey was collected from October 1996 through June 1997. The average payroll reference month was January 1997. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection. Definition of terms Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time. Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: · · · · · Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical note and the example for more details on the leveling process.) 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 Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below). Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time. Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for the job. The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: · · · · · · On-call pay Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of production. Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for working a schedule that varies from the norm, such as night or weekend work Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g., Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances Free room and board Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: · · · 40 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. among establishments differ, estimates of the number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve only to indicate the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. Appendix table 2 contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE data for all series in this bulletin are available on the Internet web site and by request to the BLS National Office. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix table 2 shows a relative standard error of 3.6 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 ($12.79 plus and minus 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although they 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 by personal visit, computer edits of the data, and detailed data review. Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights were used to aggregate the individual establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 32.2 percent (representing 1,074,387 employees) refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells which were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level. Establishments which were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey (7.1 percent of the total sample) had their weights changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a refusal. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: number of workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation work schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or annual rates are being calculated. Not all series that were calculated met the criteria for publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. The number of workers estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures 41 Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 Number of establishments studied Industry All industries ......................................................... Private industry ................................................. Goods-producing industries .......................... Mining ....................................................... Construction ............................................. Manufacturing ........................................... Service-producing industries ........................ Tranportation and public utilities ............... Wholesale and retail trade ........................ Finance, insurance and real estate .......... Services .................................................... State and local government .............................. Number of establishments represented 100 workers or more Total studied 16,160 15,703 4,046 36 587 3,423 11,657 1,112 5,144 976 4,424 456 519 464 136 14 11 111 328 24 107 25 172 55 50 - 99 workers 153 150 32 3 5 24 118 8 53 7 50 3 Total 366 314 104 11 6 87 210 16 54 18 122 52 100 - 499 workers 204 198 68 9 5 54 130 12 43 10 65 6 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 42 500 workers or more 162 116 36 2 1 33 80 4 11 8 57 46 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 (in percent) Occupation3 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 2.3 2.3 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.5 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 2.4 2.3 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Operations and systems researchers and analysts .......................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Health related occupations ....................................... Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Business, commerce and marketing teachers ...... Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified .. Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................ Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Recreation workers ............................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Science technicians, N.E.C. ................................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. 2.2 2.3 2.2 7.8 4.5 6.1 3.5 9.6 9.9 3.1 3.3 2.3 – 4.6 6.5 3.5 9.8 9.8 3.0 3.2 4.1 4.5 – – – 5.9 5.9 9.1 5.8 2.3 3.5 19.4 1.4 7.2 6.6 4.4 12.6 8.7 5.1 4.7 6.4 7.0 3.9 5.8 11.1 20.7 2.8 11.6 14.0 14.1 15.0 15.6 9.6 9.6 9.1 9.2 – 3.9 18.2 1.6 7.6 6.8 11.2 – – – 7.4 – 9.2 4.9 – 11.7 – – – – – – – – – – 4.2 – 7.4 – 2.5 – – 4.6 – 9.7 5.2 4.1 – 7.1 3.8 – 11.5 19.1 – 18.9 – 15.0 15.8 – – – 12.0 17.4 27.2 7.2 3.9 7.0 3.5 2.8 3.4 6.3 8.3 15.8 5.0 8.4 18.7 4.2 5.5 10.2 5.8 7.0 12.2 17.4 27.2 7.2 4.5 7.4 3.5 2.9 4.6 6.5 10.7 8.8 – – 21.8 4.7 6.0 – 6.0 8.3 – – – – 5.3 – – – – – – – 4.2 – 5.0 6.4 9.7 10.2 10.7 – See footnotes at end of table. 43 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Construction inspectors ........................................ Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction .................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, apparel ......................................... Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Sales counter clerks ............................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Typists .................................................................. Interviewers .......................................................... Hotel clerks ........................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping Library clerks ........................................................ File clerks ............................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Payroll and timekeeping clerks ............................. Billing clerks .......................................................... Telephone operators ............................................ Mail clerks except postal service .......................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Meter readers ....................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 44 All industries Private industry State and local government 8.1 6.4 5.1 8.1 14.5 5.4 – 4.1 – 14.6 11.3 9.5 4.0 3.1 19.4 6.5 14.5 11.6 9.8 4.7 3.2 19.4 7.2 – – 17.4 4.3 8.0 – – 8.5 4.6 4.2 11.1 4.6 – – – 5.6 5.6 3.7 9.8 17.1 7.9 – 4.1 9.8 17.1 7.9 – 7.3 – – – 6.4 19.8 12.2 4.9 7.9 14.8 5.3 9.7 1.9 4.4 7.1 6.4 19.8 12.2 4.9 7.9 14.8 5.4 9.7 2.4 5.6 7.1 – – – – – – – – 2.4 6.6 – 11.2 10.2 2.8 5.2 7.7 18.9 6.3 4.4 3.5 5.2 7.5 11.1 6.7 6.1 2.2 4.3 4.4 9.6 7.2 5.5 6.6 10.4 5.8 14.7 11.9 10.2 3.0 – 8.4 18.9 6.3 4.6 3.7 5.4 7.5 – 6.7 9.5 2.4 4.2 4.4 3.4 8.3 – 6.6 10.4 5.9 – – – 6.5 – – – – – – – – 10.3 – 4.5 4.8 – – – – – – – – – Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Eligibility clerks, social welfare ............................. Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Data entry keyers ................................................. Statistical clerks .................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Machinery maintenance occupations ................... Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ....................................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Painters, construction and maintenance .............. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Drillers, oil well ...................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Machinists ............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Punching and stamping press operators .............. Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators .......................................... Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Molding and casting machine operators ............... Printing press operators ....................................... Textile cutting machine operators ......................... Textile sewing machine operators ........................ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Painting and paint spraying machine operators ... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. .............................................. Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ See footnotes at end of table. 45 All industries Private industry State and local government 14.0 14.0 – 14.8 11.1 1.1 6.5 2.8 4.1 12.8 5.0 4.0 14.8 11.9 – 7.2 4.0 5.5 12.8 – 3.9 – – 1.2 – 3.3 – – 5.0 5.4 4.0 4.2 2.8 8.2 2.4 7.1 13.4 4.4 4.8 2.9 8.5 – 5.9 13.4 5.3 4.7 – – – – – 2.4 6.5 4.9 6.3 26.7 4.3 8.1 11.6 7.7 11.6 14.0 9.7 4.1 4.2 10.0 – 7.2 6.1 8.8 25.9 – 8.1 12.5 7.7 11.6 14.0 10.0 – 4.2 10.0 – 13.7 – 8.5 – 4.9 – – – – – – 4.2 – – 12.4 5.3 9.0 14.8 9.1 6.7 15.8 11.7 20.5 10.0 18.2 7.2 9.3 6.5 4.3 7.2 6.7 12.4 5.3 9.0 14.8 9.1 6.7 15.8 11.7 20.5 9.4 19.4 7.2 9.3 6.5 4.2 7.8 6.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.6 – – 13.9 3.1 10.3 4.5 3.2 13.6 – 6.5 – 8.2 16.3 8.2 – – – Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers (-Continued) Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Machine feeders and offbearers ........................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Hand packers and packagers ............................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Bartenders ............................................................ Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Food counter, fountain, and related occupations Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ........................................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Public transportation attendants ........................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Child care workers, N.E.C. ................................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 All industries Private industry State and local government 9.7 6.2 10.5 12.2 8.5 7.2 6.6 6.1 9.8 6.2 10.5 12.2 8.5 7.2 6.6 5.7 – – – – – – – 8.0 4.3 9.5 5.8 36.4 5.4 2.1 8.2 – – – 5.0 5.0 5.8 36.4 5.4 5.6 8.4 6.1 3.3 – – 5.9 3.5 5.6 8.4 – 4.1 7.6 9.4 2.1 5.8 9.9 5.0 2.5 4.8 3.3 4.9 3.7 3.5 9.1 9.4 2.1 5.9 6.0 4.7 2.5 5.0 3.4 3.1 3.8 3.2 – – – – – 2.5 – 6.2 5.6 – 6.2 3.1 11.0 4.3 4.9 5.6 8.4 16.2 2.1 13.3 10.2 12.5 4.3 4.4 6.1 8.8 16.2 – 18.2 9.9 – – 3.1 8.6 – – 5.8 – – individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 46 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 All occupations ................................................................................. All occupations excluding sales ...................................................... 6 6 6 6 4 4 White-collar occupations ............................................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ................................... 7 7 7 8 5 6 Professional specialty and technical occupations ...................... Professional specialty occupations ......................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. Civil engineers ................................................................ Industrial engineers ........................................................ Mechanical engineers ..................................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ........................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ..................... Operations and systems researchers and analysts ........ Natural scientists ................................................................ Chemists, except biochemists ........................................ Health related occupations ................................................. Physicians ...................................................................... Registered nurses .......................................................... Pharmacists .................................................................... Respiratory therapists ..................................................... Teachers, college and university ........................................ Business, commerce and marketing teachers ................ Teachers, post secondary, subject not specified ............ Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ................................... Teachers, except college and university ............................ Prekindergarten and kindergarten .................................. Elementary school teachers ........................................... Secondary school teachers ............................................ Teachers, special education ........................................... Teachers, N.E.C. ............................................................ Vocational and educational counselors .......................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ..................................... Social scientists and urban planners .................................. Psychologists .................................................................. Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................ Social workers ................................................................ Recreation workers ......................................................... Lawyers and judges ............................................................ Lawyers .......................................................................... Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ........................................................................... Designers ....................................................................... Editors and reporters ...................................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ................................... Technical occupations ............................................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........... Radiological technicians ................................................. Licensed practical nurses ............................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ................. Electrical and electronic technicians ............................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ..................................... Drafters ........................................................................... Science technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Computer programmers ................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ............. Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... Administrators and officials, public administration .......... Financial managers ........................................................ Personnel and labor relations managers ........................ Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .. Administrators, education and related fields ................... Managers, medicine and health ..................................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ....................... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................ 9 9 11 10 10 11 11 10 10 9 10 9 9 12 8 11 7 11 12 11 11 8 7 8 9 9 8 10 8 9 9 7 8 6 13 13 9 9 11 10 10 11 11 10 10 9 10 9 9 12 9 – 7 11 – 11 12 8 – 9 9 9 8 10 8 9 8 7 8 – 13 13 8 9 – – – – – – – – – – 8 – 8 – – 11 – – 11 8 – – – – 8 – – – – – – – – – 9 10 8 9 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 8 8 10 11 12 11 11 12 11 11 7 10 11 9 10 8 9 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 – 8 10 11 12 11 11 12 11 11 7 10 11 – – – – 6 – – 6 6 – – – – – – 11 12 – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 47 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations ...................................... Accountants and auditors ............................................... Other financial officers .................................................... Management analysts .................................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. .......................... Construction inspectors .................................................. Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction Management related occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Sales occupations ...................................................................... Supervisors, sales occupations ...................................... Sales occupations, other business services ................... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ....................... Sales workers, apparel ................................................... Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. Sales workers, other commodities .................................. Sales counter clerks ....................................................... Cashiers ......................................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ............... Supervisors, general office ............................................. Supervisors, financial records processing ...................... Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ........................................................................ Computer operators ........................................................ Secretaries ..................................................................... Typists ............................................................................ Interviewers .................................................................... Hotel clerks ..................................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. Receptionists .................................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ............................................... Order clerks .................................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping .......... Library clerks .................................................................. File clerks ....................................................................... Records clerks, N.E.C. ................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ Payroll and timekeeping clerks ....................................... Billing clerks .................................................................... Telephone operators ...................................................... Mail clerks except postal service .................................... Dispatchers ..................................................................... Production coordinators .................................................. Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. Stock and inventory clerks .............................................. Meter readers ................................................................. Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ....................................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ Investigators and adjusters except insurance ................ Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... Bill and account collectors .............................................. General office clerks ....................................................... Data entry keyers ........................................................... Statistical clerks .............................................................. Teachers’ aides .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ................... Blue-collar occupations ............................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ........................... Automobile mechanics ................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 48 9 8 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 5 8 6 9 8 10 9 8 8 8 8 9 6 8 6 – – – – – – – – – 3 – – 8 5 3 4 4 3 3 5 4 7 7 8 5 2 – 4 – 4 6 5 7 7 – – – 3 3 – 3 – 3 – – 7 6 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 4 3 2 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 5 3 – 5 3 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 – 3 2 6 6 4 4 – – – 4 – – – – 2 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – 5 6 4 6 5 4 4 3 3 5 – 6 4 6 5 4 4 4 3 5 – – – – – 3 – – 3 2 4 6 8 6 4 6 8 7 3 4 – – Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................. Industrial machinery repairers ........................................ Machinery maintenance occupations ............................. Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment ................................................................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .................................... Carpenters ...................................................................... Electricians ..................................................................... Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................ Drillers, oil well ................................................................ Supervisors, production occupations .............................. Machinists ....................................................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ Butchers and meat cutters .............................................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ..................................... Water and sewer treatment plant operators ................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................ Punching and stamping press operators ........................ Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators .................................................................. Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. .......................... Molding and casting machine operators ......................... Printing press operators ................................................. Textile cutting machine operators ................................... Textile sewing machine operators .................................. Packaging and filling machine operators ........................ Mixing and blending machine operators ......................... Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ..................... Welders and cutters ........................................................ Assemblers ..................................................................... Miscellaneous hand working occupations, N.E.C. .......... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............ Transportation and material moving occupations ....................... Truck drivers ................................................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............ Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ....................................................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................ Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................. Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, N.E.C. ........................................................ Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................. Construction laborers ..................................................... Production helpers .......................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ........................................... Machine feeders and offbearers ..................................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ................. Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ...................... Hand packers and packagers ......................................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ............................. Service occupations ..................................................................... Protective service occupations ........................................... Supervisors, police and detectives ................................. Firefighting occupations .................................................. Police and detectives, public service .............................. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ...... Correctional institution officers ....................................... Guards and police except public service ........................ Food service occupations ................................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations Bartenders ...................................................................... Waiters and waitresses .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 49 7 7 4 7 7 4 – – – 6 6 7 7 4 6 4 8 7 3 4 6 7 3 3 6 6 7 7 4 6 4 8 7 3 4 6 7 3 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 2 2 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 5 3 2 2 3 3 3 5 3 2 4 4 4 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – 3 3 4 3 3 4 – 2 – 6 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 – – – – 2 – – – 2 2 3 6 10 4 8 8 7 2 2 6 4 2 4 6 10 – 8 8 7 3 3 6 – 2 2 3 – – – – – – 2 – – 2 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA, January 1997 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 Service occupations (-Continued) Food service occupations (-Continued) Cooks ............................................................................. Food counter, fountain, and related occupations ........... Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................. Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...................................... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ........................... Health service occupations ................................................. Health aides, except nursing .......................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... Cleaning and building service occupations ........................ Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ....... Maids and housemen ..................................................... Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... Personal service occupations ............................................. Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ............ Public transportation attendants ..................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. Child care workers, N.E.C. ............................................. Service occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 4 1 2 3 3 5 3 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 4 1 2 5 – 5 – – 2 – 2 3 2 2 3 4 3 1 – – 1 2 2 – 2 2 2 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." 50
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